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By Chris Toronyi
It was an early Saturday morning for me before the Arsenal game even had a chance to register. I had my son's soccer (football for the rest of the world) game at 8am, plus I was coaching. So, navigating the energies and personalities of the under-10 boys team kept my nerves at bay for an extra hour.
That's until Arsenal kick-off...
The game gave us plenty of nerves. We went down 1-0 on a beautiful finish, but you gotta admit the defense lacked concentration when Diame received the ball on the wing. Felt too easy. Again showing that full focus is needed at every moment. Especially when the ball is in an attacking position. Stating the obvious. I know, I know, I know.
Now for the fun: the artistry by our goal scorers, but also from our build up. The first goal included great play between Poldi and Giroud that resulted in a great poke by the Frenchman. I've watched it a couple times on the Arsenal Player and it looks better on each viewing. A quality cross and a well-deserved finish.
The second goal was classic Theo, classic Arsenal on the counter Giroud gave Theo a perfectly placed ball that allowed him to continue his run without hesitation. The finish was just as good as the pass. Short side with pace. Lovely.
The third was a bit of magic by our Spanish Maestro. Theo slipped the ball to Cazorla at the top of the box and without even a thought of giving Theo a return through ball he cracked a knuckleball into the top right corner. A beautiful strike and finish. I'd use more adjectives, but I'd only water-down the highlight.
What I loved most is that his thought was shoot first, maybe pass second. Maybe. As in season's past, no doubt the ball would have been fed back to Theo. I love the aggressive thinking -- put the ball on goal and who knows what will happen. Although I'm pretty sure Santi knew exactly what was about to happen.
It was great seeing two players who have been getting slagged off from all angles deliver a goal and an assist each. Olivier and Theo, well done boys.
But look, the game wasn't without moments of nerves when we were pressed in the defensive half. Carroll had chances, but didn't deliver. As expected. But we grinned, kept pushing and didn't lose our composure when we went down. On the road.
I'll take "mental strength" for $1,000, Alex.
Just as my boys under-10 team fought back to a 2-2 draw earlier in the morning, the Arsenal showed fight and confidence. They delivered three points going into the international break. It was another team effort and another great effort by our three new signings. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
Oh, and Mikel was once Mikel. Unsung, quiet, but the boss.
There won't be an Arsenal America Podcast this week, but we'll return next week with two quality guests. You have my word. And be sure to look for a video I'm doing with Jules Wheeler (@TheRealGunner) this week. She's in LA!
Thanks for reading and thanks for listening.
'Stateside Gooner' Chris Toronyi is a longtime Arsenal supporter and the host of The Arsenal America podcast, available every week at ArsenalAmerica.com and on iTunes at "Arsenal America Podcast." You can read more of Chris' thoughts on Twitter.
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This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster
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Surrounded by the Fine arts Center, Heidelberg Gymnasium, Helen White Hall, Caldwell Hall, and Hood Library, the Belhaven Athletic Bowl contains the home field of the men's and women's soccer teams. Used by various summer sports camps, the bowl is also the site of the famous Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree, the first outdoor singing Christmas tree in the United States.
The Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree
A holiday tradition since 1933, Belhaven's Singing Christmas Tree is the oldest such performance in the country, according to a 1973 article in Southern Living magazine. The event has been named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, an organization dedicated to the marketing and promotion of travel to and within the great Southeastern States.
Belhaven first began its outside Christmas performance in 1927 under the direction of choral director Mignnone Howell Caldwell. It was intended to boost morale on campus following a devastating fire that destroyed the main building on campus, and the tradition of an outdoor Christmas concert at Belhaven was born. In 1933, the singers were placed on a platform shaped like a Christmas tree. The performance was originally held in front of the fountain, but was moved to the athletic bowl in 1964 to accommodate larger crowds.
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To assist in the application of analysis of variance-principal components analysis (ANOVA-PCA) to food and botanical data acquired at ARS and to develop an algorithm for aligning chromatograms obtained with ultra-violet (UV) and mass spectrometric (MS) detection. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to develop spectral fingerprinting and chromatographic profiling methods for the rapid detection and categorization of foods and botanical materials.
The Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory (FCMDL) is responsible for developing analytical methods for chemical components in foods and dietary supplements. New methods are being developed for spectral fingerprinting and chromatographic profiling of plant materials using UV and MS detection. Fingerprints are acquired by direct analysis with no chromatographic separation. Both types of data are analyzed using pattern recognition programs like ANOVA-PCA. Proper interpretation of the data requires considerable skill in the area of chemometrics, the area of expertise of the cooperator. A particularly troublesome problem is that the application of ANOVA-PCA to chromatographic profiles requires the alignment of the chromatograms prior to processing. The cooperator will assist in the application of ANOVA-PCA to data obtained at USDA and in the analysis of variable interaction. In addition, the cooperator will develop software for aligning chromatograms so that ANOVA-PCA can be applied to chromatographic profiles.


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First Milestones Mark Need for Financial Advice
If you're just starting out, you might not give much thought to working with a financial professional. You may associate the process with retirement--a retirement that seems so far off that more immediate concerns take precedence. The fact is, though, a financial professional can prove to be a valuable resource to those just starting out. And, while there's never a bad time to seek professional advice, early life-changing events make it especially important to take stock of your financial situation.
Starting a career
It may seem counterintuitive--when you're starting out, it's often more about future potential and possibilities than focusing on the present. But this is actually the perfect time to begin building a relationship with a financial professional. It's also the perfect time to establish good financial habits, like building an adequate cash reserve, starting to save on a consistent basis, and establishing a good credit history. You may need help implementing a spending plan (aka "budget") that will help you to meet current financial needs and still enable you to make progress toward your future goals.
It's not all about the future, though. A financial professional can help you get the most out of your paycheck by working with you to maximize the value of tax-advantaged benefits offered by your employer, including employer-provided health coverage or a qualified retirement plan. In addition, you may need help with issues as common as paying back student loans, or as complicated as understanding employer stock options.
Getting married
You know you need financial help when key words used to solemnize the occasion include "…for richer or poorer…" There's the immediate financial aspects of a wedding (paying for everything), but--more importantly--there's the long-term financial challenges that come when two individuals combine their finances. Like the ghosts of boyfriends and girlfriends past, you each bring your own financial history, attitudes, and habits (both good and bad) to the union.
A financial professional can help you define your goals as a couple. You'll want to come up with a joint spending plan to help you achieve these goals, and decide on the mechanics of day-to-day money management. For example, will you combine your bank accounts or keep them separate? In cases where you and your spouse aren't on the same page, a third party can listen to all concerns, identify underlying issues, and help you find common ground. A professional can also work with you to make sure that you're making the most efficient use of employer benefits, including health insurance and qualified retirement plans, that you have adequate life insurance coverage, and that the investments you choose are appropriate for your goals, time frames, and risk tolerance.
Beginning a family
The period of time following the birth of a child is both exciting and stressful. It's time to completely reevaluate your financial situation, starting with your goals. For example, in addition to saving for your own retirement, it's time to start thinking about saving for your child's college education. Your existing spending plan is likely to be the victim of suddenly decreased income (if there's to be a stay-at-home spouse) or a significant new expenditure (child care). If nothing else, you need to account for the additional ongoing expenses that come with parenthood (e.g., baby formula, food, diapers, clothing).
With children in the equation, having adequate health insurance, life insurance, and disability income insurance takes on new significance, and you may want to work with someone to evaluate your needs, obtain appropriate coverage, and make sure your beneficiary designations reflect your wishes. It's also time to establish an appropriate estate plan--including a will, health-care proxy, and durable power of attorney--or to update an existing estate plan. A financial professional can help walk you through some of the issues involved, and can help you find an attorney if you don't have one already.
Need for advice grows over time
If you're like most people, your financial needs will grow more complex over time. As that happens, your need for financial advice will increase as well. By starting early, you're able to build on a solid financial foundation. With each life milestone, a financial professional can help you develop a clear picture of your current financial situation, work with you to articulate and prioritize your financial goals and timelines, and recommend strategies and products that are appropriate for your objectives.


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Posted by John Rakowski on June 29, 2012
My colleague David Johnson wrote a good blog earlier in the week on 'Your Best Chance for Long-Term Employability as an I&O Professional'in which he discussed the key areas that I&O Professionals should focus on for employability. This and the recent wash of articles, especially in the UK, in regards to the IT skills gap got me thinking about the IT market from an employment perspective. With the various pressures facing I&O Professionals it is more important than ever to have a personal career plan which focusses on your career aspirations or at the very least a personal career vision.
I think one of the important aspects of this personal career vision is to have a clear understanding of the type of I&O organization that you would like to work for. Why? Well, in the same way in which a business selects the right candidate, it is important that that I&O Professionals select the right company which will help in their long term career vision. With this, I would like put forward the idea that, as I&O Professionals, we should be looking for certain organizational 'career accelerating qualities' during the recruitment process. My initial list is below and you may not find an organization which meets all these qualities but some will be more important to your personal career plan than others.
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I have, and am still, playing Wildstar actively. I want your guys' opinion on the current state of the game and what you think of the future of it. Would love to see what everyone thinks of it now after a few months.
My opinion:
Game is hands down awesome. As a pvper, it's the first game i enjoy pveing b/c the dungeon content is so challenging...you can't just fill in a spot with someone that has gear, the person actually has to be pretty damn good. The game mechanics are very unique with telegraphs and is a ton of fun, no more targeting...all aim. The problem with this, though, is if you have high ping you are severely gimped (especially as a melee) which i personally have to deal with playing from Korea. This game, i feel, has so much potential...but is severly being held back by multiple things...
There are still so many minor bugs that they have not fixed yet. Not to mention the changes they are making to the game are sometimes mindblowing...like what? For example...the devs seem to not all be on the same page. They wanted to get away from rng and decided to make pvp gear roll random rune slots upon purchase (what?). The population, i feel, has gone severely down...especially as someone who plays at an asian/oceanic timezone. Que times used to be insta-pop, now you dont even think of queing rated battlegrounds during our primetime b/c you could be waiting for an hour.
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Foley sent a demo tape of herself to Antone's Records in 1990. Impressed, the label arranged an audition for the guitarist. Sue moved to Austin and soon signed a recording contract with Antone's. In 1992, her debut album, Young Girl Blues, was released. It was acclaimed by a number of blues publications. Two years later she released her second album, Without a Warning. It was followed by Big City Blues in 1995. Subsequent efforts include 1996's A Walk in the Sun, 1998's Ten Days in November, and 2000's Love Comin' Down and Back to the Blues. Where the Action Is appeared in 2002 on Shanachie Records. Foley then switched to Ruf Records for her next two albums, 2004's Change and 2006's New Used Car. In 2007 Foley released Time Bomb, a collaborative effort with fellow Ruf labelmates Deborah Coleman and Roxanne Potvin. ~ Bill Dahl & Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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I got my first Sue Foley CD in the early-90's. It was "Young Girl Blues", released in 1992. Too bad I didn't get it right when it came out, but I didn't know. No one told me. I found out by chance, just like you may be doing today. I saw her play Houston in the early-90's. What a rockin' show! As soon as I could after that, I purchased each CD as it came out: "Without a Warning", "Walk in the Sun", "Big City Blues", "Love Comin' Down". Cont.: (below via scroll)
My favorite of the above are "Love Comin' Down" & "Where the Action Is". Let it be known, her other CD's are also phenominal. You don't think a girl can play guitar? Then you haven't heard "Mediterrane a n Breakfast". You seriously need to listen to this lady play. Deep, hard, and light - sounds a bit too good to be true. Well, she's been from Canada to Austin and I guess back again, as well as performing European tours.
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I have bought her albums as gifts for those who haven't been blessed by her gritty voice and smooth guitar textures. I've even bought second copies for myself, just in case I lost one. Yes, my friends. She's a keeper! :)
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Isn't using starter strips on the top of frames in regular Lang frames essentially the same thing? I have several boxes of natural comb started this way. The only difference I see is the 8 frame set up and the quilt. Of course, I may have missed something in that I did not study it closely.
Isn't using starter strips on the top of frames in regular Lang frames essentially the same thing?
Interesting about the "fittest" comments. One of the points I have read that is with an endless amount of room below the brood chamber by adding a bottom box, that swarming would be suppressed. So, I am a bit confused about a rate of offsprings, etc., in relation to a Warre hive.
My comment about marking, was the fact that Warre had very clear ideas of hive scent. And I do not think that marking queens went into his ideas. I actually do not mark queens as I, like him, have very distinct ideas of hive smell and what constitutes "natural".
And for someone to understand what Warre was promoting, it may fly against your "No good reason for unmarked queens", as at least for me, having a queen running around with a paint spot (and yes, giving off an odor) is a bit contradictory.
I admit my beekeeping methods are no more natural than Warre's, in that I do many things that are a bit different than what a hive does in the wild. But Warre, by taking off comb off the top and crushing and straining, is also not allowing the bees to achieve equilibrium as bees often times make comb based not just on need, but by time of the year and flow.
I can agree with the benefits of new comb. But if you study how, when and why bees build comb as they do, you may see that taking comb off the top and replacing foundation strips below, may actually throw off the overall comb placement that the bees would naturally build in feral colony's if left completely alone.
I can see many of the benefits of what Warre has promoted. I just would rather have the same benefits or promote his ideas, but perhaps in manners that would allow beekeepers to enjoy, monitor, and take action, more than a single yearly hive inspection.
Between mites, SHB, and many other issues that Warre NEVER encountered, I think having beekeepers more in tune with their hive than What Warre calls for, might be best. Taking a way of keeping bees of 200 years ago, and plugging that into today's beekeeping situation, may come with some problems that Warre never even dreamed of.
Getting back to the hive swarming, etc,. as mentioned by you. The hive dimension chosen time and again by swarms, as programmed over millions of years, has been to be a tad larger than a deep standard box. Studies out of Cornell has shown this. So, for anyone to compare the swarming rate, or anything else in regards to "natural" this or that, in keeping bees in one box or another called a Warre hive, all miss badly as to what happens in nature and what bees would do themselves.
By bottom supering and expanding the brood chamber, you already are not doing anything close to what would or could be called natural.
As for the genetics part, mother nature actually swarms most colonies 2 or 3 times per season in smaller feral colonies. Mother nature also culls very heavily. To catch a swarm from a hive, even if it's called a warre hive, is no guarantee of better genetics of "fitter bees". Yes, mother nature may take the weakest, but that is done in any hive, whether managed or not, based on many factors. But you do not get in my opinion any better stock by rolling the dice and assuming that better bees will come about due to the type hive you use.
If one wants to distinguish differences of non-treating versus treating, and letting bees choose their own queens, than that can be points shown. But to take a colony from a Warre, one from a TBH, and one from a standard hive, and if all kept chem free, if all allowed to raise their own queens, than it could hardly be an advantage of a Warre hive unto itself.
Your taking a concept about selection and genetics, and applying ti to a Warre hive as an advantage. But that advantage can be given to many hives, without using Warre hives. You do not gain this one advantage by the simply fact you have a Warre hive.
Interesting discussion.
Incidentally, Warre never wrote about marking queens. Also, while he did touch on it lightly in his book, preserving nest scent was not heavily commented on (see Christ for that). What WAS heavily commented on was preservation of cluster temperature, surface areas needing to be heated for various uses and the benefits of a more narrow hive-body. Remember, bees prefer to eat UP, not sideways. How many of us have found a dead cluster in the spring at the very top of the hive only centimeters away from plentiful stores off to the side? The requirement to search sideways for winter stores is eliminated with a more narrow hive. AND heat bleeds away from the cluster - sideways - INSIDE the hive more slowly.
My comments were from the angle that after the first season, IF you are placing the comb back on top of the hive come spring, you are essentially just supering the Warre hive, and the advantages of under-supering (for swarm control, etc.) are essentially lost. And for those that plan on taking the top off and expand the chamber by under-supering, you are now not anything close to what the bees built in the first place, as the comb is now moved up, and supered from below.This of course takes into account the understanding that bees build comb in regards to cell size based on several factors, including time of year, flow, and need. The point being, is for those that will take off the top supers and harvest them by crush and strain, then the comb pattern is drastically changed from what the bees originally built, as to location, etc. Of course for those placing the supers back on the hive after extracting and storing them for the season (The warre hive is to winter in a smaller configuration without supers or extra space) then the advantages under-supering in my opinion are lost to some degree.So contracting, changing the location of comb, and expanding the hive in the spring, can hardly be called natural. I know some want to call it "more" natural, but that's just semantics at best. None of that happens in feral colonies. So for any claims of natural or simulating feral colony design, is in my opinion hyping and marketing at best.
Your statement that there is no reason for unmarked queens, leaves no flexibility.
I'll choose another day to discuss your IMO "assumption" in regards to small cell... :shock:
A good arguement for 8 frame verses 10 frame.
Warre had a lot of good ideas, but in my experience the "ideal hive" would be an adaptation to 12 inch cubes and stacked 2-3 high and harvested like a TBH. Open bottomed and small vent at the top.
My comments were along the lines of attempting to keep bees as Warre did, or in some better manner, all the while slapping paint on the back of queens, is a bit contradicted.
As for Warre comments about cluster heat and retention, I have been expressing this concept for quite awhile, while having it thrown in my face for years about the cluster NOT heating the hive, etc. Trapped cluster heat, especially in late winter and early spring is used by the bees to their advantage.
(1) As with many things in beekeeping, I am ignorant of the whole bottom supering issue. I see that a Warre hive would be supered from the bottom. That is, the entire unit is lifted and a new box with bars and strips is inserted into the assembly. To do this with a Lang set up, I would take each box off separately and then restack. I am guessing from your posts that this would be contraindicated with a Warre hive due to damaging comb. Do you recommend unstacking the boxes and restacking or trying to lift the whole assembly as a unit? The latter approach seems like it would be quite heavy.[\quote]It is not so much of damaging comb because you can use a wire to separate supers. It is the whole principle of opening up the hive and disturbing the nest. Warre advocates lifting the stack without disturbing the bees. The Warre hive is much smaller than a Langstroth so it is easier to get your hands around. Warre also recommends supering in the spring when the hive is at it's lightest. Some Warre keepers have built portable lifts to jack the hives and insert new supers underneath.Quote(2)Is bottom supering with Lang equipment a good idea too? If so, why? Has the common practice of top supering simply been a matter of time and convenience?Convenience and time are probably the biggest contributors. Quote(3) Does Brian's 8 frame method address the retained heat issue as well as the access to stores issue? I note that both Brian Bray and Michael Bush both advance natural cell with 8 frame equipment and both post good results. It would seem, at lest in their experience, that the space between the frame and the hive body is not a significant source of heat loss (or at least not a source that has proven detrimental on a widescale basis). Perhaps not significant, but any dead air space will be cooler than the cluster and the inside of the hive body will collect condensation and then possibly mold. Eight frame does not eliminate this because you still have the dead air space between the frame ends and hive body. This is one reason why some believe frames are detrimental.Quote(4) Is there a negative effect of hive heat on the pests and diseases that plague the bees, or is the heat issue simply a matter of keeping them warm and conserving energy?You sure your not looking to stir up another hornets nest ;)Here is some info to ponder -> http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,16851.0.htmlMy observation has been that I have never come across a single feral colony that wasn't sealed up tight except for an entrance. Of course I can't say it is solely for heat retention, it could be a combination of things like scent and humidity, or even something we don't even know about.
(2)Is bottom supering with Lang equipment a good idea too? If so, why? Has the common practice of top supering simply been a matter of time and convenience?
(3) Does Brian's 8 frame method address the retained heat issue as well as the access to stores issue? I note that both Brian Bray and Michael Bush both advance natural cell with 8 frame equipment and both post good results. It would seem, at lest in their experience, that the space between the frame and the hive body is not a significant source of heat loss (or at least not a source that has proven detrimental on a widescale basis).
(4) Is there a negative effect of hive heat on the pests and diseases that plague the bees, or is the heat issue simply a matter of keeping them warm and conserving energy?
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Arsène Wenger faced the media on Thursday ahead of the FA Cup tie at Swansea City.
Here's our round-up of the manager's quotes. For the headlines, visit our Digest page:
on players who duck at free-kicks...
You can tell [players not to], but it is a reflex in a game, you know? Sometimes the players want to do it [not duck] but they have a protectional reflex, that is why we see handballs. It is as well something that you do not work on especially in training, and so the players are maybe not prepared to do it.
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The President's budget for fiscal year 2014, which was released on April 10, 2013, includes a proposal for switching new federal student loans to a hybrid fixed/variable interest rate scheme starting July 1, 2013. A similar proposal was introduced the day before by several Republican Senators as the Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act (S.682).
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"Economic growth is a good thing, even when it's lubricated by graft."
So argued Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Chapman, dismissing concerns about corporate bribery raised amid reports that Wal-Mart officials have covered up evidence tying the company to bribery in Mexico. Chapman's Sunday column defended Wal-Mart, whose largest subsidiary (Wal-Mart de Mexico), is under investigation by the Justice Department (DOJ). The New York Times reported:
In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company's largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico. In the e-mail and follow-up conversations, the former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance. In its rush to build stores, he said, the company had paid bribes to obtain permits in virtually every corner of the country.
The allegations of illicit payments put Wal-Mart under the jurisdiction of DOJ, which is investigating potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, a law that has been described as an "anti-bribery, anti-corruption measure enacted...to prohibit American companies from paying off foreign officials and to create an international example for ethical business practices."
The law has been in effect for 35 years, but Chapman questioned the wisdom of using U.S. law to govern corporate behavior overseas:
The question is why it's the duty of the U.S. government to dictate business practices in nations with very different business climates. You would think the Justice Department has plenty to do enforcing American laws on American soil without trying to sanitize the rest of the world.
Our idea of appropriate business practices ought to prevail in America, but less developed countries are entitled to do things their own way. If Mexico doesn't police bribery and can't change its economic culture, why should Uncle Sam take on the job? [...]
By deterring American companies from investing in such places, we deprive their citizens of goods and jobs that would improve their lives.
When extortionate officials block Wal-Mart from opening stores in Mexico, ordinary Mexicans suffer. Economic growth is a good thing, even when it's lubricated by graft.
The FCPA was passed with this explanation for why the law was necessary and spelling out why the United States should be concerned about its companies bribing foreign officials:
The payment of bribes to influence the acts or decisions of foreign officials, foreign political parties or candidates for foreign political office is unethical. It is counter to the moral expectations and values of the American public. But not only is it unethical, it is bad business as well. It erodes public confidence in the integrity of the free market system. It short-circuits the marketplace by directing business to those companies too inefficient to compete in terms of price, quality or service, or too lazy to engage in honest salesmanship, or too intent upon unloading marginal products. In short, it rewards corruption instead of efficiency and puts pressure on ethical enterprises to lower their standards or risk losing business.
Bribery of foreign officials by some American companies casts a shadow on all U.S. companies. The exposure of such activity can damage a company's image, lead to costly lawsuits, cause the cancellation of contracts, and result in the appropriation of valuable assets overseas.
Moreover, the lawmakers noted that often, by exploiting corruption abroad, American businesses were adversely affecting domestic markets. "In a number of instances," they wrote, quoting former Secretary of Commerce Elliot Richardson, "'payments have been made not to "outcompete" foreign competitors, but rather to gain an edge over other U.S. manufacturers.'"
The legislators also argued that corporate bribery "creates severe foreign policy problems for the United States," by lowering opinions of the United States and "lend[ing] credence to the suspicions sown by foreign opponents of the United States that American enterprises exert a corrupting influence on the political processes of their nations."
Chapman argued that the FCPA has been a failure, pointing out that bribery persists in developing countries and other foreign markets -- but the FCPA's bribery provisions were enforced only sporadically in the three decades following its passage; a post-Enron era of corporate accountability has led to a corruption crackdown in recent years. In October 2006, then-Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher reiterated the need for FCPA enforcement in today's globalized economy:
I think it is worth taking a moment to explain why enforcing the FCPA in particular is so important. The answer is simple. We are enforcing the FCPA to root out global corruption and preserve the integrity of the world's markets. Corruption is the linchpin of so many different global problems. It undercuts democracy and the rule of law. It stifles economic growth and sustainable development. It destabilizes markets. And it creates an uneven playing field for U.S. companies doing business overseas.
By enforcing the FCPA, we are demonstrating our commitment to combating global corruption, maintaining the integrity of U.S. markets, and setting an example for other countries around the world.
Experts in the private sector agree. Last June, the Wall Street Journal published a KPMG LLP poll of 214 executives in the United States and the United Kingdom that found "only 39% believed anti-corruption laws had hurt them competitively." And Fortune recently took a look at the hidden costs suffered by companies who engage in bribery abroad:
For Wal-Mart, bribes allegedly bought the retail giant everything from zoning approvals to reductions in builder fees, helping it build hundreds of new stores at a pace where competitors struggle to catch up, according to the New York Times. If the allegations are true, Wal-Mart appears to have gained plenty from the strategy. Whereas the U.K. is the chain's biggest overseas market , generating an average of 8% sales growth in 2000 to 2010, Mexico's lesser-developed market averaged 12% growth over the same period, according to London-based research firm Planet Retail.
Indeed, the gains are impressive. But it becomes less so once the hidden costs are factored in, according to a World Bank study by Daniel Kaufmann and Shang-Jin Wei. Companies that pay bribes actually end up spending more time negotiating with bureaucrats since the hopes of a pay-off give officials an incentive to haggle over regulations. For instance, in a separate study looking solely at the Ukraine, Kaufmann found firms that paid excessive bribes spent about 30% more time with government officials than firms that didn't.
What's more, companies pay about 10% of their earnings to corrupt officials, according Bloomberg, citing a study released last week by the Business Coordinating Council's Private Sector Economic Studies Center. Corruption ultimately breeds more corruption, as bribes give bureaucrats more incentive to raise red tape and regulatory hurdles, which in turn opens companies up to pay even more.
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Re: Mathematica daily WTF (programming everything functionally?)
On 1/3/2011 12:57 AM, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> In any case, I cannot think of any scientific or mathematical problems that
can be more naturally formulated in terms of "side-effects" than in terms
of "functions". Perhaps they exist and I my bias is due to several decades
of doing mathematics but I seriously can't think of a single example.
Can you provide one?
Surely this argument has been expressed by proponents of purely
functional programming languages, for which they have provided
mechanisms to get over the difficulties.
OK, here is a problem:
simulate a stock market, where you have 1000 stocks with prices.
Every time step your program surveys 100,000 traders who wish
to buy or sell some number of shares of one of the stocks at
some price. When you find a match, namely compatible sell/buy
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How do you make Boba Fett or Jango Fett armor? I need to know for school project. I need to know fast.
Please but instructions. Dont for get its for a school project
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- Please remove any shrink to size or expand to fit options before printing.
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4) As far as attachment goes, I would recommend a mixture of snaps and velcro. You can get both at Walmart.
I can email you the templates if that will help. Let me know.
JK - you are the man!
I have a question. How do you get the dents and the deep scrapes into it?
Also on the cod piece how do you make it look like there are two layers?
Heat the back of the armor (the side facing in) with a heatgun and then use a screwdriver (pointy for scratches / handle for dents) to make the impressions.
The cod piece should have two layers. One large shape for the entire cod and then a teard drop shape top center. Crazy glue is an excellent adhesive for laminating the 2 pcs together.
Very cool, thanks
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How to make armor:
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Cesare Pietroiusti's art practice focuses on problematic and paradoxical situations that are hidden in common relationships and in ordinary acts.
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Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise: Performance art, relational practices
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In 1994 Pietroiusti was available to do 'useful' things for anyone of the audience who would make a request: he walked dogs, gave shots, cleaned out cellars, and more. In 1997 he published Non Functional Thoughts (ed. Morra, Napoli), a small book containing approximately one hundred useless, parasite or incongruous ideas to be realized as art projects by anyone. Some of these ideas have been executed by artists and curators, such as for the exhibition "Democracy!" (London, 2000). In the last few years Pietroiusti mostly concentrated on the topic of the exchange, and on the paradoxes that arise in the folds of economic systems and rules. Starting from 2004 he irreversibly transformed banknotes given to him by other people; distributed thousands of drawings (always unique pieces, individually numbered and signed) for free; sold stories; swallowed banknotes at the end of an auction and subsequently given them back to the successful bidder after their defecation; opened a shop where the goods for sale are banknotes and the currency used to purchase them is the customer's gaze; set up shows where the artworks are for sale not in exchange of money, but of the best visitors? ideas, comments, or proposals.
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That works like a charm, a barrel filled with water with a coil of Copper pipe in it is the usual way to do this and it's probably the best way short of a refrigerated drier to accomplish the condensation process. I think that while a length of rubber hose would not work quite as well as Copper pipe I seriously doubt you would be able to see the difference. If the air is cold and dry you might want to just try running the hose off the tank first because there might not be enough moisture in the air to be a problem.
It is still not warm in Canada and I can definitely pick a low humid day to do the job.
What about running a 50' hose and roll some of it inside a large garbage bin filled with cold water and put a water separator after that ?
That compressor is going to have a 100% duty cycle and it's meant to pretty much run continuously however it will get hot enough to keep the water in vapor form with very little condensing in those small tanks. The solution is something that should be utilized anyway regardless of the compressor and that means cooling the air so the water can condense and be removed before reaching the spray gun. There are several methods for doing this but the most popular is not going to be practical for a temporary setup, that would be 50' or more of metal piping with collection drops and a water separator. In your case you are going to have to improvise by doing things such as choosing a day to spray with relatively low humidity and maybe running the air through a cooler of some type before passing through a water separator as near as possible to the gun. What you need to do is cool the air as much as you can by whatever means you might have available so that the water will be in liquid form rather than a vapor as it enters the moisture separator, a desiccant filter may be all you would need depending on the amount of moisture in the air, obviously a cool dry day would be far less of a problem than a hot muggy day. Even with a big high volume compressor there is no safe way of just connecting a hose to the compressor and connecting the gun to the other end, it's successfully done all the time but it depends on several factors and it's always risky. The only safe way of avoiding water is to have proper cooling and separation methods in addition to whichever air supply you have.
BTW, I don't think I would attempt to do this with that big diesel jack hammer compressor!
I understand that it will supply enough air for the gun to spray continuously but doesn't it have to run all the time and cause a lot of condensation in the line ?
Is there an easy way to check if the air compressor is letting oil in the line ?
|Should work ok, 18 CFM should keep up and in any case the recharge time for that outfit would be seconds anyway. Make sure the exhaust is outside the building however for safety reasons (carbon monoxide) and the fact that the gasoline engine could be expelling soot and possibly even oil that could play havoc with your paint.
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OK so I went to a tool rental place and I have 2 options :
-18 cfm at 90 psi , 10 gallon air compressor (gas powered)
-125 cfm, big tank (diesel powered)
Big compressor is more expensive and not convenient for me.
How would a compressor with high cfm, low capacity tank do for painting car ?
The compressor is smtg like this :
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Another thought would be hook the two compressors up in tandem, that way you would be getting the value of the CFM output from both compressors and the added 25 gallons won't hurt. I don't know the CFM output from the compressor that has the 25 gallon capacity but often a larger tank means they put a bigger compressor head on it. Your still in the over use mode but, if they where working together your recovery time would be much better.
Make sure you rough up the metal on the new pieces you put in with something like 80 grit paper on a DA...that way you'l get much better mechanical adhesion.
The installation of the new parts looks quite well done...good job.
Now if I had know it wasn't an American muscle car well...it wouldn't have mattered...LOL
|When I was a kid I watched my dad paint a tractor with a undersized air compressor. He would spray a few passes, then drink a beer while waiting for the compressor to pump up, paint job didnt come out too good .
Wow thanks for all the replies. You guys are a great bunch in this forum.
I don't know how you guys treat outsiders but the car I am working on is actually an import
I will be calling the rental places after the holiday. Meanwhile I asked a friend and he has a 25 gallon compressor same brand as mine with inflated numbers
What if I were to use both compressor at the same time, switch the hose right away when pressure drops on one .
Here is a pic of the engine bay. I still have to sand down the frame rails and strut tower skirts to bare metal. I am not touching the firewall, it is scuffed up.
So there are only 2 sides and inner wells which aren't completely stripped.
This is a 2004 subaru impreza engine bay.
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|I was laughing at the comment about using a large tank to pre fill before starting a painting project as thats actually what I did a number of years ago. Mind you it wasn't a vehicle but was pouring through gallon after gallon of tremclad rust paint onto grain bin hopper bottoms. I used a 500 gallon propane tank on wheels and pressured it up to 175 psi with a true 5 horse two stage compressor. That took an hour from empty to full to fill that tank size but the compressor is made to run fairly continuously and I've done that a lot in filling the tank for other air needs and the compressor never has missed a beat all these years. I was using a one gallon if not more canister type painter that would have used fairly low air volume and a long set of hoses off of that to the gun.
|I had hooked up a 30 gallon tank to my 20 gallon compressor a few years back and I think it literally bought me an extra 10 seconds of spray time because once the pressure decreases the compressor kicks back on again. And it didn't take any time at all for the pressure to decrease. However, it took it forever to build the pressure back up.
The little 15 gallon compressor should be capable of doing something like an engine compartment but of course it depends a lot on his other equipment. If using a conventional paint gun and the lowest air pressure that will still do a good job plus working in sections then it should work just fine, people have even painted whole cars with little compressors. However if the spray gun is a HVLP type and/or the whole compartment is sprayed in one operation then this is going to be a very frustrating endeavor! The trick to using a small compressor is to accept it for what it is and properly MANAGING what air is available because nothing can be done to make the compressor put out more air than it does already. Instead of trying to squeeze more air out of a too-small compressor concentrate on spraying the most paint practical with as little air as possible while still maintaining good results.
widetrack, I see your point and I understand that if 15 gallons gave 30 seconds of spray time (it wouldn't even be that long with only 15 gallons!) that an additional 45 gallons would add more time (another 90 seconds theoretically) but that's only 2 minutes of spray time, which is probably too optimistic, and then the problems would begin. While in theory it would take 4 times as long to fill a tank 4 times as big in reality it would not work that way because as the compressor heats up efficiency falls off rapidly. On a setup such as this by the time the tank was half filled the pump would probably only be able to manage 50% or maybe even less of it's original CFM rating, this problem will only compound itself the longer the compressor runs. If this is one of the little oil-less type compressors then filling that tank a couple of times or so without long cooling periods will most likely result in destruction of the pump. I have seen it tried many, many times and adding significant extra tank capacity will almost always result in more frustration rather than solving the problem.
I'm not going to speak in hypotheticals and theoreticals here, but I'll speak from practical experience with what I've actually done. I have a 60 gallon 3.7 hp 13 CFM compressor now, but before that I had a Crapsman 5 impossible HP from 110V 20 gallon. I ran a whip from it to a water filter/regulator on my wall, and that's where my main line tied in. I could easily spray an engine bay with my 20 gallon. In fact, when I moved out here to Michigan, before I got the 220 ran in my shop for my big compressor, I was spraying with my little 20 gallon and it does just fine for small things like an engine bay. I know yours has 5 gallon less capacity, but take this for what you will.
Something else to chew on. I took my engine bay down to bare metal, primed with Sikkens 1K wash primer (etching primer in a rattle can) and sprayed two coats of Bill Hirsch chassis black (also in a can). The cans have the tip that sprays the pattern so it lays on nice. This I did in 2009. It looked great then. And still looks as good today as it did then. There's only one part of my car that I haven't had to continually sand down and respray because of rust popping through throughout the course of my restoration, and it's been the engine bay.
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They are wonderful guns.
I own one in 9mm.
I shot competitively with it for years.
They are truly a good shooter IMHO
By the way I just posted this today in another thread
"My favorite round is the .45
But if you are at all price sensitive and if you shoot very often
The difference in the cost of .45 vs. 9mm ammo is about double. ie $20 a box vs $10 a box.
It varies a little dependending on sales and where you buy it.
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I am moving forward in my build of a Fett ESB. I will be looking to get 501 approval and troop with them (eventually).
My plan (for what that is worth!) is to do each piece one at a time. My first piece will be the jetpack. I will post my progress and am excited about the project and advice and help from fellow members.
I am going to start priming and painting a MOW jetpack. I want to make it look like the ESB pack. I have seen lots of great pictures here, but I know that depending on the color of one's monitor, the green and other colors can be different shades!
Does anyone know what paints to use for the whole jetpack - from primer to finish?
I was going to use spray cans and have seen that air brushing seems the way to go. So I will be getting an air brush kit too (anyone that has any recommendations for a good kit, not expensive, I would appreciate that too !:))
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