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The deal for the city of Memphis to buy AutoZone Park and the St. Louis Cardinals to buy the Memphis Redbirds franchise is on its way to a mid-February closing.
Shelby County Commission approval of the county's part of the deal Monday, Jan. 27, came with a lot of reluctance and some of the same complaints Memphis City Council members had last month – primarily that they were being rushed.
The Shelby County Commission has approved the county's part of the deal for the city of Memphis to buy AutoZone Park while the St. Louis Cardinals buy the Redbirds.
(Daily News File/Lance Murphey)
Memphis City Council member Shea Flinn, monitoring the commission's debate via Twitter, had some insights on what changed the votes of council members earlier this month who had similar problems with the call for a rapid vote on the deal.
The commission delayed the item in committee sessions last week but commission Chairman James Harvey added the item to Monday's agenda anyway, saying it was "time sensitive."
Leaders of the Memphis Redbirds Foundation lobbied commissioners individually after last week's committee delay insisting they have to close the deal among four basic parties in the transaction as well as others by Feb. 15 or risk losing the rating on the revenue bonds to be issued and already approved by the Center City Revenue Finance Corp.
"There's also a closing that involves many parties, mostly the bond holders … the franchise buyer and the Memphis Redbirds Foundation, and of course the city of Memphis," said John Pontius, treasurer of the foundation after the commission vote.
"Those four are the major parties. But there are a number of other people that have to do something to help us to get to a closing."
The Memphis City Council approved Jan. 7 the city's purchase of the ballpark conditioned on the St. Louis Cardinals buying the Memphis Redbirds franchise.
The county bought the land under the ballpark along with the city in the late 1990s. So as part of refinancing the ballpark, the county had to turn its interest over to the city but retain its right to half of any available profits from the ballpark if there are any.
The county would also continue to assign its $462,000 annual payment through a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for tax breaks on the William R. Moore building and adjoining parking garage to pay the new debt service from the new bonds. They finance the city's purchase of the ballpark and $4.5 million of ballpark improvements by the city.
"I'm going to vote for it," said Commissioner Mike Ritz. "But I am not a fan of the situation. … I don't think the government – city or county – negotiate real estate deals with sophisticated borrowers and lenders very well. I think we get, frankly, out-negotiated and out-lawyered. I don't know what we do about that."
Pontius walked the commission through the details of what he said was "a continuation of the deal in place today."
That included a sales tax rebate on items sold at the ballpark including tickets. That is the central revenue stream for paying off the bonds. Under the current deal that dates back to the ballpark's construction, about 95 percent of the sales tax revenue goes into paying the debt including the share of that revenue that would otherwise go to fund local education, according to Shelby County Finance Director Mike Swift. The remaining 5 percent goes to the state.
Commissioners questioned Swift and others closely on the detail, which remains in the new financing agreement.
"Maybe we got a bad deal 14 years ago," Commissioner Terry Roland said. Roland was the only "no" vote on the matter.
Commissioner Walter Bailey wanted to see a market study to back up claims by the Cardinals that they can boost attendance by about 100,000 a year, which is the premise behind the sales tax revenue projections that the Cardinals and the city expect to grow as well.
"What analysis do you have … that would suggest this deal will float better … when it failed under Dean Jernigan's operation?" Bailey asked, referring to the driving force behind the ballpark and formation of the nonprofit foundation.
Pontius and others have conceded the ballpark that was built was under-financed from the start and over the years came to operate in what Pontius described as "severe financial distress." Pontius said the Cardinals organization has increased attendance at other minor league franchises it owns in smaller markets.
Cardinals CEO John Mozeliak has said that while there isn't enough time before the start of the 2014 season for physical improvements to the ballpark, the season that begins in April will see a noticeable difference in the ballpark experience and how it is marketed.
"I guess I can say this now," Flinn tweeted. "But the big change in city council votes was the Cardinals very real intent to walk away."
Flinn was recused in the council vote because he is attorney for Flinn Broadcasting, which includes the radio station that broadcasts Redbirds games.


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Dirk Schmidt over at Asymco has created a graphical analysis of Apples market cap during the Steve Jobs era that is a must-see. The graph ends up showing how dramatically Apple turned around during Jobs time as CEO.
At the beginning of Jobs tenure, Apples market cap was lower than almost every single one of its competitors. This quickly turned around after an average 42 percent increase in market cap from 1997 to 2011. The company ended up becoming the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world, a huge leap compared to where it had once been.
The second graph shows Apples combined market cap amongst its competitors shows how dramatic an effect Apple has had on the tech sector. As Apple slowly climbs up, the competitors are being squeezed by Apples ascendancy. Microsoft seems to be one of the competitors hit the hardest as the company that built Windows has gone from over 50 percent of the market cap share, down to measurably less than Apples share.
Schmidt said it best when he stated the following:
Steve Jobs became CEO when Apple was 90 days away from bankruptcy. He resigned 14 years later after leading Apple to becoming the most valuable listed company in the world. From a value creation point of view, its hard to think of a better performance from anyone, ever.
Share your opinion in the comments below!
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Inscription: "Klāt mūža nakts, Vairs nenāks gaismas rīts, Jo dzīves uzdevums, Ir veikts un piepildīts." (Life's night has arrived, the light of morning will no longer come, for life's assignment, has been done and completed.)
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Charlie's first look
Its when bella gets lost in the woods, its written in charlie's pov. please tell me if this is a one-shot or if I should wri te more chapters, because I can't decide. I am making it incomplete at the moment so please get back to me on that. and also check out my other story called 'Bella's turn to sing' thanks!!!!!
1. Bella's fall
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I ambled through into the kitchen, expecting Bella to be there with Edward, working on homework together or something.
Instead a folded piece of paper sat on the table in front of her chair. I picked it up and sat down to open it. It read:
Going for a walk with Edward, up the path, back soon, B
I trudged back to the lounge and switched the game on. As I watched the game, I watched the window getting steadily darker and darker.
Shouldn't she be back now? I got up and walked over to the phone. Bella had left the phonebook on the kitchen counter, so I started flicking through it and came to a severely dog-eared page.
I scanned down the numbers and found the hospital number. no wonder this page was used so much. At the rate that Bella was going, she'll have probably broken every bone in her body by the time she was 25.
I called and asked the receptionist for Dr. Cullen.
"Im sorry but Dr. Cullen has left." she said in a pleasant voice. I started panicking.
I Called the house and sure enough, the phone was disconnected. I dropped the phone on the hook and practically ran toward the radio strapped my gun-belt. "This is chief Swan," I said in hurried voice. "Bella's missing" I choked out the last words I ever wanted to say and repeated my address twice.
several voices came on at once, all saying things like, "I'll be right there"
or " Don't worry chief, I'm sure she's fine." I stumbled back to the phone and called Billy.
"Hello?" he said in a gruff voice. "Billy, Its Charlie, Bella's missing, please, we have to find her." his reply was much the same.
"I'll send some of the boys down, they know the woods better then the animals living in them." I thanked him and hung up the phone.
Just then, the first of the crew arrived. I ushered them in and waited for the next lot. Sam Uley and some other Quileute boys came marching through the door and as they came in I collected some blankets from the cupboard and laid them on the couch.
We left. We reached a clearing the woods and everyone split up in different directions. A few stayed with me, comforting me and watching for anyone coming back towards us.
We could hear the deep rough voices of Sam and his friends next to the slightly higher voices of the officers. I sat down on the damp grass and waited.
I fought back tears that sprung to m eyes as I thought of Bella, stumbling around, lost in the blackness of the shrubbery. We searched for hours, coming up blank.
After a while, only the Quileute boys were searching, everyone else was talking in low, urgent voices around me.
We could no longer hear the calls of Bella's name, only the tweeting of night birds and the russle of rodents in the dirt.
Suddenly we heard heavy footfalls coming towards us and as he approached the edge of the clearing, he spoke in a deep, booming voice. "I've got her" Sam shouted towards us.
My whole world collapsed as relief washed over me. I stumbled up and ran towards her.
As I got closer I could hear her saying in a very small voice, "he's gone" over and over.
"Is she alright?" asked Mark, a friend and officer. "Yes, she's fine, she just keeps saying "he's gone," as Sam mentioned this, she bit down on her lip and stopped talking.
I held out my arms and Sam laid her gently in them. my knees absorbed the weight but I was still struggling.
"Maybe I should take her" Sam offered at the sound of my grunt. "No I'm fine I said breathlessly.
She turned her face into my chest and hid away from the lights. I gently laid her in the cruiser and drove home. After I had put her on the couch, Dr. Gerandy came over and asked her a few questions.
she replied in the same small, dead voice as before. I sank in to the chair next to her and jumped back up again as the phone rang.
She shifted a bit and I hurried to answer it before she could wake up. surprisingly it was Mrs. Stanley on the phone, she said she could see fires on the hills of the reservation.
I thanked her and quickly hung up, dialing Billys number quickly. He picked up after the first ring and I told him what Mrs. Stanley had said. "some boys from the res are celebrating the news" he said in a grave voice.
I told him to watch that the fires were under control and hung up again. I sat back down and Belaa turned towards me.
I looked over at her and smiled. "Do you need anything sweetheart?" I said to her.
"who was that?" she asked.
"I just called Billy, Mrs. Stanley called earlier and said that she could see fires on the reservation, so I talked to Billy and he said some boys were celebrating the news."
" that the Cullen's left. I forgot they didn't like them on the reservation." she said.
"Its ridiculous!" I spat out. She flexed into herself and wrapped her arms around her body, as if she was trying to hold her self together, and rolled over onto her side.
"He left you there, didn't he?" I asked her quietly. She turned towards me and looked at me with sad eyes. "Edward left you, didn't he?" I saw her flinch as I said his name. "yes" she said in a dead voice.
I Bit my lip, hoping like hell that I wasn't going to cry. Bella, my Bella, was depressed.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 1:53PM #1
For those of us who were admonished to not eat beef because cattle are bad for the environment get a bit of a reprieve.
Grazing cows might actually REDUCE certain green house gasses.
Anyway, I thought this was big news.
Don't worry, I am sure soon they will come out with another habit that you can feel guilty about.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 2:41PM #2
Cows don't cause global warming, greedy, self-centered a$$holes cause global warming.
You can look it up.
Democrats think the glass is half full.
Republicans think the glass is theirs.
Libertarians want to break the glass, because they think a conspiracy created it.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 3:00PM #3
Not if you actually read the article. The headline should tell you quite a bit; "Cows absolved of causing global warming with nitrous oxide."
First, no one, but a few deniars, have accused cows of causing our climate to degenerate. They contribute to but not cause.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 5:56PM #4
Ok so only the virtuous (as in not greedy or self-centered) are innocent? Because I am pretty sure none of us life a "carbon foot print" free life.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 6:01PM #5
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 6:08PM #6
Interesting article. But, as noted, it does not completely absolve animal agriculture from causing at least some of the problems associated with global warming, namely production of methane gases.
Generally speaking, grazing cattle are not good for the environment, whether people want to accept that or not.
And, considering that just about everybody on the planet enjoys eating burgers, steaks, roasts, and other products that come from dead cows - and nobody really cares about the fact that the saturated fat in these treats causes inflamation of their blood vessels and can (and often does) lead to heart attacks and strokes - I wouldn't worry too much about the beef business being curtailed anytime soon.
People's enjoyment of taste always and forever comes before their concerns about their health or the health of the planet.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 7:51PM #7
Factory farming is one of the biggest problems both for the environment and our health. (This coming from a vegetarian)
Here's a little info on factory farming: www.sustainabletable.org/issues/factoryf...
I could list many reasons why it's bad for the environment, but I think the biggest contributing factor is that they feed them steroids and growth hormones which cause them to grow faster than they are naturally supposed to grow, which in turn means they have to eat more, which means producing more grain to feed them, which means using more fresh water, which means more energy consumption...
You get the idea. Even if it weren't bad for the environment, you should feel bad for eating meat because of the way the animals are treated in the factory farms. This kind of animal exploitation never happened until the 20th century, when steroids, growth hormones, and factory farms were invented. The poor animals are pumped so full of steroids that by the time they are adolescents they are much bigger than they are supposed to be as adults. Why? To maximize profit, of course. The animals are not respected as living beings, they are nothing more than a commodity. It's absolutely disgusting.
And I hate it when people quote the Bible saying that it's natural for us to eat animals, so there must be no good reason to be a vegetarian. Yeah, it might be natural for us to eat them, but not EXPLOIT them the way we are doing now. And most people don't even think about the effects it might have on people to eat animals who have been fed steroids their whole lives, not to mention being terrified and tortured their entire lives. Animals and humans have similar stress hormones, and it has been proven that animals who are raised in factory farms have exceedingly high levels of stress hormones in their system (I wonder why?). What kind of effect do you think it could have on people who eat animals who have been tortured their entire lives?
Factory farming is bad for everything... the environment, humans, and not to mention the animals. If anyone has any sense of care and respect for animals at all, and still insists on eating meat, they should eat only organic meat, never factory farm-produced meat. The entire factory farm-based meat industry is abhorrent, repulsive, and cruel.
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 8:30PM #8
Then why did the article state "the cause" and not one of the causes?
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 10:11PM #9
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> No, you can't. Ruminants produce gas. It's a product of their digestive system.
But the amount of gas they produce varies highly not only with the variety of cattle, the microorganisms that have colonized their digestive tracts, but also with (as the poster you responded to mentioned) the type of feed the cattle are given. Agricultural researchers have managed to reduce the amount of methane produced by as much as 50 times (!) - in other words, 2% of the typical amount of gas - by giving the cattle probiotics, adjusting their nutrients for optimal nutrition, and adding certain dietary supplements.
Unfortunately most of that knowledge remains academic because most farms generally can't be bothered to put that much effort into reducing methane - there's no economic incentive for them to do so. It's the same primary reason why farms don't generally use precision agriculture to reduce the amount of nutrients lost in their waste stream, and thus the amount of pollution they produce: little or no economic incentive. *sighs* (The other reason is innate conservativism: they generally tend to farm the same way year after year rather than adjust how they do things to reflect what scientists have found. Changing takes effort and money.)
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|8 years ago :: Apr 08, 2010 - 10:26PM #10
I also try to go for an organic or certified humane pork. I am not so good with the beef yet. I do cook alot of food at home which is really the only way. It is very hard to eat out with a family and eat anything but factory farmed.
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Doncaster has been named among the best racecourses in the country for the second year in a row.
The Town Moor racecourse, which plays host to some 36 racedays annually, has been named among the top ten courses in the country, based on customer experience ratings gathered in a nation-wide assessment programme.
The Racecourse Association (RCA) revealed the top ten - which also included courses such as Ascot, Epsom Downs, Royal Windsor and York – after racecourses across England and Wales were rated on their visitor experience by VisitEngland, the country's national tourist board.
Mark Spincer, managing director of Doncaster Racecourse, said: "We're delighted to have been named once again alongside some of the biggest and best-known racing venues in the country in VisitEngland's top ten list of visitor attractions.
"We genuinely believe that we offer a fantastic customer experience to each and every person who visits Town Moor each year, but to have this confirmed by an organisation that works with visitor and tourism attractions of all different kinds right across the country is proof that we are getting our offer just right."
The judging for the VisitEngland Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme saw racecourses across England and Wales independently assessed and marked on all aspects of the customer experience including the efficiency and friendliness of their customer service and the availability and cleanliness of facilities. For the first time, Owners' and Trainers' Facilities were included in the assessments and this was reflected in the racecourse's overall score.
The scheme continues for 2014 and will see some slight developments which will bring racecourse assessment in line with other attractions assessed by VisitEngland. It will also see the introduction of accolades which are individual awards that represent excellence in specific areas of the assessment. These will include:
· Best food outlet (takeaway style)
· Best café (walk-up only, seated meals, can be buffet/table service)
· Lovely Loos
· Visitor Information and Signage (racecard, internal and external signage, car parks, PA and CCTV)
· Best Bar Area
RCA racecourse services director, Caroline Davies commented: "We are delighted to be able to continue our partnership with VisitEngland to offer customers a guarantee of quality when they visit British racecourses. This scheme, along with the one run by VisitScotland, makes sure that racecourses are able to get constructive feedback which they can use to help them identify their strengths as well as areas that may need improvement.
"The variety in the racecourses that have made the top ten in 2013 is testament to the idea that you don't need to be a big racecourse to offer a top quality visitor attraction and we believe the changes that we have made to the VAQAS scheme in 2014 will only go to help racecourses achieve even more in this area."
For more information about racing and events at Doncaster Racecourse, visit www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk or to buy tickets, call 01302 304200.


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http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/a-rumour-explained/ As this post's title says, it doesn't give much more info. Essentially it just adds the information that the flywheel system is derived from the Williams F1 Team's KERS (kinetic energy recovery system).
Cool. I saw flywheel and immediately thought KERS but didn't know what F1 team would give Porsche anything.
A rule change in the F1 league requires Kenetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) systems for all F1 cars in 2010 and is pretty much the main driver behind the technology. LeMans is also requiring hybrid systems, though they've banned anything with a flywheel. Williams developed the only flywheel KERS and AFAIK is the only team which developed any system in-house & without a partner in the auto industry.
Here's some better info explaining the technology:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/11/videos-porsche-911-gt3-r-hybrid-uses-williams-f1-flywheel-kers/ [autoblog.com]
KERS was mostly a disaster in 2009 by allowing teams to use it, but not mandating it. At the end of the season, all teams agreed to abandon the technology. The BMW F1 team bet heavily on KERS and designed their car around it. After challenging for the championship in 2008, their 2009 campaign was so poor, they quit F1 altogether.
LeMans is also requiring hybrid systems, though they've banned anything with a flywheel.
So, this means no manual transmissions?
LeMans is also requiring hybrid systems, though they've banned anything with a flywheel.
So, this means no manual transmissions?
And no compression, come to think of it.
Flywheels have been used to store energy for ages, but do they change the handling of the car at all?
Boats can have gyroscopic roll stabilizers, but what effect does this flywheel have?
I was wondering this, too. I think they could negate it with gimbals, though.
What would be really interesting is if they could figure out a way to use the flywheel + gimbals selectively in some sort of anti-roll/traction control/etc, when necessary. IANAMechE, though, maybe someone with a deeper background could hypothesize further
...but do they change the handling of the car at all?
Counter-rotating flywheels (and/or orienting the flywheel axis vertically) would probably minimize the precession effects. Weight distribution and complexity are probably larger factors.
If there's enough gyroscopic effect to matter, then the normal engineering way to deal with it would be to use a pair of flywheels rotating in opposite directions. Then, you can think of it either way, the gyroscopic effects cancel... or the net angular momentum of the two flywheels is zero so there is no gyroscopic effect.
Two counter rotating flywheels will NOT cancel out each other! Only the reaction (precessional is the official term i think in english) forces are canceled out!
Let's say the three axis are x, y and z. Then when you have a single flywheel which is rotating about the x axis it will resist rotating along the other axis and while react with a force that is perpedular to the the rotation and the force. When adding a second counter rotating flywheel it will cause a reaction force opposite to that of the first flywheel so the reaction forces are canceled out. However the combination still resist rotating along any axis other then it's axis of rotation.
While what you say is true, the only axis you want a car to rotate around easily is the one that involves turning the car. You want to minimize body pitch and roll as much as possible in almost all cases. The only exception that comes to mind is rock crawling, which is done at very low speeds anyway. So all you have to do is mount the counter-rotating flywheels with their axis pointing towards the sky, and the car's handling will be improved.
Flywheels have been used to store energy for ages, but do they change the handling of the car at all?
Boats can have gyroscopic roll stabilizers, but what effect does this flywheel have?
Well, if the axis is vertical, the car would turn just fine. It wouldn't want to flip over, but i think that's alright with most people involved.
what effect does this flywheel have?
Blue sparks shoot out of the wheels, and then you can get ahead of your competitors and shoot a green shell backwards at them.
It depends on the orientation of the axis of the flywheel. If you try to place the flywheel so that the axis is horizontal, you'll end up with needing to apply a lot of torque in order to turn the vehicle left-right, making it harder to turn. If you place the flywheel so that the axis is vertical, the amount of torque necessary to flip the vehicle would go up, probably making this a safety feature for SUVs, and would have very little effect on the torque needed to turn the vehicle left-right.
The rule wi
If the gyro is locked down, which the Williams unit appears to be, it will counter any roll and pitch in the car while having little or no effect on yaw, perhaps it might introduce a perceptible precession during roll or pitch. I'd think for a competent race driver, acclimatization to the system would be fairly quick, it's effects are the same as most chassis designers try to replicate mechanically anyways. Also because the gyro is countering chassis force, that thing better have some hellacious bearings in
The problem with the KERS system is not entirely on the weight, but because of the rules. They could only use it for 7 or so seconds per lap as stipulated by the rules, since they don't want the KERS cars to outrun the normal cars without even putting up a fight.
The KERS cars performed poorly at the start of the season, but started catching up during the middle of the season, with McLaren having the fastest car at the end of the season. The double diffuser controversy also had a big hand in holding back the KERS cars at the start of the season.
From TFA: "This generator stores energy each time the vehicle breaks..."
If I had a Porsche 911 I wouldn't want to damage the thing to use the hybrid feature. Do they perhaps mean "brakes"?
From TFA: "This generator stores energy each time the vehicle breaks..."
Just think of what this technology could do in the hands of Ford!
From TFA: "This generator stores energy each time the vehicle breaks..."
Just think of what this technology could do in the hands of Ford!
Better yet, Toyota. Their cars already accelerate out of control - with the added energy from the flywheel system just think what they could do.
Hybrid-drivetrain racecar with a flywheel sounds a lot like this 1994 car [google.com].
Hmm, doesn't sound like it at all to me...
That car was a gas turbine engine powering a an electric motor with the flywheel assisting the same motor. This one is a traditional Porsche flat 6 driving the rear wheels with a braking-powered flywheel occasionally driving the front. All cars have flywheels, that doesn't mean all cars are alike.
A porsche supercar, that is green. He will twist himself in so many idiotic claims, he might just croak.
So, no downside to this then.
Reply to self...
The wording of the summary (or first article) is not ideal. It is not a front wheel drive car (which would be silly). It is a mostly rear-wheel drive car with a sometimes front drive supplemental. Here is some additional interesting info from http://www.manualgear.com/en/in_brief-367-911+GT3+R+Hybrid+Celebrates+World+Debut+in+Geneva.html [manualgear.com]
"The flywheel generator is charged whenever the driver applies the brakes, with the two electric motors reversing their function on the front axle and act
No mention of the awesome green-light burn-outs soon to be offered to the affluent consumer?
Oh, yeah, I'm with you completely on that. If it's really speed you want, then maintaining traction as much as possible is the way to get it. But burnouts are not really a display of speed, they're a show unto themselves.
Small addendum: some cars have enough power to spin any set of tires when the driver stomps his foot down. One point of skill for people who own such cars is to be able to launch your car from a halt as fast as you can without spinning the tires.
Quoting from http://www.dailytech.com/Porsche+911+GT3+R+Hybrid+to+Debut+in+Geneva/article17666.htm [dailytech.com]
The hybrid system in the GT3 R Hybrid uses a flywheel system that harnesses kinetic energy under braking to power a pair of electric motors mounted in a single assembly. The electric motors and flywheel assembly sit where the passenger seat of a street 911 would normally reside. Power gathered by the flywheel system is sent to the front wheels and when fully charged the hybrid system can provide a 6-8 second burst of power for passing and exiting corners activated by a button on the steering wheel. The flywheel in the hybrid system will reportedly spin as fast as 40,000 rpm.
The pair of electric motors provides an additional 161 horsepower to the front wheels supplementing the 4.0-liter flat-6 that produces 480hp and sends its power to the rear wheels. Porsche is mum on performance claims for the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, but the car will appear on May 15 at the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race."
So it's not too different from a normal hybrid, except instead of charging batteries to store the energy they are spinning up a flywheel. The forward kinetic energy of the vehicle is recovered as electrical power using generators/motors, which drives generator/motors that spin up a flywheel. Going the other way, the flywheel mechanical energy is converted back to electricity to drive the front wheel motors.
The very rapid store/release is probably the main benefit. Overall energy storage is probably pretty low. Doing the math, an 80-hp output for 10 seconds is about the 166 watt-hours of energy. Or about the equivalent of a small 12 volt, 14 amp*hr motorcycle battery. I can't imaging that energy efficiency or the energy/weight ratio is higher than a battery.
... A few years ago I heard about Tom Kasmer's hydraulic transmission. He calls it the Hydristor [hydristor.com] (also: wikipedia entry [wikipedia.org]).
Basically, an invention like Kasmer's could be used to turn any car into a hybrid by replacing the transmission. Braking energy is stored in a hydraulic pressure system (the proper name escapes me at the moment).
While this system from Porsche is interesting, it is not revolutionary.
The next automotive revolution will be some form of retrofit.
Is it a hydraulic accumulator you mean?
They used a few of them in that marvellous fusion of aesthetics and engineering, the Citroën DS. It's a pity that the latest model to bear that name is just another anonymous hatchback. I tried to look at the Citroen site to see if it had any interesting new tech in it but car makers are the absolute limit when it comes to impossible-to-navigate, stupid bloody flash sites.
Is it a hydraulic accumulator you mean?
That's it - thanks!
I remember reading that UPS was looking into this for their delivery trucks. Personally I think USPS would have even more use - those idiots literally drive from house to house in my area including starting and turning off the car to get out and walk up my lawn. Seriously...it's the dumbest thing i've seen in a very long time.
Anyhow, delivery vehicles where there's plenty of available space, not as much concern about weight, and lots of stop-and-go driving this seems like a great idea.
With race cars, the lighter the better -- better braking, better turning, better acceleration.
With flywheels it's the opposite, the more mass the better (the more energy it will hold at a given speed).
It looks like the flywheel will rectify only one of the above performance components that its extra mass hurts -- acceleration.
Physics 101: Energy = m * v^2
ie. mass is far less important then velocity (RPM in the case of a flywheel).
How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive [amazon.com] has added a chapter on how to add on a hamster wheel.
and an innovative flywheel system that stores kinetic energy from braking
Wow, then about every subway train and bus in my city must be from the future, because they had flywheels for at least a decade.
If you put the flywheel with the axis horizontal, the car will resist turning. My guess is that this doesn't work so well for a racing car....
If you put the flywheel with the axis vertical, the car would lift its inside wheels when cornering a banked turn, right?
They usually put the flyvheel mounted in a gymbal, spinning with a vertical axis. Make that a pair and you can cancel out the charge/discharge reaction force too.
Porsche's latest supercar will use the same 911 production platform available to consumers today, with a few race-ready features
Translation: They just needed to fit the accelerator gear with Toyota-built pedals and now they're all set.
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The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District continues to fulfill the promise it made in a bond measure approved by voters in 2008.
Eleven projects were completed in 2012, most notably the expansions/renovations of the Conestoga Recreation & Aquatic Center and Elsie Stuhr Center and the redevelopment of Camille Park. THPRD has now finished 48 projects since bond implementation began in 2009. Three more projects are scheduled for completion this month, one will finish in February, and some of the largest projects are yet to come.
"We accomplished a tremendous amount in 2012," said THPRD General Manager Doug Menke. "It's a tribute to solid planning, execution, fiscal management and hard work.
"But we still have a long way to go. It will be 2017 or 2018 before we finish all the projects in our bond program. This is definitely a marathon."
The $100 million bond measure is designated to preserve natural areas, develop new trails and trail connections, add athletic fields, and upgrade or expand parks and recreational facilities across the district. Once the measure passed, district managers began the process of planning and implementing 129 projects over a multiyear period.
One-third of the bond measure ($33.6 million) is earmarked for land acquisition. To date, the district has purchased 14 sites for future parks and natural areas as well as numerous small properties and easements for trails. District employees continue to negotiate with owners of many other properties.
This 10-acre park in central Beaverton has been closed nine months while undergoing a major makeover. It now features 252 feet of boardwalk, play equipment with natural surfaces and textures, two picnic shelters, community gardens, athletic areas, a basketball court, pathways, and a skate spot (the latter is a first for the district outside of its main complex at 158th and Walker Road). Another plus for park visitors will be a two-acre wetland area with restored habitat and overlooks for better views.
Two new segments, totaling one mile of paved trail, complete the Rock Creek Trail within THPRD boundaries. The trail, which stretches through neighborhoods from Bethany to Rock Creek, is now more than four miles long. Next year, THPRD will expand its trail connections even more on the north end as part of a multiyear initiative to create a 10-mile, mostly continuous trail backbone extending from the PCC Rock Creek area to Barrows Road in south Beaverton.
The Bluffs Park, near NW McDaniel and NW 119th Roads, includes a neighborhood trail shown in the district's Trails Plan. Phase II of implementation of the park's master plan, which began in 2012, included paving the trail from South Drive through to the children's play structure, landscaping, signage and swales (natural stormwater filtering system).
Located in the Cedar Mill neighborhood, this project connects Jackie Husen Park to the Jordan Woods Natural Area and nearby neighborhoods. Paved and gravel paths, a 100-foot boardwalk, and two bridges improve access. There's also an overlook. Weeds and invasive species are being replaced with native shrubs and plants.
Spanning more than 20 acres, Paul & Verna Winkelman Park will become the Aloha area's first community park as additional funds become available to complete it. Phase I construction, which started in 2012, includes a multi-use athletic field, a parking lot, perimeter pathway and one-acre natural area planting. An added bonus is a two-acre dog park, which will become the district's second (in addition to Hazeldale Park). The park will open this summer, with athletic field programming to begin in fall.
This key project includes three new segments of the Westside Trail. When finished, it will complete the southern half of the trail within district boundaries, extending from the Tualatin Hills Nature Park to Barrows Road. The new segments are expected to be available to users this summer.
In conjunction with Clean Water Services, THPRD is restoring this stream corridor by removing large amounts of invasive reed canary grass and other weeds, replacing them with native plants. Large logs have been placed for the benefit of wildlife, including western painted and western pond turtles, both of which are listed as "critical" on the state's sensitive species list.
Park managers have taken on extensive natural area rehabilitation at Jenkins Estate over the last three years. To benefit native squirrels and song birds, invasive plants such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry and other weeds have been removed and replaced with more than 30,000 native plants and shrubs. Crews are working on new trails, enhancing existing trails and re-routing or closing others for better walking experiences and to create larger blocks for wildlife.
As these projects near completion, the district is preparing to begin construction on a series of new projects this spring. Most of the 2013 projects center on trails and neighborhood parks. Scheduled for complete development are Barsotti Park (between 160th and 170th Avenues in Beaverton) and Hansen Ridge Park (off NW Kaiser Road). Both are expected to open in late fall.
Redevelopment of A.M. Kennedy Park, at 102nd and Kennedy between Canyon Road and Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, has already begun and will continue throughout the winter, spring and summer.
Smaller redevelopment projects at Vista Brook, Pioneer, and Roy E. Dancer Parks are scheduled to begin this spring and finish by year-end.
Scheduled to start this summer and finish next winter is a trail expansion project at the 29-acre Lowami Hart Woods at SW Hart Road and SW Murray Boulevard. Some trails will be rerouted and paved for better walking experiences and viewing of wildlife habitat. As part of a large natural area restoration project planned at the same site, weeds and invasive species will be removed and replaced with native plants and shrubs.
"There's nothing better than to see our patrons enjoying their new facilities and knowing we've done our best with the bond funds they entrusted to us," said Menke. "We appreciate their support and patience."
For a full description of all upcoming and completed bond projects, go to www.thprd.org/bondprojects.
Formed in 1955, THPRD is the largest special park district in Oregon, spanning about 50 square miles and serving more than 220,000 residents in the greater Beaverton area. The district provides year-round recreational opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. Offerings include thousands of widely diverse classes, 90 park sites with active recreational amenities, 60 miles of trails, eight swim centers, six recreation centers, and 1,400 acres of natural areas. For more information, visit www.thprd.org or call 503/645-6433.


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The Journal of Photography — Lying hidden away in Dennis Hopper's home until their discovery months after the artist's death in 2010, this collection of photographs, exhibited in 1969-70 at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum, and now in Berlin, is a testament to Hopper's prolific and enormous talent behind the camera. These photographs are spontaneous, intimate, poetic, observant, and decidedly political. While some are portraits of figures within Hopper's circle of actor, artist, musician, and poet friends — including Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg — they also include images from his extensive travels in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico, and Peru. Hopper's abiding support of the civil rights movement and social justice is evident in his shots from the march on Selma and Harlem street scenes. Throughout this volume Hopper's sensitive, keenly observant eye shines through, making it clear that he was a deeply committed chronicler of the events that were unfolding around him.
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are showing no signs of slowing down.
Clayton Kershaw lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.88 with eight innings of three-hit ball and had a two-run single, and the Dodgers increased their NL West lead to a season-best 7 1/2 games Sunday night with an 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
"When you rattle off a streak like the one we're on right now, it's probably a little more than luck," Kershaw said. "We're a pretty good team right now, and it's a lot of fun coming to the yard every day and winning games. I think the guys in this clubhouse realize that we've got a pretty good opportunity here that we don't want to waste."
Mark Ellis had a homer and three RBIs to help Los Angeles complete the three-game sweep. The Dodgers improved to a major league-best 37-8 since June 22, including a franchise-record 15-game road winning streak. At the lowest point, they trailed Arizona by 9 1/2 games.
"We've got 40-plus games left and we play the Diamondbacks a lot more, so it doesn't really matter what kind of lead we have now," Kershaw said.
The Rays lost their season-worst fifth in a row, but remained three games behind AL East-leading Boston following the Red Sox's loss at Kansas City.
"It definitely adds confidence," catcher A.J. Ellis said after the Dodgers improved to a season-best 17 games over .500. "We've been playing two of the better teams in baseball this week, including the Cardinals — and Tampa Bay was one of the hottest teams in the American League coming in. So this was a big stretch for us."
Kershaw (11-7) allowed two runs — one earned — and struck out eight to help the Dodgers complete their seventh series sweep of the season. Tampa Bay's only hits off the left-hander through the first seven innings came in the fifth, a leadoff single by Yunel Escobar and a two-out triple by pinch-hitter Sam Fuld.
The Rays loaded the bases with none out in the eighth and rookie Wil Myers drove in their second run with a sacrifice fly. The run was unearned because of shortstop Dee Gordon's fielding error. Gordon also committed throw errors in the third and sixth innings, but Kershaw erased both mistakes by retiring the next batter on a double-play grounder.
The Dodgers finished their interleague schedule 11-6, their first winning record against AL clubs since going 10-8 in 2004, and the Rays completed their interleague slate 12-8. Kershaw is 6-3 with a 2.67 ERA in 17 career interleague starts, striking out 116 batters in 111 1-3 innings.
Jeremy Hellickson (10-6) gave up four runs and seven hits through three innings in his first career start against the Dodgers, marking the sixth time in Tampa Bay's last nine games that its starting pitcher didn't last five innings.
The right-hander's 4.93 ERA is the highest among major league pitchers with at least 10 wins. Hellickson has surrendered 13 runs in 12 innings over his last three starts, after going 6-0 with a 2.09 ERA in his previous seven outings. He is 1-6 with a 7.19 ERA in 10 career interleague outings.
"I'm not pitching well," Hellickson said. "The last few games I've been in spots where I need to make a big pitch with two out to get me deeper into the game, and every time I didn't get the job done. Tonight I felt good with all three of my pitches and I thought the command was there, but I lust left some balls up in that second inning and couldn't get that big out with two outs. The last two weeks have been very frustrating, but I'll be OK."
Andre Ethier and A.J. Ellis opened the Dodgers' three-run second inning with singles, and both advanced on Juan Uribe's third sacrifice bunt of the season before Kershaw drove them in with a sharp two-out single through the left side of the infield. Carl Crawford then singled and Mark Ellis doubled home Kershaw.
"We watched a lot of film on Hellickson. This guy's got an amazing sinker, works both sides of the plate, and when his changeup is right is really a difference maker," A.J. Ellis said. "But tonight we were just looking for balls up in the middle of the zone."
A.J. Ellis made it 4-0 in the third with a sacrifice fly, and the Dodgers tacked on two more in the fourth on a two-out double by Adrian Gonzalez that raised his team-high RBI total to 74. Mark Ellis added his sixth homer in the sixth, a two-run shot against Josh Lueke.
"It was a fun night all the way around," Kershaw said. "We got some big hits when we needed to and put some runs on the board early. But the important thing is that we got a win."
Kershaw faced an all-right-handed lineup that included switch-hitters Ben Zobrist and Jose Lobaton. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had his starting pitcher bat eighth ahead of left fielder Jason Bourgeois.
Hellickson, who came in with one hit in five big league at-bats, struck out looking his only time up. He was the fourth AL pitcher to bat higher than ninth since interleague play began in 1977, along with David Phelps for the Yankees on May 8, Zack Greinke for Kansas City in 2009, and Andy Sonnanstine for the Rays in 2009.
Sonnanstine had to bat third that day because of a lineup mistake by Maddon that had Zobrist and Evan Longoria both starting at third base. As a result, the Rays were forced to lose their designated hitter — Longoria — for the entire game.
The Dodgers now get set for a three game series against the New York Mets, starting on Monday.
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Raising awareness of the bioeconomy
The bioeconomy concept is rapidly growing in importance on a global scale. It embraces the sustainable use of biological resources from the land and sea, as well as waste, as inputs to food and feed, industrial and energy production, and also covers the use of bio-based processes inindustry. This is vital as we continue to consume the Earth's resources, many of which are not renewable, at an accelerating rate.. The bioeconomy is already a reality. For example, bio-fuels (ethanol and diesel), are being made directly from agricultural crops, and even bio-waste has the potential to become an alternative to chemical fertilizers or to generate bio-energy, which could meet 2 % of the EU renewable energy target. Indeed Europe is leading the way in various fields of biosciences and technologies but international competitors are catching up.
The European Commission set out the challenge and opportunity in a Communication launched last year, "Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe". This set the goal of moving to a low-emissions economy, integrating demands for sustainable agriculture and fisheries, food security, and the sustainable use of renewable biological resources for industrial purposes, while ensuring biodiversity and environmental protection.
The overall aim is to move the European economy towards greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources, building on research, innovation and investment. Anticipation and upgrading of knowledge and skills and better matching of skills and jobs are key to the success of the bioeconomy strategy in delivering growth and new employment opportunities in Europe.
Already the EU bioeconomy has a turnover of nearly EUR 2 trillion and employs more than 22 million people, accounting for 9 % of total employment in the EU. But action will be needed to support its growth.
A bigger bioeconomy will require policy makers at national and EU levels to be prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and adapt policies to support its expansion. To date, very few such opportunities exist. An expanding bioeconomy will also require communication skills to effectively discuss the nuanced complexities of modern bioeconomy with the public and to engage civil society.
Investment, research, innovation and skills are seen as key areas of focus to ensure growth and further integration of the bioeconomy sectors. In addition implementing multidisciplinary education programmes, encouraging mobility, and organising the development of new bioeconomy curriculum in universities and providing new training opportunities for those in high but also low skilled jobs.
With this mind, a conference "New skills for a European Bioeconomy" was hosted recently by the European Commission. The conference brought together bioeconomy and education and training stakeholders to discuss the role of skills development in driving and facilitating the growth of the bioeconomy and seizing the employment opportunities that this implies. The conference discussed the new skills needed for academia, industry and primary producers; the pathways for their acquisition; as well as how those new skills, competences and capacities could be optimally put to work to drive change and develop new models for the future of the bioeconomy sectors.
The conclusions will be presented at a bioeconomy stakeholder conference, planned to take place in Dublin on 14-15th February 2013. The debates of the conference are expected to provide useful inputs for future activities under the EU's next research funding programme, Horizon 2020.
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Even if the NY Jets make the Playoffs next year, they will not win the SB.
It is the RINGS that determine proficiency in the NFL
It's a very very difficult decision though imo.
If you could listen to Philly radio, there are reports stating that Reid was here two years too long at least.
When an NFL team does not win the SB, they fall into the 'Rest of the Pack' category. Like it or not most people only remember who won the SB. Not who lost the AFCCG
That's where I'm accounting for his portion of the signing bonus he got in 2011. That's straight from Jason's site. Believe me, what I said was right lol.He still would have a base salary of $3 million, pro-rated bonus of $3 million from his last contract and $3 million of additional bonuses that he is scheduled to receive in 2013. Then add the $4.28 million portion of his new contracts bonus.
I'm on board with this strategy. CB1 and CB2 are turning into premium positions in a passing league, good corners are harder to come by than people think. somebody in another thread brought up the idea of moving wilson to FS which I think could be a prudent move. the jets do have berry signed for next season and I think lankster/trufant are capable nickle and dime backs
Remember that prorating money can only happen over 5 years regardless of the length of the deal. So prorating 30 million in 2013 is going to cost 6 million a year from 2013-2017 and 0 dollars in 2018 and 2019. This is why almost every new contract does not extend beyond 5 years right now. Id be surprised if Revis would sign for 12 million a year even after injury.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 4, 2010 – The SEMICON West 2010 show at Moscone Center in San Francisco, from July 13-15, will present a full program of exhibitions, presentations, meetings, and workshops focused on 3D interconnects (3D IC) for integrated circuits. Show exhibitors in the 3D IC segment, including Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and SÜSS MicroTec, represent the industry's largest gathering of 3D IC leading companies at one event.
The 3D IC programs will showcase leading-edge approaches to this three-dimensional chip and package technology, which enables smaller, lighter, and faster multi-chip packages. Adopting this technology throughout the industry will have a significant impact on the entire semiconductor supply chain, from chip concept and design into the manufacturing fab and then through final assembly and test.
The 3D IC events begin with the Qualcomm 3DIC Keynote and a through-silicon via (TSV) Technical Session at the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC), which runs from July 11 to July 13. The market opportunities for 3D IC will be highlighted in the SEMI/Gartner Market Symposium, to be held on July 12.
The SEMICON West 2010 TechXPOT Programs held on July 13 and 14 will discuss TSV/3DIC Current Issues in the "Bridging the Packaging Gap" session, and the "Swimming the Packaging Channel" session will address TSV/3DIC: Trends and Challenges Today. In addition, the TechSITE Program on July 13th from 2:00pm–4:30pm will feature a presentation on "3D IC Co-Design Challenges: How to Speed 3D IC Deployment".
SEMICON West 2010 also has several workshops held by SEMI and its SEMICON West partner organizations. The SEMI/ SEMATECH Workshop on "3D Interconnect Challenges and Standards Needs" will take place on July 13, and the SEMATECH "Workshop on 3D Interconnect Metrology" will happen on July 14. Also on July 14 are the "ITRS Roadmap Public Meeting" and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) "Workshop on Advanced Interconnect Technologies".
In partnership with IMAPS, SEMICON West 2010 will also include a special exhibit pavilion area for showcasing 3D IC products and technologies. Located in Moscone North Hall, the IMAPS – SEMI 3D IC Pavilion will include suppliers from test, packaging, wafer processing, and design.
"The leading edge of semiconductor packaging today – and for the foreseeable future – is 3D IC," said Tom Morrow, vice president of Global Expositions and Marketing at SEMI. "All parties in the supply chain are looking for cost-effective solutions and for partners who can help bridge theory and practice while overcoming the challenges of bringing this technology into high-volume manufacturing. SEMI is pleased to have the support and cooperation of IMAPS, SEMATECH, and all of our event partners as we help the industry focus on the challenges and solutions that will bring this technology into widespread use and profitability."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Senior Melanie Short was named First-Team All- Southern Athletic Association team while seniors Alex Adams and Caroline King earned Honrable Mention honors according to a release from the SAA office on Monday.
Short played her way onto the first-team after earning honorable mention honors in 2011-12. The Pelham, Ala., native led the Panthers with 11.2 points and 7.3 points per game and had 38 assists, 17 blocks and 22 steals. She also had the top field goal percentage, making 97-of-210 shots for 48.3 percent.
Adams joins the honorable mention team for the second straight season, averaging 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. The Smyna, Tenn., native added 34 assists and 22 steals and shot 41 percent from the floor.
King was the team's third leading scorer with a 9.4 norm and led the team with 57 assists. She was a team-best 84 percent free throw shooter and was second on the team with 31 3-pointers and 6.7 rebounds per contest.


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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
I have noticed that since I was a child that each year they say planet is much older than the thought it went from millions of years to 500 million years old.
I read a story a few months ago I woud like to share with a of youa man bought some dinosaur bones and sent it to Arizona State University to be carbon dated.He never told them what kind of bones he had sent them.when he got the results back they were only 7000 years old.http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/carbondating.html
I think man is trig to outsmart itself we all have our opinions and each of us is entitled to have one,but I have learned don't trust what scientist say 99% of the time they are wrong.Don't buy into the first thing you hear for fools will follow other fools.


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While reading through comments on the site the other day,* I stopped at Drak's on a recent Breakfast Topic and had to think for a bit. In defense of pure classes' concerns with the upcoming dual spec system, Drak wrote that we were weighing class functionality against hybrids' desire to save gold, and that the two concerns were by no means equal.
I'm still convinced that pure classes stand to gain a lot more from dual specs than they'll lose, principally in the form a lot more tank and healer availability, but it's an interesting point. How much gold do you really need to get by? Does the idea of having to spend a lot more of it, or having to spend more time getting it, on a particular class or spec make that character less fun to play, and has that played a role peoples' unwillingness to tank and heal?
Again, for the purpose of this discussion I'm considering pure classes to be Hunters, Mages, Warlocks, and Rogues, as everyone else can respec to do different roles.
While reading through comments on the site the other day,* I stopped at Drak's on a recent Breakfast Topic and had to think for a bit. In defense of pure classes' concerns with the upcoming dual spec system, Drak wrote that we were weighing class functionality against hybrids' desire to save gold, and that the two concerns were by no means equal.
At first, it doesn't seem like the question merits a lengthy answer. "Take what you're spending per week, divide it by 7, and then do dailies until you've got it covered" would be a terse and accurate means of responding to it, but personally I do think a certain amount of the issue's driving the debate over dual specs.
A hybrid who constantly respecs without recourse to outside assistance is someone who has to spend a lot more time in the game to make the same amount of gold as someone who doesn't have to respec frequently (if at all). And "So don't respec if you don't want to," isn't always a good answer, not with the legions of impatient people in LFG. We can't simultaneously acknowledge the healer shortage but scoff at the people who respec to cover it -- and I don't think we should lose sight of the fact that people in healing and tanking specs don't quest or grind as efficiently as a DPS spec, further compounding the problem.**
The conclusion seems pretty straightforward; a hybrid who respecs a lot, or who is constantly specced for tanking or healing over damage, is virtually obligated to play the game less casually than a pure DPS if they want to stay on comparable financial ground. I think this does play a role in how many people want to tank or heal, or can if their playtime is limited -- and that necessarily bleeds into the chronic tank and healer shortage.
But a pragmatist would opine that as long as you've got enough to cover the game's true necessities -- repairs, food/water, reagents, and a basic flying mount -- everything else is gravy. Making gold in the game shouldn't have to be a goal in and of itself, right?
A smarter pragmatist would belt the first pragmatist in the chops and ask him why he didn't save some gold toward an epic flyer, decent enchants, and the kind of gear that'll keep deaths and downtime to a minimum. A hybrid pragmatist would stifle a bitter laugh, and then double or triple the smart pragmatist's figures on enchant and gear costs in order to cover a tanking set, a healing set, or quite possibly both. With a minimal amount of effort, every player in the game should easily cover their living expenses with gold left over to bank. But while writing this, it's hard not to remember the 1,400g I dropped on gems and enchants for my Resto set, and the week I spent 700g on respecs. If I were still saving for my epic flyer or another big expense, that would have been a pretty demoralizing experience. I consider it a great privilege to be able to respec to do something else on my Druid -- but I think it's also easy to underestimate both the high cost of said privilege and the time it takes to learn how to play each spec effectively.
*Yes, we do actually read our comments, although I have had to downsize the cabana boy who was until recently employed in reading them aloud to me while making crépes. Such are the troubled times in which we live.
**Feral Druids and Death Knights obviously have a much easier time with this.


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Et tu, Brute? Unions take two more hits--this time from Catholic institutions
What a shame to see unions being attacked by Catholic institutions, supposed champions of the rights of workers to organize.
Inside Higher Education [1] reports that Pittsburgh's Duquesne University filed a last-minute motion with the National Labor Relations Board to stop an election scheduled this week to decide whether the university's approximately 100 adjunct faculty members would unionize.
The university had previously agreed to the election. At the 11th hour, they asked the NLRB to stop the election because Duquesne is a "church-operated school," claiming that thus the NLRB has no jurisdiction over it. Inside Higher Ed quotes a university spokeswoman: "Our Catholic identity is at the core of who we are and everything we do as an institution."
Unsurprisingly, the adjunct faculty do not agree. Adjunct Joshua Zelesnick said that if Duquesne wanted to showcase its Catholic identity, "upholding the papal encyclicals would be a great place to start."
Meanwhile in the Twin Cities, the Star Tribune reports [2] that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has dissolved the union representing the employees of its diocesan paper, the Catholic Spirit [3] (one of the best diocesan papers in the country for many years now). Three to four of its staffers will lose their union jobs, and those remaining will be combined with the archdiocesan communications office. (Having your news staff get gobbled up by the communications division makes it much more difficult to publish a real newspaper; nevertheless this plan is becoming more popular in dioceses across the country. Do you think readers can tell a real newspaper from a diocesan communique?)
The archdiocesan spokesman could not tell the Star Tribune why the union had to be killed in order to make this move. He said those laid off would get severance packages reflecting "the Catholic Church's commitment to justice and fairness," and that those newly non-union workers would be "covered by a 'Justice in Employment' agreement that 'fully reflects the Catholic Church's longstanding advocacy for the dignity of work and workers' rights.'
Again, if our own Catholic institutions fight to prevent and dissolve unions at Catholic institutions, how can we as a church possibly speak with any measure of credibility about this topic?


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GROTON -- Despite 16 points and 8 rebounds by sophomore guard Drew Moore, Groton-Dunstable fell 69-56 to St. Bernard's in a boys basketball game on Saturday night.
St. Bernard's improved to 13-2. Groton-Dunstable is now 4-13.
Groton-Dunstable freshman point guard Corey Romich had 15 points and 7 assists. Senior forward Phil Dubay scored 13 points.


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I heard a story about a guy who had been a carpenter for 40 years and cut his finger off in a table saw. What really mad him mad was he cut it off crooked. He said what will people think after 40 years and I cut it crooked.
The most important thing is hopefully you learned from it, now take care of it and keep sawdust out of it.
Loohk at it this way, It's something to look forward to, eventually it will stop hurting
Poor thing...suck it up you are a carpenter...lol
Yep thats a thumb
and yep there appears to be some skin missing
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DEATH rates on Dungannon District roads have fallen to one of their lowest levels since records began.
In 2012 there were 2 fatalities on local roads, a drop from the previous year's toll of 3. The number of deaths on local roads has declined significantly since 2009 when there were 8 road deaths.
The sharp decline has been linked to improved road safety, most notably the creation of the A4 dual carriageway between Dungannon and Ballygawley.
From being one of the most dangerous districts in Northern Ireland for motorists and pedestrians in 2009, the Dungannon borough is now one of the safest.
Omagh district, which had four road deaths is now the most dangerous area for traffic users in the F district, which includes Fermanagh, Dungannon and Cookstown.
Magherafelt had the most road fatalities in Northern Ireland last year with a total of 5.
Dungannon's low death toll is replicated across Northern Ireland. The 48 fatalities last year compares to the peak of 372 40 years ago.
The trend has been steadily downward in the last four decades, with the annual total dropping below 100 for the first time in 2010.
In 1931, the first year statistics were recorded, 114 people died in road crashes. In the last 80 years, 14,570 people have lost their lives, with around 75,000 suffering serious injury.
Environment Minister Alex Attwood said the ultimate goal should be zero deaths.
"2012 has been an important milestone for road safety in Northern Ireland, but there are still 48 families who have lost a family member over the last 52 weeks," he said.
"I extend sympathy to those families and friends who lost loved ones through road tragedy. In a week that has seen the death of a toddler in Dundonald, I know how painful the loss of each person will have been over the last year.
"This is the lowest death toll on record. The main causes of collisions continue to be speeding, drink-driving and driver, rider and pedestrian carelessness. Many more men than women are killed. Child fatalities have increased in 2012 - five children died in 2012, compared to two in 2011."
Mr Attwood attributed the decrease in overall deaths to more responsible driving, the life-saving work of doctors and emergency services, better roads and stronger awareness campaigns.
"The next horizon is moving towards a vision of zero fatalities," he said. "This is some time off - but if we can move from hundreds to dozens of deaths a year, can we not move further?"
The PSNI's head of operations branch, Superintendent Mark Purdon, said: "Although we saw a decrease in the number of road deaths in 2012 to the lowest level ever recorded in Northern Ireland, we can take little comfort in the fact that 48 people lost their lives on our roads."


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Latest update : 2012-02-29
'The Fouquet's tax'
Tax is on all today's front pages - as François Hollande announces a plan to tax millionaires 75%. It certainly divides the left from the right - depending on whether you think it's a step in the right direction, or class war.
Libération says François Hollande hopes to stake out his ideological territory - by picking a campaign theme that marks him out clearly on the left.
For Le Figaro, though, this is class war, even though business paper Les Echos says the bankers have brought this on themselves.
Le Parisien looks at who might be affected by this - from Liliane Bettencourt to football stars, and even France's golden boy, the actor Jean Dujardin.


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Onyx, I'd like to hear of your experiences in Germany, because I'm from there and I'm curious if there are even finer differences within the country itself :)Parking my Pod here, also from south Bavaria, Germany
Southern Bavaria, Germany:
* Home Bathrooms: Usually closed and equipped with locks. If there's only family present and everyone knows you're in there, the door is closed but might not be locked, depending on how close you are with your family. Though everybody usually locks for No. 2 ;)
If guests are present, doors are always locked when in use. If the door is closed and you can't know from outside if there's somebody inside, you try the handle. If you're inside and forgot to lock, this is the point where you shout "Occupied!" and hope the person outside hears you in time ;)
Generally, there's no knocking involved unless a person has been in there an unusual amount of time and you want to know if they're okay.
* Public restrooms: Usually open when unoccupied, always equipped with locks, most of which show from the outside when someone's inside. There are often just knobs instead of handles, so if the door is closed but the lock shows "unoccupied" (usually by means of a white or green stripe), you push and see if the door budges. There's no knocking.
* Offices: Doors are usually closed. Knocking is the norm; if there's no answer, you may try the handle and sneak a peek inside to ask if you may enter. People usually won't do the latter if they can hear a conversation going on inside and don't want to interrupt as that's considered rude. If the door is open, it's customary, but not mandatory, to knock on the open door before entering.
* House/apartment doors: Closed and locked. Ringing the bell is the first thing you try and at an apartment building door, this is as far as you can go. Ringing multiple times is usual, but it starts coming off as "odd" if you try more than three times. If you are in front of the actual apartment door or the door of a single occupancy house and have really urgent business, you may try knocking, but it could be considered rude.
Onyx, I'd like to hear of your experiences in Germany, because I'm from there and I'm curious if there are even finer differences within the country itself :)
I'm in Midwestern America, Northeast Ohio specifically, but I'm from the South.
I always knock on any closed doors unless there is some kind of signage indicating to do otherwise.


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ISLAMABAD: Federal government has launched seven new schemes for poverty alleviation and employment across the country.
Government has increased the allocation of cash support programme from Rs.44 billion for fiscal year 2012-13 to Rs.75 billion for fiscal year 2013-14 for poverty alleviation and employment.
According to available document with APP, under the Prime Minister's Youth Training Programme all those completing a 16 year degree programme and having age blew 25 years will be provided one year training programme. During the training, they will be entitled to a stipend of Rs. 10,000 per month.
The small business loans scheme will enable the youth to start their own businesses. Small business loans from Rs.100,000 to Rs. 2,000,000 will be made available through banking system at a mark up cost of eight percent while the remaining cost will be generated by the government. In the first year of the scheme, a total of 50,000 loans will be offered.
In Prime Minister's Microfinance Scheme men and women will be enable to undertake microenterprise activities, Rs. 5.00 billion have been allocated for Qarz-e-Hassana Scheme (loan without mark-up).
These micro loans will be made available through selected micro finance providers including Akhuwat, NRSP and provincial RSPs. Fifty percent of the beneficiaries of this scheme will be women.
Under the Prime Minister's Youth Skills Development Programme, 25,000 young persons up to the age 25 years with minimum qualification of middle will be imparted training in a number of trades across the country.
Six month training will be given for which fee will be paid by the government.
In the Fee Reimbursement Scheme for Less developed Areas bright students from Balochistan, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan are being provided tuition fee support for higher education at Master's and Doctorate levels.
This scheme is being extended to other equally less developed areas such as those of interior Sindh ,South Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


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|2013-03-31, 19:24
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Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
So has anyone been enjoying the latest guild wars 2 instance called Adventure box? There are also some small events related to that instance in the world. The instance is awesome! If you play the game right now the GW2 intro screen has been replaced by an 8 bit tune, and the instance is like playing mine craft or old Nintendo games...
Here is the commercial Anet made to promote this new event:
After seeing how much this game has developed since its release I have to say that no other mmo comes close when it comes to innovation and quality.
|2013-04-01, 11:17
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Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
Seriously? No comments on the new Super Adventure Box? It is possibly the best thing they have come up with since the game released!
By the way the content is supposed to last until the end of april. Here is some game footage:
|2013-04-01, 11:55
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Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
No shit... people find a reason to complain over the most insignificant things. I am sure that Anet is not like other developers who try to please every single whim in order to attract a bigger audience. They have a vision for the game and are sticking to it.
I personally love 8 bit music, I even have my own collection of 8 bit tunes in my music folder.
|2013-04-01, 13:09
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Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
It's frankly amazing what they have done here, they have really captured the atmosphere of a classic 80s game with the instance.
Joined up with 2 friends and we took a jolly jaunt back in time and it was great fun.
Can't wait to try it with a full party for more shits and giggles.
|2013-04-01, 19:05
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
I think GW2 just has too few skills. Or rather, the few skills you do get just don't do enough to warrant having so little of them in the first place. It's really hard for me to get back to playing it because I'm just not interested in playing the characters I have.
Elites are especially a problem as half of them are so bad you'd rather take a utility skill over them. Most of the rest are only good on specific builds. Of course there are a few that are so good that there's no reason to take any other elite. They're also pretty boring in general. The flashy ones are generally not very good (fiery great sword for example). They should be looking to DOTA2 Ultimates to get their elite ideas, ie, Chronosphere, Ravage, Black Hole, Shapeshift, etc.
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|2013-04-02, 01:29
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blinded by blood
So my elementalist is level 17 now. I figured things out, went D/D and now I don't die very often. Maybe I've died twice since I changed things up... even though the game is tab-target at its core, you certainly can't stand still and mash buttons.
I think the first instance is like at level 20 or something.
Anyway, if people want to contact me in-game and play together since guesting works now, I'm Ariene Ashley on Tarnished Coast.
|2013-04-02, 01:32
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
|2013-04-02, 01:35
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
The best thing about GW2, is because their vanilla game mechanisms so smooth, that leaves rooms for lots and lots modifications/patches/ updates.
I have just tried TERA recently, and admited that it was a much improvement from the other games its generation like Aion. However it's nothing when compare to GW2. GW2 almost felt like an offline games when it comes to the smoothness of sctions.
Has been a bit lagged when i retried through. Hope that it was just my network
|2013-04-15, 00:08
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What's a good dye for blue and white?
And my Guardian dings 80 and They seem to be a really well balanced and fun class, a far cry from playing a necro, to say the least.
My guardian has all exotic knight's armor /w soldier runes. Those will be nice because conditions are what usually end me. My main weapon is a mystic forge'd berserker greatsword, and at this point I ran out of gold, so my switch is just a yellow scepter/focus for kiting. Trinkets are yellow berserker rings and poopy masterwork (damn overpriced earrings) berserker earrings, and finally a berserker ascended amulet from laurels.
Though at least I got the looks on the necro to my satisfaction, so I pretty much completed the character there.
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|2013-04-24, 14:01
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Well that explains a lot.
|2013-05-10, 05:47
|Link #1140
Ha ha ha ha ha...
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 29
Otherwise, for normal DPS roaming I use Greatsword/Hammer.
There are offensive builds you can use the 1-H sword with, but I prefer 2-H weapons for my DPS builds.
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Yankees Start Off Second Half FuPHILing Expectations.
With the Help of Phil Hughes, Yankees Start Second Half with a Victory
Last night the Yankees got their first victory of the second half in its first game, bringing that streak to 8 straight years.
Pitching Analysis: A.J. Burnett did not have much control early. He was all over the place, walking batters, hitting a batter, wild pitches, and a wild pickoff throw created jams for him. But he made it through 6 innings relatively unscathed, only giving up 3 runs. I thought he did a fine job last night. I like it when a pitcher knows he doesn't have his best stuff and grinds out as much as he can. A.J. is a gamer and I admire him.
Phil Hughes got himself a win last night, and boy did he perform! He pitched the 7th and 8th, and struck out all 6 men he faced. He was throwing nasty gas, so nasty that I smelled here in Cold Spring! He reached 97 with his power fastball. When he got in a little jam with 2 on and 2 out, he remained composed and struck out Clete Thomas to end the inning. He really deserved that win! Great job!
And Mo got a save as usual!
Defensive Analysis: As always, Melky Cabrera flashed his stellar glove last night. In the top of the 5th inning after giving up a homer to Granderson, A.J. surrendered a hit to Miguel Cabrera, which looked like a sure double. But Melky didn't think so. He fired to second and Miguel was out. Melky Cabrera got out Miguel Cabrera! But Melky wasn't done yet.
In the top of the 6th, Melky caught a ball on the fly that I thought would drop in for sure. He caught it, and fired to first to doulbe up the runner. A.J. was pleased. Melky's defense saved the game!
Offense Analysis: It was hard early for the Yankees. Matsui drove in a run early, but it was not until till the 5th that they scored again. In the bottom of the 5th, Tex drove a ball into left center, but it got through Josh Anderson's legs, allowing Damon to score from first!
In the bottom of the 6th, the Yankees has 1st and 2nd with 2 out and Melky Cabrera was up. As he usually does in clutch situations, Melky came through. He drove a single into left, and Posada tried to score from second. He was out and the inning was over. At this time, I was ranting about how the Yankees need Cervelli because he can actually run. Whatever!
In the Bottom of the 7th, Joel Zumaya comes in. Jeter leads off. I had a feeling it would be a good matchup for Jeter, since he always goes the other way and Zumaya throws hard, it made it easier for Jeter to hit it to right. That is what he did. Jeter singled to right. Then Damon gets on, and brings Big Tex to th plate. He smashed a homer into the second deck! I was so happy for him!
The heros last night were Mark Teixeira, Melky Cabrera, and Phil Hughes. Great game! Yankees win 5-3.