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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger believes his side are still well-positioned in this season's Champions League, despite being defeated by Schalke at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
Wenger's team are second in Group B with six points at the halfway stage - just one point behind the German group leaders - after winning their first two games in the competition against Montpellier and Olympiacos.
Wenger admits Wednesday's performance was below-par and is keen for his team to respond with a positive performance against Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League on Saturday.
"It was a performance [against Schalke] that was a bit flat," he said. "We didn't create many chances. Of course we are frustrated by that. It looked like we never did really get going and overall we didn't put the pace in the game that we are used to.
"We cannot complain over the defeat. We faced Schalke and on the day [they] deserved it a fraction more. The regret we have is [we] could have played a 0-0. A point would have been good considering our performance last night.
"We are still in a strong position in the Champions League, what is important for us now is to bounce back and have a good result in the Premier League."
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No, I haven't been here obviously. I've been organizing the Lindependence 2008 month in Felton, and you can find out more about it here.
Let me get this out of the way, and you can be assured that I will return with my usual pithy comments on the state of all things digital.
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In Japan, Tomy has a series of mini Star Wars helmets out. The sculpts on them are absolutely gorgeous, and I'm attempting to assemble a full set, but they're those randomly packaged toys-- you know, every one comes in the same exact box and you have no way of knowing what you've got until you open it.
So in the process of getting the set, I managed to get three ESB Fett helmets. To minimize my losses, I decided to repaint two of them as ROTJ and Holiday Special-- and of course, while looking for references on those two, I found that the original paint job on the one I was keeping as ESB was incorrect as well.
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Lodging, meals, courses and evening activities included. The weekend workshop is designed to introduce beginners and improve experienced hunters knowledge, skills and confidence. Instructors from VDGIF, Holiday Lake 4-H Center staff, Virginia Hunter Education Association, Tidewater Retriever Club, Virginia Waterfowlers' Association and more.
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"Salt Lake City is offering a series of free e-waste recycling events to give residents an opportunity to dispose of electronics in a responsible way," said Debbie Lyons, Salt Lake City's resource recovery manager. "Historically, these events have been very popular, and we are expecting to collect 10,000 pounds of e-waste at each event."
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Imprecision of the Phrase "Global Warming"
Guest Contribution by Michael Tobis, University of Chicago
Consider the possibility that the expression "global warming" has become a problematic one, and that it might be best to avoid it.
A big part of the public confusion about climate change comes from sloppy language. The naysayers prey on this confusion, very much as their peers prey on the phrase "evolutionary theory" to suggest that "evolution, well, it's just a theory".
Scientists use "global warming" precisely, to mean "a tendency for the globe to warm over a given period". Thus, in the question of human impacts, we discuss what proportion of the observed "global warming" in recent years is anthropogenic, what the magnitude of the "global warming" due to anticipated radiative forcing scenarios will be in the future, and the nature of climate change expected for a given "global warming". In each case, we usually mean by this phrase precisely and only an increase in the mean global temperature.
I imagine I'm not alone in finding myself in a quandary when someone asks if I "believe in" global warming. Imagine asking an economist whether they "believe in" inflation. Where does one begin?
This problem arises from confusion (to some extent deliberately engendered) in the public as to what the term means.
If someone asks me in my capacity as a climate scientist whether I "believe in "global warming", they are not asking the question in a literal sense. They are asking "what am I to make of this confusing topic called "global warming"?
In the end they are usually asking some combination of questions like 1) whether greenhouse gases are accumulating? 2) whether the greenhouse effect is established science? 3) whether global warming has been observed? 4) whether future climate change is expected to be big enough to worry about? 5) whether cooling at a single location falsifies the "theory"? 6) whether to expect super-hurricanes? 7) whether the Gulf Stream will shut down instantly glaciating Scandinavia and Britain? 8 ) how you can model climate when you can't predict weather? etc. Often they will bounce incoherently from one to another of these sorts of exasperatingly-missing-the-point sorts of question.
Once in a while someone will have more sophisticated questions like 1) what's the magnitude of the anthropogenic forcing compared to natural forcings? 2) what's the lag time in the system response? 3) what is the magnitude of the most disruptive plausible scenarios? 4) what's the likelihood of the discontinuous shifts in system regime? etc., When I hear people asking the right questions it makes my day, but it's pretty rare.
What people outside the field universally don't mean by "global warming" though, is "a tendency for the global mean surface temperature to increase"!
I believe that this site has made some progress by proposing a working definition of the scientific consensus.
Usually, when asked whether one "believes in" global warming, the best answer is to state that there is a scientific consensus and a formal process for developing it, and what that consensus is. For a sophisticated audience, one can go on to explain why consensus should drive policy and should not drive science, and what steps can be taken to ensure that this happens.
Still, the wrong questions are being asked and they are asked under a vague rubric of "global warming". By allowing the focus to dwell on something that firstly means something different to us than to the questioner, and secondly that the questioner fundamentally finds confusing, we start on the wrong foot in our efforts to clarify these matters effectively.
Therefore I suggest to my colleagues that we avoid the phrase in public communication. We should be talking about "climate", "climate forcing" and "climate change", and about the "scientific consensus" and the "policy implications". It might be wise, given the present confusion, to go so far as to publicly use expressions like "increasing average surface temperature" when we mean "global warming" in the literal sense.
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Those o rings are only for prepped blocks. If you havent chamfered the block passage do not use the o rings.
The e curve is a trip . I had additional problems , my 305 tdc mark is at 12 o clock, but the balancer has a different indicator line. It is to the right of the keyway. The balancer is not separated from the outside just a mismatched replacement. The timing tab is also misplaced. On top of that the supercharger snout blocks the veiw from above. Talk about getting lost with timing.
In the end i spun the crank to tdc and back with a tdc indicator , then took the mid point as true tdc. Bent a coat hanger to use as a timing mark. Locked the e curve out and set the total, then dialed back. The e curve now starts with 5 and has 10 twisted in . That is 15 inital, and 20 more for 35 at 3000rpm. Somewhere in the powerband the btm retard starts pull 2 degrees for every 1 psi made.
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My 600 dp had the bog. Contrary to what most say, when I dynoed the car with A/F readout, I found that this was due to an over-rich condition.
The prior owner of the carb was obviously chasing this problem and had installed a 28 squirter in the secondaries, leaving the 25 in the primaries.
I changed both out to 21s and the bog went away based on SOP but have yet to get tthe car back on the dyno. It was especially troublesome to me because it was right where I cruise with 3.70:1 gears and the TKO-600 in OD if I kick the throttle without downshifting to 4th. Note that at the point of bog, the A/F goes as low as 10:1.
Also note that in every case, the leanest A/F ratio is giving the best torque/power. After this test, I leaned the secondaries by ~1.3 jet size.
I really am a fan of the 4777 Holley- I believe it's one of the most flexible carbs out there and it can work well in a wide variety of situations. I have had one on engines as far apart as a 0.030" over Pontiac 455 (ran mid 12's) to a '68 Pontiac Sprint OHC 250 ci 6 cylinder inline engine (originally had a Q-jet from the factory). I used the 4777 while I did my first Q-jet rebuild!
Thanks to Cobalt327 for posting some helpful timing information in another post, here is where I am right now.
I adjusted the accel pump cams and the adjuster bolt. Added a 10° vacuum advance curve starting at 10" of vacuum and all in by 4" of vacuum and I hooked it to ported vacuum as I am already running 19° initial advance. I changed the mechanical timing curve to 15° all in by 3,000 rpm. Drove it and it drove well and responded well but had a lean spot off when cruising just off idle and cleaned up with more throttle. I went home and (until I get another set of discharge nozzles) put my .036" squirter on the primary and the lean spot was GONE! Ya, its a little rich now but I need to go down to about a .032" squirter and all should be great until I get better gearing and will have to do this all over again
So here is the e-curve timing; 19° initial, 15° mechanical (by 3,000), 10° vacuum advance 10" in by 4". Math says a total of 44° but it's really about 45-46°. Also Spinn I'm not using the rubber o-ring seals on the inside, just the top gasket. I haven't had any problems at all with it. Just understanding it more as it works backwards from a conventional HEI dizzy.
I only have the stock gearing for now as I recently got the engine installed and have been working to tune it the best I can until I have money to do the rear end. And stall doesn't matter because mine is a manual not an auto.
As far as the e-curve goes, I have my switches on 1-0 which is curve "J" 15 degrees all in by 3,000 rpm. So my initial is at 19 degrees with a 15 degree advance with no "vacuum advance" and a total of 34 degrees... HOWEVER... My actual total timing is about 37-38 degrees as it does go higher than the supposed 34 degrees if you add 19 and 15. So I set my total higher so the initial is more where I want it with the total kinda where I want it since this dizzy works the way it does. It is a very cool idea but doesn't work as well as it probably should.
YOu have a large cam and a low numerical gear 2.73 in the rear on a 350. This has a dp holley carb. Never found that to be a good combination. My 750 dp worked well with a 3500 stall and 4.10 gears. For a DP to be on a unusual build probably will not work best.
If you have 2.xx or 3.23 type gears a edelbrock or AVS style is hard to beat for a driven vehicle.
What do you think of the e curve? My month with it has found that the grommet heats up and falls out of the base. The curves had to be verified cause the base timing would be different when added to the twisted inital. My msd is set at 0,6 for 15 and 35 total at 3000.
|Also... this condition is when good and hot. Although, I only have a 160° thermostat and have noticed the engine runs much better when good and hot. Should I go to a 180°?
|I have checked for vacuum leaks and haven't found any. As far the the 50cc accel pumps; I am understood that unless I go up to a .035" squirter I do not need them. So no I have not upgraded. What is weird is that I went from a .028" to a .025 squirter and it seemed like the lean spot got better but not completely.
|have you installed 50 cc accelerator pumps on both or secondary side?obviously you checked for vacuum leaks etc?
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Ok... I have a chevy 360 with 882 heads, 1.6" and 1.94" valves, 1.6:1 roller rockers, crane 274H06 came and lifters (flat tappet), .125" dome pistons -3.5cc, long tube headers, edelbrock performer intake and of course a holley 4777-2 carb. I have a carter vane type electric fuel pump internally regulated 6 psi and a 4 spd saginaw with 2.73 rear end and mini spool. Ignition is all MSD with e-curve dizzy (init. 19° total 38° (any lower on init. and its no where near as responsive, I could drop the total but haven't yet).
Issue, I had a lean bog from a stop and another bog from the primary to the secondaries. I had .035" primary squirter and .025" secondary squirter in the carb, 67 primary jets and 76 secondary jets, with a 4.5" power valve, orange primary accel cam (hole 1) and pink secondary accel cam (hole 1). It was using lots of fuel and low on power as well.
Here's what I've done so far... I put the squirters back to .028" front and rear, left the power valve for now, used the blue accel cam for the primary (hole 1) and the black accel cam (hole 1) for the secondary. Adjusted the accel pump arm with a .015" shim on both primary and secondary. Took it out and drove it. It ran great off idle and from a stop still has a slight lean spot when transitioning from primary to secondary. I brought it back around and put the .025" squirter on the secondary and the lean spot decreased some. (I have an a/f gauge showing a lean condition which is how I know it's lean)
I wouldn't think I would want to go lower on the secondary squirter would I? Where should I go from here? I'm wondering if I'm squirting too much fuel to where it can't all burn showing up as a "lean" condition due to the unburnt air and raw fuel in the exhaust. Could this be the case? If so, what are some recommendations?
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If anyone is thinking about buying a Spot, I saw this ad on Dealnews.com today that may be of interest.
Today only, Amazon.com offers the SPOT Personal GPS Tracker with a free Year of Road-Side Assistance for $99 via coupon code "ROADSIDE". This $50 mail-in rebate cuts it to $49. With free shipping, it's $100 off a year of service and the lowest total price we could find for the device by $50. This waterproof GPS navigator sends and saves your location every 10 minutes and allows contacts to track your progress using Google maps. It can also send coordinates to Emergency Response Centers.
Of note, coupon and service must be activated at SPOT by January 15.
I bought and used one on a a trip in Dec from Destin Fl to the Keys and loved it. It was the ONLY communications for days with family. It worked great and was appreciated by those at home.
Just set it up right from computer.
I use the SPOT on deliveries as a service to owners who like to see where their boat is. *grin* I generally use blue painter's tape to tape it to the inside of a hatch. Generally works fine but there are occasional gaps. As noted, it is NOT a life-safety device. It's a convenience item. Be sure to educate family and friends that if you "drop off the map" it is most likely due to 1. forgetting to reset the tracker, 2. Globalstar pooping out for a while, or 3. the display web-server getting the hiccups.
Please tell them NOT to call the USCG (as an uneducated friend of a Bahamas cruiser recently did) and launch a SAR effort just because the SPOT stopped posting.
I used one this november when moving my boat from Virginia to Puerto Rico.
loved it. The only time I had coverage problems were in severe storms, where only 1 out of 2 or 3 msgs got out. once it cleared up, all went out fine.
It really kept friends and family back home in touch with my progress, which really kept the concern down in their minds. I also bought the Search and Rescue package for the 911 button. Glad I didn't need it.
I set my messages up with my "Standard" message that all was well - my help message was that we were having problems but ok (just in case the next one was 911 and the Coasties contacted my primary contacts - they could inform them of the amount of time we were broadcasting issues prior to calling for them, just in case.
In talking with the Coast Guard in PR, they also told me they recommended the system to boaters as it really increased the ability to track and connect when needed. This, coupled with a Sat phone for downloading weather maps and making calls when necessary completed our ability to effectively communicate. Also had a 406 epirb on board.
The thing I don't like about spot is that it doesn't go directly SARS unit but through a private company and they contact the nearest SARS Unit. The Coverage is really spotty to. That's why I'm not using one during my Expedition. I'm going to get one this along with carrying a sat Phone.
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We have been using a SPOT Messenger for a bit over 1-1/2 years. We originally purchased the device for our daughter to keep track of her travels while she and some other teens were sailing a Beneteau 50 from St. Martin to Trinadad during the summer of 2008. We then loaned the device to a friend to keep track of his travel from Nevis to Bradenton Florida in November of '08 for which it worked very well--well enough that I could time my drive up to the marina to meet him when he arrived in the middle of the night.
Since then we've been using the device to keep track of our own travels. Lately we implemented a SPOT Adventures page that keeps track of all of our travels (when the tracking mode is activated). For one thing, our yacht club has a rule about active verses inactive boats and there has been a bit of debate about whether one's log is sufficienbt evidence that one has an "active" boat and is not just using the marina for in the water storage. Our Spot Adventures page is pretty irrefutable evidence (so long as we remember to turn the thing on). Our SPOT lives in a mesh bag suspended from the stern pulpit and seem to work without difficulty. A representitive SPOT Adventures page is shown here: Daysail to Egmont Key - Sailing - Spot .
We have purchased the full service package with Tracking and GEOS SAR service (which must be purchased separately). The device has proven very reliable although I do not consider it a replacement for and EPIRB.
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Well... I have one and it works fine for what we did this (non) summer. Up to Killbear. I have the "tracking" option but it's only a power hog if you use it. You can still operate the unit in "check in" mode.
I think it's essential if you're on your own.
P.S. The boat is now on the hard at bayport on Midland.
|One problem I see is it uses the GlobalStar satelites, and they are experiencing financial difficulties for some years now. The satelite constelation has moved a significant amount out of its orbits and just land correction is not enough to fix it anymore, so a more expensive maintenance is needed, including the launch of new satelites to replace some already dead. Until GS can't find a suitable mean to overcome the financials necessary to recover the system, SPOT will suffer the same braks all GlobalStar telephony is expereincing for a while now. But you won't find anything cheaper ....
|Mine was in the cabin the whole trip, and it worked just fine... sitting in a basket on top of the refrigerator.
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You just have to be aware of its limitations.
For one thing, it does need a clear view of the sky. I suspect that even using it from under a bimini would be an issue.
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Evolve 8 - Life Soup
Well hello!
And thanks for taking a look at my Aqueon Evolve 8 planted dirt tank journal!
Teaser shot taken on Day 20:
My name is Matt, I'm a new-ish member on here who's been creeping/researching for the past few months. I'm not new to aquariums, but have taken a few years away from the hobby (except for raising a young snapping turtle) and for a long time I've wanted to get into growing things underwater. I went through many months of research and several idea phases, and finally have settled on the notion of a small, easy to manage planted dirt tank. On a side note, I unearthed my digital camera to document this build and found it contained old pictures of the 20-Long my snapper was housed in as a baby:
-I can be incredibly longwinded, and although I will make a sincere effort to stay on point I apologize in advance for any digression into randomness (such as posting pictures of a snapping turtle on a planted tank thread!)
-Any links to other forum posts and/or external websites may or may not be used with permission, and should the author(s) of said links wish them to be removed please PM me and I'd be happy to take them down.
-I'm somewhat odd and from here on out will be referring to myself in the third person as "Mr. TBS"
-Progress updates will be inhibited by my crappy digital camera (a many-years old Nikon Coolpix) and by a lack of internet at home ('unplugged' living is where it's at!)
Project Goals
-Small, beginner-friendly planted dirt tank as a learning experiment in keeping live plants
-"Low Tech" tank – what the heck do you mean by this, Mr. TBS? Well, I mean I want a tank that's low light, non-CO2 injected, lower cost (but not necessarily cheap!), low on fertilizer dosing and capable of being left unattended for several days at a time
-Aesthetically pleasing. Duh, right? I'm obviously no Takashi Amano but I'd like to try my hand at an appealing aquascape – something jungly and lush looking similar to this tank
Intended Plant List
-Anubias, I'll be using whatever I can find at the local store
-Cryptocoryne, again I'll be using what I can find locally
-Water Lettuce as my "floater"
-Duck Weed, it's sure to hitchhike on the Lettuce and I'll let it grow in (call me crazy but I love the stuff!)
-Banana Plant, I like the look and will try to incorporate it as a background plant
-Java Fern, probably attached to wood
-Java Moss in "foreground clumps"
Intended Stock List
-2 Nerite Snails
-2 Fancy Guppies (male)
-2 Otocinclus
-1 "Centerpiece" fish??
Materials Gathered for Initial Setup
[Note from Mr. TBS: This tank has been running since Labor Day weekend of 2012, and the materials listed were gathered before the setup or in the days immediately after the fact]
-Aqueon Evolve 8 aquarium kit including: 13"x13"x14" acrylic tank & lid, small LED light unit, filter cartridge, small filter pump, water conditioner & Aqueon flake food
-75W heater left over from an old turtle tank, I set the tank up assuming it would be too powerful but so far it's maintained the temp well (80F)
-50lb bag 1mm clear Silica pool filter sand
-5lb bag Petco-brand white aquarium sand
-8qt bag Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Potting Mix
-Various quartz stones gathered from my yard
-Pre-used piece of Mopani wood from an old turtle tank (incidentally the piece I ended up using is pictured above)
-Small suction-cup thermometer
-Aquaclear filter media including foam blocks and pouches of ceramic rings
-API Root Tabs
-Seachem Flourish & Flourish Excel (I know, I know, I'm already breaking my "low dosing" goal…)
-Nets, buckets, thread, scissors, rubber tubing, clamps, silicone, plastic silverware & cups, drill, extension cord, chainsaw, small-caliber Glock and all the random supplies I could foresee needing with this project
Initial Construction Phase
Now I bought this tank some weeks ago on impulse and filled it immediately. This allowed me a few weeks to play with the hardscape (without using dirt), and to pre-cycle some of the tank components. It also let me see the tank in action, and I noticed a few areas that needed slight modification before the final setup.
[Note from Mr. TBS: The brave & noble Cardinal Tetra pictured above is no longer for this earth; he was placed in a cup while I planted, pulled a jumper and ended up as a snack for Mr. Snapper. RIP Mr. Cardinal Tetra!]
First of all, the stock filter cartridge is one of those "activated carbon wrapped in a flossy sleeve" deals, and I don't plan to use any carbon with this tank. Instead I went out and got replacement media in the form of Aquaclear foam blocks & bags of ceramic rings.
Secondly, I noticed that the flow through the "filter chamber" at the rear of the tank was rather poor – due to the intake for both chambers being at surface level & very close to each other, water flowed over the filter media instead of through it. To remedy this I had fun with power tools and drilled an additional intake into the first media chamber:
After the drilling I placed the filter media like so, with ceramic rings in the lower portion and several blocks of foam in the upper portion:
Media, wood & LED light in place
And then I started playing with dirt! It went very, very slowly – I used a plastic spoon to shovel the Miracle-Gro one cubic inch at a time. API Root Tabs were spaced out evenly as I went with a total of 6 used. I pulled it off without making a mess but man was it tedious! Plastic silverware & an old plastic credit card were invaluable tools in placing/shaping the dirt.
Once the soil was more or less fully in place I started planting Crypts and slowly spooned Silica sand over the roots. The reason I did this is that I've found Silica to be hard to plant in once it's in place, and I wanted to have the roots start out fairly deep without running the risk of crushing them with my giant monkey fingers. I didn't take nearly as many pictures of this as I should have because I rushed so the plants wouldn't dry out too much. A few chronological shots:
Somewhere along the line I attached a few Anubias to the wood & placed a Banana Plant in the rear left corner.
With everything finally in place I was very eager to fill it up... so I did!
So that's the first 24 hours. I let the tank sit overnight and the next day started having fun with Java Moss. I have pictures to document it but will probably not get around to writing another long post until tomorrow. Thanks for reading so far & stay tuned!
Day Two
I let the tank sit overnight and by the next morning everything was still green & in the same place. Party!
I also did a small water change and as you can see there was some funk to the water & a few melted leaves
Plants Added on Day 2
-3 more Water Lettuce, for a total of 4
-I replanted a small hitchhiker that came in on a Crypt, which I've since identified as Cardamine
Fauna to Date
At this point the tank has 2 Nerite Snails and 1 male Fancy Guppy as my cycling crew. I'd already pre-cycled the tank for a few weeks with a brave & valiant Cardinal Tetra (whose story is outlined above), and decided to add these other critters in an effort to finish off the cycle as quickly as possible.
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I spent some time wrapping small pieces of quartz in Java Moss for use in the foreground
Since these pictures were taken I've slightly changed the foreground arrangement, and will post updated pictures when I have a chance.
At the end of day 2 this is how the tank looked:
Shots of my 'Assistant Tank Maintenance Technician', Wilson the Green Cheek Conure:
hmmmm i see no pics?
TBS - can't wait to see pics! And I wouldn't call you long winded, just thorough. Nothing wrong with a tangent now and then.
Smart idea cycling it while deciding on how you were gonna scape it.
Day 14
I went to the LFS last night to pick up a second Banana Plant (the existing one is growing like gangbusters, but still seems to be too "vertical" for the space so I placed a second plant behind the Mopani wood, near the new filter holes) and came home with a Bumblebee Goby.
It was a spur of the moment thing which I'm half kicking myself for - generally I like to research things first, but the little guy was only $1.99 and after watching the store owner successfully feed it frozen food (Cyclops) I brought the fish & some food home. So far he seems to be doing well - he likes the spot behind the wood, hidden from view, although he comes out every 5 or so minutes to cruise around before disappearing again.
I'm contemplating removing the guppy to another tank (probably a bowl for the near future until I get this old 40g B tank setup) and making this Evolve a Bumblebee Goby tank. Jeez, I've had it home for less than 16 hours and I'm already hooked! :flick:
EDIT: Went home for lunch to check on the Goby, he's still alive & well - a bit skittish, but alive & swimming. I resisted the urge to try feeding it (did so last night), but will attempt to feed it again tonight. I did see this fish eating Cyclops in the store but didn't see it eat upon feeding last night - hopefully the 24hrs will have settled it down enough to be hungry tonight!
Very nice work!
Looks great! Just set up an Evolve 8 today and pretty happy with this tank :)
Day 18
Tank is still going strong. I'll try to take some pics tonight & post them while at work tomorrow.
All of the Crypts have finished dying back and all have between 1-3 new leaves growing in, and the Anubias are all starting to adhere to the driftwood and are putting out teeny tiny shoots as well.
I've played with the stone arrangement several times and am still not quite happy with the middle / left-side foreground, although it's less awkward looking than the initial design.
I've identified a "mystery plant" that came in on the roots of one of my Crypts as Cardamine, which is growing like crazy. I placed it in the foreground late last week and over the weekend it's almost doubled in size. I'm planning to cut it into several pieces tonight & start spreading it around the left-side of the foreground - Will post pics of what I come up with!
I'm starting to see some algae growth; specifically a flat, dark green algae on the driftwood (which is starting to look awesome) and some lighter green "dots" growing on the quartz stones. I'm probably going to invest in a pair of Oto's at some point before the week ends, and then call my stock list complete for the time being.
Stock List as of Now
-1 (male) Fancy Guppy
-1 Bumblebee Goby
-2 Nerite Snails
[Soon to come: 2 Otocinclus]
Plant List as of Now [As best I can identify]
-2 Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Green Gecko"
-1 Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Bronze"
-5 Cryptocoryne Aponogetifolia
-2 Anubias Barteri
-1 Anubias Nana
-2 Nymphoides Aquatica (Banana Plant)
-6 Pistia Stratiotes (Water Lettuce)
-Taxiphyllum Barbieri (Java Moss)
-Small amounts of Lemna Minor (Duckweed)
-Cardamine Lyrata [soon to be several small pieces in multiple foreground locations]
Quick Update:
I utterly failed at taking pictures last night, apologies for that. The lady is turning 21 so the festivities have distracted me [can you say hangover?! Bahaha]
Anywho, I did get a chance to cut up / replant the Cardamine & do a quick ~50% WC but that's all I got to last night. Assuming tonight doesn't kill me I'll try to have pics posted in the next day or two. There isn't any crazy growth but the plants are establishing & look pretty alright!
Speaking of plants, one of the Banana Plants has put up a floating 'lily pad'!!! Woohoo! The pad has been rising for a few days but when I got home yesterday it had surfaced & spread, and looks awesome. So psyched!!!
As an additional note, the Bumblebee Goby appears to be settling in finally. The first 24 hours it was fairly active, and then for the past few days I've seen very little of it except for when I walk into the room and scare it away. Last night I spent a few minutes observing the tank after the WC and the Goby ventured out a few times - not for very long, but it was good to see it active. And it still has a fat little stomach so apparently it's eating!!! Very relieved to see that.
Thus far my maintenance schedule has been a bit "make it up as I go", but I've consistently done:
Days 1-14: 50% water change daily at the end of each photo period (timer initially set for 6hrs week 1, 7hrs week 2, 8hrs week 3)
Days 14-19(today): 50% WC every other day, also at the end of the photo period
Question: I've been dosing a very small amount of Flourish Excel upon each WC, something to the tune of ~6 drops per ~4gallons. Should I be upping the dose a bit over time?
Looking really nice. Man, I wouldn't mind setting one of these up at work! Is it quiet?
Mine is very quiet. The stock setup can be a bit loud if the filter pump vibrates against the sides of the back chamber, although I've set mine up with bits of foam crammed around the pump to eliminate vibrations & reduce flow. It's now so quiet I can't even tell if it's running and have to look at the current waving through the plants to make sure :flick:
I can honestly say my only complaint with this kit is the lid - it's a cheesy, flimsy little thing that I've never used but if you like the rimless/lidless acrylic look this tank is pretty alright! Best of luck with whatever you end up doing
Day 20
Here's a picture update as promised... Please excuse the poor picture quality, between my crappy Nikon Coolpix, too much whiskey & very poor lighting the pictures leave a bit to be desired. Not only are they blurry but the lighting makes the tank look yellow & gross :(
Tank in situ: [See what I mean about the lighting?! Haha]
Banana Plants
The first Banana has put up several leaves since being introduced to the tank, most exciting of which is a bona fide 'lily pad'. The stem took about 3 days to go from 1" to a little over 1' long, and the pad has doubled in size in about 24 hours.
The stem starts at the rear corner & wraps around to the front:
Floating pad:
Wow, the water looks so nasty in that last shot... I promise it's the lighting and not the water itself :icon_evil
Chopped up the Cardamine the other night & spread it around a bit - this stuff is growing like mad! Less than three weeks ago it was a little 3-leaf hitchhiker and has grown like someone's paying it to.
Side-shot shows the dirt layer - I didn't bother trying to camouflage it on this side. Also visible are several new roots on the Banana Plant:
This is hands down my favorite shot of the tank thus far. Right side, as close up as my camera will allow. New growth on the C. Aponogetifolia & A. Barteri is visible, as well as algae growth on the wood:
The LED light is pretty cool. It's not the strongest thing in the world but the "moonlight" blue setting is fun to play with, especially at night:
New Plants Today
-Dwarf Sagittaria
-More Java Fern
Browsed the LFS during my lunch break today, they just got a new order and (miraculously) have some decent looking potted plants. I picked up a little pot of Dwarf Sagittaria & some tiny Java Ferns. The plan is to break up the Dwarf Sag into individual leaves & spread it amongst the Crypts. Not sure if I'm going to have it only on the right side, or possibly both - going to play around with it & find out. As for the Java Fern I'm not quite sure about placement either - picked up three little guys that may end up somewhere on the wood and may end up somewhere amongst the moss stones. We shall see!
Miscellaneous Thoughts
Added more moss stones to the front & it's starting to look closer to what I've been envisioning. The aquascape still looks a tad awkward but it's getting there! I hadn't realized how green & bushy the original moss stones have gotten until I added the new batch - unfortunately the Java Moss from my LFS isn't the healthiest looking stuff. The original batch looks much better than when first added so I'm very hopeful for the new additions.
The Water Lettuce has been, in a word, prolific. I have to trim the root-danglers every day or two and I have approximately 8-9 free floating plants [It was 8 this morning but might very well be 9 by now! One of the bigger plants is in the process of producing three other little guys], grown from the 4 I started with.
I've been flipflopping about the white substrate. On one hand I like the contrast against the dark wood & black background, but the plants are still sparse enough that it looks a bit too bright. Additionally, the quartz is starting to grow a fine algae film and although I like the look of the algae, it makes the tank look dirty. I do like the "beach" bit in the front, although if I were to do this again I'd probably use a darker substrate in the rear portion.
I've also been flipflopping about the stock list. One day I want to dedicate the tank to the Bumblebee Goby, another day I consider buying a female guppy and starting a guppy farm. Note to self: just don't rush into anything.
Speaking of the Goby I'm starting to really dislike having to dose the tank with Cyclops. No matter how little of it I use [Think less than 1 cubic mm per day] it's still a scattershot method that bothers me greatly - the water doesn't seem to be polluted because of it, but I still don't like it!
So... I guess that's about it for this update. I'll plant the Sag either tonight or tomorrow and try to post an update early next week. Hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks for reading!!!
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|September 6th, 2011, 05:42 PM
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Trailer advise needed
Well i just sold my trailer and am looking at buying a new smaller/lighter trailer to haul my jeep on. Was just wondering what type of trailer would be lighter. A wood deck or a steel diamond plate deck? What about the open center type car haulers. How much lighter are those compared to a regular trailer? Looking for something light weight but strong enough to hold my grand cherokee that i can tow behind my 1/2 ton ram. Any input would be great.
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I've had both open center and full deck trailers, but i prefer the full deck, because i would find myself using the trailer for other things besides towing a rig, like moving furniture, a hot tub, building supplies, etc. Much easier to do that stuff with a full deck trailer.
|September 6th, 2011, 06:05 PM
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Do you remember if the open center trailer was lighter and easier to tow than the full deck trailer? The trailer would mainly be used for towing the jeep. Don't really haul anything else around.
|September 6th, 2011, 08:16 PM
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I don't think you will find much difference in weight. When shopping I found different manufacturers were different weights for similar sized trailers. So, my suggestion is IF YOUR MAIN PRIORITY IS WEIGHT, call each dealer.
|September 6th, 2011, 08:47 PM
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cost is high, but you could get an alluminum framed trailer and open deck. You see the race car haulers like that. They are pricy but significantly lighter.
|September 6th, 2011, 10:03 PM
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I honestly dont think you will see a difference when loaded.....the weight is not the killer its the wind resistance.....I pulled my fold up ramps off and gained 4mpg towing this...went from 14 mpg to 18 mpg over a 1k stretch.....the ramps have been strapped to the trailer every trip since
|September 7th, 2011, 05:13 AM
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I agree, it's the wind resistance. When pulling my enclosed trailer empty, I got worse mileage than pulling my flatbed with the jeep on it.
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For a lower trailer, full deck. For a taller deck over like my gooseneck car hauler, open deck. It is awesome to be able to put the Jeep or car up on the car hauler and be able to get around underneath it. After the mounds, you can get under the Jeep with the power washer, etc...
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As I'm going through an axle replacement right now here's what I've learned.
Here's my 10 rules in no particular order:
1. Know the load you're going to carry.
2. Know the rating of the trailer NOT including the trailer.
3. Get a full deck if you ever want to use it for other things beside hauling your Cherokee around.
4. Don't go less that a 30% safety factor relative to your load.
5. Don't go with a box frame style, go with open 'C' channel as rust in Michigan will destroy a trailer in 6 or 7 years. Aluminum trailers simply not worth it and difficult to repair if they crack.
6. Get the trailer rust proofed if you intend on keeping it.
7. Get good lights, LED preferably as voltage is less and they don't fail from shock loads like regular incandescent do.
8. Get brakes on both axles if the load warrants it.
9. Don't get as beaver tail as I have yet to see where they don't drag in and out of driveways and it's not like we need gentle approach angles to get our vehicles loaded which is what a beaver tail is for.
10. Stow your ramps, don't make them hinge at the rear. There are many times you need to hang something off where the ramps get in the way when they are folded up. Plus there's the wind resistance issues just discussed.
I throw a picture of mine up tonight.
|September 7th, 2011, 12:28 PM
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Hmmm...guess I should give it a try. I honestly didn't think it would be that much. But then again your car on there is pretty low profile. I think the jeep on mine creates more drag than the ramps.
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I had to confirm it myself a while back.... ran out to PA to pick up an Equinox and had better MPG coming back loaded....the roof line was about even with my ramps(5ft ramps),I had it loaded about a ft in front of the ramps because I had 2 motorcycles on the front of the trailer I ended up grabbing.....IIRC I pulled 15mpg on the way out empty and 17 on the way back....only thing I can say is try it....it took a few trips before I believed it...the only downfall is lugging the ramps around and strapping them down(or build a set of slide in ramps).
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something people haven't mentioned is get your Jeep weighed before you buy something, think about what you're going to do to your Jeep while you own it. If you currently have D30/35 w/35's and plan to goto D60's and 40's it's gonna add a lot of weight. Most typicall car haulers have 3500lb axles, so 7000 lb max weight including the trailer weight which is normally 2000 lbs +, so that trailer can only handle a 5000 lb rig. For that reason the last trailer I bought I got a 10k rated trailer, it's heavy empty, but when I throw my 5200lb jeep on, couple hundred pounds of spare parts, kids toys, 1/2cord of firewood, etc I know I'm still under the weight rating.
check out BNM Trailers in Elsie, MI. They make the trailers themselves, ie Made in MICHIGAN! Super great people to work with, their standard 10k trailer was 82" inside of wheel wells, but my Jeep is 83", they ordered axles and fenders to give me 84" no extra cost, about 5 weeks later I had the perfect trailer for me.
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Cara writes:
Hello Vincent and Team TWIV,
I love Virology, and it is with much chagrin that I admit I have only recently started listening to TWIV. However I have tried to mend the error of my ways by: 1) proselytizing the benefits (keeping up-to-date with and learning new virology) and fun (the weather and witty banter) of listening to TWIV; and 2) now also sucking up to Team TWIV (check).
I enjoyed listening to the recent webcast with the five postdocs in Glasgow. At the end, you had mentioned that you would be interested in chatting with some postdocs at ASV in Madison. I will be attending ASV and would be excited to chat with you.
My adventures with viruses first started with serosurveillance of rotavirus strains circulating in sub-Saharan Africa. After moving to the US, I completed my Ph.D. degree with Dr. Rebecca Dutch at the University of Kentucky studying the unusual proteolytic processing of the Henipavirus fusion proteins. I am presently a postdoc with Dr. Peter Sarnow at Stanford, where my research has focused on the rather interesting interaction of Hepatitis C virus with miR-122 and cellular RNA granules. I am also thrilled to mention that, as of September I will be an Assistant Professor at the RNA Institute at SUNY Albany.
I look forward to the opportunity to meet you at ASV.
Regards from a Postdoc and Assistant Professor in Waiting,
Jim writes:
This is a 2-column version all on one page for easier scanning, though the print is smaller.I'm Dutch and start slow, but just keep slogging away.
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Sizun writes:
Howdy again Twiv-ters (Twitters, get it?),
Its me again, emailing from Singapore, where the weather is really hot and sunny at 32C.
It is great that the 8 month long H5N1 saga is drawing to a close, with the publication of the Fouchier paper in Science. Indeed, Science can only progress with publications, and I am always a big fan of open access (why should research that is done using public money be restricted from public access?). It is great that the Fouchier paper, along with the many commentaries, are freely available in the online Science magazine website.
I would like to draw your attention to one of the interesting accompanying analysis by Martin Enserink titled "Public at Last, H5N1 Study Offers Insight Into Virus's Possible Path to Pandemic" (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6088/1494.full). In paragraph 10, Martin clarifies a statement from Ron that called the ferret passage approach "really stupid". Turns out, the Dutch word of "simple" (which I believe is simpel) is also used for "stupid". I have only managed to verify this via the mighty google translate, but it would be great to have a native Dutch speaker verify this. However, it is interesting how this one statement was misinterpreted to show that Ron regretted doing the experiment, which I highly doubt he does, after watching the TWIV episode in Dublin. What he is doing is a time-tested way of adapting a pathogen to a new host, and is great basic science.
I would like to thank you and the gang for your great coverage, and clarification of the whole event, right from the start (when I was applying to grad school) till the end (where I will be embarking on grad school). It has been great to hear your analysis and opinions as the events unfold, and the breakdown of the Kawaoka paper when that came out. Now that all these great information is readily available on the internet on your website and in TWIV, I think it will serve as a great textbook example on the fears of new knowledge, and how a lack of information and knowledge on a subject can cause a great amount of unwarranted fear.
I would also like to suggest an interesting paper, also hot out of the oven, in PLoS Computational Biology, titled "Standing Genetic Variation and the Evolution of Drug Resistance in HIV" (http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002527). It is an interesting model that a population geneticist builds, using publically available clinical information on anti-HIV drugs, to suggest that pre-existing mutations in the HIV population may be the root cause of HAART treatment failures. Of course, there any many assumptions that have to be made to keep a model simple (the great old KISS theory), but the main one that was undertaken was that a single mutation was enough to confer resistance. How well would you think this assumption (and subsequently, the whole model) hold up in real life? As we have seen in the H5N1 papers, we need multiple mutations even in the relatively small sialic acid binding site to confer a change in specificity. Also, these single mutations would probably have to be close to or within the active site or drug target site of the target enzyme (say the protease, or RT) to be effectively conveyed resistance via a single amino acid change. Im not sure if the author accounted for this fact (that a single mutation in a specific region of the HIV genome, and not just a random part of the genome, accounts for resistance). If not, would the model still be as effective?
Sorry to bore you with this long email. You can wake Dickson up now (just kidding, I love your TED talk by the way). Once again, thank you all for everything that you have done so far in educating the world about viruses, and keep up the great work! I will continue looking forward to your next episode of TWIV!
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My name is Naureen. I am an undergraduate first-year student at Columbia University. I am amazed by the TWiV site. I wanted to ask if there any internship opportunities or volunteer positions available for someone like me.
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Mark writes:
Dear Dr. Racaniello and co.,
You say in TWiV #175, which spoke about microneedle injections of flu vaccine in mice, that there were no dendritic cells with flu found in the mice lymph nodes used, which begs the question of what happens to the dendritic cells that have been shown to leave from the skin tissue. Since the experiment to see whether these dendritic cells left the skin was performed in vitro, would there be any issue with getting these cells to lymph nodes in vivo from skin tissue? Also, where did they get the lymph nodes that were tested for flu-bound DCs? I would believe that lymph nodes closer to the injection site would be more likely to have the relevant cells, but then again the location shouldn't make a large difference. Ultimately, I guess what this question comes down to is this: they didn't find flu dendritic cells in the lymph nodes of these mice, so how do you explain their immunity? Is it likely an experimental aberration or a new mechanism that has gone undiscovered until now?Thanks,
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Dear Twiv experts:
On a recent episode (174) you had discussed a question raised by a listener about the validity of informative flyers that are distributed to all blood donors. I was happy to see that Twiv was recently featured on the main iTunes page, and consequently garnered many more followers. However, despite the fact that Twiv is free, I was wondering what you would consider to be the most effective way to communicate basic facts about virology to those who might not have access to wireless, or those who might not regularly attempt to further educate themselves (think globally). Are flyers the best bet, or are you forever confident in the powers of the internet? I know that there are several international initiatives to increase awareness about HIV and other major public health issues, but do you foresee a future where education about viruses will be one of these top-tier concerns as well? I?d be interested in hearing your thoughts!
A recent twiv addict
Lance writes:
Hi Vincent,
I'm a bit behind I'm afraid but I've just been listening to TWiV 180 - and you were asking about the sylvatic cycle of dengue.
My understanding of this is in line with what Alan said - yes there is a sylvatic cycle of dengue, and there's probably a little bit of cross-talk going on in both directions but the overwhelming majority of dengue infection of humans occurs by transmission from other humans not from the Sylvatic cycle, so in current public health terms the sylvatic cycle isn't that important. It's importance is more in the potential for emergence of a future serotype of dengue in humans. I have attached a good review on the subject.
I also had a comment on TWiV 172, in which I thought you did a great job explaining a complex paper. You were talking about the potential for experiments in mice without any CD8+ T cells, if I remember correctly. The problem here is that if mice were KO for CD8+ T cells then they could then be sensitive to measles encephalitis. There are models where you can make mice that have transgenic T cell receptors so that all the T cells in the mouse are specific for one virus, or one antigen/epitope. I'm pretty sure these don't exist for measles (as this doesn't infect mice normally as you point out) but it might be possible to make them - in other words you have a mouse that has measles-specific CD8+ T cells, but as far as LCMV is concerned it has no CD8+ T cells (because they are all specific for measles). Then you would have measles-specific CD8 T cell immunity but no T cells as far as LCMV is concerned. If that abolished disease you could be fairly sure that LCMV-specific T cells were required for disease to develop. I don't know if there's a way to selectively paralyse the T cell response to only one virus.
By the way you met my boss, Tom Solomon, in Dublin recently and I hear he's going to do a TWiV with you later in the summer - that's great news!
Keep it up,
Alex writes:
Dear Vincent!
3 years ago I was writing my master's thesis on Rhinovirus, so I was a great fan of your show. Now I'm back, infected with HIV (so to say) and you're still here with your shows and lectures. Amazing! Many thanks!
Claire writes:
Dear Virology Experts,
My name is Claire, and I am a 3rd year PhD student at Colorado State University. I study a retrovirus called Walleye Dermal Sarcoma Virus (WDSV) in Dr. Sandra Quackenbush and Dr. Joel Rovnak's lab. I dearly love listening to your program in the lab, and look forward to days where I'm by myself so I can listen to episodes I have missed. I call these TWiV marathon days.
To get to the point, I recently listened to episode 163 "What Rous Wrought" and really thought that you gave a great introduction to the beginning of viral oncology. However, there was one statement that didn't rub me the right way. One of you mentioned that viral induced tumors are an accident of the viral infection, occurring out of chance due to the virus messing with the cellular machinery. You guys make this statement a fair amount on TWiV (episodes 162 and 174), and this statement is correct for many of the oncogenic viruses out there. However, this is not a completely true statement, and WDSV is one example of an exception.
WDSV causes seasonal dependent tumors in walleye fish. The seasonality of the tumors correlates with the reproductive cycle of the fish, and tumor formation and regression is required for spread of the virus from fish to fish. Let me explain, a naive fish is infected with the virus during spawning when virus is found at high concentrations in the water. The newly infected fish is disease free though the summer, however in the fall tumors (dermal sarcomas) form on the surface of the fish. These tumors grow and proliferate through the winter. During the time of tumor development and proliferation, there is no viral particle production and only two viral proteins are produced (RV-cyclin and the orf b protein). These protein are coded by open reading frames (orf's), orf a and orf b, that are in addition to the gag,pol and env genes. Things start to get really interesting in the spring, when the expression profile of the virus changes and new viral particles are produced. At this time, the tumors start to regress and eventually fall off the fish. The shedding of the tumors releases the new viral particles into the water, and this is timed to occur at spawning. This is the only time of the year when massive amounts of walleye congregate together, allowing for efficient spread of the virus. At other times of the year, walleye are spread out around the lake in small schools. The life cycle of WDSV is clearly dependent on tumor formation and regression. Without the tumor, as well as the correct timing of tumor development and regression, WDSV would not be transmitted as effectively, if at all. After the whole ordeal, the fish that had the tumors the previous season will be fine for the rest of its life, and will never develop tumors again.
I'm sorry for the lengthy email, but it might be a good idea to get away from the "tumors are an accident" statement. Keep up with the wonderful work, and I hope that you are going to be doing a lunch episode at the ASV meeting in Madison this summer.
Stephen writes:
Hello twivuminati,
Listening to you guys talk about money spent on science reminded my of this image. I don't know how accurate it is but it's an interesting way of displaying the information.
Love the podcast and listen every week. I hope it continues for a long time. Thank you for taking the time to do it.
Kristoffer writes:
Hello twimerrinos!
Thank you all for a great family of podcasts that lasts! Here is a link, which I think, can help persons understand papers of the scientific kind, and to feed the knowledge gland!
Here just below the arctic circle, we still have snow, which blow(s). The thermometer says 33f, time to turn up the heater!
Enough with the rhymes, I'm almost committing lingvistical crimes, here's the link, oh! I need a hot drink!
Best regards
Neva writes:
Hi TWIV fellas,
Harnessing our virus friends:
"Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity....."
Reminds me of the Star Trek conundrum of whether the proliferating nano creatures constituted a life form.
Fun with science,


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So the first footage of LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes™ has been revealed recently, with some brilliant screenshots and gameplay footage. If you haven't checked it out yet, then you really should – we were delighted with the final demo that we showed off. Even though I'd played the demo through hundreds of times, I was still impressed! It featured Hulk with his awesome BigFig moves, and his super-cool ability to transform into Bruce Banner, plus Spider-Man and Iron Man facing off against both Sandman and Abomination, two terrific bad guys from our unbelievable cast. The giant Sandman boss featured well over 7,000 LEGO elements! Our programmers really pushed the technology to be able to get so many LEGO elements on screen at once.
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How Do I Redeem My "Free Stay?"
Simply call the resort that and ask for the "Free Stays" specialist. All you need is 8 points for a "Free Stay" night. Give the "Free Stays" specialist your name and request your "Free Stay" dates. The "Free Stays" specialist will assist you with available dates and room types. Once your stay is confirmed, the "Free Stays" specialist will send you an updated confirmation.
All guests who make their reservation with the hotel direct or on our website are automatically enrolled. Each guest will receive 2 points for each night of their stay from May 1 through September 30 and 1 point for each night of their stay from October 1 through April 30.
- Guests may redeem their points for a "Free Stay" from January 1 through May 31 and September 1 through December 31.
- Eight points are required for each night redeemed.
- Guest must contact "Free Stays" specialist 14 days in advance to redeem their points.
- The "Free Stays" specialist will verify availability and restrictions
- Guests cannot earn and redeem free night on same stay
- Program is property specific- no cross property stays
- "Free Stays" are not transferable
- "Free Stays" are not available on packages, negotiated rates, or stays over 14 nights.
- "Free Stays" may not be available for weekends, holidays or special events and not available from June 1-August 31. Program subject to change or revocation at any time.
- "Free Stays" are redeemable from 9/1-5/31 based on availability.
- "Free Stays" are not transferable.
- "Free Stays" cannot be earned and redeemed during the same stay.
- "Free Stays" cannot be combined with any other specials or offers
- "Free Stays" can only be earned by booking directly with the hotel or by booking online at the resorts website.
- Room types and availability are limited.
- "Free Stays" must be redeemed within 12 months of your original check-in date.
- Some periods, holidays, special events and weekends may not be available (see blackout dates below.)
Free Stays Blackout Dates for the Remainder of 2016:
September 1-17, 23-24, 30; October 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29; November 24-26; December 23-25, 30-31.
Free Stays Blackout Dates for 2017:
January 1, 27-28; February 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25; March 3-4, 10-11, 16-18, 24-25, 31; April 1-22, 28-29; May 5-6, 12-13, 18-20, 25-29; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-31; September 1-16, 22-23, 29-30; October 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28; November 23-25; December 22-25, 30-31.