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The horticulture student lounge and faculty office area is a place where students and faculty in the tightly knit horticulture program gather, socialize, and learn. The horticulture lecture hall is used by the horticulture program and other academic programs for lecture courses and other purposes.
The Morrisville State College Horticulture Program prepares students to begin satisfying and rewarding careers in ornamental horticulture and related fields. The horticulture program includes associate degree concentrations in landscape development, greenhouse production, and floral design, or a bachelor degree in Horticulture Business Management.
State-of-the-art facilities include modern greenhouses, a complete landscape design studio, a student lounge, conference rooms, offices, and four specialty classrooms.


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This weekend, World Superbike Championship racing returned to South Africa at the Kyalami circuit, much to the delight of local motorcycle fans. The Kyalami track, which had been scheduled to be demolished, and then have housing built in its place, features vast elevation changes and sweeping bends, and has been much improved since the removal of the chicane at Turn 12. So interest was high in how the racing would turn out on this tight twisty circuit. Continue reading for a full race report on Race 1 at Kyalami, South Africa.
WSBK: Race 1 at Kyalami, South Africa
Going into Sunday's race, it seemed for certain that a Spaniard would once again be on the podium at Jerez. Then The Doctor showed up with a lightning fast warm up time, that just eeked out Jorge Lorenzo's. With the Italian interjecting himself on this previously Spanish only affair, the Spanish GP was shaping up to be a a blood sport exhibition for the 123,000 Spanish fans filling the grandstand. Continue reading on for a full race report from Jerez.
Hayden Hopes for A Better Weekend in Jerez
Yes…we just wanted an excuse to post these pictures of the Hayden/Takahashi collision. While Nicky Hayden hasn't had the best of luck in the first two races of MotoGP, on a positive note though the Kentuckian rider recently stated, "At Motegi I felt as though the communication within the team had improved, the work we're doing together as a group is becoming more smooth." Hayden concluded by saying he didn't "even want to think about the possibility of it raining again."
Hayden is currently 15th in the MotoGP standings, 37 points behind leader Jorge Lorenzo.
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In what will be his first visit to the Isle of Man, six-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will do an exhibition lap at the start of this year's IoM TT. Rossi will ride a 2009 Yamaha R1 alongside multi-time motorcycle GP racing world champion, Giacomo Agostini. Don't expect any hot laps though. The pair will be parading around the course behind a safety car, and followed by a crew of as many as eight race marshals. A team of PR reps will be on hand to freak out in case Rossi crashes on the world's most dangerous road course, and unable to compete in the following weekend's GP race in Barcelona.
MotoGP: Motegi Race Results
The rain gods smiled down on Motegi, Japan today and provided a timely start to the second GP race of the season, after rainy conditions forced race officials to cancel the GP's qualifying session on Saturday. The Japanese GP wasn't without incident however, as several riders failed to finish the race due to various incidents and events. This is of course code for you to read further, and to help us curb spoilers for those who haven't sat down with their Tivo yet. Needless to say, continue reading to see a full race report on the Polini Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi.
WSBK: Assen Race 2 Results
WSBK: Assen Race 1 Results
In Assen, Holland, it was Ben Spies who took the holeshot in Race 1, launching off the line from pole position and into turn 1 of the Dutch course. Spies was followed by Max Neukirchner and Noriyuki Haga, neither of whom could touch the American's lead position after turning just one lap around the course. As Haga closed in on Neukirchner it seemed there would be a good battle for second brewing, but the German made a mistake in the GT chicane and tossed his bike. He would finish 13th for the day. However, Race 1 at Assen wasn't about to disappoint. Continue reading for a woefully inadequate description of one heck of a Superbike race that was WSBK Race 1 at Assen.
In Assen, Ben Spies took his fourth Superpole win in a row by besting the existing pole record by 7/10ths of a second, with back-to-back 1'36.6 laps. Nipping at the heels of Spies, and the only other man to break into the 1'37's, was Jakub Smrz and his Guandalini Ducati. Continue reading for the rest of the front row, and the Superpole results.
Rain at Motegi Forces Japanese GP Qualifying to be Cancelled
Heavy lunchtime rain at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit led to the cancellation of all qualifying sessions for the Polini Grand Prix of Japan, leaving grid positions in all three World Championship categories to be decided according to Free Practice positions. Initially, the decision was to wait for an hour, and then assess if the weather conditions would improve enough for qualifying to be run later in the day. However with the rain being unrelenting, there was nothing left for Race Direction to do but to cancel the qualifying sessions for all three classes. As such, Valentino Rossi will start at the Japanese GP's pole position for the first time in his career.
If you were to ask John Hopkins what his least favorite track is right now, we'd bet good money the American would say the Dutch track Assen. The last time Hopper was in Assen, he smash his leg in a huge crash, which left him sitting out of two races, and struggling in pain for the rest of the season. Now, after only four laps around the course this year, Assen has shown its teeth again for Hopper. During the free practice today Hopkins dislocated his hip in another big crash, and there is doubt surrounding his return to riding by Sunday.

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| SimplePart Announce Q3 ResultsOctober 16, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) – SimplePart announced information on 2012 results through Q3, showing substantial growth of sales and brands supported.
October 16, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) – SimplePart announced information on 2012 results through Q3, showing substantial growth of sales and brands supported. SimplePart generated sales of $4.17 million through Q3 of 2012 compared to $1.75 million for the same period in 2011, growth of over 138%. In Q3, search engines were responsible for 71% of traffic and 66% of sales dollars. An additional 22% of traffic and 21% of sales dollars were generated through organic web traffic. Less than 2% of visitors were attributed to paid traffic sources. Online advertising expenses for all clients combined was less than $6,000 per month and generated monthly sales of over $30,000. "Eighty-seven percent of our clients' sales coming from search and organic traffic sources show the importance of quality SEO and why SimplePart is able to provide long term profitable results for our clients," said Founder Cole Getzler. "In addition, SimplePart has been able to provide our clients with sustainable SEM requiring minimal investment with a strong ROI." During the period, SimplePart grew their list of clients to include dealers of Acura, Audi, Austin Healey, BMW, BMW Motorcycles, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ducati, Eagle , Geo, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Hyundai, Isuzu, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MG, Mini, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Porsche, Plymouth , Saab, Saturn, Scion, Toyota, Triumph, Volvo, and VW. About SimplePart.com SimplePart provides car dealerships with a turn-key solution for selling parts online. This includes a hosted catalog of OE parts and images, custom-built search technology, eCommerce platform, and associated SEO/SEM/Partner marketing services. We serve a worldwide user base of more than 1 million monthly unique visitors, and 4 million daily pageviews. For more information on SimplePart visit simplepart.com or call 404.423.8040. End
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Kids can help transform dishes of instant pudding into cute bunnies simply by adding store-bought sweets. This dessert never fails to delight my grandchildren.—Flo Burtnett, Gage, Oklahoma
32 Fabulous Easter Desserts
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 twists black licorice
- 1/4 cup vanilla frosting
- Red liquid or paste food coloring
- 8 cream-filled oval vanilla sandwich cookies
- 8 green jelly beans
- 4 pink jelly beans
- In a small bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Pour into four small bowls; cover and refrigerate.
- Meanwhile, cut licorice widthwise into fourths, then lengthwise into thirds; set aside. Combine frosting and red food coloring; frost top of cookies to within 1/2-in. of edge.
- Just before serving, insert oval cookies into each bowl of pudding for ears. Add green jelly beans for eyes and a pink jelly bean for nose. Place three pieces of licorice on each side of the nose for whiskers. Yield: 4 servings.
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March/April 1999, p41
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Welcome to TimeZone's 2009 Baselword & SIHH Forum! This is your home for news and discussion about the 2010 Baselworld and Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie or SIHH, the world's most important wristwatch trade shows. The SIHH is January 18 to 22 in Geneva, and is by invitation to the trade only. Baselworld is March 18 to 25 in Basel and is open to the public with an admission fee. At these shows, wristwatch manufacturers from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and around the world will unveil their new models for 2010.
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Robredo's wife recalls Jesse's final words and wishes
The online news portal of TV5
MANILA, Philippines - The last conversation Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo had with his wife Maria Leonor "Leni" felt like "I was calling him in the middle of a meeting," she said.
Moments before the Piper Seneca plane crashed off Masbate City on August 18, Leni said the Secretary's voice was calm as he told her: "Ma, sandali lang may inaasikaso ako, tawagan na lang kita (I'm busy with something, I'll call you back)."
She thought Secretary Robredo had landed safely back at Cebu and was busy finding tickets for a commercial flight.
Final conversation
Earlier that Saturday, Leni was supposed to pick up her husband at the Naga Airport and was waiting for his instructions when she got a text from him that his plane was going back to Cebu without providing more details.
"I drove to the Naga airport in Pili. Just before I reached the airport, nagtext siya. Sabi niya, 'Balik ang (he texted. He said, 'Returning) plane sa Cebu.' Sabi ko, 'Bakit?' (I asked, 'Why?') But he did not answer me. Instead he again said, 'Balik ang plane sa Cebu (The plane would return to Cebu).' I was waiting for his instructions if I would wait for him at the airport or I would go home muna then just come back. I was trying to call him up so instead I decided to go home. I texted him, 'Tawag ako ng tawag sayo di ka sumasagot (I kept calling you, you were not responding) and he answered, 'Mahirap kasi ang signal (The signal's difficult).'"
So Leni tried to call her husband again and finally, Robredo answered with a calm voice telling her that he would call her back. That was their last conversation,
Minutes after, she received a call from Secretary Robredo's aide in Manila.
"About 15 minutes after, mga 5 siguro or 4:45 to 5, his security in Manila called me up, si Paul. Sabi niya, 'Mam nakausap niyo ba si (did you you talk to) sir?' Medyo nalito pa nga ako kasi (I was a little confused because) I told him, 'Oo (yes), 5 minutes ago…' pero apparently it was 15-20 minutes na."
"Sabi ko, 'Bakit?' Tapos sinabi na niya. Sabi niya (I asked 'why?' That's when he said that) a few minutes ago he called me up asking for help na i-clear daw yung Masbate airport 'cause they were going to make an emergency landing so I already did that. In fact I think the airport was cleared already for landing. Several officials were there pero may (but there were) sightings daw (allegedly) of a plane na nag-crash daw sa dagat (that crashed to the sea)."
Initial reports
Leni said that the thought that it was her husband's plane that crashed into the sea did not sink in at first. But when she put down the phone, she immediately told her youngest daughter Jillian of the news.
"I told her let us pray because something might have happened to papa's plane. She was already crying. I decided to call up Aika, she was in Araneta watching the UAAP…I told her what happened. She left the game, picked up her sister, and went to church," Leni said.
She then informed her brothers- and sisters-in-law.
"My youngest daughter Jillian was already crying. She was asking me can we go to church and I told her in my condition I can't drive because nag-jelly na yung aking legs. In a few minutes dumating si Mayor Bongat and City Council until andami ng tao sa bahay (there were so many people at home)," Leni continued.
Leni said that for the first few days that the authorities could not find the Secretary, they continued to hope he was alive.
But she said she knew on the first night that her husband was gone.
"And we all were hoping that he would be OK pero ako after the first night I knew that he was gone," she said.
He wants to be home
Leni said the Secretary knew that he would not be able to make it to his daughter Jillian's event and that it was just like her husband to go home and surprise them.
"He wants to be home. Ang akala niya matatapos yung okasyon ng anak ko (He thought he would be able to catch our daughter's event) at 5 p.m. but at 2 p.m. I texted him tapos na. Wala ka nang maabutan (it's over. You won't catch anything anymore). So he knew na wala na siyang maabutan (he wasn't going to make it to the event)," Leni said.
Initially, her daughter Jillian was devastated upon hearing of the accident but her mom assured her that she was not to blame.
"I explained to her that her papa already knows na tapos na yung okasyon. It was not really the main reason why he was hurrying home," Leni said.
Leni said the family prefers that her husband be buried in his hometown in Naga City instead of at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
"Naga has always been his home. He always tells me this is his happy place. Palagay ko (I think) we will be doing him a great disservice pag hindi siya dito nilibing (if we don't bury him here)," Leni said.


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Choosing Natural Gas Appliances Can Double Energy Savings
Washington, D.C. - The American Gas Association (AGA) today announced that residential customers could cut their annual heating costs nearly in half by choosing natural gas appliances. These findings come with the release of AGA's 2014 Representative Average Residential Space Heating and Water Heating Costs analysis, which compare average annual costs for various types of space and water heating appliances. According to estimates, customers can save up to $1,262 on space heating and more than $300 on water heating costs annually by using appliances powered by natural gas instead of other common energy choices. The cost comparisons are based on the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy notice as published in the Federal Register on March 18, 2014. After a winter marked by sustained cold and record energy demand, this information can help Americans better understand how to meet their energy needs.
"These numbers show that natural gas is the clear choice for consumers looking to save on home heating costs," said AGA President and CEO Dave McCurdy. "Choosing natural gas means you don t have to choose between your wallet and the environment. This is because the direct use of natural gas in home appliances is the clean, efficient choice, achieving 92 percent energy efficiency and producing nearly 40 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a home with all-electric appliances."
America's natural gas utilities are dedicated to helping their customers achieve even greater savings. In 2012, natural gas utilities spent $1.1 billion on efficiency programs, providing valuable tools, incentives and information to help their customers understand and reduce their energy usage. Many in the nation continue to struggle to pay their energy bills, and these resources, along with assistance to low income customers provided by utilities and government programs such as LIHEAP, are essential to ensuring that no American needs to choose between energy and other basic needs.
A piece of equipment with a higher annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) rating provides greater savings for customers. For example, a 97 percent AFUE natural gas furnace provides the lowest cost space heating option for homeowners, followed by an 80 percent AFUE natural gas furnace. Both offer significant annual operating cost savings over comparable space heating options.
The tables below demonstrate estimated cost comparisons for home and water heating devices.
SPACE HEATING ANALYSIS SUMMARY: The space heating analysis is based on a 2,072 square foot house located in St. Louis and represents a 5,000 Heating Degree Day location. The house meets the energy conservation provisions in the 2012 International Residential Code and the space heating equipment is selected from the AHRI online directory. The 97 percent AFUE natural gas furnace provides the lowest annual operating cost followed by the 80 percent AFUE gas furnace.
2014 Space Heating Annual Cost Summary
(Annual Operating Cost)
Heating Equipment Type |
5000 Heating Degree Days |
97% AFUE Gas Furnace |
$544 |
80% AFUE Gas Furnace |
$714 |
7.7 HSPF Electric Heat Pump |
$1,029 |
97% AFUE Propane Furnace |
$1,409 |
87% AFUE Oil Furnace |
$1,500 |
80% AFUE Propane Furnace |
$1,793 |
80% AFUE Oil Furnace |
$1,614 |
WATER HEATER ANALYSIS SUMMARY: The water heater analysis is based on the equivalent First Hour Rating (FHR), national average energy usage, and the 2014 energy costs as published by DOE. A natural gas 40-gallon and an electric 50-gallon, both conventional storage types, are chosen based on their FHR. The natural gas water heater would provide the lowest annual operating cost.
2014 Water Heating Annual Cost Summary
(Annual Operating Cost from Low to High)
Water Heater Type |
Annual Cost |
40 Gallon Natural Gas (FHR = 74 gallons) |
$275 |
50 Gallon Electric (FHR = 67 gallons) |
$576 |
COMBINATION SPACE HEATING AND WATER HEATER INSTALLATION: Based on the annual cost analysis for space heating and water heaters, the combination of a natural gas 97% AFUE furnace and storage water heater provides the lowest operating cost space/water heating package.
2014 Space Heating with Water Heater Installations
(Annual Operating Cost from Low to High)
Water Heater Type |
Annual Cost |
40 Gallon Natural Gas (FHR = 74 gallons) |
$275 |
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I recently got NFL network and was wondering with station is better for watching the draft?
I recently got NFL network and was wondering with station is better for watching the draft?
Bro I enjoy listening to NFL Network during the draft as I enjoy and respect Mike Mayock more than Mel Kiper. To each his own. Hope you enjoy the draft.
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I've been watching the draft since 1990 and always thought having ESPN was the greatest, just because, I could get my football and draft fix 24/7. But since NFLN debuted, there is no comparison as to who has the better draft coverage overall. NFLN is by far, the better network to watch for draft coverage and analysis. Mike Mayock and Charles Davis are fantastic. Now they've added Daniel Jeremiah to the mix and things have gotten even better.
I cannot stomach Chris Berman and Kiper....although I like Todd McShay on ESPN. The NFL Network is slightly better. Mayock does a decent job.
i tape em both...but watch the nfl network one real time...if you like the whole hip hop thing and music etc espns will hype you up...nfl network is pure football...the only thing i don't like about the the nfl network coverage is they waste too much times talking to college coaches who they have on as guest...i don't give a rip how you feel about a player you coached...give me more prospect analysis and meat and potatoes
i'll put to this way if you plan on watching it with your wife or significant other (which is a mistake in the first place) espn is probably the one that will keep them entertained more and help keep their traps shut...
The NFL Network takes kind of an unconventional approach to covering the Draft.
They actually talk about the picks as they are made!
I know it sounds crazy, where are the "human interest" features?Where are the boring roundtable discussions about the new Schedule or concussions?Why are they spending so much time talking about the player who was just selected and how he fits his new team?
I can't answer those questions, you will have to try to do that yourself.
It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
I tape them both. I tend to watch ESPN real time (more commercials for breaks, food, etc) and then re-watch the NFL Network later b/c they break down better tape and go more in-depth.
NFL Network is just better in every way for serious football, imo. From a strictly audience standpoint: NFLN hires people and structures itself to speak to football fans only, all day; ESPN has to cater to baseball, football, basketball, etc. The general football talk on NFLN is just way better aside from the Gruden QB stuff which is fantastic. And Mayock + Jeremiah + Davis>>>>>>Kiper + McShay on draft night. Jeremiah in particular was a really good hire for them, he's really good at his job, imo - the NFLN guys in general just interact better with each other and don't have the trademark ESPN ego.


text: 10 baseball museums sprinkled throughout the U.S. enrich fans minds while stoking curiosity about this legendary game. Each one is well worth a visit for baseball fans and their families or friends, whose appreciation of the game will likely grow as a result. Flickr/Aaron WebbThe Baseball Hall of Fame is the preeminent baseball museum in the world. Nestled in historic Cooperstown, New York, between Albany and Syracuse, this place lives and breathes the great American game. Flickr/Ewen RobertsAlso in Cooperstown is the Baseball Wax Museum, which houses more than 30 life-like wax figures of baseball's most recognizable players. Heroes of Baseball Wax MuseumOne of only a few players to receive baseball's 'death penalty' (lifetime banishment), Shoeless Joe Jackson has a fascinating museum and research library dedicated to him in his hometown of Greenville, S.C. Libby McMillanLearn more about legendary African-American players like Josh Gibson, Buck O'Neil and Satchel Paige at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Wikimedia Commons/SakuraAvalon86One of the lesser known baseball museums is B's Ballpark Museum in Denver, Colorado. The museum houses a collection of artifacts from some the greatest ballparks, past and present. Steve Crecelius of WonderWorks StudiosThe Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame, a shrine to baseball's greatest sluggers, is located inside Tropicana Field inSt. Petersburg, Fla. Inductees often stop by for autograph sessions. Flickr/arctic_whirlwindArguably baseball's greatest player of all-time, Ty Cobb (the "Georgia Peach") has a museum dedicated to him in Royston, Georgia. The museum showcases original Ty Cobb photographs, game-used items and his 1907 batting championship award. Library of CongressWooden bats have been a part of baseball since its creation, and Louisville Slugger has been providing the majority of those since 1884. Located, naturally, in Louisville, Kentucky, the museum and factory of the famous bat maker is a must-see for any baseball lover. Louisville Slugger Museum and FactoryBabe Ruth is perhaps the most recognizable player in baseball history. The Yankee legend's birthplace and museum is located in Baltimore, near the ballpark where the Orioles play. Flickr/cali4niadreamn23At the Little League Museum in South Williamsport, Pa, visitors realize that some young players do go on to play pro ball, while others become actors, writers and purpose-driven citizens. This is a great place to inspire a young baseball lover. Flickr/Stuart SeegerLike this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:Replay1 of 112 of 113 of 114 of 115 of 116 of 117 of 118 of 119 of 1110 of 1111 of 11Last SlideNext Slide


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Download and API Reference
All production-ready Couchbase Spark connector artifacts are downloadable through Maven Central. Prerelease versions are available through our Couchbase Maven repository for easy consumption. Downloads via alternative methods such as Spark Packages are also available.
Current Release 2.0.0
The connector is currently compiled against both the Scala 2.10 and 2.11 targets to comply with Spark. Here are the coordinates for both artifacts:
- GroupId: com.couchbase.client
- ArtifactId: spark-connector_2.11 / spark-connector_2.10
- Version: 2.0.0
If you are using Scala, here is the sbt snippet you can use:
libraryDependencies += "com.couchbase.client" %% "spark-connector" % "2.0.0"
Note that those downloads contained assembled jars, which means they contain all the dependencies in one "fat jar". This means that you don't need to juggle all kinds of dependencies if you want to use the jar as part of Spark's command line access tools (like the shell) or add it to the classpath of workers.
If you want to run a prerelease version, they are available from our Couchbase Repository instead of Maven Central:
resolvers += "Couchbase Repository" at "http://files.couchbase.com/maven2/"
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is there a way to pull up some stats on a patch?
I have a multi-level patch that i've been working on for a long time. Its a monster. Absolutely huge.
I would really like to get an idea of how many objects, connections, etc I have put into the patch collectively… for curiosity's sake more than anything.
Is there a way to find this info?
I'd say paste your patch in a text editor and see how many lines you get.
How many lines do you get?
I've done that… the only problem, it seems is that each bpatcher/patcher is represented by a single line. this hides the magnitude of the project in my case because the guts of this baby are spread pretty uniformly across many patches.
I think I might just wait until I am finished, and then take full screen grabs of all the patches, and create a full-scale image of the entire project.
Build a collective, then how many kB is the collective?
5MB collective.
Big one?
Go to the parent patcher, unlock it, click on an empty spot, and hit Cmd/Ctrl + I (as in eye). This will print all the objects used to the Max window. HTH.
You can see the amount of function calls and signals used in the DSP status window.
Less is more if you ask me.
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space science Trajectories and OrbitsThe key contribution of physics is celestial mechanics, the laws that govern the motions of bodies moving under the influence of gravitation. By combining Newton's law of universal gravitation and his laws of motion, the path of a rocket in the earth's vicinity can be calculated. This path, known as the trajectory, is strictly determined by the initial thrust imparted to the rocket, the gravitational field of the earth, and the atmospheric drag encountered. Although the manner in which these factors interact is highly complex, it is possible to determine accurately in advance the trajectory of any rocket and even to alter its course by remote control. If a satellite or unpowered spacecraft is close to the earth, the effects of other heavenly bodies can be ignored and its orbit will be a conic section: circular or elliptical for a satellite that remains in a closed orbit around the earth, and parabolic or hyperbolic for a spacecraft or space probe that escapes the earth's gravitational field into an open orbit. The criterion that separates the closed and open orbits is the escape velocity, which for the earth is 7 mi (11.3 km) per sec. If the initial thrust provided by a rocket gives the object a speed greater than the escape velocity, it will move away from the earth in an open orbit; if the final velocity is smaller than the escape velocity, it will remain at finite distance from the earth in a closed orbit; if the final velocity is less than 5 mi (8 km) per sec, the flight will be suborbital and the object will follow an arc that returns it to earth. A satellite in orbit around the earth typically travels at a height of several hundred miles with a velocity of about 5 mi (8 km) per sec and a period of revolution of 90 min. For certain satellites, however—such as communications satellites—synchronous orbits are desirable; at a distance of 22,300 mi (35,900 km), a satellite's period is exactly 24 hours, so it appears to hover over the same point on the earth's surface. Circular orbits are usually the most desirable but are the hardest to achieve. If a satellite is launched eastward near the equator, it receives a boost from the earth's rotation, but the resulting orbit necessarily lies in the earth's equatorial plane. For some applications, polar orbits, which pass near both of the earth's poles, are preferred. In a polar orbit, a satellite will periodically pass directly over every point on the earth's surface. Translunar and interplanetary trajectories are highly complex, because no simplifying assumptions can be made; the gravitational influences of the sun, moon, and other planets must be considered. Such gravitational forces can be exploited advantageously; for example, in the slingshot effect, a space probe is accelerated as it swings past a planet on the correct trajectory. Sections in this article:
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Members of the radical left-wing "Peace Now" organization declare that they will continue to observe and publicize any documentation of Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria. In an interview on IsraelNN TV, Attorney Aharon Papo, legal expert and publicist, says that the residents of Judea and Samaria and their supporters have no chance fighting the Peace Now activities in court. Papo says that there are two methods which must be implemented: legislation and PR.
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Donald Judd's life and legacy get the celluloid treatment on Saturday, the final day of an exhibition of his work at David Zwirner. Marfa Voices, co-directed by his actor-director-artist daughter Rainer Judd and Karen Bernstein, is a series of recorded interviews initally proposed as radio programmig for the Judd Foundation's Oral History Project. "I just felt like if we were going to get all these people together it would be a shame not to film them," says Rainer Judd.
In spite of his death in 1994, Judd's exacting, industrially fabricated works of wood, metal, concrete, and Plexiglas continue to redefine the critical interpretations of space, craft and medium. The nine works on view at Zwirner, culled from a group of 12 first shown in 1989 at Germany's Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, are hewn from anodized aluminum. The box-like forms are defined inside by various anodized dividers and blue, black, and amber Plexi panels.
Judd's 25-minute film features twenty residents of Marfa and New Yorkers who contributed to Judd's life in Texas, ranging from gardener Lorina Naegele and landscape designer Billy Spencer to New York dealer Paula Cooper and Rainer's mother, Julie Finch. While much of the film is light and anecdotal, local attorney Carl Ryan makes a poignant observation about Judd's move to Marfa that sets the tone for the film: "Artists always like to talk about tension and juxtapostion, and that's what's going on here, and has been going on here, since the day Don came."
Rainer explains to A.i.A. that those tensions and the juxtapositions often emerged from quotidien matters. "Don would object to the grain feed trucks running their motors all night long or try to get the military from flying really close to the ranch houses in jets," she says. "We [The Judd Foundation] are not as volatile members of the community as my dad was. He was a good old activist. Don and my mom were really steeped in the fact that you had a responsibility to stick up for your street corner." But Rainer adds that the Foundation did carry on in her father's spirit by boycotting a proposed nuclear dump site in 1995. It never got built.
Judd studied film at New York University. Her early films included Plague Circuit about a time-traveling epidemiologist who questions his mortality when he finds all his patients are well. Instant End examines the speed of modern society. More recent shorts, A Little Wonder and Remember Back, Remember When, are fictional portals to life in Marfa growing up under her famous father.
"I feel very drawn to understanding the generation that came before me, and the generation before that," she says. "I'm very interested when people talk about the moment between Pollock, Newman, De Kooning and Don and after him, Richard Serra and Brice Marden. I feel compelled to share what I know about what came before. Maybe it's a product of getting older—I'm 40—but you realize younger people have no concept of this, and they're curious."
In 2008, Rainer released Remember Back Remember When, a fictionalized 10-minute window onto her parents' marital troubles in Marfa. It featured the explosive side of her classically calm father (played by Martin Donovan), who takes the kids by force after a seemingly unprovoked fight. She's currently at work on a script for a feature length "clarification."
David Zwirner will also screen Michael Blackwood's The Artist's Studio: Donald Judd, a series of interviews with Judd.
Marfa Voices screens June 25 at 1 PM, 3 PM, and 5 PM.


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8 out of 10 isn't a bad score for a game.
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8 out of 10 in my eyes is awesome, if I rated a movie 8 out of 10 is because I thought it was great/near brilliant.
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Battlefield is one that I won't be buying again regardless of what the reviews say, Call Of Duty will have to pull a rabit out of the hat and actually produce a good game for me to buy another one.
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Nothing hacks me off more in my job as a teacher when someone questions why a student only got an A as opposed to an A*.
One of the better systems, although still open to individual taste issues. ;)Originally Posted by pizan
One website like only gives 4 verdicts...Buy it, Rent it, Try it, and Skip it.
Originally Posted by Phil Rhodes
Anyone remember The One Amiga?
They had a decent policy on this. The average game scored 50%. Even then, that was considered outrageously harsh, even though they explained their approach in a paragraph at the beginning of the reviews section every month.


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Geek Girl: The Bears Are Learning to EXFOLIATE?!
Plus, the discovery of 500 new fairytales, a completely Star Trek-themed apartment, and more!
-Lucia Peters and PJ Gach
You heard us: The bears are learning to exfoliate. For real. Is it terrifying? A little; we'll tell you why if you keep on reading. Plus, a whole bunch of new fairytales have been found, the solar eclipse is coming, and much, much more! Come on. It's Friday. It's the perfect time to get your geek on. Let's go!
Brand-New Fairytales? Yes Please!
How's this for awesome? 500 never before seen fairytales have just been discovered in Germany. Move over, Brothers Grimm—there's a new storyteller in town!
According to the Guardian, a massive collections of tales gathered by a Bavarian historian (and contemporary of the Grimms) named Franz Xaver von Schönwerth have been hiding out in a locked archive in Regensburg, Germany for the last 150 years. Von Schönwerth apparently spent decades interviewing country folk, laborers, and servants about local habits, traditions, customs, and history. He put the tales he heard down on paper—a first for nearly all of the word-of-mouth stories—and compiled it all into a three-volume opus called Aus der Oberpfalz (Oberpfalz being the area of Germany in which Von Schönwerth lived and worked). The book faded into obscurity, but last year, the Oberpfalz cultural curator, Erika Eichenseer, began sifting through all of Von Schönwerth—only to find a whopping 500 fairytales, many of which have never appeared in other European fairytale collections.
Unlike the Grimms, Von Schönwerth did not attempt to refine the tales or give them any sort of "literary gloss." Said Eichenseer, "There is no romanticising or attempt by Schönwerth to interpret or develop his own style"—which, she noted, is what gives them their charm. She went on to say that the fairytales aren't just for children. "Their main purpose," she elaborated, "was to help young adults on their path to adulthood, showing them that dangers and challenges can be overcome through virtue, prudence and courage."
Jacob Grimm himself said of Von Schönwerth, "Nowhere in the whole of Germany is anyone collecting [folklore] so accurately, thoroughly, and with such a sensitive ear." He even told King Maximilian II of Bavarian that if he and his brother needed replacing, Von Schönwerth was the only one in the whole of the country who could do it. High praise, indeed!
Want to read one of the new stories? Of course you do! Check out "The Turnip Princess" here!
RIP Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars Artist and Visionary
Sure, back in the day, George Lucas was a visionary, the original Star Wars was a visual triumph, yadda yadda yadda… but you know who was really responsible for all that iconic imagery? It wasn't Lucas. It was award-winning concept artist Ralph McQuarrie. It is therefore with a heavy heart that I tell you that Ralph passed away last Saturday, March 3, at the age of 82.
Don't recognize his name? Regardless, you'll certainly recognize his work. He's the one responsible for many of the fantastic images in Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Cocoon, the original Battlestar Galactica, and Jurassic Park. However, he is without a doubt most famous for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy. Chewbacca? That was Ralph. R2-D2 and C-3PO? That was Ralph, too. Darth Vader? Yep; Ralph. Not to mention the worlds of Tattoine, Dagobah, and Cloud City, as well as that AT-AT up there.
Ralph was born on June 13, 1929 in Gary, Indiana before being raised on a farm near Billings, Montana. He served in the army during the Korean War—where he was shot in the head!—and later survived to go to art school in California. He worked for a dentistry firm for a while drawing teeth and equipment; then he moved on to Boeing; and while he was at it, he animated CBS News' coverage of the Apollo space program.
Sadly, Ralph was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease some time ago. He retired around the time that the Star Wars prequels went into production (he turned down a job working on them due to exhaustion), though a number of his unused designs from the original trilogy made their way into both the prequels and the television show The Clone Wars.
About Star Wars, Ralph once told the San Diego Union-Tribune, "I just did my best to depict what I thought the film should look like, I really liked the idea. I didn't think the film would ever get made. My impression was it was too expensive. There wouldn't be enough of an audience. It's just too complicated. But George knew a lot of things that I didn't know." And boy, aren't we glad that he took on the challenge! Kotaku has put together an excellent retrospective; check it out here.
RIP, Ralph. You will be missed.
Read Geek Girl: Who Would Win In a Fight, Benedict Cumberbatch or Zachary Quinto?
The Bears Are Coming! Run For Your Lives!
Well, this is terrifying: The bears are learning how to use tools. They have never before done this in the history of beardom. This can mean only one thing: The bears are going to take over the world.
Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating just a bit, but still. BEARS ARE USING TOOLS, YOU GUYS. And they have NEVER, EVER DONE THIS BEFORE. EVER. How amazing is that? According to io9, University of Cumbria researcher Volker B. Deecke described the event in his recent paper Animal Cognition, detailing how one young brown bear in Alaska discovered an alternate use for a bunch of rocks:
"The animal repeatedly picked up barnacle-encrusted rocks in shallow water, manipulated and re-oriented them in its forepaws, and used them to rub its neck and muzzle. The behaviour probably served to relieve irritated skin or to remove food-remains from the fur. Bears habitually rub against stationary objects and overturn rocks and boulders during foraging and such rubbing behaviour could have been transferred to a freely movable object to classify as tool-use."
Yes, you read that right: The bear figured out how to exfoliate. But what does it mean, other than the fact that this particular bear will now have touchably soft skin? Well, simply put, it means that bears might be getting smarter. Using tools is evidence of some pretty heavy mental lifting, both with regards to fine motor controls and general intelligence.
So watch out, humans. The bears are coming. And they want your loofahs.
Mark Your Calendars: The Annual Solar Eclipse is on May 20th!
On May 20th, don't forget to take your solar filter with you when you leave the house. Remember those? You had to make one during your Earth Science class way back in middle school. This solar eclipse will be the first solar eclipse of the 21st century and the first central eclipse over the continental US.
The solar eclipse will start making its way across the planet above China on May 21st. Then it will continue over Japan before slowly wending its way across the planet. As it crosses the International Date Line, the date goes back to May 20th.
What is a solar eclipse? If you don't remember your science classes, it's when the Earth, the moon, and the sun line up in a row. This occurs when there's a new moon. The moon partially blocks out the sun, making those very pretty rays that are much stronger than usual—so watch your eyes! There are, however, a variety of ways of looking at a solar eclipse without damaging your eyes. The website Transit of Venus even has photos of the various methods, so go and check them out!
Here's a cool video that explains everything you've ever wanted to know about a solar eclipse (it has pretty pictures, too):
Yes, the sun's rays will be really strong. No, we have no idea if you'll get tanner than usual if you're planning on laying out that day.
Stardate 03092012: The Starship Enterprise Has Been Repossessed!
In the world of Star Trek fandom, there are Trekkies… and then there are Trekkies. You might have heard about Vulcan, Alberta? No? Well, once the town's residents realized how popular the show was, they turned their town into a Star Trek themed tourist station. Or maybe you've heard that apocryphal story about a town somewhere in Pennsylvania where all—yes, I said all—the residents wear Star Trek uniforms or nothing at all? No? Well, that one exists, too.
Meanwhile, over in the UK, 58-year-old Tony Alleyne turned his one-bedroom apartment into a Star Trek spaceship. Or to be more accurate he turned the interior of his apartment into the interior of the Starship Enterprise.
You see, when he and the Missus separated, Tony had a lot of time on his hands. Then he had an epiphany: He decided to redecorate with a vengeance. He told the Daily Mail, "'My friend gave me a Star Trek mag and I became obsessed with having my own space ship. He laughed when I told him – I think he thought it was all a joke, but I knew I was going to achieve it one day…. It all started as therapy after we split up… Building every bit from scratch really helped me to deal with the stress of it all."
And so he did! As you can see from the photo above, Tony wore his ST uniforms in the house as he carried about his daily life. A voice activated computer turns on the lights every morning and features a full array of sound effects. He covered all the windows with wood and plastic so it appears that when you look out, you're looking into deep space.
There was only one itty bitty problem with his paradise: His wife was paying the mortgage. And now she's got the spaceship—er, apartment—on the market, so she wants the place to look like an actual apartment. Tony is devastated! He's not sure what will happen to his space capsule; he's hoping that he can salvage everything and build anew.
Oh, and if you're wondering what the actual building that houses this ship looks like, take a peek at the photo below (the apartment is circled in white). If you're thinking of buying the apartment yourself, it's located in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
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When I was a youngster, pine nuts helped me earn a Boy Scout Cooking Merit Badge. I decided on pancakes for my project. The wild combination I put together was good then and still is today.—Ed Horkey, Ahwatukee, Arizona
54 Amazing Ways to Love Winter Veggies
- 1-1/2 cups reduced-fat biscuit/baking mix
- 1 cup puffed rice cereal
- 1/3 cup finely chopped banana
- 1/3 cup shredded peeled apple
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a bowl, combine baking mix, cereal, banana, apple, raisins and pine nuts. In another bowl, beat egg, milk and vanilla; stir in the dry ingredients just until moistened.
- Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top of pancakes. Cook until second side is golden brown. Serve immediately. Yield: 10 pancakes.
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Effortless Pain Relief: A Guide to Self-Healing from Chronic PainContrary to popular belief, the most frequent causes of neuromuscular, joint, or skeletal pain can be traced to your lifestyle: unconscious habits that involve the way you breathe, stand, and move and the way you store physical and emotional stress in your tissues. Given this fact, if you suffer from chronic pain, or treat people suffering from chronic pain, you may need to consider replacing expensive, often inefficient pain treatment with self-help methods for reversing the way physical, mental, and emotional stresses affect your muscles, joints, and bones. Effortless Pain Relief presents a unique mind-body program for overcoming chronic pain, developed by acclaimed alternative health-care practitioner Dr. Ingrid Bacci. In Effortless Pain Relief, you'll find a simple explanation of how stress creates chronic pain, along with clear, simple, and powerful self-help techniques for reducing and even eliminating pain. The guiding principle in this program for self-healing from chronic pain is to develop greater awareness of your body and sensitivity to it. You can change your lifestyle habits -- and eliminate your pain -- by adopting body awareness techniques that eliminate tension. Chapter by chapter, Effortless Pain Relief shows you how to release deep physical, mental, and emotional stresses through simple breathing techniques, to reduce consciously the effort and tension in your muscles, and to master and eliminate stressful emotions like fear and anger by learning to control the physical tensions that these feelings create. Dr. Bacci also guides you in a process that will allow you to let go of mental and emotional attitudes that unconsciously create stress and physical pain. She shows you how to release emotional conflicts that contribute to pain and teaches you how to conquer the fear of physical pain -- which can actually trigger pain. Dr. Bacci cites numerous case studies from the thousands of patients she has helped during the past fifteen years. She also tells the extraordinary story of her own complete recovery from three years of being bedridden and crippled from a severe case of the chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia. The curative techniques through which she healed herself, and with which she has helped her thousands of clients achieve freedom from pain, are now available for everyone in Effortless Pain Relief. Dr. Bacci's groundbreaking, accessible program offers deceptively simple yet profoundly effective ways to leave pain behind, enhance your vitality, and find an effortless route to a pain-free life. |
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Sacred 2 - v2.43 Update
July 22nd, 2009, 06:06
It's been a little while between drinks but Ascaron has updated Sacred 2 to v2.43. The patch is mandatory for online play and "prepares Sacred 2 for the future". Hit the autoupdater or grab the manual patch here. The notes:
New Features:More information.Bugfixes:
- It is now possible to disable the camera shaking via an entry in the optionscustom.txt. The entry is: camera.cameraShake = 0
The patchnotes are not showing all the changes. One of the undocumented changes is the savegames compatibility preparation for the addon.
- The heroes do not point out insufficient armor against the wrong damage types anymore.
- Reflection damage from NPCs has been reduced.
- The Sakkara demon on the "Start Island" no longer attacks the player unless he has been attacked first.
- Gold and XP amounts will now be displayed using periods as the thousands separator. (For example 123.456.789.000)
- When fight music is disabled, the region music will continue to play during combat.
- The bonus "Chance to dismount opponent" has been removed.
- Blowpipes are now able to hit mounted creatures.
- Achievements will only be shown ingame and commented by the hero the first they are accomplished.
- The achievement "Group Hug" is now possible to accomplish.
- Other heroes in multiplayer game sessions are now less chatty.
July 22nd, 2009, 06:06
Gold and XP amounts will now be displayed using periods as the thousands separator. (For example 123.456.789.000)Damn you, Europe! Now how am I supposed to tell XP numbers from IP addresses at a glance?
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Good day BACNet,
Indeed, I suspect that there will not be a company or companies making a complete product line that is strictly N2 based. However, N2 and MS/TP share the same electrical interface (RS485) and so it is rather trivial to have the same hardware that has different firmware versions to support MS/TP, N2, etc... As an example, virtually all of our newer hardware has RS485, Ethernet, gobs of power/RAM/Flash, and is field re-programmable (so the user can change from one protocol to another in the field)... consequently we can support N2, BACNet MS/TP, BACNet I/P, TCP/IP, Modbus, etc... If we can do it, and we are a small company, a number of other companies that are significantly larger than us can as well. Whether or not they want to is another issue altogether...


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ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead PC
- Publisher: Meridian4
- Release Date: Jun 29, 2010
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 191 Ratings
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Oct 27, 2016The realism brought to the table by Arma II is to be respected, however the user interface presented by Bohemia Interactive is severely flawed and clunky to use (as with their other games). Technical bugs are rife and missions can be frustrating due to this.
Dec 31, 2015A GAME WITH SEVERAL ERRORS, AND THE ONLINE IS IMPOSILBE TO PLAY, SHORT MISSIONS THIS GAME DOESNT DESERVE HES VALUE so this game reall sucks, its very complicate and inficients
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Nov 8, 2013This has perhaps the greatest physics engine ever quite conceived, games like Battlefield 4 wish they look as good as this game. This game runs flawlessly on seemingly any computer, I bet I could run this on a potato.
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Sep 21, 2013This is a game that has some AWESOME and realistic features with amazing flying mechanics and addicting co-op I see nothing bad with this game. This a great game.
Jul 7, 2013Don't listen to the idiotic critics. They don't know what they are takling about. This is hands down one of the best if not THE best game released for PC
Jul 2, 2013multiplayer sucks, no one every plays a regular game. if you like zombies get a zombie game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 19, 2013This game has a fantastic multi-player and keeps me playing it all the time, is one of the best Military simulators out. However it only loses mark for feeling slightly unfinished, but if you can over look that it is easily one of the best games you will own, ARMA III is not almost in beta so it is worth giving 3 a go.
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Dec 24, 2012Love the game. This is not your average arcade shooter. This is not for the COD and Battlefield players. This is the real deal.
Do not buy this game for an EPIC storyline or on-rails shooter. This is a simulator. The graphics are over the top beautiful, but you need a very good graphics card to run it on high settings.
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Dec 22, 2012One of the best game of history. They are truly focusing on every aspect of realistic simulation and NOT how to make game for every retard out there. Add fact there is hundrets of mods and addons for free and here you have it - best FPS war simulator ever. Better can be only Arma 3 ;)
Dec 1, 2012ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead looks great. I have not played it but I want to and have seen trailers. This game looks entirely perfect and I definitely would want this game.
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Aug 15, 2012I didn't think very highly of the Arma 2 engine, due to it being quite user-unfriendly and buggy. I wasn't interested in the content of this mod, only in getting DayZ mod going. For the price I wouldn't have bought it otherwise, although I am happy with DayZ and do recommend it for that reason, at least until DayZ goes standalone.
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May 21, 2012That has been said so many times already. Arma series is more to consider as a simulation than a game. There are bugs, glitches, the movements, some animations and the weapon balancing are weird but compared to the satisfaction on point of view of war simulation, realism and content Arma is simply the best in its category.
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real world pyshical bulletin use and cannon using this game.
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Nov 18, 2011Great gameplay , perfect AI , outstanding simulation , everything is pure awesome except the physics. I hoping Bohemia improves throughout the year. Also, Bohemia is a great and experienced developer group that greatly cares about it's customers
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Jun 14, 2011Best mil sim to date. Most people dont like it because its not a run and gun game like COD. If you want to make the game better get ACE mod, JSRS, and find a group to play with.
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Operation Arrowhead is a realistic combat simulation game that still suffers from a variety of technical bugs, just like the original. There is a great amount of fun hiding under the surface, which requires patience and time to find and appreciate.
I'll end with this, if you're willing to put the effort in, and the realism aspect sounds like it will appeal to you, the $30 price of Arma II: OA is an easy entry into the series.
Despite some annoying bugs, Operation Arrowhead shows a few interesting improvement in the ARMA II formula. And is still the more realistic war simulator available.


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Monday, August 21, 2006
The Falacy of Islamo-Fascism
Consider for a moment, what is the point of making the painfully consicous effort to parade about a "new and improved" phrase such as "Islamo-Fascism"?? Is it more descriptive, something new and helpfull in the public understanding of Salafi Jihadism (because an understanding of that phrase, however accurate, requires a greater attention span than can be realistically expected of "the public" at this point)? The phrase's proponents would certainly like to suggest that this new phrase has some greater explanatory power. But therein lies the falacy of "Islamo-Fascism."
Put simply, this is classical symbolic translation, something that I have discussed with regard to American "Patriotism" in Love Your Nation-State. Basically, some agreed upon "good" quality of a nation, such as freedom, is associated with a symbol, such as a flag. Then, through symbolic translation, the flag can now be held up as a substitute for some underlying, actual freedom, and the actual freedom can be conveniently dispensed with. "Islamo-Fascism" is similar in many respects. "Fascism," as a word reminiscent of a mythology (mostly, admittedly, quite deserved) that has been built up in popular culture about war-time attrocities and abuses of Hittler's Germany, is a symbol to which much negative sentiment has been effectively attached. This symbol, when attached to the modifier "Islamo-" serves to attach that negative sentiment to a current enemy.
This much is rather obvious, but the logical fallacy that seems to be passing unseen is that the new term Islamo-Fascism ONLY expands upon our existing understanding ofSalafi Jihadism to the extent that the former FALSELY attributes characteristics to the latter. To the degree that the public can be educated about the attrocities and abuses of Salafi Jihadists, and hence to the extent that the new label is accurate, they have already incorporated understanding of those abuses and attrocities into their understanding of the Jihadist phenomenon before the addition of the new symbolic language. Therefore, the only value added by the actual articulation of this new "Islamo-Fascism" label is falsity--it is the association in the public perception of attributes and attrocities of Nazi Fascists that are in fact not accurate when attributed to Salafi Jihadists. And it is in that sense that labels such as "Islamo-Fascism" are the purest of propaganda--they serve no purpose but deception. Leni Riefenstahl would be proud.
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- gilemon said...
Fascism is a new fashion for avoiding Godwin's law. It's indeed another fallacious political trick!
But Fascism is even more potent and sneaky than Nazism as people don't really know what is it really about (Gabrielle D'annunzio ?!?).
The "funniest" part is that Fascism has a lot to do with Catholicism but so little to deal with Islam.
Bush Admin should have used Islamo-Poujadism or Judeo-Anti-Semitism. Mouarf… THEY make me cry… - 12:53 AM
- Jason Godesky said...
Good to see you didn't fall off the planet, Jeff, but I guess CNN has provided evidence enough that you must be pretty swamped at work these days....
Anyway, thanks for this one; I was going to write something similar myself, as a counter-weight to an article I wrote recently arguing that the Likud party in Israel actually does deserve the "fascist" label. Some time ago, I wrote a different article, decrying the dilution of the word "fascist" and how we use it sloppily, so that it comes to mean almost nothing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't one of the defining points of fascism that it is a mystical-nationalist, but ultimately secular form of authoritarianism? I mean, theocracy and fascism are both authoritarian, but theocrats cannot, by definition, be fascists, correct? - 7:31 AM
- Jeff Vail said...
I think that fascists often identify with religion (Hittler and the SS's mystical-christian mythology, Mussolini's evokation of the "ghosts of Rome," etc.), but in the end they tend to use it to an end, rather than work to it as an end in itself (which I would argue is a decent way to describe honest spirituality). I think that the Arab world has some good, genuine fascist examples to draw upon: the Ba'ath movement and Pan-Arab nationalism in Syria, Iraq, and the short-lived Pan-Arab Republic that flared up during the '50s-'70s. They sought to mobilize people with an appeal to Islam and the "ghosts of the Caliphate" without actually seeking what al-Qa'ida seeks in a genuine return to a caliphate and a theocracy. So in that sense I would agree that theocracy and fascism, while superficially similar, are actually contradictions. I guess this gets down to the real point that I was trying to make in my post, that "Fascism" only has meaning to the extent that we attribute meaning to it symbolically. It can be used honestly as a descriptor only if the issue is actually discussed--as in 1) this is what we tend to think of when we hear fascism, 2) in many ways this accurately describes new situation X, but 3) these attributes of historical cases of fascism shoudl not be attributed to situation X. It is this honest discussion--as shown in the discussion of "Likud" and "Fascism"--that is required, and that is so conspicuously absent from the talking-point brand of pin-a-label-on-the-bad-guy propaganda dominating the airwaves of late...
In regards to being busy in response to current events, true enough, but sadly it is mostly composed of fruitless efforts to keep stupid responses from getting off the ground. I'm also working on an "Energy Theory of Value" to update Marx's Labor Theory of Value, but we'll see where that goes... - 9:04 AM
- sventastic said...
Howdy gang.
Good to hear from you again, Jeff. Hope you're having a swell summer.
Wouldn't it be more apropos to describe the Bush Admin and the Neocon Cabal as some form of fascism, especially in its blatant manipulation of the memes of Fundamentalist Christianity and rabid Nationalism?
There's a fantastic article on Kos I highly suggest:
Since Jason is in the mix, (congrats by the way on your nuptuals. I dug the Merlin article on liminality on your site), I just wanted to broach a Collapse thought that's been on my mind:
Dental Hygiene.
How are we to keep our teeth (and lives)in the coming years of hardship without the conveniences of toothpaste, let alone floride treatment?
Best to you all. - 10:03 AM
- sventastic said...
Okay, so delete the [1] at the end of the webiste I posted, and it ought to work.
- Jason Godesky said...
Wouldn't it be more apropos to describe the Bush Admin and the Neocon Cabal as some form of fascism, especially in its blatant manipulation of the memes of Fundamentalist Christianity and rabid Nationalism?
I made another long argument to that effect in an older article, "Petroleum et Imperium Americanum." I think the better historical comparison for them is Imperial Rome than Nazi Germany, but much of modern fascism was also built on an idealized, Romanticized vision of Rome. I think they share more in common with the reality of Roman imperium.
How are we to keep our teeth (and lives)in the coming years of hardship without the conveniences of toothpaste, let alone floride treatment?
How do animals keep their teeth clean? Ever wonder why they don't seem to have the dental problems we have?
Our dental problems arise from bacteria that prosper in the unique chemical context that's created when the amylase in our saliva interacts with the carbohydrates in our cereal grains. Our dental problems are just one way in which we are not granivores. Stop eating grain (or just not as much), and you don't NEED much in the way of dental care. Dental care is a stop-gap that somewhat addresses one of the problems of a non-granivore eating a granivorous diet. Eat a human diet, and you'll have better teeth than any dentist. I still eat grain (because I can't afford much else, and I'm only learning to hunt this fall), but I eat less of it, and even that has amazed my dentist--with less brushing and day-to-day care. - 11:35 AM
- sventastic said...
Jason - although I agree that America shares imperial hubris with its forerunners the Romans, I would posit that the distinct dependence on corporations and the mutual benefit of the neo-con influenced Republican party (and not trailing too far behind the Democrats as well...)and the likes of the petroleum / military-industrial complex makes it a fairly different situation from ancient Rome and more on track with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. I'd also say that the prevailing socio-political concept of the nation-state (gotta love it!) also sets the contemporary paradigm of American politics apart from that of Imperial Rome 2,000 years ago.
There are many similarities of course, but what we're looking at now is a completely new beast, and historical comparisons don't quite hit the mark.
I think you're being too kind to the Americans with associating them with the (albeit romantacised) Roman Empire...not to endorse imperialism or colonialism, but the Romans brought writing and such where they went; we bring McDonalds and Coke. I'd personally opt for latin over a Big Mac in terms of my cultural genocide.
(Both are of course examples of violently imposed hierarchy, and ideally they would not happen what-so-ever and we would all coexist in rhizome simplicity, but you get my meaning).
The dental thing:
Good points; I appreciate your analysis, especially with regard to the amylase/grains. I wonder if a "human diet" is uniform for all people, whether they're from Lichtenstein, the Serengeti, Patagonia, or Mongolia. Generalizations are helpful, but especially with such subjective things like personal diet, I would be wary in making such sweeping statements.
All the best to you; it's invigorating to have such lively discussions! - 9:35 AM
sventastic said..."I wonder if a "human diet" is uniform for all people, whether they're from Lichtenstein, the Serengeti, Patagonia, or Mongolia. Generalizations are helpful, but especially with such subjective things like personal diet, I would be wary in making such sweeping statements."
There is no uniform humand diet. However it is only agriculture that makes diets high in grains possible. We evolved without agriculture, as hunter gathereres, and Jason is correct in his dental statement. - 7:01 PM
- gilemon said...
"I think you're being too kind to the Americans with associating them with the Roman Empire"… well, I guess after 2.000 years of Vatican brainwashing it's hard to realize that the Roman Empire is humanity's worst nightmare.
Compare to this, Isms from the 20th century look like teenager's whims…
For Americans to hold a candle to Romans, they need to convert their Super Bowl stadiums into some kind of more "entertaining venues" where one can admire Judeo-anti-Semite dissidents being mangled by Louisianan black wrestlers and their crocodiles.
Don't misunderstand me; I'm deeply convinced that political elites actually in charge have a crush on how Caesar transformed the republic. And that's what I actually can't stand - I can't bear anybody who has stupid and/or uneducated admiration for the roman history. These elite just know enough to see the surface of culture but they can't dig a little to find out how much more complex and rich the Greek heritage is. It's just a waste of time; anyway those Greek nutcases were spendthrifts who squandered their fortune buying jewelry to the Arabs…
So I totally agree that the patterns appearing right now are reminiscent. They come from a really long time ago. But the bad news is that it looks like it's only the preamble.
BTW: Jeff, happy 100,000 visitors! - 1:19 AM
- Jason Godesky said...
Gilemon, my sentiments exactly. A comparison to the Roman Empire is not a good thing at all.
- sventastic said...
Anon - your grasp of sarcasm is underwhelming.
The implication of my statement was of course there is no uniform "human diet," as Jason puts it.
A Mongolian eating horse-milk curds and Kalahari bushman eating grubs probably have some different internal chemistries going on, and their diets are probably not compatible, both for their teeth and their nutrition. And from what I've seen, both of these groups that I've mentioned don't eat a significant amount of grains (especially when compared to the average American), and yet many in their populations are missing or have decaying teeth.
As for the fascism thread - as I wrote in my earlier post: [the Romans and Americans] Both are of course examples of violently imposed hierarchy, and ideally they would not happen what-so-ever.
What I'm trying to say is: of course the Romans were rotten bastards, as are the beligerant, imperialist Americans; we can all agree on this. In terms of these two committing cultural genocide, at least the Romans brought latin to folks such as the Celts, who put it to some good use after the collapse of the Roman empire. All we Americans seem capable of transmitting is greater dependency on oil and addiction to Coca Cola and suchforth. I don't see all that much that is redeeming in what Americans bring to their imperium; whereas along with mass murder, rape, and pillage that the Romans brought, there may be a few positive things as well.
The whole point of this was the association of American leanings towards what looks to me as a new variety of American fascism with either the actual 2 actual fascist states of 20th century Europe (not including Spain), and the "Roman Empire," of which there were many permutations of the course of a millennium.
There are more than 2 sides to every story, and we should all be wary of becoming black vs. white fundamentalists or reductionists. - 2:12 PM


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