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Lets say that we have a String with the value "false" or "true". Lets now cast this String to a boolean value. In Java it would be
Boolean fun = new Boolean("true");
JavaScript also provides a Boolean Wrapper object, but it doesn't really give the expected results
var notFun = Boolean("false"); // omitting new, see http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Global_Objects:Boolean
// notFun = true
The above will only be false if false, NaN, null, 0 or an empty String is provided, everything else will return true.
So the only way to cast a String with the values "true" or "false" is to use eval...
var snowing = eval("false");
Anybody has another way to do the cast?
var stringRepresentation = "false";
var booleanRepresentation = (stringRepresentation == "true");
Thanks, yes, thats one way to do it, buy not really a cast. Its a result from a comparison. That is what I wanted to avoid.
The thing is; What you want to do is not really a type cast. You want to interpret the value of the variable -- not simply change the type of it.
I am actually doing that solution now. But it felt somehow cheap compared to what Java offers. It is a pity that the Boolean wrapper object doesn't work like it does in Java. But hey, I know, JavaScript is not Java. I wish it would be more like Java and less like Python, which it is becoming lately (JavaScript 1.7 and the upcoming 1.8).
String.prototype.reval=function(){return eval(this);}This does not change the string, but returns the evaled value of the string.
If you hate eval you can define all the values-
String.prototype.reval=function(){if(parseFloat(this)+''===this)return parseFloat(this);if(this==='false') return false;//etc.}
Technically, what java does is not a typecast, but the Boolean(Stirng) constructor, that arbitrarily interprets the string "true" as boolean true. Nice? I find this kind of code rather stinky
Boolean a = new Boolean("true"); // true
Boolean b = new Boolean("true "); // FALSE
I guess that it calls parseBoolean internally, but that is another story.
Anyway, thanks for the answers everybody
No, I don't hate eval, I use it as the last resort. Extending native objects would though be more something that I dislike.


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Since their weight is also less than double, tandems ought also to go a bit better uphill; but they don't and this is a source of much debate. The most likely explanation is that you don't actually get double the power, especially uphill, when each rider tries to move the bike in their own particular way and must instead reach a compromise with their partner. This theory is confirmed by the observation that well-matched riders can go uphill as fast on a tandem.
Pros & Cons
The other big advantage of a tandem is togetherness. Riders of differing strength don't lose one another, you can keep up the chat – including when the road is too narrow or busy to ride side by side – every mile of the ride and every hill is a joint experience and a joint achievement.
Riders can pool their skills. The steersman, pilot or captain (tandeming has its own rich vein of cycling jargon) operates the controls whilst the stoker, navigator or whatever hands out food and reads the map. Tandems are the solution when a cycling companion has limited eyesight, difficulty with balance or getting on and off the bike. They are also perfect - when adapted or made for this purpose - for taking young children cycling on longer rides and busier roads than they could manage solo.
Aside from hill-climbing, the disadvantages of a tandem revolve around the size of the machine and the higher forces that must be borne by components that are little different – if at all – from those of a solo bicycle (a 'half-bike' in tandem parlance).
Tandems are more difficult to manoeuvre, to transport and store. They are expensive to buy and maintain, although no more so than two solo bicycles of identical quality. Cheaper tandems come with solo wheels and they'll do if both riders, particularly the stoker, are lightly built.
However, it's worth having a special tandem wheel with 40 or 48 spokes, at least at the back. A 'drag brake' (a third brake, usually at the hub, that can be held on, usually by the stoker, on long or very steep descents) relieves the main front and rear brakes, which are invariably the same as on a solo.
Tandem touring has the 'quart into a pint-pot' challenge of two people's stuff and only one set of places to put it. That shouldn't be a problem unless you're camping, in which case a trailer may be needed.
Riding tips
Riding a tandem is not so difficult. The pilot should practise on their own first, to become familiar with the gears, brakes, handling and length of the machine. Beware though, that the rear wheel of an 'empty tandem' skids at the lightest touch of the rear brake.
A tandem is easy to ride provided the stoker keeps relaxed. Tense up and the pilot cannot balance the bike without moving the stoker's whole body from side to side. That's hard to do. It's also hard for a novice stoker to relax. It often helps the learning process if the stoker holds the pilot's waist instead of the handlebars.
Starting and stopping is the trickiest bit of riding a tandem.
The usual drill is for the pilot first to straddle the frame, both feet on the ground, hands gripping the brakes and top-tube gripped between the thighs. And if they want to avoid getting a pedal in the shin during what comes next, it'll help if they put the right one at 9 o'clock (viewed from the left), ready for starting off.
Then the stoker throws a leg over the rear saddle, places their right foot on that right pedal, lifts their weight into the saddle (pilot: remember to hold those brakes) and also places their left foot. The pilot now balances the stoker's weight, places their right foot and prepares for the off. When ready they let go the brakes, jumps onto that right pedal and into the saddle – just like they'd start on a solo – whilst calling "GO" or some other agreed signal, at which the stoker also turns on the power.
With the stoker able to pedal with full power from the word go, the tandem is under way even more promptly than a solo, minimising any start-up wobbles. When halted, the stoker should keep their feet on the pedals, since that makes it easier for the pilot to balance their own weight and ensures a quick getaway.
An alternative procedure, useful for short stokers on tall tandems, is to begin with the left pedal at bottom (6 o'clock) so the stoker can use it as a mounting step. Then roll the tandem forward a little, to bring the right pedal into position for maximum thrust at take-off.
To dismount reverse the starting procedure
Pilot holds the tandem up whilst stoker gets down and off. Pilots beware: if the stoker remains near the tandem your usual leg over saddle dismount may deliver a nasty kick to their head! The width of the rear handlebar also renders this manoeuvre more difficult – it's all too easy to catch a leg and tumble in an embarrassed heap.
Experienced tandem pilots perfect the balletic art of instead kicking one leg over the handlebars, whilst transferring their hold on the handlebar from left hand to right. This enables them to leave the machine in the hands of their semi-dismounted stoker whilst answering a call of … err, photography!
Only the most experienced and co-ordinated tandemists are able to stand on the pedals and dance together up hills (but it looks most impressive if you can) which combined with the aforementioned lack of tandem hill-climbing power, calls for lower bottom gears.
Tandems are however potentially much faster downhill than a solo and can use a higher top. A six to one overall gear range (e.g. 20 to 120 inches) is not unusual on a tandem.
Not every couple gets on well with riding a tandem. The stoker needs to have complete trust in the pilot and if that trust is not there from the outset, it can be difficult for the pilot to earn it, since as I've already described: a nervous stoker makes the machine difficult to balance and steer smoothly. (It helps if the stoker has control of the third brake and it's also a good idea to mount the bike computer on the stoker handlebar – a rear wheel sensor kit will be needed.)
Some cycle hire outlets have a tandem or two available and even if that one isn't the type of tandem you would ultimately like to own, it'll do well enough to discover whether tandem riding is for you.
Further information
As for buying that tandem: in the 1970s tandems almost disappeared and were kept alive by only a handful of custom builders, mostly British. They've since made a comeback and are now mass-produced in many different styles (road, touring, trekking, hybrid and mountain – even some full-suspension) from deluxe down to the middle-market price bracket. Expect to pay about the same as two equivalent quality solos.
Britain can fairly claim to be the cradle of that tandem revival since the Tandem Club was founded here by a group of CTC members in 1971 and, just like CTC, rapidly grew an international membership leading to the foundation of similar clubs in many other countries.
The Tandem Club maintains close ties with CTC (most of their members are also ours) and their website, http://www.tandem-club.org.uk/ [2] holds much useful information on tandems.

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HOUSTON - Police are looking for a group of thieves who are targeting convenience stores in the Pasadena area.
The men are after easy money. Police believe they've hit five gas stations so far.
Two of the robberies were carried out on March 3. One was at a Gulf Gas Station at 2715 Strawberry Road and the other was at the Fuel Expo at 3500 Fairmont Parkway.
Three days later, Jack's Grocery was hit on March 6. It's located at 2743 Preston.
The last two robberies happened out on March 23. One was at a Texaco at 2626 Spencer Highway and the other was at a Valero at 921 State Highway 225.
Surveillance video from one robbery shows a thief with a ski mask pointing a shotgun at a woman and two children.
Police said the men always wear black ski masks and use a sawed-off shotgun.
All the crimes have been committed between 10 p.m. and midnight.
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With news that the WWE has reportedly announced the dates for its 2014 pay-per-view schedule (http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/2...wwes-2014-ppvs), now good definitely be a good time to predict which cities would make a very good location for each PPV. And so without further delay, here is my projected 2014 WWE pay-per-view schedule:
Updated 10-19-2013 at 01:26 PM by Dashing Rachel
So with Summerslam just one week away, it is only six months away from WrestleMania. You may think that's a little while to look ahead, but the effects of Summerslam should culminate in events that lead to a special WrestleMania. While most reports have, HHH vs Stone Cold as the main event. If they were to plan a WM that not only historic, but memorable.e Here is how I would book it.
Updated 08-11-2013 at 09:19 PM by pauldwku
This is my card. Winners are Bolded.
Ladder Match - Intercontinental Championship
Evan Bourne vs RVD (C) vs Daniel Bryan
Now I don't see Daniel Bryan staying in the WWE Championship picture for very long. I presume that he will win the Championship maybe hold it a while and then lose it @ Royal Rumble or TLC. I can see him then mixing it up with RVD which
Updated 06-30-2013 at 07:25 PM by jledwig
I'm sure that by the time you see this WrestleMania-themed #YYYTRR blog entry most of you will have seen the show or at least its results, but in the event that you have yet to see either, spoiler alert!
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'd like to thank WWE for giving us two great main event matches and a few surprises tonight. But if there was an award for killing
I am sure that most of you are tired of seeing the WrestleMania 29 predictions posts (there are only about 50,000 of them on here). Nonetheless, I thought I would bore you with my own. I have done some deep thought over the past few weeks and the following post is how I *think* WrestleMania will turn out on Sunday night. The matches are presented in the order that I think they will be in.
Good Day All,
I hope we are all enjoying this, mediocre at best, road to wrestlemania. I am not bitter however and I will explain why. (PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK)
Last years build for the Rock Vs. Cena 1 was way too weak with the twitter wars and barely any TV rivalry time. This year was a way better build up, and I actually am looking forward to the match this
Updated 04-06-2013 at 11:47 PM by VegasModman
It is Wrestlemania season and everyone wants to talk about memories of the biggest event of the year. What are the best matches of the grandest stage of them all? What are the worst at biggest event of the year? I'll answer those questions and more with this blog. I must stress this is my opinion first and foremost. These are my personal favs along with the matches that I think are the worst. Format
First of all, I would like everyone to know that I will be in attendance at this years Wrestlemania for the first time ever. Even knowing that I would be in attendance for this historic event, I still was not getting very excited about the event this year. I particularly blame this on the amazing wrestlemania season we got last year. Anyways, regardless of how I felt before I have been able to think
I see from time to time in comment sections that HBK isn't Mr.Wrestlemania. Undertaker is!! So why isn't Taker called Mr.Wrestlemania? Why is HBK, Mr.Wrestlemania? The point of this blog is to answer those questions as to who I believe is Mr.Wrestlemania and why the other isn't. So who is really Mr.Wrestlemania?
Mr.Wrestlemania is in my eyes Mr.Wrestlemania. Why? He has put on great performances
Hello everyone, this is my first blog on this site and I thought I'd start off with something simple: my idea for what I believe to be a decent pay-per-view schedule for WWE.
First off, I went with 10 PPVs. I didn't work out the exact dates on the calendar or anything, but my reasoning was that this would allow for longer build-ups, especially for the major PPVs like 'Mania and Summerslam.
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Harry Potter and the Defeat of the Dark MarkLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
In the final battle against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Bill Weasley and Draco Malfoy must, in some order, cast one of 5 spells. Additionally, they must cast their spells in sync with their girlfriends to increase the potency of the only tool against Dark Magic: Love. The boys are dating either Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley or Luna Lovegood. They each cast one of the following spells: Expelliarmus (disarms opponent), Reparo (repairs an object that is broken), Impendimenta (freezes opponent), Silencio (silences opponent), or Scourgify (cleansing spell).
1. Neville doesn't know how to cast a Reparo spell.
2. The 5 girls are the one dating Ron, the one who cast first, the one who used the Impendimenta spell, the one dating Harry, and the one who cast third.
3. Ron first began to realize just how wonderful his girlfriend, Luna (who is superstitious and therefore won't be the last to cast a spell), was when she was a substitute commentator at a Quidditch game.
4. Draco and his girlfriend cast fourth.
5. Bill has always been fond of his girlfriend's ability to cast the Scourgify spell, and so chose to cast that spell.
6. The five boys are Draco, the one dating Cho, the one who cast second, the one using the Scourgify spell, and the one who cast fifth.
7. None of boys cast a spell with the same first initial as their name.
8. Hermione is known for her skill in casting an Impendimenta spell, so her date picked that spell to cast.
9. Ron thought it would be "bloody brilliant" if he could make someone else keep quiet, so he cast the Silencio spell.
10. Fleur refused to allow her boyfriend and herself to cast their spell in any place but third, her lucky number.
AnswerNeville is dating Cho, they cast first and used the Expelliarmus spell to disarm Voldemort.
Ron is dating Luna, they cast second, and used the Silencio spell to keep Voldemort quiet.
Bill is dating Fleur, they cast third, and used the Scourgify spell to cleanse Voldemort of all his cruel deeds.
Draco is dating Hermione, they cast fourth, and used the Impendimenta spell to freeze Voldemort.
Harry is dating Ginny, they cast fifth, and used the Reparo spell to repair Voldemort's heart.
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Did you ever see one of those T-shirts that reads, "Be kind to your children. They'll be choosing your nursing home?" This maxim, unfortunately, makes retirement planning sense.
Iowa State University Professor of Economics Dan Otto turned his students loose on the question of balancing the budget and managing the debt ceiling. He says they quickly zeroed in on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as unsustainable programs that account for 40 percent of the federal budget and are projected to increase rapidly under current trends. The students agreed that these programs should be reformed or even eliminated. They argued for raising the age of retirement, raising the taxable maximum income ceiling on Social Security and making it easier to save.
At the same time, most of the 19- to 21-year-old students didn't think that they would ever benefit from any of these programs, so they didn't believe it was fair that they should be asked to pay for them. "They have a young person's perspective. They don't believe that they are ever going to get old and sick. If I had to characterize their attitudes, I'd call them Libertarians," says Otto.
Of course, the students didn't always agree with each other. Some had personal experience with grandparents and other older relatives that gave them a different perspective. Ultimately, after much discussion, they agreed on two recommendations that our members of Congress should take to heart:
- Tackle the problems now. Delaying action compounds the costs and increases the difficulties of dealing with issues later.
- Take a bipartisan approach. The causes and consequences of the federal debt and deficit issues are societal issues, and dealing with them will require bipartisan efforts.
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I think I might retire SupCom, or at least move on to the expansion. Holing up with towers is just disgustingly effective, as the Campaign AI demonstrates time and time again.
I just played a DoW2R 1v1 match against some Chaos guy and won for a change. In a very Orkish manner I lost far more units.
Here's a replay if anyone is interested.
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I think terror missions probably want 1 sniper, 1 heavy, 1 support, and 3 assaults, or 2 supports and 2 assaults, or 2 supports, 3 assaults, and no heavy (depending on whether you're likely to encounter robotic enemies, and whether any of your supports have suppressive fire). I find heavies to be the most useless on these missions, because they're usually either dashing to catch up, or too far away to get hits.
Moving slow units up-field quickly while faster units cover is a good idea, but don't waste all your run-and-guns at once. Get a couple units in the air (1 sniper, 1 assault) if you can. If you have a particular type of armor beneficial for assaults (you'll know what I mean if you've researched it), use it to reach civilians without risking your soldiers. If you don't have it, use smoke to cover risky placements or civilians in peril. Don't knowingly risk soldiers for civilians unless you've lost a lot already. However, when the enemies are thinned out, it can often pay off to run-and-gun your way into the fog if you suspect a civilian is in danger.
/fairly obvious advice from an amateur
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I'm back on Borderlands 2. Back with a vengeance in fact, I've started two new characters, I have a couple more I'm going to get through and then I'm going to make some more bank characters. I'm also grinding some Badass challenges, most notably the Sky Rockets In Flight... one, I've noticed the Borderlands wiki doesn't list the requirement for level 5 of that challenge so I assume it's because no one has yet completed level 4 (1000 kills with rocket launchers at long range), at least no one who wants to edit the wiki to add the info. I haven't even hit 200 yet so I've got a way to go... And that's with Zer0 as well, the guy who has no skills that would help complete that challenge, at least Salvador can regenerate ammo, Gaige has skills that boost explosive damage and Axton has some that help with rocket launchers. I'm hoping a Mongol will help cancel out any accuracy issues.
I've also picked up Minecraft again for the first time since 1.0 thanks to the ComputerCraft tutorials here at RPS, looking forward to getting into it again.:emofdr:
Kings Bounty: Crossworlds, 10 hours in on the Armored Princess campaign (with a lvl 14 paladin). Man, this game is addictive! But I agree with the WIT's; it's a lot less funny/bizarre compared to Kings Bounty: The Legend. But the constant drive (grind? :) to improve is very rewarding. The only thing I really don't like is the cuddly, cute pet dragon. I want my chest of rage back! (and in the game)
So Long as you're levelling up tech appropriately and your battlefield positioning is sound you should have enough to whittle the Chrysalids down before they get close enough to hurt you. You'll probably take some damage from the other goombahs that inhabit the level but so long as you've got a support unit and decent armour that shouldn't be an issue.
I've still not seen an attack animation from a Chrysalid becuase they never got close enough to do so using this tactic. Some civilians might die but you know...world is at stake so I don't care if I only save 18 rather than 20 of them.
Unrelated to the above, I ended up playing FIFA 12 for about 5 hours last night and I'm not even sure if I enjoyed it, fucking football games
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And from the limited demo, it definitely FEELS like kojima's world. People are randomly spouting detailed facts about how PMCs have evolved (especially in the wake of MGS4), you have over the top characters who all exist to consider philisophical crap ("What does an AI know about freedom?". Sidenote, I bet this isn't Raiden and is actually an AI modeled on Raiden).
Basically, it is Kojima's story and characters with Platinum's style. And I actually really like the approach from what little I have played. Snake rarely ever felt like "a badass" as it were. He instead felt like a nice stale beer spec op as it were. He had his moments of awesome, but it was very much about being outnumbered and knowing you don't stand a chance in a straight fight.
Rising Raiden is more about having to hold yourself back from trying to engage EVERYONE because you can't win (but you'll take a bunch of them down with you :p). Which actually seems to fit the character right now as Raiden seems hellbent on revenge and bloodthirsty as crap.Steam: Gundato
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And no, I don't remotely have everything researched, hell I only just built a foundry. Am I supposed to be grinding way more than I am between plot missions? I'd actually thought I was delaying more than the game intended...
Thanks for the advice.
You're clearly playing at a level so far above where I am as to barely be playing the same game. 18/20 civilians saved? Never seen a Chrysalid attack animation? I take it you're a veteran of the original game.
The main thing I take away from both your and internetonsetadd's advice, however, is that there's something deeply wrong with my strategic management and tech path. This is not exactly a surprise, since this being my first play through I don't know what's important to get, and don't have a clear sense of how I should be pacing plot progression vs. "grinding" for resources/tech/etc.
I only ever used red dragons, though. My army consisted of guard droids, repair droids, alchemists and engineers for the most part, plus the set that boosts the stats of all of these units.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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Played a round of Civ5 the last days. First round I played since release, this time with the Gods & Kings extension. Played on a random map and was the only civ on my island. So my Roman legions never came to use. Tried to achieve a cultural win, but Bismarck finished with a science victory in the end. Played on prince difficulty. The thing that bothers me most with Civ5 is, that the loading times after each round get very long in the end.
Also continued to play Stalker: SoC after a 3 month break. Left the garage and finally I start to enjoy this game. Atmosphere is awesome and the guns feel very good. Will definitely continue to play now...
If not for my 360 pad which arrived today. I played the "tutorial" of Dark Souls and beat the Asylum Demon after he punched me to death two times. The art direction in this game is fantastic! Also cant wait to play it again.
Just now I played half an hour of Dustforce. Normally I really enjoy platformers, but this one didnt grab me at all. Is it because all there is to do is getting the best time? Are there any secrets to find or something special to unlock? With Super Meat Boy I had great fun getting bandages and unlock special characters. With this one I just dont feel really motivated to play.
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Finished up Assassin's Creed 2 last night. I was very impressed with this game. I have Bro and Rev as well but I think I'm going to hold off on those for a while so I don't get burnt out.
Barring that, I started a little of Titan Quest and will probably focus my time on that for a while. Seems like a solid entry for this type of game. I'm definitely going to have to get Diablo 2 at some point (never played it).
For more arcadey action, I'm also playing Nights into Dreams for the first time since I owned the Saturn original. Huge nostalgia rush but of course I suck at it, can't get any better than C's and D's.
It took a lot of saving and reloading in a non Ironman campaign to start out but after a good 12 hours or so I finally worked out how to control the battlefield on Classic Ironman without too much difficulty. You just have to be excessively cautious and incredibly patient, pull aliens one bunch a time. If you think in terms of survival horror-caution, make every shot count, safety first, stick together-rather than strategy it becomes much easier. Advance slowly, have someone scout ahead, fall back if youre exposed until you can advance safely, repeat until you find some aliens, kill them, repeat until you find some more.
I find its hardest starting out because the AI buffs ignore cover to an extent, so irrespective of how well you use cover you can still die as easily as if you were out in the open when you are low ranked. Once you get the improved armour and level up a few troops though you just need to pull one group at a time and so long as you use cover properly you should have the resources and ability to tackle anything up to five or six bad guys, because your tech should have advanced to the point where you can survive better, for several rounds of shoot outs, and do more damage.
An assault troop is best for scouting because of their movement traits and ability to shake off an initial shot, I forgot what its called. Then once you have mid way troops with the ability to heal several rounds, protect with smoke, fire twice if standing still, shoot anywhere within someone elses line of sight and so on you should easily be able to duke it out with aliens at a ratio of 1.25 to one or so if you are in a defended position. You can start to flank once numbers dwindle, or if a route to doing so is clearly sheltered. If you do so before you risk casualties. After the fight fall back into formation and move on like the tortoise you are. Snapping Turtle may be more appropriate.
If you sweep out, as I wanted to when starting as it feels more epic and right, but you get overwhelmed, and easily play to the AIs biggest strength. If you restrict how many you need to fight though you equal the odds and so long as your tech is at least equal to that of the baddies youre up against you should be able to outthink the AI as in most other games. Its then just a case of knowing what angles are good for firing and cover, something which only comes with practice and what I spent most of initial, saveable play through doing.
It all depends on how much you want to beat the game as to whether you want to adopt this though. Its effective but intensive and also kind of saps the game of drama. Its cold, systems based logic rather than themed Ameritrash fun, which is how I tend to play games/board games like this. I was satisfied at first when I learned to consistently best the odds but when I realised it had become a catch all approach It felt flat as the excitement went, the peril was gone, and it became a methodical grind. Although one or two of the ultimate rank of bad guys are good fun to face because they have some ability to mess up a procedural approach anyway, its usually a Parthian shot rather than a mission threatening risk.
So there you go. Pretty much a fail proof approach, but it comes at the expense of my not really being too bothered about playing it any time soon again as a result. If you get a kick out of winning though (i'm really not very competitive at all) it's probably worth doing. I would like to try a different approach which is what I usually do if I find a gamey approach is ruining things, but I cant see how any other way of playing would work without everyone dying.
I was sat looking at weapon numbers when I realised "FFS I'm sat looking at numbers".
It is a fun game, but the new where you can fail because you picked the wrong equipment and then, find the game too easy when you 'solve' levels. But that's quite liberating after struggling. ..
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2 was all about "What if the everyman became Solid Snake". 4 was Raiden finding his own path, that he continues along in Rising.
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It's about time! I have been waiting a looooong time! I will be ordering the top of the line very soon.
By the way, I currently have a "fusion" drive in my MacBookPro and I did not notice any difference from a traditional drive. Just sayin'.
Unless you absolutely had to have an iMac, why would you buy one knowing the refresh was waaaaay overdue?
I mean i dont use disks that often anymore however i cant use my digital copy anymore unless i use the remote disk which is a pain in the ***! And the remote disk has 1/8th of the functions it actually has! I cant even use it for my digital copy because it wont read it.
Man, I am so glad I didn't wait for this. I only wish I had USB 3 on my iMac 27" purchased in June, but I'll gladly keep my RAM upgradability, optical drive and line-in audio jack.
Bet your not so glad you got an old model now eh?
I like the revamp iMac since i don't use the DVD/CD optical Drive & the fact that it comes with a TB HD..where as when i bought mine in May of 2011 it came with a 500GB for $1200 & if i wanted a Larger HD it was MORE. Now that i can get a TB HD for the SAME AMOUNT!!! it's a No brainer & the Processor is Better with an iVy vs my Sandy Bridge. It comes with 2 thunderbolt connections vs One, so that's MORE then enough for me to sell my iMac & get the New one.


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I tried to build APK file from Pygame.
After command "android.py build mygame release" I got this:
/home/user/pgs1a-0.9.6/android-sdk/tools/build.xml:471: Invalid file: /home/user/pgs4a-0.9.6/android-sdk/extras/google/play_licansing/library/build.xml
I've been followed by this instructions:
http://pygame.renpy.org/android-packagi ... nsion-apks
If you don't know how to fix this, may be you can tell what OS, version of gps4a... you have used for success. Or maybe some alternative way to build APK from Pygame.


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Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 8:00am to Sunday, May 25, 2014 - 5:00pm
The Spring Warm Up show and the Annual Dressage Show combine for the first events of the season for the Kentucky Dressage Association (KDA). This event will feature United States Dressage Federation (USDF), United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), and International Federation of Equestrian Sports (FEI) sanctioned classes. Introductory level tests all the way up to Grand Prix level tests will be on display as well as suitability, Para-equestrian, and freestyle classes. For more information, please visit http://www.kentuckydressageassociation.org or call 859-276-8993.
KDA Spring Warm Up May 22-23
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Shooting leaves 1 dead, girl clinging to life
Updated 5:34 pm, Monday, December 10, 2012
A teenager remains in critical condition after she was injured in a shooting that killed a man at a birthday party in Von Ormy this weekend.
Early Saturday, Terrell Stevens, 22, was fatally shot at a home in the 4400 block of Countess, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said. The teenager, a 13-year-old girl, was shot in the head and is being treated at University Hospital, officials said.
No one has been arrested the double shooting, said Bexar County sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Pollard, although a Dodge Durango officials believe the shooter used to flee the scene was found abandoned in a neighborhood about 17 miles away.
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"We're actively looking for one person who we think was probably in the vehicle," Pollard said. "We're still waiting to talk to everyone right now."
Pollard said women at the party began to fight, and a man in his 20s opened fire before fleeing in a vehicle that was found hours later.
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Correction: A girl who was shot in the head at a party on Saturday is 13. Her age was incorrect in a story on Sunday's page B2 and on mySA.com.


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The Oscar nominations have finally been announced! Thor actor Chris Hemsworth and Cheryl Boone Issacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science made the announcement this morning.
The five ladies up for the top honor of Best Actress in a Leading Role are Amy Adams for American Hustle, Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Judi Dench for Philomena, Sandra Bullock for Gravity, and Meryl Streep for August: Osage County.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role nominees includes Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle, Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine, Julia Roberts for August: Osage County, June Squibb for Nebraska, and Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years of Slave.
Nominations for Best Picture include:
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Click here to see the full list of this year's nominees, and tune in Sunday, March 2 at 7/6 c on ABC to see who will take home the gold!
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Complete any outfit with this pink heart earring and necklace set. This set features small hearts with a pink stone center and a lightly antiqued etched trim around the edge. The hearts on the necklace are delicately spaced with silver links. The earrings are set on a hypoallergenic surgical steel posts that are gentle enough for sensitive ears. This set is protected with Montana Armor against tarnishing. To keep your jewelry's brilliance occasionally wipe down with a damp cloth. DO NOT use chemical or abrasive cleaners as they will remove the protection from your jewelry.
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Giants unable to support Vogelsong in loss to D-backs
Offense doesn't score with righty in the game for his fourth straight start
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryan Vogelsong received a round of applause from the AT&T Park crowd as he exited the mound in the seventh inning, his workday complete. Yet again, that moral support was all he'd get on Saturday afternoon.
The Giants didn't score a run while Vogelsong was in the game for a fourth consecutive outing en route to losing, 2-0, to the D-backs. Vogelsong allowed just two earned runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings, but as has become the norm for the 36-year-old, good was not good enough. He's given up eight earned runs in 24 2/3 innings (2.92 ERA) in his last four starts, but has been saddled with the loss in each outing.
"It happens, I'll be fine," said Vogelsong, who pitched with what he called "a lot of a cold" on Saturday. "It's kind of crazy that it just keeps happening to me, but it's stuff that you go through during a season that's like anything else, whether it's an injury, or not playing good -- you keep fighting and come out on the other side."
The last Giants pitcher to be provided with absolutely zero room for error for this long of a stretch? Lynn McGlothen (April 16-May 1, 1977). The Giants also didn't score for Jonathan Sanchez in four straight starts, but those were spread across two seasons (Sept. 12, 2007 to April 9, 2008). The Giants' last score with Vogelsong in the game came June 21, and they have just one total run in the last four games in which he started.
"It's got to be a little frustrating. He threw so well today, what a great job he did," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Quality start, good stuff, was hitting his spots well, we just couldn't get him some support there."
Vogelsong has been the main victim of the Giants' recent offensive woes, but he's not the only one -- Saturday marked the fifth time the Giants were shut out in their last 13 games.
Aaron Hill broke a scoreless tie when he drilled a changeup into the left-field bleachers to give the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the fourth. It was the first home run Vogelsong had allowed at AT&T Park this season. Arizona struck again in the seventh after Hill doubled. With one out and the infield in, Gerardo Parra lined a single past Marco Scutaro and into right field to score Hill and extend the lead to 2-0.
That proved to be plenty of support for Arizona starter Wade Miley, who surrendered just four hits in seven shutout innings.
The Giants came closest to the scoreboard in the seventh. Brandon Belt walked and Joaquin Arias singled to put runners on first and second with one out. After he was initially called safe on a bang-bang play at first base, Gregor Blanco was ruled out after replay review showed Miley tagged him before he reached the bag, and pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez lined out to a diving Paul Goldschmidt to end the threat.
Blanco began the fifth with a single, but was picked off at first base. An Arias strikeout ended a two-on, two-out threat for the Giants in the fourth. They finished the game 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and are now hitting just .131 (8-for-61) in those situations in their last nine games.
The crowd's loudest ovation came in the first inning, when Scutaro stepped into the batter's box for his first at-bat of the season. The second baseman was 0-for-3 with a walk and made an impressive defensive play when he flipped the ball to first from his glove for an out in the second inning. He said his back tightened late in the game, which he expected.
Asked about the team's month-long tumble, Scutaro echoed the sentiment his teammates have expressed. The losses are piling up, but the belief remains that it's nothing more than a turbulent stretch. Time will tell.
"Everybody knows it's almost impossible to play, as a team, the way we're playing for six months. These times are going to come sooner or later; you just have to stay strong and stay together as a team and keep fighting," Scutaro said. "It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. There's still a long way to go."
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Arcata Council to consider permitting for street murals
ARCATA- The City of Arcata will consider approving a measure that would allow residents and businesses to paint street murals with a permit from the city.
The council will consider the ordinance at their next city council meeting on Wednesday. The city will determine what types of guidelines will regulate the murals. The city will consider the mural's maintenance, impacts of paint materials and any liabilities the city could face as a result of the paintings.
The ordinance comes to the council in response to a painting on 10th and L street done last year in the Creamery District by event organizers. Previously, other residents have expressed interest in the idea.


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When I talk people listen
If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance that you have harnessed the power of social media for good. Starting off with a pretty smarmy title on this post, there's also a good chance that I won't pull it off. Hang in there with me for a few. I'm not talking about being that person who has "like, a million friends" on Facebook (shameless self-promotion!). I'm talking about using social media outlets effectively as an individual or organization changing the way the world works.
In a movement working toward both physical and emotional safety, social media might seem scary. There is little control over the public nature of content. Even Privacy Settings can change and zero out in an instant. Despite the challenges posed by this communication medium, I firmly believe that this is not a space we can avoid. Social media is the way of the world, and there is no turning back now.
Rather than avoiding it, or only educating on the dangers of it, I propose a warm, mindful embrace of all that this outlet has to offer. Bottom line—when you talk, don't you want to know that people listen? Reach more people! Social media outlets famously promote what I like to call the ripple effect. When you post or tweet, it doesn't stop at your friends and followers. They can share with their own circles and build the reach of your messaging.
Publishing for the universe: When you post something on a social media site, like Facebook or Twitter, it becomes content published in a public, openly accessible space. That means that if J.Q. Citizen does a Google search on the topic you posted, your voice will show up! Social media is a free way to publish online content and provide public education for the world.
Building your community: Social media is not just another way to send your message. Social media is a space for building new and existing relationships. Interact with people, converse, explore, and grow in your mission. Engage in conversation with others who are interested in your topic area, tell them about your events and help them to share theirs. Build the relationships that will also build community capacity to collaborate, educate, and intervene in violence.
Promoting your true mission: When using social media, remember why you do your good work. Most movement members joined because they are ready for sexual violence to be over. With that in mind, what do you want the world to look like? What are you for? Using social media to promote those ideals and positive framework provides a strong foundation for conversation and engagement.
For an example of the way that the NSVRC engages in social media campaigns, check out the "It's time…to Tweet About It!" post from the SAAM blog. So, here's my question to you, faithful reader. When you post, do people listen? Or, even better, do they respond?
I hear you, Ali! Social media is an ally, and I love sharing tools and seeing examples of it used for good. Thanks for mentioning SAAM. SAAM <3's SM!
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University men's basketball team will face a pair of ACC powerhouses in a two-game pre-season tour as the 2012-13 season gets underway. The Lions will travel to Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, November 2 to face the University of Miami and will then head toward the panhandle to face No. 25 Florida State University in Tallahassee on Monday, November 5. Both games will tip off at 7:00 p.m.
As part of the ACC doubleheader, Saint Leo will host pre-game receptions at both venues for alumni, parents, students, faculty, and staff. The receptions will begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude at tip-off with a special visit from a member of the Saint Leo men's basketball coaching staff to share insight into the game plan and thank fans for their support of the program.
"I am excited to play such an incredibly difficult exhibition schedule," head coach Lance Randall said. "It is an honor to compete against two excellent programs from the premier basketball conference in the nation. These teams have future NBA players on their rosters, great coaches on the sidelines and post-season experience under their belts. We are very fortunate to get these games for our players and our fans."
The Lions released their 2012-13 schedule earlier this fall and it features 26 regular season games in a slate loaded with nationally ranked teams and NCAA Tournament participants, as well as Sunshine State Conference title contenders. Coach Randall returns all five starters and 9 of his top-10 scorers from the 2011-12 team that became the first in program history to reach the NCAA Tournament and was narrowly defeated in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament Championship by host Florida Southern.
"We are looking forward to coaching a team that returns so much talent and experience," Randall said. "This is a tough-minded group that has embraced a steel curtain defensive mentality. We have added two very good veterans in Jerrel Harris and Chim Kadima as well as three talented freshmen that greatly upgrade our depth."
For the complete 2012-13 men's basketball schedule and all news and information pertaining to Saint Leo Athletics, please visit www.SaintLeoLions.com.


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Media debates Booker longlist
The newspapers have offered differing reactions to the Man Booker longlist announcement, made yesterday, with most hailing bookies' favourite Alan Hollinghurst, and the Daily Telegraph detecting a "more populist" selection.
The Independent chose to focus on the inclusion of Scottish indie Sandstone Press' The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers with the headline "Booker Prize pits tiny Highlands publisher against literary giants".
The paper described the 13-strong list as "headed" by Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child (Picador) and listed "notable omissions" Justin Cartwright, Ali Smith, A L Kennedy, Andrew Miller, Anne Enright and Aravind Adiga.
The Daily Mail reported the Daily Telegraph's angle on the story, which was chair of judges Stella Rimington's fear that, although a market for fiction would exist in 100 years, electronic gadgets were distracting young people from cultivating a love of reading novels. She said" "I think much of the Twittering and emailing and texting and all that sort of stuff that children go in for now may be taking their eyes off reading fiction. When I was young we read more than the average child reads now." However she said that devices like the Kindle could "help turn the tide".
In a blog piece, the Telegraph commented: "So while the judges' more populist tastes can certainly be seen in their list, they have also given themselves enough wiggle room to carve out a respectable shortlist", but predicted that former-winner Hollinghurst's "subject is probably too literary for him to win again".
Meanwhile the Guardian focused on Stephen Kelman's gang culture debut Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) and also mourned the omissions of Graham Swift, Philip Hensher, Linda Grant, Anne Enright and Aravind Adiga.
Any suggestion of disagreement between the judges was swiftly kyboshed: Rimington told the paper: "We've had a lot of fun today. It was an impassioned debate, but—without any acrimony and with a great deal of humour—we've come up with a longlist we're all pleased with."
FutureBook focused on which books were available to download and from where, with Amazon having nine of the 13 titles available for download on the Kindle, and already chasing those books not yet available digitally.


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Flights to Dublin Guide Emirates Australia
Starting as a Viking settlement centuries ago, Dublin is an enchanting destination for an urban getaway, blending ancient and modern with natural beauty, and a profound literary tradition. It also makes a popular business hub for many large multinational companies.
Ireland has produced many outstanding writers, among them a number of Nobel laureates, including Samuel Beckett and George Bernard Shaw, as well as other celebrated scribes like Oscar Wilde and James Joyce. As such, Dublin is replete with establishments, tours and other activities dedicated to honouring Ireland s literary accomplishments from the Dublin Writers Museum and James Joyce Centre, to the Children s Book Festival and National Print Museum.
Trinity College is home to one of Ireland s greatest manuscripts, The Book of Kells, a centuries old work considered a national treasure and one-of-a-kind, priceless work of art.
Dublin Castle is a major piece of Ireland s history, having been continuously occupied since its founding at the beginning of the 13th Century. Conveniently located in the heart of Dublin s city centre, the castle now hosts a well-appointed conference centre, gardens, museums, a library and a chapel among other things. While visitors are free to explore the grounds at their leisure, the centerpiece of the castle, the State Apartments, considered the most important of their kind in Ireland, can be viewed by guided tour.
A more recent addition to the city s landmarks is the Spire of Dublin, reflecting a far more modern era with its stainless steel, pin-like structure jutting almost 400 feet into the air. These landmarks, as well as countless other interesting structures, statues and monuments can be seen all across Dublin.
The River Liffey, which bisects the city, provides some enjoyable attractions and activities. The Dublin or Liffey Boardwalk is one way to enjoy the river, but if you wish to get more closely acquainted, take a river tour, or get wet and enter the Liffey Swim, an annual race that takes place in late summer.
Many bridges span the river, some centuries old and others more recent, the most famous of which is the Liffey Bridge, more commonly known as the Ha penny Bridge, a cast iron structure built in the 1800 s and one of Dublin s most iconic landmarks.
If you prefer an energetic scene, there are many nightclubs and bars from which to choose, many of them found along the banks of the Liffey River and in the Temple Bar area of the city. The strong tradition of social dining and countless pubs in the city, means one has a wide choice of where to settle for a meal, and there are even tours to help you get acquainted with the options available. And a visit to Dublin s oldest pub, The Brazen Head, established in 1198, is highly recommended.
Ireland is home to many fascinating natural and man-made sites, including the famous Giant s Causeway in Country Antrim, and the Blarney Castle near Cork, where you can see the famous Blarney Stone, believed to impart good luck to those who kiss it.
Other attractions include the Cliffs of Moher in Country Clare, and Belfast Castle, in Northern Ireland.
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Statement by Ambassador Berger on UNODC in the Security Council
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Thank you, Mister President,
I would like to join the others in thanking Mr. Fedotov for his insightful briefing. We recognize the important role and the work performed by UNODC for the development of effective strategies and measures to reduce the detrimental impact of illicit drugs on the health, social well-being and safety of people across the world. The briefing has clearly shown that organized crime and drug trafficking can have a major impact on regional and international peace and security.
We all share the global concern about the detrimental impact that drug abuse and drug trafficking have on the political and socio-economic stability of societies, particularly in West Africa, but also in parts of America, Central Asia and Europe. Countering these drug-related threats remains one of the main objectives of UNODC. Many countries lack efficient capacities for effectively countering and preventing trafficking and use of illicit drugs. The work of UNODC in the field of institutional capacity building and assistance for States to improve the skills and knowledge of national authorities in all areas of drug control is essential and deserves further support.
Mr. President,
Germany is concerned about violent activities by illegal armed groups and criminals involved in the drug trade, in some cases linked to terrorist activities. These threaten local populations as well as security forces. They undermine state authority. They also threaten to undermine some of our joint efforts in building peace, such as in Afghanistan, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone. Recognizing that post-conflict areas are the most vulnerable, we are convinced that the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking is also an important factor in peacebuilding efforts. We underscore the crucial role of the Peacebuilding Commission in this context.
Germany welcomes recent initiatives in Central America to combat organized crime and violence on a regional and multinational level by staging the international conference on regional security on June 22/23 in Guatemala City. We hope that the implementation of the newly presented Security Strategy for Central America will successfully contribute to reducing the threats of organized crime, corruption and impunity on all levels. Together with our European Union partners we support this and other regional and international mechanisms and frameworks for fighting drug trafficking and organized crime, including G-8 initiatives.
Furthermore, Germany also welcomes cooperation between UN agencies, funds and programs and other regional and international organisations - such as UNODC's cooperation with UNRCCA.
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The new Jr. Animal Scientist program helps kids learn more about science and the animal world. Kids ages 5 to 12 can explore science careers and study the lives of pets, farm animals and zoo animals.
All Jr. Animal Scientists receive a full year subscription to Jr. Animal Scientist magazine. The magazine has great resources for learning at home or in the classroom:
- Articles written just for kids to explain scientific concepts. The first issue focuses on the science of milk production. Future issues will focus on concepts like thermoregulation and genetics.
- Full-color photographs and graphics to illustrate the science. Kids can see how scientific research is relevant in their lives.
- Articles about scientists with interesting careers. The first issue of the magazine includes a profile of Jeff Ettling, a herpetologist who works at the Saint Louis Zoo.
- Activity pages that reinforce scientific concepts from previous articles. These pages also complement classroom lessons on animals, science and agriculture.
- Do-it-yourself activities where students can see science in action.
Jr. Animal Scientists can also access a special section of AnimalSmart.org. This section features extra articles about animal science and graphics that complement articles in the magazine.
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The question is whether the city's plan to remove thousands of trees from the watershed will be enough to withstand the sort of monster fire that could disable reservoirs and trigger floods capable of reaching downtown Santa Fe.
With winter snows draping local forests and filling reservoirs, wildfire seems like a distant threat. But a wet winter will stimulate new growth in a watershed already overstocked with flammable vegetation.
Bracketing the headwaters of the Santa Fe River, from the top of Upper Canyon Road to the base of Lake Peak, the 17,000-acre watershed forms a narrow, dog legged valley that acts like a siphon, capturing runoff from over 11,000 acres of adjacent mountains. The watershed is home to the city's two reservoirs, Nichols and McClure, and is the source of 30 to 40 percent of its annual drinking water supply.
It would be hard to find a more perilous place to store such an irreplaceable asset.
The watershed is surrounded by 2 million acres of national forest where drought and rising temperatures are causing wildfires to be bigger, more frequent and destructive.
Across the western US, the amount of land burned has tripled since the 1970s, and the average number of fires that have consumed 10,000 acres or more is seven times what it was, according to statistics compiled by Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The situation is no different in northern New Mexico, where the largest wildlife in state history, the 2011 Las Conchas fire, did serious damage to the Santa Clara Pueblo watershed. Fires in the mountains east and west of Santa Fe burned roughly 300,000 acres during the past 15 years.
In a watershed, it's not what happens in a fire, but what happens afterward that can wreak the worst havoc.
Santa Fe could lose up to 60 percent of its reservoir capacity during the first year following a major wildfire and the boulder-strewn mudflows that would likely follow, according to the latest edition of the city's watershed plan. In the aftermath of such a fire, the amount of sediment washing down scorched slopes "would not only reduce the capacity of the reservoirs...but impair use of the water until the watershed healed." The plan goes on to say that it could take more than 10 years and cost up to $240 million to rehabilitate the watershed and the reservoirs If the warnings sound alarmist, the devastation is not without precedent. After the 2002 Hayman Fire in Colorado burned into Denver's watershed, the city spent the better part of a decade freeing up one of its reservoirs from the thousands of tons of debris that washed down barren hillsides destabilized by the fire. High winds had caused the fire to burn through areas of the forest that had been thinned.
Nonetheless, many wildfire experts believe that by "treating" a forest—thinning the trees by various means—the risk of catastrophic wildlife can be reduced, though not eliminated.
"As treatments accumulate over the landscape or are placed in strategic locations, they have the potential to make a significant impact on the behavior of wildfires," concludes one recent study by the Ecological Restoration Institute at the University of Northern Arizona.
The study cautions that "treated areas are not entirely fireproof and do not always serve as fire barriers. In the right conditions severe fire can burn through treatments or 'spot' over them."
Thinning itself is not risk-free when prescribed fire is used either to burn trees or brush. New Mexico's 2000 Cerro Grande fire, which destroyed more than 200 homes in Los Alamos, was a prescribed fire that burned out of control. Such incidents are rare, however. During the past 17 years, less than one percent of prescribed fires set by the Forest Service escaped control, according to the agency's National Fire Use Program. Of the 20 fires that did get out of hand between 2009 and 2011, two resulted in the loss of nearby buildings.
Santa Fe began taking measures to protect its watershed nearly a century ago after years of heavy logging and grazing had destroyed the vegetation, polluted the river and triggered floods. In 1932, the watershed was closed to public access, leaving faint traces of sheep trails, the remnants of a road built by convicts and the foundations of a long abandoned hunting lodge.
The closure did not put an end to all human sources of ignition. Over the years, the watershed became an illicit refuge for homeless camps, hunters and sightseers on foot or aboard all terrain vehicles.
The city's modern watershed plan, which was adopted in 1998, sought to tighten security but, more important, called for large scale thinning
across the lower onethird of the watershed.
Some local environmentalists also argue the thinning is not worth the toll on humans. Yet, the cumulative effect of wildfire would be far greater.
The purpose is to create enough space between the remaining trees that fire will drop to the ground instead of spreading across treetops where it can be impossible to contain. The US Forest Service (USFS) began work in 2002, using controlled burns, chain saws and other mechanical means. The plan had been approved by a civic partnership including the city and county, the USFS, the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society and the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Not all local environmentalists supported the plan, however, and some continue to oppose any thinning where trees provide nesting or foraging habitat for some 63 species of birds, among them the Northern Goshawk and two increasingly rare types of warbler. Some local environmentalists also argue that thinning is not worth the toll on humans: the smoke from prescribed fires, the carbon dioxide released from trees intentionally burned and the effects of chemical residue from the accelerants used to start prescribed burns.
Advocates of forest thinning say that when the work is done carefully, targeting small trees and creating openings in the forest that foster the regrowth of native grasses, the impacts on most wildlife tend to be short lived. Wildlife monitoring by the watershed partnership between 2003 and 2009 found that "most species remained unchanged, indicating resilience to thinning."
Ecologists who have studied the impacts of thinning on wildlife in western forests are not of one mind.
A recent paper in Global Ecology and Biogeography warns that widespread thinning changes forest structure "probably with negative consequences for biodiversity," while a concurrent article in the International Journal of Wildland Fire concludes that "most ecosystem compo- nents exhibit very subtle effects, or no measurable effects at all" from forest thinning.
As for the concerns about smoke, carbon dioxide and toxic residue, the simple rejoinder is that the cumulative impacts of a major wildfire and the tons of chemical slurry used to fight it would be far greater.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the country's leading environmental organizations, has just released a report cataloging the health effects—including asthma, pneumonia and heart disease —of exposure to the smoke from wildfires. The study found that virtually all of New Mexico's population is exposed to medium and high density smoke from wildfires for a few days to several weeks a year. The study, however, does not address the comparative hazards of smoke from prescribed burns.
By 2009, the City of Santa Fe and the USFS had completed much of the thinning work called for in the 1998 plan. The Forest Service had cut and burned trees on 5,400 acres at a cost of $8 million in state and federal funds. Visible today, the results are dramatic. Thinned areas resemble parkland with clusters of stately ponderosas freed of undergrowth and separated by broad aprons of grass. The forest density was reduced from several hundred trees per acre to 100 or fewer. Today, as part of the plan, the Forest Service continues to burn piles of branches and trees that were cut during thinning operations.
Experts hired to assess the work believe more thinning needs to be done.
William Armstrong, the USFS fire and fuels specialist who has overseen much of the thinning, would have preferred to give the forest a shorter haircut. As he stands next to McClure Reservoir on a recent visit, Armstrong says if he had his way there would be nothing left there but grass. As extreme as it might sound, such a scenario is not unprecedented. At Los Alamos National Laboratory, for example, the ground around waste storage sites has been shorn of trees and shrubs to keep fire away from highly flammable toxic materials.
Ellis Margolis, a research fellow at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research who was retained by the Santa Fe Watershed Association, agrees with Armstrong that more thinning is needed. "The upper Santa Fe River watershed is arguably the most at risk, high profile municipal watershed in the southwestern US," he wrote in a 2009 report published in Forest Ecology and Management.
If more thinning is done, he says, "the probability is much higher that if fire came into the treated area, it would lay down" and thus be easier to control.
Margolis went on to Margolis went on to say that the watershed remains "at high risk of the type of event that could destroy the water supply infrastructure and flood the historic heart of the city."
Margolis has studied the history and frequency of fire in and around the Santa Fe watershed and doesn't believe that fire can be kept out. But if more thinning is done, "the probability is much higher that if fire came into the treated area, it would lay down," and thus be easier to control, he tells SFR.
The 2013 revised watershed plan does call for more thinning.
The work is to be conducted over the next 15 years at an additional cost of $5 million, much of it to be borne by the 30,000 households that use the water.
The next phase of work could well be more controversial than the first round of thinning. East of McClure Reservoir, and deeper into the mountains, it would target 2,900 acres of mixed conifer forest on steep slopes inside the boundaries of the Pecos Wilderness.
Sandy Hurlocker, the Forest Service's ranger in charge of the project, says he would like to start work on the new area next spring but concedes it might not be possible given the challenges posed by the location—a federal wilderness where wildlife protections are stricter and the use of machinery is prohibited except in emergencies.
Local environmentalists are particularly concerned about the Forest Service's proposed thinning strategy. Hurlocker and Armstrong want to deploy helicopters to ignite controlled burns from the air. The alternative, sending people up the nearly vertical slopes to start fires by hand, would be impractical and unsafe.
One local group "Once A Forest" has already expressed its opposition. Another, WildEarth Guardians, which formally opposed the first phase of thinning, has not indicated whether it will do so again but is clearly not a fan of the Forest Service's proposed work plan.
"We have reservations about using helicopters in wilderness. If the Forest Service can't do it by hand, it should consider not doing it all," says Bryan Bird, the group's program director.
The debate over how best to manage the watershed does not end at its boundaries. In 2006, the Forest Service began advocating a 965-acre thinning project along densely forested ridges in Hyde Memorial State Park and Black Canyon that abut the watershed's western boundary.
Armstrong assessed the vulnerability of the area to fire in 2005 in a report based on computer modeling. The modeling assigned a 95 percent probability of a fire of larger than 1,000 acres within 20 years.
"Ignition sources are common and of particular concern are the number of campfire circles, abandoned homeless camps and dispersed recreation sites," Armstrong wrote. "Even without human ignition sources, lightning is a common phenomenon."
Craig Allen, a research ecologist with the United States Geological Survey, echoed Armstrong's concerns in a recent presentation to the Santa Fe City Council. Allen, who lives in Santa Fe, is an internationally recognized expert on the role that drought and climate change are playing in wildfire behavior.
The gist of his message was that in a matter of minutes southwesterly winds could carry a wildfire from Hyde Park, not just to the watershed but into adjacent residential neighborhoods and into the heart of Santa Fe's most popular recreational terrain.
Such a fire "could turn the green back door of Santa Fe into a bunch of sticks," says Allen. "It's disturbing no action has been taken given the consequences."
The Forest Service's proposal to thin Hyde Park has lain dormant since it was successfully appealed by WildEarth Guardians and other environmentally minded residents, including veteran activist Sam Hitt, who regards much of the prognosticating about monster fire in or around the watershed as alarmist in the extreme.
"The chances of a crown fire occurring there are vanishingly small, less than one tenth of one percent in any given year," he tells SFR.
Hitt invokes the work of University of Wyoming Geographer William L Baker, among other contrarians, who has written extensively about fire behavior in southwestern ponderosa pine forests similar to the one in the Santa Fe watershed.
Writing in The Open Forest Science Journal, Baker and co-author John Rhodes contend that high severity fires are far from inevitable, and that even in those ponderosa forests that do burn relatively frequently there is only about a 50-50 chance that thinning will reduce fire severity.
Despite the contentiousness, there is still room for agreement within Santa Fe's watershed. It begins around 9,000 feet where the Santa Fe River carves its way through a narrow, high elevation canyon and where the ponderosas give way to spruce and fir.
Forest policy is not contested there because the policy is to leave the area alone. No one is suggesting doing any thinning there or on the thickly forested slopes that frame the eastern border of the watershed.
It is roadless high country with few if any other ways to gain access. And even if personnel and machinery could make it up, the danger is that a controlled burn would explode into the type of conflagration that could do irreparable damage to the watershed downstream.
The watershed's high-elevation forest is so flammable because it hasn't burned since the late 1600s, the last time there was a drought as severe as the current one, according to Margolis.
Sooner or later, when fire does come to this place, lightning will probably provide the match, as it did in last summer's 11,000 acre Jarosa Fire, several miles to the north in similar high elevation spruce and fir.
"The upper watershed, in the spruce and fir, is going to burn. Up there, it's inevitable," Hitt says.
The question no one can answer is whether such a fire would be followed by rain and landslides severe enough to cripple the reservoirs below. Armstrong points out that the Jarosa Fire did not lead to devastating landslides.
Most experts would agree with Hitt that fire tends to be good for a forest, stimulating new growth and new habitat for wildlife. The consensus these days is to let fires burn, especially in wilderness. But a fire in a municipal watershed is another matter, even a fire that moves in the opposite direction of civilization, away from the reservoirs and infrastructure that capture and clean the water.
As the authors of the watershed plan have warned, a fire often causes the worst damage after the flames are out, when monsoonal rains pummel the scorched ground and unleash tidal waves of mud and rock.
Santa Fe is lucky to have other sources of water: two municipal well fields and a share of Colorado River water that is diverted across the Continental Divide and down the Rio Grande to Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Hypothetically, the city can rely on these sources if the watershed doesn't deliver either because of fire damage or drought. Even if the watershed doesn't burn, there is nearly an 80 percent chance that it won't yield its share of the city's water in a long drought, says Margolis.
Unfortunately, the city's two other water sources are also vulnerable. Santa Fe has been forced to rest its wells in the past after pumping exceeded the natural rate of recharge and threatened to do damage to the underlying aquifer. Storms following the huge Las Conchas fire in 2011 washed so much debris into the Rio Grande, it was not feasible to treat the water, and the city had to halt its withdrawals from the river for nearly three weeks. Even with all of its sources, the city warns in its long range water plan, (published on Santa Fe's official website) that supplies will fall short of meeting projected demands by 2021. Moreover, by 2045, the city projects its water deficit will rise to 2,700 acre feet a year, the amount needed by 10,000 families. The long range plan takes into account conservation efforts that so far have led to a 25 percent reduction in per person water consumption. The plan also assumes that the city's strategy for protecting the watershed and its reservoirs will succeed.
Spring winds and summer lightning will test that assumption.
Frank Clifford is a Santa Fe resident who was a staff writer and editor at the Los Angeles Times for 25 years. He edited environmental news there from 2001 to 2007.


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CLAYHIDON'S Chris Hay certainly won't be lacking for fitness when it comes to defending his British Universities and Colleges Sport crown this weekend. For the Great Britain fencer has added swimming and triathlon training to an already hectic workload.
The 21-year-old, who went to Court Fields Community School and learnt to fence with Wellington Swords, will head to Sheffield for the multi-sport BUCS Gatorade Nationals.
The event brings 6,000 athletes from 130 universities together to crown the nation's rising stars.
And since scooping up the gold medal 12 months ago, the épée fencer has joined the University of Bath's swimming and triathlon clubs to ensure he reaches the peak of his powers.
According to Hay, juggling his biology studies with the intense training is working out just fine – and he's confident he can joust his way to the top of the podium once more.
He said: "I'm trying to work on my fitness because fencing is a very skilful sport and it plays a massive part, and I thought it was something I needed to improve.
"Luckily the university is very accommodating and we've got three fencing clubs close to us as students.
"I'm currently doing three or four swimming and triathlon sessions each in addition to training six times a week in fencing – it's definitely improving my stamina as a fencer.
"The ultimate aim is to become the BUCS champion again and everyone's in it to win it, I want to do it for the second year in a row."
Hay has always been ahead of the curve, first called up to the Great Britain Under-17 squad as a 13-year-old before appearing in the Under-20s at 16.
There is no rush to star on the senior stage according to the youngster, but he insists that will not stop him mounting a charge up the national rankings.
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Pronunciation: dhê (before consonants: the dog), dhee (before vowels: the apple). • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Article, Conjunction
Meaning: 1. (Article) The definite article marks nouns referring to things the speaker expects the listener to be familiar with. "A dog" refers to any canine, while "the dog" refers to one the listener sees or knows about from a previous conversation. 2. (Conjunction) Comparative conjunction: "The more the merrier."
Notes: An interesting fact about the is that it is used differently in different dialects. Everyone says "in school" and "at work" without the, but the British also drop it from "in hospital", "in future", and elsewhere. If you watched the popular British television series All Creatures Great and Small, you probably noticed that in Yorkshire people also say things like, "I'll go to kitchen and put kettle on." Actually, there is a barely audible glottal stop where we expect the, the remnants of the final [t] in that.
In Play: When an object is unique, the is usually required: "the sun", "the moon", and others. In German the equivalent of the is used before proper nouns under certain circumstances, for instance, der Hans "(the) Hans", die Grete "(the) Grete". Greek does the same. In Swedish, the definite is expressed by a suffix on nouns: en dag "a day" : dagen "the day". Bulgarian does the same: student "student" : studentêt "the student". That [t] at the end of the Bulgarian word is not coincidental; it comes from the same root as English that.
Word History: Relatively few languages in the world have definite (the) and indefinite (a) articles. English a is a reduction of Old English an "one" (compare German ein "one, a") and the is a reduction of that (compare German das "that, the"). In French (le, la), Italian (il, lo, la), and Spanish (el, lo, la) all come from Latin ille "that". The equivalent of a in all these languages also comes from the word for "one". (Great gratitude today is due Paige Turner for not overlooking the fascinating world of the minuscule.)


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3 cans chunk pineapple
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1) Drain the pineapple and reserve 2 1/4 cups of the juice, then drain the mandarin oranges as well. 2) Add the reserved pineapple juice to the boxes of pudding, then cook till a rolling boil. Cover and set aside for 20 minutes to cool. 3) While pudding is cooling, seed the bananas (cut down one side, the continue to cut down the banana around the seeds until you have banana chunks without the seeds). 4) Mix the bananas and the canned fruit, and after the pudding has cooled completely, add it to the fruit, then top with the maraschino cherries (cut in half and use for garnish)... 5) Chill for about 2 hours before serving! It is a must for holiday dinners!
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Postwar Kensington triplex has bay views
The Walk-Through By Sentinel Media Services
Updated 8:10 pm, Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Twice a week, The Chronicle features a local home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough.
Address: 57 Edgecroft Road, Kensington.
Asking price: $898,000.
Description: Updated and renovated but still featuring period details, this hillside triplex in Kensington offers water views in a serene location. The top-floor unit is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom loft; the other residences each contain a single bedroom and bathroom. The structure, just off Arlington Avenue near a small retail district, will be open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday and from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tile counters and hardwood floors are featured in the kitchen of the top-level unit, and the lower unit comes with built-in bookshelves and recessed lighting. Each unit features expansive views of the surrounding canyons and trees, as well as the bay.
Don't miss: Views of downtown San Francisco at night; multiple decks.
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