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A Yellowstone Club Montana ranch seeks $26.5 million; "Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld lists his East Hampton home for $3.95 million. Lauren Schuker Blum has this week's Private Properties.
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It used to be that you could find maybe one helmet on the shelves that looked good. Nowadays, there's a slew of "skate inspired" helmets. Skate inspired is industry code for low profile, lighter weight, ahem … cool helmets. We narrowed your shopping down to these models that won't just roll around in the trunk, but that you'll want to wear.-Annie Fast
The Baker helmet is one helmet for all seasons-for all action sports. Bern helmets came onto the scene this year with twelve models in the line, including five women's models. This one comes with a snazzy brim and a snap-in knit.
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Available in black, gray, brown, and white (shown)
The Roller is a one of the lower-key helmets made in Italy by Boeri. Want even less bulk? Those earpads are removable.
$65, www.boeri.com
Certification: EN 1078
The TJ Schneider is a minimalist design-a really light and low-profile helmet (period). It doesn't give you that "impending whiplash" feeling, and it's great for multi-sporting (snow to skate).
$70, www.capixco.com
Certification: CE 1077
Available in black (shown) and gray
You already know whether The Bad Lieutenant is the helmet for you. If you want something more traditional, check out the Giro Signature series, which includes three models (Antti Autti or Tommy Czeschin Encore, and Andy Finch G10) with rider-driven graphics.
$60, www.giro.com
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Efficacy of Tenofovir-Emtricitabine and Efavirenz in HIV Infected Patients With Tuberculosis (ANRS129)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00115609
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 24, 2005
Last Update Posted : December 22, 2011
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Tuberculosis
|Drug: efavirenz Drug: tenofovir DF Drug: emtricitabine
|Phase 3
The proposed research consists of conducting a pilot trial "BKVIR" designed to answer the question of whether once daily tenofovir-emtricitabine-efavirenz triple-agent therapy is effective and well tolerated when it must be initiated within three months after initiation of a three-agent or four-agent tuberculostatic therapy in antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients. As the proposed pilot trial comprises the initiation of antiretroviral therapy during the three months following the initiation of tuberculostatic therapy, we propose to set up systematic, continuous registration of HIV-infected patients with a diagnosis of tuberculosis in participating centers during the study period in order to evaluate their eligibility for inclusion in the pilot trial. The initial declaration phase in the register, in addition to facilitating inclusions in the pilot trial, should also allow: 1) a better understanding of the reasons for non-inclusion in the trial, allowing the eligibility criteria to be adjusted if necessary during the trial; and 2) to describe the antiretroviral therapies used during co-infection and their time of initiation in relation to tuberculostatic therapy.
This research is expected to contribute to an updating of the treatment guidelines in the context of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. The data collected will constitute a unique database on this issue not only in France, but also internationally, which will also be useful to optimize management strategies of these two diseases in developing countries.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|70 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|Pilot Trial Evaluating Once Daily Triple Combination Antiretroviral Therapy With Tenofovir-Emtricitabine and Efavirenz in HIV-1 Infected Patients With Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection ANRS129 BKVIR
|Study Start Date :
|January 2006
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2009
- Drug: efavirenz
800mg for patients treated by rifampicine 600mg for other patientsOther Name: Sustiva
- Drug: tenofovir DF
300mg once a dayOther Name: Viread
- Drug: emtricitabine
one pill of 200mg once a dayOther Name: Emtriva/FTC
- treatment success rate at week 48 (W48) [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- course of plasma HIV-1 RNA between W0 and W48 [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- tuberculosis cure rate [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- safety of trial treatments (number of events, description, time to onset, metabolic disorders, immune restoration syndrome) [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- frequency of treatment changes or discontinuations [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- clinical progression of HIV infection [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- course of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- study of resistance in the case of virological failure [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- study of compliance and quality of life [ Time Frame: W48 ]
- pharmacokinetic study of tuberculostatic agents [ Time Frame: W02,W08,W12, W24 ]
- effect of treatment on hepatitis B viral replication [ Time Frame: W48 ]
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients ≥ 18 years
- Infected by HIV-1
- Naive to antiretroviral therapy
- Presenting an indication to start antiretroviral therapy (according to the recommendations of the Delfraissy 2004 report)
- Histologically or microbiologically confirmed tuberculosis
- Receiving tuberculostatic therapy for less than three months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Isolated HIV-2 infection
- Neoplasm treated by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
- Pregnancy or plans for pregnancy
- Breastfeeding
- Contraindication to one of the antiretroviral drugs
- Atypical mycobacterial infection
- Hemoglobin below 8 g/dL
- Neutrophils below 750/mm3
- Platelets below 50,000/mm3
- Creatinine clearance below 60 ml/min
- Alkaline phosphatase, ASAT, ALAT or bilirubin over 3 times the upper limit of normal
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00115609
|Service des maladies Infectieuses et tropicales Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades
|Paris, France, 75015
|Principal Investigator:
|Olivier Lortholary, MD
|Hopital Necker-Enfants malades
|Study Director:
|Geneviève Chêne, MD
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|Responsible Party:
|French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
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|June 24, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 22, 2011
|Last Verified:
|December 2011
Keywords provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:
HIV infections
tuberculosis agents
Anti HIV agents
Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers


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1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation Friday, November 22, 2013Posted by capittsley in Archives, digital collections, history, New Resources @ CSL, updates.
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In 1936 Governor Wilbur L. Cross penned what is widely regarded as one of the most lyrical Thanksgiving Proclamations ever written. A former English Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies at Yale, Cross was elected as Connecticut's 71st Governor in 1931. He served four terms and was defeated by Raymond E. Baldwin in 1938.
While the 1936 Thanksgiving Proclamation is a familiar piece today, in years past some of the other Thanksgiving Proclamations were equally well known. A Hartford Courant editor wrote in 1968 that "…the late Wilbur Lucius Cross in 1935 issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation that remains one of the classics of American prose." His 1931 proclamation was noted for being one sentence of 176 words. He was quoted in a November 6, 1936 Hartford Courant article as having said "I wrote the proclamation in one sentence so that it would have to be quoted in full, if at all."
It was his 1938 proclamation however that is a real treasure, as he was filmed reading it on December 9, 1938. It was the first time a Connecticut Governor had ever appeared in a sound film.
The Connecticut State Library is proud to bring you that historic film and all eight of Governor Cross's official Thanksgiving Proclamations. The film can be viewed on our YouTube channel and the proclamations can be viewed in our Flickr collection.
On behalf of the staff and board of the Connecticut State Library, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!


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What's Your (Kid's) Style
July 09, 2012
This post is sponsored by Wittlebee.
So these "online style profiles" are quite a Thing now, aren't they? The days of just going to a website and typing "black t-shirt" into a search bar are over, like what are you, some kind of e-caveman or something? Now it's all about personalized profiles and recommendations and letting fashion algorithms pick out your outfit because GOD KNOWS what you'd pick out if left to your own unstylish devices.
(Pajamajeans, probably.)
The only problem with those personalized style profile things is...well, me. The personalized part. Because I managed to thoroughly overthink the process and second-guess myself.
"Do I reach for Vogue or InStyle at the hair salon? I don't know! Which one has Adele on the cover? And is US Weekly an option? Perferably something in a TomKat divorce edition? Because I would read the hell out of that right now."
And then I invariably try to impress the stupid thing and make it think I'm trendier than I actually am, and then my results are all, "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE LADY GAGA."
In other words, I still really need a nice plain black t-shirt.
So it was with a small amount of trepidation that I agreed to create a personalized online style profile on behalf of my children with Wittlebee (which is a kids' clothing club that sends you monthly boxes of fun and mystery), because what if I answered wrong? Is Ezra's favorite color blue or red these days? What's the difference between "sporty" and "casual" and if I say Ike is a "hipster" am I being too aspirational by suggesting that I actually put thought into his clothing beyond "OH HEY LOOK THIS HAND-ME-DOWN IS NOT TOO STAINED"?
I mean, let's be honest here. This...
...is not a photo of two children tearing up a Fashion Week runway.
See, if I was asked to write a style/personality quiz for my kids, it would probably be something like this:
a) Made of ham and eyelashes.
b) Loves dogs, hates pants.
c) Is Lady Gaga.
I feel like those are straightforward questions with straightforward answers.
Wittlebee sticks to asking if your kid likes plaid or race cars. How do they feel about green? And do you need some socks?
I guess that works too. And I guess I did pretty okay on the quiz because they sent Ezra a monkey shirt. And I don't think you can do any better than a monkey shirt for that one.
Leave a comment on this post and I'll pick someone at random to win a free Wittlebee box of kids' clothes, all picked out nice and personal for you (sizes are newborn to 5T). Comments will stay open for seven days and then I'll contact the winner so please leave a valid email address.
Can't wait that long? Already convinced you are doomed to never win anything (PS I NEVER WIN ANYTHING.) Just totally addicted to taking personalized online style profile quizzes? Visit Wittlebee and use coupon code am15 for $15 off your first purchase between now and August 1st, 2012.


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March 1, 2006
Lipscomb's Scott Sanderson received Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year honors after helping lead the Bisons from a 4-16 league mark three seasons ago to 15-5 co-champions this year.
The Bisons head into the A-Sun Conference Tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Bisons played No. 8-seed Mercer at noon Thursday at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City.
Two Bisons were also named to the A-Sun All-Conference First Team _ junior guard Brian Fisk and sophomore forward Eddie Ard. Fisk and Ard have consistently been the top two scorers for the Bisons this season.
Ard leads with an average of 16.4 points per game. Fisk is second with an average of 16.2 points per game. The Bisons dynamic duo both rank in the top-10 in the conference in scoring.
The awards are selected by the coaches around the A-Sun Conference.
Two Bisons were named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team _ Senior guard James Poindexter and freshman center Kris Alpers.
Poindexter is majoring in Interdisciplinary education. Alpers is a pre-pharmacy major.
To be named A-Sun All-Academic, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.0 or higher GPA in the classroom.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The women's swimming and diving team capped a busy weekend with a split against NEWMAC rivals Springfield College and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers topped the Bears, 199-100, while falling to the Pride, 157-143, in moving to 5-2 on the season.
Springfield scored the decisive blow after winning the 400 free relay despite Amy Jacobi's 53.6 anchor leg for MIT. Jacobi enjoyed a terrific afternoon at home, impressively winning the 100 free in 54.65, while leading a 2-3-4 split in the 50 free. Jacobi swam 25.10, with Ashley Pinchinat and Sarah King touching just back. Springfield's Moira Price won the hotly contested race with a time of 25.05.
Jacobi delivered a strong start for the Engineers on Sunday as she split 24.6 to anchor MIT's winning 200 medley relay. Alli Alwan, Abby Clark, and Jen Chao completed the unit, which won the race with a time of 1:53.70.
Chao added to her first-place totals for the weekend by sweeping the fly events for the second consecutive day. Chao swam 1:00.61 in the 100 and 2:14.10 in the 200. MIT secured two more wins on the afternoon as senior Nicole O'Keeffe crushed the field en route to a win in the 1000 (10:42.56), while rookie Sydney Giblin finished first in the 200 IM (2:16.75).


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Our own original Bunny eggs are a special treat for Easter brunch or just a fun snack. This is a simple recipe and the kids can help make their own bunny egg. A fun Easter recipe.
Items needed:
- Hardboiled eggs
- Carrots for ears
- Snap peas for nose
- Cabbage for tail
- Cheese for eyes
- Hardboil eggs and let cool.
- Remove shells.
- If your bunnies will not be presented in an egg dish, then cut a very thin slice from the bottom of the egg (lengthwise) so egg will not roll around.
- Cut thin carrot slices and shape into rabbit ears with a knife, making sure one end is very pointy.
- Insert pointy ends into egg for ears.
- Cut off tip of snap pea for nose.
- Push the pointed end into the front end of the egg.
- Make a small round tail from a white piece of cabbage, once again making a pointed end to push into the back of the egg.
- For eyes, cut two small little circles, using a small straw as a cutter, from your slice of cheese.
- Make sure the egg is not wet when you set the cheese eyes in place or they may slide out of place
- Other veggies may be substituted for the nose and tail.
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Category: Religious News
The Bible TV series
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Roma Downey says President Barack Obama congratulated her on the success of "The Bible" — the ten-hour TV series she co-produced with her husband.
Downey met with the president and first lady at the White House on Monday. She says the Obamas were thankful that the show has "engaged the country in a conversation about the Bible."
The actress, who plays Mary, the mother of the adult Jesus, says she was upset that some people claimed the actor who played Satan looked like the president. She dismisses that as "nonsense" and a distraction.
Downey says the ratings suggest that 68 million people have viewed the episodes shown on the "History" and "Lifetime" channels so far this month, with the final episodes coming up the next two Sundays — Palm Sunday and Easter.
She also thinks it's God's timing that "The Bible" is being shown as the seating of a new pope in Rome has people thinking about faith.


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How Much Does HBO Pay MarkMonitor To Send DMCA Notices Removing Its Official Content From Google?
from the and-why-does-this-keep-happening dept
My real question, though, is just how much is HBO paying DtecNet / MarkMonitor for this "service"? Not only is it making a complete mockery of HBO itself, but potentially killing search engine optimization value that HBO might have towards its legit and authorized content.
Also, isn't it comforting that DtecNet / MarkMonitor are going to be the ones responsible for going after people under the new six strikes program? Stories like this really add confidence to the idea that they're going to make a complete mess of the whole thing.


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|November 25, 2006, 12:58 PM
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Which caliber is best???
I wanting to get an exellent Pronghorn/Deer rifle. My options are 6mm Rem, 243, 25-06, 257 Roberts. I hunt in the wide open spaces of Arizona so distance is a concideration. I want something that has a very flat trajectory and a lot of punch out to 200-300 yds. Is this possible? How is Ruger in any one of these calibers?
|November 25, 2006, 02:13 PM
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All good calibers. If I was hunting deer at those ranges I think I'd pick the 25-05 because of heaver bullets than the 24's and a little faster than the 257. None are a bad choice. I use 30-06 and feel confident to 300 yards if I have a good rest and can hold steady.
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|November 25, 2006, 03:13 PM
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Ever thought about the 270 or 308. Both are good long range calibers.
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|November 25, 2006, 03:27 PM
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I think that out of that bunch the .25-06 is the best and then the .243. If you want something that shoots as flat and hits harder you can take up .270 Winchester.
I compared the ballistics at the Remington website and...
A 100 grain core-lokt in .243 a 120 grain in .25-06 and a 130 grain in .270 are almost identical.
The trajectories out to 300 yards are so close that youll never notice the difference in a real world situation. (If you wanna split hairs the .270 wins)
The energy of the bullets is also very close within reasonable distances. The .25-06 and .270 are very close and the .243 falls a little bit behind in this class.
Out to 300 yards the .270 has a edge in velocity but after that the .25-06 takes the cake.
Basically whatever round you choose will have you well armed and the deer and pronghorns wont be able to tell the difference in what hit them.
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|November 25, 2006, 04:03 PM
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I agree with most people on this post that out of the choices you give .25-06 is the best with .243 second. If you want harder hitting calibers then I also agree with the .270 Win as a good choice but if you hand load I'd probably pick the .280 Rem. The .280 has better choices of bullets for the hand loader than the .270. Both the .280 and .270 will retain more energy and veloicty down range both staying over 1000 ft lbs past 500 yards as well as over 2000 fps. Plus if you ever get an AZ Elk hunt you will definatly have enough gun with the .270 or .280.
|November 25, 2006, 06:36 PM
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Thants for the insight. I do do all my own handloads and currently have a Ruger M77 MKII in 7mm Rem Mag for my elk hunts (which hasn't let me down yet). Now I have more calibers to concider.
|November 25, 2006, 06:55 PM
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Flat shooting rifle
If you are hand loading, you might want to take a look at the 7mm mag in a light bullet. I think somewhere in the 130 to 140 grain range. it's been a while since I loaded for that caliber, but it was hot, flat and had a good bit of energy at 200 and 300 yads. I shot it out of a Ruger M77 with a 3x9 Luepold
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|November 25, 2006, 07:26 PM
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Out of your choices I would go with the 25-06. Serious long range accuracy is possible with the 25-06 as well as a bit more "poop" than the others.
|November 25, 2006, 08:28 PM
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Since you roll your own loads I'd seriously consider the 6mm Rem. Build yourself a nice rig with a 1-10 twist in the barrel and you have yourself a great rifle. I love the .243 but the 6mm has more case to fill so you could build yourself some really great loads. There are some other cases as well that could be a lot of fun to play with such as the 6mm-284, .260 Rem, and 6.5-284.
|November 25, 2006, 11:57 PM
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AZ i have the same rifle and caliber, why not use that at distance. At 300yards a Federal Nosler Ballistic tip is pusing 2700fps rance and 2100 Ft lbs of energy at 150grain.
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|November 26, 2006, 12:22 AM
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Go with the 25-06
Out of the 4 you listed, the 25-06 is the flattest shooting with trajectories being almost the same as the 7mm magnums. The .25 hits pretty hard and if you are into reloading you can get even more out of it. All things considered, a real good long range round. As far as Ruger is concerned, I have a M77 chambered in .35 Whelen and it is a very accurate rifle. I would expect the same from any Ruger.
|November 26, 2006, 02:25 AM
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AZ, I'd probably go with the .25-06. But even better would be a caliber like the .270 Win, especially for the deer. The added weight of a 130 or 140 grain .270 will help with the deer, especially if you hit bone. Out to 300 yards, most any caliber is pretty good, and the .270 is well known for flat-shootin'.
Edited to add: for prongs and deer, I'd stick with the .270 over a magnum caliber. The mag will be heavier, more expensive to load, louder, and will recoil harder. If you examine this ballistic table for the .270 Win. and the 7mm Rem Mag, both do very well out to 300 yards; the .270 only drops 1.6 inches more than the 7mm Mag.
How about this idea: a .257 Weatherby Mag?!? I've hunted with a buddy who used one. Now that would be a cool long-range prong/deer rifle. My buddy took a deer with it, and it is tough on deer!
Totally conflicting statements. Hope that helps.
|November 26, 2006, 11:44 PM
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Thanks for all the input. It sounds like they will all be pretty good gun choices. I'll have to look at ballistics on all and make a choice. Again, thanks for everyones opinion.
|November 27, 2006, 01:20 AM
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I built a .257 Ackley on a Mexican Mauser.My 30-06,7mag,30-338 rest in the rack a lot,especially for pronghorn and deer.
It is easy to shoot well with mild recoil,meat damage is not horrendous,and heart/lung shots just die.I use a 115 Ballistic tip.BC is around .435 vel is 3090.
I use a 6x42 Leupold and sight in dead on at 300.The upper hanging heavy crosshair tip is dead on at 100 yds and the lower heavy crosshair tip is right at about 420 at my 4800 ft altitude.Accuracy is MOA with a fwt barrel
The 25-06 duplicates this without forming Ackley brass.
As you have a 7mag,no need toward the heavier calibers.
Ballistic charts are a great tool,but better isn't always more.There are sweet spots.If you are staying in the 300 yd range,a regular .257 Roberts +P is a real sweet deer/antelope rifle.You are heading in a good direction.Enjoy
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Aren't we forgeting someone. Our old friend Mr. 30-06. IMO this is the best all around game round there is, its been used effectively on everything from coyotes to deer to elk and even gators and rhinos. I know this isn't one of your options but I just had to give props to this classic round.
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I'd run with .25-06 or .270 for plenty of downrange energy, if in doubt. But ANY of those are excellent long-range rounds. A lot of people out west (apparently) consider the .25-06 the consummate long range antelope rifle nowadays.
|November 27, 2006, 01:17 PM
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the .270 will do what you want and more,I too live and hunt in AZ and over all it is hard to beat the .270 and the ammo is cheep and plentyfull. it will take elk if need be too.
|November 27, 2006, 01:44 PM
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.243/6mm offers versatility
If you want a light multi-tasker rifle, .243 is a nice option. You can shoot 55 grain bullets for small game and varmints, and shoot up to 115 grain bullets for medium to large game. .243 is flat shooting, long range, low recoil. It also has a larger variety of ammo available than the others you mentioned. I shot a whitetail yesterday with 95gr Hornaday Light Magnum SST and it performed flawlessly (MV 3100 fps, ME 2027 ft. lbs).
Whatever caliber you go with, I would definately get a short-action rifle so you aren't lugging around extra weight. My Kimber Montana is only 5.5lbs and is a pleasure to hike/hunt with in the field.
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Just about everything in life is a compromise. I feel the .257 in either version is a very nice compromise...........Essex
|November 27, 2006, 05:06 PM
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Ruger makes an excellent rifle in whichever caliber you chose.
Personally I only have experience with .243. It's great for hogs, deer, song dogs, and varmints.
I don't even own a ruger rifle anymore, but before I had child support pyments I had a no. 1 in .308 and a 77 in .243. I've had winchester, weatherby (vanguards only, no mkIV ever), ruger, remington, and savage.
RUGER is awesome. Easily as nice as the winchester. I can't say enough about how nice of a rifle ruger makes.
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However if youre at all like me and just want a new gun i think that the .270 is still the best out of that group, just because i love it.
Get anouther ruger for the rifle though i love that controlled round feed and i really like mine with the laminated and stainless combo with a black scope.
I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.
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The 25-06 is a great deer antelope cartridge. I had one years ago and wish I had never parted with it.
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if your are looking for light kicking hard hittin flat shootin round take a look at a 257weatherby. Since you handload youll save a lot on ammo cost for it and it is like a supercharged 25-06. The vanguared line doesnt cost anymore then a rem700
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I grew up hunting the Ruby mountains, East Humbolt mountains, Mugollon Rim, Cedar Breaks, North Rim country. 30-06 with 180 gr Sierra spbt at 2850fps took every thing I could hold the sights on, from deer, cat and bear to Javelina and coyote. Sighted 4" high at 400 yards with a 6:00 hold on an 8" bull. I also used that same load for 1000 yard no-glass competiton.
We would load the 168s for rock chucks and such when in the lava beds.
Can you tell which one I prefer?
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|November 27, 2006, 10:32 PM
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Above I said .270 or .25-06. Just want to point out that of these two, for reasons that others mentioned, the .270 win is just about the perfect all-around choice for very long range on deer & smaller game, and so probably edges out .25-06 and others, in large part because factory ammo is so cheap, plentiful, and in varied loadings. 150-160 gr spitzers have good BCs for long range. Splits the difference between .25-06 and .30-06, which are also good choices. Still, in truth, the .243 or 6mm rem will do the job at reasonable hunting ranges, and kick less. .257 robts for that matter too. Bottom line, since your "short list" is good, you can't go wrong.
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For months after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed off on the draconian immigration law, SB1070, protestors raged about the repercussions of a law that made it mandatory for police to stop and check the papers of anyone that they deemed "reasonably suspicious" of being undocumented. Human rights activists protested the inevitable implication of racial profiling that the law brought with it, while supporters of the law argued that it would be an effective solution to the immigration issue. When analyzing how the law came to be, the progressive media went to great lengths to highlight the direct links between those who drafted the law and "hate" groups the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FIRM) and white supremacist organizations. In all this, little was said about how the law came about in the first place.
A breaking investigation conducted by NPR and released today reveals that there is a more insidious motive behind the drafting of the Arizona law; one that leaves passionate rhetoric behind and focuses purely on profit. Based on the analysis of hundreds of thousands of campaign finance reports of people like Senator Russell Pearce, the legislator that was responsible for introducing SB1070 before the House of Representatives, as well as the corporate records of numerous prison companies, NPR has found deep financial ties between the drafting and introduction of the bill, and the private prison industry, that stands to benefit millions of dollars from increased immigrant detention.
The NPR investigation found that the seeds of the immigration bill were sown at a meeting of a group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a semi-secret group that comprises of state legislators like Pearce, as well as the heads of big private corporations such as ExxonMobil and the National Rifle Association, and billion dollar companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison company in the United States. All of the 50 members present for the meeting in December, 2009 where Pearce first presented his idea for SB1070, voted to support it, and the exact "model bill" that he presented at the meeting became the law that Jan Brewer passed in April, 2010.
Once SB1070 was introduced in the House in January by Senator Pearce, it was backed by thirty six sponsors, most of whom had been present at the December meeting of ALEC. Almost immediately, thirty of the thirty-six sponsors received generous donations from all the big private prison companies, GEO Group, Corrections Corporation of America, and Management and Training Corporation. Further, it was clear that, if executed, this law would be hugely profitable for the prison companies. The records of CCA showed that prison executives were relying on immigration detention as their next big market.
Ties between the massive expansion of immigrant detention and the subsequent growth and profit for the largely privately run prison system are not new. What is even more disturbing is the concrete evidence that points to the lack of accountability that comes with this prison system that is increasingly dysfunctional, as well as a detention system that denies due process and fairness to hundreds of men, women and children.
Advocate groups such as the NDLON have called for a further investigation into the collaboration between private corporations and conservative politicians. Pablo Alvarado, the Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network released a statement today saying-
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A surprising yet pleasing element of this pie is the gentle hint of fresh basil that really comes through even though I used just a small quantity. Not exactly a savory dessert, the sweetness is rather subdued and pleasantly tempered by the creamy and tangy goat cheese. The natural sweetness of the berries is also to be recommended.
Here, I have used one of my best tried and tested homemade pastries. A tip I learned years ago is to use a few splashes of vodka if your dough doesn't seem moist enough to roll out. If you use too much water, you end up with more gluten formation, resulting in a tougher crust. On the other hand, vodka contains ethanol and because gluten does not form in the ethanol, you are more likely to achieve that perfect tender, rich and flaky butter crust that makes for the ultimate pastry experience.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Eastern Nazarene College used a 20-7 run that spanned 10 minutes in the second half to pull ahead for a 57-47 win over host MIT in a non-conference women's basketball game on Saturday. Cheryl Kwinn paced the Engineers (1-3) with 20 rebounds, 12 points, three assists, and two steals while Christine Tucker tallied 14 points, 11 assists, 10 boards, and four steals for the Crusaders (1-3).
The opening frame was tightly played as it featured eight ties and seven lead changes. A pair of free-throws by MIT's Emily Prentice evened the contest at 23 with 1:17 on the clock. Eastern Nazarene responded with seven straight points, including a layup by Jessica Schoppee at the buzzer, for a 30-23 edge at the break.
The Crusaders recorded their first double-digit advantage (35-25) early in the second stanza. The Engineers responded by scoring 10 out of the next 12 points, coming within two on a pair of occasions, the last at 37-35 with 12:59 left to play. On its ensuing possession, Amanda Remmel drained a three-pointer that sparked Eastern Nazarene's pivotal 20-7 run. Free throws and a trey by Amy Marshall during the final minute capped the scoring for MIT.
Marshall finished the day with 10 points as Clara Yuan totaled nine points and three assists. Alice Yeh contributed six rebounds while Jamie Simmons, Kristen Whaley, and Prentice each snagged five caroms.
Victoria Sontag notched 14 points and five steals as Remmel recorded 11 points and 10 rebounds. Schoppee rounded out the Crusaders with 11 points and nine boards.
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Well, I've downloaded it now, and played it for about an hour and a half.
Being an oh-so-imaginative and original person, I decided to try out the Romani campaign first. Now I've played other mods that use that campaign map before, so nothing new there. But on looking at my starting position, I see 2 full stacks of rebel troops near Capua. Worse, they not only outnumber me but also hugely outmatch me. And they're positioned right next to one another. I'm not attacking that. Hell no.
I also see that my finances are in a sorry state. Despite the units not costing much in upkeep, I will be bankrupt within a few turns unless I capture, say, Cannae, pretty damn quick. And I can't do that without leaving Capua open to attack. God dammit. I decide to build a port; anything to get money in over the long-term. And that will allow me to disband my navy once it's built, saving a bit of money every turn.
So I pull my armies together into one stack, then set about drawing every available unit from my cities to make up a full army. Capua's population doesn't like me much, now. But they'll live with a one-unit garrison for now.
I want a better idea of troop movements in neighbouring regions, so I build a watchtower at my south-eastern border, overlooking Capua, then move my stack back to near Capua to defend it.
Oh, happy surprise! The AI sent one of those stacks to capture my watchtower. I hadn't expected that, but damned if I'm not going to take this chance. The enemy stacks are now divided. I attack.
I deploy quite far back, expecting the enemy to come at me with their superior units, despite the fact that I attacked. They don't. Instead, they position their entire army on the downward slope of a ridge, in the centre of which is my watchtower! It's positioning has created a very steep hill, below which the enemy force is staying put. Wonderful, I think. If I can just put most of my army at the top of the plateau created by the watchtower, then maybe I'll be able to provoke them into an attack. I'll be fighting downhill and will grind up their units as they throw themselves on my line!
I move my army to the ridge. Rorarii in the centre backed up by one Triarii. Hastati and Principes on the flanks. Missile units behind. Two cavalry on the right, one on the left (all general's bodyguards).
A side effect of being so much higher than the enemy is that my missile units can shoot and throw away to their hearts' content and receive little to no return fire. I kill almost 20% of the enemy through skirmishing alone, receiving not a single casualty myself.
I then use my cavalry to draw the enemy into a battle, throwing in more and more troops to counter their reinforcements before sweeping my left flank down the line, routing the enemy as I do so. My cavalry chase down the routers.
Heroic victory. Aaawww yeeeaaah! 1800-and-something kills to two hundred-and something.
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I am blaming @essers entirely for this one and the amount of brackets I use…
Last year, Essers wrote a review for Shiny Shelf about season one of Castle, starring Nathan Fillion.
Yes, that one.
So I watched Castle and enjoyed it. It's not a serious, tough crime show. It's pretty silly and built on the premise that millionaire crime writer Richard Castle (Fillion) is shadowing NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) for a new crime novel he's planning.
Heat Wave
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Heat is a no-nonsense NYPD detective working a murder case, shadowed by Jamerson Rook, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist.
Yes, they really did write a tie-in novel that is 'written' by the character in the show. Season 2 even has a two-parter built around that fact Heat Wave triggers a serial killer trying to get Beckett's attention as "the real life Nikki Heat". When one detective starts recounting the plot of the novel, Castle stops them finishing it with the word "spoilers". Which, as I was about five chapters from the end of the tie-in novel, I'd been shouting at the screen.
This is where reviewing it gets complicated.
If I review it an actual crime novel, I'd say it was not great. The central murder mystery is good, but the writing is pure pulp. It's workmanlike, the kind of thing that I've been tempted to throw out of a train's window before now. (Did I ever actually review The Da Vinci Code here? It's enough to know it nearly ended up on a railway embankment near Reading, right?)
But is that part of the meta-fictional games going on here? Is it meant to be a bad airport style novel because that's what Rick Castle, character in Castle, would write? Is it spoofing millionaire crime writers? Especially given it has endorsements by the likes of James Patterson on it? (He's in the show too, as a poker buddy of Castle's.)
Oh, would you look at that. The publisher even maintains the fiction on their website, with an author profile of Richard Castle. He's right next to Nigella. She's not fictional, right?
In season two of the TV series, much is made of the sex between Heat and Rook because all the characters take it to indicate something is really happening between Beckett and Castle. They've got that whole Moonlighting thing going on…
This is where this book becomes fan service. Not that it's a bad thing in this case. Shows built on Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST) struggle with the resolution of it. Look at season 4 of Moonlighting. But fans also want some action: there'll be Castle fanfic (look it up yourself). This tie-in novel gives you a fictional character (Castle) writing a fictionalised version of himself (Rook) having sex with the fictionalised version (Heat) of the fictional character (Beckett). Do I need a diagram? It gives fans the satisfaction of resolving the UST without actually doing it and destroying a selling point of the show.
In short, as a fan of the tv series you will read this book as two layers. When you read about Heat and Rook, you'll see Beckett and Castle. And it's impossible to judge the book as anything other than a meta-fictional device. It exists – and all the cross-platform stuff like the author's page etc exist – to keep fans engaged and amused.
Absolute kudos to Hyperion and Rick Castle's "beta readers" (who I suspect are the real writers) for creating this.
(Oh, and Firefly fans? There's a scene at the start of Castle season 2 episode 6 that made me spit out my beer with laughter.)


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Counted in the number of my days are some that end like this. Such loveliness is a striking reminder of the gifts that I have been given and I am very thankful for the beauty and warm friendship that surround me. I hope this Thanksgiving finds you pleasantly stuffed and sitting at the table surrounded by family and good friends. Have a wonderful holiday. Blessings...Mary
We will be serving some Peruvian drinks today. The first is an alcoholic cocktail called a Pisco Sour. Pisco is a white grape brandy much loved in Peru. The cocktail is a bit like a whiskey sour and many consider it to be the national drink of Peru. I think you'll enjoy it. There are many ways to make this drink but the basic proportions should always remain the same. Add 3 parts pisco, 1 part simple syrup and 1 part fresh lime juice to a shaker jar. Then add an egg white, a dash of bitters and some ice and shake the daylights out of the mixture. When the drink is poured there should be a layer of foam on top of it. Here's a more formal recipe for you to follow.
Pisco Sour
3 ounces pisco
1 ounce simple syrup
1 ounce key lime juice
1 egg white
Angostura bitters (2-3 dashes)
Ice cubes
Mix pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Add ice to fill, and shake vigorously. Strain into an old-fashioned glass, and sprinkle Angostura bitters on top of the foam. Serve immediately. Makes 1 large (8 ounce) cocktail or 2 small cocktails.
Inka Kola
We'll also be serving this non-alcoholic soda to those curious enough to give it a try. Peruvians love Inca Kola, a soft drink whose sales have bested both Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the Peruvian marketplace. National pride, flavor and cost allowed Inka Kola to dominate the soft drink market in Peru. Coca-Cola had to buy 50% of the company just to establish a foothold in the country. Some say the drink tastes like bubble gum. I think it tastes more like cream soda with a hint of lemon playing in the background. It is an acquired taste, but worth a try if you have the opportunity to sample it. It is available in some Latin markets.


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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13
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This article was written to assist you with getting archlinux run on the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13. It is meant to be help you with some tricky points aside to the Beginners' Guide: A guide through the whole process of installing and configuring Arch Linux; written for new or inexperienced users.
First and important to do is an BIOS-Update (As of 2010/08/20 to Version 1.19.)
This was done, by using grub4dos, one can get here. Because a simple dd didn't create a bootable USB-Stick for me.
Download grub4dos.
Unpack it on another *nix-box and run:
sudo ./bootlace.com /dev/sdX
with /dev/sdX being your USB-Stick (as the Thinkpad Edge 13 has no CDROM-Drive) in the directory, where you unpacked your files.
Afterwards copy grldr and menu.lst to the device:
cp grldr /media/USBSTICK cp menu.lst /media/USBSTICK
Following that copy the BIOS-ISO you downloaded from lenovo to the / directory of the USB-Stick!
Finally you have to add the following code to the menu.lst on your pendrive to make the USB-Stick boot the PC DOS program made by lenovo:
title Thinkpad-Edge-BIOS-UPDATE find --set-root /6yuj06uc.iso map /6yuj06uc.iso (0xff) || map --mem /6yuj06uc.iso (0xff) map --hook chainloader (0xff) boot
Inserting such a prepared USB-Stick into your Thinkpad Edge, and things should be self-explanatory after that.
Creating an installation medium
To create a bootable USB-Stick with the archlinux*.iso you downloaded, simply:
dd bs=8M if=archlinux*.iso of=/dev/sdX
which will/should behave like a regular bootable CD-Rom in addition to a capable BIOS and the correct bootsequence! In doubt or in case of problems see Install from a USB flash drive for more detailed instructions.
After that it is recommended to follow the usual installation procedure described in the Beginners' Guide up to the part 2, as the installation of the wireless lan card needs some further work.
WLAN driver installation
The WLAN-driver doesn't come with the current repos and was uploaded to the AUR: The package can be found here.
As you probably are a archlinux newbie, the AUR - or Archlinux User Repository is a community repository, which lives quite dynamical and changes shapes quite fast, where friendly members upload there compilation and installation package prepared code.
To get it running:
- Unpack your downloaded package
- As a 'normal' user run
makepkg -s
in the unpacked directory and
- then install it:
sudo pacman -U PACKAGENAME
Maybe a
depmod -a
might be necessary, however the module should be loaded after that.
Installation via yaourt
If you already have yaourt installed then instead of manually downloading, unpacking and compiling the package, you can simply do:
yaourt -S rtl8192se
yaourt -S dkms-rtl8192se
The dkms-rtl8192se package is different from rtl8192se in that you will not need to manually recompile the driver after a major kernel upgrade. Apparently minor releases do not require recompilation of the driver.
To get jack sensing to work add:
options snd-hda-intel model="olpc-xo-1_5"
to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf


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If you love Roger Federer and his smooth game, his winning ways, his gentlemanly sportsmanship, join this group.
Website: http://www.rogerfederer.com
Members: 94
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2018
Born: August 08, 1981. (Basel, Switzerland)
Residence: Switzerland
Height: 6'1
Weight: 187 lbs
Hair colour: Dark brown
Eye colour: Brown
Hobbies: Music, friends, sports (golf, skiing, soccer), playing cards, Playstation
Current Ranking: 1
Grand Slams: 15
Tournament Titles Singles: 61
Tournament Titles Doubles: 7
Olympic Medals: 1 (Doubles in Beijing 2008)
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Roger once again has found his stride during the indoor season Defending his hometown crown in Basel and then winning his first Paris Masters 1000 title. Fed has become the first man since Agassi to win both the French Open and the Paris 1000 titles. Of course there are only two other active players that have won Roland Garros so that means Roger is still in a class by himself. There are 6 other active players that have won the Paris event so if Rafa ever releases the stranglehold on RG maybe someone can join Fed as active RG, Paris champs.
HIS INTENT!!!!!!!!......he seems he dont want to play tennis anymore.
You can see the difference in world tour finals 2010 and Australian open in 2011 and the rest of the tournaments in 011.
In the world tour finals i felt his intent in every point,every game,every set he played!!!!! he came up with a tremendous aggression,he crushed all of them with losing just one set!!
then he started to go back to his regular play in australia,like he fed up with winning titles.
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In Los Angeles nowhere is decay more evident than in the infrastructure. Constant "carmageddon" construction projects show very little in improvement; they're not meant to. They're only small bandages, a half-assed, albeit costly cosmetic touch-up ignoring a much larger problem.
The LA Unified School District, which is so corrupt and piss poor at providing education that the only stories I ever hear about it are how teachers are being arrested for child molestation, schools spend a billion (that's billion with a 'b') on iPads while superintendents of poorly performing districts rake in $663,000 in total compensation.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation's largest public utility, sent out out as many as 70,000 inaccurate bills, while also misappropriating 40 million dollars in ratepayer money. Subpoenas will supposedly be issued to find out where the money went, but I'm sure they'll never find it. I saw Chinatown.
While Hollywood lives in its own bubble, the Have Nots of Los Angeles contemplate where they're going to get their next rent check. Guess which group represents the majority?
It's not a beautiful sight. And believe me, this city is in dire need of a makeover, both from a physical and a branding standpoint. And I can say this because I live in Los Angeles. Since living here, my taxes have gone up every year and I have little to show for it. There are certainly no city improvements in sight. But that doesn't stop the public servant jackholes from demanding more and more from us.
So is it any wonder I'm livid our new mayor is now crowdsourcing designs for a tote bag?
From the website of Mayor Eric Garcetti:
Los Angeles is home to some of the best designers in the world. So when it came to finding a logo to go on the official city tote bag, I knew that all I needed to do was ask my fellow Angelenos. Use this page to submit your design and/or vote on the designs of others.
With the help of Councilmember Paul Koretz, we're giving away reusable tote-bags across Los Angeles. The winning image from this contest will be silk-screened onto the Los Angeles Tote bag and distributed citywide to become one of the most recognizable images of a new plastic-bag free Los Angeles.
Because why should you pay those best designers living in the city, for amazing designs that will represent your city in perpetuity right? We're only paying your fucking salary. Why should you owe us for handing you a large scale portable tourism campaign?
If you haven't figured out that paying for quality will get you more quality than if a bunch of amateurs to do it for free, think about it this way: In the late 70's another city was in financial ruin, teeming with decay, crime, high taxes, and very little to show for any of it. Instead of crowdsourcing people, insulting their intelligence and their talents, they hired an ad agency and the best designer around. That city was New York. And like the logo, the rest is history.
But that's the difference between New York and L.A., then and now. One still saw value in work. The other demands you work for free, while they gain the reward for it. But hey! You'll be able to tell all your instagram friends, so you got that going for you. Everyone knows the new generation isn't moved by money, only social currency. Until they try to spend it, that is.
It would have been so amazing if the people of Los Angeles said "no," but unfortunately, there are suckers born every minute.
Especially in this town.
Really interesting Kid, thanks!
I think that you would be really interested in some recent research that I have come across explaining crowds, open innovation, and citizen science. In particular I feel you may find these two emerging pieces of research very relevant:
- The Theory of Crowd Capital
- The Contours of Crowd Capability
And you may also enjoy this blog about the same too:
Powerful stuff, no?


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|System: X360, PS3, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: BioWare
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Nov. 3, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
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|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by J. Matthew Zoss
October 15, 2009 - Some video game developers build games. BioWare builds worlds. From the revered Dungeons & Dragons games of Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate to the gritty political, science fiction of Mass Effect, BioWare has a history of crafting deep, involving universes that feel like real places with rich histories and vibrant cultures. Over the last few years, BioWare brought three completely distinct worlds to consoles with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect - all titles that broke away from the developer's roots of high fantasy PC games.
Now BioWare is returning to that territory with Dragon Age: Origins, an epic dark fantasy coming to PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 this November. Those gamers more attracted to the sleek sci-fi of Mass Effect than a world of sword and sorcery have nothing to fear; Dragon Age is a game for them as well as the longstanding BioWare fan. We were lucky enough to spend two straight days immersed in the world of Dragon Age and we simply cannot wait to go back.
It is difficult to convey the sheer size of Dragon Age with words alone. The game is so massive that after the initial character creation, the game immediately splinters into several directions. True to the "Origins" subtitle, Dragon Age has six separate openings, depending on which race and specialization you've selected. My character was a human warrior whose family was betrayed by an ally, setting me off on a quest for revenge. No matter what your origin, your character will eventually travel through a few key plot moments, including an induction into the ancient order of the Grey Wardens, a group devoted to battling Dragon Age's primary antagonists: evil, corrupted creatures called the Darkspawn. After you join the Grey Wardens, the world of Ferelden is open to you - Primary quests involve invoking treaties with the elves, dwarves, and humans to find allies in the battle against the Darkspawn, and each location you visit is loaded with optional side quests that reward you with experience, treasure, and other loot. Even if you were to avoid all side quests and stick to the critical path, you'll still find a massive adventure before you - the fastest anyone has completed the game so far is around 40 hours. BioWare estimates that it will take most players between 60 and 100 hours to finish the game.
On PC, Dragon Age's gameplay is designed to be flexible and allow the player to play it the way he or she wants. The default camera is a standard third-person perspective, but if you prefer the traditional isometric RPG camera view, you can simply move the camera out with the mouse wheel and view the world from above. In either view, you can steer your character directly with the WASD keys or simply click the point where you want him to go with the mouse. In traditional BioWare fashion, your hero acquires a party of followers over the adventure, and you can switch between them all on the fly. Every character has distinct special abilities such as spells, attacks, ability buffs, and more. All abilities and items can be mapped to a hotkey bar for quick activation, and you can issue orders to your group while paused if you need a moment to think. If you prefer to focus on just your hero character, you can even create customized AI routines for your squadron, telling them exactly how to behave in incredibly specific combat scenarios.
The console versions of the game play and feel a bit different, with good reason. BioWare redesigned several aspects of the game for consoles, such as the user interface and the camera. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions look more like a standard third-person action game, with an over-the-shoulder camera and a speedier feel to combat. Players can map six abilities or items to the face-button, using the right trigger to toggle between two hotkey sets. Pulling the left trigger opens a radial menu that pauses the action and allows players to choose from the complete set of available attacks and items at their leisure. The difficulty has been altered as well, with the Normal setting on consoles roughly equivalent to Easy on PC. Despite these changes, BioWare is insistent that absolutely nothing from the PC game was removed from the console versions, merely tweaked so that players on every platform experience it in the best way possible.
Fantasy games may not be as popular as they once were, but even gamers who roll their eyes at elves and dwarves owe it to themselves to delve into Dragon Age: Origins. While many familiar fantasy elements are present, most aren't what you think. BioWare excels at turning the familiar on its pointed ear and presenting things in ways that are completely different than what you expect. The story we've experienced thus far is dark, bloody, mature, and surprising. Anyone who enjoys complex, compelling storytelling and deep RPG gameplay will find something to love about Dragon Age: Origins.
J. Matthew Zoss
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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877. Fertilisation of Glossostigma. Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science 17 (27 December): 163-4.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by AEL Data, corrected by John van Wyhe 10.2005, further corrections by Sue Asscher 4.2007. RN2
THE following letter to Mr. Darwin has been forwarded to us by him for publication:—
"Museum, Auckland, October 23, 1877
"My Dear Sir,—I forward to you a copy of a paper on the fertilisation of Selliera, one of the Goodeniaceæ, which perhaps you may care to glance over. When I wrote it I did not know of your notes on Leschenaultia, published in the Gardener's Chronicle for 1871. In both plants the pollen is shed before the expansion of the flower, and neatly collected in the indusium, but in Selliera the stigma is situated within the indusium, and by its gradual upward growth after the flower expands slowly forces out the pollen, which is then transferred by insects to older
flowers. When mature, the stigma protrudes considerably beyond the indusium. This appears to differ entirely from what takes place in Leschenaultia.
"I have recently been much interested with the curious irritability displayed by the stigma of Glossostigma elatinoides, one of the Scrophularineæ. The style is dilated towards its apex into a broad spoon-shaped stigma, which, when the flower expands, is closely doubled over the four stamens, entirely concealing them from view. If the front of the bent part of the style is touched it at once springs up, uncovering the stamens, and moves back to the upper lobe of the corolla, to which it becomes closely applied. In this position it remains for a few minutes, and then slowly moves back to the stamens and curves over them as at first. It appears to me that this irritability of the stigma is simply a contrivance to insure cross-fertilisation, for an insect crawling into the flower must inevitably touch the stigma, which would then uncover the stamens. On withdrawing, the insect would be certain to dust itself with pollen, but it would not by this effect the fertilisation of the flower, for the stigma would be then closely applied to the upper lobe of the corolla, entirely out of its way. If the insect were, however, to visit another flower it is evident that it must come into contact with the stigma at its first entrance and would doubtless leave some pollen thereon. The movement of the stigma is remarkably rapid, and its apex must pass through an angle of at least 180o. I have been unable to find a record of a similar case, or of so pronounced a degree of irritability in the stigma of any plant. The movement of the lobes of the stigma in Mimulus is much weaker, and is through a much less angle.
Yours faithfully,
"Charles Darwin Esq., F.R.S."
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