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October 11, 2009 01:57AM
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Thank you Trade and Cheryl. I love cats. As an only child my parents supplied me with cats to love on! This today might have been the last one. I don't know if I can take any more losses, just breaks my heart. Oh who am I kidding-- the next stray who comes up needing food knows where the sucker lives. DH right now stands for Depressed Husband I'm afraid! (he was fond of the little fella,too)
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October 11, 2009 08:15AM
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There are lots of stray kittens here, just hang out around the dumpsters and you see them, so sad. My daughter called me yesterday to say that there were lots of tiny kittens at Friendlys (Northside), but they were all diseased looking. Small enough to fit in your palm Thankfully she did not adopt one of them.
Just so sad
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October 11, 2009 08:46AM
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Speaking of lizards and cats, are there any poisonous ones here that, if ingested, will make them sick or worse? In South Florida there was a type of small lizard that was highly toxic for animals.
Thankfully our cat appears to have out grown the terrorizing lizards stage, I always hated when he would so proudly bring one to me.
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October 11, 2009 09:34AM
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Speaking of lizards and cats, are there any poisonous ones here that, if ingested, will make them sick or worse? In South Florida there was a type of small lizard that was highly toxic for animals.
Thankfully our cat appears to have out grown the terrorizing lizards stage, I always hated when he would so proudly bring one to me.
I was wondering the same thing, is there a toxic lizard here?
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October 11, 2009 12:11PM
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October 11, 2009 12:17PM
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Good Morning all.
I haven't been posting because last Thursday at 7:00am I got a phone call from my sister saying my godfather had passed away. At 8:30am I got a phone call from my brother saying my father had passed away. Neither was sick or expected to die. A horrible surreal shell shocked feeling. We have been in the states for the last week taking care of all that comes after when one passes. I would like to thank everyone that helped take care of my home and animals while I was gone. I have never in my life lost anyone, not even a pet so suddenly. Every loss in my life has been after a long or painful illness where you where almost grateful when the end came. I have been so fortunate. My heart goes out to everyone who has experienced such a loss.
I always try to find some good in every bad experience I have had in life. This one has been difficult. My feelings after much thought are. You never know what tomorrow will bring. I hadn't seen my father in 2 years. I didn't say so many things that I wanted to say to him and I didn't get to tell him goodbye. I was too busy. I am now trying to contact all the people I love to tell them how much they mean to me. Maybe that is just my way of dealing with the grief but I hope that I am never again to busy. My second thought is to make sure that you make arrangements before you die. That was the worst thing to deal with. Everyone has different feeling on the subject. Make sure your loved ones know what you want. For me. I want to be cremated and scattered in the Caribbean.
I started this thread for two reasons. One was that a few STT posters thought that the stx today thread was just for people who lived on stx so there were only a few posters from St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island posting. When Trw originally started his thread that was not his intention and he had contacted a few posters from the other island asking why they didn't post on his thread. He got various answers. One was from a stx poster who hated my JJ stories and me even though we have never met. I think she said something to the effect that she would rather bang her head on the sidewalk. lol. Even though she eventually started posting on the thread. The second reason for starting the thread was that stx today had become a very sad place for me to go.I did not enjoy reading what it became nor did I enjoy the sick entertainment. It wasn't supposed to be that way. I don't know what happened to trw but even now I still think what I could do to help him despite the fact that he wants no part of me what so ever. In any case those that read and enjoyed the stx today I hope will continue to post and read this one. For people wanting to relocate I think it imparts a very real scenario of our lives here. The joy, frustration, our concerns and generally how we go about our lives on these islands.
Re: Virgin Islands today comments
October 11, 2009 04:08PM
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Wow Tammy, it sure hit you at once-- I'm very sorry for your loss. As for me, I love the JJ stories. They remind me of when I was living on the island as a teenager and babysitting. The family I babysat for had 3 children who loved the island and some of the things you tell about remind me of them so much.
When we were on the island last year the vet in Princess,I think it's called the Sunshine Veterinary (or maybe the Sugarmill Vet?) had a program where you send in $25 and they will neuter a stray. My husband has been keeping up with it and sending in the money so I'm not sure of the name of the place-- I do know it's in the Princess area and the program is still going on.
One of the best cats who ever owned me (might as well be honest) was a tiny stray my dad found up in Queens Quarters when I was 17. So tiny we couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl! I swore it was a girl and called it Sugar, and my dad laughingly called it Tom saying 'that's a boy'-- so the poor thing became SugarTom. I had it on St Croix, then when my parents moved back to Texas several years later they brought HER back home to me where she lived for several more years. I think strays make the best pets. (those poor babies by the dumpster!!)
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October 11, 2009 06:57PM
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So sorry about your losses, Tam. I know what you mean about the shock when it's unexpected.
I'm starting to breathe a little easier since it won't be long before the worst of the hurricane season (nail-biting time) is soon to be over. Hurricane Thanksgiving day is one holiday I nearly agree with. Plus, it's sure been pleasant here on the forum lately. Glad you started this thread, Tam.
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October 11, 2009 08:26PM
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Thank you for starting this thread!!! I stopped reading the board because of the negativity so I'm glad some of that has changed!
Tam - I am so sorry to hear about your loss! You're in our thoughts and prayers!
Feral Cats ... Sunshine Foundation www.sunshinefoundationstx.org has a feral cat program. $25 covers the surgery, feline aids/leukemia testing, vaccine and ear tipping. They have traps to loan so that you can catch the cats. You can reach them at 690-3335.
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October 12, 2009 06:35AM
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Thanks everyone.
Lovely rain last night. Today I have to pump the water out of the leaking cisterns into the one that doesn't leak. I had a dream the other night that we were having a torrential rain fall and I was down in the cistern trying to patch it with silly putty.
The mongoose dem have finally discovered my chickens and are stealing their eggs. We caught one yesterday in broad daylight stealing an egg. I have been letting the chickens roam free because they stay in the yard and though we have to hunt for the eggs we usually find them with no problem but I guess we have to pen them up again.
JJ is so happy to be home. As soon as we arrived he was off into the yard and the bush hunting for bugs, crabs and whatever he hunts for. I finally called him in as he was dressed for fall in the states. His face was so red from the heat. He still managed to find some caterpillars and make a habitat for them. He said they were corn caterpillars and wanted me to look up on the internet what they eat. Ummm, corn?
We boarded two of our animals at the sugar mill vet. I have to say I was very pleased with the facilities. Our animals were happy and calm when we picked them up and looked very well cared for. We were also sent e cards while we were away with pictures of our pets. Very nice.
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October 12, 2009 09:11AM
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Here is a funny story. The other night I went to go to bed and I always check under the covers, this night there was a nice size lizard under the covers, I don't mind these guys but I don't want them sleeping with me, so I called my husband in to help me get this lizard back outside, this lizard was not happy with us trying to catch him, he ended up jumping on the wall and was up by the ceiling when my husband went to grab it, it then jumped on my husbands head bounced off of it like it was a diving board then landed on our curtains. It was hilarious. We didn't expect that. Well, the lizard finally escaped back into my closet where we couldn't find him. He is still hanging out in our bedroom, just haven't been able to catch him. I don't mind as long as he stays off my bed.
I'll take a lizard under the covers any day then a centipede.
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October 12, 2009 10:33AM
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Great rain yesterday and even this morning. The temperature has really dropped so that its almost chilly...LOL! Mike and I sat out last night on the balcony and watched clouds come right onto the balcony with us, hmmm, I wonder if that moisture will keep my skin young looking!
We were going to take the ferry to Water Island today to check it out for our wedding in July, but the rain and overcast gray is making us postpone. Friends of ours said that Honeymoon Beach is great and that there are some cottages for rent on the beach. Does anyone have info/thoughts on Water Isl?
Tam~ really sorry about your losses, I have never experienced anything like that thankfully. I too like hearing your JJ stories, he sounds like a cutie! I always joke around that I am so glad I had 2 girls instead of boys because I am not sure if I would be able to handle finding bugs and creepy crawly things in pockets! YUK
Well it looks like the sky may be clearing up a bit so we may take our chances and go for a run at Magens.
Have a great day everyone!
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October 12, 2009 10:58AM
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October 12, 2009 01:07PM
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My condolences on your losses. I can't imagine how difficult that must be for you...
We've had a very close friend diagnosed with a rare, virulent form of bone cancer. He went to being perfectly healthy, to losing his leg in the span of less than a month. The suddenness of it is crushing and I suspect you experienced a similar feeling. My heart goes out to you and all my best wishes. Kim
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|View Poll Results: Nisemonogatari - Episode 08 Rating
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|2012-02-26, 01:41
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I have to give SHAFT kudos for this. While I had been spoiled forever ago about this, and while I had every expectation that it would be adapted with competency, I could not have expected that the scene would receive the dedication of an entire episode. The intensity and purity with which SHAFT brought out this exchange between Koyomi and Karen is something sure to cause eruptions across the audience and in the viewers minds. As far as I'm concerned, widespread, collective events like these which bring the viewers together are the meaning of entertainment, and I will eagerly look forward to seeing the explosive reactions to this episode translate into sales and profit.
Of course, in the end I do still also want to place the events of this episode into context as part of the greater narrative of this series. The Bakemonogatari series might occasionally divert into fanservice, but it does not mindlessly do so, at the cost of the integrity of its characters; and neither is the purpose of the narrative primarily to be a vehicle for these diversions into fanservice. There are questions of characterization we can raise from this scene, some of which I know were explicitly detailed in the light novel scripts, which certainly have the potential to enrich our understanding of the preceding events and featured characters as well as glean insight into the future.
The principle characterization questions I'm presently looking at are:
- How did Koyomi decide to engage in this toothbrush game with Karen-chan? We are (fleetingly) made to understand that the original concept/proposal arose from Kanbaru, who is either Araragi's teacher or student in the art of pervertedness. When did this idea get passed onto Koyomi, and what was the trigger for him deciding to make Karen the subject of it?
- What was the origin of Karen's curiosity towards Kanbaru, and what is her true intention in interacting with her? In particular we are suggested two possible motives for Karen's incursion upon her Nii-chan: one, to flirt with him, in her new improvised style of dress borrowed from the wardrobe of Tsukihi; and two, to put forth this genuine request to be introduced to Kanbaru Suruga. I want to know to what extent each of these objectives motivated Karen's entreaties towards Koyomi at the beginning.
- As an offshoot of the above topic, it seems to me that Karen is by present away and fully comfortable with an attraction/romantic love within herself towards Koyomi. I feel it is probably safe to say that this first awoke with Koyomi's unexplained kiss back during the Wreathe-Flame Bee incident, and that it crystallized in the aftermath of her role in the story when Koyomi said he'd take care of things. However, what I am curious to know is about any nuances in relationship Karen had towards Koyomi even before that kissing incident, as well as, at this present moment, Karen's actual thoughts towards her own feelings (i.e., now that she and Koyomi have gotten this close, does she actually intend to go anywhere with it).
- Finally, I am also interested in Koyomi's relationship with Hitagi herself. We already had him explicitly bring up a comparison with Tsubasa as an ideal "specimen"; how does Araragi understand his own attraction towards and indulgence in it towards Karen in light of his relationship with Hitagi? I myself don't particularly feel like Araragi has cheated, at least within the context of the boundaries which were set for him (i.e. playing around is okay, but don't fall in love), but I wonder what Koyomi is thinking/has rationalized about these events from his own perspective.
I just wanted to add, that Tsukihi's opening was indeed extremely wonderful and has jumped straight up my list to stand by Renai Circulation as one of this series' best openings.
|2012-02-26, 01:55
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10/1o from me. The opening theme song is stuck in my head... Gahhh! The Monogatari series are truly an excellent form of art, especially in the anime. That toothbrushing scene...I felt embarrassed just watching it lol, but I actually wanted Shinobu to interfere instead of the smaller little sister. Or at least say something to Araragi while he's in ecstasy while toothbrushing his bigger little sister.
|2012-02-26, 02:02
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For all complaint and such, we all have to admit that in the sense of erotic material, this episode is by miles better than anything pornographic industry dream to produce. The using of incestuous suggest and dominance play, while maintain fairly innocent (not too much sexual arousing), is simply erotic and satisfied to watch. It's an erotic masterpiece in itself, and i guess the poll this episode shows that...
Away from that screen, considering the way Karen and Koyomi interacted with each other, it's simply amazing for me that they did not cross the line(seems very close this episode through, before Tsukihi intruded). And i say that having a really close imouto myself. They are simply way too close being siblings that the line between family members and incestuous partners were too thin to cross. But then it's just fiction, so anything is possible
I don't understand why Koyomi be hesitant to introduce Karen to Kanbaru through. Because while Kanbaru is a closet pervert, and love dirty joke (and a lesbian or bisexual on top of that). It's not like she plays around with girls (despite her popular) and impose her perverseness onto others. I think Kanbaru was in fact a really worthy friend to have, who can act mature when being serious, and probably can be entrusted when comparing to the two other alternatives: Hitagi (simply can't be friendly enough) and Tsubasa (too manipulative). She showed great care toward Nadeko and Shinobu also
PS: Tsukihi's OP is in content for the best OP of this Monogataries series
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|2012-02-26, 02:30
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Toothbrush scene aside, there are a lot to look forward next week.
What caught my attention in the new OP is Tsukihi sitting inside Koyomi's mouth. Is this some kind of foreshadowing?
Karen called Kanbaru Sensei, I wonder why she's so desperate to become her student. I'm curious as to what she want to learn for her.
Tsukihi going for the kill just because she finds her older brother and sister getting intimate? I sense a strong brocon vibes from her. She needs to learn how to share.
Nisiosin should consider writting book title "999 Creative Ways of Kinky Foreplay 100% Guarantee to Make Your Sex Life More Colorful" to advice couples who are tired of dull ways of having Sex. I would definitely buy that.
|2012-02-26, 02:34
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Yea, so like this show is about the growth of characters after going past their ordeals and so they'd change their lives for the better. Karen, being typically a tomboy, decides to try something else in order to surprise araragi, and we wonder how the events of the previous arc have influenced her, and so they engage in some rather interesting teasing.
And that's where the episode went into the shitter. Karen's kinda hot in some angles, but talk about looking into a gag for so long. I've never seen a scene where a phallic object was shoved into an attractive girl's mouth for so long that was so boring to the point where I was like meh, you guys can stop now.
Just really bleh humor and stretching a funny thing for a long time a good episode doesn't make. And of course Shaft fanservice is hit and miss. They're not exactly known for their nice animation and art ya know.
It also confirms to me that Shinbo or maybe who's writing is a foot fetishist. That's pretty cool and all and gets a +2. 3/10
|2012-02-26, 02:46
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As my title says, I am the designated facepalmer. And what is today's count for this episode? 5 facepalms and 2 facedesks...
For the love of god someone please call Chris Hansen!
Though for what its worth, Tsukihi may kill them both for this, AND SHE SHOULD.
|2012-02-26, 03:05
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I'm not into fanservice, but I'm impress with how this show manages to have such interesting characters and dynamics than other shows. Comparing Koyomi with other male lead for example, he gets into kinky situations like these because he knows how to be a pervert at the right moment. Average harem leads are mostly insensitive to girls' feelings and says all the wrong things at the wrong moments which result in them getting Megaton Punch or something similar. Koyomi on the other hand, can actually hold proper conversation with girls because he said all the right things. He is more understanding than many other harem leads.
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|2012-02-26, 03:12
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lmao what the hell did i just watch. This almost makes me want to question life itself. Dat toothbrush scene I will not be able to get that out of my head for while. Damn you Shinbou/Shaft.lol.
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|2012-02-26, 03:42
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This has got to be the most terrible episode of anime I've seen in 2012.
Nisio is prone to some over indulgence at times, especially concerning the monogatari franchise, but he is more like a linear function compared to the exponential function that is Shinbo when it comes to indulgence. What a pretentious fuck he can be at times, I swear.
This is why I'll never call Shinbo a great director and he'll always be hit or miss. He gets an opportunity to unleash himself and overwhelm the entire story and you be damn sure he'll take it. Who cares if the pacing is like watching paint dry, we have to admire him for being such a genius right?
Everything from the music to the camera work just screamed "LOOK AT ME." Sorry, but if you want my attention, don't scream it in my face. This was the most unnatural interaction of characters you'll ever see. They stopped functioning as people, they were just devices for the obscene. Yeah Shinbo, you sure got my attention, but there is a difference between postive and negative attention you know? You seem like someone who goes hysterical at the dinner table ffs.
Sorry, this man is not being clever.
As a side note I'll never understand the imouto fetish. It's not exhilarating, it's just stupid. I'm not really even that offended, I just fail to see how this is supposed to be a turn on. Brothers and sisters don't interact like this, nor is it desirable. Trying to sell this sort of pandering bull shit is laughable at best. Using Araragi's sisters for fetish fuel was a poor choice by Nisio. I can tolerate pandering to a degree, but not these laughable kinds of it.
The episode in general was just not very good even minus the tooth brush scene. This is supposedly the start of the second story and where did we even get? Oh yes, it took an entire fucking 20+ minutes to deliver the idea that Karen wants to see Kanbaru because she admires her. WOW. Are we serious? Practically 0 interesting/relevant character development this episode (Sorry sis/bro-con relations are boring and stupid), and absolutely no plot. This episode might as well have not existed.
Nisemonogatari's killer is its pacing. Bake always engaged in some indulgence at times, but the structure of the arcs always made sure they hurried it along and we got to the more meaty aspects of characterization. There was just a certain conciseness to it that lended itself to being more easily digestible. This is just plain choppy and disorganized.
This episode is garbage. I have lost hope in this season. 1/10
|2012-02-26, 03:55
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|2012-02-26, 04:07
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This time I can't rate this episode. 50/50, I say... but it's like taking a huge drag from a bong and getting hit damn hard.
Oh, right now a lot of people are reading this thread. Wow.
*still reeling from disbelief*
|2012-02-26, 04:26
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Well, for a truly different perspective, I neither loved nor hated this episode.
I just found it kind of pointless and silly. But hey, nice to see that SHAFT now has incredible degrees of budget to burn, lol. There's not a toothpaste or toothbrush company around that wouldn't love to use this episode's toothbrush to promote their wares.
I might have more to write later, but I'll leave it at this for now.
|2012-02-26, 04:28
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is this the point of this series ? ... if so i should get out now... why not just watch / make hentai / porn
I am definitely not the target audience for this
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|2012-02-26, 04:28
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I think a paraphrasis from Black Hanekawa would state it better:
"If people grow accustomed with Art that's the end for Art. Art must be believed in, feared, dreaded, shunned, revered, honored, disliked, detested, prayed to -- that's why Art can exist"
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using namespace std;
int main()
int happy = 1, HAPPY = 2; // refer to my comments after this code
int pass;
cin >> pass >> endl; // no quotes around pass, and it is endl (an L) not a 1
if (pass == happy || pass == Happy) {
// ^ need opening { and you don't put a ; on same line as an if, otherwise the if does nothing
cout << "welcome!" << endl;
} else {
cout << "incorrect user ID" << endl;
return 0;
Oh, I thought that you would put else if, if there was more than two executable conditions.
if (condition)
else if (condition2)
else (condition3)
if(pass == happy) {
cout << "welcome user!" << endl;
} else if(pass == HAPPY) {
cout << "welcome other user!" << endl;
} else {
cout << "incorrect password" << endl;
Desoxena wrote:Oh, I thought that you would put else if, if there was more than two executable conditions.
if (condition)
else if (condition2)
else (condition3)
if (something)
// look busy
if (something else)
//slave away
Desoxena wrote:Well in that last code you showed, wouldn't you have to put a cin for console input? So the user could even enter a password for the program to even run?
thetan wrote:In the C standard, there is no such thing as an else if statement and instead it only exists by convention.
Assassian360 wrote:His code that he has shown is in a traditionally C++ approach, so I decided to assume he is using C++ which does include the "else if" natively. It is a valid point though if he should ever decide to learn C as well, or any other language that doesn't include "else if" natively.
// roughly formatted in Bison style BNF
statement = conditonal
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conditional = IF condition statement
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thetan wrote:NOTE: i trolled the shit out of kiyoura with that one day "hey br0, have you heard the newest gcc extension supports the else-while statement" and i linked him to some code that litterally had an else-while statement that compiled and he was amazed, but i couldn't keep the trolling up, so i told a friend of mine and he lol'd him to hell and back <3
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District energy project announces grant at biomass conference
An excited Gwen Hallsmith took to the podium May 3 at the fourth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis. Once there, she promptly announced to the audience that her district heating project had just received state funding earlier in the day.
Hallsmith is the director of planning and community development for the city of Montpelier, Vt., which has been planning for about 15 years to replace an old state-owned district heating plant with a new one to burn 100 percent woody biomass. The system provides heat for the capital city's state government complex, but is antiquated and in need of upgrades. The new system will not only provide cleaner heat to the complex, but will also employ a new network that will include the city government buildings on the other side of the municipality's small downtown district.
Hallsmith shared the news with her fellow speakers before taking her seat on the stage and preparing for the panel. The project had been awarded $7 million from the state, a matching payment for $7 million in federal money the project had already received. Although the district heating project had been in the works for some time, the money moves it to a new realm of possibility. "Now we're talking about a real project," she laughed. The recent news made her presentation on the project timely, relevant and exciting.
Hallsmith was one of four speakers on the panel Small-Scale Savvy: Community and Small-Scale Biomass Heating Projects. Joining her was Bruce Browers, senior consultant for Barr Engineering Co. in Duluth, Minn. Browers discussed a biomass test burn conducted at Wyandotte, Mich., Municipal Services, a community-owned not-for-profit services provider. The test included cofiring biomass with coal in the company's 25-megawatt circulating fluidized bed boiler.
Important components to start such an experiment include fuel selection, Browers said. That consists of determining air permit compatibility and locally available feedstocks. Equally important to fuel selection, he said, is testing the existing material handling system equipment.
The goals of the test burn were to identify fatal flaws; identify infrastructure upgrade requirements such as delivery, handling and storage; and changes to the boiler operation. Browers made sure to note that environmental performance was not a primary goal.
As can usually be expected with such tests, things didn't go exactly as planned on the first run, Browers explained. "We had a good plan, but things got in the way," he said, cautioning that companies doing similar tests will most likely end up making some things up on the fly. "Things are probably going to happen that will cause you some angst. You have to think on your feet and call another play."
Still, the tests were considered successful, even though the efficiency decreased slightly with biomass blends. Test one consisted of an eight-hour burn of 30 percent wood cubes and a 70 percent coal and tire-derived fuel (TDF) blend, while test two burned 15 percent wood cubes and 85 percent coal/TDF. In general, pollutant emissions were decreased with the biomass feedstocks.
Browers ended with advice to other companies carrying out tests, saying a flexible test plan is crucial. It's also important to determine the goals and to determine the biomass delivery logistics early. He displayed a short video showing dust billowing from biomass on a conveyor belt and explained dust collection is vital. Looking behind him at the large dust cloud on the projection screen, he said "We didn't really expect this."


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I'm doing a research project on SCNT and the genetic information in the nucleus from the somatic cell is transferred to the clone, but the the clone also inherits the mitochondrial DNA from the egg cell the somatic cell nucleus is inserted into. So the clone is not 100% genetically identical to the original subject. I was just wondering if there's any reason why we can't just take out the mitochondrial DNA from the egg cell and replace it with the mtDNA from the somatic cell, so the clone would be 100% identical.
Well to give you some perspective, until recently researchers needed to use dye and UV lights to visualize the nuclear DNA and then extract it. Now, the mitochondria are much smaller and more numerous. Think how hard it would be to replace those.
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Jimmie Johnson became the first four-time winner of NASCAR's annual All-Star race Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
CONCORD, N.C. — Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson's list. He stands alone in All-Star history.
"Five-time" became the first four-time winner of NASCAR's annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night.
"To beat Jeff and Earnhardt, two guys that I have looked up to my whole life, two massive icons of our sport, this means the world to me," Johnson said.
It was fitting that he did it at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track Johnson, the five-time NASCAR champion, has dominated since his 2002 rookie season.
This win in the $1 million Sprint All-Star Race was his second straight and fourth in 12 years. He also won in 2003 and 2006.
"The only four-time All-Star champion — I am very proud of you," crew chief Chad Knaus radioed after Johnson took the checkered flag.
A day after Johnson overshot his pit stall during qualifying to earn a poor starting spot, his Hendrick Motorsports crew changed four tires in 11 seconds on the mandatory final spot to send Johnson back onto the track in second place for the final restart.
He lined up inside of teammate Kasey Kahne for the final 10-lap sprint to the cash, and the two battled side-by-side for a little more than a lap before Johnson cleared Kahne completely. He then sailed away to an easy victory.
Joey Logano finished second and Kyle Busch, who won two of the first four segments, was third as neither had a shot at running down Johnson once he got his No. 48 Chevrolet out front.
"The 48, once he got that clean air, he was gone," Logano said. "Second isn't anything to hang your head, but it's about the million bucks tonight."
Kahne faded to fourth and Kurt Busch, who also won two segments to give the Busch brothers a sweep, was fifth.
It was disappointing for both Busch brothers, who had the cars to beat through the first 80 laps. New scoring rules designed to stop sandbagging sent the drivers onto pit road for the mandatory final stop in order of their average finish in the first four segments.
The Busch brothers tied with an average finish of 2.0, and Kurt went down pit road as the leader based on the tiebreaker of winning the final segment.
But the two Hendrick cars beat everybody off pit road, Kyle Busch exited in third and a poor final pit stop dropped Kurt to fifth.
"Ultimately, it came down to pit road, where my guys always prove their worth," Kyle Busch said. "Unfortunately, we didn't have the best of stops and to come out third, well, that was the race right there. You have to be on the front row if you're going to win this thing."
Johnson didn't think he had a shot at winning the All-Star race after botching his qualifying run and starting 20th in the 22-car field. By staying patient through the four 20-lap segments, he was in position at the end to make his move.
"Worked our way through there and got the job done," Johnson said. "It's just dedication and drive from every member of this Hendrick Motorsports team."


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I don't remember a holiday dinner, though I must have made something for my family. I don't remember my children's joy... It's all blocked by my memory of that excruciating pain. I cried, I moaned, I raged...but mostly I howled with the overwhelming suffering I felt.
If that's where you are, please know something that I didn't know then: This suffering will pass. Not today. Not tomorrow. But soon.
In the meantime, this is NOT the year to dazzle everyone with a gourmet meal, fabulous decorations or getting together with anyone who isn't 110% your cheerleader in life. This is the time to turn inward, to tend to your wound, to cocoon.
And please know something else I didn't know. I thought this was bigger than I was. I thought this sort of emotional pain was simply more than I could bear. I honestly had moments when death seemed a viable option – when I simply couldn't imagine a day when I wouldn't be crippled by the hurt.
But the human spirit, even one that's barely breathing from being trampled on, is an amazingly strong and resilient thing. We've seen that in others. People who've survived unimaginable suffering who've risen from the ashes to live and love again. They're not special, they're human. Humans who understand that all we can do is just keep showing up and trusting that we can be better. Treat ourselves better. Insist that others treat us better. One step forward...toward healing.
May your holidays offer you a measure of joy (knowing that joy feeds on itself), peace and self-love.


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The Softube Valley People Dyna-Mite plug-in is a faithful replica of the Valley People Dyna-mite, a multi-dynamics tool capable of limiting/ compressing, expanding, gating, keying, ducking, de-essing, etc. The Softube Valley People Dyna-mite plug-in is the first and only software recreation of the Dyna-mite that is officially endorsed by Valley People.
The Valley People Dyna-mite was designed in the 80's and has become a secret weapon for some. For others, it's still a hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered. It features a limit mode, an expander mode, a gate mode, a de-esser mode and on top of that, two sidechain modes that let you duck or follow a track. All the options breathe of the Dyna-mite's very special vibe and flavor.
Nowadays, the Dyna-mite has a reputation not only as a problem solver but also as a creative tool that can really influence your sound in a unique way. It stands out from other solutions by being a tech-driven innovative design which has resulted in several creations, like the Valley People proprietary VCA and the Anticipatory Release Computation, both of which play a big part in the sound of the Dyna-mite.
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Classic threshold control. Determines the signal level above which limiting, or below which expanding action begins.
Release with Anticipatory Release Computation (ARC)
The program dependent Release control changes its behavior depending on the material in order to prevent pumping. Valley People called it "Anticipatory Release Computation", or just ARC for short. Whatever name it has, it's definitely a big part of the famous Dyna-mite sound!
The Range control limits the maximum gain reduction. You can use it in expanding mode to set the lower limit of the gate (for example, never gate more than 20 dB), or in limiting mode to allow the strongest transients to slip through.
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Switch between expanding (EXP), limiting (LIM) and bypass (OUT) modes. Output gain and saturation is active in bypass mode.
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|2013-03-17, 18:45
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Pudding Chomper
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Canada eh?
|2013-03-17, 19:47
|Link #3382
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Ritz acutally put too much care on Nagato players and too much idea in prefecture match - so much that other characters introduced afterward are overshadowed by them in both character and mahjong skill. The later matches after prefecture round also don't have the same level of detailed as in prefecture round.
The feeling you get from the captain match of prefecture is totally like the grand final battle. I will even accpept it if the entire series end at Kiyosumi go to national. (But since we have Saki and Teru plot, that can't happen).
|2013-03-17, 21:14
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Critical fanboy
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere with anime and anime discussion is fine
I don't find post-Nagano Final characters any less appealing. I mean in every team there are one or two characters that stand out more than others such as Kazekoshi which can be described as Mihoko's harem, and Miyamori as Toyone and friends. That's just me of course.
|2013-03-18, 09:44
|Link #3384
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Maybe the reason Shizu power not revealed till now because her power isn't spectacular? Unlike Rinshan kaihou that can pull an amazing win in unexpected way, Shizu power is preventing another player to win with their usual style. It's just really different. If Saki can rake point in one go, Shizu can reduce her opponent win in one go.
It's a shame Shizu ability isn't based around yaku. She doesn't have a spectacular way to win off someone hand like Saki rinshan kaihou or Awai double riichi. Could you imagine Shizu getting yakuman with her ability? With the universe running rampant with supernatural power, getting yakuman out of nowhere without any ability will be lame. Heck, Shizu had never got haneman yet!
Really, without hax opponent, Shizu play will be very ordinary. Not good enough to be showed on the screen.
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|2013-03-18, 13:14
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Awakened One
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Italy
My problem with Chapter 20 was that I perceived Shizu not as a monster but as a "badass normal" who fought monsters through sheer determination.
Simplifying a bit, there are two types of sports manga protagonist:
1. the natural born genius.
2. the average player who, through hard work and determination, manages to compete with the best in the game.
Up to chapter 19, Shizu was firmly in category 2, while in chapter 20 we suddenly learn that she is a category 1 monster.
IMHO Ritz's fault was showing only the last two rounds of the captain match of the quarterfinals. What did we learn from that game?
1. Shizu deals into a haneman -> sign of a bad player
2. Shizu makes up for her mistake through her "never give up" attitude, obtaining a splendid victory after changing her wait 3 times.
From this bit of gameplay, I concluded that Shizu was not a very strong player but a player who fights until the last tile. I liked the idea of a normal player fighting against a table full of monsters in the finals. Sadly this possibility was shattered by the last chapter.
I disagree with people who claim that Shizuno is a defensive player. First of all, it doesn't suit her personality. Second thing, the score of the QF round means nothing because it could be the result of a big win followed by a big loss.
As for Shiraitodai, I think that Ritz's mistake was actually making Teru too strong. She had too much of a lead after the vanguard match (>90k). So much that the only way to avoid a curbstomp was for the other players in Shiraitodai to perform badly. If Teru had won by a more reasonable margin, like 30-40k, she would still be perceived as the number one in Japan (considering that she didn't even use all her tricks!) but the match would have been more balanced.
|2013-03-18, 17:58
|Link #3386
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
Having a small talk with my friend, I couldn't help but to notice:
Shizu -> Intuition + anti-demon -> Reimu
Saki -> Flower based theme -> Yuka
Awai -> Star -> Marisa
Now we just need one more to symbolize Mima and we're set
|2013-03-18, 19:30
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|2013-03-18, 20:21
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Kuro and Yuu are simply just too strong in using their abilities in order for Shizu to succeed in using hers, so she never gets any experience in locking them down. On the other hand, once they were exposed to a much larger variety of people for Shizu to play against, she was able to successfully use it on other power users of various levels to build up experience with using it successfully, which set off a chain reaction of improvement. They were gambling, after all, on whether Shizu was strong enough to start blocking Awai, and once she successfully did it, she got better and better at it really quickly.
It's like how Mako needed more experience with beginners because she got royally screwed playing against one.
I would not be the LEAST bit surprised if Teru's mirror also indicates the (present) strength of an ability, and thus whether Teru can overpower parts of it directed towards her or not. Kind of like how Toki tried to change results on Teru's draws and failing initially, then managing to make her deal in to Kuro after exerting huge, mind numbing effort on her ability to make it stronger.
|2013-03-18, 20:35
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does whatever he wants.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Atop a hill of words.
Because if Shizu really does have some kind of Ability Counter EXP Bar, then the whole of the finals' captain match is going to look like the last episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Just look at the potential for it - Awai can paralyze someone else's game (and her ability is what, judged by the alignment of stars (tiles?)), Saki can make pull plays right out of probability's fickle behind in outer space, and now we have Shizu of the Counter Hit...
...plus that unknown fourth player whose chances of being a Monkey Wrench or a Beat-Up Pinata are 50-50...
...yeah. Let your imagination do the rest. The series has already resorted to serial escalation before with much less than this, what more now?
|2013-03-18, 20:51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
For example, if you think of the kind of ascetic mountain climbing Shizu was doing, these kinds of conditions can come to mind: long, arduous, solitary, never-ending, difficult, etc. And it's not just the mahjong tiles Shizu sees as mountains--it's also her opponents. The illustration of Awai and Ryuuka as 'mountains' from Shizu's perspective had them looking strong, tall, and unshakeable. It's these kind of conditions (strong, unshakeable enemies; long, arduous paths to tenpai; a solitary connection to the tiles) which unlock Shizu's experience of being one with the mahjong table.
So then, once Shizu has reached that state of mind, she can maintain it for a little while, even against different opponents (such as Kuro). However, Shizu basically has to rev up again and get back into that state to use her power in every single game.
This "leadup time" for Shizu's ability also explains Harue and Ako's warm-up for Shizu before the captain's match.
|2013-03-18, 21:00
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Critical fanboy
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere with anime and anime discussion is fine
To say the least, for the final captain match I'm hoping the fourth player will be another top-tier monster as well. And no pinata player please Ritz. I don't want to see Ikeda Kana 2.0 in the making.
|2013-03-19, 00:08
|Link #3393
does whatever he wants.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Atop a hill of words.
But I confess, my mention of an EXP bar was a terrible analogy. I suppose it's more like a Limit Break bar, then.
Still my worry remains, that essentially the whole thing is going to be a long show of increasingly ridiculous 'one-upsmanship' with nothing but a bunch of drawn/animated special effects to keep it on the right side of the thin red line that lies between 'cool' and 'hilariously bad'.
Addressing what teja mentioned, it may or may not even matter anymore if the 4th girl on the table is a monster or a badass normal.
Actually it might be less monotonous if she isn't a beast. Unlike Kana she might actually be able pull off a plucky comeback that we can count on and root for - well, before she gets crushed under the collective soul-wrenching weight of plot armor anyway. Or if nothing else she can provide us some relief from the constant attempts by Saki to be a Bleach fight scene without swords and with fan-fuel-pretending-to-be-motivation turned up to Eleventy Thousand.
If not it's going to be more of the same, pretty much.
Sometimes I wish we could finally move beyond a plot with the thickness of washed-up tracing paper, bust sizes ranging from Negative A to I for Impossible, and on to some real super-powered mahjon-
-Oh, blimey. Who on earth do I think I'm kidding? And I'm something of a hypocrite to boot, I enjoyed the first seven episodes of Saki Side B. And I tried to enjoy Saki Side A too.
But I qualify, once the characters started taking turns to gob-smack each other (and me) in the face with Greater Than Impossible as though that was the only thing left to do in the world even if Instrumentality was going to start in the next sixty seconds...that was when it started getting irritating.
"The Glasses Game"/"Hell's Sleight"/"The Invisible Hand" (Side B Nagano prefecture arc finals sergeant, lieutenant and vice-captain matches) were one of my more liked parts of the story for this reason I guess - sure there was still some super-power thingamajiggies in there.
But at least there was some aspect of real mahjong or some introspection on life that I could actually identify that is actually succeeds in co-existing with the super-powers and ship goggling instead of being utterly overwhelmed by them. Or just Jindai. And Hatsumi. Or that mummy girl. Or that chain-gun bondage duo. What the heck is with those character designs?
|2013-03-19, 01:36
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Senior Member
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Then, you should hope that Saki will get raped in semi-fnal or else the 4th player will be Kyouko for sure.
|2013-03-19, 01:56
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Critical fanboy
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Personally, I don't consider Kyouko to be Kana 2.0. I see her as something closer to Yumi. She's very fast in adapting to her opponents despite being under preasured by no less than 3 monsters. Still, in the final captain match, I don't mind presence of badass normal that much, but still after confirmation that Shizu is no ordinary player, at this point I'm just hoping to witness an entire table full of monsters/monster slayers that can keep up with fully powered Saki for a change.
|2013-03-19, 02:18
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does whatever he wants.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Atop a hill of words.
I suppose, I suppose. And Word of God willing, some nice touching 'punch you in the feels and twist your emotional innards out' character exposition so that the ensuing slugfest isn't just that - a mindless power slugfest.
|2013-03-19, 04:08
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Awakened One
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|2013-03-19, 07:23
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Senior Member
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Location: In my room
But Shizu is different. She wasn't shown that has talent or anything worth mentioning unlike Sakuragi. Though we know Shizu doesn't gave up and has a strong will to go challenge the odds and win. That is a sign of a good and generic Shounen protagonist -_- we aren't shown Shizu that has talent or a glimpse of her being a monster/monster slayer. Which is really frustrating and felt like an bulls**t when it was shown in the last chapter.
|2013-03-19, 10:34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
1) Ritz try too hard to make Achiga an underdog by making her in dire position in quarterfinal.
2) Anime tries to emphasize the 'underdog' label by make Achiga lose to every other Nagano player.
2) Anime use the flame eye, that only belong to Shizu, on another character much as a sign of determination to such player.
Ritz has spring several foreshadowing about Shizu before, but the urge to make Achiga become 'The Underdog' has alter the meaning of those foreshadowing.
I won't blame much on Ritz because she only did one mistake which even can be denied by the fact hat Shizu can alter her hand from one big hand to another big hand in the final south round of quarterfinal...
For me, the blame mostly come from anime that:
a) Not improve the not so good pacing of manga
b) Try to emphasize more of the 'underdog' feeling
c) Think Shizu's fiery eye as determination and paste it on other player
Why does 'underdog' feeling seems important to Ritz and anime staff?
Well, because the consensus is people always root for the underdog, but this time it is a bit too much.
Oh, and half of the people aren't pissed at Shizu has power but at Shiraitodai no longer the final boss. But then again, I only answer to why you and people have certain expectation of Shizu and though it is because the shitty writing of Achiga.
|2013-03-19, 11:32
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Critical fanboy
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere with anime and anime discussion is fine
I think Ritz is at fault for not putting much effort in foreshadowing Shizu as more than just ordinary player.
As for the anime studio, they seems to have no idea about future material when they made the first 12 episodes so like us viewers they too were under the impression that Achiga is underdog team struggling against the champion without any knowledge of Shizu's true potential. The proof of that is how they have no arm rest prepare for Yuu to spot Sumire's tell, and they switch Shiraitodai members' sitting possition at the end of ep. 12 in the Blu-ray/DVD to match the manga. So in the end, it's mostly Ritz's fault for lack of communication with the studio on the specific plot points, or maybe she hasn't finish planning how the rest of the match will turn out which includes Shizu's ability.
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Graphical Modeling Framework
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|The Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) provides a generative component and runtime infrastructure for developing graphical editors based on EMF and GEF.
While the main GMF website contains the bulk of information regarding the project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
Draft 2.0 Project Plan
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Mindmap Tutorial
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Articles about diagram editor concepts and how they are supported in GMF.
Description of GMF models and hints on their usage.
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May 25, 2005
Cherry fruit fly has emerged in The Dalles, according to an Oregon State University report this week. The issue only sounds obscure, but it's of vital interest to our local fruit economy, in Hood River and Wasco counties alike.
The fruit fly emergence underscores the overall problem of pest infestation as outlined by OSU horticulturist Steve Castagnoli on page B4 in this edition.
"Home fruit growers that neglect to control insect pests and diseases on backyard trees create sources of infestation to commercial orchards," Castagnoli reports. "The impact of unmanaged trees has become more significant in recent years as orchardists employ 'softer' pest control programs based on non-chemical and more selective products as part of an overall shift away from pest management programs that rely on regular applications of broad-spectrum insecticides."
Anyone with a backyard orchard has a role to play in fighting codling moth, which is a pest of pear, apple, and crab apple; apple maggot, which is a pest of apple, crab apple, and hawthorn; and western cherry fruit fly, which is a pest of cherry.
Hood River Grower-Shippers have a new campaign to help homeowners find options to fruit trees. Castagnoli's column contains details about this vital program.
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Dresser Turned Yellow Charmer
You know the drill. A roadside find that is just begging for a makeover, so you pull over, somehow manage to get it in the car and think to yourself--lucky find! That's exactly how Veronica came to acquire this dresser (but knew the messily applied grey enamel paint had to go).
After taking off the legs, Veronica stripped, sanded and primed the piece before painting it a bright and fun school bus yellow. Because it was going in the children's room, she went with a playful pop of color and topped it off with a runner made from IKEA's Annamoa fabrics.
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We called the Taurus-based Ford Police Intereceptor "Robocop's replacement." Buy why have the sequel when you can have the original? Be part-man, part-machine and all awesome and buy the original Robocop Ford Taurus for around $19K.
The Volo Auto Museum outside of Chicago is putting the greatest Detroit P.D. car ever to roam the streets of Dallas, Texas (where most of the externals were shot) up for auction. When the producers of Robocop wanted to look to the future they chose the most forward-looking sedan to come out of Michigan in a generation: the 1986 Ford Taurus.
For some reason the car is listed as a 1988 Taurus even though we think the film used a 1986 MY Ford. Also, there are no exterior shots of the vehicle other than ones from the movie. And while there is a fake assault rifle, we'd maybe call before we plopped down the $18,998 bid for the Robocopcar thinking we'll get any actual firearms. Otherwise, it's a steal of a deal, right?


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Sep 14, 2012 06:21
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Man Gets Stolen Truck Back
COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A Coeur d'Alene man has been reunited with his white Cadillac pickup with red flames on the hood after spotting the distinctive ride just a few blocks from where it was stolen. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports Tom Fisher chased down a man standing nearby the truck Monday, and police apprehended him. Police say they don't believe the man was the thief.


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Ruminations on computational geometry, algorithms, theoretical computer science and life
Saturday, June 07, 2008
They're coming out of the woodwork !!
Well, maybe not, but it's getting harder and harder to keep track of all the TCS blogs out there. I just discovered that James Lee has a "trial blog" (a tlog ?) with some very interesting posts. Doing the P vs NC posts has made me jealous of all the wordpress.com folks and their nifty LaTeX embedded in the posts: I think I'll switch over at some point myself.
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During the 25 years that South Carolina's Department of Social Services has been working on a computer system to aid child support enforcement, countless children have done without support they were due.
During that 25 years, every other state in the U.S. managed to get a comparable system up and running.
And during that 25-year period, the state has accrued $104 million in federal penalties for failing to implement such a system.
It will likely be responsible for $66 million of that total because the companies that failed to create the system as promised paid for a chunk of the penalties. The penalties could mount if the system is delayed again.
Beyond taxpayers' justified frustration over South Carolina's failure in this situation, state employees have labored under a convoluted system that involves 46 different counties instead of a single central entity.
In 1988, Congress passed a law requiring states to implement an automated child-support enforcement system allowing states to interact with each other in their searches for scofflaws behind on child support.
DSS has contracted with three companies, Hewlett Packard holding the current contract. According to Greenville/Online, Frank Chechile, HP vice president of state and local government, said the company is testing the system now.
Perhaps Lillian Koller, whom Gov. Nikki Haley appointed to head DSS in South Carolina, will complete what previous directors have not been able to accomplish. She did, after all, make procedural changes within the department that more than doubled the number of South Carolinians who went from welfare to work.
Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, who chairs the Senate Finance subcommittee that is overseeing the process, says producing the computer system has been "one fiasco after another."
He insists, however, that the state is doing a good job collecting child support.
But we think Katie Morgan, a former DSS chief of staff who now oversees the project, is reasonable in predicting that DSS will be more efficient and even more successful when the system is completed. And it is, of course, the law.
Ms. Morgan says it will be easier to get information to help locate parents, and it will enable the state to intercept the tax refunds and lottery winnings of deadbeat parents for child support.
Those improvements can't come soon enough.
Twenty-five years is a long time to wait for deadbeat parents to pay their legal share of child support.


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Kingwin 120mm Fan Review
Case fans are often times one of the most important elements in a build. Most cases come with a variety of fans these days, but they aren't necessarily the best for cooling, nor are they the quietest available either. Finding a quiet fan that has good cooling can be rather difficult. Many stock fans either move a lot of air and scream or move little to no air at all and are silent. Finding the right mix between the two is key in a quiet well cooled case. Fortunately, Kingwin has done some thinking and have a new design on the market. These 120mm case fans have a new mounting system that doesn't require any screws or tools. Rubber nubs are all that hold these fans in place so it will be interesting to see how it all works out. Today we look at a pair of the Duro Bearing Silent Series 120mm case fans from Kingwin.
Closer Look:
Fans generally come in some kind of bubble plastic packaging that makes it easy to see what they look like and cheap to package. These Kingwin fans are no exception. With the blue blade/white body/blue LED and the red bladed/black bodied/white LED fans to look at, we've got a nice sample of appearance options.
The fronts of the packages read 120mm in large letters to let you know what size you have got, in case you weren't sure. It also lets you know what color LEDs are used, so you know what color it will be glowing in your case. The clear packaging leaves nothing for the imagination and you know exactly what is inside. The back of the package lists quick specs about the fans, these are located in the "Specifications and Features" (PAGE 2) of the review.
Out of the packaging, the fans take the shape of ordinary 120mm fans, except for one major and rather unique feature: rubberized corner mounts. If you've used the rubberized mounts for fans before, then you know what this material feels like. It's soft, sound dampening, and somewhat hard to break. On one side of the corner there are the rubberized nubs for mounting the fan. The corners are completely removable to flip over and reverse the air flow direction.
Inside with the fan, a quick instruction sheet and 4 pin to molex connector are included. Not much to really show you here, just a piece of paper and connector – aren't you excited?
A closer look at the fans and you can see exactly what "nubs" I've been talking about, in case you were still trying to form an image in your mind. The full corner comes off with a little effort, to be flipped over as mentioned before. Looking closely at the blades, you'll notice they are pretty thin and have rather sharp points.
Looking at the fans side by side, it's hard for me to really decide the color scheme I personally would want to own. However, from the features section there are five options to choose from:
- black body, black grommets, clear grey blades, white LED
- red body, black grommets, clear grey blades, white LED
- white body, black grommets, clear blue blades, blue LED
- black body, red grommets, clear red blades, white LED
- black body, white grommets, clear grey blades, white LED
The rubber grommet/corner pieces come in different colors as well and if you really wanted to have fun you could buy a few options and swap them around!
With the fans running, you can see the color of the LED lighting. The blue is a rather true blue, like most LED lit fans, while the red seems to be a little on the orangey/pink side. I have to again remind you, as I remind myself, the blade points are sharp – I did manage to take a chunk out of my finger taking these shots… I'm sure you're a bit smarter, but I thought I'd take this chance to remind you not to put your fingers in running fans.


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The Hoosac Tunnel is an almost five mile long tunnel that runs from Florida, Massachusetts to North Adams Massachusetts through the Berkshires. It is the longest, still operational, transportation tunnel east of the Rocky Mountains. Today, the tunnel is only used by PanAm Railways which runs freight traffic through the tunnel
The Hoosac Tunnel was first proposed in 1819 as an underground canal beneath the Berkshires as a way of providing a passage way for goods and raw materials between Boston and points west. With the invention of the steam locomotivewthe tunnel plan was re-evaluated and re-proposed for railway traffic. Work officially commenced in 1851 by the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company. It would take 24 years and $21 Million dollars to complete.
Initially the tunnel was to be constructed using a 70-ton steam-driven boring machine. The machine however seized up on a test run and could not be used for construction. Following this failure, the work was done by means of hand-drills and gunpowder. That was until the invention of nitroglycerine. The nitro proved to be a very powerful and extremely unstable explosive that resulted not only in successfully blasting the length of the tunnel, but also in killing dozens of men in its use.
The tunnel was considered an engineering marvel when it was completed in 1875. Yet, it would cost 195 lives in various fires, explosions, and tunnel collapses, hence earning its name among the crew as the "Bloody Pit". Today, it is also said to be one of the most haunted places in New England.
Ghost Stories
After the accidents began piling up during the construction many workers came to feel that the tunnel was cursed and many of them refused to enter it again. Some of the crew members simply walked off the job and did not return.
1: Murder ?: On the afternoon of March 20, 1865, three explosive experts named Ned Brinkman, Billy Nash and Ringo Kelley decided to use nitroglycerine to continue their work on the tunnel. They placed a charge and then ran back toward a safety bunker that would shield them from the effects of the blast. Brinkman and Nash never made it there however. For some reason, Ringo Kelley set off the charge before the other men could make it to shelter. The two men were buried alive under tons of rock. Soon after the accident, Kelley vanished without a trace, leading many to believe that the "accident" with the nitro may not have been an accident after all. He was not seen until a year later when his body was discovered inside the tunnel. It was found at almost the exact spot where Brinkman and Nash had been killed. The authorities quickly deduced that Kelley had been strangled to death. The death was thoroughly investigated but no suspects were ever found and the crime went unsolved.
2: On October 16, 1874 a local hunter named Frank Webster vanished near Hoosac Mountain. Three days later, he was found by a search party, stumbling along the banks of the Deerfield River. He was in a state of shock, mumbling incoherently and falling down. He explained to his rescuers that strange voices had ordered him into the Hoosac Tunnel and once he was inside, he saw ghostly figures wandering around. He also said that invisible hands had snatched his hunting rifle away from him and that he had been beaten with it. He couldn't remember leaving the tunnel. Members of the search party recalled that Webster did not have his rifle when he was found and the cuts and abrasions on his head and body did seem to bear evidence of a beating.
3: In 1994 Kevin from Boston reported that while in the old control room opposite the ventilation shaft he heard "whisperings" and a "shape" about three feet tall and completely black staying just outside of the edge of his flashlight beam. "It always stayed just outside the beam about 20 feet distant, I have to conclude it was the light that kept it away from me. What I saw was real and moved with deliberation and I didn't have reason to believe it was friendly."
Locals in the area still claim that strange winds, ghostly apparitions and eerie voices are experienced around and in the daunting tunnel. Some researches have left tape reorders in the tunnel and have reported hearing what seems to be muffled voices when they play back the tape. There is also rumor of a hidden room in the tunnel. The room is said to be bricked up and house unspeakable horror.


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"Two enigmas have surrounded Square Enix since this generation first began, namely Final Fantasy 13 and Final Fantasy Versus 13. The former was the subject of much controversy since it became the first Final Fantasy to go multiplatform, releasing for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Fans immediately cried foul, and stated that the game would be watered down in quality due to the Xbox 360's lack of powerful hardware."
Yup,pretty much
What's the difference between a versus final fantasy and a normal one? Except for being more preferred. ..


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Family Practice Physician Job Raleigh, NC
Family Practice Physician in Raleigh, NC for Full-Time Wound Care Position
- Our physicians treat high acuity wounds of varying etiologies and complexities
- We provide you with tailored training in the growing physician specialty of wound management
- You will gain clinical expertise proven to reduce amputation rates by 86% and resolve wounds 21 days faster
- You see the results of applying your expert clinical knowledge translated to improved patient outcomes and rapid wound resolution
- You get clinical satisfaction through limb salvage and multiple medical procedures
- Our physicians work with interdisciplinary teams in multiple medical facilities each week
- We teach, train and lead multispecialty interdisciplinary teams to enhance care and patient satisfaction
- Our physicians enjoy building rapport and relationships with the nursing staff and patients at each facility
- We offer autonomy and flexibility with your work schedule
- You receive a competitive compensation and benefits
- as the most progressive and technologically innovative group
- thought leader in the field
- for creating the most wound management centers of excellence
- for healing over 1.5 million wounds
- For the Landmark Lewin study proving superior outcomes
- Serving over 2,500 facilities in 27 states
Our strategic advantage is our talent management. Join our team and enjoy an individualized practice with flexibility (within our working hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday), autonomy and respect. Competitive compensation and benefits.
What our Physicians are saying about the opportunity:
"The interface we use for note creation is organized, sensible and improving all the time"
VOHRA provides proprietary software to generate my notes, which I send after rounding and are available immediately. Timely implementation and patient information privacy is a high priority. Information protections and progress metrics are built into the software. The complexity that goes into generating and processing the notes is impressive. The interface we use for note creation is organized, sensible and improving all the time. Billing and technical issues are handled promptly by the company.
"The training Vohra provided allowed me to gain the knowledge and skills to become certified"
The training Vohra provided allowed me to gain the knowledge and skills to become certified and be a Diplomate through the American Board of Wound Management.
"Since I joined Vohra, I enjoy practicing medicine again"
Since I joined Vohra, I enjoy practicing medicine again. Gone are the difficult and lengthy nights, the work on weekends, the headaches involved in running a practice, and the endless drudgery of dealing with insurance companies. I focus almost exclusively on patient care, and I find my work to be very gratifying again.
"We heal wounds, improve outcomes and prevent hospitalizations"
Wound care management is an essential part of post-acute care and rehabilitation. This is the mission of our company. We heal wounds, improve outcomes and prevent hospitalizations but also reduce the cost for patients and nursing homes. I work with extremely well-qualified and passionate wound care nurses in each of my facilities. We create wound care teams. They have great success in healing and recovery.
"Joining Vohra Wound Physicians was the best professional decision I have ever made"
Joining Vohra Wound Physicians was the best professional decision I have ever made. I was a burnt out general surgeon who despised being on call. Frankly, I was miserable. Vohra Wound Physicians changed all that. I absolutely LOVE this job.


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Nov. 10, 2012
Johns Hopkins Celebration Photo Gallery
BALTIMORE, MD - The 16th-ranked Johns Hopkins football team took all the drama out of Saturday's regular-season finale against rival McDaniel with touchdowns on four straight possessions in the first 20 minutes of the game and the Blue Jays never looked back in a 49-7 win at Homewood Field Saturday afternoon. The victory, the 12th straight for Hopkins against the Green Terror, secures the outright Centennial Conference Championship for the Blue Jays, who also earn the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Tournament with the win.
The bracket for the 2012 NCAA Tournament will be announced on ncaa.com on Sunday, November 11 at 6 pm. Johns Hopkins (9-1, 8-1 Centennial) will be making its fourth all-time appearance in the NCAAs, including its third in the last four years.
Senior Jonathan Rigaud sandwiched touchdown runs of two and seven yards around a six-yard scoring run by freshman Brandon Cherryin the first quarter to stake the Blue Jays to a quick 21-0 lead. The Blue Jays' first three scoring drives covered 64, 54 and 44 yards and none took longer than 3:08 as Hopkins rolled up 157 yards and 11 first downs in the first quarter alone.
McDaniel (0-10, 0-9 CC) worked its way into Hopkins territory early in the second quarter, only to have freshman quarterback Ryan Yamada throw the first of his two interceptions as he was hit while throwing. Junior John Arena came up with the interception on the deflected pass and the Blue Jays needed just four plays to go 68 yards to push the lead to 28-0 early in the second quarter. Cherry did most of the damage on the drive as he had two rushes for 15 yards and made a nice leaping grab of a Robbie Mateypass at the goal line for a 24-yard touchdown reception.
Any hopes of a McDaniel comeback were dashed on the opening drive of the second half as Matey directed an efficient six-play, 73-yard drive that he capped with an 11-yard touchdown run of his own to make it 35-0 just over two minutes into the third quarter. Rigaud rushed for 31 yards on the drive and Matey had a 31-yard completion to tight end Brendan Hartmanas well.
Junior Joe Rollins, who accounted for 251 all-purpose yards in the game for the Terror, finally got McDaniel on the board as he polished off an impressive nine-play, 62-yard drive with a 13-yard touchdown run on the drive following Matey's score. Rollins rushed for 40 yards on five carries on the 62-yard drive.
Johns Hopkins stayed heavy on the rushing game over the final 20 minutes of the game and got a pair of one-yard touchdown runs - one from senior Scott Barletta and another from sophomore Jason Blades- to account for the 49-7 final score.
Johns Hopkins topped the 500-yard mark in total offense for the fifth time this season on the strength of 309 yards rushing and 215 passing. Matey was 15-of-21 for 188 yards with the one touchdown pass to Cherry and the rushing touchdown to his credit. Rigaud was one of four Johns Hopkins players to rush for more than 50 yards as he had 89 yards on 18 carries with the two scores. Cherry had 51 yards rushing and the one TD and two catches for 39 yards and the touchdown reception.
Senior Taylor Maciow paced the Blue Jays defensively with eight tackles and two pass breakups, while junior Andy Laychur and sophomore Michael Longoboth had seven tackles and one sack to their credit. The Blue Jays had four sacks and two interceptions on the day and held the Green Terror to a 2-for-16 showing on third-down attempts.
Rollins rushed for 143 yards and the one score and Yamada was 12-of-28 for 169 yards with the two interceptions. JT Kotowski had a team-high three receptions for 39 yards as Yamada spread the ball around to eight different pass-catchers on the day. Mike Cousar led the way defensively for McDaniel with a career-high 16 tackles.
• Johns Hopkins honored its seniors prior to the game. The win today made this the winningest class in school history as the seniors now have 37 wins to their credit since arriving at Johns Hopkins. They are also the second-winningest class in Centennial Conference history.
• Johns Hopkins topped 300 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in a game for just the fourth time in school history. Two of those four have come this season as JHU rushed for 338 yards and passed for 244 against Moravian early this season.
• Rigaud's two touchdowns give him 20 on the year. He is just the second player in school history with 20 rushing touchdowns in a season. Andrew Kasehad a school-record 22 in 2009.
• Senior Adam Schweyerrecorded the 200th tackle of his career with three tackles on the day. He now has 201 to his credit.
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Awesome 2.2 has been released. "Awesome is a floating and tiling window manager initialy based on a dwm code rewriting. It's extremely fast, small, dynamic and awesome. Windows can be managed in several layouts: tiled, maximized, dwindle, spiral, floating... Each layout can be applied on the fly, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task performed. Managing windows in tiled mode assures that no space will be wasted on your screen. No gaps, no overlap. Other layouts can be used for different purpose. If you do not want to use the tiling management, you can use the floating layout wich will let you organize your windows as you wish, like any other window manager."
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How can you explain that i'm using a tiled window manager everyday (dwm) if tiled window manager = fail ?
Your comment failed by having no point. I don't understand why people have modded you up.
And yes, « awesome » is awesome if you compare it with dwm (compositing, many windows layout, improved status bar, configuration file [not at compile time], etc) !
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"The first computers were gigantic, filling rooms and requiring constant care and maintenance. [...] The computer stayed on the desk until the laptop computer, a smaller, more portable, but just as powerful machine, made it nearly obsolete. And then, the iPhone was released, followed shortly after by Android and the Palm WebOS, and the next step in computing was clear. What we did not immediately understand was if mobile computing was an accessory, or a replacement, for the traditional desktop machines." Jon-Buys at Ostatic believes the phone-becomes-computer paradigm is the next step.


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Microbes: Undersized, overlooked organisms that hold the key to understanding life on Earth
Money doesn't make the world go around. Microbes do.
Be it ever so humbling to our human-centric view, "microbes shaped the biosphere in a way that gave humans a chance to evolve and make a living," said WHOI microbiologist Andreas Teske.
Billions of years ago, ocean-dwelling bacteria capitalized on a chemical reaction now called photosynthesis and filled Earth's atmosphere with oxygen, setting the stage for the evolution of terrestrial, multicellular life. Today, unseen, ubiquitous microorganisms still attend to the crucial biochemical reactions that keep the planetary ecosystem in balance. These armies of single-celled catalysts are at the front line, continually making, moving, breaking down, and recycling the essential chemicals of life.
"Just by existing, microbes produce and release chemicals as metabolic byproducts, which change their environment—our environment," said Katrina Edwards, a WHOI geomicrobiologist, who studies the fundamental but often overlooked roles microorganisms play in shaping the earth.
Some use water to produce the oxygen we breathe and carbon dioxide to produce the food on which the ocean's animal life depends. Some convert sulfur beneath the seafloor into organic materials, launching the food chain on which deep-sea life depends. Others decompose organic materials on land and sea to be reused in an ongoing cycle. Some microbes even dissolve rock into liquid that returns via rivers to the ocean.
"These are the most important organisms on our planet," said Michael Atkins, who earned his Ph.D. in biological oceanography at WHOI in June.
The world's microorganisms come in an amazing variety of forms spread among three distinct domains of life: bacteria, nuclei-containing eukaryotes (which include all fungi, plants, and animals—a large number of which are single-celled), and archaea, recognized as a distinct domain only over the course of the last two decades. Though archaea, like bacteria, are single-celled prokaryotes (microbes without cell nuclei and other organelles), they are "as different from bacteria as bacteria are from trees," said WHOI marine biologist Carl Wirsen.
Many of these microorganisms can thrive in every conceivable (and a few almost inconceivable) environments—in boiling hot springs, in the sunless, high-pressure depths of the ocean, in Antarctic ice, in desert soil, in acidic waters that would dissolve your skin, or in the stomachs of cows or deep-sea tubeworms.
"No matter how extreme an ecological niche or a particular chemical environment is, you can find some microbes that are adapted to it and taking advantage of it," said Teske, who last year helped identify the world's biggest bacterium, which prospers in sulfide- and nitrate-rich, but oxygen-poor sediments off the Namibian coast. "Almost any energy-yielding chemical reaction that exists has been exploited by microorganisms."
For all these reasons, microorganisms hold the key to understanding the evolution of Earth and life on it.
En masse, they effected the chemical transformations that spawned the planet's air, soil, and oceans. Today, they are still the worker bees of the planetary hive, on whom the health of the entire ecosystem depends. Will global warming spark wholesale changes in the ocean's microbial population, or will microorganisms help us by absorbing the excess carbon dioxide humans are putting into the atmosphere? Is excess fertilizer runoff into the ocean disrupting natural food webs? There are telltale signs: Harmful algal blooms—the proliferations of single-celled toxic marine plants that overwhelm coastal areas—have been occurring with increasing frequency and severity around the world, causing health problems and millions of dollars of damage to fisheries, aquaculture, and tourism industries. In other areas, rampant algal growth also has sucked the oxygen out of ocean waters, creating and expanding "dead zones" where other marine life cannot live. On land, Edwards discovered a new species of archaea that dissolves rock into powerful acid. When long-buried rocks are exposed by human mining activities, their acidic runoff can cause devastating and expensive contamination in groundwater, rivers, and the sea.
Until we can comprehend all the diverse life forms out there and how they interact, we can only grope blindly as we try to figure out how to protect ecosystems from the excesses of human activities. On the other hand, oil-eating or toxic waste-degrading bacteria, recently discovered archaea that consume the greenhouse gas methane, or other microbes we have yet to discover could help us remediate environmental problems.
On a microscopic level, microorganisms are the laboratories of life. For billions of years, they have been experimenting with chemical reactions that occasionally prove marvelously efficient and launch life into entirely new directions.
"They invented all the biological structures and metabolic processes of life—many of which were retained by multicellular forms," Teske said.
Scientists believe, for example, that chloroplasts (the organelles within plant cells that are responsible for photosynthesis) and mitochondria (the organelles in animal cells that convert sugars into energy) were both free-standing microorganisms that were literally incorporated into eukaryotic host cells somewhere along the evolutionary line. Undoubtedly, the architectures and processes that occur within our own human cells were pioneered by microorganisms, so we can also learn a lot about ourselves by studying them.
WHOI scientists increasingly are using emerging techniques spawned by the biotechnology revolution to look for genetic differences in microbes, which are often impossible to distinguish by examining their physiology, and to identify genes that have been retained as life evolved. Atkins this year found a single-celled microorganism living near deep-sea hydrothermal vents that may be the closest to the common ancestor from which all multicellular fungi and animals emerged.
Newly discovered microorganisms also offer the potential to find compounds or enzymes with pharmaceutical or industrial uses. Only a few years ago, in a previously unknown microbe thriving in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, scientists found a heat-resistant enzyme. It became instrumental in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a widely used technique to replicate DNA rapidly that sparked the modern revolution in biotechnology. Mining industries are economically extracting metals from ores using huge vats of microorganisms with abilities similar to Edwards's archaea.
"People would be surprised to see how far bacteria have penetrated into everyday life," Teske said. "Bacterial slimes are widely used in the food-processing industry, for example, because these polysaccharides create the perfect consistency for ice cream. Certainly there are living things out there doing potentially useful things that haven't been found or invented yet."
"Out there" also includes places beyond Earth—on other planetary bodies. The search for extraterrestrial life today does not focus "on little green men," Teske said, "but on microbes." For they are the ones that have found ways to adapt, survive, and even thrive in a wide range of seemingly harsh conditions.
Out there is "a living minestrone, with the majority of bits small or microscopic," Sylvia Earle, the world-famous oceanographer and a WHOI Trustee, wrote in The Living Ocean. She was referring to the ocean, but microscopic life also thrives in the rocks on land, beneath the seafloor, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe. We're just beginning to open our eyes to their realm.
This issue of Currents introduces some interesting microbes, from each domain of life, that were unknown until last year—and the WHOI scientists who discovered them.
Originally published: October 1, 2000