text: An officer in a gentleman's game By Doug Smock June 30, 2012 Story Share Courtesy photo Billy Hurley III (center) took a unique path to reach the PGA Tour, having graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and received the Byron Nelson Award -- given for an outstanding collegiate career combined with service off the course -- in 2004. After completing his five-year military obligation, Hurley returned to the game of golf and earned his PGA Tour card by finishing 25th on the Web.com Tour in 2011. Billy Hurley III has every intention to see Toby Keith's concert Wednesday night at the state fairgrounds.It's tough to get more patriotic than seeing one of the biggest country stars play on the Fourth of July. But for Hurley, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served overseas, the concert will carry a little more meaning."He actually debuted his 'Red, White and Blue' song at the Naval Academy after September 11th," Hurley recalled. "I think it was the third time he had actually sung that, and the first time in front of a big crowd. He had a concert there, and that was one of the first times he sang that song, which is pretty cool."(The song's long title: "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).")That was a strange time in America, but more so at a military academy. Suddenly, a group of men and women training for military leadership service witnessed a rare attack on American soil, and knew their life as going to take a different direction.Which direction, nobody was sure."It was weird. We didn't exactly know what was going on; we were trying to put pieces of information together," Hurley said. "The hardest part is that you have a lot of military kids there, and a lot of their dads and moms work at the Pentagon.One of my roomates' dad actually worked at the Pentagon for a while; we weren't sure if he was OK. I had another friend whose dad had meetings every Tuesday at the World Trade Center, and he didn't know if he was OK."Everybody had stories like that. It was a surreal day."Hurley's life went in many directions since 2001, but he did a lot of the steering - at times, literally.While at Annapolis, he completed his degree in quantitative economics and won the Byron Nelson Award, given for an outstanding college golf career combined with equally outstanding service off the course.A native of Leesburg, Va., Hurley also captured Virginia State Amateur titles in 2004 and 2005, and played on the 2005 Walker Cup team.As with all academy graduates, he had a five-year military obligation, and met it head-on. His duty included a few months in the Persian Gulf in 2007, serving on the USS Chung-Hoon, a 10,000-ton guided-missile destroyer. He also worked on a cruiser in Jacksonville, Fla., and a destroyer in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He won ship-driving awards along the way.Yes, he drove those ships - pretty much dead solid perfect. In fact, he says driving one of those little dimpled balls is a tougher challenge. Really."I think hitting a golf ball is harder than driving a ship. I really mean that," Hurley said. "From a personal standpoint, I should say. They're very similar in that there are so many idiosyncrasies to them, and the amount of time and knowledge it takes to master them."For me, driving a ship came pretty naturally. You learn the whole time when you're driving a ship and when you get really good at it, you're still learning. It's sort of like a golf swing - when you're at the peak of your game and you want to be one of the top players in the world, they're still learning."Driving a ship's a lot like that. You're always learning something a little more about the ship, or about current conditions, and stuff like that."Driving a ball wasn't easy when he left the service. While he got some practice in at Jacksonville and Pearl Harbor, he couldn't exactly break away for 18 in the Persian Gulf. He had played six PGA Tour events in 2006 and one in 2007, making two cuts. But those memories had faded. "I spent a few years as a recreational golfer," he said. "I was not playing competitively, I was probably averaging playing once a month. I had multiple-month stretches where I didn't play at all."It took awhile to get back into it, and feel like I have all the shots, and feel like I could control the ball. It took six to nine months after I first got out, got back into the game, and it was really hard."I was wondering if it would ever come back."Eventually, it did. He received a new taste of the big tour, making the cut in the 2010 Turning Stone Championship and making about $8,500. After falling short in the "Q School" tournament, he headed to the Nationwide (now Web.com) Tour for 2011.He missed four of the first five cuts, but finished fifth at Wichita, Kan., to break that drought. Four weeks later, he was runner-up at the Chiquita Classic in Maineville, Ohio.From there, he made 10 of his final 12 cuts, finishing in the top 20 six times. With an 18th-place finish at the Nationwide Tour Championship, he finished with $180,191 in earnings, 25th on that tour - the last spot for the coveted promotion to the big tour.As far as anybody knows, Hurley is the only military academy graduate to gain full PGA Tour privileges."It's been written enough times," he said. "No one's refuted it yet."This weekend, he has a chance at a big payday at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. He not only made his sixth cut in 18 tries, but he entered Saturday tied for fifth place at 2 under par.A big finish could at least double his current season take of $85,072, and give him a needed boost from 189th in the FedExCup rankings.Nobody had to tell Hurley it wouldn't be easy being a tour rookie. Sometimes it's as hard as ... well, driving a 10,000-ton ship."Yes, it is hard. My season had a very slow start," he said. "I'm trying to learn from everything and, hopefully, have a good finish to the season. It's not the immediate success that I was hoping for, but then I guess not a whole lot of people have that."I've started to play a lot better in the last couple of weeks, and hopefully I'll be able to take that and keep running into the summer."After this weekend, Hurley will take his first trip to The Greenbrier resort, driving with wife Heather and sons Will (5 years old) and Jacob (3). They'll make that trip Monday night.After Hurley checks out Old White TPC a time or two, it will be off to see Toby Keith.In some ways, his Fourth of July could be very special. In other ways, it will simply be another good night to be an American."I think, talking about fighting for freedom, I get that, I suppose you can say," he said. "I also have friends who are doing it. I have some memories of the Fourth of July, from a Navy standpoint, Naval Academy standpoint."The thing that is different, certainly when you're in the Navy and you're around all that, every day is the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, whatever you want to call it."It's just a part of your life. You really don't need a holiday, or a set of guidelines to make you think about it."Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock. 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The Canisius volleyball team lost in four sets at defending league champion Fairfield University on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins lost 11-25, 19-25, 25-23, 23-25.
Sophomore Rachel Kline led the Griffs with 12 kills, her third straight match with double-digit kills. Kline also posted her second double-double in the last three matches with 12 digs. Sophomore Lauren Siebert had seven kills and five blocks as Canisius totaled nine team blocks. Sophomore Grace Streicher had a double-double with 21 assists and 10 digs.
"When you fall in a 2-0 hole, especially on the road, a lot of things have to go right to complete that type of comeback," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "Fairfield generated momentum early in the match and later in the fourth set. We weren't able to execute well enough to stop their runs."
Fairfield (7-11, 5-3 MAAC) dominated the first set as the Stags hit .531 and totaled 17 kills to take the opening stanza. The Stags wouldn't trail in the opening two sets and jumped out to a 15-8 lead in the second set. Canisius would cut the deficit to 19-18 on a solo block from Streicher, but the Stags regained control by winning four straight points en route to going up 2-0 in the match.
Canisius built an early 12-9 lead in the third set, but the Stags tied the score at 16-16 and eventually took a 20-19 lead. The Griffs didn't go away quietly as they won four of the next five points, capped by a service ace from freshman Katlyn Tyler, to go up 23-21. Canisius went on to win the third set on their second set point, which came on a Fairfield attack error.
In the fourth set, the Griffs used a five-point run on the serve of Tyler to go up 17-9 after three consecutive blocks from the Canisius defense. Fairfield came storming back, winning 10 of the next 12 points to knot the score at 19-19. The teams traded sideouts, but the Stags then won back-to-back points to go up 23-21. After a kill from freshman Jacklyn Malusa made it 23-22, the Stags took the next point to set up two match points. A kill from Siebert fought off the first set point, but the Stags won the match on a kill from Hayley Moyer.
Rachel Romansky posted a double-double with 45 assists and 12 digs, recording her 4,000th career assist in the match. Caitlin Stapleton and Marilyn Peizer each recorded a match-high 14 kills.
Canisius concludes its weekend road trip to the East Coast on Sunday, when the Golden Griffins play at Quinnipiac. Match time is set for 1 p.m.
Notes: Fairfield defeated Canisius in Alumni Hall for the third consecutive season… Streicher had her fourth double-double of the season… Tyler posted double-digit digs for the fifth consecutive match, the longest streak by a Canisius outside hitter since Morgan Ammons had a streak of six straight matches (Sept. 25-Oct. 11) during the 2007 season … Siebert had five or more blocks for the fourth time in the last 10 matches.


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In 1979, the two musicians made their recording debut as accompanists for Gaelic singer Albert Fry on his self-titled debut album. Two years later, Ní Mhaonaigh and Kennedy graduated from college and were married. Together with bouzouki player Donal O'Hanlan and Mairéad's brother Gearóid Ó Maoinaigh, who played guitar, Ní Mhaonaigh and Kennedy formed a band, Ragaime. Although they recorded for RTE, the group disbanded by the time that Gael-Linn released Ní Mhaonaigh and Kennedy's debut album, Ceol Aduaidh, in December 1983. One track on the album, "An Clar Bog Dell," featured Enya, then known as Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, on Prophet-5 synthesizer.
In 1987, Ní Mhaonaigh and Kennedy recorded their second album as a duo, Altan, named after a lake in northwest Donegal. Produced by Dónal Lunny, the album featured accompaniment by Ciarán Curran on bouzouki, Mark Kelly on guitar, and Mairéad's sister Anna Ní Mhaonaigh, then a member of the all-woman group Macella. Shortly after the completion of the album, the musicians agreed to continuing working together. During the summer of 1988, Altan began work on their first album as a band, which now included Paul O'Shaughnessy on twin fiddle. Produced by Phil Cunningham and released in 1989, the album, Horse with a Heart, featured a more dynamic sound than its predecessors.
As the band's touring schedule expanded, O'Shaughnessy and Kelly were forced by their day jobs to restrict their activity with Altan to recording and performances close to home. During the band's U.S. tours, their places were taken by Daíthí Sproule on guitar and Ciarán Tourish on fiddle. Altan reached top form with their 1990 album Red Crow, which received a NAIRD award as Best Celtic Traditional Album. Their next album, Harvest Storm, released in 1992, received the award as well.
All news was not good for the band, however. In 1991, Kennedy was diagnosed with cancer. Although he was hospitalized the following year, he recovered sufficiently to rejoin the band's tour. On September 19, 1994, he succumbed to his illness and passed away. Altan has continued to bring their music to the international stage. Accordion player Dermot Byrne, who had played on Red Crow and on Altan's 1993 album, Island Angel, joined the group formally in 1994. 1996's Blackwater and 1997's Runaway Sunday were released on the Virgin label before the group jumped to Narada for 2000's Another Sky. Numerous compilations and collections followed, as well as Blue Idol in 2002 and Local Ground in 2005, again for Narada. ~ Craig Harris
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Track List: The Widening Gyre
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The whole "narrow vs wide" argument is mostly moot on passenger vehicles. In most cases, you can't even get tires that are significantly narrower then stock sizes anyways, so there's not a huge difference in tread width. If you're comparing a huge truck tire to something off a smart car then yes, I'm sure there are notable differences, but otherwise it's not making a huge difference.
Find wheels you like that are within budget, put quality tires on them that are of an appropriate size, and be on your way. Going down a size or two likely won't make any appreciable difference.
And remember, significantly smaller tires will have significantly different load ratings then stock options, so going to a very small/thin tire may not even be safe for your vehicle.
I went the stock size -- 215/55R16. Just got walloped this morning with a $700+ bill on repairing the minivan. Decided that a second set of rims and TPMS chips will need to wait until next year, and that pretty much decided the question of what size tire to get.
My mechanic is putting in the order this morning. With a little shipping-luck I'll have the tires on the car for the weekend.
Honestly, it'd be nice to have both wide & narrow tires (grin).
Narrow for the deep crud, and wide for the bare or Icy.
Now THIS theory is REALLY temperature dependent, since sliding on snow & ice results from the frozen stuff melting to make a water layer you actually slide on....
When it's stinkin' cold, you want the tread to stay planted as long as possible so it can take a grip. Closer to the melting point a bit shorter time in contact MIGHT reduce that melting.
I agree, it's probably a moot point in most cases since ice traction is minimal anyways except in very cold weather but it'd be fun to test!
I've pretty much decided on the narrower tires. The hydroplaning aspect that I read about in my earlier link, and again in your anecdote, has pretty much convinced me.
I did run the "buy a second Focus so I can test wide versus narrow" by my wife just now. That one did not fly.
Your point about "snow" encompassing so very much is well-taken. Today we have unplowed and unmelted snow to deal with. Other days it will be slushy muck. Then there the days when it's just cold, bare pavement. Then you've got the cold, hard-iced pavement. Is narrower better in all those conditions? I dunno. It'd be fun to have two cars and run some tests.
IMHO, lack of recent experimental evidence is primarily because it's hard to justify a grant to "research" something that's generally considered as "obvious".
The use of "tall & narrow" wheels & tires to "cut through" loose or soft material to firmer material underneath both for traction & to reduce rolling resistance has been "standard" since Horse & Buggy days. You'll note that tractors had been designed in this manner until recently, when "no-till" or "low-till" farming became more common & wider &/or longer tread for flotation came into play to reduce soil compaction. A similar situation can be noted on "Jeeps", where tall & narrow was std. for general purpose & snow use while wide "flotation" tires were special purpose for flotation on soft terrain of all types.
Wide tires for automotive use originated in racing, where reducing contact time with the pavement reduced heating of the tread & subsequent loss of traction. Hydroplaning becomes more of an issue with wide tires, and is combated with wider tread grooves to allow water to escape.
Would less then 10% increase in width be noticeable in a winter tire? (20 mil is 9% of 215, the difference from 195's). I can only speak from my experience here, to whit:
Similar weight vehicles owned years ago, one with 155's & the other with low profile 175's (both had been avail. with the same std. size & profile tires in different model years) - BOTH worked quite well in "normal" snow & ice conditions without an obvious major difference in capability UNTIL deep slush was encountered, at which point the "hydroplane" effect on the wider tires was quite dramatic. The sports car that was such a "beast" in snow of all depths with 4 corner studded snows would get tossed around quite a bit when the tires couldn't cut through the deep slush. A foot of loose snow or more, drive it like a wet road! 3" of slush, look out! (at highway speeds)
Sounds kinda dramatic, but that car was GREAT fun in the winter until hitting that deep salted slush that tosses everyone around.... that combo worse than any others I've owned.
Hope that helps a bit, snow is such a different driving environment with it's own variations in handling depending on conditions - you really need an Eskimo vocabulary of 100 different words for "snow" to describe the different conditions possible!
To go on a bit..
For example, vehicles that "oversteer" or "understeer" naturally due to weight bias on pavement usually react the OPPOSITE way on snow. "Skid School" practice cars to demonstrate this years ago (sticking to RWD) were often a Mustang for nose heavy and a Corvair for tail heavy. Skid pad circle in the wet, the Mustang would plow & the Corvair would hang the tail out. Repeat on snow and the reverse would be the case as the added weight gave more traction to that end on packed snow. Given enough speed to break things loose the results would reverse again - proving the advantage of inherent balance.
On our FWD cars, that extra weight on the drives can help at low speeds. You just have to remember that the added momentum can also make it "push" as speeds & cornering loads increase. The "kicker" is to remember that if the tail gets loose you need to keep your foot in it as you countersteer, back off the gas when it's skidding already & the tail will become the front!
it may not be the type of evidence your looking for, but look at off road trucks.
those driving on sand have very wide tires to "float"
wheras narrow tires would sink.
A plausible explanation of why narrower might be better
Hey, I found something interesting. I've been looking around for some sort of experimental evidence that narrower really is preferable in winter tires. There's an amazing lack of such evidedence, so I decided last night to look at the problem from a standpoint of hydroplaning. That took me to a Ford truck forum, which pointed me to the following research paper:
The introduction states:
There is also this abstract that I found:
which states:
Some direct, experimental evidence would still be welcome. I wish that I owned two Focus vehicles. Then it would be fun to buy the same brand and model winter tire in wider and narrower sizes, and compare the two against each other. Does the one-inch difference between the 195s on the S trim level and the 215s on the SE trim level really matter? It'd be fun to put two Focus's together and put that question to the test.
|You should be able to find plenty of tires that are at least rated at 91, which is less then 100 pounds less load per tire (still about 1300 pounds per tire). The GVWR is only 3990 pounds.
I have to allow for five adults on church days. My immediate household is four adults. Two and three people in the vehicle is the more common scenario, but four and five happen often enough.
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I really wouldn't worry about the speed ratings. How often are you going to be driving over 100mph? H speed rating is over 130 mph and I doubt there's very many foci that can come close to that. Common sense has to enter into the equation as well. Snow tires are simply not designed for high speeds and one needs to adjust for that.
Load ratings can be important if you are constantly at the full gross carrying capacity of the car (hauling 3 or 4 passengers all the time, load the rear with bricks, tools, etc.).
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Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Telangana in is dedicated to Mother Goddess (Shakti) and is observed in month of Ashada (July – August). It must be noted that on the Sundays in Ashada month (June – July) temples in Telangana. Thus there is a Bonalu Jatra 2017 dates are June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16 and July 23. Bonalu 2017 date at the India is July 16 and the Rangam is on July 17. Ujjaini Mahankali Temple
Bonalu means 'food' and women in large numbers offer food to Mahankali. Bonalu Jatara is a month long affair and includes colorful processions and community feasts.
Bonalu means 'food' and women in large numbers offer food to Mahankali. Bonalu Jatara is a month long affair and includes colorful processions and community feasts.
Bonalu is mainly held at the Sri Jagadamba temple in Golconda Fort,
in Secunderabad and Matheswari Temple of Laldarwaja. The rituals are also performed in all the other Goddess Shakti in the twin cities. In the region, Goddess Shakti is worshipped as Mahakali or Mahankali. In the region, Goddess Shakti or Kali is popularly known as Yellamma, Pochamma, Renuka Amma, Peddamma, Mysamma, Poleramma, Ankalamma and Maramma. Ujjain Mahankali Temple
The origin of the festival is traced to a major plague that killed thousands of people in 1869. People believed the plague was the result of the anger of the Goddess and started offering Bonalu to subdue her anger. The word 'Bonalu' is derived from the Telugu word 'Bhojanalu', the food offered.
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Being new to Fett... I wanted to know what you all think. I have finished many builds, some good some not so. 3 diffrent sets of Stormtrooper armor, a Biker Scout, Royal Guard and Maul... Then there is Vader. The obsession. :wacko
I have decided to just focus on Vader and Stormtroopers... Sold all the rest. Now I have the opportunity to do Fett.
Of all the costumes of Star Wars, Fett stands out to me as one of the harder ones to pull off. Paintwork, build and such place it in a realm of its own. Being the GML of the JG, we have no Fett's active so I have never had to do the homework so to speak. Here I am though. Reading and building.
I like to push the accuracy envelope, however not all things accurate troop well. For example, my accurate wool cape and robe for Vader, not the eBay ones, are friggin heavy. I deal, but man... Takes it out of me. I have pushed Vader to the highest level I feel comfortable trooping. I only really have to upgrade the leather suit and the gloves. Currently no gloves exist better and no suit is made for an approachable price.
What parts of Fett can you slide on and still pull it off? This is a costume and not a prop to me, so it has to be worn. What works, what doesn't?
On a second thought, what parts that are accurate but expensive are not worth the time? For example...
Vader's shin guards. The plastic ones most readily available are great to troop. I am sure there are more accurate ones in fiberglass, but cost and material would lend them to damage and a loss. Plastic works. Any thing like this in Fett?
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Watching the post-game accolades from Steve Young and Jason Taylor was such a nice turn of events!!
Young continued to say that THIS is the Offense that Ray Lewis has hoped for, For the last ten years. Taylor was equally as favorable in his comments talking about how the offense, if it continues, will make the defense very happy with their high scoring and less time on the field.
Both continued in their comments about how if things continue, it will be hard to NOT see the Ravens pushing for the title this year!
While both of these commentators are young in their commentating careers, I DO value their experience in the league and their knowledge of what is necessary to become a contender!
I think WE have the continuing growth, and NOW a marked improvement to move further into what we have had, and to go much further!!
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It was amazing to see everyone on ESPN and NFLN gushing over the Ravens. Everyone loves a juggernaut, which is what the Ravens looked like last night. It's not like they were playing a team that imploded on itself, like Bills did, the Bengals were putting up a fight, and the Ravens just overpowered, and overwhelmed them.
The Ravens put on a spectacular show, against a playoff team from last year. It wasn't a mirage.
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IMO the best part is that the Bengals are no pushovers either. That is a damn good team with a lot of young stars and a solid OL and DL.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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:roll: Ok boys, that's enough. Knock it off or we'll make you sit in the corner. ;)Now lets go back to talkin bout gettin a little color in our pan!Sean Kelly
I remember whem I was little my father and uncle went out with their metal detectors. My uncle found a jar of gold coins by an old bucket and rope well. My father died about 6 years ago and I lost contact with my uncle so I dont know what he did with them. Colorado has some gold mines but all are private property and well guarded. I guess I could find a stream or river that is close to the minds and look, as long as it is state land. So if you find gold on state land can you keep it or does it go to the state or do you have to split it?
AMEN brother :)How far are you from Oregon? I have friends who have a big placer mine there and they also had some dredging claims that they did well on.I guess there is lots of gold there,but your state and Idaho should also have lots. Regulations and distance always seem to be a problem, don't they.
So Sean did you find the nugget you dropped :? Maybe one of these days Ill be able to go out with the kids and strike it rich. Kind of hoping for a boulder of gold! :-D
What a treasure if she finds even the tiniest nugget! She can keep it & every time she sees it she will be reminded of special time with Dad!
I have always been fascinated with prospecting. Are there any places in the east that one can prospect? I'd love to take a weekend with the kids to do some primitive camping and see what we could find.


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By Mitchell Anderson • Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 17:14
it's official. Canadian Environment Minster Jim Prentice fessed up to what experts have been saying all along: that carbon capture and storage (CSS) is close to useless for mitigating the massive emissions from the Alberta tar sands.
Canadian Prime Minister Harper is no doubt pissed that his potential leadership rival has gone off message on such an important issue of spin.
In an editorial board meeting with Globe and Mail Prentice admitted: "CCS is not the silver bullet in the oil sands."
Strange. That's not what his boss said when he committed at least $650 million in taxpayer's dollars towards this bitumen boondoggle. Harper is a big booster of CSS, stating that:
"This new technology, carbon capture and storage, when fully commercialized … will collect carbon dioxide emissions from oilsands operations and coal-fired electrical plants and seal them deep underground."
It also obvious that Harper either didn't read, or care about, the secret memo from his own scientists several months earlier stating exactly the opposite:
"Only a small percentage of emitted CO2 is 'capturable' since most emissions aren't pure enough," the notes say. "Only limited near-term opportunities exist in the oilsands and they largely relate to upgrader facilities."
Even using CSS at upgraders is largely a red herring since these facilities are increasingly nowhere near the tar sands. Much of the raw bitumen is now bound for processing south of the border.
So if CSS has almost no utility for reducing tar sands emissions, why does the Prime Minister of Canada keep claiming it does?
The simple reason is that Harper and the Alberta government are terrified that meaningful cap and trade legislation moving through the US Congress will make the already marginal economics of the tar sands even worse.
A recent report showed that oil prices might have to top $110 per barrel to make meaningful emission cuts profitable.
Even with a whopping $2 billion in additional CSS funds from the Alberta government, tar sands operators are giving this supposed panacea a pass.
This year, Shell Oil reneged on a commitment to reduce carbon emissions from a $13.7 billion expansion to conventional levels, even though this exposes them to litigation from environmental groups that threatens their project permitting.
Of course even if CSS worked perfectly at the tar sands without evaporating profitability, it would do nothing about the enormous downstream emissions from burning all that refined oil in cars – four times the production emissions.
None of this has stopped the Harper and Alberta government from shoveling billions in Canadian taxpayers money towards this unproven technology that has yet to be commercialized anywhere in the world.
Yet in the last federal budget, Harper allocated virtually all "green" stimulus money towards CSS - giving virtually nothing, to wind, solar or other green technologies such as modernizing the grid or promoting energy conservation.
Renewable industry representatives were naturally disgusted. Canadian Wind Energy Association president Robert Hornung predicts that existing federal funding may even run out before the end of the coming fiscal year.
"Our ability to compete with the United States for investment in wind energy projects and manufacturing opportunities will decline as a result of this budget. At a time when the United States has made measures to support renewable energy deployment a key component of its plans to stimulate the US economy, Canada is moving in the opposite direction."
In contrast, President Obama has invested $67 billion towards the renewable energy, stating clearly this is a pillar of the US economy in the coming century. The US is now investing six times as much per capita towards growing their green energy sector.
"We all know that the country that harnesses this new energy source will lead the 21st century," Obama told the world.
That country will clearly not be Canada.
If I weren't a confirmed atheist this would be proof there is a god. Not only does it indicate that the public concensus is coming around to the scientific one, it also is a pretty good sign that the wheels are coming off this minority government. If Harper can't keep his environment minister on a short leash on this issue, one that he is so massively concerned with, I think maybe we should be cueing up the "Na-na, na-na na na, Hey Hey Hey – goodbye" audio for Steve.
The times, they are a' changin'
Jimminy123 replied on Permalink
The environment is not for sale
What's really sad about the whole thing is the fact that they are throwing money around like our problem with the environment is a high-stakes poker game. Totally unconscionable. They should be ashamed of themselves. What we need is consistent, constant and concerted effort to stop harmful practices so that we can save the environment, for real.
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5% to 15% more CO2 emitted in
5% to 15% more CO2 emitted in total then regular oil production and consumption is massive??
Until the world stops using oil, the tar sands will be here. They provide a critical security of supply that Middle Eastern countries and others can not offer.
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
The reason the world is using
The reason the world is using tar sands now, soon to be oil shale next, is because its becoming increasingly rare to find easy oil. These are far less effecient and expensive so its really a sign that peak oil looms.
The problem is the oil, more than the process
The oil sands are touted as a resource equivalent to a second Saudi Arabia. This is the last thing the world needs. There are only so many fossil fuels we can burn while still having a decent shot of avoiding catastrophic climate change. As a result, fossil fuels are an industry with no long-term future. This is indirectly demonstrated by the shamefully weak greenhouse gas mitigation targets adopted by Alberta. They know that even if CCS development progresses perfectly, it will not let them bring their emissions in line with what is sustainable. That's why they can only hope to have reduced emissions to 14% below 2005 levels by 2050, when the world as a whole needs to have cut them to around 80% below 1990 levels, and rich places like Canada will need to have cut by even more.
More: http://www.sindark.com/2009/02/07/carbon-capture-cannot-redeem-the-oil-sands/
Oil is a blessing, not a
Oil is a blessing, not a curse. Even if the world reduces CO2 emissions, oil will remain a critical and invaluable fuel supply.
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
Its likely a combo of both not
Its likely a combo of both not an either or. People of the past would have said much the same about horses forever being a critical and invaluable part in the transport of people and goods but we know things change. While it seems likely that oil will be a significant part of our lives the nature of its limitedness means the world will eventually have to move on
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In a world where carbon
In a world where carbon emissions are constrained, either through carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems, companies which proactively position themselves can both reduce their business risks and find new sources of competitive advantage. Specific opportunities might be: If the carbon emissions from power plants, oil refineries and petrochemical plants are capped, companies that find a cost effective way of reducing their emissions will be able to Effective carbon management will come only through :
If oil and oil products are taxed on the amount of carbon dioxide generated in producing that oil, then oil is no longer just a commodity. Significant cost and marketing advantages will accrue to the company that delivers "low carbon" oil.
Specific opportunities might be:
If the carbon emissions from power plants, oil refineries and petrochemical plants are capped, companies that find a cost effective way of reducing their emissions will be able to
Effective carbon management will come only through :
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
Sincere thanks Mr. Minister
The first step in great leadership is facing reality. My hearty congartulations and encouragement, Jim. One small correction, however, if you don't mind. They are called the Athebasca Tar Sands. Always have been and you know it. Calling it "oil sands" is like calling iron ore "cars." Apart from that, please do consider that
1. Whether within 10 years or 40, the entire planet will be substantially converted to alternative energy sources; and
2. The longer Canada buries it's head in tar sands and other fossil fuels, the greater will be our handicap as an energy provider in the world of our kids.
It's just good business to start the change, Jim. As well as being responsible husbandry of a beautiful planet. Good on ya. Really good.
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Fed up with Alarmist lies
When so many in the media are writing alarmist nonsense about alleged
catastrophic humanmade global warming, and Earth is now actually cooling,
it is immaterial whether the Alarmists are liars or mere imbeciles.
Climate alarmists are all engaged in a huge costly deception which will
place excessive, almost limitless political power in the hands of the ruling
elite, at the expense of the average human being, democracy and freedom.
Climate alarmists advocate massive misallocation of scarce global
resources to address the false crisis of global warming, when real crises
that kill tens of millions every year, like poor sanitation, malaria and
poverty, go wanting.
This is a highly immoral act of historic scope, yet Alarmists have the gall
to say that "Deniers" are immoral!
Kyoto and other such costly, wasteful and wholly ineffective CO2 abatement programs are supported by scoundrels and imbeciles, and they are masters of dishonesty and misinformation.
As the truth becomes more apparent with time, let these climate alarmists
bear the full shame of their odious behaviour for the rest of their lives.
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
bread to chicken
You know how to turn a loaf of bread into a chicken? "Phlogiston" (the man who dares to be known by not his real name) does…… just repeat it ten times….
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Poor Phlog
has finally lost it.
(Not that he ever had "it.")
RickJames replied on Permalink
Poor Mr Harper is just trying
Poor Mr Harper is just trying to get some climate brownie points and some dumb subordinate gets the idea tat green talk is supposed to accomplish something.
No Mr. Minister - get it straight - green talk is for nothing at all beyond political optics. That basic principle goes beyond government and oil companies. It's pretty universal.
It's all a big show minister - you're messing up your lines.
Well put.
Harper is indeed trying to win points with the 'green crowd' with this sort of talk. Canada has A LOT Of Oil under the Tar Sands. I think they should be more concerned about extracting and utilizing it than the environment. I believe all this global warming stuff is mumbo jumbo. Most of the CO2 goes in the atmosphere from volcanoes anyway.
philstutt replied on Permalink
It's all just politics
What people tend to forget is that the purpose of a political party (and so politicians) is to be elected, the aim is to make the electorate grateful. What is going on here it seems to me is that Minister has a different view of the electoral gain by saying something different to the Prime Minister. This is not as cynical as it sounds.
You either give hope and push for more jobs, wealth etc. or you tell the truth. One appeals to the greed and business part of the electorate the other to the more mature and thinking part of the electorate. Politicians will always defend what they do and say by talking about the public good or progress. The truth is very few would do something that would be for the genuine benefit of society if that action was guaranteed to have them voted out of office.
Until public opinion is firmly, and electorally significantly, on the green side of politcs we can expect more and more politicians being appologists for big business with others taking a more progressive stand, with an eye to the future.
short term perspective
Seems like Canada is taking the short term perspective on the energy situation. Being an American, I am proud of Obama's focus on renewable energy and cleaner sources of power. While they may cost us a big dollar in short term, it will pay off in terms of job creation, reduced dependence on foreign oil.
forester1985 replied on Permalink
actually we are very sad
actually we are very sad about selling all of the sources in the earth…. As a usual, everything can be a money…. We should think about our environment first, before we do something ……be aware that the earth is too old for giving the pardon to human being that usually take many sources…..in the end, the earth can angry in form of disaster……..
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Keep Try
I agree with Canada's Environment Minister. Not all carbon capture solve the main problem the tar sands. Keep try another choice to make better goal.
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Bacon = Elvis of the meat world.
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This here is one jive turkey! I would not want to approach this guy on Thanksgiving. I'd just end up eating ramen or something...om nom nom ramen..
Excellent as always, Walmazan!
kushalm wrote:Really? Isn't this just a plagiarism of thatroberts - "an exhaustive guide to cuts of meat"??
With how late it was submitted, I think that's fair to say.
bassanimation wrote:Never been able to make it all the way through the movie ^^;. However, this is super well done. I love the style and ye olde worlde look. Excellent job!
Heathen, I can no longer talk to you, begone from my sight.
tjost wrote:Heathen, I can no longer talk to you, begone from my site.
I know, I am the object of much hatred amongst the geek community. Alas I hath never fitteth into their gilded molds!
-slinks away like a dog in the night-
(srsly, great shirt tho!)
EldanRetha wrote:You realize if you come up with original ideas you wont have to worry about being constantly rejected right?
no thank goodness weve got you around to remind us! thank you!
kylemittskus wrote:With how late it was submitted, I think that's fair to say.
For starters why have you not left comments on Prehistoric Meat Chart and diagram of a pig these are both also animal meat charts. Similar to An exhaustive guide to cuts of meat but different such as mine is. As for plagiarism look up the meaning its taking work that is not yours and using it for yourself unchanged. If you look at all the meat diagram submissions they are all different in various way. You can assume that they where influenced by the first one but might not have been. Either way as long as they are similar but different it is ok. A while back I did a post with Charlie brown likenesses shortly after it was posted 2 more showed up from that line of characters but I didn't have an issue with it they where different. For the lateness of my submission 1. I work and have a social life so I'm busy with other things, 2 I have other submissions that I had worked on first and 3. I already an idea like this before the derby even started but was not sure about the text rule. After the first wave of rejects went through and other diagrams survived I said what the hell why not submit my version as well.
Meat charts are far from original, so I wouldn't use that as a basis for rejection, but there are already multiple unicorn meat chart shirts available. A search for 'unicorn meat shirt' will turn up all you can stomach.
This is amusing and well done. My only crit is that the red balloon is a bit large and empty. It almost seems as if it is missing an element. Other than that, this is very good.
Annabananaka7 wrote:this i great! So what if its a copied style? Its called being influenced. Artist grow and develop by starting a copied style. So, everyone stop being a-holes. Its an awesome design and thats what matters. Woot will do the rest. Now, go troll on youtube or somewhere else.
I like it. I would buy it, so there! I always wondered how that stuff got green... cheers and good luck to you!
I think this one is pretty good, only hope other people notice it it too
Re: Know Your Meats
I like it, I only wish you had used real cuts of meet. Many of them are close but I don't see why would wouldn't just make all of them accurate *shrug* still funny and I know people that would definitely wear it as it is
this is a nice color coded version of the most common cute but I'm sure you could find your own
Re: An exhaustive guide to cuts of meat
+1 for mr.crabs!
Re: That's What She Said
this reminds me of that shirt Big pumpkin.
...i voted for it aswell lolz.
I have a nice idea, but have no drawing skils. May be someone will help me to recreate my design? It's pretty ugly now. http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=46855
Re: Happy Cow
Very Cute, i like it
Ith your daddy a meat buhrgala because it lookth like thomeone thoved two hams down the back of yo dwess.
Re: Nice to meat you!
oh my goodness, this is absolutely the best I've seen so far. I'd totally like to meet someone wearing this shirt~
Re: Tuna of the Land
This is pretty good. Chicken of the sea and Jessica Simpson were some of the first things I thought about when this derby was announced.
Re: By Your Powers Combined!
zombtastic work. It may be hard to get people to see the captain planet reference in practice, but i love the idea myself.
Re: And On His Farm He Had Chicken Nuggets
Holy hell this is awesome all around. Love the design work and the dynamic tension even in the details. In for two if it comes up. And *have* to wear it to a McD just for grins, first thing.
Here's hoping the rejectionator sees it as parody and not lawsuit material, and we can get to wearing these.
Re: The Catch
this is awesome.
Re: Heaven On Earth
I won't flat out say what I should, mainly because I haven't read Woot's posting rules and would prefer to not be banned... All I am going ot do is acknowledge that the bacon looks a little "organic" in a disturbing way.
And while I actually enjoy the piece; I take exception to wearing what looks like... choosing my words wisely here.... a "Veiny Piece of Flesh" on my chest.
Now if the image was a little lower on the shirt...
ooooh nice, love the text you added! i awwwwed constantly while drawing this pig.
i love the colors and the feel of this one, although i hate sausage fests, unless we are talking about actual sausages, then i love them.
Re: Unicorn Steakhouse
i wish unicorns were my college mascot, then this could be our school logo and we would be the most awesomest school ever.
Re: Meat's Not Murder...
uh...thats uh...thats a pretty big cleaver you got there.
bassanimation- Aww, thanks! So glad to hear you were looking forward to it!
be10der2me- Yep! He does! Thanks!!
spiritgreen- Thank you!! Glad you think so! I spent forever picking colors for this.
mathuhhhsaurus- Ahaha! Actually, one of my first ideas with this one was something similar. I had pictured seeing the shower curtain behind him instead, and draw shadows of people behind it holding up knives and forks. I didn't end up going with it though, because I didn't know how to mesh the two things together without seeming like they were 2 completely different styles. Thanks for the comment though!
jrworkshop- Well thanks!!
lucky1988- Ah, well thank you Lucky!
Re: Hot Diggity Dog!
And... hold the onions.
this is my personal fav ^_^
nice jorb odyssey!
even though im not a huge fan of the bacon, i am a fan of this shirt, i have a particular bacon obsessed person in mind for it.
Re: MAKE IT HOT
my threesome would involve mayo, wait, that didn't come out right i swear, i mean i hate mustard, i put ketchup and mayo on my buns, i mean hot dogs.
Re: Meaty Shower Scene
this is pretty zombtastic.
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|I hear you about the leaking top. We used to have a 440 4X4 Dodge Ram with the 'glass top back half of the cab and I swear, Dodge designed some conduits that channeled rain water directly through all the jonts in that cover into the cab of the truck.
When I had my ol '65 the paint was oxidized (I guess is the word) where it was faded and powdery lookin'. So I kept the '65 waxed to keep it shiny and nice lookin'. I also loved the way it felt, all smooth and shiny.
With this white Bronco, I just couldn't tell the difference when I would try the wax in one spot, so I never paid it much attention(and I was lazy!). I'll get on it though, cause this mildew problem is buggin' me.
Thanks for all the help! Oh and I probably will take the top off, I just gotta convince my dad its the best way to go. I'm too short to reach the very middle and besides that the top leaks when it rains so it need to be resealed on the inside anyway.
Taping it off to paint is fine as long as you can reach all the parts you need to with the paint. Just envision how you want it to end up and act accordingly. My mind's-eye-view of your situation is that there is no need to remove the top.
The cab must also have weathered, porous paint for mildew to take hold. By all means, if the paint isn't weathered to rusting metal, a coat of wax should solve the problem. I think you know better than letting the finish go more than 6 months without a coat of Turtle Wax - admit it, you just got lazy! Iv'e tried all the fancy pure carnuba waxes, polymers, silicones, etc., and find that they aren't any better than good old liquid Turtle Wax. Since it lasts at least 6 months and you should be waxing that often anyway, why pay $$$$ more for essentially the same thing? I like the idea of the colored waxes that don't show the tell-tale white residue but haven't tried them yet.
If you lived in a decent state like California, you wouldn't even know what mildew is!
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Ok, should I take the top off to do this or can I just tape off the rest of the truck?
Also, the top of the cab got mildewed, too. Not as bad as the top, but still got pretty nasty. Would a good coat of wax help? I used to wax my '65 all the time, but haven't waxed the Bronco in the 3 years I've had it. What do ya'll think about that colored Turtle Wax - this is for the truck itself, not the fiberglass topper?
Thanks for the help.
Hallow has it right. The if the top was in good shape it should be no more suceptible to mildew than the steel body of the car. Sand it down with 320 wet/dry, squirt on a coat of epoxy sealer, then a color/clear coat of catalyzed urethane and you will be set for life! I use white primer for the color coat 'cause it is cheaper than paint and the clear is doing the heavy lifting as far as protection goes. In fact, if you can find white epoxy sealer, you won't even need a color coat, just clear coat the sealer. Materials will cost right at $100. If you aren't going the keep the car you can cheap out for $20 with quality rattle can paint that will last a couple of years.
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The reason your water is coming off white is white paint. As this happens with many fiberglass tops. You need to repaint the top and seal it from the weather. Your top is mildewing because of moisture buildup due to the porus open paint/fiberglass. After a few years fiberglass tops colors and paints and sealers deteriorate due to ultraviolet rays, fiberglass, its coatings do not hold up as well as the rest of the vehicle. Just use a brush to clean it, no need for solvents exspecially ones containing bleach.
On my '89 Bronco, the fiberglass top gets mildewed if I don't keep it washed. Now, I used Comet (I know! I know! Yell at me later!) to scub it off. Comet has bleach and kills the mildew, but I *know* it can't be good for it. The water that washes off is always white. Now that could be the Comet or it could be white paint! (The Bronco is white with a white top.)
So, in the future what should I use to clean the milder, and scrub the top. AND what can I use to prevent mildew?
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1 Welcome, administrativia
I'm Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson. I can be reached in my office 383-BB, especially during my office hours; or by email to email@example.com.
I encourage, strongly, student interactions.
2 Introduction
2.1 Why this course?
An introduction to Haskell will usually come with pointers toward Category Theory as a useful tool, though not with much more than the mention of the subject. This course is intended to fill that gap, and provide an introduction to Category Theory that ties into Haskell and functional programming as a source of examples and applications.
2.2 What will we cover?
The definition of categories, special objects and morphisms, functors, natural transformation, (co-)limits and special cases of these, adjunctions, freeness and presentations as categorical constructs, monads and Kleisli arrows, recursion with categorical constructs.
Maybe, just maybe, if we have enough time, we'll finish with looking at the definition of a topos, and how this encodes logic internal to a category. Applications to fuzzy sets.
2.3 What do we require?
Our examples will be drawn from discrete mathematics, logic, Haskell programming and linear algebra. I expect the following concepts to be at least vaguely familiar to anyone taking this course:
- Sets
- Functions
- Permutations
- Groups
- Partially ordered sets
- Vector spaces
- Linear maps
- Matrices
- Homomorphisms
3 Category
3.1 Graphs
We recall the definition of a (directed) graph. A graph G is a collection of edges (arrows) and vertices (nodes). Each edge is assigned a source node and a target node.
Given a graph G, we denote the collection of nodes by G0 and the collection of arrows by G1. These two collections are connected, and the graph given its structure, by two functions: the source function and the target function .
We shall not, in general, require either of the collections to be a set, but will happily accept larger collections; dealing with set-theoretical paradoxes as and when we have to. A graph where both nodes and arrows are sets shall be called small. A graph where either is a class shall be called large.
If both G0 and G1 are finite, the graph is called finite too.
The empty graph has .
A discrete graph has .
A complete graph has .
A simple graph has at most one arrow between each pair of nodes. Any relation on a set can be interpreted as a simple graph.
- Show some examples.
A homomorphism of graphs is a pair of functions and such that sources map to sources and targets map to targets, or in other words:
- s(f1(e)) = f0(s(e))
- t(f1(e)) = f0(t(e))
By a path in a graph G from the node x to the node y of length k, we mean a sequence of edges such that:
- s(f1) = x
- t(fk) = y
- s(fi) = t(fi − 1) for all other i.
Paths with start and end point identical are called closed. For any node x, there is a unique closed path () starting and ending in x of length 0.
For any edge f, there is a unique path from s(f) to t(f) of length 1: (f).
We denote by Gk the set of paths in G of length k.
3.2 Categories
We now are ready to define a category. A category is a graph C equipped with an associative composition operation , and an identity element for composition 1x for each node x of the graph.
Note that G2 can be viewed as a subset of , the set of all pairs of arrows. It is intentional that we define the composition operator on only a subset of the set of all pairs of arrows - the composable pairs. Whenever you'd want to compose two arrows that don't line up to a path, you'll get nonsense, and so any statement about the composition operator has an implicit "whenever defined" attached to it.
The definition is not quite done yet - this composition operator, and the identity arrows both have a few rules to fulfill, and before I state these rules, there are some notation we need to cover.
3.2.1 Backwards!
If we have a path given by the arrows (f,g) in G2, we expect and to compose to something that goes . The origin of all these ideas lies in geometry and algebra, and so the abstract arrows in a category are supposed to behave like functions under function composition, even though we don't say it explicitly.Now, we are used to writing function application as f(x) - and possibly, from Haskell, as
On the other hand, the way we write our paths, we'd read f then g. This juxtaposition makes one of the two ways we write things seem backwards. We can resolve it either by making our paths in the category go backwards, or by reversing how we write function application.
In the latter case, we'd write x.f, say, for the application of f to x, and then write x.f.g for the composition. It all ends up looking a lot like Reverse Polish Notation, and has its strengths, but feels unnatural to most. It does, however, have the benefit that we can write out function composition as and have everything still make sense in all notations.
In the former case, which is the most common in the field, we accept that paths as we read along the arrows and compositions look backwards, and so, if and , we write , remembering that elements are introduced from the right, and the functions have to consume the elements in the right order.
The existence of the identity map can be captured in a function language as well: it is the existence of a function .
Now for the remaining rules for composition. Whenever defined, we expect associativity - so that . Furthermore, we expect:
- Composition respects sources and targets, so that:
- s(u(x)) = t(u(x)) = x
In a category, arrows are also called morphisms, and nodes are also called objects. This ties in with the algebraic roots of the field.
We denote by HomC(A,B), or if C is obvious from context, just Hom(A,B), the set of all arrows from A to B. This is the hom-set, and may also be denoted C(A,B).
If a category is large or small or finite as a graph, it is called a large/small/finite category.
A category with objects a collection of sets and morphisms a selection from all possible set-valued functions such that the identity morphism for each object is a morphism, and composition in the category is just composition of functions is called concrete. Concrete categories form a very rich source of examples, though far from all categories are concrete.
- Sub-category. Full subcategory. Wide subcategory. Products of categories. Duals/opposites of categories.
- Slice categories. Free categories generated by graphs.
3.3 Examples
- The empty category.
- The one object/one arrow category 1
- The categories 2 and 1 + 1
- The category Set of sets.
- The catgeory FSet of finite sets.
- The category PFn of sets and partial functions.
- PFn(A,B) is a partially ordered set.
- Every partial order is a category. Each hom-set has at most one element.
- Every monoid is a category. Only one object.
- Kleene closure. Free monoids.
- The category of Sets and injective functions.
- The category of Sets and surjective functions.
- The category of k-vector spaces and linear maps.
- The category with objects the natural numbers and Hom(m,n) the set of -matrices.
- The category of Data Types with Computable Functions.
- Our ideal programming language has:
- Primitive data types.
- Constants of each primitive type.
- Operations, given as functions between types.
- Constructors, producing elements from data types, and producing derived data types and operations.
- We will assume that the language is equipped with
- A do-nothing operation for each data type. Haskell has .id
- An empty type 1, with the property that each type has exactly one function to this type. Haskell has . We will use this to define the constants of type t as functions . Thus, constants end up being 0-ary functions.()
- A composition constructor, taking an operator and another operator and producing an operator . Haskell has .(.)
- A do-nothing operation for each data type. Haskell has
- This allows us to model a functional programming language with a category.
- Our ideal programming language has:
- The category with objects logical propositions and arrows proofs.
3.4 Homework
For a passing mark, a written, acceptable solution to at least 2 of the 4 questions should be given no later than midnight before the next lecture.
For each lecture, there will be a few exercises marked with the symbol *. These will be more difficult than the other exercises given, will require significant time and independent study, and will aim to complement the course with material not covered in lectures, but nevertheless interesting for the general philosophy of the lecture course.
- Prove the general associative law: that for any path, and any bracketing of that path, the same composition may be found.
- Suppose in some category C.
- If for all in the category, then u = 1A.
- If for all in the category, then u = 1A.
- These two results characterize the objects in a category by the properties of their corresponding identity arrows completely.
- For as many of the examples given as you can, prove that they really do form a category. Passing mark is at least 60% of the given examples.
- For this question, all parts are required:
- For which sets is the free monoid on that set commutative.
- Prove that for any category C, the set Hom(A,A) is a monoid under composition for every object A.
- * Read up on ω-complete partial orders. Suppose Failed to parse (unknown function\mathsc): \mathsc P
is the set of partial functions - in other words, an element of Failed to parse (unknown function\mathsc): \mathsc P is some pair with . We give this set a poset structure by precisely if and .
- Show that Failed to parse (unknown function\mathsc): \mathsc P
is a strict ω-CPO.
- An element x of S is a fixpoint of if f(x) = x. Let Failed to parse (unknown function\mathsc): \mathsc N
be the ω-CPO of partially defined functions on the natural numbers. We define a function Failed to parse (unknown function\mathsc): \phi:\mathsc N\to\mathsc N by sending some to a function k defined by
- k(0) = 1
- k(n) is defined only if h(n − 1) is defined, and then by k(n) = n * h(n − 1).
Describe Failed to parse (unknown function\maptso): \phi(n\maptso n^2)
and . Show that φ is continuous. Find a fixpoint (S0,f) of φ such that any other fixpoint of the same function is less than this one.
Find a continuous endofunction on some ω-CPO that has the fibonacci function F(0) = 0,F(1) = 1,F(n) = F(n − 1) + F(n − 2) as the least fixed point.


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Sac Sheriff Department K9 Dies of Stomach Cancer
SACRAMENTO -- The Sacramento Sheriff's Department has lost a K9 unit to stomach cancer.
Nisim spent several years with the department -- trained in explosives detection; working at the airport and on public transportation.
He had worked with Deputy Kenneth Robers -- assigned to Regional Transit's Police Services. Sgt. Jason Ramos says Nisim got sick last weekend and died quickly from his illness.