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Desalination plants a pricey option if drought persists
As the drought bakes its way toward a fourth year, the state has a string of secret weapons in the works that could supply millions of gallons of new drinking water and help stave off disaster: desalination plants.
Seventeen plants are in planning stages along the coast to convert salt water from the ocean or bays, including one near Concord that would serve every major water agency in the Bay Area.
That plant is tentatively targeted to open in 2020, but could be kick-started earlier in an emergency, officials say - and once online, would gush at least 20 million gallons a day of drinkable water.
Starting up this string of desalination plants would be no easy skate, though.
Machines that filter salt out of water still face the same opposition they have for generations from critics who say they are too expensive to run, kill fish as they suck in briny water, and spew greenhouse gases into the air from the energy they require to run.
But in recent years, as technology and techniques for desalination have improved, such plants have gained momentum - enough so that in Carlsbad near San Diego, the biggest desalination facility in the Western Hemisphere is under construction and set to begin operation in two years.
The $1 billion plant will tap the biggest water tank around, the Pacific Ocean. It will produce 50 million gallons of potable water daily, supplying more than 110,000 customers throughout San Diego County.
Another large plant, with a potential price tag of $400 million, could begin construction in Monterey County by 2018. It would be near the only desalination plant in California that fills the needs of an entire municipality - the one that has been supplying water to Sand City, population 334, since 2010.
"It's a miracle how we managed to get this plant," said Sand City Mayor David Pendergrass. "If we didn't have it, the whole area would be in trouble. We're not under any rationing here, but then we've been practicing conservation for years already, so we are responsible about our water use.
"I would absolutely recommend desalination for other areas."
Bay Area project
Two hours north of Sand City, there is cautious enthusiasm for the $150 million Bay Area Regional Desalination Plant - as well as serious reservations.
The biggest water agencies in the area, including San Francisco's, have been developing the plant since 2003 and ran a successful small pilot version of it three years ago to make sure the location would work. The plant would sit in windswept Mallard Slough outside Bay Point and draw from delta waters flowing into Suisun Bay.
"Certainly, the project is years out from being done, but it could be in the back of people's minds as a 'what if' - and if we got into dire straits, money could be mobilized fast to finish it," said Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
San Francisco has been developing the plant with the East Bay Municipal Utility District, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the Contra Costa Water District and the Zone 7 Water Agency, which serves the Livermore region. So far the consortium has spent $2.5 million in mostly state grant money on the plan.
Supplemental source
If built, the plant would be only a supplemental source for districts that collectively distribute about 750 million gallons of water a day. But that still makes it an important potential weapon in the fight for dwindling supply, proponents said.
The agencies' officials emphasized they would explore other options such as conservation, recycling and tapping new groundwater wells before turning to desalination. But even the prospect of the plant opening has some environmentalists concerned.
New plants require electricity that puts more greenhouse gases in the air, when simple conservation methods should be encouraged instead, some say. There is also the possibility that the pumps could suck in and kill small marine organisms and fish such as the endangered delta smelt, although the Concord-area plant's designers say that's unlikely because of its location at the side of a flowing channel.
Environmental fears
Also, though the delta water at Mallard Slough is brackish water rather than seawater - meaning it contains less salt and requires less energy to screen - the salinity level is expected to increase in coming decades as sea levels rise. And as the salinity goes up, so does the cost of screening the water. That cost would probably be passed on to water customers.
Similar environmental and cost concerns over the past couple of years have stalled plans to build desalination plants in Santa Cruz and Marin County.
"We actually support desalination when properly used, but you should look at the other options first," said Charlotte Allen, co-chairwoman of the Sierra Club Bay Chapter Water Committee.
The delta water plant - like the other 16 proposed along the coast and a handful of tiny plants already in use besides Sand City - would use a method called reverse osmosis, in which salty water is pulled in through filters. Typically, it takes two gallons of salty water to produce one gallon of potable water.
Mothballed plant
During the last major California drought, from 1985 to 1991, there was enough interest in desalination that a large plant was built to serve Santa Barbara. But it was promptly mothballed after being finished in 1992. By then, with the drought over, water from traditional sources was again about two-thirds cheaper than the $3,000 per acre-foot it cost to produce the plant's water.
An acre-foot is equivalent to one acre covered by water 1 foot deep, enough to supply two families of four for a year.
That cost gap has narrowed, however. With better screens and technology that helps the plants power themselves by recycling the energy used to suck in water - in a way, like a hybrid car regenerates power from its own motion - the typical cost of running desalination plants can dip below $2,000 an acre-foot. Because pulling up groundwater from wells and recycling water can now cost the same or more, desalination is suddenly relatively affordable for many areas - such as the Bay Area.
Surface water from reservoirs and mountain runoff, in plentiful years, can be as cheap as $100 an acre-foot. But that bargain has become scarce in the drought.
An expensive option
"In most areas of California we have exhausted a lot of the obvious water sources, and desalination is certainly an option - but it tends to be among the most expensive, even though the price has come down from what it was in 1991," said Heather Cooley, a senior water researcher with the Pacific Research Institute, a nonprofit in Oakland. "Certainly there are other options that can be looked at first."
She also noted that with no sizable desalination plants operating in California, there hasn't been much study on the full effect they could have on the coastline.
"I would argue there is a risk in building too early or too big," Cooley said. "Our understanding is improving. We know the technology works. But the challenge is that it is not appropriate in every location.
"It would be better to go forward very carefully."
Online: Complete drought coverage at www.sfgate.com/drought.
Kevin Fagan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Photographer's Note
Rocks of the Verzasca river at Lavertezzo.
The place can hardly be called ideal for beach life. No sand, stones are hard and lumpy. But the place is absolutely beautiful and gathers a lot of people on a hot summer day. And there is a natural pool big enough even for diving.
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PaulVDV (50326) 2016-02-28 9:38
Hello Kari,
A rather rough piece of nature. Wild and beautiful!
The fresh water attracts people on a warm summer day.
From the place where you were standing we get a good view of a few hundred meters of this river.
A beautiful and well balanced picture with people spread over the entire image.
Best regards, Paul
Hello dear Kari and have a nice time
and a happy new week
we are in the Month February and the weather
is almost a spring weather but this photo
brings memoeries from the summer
your notes are very useful
this fresh water attracts people
dta (96736) 2016-02-28 10:14
Hello KAri ,
I suppose that water is quite cold . But the place is superb , with fantastic white rocks .
macjake (94835) 2016-02-28 11:07
Hi Kari
Yeah, i guess these places can be just as fun and warm as the becah - its just a different way of enjoying it.
its a great visual because we get to see all the lines and textures in the rock formations, lots of movement in the stone, especially on the diagonal. fun shot with excellent lighting.
rbassin (27464) 2016-02-28 12:56
hello Kari,
une superbe composition, la vue rend bien l'atmosphère de ce lieu que j'ai eu l'occasion de visiter.
Bonne soirée
marabu61 (11587) 2016-02-28 14:06
Moi Kari
The rocks of the Verzasca river are notoriously known for their danger and every year some people drown in this tricky river.
But of corse it its absolutely beautiful and now wonder it attracts the crowds. Nice capture with the long view over the river in the back.
hej ja hyvää vikoa
jemaflor (129739) 2016-02-28 23:22
Hi Kari,
Good POV on this landscape, perfect light and colors for these rocks, well presented with people, tfs.
emka (145507) 2016-02-29 0:02
Hello kari, I wouldn't think it is Switzerland. Nice place with the big boulders in the stream. I like such places and would be delighted to go around like these people. Nice picture.
WArm regards MAlgo
holmertz (87413) 2016-02-29 1:42
Hello Kari,
Maybe this is not ideal for beach life, but it looks a lot nicer than many beaches. No crowds, no endless rows of sun-beds and umbrellas, no hawkers trying to sell things you don't want. The rocks are quite beautiful and the few people animate the view.
Best regards,
mjw364 (1466) 2016-02-29 15:07
hi Kari
Well this is one place I haven't been to unlike some of your other shots ;) I can imagine cooling off in those cool clear waters on a hot day though. The people create a nice compositional triangle giving the image balance.
The only thing I have had on the rocks lateley is a Jack Daniels with Serghei (Serp2000)!
lousat (125137) 2016-02-29 15:12
Hi Kari,hot days but cold water,i know very well places like that that are not far from my village,a great capture of this summer moment in this southern swiss valley,an old pic but made in a great quality! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
delpeoples (60326) 2016-03-03 2:24
Ciao Kari
An attractive photo which shows the textures of the rocks so expertly. I love the subtle gradations of colour and of course the inclusion of the people add another element of interest.
Nice one.
jmdias (96470) 2016-04-11 1:41
these rocks and the stream looks similar landscape I faced in yosemite, california. anyway I guess here the water is very cold.
very nice use of people and elements.
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- Genre: People
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- Date Taken: 2008-07-18
- Categories: Nature
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I'm going to pull a section out of Dusk's manual for this one.
It's a video game, calm down and look at what you're typing. What are you getting so upset over? It's a video game.
It's not worth it, whatever it is, whatever he said, whatever he did, who cares? Do you care? Stop for a moment here, please, take a very deep breath and ask yourself "why do i care?"
Watching the blowup between MMOMeltingPot and WoW Insider over the latest Rogue column has been interesting. I've often maintained that comments say more about the commenter than the post which is being commented upon, and this is no exception.
No matter what your opinion is of that piece, why do you care what Chase wrote?
Is it because it's on a high profile website?
So what? Most of the player base doesn't read WoW Insider.
Is it because he's getting paid to do it?
So what? His information is accurate and well-typed. There are even pretty pictures. Don't like it? Don't advertise on the site.
Is it because Chase is giving advice that most rogues in PvP already know?
Why do you care? This isn't handing a loaded gun to an infant; this is pointing out features of the terrain in a new questing area and how they can be used for PvP to players of level 85 characters who are making the choice to be there. No one is forcing people to do the Molten Front dailies. No matter what pressure you may have put on yourself to do these dailies, you don't have to do them.
Is it because he says Rogues should target the weak?
Rogues always target the weak. They don't go after plate/shield classes because they have Armor. Armor reduces physical damage. They go after clothies because they wear magical toilet paper.
Is it because he advocates irritating people and delaying them? Of causing inefficiencies in the daily routine?
You're PvP flagged. You haven't been tricked into it (or if you have, you wait 5 minutes for the flag to drop.) Whether by choice on a PvE/RP realm, or because you're playing on a PvP/RP-PvP realm, you're PvP flagged.
You're both 85, for crying out loud. You're there of your own volition. Nothing prevents you from wearing PvP gear while doing your dailies. Fight back!
Is it because you don't like PvP but are playing on a PvP realm?
Why are you doing that to yourself? Is it because of friends? "Friends don't make friends play on PvP realms." Face up to this blunt fact, which has nothing at all to do with Warcraft; if they are really your friend, they won't ask you to do something that makes you uncomfortable. If they insist on it, then … you have to evaluate that friendship. Seriously.
(If you're there because of your spouse or SO, you have no excuse. Talk to them about why it makes you uncomfortable, and work out a compromise. If someone cares about someone else, they won't force them to endure something like staying on a PvP server if it's that upsetting.)
Is it because of your guild? Perhaps you joined to progress in PvE, but they're on a PvP server. That's your choice for progression. No one forced you to move to a PvP server – you did it for something you felt was more important.
Is it because you didn't know any better? You got to level 85 on a PvP and you didn't realize Rogues would attack you out in the world? Especially in a shared quest hub? Seriously?
You are accountable for your actions, and you are on a PvP server or PvP flagged through your own decisions. You may stay because you don't like the alternatives – but you're there because you made a choice to be there. And you continue to make that choice.
Is it because he's teaching people to not fight fair?
I teach people to not fight fair all the time. Why would you want to fight fair? Pursue every advantage you have, hit the enemy with everything you got. There's no kill like overkill. Outgear them. Outnumber them. Outplay them. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send 10 of theirs to the morgue.
This isn't about abuse, or torture, or griefing. This isn't about following a target around for weeks at a time, whispering them from alts constantly, of spamming them, of sending them pornographic images. It's not about degrading them as a human being. It's about killing someone's avatar in a video game, in an environment where such behavior is allowed by the developers.
It's about Rogues acting like Rogues. They pick the weakest target and go after them. They harry their opponents into making mistakes. They use psychological fear to intimidate other players. This is what Rogues do.
Why do you care?
Someone wrote something on the internet about how to play a class in a video game. That class revolves around harassing other players, not front line combat, not healing. It excels at being sneaky, and the writer advocated being sneaky.
Is this because you don't think daily quest areas should be PvP areas?
Dailies are bad enough, but adding PvP into them is worse, eh? If this is the case, how is Chase responsible for this situation? All he's doing is explaining how the area works. Take this up with Blizzard.
Is it because you believe that Chase is promoting griefing? Not ganking, which is unbalanced PvP combat, but griefing – "a player ruining another's player experience."
I read his article. I said it before, I'll say it again: it read like a guide to Rogue PvP to me.
- Pick your targets carefully.
- Plate wearers, especially with shields, are not good. (Amor = damage mitigation against rogue attacks. Simple mechanics.)
- Clothies are nice. They're wearing magic toilet paper. You have a knife. You know what to do.
- Targets who are engaged with other mobs, at low health, have used CDs, are easier targets than those who are fully buffed and standing around.
- Strike with intent to kill while the target can't retaliate (during stunlock, preferably).
- Don't stand your ground – run away, strike from the shadows, run away again.
- Harassing tactics are effective.
Chase wasn't describing how to trick players into flagging, or exploiting Seritha's Roost NPCs to get people to unwittingly flag – he was describing how to play a Rogue, in world PvP.
Yet, the most commonly cited quotes in protest to his article are:
As I mentioned earlier, it's not always about slaying your opponents. Your goal here is to disrupt the flow and to make them waste as much time as possible, and you can do that without killing anyone. …
Every minute that they're delayed is another minute you've stolen of their time.
Combine with the solid advice on how to play a Rogue in PvP, does this constitute griefing and abuse?
It's slowing down players of the opposing faction. If you're in competition with this faction – say in PvE progression – how is this a bad thing? You're making it hard for your opponents to progress. You are making it easier for your faction's guilds to get server firsts by delaying progression.
But even if it was griefing, why do you care? Open a ticket and see what Blizzard says, they're the arbiters of it.
Remember Psynister's most excellent guide to Rogue Twinking?
The Harasser covers multiple play styles, but their purpose remains the same. Harassers are there to make people mad so that they make stupid mistakes. You can do this a few different ways. Graveyard campers are a great example of a harasser. Rogue who prey on players with small health pools are also harassers, as are those who simply Sap you, multiple durations worth, every time they see you.
By doing things like this you end up getting a lot of players upset. It's mean and it really screws with someone else's "fun time", but it's PvP and it's all part of the game. You know you've succeeded in being a quality Harasser when people ignore your flag carrier strictly to have a shot at killing you. Once you have successfully made the enemy hate you, your play style switches between harassment and bait. Luring people away from your flag carrier is just as good, and sometimes even better than killing them.
Rogues are often associated with their ability to kill people, so many players just rush out there and jump into combat every chance they get. How you play is up to you, but there is so very much more to this deadly class than that.
This is how you play a rogue in PvP. You strike from the shadows. You irritate people. You make them afraid.
People who are afraid make mistakes.
Let's look at this another way.
I advocate the following, on a regular basis, for Warlock PvP.
- You should pursue every advantage of terrain against your opponents. Get melee to jump down a hill after you, then teleport back to the top of it.
- Maintain range at all times against melee. RUN AWAY. They will fuck you up if they catch you, so RUN AWAY.
- Maintain range – except against a Hunter. Get right up in that Hunter's face and stay on them. Take away their ability to shoot you.
- Ruthlessly control your opponents through Fear & Spell Lock. You have the best PvP CC in the game, USE IT. (Don't follow fear with a nuke, wtf is wrong with you?)
- Target their healers first and make their lives hell. Do everything in your power to distract their healers, pressure them, and make them waste their time dealing with you. Every second they are dealing with you is a second they're not healing their teammates.
I advocate the following for general PvP.
- Gear and enchants don't replace skill, but they sure do help. Overwhelming your opponents with gear is just fine.
- If you spot someone in PvE gear in a battleground, blow them up. They can do a lot of damage, but can't take it.
- Focus on creating imbalanced fights in a battleground. Get more people to critical locations. Get better people to critical locations. Don't ever make it a fair fight.
Am I encouraging griefing, or good PvP? I'm saying: actively use every advantage the game allows, play your class to its strengths, counter your opponent's advantages.
Remember my series on level 10 PvP, Sabotaging the Enemy: the Ethics of Gear?
I showed up and was better geared than the opposition. Much better geared. It wasn't about skill – I pressed a few buttons and people died. Because I was better geared, I had to press fewer buttons, that's all.
I brought a gun to a knife fight and people died. Bad people, people with red over their heads, died. I did the job I was supposed to do in the battleground superbly well.
Advocating success in PvP is not the same as advocating griefing.
Why do I care?
I've said on many occasions that PvP is a highly introspective activity. You have to deal with your own expectations, your feelings about yourself. How do you deal with success? How do you deal with failure? How do you deal with your anger, your hate, your pride?
This is no different. Chase wrote something about Rogue PvP on the Molten Front. People reacted.
I write about PvP all the time. I advocate killing the healers first, of making their lives hell. I advocate proper use of your classes' abilities to shut down opponents. I actually go further than Chase, encouraging the use of tactics that Blizzard GMs frown upon.
Whatever you are accusing Chase of, you're accusing me of. If you equate excellence in playing your class in PvP with griefing and abuse, then I'm guilty of it.
You're also accusing Psynister of it. You're also accusing Gnomeaggedon of it. You're accusing a lot of people of advocating things that they just aren't.
If you think that because I twink I'm a horrible person who likes to beat up others, well, I've been told that many times before, in probably more vicious terms than you can manage.
If you think that because I PvP at endgame I enjoy ganking, griefing, and ruining the enjoyment of other players – I've heard that before, too.
It's okay. It's a video game. It rolls off my back.
But you should be aware of what you're saying.


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From a technology standpoint, how we work in the background is transparent to the user, therefore the logo itself should not look overly technical, and should be somewhat simple.
Graphics and shapes incorporated into the overall design are ok, but we would also consider a well done text based logo.
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Beverly Rice, CG, and Connie Lenzen, CG, will lead this six-hour, hands-on workshop entitled, "Walk in Your Ancestor's Footsteps." Attendees will participate in two sessions. Attendance is limited to 60, so register early! For more information, or to register, see
Connie Lenzen, cg, will lead a session on "Historical Context: More Than A Timeline." The historical and geographical landscapes where our ancestors resided shaped how they lived, where they went to market, whom they met and married, where they recorded land sales and marriages, and the location of their final resting place. Connie Lenzen, cg, former president of BCG and NGS director, is editor of the revised NGS American Genealogy: Home Study Course.
Beverly Rice, cg, will lead a session on "The Path To Change And A Better Life—Migration." Migration is more than a trail and the lives of a family; it is the growth of a country, the settling of a nation, and the creating of a history. Beverly Rice, cg, lecturer on topics related to methodology, migration, women, and the western experience; conducts one-day seminars on methodology and record research.


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by Brett Harrison
From September, 1988 to February, 1995 I worked at the Regional Office and Insurance Center of what is now called The Department of Veteran Affairs. It was the Veteran's Administration when I first got hired but changed a month later. I initially was hired as a clerk in the incoming mail room, and during the course of a day I would drive a Cushman, one of those little carts you see at airports, all over the building. I eventually was transferred to the publications department, where I still used a Cushman, primarily to deliver forms to the different departments in the building.
During the 6½ years that I worked there, I met a lot of nice people and some not-so-nice people. The story that I am about to tell you involves both types and is 100 percent true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Mainly me.
Most corporations have their traditions, some stupid and some pretty cool. One of the coolest traditions at the VA Regional Office (which will hereafter just be referred to as the VA) was the annual Santa Claus Contest. Every year the VA invited children from several nearby orphanages to a Christmas party during which they would eat tons of food, be entertained and end their idyllic afternoon with a present from St. Nick himself.
It was a noble cause and was mostly paid for by donations from the employees. Although there were donation jars all over the building, most of the money came from the Santa Claus contest. Basically, whoever collected the most money from his or her co-workers got to be Santa Claus both at the Orphans' Christmas Party and the day that every office and section had their respective Christmas parties. In the latter situation, Santa would just hop on a Cushman with a boatload of candy canes, and it was "Ho Ho Ho" until the last party let out. Not bad work if you can get it.
Since I am Jewish, Santa Claus was never on my short list of career goals, but when Bob Stevens approached me about "running for Santa," I was intrigued. Bob was an intelligent, amiable and often very funny African American Vietnam vet with a wooden leg and a sense of mischief the size of Montana. When he added that he wanted to be my campaign manager, so to speak, I was all in.
With Bob in my corner, I hit the ground running. I used to want to be a cartoonist when I was a kid, and I drew a black and white Santa that looked suspiciously like me. Although I drew just for fun, Bob loved it and immediately made a boatload of copies, suggesting I plaster them all over the building, including every soda and snack machine I could find.
My cartoon Santas were an instant hit and I started getting donations the next day wherever I dropped off mail and often en route. There was a chart posted in various places of the building monitoring the progress of the contest. I was ahead. I know it was relatively early but it was nice to be ahead in something.
It went this way for a week, and it began to look like I was going to run away with the whole thing. The next closest hopeful Santa was Ed Shaugnessy, a gruff looking vice-president of something or other who looked like Fred Flintstone and seemed to be friendly with everyone but me. Whenever I said hi to him in the hallway, his response was always a forced, barely audible "Howya doin'?" as if he'd rather get root canal with a rusty nail than say hi to me.
Then it happened.
My supervisor Mike McNasty, a surly Vietnam vet from a dingy little coal town in the Poconos, came up to me and said I wasn't allowed to take my donations jar out during mail runs. I at first ignored him, but soon it looked like I might get written up, so I stopped. But it was too late. There was already so much momentum that I was still ahead going into the week before Christmas.
And it didn't hurt that I used my breaks and lunch hour to get donations. I wanted to win, and I wanted to win bad. As it happened, Mike was good friends with Ed, but I never suspected anything more than Mike being his usually "congenial" self.
There were several other candidates, but it was pretty much Ed and me down the stretch. The third closest candidate dropped out a day or two before the votes were tallied. I didn't think about it too much at the time, but it turned out to be very significant.
Finally, on the last day of the contest the money was counted. Ed had won by a nose. Although it bothered me, I tried to be a good sport and even congratulated Ed when I saw him. Naturally, he grunted "Uh….thanks." Then I forgot about it.
Several hours after Ed won, I was told that Morrie Green, another vice-president and a fellow Jew, wanted to talk to me. I figured he just wanted to wish me a Happy Chanukah, and I took my Cushman over to his office. Morrie chuckled as he told me that he discovered that the person who was in third place had combined his money with Ed's money so that Ed could beat me.
As it turned out, our cute little Santa Contest wasn't quite Kosher. Morrie chuckled probably because he was proud in a strange way that a fellow Jew was in the middle of all this. Then he stopped chuckling. He was not happy about what had happened, and he was going to do something about it.
I believe he had something to do with the committee, but I couldn't swear it. He said he'd be having a "talk" with some people,including Ed, and the decision might be overturned. Towards the end of the day, as I was dropping off some express packages in Morrie's section, he beckoned to me with his hand, the way they do in the movies.
As it turned out, a compromise had been agreed upon. There was no way that Ed was going to admit to any wrongdoing and no way would he agree to anybody else getting in trouble. After all, wasn't this about the kids and not about some chubby guy in a Santa suit? It was decided that Ed and I would split Santa duties. I would be Santa at the Orphans' Christmas party, and he would drive around and greet employees as Santa.
Although to this day I scratch my head as to why they even did what they did, I think I got the better end of the deal. I've had some nice moments in my life, but I can't think of anything that surpasses the pure warmth that I felt when I visited the daycare center as the little children were just waking up from their nap only to see Santa Clause about the give them presents.
It was quite an experience as they woke up and started to yell "Santa, Santa!" I am smiling a little kid smile as I write this. As far as any dilemma about being Jewish and playing Santa Claus or any residual bad feelings about the skullduggery that accompanied the experience, I've forgotten about it. I learned a valuable lesson about office politics and made some little children happy.
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Me thinks it's the last call for a hearty, soulful, and comforting like a hug of your loved one stew. I'm wary of saying anything out loud not to jinx it, but it looks like the sun is back in LA after a long and cold (as in jackets, woolen hats and scarves COLD) winter. I know this does not compare to what people back east have experienced, but here in Los Angeles we have high weather expectations. And we're kind of pussies like that. One proper Southern California winter with its 70°F and up will do that to you.
Evenings, however, are still rather nippy and thus call for a healthy comfort food.
Here's a list of reasons why you should try my Farty Party Bean Stew:
1. It's healthy, for it is full of fiber and protein.
2. It's made in minutes, like twenty at the most (if you're using canned beans…)
3. It's on the leaner side, despite the company of pancetta.
4. It's as filling as a sheet of big bubble wrap inside a fedex package, and just as flatulent.
Ok, let me pause here for a moment. We're talking beans so don't pretend you're surprised to hear about their gassy quality. The good thing is that after a reasonable portion of this sinfully satisfying dish you'll suffer the consequences over an afternoon, and all you're left with are sweet memories of one flavorful meal. Whereas, if you "indulge" in a bucket of fried wings, or a dozen of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or even Fettucini Alfredo from Olive Garden, not only you're building a muffin top around your waste, but also you're loading your body with crazy amounts of saturated fat, preservatives, and other toxic chemicals no one can even pronounce.
5. It's taste is divine!
I'll give you an approximate recipe for the above mentioned culinary gift of gods as you know me: what do I know about measurements?
You'll need:
– Beans, various varieties: cannellini, kindey, pinto, wide white beans, what have you. A handful of each kind. If possible, go for dry beans and soak them overnight, then cook in unsalted water till tender. Drain. If not available, use canned ones and rinse them thoroughly under a stream of cold water to remove all that excess sodium.
– Pancetta, three 0.5″ thick slices of it will do. The fresh one from your butcher is the best. This way you'll get to cut it in chunky chunks and then incorporate those ruby pork nuggets into your stew.
– Large onion, diced.
– Chicken or beef stew, about 1 cup. Or more, if you're making a large batch of the stew.
– Tomato sauce, 14 oz can or an equivalent from a jar (always better than a can.)
– Tomato paste, 2-3 tbsp.
– Maple syrop (Grade B is the one you want!), 2-3 tbsp.
– Worcestershire Sauce, 0.5-1 tbsp (OPTIONAL).
– Fresh herbs: oregano, thyme, marjoram, all chopped, 2-3 tbsp total.
– Olive oil, 1 tbsp.
– Salt, pepper, paprika, chili pepper, all to taste.
– Fresh parsley, roughly chopped, to be added in the end.
I use a large cast iron pot as it carries and distributes heat like no other. Drizzle oil into the hot machine, add chunks of pancetta and let it render. Next, drop in the onion, a touch of salt, all your herbs, stir and let it soften over a low to medium heat.
After that it doesn't get any simpler. Toss all your soft beans into the pot along with the rest of the ingredients (aside from the parsley), mix well, bring to a simmer and let them cook for 10 minutes, with a lid on and over low heat. Taste, season to your liking, let it simmer another 5 minutes, and kill the fire. Add a bunch of chopped parsley and serve.
I think the stew is phenomenal on its own, but you may want a slice of some good, rustic bread to go with it. Your instincts are correct. That piece of bread will make the meal complete and protect you from going for seconds. And thirds. Yes, I did it, mea culpa. I suffered the consequences, too, I must admit. Still, I think it was worth every bite!
Nonetheless, enjoy my Farty Party Bean Stew and may it be our mutual farewell to winter.


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Movie Review: "Welcome to the Punch"
The British film industry is overflowing with a wealth of talent, which is what makes its poor output of quality movies so maddening. While there's never been a short supply of stuffy period dramas and gritty gangster flicks, very few other genres have managed to find much success overseas. Evan Creevy's sophomore effort, "Welcome to the Punch," attempts to bridge that gap by delivering a Hollywood-style crime thriller on an indie budget, but although he's landed an impressive cast of A-list British talent, it's mostly squandered on a bland and overly predictable script. "Welcome to the Punch" displays a lot more potential than the recently released "The Sweeney," but it still falls short due a lack of suspense and personality.
Ambitious young detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) is hot on the trail of master thief Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong), but after tracking him down to the scene of his latest heist in progress, Sternwood manages to escape and Max gets a bullet in the kneecap for his troubles. Three years later, Jacob is still coping with the events of that night (the scar and accompanying knee pain a constant reminder of his failure), but when Sternwood's son is fatally wounded during a gun deal gone wrong, Sternwood emerges from his Icelandic hideaway to smoke out the men responsible. Convinced that Sternwood's vendetta will lead him back to London, Max is given another chance to capture the elusive criminal, only to uncover a deeper conspiracy within his own police department connecting the two crimes.
"Welcome to the Punch" is slightly reminiscent of Michael Mann's cat-and-mouse thriller "Heat," but Creevy's movie pales in comparison. While it boasts a similar visual style to a lot of Mann's films – saturated in a slick and steely blue hue – the tension is almost non-existent, and although there's an interesting dynamic at play between McAvoy's cop and Strong's robber, it's never fully explored, nor does it have the same allure of seeing Hollywood heavyweights like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino face off against each other. All of the characters are fairly one-dimensional, and despite a supporting cast that includes Peter Mullan, David Morrissey and Ruth Sheen, they're absolutely wasted in throwaway roles. British crime movie fixture Jason Flemyng's blink-and-you'll-miss-him appearance is perhaps the most egregious of the bunch.
This is a film in dire need of a better script, because not only does it lack punch (especially for a movie with the word in its title), but it's too complicated for its own good. Creevy may have been aiming to create an intricate, politically-fueled conspiracy that would keep the audience guessing, but instead, he's ended up with a tangled mess of half-baked ideas and telegraphed plot twists that doesn't do a particularly good job of explaining anything. A generic crime thriller in just about every way, "Welcome to the Punch" looks great and features a couple of nifty gunfights, but it's ultimately a case of style over substance, and one that its top-notch British ensemble is unable to rescue.
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The Hall of Columns is a dramatic, high-ceilinged corridor over 100 feet long. It runs along the North-South axis of the first floor of the House wing in the U.S. Capitol, directly beneath the Hall of the House of Representatives. The hall takes its name from the 28 fluted, white marble columns that line the corridor.
The capitals in the Hall of Columns are a variation on the Corinthian order, incorporating not only classical acanthus leaves but also thistles and native American tobacco plants. Earlier uses of American vegetation in the building's capitals include Benjamin Henry Latrobe's corncob capitals in a first-floor vestibule and his tobacco-leaf capitals in the small Senate rotunda.
The hall was constructed in the mid-19th century as part of architect Thomas U. Walter's extension of the Capitol, which added the present House and Senate wings and the dome. The marble for the columns was quarried at Lee, Massachusetts. Walter's annual report indicates that by October 1855 approximately half of the columns and pilasters had been set in place and the carving of the capitals was under way. By November 1856 all of the columns were in place, and the entablature and cast-iron ceiling were also complete. The ceiling was cast in Baltimore at the foundry of Hayward, Bartlett, and Co. The walls between the pilasters are finished in scagliola, an imitation marble made of finely ground gypsum and glue. Originally, the floor was laid with Minton tiles from England. These eventually became too badly worn for further use, and they were replaced in 1920–1924. The present floor is composed of square tiles of white marble from Alabama and black marble from New York.
Since 1976, the hall has housed part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. These bronze and marble portrait sculptures have been donated to the U.S. Capitol by individual states in commemoration of notable citizens.


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Georgia on their mind
Hollywood has discovered the beaches along the Georgia coast. This is hardly surprising since they're just as beautiful as those in Florida or California – just not so crowded.
The tourists are looking for the bench again. It must be here on Chippewa Square in Savannah, they think. They're sure it was here beneath the oaks and magnolias, between the cafés and galleries, that Tom Hanks once sat in his dirty sneakers and white suit, a box of chocolates in his lap, saying in his southern accent: I'm Forest, Forrest Gump. But there is nothing here.
Everyone who lives here knows that the iconic bench has long been moved to a museum, that the bus stop itself was merely a prop and that Forrest Gump got up and walked away a long time ago. But they can understand why the tourists come. The U.S. state of Georgia has been a popular movie-making location for years; it's where the TV series "Walking Dead" along with X-Men and other blockbusters were shot. Even downtown Savannah, a coastal city with a population of about 150 000, looks like it belongs in a historical drama with its old brick warehouses by the river, southern mansions sporting wrought-iron balustrades and ancient oaks shrouded in Spanish moss. Visitors have no trouble conjuring up the past here.
Savannah is also a good place to begin a tour of the Georgian coastline, 160 kilometers of powdery white sand and green marsh grasses bordering the Atlantic, along with some remote islands. To many, the beaches between Florida and South Carolina are still relatively unknown, but they're hardly a secret – at least not to the Hollywood film industry.
Gazing across the beach and into the surf where wet heads glisten like small pearls in the water, Michael McCumber, 23, surveys his realm from atop his wooden throne. Bare-chested and in swim shorts, his Bluetooth radio and walkie-talkie just within his reach, the lifeguard looks relaxed. He's been here since 10 a.m., and his shift here on Tybee Island goes until 6 pm. When he gets off, he and the other lifeguards want to go to see a movie in which he'll recognize the pier, the windswept dunes, the palm-lined promenade. After all, the feature film remake of the "Baywatch" series was shot on Tybee Island.
"I wasn't allowed to watch the series as a kid," McCumber recalls, "because my grandparents thought the bikinis the women wore were too revealing." He couldn't believe his eyes at first, when a couple of trucks rolled into the parking lot behind his stretch of beach not many months ago and started unloading props. The filmmakers weren't just interested in his section of beach but also in his work! In simplified form, of course, more comedy than drama, but he didn't mind. "There's a lot more to it than just being on the beach and making rescues," says McCumber and talks about administering first aid, collaborating with the coastguard and the fire department. Every summer during college, he leaves Savannah, where he was born, and heads for the north coast of Georgia to earn some money for school.
McCumber and 19 other lifeguards keep swimmers safe on Tybee beach, and more and more frequently, they run into actors and film crews wanting to shoot beach scenes here rather than in Malibu or Miami, since the beaches are just as beautiful and still unfamiliar to the public. There's only one thing that troubles McCumber: "After they've made a movie here, twice as many people come the following summer to see where it was filmed." He turns his attention to a group of giggling schoolgirls who are hoping for a photo with a real Baywatch lifeguard.
Seventy kilometers to the south, beyond Sapelo Island – an incredibly beautiful nature reserve complete with turtles, alligators and pelicans – there's another perfect film location: the Golden Isles. The difference is that the local authorities don't allow as much filming here: The four barrier islands are primarily reserved for nature and recreation. Everything about Jekyll Island, for instance, is testament to the fact that 100 years ago, the Georgian coast was a playground for the elite. They would sail down in their yachts from New York to hunt and fish, to see and be seen. Big names like Morgan, Vanderbilt, Pulitzer and Rockefeller convened at the Jekyll Island Club to enjoy cool drinks in defiance of the muggy summer weather, build grand houses next door and ensure that the island remained exclusively theirs. World War II put an end to this alliance, the Victorian-style clubhouse fell into disrepair and homeless people moved into the once opulent drawing rooms. Not until 1985 did an investment firm rediscover the jewel, restore it to its original state and open it as a hotel. Today, white-clad guests once again amble across the manicured lawns for a game of cricket or wander down to Driftwood Beach to wonder at the bizarrely shaped trees and watch the ocean soak up the evening sun.
Cameron Ako, 29, keeps an eye on times and tides. Dressed in shorts, his hair close-cropped and his left hand on the wheel, he stands aboard the Lady Jane, a blue-and-white shrimp boat, looking out at the marshes with their knee-high grasses swaying in the wind and broad tidal creeks snaking through them into the Atlantic. The beach may be the realm of lifeguards like McCumber, but the sea belongs to Ako. For the last five years, he has piloted the Jane, a boat with whose help Georgia's best-known delicacy – shrimp – has been brought in for years, primarily litopenaeus setiferus, or white shrimp. Generations of fishermen have earned a living from the sea in Georgia. Grandfathers, sons and grandsons would stand together on deck and drop their nets overboard so early that it was actually still night, and long before the red morning sun climbed out of the ocean.
Ako is still young, but he can remember the days when 450 boats came into Brunswick harbor carrying at least 2000 kilos of shrimp. "The shrimpers were a community, everyone knew everyone else. The catch went straight to the fish markets, which happily paid 20 dollars. Per kilo!" Today, only about 20 shrimp boats are moored along the waterfront, he says.
New government regulations, rising fuel costs and numerous breeding stations in Asia have contributed to the demise of Georgia's main industry. That's partly why Ako has taken on board a second catch, almost more important than shrimp: 49 inquisitive ecotourists eager to learn about shrimping, how the tides work, and how to cast nets and catch shrimp. Ako and his crew are licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry passengers, the only ones in the area. "We want to show them how important shrimp once were for the local economy and above all, how important they are for our ecosystem," he adds, steering the boat out to sea. The tour takes an hour and a half, and the nets are dragged and raised three times, delivering baby rays, plate-sized horseshoe crabs and naturally, shrimp – to the cries of laughing gulls. While he sorts the catch, crew member Jeffery Benson explains to us why salt and sweet water mix in Georgia's broad tidal creeks.
Ako sails the Georgian coastline all year round. It's a lucrative business, and it also proves how important tourism has become for the entire region. To Ako, who grew up on St. Simons Island near Brunswick, the Lady Jane is a real gift because as he says: Let's be honest, the best way to admire this beautiful and increasingly popular coast is from the water. And the tourist inside me, who began this trip looking for the famous Forrest Gump park bench, nods to himself and thinks: The captain's got it right. After all, Forrest Gump was a shrimp fisherman, too.
Dustin Aksland
Our photographer has taken many road trips in the U.S. but never one down the coast of Georgia. He was particularly enjoyed the Southern hospitality – and the top-notch seafood.


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Slackware 13.37 is leet, not Natty and that's how I like it.
I have to admit that it has been more years than I care to remember since I last installed Slackware on my desktop.
The slackware 13.37 release came out this week and due to its excellent timing, it's now on my (multi-boot, thank GRUB!) desktop. You see, I also had Ubuntu on the multi-boot, but the Natty Narwhal doesn't seem to like my graphics hardware, memory, hard-drive or CPU. So you could say that slackware 13.37 threw me a lifeline.
I moved away from slackware years ago to Red Hat (when it was Red Hat Linux), because Anaconda was easier to use as an installer and RPM was the greatest thing for packages.


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Green pepper has a more bitter taste than red or yellow pepper.
Are there tricks to remove or diminish this bitter taste? A special way of cooking, or adding a bit of sugar or something maybe?
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Green pepper has a more bitter taste than red or yellow pepper.
Are there tricks to remove or diminish this bitter taste? A special way of cooking, or adding a bit of sugar or something maybe?
Green peppers are green because they are unripe. Unripe fruits and vegetables are naturally more bitter and less sweet than ripe ones. By far the easiest/laziest path is to just use a red pepper. It's essentially the same food, just ripe.
Sugar won't really do anything to the bitterness other than mask it. Salt will. Khymos has written that in parts of Asia, unripe fruit is commonly eaten with salt, salty spices, or soy sauce. These are all excellent options for peppers, as they reduce the bitterness and enhance the taste.
Finally, cook at low heat if possible. Pan-fried peppers tend to be a fair shake bitterer than slow-grilled or oven-roasted peppers.
(P.S. Removing the skin obviously works as well - I personally prefer them unskinned, but if you want to skin them, have a look at this Chow video on it - it's simple to do, you just char the outside and shake it in a plastic bag.)
Also, the interior white part and skin (not the big obvious part, but the sort of interior skin of it) are rather bitter also. Remove it be sliding your knife carefully and parallel to your cutting board slowly and shallowly.
Much of the bitterness comes from the skin. The skin can be removed with a peeler, or by roasting the pepper until the skin starts to release.
Well, the obvious answer is to add a little sugar, though this probably won't make much difference to the actual pepper itself. If you don't want a bitter tasting pepper, why don't you just use a red or yellow one in the first place?
I cook the pepper using olive oil and don't get that bitter taste. It also could be the combination of seasonings that I use with the olive oil. I have found that Mrs. Dash Tomato/basil/Garlic seasoning does wonders with the green bell pepper.
Cook the green peppers in water and add a some apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. Cook for about 5 minutes and then take them out of the water and stuff them as you usually would. I remove the insides and white skin on the inside of the peppers before boiling.


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compile "org.grails.plugins:bluetrip:0.3.990835d"
Install the plugin using$ grails install-plugin bluetripthen you can add the tag <bluetrip:resources /> to the head of the layout/main.gsp or any page that you want to use bluetrip in.Tip: For the best effect the the bluetrip:resources tag before the application's own CSS.
The Bluetrip CSS framework is a full featured and beautiful CSS framework which originally combined the best of Blueprint, Tripoli (hence the name), Hartija, 960.gs, and Elements, but has now found a life of its own. This plugin aims to make it easy to add Bluetrip CSS framework resources to your project and tag to include them. Later we'll also work on tags that will make it easy to use the framework. Note: This is not an official release from Blutrip CSS Framework maintainers. You can learn more about bluetrip here - http://bluetrip.org/ Credits: This file takes code and inspiration from the Grails Blueprint CSS.


text: Spiders, weevils, wasps, lice, mites and mosquitoes are among the creepiest subjects of the winners of Nikon's Small World microscope photography competition this year. Super-close-ups of eyes, tongues and silk spinnerets are amazingly beautiful, but also gross enough to induce shivers. More Microscope Images:6 Super Close-Ups of Crazy Bug Eyes Incredibly Small: Best Microscope Photos of 2012 Mini Motion: Award-Winning Microscope VideosThese delightfully disturbing photos are among the winners, honorable mentions and images of distinction selected for their originality, informational content, and visual impact by Nikon's judging panel of scientists, journalists and optical imaging experts. Nikon announced the rankings at 10 a.m. ET today, including the first place winner, who will receive $3,000 and some Nikon products. We have a post with the top 20 winners on Wired Science. If your favorite from the tiny terrors contained in this gallery isn't among the winners, you can vote for it until Nov. 13 on the Small World Facebook page to win the popular vote. Above: House Spider Harold Taylor, Kensworth, Dunstable, United Kingdom Subject: House spider Technique: Image stacking Magnification: 30xBat Embryos Dorit Hockman, University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom Subject: Molossus rufu (black mastiff bat) embryos Technique: BrightfieldCinnabar Flat Beetle Nikola Rahme, Budapest, Hungary Subject: Eye and first segments of Cucujus cinnaberinus (Cinnabar flat beetle) Technique: Reflected light Magnification: 18xParasitic Wasp Nikola Rahme, Budapest, Hungary Subject: Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae (parasitic wasp) Technique: Reflected light Magnification: 21.2xFruit Fly Larvae Andrew J. Woolley, Kevin Otto, Michelle Drennan, James Clemens, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Subject: Fruit fly larvae Technique: Confocal Magnification: 100xMosquito David Maitland, Feltwell, United Kingdom Subject: Male Culex pipiens (mosquito) Technique: Reflected (episcopic) diffuse illumination Magnification: 10xButterfly Tongue Philippe Verrees, Knokke, Belgium Subject: Butterfly tongue Technique: Rheinberg illumination Magnification: 5xMouse Embryo Evan Heller, Fuchs Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY Subject: Mouse embryo (16 dpc) expressing the epithelial-specific nuclear marker K14-H2B-GFP, illustrating the pattern of whisker follicles on the face Technique: Fluorescence Magnification: 4xAnts Geir Drange, Asker, Norway Subject: Two ants of different genus meeting on a twig Technique: Reflected light, image stacking Magnification: 2.5xLice Györgyi Zséli, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Department of Integrative Neuroendocrinology, Budapest, Hungary Subject: Chewing lice of common buzzard (Colpocephalum platystomus) Technique: Confocal, autofluorescence Magnification: 10xMosquito Ralph Claus Grimm, Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia Subject: Head of a mosquito Technique: Reflected light/image stacking Magnification: 150xCricket Tongue Christian Gautier, Vernafilm, Le Mans, Sarthe, France Subject: Gryllus campestris (cricket) tongue Technique: Darkfield and Rheinberg illumination Magnification: 40xParasitic Mite Gilles San Martin, Biodiversity Research Center, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Subject: Female of Varroa destructor (parasitic mite that attacks the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera) Technique: Reflected light Magnification: 10xLacewing Ralph Claus Grimm, Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia Subject: Chrysopa (lacewing) head Technique: Reflected light, image stacking Magnification: 130xWeevil Chao Zhang, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Subject: Weevil, with an extremely long snout Technique: Reflected light Magnification: 4xCopepod Terue Kihara, Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany Subject: Pontostratiotes sp., female, dorsal view. A deep-sea copepod collected in the southeastern Atlantic at a depth of 5,395 m. Technique: Confocal Magnification: 10xSpider Spinnerets Walter Piorkowski, South Beloit, IL Subject: A spider's posterior lateral and median spinnerets with silk gland spigots Technique: EPI, reflected light, fiber optics, image stacking Magnification: 18xParasitic Mite Alain Bocquillon, Maraussan, France Subject: Varroa destructor (parasitic mite that infests honey bees) Technique: Oblique illumination (negative picture) Magnification: 4xImages courtesy of Nikon Small World


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Hi! My name is Vincent and I work for the Dassault Systèmes' Customer Support team.
The mission of this organization is to help 3DS products' users to ease their daily working life. Whenever they have a technical issue we need to answer correctly as fast as possible!
In April 2010, we created a @3DSsupport account on Twitter to add a new touch point with our users, to learn from their feedback and to adapt our approach of delivering Support services. This was a first step to become Social, but as Matthias said back then, we want to go further 🙂
Knowledge Centered Support as a Strategy
Indeed when you are using any application, you go to search on Forum and/or watch in a FAQ to quickly find the solution of your problem, you want to have all knowledge available at the same place and benefit about the expertise of the application company experts!
In July 2011 we made fundamental changes on our support website and on our Knowledge Base (private access) by implementing a search engine powered by EXALEAD. The results were phenomenal! Our users could find what they searched for two times more often than before and consume knowledge articles made by our 3DS products support experts.
However our users expect more and we want to deliver the best.
Support becomes Social
Today, I am happy to announce that we put at our customers and users disposal a new service, a social service, leveraging our innovative platform powered by 3DSWYM technology.
On swym.3ds.com, I and my team propose now a new support feature to our users by adding 3 support communities dealing with 3DSWYM, CATIA and CAA adding to the shared knowledge a capability to interact with your peers.
Watch the video below to get a glimpse of the featured content:
Just experience it as Matt Wynn did and let us know your feedback, what could be improved, and your expectations!
Last but not least, if you're attending one of the upcoming 3DEXPERIENCE Forums North America or Europe, stop by our booth for a live demo! 🙂
Here to serve you the best,
Vincent and the Online Support community team


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Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of accounting transparency on the term structure of CDS spreads for a large cross-section of rms. Using a newly developed measure of accounting transparency in Berger, Chen & Li (2006), we nd a downward-sloping term structure of transparency spreads. Estimating the gap between the high and low transparency credit curves at the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10-year maturity, the transparency spread is insigni cant in the long end but highly signi cant and robust at 20 bps at the 1-year maturity. Furthermore, the eect of accounting transparency on the term structure of CDS spreads is largest for the most risky rms. These results are strongly supportive of the model by Du¢ e & Lando (2001), and add an explanation to the underprediction of short-term credit spreads by traditional structural credit risk models. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7189
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Abstract: When identifying relative value opportunities across credit and equity markets, the arbitrageur faces two major problems, namely positions based on model misspeci cation and mismeasured inputs. Using credit default swap data, this paper addresses both concerns in a convergence-type trading strategy. In spite of dierences in assumptions governing default and calibration, we nd the exact structural model linking the markets second to timely key inputs. Studying an equally-weighted portfolio of all relative value positions, the excess returns are insigni cant when based on a traditional volatility from historical equity returns. However, relying on an implied volatility from equity options results in a substantial gain in strategy execution and highly signi cant excess returns - even when small gaps are exploited. The gain is largest in the speculative grade segment, and cannot be explained from systematic market risk factors. Although the strategy may seem attractive at an aggregate level, positions on individual obligors can be very risky. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7196
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Abstract: This Ph.D. thesis consists of three self-contained chapters, which can be read independently. The chapters are interrelated through their use of structural credit risk models and a credit derivative known as the Credit Default Swap (CDS). Chapter 1 estimates the impact of accounting transparency on the term structure of CDS spreads for a large cross-section of firms. Chapter 2 analyzes the use of CDS spreads in a convergence-type trading strategy known as capital structure arbitrage. Finally Chapter 3 estimates the time-series behaviour of the credit risk premium in the market for Credit Default Swaps. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6520
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Joseph Shoer of Cornell University has built a levitating model spacecraft to demonstrate how a tractor beam could potentially work in real life. In the video, Shoer uses a "ludicrous" neodymium magnet to manipulate his non-ferromagnetic model which floats on air. Says Shoer of his experiment:
The [tractor beam] would work by pumping changing magnetic fields at a target spacecraft, exciting eddy currents in the spacecraft's aluminum skin. These currents interact with the magnetic field from the tractor beam device, allowing it to push, pull, or rotate the target. In the video, I generate these changing magnetic fields by moving a big rare-earth magnet around. On a spacecraft, a more likely tractor beam device would be a set of electromagnet coils.
[Via Quantum Rocketry]


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Whooooo Buddy and Welcome to this series of Hammock How-To For Noobs.
It can be a wee bit daunting when you first enter this gentle world of back-woods comfort so hopefully you can glom some info from these videos.
There are more and more options coming along all the time so keep up and stay patient but most of all have fun!!!!!
PART 1: Why I hammock ... how I hammock and what I use to stay warm and toasty in the hammock. Also ... my deepest thoughts on the hanging philosophy. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO HANG A HAMMOCK AND STAY WARM!!!!!! THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE!!!
You will see the hammock (my DIY hammock) and all the parts. How to hang the hammock with Whoopie Slings and the Marlin-Spike Hitch. Tree huggers ..... please use these to protect the trees!!!! Using pads to stay warm underneath.... the Speer SPE.
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PART 2: Finish up looking at pads for bottom insulation ..... Under Quilts.......my Warbonnet Winter Yeti. The Warbonnet Black Mamba Top Quilt.
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PART 3: Getting settled in the hammock with TQ, UQ, Foot Pad, balaclava, hood. A peek at webbing suspension with cinch buckles and desender rings. And without. Carabiner and webbing hook up to tree.
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Part 4 :Lets take a look at the Warbonnet BlackBird Hammock and all of the features. Bug season is coming so bug-nets are covered. Some folks asked about attaching suspension to the hammock so I can show you what I do. A close up of the larkshead knot for suspension to the hammock. A brief chat on hammock ridgelines ... what, why and what for. A hammock song.
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PART 5: Tarps .... we love 'em .... we need 'em! Especially if you are a hammock hanger. We are going on a tarp journey ....I hope to cover MOST of the info. You are gonna have to do some research and trials yourself. It is the only way. The only. Site selection and widow-makers are touched on. Knots ... I cover a few but not all by any means! A looky-see at the continuous ridgeline for tarp. Under the tarp for snow camping. See the much talked about "figure 9" in action. Oh, the thrill! Toggles on tarp d-rings. Whooooo Pull outs on tarps. Some guy line speak. A look inside my DIY winter Tarp with Doors. A Coyote kill site.
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PART 6: We go over proper tarpage over the hammock. Focus on ends ...... See how the tarp moves and slides for adjustability on the continuous ridgeline. Where to tie the tarp on the trees. Not into continuous ridgeline? We go old school and simple. Tie right of the end of the tarp with two lines. Look at a couple of easy-peasy knots. THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY KNOTS THAT YOU CAN USE..... There are so many. These are just what I use.
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PART 7: More tarp tips. More on site selection Look at shock-cord pull outs. Close up of corner guy lines. See the snow stake. In the snow! A SPAM Moment. Winter Porch tarp set-up. I jump back and answer questions on why I use a 1/2 UnderQuilt and not a Full Length. A glance at my winter go-to stove. Some goodnight palaver. Morning grog and tarp talk.
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PART 8: The journey continues...... most of this is from my overnighter so some camp talk as well. *Look at some fun features and stuff you can do with the continual ridgeline. *Re-visit the shock-cord pull-outs. *A 360º looky-see at my DIY Winter Tarp with Velcro Doors. *Stuffing into snakeskins ... again. *A pep talk!! *The continual ridgeline over the TOP of the tarp. *Put up the Speer Winter Tarp. *A Tarp blues ditty....... *Over & Out.
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PART 9: ***WARNING*** OLD IRISH MAN RAPPING!!!! GEEZER HIP-HOP!!!! OK ... you heeded the caution so proceed to Tarp Rap...... I indulged myself a wee bit on this one. *A photo-show mandolin intro...... *Hip-Hop in the Piney Woods... Lil' Shug & The Players bring on "the Tarp Life Ya'll" ... guest appearances from Karl Childers, Jasper Pipestone & Roid the Clown. Yo..... *Tarp action at 2:19....A TOUR OF THE SPEER WINTER TARP. *Hannibal Lecter stops by ...... he was late for the "Tarp Life Ya'll" shoot and was his usual creepy, cranky self. * Guy line Tarp Tensioners. *Were seeing stakes ...... *Marlin-Spike stake tie.
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PART 10: Now I know that I left out a bunch of info but that is now your quest ...... to be inspired to research, practice, succeed and fail in your hammock journey. There is a lot to it and as I discovered doing these 10 videos .... hammocks are for those that like to dink around and tweak and play. *A look at my 11'x6' DIY tarp. My small 3 season one. My favorite tarp. 15 ounces with lines, snakeskins and all. *Weathershield .... see my DIY one. 7 ounces. Easy project. JacksrBetter sell a Dri-Ducks poncho mod for a weathershield if you don't want to make one. *Added "lifters" to my Warbonnet Winter Yeti UnderQuilt ..... *An inspirational speech *My camp on day one. *Morning talk and "Breakfast From The Hammock" POV *A peek at my friend Pizza's Warbonnet SuperFly Tarp with Doors. *And song to the JRB Old Rag Mountain Top Quilt *Morning report Day 2 *Packa as a wind block
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Left-Over footage from the 10 PART Hammock How-To Series!!!!
This is footage that just did not fit in and it is stuff from all over the place....
*Re-visit the Black Bishop Bag ......
*Nifty Little Item ... the ScrewPop....
*The Peak Bag from ZQ and 2Q...
*POV view from hammock of my hillbilly morning kitchen
*What I wore to sleep on my 0º night in early March
*Cold Feet on me..... Hot drinks ....
*Thoughts on how much white gas to bring daily on deep winter Minnesota type backpack trips...
*The Fisker Saw.....
*Situation Reports......
Leftovers & Then Some
Thanks for watching some or all of these. All secure in sector seven, Shug


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Erik Manassy is the founder of Jets Twit, a blog dedicated to everything New York Jets on Social Media. [http://jetstwit.com/] Erik is also the founder of the Manassy Media Group, L.L.C.
- jcumber2 buffalo this week.better put them 3d glasses on cause we comin strong for the dub
- John Geiger, Revis' Mangager, had something in common with Braylon Edwards and it had to deal with tinted windows. The event also goes into the category of "Inappropriate Times to Tweet".
- Braylon Edwards has reappeared on his GQ Blog, but he is still missing on Twitter.
- Jets Twit has entered the world of podcasting. Take a listen to the first episode of "The Jets Twit Podcast" from iTunes.
- Dolphins fans were talking smack to Damien Woody on Twitter and he was firing back. Also, check out these tweets from the Jets players from before and after the game.
For more on the Jets, Twitter, Facebook, and Erik, check out his blog Jets Twit, http://jetstwit.com/
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