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We've seen several Pack-ups here and there over the years, but none built from a station sedan – Packard's postwar woodie wagon – as is the case with this 1948 Packard Eight Station Sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. Whoever buys it will have to contend with some rust along with all the issues that come along with any customized car and with any project car, but would end up with a unique vehicle – provided they don't restore it back to a station sedan. From the seller's description:
This rare Packard was converted from a Woody Station Sedan to a Pick up Truck. Only original wood paneling remaining is the tailgate of the wagon. Original engine, (327ci), manual transmission and overdrive. Includes rebuilt 288 ci engine, Included in price, are two extra front doors (L & R) correct radio, and rear skirts.
See more Packards for sale on Hemmings.com.
Now I REALLY feel like crying! ( How could they?)
Hate to tell you this, Howard, but my mortician grandfather used to cut the back off his used Packard hearses and sell them to local farmers.
I am guessing a hacksaw, sawzall, torch set, welder, and a case of beer were behind this.
..I was going to suggest that one helluva drunken weekend led to this poor mess.
there you go Howard ! why don't you get it and graft on the roof from a magnum like the one they sold @ B-J a few years ago. just like building a model car kit,right ?
even got an extra bullet to put in the chamber.
But look at the bright side, I think they started with a sedan, Packard Woodies had special front doors, those doors appear to be from a sedan.
Maybe a tree fell on it and this was the best way to save it?
Or they neglected it till the wood rotted away.
Possible, but the doors of a bathtub Packard Woodie are cut out to accept the wood rails.
CP, I think you were more accurate with the sawzall and the beer, although I might add that there had to be some whiskey too.
I am guessing lots of festive spirits were consumed.
Clearly, this was a situation caused by many, many shots of jagermeister. I wonder if anyone lost an appendage during the savagery.
Imagine the profanities that must have been strung together during this creative endeavor.
If a regular sedan, then where did the woody station sedan tailgate come from…?
Well the all steal doors had to come from another car, or the tailgate had to come from another car.
Either way this seems to be what is left of 2 Packards.
Just a reminder that almost every car was just a used car at some point in its life.
I think this would just be buying someone's elses
headache. I would say let the person who started it finish it.
NOOOOO, Daniel, make them stop. La, La La,La, La.
Daniel, not fair. It is FAR too early on a Friday morning to bust out in tears at the office! What a complete shame, and now a pile of worries. Given the price he's asking, he's only about 90% too high. Guys, here's a classic case of buying someone else's troubles, with no hope of ending up with anything worth much. Perhaps another station-sedan owner could use the tailgate, and sell the rest for scrap?
Just say the word "packup" a few times straight. It'll brighten your day, trust me.
Packup your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile brother, smile.
To each his own I guess but there must be many other, less prestigious, cars out there that someone could do an El Camino on. I'm sure someone, somewhere will buy this, and good luck to them.
Ditto brother!
I find this curiously interesting. Sort of like a different approach to customizing. And guys are all over vintage custom cars. Why not restore it or even (OMG!) hot rod it for what it is?
It WOULD be an oddity, yes, but somehow I think it's neat.
Come on! Take a chance.
What's done is done. Roll with it! I would not send it out of my garage. I might be tempted to keep it roughly as-is, dented roof and all, and make it run. Trips to Home Depot would be a riot!
I like the way you think. Oh yes, I could see myself doing just that. Along with some appropriate aged door lettering perhaps.
I agree with you Waynard. I can not tell from the pics but if the conversion was done well then I would go with it.
I can not see the sense in trying to rebuild what is long gone(especially if he started with a sedan) plus it would make a very cool "factory what if" or street rod.
Not everything needs to be bone stock factory original. If it did no one would convert a 6 volt to 12 volt or install aftermarket under dash air in their 60's cruiser.
Original is great but only to a point!
This does seem to be rather a mess. I do not know how to do body work, fabrication, welding, etc – but this looks like a perfect "hands on lab" candidate!
I wouldn't pay much more than scrap value or perhaps Packard straight-8 engine value for this disaster…..
Amen ! Street Rods are way more fun to drive !!!!!
Two years ago I passed on a compete station sedan that was complete. The wood was all there but much needed replacing. Thought the asking price of $8000 was too high. Still think of it when I see a beautiful restored example of these Packards. They look great in dark blue, dark green or burgandy with the contrasting wood.
OK, now that I've composed myself, thanks to a nip of courage , just kidding, I don't drink, although after this,,,,,just for anyones info, the 327 and the 288 aren't entirely interchangeable.( although, it can be done). One of my parts cars started out as a Standard 8,(288) but somewhere along the line, someone dropped in a 327, and the 327 was slightly longer than the 288. They butchered the radiator mount to accept the 327.( the back of the 327 was up tight to the firewall). If this car had a 327 originally, dropping the 288 in will result in a longer gap between the fan and the radiator, further reducing the cooling systems effectiveness. Mine over heated terribly. An aux. electric fan would have helped immensely.
My first car was a 1950 Packard. My bro had a '49 ford V8 that I could beat badly in a race, except cornering. The car was a great cruiser but lacked curb appeal for the younger crowd. In fact, my girlfriend said the all-girl school she attended had a strict rule that you had to be at least a block away from the school to pick someone up! She lied! I still married her and 47 years later she still makes the rules.
Congrats on 47 wonderful years Jack! I hope by now she dropped the block-away-pick-up rule;-)
A hot mess.
I don't think there's ANYTHING you're gonna do to this abortion that will prevent it from looking like a cross between a toy wagon and a bumper car. The squared-off tailgate clashing with its rounded features is the final nail in the coffin.
But fairlady wife Sallie just looked over my shoulder and SWOONED over that front end! And loved that color! Please, please, whoever buys it, you'll obviously have to customize it, just consider some nicely rounded rear lines to complement the front. [Perhaps the purchase of an English wheel would be in order.]
I know this has nothing to do with a case of beer and a Sawzall, but back in Jr. High all these cars from the fifties were being abandoned on the street where they expired, and my buddy Vince and I would tow a Radio Flyer wagon with a six and twelve volt battery in it, since you never knew what you would find, behind my Raliegh 3 speed bicycle, Vince on his skateboard.
One time we found this '55 Packard that had died on Hyperion Ave. in Silverlake, and we got it started by opening up the points, and pouring gas down the carb. Unfortunately it was one of those Packards that had the self leveling suspension that was stuck on full list to port.
We drove it for a few days, but found ourselves getting sea sick from being healed over to port at a 30 degree list all the time.
Ah memories….
Abandoned? Complete with keys?! You kids got lucky alright! The wildest excitement I could find as a kid was the homemade go-kart I proceeded to run into the back of a parked Mercury Comet with! (no injuries; seeing the rear bumper coming at 25mph had be bailing out to gently roll across the pavement!) Said go-kart was toast LOL.
Hey Ab2, were you trying to imitate Mannix?
Sometime the keys would be in the sun shade, or we would have to hot wire it. And if we were really lucky the owner in a fit of disgust would leave the keys in the ignition with a note that said something like "Take it, it's free" mostly that was on old English crap like a Vauxhal Victor or an English ford like a Consul. Lots of those abandoned. Lots of Corvairs too, with the ignition in the un-locked position. One time we got a Citroen Mahari (the Jeep with the corrugated plastic body) that blew up right after we started it. Blew up real good, to quote John Candy.
Here's a lesson in how NOT to photograph a car for an ad. Sheesh. 8(
If anybody remembers the movie "La Bamba", Ritchie Valens parents had a late '40s Packard that his brother was working on when they heard the news that Ritchies plane crashed.
I've always loved Packards; I've owned a 55 Patrician 4 Door Ultramatic (and no Power Steering!) and a Pussycat 1953 4 Door Sedan, a Clipper, I believe. The Patrician was nothing but trouble, and was sold, and the Clipper was wonderful. I had it for 5 years, no problems, and sold it to my neighbor. This one in the picture is interesting but the way the rear end is treated has nothing to do with the overall design. So it would have to be done again. But they are all interesting.
Never was a fan of these 'pregnant whale' Packards…and the price seems too high on this one…but fix 'er up a 'bit,' add a rear rack, toss on a couple surfboards…or canoes for anyone outside of California, Florida, or Lake Superior (yeah they try to surf Superior) and head this whale to the beach for a day of sun. water, and fun.
Surf's up.
Hey tom, boy you'd have to be a hearty soul to surf Lake Superior( One of my favorite places) They don't call it Superior for nothin'. ( I'd throw in a line from "The Edmund Fitzgerald", but enough is enough)
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
'Twas the witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck
Sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM a main hatchway caved in
He said, "Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
And farther below, Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
Well played, sir. Being born and raised in Duluth, MN right at the tip of Lake Superior, that was such a haunting memory.
Those Great Lakes are more powerful than most realize.
I have seen several winter storms from the shores of Superior and would not want to be on that lake in a big storm.
Did Gordon Lightfoot just receive another few maple-leaved royalty bucks? If not, you gotta credit the guy who was, briefly, called the Canadian Dylan.
Still have most of his vinyl ….
Don't forget about the late, great Stan Rogers! I instantly though of him when you said the Canadian Dylan.
I see we're all bozos on this bus!
I own a 1961 Seeburg AY160 jukebox. This 45 stereo recording by Gordon Lightfoot is in the magazine ready to play by pressing buttons B 4.
I think the neighbors starting complaining…..poor car….just needs someone to love on it a little.
Beautiful water, but cold and mysterious…and don't forget Split Rock. We seldom miss our annual trek there to observe the Nov 10, 1975 loss of the 'Fitz.' There is a remembrance ceremony and 'final muster' at which the names of the lost crew members are read. Upon completion, the light is lit and the public allowed to go up into the tower with the light in operation.
Now, this has nothing to do with cars, but several years ago we were on the observation deck at the Split Rock lighthouse and had watched three ore freighters slowly traverse the 'lake.' The first had just disappeared over the horizon, the other two were roughly in line with the lighthouse, and both ships lit their lights as the day turned to dusk.
The remembrance ceremony had just been completed and the lighthouse light turned on. At that instant, a fourth, fully lit, ore freighter appeared IN BETWEEN the second and third ships. Everyone on the observation platform was aghast and we were saying 'did you see THAT!?'
Ghost ship, or mirage, it was an emotional experience we will never forget.
Hey tom, I'm with ya, the whole thing is downright creepy, they interviewed the granddaughter of the guy in charge of the hatch covers, thinking he didn't close them completely, but she said her grandfather LIVED for that ship, and he would never do that. At some celebration, didn't the salvaged bell ring unexpectedly?
Yes Howard, the daughter of one of the crew members was present when the 'Fitz's bell was raised.
According to her account, on the day the bell was recovered, after breaking the surface, as it was lifted over the railing of the salvage ship the bell rang.
The recovery was taped. The bell, still attached to its' original mounting bracket, was handled very carefully as it was negotiated over the railing…the sounding appeared to be unexpected.
On the day we viewed the 'ghost ship' we dined at a local restaurant on our trip home. We relayed our experience to our waitress who wasn't surprised. She told us that there have been quite a number of 'ghost ship' viewings in the area.
I remember there were three theories for the sinking. 1. open hatch covers 2. She crested on top 2 waves and cracked in half 3. (can't remember).
Did any theory ever predominate as to why she sank?
What is interesting is the number of ship that are lost in Lake Superior. I had no idea how bad she can get.
Actually Patrick, there were 4 theories, #3, she ran aground and tore open the hull (six-fathom shoal), and #4, the "3 sisters" theory, 2 giant waves flood the deck, while a third monster wave sends it under.
Thanks Howard for the information.
I was about nine or ten when the song came out. I always liked it but had no idea it was a modern ship wreck till I saw a TV special on the wreck and the annual ceremony.
Bless all those lost!
Kinda reminds me a little of a Hudson "Step-Down" pickup. I'm with Dutch and David – for the right price this might make a great shop truck. I ga-ron-tee you'd have the only one in the parking lot.
A good posting, Dan. Shows what some people can do to a car. Not really surprising, probably had good intentions and just went too far to get it done. I suspect the station wagon part wasn't very good at the point a pick up was tried, the probable feeling was "what's to lose?" Anyway, there's one too many zeros at the end of that $7500 price….
Well I don't know why every one here is so upset as to the back yard modifications. After all, we do have the benefit of hindsight. Besides, If you look at any restored 1956 Packard and compare them to what Studebaker Packard did to them in 1957/58, whats the difference???
Great "SLAM" THGDriver I hope the executives who ruined Packard and Studebaker could hear that in hell.
If a 'restorer' wants to keep it all 'Packard,' toss the all wood box and replace it with a narrow '58 Packard pickup box.
The last Packards built were 46 'Packard' pickup trucks sent to South America. These were special ordered from Studebaker-Packard and were Studebaker trucks with narrow boxes rebadged Packard on the hood and tailgate.
Packard trucks were specified as the dealer was authorized to sell Packard trucks using a license dating back to the 1920s when Packard was building trucks.
Don't know all the measurements but I would guess the narrow Studebaker-Packard box would slip into the back of the Packard quite handily.
It's a coupe utility, not a truck.


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December 26, 2012
The holidays bring joy and heart-warming memories for any family, but no holiday passes without it's fair share of stress. On top of that, your breastfeeding decisions may be under more scrutiny from visiting family members. As many moms know, stress and breastfeeding don't mix. In fact, stress is one of the most common reasons… Read More about "Holiday Stress and Breastfeeding"

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I presently serve on two boards of directors for Lancaster County. The bylaws of both these organizations state that failure of a member to attend three consecutive meetings of the board of directors will subject the member to dismissal from that board.
I believe this to be a standard attendance regulation for most such organizations, even though extenuating circumstances will be considered at the discretion of the board members.
We have just witnessed another horrific example of how depraved people can be.
A lone gunman walks into an Orlando bar and opens fire. When it is over, 49 people are dead, and more than that number are wounded. Our prayers go out to the families of the murdered, and to those who survived.
And now, all the questions begin to emerge. Why? Why do horrible things like this happen? What would motivate someone to carry out such a despicable act? How could someone have such a calloused heart? And, of course, why didn't God prevent this from happening?
As far back as I can remember, the Unity in the Community festival started on East Gay Street (The Hill) with some great gospel singing and was the highlight of the weekend.
We had basketball games, table tennis, dunking booths and dancing in the parking lot and a variety of performers throughout the years. Free food and pounds of fish frying. People were in long lines waiting for the hot fish.
It was a time for the Lancaster Fatherhood Project to give back to the community. There were great speakers to encourage the community to help each other and unify in spirit.
Editor's note: This editorial ran in the Index-Journal of Greenwood.
Oops, they did it again!
Only it's not an oops. It's more of a rude, crude one-finger salute directed at you, the public, the taxpayers.
South Carolina's lawmakers have had six years to come to grips with measures designed to strengthen the state's Freedom of Information Act, thanks to Aiken Rep. Bill Taylor and others who recognized years ago that real reform was needed in an effort to create better and more transparent government, government that is accountable to the people.
Someone asked why I hadn't written anything lately, and I said that my last article was not published because the editor felt I needed more verifications of my sources.
At first it bothered me, and I felt he doubted my integrity. But after consideration I realized he was right to doubt because, as I told the editor, "there is so much information available from numerous sources that I often consider something factual if it has multiple sources in agreement," but in today's world of TV, radio, print media and Internet, that is not always true.
We were shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Fred Sheheen today. Fred was a South Carolina institution who devoted his life to lifting up all of us.
As a young journalist, his reports on the Civil Rights Movement told stories of injustice that helped spur a nation to act. He played his own part in the long march toward justice as an aide to Gov. Donald Russell, during whose tenure our state took fitful yet peaceful steps toward desegregation.
Consider the following S.C. and national unemployment numbers from recent news reports:
For April 2016, the S.C. unemployment rate rose for the second month in a row, to 5.8 percent, up a bit from 5.7 percent in March. This is bad.
The April unemployment rate across South Carolina ranged from a high of 9.1 percent in Allendale County to a low of 4.34 percent in Lexington County. This is good or bad, depending on where you live.
Lancaster is one of the most beautiful cities in the South and is known as the "The Red Rose City."
When people identify a town, city, state or a nation, they're not just talking about buildings, streets, businesses, churches or schools. They're talking about the people of that city.
Lancaster is my hometown. As a citizen and minister of the Gospel, I have a great love and compassion for all people, especially hometown folks.
The Republican primary is June 14. I am a candidate in the county auditor race.
It is important for everyone to know the candidates. I graduated from Clemson University in 1978. I married Jane Bridges and we settled in Heath Springs. We have raised two very successful children who are happily married and have two wonderful grandchildren.
Lancaster County has been a fantastic place to live. During this time, I have been involved in community service.
Bystanders listened to great speeches as children from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home and members of the Grand Army of the Republic made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns as tears fell from their eyes while they remembered the fallen.
It was 1868. The first large observance of what we now call Memorial Day, then called Decoration Day, was happening at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington.
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LOWELL -- An allegation of cheating on a promotional examination has prompted Lowell Police Superintendent William Taylor to delay indefinitely the promotion of 10 police officers to the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant and captain.
Taylor's decision was also prompted by Sgt. Steven O'Neill's accusation that three sergeants who scored high enough to be promoted to lieutenant are not eligible for promotion because they live in New Hampshire, in violation of an internal department regulation.
The daylong promotional examination was administered on April 29 at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
The promotion of four patrolmen to sergeant, four sergeants to lieutenant, and two lieutenants to captain were scheduled to take effect Sunday.
Taylor declined to divulge the names of the officers who may or may not be involved in the alleged cheating. However, Taylor acknowledged that he has formed a three-member Board of Inquiry to determine if cheating occurred.
The board comprises Capt. Jonathan Webb and Lts. Timothy Crowley and Paul Laferrieer. Typically, boards of inquiry are formed only to resolve the most serious cases of alleged officer misconduct. This marks the second time in less than a year the Police Department has formed a board of inquiry.
Taylor said the board was formed a week ago and that he expects it to complete its work in about another week. Webb, Crowley, and Laferrieer are temporarily relieved of all regular duties and are working "40 hours a week" on the alleged cheating, Taylor said.
While Taylor would not discuss specifics, he expressed frustration about the delay in promotions because it is preventing the department from deploying certain personnel to battle gang violence, including last week's shooting of five people on Midland Street in the Highlands.
The Sun has learned that the cheating allegation was made by a superior officer against another superior officer, both of whom are sergeants who took the promotional examination to become lieutenants.
Meanwhile, O'Neill, who currently works in the Police Department's training division, declined to comment.
The Sun has learned however, that O'Neill has filed an appeal with the state Civil Service Commission and that a July 8 hearing has been scheduled. O'Neill, The Sun has learned, took the promotional exam for lieutenant.
Taylor would not divulge the names of the three current sergeants who are the focus of O'Neill's complaint. However, Taylor did say that in order to be a superior officer in the Lowell Police Department, one must have a Massachusetts driver's license. In fact, any Lowell police officer must have a Massachusetts drivers license and live within a 10-mile radius of the city.
Meanwhile, the last time the Police Department convened a board of inquiry was in late July 2013, when interim Superintendent Deborah Friedl appointed Capt. Kevin Staveley and Lts. Barry Golner and James Hodgdon to the board that probed the death of Alyssa Brame in police custody on Jan. 13, 2013.
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Troop Leaders will get training and assistance from Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council and the Framingham Service Unit.
Troop leaders have the flexability to set meeting dates and times.
Leaders are especially need for Daisy & Brownie Scout levels.
Consider volunteering to to run or co-leader your daughter's troop.
Experience is not required.
Need more reasons to be a leader? Click on the link below for 50 more reasons:
Framingham Girl Scouts is open to girls ages 5-17 (Kindergarten through grade 12).
* The registration year is from October 1 through September 30.
* A parent or guardian signature is required on each girl's registration form.
* The annual membership fee is $10 person (financial aid is available on request). Each individual troop may require an additional fee per meeting or per year.
* Checks should be made payable to Eastern Massachusetts Girl Scout Council.
* Girls are divided into Daisy-Brownie-Junior-Cadet-Senior troops based on age/grade level.
*Girls may join an existing troop, if space is available.
* New troops may form throughout the year, and every effort will be made to place each girl in a troop.
* If no troop is available for a girl, she may register as a "Juliette" Girl Scout. This enables her to attend Framingham-wide events (like roller skating or bowling activities) as well as council events (including camps).
** Adults/parents who wish to attend a meeting or an event must register as a volunteer with Girl Scouts, including paying the $12 membership fee.
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Forum Post: Detroit: Turning Off the Power
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Still think "emergency managers" are no big deal??
Still think these people aren't the epitome of evil??
Think again.
I can't think of another time or place in history, when someone did something this mean and dangerous.
How about shutting of the electricity in a heat wave.........to "send a message"?
"On September 12th, 2013, Bill Nowling casually stated that the city's power outages were intentional. Officials and citizens working in the city were given no warning before the electricity was cut off. Law enforcement officials working in the Hall of Justice had no time to prepare. Senior citizens and disabled citizens using elevators in the city's downtown district had no way to know what was coming. The entire criminal justice system was shut down without notice. Wayne State University Campus was just one of many sites evacuated under emergency conditions. Traffic lights across the city stopped working. 1,400 public and private locations were left without power. And the entire thing was intentional, to "send a message" to the people of Detroit. Bill Nowling works in the office of Kevin Orr, Detroit's Emergency Manager."


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We know, our Indo coverage is probably old news now. But SUP magazine had so much fun covering seven of the best standup paddlers in the world this spring during the release of the movie, H2Indo, that we wanted to release a full gallery from the SUP magazine Mentawais boat trip.
Over a year ago now, Carberry, along with Chuck Patterson, Talia Gangini, Jamie Mitchell, Dave Kalama, Connor Baxter, Dave Boehne, Slater Trout and filmmaker Brent Deal embarked on a 14-day boat trip to find surf in Indonesia. The result was a full feature in the Fall 2011 issue of SUP magazine, the Indo Chronicles series at SUPthemag.com and the release of H2Indo, the movie. So, to wrap it all up a year and a half later with a big red bow, here's a fantastic photo gallery of the leftovers from SUP magazine photographic advisor Jason Kenworthy and SUP mag photographer Kevin Voegtlin. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the Game Informer Writer's Guild. This is the group for users who want to get best out of their website experience. This is a great place to learn the trick of blogging, profile editing and more. You can also easily bookmark the guild at http://
Hello Writer's Guild,
I'm pretty new to blogging, and I haven't done much writing for about 10 years, but I'm trying to get into both and I could use a little guidance. I just published my first *real* blog post here at gameinformer, and I would love it if anyone who is willing could give me some feedback. Positive, negative, constructive, or downright hurtful, lay it on me. I want to become a better writer, and I will gladly take help from anyone willing to give it.
You can check out my newest post - a preview of MechWarrior Online - right here at
Which brings me to a question: how can I incorporate an actual link into a blog, and how exactly do I insert a pagebreak - I haven't been able to get it to work yet.
To put a link into a blog, first put the words that you want the reader to click, then highlight them, then, where your font settings are and everything, there should be a small chain-looking thing. Click it. A box will pop up with settings, and you should be able to fill in from there.
I think GI made a pagebreak tag already. I think you need to type <PageBreak> into your blog.
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Many people report that they feel differently about the book characters and the characters as they come through in the movies. Some even consider themselves to be one Team for the books and another for the movies. So did you feel differently about the love triangle in the movie? If so, do you have any idea why?
This is NOT a thread for Team sparring, or debating who is better for Bella, or whether Bella behaved badly, or which actor is hotter. It's for talking about how the movie affected your reactions to the love triangle.
And please remember that this is a subject people feel very passionately about! Be respectful of each others' opinions and feelings. WE MEAN THIS.


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A man who escaped from the Leavenworth County Jail in December has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for the escape and an unrelated charge.
A man who escaped from the Leavenworth County Jail in December has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for the escape and an unrelated charge.
Raheem K. Armstead, 30, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court in two cases. He was sentenced to 19 months in prison for aggravated escape from custody. This charge stems from his Dec. 29 escape from the Leavenworth County Jail.
He was apprehended Dec. 31 at a Leavenworth residence.
Armstead also was sentenced Friday to 34 months for a felony drug paraphernalia charge from a case that already was pending at the time of the escape. The sentences will run consecutive.
He pleaded guilty to both charges in January as part of a plea agreement.
"I'm ready to get this all over with," Armstead said at one point Friday when he was offered the chance to speak.
Armstead had been a trusty at the Leavenworth County Jail at the time of the escape. He escaped on foot when he and other trusties were escorted outside to dispose of trash.
Following the incident, the Leavenworth County Commission approved the construction of a fence around the area where Armstead escaped.
As part of the plea agreement, Armstead intended to enter a plea Friday in another case that's still pending against him. But this matter was continued until Wednesday because of confusion about an amended charge.
The prosecutor who's been handling this particular case was absent Friday. District Judge Gunnar Sundby continued the case to allow time to confer with the prosecutor.
Armstead previously was sentenced to more than two years in prison following an August conviction for a possession of methamphetamine and other charges.
Also Friday, Joshua A. Showalter was sentenced to 14 months in prison for an obstruction charge in connection to Armstead's escape. Showalter reportedly allowed Armstead to stay at his apartment after the escape.
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I think I will just scrapped that idea and just make a joke out of it...
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OKay, while on a break from my personal issues offline, I watched this one fight scene and I just had no comment after watching it.
It's from the anime film Sword of the Stranger. This fight scene I cannot describe, I know that some of you guys can't watch it here, but when given the chance, you should. It's best if you watch it.
Obviously, I was getting some things after watching that fight for my fic.
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Nothing wrong I can say, as good as usual standard. Clearly, you're doing a good job able to keep your writing style consistent even across different fics.
As for Heel o' Wheel (and variations), indeed it's a common Real Robot trope. Good for moving fast without being ridiculously fast, and gave plenty of options when fighting in cramped spaces.
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Imagine the Minerva in a form of the Spartan's MJLONIR Powered Armor only with the helmet shaped like the head of a Shiranui Second.
EDIT: Scene for abit of techwank/past talk
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We got some fanfics.
Infinite Stratos The Mecha Gene
It Started with a Kiss (Crossover with Sekirei... Crud...)
|2012-11-17, 22:09
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Eh, if anything, Tabane did it and way too possible, she tinkered with the first and made the second
Updating Again, BTW
|2012-11-17, 22:16
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I realized that if I stick to the design that the ranged weapon of Byakushiki Setsura would be a sort of magnetic field slingshot of barrier void energy... it would be plausible for something like that to occur. The only drawback ever would be the lack of energy to actually perform something like that since Return to Zero(IS class/version of an EMP) practically drains Byakushiki down to basic functions level reserves of energy.
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I dunno, the closest thing I have to that is Lun's Quantum Wave Scrambler, and it's more like Video Game-kind of EMP in that they only stop I.S. function momentarily or at least reduce it (it'll destroy conventional or unprotected electronic completely though). It's also less a weapon and more like a variable focus projector, can affect either designated area (like a flashlight) or making a complete sphere (like a lantern).
Energy consumption is linear to it's overall effectiveness, so when set at low power with high focus, it can last long. It's less of gamebreaker unless used in team battles though, being Image Interface system and all.
And what is barrier Void Energy again?
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another name I use to call the energy destroying particles generated by Yukihira, Setsura and Reiraku Byakuya that cancels out all forms of energy.
RtZ only cancels out energy weapons and shields :doh: But it still takes a crapload of energy from Byakushiki to do so, especially at full blast.
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I had this idiotic scenario when Ichika actually engages RtZ. In the case where everyone is used to having the standard shield guarding for them, they don't give as much effort to dodge anymore so their senses are dulled. As opposed to Ichika who's been forced to fight not depending on his shield since its paper thin anyway. The result is him pawning everyone with just his 6 solid state Yukira and 10 Setsura Claw Wakizashis :/
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I wont ask how he exactly wield that amount, unless he switch between sword types....
Though, TLR fanon has him curbstomping anyone who is too dependent on their G3 weapon (friggin gospel included), Rin for starter. He simply knew that most Image Interface weapon are fragile.
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Lautenberg's Wife Endorses Pallone
The widow of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has offered an endorsement of Rep. Frank Pallone to fill her late husband's seat.Bonnie Lautenberg made her first appearance with Pallone on Monday, attending a campaign event at a former Superfund toxic waste site in East Rutherford.
She and Lautenberg's children have endorsed Pallone to fill the seat left vacant by her husband's death in June. Bonnie Lautenberg said Pallone has been a champion on environmental issues and was her husband's "go-to guy" in the House of Representatives.
While noting that another Democratic senate hopeful, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, is more telegenic and appears on more talk shows, Lautenberg said Pallone has proven himself to be an effective legislator.
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Microsoft flash research inspires EMC
Data Domain flash-based dedupe coming
The research team produced a paper in 2010 describing such use with a project called ChunkStash (pdf). That paper said:
ChunkStash uses one flash read per chunk lookup and works in concert with RAM prefetching strategies. It organises chunk metadata in a log-structure on flash to exploit fast sequential writes. It uses an in-memory hash table to index them, with hash collisions resolved by a variant of cuckoo hashing.
Having gained his PhD, Debnath joined EMC last November, as a senior software engineer. He is working in the Backup and Recovery Systems division, the one that houses Data Domain and Avamar. Debnath's LinkedIn entry says his "main focus is to build a scalable index to support large-capacity deduplication systems".
EMC doesn't currently employ servers with cache installed. It does have storage arrays with an enterprise flash drive (EFD) storage tier and this can be used as a general FastCache (flash cache) for the array, caching the array's I/Os in pretty much the same was as NetApp's controller-located FlashCache, and caching both reads and writes unlike the NetApp technology which is a read cache only.
What we might look for from EMC is the provision of Data Domain controllers which have PCIe-connected flash, possibly using Fusion-io, STEC or Violin Memory flash product, and having faster deduplication performance.
As an aside there is potential here for Microsoft to use FlashStore in its own storage products, such as Windows Storage Server. That would require, as per the Microsoft server model, server suppliers to step up with X86 servers incorporating a flash memory tier. Noting that Dell is using Fusion-io in this way already and has bought specialised image and file deduper Ocarina, it isn't too much of a stretch to imagine Dell could be shipping FlashStore-like systems in the future.
In fact, El Reg prognosticators think deduplication system controllers and servers for IOPS-intensive applications could have a flash memory tier as a matter of course in a year or two. ®
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What we discovered was that neither the Yale nor the Harvard study actually exists. There is no evidence that the studies took place and no papers were ever published. Yet the "goal-setting to-money" study is a particularly imperishable business myth that has circulated for several decades. It persists despite sound debunking efforts on the part of entities such as Fast Company, which conducted an in-depth investigation of the myth in 1996.
Here's an interesting piece about phantom research, business mythology, and evaluating the research stories we hear.
It's a good and interesting read -- not so much about being skeptical, but questioning and thinking carefully about research that is presented to us, particularly when it is imbedded within a story.
No question -- it's a tricky dance. The best way to convey data is through a story -- doing so builds trust credibility, believability, and emotional connection. The easiest way to manipulate and skew research is through the stories you tell about it.
What to do? Obviously for the teller it is to represent the research accurately. In presentations when I talk about story research, I always offer the original research up for review for any listener who wants it.
For the listener, it's to check the research you hear about. Don't accept it unquestioningly. Ask for the original document.
Now go read the article to discover what popular biz myth was busted!


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Shelby American's 2012 GT 350 is a vintage-inspired throwback to the days when the Ford Mustang was in its infancy and a race driver from Texas converted a batch into no-holds-barred race cars. No question about it, the car's a stormer – what with its optional supercharged V-8 and track-tuned suspension. Now, for the new model year, Shelby's made a lone change to the specifications, adding a wind-in-your-hair variant – a GT 350 Convertible.
Yes, purists, you can still get a GT 350 in the traditional coupe configuration, but new for 2012, a drop-top variant is also available. All the same options apply: six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission; naturally-aspirated for 430 horsepower, or supercharged for either 525 or 624 horsepower; white with blue stripes, red with white stripes, or blue with white stripes.
All the other standard GT 350 tricks are present, A-pillar-mounted auxiliary gauges, specially embroidered interior trim, a blacked-out rear fascia panel, and special Cragar wheels made specifically for Shelby American. Shelby also beefs up the suspension, tweaking sway bars, springs, and dampers to achieve a handling balance that is right at home on your local road course.
Just 350 GT 350s will be built for 2012 at a cost starting at $26,995 (plus a donor Ford Mustang GT coupe or convertible) for the naturally-aspirated car, or $33,995 for a supercharged version. Orders are currently being taken.


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Patricia E. Anderson, age 85, of Adams, Wisconsin passed away on May 2, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. Dean Hermann Jr. will officiate. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. until the time of service on Thursday at Roseberry's Funeral Home. Roseberry's Funeral Home is assisting the family.
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even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools, and government organizations can serve forth malware
Pssst....they mean Yahoo
Eventually, I wonder if the Web browser should be completely enclosed in its own VM, where it doesn't require an explicit launching of a client OS, perhaps similar to how Thinstall wraps applications so all changes are only written to a sandbox directory.
http://www.sandboxie.com/ [sandboxie.com]
I read about it in the comments of some
All changes are written to a sandbox directory, convienently called "sandbox"
And you can launch more than just your web browser in it.
An interesting feature of google that I've always liked is the "This page may harm your computer" or whatever they put on dangerous links.
I got an e-mail from my Mom on Monday night that said:
I was downloading something into AVG, and I saw something in red letters that said it was a 'trojan horse'. Is that friend or foe? I think it's probably safe, but I thought I should check with you first..."
Yes, she's confused about what AVG's role in the download is, but that aside.
There was a banner popped up with big red letters, and the word "warning" and she still thought it might be safe.
I guess there is some glimmer of hope, given she had enough doubt to ask me, but still I'd submit she is among the "average users" that need their computers to protect them from themselves. I'm looking at some of the sandboxes that are being linked in this thre
NoScript doesn't help if a site already on your whitelist gets compromised.
While it's literally true that if a site on my whitelist (netvibes.com, for instance) has its server compromised and a bad script is introduced there, my browser will get hit, as I understand it this is not generally how such script-based attacks happen.
Usually a bad script from some other domain is introduced onto a page, eg through a widget, a badly-screened comment form, an ad script, etc. Without NoScript, these scripts are treated with the same level of trust as those hosted on the site's domain. B
... use it together with adblocker and a good antivirus package and your web experience will be safe and much faster.
Serve Forth malware from a website? I'd be more concerned about JavaScript malware and the like.
Make sure not to open the articles. You never know.
Is there something in SP3 that will magically fix the stupidity of users or will it patch the Windows kernel with a Linux kernel?
No, but at least it will be harder for attackers to exploit them. There is a finite number of exploitable bugs in Windows XP and Internet Explorer, and since few new features are being added, few new bugs are being added.
As for Linux, are things really much different [slashdot.org]?
They never heed the requests to install updates and reboot, since that takes so long. Then when their machine slows to a crawl with adware, they ask us to fix them. And in other cases, their computers join a botnet and spam us all.
This might be more because they havehad an experience where an update broke their computer or some app. This is probably especially true when SP2 came around because of it's ability to fail and render the computer useless if certain Spyware has been installed. They might have f
You must have a well-trained set of users. Most people just buy a new computer when that happens.
The research debunks the conventional wisdom about not visiting questionable sites, because even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools, and government organizations can serve forth malware.
How on earth does that debunk the conventional wisdom about not visiting questionable sites??
It may well debunk the idea that visiting mainstream sites is safe, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't think twice before visiting a site which you're not sure of. Especially if you browse with internet exploder..
We have a list of major sites being exploited by active phishing scams, [sitetruth.com] which we update every three hours. There are 56 sites on the list right now. Most sites don't stay on the list too long, but we still have 14 that have been on the list since last year. Most of them are DSL service providers with compromised machines they haven't kicked off. Some providers are proactive about this, and some aren't. Then there are a few compromised sites that just have no clue about how to fix their problem. One such site is the teacher web space for a school district.
By, well, nagging, we've been able to get the big players to fix their problems. Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Dell were all on the list at one point, but they've all tightened up their systems.
The points we make with this list are that 1) the number of major sites involved is small, and 2) blacklisting at the second level domain level causes acceptable levels of collateral damage. So go ahead, blacklist the whole second level domain in your phishing filters. Think of it as a way to encourage sites to clean up their act. Or as a way to find out where to apply the clue stick.
This list is about "major" sites, ones in Open Directory (1.7 million sites.) The issue there is with attackers trying to steal the credibility of the major site. At the other end of the scale, any domain less than a few weeks old probably isn't worth connecting to. Or at least it should be read with all executable content disabled, including HTML email. Also, any link with more than one redirect probably shouldn't be followed.
It's easier to filter out the attackers if you're willing to filter out the bottom-feeders as well. But that's another story.
You can't rely on users not to do something stupid when the definition of 'stupid' gets wider and wider each year.
Of course it has to be automated. That's what we're working on. Our free browser plug-ins will be out shortly.
Firstly, everyone in this market puts out these sort of research reports - monthly, quarterly, annually, it varies - partly to inform and educate, but mostly for the PR value. Of course everyone sees much the same threat environment, so they're all much of a muchness, PR spin notwithstanding. I don't see my employers' annual threat survey on the Slashdot front page; hmmmm, maybe I should submit it? Or maybe not...
Secondly - "serve forth" PUH-leassseee.
The research debunks the conventional wisdom about not visiting questionable sites, because even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools, and government organizations can serve forth malware."
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STOCKTON - A former county supervisor and his aide who were convicted in a highly publicized corruption case that included then-Sheriff Baxter Dunn are seeking to be exonerated, following previous failed attempts.
STOCKTON - A former county supervisor and his aide who were convicted in a highly publicized corruption case that included then-Sheriff Baxter Dunn are seeking to be exonerated, following previous failed attempts.
Former Supervisor Lynn Bedford and his former aide, J. Tyler Reves, are asking to be cleared since the convictions of the three co-defendants prosecutors have said were the most deeply involved have already been overturned.
The five were accused of playing various roles to clear the path for Sunlaw Energy Corp. to win approval against a competitor to build a power plant at the Port of Stockton.
An attorney representing Bedford said it is completely unfair to uphold the duo's convictions of making a materially false statement to federal agents when prosecutors have asserted the two were the least culpable and convictions on the other three have been thrown out.
"How can you say they made a false statement to cover up a crime when there was never a crime committed?" asked Daniel Malakauskas, a Stockton-based attorney.
Prosecutors said at the time that Dunn; Monte McFall, a former lawman and lobbyist; and Neat Allen Sawyer, a former state official, stood to make $2 million if the deal had materialized.
Prosecutors said Bedford and Reves lied about knowing of the business relationship between ringleader McFall and Sunlaw.
Bedford pleaded guilty in 2005 and was sentenced to six months of home confinement.
In 2009, McFall's sentence was reduced to just more than half his term following an appellate decision that tossed key parts of his conviction in a string of charges.
And when the U.S. Supreme Court clarified fraud laws in the case of former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling, it gave Dunn and Sawyer a chance to have the courts review their own convictions of honest services mail fraud. Their behavior did not constitute a crime under the clarified narrower meaning.
Dunn and Sawyer have been exonerated of their guilty pleas.
Sawyer, who served six months in prison, described the period before he was exonerated as "tough."
"After you've been exonerated, it's pretty easy," he said, adding that he's had more support in the community than people who "encouraged the false allegation."
Suggesting the investigation was spurred by political motivation, Sawyer said it was initiated amid Bedford's re-election period.
"Piece by piece, every court has ripped it to shreds till there's nothing but hot air," Sawyer said. "We're very grateful that the government eventually agreed we didn't commit a crime.
"We wish they would take a hard look at Lynn and Tyler, because it's very clear they're innocent also."
Malakauskas denies his client and Reves ever lied to authorities. There is no recorded evidence of the two defendants making such statements, he said.
Bedford's appeal says he "merely made a neutral statement concerning McFall's business relationship to Sunlaw."
Reves asserts he cooperated with authorities and testified on the matter before a grand jury, according to a brief he filed.
In response to a question of whether McFall had financial interest in Sunlaw, Reves said he responded: "If Monte was there, he definitely had a personal interest in that, I am sure."
Reves, who is representing himself, declined to comment, saying he wants his court documents to speak for themselves.
Malakauskas said Bedford's reputation has been tarnished as a result, and the local farmer wants to be vindicated.
"Because he has always been an outstanding member of the community," Malakauskas said. "And he wants his name back.
"He knows he's never done anything wrong. He needs the community to acknowledge that he didn't do anything wrong."
Previous attempts to have Bedford's and Reves' convictions vacated in the Eastern District of California were denied on grounds their habeas corpus petitions were filed too late.
Their cases sit with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 10 years after federal prosecutors came down on them.
According to court papers, Bedford and Reves are arguing their petitions were, however, filed in time. Timing depended on the outcome of their co-defendants' appeals.
They dispute any wrongdoing in the first place and argue that because the convictions of the three other defendants were flawed and unconstitutional, whatever Bedford and Reves said or did not say was irrelevant anyway.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has until Oct. 3 to respond to their briefs.
Mary Wenger, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney, said both cases have been consolidated into one and prosecutors will answer with one brief. She could not indicate whether prosecutors will oppose their bids.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772.
Lost from on Board the Snow Nancy, now lying at Osborne's, on James River, the 30th of July, a Negro Boy named LAY, about twelve Years old, has been in England, talks good English, is about four Feet three inches high, of a pleasant Countenance, rather lighter than Blacks are in general, with a remarkable double Chin, of the Kessie or Suso Country. He is supposed to have been stolen, or decoyed, by some of the Purchasers of the said Snow's Cargo. Whoever apprehends him, and returns him to Mr. John Fisher at Osborne's, Mr. Feild Merchant at Petersburg, Mr. John Lawrence at Norfolk, or to the Printer, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward. JAMES E. COLLY. N.B. Any Person concealing him after this Notice shall be prosecuted with the utmost Severity of the Law.
Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon) September 3, 1772
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A "snow" is a small sailing-vessel resembling a brig, carrying a main and fore mast and a supplementary trysail mast close behind the mainmast; It was also used as a warship. Osborne's was a busy wharf on the south side James River in Chesterfield County where ocean-going ships could dock. Warehouses filled with tobacco brought from plantations in the Piedmont could be sent on to England from there. By the same token, English merchandise and slaves would have been available for planters to purchase.
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Nuix 4.2 Release Empowers eDiscovery Practitioners to Deliver Better Results, Faster
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Jan. 24, 2013 08:08 AM
Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced the release of version 4.2 of its eDiscovery software. This substantial upgrade delivers powerful new capabilities for eDiscovery practitioners including an open and defensible predictive coding engine, as well as manual and automated, keyword-based redaction of sensitive information.
"This release builds on our core strength of indexing, searching and managing huge volumes of unstructured data faster and more reliably than any other available technology," said Stephen Stewart, Chief Technology Officer at Nuix.
Nuix's predictive coding technology uses open, proven textual analysis techniques that are easy to understand, use and explain.
"The legal industry has been reluctant to accept 'black box' predictive coding technologies it couldn't understand, much less defend in court," said Stewart. "Nuix 4.2's predictive coding provides a powerful way for eDiscovery professionals to quickly sort the relevant from the irrelevant to minimize onerous manual reviews.
"Our approach relies on open technologies that have been used for more than a decade in applications such as spam filtering and data mining, combined with Nuix's patented unstructured data indexing engine and our searching, tagging and clustering features. The best part for our customers is that it is free to anybody who has a four core Nuix eDiscovery license."
Nuix 4.2 includes the ability to create redaction mark-ups for each production set, reducing the risk of releasing privileged or sensitive information. Legal teams can create mark-ups manually or automatically redact text based on a word list.
The upgrade adds to the list of hundreds of file formats Nuix can read, with support for Cellebrite and Micro Systemation XRY mobile device images; Autonomy IDOL IDX files; and more metadata from Mac OS and Linux file systems. It also deepens Nuix's capacity for investigation and forensic analysis of data by recovering deleted files, processing slack space, indexing and viewing the Microsoft Windows registry and examining the binary structure of files in a hex viewer.
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Mark de Jonge was an artist for Dutch Disney stories from 1976 to 1992. He started his career as an allround illustrator for Richards Studio in Amsterdam-Watergraafsmeer, the studio that provided the lettering for the comics published by Oberon. De Jonge was involved with illustration assignments, as well as corrections and inking. From 1976 onwards, he was also drawing covers and 'Duck' stories in cooperation with Daan Jippes for the Dutch Donald Duck weekly.
Bolleboom (Leeuwarder Courant, 21 May 1992)
Later on, he illustrated countless 'Gus Goose' scripts by Jan Kruse, as well as 'Uncle Scrooge' and 'Donald Duck' stories. De Jonge also had a weekly strip in Panorama ('Piet en Arie') and made the comic 'Bolleboom' with Marjanne van Nieuwpoort for KRO Studio and the regional daily press in the early 1990s.
His character 'Zzappo!' was published in Okki and he also did several illustration assignments for KLM, PTT Post, Look-O-Look and Princess Kinderthee. De Jonge's work was also published in Taptoe and Bobo.
In 2014 the publishing house Sherpa released De Jonge's debut graphic novel 'De Papieren Tijger', about a king, a queen, and an artist that has to save their royal marriage. De Jonge had been working for three years on this modern fairytale, that not only stars the spitting image of Dutch King and Queen Willem-Alexander and Maxima, but also a score of other famous Dutch personalities.


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Subversive Cinema: John Whitney's Permutations by Klax
John Whitney was an experimental animator and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation.
After studying music composition in Paris, he returned to the U.S. and began collaborating with his brother, James, to produce abstract animations. Their work, Five Film Exercises (1940-45) was awarded first prize at the First International Experimental Film Competition in 1949. By 1950, he was creating animation sequences for television.
In 1958, he collaborated with title-sequence pioneer, Saul Bass, on the spirographic opening of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. In 1966, he was awarded IBM's first artist-in-residency. Until the 1970s, most of Whitney's animations made use of a complex analog computer. By the mid-1970s his animations were made completely with digital technologies. His work often uses self-composed music that explored mystical or Native-American themes. He continued making films until his death in 1995.
Permutations (1966)
"In PERMUTATIONS, each point moves at a different speed and moves in a direction independent according to natural laws' quite as valid as those of Pythagoras, while moving in their circular field. Their action produces a phenomenon more or less equivalent to the musical harmonies. When the points reach certain relationships (harmonic) numerical to other parameters of the equation, they form elementary figures."- John Whitney


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The association considered Villanova's own thorough investigation into grade inflation.
Villanova disclosed last year that staff members inflated the school's median grade-point averages and scores on the Law School Admissions Test. Inflated averages can make a school appear more selective than it actually is.
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Catherine Pritchard, 91, of Evergreen Avenue, died Friday, July 12, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
Catherine Dussel Pritchard, 91, died Friday, July 12, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Dr. Ray Howell III. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. prior to the service in the church parlor.
Mrs. Pritchard was born April 30, 1922, in Columbus, Ohio. She was one of four children born to Amy Snook and Frank Dussel. The depression years of the 30s were difficult and her mother couldn't run the farm alone with four small children, a disabled husband, and an ill grandmother. She heard about an orphanage for children of war veterans and received an application. Catherine, her brother, Frank, and her sister, Margaret, were sent to the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphanage. The youngest sibling Carolyn stayed on the farm. Catherine loved the orphanage and did various things there. She was on the rifle team, did acrobatics, learned to swim and dive, cook and sew. She had to clean cottages and graduated from the orphanage trained as a secretary and immediately found a job. She married Harvey Mallory and out of this union came two children, Linda and Doug Pritchard. They divorced and she later married Howard Pritchard in 1951. Cathy Powell and Steve Pritchard came out of this union. She was active in many things. She swam and dove off the high board on her hands at Hillside Pool and in the Senior Olympics. She also ran the 100 meter dash several years and set a state record that has stood since 1996. Every year after the Senior Olympics she would enter the Crop Walk. She was an active Christian at First Baptist Church of Lexington. At her church she was president of her Sunday school class for several years. She regularly visited friends and neighbors and brought joy to all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Howard Pritchard; and sister Margaret Dean.
Surviving are sons Steve Pritchard of Lexington and Douglas Pritchard of Statesville; daughters Linda Pritchard and Cathy Powell; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister Carolyn Conrad; and brother Frank Dussel.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Lexington, P.O. Box 436, Lexington, NC 27293; or Hinkle Hospice House, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.
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But if you bought them at the equator, you'd get a
He's clearly high.
It's pay by weight, you know
Weight and mass are two different things. The gram is a measure of mass, not weight. Pounds and ounces are measures of weight. The article conflates the two.
It's incorrect to say something "weighs X grams," just like it's incorrect to say something is X liters long, or weighs X inches.
So the garden gnome is not 1.96 grams lighter at the equator unless something damaged the garden gnome (possibly very likely). The fact that this is put out by a scale company tells me their products aren't trustworthy. R
So it has come to this.
Nice to see some practical science that illustrates a point.
Next to the standard kilogram, there will be a standard garden gnome.
0.6% is not a small number. I'm looking forward to discussing the next international health survey and asking "Did you normalize your weights for gravitational variance?"
0.6% is NOT a small number. Unfortunately, it's also not NEARLY the right percentage, calculated from those given masses (technically: g-reduced weights, since mass is assumed invariant).
Aaaand I didn't read one of the given masses correctly. Damn it.
My problem with the use of a "gram" to make this measurement, is that a "gram" is a measurement of Mass, rather than a measurement of weight. By presenting the weight in grams, they have illustrated the inaccuracy of their scale, rather than the variance of local gravity. As there doesn't appear to be a unit of weight in the Metric system, they perhaps should have expressed the value in Pounds.
I know that, whenever I see a garden gnome, I feel a powerful urge to use it to test gravity. Especially if there's a large asphalt or cement driveway nearby.
"When placed on a scale at the South Pole, the intrepid ornament weighed 309.82 grams versus 307.86 grams at the equator..."
The grams is a unit of mass, which is invariant depending on gravity. The metric unit of weight is the kilopond [wikipedia.org].
The Imperial (US) unit of mass if the Slug (really - look it up). So we here in the US have the same dichotomy.
Not quite. The slug is a unit of mass, but so is the pound
If you're thinking that having two nearly identically named units to describe two closely linked parameters is just asking for someo
True. But in fact, these scales appear to measure things in kgf and cut off the f, giving 0.30982 kgf vs. 0.30786 kgf.
Random related anecdote: I used to work for an e-tailer, and trade-legal scales used for calculating postage for goods to be shipped to a customer have to have buttons to calibrate for the gravity at any given latitude. In dimensional terms, this acts as a conversion factor from kgf to kg.
I once saw an ad for a digital bathroom scale that claimed it "never needs calibrating" and was "accurate to 0.1%". I immediately called bullshit* on this in my head and am glad to know that I was justified in doing so.
* Note that this was in Australia where we actually measure our mass in kg, rather than our weight in lb. It may well have been that accurate as a weighing machine, but not as a "massing" machine.
How does an Australian actually measure their weight? I thought you were all held on with magnets?
My scale cheats! If I get on it, I get reading 'A'. If I get on it again, I get reading 'A'. If I press on it with just one leg and coax it to reading something much less than A, the next time I get on it it reads only somewhat near 'A'. It caches the last read value and if the new value is 'close' it returns the previous weight to make you think it's accurate and precise.
Or as an alternative, you could use the more know unit of weight Newton.
You're measuring force here. The SI measure of force is a Newton (N) = 1 kg * m * s^2
Dude, the link you provided is entitled Kilogram-force. When you're talking about pounds you don't specific if you're talking about pound-mass or pound-force, as it's obvious from the context which it's supposed to be. We use the same conventions in SI-land, it's obvious from the context of the article that it's talking about kilogram force, and not kilogram-mass.
Also, unless things have changed in the 5-years I've been out of uni, the SI unit of weight is the Newton.
Also, unless things have changed in the 5-years I've been out of uni, the SI unit of weight is the Newton.
So, how many grams does a Newton [wikipedia.org] weigh?
The grams is a unit of mass, which is invariant depending on gravity. The metric unit of weight is the kilopond [wikipedia.org].
Sort of. The metric system is no longer used and has been replaced with SI. The kilopond or kgf is not part of the recognized SI system, and instead it used the Newton (N). When people now mention metric they actually are saying SI, but regardless, kilopond is not in that system of measures.
Kilopond is incorrect as well, since the unit is defined for fixed gravitational accelleration. Since gravitational acceleration does vary slightly depending on where you are on earth, and the idea was to detect this and other "weight-reducing" effects at various points on the the earth, making it a fixed value makes no sense here. The correct unit to use is just newtons.
Does it also test the Earth's travelocity?
(I'm so, so sorry. I'm a sick man. I need help.)
I had mod points yesterday......alas I don't have them today. I would have spent them on this comment.
Does it also test the Earth's travelocity?
Imagine a travel agency called "Traspeed". It'd be like Hotwire or Priceline, filling unused seats on a flight and unused rooms in a hotel. Except you wouldn't even get to pick where your vacation will be, just "a ski resort" or "a beach resort" or "an amusement park" or the like. So you never know where you're going, but you know how fast you'll get there.
That'd actually be quite fun, if it was cheap enough. I'd be kind of concerned about safety though.
So you never know where you're going, but you know how fast you'll get there.
Instead of "Traspeed", may I suggest "Heisencation"?
the mass of the earth is the same whether it's spinning or not. the spin causes centripetal acceleration, which is in the opposite direction of the acceleration due to gravity. i.e. the 'centrifugal force' cancels out a little bit of the 'gravitational force', but the gravity force itself is only slightly different because of shape, not because of the spin itself.
or am i missing something?
changes gravity.
i.e. they are specifically claiming that 'gravity is different due to the spin'. but the spin is only relevant in that the earth's "geoid" shape is thought to be due to the spin. the spin itself doesnt change how gravity works. at least not that i am aware of. if the earth stopped spinning all of a sudden, but remained a geoid... then the gravity at the poles wouldn't change, nor would the gravity at the equator. the only thing gone would be the centripetal acceleration due to spin. things w
and if the earth sped up by a huge amount, things would 'weigh' a lot less. in fact, some things would go flying off into space... if earths outer edge somehow managed to reach escape velocity (in some unimaginable cataclysm). gravity itself wouldn't have changed though.
an interesting question about your point is this - if you take stuff to the top of a mountain, does it weigh 'more' or 'less' than at sea level?
More. High school physics teaches us that F=(GM1M2)/R squared
You mean less, I hope. It weighs less at the top of a mountain than it would at sea level because the distance(R) is bigger.
Ack, sorry, yes. My bad. Apparently my university maths did dreadful things to my high school physics.
changes gravity.
i.e. they are specifically claiming that 'gravity is different due to the spin'. but the spin is only relevant in that the earth's "geoid" shape is thought to be due to the spin. the spin itself doesnt change how gravity works. at least not that i am aware of. if the earth stopped spinning all of a sudden, but remained a geoid... then the gravity at the poles wouldn't change, nor would the gravity at the equator. the only thing gone would be the centripetal acceleration due to spin. things would 'weigh less' because they lacked centripetal acceleration not because gravity suddenly changed.
an interesting question about your point is this - if you take stuff to the top of a mountain, does it weigh 'more' or 'less' than at sea level?
The spin does cause the Earth to be shaped like an oblate spheroid as you mention but it does alter the gravity you experience as well. The local balance of forces if you are at rest relative to the Earth involves gravitational force and an apparent force (centrifugal) caused by centripetal acceleration. This alters your effective gravity that you experience ever so slightly (ie g_eff = g_newtonian + f_cent, where f is a specific force [units ms-2 or N/kg])
It's warmer at the equator than at the poles, and everybody knows things weigh less when they heat up. That's why they expand.
Spin doesn't decrease gravity's pull, but it counteracts it, giving it the same effect -- lower measured weight at the equator, no effect on mass of either object.
It's sometimes an acceptable shorthand to express a weight in grams, but not when that's the whole point of the story. The _mass_ in grams is (hopefully) not changing. The _weight_ in newtons (or any other dimensionally-correct unit you prefer) is what's changing.
If you're using a device that measures weight and reports it in grams, then you need to re-calibrate it against a known reference mass at each new location.
p.s. don't forget about buoyancy. Accurate measurements need to be done in a vacuum chamber.
I'm sure we could measure the mass of the garden gnome through inertial measurements.
You know accelerate the thing real hard and then measure the dent it leaves in the wall of the wall of the vacuum chamber.
Maybe we can get the weight through ballistic measurements in the vacuum chamber? Where it lands is determined by gravity.
But I don't wish to be weighed in a vacuum chamber, it hurts too much.
Garden Gnomes just showed themselves to be more important to science than Creationalists and global-warming deniers.
Garden Gnomes just showed themselves to be more important to science than Creationalists and global-warming deniers.
Hold your horses - Wait for them to run them through the particle accelerator and we'll just see about that.
how much was lost during transport?
Pretty certain it had the same number of Gnomons (Gn) at both locations, but we'll have to wait for the reports to come in from GIT (Gnomic Institute of Technocracy)
We smoked some of the gnome on the way over. Sorry.
You are allowed one more chocolate chip cookie at the Equator than on the South Pole.
1 / 0.006 = 166.66...
One more cookie per calendar quarter maybe?
That's what they did.
. . . and the equator Gnome had sweated off those extra grams . . .
Without any of this, I have no idea if this is shocking news, or merely expected.
It's just a publicity stunt. The actual science has been done already, in much greater detail [obs-mip.fr] without any gnomes.
Afterwards, did they blast it into space?
All I have to say is: no shit, Sherlock! This is news how, again?
the intrepid ornament weighed 309.82 grams versus 307.86 grams at the equator, a difference of 0.6%
This sentence is completely without sense. Barring relativistic effects, the object's mass in grams remains constant. One of those masses is correct (possibly), the other is a measuring error introduced by a scale not calibrated correctly for local gravity. The actual discrepancy is in the weight of the object in Newtons. This is, like, middle-school physics stuff.
That's like using an iron yardstick to determine that one meter in summer is equal to about 1.005 meters in winter, and conclude that space itself expands and contracts.
Relevant, if on a tangent
http://youtu.be/ECBYyL_DgSk [youtu.be]
I once heard that the reason everything falls downwards is that everything that falls UPWARDS (or sideways) have long since disappeared into space, and have therefore not been able to breed. So everything that's still here on Earth has the "fall downwards"-gene still present.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SNZuOHnFDk [youtube.com] (In Swedish, but you get the idea.)
Has an equivalent test been done with KDE?
The gnome was of little use ; they could have used an elf instead !
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The Brandeis men's basketball team will look to return to the postseason for the sixth time in seven years in 2012-13 after posting a 13-12 record last season. Three of the five players who started in 10 or more games last season are back, as are six other players who also earned time in the starting lineup. Though coach Brian Meehan's squad will have to account for the departure of leading scorer Vytas Kriskus and top assist man Tyrone Hughes, three players who averaged double figures in scoring are back, as are three of their top four rebounders. Honorable-mention All-UAA forward Youri Dascy, a junior, tops the returners, averaging 10.7 points (21st in the UAA) and 6.8 rebounds per game (5th in UAA). Classmate Ben Bartoldus also averaged 10.7 ppg while connecting on 41.4 percent from 3-point range, while sharpshooting guard Derek Retos finished at 10.2 ppg and was seventh in Division III in 3-point shooting at 46.4%. As a team, the Judges trailed only conference mates Rochester from beyond the arc at 41.3%. Bartoldus is also the top returning assist man on the team, averaging 1.2 apg last season.
Senior Jay Freeman, who averaged a team-high 16.6 minutes per game off the bench, will look to fill in for Hughes at the point after scoring 6.8 ppg and dishing 0.8 apg, as will junior transfer Gabe Moton, who makes the short trip to Waltham from Chestnut Hill where he played at Boston College. Senior Anthony Trapasso (13.7 mpg, 3.3 ppg) will spend time filling Kriskus's shoes, while juniors Alex Stoyle (13.6 mpg, 4.3 ppg) and Alex Schmidt (12.8 mpg, 3.0 rpg) will add depth to the front court. Other freshmen expected to make a difference include guards Colby Smith and Ryne Williams and forward Kevin Trotman.
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Harden scores 35, Rockets beat Blazers 118-103
Harden scores 35, Rockets beat Blazers 118-103HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 8: LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the Portland Trail Blazers shoots against Cole Aldrich #31 of the Houston Rockets on February 8, 2013 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
HOUSTON (AP) -- James Harden put on an All-Star performance just before the real thing comes to Houston.
Harden had 35 points and 11 assists, Chandler Parsons scored 20 and the Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-103 on Friday night.
Harden went 13 for 16 from the field and 4 of 5 from 3-point range, a near-perfect night in the last game at the Toyota Center before it plays host to the NBA's All-Star weekend. Acquired by Houston in a stunning trade with Oklahoma City just before the season, Harden was chosen as a reserve for the West squad, making his first All-Star team.
''I'm just focused on rallying these guys together, every single game,'' Harden said. ''If I'm leading and showing my work ethic, they'll follow.''
LaMarcus Aldridge, another All-Star reserve for the West, scored 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Portland. The Blazers had won the previous two meetings this season in overtime, rallying from double-digit deficits in both.
Not this time. Houston preserved a comfortable lead for most of the second half, and Harden finished off Portland with a fadeaway jumper from the wing with just under 4 minutes remaining.
''Tonight was one of those where it's just like he makes play after play after play,'' Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin said, ''and then you look up and you realize, 'Oh, he had a great game.' You kind of take it for granted sometimes.''
Nicolas Batum scored 24 points and Damian Lillard had 18 for the Blazers, who never slowed down the Rockets' high-powered offense. Houston shot a season-high 59.5 percent (47 of 79) from the field and is averaging 118.4 points in its last seven games.
''Houston is shooting the ball well these days,'' Portland coach Terry Stotts said. ''They were shooting the ball well inside, outside and mid-range, and were getting to the rim. We didn't have any answers for them defensively.''
Early on, Houston repeatedly found openings inside and hit 12 of its first 15 shots. When Portland crowded the lane, the Rockets passed outside for open 3s, and they hit five of their first seven attempts. They finished with 27 assists.
''We can hurt you in so many different ways,'' said Parsons, who will represent Houston in the Rising Stars Challenge next weekend.
Aldridge and J.J. Hickson, meanwhile, got easy baskets inside and made nine of their first 14 shots to keep Portland close.
The Blazers played better defense at the start of the second quarter to pull within one. Houston got rolling again, and Parsons finished a quick 10-0 burst to put the Rockets up 47-36 with 6:31 left in the first half.
Aldridge continued to carry Portland, dominating whichever Houston big man tried to front him.
''Monster. Beast,'' Harden said. ''He's an All-Star. He did his job.''
Aldridge scored 19 in the first half, but the Rockets shot 65 percent (24 of 37), a season best for a half, and led 62-52 at the break.
The Rockets continued to find open paths to the basket in the third quarter and stretched the lead to 15 - matching their largest lead when the teams played in Portland in November.
Houston didn't let up in this one. Patrick Patterson slammed home a rebound and Harden sank another 3 to keep the Rockets comfortably ahead as the third quarter wound down. Harden was 11 for 12 from the field - with three 3-pointers and 11 rebounds through three quarters.
Parsons started the fourth quarter by swishing a 3 from the corner, and backup point guard Patrick Beverley was fouled on a breakaway layup after a steal and converted both free throws for a 100-80 Houston lead.
Harden capped his night with a fadeaway jumper over Lillard with 3:55 left to put the Rockets up 112-93. Harden was coming off a 36-point night in Miami and now has at least a double-double in three of his last four games, including a triple-double.
''He's making shots and he's making plays,'' Houston coach Kevin McHale said. ''You look at a guy with 35 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and (he) threw a steal in there. It was really impressive.''
NOTES: Aldridge has seven consecutive double-doubles. ... Rockets point guard Toney Douglas limped off the floor with a left hip injury and did not return. ... Retired C Yao Ming sat courtside with his agent, John Huizinga. Yao, an eight-time All-Star with Houston, retired in July 2011. ... Rockets rookie Royce White had his physical and is expected to report to the team's development league affiliate on Monday. White has not played this season as he and the Rockets negotiated an agreement to help him cope with his anxiety disorder and balance the demands of the NBA schedule.


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Specification Vetted by Major Polysilicon Suppliers
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — July 12, 2011— SEMI today announced a new standard to specify silicon feedstock for photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing. SEMI PV17-0611 covers virgin silicon feedstock materials produced by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes, metallurgical refining processes, or other processes. CVD processes include the so-called "Siemens process," fluidized bed processes, powder processes, and other processes using distilled silane or halosilane compounds. These specified materials are intended for growing of single crystalline ingots and casting, or other methods of growing multicrystalline Si, used for producing Si wafers for solar cells.
There are now a total of 17 published SEMI Standards for photovoltaics manufacturing, and there are over 25 additional PV standardization efforts underway. Since 2007, over 400 PV industry experts in more than 20 task forces have developed and published SEMI PV standards covering equipment, materials, and test methods used in crystalline cell, module and thin-film manufacturing processes.
SEMI PV17-0611: Specification for Virgin Silicon Feedstock Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
The increasing number of players in the market for PV silicon feedstock materials has introduced a wide variety of material grades— which require considerable efforts from both suppliers and end users to achieve a common understanding of the material specifications, as well as the impacts of the different materials on the quality and performance of the resulting PV product.
SEMI PV17 specifies the feedstock materials to be used for growing silicon ingots, creating a well-defined reference in a growing market by reducing many individual specifications to the four categories defined in the standard. It also defines the terms used, which will minimize misunderstandings between supplier and user. The standard also will help to reduce variations of material quality.
"The SEMI Standards PV Silicon Materials Task Force developed this standardized specification for solar grade feedstock materials, which will allow manufacturers to produce consistent silicon solar cells," said James Amano, senior director, SEMI Standards and EHS, "We are pleased that the specification received input from major polysilicon suppliers from around the world. Industry consensus is very important to the standards development process."
By using this specification, polysilicon and cell manufacturers can specify chemical (donor concentration), dimensional (chunk, rod, bricks), and packaging characteristics on their purchase orders for feedstock materials. In addition, PV17-0611 also lists the test methods to validate the specified characteristics.
This new Standard is now available via the SEMI online Standards access system, SEMIViews, and via individual download in the SEMI Web store. For information on SEMI PV Standards activities, please contact your local SEMI Standards staff, or visit: www.pvgroup.org/standards.
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