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|By Shelly Palmer
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|April 27, 2017 04:00 PM EDT
Analysts estimate that by 2030, self-driving cars and trucks (autonomous vehicles) could account for as much as 60 percent of US auto sales. That's great! But autonomous vehicles are basically computers on wheels, and computers crash all the time. Besides that, computers get hacked every day. So you gotta ask, "Can self-driving cars ever really be safe?"
The Short Answer
No. Self-driving cars can never really be safe. They will be safer! So much safer that it's worth a few minutes to understand why.
Humans Are Very Dangerous
First and foremost, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 90 percent of all traffic accidents can be blamed on human error. Next, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, nearly 80 percent of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression, or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year. Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 29% of the total vehicle traffic fatalities in 2015. And finally, of the roughly 35,000 annual traffic fatalities, approximately 10 percent of them (3,477 lives in 2015) are caused by distracted driving.
Remove human error from driving, and you will not only save a significant number of lives, you will also dramatically reduce the number of serious injuries associated with traffic accidents – there were over 4.4 million in the United States during 2015.
Data Begins to Make a Case
In May 2016, a 40-year-old man named Joshua Brown died behind the wheel of a Tesla cruising in Autopilot mode on a Florida divided highway. He was the first.
Rage against the machine quickly followed, along with some valid questions about whether Tesla had pushed this nascent technology too fast and too far. Everyone expected the accident to be the fault of a software glitch or a technology failure, but it was not.
The NHTSA investigation found that "a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further examination of this issue does not appear to be warranted." In other words, the car didn't cause the crash. But there was more to the story. The NHTSA's report concluded, "The data show that the Tesla vehicles crash rate dropped by almost 40 percent after Autosteer installation." In reality, while Mr. Brown's death was both tragic and unprecedented, the investigation highlighted a simple truth: semi-autonomous vehicles crash significantly less often than vehicles piloted by humans.
What Do You Mean by "Safe"?
The same NHTSA report mentioned 99 percent of US automakers had agreed to include Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems in all new cars by 2025 with the goal of preventing 28,000 crashes and 12,000 injuries. The AEB program is limited to rear-end crashes, but there are a host of other semi-autonomous features in the works, and by the numbers, all of them will make us safer.
That said, this is very new technology, and regulators will need to define what they mean by "safe." Must our autonomous vehicles drive flawlessly, or do they just need to be better at it than we are? The RAND Corp think tank says, "A fleet of 100 cars would have to drive 275 million miles without failure to meet the safety standards of today's vehicles in terms of deaths. At the time of the fatal May 2016 crash, Tesla car owners had logged 130 million miles in Autopilot mode."
The Transition to Fully Autonomous Vehicles
In April 2016, Ford, Alphabet, Lyft, Volvo Cars, and Waymo established the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets to "work with lawmakers, regulators, and the public to realize the safety and societal benefits of self-driving vehicles." They have their work cut out for them.
Self-Driving Cars Need to Be Trained
In January 2017, Elon Musk tweeted that a software update featuring Shadow mode was being pushed to all Teslas with HW2 Autopilot capabilities. This enabled the car's autonomous driving AI to "shadow" its human drivers and compare decisions that it (the AI) would make to the decisions that were being made by the human driver. Think of it as self-driving AI in training. The auto industry and several tech giants are working as fast as they can to make autonomous vehicles mainstream. To speed the process, they may need to share some data. Will they? My guess is, absolutely.
Hacks and Crashes
In September 2016, Chinese researchers discovered some "security vulnerabilities" in the Tesla Model S and remotely hacked into the car. This was notable because it was the first time anyone had remotely hacked into a Tesla. We have a thesis here at The Palmer Group, "Anything that can be hacked, will be hacked." Is this going to be an issue? Yes, but it's also going to be an arms race. I'm betting on the good guys, but to be fair, hacking across every digital touchpoint is a never-ending battle. We will do our best to combat the bad guys.
As for computer crashes, yes, it is possible for the computer that runs your self-driving car to crash, but it will happen so infrequently that, by the numbers, you will be significantly safer in an autonomous vehicle than if you were driving yourself.
Fear and Assessment of Risk
Some people are afraid to fly. When you point out that flying is the safest form of travel by several orders of magnitude, the response is always some version of, "But when a plane crashes everyone dies." Human beings are not very good at assessing risk. If you don't have a gas pedal, a brake pedal, or a steering wheel, and your car crashes, you will feel helpless and out of control. And you may die. But, by the numbers, tens of thousands of people will not die or be injured because semi-autonomous driving and ultimately fully autonomous driving will be much safer than pure human driving. Some will counter that it's cold comfort if you're the one who is killed or injured, no matter how rare it is. I agree. But, by the numbers, if you were going to make a policy decision for our society at large, you have to agree that saving tens of thousands of lives and millions of injuries is a worthy endeavor.
(BTW: Please do not bring up the absurd "Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill" scenario where "One day, while you are driving along, an unfortunate set of events causes the car to head toward a crowd of 10 people crossing the road. It cannot stop in time but it can avoid killing 10 people by steering into a wall. However, this collision would kill you, the owner and occupant. What should it do?" If you had situational awareness and time to consider all of the outcomes posited by this nonsense hypothetical, you'd have time to step on the brake. If you didn't have time to consider all of the potential actions and outcomes, the AEB would have engaged to prevent the car from hiting what was in front of it – the people you would have killed while you were thinking about what to do.)
A Prediction
I'm pretty sure that before 2030, if you are under the age of 25 or over the age of 70, you are going to need a special permit to manually drive a car. I'm also pretty sure that you will not be allowed to manually drive on certain streets and highway lanes because you will pose too great of a threat to the caravans of autonomous vehicles on those roads.
With any luck, the fear-mongers and bureaucrats will get out of the way, and we will all be much safer sooner.
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Based in France, I am a former entrepreneur in the medical education sector (2000-2006) and molecular cell biology researcher in the field of stem cells, cell-therapy and regenerative medicine (2002-2008). Since 2007, I work as business strategy consultant and my clients are innovative technology-based startups/small-middle sized companies, and also organizations related to R&D and innovation (Academic research institutions, technology-transfer organizations, business/technology-clusters, startup incubators ...).
I have a discovery in the stem cells field that I would like to share it and make it live in partnership with a laboratory of an Academic Research Institute with the goal to transfer my findings in a startup company.
Hereafter a synopsis:
My PhD researches (2003-2007) mainly focused on the study of skeletal muscle differentiation of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells obtained from neonate or infant donors. I also worked on other differentiations of theses cells, such as adipogenic, ostegogenic and chondrogenic differentiation.
During November 2003, I had the opportunity to visit during a week the laboratory of Pr. Terence Partridge (MRC, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London). The goal of my visit was to learn how to isolate viable myofibers from mouse muscle. This protocol lets to obtain viable myofibers in culture, but also a highly pure primary culture of oligo-clonal satellite cells (muscle stem cells). This technique has been established in Prof. Partridge 's lab in 1995 and reported in this article:
As a side-project (2004-2007), I collaborated with neurologist clinicians and I had easily access to human skeletal muscle biopsies from dystrophic or healthy background. I extended with some slight modifications, the isolated myofiber technique to human skeletal muscle. I developed a unique protocol to obtain and to culture stem cells from human skeletal muscle biopsies. Modifications concern both the collagenase step of the muscle biopsy (=> noticeably better yield of viable fibers in culture) and the Growth Medium.
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My protocol is undisclosed, unexploited, and not published !
Current collagenase protocols used on muscle biopsies to obtain muscle cells, in academic labs or even for clinical assays for the treatment of muscle genetic diseases (such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, DMD), are very aggressive. These protocols let to obtain a population of muscle determined progenitor cells, called myoblasts. Myoblasts are not stem cells. They cannot proliferate extensively in vitro, they aged and die by replicative senescence due to the shortening of telomeres, and we have to inject millions of millions of myoblasts per each cm3 of host muscle. After injection, myoblasts massively die by apoptosis or necrosis. The functional rescue is also very weak.
My protocol could revolutionize the cell-therapy of DMD and many other skeletal muscle diseases !
We have to change the paradigm!
We have to use protocols that let to purify the real stem cells of the skeletal muscle, called satellite cells. More the cells are at the top of their ontogenic pathway, the best they are as stem cells but also as a cell source for cell-therapy. Therefore, we have to use a "gentle" protocol that does not "weak-up" (activate) satellite cells of the skeletal muscle from the G0 quiescent phase to G1/M of proliferation. Indeed, as soon as satellite cells are activated, they determine themselves in the muscle fate and become progenitor cells (myoblasts) expressing skeletal muscle transcription factors and also cytoskeleton proteins (which are certainly the cause of the sensitivity to apoptosis and necrosis). Using real muscle stem cells (instead of myoblats) for cell-therapy will also avoid to inject millions of millions of cells per each cm3 of the host muscle. Indeed, the muscle stem cells will activate inside the muscle after injection, and then they will proliferate extensively and differentiate to do their job.
Millions of millions of muscle-determined progenitor cells injected per each cm3, hundred injection points !
A thousand of naïve undetermined stem cells injected in few injection points ?
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3) Patent submission and then transfer of the Industrial and Intellectual Property assets in a startup company in charge of:
- the management of clinical trials for selected human diseases
- the commercialization of both the cells (direct sales of stem cells to academic laboratories or to bio-pharma companies) and the cell-therapy to hospitals or cell-therapy specialized clinics.
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For a simple granola that is packed with healthy benefits and delicious flavor, try this quick and easy recipe. It is perfect sprinkled over fresh fruit or even salads. It's also great on its own as a healthy snack in the middle of the day or as trail mix while hiking. If you aren't vegan, it's ideal for making yogurt parfaits, as a topping for ice cream, or with a bowl of milk and berries in the morning.
If you like a hint of coconut flavor in your granola, coconut oil also works well for this recipe instead of vegetable oil.
Another great addition is one cup of mixed dried fruit, such as raisins, dried blueberries, dried cherries, dried apricots, dried banana slices, chopped dried apples, and anything else you enjoy. Toss in the mixed dried fruit after the granola has completely cooled. It's a great way to add more texture and a touch more sweetness.
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Total time: 50 minutes
Yield: About 4 cups
Homemade Granola
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1.5 cups nuts and seeds of your choice (almonds, pecans, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, flaxseeds, etc)
- 0.5 cups freshly squeezed apple juice
- 0.5 cups maple syrup (or honey for a non-vegan version)
- 0.25 cups vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
Cooking Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats with the nuts and seeds.
- In a small sauce pan, combine the apple juice, honey, oil, vanilla, and spices. Over a very low heat, warm the mixture just until the honey has softened and everything is well combined. Remove from heat, and pour the mixture over the oats and nuts. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
- Spread the mixture in a single thin layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Make sure there is plenty of space on the sheet to spread out the granola. If there is too much piled onto the baking sheet, the granola won't be able to get crunchy. You may need to bake the mix in two batches depending on the size of your baking sheet and oven.
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There are other problems besides the lower stability, as it will shift the COG up and reduce overally stability of the boat, as it heels, the 100 lbs. of the AC unit essentially cancel out a part of the righting moment generated by your keel.
The biggest of these is the fact that the AC unit will be a weak point in heavy seas or in the case of a knockdown. If the AC unit shifts, breaks or falls out, it will allow a lot of water to come into the cabin, and if you're on a ballasted monohull, downflooding is a strong possibility.
Also, the unit is probably not designed to resist the corrosive effects of a marine environment. There is a good reason that WM sells carry on units, rather than permanent installations. Most people do not have a sufficiently large battery bank to support running an AC unit, except under shore power—so why carry the weight when you're sailing??
Thanks it was just a thought.
Kennya, you don't mention what size boat you have. Installing a 100# unit on deck is about the same thing as having as having one young teenager on deck.
But this unit would need a 20amp 110VAC power feed, making it impractical for a lot of sailors. Water-cooled AC units also are more efficient for permanent installation on a boat.
Hey Kennya
I wanted to do the same thing on Precision 28. I bought a regular 110 volt
room a/c and set in on the deck just forward of my cabin hatch. I then had a company make me a sort of tent out of sunbrella and clear vinyl that attaches to the front of the a/c and funnels the cold air into the cabin. I remove the a/c before taking the boat out and lock it up in my dockbox. If you want more info just e-mail me. Good sailing!
Unless the boat is really large, it is very unlikely that it will be able to support the electrical load required by the AC unit in question. Water cooled units are only more efficient in areas where the water is cold enough to cool the unit.
Kennya & all,
I am assuming you live in Oklahoma and may even keep your boat on Texoma?
Well, I would be very surprised if 1300 BTU is going to cool your boat. Maybe you just have a very small boat? I don' know. I have a 16000 & a 12000. The 16 really is almost enough... excpet on the hottest & coldest days (it is harder to heat then cool on a reverse cycle).
As far as the top mount unit, You might save a few bucks and try what I saw another guy try. Ok, now, this is reall-real-real red neck engineering, but:
THer is a guy on another dock that took a large home mount unit, built a wooden box around it for weather, left open the exhaust (hot side) side and ran house style ducting into the hatch from the cooling vents. The unit sits on the dock.
I am not neccessaril reccommending this, per se. I have actually thought about sending it into Americas Funniest Home Videos, but am afraid of death threats from the LCRN (Local Chapter of Red Necks). Still, it is a cheap and easy way to do it.
If you do want to go with a small water cooled unit, Mermaid makes one in very small BTU's and they are supposed to be easy to install. They look like they would be. Still, as has been pointed out, you will need a genny to run it away from dock. At dock, it is no problem, of course.
PS The water cooled units work very well, even in the tropics... I can tell you. It is not how cold the unit get that I have found is the limiting factor, it is how "hot" the deck is and how much of that is radiating down with full sun.
You are partly correct I am In Oklahoma, But on The Grand Lake of the Cherokees. My boat is a Spirit 28, with a full insolated headliner. I have taken a small 500 BTU window unit and just set in the companion way and cooled the boat. Not easy to get in or out of the cabin.
Kennya, you keep dropping one of the zeros in your post. The Coleman Seamach is a 13,500 BTU unit and the window shaker you have now is a 5,000 BTU unit. According to the website you provided the SeaMach is made for the harsh marine environment and would certainly be large enough to cool your boat. Everyone uses a generator to cool their boat when away from the dock, so power is not an issue. The only problem in the above post that I think you will have is changing the centre of gravity and therefore your righting moment by mounting a 100LB unit on deck. It also will have to be well secured to accept the pounding it will take.
I saw a "silver snake" ductwork job on a stinkpot @ grandpappys, and while it works like a charm, the Cuban nixxed the idea, something about, "Oh, hell no, thats too far out there"
I'm on texoma as well and on a 27 catalina, a 5k window unit in the companion way is sufficent, albeit quite redneck and rather unseemly to crawl over. The carry-on in the front hatch just doesn't cut it by itself @ the dock in August. Not to mention my back gets a workout carting them from the dockbox to the boat & back
On the 33, I need both and it takes a couple of hours to become cool(er)
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Candidates for an Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer, must complete the following:
- Comprehensive Degree Requirements (Refer to Policy A-106)
- General Requirements
- Writing, 9 quarter hours with grade of "C" or higher WR 121, 122 and 123 or 227 or passing a writing course for which WR 121 is listed as a prerequisite
- Mathematics, 4 quarter hours with grade of "C" or higher* Math 111A, 111B, or 111C or above**
* courses may apply to science/mathematics, section "b" of the Distribution Requirements.
** two terms of Math 211, 212 or 213 Foundations of Elementary Math are necessary to meet this requirement
- Oral Communication and Rhetoric, 3 quarter hours with grade of "C" or higher Speech 111, 112 or 113*
* courses may apply to Arts and Letters, section "b"
- Diversity: Students completing the Oregon Transfer Degree must successfully complete (grade C or higher) one diversity course selected from the Oregon Transfer Degree distribution list in the college catalog. The primary purpose of a diversity course is to examine the contributions and perspectives of people whose lives and works have traditionally been omitted from, or marginally regarded in standard Western Culture studies. The Course Content Guide for a diversity course must clearly demonstrate this purpose as the predominate focus of th course.*
* course may apply to section "a" or "b" (See courses listed on pages 4 through 12)
- Health and Physical Education, 3 quarter hours with grade of "C" or higher Health & Fitness for Life (HPE 295), 3 credits or Personal Health (HE 250), plus 1 credit of PE
- Distribution Requirements
- Areas of Distribution (see list--pages 4 through 12)
Arts and Letters
Social Science
- 6 quarter courses in 2 areas
- 5 quarter courses in the third area
- One sequence or cluster in all three areas (see section "a" sequence course list on pages 4 through 12)
- Courses in section "b" related course list (pages 4 through 12) in disciplines different from courses taken in section "a"
- Candidates may take all courses in section "a" to meet distribution requirements, provided the clusters or sequences are in different disciplines
- Areas of Distribution (see list--pages 4 through 12)
Candidates for an Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer, must select dis- tribution courses from the following list. Courses marked ** will satisfy the Diversity requirement. A maximum of 24-quarter hours with pass/no pass may be applied to the distribution requirements.
Besides the traditional field definitions given for the humanities, expressed quite succinctly in the many National Endowment for the Humanities publications, there are other more procedural approaches to the problem; some of these derive from traditional expectations for such courses, others focus on the student's relationship to the content of the course and the ways that content is presented.
A useful method for getting at these non-field definitions is to ask certain questions:
- Does the course rely on primary text or texts which address, analyze, or comment upon the question of what it means to be human? Does it use secondary or summation materials and to what degree?
- Does the course focus on questions of value, ethics, belief; and does the course attempt to place such questions in a historical context?
- Does the course attempt an examination or analysis of the discipline to which it belongs; in other words, does the course provide students with a way of seeing the approach to the subject or subjects involved as one way among others of discussing text?
- Does the course attend to the role that language plays in the discipline and in ways the subject is understood and has been understood?
- Does the course provide students with access to the thinking and feelings of the discipline's respected and acknowledged contributors?
- Does the course provide students an opportunity to meaningfully interact with the texts of the discipline and with each other, through discussion and writing about the perspectives on the human condition that such texts provide?
- Does the course and the discipline to which it belongs value and seriously examine the subjective response to human experiences?
Note: The word "text" as used here implies the more current, generic definition of contemporary critical theory, which includes all of the artifacts of a discipline--books, dramatic productions, visual and aural images including those in dance and film. Obviously, not all courses can do all of the above things, nor are the above criteria specific only to humanities courses; however, it's safe to say that humanities courses are primarily concerned with the above criteria.
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Candidates for the Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer Degree must select distribution courses from the following lists. Courses marked ** will satisfy the diversity requirement.
Arts and Letters (a) sequence courses and (b) related courses
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ART 101, 102, 103 Introduction to Art
ART 204, 205, 206 History of Western Art
ART 207**, 208**, 209** History of Asian Art
ART 211, 212, 213 Modern Art History
List B Courses
ART 115, 116, 117 Basic Design
ART 131 Introduction to Drawing
ART 141 Introduction to Photography (Non-darkroom)
ART 142 Introduction to Photography (Darkroom)
ART 143 Photography II
ART 181 Introduction to Painting
ART 210** Women in Art
ART 231 Drawing
ART 237 Life Drawing
ART 253 Ceramics I
ART 256 Ceramics II
ART 277 Life Painting
ART 281 Painting
ART 284 Watercolor I
ART 287 Watercolor II
ART 293 Sculpture
ART/WLD 295 Sculpture: Welding II
List B Courses
D 150, 151, 152 Jazz Dance I, II, III
D 169 Musical Theater Dance
D 192A, 192B, 292 Ballet I, II, III
D 251** Introduction to Dance
D 260 Dance Improvisation & Choreography
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HUM 201 Humanities and Tech: Exploring Origins and
HUM 202 Humanities and Tech: Contemporary Issues and
HUM 203 Humanities and Tech: Future Directions
HUM 204** African History and
HUM 205** African Literature and
HUM 206** African Art
List B Courses
HUM 106 British Life and Culture
HUM 221 Leadership Through the Classics
Modern Languages
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ASL 201 American Sign Language IV
ASL 202 American Sign Language V
ASL 203 American Sign Language VI
ASL 250 Accelerated American Sign Language
ASL 251 Accelerated American Sign Language
ENL 250, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 272 English as a Non-Native Language
FR 201, 202, 203 Second-Year French
FR 250, 251 Second-Year French
FR 256, 257 Accelerated French
FR 260A, 261A, 262A French: Culture
FR 270A, 271A**, 272A** Readings in French Literature
FR 290A French: Composition
GER 201, 202, 203 Second-Year German
GER 250, 251 Second-Year German
GER 256, 257 Accelerated German
GER 260A, 261A, 262A German: Culture
GER 270A, 271A, 272A Readings in German Literature
JPN 201, 202, 203 Second-Year Japanese
JPN 250, 251 Second-Year Japanese
JPN 260A**, 261A**, 262A** Japanese: Culture
RUS 201, 202, 203 Second-Year Russian
RUS 250, 251 Second-Year Russian
RUS 262R Russian Culture in Russia
RUS 270A, 271A, 272A Readings in Russian Literature
SPA 201, 202, 203 Second-Year Spanish
SPA 250, 251 Second-Year Spanish
SPA 256, 257 Accelerated Spanish
SPA 260A**, 261A**, 262A Spanish: Culture
SPA 260M** Spanish Culture (Mexico)
SPA 270A**, 271A**, 272A Readings in Spanish Literature
List A Courses
ENG 104, 105, 106 Introduction to Literature
ENG 107, 108, 109 World Literature: Western
ENG 195, 196, 197 Film as Literature
ENG 201, 202, 203 Shakespeare
ENG 204, 205, 206 Survey of English Literature
ENG 207**, 208**, 209** World Literature: Asian
ENG 253, 254, 255 Survey of American Literature
ENG 256**, 257**, 258** African American Literature
Three terms chosen from:
ENG 211** Contemporary African Literature
ENG 213** Latin American Literature
ENG 222** Images of Women in Literature
ENG 240** Introduction to Native American Literature
ENG 250** Introduction to Folklore and Mythology
ENG 256** African American Literature
ENG 260** Introduction to Women Writers
ENG 265** International Political Poetry
List B Courses
ENG 212 Biography
ENG 214 Literature of the Northwest
ENG 261 Literature of Science Fiction
ENG 275 Bible as Literature Music
List A Courses
MUS 111, 112A, 113 Music Theory
MUS 201A, 202, 203 Introduction to Music and Its Literature
MUS 205**, 206**, 207** Introduction to Jazz History, History of Rock Music, History of Folk Music
MUS 208**, 209**, 210** African-American Music
List B Courses
MUS 105 Music Appreciation
MUS 106 Opera Appreciation
MUS 110 Fundamentals of Music
MUS 131 Group Vocal
MUS 220 Chorus
MUS 221 Chorus: Chamber Choir
List A Courses
PHL 191 Language & the Layout of Argument
PHL 193 Evaluation of Practical Argument
and one of:
PHL 195 Critical Thinking: Science & the Occult
PHL 197 TV and the Presentation of Reality
PHL 201, 202 Introduction to Philosophy
and one of:
PHL 204 Philosophy of Religion
PHL 209 Business Ethics
PHL 222 Elementary Aesthetics
List B Courses
PHL 205 Biomedical Ethics
PHL 208 Political Philosophy
PHL 221 Symbolic Logic
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SP 100 Introduction to Speech Communication
SP 105 Listening
SP 111, 112, 113 Fundamentals of Speech
SP 130 Business and Professional Speech
SP 140** Introduction to Intercultural Communication
SP 215 Small Group Communications
SP 217 Persuasion
SP 227 Non-verbal Communication
SP 229 Oral Interpretation
SP 237** Gender and Communication
Theater Arts
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TA 101 Theater Appreciation
TA 141, 142, 143 Fundamentals of Acting Technique
TA 144 Improvisational Theater
TA 148 Movement for the Stage
TA 155 Readers Theater
TA 180A, 253A** Theater Rehearsal and Performance
TA 190A, 290A Projects in Theater
TA 240 Beginning Pantomime
TA 241, 242, 243 Intermediate Acting Technique
TA 261 Introduction to Costuming
List B Courses
WR 241, 242, 243 Creative Writing
WR 244, 245, 246 Creative Writing
Women's Studies
List B Courses
WS 101** Introduction to Women's Studies
List A Courses
ATH 101, 102, 103 General Anthropology
ATH 207, 208, 209 Cultural Anthropology
ATH 214 Human Environments: Ecological Aspects and
ATH 215 Human Environments: Energy Consideration and
ATH 216 Human Environments: Productivity
ATH 230** Native Americans of Oregon and
ATH 231** Native Americans of the Northwest and
ATH 232** Native North Americans
List B Courses
ATH 210** Selected Topics in Ethnography
ATH 211, 212, 213 Introduction to Field Archeology
List A Courses
EC 201 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
EC 202 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
and one of:
EC 200 Principles of Economics: Introduction to Institutions and Philosophies
EC 203 Economic Issues
List B Courses
EC 115 Outlines of Economics
EC 216 Introduction to Labor Economics
EC 230 Contemporary World Economic Issues
List A Courses
GEO 105, 106, 107 Introduction to Human Cultural Geography
List B Courses
GEO 202 Geography of Europe
GEO 206 Geography of Oregon
GEO 208, 209 Physical Geography
GEO 210 The Natural Environment
GEO 214** Geography of Mexico
GEO 221 Field Geography
GEO 265 Introduction to GIS
GEO 290 Environmental Problems
List A Courses
HST 101, 102, 103 Western Civilization
HST 104**, 105**, 106** History of Eastern Civilization
HST 201, 202, 203 History of the United States
HST 204**, 205**, 206** History of Women in the US
HST 274**, 275**, 276** Afro-American History
List B Courses
HST 218** Native American History
HST 220 Labor History
HST 225** History of Women, Sex and the Family
HST 240 Oregon's Social History
HST 246, 247 Religion in the United States
HST 270** History of Mexico
HST 277 Oregon Trail
HST 278 Russian History I
HST 279 Russian History II
HST 285 The Holocaust
Political Science
List A Courses
PS 201, 202 American Governments and
PS 203 State and Local Government
List B Courses
PS 204 Comparative Political Systems
PS 205 International Relations
PS 211 Peace and Conflict
PS 220 American Foreign Policy and World Order
PS 225 Political Ideology
List A Courses
PSY 201, 202, 203 General Psychology
PSY 201A**, 202A**, 203A** General Psychology: Gender Perspectives
List B Courses
PSY 101 Psychology and Human Relations
PSY 213 Brain, Mind and Behavior
PSY 214 Introduction to Personality
PSY 215 Human Development
PSY 216 Social Psychology
PSY 220 Psychology: Applied
PSY 222** Family and Intimate Relationships
PSY 231, 232 Human Sexuality
PSY 239 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
PSY 240 Interpersonal Awareness and Growth Techniques
List A Courses
SOC 204, 205, 206 General Sociology
List B Courses
SOC 213** Diversity In America
SOC 215 ** Global Studies: Social Issues
SOC 218** Sociology of Gender
SOC 223 Social Gerontology/Sociology of Aging
SOC 228 Introduction to Environmental Sociology
SOC 230 Introduction to Gerontology
SOC 232 Death and Dying
SOC 240 Sociology of Work and Leisure
SCIENCE and MATHEMATICS
List A Courses
BI 101, 102, 103 Biology
BI 141, 142, 143 Habitats
BI 211, 212, 213 Principles of Biology
BI 231, 232, 233 Human Anatomy & Physiology I, II, III
List B Courses
BI 104 Secret of Life
BI 200 Principles of Ecology: Field Biology
BI 222 Human Genetics
BI 234 Microbiology
BI 235 Microbiology
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CH 104, 105, 106 General Chemistry
CH 201, 202, 203 General Chemistry
CH 221, 222, 223 General Chemistry
CH 241, 242, 243 Organic Chemistry
List B Courses
CH 100 Fundamentals for Chemistry
Computer Science
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CIS 120, 121 Computer Concepts I, II
CIS 122 Software Design
CS 250 Discrete Structures
CS 251 Logical Structures
CS 161, 162 Computer Science: Pascal I, II
CS 171, 264 Assembler Language I, II
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G 201, G 202 Physical Geology and
G 203 Historical Geology
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G 207 Introduction to Geology of the Pacific Northwest
G 208 Volcanoes and their Activity
G 291 Elements of Rocks and Minerals
General Science
List A Courses
ESR 171 Environmental Science: Bio Perspectives and
ESR 172 Environmental Science: Chem Perspectives and
ESR 173 Environmental Science: Geo Perspectives
Three of the following courses:
GS 106 Physical Science: Geology
GS 107 Physical Science: Astronomy
GS 108 Physical Science: Oceanography
GS 109 Physical Science: Meteorology
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MTH 111A, 111B, 111C College Algebra
MTH 112 Elementary Functions
MTH 116 Calculus Preparation
MTH 211, 212, 213 Foundations of Elementary Math I, II, III
MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics I
MTH 241 Calculus for Mgmt, Life & Social Science
MTH 243, 244 Statistics I, II
MTH 251 Calculus I
MTH 252 Calculus II
MTH 253 Calculus III
MTH 254 Vector Calculus I
MTH 256 Differential Equations
MTH 261 Applied Linear Algebra
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PHY 121, 122, 123 Elementary Astronomy
PHY 201, 202, 203 General Physics
PHY 211, 212, 213 General Physics
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PHY 101 Fundamentals of Physics


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2012 Middle East attractiveness survey
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The increase in the number of projects was complemented by a slight increase in the total FDI value — up 2.2% on 2010. This reflects investors' optimism about the region, bolstered by growth prospects and regional potential in an increasingly unstable global economy.
Despite this FDI increase, investors have been showing caution. While the total number of FDI projects and the total value of investment have gone up, investors have also scaled back the size of individual projects.
In 2011, on average, a new FDI project in the Middle East created 103 jobs, compared with 123 in 2010, 136 in 2009 and 244 in 2008. The average investment size has also been declining.
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Sources of FDI: intra-regional investment remains decisive
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Most of us have a pet - or you had one, growing up. If you have one now, you literally are living with animals. It's so strange when you sit down and think about it - you're living with something which you may or may not be able to truly communicate. I know that I have three cats (almost too many) and sometimes I wonder what is going on in those tiny little feline brains of theirs.
Here's a story that will make you squeal with delight. A family in Mt. Carmel, Illinois escaped injury last weekend after its pet pig awoke them when the trailer they all live in caught fire.
This pooch is trading her water cup for the World Cup. Purin is a beagle showing off some serious soccer skills.
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The rest were children, from gangling adolescents to one mere infant in arms.
Look a that gangling country jay, he muttered in Osgoods ear.
Long, lean and hollow cheeked, the term "gangling" fits him better than any other.
The horse wheeled, stepping as clumsily as a gangling yearling.
Four years there did the work for the gangling, silent mountaineer.
Long, gangling boy to start with, and a lean, stoop-shouldered man.
The tall Rogan teetered up to the prisoners on his gangling legs, and stared icily at them.
He was then a tall, "gangling" youth, six feet one in height, with yellow hair and blue eyes.
The second of the three was a gangling kid who probably never gave me a second look, let alone a third.
The gangling Texan was testing his rudder controls and flipping his ailerons with jerky movements of evident impatience.
by 1812, a frequentative of gang in some sense involving looseness.
GANGLING. Tall, slender, delicate, generally applied to plants. Warw. [James O. Halliwell, "A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1846]


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Toyota MR2, Mazda Miata, Honda S2000, Pontiac Fiero, Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky.. Am I forgetting any? Where are they? All that's left is the Mazda Miata? With gas prices going crazy, one might think you'd see more of these types of vehicles being sold.. Are they being replaced by stodgy-looking cars like the 1-Series, Cobalt SS or cars like that? What's going on?
And why hasn't Chevy ever had one?
And why hasn't Chevy ever had one?


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Iceland's coalition government risks splitting up over how to handle the country's EU bid and the euro crisis.
Foreign minister Ossur Skarphedinsson, from the Social Democratic Alliance party, told national radio on Monday (13 August) that EU membership is integral to the left-wing coalition's platform.
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"We made an agreement, which the Social Democratic Alliance agreed to as well as the other government party. If the situation arises that the government parties feel they can't stick to that agreement, we of course have to totally re-evaluate the situation," he said, AFP reports.
The foreign minister in April presented his annual report on EU accession negotiations to parliament.
"When it comes to Iceland's interests we are all a part of the same team," he said at the time.
But for their part, some in Left Green party, who had always opposed joining the EU, want to reconsider their coalition deal on EU membership in the context of the euro storm.
The Left Green party agreed to EU accession talks but on condition that a referendum among the island's 320,000 people would determine the final say on membership.
Katrin Jakobsdottir, the minister of education, science and culture and a Left Green member, said that Europe's political and economic problems have since generated a sense of uncertainty that can no longer be ignored.
"It is clear that this [financial] uncertainty has considerable affects on the [accession] process in Iceland," she said.
Formal negotiations on Iceland's EU membership started in July 2010.
EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele at the time said Iceland's membership would bring it "economic and monetary stability and a voice at the EU decision-making table."
Iceland, which was one of the first causalities of the financial crisis in 2008, currently enjoys low unemployment and a trade surplus.
It exports some 59 percent of its GDP and had also allowed its banks to fail in the wake of the crisis. The next parliamentary elections will be held in 2013.


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Hey! I'm working on a comic for the strange and amazing (upcoming) horror anthology from Iron Circus Comics. In the course of writing my unsurprisingly insect-themed story, I've been consuming massive quantities of great, cheesy, gruesome classic horror comics.
Not beetle-related per se, but the large, flightless, and delightful Madagascar hissing cockroach has been in the news lately. NSCU engineers, perhaps taking advantage of their university's considerable assemblage of entomological expertise, found a way to direct the cockroaches' hideous scuttling via remote stimulation of the cerci and antennae.
More importantly, some news outlets are heralding this as a search-and-rescue breakthrough, which is just delightful. I for one would love to see more heroic dictyopterans at the scene of any given natural disaster. Robo-roaches, laser mantises, whatever.
(maybe they could collaborate with the giant bomb-sniffing pouched rats of Tanzania?)
Longtime readers of the original, largely-defunct American Beetles may recollect a series of posts back in the day, focusing on strange and horrifying things that beetles do. One of the best examples, of course, is the demure and lovely (also wingless and eyeless) leiodid Platypsyllus castoris, a beetle so weird it was once placed in its own order (and for a long time, its own family).
Platypsyllus, also known as the "beaver beetle," is an obligate ectoparasite of (yes) beavers. It is also the only beetle demonstrated (by Wood, 1965) to be a genuine parasite of mammals; species in a number of other beetle families are phoretic on mammals, meaning that they cruise around enjoying a free ride, be it for purposes of protection, dispersal, or (in the case of the delightful South American staphylinid Amblyopinus) feeding on various smaller arthropod parasites of the vertebrate host.
Ashe and Timm (1987) noted that Amblyopinus seems to enjoy a mutualistic relationship with its host, the Mexican volcano mouse: when placed on a non-host rodent species, the beetles were immediately scratched off and frequently eaten. Other noted mammal-phoretic beetles include several rodent- (or desman-) associated leiodid genera, the amblyopinine staphylinids Myotyphlus and Edrabius, and the erotylid Loberopsyllus, which to my understanding is found only on hamsters.
What you should know is: I was looking up some references on inquiline and phoretic habits in staphylinoids the other day, and came across what might be the greatest staphylinoid paper ever written.
This indignant article takes to task the idea that the hapless staphylinid Myotyphlus is a true parasite of rats. This is thanks to "personal communications" from a vigilant rodent researcher, who (after conducting deeply personal investigations of "2,000 Rattus assimilis") reveals the following:
Obviously, this captures the imagination. Being phoretic on mammals may be old hat for staphylinids, but: anus specialists? That's news to me. You've probably heard of the South American scarabs who specialise on sloth dung; in order to colonise the dung whilst it's still fresh and malleable, they ride around on the sloth, perpetually vigilant for the next deuce to drop. I have also heard rumours of Australian Onthophagus, another scarab, being discovered in shocking abundance on the nether regions of kangaroos. This kind of behaviour may be acceptable for scarabs, but I was surprised to hear about staphs stooping to this particular level.
Anyhow, Hamilton-Smith and Adams would like you to know that Myotyphlus has since been found living wild and free in subterranean mounds of bat guano, and is therefore IN NO WAY an obligate ectoparasite, nor indeed a parasite at all. I think I speak for all staphylinoid enthusiasts when I say I shall breathe slightly easier knowing that Myotyphlus is no obligate associate but merely a facultative inhabitant of the rat anus microhabitat.
Ashe, J. S., and Timm, R. M. 1987. Probable mutualistic association between staphylinid beetles (Amblyopinus) and their rodent hosts. Journal of Tropical Ecology 3:177-181.
Wood, D. M. 1965. Studies on the beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema (Coleoptera: Leptinidae) from beaver. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 95: 33-63.
I spent a lot of time helping my partner collect skinks this winter (summer? Whatever you call it when it's December but also very warm out). Everywhere you go that has skinks also has brown snakes, scorpions, giant terror centipedes, and ants, ants, ANTS.
I have to admit this episode was… not without precedent. Bull ants, genus Myrmecia, are a unique and special part of the Australian insect fauna, noted for their visual acuity, aggressiveness, tendency to jump, and unbelievably painful/ intermittently deadly sting. Note also that in many photographs of these guys, they are looking directly into the camera, clearly saying "Oh? Oh you're taking a picture? YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?"
More excellent Myrmecia (and other, lesser ant) portraits by Alex Wild are here, for your perusal and just ripping off without permission for your pest control company, because that's totally cool.


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If you happen to have a dedicated desk set up at home for your computer, then much of what I've said about working with a notebook in the office will apply. However, for most people, the idea of using a notebook at home is attractive because it means that they don't need to have a dedicated work area set up. The beauty of using a notebook at home, is that your computing becomes unobtrusive, and when you've finished doing what you need to do, you can simply put the notebook away, leaving no trace of it to spoil your minimalist décor. But even without a dedicated workstation area, there are still some key points that need to be addressed to get the best from your notebook at home.
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Wireless networking has a tougher time in the UK than it does over the pond in the US, due to the fact that our houses are made with bricks and mortar, rather than wood and plaster board. As such, it's worth investing in a MIMO wireless router, that sends out multiple signals in an attempt to circumvent impenetrable walls. Better still, you should go for a Draft-N wireless router, which will give you both MIMO and super-fast transfer rates. Of course you'll need a notebook with integrated Draft-N Wi-Fi too, but most decent notebooks come equipped with this now.


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Congressman Hurt Stepping Back from Uranium Mining Debate
There are 8 comments on the NBC29 Charlottesville story from Jan 28, 2013, titled Congressman Hurt Stepping Back from Uranium Mining Debate. In it, NBC29 Charlottesville reports that:Congressman Robert Hurt is backing out of the fight over the General Assembly's controversial bill to lift Virginia's ban on uranium mining.
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#1 Jan 30, 2013
Yes, Mr. Hurt is that mediocre a congressman. No opinion on uranium mining, no sir; and can barely articulate the GOP party line on anything else. Sure saves the trouble of ever asking him what he thinks. Just check whatever Mr. Cantor's position is and put a ditto mark next to it. That's the happy result of gerrymandering the 5th district to keep a nonentity like Mr. Hurt in a safe seat. Surely even Republican voters deserve better.
#2 Jan 31, 2013
I hope Virginia lifts the ban on Uranium. The United States can stop spending money on Uranium from other countries for at least 2 1/2 years. There's two nuclear reactors in Virginia along with Submarines that are fueled by Uranium. How dumb does it sound that Uranium is already in Virginia, but Virginians don't want Uranium mined in Virginia. We like our Nuclear Reactors and Submarines and we will ship the Uranium here, but don't dig it up and use it here. Really, and Gov. McDonnell needs his face slapped, if he's going to run for the President of the United States and he's not for clean energy now, well consider himself out of the race.
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#4 Jan 31, 2013
Congressman Hurt, radioactive pollutants do not know state boundaries. North Carolina is thirty miles south of Coles Hill. Accept responsibility as our Congressman and take a position. Or do you have personal interests in this project beyond the money you've accepted from Uranium Virginia, Inc., a company wholly-owned by Canadian Amalco?
#5 Jan 31, 2013
He;s not really stepping back, he's just holding out for more money under the table, he'll get it and it will go through.
#6 Feb 1, 2013
I think Mr Hurt is doing the right thing. I am from Chatham, VA and a the proposed uranium mine on Coles Hill will not only be dangerous but it will kill property values for the area. And as for clean energy, ask the people in Japan about clean nuclear energy. Some people are saying here that a spill will never happen here and it can be mined safely, I am sure the people at the reactor in Japan thought the same thing. As for Mr Hurt he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
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You're talking about MY drinking water as I live very close to Cole's Hill and i'd bet YOU do not, do you?
You think mining uranium in Virginia will lower your electric bill? Because it won't. Rates won't go down. People will have their water contaminated and the area will become a cancer cell. Unless you're an investor in the deal you wnot see anything good come from the deal.
As a small business owner with about 30 employees, I will close my doors and move to another state the day they allow mining. Won't even sell my business, I'll just shut it down and leave the state. I know several other business owners who are considering leaving as well. You'll lose more jobs than you create.
#8 Feb 9, 2013
And it's actually more expensive than some conventional fuels because it's so dangerous and requires so much redundancy to prevent Chernobyl or Fukushima. There are safer reactor designs than what is in production, though. Read up on pebble bed reactors.
According to those charts, it's more expensive than gas, wind, and geothermal.
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i just had an ANA cut at devachan...she's amazing. you look fabulous-- love your avatar!!
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Azerbaijans Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT) has issued a licence to provide third generation wireless services to mobile operator Azerfon, APA-Economics reports, citing Azerfons general director Gido Helbich. Azerfon, which operates under the Nar Mobile banner, has already deployed a 3G network across the country and plans to initially launch services in the 2100MHz frequency range in Baku, Absheron and other regions of the country. All mobile operators are expected to receive licences from the MCIT in due course, each for the price of AZN11,000 (USD13,600). A separate report by the same news source states that the countrys two other GSM operators, Azercell and Bakcell, have not received their licences as they have not yet submitted the relevant documents detailing the operators 3G network rollout progress and coverage, among other things. According to TeleGeographys GlobalComms Database, Azercell was the countrys largest cellco by subscribers at 30 September 2009 with a customer base of around 3.69 million, followed by Bakcell with an estimated 1.59 million and Azerfon with 1.45 million.
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Due to circumstances beyond my control I need to liquidate some inventory and am offering 10 cork hand made Brant decoys w/ cedar heads. 5 were made in 1998 and the other 5 were made this fall just before Sandy hit and wiped out my workshop. They have been tested, used and abused by myself personally this past season and unfortunately I added some character to one or two of them with some shot(I'll have to check).
The pictures do not show the true color, the decoys are darker, more burnt umber color, not black and white, the color was washed out in these photos. Also the cedar decoy in the foreground is not included.
I am not selling them individually, I will sell the lot for $350 firm. Interested parties should PM me.


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December 14, 2012 by Rachel Lerner
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How much do you love a fresh slice of pizza? There is nothing like a fresh out of the oven pizza, oozing with cheese and other tasty toppings. In the world of celiac disease and gluten intolerance there are some choices for gluten free pizza (Pizzeria Uno on a national level and numerous local establishments […]


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From the WABI-TV5 & CW Forecast Center:
High pressure centered over Northern New England will bring generally fair skies to our region tonight and Friday. The high will once again keep the storm currently located off the North Carolina Coastline stalled to our south the next several days. The airmass over Maine will continue to warm tomorrow and that will allow the temps here to run well above normal as highs reach the mid 60s to low 70s throughout most of our region.
A weak backdoor cold front will slip south through New England Friday night and Saturday. The front will produce a bit more cloud cover here as it works south through our region later tomorrow night and a portion of Saturday. A northeast wind behind the front will bring somewhat cooler air into our region for the beginning of the weekend as highs on Saturday hold in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
High pressure to our north will produce generally fair skies across Maine Sunday and Monday along will slowly warming temperatures. A cold front approaching New England from the west Tuesday will weaken as it moves through our area and just a few widely scattered showers will likely fall with the passage of the front. A stronger front will bring a better shot of showers to our region later Wednesday or Thursday.
Tonight: partly to mostly clear, with low temps in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Friday: Partly sunny, with high temps in the mid 60s to low 70s.
Saturday: Variably cloudy and cooler, with high temps in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Sunday: More sun than clouds, with high temps in the 60s.
Monday: Partly sunny, with high temps in the 60s to near 70.
Tuesday: Variably cloudy, with high temps in the 60s.
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4 DM miles at the Y
I can't believe how much I sweat at the Y - even though I thought it was pretty cool in there. Every time I run at the Y all the sweat creates a music disaster - either my earbuds keep falling out because of all the sweat or I knock my iPod off the DM or something.
SROG: I'm not sure I've ever gotten acclimated to an Indiana summer in the sense that I didn't mind the heat and humidity. The best that can be said is that eventually I can tolerate it. But I still run slow and uncomfortably. The good news is that you will speed up in the fall
Stephanie: hopefully your weather won't be too bad!
Ted: I don't think I will run any halves before the Monumental. The last couple of years I've run the Jasper half but I think tapering and then recovering from racing the half interferes with marathon training. The Hansons' plan I follow suggests not doing any races during the training period and I'd like to see if that works or not. Good job on the double and hopefully you've turned a corner on that injury.
Mark: you don't sound too worried about that ankle - hope that's OK. I googled "popping sound ankle sprain" and apparently a popping sound can be nothing but it can also indicate a torn ligament. Hopefully the former!
Venom: good job on your 8.5.
Michelle: some of my friends in the healthcare industry have told me that Obamacare and especially the reduced payments are causing a lot of the restructuring going on.
RF: I ate tons of fudge but none with PB I'm afraid. I've always wondered about that phrase "creature comforts."
Rod: really sounds like PF. My wife got a pair of heel lifts and put them in her shoes. It took a long time (2-3 weeks maybe) but she eventually got back to running. I had some pain near my inside arch after the mini which has taken forever to go away. It's still there a tiny bit. I can't believe how long it's taken to heal.
Clint: I'm going to see if devoting a solid block to marathon training without any races in between is better. So I don't think I'm going to run any halves before the Monumental.