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Achieving effective selective coordination design
Selective coordination requires integrating different components, technologies, manufacturers, and standards. There is no standard, cookie-cutter approach that can be applied effectively across system designs. Although selective coordination is about to enter its third National Electrical Code (NEC) cycle as a mandated requirement—not left to engineering judgment since the 2005 cycle—issues continue to circulate about the necessity of mandating it, what constitutes compliance, and how other aspects of power system design might be compromised (see "Selective coordination issues").
The concept of full selective coordination has changed the way engineers must think when designing electrical distribution systems (see Figure 1). For example, when selectively coordinating emergency and legally required standby power systems, overcurrent protective device specifications must accommodate a range of demands. All overcurrent protective devices must be fully selective with all upstream devices for all levels of overcurrent from all sources. Each overcurrent protective device must remain closed long enough for every device below it to clear for all levels of overcurrent, which include:
- Soft, low-current sources
- Stiff, high-current sources
- Low-impedance (bolted) faults
- High-impedance (arcing) faults
- Overloads
Source: Consulting-Specifying Engineer webcast, Feb. 2008
Defining selective coordination
The goal of selective coordination is to isolate a faulted circuit while maintaining power to the rest of the electrical distribution system. Although selective coordination will not prevent problems from occurring, it will help retain system reliability by decreasing the potential for a smaller scale problem to become a larger scale problem. Depending on the location, a fault could still cause a large-scale outage.
According to NEC Article 100, selective coordination is the localization of an overcurrent condition to restrict outages to the affected circuit or equipment. It is accomplished by the choice of overcurrent protective devices and their ratings or settings.
The overcurrent condition may be due to an overload, short circuit, or ground fault. In a selectively coordinated system, only the overcurrent protective device protecting that circuit in which a fault occurs opens. Upstream overcurrent protective devices will remain closed. In other words, they do not open, which averts cutting power to the complete panel.
Low-voltage circuit breakers: When selecting circuit breakers as overcurrent protective devices, tables can help determine proper upstream and downstream circuit breakers. Each manufacturer provides tables only for the overcurrent protective devices it produces (see the online version of this article for an example of a manufacturer's coordination table). Tables and time-current curves should be used in tandem to meet selective-coordination requirements.
Emergency, legally required, and critical operations power: Emergency, legally required, and critical operations power systems require selective coordination, except when selectively coordinating a system could create safety hazards such as disconnecting fire pumps.
Selective coordination involves trade-offs between personnel safety due to the threat of arc flash, and maintaining power to critical systems while preventing damage to electrical wiring and equipment.
NEC requirements: Selective coordination is mandatory for emergency electrical systems for healthcare facilities, emergency systems, legally required standby systems and critical operations power systems. NEC requirements help ensure electrical circuit and system designs that provide reliable power for life safety and critical loads to help protect life, public safety, national security, and business continuity.
Fault types: Types of faults include bolted, arcing, and ground. Bolted faults are rare. A bolted fault occurs when energized conductors are rigidly connected. The maximum available fault current flows until the overcurrent protective device clears the fault, which protects the circuit.
Arcing faults occur when energized conductors come into proximity. While bolted faults and arcing faults are both short circuits, an arcing fault has significantly higher impedance than a bolted fault, resulting in lower current flow. Because the current flowing through an arcing fault is lower than current flowing through a bolted fault, the overcurrent protective device takes a longer amount of time to clear the fault condition. This is why arcing faults can present significant challenges to selective coordination.
According to IEEE, the most common type of fault is a ground fault. A ground fault occurs when one or more electrical phase conductors come in contact with a grounded conductor, as opposed to a phase-to-phase fault. However, the same principles apply: the lower the impedance, the quicker the overcurrent protective device clears the fault. Bolted faults are comparatively simple to selectively coordinate; arcing faults, not so much.
Protecting both personnel and equipment is vital. Every facility needs protection. Often, selective coordination is only one element in the overall protection scheme.
Determining coordination
Effective selective coordination can be determined by two types of studies: a short-circuit current study and an overcurrent coordination study. A short-circuit current study identifies the maximum available short-circuit currents throughout the distribution system at the line-side terminals of each overcurrent protective device. This type of study is typically considered to be part of a facility's required electrical documentation.
An overcurrent coordination study compares the timing characteristics of various protective devices under consideration in relation to each other. These studies determine the degree of coordination, but only guarantee that selective coordination is achieved if all levels of overcurrent are considered—including bolted line-to-line faults.
Mandated selective coordination demands selective coordination for the full range of overcurrents. It is the responsibility of the design engineer to provide substantiated documentation showing that the design achieves this goal.
The two methods of achieving selective coordination among overcurrent protective devices are the graphical and the table or chart methods. Time-current curves indicate the response of overcurrent protective devices to a range of fault current magnitudes. Typically, time-current curves can be divided into overload and instantaneous or short-circuit regions (see Figure 2). The graphical method examines curves for fuses and circuit breakers. The horizontal axis represents current, while the vertical axis shows the time it takes for the device to interrupt the circuit.
Using the graph method, two circuit breakers crossing at any point in their respective instantaneous trip regions indicates that those two circuit breakers do not coordinate for fault currents above the crossover point.
For current levels in the overload region, time-current curves for overcurrent protective devices can be overlaid for a visual indication of whether selective coordination is achievable. In the overload region, fault currents are relatively low, and device response time is usually not much faster than 1 sec. In this region, selective coordination can be relatively easy to accomplish and the time-current curve is typically an adequate tool for determining selective coordination between devices. The curve must include the level of available short-circuit current. However, the fact of no overlap on the graph does not definitively prove selective coordination.
At higher short-circuit current levels, the time-current curves alone do not show the total picture. The results do not include the effect of the added impedance of the downstream circuit breaker if it begins to open faster than the upstream circuit breaker, as well as the resulting higher coordination levels.
If curves overlap, the consulting engineer should reference the manufacturers' circuit breaker tables to determine if selective coordination is achieved. The tables show results of tests of overcurrent protective devices connected together.
Overlapping curves can indicate a potential lack of selectivity. Conversely, a lack of overlap indicates selectivity. However, time-current curve analysis alone ignores how current limitation affects the load-side overcurrent protective device. The load-side circuit breaker will react to the peak let-through current allowed to flow by the smaller—or faster—overcurrent protective device for a given prospective fault current.
The true time-current curve for overcurrent protective devices, such as circuit breakers and fuses, is really a band or region extending to either side of a single line. This variation from the ideal is due to the time difference between minimum response time and total clearing time as well as manufacturing and temperature variations. Consideration of all the time-current curve variations is required to eliminate possible errors when examining selective coordination.
A table/chart-based method can also be used to determine coordination. It uses a matrix that shows response time in sec versus current in Amps. This method shows the level of short-circuit current to which the two breakers (upstream and downstream) coordinate.
Both time-current curves and tables are necessary to achieve proper selective coordination.
Imaginary systems, worst-case scenarios
The problem is that design engineers need to conduct a preliminary study based on an imaginary system including worst-case scenarios to ensure the design will be acceptable—before manufacturers and their products are chosen. Engineers typically base the design on standard, generic equivalents. After the contractor chooses the material, the engineer requires manufacturers to conduct their own studies with the selected breakers to ensure they still coordinate and that the correct breaker is provided.
In many cases, achieving coordination with breakers requires specifying breakers with electronic trip, which are more expensive than standard molded case breakers (see Figure 3). Selective coordination can also be achieved with zone-selective-interlocking (ZSI) protection. This method allows two or more ground fault breakers to communicate over a network so a short circuit or fault clears by the breaker closest to the fault in the shortest time possible, regardless of the location of the fault.
If there is a fault on the main bus, there will be more current coming in on the main and less current going out on the feeders. ZSI protection would open the main, which would protect against a bus fault in the substation.
Design optimization
While the design engineer may select an overcurrent protective device that may seem well suited for satisfying the short-circuit study requirements, it may not be the best choice for selective coordination. If the system has been expanded or upgraded over time, it may include both circuit breakers and fuses—possibly from different manufacturers. In these cases, ensuring selective coordination becomes more problematic because a manufacturer's tables provide data only for its products. Effective selective coordination during a system's lifecycle could require using the same type of overcurrent protective devices from the same manufacturer over time.
Optimizing selective coordination is an iterative process. Depending on the system's complexity, the analysis may suggest that device selection indicates an imbalance or tilted trade-offs among selective coordination, equipment protection, and personnel safety (see "General selective coordination guidelines").
Selectively coordinating power transfer switches
Power transfer switches are essential in emergency, legally required standby and optional standby power systems. Consequently, they are essential to selective coordination systems as well. Optimized selective coordination systems that incorporate power transfer switches achieve fast fault-clearing times and coordination of overcurrent protection at reasonable cost. Transfer switch design affects cost, reliability, maintenance, and personnel safety throughout the system's lifecycle.
Transfer switches must withstand and close on fault currents until the downstream protective device clears the fault. Its ability to accomplish this is typically rated in terms of the device's withstand and close-on rating (WCR). The WCRis the highest level of current that can be carried by a given transfer switch for a specific amount of time. This time must be long enough for the upstream overcurrent protective device to clear the fault. Transfer switches with integrated overcurrent protection typically selectively coordinate with other devices.
Whether selected to satisfy requirements of NEC Articles 517, 700, 701, or 708, transfer switch ratings for a specific fault current must be greater than, or equal to, the available fault current and system voltage as determined at the power source terminals of the switch. The WCR can be based on either a specific device rating, or an optional "any-circuit-breaker" rating. A switch may have both types of ratings, which provides greater flexibility in the selection of the overcurrent protective devices.
A transfer switch also may have an optional short-time rating. This rating is intended for use with an upstream circuit breaker having a short time rating of "X" cycles (sec). The overcurrent device's clearing time is typically provided by trip curves indicated in sec, but is frequently translated to ac cycles in a 60-Hz system. In other words, a transfer switch should be able to withstand a short-circuit current of 65 kA for 0.5 sec or 30 cycles, for example.
Typically, power transfer switches facilitate the selection of fuse-clearing times or breaker settings using increments between 0.5 to 30 cycles, with multiples of two or three cycles being popular. There are no ideal time-delay settings for selective coordination in design schemes. Also, UL doesn't require a specific time or specific number of cycles to qualify for short time ratings, although it does provide standard recommended values.
The transfer switch location is significant in terms of effective selective coordination. Transfer switches located closer to their loads translate into:
- Higher reliability
- Smaller circuit breaker or fuse sizes for feeding the transfer switch
- Fewer levels of distribution
- Lower fault currents at the transfer switch terminals
- Faster fault-clearing times
- Improved load protection.
Locating a switch closer to the source (as opposed to the load) can lower system or facility reliability, may cause downstream breakers to trip frequently, and may not isolate—or start—an alternate power source. Larger circuit breaker or fuse sizes may be needed. Higher fault currents may be experienced and short time protection may be required. Bottom line: locating a switch closer to the power source typically means relatively poor load protection.
Specifying cycle times
Consulting engineers should recognize that specifying transfer-switch cycle times is necessarily project-specific. Most transfer switches specified by the co-author's company are 3-cycle switches. The firm has specified 30-cycle switches where at least one of the following conditions exists:
- Larger projects with high emergency-system fault current
- Where the instantaneous trip setting is defeated to achieve selective coordination (note that this may change because of the acceptance of the latest NFPA 99)
- Where transfer switches are served by ANSI switchgear, which also has 30-cycle withstand ratings.
Every project should be considered to be custom. For example, even if two chain restaurants are built in two different locations using the same drawings, the coordination would be different. Effective coordination depends on the electrical utility and the available fault current. Inevitably, electrical characteristics and situations vary from place to place, building to building, design to design, and utility company to utility company.
It might seem easy to specify 30-cycle transfer switches as a cookie-cutter approach for both the ceiling and floor of selective coordination timing. However, that decision introduces safety, cost, and reliability issues. In some installations, personnel safety and equipment integrity may be compromised by letting energy levels flow for 30 cycles within those electrical systems. Using short-time-rated trip units in low-voltage circuit breaker settings may allow fault currents to flow for 30 cycles, perhaps negating equipment protection and increasing arc-flash hazards.
Specifying 30-cycle-rated transfer switches for every application can increase equipment and spare parts costs—sometimes as much as 15% to 30%. These switches may also require rear entry, a larger footprint, and more expensive maintenance.
Specifying 30-cycle-rated transfer switches may also necessitate installing larger feeder cables than normally required in order to safely carry the available short-circuit current for 30 cycles. This can cause a significant increase in the cost of the feeder cabling.
Of the engineers who participated in a survey following a webcast on selective coordination, 88% agreed selective coordination may not be optimal if 30-cycle transfer switches are used for an entire facility.
Considering the custom nature of selective coordination, the better decision is specifying equipment, components, and overcurrent protective devices that precisely satisfy the requirements of that unique design.
Achieving selective coordination can often be accomplished with transfer switches between 3 and 18 cycles. Matching time-based ratings to timing requirements of a given selective coordination design often better serves the design and the facility owner. If the design settings are at 3, 6, 9, 12, or 18 cycles, there is no reason to specify 30-cycle rated switches universally.
Developing a transfer switch schedule that includes fault-current levels and time requirements helps optimize equipment performance and cost.
Mandated selective coordination has changed the way design engineers think about designing electrical distribution systems. Engineers responsible for developing and vetting selective coordination systems that meet NEC requirements often face difficult challenges. Balancing the need for business continuity, equipment protection, personnel safety, and managing costs can be fraught with pitfalls. Knowing NEC requirements, observing design optimization methods, coordinating transfer switch ratings with circuit breakers and fuses, and satisfying special application needs are essential for effective selective coordination.
Caron is principal and the head of the electrical department at Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers in Boston. He is also a principal member of NEC Code Making Panel 13.
Schroeder is director of applications engineering and product management for ASCO Power Technologies in Florham Park, N.J.


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I was gonna put this in Fight Club, but was like, hey, what's to fight about? We have all the answers now, right?
Back in '08 and thereabouts, we didn't have any actual cases of transmissions being used, so it was all pretty much theoretical, and believe me, the theory went on for quite some time. Now, we have some actual examples of transmissions in use, and, more importantly in my opinion, examples of them not in use.
So what are the conclusions?
First, and most pointedly, bikes like the Mugen, produced by a company with pretty near unlimited resources (I'll see if I can find that link. Here you go: https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocia...he-future-hold), dominates IOM without ever using a transmission. Mugen could, without so much as a blip in their budget, build any transmission they want, if the engineering suggested it would give them an edge, yet they haven't. No record holding race bike of any sort has run a transmission - except for Brammo's track wins.
No production car, period, runs a transmission. I can't think of a single reason (or even excuse) why Musk wouldn't run one in even an experimental Tesla if he though it would be better, but he doesn't and it ain't.
Brammo was the most notable example of a production bike with a transmission. The performance figures were pretty far from decisive. See this story: https://evmc2.wordpress.com/2013/04/...mo-comparison/ That's a performance comparison in 2013 between the Empulse and the Zero SR. Here are the conclusions:
"The Brammo off-the-line acceleration is quicker. Even though the bike is 80 some-odd pounds heavier it is clearly out-accelerating the Zero. 80lbs is a lot, and probably more than just the additional weight of the transmission (which I guess is around 40-50lbs) so that is a clear, conclusive fact. By distributing the torque curve of the electric drivetrain – admittedly much wider than a gas engine – you are getting more torque off the line, and more torque at the top end. You're keeping your top speed of around 100mph, but able to pull off the line. The Zero, like any bike without a transmission, has to compromise between gearing that gives you good acceleration off the line, and the top speed. You can gear it high to get faster top end, but it's going to overload the motor and bog off the line.
"That said, 6 gears is probably too many. After a few years of hashing the subject out on the forums, the conclusion I came to was that you maybe need 2 speeds, OK, three. Motorcycle.com agrees: "After now having twice tested the Brammo Empulse R we are convinced that six gears is, at least, three gears too many. It's our opinion either a Low/High or Low/Mid/High transmission will more than suffice."
"The interesting surprise is the Zero's better "roll-on" performance. This is likely due to the lighter weight, since the motor, at high speed, is now spinning fast enough to overcome any low-speed loading issues. This is interesting because, apparently, you can hammer out of a curve better on the Zero than the Brammo, even with the ability to downshift the Brammo. I'm not sure what to conclude from this, except that, once you're rolling the benefits of a transmish may be lessened."
...which are pretty much my conclusions after beating this horse for ten years now. My conclusions from that are that the Brammo transmission decision was more about the rider experience than performance, as they claimed. The fact that people were talking about it being an option to keep the motor cooler because overheating issues rather than running a bigger motor is something I can't really say is more than chatter, but the chatter who chatted it to me was 1) reliable and 2) on the inside of the Brammo moat. After a few years, you started seeing clutch and transmission leakage issues on the Brammo forum, too. As Richard is fond of mentioning, there are a whole lot of crappy transmissions out there, and very few good ones, even in the ICE motorcycle world. Also interesting was the user experience. More than a few, and almost everybody I read reports from, simply stuffed the Empulse in one gear and left it there. Highway ride? Tall gear. Around town? Short gear, fast starts/stops.
Chris Bell, AKA Brutus, was an early transmission devotee, and started with a Harley transmission on his first bike and abandoned it soon after. He said it just wasn't worth it, if you want to hear exactly what he said, I can try to find the message, but he builds his own reduction gearboxes for the Brutus, and it's not a problem doing a two or three- speed tranny. He won't, though.
I, personally, still suspect it'd be fun to run a high-low range gearbox like the old dual-purpose bikes back in the '70s, but I'm pretty sure there's a good reason why they went away, and I certainly don't think it's worth it for me, a small builder, or a major company to invest money in what the engineering and practical experience shows is unnecessary.
So yeah. That's where the discussion sits after actual, real-world testing and implementation, like it or not. Does that close the door on transmissions? In the engineering and motorsports world, no door is ever closed. There was a day I thought 2-strokes were dead, and hell this past couple of years, they're racing them again.
Any questions?
...and yeah, I had to take it there.
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The Tesla Roadster originally had 2 gears, IIRC.
Most DIY electric car conversions have a transmission, although no other EV's from manufacturers seem to have one that I can find, except Brammo.
Some prototypes have, but I think ultimately they've trashed them for a larger motor that can handle the entire range of driving.
I'd have liked Brammo to have just gone larger motor, but they didn't.
Right, on the car conversions - I think that's mostly because it's so easy to just bolt a plate on the tranny housing and couple to the input shaft, but what I don't know about converting cars you could fill a book with. (HEY. That gives me a thought. )
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Absolutely it's because it's easier to bolt in a plate than it is to interface into the differential or create something to couple to the CV joints. Lots of people just keep it in one gear.
That's it? I start a new transmission thread and all I get is differentials and CV joints? I was positive you'd wail on me hard...
tesla dual motor all-wheel drive cars just use different gear ratios per motor instead of a transmission....rear motor geared for acceleration, front motor geared for sustained higher speeds efficiency
....this is what I was trying to explain before; so it could be applied to a elmoto with dual motors vs a transmission, to expand on the dual motor concept that other thread was started on
yeah, that was my point
but wait, so now you made two more new threads about transmissions, when you can't even handle people reading and posting in one of your many old ones
....I think you are being overly obsessive

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Curious to hear if anyone has given Paleo a try and how hard it was to switch over. I'm thinking about giving it a try as it is very popular in the Crossfit community.
I am not 100% on it but I do cook a lot of paleo recipes.
That is how I'm leaning as well. I can't really give up dairy as I like greek yogurt (especially for cooking instead of mayo).
Do you use a cookbook or websites to find recipes?
I usually just google recipes and I have a free Paleo app on the kindle
Do you use the coconut oil/water/flour/milk? I'm not a huge fan of coconut and wasn't sure if those things would make all of my meals taste like coconut.
Also do you tend to just use butter of do you use Ghee?
I have heard about using almond mill/flour instead.
I have switched to coconut oil for somethings and have switched from soy sauce to coconut aminos, havent noticed that much of coconut taste yet
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They don't always get what they want, but I'm hoping that President Barack Obama sticks to his values as he nominates a new justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appointee would replace Justice John Paul Stevens, who has announced that he is retiring in June.
Here are a few examples of surprises to presidents and to senators who voted for these people who are guaranteed jobs for life:
Justice Stevens, once thought of as a moderate Republican, eventually became the leader of the liberal wing of the court during his 35 years on the bench.
Justice Hugo Black, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, evolved into a key defender of the New Deal, the social revolution led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him, and a proponent of civil liberties and civil rights. Writing about Justice Black, Paul L. Murphy said in The Reader's Companion to American History: "When Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1937, critics objected because of his KKK past; but on the Court he proved to be an active constitutional populist …. In the final analysis, Black was a people's justice. His opinions were clear and moving, and his commitments were to a constitutional order that would extend 'liberty and justice for all.'"
Black's tenure eventually overlapped with that of a President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointee, Chief Justice Earl Warren, named to the Supreme Court in 1953. The Warren Court gave us the end of legal segregation and many reforms in voting rights and in the criminal justice systems in the 1960s. That prompted Eisenhower to declare that the appointment of Warren, a fellow Republican and former friend, was "the biggest damned-fool mistake I ever made." But Warren later explained his shift from conservative law-and-order man to liberal this way: "On the court, I saw [things] in a different light."
When President Richard Nixon named Warren Burger as chief justice in 1969, he wanted to put the brakes on some of the activism of the Earl Warren years. But Burger did not exactly turn back the hands of time. One scholar wrote in 1981 that "the court is today more of a center for the resolution of social issues than it has ever been before."
When President John F. Kennedy named Byron White to the Supreme Court in 1962, and described him as "the ideal New Frontier judge," he probably didn't think that White would become the conservative that he ultimately was.
Conservatives were persuaded by President George H.W. Bush's team that David Souter was one of them when he was named to the Supreme Court. But he became more liberal during his 18 years there. It was his retirement in 2009 that paved the way for President Obama to appoint a Hispanic woman, Sonia Sotomayor, to the court.
Of course, there are some justices who live up to their billing—judges like Clarence Thomas, who has been exactly what President George H.W. Bush wanted: a black man who was young enough to be around for decades to transform the Supreme Court into a more conservative body. Justice Thurgood Marshall, the man whose seat he took but whose shoes he has not tried to fill, said upon his retirement: "My dad told me way back that you can't use race. For example, there's no difference between a white snake and a black snake. They'll both bite."
I harken back to Justice Marshall's words about snakes. Not all blacks are created in the same legal mold. I personally think it would be a mistake for Obama to cave in by committing to pick a person of a certain race or gender. Luckily, I don't have to make the decision.
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When I last spoke to Kyle Gabler, the 27-year-old San Francisco game designer was up to his earlobes in debt, what with those school loans of his and the fact he'd up and quit his day job at a giant game corporation to go off and pursue his dream of making a video game he could call his very own.
How did he put it? Oh yes, "My net worth is horribly negative," he said from the coffee shop he was calling his office at the time.
Gabler, along with his cohort Ron Carmel, have finally launched the game they've been working on for the past two years, a game that's been bleeding their savings dry and driving them further into the crimson hues of debt.
It's called "World of Goo," and anyone who loves smart, surprising, fun, fun, fun games should be thanking this duo (collectively known as 2D Boy) for imperiling their financial futures for us … because this game is fantastic.
"World of Goo" is a bizarre, delightful and devoutly imaginative physics-based puzzle game. And like the indie hit " Braid ," which launched this summer, it's an example of how small-time game developers fueled by nothing more than a unique vision and a willingness to take big risks are coming up with some the year's most compelling, distinctive and buzzed-about games.
A gooey wonder
"When I played games as a kid there was this feeling of wonderment, like I could go anywhere and explore anything and it was like this new world you got to discover," Gabler says. "One of the goals in making the game was to make something that had that same sort of magic and wonderment."
And the world in "World of Goo" is a wondrous place – one that feels plucked from dreams haunted by Dr. Seuss and Tim Burton, a place where sticky gobs of goo spring to life and fantastical contraptions sprout from the landscape. It's a game packed full of personality and original thinking and it has a mad sense of humor to boot.
The basic gameplay is this: You're given these balls of goo that you must stick together to form various structures that help other balls of goo reach these mysterious pipes. Each level presents you with a minimum number of balls that must make it to these pipes, which then suck the balls up and whisk them away.
What that means is, you'll construct great gooey towers that tilt and sway toward the sky and you'll build bridges that wobble their way across vast crevasses. You'll set goo balls to flight with balloons, and you'll carefully place them so they interact with mechanisms that block their way.
And just when you think you have it all figured out, the game will throw you for a loop – present you with some new kind of goo ball or slap you with some astonishing new challenge that will set your brain whirring madly.
Throughout it all, there is this captivating-if-elusive story delivered primarily by the Sign Painter. This mischievous and unseen character guides players by leaving them wicked-funny and vaguely menacing messages. (For "Portal" fans, my fellow game reviewer Blake Snow calls the Sign Painter "the new GlaDOS.")
It's a tale in which a nefarious corporation lurks in the background, its motives unclear as the wide-eyed goo balls are swept up into its machinations. Sinister and silly at the same time, it's also story that touches on some pretty heady stuff – corporate shenanigans, mindless consumerism, the disconnectedness of our constantly connected society.
"The story and 'feeling' of the game are inspired by that cold, insincere feeling you get when you are being marketed to by big smiling billboards and packaging and dancing laundry detergent boxes," Gabler says.
Quit your job. Seriously.
It's certainly a tale that speaks to 2D Boy's resolutely independent spirit.
"World of Goo" was born out of the Experimental Gameplay Project, a rapid-prototyping challenge that Gabler helped found with a group of budding game designers. The plan: Shake as many unique video game ideas from their brains as quickly as possible. The rules: Each game had to be made by only one person and it had to be made in seven days or less .
"The only way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas," Gabler explains.
From that exercise, Gabler created "Tower of Goo" (in a mere four days) – and though it was only a prototype, it was a hit with the burgeoning indie games community. Gabler and Carmel, who met while working at Electronic Arts, decided to quit their day jobs and turn the goo-stacking prototype into a full game.
"We had no business plan at all when we started this," Gabler says. "We just said we're going to make a game we like and hopefully other people like it, too."
And Gabler is happy – if somewhat stunned – to report that their creative leap of faith has paid off not just for game fans … but for 2D Boy as well.
Those school loans? Yeah, they're no longer a problem.
For a very reasonable $20, "World of Goo" can be downloaded straight to home computers from WorldOfGoo.com and through download services like Steam or Greenhouse. And for $15, it can be downloaded straight to the Wii through Nintendo's WiiWare service. (It is the best WiiWare title to date.)
And though he won't share specific sales figures, what Gabler will say is, "When we started this indie thing it was a risk. We didn't know if we'd make money. We were working off of savings and if everybody hated our game we would be crushed financially and emotionally. But we can finally say that, two years after leaving our jobs, we are better off financially and emotionally than we would have been had we stayed at the same company where we were working."
Not bad for a duo that's put exactly zero marketing dollars behind their game.
Yes, word of mouth alone has carried the good word about "World of Goo," which is charming the pants off game critics so much so that it's currently ranked among the top games of the year.
Despite their success, Gabler and Carmel still operate out of coffee shops … and don't have any desire to change that.
"We want to remain indie," Gabler says. "We don't want to be owned by any company. We don't want to have any input coming in from any large publisher."
In fact, Gabler is such a believer in the indie method of game making and the rewards it can reap, he has this piece of advice for others: "I fully recommend that anyone thinking about it, go ahead and quit your job and make your game."
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Johnny bails out his broke ass?
It's probably not true considering it comes from the UK Daily Express but I would very much like it to be. This story is so good. So full of sh-t but so good.
You may have heard that Nicolas Cage is broke ass. He's blaming it on a shady manager who gave him bad financial advice and now he's been forced to sell off all his castles and fortresses. Nic isn't exactly completely innocent though. He was reportedly blowing his cash on half million dollar cars and dinosaur skulls too.
So now he's scaling back his promotion on his new movie Bad Lieutenant, hiding out from embarrassment, and saving money where he can. Well no wonder he makes so many sh-tty movies. And he'll KEEP ON making sh-tty movies to recoup some of his losses. We all lose.
But there's a Johnny to the rescue.
According to the unreliable British rags, Johnny Depp supposedly feels indebted to Nic for kickstarting his career and has offered to bail him out. It's totally a Johnny move. He is That Guy. Love him so much. And this would make me love him even more. I very much want to believe. But the source seems sketch.
Still…how embarrassing for Nic Cage. That Johnny Depp has to come pull up his broke ass. That in the end Johnny looks like a hero and he looks like a poor chump. Can't be good for the ego.


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|08-12-11, 22:36
Why arn't people doing 396ci holden strokers?
My question as it is in the title..... why arn't there many people out there doing 396 holden stroker motors? Who has tried or knows a mate with one? how is it?
Im considering building a motor with comeracing 600hp alloy heads and was going to do a 383 but i thought well.... im going
to be going 4 bolt mains and a crank gurdle, why not try go for a 396 crank?
i have been looking on the net and there is only a handfull of cars out there with them, no one seem to say they have seen or heard of one blowing up? or throwing a rod?
For clearence..what if you had a series 3 Inj 5L or stroker block from a vt?
would you need to cut in so much......
Anyone got any feedback?
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|08-12-11, 23:40
So Much Win
My mate had a 5L VT SS. Researched into making into a stroker, and was going to go down the 396 route with alot of COME Racing parts.
For the amount of $ he was going to spend on getting the motor rebuilt to that 396 stroker, and the amount of horsepower he was going to get with it - it ended up being Cheaper, more reliable, and more horsepower with a LSX454 from HP-F.
Alot of engine builders wouldn't touch a 396 as it needs clearancing and boring that takes the 5L block right to its maximum. There isn't much room for error, and the possibility that if it needed to be rebuilt - its time for a new block. The power to be had was going to be about 500hp (flywheel) with things such as twin t/b manifold, etc. No-one will recommend putting boost into it - the cyl walls are just too thin.
By the time the engine was going to be pulled down, all parts bought, built, and put back in - was going to cost about $25k, and no guaruntees, but should crack 500hp at the fly. In the end he got a LSX454 with some upgraded parts, headwork, large cam, manifold for $22k and made over 700hp at the fly.
With LS motors making great hp for low cost, its easy to see why 5L's just don't cut the mustard any more.
The Grumpy one.
|09-12-11, 00:23
Can we put lsx's into vl's by law in Qld? get it engineered and rwc?
Anyone know if the VL TUFGM-8, Morning blue over silver Calais, Fr19s with big dish on the rear,
396 stroker crank was in that when Street Commodores did a Article on it, Front cover issue 187
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|09-12-11, 12:31
So Much Win
In QLD, I belive (best check with engineer first though) you can go up to 427 legally... so a LSX 427 will be fine to go into a VL, but the LSX 454 is not. (The 454 was only barely legal to go into the VT! lol)
Any LS motor up to 427 (7.0L) can be done. Even if you go LS2, or LS3 with a few mods (cam, heads, tune) - you'll easily out perform a 396, be more reliable.
Coverting a VL to LS will obviously cost a little bit (mounts, starter relocation, gearbox mounts, electrics, tailshaft, etc) - but you would enjoy the end result alot more.
Don't let me stop you going to a 396 from the Holden 5L if thats what you really want. But it is hard to go past just how easily the LS engines make power, and fairly cheaply aswell.
The Grumpy one.
|09-12-11, 13:35
yeah... the only reason i was going to go use the 5L was because i didnt think we could use the chevs etc... im going to chase this up a little further with Department of transport.
If we Can then ***c yeah im going to go that way!
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|09-12-11, 14:55
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yeh mate as has been said. def not point waisting time with old tech when u can slap a LS in between her legs an produce solid reliable power with minimal boring and stroking costs required. Winning
|09-12-11, 15:52
So Much Win
QLD engine transplant rules for mod code LA2 (performance engine replacement) for vehicles originally over 1100kg are:
N/A -> Max cc = 5.0 x weight of car in kg. (1400 x 5.0 = 7000, or 7.0L)
Boosted -> Max cc = 3.0 x weight of car in kg. (1400 x 3.0 = 4200, or 4.2L)
Note - if going boosted - you can do Mod code LA1 for similar engine (up to 20% bigger than factory which is up to 6.0L for VL as it came with 5.0L), and then do a code LA3 which is addition of Turbo or Supercharger. So effectivly can have a maximum of a 6.0L boosted engine in a VL.. Legally.
Oh.. also of note - the max engine sizes above are "Recomendations Only"... If you can convince the engineer that a larger engine is a good idea, and they sign off on it - it is still legal.
This may come in handy : http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...jan2011_v3.pdf
The Grumpy one.
|10-12-11, 19:28
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Which LA2 is not even mentioned.. you have LA1 and then it skips straight to LA3.
And if you follow the chart in that PDF I linked (Page 22); you can't even have a boosted LS1 of stock stroke in a VL.
As always, speak to the person who will be engineering the car as really it is upto them. I haven't got to that stage yet, but was just going off what information was available.
Adam - Mackay
|11-12-11, 01:14
This is *** tops.... great information..... thanks people! No one out there with a 396 still?
I think im going to print this off and show the engineer and see what they have to say...
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|11-12-11, 03:46
Join Date: 29-03-05
Location: WA, Perth, Dirty south
Dont need to change starter location just get a short high torque unit
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Ill have a look at my modplate & let you know what it says ( boosted ls1 )
BMW 740iL rolls on 22" Beyern Multi's - just for ballin
Calais Turbo LS1 GT4042 2spd Glide - New Race Toy.!!
|11-12-11, 23:12
So Much Win
vl sl 88 - very interested to know what codes that VL was approved under (thinking LA1 & LA3?? - or LA2 & LA3?)...
But as Adam007 pointed out - check with engineer first and go off what he says. Engineer has last say, and its up to the engineer to approve it.
The Grumpy one.
|28-09-17, 21:06
Join Date: 28-09-17
Location: NSW, 2325
my come racing 396 engine
hi, i am totally new to this site, i have just finished building a vn ss after 9 years, and had a 396 engine built by come racing, would just like to say that i am very impressed with comes performance, recently took the car to the strip at eastern creek and ran a flat 12 straight up, with a 3000rpm stall, my 396 makes 560 crank brake hp @ 5750, but most impressive is the torque figure, 540 ftlb @ 5750rpm, and has 460 ftlb @2750, massive torque down low, and on engine dyno both torque and hp are still rising @ 5750rpm, with bigger stall im sure it will run mid to low 11s, just like they said, unfortunately sam and issy @ come racinmg arnt building engines no more, its such a shame to see them go, they told me the engine is good for 100hp shot nos no dramas, and as far as boost goes, ... i will be fitting blower in next few mnths
|06-10-17, 10:43
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If I was going to do a Holden stroker (which I decided not to due to cost and reliability) I'd definitely start with a TorquePower little paw block. I had my brand spanker LS3 rebuilt with a forged bottom end and upgraded valve train (valves, springs, lifters, cam) for 15k (including cost of engine)
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How do you feel about Avocados? If you're a fan you probably want to go dig up your passport, pack your bags and hop a plane down to Honduras. Avocados are plentiful and cheap. I don't like that word, but at 8 for $4.30 it's the best adjective I can come up with. Right now in the US at Wegman's Supermarket, you can buy two avocados for $4 or four for the bargain price of just $5.99. I know one person who would probably go nuts if she were to visit Honduras. Gaby, of What'sGabyCooking is an admitted avocado lover and at these prices, it would be hard not to jump up and down. I met Gaby during my first FoodBlogCamp experience in Mexico and remember her talking about how much she loves avocados. If you check out her blog, you'll see that she has in excess of 50 posts about the green orbs. It's a bit like my obsession with corn tortillas. The funny thing is that before I headed out to Gaby's site to grab her link for you, I came up with the idea of grilling my avocado for a hot, stuffed avocado salad and right there, on her beautiful blog was a post about grilled avocado guacamole.
Just when I thought I was being so creative …
Anyway, one of the best avocado experiences I've had was at a small Japanese restaurant in Southern California.
I was attending my first BlogHerFood conference in San Francisco a couple of years ago and flew down to Irvine to spend a couple of nights to visit with my son and his girlfriend. I reached out to my friends Todd and Diane of WhiteonRiceCouple.com to get their recommendations for restaurants since they live in the same area and we chose Todd's recommendation of Izakaya Honda Ya. It's a small place with an authentic Japanese feel and the food was fabulous! Lots of variety and creativity. We ate a dinner of mostly sushi, but the one dish that blew me aways was the "Avocado Volcano."
At this point, two years later, I can't remember what was in the avocado, but I remember it came to the table on a bed of flames, piping hot.
I'm pretty sure it was filled with fresh crab meat, but what was so good was the hot creaminess of the avocado. I hadn't ever experienced warm avocado. So smooth, so rich and full of flavor.
I've got one more avocado in the fridge to be used this week and am going to pick up a few shrimp. I'll put that avocado on the grill that's been heated to 700° and stuff it with freshly grilled shrimp salad. It will be a kind of Avocado Parrillada. Sounds good doesn't it?


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What's one of the first recipes you taught your kids to make?
One of my first recipes I taught my kids to make is my mom's famous Banana Chocolate Chip Bread. It's very easy to make and my kids love baking. There isn't a month that goes by without us making at least two loaves--- one to freeze and one to eat right away!


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Shapelings, this is the first year since Al and I met that we will be spending Christmas at home instead of in Vegas. Since our families are spread all over two countries and we found out that some friends — specifically, Sweet Machine, Ottermatic, their respective partners and Ottermatic's bestie (hereafter, OTMBFF) — would be kicking around Chicagoland with no other plans, we decided to host Christmas dinner here.
I've had friends over for holiday meals a few times before, and whenever I do, I am beset by an uncharacteristic urge to go full-tilt Martha — which, because I'm me and not Martha, inevitably ends in frustration, tears, and inedible gravy (see below). I know I can handle turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing, which are all I actually want to eat on Thanksgiving or Christmas, but at some point the socially ingrained Lady Neurosis kicks in, and I decide I need to produce exquisite canapes involving lots of phyllo and a standing rib roast and eleven different vegetables requiring trips to three different ethnic markets and some dessert that demands the purchase of edible flowers, a proper pastry bag and a better oven. Usually, I obsess about building the perfect menu for three or four weeks in advance, then compromise on turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a few new side dish and dessert recipes, only one of which will turn out to be worth the bother.
This year, in part because I'm older and wiser, and in part because we only decided a week ago that we definitely weren't going to Vegas, I made a conscious decision to knock that shit off and keep it simple. I achieved this by asking myself the following questions before choosing any menu item: 1) Will the taste payoff be greater than the effort expended? 2) Is there any chance at all that my homemade version of this will be better than store-bought? 3) Is the likelihood of my fucking up the recipe greater than the likelihood that we will all be momentarily transported to food heaven?
Shapelings, I can't tell you how much that simplified my ability to answer the questions that plague me every time I do this. For example:
- Should I brine the turkey? No. (1, 3)
- Should I try covering the turkey with a butter-soaked cheesecloth instead of aluminum foil? Sure, why not. (1)
- Should I make my own pies? No. (1, 2, 3)
- Should I look for exquisite canape recipes or just put out cheese, crackers and fruit? Cheese, crackers and fruit. (1, 3)
- Should I dry, chop and season some whole-grain artisanal bread for stuffing or use a bag of Pepperidge Farm cubes? Pepperidge Farm. (1, 2)
- Should I attempt any recipe for the first time on Christmas and pray that the cooking gods reward my adventurous spirit? Nooooo. (3)
- What can my guests do if they think any of the above shortcuts mean I'm a failure as a hostess and/or woman? Suck it. (1, 2, 3)
It's a pretty terrific system, but even that doesn't mean I'm completely free of guilt and fear of judgment. I now present to you — mostly because it's amusing but also because it reveals the depths of my issues around food, hostessing and other people's opinions — an e-mail exchange I have had over the last two days with Ottermatic, the other guests and Al. (The only background info you need, apart from the above, is that Al's contribution to the Christmas meal is a huge bottle of the cheapest possible vodka, filtered with a Brita to [theoretically] make it more like expensive vodka. He and Mr. Machine recently had a conversation about someone somewhere on the internet who tried that and swore it worked, so he decided to give it a whirl.)
OTM: What shall we bring? Wine or other alcohol and what else?
Me (just to her): What I told Sweet Machine when she asked the same thing last night is below:
I went for the simplest possible menu, so it's pretty well taken care of.
Things I could still use help with, though:
- If one or both of you have any talent for making gravy, awesome. I have never pulled it off, so I bought a thing of turkey gravy mix just in case, but if one of you is confident that you can make real pan gravy at game time, the job is yours.
- I can practically guarantee I'll need someone to run to 7-11 for shit I forgot, so that is another volunteer opportunity.
- Solly will need extra snuggles to keep him out from under my feet.
Other than that, I can't think of anything.
OTM: I will certainly take turns snuggling Solly, but I can also make gravy! Do you have chicken broth, flour, and butter?
Me: I do have all those things! HOORAY FOR GRAVY!
I have no idea why I am incapable of getting the ratio of flour to fat right, but history has shown that I am. The first time I did a holiday meal for friends, I fucked up the gravy so bad I was on the verge of tears until a friend came along and rescued it — but A) I'd already done so much damage that the rescue effort demanded extreme measures, and B) it was a Swedish friend, so the gravy ultimately involved red wine and cranberries and I dunno, Aquavit and mid-century furniture or something, so it was far from the old reliable midwestern taste I'd envisioned when I decided that cooking a bunch of shit I'd never tried to make before for 12 people was a REALLY GOOD IDEA. So from that I learned to A) make sure I had a jar of gravy or packet of gravy mix on hand and B) ask in advance if anyone else would like to take on gravy-making from start to finish.
FYI, I just investigated the flour situation, and I do have a mostly full container of Wondra "sauces and gravies" flour (which I bought ages ago thinking perhaps all-purpose flour was my gravy downfall, but I've never actually used it for anything except breading chicken breasts, like, twice). It expires in about two weeks, and I just realized the top was slightly open, so air's been getting at it for however long, but it does not appear to be buggy. That is ALL YOURS if you want it — I honestly don't know if the air thing is a real problem. If it is, you might want to bring flour.
OTM: I don't think that exposing flour to air is bad, as long as it's not exposed to bugs. I find ingredients in the back of our one, small kitchen cupboard that are expired and use them anyway all the time because the alternative is to buy a new package and then let that expire. I don't know. I'm pretty cavalier about food safety. Which isn't to say I'm going to put raw chicken in the gravy or anything, just that I am not afraid of your flour.
Me: I am similarly cavalier about food safety (there will, in fact, be raw chicken in the mashed potatoes, which will be served in a dented can), but I never want to admit that to other people, for fear they will judge me and never accept an invitation to dine in my home again.
This is sort of similar to the conversation I had with OTMBFF, in which he asked what was missing from the menu that he might bring, and I went, "Green vegetable?" and he was like, "Uh, do people really EAT green vegetables, other than green bean casserole, at holiday meals?" At which point I had to admit that no, they do not in my family (and I was never a huge fan of green bean casserole), but I am always afraid of being judged for just serving turkey and 7 kinds of carbs held together by fat instead of ensuring that my guests get as many phytonutrients as possible. Even though there's a reason why carbs and fat with a side of protein is the traditional holiday meal, which is that it fucking TASTES GOOD, and it's supposed to be a FEAST of things that TASTE GOOD, and I should probably reread that book by Marianne Kirby and what's-her-name.
OTM: You should read it! It's very good.
Me (to group): OTM has volunteered to make gravy. Sweet Machine, you are now in charge of Solly snuggling.
Mr. Machine: I'll take care of the cycling of oxygen into CO2.
Al: Also, bring barf bags, because we have a lot of really cheap vodka to taste test. I'm afraid, not even sure if I can go through with it. Mr. Machine, we bought a virgin smaller bottle of Skol for comparison's sake.
We have a whole bunch of wine and other stuff, vodka, gin, whiskey, not sure what else, so if you're not fussy, I'm sure we are covered on the beverages.
Me: Oh, we also have rum and eggnog, because it's one of those things I think I should have, even though people rarely end up drinking it.
Al: Let's invent a drink that uses eggnog, rum, Skol vodka, and 3 kinds of gin. Served with an olive float.
Me: We'll call it a "Divorcetini."
OTM: I'll bring two barf bags.
So, to recap: Despite all my long-term efforts to stop moralizing about food and my determination to make this particular meal as stress-free as possible, I remain neurotic about 1) my gravy-making abilities, 2) the possibility that I will realize I forgot something at the last minute, even though we'll still have enough food and booze for 25 people, 3) a meal I borked 10 years ago, 4) the quality of my flour, 5) being judged for my willingness to use questionable flour, 6) being judged for not providing a more balanced holiday feast, and 7) disappointing a hypothetical guest who really wanted rum and eggnog on Christmas, even if there are 95 other things to drink. And sadly, this is progress.
With that, I am going to go make everything I can possibly make in advance, then sit down with a glass of wine and remind myself that the point of all this is hanging out with good friends, not getting an A+ in Traditional Feminine Duties. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, Merry Day Off to those who don't, and Happy Day After Festivus to all — please feel free to air your grievances in comments.


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Something to think about…
Published 22 December 2008
Posted by Al Dean
I had the pleasure to have a meet-up with the guys at Protolabs (or Protomold or First Cut) over in Telford today. Not too long of a drive, a friendly and knowledgable team and they have a rocking service if youre looking for machined prototypes or injection moulded components.
On the way back, I drove through Ironbridge, a small village in Shropshire that, for those of us involved in design and manufacturing, holds a pretty big key to how we got here and it got me thinking. Consider this, next time you're up against a challenge, a client has asked for what seems impossible or higher improbably.
Early in the 16th century, a gentleman turned up in a smaller villiage down the valley called Coalbrookdale. A gentleman by the name of Abraham Darby I and took over an existing iron forge. Forging iron was an inaccurate, non-repeatable process and the quality of the product produced was not what you or I would expect. And somewhat dangerous - the forge Darby took over blew up a few years before he arrival). What Darby did was look at the process (which previously used charcoal), use da different material for smelting (coke), developed the Blast Furnace and refined the method until it reached pretty much what we have today. You would think that kick starting the Industrial Revolution would be enough for his family.
About 80 years later, his grandson, Abraham Darby III, undertook the job of building a bridge across the valley in which his family's business worked, a bridge designed by a local architect (who would never see it completed). What was unique about this bridge was that it took his grandfather's new process (now three generations old) to new scales and new heights. Building a cast iron bridge, simply hadn't been done before, so everything, from casting moulds, to joints (many mimic joints typically found in carpentry as these were well established) had to be developed from scratch. Few of us will be lucky to work on projects that will still be active, working and so impressively current in 200 years time.
So next time you're looking at your workload, looking at a new challenge that comes in and it seems tough; think back. Think back to a time when innovation actually mean true, honest-to-god, innovation. When you had to make things up from scratch to move forward, when advances were discussed in generations and history was made.
If you're ever in the area, visit ironbridge or the various museums (Blists Hill, and the Museum of Iron) around there. For anyone with an engineering interest, its the hot bed of so much that it can't fail to be fascinating.
PS: Interesting thing: SolidWorks have a fantastic PR lady by the name of Darby Johnson - yup, she's related. Synchronicity - its a wonderful thing.
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vuuch.com: Applying social media to product development?
Published 21 December 2008
Posted by Al Dean
It started with a blog comment. A name pops up you know. Guy that used to be CEO of one of the most interesting 3D tech companies in a while. They sold to Dassault last year. He disappeared shortly there after. Then he pops up again. This should be interesting.
Chris Williams was CEO of Seemage for a stint as they sold to Dassault some time ago: that product got reassessed in the DS portfolio, and is now sold through both the SolidWorks and Catia channels as 3DVIA Composer. Job Done. So what's he up to next?
The answer is Vuuch.com. What is it? I had no clue, so I did a little digging. It turns out that its a new organisation at the very embryonic stages of developing a service. What does that service do? Well, I'll tell you.
Look at the Social Media landscape. Facebook, Twitter, Brightkite, all this stuff. It didn't take long for someone to figure out that similar things can be used within the Product Development community (and I don't just mean LinkedIn) - someone had to build a service that would take those core concepts and apply them to the 3D-based professional realm. Sort of.
What social media, particularly something like Twitter, is all about is: Communication. Informal communication (that's my take on things anyway). If you get into it (I'm on there, as are a lot of other 3D alpha geeks) and use it for something other than simply uni-directional broadcasting (which is pretty common), then it quickly becomes clear that the simplicity of the service makes informal, non-linear conversation a very effective communication method. You have a conversation with someone, in small 140 character chunks, other people can see that and jump in. Sure, they could add a lot more, but the devil is in the details.. or lack thereof. So, WTF has that got to do with CAD.
Design is a team effort. Full stop. People work on a product, converse, communicate, adapt and refine. how is that communication done? In person, by phone, by email, by data management or PD… no. Wait. let's stop there. At the very formative stages of design, PDM gets in the way.
What if there was something less rigid, less formal, less time consuming that would enable discussion around a dataset, a part, an assembly, that you could just… use?
This is what vuuch.com is trying to build. Integrated into your CAD app (current documentation shows a working Pro/E plugin) that give you tools to connect to the vuuch.com server, link to a part, add discussions, comments and such. Then, whenever anyone else works with that data, that same data is available, can be swapped between team members. Because its a web-service, non-CAD users can work on with it too. Essentially, it allows a conversation to happen, without too many barriers.
It's super early days for both the company and service but they have the potential to do something interesting here. Let's see where it goes. I've got a few ideas for things they need to build into this, to make it more community led as a means to reach more people, but these are smart guys. If you're interested, they're looking for testers. Go on, you know you want to.
Other things to read:
- Mark Burhop @ Siemens PLM on Microblogging in two parts one and two
- Oleg Shilovitsky @ SmarTeam covers the subject a lot at the Daily PLM Think Tank
- Chris @ Vuuch talks about it a lot (of course)
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ART-VPS Shaderlight demo
Published 19 December 2008
Posted by Al Dean
This is pretty cool. ARTVPS (which stands for Advanced Render Technology - Virtual Photography Solutions - snappy eh?) has been active in the rendering and visualization business for years with its RenderDrive, Pure cards and RayBox products. These worked with 3dsmax and Maya to use custom hardware (using an ART-VPS design ray tracing chipset) to accelerate the ray tracing calculation times to mere fractions of what they would be with a standard workstation. And with some tweaks that the company also added to the host applications (such as really usable depth of field), the images that could be produced were breathtaking.
Of course, today multi-core machines, and rapidly advancing graphics card tech means that those hardware acceleration solutions have become a little dedundant. ShaderLight is ART-VPS' next core technology. As you'll see its integrated into 3dsmax, but the company has plans elsewhere. Now, its video time:
Watch and learn. See how the scene doesn't all recalc massively when you play with materials/textures and light sources - now that's slick and appears to be an interesting step on from standard progressive rendering. With Bunkspeed, Luxology and now ARTVPS back in the game, perhaps 2009 is going to be year where rendering finally gets easy.
ALSO: This looked cool too - FryRender Swap for swapping out materials in real time.
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Autodesk to acquire Algor
Published 17 December 2008
Posted by Al Dean
News has just broken (the press release isn't even on either parties' web-site's as yet), that Autodesk is to acquire simulation specialists Algor for approximately $34 million with a view to expanding the rapidly growing base of technology to fulfill the Digital Prototyping vision. What does this bring to the deal that previous acquisitions of Solid Dynamics (Motion simulation), Moldflow (Mold filling analysis) and Plassotech (Static FEA) in recent years? The answer is multiphysics, mechanical event simulation* and fluid flow.
According to the release postsed on the Yahoo Biz, "Upon completion of the acquisition, Autodesk's current intent is to integrate Algor into its Manufacturing Solutions business unit and to continue developing and selling Algor's core product line. Autodesk plans to continue developing the Algor products with an open approach, allowing direct data exchange between Algor products and multiple computer aided design software offerings." The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. The worlds of FEA, CFD and other simulation technologies are rapidly merging and becoming, at least in the view of the vendors, much more integrated. While user adoption varies between industry sector, its clear that this is THE big thing for the next few years and expect to see other acquisitions from other vendors as work is done to bring simulation in closer contact with the design process. * I hadn't come across this term before, but it seems it "combines large-scale motion and stress analysis and includes linear and nonlinear material models. The combination of motion and stress analysis considering full inertial effects enables engineers to see motion and its results, such as impact, buckling and permanent deformation."
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And I've missed this lady who's now living in Montana! Thanks for coming and doing a swath of readings at our table this weekend @deserteden
February 28th, 2017
Finally feeling rested up after the super intense weekend – thanks so much to everyone who helped out! Here is our HDTS table at #LAABF2017 – if you missed the book fair you can order the latest in the HDTS scout book series from the High Desert Test Sites website – or you can pick up a copy on Saturdays at our HQ at the Sky Village Swap Meet
February 26th, 2017
Done with day one of #hdtsgemandmineral and #hdtspaintedrockauction – so good to see old friends and some of our favorite HDTS affiliates. This is one of my favorite events – I really can't think of a more fun way to raise the funds needed to cover another year or operating and programming expenses. (Speaking of – there were a some good conversations about art practices and sustainability today too). Hope to see more of you tomorrow – the doors open at 11AM and auction bids end at 6PM. (For info on how to bid remotely go to www.highdeserttestsites.com)
February 25th, 2017
February 25th, 2017
We are so excited for our third annual HDTS Gem/Mineral Expo and Painted Rock Auction this weekend at Human Resources! Stop by to check out the vast array of gems, minerals, and crystals for sale along with 54 artist painted (or conceptualized) rocks.⠀⠀Bidding for the Painted Rock Auction will take place on site, beginning at 11am Saturday February 25 and ending at 6pm Sunday February 26. If you are unable to attend the auction in person, you may email us your bid at email@example.com. You may view images and info on all artist rocks on the HDTS website: ⠀www.highdeserttestsites.com. ⠀All bids will start at $40 and will go up in increments of $20. In your email, please specify the rock you are bidding on, the maximum bid you are willing to make, and the best email and phone number to reach you at. By letting us know your maximum bid, we will bid in increments of $20 on your behalf for the duration of the auction or until /if your maximum bid has been surpassed.⠀⠀In conjunction with the HDTS Rock Auction, LAMOA (Los Angles Museum of Art) will be offering vegan Banh Mi sandwiches, with home marinated pickles, salad, coffee and drinks. Proceeds will benefit future LAMOA exhibitions.⠀⠀LAMOA is a platform for an organically changing Institution that lives through participation. LAMOA is currently located on the campus of Occidental College. LAMOA is free and open to the public. An exhibition titles Book Launch by Andreas Fogarasi is on view until March 10. For more information visit LAMOA's webiste.⠀⠀Human Resources—410 Cottage Home St., Los Angeles, CA 90012⠀February 25-26, 2017, 11 am–5 pm⠀Free Admission
February 24th, 2017
I'm so proud of our the latest in our HDTS Scout book series that will be released this weekend at LAABF. In a time when our country is being divided by differences, these socio-economic and political polarization feel particularly complex here in the High Desert – This is an intimate community and regardless of political affiliation, we all have friends who are "on the other side". So when I hear people talking about doing battle or going into "war" I wonder if this is really the way to educate and unite a struggling population? What does all of this have to do with our latest Scout Book? Eden Solas moved to the desert where job opportunities are slim and found herself steady work at a check cashing place (Check n Go) – she dealt daily with the reality of an economic system that exploits the most vulnerable in our society. Eden developed a deep sense of compassion for her clients and found dignity in their daily gestures of kindness. Her book embodies one of the most important parts of our HDTS mission statement: "Learning from what we are not" Eden's time in the desert was one of personal growth in the face of many challenges. For anyone reading this feed who is unfamiliar with High Desert Test Sites; HDTS is an arts non-profit that I helped to found in 2002. We are deeply engaged with both our community as well as with experimental contemporary art – using the lessons that we learn from living here to develop more meaningful roles for art. This weekend we will be hosting our annual gem/mineral fundraiser at Human Resources LA and we will release the third in our Scout Book Series at LAABF. Come visit us at one of these events or in the High Desert to learn more about who and what are.
February 24th, 2017
February 23rd, 2017
Just finished printing up our info sheets today and seems like we could all use some of this stone: Smoky Quartz is one of the most efficient grounding and anchoring stones, and also raises vibrations during mediation. It has a strong link with the earth and the base chakras, promoting a concern for the environment and ecological solutions. Smoky quartz is a superb antidote to stress; It assists in tolerating difficult times with equanimity, fortifying resolve. #hdtsgemandmineral #highdeserttestsites
February 22nd, 2017
On the countdown today, getting ready for the HDTS Gem and Mineral sale on Saturday and Sunday! These Desert Rose clusters are always some of my favorites… Thanks so much to Human Resources LA for hosting us: 410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles CA 90012, near the corner of Broadway and Cottage Home in Chinatown. #highdeserttestsites #hdtsgemandmineral


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logic, the systematic study of valid inference. A distinction is drawn between logical validity and truth. Validity merely refers to formal properties of the process of inference. Thus, a conclusion whose value is true may be drawn from an invalid argument, and one whose value is false, from a valid sequence. For example, the argument All professors are brilliant; Smith is a professor, therefore, Smith is brilliant is a valid inference, but the argument All professors are brilliant; Smith is brilliant; therefore, Smith is a professor is an invalid inference, even if Smith is a professor.
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Thomas Brown New Zealand
Robert Brown Born Abt 1824 not sure where
Married twice Pongarauhine Toheriri and Pare Ngete,
John Clement Newton
Born Abt 1850 was a Land surveyer in New Zealand not sure where he came from. Married a maori woman Ameria Wetini Mahikai, they had 5 children, newton died 1923 in Raglan New Zealand.
Thomas Halbert
Looking for Thomas Halbert had 6 wives in New Zealand he was of Newcastle Tyne Anglo Scottish descent, his parents are Robert Halbert and Mary Hart, he has a brother James and a sister Janet.
Thomas drowned in Gisborne 12 Apr 1865...im looking for information more so on his parents and sibblings, but any information would do.
Bridet Hurley
Looking for information on who this lady's parents are or any sibblings of this lady, she married Cornelius Okeefe/Keefe had 1 son that i know of may have had others, Daniel is the only 1 we have information on ...ally cat helped to find.
Cornelius O'keeffe or Keefe
Kia ora looking for a Cornelius O'keefe or Keefe married Bridget Hurley, or looking if they had other children apart from a Daniel Okeefe who moved to New Zealand.
Looking for Cornelius Okeefe/keefe/okeeffe/
Abt 1800 was born 1 son Daniel moved to new zealand married ihipera Te Moki had 6 children, Raiha, Mihi Te Rina, Heemi, Patrick, Daniel Mere Peka,
Looking for Lewis Stott
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Looking for William Robert Edwards
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That's Jacksonville College's Daniel Skinner, a junior-college basketball player who likes to dunk on any dumbass who gets in his way, pulling off what was very nearly a free-throw line dunk in a game against Tyler Junior College.
Too bad the referee decided to be the biggest wet blanket of all time and call a charge on the play, thus negating Skinner's monstrous dunk. Fuck you, referee.


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Are Word Limits in the Google Keyword Tool Affecting the Long Tail in Your SEO Keyword Research?Blog Post: August 16, 2011
Hi Steve, thanks for the post! As many above I have noticed the changes in word count, but not the correlation with longer inputs, so that's helpful...
I have a practical question regarding the 800 word output limit when using the keyword tool. You correctly note that Google breaks off the results after 800. So can you share how you build your complete focus keyword list in practice if there are many long tail keywords to be researched? Do you first gather all the semi-short tail results from a couple of 2 word inputs and tag them as stars? And do you then drill down with longer tail inputs for various categories one by one?
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Atlanta School Cuts Pledge of Allegiance From Start of School Day
A charter school in Atlanta says they've decided to forego one of the early morning traditions most students participate in.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School announced on Tuesday that students will no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance to start their school day.
In a letter sent to parents, elementary campus president Lara Zelski explained the school's decision to remove the daily pledge from their morning meetings.
One change that we made to our morning meeting agenda this year is that we will not be including the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance each morning.
Instead of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, students will begin their school days by participating in the school's "Wolf Pack Chant."
Students will continue to lead the meeting by asking our community to stand to participate in our Wolf Pack Chant together. Students will also be given the opportunity to say the pledge at another point during the school day within their classroom.
Zelski said that many students in the charter school had already elected to choose not to stand and/or recite the pledge.
This decision was made in an effort to begin our day as a fully inclusive and connected community. Over the past couple of years it has become increasingly obvious that more and more of our community were choosing to not stand and/or recite the pledge. There are many emotions around this and we want everyone in our school family to start their day in a positive manner. After all, that is the whole purpose of our morning meeting.
The letter goes on to say that school administrators would be working with teachers and parents to create a "school pledge" that students and staff could say together at the morning meeting. The pledge will reportedly focus on a student's civic responsibilities to their "school, family, community, county and global society."
The Pledge of Allegiance has long been a staple at schools across the country, but the Supreme Court has ruled that students cannot be compelled to recite the pledge, nor can they be punished for refusing to do so.
The pledge was originally composed by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer during the Civil War. It was largely rewritten by Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942 at the height of the Second World War.
The most recent update to the wording came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to the pledge.
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|Leslie Ann Smedley September 30, 1962
For as long as I can remember this photo has been displayed along with my bronzed booties in various places at mom's house. Thirteen years ago today she decided that I was old enough and responsible enough to take care of it (or was she just finally able to let go of it?) and gave it to me for my birthday.
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Motorola's confidence in its Xoom tablet is clearly high, with DigiTimes suggesting that the company is expecting to ship 800,000 units in the first quarter of this year.
The new tablet was one of the stars of CES 2011, with TechRadar's hands on Motorola Xoom review suggesting that the 10.1 incher was "one of the most powerful iPad rivals out there".
And it appears that Moto believes that it can back up early buzz with sales, if the 800,000 shipping estimates are accurate.
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The tablet can take a 3G SIM card as well as a microSD card to expand the device's storage.
The company also showed off the Motorola Atrix smartphone at CES 2011, with the company making a real mark at the year's curtain-raising show.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - "In this case, you had adultery, you had infidelity, you had a Ménage a Trois and you had the fact that he was a police officer," admits attorney Tricia "CK" Hoffler.
She and other lawyers at Atlanta's Edmond & Lindsay firm said Friday they had an uphill battle to convince a Gwinnett County jury to place their personal beliefs aside and have sympathy for the family of 31-year-old Atlanta police officer William Martinez.
Those plaintiff attorneys won a strange medical malpractice case this week, despite how Martinez died.
Their lawsuit claimed Lawrenceville Doctor Sreenivasulu Gangasani and the Cardiovascular Group were to blame, not what Martinez was doing when it happened.
Both sides agree the young cop and a male friend were having three-way sex with a woman at a motel on Virginia Avenue near the Atlanta airport on March 12, 2009.
The woman was not his wife.
Around 3 a.m. he fell off the bed and became unresponsive.
When EMT's couldn't revive him, they took him to nearby South Fulton Medical Center where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
The cause of death was determined to be "Atheroschlerotic coronary artery disease."
In their lawsuit, lawyers for Martinez' widow claim Dr. Gangasani did not properly diagnose and treat Martinez for high blood pressure, chest pains, shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat.
They also claim he did not warn Martinez to avoid strenuous physical activity until more tests could be done.
"The type of sex that he was engaged in is the type that's totally unacceptable to our community," said Martinez family attorney Dr. Rod Edmond.
"But the fact of the matter is this man could have died running on the treadmill, running after a criminal," he added.
On Tuesday a Gwinnett County jury agreed, finding Dr. Gangasani "negligent."
But their verdict form also found police officer William Martinez 40% responsible for his own death.
That shared responsibility reduced the award to his widow from $5 million down to $3 million.
Sugeidy Martinez, who is left with two young sons, ages 7 and 9, issued a written statement through her attorneys:
"This is certainly not the best of times for me and my family. We love my husband and the father of our two sons and we will have to carry on without him. However, the recent verdict which the lawyers at Edmond & Lindsay fought so hard to get will benefit our family and help me to educate and care for our children."
11 Alive spoke with Dr. Gangasani by phone.
He said he would like nothing better than to defend his professional reputation, but referred us to the attorney handling his upcoming appeal of the verdict.
That attorney, Page Powell of Atlanta, sent us a statement which reads in full:
"Dr. Gangasani did everything he could to prevent Mr. Martinez's death. Mr. Martinez had a well-documented history of not following his doctors' instructions. Here, after examining Mr. Martinez, Dr. Gangasani recommended follow-up cardiac testing, and he offered Mr. Martinez an appointment for the next day to have the testing performed. Mr. Martinez refused, and instead he scheduled the testing to take place one week later-the day after the sexual encounter that he had planned. Dr. Gangasani also specifically told Mr. Martinez not to engage in any strenuous activity, but unfortunately Mr. Martinez ignored this warning. Dr. Gangasani also gave Mr. Martinez appropriate medications, including aspirin, nitroglycerin, and cholesterol-lowering medications, and told Mr. Martinez to go to the emergency room immediately if he experienced any further chest pain. Thus, while Mr. Martinez's death was a tragedy, it could have been prevented if he had simply followed Dr. Gangasani's recommendations and instructions."


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