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Those loyal readers who follow Super Chevy will remember our two-part Legendary Small-Blocks dyno series. It included such great names as the L76, the LT-1 and the Z/28's 302. We followed up part one with their hydraulic-cammed counterparts, namely the L79, L46 and L82 last month.
Though any of the original small-blocks would be a welcome addition to the engine bay of a Chevy street machine, one in particular caught our eye. We certainly understand that cubic inches rule the world and the only thing better than a mouse displacing 350 ci is one sporting 400 ci. When it comes to powering a street Chevy, the torque that accompanies displacement is always welcome. As much as we like a good stroker motor, there is something almost hypnotic about a high-rpm screamer like the DZ302 tested in part one. If the 383 stroker is that wholesome cheerleader, think of the DZ302 as a leather-clad biker chick. She's not exactly Miss Right, but she makes one hell of a Miss Right Now. Sure, the 350 and 383 cheerleaders of the world will always make more torque, but the sweet symphony of a high winding 302 is worth the price of admission on sound alone. Nothing beats the aural gratification of an 8,000 rpm solid-lifter SBC running at full song. Besides, think what your family and friends will say when you roll up with Miss Biker Chick.
The original 302 sprung to life as a result of the 5.0L displacement limit imposed by the SCCA for its Trans-Am road racing series. Still, the 302 was plenty successful at the drag strip as well. Right from the factory, the little 302 was the perfect candidate for high-rpm duty, starting with the original bore and stoke. By combining the 4.00-inch bore offered by the 327 block with the 3.00-inch stroke of the 283, the 302 offered a rare combination of a big bore for breathing and a short stroke for increased engine speed. To ensure that its 5.0L small-block was plenty powerful, Chevy applied all the hardware originally designed for the larger 365hp L76 327 to the smaller 302. The list included a Duntov 30-30 cam, big-valve fuelie heads and a high-rise aluminum intake topped with a Holley 780 carb.
Testing in part one of our Legendary Small-Blocks proved that the original 290hp rating by Chevrolet was somewhat shy of the real power output, as our replica produced 357 hp and 333 lb-ft of torque. Our motor was run sans accessories and with long-tube headers, but 357 hp is still a far cry from the 290hp rating.
As impressive as the 302 was in stock trim, the factory heads, cam and intake only hinted at the power available from the big bore/short stroke combination. With a forged steel crank, forged rods (ours came from Pro Comp) and forged pistons (from Probe Racing), the DZ short-block was ready and willing to run well past the 7,000 rpm limit we used when testing the motor in stock trim (peak power came at 6,700 rpm). Basically we were looking for a reason to build a high-winding small-block and this 302 provided the perfect opportunity. Given that our short-block was primed and ready for action, we set about changing the other components required to allow it to safely run near 8,000 rpm. By shifting the torque curve higher in the rev range, we could unleash a ton of extra horsepower.
The key elements in power production have always been the heads, cam and intake, and we quickly ditched the stock Duntov cam, fuelie heads and dual-plane, high-rise intake for even higher-rpm counterparts. In addition to the major, power-producing components, we also improved the all-important oiling system, valvetrain and carburetion. When you go looking to exceed 7,000 rpm, care must be taken to ensure plenty of lubrication. Stuffing a big roller cam in an otherwise stock motor isn't going to get the job done, you need to address every possible problem associated with making big power at elevated engine speeds. Our goal with the build up was to take our 350hp 302 and transform it into a 500hp screamer.
Except under extreme circumstances, you don't usually find 150 hp by bolting on a single component like a new carburetor or even a wilder cam profile. This is especially the case if you are starting with a motor that is already producing nearly 1.2 hp per cubic inch. To reach our goal of 500 hp, the little 302 would need to exceed 1.65 hp per cubic inch, a serious number in anyone's book. Reaching that specific output meant replacing not one but all of the major power producing components, starting with the Duntov 30-30 cam. The factory solid flat-tappet cam was both outdated and insufficient in terms of lift and duration to meet our needs. Though a modern equivalent to the Duntov cam would be worth an easy 20-25 hp over the original, our lofty power goal required swapping out the flat-tappet design for a serious roller profile. Comp Cams supplied the custom roller cam that offered a 0.640/0.621 lift split, a 256/260-degree duration split (at 0.050) and a tight 107-degree lobe separation angle. The custom roller offered super aggressive ramp rates to maximize not only peak power but power production throughout the useable rev range. Comp Cams also supplied the matching roller lifters, hardened pushrods and 1.52 ratio roller rockers.
With our cam needs met, we turned our attention to some deep breathing exercises. Back in the day, the fuelie heads were the hot set up for a 302, but time and technology marched on. Given the relatively small displacement (most heads are designed for 350 or more cubic inches), we'd normally look for port volumes on the small end of the scale. But this high-rpm build up was anything but normal, so we stepped right up to a set of heads offering 210cc intake port volumes.
With peak power scheduled to occur somewhere near 7,500 rpm, our buzzy little small-block could take full advantage of the airflow offered by the sizable port volume. Airflow Research supplied a set of its 210cc Eliminator heads. Since we wanted to maximize peak power numbers, we opted for the "competition" version that featured additional port work to increase the intake/exhaust flow rates from 299/222 cfm to 311/237 cfm.
In addition to the 210cc intake ports, the AFR Eliminator heads also featured a lightweight (8mm) 2.08/1.60 valve package, full CNC combustion chambers and 80cc raised exhaust ports. Additional features included 3/4-inch head deck surfaces and dual valve cover bolt patterns. These heads represented a huge step up the performance ladder compared to the original fuelie heads.
With the head flow taken care of, we turned our attention to the intake manifold and carburetor. Given our head and cam choice, peak power was going to be well past 7,000 rpm, so we chose an intake manifold accordingly. The natural choice was a single-plane manifold, which was designed to optimize power production higher in the rpm range. Since most of the intake manifolds are designed with 350 ci in mind, the intake would allow our 302 to effectively rev even higher. All things being equal, an increase in displacement will mean a drop in where the motor makes peak power. If a 350 produces peak power at 7,000 rpm with a given combination of heads, cam and intake, employing the same components on a smaller 302 will result in peak power somewhere north of 7,000 rpm. We saw this when we ran our Legendary Small-Block series, as the 327 and 302 were equipped with the same heads, cam and intake and the 302 produced peak power 500-600 rpm higher. We chose a ProComp single-plane, high-rise intake and Holley 750 HP series carburetor to top our 302. The combination offered plenty of airflow and the proper resonance tuning to optimize top-end power production. It would have been fun to try a dual-carb tunnel ram on this high-rpm screamer, but we couldn't get our hands on one in time for testing. A huge thanks goes out to Westech's Steve Brule for building this motor and curing a few minor issues we had during testing.
As much as we highlight the big three power producers, the mill simply would not run without a host of other important components, including proper oiling, ignition and cooling systems. Since elevated engine speeds were in the cards, we stepped up the stock oiling system run previously on the stock 302 to a complete small-block system from Moroso. Moroso supplied not only a new oil pan but an oil pump, pickup and even integrated windage tray for our little Chevy. It is possible to get by with a factory pump, pan and pickup on a stock small-block, but when you go testing the rpm limits of the internal components, you'd better make sure everything is well lubed. The oiling system from Moroso ensured our high-rpm engine always had plenty of oil, while the windage tray helped free up some additional power.
The ignition system included a Pro Comp billet distributor and matching wires feeding an MSD Digitial 7 ignition amplifier. Denso plugs were responsible for eventually lighting the fire. We finished off the 302 for dyno use with an electric water pump from Meziere and a set of Hooker long-tube headers feeding 18-inch collector extensions. Since the motor was run previously, there was no need to run it through a break-in procedure and we filled the Moroso pan with Lucas 5W-30 synthetic oil using a K&N oil filter.
With our motor installed on the dyno, all that was necessary was to get everything up to temperature, check for leaks and proceed with the tuning. Initial pulls were made with 35 degrees of total timing but we quickly found out that the combination of the short stroke and high-dome pistons wanted significantly more ignition timing. The power climbed with each successive increase in timing until we reached a total of 41 degrees. Next we dialed in the air/fuel mixture, as the previous runs made to dial in the ignition timing were still a tad on the rich side. After pulling a few jets out, we were finally rewarded with a nice steady air/fuel mixture of 13.0:1 at the power peak.
Since we were looking to extract every last ounce of power out of the 302, we applied a number of speed secrets to fine tune the combination, including tightening up the lash, swapping a series of carb spacers and even lightweight (5W-20) Lucas synthetic oil. After exhausting all of the tricks in the book, we not only managed to reach our goal of 500 hp, but exceed it by a significant margin with peak power numbers of 519 hp at 7,400 rpm and an even 400 lb-ft of torque at 6,300 rpm. These new power numbers represented gains of 162 hp and 67 lb-ft of torque over our original 302. Making the power numbers even more impressive was the fact that these gains came with no change in the 302 short-block. Now we can't help but wonder what it might take to get this little screamer to 600 hp?
302: Stock vs Modified
This graph represents that power curves from the stock and modified 302 Chevy. What is clearly evident from these curves is that the modifications resulted in not only a sizable hike, but also a serious shift in the torque curve. Where the stock DZ302 produced peak torque at 4,400 rpm, the roller-cammed, AFR-headed motor produced peak torque at 6,300 rpm. The significant shift in the torque curve resulted in a jump in peak power, from 357 hp at 6,700 rpm to 519 hp 7,400 rpm. 500hp 383s are considered powerful combinations, but we managed to exceed that figure do it with eighty less cubic inches. Leather-clad biker chicks need love too!


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"It was filed in November 2003, almost a year before the start of podcasting," he wrote. "This helps underscore the point, that for nearly six years, VoloMedia has been focused on helping publishers monetize portable media."
"The patent that issued yesterday helps to tie together and reinforce the value of the various technologies and services that VoloMedia has developed to help accomplish this objective," he said. "VoloMedia's intent is to continue to work collaboratively with key participants in the industry, leveraging its unique range of products to further grow and accelerate the market."
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Colin Farrell says stepping in for the late Heath Ledger in the Terry Gilliam-directed "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," following the actor's sudden death is an experience that nothing in his career will probably ever match.
"It's not hard for me to imagine that if I ever look back on the films I've been a part of, and the stories I've had a hand in telling, one will stand out as so unique an experience, as to be incomparable. This experience was the shooting of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. The reasons for its uniqueness, sadly, are probably obvious to anyone who reads this," Colin told Access Hollywood in a statement.
After Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on January 22, 2008, Colin, Johnny Depp and Jude Law stepped in to help complete the film, which was released wide over Christmas weekend.
"Three of us had been asked to complete a task that had been set in motion by a man we greatly liked and respected as both a person and an artist. Being part of this film was never about filling Heath's shoes as much as seeing them across the finish line," he continued. "How I wish he had brought the film to its completion himself. Of course the whole crew felt this way. And the cast that we joined felt it too. It was this spirit of grieving the loss of Heath that Johnny and Jude and I joined. But there was also a sense of dogged insistence. Insistence that Heath's last piece of work should not be kept in the shadow of the light of day."
Colin considered it an "honor" to be part of the film that Heath started.
"More than anything though – more than the sadness and shock, the vulnerability and un-suredness as to whether it was right to complete the film or not – was an incredible sense of love. A community of people, caterers and actors, electricians and make up artists had been brought together in a recognized sense of love and obligation, for and to, one of cinemas finest actors and most generous of men. It will be this sense of love amidst the sadness I will remember most. Such a gift and an honor, from Heath, to be a part of the trail that he left behind," Colin said, adding, "RIP Heath Ledger."
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They told us these elections would be a game changer in California politics. They weren't. Worse still, those who have to make predictions about the November elections got no useful data from these elections. Turnout was so low that these June races tell us nothing about November, which is likely to be a high turnout election because of the Obama vs. Romney contest.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team were hoping that California would produce a half-dozen additional Democratic seats. That doesn't appear to be in the cards. Even worse, Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman were the top two finishers in their district -- which means, under California's system, the two will face each other in the fall general election. That Democrat vs. Democrat battle will suck money into this personality contest that might have gone to making gains for the party elsewhere.
3. Overhyped Angelenos.
Carmen Trutanich, a candidate for LA district attorney, seemed to be on the rise, with big-name endorsements from Gov. Jerry Brown and others. But he was locked in third place late in the night, and looked like he might miss the runoff.
In the 50th Assembly District, Torie Osborn was relentlessly touted by progressive groups as an authentic grass roots candidate, taking on the party machine. She was running fourth in a four person race. (UPDATED: she did better as the night went along, finishing a close third and just missing the top two general election).
2. Independent candidates.
California's fastest-growing group of registered voters is non-partisans. But non-partisan candidates fared poorly, despite considerable hype. Most notably, San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher, who made national headlines by leaving the Republican party to become an independent, was trailing in that race and seemed likely to finish third, missing a runoff that will feature a Republican and a Democrat candidate. Just like nearly every other race in the state
1. Good government groups and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Redistriciting reform and the top-two primary were supposed to reinvigorate legislative elections, with competition and talk of big ideas. At least that's what advocates of these reforms told us. None of that happened. Indeed, turnout fell and legislative races attracted more attention than anywhere else. Compare that to Wisconsin, which saw huge turnout during a bitter partisan recall attempt against a Republican governor by Democrats.
This should be a lesson: If your goal is voter engagement, partisan fights -- not political reform -- are what you want. Partisanship is underrated.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Here's the very cool new Pete Yorn song, "Sans Fear," which was recorded in Salem, Oregon with Frank Black. I really like Pete Yorn—and I hope we get this one on an album soon.Vodpod videos no longer available.
What do you think?
UPDATE: Now with more Yorn goodness.
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I like it. It has a nice classic rock-like feel, but doesn't sound out-dated. I like his falsetto part. Nice article!
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London (CNN) — Villages cut off by floodwater, rail links severed and huge waves pounding coastlines.
Powerful gales and torrential downpours battered southern Britain over the weekend in a fresh surge of extreme weather that has caused chaos across the country.
And there is no letup yet.
Britons face more misery, as forecasters are warning there will be little respite from hurricane-force winds and lashing rain that have seen hundreds of people forced from their homes.
Britain has been hit by bad weather since early December, and swaths of southwestern England have been flooded in continuously stormy weather.
"We have another Atlantic storm bringing gales and heavy downpours to many parts of the UK this weekend," Paul Gundersen, Met Office chief meteorologist, said in a written statement.
"Monday is expected to bring a brief respite from the stormy conditions before more strong winds and rain set in from the west on Tuesday. This will bring the continuing risk of flooding and damaging winds bringing down trees to cause disruption to travel and power networks."
Wettest January in 248 years
England suffered the wettest January since 1766, and there are hundreds of flood alerts in force for low-lying areas in southern and central England and Wales.
Gusts of up to 80 miles per hour, heavy rain and massive waves make up the latest extreme weather coming from the Atlantic Ocean and driven, meteorologists say, by a long and powerful polar vortex.
Hundreds of people have already been forced out of their homes. And with the ground heavily saturated, any more rain will increase the flood risk across the country.
In Chertsey, Surrey, where the River Thames burst its banks, a 7-year-old boy died and 17 people were hospitalized after falling ill, police said Saturday.
Police said the cause of illness was unknown but "cannot rule out that there may be a link to flooding in the local area."
Efforts were under way to build flood defenses in the area, where nearby homes were damaged and riverside benches and trees were submerged in the water.
Soldiers and sandbags
Prime Minister David Cameron is promising government help for regions that have literally been under water for weeks now.
He visited flood-hit Somerset on Friday and will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee, known as Cobra, on Sunday to discuss the crisis.
"All Govt depts doing all they can to help those affected," Cameron tweeted last week following a similar meeting.
Storm waves have been beating rocks and spraying mist onto coastlines in seaside towns, where many shops have been closed.
Military personnel have been sent out to some areas to deploy sandbags and improve flood defenses.
On top of flooding, the weather has caused some areas to be cut off from power as well as rail links.
In one area, Dawlish, high tides and stormy seas destroyed a sea wall, causing a significant stretch of railway to collapse into the sea. Nearby homes and a road were also damaged.
Via: CNN EUROPE


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When new chunk is loaded in vanilla minecraft they simply "appear instantly", with this mod they can be animated to either appear from below or above. This mod shouldn't impact fps considerably because all it does is render chunks "somewhere else".
Once you install this mod it will be in mode 0, that means that all chunks will appear from below. In the config file you can switch between 5 modes and also change the duration of the animation. In addition you can also enable an option that makes chunks that are close to the player not animate
How to install:
- Download and install Minecraft Forge.
- Download the mod.
- Click on the Start Menu in Windows.
- Type run into the search box, and select the Run program at the top of the results.
- Type %appdata% into the Run program, and press Enter.
- Go to .minecraft/mods folder.
- Drag and drop the downloaded jar (zip) file into that.
- Enjoy the mod.


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Recently, I've been doing a lot of performance work on a real-time data visualization app at Netflix. This app in particular is getting event streams (via web sockets) from the Netflix cloud. These event streams are aggregated in various ways so I don't get a firehose of events via some brilliant work by my colleagues, but nonetheless, it's a lot for single-threaded browser app to process, especially when that browser app also has a rich, interactive UI.
This means that what I really need to do is spin up another thread to separate the work load between UI related concerns and I/O or data map/reduce concerns. The idea is to free the UI thread up as much as possible, so it doesn't "jank" when I'm doing things like parsing JSON that arrived on the web socket. Generally, a snapshot of this concept looks a *little* like this:
|Behold: An overly simplified, off-center, and crappy diagram of two event loop threads mating in their natural habitat!
There are other things I'm doing in this area, for example using RxJS to buffer incoming pushes on the socket, setting up back-pressure handling, etc. But I'm not going to get into that stuff in this post. What I want to talk about here is web workers. Just the basics really.
How can you make a multi-threaded JavaScript app?
The first question someone might have is simple: "You're gonna to what?"
It's actually easier that it sounds. You just create a new Worker:
Then your script file will be something like this:
Pretty darn simple. If your browser supports it, you just create a new worker, and point it at a script you'd like to run in that thread. Both the worker object in the window, and the worker script's global scope have access to an `onmessage` event, and a `postMessage` method. The `postMessage` method will send a message event to the other side, which is handled by the `onmessage` event. Really, really basic.
How can I build one of these dynamically?
So then there's problem developers face for a variety of reasons. Maybe you need to create some worker on the fly because of variable conditions in your app. Maybe your JavaScript build environment makes unit testing separate, standalone scripts a PITA. Who knows? So what do you do? Well, Blob URLs to the rescue:
Easy peasy. You can take any string containing JavaScript and use it to create a worker. Just make sure you also teardown the URL when you're done:
"But dynamic workers seem less testable, Ben, you dork."
Yeah. The above example is probably going to be even harder to test, I suppose. You have this string, that's a script. Evaling that string and then testing does not at all sound appealing. At least to me. So there are a few other approaches. Here are two that I like the best:
1. Behavioral testing of the live workerActually spin up the worker in your test, send messages to it and check the responses. This could get sloppy because maybe your worker doesn't always send responses to things you post to it. Also async gets nutty in tests sometimes.
2. Build your worker from functions and test those
For his approach, we create functions on some testable object or in some testable space we already have access to in our tests. So in Angular it might be a service or controller, and in Ember it could be any Ember Object (Controller, a Route, Model, etc). The idea is we just add a function to it, that we're going to use to create the worker.
The idea is that you can create a function that takes a global context as an argument. The reason I'm choosing to pass it as an argument, and not as `this` via binding is simply because a lot of frameworks (JQuery and Ember for example) make a lot of use of the `this` keyword, and I want to limit confusion about what this is. It's a global scope that doesn't belong to the current class.
Once you do that, you'll be able to call the worker function, or even bits and pieces of it, depending on how you use this trick and unit test those parts along with the rest of your framework code.
For my example, I'll use a plain JS class:
To use this Muppet class it might look a little like this:
And now some tests (in a Pseudo-Jasmine style, but this will work in any testing framework):
And now some tests (in a Pseudo-Jasmine style, but this will work in any testing framework):
As a side note, I've "DRY-ed" up the tests above for the terseness of this blog entry. I'm actually against DRY tests, but that's a whole other blog post I suppose. This StackOverflow answer sums up some of my feelings on that, I suppose.
Also, one goofy thing about Jasmine is the need to reset spies after they've been called once, so the code above might not exactly just "work" if you copy-pasta, because I've taken out the bits that will reset the spy. Again, for terseness.
Also, one goofy thing about Jasmine is the need to reset spies after they've been called once, so the code above might not exactly just "work" if you copy-pasta, because I've taken out the bits that will reset the spy. Again, for terseness.
Additional things to know about Workers
- importScripts() - is a globally available function for loading other scripts into your worker. For example you could load RxJS in like so: `importScripts('http://example.com/rxjs.min.js', 'http://example.com/scripts/rxjs.async.js');`. Be aware if you're using Blob URLs you might run into issue with relative URLs in import scripts.
- Workers have no document! This means any script you might want to load that requires the DOM (Ember, Angular, or D3 for example) will not load properly in your worker.
- Workers, therefore have no DOM-related stuffs. You won't be able to build HTML via DOM objects and send them back to your UI thread.
- You can only "postMessage" objects that can be "structured cloned": This is complicated to explain, I guess, but to keep it simple: you can send POJOs back and forth or simple struct-type class objects.
- Workers can be a PITA to debug. For example: breakpoints aren't always hit, and console.log behaves differently. Therefor, I think it's a *really really* good idea to unit test your worker directly.
Go forth and enthreadify all the things!
I kid, I kid. You probably shouldn't use Workers unless you have to. But in the end, there are a LOT of ways to skin this cat. Now with the tools to convert any string containing JavaScript into a URL that can be spun up in a different thread, developers should be able to use threading in a variety of interesting, and testable(!!) ways.
There are still a lot of other things to talk about: MessageChannels, for example. But that, again would be a different blog entry. I just want to mention them so anyone reading this hopefully does some Googling.


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Rumour - Final Fantasy XIII-2 to have Mass Effect DLC
The generally reliable Siliconera has a strange anonymous source tale today, claiming that an upcoming Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC pack will contain a Mass Effect-inspired costume. There's already an Assassin's Creed outfit thanks to a deal with Ubisoft, and Square Enix and EA have worked together in the past, so it's not totally mad.
FFXIII-2 Sazh DLC launching in Japan on February 28
Square Enix is set to release DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 featuring Sazh on February 28 in Japan, Nova Crystallis is reporting via Japanese-based reports.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning & Amodar DLC now available on Xbox 360
Square has announced the Opponent: Lightning & Amodar DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 is available on XBL for 240 MSP, and will be released in Europe as part of the PSN update tomorrow for £1.59/€ 1.99. The Coliseum Battle allows players to "pit their wits" against Lieutenant Amodar, a member of Cocoon's military division the […]
Under pressure: is FFXIII-2 a step back from the brink?
Final Fantasy XIII-2 may have topped the UK charts last week, but is it enough to steer Square's flagship back on course? Thankfully, Alex Donaldson reckons the rudder's been turned the right way.
UK charts: FFXIII-2 overthrows FIFA 12, MGS HD storms in
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the new number one in the UK charts, taking over from FIFA 12 after a six-week spell.
Final Fantasy XIII-2's ending doesn't refer to a sequel
A nudge at the end of Final Fantasy XIII-2 has raised hopes for a further sequel, but it's time to dash them. Minor spoilers ahead.
Quick Shots: Final Fantasy XIII-2 screens show a gorgeous game
Square Enix has released a new batch of screenshots to celebrate the launch of Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the UK today, and as one would expect from a FF game, they are drop dead gorgeous – even if they are just showing combat. Say whatever you will about the series' gameplay or storylines over the […]
Out now: FFXIII-2, Soul Calibur V first big drops of 2012
The bang you just heard? That's the starting gun to the 2012 release calendar going off, with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Soul Calibur out today.
New FFXIII-2 update introduces Facebook support
Square Enix releases Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PS3 and 360 in the UK and Europe today, with some decent scores to boot ahead of the launch. But those who buy it will already be greeted with a new update once they boot up. Update 1.03, according to RPG Site's Erren Van Duine, has introduced Facebook […]
FFXIII-2 February DLC features Lightning Coliseum, more on the way
Square has announced DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released next week and it allows players battle Lightning via the Lightning Coliseum battle.
Square hints at downloadable story "volumes" for FFXIII-2
Square Enix has teased downloadable story "volumes" for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Buy FFXIII-2 at Amazon, get $20 gift card
Amazon's offer prospective buyers of Final Fantasy XIII-2 a little incentive with their offer. Those who pick up the RPG from the retailer's US portal will get a $20 gift card, as well as a digitalised version of the mini-strategy guide of the game.FFXIII-2's out now in the US and out Friday in the UK […]
Final Fantasy XIII-2 launch trailer tugs the heartstrings
The onslaught of Final Fantasy XIII-2 media is rapidly blurring into one spiky-haired, short-skirted mess for me, so hopefully this launch trailer is new to you.
FFXIII-2 Lightning Coliseum DLC launching in Japan next week
Square Enix has announced it'll release the second DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2s Coliseum mode on February 7 in Japan. The new content, which will cost ¥300 on PSN and 240 MS points on Xbox Live Marketplace, will see you fight against Lightning in her FFXIII Guardian Corps uniform, as well as her Corps partner […]
Final Fantasy XIII-2 reviews hit online - all the scores
Square's lifted the embargo on Final Fantasy XIII-2's reviews ahead of its release this week. Has it improved over its predecesor? Find out below the break. If you have a link to add, do so below in the comments.The RPG sequel releases on Tuesday in the US and Friday in the UK for PS3 and […]
FFXIII-2 producer drops more hints at story DLC
New comments from the game's producer have added weight to reports of upcoming story-driven DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Rumour - Substantial Lightning DLC coming to Final Fantasy XIII-2
Purported early leaks of this week's Famitsu suggest a treat in store for fans of Final Fantasy XIII and its upcoming sequel.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer shows off Historia Crux system
A new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2 has arrived to assist those still wrapping their heads around the time-travel component.
FFXIII-2 CES trailer goes cut-scene, action heavy
GT's gone live with the CES trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2 ahead of the game's official western launch later this month. The video, which is packed with cut-scenes and heavy setpieces in the game that have and haven't been seen before, was introduced by director Motomu Toriyama and producer Yoshinori Kitase at CES for Spike.Get […]
FFXIII-2 demo coming to PS3, 360 next week
Square Enix has confirmed it's releasing the demo for Final Fantasy XIII-2 next week, January 10 in for Xbox 360 and US PS3 and January 11 for EU PS3 owners. The demo was outed earlier this morning on the recent episode of the PlayStation Blogcast. More details on what the demo's content will be will […]
Final Fantasy XIII-2 latest
FFXIII-2 Lightning Coliseum DLC launching in Japan next week
Rumour – Substantial Lightning DLC coming to Final Fantasy XIII-2
Japanese charts: Vita launch fails to topple 3DS, FFXIII-2 debuts with 524k
Director says FFXIII-2 will have easier-to-follow story than XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-3 not on the cards despite domain registration
Final Fantasy XII-2's chocobos, vendors and weather detailed
Quick Shots: Final Fantasy XIII-2 screenshots show Caius, side-quests


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It seems like a long time ago now that Google AdWords introduced filters to their browser environment and I want to spend some time in this post going through some of the filters that should be set up and used for all campaigns.
For those of you who don't know about AdWords filters, they are available at campaign, ad group, keyword and ad text level and they can help you to identify any problems areas that may require attention.
Applying a filter is easy, just follow these steps
1) Login to your Google AdWords Account
2) Select which tab you wish to filter (campaign, ad group, keyword or ads)
3) Click on the Filter menu which is situated above your statistics table
4) Click Create Filter
5) Select the parameters (more on this later in this post)
6) When you are finished creating your filter, simply click Apply
The table of statistics will automatically update to show you the data that matches the chosen parameters in the filter. The filter will be carried across to all tabs so if you want to revert back to looking at all data, you will need to click Close in the filter panel.
Custom Filters
There are a number of custom filters that I would recommend setting up on all AdWords Accounts that you manage to help you speed up the optimisation process. The most annoying thing for me is that if you create and save a filter in one of your managed AdWords Accounts, there currently isn't an option to copy this across to another account. All filters have to be added multiple times if you want them in all your accounts.
One thing to remember is that when you start using the filtering options, you should save the ones that you use most frequently so that you don't need to keep creating them each time you optimise the account.
To save a filter, follow the above steps but hit Save Filter at the end. This will store them in each section for future use.
First up I am going to provide you with a list of the filters that can be used and then give you some examples of filters that you should be using.
Campaign Filters
If you have a lot of campaigns in an account, the filters at campaign level can be very useful. They aren't so useful if you just have a few campaigns. The following filters are good to use with lots of campaigns.
This filter should be used to filter out active campaigns generating a low number of conversions with a high spend.
Conversion Value
This filter should be used to uncover the ROI of your campaigns. By filtering on the total value of your conversions vs. the actual cost you can see which of your campaigns are delivering the best return for you. Likewise, you can switch this around to uncover the poorest performing campaigns.
Invalid Clicks
Some campaigns are more prone to invalid clicks and this filter will highlight this for you. You can set the number of invalid clicks that you want to check against and see which campaigns drive the most.
Ad Group Filters
In my opinion, this is where the filtering starts becoming the most useful as you can quickly drill down into which ad groups are working for you and which aren't. Additionally, you can filter ad groups to see which ones need more work to help improve the performance of your campaigns.
Lack of Impressions
This is the first filter that I run when optimising a campaign as I can get rid of ad groups that have not generated any impressions. Remember to use a timeframe that you are comfortable with, as looking at data for the past week will not give you enough time to work with.
Lack of Traffic
To understand which ad groups aren't driving me enough traffic, I would look at running two separate filters. The first will highlight ad groups that have very few impressions and zero traffic, whilst the second will highlight ad groups that haven't had any traffic but the impressions are there.
Using the above filter, once I have the segmented results these would be ad groups that I would most likely pause to help improve the overall CTR on the campaign. A lot of people don't consider a CTR of 0.00% to be damaging, but I would suggest otherwise. You want your campaign to be filled with performing ad groups, and those generating a poor CTR are not going to be performing for you.
The second filter I would typically run is shown below and it will highlight those ad groups that have potential of driving me traffic, even though they haven't done so far. The filter will show me all the ad groups that have had more than 30 impressions, have delivered no traffic but the average position is worse than three. From this filter, I would look at increasing my ad group bid prices to boost the average position slightly and entice more traffic.
High Cost, Low Conversions
A quick win on any campaign is to understand where you can be saving money. Some ad groups will drive you a lot of traffic but no conversions and this is something that all advertisers should be on top of. I have filtered all ad groups that have cost me more than £100 but not generated any conversions.
From this, you will want to look at the keywords you are bidding on and analyse the landing pages as you may be able to turn the ad group performance round by tweaking a few things. Once you have made the tweaks, leave it to run for a short time longer before running the filter again. If you still haven't had any conversions, it may be a good time to stop the ad group from running.
Low Average Position
If you are looking to get as much traffic through from your AdWords campaigns as possible, it is best to have your ads appear in the top three positions. Ads that appear on the right-hand side are less likely to receive the bulk of the traffic.
Setting up a filter to uncover all ad groups that have a low average position is easy, but just remember that you want to look at a shorter timeframe as you may have already increased bids in a previous month.
Specific Ad Groups
There will be times when you just want to look at a specific group of ad groups. For example, if you are a mountain bike retailer you may have 10 ad groups all related to a similar type of model that you want to view the statistics for. These two filters allow you to do just that. You can either choose to view all ad groups containing a certain phrase or you can select specific ad groups from a list.
Keyword Filters
The filtering options for keywords and ad groups are pretty similar, so all the filters that I have discussed above can and should be applied at keyword level. However, there are a few others that you should also be using.
Low Search Volume
Google mark-up keywords that predominately have a low search volume, making it easy for you to make your keyword list more manageable. There is no point having a campaign full of keywords that are not going to drive you any traffic.
Below First Page Bid
Although you can run filters at ad group level to highlight groups with a low average position, a keyword level filter for keywords below the first page bid will often yield faster results as you can see exactly how much you need to increase bids to.
Keywords Excluded Due to Negatives
This has to be one of my favourite filters at keyword level as it helps eradicate human error. How many times have you created a campaign backfilled with thousands of negatives, only to find that you have added one of your positive keywords in as a negative so the campaign hasn't run? Annoying isn't it!
The Excluded keyword filter will show you which keywords are not currently showing due to a negative keyword blocking it.
Quality Score
The Quality Score of a keyword is one of most important factors that Google looks at when determining where to show your ad in the paid search results so it is vital that you work on improving your scores. By filtering down the keywords with a low Quality Score this will show you where you need to focus your attention.
Ad Text Filters
The announcement that Google made last year about the importance of reviewing disapproved ads, even if they are paused, has made filtering at ad text level even more valuable. Ad group and keyword level filters are similar at ad text level and they should be used but the one most important filter for me is Approval Status.
Approval Status
Running a filter to group together all your disapproved ads is the best way to ensure that you get all ads together so you can review and amend them.
Ad Text Containing Certain Phrase
If you have been running a promotion and need to go through and update all ads that contain a certain word, phrase or price this can easily be done using this filter.
Destination URL
When I have been optimising AdWords Accounts there have been a number of times that the client has come to me saying that they have stopped showing a certain product or service on their website. Using the Destination URL filter, you can find all ads that are pointing to the old landing page and update them retrospectively.
This blog post contains a few filters that I would recommend using when you are optimising any AdWords Account. Obviously there are a lot more filters that you could set up and use, but it is just a case of playing around with the options and working out what is best for the business you are working on.
If you do have any questions or comments, please feel free to either get in touch with me directly or leave a reply on this post.


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"Fresco of the Last Judgement on the inside of the Dome by Vasari, begun in 1568, and completed by Federico Zuccaro in 1579 Duomo of Florence, Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower, Firenza Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore Built between 1293 & 1436 Italy."
"Domes, which vault the crossing and altar of countless churches, lend themselves well to being transformed into paintings of the sky. The round shape above our heads seems to open onto a higher world, so that God and the things of heaven become visually present at the church holiest spot.
The Last Judgment in the enormous dome of the cathedral in Florence was painted from 1572 onward. Vincenzo Borghini had drawn up a learned theological program as early as 1570, Giorgio Vasari was responsible for executing it, but he died in 1574. Federico Zuccaro completed the frescoes in 1575-79. High up in the fresco in the dome, around the cupola, hovers a temple with the twenty-four elders of the Apocalypse; beneath this, on terraced registers, follow choirs of angels with the instruments of the Passion, then groups of saints, then personifications of the gifts of the Holy SXpirit, of the virtues, and of the beatitudes, and finally the regions of hell with various deadly sins. The composition of the fresco thus takes into account the architectonic form of the vault in its eight sections, hard upon one another. There is no attempt to dissolve the architectural structure completely by means of illusionistic painting.
The temple and the zones of heaven for four of the eight sections of the vault were completed under Vasari's direction."


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Impact Resistance - Fiber Cement Materials
We were recently asked by a manufacturer of fiber cement building products to recommend an impact system that would allow them to test their products for impact resistance – specifically as related to the installation process. Fiber cement products offer an alternative to owners looking to refurbish the exterior of their homes. A composite material made of sand, cement and cellulose fibers it is fire, rot and insect (termite) resistant. Considered green and sustainable in appearance it can imitate clapboards or shingles; in sheet form it can be used as cladding & as a soffit/eave lining. Besides exterior siding fiber cement can be used to substitute timber fascias.
Either the CEAST Model 9340 or the CEAST Model 9350 Impact Test Machines is capable of performing the tests. A 3 point bend fixture to support the specimens was chosen by the customer. By using tup inserts of different shapes and sizes impacts of various types can be performed. Adding in an instrumented tup, CEAST VisualIMPACT software, DAS 64 Data Acquisition and Analysis System, allows the customer to gather information such as energy absorbed, and incipient damage point from each of the tests performed.
The CEAST 9340 or the 9350 are well suited for helping customers determine the performance characteristics of their materials when subjected to an impact event. The information gathered by doing instrumented impact testing can be used to provide the customer with a data baseline whereby they can determine how changes made in the mix of materials will perform in real life situations. A broader range of testing could be accomplished with the use of an environmental chamber to study impact characteristics at different temperatures as well as using different fixtures and inserts to simulate other impact events.
CEAST Data Acquisition and Analysis
The new CEAST DAS 64K is a state-of-the-art Data Acquisition System designed for impact testing instruments. Compatible with the full range of CEAST impact testing systems, including pendulum type machines (CEAST 9000 Series) and drop towers (CEAST 9300 Series), it's the key for instrumented impact testing. The DAS 64K also enables the data collection from instrumented tups or hammers on older models and non-CEAST impact machines.
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Impact resistance is one of the most important properties for component designers to consider, as well as the most difficult to quantify. Impact resistance is a critical measure of service life and more importantly these days, it involves the perplexing problem of product safety and liability. With the combined experience of Dynatup® and CEAST, Instron® has more than 80 years experience in designing impact testing systems to simulate real-life impact conditions.
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The north borrow areas were explored with hand auger holes, power drill holes, and test pits. Samples taken from these areas indicated a fairly homogeneous soil which was dominantly silt and some fine sand. Laboratory tests indicated maximum density ranging from 101.7 to 109.8 pounds per cubic foot at optimum moisture contents ranging from 15.5 to 18.7 percent. Permeability tests indicated an average coefficient of 0.1 foot per year. The average for the in-place density tests indicated a shrinkage factor of 23 percent.
The south borrow area was investigated with hand auger holes which in some instances extended to a depth of 70 feet. The soil was classified into three general types: silt with very fine sand; medium to fine sand with excess silt and small amount of clay; and medium to fine, silty to fairly clean sand. The soil was somewhat heterogenous with irregular recurring layers of sand, silt, and sand containing excess silt. A relatively homogeneous material could be obtained by controlling the depth of cuts in the borrow area. Laboratory tests of the silty sand indicated maximum densities ranging from 108 to 122.7 pounds per cubic foot at optimum moisture contents ranging from 8.0 to 13.6 percent. The shrinkage factor was about the same as that of materials in the north borrow area S.
(b) Riprap and Rock-Blanket Materials. -- Several sources for riprap and rock-blanket materials were considered. The three most feasible sources were: Franklin, Nebr., for quartzitic sandstone; Golden, Colo., for basalt or granite; and Guernsey, Wyo., for dolomite. A study of the freight rates, quality, quantity, and production costs indicated that the hard, sound, and durable metamorphosed granite with a specific gravity averaging about 2.7 obtained from a quarry at Golden, Colo. would be the most suitable for the riprap and rock-blanket of the dam. Rock obtained from the Golden quarry required blasting and processing at the quarry, shipment by railroad to Trenton, Nebr., and hauling by truck for a distance of 2-1/2 miles to the dam.
8. Railroad, Highway, and County Road Relocation Studies. - (a) Railroad. -Relocation studies for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad were started in 1947. These investigations included several routes having a combined length of 62 miles. The railroad company provided data and assisted in the selection of the route. Some of the studies for the relocation work included:
(1) Cost estimates for raising the railroad grade to the crest elevation of the dam.
(2) Widening cut sections for additional borrow materials.
(5) Costs of road crossings, cattle passes, etc., versus combined structures for passes and drainage.
(6) Costs of road crossings and cattle passes versus severance costs for rightof-way.
(7) Switching details for the Trenton switchyard.
Preliminary data, which included alinement and profile, structure topography, section corner ties, right-of-way requirements and quantity estimates were completed during April 1949. The railroad company approved the relocated line in October 1949. Final plans and specifications were submitted to the railroad company in April 1950 and approved during June 1950. The selected route is shown on figure 6.
(b) Highway.--Studies for a relocation of U.S. Highway No. 34 were begun in April 1948. Several routes were studied and cost estimates were made of each to
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1. A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, disorder, or other condition considered abnormal.
a. A complex of symptoms indicating the existence of an undesirable condition or quality: suffers from fear-of-success syndrome.
b. A distinctive or characteristic pattern of behavior: the syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs.
3. A group of anatomical and often physiological characteristics of an organism that serve a specific function and are presumed to have evolved together: the angiosperm reproductive syndrome.
[Greek sundromē, concurrence of symptoms, from sundromos, running together : sun-, syn- + dromos, a running.]
syn·drom′ic (-drō′mĭk, -drŏm′ĭk) adj.
1. (Medicine) med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder
2. a symptom, characteristic, or set of symptoms or characteristics indicating the existence of a condition, problem, etc
[C16: via New Latin from Greek sundromē, literally: a running together, from syn- + dramein to run]
syndromic adj
syn•drome(ˈsɪn droʊm, -drəm)
1. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
2. a predictable, characteristic condition or pattern of behavior that tends to occur under certain circumstances: the empty nest syndrome.
[1535–45; < New Latin < Greek syndromḗ concurrence, combination =syn- syn- + -dromē running]
syn•drom′ic (-ˈdrɒm ɪk) adj.
An abnormal condition or disease that is identified by a set group of physical signs and symptoms.
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FAS, fetal alcohol syndrome - a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
Gulf War syndrome, Persian Gulf illness - a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
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thoracic outlet syndrome - tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm
Tietze's syndrome - syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain)
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|June 19, 2006, 12:28 AM
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Define "Hunting"
Is varmint eradication both varminting AND hunting (i.e. one type of hunting)? Or just varminting? IOW, define hunting (to you). Thanks.
|June 19, 2006, 01:08 AM
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Hunting is the pursuit of an animal with the intent of killing it or capturing it. Pretty broad definition. Is shooting a deer at 300yrds with a rifle hunting? Or would you reserve that definition to shooting one at 20yrds with a stick and string?
|June 19, 2006, 04:46 AM
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I would define it as killing something with the intent to eat it.
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|June 19, 2006, 06:10 AM
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|June 19, 2006, 06:43 AM
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The activity or sport of pursuing game. The act of conducting a search for something. You can hunt big foot for trophy, sport, or you can hunt bigfoot simply to find (so as to prove or document). What you do once your pursuit is successful is a secondary activity.
Hunting has nothing to do with being fair to animals although some hunting may give animals more of a chance of escape than others. People like to speak of "fair hunting" as being proper hunting. Apparently game cameras and infrared sensors are not part of the being fair but sniping is.
Varmitting, such as camping out 200 yards from a prairie dog town with a scoped rifle and popping prairie dogs when they pop out their heads is considered to be hunting by some, but there really isn't much pursuit any more than pursuing bacon at the grocery store. It is more like sniping where the prey really doesn't have much of a chance because it doesn't know you are there, or if it knows, it knows you are so far away as to not be a threat (such as a coyote at 200 yards would not be a threat to a prairie dog, but a prairie dog doesn't comprehend ballistics, technology, etc.). Note that archer fish often do a bit of sniping themselves.
In Texas, we even set up bait stations that deer will check during the off season and then the deer are shot from a blind - more sniping. Baiting, however, it a technique used by the animals such as the angler fish.
Sometimes 'hunters' lay in wait alongside game trails and wait for game to casually to come strolling along. This is a technique used by rattlesnakes and other types of predators as well.
Some hunters like the idea of stalking their prey on foot to get close enough to make a shot. In the woods, getting close enough means getting within line of sight. In the open, it means getting close enough to be able to hit the animal before it is spooked and runs. Such tactics are used by predators like bears, felines, and canids.
How about a good old fashioned British fox hunt? You get a bunch of dogs that run in a pack and a bunch of lazy humans on horseback to follow the dogs like they themselves are a pack of dogs. Pack hunting in nature is how many species survive.
The point here is that there is nothing fair to the prey about hunting. The point is to gain an advantage over the prey by outwitting it, defeating its senses, or defeating its ability to get away.
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|June 20, 2006, 10:05 AM
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Every living thing HUNTS, to EAT.
|June 20, 2006, 10:35 AM
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I gotta agree with DNS.
Eating the game is the result and ok, but doesn't define hunting. Pursuing game is hunting wether scouting, camera, or (looking for the end result, ie., eating it).
|June 22, 2006, 10:41 PM
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Hunting, From the Jseime dictionary of all things important:
Hunting is the practice of finding, stalking and killing an animal be it gophers coyotes deer elk or moose.
There are however exceptions, shooting varmints off a bench from a distance with a high powered rifle is simply shooting and shooting deer from a treestand over a bait station while wearing full camo and scent covers is simply shooting.
Hunting requires skill and knowledge as well as being able to shoot well in almost any situation. The real hunters are the people out on the prairie crawling over the top of a hill trying to get within a couple hundred yards to make a clean shot or the people crawling through the forest with a .30-30 trying to get to the edge of the clearing to make that 50 yard snap shot.
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|June 22, 2006, 11:26 PM
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I would define "hunting" as seeking anything. It does not imply necessarily a purpose other than finding or locating the quarry or subject of the hunt. As DNS said, you could be hunting bigfoot, or you could be hunting girls or boys (love interest only). I hunt wildflowers sometimes. I might be hunting for a new knife, firearm, or simply hunting for cheese macs at the store. Basically, you need an descriptive term like "deer" to preceed the word hunting if you want to be correct.
Traditionally, hunting is used to describe seeking an animal or an elusive prey. "The Hunt for Red October"....
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|June 23, 2006, 08:14 PM
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So if you're at a prairie dog town, shooting them, are you 'seeking' them, and therefore hunting them?
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If you are in a dog town shooting I would call that hunting if you walk around some and do some actual legwork. I might be inclined to call it shooting if you sit at a bench all morning and just burn rounds.
To all those who may have been offended by me calling stand hunting shooting not hunting I didnt really mean that as a general statement it just doesnt work in my part of the world.
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|June 24, 2006, 10:43 AM
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In the broadest sense, and in the context of this forum, hunting is finding some critter to shoot, and killing it.
There are many parts and pieces to the whole deal, of course. You can scout around to find the biggest buck in the pasture, which means a good bit of looking without shooting. Ya gotta find most all of them before you can know which is the biggest, right? Then ya gotta find that big SOB a second time--and that's not necessarily the easiest deal going. But, it means you've spent a good bit of time outdoors, "just lookin'".
You can hunt for pestiferous critters, like ol' Wily Coyote.
If you sit, you're hunting in the same way as a cougar, in ambush. You can play sneaky-snake in thick-ish cover country or serious brush/jungle. Or you can just walk across country and work the wind. It's all some form of hunting, but in different styles. The style is forced by terrain, cover and one's level of skill or physical strength.
Purpose? You can hunt for meat, or trophy and meat, or for varmints. It's all a part of the package called "hunting".
|June 25, 2006, 11:38 AM
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You're gonna get a WIDE variety of responses to this. For example, I consider hunting to be the pursuit, with intent to kill, game animals that I intend to eat. I will, however, shoot animals that I DON'T intend to eat (varmints) IF they are causing me a problem (varmint hunting), for example pidgeons in my barn, or woodchucks digging up my lawn (which I have a couple on my property, but since they don't dig up the lawn I leave 'em alone), or the crows that drive me nuts with tehir noise. But, that's just MY philosophy, and I don't expect others to follow my "rules".
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|June 27, 2006, 08:53 PM
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Hunting for me is the pursuit with the intent to do grave bodily damage to a creature and eat its flesh. I may not like your methods, but if they are legal and you do not grossly affect my experience then go for it. If you affect my experience I will simply move on.
Use enough gun.
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