I'm beginning…just beginning, mind you…to have some doubts about the sanity of our Commander-in-Chief. Sure, I've disagreed with almost every piece of domestic policy he's shoved down our throats in the past year and a half, but I've never had any reason to doubt that his mind was as fit as his body.
But then he's quoted in an NBC interview as claiming this his policies "got us out of this mess." Obama would like you to believe that the drastic drop in employment in late 2008/early 2009 would have continued at the same pace in perpetuity had he not stepped in and stemmed the tide with his enormous ego fiscal policies. It's nonsense. The massive employment drops of a year and a half ago, to the tune of roughly 700,000 a month, were never going to continue at that pace. The rate of job loss would slow as employers scaled back to the bare minimum needed to stay in business. In any time of increasing unemployment there is always a peak (or valley, if you prefer) to which the numbers both build up and recede.
Getting us "out of this mess" would not entail tepid job growth where the largest hiring firm in the nation is the Federal government. Getting us out of this mess would mean seeing job growth in the hundreds of thousands per month, not the tens. Getting us out of this mess would involve the unemployment percentage steadily dropping instead of hovering around the 9.5% mark. Let's consider Obama's pride and joy, the Stimulus Plan. Only about 50% of the $787 billion has been spent. If you take Obama's ludicrous assertion that "three million" jobs have been created or saved, that amounts to spending about $131,000 per job. Now that's government efficiency for ya. Obama promised that passing the stimulus bill would keep the unemployment rate below 8%, but now takes it as a point of pride that the unemployment rate hasn't gone up to 15%. Why not just tell the people that without the stimulus the unemployment rate would be 20%? Or 25%? Anyone want to believe 50%? Memo to Barry: Saying "it would have been worse" is 1) unprovable, and 2) not saying much of anything at all when things are this bad. He's starting to remind me of Igor in Young Frankenstein who cheerfully said, "Could be worse, could be raining" just before the deluge started.
George H.W. Bush was accused in 1991 of being out of touch with the common man because he downplayed a mild recession. There was some truth to that, though I think the bigger truth is that H.W. had not been in touch with the common man since he left the military after World War II. But the same media that hammered Bush as an aloof country club Republican passes over Obama as if he'd decorated the White House doorway with the blood of a thousand Republican lambs.
Does Obama really not see the world of hurt this country is in? He and his lackeys keep talking about how this is the "Summer of Recovery" when it's really just a summer of economic pain. Yes, it's not as bad as it was during the worst of it 18 months ago, but that's not the same as good news. There are real people out there hurting, and people so depressed and dispirited that they have given up even looking for work. There are employers who would like to hire but won't because of the million and one regulations that Obama/Pelosi/Reid have put into place with health care and now with financial reform. Obama has personally put thousands of people out of work with his ridiculous drilling moratorium in the Gulf. The fear of inflation, maybe hyper-inflation, is real. The stock market is bringing new meaning to the word "tumultuous." The oil spill that Obama was so slow to react to has already crippled the economy of the Gulf areas and threatens to impact the economy of the entire nation. Yet despite all this Barack Obama is on a campaign tour telling everyone that he's responsible for getting us out of this mess. A man with a sense of decency…a sane man…would wait until we were actually out of it before taking credit.


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The Who – WHO CD/LP (Polydor)
The Who are back with their first new album in thirteen years. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend are joined on the album by long-time Who drummer Zak Starkey, bassist Pino Palladino along with contributions from Simon Townshend, Benmont Tench, Carla Azar, Joey Waronker and Gordon Giltrap. The songs on WHO cover a myriad of subjects including the Grenfell Tower fire, musical theft, spirituality, reincarnation, the power of memory and "an old rock star that has lost his marbles." Daltrey rates it amongst their strongest, "I think we've made our best album since in 1973; Pete hasn't lost it; he's still a fabulous songwriter, and he's still got that cutting edge." Townsend adds, "Roger and I are both old men now, by any measure, so I've tried to stay away from romance, but also from nostalgia if I can. I didn't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Memories are OK, and some of the songs refer to the explosive state of things today."
IDLES – A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live At Le Bataclan CD/LP (Partisan)
A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan is the brand-new live album from IDLES, recorded at Le Bataclan in Paris on December 3, 2018, at the close of a 90-date world tour. The album celebrates the band's success over the last two years, featuring songs from Brutalism and Joy As An Act of Resistance, and highlights their overall message of unity, and of healing through community.
Mary J. Blige – HERstory Vol. 1 CD/2xLP/8×7" (UMe)
Since her debut establishing her as queen of '90s R&B, Mary J. Blige has reigned as a trailblazer and an icon, proving that she could be as tough as the bad boys but with a fathoms-deep emotional reservoir of soul that touched hearts. Now comes a collection of her epoch-defining '90s original hits and remixes. HERstory, Vol. 1 deep dives into the instantly recognizable jams, showcasing them as the definitive anthems they have always been. Features include Notorious BIG, Craig Mack and Puffy.
Peter Brötzmann – Solo: I Surrender My Dear CD/LP (Trost)
A long desire of extraordinaire saxophone player Peter Brötzmann was a studio recording of some of his favorite jazz tunes and his own music – a grand bridge over the music important for his life and his musical career in the past and present. Trost invited him to Martin Siewert's studio in Vienna to do so in summer 2018. The result is intense, beautiful and touching.
Czarface – The Odd Czar Against Us CD/LP (Silver Age)
Czarface, iron clad crime fighter, heroically returns to his lair after two spine-chilling adventures with MF DOOM and Ghostface Killah. In his secret hideout, he has whipped up a few uncanny surprises for longtime Czar fans…expect curveball concepts, solo exploits, and noggin nodding neck-snappers alike. The Odd Czar Against Us launches this winter on compact disc and vinyl, and Czarface goes full Voltron, employing every asset in his arsenal, maximizing lyrical efforts from Inspectah Deck & Esoteric and pulse-pounding production from in house beatsmith 7L & Jeremy Page.
Jessie Mae Hemphill – Run Get My Shotgun CD/LP (Big Legal Mess)
Jessie Mae Hemphill played guitar and drums, wrote and sang her own songs in the primal northern Mississippi hill country blues traditions. Considered the Queen of the Guitar Boogie, as one of the earliest successful female blues musicians, Hemphill has been an influential and pioneering artist. Run Get My Shotgun is a ten track collection of field recordings originally recorded on New Years Eve 1989 by Ko de Korte and Tom Haarsama.
The JBs – More Mess On My Thing CD/2xLP (Now Again)
The demo Bootsy Collins and his band recorded for James Brown in 1969 that won them the title The J.B. s and changed the course of popular music.
Better Oblivion Community Center – Little Trouble b/w Sleepwalkin' Daydreamin' Version 7"+MP3 (Dead Oceans)
Two new tracks from band featuring Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst.
Christian Death – Catastrophe Ballet [Reissue/1984] LP (Season Of Mist)
Christian Death – "Ashes" [Reissue/1985] LP (Season Of Mist)
Few albums from any generation can stand the test of time, let alone become the archetype of a genre and measure by which all others are judged. Christian Death's landmark album second album Catastrophe Ballet is such a recording and a cornerstone of the Gothic/deathrock/post-punk/early punk scenes. Led by charismatic, iconic singer Rozz Williams and guitarist Valor Kand, Christian Death broke rank from their LA punk rock surroundings here, and eschewed raw anger for an elegant, romantic and hypnotic form of art not heard before. [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available.]
Eric Clapton and Guests – Crossroads Revisited: Selections From The Guitar Festivals 6xLP (WB)
Boasting 40 live tracks, Crossroads Revisited: Selections From The Guitar Festivals includes a selection of landmark performances from all four Crossroads Guitar Festivals, which were held in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013. A veritable Who's Who of guitar music can be heard on this set, including Clapton, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Cray, Billy F Gibbons, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, and Jimmie Vaughan, just to name a few.
Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get 2xLP (SME Nashville)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New release from the country superstar. Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 17 songs including the five tracks previously released via Combs' The Prequel EP earlier this summer.
The Miles Davis Quintet – The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions 6xLP (Craft Music)
Limited six vinyl LP box set. The 42 tunes that make up Miles Davis' famed quintet sessions – featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones – have nearly all become classics, and have resulted in several iconic albums. Originally released in 2006, this critically-acclaimed collection returns in vinyl format. Includes a 20-page booklet with notes by Jazz historian Bob Blumenthal. The final LP contains audio recordings from eight TV and radio performances by the quintet.
Rachel Grimes – The Way Forth 2xLP (Temporary Residence)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Way Forth, a new folk opera from Rachel Grimes, encompasses lush layers of voices and orchestrations in an experiential, non-linear investigation highlighting perspectives of Kentucky women from 1775 to today. Inspired by a treasure-trove of family documents, photos, and letters spanning several generations, Grimes began in 2016 to research some of the more vexing questions that came to the surface about these people, places, and events. Fueled by intuition, travel to visit family, photographing, and filming present day rural Kentucky life, the research led to many more questions: What is missing? What is not being said here? What did she really think and feel?
Ariana Grande – Yours Truly [Reissue/2013] 2xLP (Republic)
Ariana Grande – My Everything [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (Republic)
Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman [Reissue/2016] 2xLP (Republic)
Vinyl reissues of the first three albums from the Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum superstar.
The Juan Maclean – Future Will Come 2xLP+MP3 (DFA)
The Juan Maclean is a Brooklyn, NY based DJ and producer who has been a mainstay of the New York club scene, as well as maintaining a rigorous international touring schedule, since the release of his first records on the DFA record label in 2002. DFA offers up a colored vinyl double-LP reissue of The Juan Maclean's 2009 album The Future Will Come. "Thoughtful dancefloor fare…a cosmic, contemporary Human League (The Guardian). "A dance album evolved to the point that even a robot could come around on its human potency" (Tiny Mix Tapes).
Mark Kozelek & Petra Haden – Joey Always Smiled LP (Caldo Verde)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Mark Kozelek teams up with violinist and singer Petra Haden for a new LP. Along with Haden, it features contributions from Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, character actor Kevin Corrigan, regular Kozelek collaborator Ben Boye, and more. And following six originals with very Kozelekian song titles, the record closes out with a folky, beautifully spare cover of Huey Lewis & The News' immortal Back To The Future soundtrack hit "The Power Of Love".
The Raincoats – The Raincoats [Reissue/1979] LP (Kill Rock Stars)
Widely acclaimed as one of the musical highlights of the post punk period and a breakthrough moment for women in music, The Raincoats self-titled debut was recorded in 1979 by Ana da Silva, Gina Birch, Palmolive and Vicky Aspinall and produced by Geoff Travis and Mayo Thompson. The group created a sound here that, while inspired by punk and rock music that had come before it, was uniquely and uncompromisingly powerful and female, and which has held a fascination over all those lucky enough to stumble across it. [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available.]

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What is it that you admire most about your favourite character? Is it that he is made of muscle and can fly? Is it that she has a huge heart yet is much stronger (emotionally) than all the men around her? Is it that every guy falls at her feet or that inside he's a really big dork?
Maybe you love this character because he, or she, succeeds every time.... or maybe it's because he/she simply tried.
In most novels, you expect the character to succeed. It's pretty much part of the standard format. In fact, I can barely think of any characters that don't succeed (if you can think of any, I'd love to hear them!) But I don't think it's the fact the character succeeds in whatever mission he is she is trying to accomplish that makes us love them. I think it's the journey. I think it's the trying to succeed.
Take Harry Potter to start with. I love Harry Potter, we all know this by now. I read the first book when I was nine years old but I still remember how much I loved it from the very beginning of the book. That was before Harry had fought with Quirrell and Voldemort, and won. At the end of the book (I'm sorry if this is a spoiler, but really, the book has been out for fifteen years, and the book for ten years.... you've had plenty of time to catch up!) Harry succeeds in his mission. He keeps the Philosophers stone safe and Voldemort doesn't manage to kill him. Again.
But we already loved Harry. We cared whether he lived or died, we admired him for his journey in life. (And if you were like me, you were jealous he got to go to magic school.) We loved him for TRYING to figure out who was trying to steal the stone, for risking his life to protect the stone he really knew nothing about. We all knew he would most probably get the stone and live to see another day, so it wasn't the success that we were likely to admire him for. It is the journey. The trying.
In my favourite book of the year, The Tea Rose (Not a YA book, I should add, but a great book nonetheless), the main character doesn't always succeed. Spoiler alert. In fact, it leaves you a little confused. You're sitting there saying "What on earth is going on? She's the main character, she's not supposed to have this much bad stuff happen to her with no sign of good luck on the horizon." But it works. Ultimately, she does succeed (to which you'll release the breath you didn't realise you had been holding for the last 800 pages). Her success though, it's not the reason you would admire her. It's one of them, sure, because she worked very hard for that success, but it's the trying to succeed and the journey she's taken to succeed that makes you love her.
She's one of the strongest female protagonists I've come across, and she's one of my favourite female characters because of her journey. Because of what she overcomes and because she's not afraid to keep trying.
It's an interesting thought to keep in mind when you're writing. It's not the character's successes that makes us really love them, it's their journey.
I like your comments on character. I think we often get caught up in what they do that we don't realize we love them for how they got there. A book is about the entire journey. I think the best characters are those that you can relate to but are also different enough that you want to be them (or at least friends with them).


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dehammer wrote:
No, the theory is that these wars are difference because of the pattern of the generations.
World War II was the result of World War I. Kind of like the Invasion of Iraq was a conclusion to Iraq invading Kuwait. This is where you Americans tend to be ignorant of the politics outside of the US.
What Americans don't understand is that the Korean War and the Vietnam police action were to halt the spread of communism. Yet Americans love China. Cheap goods.
Yet Americans are divided over Hispanic immigration from Central and South America. They make Democrats look good while giving Republicans cheap labour.
I think it's the Treaty of Versaille in 1919 that returned Transylvania to Romania.
That's an interesting bit of history but not in the West. America is an isolated country that can easily dominate either of it's neighbours. That could be their problem.
HarveyH55
(2940) Trump might be a little abrasive, but most of the people who hate him, also understand that he's usually right. It's mostly his methods and style, that people hate. The democrats hate him, because he's a threat to everything they've been building (socialism), for a long time. They really should back away from the witch hunting, it's going to bite some of them pretty hard. I think pretty much all of them have things to hide. They've been digging for Trump dirt, since he start campaigning, and found little of any significance. They can pick at the Mueller documents, even every scrap, underacted, and still not get anything damning. They are hoping to find some small technicality, or some leverage. Whatever they find, they would still need to prove criminal intent, not just poor judgement and bad manners.
I tend to question the loyalty of the democrats in office. What they have been doing, isn't in the best interest of the country, the government, the president, or the people. Globally, it's an embarrassment, and doesn't strengthen confidence, or show strength. Other countries are likely a little (more) skeptical about buying or investing in America, least until the BS settles out. The democrats keep preaching oversight, over-reach, and abuse of power, but aren't they doing most of it? Guess they have a different code of ethics and loyalty, The need stronger grounds to continue investigating, probable cause to believe the president knowingly, and willing committed crimes.
Into the Night ★★★★★
I have read of this theory, but your are also failing to understand there are other wars.
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dehammer
(431) No, the other wars are for other reasons. This is a different thing and its more predictable, and more likely to be more harmful to humanity.
(4) You guys don't half jump from one subjet to another in the same thread!! but returning to my original message.
Although I was not concerned about the money I could make from my design, any amount forthcoming would not be sniffed at as I do have grandchildren. Let me start by saying that 5 years ago I attended Southampton Univercity Oceanographic Centre for a semina on renewable energy, this mainly involved water. There were people from all over the world who contributed designes and facts which I found very interesting. I took my model along with me and set it up in the main hall, during the day I was bombarded with questions and interests even by professors who knew a thing or two but all said that they had never considered my design and were amazed at how well it operated. That said, I took maybe three dozen cards from people and over the following months chased them up. Those that replied were all interested in making money for themselves even one guy from the Royal Institute in London where I sent my complete design and portfolio.
Forget your ideas of a gravity fed system as you are on a completely different path, my system is actually called "Tidal Padel Generator" as it implies it is a large padle wheel by not on a horizontal axis but a vertical axis with 8 curved blades each haveing a surface area of 144 square feet (12'x12') for the basic system. (Blade sizes can be increased for larger generators) the wheel drives a shaft to the surface, through a gear box to the actual generator. ""Simple"". Idea has been around for a thousand year by today all we want to do is OVER ENGINEER things when the simplest thing actually work. They don't have to be located in rough seas as one guy pointed out, there are over 1000 locations around the UK within sheltered areas where the tides can run up to six knots, (info from the Oceanographice survey) What's more, once set in location they work on both the ebb and flood tide without any resetting unlike wind farms. The big secret is just the fact that there also deflection plates which increase the flow of water towards the drive while at the same time causing a reversed vortex behind the plate which reduces the resistance of the trailing edge of the wheel, in fact, from my observation during my model test actually enhanced the rotaton. So there you have it guys. not rocket science. just thinking out of the box. Trust me, it works....
(2940) It still goes back to me first reply to this thread... It's still just your word, we've never met, and I've seen no pictures, video, drawings. The concept seems solid though, but not so sure about anything sitting in saltwater for long, and not needing maintenance regularly. I live in Florida, so you meet quite a few people with boats. Expensive hobby, lot of work.
Forums are generally for discussions, which is what usual happens here, although there are a few exceptions, but the forum is called Climate Debate, so the arguing and silly hair-splitting fighting that goes on is probably normal for some.
I'd don't personally try to help things I've never seen, or believe in. That's just the way I am. What would be more effective for you, would be a video on YouTube, or any of the social media sites. You don't have to give out the technical details, just an overview, like you've given here, show why your design is different/better than anything currently being done. Give contact information, for those interested in knowing more. Website are pretty easy to set up these days, about the same as using a word processor. Not sure about servers hosting free sites anymore, I lost interest, when they wanted to load you up with advertisements. Lot of business use FaceBook, they put in advertisements as well, probably not as bad. YouTube gives you a home page, I never messed with setting up mine, but think you could likely use that.
I don't believe there is an actual climate crisis, but there are plenty of others who support taking action. Not sure how much action will be taken, but there is movement. Should have gotten your presentation package and video online during the Obama administration. They were very generous with the grant and subsidy money. Probably still a lot of those programs running, since congress seems bent on stopping anything Trump attempts to change. With government money available, there are likely plenty of coastal locations looking for an idea. If it works out for them, that's great, but it's also guarantied to create jobs, improve the local economy, and attract attention and visitors. They'll benefit in multiple ways, regardless of how much power they can generate.
I still have many reservations about tidal/wave generators, not sure if they are going to produce a consistent amount of power 24/7, or intermittent, like solar and wind. Pretty sure Florida is less than ideal for such a plan, even tropical storms can bring on heavy surf, hurricanes don't have to make landfall, to do considerable damage. Saltwater is rough on everything, and doesn't play well with electricity, a very good conductor. I'm sure those things can be dealt with, but see a lot of maintenance, regularly, or major, and expensive failures. The fuel might be free, but the cost of harnessing it might be too high to make it worthwhile. I don't think maintenance costs of solar and wind are talked about much, they sort of like giving the impression that you just install them, and forget about them. I've got a few panels, charge 12v batteries, mostly use that to charge other batteries of gadgets, but will have a few hours available if power goes out. Not enough to run a coffee maker, but some lights, small TV. I've got to clean those panels several times each year, or my batteries don't get charged fully in a day.
HarveyH55 wrote:
Trump might be a little abrasive, but most of the people who hate him, also understand that he's usually right. It's mostly his methods and style, that people hate. The democrats hate him, because he's a threat to everything they've been building (socialism), for a long time. They really should back away from the witch hunting, it's going to bite some of them pretty hard. I think pretty much all of them have things to hide. They've been digging for Trump dirt, since he start campaigning, and found little of any significance. They can pick at the Mueller documents, even every scrap, underacted, and still not get anything damning. They are hoping to find some small technicality, or some leverage. Whatever they find, they would still need to prove criminal intent, not just poor judgement and bad manners.
Trump is the best president the US has ever had. He's never married an American woman. The guy knows what it takes to be successful. Ask his wife. That's why I like him.
Eric4898 wrote:
You guys don't half jump from one subjet to another in the same thread!! but returning to my original message.
Sort of. It produces very little power, and none on the peak of the tides.
I sent my following letter to the press and government. tell me what you think?;-
In my seventy forth year, I have become increasingly frustrated and annoyed at the Government and Media attitudes towards Renewable Energy thinking that the way forward is Wind and Solar energy. The absolute truth of the fact is that they are both VERY unreliable, unpredictable and completely over engineered.
There is, however, one form of energy which is 700/800 times more powerful than wind and 2500 times greater than solar, it's an energy that is totally predictable for 20 hours per day, 365 days per year and is guaranteed never to let you down, providing the Moon stays in the sky. You may have guessed already that I am referring to Tidal Stream Energy but I should point out, at this stage, that I am not referring to Tidal barrages or tidal turbines as each destroy fish stocks or have huge impact on the environment.
I spent 15 years developing a system, addressing both the environmental impact on sea creatures and the acceptance of a construction at sea by the shore observer. A system that is simple to use and maintain. Is not over engineered as like many existing projects and would generate up to 30 Mega Watts of power per hour, unlike a wind turbine that produces 2 MW when the wind is blowing.
So far, all my correspondences to Government, Universities and local authorities have either fallen on deaf ears or they choose to ignore, for what reason I do not know. However, I do know that my system works as I have already tested a model I built which exceeded my expectations.
We are killing our world, destroying the very foundation of our existence all for a few quid today for the privileged few. I fear for my grandchildren as they deserve our generation to embrace any form of technology that will help to save our planet.
Please forward this letter to anyone you feel who has the investment capability to take my invention further. Thank you for reading..
Eric Hoare
10, PO32 6JH
East Cowes. IOW
Email; erichoare6@talktalk.net
You know there's a simple way that might work. But ask people to consider basic math and they won't. Basically if someone thinks they have a good idea then they need to do it on their own.
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Hard to tell if you are being sarcastic, considering Trumps last visit over there. Trump is an okay president, but don't think he's the best we ever had. Could have been, but he lacks aggression. After the investigation was over, he should have been jumping all over the democrats who pushed in the first place, and continue to push. There wasn't sufficient evidence to even start, and should have ended in a few weeks, when they found that out. They pushed the investigation to keep digging. Trump knew there was nothing to find, and wanted to get it over with, and get to work on real issues, which was called obstruction, and used to keep the investigation going, hoping to dig up some paydirt.
Trump's wives... Most people who live in America, don't exclusively buy Made in America. We buy what we like, and cheapest, if possible. Doesn't matter who made what.
At least we know why there's a $500 Billion trade deficit with China and a $1 Trillion budget deficit.
Thought Americans didn't like communism? Or is it as you said, and cheapest if possible. That didn't used to be an American value but supporting Democracy was. That's what's changed with the US
In the 1950's I helped my Uncle Harry design and build a functional test model of a tidal generator. When he died he left the patent to me. It is still laying around here someplace. Since it has long since lapsed it is only a memento.
After I got out of my stint in the Air Force and was looking at it I calculated the power of tidal currents and they are insignificant to the power being necessary to power a modern society.
The ideas that are being forwarded for "modern tidal power" units are so impractical that it is easy to see that they actually have no knowledge of anything that is put into water at the few places in the world where you could extract a reasonable amount of power from tidal motions.
Wake wrote:
Solar power and Wind power aren't much different, they all provide power, and useful in some applications, but aren't up to the task of taking over the needs of a power grid. The 'reasonable' part is usually ignored, because the fuel is free, and 'clean' of that evil CO2... For some, it's a good deal, at any price. Least, until they start having to pay the bill, and find the service lacking.
The one advantage of wind or solar is that you are not limited to the very few places in the world where the tides are compressed to the point where there is sufficient current to be usable. The depth of the water under the deepest part of the Golden Gate is only 750 feet and if you put any impediment to the current flow it would begin eroding the shorelines and dumping sediment into the deep hole. There are the same problems around the Bay of Fundy, the entrance to the Black Sea or the North Sea.
And in almost every one of these areas it would interfere with shipping.
The Gulf Stream has a tremendous amount of power in it but the area of the current is so wide that the actual speed is quite slow. Again, you cannot drain any power from it without making something so incredibly large that it is either impossible to make or it interferes with other things. Furthermore, if you take much power out of the Gulf Stream, you cause dramatic environmental damage to Iceland.
Nah. Two big problems with such a device insert into the Gulf Stream.
1) No usable anchor. You have to anchor a huge device to gain power from the Gulf Stream at all.
2) Most of the Gulf Stream will simply go around the obstacle.
(431) IF they were to put something like a windmill in the ocean, it would be the same as putting one in the air, but the water would be more powerful and it would not detract from the view people want.
IF they were to put something like a windmill in the ocean, it would be the same as putting one in the air, but the water would be more powerful and it would not detract from the view people want.
Only if you could anchor it sufficiently well.
You have to use smaller propellers or the machine will collapse from the load. Cavitation is a real problem to deal with too. All current driven propellers cavitate. This can actually destroy the propeller if allowed to go unchecked.
Maintenance tends to be real fun too. Seawater is very corrosive. Fish, barnacles, seaweed, and algae all grow on or get caught in the machine.
They will produce about the same power as wind power covering the same area. Essentially, not a lot of usable power for an expensive and high maintenance machine.
Burning coal, oil, or natural gas is the preferred method for a reason. Remember, YOU don't get to dictate energy markets.
That's not the way it works. The density of air is about 500 times less than water. This means that you can generate a lifting force without the air itself becoming a drag on the lift. The tip speed in the modern windmill is over 200 mph a 30 knot wind.
Water is so dense that you are severely limited in the speed it can move these windmills.
Anyway I did calculate it out one time and real windmills generated power far more cheaply. Plus you can't put anything in salt water that doesn't rapidly degrade. While the blades of the windmills are carbon fiber, the rest of the structure is steel.
My brother used to be an electrician for Windpower USA. He will argue with me for hours about how great windmills are and doesn't believe that PG&E has never generated more than 3% of their power from IMMENSE solar and wind farms. They have never returned their own costs but the company made it's money off of government subsidies.
(431) That's why it would need to be something like a vertical axis watermill. As such it doesn't need to have the huge tip speed.
The design that I remember looking like it would be most successful was one that had 3 cables set up much like the tower tri-poles set up. Periodically it had an area that would widen out to give it more stability. These areas had vans to keep them faced into the current. The bottom of the cables were anchored just a oil rigs anchor themselves. Every so often, you would have a pump that pushed water up a pipe to the surface. The pipes were powered by vertical axis watermills. Basically, these were just large buckets arranged around a ring that ran the pumps.
At the top of the "rig" was a turbine that ran a generator. Since the electronics and such were never in the water, they were not at risk.
They do have things that can keep the corrosive effects of salt water away for quite some time and each individual pump could be shut down without affecting the whole. This would allow robotic subs to take them apart and put new parts ever few years, allowing the old parts to be repaired or replace.
Even if it was only a few hundred feet, the amount of water being pushed up the pipe would power a large turbine.
I don't remember where I saw this, since it was decades go, but it might have been in popular science or some mag like that.
That's why it would need to be something like a vertical axis watermill. As such it doesn't need to have the huge tip speed.
You don't need to be in the ocean, to get the destructive effects of saltwater... Ask anybody that lives near the beach. Robot subs to do the maintenance? Technology has gotten that far yet. Wouldn't this sort of get in the way of boat traffic? True, they can almost always steer around such things, but then again you'd figure a cruise ship, with nearly 3,000 passengers and crew, wouldn't ram into a pier either... What about marine life? Doubt the local fishermen want pre-sliced fish.
What's pushing the water up the pipe? Do you realize how much power that will consume?
Oh THERE's a reference for science and engineering!
You don't need to be in the ocean, to get the destructive effects of saltwater...
Yet there are structures that have been in the ocean for decades.
Technology has gotten that far yet.
Totally autonomous robots, no, but we do use them with people controlling them to do things at great depths.
Wouldn't this sort of get in the way of boat traffic?
About the same as an oil rig. Likely a lost smaller though.
What about marine life? Doubt the local fishermen want pre-sliced fish.
It would be possible to have things at a distance that would prevent fish of a certain size away without disrupting the flow.
They require continuous maintenance too. Remember, that costs money.
That we do. One rather famous use is to dismantle the Fukushima reactor debris which is underwater. These sorts of machines are limited in what they can do, though. They are also very slow. It is simply easier to maintain the equipment with men.
No, it wouldn't be in the way of any ship traffic except submarines.
Fish are not the problem. Barnacles, seaweed, coral, algae, and other stuff that grows on the equipment itself is the problem.
Already planned for.
It is simply easier to maintain the equipment with men.
Simpler, but much more dangerous. Some people put the lives of people over profit.
To keep maintenance cost down, all the electronics and electrical equipment would be above ground. This keeps them out of the water and puts them in positions that men in short sleeve shirt could work on them in safety. THAT means they would be in position ships would have to go around. Most likely they would not be put in shipping lanes.
Those are a problem that can be dealt with, using normal maintenance. If you read his line, it WAS about fish.
Frankly, I doubt that.
Did you know that people work underwater as a matter of routine?
Robots are slow and clumsy.
Barnacles, seaweed, coral, algae, and other stuff that grows on the equipment itself is the problem. I am not talking about fish. I don't think you are considering the maintenance involved at all. You are just hand waving. These machines don't produce much power (although they at least produce it, unlike your machine), but they don't produce much.
At 1000 feet?
But they would be good for swapping items to bring the old item up for maintenance.
I am not talking about fish.
The discussion you interrupted was about fish.
but they don't produce much.
depends on their size.
Who says the machine is 1000 ft down?
Not really. They are slow and clumsy.
WRONG. The discussion was about sea life affecting the machine. You are losing context again.
Good description of everyone of your post.
Non-sequitur fallacy. You have lost context. Trolling.
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Trolling.
(431) I know you are, and I just showed your picture.
I know you are, and I just showed your picture.
Try English. It works better.
(431) I think the pictures says it all.
tmiddles ★★★★★
dehammer wrote: try EVERYTHING possible, no matter how unlikely, to find a solution?
What about nuclear power?
Power from the earth's gravity was the first and greatest with hydro electric. Combine that with nuclear and we're golden.
tmiddles wrote:
Nuclear power has a lot of political problems, mostly. Earlier plant designs could fail in such a way as to present a hazard to the surrounding communities. Today's designs are much safer, and even if a tidal wave destroys a reactor it still won't put widespread areas in danger. A case demonstrating exactly that is the Daii-ichi reactor at the Fukushima plant in Tokyo. No one was killed by radiation. The reactor was destroyed. The fuel it contained has melted into a gloriously ugly wreck now underwater and is currently being disassembled (very slowly) by robots.
Power from the earth's gravity was the first and greatest with hydro electric
Gravity isn't power. It's a force. The power you are referring to is called kinetic energy over time and distance. Hydroelectric power is the ultimate form of solar power, but it's not possible to build such a facility just anywhere. The geology has to be right to do it. You need a river, an altitude drop over a short space, and solid anchoring points for the dam you need.
Combine that with nuclear and we're golden.
Not quite. Both of these forms of power are fixed. They are not mobile. A lot of our energy requirements require mobile power, such as cars, railroads, ships, and aircraft. Further, not everyone is comfortable with nuclear power. That leaves hydroelectric power, but it too has its detractors.
The popular forms of 'green' power are wind and direct solar. Unfortunately, neither of these forms of power provide sufficient power without consuming vast tracts of real estate, and even then have their risks of use. Also, they too are fixed power supplies, not mobile ones.
Carbon fueled power plants are small, efficient, and actually pretty clean. The fire in them is hot enough to burn away any particulates, and burning a hydrocarbon produces only water and CO2 as a product if it's burned efficiently. The biggest problem with them is impurities in the fuel, such as sulfur, calcium, mercury, etc. Not every fuel contains these impurities.
Side effects of any fire is ozone. In fact it is one way to make ozone. This ozone will clean the air around the plant as well. In cars, it can combine with an inefficient burn that contains unburned fuel in the exhaust to produce smog. This is easily minimized by a simple bit of plumbing called the EGR system. Now that all cars have EGR, smog is not nearly the problem it used to be. The use of FADEC engines makes the burn much more efficient too, reducing the release of unburned fuel and particulates dramatically.
In summary, there is no perfect power plant. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. What you are looking for is a good trade off for the application the power is being applied to.
Edited on 26-07-2019 18:44
(2940) There are alternatives for generating electricity, but gasoline, or liquid fuels, will always be superior in mobile applications. An electric vehicle needs to be charge, and takes hours. Only takes a few minutes to fill a gas tank, and you can drive all week. Electric car needs charging almost daily. There is a fast charge option, which is that bad option, since it usually shortens the lifespan of your expensive to replace battery. There are a few newer chemistry batteries, that claim to tolerate fast charging, but suspect it's mostly marketing, and more expensive. Haven't look into them much, but didn't see a huge jump in service life. Basically, they want that $3,500 battery to be replaced in 3-5 years, so you'll likely just buy a whole new car.
liquid fuels, will always be superior .
Battery tech is evolving though. I'd expect more breakthroughs.
Battery tech is evolving though.
This is simply ridiculous. It stems from not understanding how a battery works or what it really is.
Batteries are based on electrochemistry and the galvanic series of metals.
Any two dissimilar metals, when brought in contact with each other, will produce a voltage, and you get a brief current that allows the metals retain their voltage even after contact is broken.
By itself this isn't useful. This is known as the galvanic potential between the metals, a term named after Galvani, who discovered the phenomenon while dissecting frogs.
What is also needed is an electrolyte. This is a material containing ions. You immerse the different metals into the electrolyte leaving part of them sticking out.
Connecting the metals again produces the galvanic voltage between them, but this time, the ions in the electrolyte replace the lost electrons in one metal, and fill in positive 'holes' in the other.
This neutralizes the electrolyte by converting it into a salt. When all the ions are used up, the battery is dead.
Some batteries are rechargeable. You can put ions back into the electrolyte by forcing current backwards through the battery. One of the best examples of these is the lead-acid battery commonly found in cars.
In this battery, one metal is lead, the other a lead oxide (which has a different word function, and therefore a different position on the galvanic series). The electrolyte is sulfuric acid in water. This produces a lot of H+ ions and OH- ions, plenty for either side of the battery.
The salt that is formed when a lead-acid cell discharges is lead sulfate. This is a solid that can precipitate out of solution an rest on the bottom of the battery box. As the battery is recharged, it does not necessarily come back into solution. The water still has plenty of sulfuric acid though, and H+ and OH- ions again are available.
Eventually, lead sulfate builds up in the bottom of the box and begins to touch the plates of the battery, shorting them out. When this becomes a bit enough problem (typically it takes about 5 years), the battery will no longer charge to a useful level. The battery is dead and must be replaced. You can extend the life somewhat by dumping out the acid, rinsing out the battery to get as much lead sulfate out as you can, then putting in fresh acid. This will let it last another 1 to 2 years.
Lead is heavy. Nickle and cadmium is lighter, so we began building rechargeable batteries with these materials. The charge/discharge cycle produces oxygen gas, however, and this can overpressure the battery, opening a safety vent in the casing somewhere. If that happens, the battery is dead.
With the ability to cheaply smelt lithium, we can now make lithium based batteries. Lithium is the lightest of the metals, making the battery exceptionally light. Perfect for cell phones, flying toys or professional remote quadcopters, wearable electronics, small computers and electronic gadgetry of every kind, lithium batteries can really fill this role nicely.
Unfortunately, lithium batteries are NOT rechargeable. Worse, they can catch fire if you draw too much current through them. The fire is class D. It's a metal fire. It burns hot and the only way to put it out is to cover it with sand, breaking the fire triangle by removing the heat.
Fortunately, lithium oxide batteries ARE rechargeable, nearly as light as the lithium metal ones, and are a LOT safer if they burn (a simple class A fire. You can put it out with water.). It is these batteries in common use in portable electronics today.
All batteries have a value associated with them called the internal resistance. This is simply the resistance the ions present to 'reload' the metals so to speak, and is measured in ohms. It acts exactly like a resistor was put in series with the battery.
Lead acid cells use a liquid electrolyte, giving a very low internal resistance. This makes them very suitable for high current requirements, such as starting a car. Weight is a factor, but no so much in a car.
Lithium cells also have a low internal resistance, but it is not zero. You can only charge or recharge a battery so fast. In the case of lithium oxide batteries, exceeding this rate can cause a battery fire.
A battery isn't magick. It is essentially a bucket for electrons. It must be filled from somewhere, either by putting in a charged electrolyte to begin with, or by putting a current backwards through the battery to make your own electrolyte. Like any bucket, you can only fill 'em so fast and empty 'em so fast.
Now you can say are you building a better bucket, but it's still a bucket.
I'd expect more breakthroughs.
Sure, I do to. But it's still a bucket.
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This 'guide' is originally meant to be a reference but it includes comments and thoughts about the meta and BiS gear. It includes a mini guide for newer players and core skill and gear builds. The article might be wordy but I assure you the information is worth it.
This guide covers everything in the current NA/EU version of BDO but I will mention newer content from KR. Players from other servers should still find this information relevant.
Do rangers still have mana/stamina problems?
What are ranger's PvE rotations?
How much accuracy do I need for PvP?
How much accuracy do I need for PvE?
Moved to a separate document since GIFs slows down this document.
See Skill Breakdown for skills and their uses (including PW Kiss cancel).
or "Second Awakening". These are essentially upgraded versions of our existing bow skills. Damages values are up to 5x stronger than normal versions.
Awakening skills are the Kamasylven sword skills we get after doing a quest at level 56. They make up the other half of our skill set and are extremely useful giving us a dash and several frontal guards and superarmors.
About 350 accuracy. Actually, let's not worry about numbers.
Pre-softcap, use a Steel Dagger. If you want to PvP, swap to Bronze Dagger.
Near-softcap, you should have enough accuracy with 2x Precisions, 2x JIN Vipers, TET Bhegs, and TET Kzarka. If an opponent is stacking evasion and you need more accuracy, just swap to a bronze dagger.
Don't worry about accuracy for PvE.
Damage Type – All ranger skills are Ranged, including sword skills.
Levels Unlock skills ranks which significantly increases your damage. Levels differences seems to affect CC success chances which is essential in PvP.
AP is the go-to stat for damage.
Extra Damage to _____ is equivalent to AP but specifically applies to certain types of targets (human, species, monster) and is not included with sheet AP.
Accuracy. This stat is essential in PvP and not so much in PvE. The rise of DR meta has made this stat less important; 2x JIN Vipers, 2x Precisions, Kzarka, and Bhegs should be enough against most opponents (around 350 accuracy). If you don't have those items, I suggest using a bronze dagger or red coral earring).
DP is a combination of damage reduction and evasion.
Damage Reduction – Flat damage reduced from attacks. DR builds are the current goto for rangers.
Evasion – Evasion allows us to dodge attacks which significantly mitigates the damage we take. Evasion builds works on ranger but is not as efficient as DR.
Attack Speed – Improves the delay in between attacks allowing for faster transitions and reactions. Max this!
Critical Hit Rate – A self explanatory stat. Each crit % is 1% more overall damage as long as it isn't higher than 100%.
Movement Speed – Increases walking/sprinting speed. Slightly improves the distance on windstep (dash).
Casting Speed – does not affect ranger skills (except Tearing Arrow). Not important.
CC Resistance – Being higher level than your opponent will improve CC resistances against them. 2x Adamantines, Nouver Dagger, and Foods should let you max KD resistance which will be useful when grinding in dangerous areas.
This section is based on how I would approach the game as a new player.
Use the BDO Failstack Sheet as an enhancing reference.
Black Spirit Quests – Follow your Black Spirit Quests. They should lead you to relevant grind spots, provide blackstone, inventory slots, basic weapons, armors, and accessories.
Save up your initial loyalties (14,000 total) on 4 Weight Limit Increase (+50LT each).
Press 'o' -> "suggested" for a full list of inventory expansion quests.
Once you hit level 50, don't neglect your daily and weekly boss scroll.
Make sure to choose the awakened scroll piece which don't expire and has a higher chance of boss drop. Prioritize Dastard Bheg (Daily) and Dim Tree Spirit (Weekly).
Tip: Save scrolls on an alt and do the awakened boss with a party!
Roaring Magical Armor. Accept 'Magic Armor Exchange I' from the Black Spirit at level 50 and get the 4th upgrade. Equivalent to a PRI green armor. Eventually replace this with a TRI green armor or better.
Awakening quest (level 56) – Talk to the Black Spirit upon hitting level 56 to start the quest to obtain your awakening skills. Don't forget to grab your free Skill Reset!
The Black Spirit Quests of Mediah, Valencia, Kamasylve, and Dreighan give lots of contribution exp and decent accessories. BiS offhand crystals awaits you at the end of each region's questline.
General's accessories are about as strong as TRI yellow accessories for PvE only (Only one per account). The General's accessory questline can be done starting level 53 and finished level 58, you will be able to upgrade it to PEN (no failstacks required). Be prepared for a long kill quest!
Complete the Valencia Main Questline to receive unlock a quest for a an 11 AP Ring. See the guide by Loriel on the forums for more details.
Cliff's Weapon Boxes are obtained through three separate quests in Western Guard Camp. They contained a +15 weapon slightly weaker than a Liverto and can be upgraded up to TET. They can be turned in to an NPC at PRI, DUO, TRI, and TET for a fair amount of silver. I personally this is worth getting to TRI before turning it in. These are currently available as an event in NA/EU.
There is a tiny little lock icon at the top each skill icon. Lock the following skills to prevent messing up combos during PvP.
Seol BDO – Seol from the Ranger Discord has made class specific pvp videos. His videos also explain the thought process behind his decisions.
Non-Bolded Addons are preference. It is up to you to choose between the non-bolded choices.
Inspired by Seol's ranged add-ons. This DoT setup fits perfectly with the Kiss combo, effectively adding an extra 135 true damage to the combo.
Personal favorite. This setup focuses Damage Over Time. It works well in small scale playstyle of rangers and can deal over 152 true damage on top of a melee combo.
If you aren't fond of DoT, you can't go wrong with this setup. Instead of prioritizing DoTs, this build prioritizes Critical Hit Rate, Accuracy, and Attack Speed to maximize damage.
PvE Addons are mainly to improve the efficiency of grinding by reducing mana usage while increasing attack speed and damage to monsters.
Before delving into specific options in the sections below, here is a quick roadmap you can follow if you want a general idea of what to build.
This should be your goal by the time you tackle Mediah and your awakening quest at level 56. Rosar is most cost efficient of the green longbows. Krea is a fine alternative for 1 less AP. Steel dagger will be your main offhand for grinding. Roaring armor received at level 56 through this questline. Heve (HP) is a fine alternative over Grunil (AP). Use whatever you can for AP accessories, they will be replaced soon.
Asula is the next goal. You don't necessarily need the full set and some of the pieces are skippable. Although they are useful, you still want to replace these with PRI Blue accessories ASAP. If you choose to do the Mediah questline, you will also get failstacks which should be enough to get your gear to PRI or higher. Use them to your advantage! (failstack sheet). You should start using some of the cheaper crystals.
s to TRI Ultimate. 180 AP should be enough to solo grind Sausans and Pirates efficiently.
At this point, you should have started your long search for full boss (Night vendor, world bosses). Kzarka, Dandelion, Bhegs, and Urugons should be your priority. Kutum for PvE, Bronze for PvP. DUO/TRI blue accessories should be a reasonable goal. With this setup, you should be to kill similarly geared players in one combo.
Offhands other than Bronze (Nouver in this example) are worth using in PvP once you reach around 350 accuracy (excluding offhand, including crystals; 330 in this example). To meet this requirement, you need at least a Kzarka, Bhegs, 2x Precisions, and 2x JIN Vipers.
Softcap is full TET armor/weapons and TRI yellow accessories.
Offin is worth picking up at softcap when you are able to take advantage of bonus AP. You will gain marginal improvements in damage.
Steel [Budget][PvP][PvE] Cheapest source of AP.
Bronze [Optional][PvP] BiS Accuracy.Moderate Evasion.Use if you want to PvP but don't have accuracy gear.Use to counter evasion tanks (which is an off meta build).
Parrying [Optional][PvP] BiS Evasion.Superior to Rosar/Krea.
Strength of Heve and Grunil are common armor drops. They provide the same DP but different set effects. Heve gives HP while Grunil gives AP. It doesn't matter which you choose since you will replace it with Boss 2/2.
Boss gear is your Best in Slot (BiS) armor that ALL classes can equip.
Griffon's Helmet (damage reduction) is practically the same as Giath's Helmet (HP).
For 1,500 pearls, you can transform one of the below craftable 'costumes' into an actual costume that fits in your costume slot.
Heating the craftable costumes net's you a special socketable costume crystal.
Use a Black Spirit's Claws to socket an existing costume with the the gem.
The following are viable accessories for rangers focusing on AP and accuracy. Recommended progression is suggested at the top of each category.
Blue Coral Ring ("BCR")AP: 5(+1)Accuracy: 2(+2)Max MP/WP/SP +25(+5) Cheapest 5 AP that you can get at the beginning of the game. Grab a pair of these for 250k-500k from the market.
Asula's Crimson Eye RingAP: 7 DP: 2Accuracy: 0(+1)AP against Monsters 0(+1) Starter gear. You can get these from Helms Post. Replace these ASAP!
Ring of Crescent Guardian /Eye of the Ruins RingAP: 5(+3)Accuracy: 2(+2)Max HP +0(+25) [Eye of the Ruins Ring] BiS AP ring.- DUO equivalent (Ring of Power) rewarded for completing Valencia P1 and Kamasylve P2.- TRI equivalent (Capotia Ring) received upon reaching level 61.
Asula's Crimson Eye EarringAP: 7 DP: 2Accuracy: 0(+1)AP against Monsters 0(+1) Starter gear. You can get these from Helms Post. Replace these ASAP!
Grana Oath EarringAP: 8Accuracy: 14 Obtained from the Kamasylvia part 2 questline. It gives exceptional accuracy. Cannot be enhanced.
Blue Coral Earring ("BCE") / Witch's EarringAP: 4(+2)Accuracy: 2(+2)Max MP/WP/SP +25 Midtier AP earrings.Witch's gives 1 more AP for roughly twice the price.
Tungrad EarringAP: 7(+2)Accuracy: 2(+2)Black Spirit Rage +10% [Tungrad Earring] BiS AP earrings. It shares a unique passive with the elusive Tungrad Necklace which increases your maximum black spirit rage capacity. – TRI equivalent without Black Spirit Rage (Capotia Earring) received upon reaching level 62.
Asula's Crimson Eye BeltAP: 6Accuracy: 0(+1)AP against Monsters: 0(+1)Weight Limit +100 LT Starter gear. You can get these from Elric Shrine. Replace these ASAP!
Belt of Shultz the Gladiator AP: 3(+2)Accuracy: 2(+2)Max Stamina +50Weight Limit +60(+10) LT Midtier AP Belt.
Basilisk's Belt / Valtarra Eclipsed Belt / Capotia BeltAP: 5(+3)Accuracy: 2(+2)Max HP +0(+25) [Valtarra Eclipsed Belt]Weight Limit +80 LT Almost BiS AP. Valtarra gives additional 25 HP per enhance- TRI equivalent (Capotia Belt) received upon reaching level 63.
Tungrad BeltAP: 6(+3)Accuracy: 2(+2)Weight Limit +80 LTBlack Spirit Rage +20% BiS AP.
Asula's Crimson Eye Necklace AP:11 DP: 3Accuracy: 0(+1)AP against Monsters: 0(+1) Starter gear. You can get these from Abandoned Iron Mine. Replace these ASAP!
Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator AP: 7(+3)Accuracy: 2(+2) A solid choice of AP. Although I would personally skip this and make Seraps, you can get these during your grind at Manes or Rogues.
Serap's Necklace AP: 8(+4)Accuracy: 4(+4)Max HP +50 Your second best source of AP from a necklace.
BiS AP. Ogre and Laytenn's are equivalent.Tungrad give +20% Black Spirit's Rage- TRI equivalent (Capotia Necklace) received upon reaching level 64.
These crystals focus on enhancing your grinding experience. Glove should be adjusted to max your 1. attack speed and 2. critical hit. Ideally you want experience crystals in your helmet but given the limited supply, ancient harphia is probably the next best budget option. Extraction on offhand is great for mana while grinding but can be swapped with absorption if you need more health. Your armor and shoes are the most expensive and focus on maximizing your weight limit.
BON Cobelinus in armor is a fine alternative if you want to stack HP. Critical in offhand is potentially BiS damage but only marginally. Main decision here is the choice between four Hoom or Macalod in helmet and shoes. It comes down to choosing between damage or tankiness. Alternative configurations involve putting them Hooms in offhand or armor.
In this AP meta where a single CC usually means a kill or death, it starts to make a lot of sense to trade tankiness for CC success. Here, we maximize resistances and ignore KD resistance for 10 AP, 10 DR, and 550 HP. It is a steep trade off but worked well in the pre-Dreighan meta.
See the Buff Reference for a full list.
Carolin – Heidel – Critical Damage +10% for 30 min.
Ancient Kamel Statue(suggestion) All AP +9 Duration: 60 min.
PvP, Superior to Giant's Draught Extra AP against Monsters +15Combat EXP +20%Skill EXP +10%HP Recovery per Hit +1Damage from Monsters -10%Critical Hit +3Weight Limit +100LTDuration: 15 min.
Tough Whale Tendon Elixir All Damage Reduction +125 Duration: 30 sec.
Max MP Increase Scroll Max MP +100 Duration: 60 min.


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علوم اقتصادی
رشد اقتصادی
پیچیدگی صادرات و رشد اقتصادی: شواهد از چین
Export sophistication and economic growth: Evidence from China
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Journal : Journal of Development Economics, Volume 97, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 281–292
پیچیدگی صادرات - رشد اقتصادی - پردازش های تجاری - چین
Export sophistication,Economic growth,Processing trade,China
We consider the effect of export sophistication on economic performance by appealing to regional variation within one single country (China) over the 1997–2009 period. We find evidence in support of Hausmann, Hwang and Rodrik (2007), in that regions specializing in more sophisticated goods subsequently grow faster. We find substantial variation in export sophistication at the province and prefecture level, controlling for the level of development, and that this sophistication in turn drives growth. Our results suggest that these gains are limited to the ordinary export activities undertaken by domestic firms: no direct gains result from either processing trade activities or foreign firms, even though these are the main contributors to the global upgrading of China's exports. As such, the extent of assembly trade and foreign entities should be distinguished in order to measure the true movement in a country's technology and the contribution of exports to economic growth.
Since the early 1990s, China has integrated into world trade at an astounding pace. Chinese exports more than quintupled between 1992 and 2007, growing faster than the national economy. The functioning of China's economy has been radically transformed, moving from an isolated position with exports of less than 10% of GDP in 1980 to a highly-integrated economy, with an export ratio of more than 37% in 2007. This process has been accompanied by a no less impressive diversification of China's trade, as its manufactured exports pervaded all sectors of world trade, from low-technology textiles to high-tech electronics and computers. A number of aspects of this trade integration have however puzzled economists. One is the rapid upgrading of China's exports: economists (and world consumers) have noticed the impressively broad range of China's export products since the mid-nineties, and in particular, the ability of Chinese producers to export capital- and skill-intensive products, high-technology products, and in general products that are usually considered as belonging to the area of specialization of more developed countries. Rodrik (2006) notes that China is an outlier regarding the overall sophistication of its exports: according to the sophistication index of Hausmann et al. (2007), which estimates the average "income level of a country's exports", China's export bundle is similar to that of a country with a level of income per-capita three times larger than China. Using an alternative indicator, Schott (2008) also finds that China's export bundle is increasingly overlapping with that of the world's most-developed economies, and that this overlap cannot be entirely explained by factor endowments. 1 This phenomenon has given rise to two related debates in the literature. The first asks whether this discrepancy between China's export structure and its level of development (sometimes called the "China-is-special" result) is an artifact due to the improper measurement of export sophistication.2 The second considers the potential contribution of export upgrading to China's real growth. We here rely on detailed trade data at the sub-national level in China over the 1997–2009 period to investigate these two related issues empirically. A number of researchers have questioned the claim made in Rodrik, 2006 and Schott, 2008 that there is something special about Chinese exports. The importance of processing trade3 in China's export sector is one possible reason for the overvaluation of Chinese exports' sophistication, as many of the high-technology goods exported by China are produced using labor-intensive processes and imported inputs. The sophistication of these exports thus includes the technology embedded in the imported inputs, and not necessarily any greater degree of complexity or technology in the Chinese final assembly process. Moreover, a considerable share of high-technology exports comes from partially or wholly foreign-owned firms (mainly operating in the assembly-trade sector): this raises the question of whether the observed upgrading of Chinese exports reflects the genuine adoption of technology at the local level (Amiti and Freund, 2010, Lardy, 2005, Lemoine and Ünal-Kesenci, 2004 and Wang and Wei, 2010). These concerns are backed up by statistics on Chinese trade. In 2007, 54% of Chinese exports were in the processing trade sector; the analogous figure is 85% for high-technology exports. Processing trade activities are also dominated by foreign entities: in 2007, 82% of processing-trade exports, and 91% of high-tech processing-trade exports, came from foreign firms. Koopmans et al. (2008) develop a general formula for computing the domestic and foreign components of pervasive processing-trade exports, and calculate that the foreign share of value-added in China's exports is around 50%, which is far higher than in most other countries.4 They also find that this foreign content is higher in more sophisticated sectors, such as electronic devices and telecommunication equipment (about 80%). Yao (2009) argues that once China's processing-trade regime is taken into account, Chinese exports no longer look very different from those in other countries with similar levels of development, a point also made by Van Assche and Gangnes (2010). It is in addition underlined that the uneven distribution of income, and of exports, across China's provinces should be taken into consideration when establishing any "China-is-special" phenomenon. In China, the provinces that export the most, and the most sophisticated products, are also the richest: there thus may not be much of a gap between income levels and export sophistication if we look at province-level data (see e.g. Xu, 2010). The second related debate refers to the contribution of export upgrading to China's growth. Theoretically, this is linked to the question of whether reshaping the structure of production beyond the boundaries established by factor endowments (physical and human capital, and natural resources) yields any growth benefits. Standard trade theory with its focus on comparative advantage would answer in the negative. However, a considerable theoretical literature based on endogenous growth has proposed models which go beyond this standard framework to show that production structure is a crucial determinant of economic performance.5 These models consider the process of learning and the adoption of new technologies as being costly. In this framework, beyond specializing in the sectors with comparative advantage, there are additional gains to specializing in products with greater positive externalities. Policies which favor this discovery process, such as encouraging technological learning and technology imports, may lead to higher growth rates. Empirical support for this hypothesis has recently been provided by Hausmann et al. (2007), who use cross-country panel regressions to show that countries acquiring the capability to export more sophisticated goods grow faster, controlling for initial income levels and factor endowments. They hence argue that "what a country exports matters". The measurement of China's export upgrading and its impact on growth are closely related. If indeed, as argued by many, this upgrading can be entirely attributed to the assembly sector, then we may expect the "China-is-special" result to break down, once we distinguish processing from non-processing exports. If, in addition, the sophistication of Chinese exports reflects regional differences in income, then export sophistication may have no additional predictive power with respect to the real growth rates of provinces, once initial levels of income have been controlled for. We here use sub-national trade data differentiating between processing trade and ordinary (i.e. non-processing) trade, as well as between exports by domestic and foreign-owned firms, and contribute to the literature in three different ways. We first estimate the upgrading of China's exports by measuring export sophistication separately for ordinary and processing-trade transactions and for domestic and foreign firms.6 This decomposition shows that almost three quarters of China's export sophistication growth can be attributed to processing trade, in line with previous findings (Amiti and Freund, 2010, Lemoine and Ünal-Kesenci, 2004 and Wang and Wei, 2010). In addition, virtually all of processing-trade's contribution to China's export sophistication came from foreign firms. We however find that the recent upgrading of China's trade has also involved domestic producers, and especially their ordinary trade activities which account for the remaining quarter of this growth. The per capita income level associated with exports by domestic entities increased by 15.5% between 1997 and 2007 to reach a figure of 12,500$, similar to that in Lithuania, a country which is three times richer than China in PPP per capita terms. This figure remains however lower than that of foreign entities, which rose by 25.7% over the period to reach 15,776$, a figure similar to that in the UK, a country seven times richer than China in PPP per capita terms. Second, we estimate the relationship between export sophistication and real growth in China. As we rely on regional variations within a single country (China), we provide a test of Hausmann et al. (2007) model relating production structure to economic growth, with the advantage that, by comparing China's provinces, we can mitigate the problems of omitted variables related to different legal and institutional systems that arise in cross-country analysis. The cross-country empirical patterns found in Hausmann et al. (2007) continue to hold across the regions within China. We thus confirm the validity of Hausmann et al. (2007) in the Chinese context: regions specializing in sophisticated goods grow faster. Our results contrast with the criticisms of Yao, 2009 and Xu, 2010 by showing that, even at the sub-national level, export sophistication varies substantially, controlling for income, and that this difference in turn matters for growth. The relation of export sophistication to growth is robust to a number of sensitivity checks, and is not restricted to locations that are heavier exporters. Third, we investigate whether the relationship between export sophistication and income per capita growth depends on the trade regime (processing or ordinary) and ownership type (domestic or foreign) of exporting firms. We find that export sophistication in the assembly sector bears no relation to real growth: export upgrading in this sector should therefore not be taken as a signal of Chinese technology adoption, but rather as an artifact due to China's role in the increasing international fragmentation of production. The contribution of assembly exports to the upgrading of China's exports should thus be put to one side for the measurement of the real improvement in the country's level of technology. More precisely, we find that growth-enhancement is limited to the ordinary export activities of domestic entities: no additional direct benefits pertain from the upgrading of foreign exporters, either in assembly or ordinary exports. This has important implications for China. The country adopted, starting in the early 1980s, a policy of opening to foreign investment, precisely in the hope that technological capabilities and management practices would spill over and bring about greater productivity and export performance and sustain higher growth rates. These policies were believed by many to be the key factor explaining both China's high-end export structure and its rapid growth (Rodrik, 2006). By way of contrast, we find that, even though foreign producers are the main contributors to export upgrading, foreign sophistication appears to have little relation to subsequent growth. The implication is that policies supporting innovation by domestic entrepreneurs may be more efficient in supporting development than FDI promotion. The remainder of this article is organized as follows. Section 2 presents our measure of export sophistication and the dataset used, and describes the recent evolution of China's export sophistication. Section 3 presents our empirical approach and discusses our results. Last, Section 4 concludes.
We have here carried out a test of Hausmann et al. (2007) prediction that regions which develop more sophisticated goods subsequently grow faster, using regional variations within a single country (China). We find that, even at the province and prefecture level, there is considerable variation in export sophistication, controlling for the level of development, and that this variation in turn matters for growth. We find however that the growth gains from improved technology only come about when the latter is developed by domestic-owned firms and embedded in ordinary trade. This suggests that the different sources (export regime and firm type) of Chinese export upgrading must be distinguished for the true measurement of the improvement in technology and its implications for economic growth. In this respect, fruitful avenues for further research include the identification of the sectors which contribute to export sophistication, as well as the potential links between particular sectors with rising sophistication in different provinces and provincial regulations and export promotion activities.
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Sleep makes your memories stronger
by Association for Psychological Science
As humans, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. So there must be a point to it, right? Scientists have found that sleep helps consolidate memories, fixing them in the brain so we can retrieve them later. Now, new research is showing that sleep also seems to reorganize memories, picking out the emotional details and reconfiguring the memories to help you produce new and creative ideas, according to the authors of an article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
"Sleep is making memories stronger," says Jessica D. Payne of the University of Notre Dame, who cowrote the review with Elizabeth A. Kensinger of Boston College. "It also seems to be doing something which I think is so much more interesting, and that is reorganizing and restructuring memories."
Payne and Kensinger study what happens to memories during sleep, and they have found that a person tends to hang on to the most emotional part of a memory. For example, if someone is shown a scene with an emotional object, such as a wrecked car, in the foreground, they're more likely to remember the emotional object than, say, the palm trees in the background—particularly if they're tested after a night of sleep. They have also measured brain activity during sleep and found that regions of the brain involved with emotion and memory consolidation are active.
"In our fast-paced society, one of the first things to go is our sleep," Payne says. "I think that's based on a profound misunderstanding that the sleeping brain isn't doing anything." The brain is busy. It's not just consolidating memories, it's organizing them and picking out the most salient information. She thinks this is what makes it possible for people to come up with creative, new ideas.
Payne has taken the research to heart. "I give myself an eight-hour sleep opportunity every night. I never used to do that—until I started seeing my data," she says. People who say they'll sleep when they're dead are sacrificing their ability to have good thoughts now, she says. "We can get away with less sleep, but it has a profound effect on our cognitive abilities."
Sleep may be important in regulating emotional responses
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The Harmony Festival is one of Northern California's longest running and most successful summer music festivals. For the past six years, Zack Darling has been the designer of their annual promotional campaigns. During this period, Harmony Festival has evolved from a local daytime music event, to an internationally recognized 3-day destination festival. The Harmony Festival continues to be one of our most valued clients and supporters. Each campaign consists of a wide variety of materials and promotional assets including posters, flyers, event website, iPhone/iPad App, apparel, schwag, annual theme branding and a vast digital online campaign.


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U.S. Postal Service: We Don't Have To Obey Traffic Laws!
Next time you find yourself in traffic court, here's an excuse you can try: I can't be prosecuted because traffic laws don't apply to me!
That's a laughable excuse, and it almost certainly will never work unless you luck out and get a judge who's drunk at the time. But government lawyers representing the U.S. Postal Service weren't above giving it a try recently in their attempt to get $700 in traffic fines dismissed in Ohio, according to Yahoo! News.
In late January an attorney for the Postal Service sent a letter to the city of East Cleveland, Ohio and the company that operates their traffic camera system, claiming that two school zone speeding tickets and five — five! — red light camera violations incurred in December should be ignored by the court. Why? Because "the postal service enjoys federal immunity from state and local regulation," the attorney argued.
You heard it right, ladies and gents. Kind of like the bad guys who hid behind diplomatic immunity in Lethal Weapon 2, the Postal Service claims they are can't be prosecuted under local laws.
(ATS Attorney George) Hittner cited the Postal Service's own safety manual and case law to point out that postal truck drivers should and have been held accountable. He also gave a few examples where the driving habits of carriers resulted in well-publicized legal consequences.
"My last and favorite example is of the USPS truck driver delivering mail while naked," Hittner wrote. "He was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior."
Naked postal workers? Is nothing sacred in America anymore?
Neither the Yahoo! story nor this report by CBS Cleveland say whether a judge has ruled in the case yet, or if so, in favor of whom. My guess is the Postal Service had better expect to pay what they owe.
Listen, postal workers: You guys have to obey the traffic laws and you have to keep your clothes on in public, just like the rest of us. Unfortunately.


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Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge powered by Nissan GT-R engine
Alborz Fallah
The Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge concept is confirmed to be powered by a slightly different version of the Nissan GT-R engine.
Infiniti announced at the Geneva motor show that the Q50 Eau Rouge performance car is powered by a twin-turbocharged, 3.8-litre V6 petrol engine linked to a seven-speed automatic gearbox.
If that sounds a bit familiar (apart from the transmission), it's because its the same as the Nissan GT-R's 3.8-litre engine.
In its Nissan supercar form, the 3.8-litre engine delivers 404kW of power and 628Nm of torque. In the Infiniti Q50 it manages 418kW and 600Nm.
Power is sent to the car's full-time, all-wheel drive system with 50/50 front-to-rear torque split, the exact same system as in the Nissan GT-R.
It'll dash from 0-100km/h in around four seconds and top out at in under four seconds, and on to a top speed of around 290km/h.
This model is yet to be confirmed for production, but Infiniti appears confident that this underlines the direction the company is heading.
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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: 'New Dawn' Video Released
"New Dawn", the new video from Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's fourth album, "Delta", which will be released via Napalm Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, BeNeLux, Italy: February 25 Spain, Finland, Sweden: February 23 Rest Of Europe: February 28 USA, Canada: ...
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Audio Interview With MARTIN HARB
That Devil Music recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Martin Harb of Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS will release its fourth album, "Delta", via Napalm Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, BeNeLux, Italy: February 25 ...
ANACRUSIS: New Song Available For Free Download
Singer/guitarist Kenn Nardi of reunited St. Louis, Missouri-based progressive/melodic thrash metallers ANACRUSIS have issued the following update: "Bassist John Emery, drummer Mike Owen and I have been working on some new material and though there are no definite plans for a new album at this time, we thought we'd share a new song with you. ...
SYMFONIA Performs Live For First Time; Video Available
SYMFONIA, the new melodic metal project featuring former members of HELLOWEEN, STRATOVARIUS, ANGRA and SONATA ARCTICA, made its live debut last night (Friday, February 18) at the Finnish Metal Expo (part of the Helsinki Metal Meeting) in Helsinki, Finland. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Fields Of Avalon 02. Come By The Hills 03. ...
TRUST, LOCK UP Pull Out Of HELLFEST; IN FLAMES, DOWN, STATIC-X Added
TRUST and LOCK UP have canceled their previously announced appearances at this year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France. Meanwhile, several new acts have been added to the biling — IN FLAMES and DOWN will play at Hellfest on June 17 and DARK TRANQUILLITY, DUFF MACKAGAN'S LOADED and ...
Drummer ULI KUSCH Forced To Sit Out SYMFONIA Live Debut
Drummer Uli Kusch will be unable to join his SYMFONIA bandmates at the group's debut concert this coming Friday, February 18 at the Finnish Metal Expo (part of the Helsinki Metal Meeting) in Helsinki, Finland. Commented Kusch: "Over a month ago I started to feel pain in my left hand while rehearsing for the first ...
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