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Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply
Claims for Environment, Energy Use Draw Fire; Fighting on the Farm
By LAUREN ETTER
Little over a year ago, ethanol was winning the hearts and wallets of both Main Street and Wall Street, with promises of greater U.S. energy independence, fewer greenhouse gases and help for the farm economy. Today, the corn-based biofuel is under siege.
In the span of one growing season, ethanol has gone from panacea to pariah in the eyes of some. The critics, which include industries hurt when the price of corn rises, blame ethanol for pushing up food prices, question its environmental bona fides and dispute how much it really helps reduce the need for oil.
A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development concluded that biofuels "offer a cure [for oil dependence] that is worse than the disease." A National Academy of Sciences study said corn-based ethanol could strain water supplies. The American Lung Association expressed concern about a form of air pollution from burning ethanol in gasoline. Political cartoonists have taken to skewering the fuel for raising the price of food to the world's poor.
Last month, an outside expert advising the United Nations on the "right to food" labeled the use of food crops to make biofuels "a crime against humanity," although the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization later disowned the remark as "regrettable."
The fortunes of many U.S. farmers, farm towns and ethanol companies are tied to corn-based ethanol, of which America is the largest producer. Ethanol is also a cornerstone of President Bush's push to reduce dependence on foreign oil. But the once-booming business has gone in the dumps, with profits squeezed, plans for new plants shelved in certain cases, and stock prices hovering near 52-week lows.
Now the fuel's lobby is pleading with Congress to drastically boost the amount of ethanol that oil refiners must blend into gasoline. But formidable opponents such as the livestock, packaged-food and oil industries also have lawmakers' ears. What once looked like a slam-dunk could now languish in pending energy legislation that might not pass for weeks, if ever.
Ethanol's problems have much to do with its past success. As profits and production soared in 2005 and 2006, so did the price of corn, gradually angering livestock farmers who need it for feed. They allied with food companies also stung by higher grain prices, and with oil companies that have long loathed subsidies for ethanol production.
The U.S. gives oil refiners an excise-tax credit of 51 cents for every gallon of ethanol they blend into gasoline. And even though it's the oil industry that gets this subsidy, the industry dislikes being forced to use a nonpetroleum product. The U.S. ethanol industry is further protected by a 54-cent tariff on every gallon of imported ethanol.
Ethanol prices peaked at about $5 a gallon in some markets in June 2006, according to Oil Price Information Service. The price soon began to slide as the limited market for gasoline containing 10% ethanol grew saturated. New plants kept coming online, increasing supply and dropping prices further. Today, the oil refiners that purchase ethanol to blend in need pay only about $1.85 a gallon for it.
The low ethanol prices help some oil refiners. "I'd pay a hell of a lot more for ethanol than I am right now.... I'm getting a windfall because it's priced so much less than its value to me," Lynn Westfall, chief economist for refiner Tesoro Corp., told investors recently. The ethanol tax credit will bring refiners an estimated $3.5 billion this year. Some oil companies use ethanol to stretch gasoline supplies or meet state requirements to make gasoline burn more cleanly. Ethanol that's voluntarily blended into gasoline reached a high this month, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The low prices reflect soaring output. Global ethanol production has grown to a projected 13.4 billion gallons this year, from 10.9 billion gallons in 2006, according to the International Energy Agency. The U.S. production is more than half of that total, or about seven billion gallons this year, up 80% in two years. It equals less than 4% of U.S. gasoline consumption.
Analysts expect U.S. production capacity to keep growing, encouraged both by high oil prices and by the hope that Congress will stiffen the mandate for refiners to use ethanol. Some observers regard the profit squeeze as part of an ordinary industry shakeout that will ultimately leave the best producers in a position to thrive. As ethanol prices were pushed lower and corn prices stayed high, ethanol profit margins dropped from $2.30 per gallon last year to less than 25 cents a gallon.
Turning Up the Heat
This year, even as the production glut was driving down ethanol's price, critics and opposing lobbyists were turning up the heat. Environmentalists complained about increased use of water and fertilizer to grow corn for ethanol, and said even ethanol from other plants such as switchgrass could be problematic because it could mean turning protected land to crop use. Suddenly, environmentalists, energy experts, economists and foreign countries were challenging the warm-and-fuzzy selling points on which ethanol rose to prominence.
"Our love affair with ethanol has finally ended because we've taken off the makeup and realized that, lo and behold, it's actually a fuel," with environmental and various other drawbacks, says Kevin Book, an analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc.
Against all the criticism and lobbying, "we're David in this fight," says Bob Dinneen, the ethanol industry's top lobbyist. Mr. Dinneen says the industry has been made a scapegoat for food price increases that are due to many factors, including higher oil prices and growing overseas demand for grain. He also faults the lack of a mature U.S. distribution network that would make it easier for consumers to get ethanol. His group, called the Renewable Fuels Association, and the National Corn Growers Association have formed a coalition to "unify the voices" in the ethanol community, he says.
Back in early 2005, President Bush gave ethanol a boost in his State of the Union speech by calling for "strong funding" of renewable energy. Energy legislation that summer required oil companies to blend a total of 7.5 billion gallons of "renewable" fuels into the nation's fuel supply by 2012. The legislation also effectively extinguished ethanol's chief competitor as a clean-burning additive, methyl tertiary-butyl ether, which had groundwater-pollution issues. The bill anointed ethanol as the default additive and instantly created demand nearly double what was produced that year.
"That was when the floodgates started coming open," says attorney Dan Rogers of the Atlanta law firm King & Spalding LLP, which arranges financing for ethanol plants. Hedge funds, private-equity investors and East Coast bankers started pouring money into ethanol. Producers such as VeraSun Energy Corp. and Pacific Ethanol Inc. went public. Mr. Dinneen, the lobbyist, hopscotched the country attending ribbon-cuttings at new plants that popped up in corn-growing states.
Local farmers who'd invested soon were cashing handsome dividend checks, even as new demand pushed up the price of corn. After languishing roughly in the $2-a-bushel range for three decades, corn jumped to above $4 early in 2007. So far this year, it's averaging $3.35.
In the past, livestock farmers supported ethanol because it was good for the overall farm economy. But now they began to complain that the higher corn price cut sharply into their profits. A meat-producer trade group called the American Meat Institute took a stand against federal support for biofuels last December, joined soon after by the National Turkey Federation and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
The farm fissure widened when livestock, meat and poultry groups started coordinating their lobbying with the oil industry, in discussions helped along by former Texas Congressman Charles Stenholm, who now lobbies for both industries.
Packaged-food companies, too, began pushing back, as one after another blamed biofuels' effect on grain costs for hurting earnings. In June, Dean Foods Co., H.J. Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., Nestle USA, PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. sent a letter to senators saying that requiring greater use of ethanol would affect their "ability to produce competitively available, affordable food."
Ethanol's opponents also began to highlight reasons why ethanol might not be such a boon to the environment, citing some recent research studies.
Strain on Water Supplies
One by the National Research Council said additional ethanol production could strain water supplies and impair water quality. A spring 2007 report by the Environmental Protection Agency said that "ozone levels generally increase with increased ethanol use."
A study coauthored by Nobel-prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen said corn ethanol might exacerbate climate change as the added fertilizer used to grow corn raised emissions of a very potent greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide. The ethanol industry replies to that one with an Energy Department study concluding that use of ethanol reduces greenhouse-gas emissions by 18% to 28% on a per-gallon basis, provided that coal isn't used to run ethanol plants.
Opponents of ethanol also have hammered on an Agriculture Department projection that by 2010, less than 8% of the U.S. gasoline supply will come from corn-based ethanol -- and 30% of the corn crop will be used to make it. That suggests to some that the tradeoff between food and fuel is unbalanced.
At the same time, some foreign countries have been increasingly questioning ethanol. Mexico blamed it in part for contributing to rising prices of corn-based tortillas. China barred new biofuel plants from using corn, and Malaysia trimmed its biofuels production mandates. Cuban President Fidel Castro has called using food crops for fuel a "sinister idea." President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela ordered troops to secure his oil-producing nation's grain supplies, saying corn was to be used for food, not fuel.
The government of Quebec, which has offered loan guarantees for corn ethanol plants, recently decided not to initiate any new ones. Instead it will turn its attention to so-called cellulosic ethanol, which would be made from switchgrass, wood chips or other plant matter. It concluded that "the environmental costs of corn ethanol are higher than expected," says a spokesman for the province's minister of natural resources.
In recent months, U.S. lawmakers appear to have become more receptive to the anti-ethanol arguments. "People never thought they would have to make a trade between energy security and food security," says Jesse Sevcik, a lobbyist for the ethanol-opposing American Meat Institute.
The ethanol industry, accustomed to getting its way in Washington, hadn't faced such opposition before. It may not have helped that Mr. Dinneen, in a close echo of former Vice President Spiro Agnew's famous line, for months brushed off his foes as "nattering nabobs of negativity."
Mr. Dinneen says arguments about ethanol driving up food costs are overblown, in part because corn farmers will produce so much grain that corn prices will ease. But even though U.S. farmers this year planted their biggest crop since World War II, prices have stayed well above $3 a bushel, thanks to rising demand in developing countries and poor weather in some grain-growing nations. The price is expected to stay well above $3 next year as farmers shift some land from corn to two other crops whose prices have risen sharply, wheat and soybeans.
Bigger Plants
New and bigger ethanol plants, spurred by money from investors far from the Corn Belt, have contributed to production capacity that's expected to approach 12 billion gallons next year. But annual U.S. demand stands at just under 7 billion gallons.
So it's easy to see why the industry supports the Senate version of pending energy legislation, which includes a requirement that gasoline blenders use 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022. Up to 15 billion gallons of this would come from corn-based ethanol. The rest would come from cellulosic ethanol -- an industry that now barely exists -- or other fuels. A similar bill passed in the House has no such provision.
Mr. Dinneen, who has been lobbying on ethanol so long he's known as the "reverend of renewable fuels," says he's "reasonably confident" Congress will raise the ethanol mandate. He says he's talking with the military, labor groups, Southern black churches and others about how ethanol can help them. "We've got to build the biggest, baddest coalition we can."
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- (verb) to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud; "to acclaim the conquering heroes."
- celebrated, admired, highly rated, honoured; "an acclaimed public figure"
- (noun) enthusiastic and public praise; "she has won acclaim for her commitment to democracy"
Acclaim (अक्लैम) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
- जयकार, जय-जयकार करना, वाह-वाह करना, स्वागत करना, स्तुति करना
Acclaim Origin
- early 17th century (in the sense 'express approval'): from Latin acclamare, from ad- 'to' + clamare 'to shout'. The change in the ending was due to association with claim. Current senses date from the 17th century.
Acclaim in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- She has never been an actress who aspires for National Awards or critical acclaim.
- Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance of her new song, "Formation," was met with acclaim by her fans and the mainstream media.
- Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' as an effort which deserves national acclaim and appreciation, Paswan said..
- If we did 10 films a year, three might work and one might get some acclaim.
- Sonu Sood, who earned acclaim for his role in Jodhaa Akbar, will play a pivotal role in the film, which is expected to start rolling next week.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of acclaim
- acclaim = reach your 'AIM', you will be acclaimed hero
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Save it in the edit is a common saying among film professionals. Editing makes the difference between boring vacation movies and exciting travelogues between the whole dull news conference and the highlights on the evening news. Whether you re a budding Spielberg, a proud parent who wants two-year-old Junior s every feat documented for posterity, or a band that wants your music video to rock, Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies tells you what you need to know to edit regular digital or high definition video like a pro. It covers the basics of capturing, importing, and editing digital videos, with detailed how-to for: Organizing your media Navigating the audio and video Timeline tracks and selecting clips and frames on the Timelines Getting fancier with split, roll, ripple, slip, and slide edits Working with audio, including mixing, editing out scratches and pops, and using filters to create effects Using Soundtrack to compose a musical score, even if you don t know the difference between horns and strings Apply transitions such as 3D simulation, dissolve, iris, stretch and squeeze, and more Adding text for captions, opening titles, and closing credits Color-correcting video Compositing, rendering, and outputting your final product to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web Three bonus chapters online go into more depth about rendering, customizing the interface, and managing media so you can refine your skills even further. Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies was written by Helmut Kobler, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, owner of K2Films, and a frequent contributor to Macaddict Magazine. Having this book next to your editing equipment is the next best thing to having him sit next to you and guide you through the editing process.


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Fëanturi, the "Masters of Spirits", was a title given to the brothers Námo (Mandos) and Irmo (Lórien) of the Valar.[1]
The title was created due to the two brothers' spheres of influence over the spirit. Though often called by the name of dwelling places, the true names of the brothers were Námo, the elder, and Irmo, the younger.
Irmo, who resided in Lórien, was the master of visions and dreams. His gardens were the fairest in the world and filled with many spirits. Often the Valar would come to his gardens to rest and find ease from the burdens of Arda.
Námo, who resided in Mandos, had power over the fëar of Elves and Men who gathered in his halls after death, where the fëar of the Elves abode while those of Men soon left the Circles of the World. Námo delivered judgement on Manwë's bidding in serious matters (such as the Doom of the Noldor) but also judged over the fate of the elvish fëar.
Nienna is the sister of the Fëanturi, who mourned Melkor's marring of Arda. She resided west of West, near the halls of Mandos, which she often entered to bring strength and wisdom to the fëar there.[1]
Nienna and Mandos are counted among the Aratar - the eight greatest of the Valar - while their brother Irmo is not.
[edit] Other names
In the Etymologies appears a Noldorin equivalent of the name Fëanturi: i-Fennyr or Fennuir.[2][3]
[edit] Other versions of the Legendarium
In The Book of the Lost Tales the word appears as Qenya Fantur pl. Fanturi with the Gnomish forms Fanthor, pl. i-Fanthaurin, all deriving from the root FANA.[4]
The word produces the Qenya names Vefantur (the Fantur of Death, Mandos) and Olofantur (the Fantur of Dreams, Lórien).[5]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Account of the Valar and Maiar According to the Lore of the Eldar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 387 (entry SPAN-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 15
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part One
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"


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BBC boss warns Clarkson over gaffes
TV boss Danny Cohen has warned Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson that "no one person is bigger than the BBC" after a series of headline-making gaffes by the star.
BBC director of television Cohen ordered an internal investigation into the hit show after a string of controversies saw it criticised by communications watchdog Ofcom for breaching broadcasting rules over a ''racial'' term used by Clarkson.
The regulator decided the comment, made by the star during the programme's Burma special screened in March, was offensive.
That came just three months after Clarkson was caught up in another racism row after unaired footage from the programme came to light in which he appeared to use the n-word.
Appearing on Richard Bacon's show on BBC Radio 5 Live, Cohen said he had had several "frank" conversations with Clarkson but refused to say whether the star was on a final warning.
He said: "I've been very clear with what I think is acceptable on the BBC, I've been very clear that no one person is bigger than the BBC."
Asked about the n-word incident, Cohen said: "R egardless of it being on television or not I don't want that stuff going on when we are on production, when you're representing the BBC."
In a letter to the Guardian earlier this month, Cohen said he disagreed with Clarkson's language but insisted the under-fire Top Gear host was not "racist".
The show - and Clarkson - have landed in trouble before. An episode filmed in India was criticised by Indian diplomats and the BBC had to apologise to the Mexican ambassador after remarks made by Clarkson and co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond.
Clarkson was also criticised by mental health charities after he branded people who throw themselves under trains as ''selfish'' and was forced to apologise for telling BBC One's The One Show that striking workers should be shot.
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Along with the increased interest in sustainable living and gardening, composting is also regaining popularity. It's a great way to manage organic matter while creating a valuable resource at the same time. There are many different methods of composting but the key elements they share are the organic materials that go in them: water, oxygen, and the microorganisms that actually do the decomposing.
My favorite type of composting is the three-bin method. This system works well if you have the room and generates a lot of organic matter. With this system, you will have different piles in various stages of "ripeness": fresh organic matter in one bin; then moved to the second bin when the first is full and the compost is ready to turn; then repeat, turning compost into the third bin, where it finishes.
You can make your own three-bin composting unit out of many different materials. Old pallets wired together are the least expensive, but wire and wood, wood slats, or even cinder blocks can be used to construct the unit. If using the wire and wood or the wooden slats, you will need some basic carpentry skills and tools. Each bin should be roughly 3 feet tall, wide, and deep. I am partial to those that allow air to easily circulate around the pile. All that oxygen keeps the microorganisms in the soil happy and working hard to break down your organic matter.
The first bin is where the fresh organic matter is placed. Place "green" materials like grass clippings or other fresh plant waste with "brown" materials like dried leaves, wood chips, or shredded branches. Green material tends to be high in nitrogen; brown material contains more carbon. If green waste is limited, you can add nitrogen-containing fertilizer to bring the carbon and nitrogen ratio closer to 30/1. If using kitchen scraps, dig a hole in the center of the pile and bury to comply with many city nuisance ordinances (you would hate for a neighbor to complain). A thin layer of garden soil should be applied to introduce the microorganisms that do the composting. Be sure to keep the pile moist. An easy way to tell if your pile has enough moisture is to squeeze a few handfuls of materials. Everything should feel damp, like a wrung-out sponge. If it doesn't, it's time to add water. Turn your pile while adding water so everything gets moist. If more than a drop or two of water comes out when squeezed, then your pile is too wet and turning is in order so you can balance moisture and air levels, optimizing conditions for decomposition.
As the pile starts to shrink, you will know that it's decomposing. It is a good idea to check the temperature of the compost from time to time, ideally with a compost thermometer. Once the temperature starts to drop, it is time to turn. Make sure that the outside, and undigested stuff, gets put into the center. After the middle has reached 140-150 F, turn the pile from the original bin into the adjacent center bin.
Once the second pile is filled, allow this to further decompose, again watching the value decrease. Follow the same steps and transfer to the third bin. While this last bin will still go through some decomposition, it is ready to use at any time the need arises. I find this type of composting super easy to set up and easy to "work."
A version of this article appeared Carolina Gardener Volume 28 Number 1.
Photography courtesy of Arina P Habich/Shutterstock.com, Cindy Shapton, and Tim Matthews.


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A-mazing Construction Path
The ground breaking ceremony for Colorado State's two new athletic buildings is a month away but some pre-construction work has begun outside the McGraw Athletic Center.
There are two chainlink fence mazes set up, one directly outside the building where the football players access the locker room. The other is closer to the practice field.
No one has been trapped yet. Then again, it's still early in preseason practice.
Needless to say, coaches won't accept excuses if players are late to practice because they are stuck in the maze.
"The guys who make it to practice are the guys who are going to play," said safeties coach Larry Lewis.
The Rams were picked to finish next to last in the preseason Mountain West media poll. Give them a few months of negotiating the mazes on the way to the practice field they will take on all-comers in any arcade game classic Pac-Man competition.
No. 87 _ CSU landed No. 87 in Sports Illustrated's annual College Football Preview. The Rams did better in the magazine's preseason projections than the MWC's own media poll _ a projected three-way tie for fourth with Wyoming and New Mexico.
BYU, picked No. 17 nationally as this season's BCS buster, was nowhere to be found on the BCS bowl projected pairings.
Mountain West International _ Javan Hedlund of the MWC office assembled a list of 20 current and former MWC athletes in Beijing for the Olympics. There are seven countries represented outside the U.S. from Australia (Utah basketball player Andrew Bogut) to Zimbabwe (TCU track sprinter Lewis Banda).
Colorado State's former NCAA champion hammer thrower Loree Smith is writing an Olympic blog for CSU's Black Student Services web site. (www.bss.colostate.edu/loreesmithsblog.aspx)


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This topic came up earlier, in Jim's Tap The Knot post. I wanted to respond to it, but was very busy - luckily with a good thing - playing music.
T'any rate, I wanted to put in the good word for the so called "pre-composition". It is an integral part of my process in order to arrive at the final piece of music, so I must give it thumbs up. We have lost a commonality. To approach a new piece of music requires the jostling of many issues, at times conflicting. But I love the entire process of developing the sound of my new compositions and projects. It is there that we can play ideas of sound off ideas of philosophy - or choosing to make sonic relationships with other art objects, or natural subjects. It can intertwine with other performing, visual, or literary arts.
There are many things new in our time compared to "theirs". The full inclusion of all sounds, electronic processing, and highly developed tonal, rhythmic, and formal methods provide powerful new forces and sonic possibilities to the composer. But "pre-composition" is also deemed new. Well, it is true that composers of old had a more restricted palette shall we say. And because of this, we need to spend more time developing a musical syntax for our pieces - something that was already established, to a degree, for the composers of old. But, the system was very flexible, and large scale forms were realized that are hard to believe simply sprung off the pen. Even within the highly structured vocabulary functional tonality and traditional form, that Wagner did not "pre-compose" with the Ring, Bach with the Art of Fugue, Beethoven with the Pathetique Sonata, or Schubert with the Gmin Quartet.
Does the sculptor just sit down and start chipping at rocks? I suppose it is possible...but I would gather that paper sketches are the norm. Does the novelist just start writing? Or perhaps, do they develop characters and plot lines first? Don't you think it best that they develop the character, so the very first words about them come from a deep understanding of who they are, where they have been, and where they are going? Yes, the reader discovers the character, but should the author as well, at least to a degree. Can we not see the relation to this in music composition?
I would never say that pre-composition is a must do list. But under a certain kind of perspective, it is always there. The notes...the sounds come from their history.
Most often for myself, some kind of structural plan has been thought out - notated to a degree, but rarely complete - graphic at times, and others in words. Likely, some kind of pitch structure is established to form a basis - at times rigorous, others very loose. Orchestration is often mapped out, but, all relating to form. Form is key - it is the reason. Reason is key - it is the form.
There is also subjectivity and music. It can challenge parameters. Certain subjects need appropriate sounds and structures, and one bends or discovers new technique to realize it. The subjective impulse bears down on the objective realization, experimentation, trial and error. It takes study - comparative and contrasting.
This is a process I like to embrace, not be scared of. I find the western classical tradition is a powerful beacon through the murky waters. The richness and depth of it holds much to contemplate, and the ability to coordinate musicians by the score is if nothing else, fascinating. There are many exceptional figures in the cannon. The rigor it demands as a performer help increase facility and ear training. And yes, the functional tonal system is indeed, an incredibly potent development of the human conscious. There is much to learn from this system and how it was used, and how it has changed and evolved. I believe it's fundamental logic can reach to many people - it has a kind of universality in its expressiveness. Markets may not bear all this witness, but they show habits, not importance. And I also believe that the classical music traditions over the world provide great structures for musical learning and development - many rich traditions. There is so much to learn - again, not scary, but rather exhilarating.
Pre-composition is all of those stages that lead you to that note on the paper (dot on the screen). In the end, a choice must be made - but how was it made? To be a composer one is a composer. Ok, Jedi geek stuff, but, well, true. Embrace the journey to the composition. Love the work. Learn and explore in life and in music. "pre" Compose till your heart's content. Work out harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, formal structures etc - but always with a reason in mind, guiding the process. Lots of playing, singing, pacing, scribbling, walking, typing, doing. Work on ideas - develop or scrap them. Keep it flowing. The more you do, the better you get - it is essentially inevitable.
I have heard, in various incarnations, statements like "I think the problem with modern classical composers is they think too much".
Ummm...sorry...gotta go. Back to work.
sorry...time to rant


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text: California Cities Cases Against Firearms Industry Rejected on Appeal September 24, 2010 Court rules that "unfair trade practice" and "public nuisance" lawsuits were properly dismissed by the trial court.SOUTHPORT, CT -- February 11, 2005 -- Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., (NYSE: RGR) the nation's largest firearms manufacturer, is pleased to announce that on February 10, 2005, the First Appellate District, Division One, in the Court of Appeals of the State of California, unanimously affirmed that the "unfair trade practice" and "public nuisance" lawsuits filed by San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Compton, Inglewood, and West Hollywood, and the counties of San Mateo and Alameda, were properly dismissed by the trial court (In re Firearms Cases, The People et al. v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc. Et al., No.'s A103211, A105309, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4095, decided 2/10/05).This is the latest in a long string of cases at both the trial and appeals court levels holding that manufacturers of lawfully-sold, non-defective firearms are not legally at fault if these products are subsequently illegally acquired or misused by criminals.In dismissing plaintiff's claims against firearms manufacturers and distributors, the Appeals Court stated, "We conclude that endorsing the theory in this case would stretch the already expansive boundaries of the UCL (California's Unfair Competition Act) beyond any principled reading of the statute. In addition, supervision of the sweeping measures sought would be a Herculean task for court oversight." The court continued, "No evidence in this case hints that any of the manufacturer defendants provided weapons to criminals or failed to properly record sales or did any of the other acts that plaintiffs characterize as high-risk business practices. They did not control the wrongful acts or encourage others to engage in questionable acts. Neither did they change their business practices to avoid proposed regulations or advise retailers on ways to circumvent the law. The record in this case shows that the only business practice that these defendants engage in is the manufacture and sale of firearms to dealers that are licensed as such by the federal government. Plaintiffs have cited no cases finding a manufacturer has engaged in an unfair practice solely by legally selling a non-defective product based on actions taken by entities further along the chain of distribution. Even plaintiffs' experts could not present an evidentiary link between the manufacturer of a firearm and a retail gun dealer who sold guns that ended up in criminal circumstances." "Establishing public policy is primarily a legislative function and not a judicial function, especially in an area that is subject to heavy regulation. None of the evidence presented by plaintiffs support the conclusion that a manufacturer who does not undertake the kind of investigation and remedial action urged by plaintiffs and their experts has engaged in an unfair practice", continued the court. The court concluded, "The case has progressed beyond the pleading stage and the plaintiffs have been unable to produce evidence to show the existence of a triable issue of material fact on the pleaded theories...Plaintiffs' public nuisance claim fails for lack of any evidence of causation. Their complaint attempts to reach too far back in the chain of distribution where it targets the manufacturer of a legal, non-defective product that lawfully distributes its product only to those buyers licensed by the federal government."Sturm, Ruger President and General Counsel, Stephen L. Sanetti commented, "It should be apparent by now that, after almost seven years of intensive and costly litigation which has burdened both taxpayers and industry alike, the time has to come for plaintiffs to abandon their adversarial position against our industry, particularly at a time when national security is at stake.""Unfortunately, at the behest of zealous agenda-driven organizations, some mayors seem determined to continue such litigation abuse despite prior court rulings. The only sure way to finally stop this wasteful litigation is swift enactment of the protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act as part of needed tort law reform to be considered by Congress." "Court after court has found our responsible sales and marketing practices in this heavily-regulated industry to be appropriate and legally correct. Violent crime is at a twenty year low, and firearms accidents are at an all-time low, due at least in part on many voluntary efforts of the responsible firearms industry," he continued."Let's work together with law enforcement on proven programs to surely and swiftly prosecute criminals who abuse firearms, and to help educate lawful firearms owners on proper firearms safety measures, to keep these trends going in the right direction," Sanetti concluded.Sturm, Ruger is the nation's leading manufacturer of high-quality firearms for recreation and law enforcement, and a major producer of precision steel and titanium investment castings components for consumer industries. Sturm, Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with plants and foundries located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ.


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One Loveland man, Mike Zuhlke, suffered minor injuries after taking a fall coming down a steep decline on the north side of Carter Lake during the Community Classic Bike Tour on Sunday.
"My bike speedometer said I was going 48.4 mph," he said. "I'm a pretty experienced rider; I race bikes, but there were so many people. At that speed going down, you can't really brake or you will wobble."
Zuhlke said that he was gaining on a couple bikers in front of him as they headed down the hill and around a turn. He yelled "On your left," to them but they misunderstood and moved left. He tried to correct and move around them on the right but they were going so fast that he said it was either wipe them out or go down himself.
"There was no way to make the turn (to the left)," he said, so he went straight onto a dirt shoulder, hit a bump, twisted to the right like he has learned to do in a tuck-and-roll motion … and that's all he remembers. "I knew I was going to go over the handlebars," he said.
The next thing he remembers is waking up when the ambulance arrived. He was taken to McKee Medical Center, where the ride had begun at 6:30 a.m.
"I finished the ride, but not the way I wanted to," he said.
Hospital personnel asked him questions to check his memory, ran tests for internal injuries or broken bones, and released him about two hours later. Nothing was broken. He didn't have any head injuries.
He said his family was upset with him for being more concerned about his bike than himself.
He said that the seat post broke and the handlebars were torn up, but that the bike is salvageable and can be repaired.
Zuhlke said that one of the tour directors came and talked to his wife and made sure he was OK. "I appreciate that," he said. "I just want to thank everyone that helped me."
Zuhlke races in triathlons, road races and mountain bike races.
Dawn Paepke with the McKee Medical Center Community Foundation said that about 1,300 riders rode in the four available routes — 10, 32, 37 and 62 miles — and that more than $84,000 was raised for Stepping Stones Adult Day Care program and its move to a new facility in downtown Loveland.
Over 200 volunteers assisted on the course, put out snacks and water at aid station and worked before and after the ride at tents set up at McKee Medical Center.


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Ranks first in school history with 142 career goals and stands tied for sixth with 167 career points (142-25-167) ... His 48 goals as a senior are seventh most in a single season in school history ... Led Harvard and the Ivy League with 48 goals and 56 points ... Ranked second in the country with 3.43 goals per game ... Stood 12th in country with 4.0 points per contest ... Tallied eight man-up goals ... Recorded 10 hat tricks ... Honored on USILA All-America honorable mention team ... Named to All-Ivy League first team and NEILA All-New England first team ... Tabbed to NEILA Senior Scholar-Athlete team ... Selected to USILA North-South All-Star Game ... Netted two scores against Vermont (Feb. 25) ... Tallied five goals and finished with 11 shots on target at Holy Cross (Feb. 28) .. Recorded a hat trick and dished out an assist for four points against Hofstra (March 3) ... Netted three goals, handed out two helpers and collected a ground ball at Georgetown (March 10) ... Scored five times, had two ground balls and caused a turnover at Duke (March 12) ... Found the back of the net five times for the second straight game, tallying the game-winner in overtime against Brown (March 17) ... Honored as Inside Lacrosse Nike Division I Player of the Week (March 19) ... Tabbed Ivy League Co-Player of the Week, NEILA Player of the Week and COOP Athlete of the Week (March 19) ... Tallied five goals for the third straight game against Dartmouth (March 24) ... Netted one goal and added a ground ball at Massachusetts (March 27) ... Tallied a career-high seven goals, amassed a career-best eight points and picked up a ground ball against Michigan (March 31) ... Named Ivy Player of the Week (April 2) ... Honored on Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America second team ... Added a hat trick and an assist for four-point effort, becoming Harvard's all-time career goals leader, at Cornell (April 7) ... Tallied two goals and dished out an assist, while causing two turnovers against Quinnipiac (April 10) ... Netted a hat trick and dished out two assists for five points at Penn (April 14) ... Added a goal and a ground ball against Princeton (April 21) ... Recorded a hat trick and collected a ground ball at Yale (April 28).
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Led Harvard with 31 tallies in junior season, which ranks 12th in program history for a single season ... Paced the Ivy League with seven man-up tallies ... Was second on the Crimson with 33 points ... Scored three or more goals in seven games ... Played in all 16 games, starting 12 ... Netted two goals at No. 5 Hofstra (March 5) ... Notched three scores and an assist while picking up one ground ball versus No. 20 Georgetown (March 8) ... Had a hat trick and two ground balls against Bellarmine (March 11) ... Put up four goals and dished out an assist while picking up one ground ball versus Holy Cross (March 15) ... Found the back of the net and collected a ground ball in win at Brown (March 19) ... Tallied four goals and picked up three ground balls at Dartmouth (March 26) ... Scored three times, caused two turnovers and collected a ground ball in win over Massachusetts (March 29) ... Picked up a ground ball against No. 6 Cornell (April 9) ... Recorded a hat trick and added a ground ball in win at Albany (April 12) ... Scooped up two ground balls against No. 15 Penn (April 16) ... Netted a goal in key victory at Princeton (April 23) ... Scored twice and added a ground ball in win over No. 14 Yale (April 30) ... Tallied three goals and collected a career-high four ground balls against No. 15 Penn (May 6).
2010 (Sophomore):
Started all 12 games ... Led Harvard with 29 goals and was second with 37 points ... Was fourth in the Ivy League in goals ... Had nine multiple-goal games ... Named to Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... Notched three goals and added an assist in win over Canisius (Feb. 27) ... Scored three times at Georgetown (March 3) ... Netted two goals, assisted on a tally and had one ground ball in victory at Holy Cross (March 6) ... Had two goals and an assist against Colgate (March 16) ... Recorded a four-goal effort and collected two ground balls against Brown (March 20) ... Honored as NEILA Player of the Week (March 23) ... Scored three times and added an assist in win over Dartmouth (March 27) ... Had a goal, an assist and three ground balls against No. 7 Duke (April 2) ... Led Harvard with five points on four goals and an assist, while grabbing a ground ball at No. 10 Cornell (April 10) ... Handed out an assist and added a ground ball at Penn (April 17) ... Scored a goal, dished out an assist, caused a turnover and grabbed two ground balls in win over No. 6 Princeton (April 24) ... Tallied four goals at Yale (May 1).
2009 (Freshman):
New England Rookie of the Year ... Named All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Selected as one of the Best Freshman of 2009 by Inside Lacrosse ... Played in all 13 games, starting eight ... Led Harvard with 34 goals, 41 points and five man-up goals ... His 34 goals ranked ninth on Harvard's all-time single-season list ... Ranked third in the Ivy League and seventh in the nation with 2.62 goals per game and fourth in the Ancient Eight with 3.15 points per contest ... Tallied a hat trick, collected an assist and grabbed a ground ball in collegiate debut, helping Harvard top Duke (Feb. 22) ... Tabbed Ivy League Rookie of the Week and NEILA Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 23) ... Netted a man-up goal and handed out two assists in win at Stony Brook (Feb. 28) ... Handed out an assist and grabbed a ground ball against Massachusetts (March 7) ... Scored five goals and dished out an assist for a six-point effort in win over Hartford (March 13); selected to Ivy League honor roll for effort (March 16) ... Netted two goals against Penn (March 21) ... Had a goal late in the fourth quarter at Georgetown (March 25) ... Scored once, handed out two assists and had a ground ball against Presbyterian (March 27) ... Had a team-high four goals, snared three ground balls and caused a turnover at Cornell (April 4); was named to Ivy League weekly honor roll for effort (April 6) ... Scored once and collected a ground ball at Princeton (April 11) ... Netted two goals and grabbed a ground ball against Brown (April 15) ... Established a career-high with six scores in victory over Holy Cross (April 18); honored as Ivy League Rookie of the Week for effort (April 20) ... Tallied five goals, including the game winner, against Yale (April 25); named Ivy Rookie of the Week for third time (April 27) ... Scored three times and picked up a ground ball in win at Dartmouth (May 2).
Before Harvard:
Received varsity letters in lacrosse and football at Syosset High ... Two-time captain of lacrosse and football teams ... Selected as the No. 4 incoming freshman in the country by Inside Lacrosse... Was a two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American ... Scored 260 goals in his career, breaking the all-time Long Island scoring record set by current Harvard players Max Motschwiller '09 and Dean Gibbons '11 (236 goals each) ... Also recorded 85 career assists ... Was twice named Offensive MVP of the Nassau County Class A Championship ... Named Nassau County Player of the Year in 2008 ... Selected Nassau County Attackman of the Year in 2007 ... Two-time All-Long Island honoree ... Earned the 2008 Nassau County Top Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award ... Named a Scholar-Athlete by News 12 ... Two-time Long Island Empire State Team member ... Selected to the 2008 National High School Team ... Helped Syosset to two Nassau County Class A championships and the 2008 Long Island title, finishing as a New York state finalist ... AP Scholar with Honor ... National Honor Society member.
Brothers, Steve Cohen '06 and Greg Cohen '07, played lacrosse at Harvard ... Greg was an All-America honorable mention selection with the Crimson in 2006.


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How a man I never knew changed my life forever
When I was a little kid, Brent was my dad's best friend. Mom will tell you that Brent was Dad's best friend many years before I came along, and that he is the one who introduced them to each other. Mom will also tell you that I met Brent, but I was too little to remember.
Even though I don't remember meeting him, I know that Brent loved movies -- especially old movies. He was an aficionado. He knew why a movie was unique, or what crazy stuff had happened during shooting. He knew what actors and actresses liked each other and which ones didn't.
Brent knew that Isaac's and my education in the great classic movies was being neglected. When I was about 10, he started sending us movies that he thought we should see, that were appropriate for kids. I remember being so excited to get Brent's boxes. Isaac and I would look up all of the new movies in Dad's movie books to see what they were about. Even though I never watch VHS anymore, I still have all of the movies he sent us, because they bring back such happy memories.
I watched those videos hundreds of times over the next ten years. I can recite huge swaths of several of them. Our favorites were the "Road to..." movies, and the Marx Brothers. I still have to restrain myself from quoting them to people who will have no idea what I'm talking about. I've even gone so far as to infect my husband with my old movie love. He still swears that he doesn't like black and white movies, but he loved Harvey.
Brent is the reason that I sing Marx brothers songs. He's the reason that when all of the other little girls in my class had a crush on a member of Hansen or Leonardo Dicaprio, I had a crush on Errol Flynn. And the reason that I view the new Flight of the Phoenix movie with much skepticism. How can you replace Jimmy Stewart? All of these years later, I still don't like modern horror movies. Give me Vincent Price or Boris Karloff any day over these movies with all of their blood and gore.
Brent passed away when I was in high school. Mom tells me that we're his legacy, because he was the last of his line. He passed on his love of those movies to both me and my brother. He also passed on the knowledge that the truly great stories never get old.
Thank you, Keely. Here's Brent in about 1979, in the kitchen of the first apartment Dennis and I had after we were married. I can't believe it, but he appears to be washing dishes!
Brent has a starring role in many funny, happy memories of our college and newly-wed years in Warrensburg, Missouri. He had juvenile (Type 1) diabetes, and he died at the young age of 38. G.L.N.


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Unbelievable report in the Telegraph about bizarre degree courses on offer in British univesities (duly linked to from the United Kingdom & Ireland Waste Management & Recycling News):
Northampton University initially had 250 places available through the clearing system, including such courses as Third World Development with Pop Music, Dance with Equine Studies and joint honours in Waste Management and Dance.
The clearing web-site also invites school-leavers to consider a Tournament Golf foundation degree at Duchy College in Camborne, Cornwall.
Glyndwr University, in Wrexham, still had 15 places available on its BSc (Hons) in Equestrian Psychology, which "investigates the unique partnership between horse and rider".
Subjects which were on offer through clearing at the start of last week, but which filled up during the week, included a degree course in Australian Studies, a joint honours degree in Criminology and Pop Music Production, and another combining Geology and Popular Culture.
A closer look at University of Northampton table of joint degrees demonstrates a complete triumph of modularisation: seemingly arbitrary combinations of degrees are possible, with some random restrictions, perhaps imposed by timetables. Wastes Management and Dance is indeed possible, as well as Wastes Management and Journalism, which The Telegraph writers do not mention — perhaps because it is not offered for clearance.
But my blog is about mathematics; at Northampton, Mathematics can also be combined with Wastes Management, as well as with German (but, bizarrely, not with French), Equine Studies, and Popular Music, to name a few.


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Camp McCarran is a location in the Mojave Wasteland which serves as a major New California Republic military base in the Mojave Wasteland. It is considered a close second to Hoover Dam in terms of strategic importance. It is located south of The Strip North Gate and southwest from NCR Sharecropper Farms.
It is located in the pre-War McCarran International Airport outside of New Vegas. Camp McCarran is the largest NCR military base in the New Vegas area and serves as the headquarters for NCR military operations in the Mojave region and as a center of logistics and information for NCR Army forces anywhere in Nevada.[1] The base is constantly under attack from the Fiends, a drug-crazed gang that operates in the area. It also has several Caesar's Legion spies in it, according to Silus during the quest Silus Treatment.
The former civilian airport was chosen by the NCR for a military base because of the monorail to the Strip, for being an easily defensible location, and having easily utilized technology as well as fortifications that were built before the Great War.[2] Mr. House agreed that NCR could establish a major military presence there as part of the New Vegas treaty. McCarran includes a larger garrison than any other base in the area, except possibly Hoover Dam. Despite its high importance, Camp McCarran is beset by many issues undermining operations. Notable problems that Camp McCarran is suffering in 2281 include frequent attacks from the Fiends, broken-down cooking machinery in the mess hall, a lack of anything but mixed vegetables to feed the troops, spies in the base, and a captured centurion who refuses to talk to NCR commanders.
The base commander is Colonel James Hsu, who also commands all NCR Army forces in the Mojave. General Lee Oliver, the NCR Army's leader, used to command the base personally, but he has relocated to Hoover Dam in anticipation of the coming battle with Caesar's Legion and has thus left Hsu fully in command of the garrison.[3]
The airport is mostly intact, having only suffered damage from lack of repair. The NCR has converted several of the guard posts into sniper nests, and the parking lot in the center into a barracks with sleeping, medical, supply storage, office, mess hall and recreation tents set up as well as firing ranges. Near the cargo terminal gates is a truck repair depot.
There are also several NCR supply trucks parked around the barracks tents and passenger airplanes near the control tower. The tents closest to the camp entrance are occupied by the NCR 1st Recon, while the rest of the tents are used by regular NCR soldiers. Some beds, such as those used by 1st Recon, may be used by the Courier without penalty.
There's usually an NCR trooper or Ranger standing outside the camp's entrance if you have enough positive reputation to use the NCR emergency radio. Speaking to the trooper or Ranger will cause him/her to say "Trooper, ready to fight!" or "Ranger at the Ready!" and become part of the party; if they die, a message is displayed on the screen, informing that they have died.
The outside of the base is usually patrolled by groups of three NCR troopers on all sides of the complex, who will usually be picked off by the Fiends. Typically, there are five of these groups. They respawn every three days. NCR troopers also use the control towers as sniper's nests, assisting or shooting at the player (depending on the player's progress in the game or reputation at the time).
It appears that the NCR has fallen back quite a bit, as there are sandbags as far as South Vegas ruins. NCR Patrols, however, go as far as the hill behind Vault 34, as can be seen from a group of three standing around a fire barrel. NCR troops that far into Fiend territory means the NCR is trying to either sandwich the Fiends in or provide a relief flank for the camp itself.
Terminal buildingEdit
The Camp McCarran terminal building is very large, housing a science lab, an interrogation room, jail, and supply rooms as well as quarters and office space for senior NCR officers. To the east, Colonel Hsu can be found in his office. Nearby is the OSI lab, with Doctors Thomas Hildern and Angela Williams. To the west is the office of Capt. Ronald Curtis.
Upstairs, the player can find Lt. Carrie Boyd and the detention center on the right. The monorail to the Las Vegas Boulevard Station and New Vegas Strip is to the left. The pre-War monorail is still fully functional and allows quick and safe transport between the camp and The Strip. However, only military personnel and VIP's are allowed to use it. The Courier will be allowed to use the monorail if they wear an NCR uniform or have good reputation with the NCR.
Notable lootEdit
- La Longue Carabine: a unique version of the cowboy repeater can be found in Camp McCarran, carried by Corporal Sterling, who moves to Camp Forlorn Hope after Three-Card Bounty along with the rest of 1st Recon. Killing him for the rifle will forfeit the quests I Don't Hurt Anymore and Old School Ghoul. To gain this rifle without losing Karma, you can pickpocket the ammunition from him (it is all he carries) then fast travel to a different location, then return to find the rifle in his inventory.
- Cram Opener: a unique bladed gauntlet, carried by Little Buster, who leaves McCarran after the completion of Three-Card Bounty.
- This Machine: a unique battle rifle, which can be obtained as a reward for the unmarked quest Dealing with Contreras.
- 227 bottle caps, spread throughout the terminal building and the concourse.
- Two Ice cold Nuka-Colas; both inside a chest refrigerator on the second floor of the terminal building near the jail cells.
Related questsEdit
- Classic Inspiration
- For Auld Lang Syne
- I Could Make You Care
- I Don't Hurt Anymore
- I Put a Spell on You
- The White Wash
- There Stands the Grass
- Three-Card Bounty
- You Can Depend on Me
- A Final Plan for Esteban
- Bounty Killer
- Dealing with Contreras
- Gland for Some Home Cooking
- Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans
- Poor Meat Never Makes Good Soup
- Rest and Resupply
- Silus Treatment
- The airport's runway is located south of the terminal, just behind the wall. This indicates that before the Great War that the airport was converted into some form of military base.
- At the top of the broken down escalators on the East side of the terminal building, to the Courier's left is a corridor containing two NCR troopers guarding a door that leads to the Monorail. They will become hostile and attack if the player has less than "liked", and attempts to enter. Wearing NCR faction armor, or bringing Craig Boone allows the player to enter without any trouble.
- The Courier can access the Strip by taking the monorail, soldiers won't be guarding it around 9:00 AM/PM, or access the Strip wearing NCR faction armor and going by them. The Courier can also go on the monorail if he/she has a high enough reputation with the NCR.
- The garbage can by the baggage check-in station on the first floor within the terminal building cannot be searched.
- Two items that can only be found in Camp McCarran called flint, are on a table in the medical tent and the storage tent, near a welding gun.
- The use of the McCarran International Airport by the New California Republic Army's Mojave branch as its main field headquarters is very similar to the Brotherhood of Steel's Eastern Chapter's capture of Boston Airport and its subsequent role as the faction's main base in the Commonwealth.
Camp McCarran appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Camp McCarran is based on McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- The aircraft around the terminal have folding wings. This is unusual, as normally only Navy carrier qualified aircraft have this feature, to save space on deck.
- McCarran International Airport's role in the Fallout series is comparable to Saddam Hussein International Airport. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, American forces seized Baghdad's civilian airport and used it as a base of operations for the ensuing occupation.
- PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 For some reason, sometimes your companion may not follow you to the main area of the Camp, even if you didn't tell them to wait. To fix, just enter the terminal building, fast travel, or exit the camp.[verified]
- Xbox 360 Game corrupts save while saving at Camp McCarran, during the quest to kill Motor-Runner. Saving in front of it can corrupt saves and the same rule applies to any other save file made after the ones in the Camp.[verified]
- PC Playstation 3 NCR Troopers sometimes perform as though they are typing on a typewriter/computer (including typing sound effects) while seated in the dining tent, even though there is no keyboard present, since the tables have been given the wrong "idle marker".[verified]
- Xbox 360 If you acquire Corporal White's journal in Corporal White's locker in the Camp McCarran Concourse before receiving the optional task "search Corporal White's personal locker" in The White Wash, the quest cannot be completed. This might lead to a save game issue where the loading screen dialogue tells you that the memory device is no longer present due to inaccessible DLC objects. The game will then restart upon loading dialogue confirmation. This repeats with the next loading attempt, rendering the save game useless.[verified]
- Xbox 360 Sometimes when you enter the main terminal building all NCR troopers will become hostile if you are detected.[verified]
- PC Playstation 3 After playing the game for a long time (at least an hour consecutively), Camp McCarran may cause extreme framerate drop. This happens in both the outside area and within the concourse. Quitting the game and restarting should fix the problem.[verified]
- Playstation 3 Xbox 360 On occasion, when moving to the second floor of the terminal building, NCR troopers can become hostile. This also sometimes happens when exiting Camp McCarran. A quick fast-travel to another location and back can fix this.[verified]
- PC Camp McCarran can become extremely bright due to the filters used by Gamebryo. This can be remedied by a third-party mod that changes weathers, such as Nevada Skies.
- ↑ Colonel Hsu's dialogue: "From here we handle most of the logistics for our operations in Nevada. Troop allocation, supply distribution, intel."
- ↑ Colonel Hsu's dialogue: "It's our main base. We took it because it lets us keep an eye on the Strip. And it had already been fortified before the Great War."
- ↑ Colonel Hsu's dialogue: "Usually General Oliver runs the show here, but he's on his way to the Dam now, so I've taken on a lot of his duties here."


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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Father's Day Book
At a few of the family and student workshops I gave in the past week, kids made books for their fathers for Father's Day. It inspired me to make one in memory of mine. Several of the kids made books about their father's favorite things.
I used a piece of US Letter/A4 paper with writing on one side and a cereal box for the covers. I used paper from the collage box for the illustrations. I like the look of the design that extends across the pages but if you do it with collage papers, you'll have to recrease the folds for the book to fold up easily.
Written directions
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Some of the books from the workshop
Posted by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord at Tuesday, June 08, 2010
2 comments:
- P-A-McGoldrick said...
Thanks for sharing, Susan.
These are wonderful books! I am sure that Dads will be so glad to receive these gifts and to be remembered for all the things that make them special.
In the past, I have written a poem about my Dad; now, in his memory, I think I'll make a book as a home for it!
- Tuesday, June 08, 2010
- violette said...
What a great idea - wish i had thought of that!
I've written to my Dad (now deceased) and also created a shrine for him but have never made a book like this. What a great way to honour someone living or dead.
love, violette
- Monday, June 21, 2010
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SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe (PCI Express), database, USB, USB2, 1394/Firewire, and so on.
The latest version includes the following changes:
Changes in Version 2011 (17.15)
# New Benchmark: Media Transcode
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# Geometric mean for aggregate scores
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# Ranker Engine: more useful
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* 4 native Graphics platforms support (DirectX 11, DirectX 10/10.1, DirectX 9, OpenGL 2.0).
* Huge official hardware support through technology partners (Intel, AMD/ATI, SiS, VIA).
* 6 language versions (English, German3, French3, Italian3, Russian3, Japanese3) in a single installer.
* Enhanced Sandra Lite version (free for personal/educational use)
- Notes:
* Deprecated, will be removed in the next release.
* Enterprise versions only.
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