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Academic Publishing Profits Enough To Fund Open Access To Every Research Article In Every Field
from the let's-just-do-it dept
The arguments against open access have moved on from the initial "it'll never work" to the "maybe it'll work, but it's not sustainable" stage. That raises a valid point, of course: who will pay for journals that make their content freely available online?
There are many open access business models that are being tried, and one of the most obvious ones is to charge authors a publication fee – in fact, many traditional academic journals do that as well as making readers pay a subscription fee. In practise, the fee is usually paid by the author's funding institution as part of their overall support for research.
A per-article publication fee is the approach adopted by one of the leading open access publishers, Public Library of Science (PLoS). Its announcement earlier this year that revenue now covers its operating costs is an important data point in establishing the viability of the open access approach.
Meanwhile, on the traditional publishing side, Heather Morrison has been analysing the profits of the major academic publisher Elsevier (disclosure: I worked in one of Reed-Elsevier's divisions a few decades ago) on her splendidly-named blog "The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics":If the total profit from Elsevier and Lexis-Nexis is added together and converted to U.S. dollars, the total is $2,075m. Divided by the estimated worldwide scholarly article output of 1.5 million articles per year (Björk et al, 2008), this comes out to $1,383 U.S.That figure is very close to the $1350 article fee charged by PLoS for its biggest title, PLoS ONE, which means:the profits of this one company alone could fund a global, fully open access scholarly publishing system, at a rate of $1,383 U.S. per article.A comment on a post on another blog with a fantastic name - "Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week" (what is it about open access advocates and their blogs?) - pointed out that this calculation was incorrect, and that the actual figure was more like $730 per article. But adding in the profits of another major academic publisher, Springer, would bring the overall profit per article published back up to the PLoS ONE level.
But those are just details; what really matters is the fact that collectively the top two or maybe three publishers take out of the academic world enough profits to pay for every research article in every discipline to be made freely available online for everyone to access using PLoS's publishing fee approach.
As Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week's Mike Taylor explains, that would mean:Dentists would be able to keep up with the relevant literature. Small businesseswould be able to make plans with full information. The Climate Code Foundationwould have a sounder and more up-to-date scientific basis for its work. Patient groups would be able to understand their diseases and give informed consent for treatment. Medical charities, amateur palaeontologists, ornithologists and so many more would have access to the information they need. Researchers in third-world countries could have the information they need to cope with life-threatening issues of health, food and water.It's an intriguing thought: to provide global access to all current academic research we just need to flip from one system – the present one, where a few giant corporations make billions of dollars a year – to one where open access publishers break even, and where academic institutions save money. So what are we waiting for?
We can have all that for our $2.075 billion per year. Or we can keep giving it to Elsevier's [+Springer's] shareholders. Giving it, remember: not buying something with it. Don't forget, this is not the money that Elsevier absorbs as its costs: salaries, rent, connectivity, what have you. This is their profit. It's pure profit. This is the money that is taken out of the system.
So, yes, open access is cheaper. Stupidly cheaper. Absurdly, ridiculously, appallingly cheaper.
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Missing "People's Court" Mom's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit
(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The mother of missing Florida mom Michelle Parker has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Parker's ex-fiance, who is the father of two of her children.
Parker, 33, of Orlando, Fla., has been missing since Nov. 17, 2011, the same day her appearance on The People's Court television show aired. She and Smith appeared in the episode to resolve a dispute over a $5,000 engagement ring.
Parker was last seen dropping off the couple's twins at Smith's home.
Police named Parker's ex-fiance Dale Smith as the prime suspect in the case, but no charges have been filed and no arrest has been made. He still has custody of the children. But the attorney for Parker's family claims he has evidence against Smith, including text messages.
The lawsuit, which seeks damages in excess of $15,000, claims that Dale Smith was "negligent or otherwise committed a wrongful act and caused the death of Michelle L. Parker."
Parker's Hummer was found after her disappearance as was her battered iPhone, at the bottom of a lake. Though the cell phone was found about 40 minutes from Parker's home, the lake is only five minutes from Smith's home.
Parker's body has not been found, but the lawsuit claims that Parker "died on or about November 17, 2011 as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the Defendant."
"That's the day we believe it happened," Parker estate attorney John Morgan told ABC News. Parker's mother Yvonne Stewart represents her daughter's estate, which includes her three children.
"[Yvonne Stewart] doesn't want to believe it happened, but everyone knows what happened and when it happened," Morgan said. "We think she was killed."
Morgan said the legal team is not ready to elaborate on the details of what they believe happened to the mother of three, but said he will let the lawsuit speak for itself for now.
"If the said Defendant had not been negligent or otherwise committed a wrongful act, and if said Defendant had acted appropriately in accordance with the prevailing standard care of the Defendant, there would not have been any injuries or damages sustained by Michelle L. Parker," the filing states.
More than a year after Parker's disappearance, detectives are still investigating her case.
"It's still an open investigation," Orlando Police Sgt. Jim Young told ABC News Friday. He spoke to the case's lead detective on Thursday who said there are no updates in the case and Smith is still listed as a suspect.
Morgan claims he has evidence against Smith, including text messages between Parker and Smith.
"We just think that we have some pieces that when taken with testimony may tell a more full story and that testimony has to come from Dale and his parents."
Asked if he could elaborate on the content of the messages, Morgan said, "I don't want to say. I don't want him to be ready for that."
"We'll be most interested when we get a chance to depose him," Morgan said. "Will he take the fifth or tell the truth?"
Smith could opt out of answering most questions by pleading the fifth in the civil case to prevent incriminating himself in any possible future criminal case.
Smith's attorney Mark Nejame refutes the claims made by the Parker estate's attorney.
"They're barking up the wrong tree," Nejame said. "They've been frustrated for a long time because law enforcement hasn't found a scintilla of evidence that ties him to her disappearance or murder...Just because everyone thinks he did it doesn't mean he did it."
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Questions 26 & 28: 2 period Qs for Tracy
Dear PLS,
My sister is going through puberty. Will she get diarrhea or cramps in her period?
What if I don't have a pad or tampon when i get a period[like in the car]?
Tracy, 9
Good questions! Yes, sometimes cramps in your lower belly go along with periods. Your sister should definitely tell your mom or another adult if she has period cramps. Talking with the doctor is a good idea, too. There may be steps you can take to feel more comfortable. Bottom line: Your period shouldn't get in the way of you doing what you want to do.
Find out more about cramps at the link below:
Period Cramps
As for diarrhea (yuck!), it's can be part of PMS, which stands for premenstrual syndrome. That's a combination of symptoms that can happen 1-2 weeks before a girl's period starts.
Find out more at the link below:
Common Period Problems
And now for Tracy's second question about being someplace AWKWARD, like the car, when you get your period. It happens, but the good news is that usually you have a sign - like feeling something - so you can simply tell whoever's driving that you need to go the bathroom.
Part 2 is always having a pad or tampon with you. If you get caught without one, you can always stop in a convenience store, grocery store, or pharmacy and pick up a box. If you're nervous about asking, just say, "I have to pick up some feminine products." Most everyone will catch your drift.
Any other advice for Tracy?
Think pink!


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Bradford residents recently learned when they opened their water bills that fluoride was no longer being added to the town's water supply.
That's riling some residents, who wonder why the decision wasn't made more openly by the five-person Water and Sewer Commission.
Robert Munson is a Bradford dentist. He says the benefits of fluoridated water, especially on children's teeth, are indisputable.
"If you're drinking this water, cooking with this water, you are getting the optimum amount of fluoride every day. And that has been proven,"Munson said.
The American Dental Association backs up his claim that fluoride helps to prevent cavities, but there have been a number of communities that have debated its use.
The Select Board says it was surprised by the decision.
Neither the chair nor vice chair of the Bradford Water and Sewer Commission returned phone calls. But Chairman Robert Nutting tells the Valley News he "had some information" that fluoride is harmful.
The Commission is scheduled to meet on November 27, and the select board chairman has invited state health officials to make the case for fluoridation.


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Noguchi Playground
Inside a low undulating wall that provides visual and aural protection from the surrounding streets, Noguchi installed a group of brightly colored, rugged sculptural elements. The structures include swings, slides, cubes, a low mound and several objects for climbing. All of the elements were oversized and painted in bright colors to emphasize their sculptural presence. According to the artist, the relationships among the different elements in Playscapes refer to relationships among elements in ancient environments of leisure.
The creation of playgrounds and play sculpture was an important part of Isamu Noguchi's attempt to make sculpture useful in everyday life. Noguchi designed his first pieces of play equipment in 1939 for Ala Moana Park in Hawaii, but these were not constructed. When Noguchi designed Playscapes (1975-76) in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the only Noguchi playground to be completed in his lifetime, he included a modified version of the swing from his Hawaiian proposal along with new play objects. In 1968 Octetra -- a pre-cast, modular play sculpture over and through which children climb -- was installed outside the cathedral in Spoleto, Italy and in Kodomo No Kuni park outside of Tokyo. Noguchi continued to design new play sculptures, some of which have been installed in his last playground project, Moere Numa Park in Sapporo, Japan.
Along with his gardens and other landscape projects, the playgrounds of Isamu Noguchi are aspects of what he called "the sculpture of spaces", whose goal is to make sculpture a useful part of everyday life.
Playscapes realized designs for playground equipment that Noguchi had developed throughout his career.


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April 6, 2010, 3:30 pm
Will CO be repped on the F&W Best New Chefs list?
Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs list will be announced tonight (Tuesday, April 6) at 6 p.m. mountain time, and rumors are that we'll have something to celebrate in these parts. Twitter is fairly blowing up with speculation.
If I were a betting man, I'd bet on a festive atmosphere in a very special little restaurant on E. 6th Avenue tonight.
Check foodandwine.com at 6pm mountain time for the official announcement.
UPDATE: It's official….Congratulations to Alex Seidel of Fruition restaurant for his Best New Chef nod! Well-deserved.
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Time Warner Cable is looking to hire more than 20 employees for full-time direct sales positions in the Perrysburg, Defiance, and Bowling Green, Ohio markets.
"Time Warner Cable's decision to expand is a win-win for Northwest Ohio," stated State Senator Randy Gardner. "This announcement means new products and services for our residents, providing a boost to our local economy and most importantly, jobs for individuals looking for a career."
"We are looking to grow our direct sales workforce in the Northwest Ohio market to meet our customers' needs," said Scott Collins, Director of Direct Sales at Time Warner Cable. "These positions have considerable earnings potential, great benefits and opportunities for career growth."
Company representatives will be on hand to interview qualified candidates for sales positions on Thurs., Oct. 16 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6165 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, Ohio. Time Warner Cable will not be available to meet with applicants who arrive at different dates or times then specified.
During the fair, candidates will have the opportunity to meet sales leaders and assess the company culture, while learning about hours, pay, and training prior to making the decision to apply for the position online. Those wanting to move forward will participate in a 10-minute speed interview. Candidates who have successfully sold themselves will be invited for a final interview within 48 hours of the event.
Direct sales representatives will be responsible for cable, internet, and phone sales to new customers. This will include contractual sales, collecting money, and installation of equipment as needed. Representatives must be willing to travel and interact with customers on a face-to-face basis.
These positions have considerable earning potential, great benefits and opportunities for career growth. Average sales representatives make $40,000-$60,000 with top performers earning $80-100,000+. Benefits include full healthcare, a pension plan, a matched 401K, tuition assistance, gas stipend, 3 weeks paid vacation and more.
Job applicants should bring updated copies of their resume and dress in business appropriate attire.
More information about this sales opening can be found at http://bit.ly/1aq0XH0. For more information on Time Warner Cable, please log onto www.timewarnercable.com. Time Warner Cable is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high-speed data and voice services in the United States, connecting 15 million customers to entertainment, information and each other. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers data, video and voice services to businesses of all sizes, cell tower backhaul services to wireless carriers and enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and services. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising sales arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.twc.com, www.twcbc.com and www.twcmedia.com.


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29–30 June 2011 • Off-campus event
Students and alumni from St. Vladimir's and St. Tikhon's seminaries are stepping out boldly to spread the gospel within the context of the Orthodox Church. Under the auspices of and funded by the Orthodox Church in America's (OCA) Department of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry, they'll be setting up a booth at the Cornerstone Music & Arts Festival, [2] the largest Christian—but for the most part, non-Orthodox Christian—music extravaganza on the planet. The event will be held June 29–July 3 in Bushnell Illnois and will feature more than 120 bands, dozens of speakers, and hundreds of vendors, artists, and other performers.
The Orthodox "evangelists" include Fr. Christopher Foley (SVOTS alumnus), Dn. James Bozeman (SVOTS 3rd-year student), and Fr. Joel Weir and Christopher Patton (STOTS alumni). Along with Subdeacon Luke (Seraphim) Beecham, director of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry for the OCA, they will be distributing as much Orthodox Christian material as they can to festival goers.
Both Fr. Christopher, who is now rector at Holy Cross Orthodox Mission [3] in High Point, North Carolina, and Dn. James were once members of the Christian rock band "Luxury, [4]" so they will understand the mind-set of many who will attend the festival. The idea to have an "Orthodox" presence at the festival arose this past year in a Missiology course at St. Vladimir's and was the brainchild of Dn. James; his fellow seminarian Andrew Boyd helped push the project forward.
Archpriest Chad Hatfield, who taught that course, noted, "The presentation made in the Missiology class this past fall and the ideas floated to find a way to make Orthodoxy present at the Cornerstone Music and Arts Festival were very exciting and bold. It may even expand in future years if this first attempt is a good experience."
"This is an incredible opportunity for us to witness to Orthodox Christianity in a highly visible venue," said Subdeacon Luke. "The festival director has been gracious enough to allow us the opportunity to celebrate daily Matins and Vespers, as well as the Divine Liturgy on Saturday at the event. They've even given us space in one of the main tents and put us in the program!"
Subdeacon Luke is looking for several young adults, age 18 or over, to assist the team that is organizing the department's booth. "If five days of music, art, fellowship, and witnessing to the fullness of the faith sparks your interest, please contact me at 317-460-8574 or firstname.lastname@example.com [5]," said SDn. Luke. "While our primary team has been assembled, we'd very much like to have some college students and others join us."


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Sub-1GHz gives you kilometers of range with very low power consumption. The RF bands are license-free and the robust co-existence technology solves the increasing problem of interference from other wireless systems. Sub-1GHz is suited for applications running on small batteries: Metering and smart grid, alarm and security and home automation.
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Near Field Communication (NFC) is a radio technology enabling bi-directional short range wireless communication between devices to make life easier and more convenient for worldwide consumers by simplifying transactions, digital content exchange, and electronic device connection with a touch.
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As more and more IoT products are being connected to the internet, the security of these devices is becoming increasingly important. A security-focused approach should be taken when building IoT products to protect users' privacy and block any malicious activity.
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My Grandmother - Wordless Wednesday
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5 comments:
- Jennifer said...
Beautiful picture! I love her dress!
- March 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Carol said...
Beautiful photo, beautiful dress, beautiful woman. Stunning!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Nolichucky Roots said...
You have the most glamorous and exotic photos of your grandparents! What a beauty. I love the comb in her hair - and all that lace. Love it.
- March 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Barbara Poole said...
I agree with all of the comments above. You really do have exotic photos. Why so many pictures, did they work part-time in a photographer's studio?
- March 23, 2011 at 7:16 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Thank you all for your nice comments!
I love this photo, too! Neither of my grandparents worked for a photo studio, at least that I'm aware of. My grandmother was a seamstress. She undoubtedly made all of the beautiful dresses she is wearing in the photos. My grandparents were also in plays at their church, and my grandmother sang at church and with the local music festival chorus. I suspect some of the lovely clothes were for performances of one sort or another.
I have so many photos of my mom's family--boxes and boxes. My father's family is the exact opposite. I have practically nothing.
Thank you all again for your comments!
- March 23, 2011 at 8:36 PM


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In Amsterdam, a 'Cloudy' Forecast for Broadband
By Uwe Lambrette, Director, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
Amsterdam may be the one place on earth where it rains more than it does in London. So, it was no surprise that I encountered stormy weather on my flight to Broadband World Forum (BBWF) 2012. As things turned out, the conference theme and the weather were clearly aligned, since the BBWF is fiercely embracing evolution to cloud. Here are some core themes that emerged as I shared some of Cisco IBSG's findings at the conference:
Cloud 2.0: Most service providers (SPs) have already launched an initial cloud offering and are now beginning to measure scaling and growth. The initial offering is often a stand-alone cloud solution, typically focused on infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Once their original implementation goes live, SPs often need to focus on the following improvements:
- Building a platform that aligns with common customer use cases (e.g., hybrid cloud). SPs don't usually start with hybrid cloud. Much like enterprise, they primarily build their own (siloed) solutions. As a result, the "cloud silo" in the SP is often not aligned with or targeted to an enterprise that has its own partial solution in place.
- Scaling and go-to-market strategy. Once the technical launch issues are ironed out, the next area of focus is go-to-market. SPs have to build out an integrated offering (e.g., resale channels for SMBs) and embrace a professional-services approach.
- Improving the economics. SPs are using open-source software like the cloud.com stack. Korea Telecom is but one SP taking this approach. This is in line with Cisco IBSG's findings in enterprise, where companies with a high level of expertise in cloud increasingly move to open-source environments.
Cloud Service Brokers (CSBs): Service brokers were another core theme, as they are a critical control point for SPs. A CSB platform enables the SP to retain customer ownership even when individual offers come from various providers, whether hosted in the SP data center or elsewhere. (For our purposes, the CSBs being discussed are those bundling diverse offers for a single customer target segment. Other CSBs focus on bundling single offers for a diverse set of customers. Enomaly, with its IaaS offer, is an example.) All SPs have launched CSBs. But is the model sustainable? In the long run, newer technologies like HTML5 could enable customers to pick SaaS vendors easily and directly without paying an intermediary's distribution margin. The CSB must truly add value; having probed one CSB, my sense is that sustainable value is not easily defined. Here are four observations on the potential success of CSBs:
- On the downside, the critical issue of data integration (enabling SaaS applications to share and exchange data) is still "being worked out." Without data integration, it becomes difficult for CSB customers to ensure data consistency across a more extensive set of SaaS applications. SaaS "sprawl" threatens the integrity of corporate IT. With data integration, CSB survival is secured.
- On the "so-so" level, a CSB is attractive only when it enables a broad ecosystem. An application developer, for example, does not want to customize software for a multitude of CSBs, as it is too resource- and time-intensive. The CSB must therefore command a wide range of ecosystem partners to benefit from the network and scale effects, and also to be in a prime position with developers. It is essential that the integration of the software offering into the CSB framework is simple enough that the CSB does not become the bottleneck.
- CSBs will not "cut it" in the SMB market, since SMBs want additional, trusted personal services. Thus, SPs are advised not to rely on portals alone when selling cloud services.
- A CSB's key benefit could be enabling a commercial framework in an existing distribution chain, so that resellers and channel partners have clear and reasonable incentives to promote.
- Cisco IBSG has been told that enterprises are not interested in buying from "middle men" (like CSBs) as they just add margin and eliminate customizability. In my opinion, the longer-term survival story for CSBs has not yet been decided – many SPs are experimenting: SingTel, Telstra, Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, KPN, to name a few.
Network and Cloud Integration: This is a key theme for SPs, and high hopes are placed on this vision: Higher agility, custom service offerings for enterprises, integrated SLAs, lower costs and lower complexity.
- For IT Services. Whilst this is not only about delivering IT services, it heavily plays to delivering IT services. My concern is though that many workloads don't require this integration; for SPs, winning in this market is more about extensive feature sets and ease of buying experience (bypassing corporate processes like partisans). Those pursuing network and cloud integration forgo quick-win cloud workloads. Where high performance is required, network and cloud integration is indispensable, as are hybrid cloud offers. This is no easy game, and SPs who want to win here must have high competencies in their offers from the application to network level, including hybrid cloud. Further, an agile network-cloud combination requires significant OSS efforts. OSS is often the singular area causing most trouble in time to market and service delivery, on the other hand, as highlighted in some keynotes. So this proposition poses additional strains on an already stressed asset. Delivering against this vision will be possible only with partners, such as systems integrators. The only immediately appealing SP route appears to be horizontally scalable, quality-dependent workloads, including collaboration and video. These have the added benefit of natural proximity to the SP's core business.
- SDN Hype: The "cloudification" effect ("let's use commodity hardware and move all complex networking operations into a cloud orchestrated by low-cost, open-source software") is also reflected in discussions of software-defined networking (SDN). In my humble opinion, SDN will offer limited appeal in the broader SP context. In the era of the Stuxnet worm, there is too much concern about customers and perhaps employees interacting in "undesirable" ways, increasing the liability of SPs. It is already enough of a challenge to manage all policies for network configuration; it is quite another to give thousands of business customers access to a configurable network while providing them with competitive and reasonable flexibility.
Deutsche Telekom, for example, will launch Terastream, where some of the higher layer network functionality such as CDN and IMS will be integrated in a cloud service center. It's not a proper SDN yet, while trials to use it in the RAN context are about to begin. In IBSG (my team) we think any SDN agility benefits rely heavily on the business architecture, and how this is matched with OSS. OSS is the Achilles heel.
Nonetheless, SDN will find its application in focus areas such as machine-to machine (M2M). In a broader context, SDN complements virtual data centers and the integration of a complex set of resources in a virtual container as part of a multi-tenant cloud. In this case, the resources themselves are entirely virtual, and they are not shared among multiple users even though they execute on a multi-tenant cloud platform.
Cynics have told me "SDN is just a pressure tool to get better deals." They believe that most suppliers—when presented with a ferocious threat to deploy SDN—will knock a few percentage points off their, say, maintenance contracts, rather than risk losing a franchise.
In summary, I think SDN will be very effective in well-defined segments of the market, but it will likely stay out of the wide area of "multi-tenant" service provider networks for the time being.
At the Broadband World Forum, cloud was front and center in nearly all discussions, and I believe this presages many further positive developments. It may have been dark and stormy in Amsterdam, but there was no shortage of flowers throughout the city. Similarly, a thousand flowers will blossom under cloud, and a world of many clouds will continue to evolve.
For an even deeper dive into the topic, please read "Riding Cloud to Improve Economics" and "Unleashing IT – Enterprise Migration."
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For best results and to minimize the migration of adhesive from the tape to the probes measurement system, DeFelsko recommends using the supplied tape holder.
Simply adhere the replica tape to the Replica Tape Holder, ensuring that the compressible foam on the replica tape is located over the hole in the Replica Tape Holder. Once adhered to the Replica Tape Holder, the replica tape can easily be placed into the PosiTector RTR 3D probe with no concern of glue migration.
PosiTector bodies accept all PosiTector probes easily converting from a coating thickness gage to a surface profile gage, dew point meter, soluble salt tester, hardness and ultrasonic thickness gage.
Verify accuracy/operation of coating thickness gages. Important component of fulfilling both ISO/QS-9000 and in-house quality control requirements with a measurement accuracy traceable to NIST or PTB.
Economical alternative to Coated Metal Plates, with a reduced accuracy. Ideal for protecting the PosiTector probe tip.
Battery-operated and light weight, this Bluetooth Printer prints readings and statistical summaries via Bluetooth from Advanced models.
Every PosiTector 200 and PosiTector UTG ships with (1) bottle of Ultrasonic couplant. Additional 4oz. bottles are available (sold in cases of 12). MSDS
Use for continuous operation or battery charging. This kit supplies several alternate power solutions for your battery-operated PosiTector. Operate your gage without the need for batteries.
Convenient hard shell case for carrying a PosiTector gage body and multiple probes
Precharged batteries ready to use with a considerably longer run time than conventional Nickel Cadmium batteries. High performance in low temperatures and no charger required.
Pack of 5 thin plastic lens shields to protect PosiTector display from paint overspray. One lens shield included in every PosiTector purchase.
Certified Polystyrene Blocks are for use with gages that measure over 1500 µm (60 mils).
Ideal for use on thin, soft coatings to protect unnecessary wear while using Scan or Fast mode to measure large objects
Helps reduce adverse operator influence by ensuring the probe is placed perpendicular to the part's surface in a controlled, repeatable way.
Provides a quick accuracy check of the instrument and allows the user to perform practice measurements
Used to verify the accuracy and operation of surface profile depth micrometers
Replacement probe tips - 2 angles available: 60° or 30°
50 pieces (impressions) per roll
Used to verify the accuracy and operation of PosiTector RTR and other spring micrometer replica tape readers
Used to check PosiTector RTR peak height accuracy (RTR H and RTR 3D). One check shim is included with each probe.
Used to check the operation of PosiTector RTR 3D peak density measurement (for use with the PosiTector RTR 3D only).
Pre-moistened with isopropyl alcohol to clean residual adhesive and debris from the anvils helping to insure an accurate test.
To clean the test surface of debris prior to burnishing
Round-end (Ø8 mm) rubbing tool to compress replica film on the blasted surface.
Hand-held Surface Temperature Probe and Liquid Temperature Probe. For use with PosiTector DPMS probes only.
For use with existing conductivity meters. Try the revolutionary, reusable PosiPatch with a low cost trial pack.
Ideal for checking the operation of durometers.
Helps reduce operator influence by ensuring the probe is placed perpendicular in a controlled, repeatable way.
For use with threaded mounts in other test stands and calibrators.
Ideal for checking calibration and operation of ultrasonic thickness gages and are an important component in fulfilling both ISO and in-house quality control requirements.
Genuine leather pouch protects your PosiTest DFT while keeping it within easy reach.
Used to protect the probe transducer (Qty. 2)
Includes adaptable sponge hardware and accessories to convert the PosiTest LPD Basic Kit into a PosiTest LPD Complete Kit.
Extend the PosiTest LPD base rod an additional 0.3 m (1')
Pinholes can be so miniscule that water has difficulty reaching the conductive substrate underneath. Use a surfactant (wetting agent) to lower the surface tension of the water.
For verification of electrical resistance
Interchangeable stand-off allows a PosiTest ATM20 or ATA20 to pull 50 mm dollies. Ideal for lower bond strength finishes such as coatings on wood, concrete and plastic.
Interchangeable stand-off allows a PosiTest ATM50 or ATA50 to pull 10, 14 and 20 mm dollies. Ideal for high bond strength finishes such as coatings on metal.
Loading fixtures, stubs for adhesion testing.
Drilling template and drill bits to isolate test area, ideal for thicker coatings on concrete.
Additional glue, mixing sticks, palettes and cotton swabs.
Ideal for checking the accuracy and operation of PosiTest Adhesion Testers and is an important component in fulfilling both ISO and in-house quality control requirements.
Every PosiTest AIR comes complete with (4) bottles of Test Solution. Additional bottles are available in cases of (16) 8 oz. bottles.
The PosiTector SHD Verifier is ideal for checking accuracy and operation of Shore hardness durometers and is an important component in fulfilling both ISO and in-house quality control requirements.
Like the Standard Magnetic Ring PosiPatch, the NEW Flexible Magnetic ring leaves no messy adhesive residue to clean but is intended for pipes and other tight-diameters.
Heavy-duty, waterproof Pelican cases complete with a custom foam insert to securely hold your PosiTest instrument.
Heavy-duty, waterproof Pelican cases complete with a custom foam insert to securely hold your PosiTector instrument.
For best results when acquiring a 2D/3D parameters and images, it is recommended to use the supplied burnishing ball instead of the stainless-steel burnishing tool.
For best results and to minimize the migration of adhesive from the tape to the probes measurement system, DeFelsko recommends using the supplied tape holder.
Interchangeable stand-off allows a PosiTest ATM or ATA to pull 50 mm x 50 mm square dollies conforming to BS EN 12004-2. Ideal for cementitious adhesive for tiles.
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Letter, O. [Orville] C. Brown to Dear Sir [Edward Allen]
Author: Brown, Orville Chester, 1811-1904
Date: March 18, 1856
Orville C. Brown wrote from his home in Osawatomie to Edward Allen, describing the location of Osawatomie and the natural resources in the area. He also informed the recipient of the letter about the essential provisions to bring when emigrating to Kansas, as well as the current situation of free staters in Kansas.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Collection, #301, Box 1, Folder 7
Item Number: 101639 Number of images: 4
Keywords: Brown, Orville Chester, 1811-1904; Free state cause; Indian lands; Mills and mill-work; Native Americans; Osawatomie, Kansas Territory
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Jeremy Allison recently asked me in an email:
"Couldn't we set up a mode where any content owned by a user, or downloaded by a user, was flagged as not executable. This means no scripts, downloaded binaries, downloaded libraries, java or perl programs etc. would be able to be executed by the logged in user. All files in any directory writeable by the user would be implicitly non-executable.
The only allowed executable content would be that which was owned by the system (ie. no one running a web browser or application that downloads runnable binaries would be able to execute them)
The system could be set into two modes, "programmer" mode, where these restrictions were removed, and "user" mode where the desktop becomes safer for web browsers, which would be the default mode for most "normal" users.
All I got to say is:
Its in there!
SELinux confined users can do this. Setup an account as a staff_u or user_u user and turn off the
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# semanage login -a -s staff_u -rs0-s0:c0.c1023 USERNAME
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Fatah cartoon: Long-nosed Jew explodes Muslim world
Cartoon showing a long-nosed Jew with an Israeli flag on his arm lighting a fuse to blow up a bomb. Inside the bomb, a Shi'ite Muslim and a Sunni Muslim are lighting fuses to blow up each other. The cartoon expresses the libel that Jews/Israel seek to destroy the Muslim world, and are possibly taking advantage of internal Muslim fighting to do so. The cartoon is also critical of the Muslim world, which is depicted as so focused on killing each other that they do not see the Jews taking advantage of it to kill them.
This cartoon previously appeared on Fatah's Information and Culture Commission website on July 28, 2016.
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Oct. 18, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israel pees on international law
Dec. 29, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Israel shoots Santa, claims he was trying to carry out a stabbing attack
Dec. 28, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Israel threatens Santa Claus, plants knife on him to create pretext of "stabbing attack"
Dec. 26, 2016
PA daily cartoon: Large-nosed Israeli soldier sets fire to Christmas tree
Dec. 25, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows that movement still adheres to "armed struggle" as an option
Nov. 29, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israel, depicted as an Orthodox Jew, murders innocent Palestinians and complains to a sympathetic world that it's being attacked
Nov. 28, 2016
Cartoon criticizes bickering on Arab social media over using terms "Israel" or "the Zionist entity" in celebrating Palestinian arson wave, while Arab world burns in background
Nov. 26, 2016
Cartoon shown on PA TV depicts "light" emanating from Martyrs' (i.e., terrorists) corpses blinding long-nosed Israeli soldier
Nov. 21, 2016
Cartoon shown on PA TV depicts Israeli soldier being blinded by light from "Martyrs' corpses," i.e., killed terrorists' bodies
Nov. 21, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts UNESCO revealing naked Jew, denying Jewish connection to the Temple Mount
Oct. 27, 2016
PA cartoon shows Palestinian clutching rock and Molotov cocktail as he hurdles Fatah-Hamas divide
Oct. 27, 2016
PA cartoon: Israel executes prisoners through medical neglect
Oct. 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Long-nosed Jew explodes Muslim world
Oct. 18, 2016
PA Security Forces cartoon: Israeli soldiers hunt and murder Palestinians using their rifles as hunting dogs
Oct. 17, 2016
PA Security Forces cartoon: Netanyahu's hands drip with blood
Oct. 14, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts machine gun waving from Dome of Rock above pool of blood representing 2 murdered Israelis
Oct. 10, 2016
PA National Security Forces posts on Facebook cartoon depicting Star of David imprisoning the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Oct. 8, 2016
PA National Security Forces posts on Facebook a cartoon depicting an Israeli soldier 'boxing' the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Oct. 6, 2016
Cartoon in PA daily: Israel controls the US which controls the world
Oct. 4, 2016
Fatah cartoon presents Former Israeli President Shimon Peres as destined for Hell
Sept. 29, 2016
Cartoon promotes violence to "clean" Jerusalem of Jews
Sept. 29, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Netanyahu holding a bleeding peace dove
Sept. 25, 2016
PA daily cartoon shows Israeli soldier arresting naked baby
Sept. 24, 2016
Fatah reposts controversial cartoon implying Jews are behind world terror
Sept. 20, 2016
PA cartoon: Jew fantasizes about blood and demolition, Palestinian fantasizes about peace
Sept. 20, 2016
PA cartoon: Israel abuses prisoners
Sept. 17, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Bibi flanked by Grim Reapers
Sept. 15, 2016
Israeli soldier eats ancient archaeological site
Sept. 6, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Liberman are butchers slaughtering peace dove
Aug. 21, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Netanyahu outwardly promotes peace while secretly planning Palestinian destruction
Aug. 14, 2016
Religious Jew as IS fighter
Aug. 10, 2016
Fatah cartoon: Netanyahu bulldozing foundations of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Aug. 7, 2016
Fatah cartoon compares Israeli soldier to ISIS
July 12, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's hands dripping blood and UN endorsing Israel's "killing" of Palestinians
June 24, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts Israeli PM Netanyahu as a Nazi with a swastika tattoo
June 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having murdered 'Lady Justice'
June 17, 2016
Official PA daily cartoon depicts Israeli soldier aiming gun while standing on scales of justice
June 16, 2016
Fatah Facebook posts cartoon of Netanyahu walking on graph of rising popularity made of dead Palestinian babies
May 12, 2016
Fatah cartoon criticizes Hamas and Israel, depicts Gaza as a woman being decapitated by Israel and Hamas
May 9, 2016
PA daily cartoon: US presidential candidate "beheads" Statue of Liberty`s torch
Apr. 14, 2016
PA daily cartoon shows Palestinian boy inside Israeli meat grinder
Apr. 6, 2016
Israeli soldier as stabber and executor
Mar. 26, 2016
Official PA daily cartoon: Western world brought terror attacks upon itself
Mar. 23, 2016
Fatah cartoon: US presidential candidate executes world like ISIS executes hostages
Mar. 5, 2016
Cartoon in official PA daily criticizes use of children in terror wave
Feb. 25, 2016
Israel as snake with the head of rifle targeting Muslim and Christian holy sites
Feb. 1, 2016
Fatah cartoon depicts Netanyahu as dinosaur
Jan. 19, 2016
Fatah website publishes cartoon of bleeding Palestinian armed with rifle
Jan. 10, 2016
Cartoon on Fatah website: Israel is destroying Palestinian holy sites
Jan. 4, 2016
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Every so often we spot a great initiative on the ground to tackle undernutrition.
The latest we've spotted comes from Brighton, where Age UK Brighton and Hove and the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership have partnered to produce a handy booklet. 'Eating well to stay healthy as you age' aims to prevent and tackle malnutrition and is tailored to local older people and their carers.
The idea
The idea for the booklet began in 2016. Age UK Brighton and Hove was commissioned by the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to carry out research on healthy eating and malnutrition with people aged 80 and over who may have been socially isolated and whose views were underrepresented.
One of the key recommendations from the research was to produce an information booklet to raise the level of knowledge amongst older people, and their carers and families, of the impact of malnutrition.
In addition, a recent Brighton and Hove Food Partnership report on healthy ageing and food found that locally there was a real lack of knowledge about the nutritional needs of older people, how this changes as you get older and where to go for advice and information.
What's in the booklet?
The booklet aims to tackle some of these knowledge gaps. Simple to follow, it outlines what malnutrition is, how to spot the key signs in an older person or someone they care for, what to do if worried, and ideal food to eat, like full fat, to combat malnutrition.
It also lists the local bodies which can help with nutritional needs, including lunch clubs and community cafes. A new Casserole Club which has just launched in Brighton is featured as well. The Club matches volunteers who enjoy cooking with other locals who would benefit from a meal and friendly chat, and it's really positive to see a service like this which can tackle malnutrition and loneliness taking root here.
It's so great to see a booklet like this being produced and it's equally great to see the local CCG funding the project. Launching the booklet at a local pub, Jane Lodge, a representative for the CCG, spoke and reiterated the Malnutrition Task Force's view that the stereotypical view of a little old lady with rings falling off reinforces the dangerous idea it's normal to be malnourished in later life.
Importance of working locally
Working at a local level can be a great way to tackle malnutrition – we can see that from some of the strong initiatives pioneered by our Malnutrition Prevention Programme.
We hope that Brighton will have every success with their booklet and look forward to seeing what other initiatives will follow.
To view the booklet, download it here. If you live in the city, you can collect it from The Food Partnership, based in the Brighthelm Centre in central Brighton.
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Wagoner will work primarily with the Bobcat shooting guards. He will handle film exchange with opponents and other schools as well as assist in the GCSU recruiting efforts. His focus in recruiting will be on targeting the Mid-West and Northwest.
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"A" Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women's Rights
University of Massachusetts Press, 2004 - Social Science - 315 pages
"A very dangerous woman" is what Martha Coffin Wright's conservative neighbors considered her, because of her work in the women's rights and abolition movements. In 1848, Wright and her older sister Lucretia Mott were among the five brave women who organized the historic Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention. Wright remained a prominent figure in the women's movement until her death in 1875 at age sixty-eight, when she was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. At age twenty-six, she attended the 1833 founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society and later presided over numerous antislavery meetings, including two in 1861 that were disrupted by angry antiabolitionist mobs. Active in the Underground Railroad, she sheltered fugitive slaves and was a close friend and supporter of Harriet Tubman. In telling Wright's story, the authors make good use of her lively letters to her family, friends, and colleagues, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These letters reveal Wright's engaging wit and offer an insider's view of nineteenth-century reform and family life. Her correspondence with slaveholding relatives in the South grew increasingly contentious with the approach of the Civil War. One nephew became a hero of the Confederacy with his exploits at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and her son in the Union artillery was seriously wounded at Gettysburg while repelling Pickett's Charge. Wright's life never lacked for drama. She survived a shipwreck, spent time at a frontier fort, experienced the trauma of the deaths of a fiance, her first husband, and three of her seven children, and navigated intense conflicts within the women's rights and abolition movements.Throughout her tumultuous career, she drew on a reservoir of humor to promote her ideas and overcome the many challenges she faced. This accessible biography, written with the general reader in mind, does justice to her remarkable life.
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- You may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications installed, or if you've modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
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Installing the update
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Choose Software Update from the Apple menu to automatically check for the latest Apple software using the Internet, including this update. (Software Update might have linked you to this article to learn more about the update.) If your computer is not up-to-date, other software updates available for your computer may appear which you should install. Note that an update's size may vary from computer to computer when installed using Software Update. Also, some updates must be installed prior to others, so you should run Software Update more than once to make sure you have all available updates.
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- Resolves stability issues with Word of the Day, iTunes Artwork, and Slideshow screen savers.
- Fixes an issue in which certain attached hard drives may not show up in the Finder.
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- Improves Spotlight searches on a AFP file server volumes.
- Clients can now change their password at the login window when bound to a Mac OS X 10.4 Open Directory server.
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- Improves reliability when using Time Capsule.
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- Addresses an issue in which Automator workflows as Finder plugins do not work when the workflow begins with the "Get Selected Finder Items" action.
- Fixes an issue in which the "Copy Files" action does not reliably work when added from Automator's warning dialog.
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- Resolves an issue in which the inspector does not show capacity and availability info for conference rooms within a building.
- Addresses an issue in which the current day could appear in the left-most column of the weekly view.
- Addresses reliability issues with meeting alarms, invitations and attachments.
- Resolves issues with reliability when restoring from iCal backups.
- Fixes accuracy issues with auto-completion, availability data and location names.
- Resolves an issue in which iCal may send cancellation notices for events in the past after a calendar is deleted.
- Fixes reliability issues with iCal syncing.
- Addresses reliability issues with screen sharing.
- Resolves an issue in which saved chat transcripts may reported as "still in use" after opening and closing them in iChat.
- Resolves an issue with group chats not being indexed in Spotlight.
- Only the last 250 messages of an active chat are saved. Fixed to save unlimited number of lines.
- Addresses issues with echo cancellation that may occur on portable Macs.
- Resolves an issue in which Mail may prevent idle sleep when set to automatically check for new messages every minute.
- Addresses stability issues that may be encountered when dragging large attachments into an email message.
- Fixes an issue that could occur if two compose windows are open when dragging a file to the Mail icon in the Dock.
- Addresses reliability issues when changes are made to a mailbox while offline.
- Resolves wrapping issues that may be found with consecutive spaces in plain text.
- Fixes issues with certain web pages appearing garbled when emailed from Safari.
- Fixes an issue in which the Sent, Drafts, and Outbox mailboxes incorrectly list the "cc" recipients in the "To" column.
- Addresses reliability issues with attachments added to plain text notes.
- Fixes reliability issues with authenticated RSS feeds.
- Resolves an issue in which attaching an alias to an email message may not send the actual file.
Parental Controls
- Addresses reliability issues with application logging and time limits.
- Resolves an issue in which Parental Controls may prevent forced sleep.
- Addresses performance issues with web content filters.
- Fixes an issue with managed accounts in which iChat transcripts may not be created.
- Addresses issues with 4-byte files and whitelist.
- Resolves an issue in which switching to a different space and returning back to the original space may reorder the application windows with a different active window.
- Resolves an issue in which activating an application from the Dock switches to a different space, even if there is a window for that application in the current space.
- Fixes an issue in which Command-Tab may incorrectly switch to a new space.
- Addresses reliability issues with Spaces when syncing preferences over .Mac.
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- Includes fixes for Time Machine compatibility with Time Capsule.
- Resolves certain issues when backing up a portable Mac that is on battery power.
- Addresses compatibility issues with Aperture 2.
- Addresses reliability issues when performing a full restore from a Time Machine backup.
- Fixes an issue in which certain function keys may be disabled after using Time Machine.
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|2013-02-20, 11:00
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I'm thinking "Overdrive - Mode Green" is an IS Skill.
1) It has nothing to do with her blades, into which she allegedly pumped every bonus.
2) It shined. Not just when it was activated, but continuously, for as long as it was in effect, as Niko said that IS Skills would.
As to effect, it's hard to tell. It could increase the strength of her armor, but mostly it just seems to improve her ability to dodge. It did not, however, prevent her from concentrating on finding an opening in Nidhogg's defense, or from attacking.
Hard to say why she abandoned the technique after landing just one blow.
It's interesting to suppose that KYH has one IS technique for each of the other pure colors: Red and Blue modes, and such.
|2013-02-20, 12:21
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
<<Terminate Sword>> is most likely to be useful against regenerating opponents.
I was reminded again of the statement that it would be a troll if KYH's real name would be Sachika since her VA (Sachika Misawa) also bears that name.
|2013-02-20, 12:33
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Further, it did not prevent Chrome Disaster from regenerating after she cut him.
|2013-02-20, 13:13
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Dolphin was kicking at Lotus' leg. If Lotus had rotated her leg, Dolphin's foot would be severed without question because of Terminate Sword.
Lotus felt merciful, and so instead stabbed that leg down into the earth; Dolphin's kick impacted against the flat side of her leg-blade and cracked it, but Lotus remained unmoved.
But Terminate Sword shouldn't have been necessary. If the blades already had the power to cut regardless of armor (piercing even the nigh-indestructible floor-base of the world), then the force of Dolphin's own kick (if intercepted by the blade rather than the flat) would have severed her foot.
One possibility is that Terminate Sword turns near-severings into total severings. As in: If your fingers or limbs would only be half-cut, they are instead totally cut off.
|2013-02-24, 13:17
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 25
To answer the mode green question, yes it is. Head over to the LN thread, I've just published the Chinese Wiki for KYH, and it explicitly states Modes are her IS skills.
About Terminating Sword, I was thinking along the lines of probability of cutting. To explain:
In an equally matched fight, say, Level 1 v Level 1, KYH has a certain low probability of cutting, or severing, when a sword limb comes into contact with the opponent.
This probability rises by small amounts, factoring in speed of the strike, angle of attack, special skills being used by either avatar.
This probabilty changes by a moderate amount when factoring in level differences, Enhanced Armaments in contact with the sword-limb, and what part of the sword limb. Remember KYH vs Pile, her sword hand was right on his pile driver and it wasn't being cut.
Finally, the probability changes by a large amount if a weak spot is targeted, or KYH is using IS to artificially increase the probability.
AW is very much an MMO and these probability mechanics are right at home here. And while we mainly have Lotus vs Radio to go on as evidence, it does somewhat explain why Radio can go 1v1 with her: he only parried with his scepter (possibly a high-class armament), attacked with high speed, and being of equal level, the default probability of being cut in two is the same as a hypothetical fight between Level 1 Lotus and Radio.
And then he got his horn sliced right off because it definitely was part of his head, an critical area which boosted the probability of being cut.
|2013-02-24, 14:05
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Notably, she doesn't have a Yellow Mode. She can imagine going so far out of close range that she lands in Red, but not so far into Yellow that she gets past Green.
From the beginning, Black Lotus is a direct-damage close-range avatar, after all. Despite being allegedly pure Colorless, Lotus is biased in a way that suggests a chromatic color affinity.
So even with the power to cut cleanly through any armor, Black Lotus could only count on reducing HP without regards to her own strength or the target's toughness, but she could not reliably sever body parts with a single strike.
At least until she got Terminate Sword, which increased her chances to inflict dismemberment to 100%, but still only under certain conditions.
Speaking of all this, I'm not sure Death By Embrace is all that hot.
Between Absolute Cutting, Terminate Sword, and having an opponent in such a vulnerable position as an embrace with her swords at his neck, why does she need a "Level 8" attack and a full SP gauge to pull it off?
It smacks of Spiral Gravity Driver -- an investment with insigificant returns.
|2013-02-25, 09:39
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|2013-02-25, 09:45
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 25
Death By Barraging would have killed Dolphin instantly had she not been using Tidal Wave. Death By Piercing IIRC also OHKOs. But Embracing not only deals a critical hit, it's used to kill opponents, not just hurt them.
Spoiler for Known victims:
What I'm basically saying is that Embracing is so powerful it justifies the need for full SP gauge and point-blank contact.
|2013-02-25, 12:11
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Anomaly / 矛盾存在
Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 25
>.> is it a custom to credit translators here? Even then..
I'll concede, Gold. I'll post the wiki translations in the respective character threads where appropriate. Thus:
|2013-02-25, 18:19
|Link #93
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Barraging is for when she's not confident of scoring one successful hit, and so tries to kill through regular damage with as many strikes as possible.
Spoiler for Known victims:
Was that spoiled for the benefits of others, or myself? I had no idea, so I openned and looked.
Now I don't know whether I'm angrier at you or myself.
Anything and everything about Spiral Gravity Driver is discussed in Takumu's character thread. It's easy to find.
|2013-02-26, 11:49
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The distinction I made was between ME, the one the post was replying to, or anyone who might happen to read it.
I'd already told you in the QA thread that I don't want those kind of spoilers, so why did you include that in a post to me?
|2013-03-27, 10:43
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You know, reading back over the earlier discussions, it's surprising how many people seem to have missed the full implications of unlimited burst for Kuroyuki. Most people that mentioned the issue seemed to think she was just a few years older than her chronological age, 20s was the most I recall seeing mentioned here.
For the Unlimited Neutral Field, aka, the real Accel World, 8000 years have passed since it's creation. If you spent just 4 hours real world time in the AW every day (not an unusual amount of time per day to spend on recreational activities like games, tv, reading, etc), after a year you would have spent about 166 years in the Accel World.
Kuroyuki started the game 7 years ago real world time. It would have been pretty easy for her (or the other kings and veteran players for that matter) to have spent a few centuries in the Accel World. That's a lot of time to affect a personality. Even if she hasn't spent centuries there, to live up to her claim of "more time than anyone in this country" spent there, she almost certainly would have had to spend a few decades there.
|2013-04-01, 21:30
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Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 7 / Manga Volume 1, Chapter 6, Page 12:
Nurse: "You should also…return home and rest. It seems that someone from her family will be coming tomorrow."
Keeping in mind that this is well after the family lawyer showed up, I wonder who visited her?
It might have been her parents, still ashamed of her apparent mental breakdown two years ago but still concerned for her...
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- Stay in the shade when possible, and limit sun exposure during peak intensity hours - 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Heat Stress in Exercising Children
- The intensity of activities that last 15 minutes or more should be reduced whenever high heat or humidity reach critical levels.
- Before outdoor physical activities, children should drink freely and not feel thirsty. During activities less than one hour, water alone is fine. Kids should always have water or a sports drink available and take a break to drink every 20 minutes while active in the heat.
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Mojo magazine recently conducted an interview with drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Mojo: Were you disappointed when ZEPPELIN didn't carry on?
Jason: Yes. Much as I knew it was a one-time thing, my mother said to me before hand, "Are you sure you're going to be OK walking away from this?" I said, "Yeah, I'll be fine." And, to be honest, it was hard. When you sit in that seat, it's the greatest feeling. I had a real sense of accomplishment, but even when I was playing I half expected any minute now the doors are going to open and my dad will appear and go "Oi, hop it!"
Mojo: When you watch "Celebration Day", what do you feel?
Jason: Proud, amazed. I wasn't sent a cut beforehand. So I watched it for the first time at the premiere in New York, with the audience cheering on the screen and the audience cheering in the room. Jimmy [Page, guitar] would break into a solo and the whole place would go nuts. It was like re-living the gig all over again.
Mojo: Would you like to play with Jimmy, Robert [Plant] and John Paul [Jones] again?
Jason: I'd be a fool if I said no. At the New York press conference there were three questions in a row, asking "Are you gonna do something again?" Robert didn't get the hump exactly, but he gets the hard end of the stick. So he said, "Haven't you got another question about the film itself?" But I can see why they're asking. Because when you watch the film, we all look like we are having such a great time, it's no wonder people want to know if we're going to do it again
Mojo: What is stopping that from happening?
Jason: I can't say. I don't know. Let's say, it's in the lap of the gods. Everybody is actually getting along great at the moment. I've learned in the last few years that the Internet is not your best mate, and there are a few doubters out there. So the film was a great thing to watch. I know I live in the shadow of the greatest drummer in the world, so it's nice to have a bit of sunshine now and again.
Read the entire interview from Mojo.


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Among the "cool facts" about golden eagles listed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is this: "Members of the Hopi tribe remove nestlings, raise them in captivity, and sacrifice them."
"Cool" is not a word the Eagle Defense Network and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) would use. For the last 12 years, they've frightened the Interior Department away from finalizing its written plan to invite Hopi eagle collectors into the Wupatki National Monument in Arizona.
But collection goes on elsewhere in the state. For 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued the Hopi permits to take 40 golden eagle hatchlings. PEER had to sue Interior to get it to release the tribe's complete Arizona kill from 1986 to 2012 — 512 golden eagles and 184 hawks. And that was only the reported kill.
In 2001, Eugene Kaye, then Hopi chief of staff, told me that he saw no reason his people "shouldn't" take golden eagles in violation of federal laws and that he was "pretty sure" they'd been doing it all along. He was proven correct in 2008 and 2010 when, in three separate court cases, 10 Hopi Tribe members were convicted of doing just that. Of these, nine were ordered to pay restitution fees of between $250 and $500; one was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Here's what I learned from federal biologists, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents and the Hopi: If there are two hatchlings in a nest, the Hopi take both to avoid what they now describe as an "affront to the gods." Before they helped deplete Arizona's golden eagle population and had an easier time finding hatchlings, they took only one.
Eaglets are tethered to roofs, presented with children's toys and told how honored they should feel for being selected for sacrifice. Occasionally their eyelids are sewn shut, and straps around their feet sometimes wear away the skin and sinew. When the birds are fully feathered, they are smothered in cornmeal or strangled by hand so they can travel to "the other world" with messages for the gods.
Other tribes, and some Hopi, object. "How would you like to be chained in the sun for 80 days?" a member of the Hopi Eagle Clan — which reveres free eagles — told an undercover Fish and Wildlife Service agent.
"The biggest problem golden eagles have on the Hopi and Navajo reservations (which occupy about 20 percent of Arizona) is overgrazing," declares raptor biologist David Ellis. "The primary productivity has been destroyed, so there aren't very many jackrabbits or cottontails. The eagles are hurting already, and then they get hit by Hopi. … I view the Hopi Reservation as an (eagle) black hole."
Ellis, who was chided by his superiors for his outspoken defense of raptors, got passed over for scheduled promotion and took early retirement from the U.S. Geological Survey to avoid losing benefits. Now that timid, politically correct bureaucrats aren't peering over his shoulders, he can defend raptors as he sees fit. Hancock House is about to publish his book: "Enter the Realm of the Golden Eagle."
Another federal raptor biologist who asked not to be identified offered this: "The criteria are there to list the golden eagle as at least threatened in northern Arizona. We might as well be putting DDT out there. There are no young birds coming along. We have absolutely no way to justify handing out 40 take permits a year. Some conservation group needs to sue us. It's a no-brain winner; if you can't win that one, you should get another lawyer."
But litigation is unlikely. The environmental community appears terrified of being perceived as unsympathetic toward such liberal causes as religious freedom and racial and cultural tolerance.
I admire and respect the Hopi. But they need to remember that, in addition to being Native Americans, they're American citizens and that, while our Constitution guarantees complete freedom of religious belief, it does not guarantee complete freedom of religious practice. We do not, for example, permit the sacrifice by fire of live goats. It is odd and sad that we outlaw (or at least talk about) cruelty to livestock, but permit torture and the depletion of wild raptors in the name of religious freedom.
Ted Williams is conservation editor for Fly Rod & Reel magazine and lives in Vermont. Writers on the Range is a service of High Country News (hcn.org).


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Haberek's role remains unclear in town talks over Pawcatuck woman's lawsuit
Stonington - The other two members of the Board of Selectmen say they have not yet decided whether they will call upon First Selectman Ed Haberek to step down from upcoming discussions about how the town should handle the Tracy Swain lawsuit.
The Pawcatuck woman has sued the town and Haberek saying that in January of 2010 he sent her "sexually graphic photos of himself" using his town-issued BlackBerry.
At last week's Board of Finance meeting, in which board members expressed concern about the legal fees the town may incur from the lawsuit, Town Attorney Thomas Londregan said a decision about whether to fight the lawsuit or settle it will rest with the Board of Selectmen.
Some finance board members are concerned that Haberek appears to have a conflict of interest in that decision because it is his alleged conduct that led to the suit. After the meeting, Haberek said it is too early to say whether he would recuse himself from the discussion about how to handle the case.
He also pointed out that he is named in most every lawsuit filed against the town by virtue of being the town's chief elected official.
Selectmen George Crouse, who was Haberek's Democratic running mate in the last two elections, said he doesn't know enough about the lawsuit yet to decide whether he thinks Haberek should remove himself from discussions about the suit.
"I need to see all the facts and talk to the town attorney," he said. "But rest assured I will do what is right for the town and to protect the town."
Republican Selectwoman Glee McAnanly said she too wants to get all the facts and review the situation so she can "come to a thoughtful conclusion."
She said that once she feels she has enough information, she will discuss her position at a Board of Selectmen meeting.
Last week, Haberek and Londregan said the town will no longer oppose attempts by Swain to obtain evidence from a cellphone company that she claims will show that Haberek sent her the photos.
The town had taken legal action to a stop her from obtaining copies of the alleged photos, as well as the content of emails and text messages sent from Haberek's phone number from Verizon, the town's cellphone provider. Town officials hope the change in strategy will help extricate the town from the lawsuit.
But Swain's suit also charges that the town allowed Haberek to contact Swain inappropriately, let him transmit graphic photos of himself using town equipment, failed to monitor Haberek's communications and failed to enforce a policy regarding proper use of town equipment and electronic communications.
Swain's suit states that prior to Jan. 12, 2010, Haberek had extensive telephone, email, text message and Facebook communication with her. When Swain told him on that date to stop sending the messages, he allegedly sent her the photos of himself. Swain has said that Haberek told her he sent those messages while he was in his office.
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