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The Healing
Lora Wise McKenna
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Copyright © 1998, Lora Wise McKenna
The most fascinating part of an illness, to me, is the part that's seldom discussed - thehealing. Like a work of art or life itself, the healing process moves out from under your well-intentions and goes where it pleases.
My sister asked me how much radiation I was getting per treatment. "You mean it comes inquantities?" I said, thinking it was like love or talent, measured abstractly with words like "some" or"not much".
The treatment room has subdued lighting and is sterile but pleasant, like a beauty salondesigned by a museum studies student. In the middle of the room is a white cloth-covered slabthat moves up or down electronically. Over that is a big disk that moves from on top of the slab tounderneath it with the push of a button. Each treatment lasts only five minutes but afterwards Ifeel so accomplished.
I knew in my heart the sarcoma was not the major issue in this healing project. The majorissue was that I hadn't been able to just sit quietly in God's lap for 30 or so years because I wasobsessed with my mother's alcoholic demise. Everywhere I looked was death.
All my energy went to killing off Death. Red lipstick. Pink toilet paper. Green silk panties.Chocolate cupcakes. Freud. Plies. Freeing my son. Containing my husband. Nothing worked. Ifought so hard, there was nothing left. It's dangerous to walk around with nothing, but I was cleverenough to get sick. Then I'd go to bed and sleep until I had the strength to get up and do morechores, and wear myself out again.
Keeping busy made me feel safer, but there was a constant battle going on. I was having ahard time doing what Rilke described as "walking side by side with the beast". I tried hiding, butthat didn't work.
Last summer, I once again became The Girl With Nothing Left. After a day of camping witha friend, I was relieved to finally return to the place of ultimate safety - bed. That night I awokefrom a nightmare so terrifying, I knew I must do something to protect myself. My friend's huge whiteLab was lumped in the hallway staring at me. I touched the dog's head for good luck, scurried intothe bathroom, and used two toothbrushes to form a cross which I held in place with two Band-Aidsat the juncture where the toothbrushes met. I took my toothbrush cross back to the bedroom,placed it under my pillow with a book about angels, and went back to sleep.
This fighting off of Death became particularly evident in my aesthetics. My arrangements ofcolor and shapes were all special codes which to me eliminated all sharp angles, all bleakness, allsilence and emptiness. Logic was not useful here - only intuition. I have always had specialregard for people who measure things. They have their job. I have mine. The radiation therapistsmeasured my tumor, my incision and my doses of radiation in order to heal me so I could continuemy job. I am eternally grateful.
The trouble with fighting Death is that I get confused. It's hard enough to drive from hereto Ohio with a map. Imagine how hard it is to erase enough death so that you can rest oncemore in your mother's infinite sunlight.
The day after the nightmare, I spoke to my father on the phone. His use of language,a mixture of backwoods boy and classical scholar, has always fascinated me. Once, whendescribing an incident in which he fell into the lake chest down, he explained, "I lit on my breathingapparatus". During our phone conversation, he suddenly exclaimed, "You're gonna get BlackTongue! You're gonna get Black Tongue!" I assumed it was something he'd read in one of hisLouis L'Amour novels. Sure enough, next morning my tongue was covered with a thick black film.Look at this" I said to my girlfriend, sticking out my tongue. She gasped. Finally I called my fatherback to tell him he was right.
"Not you !" he bellowed in exasperation, "I said I was gonna die of Black Tongue!"
My girlfriend took me to a healer in southern Delaware. She was very sympathetic andtold me that stomping my bare feet on the earth would make me feel more "grounded".
When I was 14 and the severity of my mother's illness was the secret center of myexistence, I went to our priest, a liberal Episcopalian. "My mother tells me I'm a witch. What doyou think?" I asked. I wanted him to say "Your mother is a lovely woman, but she's lost, throughno fault of her own, out in outer space somewhere. We can't reach her yet, but it's ok; it's notyour fault. Someday she'll come back to you."
But he said nothing at all about my mother. Instead, he asked if I'd like to go with him andhis family for a week in Vermont. I immediately grasped that he felt I'd be better off with his familythan with my own. On the chance he might be right, I went. Perhaps in another state he wouldanswer my question. He didn't.
When we resumed to our home town, my father and I attended the early church servicethat Sunday. The minister explained to the congregation that he and his family had a "friend" withthem during summer vacation. This friend, he said, was not an average, jolly, hyperactive 'teen, buta slow, keen observer of everything around her. He walked down from the pulpit into the centeraisle to demonstrate to the congregation how this friend looked at trees while attempting to climbMt. Kiersarge He told the congregation that they should be as observant as this young person. Hedidn't have a clue that what I was doing was looking for things to hold on to so I wouldn't land in anabyss, like my mother.
When my father-in-law started staying with us this summer, I was panic stricken. Anyone who is severely depressed and disconnected from society represents the worst possible threat to me. Not only is he a reminder of the worst fear I have, but I struggle endlessly trying to think of ways to change him, jolly him up in order to not feel such emptiness and loss. This, of course, doesn't work. He's too old and too far gone to be anything but very depressed and veryangry.
So I came up with the only possible solution to have him removed from my home. Ifantasized telling my sister-in-law that I had cancer and that my husband must take care of me andshe must finally and completely take responsibility for her own father in her huge,brand-new home. She would have no other choice under the circumstances. I knew thatthere were no other words to motivate her but these. Nothing else would work but this.
After the surgery I awoke to a soft, sweet voice saying something reassuring. I waswrapped like an infant in pale blue cotton blankets. The entire universe was breathing for me.Magic liquids flowed into my veins, freeing me from pain and fear. I didn't have to fight any more.I was safe.
Day after day passed. Friends or relatives wrote or spoke to me by phone and I wasimmersed in love. Each voice became a giant lily pad that held me up while I traversedmysterious waters.
After four days I came home. By nightfall I knew David, my husband, and Barney, my sonwould probably kill me. David had to get his monthly newspaper out, David had migraines, Barneyhad temper tantrums, the dog was jealous of Barney and barked whenever he entered my room.David cursed and told me I'd gotten the dog to drive a wedge between him and me. The basementflooded. The kitchen sink stopped up. Christmas, New Year's and Barney's birthday passed. All Iever wanted was for both of them to rest on the same lily pad with me. I threatened to leave themboth.
Finally the snow came. Great white silent blankets of snow. Everything stopped.Neighbors worked side by side with their shovels until the entire street had one huge whitemedian strip with two clear pavements on either side. People offered each other food, videos,books. One of my neighbors drove David and me to the hospital for my radiation.
The entire city was as quiet as a New England campground at midnight. Everything wasslow and soft. Time was of no consequence. Everyone asked each other, "Are you alright? Doyou have enough food, heat, whatever? Are you alright?" It was exactly like it was when I cameout of surgery, all weightlessness and white pillows. David couldn't get out to deliver papers, sohe stayed home and listened to Beethoven. Barney was fast asleep upstairs, having spent twohours that night making a snow fort with a boy from across the street. I am finishing this, finallysecure that we could, at least for tonight, rest in peace, all on the same lily pad.
Healing Paws: Kim and Finnby OncoLink Editorial Team
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3 Great Reasons To Have Gratitude On Your Cancer Teamby Marlys Johnson
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Sunday Pot Roast RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 boneless pork loin roast (3-1/2 to 4 pounds), trimmed
- 6 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
- 3 large potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 3 small onions, quartered
- 1-1/2 cups beef broth
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cold water
- 1/4 teaspoon browning sauce, optional
- Combine first five ingredients; rub over roast. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate overnight.
- Place carrots, potatoes and onions in a 6-qt. slow cooker; add broth. Unwrap roast; place in slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until meat and vegetables are tender, 8-10 hours.
- Transfer roast and vegetables to a serving platter; tent with foil. Pour cooking juices into a small saucepan. Mix flour and water until smooth; stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. If desired, add browning sauce. Serve roast with gravy and vegetables. Yield: 14 servings.
Medium-Bodied White Wine
Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer
Reviews for Sunday Pot Roast
"This is wonderful!!!! Followed the recipe, but I did not make the gravy, though I'm sure that would be good, too. But I just sliced the pork, put it on the plate with the veggies, and spooned the juice over it. One of my new favorites!!!"
"Tastes real good but the vegees look yukky after being cooked in the slow cooker."
"All cooked well through. I didn't do the rub overnight as I had no time to do that. It was good, but it did lack some salt and some taste to it. Would not be my #1 recipe choice."
"I didn't do the rub overnight, because I didn't realize that was in the recipe. I don't know if it would have been more savory if I had. I thought this was still really good. Especially after I dumped a ton of salt on my individual serving. Hubby and child did the same and liked it. The pork came out super tender."
"My pork still has two hours to cook. I cut a slice and it is a little dry. why does john l939, hockeygmgp and sue zappa talk about cutting roast in half. I do not see that in the directions. with two hours to go and I hope it gets as tender as people say, because it is not there yet. will let you know. thanks, Sukie"
"A delicious alternative from your traditional beef roast. So easy to prepare, let it cook all day long and come home to the wonderful aroma and a very flavorful meal."
"Still confused about cutting roast in half--lengthwise or crosswise?"
"Very tender"
"I did not use caraway,but added thyme,minced garlic and bay...came out great"


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The Wilkey North Industrial Park in Franklin is proving to be a great place to expand. RKW Danafilms just announced it will be leasing additional space from Vermont Thread Gage, another business in the park that has outgrown its building and built a new one.
"It's kind of neat that you have a business expanding in that location, and taking a building that's really only ten years old and was too small, because that business is already expanding and building a new building. That particular park has seen a number of expansions," said Simpson County Judge Executive Jim Henderson.
With the additional space will come ten additional jobs.
"Obviously it's great to hear about a hundred or two hundred or three hundred jobs. Those are big numbers, but even adding ten or fifteen jobs here or there in the economy we've had is really positive," said Henderson.
He says those jobs won't be limited to Franklin.
"We really serve more of a regional job hub in our area. We have about twice as many people who actually drive into Franklin everyday to work as drive out of Franklin to work," said Henderson.
One reason Henderson says the county's industrial parks like Wilkey North, and Sanders Interstate Industrial Park thrive, is spec buildings, built to be sold or leased to almost any kind of industry.
"It's all ready ready to go. They don't have to wait to build it. They don't have to invest themselves in building something," said Henderson.
Henderson says spec buildings tend to be great opportunities for smaller industries looking to grow, and his hope is that much like Danafilms, they will grow within the community.
RKW Danafilms already expanded once within Wilkey Park, nearly doubling its facility in 2010.
The new 11,000 square-foot building will be used for additional office space and as a product distribution site.


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I've heard (and read) about the new amsrefs system for citations. Is there a good explanation of the pros/cons of amsrefs vis-a-vis bibtex ?
I don't think that amsrefs is new, exactly, although updates to it appear to be reasonably recent. I haven't heard of many people using it. The much more recent biblatex package is probably a better way to go — it has a lot of momentum and supports, well, everything you would ever want to do with bibliographies. Some more information can be found in the TeX FAQ:
One problem with bib-tex is the need for lots of extra {} to get the formatting of titles correct. I find this, personally, to be quite frustrating, and amsrefs is much nicer in this regard.
With bib(la)tex, the following is not correct
you must use an extra pair of
See for instance Cite in theorem environment argument
I find this quite annoying. With amsrefs, you write:
PERSONALLY, I prefer the amsrefs way.
It is consistent with the citation label in the text: "[1, p. 100]".
On the other hand, bib(la)tex may be consistent with the way we say it: "page 100 of [1]".


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25 Oct 2012 1:33 AM #201
JSDuck 4.3.1 released
This release mostly concerns the comments system, which has been completely rewritten. It should function about the same though. The comments now include a tagging system to help moderators better organize all the comments posted to docs.sencha.com.
The only other new feature is the ability to specify a path for each guide in guides JSON config file.
But there's a bunch of bug fixes. See the changelog for details. So you should still upgrade
In other news I've simplified the initial setup procedure of JSDuck development environment. See the Hacking guide if you want to jump in.
Any feedback most welcome as always.
13 Nov 2012 6:45 AM #202
JSDuck 4.4 released
Finally the JSDuck comments server is available as a separate app.
It's still not quite convenient to set up though. The main problematic part is the handling users. The Sencha Docs site gets the user data from Sencha Forum database, but obviously this isn't an option if you want to use it outside of Sencha. Maybe you would like to connect it to your own users database somewhere. Or maybe you would like to keep a separate users db just for JSDuck comments. Frankly I don't really know what's the main scenario here.
For now there are two authentication schemes implemented: Sencha Forum, and a simple implementation that uses the local comments database itself. But the latter there is no sign-up form or users management UI implemented for that. So it serves more as a starting point for somebody who would like to set up his own.
So at this point I'm asking some input from the community. What would you like to have? Maybe somebody could write up something for his own use and share it with others. The code is all out there, so have a poke around.
See the changelog for other smaller details in this release.
25 Nov 2012 1:20 PM #203
JsDuck + PlantUML
Hi Nene!
I'm working on plugin for jsduck which generates flow charts from code. It uses the esprima parser to get AST of analyzing function and graphviz syntax to create chart.
I've attached some images in post to demonstrate it.
My plugin is still far from completeness and lot of the flows is not supported, but I must to share it with community.
25 Nov 2012 2:24 PM #204
Hi demongloom,
Interesting idea. Not to discourage you but if you have heavy classes with lengthy functions, you'll end up with huge images. For instance imagine what you'll get with something like jquery.js or ext-all.js.
25 Nov 2012 2:31 PM #205
Yes, of course, sometimes graphviz fails in image rendering due large size. Or renders spaghetti graphs (if it's spaghetti code). It's visually show that code is too much heavy and needs in refactor With these images is much easier to prove it.
IMHO, for small functions such kind of visualization is perfect.
25 Nov 2012 3:22 PM #206
Interesting experiment indeed.
Though I personally find that the flow charts of code aren't really useful - I better just read the source directly. But that might be just me and your view might be completely the opposite. As SimoAmi sayd: don't let this discourage you.
Anyway, I've played around with Graphviz too to generate some higher level diagrams. In particular diagrams of inheritance and other relations between classes which I've found much more useful.
Do you have plans of also doing some other diagrams, or are you planning to strictly stick with the flow charts?
25 Nov 2012 3:56 PM #207
First of all it's just an experiment, which is succeeds from my point of view. Now I have much more experience with graphviz and esprima than before.
Yes, I also have plans to generate high-level abstraction charts like which functions are called within inspected function or whose use this function. But to implement it I need create major changes in jsduck code to get more information. My current implementation have a hacky trick to process only the code which is belongs to inspected function. For higher level diagrams I would need to access to the other files and make more complex analyzes of the relationships in code.
It even could be an separated project without any relation to jsduck.
And of course I need to share my plugin in github.
Below you can find some real visualizations from ext.
6 Dec 2012 2:34 PM #208
JSDuck 4.5 released
No big changes, but some neat additions that should make your life better:
JSDuck now finally prints out warning messages when it encounters unknown @tags - previously it just ignored any tag it didn't know of, making it hard to discover a simple typos like writing @mehtod instead of @method.
Events can now be more easily documented by just placing doc-comment before this.fireEvent() call:
/** * Fired when element is clicked on. */ this.fireEvent("click", this, value);
See the changelog for details.
21 Dec 2012 1:13 PM #209
Just getting around to converting my old jsdoc stuff to jsduck and I'm looking for more info as to what can be passed in via the config json file.
I have this, but I'm wondering what other options can be passed and what some mean (seo?). I don't see anything in the wiki beyond the sample config file.
"--title": JavaScript API",
"--output": "./out",
"verbose": true,
"--welcome": "welcome.html",
//"--warnings": ["-link", "-no_doc"],
//"--seo": true,
"--": [
ThanksTim Ryan
Read BEFORE posting a question / BEFORE posting a Bug
Use Google to Search - API / Forum
API Doc (4.x | 3.x | 2.x | 1.x) / FAQ / 1.x->2.x Migration Guide / 2.x->3.x Migration Guide
21 Dec 2012 1:57 PM #210
The config file is just another way to specify command line options, so all the command line options can be also used in config file.
To get help about a specific option, use the --help option. e.g. to see what "--seo" option does:
$ jsduck --help=seo
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Deluxe Suite | 1 King or 2 Queens
What Makes This Room Different
Experience the spirit of France, right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. The Paris Deluxe Suites all showcase fine French décor and country cottage touches. Suites offer one king or two queen beds with oversized padded headboards and elegant accent curtains. Spacious powder rooms feature marble interior and European fixtures, while some include private dressing areas and a whirlpool tub. A second bedroom upgrade is available for some suites. Non-smoking and smoking suites are available.
Square Footage : 860 - 1,000
Smoking/Non-Smoking : Optional in some suites
Workspace : Yes
Furniture : Sitting Area with Table, Wet Bar
Window Treatments : Elegant Curtains
View : Varies
Decor : French Countryside
Sheets : Triple
Mattress : Standard
Refrigerator : Yes
Bath Products : Gilchrist & Soames
Vanity : Yes
Makeup Mirror : Yes
Tub/Shower : Both
Phone : Wall-mounted
Whirlpool : Spa Tub
Shower Head : Standard
Hair Dryer : Yes
Television : HD Flatscreens
Telephone : Yes
iPod Stereo : iHome Docking Station
Alarm Clock : Yes
Iron w/ Board : Yes
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This page is open to anyone involved in zine-making and distribution with ties to Noisebridge.
ZinesFromOuterSpace, a discussion group for zinester-hackers, is now meeting weekly, Thursdays at 20:00/8pm at Noisebridge! Come help us plan the next issue of ZiP and discuss related projects. Introduce one of your own!
Below is info and images for ZiP, a Noisebridge-inspired Zine in Progress conceived in December, 2011.
COMING MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2012 online and in print: ZiP03, "ZEALOUS INSANITY PARADE"
It got pushed back a bit....and a bit more...but it's finally here, just in time to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of Noisebridge at 2169Mish!
READ IN FULL online and in print: ZiP02, "ANARCHY ENEMA"
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View high-res JPEGs of ZiP02 here, or go here for a fully linked & clickable, individually paginated list of contents! Check the website for reader-friendly & print-ready PDF files of the entire issue & other updates that will be posted soon. ZiP01 is being moved into the vault & will be available again soon as well.
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Critical Safety Equipment - Race Car SafetyWritten by on June 1, 2009 How To Keep Safe In An Unsafe Environment
Race car safety includes a number of areas of concern. We have the actual chassis design, the various add-ons to that chassis that are available, the seat and restraint equipment, our fire systems, the driver's apparel, and the design of the racetrack that influences our safety. Those, along with the team's level of safety awareness all add up to what should be a high level of survivability.
At some point in our preparation for the new season, we need to address, review, analyze, plan, and enact safety measures that will help prevent serious injury or death in the event of a crash. Staying safe from harm is of utmost importance and we need to be thinking about all of the factors that go into that well before anything happens. Here are the major areas of interest concerning race car safety.
Basic Chassis Design One of the most critical areas of concern for chassis design is stiffness. Over the years, racers have been seriously injured and killed by the force of impact with the wall or other objects. The injury that results in the leading cause of death in these types of crashes is basil skull fracture. It's the very same injury suffered by someone who is hung by a rope.
In short, death is caused by the body stopping in a very short distance for a very short duration of time, and the head continuing forward at a high rate of speed. The neck is not designed to hold back this extreme force and the tendons that hold the skull and vertebrae together break with extreme damage to the brainstem, spinal cord, and blood vessels.
The impact with a wall or light pole or other fixed object while traveling at a high speed generates a lot of energy. The more time it takes for the speed to be reduced to zero, the less g-forces that are transmitted to the driver's body. Something must give and move in order to extend this time sequence. Either the wall (or whatever is struck) must move or give way, or the car must crush. It's the crush factor, be it the object struck or the vehicle, that helps us survive.
In past years we've seen some horrific crashes that were survived or not due to the level of crush factor. In the truly stock race cars of the 1960s and 1970s, speeds were reached that equal or exceed today's stock car speeds. Drivers hit the wall at very high speeds with much less adequate protection than we had in the 1990s, but survived. Why?
Cars of yesteryear were built on the original chassis. These frames were stamped into a shape that was convenient for attaching the body and suspension parts and there were lots of curves and hardly any straight pieces. Curves in steel parts easily bend. So, as these cars struck the concrete walls, the chassis bent and absorbed much of the energy of the crash. Injuries and deaths started occurring when we started fabricating special chassis for racing that had more straight lines and less curves.
Today there are a majority of race tracks that have naked concrete walls without energy absorbing coverings. All of the crush factors must be designed into the race car chassis if we expect to dissipate the energy of a crash. Race car builders must be aware of this need as they design a new chassis. If not, the driver of that car is at risk.
Intrusion Protection One of the more rare injuries we see with race cars is when outside objects protrude into the car and injure the driver. The object can be a driveshaft separated from another car, a lost bumper, the end of a guardrail, a tire and wheel that has come off another car, and more. We need to provide protection from intrusion with our chassis design.
Plating the side bars help prevent side intrusion and this plating should extend forward to protect the front of the foot box. Netting beside the driver's head helps keep the head and arms inside the car, but can also keep objects out of the cockpit too.
Remember to plate the underside of the seat along with welding bars in the windshield area to keep out flying objects of a larger size. Seal the firewall and interior sheetmetal seams that are needed to keep out dirt, exhaust gases, and flames. Inspect them often.
Padding All exposed tubing, the steering column, and other hard equipment inside the cockpit must be padded with dense cell padding material intended for race car use. Foam-type padding is usually not stiff enough to dissipate the energy of a flying arm or leg. The stiffer material may seem a bit hard to the touch, but when hit hard, will absorb the energy without collapsing, or squashing down to the bare metal.
It's a similar concept as helmet foam. That medium is hard to the touch, but conforms to the shape of the head on impact and absorbs much of the energy. Attach padding to all of the exposed rollbar tubing within reach of the driver's arms and legs. An especially neglected area is between the legs, along the steering column. The mount, bolt ends, and shaft all can cause serious bruising or fractures of the bones if not adequately padded.
There are pads now available for the door bars, seat sides and back, head restraints, and steering wheel center post. The more padding you can use, the safer you will be and the more comfortable, too, when utilizing seat and leg padding.
Seats and Accessories The racing seat along with the seatbelts, arm restraints, netting, and head and neck restraints are the primary line of defense against personal injury or death in a race car. Aside from fire protection, your first thought and concern should be to install a quality seat that fits your body perfectly. Then fit seatbelts that will hold you in the seat properly, along with netting that will contain your extremities.
Generic seats are cheap and I understand racing budgets. If you can't afford a custom seat built to your body's dimensions, then at least buy a size that fits snug. You can also add foam padding specifically designed for seats so that you can't move around in the seat.
When I raced karts, my seat was shaped so that I had to turn my hips to enter the seat and then the hips were locked in tight when I was fully in. This provided a lot of support and reduced the movement from the 3-plus g's we experienced while road racing. I would be bruised along the sides of my hips and legs from the side force, but never felt like I was not firmly in the seat. As you go through the turns, the lateral loads must be contained by the seat against the body, and with some seat designs, the shoulders.
There's a proper way to mount the seatbelts, and every manufacturer has specific instructions on how to do that. Read and follow the instructions. If you're the driver, do a visual inspection of the installation before you get in the car and drive it. The nets should be tight, with no slack in either the vertical or horizontal direction. Memorize where the release levers or cords are located to release the nets.
Fire Control The danger of fire in stock cars has been greatly reduced, but not entirely eliminated. With the introduction of fuel cells, fire suppression systems (fire extinguishers), firesuits, and fireproof materials, the risk of getting burned is much less than ever before. The level of protection though is up to the driver.
There are different levels of firesuit protection available with escalating cost as the level increases. Opt for the best system you can afford, relative to the risk you're willing to accept. That is, imagine the worst case scenario and design your system so that you'll survive. Make regular inspections of the fire control system a part of the maintenance schedule and put it on a checklist. I see teams overlook this item a lot.
Consult with the experts to see if there are new designs that might be more efficient or cost effective for your type of racing. At year's end, remove and inspect all of the components of your fire control system. Make sure the nozzles are clear and the tubing is not crushed or bent. Have the bottle inspected by the manufacturer and refilled if necessary.
Safety Apparel What will allow you to survive a fire is the clothing you wear. Each racing suit, glove, and shoe has a fire rating. That's the measure of how long you can go before you get burned. In a best case event, the car catches fire and you exit in 10 seconds or less. Good for you. But wait, there are other circumstances that may extend the time it takes to exit the car that you might not have thought of.
Here are some mitigating circumstances that might occur to delay your exit of the car when it's engulfed in flames: 1) loss of sight, from smoke and/or flames, which is needed to find the window-net latch, belt latch, and so on, 2) the driver's side of the car is against the wall or other cars necessitating exit out the other side of the car, 3) the car is upside down, 4) you forget to unhook the radio cord, air hose to the helmet, your head and neck support, and so on, 5) you're stunned from a high impact with the wall or other cars and must regain your awareness, the worst case being knocked out.
The problems that can arise will add seconds to the time it takes to exit the car. The best case time of 10 seconds or less now turns into 30 seconds or a full minute. Do this exercise; sit and look at your stopwatch and imagine you're in a burning race car and get the feel for how long 10 or 30 or 60 seconds is. I just did that here at my desk and I can tell you, a minute is an eternity. Only the best-rated suits will protect you for that period of time.
What greatly increases the protection time is fire-rated underwear. The Nomex brands really help and the Carbon X or similar designs are incredible. An SFI rating becomes up to twice as effective with proper underwear. All of this may add up to a higher cost or less comfort in hot weather, but imagine for a second the alternatives. You could end up lying in a burn ward for upwards of several months with the loss of income for your family, and permanent disfigurement. Gee, decisions, decisions.
Track Design The conditions at your track can have a profound effect on the safety level for not only the drivers and crews, but spectators as well. We need to be concerned about how our local track prepares for problems. It's your responsibility to evaluate your racetrack for safety and make known any concerns to the owner.
Every track must have emergency personnel for trauma, fire fighting, and extraction. An ambulance with trained medical technicians is needed and a dedicated fire truck should be on hand. If you have to wait on an ambulance or fire truck to be dispatched to the track from the community, especially in rural areas, you can bet you'll be in a world of hurt if you're seriously injured with internal injuries and/or burns. Time is of the essence in an emergency and safety personnel should be at the track, not at the coffee shop down the road.
The design of the facility can be improved with just a little forethought. The ends of concrete walls or steel guardrails must be protected. Large, used commercial tires offer a lot of protection from impact. Plastic barrels filled with sand or water also provide impact protection. Dirt berms and restraining barriers that will contain the cars and prevent entry into the pit area also help to prevent injury to bystanders.
It might be a good idea to form a safety committee at your track. It can be composed of a combination of track officials and race team members. Working together, you can reduce any safety problems before they arise. It's in all of our interest to race as safely as possible.
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SprintCars are now using seats designed to limit head movement to the sides. Rollovers can be very violent and we have seen film footage of a driver's head being whipped side to side in a Sprint Car. These seats are a vast improvement.
 BOB BOLLESAnother accessory is the net that prevents the arms from being thrown outside the immediate area behind the steering wheel. The window net on the left and the rollcage net to the right of the driver are becoming more and more common. Grand Am Racing now requires these to be installed in the Daytona Prototypes since Scott Pruett had his enormous crash last year that cut his car in half.
 BOB BOLLESI still see drivers racing without gloves. In the event of a fire, you'll be touching very hot metal as you disconnect your seatbelts, unlatch your window net, and grab the rollcage to pull yourself out of the seat. Put a piece of metal tubing in a fire for a while and then remove it with your bare hands (just an idea, don't really try this). What you imagine is what it will feel like if you're in a fire and try to exit without gloves. It only has to happen once to ruin your hands forever.
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Ok im more than month minister and more than 25 days level 100. In 3 days my dragon will be maxed, 5 days after cards (HoG, CoD, talents, pvp) i'm using will be maxed too. Troops 4 star all too. No race up chalenges as 120 fall a week ago. What the hell to do or i had simply to quit the game.
PS. Another idiotic think – after my main hero made 100, drop rate become awfull – let say about 300 spins i got 5-6 cards and 50-60mp that is all, no items no anythink usefull, prestige reduction is huge. For all that time and silver keys i used i got 2-3 cards, no any items.


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Sheriff Paul C. May is proud to announce the "Employees of the 4th Quarter" of 2013.
Four employees and one squad were recognized for the fourth quarter of 2013. There are four categories for which employees may be recognized: Administration Employee, Citizen Volunteer, Detention Deputy and Law Enforcement. The recipients are as follows:
Administration Employee – Tammy Cale
Citizen Volunteer – James Garner
Detention Deputy – Chad Mills
Law Enforcement – Cari Arnold
Unit Citation – A Squad Communications (Dispatch)
Tammy Cale was nominated by Sgt. Mark Garland, who stated, "Tammy is dedicated to her work and is always willing to assist when necessary. She is never too busy to answer questions or look up information when asked to do so. She has also been commended by FDLE for her timely submission of the fingerprint cards."
James Garner was nominated by Lt. Scott Deloney. Lt. Deloney stated, "James is a member of More to Life. He has worked hard to help reach the inmates in the County Jail. His program has been so well received by the inmates that we had to separate the Pods into two separate groups due to space limitations. James has also added an additional Bible study program for each Pod. I want to say thanks to James Garner who tries to help and hopefully reach at least one person. If more people were like him this world would be a better place."
Chad Mills was nominated by Sgt. Mark Garland, Sgt. Randy Worth and Lt. John R. Rhoden. "Officer Mills has went above and beyond his job duties. Recently he has conducted many searches and removed several bags of homemade alcohol, along with many other items of contraband. In one of the searches he found three weapons, two were sharpened with handles and the other was a metal pipe that was in the process of being sharpened. It is expected that Detention Deputies conduct regular searches, but Mills exceeds this expectation and is constantly conducting searches to find this type or any other type of contraband. Mills' hard work and dedication to his job is definitely making this jail a safer place to be for both staff and inmates."
Cari Arnold was nominated by Captain Gary Bell. While on duty November 23, 2013 D/S Arnold was placed on a call regarding a suspicious person propositioning young females. After gathering the information she was able to locate the suspicious person within a short amount of time. Have him indentified and arrested. Having been so diligent and vigilant in her duties she was able to prevent anyone further from being a victim.
"A" Squad Communications(Corporal Kelly Lancaster, Communication Officers Savannah Yates and Eric Till) was nominated by Karla Pittman and Lt. K.J. Ammons. Both stating, "After an automobile accident that included both fatalities and severely injured, dispatch was having difficulty finding a medical helicopter that would fly due to weather conditions where they were stationed. With desperation and a miracle they were able to obtain a medical helicopter to fly the severely injured to Lawnwood Medical Center. All these tasks were accomplished due to the fact that this Squad worked as a team keeping their composure, with diligence and professionalism."
Sheriff May said of these employees, "These employees do a wonderful job, day in and day out. I'm very proud of each and every one of them. I could not ask for better people to work with. We all hear about it when one of our employees does something wrong, but they do a lot right. There is hardly a day that goes by that, either by telephone or in person, that a citizen does not tell me of a good experience they had with one of my employees. I am very proud of that."
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Its just coincidence or is a perfect size for a better ui?
Well spotted! BTW, so does SE. I think it's because 25px is standard size for a textbox (search), and then on each side you add about 5px of background and a total of 5px more for borders and shadows, and you arrive at 40. This doesn't explain Grooveshark, which is the only one of the four without a textbox in its header, but there you have buttons on the right, and the same goes for them. So if you're going minimalist and you want controls in your header, that's apparently the smallest reasonable header you can get, unless you're willing to compromise visual appeal.
Gmail only has 30, but they have no buttons or textboxes, just the menu, and extremely minimal borders.
UI explanation
40px is a relatively small header height. Small headers allow more elements to fit above the fold. By putting more things above the fold, usability is increased because users don't have to scroll as much to get to the content they need. All these sites have chosen a small height of 40px, as opposed to say 200px, for this reason.
Ethereal explanation
From personal preference, I like to design my elements in multiples of 5px or 10px. It creates some sense of Feng Shui harmony. I would feel my chi off balance if my header was 39px tall. Maybe other designers like these "round" numbers too. They chose 40px because it's a multiple of 5 or 10. I remember my Economics teacher tell the class how on the TV, she only raises or lowers the volume to a multiple of 5 or else she'll feel weird. Most of the class seemed to conform to this nature. It's an innate desire for balance and harmony.
i personally work in multiple of 5, it's not because of the cognitive nature that people like or tend to design in multiples of 5, it's way too easier to measure every single space in the back of your mind fast without thinking if you're using the 960 grid, it even helps in the development, if you design and other guys get your stuff live, it's good to get them used to this system, it reduces flaws and misinterpretations.


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Bridas first announced the Esso deal in March 2011. The purchase includes a 90,000 bpd refinery in Buenos Aires province, for which the company plans to raise capacity by 60% for diesel and 50% for gasoline.
By TAOS TURNER
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine oil and gas company Bridas Corp.
on Thursday completed its purchase of ExxonMobil Corps
local downstream unit Esso.
The transaction turns Bridas, which runs Argentina's Pan
American Energy, into a fully-integrated oil and gas producer
by adding a refinery and more than 700 gas
stations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to its
The former Esso company, now called Axion Energy, will
continue to use the Esso brand at its gas stations, Axion said
in a statement.
Axion said it plans to raise the production capacity of its
refinery by 60% for diesel and 50%
for gasoline.
Bridas first announced the acquisition of Esso in March
2011. The deal included a 90,000 bpd oil refinery in Buenos Aires Province
and more than 500 gas stations in Argentina and 220 gas
stations in Paraguay and Uruguay.
At the time it was made public, the deal was expected to
turn Bridas into Argentina's No. 2 oil and gas company after
Bridas didn't disclose the value of the transaction, which
people working in the oil and gas sector have estimated at
between $800 million and $850 million.
Bridas is jointly owned by Argentina's Bulgheroni family,
through Bridas Energy Holdings, and China's Cnooc Ltd.
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Demon, this screw has a built in system: it opens and closes the lens ring, so not just a single screw but a assembled system of parts. So you should leave this as it is designed. Grinding is no problem. Let's just wait for the samyang 7.5 lens to arrive to check your plate design. I hope end of next week.
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Nick has mentioned this before that he will change to QRC-40B to be usable on all NN's.
Yes, let's wait until you get the 7.5mm. I'm still not sure what lens I'm going to keep. I have the 8mm but it's the Alpha mount version and I have to use an adapter. I would prefer a simpler kit. But your plate design looks very promising. I'll send you my email address.
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SEATTLE —Raul Ibanez believes there's some second-half hope for his Mariners despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
The Mariners limped through the halfway mark in their schedule over the weekend, culminating with a 7-6 loss on Sunday to the Chicago Cubs. Ibanez hit his 19th home run of the season in the losing effort, though his team again waited until the final few innings to show signs of offensive life.
For Ibanez, that ability to rally late is what's fueling his hope that things will eventually change for a club now losing games with a bit too much regularity.
"I think that this team, for whatever reason, we do the hard part well," Ibanez said. "Which is, we score late in the game. And that's the hard part. The hard part is hitting the setups, closers and late-inning guys.
"And I think we do that part well. We're good at coming back. I think if we can, offensively, hit collectively the first six innings the way we do in the last three, I think we'll be a really good team."
The Mariners trailed 7-1 after just four innings. Jeremy Bonderman yielded five doubles and was replaced partway through the fourth by Blake Beavan.
It was 7-2 in the seventh when the Mariners began a home-run onslaught, with Jason Bay taking Cubs starter Edwin Jackson deep.
Ibanez then opened the eighth with a solo shot to right off Shawn Camp, equaling his longball total last season for the New York Yankees. Two batters later, Kyle Seager snapped an 0-for-19 slump with a two-run homer to right off Camp to make it 7-6.
All of a sudden, fans in the crowd of 24,701 at Safeco Field stopped heading for the exits and returned to their seats. The Mariners actually got runners to first and second with only one out in that eighth inning, but the rally died as pinch-hitter Mike Zunino popped out foul and Endy Chavez grounded out to third.
Closer Kevin Gregg retired the side 1-2-3 in the ninth and the Mariners dropped their second in three tries against the cellar-dwelling Cubs. Seattle finished 3-5 on the homestand, losing four of the last five.
The Mariners are 6-9 since the start of their last trip and have fallen a season-high 12 games under .500 at 35-47. In a season of raised expectations, the results continue to baffle — especially on offense.
For the season, the Mariners are actually better at scoring early rather than late. But the trend lately, as losses have mounted, has indeed seen them shut down early by opposing starters, only to rally against the bullpen.
Some of that might have to do with an atrocious Cubs bullpen, one of the worst in baseball. But the quality of the at-bats by the Mariners has also gotten noticeably better as games wear on.
"We're working on it," Ibanez said. "I can't explain it. But the positive is, that's the hard part of the game. The end part … it's hard to score late in the game and it's easier to score early."
Shortstop Brad Miller notched his first big-league hit with a double in the fifth inning and later scored on Nick Franklin's single to get the Mariners started on their comeback from 7-1 down.
"It's just a little weight lifted off there," said Miller, treated to a loud ovation after his first hit. "Because I wanted to get in the swing of things and help out."
Beavan helped keep the early Cubs lead from getting much bigger after they scored three off Bonderman in the second and two more in the fourth. Two of the runs were unearned because of a two-base error by Seager on a muffed grounder.
The Cubs got an Alfonso Soriano double off Beavan, then a single by Anthony Rizzo in that fourth to bring home their sixth and seventh runs. Beavan allowed just an infield single the rest of the way in his 42 / 3 innings of relief.
"It's a new role for me," Beavan said. "I've got to figure out where I need to be when I'm coming in and throw quality strikes."
Beavan struck out four and didn't walk anyone. Tom Wilhelmsen worked a perfect eighth and left the Mariners positioned for the ninth and a potential shot at a .500 record for the homestand.
But it was not to be.
"We had our opportunities," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We fought back and made it close. But that's not good enough."


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Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
Bumping this up - got a reply last week...
I am forwarding your message off to the parties in charge of such decisions.
Thanks so much for your email, its responses like yours that really help to give us a better idea as to what the fans want.
We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to seeing you next season.
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2016 Reds record when I'm attending: 15-92016 Dragons record when I'm attending: 0-0
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I'd have thought Mr. Red would have ascended to that position, what with his seniority.
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I suspect the "alien eyes" period didn't work in his favor. He was clearly going through something.
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I sent a note to the Reds imploring them to lose the Los and retain the Rojos.
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6 Classic Kids Shows Slapped Together From Recycled Material
When you were a kid, you didn't question where cartoons came from. The Ninja Turtles were just there, having wacky adventures even as you turned off the screen, possibly watching you as you slept. Of course, as you grew up you realized that a lot of these shows were made to do nothing but sell toys.
But even then, you actually weren't being cynical enough. A lot of these shows weren't so much "made" as "shoddily slapped together from some older bullshit (usually from Japan)."
And some of them were shows that you loved.
#6. Transformers Was a Bunch of Toys From Different Toy Lines
The Classic Show You Loved:
What makes Transformers so well-loved and iconic is that, even though they're robots, you can immediately tell who's good and who's bad just by looking at them: Megatron looks like the soul of a rapist possessed by a tank, whereas Optimus has an aura of righteousness. If America were a truck, it's name would be Optimus Prime.
"I get 32 gallons to the mile."
But Actually ...
Optimus and Megatron were never supposed to be enemies -- in fact, they didn't even belong to the same toy line. Basically, Hasbro grabbed two different sets of toys from Japan and paid the Marvel Comics staff to come up with new names for all the robots. The result was Transformers. The same characters already had origins and personalities in Japan: For example, "Megatron" was meant to be a good guy.
Because there's nothing more heroic than morphing into a Nazi handgun, apparently.
Megatron, Soundwave and others came from a toy line called Microman, where the premise was that these little space robots came to Earth and disguised themselves as household items to protect kids. This explains why Megatron (a supposedly giant robot) turned into a regular-sized pistol, but it does not explain why they expected children to have said pistols lying around in their drawers, like in this early commercial:
Meanwhile, Optimus came from a different toy line called Diaclone, which was actually supposed to be battle mechas -- they even included a little metallic figure called "Inch-Man," which represented the pilot. Yes, the horrifying implication here is that Optimus (or "Battle Convoy," as he's still known in Japan) had as much of a personality as, well, a truck. In fact, if you look at him carefully, it's easy to tell that he was always meant to be just another mindless giant robot, like Voltron.
Just another experiment to figure out who would best obliterate Tokyo.
If you're still not convinced, here's a commercial with "Optimus" combining with other robots, Japan style:
So the entire idea of the Transformers cartoon was to act as 30-minute commercials for the toys that Hasbro was importing from Japan (which on some level you surely already suspected). In fact, remember the original Transformers cartoon movie from the '80s? The main reason why they killed off so many characters there (including Optimus) was to make space for the new models.
And to become the highlight of Orson Welles' career.
They even planned a scene where they "wiped out the entire '84 product line" in one brutal attack, and "whoever wasn't discontinued stumbled to the end." Because, you know, seeing Optimus die onscreen wasn't enough. In the alternate reality where this scene made it to the finished movie, mankind is on the verge of extinction due to the sudden suicide of all children in 1987.
#5. Power Rangers Was Three Shows Cobbled Together
The Classic Show You Loved:
Five teenagers with an unhealthy love for martial arts and single-colored wardrobes are chosen by a giant head to become a team of superheroes who ride robot dinosaurs: The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
The '90s had something against the suffix "ing."
But Actually ...
Power Rangers was actually a combination of three separate Japanese series that were all in the popular "people in colored costumes punching monsters" family of shows.
Honestly? They kinda all look the same.
Some new scenes were shot with American actors, but in the rest, it wasn't them in the costumes -- in reality, you were looking at footage from a series about prehistoric humans who evolved from dinosaurs. So, for example, whenever you saw Trini the Yellow Ranger in her full body costume, it was actually just her voice redubbing the dialogue of some Japanese dinosaur dude.
That is a suspicious crotch bulge for a girl.
The reason they had to combine different shows is that the episodes of the original one ran out pretty fast and they couldn't just end Power Rangers and start another franchise since, well, they were making far too much money. In order to stretch things out, they would use tricky editing to, for instance, show a robot from one series launch an attack ...
... then cut to a monster from a completely different series getting blasted with it ...
... while never showing the two in the same frame.
Remember the unfortunately named White Power Ranger who joined the team later on? He was transplanted from a different series, too, which is why you rarely saw him fighting at the same time as the other guys.
Also, he was a 10-year-old boy ...
Yep, this is what you wanted to be when you were 10 years old.
... and a huge pervert.
Yes, that's the elementary-school-age Ranger using his powers to look at schoolgirls' panties.
Zordon is looking up Megan's Law as we speak.
Actually, the fact that his sword has a little tiger head that talks to him is the least bizarre thing in that video. The rampant sexual harassment was a consistent part of the White Ranger's character, by the way. In the Japanese version, he had a disturbing tendency to "look up [the Pink Ranger's] skirt and touch her breasts." Shockingly, this subplot was completely dropped by the American adaption.
Except for that one time Tommy roofied Kim.
#4. They Just Pasted Spider-Man on Top of Another Character
The Classic Show You Loved:
Even if you never saw the original Spider-Man cartoon from 1967, there's a pretty good chance you can still recite every word in its theme song from memory. That's how big this show was -- Spidey had already existed for five years by then, but this show and the ones that followed it helped catapult the character from comic book hero to pop culture icon.
But Actually ...
If you did watch this show, however, you may have noticed that they tended to repeat a lot of footage. Sometimes it felt like they were taking old episodes and merging them together. This is mainly because that's exactly what they were doing -- on the second and third seasons, the budget was reduced so drastically that producer Ralph Bakshi was forced to cut costs by recycling scenes from the first season ... and, at least a couple of times, from other cartoons.
Either that, or Marvel intended for Ant-Man's redesign to be totally nightmarish.
For example, the episode "Revolt in the Fifth Dimension" was actually repurposed from another show called Rocket Robin Hood, a futuristic series set in space. They literally took the original episode and replaced Robin Hood with Spider-Man in the animation cells, adding some existing shots of Spidey swinging around New York for good measure. However, the rest of the episode still took place in outer space, resulting in the trippiest Spider-Man cartoon ever.
After an introduction, the action starts when a little alien lands on Spider-Man's hand while he's standing on a rooftop. The alien gives Spider-Man a sphere containing all the knowledge from his destroyed galaxy.
"Let's hope nobody notices this is basically the plot to Heavy Metal."
Naturally, Spider-Man wants to give this information to the government, but then he finds himself inexplicably propelled across dimensions ...
On the plus side, he's not dancing.
... reaching a place called Dimentia Five, where this happens:
Man, this made a whole lot more sense when it was Robin Hood in it.
Eventually Spider-Man meets the one responsible for all this madness, a bug-like creature whom he confronts on a giant hand that happens to be there. We never find out who it belongs to.
"I've just come out of the shower, Spider-Man. This is really inappropriate."
Finally, Spidey realizes he can exit this place by closing his eyes and pretending it isn't there.
The same approach taken by all the horrified 10-year-olds watching this episode back then.
Here's the original Rocket Robin Hood episode -- it's the exact same thing. Note, however, that at least Bakshi had the decency to remove that haunting and wholly inexplicable photo of a cat that appeared at 1:43.
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I am writing in response to the Oct. 14 article about the unleashing of hurtful vengeance on the Minnesota and Wisconsin grey wolf ("Anticipation at a fever pitch for wolf hunts.") Did you know that hunters also are permitted to include wolf pups in their blood-thirsty hunt? They can trap, shoot and even gas them. The federal government has just lifted endangered species protection for wolves in Wyoming.
These are desperate times for wolves in Wyoming. Wolves have been an icon for the American Indians for generations. They are majestic and secretive but beautiful creatures who have earned a safe haven on this planet to socialize, breed and thrive. They are eluding evasive ghosts who have stood the test of time.
My husband and I raised Alaskan timber wolves for nine years. The love and loyalty they exude is nothing short of phenomenal. Our shadow of the timer was a white Alaskan timber wolf. She was dynamic and strong, but never vicious. If you've ever had a wolf pup in your hands, the surge of adrenaline is one of total abandonment. I have bathed, nurtured and loved these animals. To think of the horrible fate that could be awaiting them is hardly imaginable.
Wyoming's goal is to reduce the wolf population outside Yellowstone National Park by more than 60 percent, allowing hundreds of wolves in most of the state to be killed by any means, for any reason at any time.
The West African subspecies of black rhino was just declared extinct, according to the African Wildlife Foundation. A reminder: extinction is spelled f-o-r-e-v-e-r.
Please remember this our children and grandchildren have the God-given right to view animals live and in person, not in a history book.
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How fast is heat transferred by conduction? Is there some simple, but quantitative way that starts from some properties of the material (e.g. its thermal conductivity) and makes rough predictions, for example about how much time is needed for temperature to change at one end of the body when it is placed, at the other end, in thermal contact with another?
The heat equation for these kind of problems (assume 1D), reads
$$\frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = a \frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x^2} $$
Where of course $T$ is temperature, $t$ is time, $x$ is position and $a$ the thermal diffusivity: $a=\frac{\lambda}{\rho c_p}$ (respectively thermal conductivity, density and heat capacity. This equation can be derived from Fourier's law.
Suppose you have a block at temperature $T_0$ which you put in contact with a block of temperature $T_1$ at $x=0$. Then you have a set of boundary conditions
$$ T(x,0) = T_0 \\ T(0,t) = T_1 \\ T(x\to\infty,t)=T_0$$
It is not easy, but it has been derived that the solution to this equation is
$$\frac{T-T_0}{T_1-T_0}=1-\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}}\displaystyle\int_0^{\frac{x}{2\sqrt{at}}} e^{-s^2}ds$$ Where the solution to this integral is referred to as error function
This solution describes the transient and spatial profile of the heated piece of material.
For short times, only a certain amount of the material is heated. Using the error function, one can define the penetration depth, which is $x_p=\sqrt{\pi a t}$, which is obviously a measure for how far the increased temperature ranges into the material.
Suppose you domain has a finite length and is isolated at the other end. The heat transfer coefficient from the wall at $x=0$ is nearly constant, and the average temperature of the block will converge with an exponential decay to the boundary temperature (see Vladimir's answer). This can be derived from the heat equation by assuming that $\frac{T-T_0}{T_1-T_0}=1 - f(t) g(x/L)$
Note: This book was used as a reference for some of the equations.
One can easily estimate the time of reaching a steady state. If you have a layer of a certain thickness and you know the thermal properties of the material, the problem is solved in any textbook on heat conduction. The temperature at the other end varies with time and the final stage is very simple (called a regular regime): $T(t)\approx T(\infty)+Ae^{-\lambda_0 t}$. The lowest eigenvalue $\lambda_0$ is determined with the layer thickness $L$, its heat conductivity $\kappa$, specific heat capacity $c$ and the material density $\rho$.
$$\lambda_0 = \frac{\pi^2 \cdot\kappa}{4\rho \cdot c \cdot L^2}$$


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|Cirroc Lofton was the "winner" of worst actor for DS9. Surprising, I thought, he did a great job as Jake. This week, Voyager's turn. Talk about spoiled for choices!
|Caption Competition
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|A resounding "victory" for Wil Wheaton in last week's poll. Have to say, I hated the character but I thought Wil did a fair job of playing him and he seems like a great guy himself. This week, onto DS9...
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|So Grace Lee Whitney won worst TOS actor. This week, TNG's turn. I have a feeling Wil Wheaton should be worried... am I wrong?
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|So Patrick Stewart gains a landslide history as the best actor of any Trek cast, bringing an end to our "best actor" poll run. So, we thought, we've seen the best, why not take a tour of the worst?
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Is it good idea to use city tickets for public transport (laminated or in string bags) as exchange objects or traveller objects (krets)? Are such items welcomed by the geocachers community?
From the one side, simply throwing validated tickets into caches in the same city is not welcomed, because such 'items' are considered thrash. But from the other side, the ticket from the other city (or the other country) can be welcomed by collectors, and when it is secured from wet (lamination etc.) it can look quite nice in the cache.


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I have a Bachelor in electrical engineering, a lot of hands-on experience with electrical work, and I'm very familiar with NEC 2011 and electrical codes. Can I do residential electrical work without being certified? I heard that I only need to be certified if I work for a contractor. The certification seems to require 3-4 years apprenticeship and 8000 hours of training. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I am quite sure you will find that in Ca., just like most other states, you need to have a licence to do electrical work for hire. Fixing minor things like replacing a light fixture or a broken switch does not fall into this category, however adding circuits, doing anything in a panel, or upgrading services certainly does. You would never be able to acquire any type of liability insurance as a contractor to do any kind of electrical work without a license, nor would you be able to pull a permit for a homeowner. The three stages of progression to become licensed are first, apprentice, then test for a journeyman's licence, then finally a Master. Only a master can pull permits or supervise the training of the lower two classes. This process can take years. I would caution you sternly, basic knowledge of codes and theory is not a substitute for practical knowledge/experience and proper guidance from a seasoned professional. Working in the trade as a unlicensed contractor could cause you a lot of grief and possible legal problems as well. I would suggest contacting your Secretary of State's department or website for licensing requirements.
While I agree with Shirlock, and I personally call an electrician for most things, running a new circuit is fine as long as you pull a permit and do it properly.
To answer the actual question, in most localities, you are allowed to pull an electrical permit on your OWN residence, "own" defined as the primary residence that you occupy and you have filed a homestead exemption for with your property tax appraisal district. You are NOT allowed to pull a permit for another person's property or work on that property except with a helper's card under the supervision of a journeyman or master.
I would happily become a licensed electrician, but the requirements for becoming a journeyman are 4,000 hours as a helper (that's 2 years of labor at generally minimum wage), and to become a master takes an additional four years as a journeyman... if you're employed for 40 hours a week on an actual job, which is not typically the case. If the requirements were a little lower, I could see doing it, but I already have a four year degree. Lack of ability to get licensed without spending six years at it are, in my opinion, one of the reasons that so much electrical work is done unpermitted and not to code.
There is a list of Licensing requirements in various parts of the U.S. at Mike Holt's web site.
I know in Maine you can do many types of residential electrical work for hire using a "handyman" license. You might want to check the requirements in your state..maybe you can side step some of your difficulties this way.
It depends on where you reside. In MN, you are supposed be licensed if you're doing work on anyone's house other than your own.
It depends on the state or city in which you live. In Indiana you are not required to have a license in most counties but you must prove experience and be insured. Being an EE doesn't qualify you to do the work. We had an EE burn up a control panel he was working on and it took the electrician 4 days to rewire the whole panel. There is no real argument here: the answer is with the state law and code or your county code and what they require. NEC doesn't care what you think, only that you abide by their rules and codes. By the way, a county can demand stricter electrical codes then the NEC, they just can't allow less then the NEC requires.
In Utah you can become a Master Electrician with an Electrical Engineering degree and 1 year work experience as a licensed apprentice.
In St. Louis we can take a test to get certified. The test is pretty easy (I mean electricians need to pass this) and costs about $50. Not sure if this sort of scenario is available in your area but if I were you I would get some credentials so you can sign off on home inspections and make more $$.
Perhaps you should try to get a job in a union shop as an apprentice. You will get hands on experience and good pay. I decided on this route and after a few years I took the test and received my RW "Residential Wiremen" card. I later landed a job as a maintenance electrician for the Boeing Co., which didn't require a JW card. The EE there was responsible for all work preformed by non licensed electricians.
If you want to work for yourself though, you need a license. There are other options out there though if you don't want to go through that process.
My son works commissioning HVAC units and installing access controls and makes more money than most electricians. He is not required to have a license and loves his job. Some other electricians I know that are "not licensed" are making much more money calibrating probes for the sanitation district than they did doing electrical work and they are not breaking their backs any more.
I guess my advice is to be flexible and consider other possibilities.


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When should I use the word 'yo' in a sentence where the verb conjugation already shows that I am the subject?
I was wondering if fluent Spanish Speakers say the pronoun when they are speaking. For example, do they say.
Yo tengo un perro.
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The Scottsville man accused of murdering WKU freshman Katie Autry in her dorm room pleaded not guilty. Twenty-one-year-old Lucas Goodrum appeared before Judge Joann Coleman, in Warren District Court Monday morning. Judge Coleman appointed Goodrum a public defender.
Goodrum was arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday morning at the Kentucky State Police post in Bowling Green. He's been charged with murdering 18-year-old Katie Autry in her dorm room at Hugh Poland Hall more than one week ago. Goodrum remains in the Warren County Regional Jail under a $1 million cash bond. His preliminary hearing is set for Monday May 19.
There's a new twist into the death of Autry, as a man tells police he witnessed the whole thing. Authorities confirmed there was indeed an eyewitness to this horrific crime. The arrest citation in the Katie Autry murder mentions an eyewitness, a man who says he watched Lucas Goodrum carry out the violent attack on Autry. The eyewitness stated that on May 4th he observed Lucas Goodrum, rape, beat and set on fire the body of Mellissa Autry in Room 214.
This new information still does not reveal the connection between Autry and Goodrum, but we do continue to learn more about Goodrum's past history. In November of 2001, Lucas Goodrum was charged with violation of an emergency protection order brought forth by his ex-wife, Ladonna Goodrum. The charged was eventually dropped. His record also includes a number of traffic violations and one charge of receiving stolen property. Newscenter13 has learned Goodrum is connected with a well-known family from Allen County. Goodrum's stepfather, Bruce Dugas, is the grandson of Dollar General founder Cal Turner.
In addition, Goodrum was a graduate of Allen County High School. He attended the school, left for Texas, returning his senior year to graduate in 2000. He is currently unemployed.
Witnesses say that Lucas Goodrum attended Saturday's visitation for Katie Autry at the William Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam. Autry's family members say they saw a young, white male at the visitation and didn't know who he was. William Danks, the funeral home director, says he doesn't know if Goodrum spoke to anyone but Goodrum did not sign the registry.
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Colorized movies...are you a fan?
while flipping through channels tonight, I saw the original (1947) Miracle on 34th Street was on. unfortunately, it was the colorized version. to be fair, the colorization was actually pretty good for this version (i've seen some pretty bad ones). however, it still seems wrong and, to me, detracts from the feel of the movie. maybe it's just because i first saw the original in black and white?
so, are you a fan of colorized movies? are there some movies you're ok with coloring and others you're not?
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I am not a fan, for the same reasons as you.
I agree with @carl669 and @rprebel, though I have an anecdote to add...
When I was little, and being taught that colorizing was bad, one example that was used was White Christmas. The colors being oversaturated and cartoonish, it was easy to see why such things were evil.
Of course, lo and behold, with the availability of movie technical data thanks to another Amazon company (IMDb), I now know it was actually shot in technicolor, and apparently just had really bad processing. Funny that.
(cue the "The more your know...." jingle)
I would be if they colorized them in a purposefully wrong, and funny way.
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I'm not a fan. I like to think that movies are like books and that directors are like authors. I want to see the original artist's vision - not something manipulated and reworked after the fact. Just like you wouldn't change a great literary work, I despise it when they go back and re-edit films, colorize them, or change endings. Once the film is made, it should be left untouched, I believe.
I love Star Wars, but I still haven't bought it on DVD or BluRay because every new release is different. I don't really care who shot first, but Lucas needs to decide what kind of film it is and just stick to it.
I guess Spielberg finally figured this out - he said so much in an interview after the re-release of ET, where he had made some edits. For the subsequent releases (like the new release of ET on BluRay), he put out the original theatrical version.
Not a fan. If it was done in B&W then leave it that way.
That would be like them releasing the original Clerks in color. Would ruin the movie.
Yet another person chiming in saying no to colorization. I'll also say no to 3d-izing a movie that wasn't shot in 3D - even if the director is involved and it's for the original release.
But I am OK with the remastering they've done on Seinfeld. They went back to the original film, scanned it in high resolution, but cropped it to 16:9 instead of 4:3. They did an excellent job of it, and very rarely was a shot too close-cropped to look good at the new ratio. And keep in mind, that show wasn't shot in any especially artistic way. It's a sitcom and the visuals aren't as integral to the story.
Oh, that reminds me. I'm also against watching 4:3 material stretched to fill a widescreen TV. People, fix your TV settings.
@dmaz: it was worth it just because your Steam name is WangMangler.
I remember when they colorized "Night of the Living Dead." The dramatic zombie reveal in the graveyard was ruined by the zombie's skin being colored almost lime green, meaning that Barbara and her brother should have been able to see something was wrong from several yards away.
Not a fan.
@omnichad: Here here! I HATE when I'm at a friends house and something 4:3 is on stretched to fit 16:9. I remember one distinct time I fixed a friends to show black bars on a 4:3, and when the came back, complained that it didn't fill the TV and told me to switch it back because they hated black bars..... so I punched him in the face and ran away....
Not so much. I don't really notice movies in color are "in color" and I don't really notice b&w movies are in "black and white". But, I do notice with a B&W movie has fake color.
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Here is an example of what is desired, only the result wouldn't be a contour plot, but a ListDensityPlot. The arguments would be a gradient and a list of numbers.
Here is a transcription of my related answer to the problem at hand - hopefully I understand the question correctly:
Take an example data set:
Use the function definitions I posted earlier, except that I replace
With this, the example plot is now
If this turns out to be close to what is desired, one could modify it further to allow a list of tick marks to be provided as an argument. Right now I only take the number of marks and divide the automatically determined plot color range equally.
Let's say this is your
Here's a legend for it:
Now put them together:
The underlying logic can be generalized into a function:
I know this is an old question, but just in case:
Now in Mathematica 9.0 or higher, PlotLegends does this automatically.
Cite: Documentation
Using Grid results in relatively terse code, eg:
In general I find Row, Column and Grid enable building composite graphics that also use expressions.


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Charles Hugh Mitchell, a 43-year resident of Colville, passed away on June 27, 2011, at the age of 90. Charles, (Chuck), was born on Feb. 18, 1921 in Sparta, Tennessee, the son of James and Lina Mitchell. Chuck was raised and attended school in Oklahoma. He graduated from high school in 1940. Following high school, Chuck spent a year in a CCC camp digging irrigation ditches and building fences and another year at a NYA radio school learning repair and transmissions. In 1942, Chuck joined the United States Navy and following boot camp he became one of the first members of the unit that opened the Farragut Naval Station (North Idaho) to process recruits. Mitchell met his future wife Mary Jane while stationed there. They were married August 25, 1946. A medic, Mitchell joined a mobile hospital unit and starting with the early Pacific campaign on Guadalcanal, he spent the rest of World War II following the operations on various islands in the South Pacific. Returning to Oklahoma in 1946, his brother, Lloyd, encouraged him to go to college and that fall, Mitchell enrolled at Oklahoma State University. He also attended the University of Oklahoma and eventually earned his degree in pharmacy at Washington State University in 1950. As a member of the naval reserves, Mitchell was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict, serving as a pharmacist at the Tongue Point Naval Hospital in Astoria, Oregon. Released from active duty in 1952, he eventually moved to Kellogg, Idaho, then Sandpoint, Idaho, where he worked as a pharmacist for Ross' Rexall Drug Store until coming to Colville. Although working for different companies provided an income, it was always Chuck's dream to own his own store so he could be his own boss and be independent. With a large family, accomplishing this goal took a lot of planning and a golden opportunity. That opportunity came in May 1968, when Chuck purchased Kohlstedt's Pharmacy in Colville. The pharmacy will be fondly remembered for its soda fountain, where many birthday milkshakes were served and interesting conversation took place over a good cup of coffee and a slice of pie. Chuck was known as an honest, hard-working businessman who offered help to those who needed it. He would go out of his way to fill and deliver a prescription, no matter what time of night or day. Chuck served his community as a member of the Kiwanis Club, and volunteered as a Little League Umpire. In addition, he was elected president of the Shoshone County Pharmaceutical Association and of the National Retail Druggists' Association. Chuck was an avid golfer, reader, and bowler. He belonged to the Colville Bowling League for many years. He also loved to walk, fish, play ping pong and tennis. Chuck was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jane; by his daughter, Shelley, and by his brothers, John and Don. He is survived by his brother, Lloyd, Oklahoma City; sons, Jeffrey Mitchell and wife Laurie, Deer Park; Scott Mitchell, Seattle; Michael Mitchell, Carbondale, Colorado; and by his daughter, Merikaye Thamm and husband Tim, Big Lake, Alaska; three grandchildren, Ryan Thamm, Kelsey Marre and husband Casey and Emily Mitchell. Funeral service for Charles Mitchell will be held on Thursday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at the Colville Church of God. Danekas Funeral Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements.


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How are you? I'm doing well. My name is Zack, and I like saying, writing, and drawing funny things. It's not like I don't like a lot of other things, like cake and pictures of dogs doing human activities, but this is mainly just about the funny things.
This is my website, which is a thing that exists on the Internet. This has all of that stuff I was talking about earlier in a way that you can find it easily on your very own computer, AND it has many ways in which you can get in touch with me. That is neat!
Don't worry, I think I'm very stupid, too.
PS – I'm hungry right now. Just felt like I needed to say that.
PPS – One time I hit an owl with a snowball from about 15 feet below and 25 feet away (a²+b²=c², c= 29.1547594742 feet total) from him. It's by far the most athletic thing I've ever done, and I live in constant fear that the owl is still hunting me.
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Today I was told that "I give nothing to..." cannot be used as "nothing" does not exist and so I cannot give it. But don't you often say "I have nothing to do"? How come that in this case it works, how can you have "nothing" to do? And one additional one, "I have no idea" is correct, what about "I do not have any idea"? Imho this is correct too, right? Thanks
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You have been misinformed. It's perfectly grammatical to "give nothing", just as to "have nothing", "love nobody", "want nothing" or "go nowhere", etc.
I think it is easy if you read nothing as 'no thing(s)', where thing can also be I have no thing(s) (or tasks) to do.


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5 Superhero Movie Scenes They'll Never Let You See
#2. The Doom Patrol's Monkey-Fucking Robot
Depending on who you talk to, this DC Comics super-squad was either a rip-off of the Fantastic Four or ripped-off by the X-Men. Perhaps this is because we've heard this same plot over and over again. A team of superhuman outcasts (blah, blah, blah) genius team leader (yadda, yadda, yadda) society fears them (blah, blah, blah) leotards.
In 2006, Variety reported that screenwriter Adam Turner was writing a Doom Patrol vehicle, but the film is currently stewing in development hell. Remember, superhero movies are like locusts--it took 25 years to get Spider-Man off the ground.
What We Probably Won't See:
The Doom Patrol's most famous archenemies, Monsieur Mallah and the Brain, shared a mutual interest in evil and, um, each other. This may not seem too extraordinary until you realize one was an uber-intelligent simian and the other was disembodied grey matter who occasionally stole a robot body.
If 51 percent of American moviegoers aren't ready for gay marriage, then they're sure as shit not ready for a love affair that combines homosexuality, bestiality, robophilia as well as a little amputee fetishism for good measure. Perhaps this romance could work in the hands of a director like David Lynch, but the first (and last) time Lynch had a blockbuster budget, the final product was exponentially more homoerotic:
That's right, we mean you, Sting in Dune. Apropos of nothing, Monsieur Mallah and the Brain recently died in the comics. For their villainous deeds and carnal impropriety, we presume they are in Hell. Gorilla Hell.
#1. The Adventures of Tintin
Though not a superhero per se, Tintin is one of the world's most popular comic characters. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are helming a CGI-animated adaptation of Belgian cartoonist Herge's boy adventuring serial, due for a 2009 release. Yes, we're thinking they may sell some merchandise on this one.
What We Probably Won't See:
Unless Spielberg and Jackson wish to commit career suicide, they best keep clear of any reference to Tintin in the Congo, published in the good old racist year of 1931. This comic has the unique ability to offend 99 percent of humanity, making it more or less the Mein Kampf of the funny pages. There's something for everyone in here to be pissed off about, from animal lovers (yes, that's him filling a Rhino with gunpowder and then detonating it) ...
... to the entire continent of Africa ...
... to AMA-certified witch doctors.
We further suspect that the Tintin film will avoid any plot overlap with the 1999 bootleg parody Tintin in Thailand, a comic that gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "boy adventuring."
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