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David F(selwyth)United States
CaliforniaLuck in games, in measured doses, is the catalyst which enables shocking game-changers that you'll remember and talk about forever.Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
This took place 3 months ago. I wrote most of the report in the 1-2 weeks after, then got into a rut, as my eagerness to write falls off exponentially the further removed from the game sessions. Was limping along eventually, so excuse the abrupt end.
In chronological order:
1200 - GMed Runewars (+expansion) for 2 people (censored).
1800 - Learned 1812: The Invasion of Canada from Jim.
2000 - 5-player 1812: The Invasion of Canada with Jim, Bay, Joe, Tom.
2200 - Taught Claustrophobia to Bay
2300 - Learned Ascending Empires from Bay.
0130 - Late-night Korean food run (kimchi pancakes are disgusting no matter who makes it, btw)
0230 - Bed
0900 - Taught A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) to Steve, Hal, Hal's friend, ?
1400 - 3-player Runewars with Craig, ChrisY.
1900 - Taught Eclipse to Arvin, woman. Hal, Hal's 2nd friend, Staci, AdamK completed the 6er table while Steve moderated.
1930 - 3-player King of Tokyo with Craig, ChrisY.
2030 - Claustrophobia with Joel.
2130 - Glory to Rome with Joel, Robert.
2300 - Learned SPANC: Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls from Joel.
2330 - Masques with Shanthi, Laura.
0030 - Learned Dragon Parade from Laura with Shanthi, Walter.
0130 - In-N-Out.
0230 - Bed
0930 - Taught King of Tokyo to an aunt and her nephew.
1000 - Learned The Castles of Burgundy from Sean with ChrisM.
1400 - Taught Flash Duel: Second Edition to Sean.
1430 - Eclipse with Sean, Joe (different), Brent.
2000 - Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game with Craig, Sean, MichaelE, MikeC, Ash
2315 - Left for home.
Getting the Bad Stuff Out of the Way First
I love the epic sweep and scale in Runewars, which has
This was the 4th time I hosted Runewars at a con, and I might have to rethink hosting games from now on, as I'm now batting .500 in successful games. It's a complete shot in the dark when you let anybody into your game without vetting them beforehand. For all the talk one of the players gave me before the game about loving Runewars, not caring about who wins, and just there to have fun, plus taking over my work and teaching the other player the game, his true colors showed during the game.
I, as usual, surged early, and after collecting one of my Rewards halfway through the game, he accused sharply, "You know you're really taking advantage of us, right?" No kidding, I warned you that I've played this game many times, know all the rulings, and invited you all to take your best shot at me early. But I've also reminded you of every tiny thing on your cards, shared every single piece of strategy when the situation comes up, and as we discussed beforehand, I don't care about winning, only that everybody enjoys the experience. "I think you're cheating. You have to be, I've never seen somebody get so lucky," he added a little later. Excuse me?? Is this guy serious?
Things got worse, as he challenged my rulings in spite of having nothing to back it up, and the fact that I've played far more than him and memorized all the rulings front-to-back (you have to if you host any game through play-by-forum, which I've done the most often for Runewars). He then started cursing and basically throwing a tantrum when he drew a bad card, muttering, "screw this shit!" as he dumped it on the table. If this weren't my game, it'd probably have been must-see to witness a 65-year-old grown man practically lose his shit. Instead, I started worrying about whether he'd start trashing my game (rage-quit was a given, I figured).
The friendly chatter I had kept up devolved into deathly silence. To his credit, the other player was fine and played the game the right way in building up a fearsome Undead army, and smacking me in-game with it. The Undead can get too strong in this game if the other players (especially the Elves) don't make a concerted effort to stop him, and of course I couldn't rely on the whiner in the other corner. I did my best to stop the onslaught, and ended up only making the Undead juggernaut stronger when I counter-attacked (since his Necromancers raised more of the dead). But fortunately, he didn't make too much of a dent in terms of dragon runes, because I had risked it by switching my dragon rune into a less-defended spot, and he picked the wrong spot in taking my stronghold.
You can see on the left how much of a dent the Undead made in my territories. I commented at one point that I had ways to obtain more dragon runes, but no more regions to place them. To which the whiner sharply retorted, "You're one to talk about luck, when you're sitting on so many Rewards there!" Huh... I just mentioned I could convert those Rewards to dragon runes, but had nowhere to place them... what is this guy's problem?
The game couldn't end soon enough, and guess who won? The whiner of course, after nobody messed with him.
I was reminded of Michael Barnes' blog post, Hell is Other Gamers. While I am nowhere near as jaded, this might be the straw that breaks my back in terms of GMing events. Runewars isn't even that mean of a game (and I even specified that gamers without sportsmanship need not apply -- aside, which gods of the English language dictated that the term 'sportsmanship' be positive and 'gamesmanship' be negative anyway?), but it takes some basic emotional maturity, things you can't take for granted when exposing your overfed white belly to be poked at by strangers. Far safer to stick to open gaming and the people whom you know are cool (who, not coincidentally, stick exclusively to open gaming).
Or maybe I'll host something pee-wee like the cooperative Gears of War: The Board Game or Middle-Earth Quest (where you're supposed to get mad at GM Sauron) next time. Now the players have nobody to get pissy at if a die roll fails or they, heavens forbid, lose 1 region they're holding.
Redeeming one of my Favorites
Bear with me here, as that's the only negative experience I had, and thankfully it was over with early, as the first game of the first day. The next day, I broke out Runewars again with Craig and Chris, proven Ameritrashers who play the right way, after we couldn't get a 4th for Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game, and I was eager to redeem the game. Especially looked forward to introducing them to the awesome expansion (one of the best and most necessary FFG has ever put out, along with the StarCraft expansion and TI3 expansions), which they had overlooked, and having everybody at the table being very experienced ( > 10 plays) for once.
Craig was sleepy at the time and made a few errors early. They weren't game-breaking though; the thing that absolutely blew for him was that I got off to a phenomenal start and used Lost City to quickly get a stronghold in our armistice zone (since I had revealed a Dragon Throne there), then starting pumping out heavy units deep in his territory (heavy units like the giant flying eagles because in my good fortune, I had also acquired 4 ore early, and also took the Guildmaster of Merchants title). Chris and Craig looked wistfully at my massive army, with Craig especially worried.
"Don't worry, Craig. I'm just securing my borders. There is little benefit to me from attacking you," I reassured him, a season (turn) before I full-on smacked him in the front (I wanted a buffer zone in front of my hard-to-defend Dragon Throne to protect it). What did Craig do? He sucked in a huge breath, nodded, then rolled up his sleeves and prepared for war. Despite him being in last place early, the road to victory ran through his regions, and rather than complain, or keel over and 'squeak' (his term - meaning to throw the game), he dug in and fought me to the death. That's how it should be.
Once again, I surged to the early lead, and I had the chance to declare victory (and defend it for a year) in Year 4 Winter, when the Passage of Silverhorn allowed me to tunnel past Craig's defenses, emerge in his undefended stronghold, and take my 7th and 8th dragon runes (you only need 7 to win). This was especially brutal, since Craig's Recruit action would be half-wasted with the loss of 1 of his 2 strongholds, and I'd have
"I'm attacking your home stronghold," I declared. "Hmm... gotta look out for Summon Lightning. I'll bring a few extra dudes. You're not outsmarting me here, Craig."
"Uh huh. You ready?"
"I'm ready to kick your ass!"
"Summon Lightning."
"Hah, knew it. OK, I'll kill these 4 guys off, and the result is... 1-1, and, hmm, defender wins ties...
That was the turning point of the game: simple arithmetic. To make things worse, Chris finally reached me during the same season, crossing a frozen river (I forgot about that) to take one of my undefended dragon runes, and engage me on 2 fronts (see right).
Then in Year 5 Spring, Craig removed any last vestige of hope I had in scoring a blitz victory, when he attacked my stronghold containing the Dragon Throne. I had a deft trap set up for him in which I used a Tactical Retreat, then launched my own counter-attack (which I had planned to be later than his) to smash his forces, but I could only watch helplessly as he razed my Dragon Throne to the ground before I could take it back.
The war of attrition between Craig and I went into full swing, while Chris' Elven horde gained 1 more area off me with his fast units killing me before I could get any shots off (but thankfully no dragon rune). Chris pants-ed me again when he used Teleport to go through another river and take another undefended dragon rune from me ("I'm ready for you this Winter, Chris. Teleport? In Summer? Oh great.").
Neck-and-neck in the final year (Year 6). I took back the dragon rune Chris took, while Craig meddled and made me unable to take back another one from Chris for the rest of the game. Since we all believed that Chris and I were tied at that point, it was fair play (especially with how badly I abused Craig all game). But turns out it swung the game when I lost by 2 to Chris' 8 dragon runes, and would have won the tiebreaker. Chris had surprised our counting by having neutral forces keep his dragon rune safe in response to Threatened Home Realms, when the traditional play is to move it to another friendly region. He reclaimed that dragon rune in the last year, and got another free one off the Winter event for the well-deserved victory.
Learning New Games
One of my regrets from the last convention was forgetting to learn any new games. Considering that I learned all-time favorites like Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, Claustrophobia, A Game of Thrones and Gears of War at the local conventions, I pledged to find another home run this time.
To that end, I actually stuck to an event featuring a game I wanted to learn, instead of taking the easy route and playing Dominant Species or Battlestar Galactica with friends. This was GM Jim teaching 1812: The Invasion of Canada to me and... hmm, I was the only one who signed up, to both our consternation. No worry: Jim started teaching me, and I probably shouldn't have asked so many edge-case questions trying to sound smart, since it turned out to be way simple.
Too simple. I expected some kind of speed bump on my way to the holy grail of Here I Stand, using unique card decks for each faction to weave out a 3v2 game which teams mean more than just 1 person bossing and taking over. It turned out to be refined Axis & Allies. Very well-refined, but still too similar. Strategy is simply defending your regions equally, using cube diversity and tracking of opponents' cards (especially the naval movements) to trivially optimize your movements. Nothing wrong with a light dicing game, but the playtime is a tad long (90-120min) for something like this, and if you're going this route, might as well go the whole nine yards and provide plastic figures instead of generic cubes (who wants to play Risk or Axis & Allies with cubes? Ugh).
Couple of things to like in here though, especially this: the Truce 'mercy rule'. Every dice game or luck-infused game needs to sit up and take notice, and try to incorporate this: a mechanism for the runaway leader to cut short the game.
My 2-player game with Jim succumbed to this in only the minimum 3 turns and 30 minutes, though not because I was the runaway leader, but because I was accidentally forced into ending it, since I wasn't aware of that dangerous possibility.
Bay and Joe dropped by mid-game, which was ideal, because I was looking for Bay to swap games with him. He joined me on the American side, and the game was simple enough that Jim was able to show Joe the ropes on the Canadian side while he smashed me. After the lightning-quick game, Jim proposed a re-match since he had to stay there and host the event anyway. I agreed, not because I hoped a full 5er experience (we got another who also learned while playing) would be better, but because the aforementioned games of Dominant Species and Battlestar Galactica had just kicked into high gear. As I suspected, the 5er game was worse like Axis & Allies, further diluting a game with very little interesting strategic value, and simply adding downtime and disagreements between partners (every time I, the Canadian Militia, got overruled by the British on the correct cube-diversity decisions given the odds i.e. stop killing my dudes!, he'd roll all hits on his next volley, invalidating my point. Grrr, thematic in that way, I suppose. All I was good for in that game was ferrying my tyrannical British friends across the border).
Afterward, the other 3 players retired, while Bay assured me that he, like me, does not require sleep. He had a nice bag of out-of-print stuff, and I requested Ascending Empires. He was rusty on the rules, but I had fun figuring it out along with him. This would have been the bona fide hit for me if it weren't for the component issues. I unwittingly sat in the wrong corner of the galaxy, and had enormous trouble trying to flick my ships onto what I knew was a gray planet I needed, since the junction there kept causing my ships to fly off the board, no matter where I flicked from or how hard I pushed the board down (in case you aren't aware, an incredibly dumb, cheap decision was made for this game to have the board be split into puzzle pieces that don't interlock correctly instead of having a one-piece board). In the end, Bay felt so much pity for me that he gave me free flicks to that planet, but I was already too far behind.
Nevertheless, I greatly appreciate the chance to learn the game. It's the first game where flicking isn't the centerpiece (Catacombs says it isn't either, but no, it's still all about the flicking, dressed up with thematic rules), and is instead mechanically integrated into a simple empire-building engine that does require some strategic thinking in terms of how you want to focus. The thematic integration is tight, with flicks being a cool way to move your ships, and long-distance flicks representing the danger in risky flying. I have 2 notes of caution: 1) there is runaway leader syndrome with the techs, but it should be much less of an issue in multiplayer games, where the other player(s) balance the game; 2) the game can drag and be a little too long, especially if the players are turtling and not being aggressive enough (since it's timed by VP chips, and VP chips are primarily earned by killing and destroying) -- could probably salt to taste by tweaking the number of VP chips needed to end the game.
Ended up learning The Castles of Burgundy because Sean insists on teaching me a Eurogame every con (it was either this or Lancaster for 5). Our 3rd was Chris, a cool guy who demo'd some CCG all day, including during our game (he was that good at multi-tasking!). Like all Feld games, the central idea was nifty at first glance, but the game was unjustifiably long at 2 hours. I have no qualms about playing long games (especially at cons), but it felt like Castles of Burgundy is long without the game state getting any more interesting. It's just rinse and repeat what you did 5 times. Some better control of the game length, including using smaller player boards, would have been welcome. Feld seriously doesn't need another bone-dry 2-hour game that runs on a gimmick that's cute for 30 minutes.
A subsequent play after the con revealed to me that the first 30 minutes ever that you play of the game are interesting; not even the first 30 minutes of each play.
Trust Knizia to put the wrong theme on the wrong game. The dragon parade in Dragon Parade makes no sense, but this game would have functioned well as a simulation of the stock market. Not interested in playing again, but I'd use it in a heartbeat to illustrate signaling in a class about stock markets. I was glad to try it too, now I have a base to compare Hab & Gut (which is still in shrink) to.
And speaking of SPANC: Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls...
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover
I thought I'd seen some of the images (of questionable taste) from this game. I'm not one to turn a game down solely because of theme or artwork, but this game didn't look like it'd pass the Mom test either ("will I be proud of letting my Mom see me play this?"). And what's that on the side? STEVE JACKSON GAMES. Hmm. But Joel and I were waiting on others to arrive, and were up for a quick 2er that could be mutually aborted at any time. I relented after he promised that the game was less than 45 minutes (for a Steve Jackson game... really?).
Setup was disturbingly Munchkin-esque since you have your own tableau of stuff, and there's a "Caper" (encounter/dungeon) deck and a "Toys" (treasure) deck. Similarities ended there. This was very Diamant/Unnamed Object-esque, with push-your-luck on completing each caper first. SPANC is really SP (Space Pirate), Amazon, Ninja and Catgirls, providing 4 arenas/stats for dueling, each with its own benefits and consequences. And the humor was the best of retro-Munchkin: I laughed when I encountered the Zen Master, who decreed that in order to succeed, I had to fail (the die roll). I put on and took off my spiffy Bandana to help opportunistically with die rolls, until Joel started a catfight with me and ripped it to shreds. And POOLBOYS. A pity we didn't get any poolboys down (we aborted after 10 min when the other guys showed up), would have loved to rip one of them apart like a pinata.
I expected this to be a sexploitation game, but turns out it was about female empowerment, with Amazons ruling over the spaceship while thong-wearing Poolboys in bunny costumes serve drinks. I entered the game feeling pervy and I exited feeling emasculated. In a good way, since that was a new, powerful feeling to get after trying a game (instead of simply like/dislike/indifferent).
Another example of appearances meaning nothing sometimes: I brought my copy of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) to help out with Craig's event, since I wanted to play it anyway. When I got there, Craig was in the midst of explaining, and waved me over to the overflow table, where I saw a bearded guy, and... hmm a father (Steve) and 2 kids who looked 8-10 years old. I looked for the exit while the dad assured me that his kids loved the books (on hindsight, hey should they be reading those at such a tender age?) and they played Diplomacy all the time. That helped, but... hey, that kid is having a rule confusion in Formula D right now!
I shouldn't have worried. The kids were delightful to be around, took as much punishment as they dealt out, and Steve constantly reminded them of manners and rules. The 5th player privately noted to me that he felt like the son was trying to get away with cheating, but I never noticed anything, and even if he did, sportsmanship is a much better and rarer quality to have at that age than ethics (which get ironed out).
As for the game itself, I continued my abysmal record when teaching A Game of Thrones. Though this time, I, as Lannister, had Steve/Greyjoy on the ropes in Turn 3, before Stark interfered and attacked me first. That one crucial moment put me on the run all game, scraping between 1 and 2 castles, and cemented my pet peeve with this game (the Lannister-Greyjoy axis only requires 1 event to tip over and veer into elimination). I was glad it turned out this way though, since I didn't want his first experience to be marooned on the Iron Islands and doing nothing. The game went quickly and down to the last round, where Greyjoy, Baratheon and Tyrell all had a shot. Tyrell was too conservative with his last set of orders, with both his siege engines failing to make the front lines. Greyjoy and Baratheon exchanged the lead multiple times, and in the end, I got a chance to hand the game to Baratheon, by popular opinion, in retaliation for a full-game torture by Greyjoy. The son (Hal) defeated the father (Steve)! Everybody was delighted with the outcome, especially Steve.
Always heartening to see young players get the right guidance on their way to becoming seasoned but easygoing gamers.
Good Games with Good People
Eclipse, and lost 2-3 people who got intimidated by the rules explanation (especially the ship customization)... hmm, their loss. On the game I did play, I was proud of my performance, amounting to 'here's how you answer all the overblown complaints about this game on BGG'. I had 'crappy' Explores,
Crucial move when I passed on Turn 7 right before Joe did to nab the Monolith next turn (Joe the newbie groaned audibly when it happened, good on him for catching on quick!), but Joe managed to get a Monolith anyway in Turn 9. In Turn 8, I did something cool which didn't occur to be before, shutting down my Science production completely via the Influence action and a white planet to push everything into Materials (and Monolith spam in Turn 9), which I maxed out. I had a stack of discs on the INF action that was at least 6 levels high!
The dominoes finally fell on Turn 9, and as always, it only took one move to start it. Brent the newbie rightfully moved against Sean, but Joe moved against me. I pointed out repeatedly that Sean was the clear leader, but this was hard for the newbies to see (especially with Planta's bonus VPs), and I eventually decided to keep quiet after the other 3 got annoyed and chalk up the 'sub-optimal play' to a learning game (I thought it was a little wonky for Sean to misrepresent the VP situation to newbies, but learning game is learning game). My missile defense was ready, as my interceptor swarm flooded into Joe's much richer systems, including his home hex, which had a Monolith on it. While Brent tried to jump into the center. It was an entire clusterf***, but not much bothering Sean unfortunately, and he pulled out the win by 7 VPs (scoring 46).
There were a few hard feelings in the end as we got caught in the moment, but nothing best encapsulates the session than newbie Joe staring past me as I asked him to clear up his side of the board, then finally him realizing it after a full minute and apologizing, "Sorry. Mind. Blown." I got to witness his mind.blown face!
After dinner, it was 8 p.m., which as Sean always says, is BSG time. Craig and I agreed on the condition that everybody is experienced, since we wanted to leave soon. Funny situation when Craig and I were in a hurry to set up, and Craig told Sean he didn't bring his copy but Sean misheard it as he did, while Sean told Craig he was going to call his kids but Craig misheard it as him going to his car to get his copy. So Craig and I sat at the table, watching the clock, wishing Sean's kids would hurry up and go to sleep... 10 minutes later, we finally got to setting up, and the game wrapped in a cool, smooth 2 hours. It was once again a treat to match wits with a table of experienced players, with the game being lightning-fast as everybody knew the cards by title. Session report here.


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After close to 3 1/2 years of my last build (Penryn-based), I've decided to upgrade to Ivy Bridge now.
My usage patterns include a lot of browsing, Folding, and a little gaming (should be ready for the upcoming Euro Truck Simulator 2 [SCSSoft.com], but no specs released yet).
Here's what I've planned for so far. Feel free to provide your own suggestions / recommendations / deals.
1. Processor - Intel i5-3570k - $363 (including motherboard - just purchased from Microcenter)
2. Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V
3. Heatsink - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $30 (purchased from NCIX US)
4. RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 - $93 (purchased from NCIX US)
5. Graphics card - (thinking of holding off on this purchase till the mid-range cards from Nvidia arrive. Currently, considering the AMD Radeon HD 7850)
6. Solid-state drive - Crucial m4 128 GB - $110 (purchased from Buy.com)
7. Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - $97 (purchased from Newegg)
8. Case fans - Noiseblocker BlackSilentFan 120 mm PWM (to replace my 120mm Antec Tri Cool. Purchased from SVC.com) - $17 x 2
9. Hard disk - Not needed (Have a Seagate 120 GB and, Western Digital 640 GB and 1 TB hard disks)
10. Case and power supply - Not really needed (Already have an Antec Sonata III and a new Seasonic M12II 520. However, the cable management features in new cases from Fractal Design, NZXT interest me)
11. Sound card - Not needed (Have an ASUS Xonar DG PCI card)
12. Monitor - Not needed (Have an HP LP2475W 24" monitor)
13. Keyboard, mouse - Not needed (Keeping the Logitech combo from the last build)
Update - Components purchased after this thread was created marked in brown.
Thanks to all TR gerbils in advance.
P.S. - If anyone is interested in my current system components (noted in sig), please send me a PM.

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One in three Windows machines is vulnerable to the Downadup worm. A patch was issued in October, but many machines were not fixed. About 3.5 million machines have been infected.
The worm that has infected several million Windows PCs is causing havoc because nearly a third of all systems remain unpatched 80 days after Microsoft rolled out an emergency fix, a security expert said Thursday.[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Based on scans of several hundred thousand customer-owned Windows PCs, Qualys concluded that about 30 percent of the machines have not yet been patched with the "out of cycle" fix Microsoft provided Oct. 23 as security update MS08-067.http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/..._attack_1.html


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Ray....Foye....and everyone will know the name Lowry by the end of March Madness, this kid is the next great point guard in college basketball. Go Cats
Big win for Rutgers today......big win.
Ray....Foye....and everyone will know the name Lowry by the end of March Madness, this kid is the next great point guard in college basketball. Go Cats
Originally Posted by RutgersJetFan
Let's examine those 20 wins shall we.Originally Posted by Chase
They beat in the non-conf:
-Bethune-Cookman(15-14, 3rd in the MEAC), Cornell(13-15, 3rd in IVY), Tx Tech(at MSG, 14-16, 7th in Big 12), Siena(15-13, 4th in MAAC), Manhattan(18-10, 1st in MAAC), TCU(6-25, 9th in Mtn West), Colgate(10-19, 6th in Patriot), Davidson(20-10, 2nd in Southern), Ill-Chicago(16-15, 3rd in Horizon), at Towson(12-16, 7th in Colonial), Kent State(22-8, 1st in MAC), UTEP(19-8, 3rd in CUSA)
They did not beat 1 good team from a major conference, their biggest win were against decent mid-majors Davidson and Manhattan and both were very clsoe games at the Dome.
They lost to in the non-conf:
-Florida(at MSG) and Bucknell at home. A decent major program(the only 1 they faced in non-conf) and a decent mid-major at the Dome.
In the BE they beat:
-South Florida, ND, Cincy(twice inclduing yesterday), Rutgers, SJU, Louisville and WVU.
They beat ONE ranked team who is hovering around 20. They built their 20 wins on creampuffs and beat the bad teams in the BE. Against good competition they were beat all year and only beat WVU by 2 at home.
The BE is better and the ACC is down b/c of defections but it's not like the BE is better than ACC the way the ACC usually is better than the BE. The BE has more decent teams b/c they have 45 teams in the conf but the conf has not been great.how does cincy not deserve to get in???? if they played in the ACC they would be a 25 win team....
Let's look at Cincy's non conf:
They have ONE good non-cond win and that was a W over LSU at home, they lost to the other ranked team they played at home, Memphis, by double digits. Since Jan 9 they have gone 6-10- that's NOT a Tourney team w/ what they played in the non-conf and just like SU the only decent BE team they beat was WVU at home.
Originally Posted by Chase
I think if you cannot go at least .500 in your conference then you do not belong.
If you combine a 3-10 record against RPI top 50, a sub .500 record in conference and losing three of its last four games then I think the Cuse will need to beat UConn to go dancing.
I think Rutgers should just win it all. It would be hilarious. We fired our lousy coach so that the top recruiter in the country (who is from NJ) can now be our head coach. Yet, the players are rallying around our current fired coach, while acknowledging how good our new coach is. LOL I love my alma mater.
This is almost as ridiculous as giving our football coach a 7 year extension when his coaching skills rival that of Herman Edwards.
How is Fred Hill the top recruiter in the nation?We fired our lousy coach so that the top recruiter in the country (who is from NJ) can now be our head coach.
[QUOTE=Jetfan_Johnny]I think if you cannot go at least .500 in your conference then you do not belong.
If you combine a 3-10 record against RPI top 50, a sub .500 record in conference and losing three of its last four games then I think the Cuse will need to beat UConn to go dancing.[/Quote
SU played an unbalanced schedule.Played Nova twice, and Uconn three times, as well as cincy twice. Lost to Florida and Bucknell as well.
Three bad loses: The hall, Depaul, and Cincy at home.
They played a normal schedule we would have 22 wins. Anyway in my opionon we truly dont deserve to go...if Cincy and the Hall are left out. We deserve to go over those two teams.
Originally Posted by nyjunc
Are you serious or joking?
Syracuse is in as long as they don't get pistol whipped today.....Cinci is in.....and I think Seton Hall is out.
[QUOTE=djr44]Every year you hear from the committee about how important it is to finish well and the Cuse has struggled late. I think the Big East gets eight teams in to the tourney. Three teams fighting for 2 spots and S.H. didn't do themselves any favors last night so the Cuse may get in.Originally Posted by Jetfan_Johnny
I am just not sure I agree.
Lester, hitting any of the Nova games this weekend. A lot of the boys are in town tomorrow. Let me know.Originally Posted by LesterLyles
So you guys are kill me for this, but, after Rutgers stunning upset, i predict that......
Syracuse will upset UConn today.
Yup - you heard it here first!
looking good so far. Cuse up 11 at the halfOriginally Posted by Vilma
[QUOTE=djr44]How is losing to Bucknell at home not a bad loss? I klnow they are a good mid-major but you have to beat them at home.Originally Posted by Jetfan_Johnny
Very serious, when did the top recruiter rankings come out? He coached at SH, Villanova and Rutgers and last I checked w/ all the great recruting he did none made the FF and Rut and SH rarely make the Tourney. I know he's done some great things in recruting and is known as a great recruiter but to call him the best is a little over the top. If he was as good as you say he'd be at a big time school.Are you serious or joking?
Who else could have Nova as the #4 team in the nation? Hopefully he'll bring similar uccess to RU after next year.Originally Posted by nyjunc
Where are my RU peeps? Anyone going to MSG tonite? I need a ticket. Help a brudder out.
'Nova is #2 and they were a big time program w/ big time talent about a decade ago and they won a Nat'l Title 21 years ago so it's possible to win at Villanova. I'm not trying to say he isn't a big time recruiter but when the term "best" is thrown around it makes me question it. Hopefully he can recruit well to RU and you guys can become a good program. There certainly is enough talent in the NY-NJ-Philly area to have a successful program at Rutgers.Originally Posted by JumbalayaJet
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86-84 'Cuse wins. Damn good call. Thats the kind of win that puts you in the tourney.Originally Posted by Vilma
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As trade rumors swirl, Major Leaguers have much more to think about than which color jersey they'll be wearing by the end of the week as they prepare for the "mass chaos" of potential midseason relocation. A new team could mean a shot at the playoffs, but it also means booking flights, selling your house, shipping your car, finding a new school for your kids and learning to navigate a new city, all on a few days' notice. For Jason Bay, it meant scrambling to catch up with the Red Sox and leaving his wife to take care of things in Pittsburgh while she was eight months pregnant. Said Mark Teixeira, who was traded from Texas to Atlanta, "It's really hectic and crazy and not fair to the families that you have to pick up and move, but this is the life we chose." (NY Daily News)
The Padres and their lucky Yoda backpack threw a Princess Leia-inspired party in the bullpen. (Yahoo! Sports)
Here's a behind-the-scenes lesson in how to live it up like an All-Star, courtesy of C.J. Wilson. (YouTube)
All-Star pitcher David Robertson dished on meeting his "gorgeous" wife and best friend Erin, Mariano Rivera's deadly accuracy with a piece of Dubble Bubble, visiting Tuscaloosa tornado victims and going from the "extreme sheer nervousness" of putting on the Yankee pinstripes to riding down Broadway in the Canyon of Heroes parade. (New York Post)
Tigers ace Justin Verlander shared his competitive fire with teammate Don Kelly in the Detroit dugout. Literally. (MLB.com)
Go behind the camera lens as Brandon Phillips pulls off a parking meter plank (Twitter), Brandon McCarthy admires the "rare [room service] Snickers prepared by a Japanese geisha" (Twitter) and Paul Maholm sits front row at the shark tank with his little buddy (Twitter).
A picture is worth a thousand words. In Adam Dunn's case, it's worth five thousand Legos. (ESPN Chicago)
Tweet of the Day: "New entourage tonight!!! Check for my guest appearance as a cab driver! Doesnt really look like me but let's just pretend" -- Rays left-hander David Price (@DAVIDprice14)
Quote of the Day: "HOPE Week for us as an organization is a very fun time. As athletes, we have a platform, and we use that platform to impact lives in a positive way. You can give money, but I think giving your time is something that makes it a lot more worthwhile." --Yankees captain Derek Jeter (NBC's "Today Show" via SportsBusiness Daily). Monday kicks off the third annual New York Yankees HOPE Week, where players will personally reach out and spend time honoring local immigrants, music therapy patients, Haiti earthquake survivors, Special Olympians and children who lost parents on 9/11 (The Wall Street Journal).
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Crime Stoppers: A National Evaluation of Program Operations and Effects, 1984 (ICPSR 9349)
Principal Investigator(s): Rosenbaum, Dennis P.; Lurigio, Arthur J.; Lavrakas, Paul J.
The goal of this data collection was to answer three basic questions about the Crime Stoppers (CS) program, a program encouraging citizen involvement in averting crime and apprehending suspects. First, how does Crime Stoppers work in theory and in practice? Second, what are the opinions and attitudes of program participants toward the Crime Stoppers program? Third, how do various components of the program such as rewards, anonymity, use of informants, and media participation affect criminal justice outcome measures such as citizen calls and arrests? This collection marks the first attempt to examine the operational procedures and effectiveness of Crime Stoppers programs in the United States. Police coordinators and board chairs of local Crime Stoppers programs described their perceptions of and attitudes toward the Crime Stoppers program. The Police Coordinator File includes variables such as the police coordinator's background and experience, program development and support, everyday operations and procedures, outcome statistics on citizen calls (suspects arrested, property recovered, and suspects prosecuted), reward setting and distribution, and program relations with media, law enforcement, and the board of directors. Also available in this file are data on citizen calls received by the program, the program's arrests and clearances, and the program's effects on investigation procedure. The merged file contains data from police coordinators and from Crime Stoppers board members. Other variables include city population, percent of households living in poverty, percent of white population, number of Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Part I crimes involved, membership and performance of the board, fund raising methods, and ratings of the program.
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Jennifer Lawrence may be one of the hottest young stars in Hollywood right now, but the actress says she still doesn't fit into Hollywood's warped standards of beauty -- nor does she ever want to.
In an interview with Elle magazine, the "Hunger Games" actress admits that by Hollywood standards, she is considered overweight. "In Hollywood, I'm obese," says the 22-year-old. "I'm considered a fat actress."
Lawrence reveals that unlike many of her peers, she does not limit her food intake to fit into unattainable standards: "I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress who doesn't have anorexia rumors."
The Kentucky native, who is best-known for her role as Katniss in "The Hunger Games," says she doesn't want to send the message to her young fans that dieting is glamorous: "I'm never going to starve myself for a part," she tells Elle. "I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner."
"That's something I was really conscious of during training [for the movie], when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong — not thin and underfed."
Lawrence, who tries to stay grounded in the strange world of Hollywood, says her boyfriend, "X-Men" co-star Nicholas Hoult, appreciates her exactly the way she is: "He's my favorite person to be around and makes me laugh harder than anybody."
"We can eat Cheetos and watch beach volleyball and we turn into two perverted Homer Simpsons, like, 'Oh, she's got a nice a--.' I never thought we'd have such different opinions on a----."


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I just saw those, that is absolutey insane. The regular pivot tool, which is very nice, is expensive enough, let alone $595 to have a diamond in it.
Yep, I agree - That is waaaay over the top...But I will bet they sell a few..
The pivot tools will definitely sell out, some have a lot of disposable income!
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Got the bag and putter stand!
Release is up! Stand Bag is interesting if you like Camo Pink....otherwise there is a cool putter stand!
No Diamond Pivot Tool though.... :( LOL
No, but the RED pivot tool is nice.
TNT, didn't you also get the orange bag in the last release? How did you pass on the shirt? I thought this would be right up your alley.
where is this stuff sold? i'm just debating getting into collecting and i know you have to be a club cameron member to have a shot.
It is sold at www.scottycameron.com after you login, you will see the limited release stuff in the Studio Store. For as long as it lasts!
I just read the email, there are 2, different styles, Santa head covers, available.
19holeRelease is up...got both covers. Stand bag SOLD OUT in Minutes!
The covers are decent but not something I'd game except one month out of the year so I passed. Overall I was somewhat disappointed in the release. Liked the camo stand bag but not the pink trim. Not his best holiday release in my opinion. I passed on everything.
Way too much for me no matter how good it looks.
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Ever since the Apollo days, any manned spacecraft being launched by NASA is assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building and moved to its launch pad aboard the Crawler-Transporter.
Due to thunderstorms, the STS-128 rollout Tuesday was delayed two hours. The crawlerway was a morass of mud, so they had to go very slowly and clean its treads as they went along.
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BALTIMORE -- Cardinal Plastics Inc., a subsidiary of Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc., has taken delivery of a new injection-molding machine. While manufacturing equipment normally doesn't draw industry attention, Cardinal's new Fanuc Roboshot is a state-of-the-art injection-molding system that promises big returns for the capsule maker and its bulk vending customers.
"This unit is significantly faster than older machines," said Cardinal Plastics president Jeff Oertel. "We'll be able to produce many more parts with more consistency." For bulk vending operators, this capability will translate into fewer rejects, better-fitting capsules and eggs, and faster order fulfillment.
Because the Roboshot molding machine is all electric, it uses less power than older plastic machines, up to 50% to 70% less electricity than older hydraulic systems, and requires a smaller cooling tower. Additionally, it doesn't employ oil, which makes it more environmentally friendly.
"They don't use hydraulics," explained Oertel, "so these machines almost never go down and never require maintenance. That's a real consideration when you have to produce on average 7.5 million components and capsules a week." Do the math on that, and Cardinal's output adds up to some 300 to 400 million parts a year.
"Fanuc makes great equipment, and we needed a new injection-molding machine," said Cardinal Distributing president Danny Paszkiewicz. The Roboshot is made by Germany's Fanuc Robomachine, a subsidiary of Japan's Fanuc Ltd., a pioneer in factory tooling automation.
"They made us a great offer on it, so we decided to buy a bigger machine than we normally need," Paszkiewicz told VT. "So now we have the extra capacity and technology. Parts can be made much, much cleaner and they're easier to snap together. Anybody who buys empty capsules from us will find them less difficult to put together. And if it's easier, it's going to be faster."
Because of the machine's molding precision, the plastic overhang that plagues some capsule production runs and the filling process -- known as "flash" -- is virtually eliminated. This is certainly good for vendors, but also welcome news for Cardinal's customers outside of bulk vending who require higher-precision components.
The machine, which weighs almost 18 tons, comes with a hefty price tag, double the cost of standard injection-molding machines. Sticker shock aside, the investment already seems to be paying off. The company has been getting calls from customers interested in bringing injection molding back to the United States from China. Rapid turnaround time and big savings on shipping make Cardinal highly competitive with overseas suppliers. Business is booming thanks to the company's investment.
If things go according to plan, Cardinal Plastics could be adding more Roboshot equipment in the coming years, making the company a force with which to be reckoned in the injection-molding arena in bulk vending and beyond.
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Unbelievable. Incredible. There are not enough exclamations to describe the kind of reaction an ordinary person would have to the story of a paramedic who put his own needs before that of a critically ill person.
Of course, the decision might not have been his, thus an investigation is pending. But, regardless of the authority who demanded that the paramedic end his shift, his first moral priority should have been for the welfare of the patient he was carrying. Though paramedics may not be bound by the Hippocratic oath, they essentially agree to similar codes of ethical conduct.
Imagine a doctor, in the middle of a life-saving code, deciding to go off shift. That just wouldn't happen, not unless some extraordinary circumstances where another doctor is available and can take over immediately. In this case, a paramedic is called to transport a stroke patient to the hospital. He takes a detour to the ambulance station so that he can go off shift and another driver takes the patient to the hospital, where he ends up dying because he did not receive treatment immediately.
Now, you might argue that the patient would have died anyway. But, is that the way we should trivialise someone's life. There was a possibility that he could have been saved had intervention taken place in the recommended time frame. As such, the patient arrived at the hospital outside of the time frame. (Remember the Natasha Richardson case.) The driver could have been excused for going off-shift had a driver been available along the way to the hospital, rather than off the route.
So, what was the motive for choosing to go off-shift rather than completing his route then returning to the ambulance station? Was there a demand for him to turn in? Or, did he just feel that his duty ended at such and such a time? Should you be in the emergency health field if you only want to work your shift and forget about it? What happened to overtime in cases of emergency? Surely, exceptions to limiting pay exists in such cases. It costs more in the long-run when you become too tight-fisted to allow for flexibility in shift work hours.


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FC Dallas will take on a familiar opponent in their third and final group match of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic this evening. Dallas faced off against Toronto four times last season between the MLS regular season and the CCL group stage - twice in Frisco and twice at BMO Field.
FC Dallas won each of the first three matches by a score of 1-0, but FCD fans will remember the fourth meeting all too well. Toronto came down to Texas and handed Dallas a 3-0 loss that put TFC through to the quarterfinal stage of the 2011-12 CCL and eliminated FCD from the tournament.
Tonight will be the first meeting since that match, and once again, advancement is at stake. The winner of tonight's match advances to the final to face the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. In the event of a draw, FCD would still advance to the tournament championship on goal differential.
The match kicks off at 5 p.m. CT and will be streamed on MLSsoccer.com's live Channel 2. Or, you could make your way down to Trinity Hall at Mockingbird Station where they'll be having a watching party in conjunction with the release of the 2012 FC Dallas kit. It'll be your first chance to buy the new kit, and what better way to break it in than cheering FCD on to the Disney Pro Soccer Classic final for the second straight year?


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Tenmile Range > Quandary Peak > Inwood Arete > Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|Pretty much what everyone else has said. Poor pro and shitty rock. Opted out of the 'direct start' due to cold (in shadow) plus I'm a bit rusty.
Great for solitude though.
|Posted Aug 26, 2012 11:04 pm
|Brian C
|Good way to do Quandary
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2012
|I really enjoyed this. Don't go in expecting the Sharkstooth but do expect a challenging scramble. We motored up lots of 4th to low-5th terrain. Very fun.
|Posted Jul 26, 2012 10:04 pm
|Inwood ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2012
|A fun place to start the season!
|Posted Jun 12, 2012 8:06 am
|nice route, worth the trip
|a very quick climb, on a nice peak, with easy access. definitely more of a roped mountain scramble than a rock climb. I thought the direct start crack is only about 5.4, though hard to protect. On the descent, down the main route, take the closed trail to the left, soon after the wood bridge on the way down to go back to your car instead of continuing to the main trailhead and having to hike 2 miles back up the road
|Posted Aug 22, 2011 3:07 pm
|this is quandary?
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011
|climbed w/james on an overcast day. the arete was much easier than i expected, but we still got 3 good pitches and lots of fun scrambling out of the adventure.
|Posted Jul 13, 2011 4:32 pm
|Just Okay
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010
|Climbed this route via the 5.7 Direct Start pitch. The climbing was loose and inconsistent, and the overall route quality was less than I expected. Don't think you're getting a classic multi-pitch in this route, it's more of a loose scramble with the option of roping up in a few places.
|Posted Feb 2, 2011 5:49 pm
|Good Alternative
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008
|Good alternative to the trade route. Partner and I only one on route besides goats (which about killed us with rockfall). Shocked to find like 70 people on summit.
|Posted Mar 17, 2009 1:44 pm
|Good fun
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2000
|My wife's first somewhat technical mountain route. Plenty fun, though a bit more plodding is then needed to reach the summit. Descended the W. Ridge, and a faint trail back down below the north side of the peak (camped down there so I could solo the E. Face of Fletcher the next day).
|Posted Jan 14, 2008 1:06 pm
|Route Climbed: Inwood Arete Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2003
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2003
|Very fun mountaineering route. The crux of the climb was a 5.6-5.7 chimney that we encountered near the ridge crest. From then on it was a fun scramble.
|Posted May 13, 2007 2:48 pm
|Inwood Arete early April 2006
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2006
|Did this route with winter conditions still present. This was a fun rock and snow climb but it took around 15 hours round trip. Be prepared for a long day with this route in winter. Descended in the dark down E. ridge.
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Removal of American Indian Tribes to Oklahoma
Earliest Period to 1830
In 1803, when the United States assumed control of the area that became Oklahoma, Indian people already inhabited the land. Wichitas, Plains Apaches (today's Apache Tribe), Quapaws, and Caddos were here during the Spanish and French colonial period. By the early 1800s, Osages, Pawnees, Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, and Arapahos had also migrated into the region or visited to use resources. Some Delawares, Shawnees, Kickapoos, Chickasaws, and Choctaws regularly came to hunt Oklahoma's abundant bison, beaver, deer, and bear.
The Second Period, 1830–1862
The expansion of Anglo-American settlement into the Trans-Appalachian West led to the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, forcing all Eastern Indians to move to new homelands west of the Mississippi River in the "Indian Territory." The Five Civilized Tribes purchased new lands in today's Oklahoma, but some relocated farther north. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 led to renewed Anglo-American settlement in these territories, and the immigrant tribes located there were soon under pressure to move on. Texas, too, forced out all remaining tribes in 1859. The Civil War ended the removals temporarily.
Present Indian nations that received new homelands in today's Oklahoma during this period:
- Absentee Shawnee
- Cherokee
- Delaware
- (Muscogee) Creek
- Seneca-Cayuga
- Tonkawa
- Wyandotte
- Alabama-Quassarte
- Chickasaw
- Eastern Shawnee
- Ottawa
- Seminole
- United Keetoowah
- Yuchi (Euchee)
- Caddo
- Choctaw
- Kialegee
- Quapaw
- Thlopthlocco
- Wichita
The Final Period, 1867–1892
The end of the Civil War allowed another surge of Anglo-American settlement into the West, and again Indian tribes were pressured onto reservations in the Indian Territory. In 1867 many of the tribes living in Kansas and Nebraska received new reservations by the Omnibus Treaty, while the Plains Tribes accepted reservations by the Medicine Lodge Treaty. The last people to receive a reservation were Geronimo and his fellow Chiricahua prisoners of war.
Tribes assigned to Oklahoma reservations during this period:
- Apache
- Citizen Potawatomi
- Fort Sill Apache
- Kickapoo
- Modoc
- Pawnee
- Sac and Fox
- Arapaho
- Comanche
- Iowa
- Kiowa
- Osage
- Peoria
- Shawnee
- Cheyenne
- Delaware
- Kaw
- Miami
- Ponca
- Otoe-Missouria


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The award was presented at Chrysler's third annual Strategy Meeting and Supplier Awards Ceremony on June 5 in Auburn Hills, Mich.
"This award is solid validation of Kansas City Southern's commitment to our customers," said KCS President and CEO David L. Starling. "We believe our performance in safety, security and sustainability is second to none. An award like this, coming from a high-performing logistics group like Chrysler, clearly supports that belief."
Award recipients were determined based on an evaluation of each company's External Balanced Scorecard performance in 2012 – a rating system that evaluates supplier performance in areas such as quality, delivery, cost, warranty and partnership – and input from Chrysler Group senior leadership.
"KCSM was chosen for the logistics award for providing operational excellence, being a top performer, collaborating in cost-savings initiatives, and actively supporting our sustainability initiatives," said Chrysler Director of Worldwide Logistics and Customs Bill Cook. "Chrysler is pleased to recognize KCSM's outstanding performance on their logistics scorecard and we thank them for consistently working with Chrysler in a proactive manner."
At the Strategy Meeting, Chrysler Group and Fiat S.p.A. purchasing leadership reviewed their strategy for the future and expectations of suppliers. Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne served as the keynote speaker and thanked Chrysler's supply base for the role they played in the company's journey.
"Chrysler could not have reclaimed its future without your unwavering support and crucial contributions of intelligence and vision," said Marchionne. "Our fate is absolutely intertwined with yours. Our commitment to you is to deliver on our promises and help you become a much stronger competitor."


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Rob Zombie Ends Concert After Two Songs Due to Throat Issues
Rob Zombie was forced to cut short his July 20 set at the Rock Fest in Cadott, Wis., due to throat problems. After performing only two songs, a raspy-voiced Rob Zombie apologized to the festival crowd before walking offstage to a chorus of disappointed groans.
Rob Zombie was the closing headliner of the four-day festival, which featured Sammy Hagar, Five Finger Death Punch and Aerosmith as top billers for the previous three days.
"I've never done this before," Zombie said to the crowd after finishing 'Superbeast.' "I can't even talk, man. There's no way I can do this show, I'm sorry. It's f—ing bulls–t, I know. We don't want to give you a s–t show, I'm sorry. What can we do?"
Rock Fest shared a statement from Rob Zombie apologizing once again earlier today:
Sorry, everybody. I wish my voice wasn't so f—ed. I knew from the first second we started that it was impossible to get through the show.
The festival organizers also offered an apology for Rob Zombie's early exit:
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This method approximates folds as a series of circular arcs. This method was published by H.G. Busk in 1929, so it is sometimes called the Busk Method.
|1. Given the two dips shown, how do we approximate the fold
as circular arcs? We cannot assume the measurements are on the same bed -
they almost certainly are not.
2. The problem is to find concentric circles tangent to the two dip measurements.
3. Radii of circles are always perpendicular to the tangent where the radius hits the circle.
4. Therefore, we construct perpendiculars to each dip, and the intersection of the two perpendiculars is the center of the desired arcs.
We find the centers of curvature between adjacent dip measurements and construct the arcs for each. The arcs are bounded by the perpendiculars for each pair of dip measurements.
|1. It's quite common in this method for perpendiculars to
dip measurements to intersect far off the diagram.
2. Locate the bisector of the angle between the perpendiculars. One way is to construct lines parallel to each side the same distance in, so that the lines intersect. Then bisect that angle.
3. From each dip datum, draw a line perpendicular to the bisector and extend it to the opposite side. This locates the other end of the arc.
4. Construct the dips on opposite sides of the sector. Dips along any one side of the sector are all equal and parallel.
|5. If you extend the dips in to the bisector, the arcs must
lie within the yellow triangles.
6. Sketch the arcs. They will approximately bisect the center line of each triangle. A good visual approximation is sufficient.
7. The completed arcs.
8. Data from adjacent sectors can be carried across (tick marks in red) by measuring distances relative to the already plotted arcs .
The earth will not fall out of orbit if the arcs in a sector like that shown above are approximate. What matters most is the end points of the arc, because they determine relative stratigraphic position from one side to the other. Within the sector, between the dip datum points, there is no data, and the arc is only an approximation to the true (and unknown) exact shape of the fold.
If the dips are exactly equal, then the perpendiculars will be parallel, and the center will be at infinity. No problem - the "arcs" become straight lines.
|In the example at left, dip data are shown. We want to
construct a cross-section that satisfies the data.
The stratigraphic units are colored here but will not be colored for most of the remaining diagrams. It is often better not to consider stratigraphy until after the cross-section is drawn.
|We first find the center for concentric circles tangent to
dips 1 and 2.
All the circles tangent to dip 1 have their centers on a line perpendicular to dip 1. All the circles tangent to dip 2 have their centers on a line perpendicular to dip 2
Therefore, the intersection C12 is the center of concentric circles tangent both to dip 1 and to dip 2.
|Using C12 as a center, draw arcs tangent to dips 1 and 2 as shown. Draw the arcs only between the two perpendiculars.
|Now locate center C23, the center of concentric circles
tangent to dips 2 and 3. You already have a line perpendicular to dip 2,
so you only need to draw a line perpendicular to dip 3.
Note that, as often happens, the center is off the diagram.
Draw the arcs tangent to dips 2 and 3. Again, draw them only between the two perpendiculars.
|We can now exchange information with sector 1-2. Extend the
arc from dip 1 into sector 2-3, using C23 as a center (lower red arc).
Extend the arc from dip 3 into sector 1-2, using C12 as a center (upper red arc).
In general, as we complete the cross-section, we will extend data from one sector to the next like this.
|We can now construct center C34 by drawing a perpendicular
to dip 4. We already have the perpendicular to dip 3.
We extend the arcs from sector 2-3 into sector 3-4 as shown.
Note that the arc that starts at dip 2 passes very close to dip 4. We don't need an arc through every dip, even though we may use that dip to construct a center of curvature. So we won't bother drawing an arc for dip 4.
|Construct center C45 by drawing a perpendicular
to dip 5. We already have the perpendicular to dip 4.
Extend the arcs from sector 3-4 into sector 4-5 as shown.
Note that the arc that starts at dip 1 passes very close to dip 5. Again, we need not bother drawing an arc for dip 4.
Note that center C45 lies very near dip measurement 4. This is purely coincidental and has no significance.
Sector 4-5 presents a problem. The arc from dip 2 passes just about through C45, and the arc from dip 3 passes on the opposite side of C45 than does the arc from dip 1. When concentric folds have tight curvature, something has to give in the middle. If an arc passes on the wrong side of the center of curvature, do not draw it.
|Construct center C56 by drawing a perpendicular
to dip 6. We already have the perpendicular to dip 5.
Note that the intersection is now beneath the surface. This is no problem. It means the fold is now concave downward (an anticline)
|Construct the arc tangent to dip 6 as shown. Since this point is stratigraphically lower than all the other datum points, we continue the arc back through all the other sectors as well (shown in red).
|Construct arcs to connect with all the previously-constructed arcs as shown in red.
Sectors 6-7, 7-8, 9-9 and 9-10 are handled the same way, so the remaining illustrations simply show the results for each sector.
|Sector 6-7 completed
|Sector 7-8 completed.
|Sector 8-9 completed. Since point 9 falls between two
already drawn arcs, there is no real need to construct another arc for it,
at least for now.
Note that centers C67, C78 and C89 are all close together. This simply means the fold has fairly uniform curvature over that interval.
|Sector 9-10 completed. Since point 10 falls very close to an already drawn arc, there is no real need to construct another arc for it.
It is virtually certain when you draw a cross section using strictly geometric methods that the contacts will not match exactly with their predicted positions. There are many reasons why not:
|Here we have indicated the stratigraphy. It is virtually
certain when you draw a cross section using strictly geometric
methods that the contacts will not match exactly with their predicted
What we need to do now is redraw the folds so the cross-section matches both the dips and the stratigraphy.
|Here all the construction has been removed and the arcs are
Most of the time you can modify the fold shapes by hand to match the stratigraphy without too much trouble. Modified contacts are in black.
Do not get distracted by your dip symbols or stratigraphic colors. The only requirement is that the stratigraphy and dips match on the surface. Be prepared to modify the colors and depart from the dips below the surface if it's called for. Compare the two diagrams above to see that this was actually done.
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Discussion in 'Lost' started by Agent Richard07, May 13, 2009.
Damn, that was a great episode. All about the god-damned Jacob, all of the time, at long last.
Regarding Juliet's odds of survival, they may just have gotten worse. Elizabeth Mitchell's series V has been greenlit by ABC - it's a limited series, but she's the lead actor and if it does well, it will probably go to full series. So it's a mixed message - not at all clear whether it would impact her role on Lost - and anyway, it sounds like a cool series with a great cast so I'm happy whatever happens.
Mikhail got shot by a fucking harpoon.
That being said, I'd imagine Sayid has problems, since Jacob is dead now and can't heal him.
I suppose they could do it that way, but I kind of doubt they will. I'm inclined to think that the time travel was largely a plot device to get the Losties back in Dharma times so that they could be a part of important events in the Island's past. I don't know that it'll necessarily play a big role next season. I'm thinking that maybe the nuke going off will just transport them back to the present, and the rest of the final season will be Losties + Others vs. Jacob's rival in the present.
While there's something weird with Desmond's memory, other than that, I don't know that there are necessarily different iterations of the timeline that change. Yes, Faraday said that they weren't supposed to be there, but Faraday is the one who was trying to *change* things. I assumed he meant that Jack, Kate, and Hurley weren't supposed to be there because their being there was already part of history, and Faraday was trying to change history. When Faraday was dying, he seemed to realize that nothing had actually changed, as he realized that his mother killing him was something that was already part of the timeline, and she had known that would happen to him throughout his life.
With regard to the Incident, it looks like the Swan going crazy and magnetically attracting everything is exactly what happened in the Season 2 finale. I assume that was the Incident. The nuke then goes off, but remember, it's only "part of the bomb", not enough to kill everyone on the surface, just enough to temporarily contain the "pocket of energy". I assume they still end up having to install the system with the button, and that everything plays out like it always did. In Season 2, Sayid even comments on how much concrete surrounds the Swan, and that he hasn't seen things being so reinforced by concrete since "Chernobyl", which I think is a hint that a nuke had gone off there. So again, I think the nuke going off was always part of history.
I mean, I could be wrong. Maybe they did change the timeline. But that doesn't fit with how TV shows, including Lost, normally handle such things. The nuke going off is one of those classic cliffhanger mysteries that usually ends with nothing of consequence changing. I think Juliet is probably dead, and the nuke may have somehow transported them back to the present, but other than that I don't think anything will change.
Watched it again with my 8 year old daughter who loves this show. She jumped up and down shouting "I knew it!" when Locke was dumped out of the box.
Something that struck me this time around was the lying that fauxLocke was doing to Ben at the beginning of the episode. This guy sure is a deceiver.
At the end, as Ben is examining the tapestry, Jacob asks if he likes it and remarks it took a long time to get the threads in place. It finally dawned on my marble head that the threads he was weaving were the lives of our Losties and guiding them to the Island. Wonderful imagery.
I saw the teaser again and noticed that Jacob is wearing a white shirt and his beach buddy is wearing a black one.
I was just watching the finale again and it really struck me, Ben is still the 'leader', only the leader can request an audience with Jacob, and thats why "Locke" had to convince him and bring him in, had "Locke" gone in alone, no Jacob would have appeared, so not only does he need Ben to do the actual killing but he needs Ben just to make sure Jacob even appears.
I read someone on TWOP calling him Un-Locke. Which as nicknames go is pretty cool.
Excellent. I love that I never know what's going to happen and that it continues to surprise me (pleasantly).
Hmm...interesting observation, although Richard wasn't too keen on seeing Ben again.
How about calling him Notcke?
For those of you who want a few insights as to what season 6 may hold... (possible spoilers regarding next season's characters who return) see below:
and scroll down to the "Lost Season 6 Spoilers" section for more (i.e. status of Juliet in season 6):
Ugh, to look or not to look. This is gonna be a tough wait.
I generally only follow producer's comments. I try to avoid everything else. Where are these spoilers coming from?
I'm starting to wonder who exactly wanted that runway built in season three? Was it Jacob or Esau? It seems to fit with Esau's plans of bringing the Oceanic 6 back on the Ajira flight. Could Esau have been posing as Jacob and tricking Richard with his own instructions?
Jacob didn't necessarily cause that to happen, though. He may have saved Sayid from becoming the topping.
You calling Jacob toe-jam?
We did. Locke.
Not terribly revealing. Between the flashbacks and fake people walking the island, it doesn't really tell you much when they say you'll see such and such person again.
Whoa. I never made that connection. That is, the Others built the runway in season 3 so the Ajira could have a proper landing. I thought that whole thing was something that was completely forgotten about but in fact proves the writers have been planning this out for a long time.
I LOVE this show.
Yeah, when they landed on the Hydra island, I realized that the runway was the one that was dug. I wouldn't go so far as to say they planned that out from season 3, but I think someone realized at some point that it was a great idea to use it (solves a mini-mystery that I just assumed was going to be left as only something to bring Kate and Sawyer together).
See what you get for being away from us? Yeah, Ben had the runway built so that he could have a fairly safe landing in the future.
Yeah, they probably didn't plan it that far back but they made great use of an existing story point.
So true.
Stop bursting my bubble!
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MIAMI, Florida, August 19, 2008 (ENS) - A series of federal court rulings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been derelict in its duty to protect the water quality of Florida's Everglades has prompted calls for a probe of the agency's regional operations.
The most recent federal court decision takes the EPA to task for repeatedly violating the Clean Water Act that it is supposed to administer.
On July 29, 2008, Miami U.S. District Judge Alan Gold found that the agency had shirked its duty to enforce basic water quality standards and, in so doing, "violated its fundamental commitment and promise to protect the Everglades."
Judge Gold ruled that the EPA turned "a blind eye" to a change in water quality standards enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2003 and in so doing "acted arbitrarily and capriciously."
Brought by the Miccosukee Tribe and Friends of the Everglades, this case is complex. It is a continuation of litigation over the Everglades that started in 1988. Since then, the litigation has resulted in numerous court decisions, an overall settlement agreement, and then litigation over it.
And this is only the latest in a long series of cases stretching back more than a decade that have all gone against the EPA.
Two organizations, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility based in Washington, DC and the Council of Civic Associations, based in Lee County, Florida, Monday asked the EPA's Office of Inspector General to find out why the agency has been so derelict in its duties on both the Everglades and other water quality issues throughout Florida.
"Federal judges appointed by both Republican and Democratic administrations have repeatedly found EPA guilty under the highest standard in civil jurisprudence which cannot be explained away as mistakes or misunderstandings," said PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "We want to know specifically who at EPA is responsible and why they are still on the public payroll."
However, the call for an investigation may fall on deaf ears. The position of EPA Inspector General is vacant right now and the OIG is headed by Deputy Inspector General Bill Roderick.
EPA finances and is supposed to oversee the State of Florida's clean water program, but the EPA has almost always deferred to the state even when the state's actions have been clearly wrong, Ruch says.
Restoration of the Everglades, the largest public works project in the country, revolves around restoring water quality to the enormous wetland, but official missteps have the project bogged down in delays and uncertainty.
The result is that Florida waters, especially in the southern portion of the state, are in poor shape. Harmful algal blooms, fish kills, saltwater intrusion and drinking water emergencies are becoming more common.
Changes in weather patterns that affect water supply magnify the importance of keeping the remaining supplies unpolluted.
"Unfortunately, it is common knowledge in South Florida that EPA regional managers will do everything possible to accommodate the state and the only way to get them to enforce the Clean Water Act is to sue them, which is a very sad commentary," said Ann Hauck of the Council of Civic Associations.
"The bottom line is that the Everglades continues to deteriorate," she said.
According to EPA Region 4's own recently released Everglades Assessment Report, the area of the Everglades negatively impacted by discharges from the Everglades Agricultural Area has increased under the current Region 4 management."
Ruch and Hauck say that a review by the EPA Inspector General's Office would help inform the next administration about what changes are needed in the EPA Southeastern Regional Office, Region 4 based in Atlanta, which is responsible for Florida.
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FPGA Technology at the pointy end of the spear
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To feed the need for speed by telecommunications applications, the signal integrity performance of the interconnects has had to constantly improve. But there is a sea change occurring in the FPGA world that is changing this trend.
Starting with the transatlantic telegraph cable, laid in 1866, telecommunications applications have always been the driver for the highest data rate systems. To feed this need for speed, the signal integrity performance of the interconnects has had to constantly improve. But there is a sea change occurring in the FPGA world that is changing this trend.
"If you look at the last few generations of systems, the bit rate has been increasing, from 3 Gbps to 6 to 10 and soon to 14 and then on to 28 Gbps, but the interconnect has stayed largely the same," Dr. Mike Peng Li, principal architect and distinguished engineer with Altera said in an interview recently.
In the last few generations of high speed serial links, what has overcome the limitations in the interconnects' performance and enabled the constant march to higher data rate has been the silicon. This trend is continuing in the next generation of FPGAs recently announced by Altera.
"We see internet backbone applications driving the need for speed," Salman Jiva, product marketing manger at Altera said recently. To implement 100 Gbps Ethernet optical modules, line cards typically multiplex 10 lanes, each running at 10 Gbps. But, Jiva says, this will evolve to 4 lanes at 25 Gbps followed by 10 or more lanes at 25 Gbps.
While Altera has been shipping FPGAs operating at 10 Gbps since 2008, they recently announced transceivers operating at up to 28 Gbps per channel. This means much of the multiplexing can be done in the FPGA and fewer components needed on the line cards to feed the data hungry optical modules.
But, it's more than just using the 28-nm high performance process technology from TMSC that enables successful 28 Gbps transceivers, Li, hastens to add.
In a recent interview, Li and Jiva mentioned four important new features coming to market in the latest generation of FPGAs, such as the Stratix V, that help to overcome the interconnect barrier posed by conventional circuit boards, and balance the cost-performance-power tradeoffs.
Data reliability is measured by the bit error rate. A typical product spec is to have no errors in the received data during the life of the product. If the lifetime is 5 years, and the data rate is 28 Gbps, the bit error rate (BER) must be less than 10-18.