text: TV THR Emmy Roundtable: Randy Jackson, Gordon Ramsay and Other Reality Stars on Bad Contestants and Biggest Regrets 8:00 AM PDT 6/17/2013 by Stacey Wilson Hunt , Lacey Rose FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME YOUTUBE Tom Bergeron, Phil Keoghan, Heidi Klum and Padma Lakshmi also dish on tragedies on the set, awkward product placements, and the moments they wish had never aired. Being a veteran in business dominated by scandals and sex tapes deserves kudos on its own. To create more than 10 seasons of family-friendly, Emmy-nominated content? Truly surreal. Representing their genre's best, the six contenders here -- Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, 58; American Idol's (departed) Randy Jackson, 56; The Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan, 46; Project Runway's Heidi Klum, 40; Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi, 42; and Gordon Ramsay, 46, of Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and MasterChef -- dish freely about the strange and hilarious moments that keep them coming back for more. The Hollywood Reporter: Has there been a moment where you sensed a contestant had been pushed too far, and how did you handle that particular moment? Tom Bergeron: When Marie Osmond fainted, and I called for the paramedics. When a contestant actually loses consciousness, I think that's a good sign. Randy Jackson: It might be time to say, "Well, maybe they went a little too far." Gordon Ramsay: Yeah, I think pressure's healthy, and very few can handle it. Pushing them to the extreme is part of the reason why they're there, to get that kind of magic. Jackson: It's part of the competition, too. Ramsay: Also to separate the cream from the milk and to identify who's got it and who hasn't got it. PHOTOS: THR Emmy Roundtable: Behind-the-Scenes With Reality TV's Top Stars Jackson: Yeah, because that's what it's about. Honestly, on our show, you're going to get a chance to win, or come in the top 10 or top 20, and you're going to jump into that great brass ring with all of your idols and compete some more. So you love Rihanna, you love Mariah [Carey], you love Nicki [Minaj], you love Jay-Z, you love Justin Timberlake -- guess what? OK, you won, now go and compete with them with your record. You think there's pressure on the show? Get ready! Padma Lakshmi: The pressure brings out more creativity for a lot of our chefs. I think that pressure is also very revealing about what kind of person that chef is. Sometimes, they'll push themselves too far. They will take on more than they can actually execute, given the time constraints and the budget. Heidi Klum: I'm always surprised when they start complaining. I'm like, "Really? You stood in a line to be part of this, now you're here, and you're tired? Really? Go home and be tired. You're here." And then they say, "We really only have one day to complete this challenge?" I'm like, "How many times did you watch this show?" "Yeah, but we thought this is TV time." Phil Keoghan: That is the show. What we're all trying to do is, essentially, take all this potential energy, put it in a pressure pot, heat up the pot and see what happens. We have all the ingredients for pressure, and we're watching to see what's going to happen when the heat goes up. Bergeron: That's why there's not a show set at a spa. Who the hell wants to watch a bunch of people at a spa? They're all relaxed, and nobody's competing. PHOTOS: THR's Reality Heat List Photos: 'The Bachelor,' 'Shahs of Sunset,' Lisa Vanderpump Ramsay: But it's not really pressure. Jackson: "If you can't stand the heat, get out the damn kitchen." Right? THR: The unscripted industry has experienced a series of unfortunate events because of unsafe conditions. What kind of responsibility do you all feel as producers or hosts? Ramsay: You take it personally. There was a tragic incident with a chef who sadly took his life. It was nothing to do with the program, Kitchen Nightmares; it was just a terrible state that he was going through and a level of pressure [that he was under]. You know, you see that kind of environment, and you get so close to them, and then when you're out of there, you want them to stay in that normality. But I think it's about them being open and honest prior to entering that kind of circus. We do background checks, every network has to go through that parade, but we're not there six months prior. We're there for a week, and so they have to open up, and if they don't give you the bare bones of what the issues are, then no matter what happens, whether it's six months or six years later, if a crew was there, and you're part of that, then you're part of the bigger picture and the headline. It's awkward, but you take it personally. Bergeron: I wonder, too, because the four of you, unlike Phil and myself, your shows deal with people trying to pursue careers. Andy Dick doesn't want to become a professional ballroom dancer, and nor should he. And after they're done with the race, they're back to their life. Keoghan: You're absolutely right. They're coming in there for that experience, and one of the things that we've prided ourselves on is testing and retesting our challenges. I don't worry about the teams doing any challenge on our show because it's been so thoroughly tested over and over and over again. The thing I worry about is when they're just doing something ordinary like ending up in a taxicab in India. There is a potential for something to go wrong because it's not something that we can control. Jackson: Last season on Idol, we were in Hollywood, and we had like three people in a row just drop from the stage and pass out, hit the floor. This one girl, she's going up to sing, and she just falls in front of us, and you're just like, "Oh my God, what is happening?" The doctors are all there, and we took it personally. You have to stay hydrated! [pagebreak] Klum: You take care of them, but at the end of the day, they're not kids. When you sign yourself up for what you're doing, you have to take care of yourself. Ramsay: I think there should be more aftercare. We leave them with a prescription, but I personally would like to see a stronger follow-through. THR: What would that look like? Ramsay: Well, we had a situation for the first time on Nightmares where I actually sat the couple down [the owners of Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz.] and said, "You've got every right to run the restaurant how you see fit, but I can't help you." The problem with restaurants is that anyone can go and buy one, and that's what we're dealing with. You have a glamorous dinner party, and all of a sudden your neighbors say, "Hey, you should have a restaurant." So they fall in love with the idea as opposed to the reality of actually doing the job. But I drew a line in the sand. If they're a couple that's so dysfunctional, then they don't deserve that restaurant, and I'm going to stick my hand up in the air and say, "I cannot help you." And that's on the back of three months of research, and it's a proper program, and I've put my hand up and admitted, "You are too far gone, stop faking it." PHOTOS: The Dark Side of Reality TV: 25 Tragic Deaths Keoghan: And you were the most unpopular person at work that day. Ramsay I was, yes. Keoghan: All that work, right? Ramsay: I will not be going back to Arizona for a long time. THR: A lot of this speaks to the casting process. Has what you consider to be a good contestant changed since you've started? Jackson: We find that the public always wants to see a cross section. Sometimes people say, "Well, why don't you just have all the good people?" If all the good people would show up, that's what we'd have. Do you think all the good people are sitting at home going: "You know what? I'm going for that Idol thing, man, I'm ready"? It just doesn't happen, so you get a lot of wild, interesting people. Bergeron: But you want to see that. We did an all-star season last fall with Dancing With the Stars, and the numbers went down. We all thought, "This is going to be great, all the people that you've loved before" -- it was like The Avengers of ballroom dancing. But it wasn't. What we heard -- and I wish my wife had told me this before we started, because she said [it, too] -- "I like it better when they're struggling. I like to see the arc." Keoghan: It's so true. Jackson: By the way, it shows you that if you see someone struggling or not very good, when you see the really good one, you're like, "Wow." Klum: But you also see that sometimes these people get pushed forward, not from you guys, necessarily, but America votes for them because they actually want to see that train wreck happen again, right? Jackson: Yeah, they love that. Lakshmi: They like the underdog, too. Ramsay: The transition of watching and witnessing. That's what they're like three months prior; look what they're like now with the confidence and mentoring. That, for me, is the payoff. Jackson: That's the real story of all these shows. Keoghan: The viewer sees it more than a lot of people realize. The viewer is incredibly discerning at very quickly picking up whether that person is there because they are really that coal miner from Alabama and they're there to take on this experience as opposed to someone who's there because they want some afterlife from the show to go do something. With our show having been on over a decade now, we're attracting more people, but there are also a lot more people who are applying because they think, "Ooh, I could become famous." PHOTOS: Mike Darnell's Greatest Hits: 'American Idol,' 'Kitchen Nightmares' and 'The Swan' Ramsay: I've seen it more with the parents. We're just coming to the end of this shoot with Junior MasterChef, which was about 8-year-old boys and girls. Their parents are up on the balcony, and they are literally pointing, "I told you inside that layer cake is where you put the f--ing raspberries." Bergeron: I wouldn't think you'd want to annoy your child and then have them hold sharp objects. THR: Is it fair to say the thread between your collective shows -- some of which have been on the air for a decade -- is that they're family-friendly? Ramsay: Sometimes. BERGERON Dysfunctional families are families, too. Jackson: Yes, they are, they are. Keoghan: But you know, what's interesting is, there are still so many people out there that when they hear the words "reality television," they don't actually think of these shows. It does frustrate me sometimes that people will immediately think of the train-wreck shows that are big, big, big, and then they're gone the next season. [pagebreak] Lakshmi: I couldn't agree with you more. I actually don't think of our shows as reality shows. I think they're mislabeled. To me, they're game shows or competition shows. Ramsay: Everyone says it's reality, but it's unscripted drama. Lakshmi: A common denominator in all of our shows is that they're about people trying to be better, whereas there's still a large swath of reality shows that are actually exhibitionists and people willfully trying to be controversial or idiotic or just acting out. Bergeron: There was this -- I don't want to malign the well-intentioned people who put it together -- but I'm about to … Keoghan: Go for it. PHOTOS: From Emma Stone to Jennifer Hudson, 12 Reality Stars Turned Actors BERGERON It was this reality awards show that happened in town like a year or so ago, and I, in a moment of weakness, agreed to go. I think a friend was being honored, and I went there, and it was like a Fellini wet dream. I mean, it was unbelievable. Freaky. Lakshmi: I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV. THR: Looking back, is there a scene or moment on your show that you wish hadn't aired? Klum: Thankfully, I don't have anything like that. Jackson: I don't think there's any moment on Idol I wish hadn't aired. If you're calling yourself a real reality show, you have to show it all. Keoghan: I wish we hadn't done the family version of Amazing Race, but I'm proud that we tried it. It didn't work, and it came back to the whole thing of having to eliminate kids. It's hard enough to eliminate anybody because they want to be there so badly, and I had to look into a kid's eyes with the tears pouring down with a raised eyebrow and dramatic pause, cameras coming in: "I'm sorry to tell you, you've been eliminated." Klum: You're a monster, Mr. Keoghan. Keoghan: So we do the family version of The Amazing Race, and the very first family that I have to eliminate is the Black family, who happen to be black. They were an amazing family, and I was talking to the father about how he wanted to be addressed. He said, "I want to be called the Black family. I'm very proud of my name, and I'm proud to be black." I was like, OK, and so we go to Harlem, and I'm doing a school visit, and I'm standing on the stage thinking, "How am I going to do this?" It's 800 kids, and I go, "And now from The Amazing Race: Family Version, please welcome …" And I just didn't know what else to say but "the Black family." I thought I was going to be killed, and then Mr. Black, thankfully, came up and said, "Hey, settle down, that's our name, we're Black, and we're brown." He saved my life. I guess I wish that hadn't aired. Lakshmi: That's great television, clearly. Bergeron: Week two, he gets rid of the Honky family. PHOTOS: 'American Idol': Randy Jackson Through the Years Lakshmi: I don't know if I wish it hadn't aired, but I certainly wish it hadn't happened. It was my first season of Top Chef, and it was toward the end of the season, when there was this Lord of the Flies moment, and they kind of ganged up on Marcel Vigneron, who looks very similar to the Wolf Man or Wolverine. He had these mutton chops. He's a very eccentric, interesting young man, and he's very sweet, but he came off as very annoying to all of the people who had to live with him. They held him down and threatened to shave his head, and it got very ugly, and we did stop it. The person who actually did the holding down regretted it terribly and paid the price because we did air it. It was a terrible moment for us. What happened out of the kitchen did overshadow what happened in the kitchen. THR: How involved are you in the day-to-day business realities of your shows, whether it be ratings or network notes? Lakshmi: I don't look at ratings until somebody tells me. But I've already filmed that season when the ratings come out. With advertising, it's a very expensive show to do, so there are times when we have people or corporations who come in, and it's the "challenge for Uncle Ben's" or whatever. I'm the one on air who gets kind of most, I don't want to say saddled or slammed with the crappy part of it, but I feel like I do because I wind up saying the brand name in my introduction of the challenge to these chefs. And it's never, "Get in your car," it's "Get in your blah, blah, blah car." I have to make that shit sound natural, and it's hard. Ramsay: I think it's a lot more difficult in the U.K. because you can't be that blatant. Over here, it's so much easier, so having experience in producing The F-Word and Nightmares in the U.K., we can't do anything there. We can't mention that Uncle Ben's. What it does do from a producing point of view is, it makes you strive harder to become more creative. [pagebreak] Klum: As long as the show does not suffer because of that, it's OK. Bergeron: It's hard. I got on a Netflix binge with Sons of Anarchy, so I'm watching every episode, and they're all drinking Miller Lite. They're these bikers, and all the labels are facing the camera. And it took me right out of the show. It was awkward product placement. Klum: We have to integrate it into the challenges. My show, Project Runway, is probably one of the lowest-budget shows sitting here. We do everything in one small room at Parsons [design school], and it has never changed. And when we have the people come with their integrations, we try to really make them great. For example, if we have a big car company, we say what car it is, but then the designers have to make something out of that car, so they're ripping the car seats out, and they're using that as fabric. If it doesn't hurt the integrity of the show and makes for a great challenge, bring it on. Jackson: For us, it's probably been the most seamless integration. Nobody cares if it's a Coke cup or a Ford car because it's the singing and it's synonymous with the show now. So it has actually worked out quite well, but in the beginning, we got made fun of a lot with the Coke cups. VIDEO: Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn On 'Project Runway' At 10 THR: Do the rest of you pay attention to ratings? Bergeron: We're live every week, so Tuesday morning when I go in and we're going to do a show that night live, I've got the overnights from Monday, and I'm looking at the half-hour breakdowns. We've got The Voice against us now, and we've taken a hit because of that, so I grumble about that a little bit. But I look at where the demo has bumped, what's opposite us. How are they doing? I'm a bit of a ratings whore, frankly. Keoghan: I'm looking. I call [CBS] and say, "How'd we do?" And we've been blessed. We've been on for over 10 years, and we've sat right around 10 million for 10 years, and so I think I would look more if we were dropping radically, or I would probably be more interested if we suddenly went to 20 million and did a Simon Cowell [who famously suggested The X Factor would launch to 20 million viewers]. Oh, that's right, he didn't hit 20 million. Jackson: Oh, it's getting cold in here. Is there a draft? (Laughs.) I don't think about ratings that much because I think when you're in your 12th season and you're still on the air, and you're getting 11, 12, 13 million people an episode, wow. THR: But there's a target on your back with Idol. Jackson: But there's a target on your back because there's a show [The Voice] in its fourth season that's getting that, so you go, "Wait a minute, really?" But we have a saying in the music business. Do you know how you know that you've made it? As soon as they start hating on you, you must be huge. So we get all of the hate from the critics, from the journalists, from everybody, "Idol's fallen, the show's over, it's tanking, whatever." I see it and go, "Wow, we must be really good." PHOTOS: THR's Reality Heat List: Sean Lowe, Kim Kardashian and Others Who Sizzle THR: Does it ever get to you? The criticism? Ramsay: It does at a stage. Then you become thick-skinned because how much shit does one want to read? So I think the longer the seasons go on, the more thick-skinned you become, and then after a while, it's just irrelevant. Jackson: It never gets to me. I played in so many bands for nobody in the crowd, I played a million shows before I made four dollars. So guess what? Bring it on. THR: Final question, which is a little bit lighter. What's your own reality-show guilty pleasure? Jackson: Well, I mean if I must, then I … THR: Is it The Voice? Jackson: Are you kidding? I'd be the last guy to watch a singing show. Keoghan: Have you watched it? Jackson: I watched it once the first season, and I liked the spinning chairs. I thought that was very game-show, very Star Trek or something. But being a proud boy from Louisiana, you know what I love? Duck Dynasty, baby. I'm in, dude. Klum: You know what my kids like to watch, and I watch it with them, is Wipeout. Ramsay: I'm excited to see the new CBS baking show [The American Baking Competition] because it's coming from Britain. I'm not too sure about the affinity in terms of baking here [in the U.S.] because you guys cook brilliantly, but to see these marquees and these tents and British, English tea and scones in the afternoon, I can't wait for it. Keoghan: It's huge there, right? Ramsay: It's massive. They'd come out of their grave to watch that thing. Bergeron: This is no lie, my favorite reality show is C-SPAN. It's not only fascinating sometimes just to watch the minutiae of government, but if you're having trouble sleeping, it is like a video roofie. You just put it on, and you have no memory of what you did for hours beforehand. Ramsay: Deadliest Catch. Lakshmi: Hoarders. Keoghan: My daughter is 17, and I keep up through her. I'll say to her, "What's everybody talking about at school?" And for years, nobody at her school cared about Amazing Race, but in recent years [they have started watching]. … There was this funny story when my daughter met Paula Abdul on the street, and she loved Idol at the time, and she went up and asked for an autograph. Her friend said to Paula, "Oh, you know, her dad is on … " And my daughter's like, "Shh, shut up, don't talk about Dad." She didn't watch my show until she got older, and now, suddenly, I'm kind of cool. Jackson: You know what show my wife loves? Amazing Race. Keoghan: Is that right? I should record a little phone message to your wife. Let me eliminate her for you. When she's a pain, you say: "Hey, baby, watch this. I'm sorry to tell you, you've been eliminated. Boom." Klum: How many times did you have to do that? Keoghan: Every day. Klum: "Can I get you to please say auf Wiedersehen?" I get that. Keoghan: Or "This is Tom's voice mail. You must now choose between leave a message or not leave a message." Lakshmi: The pilot on the American Airlines flight coming here was like, "I have to tell you, please pack your knives and go." I was like, "Yeah, I've never heard that one before." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME YOUTUBE Stacey Wilson Hunt email@example.com GalinHollywood Lacey Rose firstname.lastname@example.com LaceyVRose


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There is a ton of confusion and misinformation going around regarding settings so I have decided to do a write up.
If your Fusion Engine stops functioning properly one of the first things that should be done is to reset the FCU to the factory default settings. This can be done by depressing and holding the tactile switch while plugging in the battery. Many times this is all that is needed to fix a problem. Even if the settings you are running work on another gun, they may not work on this particular one since every gun can behave differently depending on what components it is configured with. Incorrect settings can cause problems such as the gun not feeding/firing, jamming or terrible accuracy. Therefore you should always tune your rifle based on how that particular rifle responds.
Before making any adjustments to the FCU make sure the barrel and nozzle you intend to use are installed and set the pressure on your regulator so the gun shoots at the intended velocity. This is important since changing any one of these variables can make a difference in how the gun behaves and the FCU may need to be adjusted accordingly.
The Fusion Engine has four main dwell settings that affect performance. The order of these dwells is the same in Closed Bolt and Open Bolt. The main difference between the two modes is the location of the start point in the cycle.
The order of the dwells in a firing cycle are as follows: dn, dr, dP, rF
in full auto the cycle repeats: dn, dr, dP, rF; dn, dr, dP, rF.
Each dwell has a recommended setting and some dwells have a minimum recommended setting regardless of all other factors e.g. BBs, magazines, gun brand etc. All dwells are in millisecond (1 thousandth of a second) increments except for the dP which is in 1/10th of a millisecond (1 ten thousandth of a second) increments.
When you want to tune the FCU, the order that you adjust the settings needs to be considered. It is recommended that you start with the FCU at the factory settings.
The first setting to address is the dn setting which determines how long the nozzle is held back. Load all the magazines that you intend to use with the brand and weight BB's you intend to shoot. Select one magazine and use just that magazine for the first portion of the test. Insert the magazine into the gun and shoot about ten shots on semi and ten on full auto. If the gun feeds every single round lower the dn by 2 and repeat. Continue until the gun begins to miss feed, when it starts to miss feed increase the dn by 1 until it feeds every single round again. Burn through the whole magazine using semi and auto and confirm zero miss feeds. If there are miss feeds reload the magazine and shoot again, if there are still miss feeds increase the dn by 1 reload and shoot again until you can get through the entire magazine from full to empty without experiencing a feeding issue. Now, start working your way through the rest of your magazines to ensure you have no feeding issues with any of them. Again, shoot from full to empty as the magazines spring tension can change depending on how much ammo the magazine is pushing up. One magazine might not feed as well as another so, if you experience a miss feed with any other magazine, that magazine feeds slower and you should repeat the first test and adjust the dn to work with that magazine until it feeds properly. Once you can shoot any of your magazines without a miss feed, take note of your dn setting because this is the lowest you can take it at this pressure, using this nozzle, with these magazines and these BB's. If you are not going for the fastest rate of fire possible you will probably want to increase the dn by 1 or 2 to guarantee perfect feeding during use. You now have a base dn to start with. For this example lets say it is a dn of 10.
For the next test do not insert a magazine into the gun and be sure the gun is empty by dry firing a few shots.
Next we will look at the dP setting which determines how long power is applied to the solenoid which opens the poppet valve. When the poppet valve is opened it releases air to fire the BB. If this setting is to low the gun will not fire the first shot after sitting for a short period of time, if it is lower still the gun will not fire at all. Some guns will need the dP to be adjusted with significant changes in climate and/or geography. The dP setting is in 1/10th of a millisecond increments so any changes to it are going to have a very minor effect on the poppet valve. To start, reduce the dP setting by 2 and let the gun sit for 5 minutes. Fire the gun twice on semi and confirm that the poppet valve fires air down the nozzle/barrel for both shots. Continue to reduce the dP by 2 and letting the gun sit for 5 minutes until the first trigger pull does not fire air down the nozzle/barrel. Increase the dP by 2 and this now the lowest you can take the dP at this pressure and general climate and geography. You can increase the dP from this point to try and tune for longer barrels or heavier ammo however this will only have a very minor affect. You now have a starting dP setting, lets say a dP of 20 which is 2 milliseconds. There is also a base dP value in milliseconds that cannot be altered. This base value is determined by which revision the FCU programming is. The base dP for RE15, 16 and 17 is 2; RE18 and 19 is 2.5; RE20 is 2.7. Add the base value to what you have set the dP to be, lets say 2.5 + 2 = 4.5, this is your total dP value.
Given that you need the gun to feed consistently and fire every time, the dn and dP settings you just set are the base for any future adjustments you will make. Unless you change variables (e.g. pressure, magazines, BB's, climate) and need to adjust settings accordingly most of your tuning will be done using the rF and dr settings. The current total base value for the dn and dP example is 14.5 milliseconds.
Next up is the rF setting, the rF controls the time between closing the poppet and retracting the nozzle.
The poppet takes a certain amount of time to close and shut the firing air off. If the nozzle is allowed to start retracting while air is still flowing it will result in an air leak and a loss of power, consistency and accuracy or jamming especially in full auto. The lowest the rF should be taken is 4. Anything less than this will result in an air leak. (The next paragraph goes into more detail if you are interested, if not skip it). For this example we will leave the rF low and set it to 4.
The dP dwell controls how long the Poppet solenoid is energized, when this dwell time is passed power to the Poppet solenoid is turned off, however, the solenoid takes 2.5 milliseconds to de-energize. This means that when power is turned off to the Poppet solenoid it takes 2.5 milliseconds for the magnetic field to breakdown and to allow the valve to start closing. Once the Poppet solenoid valve closes the Poppet valve in the cylinder has to push air back out through the fittings, clear tubing and the solenoid as it closes off which takes roughly 1 millisecond. This brings the total amount of time between turning off the power to the solenoid and the Poppet valve sealing and shutting off the firing air to 3.5 milliseconds. The rF dwell begins immediately after the dP dwell ends so the rF needs to be set to a minimum of 4 to account for the 3.5 milliseconds needed to seal the Poppet valve. If the rF is less than 4 the dn dwell will start the nozzle retracting before the Poppet valve has fully closed which will result in an air leak and a loss of power, consistency and accuracy or jamming especially in full auto.
Last up is the dr setting. The dr controls the time between releasing the nozzle to return forward and firing the poppet valve. The nozzle takes a minimum of 9 milliseconds at 100 psi to return all the way forward without a BB in front of it. With the solenoid de-energize time of 2.5 milliseconds the nozzle requires no less than 11.5 milliseconds (with no BB in front of it) to return all the way forward from the time the nozzle solenoid is told to shut off. Pushing a BB through the bucking lips will slow the nozzle return speed down some especially if its fit is fairly tight or if you are using heavier ammo. If the dr is lower than 12 the poppet valve will fire off before the BB is seated properly and the nozzle has made a good seal with the bucking. This will result in an air leak and a loss of power, consistency and accuracy or jamming especially in full auto. If you are not trying to achieve a high rate of fire the dr should be set high to allow the maximum amount of time for the BB to settle and the air nozzle to seal. Lets say 17 for the dr.
With the dwells we have set we can now add them together: dn 10; dP 4.5; rF 4; dr 17 for a total of 35.5 milliseconds per cycle. Since 1 second is 1000 milliseconds we can take 1000 and divide it by the total in this case 35.5 giving us 28.17 rounds per second. If you would like to shoot a specific rps you can divide 1000 by that number and that will help figure out what the rF and dr settings need to be. You have already established the lowest you can go with the dn and dP so those are basically fixed. For example 18 rps would be 1000/18=55.5, 55.5-dn10-dP4.5=41, 41 can now be spread between rF and dr. Lets say rF 12 and dr 29. This will give you very close to 18 rps.
If your gun just doesn't shoot how you think it should, one or more of the FCU settings may be the cause. Making changes to the FCU can be a little disconcerting if you dont really understand what the adjustments do are how they really affect the systems performance. This long winded explanation should shed some light on the mysteries of the FCU but just remember that nothing you do in the FCU will actually damage the engine. If any changes made seem to make the Fusion Engine no longer function properly, the changes can always be undone or reset to default.
This was originally posted on pstartalk.com by Cyclops
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How does a dog run? Until now even experts found it nearly impossible to answer this simple sounding question. "We simply didn't know", says Professor Dr. Martin S. Fischer from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany). Surely: A dog moves on four legs, in pacing, trotting or galloping. But so far even the Jena scientist could only guess at the exact motion sequence within the locomotor system. The reason being: "So far scientific studies were limited mostly to the movement of sick animals or to single aspects of locomotion", says Fischer, Professor of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology. To change this, Professor Fischer and his team started a comprehensive study about the locomotion of healthy dogs in 2006 and have now presented the results.
The dogs' movements were analysed three-dimensionally
With enormous technical effort the scientists measured, documented and compared the motion sequences of 327 dogs from 32 different breeds. The dogs were filmed by two high speed cameras in different gaits from the front and from the side. "In addition we analysed the movements three-dimensionally", Dr. Karin Lilje explains. For this, the zoologist glued reflecting markers on the skin of the animals and filmed their movements with infrared cameras. These sent out short flashes and registered their reflections. Up to 1.000 images per second went into these analyses. "As the reflections were being recorded from several cameras we could assess the position of the markers in the room from the data", Dr. Lilje continues. Additionally, the movements of the dogs were recorded with a high speed X-ray video system. The University Institute for Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, which the Phyletisches Museum is also part of, owns one of the most modern and efficient systems of this type. "By combining these three methods data about the movement of dogs are available now in a precision so far unknown", says Fischer.
Numerous displays and preparations of skeletons in today's schoolbooks and museums show how patchy and in some aspects fundamentally incorrect the knowledge about the locomotor system was until now: The displays position the hip and shoulder joint of the animals on the same level. "However this implies that these two joints correlate with each other and that they are the centre of rotation in the movement - which is wrong as we could now prove with the help of our analyses", Professor Fischer points out. According to this in the course of the evolution limbs with three - formerly two - segments each developed from the legs. "And so the shoulder blade is added to the forelegs as a segment close to the body while the middle foot of the hind leg is being rebuilt", explains evolutionary biologist Fischer. Therefore it is not thigh and upper arm and lower leg and forearm that are correlated but the shoulder blade and the thigh, the upper arm and lower leg and forearm and middle foot. The centre of rotation of the front legs is the shoulder blade which is only connected to the skeleton through the musculature. The actual shoulder joint stays nearly immobile in the dogs' process of movement.
The findings will alter the academic teaching
"These findings will alter the academic teaching", Professor Fischer is convinced. For this zoologists present comprehensive material with their scientific results: With the help of high definition X-ray and position data the scientists animated the course of motion into video sequences. Thus not only the dogs' skeletons can be viewed from all sides, the corresponding patterns of musculature and activity can also be studied in detail according to the gait and the phase of the movement. "In contrast to previous animations our video sequences are based on exact measurements. With this we are setting new standards", Fischer believes.
The Jena study provides another astonishing insight into the locomotion of dogs regarding the proportions of the front legs of the dog breeds examined. These were nearly identical in all dog breeds - although, according to Fischer "it is clear that the upper arm of a Schnauzer is shorter than that of a Great Dane". Regarding the total length of a foreleg its length is always exactly 27 percent. Whereas the relative length of the shoulder blade varies between 24 and 34 percent. "The shoulder blade of short legged dogs is relatively long and that of greyhounds is relatively short. But the length of the upper arm always stays the same."
The upper arm is exactly the same length in every dog
Moreover the zoologists owe the discovery that the shoulder blade and forearm and the thigh and the middle foot are moving in matched motion - as if linked - to the X-ray view. "If the forearm is in a vertical position, then the shoulder blade will be in the same position", the Jena scientist explains. In its motion sequence this principle of a 'pantograph leg' is highly dependent on the length of the segment in between. "And that is the upper arm that is exactly the same length in every dog." From this can be concluded that all dogs run very similarly, no matter if they weigh two or eighty kilograms.
The Jena zoologists compiled their extensive collection of data and images in a richly illustrated publication. The newly published volume "Dogs in Motion", does not exclusively address scientists. "We explicitly want to reach all dog owners and people who love dogs in general", Professor Fischer stresses. In close co-operation with two illustrators more than 100 pictures were created for the book as well as its own visual language. Added to the book is a DVD with extensive footage containing high speed videos of selected thoroughbred dogs, X-ray films and many animations.
Prof. Dr. Martin S. Fischer
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Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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It might not be at the top of the list for great skiing destinations, but perhaps it should be. Tiny Slovenia has a surprising amount to offer in the way of winter sports, from cross-country runs to great skiing resorts – all within easy reach of the capital. Rough Guides editor Helen Abramson, a seasoned snowboarder at heart, tries her hand at racing down the Slovenian slopes on skis.
As I clip my toes into the unfamiliar bindings of cross-country skis, I can't help but think that more of my foot should be attached to these alarmingly narrow pieces of fibreglass. Has nobody thought about what my heel will be doing? I'm picturing sweat, frustration, tears and twisted ankles, but as soon as we push off into the first track my feet appear to be perfectly safe and the gliding motion comes smoothly and easily.
I'm at the Pokljuka Plateau in the Julian Alps of Triglav National Park, Slovenia, on the busiest day for years, according to Hike&Bike guide, Grega. That is, apart from when the Biathlon World Cup makes its annual stop here in a fortnight's time. After weeks of terrible weather, today the sky is achingly blue, diggers are out on the roads to cut through the 2m of fresh snow on the ground, and it seems as if the whole of Slovenia is determined to get onto the slopes. It's also the school holidays, and a Sunday; it's mayhem out there.
Recent weather has reflected that of the whole season: unpredictable. In January, rain fell in the high-altitude ski resorts, and it was too warm to make fake snow. Then in early February, thousands of trees froze and died in ice storms, and a quarter of the country's homes were left without power. Electricity is now restored to most places, but over 40 per cent of the country's forests – which cover around 60 per cent of the land – have been damaged by the freak conditions.
Having mastered the basics of cross-country skiing, I move on to the ski slopes of the Julian Alps. There's no denying that by western European standards the alpine resorts of Slovenia are small. However, limitations on the number of pistes are overcome by several factors: the opportunities for beginners (excellent nursery slopes, plenty of wide blue runs and a high teaching standard), well-maintained snow parks, a smattering of challenging black runs for the more advanced, low prices (lift passes are around €30 and 0.5l of beer on the slopes is a refreshing €2.50) and last but far from least, the proximity of the resorts to the capital. You can see planes taking off and landing from the slopes of Krvavec, the second-largest resort in the country, just 10km from Ljubljana airport, and family-friendly Kranjska Gora and the smaller but higher Vogel, with its spectacular views over Lake Bohinj, both about an hour's drive from the city centre.
After a night in the gorgeous lakeside castle town of Bled, a handy base for getting to the Julian Alps resorts, I escape to Jelka, a secluded forest lodge in Pokljuka. I wake to a burning orange glow through the window, as the sun rises for another glorious day ahead. The view from the balcony is like a fairyland, and children are lining up to begin ski classes at the button lift on the little slope next to the hotel. There are dozens of mini lifts like this around the region; where there's a hill, there are skiers.
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In Krvavec, an hour's drive east of Pokljuka, I watch with awe as a 70-year old snowboarder takes on the smaller of the two snow parks, followed by impossibly tiny children leaping over every obstacles. I follow on tentatively, acutely aware that this is truly a nation of ski and sports enthusiasts. Per capita, Slovenia came second only to Norway in the 2014 Winter Olympics medals table, reflecting the enormous possibilities for learning to ski and snowboard here, despite the small scale of the resorts.
The attitude of everyone I meet is geared towards getting as much fun out of the alpine land as possible – Slovenia is a veritable haven for adventure-sporty types. Kravec guide Luka tells me that in summer you can wakeboard on the Zvoh reservoir on the resort's highest peak, nearly 2000m above sea level, with breath-taking views over the valley. He also explains excitedly about a new eco-ski resort opening for the 2014/15 season with more options for advanced skiers, called 2864 – the height, in metres, of Slovenia's highest mountain, Triglav. For now though, it's time to plunge downhill on a snow-bike. Arms straight, lean back, keep your knees in, look where you want to go and you're in for a thrill-seekers' treat. More controlled than sledging (which you can also do here both day and night, of course), but just as fast. There's so much to do in and around this national park, especially for the adrenaline-hungry, that I struggle to imagine anyone ever getting bored.
All too soon, it's time to leave. On the way to the airport, I stop for a late lunch at Jezersek, a five-minute drive from the check-in desks, for the best meal I've had in weeks. It's traditional Slovenian food at its best, with dishes such as bakala (cod paté), venison tartare, seabass with polenta and deer fillet with "hot goat" (goat's cheese wrapped in bacon), in classy surroundings for a surprisingly reasonable price (€5 for a melt-in-your-mouth goulash) – a great way to ease yourself down from the slopes and get ready to return home.
Need to know
Getting there: Wizz Air fly from London Luton to Ljubljana three times a week from €56 return.
Getting around: Shuttle buses run from Bled to Vogel and Krvavec, but if you want to move around the different resorts with ease, you're best off hiring a car. Most of the driving is on open roads or highways, apart from the drive to Pokljuka, which takes you up a windy mountain road.
Ski resorts:
Vogel has 22km of beginner and intermediate runs. It's 85km from Ljubljana and 30km from Bled. Summit: 1,535m.
Pokljuka Plateau has 20km of cross-country ski routes and is 10km east of Vogel (70km from Ljubljana).
Kranjska Gora has 30km of pistes, mostly beginner and intermediate runs with good nursery slopes ideal for children, plus a handful of black pistes and 40km of cross-country tracks. It's a 60km-drive from Pokljuka round the outskirts of Triglav National Park (85km from Ljubljana). Summit: 1,623m.
Krvavec is 10km from Ljubljana Airport and has 30km of ski runs, with majority intermediate runs, and more black runs than the other resorts. Summit: 1,971m.
2864 Bohinj Eco Resort is due to open Dec 2014, between Bled and Vogel (75km from Ljubljana), with 47km of pistes and direct access via train from Ljubljana.
Ski passes: Prices range from €27–31.50 per day, or €140–160 for six days. You don't need a ski pass for the cross-country skiing at Pokljuka, though hiring the equipment costs €50/day.
Explore more of Slovenia with the Rough Guides destination page for Slovenia, book hostels for your trip, and don't forget to purchase travel insurance before you go.
For more information on winter sports in Slovenia, go to www.slovenia.info, email [email protected] or call +44 (0)870 225 5305.


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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
So this week I decided I'd do a Little Wonder of a different kind and focus on an underused IDE improvement: Visual Studio's Box Selection capability. This is a handy feature that many people still don't realize was made available in Visual Studio 2010 (and beyond). True, there have been other editors in the past with this capability, but now that it's fully part of Visual Studio we can enjoy it's goodness from within our own IDE.
So, for those of you who don't know what box selection is and what it allows you to do, read on!
The problem with traditional text selection in many editors is that it is horizontally oriented. Sure, you can select multiple rows, but if you do you will pull in the entire row (at least for the middle rows). Under the old selection scheme, if you wanted to select a portion of text from each row (a "box" of text) you were out of luck. Box selection rectifies this by allowing you to select a box of text that bounded by a selection rectangle that you can grow horizontally or vertically.
So let's think a situation that could occur where this comes in handy. Let's say, for instance, that we are defining an enum in our code that we want to be able to translate into some string values (possibly to be stored in a database, output to screen, etc.).
Perhaps such an enum would look like this:
1: public enum OrderType
2: {
3: Buy, // buy shares of a commodity
4: Sell, // sell shares of a commodity
5: Exchange, // exchange one commodity for another
6: Cancel, // cancel an order for a commodity
7: }
Now, let's say we are in the process of creating a Dictionary<K,V> to translate our OrderType:
1: var translator = new Dictionary<OrderType, string>
2: {
3: // do I really want to retype all this???
4: };
Yes the example above is contrived so that we will pull some garbage if we do a multi-line select. I could select the lines above using the traditional multi-line selection:
And then paste them into the translator code, which would result in this:
3: Buy, // buy shares of a commodity
4: Sell, // sell shares of a commodity
5: Exchange, // exchange one commodity for another
6: Cancel, // cancel an order for a commodity
7: };
But I have a lot of junk there, sure I can manually clear it out, or use some search and replace magic, but if this were hundreds of lines instead of just a few that would quickly become cumbersome.
Now that we have the ability to create box selections, we can select the box of text to delete! Most of us are familiar with the fact we can drag the mouse (or hold [Shift] and use the arrow keys) to create a selection that can span multiple rows:
Box selection, however, actually allows us to select a box instead of the typical horizontal lines:
Then we can press the [delete] key and the pesky comments are all gone! You can do this either by holding down [Alt] while you select with your mouse, or by holding down [Alt+Shift] and using the arrow keys on the keyboard to grow the box horizontally or vertically.
So now we have:
3: Buy,
4: Sell,
5: Exchange,
6: Cancel,
Notice the faint selection line on the right? So why is this useful? Well, just like with any selected range, we can type and it will replace the selection. What does this mean for box selections? It means that we can insert the same text all the way down on each line! If we have the same selection above, and type a curly and a space, we'd get:
Imagine doing this over hundreds of lines and think of what a time saver it could be! Now make a zero-width selection on the other side:
And type a curly and a comma, and we'd get:
So close! Now finally, imagine we've already defined these strings somewhere and want to paste them in:
1: const private string BuyText = "Buy Shares";
2: const private string SellText = "Sell Shares";
3: const private string ExchangeText = "Exchange";
4: const private string CancelText = "Cancel";
We can, again, use our box selection to pull out the constant names:
And clicking copy (or [CTRL+C]) and then selecting a range to paste into:
And finally clicking paste (or [CTRL+V]) to get the final result:
1: var translator = new Dictionary<OrderType, string>
2: {
3: { Buy, BuyText },
4: { Sell, SellText },
5: { Exchange, ExchangeText },
6: { Cancel, CancelText },
7: };
Sure, this was a contrived example, but I'm sure you'll agree that it adds myriad possibilities of new ways to copy and paste vertical selections, as well as inserting text across a vertical slice.
While box selection has been around in other editors, we finally get to experience it in VS2010 and beyond. It is extremely handy for selecting columns of information for cutting, copying, and pasting. In addition, it allows you to create a zero-width vertical insertion point that can be used to enter the same text across multiple rows.
Imagine the time you can save adding repetitive code across multiple lines! Try it, the more you use it, the more you'll love it!
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We comin back to the scene with, no love
Players to pimps and, mo' thugs
Chi-Town people we, stay plugged
Awwww yeahhh, that's us
Pardon my expression, baby love us
The typical niggaz that, run through
But don't let the typical niggaz, run you
Money ain't a thang baby, that's true
And how much money could, serve you
For the lucci baby that, burn you?
When the streets is cold, this shit get hot
Certain motherfuckers wanna sit and plot
Do it guns to pull oo-wops, as it does to glocks
Roam the street, like a rottweiler
Remember Joe Pe-sci, I'm a Goodfella
Goin all out, what my daddy tell us
The nigga got ahead, make 'em all jealous
Infatuatin nigga's quality
Characteristic pimpology
And I been around the world on a oddysey
So obviously, I live with the pledge
It don't bother me, it don't bother me
So obviously, and obviously
I live with the pledge it don't bother me, c'mon
(Chorus: female singers)
Can you make it hot like this?
Can you make me scream ya-ya, cause you're, pa-pa
Can you make it hot like this?
Can you make it hot like this?
Can you make it hot like this?
Can you make me scream ya-ya, cause you're, pa-pa
Can you make it hot like this? ..
(Verse Two:)
Check it out y'all
One-two, one-two, who you?
Ain't no jackin us, that's true
Got 'spect taken away, you get loot
Four bad hoes, waitin to get scooped
Catch 'em and check 'em, put 'em down but I wet 'em
Put your fingers in the air and say, "Ya-ya"
All my ladies say, "Ya-YA!"
Poppa to me baby like, "Pa-pa"
Drop-top Bentley, Benz and Coupe's
Lesbians in Lucci suits
Can I make it hot like this? (AHH)
Can I make it hot like that? (OHH)
See I'ma put it in mo', so, it be cold
Somethin like superior when I'm bustin the flow'll
Have you probably touchin yo' toes (yo' toes)
I got the type of funk to make yo' hoes get low
Can't have the po-po catchin up
But I can't picture us ridin bus
Give you somethin make you scream
Like the stuff from the triple beam
Hit the scene baby and get the green baby
And show 'em what it mean just to bling baby
When we rock prop stop drop
Niggaz down like, what what WHAT WHAT?
(Verse Three: Mo Unique)
Uh oh it's the M-O, U-N, I-Q-U-E
Comin straight out of Phil-ly
So you wanna make it hot like me?
Wanna go toe to toe with me?
Whether I'm rockin the industry
Cause cain't nobody do it better than me
Who got capacity to break it down
Thinkin we weak in the knees?
Wanna share it, say it to Your Majesty
Stop it Dunn cause you're killin me
Picture me ballin, niggaz ain't ready
Straight get jiggy when I rock the party
Got the audacity to wanna battle with me
But them skills you posess you could never compete
Watch this low right here, fools like honey
Had that body shakin from your head to feet
Chickenheads comin up, Elmo's can't see
Started a fire, but I'ma bring the heat
Make it hot non-stop
From the door to the rooftop
Papi don't stop til these haters drop
And we cop the drop-top to floss at the hot-spot
Niggaz better grab ahold cause when the sun explode
To grab your soul, put you under my control
(Verse 4:)
Hey mama stick a fork in it, cause you be dealin
With some brothers that ain't really less fortunate
But I'm a brother that be ultimate
I treat a lady like a queen if she be livin like an orphan-it
Hit the telly on the fourth and fifth, cause if your paper
Will not bend we tryin to stick it like we awesome
How many chance you sposed to get? I be the brother in the club
That be shinin with the goldish fit
Cock-back when you wet me up, let me smile, keep it real
And I love it when you sex me up
Don't hold me down baby, let me up
Recognize I'm a star, you hit with the master, you in class
But you had to cut, there be rules to the game
If you rushin then you asked to butt
Ain't no time for no actin up, good game get me too
Even if you mastered what?
I'ma man give a true love, laid back with the ladies
And I bang with the true thugs
Share the wealth with my crew what? Because a Chi brother know
That a plugged on the same dove
Let the world know I blew up, because I got on my top
And I drop with a new cut
Invent a style and they want that like that
Seen a ho wanna spin in my Cadillac
Give it right back
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Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?"
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them." — Matthew 11:1-5, NKJV
Jesus, when asked for proof that He is the King of Kings, that He is the promised Savior, responds by listing the miracles He has performed.
The last item Jesus lists in His response to John's messengers is the one that seems, for me anyway, to stick out the most — "the poor have the gospel preached to them."
What? Why lump this in with the other things? Surely the poor hearing the gospel can't be equated with giving sight to the blind or life to the dead?
But Jesus responds to this important question by listing the ways that He has fulfilled the prophecies written about Him.
The Old Testament tells us that the Savior will bring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf.
The Old Testament tells us that the Messiah will raise the dead and help the lame walk. And it tells us that the Messiah will bring salvation to the poor.
Folks, don't overlook this important line in Jesus' answer. It's not there by mistake. It's not there as an afterthought.
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This is Jesus' way of telling us that it is divine to bring the gospel to the poor. And it's the one miracle that we can perform today.
If you think about it, bringing the gospel to the poor IS bringing life to the dead, sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf. This is the miracle that changes lives for eternity!


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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Mind Games: The Sierra Nevada You Wouldn't Recognize...
Rocks tell the same story. Mention Yosemite or the Sierra Nevada, and one might visualize high granite peaks, deep glacier-cut valleys, and pristine alpine lakes. But in the Sierra foothills, the rocks tell a much different story, one that is far older. I took another afternoon drive looking for fall colors (still just getting started at the lower elevations), and found myself on the Tuolumne River near the old gold mining village of La Grange. There is a nice roadcut just north of the river exposing crossbedding river channel deposits from Eocene time revealing a very different landscape. The rocks are termed the Ione formation.
The gravels, sands and clays of the Ione were deposited in a distinctly different environment. The sand was deposited along a beach strand, the clays (and associated lignite deposits) in coastal estuaries and swamps, and the gravels in large rivers flowing into the coastal complex. Fossils in the Ione indicate tropical species. The Sierra of 40-50 million years ago was a coastal jungle, not unlike the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico today! The mountains we call the Sierra Nevada were quite possibly not present at all beyond a few low hills. Many of the rivers, in fact, had their headwaters in central Nevada or further afield.
On another stretch of the highway, there are roadcuts of white and tan deposits of volcanic ash. These belong to the Miocene Valley Springs formation, rhyolite ash deposits formed during violent caldera eruptions around 22-28 million years ago. Some of the ash deposits had their source near the present Sierra Crest, but some may have come from central or eastern Nevada. Again, the Sierra would not have resembled the mountains we see today, and instead might have resembled the Cascades, with active stratovolcanoes and cinder cones.
The thicker sections of ash tuff of the Valley Springs turned out to be excellent building stone, and some of the more durable Gold Rush era buildings have walls of volcanic rock. It certainly worked better in the early towns than wood, which tended to burn down...
5 comments:
- Gaelyn said...
I wasn't a dino kid, but the more I learn about geology the more fascinated I am. Wanting to put more of the story together. Then there's the fossils.
Hope you find the researcher.
- November 10, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- A Life Long Scholar said...
Your comment about seeing what those times really looked like reminds me of a short-story I read once (back in the 1980's) about someone who really could see a different geologic time--they were able to compare with geologic maps to work out when it was that was visible to their eye. Alas, that was before I took my first geology class. I'd love to go back and read it again, if I can only figure out where to find it. Ah well, since you reminded me of it I've asked on my blog, perhaps someone will know what I'm talking about.
- November 11, 2010 at 3:42 AM
- Kea said...
Another great blog post. Love to see anything Sierra Nevada.
- November 12, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- Andrew Alden, Oakland Geology blog said...
I know that first roadcut well! The country south of La Grange is beautiful too, with tombstone slates, old sluice trenches and nice views in all directions.
- November 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- Inyo said...
For more information about the middle Eocene Ione Formation, western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada, see the web page--Fossil Plants Of The Ione Basin, California, over at http://inyo.coffeecup.com/site/ione/ioneproject.html .
- January 3, 2012 at 4:40 PM


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Balloon passenger remains critical in New Mexico
University of New Mexico Hospital officials say the passenger in a fiery crash at Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta remains in critical condition Thursday.
Authorities say 66-year-old Daniel Lovato was shocked and severely burned after the balloon struck power lines and fell 40 feet.
The pilot, 59-year-old Mark Kilgore, also was injured.
Fiesta officials say they are investigating the crash and have reported it to the Federal Aviation Administration.
While balloons occasionally get tangled in power lines, it was the first serious accident during the festival in several years.
In 2009, a man was killed after a fiery collision with power lines. Another man was injured that year after falling from a gondola.
In 2007, a woman fell to her death after a balloon snagged a power line.


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A Mother's Day Treat - Chocolate Pudding
I followed this recipe but with some slight modifications. I started off with the double boiler method but lost patience after a while and switched to the stove top method... it still turned out good. Another important note is to not forget the salt (especially for chocolate based desserts) since it brings out their sweetness & flavour.
Whole milk - 3 cups
Sugar - half cup
Cornstarch - 1/4 cup
Semi-sweet chocolate - 3/4 cup
Salt -1/8 tsp
Vanilla extract - 1/4 tsp
1) Dissolve the cornstarch completely in 1/4 cup cold milk and keep aside.
2) Heat the remaining milk in the microwave for about 3 to 4 minutes.
3) Set up a double boiler - I used 2 saucepans that sit on top of each other. To the lower pan, add water until it's about quarter of the pan, bring to a boil and keep the flame on medium. To the top pan, add the hot milk, the dissolved cornstarch, sugar & salt & continue stirring with a whisk.
Put your feet up, dig in & be transported to a blissful state....
Here's another picture after several tasty spoons... :)
Happy Mother's Day! My daughter wrote 2 poems for me and gave me a handpainted flower pot with a pretty red flowered plant :)


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Norilsk Nickel, ... is the world's largest producer of both nickel and palladium. It made more than $2bn net profit in the first half of last year alone and company officials told us there is enough ore in the mines around Norilsk to keep them in business for at least another 30 years.
The largest use of palladium today is in catalytic converters.[7] "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium"
Are you really protecting the environment with technology, like catalytic converters, to clean up the air in your own backyard when it causes so much pollution elsewhere?
Someone really needs to do an assessment of the environmental costs
of some of the "environmental" solutions we've come up with.
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{Nature_and_Environment.87.5}: James River Martin {rivertree} Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:55:18 CDT (7 lines)
{3} " ... in economics those are called either secondary or usually tertiary costs... " Also, there is the term "externalized" costs. Not all of externalized costs can reasonably be given a monetary enumeration, which means that economism is a false premise. The premise of economism is that value may be measured, entirely, in monetary terms.
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{Nature_and_Environment.87.8}: Rich Mason {richpix} Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:35:44 CDT (HTML)
Dear Mother Earth,
How does a plastic earthball help the planet? Plastic is one of the largest problems facing the environment--it's made from coal or oil derivatives and decomposes slowly. It also clogs landfills and ends up accidentally in waterways.
Where are these earthballs made? I'm guessing overseas, probably China. How is the pollution generated in the manufacturing and shipping of these balls earth-friendly?
Shame on you.
{Nature_and_Environment.87.9}: Rich Mason {richpix} Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:02:14 CDT (5 lines)
Mother Earth replies: "Rich, thank you for your thoughtful comment." Nothing further.
{Nature_and_Environment.87.10}: James River Martin {rivertree} Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:04:52 CDT (2 lines)
Advertising revenue very frequently trumps editorial ethics and commitment. Sad as it is. Wrong as it is.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican farmers are setting ablaze fields of blue agave, the cactus-like plant used to make the fiery spirit tequila, and resowing the land with corn as soaring U.S. ethanol demand pushes up prices.
The switch to corn will contribute to an expected scarcity of agave in coming years, with officials predicting that farmers will plant between 25 percent and 35 percent less agave this year to turn the land over to corn.
"Those growers are going after what pays best now," said Ismael Vicente Ramirez, head of agriculture at Mexico's Tequila Regulatory Council.
The large, spiky-leaved agave thrives on high, arid land and can take eight years to reach maturity. To remove the plants, growers cut them at their stems and often burn the fields to remove the roots.
Tequila, drunk in shots and cocktails around the world, is named
after a town in the western Mexican state of Jalisco.
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Masado Kudo
Editor's note: This recipe is excerpted from Harumi's Japanese Cooking , by Harumi Kurihara.
Hotate no Sauté Miso Sauce
These scallops make a good starter or they can be served as part of larger Japanese-style meal. I think that the combination of Japanese flavors, such as miso, and the western flavor of Parmesan cheese makes for a delicious and exciting dish.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 8 oz. very fresh scallops (without their coral)
- salt and pepper
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- all-purpose flour — to dust the scallops
- 1-2 tablespoons sunflower or vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 2 tablespoons miso
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon superfine sugar (see note)
- 1-2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- small bunch watercress
- freshly grated Parmesan cheese to taste
- 1. Season the scallops with the salt, pepper, and garlic and then lightly dust with flour.
- 2. Heat the oil in a small frying pan. Briefly fry both sides of the scallops until seared on the outside, but still rare in the middle.
- 3. Take the pan off the heat and remove the scallops. Add the white wine and then the miso, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and water to pan and stir. Return to the heat and being to a boil, stirring, then remove. Mix in the mustard and heavy cream.
- 4. Tear the leaves off the watercress and arrange on a large plate. Chop the stems finely and set aside as a garnish. Place the scallops on the bed of watercress leaves, pour the hot sauce over, and garnish with the finely chopped watercress stems. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.
Ingredients note:
Superfine sugar is very finely granulated sugar that dissolves quickly. It is used in baking, beverages, and sauces, and is available in the baking sections of supermarkets. Regular sugar can be used instead.


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By Amber Cleveland
Packed neatly on the bookshelves in Mark Changizi's Carnegie Building office sit stacks of notebooks containing hundreds of questions. Why do we have fingernails? Why are organs packaged in such a specific way inside our bodies? Why does skin wrinkle when it gets wet? Why are our hands shaped the way they are?
These are among the questions in the notebooks26 and countingthat Changizi fills with potential research ideas he poses as queries about the design and behavior of biological systems.
So far questions in the notebook have yielded highly acclaimed research findings, including why primates see in color and have forward-facing eyes, why optical illusions succeed at tricking our eyes, and why written characters across languages share common shapes.
Changizi's groundbreaking explanations have landed on the pages of The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and New Scientist. In May 2009, his findings will appear in Changizi's first-ever trade book The Vision Revolution, published by Benbella Books.
An evolutionary scientist and theoretical neurobiologist, who joined Rensselaer's Department of Cognitive Science as an assistant professor in 2007, Changizi focuses on research that sets him apart from his colleagues in the field.


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The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg ...
The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg Berlanti, David Shore (House) and Joss Whedon.
To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention - there are nearly 100! - and check back for updates on their status. Here are The CW's pilots: (Click here for ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.)
BlinkA car accident leaves a family's patriarch in a coma-like state where he cannot speak or move, but can hear. His narration and various fantasy sequences provide a wry counterpoint to the stories and conflicts of his family. Awkward's Vera Herbert will write and serve as a supervising producer, while Smash's David Marshall Grant will executive-produce with Elementary producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly.
Company TownA scandal at a Navy base in Virginia divides best friends. Supernatural's Sera Gamble will write and executive-produce with Oscar winner Taylor Hackford and Rizzoli & Isles' Bill Haber.
The HundredNearly a century after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, a spaceship sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing. Based on the forthcoming Kass Morgan book of the same name, Jason Rothenberg will write and executive-produce with Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.
The OriginalsAn upcoming Vampire Diaries episode will act as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off about the show's Original Family. Klaus (Joseph Morgan) returns to New Orleans -- a town he helped build centuries ago -- to reunite with his diabolical former protégé Marcel (Charles Michael Davis). Diaries executive producer Julie Plec will write and executive-produce, alongside Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo. Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin, Daniella Pineda, Leah Pipes and Danielle Campbell will also star.
OxygenAn epic romance ignites between a human girl (Aimee Teegarden) and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind start attending high school in the suburbs. The Good Wife's Meredith Averill will write and executive-produce with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol producer Josh Appelbaum.
ReignWatch as a 15-year-old Mary Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane) arrives in France, betrothed to Prince Frances. She must survive fierce foes, dark forces and a world of sexual intrigue. Outlaw's Stephanie Sengupta and CSI: Miami's Laurie McCarthy will write and executive-produce.
The SelectionOriginally set up at the network last pilot season, this Hunger Games-meets-The Bachelor drama follows a working-class young woman chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with 25 other women to become the nation's next queen. Based on Kiera Cass' book of the same name, Selection will be written and executive-produced by The Vampire Diaries' Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain.
The Tomorrow PeopleBased on the U.K. series of the same name, it's the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers like teleportation and telepathy. They work together to defeat the forces of evil. Chuck's Phil Klemmer will write and executive-produce with The Vampire Diaries' Julie Plec and Arrow's Greg Berlanti.
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CORRECTED:** means confirmed flight sightingsJune 24>>flying to Phuket, late eve arrival **June 25>>Phuket leg + 24 hour 48 hour PitstopJune 27>>more Phuket/Phang Nga, overnight bus ride Phuket to BangkokJune 28>> Bangkok leg, usual PitstopJune 29>>begin travel to Malawi, dep BangkokJune 30>>Malawi arrival (via Joburg)**
I am going to make a bold prediction. Transportation from Copenhagen to Belgium will be overnight on the moving pit stop ship Havet.Since Brussels is land-locked, there are 3 ports where a ship could get close:AntwerpMechelenGhent
I want to mail the lid on the coffin for this. Here is the list of the 4 charter flights in the entire history of the U.S. Amazing Race:AR1, Cape Aviation Business Centre, teams had to sign up for one of two charter flights to Walvis Bay, Namibia at 9:00 am and 12:00 pm Capetown to Walvis Bay 794 milesAR2, Adelaide (National Jet Systems Terminal) to Coober Pedy (Coober Pedy Airport)Adelaide to Cooper Pedy 435 milesAR5, Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Z. Boskovic Air Charters) to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Nairobi to Kilimanjaro 126 milesAR6, Addis Ababa (Bole International Airport) to Lalibela (Lalibela Airport) Addis Ababa to Laibela 208 milesSince AR6, no charter flights that I can locate.In other words, these are all flights of well under 1000 miles.
Regional Express is a scheduled airline, so AR18 teams were NOT on a charter flight. For example for the date Nov. 23, 2010 here was the schedule for SYD BHQ:ZL 9578 Regional Express 06:05 07:55 ZL 9596 Regional Express 06:30 08:20 ZL 878 Regional Express 18:20 20:10
I want to examine the speculation by Dr. Rox that World Race Productions chartered 2 flights on Tuesaday 11/23/10 to get teams from Sydney to Broken Hill quickly, necessitated by the Indian Pacific train schedule back from Broken Hill to Sydney. Those flights are:ZL9678 and ZL9596The numbering system used by Regional Express has only 3-digit numbers for any flights from Sydney, including 2 daily to Broken Hill. If the ultimate destination is Adelaide then a 4-digit flight number beginning with a "4" to Adelaide from a connecting point can happen. If the ultimate destination is Melbourne then a 4-digit flight number beginning with a "3" to Melbourne from a connecting point can happen. There are some 4-digit flight numbers beginning with a "5" elsewhere in the Regional Express system, but no 4-digit flight numbers beginning with a "9". I conclude that Dr. Rox is correct. We should see soon enough.
I think it is interesting to see which train teams were probably on from Brussels to Schiphol Airport southwest of Amsterdam. Sunrise statistics indicate sunrise for July 8 at 538am and I believe from the Extra Videos that it was still slightly before sunrise. That translates into a 550am train and a 728am arrival at AMS. It's possible that not all teams were on that, but at worst they would be one hour behind and at 828am arrival still about 5 hours before departure to Panama City.
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If you are going to cut a circle, you want to make sure that it is a perfect circle. Even if you trace a perfect circle, it is challenging to then cut exactly on the lines, all the way around. So for circle cutting, the best way to go is to purchase on of the tools on the market to help you cut that elusive, perfect shape.
I have over the years purchased four different circle cutters, and will share my view of them here. They are:
- Coluzzle nested circle template (ProvoCraft)
- Circle Cutter (Fiskars)
- Curvy Cutter (EK Success)
- Circle Scissor Plus (EK Success)
For all tools except the Coluzzle, you'll also want to invest in a glass cutting mat. The self-repairing cutting mats will work okay, but you can sometimes end up with skips.
For this review, we'll start with the simplest tool, and work our way up.
The Coluzzle is one of the original circle cutting tools; it's been around for many, many years. The Coluzzle system requires three items: the plastic cutting template, the "Guarded Swivel Knife," and the "Easy Glide Cutting Mat." They are all shown below. The resulting circles range in size from 7/8″ to 4-3/8″; the cutting channels are in fixed, 1/4″ increments.
The template has laser-cut channels, into which fits the cutting tip of the swivel knife. The paper or card stock to be cut is placed on the special cutting mat (it's a foam-like material, spongy to the touch), and the template placed on top of the paper. You guide the swivel knife through the channel that represents the size circle you want to make. The swivel is a very nice feature on the knife: you don't have to contort you wrist and forearm to make it all the way around. Be sure to keep the knife perpendicular to the template, or else it will cut into the plastic and get stuck.
Because it is a one-piece template, however, there are two places in each cutting channel that are not cut, in order to hold the template in one piece (see below). As a consequence, after you have used the swivel knife, you still have to use some paper snips to release the finished circle from the sheet of paper.
A close-up view of the coluzzle template.
This little piece must be snipped to release the circle.
Coluzzle also now has many, many templates for all kinds of shapes and images. They range in price from $7.49 for the circle template shown here to $19.99 for full alphabets and other more complex shapes.
Coluzzle Pros:
- Inexpensive
- Light weight and portable
- Transparent plastic makes placement easy
- Templates available for all kinds of other shapes
- Nested templates allow for precisely sized mats to layer.
- Can be used on scraps of paper.
Coluzzle Cons:
- You have to keep track of 3 different things: the template, the swivel knife, and the special cutting mat.
- An extra snip with scissors or a hobby knife is required to release the circle.
- The size of your circles is limited to the sizes in the template.
Fiskars Circle Cutter
This is a compact circle cutter, with a clear base that makes it easy to align and place your circle where you want it. It will cut circles from 1″ to 8″, and any size in-between as it has no pre-set increments. It comes with two blades, and refill blades are available.
The cutter is placed in the center of your desired circle. The size is obtained by adjusting the arm (with sizes listed in both inches and centimeters) and locking it in place with the finger wheel. You push down on the orange knob at the top, which presses a rubber foot onto the paper, and holds it in place while you turn the arm to cut the circle.
It has a $21 MSRP, but I've seen it as low as $11.99, so shop around.
Fiskars Pros:
- Light-weight and portable
- You can store the cutting blade in the tool, protected, for travel.
- By design, it holds your paper in place while you cut.
- You can make any size circle between 1″ and 8″.
- Works well on scraps of paper, since it holds the paper in place at the center of the circle that is being cut.
Fiskars Cons:
- You have to simultaneously apply pressure to the center, and over the blade, all the way around the circle to make sure it cuts all the way through, all the way around. I've been frustrated by this more than once.
- You cannot see the center of your circle, so if you want to cut around a specific image, you'll have to do a little measuring, and perhaps make light pencil marks to make sure your desired image is centered in your final circle.
- Setting the size is not a precise exercise – it may be a little challenging to get exactly the size that you want.
Curvy Cutter
This is a much more elaborate tool that consists of 5 pieces: two cutting rings, two positioning guides (to determine size), and the cutter itself. The cutter is purchased separately from the template. The cutter ranges in price from $7 to $15, and the circle template from $12.95 to $17.99, so it pays to shop around. They are both readily available at many sites on the internet. There is also an oval cutter, and a rounded square. And of course replacement blades are available. The circles range from 2-1/4″ to 7-1/2″.
Curvy Cutter cutting rings, positioning guides and cutting tool.
The cutting tool sits in a track on the template; you choose which track based on the size of the circle that you want to cut. The positioning guide allows you to choose your circle size. Once the cutter is in place, you simple swivel it around the template, in the track, to cut your circle.
It sounds a bit complicated? Yes. That's probably why EK Success has a PDF file on their website (or used to – the link is now gone) to show you how to use the Curvy Cutter.
Curvy Cutter Pros:
- Cuts large circles (up to 7-1/2″).
- Other shapes (oval and rounded square) make it somewhat more economical, because the cutting tool works with all of them.
- Open design makes it easy to center your circle.
Curvy Cutter Cons:
- You should cut your circle from a large piece of paper, because the gripper feet are outside of the cutting radius. If you try to cut a circle from a scrap, the paper moves around with the blade. Of course you can use temporary adhesive to hold the paper to the glass mat.
- Storage is a problem. I've not figured out a good way to store it, other than to keep it in the packaging that it came in. And that's not simple: it is about 14″ square!!
- It is not straightforward to locate the right track for the cutter, and it can be awkward to keep the cutter in the track.
- Cuts only in pre-defined increments.
- You have to keep track of lots of pieces!
Circle Scissor Plus
Interestingly, this is also made by EK Success, which makes me wonder if it is intended to replace the Curvy Cutter. This cutter consists of two pieces, the base and the cutting handle. There is also a drawing handle which can hold a pen or pencil for drawing circles, if desired. (It adjusts to hold pencils of various sizes, too). You dial in any size circle that you wish to cut, from 1″ to 6″. EK Success has provided an instruction sheet for this product, as well (or they used to).
The base unit sits on top of the paper you intend to cut, and you dial in your desired circle size. The cutting handle swivels as you turn it around the base unit, making it easy and comfortable to operate.
Prices on the internet range from $23.95 to $29.95.
Circle Scissor Plus Pros:
- Cuts relatively large circles, up to 6″.
- Cuts any size circle desired; there are no fixed increments.
- Easy to operate.
- Draws perfect circles, in addition to cutting them.
- Open design allows you to center your circle easily.
Circle Scissor Plus Cons:
- You should cut your circle from a large piece of paper, because the gripper feet are outside of the cutting radius. If you try to cut a circle from a scrap, the paper moves around with the blade. Of course you can use temporary adhesive to hold the paper to the glass mat, if desired.
- You have to keep track of two/three pieces: the base, the cutter handle, and the drawing handle.
- Compared to other tools, it is relatively expensive.
What is my overall recommendation, you may ask? I would have to say the Fiskars Circle Cutter. It cuts up to 8″ circles, you can make any size that you like (i.e. there are not fixed choices), and by its very design, it holds the paper in place while you cut. Finally, it is also lightweight and pretty compact, making it easy to carry with you to crops or classes.
There you have it. Have you used any or all of these? Or do you have other circle cutting tools to share? Let us all know!
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As savvy car crafters know, for an internal combustion engine to work correctly you need to blend the proper amount of air and fuel to promote proper combustion. Drawing in the correct amount of air usually isn't a problem, but delivering the proper amount of fuel can sometimes be difficult--especially during high-rpm operation. Further complicating fuel-delivery matters are high-output race engines that gobble fuel rapidly or street/strip engines that use a supercharger or nitrous oxide.
Over the past few years, you've been reading about Project Cheap Street Chevelle. We transformed an old '70 Chevelle into a potent street machine by way of a hi-po 355ci small-block, a 3,000-rpm torque converter, a street/strip auto trans, and a set of 3.73:1 rear gears. The fuel-delivery system consisted of a stock gas tank, a better-than-stock mechanical fuel pump, a rebuilt Quadrajet carburetor, and an NOS Super Power Shot nitrous system. During normal cruising, the fuel pump adequately supplied the proper volume of fuel flow. However, at high rpm the pump was inadequate, allowing the
Q-jet's fuel bowls to run low--eventually starving the engine and causing it to surge and misfire. Moreover, when the nitrous oxide was used, the problem was even worse. Excessive surging (caused by the engine leaning out) can quickly destroy an engine.
To remedy the Chevelle's fuel-delivery woes, we wanted to install a new electric fuel pump along with an adjustable fuel-pressure regulator. However, with so many sizes and gallon-per-minute (GPM) pumps available, we weren't quite sure what would be enough for our application without it being overkill or super-expensive. Thus, we turned to Paxton Products, which has a new line of electric fuel pumps and adjustable fuel-pressure regulators specifically designed for street/strip use. After analyzing our Chevelle's needs, Paxton recommended its new Street/Strip 150 Fuel Pump package (PN 8002212), which would easily support our current level of horsepower--and would also be adequate enough to support more power if we decided to further hop up the engine at a later date. The pump and regulator combo are compact, which makes them easy to install on most musclecars; also, they are an affordably priced package, making them easy on your wallet. Follow along as we show how to install an aftermarket electric fuel pump and regulator.


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I don't know if you are still developing this, but i just found it and am loving it.
A few feature requests, though:
Better handling options for which windows to apply transparency;
- Based on application instead of window title
- Or, have the current method use priorities in deciding the transparency amount, based on where their title falls first in the list of managed windows
Taskbar transparency
Make it not try to apply transparency to full screen windows, ie games, winamp AVS
I use just a blank window title in the managed list so it will apply transparency to all windows, but it would be nice if it could have this as a seperate feature, as the default transparency setting.
When I start Photoshop 7.01, the entire system crashes and reboots, but i guess this would be more of their problem...
Anyway, keep up the good work!


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