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Highest record a nfl team can get and miss the playoffs
What is the highest record a team can get and miss the playoffs? Assume the 2019 scheduling rules and playoff setup.
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Can you clarify - what rules are you asking under? 2020 has one more playoff team than normal, and it's unclear if that will persist into 2021 and on or not; and similarly, we've only had the current system for a decade or so (4x4x2 team arrangement, 4 winners + 2 wild cards per conference).
I'm going to answer assuming you mean the 2019 setup; if you mean otherwise, please clarify.
I'm also going to limit this to just "miss the playoffs" - "lowest record and make the playoffs" is a totally different question, and while we permitted it with the "did" question, the answer for this hypothetical is far more complex and so can't really be combined. Please feel free to ask that separately, but I'd advise you to first read this question as it seems to answer it.
Ok thanks for the help.Yes i did mean the 2019 system.
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Under the 2019 schedule, where the playoff structure was:
4 division winners + 2 wildcards from 4 4-team divisions per conference
And each team played a schedule as follows:
6 games against their division (2 versus each team)
4 games against another division in their conference (1 each)
2 games against two other teams in the other two divisions, based on last year's record
4 games against teams in the other conference
Then the best possible record to miss the playoff is 14-2.
First, to show that it is not possible to miss the playoffs at 15-1:
Choose two divisions who do not play each other in their entirety (2. above). Choose two teams in each division who do not play the other two teams in 3. above.
If this were 2019, we might choose the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC North), and the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars (AFC South). (See here for the 2019 NFL season matchups.)
Those four teams could each go 15-1 at best (splitting the series against the other member of the pair, and winning all other games). Further, the division winners for the other two divisions could potentially both go 14-2; for example, the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs could have gone 14-2, only losing to the pair of AFC North and AFC South teams respectively. But, no team could be 15-1 and miss the playoffs; clearly, no team in the AFC East or West could (As they all must have two losses from the AFC North and South, respectively), and no third team in either the AFC North or AFC South could (as the other teams both have four losses to each of the first pair).
Three second place teams at 15-1 are impossible as well; that's because the opposite divisions (the East and the West here) the two top teams would each have 2 games against both of the pair in their paired division, plus 2 games against each other for each pair; that's six games, six losses, to split among three teams, so at best they're all 14-2.
Since 15-1 is out, let's consider 14-1-1 (or 13-0-3, which is effectively the same record). In the same setup as above, let's say the teams as above still split their series against each other, but then a third team is considered in the AFC North picture - the Browns. The Browns cannot be 13-0-3 or better, because they have four games against the Ravens and the Steelers, and those six games (Ravens-Steelers, Ravens-Browns, Steelers-Browns, two each) cannot result in fewer than six losses total for the three teams. The same logic applies to a team in the South, and to three second place teams as above.
That leads us to 14-2. As we noted above, the three teams in the AFC North can all go 14-2, if they each split the series against each other - Browns, Steelers, and Ravens. The AFC South then would not have two 15-1 teams, however; in that case, the Browns would have had a game against the Titans, and would have to win that to remain at 14-2. So, the final playoff standings would be:
AFC North Ravens (14-2) Steelers (14-2) Browns (14-2)
AFC East Bills (12-4)
AFC South Jaguars (15-1) Titans (14-2)
AFC West Chiefs (13-3)
Then you would have a tiebreaker scenario that I won't get into that would determine which of the Ravens/Steelers/Browns/Titans did not make the playoffs.
Do you get the same conclusions if you allow ties? e.g. the Browns, Steelers and Ravens tying all 6 games between them.
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If they each have 4 ties, then that's 12-0-4, which is the same as 14-2 effectively (in the NFL, ties are equivalent to half a win, as opposed to other sports where ties are less than that). That's what I was trying to get at in the 14-1-1 / 13-0-3 paragraph.
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Ok this answers my question thanks!
also since a division winner can have 3 wins and make the playoffs there could be a 14-2 team missing the playoffs while a 3-13 team gets it.Nice
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According to later Irish tradition, Niall Nóigíallaig ["of the Nine Hostages"], the founder of the Uí Néill dynasty, was a king of Ireland from 379-405 CE. We must be careful of later legends created by the Uí Néill and the people in their employ, as they were constantly elaborating and changing details. The oldest text dates to the ninth century. Regardless of the time gap, these texts are likely to reflect even if remotely the comings and goings between Ireland and Britain during the late Roman occupation of Britain. The identity of Niall's parents themselves are revealing: his father was nicknamed Muig-medón "Slave-master" and the second element is actually Brythonic (not Gaelic) in origin; in this tale his mother is said to be a Saxon princess, while in another tale about Niall (Echtra Mac nEchach Muig-Medóin), she was said to be a British slave.
The following is a revised translation by Michael Newton based on the edition in Kuno Meyer, "Stories and Songs from Irish Manuscripts." Otia Merseiana 2 (1900-1):84-92.
This is the Violent-Death-Tale of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son of Eochu Muig-medón, by the hand of Eochu the son of Enna Censelach, who shot at arrow at him from a Saxon fortress while he was between Pictish bards at Carn Fiell.
Eochu the son of Enna [of Leinster] once went from the house of Niall southwards towards his own land. He went to the house of Niall's file ["high-poet"], Laidcenn the son of Bairchid, in order to ask for food. The file refused him hospitality. Eochu returned from the south, destroyed the file's house and killed his only son, Leat. The file then spent a whole year satirizing, ridiculing and cursing the men of Leinster with the result that neither grass nor cereal nor foliage would grow until the end of that year.
After that, Niall took his battle troops to Leinster and he said that he would not leave until Eochu was given to him as a hostage. Eochu was therefore taken to Ath Fadat in Forthairt Fea [modern Forth, Co. Carlow] on the bank of the Slaney River and was left there in front of Niall with a chain around his neck which was attached to a stone pillar. Nine warriors went towards him to kill him.
"This is evil!" said Eochu. And at that, he gave himself a twist and caused the chain to break in two. He grabbed ahold of the iron bolt that went through the chain and walked forward to confront the warriors. He hammered them with the bolt and killed the nine men. The others ran away from him down the hill. The men of Leinster ran after them and killed them.
After that, Niall returned southwards again and reached Inis Fail [Begery Island, Wexford?].
Laidcenn said, "Let Eochu come out alone and unarmed; the men of Leinster must agree not to use their weapons for as long as a cow is being milked."
Eochu answered, "It will be done." And his weapons were taken from him.
Laidcenn the file [poet] then began to satirize Eochu and the men of Leinster until they started wasting away [from the power of his satire]. During this satire, the young Eochu threw a warrior's stone that he had tucked in his belt and it hit Laidcenn in the forehead and stuck in his skull, killing him. A stanza was composed about this:
"A warrior's hand-stone – as is well known – was hurled,
Eochu son of Enna threw it at Laidcenn the son of Bairchid."
After having raided Leinster, Niall went home and Eochu was exiled from Ireland for as long as Niall was king. He went to the house of Erc the son of Eochu Munremar [in Scotland].
Niall wanted to extend his command as far as the continent of Europe [Letha] and Italy. He was called "of the Nine Hostages" because he had five hostages from Ireland, one from Scotland, one from the Saxons, one from the Britons, and one from the Franks. Thus it is said (in the poem):
Eochu's son of great dignity, noble Niall of fierce shout,
Seized the kingship of Ireland and Britain,
He had a hostage from every province throughout Ireland
He brought to his command, without complication, four hostages from Britain;
Therefore he was called amongst the troops of battle-hardened warriors
In the series of bountiful kings "combative Niall of the Nine Hostages."
When they got as far as the Alps, there was a huge river, the Loire, in front of them which they could not cross. They sat down on its banks. As they were sitting there, they saw a warrior coming towards them. He wore a crimson, five-pleated cloak. In his hands he held two five-pronged spears. He had a bent, rimmed shield with a boss of gold. On his belt hung a tusk-hilted sword. His long hair was plaited over his back.
"Welcome to the hero we do not recognize!" said Niall.
"That is why we have come," said he.
"Why have you come?" replied Niall.
"I was sent by the Romans to talk to you and in two weeks their hostages will come to you. Until they arrive, I serve as a substitute hostage for you," he said.
Some say that the hostages were gathered in the house of Erc son of Eochu Munremar, the king of Alba, and that that is where Niall was killed amongst the poets of the Picts as he was exhibiting his body to them. Or it might have been the women of the Franks who wished to see his body.
Then Erc went over to the assembly. "I will go with you," he said, "to see my brother on his royal throne before the men of the world."
When they arrived, Erc said, "There he is over there!" There was a glen between them (Niall and the company in which Erc was). Without Erc noticing it, Eochu shot an arrow from a bow so that King Niall fell dead from that single arrow.
After that the Franks attacked the Gaels and the men of Alba went in defense of them because of their kinship. They returned to Ireland, carrying the body of Niall with them. Seven battles broke off when the body of the dead king came upon them on its way home.
Cairenn of the dark, curly hair, the daughter of the Saxon Sachel Balbh, was the mother of Niall. Torna, the poet of the [kingdom of the] Ciarraige Luachra, had fostered Niall. When he heard that he had been shot dead, Torna's son Tuirn, said this stanza:
"When we would go to the assembly with the son of Eochu Muig-medón
The hair on Cairenn's son was as yellow as the primroses."

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Published August 14, 2016 at 8:32 AM EDT
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Social media played a big role in the Arab Spring. Protesters used those sites to share ideas, organize and then mobilize. Five years later, social media continues to provide a safe space for conversations that otherwise might not happen openly. There's one called Confessions of a Married Woman. It's an invitation-only Facebook group that's just for women, as you might guess. It's got about 50,000 members, and it's become a place where women can open up about topics that remain generally off limits. Twenty-eight-year-old Zeinab al-Ashry created the group.
ZEINAB AL-ASHRY: What made me start the group, I got married and I faced the regular problems that any newlywed couple face. But what hit me that the marriage - anything related to marriage is considered as a taboo here in Egypt or in the Middle East in general. The big number of issues that we get are, of course, of cheating husbands, sexual relations. The sexual education in the Middle East is, like, zero.
MARTIN: For more on these sites and their impact on Egyptian culture, we reached out to Sherine Hafez. She's a gender and sexuality studies professor at the University of California Riverside, and she is the author of "An Islam Of Her Own." She joins me now from Los Angeles. Thanks so much for being with us.
SHERINE HAFEZ: Thank you for inviting me. This is wonderful.
MARTIN: So we're talking today about this particular Facebook group called Confessions of a Married Woman that's really popular in Egypt right now. But there are other groups like this out there, too, right? I understand there's a group called Cairo Confessional. Can you tell me what that's about?
HAFEZ: OK, so this group was founded in March 2013, and the group is supposed to help people with issues of mental health. And, you know, they have, like, a whole staff of psychologists who are waiting in the sidelines, you know, just to step in and help people with their issues.
MARTIN: So obviously in that case, talking about people who have mental health problems and the Confessions of a Married Woman, these are situations where people are clearly feeling like they don't have another outlet. I mean, is that why these Facebook groups are becoming so popular as a safe space to talk about things that perhaps don't have a place in the public discourse in Egypt?
HAFEZ: Yeah, I think that this is a very accurate assessment of what these confessional websites are - I mean, Facebooks are about. Many of the people - young people in particular, and specifically after the revolution of 2011 - feel alienated from any sort of public participation. Whereas, you know, during the revolution, there were millions of people in Tahrir almost on a daily basis interacting together, talking about their issues in a public space - a safe public space, if I might add.
MARTIN: We should remind people Tahrir Square was the physical location, that big center square in Cairo, that attracted hundreds of thousands of revolutionaries, really, during the Arab Spring that unseated President Hosni Mubarak.
HAFEZ: Absolutely. So this was in 2011 and continued for years after. And I feel that these virtual spaces that are now, you know, appearing on Facebook and so on are sort of like a satellite of Tahrir in a way that, you know, provides people with the same kind of camaraderie, the same kind of support, mutual exchange of ideas, but also affords them the anonymity and the safety that they need because right now the government is really clamping down on civil liberties and putting a lot of political activists in jail.
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MARTIN: Sherine Hafez is a professor at UC Riverside. She's also the author of a forthcoming book called "The Women Of The Midan: The Untold Stories Of Egypt's Revolutionaries." Sherine, thanks so much for talking with us.
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Designed for solar PV households, the new range comprises the Optimmersion and the Optiplug. Optimmersion is an intelligent controller which, when added to a solar power installation, automatically diverts free electricity to the immersion heater when the solar PV has produced surplus power. Installed between the immersion tank and the consumer unit, it supplies variable power for hot water depending upon the excess energy being generated. Typical savings are around £55 per year for a gas boiler and £80 for electrically-heated water.
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And thumbs up to Jim Bailey for the photo of his grandson Jayden (12) "absolutely chuffed" with a nice rainbow he caught at Okere Falls at Lake Rotoiti.
Fish and Game, which represents 150,000 anglers and game bird hunters, says the changes to firearms legislation are well-considered and ensures public safety. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ban on military style rifles in the wake of the Christchurch mosque killings. There will also be restrictions on sporting semi- automatic shotguns including limiting their magazine capacity. The move has support from Fish & Game. Read more here.
Unique autumn spectacle as sockeye salmon spawn.
The Mackenzie Country has a new autumn tourist attraction, with a spectacular run of sockeye salmon heading up the region's rivers to spawn. Native to North America, the onset of autumn sees large schools of the brightly coloured fish moving up rivers as they look for a place to lay their eggs. The Mackenzie sockeye population is the only one in the Southern Hemisphere and Fish & Game is in the second year of a three-year study to try and better understand the species. Read here.
South Island fishermen are being warned to adhere to possible new bag limits for sea-run salmon or risk losing fishing for a period of time, as the national wild salmon fishery is declared in crisis. The national Sea Run Salmon Committee has asked South Island Fish and Game council to reduce bag limits for salmon in the Waitaki, Rangitata, Rakaia, Waiau, Hurunui and Waimakariri Rivers, because of the ''significant decline'' of the wild salmon fishery. Click here for details.
If, for some reason, you haven't bought a fishing licence, winter licences are available from the beginning of April for those who want to fish over the colder months. These licences provide six months of fishing, from April 1 to September 30. They are valid for the whole of the country except Taupo (run by DOC). For New Zealand resident anglers only, the adult winter licence is a modest $78.
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Pollution helps, of course. Add a few million litres of animal faeces and urine draining off the landscape and nitrogen enrichment helps the algae garden grow. It's highly visible in green or brown clumps trailing through rivers and streams and blooming away in lakes. Lake Horowhenua, a poster child for man's destructive villainy, blooms a bright emerald green in the summer sun. It's a wonder even algae grows in its poisonous depths, and its near neighbour, the Manawatu River is in a similar state. Global warming gets the blame, but global warming has only highlighted a problem that already existed… Continue reading here.


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Conductor / Cellist / Teacher
Classical music is composed from a center of great emotion. Yet it often becomes background music. What can help us to truly listen to this transformative art and be moved by it? Pro tip: Have a conversation with a conductor. (They love to talk!)
Talking with Luis Biava is a mini-lesson in world music. The recipient of multiple musical traditions, the principal cellist of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra grew up in Colombia watching his father conduct the National Symphony of Colombia, a place where many European musicians had fled to escape war and fascism. A conductor looked at the young Biava's hands, deemed them cello-worthy, and Biava's musical studies began on that instrument, a journey which eventually led him to Interlochen Center for the Arts and The Juilliard School of Music.
Although he performs as a professional musician, Biava has spent his career with musicians of all ability levels. He often sits down with his instrument during a conducting rehearsal to demonstrate, waiting for the "aha" moment from each player. Biava conducts the Columbus Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the CSO Nutcracker Orchestra, in addition to teaching cello at Kenyon University and guest conducting for numerous ensembles. Wherever he picks up a bow or baton, Biava embodies the belief that classical music is for everyone.
I love the cello. A lot of people like the cello. What do you think it is about the sound of the cello?
Luis Biava: Everybody always says that it's the voice, that [the cello] matches the [human] voice. But I think it's that mellow tone in the middle register, like a baritone or a mezzo-soprano. The warmth—because things are a little bit thicker than the violin, and I guess it just speaks to people with the sound that it is….. I love where it's placed in a string quartet as the bass, and then [cellists] get some middle range as well, and then there's a solo here and there.
At what point in your career did you decide to become a conductor?
LB: Actually, when I was first at Interlochen in Michigan—the national music camp—in high school I took a conducting course, and I'd always liked it because growing up my father (who is a violinist and conductor), did this thing besides play. I thought that it was really interesting to see a score and to be able to understand what it's like.… It was really cool to be able to express what one knows as an instrumentalist and put it into the conducting thing —to try and recreate the piece. It's not about power or ego or anything, it's about hearing the piece, and you have something to do with its creation. When you see the Mona Lisa, it's there, and that's all it is […] it never gets redone. But with Beethoven Five, you can play it over and over again.
"It's not about power or ego or anything, it's about hearing the piece, and you have something to do with its creation."
I bring up a TED talk with conductor Benjamin Zander, who believes, "Everybody loves classical music. They just don't know it yet," and that a conductor's silent power comes from empowering musicians.
LB: Extending that […] I think it's in the actual music where you can get the orchestra to do something that sounds really musical and really moves people. Not everything can move people, but there are moments that the great composers write where they're saying something beautiful through the music. I think that's what he means: Benjamin Zander's thinking about what the phrase is like. He's silent; [he] shows what it is. The musicians get it. He shares, and it comes out as a beautiful phrase.
In the world of high-speed-instant-gratification internet, how do we get people to slow down and practice?
LB: It's a question of enjoying it, even though it is tedious—it's a lonely thing. We're always stuck there in a room by ourselves practicing. "Hey c'mon, let's hang out…Nah, I gotta practice." With young kids it's tough because they don't know. But if they have some talent, someone has to instill in them that the ultimate goal is really permanent, so that when it comes to the performance, you're going to really provide something for the audience…. There's always beautiful musicians in every instrument, and I think it's because somehow they've seen the final line, and they want to get there by repeating things over and other again.
"There's always beautiful musicians in every instrument, and I think it's because somehow they've seen the final line, and they want to get there by repeating things over and other again."
It occurs to me that privately, music can teach us patience, endurance, and how to become good at something difficult. Music should also encourage us to take risks and put ourselves out there in the public view. Music training is life training.
LB: Everybody has to do difficult things in life…. One of the things I think [music] teaches people is the drive….But you have to have a balance. [A bad outcome] is not the end of the world, no matter what. You try. You take a breather. There'll be a bad day. Maybe a bad week. But you've just got to stick with it, 'cause that's what it's all about. Imagine people in research for cancer. If they gave up, we'd have nothing…. A friend of my father's in Colombia, he was a great first bassoonist and worked really well, beautiful player. Something happened to his lip […] and he became president of Alitalia [airline]. That type of thing. Good professionalism, good pride to say, "I can do this. I guess I'm not going to play the bassoon anymore, but now I'm going to work hard as president of Alitalia.
What's on your playlist?
LB: I've always loved The Beatles. I had an old record my parents gave me when I was in Colombia. It was A Hard Day's Night in Spanish. The front was in English but some of the liner notes were in Spanish, and I think I still have that record. I love Salsa […] solid rhythm. It's a great feel. The chords are great. The major. The minor. It's dance music, yet it's in a minor key. It's like, "Are you happy? Are you sort of sad-happy?" I like jazz because I grew up with my uncles playing jazz a lot. My father, after he came from tours, would always give me a record. He'd go into the cities he was traveling to with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and say, "What's the big current thing now?" He brought me Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," the Canned Heat, Rolling Stones records. It was great that he did that.
"Everybody has to do difficult things in life….One of the things I think [music] teaches people is the drive….But you have to have a balance."
Accessibility is a general arts buzzword, but what does it mean to you?
LB: One of my goals is to make classical music accessible for all the people. [New Albany Symphony Orchestra has] done concerts where an actual deaf person played in the orchestra. We've done sensory-sensory-friendly concerts that are very successful. Accessibility is important. Senior citizens—it's great to go into senior homes […] and go in and play for them and talk to them. And then accessibility to the kids. It's important for them to know there's something special about classical music, that it is really cool. When you think about it […] why do The Beatles add a trumpet and a string quartet to their music? Why is it in five four and seven four [meter]? It's because they're really great composers. So that accessibility was throwing in the orchestra, the Baroque feel, the quartet thing.
I finally bring up the concert/lecture I saw this summer with Yo-Yo Ma. It was a surprise to me that Ma majored in anthropology. The thesis of his lecture was that the arts awaken the moral self, which leads to the survival of civilization.
LB: [He's] exactly what one aspires to be, because people do know Yo-Yo. He's a great ambassador of music…. In a sense that's how we should all be…. I totally agree with his approach: super-nice, always connecting, always working with the orchestra. It's true. It is a civilization thing, which is why we were talking about accessibility. Classical music has to be put out there.
The next sensory-friendly concert given by the New Albany Symphony Orchestra will be Sleeping Beauty on March 9th, conducted by Luis Biava. See newalbanysymphony.net.
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UK Software Company TwigKit Partners with TNR Global to Deliver Search Solutions for FAST and Solr
"TNR's focus on implementing and servicing enterprise search solutions across a number of platforms is an excellent fit for TwigKit," says Stefan Olafsson, TwigKit's co-founder and chief architect.
Hadley, MA–November 28, 2011–TNR Global announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership with London, UK software company TwigKit.
"Our companies have a number of qualities in common that allow us to combine forces and service clients with a very complete solution" says Karen Lynn, TNR Global's Director of Business Development. "TwigKit has a very appealing user interface for users across several platforms, and TNR's strength is on creating a powerful back end search application. Combined, it's a powerful solution for companies needing a strong search function with an easy to use interface."
Representatives from the two companies have been in friendly talks for over a year now, meeting periodically at industry conferences. Both companies were in attendance at the Apache Lucene EuroCon conference in Barcelona last October, where the partnership was formalized. Both presentations from TwigKit and TNR can be viewed here.
"TNR's focus on implementing and servicing enterprise search solutions across a number of platforms is an excellent fit for TwigKit," says Stefan Olafsson, TwigKit's co-founder and chief architect. "Our software enables polished user interfaces for search-based applications, provides a rapid development framework, and works across a number of enterprise search platforms including Microsoft FAST and Apache Solr. We're excited about working with TNR to produce search solutions that boast both a superb user experience and an outstanding technical implementation."
TwigKit powers enterprise search applications in government and blue-chip organizations. Encapsulating search best practices into configurable components, TwigKit establishes a platform-independent standard compatible with most search technologies including Microsoft FAST, Google Search Appliance, and Apache Solr. Started in London in 2009, TwigKit's founders organize the 350-member Enterprise Search London meetup, regularly speak at conferences, and write about search and user experience for publications including A List Apart, Boxes & Arrows, and UX Magazine.
TNR Global (TNR) is a systems design and integration company focused on enterprise search and cloud computing solutions. TNR develops scalable web-based search solutions built on the open source LAMP stack. TNR has over 10 years of hands-on experience in web systems and enterprise search implementations, both proprietary and open source search technologies, specializing in FAST and Lucene Solr search applications. Specifically TNR works with content intensive websites for companies and organizations in the following industries: News Sites, Publishing, Web Directories, Information Portals, Web Catalogs, Education, Manufacturing and Distribution, Customer Service, and Life Sciences. TNR Global has offices in western Massachusetts.
Author tg_adminPosted on November 28, 2011 February 27, 2018 Categories Apache Lucene Eurocon, Corp Blog, FAST ESP, Lucene, News, search, solrTags Enterprise search, Fast, search, search technologies, solr, user interface, UX
Open Source Search Engines vs. Proprietary Search Engines
"If you are a cutting edge company, you will be severely limited by a proprietary search engine as a solution. The more open the technology, the more able we are to refine it to meet our client's needs." –Michael McIntosh, TNR Global
There are plenty of articles about the pros and cons of open source software vs. proprietary software. I sat down with our VP of Search Technologies Michael McIntosh to discuss the benefits of each in terms of search engines.
Karen: You've been working with proprietary search engines for some time now. Tell me your thoughts on that. What's the upside of proprietary?
Michael: I've worked with proprietary search engines for several years, specifically with FAST ESP since 2003 back when it was known as FAST Data Search (FDS). Proprietary software products often have better documentation, better support; more thought out design and are more aggressively tested. Because the product supports an entire company—it must succeed. They have nicer tools, nicer interfaces.
Karen: And the downsides?
Michael: "Over the years, we've run into a number of difficulties with proprietary search engines. One thing that comes up is that if a problem isn't outlined in user troubleshooting documentation, it can become incredibly difficult to diagnosis and correct, and doing that is a frustrating, time intensive problem. The black box nature of the product is very limiting. If it's not in documentation, it might as well not exist at all."
Karen: There are gaps in the user manual?
Michael: "Yes. But in defense of FAST ESP, the documentation has improved by leaps and bounds over the years. However, one anomaly we find is that the clean, easy to read PDF form of user documentation (the original) for ESP is often not as up-to-date or helpful as the searchable online documentation—which is harder to read, but usually more current and correct. Sometimes even the online documentation is wrong—which is also frustrating. But it has become something we cope with regard to FAST"
Karen: Give me an example of what kind of problems you run into when integrating the proprietary search engine into a client's website.
Michael: "The enterprise search platform uses Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). That is a bunch of different components that are able communicate with each other as services. With this type of architecture, it doesn't matter which language you write something in as long as it's a service another language can communicate with via RESTful interfaces, SOAP or something like XML-RPC. These services can all work together, despite the fact you don't have a unified api—and that's actually awesome.
Karen: Why?
Michael: "Indexers for one—you generally don't want them written in an interpreted language for performance reasons. Indexing can be a CPU intensive operation, which can be a weak spot for interpreted languages such as Python or Ruby compared to languages like C/C++ or Java. It is both CPU and disk intensive process so a scripting language can be great if you're writing an application that's not CPU intensive because code speed doesn't matter so much. The true slow-down is something outside the script. You can optimize the speed of the script to make it run as fast as humanly possible but you're limited because the disk can only rotate so fast. Your indexing service can be written in a low level language like C vs. some of the other services in languages like Python or Ruby or Java and get good performance. BUT if you don't have documentation for compiled programs that make up the search engine product you're going to have a terrible time trying to figure out how to fix issues when they arise.
Karen: "So basically, because you have so many different languages being used that you lack the source code for, and documentation is spotty, it becomes a needle in a haystack trying to figure out where the problem occurs."
Michael: "Yes. And this is not such a problem for anyone using a search engine for really basic applications. The place where you run into problems is if you push the search engine technology to its limits or you are using it in ways outside its typical usage, which is almost everything we do. We are always trying to get the best possible performance out of the search engine. We're trying to get the search engine to deal with features we need but it doesn't natively support.
Karen: "What is it you're pushing specifically for the search engine to do?"
Michael: "One thing we want is for FAST ESP to have is a feature to deal with creating a faceted search for arbitrary fields. The way ESP works is that it has an index profile which is a statically defined set of fields that it indexes. Inside its index profile you can mark certain fields to have navigators. One of our customers deals with product verticals. They have a whole bunch of products that aren't unified—all with completely different attributes. We've managed to work around these roadblocks in ESP to create faceted navigation on arbitrary fields.
Karen: "So you get creative to make it better."
Michael: "Yes we constantly get creative to make it better to use its strengths and find ways to work around its limitations."
"Another issue we have with ESP is we have a number of websites we need crawled and each website has metadata associated with it. Unfortunately the way the ESP crawler works, there are not many straightforward ways to preserve metadata associated with the seed URL which we use to crawl a website and pass the meta information along to any associated links. We can't do this easily inside the ESP crawler. Since its proprietary and black box, we can't look at the source code to the crawler, and can't modify the source code to the crawler. When it does something mysterious, we can have no idea why it might be behaving in an unwanted way. We had one instance when we had a number of websites the crawler was temporarily blacklisting for some reason. When the ESP crawler automatically blacklists a site, it stops crawling the site for 30 minutes and then begins again after 30 minutes. We learned one thing that triggers blacklisting is if a website has HTTP 503 errors. If a site has more than 20 or so of those errors, the crawler temporarily blacklists the site. The problem was that the documentation is too sparse on details for that topic. When we ran into that problem—it was really difficult to know what was going on so we could properly explain the issue to the client and address the problem. Conversely, if we had an open source search engine, I could have just searched the source code and speed up the diagnosis of the problem."
Karen: So from a business prospective—using open source allows you to invest in a technology that gives you the power to modify the code to better meet your business needs.
Michael: "It certainly can. It can accelerate development time and speed of diagnosing problems when issues pop up. And issues always do pop up. If something is not working very well, we can look at the problem which a much higher degree of granularity.
If it's a simple problem, we never contact support. We only contact support when we're stumped. And we're not easily stumped. Usually, they can't answer they question immediately because if we're asking for help, the problem is complex. Our ticket is escalated, and eventually we talk to someone who can help us. But it does take time. Even if a support staff is top notch, there is the time is costs to deal with that, and that costs us and our clients' time. We have a highly customized ESP installation for one of our clients it always take an enormous amount of time to explain over and over how we have our systems set up, the different parts work, and it's a big pain to go through that every time I run across a problem. If it were open source, I can simply look at the source code and solve the problem."
Karen: Let's talk in more detail about open source search engines. Upsides?
Michael: "If you choose a popular open source search engine solution like Lucene Solr, you have an active, passionate community behind that solution. There are several developers looking at that engine, working on it, and actively posting in publicly available forums. You can often get your questions answered there by top notch experts in search technology. You can potentially talk to the original coders and creators of the product—and they are often happy to help you. I've seen people post a Solr question on their twitter feed and within 7 seconds, the creator has responded with a link to a forum explaining the solution.
Karen: Wow, that's amazing. Other advantages?
Michael: "It's free. That's attractive to most companies. The downside is the formal documentation isn't usually as good as the proprietary, and there isn't a dedicated support team for the product. But if you have some savvy software developers on your team, the open source community is robust and willing to share information about the product. And having access to the source code is extremely valuable."
Karen: So in your opinion, what's the bottom line on Open Source Search Engines vs. Proprietary Search Engines?
Michael: "If you are a cutting edge company, you will be severely limited by a proprietary search engine as a solution. The more open the technology, the more able we are to refine it to meet our client's needs."
If you'd like more information on the pros and cons of Open Source Search Engines vs. Proprietary Search Engines that are specific to your business or organization's needs, feel free to contact us for a free consultation.
Author Karen LynnPosted on August 16, 2011 Categories Enterprise Search, FAST ESP, News blog, solrTags Enterprise search, esp, FAST ESP, lucene solr, Open Source, proprietary, search technologies, Service Oriented Architecture, softwareLeave a comment on Open Source Search Engines vs. Proprietary Search Engines
Chris Miles Joins TNR Global as Senior Software Engineer
HADLEY, MA–July 18, 2011—TNR Global is pleased to welcome Chris Miles in the role of Senior Software Engineer on TNR's Search Team. Miles will be responsible for designing and implementing custom enterprise search software for TNR's clients. Among other projects, Chris will also develop solutions for one of TNR's largest clients, a publisher of manufacturing parts and vendors. He is proficient in software languages Java, C++, C, Ruby, PHP, and CSS.
Prior to joining TNR Global, Miles was a Senior Systems Analyst at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He has held consulting roles for CarePaths Inc., and was a Senior Developer for Miller Samuel Inc.
"We're excited about the addition of Chris to TNR. He brings a wealth software development expertise to our team" said Michael McIntosh, VP of Search Technologies of TNR Global, LLC.
Join us as we extend Chris a warm welcome to the TNR team!
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Lomong's Record Run A Masterpiece of Pacing
By gregg on March 2, 2013 • ( 0 )
Clap your hands twice – almost as fast as you can, but not quite.
That's probably around .15 seconds, or the amount of time Lopez Lomong broke the American indoor 5000 record by Friday night at the Armory in New York. His 13:07.00 beat Bernard Lagat's 13:07.15 on the same track in the 2012 Millrose Games.
To take down a legend like Lagat, everything had to go right for Lomong, and it did: A fast track, a talented group of teammates from the Oregon Track Club to pull him along, and most important of all – nearly perfect pacing. Take a look at the Lomong's splits for each 1000 meters:
1st 1000 – 2:39.9
2nd 1000 – 2:37.8
3rd 1000 – 2:36.5
4th 1000 – 2:38.5
Breaking it down even further, LetsRun.com's Robert Johnson was at the track reporting lap-by-lap splits, and none of the leader's laps were faster than 30 seconds or slower than 33 seconds. An amazing 19 of the 25 laps were in the 31s!
When chasing a record or a specific time, the hard part isn't getting consistent splits in the early going. The hard part is expending the right amount of energy throughout the race such that you don't slow down at the end, or on the other hand, have too much left in the tank. Lomong maintained his pace beautifully at the end, running solo for a final four laps of 30.74, 31.06, 31.23 and 30.58. This suggests he got the race just right – like baby bear's porridge in Goldilocks.
Lagat, by the way, went sub-27 in his last lap a year ago, so one could argue he could have gone faster overall by kicking earlier, but who knows for sure.
In an upcoming podcast, Brenn and I will discuss optimal pacing and how it usually plays out in the real world. Stay tuned.
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Occupation: 2nd Year Haven Student, Visiting Beacon
Appearance: Standing at a staggering 6'4, Jado Schnitter is a hulking mass of muscle and power. Born and raised in the swamps of Mistral, Jado had to learn how to defend himself and his village as did most boys from his home. His home was located deep in the swamps and in those swamps were Grimm that would drag you deep into the waters...never to be seen again. His village lived outside Mistrals guarded walls and as such is vulnerable to attacks from Grimm. To fix this the village trained selected children to defend its villagers. Jado was one of the many selected, and one of the few to become a Village Guardian. (Guardian explained more in History).
Jado wears dirty brown pants that go down to his ankles. He wears deep green colored greaves, and a tattered green hood. He wears no shirt unless in school uniform. He will however still wear his hood as it is a mark of his home. Under his hood he has shaggy black hair that covers his eyes and reaches the back of his neck. His eyes are a deep yellow with black slits. His body while muscular and toned has a green hue to it and on his back he has large scales that run down the back of his arms Finally he has a set of sharp teeth powerful jaws. On his waist are a assortment of hooks, chains, and a lantern used by his people to trek the swamps at night and escort villagers. (Lanturn and chains explained more in weapons)
As stated above, Jado Schnitter was born in one of the many swamps of Mistral in a small village named Shi No Mura, or Village of Death. The name comes from a dark time, a time when it was said that death itself walked the land and still does. Nowadays it's more of a scary story, but Jado knows it to be true. (Explained in third paragraph.) Though the reaper never truly showed it's face, other Grimm still surrounded the Village at times. In order to deal with this, the village elders decided upon a plan to protect the villagers. The selected children from birth to become guardians, protectors of the village, they would be trained in aura, dust, and weapons. It was a success, such a success that many guardians were scouted out by Haven Academy. The Village was hesitant at first, but it was soon washed away as many guardians declined the invite. They had a job to do and it was to protect their home. The Academy was disappointed but understood. The Village elder came to an agreement with the Academy. They were allowed to choose one guardian every five years. Jado would soon join this tradition as well.
At the age of five Jado was selected to participate in the tradition of becoming a guardian. He didn't understand, but his parents his friends and everyone treated him differently, like he was on a pedestal. Jado had little choice in the matter, but he did it with pride knowing he would be able to protect his family. During his training become a guardian, Jado was taught how to use weapons, from staffs to long swords. But none of them interested him like the chains did. Yes special chains used to capture prey one end of the chain was connected to a sickle, while the other side was connected to a special lantern all guardians were given. These lanterns marked them as different guardians. Square ones, marked them as Hunter Guardians, Guardians who trekked into the forest to defeat Grimm, Pyramid Lanterns are the defenders, who star and guard the Village. Jado was given a special launturn. A circular launturn that gave off a green light. It glows dimly and has a cylindrical shape. It is called the Collector's Lantern, given to the strongest of the group. Since the collector has to do things that could easily kill him. His job was to find any launturns lost by fallen guardians. He was seen as a Reaper of sorts. One who was sent deep into the swamp to retrieve the last memories of the fallen. Jado did a great job. Until he was attacked...by the one known as death.
Jado was sent out to retrieve a fellow guardian's lantern who had fallen to a unknown Grimm. The sounds of crickets echoed through the swamps as Jado walked through the murky waters. He grabbed a square lantern. He looked over it and saw large claw marks. The sound of hissing was heard and Jado looked back to see a strange sight. A Grimm that seemed to be a spectre, with a enlarged hand. It's hand was razor sharp and curved into a scythe. It was the one known as Death. It shot at him at amazing speeds, and slashed at his neck. Jado moved back quick enough, but it had cut his neck. Jado quickly forced his aura to heal his neck, yet it didn't fix the damage to his voice box and adam's apple. Jado backed up and ran his hands along his chain, making it burn with dust. He twirled it around him and slammed it down into the grim, snaring it. He Grinned and watched as it burned away, shrieking. Jado collected the lantern and made his way home. He was treated as a hero who managed to rid them of a evil spirit, but Jado felt it was off. It seemed to rash for a Grimm who is supposed to be older. Due to the damage to his neck, Jado could no longer speak well. He could only speak in growls, and hissing. But through his defeat of the beast he was sought out by Haven.
Jado had first refused, but was soon talked into it by the Elder. The Elder had told him that he needed to show that his village is strong and show his pride. Jado accepted and was soon taken to Haven where he began his first year of combat classes. He excelled greatly in combat, but fell short in math, and history. It wasn't until he met his first and only friend. She was beautiful and elegant. She was from Atlas, a kingdom he knew little of. She helped him learn more and saw his power in combat classes. She offered him a job as her bodyguard and he accepted. She transferred to Beacon and he followed acting as an exchange student. Now at Beacon Jado will follow his employer and ensure she stays safe.
Jado is quite a large fellow with a heart of gold, he will do whatever he can to protect his friends and employer. He always honors his commitments and promises. When in combat he fights with the intentions to protect his friends. In social interactions, he tends to just shrug or give thumbs up, since he doesn't like to try and vocally communicate.
Aura and Semblance:
Name: Guardian's Gift
Jado will create a barrier around his team with his launturn. The barriers are either kinetic dust or fire dust since ice dust traps them and electricty will hurt teammates. He uses ice and electricity to fend off foes or separate them. He can focuses the dust in his lanturn through his chain and make it an attack buff to toss his Lantern out to give a armor buff to team mates. If he tosses his Lantern he can use the kinetic trail it creates to get him to his destination. Any other types of dust will have no effect and he must bring the lantern back to him with his chain. If he focuses kinetic dust in his chain he will toss it at enemies and use his ability to wrap the chain around his target and drag them to him.
Combat Behavior:
Jado for all intents and purposes is a Guardian/Disruptor. He protects his team mates but will use his chains to separate enemies, but pulling one close or making a wall of ice. If he sees a team mate in danger her will make his way to them post haste, eager to help and ensure their safety. If he sees his prey he will hunt them like a stalker and wait until he can separate them from their team and or pack. Being a alligator faunus he was given sharp teeth from birth, if he needs to he isn't afraid to bite his way out a hold. He will use his aura to give his bite a extra bit of umph he he has to but he normally only does this to Grimm.
Name: The Collector's Chain and Light
Primary Form: A chain that is connected to a sickle. It is extremely durable and can either wrap up enemies or slice them. Jado will use his semblance to feed dust into his chains and use it to harm or keep enemies away from him and his team mates.
Secondary Form: A launturn with a vary ornate design, one that gives off an eerie yet calming effect. This launturn stamps Jado as the collector of the fallen. With this light he ventures into the darkness unfazed and unafraid. Through his lantern he can load and focus dust through it or his chain. If he doesn't have his lantern he cannot use dust attacks. Should he lose it he will be at a disadvantage.
Tertiary Form: His weapons act as a conduit for his dust. A way to focus it through.
Dust Functions:
Lantern: If he tosses the lantern out it will spread the dust over teammates and act as a barrier. It will also affect enemies the same way, so he has to be mindful of when he does it. If it has fire it will act as a fire barrier and protect team mates from melee attacks. If it is ice it will make a dome to cover to trap enemies. If electricity it will make a electric pulse. If kinetic it will just be a barrier to reduce long range damage. He can only do this every other thirty seconds. (10 posts) but it is extremely hard on him to do it every thirty seconds so he doesn't
Chain and Sickle.: He will feed it into his chain and use it different ways depending on the dust. If fire, he will grab the enemy as he would with kinetic, but it will damage them every so often. If Ice, he will drag it on the ground and create a wall for cover. If electric he will wrap up an enemy and discharge it into them causing massive damage. Kinetic dust is always in the chains,but if he pumps more in he can control the chains like a snake. As stated before the kinetic dust is always running through but not enough to effect it alot, it like that so if in the swamps he loses the sickle he can call it back.
The chain belonged to the first collector, with this chain he slayed Grimm and ensured the lanterns of the fallen were returned to their home and not left in the swamp to be forgotten. The chains and lantern are special in that the collectors always use them not by force, but by chance. Those who are skilled enough to use the chains are worthy enough to become the collector. Only one collector is ever active at a time. It is unknown why but they are regarded as the strongest of the village are not to be tested with. The chains are basic steel chains with a sickle on it from lifelong ago. The lantern is about the size of a bowling ball, but is extremely treasured for its interesting look.
(Note! He is offten seen with a NPC outside of school. She is there as a non combatant and will just observe until I A.)Make her a char, or B.) Somthing makes her go poof)
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Re: Jado Schnitter
Okay Icrus...as I read this character, the white hairs started coming out. Seeing that you're a veteran to the site and should know better, I won't be holding back any punches. That said, I do apologize if I come off as harsh to you...I'm just a very blunt and straight to the point kind of guy. So...let's begin, shall we?
A few things here:
Born and raised in the swamps of Mistral, Jado had to learn how to defend himself and his village as did most boys from his home. His home was located deep in the swamps and in those swamps were Grimm that would drag you deep into the waters...never to be seen again. His village lived outside Mistrals guarded walls and as such is vulnerable to attacks from Grimm. To fix this the village trained selected children to defend its villagers. Jado was one of the many selected, and one of the few to become a Village Guardian. (Guardian explained more in History).
This does not belong in the appearance section. This should be in the History section. I want to know what he looks like, not about his village.
2. Please put his weight down so we can better understand his physique.
His eyes are a deep yellow with black slits. His body while muscular and toned has a green hue to it and on his back he has large scales that run down the back of his arms Finally he has a set of sharp teeth powerful jaws.
Let me first say this: I will allow an alligator faunus, but this is EXTREMELY pushing it. That said, a faunus only has one, if not two AT MOST, features. Your character has four from what I can tell. Please remove some of these features.
A couple things here:
A Grimm that seemed to be a spectre, with a enlarged hand. It's hand was razor sharp and curved into a scythe. It was the one known as Death
This doesn't fit what a Geist would be, so this sounds like a completely new Grimm. If that is so, then you'll need to create it and have it approved to the Grimm Catalog
Jado moved back quick enough, but it had cut his neck. Jado quickly forced his aura to heal his neck, yet it didn't fix the damage to his voice box and adam's apple
To be honest, if he was cut to the point that it damaged his vocal cord, then it would've more than likely cut his external jugular vein or carotid arteries, which would basically mean he would have bled to death before his aura could heal him. Aura is able to heal small cuts in a moment, but larger cuts/wounds take longer to heal. So, unless his semblance is a healing semblance, there is no way that Jado would've been able to heal a neck cut that damaged his vocal cord in a moment. This will need to get reworded or changed.
This is extremely short. Please put a little more detail into this. One thing you can add would be his intellect: is he smart or does he struggle with his schooling?
Semblance:
To be honest, this semblance does WAAAAAY too many things to be a simple "Barrier" semblance. It is able to create a barrier, be an attack buff, create a defense buff on his teammates, be used to cause him to travel quickly to his launtern (sounds like teleportation), and also be able to be used to wrap the chain around his opponents and bring them to him (sounds like telekinesis)? Seriously? You've basically taken three different semblances, smashed them into one semblance and then trying to justify it by saying "It uses dust to do those other things". I'm sorry, but that doesn't work here. If you're going to have it create a barrier then have it do just that: no attack/defense buffs, no teleportation, and no telekinesis. Choose one and stick with it.
While you're at it, you need to indicate how big of a barrier he can create (if you go that route), how long he can use it, how many times he can use it before he gets tired, and what strains there are with it.
He will use his aura to give his bite a extra bit of umph he he has to
From how you have your character written out, he is not capable of doing this. Having the additional skill with aura needs to be something he was trained with extensively and also needs to be listed under the "Aura and Semblance" section.
2. This section is also pretty short. I only see strengths here, but no weaknesses. Every character has at least 2-3 weaknesses and your character is no different. Please list a few of them.
Weapon:
A lot of the dust function that you listed are stuff that should be listed in the Semblance section since it seems to tie to his semblance. Just wanted to point that out.
I noticed that there are a lot of grammatical errors throughout your character. You should do a read through to try and fix it so it's easier for others to read.
That's it for me.
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Ask an Expert: No Zone of Inhibition?
My experiment is testing if different dilutions of disinfectants affected the development of bacterial resistance. I got the agar plates and the E. coli and all the other things that I needed for the experiment from Carolina Biology Supplier.
Afterward, I conducted the experiment. I swabbed some E. coli into an agar plate divided into four sections. I put a sterile disc dipped in different concentrations of disinfectants in each one of the sections of the agar plate and wrapped the agar plates in a blanket to keep them warm.
A day later, no zone of inhibition was produced.
What errors could I have done wrong? My project is due in less than 2 weeks so any help would be appreciated!
Re: No Zone of Inhibition?
Hi, qqaisarr! E. coli is typically incubated at 37 degrees Celsius, or about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. A blanket isn't enough to warm the culture plates, since a blanket doesn't actually generate heat; it just helps keep in heat generated by whatever it's wrapping up. So your culture plates were probably too cold for your bacteria to grow and to allow you to see an effect of your disinfectants. You should find a way to repeat the experiment but keeping your culture plates at 37 degrees. Good luck!
nguyenmccarty wrote: Hi, qqaisarr! E. coli is typically incubated at 37 degrees Celsius, or about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. A blanket isn't enough to warm the culture plates, since a blanket doesn't actually generate heat; it just helps keep in heat generated by whatever it's wrapping up. So your culture plates were probably too cold for your bacteria to grow and to allow you to see an effect of your disinfectants. You should find a way to repeat the experiment but keeping your culture plates at 37 degrees. Good luck!
Thanks for your response! I really appreciate it! I just have another question. After I apply the E. coli to the agar plate, should I leave it at 98 degrees to culture before I apply the sterile discs with the disinfectants or should I apply the sterile discs as soon as I apply the E. coli and leave it at 98 degrees together? I don't know if that made sense but if it did, please let me know!
Yes, that makes sense and is a good question! Does your experimental protocol not specify this? I would follow whatever is indicated in the protocol. If your protocol doesn't say anything about this, then I would plate the E. coli and let them grow at 37 degrees (in science we always use Celsius ) for about 24 hours or so, and then apply the discs with disinfectants. Good luck!
nguyenmccarty wrote: Yes, that makes sense and is a good question! Does your experimental protocol not specify this? I would follow whatever is indicated in the protocol. If your protocol doesn't say anything about this, then I would plate the E. coli and let them grow at 37 degrees (in science we always use Celsius ) for about 24 hours or so, and then apply the discs with disinfectants. Good luck!
Okay, thank you so much for the help! I will repeat the experiment and let you know if it works! Thanks so much!!
All right, so I tried what you said. I used a sterile cotton swab to swab the liquid E. coli strain into an agar plate with 3 directions 120 degrees apart to ensure complete coverage of the plate. I took the sterile discs, dipped them into the different concentrations of the disinfectants, and placed them on the agar plate. After that, I took my heater, placed it horizontally across two chairs and put the agar plate on the floor so the heater would get even coverage of the plate. I used a thermometer and it says the agar plate was 37C, which is what it should've been. 8 hours later, no zone of inhibition is present and a lot of condensation occurred.
Any thoughts? I'd really appreciate it!
I might try culturing the bacteria as you've described here except without adding any disinfectant discs, just to make sure that you have conditions that allow your E. coli to grow at all. If they grow without any disinfectant, then we can discuss ways to troubleshoot the next step with the disinfectant discs. But if they don't even grow without adding the discs, then we know that there is a problem with the setup for culturing the bacteria in the first place.
Also, make sure you culture your plates upside-down (with the side of the plate holding the agar on top, and the empty lid face-down). This will ensure that any condensation accumulates in the lid, and not on top of your bacteria!
nguyenmccarty wrote: I might try culturing the bacteria as you've described here except without adding any disinfectant discs, just to make sure that you have conditions that allow your E. coli to grow at all. If they grow without any disinfectant, then we can discuss ways to troubleshoot the next step with the disinfectant discs. But if they don't even grow without adding the discs, then we know that there is a problem with the setup for culturing the bacteria in the first place.
Thank you for your reply! I have always put the agar plates upside down before, so that cannot be the error. Anyways, I have done what you said which is culturing the bacteria before adding any disinfectants just to see if the E. coli is even alive. I have noticed that the agar plates are slightly more yellow, but not by much. Is this a good sign? I've talked to more people and they've told me to swab my own sample if it's my last chance.
That's good, as long as you're culturing the plates upside-down, then you don't need to be too concerned about the condensation accumulating inside the plates.
I'm not sure what the slightly more yellow agar means (I wouldn't make much of it), but are you seeing any colonies at all? If you don't see round colonies that are white / light yellow (lighter in color but less translucent than the agar), or at least streaks of white / light yellow where you swabbed your bacteria, then it means the bacteria aren't growing at all under the culture conditions you have.
nguyenmccarty wrote: That's good, as long as you're culturing the plates upside-down, then you don't need to be too concerned about the condensation accumulating inside the plates.
I did not see any colonies form so I just assumed that my E. coli sample is dead. So, I tried getting some dirty lake water and hoping it contained bacteria and did another test, but that did not work either because I didn't see any colonies form from the water.
If it is the E. coli's fault, where can I get a good amount of bacteria?
That was a resourceful idea to try using dirty lake water. Different types of bacteria require different conditions (temperature, nutrients, etc.) to live and grow, so maybe the reason that didn't work is that the bacteria that were in the lake water needed different conditions than those you had set up for culturing the E. coli.
The original E. coli from Carolina Biology Supplier were probably fine; the problem might have to do with how they were stored over the course of the several times we've tried to get this experiment to work. How did the bacteria arrive to you, and how did you store them when you weren't using them? They are very sensitive to being frozen and thawed repeatedly, so if you only received one or two vials that you took from more than once over the course of all the experiments, then they were probably dead before the experiment even started.
nguyenmccarty wrote: That was a resourceful idea to try using dirty lake water. Different types of bacteria require different conditions (temperature, nutrients, etc.) to live and grow, so maybe the reason that didn't work is that the bacteria that were in the lake water needed different conditions than those you had set up for culturing the E. coli.
Yes, I did mess up the E. coli a lot. For one, I accidentally stored it at 37 C because the label said so, but I later realized that it was the optimal growth health, and not for storing. After thawing it the first time, I had to freeze it and use it again because I accidently messed up a step. Anyways, what should I do now? Is there a last minute resort I can use besides E. coli?
Ok yes, both the storage at 37C and the re-freezing and re-thawing would for sure have killed all the cells before we even got to an experiment. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't know of a substitute that is likely to work.
nguyenmccarty wrote: Ok yes, both the storage at 37C and the re-freezing and re-thawing would for sure have killed all the cells before we even got to an experiment. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't know of a substitute that is likely to work.
Well thank you for your help! I really appreciate it!
You're very welcome! I hope your next venture into science projects goes more smoothly!


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