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Why there is always cold at high altitudes. e.g. at peak of mountains. Also as we go high from sea level, temperature starts decreasing. Why is it?
I'd like to add to the answers already given. Indeed, the atmosphere is transparent to shortwave radiation from the Sun, but absorbs a lot of the longwave radiation from the Earth; that's why we have the greenhouse effect, that's why the Earths has a liveable climate and that's part of the reason why we have the lapse rate we observe. But why is it colder at the Tibetan plateau, which is a large, flat area at roughly 4 km elevation? Aren't we equally close to the local surface there as when we are at sea level?
Let's assume the Tibetan plateau receives the same intensity of solar radiation as lower areas at the same latitude. In reality, it probably receives more due to the dry climate. Then it should heat up more, shouldn't it? But it doesn't. The system Earth-Atmosphere can be considered to be in a local Radiative-Convective Equilibrium (see the diagram from Kevin Trenberth below). This means that the energy flows "in" and "out" cancel out by energy transport due to radiation and convection. In other words: what goes in, must go out (this is not really true locally, because there are large-scale flow patterns known as wind). Now, the Earth surface emits radiation according to its temperature with $P = \epsilon \sigma T^4$. Some of this radiation is aborbed by greenhouse gases (or clouds) in the atmosphere: water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, and others. Then the atmosphere heats up, and again radiates according to $P = \epsilon \sigma T^4$; part of this radiation goes into space, and part goes back to the surface. The greenhouse gases keep the surface of the Earth warm like a blanket.
Now at the Tibetan plateau, the atmosphere is much less dense, because the elevation is so high. Therefore, radiation emitted by the surface is not absorbed much, but mostly exits straight into space. This means that the surface cools down. To return to the blanket analogy: Tibet has a much thinner blanket than lower elevations do.
Now I have made a number of severe simplifications, because in reality it depensd on day/night, on clouds, on atmospheric flow such as wind, on humidity, and on other factors. But whereas the explanation given by others explains why it gets colder higher up in the free atmosphere, I think it doesn't really explain why it is colder at the Tibetan plateau.
Crazy Buddy is quite correct that it's because gas expands and cools as it rises, but there is more to it than that.
For something to be be heated it must either absorb EM radiation, or it must be heated by some hot object it's in contact with. Air doesn't absorb light so it can't be directly heated by sunlight. Instead the sunlight passes through the air and heats the ground, and the ground heats the air.
The expansion comes in because the hot air that is heated by the ground rises. However as it rises it's volume increases and therefore it's temperature decreases. So the decrease in temperature with height is indeed due to expansion, but this is only the case because air is heated from below by the ground.
If air absorbed light directly it would heat up independantly of the ground and we would not see the same temperature variation with height. In fact exactly this effect happens in the stratosphere. In the upper reaches of the stratosphere ozone molecules absorb ultraviolet light and heat up, and in the stratosphere temperature increases with height instead of decreasing.
This is a very old question, but none of the answers fully address the question. I'll frame my answer in terms of answers to a series of questions:
How much does temperature vary with altitude?
Starting at the surface, temperature tends to drop linearly with altitude within the troposphere, reverses direction at the tropopause and increases with altitude in the stratosphere, reverses direction again at the stratopause and decreases and in the mesosphere, and finally once again reverses direction at the mesopause and increases in the thermosphere. The above graph gives brief explanations for those regions where temperature increases with increasing altitude. It also gives a hint as to why temperature decreases in the troposphere, greenhouse and convection. The rest of this answer focuses on those tropospheric temperature variations.
Why does pressure vary with altitude?
Why does temperature vary with altitude?
There are two more important lapse rates, the atmospheric lapse rate and the environmental lapse rate. The adiabatic lapse rates are dictated solely by the gas laws and the hydrostatic balance of the atmosphere. The atmospheric lapse rate is the rate at which temperature actually drops with increasing atmosphere. This may or may not be linear, and it may or may not be in line with the adiabatic lapse rates. If the atmosphere cools more quickly with altitude than do rising parcels of air, those parcels will rise to the top of the troposphere. The temperature inversion at the tropopause forms a very strong barrier to rising parcels of air. The rising parcels will stop rising within the troposphere if the atmospheric lapse rate is less than adiabatic. Finally, the environmental lapse rate is the observed average value of the atmospheric lapse rate, with the average taken over time and worldwide. This is the profile plotted in the graph above.
This convection-driven heat transfer is one of the two key mechanisms by which heat is transferred from the bottom of the atmosphere to higher levels. The other mechanism is the greenhouse effect. While our atmosphere is more or less transparent at visible wavelengths, it is more or less opaque in the thermal infrared. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane are the key greenhouse gases that cause this greenhouse warming. Just as we use blankets in winter to keep us warm at night, those greenhouse gases act as a blanket to slow the transfer of thermal radiation from the sunlight-warmed surface to the blackness of space. Convection dominates over radiative heat transfer if convection is possible. The greenhouse gases and the radiative heat transfer that results is what makes the conditions right for convection to occur.
What about the second law of thermodynamics?
The greenhouse gases set up conditions in the atmosphere that make an adiabatic lapse rate be a local maximum in entropy. Convection moves the atmosphere toward that local maximum. Finally, sunlight provides the energy that drives convection. The existence of a lapse rate does not violate the second law of thermodynamics.
Why is the Tibetan Plateau
The answer is because the plateau is so very high. Free air at that altitude is heated rather indirectly from the ground far below. Intervening air steals much of the rising warmth. The lapse rate is in full swing. The plateau is heated directly by the high elevation land. The solar flux is higher than at sea level because of the plateau's great altitude. The plateau is in fact a major heat source for the upper atmosphere. A large number of scientific articles have been published on this subject since the 1950s.
As long as we don't go much higher (we stick ourselves within the troposphere), the lower regions in the atmosphere can be roughly approximated as a bulk of ideal gas (that's the standard atmosphere we use in our aerodynamics course), so that we can treat it using the ideal gas law ($PV\propto T$). As we go higher and higher, the atmospheric pressure decreases, causing the temperature to drop (since they're directly proportional).
This table shows the variation of pressure with altitude in psi.
For more info, see Lapse Rate in Wikipedia.
As Mark said, the water vapor content in the air also plays a major role. Different lapse rates have to be considered for change in humidity. Even a slight variation might significantly affect the lapse rates.
A natural question should've come by now, "Why does the pressure decrease then?"
Because the air molecules here at lower altitudes experience the weight ($mg$) of the molecules above them, thereby a net compressive force is produced. Though the force is very small (of the order of $10^{-25}$ or something) for an individual molecule, considering as a whole (a few kilometers depth and width), the net weight is big! As altitude increases, the downward force also decreases due to the decreased density of the molecules.
And, (as Chris & John say), as we go to the upper atmosphere, the temperature starts increasing with altitude, as air gets heated up directly by sun's radiation!
Gravity pulls air down closer towards lower altitudes. For this reason the atmospheric pressure is higher at lower altitudes. This higher pressure further results in a higher temperature as first described by Gay-Lussac's Law (Pressure is Proportional to temperature).
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Let $Y$ be an abelian surface. Is it true that for every general point $P \in Y$, there exists an elliptic curve passing through $P$?
In general, if an abelian variety $A$ contains an abelian subvariety $B\subseteq A$, then $A$ contains another abelian subvariety $B'\subseteq A$ such that $A$ is isogenous to $B\times B'$. This is Poincaré's reducibility theorem. (See also Poincaré's complete reducibility theorem, same book, next page).
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How do you say the verb run in a sentence as a noun?
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You can use it in the sense of "a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition":
or to describe the scoring of a point in baseball:
or in the sense of "a widespread and sudden or continuous demand for [something]"
or as "a track made or regularly used by a particular animal"
or in the meaning of a "journey accomplished or route taken by a vehicle, aircraft, or boat, esp. on a regular"
There are others, but you get the idea.
The part of speech you are looking for is known as a gerund. Usually, the verb is conjugated with the form that terminates in "—ing" when it's used in a sentence. For example, in the sentence,
"running" is not being used as a verb, because it is not an action that Alex is (necessarily) performing or the state that Alex is in, but rather a noun, used to describe a field of knowledge or a general class of activities that involve the verb.
The other answers here explain well the situation with run, but in general, verbs cannot be used as nouns.
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1976 Ford Gran Torino - Killer Red TomatoWritten by Johnny Hunkins on December 12, 2006 Jim Williams built his 11-second Gran Torino for under $15k, but theres a lot more behind this famouse TV clone.
Talk to Jim Williams for a few minutes, and you quickly find out that a love affair with a car-and arguably one most people would pass on-is more than skin deep. The '76 Ford Gran Torino (DON'T call it a Torino around Jim like I did) is Jim's first and only hot rod. While many of us pass from tryst to tryst through our automotive lives, Jim's love for his Gran Torino is as solid as the 545ci 385-series big-block under the big Ford's dual-snork hood.
Let's start by saying that Williams is not a nutcase "Starsky & Hutch" TV fan, at least he didn't start out as one. He doesn't have an autographed, framed pair of David Soul's underwear on his wall, nor does he TiVo every episode on TV Land, but he does have an abiding belief in cosmetic accuracy, at least where outward appearance is concerned. "I like the show, and know enough about it, but there are lots of people on starskytorino.com who are more knowledgeable than me," says Williams. "A few guys have it down to the exact same radio and wear the same sweater Starsky wore." Make no mistake, Williams' Gran Torino can run rings around the TV version. Had our TV heroes had one like it, the crooks would've been caught long before their 22 minutes were up.
Williams' Ford affair started in 1989, when he was just 15. Already a musclecar fan, the South Park, Pennsylvania native had his hopes on more conventional fare when the killer red tomato rolled into the picture. "I was big into GTOs and wanted an old musclecar," says Williams. "I had my heart set on something from the late '60s when my dad found this car for $2,000 through a neighbor. He convinced me to look at it and once I got it cleaned up, I warmed up to it."
With help from his dad (Jim senior), brother Chris, and a regular group of family friends including his buddy Jason White, Williams worked on the Gran Torino on nights and weekends, so that it would be ready by the time he got his driver's license. When the day came, Williams fired the tomato, tooled the parking lot of Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills, and joined an elite club many can only dream of at his age.
All through high school, Williams and his ken worked to improve the big Ford, tweaking the 351M with ported heads, a bigger cam, an intake and a new carb. ("My dad was smart. He made sure I had a big, heavy car with a small motor.") Finally, Williams got up the nerve to go to the local drag strip for the first time, but on the way there, the number-one exhaust valve dropped, which cracked the cylinder wall and destroyed the head. And things were about to get worse-much worse.
On prom night of his senior year in 1992, Williams' father succumbed to lung cancer. With the car apart in a million pieces, this could've been the end of the story. But the Gran Torino, the biggest tangible link with his father, became a healing salve for Williams. "I really needed that car at the time. It allowed me to get away from it all." By summer's end, the tomato emerged from the garage, all grown up with a 460-inch 385-series big-block.As a college student, Williams was consumed with the pursuit of higher learning-and the realities of a skinny-kid budget. A relatively minor transgression, the replacement of a single, bent air shock on the rear instead of replacing the pair-resulted in cornering instability. The ensuing agricultural encounter left the tomato with serious body damage. "I drove away from the accident, but it got the bumper, nose panel, the fender, and door. Once you leave asphalt, stopping and turning just doesn't happen." Over time, Williams scraped together the parts and cash needed for the repair. ("I found a perfect door and nose for $150 in an attic in a bad neighborhood. I didn't ask why it was there.") In the end, Williams opted to repaint the entire car, circa 1994, in the same TV livery he found it. According to his records, the original dealership had special ordered the Gran Torino in 2R-option red (paint code 5440), to which the dealership had added the famous white stripe. "The repaint, however, ended up being lighter and brighter than before," says Williams.
The current combination, a 545-inch stroker version of the original 460, came together in 2005, but in the intervening years, Williams and friends performed a succession of garage repairs and upgrades, including six ignitions, three intakes, two sets of rocker arms, three fuel pumps, four exhaust systems, three rearend gearsets, three C6 transmissions, three torque converters, three hoods, two radiators, two fans, and five alternators. In 2002, Williams' brother, Chris, located some original Gran Torino interior fabric, and had the interior reupholstered for Christmas, "Overhaulin'" style.
Then the Ford world felt the earth shake when Jon Kaase redesigned Ford's Super Cobra Jet big-block cylinder head. The new castings got Ford guys back into the game with relocated and unshrouded valves, better positioning on the spark plugs, and flow numbers the Chevy guys would soon be envious of. Williams ordered the M-6049-SCJA heads to replace his ported D3 chunks as soon as he could, and began making big plans. Back in high school, Williams had always lusted for the easy power of a fat block, and that strategy would pay off big time over the next few months. And it had to: one out of every seven dollars invested so far would be just in the cylinder heads.
The big-breathing Kaase heads were mated to a long-arm stroker crank and a set of Probe forged pistons from Adney Brown. Scott Johnson supplied the cam and lifters for the pump-gas 545, and George Thomas at GT Auto helped Williams bolt it all together. But the combination wasn't right. "It had a stock stall converter because I was building in stages," says Williams. "It was just terrible to drive with a decent-sized cam and a stock converter. It didn't want to idle." The solution was to swap the 3.70 gears for some 3.56s and a 3,500-stall converter. Williams told PHR: "It completely transformed the car. If anything, I'm under-utilizing the converter. It was built for a lot more than I'm giving it."
The result is a big-cube beast that cranks out copious torque with luxurious ease. While small-block guys get all hunched over with a white-knuckle grip on the wheel as they race mouse-like through the gears, Williams can cop a lean, sip coffee, and crank the tunes as he steers it sideways, both tires ablaze. Right now, Williams' best ET, an 11.52 at over 117 mph, is only held back by a smallish 850 Speed Demon carb and Offenhauser Port-O-Sonic intake.
Building a Chevy is relatively easy compared to a disco-era Torino, and according to Williams, you can't do it without the help of good friends. ("True friends don't care that it's 4:30 a.m. on a work night when the car needs finishing for something important...") You also can't do it without good Internet support. Williams can't say enough about the help and good times he's gotten along the way from his buds at 460Ford.com, grantorinosport.org, torinocobra.com, and smogera.com. ("Thanks for all the advice and help!") But he did leave out the fact that we discovered him and his Gran Torino on the PHR message board, so file that away for future reference.Got a mid- or full-sized gunboat like Jim Williams? Can you blow away Camaros with ease in your Impala, LTD, or Monaco? Drop an e-mail at email@example.com and tell me about it.-Johnny Hunkins
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How are calories calculated in food?
Do they sum all the energy in every molecule? By for example, by burning the stuff up and calculating the energy output.
Or is this value supposed to represent the energy that a human body will extract from that food?
Or do they only sum up the elements that we are supposed to digest (Protein, Carbs, Fat) ?
For example, wood contains a lot of energy. We can see that by burning it. But the human body is not able to break done the fibers to extract the enery from wood. We do not eat wood but I suppose there are multiple elements contained in food that we do not digest but that contain energy.
Also, Fat contains a lot of energy compared to carbs or proteins but the human body has a much more difficult time to process fat and extract energy from it (catabolism).
Is it the energy outputed from the catabolism of fat that is calculated or again the theoretical quantity energy in fat (burning it).


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March 4, 2013
New York University will host "The Global Pigeon," a lecture by NYU Professor Colin Jerolmack and author of a recently released book by the same name, on Wed., April 3, 6-8 p.m. at NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, 20 Cooper Square (between 5th and 6th Streets), 4th floor.
The event, sponsored by NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 212.992.9562 or click here. Subways: 6 (Astor Place); N, R (8th Street). Reporters interested in attending must contact James Devitt, NYU's deputy director for media relations, at 212.998.6808 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Perhaps no creature is more synonymous with urban life than the pigeon. Though commonly seen as an irritant—"a rat with wings"—its relationship with its urban surroundings is a complex and long-standing one. In The Global Pigeon (University of Chicago Press, 2013), NYU's Colin Jerolmack examines how society's complex and contradictory relationships with pigeons—from city campaigns to evict them to working-class and immigrant communities who breed and race them—offer insights into city life, community, culture, and politics.
Jerolmack, an assistant professor of sociology and environmental studies, considers these questions by drawing on extended participant observation in New York neighborhoods as well as ethnographic case studies in Berlin's Kreuzberg section, London's Trafalgar Square, Venice's Piazza, and South Africa's Sun City—home of the Million Dollar Pigeon Race.
"The pigeons that occupy our sidewalks never existed in the wild," he writes. "They are descendants of escaped domesticated pigeons that were imported to the United States, Europe, and elsewhere centuries ago. This is a book about how interactions with animals—pigeons, in particular—animate people's social worlds and their experience of the city."
The author will be joined in a discussion of the book by NYU Professor of Sociology and Social and Cultural Analysis Harvey Molotch.
This Press Release is in the following Topics:
Research, Arts and Science, Around the Square, Faculty
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5 Little-Known Sequels That Ruined Iconic Stories
Sequels kind of get a bad rap. There are lots of sequels that go on to surpass the original in almost every way -- by now, no one cares about the first Mad Max, or the first Terminator, or Robert Downey Sr.
But then there are those sequels that seem like they were written by someone whose only knowledge of the original came from overhearing a drunk hobo explain the plot an hour before their assignment was due. Sequels so odd, the world has tried to bury their memory and pretend they never happened. But they did, and we're here to remind everyone about them so that this never, ever happens again.
#5. 101 Dalmatians' Sequel: The Starlight Barking
The Original:
The Hundred and One Dalmatians is the delightfully English children's story by Dodie Smith about a family of Dalmatians who are kidnapped by Cruella de Vil, the Hannibal Lecter of children's literature, who plans on skinning them along with a whole batch of other Dalmatians to make a coat from their fur.
"I get cold easily. What other options do I have?"
Originally written in 1956, the book was made into an animated movie by Disney in 1961 and a live-action one in 1996. Disney has produced a whole bunch of sequels to their 101 Dalmatians movies, but none of them were based on the original author's actual novel sequel: The Starlight Barking. Why? Because it's an insane acid trip that slowly mutates into a David Bowie rock opera with an alien dog messiah in it.
The Little-Known Sequel That Ruins It:
Smith's sequel picks up where the first book left off, with the titular 101 Dalmatians now grown and living on their Dalmatian plantation. And then things get weird. They wake up one morning to discover that every non-dog on Earth has fallen asleep. This includes their former nemesis, Cruella de Vil, who is featured only in a tiny cameo. Reasonably weirded out, the dogs also realize that they are telepathic and no longer need to eat. Also they can fly. Everybody can fly now. And they can open doors with their minds, because why not. The last time someone sat down to write this particular brand of crazy stream-of-consciousness story, the Church of Scientology was founded.
This cover is more accurate than you'd initially assume.
The main character is Cadpig, one of Pongo and Missis Pongo's children, who has moved up in the world and become the English prime minister's mascot. Since the prime minister is indisposed, she becomes prime minister herself and forms an entire cabinet of dogs.
Singing in the Rain
As dictated by actual British law.
All the dogs of Earth are then called to Trafalgar Square, where they are greeted by Sirius, a dog space alien from Sirius the dog star, with a grave warning. It turns out Sirius is behind the sleepy Earthlings, the flying, and the telekinesis. He's concerned about the possibility of nuclear war on Earth and extends an invitation for all the dogs to join him in space. They eventually say no, because even the dogs know that's a wack idea for a book.
#4. King Kong's Sequel: King Kong Lives
The Original:
King Kong is the simple story of one gorilla trying to make it in Manhattan. The original black-and-white film was produced in 1933, but since then, it has been remade a bunch of times. One of those remakes was the 1976 version produced by Dino De Laurentiis, which stuck pretty close to the basics of the original, give or take a few changes.
What would Christmas be without prehistoric ape monsters from beyond time?
The Little-Known Sequel That Ruins It:
At some point, De Laurentiis must have realized that he missed a tremendous opportunity to expose the world to images of giant monkey lovin', so when he finally got around to producing a sequel to King Kong in 1986, he made sure to correct that.
This movie gets plenty of things wrong, starting right with its title: King Kong Lives. No, he doesn't. He dies. That's the whole point of King Kong. But here, it turns out that after falling off the Twin Towers at the end of the first movie, Kong actually ended up in a coma, and he's been held in an Atlanta university for the last 10 years.
If it's a good enough plot point for Days of Our Lives, it's good enough for King Kong.
After giving Kong an expensive artificial heart, they learn that he also needs a blood transfusion before he can be back to his destructive self. In a stroke of luck, a second Kong is found in Borneo. A hot female Kong. You know where this is going.
"Oh, yeah, we've had these giant apes in Borneo since forever. Why, what size are they supposed to be?"
As soon as the lady Kong, imaginatively named Lady Kong, is brought onto university grounds, she and KK instantly feel each other's presence, like Highlanders. The pair escape to somewhere where they can have more privacy and proceed to get freaky.
Unfortunately, this isn't the hairiest sex scene filmed in the 1980s.
Learning absolutely nothing from the last Kong rampage, the U.S. military tracks Kong and Lady Kong through the South. They're also followed by a pair of friendly scientists who want to help the giant apes. It's unclear why, since all King Kong does this time around is fuck and kill things, gleefully tearing people apart and eating them.
"Remember to floss every day, kids."
The movie ends with Kong battling the army and dying (again) as his pregnant wife gives birth in a barn to a severely premature baby Kong. Yeah, either Kongs have an extremely short gestation period or Lady just tried to hook another guy's kid on KK.
#3. The Graduate's Sequel: Home School
The Original:
Even if you've never seen a movie in your life, you almost definitely know the ending to The Graduate, based on the novel by Charles Webb. In the most famous scene, young Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) interrupts a wedding by yelling the name of the bride, "Elaine!" Once Elaine gets past the fact that Ben slept with her mother, the manipulative Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the two young people run away together.
As they sit on a bus, riding into an unknown future, they alternately laugh or just sit in uncomfortable silence, wondering what will come next.
"Wonder how many movies with the word 'Focker' in the title I'll do?"
The Little-Known Sequel That Ruins It:
In 2007, Webb returned to these characters in Home School, a novel that manages to ruin one of the most classic endings ever written by explaining exactly what Ben and Elaine have been up to. The answer is: not much. Ten years later, Ben and Elaine are married and have decided to pull their children out of school and teach them from home, which has proven controversial in their community of Westchester, New York.
Not quite as controversial as fucking your neighbor's wife.
When the Westchester school board threatens to outlaw home schooling, Ben hatches a scheme to enlist Mrs. Robinson to help them. In order to keep his kids at home, Ben convinces Mrs. Robinson to sleep with a local principal. By the way, the aging Mrs. Robinson now goes by the name "Nan," since she's the grandmother to Ben's children and all. Nan agrees to use her sexual charms for a good cause this time.
Hopefully she won't start hitting on her grandkids when she's senile.
In other words, the most fascinating character from the original book and movie is now reduced to a slutty grandma. Jesus, that was probably bound to happen anyway, but there's no reason why we needed to see it. Also, bear in mind that the last time Ben and Mrs. Robinson crossed paths, he had an affair with her, ruined her marriage, and crashed her daughter's wedding ... and now she's inexplicably lending herself to his ridiculous sex plot?
It's almost like these were completely different people and someone just pasted in the names of the characters from The Graduate to make it a sequel. Actually, that's exactly what happened: Webb admits that after coming up with the idea of having someone seduce someone else for a friend, he decided to cram his old characters into the new story. That's, uh, one way to write a sequel, we guess.


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CHESTER - Fourteen months ago, the C.A. Smith home in Chester was looking less like a historical landmark and more like history.
The porch was in danger of falling in, the staircase leading from the second to the third floor was nonexistent and the front stairs were crumbling.
Then the Fox family, owners of the Orchards at Foxcrest retirement community, bought the home and pledged to restore it.
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Shamrock Construction workers Tim Dunlevy, right, and Gabe Jacobs install porch ceiling material in the historic C.A. Smith home on Friday. -- Stephen Huba
"There have been a lot of years of neglect," Jim Fox stated last year. "It's a solid structure; it just needs some TLC."
"The C.A. Smith house is an important part of Chester's history," Scott Fox said. "Our family wanted to secure the future of the house and ensure the home would be there for future generations to enjoy."
The 6,000-square-foot house, which used to overlook Rock Springs Park and the Taylor, Smith & Taylor pottery, is being renovated for development into a historical inn that will serve the Chester area, the Fox family said in a news release.
The as-yet-unnamed inn will feature seven bedrooms, a dining room, a parlor and a library. Workers are taking care to restore the things that are salvageable and improve the things that are beyond repair.
"We are trying to renovate the home to its original condition, save as much as we can, while updating the electrical, fire safety and security systems," Jim Fox said.
In addition to electrical upgrades, the house is getting a new kitchen, a state-of-the-art sprinkler system, and handicapped-accessible restrooms and entrances, the family said. The seven guest rooms also will be available for special events.
General contractor Shamrock Construction, owned by George McIntosh, also is taking pains to replace the porch ceiling and restore the exterior wood siding to its original condition. When workers removed the home's modern siding, they were surprised to discover what is believed to be the original wood siding.
Inside, renovation plans include restoring the original wood floors, retaining the original marble fireplace, keeping as many of the original windows as possible, gutting and refurbishing the bathrooms, installing a fire escape and repairing the elevator.
When Chester founding father Charles A. Smith and his family lived in the house, it had 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Smith built the home in the early 1900s and moved into it in 1905, according to the book "A History of Chester, A Gateway to the West" by former Mayor Roy C. Cashdollar. Smith built an addition onto the house in the 1930s. He died in 1953 while still living there.
The Fox family said the house will not be called a bed and breakfast because, in West Virginia, the owner of a bed and breakfast must also occupy it. The inn will be named something to honor the home's history.
So far, the house has not received any historical designation from the state or federal government. The family does not rule out such a designation in the future, however.
Work on the home is expected to be completed late this year or early 2014.
(Huba can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com)


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Hart Schaffner Marx twice "went to war," converting our factories from fashion to army and navy officers' uniform contracts. Read on to learn about the manufacturing of the uniforms and the influence of the wars on men's fashion.
World War I
In 1914, Europe was ignited by the flames of war. Because of the war, colorfast dyes could no longer be obtained from Germany in still-peaceful America. Hart Schaffner Marx worked with leading chemical companies to develop them in the United States. In the process, it established the first fabric testing laboratory operated by a clothing manufacturer in this country.
In 1917, America entered the "Great War." Formal wear, which had become more and more popular, was discontinued for the duration and the Hart Schaffner Marx factories turned their attention to the order of the day, making officers' uniforms. We became one of the single largest suppliers of U.S. military uniforms.
Patriotism was the theme of advertising and daily life. Hart Schaffner Marx ads featured men in uniform as well as the civilian clothes it continued to make in limited quantities.
The above ad, from a 1917 Hart Schaffner Marx style book illustrated by John E. Sheridan, conveys the influence that military style had on men's fashion at the time. The caption reads: "You'd expect clothes this fall to have the military touch in the models; they have. In suits and overcoats, you'll find it evident; gives a new vigor and snap that most men will like."
The Armistice was declared in November of 1918, and departing Doughboys had their first sight of home at French embarkation centers where they were greeted with specially painted signs that said, "Stylish clothes are ready for you in the good old U.S.A. All wool, guaranteed by Hart Schaffner & Marx."
World War II
The men who returned home had learned the comfort of the soft collar in the army, and the military spawned the fashion for trench coats and aviator jackets.
Pearl Harbor brought the country into another war with its terrible immediacy. Like the rest of the nation, Hart Schaffner Marx geared up for the conflict and factories began uniforms, this time for the Women in the WACS and WAVES as well as the men. Patriotism became the theme of the advertising, as men went off to war and women took their places at the machines. Even though production of suits for civilians was severly curtailed, Hart Schaffner Marx ran ads showing civilians in war plants and in other patriotic situations. In the plants over 90% of the employees became War Bond subscribers.
When the war finally ground to a halt in 1945, Hart Schaffner Marx scored another coup with signs reading "Congratulations on a Job Well Done!" painted by a member of the Paris Underground to greet American troops marching in to liberate the City of Lights.
Above is a classic World War II U.S. Army Officer's Uniform in the signature olive drab color manufactured by Hart Schaffner Marx in the United States. This uniform became obsolete after July of 1948. The hip-length wool uniform features two upper button flap pockets with box pleats, two lower button flap pockets, three one-inch diameter brass buttons down the front with a raised United States national eagle crest on each button, epaulets with ½-inch diameter brass buttons and an olive green single officers' service strip on each cuff.


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Published October 17, 2013
Woman takes a photograph of the medieval Charles Bridge as the sun rises in Prague, Czech Republic.
Shinto priests walk out from the outer shrine after they administer a Shinto rite "Kiyoharai" on the first day of the four-day autumn festival at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
Distressed persons are transferred from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) to Armed Forces of Malta offshore patrol vessel P52 in the Mediterranean Sea. San Antonio provided food, water, medical attention, and temporary shelter to the rescued.
Richard Doerner, a museum specialist for the U.S. Senate, restarts the historic Ohio Clock outside the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The clock had stopped during the sixteen-day government shutdown, when the staff members who wind it were furloughed as non-essential staff.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C, R) is greeted by a supporter upon his arrival with his wife Yulia (2ndL) at a railway station in Moscow after his trial in the provincial northern city of Kirov. A court in Kirov converted his five-year sentence into a suspended term.
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, aboard the International Space Station, shares this picture of the northern lights saying "The pic doesn't do the northern lights justice. Covered the whole sky. Truly amazing!"
Members of the honor guard use a string to ensure that they are standing in a straight line outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
An engineer makes an adjustment to the robot "The Incredible Bionic Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The robot is the world's first-ever functioning bionic man made of prosthetic parts and artificial organ implants.
Faculty of medicine first year students run while seniors spray them with different types of sauces, liquids, flour and eggs as part of an annual tradition during a celebration in honor of their patron Saint Lucas at Granada University in Granada, southern Spain.
Fire brigade workers search survivors after a landslide buried houses caused by heavy rain of typhoon Wipha at Oshima island, 120km south of Tokyo, Japan.
A tarsier, a species among the world's smallest primates, after it was evacuated to a conservation center at the tourist town of Lobok, Bohol, after an earthquake struck central Philippines.
Afghans carry the coffin of Arsala Jamal, governor of Logar province, who was killed in an attack on a mosque, during a burial ceremony in Kabul.
Wooden boats sit at the base of a dried-up reservoir, due to the long dry season, at Kedung Sumber village, near Bojonegoro, Indonesia's East Java province.
The tail of a dinosaur costume sticks out as the person wearing it boards a bus near the Houses of Parliament in London.
The sun shines over the deep blue lake Eibsee and the autumnally colored trees in the valley of Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.


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Riddell Youth 360 Custom Football Helmet
Product Information:
Create your ideal helmet to match your team's look with the Riddell® Youth Custom 360 Football Helmet. The Riddell® 360 helmet offers a lightweight facemask and shell combined with an enhanced occipital lock give you a more comfortable fit. The All-Points Quick Release allows you to remove your helmet much faster.
Color NOTICE: Please note that photo may vary slightly from actual item in terms of color due to differences in monitors' displays.
Football Helmet Warning
- Helmet Size
- Helmet Color
- Facemask Model
- Facemask Color
- Frontal Protection with HITS™ technology: Head Impact Telemetry System that records the frequency and severity of impacts received
- Side hinge clips disperse frontal impact forces
- Maximum mandible protection to disperse frontal and side impacts
- Flexible facemask for protection from force of frontal impacts
- Occipital lock cradles the back of the head, improves fit and offers comfort and stability
- Removable, moisture-wicking and antimicrobial Hexagonal Liner System with inflatable back/side liners and overliner
- All-Points Quick Release functionality allows for a quicker mask removal
- Lightweight facemask and shell technology provide a better balance, mobility and comfort
- Oversized vent holes allow for more air circulation and comfort
- Helmet pump is required to inflate pads inside the helmet (pump sold separately)
- Customizable design lets you capture the look of your team
- Non-inflatable crown
- U.S. Patent #'s 6,934,971; 7,240,376 and others pending
- Meets NOCSAE® standards
- Model: RD360
- Riddell
Color NOTICE: Please note that photo may vary slightly from actual item in terms of color due to differences in monitors' displays.
- A properly fitted helmet is an important first step in player protection. To determine head size, wrap a cloth measuring tape around the circumference of the player's head. Measure approximately 1" above the player's eyebrows. Record measurement and refer to chart below:
- SMALL: Hat Size - up to 6-1/2"; Circumference - up to 20-3/8"
- MEDIUM: Hat Size - 6-1/2" - 7"; Circumference - 20-3/8" - 22"
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- X-LARGE: Hat Size - 7-1/2" and up; Circumference - 23-1/2" and up
- NOTE: If measurement falls between helmet sizes, choose the smaller size
- Interlock hands on top of helmet and press down - player should feel pressure on crown of their head, not their brow
- Skin of the forehead should move with the front pad
- Front of helmet should be about 1" above the eyebrows
- Jaw pads should feel firm against their face
- There should be no room for twisting
- If the helmet slides easily over the forehead, inflate liners or try a smaller helmet
- To avoid injury or discomfort, never wear a helmet positioned too high or too low
- Buckle top and bottom chin strap into snaps
- Cup should be centered and snug over their chin
- Adjust chin strap until cup is firmly pressed against their chin
- When buckled, helmet should feel comfortable and snug
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Customer Reviews:
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Rated 5 out of 5�by Shoops 360 Black shell/facemask is sick combo, fast shipping. July 12, 2013


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The Games
The East Central University softball team will wrap up a two-week road trip, April 5-6 when they battle with Henderson State at Dee White Field in Arkadelphia, Ark. The teams will play double-headers each day, with Friday's games starting at 2 p.m. and Saturday's at noon.
The Coverage
Fans who can't be at the game can find links to live stats, live video (if available) on ECUTigers.com. Go to the softball schedule page.
Scouting Henderson State
The Lady Reddies are 17-21 overall and 11-9 after dropping a non-conference double-header against Midwestern State April 2. The games at HSU will conclude a 10-game home stand and will be the final home games of the season for the Lady Reddies.
HSU has a team batting average of .273 and is allowing its opponents to hit .293 for the season. While the Lady Reddies are only being out-hit by 27 (268/295) this season they have a 126 to 202 disadvantage in runs scored. HSU has also allowed a 4.25 ERA and forced a 2.68 ERA on the opposition.
Sarah Gipson is the top performer at the plate for the Lady Reddies, with a .357 average. She has 40 hits, 18 RBIs, six home runs and has scored 19 times. Laura Mabary is next on the list with a .344 average, 42 hits, 12 RBIs and 17 runs scored.
HSU has used six total pitchers this season, with two seeing the majority of time in the circle. Kayla Williams stands out with 111.2 innings of work, with a 4.14 ERA, 10-8 record, .278 opponent batting average and 59 strikeouts. Kasey Carlock is the other pitcher more likely to be faced. She has a 4.17 ERA, 6-10 record, 89.0 innings of action, a .310 opponent batting average and 45 strikeouts.
Against the Lady Reddies
Last year the Lady Tigers earned a clean sweep of HSU at Lady Tiger Field (4-0). ECU out-hit the Lady Reddies .347 to .282 and tallied 25 runs to nine by HSU.
Senior Ali Manship was strong at the plate and in the circle against the Lady Reddies. Manship had a .500 average on six hits, five RBIs, three runs scored and two home runs. She also went 2-0 in two complete games. She allowed 14 hits, six runs (three earned) and struck out five batters. Sophomore Brianna Nunley was also strong in the circle, going 2-0 as well. Nunley allowed 10 hits and two runs, while striking out seven batters.
The Lady Reddies have no returning pitchers that saw action against the Lady Tigers, but Amber Wilburn tallied a .700 average on seven hits and two runs scored.
Gina Garnering Honors
Junior Gina Mengwasser earned her first GAC honor, being named the GAC Player of the Week for April 2. The Edmond, Okla., native helped the Lady Tigers to a 3-1 record over the weekend against Southern Nazarene. Mengwasser hit .500 in four games; recording six hits, three home runs, seven RBIs, eight putouts and four assisted outs. She scored the game-winning runs in the second game against the Crimson Storm, with her first three-run home run of the weekend (March 28). The next day she then started the scoring for ECU with her second home run in game one and then added a third shot over the fence in the second game of the day to score the first two runs of the game.
Gina Going the Distance
In the first game against Southern Arkansas, March 22, junior Gina Mengwasser came up big for the Lady Tigers. ECU was trailing 3-2 with two outs. Senior Ali Manship was walked and sophomore Lauren Bancroft had hit a single to right when Mengwasser stepped to the plate and hit a three-run game-winning home run off the top of the fence in center field.
Striking Out the Competition
In the six games that ECU played from March 12-16 the pitching staff combined for a 6-0 mark and 39 strikeouts. Sophomore Brianna Nunley started the strong week off with 10 K's against Oklahoma Baptist (March 12) and freshman Lacey Paulk continued the run with 11 against Ouachita Baptist (March 15).
Simmons Earns Player of the Week Honors
ECU senior Shelby Simmons was named the GAC Player of the Week for March 19 after helping the Lady Tigers to a 6-0 record over the week.
The North Richland Hills, Texas, native hit .591 for the week, with 13 hits in 22 at-bats. Simmons scored five runs, added four RBIs, had a double and triple and a slugging percentage of .727.
Leah Leaping Forward
Freshman Leah Tigert had a standout weekend for the Tigers at Southwestern and earned GAC Player of the Week honors for her efforts. The Hennepin, Okla., native hit .636, with seven hits and six RBIs. Tigert came up big with a double and a game-winning double in the seventh inning of the fourth game with the Lady Bulldogs.
Home Run Fever
The Lady Tigers had a case of home run fever in the Tarleton State Tournament, with 12 total home runs, including seven in the second day.
Senior Ali Manship led the team with five home runs, junior Gina Mengwasser added three, and senior Shelby Simmons, sophomores Lauren Bancroft and Lacey Williams and freshman Jordynn VanPelt all garnered one.
Finishing Early
So far this season the Lady Tigers have played 36 games, winning 27. Of those 27 wins ECU has earned the victories at the end of the fifth inning in 11 games, with the run rule.
Mengwasser Picking Up Recognition
Junior transfer Gina Mengwasser made an immediate impact for the Lady Tigers in her first games. The Edmond, Okla., native tallied four hits, including a home run and a grand slam. She tallied 10 RBIs and a .786 slugging percentage. For her efforts she was named to the 14-member St. Mary's All-Tournament Team as the catcher.
All-Tournament Honors
Four members of the ECU softball team earned a spot on the 12-member Tarleton State All-Tournament team. Junior Gina Mengwasser, senior Shelby Simmons and sophomore Lacey Williams were named to the team as the catcher, short stop and outfielder, while senior Ali Manship was named the co-MVP of the tournament.
Mengwasser has a .385 batting average, with three home runs, four RBIs and a 1.077 slugging percentage. Simmons finished the four games with a .500 batting average, a double, home run and four RBIs. Williams tallied a .455 average, with a double and home run. She also added an RBI, .818 slugging percentage and 2-2 in stolen bases. Manship earned a win in the circle and recorded a batting average of .600. She tallied five home runs and nine RBIs, with a 1.600 slugging percentage.
Manship GAC Pitcher of the Week
Senior Ali Manship also had a strong showing in the opening weekend of action and was named the first Great American Conference Pitcher of the Week for the 2013 season. The honor is the first for the Harrah, Okla., native.
Manship picked up the win in all three of the Lady Tigers victories at the St. Mary's Invitational. She threw a shutout and two complete games. She struck out seven and registered an ERA of 1.47 for the weekend. As a batter, she hit .429 (6-for-14) with four runs scored.
GAC Preseason Poll
The Lady Tigers were picked to finish third in the 2013 Great American Conference Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches. ECU received 35 points.
Arkansas-Monticello earned the top spot, with 43 points and four first-place votes. Southeastern was second, with 39 points and two first-place votes, with Southwestern and Southern Arkansas each earning the final first-place votes and finishing fourth (34 points) and fifth (30 points), respectively. Henderson State (17 points), Arkansas Tech (13) and Ouachita Baptist (13 points) round out the poll.
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ECU will return home four eight-straight games at Lady Tiger Field. The Lady Tigers will first face Oklahoma Panhandle State, April 9 for a double-header starting at 2 p.m.


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Repairs Force Closure of Section of Old Polk City Road
Published: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 3:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 3:35 p.m.
BARTOW | Old Polk City Road between Tomkow Road and Epicenter Boulevard north of Lakeland will be closed most of today while crews from Lakeland Electric repair a damaged transmission line.
Traffic along the route will be detoured onto State Road 33.
Officials say the road should be reopened by 11 p.m.
Motorists in the area should use caution and expect delays, county officials say.
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Why do I get this error message?
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
(Posted Chad's "question" as an answer, fixed formatting and typos.)
There are a couple of causes for this error message.
The first, being the most common. You have two disjoint histories in your git repository: The history that you made in git, and the history from the remote svn repository.
To fix this, you need to make your git repository and svn repository share one common ancestor so git can figure what commits have changed what.
The following Article, discusses how to fix the problem:
The second possible cause of the problem is if you have an early version of git (possible, windows msysGit package) and you have just created a new git repository that communicates with a remote svn repository.
For example:
And you get the follow error messages, when using the following commands.
Unable to determine upstream svn information from working tree or
unable determine upstream svn information working tree history or
Unable to determine upstream SVN information from HEAD history
If you get the above error messages, first step is to check your git version. If your running a older git version <= 188.8.131.52.* that was in my case with (msysGit), then the easiest way to fix the problem is to update to a newest version of git such as 1.6.4.*.
The following Article discusses the problem in more detail.
i got this message because of cloning the svn repo with
When cloning it without that option everything is fine.
In my case, the HEAD from the svn repo should have been matched to the HEAD from the git repo. This should solve the problem:
I got this message after I incorrectly added the
(The Subversion repos I usually clone do have the standard relative paths, so when I cloned a Subversion repo that didn't have them using my usual
You may also get this error, when you have checkout freshly created SVN repo.
I have solved this by
got same problem, here is solution based on http://eikke.com/importing-a-git-tree-into-a-subversion-repository/ article:
I got this message because I used a FQDN for the
But I did:
(We have a machine that regularly syncs a git repo with svn, then everyone else has
Another cause for this problem is a wrong
Another possible cause: If you have an svn-remote..rewriteUUID config set, git-svn may have trouble locating the right meta-data for the repository. For example, you might have something like this (see the git-svn man page for a discussion of why you would want to do this):
... where 1234-abcd is the UUID of the read-only mirror. When you 'git svn fetch', you might end up with this file:
... where 56780-dcba is the UUID of the read-write repository. The fix is to:
Can't say for certain whether that is a durable solution, i.e., it might get confused next time you 'git svn fetch'. Might try a symlink rather than 'mv', I haven't experimented with that.


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I am having very less concentration. Specially when I read a book or an article. I don't read a paragraph of 2 lines even. I start searching 1 or 2 words from a line and leave the rest. Definitely, It doesn't clear the actual meaning of that document.
My mind catches images, formulas, numbers, charts, headings etc (anything other than normal text) first. But I dint feel to read complete article. I start doing some practical even without understanding the concept completely not even 70-80%. Or start exploring related/alternate stuff.
When I need to learn something, I either go for PPTs, Step-by-Step illustrated tutorial or for some video tutorial. However I am aware with the fact that a book gives the basic but important knowledge of any topic.
Because of this habit, I take more than average time to learn things.
This may all because of less patience, but how can I overcome that?


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Selecting a Tutor
Q: My husband and I are planning to get private tutoring help for our daughter, who is in 4th grade. After meeting with the school guidance counselor and her teacher, we all agree she could benefit from extra help in language arts.
The guidance counselor provided a list of tutors. What is the best approach to interviewing them, and what questions should I ask?
A: Tutoring works. It taught Alexander the Great what he needed to know about the world and should help your daughter understand language arts better. Before you begin talking to prospective tutors, be sure that you know exactly what kind of help your child needs.
Make appointments to talk to the tutors recommended by the school instead of interviewing them on the phone. A face-to-face interview will give you a much better idea of the prospective tutor's personality. You want someone who is patient, flexible, pleasant, and able to work well with your child. Do consider having your child present at the interviews. By being part of the process, she will be more open to working with the selected tutor.
When you talk to the tutors, you will want to ask them questions in the following three areas:
- What is your background in education (teaching experience, training, and certification)?
- How long have you been tutoring?
- Do you have special expertise in the subject area to be tutored?
- Can you tailor the tutoring sessions to meet my child's learning style?
- Have you worked with children my child's age?
- Are you familiar with the textbooks and other materials my child is using in school?
- Are you willing to work closely with the classroom teacher?
- How would you describe your teaching style?
- Do you have good rapport with children this age?
- Will you come to my home for tutoring sessions or will my child have to be taken some place?
- Are you willing to schedule more than one session in a week?
- Are you able to commit to tutoring for a specific period of time (school year, summer)?
Before committing to a tutor, be sure that you have a clear understanding of fees and cancellation policies. Once tutoring begins, request periodic reports from both the tutor and your child's teacher. You should find a noticeable academic improvement within a few months.
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Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts are experienced teachers who have more than 60 educational publications to their credit. They began writing books together in 1979. Careers for Bookworms was a Book-of-the-Month Club paperback selection, and Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza received recognition from the Children's Reading Roundtable. Gisler and Eberts taught in classrooms from kindergarten through graduate school. Both have been supervisors at the Butler University Reading Center.


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Rudesheim Named Conference Pitcher of the WeekFebruary 4, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Anderson freshman Lauren Rudesheim has been named the South Atlantic Conference softball Pitcher of the Week following a stellar performance on the season's opening weekend, as announced by the conference office Tuesday morning.
Rudesheim began her collegiate career in impressive style, earning a 10-0 win in Sunday's nightcap as the Trojans began the season with a pair of five-inning shutout wins past Lees-McRae. The right-handed hurler tossed four complete innings of perfect softball, not allowing a hit and not issuing a walk, while striking out five Bobcat batters en route to earning her first win for the Black and Gold.
"We are very excited for Lauren," said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt. "Hopefully this will light a fire under her to go on and have a really good year."
The Trojans return to action on Thursday afternoon at North Greenville. First-pitch is slated for 2 p.m.


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This question is directed more toward employers and graduate student advisors/professors but all opinions are welcome.
What do you find is a common weakness of new hires and/or new grad students? Is it entirely variable dependent on the student and his or her university? Is there a particular skill or skillset that you wish new hires/researchers had expertise in and how can we remedey this deficiency?
I realize that this question is general and really encapsulates two questions, one more about the weaknesses of new software engineers and one about the weaknesses of new researchers. However, both types of people tend to come from similar courses of study so I'm wondering if there is any overlap.
Note: I am not a professor but I'm interested in how best to revise the undergraduate curriculum in CS.


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Delorme - Paper Atlases & Wall Maps for $9.99
Delorme Atlas's 50% off with CODE: 9871
Sale ends at midnight Nov. 13th
Seriously good deal for anyone that travels.
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Already bought two, thanks!
Great price. Planning another chase trip this year so i bought the southern plains pack, as well as a few others. Last year my android broke mid trip and i had to cough up 23$ a piece for two of these in Nebraska and South Dakota.
Thanks for posting this! These are great to have on the road, even if you have a gps unit.
Sweet! These beat the pants off GPS and phones when it comes to straight forward usefulness. Great for trails and hiking. Most GPSs require you to purchase contour maps, and trail maps as a seperate map pack, and usually is pretty expensive. Nice to see cheap all in one maps.


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Interruptions are common in all work environments, and, at some point, desirable. Also, we all experience the problem of losing track of where are we at in our flow when we get interrupted.
However, when I'm in The Flow™, interruptions sometimes feel like a splash of cold water, even when the other person is gently passing by. This leads to weird situations were my mind is confused for a while transitioning between my previous task and the new conversation, and the situation is really awkward. It is uncomfortable for this person, as they feel they're really bothering me when maybe they were just doing something I asked them to do, and it is uncomfortable for me as I (not on purpose) transmit that sensation of being put out of my place.
So, how do I improve my behavior when being interrupted?
Note: I think (not sure) the problem relies on the interruptions taking me away of my train of thought, and my immediate thinking when I get interrupted is I am loosing grip of what I'm thinking, which makes me anxious on not wanting to re-do my thinking work all over again. If that was true, then maybe the solution to this is a way to get back to the same point you were and recover that inspirational flow exactly where you left it. Is that possible?


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Given $a$ and $b$ irrational numbers with $a/b$ also irrational, how do you prove that $( \{ na\} , \{ nb \})$ is dense in $[0,1] * [0,1]$ , where $n$ ranges over the integers?
$\{x\}$ is the fractional part of $x$ .
I'm also curious about the general case, with $n$ irrational numbers , linearly independent over $Q$ , resulting in density over $[0,1]^n$ .


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Tool Shed Tooltip #26 - Mobility and the Mobility Market Place
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Mobile application to browse, purchase and download applications directly to the mobile devices this fall.
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What works better for you? NetBeans IDE or Chrome Developer Tools?
By DavidKonecny on Mar 26, 2013
I've heard variations of this question many times: Is the JavaScript Debugger in NetBeans IDE better than the one in Chrome Developer Tools (CDT)? How do they compare feature by feature? Why should I use the one in NetBeans instead of the JavaScript debugger in CDT?
Apples and Pears
While it is tempting to put together a feature matrix with one column for NetBeans and the other column for CDT, and then compare the number of checkboxes, this comparison would not make much sense. Because it is like comparing apples and pears. No, that's misleading too. It is like comparing a car factory (NetBeans IDE) with a car mechanic (CDT). Both car factory and car mechanic have a very vast and detailed knowledge about cars but they also have a very different focus. A car factory knows what steps there are to build a car from scratch and everything is optimized around this primary function - to build a new car of a certain brand. A car mechanic, on the other hand, is not concerned with most of the aspects of car manufacturing. The primary function of a car mechanic is being able to find what's wrong with a car and fix it. Regardless of the car brand, age, size, and state. You would not ask your local car mechanic workshop to build you a new car, would you? Neither would you drive your Subaru into the Ford factory to get it fixed.
Let's play with this metaphor a little bit more. How does NetBeans help you to build your project from scratch? It tightly integrates many separate tools to work seamlessly and optimizes the daily workflow of a typical developer. It comes with:
- templates for project creation (e.g., Bootstrap, HTML5 Boilerplate, AngularJS Seed, your custom one, etc.)
- support for components and libraries (e.g., CDNJS.com integration)
- support for project version control (e.g., GIT, HG, SVN, local versioning, etc.)
- support for project compilation (e.g., PhoneGap; coming very soon is SASS compiler)
- editor with syntax coloring, semantic features like refactorings, active error recognition, code assist, code navigation, etc. (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SASS, etc.)
- support for problem diagnostics (e.g., JS debugger, network monitor, etc.)
- server to run your project on
- support for writing, running and debugging of unit tests (e.g., jstestdriver runner)
- support for editing visual part of your project (e.g., CSS styling)
- support for different target browsers (e.g., Chrome, Embedded WebKit, Android, iOS, PhoneGap native apps)
Seamless Integration
This kind of integration is hard to achieve when using disparate tools. Not surprisingly, it was also the number one request in a recent FireFox Dev Tools study.
Using still the same parallel, where the CDT excels is in the role of a car mechanic of web applications. It does not matter who produced the application, nor how, and it does not matter which languages they used, how small/big/new/old the application is, none of this matters. The CDT is there, ready to help you figure out the problem and repair it. And it comes with a very rich set of features suitable for this surgical task.
Now, obviously, there are features which overlap and which both IDE and CDT need. When writing code from scratch, or fixing code at runtime, you always need a JavaScript debugger and some editor. Similarly, for creating a brand new UI or tweaking an existing UI, you need styling support.
There are also areas which, IMO, distinctly belong to a single party only. For example, fine tuning performance should be done in the browser in which the application will run. Project management aspects, on the other hand, should be left to IDEs to deal with as most of the tasks are browser agnostic.
So to answer the original questions which triggered this article: both NetBeans IDE and CDT meet the needs of editing, styling, and
debugging but they have different strengths and, according to the task at hand, you should pick one or the other and utilize their strengths to your advantage.
On a more idealistic note, I think there is an opportunity for both IDEs and browsers to cooperate more tightly. It's been really great that efforts like the Remote WebKit Debugging protocol has allowed IDEs and other tools to get inside browser internals and build better tooling for developers. To reciprocate, perhaps we should prototype some APIs through which IDE-like tools could share their project context with the browsers. That is, in the CDT case for example, there could be a CDT API callback which CDT could call to retrieve information like: how to map URL to a file in the local filesystem?; where is the source map file for a given production file?; which project files/folders are relevant for the URL being currently opened?; does this file requires compilation? compile the given file; etc. And tools like NetBeans IDE could implement this callback for all NetBeans projects. That way CDT can work better and developers, you and I, will be better off too.What do you think?


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Seattle Parks and Recreation Jesús Aguirre, Superintendent
|Centers & Pools
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|Application fee � First Amendment Events including rallies and protests.
|Standard Application fee � Use Permits (i.e., runs, boating, concerts, day camps, community festivals, rallies, commercials, etc.)
|Park Reservation Fee (per hour)
- hourly fee for the total time in the park including setup and
breakdown time.
|$10 to $25 per hour depending on park
|Booth Fee � As part of a special event, a charge of $20 and 10% of gross sales, whichever is greater.
|Receipts - If, in the course of the activity/event, charges are levied for admission, sales, or entry fees, the user will be subject to a minimum charge of 10% of the gross receipts.
|10% of gross income
|Load/Unload fee, per vehicle - for short-term access into non-parking areas or those areas accessed through a locked gate or bollard.
|Utility hook-up fee � for any utility hook-up performed by Department personnel.
|Supplemental Late Application Fee � for requests submitted less than 6 working days before event.� (Fee does not apply to First Amendment events)
|Posting Advertising and/or Commercial Signage in a park in conjunction with a special event. (Minimum, per day. Maximum fees are subject to negotiations.)
| Professional Photography Fee (wedding photos, portraits, graduation photos, etc.)
4 hour block of time per park, including any prep and clean-up hours.
Note: Commercial filming and photography for advertising within the City of Seattle is covered under the Seattle Filming Ordinance.
Commercial Photography and Filming (TV programming, TV and web advertising, corporate photography and filming, magazine editorial content, student films, feature and short films)
|NOTE:� Insurance and/or a performance bond may be required.� Application fee will be collected upon formal written application.� This fee is non-refundable, except when the Department denies a request. > more
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All Department review and approval requirements shall apply for all Youth Sports organizations' requests to sell food, beverage, or other items on park property. Qualifying community-based outdoor Youth Sports organizations are exempt from percentage payment requirements for Concession Permits only when selling approved food, drink or other items during scheduled regular season league games and practices.
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By Carol Topp
With tax season right around the corner (or upon us) these tax tips from Carol Topp, an author and a CPA, are both useful and timely.
1. The IRS doesn't email
The IRS does not initiate communication with taxpayers through email. They will only contact you via mail or telephone. Late last year I received an email claiming to be from the IRS stating they were investigating my tax return. I knew it was a scam because the year wasn't over and my tax return had not been filed yet! If you receive an email claiming to be from the IRS do not reply, click on any links, or open any attachments.
2. Mileage records
I dislike recording my odometer readings, so I use Google maps to calculate mileage instead. Mileage records must be kept contemporaneously, meaning you should not rely on your memory, so I record the destination and mileage in my calendar. The IRS sets the per mile rate and adjusts it annually. For 2012 writers can deduct 55.5 cents per mile.
3. Business use of the home deduction
The business use of the home is a valuable tax deduction for writers, but you must use a specific part of your home only for business. You cannot mix business and personal activities such as letting the kids use your office for homework. For example, my home office is used only for business, but I meet clients at my dining room table which is also used for family meals. I can claim a deduction for my home office but not for the dining room.
4. Tax software can lie to you
"The IRS stopped the home office deduction," an author told me. I knew that wasn't correct. She had made a mistake in using the tax software and it failed to include a deduction for business use of the home. If something seems incorrect about your tax preparation software, contact the software provider, or better yet, consult a professional tax preparer. If there was a mistake made on your tax return, you can amend your return up to three years after the due date (plus extensions).
5. New Registered Tax Preparer
All tax preparers are now required to register with the IRS. But not all tax preparers are the same. Registered tax preparers must pass a competency test and meet continuing education requirements. Tax attorneys, certified public accountants (CPA), and enrolled agents have higher testing and continuing education requirements than registered tax preparers. In addition, CPAs can represent you before the IRS and have ethical standards. They are business advisers, not merely tax preparers.
Carol Topp, CPA is an author and Certified Public Accountant. Her most recent book is Business Tips and Taxes for Writers. If you have a business or tax question, contact Carol at TaxesForWriters.com.


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I watched the game and it looked sure as heck to me that either the managements, or the coaches worked out a deal that Gailey would pull Spiller and call plays to prevent the team from putting up points in exchange for the Texans not blowing them out! That is why he only gave Spiller 6 touches, and he kept killing long Fitzpatrick drives by going to the Wildcat way the heck away from the Goalline to put them behind on down and distants!!! I swear that is what it seemed like.
It has been a dirty secret in all of sports most notably boxing, but it has happened in the NFL. I have a feeling that Bills management colluded with the Texans, that we will just lay down and survive as long as you don't blow us out and put more pressure on the coach we are counting on to get this team to Toronto!
go bills
go sabres
go knicks
go sox
steve johnson is our future star
Fred jackson is my adopted player this year!!
freddie freddie!!
should change my username but oh well.
I've seen some stupid posts on this board but this one takes the cake.
11/6/12-The day the music died.
Meh bad troll post I have seen better.
So are we thinking there was some communication, or that it was unspoken? I personally think there is a secret tunnel under the field.
I know the world works only as it would like us to appear lol. There are no gentleman's agreements between a 32 man gentleman's club known as the NFL. Bottom line, the Bills want to keep Gailey as a HC next year despite what fans want, but he can't afford him to keep getting blown out by 30 every time they play a good team. So they just work the back channels like the owners did when they colluded to not sign one Restricted Free Agent before the lockout in 2010, and when they secretly colluded to come up with an undocumented cap, during an uncapped year to which they penalized the two owners who didn't comply (Jones, and Snyder) for not following a agreed upon rule that did not exist, and Bills management just imply that if you help us out, we will lay down, keep our best play maker out of the game the best we can without making it to suspicious, as long as you don't role 50 points on us like they could have!
so....... the Ancient Aliens did this too?
Goonies Never Say Die
2013: Cordy Glenn
2014: Stephon Gilmore
this has been chan failey football since he got here !
chan is not tough, he talks tough like his team. but there all a bunch of wimps.
Lee Harvey Oswald, I'm surprised you didn't know that. I also think the Egyptians built the Pyramids, but I also believe people in business with each other, do business together DUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH.
No way the texans were asking for the Bills to roll over.
Did you not see how pissed Foster was because he Bills were hitting him hard as hell?
This board is very humorous at times. Also they have found cities that are 35000 years old. Now that is way before the Bible i believe.


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Do tzitzit need to dangle? Can one use some velcro to pin the strings down along the side of the beged so that they don't dangle down and get in the way of things?
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No, they do not need to dangle. Many rabbis, including my Rosh Yeshiva, tuck their tzitzit under their belt to keep them neat and prevent them from ripping on nearby objects. In addition, letting them dangle could be considered "undignified" and "shlumpy." Rabbi Menachem Posner of Chabad recommends "tucking them under your belt and then into your pants pockets. This way, they are still visible, but stay neat and tidy."
In addition, one is permitted to tuck his tzitzit into his pants. See Daily Halacha and this article on Hirhurim for details.
Of course there are plenty of opinions that allow you to tuck tzitzit into your pants, but it is not universally accepted. In Az Nidberu, HaRav Zilber zt"l wrote a very forceful tshuva saying you cannot tuck tzitzit in, and those who cite the Arizal misunderstood him!
I doubt that tzitzit have to dangle, but it seems to me they should. I vaguely recall a halacha regarding tangled tzitzit (the Gra is machmir on this) being problematic and the terminology of tzitzit tying -- the knotted section is called the gid and the rest is called the anaf -- seems to imply the tzitzit should dangle.


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A Faces & Places Roadie Blog
The most recent stops on my Faces and Places tour itinerary were familiar names on my map. I've always associated Russell with its hometown hero, Bob Dole. My kids beg to stop by the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays each time we pass by on Interstate 70. This visit, however, offered a unique opportunity to see each community at its festival finest. I was to visit Russell's Fourth of July Freedom Fest, followed by a visit to Hays' four-day celebration, the Wild West Fest.


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Front-end Web Development/Notes
Notes from previous Front-end Web Development classes.
Class for 2013-12-02: CSS floats
Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We'll learn about floats by taking a look at some examples, then take a mockup and create a site from it.
The site's final code (not finished in class) is here.
Lecture video
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Class for 2013-11-18: CSS selectors and the box model
CSS selectors are probably the most complex part of the CSS language, so we'll look at them further in-depth. We'll also talk about the box model, the display concept that makes words and containers on the web look like they do.
No video for this class. Try last series's video.
Lecture materials
Class for 2013-11-11: the basics
THIS is the class to attend if you are a complete beginner! We are starting the curriculum of this class from square one. We'll cover the very basics:
- Explaining "front-end" vs. "back-end"
- Discussing tools of the trade
- Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
- Writing a basic HTML page
- Styling the page with basic CSS
- Explaining the role of front-end web development as a job and career
No recap session for this class. Please show up promptly at or before 8pm, as physical space is limited. Bring a laptop!
P.S. This might be the last series I teach for a while. I might take a longer break after the end of the series (in about 6 months). We'll see. But if you've been meaning to attend, this is your chance!
No video for this class. Try last series's video.
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