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Posted by: newsla on Nov 26, 2012 - 04:49 PM
PGR's Williams Takes 2nd In S5, Spaulding 3rd In TaG Senior In Supernationals
Carter Williams of Clovis, Calif., finished second in S5 shifter and Kiel Spaulding of Elk Grove, Calif., was third in TaG Senior to top the feature performances for Phil Giebler Racing in the prestigious 16th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals on Nov. 18 on a .85-mile temporary course at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
"It felt great to finish second even though I really wanted first," Williams said. "It was a great finish for me and the team and I secured the number three national plate. It was also awesome getting my first SuperNationals pole."
Spaulding started 15th in a 42-car field and drove through a multi-car wreck in the first turn to move up to third. The 16-year-old challenged for the lead in the 25-lap feature and had to fend off attacks to take third. Spaulding was ill the night before the race.
"In honesty, I felt I wasn't going to get a top five," Spaulding said. "Not after what I was going through Saturday night. I got really ill and I thought I wasn't racing Sunday. But I felt good enough to race and went for it. The plan going into it came out like I expected, get as many spots in turn one as possible. During the race, we were missing a bit of speed, but I outraced the kids who were faster to hold onto third place."
"It was a great result for Kiel after a bit of bad luck in the third heat that put him back at the start of the feature," team owner Giebler said. "Plus, he was sick."
Williams also finished 10th in the TaG Junior feature, which had 40 starters.
"I am very happy with my result in TaG Junior," Williams said. "I'm not disappointed at all with finishing 10th after starting 27th. After qualifying 32md, my team worked really hard o improve my position for the main. My 10th place secured the number two national plate. I want to give a huge thanks to Phil and Everett Giebler, Alex Sanner and everyone at Phil Giebler Racing for an awesome SuperNationals."
Marino Sato of Japan finished 13th in TaG Junior feature in his debut with the team. He started it in 30th.
"Sato is a great driver and has a lot of potential." Phil Giebler said. "He's very professional and impressive to watch. He had a great qualifying run to post sixth fastest time in qualifying and was running strong in the first heat before getting involved in a last lap accident that happened right in front of him. He had carburetor issues in the second heat and struggled in the third with the track and air temperature change in the evening."
Joel Miller of Hesperia, Calif., who has stood on all three podium spots in the SuperNationals, finished 20th in the TaG Senior feature.
"Joel had an unlucky finish in one of the heats that put him in 18th starting spot," Phil Giebler said. "He was stuck on the outside of turn one at the start and was collected in a big pileup. Joel was the favorite going into the race and it's unfortunate that he was unable to fight for the win."
Connor Wagner of Dallas finished 22nd in the S2 shifter feature in his first event with Phil Giebler Racing.
"Conner Wagner had a very impressive debut," Giebler said. "He was always running in the top four in his heats and started third in the final. He showed the potential to finish on the podium, but was crashed out in turn four. He restarted from last and made it back up of 22nd. I am excited to work with Conner in 2013. I feel he has a great chance to win some championships in the future. He is a great kid with a good work ethic and lots of natural speed."
Nick Freytag of Paradise Valley, Ariz., was an early casualty in S1 shifter, completing only seven laps in the 25-lap feature and finishing 22nd.
In the TaG Master feature, Paul Grey of Mission Viejo, Calif., recovered from contact on the first lap to finish 20th, Ethan Wilson of Campbell, Calif., was 34th and Vatche Tatikian of North Hollywood, Calif., was 42nd.
"All three had some difficulties in the heats," Giebler said. "Ethan battled hard early in the race, but dropped out with around 10 laps to go in the final. Vatche was knocked out in an incident on the first lap."
Noah Grey of Dana Point, Calif., finished second in the last chance qualifier to get into the feature, where he finished 29th.
Mason Daughters of Polo, Mo., and Dakota Dickerson of San Diego failed to advance out of the last chance qualifier to the feature in TaG Senior.
Daughters had electrical failures in practice and was pushed into the barriers on the first lap of qualifying. Without a timed lap, he was last in the field of 88 and had to start 43rd in the 12-lap heats. He passed 58 drivers in the combined 36 laps and started 11th. Daughters was taken out in the first corner of the last chance qualifier. He bounced back to finish 20th in the 40-car field.
Dickerson had a carburetor problem in qualifying and it put him in starting positions deep in the field in the heats. He finished 23rd in the last chance.
"Dakota Dickerson looked strong, 15th (out of 44) in the first practice, but he was 42nd in qualifying from a carburetor problem and it made the heats difficult to survive," Giebler said.
Trenton Sparks of Bakersfield, Calif., finished 15th and Valentina Sarmiento of Venezuela was 29th in the TaG Cadet last chance qualifier and didn't advance to the feature.
"Trenton didn't complete a lap in qualifying and started all the heat races last," Giebler said. "He damaged his frame in the first heat and had didn't finish another heat. He started last in 42nd in the last chance qualifier and moved up to 18th on the first lap,but didn't make it into the top six to transfer to the feature. This was Valentina's first time racing in a world-class event and she did a great job of improving all weekend."
Dallas Hollins of Fontana, Calif., also made progress in TaG Junior, finishing 40th, 34th and 31st in her heats.
"Dallas gained some valuable experience in the most competitive event in the United States this year," Giebler said.
Ten drivers out of the 15 entered by the team drove in the features.
"Our results were a mixed bag," Giebler said. "Every driver had at least one heat that was a DNF or involved in an incident that put them way at the back of the field, really hurting their chances of a solid starting position for the final. There was a lot of aggressive driving by many drivers in the SuperNationals."
Owned by the 2007 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Phil Giebler Racing is based in Orange, Calif., and competes nationally at the highest level of karting in the United States. Giebler is a resident of Huntington Beach, Calif. The team uses Fernando Alonso and Tony Karts.
Phil Giebler Racing feature results at the SKUSA 16th SuperNationals at Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 18:
S5 shifter: 2. Carter Williams, Clovis, Calif.; TaG Senior—3. Kiel Spaulding, Elk Grove, Calif; 20. Joel Miller, Hesperia, Calif.; TaG Junior—10. Williams; 13. Marino Sato, Japan; 29. Noah Grey, Dana Point, Calif.; S1 shifter: 22. Nick Freytag, Paradise Valley, Ariz.; TaG Master—20. Paul Grey, Mission Viejo, Calif.; 34. Ethan Wilson, Campbell, Calif.; 42. Vatche Tatikian, North Hollywood, Calif.; S2 shifter: 22. Connor Wagner, Dallas.
Drivers who did not qualify for features:
Last chance qualifier results: TaG Senior--20. Mason Daughters, Polo, Mo.; 23. Dakota Dickerson, San Diego; TaG Cadet—15. Trenton Sparks, Bakersfield, Calif.; 29. Valentina Sarmiento, Venezuela.
Heat results: TaG Junior—40., 34., 31. Dallas Hollins, Fontana, Calif.
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Wally Conger once tried to pass to me the book meme. I failed. But he's persistent. Now he's passed me the Meme of Fours:
Four jobs I've had:
- daycamp assistant counselor (for 5-year-olds)
- fry cook (in the Boat House in Central Park, NYC)
- shotef sirim ("pot washer" on an Israeli kibbutz, where I also assembled furniture in a factory, picked avocados in the fields, scrubbed communal drains and toilets, and various other working class experiences during the tail end of my socialist idealism)
- Kelly Girl (office temp through Kelly Services)
Four movies I can watch over and over:
- Blade Runner
- Brazil (12 Monkeys, same director)r
- True Romance (Natural Born Killers, same writer)
- Pulp Fiction (Kill Bill(s), same writer, same director)
Four places I've lived:
- Manhattan
- outside Philadelphia
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- outside Philadelphia again (I can't help it. I've only lived 3 different places.)
Four TV shows I love:
- Buffy
- Angel
- Firefly
- Farscape
(Also on the DVD shelf: first season of Sopranos, first season of Larry Sanders, first season of The Office (British version), first two seasons of The Simpsons, first two seasons of King of the Hill, first two seasons of Futurama, all of Sports Night. Not on my shelf but ought to be: first season of Millennium, only season of My So-Called Life, only season of Freaks and Geeks.)
Four highly regarded and recommended TV shows I haven't seen (much of):
- West Wing
- that one with whatshername as the US president
- [I can't come up with a 4th. We do all our TV on DVD.]
Four places I've vacationed:
- Egypt
- Venice
- Scottish Highlands
- various B&Bs around Virginia
Four of my favorite dishes:
- Chow Mei Fun with beef (noodle bowl)
- Pad Thai (more noodles)
- flank steak
- haggis
(I also like everything on Wally Conger's list.)
Four sites I visit daily:
- Mises.org (duh)
- Newsgator.com
- Amazon.com
- Wikipedia.org
Four places I'd rather be right now:
- There's no place like home!
- There's no place like home!
- There's no place like home!
- (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Four new bloggers I'm tagging:
- Choicy White Boy [update]
- iceberg [update]
- Anthony Gregory (who's not really a blogger, so we'll see how he responds) [update]
- anyone who regularly reads this blog and wishes someone would pass this thing to them…

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Each student is responsible for fulfilling all of the requirements for the degree program being pursued and for following the procedures and regulations as stated in the Catalog in effect when entering college. The Catalog is valid for seven years. Students should keep a copy of the Catalog they enter under until they graduate. Assistance from an advisor is helpful in planning the program of studies and in selecting the specific courses to be taken for each semester.
The Graduation from the University section of the Catalog outlines the minimum university level degree requirements. Some colleges specify the exact manner in which the university level requirements must be met. In addition to these, the student must fulfill the college level requirements for the degree and the major requirements. If the admission or retention standards for a particular college or department differ from the University requirements, they will be listed in the college degree program description. If they do not, the University requirements apply. The guidelines below will be helpful in planning which program to follow.
- Read the Catalog to investigate what options are available.
- Consult with an academic advisor in the Academic Counseling Center and the colleges that offer majors which are of interest to you;
- Talk with the departmental faculty in these areas of interest.
- Take advantage of the counseling offerings of the Counseling, Tutoring and Testing (Testing, Career Counseling, Personal and Psychological Counseling, and the Educational Support Program).
- Become familiar with the Academic Regulations section of the Catalog; determine the grades that are needed to insure retention and graduation as well as honors classifications in the University and in individual programs.
- If you are undecided about a major area, begin your program of studies with those courses required for all degrees.
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- consult with your advisor to determine what procedures are necessary to declare a major;
- read the entire section of the Catalog that relates to the degree and major selected; note all degree requirements listed for the college such as the number of hours required within the college and outside the college and the number of upper division hours required; list all the University General Education Program Requirements required for the college or obtain a degree sheet from the college advisor; note the major requirements (when choices are allowed, be sure to consult with your major advisor);
- plan your coursework semester by semester; try to complete all of your lower division courses (1000-2000) during your first two years; be sure to check for prerequisites before enrolling in any courses, especially upper division courses; take the courses in the proper sequence.


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Berlin-based design firm Zwölf took a very hands-on, physical approach when designing the cover artwork for the band Elyjah. 2000 hand printed photos were taken to a shooting range, and shot up by Zwölf, making for a run of one of a kind album artwork.
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After a split-7″ release on Siluh, the debut album "Planet, Planet" (Klimbim Records/Cargo) put the spotlight firmly on the Berliner lads from Elyjah. For us it was clear: this CD is fantastic. Both playful and atmospheric, it leaves a lasting impression. To ensure that that message was conveyed to the customer, we fired pellets at all two thousand covers. They circle like planets around a fixed point. Returning to a time in which men had morals in their hearts and cloth handkerchiefs in their trouser pockets, we put the band in Herr von Eden suits (styling: Leena Zimmermann, production: Kieran Joel) and then printed the large-format photos shot by Norman Konrad by hand.
Typographically, we continued this theme with two typefaces from that time period: Memphis, from Emil Rudolph Weiß (1929) and the wonderful Wieynck Gotisch from Heinrich Wieynck (1926) were put into use on an old Heidelberg printing machine. The "shooting" didn't stop there. In the video for the single "Wired" (director: Hagen Decker, camera: Cüneyt Kaya), exploding light bulbs dance around the band like shooting stars.
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Yet another obama crisis....the shut down
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#1 Oct 1, 2013
It seems like crisis after crisis at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....
So, the narcissist will be front and center......again.
His close personal friend Rahm Emanuel once said" never let a good crisis go to waste".
I suppose if you continue to create crisis, or do nothing to avert crisis, you have what you really like/want.
How about sitting down and working out details IN FAVOR of middle class America.......instead of this incessant bickering/fighting.
#2 Oct 1, 2013
Yet another crisis brought on to you by the T bagging Congress which has a positive rating of under 10%....
#3 Oct 1, 2013
Take a good hard look at the situation.
Nobama WANTS this shutdown......and he now has it.
Personally....I don't care. A large part of the federal government should be shut down.......permanently.
They don't do much of ANYTHING for me.....so I won't even notice.......
#4 Oct 1, 2013
That's our little spoiled narcissistic tea party bully! You can't have it your way so EVERYBODY must suffer!!!! Good Job. Very Intelligent!!!!
Go at it IDIOT!
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#5 Oct 1, 2013
Obama and the democrats did NOT want this situation. The Tbaggers are ecstatic about it. The ACA is the law, and the supremes ruled that it was constitutional. In the recent presidential election the eliminating the ACA was the republicans main plank. And they were defeated.
The Tbaggers are holding hostage the American people with their terrorist demands. And they'll do it again with the debt ceiling when it comes up in a few weeks. When that happens the US and world economies will go into a destructive downspin that we've never seen before.
We don't negotiate with terrorists. We have a democracy/republic that will not be over taken by a small section of our elected representatives. We're not going to be ruled by terrorist extremists.
The Tbaggers are a bunch of adolescents who only want to bring us down. If they don't get their way they'll do anything to force their way. Boehner didn't even put the clean budget bill on the floor, and most pundits agree that it WOULD have passed. But Boehner caved in to his Tbaggers rather than give the bill a chance. Just like the Tbaggers, the only job he cares about is his own.
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#6 Oct 1, 2013
Just think if we somehow had a small group of noisy Lefty extremists who tried to pull off this same stunt.
When the budget and debt ceiling came up, these Lefties could sabotage the process by yelling for background checks, outlawing big gun magazines, and for making assault weapons illegal. They wouldn't let the budget or debt ceiling be approved until their demands were met.
And the repubs would be outraged! Because it's ok to them to hold the government and American people hostage for their own ideologies-- but they would explode at the idea of an another group of ideologues doing the same thing.
Why? Because these rightie extremists just know that their way is the only correct way. And their way has no room for law or for democracy. If they have to blow up the government to show their constituents back home how much they hate the government, that's what they'll do.
Loco said that he's just fine with that. Just another punk who's never grown up.
#7 Oct 1, 2013
Gawd youre on the money! I wish Harry would play their game by sending back a bill to the house that funded Single Payer or Medicare for everyone who wanted it.
How's that for negotiating?
And a big thanks to Obama for vetoing the piddley little spending bills that would finance programs that the righties think will garner favor with the right.
The fornicating repubicans have had four years to propose ways to make the Affordable Care Act better butt oh no, and now they want to negotiate? Screw them!
#8 Oct 2, 2013
The T publicans have no intention of negotiating.
Their idea of negotiation is "my way or the highway"
The cork-suckers do not believe in the American way, they could not stop OBAMACARE legislatively, legally nor politically so now they are holding the American people hostage by messing with the laws of the land and the will of the American people.
Screw them, I say...
#9 Oct 3, 2013
The sad part is that Nobama could set the wheels of a "single payer" system in motion by signing up for Nobamacare......but he won't do it.
Imagine that: nobama is saying "do as I say not as I do".
He must not have faith in his own signature legislation, heh?
He should have been the FIRST person to sign up for nobamacare.
Instead, he looks like the hypocrit in chief....yet again.
#10 Oct 3, 2013
Your skewed opinion again, heh lil teepee?
If what you say is true, then the senate should pass the individual funding bills passed by the house repubs., and we can get most things going, heh?
The larger discussion can take place after the senate dems vote to fund these other items. Harry Reid and the dems won't negotiate...in fact....they want to continue the shutdown.
#11 Oct 3, 2013
Why won't boner send over any spending bills that the Democrats want? Huummm? Why is boner only sending over piecemeal bills that make him look good? Huummm?
#12 Oct 3, 2013
Boner and the T publicans are tools of the Koch brothers....
They picked a fight they can not win and now the entire Nation sees them for the dumb asses that they are, in the mean time our conservative sycophant LOCO is attempting to rewrite current events...
#13 Oct 3, 2013
More talking points from Limbaugh and Faux News. The Tbaggers will send new demands that release government hostages one at a time.
They'll release those programs they like, or which look good to many Americans, but keep holding hostage what they don't like-- such as funding the EPA or FDA, or agencies that oversee the food we eat.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
#15 Oct 3, 2013
They wanted the shut down, they own it and no amount of B.S. will keep them from wearing it. I have friends, and theyre conservatives who own a store with gas pumps right outside Yosemite and theyre losing business already.
Keep it up boner and well own the house next election.
#16 Oct 3, 2013
Ok then.
Tell your senate democrats to not fund veteran benefits and money for head start etc.
The nation will see who the terror group really is.
lotsa luck lil teepee.
#17 Oct 3, 2013
nonsense my lil curmudgeon.
Isn't it time for you to blame W. for nobama's current crisis?
#18 Oct 3, 2013
I hear so many Socialist/Communists saying that obamacare is law. You say it like it is here to stay. This law was passed by one party. At one time Prohibition was law. Prohibition even rose to the level of an Amendment to the Constitution. It was another unpopular imposed law just like obamacare. Please quit saying it the law of the land like its here to stay, because it isn't going to stay.
#19 Oct 3, 2013
ROTFLMAO. Your post is almost verbatim from the dailykos.
nice copy/paste
#20 Oct 3, 2013
The biggest fear of the T Baggers is being realized in front of our eyes, because....
people are enrolling like crazy in OBAMACARE just as we speak, and the right wing nuts will not be able to get rid of ACAS anymore then they can get rid off SS or Medicare.
#21 Oct 3, 2013
I agree that many people are visiting the site. That doesn't mean that they are purchasing anything. SS and medicare, for the majority of the people in this country are costs taken out of their paychecks before they ever see it and don't feel the pain of writing a check and paying for it like they will be doing for obamacare.
If this cut from an article is true, then it is doomed to fail:
American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.
But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasnt Obamacare supposed to lower premiums?
Hendersons going to pay a $175 premium and he wont even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal.
Henderson, as far as we know a healthy, 21-year-old college student at Chattanooga State Community College who lives in Flintstone, Ga., and works part-time at a day-care center, did not qualify for tax credits to purchase insurance, according to the Post.
Without Obamacare, Henderson could have received health insurance for as little as $44.72 on eHealthInsurance.com , according to Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute.
I cant yet say whether Chads $175 premium is the lowest-cost plan available to him through the Obamacare Exchange, Cannon said.[Im in the process of researching that, and itll probably take a few hours.] But its probably close.
Thanks to Obamacares community-rating price controls that take effect in 2014, Hendersons cheapest plan option on eHealthInsurance jumped up to $190.23.
So it appears that Obamacare quadrupled Chads premiums, and Enroll America thinks this is a success story, Cannon said.
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: spinoff: at what age, the "talk?"
At what age did your mothers have the talk with you? (ie, sex, how babies are made, rape)
Well, maybe for you those were all separate talks but forme they were all part of the same big talk.
And for those of you who are mothers, at what age did you have the talk w/ your daughters? With your sons?
I was 7 when my mother had it w/ me. My daughter is 8 and I still haven't had it w/ her...but I really want to and need to. Just trying to put it off a few more months.


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I would highly recommend Martial Blade Camp being held in Estes Park, CO in August.
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This is a discussion on Any recommendations for comabtive courses on folding knives? within the Defensive Knives & Other Weapons forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; i have read about places like gunsite and insights. has anyone taken folding knife combative courses from these institutions? or can you recommend other institutions? ...
i have read about places like gunsite and insights. has anyone taken folding knife combative courses from these institutions? or can you recommend other institutions?
also, what about courses on pistols, hand to hand combat, grappling, etc?
i live in oklahoma but would be willing to travel across the US if the course was really worth it.
I would highly recommend Martial Blade Camp being held in Estes Park, CO in August.
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I received a small block of instruction before my last mobilization from a guy named Doc Wisil (not sure if that's how you spell it, pronounced Y.sill). I know that he trains police officers in northern Indiana. You might want to Google him. He not only instructs knife fighting he also gives one of the most amazing motivational speeches regarding deploying with the military and the physiology of killing with bladed weapons.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke
I will second the Martial Blades realm. I have not had any personal in person training but the stuff I have seen on video is really good. Make sure whatever you choose is reputable. Read up on it and see how much info is out on it. I would hate to see you waste money on a "i'm teaching in my mom's basement" kinda course from a guy who plays first person shooter games. MBC is a good way to go.
PS- A little off topic in this thread but you may want to get a knife that has a trainer available too . example: Benchmade griptilian, or Spyderco Endura/Delica
Good luck.
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K. McCann AKA Jim Grover - Inside The Crucible Volume 3 would be an OK way to get some basics at home. You can probably pick it up cheaper than $49.00 on Ebay.
Knife & Sword Fighting - Kelly McCann's Inside the Crucible Volume 3: Situational Combatives and Knife Fighting
You really need to have somebody to train with though.
I have done FMA and also Hock Hochheim CQC seminars. Other supplementary materials are from Kelly McCann like someone mentioned. And if you wanna learn to use the knife for ambush, I also have Greg Walker's "Death in the Shadows" video on knife killing. It seems odd to learn it but I feel it to be useful supplement to add if you have to use it to escape from your captors as a prisoner of war or hostage.
Michael Janich has put out some awesome videos on knife fighting. i believe he has some stuff on youtube too.
I have one from Michael Janich. I think it's on the basic use of the tactical folder (forgot the title) from Paladin Press. It's a lot of information. I also have another from Paladin Press from James Keating called "Reverse Grip Knife Fighting". They are pretty much same as my Filipino Martial Arts training but they are great for refresher.
If you're ever around OR, you want to try and take CEOTWK (Close Encounters of The Worst Kind) at Oregon Firearms Academy.
If handguns cause crime, mine are deffective - Ted Nugent
We concentrate on the open hand, stick, knife, and gun within seven yards. I get out to Indy every once in a while. Not sure how far you are. For folders we teach Inverted Edge Tactics.- George


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A year ago, I was a calm observer of the dotcom bubble. Since then, I have been immersed in the web frenzy, helping to edit the FT's websites. So the thoughts that follow come from someone who has lived inside the web craze, but escaped the rollercoaster economics of a start-up.
There are five important lessons. The first is that much internet technology does not work. Few websites work smoothly; very few frequently updated websites avoid intermittent disasters. Some of this is because the vital applications - such as the middleware, which links together big databases and the web front end - have been rushed to market to capitalise on the web boom, and still suffer endemic bugs.
A bigger part of the problem, though, can be laid at the door of the website owners themselves. Under great commercial pressure to create and update their sites, they have slung together systems using the electronic equivalent of string, toilet roll cores and sticky-backed plastic. They have lashed them to existing databases never designed for such tasks. They have switched their existing networks and support systems from traditional batch operations - with peaks of activity once or twice a day - to serving continuously updated 24-hour websites. And once they have them working, they have promptly piled on new features, changed the design, or added millions of users.
The burden on the technology teams has been intolerable. As a result, the internet does not offer anything like the reliability associated with electronic systems such as bank cash machines or the telephone network.
But there is some good news. The underlying internet machinery - its protocols and backbone - have turned out to be able to withstand the insatiable demands. And website reliability does get better - though, infuriatingly, even the best-managed sites are capable of redesign or re-engineering bungles.
Technology problems have helped kill off some websites. They will also damage the prospects of the weakest of the internet infrastructure companies - a sub-sector of the market that has not yet been hurt quite as much as its clients. But in time the technology will become more reliable and websites will use it better. This is one lesson that the industry has already taken to heart.
The second lesson has to be learnt afresh in every bubble: most new business models do not work. Traditional business models dominate the economy because they have stood the test of time. Every generation or so, a genuinely new business model arrives, and takes its place among the tried-and-tested veterans: hire purchase, franchising, network commercial television. But most apparently new models have been tried before.
Take the radical breakthrough in advertising that the web supposedly allows. Advertisers can now track every click, and pay media owners only for the ones that deliver customers or at least warm prospects. Actually, anyone watching late-night TV is intimately familiar with the pay-per-click model, in its long-established form of telephone selling of compilation record albums and implausible kitchen equipment. Advertisers pay the TV station only for orders or inquiries that the advertisement generates.
It works, but it is marginal - because it is not in the interests of TV stations to devote any but the least valuable airtime to such a proposition. The clear winners already starting to emerge among the web media will pursue a similar approach as soon as the bargaining power swings their way.
Some of the new internet business models may yet attain lasting success. The jury is still out on consumer-to-consumer auction sites, like Ebay; and we do not yet know whether business exchanges like the auto industry's Covisint will prove an innovation or only another way for monopoly buyers to squeeze their suppliers. But we do know that one promising idea - Priceline.com's Dutch auctions for perishable commodities such as airline seats - seems to have limited appeal. Consumers like the predictability of posted prices.
Some dotcoms that touted new business models turned out to be using time-honoured techniques in a new wrapper. The claim of innovation was only a fancy way of saying: "We're a new entrant with a distinguishing competence." Alas, the iron law of business is that any incumbent that is half-awake is hard to beat, unless the incomer's fancy new competence is a killer. That does not mean that none of the new entrants can succeed; but it does mean that the qualities required to prosper owe more to tradition than to mould-breaking.
How did they ever get financed? Well, that leads to the third lesson: nothing destroys value like underpriced capital. The dotcom bubble will be studied not so much for its technical or entrepreneurial innovation, but as a capital market anomaly. In the closing years of a long bull market, the suppliers of capital - much richer on paper than a decade before and more willing to take a flyer - poured money into venture capital funds and then into the premature initial public offerings that validated those venture capital investments. This virtuous circle brought in more venture money and more successful IPOs, rewarding investment bankers, lawyers and other facilitators handsomely in the process.
This surge of money produced the biggest mispricing of capital since the Japanese equity warrant boom of the 1980s. When capital is nearly free, the need to discriminate between new ideas disappears. Clearly, the dotcom boom was a disaster.
Or perhaps not. Because this is the fourth lesson of the boom: financing start-ups in the public markets is a terrible idea, except that it is better than the alternatives. Since the commercial banks established hegemony over the world's financial systems at about the turn of the century, most periods of financial folly have been fully intermediated by the banking system. That helps to make the boom less flamboyant, partly because the personal risks and rewards for a typical commercial banker are less tempting than for an investment. But it also makes it much more dangerous, because of the role the banks play in accepting deposits and transmitting payments. Banks are too important to lose, so governments have to bail them out. Intermediated bubbles drag in everyone.
So the IPO surge is a relatively harmless way of soaking up a temporary mania. We have been rewarding those investment bankers so lavishly for performing the socially useful role of diverting irrational exuberance away from the banking system and into the public markets, where it can be absorbed with greater short-term foolishness but less long-term damage.
The web bubble has given us some fascinating new businesses, and some extremely interesting experiments, as well as a flood of me-too ventures that now face extinction (remember all those online pet stores?). The apparent initial success of the dotcoms pushed established business to react in months rather than in years. So the bubble produced a much more rapid transformation of existing businesses, and the much more lavish creation of a global electronic infrastructure.
That means that the web era has only just begun, which is the fifth lesson I draw from these past remarkable years. Stable technology, more mature business models, interpenetration of the "real" and the virtual world, the arrival of always-on broadband connections, and the creation of the rich, permanently connected handheld device - all mean that there is at least as much interesting innovation ahead as that which lies behind. There just won't be a capital-markets frenzy to speed the process.
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Saturday, May 9
Saint Louis vs. FC Gold Pride, 8 pm ET
Venue: Korte Stadium, Edwardsville, IL
By the Numbers
Form would indicate that Saturday's game will end in a 0-0 tie. The Athletica has yet to win or score in games in Edwardsville (1-0 loss) and St. Louis (0-0 tie), while FC Gold Pride are scoreless in two road games -- 0-0 tie at Sky Blue FC and 1-0 loss at Los Angeles. The Athletica broke out of a season-long scoring slump with three goals against Washington but lost Brazilian star Daniela, who notched two first-half goals on Sunday, with a knee injury and cracked tibia on a foul by Freedom star Abby Wambach. In last Sunday's 1-0 win over Sky Blue FC, the Pride's winning goal was scored by Leigh Ann Robinson, who had previously started on defense but came on for Canadian forward Christine Sinclair with 20 minutes to play.
Sunday, May 10
Los Angeles vs. Boston, 4 pm ET
Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
The first meeting between the Sol's Marta and Breakers' Kelly Smith drew a crowd of 8,031, the second largest in WPS's short history, last Saturday. Smith scored the first goal of the game for Boston, which won, 2-1, and moved into second place, one point behind the Sol. The rematch couldn't come soon enough for Sol keeper Karina LeBlanc, who allowed the first two goals of the season. "Anytime you lose," the Canadian said, "you want the chance to avenge that as soon as possible. We have that chance ..."
Chicago vs. Sky Blue FC, 6 pm ET (Fox Soccer Channel)
Venue: Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
One of top players taken in the January draft has been Chicago midfielder Brittany Klein. After finishing up with Santa Clara University in 2007, Klein played with the W-League champion Pali Blues in 2008 and was then taken by the Red Stars in the second round of the 2009 draft. Klein scored the first goal of her WPS career and added two assists in the Stars' 4-0 win over the Breakers two weeks ago. Chicago, WPS's only unbeaten team, was off last week.
Los Angeles 3 1 1 6 2 10
Boston 3 2 0 8 8 9
Chicago 2 0 2 6 1 8
FC Gold Pride 2 2 1 7 7 7
Washington 1 2 2 9 12 5
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The "safe" construct
May 20, 2014
Here's a feature I wish existed in statically-typed programming languages.
Java has something called "checked exceptions", which is a mechanism that forces you to handle errors (or explicitly declare them in the function signature). The consensus seems to be that this was a bad idea, but I find the concept somewhat appealing.
It does seem sloppy that some exceptions are deemed "checkworthy" and others are runtime errors, and I don't get to choose which are which (unless I also wrote the code that throws them). What if I'm writing a quick-and-dirty program to run a one-off job and don't care about exception handling? Or what if I'm writing an autopilot for a commercial airplane and want every exception to be checked (to completely eliminate runtime errors)?
In the functional programming world, there are other mechanisms for error handling, such as algebraic data types like
Maybe and friends, which are used very much like checked exceptions—the type checker forces you to handle the error case. Functional programmers have devised a few tricks to make errors propagate automatically behind the scenes, such as monads with the clever
do notation in Haskell. Clever as it is, it still forces me to write all my code in the appropriate monad and glue it all together with monad transformers.
Ideally we'd all just formally verify our programs (with smart tools to help us) and not worry about the possibility of any errors, ever. Maybe in 50 years.
Back on planet Earth, I'd rather have it be like this. Every exception is unchecked. But there should be a new language construct—let's call it
safe. If any code within the
safe block has the possibility of throwing an exception, then you get a compile-time error. Roughly:
safe { // code that can't throw an exception }
And you can specify a whitelist of exceptions that are allowed to escape the
safe block:
safe except FileDoesNotExist { file = openFile("foo.txt") // might throw FileDoesNotExist but nothing else }
Let me give some examples of why this is useful. Suppose I'm writing a web server. Check it out:
while (true) { safe { // accept new connection // serve response } }
Now I can be confident that my web server will never crash. Of course I can still use normal exception handling throughout the program, but none of the exceptions are allowed to reach the outer loop and crash the program.
Back to the autopilot example—in that case I would just wrap the entire program in a
safe block. And if I were writing a quick-and-dirty script, I wouldn't use
safe at all.
Library/API designers could also wrap each function in a
except block, and the
except part documents which exceptions may be thrown. But I don't have to catch them.
Now I, the lazy user of the library, can simply ignore any errors that might be thrown (and let them crash the program). Or, if I want the compiler to exhaustively check that I've handled every error, I can use
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At first glance the X-47B might look like the portly little brother of the B2 Stealth Bomber, but among unmanned aerial vehicles it's the new badass on the block your mom warned you about.
Built by Northrop Grumman, the X-47B is the Navy's newest UAV, and the first true robotic fighter in existence. Unlike the Predator and Reaper drones currently in operation in the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan that are controlled by pilots on the ground, the X-47B is fully automated–it flies itself. From takeoff, to making turns, to landing, no human is involved–the entire flight is completely handled by the aircraft autonomously.
Watch the X-47B featured on the Military Channel in the following video.
We covered its historic maiden test flight on February 4th of this year. On March 1st it flew a second time–on March 4th a third. The second and third flights are impressive achievements for the Navy and attest to the robustness of the new jet. The tests bring the fighter closer to the goal of achieving aircraft carrier deployment and retrieval by 2013. Assuming it passes all the required testing the X-47B will represent a major achievement for U.S. aerial combat operations by coupling an intelligent, automated strike aircraft with the reach of their aircraft carrier fleet.
Modeled after the B2, its tailless design makes it more difficult to detect by radar. It has a ceiling of 40,000 ft, a 4,500 lb weapon load capacity, and it can travel at supersonic speeds. It also has a range of 2,100 nautical miles, approximately the distance between Washington D.C. and San Francisco and superior to that of the F-18 Hornet.
The initial test flight took the X-47B to a maximum altitude of 5,000 feet and a maximum speed of 180 knots. They also tested its ability to land at a precise point to simulate the requirements of hooking a wire on the deck of an aircraft carrier, albeit a completely still one–it nailed its target perfectly. The second and third flights were meant to push the envelope, bringing the X-47B up to 7,500 feet and 200 knots on the second flight lasting 39 minutes, and 7,500 feet and 180 knots on the third flight lasting 41 minutes. They also tested the robotic aircraft's ability to maintain a steady course in the face of turbulence and changing crosswinds–something its going to need to do very well if its going to be landing on the not-so-steady decks of aircraft carriers.
When the X-47B joins the ranks of U.S. military combat operations it will be joining a mechanized army of 7,000+ UAVs and 2,000+ ground robots already on the battlefield. Seen from a broad perspective, the X-47B represents just one step in the inevitable march towards automating war. With the advent of long-range missiles soldiers are already receding from the front. Soon they will be replaced with tireless, fearless soldiers who don't need to eat or sleep and have absolute loyalty–unless they malfunction or get hacked by some computer whiz for which video games just don't cut it anymore. War could be waged nonstop. How this tips the balance of power between "haves" and "have-nots" will be something for the whole world to watch.
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What is causing the kitchen faucet to shake on turn-on?
Hi all,
There is a single handle cartridge faucet with a hose sprayer on the first floor kitchen of my MIL's house that shakes/sputters when the water is first turned on that goes away after a second or two and I could use some help in diagnosing the problem. Here's what I know:
-it happens only on turn-on, not turn-off (which seems the opposite of water hammer)
-the water pipes from the floor are copper, which transition into flexible metal pipe (such as the kind you'd see on a toilet water line), which tie into short copper pipes again and into the faucet (strange, I know)
-this is the only fixture in the whole house that does this
Any ideas on what the problem could be?
Bad spray nozzle---press the bottom on the nozzle before turning on the faucet--
Bad cartridge--change cartridge--
Crud in the back flow valve--remove and clean the back flow valve--(if your faucet even has one)
What faucet is it exactly?
I don't know the make/model of the faucet at the moment so I'll see if I can get that later. Did you mean press the button on the nozzle (briefly) before turning on the faucet, as in to release some kind of pressure? As for the cartridge, I thought if it was bad it would leak yet there are no water leaks. Either way, is the implication that air is somehow leaking into the system and that's what's causing the initial shake/sputter? I would think that any leak in a pressurized system would cause water to leak out, not air to leak in. Then again I'm new at this so I don't know any better yet. Thanks for the advice so far!
Are the shut off valves open all the way ,clear? :)
I installed a new one (Brand new-out of the box) single lever kitchen faucet at my Mom's house last year. It did exactly what you say yours does-thumping. After taking it back and swapping it out, the new one did the exact same thing. Called the company (hers was a delta), they sent a different aerator-didn't help. I changed hoses, shutoffs-no help.
Finally after nobody could tell me what to do (i even came here and posted about it and got no replies), i just stood there and for about a couple of minutes and worked the spray nozzle button off and on quickly (continuously for a couple of minutes) with the water on. After a couple of minutes doing this, it kept getting better, and better, and finally it just quit thumping all together! And it hasn't done it since. This may or may not be the answer to your problem, but it certainly won't cost anything to find out.
Thanks Lightfoot, I'll check that out! Also, I found out the faucet is made by Wolverine Brass. Sometime I'll take it apart to see if there are any washers that can be replaced, or maybe see if I can get a replacement cartridge (or ball, not sure yet).
It worked for me too!
THANK YOU, Lightfoot!!! I was having the same problem with it clunking every time I turned it on and it was driving me nuts since the entire rest of the installation was flawless (which never happens to me) and I thought this was a mistake on my part yet again. I left the water running and quickly squeezed and released the nozzle on the sprayer repeatedly and now it doesn't clunk any more. You're a sink saver!:thumbsup:
My favorite fix is the one that doesn't cost anything.
Have a good weekend:thumbsup:
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My goals for why I made this site, is because i want to be known to the modeling and photographer world. Ive done modeling sense I was 12 years old, & I'm only trying to increase my portfolio for the best of my ability
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I Want A Divorce! But How Do I Know If I Am Common Law Married?
How do I know if I am common law married?
In order to obtain a divorce in Texas, a Court must determine that there is in fact the existence of a marriage. If the parties were not married the "traditional" way and granted a marriage license, then the only way to get a divorce is to prove to the Court that you are common law married.
Texas recognizes informal marriages and the Texas Family Code has a provision which governs the existence of such marriages. There are two ways to prove the existence of a common law marriage, by formal documentation or by evidence presented to a court.


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stunning condition, my mrs thinks i'm ocd about keeping mine clean but hell man yours is spot on !
stunning condition, my mrs thinks i'm ocd about keeping mine clean but hell man yours is spot on !
Ive got a show tommorow as i said in the last post and ive polished it a couple times already today and gave it a few coat of wax,
Now at the show i have a water based spray to use to shine it up that also has canuba wax in it so should be gleaming all day
i think iv truely lost the plot, went completely polish daft with this lololol
[QUOTE=RoddyE36mtec;424149]Thanks you mate,
If im been honest the film is ilegal and only for track use but police never notice it!
Cheerz bud
well mabie i wont be buying that film then as my way the police are so hot im bound to get a tug for that hehe
Yeah, police use to pull me over all the time just because im young and drive an M-sport and every other young person around here drive's Corsa's and such like so the wonder how i can afford it and think im on the dodgey haha,
but the have never noticed my lights YET lol
Nice looking motor mate.
A quick question for you if I may... do your kick plates say ///M or ///M3 on them?
Nice car.
Welcome, is it just me or do the rear wheels look smaller than the front?
How come buddy ?
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text: Kienzer's sculptures subvert conventional mechanisms of perception and revolutionise the observer's visual and cognitive system. Kienzer's artistic strategy, accordingly, is the strategy of conspiration. He explores the potential, inherent in all objects, for aesthetic transformation and shifts in meaning. He pits his art against complex spatial and social systems of reference, and undermines the representative characteristics and innermost structures of the materials and spaces he encounters, in order to subtly and subversively readapt them to his purposes. In this manner, he brings about interventions that unsettle us - by disrupting the preconditioned, ever same chains of association that permanently signal and suggest to us the proper use of objects and reinforce the standards of our values. The delirium of representative mechanisms in Michael Kienzer's work instantly captures the observer's unconscious attention. Getting closer to the core of his art, though, requires further study and mental as well as physical mobility.


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"Welcome to the future, son, welcome to the war"
Even staunch console gamers will be vaguely aware of the supercomputer-style technical specs required if your PC was to stand the remotest chance of running the original Crysis. Crytek themselves have even given a cheeky nod towards Crysis 2's uber-powered predecessor. One of the first achievements you'll unlock humours the now infamous question in PC gaming circles - "Can it run Crysis?".
Thankfully, this time around, the experience isn't strictly reserved for those with futuristically advanced hardware. With the help of the Cryengine 3, console players now get the chance to adorn the multipurpose nanosuit, without powering down the national grid in the process.
Let's make this perfectly clear from the off, although the narrative works efficiently and the scripting and voice acting are perfectly up to scratch, this game is all about the aforementioned nanosuit. What starts as a fairly confusing sci-fi storyline, soon winds its way into familiar 'repel the alien invasion' territory. You're not out in the sticks anymore. This is the urban jungle, and it's a crippled and crumbling New York City that needs saving.
As the faceless protagonist, Alcatraz, you'll predominantly be taking orders from various sources of authority (a 'should I trust them? Mmm, probably not' mindset will be in play perpetually) and carrying them out. Get from point A to B and kill everything in-between will be the most common occurrence here. Now although it sounds like your standard cookie-cutter FPS procedure, thanks to the nanosuit, Crysis 2 feels different enough to affirm its own identity.
The suit comes equipped with four modes that subsequently constitute your tactical options. Stealth, armour, nanovision (read - thermal imaging) and sprinting/jumping. Where your standard Call of Duty affair would revolve around the 'duck and cover' mechanic and little else, Crysis 2 is promoting a multi-tactical approach. All of the abilities mentioned require a certain amount suit power to effectuate, meaning that you'll have to pick and choose the most beneficial moments to utilize them.
While stealth will install a temporary cloak, it will drain much of the suit's power whilst on the move. This is good for darting from place to place and performing silent kills, but the swift power drain means it has its obvious disadvantages when caught in the open. Armour sets up a hardened shell around Alcatraz, meaning that normally lethal hails of bullets bounce off for as long as the mode remains powered up. A sort of walking tank if you will.
Sprinting and large suit-driven jumps are beautifully smooth and fluid. This results in a true feeling of futuristic empowerment. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop and shifting in and out of cloak mode to assassinate enemies is where Crysis 2 really lives up to its billing; this is where it plays to its strengths and pulls it off with a seemingly effortless ease.
As you move through the game you'll gain access to various suit upgrades that elaborate on its base traits. This could be reduced sound from your footsteps in stealth mode or taking less damage from falls while employing the armoured shell. Combine this with a decent (if a little unambitious) arsenal of guns and Crysis 2 embodies its "be the weapon" tagline.
Of course all this is well and good, but if your limited to narrow corridors and tight spaces all the time, having all these tactical options is somewhat redundant. Thankfully, in the same vein as its predecessor, Crysis 2's set-pieces predominantly take place in open environments. This means that although you'll still be trying to get from here to there, there's a multitude of routes to take to your destination. Wade headlong into the alien hordes all guns blazing, or take a quieter, conspicuous route through the sewer tunnels?
Although this is welcome approach considering the often linear level design of FPS's, it can be detrimental to the experience in some cases. It's often far to simple to stealth your way through large enemy infested sections. This still requires a certain amount of skill, but it's a boring method which by and large goes unpunished. It means that should you choose to play this way, parts of the game that were intended to be epic Hollywood-style battles are instead bypassed fairy easily without penalty.
There are some scenarios where you'll have no choice but to take out your enemies (whom are unfortunately rather lacking in variety), but others where the player is allowed to get away scott-free with simply hiding, shuffling on, and reaching their goal. You could call this a design flaw, but it's certainly not how the game should be played. In fact, you'll feel that you owe it to yourself to man-up and experience Crysis 2 in the right fashion.
This is largely due to the fact (alongside the enjoyment of experimenting with the nanosuit) that the game looks absolutely phenomenal. The Cryengine 3 pulls no punches and your senses will be constantly bombarded from the outset. Whether it's huge explosions, vast toppling buildings, lashing rain or beautifully realised lighting effects, Crysis 2 is quite possibly the best looking title out there (at least on console).
The attention to detail is stunning, as you'll take a virtual tour around the alien-ravaged heart of New York, battling alongside some of the city's most iconic landmarks. Regrettably there's a slight lull mid-way through where you'll be forced into a dark underground section, but it doesn't last so long as to stagnate the overall campaign. Before long you'll be up on the streets again and firmly back into jaw-dropping territory.
Crysis 2 does have some other minor niggles. Occasional AI bugs stick out like a sore thumb when they do occur, and the cover system seems a bit like a tacked-on inclusion rather than a genuine gameplay aid. However, if you go about it the right way - playing as to intake the game's undeniable strengths - the nanosuit-inspired single player is an exhilarating and visually exquisite experience.
And so we move on to the inevitable multiplayer. It's a fast paced and frenetic affair that turns out to be a real blast. The science fictional nature of the nanosuit, but in the hands of every human player, creates a chaotic battleground, and one that feels different to your run-of-the-mill military shooter. Equipping a cloaking device, sneaking up behind an enemy and unloading a shotgun at point blank range is as grin-inducing as you'd expect.
Just a quick word of warning, though; it may take you a while to get your head around the pathetically weak melee attack, whereas it's usually a guaranteed one hit kill in other shooters.
Multiplayer effectively forces the excitement of the best adrenaline-fuelled single player moments into a compact, competitive situation. While the base traits of your nanosuit still exist (stealth, armour etc), you'll be able to gear it up with modules, which are, in more basic terms, perks. This could be carrying an extra ammo clip, scrambling enemy radars, or reducing your suit's power drain in armour mode.
Whilst this starts off as an exercise in trial and error - mixing and matching modules with contrasting fortunes - you'll eventually figure out which work most effectively on which maps, giving you a tactical advantage and offering a deeper side to play. The usual multiplayer modes return in all but name (capture the relay instead of capture the flag for example) but shine due to Crysis 2's futuristic slant on proceedings. Unlockables, upgrades, collectibles and customisation options are enough to keep you coming back for more; the sci-fi premise being a sure-fire deal breaker for those who've grown disillusioned with more conventional multiplayer frag-fests.
Crysis 2 isn't the complete package. It borders on greatness but doesn't quite reach those lofty heights due to minor niggles that could possibly have been avoided. That said, though, it's still an absolute riot. The nanosuit is the star of the show if utilized to its full potential and the visuals are as close to 'next-gen' as we're likely to see until a new era of systems is finally ushered in. There's a little room for improvement, undoubtedly, but Crysis 2 is an all round solid shooter with an identity of its own.
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Thanks -=Xploitz=-, really, your answer give me a spark, maybe I should change some thoughts.It looks that dicitonaries attack is more efficient than brute force attack in some time .
Ok,here I have other question:
I just have made 3G dicitonaries, I sort them like this:
1.Number ,obtain pureness num, ID num, Birth, Tel/mobile num, post code, schoolkid's card, employee's card....and so on
2. Alpha ,obtain word in common use, phrase, people name, nicky name, ab.,special meaning word....etc
3.Combined , obtain 1+2 upwards,like what you show me : today123, guessme777...
Then I find that the most difficulty is the 3rd part. Actually,It will need very more space than what I have if I combine them. Could you help me to make all dicitionaries more efficient? some tools or some ideas?
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Does anybody know how to float the brush palettes in photoshop6?
This might sound stupid, but was the feature of a floatable brush palatte turned off in version 6. I've searched the help files to no avail. I asumed this would be obvious since its existed in earlier versions.
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Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Football playoffs start Saturday, which means it's time for another football bash. This time, defend the crowd against cancer (and extra calories) with tasty, healthy game time snacks (check out our previous football blog post to see recipes for sweet potato fries and kale chips).
Chips are a party food staple, but are generally high in calories and low in nutrients. Baking your own apple chips makes for a delicious, crunchy snack that's great for a crowd, packed with plentiful nutrition, and fat-free.
There's more than one benefit to this slightly sweet snack. Apples contain dietary fiber, as well as a variety of flavonoid and triterpenoid phytochemicals, such as quercetin, being studied for their anti-cancer effects. In laboratory studies, quercetin and other flavonoids in apples have slowed the development of cancers of the colon, lung, and breast in several stages of cancer development.
This recipe (below) also calls for a little cinnamon and sugar, creating a wonderful, spiced aroma throughout the house as they bake – perfect for having guests. Heads up: they disappear fast!
Toast strips of whole-wheat pita bread to go with dips including light hummus, sundried tomato, and your favorite salsa, or use blue corn tortilla chips. Blue tortilla chips get their color from anthocyanins, which are naturally occurring plant antioxidants that may protect against cancer.
Looking for a dip that's packed with nutritious energy? Healthier ones include our light hummus dip, sun-dried tomato dip, or your favorite salsa (you can even buy freshly made salsas at most grocery stores).
Now you and your guests are ready for a food (and hopefully football) victory.
Slice apples horizontally into very thin rounds, using a sharp knife or mandolin (remove any seeds that do not fall out as you cut). Lay the slices in a single layer on parchment paper, and sprinkle lightly with the cinnamon sugar (combined). Bake at 250°F for 1 hour, flip slices, and bake for an additional hour (2 hours total). Chips will continue to crisp up as they cool.
Tip: Don't peel your apples! The peel contains a third or more of its phenolic (cancer-fighting) compounds.
Makes 8 servings.
Per serving: 60 calories, 17 g carbohydrate, 3 g dietary fiber, 0 g total fat,
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Target: Lynn J. Good, President & Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy
Goal: Chastise energy company for illegal and deliberate pollution of an important water supply
North Carolina's Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States, is under fire by environmentalist groups after aerial surveillance photos revealed that the company was illegally and deliberately dumping over 61 million gallons of toxic coal ash waste into the state's Cape Fear River. The river supplies drinking water to several cities and towns in the state, and the incident marks the eighth time that Duke Energy has violated environmental regulations without reprimand.
Coal plants across the United States generate millions of tons of waste every year—waste that's contaminated with toxic metals like lead, mercury, arsenic, chromium and selenium, which are said to cause neurological disorders and birth defects. When introduced to waterways, that waste becomes part of our food chain and, in return, can have adverse affects on the livelihoods of wildlife and humans. The energy giant is also responsible for the North Carolina Dan River disaster, which saw 82,000 tons of coal ash released into otherwise pristine waters.
Duke Energy is supposedly permitted to discharge wastewater from ash ponds through a treatment facility into canals and rivers, but only if the company filters out the heavy residue. The photographs, captured by environmentalist group Waterkeeper Alliance, found that Duke Energy bypassed its treatment facility and filtration process and expelled millions of gallons of toxic waste directly into the Cape Fear River. What's more is that the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), an entity designed to protect the state's environment and natural resources, has repeatedly ignored the power company's violations and is responsible for the state's "climate change denial." North Carolina has since passed a law making it illegal to use climate-related science to warn coastal counties of future sea level rise.
The carelessness of Duke Energy's latest environmental violation needs to be reprimanded and the energy giant should face dire consequences for its unthinkable actions. Sign the petition to tell Duke Energy that toxic waste doesn't belong in waterways.
Dear Lynn J. Good,
It has come to my attention that Duke Energy is responsible for a slue of environmental violations across the state of North Carolina. Responsible for the irreparable Dan River disaster, and now the Cape Fear River disaster, Duke Energy has been involved in not one, not two, but eight environmental violations in the span of one month. This carelessness needs to end now.
Rivers and canals are an important source of drinking water to not only the citizens of your state, but to countless wildlife. Filling those rivers and canals with toxic waste that contains heavy metals and materials like arsenic, chromium, selenium and mercury, which has been linked to birth defects, neurological disorders and even death, is simply not okay. Your actions are cause for concern and it has been too long since Duke Energy was reprimanded for its actions. I urge you to realize the true environmental and health dangers you are causing innocent citizens and wildlife and make an earnest effort to clean up your act.
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Luciana Ranelli '14 Looks to El Paso
Posted by Jenna Ray on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013
University of Minnesota, Morris student Luciana Ranelli '14, Duluth, is preparing to student teach at Eastwood High School in El Paso's Ysleta Independent School District next semester. Having completed her preliminary coursework, the accomplished biology and secondary education student is looking forward to teaching in and exploring an unfamiliar city.
Looking for a "different, broadening experience" outside of Minnesota, Ranelli chose the Ysleta district from among those with which the Division of Education has established working partnerships. After completing fall practicum in Willmar, she hoped to again work in a new and diverse community.
"There's a lot of learning that comes from listening to new folks in a different place with different backgrounds and stories, and I want to make active choices that put me there," says Ranelli. "It's important for me to know how another school system works. I will be a better teacher and advocate for education if I have these experiences."
Ranelli has already taken part in a wide variety of co-curricular and research activities like the Morris Campus Student Association, Symphonic Winds, Morris Academic Partnership program, and a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. She is also a recipient of the 2011 Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Award. As she prepares to enter the next phase of her education, she trusts that these experiences have prepared her to become a versatile member of Eastwood's teaching faculty.
While Ranelli admits to feeling slightly nervous in the face of this new challenge, her undergraduate mentors are confident in her abilities. Margaret Kuchenreuther, associate professor of biology, writes, "She has taken full advantage of all that a liberal arts education has to offer, and this excellent academic preparation, combined with her keen mind, natural curiosity, and sparkling personality position her to become a highly successful teacher and scholar."
Judy Kuechle, associate professor of education, adds that Ranelli "shines as a classroom teacher…as she weaves a story into her instruction and draws the students into a discussion, her eyes sparkle and a smile crosses her face because she knows her students are right with her in the learning process."
While she is focused on the present, Ranelli has a number of goals she hopes to accomplish in the months following her tenure at Eastwood. She plans to pursue career opportunities in and beyond traditional classroom settings next fall and has applied for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Spain. Her long-term plans include graduate school and, of course, teaching in some capacity.
"Having broad experience in biology and education leaves a lot of doors open," says Ranelli. "It's good to have this many options. It can make decisions harder, but also more meaningful. It makes me think about what I really want to be doing."
Ranelli will be in El Paso from early January until late March. She will graduate from Morris in May 2014 with a degree in biology and licensure to teach middle school science and high school biology.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina women's golf team will host the 37th annual Tar Heel Invitational Oct. 12-14 at the UNC Finley Golf Course, which boasts a par 72, 6,379-yard layout. On Friday and Saturday, golfers will tee off at 8:51 a.m. from both the first and 10th tees. There will be a shotgun start at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday for the final round.
Of 18 teams slated to compete, eight are in the top 25 according to the latest Golfstat rankings. The host Tar Heels are ranked 21st, but they'll face tough competition as some of the top teams in the country are making the trip to Chapel Hill. The participating teams include Florida (No. 4), Duke (No. 5), Michigan State (No. 8), Auburn (No. 11), NC State (No. 13), Virginia (No. 24), Kentucky (No. 25), Arkansas, Baylor, Central Florida, Colorado, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina and Wake Forest.
"We are excited to be hosting the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational this weekend," said Tar Heel head coach Jan Mann. "Finley Golf Course is in excellent condition and it looks like the weather is going to be perfect. There will be 18 top Division I programs participating in our three-day tournament so I encourage folks to come out and watch some great golf."
The Tar Heels are coming off a big win at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview where they posted a four-stroke win over Alabama. The 54-hole event, a precursor to the 2013 NCAA Championships, was played at the University of Georgia Golf Course, the site of next spring's NCAA Championships, and featured the top teams in the country. Tar Heel junior Casey Grice led the Tar Heels and was the runner-up at the Fall Preview, firing a 2-under-par 214 total with rounds of 73-70-71. The native of College Station, Texas, finished just one stroke behind the individual champion. Another Tar Heel junior, Jackie Chang, tied for 14th place at 2-over 218 while freshman Elizabeth Mallet tied for 26th at 222.
In the Tar Heels' other two fall tournaments, they tied for ninth place at the Cougar Classic and placed 10th at the Mason Rudolph Championship. Grice was the low Tar Heel in both of those events, tying for 13th place at Mason Rudolph and tying for 14th at the Cougar Classic, along with junior Chang.
LSU is the defending champion after winning the 2011 Tar Heel Invitational with an 8-under-par 856 total. Marta Sanz of Auburn was the individual champion last year, posting a 9-under 207 total. Carolina has won the event five times, 1992, 1991, 1985, 1979 and 1976.


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Chevrolet Volt Flunks Two Out of Three Crash Tests, Triggers Formal Investigation
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November 28, 2011 9:44 AM
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NHTSA says it is too soon to recall vehicles or parts
As promised, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) looked into the safety of lithium batteries after a
Chevrolet Volt
caught fire back in May. After conducting three different tests two weeks ago, the NHTSA found that the Volt's battery either caught fire or began to smoke in two out of the three.
General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt underwent several tests in a NHTSA Wisconsin facility earlier this year. On May 12, 2011, it experienced the side-impact crash test. Three weeks later, the plug-in electric vehicle (EV) caught fire while parked in the NHTSA testing center.
The fire, which was fierce enough to burn other vehicles parked nearby, prompted an investigation of the Chevrolet Volt and the safety of lithium batteries.
The NHTSA conducted side-impact crash tests for the Chevrolet Volt on November 16, 17 and 18. After each test, the batteries of the three separate Volts were then rotated 180 degrees. Out of the three tests, two resulted in fire, smoke or sparks while one remained normal.
The November 16 test had normal results, while the November 17 test led to a battery fire one week later and the November 18 test caused the battery to smoke and emit sparks. The battery packs of the three Volts were not drained after any of the crashes.
The results have led to a formal investigation of the safety of the Chevrolet Volt and its lithium battery.
"While it is too soon to tell whether the investigation will lead to a recall of any vehicles or parts, if NHTSA identifies an unreasonable risk to safety, the agency will take immediate action to notify consumers and ensure that GM communicates with current vehicle owners," said NHTSA.
GM has said that it launched a system where first responders immediately depower the battery of a Chevrolet Volt after a severe crash. This is safety protocol because lithium batteries can catch fire if the internal cells or the battery case are pierced by steel or another ferrous metal. Even the slightest piercing of the battery can lead to a reaction days or weeks later.
"The Volt is safe and does not present undue risk as part of normal operation or immediately after a severe crash," said GM after the NHTSA's tests this month. "GM and the agency's focus and research continue to be on battery performance, handling, storage and disposal after a crash or other significant event, like a fire, to better serve first- and secondary-responders."
NHTSA and GM have both said that they are unaware of any battery-related fires caused by roadway crashes involving customers. However, NHTSA advised
EV owners
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There are currently 6,000 Volt owners on the roads, but the number of EVs cruising around in the U.S. is expected to increase because U.S. President Barack Obama is looking to
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