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Mountain Wheels: Redesigned Honda Accord rides out the storm
November 3, 2012
Let me tell you a little bit about test-driving a car in a hurricane.
Actually, all things considered, my week spent stuck tooling around Sandy-struck Washington, D.C., in the new Accord was infinitely better (and safer) than if I'd opted to be in New York at the same time.
Where we see that cars float when parking garages fill up with water. And gasoline becomes a very precious commodity. My heart goes out to those folks. DC got off easy, minus a few 80-mph wind gusts and dropped trees.
And, as a result, I can give you a brief but honest look at one impressive, speedy and pleasant automobile – as generally blended and homogenized with the new crop of mid-size sedans as it may be.
Accord, which has always sold in the jillions, steps things up a tad for 2013 with somewhat more sparkly styling, a litany of sometimes-infuriating safety features and lots and lots of power. This is the ninth generation of the Accord, its 37th year in the U.S. market, with assembly at two different plants in Ohio.
My jaunts across the massive Woodrow Wilson Bridge indicated that Accord's V6 variation, a 278-horsepower 3.5-liter V6, does not leave the car yearning for forward thrust. Not much in the Honda lineup is positioned as a sports car, but with the V6's tangible whomp, you'll have no trouble keeping up with traffic, even in the mega-aggressive motorways in Virginia or Maryland. There's also a direct injection 2.4-liter four-cylinder that will get as much as 36 mpg on the highway; the V6 was rated for 34 highway, but got considerably more modest overall mileage during my drives.
Should you want to optimize the mileage, click on the Eco Assist mode and it will dampen the throttle response and provide lighting feedback to optimize your savings.
Having that extra power on hand does brighten the overall Accord experience; it's perfectly happy serving placid transporter duty, with a quiet and comfortable ride, but it can be pushed a bit and responds well – concise braking, well-sorted handling and all that.
Despite Accord being shortened in both overall length and wheelbase, families will appreciate the car's pleasantly wide-open spaces – rear legroom has been increased and the trunk space is bigger. While headroom in the rear seat can be a little snug for adult passengers, the seating itself is broad and comfortable (covered in perforated leather, as well) and there's very ample legroom indeed.
Besides a new auxiliary touchscreen for navigation system input – which supplements the much larger and partially recessed screen on the center console, and means you can mess with the data via voice, wheel-mounted controls, a spinning pointer controller and a touchscreen – you may not be prepared for Accord's biggest technological change. It may make you throw up.
Hit the right turn signal indicator and suddenly a large video image of the right-hand side of the car, traveling backwards, pops up on the navigation screen. Do this at 70 mph on the highway and you may be overcome with nausea. My recommendation would be to skip it and instead look to the right when changing lanes. Folks who cannot independently move their heads may appreciate this feature.
Accord has also added predictive cruise control and an imminent collision warning system – a bright light on the instrument panel blinks at you – plus lane departure warnings.
Looks are an upwardly mobile variation of the standard 2013 mid-size sedan, with a pointy, aerodynamic lower lip on the front bumper and headlamp boxes that extend far off the body. A deeply scalloped body line runs along the entire passenger cabin, plus some Infiniti-esque chrome trim around the windows (there's pronounced chrome trim on the nose and in the tail, as well).
Inside, Accord's basic layout gets a tad more futuristic with nearly wood-grain quality trim, chrome and metal-colored plastic highlights and a wild array of surfaces and colors on the doors and dash.
In the coming months, Accord is also going to branch into the plug-in hybrid world, with that model being the precursor to a regular hybrid model.


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DONNELLSON, Iowa — The Great River Region Local Food Networking Forum will bring local food entrepreneurs, regional experts and partners of Southeast Iowa's local food system together to identify next steps for improving local food system opportunities. The networking forum will be held at 61 Chophouse in Mediapolis on Friday, Feb. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Great River Region Entrepreneurial Technical Assistance (GRRETA) Project is hosting along with area organizations.
The event will include two sessions of round table discussions on topics such as marketing at farmers markets, working with schools and institutional buyers, agri-tourism, production methods, and marketing to wholesalers and grocery stores. Attendees will be able to choose which topics they would like to participate in. Sessions offer time to discuss issues and opportunities with other entrepreneurs and experts in that area.
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Registration for the event is available at www.grreta.org/events.html or by calling 319-835-5116. The cost for attending is $12 with pre-registration or $15 at the door. Registration includes lunch.
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Many of us aren't too keen on the idea of exercise. It might be that we're too busy or we simply can't face the thought of it. But most people are not getting the amount of activity they need to stay healthy. And sitting down for hours – maybe at work, watching TV or playing computer games - can also increase the risk of poor health.
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It's not just about feeling stronger, fitter and more energetic. You can also get a great sense of achievement if you decide to learn to dance or take up a new sport, and you'll feel loads more confident too.
Being active means getting your heart rate up, feeling warmer (perhaps even breaking into a light sweat) and making your lungs work harder.
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Location: Bio-oils Research2011 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
Develop cutting-edge analytical standards to provide a platform for essential activities to support soybean composition improvement in the U.S., including amino acids, fatty acids, protein, oil, and other important constituents.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
Using new wet chemical methods, improved near infrared calibrations will be performed and compared to calibrations by other NIR users. A wider range of soybean composition will be worked into the calibration. Soxhlet and nitrogen analyses from newly obtained equipment will be used in the calibration. Carbohydrate analyses will be performed on a large number of soybean samples and added to the current calibration.
3. Progress Report
Continual calibration of near infrared (NIR) methods and the use of routine standards has improved the quality of analysis generated for thousands of soybean samples provided by breeders. Congressionally mandated Specific Cooperative Agreements (SCA) with the University of Illinois and Purdue University for improving soybean and wheat genetics were renewed in July of 2010 and continued through 2011. These SCA projects are developing improved disease resistance in wheat and soybean. Near infrared calibrations were developed for the determination of phytochemicals in ground mint plant material and this calibration has been used to support work in research project 3620-41000-150-00D. In 2011, work related to developing a non-destructive rapid single seed method for the determination of seed viability in collaboration with the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, IA continues.
4. Accomplishments
1. Provided analytical support for breeders throughout the U.S. Soybean breeders are dependent on rapid, standardized, and accurate chemical properties to guide their breeding efforts. In 2011, we saw a continual increase in utilization of this analysis program with oil, protein, and moisture content determinations rising to 39,567 soybean samples by near infrared, as well as fatty acid profiles of 14,912 samples. Agricultural Research Service scientists in the Functional Foods Research Unit at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, IL, analyzed these data which was compiled and published in the annual USDA publication, 2011 Coordinated Soybean Analysis. All of these data have been provided to breeders throughout the U.S. where this information is critical to the development of improved soybean varieties.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by armygirl, Apr 15, 2011.
Is this guy/kid/old man at least capable of making Rodmanesque broken neck half courters?
Yes he does. I know I have said this before on here, but I remember seeing him drain I think it was 3 in a row while sitting on the bench during the pregame. Even now 6 years later it completely amazes me.
He takes the Bron choking to another level. James can hit any three in the conference finals, but not in the finals. Ben is a veritable Ray Allen during warm ups but can't hit a shot during game time.
Honestly, that has EVERYTHING to do with being nervous/lack of confidence. If you watch Ben's body language when he has the ball in games, he is not confident or comfortable. That's why you see the airballs. Same thing with James. Pressure affects everyone, some more than others. When Rose stepped up to shoot those freethrows you could tell he was going to miss just by his body language. He was scared/nervous, whatever. Mental toughness is something players need to work on and some will be better or worse than others. What made MJ so good was that he believed he was the greatest player. He KNEW it. And he played accordingly. Same with Isiah.
Well, in that case, we KNOW at least one of them was mistaken.
Now here's a wingspan...7' 9" with a height of 6' 8"...he's only 16 years old...
A couple of observations from watching this video. 1. He seemed to hesitate when he stated his age. 2. Looks like he made a trip to Best Buy with some of his pending cheddar judging by the stack of empty electronic gadget boxes and owners manuals on that table behind him.
I don't understand why people are making a big deal about his age. The kid looks his age. Whenever there is a foreign player, especially from somewhere outside the "known western universe", the stated age is always questioned. It may come as a surprise, but other countries also have discovered the concept of birth registration. Greg Oden looked like a 50 year old when he entered the draft. Everybody joked about it but nobody truly questioned his age. The kid says he's 18 years old. He looks like an 18 year old. He's energetic and atletic like an 18 year old. Yet, because he's from the Congo, people speculate that he might be pushing 30.
I'm guessing it's because he can't prove his age and because of another well known Congolese player with the same age issues during his career.
The difference in age could be the difference in millions of dollars. In the United States, proof of birth seems a bit more obvious with a birth certificate. Remember when the Chinese gymnast lied about their ages in the Olympic Games? China stripped of medal; gymnast found to be underage – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
Little League cases are famous, of course. There was the 14-year-old Dominican: CNNSI.com - More Sports - Little Leaguer Almonte is 14 - Saturday September 01, 2001 10:16 AM Miguel Tejada: NEWSBRIEF: Miguel Tejada Admits He Lied About His Age; Probably Shouldn't Have Played in Little League World Series Last Year | The Cubs Brickyard - Chicago Cubs Jokes, Sports Parody News, and B
While living in Switzerland I knew Africans that falsified their ages. I don't remember what the benefit to them was but it doesn't seem crazy to me that this guy could be doing it too. That doesn't mean we shouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt, though.
well, it depends. If you're under 21, you get treated differently when facing trials. And it's easier to seek asylum. who?
i take him at his word on age until its proven otherwise. fairly or unfairly, i think it was the never ending quandry over mutombo's real age that sparks this line of questioning.
Wouldn't we rather have him turn out to be 25 anyway? That would still give him 5 years of athletic peak and it would probably mean that he's more mature (in ways that aren't readily apparent). We had an 17/18 year old with all the potential in the World and it was too early to tell where he was mentally.
BB to visit the D next Tuesday: Big man Bismack Biyombo to work out for Pistons | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
I agree that guys from across the big pond should definitely workout against or with the collegiate (USA) guys for the best comparison. I don't think Dorko did and we like others got caught up in the hype and ultimately Joe and the whole piston.org got punked for it and never recovered the rest of the decade...
I think things like being able to score when you are the only one in the gymnasium are overrated. Next they'll be expecting him to come down with the ball after he shoots it. I'm glad the Pistons are thinking outside the box.
Thanks Ernie I am sold now. Biyombe it is.
Who played successfully well into his consensus 40s.
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An Easter egg is an undocumented, obscure, or otherwise "hidden" command — usually buried deep within a program's source-code and only triggered by executing a certain series of actions or system commands. Often, an Easter egg will reveal an inside joke, though Easter eggs can also be placed into in-game props and scenery or only in areas visible to those that are actively using "cheat codes" (or otherwise circumventing the "normal" operation of the software).
While Easter eggs were once included in virtually all computer software, software companies such as Microsoft have discontinued the practice, citing security concerns associated with undocumented (and often untested) code.
For more hidden in-jokes and references, see in-jokes and references.
Easter eggs in-game Edit
These are mostly Blizzard-related Easter eggs.
See In-jokes and references for more.
Guards Edit
Guards of cities will respond to some emotes such as /wave, /rude, /kiss,/chicken,/shy, or /salute. This does not apply to all guards though, most notably Darnassus Sentinels do not reply to emotes and even the same guard will not always respond. However, if you ask a Darnassus Sentinel about the enchanting trainer, she may respond as if you said she was enchanting. Also, if a blood elf paladin /eye a Silvermoon Guard, they will /kneel.
Goblin Shredder display Edit
If you look into the cockpit of a Goblin Shredder, you can see a picture of Kerrigan from Starcraft: Brood War on the control panel.
Michel Koiter Edit
At the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior, there is a memorial dedicated to an orc with the initials "M-K". M K was Michel Koiter, one half of Twincruiser, a Blizzard illustrator who passed away during the development of World of Warcraft. If you visit the memorial, you will find a spirit healer named Koiter. Most likely named in dedication for the once beloved man.
Mountaineer Pebblebitty Edit
Players who are fed up with the rude female dwarf who presides over the quest chain to obtain the key to Searing Gorge, Mountaineer Pebblebitty in extreme southern Loch Modan, may feel inclined to use /rude on her after all the trouble she puts them through. Blizzard has anticipated this and provided an appropriate response.
Deeprun Tram sightings Edit
When you are riding on the tram, when in the underwater area, you can sometimes see Nessy, a naga siren, a Deeprun Diver, a Basking Shark, or a Deeprun Chest.
Vanity pets Edit
If you own a non-combat pet and stop moving for a while, it will begin to sleep or do other kinds of emotes.
- The Zergling pet will chomp at air.
- The Murky pet will sing and dance.
- The Mini-Diablo pet spouts out fire when he is idle.
- The Panda Cub and Sleepy Willy lie down and sleep (you see green Z Z Z ...) when idle. The Panda Cub named Meng Meng will give you one Magic Bamboo Stick if you /love it. You can only get one in your bags at a time. It'll turn you into a panda cub for ten minutes!
- The Speedy pet will shout, scaring nearby critters.
- The Peanut pet will occasionally blow his nose, making a noticeable elephant noise.
- The Willy pet will occasionally kill nearby critters with an eye-beam.
- The Egbert pet will run around like a caffeinated two year old.
- The Pandaren Monk pet will respond to /bow and /drink emotes. Also, he will do... kung fu!
- The Core Hound Pup pet will howl, stand on its hind legs and bark, roll around, and dig up a bone.
- The Onyxian Whelpling pet will emote a deep breath, but fail and let out a plume of smoke.
- The Grunty pet will start to shoot his gun. If a Zergling pet is nearby, the two will battle until one pet dies (gets despawned).
- The Tyrael's Hilt summons Tyrael from the Diablo games. He responds to /dance emotes, and will sleep while floating in the air.
- The Perky Pug pet will occasionally drag his rear along the ground.
- The Stinker pet will chase any nearby Bombay Cat, Black Tabby, or Feline Familiar pets and gain a heart above his head, before it breaks. The reference is from Pepé Le Pew.
- The Lil' Phylactery pet will occasionally Frost Block a nearby critter, killing it.
- The Toxic Wasteling pet will occasionally devour critters (and grows in size by doing so) if you bring it close to them.
- The Creepy Crate pet will occasionally deathgrip critters and devour them, burping out a green gas and "licking its lips" afterwards.
Stratholme Spectral Citizens Edit
If you type /dance on the civilian ghosts in Stratholme, they will respond in kind and dance with you. Even if you attack them, subsequently dancing with them will make them dance with you instead of continuing to attack you.
Also, appropriately, they will respond to the /rude emote with a rude action of their own.
Hidden Mickey MouseEditThe subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft as of .
An exceptionally well hidden Mickey Mouse is located in the Valley of Honor within the Horde city of Orgrimmar, where the Hunter trainers are. It is so large, and so well sculpted into the surroundings, that most people will never know that it is there. The only way to see it is to manually increase the maximum zoom setting of the camera. However, this was supposedly removed with Cataclysm.[citation needed]
Punch cards Edit
The punch cards you get in Gnomeregan all have hidden binary messages on them which can be translated easily from screenshots with an online translator.
- Binary translations
- [White Punch Card]
- Thrall and Jaina sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
- [Yellow Punch Card]
- If you can read this, you're standing too close
- [Blue Punch Card]
- The gnome king wears night elf underwear
- [Red Punch Card]
- Help! I'm trapped in a binary punch card factory!
- [Prismatic Punch Card]
- Message to Castpipe: your laundry's ready for pickup.
Bambi Edit
Bambina (Bambi), Mother of Bambina (Bambi's Unnamed Mother), Flora (Flower), and Thudder (Thumper) will all be walking in close proximity to the Westfall Brigade Encampment where the ground is yellow (You will know what I mean when you get there). Also, there is a mob named "Westfall Brigade Hunter" who will occasionally spawn and shoot Mother of Bambina and do a /cheer, causing Bambina to become enraged, get renamed to "Vengeful Bambina", and start attacking the Hunter.
The Lost Vikings Edit
Go into Uldaman and find the 3 Dwarves. Olaf, Eric "The Swift", and Baelog are all lost inside Uldaman. Those 3 Dwarves are all from another game named The Lost Vikings. The staff and medallion are also references. The "Staff of Tsol" and the "Medallion of Gni'kiv" are used for another quest. "Tsol" and "Gni'kiv" are "Lost" and "Viking" backwards.
Fun graphics Edit
Along the Webwinder Path, there are some fallen trees. One end has a large smiley face on it.
Jason EditIn Elwynn Forest "Crystal Lake" is a reference to "Friday the 13th". You can also find "Jason Mathers" at the dock next to the fishing trainer.
There is also a large smiley face underneath Karazhan. You can see it if you log out near Karazhan. Once you log back in, before the doodads and NPCs load up, you can see the smiley face. Humans can get under Karazhan to the smilie face by jumping to a certain ditch in the corner of the rubble in the back side of Karazhan (facing the crypt/graveyard). You can also find 2 skeletons in a bed in the Guest Quarters, specifically the door opposite of the entrance. One skeleton is holding a vial while the other has a knife in the lower rib cage, this is a reference to "Romeo and Juliet" in which Romeo drank poison and Juliet stabbed herself in the stomach. There is also a small bouquet of roses above their bodies.
In Searing Gorge, if you head just a little north of Blackchar Cave and zoom your mini-compass all the way out, you can see a smiley face in it.
When floating underwater, one of the motes that float by will very occasionally be a tiny smiley face.
In Stranglethorn Vale, the vines on trees look like orc faces, or possibly, the Great Deku Tree from the Legend of Zelda series.
If one zooms in to the top of a Restoration Druid in Tree of Life form, he can see a hidden smiley face on the bark.
In the Allen Farmstead in Gilneas there is a painting of a girl. Look closely and you'll notice she opens and closes her eyes.
On any Icebreaker ship, there is a smiley face inside at the front.
Lost Edit
There is a small island in the Bittertide Lake in Sholazar Basin with a door and a handle, on which there is a plaque that reads "5 9 16 17 24 43". It's a reference to the sequence of numbers "4 8 15 16 23 42" from the show Lost. There is also a Darkmoon Fortune Card with the sequence numbers from Lost.
Help Edit
Northeast of Thunder Bluff on top of a mountain is a line of text that reads "HERB", but at another look you will see that it says "HELP" backwards.
LOL Edit
Just Southeast of Hammerfall at the right angle, you can clearly see "LOL" carved into the mountain-side.
Blind Guardian Edit
In the Quest "Blindeye the Guardian", you kill an ettin of the same name. This could easily be referring to the band [| Blind Guardian]. Also, the building he is in looks similar to a guitar from the air.
Big Papa and Alice
At Windshear Hold in the Stonetalon Mountains there is an elite gnome mech called Big Papa, a little girl is seen walking around the massive machine occasionally saying "Wake up Mr. P" or "Wake up Mr. P! You've gotta save the spirts." This is a reference to the Big Daddy and Little Sister characters from 2k's game Bioshock.
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In the same area there is also a citizen form Gilneas who says a modified version of the speech given by Andrew Ryan, the main villian from the first Bioshock game
- Bioshock Infinite
In Stormwind City there is an NPC leisurely strolling about called 'Elizabeth Birdsong'. This is a reference to the Bioshock Infinite character Elizabeth whose guardian throughout the game is the Songbird, hence the NPC's last name. Her quotes include: 'The possibilities are infinite.', this being a direct reference to the title of her game. She even sports a similar hairstyle and dress!
Pilgrim SquashEdit
At the Imperial Granary in the Valley of the Four Winds which is plagued by Sprites, under the archway to the main building there is a squash wearing a pilgrim hat. This may be a reference to the first American thanksgiving, in which the pilgrims had little to drink but Beer due to the poor quality of the water.
Gravis Slipknot Edit
There is a rare mob in Hillsbrad Foothills named Gravis Slipknot. This is likely to be named after the band Slipknot; when you initiate combat with him he says "Greetings, hapless adventurer, I ask only that you wait a moment...and BLEED!". Slipknot has a song called "Wait and Bleed".
Red vs Blue Edit
In the Twilight Highlands, the horde have an outpost in an area called Blood Gultch. Here you can find an orc named Grif.


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Thread: Chris, need your opinion
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Chris, need your opinion
From reading your posts and replies I take it you are a Mathews dealer. If so, I need your opinion.
I have a female friend who is looking to up grade to a better bow. At this time her set up is a Parker Challenger II. The cam on it is called the Mini One-Cam. The brace height is 6 1/4". She is shooting 26" Carbon Express CX 200's. Her draw length is 26" and the bows draw weight is at 40#, maxed out for that bow. She is not satisfied with her present arrow speed. Arrow speed at this time is approx. 180 fps. I told her it was probably due to an inefficient cam.
She is really interested in the Mathews Mustang. I told her the cam on the Mustang is a more efficient higher energy cam and that it should increase her arrow speed significantly, shooting the same set up.
She has been shooting for about a year and loves it. She started with her bow weight at 32# and as she has gotten stronger she has been able to increase draw weight to the present 40#'s. As I said, this is max for her bow. That being the case I recommended getting the 40-50# Mustang, because as she continues to shoot her poundage will more than likely increase.
The one thing she does like about the Parker is that it is light weight, 2.6#. I told her the Mustang weighs about 3.5#. Another concern is the decreased brace height, the Parker at 6.25" and the Mustang at 5.75".
Am I wrong about my assessment of the Mustang, increased arrow speed, decreased forgiveness due to brace height differences?
Can you give me an estimated arrow speed with the same set-up?
Do any of your customers shoot the Mustang and are they satisfied?
I would like her to shoot one but here in our small town the Mathews dealer does not keep them in stock because of low demand. I would hate for them to order one just for her to try out.
Just need your opinion over the over-all performance of the Mustang?
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Question about Mathews Mustang for OKbowhunter
I do not know what kind of budget she has when it comes to shopping for a new bow, if she has a 26" draw length she could very well look at a Switchback XT, my friend recently bought one and he has a 25 inch draw length and it only took him a week to get it. He really likes it, I must say that when I drew it back I had to put it down or I would be talking myself into buying one, if it had not been for buying its predecessor the Switchback the year before, I would have bought me one. I love the drawing cycle on it, really smooth and a rock solid wall. Just some food for thought, keep all your options open. Good luck and good shooting!!!!Switchback 28"
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"A bad day of target shooting is still better than a good day of work".
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Her budget is limited to around 400.00 to 450.
I was even thinking of mentioning the FX II to her, but I thought the Mustang would be easier to shoot. Not sure between the two which has less hand shock and the easier draw cycle though. Just thought the Mustang would. Being that it is made for females and kids.
We don't have anyone shooting the mustang. Given her draw length and weight and assuming she is looking for raw speed, I would look at two bows.
They would be the Mathews Prestige or the Bowtech Equalizer. We had one prestige on order but the guy cancelled it and decided to stay with his Apex 7. Too bad, I wanted to see how fast it was. The reports I have say it's really fast. That said, we have quite a few shooting the Equalizer. It is smoking fast for a 7" brace height bow.
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Sorry, I just noticed the budget post. Hmm, that's going to take some thought.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Just doing some quick speed checking on the net. It looks like the Mustang is capable of 280+fps if you stick to 5gr/pound.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Thats not too bad, pretty good actually.
The FX II? How smooth and comfortable is it to shoot. Much hand shock, etc.?
Hand shock and recoil....
Get an STS and dont worry about it. I think it improves an bow. May even help and Ultra-tec....I cut things up and split them down!
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Hey OKbowhunter my Daughter shoots a 30 inch ata Richwood CSS Swampmaster @ 22" draw and 35#'s weight w/ a 301 grain xt35/55 GT and the P1 cam and is shooting 172 fps. The Swapmaster in the 32 ata has a BH of 6 and7/8. You can see some of the speed testing on fastestbows.com. All of CSS bows have a very generous BH and good speed. If there isn't a dealer in your area you can call the factory direct and get a good deal as a COOP shooter. If you have any questions you can PM me. I am the sales Rep for IL.
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I think the Mathews Mustang would suit her very well. But another one she may want to consider is the Bowtech Tomcat. Whatever she decides I hope she is very happy.
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If you suffer about your relationship with food - you eat too much or too little, think about what you will eat constantly or try not to think about it at all - you can be free. Just look down at your plate. The answers are there. Don't run. Look. Because when we welcome what we most want to avoid, we contact the part of ourselves that is fresh and alive. We touch the life we truly want and evoke divinity itself.After more than three decades of studying, teaching, and writing about what drives our compulsions with food, Geneen Roth adds a profound new dimension to her work in Women, Food and God. She begins with her most basic concept: The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning, transformation and, yes, even God. But it doesn't stop there. Geneen shows how going beyond both the food and feelings takes you deeper into realms of spirit and soul to the bright center of your own life.
With penetrating insight and irreverent humor, Roth traces food compulsions from subtle beginnings to unexpected ends. She teaches personal examination, showing readers how to use their relationship with food to discover the fulfillment they long for.
Your relationship with food, no matter how conflicted, is the doorway to freedom, says Roth. What you most want to get rid of is itself the doorway to what you want most: the demystification of weight loss and the luminous presence that so many of us call "God."
Packed with revelations on every page, this book is a knock-your-socks-off ride to a deeply fulfilling relationship with food, your body...and almost everything else. Women, Food and God is, quite simply, a guide for life.
©2010 Geneen Roth (P)2010 Simon & Schuster
"Women, Food and God maps the journey from the darkness of obsession to the pure sense of being in prose so insightful and astonishing it left me breathless." (Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Five Wishes and Conscious Loving)
"This is a hugely important work, a life-changer, one that will free untold women from the tyranny of fear and hopelessness around their bodied. Beautifully written, a joy to read, rich in both revelation and great humor." (Anne Lamott, author of Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith)
Say something about yourself!
"Couldn't put it down!!!"
Narrated in the author's gentle, warm voice, I bought this book last night and read the entire thing in one sitting. I am starting over again tonight, hopefully slower this time, as every paragraph is filled with wisdom and insight that will make you hit the "pause" button to go, "Ohhhhh...THAT'S why I do that."
If you obsess about food, are skinny, are overweight, are white, black, red, or anything in between, if you are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sufi, or whatever, grab this book.
By the way, in the midst of some revealing writing, I also found myself cracking up. A lot. Roth is a very funny writer.
One caution: if you are Christian (and I'm thinking here of my evangelical sister), do not be put off when Roth briefly explains her own beliefs. She does not try to sway anyone to her way of thinking, and her views on the God-food connection work for any woman, from any cultural background and any religious persuasion.
This book has already changed how I look at food, and it's been less than 24 hours. Worth every penny and more!
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"It is not the food, it is how you eat the food"
As a long-time dieter with varying degrees of success, I liked this book.
One of the tips regarding hunger is to really look at why you are eating. If it is not for hunger then you should follow the source of what is causing you to eat. I truly felt fearful as i looked inward.
This travel to the source is helpful for anyone. I was never beaten or abused or suffered devastating losses but yet I can see the voids I created in my life.
Even if you think your relationship with food is completely normal it will open your eyes to other areas in your life.
"Women, Food, and God"
I really liked this book. I thought the most valuable parts of the book were the insights into how 'parts' of us have old messages, stories, and beliefs that we unconsciously act on. When I am eating past the point of full, maybe I am trying to sooth a uncomfortable anxious part of myself that might be be feeling lonely, or feeling unaccepted, or numbing out some other feeling. It's not that calories and exercise aren't important, they clearly are. But, it's just that people lose weight and then gain it back for all sorts of reasons. I find, for myself, that understanding my motivations helps me to make conscious choices, regarding food, friendships, or anything. I really felt the book was a good place to develop some insights and think about the deeper issues that might be affecting my eating choices.
"Life Changing"
I always thought that my eating whas something I had to fix and then I would be thin and the world would be beautiful. I was pierced through the heart by the woman in one of Geneen's workshops who said "I am not broken". It is true - we are not broken and our eating will lead us back to ourselves. I have listened to the book 3 times - and I have been practicing the guidelines. My eating has begun to change. My mind has begun to change. I don't know if my weight has changed - it isn't important anymore. I don't want to go back to my numbed out way of eating away discomfort/memories/you name the emotion. This way of eating/living is so much more than chocolate ever was.
"Food for thought"
I really enjoyed this book. I recommend it to all women (men could benefit too) whether they are overweight or not. She is entertaining and fun besides being instructive and caring.
"Do NOT commit to a weight loss program this"
I have tried everything and have recently become bored with the program that caused me to loose the most weight yet. I read this book and found out why I plateau, why I get bored, and why I continue to struggle. I have broken through the barrier and am loosing weight again without counting those stupid points!
Read it, read it again and meditate on the information. It is best used along side of a journal to record your own experiences and make your own reflections.
Love this book!
Do NOT miss this wake-up call!
I struggled in the sixties to get a college education, barely graduated, spent a life in the phone company as a technician in a call center.
"Read this book."
Awesome. This woman can write well. Very helpful.
"Definitely worth a listen!"
I listened to this book over two days while I was out walking. By the end of the 2nd day, I was ready to lose weight with the few simple tools that the book provides. We all know that if we want to make changes in our lives, it is up to each of us individually. "Women, Food and God" gives you strength, with a twist of humor, to make the decision to succeed. I will listen to this book again when I need to stay on track or to be reminded of my committment to change my habits. Enjoy!
"Very helpful"
I was very skeptical about this book when it was recommended to me by a friend because "God" is in the title and I am not not do I wish to be religious. And while the brief discussions of 'God' didn't speak to me personally, they also didn't ruin the book for me, because she doesn't talk about the God of a particular religion, just something greater than ourselves.
I found this very helpful and relatable and plan to listen to it again.
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Funded by the Kellogg Legacy Project Endowment, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) is proud to present the Kellogg Distinguished Public Lecture Series, henceforth referred to as the Kellogg Lectures.
The aim of the Kellogg Lectures is to bring distinguished speakers to the Cal Poly Pomona campus in order to:
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Speakers are invited from the likes of Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, influential educators, best-selling authors, Abel Prize winners, Lasker awardees, award-winning artists, as well as influential politicians, diplomats, chief executive officers, entrepreneurs, activists, and public figures.
The goal for each speaking event is to educate the campus community about an important scientific, technological, cultural, political, ethical/philosophical, and/or social problem that humanity faces and, most importantly, to inspire the campus community to think and reach beyond the confines of ordinary academic experiences. Special attention is given to a balanced representation of different disciplines, as they relate to the core values of Cal Poly Pomona.


text: A win takes away the bitter taste of sarcasm in all the recaps. Thanks all! This team needs to find ways to keep Drummond on the floor. I'm all good with yanking if he is losing it and needs to sit but send him right back out again. I like JJ but he's pretty damn ineffective with our current lineup. I think he needs a change...role, position, scenery whatever. People call Maggs Collider #2 but he plays a slightly different game. He was under the basket rebounding and until Stuckey decides to play real defense, Maggs has him beat. He has a reputation of mail it in on defense but I saw a decent amount of counter screens and other disruptions away from the ball. As a whole the team had better chemistry with taking away what the other guys wanted to do away from the ball. The trap pressure was better but still looks comparatibly lame. Every Piston is to work on changing directions with the ball. Drop steps, spins, crossovers. There were openings for Monroe and Knight if they could just reverse direction.


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Hello Fett Fans!
Its time again to start a work in progress thread based on my latest paint up...
An ESB resin GMH.
Although painting a GMH in an ESB paint scheme can be often debated, it seems that any paint scheme version on a GMH is as close as we can get to having a helmet with real historical lineage. Size and shape are the closest we as consumers can get to a screen used helmet.
I began the process by cutting the neck ring, visor, and key slots. Visor was mounted as well.
In order to get this lid to truly look like an ESB, the pre existing physical damage of the Pre Pro 2 had to be filled in with body filler. I left small areas of textural damage as you can see on the right upper cheek.(The correct ESB physical damage will be added later on in the thread.) I also chose to not alter the actual casting texture of the helmet. I really didn't want to change the small details that were created in the creation of the helmet like small scratches, ripples, waves, etc. http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ent-50aspx.jpg
After the body filler was sanded smooth, the entire helmet was sprayed with a layer of Floquil Primer, and then Floquil Bright Silver. In my opinion, the silver is almost too bright for an ESB so i used some 0000 steel wool to dull it down slightly.
Back Panels:
I like to start with the back panels. Being a fairly simple rectangular shape they seem like a good area to jump into the layering process.
as always, Ill be using Rafalfett's stencils for all of the damage pattern placement. the following photos show each individual layer as well as the use of Windsor Newton masking fluid, tinted with some red food coloring in order to make it more visible. My color list is as follows:
Base metal- a custom mix of Floquil primer/Reefer gray/bright silver(2:1:1), Floquil SP Lark dark Gray, Floquil Concrete, and for the last layer, a another custom mix of Model Masters RLM 73/Floquil Reading Green/ Floquil ATSF Blue(4:1:1)
The final layer was lightly misted with Reefer gray.
Back Trim:
I was able to get the layering of the back trim done, as well as revealing the damage from the back panels. topical damage and scratches were added as well using my trusty 10/0 liner brush. Topical details still need to be added to the back trim.
Colors for back trim:
Custom Base Metal used on the back panels, SP Lark Dark Gray, Floquil Tuscan mixed with Floquil Engine Black(4:1) I used this custom mix instead of the widely recommended Polly Scale PRR Maroon. I dont like the idea of mixing types of paint. PRR Maroon is acrylic, which tends to have quite a different finish than most enamels. Due to the plasticizing of the acrylic it appears to give the paint a gloss sheen. Acrylic also seems to spray in heavier coats which can affect the removal of the masking fluid beneath it.
Final layer is Floquil Caboose.
As with my other paint ups, I would love to hear any suggestions you guys may have. Ill be posting further progress soon!!


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I know this may sound like a stupid question, but i'm kinda at a block:wacko. I planned on using plastic nylon braided hose for my gaunts(see below), but it doesn't come in smaller sizes ( at least not where I live).
I was wonbering what kind of tubing you guys were using, and what size would be appropriate?


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Home > News & Events > News > Press Releases > Dow Chemical-Nature Conservancy Collaboration to Receive Harvard Kennedy School's 2013 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership
CAMBRIDGE, MA— The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University will present the 2013 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership on October 7 to The Dow Chemical Company and The Nature Conservancy for their groundbreaking collaborative work to incorporate the value of natural resources into the business bottom line.
To celebrate the award, leaders of Dow and TNC will take part in a panel discussion at Harvard Kennedy School Monday, October 7 at 5:00 pm to describe their development of tools and models to integrate the value of forests, watersheds, and biodiversity into more sustainable business and community decisions. The panel, "Valuing Nature: Saving Ecosystems is Good Business," will also detail steps that other corporations and NGOs can take to protect our natural resources as businesses continue to grow.
The award is presented every two years to celebrate an outstanding public-private partnership project that enhances environmental quality through novel and creative approaches. The prize is awarded through the Environment and Natural Resources Program in the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
The Dow-TNC collaboration is an innovative collaboration between The Dow Chemical Company and The Nature Conservancy to research the value of ecosystem services. Established in 2011, the five-year project combines the expertise of Dow, one of the world's largest chemical manufacturers, and TNC, the foremost global land and water conservation organization, to develop tools and models that incorporate the value of resources provided by nature into business decisions.
Ecosystems provide valuable services for communities and companies. Measuring the value of water, land, air, oceans, plants, and animals to a company or community is difficult, and as a result, business decisions are often made without taking natural assets into account. The Dow-TNC collaboration takes a science-based, measurable approach to help companies understand how to incorporate the value of nature into business decisions. The ecosystem services framework has long been hailed by academics as a viable mechanism for valuing nature, but has not been practically applied – until now.
In January 2011, Dow and TNC launched their 5-year collaboration to promote valuing ecosystem services in business decision-making. Since the launch, Dow and TNC have worked together to identify key ecosystem services that Dow relies upon as well as the environmental impacts of priority Dow manufacturing sites around the world. Scientists from TNC and Dow are working together at selected Dow pilot sites to implement and refine models that support corporate decision-making by taking into consideration the value and resources that ecosystem services provide. These sites serve as "living laboratories" where Dow and TNC are testing methods and models of ecosystem valuation so they can be used to inform more sustainable business decisions at Dow and influence the decision-making and business practices of other companies globally.
The collaboration recently completed its first pilot at Dow's facility in Freeport, Texas, the company's largest manufacturing facility; it is currently in the midst of the second pilot in Santa Vitoria, Brazil. A major goal of this collaboration is to produce results and findings that are replicable and transferable to Dow's other 135 sites. In addition, most of the methodologies, tools and results will be shared publicly with the hope that other companies, non-governmental organizations and governments can make use of them as well.
"Valuing natural services is a critical step in protecting our environment – and one that should be replicated around the globe," said Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, in announcing the 2013 award winner.
Neil Hawkins, vice president of Global EH&S and Sustainability at Dow, said "This award is recognition not only of this unique collaboration, but truly a win for sustainable business. We hope to incorporate the value of nature into decision-making – not only at Dow but also across the broader business community, inspiring others to invest in nature as well."
"Our collaboration shows how companies and public-interest organizations can work together to make economic growth a force for conservation," said Glenn Prickett, chief external affairs officer for The Nature Conservancy. "By studying the value of nature and incorporating it in business decisions, the private sector can become a powerful agent not only for economic development, but for conserving the healthy lands and waters on which our economy depends."
The partnership was selected from a group of highly qualified projects nominated from around the world that tackle tough environmental problems ranging from sustainable mining in developing countries to reducing the pollution associated with textile manufacturing. Experts around the world reviewed the nominees with the following criteria: innovation, effectiveness, significance, and transferability.
The Roy Family has been a long-time supporter of the development of public-private partnerships to meet social goals. The Roy Family Award attempts to provide positive incentives for companies and organizations worldwide to push the boundaries of creativity and take risks that result in significant changes that benefit the environment.
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The 2011 Award recognized Refrigerants, Naturally! a collaboration of four high-profile private companies – The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald's, Unilever, and PepsiCo – and two international environmental organizations – Greenpeace and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – dedicated to combating climate change and ozone layer depletion by developing natural refrigeration technologies that are safe, reliable, affordable, and energy efficient.
In 2009, the Roy Award was presented to the Mexico City Metrobus, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the quality of life and transportation options in one of the largest cities in the world.


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Celebrities Team Up for Gun Violence Prevention PSA
Today marks one week since the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and many of our favorite famous folks have joined forces for a powerful Public Service Announcement.
Demand a Plan is the new initiative by stars like Selena Gomez, Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Paul Rudd, Michelle Williams, and Gwyneth Paltrow to put an end to gun violence.
Nick Offerman, Amy Poehler, Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Moore, and Jennifer Aniston also participated.
The stars take turns asking, "How many more? How many more colleges? How many more classrooms? How many more movie theaters? How many more houses of faith?"
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In between his duties as a priest, theologian, professor and university administrator, Father Janusz Ihnatowicz would find time to scribble a few lines of verse, painstakingly revising and editing them to his satisfaction.
Over the years, Ihnatowicz's little hobby yielded nine volumes of published poetry, inspired literary scholarship and now has earned him a lifetime achievement award. Ihnatowicz, 82, was recently honored by the Union of Polish Writers Abroad for his contributions to Polish literature. The retired University of St. Thomas theology professor traveled to London in January to receive the award.
Ihnatowicz's passion for poetry predates his call to the priesthood – he got his first poem published at 19. Unlike the work of a more famous Polish poet-priest – Pope John Paul II – Ihnatowicz said his poems are not intended to be philosophy in verse. Instead, his poems are inspired by everyday images and experiences.
"A poem is painting through words," Ihnatowicz said. "Some image strikes you, and you try to convey that through the meanings and sounds of words."
Images as common as a dog sitting outside a kennel or a flower bed of red poppies beside a train station can get his poetic juices flowing, Ihnatowicz said. Despite these seemingly humble origins, the resulting poetry has attracted scholarly notice for its skill and depth. His poetry has been the subject of at least two doctoral dissertations and now a literature professor in Poland is compiling for publication a comprehensive collection of Ihnatowicz's work.
Most of his poems are written in his native Polish, but Ihnatowicz did write one published volume of poetry in English. Good poetry is meant to be read aloud, he said, and developing a feel for the sound and nuance of a second language takes work.
"When you write in a different language, you have to embrace the genius of that language," Ihnatowicz said. "Your thoughts and feelings and intuitions have to be in that language."
Translating poetry into another language while still conveying all the meaning and richness of the original is even trickier, he added. Ihnatowicz himself has translated the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Yeats and others into Polish.
He credits renowned 20th century English poets – particularly T.S. Eliot – as deep influences on his own style and technique. Ihnatowicz identifies with Eliot's no-nonsense approach to poetry, with its emphasis on mastering the craft and storytelling.
"A poem isn't a romantic idea or a confession," he said. "It has to say something objective."
This methodical approach is borne out by Ihnatowicz's meticulous writing habits. A five-line poem would typically require about 15 pages of drafts. And he had to squeeze in this work during bits of leisure time over a long, busy career as a priest and academic.
Ihnatowicz first left Poland when he was 15 to escape the new post-war communist regime. He and his mother were smuggled out to Berlin and then to London. There, they rejoined his father, a former Polish military officer who survived the German invasion in 1939 and fled to England. The family eventually settled in Canada.
Ihnatowicz returned to Poland in 1958 to enter the seminary. After his ordination, he was tasked with college student ministry, an especially risky assignment because Communist authorities had little tolerance for any Church attempts to influence young people.
When Pope John XXIII released the encyclical Pacem in Terris, its publication was censored in Poland, with authorities cutting a line that criticized some political systems as tyrannical. Ihnatowicz, who was already under government scrutiny and had his apartment bugged, took to the pulpit and read the censored part aloud. Under mounting pressure from authorities, he had to leave Poland for good.
He went on to receive a licentiate in theology in Rome and then went to Toronto to work on his doctorate. It was by happenstance that Ihnatowicz, who is not a Basilian, found his way to UST. A Canadian priest who knew Ihnatowicz got word from a Basilian acquaintance that there was an opening at St. Thomas that had to be filled quickly. Ihnatowicz was tracked down through a Toronto phonebook and in 1969 he moved to Houston and joined UST's theology faculty.
He eventually became chair of the theology department, a post he held for 15 years. Retired now, he still lives at the Basilian residence in Donaghue Hall and stays busy writing theology. However, he does not rule out another work of poetry, if inspiration strikes.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 6 – One of the first agreements to emerge Wednesday from meetings between President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard was a pledge to take joint action to combat climate change. It is an issue that neither leader has been closely associated with in the past. Both Australia and the United States refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 U.N.-led effort that set goals for major industrialized nations to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
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Global-warming believers fear an honest debate
By Debra J. Saunders
San Francisco Chronicle
September 05, 2007 6:00 AM
Newsweek's global-warming cover story purports to reveal the "well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and industry" that for the past two decades "has created a paralyzing fog of doubt around climate change." It's the same story run repeatedly in mainstream media: The overwhelming majority of scientists believe the debate on global warming is over - but if there are any dissenting scientists left, they've been bought.
Here's the rub: If dissent is so rare, why do global-warming conformists feel the strong need to argue that minority views should be dismissed as nutty or venal? Why not posit that there is such a thing as honest disagreement on the science?
As for the overwhelming majority of scientists believing that man is behind global warming, former NASA scientist Roy Spencer, now at the University of Alabama, told me: "It's like an urban legend. There has never been any kind of vote on this issue." He referred me to a 2003 survey in which two German environmental scientists asked more than 530 climate scientists from 27 countries if they thought humans caused climate change: Fifty-six percent answered yes, 30 percent said no.
What really frosts me about the Newsweek story is that it concentrates on industry funding for skeptics while ignoring the money that pours into pro-global-warming coffers. That focus ignores where the big grant money goes: to pay for crisis-mongering research. Or as Reid Bryson, the father of scientific climatology, told the Capital Times in Madison, Wis.: "If you want to be an eminent scientist, you have to have a lot of grad students and a lot of grants. You can't get grants unless you say, 'Oh, global warming, yes, yes, carbon dioxide.'"
That's not to say that industry does not liberally fund political efforts. Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope told me, "If you look at the cumulative public relations weight of those who don't want action on climate change, such as the think tanks and trade associations, it vastly dwarfs what has been spent on the side of those who want action."
Pope cited American automakers' fight against tougher fuel-efficiency standards. Also, the campaign to defeat Proposition 87, the 2006 California ballot measure to tax oil production to fund alternative fuel development, outspent Proposition 87 proponents 2-to-1.
Newsweek leads with the revelation that a conservative think tank that had been funded by ExxonMobil offered scientists "$10,000 to write articles undercutting" a U.N. International Panel on Climate Change report that there is a 90 percent chance global warming is due to the burning of fossil fuels.
Ooooh, $10,000. After the billions that have gone into pro-global-warming research, that's (pardon the pun) rich.
What critics call a $10,000 "bounty" could be seen in the research community as the equivalent of a 25-cent tip. As Steven Hayward, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, explained, his think tank was "asking very busy and prominent people to wade through as much as 5,000 pages of material and write original papers on it, and people think they're going to do that for free?"
Spencer told me he had been writing on global warming for years before he started writing three years ago for TCS Daily, which received ExxonMobil money. He said TCS Daily now provides some 5 percent of his income. And: "All I was doing was being paid for writing things I believed in anyway."
Global-warming guru James Hansen, a NASA scientist, received $250,000 from a foundation run by Teresa Heinz Kerry. Hansen endorsed John Kerry for president in 2004. But I wouldn't dream of suggesting Hansen was bought.
The science doesn't follow the money; the money follows the scientist. If you're a researcher on either side of the issue, eventually you'll get money from that side - or be unemployed.
I guess all skeptics are supposed to work for free.
True believers appear to be afraid of a fair fight. In March, when the audience was polled before a New York "Intelligence Squared U.S." debate, 30 percent agreed with the motion that global warming is not a crisis; 57 percent disagreed. After the debate, 46 percent agreed with the motion, while 42 per cent disagreed.
After all the Newsweek-like stories announcing the debate is over, it took one debate to flip the audience. No wonder they want to muzzle dissent.
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Why are you posting an entire article and violating the author's copyright? Why not post a link and explain what you think is important about what she has to say, if she has something important to say, which I doubt.
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Science and money
What this article doesn't mention is the strong correlations found between corporate funding and scientific outcomes. This has long been an issue in the pharmaceutical industry where full disclosure of industry funding in research is now the norm.
Same goes for the food testing industry.
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NO!!! So sad.
You've got to be kidding me!!!! Dang, I liked that couple.
in a million depressions now
The curse of winning the US pairs title continues...
Terrible news!!! Nat'l Champs and 6th in World! From my previous posts in another thread, my intuition so far is on track----I am expecting the announcement of John pairing with Caydee Denney!! Then I will go buy a lottery ticket
I am sorry but this doesn't make any sense to me at all... Why??
WTF?! They were the only American pair that I liked
I'm on my phone so I can't open the article - but do they give any reasons? I don't understand why they would split after such a great year
just as they were gaining momentum! and the splits begin... loved their free skate this year! it was wonderful =(
That's too bad. I really, really enjoyed them. Weren't they on the rise?
I'm really sad about this. The best pairs team the US has had in ages, and they're both such nice people. I'm glad they had this emotional season together, and wish them all the best in the future, but I"m sad we'll miss seeing how they could have developed together.
Wow! didn't see that coming, they had a great World's. I really liked them
This is so sad. I really enjoyed this team.
What is up with US Pairs skaters? They get a year or two of success and then bail. Will we ever see another US pair on the Worlds Podium?
I would not be surprised if John moves on to coaching...
WHAT????? That makes NO sense at all!! We had only JUST started seeing how good they could become.
I really liked this pair.
Holy crap! What?!?!? Why?!?!?! :
WTF? Why!?
Completely unexpected after finishing 6th at freaking worlds!
This right here just tells me that there's no reason whatsoever to get invested in American pairs. Even when they do well, they split. I'm freaking done!
And so it begins....too bad I really liked them
Why on earth??
From the article, it sounds as if it may have been his decision. But what a strange decision to make NOW, after such a successful season!
I also really like them...
John retired and she will search for a new partner.
I'm sorry to hear that; they were doing so well!
The article says she's planning to find a new partner - I wonder how the heights would work with Bryce Davison?
I remember reading that discussion about John and Caydee and thinking that it doesn't make any sense. It's probably true now, let's wait and see..
I hope it's no true, I don't think Caydee is as good as Yankowskas.
If it does turn out true, John is highly stupid.
I just don't get this one at all...
When I first saw this, I thought it was a late April Fool's joke.
It sounds like John may be ready to hang up his skates. He's been through a lot the past year or two. Whatever happens, I wish both of them the best.
I don't see John with Caydee. I wonder if Caitlin will re-team with Daniyel Cohen.
I wonder if Rockne is kicking himself for not waiting a little longer to find a partner. not that I think Caitlyn would be a great fit for him, but he wouldn't look like her dad.
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well played
This is so full of win, love it
Yikes, I need to view this in full-screen. This background is making me dizzy!
Way to go, Jon!
Thank god, I thought for a minute there it was the birth of Skynet.
I for one welcome the new Skynet Overlords!
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haha very well played
I downloaded the sample app and typed "fix global financial meltdown". It build successfully and outputed all the appropriate files. However this morning when I looked at my stock portfolio I was still dead in the water. Is there a compiler switch I forgot to set?
Please remember that this is a CTP of Sentient DSL's, so your results may vary... you might want to consider logging an official bug on Connect.Microsoft.com.
Meanwhile, if you want to try out the Sentient DSL's SDK then you might be able to fix this yourself.
You guys know that all this is actually possible
Hi Jonathan and team,
It was very fun at the end ...for a minute i thought what will happen to us, the developers...nicely done.
lol. So im just going through some 10-4 episodes and decided id like to hear about these things called 'sentient DSLs'. Watching the video, my jaw was dropping, thinking 'u cant be serious'. Well, rick rolled over a month later. Nice work
Sun has a working version, open sourced, dynamically linked, named Domain Specific Hibernation, that does that exactly, why do you think Oracle bought them?
I've got the VB version, I just dont know should I wrapp it with Begin / End
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A friend of mine just recomended this post to me, and we're planning to leave programming hahaha.
Hmmm, I think this may actually be more efficient than the system I'm working on which will generate all possible code and then categorize the working applications. There I go again thinking I've come up with something good and then along comes Microsoft...
Went browsing through the archives, and this caught my eye. Initially I thought I read 'sentient DLLs', and my first thought was "Good morning Dave.".
Second thought after seeing this was "Nice sales pitch. Useless.". Third, "Amazing framework indeed. So flexible you'll hit a brick wall the second you try anything important.". And my final conclusion was that I was indeed rick rolled, I hadn't noticed the date and had considered this to be an actual episode.
Well done!
This is the best programming video I have ever got. I am glad that Sentient DSL can finally solve the world hunger problem.
Somebody get this to Barak. Quick! <g>
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cant find it in Beta 2
Downloaded Beta 2 and started working through all the 10-4 episodes... walked right into this one... Nicely done...
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I was an extra in A League of Their Own. That was fun.
mcsoupman wrote:
"We don't talk about fight club"
LOL! The fight club one would have been good!
Other cliché movies of the 90s:
"I see dead people"
"There is no spoon" or "the red pill or the blue pill?"
"You had me at hello"
"Show me the money!"
"Um, ya, I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday"
etc, etc.
fatdragon wrote:What about "10 Things I Learned in the 70's"?
"It's pronounced 'Fronkensteen'"
"Now there ain't but twenty-thousand police in the whole town!"
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
However, while I enjoy reading the shirts, I wouldn't buy one. Maybe as a poster, if I were into those anymore.
Like the way you thinking here; however, I'd amend to say "Napalm smells like victory (in the morning)" or something like that.
And Young Frankenstein is one of my all time favorites.
What about? "Suicide is painless" or "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
Hooray! A movie shirt sequel that's just as good as the original! Of course, neither would be as good as 10 things I learned from books. Congrats, Mr. Rabbit.
ScottFromWyoming wrote:Learned about Bat Country in the 90s? Well that's kind of sad.
No one reads anymore. The book was better.
mcsoupman wrote:Alternatives - "You need more flair."
"I don't like to talk about my flair"
Jennifer Aniston's best role, BTW.
dpwellman wrote:Like the way you thinking here; however, I'd amend to say "Napalm smells like victory (in the morning)" or something like that.
No, the Colonel does in fact say that, the full quote -
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end..."
Wait, you mean to tell me there's nothing about the Roman Empire or the writing of the New Testament?
(Checks source)
It's the 1990s? How can people just assume that? Why don't they just get off their lazy butts and say "1990s?"
Yay, it's a sequel Congrats, ORabbit!
My favorite qoute from the 70's - "Lord loves a workin man and don't trust whitey" Steve Martin in The Jerk
developerzero wrote:Is it just me, or does anyone else only get like half the references here?
More than half, but, yes, some I've either never known or have chosen to forget.
Congrats Orion! A great sequel!!:D
dfunk29 wrote:"We are all connected in the great circle of life", The Lion King.
"In Paris it's a Royale with cheese", Pulp Fiction
" There's no crying in baseball!", A League of Thier Own.
"The price is wrong bi$©h", Happy Gilmore.
Oh, yeah. I remember the Happy Gilmore one now.
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"You can't triple stamp, a double stamp"
HAS to be on there!
I third that motion!! Dumb & Dumber taught us all so much. I also would have accepted:
-Our pet's heads are falling off!
-You can't stop once you've started. (it stings)
-Senior citizens, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose.
-The soup du jour is the soup of the day.
-Spilling the salt is very bad luck.
-I get 70 miles to the gallon on this hog.
...and my personal favorite...
-I desperately want to make love to a school boy!
(Before someone points out that my quotes were not accurate, remember, these are things we learned...not exact quotes necessarily).
Mine came in yesterday. I had forgotten how the fit and feel of the AA shirts are. It is longer, which I prefer, and softer. My only issue with them was they tend to shrink more so I always drip dry.
Yeah a) too many of these are too obscure
b) 4 of them are about Life.
Keep: There's no crying in Baseball, You can't handle the truth... I'd say Life is like a Box of chocolates as the Life quote... but then you have two Tom Hanks quotes already... hmmm...
The '80s I was thumbs up on 9 of Ten.. (Dirty Dancing was worst date ever... but eh...) so got that one... but this one - pass.
Needs a rework.
This shirt is totally awesome! The only reference I didn't get was the pulp fiction one but I never saw that movie so... lol
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Arsène Wenger has hailed the "remarkable and outstanding" support his side have received at Emirates Stadium this season.
Every Premier League game at the venue during the 2011/12 campaign has sold out its home allocation, as did three of the five Champions League matches. In the Carling Cup, Wenger's side commanded an average attendance of more than 54,000.
The Arsenal faithful have been a driving force behind their side's improved form since February, a fact that has not been lost on the manager.
"I felt at the start of the season it was difficult for us and at some stages when you are really in trouble, everybody got on board and supported the team," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"People are intelligent and they understood that when we were 17th or 16th in the league it could really all go wrong. From then on I felt that people at the Emirates were absolutely remarkable.
"Again in the last game against Chelsea where we were a bit in trouble, they were stood like one man behind the team. We have to be grateful this season because our fans have been remarkable.
"The Spurs game was especially good I think, we were 2-0 down and they stood behind the team. In that game they had a fantastic input and a fantastic influence.
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Namasakarn to all Venerables and hellos to everyone else,
Didn't notice the Introductions section earlier so I posted in some other threads before here
Like many others, I found this site while lurking in ES. And I've noticed it's more active here, with more constructive discussions, too.
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Think back on your working or home life. What was the biggest mistake you made when taking on a big project? If you answered, "Thinking I could do it alone," you're like many of us.
See also: Why do some seniors feel isolated?
If you're among the 42 million unpaid family caregivers who are providing help to someone else (usually an aging parent) who needs help performing the daily tasks essential to leading a normal life, thinking you can do it alone is not only mistaken, but potentially disastrous.
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Interestingly, many of these caregivers I'm talking about don't call what they are doing "caregiving" — they would say "I'm helping my mom" or "I'm making sure my dad eats breakfast every day." To many, the word "caregiver" means a full-time or part-time paid nurse or home health care worker, while they equate what they are doing to "just helping out" or "being a good daughter or son."
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With half of the caregivers in the United States also holding full-time jobs, the cost of informal caregiving in terms of lost productivity to their employers is $33 billion annually, according to a survey by MetLife. It's easy enough to look at the demographics and see that the situation isn't going to get better on its own, but to date just a third of U.S. companies have instituted policies such as telecommuting and flextime aimed at helping their employee caregivers.
In terms of dollars and cents, caregivers don't come out very well, either. Seven in 10 suffer work-related difficulties because of the care they provide, including rearranging their work schedule, decreasing their hours or taking unpaid leave. Women are the hardest-hit financially because they are much more likely than male caregivers to take a less-demanding job, lose job-related benefits by cutting their hours, or give up outside work entirely. As a result, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP found in 2009 that women who had been caregivers during their working years were 2.5 times more likely to live in poverty at age 65 and over.
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