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A similar survey done before the launch of the iPhone 4 found about 25 percent of those who responded saying they were likely to buy the phone.
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Open a new canvas 600 x 250
Open your tube of choice. Copy and past to your canvas and close your original tube. Position where you think it will fit. Resize if necessary. I resized mine by 85%
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Go to Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited - VM Toolbox - Instant Tile, with default settings as seen below.
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Dear developers,
I am now a bit confused about the relation between dotpup and PET. could any one kindly give me a very simple idea on these two ? how these two are related with each other ?
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.pup is basically a renamed tar file that unzips when you click on it
.pet (Puppy Extra Treats) does more; it puts an entry in the menu, can register for uninstallation in the package manager and checks for required dependencies
Pups are "active" and easily could mess up things by their inbuilt scripts, while pets are "passive".
Pups can offer you dialogs to where to install them, and so you will not be able to install them in the console.
Pets install to a fixed location. They have no dialogs, and so can also be installed without X.
Pups add entries to each single Desktop by writing in their config files (risking to break them), while .pets can use XDG-menus only (passive resourcefiles).
Pets are more "robust", but less flexible.
They use the strict "guidelines" of creating alien packages, so they even can be installed without X.
Dotpups can include many custom "features", so my dotpup-wizard adds things like a percentage-bar, to display how far the installation already finished.
But the percentage bar needs X, so dotpups created with that wizard cannot be installed without X.
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Ok, thanks a lot for your guidance.
I think I should go for pet then to create packages for my customized puppy.
see you
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Just forgot to ask, what about the debian packages ? it is also possible to create puppy packages from .deb but does it really work ? if yes then the thing will be more simpler for me as being a debian .
And how can I create a package from its source for puppy ?
So much to learn .....
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To create a package from source in puppy, you need to have the development squashfs for your particular pupversion. e.g. if you're using pup3.01, you need to download devx_301.sfs from the puppy ibiblio repository, and save this in /mnt/home directory.
Then it's a matter of unpacking your source archive, changing to the resultant directory, called say /xxx, then:
new2dir make install
cd ..
dir2pet /xxx-i486
Or, if you have an already compiled .deb package which is library compatible with your pupversion, then it's a simple matter to unpack the .deb with undeb, then repackage it as a .pet.
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Joydeep wrote:
Just forgot to ask, what about the debian packages ? it is also possible to create puppy packages from .deb but does it really work ? if yes then the thing will be more simpler for me as being a debian .
And how can I create a package from its source for puppy ?
So much to learn .....
here read the manual on puppy it really does break the ice. http://www.puppy-linux.info/en/manual/main.html
also try the puppy linux chat #puppylinux using freenode eg,gaim,pidgin,xchat etc or go here if you have java http://java.freenode.net//index.php?channel=puppylinux
plus if you search this forum you'll find just about every answer you ever wanted about puppy,
have fun ttuuxxx
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Many thanks to all of you for your kind suggestions.
with best wishes
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So confusion between Pet and dot pup has been resolved with the help of the community.
Now one more confusion in my mind. What is the utility of puppy unleashed ? Hope this time some one kindly help me to understand this too.
thanks for the great community support
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Also, while being more general & not specifically related to your unleashed query, I'd highly recommend these sites, for anyone wanting to know more about puppy:
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Posted: Fri 30 Nov 2007, 02:21
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As per my understanding it is a foundation with lots of packages where you have to just select the packages you like in your distro and then make your own puppy. If the required package is already not there then the pet maker script comes in the role to make a puppy package from the source. Hope my though is correct. what do you think ?
again thanks for the GREAT community support.
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I don't mean to threadjack here, but if tgz2pet is used on any old *.tar.gz or *.tgz I find on the 'net (no modifications), and the resulting *.pet is installed, can all of its components be uninstalled correctly just using the package manager?
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That has been my experience thus far.
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Unless it overwrites already-present things, in which case, after uninstalling, those things will be gone too.
Lobster missed a detail or three on .pup. They're actually a .zip, not a .tar. Within that .zip can be pretty much anything, but it's almost always a .tar.gz file. I've seen some .tar.bz2 files though, and also some that just had a script.
Also, .pup files
make use of the XDG menu system. However, most of the dotpups already out there are from before we had XDG, so they try editing the menus. Also, the dotpup creator program was also from back then, though you could work around that by telling it not to add a menu item, then just including the xxxx.desktop entry needed by XDG.
Finally, a .pup can register to PETget too, and many do. However, it's less reliable because each individual .pup has to do it itself, whereas with PETget, the PETget program does it.
Generally, it's best to use PETget for packages. Dotpup is better for the more oddball packages that take fancy install scripts. PETget can actually include an install script, but it's best to not use one whenever possible, because unless you know what you're doing, that install script could make the PETget package incompatible with Unleashed. One of the big advantages of PETget, from the developer's standpoint, is that as long as the creator of a PETget package doesn't do anything stupid like having unnecessary install scripts, the PETget package can be directly used in an Unleashed tree, with the only modification being to decompress and extract it. With a dotpup, you'd have to do much more work to get things organized correctly.
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Clinton on U.S. power: More Gehry, less Greek
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took her goodbye-for-now tour to the Council on Foreign Relations Thursday, using a speech there to recap her four years as the country's top diplomat and outline a vision for preserving American dominance in the 21st century.
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While there's been a lot of attention during Clinton's last days on the job on her relationship with President Barack Obama and her potential 2016 White House run, she focused her speech on policy: how the United States continues to build and rebuild international relationships while taking a leading role in creating new modes of global cooperation.
"We need a new architecture for this new world, more Frank Gehry than formal Greek," Clinton said, after describing the system dominated by the United Nations, NATO and several other large organizations as the equivalent of the Classical Parthenon in Athens.
By contrast, there's Gehry's modern architecture.
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"Some of his work at first might appear haphazard, but in fact, it's highly intentional and sophisticated," Clinton said. "Where once a few strong columns could hold up the weight of the world, today we need a dynamic mix of materials and structures." She pointed to the emergence of the G-20 during the financial crisis, the creation of international groups working on climate change and U.S.-Turkey cooperation on counterterrorism as examples of this new, varied architecture.
While encouraging an evolving role in the international community, Clinton also offered an optimistic view of America's future.
"We may be indispensable. Doesn't mean we're perfect," she continued. "Probably as close to perfect as anybody has done, but we're not there yet. We're still trying to form a more perfect union."
But, she added, "If you look back, we've done some really stupid things." … Over the course of more than 200 years, "we've made our mistakes."
Looking to the challenge ahead for her successor, Clinton attacked the idea of mandatory spending cuts because of sequestration, calling them "absurd" and unnecessarily damaging.
"Are we really going to in effect handicap ourselves? We'll see. I hope not — I hope that cooler and smarter heads prevail," she said.
At the start of the Obama administration, Clinton and the president touted their notion of "smart power," and Clinton said she still believes in the philosophy. "There are limits to what soft power on its own can achieve. And there are limits to what hard power on its own can achieve," she said. "That's why from day one I've been talking about smart power."


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Driven to Distraction: Teens Behind the Wheel
Cell phones, music, partying passengers. With so much competing for teens' attention, it can be hard for them to stay focused behind the wheel.
Reggie Shaw doesn't remember much about the crash. In the early morning of September 22, 2006, he was driving to work on a two-lane country road in Logan, Utah, when his car crossed the center line and clipped an oncoming vehicle. What happened next was so traumatic that Shaw's 19-year-old mind blocked out the details: The other car swung out of control and was hit broadside by a pickup truck. Though neither Shaw nor the truck driver was hurt, two men in the other car were killed instantly. "I was in total shock," Shaw says.
How could something so horrible have happened on a routine morning drive? The answer came in a forgotten detail revealed by phone records. At the time of the deadly collision, Shaw had been sending a text message. "Texting while driving was something I did all the time," he admits. "I never imagined a simple message could change lives forever. It was an ignorant, terrible, selfish choice that will haunt me for the rest of my life."
Sentenced to 30 days in jail, 200 hours of community service, and a year's probation for negligent homicide, Shaw got off easy. The outcry over his case led Utah to pass tough new laws banning texting while driving, and to stiffen fines and jail time for violators.
Distracted driving has become epidemic for a generation of kids who have grown up with technology at their fingertips. Between 1999 and 2008, deadly nighttime crashes involving drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 increased by 10 percent—and researchers largely blame driver distraction on texting or talking on cell phones. Today, 30 states and the District of Columbia forbid texting behind the wheel, and 28 ban any type of handheld cell phone use by novice drivers. Other states are considering graduated licensing laws that restrict young drivers from using mobile electronics until they're older and more experienced (see "Learning Curve"). A federal law is in the works as well. "It's definitely a hot-button issue," says Judie Stone, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. "I've never seen so much legislative activity over a safety concern."
But laws alone aren't enough to keep kids focused on the road, and restricting mobile devices doesn't bring crash rates down. That's because enforcement isn't the only issue, according to Flaura Winston, PhD, principal investigator at the Young Driver Research Initiative, a collaboration between Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance. "Most laws ban only handheld phones, but hands-free phones are just as distracting," she says. "While physically holding a device is dangerous, a kid talking hands-free is also likely to stop scanning the road and stare straight ahead. It's like having tunnel vision."
Almost 90 percent of teens say they've seen other kids talk on phones behind the wheel, according to the Young Driver Research Initiative. And since young drivers are already disadvantaged by their inexperience, this type of diversion adds yet another layer of danger.
The good news is that kids who don't pay attention to laws can still be persuaded to drive more safely—by you. "Parents who talk about distractions and set rules can reduce the likelihood of teens using cell phones by 30 percent and slash their crash risk by half," Winston says. The first step? Make sure kids are well-versed in the sad, scary facts.
Cell Phones Can Be as Dangerous as Alcohol
Tailgating, swerving, constantly changing speed—these seem like signs of drunk driving. But they're actually behaviors of someone on a phone behind the wheel, according to a study at the University of Utah. Researchers used a driving simulator to compare people who were drunk with those on cell phones and found that while people with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent tended to drive more aggressively than cell users, both groups crashed at about the same rate.
A cell phone conversation impairs the brain—similar to the way downing an 80-proof vodka-orange juice cocktail does. But in this case it's an overload of stimuli, not alcohol. "The frontal and parietal cortexes are responsible for spatial processing, decision-making, coordination, and focus—all critical for driving," says study author and psychology professor David Strayer, PhD. A phone conversation introduces other thoughts into that careful calibration. "Overstimulation is actually worse for teens than for adults because their brains aren't fully developed," says Strayer. A teen might look directly at a hazard and still not grasp it; this is called inattention blindness. "The brain may not produce thoughts like, 'That light is red and I should stop,'" Strayer says. The look-but-don't-see phenomenon slows cell users' reaction time and makes them 10 times more likely to run a stop sign. "You'd think drivers would be more likely to notice something important, but they don't," Strayer says. "They're just as blind to a pedestrian as to a billboard." Even people using hands-free phones are four to five times more likely to be in a serious crash than drivers who aren't on a phone. And while drinking-related crashes kill fewer teens today than 20 years ago, non-alcohol driving fatalities are steadily climbing, Strayer says. "We've traded one threat for another."
Teens Know Driving and Texting Is Risky But Still Do It
In surveys by the Allstate Foundation, 87 percent of teens say texting while driving is a huge risk. Another 65 percent describe themselves as good drivers who pay attention. Yet two-thirds of those same teens say they've texted behind the wheel themselves—and far more say they've made or answered a call. The top reason for taking such dangerous risks? Not thinking about consequences at that moment.
Strayer also blames denial. "People think they're better at multitasking than they actually are." Tech-toting teens are oblivious to things that would indicate poor driving, like swerving or hitting the brakes at the last minute. "Distracted drivers who come close to crashing don't even realize it," says Charlie Klauer, PhD, a research scientist at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute who placed cameras on the inside and outside of 100 cars and watched real-road driving. Teens think their behavior is safe if they take quick glances and keep checking the road, she says. (After all, other drivers take their eyes off the road to check their mirrors and change lanes.) But the difference is time: Klauer found that crash risk for drivers who look away from the road for more than two out of six seconds is two times greater than for an alert driver. And texting requires looking away for an average of 4.6 seconds. In fact, drivers are five times more likely to crash while texting and dialing than while glancing at a passenger.
Tyler Mayer of Greenville, Michigan, learned that lesson on the Fourth of July in 2009 while driving to a family gathering with his girlfriend. The 18-year-old checked an incoming text message and suddenly found his pickup heading off the road. Swerving, he lost control and rolled three times. "I only had my eyes off the road for a few seconds," he says. "But the truck was totaled." Fortunately, both teens were buckled up and escaped with minor bruises and scratches.
We're Programmed to Answer
Even a teen who knows better than to initiate calls behind the wheel will dive for a vibrating phone. "People are conditioned to pick up when the phone rings," Winston says. There's also pressure from senders to get a reply. "You feel like you have to answer right then and there," says Nicole Meredith, 18, of Louisville, Kentucky. "Everyone wants an instant response." Waiting to reply didn't occur to Meredith in July 2008 as she drove to a sleepover at her best friend's house. When her pal texted wanting to know where she was, Meredith started to text, "I'll be there ... " In those few seconds she crossed the left lane, hit the median and spun out. "Everything was a blur," she says. "I heard the tires screeching and a huge boom." She collided with a barrier that kept her from smashing into oncoming traffic on the opposite side of the highway and was lucky enough to walk away unharmed. Other teens suffer far worse consequences. Amanda Martin, 17, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, was texting several friends on her way to school one morning in 2007 when her car left the road and hit a tree. She died that day. "Coming around a curve, she just sailed off the road," says her mother, Melissa. "There were no skid marks—she never even hit the brakes."
Other Distractions in the Car Take Their Toll
From her camera-in-car research, Klauer has seen kids do so many dangerous things—from changing clothes to putting in contact lenses—that nothing surprises her. Even listening to music can be distracting on several levels, according to Winston. "The song might take a teen's mind to an emotional place where she's dreamy or upset instead of focused on the road. Kids often crank up the volume and sing or dance along, which distracts the brain even more and makes a driver less likely to hear a siren or honking horn. Sometimes friends turn up a song that the driver doesn't like just to tease her—and then she's yelling in the car."
Additional passengers are a huge problem as well: Almost 70 percent of teens say they've seen people in the car "acting wild" while a friend was driving. Even one extra person in the car doubles the probability of a crash. Two or more? The crash risk for a young person escalates by a factor of five. "What happens is car piling," Winston says. "The driver offers to take a friend, but that friend asks him to drive another friend who wants to pick up someone else. Soon the car becomes like a party in your living room—a place to dance, fight, talk about upsetting things, and scream out the window." Of course kids don't fully comprehend these hazards: According to Allstate, 44 percent of teens admit they drive more safely alone, yet only 14 percent consider friends a big distraction.
Girls Are Risky When Driving, Too
While boys have a history of more aggressive driving (and higher insurance rates to match), distractions are closing the safety gap. Girls are more likely than boys to talk and text on a cell, sing, dance, and eat behind the wheel, according to the Allstate Foundation. In fact, 66 percent of girls frequently drive while singing or dancing to music, and 63 percent crank up the volume. And they're more likely to blow off the risks: Half of girls (but only about a third of boys) say they'll probably use a cell phone while driving in the future. They are also less likely to speak up if a friend's driving behavior makes them uncomfortable. That's troubling to Reggie Shaw. "I learned the hard way how deadly distracted driving can be," he says. "Every day I look in the mirror and see someone who took lives in an accident that didn't have to happen."
Learning Curve
Congress is now considering the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act, which would encourage states to adopt standards for gradually phasing in full driving privileges to young drivers as they gain experience, skills, and maturity. Provisions include:
- No permits before age 16
- No more than one friend under 21 in the car without an adult until a teen is fully licensed at 18 or older
- Restricted night driving until a teen is fully licensed
- No cell phones behind the wheel at least until fully licensed
Send a note to your representative in support of the bill now
Tech Support
The Steer Clear Mobile app teaches young people positive driving behaviors and can increase eligibility for a discount on State Farm auto insurance in some states. Kids can log driving experiences, get safety tips, and learn about road hazards. The free app is available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Check out more useful driving apps for teens here
Driving the Message Home
When a teen resists your rules, keep the conversation positive by combining hard facts with a supportive, caring attitude, says Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, an adolescent medicine specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Your Teen Says
You Say
The reason you think texting is a distraction is because you don't know how to do it. I'm much faster.
You're definitely better at it than I am. But it's not just about what your fingers are doing. Your mind is no longer on the road because you are thinking about other things.
How do you even know cell phones are dangerous?
To prevent a crash, a driver has only three seconds—or less—to notice what's happening, process it, and make a quick decision about what to do. I don't use my phone behind the wheel, either, because we can't afford to waste those seconds.
I can't say no to my friends when they ask for a ride. That would be rude!
I like your friends, but I also care about their safety—and yours. Even well-behaved passengers can increase a new driver's crash risk fivefold. We can revisit this after you've been driving for a year without incident.
If I can't answer my cell phone, my friends won't be able to reach me when they need to.
I am not asking you to be disconnected from your friends. I just want you to turn off your cell until you get where you're going or pull over to a safe area if you need to make a call or send a text.
The Power of Example
Forty-seven percent of adults admit to texting while driving; 34 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds admit to texting while driving.
Seventy-five percent of adults with cell phones admit to talking on the phone while driving; 52 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds say they have talked on the phone while driving
Roadblock to Common Sense: Teen Drinking and Driving
Distracted driving is just one factor making car crashes the leading cause of death for teens. Drinking and driving also remains a serious problem, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. An impaired teen lacks coordination and judgment; couple that with inexperience behind the wheel and you've got a deadly combination. In fact, 40 percent of all alcohol-related fatalities in the United States are caused by teens drinking and driving. While zero-tolerance laws have helped reduce teen casualties, it is still important for parents to emphasize that driving after any amount of drinking is not just illegal, but unsafe. Let your teen know that instead of getting in the car with someone who has consumed alcohol, she should call you for a ride—no questions asked.
Originally published in the November 1, 2010, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Ralph's early education was handled at home by a governess. When he was ten he matriculated at Evans' preparatory school at Horris Hill where he excelled at athletics, in particular cricket and football (soccer). At the age of 13, in 1902, Ralph won a scholarship to Winchester College placing second in the entrance examination (which apparently annoyed him despite the fact that he was sick at the time). He spent the next six years at Winchester where he became Prefect of Hall (Head of School) and won school prizes in mathematics and natural science. Once again, athletics was a major focus of Ralph's life, though despite his success at golf, he was outdone by his sister Dorothy who was a champion golfer.
Ralph's academic ability was exceptional at Winchester. His classical sixth form master, Frank Carter, believed he could have been as good a classical scholar as he was a mathematical scholar. But it was mathematics that attracted him. And his ability at mathematics was matched by his affable character. At Winchester Ralph made numerous friends. Despite his penchant for speaking plainly, he always made up for it after and this seemed to have an affect on people who, both at Winchester and later, seemed to gather around him.
His family life appeared to be equally well-balanced. He could often be found golfing with his father, sister, and brother Christopher. Family life at the Fowlers was apparently quite happy and Ralph's parents "spared nothing that their children's education should be as perfect as possible, with well-occupied vacations" [3]. During Ralph's stay at Winchester his family moved from Essex to Norfolk, taking up residence in Weybourne, near Sheringham which was where the Fowlers golfed regularly. A bit later they moved on to Glebelands, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, but not before Ralph got in a bit of cricket, playing for Norfolk County for some time.
In December of 1906, Ralph won a Major Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, and he left for Trinity during Michaelmas term 1908. At Trinity he read mathematics completing Part I of the Mathematical Tripos in 1909, taking a first class. In 1911 he became a wrangler in Part II of the Tripos. He received his BA degree in 1911 upon completion of Part II and received his MA in 1915. In 1913 he was awarded a Rayleigh Prize in Mathematics. Needless to say, Cambridge was quite good to Ralph - or, rather, Ralph was quite good to Cambridge.
After completion of his degree, Ralph took to researching pure mathematics. His adeptness and insight won him a Trinity Fellowship in October 1914. However, World War I had just broken out and he obtained a commission in the Royal Marine Artillery. He could often be seen at Trinity wearing his gown over his military khakis which was apparently quite an unusual site. The War was less unusual, being rather typical in handing out suffering. Ralph was not immune. In 1917 he lost his brother Christopher on the Somme which was quite a blow to him. Later he was to lose his two greatest friends at Winchester, A D Gillespie and R H Hutchison, in a similar manner. Ralph himself was severely wounded in the shoulder at Gallipoli. The wound turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag, however, as it caused him to be introduced to A V Hill, Captain in the Cambridgeshires, and a Fellow at King's College (and former Fellow at Trinity). For it was Hill who was ultimately the catalyst that brought Ralph's mathematical ability into the realm of physics.
Hill, in collaboration with Horace Darwin (of the ever-prolific Darwin family that included the physicist C G Darwin, Frances Galton, and the most famous of all, Horace's father, Charles Darwin, the evolutionist), had invented a mirrored system originally designed to determine the flight paths of aircraft and later used to target German zeppelins for anti-aircraft gunneries. Fowler came in just as they began to test the instrument in the field. As talented young scientists joined the group, it came to be known as "Hill's brigands" and it was here that Fowler made some of his most endearing friendships, not the least of which was E A Milne, who wrote several articles and obituaries on Fowler both before and after his death.
Fowler soon became Hill's second in command working with the Experimental Department of HMS Excellent on Whale Island. Fowler, being Assistant Director, was resident in Portsmouth while Hill traveled often to London often for commune with higher ranks. Hill eventually became a brevet Major while Fowler was made a Captain, RMA. Fowler recruited a long list of able mathematicians to join the group and, combined with Hill's inspirations, Fowler's mathematical ability led the group to a number of important works. Many were published in journals including two now classic papers that appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society that were to have a profound impact on the field of ballistics both in Britain and in North America, particularly in World War II.
Far from being a "paper-pusher", Fowler apparently was active in both the experiments as well as the laborious paper-writing. His work in this field led him, in particular, to consider wind structure and temperature structure at high altitudes which could have been the catalyst for his later interest in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. For his ballistics work, Ralph was awarded the OBE in 1918.
In 1919 Fowler left the service and returned to Trinity, though he was to have a part in the newly formed Ordnance Board during the Second World War later on. This was when Fowler came under the influence of Lord Rutherford who had just been appointed Cavendish Professor. The two became very good friends and Fowler was eventually appointed College Lecturer in Mathematics in 1920. Here he jumped into a variety of mathematical problems and eventually began moving to more recent problems in mathematical physics including work on various kinetic theories of gases, again leading him toward thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
In 1921, Ralph married Eileen, the only daughter of Lord Rutherford, Ralph's good friend and colleague at Cambridge. The two were to have four children in the following nine years with Eileen dying just after the birth of the last.
In 1922, Ralph became a Proctor at Cambridge which, being a Marine, he was well-suited for, finding himself chasing after undergraduates frequently and, on one occasion, injuring himself doing so. It was also in 1922 that Ralph began what would be his most seminal work. It began as a collaboration with C G Darwin (another of the famous Darwin clan). The two began working on the problem of the partition of energy, inspired by works of Ehrenfest and Trkal. Having developed a new technique for approaching physical chemistry through statistical mechanics, the two, and later Fowler alone, justified a number of formulae and calculations performed by the likes of Saha, Lindemann, and Chapman. In 1922-23, Ralph established the validity of the dissociation formula for high temperature ionization. In early 1923, Ralph along with E A Milne, wrote a seminal work on stellar spectra, temperatures, and pressures. This work continued in a series of papers through the 1920s leading to the Adams Prize of the University of Cambridge in 1923-24 and was published in 1929 as the seminal volume, Statistical Mechanics, which had a second edition, minus the astrophysical applications, published in 1936. In 1939 a successor volume, entitled Statistical Thermodynamics, was co-authored and published with E A Guggenheim.
1926 marked the publication of his most seminal individual paper which linked the gaseous degenerate state (obeying quantum statistics, co-discovered by P A M Dirac, who was introduced to quantum theory by Fowler himself) to white dwarf stars. It is rumored that he was annoyed that he did not, at the same time, apply Fermi-Dirac statistics to conductors, something later done by Sommerfeld.
Fowler's range of interests kept him going throughout the next two decades as he produced papers on spectroscopy, physical chemistry, what is now known as condensed matter physics (or solid state physics), and magnetism in materials. He eventually took up a post in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge and, in 1932, he was elected to the newly created Plummer Chair of Theoretical Physics.
Working closely with his father-in-law, Lord Rutherford, he examined a number of interesting problems and delivered the 1935 Bakerian Lecture on specific heats of crystals and the 1934 Liversidge Lecture on the heavy isotope of hydrogen. In 1925 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and became a Fellow at Winchester in 1933. In 1936 he was awarded one of the Royal Medals and was appointed as Director of the National Physical Laboratory in 1938, though he was unable to take up the post due to ill health. According to Milne, the transformation from pure mathematician prior to World War I to physicist, engineer, and administrator by Word War II was nothing short of astonishing and a great tribute to Fowler's ability in practical matters.
In 1938, upon taking ill and not being able to take up the National Laboratory Directorship, he chose to remain at Cambridge in the Plummer Chair. In 1939 when war broke out, he immediately resumed his work with the Ordnance Board, despite his health, and was eventually chosen to become a scientific liaison to Canada and later the United States, two countries which he had formerly been familiar through visits to Toronto and visiting professorships at Princeton and the University of Wisconsin. For his work as this liaison, he was knighted in 1942.
He returned to Britain later in the war and was reportedly working for the Ordnance Board and the Admiralty up until just a few weeks prior to his very premature death in 1944.
It must be said that Sir Ralph Fowler was a brilliant physicist. But it may be for his influence upon others that he is best known. In fact, no less than fifteen Fellows of the Royal Society and three Nobel Laureates were supervised by Fowler between 1922 and 1939. The total number supervised during this time was a staggering sixty-four giving him an average of eleven research students at any given time. One might be led to believe that this did not allow for any depth of relationship to form between him and his students. However, this was far from the truth of the matter. Those who studied under Fowler had a tremendous admiration for him. In particular, E A Milne [1] was especially taken by the man whom he fondly referred to as "the kind of man you can still remain friendly with, even when he has sold you a motor-bike; it is not possible to say more" and whom he called a "prince amongst men" [2].
Aside from Milne, on whom he had a profound impact, he also had the opportunity of influencing the likes of Sir Arthur Eddington, Subramanian Chandrasekhar, Paul Dirac, Sir William McCrea, Lady Jeffreys and others either directly through supervision or indirectly through collaboration. Even in his personal life he was intimately connected with brilliant people having married Eileen, the only daughter of Lord Rutherford whom he met through Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. Sometimes his influence was simply the fact that he was known to so many people. It was Fowler who ultimately introduced Paul Dirac to the burgeoning field of quantum theory in 1923 leading Dirac to the forefront of its ultimate discovery in 1925. Fowler also put Dirac and Werner Heisenberg in touch with each other through Niels Bohr. As Sir William McCrea simply put it [3]: "he was the right man in the right place at the right time."
Fowler's influence was far-reaching, extending beyond the hallowed halls of Cambridge and into government, both British and foreign. This aspect of his life was once again partly a matter of timing. While serving in the Royal Marines during Gallipoli he was seriously wounded. During his recovery he met A V Hill whose work in anti-aircraft gunnery had spawned "Hill's Brigands," a group of talented scientists charged with developing better techniques for targeting German Zeppelins. This work led to two classic papers on the subject of the aerodynamics of spinning shells and, according to Milne, the work had a tremendous impact on ballistics both in Britain and North America. This experience also made Fowler influential enough to affect the actions of Britain and her allies twenty years later in the second World War.
During this later War, Fowler acted as a liaison between Britain and Canada and, later, Britain and the United States. In 1942 he was knighted, no doubt partly due to his heroic service to his country during both wars.
Early in his career, after receiving his degree, Fowler took to examining the behavior of the solutions to certain second-order differential equations. In particular, he studied Emden's differential equation:
Fowler's genius was in his ability to apply intense mathematical rigour to a variety of physical problems. But perhaps his greatest trait was his ability to make friends and acquaintances exemplified both by his numerous "fans" and the web of influences he wove both scientifically and politically. It is indeed a shame that the world lost such a great man at such a young age.
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An extraordinary businesswoman, Barbara Russell helped build one company and started a second that yielded a record profit on its sale in 2004. Her husband, Gordon Russell, is a conservationist, and they have lived in New Hampshire surrounded by the area's natural beauty for the past 38 years. After the successful sale of the business they formed the Russell Foundation to help New Hampshire landowners protect their land, with 5000 acres conserved so far. Barbara also wants to help her alma mater, and they have made plans to contribute to Lesley's future through their bequest intention which will result in a transformative gift for student scholarships.
"My father, Samuel Weinstein, stressed the importance of giving back in a way that makes a difference. That's one of the reasons Lesley was a perfect fit for me," Barbara explains. "Now it's my turn to give back, and I believe that the best way is to help students receive a quality education. With our bequest intention to Lesley we want to help make the University affordable for future generations of bright students with a promising future. It is our hope that they, in turn, will exhibit a passion and desire to take on the challenges in their generation."
For the past several years Barbara Russell has contributed her time and talent to Lesley University as a Trustee. She continues to consult in the field of educational publishing and serves on several not-for-profit boards. Barbara first came to Lesley in 1964 when women's roles were changing in society and on college campuses. Lesley women were pursuing careers, breaking down barriers, and aspiring to new heights. Barbara was one of those independent Lesley students, because her father had instilled in her the importance of being self-sufficient and having a career. She loved being in Cambridge and has wonderful memories of her student teaching experience. At graduation she was poised to be a teacher. After teaching for three and a half years, a different path stood in front of her to be the first employee of a young, start-up firm in Wellesley. She jumped at the opportunity.
For the next 19 years Barbara helped to build Curriculum Associates. She left in 1992 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the age of 45. Her great energy and passion for her work pushed her to take another chance. After raising the necessary funds from people in the publishing industry, she formed Options Publishing and firmly established her company as an authority in the field of supplemental educational publishing. Options Publishing developed materials for urban at-risk students in grades K 8, serving such public school districts as New York City, Chicago, Houston, Dallas and Los Angeles.
Barbara credits her success to her ability to surround herself with competent and committed people and her willingness to take risks. She is grateful to Lesley for providing outstanding teacher training and her academic foundation. The business she envisioned and built was sold by Barbara 12 years after she started it, which resulted in an unprecedented profit engineered by an accomplished businesswoman. Barbara's father's dream for his daughter to become independent was fulfilled beyond his expectations. He was a strong proponent for a personal philosophy of philanthropy, and now it is Barbara's turn to take the lead and give back.
As members of the Edith Lesley Wolfard Society, Barbara and Gordon Russell will contribute much-needed scholarship funds to Lesley long after they are gone through their bequest. Barbara feels strongly that "By contributing to student scholarships through our planned gifts, Gordon and I will help future students receive the education they need to fulfill their dreams. Through this gift I hope to raise awareness about planned giving and challenge other alumni and friends to give back and give generously on behalf of Lesley's future."
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The article mentions it takes time to read the regulations, but once you've figured them out one year (for personal tax returns; I'm sure business ones are more complicated), it goes faster (although you still always have to double-check). Still, doing it helps you have greater understanding of your options & the tax implications. With the internet, you can always check other sources to make sure you properly understood the regs. Many tax preparers understand less than I do (obviously, I'm not talking about CPAs).
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2013/0 ... ly-charge/According to the survey, the average cost to prepare an itemized Form 1040 with a Schedule A (for itemized deductions) and a state tax return is $246. The average rate for a return without itemized deductions is lower: $143.
$134 for Schedule D (gains and losses)


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Phillies Hit Home Run In 2011 Brand Keys Sports Loyalty Engagement Study
March 22, 2011: The San Francisco Giants may have won the 2010 World Series, but they failed to take the title of the team with the most loyal fans. That honor goes to the Philadelphia Phillies, according to marketing and research firm Brand Keys, which has released the 2011 Brand Keys Sports Loyalty Engagement Index to coincide with the start of the MLB season.
The Sports Loyalty Index, now in its 19th season, was designed "to help professional sports teams' management identify precise fan loyalty rankings in hometown [and national] markets," according to Robert Passikoff, founder and president of New York-based Brand Keys. "These insights allow league and team marketers to identify areas that need strategic brand coaching," said Passikoff in a statement.
The top five MLB teams in 2011, per the Sports Loyalty Index, are the Phillies, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Brand Keys said it surveyed 250 fans within the market of each pro team in baseball, the NFL, NBA and NHL in February to help accumulate information. "Everybody loves a winner, but it's important to note that win/loss ratios do not entirely govern fan loyalty," said Passikoff.
The Sports Loyalty Index is based on four factors:
• Pure Entertainment: How well a team performs, but more importantly, how exciting is their play?
• Authenticity: How well they play as a team (and in the case of MLB is it natural talent or steroid-enhanced performance?). New stadia can help propel this driver, and sometimes a new manager.
• Fan Bonding: Are players respected and admired?
• History and Tradition: Is the game, and the team, part of a fan's and a community's rituals, institutions and beliefs?
According to Brand Keys, the Sports Loyalty Engagement Index provides a direct comparison of the intensity with which fans within the team's market support the home team versus corresponding values for fans of other teams in the market. "That's important because fan loyalty correlates highly with broadcast viewership, merchandise purchase and ticket revenue," said Passikoff. "And happier fans, as well."
In 2010, Brand Key's Sports Loyalty Index ranked the top five MLB teams as Boston, the Yankees, Philadelphia, a tie between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Dodgers and a tie between the Minnesota Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers.
In the 2009 Sports Loyalty Index, the top five MLB teams were Boston, Philadelphia, a tie between the New York Yankees and Mets, the Anaheim Angels and the Oakland A's.
The bottom five MLB teams, per the 2011 Sports Loyalty Index are the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners.
What does that mean?
"Since overall league and team rankings do correlate with viewership and merchandise sales, and rankings can be influenced depending upon how loyalty drivers are managed, it's critical that team marketers do accurate scouting regarding the strategic ball they intend to pitch to the fans," said Passikoff.
The 2011 Sports Loyalty Index for the NFL, NBA and NHL used the same parameters as it did for MLB. Their findings:
National Football League
Top Five
1. New England Patriots
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Indianapolis Colts
4. Green Bay Packers
5. New York Jets
Bottom Five
1. Oakland Raiders
2. Cincinnati Bengals
3. Washington Redskins
4. Cleveland Browns
5. Carolina Panthers
National Basketball Assn.
Top Five
1. San Antonio Spurs
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Dallas Mavericks
4. Boston Celtics
5. Phoenix Suns
Bottom Five
1. Charlotte Bobcats
2. Sacramento Kings
3. Minnesota Timberwolves/Golden State Warriors
4. Memphis Grizzlies
5. Atlanta Hawks/Toronto Raptors
National Hockey League
Top Five
1. Detroit Red Wings
2. Philadelphia Flyers
3. San Jose Sharks
4. Vancouver Canucks
5. Boston Bruins
Bottom Five
1. Atlanta Thrashers
2. St. Louis Blues
3. New York Islanders
4. Phoenix Coyotes
5. Tampa Bay Lightening/Nashville Predators
Source: Brand Keys
On The Ball: Brand Keys 2010 Sports Loyalty Index


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WORCESTER — The developer of CitySquare is proposing a next phase of private development downtown that calls for construction of a full-service, 150-room hotel, a 350-unit, market-rate residential development and 15,000-square feet of retail space.
City Manager Michael V. O'Brien said Friday those private project elements of the CitySquare development will then trigger the release of public funds to design and construct a 550-space underground public parking garage there.
Meanwhile, beyond the northern edge of the downtown plans to build a $10 million, 100-room Hampton Inn at Gateway Park at 65 Prescott St. have been revived and reworked, after the original financing plans for that project failed to win approval of the City Council Economic Development Committee earlier this year.
The combined investment of the development for CitySquare and Gateway Park exceeds $120 million, according to city officials.
But city officials made it clear that everything is contingent upon tax-increment financing deals, more commonly known as TIFs, being approved for each of the two hotels.
"Tax relief is essential to overcome the financial hurdles inherent in developing a new hotel," said Timothy J. McGourthy, the city's chief development officer.
"One hotel will not proceed without the construction of the other; if the (TIF) applications for both hotels are not approved, neither can be constructed and, as a result, the next phase at CitySquare will not move forward at this time," he added.
The same company (XSS LLC) that would build the Hampton Inn at Gateway Park would also build the hotel at CitySquare. XSS has built and operates two hotels in Worcester — Courtyard by Marriott on Grove Street and Residence Inn off Plantation Street.
One of its affiliates, Worcester Renaissance Hotel LLC, would lease land from CitySquare II Development Co. LLC in the part of the CitySquare development site known as "Building E" and build a Renaissance by Marriott Hotel there, according to Mr. O'Brien.
That area is the last standing remnant of the old Worcester Common Outlets mall and is located adjacent to 120 Front St, at Front and Trumball streets.
Mr. McGourthy said preliminary design plans for the hotel include a pool, fitness room, a business center and meeting rooms.
He said it would also include a 6,000-square-foot restaurant that would include service for lunch and dinner.
Mr. McGourthy said the total estimated cost of the hotel at CitySquare is about $36 million, which includes $27 million in hard construction costs, $4.15 million in soft construction costs and $4.15 million in furniture, fixtures and equipment.
The permitting process for that hotel is expected to begin in the spring, with construction scheduled to get under way in spring 2015. It is projected to open in late summer 2016 and create 90 new, permanent full-time jobs and an average of 150 full-time construction jobs.
That, combined with the hotel at Gateway Park, would add 250 hotel rooms in the city, according to city officials.
Mr. O'Brien said the additional hotel rooms would allow Worcester to attract more and larger conventions and events to the DCU Center.
In addition, upon the completion of TIFs for both hotels, city officials said they would generate more than $1,000,000 combined in new tax revenues annually.
"More hotel rooms will act as a catalyst for additional restaurant and retail opportunities," Mr. O'Brien said. "There is no doubt in my mind this is a win-win situation."
Meanwhile, Mr. McGourthy said CitySquare II is in conversations with a residential developer to create a $60 million residential project with 350 units of market-rate housing and approximately 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
"The residential project will only move forward with the added area vitality deriving from the proposed hotel," Mr. McGourthy said. "These two private projects, therefore, are dependent on one another."
He said the private elements of the development would then produce the tax revenues necessary to construct the next public element of the CitySquare project — a $28 million, 550-space underground public parking garage.
Mr. McGourthy said the residential/retail components are crucial to triggering the funding and construction of the underground public parking garage.
"Without the two private components moving forward, the public project elements cannot be achieved and the garage will not move to construction," he said.
To facilitate the proposed development, Mr. O'Brien is recommending changes to the District Improvement Financing District and General Development Agreement for CitySquare.
He has also submitted to the council the proposed TIF deals for the two hotel projects.
"Each of these is inextricably linked to the other," the manager said.
Mr. McGourthy said the hotel developer (Worcester Renaissance Hotel LLC), is seeking a 10-year TIF that would generate $4 million in tax revenue to the city over the term of the deal.
Upon its completion, the city would realize an estimated $770,000 annually in real estate tax revenues from the hotel at CitySquare.


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I'm so sorry for disappearing. We've had so much going on lately that blogging never quite makes it to the top of my to-do list.
Perry has been job hunting, networking, and doing some temporary work as the opportunity presents. We don't know what the future holds, but we all hope God keeps us here in San Antonio.
The girls and I are gearing up for a yard sale soon, decluttering and fund-raising at the same time. If we do have to move any time in the near future, I'm sure we'll be glad we did this. We also have quite an impressive pile of discards out front, waiting for our area's semi-annual bulk trash pick-up. Yay for less stuff!
More news: Kaitlyn is getting her driver's license any day now. Since she can't work with her dad anymore, she wants to earn some income as a sitter and/or tutor. Am I the only who is shocked at what babysitters earn these days?!
More news later. Thumb typing a blog post on a phone an hour after I should be asleep is NOT the best use of time.
Before I go, here are a few random pics from the last couple of weeks.
Mom, sibs and me at our sister's wedding:
Our first family dinner with my new dishes, courtesy of my sweet in-laws:
Perry helping Parker work in his first-ever school book:
Bethany waiting to find out where we going, on a little trip to celebrate a very special accomplishment.
The look on Perry's face when he opened a letter from Grandpa and Grandma Coghlan, to find the item on his Christmas list that everyone laughed about:
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So I've been a little neglectful. And some would say rude. To string you along for months of posts whining about how long my remodel was taking, and then finishing it, and then quietly, selfishly hoarding all the finished pictures to myself while I cried sweet tears of relief in my new craft room. It is finally done. Completely and with no asterisks saying Chris still needs to do a few more things. Done done. The only thing still not done is our final invoice which hasn't come yet. We're not saying anything in case he forgets about it since we were a little job for them and we get our remodel at 50% off! Just kidding. I'd say something, Mama raised me a little better than that.
So I guess you want to see some pictures? I haven't finished styling everything yet, that takes time and consideration! And a trip to the flower mart for an awesome hanging fern for the range wall by the window and big fiddle leaf fig plant for the office. Then the pictures will truly be blog-worthy. But I'm getting some hate mail from you dear readers so I gotta give you some relief. Just a note though, these were taken with my phone and I'm not Bethany Nauert or anything so don't give me crap for the bad pictures. Here you go... We'll start with the craft room/office/playroom.
My desk is flanked with stacked boxes of my fabric hoards. Incessant reminders that I need to bust out the sewing machine again and get making.
The laundry closet is a tiiiight fit but it works, and the machines are fantastic. It's been so long since I've washed clothes in a nice machine with a bunch of settings! My aunt is going to gasp, but I even washed a load of my delicates (she works at Vicky's Secret) on the delicate cycle and then hung them to dry and they came out great. I HATE hand washing clothes so that alone made this whole remodel worth it.
We also had the painters paint the heater cover in white to make it less obtrusive (it was just a gray metal before).
Let's talk a minute too about these floors. THESE FLOORS! I love the cork. So much. Except the cat puke camouflages identically with the floors so I have to get down low and scan around every few days to make sure there aren't any hidden yaks. Luckily the boys don't puke as much as Lily Mae the Bulimic Siamese (God rest her soul) so it's not that big of an issue. It's lovely to walk on, always looks clean, and wine glasses just bounce right off of it without even a chip! Don't ask how we know that. It's great. It was a pain in Don's ass to install (the seams curled up when the adhesive dried so he had to sink about 3 million little brads into them to keep them down- totally invisible though) so I'm not sure how easily I'd recommend the BuildDirect product we purchased. I love the pattern of the cork though.
And our goth bathroom! So hard to photograph because it's tiny, but this is about it. Matte black chalkboard walls that nobody better chalk up (I like it just like this) and the gold accents and shiny white toilet/sink coordinate perfectly with the kitchen.
Ugh, I wish I was a better photographer so you could really see the greatness in here. You get the idea.
Elsa is slowly breaking down my resolve and I'm allowing the magnet letters to stay on the refrigerator. Just adds to the lived in charm of the kitchen I guess. I still want some art piece above the sink window, but something small and not too colorful.
We're trying to keep the window ledge somewhat clear so the boys can sit up here and bask. Jeff sealed the butcher block counters with a matte polyurethane that was *almost* dry when the first cat jumped up there. We have really faint kitty toe prints in the finish but I kind of love them.


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- 2 Beds
- 2 Full
- 982 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Condo
SubdivisionVILLAS AT PROSPECT POINT
Listing Date02/08/19
Year Built1995
Parking1 Car Garage, Attached
Property Description
Sweet! A 2 BD / 2 BA top floor, vaulted ceilings, gas fireplace, W/D, and attached garage condo at Villas at Prospect Point for a great price! Enjoy the community Hot Tub, and the many restaurants and activities the town of Frisco has to offer, jump on the rec path around Lake Dillon just out your door, ski on one of the 5 major ski resorts in the area, sail on Lake Dillon or hike one of the many mountain trails. See the Matterport tour and hit the play button for a fly through of the condo.
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- See Remarks
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- City Sewer
- City Water
- Electricity
- Gas
- Phone
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Forced Air
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About Frisco
Surrounded by the White River National Forest and bordered by the shores of Lake Dillon, Frisco is the perfect setting for a Summit County adventure. Few quaint mountain towns also offer the scenic beauty and water recreation, such as kayaking, sailing and canoeing, that Lake Dillon provides. Its central location between Summit County and Eagle County ski areas, the hub of the free Summit Stage transit service and a world-class bike path system make Frisco a natural choice for year-round living. Additionally, boutiques, restaurants, and bars along Frisco's two retail corridors - Main Street and Summit Boulevard – provide endless options for dining, entertainment and shopping. Frisco's amenities including parks, schools, playgrounds, libraries, a historic park with 11 buildings from the original town of Dillon, marina, Nordic Skiing Center, health-care facilities and shopping are all within easy access, often by foot. Events like Frisco's Fantastic Fourth of July, Frisco Gold Rush ski race and the Colorado Barbecue Challenge combine beautiful mountain scenery, small-town atmosphere and old fashioned good times for family enjoyment.
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The Paris 180mm V2 50 Degree Raw trucks are designed for freeriding, downhill, carving, cruising, and freestyle. Gravity molded with 356.2 virgin aluminum, the hanger measures 180mm long with a 220mm axle length. Secondary heat treated for strength, the 50° baseplate provides agility and a tight turning radius. With a board side barrel bushing for stability, the road side tall cone additional maneuverability.
Materials: Gravity Molded 356.2 Virgin Aluminum
Features: Secondary Heat Treatment, Faced Hangers, Branded Grade 8 Steel Axles, Grade 8 Steel Kingpins
Hanger Length: 180mm
Axle Length: 220mm
Axle Diameter: 8mm
Baseplate Angle: 50°
Bushings: Barrel Board Side, Tall Cone Road Side
Bushing Durometer: 90a Divine Urethane
Hole Pattern: New School, Old School
Set Weight of Two: 2lbs 1oz