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An area of WKU's campus turned into what students called shantytown Wednesday night.
It was part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and to give students an experience of what it's like to be hungry and homeless.
"It makes them think about people who are homeless when it's this cold outside, and they have nowhere to go," said Asst. Hall Director, Nikki Eversole.
Several students participated even despite chilly temperatures.
"The main thing is just being aware of the situation other people are in, everybody on a college campus usually has it pretty well, and it's just really good to take a look back at people that are a lot less fortunate than us," said sophomore, Jacob DeRossett.
WKU's department of housing and residence life hosted this 22nd annual Shantytown event.
Students built shanties and were judged on survival criteria.
"We're wanting them to think about people who don't have anywhere to stay at night. We want to challenge them to think about things they can do to change things in the bowling green community or to go home and change things in their community," said Eversole.
Tonight also featured speakers talking about homelessness, and students got the message that it can be anywhere.
"Even though this is a small area, it still happens here, just like it does in the rest of the world. It could be the smallest city, but people still live in poverty and don't have anything to eat, and sometimes nowhere to go," said junior, Elicia Tillis.
Students say this experience is good, but you also need to try and make a difference.
"If it's brought to your attention, then you can help someone, you can realize what's happening around you and make it better," said Tillis.
And that's exactly what these students hope to do.
The program also featured speakers from habitat for humanity and a showing of the film The Pursuit of Happyness.


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Investors struggle to get past Europe's woes
|People use ATMs outside a closed branch of the Bank of Cyprus in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Cypriot authorities are preparing limits on how much money depositors can take out of their accounts a day before banks are set to reopen. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
NEW YORK -- Investors just can't get past Europe.
Renewed worries about the region's debt crisis weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average on Wednesday, and held the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from reaching an all-time high.
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Random Vinyl: Neil Diamond - Shilo (1970)
Jill brought in this compilation album to celebrate Neil Diamond's Saint Paul show at the Xcel Energy Center. "Cherry, Cherry" was released as a single in July 1966. It was penned by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. It's really easy to learn on guitar. Three chords (E-A-D) and you'll impress everyone at your next party.


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Survivor Confidentiality & Privacy: Releases & Waivers
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Survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking share private information with programs and advocates when they seek services. The extent to which their information remains private is central to a survivor's safety and empowerment.
When and how survivors may release their own personal information requires knowledge of the potential legal, ethical, and practical risks. Recent federal and state law changes and the rise of interest in tracking survivors' use of services has created challenges for programs and advocates who are trying to help survivors manage their confidential information.
This call will cover the following issues:
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* When releases are required and where they are not appropriate orvalid.
* When and how releases can be helpful and how they can be harmful.
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* Whether releases are required to be in writing every time.
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* Releases for individuals with court-appointed guardians and other complex cases.
* Whether releases from an outside agency are a valid basis for the release of advocate or program information.
* When programs are required to release information without a survivor signing a release.
Presented by Julie Field, Esq. & The Safety Net Team of the National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund as part of the Technology, Confidentiality, & Innovative Partnerships
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Is the Virgin Birth Based on a Mistranslation?
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That's the subject of the most recent podcast episode of Mark Goodacre's NT Pod. As Naked Bible readers may know, my own answer is no. Professor Goodacre (Duke University) agrees. Have a listen! Technorati Tags: almah, birth, Jesus, Mary, parthenos, Stavrakopolou, translation, virgin


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The Barren River Area Development district has updated several key health issues in the area.
Leaders in healthcare from the Barren River Area released the 2013 to 2015 Community Health Plan Tuesday.
The new health plan has been in the making for more than a year.
The BRADD Community Health Plan focuses on community, schools, worksite and healthcare.
This includes, making better food choices and building a better environment in the community, making schools healthier places to learn, making employee wellness programs happen, and creating an effective healthcare system.
"The real work is just now beginning and that's the implementation phase and so from a community perspective if you have not been involved in this process, you can be involved in this process. Each of us on a daily basis has the capacity to make good health choices," said Dennis Chaney with the Barren River District Health Department.
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Toronto. Derived from Toronto, Ontario or T.O. (Tee dot Oh dot)
also Tee Oh
also Tee Oh
The first time I heard T dot was in a Rascalz video.
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Appropriate slang reference to city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada or immediate surrounds.
note:may or may not be preceded by "the"
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Are you hittin that Beatmatch party in Tdot?
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Toronto Ontario, in Canada
Yo I wanna drop by T Dot for carribana
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada.the name "T DOT" was popuralized to the mainstream through its use in a lot of tracks by toronto hip hop artists.
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My website has a sponsorship system that allows users to invite friends by email (with a link that refers sender) because of some bonus ("if X people subscribe because of you, you win this and that"). I want to do the same with the Facebook side of the application, so I use the 'apprequest' method to bring a list of friends to invite, but I wonder how can I get the sender/new subscriber association. It seems I can know that A (member) invited B (not a member) with the response request, so I could say "A invited B, if B subscribes then A is B's sponsor". But if A and C invited B, how can I know what of both invitations B has chosen ?
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Have a quick read of the Request dialog docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/requests/
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Palm Beach International Airport
1000 PBIA, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406, USA
Telefon: (561) 471 7420
Website: www.pbia.org
The airport is located 4km (2.5 miles) west of West Palm Beach and 5.5km (3.5 miles) west of Palm Beach.
How to get there
The airport is a two-hour drive from Orlando, one and a half hours from Miami and 45 minutes from Fort Lauderdale. It is situated next to I-95 (there are plans to link the airport directly to I-95) and is accessible from anywhere in Palm Beach County. From the south on I-95, exit at Southern Boulevard (exit 50) and turn left (west) then turn right (north) on Australian Avenue and follow the signs to the airport entrance on the left. From the north on I-95, exit at Belvedere Road (exit 51); drive west on Belvedere Road to Australian Avenue and turn left, proceeding to the airport entrance on the right.
Information about parking possibilities at the Palm Beach International Airport
Access by public transport
Automated transportation reservation centres, providing direct telephone lines to transportation companies, are located in the centre of the baggage reclaim area on level 1.
TriRail provides transportation between West Palm Beach and Miami, with stops on route (www.tri-rail.com); TriRail feeder bus services can be found outside level 1 of the terminal.
PalmTran, Palm Beach Countys public bus transport, offers regular services throughout Palm Beach County; the stop is located on the kerb of level 1 and route maps can be found inside the terminal also on level 1 (tel: (561) 841 4200; www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/palmtran).
Taxis are available from the transportation desks at each end of the terminal building on level 1.
Supershuttle (tel: (561) 233 0600; www.supershuttle.com) offers shared-ride door to door shuttle transportation to and from the airport.
Information desk
Travelers Aid is located in the centre of the baggage reclaim area on level 1 and there is also a Traveler Service Center on level 2 offering a range of travel-related services. Airport ambassadors are available throughout the terminal to assist travellers and are easily spotted for their teal jackets. Palm Beach County Visitor Information Centre (tel: (561) 233 3000) can also provide advice and information.
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The styling of this Internet radio is classic. A bit pricey, but I would seriously consider this as the centerpiece of my entertainment room!
Wireless connections can sometimes be inconsistent. This is not good when streaming media. If this had a wired LAN connection, it would be much better.


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So, I'm trying to use an optimal UX design for three choices that are responses to questions. The three choices are choice 1, choice 2 and "I don't know." Currently, I've been considering using radio buttons with text next to them, but I'm wondering if there is a better option. I've considered making the item choices into button graphics and having them change color when the user clicks, but that process is very time-consuming and inflexible if you wish to change the text. I'm really open to listening for ideas here.
In what context does this option appear? Is it the only thing on the page or is the UI cluttered with other elements? Or is it somewhere in between?
If the screen is pretty barren, I would use radio buttons. That doesn't prevent you from having a button-like background surround them after you select them. Something like this:
But using buttons as radio buttons can be a little bit confusing.
You can do something interesting things with labels and radio buttons; making them stylistically like buttons or image buttons.
I've had good results by using radio buttons in situations like these and styling the parent label to look somewhat like the tags used on this site - except there would be a radio button before the text.
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Nadia Nerina (1927 - 2008)Sad to report the death of a wonderful dancer
Posted 07 October 2008 - 12:51 PM
Miss Nerina will be most remembered for being the original Lise in Sir Frederick Ashton's "La Fille Mal Gardee" and for me, remains the best exponent of this role in which the whole of the original cast gave a magical performance.
Posted 07 October 2008 - 01:18 PM
tho' i didn't see her live, i have seen her performances on film, including her Lise, Firebird, Giselle, Ballerina (in PETROUCHKA) and Swanilda, and much comes through.
Even on film, NN's Lise is vivid, vibrant and unforgettable.
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Posted 07 October 2008 - 01:43 PM
Posted 07 October 2008 - 03:11 PM
Pretty vibrant even in your still. Thanks for that lovely photo, rg.
Even on film, NN's Lise is vivid, vibrant and unforgettable.
Posted 07 October 2008 - 03:15 PM
Posted 07 October 2008 - 03:20 PM
Is there any further information on her death? I can't find any obituaries by googling. She reached a ripe age, I think she must have been around 81.
Nadia Nerina died at her home in the south of France, apparently after a long illness. She leaves behind her husband Charles Gordon who she married in 1956.
Nerina was born in South Africa on 21 October 1927, where she received her early training (Cecchetti Method) which was completed in London where she came to live and study, firstly at the Rambert Ballet School and then at the Sadlers wells Ballet School. She joined the Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet in 1946 and was made a soloist in 1947 and became a Principal dancer in 1952.
A film of her in Giselle with Nikolai Fadeyechev is among the filmed legacy she has left for us to admire together with the TV broadcast of La Fille Mal Gardee with David Blair. She had appeared as Giiselle at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1960 with Fadeyechev achieving great acclaim.
With the Royal Ballet, Nerina was to create roles for Ashton, Cranko, MacMillan and Helpmann and danced all the ballerina roles of her time.
Perhaps not always able to exhibit the lyrical side of her art, Nerina was always able to astound with her technical abilities without vulgarity. In both Giselle and La Fille Mal Gardee she was able to exhibit charm,
superb technical ability (not caught very well on film) and inhabited the roles to great effect.
Alongside Dame Margot Fonteyn and Svetlana Beriosova, Nerina was one of the trio of Royal Ballet dancers who were among the leading exemplars of British ballet, dancing leading roles up until 1966.
Posted 07 October 2008 - 06:04 PM
Posted 07 October 2008 - 06:20 PM
Posted 08 October 2008 - 09:42 AM
Nerina was born in South Africa on 21 October 1927, where she received her early training (Cecchetti Method) which was completed in London where she came to live and study,
I know
Her stepmother, Mrs. Judd, used to live close to us. My mother still points out the house to me.
Posted 08 October 2008 - 11:50 AM
My fondest memory of her (which I have probably told before) was when she used to come to Madame Cleo Nordi for private class. Very often she stayed on and did at least barre with Madame's regular pupils. One tried hard not to stare in awe with gaping mouth! She was so kind and gracious and a real role model to us all.
There is an anecdote (true) that I would like to share with you. Miss Nerina was very fond of cats and in her apartment in Davies Street in London's Mayfair she had a room for her pets. One of the lesser English papers wrote a venomous article about that she ought to give that room to a homeless family in stead.
What a privilege it is to have been in class with her - I miss her very much. RIP my dear Nadia Nerina.
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How to Paint Your Car at HomeWritten by on April 1, 2001 How to Paint at Home
Having a car with nice paint is both the biggest reward and the biggest hassle in car crafting. Between searching for a paint shop that will do a complete repaint on an older car, getting the job done to your satisfaction in a timely fashion, and paying for it, having a car painted can be a harrowing experience. But theres no reason to let all that stand between your car and a great paint job. After all, you know the old saying: If you want something done right, youve got to do it yourself. And you really can if youve got the time and patience to do it right.
The most daunting challenge for the first-time painter is understanding the various steps of the process: prep, primer, blocking, and the final spray job and detailing. Taken as a whole, it seems like an insurmountable hurdle, but each step by itself takes no more than a couple of days. Pacing yourself, you can get the job done in a reasonable amount of time if you have a plan and stick to it. We painted this 70 Duster in just about a month from the time the bodywork was started until it was color-sanded and ready to drive out of the garage.
It may be the oldest cliché in the trade, but theres no escaping the truth that the final result of any paint job is only as good as the prep work. The Duster was hiding its fair share of damage, with some rust down low in the quarters, and plastic body filler higher up from previous repairs. From the doors forward, the paint was mostly original, but numerous past repairs had left the rear of the car a patchwork of partial repaints. Some were skillfully done, while other were amateurishly overloaded with filler. We took the time to get the bodywork right before moving on.
Another point we cant hammer home hard enough is that you really need to check your local environmental regulations regarding mixing and spraying paints at home. The local fire department or autobody supply store is probably the best place to start. But even if you stop short of actually spraying the paint yourself, the techniques shown here will at least allow you to get the car ready for a pro to lay down the paint, saving you a ton of money. Weve assumed you already know how to strip a car of all its trim, bumpers, mirrors, grille, and other items that need to be removed before you paint it, so lets get down to the nitty-gritty details.
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1. After thoroughly cleaning the car with detergents followed by a wipe-down with wax and grease remover, the work starts by sanding down the old paint with a dual-action (DA) orbital air sander. The DA sands without digging in like a rotary sander or grinder. Sanding the car down to at least the level of its original paint offers a great surface to build on if it's in good shape. Heavy duct tape protects the windshield molding from getting scuffed by the sander.2. On the lower driver-side quarter we struck a solid sheet of body filler over wire mesh, hiding some serious rust. A tape line was laid out, and the offending area was cut loose with a cut-off wheel. The inner trunk floor extension was also rusted, so most of that got the knife too.3. This is the quarter after the final cut. Make sure when making repairs that the work area is pruned back to solid metal.4. We culled a replacement section for the quarter-panel from a wrecked Dart Sport and painstakingly trimmed it for an exact fit so we could butt-weld it in. We cut the piece from the donor car with the inner panel still attached, and welded it in that way, so that the factory join between the two panels remained at the bottom, front, and rear. These butt-welding clamps are from The Eastwood Company, and keep the panel edges lined up.5. The new panel was MIG-welded in place. With its confined heat zone, MIG welding keeps distortion to a minimum. MIG gear is affordable enough now to be within reach of the hobbyist, with this Campbell Hausfeld unit from Harbor Freight Tools priced under $400. Make sure to step up to a gas-bottle system rather than the gasless flux core wire, since the latter will leave flux in and on the weld. The auto-darkening helmet, also from Harbor Freight, is a significant step to welding ease and worth every penny.6. After grinding the weld and some hammer-and-dolly work, the result was a solid, seamless repair. This area will get just a very thin coat of plastic filler to get the surface perfect.7. The car had several other smaller rust areas, some of which exhibited only minor pinholing through the surface. These pinholed areas will blow out paint or filler in a short time, so don't be tempted to just cover them up with body filler. Here, the rusted corner of the quarter ahead of the rear wheel was cut out and replaced with a patch. To prevent future corrosion, thoroughly clean the rust area while it's accessible, and coat the backside of the repair sections with weld-thru primer.
8. A cut-off wheel is useful for grinding back any excess welding buildup at the tacks. The thin cutting wheel can be focussed precisely on the weld beads to avoid unnecessary thinning of the sheetmetal. Final dressing of the repair is done with an angle grinder using a 40-grit grinding disc backed with a rubber pad.9. Follow the mixing instructions to prepare the plastic body filler. Apply a light skim coat to the patched area and the repair is done.10. Minor surface flaws are easily fixed with a skim of filler. Apply the filler smoothly with a plastic spreader.11. After it dries, the filler can be filed with a Surform blade (a ridged, half-round shape is the best one to get). Unless a huge amount of shaving and shaping is needed (it shouldn't be), forget the old "consistency of cheese" advice about when to file it back, since that'll only lead to peeling off or overfiling the filler. Let the filler dry fairly hard, and then rough-shape it with the file until the surface reveals uniform file marks and is properly contoured.12. The best tool for shaping filler is a long sanding board. For heavy leveling, use 36-grit sandpaper, followed by 80-grit. Try to leave uniform sanding marks and a smooth edge that feathers into adjacent areas. Finish up by DA sanding with 120- to 150-grit sandpaper to smooth the surface.13. Regular filler has a fairly coarse texture, and is subject to leaving pinhole-size bubbles. The final step of the filling process is to use acrylic glazing compound to fill minor surface flaws and create a superfine feathered edge. Use acrylic glaze sparingly because it takes a long time to dry and can shrink if glopped on.14. Glazing compounds are designed to sand easily due to their fine texture. A hard autobody sanding board is the best tool to use. They come in either 1/3- or 1/4-sheet sizes. Sand to create a uniform surface with a finely feathered edge.15. Once the bodywork is done, the car is cleaned again and masked. Since the jambs, engine bay, and trunk of this Duster still had nice original paint, we also masked these areas to protect them from overspray. 3M soft-edged foam tape, which works like weatherstrip, is useful for sealing panel gaps.16. Masking is an important step in getting a quality job. We bought a 1,000-foot roll of 3-foot-wide masking paper and enough autobody masking tape to do the job right. We left the windshield moldings in place, and tucked the tape under the edges with a thin plastic card. The underchassis is also vulnerable to overspray, and the only way to avoid a mess below is to build a curtain all the way around the underside of the car, taping it to the backside of various panels. A good masking job takes six to eight hours, and will need to be redone before the final paint is applied.
17. Before spraying any material, we did a final wipe-down of the surface to remove contaminants. In some parts of the country, solvent-based products can be used for this step. They work quicker, so check your local regulations.18. For the first primer coat, we used Valspar epoxy primer. We could have used other types of primer, but for the Duster's multisurfaced base, epoxy provided the best sealing and stability. Valspar's epoxy primer combines excellent filling characteristics with minimal shrinkage, but it is slightly harder to sand than traditional high-buildup primer surfacers.19. A vital step in achieving a top-quality finish is to apply a thin haze of a contrasting color over the primer to serve as a guidecoat while sanding. The guidecoat reveals high and low spots in the body much more effectively than sight or feel alone. We mixed a bit of black basecoat into the primer with double the normal reduction to get the right consistency and color. There's no need to paint it on; just mist the guidecoat over the surface to get a uniform speckled look.20. Sanding the primer is critical to a distortion-free finish. Use long, hard boards rather than flexible rubber blocks, which follow distortions in the panels, and whack the surface hard with wet 220-grit paper or dry 150-grit. Coarse paper quickly whittles down the high spots without riding into the low areas. Where trouble areas appear, work the panel as far as the primer's material thickness will allow, but stop sanding if it cuts through to the layer below.21. This corner of the hood displays the typical minor distortions that separate "super straight" from "almost there." After an initial blocking, the remaining guidecoat (near finger) between the cut-throughs on either side reveals a low spot. A short, flexible rubber block or fine-grit paper would have simply blended this area in by floating with the distortion, rather than revealing the flaw.22. To fix it, we filled the area with a paper-thin layer of glazing compound and feathered it in by sanding with 220-grit sandpaper on a hardboard.23. Unless the surface is still rough enough after the initial blocking pass to warrant a second primer/filler application, this is the last chance to fix flaws. This distortion in the cowl was also fixed with acrylic glaze.24. Once the final detail repairs were complete, we sprayed on a second coat of primer/sealer. This blended and filled the detail repairs as well as the 220-grit surface left in the epoxy primer coat by the blocking process. The second primer layer will be sanded to a much finer 600-grit surface for the basecoat and clearcoat. We used Valspar's Supa Seal polyurethane primer/sealer. After it cures, the epoxy leaves a much more stable surface than softer primer surfacers. We tinted it with some basecoat color to turn it from light gray to a reddish pink to improve coverage of the basecoat stage.
26. We applied a second tinted guidecoat over the primer/sealer and blocked the car out as we did in the epoxy primer stage, this time using finer wet 400-grit paper. All of the flaws exposed by the guidecoat sanded out without cutting through the epoxy primer layer. This is how you know a car is straight.27. Before topcoating, the car was demasked and washed thoroughly to remove the accumulated wet-sanding slurry from the panel gaps and surfaces. All the edges were wet-sanded, and the entire surface was given a quick going over with 600-grit paper on a soft rubber hand pad.28. After remasking the car, the surface must be immaculately clean before any color is applied. The Duster was dusted thoroughly twice with plenty of clean tack rags, and then once again just before shooting the basecoat.29. Valspar's two-stage paint system starts with the basecoat. It flashes off fast, and dries to a matte finish. When spraying, put down as little base as required to provide uniform coloration. Keep the gun perpendicular to the area being shot, holding it 10-12 inches away. Overlap the strokes 50 percent and move the gun at an even speed. Use the same technique to apply the clearcoat. We used Valspar's acrylic polyurethane. Depending upon the regulation in your area, shoot the highest VOC mix that environmental regulations allow to achieve the best flowout and finish. The higher-VOC mixes, legal in many areas, use urethane reducer rather than diluent (required in Southern California) in the brew. That's it for now. The paint needs to cure for at least a few days before it is ready for the final color-sanding and buffing process, which we'll detail next month when we wrap up the project.


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This award, valued in excess of $50 million, builds on CB&I's existing relationship with BASF as licensor of its butadiene technology, according to the companies. The plant is scheduled to start up during 2014.
CB&I was awarded a contract from BASF for the
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companies said.
The plant is scheduled to start up during 2014.
This award builds on CB&Is existing relationship
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SALT LAKE CITY — Two upcoming conferences will explore the uneasy intersection of faith and doubt being carefully traversed by some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The annual conference of the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR) will open Aug. 1 with a presentation by Michael R. Ash on the recently released second edition of his book, "Shaken Faith Syndrome," and will conclude with a panel discussion on "The Loss and Rekindling of Faith." The 2013 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium begins July 31 and will feature sessions exploring such topics as "Faithful Disagreement: A Model for the Saints."
Many Latter-day Saints, however are finding answers that confirm and renew their faith, according to research conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life for its landmark "Mormons in America" study last year. A significant majority — 77 percent — of those who identify themselves as members of the LDS Church "believe wholeheartedly in all the teachings of the church." That number is higher among respondents who have attended college (81 percent), and even higher (85 percent) among those who are college graduates.
Some Latter-day Saints, however — 22 percent in the survey — find that "some teachings of the LDS Church are hard for me to believe." That number declines as individual educational level increases. Only 14 percent of LDS college graduates in the survey expressed such doubts. But anecdotal evidence suggests that other Latter-day Saints have been frustrated because the information and materials they are finding during Internet searches may not square with the things they have learned.
For example, a recent New York Times story focused on Hans H. Mattson, a third-generation Mormon and former bishop, stake president and Area Authority Seventy from Sweden who has been speaking openly, to the Times and elsewhere, about his doubts.
"I felt like I had an earthquake under my feet," Mattsson told the Times. "Everything I'd been taught, everything I'd been proud to teach and witness just crumbled under my feet."
Ash, the scholar and author affiliated with FAIR, told the Deseret News he believes "we are seeing a growing problem" in the LDS Church — a problem that has to do with the ready availability of vast resources of information of both the faithful and doubtful varieties.
Speaking in last April's general conference of the LDS Church, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles cautioned members not to "hyperventilate if from time to time issues arise that need to be examined, understood and resolved."
"They do and they will," Elder Holland said. "In this church, what we know will always trump what we do not know. And remember, in this world, everyone is to walk by faith."
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"Doubt is not sin," said Dr. Terryl Givens, the James A. Bostwick Professor of English at the University of Richmond, the noted author of a number of books on philosophy and theology and a practicing Latter-day Saint. "Doubt can be the beginning of deeper understanding, as it was for Mormonism's founder. Mormonism claims the possibility of religious certainty, but its scripture also calls simple belief a spiritual gift."
Dr. Richard L. Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University and Howard W. Hunter Visiting Professor in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, said he doesn't think "you could prove there is more disaffection from Mormonism now than before."
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Is there a way to automate the process of ordering from Lego's online Pick-a-Brick? I'd like to be able to go from a .csv with part IDs to a filled cart on their site, or even all the way through to a placed order. Are there any options short of using a web testing/automation framework to drive the site?
I believe that many AFOL user groups had previously been able to buy in bulk from LEGO, but I don't know if that's still an option with the release of pick-a-brick - however as Joubarc points out there are often limits on the number of different elements, as well as a group limit on the number of bricks. Couple that with the fact that the process often takes months to deliver, and it's not an easy option.
Another option would be to take it offline: the LEGO catalogue often lists Pick-a-Brick elements and has a postal order form, so you could format that up in your spreadsheet application of choice and mail it in.
Doing a quick snoop around the network traffic when adding items from Pick-a-Brick shows that currently it uses a fairly simple post to submit the details to the basket:
So something could possibly be created, but as Joubarc points out, there's no guarantee that the site would continue this way.


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If God created everything in the world then did he also create the serpent who tempted Eve?
Why would he do this? Why would he create something to contended with himself and tempt others to disobey God?
If not how did the serpent get there?
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Unequivocally YES.
One does not need to delve into the garden account or unravel whether it was a talking snake or a manifestation of Satan or any of that in order to say for certain that God created it. Everything outside the person of God himself was created by him. This includes every physical object and creature in the universe, the universe itself, angels, and any other spiritual beings that exist. If it exists and is not God, God created it.
So did God make the snake? Yes he did.
Why would he create something that would contend with himself?
Remember that Satan himself is nothing but a fallen angel, originally created by God but as an angel of light. It is in this sense that Martin Luther is quoted as having said:
I think this is a good reminder not to give credit for any power or authority he does not have. Nothing he is or does is done outside the sphere of God's sovereignty and in due time God will reign him in and show his works for the lies that they are.
Why God would create some being and give it free will (man) or the power/choice to rebel against him (angels) is an intricate topic. Perhaps he knew the best way to demonstrate his authority and power was to have some stage on which it could be demonstrated. Perhaps because having creatures that serve you as robots that have no other option does not satisfy an intrinsic need to be honored.
See also: Does God need our praise and glory?
As with a lot of things in the early chapters, Genesis isn't very clear on the details. It doesn't even specifically say that Satan had anything to do with it, but that's generally accepted as true, that Satan was working through the serpent in some way. But we do see that:
Remember that Satan was Lucifer, a great and powerful angel who was cast out of heaven for rebellion, and has been trying to get God back for it ever since by screwing up His plan. It stands to reason that if Satan was able to tempt people, he would also be able to tempt animals that can communicate with people. He picked the serpent for being "the most subtle." Why? it doesn't say. Maybe he simply wanted to get every advantage he could to make sure that his first attempt to derail God's plan worked. In any event, he picked the most subtle of the animals and convinced it to tempt the humans into eating the forbidden fruit, and it worked.
As the creator of all things, God must have created the snake unless the story of the Garden of Eden was an allegory or a myth, in which case the snake was an intellectual creation of man. In support of the second view, I would cite Leon R. Kass, who says in The Beginning of Wisdom, page 58, that we can learn most from the story of the Garden of Eden by regarding it as a mythical yet realistic portrait of permanent truths about our humanity, rather than as a historical yet idealised portrait of a blissful existence we once enjoyed but lost.
It seems the story of temptation can only be explained in one of three ways: a talking snake, Satan disguised as a snake, or the whole story was a creation of man. Snakes are physically and intellectually incapable of speech, yet the biblical serpent was certainly not Satan. The serpent might have been able to deceive Eve, but could Satan deceive God, who punished all future snakes for this sin?
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Road to Worlds Most Famous Brevet Race Paris-Brest (1230km)-Part 4
We are here again in the last race before Paris.
Last Incident my trip to the hospital after all the terrible incidents in this race.
I never quit, but at that time I was really exhausted and felt like I couldn't do a single step. The ambulance even took me with wheelchair.
Many doctors gathered when I arrived and the chief Doctor of the hospital.
They did all tests and nothing, everything fine. Then some questions and they started discussing. The result simple. You over pushed yourself and also maybe you ate something that bothered your stomache.Now its up to you. We will keep you 3 hours to rest and take care of you and then you can sign and continue or stay more. You are really strong and determined person and we cannot stop you from your Dream cause we see you had done an amazing job.
I was so confused and also happy that they recognised my efforts.
My opinion was to relax and decide with clear mind. They good were that I was really
fast and I had plenty of time until the time limit (16 hours).
As time passed, the term began to act and the stomach to calm down. After three hours I had regained most of my powers. At that time also I was accompanied from my grandfather and grandmother from Athens. The truth was that they came to take me back home. And the decision was taken, I will continue .Everyone was dumbfounded with my decision and the doctors told me to sign and take the responsibility.
Slowly I stood up and the ambulance took me back to Nafplio where my Weapon (Bicycle) was waiting for me. As I was with patches, stickers and rest hospital bandages I sat on my bike and hit the road to finish. People at check suffered a shock when they saw me and I got on the bike to continue.
Certainly struggled for the last kilometres but the target was clear as my stubbornness to make it. There you realize that the power of faith and mind can sometimes surpass the physical limits.
When I finished everyone were cheering and all the people clapping with no stop. I even couldn't believe how I did it. The feeling unique ... I was one step away to live my dream.. But first of all rest and regroup my forces. Think about what went wrong and plan strategy for my race in France.
Next time you will find me in France chasing my dream…Unique scenes and feelings…
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7 Badass Cartoon Villains Who Lost to Lame Heroes
The hero's tale requires that he overcome long odds to defeat the bad guys. We understand that; nobody would have rooted for Luke Skywalker if Darth Vader had been a small, handicapped child.
But many of the cartoons of our childhood took this idea to absolutely retarded extremes, to the point that it strained even our childish suspension of disbelief. These are the badass villains who had no business coming out on the losing end:
#7. Dr. Claw
Dr. George Claw is the head of M.A.D., a criminal organization whose main purpose is committing crime and wreaking pointless havoc. Take notice that they don't mention profit or power as a main goal; those are only unexpected bonuses.
M.A.D. 1: You know, we could have looted some stuff before burning down that warehouse.
M.A.D. 2: Why?
There was one time when Claw teamed up with his Japanese counterpart, Waruda, to steal all the jewelery in the world. Yeah, you read it right. All the jewelry. From the Queen of England's crown to the ring in your great grandma's icy death fingers. Why? Presumably, for the hell of it.
They also had their logo stamped on everything. You might think it's a weird move for a criminal syndicate, but, you know, you can't underestimate the value of brand management.
Who Was He Constantly Losing To?
Inspector Gadget.
The whole "spawning any weapon from his hat" man machine thing sounds like he'd be a powerful hero, but then you realize he's less "combination of man and machine" and more "combination of machine and pure incompetent asshole."
Gadget is constantly being outwitted by his own dog and his 10 or 11-year-old niece. They were the ones who always ruined Dr. Claw's schemes, often by replacing the objects he tried to steal with worthless replicas. It's worth noting that Penny apparently had the same neurological condition as the guy in Memento as she needed to write down everything she was thinking in her 128kb laptop.
Really, Dr. Claw?
#6. No Heart
Well first of all, he is an evil wizard, and we're assuming the name isn't referring to a medical condition. He lives in a dark castle surrounded with dark clouds, where we suppose he performs some dark rituals of dark wizardry.
Look at that bastard. Dark robes, a cloak that hides his face in shadows, it's deformed features a mystery other than a pair of glowing, evil red eyes. He also has shadow minions, who may be more fucked up than he is. Whenever children are having good feelings, they just literally suck the feeling out of the children, injecting a creepy pedo-vibe that you don't usually get in Saturday morning cartoons.
Also, he is a shapeshifter, so he could just go and shapeshift into some world's leader and start World War III. We tried to find out what power would be more convenient for world domination and we only came out with a gun that had infinite ammo and also great boobs. Then again, he could shapeshift into an even bigger gun with even bigger boobs. Damn you, No Heart!
Who Was He Constantly Losing To?
The Care Bears.
Little fluffy bears who cared. And lived in clouds. Loving everything. Loving each other. Really, when these guys weren't throwing alcohol-free birthday parties they were baking cookies. They sprinkled some light out of their fluffy tummies. Tummies that No Heart should have been able to gut with a single swift move. Instead, they got him with the fluffy tummy light trick over and over again.
If the world's most ruthless shapeshifter doesn't stand a chance against fluffy bears, then imagine how screwed we are when the army of Teddy Ruxpin's finally become self aware and crawl up out of the land fills.
#5. Gargamel
An evil wizard with a degree. He lives in a forest in the middle of nowhere in a run-down hovel, so we're not sure how much good it's doing him.
In his early appearances in the cartoons he wanted to capture Smurfs in order to make gold. Later, he decided he wanted to eat them instead. Finally, he got tired of making excuses and admitted he just wanted to slaughter Smurfs because murder is awesome. That's why he named his cat Azrael, which is a name for the angel of death.
In addition to being an alchemist, he has the godlike ability to create life, and once created Sassette, a female smurf. If he can make his own smurfs, why does he continue to hunt the free ones? Because he's fucking Gargamel, that's why!
Who Was He Constantly Losing To?
Tiny (just "three apples tall") peace-loving communists that survive on Smurf berries and very limited skills.
Each smurf is named for their single, completely worthless "talent." You've got Hefty Smurf (remember, very small), Brainy Smurf, Jokey Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, etc. There is no Nucleary Smurf or Snipery Smurf or Impaley Smurf to be found.
A normal man of no supernatural powers shouldn't be losing to this group of penis-sized commies. Hell, the goddamned cat should have taken care of the whole village in an afternoon.
#4. Duke Sigmund Igthorn
The Duke was once a fierce knight loyal to the crown of King Gregor, ruler of Dunwyn. If you know anything about the Middle Ages, you know what kind of shit this guy's got on his resume: Burning down enemy villages while little babies and peasant girls cried for mercy, collecting skulls for the castle's towers, going to war and coming back bathed in enemy's internal organs while bleeding horribly from his own gruesome wounds.
After forging his personality in the fires of cruel knighthood, Sir Igthorn became a duke and began a quest to take over the entire kingdom of Dunwyn. What he lacks in arcane knowledge or demonic blood paths, he compensates with badassery. Also, Igthorn commands a legion of bloodthirsty orcs. We don't know if you've watched enough Lord of the Rings to know this, but you don't win the loyalty of orcs with kind words. Igthorn, no doubt, killed half of them and tortured the rest until they swore loyalty with bitter orc tears in their eyes.
Who Was He Constantly Losing To?
The Gummi Bears.
Okay, not the actual candies, but the ones in the candy-inspired Disney cartoon.
The story goes that not so long ago Gummi Glen (sigh) was a forest infested with hundreds of Gummi Bears until Duke Igthorn cleared it out, single-handedly. Now, there's only six left and they are somehow giving him a hell of a fight to keep him from taking over the kingdom.And how do these stupid bears stand a chance against the bloodthirsty hellspawn known as Ightorn? Because of the Gummi Juice, a substance that gives the Gummi Bears the amazing power of BOUNCING.
Get those things bouncing and a bloodbath ensues
Wait a second. Were they really trying to sell us candy by portraying them as sentient, heroic and lovable? For a toddler, doesn't that take the fun out of biting their little heads off? Hell, maybe the whole thing was a roundabout pitch to get us to finish the job Igthorn started.


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Just look at the adorable trees with the red crystal accents on top! Seems like they are lit up! What better way to show that you are into the Magic of Christmas!
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The Veterans Affairs Department paid $52,000 to produce a video parodying the war movie "Patton" that was shown at two training conferences last year. The spending and contracting associated with the two conferences — which had a combined price tag of $5 million — are now subject of an inspector general's investigation.
The 15-minute video was shown only twice, according to congressional sources, and used a paid actor to parody the iconic opening scene of "Patton," in which World War II Gen. George Patton delivered a rousing speech to his troops in front of a massive American flag. The video was released by the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., in an Aug. 13 letter to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, criticized VA's conference planners for hiring an outside contractor to produce the video, even though VA has videographers and editors on staff.
VA's Office of Inspector General is investigating allegations of wasteful spending and improper gifts at the two human resources training conferences in July and August 2011 in Orlando, Fla. VA said it spent a total $5 million on the conferences.
VA issued a statement Wednesday apologizing for the video.
"This parody should never have been produced and this misuse of taxpayer funds is completely unacceptable," VA said. "This event took place over a year ago and we have already adopted new rules that reflect our continuing commitment to safeguarding taxpayer dollars."
VA said it is cooperating with the IG's investigation and it has removed the purchasing authority of employees under investigation.
"Secretary Shinseki has clearly stated that the people who serve our veterans are keepers of the public trust, and that working for the Department of Veterans Affairs is a privilege," VA said. "VA will hold accountable any individuals who are found to have misused taxpayer dollars or violated our standards of conduct."
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and ranking Democrat Bob Filner of California sent Shinseki a letter Aug. 16 asking for more information on how much VA spent on conferences each year. The letter said that VA has at various times told lawmakers that its 2011 conference budget was $20 million, over $100 million, or that an accurate number was not available.
That is unacceptable, the lawmakers said.
"It is essential that we be given factual information about VA's conference spending," they wrote. "If VA spent roughly $20 million on conferences ... it raises questions about the propriety of the HR conferences in Orlando consuming anywhere from 25 to 45 percent of VA's entire conference budget for the year. If [the] $100 million figure ... is accurate, it raises questions of excessive conference spending in a tight fiscal environment. Finally, if VA has no reliable data at all, it raises questions about whether adequate financial controls and oversight of VA conferences had ever existed."
Congressional sources who were briefed on the IG's preliminary findings say investigators are reviewing roughly $200,000 in questionable spending for the Orlando conferences.
Besides the "Patton" video, the alleged wasteful spending being reviewed by the IG includes:
$84,000 in promotional items distributed to the conferences' 1,829 attendees, including pens, highlighters, hand sanitizers and USB flash drives with VA's logo.
$13,000 for at least seven employees from VA's Washington headquarters to go on scouting trips to Nashville, Dallas and Orlando to look for possible locations to hold the conferences.
$3,000 for two photographers.
Congressional sources also told Federal Times that VA employees who organized the conferences may have illegally accepted gifts from hotels they were scouting. Those alleged gifts may have included free rides in helicopters and stretch limousines, lodging, food, alcohol, concert tickets, spa treatments, gift baskets and embroidered pillow cases.
The watchdog group Project on Government Oversight said the allegations involving improper gifts are most concerning, since those gifts may have undermined the procurement process. Those allegations are typical of contracting violations, POGO spokesman Joe Newman said last week.
The IG has not yet reached any conclusion on those allegations. It will likely release its report by the end of September, and lawmakers are expected to hold hearings soon after.
Issa said the VA conferences "bear eerie similarities to the now infamous 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas." But Issa noted that the $5 million tab for VA's two conferences was "significantly more than the 2010 GSA conference," which cost $823,000.
Issa also said that, as with the GSA scandal, waste occurred in the VA conference's pre-planning stage. Issa said VA had employees in Nashville, Dallas and Orlando who could have scouted possible locations, and avoided the travel costs involved with flying Washington employees around the country.
According to the schedules posted online for the two conferences, attendees were provided complimentary shuttle services to the Walt Disney World resort, entertainment from a comedian, a poolside movie night, game nights, karaoke, and meditation, Pilates and water aerobics classes.
Miller said last week that investigators should look into those recreational events.
"The key question is whether taxpayers funded what were 'down time' activities," Miller said. "If that turns out to be the case, I see no excuse for it. That is not a function of government."


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In the 1980s, trucks became even more sophisticated. Most cabs were modelled on the Volvo F10/F12/Globetrotter. Engines became better, stronger and, above all, more environmentally-friendly. And with increased use of air suspension systems, roads, goods and drivers enjoyed a much more comfortable life.
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Food and Hotels are among the two most essential needs in travel. Presenting the best of both in an elaborate exhibition, the Food and Hotel Indonesia 2013 will take place from 10th to 13th April 2013 at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Jakarta.
Entering its 12th edition, the international Hotel, Catering Equipment, Food and Drink Exhibition will feature some of the best accommodation choices and a wide range of meals and dining options throughout Indonesia. Held annually, Jakarta and Bali take turns hosting this event: Jakarta holds this on odd years and Bali on even years.
Food and Hotel Indonesia 2013 will feature International exhibitors showcasing a full range of food and hospitality products including: Food and Drink (Beverages - Non Alcoholic, Confectionery, Fresh Produce, Gourmet Food, Seafood, Wines, Spirits & Beers, etc), Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (Bar & Coffee Equipment & Supplies, Food service Equipment, Chinaware/Glassware/Crystalware, etc), Bakery Equipment & Ingredients (Bakery & Confectionery Equipment, Pizza Equipment & Supplies, etc), Hospitality Interiors (Furnishing & Fixtures, Guest Amenities, Lighting & Accessories, etc), and many more.
This year, approximately 1,421 participants will join the exhibition. Aside from Indonesia, participating business for the event will come from 45 countries including U.S.A, Australia, Brazil, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, and Thailand.
The event will also be punctuated with programs that include the 3rd Indonesia Barista Competition, the 9th Indonesia Salon Culinaire, Wine Master Classes, Coffee Seminar and Workshop, Food Safety Seminar , and a Halal Food Symposium.
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Front Bumper Nerf Bars For A 1952 Ford F-1 - Bumper BashingWritten by on February 1, 2010 Hot Rod Nerf Bars
When I picked up my '52 F-1, there really wasn't a panel on the thing that didn't need either a day's worth of hammer and dolly work or a patch panel job. From the bed pockets to the fenders and running boards to the hood, they all had their own trouble spots. But these all paled in comparison when it came time to repair the front valance. It seemed that the truck was driven for a considerable amount of time without a front bumper and without regard for the fact that said truck did not have a front bumper. There were more waves in that thing than a beauty pageant parade but luckily, some savvy "fabricator" decided that he'd fix things up real nice. He torched the stock bumper bracket openings, stick-welded two galvanized patch panels into place, and proceeded to skim the entire thing liberally in Bondo. If I could find that guy today...
Thankfully, he didn't touch the stock grille tooth openings, so at least I had that working for me. I stripped the Bondo and paint down to the bare metal and started cutting the offending pieces away. When I was finished, I was left with about one third of the original sheetmetal intact. Without hesitation, I fab'd two pieces to fill the void and set about with my MIG welder and grinder. The end result was head and shoulders above what was originally there, believe me.
That brings us to our topic of today. Since I filled the front valance devoid of any bumper openings, I wasn't sure how I wanted to proceed. I didn't mind the look of the truck without the front bumper, but I wanted to avoid that "smoothy" look that often befalls such a modification. No, it definitely needs something up front but without having a stock bumper, either front or rear for that matter, that left me with a bit of a puzzle. I could pick up a couple of stock units from an advertiser, but that didn't seem like that much fun. Oh, and did I mention that when the joker who "repaired" the front valance the first time, he also "repaired" the front framerails by whacking a good 10-inches off them?
That little tidbit of information is what got the ball rolling on this whole nerf bar idea. I wanted to add some shine to the front of the truck since they are notoriously lacking unless you're lucky enough to find a grille that's chromed. Having plans to paint mine, I felt it just needed a little something to add some sparkle to the front end. The solution was to make a pair of nerf bars out of stainless steel that would serve to protect the valance as well as adding a little "bling" to the front of the truck. By using stainless steel instead of regular steel, it allows me to send them out to be polished instead of having to find a decent chrome shop (not an easy thing in present day California). It will also outlast a chrome finish as they can simply be removed, polished, and reinstalled whereas chrome would eventually deteriorate.
Armed with a simple picture in my head of what I wanted, I began by cutting the bracket slots in the valance and fabbing up the brackets themselves out of 1/4x3-inch stainless plate. Then I used 3/4-inch stainless solid rod and began playing with different shapes until I hit upon the one I liked. A few minutes with the welder and they were ready to bolt back up on the truck.
When the truck gets blown apart for paint they'll be taken to the polishing shop, but until then this small addition has really changed the front end of the truck and has given it a hot rod feel, exactly what I was after.
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Once the new openings are located, two 1/2-inch holes are drilled, one at the top and one at the bottom.A cutoff wheel on a die grinder is then used to mate the two holes. The result is an opening with a radius at both ends, yielding a more finished appearance.We're using 1/4x3-inch stainless steel plate for the bracket portion of the nerf bars. The first step is to clamp a section of the plate to the framerail behind the valance and drill the mounting holes. Prior to this step, I drilled two 1/2-inch holes in the plate. Once clamped into place, they're checked for level and the framerails are marked and drilled.I decided to trim the brackets to 2 inches, keeping the nerf bars fairly close to the valance for a less obtrusive look.With the bracket removed, two lines are visible. The line on the right represents the face of the valance in relation to the bracket. Since I want the nerf bars to be parallel to the valance, the bracket must be trimmed at this same angle, represented by the line on the left. Also pictured are the 1/2-inch mounting holes.I use an HTP MicroCut 301 for most of my cutting needs in the shop and it worked great to cut through the 1/4-inch stainless. A piece of scrap steel clamped to the work piece works great to make a nice, straight line.
Here's the first iteration that I came up with. They're a little too long and implement-looking for my taste so a redesign is in order. If I was going to push hay or cattle around on the farm, these would be perfect.What I decided on was a design that incorporated a bend that would curve under the valance. I'm using 3/4-inch solid stainless bar for the upright, which bends fairly easily in my Harbor Freight pipe bender.To get the radius of both sides even, I measure the distance that the bottle jack travels. It gets you pretty close but since the bar wants to settle back a little bit after the pressure is released, it still takes a bit of finessing to get them even.Little jobs like these have more to do with what appeals to the eye than anything else so it's important to mock things up a number of times until you get just what you're looking for.Satisfied with the mockup, the two brackets and the upright bars are now ready to be welded together.Since the bar is 3/4-inch in diameter and the bracket is 1/4-inch thick, a pair of remnant 1/4-inch plate pieces are used to shim the bracket, which centers it perfectly with the bar. A few clamps hold everything in place while it's tacked together.I've been using this Miller Diversion 165 TIG machine to weld just about everything recently and it works great. Cranked up to weld the thicker stainless pieces proved to not even phase the little beast.
The finished nerf bar all welded up and ready to be installed. I'm not a great TIG welder but it just goes to show you that anyone can have fun spending an afternoon in the garage making stuff.


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5 Technologies That Prove We've Caught Up With Star Wars
#2. The Luke Arm
In the finale of Empire, Vader cuts off Luke's hand after pulling a Maury and revealing that he is, in fact, the father. In the movie, Luke is promptly re-fitted with a bionic hand that gives him back all the function of his original mitts, while in reality, he'd just go on disability and get a hook to scare all the kids and open all the beers. Fortunately, with significant breakthroughs in the field of prosthetics, bionic limbs are now very close to being a viable option for us.
Just a few more years and we can say goodbye to these fleshy bags of failure forever.
Touch Bionics, Inc. has developed a robotic hand with never before seen sensitivity, called the I-Limb Pulse. It's a breakthrough design that not only allows for greater control, but greater strength as well: It can bear up to 200 pounds, much more than a normal hand (just be careful with your "personal time," as there is substantially less research going into superior bionic phalluses).
The big deal about the I-Limb isn't the preternatural strength, however; it's the small increments of grip it can dole out in response to electrical pulses. This allows for a smoother, more precise motion, much closer to that of a real hand. It gives such fine control, in fact, that users can do simple but intricate tasks like tying their own shoelaces. The hand has also been integrated with MyBioSim software, which allows the user to enable a Bluetooth connection to their home computer or wireless phone. You know, just in case you feel like opening up control of your supernaturally strong limbs to hackers, or handing over their function over to the trusting arms of Microsoft.
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Fatal errors are now terrifying literal.
#1. Force Fields
In the Star Wars universe, force fields are shown as impenetrable walls of awesome sauce that keep blaster fire from harming the ships. The military defense department thought that was pretty cool, and having no concept of human limitations, decided to just up and build one. However, the Army's version is formatted to target RPGs rather than lasers and the psychic powers of interstellar farmboys. Back in 2002, they began testing these new force fields for use in Iraq on small carrier vehicles and, holy shit, the tests were successful. The force field detected all incoming attacks, and zapped the grenades with hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity, thus disarming the devices and crushing them into debris which passed safely around the vehicle.
Finally, the U.S. Military has a practical solution to the Jedi menace.
These real-life force fields are made up of a series of metal plates installed directly to the exterior of a vehicle, and they're said to offer the same protection of a tank with only 1/20th of the weight. This isn't just theoretical labwork, tested once and returned: The force-field equipped army vehicles were introduced into Iraq and Afghanistan back in 2005, and according to their producer, BaeSystems, they've successfully survived live fire many times. The fact that there's still a war at all when our enemies see that we have fucking forcefields now is either a testament to Al Qaeda's psychotic bravado, or to their extreme retardation. We assume a combination of the two.
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Taking a bit of a break from my blogging hiatus to write up my genealogy research/writing plan for 2011 for the next edition of the COG.
Genealogy research
My big project for 2011 will be researching Salomon Mulder. I've devided it into four sections: his childhood, his military career prior to 1942, his time as a POW, and his final years of his military career and his pension.
I also need to finish my research of Adolph Knura. I still need to find out some things about his migration, for which I will need to visit the Regional Archive of Leiden, and his naturalization. During that visit to the RAL, I also need to search for the last puzzle pieces of the Knura migration, with special attention to Anna and Maria Knura.
And finally, when the weather turns warm again, I want to visit Rosenburgh cemetery. A lot of my relatives are buried there.
Plenty to do on that end. In January, I want to finish the biography of Lodewijk Wesselo. I also want to edit the biography of Henriette Geertruida Lamboo, but that won't be done until later in the year. At the end of the year, when my research into him is completed, I want to write up the biography of Adolph Knura.
As for my blog, in the first half of the year, I am going to do a series about exploring a family legend and the puzzles and surprises along the way. In the second half of the year, I will be doing a series about the Dutch Monarchs.
Plenty to do, so little time. I'm going back to my blogging break now. I'll need the energy!
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Zeroing in on a mobile phone deal was never easy but it would become so abstruse a matter was certainly beyond anyone's expectation. The travesty of this fact is even more ironical. It is nothing but a problem of choice i.e., too many options available to consumers in the process of competition in the market to woo more and more of them. Selecting a mobile phone deal is a heady mixture of just too many parameters, viz. a befitting mobile handset, feasible tariff plan and applicable network options. To say that they barely are 'tip of the iceberg' wouldn't be an overstatement.
Don't get me wrong as I am neither cynical towards fetching a mobile phone deal nor am I apprehensive of too many options. Caution is the undercurrent of this write-up as selection a proper mobile phone deal is nothing less than any of your decisions.
Before you make up your mind on a particular mobile phone deal, it is always suggested to be very clear of your priorities. Answering these questions would probably help your cause-
How often d you intend to use your phone?
What kind of services are you looking forward to?
What are the network options available in your area and to most of the people you would be calling?
Do you often need to go overseas for business/leisure purposes?
Based on your response to these queries, you may decide on pay as you go mobile phone, contract mobile phones or pay up front mobile phone deals. Every one of these options has their own pros and cons for which nobody else could be help responsible but your own choice. So, make sure that before you reach on a decision to nail down on a particular mobile phone deal, go through trivia of the website, transparency of offers and how good it is in providing you with an efficient and effective comparison chart of various manufacturers, networks and tariff plans.
Mobile-phone-deal-uk.co.uk seem to be one of those website which has taken the pains of providing consumers with a well-built comparison chart and they have listed a wide range of mobile handsets along with flexible mobile phone deals to justify your decision and make you feel prudent when you come home with a deal.
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Recently I lost my phone and have had to order a replacement. It seems that there should be some sort of device I could use that would sound an alarm when I separate more than, say three meters from my phone. Does anyone know of such a device?
I tried searching for a proximity sensor but got only irrelevant stuff about the sensor that detects when the phone is being held up to the ear. It seems that "proximity sensor" is the wrong search term.


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I am watching US Open these days on its website. There are advertisements by a company called "esurance", where a man showed to a woman a huge check and started to introduce "esurance", and then the woman replied "Subtle!", if I am right about what I heard.
I can understand some usage of subtle as part of a sentence. But I was wondering what "Subtle!" means as a reply generally?


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Let $A$, $B$, and $C$ be nonempty sets. I need to find conditions to guarantee that there is an injective function from $B^A$, the set of all functions from $A$ to $B$, to $\displaystyle (C^B)^{C^A}$.
Afterwards, I need to show this kind of a function and to prove that it is injective one.
I tried to do that with a power equation. Any suggestions? Thanks (and if you may try to write it in simple as you can due to my math-English barriers :) )


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The union intends to hold a 48-hour strike at the site from Oct. 20 until Oct. 22. INEOS has begun the process of taking down petrochemical plants at the refinery in anticipation.
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Unite has informed INEOS that it intends to hold a 48-hour
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The site lost over £576 million in the last four years
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I am new to WebSockets with jetty, before I have used node.js together with socket.io to create a WebSocket Server. But due to different requirements I will have to use a java WebSocketServlet/WebSocket and was doing well so far using maven, jetty and the jetty-websocket plugin. My problem is, that I don´t found anything what was comparable to socket.io's socket.on(event, fn) implementation for the java solution. I would like to have the same possibility to react on different events fired from the client like "new", "addthis", "jointhat", ... send with some data as json or as POST param in the body. Is there any possibility or WebSocket Implementation which could do the same as socket.io? Doing this "channel" stuff where I can implement the eventhandling on server side?
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There is no custom event in WebSocket spec, and socket.io just follows their own protocol supporting custom event - https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io-spec
As far as I know, there is no Java implementation supporting custom event listening.
However, with Atmosphere, you can use socket.io client with Java web server, but I have not tested. https://github.com/Atmosphere/atmosphere/wiki/Getting-Started-with-Socket.IO
You might want to use other library in the client side like the jQuery Socket, if you want to control Jetty's WebSocketServlet directly. - https://github.com/flowersinthesand/jquery-socket/tree/master/samples/jetty-ws
Jetty's websocket implementation is only concerned with handling the basics of websocket.
There's been some brief discussion on supporting various new websocket subprotocols (odd name), such as WAMP (websocket application messaging protocol). But those would just be built on top of the basic websocket layer.
Another choice is to use something with a full channel api like CometD and just configure it to use websocket and not fallback into older communication formats.