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Active Directory Changes Guide
Microsoft Active Directory has undergone several changes since Windows 2000 Server. This guide provides information on all the new AD features for Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
In this section, learn about the changes Microsoft has made to Active Directory since Windows 2000 Server. Find information on the new Active Directory features for Windows Server 2003 and the Windows 2003 service pack, plus what's on the way for Windows Server 2008.
Table of contents:
- Start here: a guide to Active Directory
- Active Directory basics
- DNS and Active Directory
- Active Directory replication
- Security and Active Directory
- Active Directory planning and design
- Microsoft Group Policy Tutorial
- Changes to Active Directory
- More Active Directory topics
Changes to Active Directory
Microsoft has made many changes and improvements to Active Directory since its first incarnation for Windows 2000 Server. It is important for IT managers and administrators to understand the differences in Active Directory in regards to which version of Windows they are using.
Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft built on Windows Server 2008 with the release of R2, which featured two notable Active Directory changes. First, the company unveiled the new Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) for managing directory service objects, somewhat replacing the usual AD Users and Computers snap-in from past releases. One caveat of the ADAC is that it can only be used on machines running Windows Server 2008 R2; all previous versions of Windows still require AD Users and Computers. It can, however, be used to manage Windows 2003 and 2008 domains. It should also be noted that the old Users and Computers snap-in is still available with R2, so admins can continue to use it while learning the ins and outs of ADAC.
The second most notable update to Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory is the addition of the AD Recycle Bin. The tool is designed to work similar to the familiar Windows Recycle Bin to make it easier for admins to recover accidentally deleted objects. Though initially met with enthusiasm from IT pros, some were initially disappointed with the Active Directory Recycle Bin, citing that while it was a step in the right direction, the utility still lacked functionality found in more mature, third-party recovery tools.
Other Active Directory changes with Windows 2008 R2 include a Best Practices Analyzer, a flurry of new PowerShell cmdlets and added offline domain join functionality. Microsoft also introduced a new managed service accounts feature designed to improve security for application management. The company has announced plans to improve the feature with the first service pack for R2 for app servers and services running in perimeter networks. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will also feature enhancements for domain controller scalability.
Changes to Active Directory for Windows Server 2008
Once again, many changes to Active Directory were made with Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has incorporated two very significant features with Windows Server 2008 that will probably relate to most Active Directory deployments: the read-only domain controller (RODC) and server roles.
The read-only domain controller is perhaps the marquee feature for Active Directory in Windows Server 2008. The RODC hosts a read-only copy of the Active Directory database. That is, you can't make any changes to the Active Directory database from a read-only domain controller. You can connect to an RODC to read any information you like (with a few exceptions, which we'll get to in a moment), but you will not be able to perform any write operations without connecting to or being referred to a writeable domain controller.
Also with RODC, the administrator can determine which accounts will be replicated to the domain controller, and replication is unidirectional. RODC does not perform any outbound replication. This is a fundamental change from the typical multi-master replication model that many have become familiar with in Active Directory. In Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, an administrator can connect to any domain controller to make a change, and that change will be replicated out to the rest of Active Directory via outbound replication from the DC that the change originated from.
This is not so with the RODC. The read-only domain controller will receive inbound replication from other writeable Windows Server 2008 DCs, but it will not replicate any information whatsoever out to other DCs. This solves a lot of security issues at remote sites since it will minimize accounts exposed at the site (presumably not any admin accounts), and anything compromised at the site will not make it out of the site. Combined with the new BitLocker technology, RODC will allow deployment of DCs at smaller sites where it was not feasible before.
Server Core was also developed for Windows Server 2008 as a response to customer requests to provide a lean server operating system that would permit specific server functions to run without all the overhead of the GUI. It has been referred to by Microsoft as a bare bones installation of Windows Server 2008.
With Server Core, after logon, a user will be presented with a desktop with no start menu, taskbar or icons, and two command windows. Installation of roles such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), DNS, file services and print server will be done completely from the command line. However, this environment will still allow users to open applications such as Event Viewer, notepad and others. In addition to making the server better defined for administrative purposes and reducing the hardware resources required, Server Core also permits better security at remote sites, allowing a smaller footprint of exposure.
Other changes include the Restartable Active Directory, which allows AD to be restarted without rebooting the server. You can accomplish this via the command line and MMC Snap-ins. It is designed to save admins time on offline operations (like an offline defrag of Active Directory) without taking the server offline and shutting down other services and applications.
Active Directory improvements with Windows Server 2003 SP1
Several changes in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 have to do with the way Active Directory handles "tombstoned" objects. Just like in Windows 2000, when you delete an Active Directory object, it is not immediately deleted; instead, it's marked as a tombstoned object. This allows the deletion to be replicated properly to other domain controllers. Once an object has been in this tombstoned state for a certain amount of time, it is finally deleted outright.
In Windows 2000, the default tombstone lifetime was 60 days. However, in Windows Server 2003, Microsoft changed it to 180 days, effectively tripling the amount of time that a deletion had to be communicated to all of the domain controllers in an environment. However, if you have already installed Active Directory using either Windows 2000 or the original Windows Server 2003 media, the default tombstone lifetime will not automatically change when you upgrade to Windows Server 2003 SP1. You will only receive the 180-day tombstone lifetime value automatically by building a pristine 2003 SP1 Active Directory forest.
In addition to modifying the tombstone lifetime for new Active Directory installations, 2003 Service Pack 1 added the SID History attribute to the list of attributes that are retained when an object is tombstoned. When an Active Directory object is tombstoned, it is stripped of most of its attributes, so the tombstoned object only takes up a fraction of the size of the original object within the Active Directory database. Each user, group and computer object within Active Directory is assigned a numeric security identifier, or SID. SIDs are unique within the domain and do not change, even if the security principal is renamed or moved to another container within the same domain.
Prior to Windows Server 2003 SP1, one of the attributes that was stripped when an object was tombstoned was this SID History attribute, which meant that if you restored an object, any previous SIDs that were recorded in its SID History were lost. Fortunately, Windows Server 2003 SP1 includes SID History among the attributes retained when an object is deleted.
Service Pack 1 also made changes in the types of Active Directory information that are logged in the Event Viewer on a domain controller, thus allowing for more proactive monitoring and easier troubleshooting. One such update is Event ID 2089, which is recorded in the Directory Service event log if any directory partition has not been backed up for a significant length of time (half of the tombstone lifetime or more). The event is logged whether the partition is the Schema, Configuration, or domain partitions -- or any application partitions or ADAM partitions that are hosted on the DC in question.
Ever since SP1, administrators can also now run domain controllers using virtualization technology such as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. That allows you to run multiple domains or forests on a single machine or to use virtualization to reduce the attack footprint of a physical server by separating its roles onto multiple virtual machines.
Differences in Active Directory for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
For the new features and improvements that were built into Windows Server 2003's Active Directory, Microsoft focused on five areas:
- Integration and productivity
- Performance and scalability
- Administration and configuration management
- Group Policy
- Security
Some changes in the areas of integration and productivity include the abilities to edit multiple Active Directory objects simultaneously, as well as improved interoperability via inetOrgPerson for Novell and Netscape solutions. Replication monitoring was also improved for Windows Server 2003. In particular, a replication enhancement called linked-value replication for objects such as Active Directory group objects was significant, especially for large environments. Linked-value replication solved problems such as inconsistent replication and delays by replicating multi-valued attributes separately.
As far as performance and scalability goes, Microsoft eliminated the need to contact a global catalog (GC) server each time a user logs in. For Windows Server 2003, the GC information is cached at the local domain controller. Other enhancements include support for clustered virtual servers, DC overload prevention and GC replication tuning controls.
For better configuration management, Microsoft added automated DNS zone creation, improved inter-site replication and the ability to rename domains. Better migration and command-line tools were also created for Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. Some of the new command-line tools include:
- dsadd -- Allows you to create objects from the command line
- dsmove -- Moves an object from one OU or container to another within the same domain
- dsrm -- Will delete an object from Active Directory
- dsquery -- Will return an object or list of objects that matches criteria that you specify
- dsget -- Will return one or more attributes of a particular Active Directory object
As for Group Policy, Windows Server 2003 greatly improved the Group Policy management interface, which is able to interact with both 2003 and 2000 GPOs. Other improvements included GPO results reports, over 150 new GPO controls and improved client management features. New security features included forest trusts, trusted namespaces, cross-forest authentication and authorization, and a credential manager.
Other changes to Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 include the "Install from Media" option for promoting new domain controllers into a domain, and the Users and Computers MMC snap-in which allows admins to move an object from one location in the directory tree to another more easily.
Table of contents:
- Start here: a guide to Active Directory
- Active Directory basics
- DNS and Active Directory
- Active Directory replication
- Security and Active Directory
- Active Directory planning and design
- Microsoft Group Policy Tutorial
- Changes to Active Directory
- More Active Directory topics


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Looking at the Dangers of HIV Criminalization
A non-profit's recent presentation before the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS has helped put the spotlight on HIV criminalization statutes. The organization, Sero, is a non-profit that works to empower people living with HIV and battle stigma relating to HIV. Their stated focus is on ending inappropriate criminal prosecutions of people with HIV for non-disclosure of their HIV status, potential or perceived HIV exposure or HIV transmission.
"These laws were passed to reduce transmission; there's no evidence they do this and a growing body of evidence demonstrating how they make the epidemic worse," said Sero's Executive Director, Sean Strub. "They are horrible public health policy, and further the spread of HIV rather than restricting it. They do not facilitate disclosure, they make it more difficult."
Sero's most recent activism took place in late October of this year during the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS meeting in Washington, D.C. PACHA was formed to provide information and recommendations regarding programs and policies to reduce HIV incidence, advance research on HIV/AIDS, address HIV-related health disparities and provide global leadership in responding to the HIV pandemic and expand access to treatment, care, and prevention for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS around the world.
"Our main objective was to educate PACHA members about how criminalization actually plays out in the lives of people with HIV -- those specifically prosecuted as well as those who just suffer from the stigma driven by criminalization -- and to make the issue more of a priority for PACHA," Strub told EDGE.
During the meeting, Sero actively sought to frame the issue around the effects that criminalization laws have on individuals with HIV.
The organization screened the self-produced short film, "HIV is Not a Crime," which not only added a human element to the issue, but also highlighted a number of troubling facts regarding HIV criminalization. According to the video, 25 percent of cases are for spitting and biting, even though HIV is not carried through saliva.
"The punishments inflicted in these cases typically vastly exceed any appropriate relationship to the harm inflicted. Many of these cases are for behaviors like spitting, biting or scratching that do not transmit HIV. Many are in situations where the person with HIV used a condom or had an undetectable viral load. HIV transmission occurs in only a small percentage, certainly less than 10 percent of criminalization cases," said Strub.
PACHA also heard from several individuals affiliated with Sero during public comments. Among those who spoke was Monique Moree, who was in the Army and pregnant when she discovered that she was HIV-positive. After having protected sex with a fellow soldier, she faced up to 12 years for not initially disclosing her HIV status. The charges were eventually dropped, but Moree was no longer allowed to serve in the Army.
Data was also presented on the effects of HIV criminalization laws obtained via survey. Conducted by Sero's Research Director Laurel Sprague, the survey discovered a number of trends regarding the effects of HIV criminalization.
According to the survey, 24 percent of respondents stated that they knew at least one person who decided not to take an HIV test for fear of prosecution while 42 percent of male and female participants, and 47 percent of transgender respondents, said that it was "very" or "somewhat" reasonable for people living with HIV to refuse treatment for fear of prosecution resulting from others discovering their HIV status.
"There is a clear mismatch between the intention to reduce HIV transmission and deaths and the laws that criminalize HIV non-disclosure or exposure. Instead of working to create a social and legal environment within which people can safely disclose, the laws make people living with HIV deeply vulnerable to violations by the legal system and by partners or former partners," said Sprague.
HIV criminalization laws present unique challenges for individuals already in a difficult situation. HIV-related laws vary from state to state and even the absence of HIV-specific laws cannot guarantee safety. This fact, combined with the fact that HIV-positive individuals are not often informed about the specific laws of their state, can lead to confusion regarding the best method of protecting oneself legally.
In the survey conducted by Sero, a surprising 46 percent of those surveyed stated that they were unclear about what was required to protect themselves from prosecution.
Criminalization laws also open the door for possible manipulation and extortion. If a person who is HIV-positive discloses their status to their sexual partner, but has no proof, the opportunity exists for that partner to later claim that the conversation never took place.
A case such as this can quickly come down to a battle of "he said, she said," in which a person's freedom is on the line. In such a scenario, even admitting that a sexual encounter took place can stack the odds against the individual with HIV.
Sero's online protection center resource provides valuable information on what individuals can do to minimize their risk of prosecution including preventative measures and, if necessary, contact information for legal representation.
For the time being, the best method for people with HIV living in the U.S. to protect themselves is to learn as much as possible about the HIV-laws relating to their state and to keep a record of disclosing their HIV status to their partners.
For more info, visit seroproject.com/

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Dr. Raja's research focuses on planning and design for sustainable food systems and healthy communities.
Dr. Samina Raja's research program focuses on understanding the role of planning and policy in building sustainable food systems and healthy communities. She is the Principal Investigator of the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (the "Food Lab") where much of her research unfolds with the engagement and collaboration of an outstanding research team. In partnership with collaborators nationwide, Dr. Raja is currently directing Growing Food Connections, a comprehensive five-year initiative funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to build capacity of local governments to strengthen food systems.
Her additional research interests include the role of planning in communities experiencing conflict (she is especially interested in the region of Kashmir in South Asia), and the fiscal dimensions of urban and regional planning.
Dr. Raja's research is published in leading planning and health journals. She is the lead author of the Planners Guide to Community and Regional Food Planning: Transforming Food Environments, Building Healthy Communities, one of the earliest guidance monographs on food systems planning published by the national American Planning Association.
B.Sc. (civil engineering), College of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi
M. Planning (housing), School of Architecture and Planning, New Delhi
Ph.D. (urban and regional planning), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Raja teaches a combination of required and elective courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs. Her course offerings include food systems planning, research design (for doctoral students only), built environment and health, planning studio for graduate students, and research methods.
Dr. Raja's service to the community and the planning profession is closely linked to her research interests. She works with the national American Planning Association (APA) to bring the importance of community and regional food planning to the attention of practicing planners nationwide. Dr. Raja serves on the steering committee of the Food Interest Group (FIG) of the American Planning Association whose mission is to advance the practice of food systems planning within the profession.
Locally, Dr. Raja works with a number of partners in Buffalo and surrounding communities to advance the state of food systems planning and policy. She has worked closely for the last 10 years with the Massachusetts Avenue Project to document how their community-based efforts can strengthen food systems and inform food policy and planning. She is a steering committee member of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities-Buffalo coalition, led by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc., which strives to promote policy and environmental change to promote healthy eating and active living in Buffalo. She currently serves on the Buffalo-Erie Food Policy Council, the first city-county food policy council in New York State.


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Dragon Quest X is a game perfectly tailored to bring Japanese players into the world of MMORPGs for the first time. It's part of a big-named series, it's very easy to pick up and play, and it's on a system that 12.5 million Japanese already have sitting in their living rooms. However, it's the very things that make the game such a good fit for Japan that also make it a near certain failure should it ever be released to the rest of the world.
Simply put, Dragon Quest X is incredibly backwards when compared to the big MMORPGs of today. It borrows heavily in design from JRPGs, and while this makes the game familiar to any JRPG player, it is a format largely unsuited to MMO play.
In JRPGs, if you're not strong enough to continue the main story, you are expected to go off and level-up. Dragon Quest X demands the same thing, though with an MMO's pacing so you spend hours grinding for exp. Quests do exist, but they award no exp and are usually just a means of unlocking a new feature or furthering the overall plot.
In most MMOs, even without quests, grinding of this nature would likely net you some impressive rare items which you could potentially use or sell. In the 20 hours I spent with Dragon Quest X, literally the only items I found were crafting ingredients and consumable items. Moreover, there is never any trash loot, rather you get a small bit of gold for each kill—so small it took me eight battles to accumulate enough for the price of an inn. Indeed, just like in single-player JRPGs, the only ways to heal your HP and MP are by going to an inn or using consumable items. Moreover, both inns and all kinds of items are incredibly over-priced, making the economy for starting players more than a little frustrating.
Other problems arise from the fact that Dragon Quest X is on the Wii instead of the PC. I have already complained about the chat system at length, but it deserves to be mentioned again. It is the most counterintuitive typing system in a video game ever. And while you can solve this by plugging in a USB keyboard, you better hope the Wii's USB ports aren't already filled (with the Wii LAN Adapter alongside the 16 GB USB drive required for play, for example).
Moreover, the Wii is not exactly the most powerful system on the block. Not only does it have severe graphics lag in crowded areas, but also the enemy draw distance is so short in some places that you literally stumble over enemies.
The idea of basing an MMORPG on traditional JRPG gameplay is not without merit. However, Dragon Quest X feels like what would happen if someone tried to reinvent the MMORPG from scratch using JRPGs as a starting point. Of course, this carries the inherent problem that it ignores all the lessons learned as MMOs have evolved and thus DQX includes a myriad of bad design choices that have largely disappeared from MMOs over the last two decades. So while Dragon Quest X may bring MMOs to the mainstream in Japan, it will look painfully backwards to the rest of the world should it ever get an international release.
Dragon Quest X was released on August 2, 2012, for the Nintendo Wii in Japan. There is currently no word on an international release.


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Get your family involved this summer
May 9, 2011
(ARA) – When the final school bell rings for summer break this year, many children will plan to come home and spend their three-month vacation in front of the television. However, by providing alternative activities that are still fun and exciting for kids, this summer can be more simulating and beneficial for your children.
Here are some suggestions for exciting activities to get kids away from the television and video games this summer:
* Plan a fun family day each week and let your children be involved in the planning process. Some ideas you might consider are: a trip to a local park; a day at the pool; heading to a roller or ice skating rink; biking along a local trail or even arranging a treasure hunt around your neighborhood. By setting aside just one day every week for a family fun day, you'll not only be encouraging physical activity, but also family connections.
* Form a local baseball, soccer, swimming or tennis team. If you have a lot of children in your neighborhood of the same age, encourage them to become part of a sports team. They don't have to be the best team, or the most talented athletes to have fun. It will take a little organization from you to get the team's practice and competition schedules planned, but the benefits of team playing and outdoor fun will far outweigh the work involved.
* Encourage your children to become active in the community by getting involved in charity projects that you can work on together. A great cause for families to take part in is the Downy Touch of Comfort program, because it helps kids who are unable to go out and enjoy the summer. Through Downy fabric softener and Quilts for Kids Inc., you can create quilts for children who are hospitalized to give them a touch of comfort during their medical treatments. This program has already delivered 20,000 quilts to hospitalized children thanks to all the quilters who put their talent to good use.
To help out and put a smile on the face of a child in the hospital visit www.facebook.com/Downy, where you can learn more about the program. You and your child can get started on making a quilt from scratch with helpful patterns and tips found at www.downy.com.
* Organize a talent show. Give the neighborhood children an opportunity to showcase their talents – whether it's dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument or even acting. Host the show one evening for the community, and then take it on the road to your neighboring community centers or a nursing home where residents will appreciate the young entertainers.
Don't just encourage your children to get out and be creative with their activities this summer – make sure you join in the fun. It will be a great bonding experience and you'll create special memories to look back on many years down the road.


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Photo Editing App Insta Split for Instagram Released
For all those users of Instagram, Insta Split Photo Editor for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad allows the users to blend several photos in a single frame. The app has many (18) layouts each of which can be adjusted for the size. With this app, maybe we won't see so many horrible Instagram photos! August 25, 2014


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The all-new Lotus Exige S has the right stuff – smooth looks, low weight, adequate power and superb handling. It talks the talk and, as we found out during a day on both road and track, it walks the walk. It just might be the most rewarding and well-equipped sports car we've ever driven, and from us, that's no claim to be taken lightly.
The Exige S reminds us of a Noble M600, minus the utter mayhem. If you've driven an M600, you'll know it's one of the finest supercars money can buy, delivering a very analogue experience that shies away from the electronic, insulated feel that's so endemic in machines today.
While the Exige S is no direct competitor for such a car, at a quarter of the price, it delivers 90% of the fun. You do the math.
Other than top speed, the Lotus is also on the same page as a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Ferrari 458. After all, any car that can blast to 60mph in 3.8sec, blow by the 100mph mark in 8.5sec and touch 170mph is no slouch, no matter what you use for a benchmark.
At just 2590 lb, the new Exige S is 530 lb heavier than before, and needs a longer wheelbase to accept the supercharged V6 from the Evora S. But with 350hp and 295 lb-ft on tap, there's enough oomph to negate the bulk.
The longer wheelbase and wider track aren't all bad, either. Sure, the go-kart character isn't so evident, but the new Exige S is more controlled; a welcome change.
Revised suspension includes new front wishbones with Evora-inspired bushings, and more negative camber to preserve the razor-sharp turn-in. The rear-end features a new subframe, forged aluminum uprights and lower wishbones, 15% more anti-squat, plus a stiffer anti-roll bar. What does this all mean? It's built for speed!
The new setup comes in two flavors: Street and Race, with different springs, dampers and tires. The standard Exige S, if you can call it that, is road-biased, paired with 205/45 ZR17 and 265/35 ZR18 Pirelli P Zero Corsa (LS) rubber, specifically developed by Lotus and Pirelli for the car. These are wrapped around 17x7.5" and 18x9.5" wheels – talk about staggered.
This set-up strikes a fine balance between comfort and outright grip that most enthusiasts could happily live with. But, if you're a dedicated track junkie, check the box for the Race Pack, which gives you Pirelli P Zero Trofeo race rubber along with 15% stiffer suspension.
Our Race Pack test car had been fitted with Corsa tires because of inclement weather and were a great match for the car and its Harrop/Eaton supercharged V6. The engine note is sweeter than most, partially because it's nestled behind your ears.
Boost is exactly what the doctor ordered. Low-end torque? No problem; mid-range grunt? You've got it; Peak power before bouncing off the limiter? The Exige S begs to be thrashed and, as its pilot, it's your duty to do so.
Even in fourth gear at 1500rpm, lightweights like these usually have to be wrung out, but mash the pedal and you're rewarded with an instant lurch forward. Downshifting to overtake is a thing of the past.
Back to that weather, and the clouds had been dumping water all morning, but racing in the rain is sometimes the most fun.
Following the driest line, the Exige S felt faster than most. And while you'd otherwise be inclined to disable all the electronic nannies, Lotus gives you reason not to. The Dynamic Performance Management system is your new co-drive, and arguably the most sophisticated of its kind.
There are four modes: Touring (boring), Sport (alright), Race (surprisingly smart) and Off (awesome). Race mode is intuitive and borders on genius. Taking sensor readings in milliseconds, the computer calculates and learns how much grip is available and meters the power exactly, balancing torque against the traction control to find the threshold of slip.
Power-on oversteer is effortless and should you find yourself in danger, the brakes are more than ready to save your reckless behind. Using 350mm front and 332mm rear discs clamped by four-pot calipers all round, the pedal is firm and fade is nonexistent.
A small company, Lotus has not only remained relevant but fresh and downright impressive. These cars are unlike anything else money can buy. In fact, it's unlikely to have any direct competitor, and more unlikely you'll have more fun for the money.
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3.5-liter V6 DOHC supercharged.
Mid-engine, RWD, six-speed manual
350mm and 332mm vented discs with four-piston calipers
double wishbone: f&r
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17x7.5", 18x9.5" wheels, 205/45 ZR17, 265/35 ZR18 Pirelli tires
Peak Power: 350hp @ 7000rpm
Peak Torque: 295 lb-ft @ 4500rpm
0-60 mph: 3.8sec
Top Speed: 170mph
Curb Weight: 2590 lb


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PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- The fall sports seasons at Plymouth State University are just around the corner, and the 2004 Panther schedules are now available online.
All six fall teams will return for pre-season training in late August, and begin official competition the first weekend in September. The women's tennis and volleyball teams open up at home on Friday, Sept. 3, the football and men's soccer teams make their debut at home on Saturday, Sept. 4, and the field hockey and women's soccer squads start their seasons on the road on Saturday, Sept. 4.
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V-MODA True Blood Maker In-Ear Headphone
Expanding on our recent bout with celebrity-endorsed headphones, here we go one step further (back?) with a TV-show-endorsed headphone.
Maybe "endorsed" isn't the right word. "Branded" perhaps, which is more than appropriate given the subject matter of Showtime's vampire-themed soap opera.
Given that preamble, the V-MODA True Blood Maker headphones turn out to be something of a surprise.
Like the V-MODA Crossfade M-80 on-ear headphones I reviewed in August, the Makers are solidly built. Their frames are made from zinc. The "Kevlar-reinforced" cables are nearly impossible to tangle, though are slightly microphonic (transmitting physical sound from the cable rubbing on your clothes to the earphones), and they contain a single button nodule with built-in microphone that's said to work with iPhone, Android, and even Blackberry, for those still so inflicted. Where the two cables from the meet, you'll find a black metal "coffin" pendant. Cute.
Inside the smallish frames are 8 mm "V-MASQUE" drivers. Knowing a solid fit is crucial to in-ear 'phone sound quality, V-MODA includes eight different sizes of silicone tips, plus "ACTIVE FLEX" (they love naming things in all caps IT MAKES IT SEEM IMPORTANT) detachable over-ear hooks. I found a size that fit my ears perfectly, and the Makers fit snugly.
Despite the significant True Blood marketing and design flourishes, the Makers aren't actually that overt. Wearing them, you'll just look like you've got red and black headphones. The mic nodule has the TV show's logo on it, but in general somebody would have to know what the Makers are to have any idea they're not just another pair of cool headphones. In my mind, this is an overwhelming positive. It means those not into the show could conceivably buy them and not feel like wannabe vampire hipsters.
My first test track was "Hurts like Heaven" from Coldplay's newest, Mylo Xyloto. The Makers have surprisingly good stereo separation for in-ears. The soundstage sounds like it extends a bit wider than your ears. The tonality seems fairly flat, with no frequencies overly accented. There's a bit of mid-range push, giving them a some sonic punch that works to their advantage. The high end is open, reproducing all the synths and other sonic mush typical of Coldplay.
My go-to headphones are an aging pair of Denon AH-C751 in-ears. They're small, comfortable, and admittedly a little bass heavy. Their successors, the AH-C710 match their sonic characteristics. Comparing these $150 earphones to the Makers find the latter lighter in the bass. This is probably technically more accurate, though I generally prefer a slightly warmer sound.
To test the bass response better, I cued up "End of Line" as remixed by Boys Noize from the amazing TRON: Legacy Reconfigured album. Sure enough, the Makers just don't have the low-down thump of the Denons. This isn't to say the V-MODAs don't have bass - they do, just not a ton of deep bass. This is odd given the predominance of bass in the M-80s.
Switching genres a bit, next up was "Tenuousness" from Andrew Bird's Noble Beast album. The opening bass line is strong, and the string plucks are open and detailed. The trebley percussion never grates on you, even at high volumes.
I finished up with some straight-ahead rock: "Same Mistake" from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's Hysterical. The drums had an energetic drive, and this track sounded less muddled than I've heard it sound on other gear.
With a variety of content, the Makers lacked any significant vices. Highs were clean, mids had punch, bass had some rumble. I, and probably some others, might want a few more dB of the latter, but it's close enough I'd chalk it up to personal preference.
Our conclusion reached with the celebutard headphone roundup was that you were paying for name and branding, at the expense of sound and design quality. Of course, any product with this kind of marketing is, by its nature, seen in the same light. What's interesting about the Makers, though, is that they're a great sounding headphone that competes solidly with other $150 headphones. Brand association aside, I'd bet more than a few people would like them better than my beloved (if bass-heavy) Denons. So here we have an interesting product that - because of its stylized branding - may be overlooked by those just wanting a decent set of headphones.(Of course, those people can turn to V-MODA's Vibrato - a similar, if coffin-pendant free, zinc-framed in-ear model.)
Only 400 of the limited edition True Blood Makers will be made, so if you're a fan of vampire melodrama - or, as in my case, not - best to check these out soon.
Though if V-MODA makes a version of these with some Walking Dead -branding, I'd personally be on them like zombies on brains.


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The current U.S.-led military operation – the Marjah offensive in Helmand province – is a trial run for what could be the decisive clash with the Taliban in Afghanistan this summer in the area that is its spiritual home – Kandahar.
Officials at the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) say that the focus of the coalition will shift from Helmand to Kandahar — the big prize for both the Taliban and the coalition. Kandahar city is home to around 1 million people, while Marjah, the target of the massive ongoing offensive in Helmand, is an obscure dusty town of 85,000 inhabitants that had turned into a Taliban stronghold.
A senior ISAF official, who didn't want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, said: "This moves to Kandahar. That's the next main objective."
Kandahar is Afghanistan's political powerhouse. It was the seat of the former Afghan royal family and the base for Taliban founder Mullah Omar during his movement's reign from the mid-'90s to 2001. President Hamid Karzai's family also comes from Kandahar, where his controversial brother Ahmad Wali Karzai heads the provincial council.
The Taliban's top priority is to take Kandahar, and the ISAF has been slow to counter it up to now, fielding a severely under-manned presence that many experts believe was a strategic mistake.
"Kandahar means Afghanistan. If we have a peaceful Kandahar, we will have a peaceful Afghanistan," Tooryalai Wesa, governor of Kandahar province, said in an interview. "The history and politics of Afghanistan is always determined from Kandahar."
NATO troops to move in this summer
Yet until recent months, a combat force of only 1,000 Canadian troops was in place to defend Kandahar. That allowed the Taliban to control large parts of the province and reach into the provincial capital with a step-by-step plan to capture Kandahar city. Districts around Kandahar, including Zhari and Panjwai, also have a strong Taliban presence, with their shadow courts and other extremist institutions.
The troop deployment in Kandahar is being ramped up rapidly and should reach some 6,000 this spring. Thousands more likely would be deployed to begin a major offensive in the province in early summer.
Coalition officers describe the Marjah operation, now into its second week, as a "confidence builder" for Kandahar now that extra troops for Afghanistan have been committed.
General David Petraeus, who heads the Army's Central Command and oversees U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, said Sunday on "Meet the Press" that the Marjah campaign is only "the initial salvo" in a larger 12-18 month offensive that aims to drive out the Taliban and "clear, hold and build" stability in those areas.
There are 15,000 troops involved in the Marjah offensive, the largest of the war. Captain Scott Costen, a spokesman for the ISAF's regional command in the south, confirmed that an operation for Kandahar was being designed.
"The scale of what you will see in the Kandahar operation will be comparable to the scale you see in Helmand," said Costen. "We're still in the planning stages."
Some experts believe that the Kandahar offensive would need to be even bigger than the current operation in Helmand, because the Taliban is much more spread out in Kandahar and more integrated into the community. Without the big concentration of fighters in one spot, as in Marjah, the operation will have to be targeted over a much bigger area. Fighting is likely across much of the province and into militant hideouts in the neighboring province of Uruzgan.
"Kandahar (operation) is imminent," said Khalid Pashtoon, a member of parliament for Kandahar. "If they (ISAF) don't come to Kandahar, all the operations mean nothing. The Taliban are so proud of being from Kandahar. Once you demoralize them there, then automatically the Taliban will be compelled to reconcile."
Kandahar, a different offensive?
Unlike Marjah, which was almost entirely in the hands of the Taliban, the situation in Kandahar is much more contested, with both government and insurgents present. Kandahar city is ostensibly in government hands, but the Taliban run a campaign of assassination and intimidation there and periodically stage attacks.
"We're not going to see a Marjah-style operation in Kandahar because it's much more ambiguous. Kandahar city in particular is complex. I get the sense that (ISAF) commanders aren't really sure what they should do there," said Carl Forsberg, an analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War who specializes in Kandahar.
Forsberg said that NATO chose not to give precedence to Kandahar over Helmand, perhaps because of Helmand's dominant role in the drug trade.
In districts around the city, a particularly violent group of young Taliban commanders terrorize locals, including the 23-year shadow district governor of Zhari, Mullah Esmat, also known as Mullah Zerghai, and the 22-year-old-year shadow district police chief of Zhari, Mullah Gul Mohammad.
"The younger generation (of Taliban) are very ruthless people," said Hajji Mohammad Khan, a tribal elder from Zhari district. "The Americans don't recognize them. They just stand there when the Americans pass."
The Marjah operation, now in its second week, claimed its thirteenth ISAF casualty on Sunday. The main points of the town are under the control of NATO and Afghan troops. ISAF said Sunday that there was "determined resistance" in some areas and the operation would take at least 30 days to complete. On Saturday, President Karzai warned that NATO must do more to protect civilians there.
(David Goldstein contributed to this story from Washington.)
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Tony George
Kevin Kalkhoven
After spending ten years trying to run
each other out of business, the chances of the Indy Racing League
(IRL) and CART (Now Champ Car) getting back together again now seem
better than ever thanks to ongoing talks between Tony George and Kevin
Many people have written to ask why we need such a
merger as many fans from both sides are fanatics and would like nothing
better than for the other side to die. In this article I lay out
why a merger could lead the sport back to its popular past, pre-1996.
Hugs instead of daggers
In the last ten years a lot of resources, both financial and man-hours,
have been spent trying to beat the other side, be it stealing races,
sponsors, drivers, or teams. Now all the effort can be focused
growing the sport.
Concerted marketing effort
In a merger scenario marketing efforts can be pooled together and used
to grow the sport.
No more confusion
Non-hardcore fans were confused by the two opposing series. They
just didn't understand it and many former fans were turned off by it and
left. In time some may come back.
Bigger fields
By combining the two leagues we will regularly see 28 to 30 cars on a
starting grid and the Indy 500 will no longer be in danger of not having
33 cars start the race.
Bigger purses
By combining the leagues the race purses can be pooled and be larger.
Better attendance
While as many as 50% of open wheel racing fans would attend races from
both leagues after the split, the other approximately 50% were so
opposed to the 'other' side that they refused to spend even a single
dollar on the opposing league. With a merged series race
attendance should rise 25% to 30%.
Better TV ratings
While a merged series won't see TV ratings shoot up to NASCAR territory,
for the same reason race attendance will rise, so too will TV ratings.
Both will draw in new sponsors for the teams and the league.
Better TV ratings will also lead to higher TV ad revenue.
New Sponsors
With better race attendance and TV ratings selling the series or the
teams to new sponsors will be both easier and it will bear more fruit.
In addition, instead of marketing folks from both leagues going after
the same sponsors and telling them why their side was better, which led
to sponsor confusion, now everyone will be rowing in the same direction.
Champ Car teams will benefit in their sponsor hunt with the Indy 500 in
their portfolio and IRL teams will benefit from having Champ Car's
big-city events in their portfolio.
Fan enthusiasm will replace fan apathy
With many open wheel fans taking sides in the battle between the IRL and
Champ Car, in a merged league these same passionate fans will go to or
watch races cheering for certain drivers or teams that came from their
side of the split. This sort of passion is necessary for any sport
to thrive - the fans must engage in the friendly rivalry between teams.
A solid 20 race schedule
In a merger scenario, I could see the strongest venues from each side
being brought together in the best schedule open wheel racing has ever
had - largely North American based with a hint of international flare.
My version of the schedule would be as follows remembering that some
venues have to lose their event - only the strong will survive:
St. Petersburg, FL - warm weather and a nice
venue for a mid-March season opener
Houston, TX - warm weather makes this a nice
late March venue
Long Beach, CA - do we have to explain it to
Motegi, Japan - we have to believe Honda will
want this race to remain
Beijing, China - Champ Car is close to making
this race a reality, all sponsors will want a race there
Indy 500 - no explanation necessary
Milwaukee, WI - the traditional
race-after-Indy. Combined attendance will be better.
Ft. Worth, TX - the IRL drew big crowds to this
venue. A merger will only help push it over 100K
Cleveland, OH - A popular venue for all
Kansas City, KS - the IRL drew big crowds to this
venue. A merger will only help push it higher
Toronto, Canada - one of the strongest races on
Champ Car's schedule will only get better
Edmonton, Canada - another strong race on Champ
Car's schedule will only get better
San Jose, CA - right in the heart of Silicon
Valley, a key market for sponsorship
Denver, CO - another strong race on Champ
Car's schedule will only get better
Montreal, Canada - this race would make a
strong comeback after a merger
Joliet, IL - the IRL drew big crowds to
this venue. A merger will only help push it higher
Elkhart Lake, WI - How can America's Spa not
be on the schedule? A merger will boost attendance.
Queensland, Australia - no explanation
Mexico City, Mexico - this is the stronger of
the two Mexico races, and a key venue
Las Vegas, NV - the sport must end its season
in the USA and what better place than The Entertainment Capital of the
There were a good number of races I had to leave off the
list that would make worthy additions, but I had to draw the line
somewhere. In a merger scenario cities that were thinking about
having a Champ Car or IRL race will no longer be on the fence and will
be fighting over who could be the 21st or 22nd event.
Danica Patrick
Katherine Legge
Danica vs. Katherine
What a great story it will be to follow the rivalry between the two
best female drivers the sport has ever seen - Danica Patrick vs.
Katherine Legge.
No more weak teams
Both Tony George and Kevin Kalkhoven/Gerald Forsythe are currently
writing checks to get their car count up to respectable levels. In
a merged series teams will have an easier time getting sponsorship.
And those that can't will simply disappear.
The Indy 500 will make a comeback
With ticket sales floundering since the split for the once greatest race
in the world, the Indy 500 will again be sold out before the month of
May even begins. The Indy 500 must thrive as it will be the centerpiece
of the sport.
Young open wheel drivers will not go to NASCAR
Because of the split many young American open wheel drivers started to
look at NASCAR as their ultimate dream. In a merger scenario many
will again consider Indy Car racing as their goal.
An even stronger Atlantic Series
The new Mazda powered Atlantic series will have super-competitive fields.
Imagine how much better it will be when the best IndyPro series teams
are merged in.
Tony George will again become loved instead of hated
After the split many fans hated Tony George. In fact he became one
of the most hated men in auto racing because of the damage caused by the
split - many blamed him for the demise of the sport. In a merger
scenario Tony George and Kevin Kalkhoven will come out looking like
heroes to the millions of fans who so much want the sport back together
Kalkhoven's business acumen combined with George's
Indy assets
I think that Tony George was impressed by Kevin Kalkhoven's business
acumen as Kalkhoven outmaneuvered him on several occasions - Long Beach,
Cosworth buyout, bankruptcy court to name a few. I'm sure Tony
recognizes that having Kalkhoven working with him instead of against him
will form a strong team together. Of course Tony George brings the Indy
name and the Indy 500 to a merger, a name that is well branded and can
be sold to fans worldwide.
Owning Cosworth means the league will always have an
engine supply
Sure it would be great to have more manufacturer participation like
Honda and Ford, but just in case there was none, the league would always
be secure in knowing that Cosworth could supply engines to all
competitors in a pinch.
Turbo 2.65L engine best platform
With turbochargers becoming so popular on passenger cars, and the fact
that the turbo gives you much more flexibility as a race engine for
various venues, Champ Car's turbo formula is the right platform for a
combined series. It's also quieter for the popular big-city street
races and will run just fine on Ethanol with a few minor tweaks. Honda has a 2.65 L CART turbo. In a merger scenario I can
see the series doing what Grand-Am does, put both engines on a dyno, map
their HP and torque curves. Tweak the engines so they are nearly
identical, blueprint the engines and make sure only those parts are
used. This will eliminate costly R&D for both sides and a common
ECU will ensure no one cheats the no-traction control rules. With
no costly R&D war, that money can be plowed back into marketing.
There you have the primary reasons why a merger between
Champ Car and the IRL will be a win-win for everyone involved.
Will they ever topple NASCAR? Probably not, at least not for a
very long time, but do they need to?
It's no longer whether this merger should happen, but
that it must! And it's time for the fans and the participants of
both sides to welcome everyone back together again. You can't
change the past, but you certainly can make for a better future.
United we stand, divided we fall.
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- Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:21 pm
- Forum: Balance Fu
- Topic: Look ma', two hands.
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Re: Look ma', two hands.
Just throwing some random musings out there. Feel free to consider none, one, or all. New Talents for Category: Two-Hand Talent: Archivist: If equipped with only a single tome and no other weapon, changes the tome's element to that of the last damage type inflicted. Reason for suggesting it: Spells ...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:59 am
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: plea to make emotes great again. the 2ed.
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- Views: 6672
Re: plea to make emotes great again. the 2ed.
Honestly, while I don't have a reason to oppose this, I'm fine with things as is. For example: You're trying to give this big speech, right? So the person you're RPing with waits several minutes for you to type it, and then due to the length of the thing, they're forced to just ICly sit through it s...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:52 am
- Forum: Balance Fu
- Topic: Crystal Meth
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- Views: 3886
Re: Crystal Meth
I think the 100% + 70% SWA isn't AS crazy as it looks, honestly. Say your SWA is 100 and you have 40 skill/Will, for ease of math. 120% SWA is 120, and 100%+70% of Ice attack comes up to closer to 135 (rounding; it's late and I'm lazy.) It's not especially drastic, and Cyclone Spear also has the ben...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:42 am
- Forum: Balance Fu
- Topic: Durability
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- Views: 3672
Re: Durability
Well, I don't think durability should have that much impact in the terms of 1v1 battles. If we were to make it any more of an exhaustive resource it would probably really hurt the PvE experience more. This is my concern as well. As it stands, trying to level up a NEW, non LE'd basic attacker withou...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Funny Quotes or whatever
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Re: Funny Quotes or whatever
We spin her right round, baby, right round, like a spammed gust trap, right round round round.
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:13 am
- Forum: Bug Reports
- Topic: Chun's cinders and Pacifist Boon
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- Views: 2009
Re: Chun's cinders and Pacifist Boon
The curate is still playing a support role, whether it's to Youkai or people. If supporting Youkai isn't passive, then Pacifist Boon should be lost the moment any ally deals any damage, since you're supporting someone who isn't a pacifist. By which I mean "lolno."
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:21 am
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Dwarf Statblock
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Re: Dwarf Statblock
My vote goes towards hybridizing Martial Training with the fact that Dwarves are known for being skilled smiths; instead of making it purely based on metal, it has to meet the following criteria: Definite changes: - Must have been forged by the user; the boost comes from the familiarity of having ma...
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- Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: Balance Fu
- Topic: Sigrogana Z
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- Views: 4835
Re: Sigrogana Z
Something else I considered was having Meditate act like Power Up; making it a turn-ender that benefits from being used first. 3M = 50% Ski 4M = 100% 5M = 150% 6M = 200% 7M = 250% etc etc. This would, in essence, make it not worth using later in the turn, while not making it unusable by people suffe...
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:48 pm
- Forum: Balance Fu
- Topic: Sigrogana Z
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4835
Re: Sigrogana Z
My biggest concern is the Meditate change to 7m; it'd make the skill unuseable to lower levels without Tactician yet. It'd be better to make it so Meditate has to be the first action of the turn and consumes all remaining momentum, regardless of if it's 6 or 12. (This would also prevent Duelist/MA r...
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In March 1944 this B-17G was assigned to the 91st Bomb Group--"The Ragged Irregulars"--and based at Bassingbourn, England. There it was named Shoo Shoo Baby by its crew, after a popular song by the "Andrews Sisters". It was later renamed "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby" after another pilotreplaced the original aircraft commander. It flew 24 combat missions in WW II, receiving flak damage seven times. Its first mission (Frankfurt, Germany) was on March 24, 1944, and last mission (Posen, Poland) on May 29, 1944, when engine problems forced a landing in neutral Sweden where the airplane and crew were interned. In 1968, Shoo Shoo Baby wasfound abandoned in France; the French government presented the airplane to the USAF.In July 1978, the 512th Military Airlift Wing moved it to Dover AFB, Delaware, for restoration by the volunteers of the 512th Antique Restoration Group. The massive 10-year job of restoration to flying condition was completed in 1988 and the aircraft was flown to the USAF
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Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have all been handed tricky away ties in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Holders Chelsea will face the short trip west to Brentford for a London derby or to the coast to take on Southend after the sides drew 2-2 on Saturday. Both teams are battling for promotion with Brentford currently fourth in League One while Southend are sixth in the division below.
Manchester City will travel to Crystal Palace or Stoke City. Third-placed Championship side Palace and Tony Pulis' Stoke must play again after finishing goalless at Selhurst Park. City have never won at Stoke's Britannia Stadium in the Premier League, drawing four and losing once, and they lost there in the FA Cup in 2010.
Tottenham are also on the road and will definitely face Championship opposition. Birmingham City and Leeds United could only draw 1-1 at Elland Road so Spurs must wait to discover how far north they must travel.
Providing they can beat West Ham in a replay, Manchester United have a home tie against the winners of the replay between Fulham and Blackpool, while Mansfield Town or Liverpool face Oldham Athletic after the Latics dumped out Nottingham Forest.
Brighton & Hove Albion, conquerors of Newcastle United, will entertain the winners of the replay between Swansea City and Arsenal.
Macclesfield Town, who sensationally knocked out runaway Championship leaders Cardiff City, will be at home to either Wigan Athletic or AFC Bournemouth. Fellow Conference team Luton Town, who defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers, have been given a trip to a Premier League team in Norwich City.
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Space, the final frontier. A place with no firm boundaries and limitless opportunities. A venue for asteroids, cosmic rays and dark energy to mingle. For those who dare to dream big, space is absolutely divine.
Much of our experience with space, however, happens here on Earth.
We look up at the constellations on a clear summer night, pondering why Orion's Belt always feels so tricky to find. Or maybe, if we're lucky, we peer through a high-end telescope, actually getting a close-up look at that huge cloud of dust and gas almost six light-years across. Some of us even experience space through YouTube documentaries or visits to the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
All of this was not enough, however, for five students at North Lake College. No, they dreamed of going further.
"Asteria's Explorers," as they call themselves, are a diverse group of students living and studying in Dallas.
Team members include Abigail Huang (Computer Science), Dragana Repaja (Business), Mariah Saratan (Nursing), Anh Quoc Tran (Mechanical Engineering) and Steven Tran (Biochemistry).
Together, the team has pulled many all-nighters this year, all with one common goal: to design a new tool that will help NASA move an asteroid.
"Basically NASA is planning to go out and capture an asteroid and move it to the moon's orbit," explains Team Leader Anh Tran. "Our tool is going to help transport the astronaut out of NASA's space shuttle and onto the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle."
Before we dive any further into this awesome team of students and their innovative tool, you may be wondering why.
Why is NASA trying to find ways to move asteroids in the first place?
"There are a couple of reasons," answers Tran. "NASA wants to be able to capture asteroids to collect samples. They want to find out what the rock is composed of – how much oxygen, how much nitrogen and so on. Also, if any harmful asteroids were coming toward earth, NASA actually can now move them out of the way."
Tran's tool isn't all about research and stopping asteroids from falling to earth, Armageddon-style, however. He hopes the tool will open doors for other space explorers to go further.
"If this mission is successful we can all ask ourselves, 'What else can we send out there? What else do we want to collect?' Especially with the commercial industry and the private sector. Right now NASA leads the path for space exploration, but missions like these open up familiarity for the private sector and commercialized space travel, which is becoming a thing, like with Space X or Orbital. The further NASA goes, the further these companies can go because they are following NASA."
So, back to Asteria's Explorers at North Lake College: How did the group get involved in this NASA mission to begin with?
It all began when Tran signed up, years ago, with the
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program. He was accepted into the program alongside 46 other students from Dallas Community Colleges. Together the Aerospace Scholars learned about NASA internships, scholarships, fellowships and other educational programs offered at Houston's Johnson Space Center and other NASA facilities.
After the program, Tran continued to receive email newsletters informing him about new educational opportunities. NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission caught his eye.
"Once a year, NASA opens up design challenges to college students nationwide," says Tran, referring to NASA's Micro-g NEXT program. "How the design challenge works is you have to form a team, send in a 15-16 page proposal, and then — if they approve you — you get the green light to begin building your prototype."
For Tran, that first step of forming a team was the simplest step. He turned to close, personal friends whom he knew were also talented and capable. Friends like Steven Tran (no relation), whom he'd known since high school. The two had worked together on numerous science projects, including building missiles that traveled faster than the speed of sound.
"Steven gave me advice on what materials to use when building our tool," says Tran. "As a bio-chem major, he knows a lot about how materials behave. Much of our tool is made out of aircraft-grade materials."
Watch the team video on YouTube.
Once the team was complete, with five members total, they began writing their proposal. They would explain in detail how their new tool would help move the asteroid from NASA's space shuttle (the Orion) onto the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle.
"When they open the hatch on the shuttle, there is no safe way to get 'over' the asteroid," explains Tran. "So we are creating a docking system to help transport the astronaut out of the Orion shuttle."
This particular challenge is referred to by NASA as the
Gap Spanner Boom Design Challenge. Other design challenges students could choose from include building anchors (to hold astronauts down the asteroid) and designing "rock chippers" (to collect samples off the asteroid), to name a few.
While hundreds of college teams submitted design proposals to NASA, only 24 teams were chosen to move forward. These teams represented students from top schools nationwide: Columbia, Purdue, Cornell … and North Lake College.
"We are one of two community colleges selected out of 24 schools in the nation," says Tran. "And these other schools are big schools with big budgets. They have state-of-the-art facilities and lots of resources."
Tran says the team's greatest challenge has been resources. The team turned to North Lake College's network partners for support — partners like
UTA, which allowed the team to use the university machine shop. After all, you can't exactly cut metal in your garage. It wouldn't be precise enough for a project of this detail.
"It was definitely a struggle, but I don't think of it as something that holds us back. I think it is something that makes us stand out," explains Tran.
In April, Tran received good news: The President's Team at North Lake College had approved the team for a research grant. NLC's Asteria's Explorers could finally get to work.
"North Lake didn't want us to miss out on this opportunity because our team didn't have the money or resources," says Tran. "And this grant money has helped us tremendously. It meant we could finally send designs to the shop. We could not be more thankful."
The team is also thankful for the NASA mentor they were assigned after receiving a green light on their design proposal. The team speaks with their mentor regularly. And he tells them this hands-on project is very close to real-world engineering. You propose, your build, you test, you fundraise.
"Our final build should be done tomorrow, June 3," says Tran.
With their prototype tool in hand, Asteria's Explorers will travel to Houston to present their tool to NASA engineers and NASA education coordinators.
The tool will be tested in NASA Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) — a 6.2-million-gallon indoor pool used to train NASA astronauts for spacewalks.
"This is the closest we can get to what space is like on earth," explains Tran. "NASA's pool has neutral buoyancy, so you are basically at zero gravity. We will be in a mission control room – watching and directing the professional divers in the pool on how to use the tool and what kind of tests we want them to apply."
Since this is the first actual test, the student teams will find out what can be improved upon. There is no big prize or award based on each team's results because ultimately, at the end of the day, the students' main goal is to create a tool NASA can actually use.
"Being a part of this whole experience in itself is very rewarding," says Tran. "The step to get our initial proposal approved was a real competition, but now that we are in design mode, it is more of a competition against ourselves."
So what is next for Asteria's Explorers?
Well, Dragana Repaja is headed from North Lake College to SMU this fall; Mariah Saratan, Steven Tran and Abigail Huang plan to continue their education at UTA; and Anh Tran has already begun junior-level classes at UTD as a mechanical engineering major.
"I love science and promoting STEM," says Tran happily. "I never was a straight-A student in bio or chem, but this project has given me a lot of confidence. It is not a theoretical tool we are designing. We are building an actual tool. I've really discovered myself as an engineer in this project, and this is what I can see myself doing in the real world. Solving a problem. Creating tools at cost. I want to work for
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CAIRO, July 8 (UPI) -- The White House didn't call the military ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi a coup as Morsi's followers urged a popular uprising against the military.
"This is an incredibly complex and difficult situation," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday "President Obama made clear our deep concern about the decision made by the Egyptian armed forces to remove President Morsi from power and to suspend the constitution. It is also important to acknowledge that tens of millions of Egyptians have legitimate grievances with President Morsi's undemocratic form of governance and they do not believe that this was a coup."
The Washington Post reported the political wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood -- Morsi's party -- called for a popular uprising against the military after soldiers fired on supporters of the ousted president gathered outside the building where they believe Morsi is being detained.
State-run television said 51 people were killed and 435 were wounded in the shooting. Mahmoud Zaqzooq, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, said 53 were fatally shot, including five children.
Muslim Brotherhood officials and several witnesses said troops opened fire unprovoked as the protesters recited dawn prayers, the Post said. However, a military spokesman said armed pro-Morsi supporters attacked troops at the headquarters, killing one soldier, and the military responded with force afterward.
In Washington, Carney said the administration was reviewing the situation in Egypt carefully and any quick decision about Morsi's removal last week "is not in our interests."
"[We] need to be mindful of our objective here, which is to assist the Egyptian people in their transition to democracy," he said.
At stake is about $1.3 billion in military aid. U.S. law states financial assistance to the country must be cut off if it is determined Morsi was removed in a military coup. Egyptian officials said what happened Wednesday didn't result from a military coup but because of a popular uprising.
"We call on the military to use maximum restraint responding to protesters, just as we urge all those demonstrating to do so peacefully," Carney said. "We also condemn the explicit calls to violence made by the Muslim Brotherhood."
The administration urged political, military and other leaders to prioritize efforts to "bridge Egypt's deep divisions" because the country's stability and "democratic political order" are at stake.
"The United States is not aligned with, nor is it supporting any particular political party or group," Carney said. "We remain actively engaged with all sides, and we are committed to supporting the Egyptian people as they seek to salvage their nascent democracy."
In Monday's violence, officials said the army arrested more than 200 Muslim Brotherhood members armed with "large quantities of firearms, ammunition and Molotov cocktails," Ahram Online reported.
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BOULDER – As anyone who knows Brian Lockridge would expect, the Colorado junior tailback remains upbeat despite requiring ankle surgery that has ended his season.
"I feel bad. It happens. But it's football," Lockridge told me Wednesday after he watched practice in street clothes. "I just have gear up for next year."
Lockridge was coming off a career-best 109 yards rushing against Hawaii when he injured the ankle in the victory over Georgia. Lockridge did not play last weekend against Missouri.
Surgery will be sometime next week, Lockridge said. He hopes to be ready for 2011 spring drills.
"I'd love to be back then, if not sooner," Lockridge said. "We'll see. What (medical personnel) are saying is, it might take a little longer than that."