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Chassis Tech - The City Boy Is Well Hung!Written by on November 7, 2011 At less than 300 bucks for the front and rear sections, it's a hard deal to beat.
If you're reading this story right now and there are pictures to accompany it, you're witnessing nothing short of a publishing miracle. First and foremost, the fact that this story made it into the magazine means we slipped it into Editor Fisher's office just seconds before the magazine was about to ship and it had time to get laid out and printed. Consequently, the printing of this story means I probably still have a job here at Circle Track (Editor's Note..."for now") which is great for me and pretty sweet for you if you're a fan of the City Boy project. Lastly, the printing of this story means Pete and I have reached a pinnacle moment in this build, as the City Boy actually looks like a Mustang again, which makes us a step closer to the track and a long way away from the tattered shell that we have been working on in the past.
So, how did we do it? Well, it all started with a quick look through this very magazine, with Pete and Rob working out which of the fine companies you see in here could supply the perfect body panel system for our old Mustang chassis. It didn't take long to find Performance Bodies, which is a company that started almost 30 years ago and has stuck by the idea of building quality, lightweight, and easy to install bodies and parts that ship quickly (like, the same day quickly!) and fit like a glove.
The two brains behind this operation ordered a ton of parts from Performance Bodies, but this issue we're focusing on installing the Mustang GT nose and tail section onto our project. At less than 300 bucks for the front and rear sections, including the quality headlight, taillight, grille, and Mustang logo emblem, it's a hard deal to beat and is certainly cheaper and lighter than buying stock stuff. Add to that that each bumper (nose and tail) is split in two pieces for ease of install and low cost of replacement and the Performance Bodies bumpers offer a bang for the buck and advantage that is tough to match.
Although it took us almost a full month to install the nose and tail section onto the City Boy, it's actually a very simple process if you have a full day to dedicate to the process. Pete and I are working on this as much as we can, but like everyone's life, sometimes life just seems to get in the way. Either way, assuming that these pages aren't blank and you're actually reading this story, follow along and check out how Pete and I (just Pete, really) installed the fantastic-looking front and rear bumpers on the City Boy using little more than a couple of cutting tools and a whole handful of rivets. Next time, we'll show you the rest of the bodywork and get moving on thinking up paint schemes. Actually, why don't you send in some of your paint ideas right now (firstname.lastname@example.com) and we'll include them in our ideas for the next phase of the project!
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1 Performance Bodies builds body panels for a ton of different applications but had the perfect GT-style Mustang nose and rear bumper section on hand and ready to ship at a moment's notice. After letting the two-piece front bumper rest in the sun for a couple of hours to take shape, Pete dropped the assembly on our fabrication table and got to work.2 The two-piece design makes for a simple install and makes the bumpers easy and cost effective to replace if they get damaged during a race. Not to say I'm going to damage this fine bodywork but, you know, Pete and Fisher might screw it up during their time behind the wheel (Editor's Note "yeah, right"). Here you can see Pete clamping the two sections in place…3 …while I was over at the bench grinder building some custom washers to secure the two nosepieces together. A little time on the grinder and we had had a plethora of flat-on-one-side washers ready to go, which was exactly what Peter had ordered.4 Here you can see the reason behind the madness, as the semi-flat washers allowed Pete to place the nuts and bolts of this operation very close to the nose and use a washer that would eliminate rotation and allow the nose gap to be tightly controlled, giving us a clean fit and finish that will be strong for seasons to come.5 The rear bumper section received the same treatment and you can see exactly how many bolts (10) we recommend using. Wondering why we didn't use rivets? Bolting the bumper together will allow for easy removal at the track (should we need it) and the bolts allow a new piece to be slid in place easily and secured in place without having to drill out rivets in the pits.6 Once the nose was ready, the first step was to do a test fit and see how the stock sheetmetal lined up with the Performance Bodies' front bumper. As you can see, Performance Bodies includes all of the factory lines and dimensions, which leads to a quality finish and a great-looking race car.7 Of course, it wouldn't be racing without some sort of modification and Pete chose to install the new front nose pieces by cutting the factory fenders apart and sliding the Performance Bodies nose under the metal and riveting it in place. This will give us the most "OEM" type look and feel while maintaining clean lines and proper function.8 The Performance Bodies nose piece comes pre-molded for the GT fenders and as such doesn't use the stock fender's sheetmetal to create the correct look. After measuring once and cutting twice, Pete hacked the bottom off of our stock fender and looked awfully proud when the new nose lined right up.
9 With the bottom of the fender properly modified, Pete jumped over to the inner lip of the fender and began to remove it. Try to take your time here and get as close to the edge as possible without distorting the factory metal or cutting too deep into the outer edges of the fender.10 It didn't take much work and the Performance Bodies nose fit up under the stock fenders like a glove. The side bodywork is tucked up under the fender in this shot but lines up perfectly when in place. Without headlights we're legal to run at almost any track in the country and our new nose is lightweight and sturdy.11 No body panel installation is complete without breaking out the rivet gun and this install was no different. Surprisingly, Editor Fisher came up big at the last minute and showed up with this trick air-powered unit from Allstar Performance. (Editor's Note: "I just stole it from Project DLM's toolbox") You could obviously do this manually as well, but we prefer the speed and efficiency of the air power while working in the Circle Track shop.12 Installing the rivets is as simple as drilling an appropriately sized hole in the correct location…13 …and sliding the rivet in place, backing it with the supplied washer and pulling the trigger. It's a little more effort to install the washers to the backside of the sheetmetal, as opposed to the front, but the clean look is well worth the extra time.14 Up front, you can see how the rivets start to hold the new Performance Bodies nose in place and how nice they look when properly placed and installed. Also notice how well the bodylines still match up and the contours of the fender flow into the bumper. Obviously we need more rivets in this area, but two will hold it in place for now.15 Turning our attention to the rear of the Mustang, Pete did a quick test fit, and made a quick trim adjustment to the top of the rear bumper. Believe it or not, this was the only portion of the bumper we found the need to adjust (both sides), so that speaks well for the quality control at the manufacturing facility.16a Just like the front, Pete decided to slide the rear bumper in place under the factory sheetmetal to give it a nice, finished look...
17 Ta-da! It fits like a glove! Pete jumped the gun on me here but you can see the upper most rivet in place and the bumper section in the correct area. Just like the front, all the bodylines looked correct and the bumper fit well with a nice finish. Of course, it needs paint and stickers still but we need your ideas before we get started!18 Minus all the junk in the trunk, this is the view almost all of our competitors will have to get used to on the racetrack. Luckily, if anyone decides they want to trade paint with our rear bumper, we can count on the high-impact design to keep its form and stay in one piece. And, if it doesn't, we can easily install one side at a time and roll out in time for the next race!


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WEIRTON - The Weirton Madonna boys basketball team employed an on-the-spot box-and-one and it worked Tuesday night.
Oak Glen senior point guard Matt McLaughlin scored eight points, including a three at the buzzer, to lead the Golden Bears to a 17-11 cushion over the Blue Dons after eight minutes.
Thanks to that box-and-one, McLaughlin never scored again and Madonna eventually earned a 59-54 victory inside the Dube Dome.
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IN FOR TWO — Weirton Madonna's Josh Martin goes up for two between Oak Glen's Matt McLaughlin, left, and Taylor Kincaid during the third quarter of Tuesday's 59-54 win by the Blue Dons inside the Dube Dome.
-- Mike Mathison
"Assistant coach Chris Blair came up with that and drew it up in the huddle," said veteran Madonna mentor George Vargo. "The guys did well with it. We hadn't practiced it at all.
"Our three guards - Will Bowser, Caleb Baire and Anthony Antinone - were all on their point guard. But, I think Bowser was on him the most, I would say about 75 percent. Credit to him.
"Credit to all of our guards for working hard on him.
"That was huge for us. We were able to shut down McLaughlin."
Oak Glen coach Dave Smith, back for his second stint on the bench, saw a team that didn't take advantage of its opportunities.
"We got the ball where we wanted while they were using the box-and-one," said Smith. "It's not like the pressure took that away from us. When you have shots, you have to make them.
"The problem with boxes-and-one is that you can't defend the whole floor. With us, we don't shoot the ball well, so it's probably a good defense against us.
"I'm sure we'll see it in the sectional game and I don't blame them.
"If the offense is run right and we're trying to screen for him (McLaughlin) and pop off of it, he should get more touches," said Smith. "We've run a box against other teams and if you run it right defensively, that person shouldn't get the ball, or they are working their tail off to get it.
"They took him out of the game. We don't have another point guard. We have a scorekeeper who's a good point guard, but, other than that, we don't have another one."
A Tyler Ewusiak bucket gave Madonna a 54-49 lead with 1:53 to go. Nate Guio netted two free throws for a 56-49 Blue Dons advantage at the 1:18 mark.
Oak Glen's Tyler Click buried his third trey of the night to put his squad down 56-52 with 69 seconds remaining.
Teammate Kyle Woodruff hit a jumper to close within 56-54 with 32.4 showing.
After a timeout, Guio hit Ewusiak with a home run layup for a 58-54 lead with 26 seconds to go.
After an Oak Glen miss, Guio canned 1 of 2 from the line for the final score.
"Our guards did a good job in the second half finding the mismatches," said Vargo. "They did a good job of getting the ball low on the block to Josh (Martin) and Tyler and Nate.
"We have some big guys out there who our guard can find. But, it all has to be the guards. The guards have to get them the ball. That's what our guards have to do."
Martin scored seven of his nine points in the third quarter as the hosts outscored the visitors 15-9 for a 40-37 lead.
"We had some bright spots tonight, whether it was the box-and-one, Martin scoring in the paint or running that special play for Tyler for the home run pass that worked. Those kind of things are encouraging as a coach," Vargo said.
"But, when they miss foul shot after foul shot after foul shot, especially in the fourth quarter to put the game away, that is discouraging. Plus, we're not basketball-wise yet."
Oak Glen also committed too many unforced errors.
"We have a tendency to do that a good bit," said Smith. "We had six turnovers in the first half and 13 more in the second half. It's just not a good thing."
Madonna 59, Oak Glen 54
Oak Glen 17 12 8 17 - 54
Madonna 11 14 15 19 - 59
OAK GLEN: Howell 3 8-10 14, Click 5 1-2 14, McLaughlin 3 1-1 8, Woodruff 3 2-2 8, McGraw 3 1-2 7, Kincaid 1 0-0 2, Ford 0 1-2 1, Smith 0 0-0 0, Sprott 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 28 14-19 54. 3-pointers: Click 3, McLaughlin.
MADONNA: Ewusiak 6 2-3 14, Guio 3 6-10 12, Martin 4 1-1 9, Carnes 3 0-2 7, Bowser 2 3-4 5, Baire 1 0-4 3, Retton 1 0-0 2, Stakias 1 1-3 4, Jeter 0 0-0 0, Antinone 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 14-29 59. 3-pointers: Baire, Stakias, Carnes.


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Head Coach/Assistant Athletic Director:
Jason Damjanovic
Phone: 408.864.8743
Congratulations to Sophomore's Daniel Paulson and Tory Stamps for being selected to the Coast Conference: South All-Conference Team.
On July 22, 2005, Jason Damjanovic became the fourth head coach in the history of De Anza College Men's Basketball. From day one, Damjanovic has instituted an up-tempo and aggressive style of play that has not only resulted in an exciting, high scoring brand of basketball, but has also made the Dons a force to be reckoned with in the Coast Conference. As he enters his 11th season, the program is positioned for both near and long-term success both on the court and in the classroom.
Substantial accomplishments have been achieved in his first ten seasons. Most recently, back-to- back trips to the CCCAA State Playoffs (2012-13/2013-14) and a 2nd Place finish in the 2013-14 season in the highly competitive Coast Conference-South. The 2006-07 season is the current high-water mark. The Dons posted 18 wins, the most since 2001-02. Aaron Buckner (Piedmont Hills High School) led the team with his dynamic play and became the All-Time Scoring Leader in the history of De Anza College Men's Basketball. Undaunted, his team has endured the difficult non-conference schedule and experienced such highlights as the school's first ever win over Southern California powerhouse Riverside Community College in 2010-11 and recorded the first victory over conference rival San Jose City College in fourteen years (28 games), in the 2006-07 season. Home attendance has increased, as well as the coverage and attention the men's basketball program receives on the campus and in the community. This is definitely attributed to the efforts Coach D makes to recruit local players and also involve his student-athletes in community activities.
The 2011-12 past season featured 12 freshman, led by All-Conference Point Guard Denzel Copeland (Santa Teresa High School). Sophomore Don Washington (Aragon High School) made his return to the court after a 1-year absence to earn All-Conference honors and post an impressive 10 Double-Double's (points and rebounds).
The 2010-11 season brought a great mix of talent and versatility to the De Anza roster. Sophomore Drew Thompson (Millard West High School-Omaha, NE) not only led the team in assists for the second consecutive season, but also scored an incredible 45 points against Monterey Peninsula in a 94-88 victory. Freshman Eric Heslin (Cupertino High School) was most impressive in his debut season as a Don. He led the team in scoring and rebounds. Heslin ranked third in the Coast Conference averaging 19.8 ppg, earning him 1st Team All-Conference honors.
The 2008-09 team welcomed in a bevy of new faces. Combined with Damjanovic's team facing one of the state's most challenging schedules, the Dons squared off against 10 teams who would eventually reach the State Playoffs. The 2007-08 squad competed against 12 teams who would end the year with at least 20 victories. In that same season, De Anza holds the distinction of being the only team in the Coast Conference-South to defeat eventual conference champions Cabrillo College in a hard fought 56-53 contest.
In his first season at the helm, Coach D, reenergized the basketball program and led the De Anza College Dons to an impressive total of 15 wins , 9 of those victories were against teams ranked in the top 15 in Northern California. De Anza also captured 1st Place in the Cabrillo College Classic Basketball Tournament by defeating host Cabrillo College and rival Foothill College in consecutive nights. De Anza climbed to a ranking of 14th in Northern California, and finished in the top five in the State for scoring (95.6 ppg), that same season.
In his nine seasons at De Anza College, his student-athletes have earned numerous academic awards, matriculated to 4-year institutions at a very high rate, have had multiple members of the team represent the Coast Conference with All-Conference honors, and have led the conference in scoring five times with three playoff appearances. Coach Damjanovic is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and of the California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association (CCCMBCA).
Coach D spent two-years as Men's Head Assistant at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA. While at NDNU, he helped the Argonauts to consecutive winning seasons and back-to-back CAL-PAC playoff appearances. Prior to Notre Dame, Damjanovic was the Head Boy's Basketball Coach at (William C.) Overfelt High School in San Jose, CA. Jason guided the Royals to CCS playoff appearances in all 3 seasons and captured a league championship in 2001-2002. For his efforts, he was named S.T.A.L. Coach of the Year in that same season.
Jason Damjanovic brings a wealth of playing experience with him. He was a standout player at Pioneer High School of San Jose, earning All-League Honors in both 1988 and 1989. Damjanovic still stands as the All-Time Steals Leader for the Mustangs. In the 1991-92 season, while at Foothill College, he was a member of the only Coast Conference Championship team in Foothill Men's Basketball history. Jason Damjanovic concluded his collegiate career at Sonoma State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology in 1996. Damjanovic also spent five seasons as player/coach with Race Express Basketball, which is a professional exhibition team comprised of former Division I and II college players who competed against other Division I and II University teams throughout the United States.
"De Anza College's Athletic Department and Men's Basketball Program is interested in each student-athletes growth and development in all areas of college life. We stress the importance of obtaining a degree, while striving for full academic and athletic potential. Educational and athletic excellence are the cornerstones of the athletic program. The success of our Basketball Program is measured by the performance of our student-athletes in their academic and athletic pursuits, as well as their contribution to society and the community both before and after graduation. We are committed to the integrity of the game, the spirit and rules of De Anza College, the Coast Conference, and the CCCAA."
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A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization (Paperback)
"[The Book of] Revelation has served as a "language arsenal" in a great many of the social, cultural, and political conflicts in Western history. Again and again, Revelation has stirred some dangerous men and women to act out their own private apocalypses. Above all, the moral calculus of Revelation—the demonization of one's enemies, the sanctification of revenge taking, and the notion that history must end in catastrophe—can be detected in some of the worst atrocities and excesses of every age, including our own. For all of these reasons, the rest of us ignore the book of Revelation only at our impoverishment and, more to the point, at our own peril."
The mysterious author of the Book of Revelation (or the Apocalypse, as the last book of the New Testament is also known) never considered that his sermon on the impending end times would last beyond his own life. In fact, he predicted that the destruction of the earth would be witnessed by his contemporaries. Yet Revelation not only outlived its creator; this vivid and violent revenge fantasy has played a significant role in the march of Western civilization.
Ever since Revelation was first preached as the revealed word of Jesus Christ, it has haunted and inspired hearers and readers alike. The mark of the beast, the Antichrist, 666, the Whore of Babylon, Armageddon, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are just a few of the images, phrases, and codes that have burned their way into the fabric of our culture. The questions raised go straight to the heart of the human fear of death and obsession with the afterlife. Will we, individually or collectively, ride off to glory, or will we drown in hellfire for all eternity? As those who best manipulate this dark vision learned, which side we fall on is often a matter of life or death. Honed into a weapon in the ongoing culture wars between states, religions, and citizenry, Revelation has significantly altered the course of history.
Kirsch, whom the Washington Post calls "a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing to modern audiences," delivers a far-ranging, entertaining, and shocking history of this scandalous book, which was nearly cut from the New Testament. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Black Death, the Inquisition to the Protestant Reformation, the New World to the rise of the Religious Right, this chronicle of the use and abuse of the Book of Revelation tells the tale of the unfolding of history and the hopes, fears, dreams, and nightmares of all humanity.
About the Author
Jonathan Kirsch is the author of ten books, including the national bestseller The Harlot by the Side of the Road and his most recent work, the Los Angeles Times bestseller A History of the End of the World. Kirsch is also a book columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a broadcaster for NPR affiliates in Southern California, and an adjunct professor at New York University.
Praise For…
"A learned, lively, … literary tour of the life and the improbable afterlife of the greatest apocalypse of them all."
-Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God
"[A]n important book that is essential reading in our torn, conflicted world: it is articulate, learned and balanced."
-Karen Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase
"This book does what history is supposed to do…A truly fine book."
-John M. Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Influenza
"[A] delightful, 2,000 year journey…. a fine book that merits wide readership."
-Publishers Weekly
"Fascinating - and sure to provoke heated discussion."
"Kirsch's splendid examination of this dark corner of religious resentment holds out a new perspective and, mercifully, some solace."
-Los Angeles Times
"A thorough account of the intellectual and spiritual mischief that Revelation has spawned."
-Washington Post
"Kirsch traces Revelation's 2,000-year history --- a "romantic tale, full of intrigue and suspense" --- in lucid, captivating prose."
-Atlanta Journal-Constitution


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Freida D. Russell
Treasured time with beloved husband, family and friends
Mrs. Russell was the daughter of Nellie (Henderson) Owens and the late Proctor (Thin Man) Owens Jr. She was educated in the Waterbury public school system. She worked as a para-professional and retired after 24 years of service.
Besides her husband, and her mother, she leaves to cherish a son, Shaun Owens of Waterbury; a daughter, India Owens of Jacksonville, N.C.; two sisters, Phyllis Bryant and Theresa Lopes, both of Waterbury; and a brother, Proctor Owens III (Lolita) of Snellville, Ga. She also leaves her five beloved grandchildren and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Homegoing services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, with a viewing from 9 to 10 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church, 65 Kingsbury St., Waterbury, with the Rev. Larry C. Green Sr. officiating. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Waterbury. Calling hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Prospect Memorial Funeral Home, 72 Waterbury Road (Route 69), Prospect.
The family entrusted the Prospect Memorial Funeral Home to handle Mrs. Freida D. Owens Russell's arrangements.
To place online condolences, please log on to www.prospectmemorial.com.
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With deepest sympathy in the loss of your beloved one. I pray that you will find comfort in the sweet memories of your wife.
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Change of Pace
32 years of running marathons, I thought it was time for a change of pace and living in Colorado I turned to the trails and discovered I like ultra running. This past weekend I did the North Fork 50, only my 6th ultra, but with a plan in mind. That plan is to try the Leadville 100 once in my life. This is the year and the training has been both challenging and fun. I miss the roads a little bit, but the adventures on the trail have been great. My strategy has been simply more miles, slower pace, lots of trails and some high elevation training. I run a lot early in the morning before work, so a lot of my runs have by on trails lit only by my head lamp and the moon. Living and training in the mountain above 8,000ft I have come across raccoons, deer, elk, coyotes, foxes and even one mountain lion. I have run a lot of miles solo, but enjoy when I can get friends to head out early with me.
Just a few more big training weeks and it's time to start a little taper. On race day, I have a few of my best running buddies including my wife pacing me for the last 50 miles. It's a 4am start four Saturdays from now, and I hope to finish before the sun rises that next Sunday morning.
We all love running at Newton and put the shoes to the test ourselves. I can say I have gone through a few more pairs of Newton Running shoes this year putting in the 100 mile weeks.
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To the editor:
What has become of common sense and responsibility?
The Sept. 16 article in the Herald-Star reviewed the structural and financial mess that the money pit known as Aracoma Park has created for residents of Mingo Junction ("Splash pad built as Mingo Junction finances crumble.")
The park has been called the jewel of the community. I'd submit that the way funds were spent to build a splash pad to replace the baby pool was totally irresponsible, short-sighted and a financial debacle. Still, more money will be poured into that pool, only to be flushed down the drain with the almost $300,000 that has already been expended. It's more wasted taxpayer dollars to support a project that was ill-conceived and badly managed. The jewel is now being tarnished to the point of causing money problems that will never be solved.
Those who approved the project and voted to squander tax dollars on a project that would cost almost $200,000 more than it should have bear some responsibility for the harm it is causing. Using the resources in the recreation fund lavishly and excusing it as an investment to become a bedroom community is laughable.
The village can't afford a proper police presence, to pave streets, to buy salt for roads in the winter, to keep municipal workers on the job, to make its payment on the water plant loan or to keep the senior center open, so it's decided to turn off the street lights and ask homeowners to pay the light bill through their own utility bill. But they, through their infinite wisdom, decided to keep spending money on a project that provides three months of recreation a year to a limited number of pool patrons.
To be clear, this problem was not a recent occurrence, it was contracted for long before the present mayor and council were seated. It makes you wonder if it was just a lousy decision or if it was done on purpose. Regardless, the current administration needs to make a plan to stop the bleeding.
Mingo Junction has spent a load of money on the pool complex during the last few years, always with mixed results. Maybe the baby pool could be shut down until it's financially feasible to revisit the project.
At a cost of $70,000 per year, that $290,000 spent on a splash pad could keep the lights on for four years. Hopefully, the city officials will see the light and reset their priorities before residents have to plow their own streets and spread salt in the winter.
It looks like Mingo Junction residents will have to become their own road crews and security forces until we can find people to run the town on a priority basis, or go broke trying.
Stan Galownia
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By Ralph Hipp
July brings new laws into the law books, and some of the changes aren't just about laws.
One major change is about having a drink.
Starting July 1st, licensed retail stores in Kansas will be able to offer taste tests of their wares in the shop, and bars and restaurants will be able to offer happy hour drink specials.
Suppliers will also be able to participate in tasting events hosted by a store. There won't be any limits on the size or number of samples one person may receive, but you have to drink the samples in the store.
Manufacturers will be able to serve free samples of liquor at their place of business, if they're located in a county where the sales of liquor or individual drinks are permitted. Even now, in 2012, Kansas bars and restaurants could offer all day drink specials but can't have "happy hours" where drinks are discounted between specific times. Now, with the new law, bars and restaurants will also be able to offer discounted drink prices at any time or to specific groups – such as "ladies night" drink specials.
I remember when I lived in Kansas the first time, back in 1978, and if you've been here a while you surely remember.. you could only drink in clubs if you had a membership. Once I flew to Colorado, and they couldn't serve any liquor on the plane if it even flying over Kansas! Once we arrived in airspace approaching Denver, you could have a drink or two before you landed.
Those memories give us all a stark contrast on our Kansas liquor laws, past and present.. so have a drink or just a "taste test" under the changes. Bottoms up!
(And drink responsibly!) rh


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Recent and archived news articles by Damon Hack of The New York Times.
For Stricker and Caddie, Overdue Tears of Joy
Steve Stricker birdied his final three holes to defeat K. J. Choi by two shots in the inaugural FedEx Cup playoff event.
August 27, 2007, Monday
New Mind-Set and a 62 Put Mahan in Contention
Golf has changed for Hunter Mahan in his fourth season as a professional, and the birdies have flowed like never before.
August 26, 2007, Sunday
Choi Has Firm Grip on Greens and the Leader Board
Through two rounds of the PGA Tour's inaugural FedEx Cup playoffs, K.J. Choi stands at 12-under 130.
August 25, 2007, Saturday
Sabbatini Shoots a 63 for a One-Shot Lead
The PGA Tour's postseason experiment seems to be designed for a golfer like Rory Sabbatini.
August 24, 2007, Friday
A Competitive Race Between Mickelson and Singh
The duel between Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh for the airspace beneath Tiger Woods will continue Thursday at the Barclays at Westchester Country Club.
August 23, 2007, Thursday
Tiger Woods Takes a Break, but the FedEx Cup Won't
In the wake of Tiger Woods's decision to skip the opening FedEx Cup event, several players spent a rainy day discussing the merits of their ballyhooed monthlong playoff.
August 22, 2007, Wednesday
As PGA Sells Its Playoffs, Some Players Aren't Buying
In its first year as a living entity, the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points race has been embraced and embellished, mocked and misunderstood.
August 20, 2007, Monday
FedEx Cup Will Begin Without Woods
Citing fatigue, Tiger Woods has decided to skip the event, which starts Thursday, a blow to a playoff series that the Tour has been marketing for nearly two years.
August 18, 2007, Saturday
Playing Familiar Courses Could Help Woods's Pursuit
After Sunday's victory at the P.G.A. Championship, Tiger Woods is five behind Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 major titles, and future sites could aid him in his chase.
August 14, 2007, Tuesday
Woods Takes Every Shot and Wins 13th Major
With a one-under-par 69 in the final round Sunday, Tiger Woods snared a two-shot victory over Woody Austin to claim his first major championship of the season and the 13th of his career.
August 13, 2007, Monday
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The proposed energy-efficiency funding would "support state governments that implement effective policies to cut energy waste," specifically measures such as modernizing utility rules and building codes to encourage efficiency and standardizing financing for energy-efficiency upgrades, the summary said.
By RYAN TRACY
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will propose $200
million in his next budget for a "Race to the Top" program
rewarding states that pursue energy efficiency, asking Congress
to put teeth on an initiative to help the US use less
Mr. Obama's mentioned the idea in Tuesday's State of the
Union address but didn't outline a dollar figure or other
specifics. The budget proposal is expected next month.
The proposal would be modeled after a similar effort that
gave states funding for implementing education reforms,
according to a summary provided by a White House official. That
program rewarded states who made policy changes in line with the
Obama administration's priorities.
The proposed energy-efficiency funding would "support state
governments that implement effective policies to cut energy
waste," specifically measures such as modernizing utility rules
and building codes to encourage efficiency and standardizing
financing for energy-efficiency upgrades, the summary said.
The White House official said Congress would have to vote to
fund the initiative, but the administration believes it can
work with lawmakers to implement the new effort under existing
law, without authorizing any new programs.
The idea is part of a wider push in favor of
energy-efficient buildings, which could help achieve Mr.
Obama's climate change goals by resulting in less greenhouse
gas emissions from burning coal or
natural gas to make electricity.
"I'm also issuing a new goal for America: Let's cut in half
the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20
years," Mr. Obama said Tuesday.
Susan Tierney, who helped author a series of recommendations
released last week by the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit
group that promotes energy efficiency policy, said the "Race to the Top"
funding could be attractive to states.
"Right now the energy efficiency opportunities are massive
within all of these states but they also have a lot of other
challenges around their economic conditions," Ms. Tierney
Business engaged in energy-efficiency retrofits applauded
the proposals, but said it was important to back them up with
"Mandates and requirements will be absolutely essential if
the administration is serious about cutting energy waste in
half," said Dave Myers, president of building efficiency for
Johnson Controls.
Mr. Myers and others are also focused on another of the
president's goals: in December 2011, the White House directed
federal agencies to close $2 billion worth of contracts for
energy-saving upgrades on federal buildings within two
Paul Orzeske, president of the building solutions unit of
Honeywell International, said the administration was in danger
of falling behind that goal if it doesn't finish the process of
selecting contractors by this summer at the latest. The
president is sending "the right message," he said, "but at a
working level you have to get it through the system."
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After you blow your load in someones mouth you smack their head and it comes out their nose as they shake their head. They get angry.. Therefore, it looks like an angry dragon.
when i gave my dad an angry dragon he beat me up.
מאת sal vitale......... 13 במאי, 2008
Angry Dragon- To smack a Hobbit in the back of the head just as you blow your load, it spurts out his nose on the gathered crowd of eager asslings awaiting their turn, like an Angry Dragon!
I gave that Hoggit an Angry Dragon!
מאת Sleight 13 בספטמבר, 2003
When WASP is performing oral sex on a man, the guy blows it in his 20 year old mouth, holds his jaw together and says: "The Red Sox stink!"
WASP gave such bad oral, I had to give him an angry dragon.
מאת RichfromBoston 11 בפברואר, 2005
After a girl sucks you off, you punch her in the throat so your cum oozes out of her mouth and nose...looking like an angry dragon...this works especially well with asian chicks
Ping was an angry dragon in the back seat of my caddy.
מאת Soda R 5 במאי, 2005
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire, who is feeling or showing anger (a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong) or strong resentment.
"Man, that is one Angry Dragon."
מאת poop?! 10 בינואר, 2009
After you blow your load in your woman's mouth, you put your hand over her mouth and keep her jaw shut and say, "I have syphillis". She will get mad and try to spit it out but it will only go out of her nose, thus resembling an angry dragon.
After smoking a bowl, I made my girlfriend look like Puff the Angry Dragon.
מאת UMCanes420 16 במרץ, 2004
When a girl is perfoming oral sex and after you ejaculate in her mouth you cover her mouth and punch her in the stomach before she can swallow it and the cum shoots out her nose
That bitch piised me off so right as soon as I blew it in her mouth I gave her The Angry Dragon
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5 Ways to Beat Old-School Games Using Math
A few years ago, the news came out that computers have ruined the game of checkers forever by coming up with a perfect strategy that can't be beaten. This made us wonder if there were other ways to use math to completely ruin innocent games from our childhood.
There are!
#5. Rock Paper Scissors: Opponents Are Biased Toward Rock, Against Scissors
If we told you that it's possible to cheat at a game as simple as Rock Paper Scissors, you'd probably think we were talking about the old "We didn't say it WASN'T the best out of three" technique, or the one where you try to convince the other person that there really is a secret fourth option.
"Dong punctures paper and shames rock. It ... uh, doesn't do so hot against scissors."
But no, the cheats we're talking about are a little more sophisticated than that -- and not completely unlike a Jedi mind trick.
How to Win:
Professional Rock Paper Scissors players (yes, they exist) find that humans are fairly predictable when it comes to simple games like this. For example, it's well known that a rookie player is always more likely to start with rock, simply because rock looks more badass. Intermediate players can use this knowledge to counteract or rule out rock depending on how experienced their opponent looks.
Also, players in general are statistically less likely to throw scissors at any given time -- so all things being equal, you should go with paper.
Fuckin' rookies.
Then, statistics show that players will often use the throw that would have won the last turn. After you throw down the paper, watch them come back with scissors.
Really advanced players, however, don't need to guess what you're gonna choose because they can decide that for you.
"Yes, this is the best way to use my superpowers."
How? Well, one advanced technique consists of reminding the other player of the rules before the match starts, making sure to repeatedly flash them with the throw you want them to use -- for example, show them the scissors every time you say the word "scissors," but not the other ones, as you go over the rules. As long as you don't make it too obvious, their subconscious should take your suggestion and they will open with the move you commanded them to use.
Now that you have this knowledge, kindly avoid using it for evil.
Here's another cheat: Make it really obvious that you're going to throw paper next, and then throw paper. Subconsciously, your opponent will stay away from the move that beats paper (or whatever throw you were telegraphing) because they'll think that no one could be that obvious.
Yes, friends, with these techniques, you will always get to ride shotgun.
It's a view worth dominating the minds of your loved ones for.
#4. Monopoly: Buy the Orange Properties
There are so many "special" editions of Monopoly based on ridiculous things (Simpsons Monopoly, Batman Monopoly, Canadian Monopoly) that it's getting increasingly hard to remember what the original version even looked like. However, at its core, the game is the same: It still involves collecting fake money, and it's still about making sure you hate every member of your family by the time you reach the end of the game.
And then you realize you can't leave.
The most common strategy for winning Monopoly seems to be buying as many properties as you can and then sort of hoping other people fall on them so that you can overcharge them into bankruptcy. While the game does require some skill (knowing when to build, or trade, or tip over the board and tell everyone to suck it), everyone knows that it's mostly about dumb luck. It's all about the roll of the dice, right?
Or how to blow just right?
How to Win:
Well, everyone's wrong. There is a simple, winning strategy based on how often everybody winds up in jail. Here, let's examine a regular Monopoly board for a second:
We almost don't recognize it without the dried blood and hateful graffiti.
To the untrained eye, it would appear you have an equally likely chance of landing on any square -- until you consider the Jail square, which you can be transported to by landing on "Go to Jail," by rolling doubles three times or by drawing certain cards from the Community Chest and Chance piles (not to mention just normally arriving there to visit your uncle Greg).
Someone on the Internet went ahead and compiled the exact probabilities of landing on any given square (because that's what the Internet is for) and found out that Jail is the place you're most likely to end up. By far.
Just like life.
Considering this, then, the most visited squares that aren't Jail are the ones immediately after it on the board: purple, red and orange.
Another citizen of the Internet with too much time on his hands calculated the cost of each property versus the potential returns and the probabilities of players landing there, and concluded that the orange squares give you a far better return for your money than any other place on the board (except the railroads, if you can get all four). If you focus on securing those properties early on, you'll be wiping your ass on fake money in no time.
This tactic won't guarantee that you win every single game, because there's still an element of chance and you're always one unlucky dice roll away from getting screwed on Park Place. Still, remember to thank math and Cracked when you're winning that game of Strip Monopoly you're already thinking of suggesting.
Where all the houses are bits of clothing and the hotels are ritual sacrifices.
#3. Coin Toss: Results Are Biased Based on the Starting Position
People have been tossing coins to settle arguments for as long as coins have existed (or arguments, whichever came later). The Greeks did it, the Romans did it -- hell, the British still flip a coin to decide an election when there's a draw.
And if that fails, British law states that it's down to a jousting contest.
Coin tossing is used in numerous contexts (from sport matches to deciding who gets to pick the pizza toppings) because it's a simple, reliable way to choose between two options where each side has the exact same chance of winning. It's like asking God himself to make the decision for you when you can't be bothered to do it yourself.
How to Win:
Well, apparently God isn't as unbiased as we like to think. It turns out that a coin is always more likely to land on the side that's facing up when you flip it (and you should bet accordingly). Why? Because physics, that's why.
Now smile knowingly, sip your coffee and pretend you understand this picture.
A group of researchers at Stanford University calculated the exact odds of a flipped coin landing on either side, and it turns out that there's a 2 percent discrepancy between the two: 51 percent for the side that's facing up versus 49 percent for the side facing down. They achieved this by building a coin-tossing machine, filming it in slow motion with special cameras and carefully analyzing the results.
"That whole cancer thing is pretty much solved by now, right?"
The reason for the discrepancy is actually pretty simple. Let's say you flip a coin with heads facing up. As it turns in the air, heads will be facing up as many or more times as tails, but never less. Tails, on the other hand, will be facing up as many or fewer times as heads, but never more (since it didn't start out that way). This accounts for the 2 percent difference, which may not seem like a lot to you right now, but try not to drive yourself crazy thinking about it when you're trying to decide something by tossing a coin. By picking the side with more probabilities, you're practically making a decision already.
Should you even bother tossing a coin? Let's toss a coin.
So maybe you'll end up spinning a coin on its edge ... which is even more biased to one side, it turns out. According to the same study, when you spin a coin, most of the time it will land with the heavier side down. Since heads usually has more shit on it than tails, some coins can land on tails 80 percent of the time.


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5 Real Buried Treasures That Can Make You Rich (Or Kill You)
How many of you used to love stories about buried treasure when you were kids? Well, those stories got started for a reason: There is lost treasure all over the place. Entire fortunes lost, the only people who knew their locations long dead.
Seriously, you could go out and find some of this stuff today, and be rolling in gold coins by the end of the week. The problem is finding it...
#5. The Gold at the Bottom of Lake Guatavita
Lake Guatavita was a holy site for the native people of Colombia a few centuries ago. Every year, the chief of the ruling tribe would cover himself in gold dust, get on a boat, and throw gold and gems into the lake as a sacrifice to his god, presumably because no one else could find anything better to do with their national budget.
"What do you mean 'put it in a bank,' Terry? Banks get robbed. Lakes never do."
Evidently disheartened by the low annual percentage yield earned by storing their money in a body of water, the natives had ended this practice long before the Spanish invaders arrived. But when the disease-carrying Europeans heard about the legend of the golden man (El Dorado in Spanish), they busted a 16th century nut all over Central America. After years of searching for the source of the legend, the conquistadors finally arrived at Lake Guatavita and learned its history.
Its sexy, sexy history.
The problem was, all the gold that had been thrown overboard over the years was now sitting beneath a shitload of water, and submarines were still a good 300 years from being perfected. So the Spanish graciously admitted defeat and moved forward with their conquering, a phrase which here means "they decided to drain the fucking lake." The first attempt occurred in 1545 when Hernan Perez de Quesada put a chain of slave laborers to work for three months, emptying out the water a bucket at a time.
"While you're at it, try to fill this with gold and/or blood."
They managed to lower the water level by 10-feet and recover 40-pounds of gold. Forty years later, a rich Spanish merchant decided to pull out the big guns and cut a fucking hole in the high cliff surrounding the lake, draining it 66-feet and drowning hundreds of people living in a nearby village in the process.
"Did you guys hear the news? I'm totally rich!"
Finally, in 1911, an American company managed to drain the entire lake, because if there's one thing America is good at, it is the total destruction of a natural resource. Sadly, the mud on the bottom of the lake proceeded to immediately harden, trapping any gold that might be left under its thick, impenetrable crust.
"Awesome! So how do I get it?"
It's full of water again these days, the gold presumably still glittering away in the mud. But before you go heading off to Colombia with your rowboat, some rope and a bucket, know that no one has ever been able to find the bulk of treasure and the Colombian government has disallowed any more draining attempts.
Question: Would, say, dumping several million pounds of Jell-O powder into the lake, thus solidifying it and allowing us to eat our way down to the gold constitute "draining"? If you're an attorney, let us know in the comments.
#4. Captain Kidd's Treasure
Depending on what version you read, Captain Kidd was either a law abiding privateer or a stabtastically murderous pirate. Either way, he was arrested, tried for murder and piracy, and sentenced to hang.
But not before meeting Abbot and Costello.
In an attempt to delay his execution, Kidd claimed to have a huge stash of buried treasure, some of which was immediately found per his directions (Ted Bundy would later try a similar tactic to avoid execution, only replacing "stash of buried treasure" with "stash of buried women"). This essentially proved he was telling the truth, but the authorities hung him anyway, dipped his body in tar and dangled his corpse above the Thames River. It's still there today!
OK, not really. It was only up there for... two years. Anyway, today, people are still searching for the rest of Kidd's fabled loot.
"Awesome! So how do I get it?"
Well, first it would help to have a treasure map--the booty could be scattered pretty much any damned where. For instance, in 2007, a 300-year-old merchant ship that had apparently been commandeered by the Kidd back in the day was discovered right off the coast of the Dominican Republic. It was hidden under a mere 10-feet of crystal clear water, still loaded down with gold and silver and other valuables.
Pictured: Other valuables.
But you also should learn from the mistakes of previous attempts. For instance, back in the early 1980s, an out of work actor named Richard Knight, claiming to have a map of Kidd's verified by the British Museum, set off with an unemployed photographer named Cork Graham on a daring adventure.
Clearly ancient parchment and not a Chick-Fil-A napkin.
And by that we meant they went to Thailand and rented a speedboat. After bumbling around for a week in what we expect was a hilarious buddy-comedy type way, they accidentally landed in Vietnam. Authorities arrested the men for being in the country illegally and tried to ransom them off for $10,000 each. Unsurprisingly, no one wanted to pony up 10-Gs for a couple of jobless retards, so they wound up spending 44 weeks in Vietnamese jail. We blame the map.
Still, you should totally get your boat and head out there. Vietnamese jails aren't that bad, right? They've surely fixed them up since Rambo.
#3. Montezuma's Gold
When the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire, they were greeted as returning gods because they were pale and had beards. If only it was that easy to impress people these days.
This guy would be king.
Despite their impeccable references, the Spanish turned out to not actually be gods at all. They installed themselves in the palace, forced their religion on the natives, led a brutal slaughter of 700 noblemen in the streets of Tenochtitlan and melted down all their golden statues to be transported back to Spain. Then they killed Montezuma, the king of the Aztec Empire, at which point the Aztec people decided they'd had entirely enough of these strange new douchebags, beards be damned.
The Spanish realized pretty quickly they needed to fight their way out of the city, so they could only pause to grab whatever they absolutely needed to survive, which roughly translated to "all the fucking gold we can possibly carry."
"My only regret is that there are so few pockets on our armor."
Gold weighs a shitload, and these soldiers who were already weighed down by armor took as much as 50-pounds of it each as they tried to flee. Did we mention Tenochtitlan was an island in the middle of a swamp? And that all bridges to get out had been removed?
In one night over half of Cortes's men were killed, mostly due to drowning in the swamp under the weight of all the bullshit they were carrying. It is a night known in Spanish as "Noche Triste," which in English means "just leave the fucking gold behind, you dick brained asstards."
"Just leave it!"
"Awesome! So how do I get it?"
These days, trained archeologists do find some of that gold from time to time, but all the real authorities know that the rest of the stolen Aztec treasure wound up in southern Utah. That's where the gold is actually buried, according to Freddy Crystal, a "miner and amateur treasure hunter" who believed that an old map he found proved the Aztec priests removed most of their gold--before Cortes arrived--and took it to Utah for reasons best described as "making the opposite of sense,"
Notice the lack of Utah on this map.
Freddy managed to round up hundreds of volunteers in the 1920s and worked for three years, digging into the side of a mountain in the desert heat. While several artifacts and other relics were recovered, Freddy didn't find one goddamn piece of gold, not even the chocolate kind 70-year-old ladies pass out on Halloween.


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UnityBootstrapper class. My question is: when would you call a class a "Bootstrapper"? Why? What does it say about the class?
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I sometimes see the term "Bootstrapper". I saw it last when creating some learning exercises for Prism. I stumbled upon
In your specific example you're talking about a Dependency Injection Container Bootstrapper. This is where you configure all of your instances and generally prepare the container for use.
It also ends up being where most of the coupling in your application resides (it has to reside somewhere), but this is a side effect, not the purpose.
In more general terms, a bootstrapper is just a class or method which prepares/configures a group of classes/objects or an entire API for your specific needs and use.
In the general sense, there is an excellent answer over at EL&U.SE to the question What's the meaning of "bootstrap"?:
As such, the
Usually it means something which, given a minimal set of data, builds a complete object. For example a YieldCurveBootstrapper takes market quotes (deposit rates, swap rates, etc.) and builds a calibrated yield curve.
In low level terminology, a bootstrapper is a piece of code loaded on bootup which configures memory and the environment before triggering the operating system's entry point.


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A Colorado-based construction company working on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota has donated more than 400 pairs of shoes to students at a local school.
The Rapid City Journal reports that Arvada-based Milender White Construction Co. and its subcontractors donated 435 wrapped boxes of shoes to students at Pine Ridge Elementary.
Milender White is overseeing construction of the $31 million Pine Ridge Justice Center going up on the southern edge of town.
Vice President Adam Mack says the gift giving is part of the company's mission to give back to the community they have been working in.
Nine-year-old Cante Long Soldier is a third-grader. She says the new pair of Nikes she received was probably the nicest pair of shoes she's ever owned.


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STEUBENVILLE - Parents, children and community leaders gathered Saturday at Murphy Field to listen to one another about ways to stop the violence in the city.
The conversation was very personal to Michael Thomas, whose son, Demitrius, was stabbed to death not to far away from his home on July 25.
Thomas, a Jefferson Behavioral Health System case manager, organized the United Neighbors Ignites Teens with Education and Drug Awareness by Fostering Education, Respect and Openness with Never Ending Truths, or U.N.I.T.E.D. F.R.O.N.T.
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TALKING — Michael Thomas, whose son, Demitrius, was stabbed to death on July 25, organized a picnic meeting of parents, children and community leaders Saturday so everyone can talk about ending the violence in the city. -- Mark Law
"The mission today is for the kids to listen and respond. We need to unite the community. So many times the community has started this but it doesn't continue. It is so necessary to work with the teens," Thomas said.
A cookout lunch was provided and then the kids gathered to discuss ways that adults can help the children.
Thomas asked the kids to write down on paper what they want to see in the city, whether it be drug awareness, ending violence or activities for the kids to keep busy.
"We will continue to fight for the cause," he promised.
Thomas said his son was full of energy and very respectful.
"We need to get out and engage and be mentors. We need to captivate young men and women," he said.
Thomas said he has never seen the community this bad.
He had a message to the drug dealers and those committing the violence.
"It is not OK to come in and disrupt this whole city," he said.
"We need to say enough is enough. We want more people to step up. There is darkness in the kids that I have never seen before. We as parents need to take back our kids," he said.
City Mayor Domenick Mucci said the community is very unique and made up of outstanding individuals.
"Mike's strength is moving us forward," Mucci said of Thomas.
"We need to find out what is on the youths' mind - good, bad or whatever. We need to understand it and approach the problem. It needs to start at home, with parents being parents. They need to set ground rules," Mucci said.
Mucci urged parents to monitor their children's involvement in social media.
"We are here today to listen so, as mayor, I can put the mechanisms for change in place," he said.
Lisa Ward, Jefferson Behavioral Health Services community support program administrator, said she has worked with Thomas for the past two decades.
She outlined the services Jefferson Behavioral Health System has for the community. She said families don't need insurance to get the services offered.
She said parenting is a tough job and doesn't come with a handbook.
Ward encourage parents to recognize warning signs that something may be bothering their child, such as falling grades.
"When kids come home and you see they had a bad day, you need to see what is going on," she said.
She also urged children not to be afraid to go to their parents and ask for help and say, "I need someone to talk to."
Ward said the community in the past year has seen the hope removed from kids.
She told parents they need to be parents.
"We are not their best friend. We have a job to be strict, firm and set limits," Ward said.
Michael McVey, Steubenville City Schools superintendent, said the school system has to be part of the community but he also encouraged kids to talk to teachers, coaches and advisers about concerns and problems.
"We need to keep the communication open. We are always there," he said.


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How do I define a bijection between $(0,1)$ and $(0,1]$?
Establish a one-to-one correspondence between the closed interval $[0,1]$ and the open interval $(0,1)$.
this is a problem in real analysis.
Establish a one-to-one correspondence between the closed interval $[0,1]$ and the open interval $(0,1)$.
this is a problem in real analysis.
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Possibly you are considering this problem in this textbook but probably not; in any case, the author suggest breaking the proof down into two lemmas that may help you prove this problem:
Part (a): Suppose there are sets $ A,B $ which have a subset $S$ in common and that for some sets $C,D$ we have
Then use this information to describe a 1-1 correspondence between $A,B$.
Part (b): Describe a 1-1 correspondence between the sets $$\left\{0,1,\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \dots \right\} \text{ and } \left\{ \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{4} \dots \right\} $$
Use Parts (a),(b) to prove that the intervals $[0,1]$ and $(0,1)$ are equivalent sets.
I found that using the construction used in the Wikipedia proof of the Schroeder-Bernstein theorem yields an elegant answer.
Take, for instance, $A = [-1,1]$ and $B = (-1,1)$. For the injective map $g:B\rightarrow A$ we can just take the identity, and for $f:A \rightarrow B$ we can use $f(x) = x/2$.
Following through with the construction yields a bijection $\psi: A \rightarrow B$ which is the identity almost everywhere except at points of the form $\pm2^{-n}$.


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State police say injuries not consistent with a house fire were found on a mother and daughter who died in a blaze in eastern Kentucky over the weekend.
Trooper Tony Watts said the investigation into what killed 64-year-old Sandra K. Melton and 35-year-old Suzy Rebecca Melton, both of the Scuddy community in Perry County, is ongoing after the medical examiner's findings Wednesday.
Watts says the injuries discovered during autopsies could not initially be attributed only to a house fire.
Watts could not say what the other injuries were. Watts says investigators preliminarily believe a skillet on a cook stove started the fire near Hazard at about 6 a.m. Sunday.
Troopers returned to the home Tuesday. Watts had no timeline for when the investigation would be complete.


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I used to love the matchday feature of having a picture of the ground you were playing at in the background. It gave each game an individual feel to it. Its the little things that make the big differences.
Oh, and also when you were able to choose your managerial personality pre game - like withdrawn etc... I feel this could be brought back someway into FM09. It could limit your media and player interaction to your originally chosen personality. Maybe you could start out as a withdrawn and green manager, but through your dealings with the press and players develop in a wily old Taggert. Anyway, anyone remember what version this feature was on? I'm thinking 98 ish.


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I'm growing some Bhut Jolokia's (world hottest pepper aka ghost pepper) amongst other hot peppers. Anyone have any recommendations what I can do with them? I picked one off the plant last night. I'm looking for something other that hot sauce or chili.
I've never used bhut jolokias but I love spicy vegetable oil. DO NOT just throw the peppers in a jar of oil. Apparently this is bad. Follow the much more helpful links in the comments that follow this and make the oil properly.
Once you do this you can cook pretty much anything that needs a little (or a lot) of extra heat. You said you have other peppers so it might be interesting to set up a few jars with different pepper combos.
Bonus: if what I've heard of these peppers is correct, you can probably make a low grade mace this way.
If you're looking for something to do right away, I'd mix a very small piece in some melty cheese and throw it on some chips, burritos, pizza, or anything really. Spicy cheese rocks.
Good luck and enjoy.
I once made habanero poppers for some friends. Sliced the habaneros in half length wise and seeded them. I stuffed them with a mix of cream cheese, monterey jack, sour cream, salt and pepper and then baked them in the oven until the cheese had turned GB&D.
They were very tasty, as the pepper itself was quite a bit sweeter and more flavorful than the normal jalapeno I would have used. I would expect that since the bhut jolokia is in the same general family as the habanero, the same would apply here. However, they were significantly hotter, almost to the point of unpleasant for the non-chiliheads.
As the bhut jolokias are even hotter, I would urge caution when handling them. I would also probably enjoy every moment of the pain of eating them.
maybe use it to infuse some vodka, and make a really spicy vodka for cocktails?


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I'm a top-notch programmer, but a notoriously bad interviewee.
I've flunked 3 interviews consecutively because I get so nervous that my voice tightens at least 2 octaves higher and I start visibly shaking -- mind you, I can handle whatever technical questions the interviewer throws at me in that state, but I think it looks bad to come off as a quivering, squeaky-voiced young woman during a job interview.
I've just got the personality type of a shy computer programmer. No matter how technical I am, I'm going to get passed up in favor of a smooth talker. I have another interview coming up shortly, and I want to really impress the company.
Here are my trouble spots:
What can I do to be less nervous during my interview? I always get really excited when I hear I have a face-to-face interview, but get more and more anxious as the interview approaches.
How long or short should I keep my answers? Interviewers want me to explain what I used to do at my prior employment, but I'm a very chatty person and tend to talk/squeak for 10 minutes at a time.
What exactly is my interviewer looking for when asking about prior jobs?
During the interview, I'll be asked if I have any questions for the interviewer. I should, but what kinds of questions should I ask to show that I'm interested in being employed?
How can I sugarcoat "I want to make more money" into something that sounds nicer? Interviewers always ask why I'm looking for a new job. The real reason is that my current salary isn't that great, and I want to make more money: otherwise the work environment is fine.
I have only one prior programmer job, and I've worked there for 18 months, but I have the skill of someone with 4 to 6 years of experience. What can I say to compete against applicants with more work experience?


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In my previous post I've introduced the Histogram that will be available in kdenlive 0.7.8.
Next in the list of the Color Scopes I added are two closely related scopes: Waveform and RGB Parade. Both of them do the same, Waveform for Luma, RGB Parade for the RGB components. Therefore I will not always explicitly point out that properties hold for both scopes and speak of Waveform only.
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The Waveform is kind of a 3D Histogram.
That's nothing to do with the fact that the above image looks kind of 3D. So where are the three dimensions?
The Waveform looks quite impressive here. But what can we learn about the image?
That is where the RGB parade drops in now.
What we see is very slight crushing for blue on the tree, and more or less equal parts of red and green as well. So if you thought the tree were green, your brain fooled you. It is not. (Actually there is no green at all in the image.) Also, blue nearly doesn't clip at all, even in the sun. So it is still a little bit orange, which is great.
Now, didn't the Histogram show clipping and crushing as well? Yes, it did. But it did not show where. That is a big benefit. As in some cases, if you see that there is some clipping on a light bulb, you perhaps don't mind increasing the overall brightness of the image. It does increase clipping as seen on the Histogram, but the Waveform shows that only the light bulb is clipped a little more, which you can afford in our imaginary case.
Wait … imaginary, I said? Actually I do have a short clip with light bulbs. Which is quite interesting, not only due to the wrong white balance.
The RGB Parade reveals two things at first glance. You will at least recognize the first one as well.
To achieve proper white balance here, we make use of a new effect called SOP/Sat (if you want to know more about it: It implements the ASC Color Decision List. More to read also in the source code comments of the effect.) Curves would work as well (actually curves could do everything), but let's use a new effect here.
The first thing to decide is how bright the darkest spot should be. This can be controlled with the Offset parameter. Reference is again the left part of the Parades, the soon-to-be white ceiling. You can use your mouse to make the Waveform or RGB Parade draw a horizontal line and display the value there. I lifted all channels to 48 in this example:
Second step is Stretching the channels. This is done with the Slope sliders. The goal is again to find a neutral spot in the RGB Parade and use it as reference. We could again use the ceiling on the left, but after some testing I found out that the little wave in the middle of the scope works as well. Its advantage is that it is slightly brighter than the ceiling, allowing to correct the color cast more precisely.
And voilà, exposure and white balance are corrected.
When taking a look at the full-sized image (or when trying it yourself with the sample clip available for download at the end of this article) you will notice color waves in the image. This is the result of the stretching; We have blown up the ceiling on the left from 25 px height to nearly 100 px. If the clip had been exposured and white balanced correctly when shooting, we would have 100 distinct values there, but now there are only 25 different blue levels, causing these steps. Also in the histogram the image looks torn apart. (Another reason might be the high compression of the Nikon D90 clips.) This effect is called Posterization.
This is one of the reasons why more expensive cameras (and with that I mean really expensive ones, like the RED One, to name an extreme example) record videos in higher bit depth. Perhaps all clips you'll ever encounter only store 8 bits per channel, so there are 28 = 256 possible values for each channel. Having for example 10 bits per channel would already result in 210 = 1024 possible values. This would already have solved our problem.
But before you buy a RED one now – kdenlive does not support more than 8 bit yet.
Where you already can play with more than 8 bits per channel are RAW images from DSLR cameras. Supported by digikam, RawTherapee, and several more.
Looks perfect. Good exposure (says the eye and the Waveform), beautiful colors.
Nevertheless, there is some clipping. It is just hidden by the Luma calculation: For Luma, only pixels that are totally white are at the top of the Waveform.
Although the green leaf looks much brighter than the red tip, it is the Red channel which clips at the tips. The thing is that our eyes are most sensitive to Green, less to Red, and even less to Blue. That is also the reason why the beam of a green laser is visible in the night sky, but a red one is not (unless you've got a really strong one.)
This is a classical High Key shot. Bright subject (but not clipped yet), white background.
Interesting detail: When color grading, some colorists prefer scopes with neutral colors, and basically with neutral everything. Just greyscale, except for the video itself. Why that? Quick answer: Afterimages. If you look at a green surface and then immediately color grade an image by eye, there will be too much green in it.
To explain the last point a little more in detail: A black/white gradient draws a line from the bottom left to top right on the Waveform. When changing the colors, e.g. with the SOP/Sat filter or with Curves, the line will change. (Attention, effects working on the saturation will not have any effect on a grayscale gradient!)
In this gradient above I have applied a SOP/Sat effect to give the blacks a blueish touch and the mids and highs a warm touch. You can play around with the gradient file and some color correction effects on the gradient file as well. What the above is good for will be in the next part.
Waveform and RGB Parade are mighty scopes. Especially the RGB Parade. Correcting the exposure is easy, with these scopes you can always keep track of the levels of each color component. It is also possible to do white balance by adjusting blacks first and whites afterwards because the horizontal axis in the Scopes correspond to the horizontal axis in the video which allows to detect spots that should be neutral.
Thanks for reading!
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Wed, 09/15/2010 - 00:45
well... wow! this is well explained and definitely interesting! :D
Thu, 09/16/2010 - 14:20
then it's up to you to write some interesting articles :)
Wed, 09/15/2010 - 16:40
Granjow, great work and write up. I see you use the ASC colour corrector. Are you considering a Lift Gamma Gain 3 way? or is this an option already, such as found in Colorista II?
Thu, 09/16/2010 - 14:49
I believe LGG & SOP are different formulas and therefore assume apply the 'corrections' differently. But as you say so many variations of implementation anyway, even choosing one or the other.


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Intended Audience:This program is designed for program directors and direct service staff who work with adolescents (both young women and young men). It will provide a framework that is new to southwestern Pennsylvania, but has proven effective in other regions. About the presenter:Dr. Elizabeth Miller is Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Trained in medical anthropology as well as Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Miller's research has included examination of sex trafficking among adolescents in Asia, teen dating abuse, and reproductive health, with a focus on underserved youth populations including pregnant and parenting teens, foster, homeless, and gang-affiliated youth. Her current research focuses on the impact of gender-based violence on young women's reproductive health. She has participated in numerous legislative hearings related to protecting adolescent confidentiality, adolescent reproductive health, and dating abuse. Her work on reproductive coercion and birth control sabotage has been featured in the New York Times, and she was also on the Oprah Winfrey show as a national expert on teen dating violence (at the time Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna). She has conducted research in partnership with Planned Parenthood in Northern California (funded by the National Institutes of Health), pilot testing a brief clinical intervention to address partner violence and reproductive coercion in reproductive health care settings, which has led to a large NIH-funded randomized trial in Western Pennsylvania. In addition, she is conducting a study of a sexual violence prevention program entitled "Coaching Boys into Men" which involves training high school coaches to talk to their male athletes about stopping violence against women, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also involved in projects to reduce gender-based violence and improve women's health in India, Japan, and Kenya.
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Can yuo help for dummy?
I'm just full zero in ExtJS, But I cant find any simpy sampe to receive some array from server to JS.
I had sniffered HTTP responce from page:
I can't understand, why any attempts to modify all samples are failing :-(
code is like this:
var record= Ext.data.Record.create([{name:'id_units',type:'str'},{name:'name_units',type:'str'}]);
var StructStoreReader = new Ext.data.ArrayReader({id:0},record);
var StructStore = new Ext.data.ArrayStore({
proxy: new Ext.data.HttpProxy(
{url: '../data/effect-report-data.php' , method: 'POST',disableCaching: true, success: function(r,o){ }})
, baseParams: {QWhat: "plantstruct"}
, reader: StructStoreReader
'baseParams' are using to generate upper responce.
All tricks resulted in StructStores.items emmpty collection.
I have no minds to do more.
Do somebody have any enthusiasm to help?
Novice with one-day experience in ExtJS, when correcting third-party code.
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An 11-year-old Italian girl suffered from hot flashes after taking herbal medicine for her thinning hair.
The medicine is called saw palmetto, it's commonly used by men treating enlarged prostates and sometimes used for balding in adult men.
The girl was taking the medicine everyday with hopes of treating telogen effuvium, which causes hair loss in children.
After two months of taking the pills, the girl experienced hot flashes multiple times a day.
Once she stopped taking the pills her hot flashes stopped.
The herbal medicine is also said to trigger the girl's menstrual cycle which was also abnormal. Sometimes her period would last for 15 days with heavy flow.
Researchers could not identify if in fact the saw palmetto caused the hot flashes but since it was the only medicine she was taking it's assumed it caused her symptoms.


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I'm finishing off a Terminal Services solution where I have two identical Dell PowerEdge R710 servers running Hyper-V which will both be connected to a Dell MD3000 DAS via SAS HBA. The MD3000 will host several virtual terminal servers.
The question is: what would be a good disk configuration for the MD3000 DAS?
These terminal server images (min of 4, max of 6) will be used by a relatively small number of people (approx. 20). Usage mainly revolves around using our custom .NET data-entry apps, MS Office (email, word, excel, ppt), browser usage, etc. Fairly low usage and 99% of all user data is stored on a separate file server.
I believe more fault tolerance is needed than RAID 5 can provide. I would like the ability to absorb at least 2 disk failures. I plan on purchasing backup hdd's to quickly hot-swap in in the event of disk failure.
The notable options are RAID's 1 / 6 / 10 / 15. Please feel free to contribute outside of these margins.
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I am reading the Cocoa Fundamentals->Design Patterns->Observer->Uses and Limitations. It mentioned a "significant difference from delegation" that confuses me:
But objects receiving notifications can react only after the event has occurred. This is a significant difference from delegation. The delegate is given a chance to reject or modify the operation proposed by the delegating object. Observing objects, on the other hand, cannot directly affect an impending operation.
Especially on delegate is given a chance to reject or modify the operation, while observing objects can not.


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The CWCMS Bullpups baseball and softball teams both fell in tough losses on Tuesday, but on Thursday they both rebounded in a big way, with both teams winning and capturing third place at State in Centralia.
Both teams played at 1 p.m. so fans were bouncing between both fields to watch the teams compete.
The girls wrapped their game up first, defeating Millstadt 9-4.
Kaley Oliver pitched seven innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with five walks and five strikeouts.
Leading the team in offense were Shaelyn Perkins with four singles, Janes Smith with a single, Sydney Lucas with a single, Breona Owen with her first home run hit over the fence, Makynna Shaffer with a triple, Carlee Hart with a single and Kelsi Kessler with two singles.
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