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BEVERLY, Mass. – Taking on a brand new opponent in Castleton State, the Endicott football team shattered their own program record for most points in a single game with a 66-14 victory over the Spartans in the Gulls home opener at Endicott Stadium on Saturday.
Endicott put up 45 points in the first half and broke the previous record of 58 total points, previously set on September 15th, 2011 against Fitchburg State, after senior running back Mike Wheeler's (Hanover, Mass.) third rushing touchdown of the game with 5:23 to go in the third quarter. The Gulls tacked on one more touchdown, a four-yard run by freshman Trevon Offley (Brockton, Mass.), to set the new record with 66 points late in the final quarter.
Wheeler turned in a standout performance with his first 100+ yard rushing game as a Gull. He finished the game with 154 yards on 19 rushes and three touchdowns. Wheeler's effort on the ground was part of a 323-yard output as a team, including 64 yards from senior Jared DiBiase (Cranston, R.I.) and 30+ yards each from Cody Sinnott (Rocky Point, N.Y.) and Offley.
Through the air, Endicott quarterback Drew Frenette (New Bedford, Mass.) connected with senior wide receiver Cameron Lett (Waltham, Mass.) three times in the end zone as part of a four-TD day for the sophomore signal caller. Frenette was an efficient 12-of-20 for 204 yards with junior tight end Greg Dellorco (Franklin, Mass.) and Lett collecting the most receiving yardage with 75 and 63, respectively. Senior wide receiver Mike Murphy (Chelmsford, Mass.) caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter before leaving the game due to injury.
Defensively for the second week in-a-row, Endicott dominated the turnover margin with five interceptions, a forced fumble and recovery, and two stops on fourth down. Junior defensive back Jason Silva (Palatine, Ill.) recorded two picks, including a second quarter interception that was returned 70 yards to the end zone to put the Gulls on top 35-17. Silva's first interception occurred on Castleton State's first offensive play of the game, as he took advantage of pass that was tipped in the air off a Spartans receiver's hands which put Endicott in good field position at the Castleton State 37-yard line. The interception set up Frenette's 17-yard strike to Murphy to go up 7-0 in the first quarter.
Junior defensive backs Davas Wright (Fall River, Mass.) and Sean Griffith (Marshfield, Mass.) and sophomore linebacker Seth Montbleau (Dracut, Mass.) also recorded picks in the game. Senior defensive lineman Kevin Pressey (Fairfield, Maine) forced Endicott's other turnover, a forced fumble that was recovered by Peter Kallas (Beverly, Mass.).
After Frenette's opening drive touchdown, Castleton State grinded out a 10-play, 78-yard drive that evened the score at 7-7 when Spartans quarterback, and last week's ECFC Offensive Player of the Week, Shane Brozowski (Rensselaer, N.Y.) found tight end Denny Wilhelm (Glens Falls, N.Y.) on first-and-goal at the 10-yard line. Castleton State converted 4th-and-one at the Endicott 49-yard line before a Brozowski pass to Kyle Higgins (Pennington, N.J.) and a Gulls pass interference call set up the touchdown.
On the ensuing kickoff, Endicott coughed up the football to give possession back to Castleton State on their own 32-yard line. Brozowski completed 4-of-6 passes capped off by a five-yarder to junior Brandon Boyle (Springfield, Vt.) to put the visitors on top 14-7.
Endicott's next possession, which started on the 10-yard line after a holding call on the kickoff brought back a 55-yard return by Wheeler, lasted just 13 seconds as Wheeler darted through the Castleton State defense for 90 yards to tie the game at 14. The 90-yard dash was an Endicott record for the longest rush from scrimmage in a game.
Two touchdowns by Lett, Wheeler's second touchdown, Silva's interception return, and a 30-yard field goal by junior Dylan Rushe (Palos Verdes, Calif.) catapulted the Gulls to a 45-14 halftime advantage.
Castleton State's Brozowski finished with 191 yards through the air on 25-of-44 pass attempts. He had two touchdown tosses and five interceptions. On the ground, senior Tyler Carpenter (Fort Edward, N.Y.) had 41 yards on 10 attempts.
Defensively, Endicott junior Andrew Lawson (Framingham, Mass.) had a team-high seven tackles with one pass break up. Senior linebacker Craig Lussier (Dracut, Mass.) and junior lineman Alex Filomeno (West Hartford, Conn.) each had 1.5 sacks with juniors Marcell Cooper (Dorchester, Mass.) and Tim Murray (Longmeadow, Mass.) as well as senior Oscar Moore (Cambridge, Mass.) adding one apiece.
For the Spartans, linebackers Mick Wong (Hartford, Vt.) and Todd Carr (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) led all players with nine tackles with both Josh Osborne (Island Heights, N.J.) and Brett Denning (Clarksburg, Mass.) tallying eight each. Castleton State created two turnovers on forced fumbles by Mitch Bouton (Cooperstown, N.Y.) and Zach Howe (Bellows Falls, Vt.).
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The Cameron University Department of Computing and Technology will host Computing and Technology Week from April 3-4 with a series of presentations and student competitions. All presentations are open to the public at no charge.
Dr. Chris Weaver, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, will present the keynote address on Friday, April 4 at 10:30 a.m. in the CETES Conference Center. Weaver's topic is "Using Interactive Visualization to Explore People, Places and Events in Complex Data." Weaver's talk will examine the value of the information hiding in a huge amount of data, including how to uncover patterns and trends from data and convey them in a way that enables everyone to explore and interact with the information. A reception will follow the presentation.
On Thursday, April 3, Cameron student and Microsoft representative Demilade Adenuga will present a demonstration of Windows 8.1 and Xbox One from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center.
Cameron students will demonstrate their knowledge during several computer and technology related competitions. On Thursday, "Cameron University Future Tech Star" will feature students pitching an original application or tech/multimedia product to a faculty panel. Pitches can utilize a product that has actually been developed, a prototype, evidence of proof of concept, or simply the idea itself. Students can participate individually or in groups with up to four members. Each individual/team will be allotted 5-7 minutes for the pitch. Pitches will begin at 3 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center.
Additional competitions include a Hacking Contest at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday in Howell 108, a Database Contest at 8 a.m. on Friday in Howell 207, and a Programming Contest at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in Howell 108. During the hacking competition, participants will explore the world of ethical hacking. For the database competition, students will design a database using an ER Diagram. Once completed, contestants will then be given a database where they will be required to manipulate metadata and data using SQL (DD and DML). For the programming contest, student teams (1-3 students per team) will try to solve four problems within two hours. Winners will be announced during an awards ceremony on Friday at 4 p.m. in the CETES Conference Center.
Entrants in the Multimedia Design Poster Competition will be on display on the first floor of CETES. First, second and third place entries will be identified.
Computing and Technology Week is made possible by the Ajesh Bhargava Endowed Lectureship in Computing Sciences.
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Incredible and depressing to see people still getting Oracle internals as wrong as this.
From slashdot I see that there is once again a new language in town.
Now then, there are a great many Java developers who have preached the benefits of implementing data logic (what they call business logic) in the application so-as to create RDBMS-independent code, including James Gosling who apparantly leads the pack in "not getting" SQL.
Would it not be ironic to see them now pushing all of those "database independent" applications to a new language?
In other news, PL/SQL is coming up to something like 20 years old. Code you wrote then could still be running now.
Another DBMS_Scheduler Chain Rule Issue
Following on from a recent adventure with a problem validating DBMS_Scheduler chain rules, I hit another issue today.
A rule was defined with a step name that does not exist. This happened because there is an odd limit of chain step name lengths (27 bytes I think), and the name of the step in the define_step call was modified from STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PROBES to STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PR after the rule code was written to reference STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PROBES.
When the job was executed the scheduler made repeated efforts to start a job_subname of STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PROBES_0 (that's a zero on the end) approximately every 0.005 second, with the job run details reporting a status of FAILED and additional_info of:
CHAIN_LOG_ID="576839″,STEP_NAME="STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PROBES", ORA-01403: no data found.
The job had to be stopped using FORCE=TRUE, dropped and recreated.
When the rule was corrected the job ran correctly.
Of course this has left us with rather large SYS.SCHEDULER$_JOB_RUN_DETAILS, SYS.SCHEDULER$_EVENT_LOG and SYS.SCHEDULER$_INSTANCE_PK segments, which is not ideal. We'll see if support will let us run a shrink space on them.
So, to the lessons …
- Do not rely on Oracle validating rule and step modifications.
- Watch the first execution of a job on which you have modified the rules like a hawk in case you forgot point 1.
And Another Thing …
Following on from my recent complaint about an all-time low on the Oracle Forums, does anyone else get the impression that the work there is not just answering questions, but seems increasingly to be correcting all of the incorrect answers?
Obviously I have an example in mind.
Or has it always been thus?
Solving ORA-24172: rule set %s.%s has errors
DBMS_Scheduler chains are a joy to use, until they stop being a joy and start being a real pain.
I modified the logic of a process, dropping one stored procedure and replacing it with another (instead of writing out a list of files to a control file so that a cron job can scp them to a set of other servers, we're now executing scp as a DBMS_Scheduler executable-type job).
Calling the new procedure instead of the old one required dropping the obsolete DBMS_Scheduler program, the chain step, and the associated rules, and creating a new program, step and rules.
The old rules, step and program were dropped, and the new program and step were created.
However when creating the first of the new rules the following error message was raised:
begin DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE ( chain_name => 'EXPORT', condition => 'STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PR SUCCEEDED', action => 'START STP_RM_OLD_PROBE_FILES', rule_name => 'START_RM_OLD_PROBE_FILES' ); end; / ORA-24172: rule set NCBI_ETL.SCHED_RULESET$4 has errors ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_ISCHED", line 1286 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SCHEDULER", line 1257 ORA-06512: at line 2 24172. 00000 - "rule set %s.%s has errors" *Cause: The rule references variables not in the evaluation context. *Action: Modify the rule condition to remove illegal reference.
The error is another of those where the majority of Google hits are dumb listings of the error code and message, and the "cause" and "action".
The syntax and names in the call to DBMS_Scheduler.Define_Chain_Rule were all validated.
I exported the rule set associated with the chain:
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('PROCOBJ','SCHED_RULESET$4') from dual;
This told me the name of the evaluation context, which I then exported with:
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('PROCOBJ','SCHED_EV_CTX$6') from dual;
On checking the evaluation context I found that the newly-added chain step was present:
vt(10) := sys.re$variable_type('"STP_EXP_SEND_FILES_TO_PR"','sys.scheduler$_job_step_type','dbms_scheduler.get_job_step_cf',NULL);
Mysterious stuff!
I flirted with the idea of dropping the chain entirely, after exporting the chain and steps with:
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('PROCOBJ','EXPORT') from dual;
… and the rules (why are they not included in the chain definition?) with:
select 'exec DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE ('''||chain_name||''','''||condition||''','''||action||''','''||rule_name||''','''||comments||''');' from user_scheduler_chain_rules where chain_name = 'EXPORT';
However, when I exported the rule set I noticed that there was still a rule defined with the name of the step I had previously dropped — it was the "what to do if anything fails" rule, and listed all the steps of the chain except the one that sends the chain failure email.
I dropped and created that rule with reference to failure of the new rule instead of the old one, and the new replacement rule that had previously failed now created correctly.
What I Learned
It appears that a chain step can be dropped in 10.2.0.4 even if it is referenced by a rule, but this may leave an "orphan" rule that will cause an ORA-24172 to be raised when rules are defined later on. Well, there may be other or more complete explanations, but the error that is raised may not be complaining about the rule you are trying to create — there may be another at fault.
A New Low
A new low on the Oracle Technet forums: a person with DBA access who can't work out how to increase tablespace size. Hopefully not a production system.
Generating A Gap-free Series Of Numbers — Not Always A Problem
Well, it's happened again. Someone has asked how to implement a requirement to generate a gap-free series of numbers and a swarm of nay-sayers have descended on them to say (and here I paraphrase slightly) that this will kill system performance, that's it's rarely a valid requirement, that whoever wrote the requirement is an idiot blah blah blah.
As I point out on the thread, it is sometimes a genuine legal requirement to generate gap-free series of numbers. Invoice numbers for the 2,000,000+ organisations in the UK that are VAT (sales tax) registered have such a requirement, and the reason for this is rather obvious: that it makes it more difficult to hide the generation of revenue from tax authorities. I've seen comments that it is a requirement in Spain and Portugal, and I'd not be surprised if it was not a requirement in many other countries.
So, if we accept that it is a valid requirement, under what circumstances are gap-free series* of numbers a problem? Group-think would often have you believe that it always is, but in fact it is only a potential problem under very particular circumstances.
- The series of numbers must have no gaps.
- Multiple processes create the entities to which the number is associated (eg. invoices).
- The numbers must be generated at the time that the entity is created.
If all of these requirements must be met then you have a point of serialisation in your application, and we'll discuss that in a moment.
First let's talk about methods of implementing a series-of-numbers requirement if you can drop any one of those requirements.
If your series of numbers can have gaps (and you have multiple processes requiring instant generation of the number) then use an Oracle Sequence object. They are very high performance and the situations in which gaps can be expected have been very well discussed. It is not too challenging to minimise the amount of numbers skipped by making design efforts to minimise the chance of a process failure between generation of the number and commiting the transaction, if that is important.
If you do not have multiple processes creating the entities (and you need a gap-free series of numbers that must be instantly generated), as might be the case with the batch generation of invoices, then you already have a point of serialisation. That in itself may not be a problem, and may be an efficient way of performing the required operation. Generating the gap-free numbers is rather trivial in this case. You can read the current maximum value and apply an incrementing value to every entity with a number of techniques. For example if you are inserting a new batch of invoices into your invoice table from a temporary working table you might:
insert into invoices ( invoice#, ...) with curr as ( select Coalesce(Max(invoice#)) max_invoice# from invoices) select curr.max_invoice#+rownum, ... from tmp_invoice ...
Of course you would protect your process so that only one instance can run at a time (probably with DBMS_Lock), and protect the invoice# with a unique key contrainst, and probably check for missing values with separate code if you really, really care.
If you do not need instant generation of the numbers (but you need them gap-free and multiple processes generate the entities) then you can allow the entities to be generated and the transaction commited, and then leave generation of the number to a single batch job. An update on the entity table, or an insert into a separate table.
So if we need the trifecta of instant generation of a gap-free series of numbers by multiple processes? All we can do is to try to minimise the period of serialisation in the process, and I offer the following advice, and welcome any additional advice (or counter-advice of course).
- Store your current values in a dedicated table. DO NOT use a sequence.
- Ensure that all processes use the same code to generate new numbers by encapsulating it in a function or procedure.
- Serialise access to the number generator with DBMS_Lock, making sure that each series has it's own dedicated lock.
- Hold the lock in the series generator until your entity creation transaction is complete by releasing the lock on commit (using release_on_lock=true in DBMS_Lock.request)
- Delay the generation of the number until the last possible moment.
- Consider the impact of an unexpected error after generating the number and before the commit is completed — will the application rollback gracefully and release the lock, or will it hold the lock on the series generator until the session disconnects later? Whatever method is used, if the transaction fails then the series number(s) must be "returned to the pool".
- Can you encapsulate the whole thing in a trigger on the entity's table? Can you encapsulate it in a table or other API call that inserts the row and commits the insert automatically?
I'm sure that there is more to add, so feel free to comment.
Finally, when someone asks "How do I generate a gap-free sequence?" can we please not all jump on the Bad Requirement Bandwagon? By all means question the need for it, advise that sequence objects are inappropriate, point out the potential problems, but please keep an open mind — sometimes a requirement really is a requirement.
* I can't believe I actually looked up the plural of "series", but I did. It's "series".


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Okay, this'll be a short one, mainly just to get it out there. Now that Like Glass is back in my hands, I've been debating what – if anything – I'm going to do about getting it back on the market. So, here's the preliminary plan for the moment.
- eBook release, mainly on Kindle and Nook platforms. I might look into other distributions means; I haven't decided yet. Also haven't planned a release date yet either — that'll depend on how long it takes to edit everything, and what needs to go into converting for those platforms. Shouldn't be terribly long, but at the same time, I still have a full-time job, a wife, and a kid, so there's no telling how much time I can really devote to it.
That's it, actually. I do have some other ideas I'm throwing around, such as:
- Release as a web serial, with chapters coming out periodically. Haven't decided how to handle this, especially with the eBooks. Don't want to give it away for free one way and charge for another. Maybe a subscription fee? I dunno…
- Audiobook. Not really considering this one too seriously, as it'd take a lot more time than I can really invest now, but it's something I've thrown around a little. It'd be fun, but there's almost no chance I'd get things quiet enough around the house for any recording, even if I had all the free time in the world.
- Print, primarily self-published. I really don't want to futz around with another publisher that's going to disappear on me, and I know I won't get an agent (and probably not even a publisher) at the moment. So it'd be self-published, and that'd take more time than the eBook would — typesetting, cover design, checking proofs and re-submitting any changes, etc. At least it's relatively cost-effective, since there's a few POD publishers who only charge you for what's ordered (namely the first proofs).
So that's where I'm at with it. Hopefully I'll be able to spend a bit of time editing over the next few days, and I can come back with some more concrete details about when things might be available.
Any suggestions are most welcome, so if you have an idea, don't be afraid to speak up.


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Village Academy wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith, the Sun Sentinel's No. 6 prospect in Palm Beach County, has committed to UCF, according to his coach, Donald Hanna.
The six-foot-two, 175-pound Smith told Matt Porter of the Palm Beach Post Wednesday that his favorites included the Knights, Bowling Green, Virginia Tech and USF, and it took less than 24 hours for the 2014 prospect to decide between the schools.
Hanna said Smith will not take any more college visits this summer now that he's committed to the Knights.
Smith also had offers from Hawaii, Marshall, UCLA and Nebraska.
A three-star rated recruit by the major scouting services, Smith had 1,086 yards receiving and 12 touchdowns for Village Academy last year. ESPN clocked his 40-yard dash earlier this spring at 4.58 seconds.


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To be considered for a minor in Film Studies, students must meet these requirements:
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Leather boots with soles made from Goodyear tires, Algeria, circa 1950. Photo by Hillel Burger. PM 54-5-50/9675.1
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The Peabody Museum and Tozzer Library present a selection of approximately forty-nine pair of shoes, sandals, and boots from their extensive ethnographic collections: from the original sensible shoe to the heights and lengths of fashion.
The exhibit is a fun look at footwear across cultures. Who invented platform shoes and high heels, why do Turkish shoes have curled toes, and how tiny was the ideal Chinese bound foot? Investigate the mysteries of shoe design and fashion across cultures!
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The above title is in fact a special case of what I want to ask.
Certainly we have a well defined notion of Galois extension for $ \mathbb{Q}_p $. The intersections of these extensions to the ring of integer of the absolute algebraic closure of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ give us a notion of Galois extensions for $\mathbb{Z}_p $. ( I know that there is a notion of Galois extension for commutative rings, and I believe that it should give us this. Am I correct?)
Let's go further. Let $A_K$ be the ring of integer in a finite Galois extension $K$ of $ \mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $e$ be the ramification degree of $K$ over $\mathbb{Q}_p$. The injection of $ \mathbb{Z}_p$ into $A_K$ will induce an injection of $ \mathbb{Z} / p^n $ into $ A_K / \mathfrak{p}^{en} $. In this picture, there seems to be some desire to say that $ A_K / \mathfrak{p}^{en} $ is the correct notion Galois of extension of $ \mathbb{Z} / p^n $. But there are problems; taking this notion of Galois extension, if $K$ is has ramification degree $e >1$, the corresponding extension $ A_K /p^e $ is not a field (it is not even an integral domain).
Question 1: Is there any notion of Galois extensions corresponding to what I desire?
Question 2: Can a class field theory (i.e a nice description of absolute abelian Galois extension) of $ \mathbb{Z}/p^n$ be developed in this context? Is there any relationship between this and the local class field theory of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ ( which is the same as that of $\mathbb{Z}_p $)?


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Dwarf Planet Eris, formerly known as 'Xena'
Dwarf Planet Eris, formerly known as 'Xena'
Sep 15 2006, 03:53 PM
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It's sort of like going into the Harry Potter universe and naming a new planet 'Voldemort,' if you know what I mean.
So you've got me searching the minor planet names list:
There is a "(1930) Lucifer." There must be some others in there.
Actually, I'm surprised by the dearth of "evil" names. I'd love to name some asteroids War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.
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Here's one from that list that caught my eye:
(25924) Douglasadams
If that's a NEO, maybe, at some time in the far future, it *will* be time for the dolphins to say "So long, and thanks for all the fish"...
-the other Doug
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Sep 15 2006, 05:09 PM
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So you've got me searching the minor planet names list:
There is a "(1930) Lucifer." There must be some others in there.
Actually, I'm surprised by the dearth of "evil" names. I'd love to name some asteroids War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.
I've heard that Mars has two moons with names like that....
"After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is
indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."
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Sep 15 2006, 06:33 PM
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Here's one from that list that caught my eye:
(25924) Douglasadams
If that's a NEO, maybe, at some time in the far future, it *will* be time for the dolphins to say "So long, and thanks for all the fish"...
-the other Doug
It is a regular asteroid. But look at its provisional designation, 2001 DA42: 2001 is the year of his death, DA his initials and 42...
The name of the asteroid (18610) Arthurdent was supposedly published on the day of his death. However, the name was actually published a few days earler. A sick quirk of fate anyway...
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
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Would a mission to Eris be possible? Is anybody talking about it?
Oct 7 2007, 08:52 PM
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Eris is currently 97 AU from the sun. It took Voyager 1, currently the most distant functioning probe, nearly 30 years to reach that distance. NASA probably would have to develop some new propulsion technology before a mission to Eris would be considered.
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Dawn manages an acceleration of 7 m/s/d or about 81 microns/sec^2. :-) If it could accelerate full-time half-way to Eris and then decelerate full-time the other half, I figure it'd take under 70 years. However, if we could kick that up to 50 m/s/d, then it'd take right at 10 years.
(Someone should double-check these figures before launching their own mission, of course.) :-)
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Eris is currently 97 AU from the sun. It took Voyager 1, currently the most distant functioning probe, nearly 30 years to reach that distance. NASA probably would have to develop some new propulsion technology before a mission to Eris would be considered.
Yes, but the Voyager trajectories were formulated with something other than raw speed to the outer Kuiper belt in mind. I'm not saying that new propulsion tech wouldn't be needed, but I would bet something substantially faster than V1 could be sent using present day tech (and some well timed flybys of outer planets along the way). You might have to wait a decade or five for the proper alignment to reach Eris, though.
this brings up an interesting question, what is the fastest possible solar system escape velocity possible using only presently available launch vehicles and gravitational assists from th outer planets? Assume you have an RTG-powered mission of some useful mass (300-500kg, no ion thrusters of any kind, no solar sails..........), basically a New Horizons clone, and no new propulsion tech. What's the theoretical maximum? There are probably once-in-a-millennium alignments of Jupiter and Saturn that would allow for speeds well in excess of anything we've sent so far. Someone has to have done a simulation at some point......
-dave V.
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Probably some perfect "grand tour" type alignment, where each spacecraft-planet encounter is as close-in to the planet as possible for a departure trajectory that's approximately tangent to the planet's orbit or as close to tangent as possible.
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Probably some perfect "grand tour" type alignment, where each spacecraft-planet encounter is as close-in to the planet as possible for a departure trajectory that's approximately tangent to the planet's orbit or as close to tangent as possible.
Eris is also well off of the ecliptic at present (and for a long time coming). I doubt that keeping things in the ecliptic for three flybys then counting on Neptune to provide all of the work to acquire a high inclination is feasible. Maybe a Jupiter-Saturn combo could do it, assuming the rings weren't a problem.
That would actually be a scenario that would unfold fairly often.
Uranus is actually in a pretty good position right now for an assist to Eris, but it'll soon move out of that good position and not come back for 8 decades. Neptune, however, is moving into position, but again, Neptune can't bend the path down in very good proportion to Jupiter's bending it out.
In only 230 years or so, Eris will come within 40 AU of the Sun. Let's plan on an Eris Orbiter/Lander then. Start the buzz now.
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Moved posts to a new thread The Great Planet Debate conference
Will make it easier to close when the arguments start (I hope i'm wrong, play nice.)
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Eris has weather!
space.com article about seasonal atmospheric ices transfer on Eris: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0811...arf-planet.html
Nitrogen sublimates first, then deposits first on the colder pole.
Methane sublimates next, then deposits on top of nitrogen on the colder pole.
If I understand this correctly, the layering would be unstable, with the more volatile (nitrogen woofs off at a lower temperature) component buried under the methane layer.
Could make some really impressive nitrogen jets through the methane ice surface during the spring "warm up".
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In the journal Nature from today:
"A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation
B. Sicardy et al.
The dwarf planet Eris is a trans-Neptunian object with an orbital eccentricity of 0.44, an inclination of 44 degrees and a surface composition very similar to that of Pluto. It resides at present at 95.7 astronomical units from Earth, near its aphelion and more than three times farther than Pluto. Owing to this great distance, measuring its size or detecting a putative atmosphere is difficult. Here we report the observation of a multi-chord stellar occultation by Eris on 6 November 2010 ut. The event is consistent with a spherical shape for Eris, with radius 1,163 ± 6 kilometres, density 2.52 ± 0.05 grams per cm3 and a high visible geometric albedo. No nitrogen, argon or methane atmospheres are detected with surface pressure larger than ~1 nanobar, about 10,000 times more tenuous than Pluto's present atmosphere. As Pluto's radius is estimated to be between 1,150 and 1,200 kilometres, Eris appears as a Pluto twin, with a bright surface possibly caused by a collapsed atmosphere, owing to its cold environment. We anticipate that this atmosphere may periodically sublimate as Eris approaches its perihelion, at 37.8 astronomical units from the Sun."
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I just read the Nature paper. Eris is quite an interesting object.
a few notes:
- Eris is probably a rocky body with an icy crust. its density is quite higher than that of Pluto (almost 30 p.c.) and of other KBO but compatible with that of Makemake.
- Eris is one of the brightest objects in the solar system. its albedo is 0.96. only Enceladus has a greater albedo
too bad I fear none of us will be around when Eris gets its first visit
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The Gargoyle Gate is a passage at Hogwarts Castle, connecting the main grounds with a small forest section. The gate is on a small paved courtyard, and it is comprised of big wooden double doors flanked by two columns topped with winged gargoyles shaped like boars.[1] Later, another door was added which leads elsewhere.[2]
In 1991, Quirinus Quirrell Transfigured one of the gargoyles to attack Harry Potter. Harry, however, managed to defeat it.[1]
Harry and Ronald Weasley ran through here through two different doors to meet outside Rubeus Hagrid's hut.
Behind the scenes
- The Gargoyle Gate bears a resemblance to the Entrance Gates, but they are different structures.
- In the PS1 video game adaption of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets a new door is added and the gargoyles are removed.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
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ROME (Reuters) - Florence mayor Matteo Renzi launched a clear challenge to Italian center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Thursday, saying he must either agree a coalition with former premier Silvio Berlusconi or demand a new election.
Bersani won a majority in the lower house but not the Senate in February's elections, leaving the center-left unable to govern alone. Last week he failed to forge a viable majority in parliament when his overtures to the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement were rebuffed.
Renzi, 38, who lost to Bersani last December in a vote to be the center-left's leading candidate, gave interviews to several Italian newspapers saying he was ready to stand in a new primary.
Renzi had previously hesitated to challenge Bersani, a former communist politician who blew a 10-point opinion poll lead to leave Italy in political deadlock.
But in recent days he has become increasingly critical of Bersani's line that a "grand coalition" with scandal-plagued center-right leader Berlusconi is unthinkable.
Another option could be a technocrat government sponsored by President Giorgio Napolitano, but this is opposed by both center-left and center-right.
"We cannot stop here, waiting for Bersani to get support," Renzi told the daily La Repubblica. "It's ridiculous to stick with a frozen task. We must do something: a government formed by the president, a grand coalition, or we must return to vote."
Bersani shrugged off requests for comment.
The Florence mayor, who had been widely expected to make his move after Bersani failed to secure a working majority, rejected suggestions that party primaries could not be organised by June.
Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom party (PDL) has repeatedly called for Bersani to join them in a coalition or go back to the ballot box in June, although analysts say the chance is diminishing that an election can be held by then.
A new election held under the current law would run a high risk of producing another deadlock, but there is thought to be no prospect of changing it before June.
The law gives a big bonus in the lower chamber to the winning party, meaning that the center-left can control the chamber despite its wafer-thin winning margin. But the law also requires a new government to win a confidence vote in the Senate, where seats are allocated regionally.
A new vote would very likely produce another winner in the lower house who lacks a majority in the Senate.
Bersani says a snap election would be a disaster when Italy needs a solid government to tackle a deep recession. Meanwhile support for Berlusconi has been growing steadily in recent surveys, which show the center-right overtaking the center left.
Renzi, whose market-friendly views are seen as appealing to center-right voters, said he could pose the most credible challenge to Berlusconi, who is awaiting verdicts in two trials, one on charges that he paid for sex with a minor.
"Berlusconi wants a vote in June precisely in order not to give me space. We can challenge him. If I run, he will be in trouble," Renzi told La Repubblica.
There was no immediate official reaction from the leadership of Bersani's Democratic Party (PD), which fears any alliance with Berlusconi would split the center-left.
But leadership member Davide Zoggia said Renzi was free to join Berlusconi if he wished.
"The choice between a coalition with the PDL or an immediate vote is the same proposal pursued obsessively by Berlusconi from the first day. If Renzi wants to govern with Berlusconi, he can go ahead," Zoggia said in a statement.
Renzi is opposed by the left wing of Bersani's group, including powerful trade unions. But the Florence mayor, a more dynamic campaigner than Bersani, is seen as a potential game-changer who could win back votes from the 5-star Movement of former comic Beppe Grillo, as well as the center-right.
His primary campaign last year promised to get rid of the political old guard, a battle cry that chimes with the demands of many supporters of the 5-Star Movement.
He has already dismissed as a waste of time Napolitano's decision to appoint two committees of "wise men" to draw up a plan of reforms that could win the support of all parties. It is due to report at the end of next week. [ID:nL5N0CP1EQ]
Little progress in ending the crisis is expected until a vote starting on April 18 to elect a successor to Napolitano, whose mandate runs out in May. He is not allowed to call a parliamentary election in the final months of his presidency.
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You said you wanted it, so I'm going to give it to one of you.
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Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a year since everyone over the age of fifteen disappeared, the sun has continued to shine on the kids of Perdido Beach. Now, though, the gaiaphage has blotted out the sun and plunged the FAYZ into perpetual gloom. Divided and dispirited, the survivors face their greatest enemy yet – the darkness of their own minds…
I'm really excited to give you the chance to win Fear by Michael Grant. I've really enjoyed this series and can't wait to read the sixth book. I'm sure you feel the same way about Fear, so I want to make sure one of you can get your hands on a copy of Fear as soon as it comes out.
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I'm not sure we have enough shotty discussion to warrant it's own sub forum, but we'll see what kind of responses we get from your query.
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How Not To Design An API
25 September 2009 by Mathias Meyer
I've had the dubious pleasure of working with a certain library. It's a layer to talk to most of the Amazon Web Services APIs. While working with web services usually is a particular awful experience, this library doesn't make much of an effort to hide their awkwardness, in fact, in some ways it even makes it worse. It's pretty old news that I enjoy bitching about code I don't like, but I also like to keep it positive in at least thinking about how it could be improved.
Let's take a moment and have a look at what part of their API is particularly nasty and how the situation could be improved. We actually wrote a micro-wrapper around that library to make things a bit less awful for us, and to at least keep their code out of ours.
I'm looking in particular at the EC2 part of the library. Here's the signature of the method that runs a new instance:
run_instances(image_id, min_count, max_count, group_ids, key_name,
user_data='', addressing_type = nil, instance_type = nil,
kernel_id = nil, ramdisk_id = nil, availability_zone = nil,
block_device_mappings = nil)
Yes, that's 12 arguments you can hand over to the method, most of them being optional. Now, what's it look like calling it:
run_instances('ami-123445', 1, 1, [], 'default')
So far so good. But what if you want to specify a different availability zone for e.g. the EU:
run_instances('ami-123445', 1, 1, [], 'default', '', nil, nil, nil, nil, 'eu-west1b')
Nice, eh? It's starting to get really ugly. The important parameters are hidden by unnecessary noise. What's with
max_count and
min_count not having default values? I'd argue that you normally it'd be quite reasonable to assume that you only want to run one instance when calling the method without these two parameters.
Anyway, that's just one example, in general, there's only one important piece of information, and that's the AMI identifier. Let's look at what this method could look like when you sprinkle some very common Rubyisms on top, things that should be quite common sense when writing code in Ruby, but seem to have been lost here in favor of resembling the original API as close as possible, even if that means writing cumbersome code:
run_instance('ami-123445', :availability_zone => 'eu-west1b', :ssh_key => 'default')
Now the method only takes one argument and a has of options. Is it more code to write? Yes. Are its intentions clearer? I'd argue that they are. Is it close to what the API underneath expects as arguments? Closer than before. Unnecessary information is left out, because either the method itself could send sensible defaults, or the web service itself does it. The EC2 API even has a default for the instance type, and it doesn't care if you leave out the RAM disk or specific kernel. It does what's necessary to ensure your instance is up.
Knowing that, it's not that hard to hide those details behind a slightly improved version of
run_instances, in this case even called
run_instance. Throw in a method
run_instances to handle specifics of launching multiple instances at once. Is it more code to write? Sure. But it sure as hell makes for a nicer usage of the library itself. Instead of having to look up the order of the method's parameters and fill in blanks with nil, I only have to look what options the methods accepts.
In general I don't like giving a method more than three arguments. It simply means it's doing too much, or that the data it needs should be wrapped in a simple data structure, e.g. a hash (which is just called for in Ruby) or a simple struct. The more arguments you give a method, the harder it will be for users to figure out its usage, especially if you make a whole stash of them optional, because then the order of them starts to matter, and users have to dig through an endless line of documentation just to figure out where the argument most important to them needs to be placed among a pile of nils.
run_instances in said library returns an array of hashes. Those hashes contain the data returned by the web service, each entry in the array describing one instance. Apart from the fact that you always have to get the first entry of that array when you just launched one instance, it also does something weird. EC2 returns attributes in the hash using names like imageId, instanceId, keyName and so on. You could argue about the naming style, but the names sure are reasonable. What
run_instances does is go ahead and prefix almost every attribute with
aws_, but not all of them. Most methods in said library do the same, so at least there's some consistency, but it sure isn't great.
So while trying to resemble the API call, it makes you care about what's what instead of just giving you the attributes as it receives them from the API. The answer to this is simple, give me the damn attributes as you get them, simple like that. If you need to ensure that there are no naming clashes, put them in a subhash e.g. using the key
:ec2 if you must.
Another example is this really simple method:
It takes an array as an argument, but nothing more. Even if you just want to get the data for one instance, you have to call it like this:
I don't know about you, but I think that looks just gross. We're using Ruby for chrissakes, there's a simple mechanism to ensure you get an array, but the library user doesn't need to specify it as such, it's called splat arguments. It's a simple fix, and has great effect.
describe_instances('i-123454', 'i-213143')
There, much better. Again, I'd make the case for a convenience method for getting the data for just one instance, which in turn fetches the first element from the resulting array. If you must, generate the code for it, but it makes code using the library a lot easier on the eyes. Sure, it's more work for you as the library's author, but your users will be thankful, I'm sure.
Last example, the library's layer to access S3. Now, when I reach for my bucket, I can use this method:
bucket(name, create=false, perms=nil, headers={})
The second parameter caught my eye, according to the RDoc it creates the bucket if it doesn't exist. Looking at the code it just doesn't even check if the bucket already exists, it just goes ahead and does a PUT request whenever you specify true. So to make the intention clearer you actually have to do the checking yourself and recall the method with
create set to true to create the bucket on the second run. Because if it doesn't exist
bucket will just return nil. You could end up with something like this.
bucket('bucket-for-monsieur') or bucket('bucket-for-monsieur', true)
So the RDoc is actually lying to us, and we have to bend over and ruin one line of code just because our library is too lazy to do the job for us. If you ask me, the whole method signature looks a bit odd. Somehow it also calls for a little makeover with an options hash, and it obviously should do what it says and check the existence of the bucket for us if we ask it to, and maybe raise an error otherwise, but the latter is a matter of taste. Sometimes I'd rather like to have an error instead of having to check for nil, since in this case you could argue that it clearly is an exceptional situation.
bucket('bucket-for-monsieur', :create => true, :permissions => 'public')
Designing a good API is hard, especially when you're hiding one that's already not great, though that's not an excuse. But sometimes it's well worth looking at how you think others would want to use your library, putting aside the fact that you need to do more work maybe to make it more usable. It's not too much to ask, and it'll sure make your users happy, because their code will look nicer too. The only failure I could add to the above is when the methods would have the real names of the API calls:
Gross! You can laugh now, but some Ruby libraries for accessing Amazon's Web Services don't shy away from exposing you to these undoubtedly not Ruby-like method names.


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It's been said many times that Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in the United States and the financial planning industry is certainly aware of that reality.
Yet the results of Prudential Financial's 2014 Hispanic American Financial Experience survey reveal that the industry as a whole needs to do much more groundwork in order to understand the Latino community, the way in which its wired and its specific financial planning goals.
What's lacking, according to a panel of participants who discussed the survey's key findings in Miami Wednesday, is a more nuanced approach to the Hispanic-American community by the financial planning industry – one that takes into account exactly where Hispanic families are on the "acculturation" spectrum and helps them bridge the gap between their cultural peculiarities with respect to financial planning and the mindset and plethora of financial planning options that exist in the U.S.
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"People have the power and the tools here — they just need to access the information and that is how their quality of life will improve and bolster their aspirations for themselves and their families," Cabral said.
According to the survey, Hispanics are more than willing to engage with financial advisors. But they feel advisors aren't reaching out to them enough. Whether that's because of a perceived language and cultural barrier on the part of advisors isn't clear, said George Castineiras, senior VP of total retirement solutions at Prudential, but advisors need to know that most Hispanics are not looking for an advisor to speak to them in Spanish: They just want to be able to engage with someone they can trust, he said, and cultivating that relationship of trust is extremely important.
A huge part of that is information and being able to deliver the right kind of information to different Hispanic families. Many Hispanic professionals aren't, for example, engaged in their company retirement plan to the extent that the rest of the American population is, Castineiras said, so education and outreach is important there.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are Hispanics that need very basic yet crucial information about the American financial system for their future, such as the nitty-gritties of credit and debt. There, advisors would be well served by connecting with organizations like Hispanic Unity, which, CEO Josie Bacallao said, works to provide education on a number of different topics that help Hispanics get the knowledge they need all along the continuum of immigrant life.
Clearly, the financial needs of Hispanics will evolve as they move along that continuum. However, regardless of where they may be on the spectrum, Hispanics – like most immigrant communities — place a great deal of importance on their children's future and on taking care of their parents, whether they live in this country or overseas.
These are the dominant cultural themes that advisors need to not only take into consideration, said Alexandra Galindez, VP of women and multicultural marketing for Prudential, but also work with to shape perceptions and goals for the future. Framing retirement planning, for instance, within this context can help a great deal, since for most Hispanics, "the connection hasn't been made that taking care of yourself helps in taking care of the generation behind you," Galindez said.
"Taking care of yourself allows you to take care of others, so that is where the challenge lies and where the outreach should be made," Castineiras agreed.


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Paralyzing Lethargy
Many adjectives can be used to describe the Moroccan "Party for Justice and Development" (PJD), but the word "radical" is certainly not among them. Since 1999 the PJD, created by the alliance between some members of the Islamic "Unity and Reform" movement and the "Mouvement populaire et constitutionnel", has represented the legalistic version of political Islam in the country. It does not question the legitimacy of the monarchy.
This self-image helped the party achieve a surprising victory in the previous parliamentary elections in the year 2002. Back then the party tripled its number of seats, becoming the strongest force in the opposition. In the parliamentary elections of 2007 the party expected to win the highest number of votes and thus help the king form the government.
PJD campaign managers said they expected to win at least 70 of the 325 seats. But the PJD will now fill only 46 (as opposed to the previous 42) seats, making it the second largest party, after the Independence Party, a large middle-class national party. There have been no accusations of manipulation – national and international observers were on hand. However, some are complaining that votes were bought.
Loss of credibility for the political elite
The biggest loser is the socialist USFP. In 1997, Abderrahmane El Youssoufi became the party's first prime minister, upon the wish of King Hassan II. This time the party finished in fifth place. This is one of the surprises in the election results – or perhaps it is not surprising, since the El Youssoufi years were a disappointment to many.
The results of the September 7 election make one thing clear: After a number of experiments involving democratic elections, the credibility of the political elite in the Arab world has suffered tremendously.
To speak of disenchantment with politics would be a euphemism: Arabian media report that many invalid ballots were adorned with comments such as "Vive la salafiyya jihadiyya!", "You're all thieves!" or, in the capital of Moroccan-occupied Laqayoune, West Sahara: "Vive la république saharienne!" ("Long live the Saharan Republic!").
The platforms of the 33 parties and dozens of independent candidates on the ballot hardly differed from one another. Both the left and the Islamic opposition are organized in a number of different parties.
When Saadeddine Otmani, the top candidate of the PJD, praises Morocco as a good place for foreign investment and says he stands for economic growth, his words sound like those of the Moroccan Minister for Business and Commerce. The bland election campaign, which took place almost entirely on the television screen, didn't help matters.
A genuine opposition
Although officially forbidden, the "Justice and Welfare" movement of the aging Sheikh Yassine is considered the true opposition in Morocco. It's not known how many members there are, but they have a broad network of supporters throughout the country. The movement decisively rejects violence, but at the same time demands the abolition of the monarchy, and thus is in tune with the times.
Abdessalam Yassine combines his political views with inherently apolitical Muslim mysticism, and attracts many followers. The ideological thrust of the "Justice and Welfare" movement might be called a kind of social neo-Sufism.
Nadia Yassine, the movement's unofficial spokesperson and daughter of its founder, speaks of the PJD in emphatically positive tones. But that may very well be due to the fact that by cooperating with the royal family the PJD is in the process of demolishing itself, even for its followers.
"Justice and Welfare" can lean back and relax and watch the show: Through no effort of their own, the disenchantment with politics and politicians is driving those citizens who seek a genuine opposition force anchored in Islam into its camp.
Swimming alongside the AKP?
The PJD likes to present itself as the Moroccan version of the Turkish party of the same name, which is currently in power there. In the 2007 campaign especially, it tried to make the most of the similarity. But that may have been counterproductive. A party that announces in advance that it is willing to allow itself to be so easily domesticated is not very attractive for citizens seeking a strong opposition force.
The Turkish "Party for Justice and Development" has demonstrated an effective and above all credible tradition as an Islamic party and is still a major thorn in the side of many in the establishment, a fact that was made clear in the spring of this year during the conflict in Turkey between the military and foreign minister Gül.
The negative developments as a result of the political liberalization that has taken place in neighboring Algeria since 1989 has led to a consensus among Morocco's monarchists, secularists and Islamists, none of whom have any desire to polarize Moroccan society. Advocating constitutional reform would be a radical position in Morocco – but so far, only Nadia Yassine's movement has done so.
Sonja Hegazy
© Qantara.de 2007
Translated from the German by Mark Rossman
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Myanmar took a swipe at the US on Saturday for calling the country Burma, urging it to use its official title and avoid harming improving ties between the two former foes.
In a response to a press statement issued by the US embassy in Yangon on the conflict in northern Kachin state, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry said Washington should be following most countries and the UN and call it Myanmar.
The issue has struck a chord with the civilian-led government, which has won the recognition of the international community following political, social and economic reforms introduced after it replaced an oppressive military junta in March 2011.
"Myanmar strongly objects to the usage of the words 'Burma,' 'Burmese government' and 'Burmese military' in the US embassy's press release and not using the name recognized by the UN and the whole international community," the ministry said in a statement carried in state-controlled newspapers.
It said US President Barack Obama had called the country Myanmar during his landmark visit late last year, so the embassy should follow his example.
After decades of bitterness, ties between Myanmar and the US have started to thaw since the new government embarked on reforms and freed hundreds of political prisoners.
The US has suspended most sanctions and even engaged with Myanmar's military, which has been accused of corruption and human rights abuses that include rape, torture, forced labor and recruitment of child soldiers.
The country's name has long had two forms in the Burmese language: Myanmar is the formal name, while Burma has traditionally been used in informal conversation.
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Opponents of the military, including Nobel laureate and lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi, ignored the change and continued to refer to the country as Burma.
She still calls it Burma today, an issue that has riled the government.
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2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon - Lucky '13: Part 2
First Dirt Foray - Straight from the Shop to the Trail
There's a technical term for "fear of the number 13." It's triskaidekaphobia. Yes, that's a real word. Some people will go to great lengths to avoid what's after 12 and before 14. If you've been to Las Vegas, you might have noticed several hi-rise buildings don't have a 13th floor. There's no 13th stall at the Santa Anita horseracing park. That's triskaidekaphobia for you!
We don't suffer from that ailment. Twenty-thirteen was one of the best years yet for the Jeep Wrangler. Equipped with a Pentastar V-6 under the hood, a super-low first gear in the smooth-shifting automatic transmission, and 4:1 low range gears in the transfer case, the Rubicon Unlimited model makes a perfect platform for Jeepers who need a rig that can handle the banalities of everyday life as well as play on the weekend trails.
Last month, we followed along as Lucky '13 was pulled into the Currie Enterprises shop and transformed using nothing more than off-the-shelf parts. Yes, there was a little drilling and tapping involved. A couple brackets needed to be welded in place, but custom metal fabrication wasn't required.
After we left, the Currie crew added more upgrades in the form of new rolling stock, improved shocks, and heavy-duty Currie JK-specific Dana 44 front and rear axle housings. The whole package used proven parts and followed a proven formula. John Currie and marketing manager Brian Shephard didn't sweat a drop when they took Lucky '13 straight from the shop to the dirt.
There's no reason to fear the number 13 when it comes to Jeeps. Quite the opposite. Lucky '13 has given us an infectious case of triskaidekaphilia.
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