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Dayvon Green, Stephen Rane and Neal Oa didn't know one another before becoming roommates last fall, sharing a modest split-level house in a subdivision across from the University of Maryland, College Park.
But Oa came to regard Green as a friend, making Tuesday's events at the house even more shocking. Early that morning, Green opened fire, shooting Oa in the leg and killing Rane, police said.
The violence stunned the community and those who knew Green. Police said the 23-year-old graduate student who had interned at NASA set fires in and around the home to lure his roommates outside before he shot them. Green then killed himself.
Oa, who has been released from the hospital, was resting at his family's home in Frederick County on Wednesday and is expected to return to school once he is healed. The 22-year-old fled two houses down, where neighbors hid him in the bathroom.
Oa's stepfather, Chris Merz, said detectives told him Oa was right to follow his instincts and run, rather than stand his ground.
"He's a strong, smart boy so we're confident he'll come through that OK," Merz said. "But it's a scary moment to be literally running for your life. If you don't run, you don't live. And thank God he did."
The campus has seen violence, including the 2011 killing of a student in what was described by police as a drug-related robbery two streets over from where Green, Rane and Oa lived on 36th Avenue. But College Park students said they found the randomness of the shooting particularly unsettling.
"Every couple of months we hear about a shooting at a school," said student Jan Abmzom, 25. "It's not like I'm anxious, it's just a feeling of insecurity, like it could happen to me one day."
The campus mourned 22-year-old Rane, a senior English major who had graduated in 2009 from Centennial High School in Ellicott City. His mother and stepfather work in the entomology department at the university.
Meanwhile, detectives canvassed the house again on Wednesday to find clues they may have overlooked. Still unknown is why Green became violent.
Friends of Green said they did not see any warning signs in the promising engineering student. According to Prince George's County police, Green was being treated for an unspecified mental illness for at least a year.
Police said he stuffed into a backpack a baseball bat, a machete and a semiautomatic Uzi he'd bought just weeks before and stuck a 9 mm handgun into his waistband before he confronted his two roommates.
Merz said his stepson told him he ran from Green knowing it was for his life. Shot in the leg, Oa fell, then got back up and fled.
He escaped into a neighbor's house and called an ambulance and then his family. As paramedics took Oa to the hospital, his family rushed from their home to be by his side.
When they arrived — still not sure of his condition — detectives were interviewing Oa and they had to wait for them to finish, Merz said.
"Sure there's a sense of relief knowing he was shot and he survived it," Merz said. "He's a light in our life, and to lose him would just be devastating to us."
His injuries turned out to be relatively minor, a single bullet wound to the leg. Oa was discharged around noon Tuesday, Merz said, and was resting at home, able to walk without crutches. Doctors might not remove the bullet, Merz said.
Oa did not wish to speak publicly.
The roommates socialized but were not especially close, Merz said. At least two other people live at the house. Two are in the Air Force and are rarely around, Oa's stepfather said.
Neighbors said there were parties at the house but not large ones.
Green was smart but "a little different" and had moods that were up and down, Merz said.
Green, a Baltimore-area native, graduated from Morgan State University, where he excelled.
Chinedu Nwokeafor, a 20-year-old junior at Morgan State, said Green was an important mentor to him two years ago, when he was a freshman struggling with his course work and Green was a senior resident assistant in O'Connell Hall, the campus dorm he lived in.
Nwokeafor said he met Green one night near the front desk of the dorm. Green told him he noticed he didn't go to his classes, and asked him about his frustrations.
"He literally helped me out in everything I was doing," said Nwokeafor, who is from Bowie. "He sat there for almost two hours advising me on what I could do, what teachers I could talk to. He told me if I needed anything, I should come talk to him, which I continued to do."
Nwokeafor, who is now a speech communications major, was at the time studying engineering, and Green routinely helped him with his course work, he said. Green even took Nwokeafor along to an event held by NASA.
"He exposed me to many experiences I will never forget," Nwokeafor said.
When Nwokeafor came across a news story online on Tuesday naming Green as the alleged shooter in College Park, he "couldn't believe it," he said.
"I've only known him as very, very calm, soft-spoken, somebody who's not anything close to violent," Nwokeafor said. "I still believe he's that kind of person."
The last time the two touched base was sometime last year, Nwokeafor said.
By Wednesday, police had not said which mental illness Green suffered from, or what his motive might have been. Friends of Green did not know, either. Police did not find a suicide note.
Clinton Coleman, a Morgan State spokesman, said the university is cooperating with law enforcement to provide all records requested of them, but that he could not comment on whether Green had received mental health services at the university. College Park officials said he had not been treated for mental illness at their health care facilities.
College Park students on Wednesday said they were shocked by the crime, even as they noted a recent rash of armed robberies and the usual need to be vigilant off campus.
Some students wondered why they were not told more by the university about what happened and hoped campus police would step up patrols.
Marvin Mathew, 22, said the whole campus is mourning and thinking of the families.
"Our hearts go out to those families," he said. "It could have happened anywhere, to anyone."
Green bought his weapons legally, police said. Current law does not prevent those who seek treatment for mental illness from buying a gun unless they have been committed to a psychiatric institution for more than 30 days.
Despite his stepson being a victim of gun violence, Merz said he's not sure stricter laws would have prevented what happened, pointing out that Green was also carrying a machete.
Oa wants to meet with the parents of Rane to tell them what he remembers of the attack.
"Neal's the only one who survived it so he's the only one left with something to say," Merz added.


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Less than one week after being named to the list of candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, Tennessee sophomore Jarnell Stokes also landed on the Naismith Trophy Watch List, announced this week by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The 50-player watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2012-2013 college basketball season. The Naismith Men's College Player of the Year presented by AT&T will be awarded on April 7, 2013 in Atlanta.
Stokes, a power forward from Memphis, Tenn., also was recently named to both the media's and SEC coaches' preseason All-SEC Teams after a breakout freshman campaign during which he averaged 9.6 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting .534 from the field. He played in just 17 games – scoring in double figures seven times – after graduating high school in December and enrolling at UT mid-seasonIn June, Stokes led Team USA to the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Brazil. He started every game for the American squad and averaged 14.0 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting .689 from the field.
In late February, the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors will compile a mid-season candidate list of the top 30 players in the nation. Then in March, the Naismith Trophy voting academy will narrow the list to the four finalists.
Notable Naismith Men's College Player of the Year alumni include two three-time winners in Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson, along with Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant. The Naismith Men's College Player of the Year presented by AT&T is one of the most prestigious national award presented annually to college basketball's best player.

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Anybody know any soloable Abyssea NMs? I just soloed Guimauve (the SCH accesssory NM). Needed 3 Nursery Nazunas and called a Dipper Yuly at the end for good measure.
Used Atma of Voracious Violet and Atma of the Stronghold, assuming all benefits extend to pets. After the 2nd Nazuna, I didn't have anymore Healing Salves Is and Reward wasn't ready yet so I put Dia II on Guimauve and used the transporter back to the zone entrance and quickly grabbed another one. Only 20 seconds was left on Call Beast so I waited it out and ported back to #6. Because Dia had not yet worn off, Guimauve did not heal up so I just continued the fight. The third Nazuna could've finished it off, but I called Dipper Yuly for mythical TH2. Between the mob's spellcasts, I would melee a bit and use Primal Rend for about 950 damage.
Any other soloable NM stories like this? It would be nice if Adze was soloable this way, but I get the feeling Adze is a little more complicated.
And of course I run the risk of losing the NM when I ported out if somebody else were to grab it (this happened to me yesterday. Somebody killed it when I was running to get more meds and wait out Call Beast. It was at 10% or so)


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Sculptor of Kolenbrander Bust Visits Mount Union
April 22, 2010
Jerry McKenna, the artist who was commissioned to produce a bust of former Mount Union President Harold Kolenbrander, recently visited the College to see his work displayed.
Sculptor Jerry McKenna with the Kolenbrander bust.
McKenna, a resident of Texas, has also produced several busts for the Pro-Football Hall of Fame in Canton. He had flown into Chicago, where he was being honored by the All American Football Foundation, and decided to travel to Alliance and see the bust in its location in the Kolenbrander-Harter Information Center.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, McKenna has produced various sculptures that appear on Notre Dame's campus. His other sculptures include Lawrence Taylor and Mel Renfro for the Pro-Football Hall of Fame; Sir Winston Churchill in Cambridge, England; George Gipp for the Ronald Regan Library in San Clemente, California; the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Alton; Knute Rockne at Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame as well as many others, both in the United States and abroad.
McKenna, who briefly lived in Alliance as a child, said, "I would love to attend a Purple Raider football game someday."


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You've got a great point there. While the numbers are impressive (85 times more powerful?), the heating and cooling systems would have to be pretty efficient for it to be useful. The article also doesn't say how long it takes the fibers to recharge between twitches. Still, I think it's exciting, but that might just be because I'm writing a mechwarrior story with artificial muscles
You have artificial muscles? Does Lance know about this?
How many cycles does the fiber last for? Human muscle regenerates itself, so it can cycle sorta indefinitely, right?
Normal human muscles do that. This research could be very interesting for those that suffer from Muscular Dystrophy.
Behind the paywall, 3% actuation requires temperature to rise from 25C to >200C. They seem to get their best work production (120 mJ/kg for input power of 6W/cm) somewhere around 1500 C. 1-5-0-0. Right around the melting point of most steels.
Not saying that's a deal breaker, but temperatures like that offer significant challenges to use as a prosthetic muscle. Probably more useful as a linear actuator in micro/nanofabrication than as 'artificial muscle.' The reason they're able to get 20 Hz operatio
Reuse of character names - Check
At least one enemy included from book - Check
Thats all I got, but it is at least something from the book:-P
The problem this democracy faces currently is a total fucking lack of Twinkies!
They did at least get the idea of an oppressive media-driven corporatocracy right. But we're talking about 3 minutes, total, of the entire pile of offal. Given the movie's length, that gives is about a 2% success rate.
If the remake is even close to 25% accurate, it'll be seen as an icon of the genre. It's one of the few times that you actually want a remake of a movie. Plastic and foam kind of don't make for a believable experience. Nor does a casting job from hell. Or effects that Lucas did better 20
I can't tell if they just developed normal myomer technology, or MASC...
Ah, triple strength myomer then.
It's not just waste heat, ambient heat (like on a sunny day) could also pose problems.
Paraffin wax filled bucky-muscle armored suit + integrated flamethrower = bow before the Fire Lord! You pathetic human vermin!
"Some men just want to watch the world burn" - Alfred
The Flamer is pretty much a God weapon against these.
Roll my Jenner up with a flamer and some Streak SRMs.
Flame your ass and watch as your 85 ton mech immediately assumes the fetal position as all you "Muscles" contract.
Then I just throw a few SSRMs at you and then kick you in the cockpit.
Fuck heat. Run a Gauss Cat.
Astartes Power Armour!
I wonder if such a technology could be used in artificially enhancing the muscles of a person to make a super-human, or super-soldier. The chemistry can't be that complex, so I'm sure it's possible through bio-chemical engineering. I'd bet $100 that the US and others have done it before.
I'm thinking they'd have to reinforce the bones and joints as well. 85x stronger muscles are going to do some serious damage if the bones aren't reinforced.
I hear the Borg are looking into this.
If you want to rip your tendons in half, sure.
You'd have to completely replace the skeletal muscular system and integrate it with existing parts so it can handle the new tissue. And then there are the issues of skin abrasion, circulatory problems, self-healing...
Needless to say we won't be seeing superhumans anytime soon, at least not of this sort. You may see some kind of application in robotics or assisted lifting devices. Maybe in fifteen, twenty years if the technology proves feasible and robust enough you may see a powered armor.
Zahn's Cobra trilogy comes to mind. (They laminated the skeleton or something, or at least the long bones.)
The whole bloody skeleton. Downside was, the Cobras started developing arthritis, anemia, & a couple other things that I can't recall off the top of my head, so the enhanced skeleton was a mixed blessing. Add to that the hardwired reflexes in the embedded nanocomputer, and things really went crazy.
Or they could only use 1/85 of that to save space/cost or have spares (like FLASH drives) to kick in when the performance degrades over time.
One doesn't eat the whole bowl of food like some untrained pet.
I wonder if you could layer some sort of metal on to a human skeleton....
"Compared to their size and weight, the performance of these muscles is spectacular," Baughman says. "And we can do all sorts of things with them: We can weave them; we can braid them; we can knit them; we can cut them in different lengths."
Baughman suggests that the muscles could be useful for providing power for microfluidics chips, generating precise facial expressions in robots, and providing movement in small toys such as robotic fish in an aquarium. For many other applications—such as those inside the human body and "smart fabrics" that could become more porous when the temperature heats up or contract around an open wound—the muscles will need to be improved and scaled up in size.
It is an interesting approach, but we're a ways off from powered armor or super-strong robots.
Synthetic enzymes are just around the corner, if the previous week's submission is to be believed.
So, enzymatically generating long double-wall carbon nanotube fibers inside bone matrix seems plausible. (use glucose as the source molecule, shear off oxygen and hydrogen as water, and bind the carbon in place. would probably require a whole new cell morphology though.)
Similar approaches could use existing muscle fiber bundles, and just cause them to grow coiled like that. The magic here, is that because it is
That's why you need sintered nanograin titania (titanium oxide.) A transparent ceramic, stronger than steel, lighter than aluminum,as flexible as plastic and able to sustain temperatures that would turn most metals into fondu. (A nearly perfect material for building engine blocks
I wonder if such a technology could be used in artificially enhancing the muscles of a person to make a super-human, or super-soldier. The chemistry can't be that complex, so I'm sure it's possible through bio-chemical engineering. I'd bet $100 that the US and others have done it before.
Yes, they did it once, but a Nazi spy killed the doctor, who was the only person who knew how to create the Super-Soldier Serum. The Doctor, who's name has changed twice, didn't apparently trust the "cloud" and wanted job security by refusing to write down every crucial element of the treatment, leaving behind a flawed, imperfect knowledge of the needed steps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America#1940s [wikipedia.org]
I bet it absolutely could be used to make a super-soldier, wearing some kind of high-tech exoskeleton. And, as you say, maybe already have, why would they tell anyone. This and the invisibility thing being reported on in the say day. Crysis much?
I love carbon nanotubes, we need a way to make lots of them cheaper.
I'd bet $100 that the US and others have done it before.
How about $6,000,000? "Steve Austin, a man barely alive..."
Could be interesting. But what's the energy conversion efficiency like?
Actually the wax is a safety feature. When the robots revolt, we can easily melt down the uprising with hair driers and carefully placed space heaters...
Ah. Excellent, I have been intentionally not developing real muscles for years so I would have room for the artificial ones.
Who's sorry now dad?!
Who's sorry now dad?!
You will be when you use that artificial muscle to do what you do on that computer. Your grandmother still won't go near a computer after she came over to check on you that one day school got out early.
What I'm curious about is what kind of stress this would introduce to a human body if it it were used for artificial limbs. 85 times the strength would also mean a similar increase in energy conversion. Sure, It would be super sweet to see someone do the long jump without a pole, But at the same time the laws of physics haven't changed. The impact will still be distributed through out the skeletal structure of your body. Unless there is some type of hydraulic impact system. Then, Well, I admit defeat on th
Perhaps a more modest version of say 2x human strength could be used to give more practical enhancements.
I suppose that this will answer some of the questions.
Kind of makes me wonder why slashdot almost never links the REAL articles and instead just links some fancy news sites with second hand information.
Kind of makes me wonder why slashdot almost never links the REAL articles and instead just links some fancy news sites with second hand information.
Maybe because of the paywall?
Kind of makes me wonder why slashdot almost never links the REAL articles and instead just links some fancy news sites with second hand information.
We have a contender for "Woosh of the month"!
obligatory: http://xkcd.com/1015/ [xkcd.com]
These would make for a kick-ass revival of the old Rock'em Sock'em Robots toy!
Contract in 25 mS - what does that mean? The time before contraction is initiated? Or is it related to shortening velocity? If so, over what distance and how liner is the contractile force? Then there's recovery time before the next contraction; the force generated per unit cross sectional area of this material (what do they exactly mean by "size"); efficiency and heat dissipation. As with all these hyped technology claims that purport to mimic biological systems there's an embarrassing lack of detail. And
This seems to have the same problem as shape-memory alloys. Those change shape quickly when heated above their transition temperature, but the amount of energy you have to put in is far more than you get out. Then they have to cool down before they can be cycled again. Power to weight ratio is good, but energy to weight ratio is poor because the cycle time is slow.
Probably not all that useful as a general actuator.
Also important and that no one has mentioned yet is the contraction ratio. The muscle does no good if it can only contract 1% of it's length...
Not just that, but how controllable is the contraction, can it contract half way? Or is it just on/off?
". The muscle does no good if it can only contract 1% of it's length...
Sure it does, a lot of use. Just not replacement for your arms.
Now figure out a way to mass produce it and slap it on a robot.
Or make a new artificial heart.
I appreciate that this is a first step. But sometimes I get tired of the "scientists in a lab figured out a way to make a few molecules/micrograms/reallyreallytinyinsignificantamounts of X after 1000 hours of labor". I'm much more interested in the practicality of things, and until you can efficiently mass produce in usable quatities i almost (not quite though) dont care. yes i am impatient.
"Or make..."
Why not "and make..."?
Anyways, if you don't like hearing about the cutting edge development, why do you read article about that topic?
Just read a Wal-mart ad, that way you only hear about things that ahve been developed.
I canget rid of these flash limbs and get 'bionic' arms, and legs.
...or you'll be able to break those bones into itty-bitty pieces. Even as it is, bone and cartilage often have to withstand muscular forces that are ten to thirty times greater than the limb itself is actually exerting due to mechanical disadvantage at the torque pivots.
Multiply that by 25 and you'll very likely exert fracture-level stresses on the bone or severely damage the cartilage. So if you plan to "go bionic" either use scaled down versions of these "muscles" or go bionic all the way with adamantiu
Seriously, a few things to consider are
1) replacing natural muscle with this artificial muscle means that your energy requirements are drastically reduced: the ATP requirements would probably be limited to the nerve impulses required for muscle contraction and some other collateral factors.
2) you would need to have some sort of aesthetic implants: the amount of artificial muscle required to replace is going to be smaller: "[artificial muscle] can generate power 85 times as great as a similarly sized hu
Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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During my 8 years of Linux on and off usage I have tried more distros than I have chocolate bars. Each one of my previous encounters meant that I had to spend at least 2 days configuring before I have a desktop that I was somewhat comfortable with. With Ubuntu Feisty Fawn's latest test beta --for the first time ever-- this was not the case. I was up and running with all the niceties I wanted within 2 hours.
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Yes, my Home Basic came with Aero (minus the visual tricks) -- composite was enabled by default on Vista. There was hardware acceleration, shadows etc.
I only tried Compiz on Ubuntu though, and I didn't stay on it very long because I found some major problems with it. I didn't try Beryl in there because I don't want to screw up the system between AIXGL/XGL and Compiz/Beryl. I will just follow whatever Ubuntu decides to use as their default, although my personal preference is AIXGL/Beryl (just without these silly-loaded pref panels). Beryl moves forward faster than Compiz /me thinks.
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Portland State University (PSU) raised $465,000 for students, faculty and programs at the twelfth annual Simon Benson Awards on Wednesday, a record for the University's biggest fundraising event of the year.
About 1,600 people came to the dinner at the Oregon Convention Center to honor The Furman Family and The Mark Family, two Portland-area families who have given millions of dollars to the arts, education and nonprofit organizations over several decades. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state, gave the keynote speech.
"The generosity and leadership of the Furman and Mark families have made them modern-day pioneers in philanthropy," said PSU President Wim Wiewel. "Their gifts and those of thousands of others create opportunities for students and connect the resources of a great urban university with the needs and challenges of our community."
The money raised at the event will go to the Fund for PSU, which supports students, faculty and programs campus-wide. Named after one of Oregon's first philanthropists, the Simon Benson Award was created in 1999 to honor the state's contemporary pioneers of philanthropy. Recipients are tireless community leaders who give generously of time and resources and whose legacies affect the lives of generations of Oregonians, past, present, and future. Last year, the dinner raised $285,000.
Philanthropic support to PSU rose more than 22 percent to $15.7 million in 2010-11, up from $12.8 million in 2009-10.
William Furman is the co-founder, president and CEO of The Greenbrier Companies in Lake Oswego, a multifaceted rail and marine barge manufacturing company operating in North America and Europe. His late wife, Joyce, was passionate about social work and served PSU on the School of Social Work Advisory Board. The couple's major philanthropy at PSU include the newly established Joyce N. Furman Fund in the School of Social Work, which will fund efforts to prevent youth homelessness by improving foster care. In collaboration with Ben & Jerry's, this project opened a "partnershop" on the PSU campus this summer, offering employment to homeless teens and young adults participating in programs of New Avenues for Youth. The Furmans were also leadership donors to the School of Social Work's Campbell Endowed Professorship in Children, Youth and Family Mentoring which focuses on developing and sharing best practices in the field with social work practitioners nationally.
Melvin "Pete" Mark is the chairman of the Melvin Mark Companies, a commercial real estate firm founded by his father Mel in 1945. He and his late wife, Mary, have supported a variety of institutions within Portland, particularly the Portland Art Museum. He is a board member of the museum, as was Mary until her passing in 2008. Mark is a former member of PSU's President's Advisory Board and the athletics department's Ultimate Tailgate Auction Committee. Gifts from various members of the Mark family to PSU include support for the College of Urban and Public Affairs, President's Circle, David Weisenburg Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Veterans, and the Center for Real Estate.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice served as national security advisor and secretary of state under President George W. Bush. She is currently a professor of political economy at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and is the Thomas and Barbara Stephensen Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution.
The Simon Benson Awards Dinner kicked off PSU Weekend, which takes place on campus October 21-23. PSU Weekend is a unique community-wide event that welcomes alumni and friends to campus for a series of educational and entertainment activities. This PSU Weekend will feature tours and faculty presentations in the newly renovated Science Research and Teaching Center and free seminars on Saturday. For more information about PSU Weekend, see www.pdx.edu/alumni/psu-weekend.


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Photo Friday: Reflected
Day 196 – February 3, 2012
I have written before about our family's trip to Laguna Huacachina (see here and here), but I have only mentioned the sand dunes.
As the name of the place implies, there is an actual body of water here (a lagoon, if you will). This is oasis is so well-known throughout Peru that it is emblazoned on the back of the country's fifty nuevo sol bill.
I realize I have been remiss in this space in that I have not yet shared with you all a picture of the actual water that gives this place its name.
In honor of this week's theme of "reflected" from Photo Friday, I offer up Laguna Huacachina.
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Trojans ace Sarah Dawson throws her first no-hitter of the season in Bridgewater-Raynham's 14-0, non-league softball victory over visiting Durfee on Saturday.
Sarah Dawson knew it was going to be a good day when she was warming up on Saturday afternoon.
"When I warmed before the game, I was talking to my catcher (Emily Kurkul) and we knew today was going to be a good day, we could feel it,'' said Dawson after she threw her first no-hitter of the season in Bridgewater-Raynham's 14-0, non-league softball victory over visiting Durfee. "It starts when you warm up. I felt good throwing the ball and I knew I would do well on the mound. That confidence just instills from the get-go.''
Dawson was in command from the first pitch. The Trojans' junior allowed only one base runner, in the third inning on a one-out walk to Kendra Graham. Dawson finished with nine strikeouts and allowed only one ball to leave the infield in helping Bridgewater-Raynham remain undefeated at 6-0.
"Sarah was very dominating on the mound,'' said Bridgewater-Raynham coach Mike Carrozza. "Against Barnstable the other day she threw a one-hitter and that one hit just grazed off of her glove and went to the shortstop. She was very good today.''
While Dawson was mowing down the Hilltoppers on the mound, the Trojans took advantage of some early Durfee (1-6) errors to open the scoring.
Holly Greet began the bottom of the second for B-R by reaching on an error and Jenny Heller singled to put runners on the corners. Heller stole second and Greet scored when the throw went into center field. The ball rolled to the fence and Heller scored from second for a 2-0 Trojans lead.
No. 9 hitter Stephanie Cavallaro (3-for-3, two RBI) singled to begin the Bridgewater-Raynham third and scored when Kurkul (three RBI) launched a two-run home run to left for a 4-0 lead.
Bridgewater-Raynham pulled away with a five-run bottom of the fourth.
Heller (two hits, RBI) hit a solo home run and Kelsey Leuenberger followed with an infield single and went to second on a wild pitch. Dawson (two hits, two RBI) singled to left to score Leuenberger and Cavallaro then hit a two-run home run to left for an 8-0 advantage.
"I told the girls we need to get some ignition going to light the candle offensively,'' said Carrozza of the bottom third his order that collected six hits and four RBI. "That's the mind set, to get the momentum going and then it becomes contagions, and it did.''
Leadoff hitter Madison Shaw singled and scored on a Kurkul sacrifice-fly for a 9-0 lead.
Dawson added a RBI single in the fifth that scored Sophie Perez for a 10-0 lead and the Trojans put the game away in the bottom of the sixth.
Stacey Korotsky (two hits) singled and walks to Kurkul and Greet loaded the bases. Perez (two hits) ended the game with a grand slam to left field for a 14-0 lead.
Bridgewater-Raynham finished with 14 hits and four home runs.
"Some of the wind today was a cross wind,'' said Carrozza. "Our girls were hitting the ball through that wind and that was excellent. They would have been home runs on any day.''
The win on Saturday began a stretch of four games in six days for the Trojans. Monday, they play Weymouth and then take on a pair of undefeated teams in Walpole on Wednesday and Silver Lake on Friday.
"This is a good start to the vacation week,'' Carrozza said. "We have Weymouth and Walpole before we play Silver Lake and we know that (Silver Lake) has a good pitcher (Maddie Barone) that has thrown five no-hitters. It will be a good week coming up of good softball.''


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By Ben Levisohn
How are analysts feeling about China these days? Not so good, according to a new Morgan Stanley survey.
According to the report, 23% of analysts expect policy to be favorable to their companies, down from 47% in February, while two thirds expect business conditions to improve, down from 77% in February. In March, 61% of analysts expected earnings expectations to increase, down from 84% in February, while the number of analysts expecting earnings to decline also rose.
China's stock market has been suffering in 2013. The China Shanghai Composite Index has dropped 2.5% so far this year, while the iShares FTSE China 25 Index (FXI) has fallen 12%. The iShares MSCI China Index ETF (MCHI) has fallen 9.7% and the Market Vectors China ETF (PEK), which tracks shares available primarily to Chinese citizens, has dropped 8.3%.


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A blood drive will be held Saturday, Mar. 23, in Quitman for a little girl who's battling a life-threatening disease.
Eden Smith is battling childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma. When the disease was discovered, the 10-year-old was in stage two.
Since then, Eden has undergone chemotherapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
United Blood Services is co-sponsoring a unique drive to assist Eden.
"For every unit of blood that we get for Eden, they (United Blood Services) will send fifteen dollars to St. Jude's in Eden's name put aside to be used for Eden for whatever she needs," says Dian Mayo, who is a friend of the family.
The blood drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the central office for the Quitman Public School District.


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By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
May 17, 2008 - President Bush praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai today following meetings at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Bush and Karzai held a short media opportunity following the meeting and Bush backed up Karzai's strategy for the way forward in Afghanistan. The president is in the midst of a six-day trip to the Middle East that has taken him to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Bush said he supports Karzai's strategy for the Paris Donor Conference for Afghanistan next month. Afghan officials said they need $50 billion to rebuild a nation totally shattered by 30 years of struggle against the Soviet occupation and an internal civil war. Bush said Karzai has taken on "a very tough assignment, which is helping your young democracy survive amidst the threats from the radicals and extremists."
Karzai's strategy stresses the agricultural reality of his nation, Bush said. "His strategy is a smart strategy, and part of his strategy is ... for the world to help Afghanistan's agricultural community grow and prosper, so that they can not only become self-sufficient in (providing their own) food, but become net exporters of crops that people need in order to be able to eat and survive," Bush said.
Bush encouraged the world to respond to Afghanistan's plea, and said the United States will certainly help.
Karzai thanked Bush for his support and the American people for their sacrifices to free Afghanistan.
Karzai, who survived another Taliban assassination attempt in April, said there are unmistakable signs of progress in his country. "For the first time, after 30 years, were able to give diplomas to the graduates of Afghanistan's universities, the medical colleges, economics, law and all that," he said. "That would have not been possible without your help and the help of the rest of the world."
The Afghan president thanked Bush for support at the Paris conference. Hopes are that if Afghans can grow cash crops to feed themselves and others, they will not have to grow opium poppies.
Karzai also said he will be asking at the conference for help on energy resources and irrigation projects.
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Iceberg DEATHMATCH: Berlin vs Manhattan
Battle for supremacy in measuring big ice
The BBC has challenged ScienceDaily's Manhattan as the unit of measurement for icebergs – presenting the Berlin as an alternative quantifying the surface area of whopping pieces of ice.
Back in August, ScienceDaily explained that a piece of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf dislodged by the Tohoku Tsunami "was about four by six miles [6.4 x 9.6km] in surface area – itself about equal to the surface area of one Manhattan".
We were quite taken with the concept, but the Beeb reckons the Manhattan is entirely inadequate to describe the imminent "birthing of a giant iceberg" from the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.
The Corporation insists: "US space agency (Nasa) researchers expect the eventual iceberg to cover about 880km2 – an area the size of Berlin."
Well, this simply won't do. We suggest an international conference of top experts and media pundits is rapidly convened to settle the matter once and for all, before the situation gets out of hand, and we have iceberg Beijings, Washingtons and Moscows battling for supremacy.
Furthermore, given the urgency of the situation, we demand people get round the table within one Kardashian. The Kardashian, since you ask, is a potential Reg standard suggested by reader Paul Bolander, equalling 72 days. ®
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SCHOOLS across the county have closed for the day as teachers strike over pay structures, pensions and working hours.
In the Herald & Gazette area, Durrington First School, Thomas A Becket Middle School, Heene CofE First School, Downsbrook Middle School, Field Place First School and the Laurels First School, St Margarets CofE Primary School, The Angmering School, The Globe Primary School, Herons Dale Primary School and Steyning Grammar School will all be closed.
Children of primary age are the most likely to be affected by the strikes as membership for the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are concentrated in the younger age bracket.
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|2012-02-15, 06:19
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And I would argue that winning at Karuta is not just to get Chihaya but instead both goals are the same for Taichi, to not give up on something just because he isn't the clear winner from the start. That is what his arc is about.
|2012-02-15, 06:32
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Another fantastic episode, with plenty of intense, emotional, as well as funny moments (Chihaya's reaction faces were gold ).
I like how Taichi was unwilling to let the issue of the match be determined purely by the luck of a draw and surprised everybody by going on the attack. Too bad it didn't pay off. I'm glad he quickly moved past his frustration and disappointment and decided there's no reason for him to hold any hard feelings against Nishida. He's growing up
Chihaya forcing herself to call Tsutomu and Nishida by their names was pretty funny. It sounded so wrong coming from her . I'm happy Nishida told her to stay as she was. You're the airhead, Chihaya, accept it!
|2012-02-15, 09:39
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Why are those matches always so intense? xD
This show is still as great as ever...
But man, only 6 eps left, while there seems to be so much left to do. I'm curious, is the manga finished and the anime a full adaptation of it? Or is there a chance for a second season in the future?
|2012-02-15, 12:50
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|2012-02-15, 14:31
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I am on my way catching up after getting stalled earlier during the run of the show but after watching episode 10 and watching Taichi act like the very best club president possible, I must say he has become my favorite character in this show. He is certainly timid and cowardly but you can't help but root for the guy with how hard he tries and how sincere his efforts are, deep down inside.
However, it might be unfair to claim that he tries the hardest. I have noticed that the show gives the largest amount of pov focus to Taichi. In the 10 episodes I have watched, we were inside his brain far far more than any other character, Chihaya included. As a result, we kind of have a bias towards his passion. We certainly know for sure that his passion for Karuta is genuine - as is his love for Chihaya. But that he loves Chihaya only helps bolster his love for Karuta and the other way around. It's definitely unfair to claim that he is playing only out of jealousy. But I don't think its exactly fair to the rest of the cast to claim that he is the one trying his hardest. I see them all as trying their very best, with utmost sincerety. At the very least, Desktomu was (thus far at least). If the show gave their inner thoughts more time, I am pretty sure we'd see them trying just as hard as Taichi. Okay, maybe not just as much because Taichi is the type to excel by hard work but they'd definitely be trying hard enough that it really wouldn't matter who was trying the hardest. Such comparisons would be lowly and rhetorical at best.
|2012-02-15, 20:10
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Nishida took a huge leap forward in coolness this week. Taichi's been able to find the right words at the right time to focus the team, save for a slip or two with Chihaya, but this time it was Nishida who knew just what Taichi needed to hear after such a gutting loss.
I could have cheered for Desktomu when he made up his mind to not be beaten by his own tendency to give up when he's losing. His all-or-nothing gamble was pretty awesome, and funny too. Good for Kanna taking home the Class D crown. They've both come a long way.
Meanwhile, Chihaya is her usual awesome self. It was nice that they let her step back and play comic relief while the rest of the club got to shine, but I'm ready to see her start to apply what she's learned so that she can become a force at the top of the A rankings.
|2012-02-15, 23:43
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BTW, this is the first time I remember where the anime skipped an minor, but important detail in a scene from manga. Granted it's only 2 pages but it offers a hint on Arata's current (or previous) ability.
There is still a chance the scene might be saved as pre-OP scene next episode but if anyone interested I can post it over in the manga thread.
|2012-02-16, 02:41
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Like others, I found the scene where Chihaya cradles a sleeping Taichi to be extraordinarily moving. We get a clear sense that Chihaya understands Taichi on a deep level, that she knows what he is feeling and consequently feels sympathy for him. More than that, she even identifies herself with him: she thinks how she and Taichi are alike, how "Taichi and I are always under pressure." To think of Chihaya as an airhead is simply to miss her genuine perceptiveness and the depth of the connection she makes with Taichi here.
We can debate the romantic implications of the scene. Certainly the moment opens up the possibility of a real relationship, based on the substance of shared experiences and feelings. In this, Chihayas embrace is completely different from earlier scenes where Taichi longs helplessly for Chihaya. It hardly reflects well on Taichi that he gets the closest he ever has with Chihaya when he is asleep, but then the anime is making a point, mainly about the futility of all his one-sided frustrated longing.
In any case, the scene is important to the narrative for reasons entirely unrelated to romance. Chihaya is led to think about pressure and then to embrace Taichi in sympathy as a result of Kanas explanation of why she was able to play so well in her match: that was because I was playing against Desktomu-kun. / I wasnt so much worried / about winning as I was focused / on playing my own style of karuta, / so I didnt feel any pressure.
Kanas explanation of her success should be familiar to us: she repeats the shows standard critique of playing in order to win. The problem with playing to win, Kana suggests, is that is subjects you to pressure, which inhibits your play. The solution is to play with your team, so that with their support you can stop worrying about winning and instead focus on playing your own style of karuta, and so be able to play at Kanas 120%.
Chihaya seems to take just this lesson from Kanas words. In thinking about pressure, and as she embraces Taichi, she simultaneously declares her desire to play again as a team: I want to play a team match. / I want to play as a team again. The sequence suggests that she takes herself and Taichi as negative examples of Kanas thesis, players who worry about winning, feel pressure, and lose. She then turns to the idea of playing as a team as a means to resolve the problem of playing to win and to playing under pressure.
So the moment where Chihaya embraces Taichi turns out to be a crucial moment in Chihayas understanding of what she needs to do in order to advance towards becoming queen. And the path she sets out on is, I should point out, diametrically opposite to the plan Taichi sets out after the nationals, when he proposes we should all focus on our individual g[oals,] and which he realizes by guiltily sneaking off on his own to win tournaments without his team. As usual, at least as regards karuta, Chihaya is right, and Taichi is wrong...
A ray of hope for Team Taichi: when Taichi is going over the upcoming tournament schedule, he mentions the Saitama tournament in late September, / and the Kawaguchi tournament in early October. Taichi has just lost Saitama to Yusei. But Kawaguchi is right around the corner. Theres still hope!
|2012-02-16, 03:10
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EDIT: and let's not forget about Nishida. He also "sneaked" off on his own before, and he also seemed very adamant about wining in this match.... and he won.
All in all, I don't think this was a critique of playing in order to win. Everyone plays to win. What matters is not to fall to pressure IMO. Taichi is so desperate when he plays, not so much because he wants to win per se. Rather, he is still afraid of that one wall that he believes he will never surpass. Yeah, that's our friend back there in Fukui...
To sum up, Taichi's problem is not about wanting to win; it's about being afraid of losing.
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|2012-02-16, 05:38
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Yeah, he was referring to the Western Japan Qualifier for the Mejin title. The way the Meijin and Queen titles work is similar to other culture-based competition like Go of Shogi.
The East and West will have Qualifying Tournaments for Representative right. Once that is decided, the West representatives and East representatives will play each other with the winners earning challenge right against Meijin (best of 7) and Queen (best of 5)
|2012-02-16, 06:57
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Does anyone here actually play Karuta?
Kay I am all done catching up and I don't know what to say. This show does a very good job at making you feel the intensity. And at making you root for all the characters at the same time.
Unfortunately however, the eternal airhead Chihaya is currently the weakest character in the main cast for me. I absolutely adored her younger self that was so full of confidence and brutally frank to a fault but her current version seems more a plot device than anything else. That constant iteration of "Arata bla bla" >_> Arata is nothing more than a blog for her and Taichi never mattered as a romantic interest. Not that I am complaining because I generally dislike it when josei/shoujo shows give too much focus to romance, especially when they make the MC hover between her choices for an eternity. So it's cool that Chihaya cares more about Karuta than either of the leads. But the problem with that is that her passion for Karuta doesn't feel genuine anymore. I can't exactly pinpoint what's wrong but her passion for Karuta feels the weakest out of all the main cast.
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|2012-02-16, 11:31
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She's starting to really study the game more than she has ever before.
|2012-02-16, 11:34
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So, let's talk about Taichi's least shining moment in the episode, the incident in the locker room when he puts down Yusei by saying "I guess you got lucky." Yusei was lucky all right, but what is the connection between Taichi's statement here and the question he asks Yusei immediately before, as to whether Yusei knew what cards were left at the end?
As the last six cards are read, Taichi actually has a slight advantage over Yusei. The card he is defending is a single syllable card, while Yusei is defending a double-syllable card beginning with "The." If Taichi knows that all the other "The" cards have been read, then Yusei's card becomes for him a single-syllable card, which he can take on the first syllable while Yusei is waiting for the second syllable to be read. So Taichi's question in the locker room attempts to find out whether Yusei took his "The tail" card on a first or a second syllable basis. Yusei's answer makes it clear to Taichi that Yusei didn't know what cards were left, and therefore was taking the card on the second syllable. The animation of the final moments of the match makes this point clear as well: Yusei is fooled by Taichi's intensity into thinking that there is still another "The" card out there, as he asks himself "Wait, there's another one left?" Taichi on the other hand knows that all the "The" cards have been read: so for him, unlike Yusei, the "The tail" card is a single syllable.
What this means of course is that Taichi had a golden opportunity to take the card, and he simply wasn't able to. This makes his put-down of Yusei all the worse: Taichi is using luck of the draw to excuse his own failure to capitalize on the slight advantage he had due to his remarkable memory. As I said, not a shining moment for Taichi at all.
So, why doesn't Taichi manage to take the card? We've seen other players in similar situations do it. Shinobu took a card from under Chihaya's hand in the nationals, but Shinobu is a special case, so that's not a fair comparison. The other instance Kana refers to in the van--the final card Chihaya takes against Sudou. As Kana explains, this card epitomizes the special swiftness a player can achieve when they are playing relaxed. You will recall that is also how Sudou understands how Chihaya is able to take the card: he sees that at that moment she is not thinking about winning, as he himself is, but only about having fun. Conversely, as Retro-kun points out, none of the Mizusawa players are relaxed: all are completely tense, and probably none more so than Taichi. So I think you can make an argument that in the end Taichi's own tension does him in.
I very much appreciated how Tsutomu took his defeat. The scene with Kana was very beautiful, and made the match into a deeper bond between them. I have to say Taichi could take some lessons in being a man from Tsutomu here.
I didn't much care for the male bonding Taichi and Yusei do at Chihaya's expense. Yusei is entitled to feel as he likes about being called "Meatball-kun," but the prospective boyfriend ought not to be bonding with the buddy over running down the prospective girlfriend. Just saying.
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Here is one thing that would worry me. Doesn't Match.com match you with the "perfect" person based on some sort of test that you take? (Never used the service just have heard the commericals.) I would think twice about a service that would think someone like that would be a match for me!
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Notre Dame de la Merci, Quebec – Losing control has never been so easy. Controlling losing control is going to take a few more trips to this winter wonderland. But after a day of dodging snow banks and cones at Porsche's Camp4 Winter Driving Experience, I want only to keep on failing. The objective: to tell you the truth, I was often unsure, because of my desperate desire to not bury the car in a snowbank, but it sure was fun. I wasn't really that clueless and besides, the goal for attendees is to experience these conditions in the safe confines of a closed course and develop one's car handling skills at the absolute extremes of poor traction. Driving the latest Porsches is just the gravy.
I gave it my best to piece together some stretches of progressive understeer into poised oversteer, hold a four-wheel drift with throttle modulation and opposite lock steering and execute a "pendulum" manoeuvre (drift one way, snap the car back, drift the other way, repeat, repeat, repeat). Fail, fail and fail (though thankfully I did not do so directly into any snowbanks or to such a degree as to require towing). Okay, maybe I'm being a little hard on myself but I can't say I had many (or any) moments that looked or felt like the graceful arcs shown in the video demos during the too-brief training session we had before being sent into Porsche's fleet of new 911s.
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Autos.ca colleague Paul Williams writes about this eventfrom the perspective of one who has participated in several driving schools, but perhaps I can better imagine a typical Porsche customer's experience at Camp4 as more of a novice driver. Customers will receive more substantial instruction and practical experience with every "exercise" over two days than our one-day crash course (pardon the pun) allowed us.
The morning session saw us jumping straight into the 400-hp, rear-engine 911 Carrera S, the brand new 991 generation that is just going on sale at the time of this writing. Seems a little crazy and more than a little trusting, but as it turns out, their trust was rewarded and faith earned with only minor dust-ups by a handful of journalists with the forgiving snowbanks that lined the course.
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The first exercise was on the long track at Quebec's Mecaglisse facility, with a focus on getting a feel for the car's tricky handling on ice with more safety mechanisms deactivated after every couple laps, until we were navigating the frozen track on the 911's most aggressive Sport Plus track mode and with the Porsche Stability Management turned completely off. The back straight of this track also included a slalom in which we were to attempt the most difficult exercise, by trying to kick out the back end by lifting off throttle in mid-turn, then goosing the gas, catching it with opposite lock steering and mild throttle, then straightening and bringing the back end around to swing out the other way, all while trying to navigate between the cones that always seemed to pop up right when I was about to do something right.
This is an exercise that our instructors usually save for the afternoon of the second day, when everyone has had plenty of time to get a feel for the ice and the cars. I managed to spin out on just about every slalom pass when I wasn't crawling around in fear of re-arranging snowbanks with the nose of a brand new 911 and being told by our track hostesses, "You can go faster now, Jonathan," over the walkie-talkies we all had: lessons straight from the public shaming school of education.
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After a break for lunch, we moved onto the small track and into the comparatively modest 320-hp Cayman S. Its mid-engine, rear-drive layout meant that it was harder to get it to break grip, and with perfect balance, precise steering and sublime feel for the surface and traction, it was easier to control both going forward and sideways. The short track also featured one of my favourite areas, a wide flat corner exit coming off a short, steep uphill climb that made it easy to free up the rear wheels without too much speed or throttle. The wide expanse of track meant there was plenty of room to play with the throttle and spin out to my heart's content in an attempt to master holding a longer drift. Following that stretch was another slalom, this one with fewer, and more widely-spaced, cones where I think I might have actually pulled off a classic "pendulum" motion. Maybe… once, I think.
Our last exercise of the day was at the big oval in a 911 Carrera 4 GTS Convertible from the 997 generation. While this 408-hp rear-engine car's weight distribution is similar to the Carrera S, that "4" means all-wheel drive and allows a slightly more aggressive approach to handling on ice. This exercise walked us in baby steps through the feel of understeer slip, then lifting off (and maybe even braking a little) to inducing oversteer on a big, round circle of ice with a pile of snow in the middle, but plenty of room everywhere to get going sideways, backwards and every which way but straight. Finally — room to breathe. With all stability systems off and using the most aggressive throttle, transmission and suspension settings right from the first lap, the dual-clutch PDK auto-manual held the lower gears (rarely needing anything past 2nd) and kept the engine wailing up to its 7,500-r.p.m. redline.
The object of this exercise was to get the car into oversteer, then dial in some countersteer and keep a four-wheel drift going for as long as possible by gently modulating the throttle. Having power at all four corners means the wheels at both front are working to maintain an even power slide, controlled with steering angle and by gently adjusting throttle inputs. I've watched drifting videos and rally clips on YouTube, NASCAR victory celebrations and watched instructors at other advanced driver training schools holding drifts until the rubber is peeled off the wheels. I tried to channel any of those drivers, but to little effect.
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However, that little effect was good for about a quarter or third of the way around the oval, and I would gladly spend day after day and thousands of dollars (if I had either at my disposal) for the chance to try, try and try again to recapture those four or five seconds of defying physics in the seat of a car I've dreamed of since the age of six, holding the car in a four-wheel drift on a sheet of sheer white ice. It's a moment seared into my memory banks, right up there with the first time I opened up the throttle in the first Porsche I ever drove, a 964 Carrera Cabriolet, the first time I heard the bark and scream and brutal acceleration of a flat-six behind the rear seats.
The backdrop around the Mecaglisse track was a winter postcard, and pushing the Porsches around its icebound tracks and past the limits of adhesion was an experience of a lifetime for me. Another Walter Rohrl quote presented to us by the training team perfectly captures the challenge and illuminating experience of Camp4: "The true art of car control is felt in an unstable way of driving." What better way to discover the abilities and essence of cars legendary for their precision and control than in an environment in which you first have to lose control before truly mastering it? I know I'd gladly sign up for another round.
Despite all the fantasy fulfillment of an event like Camp4, participants acquired some very concrete, real-world driving skills. For example, understeer and oversteer are common occurrences when cornering on our slippery winter roads. Reacting to them appropriately comes with experience, and Camp4 offers exactly that. In both situations, it is important to look where you want to go (at the road ahead, not the tree or barrier or ditch), as hard as that instinct can be to conquer.
Having the chance to build skills like these in the comparative safety of the closed Camp4 circuit will help if you ever face an emergency situation on your daily commute. Porsche's Camp4 is not the only advanced driver training event that hones these skills (BMW and Mercedes are two other manufacturers that have such programs too), so search online for local events if you can't spring for something as exotic as Camp4.


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World Council Seeks Next Generation of Credit Union Leaders
It's time to submit 2012 WYCUP nominations
January 25, 2012
MADISON, Wis. — Hardworking and successful credit union staff and volunteers age 35 and under please take note: World Council of Credit Unions is accepting nominations for the 2012 WOCCU Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) scholarship program. The deadline for all nominations is June 1, 2012. Scholarships will be presented at the World Credit Union Conference in Gdańsk, Poland, in July.
The WYCUP program seeks individuals who have already made significant contributions to the development of their own credit unions or regional/national credit union systems and have demonstrated the potential to employ their unique talents at the international level. Credit unions and credit union organizations that are World Council members are encouraged to nominate young leaders to compete for a WYCUP scholarship.
"The hallmark of any profession is its willingness to prepare its future leadership," said Brian Branch, World Council president and CEO. "The WYCUP scholarship program cultivates and supports the leadership credit unions will need on a global basis in the years to come."
To be eligible for the scholarship, nominees must: 1) be sponsored by their credit union or credit union organization to attend the 2012 World Credit Union Conference in Gdańsk, Poland, in July; 2) be 35 years of age or under as of Jan. 1, 2012; and 3) submit a completed nomination form to World Council with all the necessary supporting materials by June 1.
WYCUP scholarships—all-expense-paid trips to the 2013 World Credit Union Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada—will be awarded to five recipients at the 2012 conference in Gdańsk. All WYCUP nominees, regardless of award status, will be formally recognized in Gdańsk and invited to take part in events and networking sessions organized throughout the conference specifically for participants age 35 and under. Conference registrants in this age bracket also qualify for a discounted registration fee, regardless of whether or not they compete for the scholarship.
For more information on the WYCUP scholarship program and to download a nomination form, visit www.woccu.org/wycup. For questions about WYCUP, contact Liliana Tangwall at firstname.lastname@example.com or +1-608-395-2043.
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thanks as I didn't realize the last one has been posted.
You have until the 12th to order your custom color!!
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Thanx for the last article. In the first chapter of it, steve talked about the reasons why I decided to buy the STRC-LCG-Kit, too. My stock chassis was broken and just a few days before I thought that I will buy a aluminum motormount. I heard about the TRAXXAS LCG and thought that I will buy it next. Speculations in some RC-threads said it will cost around 70$. As I added the costs of a aluminum motormount (that isnt availabel now) I wasnt far away from the STRC-Kit price. I purchased some STRC parts before (bellcrank, hex-adapters, battery-strap, drifeshaft front hub) I had the crash and knew about their great quality. And it wasnt a hard decission to jump on the STRC-LCG train. No more wobbling plastic Just a few weeks and I will receive this great piece of custom adonized aluminum! "happy, happy, joy, joy!"
@Brian and Steve: I hope the chassis will be a great success for STRC! Thanks for the great work and the look behind the curtain
Looking forward to new slash 4x4 bone driveshafts made by STRC.
Greets and best wishes from Germany
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-06-2012 at 04:14 PM.
Ordered some transparent protection foil to save the bottom of the chassis from scratches. Just need an idea to cutout the holes for the screws. Maybe I will take a sharp drill...
I placed a question about the receiverbox dimensions on the Rally 1/10 section. Maybe it will fit between servo an ESC on the STRC chassis...
Received an quick answer from kwitty
Here are close numbers.......from outside each extending screw that holds the top on about 54mm
The height to the area where the led light shines through is about....................................42mm
And the length and this is at the top/bottom seam which is wider than the base..................53mm
@Brian/Steve: Does it fit between servo and receiver? I think its very big...
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Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-07-2012 at 02:34 AM.
One thing I been reading on other threads is about laying down their servo flat off the chassis. With the STRC LCG chassis this is already been done for you so you can have the lowest CG of any LCG on the market. Plenty of room on the chassis to keep everything low.:nod:
Another thing I have noticed that with the STRC chassis setup that I do not bend or break screws that are used for chassis braces. I noticed on several other setup at our shop guys have been bending or breaking off screws in their braces running to the top deck. This means the chassis is flexing or toplate is flexing a good amount to break of a M3 screw. With the 4mm thick chassis on the STRC if your bending screws more than likely your going well past what the chassis was actually made for.
Just read article #5 in the series that Steve has been doing about the 4x4 Slash LCG chassis from idea, to prototype, to testing. Then I read all the articles as if I was a new customer surfing the STRC website. It was very informative and if I was new or even if I was in this hobby for a long time I learned a lot. My personal feelings is it really gets the consumer into the whole process from start to finish.
Steve thanks for taking all the time out of your day to take the pictures and write up the articles explaining how it all happened. What great insight on how products are made from start to finish.
I have 2 questions for you wyd10, could you put a mamba monster (4274 motor size) on this frame just like the original slash 4x4 or you are limited to 36mm can ? In the picture I see a center diff could you run with the slipper clutch ?
Thank !
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Cant wait to get my STRC-LCG... An aluminum chassis must be a big improvement in comparsion to a plastic chassis. If i remember the time of my youth, where I was a mountain bike fanatic, the first aluminum frames were released. I just had an Cro-Mo bike and my thought was, that there were nothing better than this kind of frame material. A good friend of mine bought a KLEIN MTB at this time that was made of high quality aluminum. Yeah, it was very expensive, but it was wort the money. I never drove a stiffer frame than this. Every crank rotation was send to the ground directly. I wasnt an expert in the field of mountainbiking, but it was an experience I will never forget. Hopefully the STRC Chassis generates a similar feeling to me... you can delete "hopefully"... I´m sure that the STRC chassi is great
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-07-2012 at 02:15 PM.
The slipper setup will work. Motor wise I know Steve tested with one of the larger Tekin motors so think it would fit but way overkill.
So excited to get mine. I have both LCG 2wd and soon to be 4x4.
I'm already planning on making a guard for running in sand, going to do a lot of work on the sand track in the spring time and building another one a 10 min walk from my house out of clay. it will be a smooth dirt drifting track. I find the loose tracks a lot more fun than near concrete tracks.
I can't wait to see the LCG powerslide, if the stock chassis could do it I bet this one will be sick!
Any idea if they will be producing a motor mount that will work with the TQI telemetry? (magnet and hall effect sensor).
I would jump at this LCG chassis but want to keep the RPM sensor and don't see if it's possible to mount that still..
November 12th is the last day for preorders to get the custom anodized chassis for your STRC LCG conversion for 99 dollars. For those just looking this is a one time run of custom colors for those that pre order their new LCG Slash 4x4. Bang for the buck is unbeatable from anyone out and pennies on the dollar more than the plastic LCG Slash setup its a total win win for the consumer.
It has the awesome motor mount, 2.5mm graphite top plate and 4mm aluminum chassis with all hardware needed for this direct conversion. Has custom front sway bar mounts and has the servo mounted off the chassis so this setup is true LCG setup. Everything is below the top deck if you want it to be. Don't miss out.
Do you know when they are shipping?I ordered my blue one a while back
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As long as I get it before Christmas, I should soon have my 2wd done
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It would be interesting to know, how many pre-ordered colors are out there, when the pre-order process is ended. Maybe its possible to hand out an information to every pre-ordered chassis. For example: Blue colored chassis No. 6 of 10 worldwide.
Just an idea to underline the exclusiveness.
does strc have a color tablet. i think i want green/hard combo but im not sure what color green to expect.
hard anodized is like a gunmetal gray color correct?
edit, im stupid...so ill answer my own questions.
here is an example of strc's green....i would say army/ halo green would be a good title
and heres a quote from the site
Please note that our hard anodized usually produce a dark gun metal-ish color shade
Last edited by supradrew; 11-09-2012 at 10:34 PM.
What is the size of bearing in the motor mount, it is the same cheap bearing 10x15x4mm or big 10x19x4mm ?
Thank you wyd10 !
Stampede 4x4 1415 1Y 2400kv, 4S 5200 30C
Check out the other forum threads...
Just ordered mine>>>>>>Black/Black>>>>>can't wait.......................
I trust in statements that were based on experience (hello to Brian). Statements based on marketing purposes are just bad jokes I never trust in!
It would be interesting to know good reasons that will speak for a bigger sized bearing... Reasons like "big is better" are not accepted.
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-10-2012 at 06:31 PM.
I have not had any issues with the bearing, just keep it clean, it just gets dirty and stiff then just locks up
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I think, that there is only one reason why people think about a motormount with the big bearing. I thought the same way too, before I read the statement of Brian. People who want to buy a aluminum motormount want get the best and savest solution to avoid the bearing problem, which is not just a legend. The price difference between an aluminum motormount with an small or a big bearing isnt so big. And thats the reason why most people think, that the big bearing mount is the better solution. I never heard about a customer who isnt satisfied with an aluminum motormount , regardless of the bearing size.
And one thing is for sure, the STRC-chassis is the best solution to avoid flexing and heat issues in the whole center-drifeshaft area, because its made of aluminum.
PS: I didnt pre-ordered the custom blue chassis because of the LRP-claim "Blue is better"
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-10-2012 at 08:22 PM.
You can also put the 1/10 Rally chassis on the Slash with a few bits and pieces.
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30 min run at the sand track and this small bearing 10x15x4mm are full of sand and locked
Stampede 4x4 1415 1Y 2400kv, 4S 5200 30C
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-11-2012 at 05:46 AM.
@samintrepid: Youve got a dirt problem and not a bearing problem, thats my oppinion. Dont fight against the consequences of the problem, you have to fix the problem at its initial point. When I take a look at your slipper clutch, it seems like that you have to clean it after every run and it does not make a difference if youve got a small or big bearing. I dont want to clean my Diff after every run...
@All: I will create a chassis dirtguard by my own. After a lot of research I find the "Custom Made" section at the Outerwears site... yes, I posted it before... http://www.outerwearsracing.com/products.asp?cat=11446
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For the rest of you guys you still have one more day to preorder so don't miss out. Get a LCG setup like no others out and save a chunk of change while doing it.


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School plan ignites debate, tempers
Panel proposes Vets become junior high
As the Long Term Facilities Planning Committee unanimously agreed to forward a recommendation to re-purpose Warwick Veterans Memorial High School as a junior high school to the School Committee, those opposed to the decision turned out to save the school.
The committee has been meeting since June to discuss plans to consolidate schools, but this was the first time the meeting room at the School Administration Building was filled to capacity. Almost 60 people were in attendance, with more filling the hallways and even more picketing outside. Most wore Vets clothing or the school's colors, blue and gold, holding signs reading "Save Our School" and "Community Schools are the Key to Success."
People gathered just before the 4 p.m. start of the meeting and remained until it closed at 5:30. The crowd included many Vets teachers, such as Nancy Kennedy, the school's choir director and music teacher.
"I'm sympathetic to their issue, but I don't agree with the solution," said Kennedy, adding that the need to deal with budget issues is understandable but there are other options besides closing a community school. "The Vets community, and the Gorton community, is a special community."
Kennedy, who was outside the administration building with other Vets supporters, also brought up the importance of Vets to current and future students in the Vets feeder system.
"For kids, their personal identity is attached to [Vets]," she said.
Kennedy also took the time to lay out some of the other arguments from those who are against consolidation, citing the importance of community schools, poverty causing low-test scores and underachieving students and not the conditions of a building, the rush of the process, decision and ultimate consolidation, and the fact that many feel the process was still not transparent to the public.
She also said that while she knows committee members have "the best of intentions and the kindest of hearts," they do not have the expertise to assess the situation at hand.
Also at the protest were Vets freshmen Natasha Savage, Brittney Boyd, Julia French and Brianna Boyd.
"I think we just wanted to save the school," said French when asked why the four field hockey players decided to attend the protest. "We just started and we already love it."
Savage said that the decision to close Vets would separate the students who have been together for years and would make classroom sizes larger.
"People pay for smaller class sizes at private schools," she pointed out. "It would make Warwick schools more attractive to people if they had smaller class sizes."
The girls also believe that larger student populations will make it harder to make the different sports teams. They also don't want to leave the community they are already such a part of, calling Vets a "family."
Inside the administration building, Superintendent Dr. Richard D'Agostino set out to go over the details of the drafted report, which can be found in its entirety on the School Department's website, with the committee, but the restless crowd outside made that difficult. Those left outside of the meeting room chanted, "Let us in," "Vets," and "save our school," both from the hallway and from outside the building. Some even resorted to banging on windows and doors.
The chanting stopped when Ptlm. Osvaldo Monteiro warned the hallway gathering they were being disruptive. Backup officers were called before the meeting ended.
Despite the chanting, the meeting continued as planned with the committee ultimately approving the report 14-0, with one absence. D'Agostino read portions of the report during the meeting covering all of the steps the committee had taken to come to their recommendation since May, when the School Committee tasked the group with coming up with a five-year plan for the school facilities to address declining enrollment.
They began by examining student population, which has been declining continuously over the years. During the meeting, D'Agostino specifically cited the peak of student enrollment was in 1968 with 19,464 students; as of October 2013, the enrollment is 9,313 students. From 2012 to 2013 alone (using the student enrollment as of Oct. 1 each year), the enrollment dropped by 302 students (9,615 students to 9,313).
The report also shows that since the start of this school year, both the elementary and secondary levels have seen a decline in enrollment, a total decline of 98 students since Sept. 10 (34 in elementary, 64 in secondary). This decline is seen in data from the city, school district, state and New England School Development Council (NESDEC) that performed projections 10 years ago for a 20-year projection. Their predictions have been within 1 percent of what the enrollment was in the past decade, and their data predicts continued decline for the next decade.
The report also mentions the results of Rhode Island Department of Education's Public Schoolhouse Assessment, which says Warwick junior highs have excess capacity of 55 percent and high schools have excess capacity of 50 percent. Elementary schools only have excess of 13 percent, but those schools were most recently consolidated.
Necessary updates and renovations to the buildings is also included in the Schoolhouse report; Gorton Junior High and Aldrich Junior High are two of the oldest buildings in the district and require more than $18 million each to be brought up to standard.
The committee's report continues to explain how they began to discuss consolidating at the high school level to re-purpose a high school facility as a junior high school and be able to close Gorton and Aldrich, avoiding the cost to improve those buildings and finding an answer to the decline in enrollment.
D'Agostino then continued to explain the other steps taken by the committee, including classroom utilization studies, tours of the facilities, transportation needs, etc. There was also a reminder of the financial impact; re-purposing Vets as a junior high would save the district $4.4 million, while re-purposing Pilgrim High School would save $4.3 million.
D'Agostino also reviewed the discussion points from the conversation that ultimately led to the committee voting Vets be re-purposed as opposed to Pilgrim; topics included location, building conditions, special programs, finances, and which building is better suited to house 12- to 14-year-olds as a junior high (or eventual middle school).
The report closes by detailing the various phases of the proposed consolidation should the School Committee vote to close and re-purpose Vets. Between June and August 2014, Vets would be closed, students, equipment and materials moved over, and renovations to Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools completed. Between August 2014 and August 2015, renovations would be done to Vets in preparation for becoming a junior high. Planning for the junior high consolidation would begin in January 2015, such as student population, transportation routes and staff. Aldrich and Gorton would officially close in June 2015, with students moving to a new Vets Junior High and Winman Junior High for September 2015.
Feedback would be collected on the high school and junior high school consolidation throughout the process. Once that consolidation is completed, the central administration will get together to discuss moving the sixth grade up to the junior high and beginning an all-day Kindergarten program. Depending on the results of that discussion, the committee would reform to see if any upgrades, needs or consolidation would be necessary at the elementary level.
The committee brought up few suggestions for edits to the report, just a few word changes for clarification. For example, Ed Racca wanted to make sure that when the report says the committee felt the Vets building "resembled" a junior high, it says Vets is more "accommodating" for sixth, seventh and eighth graders to navigate instead.
Many of the committee members also wanted the report to include their support of moving the district to a middle school model and full-day K program, although that discussion will be had by the administration.
"We're way behind the curve," said David Testa, committee member. "So if it's a question of semantics or what words we use, I think the School Committee needs to know that the sentiment of this committee is that we get into middle school and all-day K as soon as humanly possible, and I even hate to be that broad."
Rosemary Healey, who was on hand to provide legal and HR guidance during the meeting, also pointed out that using the term "middle school" does require certain certification for teachers, so for now it may be better to refer to the possible future configuration as moving sixth grade up to the junior high.
Although public comment is not allowed during the committee meetings, the audience was able to make their opinion known, laughing when it was said that Vets' structural improvements would take a year while Pilgrim's repairs could be done in a summer, and when it was mentioned that Vets more closely resembled a junior high school.
Ultimately, the committee accepted the report with the noted changes and D'Agostino addressed the next step, presenting the report to the School Committee and public hearings.
There is no date for the special meeting where the committee will present their report to the School Committee, but D'Agostino said they are working with the School Committee members to find a date when everyone is available in the next few weeks for the presentation and public hearings. But the superintendent is preparing to deliver the presentation with help and support from the Long Term Facilities Planning Committee.
"We will be doing a presentation. We will have all the Long Term Committee members there," said D'Agostino, adding that he will serve as narrator, with Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci, Secondary Education Director Dennis Mullen and Elementary Education Director Robert Bushell presenting data they have collected. However, other members of the committee will also speak, letting the School Committee know why they voted the way they did and explain the discussion they had in the meetings over the past few months.
"This is a very united committee," said D'Agostino. "This group of people truly believes they are doing what's best for the students."
D'Agostino also said he understands the emotion behind those standing against the recommendation, some of whom were reportedly saying harsh remarks to members of the committee (forcing the members to defend their positions) and continued to cheer and make noise outside of the administration building after the meeting ended. D'Agostino said he knew the decision to close a school would cause emotions to run high, but he hopes that everyone understands this decision was made based on the facts of declining enrollment, excess capacity and the need for better technology and programming, and much more.
To see the committee's entire report, go to www.warwickschools.org, click on the LTFPC link on the right-hand side of the page, and select the Nov. 15, 2013 meeting folder. A PDF of the draft can be found there; an updated version with the few wording changes will be up when it is completed.


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Downey participates in Leadership Congress.
Mechell Downey, Administrative Assistant to the President of Seminole State College, recently participated in the Association of Community College Trustees - Leadership Congress in Seattle, Washington where she was elected Vice President of the national organization.
Downey, attended the ACCT Professional Board Staff Network group workshop and business session Oct. 2-5. This group provides information and training for individuals at community colleges who support governing boards and presidents.
The Network focuses on continued development of professional skills, the sharing of expertise and best practices, and keeping abreast of new developments in higher education.
This year's meeting featured a panel entitled "The Changing Role of the Professional Board Staff Assistant." The panel discussion covered how the board staff assistant roles can change over time to leadership positions.
Attendees also heard trustees, presidents and board staff share information on essential skills needed to further their professional development and leadership. Current board staff shared how their current roles have changed and how they assumed additional responsibilities and leadership.
During 2012-2013, Downey served the Professional Board Staff Network as Secretary. Following her service as Vice President, she will assume the role of President in October 2014.
Downey has been with the President's Office at SSC since July, 2000. Prior to joining the staff at the College, she worked as a Loan Assistant at First United Bank in Seminole.
Downey serves on the Seminole Planning Commission and is a graduate of Leadership Seminole. She and her husband, Mike, are owners of Central Sheet Metal of Seminole
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Freeman Hosts VT Public Television/FRONTLINE Discussion on TBI in Sports
- 07-28-2013
- By Erin E Post
With reported cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in athletes on the rise, researchers are working to better understand both the physiology behind these injuries and the consequences for patients.
On Tuesday, July 30, Vermont Public Television hosted a one-hour screening and web discussion on Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports. The screening featured excerpts from a PBS FRONTLINE program titled "Football High," which explores the hyper-competitive culture of high school football, and a VPT production called "Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports." This Emerging Science episode focuses on young athletes, and explores research spearheaded by Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of the Trauma Physiology Laboratory at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and director of emergency medicine research at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Freeman's lab uses state-of-the-art experimental techniques to better understand vascular responses to TBI, and MRI imaging to provide insight into the progression of disease.
Freeman was on-hand July 30 for online discussion and to answer questions and share the latest medical news on TBI. He was joined by Thomas Talavage, a professor of electrical & computer engineering and biomedical engineering at Purdue University. Talavage also serves as a principal investigator in the Purdue Neurotrauma Group and is co-director of the Purdue MRI Facility.
The screenings were held on VPT's online engagement platform, OVEE, which allows viewers to discuss the film via chat during the screening. Learn more.


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Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has been selected by Statoil to provide multilateral technology (MLT) for two mature fields offshore Norway. The three-year frame agreement includes two optional periods of two years each and has an estimated value of more than $200 million.
The new FlexRite® Multibranch Inflow Control (MIC) junction and the FlexRite® Intelligent Completion Interface junction, of which Statoil has installed approximately 150, will form the basis of this frame agreement. Together, these sealed junction MLT systems enable flow control capability of all laterals in multiple legged MLT wells.
In addition, Halliburton's MLT solutions offer both environmental and safety benefits by reducing the number of templates needed and the amount of drilling time to reach the reservoir—ultimately enabling greater reserve recovery.
Together with other Improved Oil Recovery projects Halliburton's MLT technology has contributed to Statoil's increased oil production from the Troll field. The current drilling plan for these fields is estimated to include 119 new junction installations or about 75 percent of the planned multilaterals offshore Norway.
"Previously, technology provided by Halliburton to Statoil, has proven to be an innovation solution for the Norwegian sector of the North Sea," said Luis Mera, Halliburton's Scandinavia Area Vice President. "We are proud to be part of some of the most complex multilateral solutions being installed in the world."
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Sherwood wrote:I watched the movie with Rob and Kristen's commentary - hilarious, but I feel that they really needed Taylor there to round it out because I am sure tidbits were missing.
As far as the making of, I enjoyed seeing the bits about Jasper and Rosalie's stories, but where was the love story in all this. One of the biggest moments of the entire book - maybe the series - wasn't even discussed. Where is Edward's proposal and Bella's acceptance? For me, that is a major oversight.
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