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5 Ways to Make Money from Global Warming
May 4, 2007 by SMD · 11 Comments
As every investor knows, the easiest way to make money is to ride long term trends. Every indication suggests that the issue of global warming is a long way from going away; on the contrary it is only beginning to gain traction on the agendas of governments around the world.
The following are 5 ways that you can make money from global warming (and help human kind and the planet at the same time).
1.) Invest in Uranium
The most likely, albeit short term, solution to the over use of fossil fuels, is a surprising option: nuclear energy.
Aggressive new nuclear plant construction programs have begun, particularly in East Asian countries, Russia, and India. The United States itself is on the verge of resuming construction of new nuclear power plants, a process that has been dormant for more than 25 years. This is the beginning of the third era, the renaissance of nuclear energy.
In 2001, the U.S. government issued … a course to expand the use of nuclear energy in the near term by making more efficient the processes of obtaining extensions of licenses to operate existing nuclear plants and of obtaining licenses to build new nuclear facilities. The NEP further sought to encourage nuclear energy use through the development, demonstration, and deployment of next-generation nuclear power technologies. Importantly, it aimed at achieving this goal through research and development of advanced fuel cycles that might prove to be cleaner, more efficient, less waste intensive, and more proliferation resistant than a single-use nuclear fuel, which requires geologic disposal of the used fuel.
SourceAs a result of nuclear being more and more the "go to" alternative to fossil fuels the price of Uranium has increased dramatically and continues to rise at an incredible rate.
The price of uranium was approximately $10.75 per pound in early 2003. By mid 2006, the price had risen to approximately $45.00 per pound. In early 2007 the price approached $100.00 per pound.
Many uranium companies are positioned for continued exceptional growth.
2.) Create a Website
Here's a couple ideas to get you started:
- How about a social bookmarking type site (like http://del.icio.us/ ) that is specifically for tips on how to combat global warming, or if you're a bit edgier, publicly reporting companies (to put public pressure on them) that are doing really bad things or just reporting general abuses of the environment.
- An e-commerce site themed around energy efficient products
- A site promoting eco alternative tips, possibly user contributed with education products, to promote the cause.
3.) Stop Paying an Ego Tax on Your Car
Buy a More Efficient Car (and invest the savings)
Most cars have a large premium on ego value. Most city dwellers will never need the features that their SUVs provide. The real reason they think they need an big heavy powerful car, is that it makes them feel more secure. In other words the benefits are more directed towards the ego than reality.
As global warming becomes more and more prominent and dangerous, the price of fossil fuels is only going to rise and the tax on ego based transportation will continue to increase.
Paying for ego benefits can be expensive, to your wallet and to the planet. The goods news is that ego costs are easy to cut, and even better is the self-esteem dividend that you'll receive from not needing to pander to your own ego gone wild.
4.) Trade in Eco Tax currency
Here's how it works. If you do something that contributes positively to the efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, like installing a wind farm and selling the electricity to your power company, you earn power credits.
Then companies that create an excess of greenhouse gases can purchase credits to allow them to go over the emissions standard and most of all ease their conscience and improve their public relations.
The result is that the polluters are paying the eco-conscious to do the work of reducing greenhouse gases for them.
And speaking of easing your guilt, here comes TerraPass. Their slogan: "Clean up after your car, fight global warming". As an SUV [or any other gas-guzzler car] owner you have the opportunity to purchase a TerraPass for about $80, display it proudly on your windshield and drive guilt free in the summer smog and brown-outs.
Here's how it would work: Company X, which uses the latest technology to burn coal for electricity, receives a permit that lets it emit 1,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year. But the company, which now emits 1,500 tons of pollutants a year, believes it will cost too much to switch to cleaner-burning natural gas. Meanwhile, Company Y also gets a permit to emit 1,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year. But it has an antiquated coal-fired system that it can economically retrofit to be more efficient. As a result, it expects its plants to reduce emissions to 500 tons. So it sells its unused 500 tons to Company X. Averaged together, both companies' emissions fall within the emissions cap.
5.) Invest in Green Funds
"Green funds" are mutual funds that invest in environmentally friendly companies, such as those involved in clean energy (wind, solar, biomass); or in progressive companies that use environmental technology to reduce greenhouse gases in industries such as oil, gas, coal and mining.
According to Jantzi, U.S. mutual funds with green leanings total $2-trillion and account for about 10 per cent of total investments in that country.
Bonus Tip
Have a contingency plan. If we can't get our act together and things really go to hell with global warming and climate chance, and you're one of the ones lucky enough to survive, a couple gold bars or a few hundred ounces of silver, could make you royalty in whatever passes for the world that remains.
In summary
I believe that we can not only save the planet from global warming and the damage of fossil fuel abuse, but we can also make money doing it. In fact, if it doesn't somehow turn into an activity that is predominantly sponsored by powerful capitalists, who have largely their own interests at heart, then we have a much lower chance of surviving the last 100 years of our arrogant abuse of our planet.


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Two of your Republican predecessors recently wrote that the EPA is "under siege" from the GOP. Is there a war against the EPA?
There are certainly some members of Congress who have come in with an agenda that includes this agency. We hear words like scaling back and defunding.
A key point of contention is EPA regulations that could be coming on greenhouse gases. What is the EPA looking to do on this issue?
We're talking about updating standards under the Clean Air Act to address pollution. Although I joined the President in calling for legislation, that doesn't mean we can't get started using the Clean Air Act to take a series of moderate steps that would add up to real reduction.
Why should the EPA be regulating carbon?
Because it's the law. The Clean Air Act and Supreme Court cases have said the EPA must determine whether greenhouse gases endanger public health. We have determined, based on multiple lines of scientific evidence, that they do.
What would it mean if legislation to block those regulations were passed?
Congress would essentially be passing a law that says, We, as a bunch of lawmakers, have decided what the science is on this issue. I don't think that history will forget the first time that politicians made a law to overrule scientists.
You've frequently been called upon to testify before Congress. Are you being personally targeted?
I certainly hope not. Americans want a strong EPA that protects public health and reins in polluters. Inside the Beltway, they may be bombarded with different messages. [These hearings are] an opportunity for me to speak to what we're doing.
Can the U.S. balance environmental protection and job creation?
They have been balanced in this country for 40 years, as long as there's been an EPA. We've done it while our country has prospered.
We're nearing the anniversary of the BP oil spill. How much ecological damage was done?
In general, the science coming back is somewhat reassuring. We may see a situation where the ecosystem can recover quite well, but there will be studies for years and years.
You grew up in New Orleans. What did the spill mean to you?
The only difference is that I would go home and hear from people I knew who would reach out to me. If I brought them any comfort, I'm happy, but it was also my job.
Can we make the region better than it was before the spill?
This is not about a response to the oil spill. This is about the President's other promise, which was to make the Gulf ecosystem stronger and more resilient than it was the day before the oil spill happened. To me this is about giving a voice to people who have been working for decades for coastal restoration.
Given the criticism, how do you keep EPA workers positive?
The public knows that were it not for the work of this agency, there would be more sickness, more illness, more incidences of water that can't be used. So what I tell them is to keep their eye on their jobs, to do their jobs with impeccable science and integrity--and I feel confident the American people will turn to us as they should.

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Two employees of a Long Island senior care home are facing felony assault charges for allegedly attacking and suffocating an 88-year-old man, New York state authorities say.
Raquel Bouton, a licensed practical nurse, and Laura Harper, a personal care aide, were arrested after an investigation by the attorney general's office into the alleged assault at Woodhaven Adult Home in Port Jefferson on March 24.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Bouton, 43, of Mount Sinai, and Harper, 58, of Coram, attacked the elderly man, tying his hands together, holding them above his head and punching him in the stomach several times. The two women also held a pillow over the man's face in bed, authorities said.
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The victim suffered bruising to the torso, restricted breathing and pain, Schneiderman said.
Surveillance cameras in the hallway captured Bouton and Harper entering, then exiting the resident's room at the time of the alleged assault, according to Schneiderman. Bouton also covered up the alleged crime by falsifying progress notes, he said.
Bouton and Harper were each indicted on eight counts of assault and endangerment. They could each face up to three and a half to seven years in prison if convicted.
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I like to work with students knowing that they will be colleagues in the near future. As the owner of Murphy design, I try to provide as much information about the similarities and differences of the real world versus the studio at school.
I get pretty excited about design projects and like to talk about how I think as a designer and how to make design opportunities happen. In class, we break down large projects into smaller, doable tasks and it's exciting to build a brand over a semester. I love it when students ask great questions and see something more or something comparable out in the world!
Moore is a great environment and I love the familiar atmosphere and the opportunity to mix with faculty in other disciplines. Moore provides a supportive environment for each student, the facilities and labs are terrific and the location allows for easy impromptu access for all the city has to offer.
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Netflix's UK content roster continues to grow. Today it said it had licensed a stack of BBC shows including Doctor Who and Top Gear.
The deal, struck with the Corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, will see Netflix UK make many already shown series available to its subscribers.
Netflix said it had its hands on Torchwood, Spooks, Inspector Lynley, Miss Marple, Little Britain and Fawlty Towers too.
Netflix UK is due to go live "early 2012". ®
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Turkey hunting season opened Saturday to a balmy morning, nearly full moon, but tough going for hunters seeking big toms.
Many hunters reported passing on jakes, but a few hunters settled for the younger birds. Some got lucky and bagged a longbeard.
San Diego County Fish and Wildlife commissioner Steve Turigliatto of Escondido shot the biggest bird of the opening three days. His tom went 21 pounds and sported a 10-inch beard and 1-inch spurs. He shot it Monday on My Country Club land. On opening day, Saturday, Turigliatto and fellow hunters Josh Kettl and Gen Murofushi all shot birds, with Turigliatto and Kettl settling for jakes and Murofushi shooting a double-bearded tom that went 19 pounds.
Mike Stevens of La Jolla shot one of the better toms, a 20-pounder with a 7-inch beard. Tom Newman of Del Mar shot a jake. All of them hunted My Country Club in the Santa Ysabel-Lake Henshaw-Mesa Grande area.
"Our hunters shot 19 turkeys on opening day," said Janice Mendenhall of My Country Club. "We had about a 25 percent success rate. They shot three on Sunday."
Murofushi has had a great start to the season. He called in a jake for a junior hunter, Robert Sanchez, who won the hunt at last year's JAKES Event put on by the San Diego Chapter of the NWTF.
In the Julian area, John King found a responsive gobbler in the roost before daybreak. He called to him and drew him in for a kill shot just after shooting time on Saturday. King's bird was one of the bigger ones shot on opening weekend, weighing in at 19 pounds and sporting a 9-inch beard.
Many hunters reported seeing small flocks of toms and hens still together, with the toms next to impossible to call away from that situation. But hens also have been spotted on nests from Julian to Mesa Grande. Those longbeards are going to be more and more susceptible to calling by the end of this week and well into next. Next week could be prime time for getting a big gobbler.
The general turkey hunting season continues to May 5, but runs through May 19 for juniors and archery hunters.
Store closing: Sad to report that Fish'n Marine Center in Lakeside is closing its doors for good, as of April 15. Andy Paluczak reports that everything is 50 percent off through April 15. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tournament: The Oceanside Anglers Club will hold its annual Open Halibut Tournament Saturday, April 13 with a launch out of Oceanside Harbor. One hundred percent of the entry money will be returned to the first-, second- and third-place boats. There will be a $50 side pool for each boat and a special side pool for ladies at $20. Check www.oceansideanglers.com for more details.
Giant white seabass: Two more huge white seabass were speared by divers off San Diego last week. Brett and Matt Berry, sons of award-winning wildlife artist and carver Bob Berry, shot a pair of 50-pound white seabass.
Crappie biting: Lake Henshaw is about to bust loose on crappie. Anglers are reporting smaller males in shallow, and there have been reported stringers of 20- to 25 crappie. The bigger females up to 3 pounds will follow.


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Former Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos has voiced his opinion that Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to win the Ballon d'Or ahead of Lionel Messi because the Barcelona man has already won plenty of awards in the past few seasons.
The Argentine has won the last three editions of the accolade, with his Portuguese counterpart having to settle for second place last term, and missing out on a top-three spot in 2010.
Nevertheless, the legendary left-back feels that the Madrid man's time has come now after a successful 2011-12 campaign.
"Obviously everyone's talking about Messi, but I reckon he has won enough and there cannot be much more room in his trophy cabinet," he told Fifa.com.
"Therefore, I would vote for Cristiano Ronaldo. He is someone who can win matches for you in many different ways, from varying situations in attack. He deserves to win it again."
The Brazilian then voiced his opinion that Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho should be named Coach of the Year by Fifa.
"Well, seeing as Pep Guardiola has left Barcelona, I think it should go to Jose Mourinho.
"A club side like his is harder to coach than a top national team – something I know a lot about. During my time at Real Madrid, I played under Fabio Capello, who did an amazing job.
"But when you look at Mourinho's results, you can see his coaching has a lot of merit and he really knows how to deal with the situations he faces."
Mourinho guided Real Madrid to their first Liga title since 2008 last term.


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Michael Wilbon has been rather upfront about how he's not a fan of blogging in general, bringing out the usual bromides that bloggers lack editing, standards, accountability, all that. We don't blame him for this; as he puts it himself, "I'm old. You build up your reading habits over a lifetime." Fair enough. But in an interview with The Fanhouse's Michael David Smith (who took a tour of "Monday Night Football" this week, we learn more about ESPN staffers than we do about Wilbon.
That is to say: It appears that younger staffers are on hand to help the "old" folk along with their talking points.
Wilbon also brought out a lot of the usual criticisms of blogs — no editing, no standards, no accountability, but at that point a couple of (younger) ESPN staffers sitting with him interrupted to point out that he was painting blogs with too wide a brush. At that point, Wilbon mentioned Deadspin and The Big Lead, and he seemed to realize that those blogs are higher in quality than the ones he dismisses as lacking in standards.
We love this idea: All ESPN staffers being followed around by kids whispering buzzwords like "HTML" and "hyperlink" into their ears, causing them to perk up and be, "Yeah! Uh ... some blogs are good! HTML! Hyperlinks!"
Just don't give that "Cold Pizza" crew female assistants, and all should be fine.
ESPN's Michael Wilbon Explains His Feelings Toward Blogs: 'I'm Old' [The Fanhouse]


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The program is designed to match national job market requirements; expressed by the national professional standards set for computer networking technicians.
Training for this program involves general English language skills, mathematics, basic methods for human communications, and interaction.
Further, training covers the basic skills required for computers and operating systems; in addition to specialized skills required in the fields of computer networking; including switching & routing technologies, building local as well as wide-area networks. Further the program touches upon securing networks.
Included within the computer networking program, addressingcolleges, supervised by the General Authority of Private Training affiliated to the General Corporation for Technical & Vocational Training, we find that trainees receive 1600 training hours, in addition to another 420 training hours received in the job market.
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The small isolated island of Batu Tara in the Flores Sea about 50 km north of Lembata (fomerly Lomblen) Island contains a scarp on the eastern side similar to the Sciara del Fuoco of Italy's Stromboli volcano. Vegetation covers the flanks of Batu Tara to within 50 m of the 748-m-high summit.
Batu Tara lies north of the main volcanic arc and is noted for its potassic leucite-bearing basanitic and tephritic rocks. The first historical eruption from Batu Tara, during 1847-52, produced explosions and a lava flow.
Batu Tara volcano island (Kombo Island) is unpopulated.
Joe Bauwens, a science blogger wrote : Batu Tara is located to the north of the Flores Thrust, where the Timor Microplate is being subducted beneath the Banda Sea Plate (part of the collisional area between the Australian and Eurasian Plates). As this happens the Timor Plate is forced down into the Earth's interior, where it is partially melted by the heat. Melted material then rises through the overlying Banda Sea Plate, fueling the volcanoes located upon it.
Except for the above mentioned eruption of 1847-1852, eruptions on the island are very badly registered, mainly because of is remote location.
Nowadays, satellite images and occasional aviation reports are filling in the gap.
Recent eruptions have been recorded, except for the current 2012 one, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. According to John Seach, 15000 people were evacuated from nearby Lembata island.
Eruptions are frequently accompanied by the ejection of incandescent ash and lava bombs, as well as flows of lava, but since the island is remote and uninhabited these are seldom recorded.
The ash clouds during the April - July 2012 eruptions have the same pattern than the 2006 - 2008 eruptions.
Eruptions at Batu Tara are followed very carefully by VAAC Darwin, who follows up ash concentration in the air for airline traffic. Batu Tara is located on the direct flying route from Jakarta to Sydney.
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Eruption Dec. 2008
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Eruption Dec. 2008
The list below shows the earthquake activity in a narrow radius around the volcano. Unfortunately we are only able to report the stronger earthquakes reported by the most important seismological agencies in the world. Our earthquakes database began registering early 2012.
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|Nov 29 13:08
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|Dec 31 00:00
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Unfortunately, NO webcams are present on this remote island in Indonesia
The first video below (from Marc Szeglat) shows in great detail the Strombolian eruptions which are taking place at the island.
The second video (from avdezwart)shows another blast (in 2011 ?) from a person (passenger of crew) on board of a container ship passing by the islands.
Some text and images courtesy : Smithsonian Institution, Wikipedia and Joe Bauwens.
Image 1 : courtesy Mike Mate
To follow eventual activity at this time, please check also our Daily Volcano Activity reports.


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Adding time management to a series that never had it only worked in Majora's Mask because of the easy to access reset button. Timed objectives is what keeps me away from series like Atelier, and now Square Enix is basically saying I'll have to bring time management skills in order to finish the story I've invested about 80 hours into. It's like if Activision announced that in order to be successful in the next Call of Duty, you'll have to work on your RTS resource management and whatnot.
It'd be the equivalent of George Lucas rolling with "Jar Jar Binks has become a considerably more refined person" as a bullet point for hyping up the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode II.
Quote from: Parn on September 05, 2012, 05:32:53 PMIt'd be the equivalent of George Lucas rolling with "Jar Jar Binks has become a considerably more refined person" as a bullet point for hyping up the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode II.Come on, you have to be fair here.it'd be "Anakin Skywalker has become a considerably more refined person", and it's sadly analogous due to what an utter wreck his characterization was in the prequels anyway.
Actually "Padamae has become a considerably more refined person" would be the best example since she wasn't a terrible retcon of a previously established character (even if it was only inferred), but a whole new character for the new trilogy who has only ever been displayed as wooden and lifeless (at least until the various Clone Wars series came out, but you could say the same for Annie).Either way I can believe that when Lightning Forever: FFXIII-4 comes around they will replace Lightning with Val Kilmmer (I know I'm not spelling his name right but I can't be bothered to look up the correct spelling). :v
having only played the FF XIII-2 demo is chocolina any worse than that one merchant in final fantasy X/X-2 . not o'waka the dude at the moonflow.
Right up until you hit the casino zone then she's lame as all get out.And that's not even touching the whole "She's the Frocobo!" thing either, which was both unnecessary and stupid as all get out.
I'm stunned there was enough people to approve Chocolina being a good idea.


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Security firm nPulse Technologies unveiled an updated version of its high-speed packet-capture appliance that now provides detailed search capabilities and session analysis of massive data collections.
Capture Probe eXtreme (CPX) 4.0 basically acts like "a DVR for network traffic," recording at full-duplex 20Gbps, says Tim Sullivan, CEO of the Charlotteville, Va., firm. The latest CPX appliance can also carry out a packet-level indexing and retrieving function via search tools so that there can be a retrospective analysis to look for evidence of threats, such as zero-day malware that may have hit an enterprise.
CPX is now being used in the US government's EINSTEIN 3 monitoring system in which traffic to government agencies is monitored and analyzed for security purposes, Sullivan says. The EINSTEIN 3 program, run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), relies on monitoring as a managed service from ISPs, with CenturyLink known as one ISP to participate.
CPX 4.0, typically installed at the network or security operations center, captures entire content streams and can recognize alert information from a variety of security information and event management systems, including HP's ArcSight and Splunk. It can also accept Sourcefire and FireEye security alerts.
Its packet-indexing function works at 30 million packets per second to aid in massive-scale searches through captured data for threat intelligence. Competitors in this area include NetWitness, acquired by EMC two years ago and now part of its RSA security division, and Solera Networks, acquired by Blue Coat in May of this year.
The CPX 4.0 appliance from nPulse is available now and costs $100,000 in the US.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. Twitter: MessmerE. E-mail: [email protected]
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Alumni Update – Spring Has Sprung at RMU!
Hey Alums,
Well, spring has finally sprung in the Burgh!
It may have been a long, miserable winter, but it's been an enjoyable one for RMU sports fans. Last month, the university saw its sports teams on ESPN six times. This included the men's and women's basketball NEC Championship games, the men's first and second round NIT games, and the women's NCAA first-round game against Notre Dame. RMU hockey also made its debut when it took on the University of Minnesota in the Sweet Sixteen in St. Paul.
On my recent journeys to neighboring states, I've been able to spend some quality time with many familiar and new alumni. RMU Alumni events in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., drew favorable numbers of attendees, and further down the eastern seaboard, our Florida receptions were also warm and friendly. Locally we've had some afternoon lunches with alumni from PNC and Highmark, and next month we look forward to noon-time gatherings with folks from Alcoa and Schneider Downs.
Last but not least, we held our third Annual March Madness Alumni Reception on Pittsburgh's North Side at Atria's. What a treat it was to see students, alumni, professors, and friends all come together for an evening of sharing! These types of events really afford students and recent grads the opportunity to pick the minds of our many great alumni about the world of work they are preparing to enter.
And if you didn't know, or you somehow forgot, at Robert Morris…IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS!
Staying connected is just another way to give back while at the same time helping yourself. I hope to see you this spring or summer at an RMU Alumni event!
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GASTONIA � As high school basketball conference schedules resumed on Friday, most coaches will tell you defense is the quickest trait to return.
Count that double for Ashbrook High�s basketball teams in their sweep of Big South 3A Conference rival Kings Mountain.
GASTONIA � As high school basketball conference schedules resumed on Friday, most coaches will tell you defense is the quickest trait to return.
Count that double for Ashbrook High�s basketball teams in their sweep of Big South 3A Conference rival Kings Mountain.
Ashbrook�s girls shutout the Lady Mountaineers in the second quarter of a 40-21 victory in the opener before the Green Wave held Kings Mountain scoreless for the first nine minutes, 45 seconds of an 83-39 win in the nightcap.
Ashbrook�s boys were playing their third game without three players who had been suspended for the year due to �conduct detrimental to the team� during last week�s holiday tournament in Wilmington.
While the Green Wave lost the first two games without the three players against 4A competition in Wilmington, it came out firing on all cylinders against Kings Mountain in its return to league play on Friday.
�We played really good defense and we also executed our offense,� said Ashbrook coach Chad Duncan, whose team improved to 8-6 overall and 3-1 in the Big South.
The Green Wave�s eight remaining players � one other player is expected to return to the team in the near future � showed incredible unselfishness and balance in rolling to the victory.
Senior Antonio Blalock had 17 points, seven assists and four steals. Senior Alex Linder had 16 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Senior Delshon Leach had 10 points, six rebounds and three steals. And junior Tristen Rodriguez added 11 points off the bench. But the other four players � Grant Stafford, Austin Mitchell, Z�Andre Givens and Russell Bess � also made contributions, most notably Givens� eight assists and four steals and Stafford�s three steals.
Using a fullcourt, trapping zone press, Ashbrook collected 21 steals and completely disrupted Kings Mountain�s (5-9, 1-2) offense.
Ashbrook was ahead 15-0 after one quarter and 22-0 before Kings Mountain finally scored with 6:15 left in the first half. The Green Wave would lead by as many as 52 points (73-21) early in the fourth quarter before taking the 44-point win.
�We had nine turnovers in the first five minutes and got shutout in the first quarter,� said Kings Mountain junior varsity coach Nicholas Inman, who was filling in for Grayson Pierce; Pierce missed the game due to a family matter. �You�re not going to win a ballgame like that. We just didn�t execute and Ashbrook played great.�
Chap Sanders and James Tillman led the Mountaineers with 16 and 14 points, respectively. Kings Mountain visits North Gaston next Tuesday.
The Green Wave return to action next Tuesday at rival Forestview.
�Forestview is a rival for us,� Duncan said. �Last year, we had two tough losses to them so we hope we can continue to execute and play hard.�
In the opener, Ashbrook�s girls ground out a defensive-minded victory to improve to 11-2 overall and 3-1 in the league.
Alexis Wallace had 14 points and three steals, Brooke Moore had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Logan Carter had four points and five steals and Jordan Chambers had four assists for the Lady Green Wave.
�I don�t think we were looking down the road,� said Ashbrook coach Juan Smith, whose next game is at six-time defending league champion Forestview on Tuesday. �We just haven�t practiced the way we need to practice. The goal we set was to be No. 1 (in the league). And we�ve got a tough road ahead of us to get there.�
Ashbrook led 8-5 after the opening quarter before shutting out Kings Mountain in the second quarter while extending the lead to 14-5.
The Lady Mountaineers (8-5, 1-2), who were led by Monique Petty�s 11 points, would get no closer than seven the rest of the way.


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Zeno of Elea
Born: about 490 BC in Elea, Lucania (now southern Italy)
Died: about 425 BC in Elea, Lucania (now southern Italy)
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Very little is known of the life of Zeno of Elea. We certainly know that he was a philosopher, and he is said to have been the son of Teleutagoras. The main source of our knowledge of Zeno comes from the dialogue Parmenides written by Plato.
Zeno was a pupil and friend of the philosopher Parmenides and studied with him in Elea. The Eleatic School, one of the leading pre-Socratic schools of Greek philosophy, had been founded by Parmenides in Elea in southern Italy. His philosophy of monism claimed that the many things which appear to exist are merely a single eternal reality which he called Being. His principle was that "all is one" and that change or non-Being are impossible. Certainly Zeno was greatly influenced by the arguments of Parmenides and Plato tells us that the two philosophers visited Athens together in around 450 BC.
Despite Plato's description of the visit of Zeno and Parmenides to Athens, it is far from universally accepted that the visit did indeed take place. However, Plato tells us that Socrates, who was then young, met Zeno and Parmenides on their visit to Athens and discussed philosophy with them. Given the best estimates of the dates of birth of these three philosophers, Socrates would be about 20, Zeno about 40, and Parmenides about 65 years of age at the time, so Plato's claim is certainly possible.
Zeno had already written a work on philosophy before his visit to Athens and Plato reports that Zeno's book meant that he had achieved a certain fame in Athens before his visit there. Unfortunately no work by Zeno has survived, but there is very little evidence to suggest that he wrote more than one book. The book Zeno wrote before his visit to Athens was his famous work which, according to Proclus, contained forty paradoxes concerning the continuum. Four of the paradoxes, which we shall discuss in detail below, were to have a profound influence on the development of mathematics.
Diogenes Laertius [10] gives further details of Zeno's life which are generally thought to be unreliable. Zeno returned to Elea after the visit to Athens and Diogenes Laertius claims that he met his death in a heroic attempt to remove a tyrant from the city of Elea. The stories of his heroic deeds and torture at the hands of the tyrant may well be pure inventions. Diogenes Laertius also writes about Zeno's cosmology and again there is no supporting evidence regarding this, but we shall give some indication below of the details.
Zeno's book of forty paradoxes was, according to Plato [8]:-
... a youthful effort, and it was stolen by someone, so that the author had no opportunity of considering whether to publish it or not. Its object was to defend the system of Parmenides by attacking the common conceptions of things.Proclus also described the work and confirms that [1]:-
... Zeno elaborated forty different paradoxes following from the assumption of plurality and motion, all of them apparently based on the difficulties deriving from an analysis of the continuum.In his arguments against the idea that the world contains more than one thing, Zeno derived his paradoxes from the assumption that if a magnitude can be divided then it can be divided infinitely often. Zeno also assumes that a thing which has no magnitude cannot exist. Simplicius, the last head of Plato's Academy in Athens, preserved many fragments of earlier authors including Parmenides and Zeno. Writing in the first half of the sixth century he explained Zeno's argument why something without magnitude could not exist [1]:-
For if it is added to something else, it will not make it bigger, and if it is subtracted, it will not make it smaller. But if it does not make a thing bigger when added to it nor smaller when subtracted from it, then it appears obvious that what was added or subtracted was nothing.Although Zeno's argument is not totally convincing at least, as Makin writes in [25]:-
Zeno's challenge to simple pluralism is successful, in that he forces anti-Parmenideans to go beyond common sense.The paradoxes that Zeno gave regarding motion are more perplexing. Aristotle, in his work Physics, gives four of Zeno's arguments, The Dichotomy, The Achilles, The Arrow, and The Stadium. For the dichotomy, Aristotle describes Zeno's argument (in Heath's translation [8]):-
There is no motion because that which is moved must arrive at the middle of its course before it arrives at the end.In order the traverse a line segment it is necessary to reach its midpoint. To do this one must reach the 1/4 point, to do this one must reach the 1/8 point and so on ad infinitum. Hence motion can never begin. The argument here is not answered by the well known infinite sum
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... = 1On the one hand Zeno can argue that the sum 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... never actually reaches 1, but more perplexing to the human mind is the attempts to sum 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... backwards. Before traversing a unit distance we must get to the middle, but before getting to the middle we must get 1/4 of the way, but before we get 1/4 of the way we must reach 1/8 of the way etc. This argument makes us realise that we can never get started since we are trying to build up this infinite sum from the "wrong" end. Indeed this is a clever argument which still puzzles the human mind today.
Zeno bases both the dichotomy paradox and the attack on simple pluralism on the fact that once a thing is divisible, then it is infinitely divisible. One could counter his paradoxes by postulating an atomic theory in which matter was composed of many small indivisible elements. However other paradoxes given by Zeno cause problems precisely because in these cases he considers that seemingly continuous magnitudes are made up of indivisible elements. Such a paradox is 'The Arrow' and again we give Aristotle's description of Zeno's argument (in Heath's translation [8]):-
If, says Zeno, everything is either at rest or moving when it occupies a space equal to itself, while the object moved is in the instant, the moving arrow is unmoved.The argument rests on the fact that if in an indivisible instant of time the arrow moved, then indeed this instant of time would be divisible (for example in a smaller 'instant' of time the arrow would have moved half the distance). Aristotle argues against the paradox by claiming:-
... for time is not composed of indivisible 'nows', no more than is any other magnitude.However, this is considered by some to be irrelevant to Zeno's argument. Moreover to deny that 'now' exists as an instant which divides the past from the future seems also to go against intuition. Of course if the instant 'now' does not exist then the arrow never occupies any particular position and this does not seem right either. Again Zeno has presented a deep problem which, despite centuries of efforts to resolve it, still seems to lack a truly satisfactory solution. As Frankel writes in [20]:-
The human mind, when trying to give itself an accurate account of motion, finds itself confronted with two aspects of the phenomenon. Both are inevitable but at the same time they are mutually exclusive. Either we look at the continuous flow of motion; then it will be impossible for us to think of the object in any particular position. Or we think of the object as occupying any of the positions through which its course is leading it; and while fixing our thought on that particular position we cannot help fixing the object itself and putting it at rest for one short instant.Vlastos (see [32]) points out that if we use the standard mathematical formula for velocity we have v = s/t, where s is the distance travelled and t is the time taken. If we look at the velocity at an instant we obtain v = 0/0, which is meaningless. So it is fair to say that Zeno here is pointing out a mathematical difficulty which would not be tackled properly until limits and the differential calculus were studied and put on a proper footing.
As can be seen from the above discussion, Zeno's paradoxes are important in the development of the notion of infinitesimals. In fact some authors claim that Zeno directed his paradoxes against those who were introducing infinitesimals. Anaxagoras and the followers of Pythagoras, with their development of incommensurables, are also thought by some to be the targets of Zeno's arguments (see for example [10]). Certainly it appears unlikely that the reason given by Plato, namely to defend Parmenides' philosophical position, is the whole explanation of why Zeno wrote his famous work on paradoxes.
The most famous of Zeno's arguments is undoubtedly the Achilles. Heath's translation from Aristotle's Physics is:-
... the slower when running will never be overtaken by the quicker; for that which is pursuing must first reach the point from which that which is fleeing started, so that the slower must necessarily always be some distance ahead.Most authors, starting with Aristotle, see this paradox to be essentially the same as the Dichotomy. For example Makin [25] writes:-
... as long as the Dichotomy can be resolved, the Achilles can be resolved. The resolutions will be parallel.As with most statements about Zeno's paradoxes, there is not complete agreement about any particular position. For example Toth [29] disputes the similarity of the two paradoxes, claiming that Aristotle's remarks leave much to be desired and suggests that the two arguments have entirely different structures.
Both Plato and Aristotle did not fully appreciate the significance of Zeno's arguments. As Heath says [8]:-
Aristotle called them 'fallacies', without being able to refute them.Russell certainly did not underrate Zeno's significance when he wrote in [13]:-
In this capricious world nothing is more capricious than posthumous fame. One of the most notable victims of posterity's lack of judgement is the Eleatic Zeno. Having invented four arguments all immeasurably subtle and profound, the grossness of subsequent philosophers pronounced him to be a mere ingenious juggler, and his arguments to be one and all sophisms. After two thousand years of continual refutation, these sophisms were reinstated, and made the foundation of a mathematical renaissance ....Here Russell is thinking of the work of Cantor, Frege and himself on the infinite and particularly of Weierstrass on the calculus. In [2] the relation of the paradoxes to mathematics is also discussed, and the author comes to a conclusion similar to Frankel in the above quote:-
Although they have often been dismissed as logical nonsense, many attempts have also been made to dispose of them by means of mathematical theorems, such as the theory of convergent series or the theory of sets. In the end, however, the difficulties inherent in his arguments have always come back with a vengeance, for the human mind is so constructed that it can look at a continuum in two ways that are not quite reconcilable.It is difficult to tell precisely what effect the paradoxes of Zeno had on the development of Greek mathematics. B L van der Waerden (see [31]) argues that the mathematical theories which were developed in the second half of the fifth century BC suggest that Zeno's work had little influence. Heath however seems to detect a greater influence [8]:-
Mathematicians, however, ... realising that Zeno's arguments were fatal to infinitesimals, saw that they could only avoid the difficulties connected with them by once and for all banishing the idea of the infinite, even the potentially infinite, altogether from their science; thenceforth, therefore, they made no use of magnitudes increasing or decreasing ad infinitum, but contented themselves with finite magnitudes that can be made as great or as small as we please.We commented above that Diogenes Laertius in [10] describes a cosmology that he believes is due to Zeno. According to his description, Zeno proposed a universe consisting of several worlds, composed of "warm" and "cold, "dry" and "wet" but no void or empty space. Because this appears to have nothing in common with his paradoxes, it is usual to take the line that Diogenes Laertius is in error. However, there is some evidence that this type of belief was around in the fifth century BC, particularly associated with medical theory, and it could easily have been Zeno's version of a belief held by the Eleatic School.
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The first published map to show Fra. Kino's explorations. Includes California as an Island!
1705 (dated) 9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm) 1 : 10000000
As the title suggests, De Fer based this map on documents sent to the Monsieur Regis at the Paris Academie Royale des Sciences by a 'Spanish Grandee.' This was most likely refers to Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, the Spanish Royal Geographer in Mexico City, who prepared a manuscript version of Kino's map in 1696 (a copy of this manuscript survives in the Jesuit Library of Rome). The original missive was most likely intended for Guillaume Delisle, a highly respected French cartographer who held the title of Geograph de Roi. However, as Geograph de Monseigneur le Dauphin, De Fer would also have had access, a fact on which he was quick to capitalize.
It is thus that some cartographic historians have considered this map the 'first pirated copy' of Kino's work. However, close examine reveals that, while Kino's explorations clearly form its essence, De Fer's map stands alone as a separate piece. Kino is best known for definitively proving through exploration the peninsular nature of California. The focus and centerpiece of this map is a striking insular California, a convention that had been popular in the previous century. Unlike his colleague, Delisle, De Fer was not a revolutionary or scientific cartographer, instead his talents lay in synthesizing earlier work and political pandering - both of which are evident here. Provided with unprecedented new information from Kino's expeditions De Fer could only superimpose it on an earlier model rather than, as Delisle or Kino himself did, realize the implications of what he was given.
The idea of an insular California first appeared as a work of fiction in Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo's c. 1510 romance Las Sergas de Esplandian, where he writes
Know, that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it is peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they live in the manner of Amazons.Baja California was subsequently discovered in 1533 by Fortun Ximenez, who had been sent to the area by Hernan Cortez. When Cortez himself traveled to Baja, he must have had Montalvo's novel in mind, for he immediately claimed the 'Island of California' for the Spanish King. By the late 16th and early 17th century ample evidence had been amassed, through explorations of the region by Francisco de Ulloa, Hernando de Alarcon and others, that California was in fact a peninsula. However, by this time other factors were in play. Francis Drake had sailed north and claimed 'New Albion' (identified here on the northwest coast of California Island) near modern day Washington or Vancouver for England. The Spanish thus needed to promote Cortez's claim on the 'Island of California' to preempt English claims on the western coast of North America. The significant influence of the Spanish crown on European cartographers, especially the important French house of Sanson, caused a major resurgence of the Insular California theory.
De Fer's insular California follows the established model as first laid down by Luke Fox in 1635. The only major changes being the addition of Cabo S. Franco Zavier at the northern tip of the island and, in modern day Baja, the River St. Thomas discovered during the Kino-Atondo Peninsular Expedition of 1684. On the opposite side of the 'Mar de las Californias o Carolinas' (Gulf of California) the geography improves dramatically and is in fact quite accurate. The map numerically identifies some 314 specific locations, among them the ruins of Casa Grande discovered by Kino in 1694 (appearing for the first time here), Tuscon (no. 99 or Tuc), and Pheonix (no. 80 or habitations). Even so, typical of De Fer's work, there are a few transcription errors including the sites of San Xavier, San Augustin, and San Martin.
The Mississippi River appears to enter the Gulf of Mexico at the eastern extreme of this map but well west of its actual mouth. Although by 1700 La Salle had successfully located the mouth of the Mississippi, by situating the river more traditionally far to the West, De Fer is both dramatically expanding French Louisiana and showing the proximity of French territory to the rich silver mines of central Mexico - a fact that would not have been lost on either the French King or De Fer's personal patron the Dauphin.
Pre-Kino cartography that De Fer draws from earlier maps is identified textually. These include major cities in Mexico, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Compostella, Culiacan, St. Luis Potosi, Sombrette, and Sinaloa, among others. Situated to the north and west of Santa Fe are Gran Teguaio and Gran Quivira, speculative Kingdoms of Gold derived from Spanish legends.
Teguayo was believed to be one of the seven Kingdoms of Gold presumably to be discovered in the unexplored American west. The name Teguayo first appears in the Benevides Memorial, where it is described as a kingdom of great wealth to rival Quivara, another mythical kingdom to be discussed in the next paragraph. The idea was later popularized in Europe by the nefarious Spaniard and deposed governor of New Mexico. Calling himself the Count of Penalosa, the governor imagining himself a later day Pizzaro and actively promoted the Teguayo legend to the royalty of Europe - even drawing a map that situated it just beyond a mountain range north of Santa Fe. De Fer has repositioned it slightly to the northwest.
Quivira, another Kingdom of Gold has its origins in the explorations of Hernando Coronodo, who after his disappointing discovery of the Zuni pueblo at Cibola turned northeast following American Indian legends in search of the supposedly wealthy city of Quivira. Quivira was most likely a wealthy city state located somewhere in modern day Kansas, but 17th century cartographers eventually relocated it westward to abut on the Sea of California. De Fer follows this tradition.
Like Kino's own map, which was published on year later in 1701, De Fer's map was engraved by Charles Inselin, a prominent French engraver active in Paris during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. De Fer originally issued this map in 1700 for his L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. It was also published in De Fer's 1701 Cartes et Descriptions Generales et Particulieres … d'Espagne. This map exists in two states, this being the second. The only notable difference between the two is the date change, 1700 to 1705, in the title cartouche.
Nicholas de Fer (1646 - October 25, 1720) was a French cartographer and publisher, the son of cartographer Antoine de Fer. He apprenticed with the Paris engraver Louis Spirinx, producing his first map, of the Canal du Midi, at 23. When his father died in June of 1673 he took over the family engraving business and established himself on Quai de L'Horloge, Paris, as an engraver, cartographer, and map publisher. De Fer was a prolific cartographer with over 600 maps and atlases to his credit. De Fer's work, though replete with geographical errors, earned a large following because of its considerable decorative appeal. In the late 17th century, De Fer's fame culminated in his appointment as Geographe de le Dauphin, a position that offered him unprecedented access to the most up to date cartographic information. This was a partner position to another simultaneously held by the more scientific geographer Guillaume De L'Isle, Premier Geograph de Roi. Despite very different cartographic approaches, De L'Isle and De Fer seem to have stepped carefully around one another and were rarely publicly at odds. Upon his death of old age in 1720, Nicolas was succeeded by two of his sons-in-law, who also happened to be brothers, Guillaume Danet (who had married his daughter Marguerite-Geneviève De Fer), and Jacques-François Bénard (Besnard) Danet (husband of Marie-Anne De Fer), and their heirs, who continued to publish under the De Fer imprint until about 1760. It is of note that part of the De Fer legacy also passed to the engraver Remi Rircher, who married De Fer's third daughter, but Richer had little interest in the business and sold his share to the Danet brothers in 1621.
Charles Inselin (fl. c. 1700 - 1730) was a prominent French engraver active in Paris during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Inselin engraved for prominent cartographers ranging from Nicholas Sanson to Eusebio Kino and Nicholas De Fer. He was also a minor publisher of maps and engravings on his own account. Little else is known of his life.


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Serves 4 | Prep Time 10 minutes | Cook Time 20 minutes
Eden Safflower Oil, for deep-frying the tofu
1 pound organic extra firm tofu, rinsed, drained, cubed
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, or to taste
2 Tbsp organic maple syrup
1 cup water
2 Tbsp Eden Brown Rice Vinegar
1 tsp chili powder, or to taste
1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, peeled and finely minced
1 Tbsp Eden Kuzu Root Starch, dissolved in 2 T. cold water
3 scallions, sliced into 1 inch lengths
Place about 2 to 3 inches of oil in a deep frying pot over a medium flame. When the oil is hot (do not let it smoke), deep fry 1/3 of the cubed tofu until golden. Remove and drain on paper towels. Deep fry the remaining tofu, 1/2 at a time, remove and drain. Set aside while you prepare the sauce.
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So went through it a few times last night. Very interesting dungeon and it has a good mix of your character plus something new. I love the zone event that turns you into a giant NPC of sorts, and this is along the same vein.
For the review we'll start just after the second boss, after you've turned back into your normal selves.
#1) In the normal dungeon, the turrets are hitting for 3-4k damage. In the expert, I shudder to think about it, but that is going to kill a lot of people as all it takes due to multiple turrets targeting the same area is a 1 second lag period and you're done. Meanwhile, you're (likely) trying to kill 3 mobs at once as you progress through the area the turrets are firing down on.
My solution to this is to tune down the turret damage a bit. It should sting, but it shouldn't obliterate the group. On that note by the way, it is very difficult to res there. I don't know if the intent is to make people run back from the zone entrance or not, but that will be the result for groups that lose 3+ members in that area.
#2) The third boss, Telaphalon, is still a work in progress I'm sure. As noted before, the voice over and event the chat spam for dealing with the cannon are not their greatest. This leads to some confusion, although, there are many groups that will be able to simply DPS/heal through the damage gain and ignore the cannon.
My solution is to give a zone emote that pops on your screen. Yes, it's playing to the obvious, but that is what keeps the learning curve down. People will still need to figure out how many waves there are before you go back down.
#4) The fourth "boss," also known as the 1 minute zerg is insane for a rogue tank at this time. Right now, teleport abilities place you under the platform, leaving you stuck and useless. For a cleric, the aggro issue here isn't too bad. For a warrior, a little worse, but not by much.
My solution is to fix the raised terrain issues that are currently plaguing not just this dungeon, but a giant portion of beta as well. I must have put in 8 different areas in which I fell through the world yesterday.
#5) Mob amount on the fourth "Boss." Up until the very last phase where you finally get the prince off safely, you are generally able to handle the influx without deaths. On that last phase before they despawn though, I've yet to have someone not die. This might be due to the fact that I am pugging these dungeons, or that it is a mage healing, but even with support, someone generally dies due to the amount of AE popping around.
My solution is to tone the amount of mobs down a bit. I loved playing DPS for this, but that has got to be harrowing as a healer if you cannot fire off shields or instant heals due to the amount of ground AE that occurs.
Overall: Very enjoyable dungeon.
I just made several changes to the onslaught portion of the dungeon yesterday, which have yet to be pushed to the beta server.
1.Fighting through the bottom part of the city is much faster, fewer enemies spawn but they come more rapidly.
2.The end terrace now just has two phases, the one where the enemies come from two sides at once and the one where they zerg your position for a set amount of time. The last phase has been decreased by about 15 seconds so this should help with being completely overwhelmed.
I'll let art know about the final platform, I've noticed NPCs disappearing inside of it as well. Also, I can tune down turret damage somewhat.
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I don't think anyone would bother stacking hit for a 5 man.
Second, the turrets killed my frame rate and it wasn't obvious without significant experimentation that the key to dealing with them is constant movement. Giving them a buff or name change or some other indicator of this facet would be good.
This last one might be more about my personal preference, but I didn't feel like the spawned protectors were very effective. Maybe ground marks to suggest where to place them would be appropriate. Regardless, great job on cool mechanics. This place is packed with em.
The number of ground ae's on Baron slag made healing very difficult on our chloromancer. I ended up ae'ing the range npc's and until they would just target me so he would be able to heal...I don't know if that's what is intended, or if they need to be scaled back.
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Group A | Group B | Group C
Head coach: Colin Miller (Canada)
MLS connections: Nana Attakora (San Jose), Kyle Bekker (Toronto FC), Doneil Henry (Toronto FC), Will Johnson (Portland), Ashtone Morgan (Toronto FC), Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC), Russell Teibert (Vancouver), Simon Thomas (Vancouver)
Previous Gold Cup appearances: 10; champions in 2000
Call this for what it is: a massive rebuilding project. Canada's overhaul began the second they were unceremoniously dumped from World Cup qualifying last October and continues through this tournament, the first official run-out for interim coach Miller. Youth reigns across this squad: A dozen players are younger than 25, and nine of them have five caps or fewer. But there are bright spots to get excited about, especially Teibert and Osorio, as well as 2011 U-17 World Cup veterans Samuel Piette and Keven Aleman. And it'll be fun to see how Timbers skipper Johnson does at sporting the armband at this level. But let's be clear: It's going to be a steep learning curve for this young team, as their uninspiring draw with a PDL side in a warm-up game made clear. Mexico and Panama are slightly better than the Ventura County Fusion.
Head coach: Patrick Cavelan (Martinique)
MLS connections: Frédéric Piquionne (Portland)
Previous Gold Cup appearances: 3; quarterfinalists in 2000
Remember Guadeloupe in 2011? Les Matinino are this edition's version. The French overseas department qualified for the Gold Cup – the biggest competition they're eligible for – for the first time in 10 years thanks to a semifinal finish at last year's Caribbean Cup. Piquionne is likely the only name you recognize (and one of only four players on the squad who play club ball off the tiny island), but Martinique's main offensive threat is 25-year-old forward Kévin Parsemain, who has 13 goals in 16 Caribbean Cup games.
Head coach: José Manuel de la Torre (Mexico)
MLS connections: none
Previous Gold Cup appearances: 12; champions in 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
El Tri's "A" squad isn't here given its long slate of World Cup qualifying and Confederations Cup duty. But maybe that's a good thing given their struggles. In their place, "Chepo" de la Torre has summoned an entirely domestic-based unit to go for a three-peat – a feat that's only been accomplished once before in Gold Cup history by Mexico in 1993-98. But this unit has its troubles, too: They're young (a dozen players 25 or younger) and are unproven at this level, especially – like the senior side of late – when it comes to goalscoring. It doesn't help when a truly recognizable difference-maker like ex-Sporting KC forward Omar Bravo drops out for "personal reasons." Still, talent like Chivas Guadalajara pair Rafa Márquez Lugo and Marco Fabián, prolific new Santos Laguna recruit Javier Orozco and Club América starlet Raúl Jiménez (the lone Confederations Cup holdover) is enough to give anyone trouble and puts El Tri among the favorites.
Head coach: Julio Dely Valdés (Panama)
MLS connections: Blas Pérez (FC Dallas)
Previous Gold Cup appearances: 5; runners-up in 2005
With Los Canaleros chasing their first-ever World Cup berth, Dely Valdés also opted to rest some of his regulars for this tournament. Which means no menacing captain Felipe Baloy or knifing midfielder Armando Cooper, among others. But backline destroyer Román Torres is still here, as is the ever-irascible Pérez, Panama's No. 2 all-time scorer (although he'll miss the opener vs. Mexico). Add in other regulars like goalkeeper Jaime Penedo and former Philadelphia Union midfielder Gabriel Gómez, and The Red Tide are still plenty capable, dangerous and hungry in their fifth straight Gold Cup appearance.
Group Dynamic
Despite their younger-skewing rosters, traditional heavyweights Mexico and Panama will still be favored to advance out of the group. What will be more interesting is how seriously El Tri take this tournament. It's not a priority for them with the senior team seeking greater glory – but given the fact that they've won just twice in their past nine competitive matches, Chepo & Co. may look to make a grand statement here to calm the panicked fan base. And they'll certainly have an enormous army of support in their opener against Panama on July 7 at the Rose Bowl – the same place they crushed the USMNT to clinch the 2011 title.
Canada, meanwhile, are facing a huge uphill battle in what amounts to a group of death, especially given the Canucks' green squad. They'll need to come out with authority and force the issue as much as they can on Martinique in their opener – it's easily their best chance for a full three points in this group. And there's probably no sense in looking ahead yet. Without a win against the Caribbean minnows, the young Canadians' tournament is, in all reality, probably finished.


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Tuesday's Tip – #Genchat
Have you heard of #Genchat? It is a Twitter Chat that allows genealogists from around the world to collaborate. Two Friday evening's a month you can sign onto Twitter and participate. The next #Genchat will be held on Friday, April 26. You can view the entire year's schedule here.
Here are the upcoming April – July chats. All chats start at 9:00 Central Standard Time. And additional details can be found on the schedule page.
- 26 Apr: Oral Histories and Interviews
- 10 May: LIVE! From the NGS Conference in Las Vegas!
- 24 May: Utilizing Census Records
- 14 Jun: Data Analysis: Do you see what you have for all its worth?
- 28 Jun: Cemetery Projects
- 12 Jul: Your Latest Greatest Find! Share with us!
- 26 Jul: Putting Flesh on the Bones; Telling the Stories
Have you participated in #Genchat? What did you think? What great things did you learn? How has that helped you with your research and telling the story of your family?
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Thanks, I didn't know about Genchat! I noticed on the schedule page, they have archives of previous chats too.


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So I'm modeling an Earth in blender and I made a quick 5 second animation of the Earth rotating, I'm going to use the animation as my desktop background and it's going to replay over and over. So basically I'm rotating the Earth 360 degrees so it can replay seamlessly without it looking like the Earth does one rotation and the animation starts again. The only problem is at the start of the animation the Earth starts slowly and accelerates and at the end it slows down. How can I get it to stay at the same constant speed without ever accelerating and decelerating?
Here is the link to the render: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H_xFVu_V1w
I know the Earth is rotating the wrong way and the resolution is horrible but remember this was just a test to see if it would work.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me
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Thanks , I did exactly that and now it works perfectly. Here is the link to my final render: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuQ-Vj43Gw4CoDEmanX wrote:in F-Curve Editor, select the desired keyframes, hit T and set interpolation to LINEAR
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September 2, 2013 at 8:23 am #17510WaylahParticipant
Hi everyone, I'm Julia, a physicist/biochemist. I love all science!
So bluebottles, or Portuguese men o' war, are not jellyfish but are colonies of zooids: polyps and medusae,
So, this is really weird and awesome (like lots of biology!).
I have some questions:
1. There are four different types of zooid in a bluebottle. In a single bluebottle, do the four types of zooid all come from the one original cell? It's hard finding straight answers. It seems maybe they do all come from one fertilised egg, but maybe that's just every zooid WITHIN a given group of zooids, like the digestion ones for example. Though from reading, by now I'm pretty sure the whole entire thing comes from one egg. (if so, then how the four specialised colonies go about speciallising would be pretty interesting!)
2. Is a zooid multicellular? If so, how big are they?
3. how long would a zooid live if it was picked off the colony? I hear there are some siphonophores that can shed a few medusae that can live on their own, but this is the exception, not the rule.
4. how many zooids (roughly!) would there be in a single bluebottle?
5. any guesses on the evolution of these things?
Thanks guys!
September 15, 2013 at 3:08 pm #114373fumpledrumpskinParticipant
Hi Julia!
You're right biology is awesome!
There are roughly 200 spp of Siphonophore the species you mention is Physalia physalis which is the only species that floats, the vast majority swim underwater.
1) The initial zooid arises from a fertilised egg, the rest of the colony is formed by budding which is a type of asexual reproduction. I have no idea the mechanisms behind HOW the zooids become specialised but I do know that zooids that are used for propulsion for example do not feed and vice versa so it would seem that there is a basic plan of each zooid which is modified to it's job…. if that makes sense.
2) I believe the zooids are multicellular but sizes will vary between species but for sake of argument, probably very small!
3)Because most are specialised for a particular job, chances are not very long, if it had no food supply it would die quite quickly!
4)They are colonies as you mention so the size would be based on food availability. (some have been found 30-40m long!)
5) The evolution question is interesting, they are technically a group of single organisms but behave as an individual much like our cells making up us. For the most part the colony lives and dies as one so any selection pressures on the organism today would be pressures at the whole colony level, this would suggest the whole colony is one individual but that can be argued. It would be almost impossible to guess exactly how they evolved.
Hope this helps!
March 4, 2014 at 1:25 pm #115146MeganRieffParticipant
I started reading about jellyfish this morning, and just couldn't stop. Then I discovered the term siphonophora and immediately had a ton of questions. What I don't understand is how the parts are considered "individuals" if they all come from the same egg, and could not survive on their own. Maybe I'm just lacking some basic understanding on how siphonophores function, or what makes something an individual. Could someone explain this to me? It is so interesting!
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Sweeney Says Voters Could Decide To Allow North Jersey Gambling in 2015
As Atlantic City works through the middle of a five-year plan to revitalize the city, one law maker is hinting at the possibility of giving voters an opportunity to vote on allowing casinos in North Jersey before 2016.
During a meeting with the editorial board for The Record, Senate President Steve Sweeney said he has been discussing expanding casino gambling with stakeholders in the northern part of the state for almost a year and there is a "very real possibility" that voters could decide whether to allow gambling in North Jersey via the ballot box in November, 2015.
Sweeney tells The Record that any plans for gambling in North Jersey must include details on how money from those sites could help Atlantic City.
As casino gaming has expanded in neighboring states, The Atlantic Club Casino closed in January, Revel continues to deal with bankruptcy, Showboat will be closing at the end of August, and experts say at least one -- or more -- casinos need to close to stabilize the marketplace.
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I have been wanting to share with you what our home looked like back in January of 2009.
You'll see that I have done quite a bit of painting since then.
So here goes....
This was our living room. When we bought this house from my mother we did an overhaul. New floors were laid, the two rooms were opened up(there used to be a HUGE bar where the tall cabinet is that separated the two rooms), and everything was painted including the cabinets. They were originally oak along with the armoire and coffee table.
It was still pretty bare after doing the remodel, but you can see that we have kept most everything and just gave it all a new lease on life.
Red has been a color that I have loved for years, I even had the walls red in here and the kitchen before this green.
But...it was a little too much for me. Especially after the power went out and I saw just how dark it really was.
All of the furniture has been slipcovered...so much cheaper than buying all new!
Now for the kitchen.
When I picked out the flooring, the color choice stemmed from Mammaw's china cabinet. Then I stained the table top and island counter the same color. I really loved it...but shabby chic was calling my name.
Louder and LOUDER!
Mike and I built the island from the old bar we ripped out. Can you believe this is only half of the cabinets that were used? Now you can get a slight idea of just how HUGE that bar really was!
I still really think it was pretty, but you can see how I was beginning to lighten things up a bit.
The little girls room....dark forest green was her name. How I loved her and how the white beadboard contrasted off of her dark walls.
She's all pink now! Bye Bye dark green...
I had a thing for toile and boy did I really use it everywhere! I loved black too!
This is the back room for guests and where the girls play their wii and watch tv.
Mama now has that sign over the doors at her home..one of my favorite all time sayings!
There used to be a queen sized bed that took up almost every ounce of space and definitely was not needed! Now I have so much more space to change around the furniture on either side of the room.
And this was our office area....it has really changed!
I love the British Rose that we have now. Definitely glad the toile is gone!
So there ya have it...a few rooms and how they looked like what seems so long ago..
Before we moved to the basement, these walls were a green like upstairs with the oak wood beadboard. The accent colors were peachy reds, golds and cream with light tan berber carpet. It has really lightened up down here and can I say that it truly was needed to keep some sanity!
I Had a vision of what I wanted and slowly we've gotten there and now I LOVE IT!!