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6 Presidential Secrets Your History Teacher Didn't Mention
#3. Thomas Jefferson Couldn't Speak in Public
We know him as the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers (if not the most). Besides being totally awesome at writing stuff, Jefferson also designed houses with swivel chairs and automatic doors and even invented the portable printing press. In addition, he also founded the University of Virginia, just because he could.
See: the same reason he built Monticello.
JFK even famously said the combined abilities of 49 Nobel Prize winners couldn't compare to the brainpower of a lone Thomas Jefferson. Such was the badassery of Jefferson that Kennedy even said that to their faces.
But you didn't know ...
Thomas Jefferson was a terrible public speaker. Not only was he neither charismatic nor eloquent, but the man was a walking cloud of stage fright. Some historians think he had a stuttering problem.
He was also a bit of a drama queen.
He had to add accent marks to his draft of the Declaration of Independence so that he could read it out loud without shitting himself. Throughout his presidency, he gave only two speeches -- one speech per term, and both were at his inaugurations.
We'd hesitate to go out in public with a hair pyramid like that, too.
As a result, Jefferson also pioneered the strategy of sending the State of the Union address to Congress in writing rather than delivering it in person, a tradition that would survive until Woodrow Wilson.
Jefferson made up for his lack of stage presence in the same way that bad metal bands do -- by wearing ridiculous clothes. His pants were a hideous shade of red, and he often looked like he had dressed in the dark. He'd intentionally wear ridiculously out-of-fashion clothes, with different styles randomly thrown together in a way that was impossible not to notice.
T.J., seen here peacocking like a pro.
That's right, Thomas Jefferson was a hipster.
#2. John Quincy Adams Was a Little Insane
John Quincy Adams was the son of the second U.S. president, John Adams, so they were kind of like the Bush family of their time.
Cheney acted as an adviser to both administrations.
He was widely lauded as the best diplomat ever. Before he became President, he was instrumental in the acquisition of Florida under president James Monroe. He also had a big part in writing the Monroe Doctrine, which was a ballsy declaration that basically told Europe to fuck off.
As president, he was a vocal opponent of slavery and supported education advancement, which could make one think that his failure to get re-elected was due to his simply being too smart -- and too ahead of his time -- for the voting public.
It didn't help that he had Gary Busey Eyes.
But you didn't know ...
John Quincy Adams thought the Earth was hollow. He greenlighted an expedition to prove it, at taxpayer expense.
If the venture had been successful, America's Mushroom Reserve would have been secured for generations.
It all started with John Cleves Symmes Jr., a U.S. Army officer who added a "Junior" to his name to distinguish himself from his similarly named uncle and possibly spare him some significant embarrassment.
Symmes spent his entire life advocating his hollow-Earth theory on the literary circuit and gained quite a few followers. True, those were simpler times, but they sure as hell weren't that simple -- the hollow-Earth theory was already known to be utter bullshit. What Symmes proposed was the 1800s equivalent to sending people to the moon to find cheese. He wanted to mount an expedition to silence his critics and also to conduct trade with the mole people.
Unfortunately for Adams, the Mole People and the Crab People went to war shortly thereafter. The resultant conflict came to be known as "America's Secret Underground Vietnam."
Adams approved the expedition, which would venture to the North Pole, where the entrance to the underworld was supposedly located. Unfortunately, the crazy road trip never came to be, as Adams left office before anything could be done. As luck would have it, his successor, Andrew Jackson, was a man who believed the world was flat. Naturally, Jackson promptly canceled the expedition and along with it, dashing of contacting mole people.
#1. George Washington Kind of Sucked at War
It's impossible to know what America would look like if there had never been a George Washington, but it almost certainly would suck.
There'd be less weed and more British people.
He was the only unanimously elected U.S. president, and rightfully so. He set the tone for the presidency (including inventing the Cabinet system and starting the tradition of the inaugural address). Before he was president, he was also a soldier who was so awesome in the Revolutionary War that King George called him the "greatest character of his age." We wouldn't presume to argue with that.
The man had more style than our last 10 presidents combined.
But you didn't know ...
George Washington was simply not a good military commander. Sure, he was great at the political aspects of the job and made a great symbol for people to rally around, but when it came to strategy, he simply lost virtually every major battle that he fought. It was true even going back to his pre-Revolution days with the British army. Once, when sent to capture a French fort, his men accidentally opened fire on another British unit instead. Then, during the Revolution, his major early accomplishments involved being really good at retreating (such as successfully getting his men away after being soundly beaten in the largest engagement of the war, the Battle of Long Island).
Where he started the beloved American tradition of tearing down statues to distract people from military difficulties.
He did lead the famous surprise Christmas attack across the Delaware River in 1776, but just nine months later, he was almost fired as general because he lost the city of Philadelphia when the British Gen. Howe outmaneuvered him. It took a whole lot of help from the French to eventually win the war. Then again, history records not a single instance of him showing his dick to anybody, so there's that.
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Peripherals Laptops come with a monitor, keyboard and trackpad built in. Desktop PCs don't always come with these, so adding them on could incur extra costs. Software Most tablets run iOS or Android, which may not include your preferred programs. Laptops can run full Windows, OS X or Linux, giving you access to all the mainstream programs you need. Sounds perfect, right? Well there is one notable drawback. Upgrading most laptop components is difficult – and for the average person may be impossible – as the interior is specially designed to cram everything in, while staying as compact as possible. See which brands and models we recommend in our entry-level laptop reviews, small laptop reviews and hybrid laptop reviews. What types of laptops are available? Laptops tend to be classified into several groups. The terms 'laptop' and 'notebook' tend to be used interchangeably as a general description, but you can break these down into smaller categories: Notebook (aka laptop): A full-sized laptop will include most of the same kind of components as a desktop PC, but strikes a balance between portability and functionality. Ultraportable: Thin, light laptops that cut out some of the bells and whistles (e.g. CD/DVD drive) and the number of connection ports to maintain a slimmer profile. The smallest models weigh about a kilogram. An Ultrabook (note the capital U) is a specific type of ultraportable, which meets specifications set down by Intel. Among their strong points is strong security and anti-theft protection built in at the hardware level. Although the MacBook Air is regarded as the inspiration for the Ultrabook class, it's not actually an Ultrabook. Netbook: Small, inexpensive laptops that run off the low-powered Intel Atom processor. These have been largely phased out, to be replaced by tablets and Ultrabooks. Chromebook: A notebook or ultraportable laptop that runs Google's unique operating system called Chrome. Chrome OS looks like the Chrome web browser and can only run apps downloaded from the Chrome Store. MacBook: Apple's laptop computers come in three families – the ultrathin MacBook Air models and revamped MacBook, and the high-performance MacBook Pro. Hybrid: Combine the features of a laptop and a tablet and you have a hybrid (also called a convertible or 2-in-1). They can quickly switch between touchscreen tablet mode and traditional keyboard mode, transforming in a variety of ways, including sliding, twisting and fold-back mechanisms. So which one should you buy? Within each brand's laptop family are usually several similar models that vary in power, capacity and a range of other features. Picking one that suits your needs can be a bit of a pain though. Do you go for a budget unit with limited capabilities, a high-powered top-end laptop that can play the latest games without breaking a sweat, or something in between? That's a question only you can answer, but first it's a good idea to narrow down how you intend to use your laptop. If you want to take it with you on-the-go a lot, you'll want something thin, light and easy to carry – an ultraportable. If you want something to give you all the power of a desktop computer while being transportable with relative ease, go for a multimedia powerhouse. Most other laptops fall somewhere in between. Here's a broad guide to entry-level, mid-range and high-end models: Entry level: These low-cost laptops are relatively low-powered, but quite capable of most general computing tasks like web browsing, email and general word processing. They can handle most basic multimedia tasks – like video streaming – and are best suited to casual users and students. 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I am a newbie to Ubuntu. When I execute a command in a terminal I get an error. The command is:
$ ./h_affine.ln -haraff -i img1.ppm -o img1.haraff -thres 1000
The error is:
modglue::ext_process::fork: execvp failed.
The above command is for converting an image to an array of values. Please help to sort this out. I have no idea what this error means.


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What is the right definition of an exact sequence of monoid homomorphisms?
I can't seem to find a consistent in my searches; indeed Balmer (Remark 2.6, http://www.math.ucla.edu/~balmer/research/Pubfile/Prod.pdf) calls it a "slippery notion".
Among other things, I'll know that it's a good definition if I can take an exact sequence of groups and forget inverses and obtain an exact sequence of monoids.
One possible answer is just to take the definition for groups: a sequence $$A \xrightarrow{f} B \xrightarrow{g} C $$ of monoid homomorphisms is exact if $\mathrm{ker}\ g = \mathrm{img}\ f$, i.e., $$ \{ y \in B : g(y) = 1 \} = \{ f(x) : x \in A \}. $$ But, according to Bergman (3.10.6--7, http://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/245/Ch.3.pdf), this definition of kernel does not determine the image. Instead, we look at the \emph{kernel congruence} $$ K_g = \{(y,z) \in B \times B : g(y)=g(z)\}. $$ The set $K_f$ defines a \emph{congruence} on $A$, an equivalence relation compatible with the operation on $A$, i.e., if $(y,z),(y',z') \in K_g$ then $(yy',zz') \in K_g$.
So then how should we define the image $I_f$ so that our sequence is exact if and only if $I_f=K_g$. One proposal is given by Arturo Magidin (http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/18387/is-there-an-analogue-of-short-exact-sequences-for-semigroups): he defines $$ I_f = (f(A) \times f(A)) \cup \Delta(B) $$ where $\Delta(B)=\{(b,b) : b \in B\}$.
This notion, though probably useful in some ways, has a grave defect. Let $$ A \xrightarrow{f} B \xrightarrow{g} C, $$ be an exact sequence of groups, so $$ \mathrm{ker} g = \{y \in B : g(y) = 1\} = \mathrm{img} f = \{f(x) : x \in A\}. $$ I would like to verify that the sequence is exact as a sequence of monoids, so $I_f=K_g$. We have $(y,z) \in K_g$ if and only if $g(yz^{-1}) = 1$ since g is a group homomorphism, if and only if $yz^{-1} \in K = \mathrm{ker} g$ if and only if $y = kz$ for some $k \in K$. Thus $$ K_g = \{(kz,z) \in B \times B : k \in K, z \in B \}. $$
On the other hand, suppose g is not injective and that f is not surjective (not an atypical situation). Then there exists $z \in B$ such that $z \not\in f(A)$ and there exists $k \in K$ such that $k \neq 1$. Then $(kz,z) \in K_g$ by definition, but $(kz,z) \not\in I_f$: it does not belong to $f(A) \times f(A)$ since $z \not \in f(A)$ and does not belong to $\Delta(B)$ since $kz \neq z$. So $K_g \not\subseteq I_f$.
I can see why one must add the diagonal to $f(A) \times f(A)$, since one wants a reflexive relation on B. It follows that $I_f$ is an equivalence relation. I would think that one should go farther and take the image to be the congruence closure of $I_f$, i.e., the submonoid $\overline{I}_f$ of $B \times B$ generated by $f(A) \times f(A)$ and $\Delta(B)$. Then it is clear that $(kz,z) = (k,1)(z,z)$ in $\overline{I}_f$, and so $K_g \subseteq \overline{I}_f$. Conversely, it is clear that $\overline{I}_f$ is a subset of $K_g$, so then I'm happy again.
But this definition has a different problem: an exact sequence $$ A \xrightarrow{f} B \to 1$$ of monoids is exact if $f$ is surjective but not conversely: the inclusion map $$ \mathbb{N} \xrightarrow{f} \mathbb{Z} $$ of the natural numbers in the integers has $\overline{I}_f = \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}$ but is not surjective. Arturo Magidin pointed out to me in an e-mail that this map $f$ is an epimorphism in the category of monoids; maybe I'll have to accept that.
Can anyone shed some light on this matter? I'd already be pretty happy with a reference.


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Is there a way to get an overview of all skills among all my dwarfs, either in vanilla DF or with a tool?
Dwarf Therapist is an external tool that lets you manage job assignments, gives you statistics, and lets you sort your list of dwarves by various criteria, including by skill.
This is a screenshot of a fortress population sorted by Farming skill, with the degree of skill indicated by the size of the box (or a diamond for legendary skill):
It accomplishes this by reading the data from the memory allocated to Dwarf Fortress, so it has to be matched to your version of DF. Thankfully, it's possible to update its memory mapping for new versions of DF without waiting for a whole new version of Dwarf Therapist to be made available.
It's available for Windows primarily, with an experimental Mac OS X version also available.


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Asset managers are looking to securities services providers to act more strategically then ever before. By using one bank for all activities following the investment decision, asset managers are recognising their ability to cut potentially weak links from their post-trade chain, and rationalise the number of providers they use. This coordinated servicing effort across a firm, usually a bank, enables the large and fully-integrated players to really understand an asset manager's needs, requirements, product and geographical expansion plans. This support across many distribution channels helps fund managers reduce cost,
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Salon and Spa Industry Tracking Survey Results
After increasing in the fourth quarter of 2013, the Professional Beauty Association's (PBA) Salon/Spa Performance Index (SSPI) declined slightly 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2014, declining to its lowest level in a year. Softer sales and customer traffic contributed to the decrease. Furthermore, the Current Situation Index fell by 1.4 percent to 100.3, while the Expectations Index decreased by 0.3 percent to 104.6.
The SSPI is a quarterly composite index that tracks the health and outlook of the U.S. salon/spa industry. The SSPI is based on responses to PBA's "Salon/Spa Industry Tracking Survey," which is fielded quarterly among salon/spa owners nationwide on a variety of indicators. It is constructed to measure the health of the salon/spa industry in relation to a steady-state level of 100. Index values above 100 indicate that key industry indicators are in a period of expansion, while index values below 100 represent a period of contraction. The Index consists of two components: the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index.
"The professional salon/spa industry remains resilient despite this first quarter decline. Overall indicators and feedback from beauty professionals across the country continue to be positive, and we hope to see additional growth in the near future," said Executive Director of PBA, Steve Sleeper.
The Current Situation Index, which measures current trends in five industry indicators (service sales, retail sales, customer traffic, employees/hours and capital expenditures), stood at 100.3 percent, down 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter. Despite the decline, the Current Situation Index has remained above 100 for the sixth consecutive quarter, which marks expansion in the industry indicators.
Service sales, customer traffic levels, and capital spending in the first quarter of 2014 were slightly weaker than last quarter. Only 50 percent of salon/spa owners reported an increase in same-store service sales between the first quarters of 2013 and 2014. Similarly, only 31 percent of spa and salon owners reported an increase in retail sales, below the 52 percent reported in the fourth quarter of 2013. In contrast, spa and salon owners reported a slight increase in staffing levels in the first quarter. While this area did not post concerning results, it countered the decreased indicators.
The Expectations Index, which measures salon/spa owners' six-month outlook on five industry indicators (service sales, retail sales, employees and hours, capital expenditures and business conditions) slightly decreased as well in the first quarter of 2014 to 104.6, down 0.3 percent. However, like the Current Situation Index, the Expectations Index continues to remain above 100, which indicates that salon/spa owners are optimistic about growth in the coming months.
Salon/spa owners were most positive on growth relating to service sales, retail sales and the general direction of the economy. Sixty-seven percent of spa and salon owners expect to have higher service sales within the next six months. Similarly, 56 percent of spa and salon owners plan to make a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion or remodeling in the next six months, up from 54 percent last quarter and the highest level in 13 quarters.
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SPADA Salon & Day Spa Raises $22,700 for Charity at 5th Annual SPADA-thon
SPADA Salon & Day Spa achieved record-breaking results at its fifth annual SPADA-thon raising $22,700 to split between two local charities, PACE Center for Girls of Lee County and the Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. More than 350 attendees enjoyed discounted haircuts and spa services, bid in the silent auction and shopped merchandise offered by fashion vendors.
The event also served as the kick-off to PACE's summer LOVE THAT DRESS! collection campaign, collecting nearly 400 dresses, handbags and accessories donated by SPADA-thon guests. The new and gently worn items will be offered for nominal prices at Love That Dress!, the ultimate shopping spree fundraiser for PACE Lee scheduled for August 27, 2014 in Estero.
SPADA Salon & Day Spa, owned by Andrew and Judy Williams, is Southwest Florida's largest day spa with private treatment rooms, a sauna, steam room, two lounges, Vichy room and two couples suites. The 10,000 square foot spa has served as a luxurious, relaxing destination for more than a decade. For more information, visit www.SpadaSpa.com.
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London's Sanctuary Spa Shuts Its Doors For Good
We were saddened to hear that one of our favorite London hangouts, the Sanctuary Spa, is closing its doors for good tomorrow, May 31st, as a result of the redevelopment of the area and the rising costs associated with being in a listed (historic) building.
The iconic women-only day spa, located on a cobblestone street in Covent Garden, was founded in 1977 by choreographer Gary Cockerill as a gift for his ballerina wife. Cockerill envisaged the facility as a place where dancers from the nearby Royal Opera House would come to restore their weary bodies. He also saw it as a spiritual sanctuary: a women-only spa where spa-goers could unwind among friends.
With its sprawling layout, encompassing the famous Koi Carp pool, a hammam, two swimming pools and relaxation lounges, the spa attracted harried Londoners, out-of-towners and tourists, in addition to celebrities. It even made an appearance in Joan Collins' racy movie, The Stud, in 1978!
As well as being a place to relax and indulge (champagne, anyone?), the spa also offered facials, therapeutic massages and other beauty rituals. A line of Sanctuary-branded products was launched in 1998, and is still going strong.
According to spa director Catherine Ferma, "The Sanctuary Spa in Covent Garden has been the UK's most-loved iconic day spa since it opened over 35 years ago. Renowned as a haven for rest and relaxation to the 60,000 women that have visited each year, we are proud of the spa's authentic heritage of love and the loyalty that the brand has received over the years. [The closing] was a difficult decision to make, but our strategy moving forward is to focus on product."
Sayonara, Sanctuary—we're sorry to see you go!
Jewel to Receive ISPA's Humanitarian Award
The International SPA Association (ISPA) recently announced that singer/songwriter Jewel will be the recipient of the 2014 ISPA Alex Szekely Humanitarian Award. This award will be presented at the 24th annual ISPA Conference & Expo to be held at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. from Oct. 13-15, 2014.
"ISPA is thrilled to recognize Jewel for her philanthropy work," said ISPA President Lynne McNees. "Jewel has such a passion for giving and music, we are excited to hear her inspirational stories and songs as our keynote speaker this year."
The award is named in honor of the late spa pioneer, Alex Szekely. It is designed to recognize an individual who acts as a respected contributor to overall well-being, encouraging the renewal of mind, body and spirit - all of which are characteristics embodied by ISPA members worldwide.
"I feel an affinity for Jewel and her upbringing in the Alaskan wilderness, where she was the granddaughter of homesteaders and her parents lived far from town with no running water and no heat. I experienced a similar childhood in Tahiti," said Deborah Szekely, mother of Alex Szekely. "I believe in resilience, for it gives you the strength to give back. Jewel is an enormous talent, and her songs and actions run deep with the compassion she has for others."
Jewel was chosen by the ISPA Board of Directors based on her extensive work for her charity Project Clean Water, which raises funds and awareness for global access to clean water. Project Clean Water was inspired by Jewel's personal experience with homelessness as a teenager.
Past Humanitarian Award recipients include Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS, journalist Lisa Ling and Dr. Maya Angelou.
More information about attending the 2014 ISPA Conference & Expo can be found at attendISPA.com.
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Martha Ann "Marty" Federman, 82, of Salem died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.
She was born April 5, 1930, in Decatur, daughter of George and Martha (Wheeler) Walker. She married Charles W. Federman on Feb. 22, 1950, in Champaign, and he preceded her in death on May 4 , 2012.
She is survived by two sons, William Federman and wife Diana of Southampton, Mass., and Bradley W. Federman and wife Sally of Yorba Linda, Calif.; a daughter, Gayle Shelton and husband Bill of Mt. Vernon; eight grandchildren; and a great grandson.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Mary B. Walker.
Mrs. Federman was a homemaker. She was a member of Salem Presbyterian Church, where she served as a Deacon. She belonged to the American Ostomy Society.
Burial was at East Lawn Cemetery in Salem.
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At the annual Myra Bradwell Dinner hosted by the Columbia Law Women's Association, veteran public interest attorney Susan Lindenauer '64 reflected on her career accomplishments as she discussed the progress women lawyers have made over the past 40 years. Lindenauer, a vice president of the New York State Bar Association and the retired general counsel of the Legal Aid Society in New York City, was the keynote speaker at the event, which honors Myra Bradwell, a lawyer who was denied admission to the Illinois bar in 1872.
When Lindenauer came to Columbia Law School, she was one of only 11 women in her graduating class, and the Law School faculty was a group comprised solely of men. Now, there are a growing number of female graduates each year, she said, and many women have served as Law School professors, including Professor Barbara Aronstein Black, who became the Law School's first female dean in 1986.
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One of Warren County's furriest non-profit organizations received a donation to help those in need of adoption.
The Warren County Corvette Club donated $3,600 to the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society.
The Humane Society is one of two charities the Corvette Club gave money to this year.
They also gave $3600 to the Salvation Army.
Humane Society Director Lorri Hare says support from these organizations and the community helps keep their doors open.
"that money will help us save a tremendous amount of lives, so we're extremely grateful," Lorri Hare, Director of the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society.
All the money will go straight to the Humane Society's Adoption Center to help several animals find a home.


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I'm using gypsum for the first time in an IPA I'm brewing in few days. I made a starter today and thought.... since it's a hopped started, why not add a pinch of gypsum. I used PDME and yeast nutrient along with 2g Columbus hops and a tiny pinch of gypsum. As I usually do with anything I brew, I drew a very small sample to smell it. When I tried the smallest taste I was blown away by the salty taste. Is that from the yeast nutrient? The gypsum? I've done some calculations for the total PPM of calcium and sulfate that i am after in my batch, but if a pinch of gypsum made my 2L starter that salty...... maybe I need to re-think..... Should gypsum additions be calculated using final water volumes (batch size) or total water volumes? I was going to use 33g Gypsum to obtain 191 mg/L Calcium and 460 mg/L Sulfate in 43.4 Liters (total brewing volume). Those figures include additions from the city water supply.
Your brew will definite taste salty with that quantity of minerals added. I would use a third of that amount. 150ppm calcium and 250ppm sulphates is really the upper limit of what you can comfortably use in the beer, and you will still taste a little salt up front, but often it goes with the style.
Here are some guidelines from the HBT wiki,
While there are water sources with higher quantities of these ions used to produce good beer, the brewer will tailor the recipe and use techniques to accommodate the water profile, such as causing some of the solids to precipitate out of solution.
In a homebrew setting, it's best to stick to the guidelines unless you know specifically from experience that adding more ions will improve the recipe. It's best to start gradually - much better to have brew where you think you could have used more minerals, rather than less. Adding too many minerals can result in an undrinkable beer, while adding too little will never ruin a beer, just take it a little off target.
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Total Cost Involved - Independent Front SuspensionWritten by on October 29, 2013 Contributors: Eric Geisert IFS Redefined
With the initial growth of our hobby came an entirely new industry offering products that made street rods easier to build, more comfortable to drive, and safer, too. When Ed Moss, founder of Total Cost Involved Engineering, introduced a reproduction Model A frame in 1974 it was not only revolutionary, it was the beginning of a long line of quality chassis parts.
Unquestionably one of the most popular suspension components to appear on the street rod scene was the Pinto/Mustang II front suspension kit. When they were first introduced, many in the hobby were skeptical. How could a suspension from a subcompact car be up to the rigors of street rod use? It didn't take long for that question to be answered. The Ford frontend had stout spindles with wheel bearings that were larger than the Nova clips that were being installed at the time. Even with the demise of the Pinto, Mustang II components were readily available, installation kits were affordable, and the rack-and-pinion steering simplified installations. Most importantly it was an independent front suspension system that worked extremely well.
Like most items that have come to the street rod market, a variety of improvements were made in Mustang II IFS kits over the years. Larger disc brakes became available, tubular upper A-arms and full lower A-frame kits that eliminated the strut rods (and the problems associated with their frame brackets cracking and breaking off when improperly welded) were introduced. Then, as original parts began to be scarce, the manufacturers stepped up and reproduced everything needed, including spindles and rack-and-pinion steering in both manual and power configurations. Today there's no need to search for original parts as these frontends come as complete assemblies and are made entirely from aftermarket components.
While there were a number of aftermarket improvements made to the original frontend's design, there was one undesirable element that often remained—the method of adjusting caster and camber. Slots in the upper mounting plates allowed the top A-frame shafts to be moved to facilitate alignment. Unfortunately, the T-bolts securing the shafts could slip, especially on nicely painted or powdercoated frames. One pothole can knock the frontend out of alignment—and if you drive your street rod you'll no doubt find potholes and other obstacles that seem to have been placed as a result of an alignment shop conspiracy.
Not long ago Sal Solorzano, general manager and vice president of TCI Engineering, decided it was time to introduce a new coil spring IFS that had all of the pluses of earlier designs, but none of the minuses. The first thing the engineering staff addressed was the method of alignment—the spring towers were redesigned by doing away with the commonly used adjustment slots and adding vertical plates to serve as attachment points for the upper A-frame shafts. When the frontend is aligned shims are sandwiched between the shafts and plates, eliminating the possibility of the adjustment slipping.
TCI Engineering has made changes in other areas as well. The suspension geometry has been revised to enhance handling and the lower control arm mounts have been redesigned and now have a 1-1/4 inch pin running through the crossmember for increased strength and durability. The upper and lower control use Energy Suspension urethane bushings and are said to be the strongest on the market. To further increase safety and longevity, only American-made screw-in upper and lower ball joints are used with pull out ratings of 28,000 and 32,000 pounds, respectively.
In order to tailor their IFS to individual customer needs, there are a number of options. Rodders can choose stock or dropped spindles, disc brakes with Ford or Chevy bolt patterns, coil springs with specially designed shock with more travel than OEM designs, or coilovers, to name a few.
TCI Engineering has taken a good thing a made it better by taking the best parts of a proven design and applying their experience and engineering expertise to eliminate its shortcomings. The result is independent front suspension redefined. Take a look and see if you don't agree.
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Two styles of upper A-frame mounts are used. For those applications with the space, the gusseted bracket is used; for those that don't have the space for gussets, heavier material is used to provide the strength necessary.For comparison's sake here is the usual slotted upper hat method of adjusting caster and camber on an aftermarket IFS.For maximum strength the lower A-frame mount is one piece of 1-1/4 inch steel welded and gusseted to the 3/16-inch steel crossmember. Only American-made steel is used in all the components.TCI Engineering's beefy lower A-frames are TIG-welded 1-1/8 inch DOM tubing. The ball joint sockets are installed at an 11-degree angle for more wheel travel without binding and the spring pockets are stamped to index the coils and position them at the proper angle.Heavy-duty Moog ball joints are used top and bottom. Note the differences in the lower (left) and upper (right) ball joints. The ball portion of the lower (PN Moog 719) is captured more completely to withstand the loads applied to it.TCI Engineering's coilovers feature an adjustable collar to set spring preload as well as shock damping adjustments.Spindles use a 4140 steel wheel bearing pin and are available with stock dimensions or dropped 2 inches. Frontends come with wheel bearings packed with grease and assembled rotors installed on the spindles.The ball joint attachment holes of the TCI Engineering spindles are tapered to accept the larger pins of the lower ball joint.
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The proposed project would be capable of liquefying up to 4 billion cubic feet/year of gas for export via tanker from one of several sites under consideration, according to an application with Canada's National Energy Board. If the application is approved, it could begin shipments as early as 2021.
IRVING -- ExxonMobil has asked Canadian officials for a
permit to export LNG from the Pacific coast, marking the fifth
such proposal for tapping into the country's large natural gas
The proposed project would be capable of liquefying up to
4 billion cubic feet/year of gas for export via
tanker from one of several sites under consideration, according
to an application with Canada's National Energy Board. If the
application is approved and the company decides to move forward
with the project, it could begin shipments as early as
Exxon and Imperial Oil Resources -- the company's Canadian
affiliate -- previously filed an expression of interest
with the provincial government in British Columbia to develop
an LNG site there. The application filed this week considers
several sites, including Kitimat and Prince Rupert, British
Companies in Canada and the US are considering dozens
of projects to turn an overabundance of domestic natural-gas
production into an export bonanza. The US Department of
Energy is considering applications from 19 projects to ship natural gas to
countries that don't have free trade agreements with the US,
which include most energy hungry Asian nations such as China
and Japan.
Exxon is waiting for a non-FTA permit for its Golden Pass
terminal near Port Arthur, Texas. DOE already has approved
non-FTA permits for two of thse projects, Cheniere Energy's Sabine
Pass project in Louisiana and the Freeport LNG Expansion project in Texas.
A study commissioned by the US Department of Energy last
year found that exports would bring net economic benefits to
the United States, but Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently
said further approvals might be slow in coming if officials
feel the need to further study the cumulative impact of each
new project.
Earlier this week in Canada BG submitted a proposal for what
would be known as Prince Rupert LNG in British Columbia. A
proposed LNG project backed by Apache and Chevron received the
first LNG export license from Canadian officials in 2011.
Two others, one led by Shell and the smaller Douglas Channel
Energy Partnership project, also have been approved,
but none has reached a final investment decision to begin construction.
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Trojans Capture SAC Victory over Lincoln Memorial, 8-1March 31, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Sweeping the singles round for the third straight South Atlantic Conference match, Anderson University men's tennis knocked off Lincoln Memorial 8-1 Monday afternoon at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
With the triumph, the Trojans move to 5-5 for the year and 5-1 in conference action, while the Railsplitters drop to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in the league. The win is AU's fourth victory in its last five matches.
Anderson came away with two doubles points, as the freshmen duo of Juan Carracedo and Mateo Rivas fended off LMU's team of Odhran O'Sullivan-Hamill and Guilherme Rocha at the No. 1 spot, 8-6, as the Trojans tandem has won three of their last four. Also posting a doubles win was the sophomore team of Inaki Iriberry and Tomas Passalacqua as they defeated Will Sparks and Stefan Hall at No. 3, 8-6. The 8-6 victory was the pair's sixth win of the season.
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Rivas won his fourth straight match at No. 3 with a three-set (2-6, 6-4, 6-2) victory over LMU's Marcelo Alvim, while sophomore Paul Michael Calhoun also went into three sets for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Rocha at the No. 4 position. With the win, Calhoun improved to 5-1 in his last six appearances.
Rounding out the singles round, Iriberry defeated Gabriel Martins 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5, while senior Danilo Faria conducted a comeback to knock off Hall 1-6, 7-5, 10-7 at the No. 6 slot. Faria has now won five straight singles matches.
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I was wondering since I am having problems with my computer's CD-ROM drive and Live-CD's, is it possible to install Ubuntu directly to the hard drive? For example, wipe the whole hard drive and burn the Ubuntu Install ISO to it, let the computer boot from the hard drive into the install interface, and then install Ubuntu on the same hard drive. Its far fetched- but is it possible? Thanks.
I am not quite sure what is your problem. Can you boot using a live CD at all? If yes, you will discover you have the option to install Ubuntu on your hard disk from the live CD. If you have problems with the live CD and assuming your computer is new enough to boot from a USB stick, you can "burn" the CD image on a USB stick using a program like http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
In general, if you decide that Ubuntu is your OS choice, you should install it on the HDD. It will run much faster, not to mention that you will have much more freedom.
If I understand correctly, you are looking for other options beyond liveCD and bootable USB (somehow putting the ISO on your hard drive, booting it and installing to spare space from there sounds quite tricky, starting with the fact that you don't want to use your CD drive or USB).
Some alternatives are 1) A netboot install 1, if your PC can network boot or has a functional floppy drive. 2) transplanting the hard drive to a PC with functional CD drive or USB for the install, before moving it back again - this would require some work tweaking GRUB, most likely.
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you cant install space what your first os installed . you can install on another part. yes . but you need to make your hdd part bootable . and extract your iso to hdd . when you did all of thing you need install grup for booting .grub install and ubuntu is ready . when opened it select use from disk and open terminal
Here is how I did it: If you have a computer that won't boot via USB in BIOS and the LiveCD doesn't work, download the ISO for a thing called 'PLOP Boot Manager' and burn it to a CD. Then, install the Ubuntu Install ISO image to a USB drive. Boot the computer via the PLOP CD and plug in the Ubuntu Install flash drive, then tell PLOP to boot via USB. Ubuntu then pulls up, and you can click the 'Install Ubuntu' option. Enjoy!
The boot process for a HDD boot is very similar to booting from USB. You should be able to write the Image for USB Boot sticks to a hard drive and use it like you would use an USB stick only attacht to the ATA Bus.
I believe the modern install CD is even an iso hybrid CD. so You can even write the iso file to the hard disk (like a partition image, starting with the first sector, overwriting the hard disks partition table).
I'm saying the ISO might work, but if you can, use the USB image anyway, just to be sure.
I had a similar problem and came up with this solution,
Connect the hard drive to a normal windows/Ubuntu machine via a USB-IDE adapter, run Unetbootin and use it to create a bootable drive on the USB mounted hard drive.
Put the hard drive back into the old machine with no USB/CDrom drive.
Works like a charm :-)


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VS2008 Training Kit: What's new in C# 3.0?
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Hi and welcome to another Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit screencast.
This session was presented by Luke Hoban and is the from the
Visual Studio 2008 training kit available from http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602397.
During this brief session, you will learn about some of the key new language enhancements that are provided as part of the C# 3.0 language that is included with Visual Studio 2008.
Recorded September 2007.
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I've lost the install disks that came with my 500D and I was wondering if there was any better software for editing Canon RAW files. I Had a quick skim of the Canon website and couldn't find anything.
Raw Therapee is an excellent piece of software and it's free.
Short answer: RawTherapee
Almost everything uses DCRaw under the hood at least for reading in the RAW data. The differences come with the demosaicing algorithms. RawTherapee offers several such algorithms but the one to note is AMaZE, its the one you want.
The comparison page on RawTherapee's website doesn't contain the new AMaZE algorithm but this will show you the kind of differences you will see with different algorithms.
RawTherapee was free for a long time but now it is free and open source. It is being actively developed in the open as I write this.
Here's someone's brief review of RT.
Darktable is a fairly new project but it looks very promising and has some great functionality already.
UFRaw, another classic free photography app
The Gimp is an excellent photo editor, but lacks support for RAW images. However, there is a plugin you can get for it that will enable it to open the files.
Picasa is a nice simple photo editor that's free, and it will take in RAW files.
Don't forget the De-Facto raw conversion utility DCRaw.
It's very user unfriendly (read: command line only), but most available RAW converters are at least somewhat based on it, since it's open source, and largely BSD licensed.
Yes. Download a copy of Canon's Digital Photo Professional from the Canon website (at least in the US). Canon has changed their download policy and now grants access to the full installers, rather than just updaters. You no longer have to have the original disk to download the software utilities that come in the box with the camera. You simply need the serial number of your camera.
There are, of course, also good open-source alternatives for RAW conversion, most of them based upon DCRaw. Good open source packages to consider would include UFRaw (most typically as a plugin for the GIMP), or if you prefer an Adobe Lightroom-like interface, DarkTable, PHotivo, and RAWTherapee.
I also recommend checking out Scarab Darkroom. It is often praised for its intuitive user interface and is also relatively fast. [Disclaimer: I'm the developer]
If you can spare fifty quid Bibble is pretty amazing. If not, ufraw and Picasa should cover it.
Sorry but another simple answer here. Irfanview is a pretty neat and fast editor I use. Easy to install plugins and I make sure it uses the Canon dlls for processing raw files.
In a nutshell I use it to post process my RAW files into jpegs. I shoot CR2 for everything and then use scripts to do the following 1. Copy RAW files from card to computer 2. Convert to jpg, adjusting the quality and size to be 2048 at the longest edge * 3. Call exiftool to copy EXIF information from the CR2 file into the jpg. ** 4. Go through card for anything else. Ie copy across movies or resample any in camera jpgs into lower quality ones. 5. Run synctoy to backup images. 6. Run picasa to sync to web 7. MANUAL step. Go through RAW files on the computer and keep the best ones, deleting the rest.
Sorry for the verbose answer. Hopefully it helps someone.
If you have a Canon camera that shoots RAW, you should be able to download Digital Photo Professional for free from the Canon website. It's good software - I used it exclusively for three years before moving to Lightroom, and I notice that DPP has had some additional tools added to it since then. You shouldn't have to have the original install disks to do this.
I'm a linux user and I was looking for a great open source software like
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My suggestion goes for LIGHTZONE: http://lightzoneproject.org/
Unique software that is now developed open source. It has a useful graphical zones tool hence the name. Furthermore each tool is on its own layer, which allows to achieve some creative effects. Multi platform too.
I use the Free Zoner Photo Studio 17 to edit Canon RAW files. It will open and edit RAW files and then convert them to JPEGs of TIFFs or other file formats. I prefer to retain version 17 on my computer although there is a new version 18 available as a Free download simply because v18 requires you to be connected to the internet for it to work. You can upgrade to a pay version for extra functionality, but at the moment I am finding the free version very useful.
DigiKam https://www.digikam.org/ is very powerful and feature rich.


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The British Open: A Truly Open Championship
At the British Open, expect the unexpected. It's the golf major that has produced the most surprise winners, with Tiger Woods being the only champion in the last decade ranked inside the Top 10. The randomness of the terrain, vagaries of weather and an abundance of unheralded European Tour pros adept at links golf are all contributing factors that can lead to improbable Claret Jug contenders.
Louis Oosthuizen was virtually unknown outside of the European Tour and ranked No. 54 when he won at St. Andrews in 2010. Who is this year's Oosthuizen? Branden Grace has shot up the world rankings to No. 26 with several victories in Europe over the past year and a half. One of his wins was at the Dunhill Links Championship (played on links courses similar to Muirfield, site of this year's Open) and he lost in a playoff to Phil Mickelson at last Sunday's Scottish Open. No. 39-ranked Thorbjorn Oleson could also break through, after a top-10 in last year's British Open and tying for sixth at this year's Masters.
No. 55-ranked Thomas Bjorn fits a profile similar to that of Darren Clarke, who was ranked 111th when he won the 2011 Open at Royal St. George's. Bjorn finished two shots out of a playoff last time the Open was played at Muirfield in 2002. Few were expecting Ernie Els, ranked No. 40 at the time, to win last year's Open as it seemed that the then-three-time major winner's best days were behind him. No. 53 Angel Cabrera, a two-time major winner, could prove equally dangerous this year, after notching a runner-up finish earlier this spring at Augusta. Ed Brockner


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8 Essential Black Friday Purchases to Make This Year
The holidays are a time of immense social pressure: You spend all year destroying your relationships with your friends and family in a variety of exciting and unprecedented ways, and this is your one chance to patch everything up. But how do you choose your gifts? The only things as prevalent on the Internet as porn are obnoxious gifts, so how can you ever be sure that you're getting your friends and family the gifts they really deserve?
Well, we at Cracked have spent the last few years scouring the Internet for everything interesting or noteworthy, and we're happy to say that we know exactly what you should buy. So bookmark this page and we'll see you in just under a month when you wake up in a panic, having completely spaced on holiday shopping until now. We promise that these are the most important gifts anyone could ever get. So from us at Cracked, Happy Every Holiday!
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#8. The Gift of Great Sex
A good way to tell if your friends need this gift is if they're always bragging about their sex lives, because talking about how amazing their genitals are is pretty much the only surefire sign there is that someone isn't really getting any and is desperate for anyone to show them how. If no one's shooting up that conversational rescue flare, you can always just sleep with all your friends, pick the one with the least impressive performance, and give them a guide to better sex.
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This will shock the stock photo people, but more than 70 percent of sex occurs above the ankle.
In that instruction manual, they'll learn that real-life sex is nothing like their sex education (i.e., Internet porn) taught them. For example, women are usually happy to provide feedback about sex, a smaller-than-average-size dick actually makes women more likely to want to bone you again, and sex, like Mario Kart, gets better with practice and never gets old.
#7. The Gift of Healthy Digestion
Why give someone a gift they can lose or break when you can give the gift of fixed innards? Studies suggest that the easiest thing for your system to digest is knowledge. For example, did you know that you're not pooping right? You've been pooping wrong your whole life and never knew it. Every loaf you've ever pinched has been an abomination, and not in the way you're thinking: See, the best position for pooping isn't actually sitting, but squatting, particularly for men, because sitting on a can is the equivalent of choking your prostate for a few minutes each day. Fortunately, there's some shockingly educational literature written on the subject, as well as a number of other things.
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If you have a friend whose face resembles a colon and open parenthesis mashed together in an unholy union recognized by no known grammatical religion, that person needs an injection of confidence. Luckily, you can buy that now.
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For everyone who wishes there was some trick or shortcut to confidence, we offer good news: there is. See, the trick to feeling good about yourself is perspective. You need to understand that gaining a skill is more complicated than a montage (it takes years of dedication and hard work, not just for you, but for everyone); that your generation isn't the worst (your Jackass: Bad Grandpa is just the 1950s Three Stooges); and that you have an amazing sixth sense that can keep you from being eaten by bears.
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You know your friend who, despite having a steady job, is always broke? Always pining over new video games? Always buying extended warranties for his cellphones? Well, you have an obligation to help that poor sap, and we have just the thing.
A book. It's a book, that should be clear by now.
It's like a Kindle, but it burns cleaner.
The difference between getting control of your finances and never having enough money for food is as simple as understanding where your brain is doing you wrong combined with a little bit of luck (which, we should point out, has been generously slathered on this particular publication thanks to some shaky witchcraft). For example, if you've ever spent a whole bunch of money on something stupid and then decided to keep spending because otherwise that early money would be wasted, you've been deceived by your brain. The real way you should spend money isn't in steady streams, but in short, controlled bursts.


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Irving, Texas- A total of 670 student-athletes have earned the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal during the 2013-14 academic year, Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today. C-USA student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better received the Medal.
Forty three Charlotte student-athletes received the Commissioner's Academic Medal. Women's Track and Field received the highest number of medals with 10 student-athletes. Women's Soccer received six student-athletes, Volleyball (5), Women's Tennis (4), Baseball, Softball, Men's Soccer, and Men's Tennis racked up three apiece. Men's Track and Field placed two student-athletes on the list with Football, Men's Golf, Men's and Women's Basketball receiving one medal each.
Complete list of medal winners by sport:
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Men's Soccer:
Jeremy Dennis, Aidan Kirkbride and Maximiliano Rodriguez.
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Tori Fubara, Shelby Hicks, Alex Kubrick, Dana Robertson, Monica Trickett and SarahAnn Waugh.
Lexi Betancourt, Mackenzie Hauser and Brittany Mitchell.
Men's Tennis:
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Women's Tennis:
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City Rolls Out New Recycling Carts
Going green will be CARTagious in Lansing now that an easier, more efficient system is in place thanks to new, larger recycling carts.
The larger carts mean City of Lansing residents can easily increase the amount of materials they recycle. With the new program, tonnage is expected to double, officials announced.
"I'm so proud of the great work Lansing residents do each and every day to keep our great city and our planet green," said Mayor Virg Bernero. "Lansing has been a leader in Mid-Michigan with the single stream recycling program and now we are taking it one step further. The new carts not only lead to a more efficient recycling program, but they will help residents recycle even more – keeping Lansing clean and green. Recycling is beneficial because it saves natural resources, conserves energy and reduces the amount of material headed to our local landfills. This program is another great example of how Lansing is leading the way in green technology."
The new carts hold more materials than the old green bins, eliminating the need for multiple trips to the curb and are designed with easy roll wheels and a hinged lid that makes recycling effortless. They will be picked up curbside every other week. Residents are asked to recycle their old bins or keep for personal use. There is no additional cost to residents for the new program.
"The carts make recycling more convenient for residents and at the same time create a safer and more efficient system for the City of Lansing," said Chad Gamble, P.E., Director of Public Service for the City of Lansing. "Truck operators will no longer have to empty bins by hand, making their jobs safer and reducing injuries. A more
efficient collection also means lower emissions and less wear and tear
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A professor at Northwestern's management school recently published a study critiquing the cultural effects of encouraging independent work and independent values at colleges. The paper argues that middle- and upper-class students thrive in an environment that pushes independent values — like "express yourself" and "do your own thing." Students that are the first in their family to attend college, however, thrive in environments that push interdependent values — like "work with others" and "do collaborative research."
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Funeral services for June Grey, 102, formerly of Dodge City, who entered into peace Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Westridge Care Center, Clarinda, Iowa, will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Ritchie Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa with Reverend Andrew Rubenking officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 5-7 p.m., at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will be at 3 p.m., Thursday, March 14, 2013, in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City. Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church, Clarinda, Iowa Sew and Share or Westridge Care and Rehab, Clarinda. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on our website at, www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Clarinda, Iowa. June Viola Grey entered into rest Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Westridge Care Center, Clarinda, Iowa. She was born June 15, 1910 at Ford, Kansas, the daughter of Baker and Mabel (Gentzler) Scott. June was the oldest of seven children and at the age of sixteen years became responsible for the siblings when her mother died suddenly. She graduated from Ford High School. June married Donald Grey July 1935. To this union two children were born, Venna June Glenn (Dallas) of Clarinda, Iowa and Donald Scott Grey (Judy Schweitzer) of Huntersville, N.C. She resided in Dodge City until 2005 when she came to Clarinda to be near her daughter. She was living at Westridge Care Center. June was preceded in death by her husband, Don Grey; three brothers; and one sister. Survivors include her children; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Welda Frey of Dodge City, and Phyllis Irsik of Colorado Springs, Colo. June was a member of the First United Methodist Church and active in Circle. She was also active member of the Moose Lodge in Dodge City. She transferred membership to the Methodist Church in Clarinda and was active for a time with quilting at Sew and Share. She enjoyed crafts, quilting, playing cards and games and also working jigsaw puzzles. June always enjoyed time with her family.
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The GUI has two buttons on the lower right hand side of the screen, one closes all doors on the ship, and the other has two functions. If clicked once, the Open Doors Button opens all internal doors, if clicked again it opens the external doors flushing the ships oxygen into space. Is there some way to lock one or multiple doors, so that I can double-click the Open Doors Button and have every door on the ship open except the locked ones?
No it's not - if you require this level of control the best method to achieve it is to pause the game (space bar) and then manipulate the state of the doors manually.
If this is to vent atmosphere to space for every compartment except the ones your crew are in then the way that I would achieve this is to pause the game and open all doors by double clicking, and then close the doors that I didn't want open. As the game is paused while doing this opening the exterior doors will not vent the atmosphere from your ship until you unpause the game.
If this is being used as a method of killing boarders, then it's also probably not the best way of dealing with the situation. In these instances what I would do is just vent the individual compartments that the boarders are in so they have to break down doors to get to the next compartment so that you have at least one set of compartments between the boarders and your crew - in the event the boarders break into the compartments that your crew reside in while you're venting atmosphere, you will immediately vent the compartments that your crew are in as well with nowhere for them to escape to.