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generous, is confused with the idea that
we do not know how to look after our
own interests in a business deal. One
often hears, when on the floor of the
Senate, that Great Britain is too smart
for us, that they always out-trade us. If
we are so stupid how is it that we are the
richest and most powerful Nation in the
world? Are we Americans willing to
admit that all our success is due solely to
luck? I am not ready to admit that our
people are inferior in brains or ability
to the British or to any other people.
This whole line of attack upon our policy
of cooperation is so silly that it would
not warrant attention, except that it is
so constantly repeated that it, like
Hitler's lies, has found receptive ears
among the uninformed. How ridiculous
it would be for the United States to
refrain from dealing with other nations
because we are too silly and stupid to
know what we are about.
A slightly different aspect of this same
myth is the belief that in every international
conference we always lose and the
British always have their way. There
is a basic difference in the attitude of
the British and the Americans toward a
compromise. The British for centuries
have been great political compromisers.
They call it "muddling through." Their
constitution is a collection of compromises
with necessity. On the other hand,
we think of our Constitution as a sacred
set of principles, inviolable, and immutable.
When an American representative
compromises at a conference, we always
regard it as a giving up of our principles
and high ideals. When the British
compromise, they regard it merely as the
inclusion of some of the ideals of the
opposition. This difference is largely one of
attitude, not of substance.
Another idea around which clusters
much confusion and misunderstanding is
the concept of national sovereignty. I
know of no word more abused and
misunderstood than sovereignty. I confess
that I share in that confusion. It is
primarily for that reason that I object to its
use in declarations of policy, or
instruments of agreement. In the minds of
many the word "sovereignty" has some
mystical connotation in some way
associated with divinity. In days gone by
when men were slaves, their masters
imposed their will by an appeal to the
divine right of kings. "Your sovereign by
appointment from the All Highest" was
the doctrine.
It is obvious that few modern states
possess the attributes of sovereignty as
the word was understood in the days of
the divine right of kings. Americans,
especially, have never regarded the state,
as such, as sovereign. It is the servant
of the people; and the people have
reserved the right to control their servant,
or to change its character, whenever they
think it fitting and proper to do so. The
divinity of rulers, or of states, has no
place in the modern world.
The first principle of the Dumbarton
Oaks proposals states that "the
organization is based on the
principle of the sovereign equality of all peace-loving
states." If this means that the
members of the organization agree not to use
the power of the organization to destroy
the identity, the culture, and the
independence of the various members by
force, it is acceptable. On the other
hand if it means that the organization
undertakes to preserve for all time, every
member state as it presently exists, I
think it is unwise.
The organization should not be the
instrument of reaction nor the means of
freezing the status quo forever. On the
contrary it should be the means by which
the development of the world can be
orderly. It should be the means by which
desirable changes may be dictated by
reason rather than by brute force. It
should not be an eternal obstacle to the
many changes in the political map of
the world which the welfare of the people
may demand.
If it means anything today,
sovereignty, as applied to a state, surely means
that a state is sufficiently independent
economically, politically, and physically
to defend itself and provide for the
security and happiness of its own people.
In this turbulent world can it be seriously
contended that the vast majority of
existing states are sovereign powers? It
seems to me to offend one's common
sense, regardless of fine spun political
theory, to insist that Luxembourg with
300 000 people, Panama with 635,000,
Lichtenstein with 11,000, or Andorra with
5,000 must be given the same power in
the organization as the United States
with 135,000,000, Russia with 190,000,000,
and China with 450,000,000. It was in
recognition of the absurdity of this
proposition that the Security Council with its
permanent members was created.
I wish to make it clear that I am not
objecting to the structure of the organization.
In fact, I think it is probably the
best solution that could be worked out
under present conditions. My purpose is
merely to meet to some extent the critics
who insist upon regarding all states as
equal when, in fact, they are not. I
look forward to the day when, as the
result of peaceful and rational changes,
the states or federations of the states of
the world shall become more nearly
equal in their ability to provide decent
conditions for the people, and to prevent
the use of violence as an instrument of
My objection to the use of the word
"sovereignty" is that it is subject to no
clear definition, and that it may be used
by narrow-minded people to prevent the
orderly evolution of the organization
into increasingly effective machinery for
peace and security.
In conclusion, Mr. President, I repeat
that I think it is most urgent that the
people of this Nation should give
sustained and serious consideration to our
long-term relations with the other
peoples of the world. If we are to have a
definite and settled policy for the
guidance of our representatives, the people
must understand, and must develop
convictions regarding that policy. I believe
it is dangerous in the highest degree to
continue to improvise from day to day in
answer to fleeting and superficial emotions.
Since the Senate shares the
responsibility for translating into action our
foreign policy, it obviously is our duty to
assist the people in determining what that
policy shall be. By the greatest good
fortune, and enormous sacrifice, we have
earned a second opportunity to help save
the world and ourselves from
self-destruction. Twenty-five years ago the
Senate of the United States did not
advise the President or the people, and
it rejected the treaty then submitted to
it. This time I urgently recommend
that we advise them both in preparing a
treaty which we can accept, so that this
troubled world can live again in peace,
free from fear of another world
cataclysm arising out of the refusal of those
who will win this war to accept the
responsibility for the peace. Let us seek
peace, and let us insure it with all our
talents. A better life may then dawn for
all mankind.
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Several of the characters in our group are of long-lived races and have ages in the triple digits as a result. Presumably the game-mechanic effects of their ages are already factored into the rules for playing the race; any advice on how to role-play them, though? How does one go about role-playing a level-3 character who is more than a hundred years senior to the rest of the team but at the same in-game skill level?
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Long lived characters would also have had lots of time to get things done, so might take a lot longer to consider their response to challenges than the short lived races. Such a character would either feel angry/irritable when being "rushed" or would just not commit to making a decision until they had a "reasonable" amount of time to consider the issue at hand. In combat they might be swift and deadly, but when planning how to storm the citadel may want to take their time to look at it from every direction.
In these situations, I look to fiction - especially film. Stories of characters that have lived unusually long - Anything modern with vampires, or the older Highlander (Sean Connery!) stories, for example. There is both much wisdom and great tragedy in out-living other races - more specifically and the people you love and hate.
Look for the quirky behaviors and attitudes exhibited by these long-lived characters: Are they unusually quiet and contemplative. Do they get easily disgusted with the same old "childish" behavior they've seen over in over?
I'm reminded of a line by Merlin (who lives a long time, and backward no-less) in 1970s film Excalibur during the Siege of Camelyarde: When the young page Arthur "the boy king" hands Excalibur to his enemy in order that he may may in-turn make Arthur a knight, when Merlin remarks: "I never saw this!" with great delight. Man, I'd so use that ham-fisted Merlin characterization the first chance I got... :-)
With many long-lived races, those extra years are spent in isolation, either in some idyllic fairyland where little changes (as with elves) or in torpid slumber as the years pass (as with vampires). You can portray this by being a little spacey or out-of-touch with the rest of the world.
Very-long-lived characters make decisions quickly. They have already been in most conceivable circumstances, and have made their errors of youth long ago... but they may thus, in their inertia, devalue the opinions of others ("Been there done that, I'm right you're wrong").
Look carefully at Heinlein's classic Time Enough for Love, especially the two interludes featuring his quotations. (Caution: Woodie/Lazarus is quirky, and it takes some skill for the reader to separate the personality from the age-effects.) Like Woodie, a character should keep a watchful eye on the broader view, anticipating situations and having plans worked out for many contingencies.
Rule One is to stay alive. All other things -- fame & fortune, loot & equipment, even friendships (especially with the short-lived) -- are secondary.
One way to reflect a long life apparently spent doing nothing terribly self-improving is idiosyncratic life philosophy; many years for contemplation may have led a character to place an unusually high value on certain behaviors or to object unusually strenuously to others.
There's a general presumption that very long-lived types must be stick-in-the-ass conservatives. Journey to the West: The Monkey King provides a nice antidote to this, where the monkey king, Nanduka, gains immortality through trickery and gluttony, and turns heaven upside-down with his foolish pride and mischief. He does, sadly, become a reformed character. If you are after stick-in-the ass immortals, it's hard to beat Gloranthan Brithini.
There's no obligation to conform to stereotypes, only to play characters that work for you and the gamers you play with. Talk over your ideas with them until you've got an idea you are happy about.

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Particularly during lautering and during a boil, I have a hard time keeping track of water/wort volume. What method(s) and equipment do you all recommend for accurately calculating liquid volume during a boil/water heating?
For most things I just use my trusty stick, otherwise known as a thin dowel from the hardware store. Pour one gallon into your pot, stand stick in pot, note water line, and mark with a sharpie or other implement. The curvature of a pot can affect the height of each tick mark, so I usually experimentally measure a few more gallons until I'm at the straight sides of the pot, then extrapolate the distance between each tick mark to mark off the remaining gallons up to 15.
This doesn't work so well at full boil, with the bubbling and rolling and general chaos going on at the surface. In that situation, the best method I've seen is a pre-calibrated sight gauge attached to the kettle. The liquid on the sight gauge tends not to boil, thus allowing you to get a decent reading. The downside of measuring during boil is hot liquid expansion, so always note that your wort will compress a bit after cooling.
For my kettle I made a measuring rod using a length of copper pipe (Home Depot sells 3' lengths of pre-cut pipe for about $2). I used a file to mark it at 1 quart increments.
When boiling, I just leave the rod in the kettle. Since it's copper, it's contributing valuable nutrients to the wort. And by staying in the boil, it's also sanitary.


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A comprehensive study of prosecutor error released today by the ACLU-NJ and Professor George C. Thomas III of Rutgers School of Law–Newark found low rates of errors but an alarming lack of accountability or regular training to prevent repeat lapses by New Jersey prosecutors. The report, titled "Trial and Error: A Comprehensive Study of Prosecutorial Conduct in New Jersey," recommends changes at the state and county level and reveals a noteworthy range of error rates in individual New Jersey counties in the process. The report is available at www.aclu-nj.org.
"Prosecutors have a heavy responsibility as representatives of the state, and most take their obligations extremely seriously," said ACLU-NJ Policy Counsel Alexander Shalom, one of the authors of the report. "Because prosecutors are largely immune from civil liability, and because they represent the government's authority, it's both more difficult and critical to hold them accountable for mistakes that interfere with a fair trial. Without a way to hold prosecutors accountable for all but the most outrageous violations, New Jersey leaves too many opportunities for justice to slip through the cracks."
The report examined allegations of error raised on appeal in the state between 2005 and 2011, and tracked the number of case decisions reversed based on prosecutorial error and the discipline they faced if they committed multiple errors. Prosecutorial error covers a range of actions, including failure to disclose exculpatory evidence, making improper remarks to the jury, or appealing to emotion rather than facts. Most errors, according to the report, occur during summations.
The report found that of the 343 prosecutors accused of committing error, not one – including the 30 prosecutors who were found to have committed multiple errors – received discipline for in-court behavior. This is a stark contrast to the discipline that other types of attorneys receive for errors. The report also revealed that the state of New Jersey has no functional system for identifying, disciplining or eliminating prosecutor error except in the most egregious cases.
"The American justice system at its core holds people accountable for their actions, and it only makes sense for those principles to apply to prosecutors," said George Thomas, Rutgers Board of Governors Professor of Law and Judge Alexander P. Waugh, Sr. Distinguished Scholar, one of the authors of the report. "Fortunately for all of us in society, almost all prosecutors uphold their duties to see that the laws are fairly administered. To enhance our pursuit of justice, however, we need better channels for creating consequences – or at least guarantees of future improvement – when those tasked with upholding the law fall short."
The report found surprising disparities in New Jersey's counties. Warren County, for example, represented only 1.4 percent of the state's convictions but had 5.7 percent of its harmful errors. Camden County, however, had 6.2 percent of the state's convictions but only 3.1 percent of total errors, as well as no reversed convictions.
The authors recommend mandatory reporting of error, which is only optional under the current system, making it harder for disciplinary boards to collect enough information to determine when sanctions would be appropriate. This is especially problematic in cases of serious or repeated error that do not amount to an ethical lapse. The report also recommends heightened training, supervision and discipline within prosecutors' offices.
The authors also determined that, in order to provide prosecutors with maximum guidance, courts should determine whether conduct constitutes error in every case in which the issue is raised. Defense attorneys, as well, have an important role in preventing prosecutorial error in the form of objecting during the trial.


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Arctic Char
Salvelinus alpinus
About This Animal
SIZE: Adults are usually 12-18 inches long and weigh approximately 2 pounds
RANGE: Northern rivers, lakes, and ponds in North America, Europe, and Asia
HABITAT: Arctic Char prefer cool, clear streams and lakes. They can be found in lakes up to an altitude of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) above sea level
DIET: Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, fish eggs, other fishes
Arctic char can live in really cold water — in fact, they live farther north than any other species of freshwater fish. They are in the same family as trout and salmon, and like these species, vary widely in size and color across their range. In the seafood industry, most Arctic char are produced in inland closed-circulation aquaculture. While the amount of char produced in the U.S. is small, this species is well suited for aquaculture, and there is potential for the industry to grow.
Arctic char are not considered threatened. The rearing of Arctic char in aquaculture facilities is much more sustainable than that of its relative, Atlantic Salmon. There is less pollution associated with char production, and their diets are less reliant on marine fish.


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Artists perform during the Carnival parade in Nice, France. The 129th Carnival of Nice runs from February 15 to March 6 and celebrates the "King of the Five Continents".
Artists perform during the Carnival parade in Nice, France. The 129th Carnival of Nice runs from February 15 to March 6 and celebrates the "King of the Five Continents".
An owner holds her Oriental Shorthair cat during a cat exhibition in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek. Cats owners from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek to show off their pets.
Millwall's James Henry celebrates after scoring against Luton Town during their FA Cup fifth round soccer match at Kenilworth Road in Luton, central England.
A monorail travels on its trial run in Mumbai, India. The Chembur-Wadala corridor will be the country's first monorail route and is expected to be operational later this year.
Rows of North Korean children stand and salute at a sports arena in Pyongyang for a national meeting of the Children's Union.
A military official hands over a Pakistan military cap, stick and national flag to the father of Pakistani soldier Muhammad Akhlaq, after his burial at his village Pind Bainso, Tehsil Kallar Saydan, Rawalpindi. The military said he was killed by Indian soldiers while crossing into the Indian side of Kashmir at a post in Khoi Ratta sector on the Line of Control in the disputed region of Kashmir.
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People sometimes talk about a "recovery meal".
- What is a recovery meal?
- When should one eat the recovery meal?
- Of what should it consist?
There may be variation depending on the preceding activity, but there are probably some guiding principles.
A recovery meal is a meal consumed to aid your body in recovery after exercise. You should generally eat this meal directly after exercise, except if the goal of the exercise is weight-loss.
Your recovery meal should consist of carbs, to replace the muscle glycogen that was burned during your workout, and lean protein to aid muscle repair and recovery for the next workout.
A recovery meal is only required if your next workout will be in less than 48 hours (my opinion). Your normal meals will do fine if the gap between workouts are 48 hours or more.


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I'm studying quantum field theory and I encountered some problems of diffusion of particles by an external potential. Until now I have to do with diffusion of the type particle-particle obtaining the Feynman rules from the Lagrangian of the theory and I don't know how to implement the presence of an external potential. How can I implement it?
Diffusion means scattering, I guess.
The diagram technique exists for external fields too. In QED you write $L_{int} \propto j\cdot A + j\cdot A_{ext}$ and denote $A_{ext}$ as a different from photon line. $A_{ext}$ is a know function of space-time arguments. I saw the corresponding diagrams in many textbooks. You just have to look, for example, at scattering an electron from a nucleus in QED.


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The suspect shot and killed by Chico Police has been identified as 19-year-old Breanne Michelle Sharpe, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey.
Ramsey said that Sharpe, who has Shasta County ties, had already been convicted and sentenced in April for car theft and evading.
Sharpe was 18 years old when she led Butte County Sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase in a stolen VW Jetta through the Magalia area, accompanied by a passenger, 20-year-old David Milliron. She was given three years of felony probation, but failed to appear for her probation officer.
A warrant for her probation violation was issued on July 25.
Also, in 2011, Sharpe was listed as a missing person by Redding Police after she reportedly ran away from a group home.
Then, on Sun., Sept. 22, at around 2:00 a.m., officers responded to the 800-block of Coit Tower Way on reports that subject was attempting to enter parked vehicles.
According to Chico police, when they arrived, officers observed a dark-colored Honda Coupe leaving the area.
Believing that the car could be stolen, officers attempted to stop it, but the driver, who was later identified as Breanne Sharpe, kept going westbound on East 8th Street.
Police say Sharpe eventually turned onto Alpine St. and into an apartment complex on Vista Verde Avenue, struck a curb line, stopped, then continued westbound through the complex.
The car then exited the complex, and eventually crashed into a utility pole after traveling eastbound on East 8th St.
At that point, according to investigators, a Chico police officer was positioned outside his vehicle and behind the Honda, when the Honda accelerated rapidly in reverse, directly towards the officer.
That officer responded by firing at Sharpe, who then drove forward and made a sweeping U-turn in a westbound direction, according to Lt. Mike O'Brien.
Investigators say Sharpe continued westbound onto a sidewalk, severing a small tree, and striking the side of a patrol car where an officer was positioned, before proceeding even further westbound and striking another patrol car where another officer was positioned. Both officers were outside their vehicles.
As the suspect accelerated towards these officers, several officers fired shots until Sharpe's vehicle came to a stop, police said.
Officers then approached the vehicle, removed Sharpe, discovered she had been hit twice, and tried to save her, but she later died at Enloe Medical Center.
A total of five officers fired shots, and all are on paid administrative leave, which is standard.
The suspect had prior offenses for vehicle theft and evading officers, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey.
The Honda was, in fact, stolen, according to Chico police.
Agencies involved in the investigation include: the Butte County District Attorney's Office, Butte County Sheriff's Office, Butte County Probation Department, Paradise Police Department, California State Parks, Chico State Police Department, Gridley Police Department, Chico Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and California Bureau of Forensic Services.


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March 26, 2012
New York University's Fales Library, the home of one of the nation's largest and prestigious collection in food studies, and Clark Wolf, food and restaurant consultant, are hosting a book talk to celebrate the publication of Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics by Dr. Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim, on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at the Fales Library, third floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, (at LaGuardia Place). A reception and book signing will follow immediately after the talk. [Subways A,C,E, B,D,M to West 4th Street; 6 line to Astor Place; R train to 8th Street.].
Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted.
The conversation, moderated by Clark Wolf, host of the Fales Library's "Critical Topics in Food Series," will center on the epic view of a calorie: what it is, where it came from, what it means, how and why we count them. Nestle and Nesheim, two of America's finest nutritionists, will help decode nutritional science into a commonsense language and situate calories in their place in the wider cultural and political context.
The public may RSVP to: firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and title/date of the event. For more information the public may call Elizabeth Wiest, 212 992 9744 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of What to Eat and, from UC Press, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; and Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.
Malden Nesheim is Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He is coauthor (with Marion Nestle) of Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat and (with Ann L. Yaktine) of the Institute of Medicine report Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks.
About Fales Library and Special Collections:
The Fales Library, comprising nearly 200,000 volumes, and over 8,000 linear feet of archive and manuscript materials, houses the Fales Collection of rare books and manuscripts in English and American literature, the Downtown Collection, the Food and Cookery Collection and the general Special Collections of the NYU Libraries. The Fales Collection was given to NYU in 1957 by DeCoursey Fales in memory of his father, Haliburton Fales. It is especially strong in English literature from the middle of the 18th century to the present, documenting developments in the novel. The Downtown Collection documents the downtown New York art, performance, and literary scenes from 1975 to the present and is extremely rich in archival holdings, including extensive film and video objects. The Food and Cookery Collection is a vast, and rapidly expanding collection of books and manuscripts documenting food and foodways with particular emphasis on New York City. Other strengths of the collection include the Berol Collection of Lewis Carroll Materials, the Robert Frost Library, the Kaplan and Rosenthal Collections of Judaica and Hebraica and the manuscript collections of Elizabeth Robins and Erich Maria Remarque. The Fales Library preserves manuscripts and original editions of books that are rare or important not only because of their texts, but also because of their value as artifacts.
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Let $X$ be a closed subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$. What restrictions are there on $\pi_1(X)$ and on the homology groups of $X$ (both singular and Cech)? This is elementary if $X$ has reasonable local properties, but the example of the Hawaiian Earring shows that things can be very complicated indeed.
The fundamental group of a closed planar set naturally injects into the first Cech homotopy group, which is an inverse limit of finitely generated free groups. In particular, the algebraic restrictions gained are: the fundamental group must be locally free, fully residually free, and residually finite.
Fischer, H., Zastrow, A., The fundamental groups of subsets of closed surfaces inject into their first shape groups, Algebraic and Geometric Topology 5 (2005) 1655-1676.
The first homology pro-group then consists of finitely generated free groups and the first Cech homology group is the inverse limit of these.
When $X\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ is compact and locally path connected, the canonical map $H_1(X)\to \check{H}_1(X)$ is surjective but the kernel can be difficult to understand even for the Hawaiian earring.
Eda, K., Kawamura, K. The surjectivity of the canonical homomorphism from singular homology to Cech homology Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 No. 5 (1999) 1487-1495
Eda, K. Fundamental group of subsets of the plane. Topology and its Applications Volume 84, Issues 1-3, 24 April 1998, Pages 283-306
This is more or less a duplicate of the math.se thread: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/36279/the-fundamental-group-of-every-subset-of-mathbbr2-is-torsion-free


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The Wilderness Society issued the following statement from Kitty Craig, Pacific Northwest regional representative:
WASHINGTON (July 15, 2013) – The Wilderness Society applauded Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker for reintroducing legislation to designate new wilderness areas on the Cherokee National Forest.
The federal government is continuing to lease out land for energy development at a faster rate than it is protecting sensitive wild lands, according to The Wilderness Society. However, there are growing opportunities for land protection both from Congress and the Obama administration.
The Wilderness Society (TWS), Sierra Club and other participating groups, honored Sen. Murray for her efforts to protect America's wild places and green spaces that are essential in reconnecting people to the great outdoors.
Three days after President Obama outlined a plan to reduce carbon emissions and to prepare the nation for some of the damaging effects of climate change, the U.S.
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Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, is running four hydrotreaters and three lube units at reduced rates during the repair of a sulfur recovery unit, Bloomberg News reported.
HOUSTON -- Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, is
running four hydrotreaters and three lube units at reduced
rates during the repair of a sulfur recovery unit,
Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with
According to the report, there was a fire at the unit's
reactor on August 12, 2013. The sulfur unit may be shut as long
as two more weeks.
Kim Windon, a Houston based spokeswoman for Motiva,
confirmed that there was a small fire in a unit that was
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I'd like to hear about the different techniques of tuning a guitar with standard tuning, and why you use them.
Very basic tuning method to tune the guitar's strings relative to each other starting with the low E and working towards the high E.
I know three methods:
1. Comparing notes that should sound equally
This is probably the most popular way to tune guitar "by ear". To use it, you must know that all guitar strings are tuned in fourths (2.5 tones), except 2nd and 3rd - those are tuned in a third (2 tones). This means, that those notes should sound equally:
By comparing the sound, you can tune the guitar up.
2. Using natural harmonics
This method is very similar to #1, but uses natural harmonics
Here is a tutorial, that explains it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSth9bmDFGg
3. Using electric tuner
this is the easiest and the most accurate. Tuner is a device that has a built in microphone, which tells you what note you are currently playing. Just adjust your strings until the tuner says that you are ok.
Using a Chromatic or Stroboscopic Tuner
Open string tuning using a chromatic tuner or a stroboscopic tuner to tell you when the string is sound a particular note is popular for noisy environments where it would be otherwise impossible to hear your guitar. It also spares an audience the sound of a guitarist tuning up since it can mute your signal.
Electronic tuners can be had fairly cheap.
It depends how badly it's out of tune : )
If it's totally out of tune I'll use a standard tuner, actually at the moment I'm using TC Electronic Polytune on my iPhone plus iRig which is pretty good.
If it's slightly out of tune then I'll tune using harmonics, it's easier to finetune a guitar this way.
Here's another way to tune using harmonics and octaves. This is how I like to tune when I don't have access to a tuner (and even sometimes if I do have access to one).
When you tune with harmonics, you should listen for the oscillation or "beats" between two notes. As the notes are tuned closer together, the frequency of the beats will slow down. When they stop completely, the strings are in tune with each other.
I find that it is easier to hear the beats with this method than when using harmonics at the 5th fret because the 12th fret harmonic typically is much louder.
I use a clip-on tuner (specifically this one), on an acoustic guitar. These can sometimes struggle to correctly identify your note, but seem to be fairly accurate and work well in noisy places. After struggling with tuners with microphones for years, the clip-on is a great improvement.
I seem to have pretty good results with it on my electric too, but I suspect a plug-in (inline) tuner would be the best for electrics.
I actually use this app to initially tune each string, then finally adjust by checking 5th fret on 1st matches open on 2nd, etc.
Good thing: I use app called as "Tabs" to tune my Guitar, its very easy to use and tunes PERFECT. No ear can manually tune with like that.
Bad thing: It was initially free App, but now it is paid version. But worth buy!
Another fairly accurate online tuner I like to use is The Seventh String Tuner.
They also include a Tuning Fork as well, if you prefer doing it by ear, and need quick access to pitch-perfect notes.
I can have other people give me a reference note and go from there, but I far prefer to use an tuner. They come on phones now. They come as HTML5 web apps now. They come as pedals now. And, of course, one is built into my multieffect processor, which is the one I use most often.
I had a strobotuner but it broke after a few uses.
Direct Intervals (Sharp Fourths)
This is a summary of my long answer to What are the various methods of tuning the guitar?. It gives better results than harmonics, but it is difficult to do, which enhances its coolness factor. :)
Check that the open triads are balanced: G-B-E, D-G-B. Check that the fourths are all balanced: E-A, A-D, D-G, B-E. Check that the fifths are balanced: E-B, A-E.
The properly equal-tempered fourth in all cases has a very slow beat to it. It is difficult to hear, but the strategy is easy to understand. When tuning the upper note of a tempered fourth, it should be slightly sharper than perfect; so, since we always tune upward, tune to perfect, then nudge up a tiny bit sharper. When tuning the lower note of a tempered fourth, it should be slightly flatter than perfect; so, since we always tune upward, we approach the perfect note from below, and scoop in towards it, stopping short just before perfect.
For a properly set-up guitar with good intonation, this should be equivalent to the fretboard method. This should also be equivalent to using a tuner. I say should because it's easier to screw this up. There's a lot to pay attention to, a lot to train your ears for. But if the checks succeed, you're good. If not, try, try again (or use a tuner).


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do us a favor and resign. totally out coached
Coach does this game change if it's played in Lambeau Field?
Why do the Packers start so many games with a three and out or several?
The Packers have been a second half team all season, what does it mean now that a team in the NFC can dominate you for all four quarters?
Can Packer fans look forward to a day soon where the Packers actually play hardnosed shutdown D?Hide replies
Coach, why do you have Jeremy Ross fielding punts? Kickoffs are less pressure because you dont have guys breathing down your neck when you are fielding a kick off. And why take him off of kick offs when he proved he was frick'n explosive on kick returns.
last week many of the comments were asking why Ross wasn't fielding punts. This week just the opposite. Fair weather fans.
sorry colorado..i was not one of them. Ross is raw..good kick returner. fielding punts is an irely different animal. not fair weather sorry...maybe someone else but it was not me.
entirely different
Make Ross a scapegoat if you want, but the Pack couldn't stop Kapernick so it's a moot point anyway.
Ross was not the only reason bobsmith...was just making ONEpoint. There are many reasons we got our clocks cleaned. I was simply asking abotu ONE. Yes, Kaepernick killed us. Capers was more to blame than Ross for not having a plan to stop something they KNEW was going to happen. Happy?
Ross fumble was undeniably THE turning point and started the 49er's roll.
14-7 lead and getting the ball back.It was huge.Fumble killed us!Cant happen.
thank you packerottum...I felt the sam e way. It was huge and a game changer at the time
time of possession was the key and that started and ended with Kaepernick. He was awesome and the big difference. But our defense leaves a lot to be desired to say the least. The NFL is tough and you have to have destiny on your side
O-line coach, Fat guys on both sides, LBs.
Did Capers get cashiered yet? That was rRay Rhodes bad.Hide replies
This D plays best with two great pass rushing OLBs. TT tried this last draft, he should try again in this one. Don't count on players that haven't played coming back from injury. Barret Jones might be best pick TT could make in 1st rd. Can play all 5 spots with toughness. EDS is a back-up, Newhouse needs to be a back-up and Lang is borderline, although he had a much better year last year.
Packers have to get more physical on both lines. More hard nose depth on D-line and hard nose players with range in back 7. 3 spots should be up for grabs on O-line. TT can't count on anybody hurt this year coming back a full strength. Sherrod and Perry can play their way into starting spots but not without competition. Kaepernick's rushing yards have a lot to do with Matthews leaving the G-T hole open enough for a semi to drive through. A starting RB with toughness would also help.
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seems you are the one with the ideas..wow. stay away
JP you are quite correct..Bob...pass the kool aid.
A Super Bowl run is bad play calling? This team just wasn't as physical as the 49ers. PERIOD!
who was the mind behind the OFF in 2010 chesty? It wasnt MM.
big ray...are you jealous? you want jpkook? you got him. I dont swing that way...he's all yours!
I bet you are a Liberal...when you can't argue facts...call names.
Havnt you been the one on here ins ulting everyone Bigray? A republican talking about facts, Lol good one.
MM is dillusional. We didn't defend the read option at all. Walden kept crashing down the line and watching Kaepernick run around him. You can't win a playoff game when your stars play poorly. Rodgers and Mathews were both BAD. CMIII is the only LB who should be back next year. The others can't run, hold the edge, or tackle. Need to draft a middle linebacker, a d-lineman, a safety, a WR and O-line depth. Goodbye to Jennings, Driver, Woodson, and Hawk. Only one team ends up winning their last game and it's not us this year. Still a real solid season.Hide replies
Great posting and completely accurate. The only thing I would add is that McCarthy needs to be forced to delegate play calling to a real offensive coordinator.....one who actually values first downs, ball control and time of posession......and one who is not constantly heaving the ball 35 yards downfield when only four are needed for a first down. This guy's play calling is abhorrent.....there is no chance to establish rhythm or momentum when all you do is run 4 receivers down the field and have them turn around and stand there.....this scheme totally sucks and needs a major overhaul. KC showed the league how to defeat the Packer offense last year......two deep safeties......and teams know that McCarthy is not patient enough to run the ball, run screens, call underneath and/or crossing patterns and get the ball out of Rodgers' hands quickly....he just can't help it.....every third play just has to be a 35 yard plus rocket downfield......this has GOT TO STOP.
How much do think it's MM and how much is Rodgers making calls at the line? I've heard national pundits say Rodgers changes too many run plays to pass plays at the line.
This is a question I am throwing out there. Not being the expert that many of you are...but can't they sometimes "shadow" a particular player..like say, Oh perhaps Kaepernick with someone like oh maybe Clay Matthews or Woodson? Where that player has no other responsibility but to follow him WHEREVER the flip he goes? It was obvious Matthews was not getting anything done on the side he was rushing as he was getting pancaked every time it seemed so may as well have him do something of value to the team. Just asking.Hide replies
They had Matthews play more at the line of scrimmage against Vick a couple years ago. Kaepernick took off every time Matthews went wide, almost if it was designed for Staley to "play hurt"
Good question, and it was addressed well in the live game blog. Maintaining individual assignments on the D-line would have helped more than spying. Do you really want to limit Matthews or Woodson to simply being a spy? That would have opened up the 49ers passing game more.
Woodson really didnt do anything in the pass game so why not make him useful and use his speed and tackling to spy the QB...
i agree stapes...totally.
I think the Packers need to consider whether James Campen and Dom Capers should be back with the team next year.Hide replies
Agreed agreed agreed.
What did Campen have to do with this game? Rodgers had good protection for most of the game.
I agree with you, bobsmith, on Campen. This wasn't on him. They need some new talent on both lines. Dom's time, on the other hand, seems to have come and gone. I appreciate what he did in 2010 but his arrow is pointing downward now.
Do you know anything about James Campen?Are you a Scout?Do you know anything about oline play?Campen has worked with what TT has given him.Losing bulaga hurt.Thats not campens fault.Sherrod hurt is not Campens Fault.TT needs to draft more lineman.Have to protect AR.
Colledge getting worse as his career went on here was Campen's fault. Players not getting better year to year(Lang) has to be the coaches fault
The fact is the guy has had half a decade to fix this, its only getting worse, he has had high draft picks to work with and has done nothing. Period.
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I wonder if it is possible to reasonably view the apparatus as a sort of quantum state detector? In asking this, I am not thinking about a detector as a device that detects a particle, but as a device that has detected the existance of a possible state of particles.
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A few years ago I heard of a different way of referring to people who are without Christ. We have always said people are lost or they are a non-Christian or an unbeliever. But the expression I like is "missing." If you think about it, it will make sense. In Luke 15, we have the three parables about the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son.
The focus of the parables is on how the shepherd, the woman, and the father yearn for the return of what they have lost. They were missing what was valuable to them. God considers every person valuable. Every person is so valuable that God allowed his son to go through torture and death on a cross for each of us. God exhibits concern for these who are "missing." He is missing those who have not yet been found by his love, grace, and salvation. The other side of that term points out that people who don't yet know God are missing out on life's wonderful blessing to be in a personal relationship to the creator. So when I refer to people who are missing I am referring to people who have not yet considered and accepted the Good New of Christ.
I like that. Let's try it out. Whom do you know that is missing? Who is missing out on the glorious storehouse of God's love and grace? We probably all know people who are missing; even though the longer we are Christians usually there is fewer of the missing we are around. We still have contact with missing people; we just have to work a little harder to be aware of them. Think about your family, those with which you work or those you go to school with. Do you know which of your neighbors is missing? As you go about your normal daily routine do you see people who may be missing?
God is concerned for his missing children. As a matter of fact God is much, much more concerned and burdened for those who are missing than we can be. But I believe he will help us to see those he loves in new light if we ask him.
Scripture - Romans 6:23 - "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Action - Would you be willing to try something? Would you pray that God open your eyes to begin to see missing people around you? If God cares for missing people, and he has given us the responsibility to build relationships with missing people, then he will help us to see those around us that need the love of God. WARNING: If you pray for this, you may begin to see people in new ways and you may even lose some sleep in the night. As you come in contact with strangers you may feel a sense of God's leadership. You may be developing a heart and love for missing people. You may begin to have a burden for missing people. Ah, but welcome to the full understanding of a loving, caring Christian. This is called seeing people with the eyes of God.
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Could you please help me understand what is the difference between rocket engines designed to work in air (first stage) and vacuum (later stages)?
The basic design difference between atmospheric and vacuum rocket design is its nozzle. The rocket thrust equation is http://www.braeunig.us/space/sup1.htm,
$$ F = q \times V_e + (P_e - P_a) \times A_e $$
$$ \begin{eqnarray} F &= &\mbox{Thrust} \\ q &= &\mbox{Propellant mass flow rate} \\ V_e &= &\mbox{Velocity of exhaust gases} \\ P_e &= &\mbox{Pressure at nozzle exit} \\ P_a &= &\mbox{Ambient pressure} \\ A_e &= &\mbox{Area of nozzle exit} \\ \end{eqnarray} $$
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While it does have a small affect on the way a rocket works, the pressure of the atmosphere is trivial in comparison to the inertia of the rocket fuel. The atmosphere is easily pushed out of the way in the vicinity of the rocket due to the force on the rocket fuel.
The primary force exerted on a rocket is that of the pressure that forces the fuel to move in the only direction it can, the other way.
Because the rocket has so much inertia due to its single solid mass, it's relative velocity is a fraction of the fuel's velocity, but in the end, the pressure of the ignition puts the same force on both systems.
That's why both the vacuum and the atmosphere have negligable effect on the way a rocket works.
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Some people (like me) have their best ideas exercising, as they try to sleep, and others at completely different occasions. There seem to be some more popular than others. In any case what does scientific research say into how people differ from each other (which factors contribute) in being more likely to have ideas at given environments and occasions, and what contributes to their being so?
Best Ideas come from intense focus on the subject matter followed by time exposed to unrelated subject matters. This is when you get cross-over from other domains of thought.
Not directly answering your question, but I'm currently reading the book Pragmatic Thinking and Learning and there is a whole chapter explaining that we have two "processing modes" in your brain: Linear-mode and Rich-mode cognitive processing, the Rich-mode is the one that we use when we have those "best ideas", but the Rich-mode is also somehow hidden behind the Linear-mode (we can only use one mode at a time). So the idea is to allow time to Rich-mode and this can be done for example by painting, sleeping exercising... In fact everyone should find out how to better activate Rich-mode... (I know it's much better explained in the book :)
There was some research a while back at the Australian National University that the best place for doing creative thinking was lying down.
I can vouch for this myself; often when I am struggling with a problem, if I lie down I start to work out all sorts of things in my head; as soon as I sit back up I start to lose my train of thought.
So the challenge for me (which I haven't yet found a really good solution for) is how to capture my thoughts while in a prone position.
I have read somewhere a while back that there has been research to what kind of environment helps more when brainstorming.
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Is it ethical to hack real systems owned by someone else? Not for profit, but to test your security knowledge and learn something new. I talk only about hacks, which does not make any damage to system, just proves there are some security holes.
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It has been shown time and time again it's not ethical. And if you discover a flaw, then they'll likely nail you to the wall if they don't mind the publicity. When you do any sort of security testing, make sure you have permission in writing from someone with the authority to give it. Why?
See Randal L. Schwartz. He fought the conviction for 12 years and finally had his record expunged. He was doing something most sysadmins at the time wouldn't have thought twice about. But convicted he was.
The key flaw I see in your question is that you seem to believe it is possible to correctly assess from the outside what the damage hacking will do to a given system.
How do you know that flipping a given bit the wrong way isn't going to completely destroy something and cost your target thousands or millions of dollars.
Since ethics are very subjective I will answer you this way. It would be far more ethical to leave stuff alone that doesn't belong to you or you don't have explicit permission to touch.
If you just want to improve you security knowledge, there is a linux distribution called Damn Vulnerable Linux. It is used as a teaching aid in university security classes and includes many security vulnerabilities on purpose.
Just install that on a spare computer, much more ethical and you can learn just as much.
In a word, No.
If you find something out in a routine way then it would be good to alert them and not exploit it. But deliberately going out to test someone else's security is not really ethical.
They ought to be paying security firms to do this for them and if they have contracted you to do this, then it is clearly not unethical. But if you have not been contracted to do this, and you unintentionally expose some problem, or cause a problem unwittingly through your hacking actions, I suspect most corporations would want you prosecuted.
For your own safety, I would not go there. If you are really interested in this, try applying for jobs with the security firms contracted to do this.
No, that is not ethical.
If they take you to court for illegally breaking and entering, the judge will not let you off because you were "testing your security knowledge and learning something new".
If you stumble upon a security vulnerability during normal use of their system, I would argue it is absolutely ethical to alert them of the problem, but to explicitly go searching for vulnerabilities when you are not contracted to do so is not only unethical, in many localities it is also illegal.
Permit me to paraphrase your question:
"Is it ethical to break into someone's house, just to prove that it can be done, even if you don't steal anything?"
@Marc Gravell's point about retaining a lawyer is well made...
We had a security specialist check some legacy AIX applications and server configurations, he did a very friendly and narrow scan of an IBM blade chassis with PPC blades and when it tried to connect to the management card - that instantly rebooted!
No one would ever have thought that, and it was clearly a bug in the card. But the possible damages of even a friendly ping are simply astounding. You can't say you "do no damage" - that's simply not a statement you can guarantee.
(in this case, rebooting the management card had little impact except the fans losing management, going into full speed, which if you've ever had an IBM Bladecenter know means the visitors in the reception area two floors down from the server room can't hear each other for a few minutes ;)
Only if you tell them first and they give you permission to give it your best shot.
...and how likely is that :)
Calling upon my advanced knowledge of what the question "is it ethical to do X?" means (1), the answer is "no".
(1) It means "should we do X?"
The other two answers to this question (when I read it) are excellent, so I would just like to add a small suggestion. Don't take for granted that you can't gain the same amount of knowledge through completely legal means. Studying encryption, trying to find security holes in the source code of free open source software, setting up your own dummy systems that you can experiment on safely, reading articles on internet security, etc, can be just as educational.
The answer is: it depends.
It is, generally speaking, not legal to hack into systems that you do not own.
However, there are some very limited and very hypothetical situations where it may in fact be ethical to do so.
These scenarios are extremely rare in real life (but happen in hollywood all the time), and are just as likely to get your ass thrown in jail as anything else. But the difference between legal and ethical is important.
There are organisations/companies that charge for their 'white hat' services, they're usually paid by large companies to periodically test their system's security. Perhaps you could find one of these groups near you and offer your services (initally for free I would suggest), it'll be good training for you, possibly make you a bit of money eventually and importantly is inherently morally sound.


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1969 Ford SportsRoof Mustang - The Real ThingWritten by on July 1, 2011 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen Bodie Stroud Industries crafts a custom Mustang worthy of the rarest Boss engine ever built
In the ordinary world, engines are built for a project car, where the platform and parts are chosen to best complement the project and the ultimate goals. Nonetheless, in the world of dream cars where Bodie Stroud and his crew at BS Industries operate, sometimes the order gets flipped. Such was the case with this '69 Ford Mustang dubbed "The Real Thing" built by BS Industries. The discovery of an extraordinarily rare and storied big-block Ford engine instigated and shaped the whole project.
What was so special about an old 385-series Ford? What had arrived in Bodie's shop was a genuine Ford 494ci Can-Am aluminum block—one of 10 (or 12, depending on the source) aluminum blocks ever produced. But it even goes beyond that; this particular engine was part of the Holman Moody program that powered an M6B McLaren Can-Am racer known as the "429er." And the man behind the wheel was none other than Mario Andretti. Now that's provenance. But there was no Can-Am car accompanying it when the bare block originally arrived at BS Industries. The question of the day was: What do you do with an extraordinarily rare and valuable old race engine missing all of its original parts? Garage art? Coffee table base? No way! This baby had to run again.
So its new home had to be a radical road race car, right? No, but you could say a famous drag car provided the inspiration. Production Boss 429s existed simply for NASCAR Grand National Division racing homologation and wound up shoehorned into Mustangs to give Ford's ponycar a rival to the ZL1 Camaros. And despite NASCAR's shortsighted decision to outlaw them, lots of Boss engines went on to have successful racing careers on the quarter-mile. While sitting around having coffee and brainstorming about the new project with the Can-Am's owner and his son, Bodie threw out the idea that the ultimate Boss engine really should be in the ultimate Boss Mustang—but the question was, what exactly did ultimate mean?
Other than a lack of A/C due to engine compartment real estate constraints, off-the- showroom-floor Boss 429s were well-appointed cars for the street. That genre fit more in line with what Tom Fry (the Can-Am's caretaker) wanted, except that rather than a well-appointed '69 interior, he decided that he wanted something that felt like a cross with a '11 5.0 Mustang—still appropriately retro styled for a '69, but designed with driving pleasure and modern amenities in mind. After that, any pretenses of building a stock-appearing or original Boss were brushed off the table and the customization ideas for how to build the ultimate reimagined and modernized '69 Boss Mustang flowed forth.
While they were bench racing their thoughts, Tom's son, Tim, happened to mention his love for the shape of nostalgia Funny Cars, and, in particular, Harry Schmidt's original Blue Max '69 Mustang that kicked off the famed Blue Max lineage. Of course, Funny Cars run wildly altered fiberglass shells only very loosely based on production bodies, but after pulling up a picture of Blue Max, Bodie was inspired and contended that a few of the more tasteful Funny Car body mods could be subtly integrated into steel to create a better looking SportsRoof Mustang. After more discussion and a quick sketch by Bodie to explain, the deal was sealed.
The problem was, Bodie had dealt himself a difficult hand. The main touch he wanted to borrow from Blue Max was to lower and reshape the roofline of the Mustang, but to make it flow correctly with the Mustang's body lines and retain the iconic silhouette, it needed to be so subtle that casual observers would be left trying to figure out exactly what was different. Chopping any muscle car is hard enough, especially fastback-style roofs, but this was uncharted territory. Personally, we've never seen a chopped Mustang that didn't immediately look a little off, so the potential for fugly was high. That's why while a fresh '69 Mustang body from Dynacorn waited patiently in the corner of the shop, Bodie began experimenting on a rough, vintage '69 body to see if what he had in mind would better the Mustang's looks—or slide into the realm of things better left undone.
We'd love to try and describe the process, but honestly we can't. Similar to traditional custom car chops, the whole roofline has actually been reshaped, extended, and repositioned. We did get to see the test car a few times during Bodie's design process, and the most we can divulge is that everything north of the beltline was removed at some point and sliced into a jigsaw puzzle of steel in order to bring the roofline down significantly and lay the windshield back a few degrees, all while keeping the shape distinctly '69 Mustang. Not only did that work achieve a sexier profile, it had the effect of making the nose appear stretched—another understated nod to Blue Max.
There are many more subtle touches as well; the quarter-panels and endcaps appear stock, but are actually significantly wider. But enough about the bodywork; remember that awesome engine that was the genesis of the whole project? Word got around the hot rodding community that the Can-Am Boss that QMP Racing Engines was preparing for the Mustang was one of Andretti's old bullets. That spawned many admirers, and even a few detractors who couldn't bring themselves to embrace the engine's heritage without some sort of cold hard proof. They'd soon get it.
At the 2010 SEMA show, a satin black cover was draped over a low, though clearly muscular shape in the middle of an exhaust company's booth in the Central Hall. Observers and media milled about, inquiring about the car and when it would be unveiled. Lips were sealed until the morning of November 2 when a huge mass of people filled the booth and surrounding aisles, pressing inward toward the car with cameras ready. When the cover was pulled away to reveal the Mustang, now known as The Real Thing, everyone was agape. While most were immediately taken in by the impact of the stance, wheels, and alluring roofline, one man went directly to the engine compartment. Andretti knew exactly what the real part of this Mustang was. He smiled as he looked over the trumpeted EFI induction, simplistically beautiful engine mounting plate, front drive assembly, and Kaase cylinder heads. The Can-Am had never looked so good in his McLaren. With the blessing of the owner, Andretti signed the valve cover, adding his corroboration to the Mustang's moniker and the engine's heritage.
Overall, everyone present at SEMA was blown away by the Mustang's dramatic charisma. Of course, there were a few murmurs about the heresy of placing such a historic engine into a high-end touring muscle car. They're missing the point though, it's an epic engine born again into an epic muscle car. Rather than sit in a shop in a race car that'll never be driven, this 777hp Mustang will prowl the streets and be enjoyed. Nothing wrong with that at all, no matter where the engine came from. If there's one other opinion other than Tom's that carries some weight on The Real Thing, it's Andretti's. So what did he think of the new and radically dissimilar home his old engine had been placed into? In two words: loved it. Andretti may be one of history's most talented racers, but he loves a finely crafted hot rod as well. He really only had one question, "When can I drive it?"
By the Numbers
1969 SportsRoof Mustang
BS Industries • Sun Valley, CA
Type: 494ci Boss Can-Am
Block: Ford Aluminum Can-Am, Darton iron sleeves
Oiling: Aviaid dry sump oil system
Rotating assembly: Crower billet crankshaft, Ross Racing dished pistons
Cylinder heads: Kaase Boss CNC ported by QMP Racing
Camshaft: custom cam by LSM Systems Engineering
Valvetrain: Kaase/W.W. Engineering rocker system, Manley titanium valves, COMP Cams titanium retainers and valve locks
Induction: Holman and Moody fuel injection converted to electronic by Kinsler Fuel Injection
Exhaust: Magnaflow 3-inch stainless builder's kit and mufflers
Fuel system: custom stainless steel tank, Aeromotive fuel pump
Ignition: MSD Pro-Billet distributor, Moroso plug wires
Cooling: custom C&R aluminum radiator
Output: 777.5 hp at 7,000 rpm; 579 lb-ft of torque
Built by: QMP Racing Engines
Transmission: Tremec T56 Magnum, McLeod clutch and flywheel
Rearend: shortened Ford 9-inch
Suspension & Chassis: BS Industries Mustang full frame with tubular control arms up front and four-link rear with Panhard bar, RideTech Titanium series ShockWave with nitrogen-filled canisters, electric steering by Flaming River
Brakes: 14-inch Brembo six-piston brakes front and four-piston rear
Wheels &
Wheels: 18x8 and 18x15 Rushforth Wheels
Tires: 26x8.00R18 and 30x18.50 Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R Radial
Wheels: 18x8 and 18x15 Rushforth Wheels
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The individual runner system is a vintage Holman and Moody piece that was converted to EFI by Kinsler Fuel Injection. The airflow is incredible and reportedly caused a few issues with air cleaner selection when the Boss was at full song and demanding massive volumes of atmosphere.A slicker SportsRoof has never been shaped. While it appears stock, the profile of The Real Thing's roofline is radically different than stock. Bodie went the extra mile on the flared quarters and widened the entire rear end to match. The endcaps, bumper, and valence are all appropriately stretched to match to avoid giving the quarter-panels a bulged look.The Real Thing, and the real star of the car, is the stroked 494 Can-Am engine. Thanks to careful cam design and tuning on the EFI, the Boss rolled lucky sevens on the dyno with 777 hp, but the monster is surprisingly streetable. Note the recessed firewall to set the engine further back in the chassis.Peaking out behind the beautiful 10-spoke Rushforth wheels are big six-piston Brembo calipers on 14-inch rotors. There's no such thing as having too big brakes when 777 hp is on tap.


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Is there a way I can add the italian language to Safari's built in spelling support?
Safari will use the language(s) that you have installed when you installed you operating system and it will try to automatically determine the language you're typing in (provided a dictionary exists). Since you've mentioned Safari, I assume you are having a lot of red underlines when typing in forms in Italian.
Make sure you have Italian in your system (do you use the operating system in italian?) Do your applications open in Italian?
If you right click on a textbox in Safari and open the Spelling and Grammar palette:
You will get this:
Notice the "Automatic by Language". I have italian there, and in fact, that list is ordered by the order of the languages in Language & Text preference pane.
Now if what you want to do is modify the built in Dictionary app to support other languages, I've done that in Leopard (added spanish) and I haven't tried to do it again in Snow Leopard, but here is a very nice tutorial on how to do it.
Use cocoaspell to install spelling support for any language that is not preinstalled in your Mac.


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Ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, and a broth-based sauce make this linguine an appetizing meal or buffet item.
Serves: 4 servings
- 8 ounces linguine pasta
- 4 ounces ham, at least 97% lean, thinly sliced and cut into thin strips
- 1 teaspoon crushed fresh garlic
- 2 cups thinly sliced fresh mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons dry white wine or chicken broth
- 2 cups coarsely chopped fresh plum tomatoes (about 4 medium)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 cup sliced scallions
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- While the pasta is cooking, coat a large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray, and preheat over medium-high heat. Add the ham and garlic, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, or until the ham begins to brown.
- Add the mushrooms and wine or broth to the skillet, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, or until the mushrooms begin to release their juices. Add a little more broth or wine if the skillet becomes too dry.
- Add the tomatoes and oregano to the skillet, and reduce the heat to medium. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes, or just until the tomatoes are heated through and are beginning to soften.
- Add the pasta and scallions to the skillet, and toss to mix well. Serve hot, topping each serving with a tablespoon of Parmesan.
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Many new stepparents express a desire to bond immediately with the stepchildren. Unfortunately, it's probably a wish that is bound to be unfulfilled. As stated throughout this book, it takes time for real trust and love to develop and grow. Stepparents who have no children of their own seem to be the most inclined to jump right in. Those who do get bruised and their feelings hurt.
"Although I would love to have my four-year-old stepson call me 'Daddy,' 1 wouldn't ask him to. I know he'd feel disloyal to his own dad doing that," said a stepfather of less than a year. "I try to stay open to his needs, not mine. I have different skills than his natural father, and share those with my stepson."
The English novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray, said "A good laugh is sunshine in a house." And so it is. Laughter reduces stress as it relaxes facial muscles and turns off the "fight or flight" response. It teaches children to laugh at themselves and take things in perspective, so they can learn from mistakes, rather than agonizing over them or becoming frozen for fear of repeating errors.
In her book, The Male Stress Syndrome, author Georgia Witkin, Ph.D., includes in her checklist of behaviors that may identify potential marital stresses, "I seem to have no sense of humor when I am at home."
That's not to say that there aren't problems in merging two families. There are. But laughter and the use of kind and gentle humor can help smooth over some of the rough spots. Make sure laughter finds a place in your blended family home.
You may not realize that you have closed your heart to love. But the need for self-protection runs deep. You may be afraid to share your children with their stepparent because some hidden part of you fears the stability of your new marriage. "After all, if my first marriage failed ..." you whisper in the secret part of your soul. So you protect yourself from vulnerability, not realizing that in giving and receiving love we must risk being vulnerable, must open our heart.
Those who are stepparents may deeply love their mate, but keep their heart closed to the stepchildren for the same reason: fear of failure. But the best way to bond with these children is to open your heart to them, and yes, to risk being rejected, to risk being hurt, and to risk losing them if your marriage fails. But oh ... the benefits are grand.
How Can You Keep From Tripping?
You can keep from tripping by employing the same techniques you use when you find yourself in a strange hotel room and know you may need to get up in the middle of the night.
- Take notice of your surroundings
- Become aware of potential dangers
- Remove obstacles so you won't trip over them
- Use a night-light (otherwise known as love), to help you find your way.
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