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Professional Background
Bob Hall graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1968. He served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon commander in the 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. After further military service in Papua New Guinea, HQ 1st Division and Army Headquarters, Canberra, he left the Army in 1991 to pursue an academic career. His army career spanned over 20 years. He was formerly the Executive Director of the Australian Defence Studies Centre, UNSW Canberra until 2003.
In 2005 Bob was awarded a QEII Fellowship and an ARC research grant for a five-year project titled "Understanding Low-Intensity Conflict?. Bob leads a research team of Dr Andrew Ross (HASS), Dr Amy Griffin (PEMS), Dr Michael (Spike) Barlow, and Mr Derrill de Heer in the project, which examines the operational effectiveness of the Australian army in Vietnam and Confrontation.
Research Interests
The Australian army's role and performance in Vietnam and Confrontation. The Vietnam War. Confrontation. Combat effectiveness.
The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War, (Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1989), Fighters from the fringe: Aborigines and Islanders recall their war service in the Second World War, (AIATSIS press, Canberra, 1995)
Combat Battalion: The Eighth Battalion in Vietnam, (Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2000), and numerous book chapters and articles.
Research reports for DSTO
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "Friendly fire in Low Level Warfare: The Experience of the First Australian Task Force in Vietnam, 1966-1971?, Australian Defence Studies Centre, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, report prepared for Dr Nicholas Beagley, Land Operations Division, DSTO, July 2002, 19 pages including annex, tables and graphs.
The report identifies fratricide incidents involving artillery (27 incidents), infantry (53), armour (6) and air (5) and then analyses those caused by infantry and armour to establish whether an infantry IFF system might reduce the number of these incidents in the future.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "Attacks on Prepared Defended Positions by Units of 1st ATF, 1966-1971?, Australian Defence Studies Centre, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, report prepared for Dr M.J. Brennan, Land Operations Division, DSTO, August 2002, vii + 69 including annexes, tables, graphs and diagrams.
The report identifies 161 bunker system attacks and categorises these according to whether the assault was by infantry unsupported (72 attacks), infantry supported by indirect fire support (68 attacks), or infantry supported by armour with or without additional indirect support (21 attacks). The report then compares and contrasts these attacks according to a number of factors including range of contact, duration of contact, expenditure of SAA and the loss ratio. The report found that the addition of armour to the combined arms team for the assault significantly improved the loss ratio for the Australians. The report was used by Army to support the acquisition of the Abrams tank.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, ?Analysis of Australian Urban Engagements in Vietnam?, Australian Defence Studies Centre, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, report prepared for Dr Phil Davies, Land Operations Division, DSTO, May 2003, 113 pages including annexes, appendices, tables, graphs, maps and photographs.
Of approximately 4500 Australian contacts with the VC/NVA, the report could only identify 7 urban battles involving the Australian Task Force. The report studies these battles in detail and accounts for the reluctance of the VC/NVA to seek battle against the Australians in an urban environment.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, ?Ambush and Attack Incidents Involving the Australian Army in Vietnam?, Australian Defence Studies Centre, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, report prepared for Dr Paul Gaertner, Head, Task Force Modernisation, Land Operations Division, DSTO, September 2003, ix + 104 pages, including annexes, tables, graphs, diagrams.
The report shows that the ambush was by far the most common form of contact with the enemy for 1ATF. It identifies 808 ambushes and compares these with patrol encounters, bunker system attacks and defensive contacts according to a range of factors including range of engagement, duration of contact, benefit of achieving the first shot, expenditure of SAA and loss ratio. The report shows that of the various modes of contact, ambushes produced the most favourable loss ratio.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "Indirect Fire Support for the Australian Army in Vietnam, 1965-1971?, UNSW Defence Studies Forum, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, report prepared for Dr Paul Gaertner, Chief, Land Operations Division, DSTO, July 2004, 155 pages, including annexes, tables, graphs, and photographs.
This report examined the command and control arrangements, mobility, problems and limitations, enemy reactions to, effectiveness, and ammunition expenditure of indirect fire support used by 1ATF. It's focus is mainly upon artillery support but it also addresses mortar and air support.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "The Effectiveness of Combined Arms Teams in Urban Terrain: The Battle of Binh Ba, Vietnam 1969, and the Battles of Fallujah, Iraq, 2004", prepared under DSTO Research Agreement, Ref: 2006/1175725 for Land Operations Division, DSTO.
This report examined the effectiveness of the combined arms team in the battle of Binh Ba (Vietnam, 6-7 June 1969) using primary source documents, and the battles of Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004 using the secondary sources then available. The study examined infantry and armoured TTPs for the assault in urban terrain and also considered the role of artillery and air power.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "Historical Soldier Load Carrying Study", prepared under DSTO Research Agreement, Ref: 2006/1175885, for Land Operations Division, DSTO.
This study showed that the soldier's load increased over the course of the Vietnam War. It accounted for the reasons for this increase. It showed that there was little prospect of reducing the soldier's load in Vietnam by cutting back on rations/water or the field equipment each soldier carried. These components of the load were already pared to the minimum. However the weapons/ammunition load offered the prospect of reducing the weight carried if soldier lethality could be improved. Components of soldier lethality were examined and shots/weight of shots fired per casualty inflicted were calculated.
Dr R. Hall and Dr A. Ross, "Study of the Structures, Arms and Approaches to the Employment of Fires of the Australian Rifle Section in South Vietnam, 1966-1971 (The Rifle Section Study), dated 20 Jun 2008, prepared for Andrew Coutts, Land Operations Division, DSTO.
We examined the structure of the Australian rifle platoon during the Vietnam War and examined the combat effectiveness of the sub-section (2-3 men), the rifle section (7-10 men), the half-platoon (about 12-15 men) and the rifle platoon (up to 35 men). The report accounted for the chronic undermanning and assessed combat performance for each of the above groups according to variables including enemy force size, combat task (i.e., whether patrol encounter, ambush, bunker system attack, etc.) and other factors.
Journal articles and book chapters
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "Lessons From Vietnam " Combined Arms Assault Against Prepared Defences", in Michael Evans and Alan Ryan (eds.), From Breitenfeld to Baghdad: Perspectives on Combined Arms Warfare, Land Warfare Studies Centre, working paper no. 122, July 2003, pp. 27-52.
Robert A. Hall, "Accidental Discharges " The Soldier's Industrial Accident in Vietnam and East Timor", Australian Defence Force Journal, no. 149, July/August 2001, pp. 27-34.
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "The political and military effectiveness of Commonwealth forces in Confrontation 1963-1966", Small Wars & Insurgencies, London, Routledge, 2008 vol 19, iss. 2, pp. 238-255.
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "The Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam", Duty First: 60 years of the Royal Australian Regiment, Faircount, Bondi, 2008, pp. 34-41.
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "Bang on Target: Infantry marksmanship and combat effectiveness in Vietnam", Australian Army Journal, vol. vi, no. 1, 2009, pp. 139-156.
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "Confronting moral dilemmas in combat: Vietnam 1966-1971" in LTCOL Jamie Cullens, A Wicked Problem" Military Ethics Education in the Australian Defence Force, 2009. (Accepted for publication 25 February 2010)
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "Kinetics in counterinsurgency: Some influences on soldier combat performance in the 1st Australian Task Force in the Vietnam War", Small Wars and Insurgencies, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 2010, 498-518.
Conference presentations and proceedings
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "Lessons From Vietnam " Friendly Fire in Low Level Warfare" , in V. Puri, D. Filippidis, and Brigadier S. Quinn (eds), Land Warfare Conference Proceedings 2002: Future Wars, Futuristic Forces, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Adelaide, 2002, pp. 107-117.
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "Australia's Land Operations in Vietnam: Understanding Low Level Operations in the Regional Littoral", in V. Puri, D. Filippidis, P. Retter and J. Kelly (eds.), Weapons, Webs and Warfighters, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Adelaide, 2003, pp. 149-158.
Dr Bob Hall and Dr Andrew Ross, "The close battle in Low Intensity Conflict", Vietnam: 30 years on: Memories, legacies and echoes, Newcastle University, 14-15 April 2005.
Dr Bob Hall and Dr Andrew Ross, "Operations Research and the Analysis of Low Intensity Conflict: The case of Confrontation 1963-1966", Defence Operations Research Symposium 2006 Proceedings, DSTO.
Robert A. Hall and Andrew Ross, "Australian Dismounted Soldier Lethality in Low Intensity Conflict", in V. Puri, D. Filippidis, BRIG S. Dunn, Pervasive, Persistent, Proportionate: Landforce and urban warfare," Commonwealth of Australia, 2007, pp. 85-94.
Griffin, A., Ross, A., and B. Hall. (2009). "Using GIS to identify errors in historical databases." Paper presented at the 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Kyoto, Japan, 23-27 August 2009.
Dr Bob Hall, Dr Andrew Ross, Dr Amy Griffin, Dr Spike Barlow and Mr Derrill de Heer, "A new operational analysis of the 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam, 1966-1971", Texas Tech University Vietnam Centre and Archive, Seventh Triennial Vietnam Symposium, Lubbock, Texas, 10-12 March 2011.
Dr Bob Hall, Dr Andrew Ross, Dr Amy Griffin, Dr Spike Barlow and Mr Derrill de Heer, "Remembering the war dead of the Vietnamese Liberation Forces: The "Operation Wandering Souls" Project", Association for Asian Studies & International Convention of Asia Scholars, Honolulu, Hawaii, 31 March " 3 April 2011.
Books in production
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "Hunting the Cong: The Combat Effectiveness of 1ATF, Vietnam, 1966-1971" (working title), in draft.
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "March in the guilty bastards! Discipline and combat performance in the 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, 1966-1971" (working title), in draft.
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "Brilliant Victory: The battle of Binh Ba and the meaning of victory in counterinsurgency" (working title), part drafted.
Bob Hall and Andrew Ross, "Clear to fire: Indirect fire support and the Australian Task Force in Vietnam", (working title), part drafted.


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My interests include development of science curricula that actively engages students in learning, education of secondary-school science teachers and outreach to the community. My work is mainly focused on microbiology, protein biochemistry and cell biology. I welcome inquiries from teachers and potential collaborators interested in science education.
BIO 515 Topics in Microbiology: This course for secondary-school teachers is focused the ways microbiology can be integrated with introductory biology. Concepts covered include: food production with microbes, probiotics, yeast cell biology and laboratory activities that can be used in the introductory biology classroom. The message is that yeast and bacteria are our partners.
BIO 364 Techniques in Cancer Biology: Dr. J. Williams and I developed this course to introduce undergraduate students to current biomedical research through lectures, laboratory activities and discussion groups.
Outreach Programs:
Biotechnology Teaching Center: This is a hands-on learning experience in a modern molecular biology for secondary-school students and their teachers.
The Protein Challenge: This competition is for teams students from area high schools. Participants build a model of an assigned protein based on x-ray crystallography data and write an essay about the structure and function. The competition is now in its sixth year.
Students Modeling a Research Topic (SMART): This three to four month program for high school students and their teacher is a deeper exploration of protein chemistry. The teams focus on a single protein, learning about its structure and function. The project culminates with the printing of a 3D-model designed by the students.
Key to the success of these outreach programs is collaboration among Stony Brook students in the Master of Science Education program, Stony Brook faculty and area high school teachers.
Biology Scholars Program aims to improve and sustain undergraduate science education http://www.biologyscholars.org/
Tel: 631-632-9750
Fax: 631-632-9791
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October 9: Physics Open Night - "Spin Crisis: What do we know now" (Dr. Abhay Deshpande)
October 16: Living World Open Night - "Coastal Ocean Acidification" (Dr. Christopher Gobler)
October 23: Geology Open Night - "Deciphering the Climate History of Mars through the Mineralogic Record" (Dr. Deanne Rogers)

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Developed by 8tracks, the Android application with the same name has just been updated with new features, bug fixes and improvements.
For those unfamiliar with 8tracks, this is an interesting alternative to Pandora, an internet radio application with social features.
As the name suggests, 8tracks allows users to listen to playlists with 8 or more tracks in any style or genre. The latest version of the application provides users with the options to find tracks on Google Play Store.
In addition, the update brings lots of Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean bug fixes. Numerous miscellaneous issues have been addressed as well and performance enhancements have been added.
8tracks 2.1.3 is now available as a free download via Google Play Store and it should be fully compatible with all devices running Android 2.1 and up. Check it out here.


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One of if not the biggest story around college football of late, has been the sexual assault case against Florida State redshirt freshman quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful, Jameis Winston. On Tuesday, DNA evidence linked Winston to the alleged victim which neither proves Winston's guilt nor his innocence. What it does prove however, is that Winston was with the victim on the night of December 7th, 2012 that the alleged assault took place.
Make no mistake that matters of rape are much bigger than football or sports in general and what is most important is that justice is served for Winston and the alleged victim. However, after the DNA results on Tuesday connected Winston and the accuser, there is at the very least a possibility that Winston could be charged and suspended. While the football ramifications should run secondary in this case, having to start redshirt freshman quarterback, Sean Maguire, would not necessarily spell the end of the Seminoles' dream of a national championship.
Should Winston miss time due to suspension, Maguire would be the guy that head coach Jimbo Fisher would turn to to lead the Florida State offense. Maguire began the 2013 season third on the depth chart, but recently moved up to second due to a knee injury suffered by backup quarterback and redshirt sophomore Jacob Coker, in a 59-3 victory over Wake Forest nearly two weeks ago.
Maguire, who had never thrown a pass before Saturday's victory over Syracuse, went 4-for-7 passing for 32 yards against the Orange. Maguire's seven attempts included a beautiful throw to Nick O'Leary in the corner of the end zone for his first career touchdown pass and an ill-advised interception that also took place in the Syracuse end zone. The good news for Florida State is that the three games in between the Seminoles and an appearance in the final BCS National Championship are not overly tough.
All indications point to Winston starting Saturday's home finale against Idaho, but the Vandals are just 1-9 on the season and there's a very good chance that FSU won't need a long outing from Winston. Fisher made an effort to play Maguire with the first team early in the second half last week against Syracuse and could do so again versus Idaho to help develop a rapport between Maguire and the team's other offensive starters.
Following Saturday's contest with Idaho, Florida State will visit rival Florida before playing an opponent that will not be known until the final week of the regular season, in the ACC Championship.
Florida is in the midst of its worst season in more than three decades, currently sitting at 4-6, but a visit to the storied "Swamp" of Gainesville should never be taken lightly. Florida State will also be the overwhelming favorite in the ACC Championship and with an automatic BCS bid on the line, it will be the Seminoles that have everything to lose.
Although Jameis Winston is having an outstanding year for Florida State, the Seminoles are far from a one-trick pony. Offensively, Florida State is solid at every position. The Seminoles have a great offensive line, its best receiving corps in decades and the three-headed monster at tailback of Devonta Freeman, James Wilder Jr. and Karlos Williams that is averaging nearly 200 yards-per-game on the ground.
Junior wide receiver Rashad Greene, who is on pace to become Florida State's first 1,000-yard receiver since 2002, is tied for the ACC lead with nine touchdown receptions while junior Nick O'Leary ranks second nationally among tight ends with seven touchdown grabs. FSU ranks eighth in the nation in total offense and only Baylor has scored more points than the Seminoles this season.
While Maguire might not be able to put up the monster numbers or make the highlight reel touchdown passes that Winston seems to on a weekly basis, he probably wouldn't need to for FSU to be successful. Maguire's biggest task would be instead to take care of the football and be able to deliver the ball in space to Florida State's many playmakers.
While Florida State has scored at least 41 points in every game this season, just getting into the high 20s might be more than enough for Florida State's defense. The Seminoles lead the nation in interceptions, are allowing the third fewest points-per-game and have not given up a touchdown in more than 10 quarters.
Though getting to Pasadena with Maguire under center seems feasible, having to potentially beat a team like two-time defending champion Alabama, is much more difficult. Florida State however, would have nearly a month to prepare for the game and Fisher has a proven history of getting inexperienced quarterbacks ready in a very short period of time.
When Fisher was still offensive coordinator in 2009, starting quarterback Christian Ponder went down with a shoulder injury in a 40-24 loss at Clemson. Florida State at the time was just 4-5 and in danger of missing out on a bowl game for the first time since 1981.
Fisher went to redshirt freshman E.J. Manuel, who went 15-for-20 passing for 220 yards and a touchdown in his first start, a 41-28 victory, against a Wake Forest team that had beaten FSU in three straight years.
Manuel led a 3-1 finish in Florida State's final four games which not only extended the nation's longest bowl streak, but moved the Seminoles' string of 32 straight winning seasons to 33. Manuel was also named the Most Valuable Player of Florida State's 33-21 victory over West Virginia in the Gator Bowl that sent legendary head coach Bobby Bowden out a winner.
After Manuel went out with an arm injury against Oklahoma in 2011, Fisher got the most out of redshirt freshman Clint Trickett in his first start. Although Florida State fell to the eventual ACC champion Clemson Tigers 35-30 in Death Valley on September 24th, 2011, Trickett passed for 336 yards and three touchdowns.
Should the Seminoles be forced to turn to Maguire, it would not be unprecedented for a quarterback that was once a third-stringer to lead FSU to the BCS title game.
Florida State reached the title game in 1998 where they would fall in the Fiesta Bowl to Tennessee 23-16. The Seminoles however, got there with a little-known backup known as "the Rooster" named Marcus Outzen.
Outzen replaced eventual national championship and Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Chris Weinke, who went down with a neck injury late in the season. Weinke however, had not become the Florida State quarterback until projected starter, Dan Kendra, suffered a knee injury in the spring's Garnet and Gold game. Weinke, who had overcome a slow start to have an outstanding season, was lost for the year in an early November home game against Virginia.
Outzen had never thrown a pass prior to the season and led victories at Wake Forest and at home against rival Florida. Outzen did not put up gaudy numbers like Weinke, but he managed the game and did enough to get the Seminoles to Tempe. The Florida team that Outzen led Florida State past was ranked fourth in the nation and better than any team that Maguire would have to face between now and January 6th.
While it is impossible to predict what will come of the sexual assault case against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, the fact that it is in question has certainly put a damper on an otherwise outstanding season for the Seminoles and their freshman quarterback. All that anyone can hope for is for justice for all parties involved and that could mean the end of a promising young football career and significant jail time for Winston. Winston has been a big reason for Florida State's success in 2013 and while his loss would certainly hinder the Seminoles' chances of taking home the Sears Trophy, it would not be a definite death sentence.
Mike Ferguson is an ACC staff writer for the College Sports Network and can be followed on Twitter @MikeWFerguson. Also, be sure to LIKE College Sports Net's ACC page on Facebook!


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UPDATE: Fairfield Gunman Shoots Two, Victims' Injuries Life-Threatening
February 17, 2014 9:01 PM
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FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Fairfield Police have arrested a suspected gunman after multiple people were shot on Meadowlark Drive and Clay Bank Road.
The suspect was found hiding in a backyard nearby after 6 p.m. on Monday.
Fairfield Police say two people were shot, and both victims' injuries being called life threatening.
The suspect was found in a backyard on Allston Place after he fled on foot from officers.


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Patria is now officially open to the public after a 2-month-long soft opening that's had food enthusiasts drooling in anticipation since a sneak peak during TIFF. After opening American comfort concept Weslodge Saloon this past summer, owners Hanif Harji and Charles Khabouth are tackling this neighbouring restaurant which aims to offer a taste of regional Spain.
Upon entering, it's the bar that makes the first impression, as it prominently showcases an array of house-baked breads, imported cheeses, wines, and beers. Inside the dining room, the Spanish theme is dramatically interpreted by Commute Home with rich colours, eclectic painted antiques, and a fabulous embroidered mosaic from Marlo Onilla of Biography Design.
Harji and Khabouth note that Spanish cuisine is not well represented in our city, despite the fact that Restaurant Magazine has crowned Spanish restaurant elBulli número uno on its worldwide Top 50 best restaurants list for a record five times. Now, Executive chef Stuart Cameron (also of Weslodge) is ready to showcase what we've been missing by importing the best of the best, straight from the motherland.
Naturally, we sample small plates from the tapas bar first, like the Pan Con Tomate ($5), that pairs the simple flavours of fresh tomato and glorious olive oil on house-baked bread, or you can choose to add roughly sliced Serrano ham ($6).
Next is the 12 Month Manchego Cheese ($8) paired with sweet quince jam, followed by the savory Pimientos Rellenos De Buey ($12), which highlights the same Manchego cheese, although this time it's grated finely atop piquillo peppers stuffed with braised oxtail.
For me, the stars are bite-sized offerings such as the bacon-wrapped dates, Datiles Con Tocino Iberico ($9), as well as the Pulpo A La Gallegos ($15), featuring Spanish octopus from tonight's seafood menu (note: it changes daily) and potato in a smoky paprika olive oil.
For heartier appetites, there are rich pasta dishes suitable for sharing such as the squid-ink-dyed Fideos Negros Con Chocos ($18) and the Fideos Con Almejas Y Chorizo ($16), made with Fideo pasta (an imported short angel hair variety) tossed with clams, diced chorizo, and topped with a creamy aioli that's meant to be stirred in at the table.
In true Spanish fashion, there are also several rice dishes to be shared, like the Paella De Conejo Alcachofas ($45) with chunks of tender rabbit, artichoke, Serrano ham, and green beans.
Though desserts like the Leche Frita Con Helado De Azafran ($6) are tempting, we are too stuffed to even consider it. For my next visit, I've already made note to bring more friends and sample more plates, but for now I am leaving exactly as Patria intends: with a full belly and warm heart.
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The mancheego cheese dish sounds like it's taking a stab at Alinea's mancheego dish.
I love Spanish food though! Happy to see it! Just do some basic research before making the menu thanks. I hate mediocrity. Xox. Love, alex.
Also,one slice of cheese and little of "membrillo" 8$!?!? Are we nuts!!!
Anyway,hope the food is good and glad that somebody is thinking about bringing food from Spain,because there are many organic and amazing products worth to give a try!
Unfortunately, unless Toronto gets a large influx of immigrants from spain, spanish food will be confined to the realm of high-priced themed restaurants like this one.
Maybe the crappy spanish economy will urge some spaniards to move here, canada should set up an immigration office in madrid or something.
Also blog to does not claim that this is a "review" so quit your typical Torontonian complaining.
The tapas was delicious. Everything was so rich in flavors! Not to mention an amazing pairing of many difference ingredients to create a whole new taste I've never had.
The service was perfect. The staff not only had a passion for guest service but of the quality of their food.
The over all cost was also quite reasonable. I went with 3 others and in the end we spent $50 per person which included all our food, bottle of wine, dessert, and tip.
I can't wait to go back!
I know you all think Spain is the centre of the universe and the food down there is the best of the world and that everything in Canada sucks but of course we don't expect a Spanish restaurant to be "the real deal spanish" restaurant here in Toronto and we it's never going to taste exactly the same as your mother land but I've been to this place and it's fuckin good. I'm Mexican and I don't expect every taco in the world to taste like they do down in Mexico so chill the fuck down and enjoy all the great restaurants we have in the city and stop complaining if paella is suppose to have chorizo or chicken or noodles or whatever.
If they really want authentic spanish food, MOVE BACK!. Accept the fact, at least they made a good attempt...not perfect, but still.
... and insider FYI - Kabouth is a partner in the project for financing. Hanif Harji (blowfish, colborne lane, nyood, kultura, etc) was the concept, menu, design creator


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Does Trading Revis Mean It's a Rebuild?
Ian Rapoport writes for NFL.com that there's a lot of rumors circulating during the first few days of the Combine, one of which we are all too aware of revolving around the Jets.
How serious are the New York Jets about trading star cornerback Darrelle Revis? It's been a month since rumors emerged about New York possibly trading Revis, and the Jets have done nothing to minimize that talk. They seem to be very seriously considering the immediate and long-term impact of sending their best player (and his looming contract renegotiation) packing. This would do more than merely produce the biggest NFL trade in years; it would also signal a rebuilding year for Gang Green, which would be bad news for Rex Ryan.
Brian Bassett, TheJetsBlog.comWe all know that a "rebuild" in the NFL doesn't take that long, so doing so might not have as far-reaching impact as all that. Trading Revis for the Jets might not be so much about rebuilding, but instead be a pragmatic approach by an ownership that won't commit to paying their best player what he wants. Without the ability to franchise him in 2014, it's the only chance the Jets will get to recoup anything before he walks out the door.
So even if it is less about rebuilding than pragmatism, Rex can't continue to get his players to buy into his coaching, then that is what is going to be problematic. We get the sense that Woody Johnson wants it to work out with Rex; Ryan's implementation of the Jets defense on the whole has been impressive, but Woody isn't forever pinned to the idea of Rex as his coach with the failings of the offense recently and Rex's total inability to address it. Woody is willing to give it some time and has to be realistic that this season could go both ways for the Jets. In the end it's going to come down to whether or not the players still repsect and fight for their coach come Week 17 more than anything else.


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Myers: Will this time be different for the Wild against Blackhawks?
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Nobody who plays for the Chicago Blackhawks will be silly enough to say this publicly, but like most of Minnesota, they may have erupted in cheers when Nino Niederreiter's overtime goal ended the Colorado Avalanche season on Wednesday night.
Much as the Wild spent most of March mentally prepping to face either the St. Louis Blues or Anaheim Ducks in round one, the Blackhawks seemed a lock to face the Avalanche in the opening round before everything went haywire in the final week of the regular season.
The Avalanche owned Chicago in the regular season, but won't get a playoff rematch. Chicago, after losing the first two games of their opening round series with St. Louis, won the next four in a row and are resting comfortably somewhere in the Loop, awaiting the Wild's arrival for a second round series sure to start this weekend at the United Center.
Despite out-playing Chicago in at least two games of their first round meeting last year, the Wild were little more than a speed bump en route to the Stanley Cup for Chicago, falling in five games. They're meeting one round later this time, but there are some similarities. Most notably, there's suddenly uncertainty in goal for the Wild with Darcy Kuemper being pulled from game seven with a possible concussion.
St. Louis frustrated the Blackhawks in the first two games of their series by playing an intensely physical brand of hockey -- similar to what the Avalanche did to the Wild in a few of the games in Denver. Once the Blackhawks calmed down, used their superior team speed and solved Ryan Miller, the Blues were done. They'll certainly attempt to do the same versus the Wild. In-series adjustments were a strong point for the Blackhawks in last year's playoffs, and will likely be so again.
"We were comfortable playing whatever style," Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp told Chris Hine of the Chicago Tribune, after the Blues series was done. "The fact we could hang in there, dish out some big hits on physical players and come out on top is a good feeling."
Unlike the Cup-winning Blackhawks team of 2010 which had an off-season fire sale, the 2013 team that paraded the Cup through Grant Park returned largely intact, with scary-good shooters like Sharp, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews leading the charge.
Chicago finished third in the Central Division, meaning they were the road team in the St. Louis series, and would have been heading to Denver as the road team again, if the Avalanche had prevailed. Instead, they got a Wild win, which they undoubtedly wished for, and will be well-rested, wearing their iconic red home sweaters for game one of the Minnesota series.
"It's always nice to get some rest; just be smart and know that every series is different," defenseman Duncan Keith told Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times. "We certainly feel confident right now, but no matter what happens, if we get a few days off here, we're going to have to use it to our advantage and be ready to play as soon as the puck drops next time."
A year ago Wild fans were excited just to be back in the playoffs, and reflected back on some fun playoff series versus Chicago when the North Stars were still the NHL presence in town. Then reality quickly set in, as the deep and talented Hawks made quick work of the Wild.
Despite a losing record versus Minnesota in the regular season, Chicago is no less dangerous this time around, and now there is another Stanley Cup banner hanging from the rafters of their rink.


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Minor BTTF Part Two question
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Terminator rules, that is, it's one way only and you can't go back.
Actually I think thats more because there wouldn't be a temporal displacement device in 1984 to use for any potential trips forward in time and the one in 2029 was planned to be destroyed after sending Reese and the reprogrammed T-800 back in time, then any fundamental rule about time travel in the Terminator movies.
Sorry, that was a subtle quote from a South Park episode dealing with time travel.
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Govt. Will Stop Defending DOMA
In a significant victory for marriage equality in the United States, the Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will not defend the constitutionality of a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court.
Section 3 of DOMA defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman for federal purposes and has been a roadblock to equality in federal benefits for gay and lesbian couples since Congress passed DOMA in 1996.
The law remains in effect. But in a statement, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said that laws affecting the rights of gays and lesbians should be held to a stricter standard of judicial review—the result of a "documented history of discrimination" against LGBT individuals. Holder cited the recent repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" as well as lower court decisions against DOMA and the landmark 2003 case Lawrence v. Texas — in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled state sodomy laws unconstitutional — as chapter and verse of the evolving legal landscape.
"The President has also concluded that Section 3 of DOMA, as applied to legally married same-sex couples, fails to meet that standard [of stricter judicial review] and is therefore unconstitutional," Holder said. "Given that conclusion, the President has instructed the Department not to defend the statute in such cases."
Though DOMA has not been repealed by Congress and litigation against it continues, attorney Jennifer C. Pizer of Lambda Legal, one of the national gay legal rights organization challenging the antigay law in federal court, called the decision "a massively important step forward in the recognition that DOMA is unconstitutional and does not deserve the kind of efforts to defend it that we've been seeing."
The 1996 law has been at the center of several federal lawsuits in recent years. Last year a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled in two separate cases that DOMA violated the equal protection rights of gays and lesbians. U.S. district judge Joseph L. Tauro also ruled that Congress had violated the U.S. Constitution when it passed the law by taking from the states decisions concerning which couples can be considered married.
In a Wednesday conference call, Lee Swislow, the executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, welcomed the Justice Department's decision, but she still expects her organization's case, Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, to go through the courts. Swislow expected the case would be held up if congressional leaders decide to defend the law.
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the nation," the speaker said.
The prospect of Congress intervening and appoint legal counsel to defend a statute would indeed be a rare move, Pizer said. "It's unusual situation, so we don't have a lot of precedence. But if [Congressional members] wanted to do that, they'd probably let it be known quite quickly."
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, called such intervention by antigay lawmakers "likely," but said in a statement that "Congressional leaders must not waste another taxpayer dollar defending this patently unconstitutional law."
The administration's decision to no longer defend section 3 of DOMA perhaps echoes rhetoric in recent months from President Barack Obama on a shifting position in regards to gay marriage. Obama in October told AmericaBlog that his position was "evolving," and in a December interview with this magazine, Obama said: "And so this is an issue that I'm still wrestling with, others are still wrestling with. What I know is that at minimum, a baseline is that there has to be a strong, robust civil union available to all gay and lesbian couples."
Of the Defense of Marriage Act, Obama declined at the time comment on legal defense of DOMA, though he said, "I think that the courts historically have played a critical role in making sure that all Americans are protected under the law. And there are certain groups that are in need of that protection; the court needs to make sure it's there for them." A few days later, Vice President Joe Biden said there was an "inevitability" of a national consensus on gay marriage.
Wednesday's groundbreaking announcement by the Justice Department wasn't the only movement afoot in the national battle for marriage equality. Attorneys who brought the federal case against Proposition 8 earlier today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit to lift the court-imposed stay on marriage equality in California. A three-judge panel of the ninth circuit had imposed that stay last year without comment after U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker ruled the 2008 voter initiative unconstitutional. Gay couples are still unable to wed in California as a result.
"[T]here there can be no justification for prolonging the suffering of plaintiffs and the tens of thousands of couples like them for an additional year," attorney Ted Olson wrote in a court filing.
"Having prevailed at trial, having demonstrated that they had a fundamental right to marry, and having shown beyond dispute that Proposition 8 works irreparable harm upon gay and lesbian Californians by denying them that right," Olson wrote, "it is simply intolerable for this Court to continue to deny them that right and to perpetuate their pain for such a length of time — especially given that this Court itself has recognized that Proponents may well have no right to appeal at all."
Resolution of the Prop. 8 case has been prolonged since the ninth circuit last month asked the California supreme court to determine whether proponents of a ballot initiative have the right to defend such propositions in state court when officials decline to do so (the court last week announced it would hear arguments in the matter). Olson and co-lead attorney David Boies have asked for the state high court to expedite handling of the question before the state supreme court. Oral arguments are currently scheduled as early as September.
In a Wednesday conference call Boies praised the attorney general's statements cases regarding the rights of gay and lesbians warranted a stricter level of judicial review. He also said that the administration's decision would only serve to undermine the constitutionality of state bans on marriage equality.
Statements applauding the decision were sent out rapid-fire following Holder's announcement. "The Obama Administration's decision is a victory for civil rights, fairness, and equality for the LGBT community and all Americans," Rep. Nancy Pelosi said. "The fight for marriage equality is far from over, and we will continue to work towards the day when all American families are treated with respect and viewed equally in the eyes of the law."
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9Bar Original and Pumpkin flavours £10.40
Healthy, delicious and natural energy bar made from seeds
Contact www.9-bar.co.uk
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Sometimes, energy gels and bars can be a bit too much on the stomach. You need something a little less sweet and sticky, but still packing the necessary calories to get you home. It might be time to consider a 9Bar.
Manufactured by Wholebake Ltd in Wales, and billed as 'the great tasting nutritious energy bar', at first glance you might think a 9Bar is just another cereal bar. But the main ingredients of 9Bars are seeds - sunflower, sesame, poppy, pumpkin and hemp - rather than the usual grain products found in cereal bars.
The seeds are held together with honey, raw cane sugar and vegetable oil, and topped with a layer of carob. The end result is a very distinctive texture, and an almost savoury taste - not sweet or sticky at all.
9Bars come in five varieties - original, organic, pumpkin, nutty and flax - though the main ingredients of all varieties are similar.
First, I tested the pumpkin flavour bar, which doesn't have the carob, but has more (you guessed it) pumpkin seeds than the others. It was surprisingly tasty. A bit dry in the mouth, not cloying or chewy, but easy to swallow - although I needed a couple of swigs on the bottle to wash down the last bits.
On the energy front, each 50g pumpkin 9Bar contains just over 250 calories (about 2000kj). This consists of about 21% protein, 30% carbohydrate and 35% fat (of which 29% is unsaturated, 6% is saturated). The packaging indicates the bars also contain fibre, a trace of sodium and Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.
Next, I tried an original flavour bar. The carob looks like chocolate, but in keeping with the theme it's less sweet and more healthy. It also makes the bar very tasty indeed, though the breakdown alters slightly: 18% protein, 29% carbo and 40% fat (of which 10% is saturated).
But whatever variety you go for, there's no doubt this is a healthy mix. The bars are also dairy-free, gluten-free, yeast-free, egg-free and wheat-free, and Vegetarian Society approved. Carnivores may smirk, but vegetarian and vegan athletes often struggle to take on protein, and 9Bars do the job here perfectly. And as you might expect, they're also free of additives, preservatives and artificial colouring.
So - are they easy on the stomach? Yes, definitely. I first tested them at my desk (well, you've got to be thorough). No problem at all. Then on some long training rides. Still great. I was always looking forward to the next one, whereas with some other energy products I find myself forcing them down.
Do they provide the energy to get you round a decent distance? Yes. For club-runs and leisure rides, as well as audax rides and longer challenge rides, if you're not pushing your limits to extreme, the energy provided by the 9Bars is fine.
Will they get you through a long race or hard sportive? Even more important, will they give you a kick for the final hills? Maybe not. The better-known brands of bar and gel made specifically for use during endurance sport tend to have a greater proportion of carbohydrate and less fats than 9Bars (although if they contain protein it's usually around 20% - about the same as 9Bars) and, personally, I find the caffeine, electrolytes and other additives in the better-known bars very handy as well. But I also find too many gels hard to take, so on my next sportive, I'll certainly be using a mix of 9Bars and some other more 'sporty' brands.
Another benefit of the 9Bars' lack of stickiness: the bars comes out of their packets easily - an important consideration if it's been in your back pocket on a hard ride for a few hours.
Finally, a word about the hemp. Each 9Bar contains about 3% of dehulled hemp seed. Hemp is often billed as a wonder-crop, used in the manufacture of paper, textiles, biofuel, biodegradable plastics, medicines and cosmetics, as well as in food, where its nutritional values are better than most other seeds and cereal crops, but it's frequently maligned because of its association with illegal drug-use (although the hemp that contains the chemical that produces a 'high' is a different sub-species).
Having said that, 9Bar is an intriguing choice of name for this product. I have a hazy idea that a '9 bar' is a term for a quarter of a kilogram of cannabis resin (ie, 9 ounces, there being about 36 ounces in a kilo), but surely there's no deliberate link between the bar's name and one of its minor ingredients?
But enough idle musing. Back to the basics. You can buy 9Bars in supermarkets and healthfood shops, where they cost from around 70p each or from £1.49 for a packet of 4. Boxes of 16 for £10.80 to £13.60 (depending on flavour), post free, direct from the 9Bar site www.9-bar.co.uk
This is a very tasty, very healthy energy food. And fairly priced too. If you can't take too much sticky energy product - or prefer not to - then 9Bars should be part of your nutritional armoury. Eat them on your bike, or even at your desk.
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Make and model: 9 Bar Original and Pumpkin flavours
Size tested: Box of 16 bars
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"9Bar is a deliciously nutritious seed bar designed to get the maximum nutritional goodness from seeds in a convenient and tasty way, so its no great surprise to find the main ingredient of a 9Bar is a blend of wholesome seeds. Sunflower seeds form the main base of the bar but the mix also includes pumpkin, poppy, sesame and the legendary hemp. The flax variety has added flax, or linseed as it is often better known, one of the best plant sources of Omega 3. Seeds are a nutritionally dense food containing a wide range of nutrients including minerals, vitamins, essential amino and fatty acids. As part of a balanced, healthy diet seeds can provide a wide range of nutrients."
Did you enjoy using the product? yes
Would you consider buying the product? yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? yes
About the tester
Age: 49
I usually ride: an old Marin Alp My best bike is: an old Giant Cadex
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: touring, club rides, sportives, mtb,
I spotted the original 9-bar in my local co-op and gave it a try. Very nice. As the review states, not too sweet, fairly substantial and chewy but not cloying. The carob maintains the welcome impression of it being a bit like a choccy bar Received the thumbs-up from my kids too, I can see these being popular alternative to flapjack style snack bars.
I don't think they are intended to be a carb-based energy bar to compete with High5, Torq etc, they have too much protein and fat for that. They are more like 'real food' and I'd suggest more enjoyable to eat.
And if they are good enough for Ed Clancy and Craig McLean that will do me. Now all I need is get out on a decent ride to see how they go down on the move.
Have just clicked through to 9-bar site to find sampler pack of all 5 flavours for £3.50. Ker-ching!
posted by Simon E [2418 posts]
5th October 2010 - 15:55
they certainly pack them calories into them, it's difficult to eat a whole one in one go
posted by Dave Atkinson [7857 posts]
5th October 2010 - 16:01
four hours into a cold, wet, windy and hilly Blenheim sportive last Sunday, eating a 9Bar in one go was no problem!
David Else
posted by David Else [320 posts]
6th October 2010 - 7:52
four hours into a cold, wet, windy and hilly Blenheim sportive last Sunday, eating a 9Bar in one go was no problem!
Hope the sportive went well, David, I live close to the route and the weather was pretty nasty, did spare a thought for those taking part!
posted by Simon_MacMichael [9519 posts]
6th October 2010 - 8:24
These are terrific.
I use these all the time for everything as I am a Coeliac and anything with wheat or even malt extract puts me into bed the next day in pain (oh yes, it's fun!).
So I eat these for afternoon snacks (though now I know they have 500cals I might back off a bit!) and use them on long rides with some gels thrown in. Certainly not 'light the touch paper' products but very very much used all the time and recommended.
Also have the advantage of being available all over the show - most notably the rather horribel Holland and Barrett stock them - and most supermarkets and even the occasional petrol station.
So great, but you will need a good swill of water afterwards on a ride as they verge on being hard, but the carob one is less so. But for a product that is not meant to be a specific energy product they are brilliant.
posted by alotronic [417 posts]
7th October 2010 - 10:22
I think that they have the amount of calories wrong on the review, according to the box it is about 275 calories a bar
posted by jayme [122 posts]
7th October 2010 - 21:15
@jayme: You're right. The pumpkin flavour has 500 calories per 100g. The bar is 50g and therefore 250g (about 1000kj) per bar. The original flavour bar is a bit more. I was reading the wrong column on the packet. Apologies for that. I've checked all the other figures again and they are correct.
@simon: Yes, it was a hard day on the Blenheim sportive. Hilly, wet, windy. Did I mention the hills? Thanks to the tough conditions, many people starting the 100-mile course switched to the 60-mile en route, meaning the field was a bit thin out on the long loop, so I rode a lot on my own, making the ride morale-sapping as well as energy-sapping. But powered partially by the 9Bars, I got round the 100-mile course in 6hrs 11, which I was happy with.
David Else
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and three main opposition leaders signed a deal Friday to end a three-month crisis over the ex-Soviet country's political future that has led to nearly 100 deaths.
The pact paving the way for early elections and a shift in political power toward parliament was signed in the Blue Hall of the presidential palace in the presence of three EU envoys, an AFP correspondent said.
The deal had been clinched to end a three-month-old standoff with opposition protesters after a day of raging violence left dozens of people dead and turned the heart of Kiev into a war zone.
After marathon talks with President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders, the European Union confirmed earlier today that a "temporary" agreement was due to be signed Friday.
Yanukovych announced he was calling an early presidential election, without giving a date, as well as starting a process to reform the constitution and form a unity government. The plan signed apparently calls for a return to the 2004 constitution within 48 hours, a step that would curb Yanukovych's powers after a three-month standoff.
The moves go some way towards meeting key opposition demands but it was not known yet if they would back the deal and EU ministers involved in the talks urged caution.
In the deadliest day since the crisis erupted in November, at least 60 people were killed in fierce clashes in Kiev's Independence Square on Thursday, with police opening fire on protesters carrying makeshift shields while opposition medics said government snipers picked off demonstrators from rooftops.
Three EU foreign ministers and a Russian envoy flew in for emergency talks on Thursday as the international community voiced increasing alarm about the crisis in the former Soviet state.
"The parties agreed on the initialling of an agreement to resolve the crisis," the presidency said in a statement following a day and night of negotiations between Yanukovych and envoys from Poland, Germany, Russia and France.
Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Twitter that the talks were at a "delicate moment" adding: "All sides need to remember that compromise means getting less than 100 percent."
Under the expected terms of the pact, the country would revert back to the 2004 constitution, which would give more power to parliament and government, and less to the president.
There has been no comment yet from any of the top three opposition leaders.
But a senior EU diplomat involved in the negotiations said a "temporary agreement" was expected Friday.
The crisis flared in November when Yanukovych rejected an EU integration deal in favour of closer ties with historical master Russia, angering pro-EU parts of the population who rose up in protest.
The demonstrations had been largely peaceful, except for a brief outbreak of violence at the end of January, but the situation descended into deadly mayhem on Tuesday.
Protesters had marched on parliament in a 20,000-strong peaceful rally aimed at pressuring the government into agreeing to their demands, but it descended into violence that lasted throughout the day and night.
Kiev authorities have put the death toll from the past few days at 77, but opposition medics say more than 60 protesters were shot dead by police on Thursday alone, which would make the toll considerably higher.
On Friday, some 20,000 protesters congregated on Independence Square, which has been occupied by activists since November and still remains under opposition control despite a brief yet deadly raid by riot police earlier in the week.
While the atmosphere on the square was calm -- and life elsewhere in Kiev creeped back to normal with the reopening of the city's metro system -- protesters told AFP the deal was too little, too late.
"These steps were what we needed but I think it is now too late after all the blood that has been spilled," said Sergei Yanchukov, 58.
"It was a crime against humanity and Yanukovych should be sent to The Hague (home of the International Criminal Court).
"At the very least he should resign immediately and be brought to justice."
The latest violence erupted Thursday -- on what was meant to be a day of mourning for those killed earlier in the week -- when protesters launched an offensive against riot police to kick them off the square.
Armed with Molotov cocktails, batons and paving stones, they pushed back the feared Berkut riot police, who responded with rubber bullets, stun grenades and Kalashnikov rifles.
Footage of the bloodbath that followed shocked the international community.
The White House said it was "outraged by the images of Ukrainian security forces firing automatic weapons on their own people".
Volunteer medics, who made a makeshift morgue at a popular hotel overlooking the square, also accused police of killing demonstrators with live rounds.
Ukraine's interior ministry responded that it reserved the right to use live munitions "in self-defence".
The ministry also accused "extremists" of seizing 67 of its troops at gunpoint and holding them hostage.
The shocking scale of bloodshed in the nation of 46 million sandwiched between Russia and the European Union prompted EU officials to slap travel bans against those responsible for ordering the use of force.
Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said an agreement was also reached at an emergency EU meeting in Brussels to impose asset freezes on those with "blood on their hands".
US Vice President Joe Biden also warned Yanukovych that Washington was ready to impose sanctions on officials guilty of ordering troops to fire on protesters.
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Probably the best way to introduce the new space combat mechanics is to take a detailed look at our new (WIP) infobox layout. You may recognise many of the elements from the revamped land combat; many of the elements are also new. I'll go through each in the order they appear using the classic example of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. Please note that all values shown are WIP.
Tactical Population Cost
This is a new number based on the total volume of the hull (or hulls in the case of a starfighter squadron). It is balanced around the idea that an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer consists of 400 population points, the maximum available space population. For carriers, it also includes the volume of all the starfighter squadrons as in the case of the Imperial II. This means that you can field 5 Imperial II-class and their entire complements at one time. These values are currently in the process of testing and tweaking, and the exact values may be different in the released version.
Starship Icon
All the starship icons have been brought into lineusing uniform lighting and rendering settings to create a better quality icon set.
Starship Name
As usual, we retain the full names of all ships, including their upgrade version.
Starship Class
From Starfighter through to Dreadnaught, a starship's class helps shape its maneuverability and sensor range statistics. It also determines which shipyard type is needed to construct it.
Special Abilities
With the new version, we have many greatly improved autofire scripts for ship special abilities, so we feel comfortable including more than the two accessible from the GUI. In most cases, the tractor beam will be the hidden, autofired ability, and it will usually target whatever the ship has been told to attack. Note here the Imperial II has a Tractor Beam, Emergency Thrusters (power to engines ability) and Blast. Blast is a new ability we have added to many main-line combat ships. It moves the firepower of the main battery (in this case, the octuple turbolasers and turboions) up a notch, so that has increased range and firepower.
We have always included manufacturer bonuses on various appropriate planets such as Kuat. Now you can see exactly which ships will benefit, with the inclusion of the Manufacturer in the infobox.
This is the base hull cost, not including complement (which is included in the final cost at a 50% discount). Costs have been modified across the board to provide a more challenging economic planning experience.
This is the base hull construction time, measured in galactic time. For the Imperial II, this is 15 weeks. Note that building over a world with appropriate shipyard bonuses, or by building more of the same class of shipyard, this time can be dramatically reduced.
Width x length x height, in meters, the basic size of the hull.
The total volume of the hull in cubic meters, often using exponential notation. Here for example, the Imperial II is 121 million cubic meters in volume. This statistic informs hitpoint calculations and has a great effect on the likelihood for a ship to be hit by enemy fire.
With the change to the new space combat mechanics, we have moved towards a more "realistic" approach. While ships still have a capped top speed, it is directly proportional to their acceleration. This is measured in terms of G-force, the acceleration experienced by a being on the surface of a planet with standard gravity, roughly 10 m/s2.
This statistic is the turning speed of the starship, measured in degrees per second. It is primarily class-based.
The class of the hyperdrive in the starship (if any), which determines its ability to travel across the galaxy in hyperspace. The smaller the better!
Here is one of the new statistics. Shielding is now measured in Shield Points (SP) and has an absorption percentage shown after it. This is the amount of damage the shield can absorb from a single shot before it takes SP damage. So for example, a turbolaser shot hitting the Imperial II shield with a damage of 96 will do around 58 points of shield damage.
Hull has also changed a great deal. It is now measured in Hull Points (HP), like that of land combat. This value is primarily volume-based. Following the HP is the armour value and type. The Imperial II has 32 Vehicle armour. This means that it absorbs 32 damage from any incoming shot before the hull itself is damaged. For example, the same 96 damage turbolaser will do 64 points of hull damage on impact.
This statistic shows the maximum and minimum ranges of the weapon systems on the ship, followed by its line of sight range. All values are in meters. In this case, the longest range weapons are the octuple turbolasers, while the shortest are the individual turbolaser cannons.
We have greatly condensed the weapons display into a shorthand that provides much more information. We have done away with "light", "heavy" and so on, instead simply telling you the weapon type, their number, and their damage output. So, here the Imperial II has 6 octuple turbolasers with 240 damage per bolt, 2 octuple turboions with 240 damage per bolt, 2 triple turbolasers with 144 damage per bolt, and so on. Note that ion weapons do 200% damage to shields, but cannot damage anything except Droid armour. The number of tractor beams is also noted, which adjusts the cooldown of the tractor beam ability.
I hope this little snippet has provided some insight to the changes we've been making over the past 18 months. If you have any questions, I will endeavour to answer below, however note that I did not implement these changes myself.
Hello Phoenix Rising fans.
First off, I'd like to apologise for the extremely long time between news posts. If this was the only way you kept up with the mod, I can forgive you for thinking we'd ceased development. Those of you who read more of the forums see the team members making comments from time to time, and we made a call for alpha and beta testers for the latest version over the past year. Still, this doesn't make up for the silence we've sustained up to now.
I'd like to change that myself, primarily because I finally have some free time and partly because our team leader and the prime driver of the mod, Phoenix Rising, is without a computer capable of doing modding right now. This isn't particular cause for alarm, because the current build of the mod is very feature-complete. However, there still remain areas that need polish and improvement.
So what have we been doing for the past two years? Our initial plan for the next version of the mod was primarily based on integrating the information provided by the release of The Essential Atlas. As software project tend to do, we experienced some rather strong feature creep, and as one thing led to another, we realised we had a version of the mod that is no longer a mere incremental update. In fact, we have:
Many of these changes, especially those based around planets and maps, have already been mentioned in prior news posts. Check those for more information on those specific topics. As for the rest, I hope I can bring you more news posts in the near future providing examples and details. In the mean time, I'm happy to answer questions you may have here on the forums.


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The units will be produced by Goodrich's Sensors and Integrated Systems business in Vergennes, Vt. Deliveries are expected to commence in early 2013.
"It started as an R&D project in Vermont, but HUMS has become a vital life-saving and cost-saving tool that now is standard equipment on military helicopters," said Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. "I am so proud of the important work that Goodrich is doing in our state," he added. Senator Leahy, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee, has been a long-time supporter of Goodrich's work in Vergennes, including the technology behind HUMS.
Tony Wurmel, general manager of Goodrich Sensors and Integrated Systems in Vergennes said, "This award highlights the value that the Goodrich HUMS brings in lowering operating and maintenance costs while enhancing safety for the Army's Black Hawk fleet. We thank Senator Leahy for his strong support over the last decade in helping the Army equip its frontline helicopter fleet with this cost-effective system; it will help the troops remain effective and maintain the fleet at high readiness in an uncertain world."
The HUMS system has contributed to lower operating costs and increased effectiveness for Army Black Hawk helicopters in executing important safety and rescue missions during ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In recent deployments the Black Hawks with HUMS had 17 percent lower total maintenance costs with a greater than 50 percent reduction in unscheduled maintenance, enhancing readiness for critical troop transport and medical evacuation missions.
Goodrich provides HUMS for numerous U.S. military platforms, including the Army UH-60 and CH-47 fleets, Marine Corp. CH-53, AH-1, UH-1, & V-22 fleets, and the Navy MH-60 fleet. Goodrich has delivered more than 2,000 units to the U.S. Army alone.


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- Cook Time: 12 min
- Ready Time: 80 min
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- 4 cups cooked chicken breast, cut into small cubes
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- 1 cup thinly sliced celery
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- HEAT oven to 425°F. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray. Combine ranch dressing and 2/3 cup wing sauce in a small bowl. Combine cheese blend and blue cheese in medium bowl. Combine chicken and remaining wing sauce in another medium bowl.
- PREPARE dough according to package directions. Divide dough into 4 equal parts. Roll one ball of dough on lightly floured surface to 1/16-inch thickness. Place on prepared baking sheet. Poke dough liberally with fork to prevent air pockets from forming. Bake 5 minutes. Turn crust over. Spread with 1/2 cup ranch dressing mixture. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup cheese mixture. Top with 1 cup chicken mixture. Sprinkle with another 2/3 cup cheese mixture.
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