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I've read through the DFRPG book, but I'm still now quite sure how, or when, you should use the social stress track. When should a player take social stress, and what do you roll for the attack and defense? What does social conflict look like, anyway? I would love a basic example of it.
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In the Dresden Files RPG, there are three types of conflict:
These three types of conflict are separate, but parallel, and can become a bit confusing when utilizing them, because they can occur at the same time, given the correct circumstances. Physical and Mental conflict were pretty easy for me to get a handle on; someone's body is affected by physical trauma, i.e. diseases, poisons, baseball bats, affecting their physical stability, or assault their mind psychically, i.e. tell them their mother's dead or that there is no Santa Claus, affecting their mental stability.
Social conflict is the same thing- you're inflicting damage to the other person. But in this case, you're inflicting damage to the other person's standing or face or whatever you want to call their place in society.
On p.215 of the Your Story rulebook, there is a whole section on resolving social conflict. One thing to remember is that you have one set of consequences, and combat monsters tend to have low social stress tracks. So while you might not be able to take someone on, if you can appear to have the ability, you can take them out before they ever get a chance to bring their mighty thews to play. And even after the fact, if you can use good enough rationale, you can shift combat from physical or mental to social.
This allows little used skills to come to the fore in combat- Deceit, Intimidation, and Rapport to attack, and Empathy and Rapport to defend. Other skills can also be used if it would be appropriate to the situation; Contacts and Resources immediately come to mind. To a larger degree than with other combat, Social Conflict should be a more fluid thing, as if someone isn't intimidated by your threats, shifting to Deceit might help to bolster that intimidation attempt.
The thing I really love and that is downplayed is the fact that Social Conflict has a longer range than other types of conflict, and can be used by proxy; it's one of the better ways to represent the intricacies of real life systems. An example of this is the use of Contacts or Resources to influence the more ephemeral parts of a character's life, as in the case of Marcone putting pressure on Dresden through the use of his influence without even being in the same room, or the frequent run-ins that Dresden has with others that have more influence manipulating him from afar.
Social conflict is one of the hardest parts of the Dresden Files to adjudicate in my opinion, which is one of the reasons its quite easy to overlook. But when a Social combat monster gets rolling, though you might not die from being taken out, you might just lose everything else.
Just as the name implies, you use the social stress track for damage received in a social conflict. From YS p.215
Social Conflicts are any conflict where
Social Stress is the normal damage type in social conflicts of this nature, and normally, the result is a consequence relevant to the nature of the conflict.
So, if physical damage and economic damage are inappropriate, social is usually the type of damage to be done. (Tho' some other types exist as well in some flavors of FATE 3.0.)
So, if attempting to use Intimidation to get your way, you'd roll Intimidation, probably against Discipline, but variable depending upon the specific means of resisting, tho' if it's a pissing-match type contest, possibly against Intimidation. If the person has a religious reason to resist the intimidation, conviction instead.
Trying to seduce someone could be done with Rapport or Presence, depending upon how you're doing it, and resisted with discipline (willpower) or conviction (religious based virtue). Tho' intimidation could also be used to resist via the grope, gasp, point and laugh method....

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Kathryn Wright completed studies at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, Yale University and The Boston Conservatory. She has studied voice and opera with Phyllis Curtin and John Moriarty. Wright was the recipient of a William M. Sullivan Foundation Award and held a Tanglewood fellowship as well as apprenticeships at Santa Fe and Central City Opera. She was a second place winner in the New England Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions and in the Providence Opera auditions.
Wright has performed leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, Texas Opera Theater, the American Chamber Opera, the Hollybush Festival, the Minnesota Opera, the Kennedy Center and the New Music Theater Ensemble in Minneapolis. She has appeared with more than 60 orchestras in the U.S. and Canada, performing Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Mozart's c-minor Mass and Berg's Lulu Suite, the latter with the San Francisco Symphony with conductor Edo de Waart. Wright has premiered new works by a number of composers, including Jerzi Sapieyevski, Louis Stewart, Andreas Makris, Arthur Welwood, Melissa Shiflett and Nancy Fales Garrett. She has recently performed at the Seventh International Harp Congress in Prague and with the Connecticut Valley String Orchestra, the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic, the Chanctonbury Chorus in Steyning, England and the avant-garde music theater venue, LaMaMa Theater.
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Let A be the unit square, $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all L2-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions with Dirichlet boundary condition. Is it true that for any open subset V, $C_V = \inf\limits_k \int\limits_V dx |u_k(x)|^2 > 0$ ?
My offic mate and I believe this is true. By separation of variables the eigenfunctions are just $Csin(\pi kx)sin(\pi ly)$ for some fixed constant $C > 0$. Using the trig identity $\sin^2(x) = (1-\cos(2x))/2$, we see that
$\int_a^b \sin^2(kx)\ dx = (1/k)\int_{ak}^{bk} \sin^2(x)\ dx = (b-a)/2 - (1/2k)\int_{ak}^{bk}\cos(2x)\ dx \geq (b-a)/2 -1/2k$
The integral of $|u_k|^2$ on a small square is just
$\int_a^b\int_a^b \sin^2(\pi kx)\sin^2(\pi ly)\ dxdy$
so we can apply the previous line twice.
If we take the usual trigonometric basis, it is indeed true as has been pointed out. However, there is a harder form of the question: Some of the eigenvalues are degenerate. If we allow arbritrary eigenfunctions, does the claim remain true?


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Photo super étrange; Je la regarde depuis des minutes et je ne sais pas encore pourquoi elle attire tant.
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Whoah! it's beautiiful! The photo looks like a painting. :)
Some are turned off because they naturally want to "resolve" what's happening in the image.
I really like the idea and the longer I looked at it, the more I felt how amazing our system of sight is. Look at the way colors blend and refuse to blend. It says a lot about how we perceive what's in front of us.
This techinique makes it look like there was an explosion when he took the shot. Very cool.
It's sad when the public starts complaining about art because "it's too hard to look at". If you don't like the technique go back to Flickr and leave this alone.
I think this is beautiful, and think Mr. Morell has managed to make something we've all seen hundreds of times into something quite unique and interesting.
Well thought out, simply mesmerising.
This would be a fun 2000 piece puzzle.
see pictures from Abelardo Morell and his Camera Obscura
Thanks, This is beyond my imaginations how a photo is taken. Many many photos of old faithful have been
taken and none like this
I like the fact that we can experiment with techniques. For me a good photograph is the one that catches the eye immidiately and you don't have to wonder what this is. A photo doesn't always have an explination that goes with it. Without an explination, I wouldn't have had a clue what was going on here...
I also don't like it.
I love this guy's stuff, and this picture's great but it wasn't what stood out most to me from the "Visions of Earth" story from a few months back. There were some where the twigs and leaves on the ground were integral parts of the finalized obscura image, and those ones really resonated with me.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.........my eyes prefer the real thing. This is too "busy."
I like. Nobody need to be normal always, we can escape the photographic standard and still produce beauty
This type of photograph is just not my "cup of tea". Don't like. ???!!!
This is the oldest and truest form of photography. The simplest form of a lens and image there is. Go Google search "Camera Obscura" before you assume that this is a canvas or an overlaid image. Hyper- real sharpness and hyper-color is not the only type of "real" photography. Amazing image that isn't the mainstream.
Yes, I too agree with Sandra Hickman. Pictures should be pleasing to the eye, and understood. This one could be a paper 'snow storm', an explosion of ice, but it does not resemble water! When I do visit 'old faithfull' some day I will surely enjoy seeing it. My first no-no this time. j.e.s.
I agree with Sandra Hickman.
I don't like this grainy canvas stuff. I'd rather see the real image.
i like the color and the trees in this picture
Duality is a natural law - the counter-balancing forces of positive/negative, which manifest as attracting/repelling, male/female, affirming/denying, for/against, yes/no, like/dislike. The political system of democracy is designed to accommodate this lawful polarization of opinion.
The comments on today's photo are once again exemplifying a polarization of opinion, as did yesterday's photo of the polarizing polar bear.
Morell's photo is hard to appreciate without background information on the photographer's project and novel technique. I think the detail of the ground actually works well with the geyser image. The fragments on the ground give the impression of exploding debris emanating from the eruption of water.
Sorry.. but give me a good nature or animal photo to appreciate more than this type of so called technique. I don't make any sense of it.
Looks like what could have been a good shot, ruined on a dirty and littered canvas. I don't appreciate having to differentiate between the two images.
Awesome! Nearly anyone can stand and take the same picture of the national parks that millions of people have taken! The challenge in today's world is to take these shots in a unique way. This is an amazing blend of old and new technology. So cool!
are you serious ?
But yet my iPhone pic isn't good enough? Looks doctored to me. FAIL!!
I like it, it's visually interesting, more like a painting or something.
I don't like this style of shot on here... it's just dirt with a pic overlaid.
No need to go back to Flicker Jack. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What a dull world this will be if everyone liked or disliked everything at the same time. A good artist must take the pain of critism. I'm a professional photographer who also works in oils and spray can art. I can never please everyone all of the time. Even I don't like some of the stuff I produce at times but sometimes those are the ones that sell.
@isaiah wiggins Me too
@Lawrence Sibley If "Morell's photo is hard to appreciate without background information on the photographer's project and novel technique" is true, then the it fails as an image and the creator has failed at the job of presenting the subject.
Appreciating it for the technology is like saying "I only ever make phone calls from an iPhone, it is a poor phone and no-one can hear me but the technology is fantastic"
There may be ways of using this technique to present great images, this isn't one of them.
@Dan Prosser I have to agree with you. I was not impressed.
@Dan Prosser It's not overlaid. The ground is literally the "paper" on which it is taken.
@Dan Prosser Me too !
@Dan Prosser Agree
@Sandra Hickman Well said.
It is hard for me to grasp that the creator has failed in presenting the subject since many times NG does not include the original written presentation that was submitted with the photo.
Im not saying it is either a success or a failure since I dont have enough info about it.
But if I did have more info on it, I don't consider myself expert enough to judge anyway, such as when I look at a museum abstract oil painting that looks to me like a kids finger painting. Sometimes I just look/stare and hope that the knowledge will arrive to me in the future about why a professional editor made the selection, at which point I can then form my critique if in fact I do choose to critique.
I can appreciate the techniques and processes involved.
With that said, this photo and the magazine story on Morell's photos weren't to my tastes either. I have a hard time differentiating between the image and the surface. In the magazine photos, I often couldn't tell why Morell chose a particular 'canvas' for a given image. I doubt his choices were random, but it seemed like certain canvas and image combinations weren't well matched.
To each his own.
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BlackBerry stocks surge as rumours of going private cause hype
Struggling smartphone maker, BlackBerry, has been the subject of a lot of controversy as of late after doubts have been cast over the company's comeback efforts in the form of BlackBerry 10 and its position on tablets after its PlayBook failed to make an impression on the market. Rumours of a sale has been circulating for several months, but according to new information, BlackBerry may be looking to go private.
It looks like BlackBerry is trying to take a stab out of Dell's playbook, not only is the company's leadership team open to the idea of possibly taking the company private, they have discussed the matter with Silverlake Partners. According to Reuters' sources, whom are apparently involved with the talks, BlackBerry has proposed to team up with Silverlake in order to take on enterprise computing, a move likely to receive a liquid investment which they would be able to spend on restructuring, which has been a popular topic within the company as of late after several executives were seen departing from the company over the last few months.
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Highlighted by four singles victories, Anderson University women's tennis tallied its seventh South Atlantic Conference win of the season by knocking off Carson-Newman 6-3 Friday afternoon at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
The triumph moves the Trojans above .500 for the year at 8-7 and 7-3 in conference play, while the Eagles drop to 9-13 overall and 2-8 for the league. Anderson snaps a two-match losing streak and has now won four of its last six matches.
After senior Avery Owens and junior Karen Ching cruised to an 8-0 shutout at the No. 1 doubles spot, the sophomore duo of Alexandra Ebner and Nikkola Wichenko captured an 8-3 win over Carson-Newman's Brooke Sanderson and Katie Brown at the No. 3 position. With the back-to-back wins, both of Anderson's tandems snapped losing skids on the year, headlined by Ebner and Wichenko's three-match skid.
In the singles round, Owens continued the trend of shutouts with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Stefy Stand at the No. 2 position in her final match at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts, while freshman Rebecca Bruning got back on the winning track after suffering a setback against Erskine on Thursday. The freshman earned a 6-0, 6-2 triumph over C-N's Jennifer Ott at No. 3, as she leads the team in singles wins with 12 for the year.
Staying perfect for the night, Ebner grabbed a 6-4, 6-2 decision from Sanderson at the No. 4 spot, while Wichenko defeated Haleigh Chastain 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 6 position.
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Fire Suppression System - Asset ProtectionWritten by on November 11, 2010 Project DLM Gets A Dual-Nozzle Fire Suppression System
The rule book at our local racetrack reads: "All cars MUST have an approved fire extinguisher securely mounted within reach of the driver." I never really thought about it much, but that's kind of vague don't you think? I mean, what do they mean by "approved" and exactly who does the "approving?" The truth is many rulebooks at tracks around the country are pretty vague when it comes to fire extinguishers. So, once again when it comes to safety it's up to us, the drivers, to do all we can to protect our ass-ets.
While the old fire extinguisher I had in Project DLM conformed to rules written in the rulebook, we wanted to go to the next level and install a fire-suppression system that would provide the maximum protection for a reasonable cost. We purposely steered clear of the NASCAR Sprint Cup-level systems since we don't have their budgets and opted for the Firecharger two-nozzle system from Smiley's Racing Products. Smiley's sells this system for $299. I thought the coolest thing about it was the fact that the design allows it to be recharged in the field by someone with basic mechanical skills and tools, which covers just about every last one of us oval track racers. So you could have an issue in hot laps, discharge it, pull back into the pits, recharge it and still make the heat race.
Installing this system is easier and takes far less time if you have two people working on it. So I enlisted my dad to give me a hand. Truth is, I really don't think I'd want to try to install one of these by myself and you'll see why shortly. At a couple of points in the installation you really need four hands to get the job done. Enough talk, let's get to it. This is a five-pound system and basically comes with everything you need to get it put into place.
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The Firecharger Fire Supression System from Smiley's comes with everything you see here for just $299. That's a small price to pay for the safety and peace of mind of having a two-nozzle system. With the addition of a T connector and another nozzle, you could make this a three-nozzle system, but we chose to keep it a deuce.Finding a space to mount the five-pound bottle turned out to be a bigger challenge than we thought. The tight cockpit of Project DLM meant we had to get creative. Well, we found what turned out to be the perfect spot, a hidden compartment where the master cylinders are housed, just in front of the driver's cockpit. There was just enough room there.With the gauge panel removed, you can see where we'll mount the bottle. The kit comes with enough lines and cable to make remote mounting of the bottle a snap. Just keep in mind that you'll want it easily accessible if you need to allow the tech officials to check it or if you ever need to recharge it.According to Firecharger, for maximum efficiency the bottle must be mounted horizontally with the two brackets a minimum of 6 inches apart. With the car sitting on the ground at ride height, a triangle helped us ensure that the bottle would sit perfectly horizontal.Marking the width of the bottle helped us to be sure that we had plenty of clearance around the whole system.With everything marked out, we then attached the bottle brackets to the aluminum panel using 5/16-inch Grade 5 bolts with washers and Nylok nuts, which is what Firecharger recommends. Now is a good time to figure out where you want to mount the T-handle. It must be within easy reach of both the driver and safety crew. As you'll see later on in the story, we chose to mount it to the left of the steering wheel near the A-pillar.On the side of the bottle you can see a black round knob, that's the actuator which rotates when you pull the T-handle to discharge the system. The long nut sitting in front is the pull cable end which will get screwed into the tall side of the actuator bracket.The cable on this system will remind you of a brake cable on a bicycle. The black sheath literally gets screwed into the pull cable end, then the cable wire gets threaded through the black sheath.
Behind the T-handle there is a solid aluminum block that is notched, which means once the handle is mounted it will not turn. Plus, the wire cable won't twist. So one person must hold the T-handle in the direction you want it to face once mounted while the other person feeds it through the black sheath and cuts it to length.You must use a pair of needle nose pliers to bend a "Z" into the cable wire in the same direction that the T-handle is going to be mounted. Yes, you guessed it, I am still holding the T-handle.Firecharger says that it's extremely important that once the cable wire is attached to the actuator that there is no more than 1/4-inch of play in the wire, otherwise you could prematurely set off the system.Speaking of setting off the system, remember I said that the actuator rotates when you pull the T-handle? Well, in this picture you can see the brass arm that it rotates around. A CO2 cartridge will screw into the end of that bracket closest to the actuator. Inside the actuator, there is an oversized needle which, when the T-handle is pulled, punctures the CO2 cartridge, pressurizing the bottle.There are two safety pins on this system-one on the actuator (shown)and one on the T-handle, both prevent the system from being accidentally discharged. You will see later that the part of the system in photo 16 is covered by an aluminum hood. It's important that you remove the safety pins before you roll onto the track, otherwise all of this work will be for nothing if you have a fire.This is the two-port cylinder head at the top of the bottle. Inside there is a brass rupture disc. When the pressure inside the bottle builds up enough, the disc ruptures and releases the chemical. Here the threaded nut that will be attached to the aluminum feed tube gets tightened.This is the location for the T-handle. We had to fabricate a small tab out of some angle aluminum that we had around the shop so that we would have a place to attach the handle. You can see the release tube being threaded through the hole in that tab. The tank is already in place and while I'm feeding cable through the hole, Dad is pulling it to measure and cut it prior to securing it to the actuator.
To mount both nozzles we had to drill through the aluminum cockpit wall with a step bit. These nozzles spray in a 180-degree pattern giving us a number of options when choosing mounting locations. This nozzle is mounted just above the dry sump which sits above the transmission. It is aimed so that part of the spray blows on to the right side of the engine from carb to headers, the dry sump, and then toward the oil tank down the tunnel toward the back of the car.With the hole for the 1/4-inch aluminum tube that feeds the nozzle cut, we decided to head down to our local parts shop and get some rubber grommets. They just press into place and provide an extra level of protection. Overkill maybe, but we don't like to take any chances.This is the mounting hole for the second nozzle location. Here you can see the grommet in the hole which holds the tube snugly. This is very important, especially in dirt racing where the constant bumping and banging can damage the tube if the grommet was not there.This nozzle is located directly in front of the driver, slightly to the left side of the car. It is aimed at the left side of the motor and will cover from carb to headers, to power steering pump, and everything on the left side of the motor. You can see the power steering tank to the left of the tube and nozzle. This nozzle will also blanket the entire area in front of me in the event of a fire. Coupled with the other nozzle, I have protection on almost three sides from just two nozzles. If we wanted, a third nozzle could be added by running a T-junction into an extra 5 feet of 1/4-inch aluminum tube and mounting the nozzle directly in front of the fuel tank.A close-up of the nozzle shows the outlet hole that creates a 180 degree fan pattern when the bottle is discharged. This creates maximum coverage, a very good thing when you're talking about a fire-suppression system.Now comes the fun part-filling the tank. Make sure you have plenty of space and that the bottle is sitting upright on a solid surface.After filling the bottle with purified water completely to the top we proceeded to pour out 8 ounces into a measuring cup.
The AFFF concentrate is then poured into the bottle. As you can see I have on safety gloves. Firecharger recommends gloves and eye protection because the AFFF concentrate can cause permanent eye damage. Once the bottle is filled to the top we attached the discharge hose and head assembly onto the bottle. Since there is an O-ring seal on the head assembly, Firecharger recommends torqueing the head to between 15 and 30 pounds, although additional torque may be required to get the plumbing to line up.Firecharger includes a nice aluminum cover for the CO2 cartridge, which snaps into place and protects the cartridge and actuator.The Firecharger is a pull system and comes with a traditional red T-handle with white lettering. But we added more after a quick trip to Office Depot for some red press-on labels. Now, the T-handle's location is really obvious to safety crews. This is particularly important in the event of a wreck where the driver is unconscious. With the help of my father, Robert, I mounted the system in the car so I already know where everything is and what lever to pull in the event of a fire. But if I was knocked out it would be up to the safety crews to figure out where the on-board extinguisher was located-now that it's clearly marked, they can.


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Charlotte, NC – Charlotte 49ers head coach Alan Major announced the signing of 6-8 forward Cameron Blakely (Winder, Ga. /Apalachee H.S.) to a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the 49ers.
"The coaching staff is very excited about welcoming Cameron to the 49ers family," Major said. "Cameron left his mark on Apalachee High School after leading them to the state playoffs for the first time in four years. He brings a unique combination of size and skill to our team."
ESPN.com ranks Blakely the fifth best recruit in the state of Georgia and the 33rd ranked power forward in the nation.
Blakely, who earned first-team All-Northeast Georgia honors as a senior, averaged 16.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game this past season. He earned second-team All-Northeast Georgia honors as a junior. This past year, Blakely, who was a three-year starter, led Apalachee to a 17-10 record and a return trip to the 5A state playoffs after a four-year absence. He scored in double-figures in all 27 games and he led his team in scoring 23 times. In the final seven games of the season, he averaged 19.1 points, 12.6 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game. He recorded 18 double-doubles and had 14 games with five or more blocked shots as a senior. Not only does he excel on the court but in the classroom as well since he earned Apalachee High School Scholar-Athlete honors.
Blakely finished his career with 1,110 points, 894 rebounds and a school-record 397 blocks. Blakely's father, Anthony, played at Mississippi State in the 1980s and then he played professional basketball for 13 years.
"Cameron is a player that can do a lot of things," Apalachee coach Kevin Morris said. "He is a quality person and a great teammate. He is well respected by everyone. Cameron is a 6-foot-8 player that can stretch the floor with his shooting. He can handle the basketball. He creates mismatches since he is capable of scoring inside as well as on the perimeter. Charlotte is getting a quality person that can really play."
Blakely joins a 49ers recruiting class that includes Clemson transfer 6-7 forward Bernard Sullivan and Tulane transfer 6-2 guard Ben Cherry.
With a young lineup that often featured five freshmen and sophomores on the court, Charlotte went 21-12 last season and earned a post-season berth in the NIT. It was the 49ers first 20-win season and first post-season appearance since 2008. The 49ers, who competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2012-13, will move to Conference USA in 2013-14.


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After hearing about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, 11-year-old Makenzie Dayton planned a teddy bear drive to send stuffed bears to the community of Newtown, Conn.
The drive started at 10 a.m. on Wednesday and ended at 7 p.m. In the Kohl's parking lot, crowds of people got together to donate both teddy bears and money.
Other local businesses joined in as well -- the Redding Home Depot donated boxes and paid for the shipping cost of the bears, Coca-Cola donated 700 bears and Budget Car Rental permitted the toy drive to use one of its trucks to put all the toys in.
Local company Jeter's Playground surprised Makenzie on Wednesday with an airplane ticket to Newtown so that she can deliver the bears herself.
"I'm feeling really excited because I would like to really meet the students that I'm raising all this stuff for and the teachers and to see them smile again," Makenzie said.
The drive collected about 1,500 bears. They will be shipped to Newtown, Connecticut early next month.


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Attorney General Jon Bruning today announced Dominick Dubray, 26, of Alliance was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment for the murders of Catalina "Cathy" Chavez, 22, and Mike Loutzenhiser, 42. In addition, he was sentenced to 30 to 40 years each for two counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony. He was found guilty of the charges in October 2012.
"The violent deaths of Cathy Chavez and her father were the horrific result of domestic abuse," said Bruning. "Today's sentences ensure Mr. Dubray pays the price for taking these lives. We will continue to vigorously prosecute perpetrators of domestic violence in hopes of avoiding tragedies like these."
Dubray was charged with the crimes in February 2012 after the victims were found dead in the home shared by Dubray and Chavez. Both victims had suffered multiple stab wounds.
Assistant Attorneys General Jeff Gaertig and Matt Lierman handled the case with the aid of Attorney General's Office investigators Bill Black, Kerry Crosby and Pat Mason.
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I just love the kind of electronic music that people create with Propellerhead's Reason. I just acquired the software but I find it very difficult to use (I'm not very experienced in producing music) and would love some easy step-by-step walkthroughs to ease the learning curve a bit. Anyone got fish?
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If you want free, getting started tutorials, I believe that boyinaband.com and reasonstation are good starting options. Any youtube tutorial will also help with getting started with reason.
The problem is diggin' your teeth on the software. Currently I am only aware of 2 websites that provide tutorials that take advantage of Reason's most awesome features:
http://www.reason101.net/ Free tutorials, most of them are rather good and explore things that are usually forgoten by most users - like Using Thor as a Filter. Using external audio into thor for FM synthesis. Creating a Grain Synth using NXTT. Vocoding RedRum loops and other awesome things.
http://www.nucleus-soundlab.com/reason-wizardry-video-tutorials.html There's a free tutorial about expanding the synthesis capabilites of THOR, showing that it's possible to make a Fm Synth, a Fm Modulator Synth, AM Synth (doesn't work very well), PW Synth and basically shows a new world around it.
BTW: I STRONGLY RECOMMEND watching the demo of reason wizardry, It's superb. And it's the only one that I did watch, I'm still wondering if I should pay all that money for it.
I'll make this community wiki, so everybody can contribute.
A good start:
The website boyinaband.com has some very well explained tutorials to get you started :) It's funny too!


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Few issues mobilize religious voters more than same-sex marriage, a trend that many political observers expect to continue between now and November, when a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions will go to the ballot.
Jason Pettus, Senior Pastor at Living Hope Baptist Church says his church strives to welcome homosexuals, but doesn't condone their lifestyle.
"God loves them. And we want anyone who wants to experience God's love here, and that's what we tell anybody - homosexuals, heterosexuals, whomever. We want them here to hear the gospel," Pettus said.
Pettus admits many churches struggle within their denomination over how to include homosexuals in the congregation, a struggle highlighted by the recent controversy in the Episcopalian church over ordaining gay bishops.
"I don't know if it's the Bible Belt or what exactly it's due to, but there's a whole lot of people hiding," said one local gay woman who asked to remain anonymous.
"I'm ready to fight. And I know a whole lot of other people who are ready to step up to the plate, and it's time for the gay community to step up to the plate and be heard."
She says she and other members of the local gay community will step up their efforts to oppose the proposed amendment in the coming months.
The amendment received overwhelming support in both the House and Senate, and is expected to easily pass in November.


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USA Baseball announced Wednesday that Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer had been added to the U.S. roster for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Hosmer, 23, recorded 14 home runs and 60 RBI in 2012, his second season in the Major Leagues. He batted .389 for Team USA at the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico.
Hosmer joins Royals left-handed reliever Tim Collins on Team USA.
With Hosmer and Collins, the Royals now have a total of nine players on 2013 World Baseball Classic rosters.
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left-handed pitcher Atahualpa Severino, Dominican Republic
right-handed pitcher Kelvin Herrera, Dominican Republic
right-handed pitcher Luis Mendoza, Mexico
catcher Salvador Perez, Venezuela
infielder Irving Falu, Puerto Rico
infielder Miguel Tejada, Dominican Republic
outfielder Paulo Orlando, Brazil
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Do you follow the Black Friday ads?
Yes, they have started releasing the Black Friday ads already. Harbor Freight was first as usual. Do you think there is an advantage to releasing them so early? Do they affect your shopping on that day?
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No, I haven't done so for many years. I just don't feel that Black Friday has such a great sale anymore.
WSJ put out an article about a week ago and, statistically speaking, showed that there are no real sales anymore (aside from the limited supply of door busters to drive traffic into the store). BF weekend accounts for as much as 1/5 of revenue made by some retailers and much of this isn't only quantity driven but value driven as well (many items are actually priced significantly higher than the norm). The only item that was tracked in the article over the course of several years that showed to be any real deal was the xbox.
So you aren't crazy--BF isn't that much of a deal anymore.
I do, but I only look for true deals. I never go in to the store (except to scavenge the leftover deals).
Last year my main purchase was a retail Blu-Ray burner for $60 (no rebates, free shipping) from Tigerdirect. It is still relatively difficult to find one for that price.
Main categories I look for are computer parts and movies.
I only do the online sales. There are some good limited-quantity "door buster" sales available...you've just got to keep a list of who is selling what and what time their items go on sale, then purchase fast before they're gone. I've gotten some of the same crazy deals that people wait in line overnight for (and they usually go home empty-handed).
There's no way I'd go shopping in the real world that weekend...there are way too many crazy people out there.
I second the recommendation of bfads.net, that's been my primary resource for many years.
When I was kid, I was fascinated by the black friday sales, but my mom hated shopping so we never went. Now, I spend Thanksgiving with my inlaws, who had a tradition of going out at some point in time during the day. My shopaholic nature turned it into a family holiday so most of the family gets up when the earliest store opens and waits in line for the doorbusters. I'm the only one that looks at the flyers ahead of time online - everyone else is an amateur shopper. I agree, the sales lately have been hardly sales at all. I generally only do it for the fun of spending time with my family. We watch to see how crazy people get in the small town shopping centers we shop.
I usually go later in the day for the non-doorbuster sales. Things like linens and DVDs. You can still get great deals, but those are usually stocked well enough that there's really no rush to get to them.
I look at the ads but lately I haven't really seen anything that affects my shopping habits, which means that I'm still ordering online.
I generally check out the ads but rarely buy too much on Black Friday.
I get up and go to Half Price Books for their sale. In the past it's been 20% off everything from 7am-11am. Last year it was a coupon for 40% off one item. They also give out reusable bags with $5 gift cards (and sometimes a few other little goodies) to the first 100 adults through the door. On bag has a $100 gift card. I usually get there around 6:30 or so and have always gotten a bag. Often they have coffee and muffins or cookies for people waiting in line. Some of the staff comes out and chats. They're friendly and it's all very civilized in the line. I mean, it is a used book store.
Afterwards I sometimes go to a few other stores if there's something that I want that's really a deal. DVDs can usually be had for good prices. But I don't often buy too much. Mostly I shop the earlier sales or buy things online.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] install intel mac with Laopard
From: Doug Reeder (dlr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-24 13:12:06
I don't know if it there is a way to capture the "not of required
architecture" response and add it to the error message. I agree that
the current error message captures the problem in broad terms and
points to the config.log file. It is just not very specific. If the
architecture problem can't be added to the error message then I
think we are stuck with what we have. If that is the case is it
worthwhile to add this to the FAQ for building openmpi.
On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:24 PM, George Bosilca wrote:
>> There are so many special errors that are compiler and operating
>> system dependent that there is no way to handle each of them
>> specifically. And even if it was possible, I will not use autoconf
>> if the resulting configure file was 100MB ...
> More specifically, the error messages in config.log are mostly written
> by the compiler/linker (i.e., redirect stdout/stderr from the command
> line to config.log). We don't usually modify that -- the Autoconf Way
> is that Autoconf is 100% responsible for config.log.
>> Additionally, I think the error message is more than clear. It
>> clearly state that the problem is coming from a mismatch between the
>> CFLAGS and FFLAGS. There is even a hint that one has to look in
>> config.log to find the real cause...
> As George specifies, the stdout from configure is what we can most
> directly affect, and that's why we chose to output this message:
> ********************************************************************
> * It appears that your Fortran 77 compiler is unable to link against
> * object files created by your C compiler. This generally indicates
> * either a conflict between the options specified in CFLAGS and FFLAGS
> * or a problem with the local compiler installation. More
> * information (including exactly what command was given to the
> * compilers and what error resulted when the commands were
> executed) is
> * available in the config.log file in this directory.
> ********************************************************************
> OMPI doesn't know *why* the test link failed; we just know that it
> failed. I agree with George that trying to put in compiler-specific
> stdout/stderr analysis is a black hole that would be extraordinarily
> difficult.
> Do you have any suggestions for re-wording this message? That's
> probably the best that we can do.
>> george.
>> On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Doug Reeder wrote:
>>> Jeff,
>>> For the specific problem of the gcc compiler creating i386 objects
>>> and ifort creating x86_64 objects, in the config.log file it says
>>> configure:26935: ifort -o conftest conftest.f conftest_c.o >&% ld:
>>> warning in conftest_c.o, file is not of required architecture
>>> If configure could pick up on this and write an error message
>>> something like "Your C and fortran compilers are creating objects
>>> for
>>> different architectures. You probably need to change your CFLAG or
>>> FFLAG arguments to ensure that they are consistent" it would point
>>> the user more directly to the real problem. Right now the
>>> information
>>> is in the config.log file but it doesn't jump out at you.
>>> Doug Reeder
>>> On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
>>>> On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Doug Reeder wrote:
>>>>> Make sure that your compilers are all creaqting code for the same
>>>>> architecture (i386 or x86-64). ifort usually installs such that
>>>>> the
>>>>> 64 bit version of the compiler is the dfault while the apple gcc
>>>>> compiler creates i386 output by default. Check the architecture of
>>>>> the .o files with file *.o and if the gcc output needs to be
>>>>> x86_64
>>>>> add the -m64 flag to the c and c++ flags. That has worked for me.
>>>>> You shouldn't need the intel c/c++ compilers. I find the configure
>>>>> error message to be a little bit cryptic and not very insightful.
>>>> Do you have a suggestion for a new configure error message? I
>>>> thought
>>>> it was very clear, but then again, I'm one of the implementors...
>>>>>> checking if C and Fortran 77 are link compatible... no
>>>>>> *****************************************************************
>>>>>> ***
>>>>>> **
>>>>>> * It appears that your Fortran 77 compiler is unable to link
>>>>>> against
>>>>>> * object files created by your C compiler. This generally
>>>>>> indicates
>>>>>> * either a conflict between the options specified in CFLAGS and
>>>>>> * or a problem with the local compiler installation. More
>>>>>> * information (including exactly what command was given to the
>>>>>> * compilers and what error resulted when the commands were
>>>>>> executed) is
>>>>>> * available in the config.log file in this directory.
>>>>>> *****************************************************************
>>>>>> ***
>>>>>> **
>>>>>> configure: error: C and Fortran 77 compilers are not link
>>>>>> compatible.
>>>>>> Can not continue.
>>>> --
>>>> Jeff Squyres
>>>> Cisco Systems
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Despite the prospect of high-paying jobs, Oakland city leaders and residents are telling the Honda Motor Company not to open a plant in Warren County.
In a letter to Honda's President and CEO, opponents of the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark cite environmental, cultural, and legal concerns as reasons for objecting to the possibility of a new manufacturing facility.
ITA proponents say the letter could jeopardize a multi-million dollar deal already in the works.
Bowling Green's Chamber of Commerce says by sending the letter, K.E.E.P. (Karst Environmental Education and Protection) sent a message on behalf of all Warren County citizens. They add the letter was self-serving and short-sighted.
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Reading Food Labels
As mentioned earlier, frozen and canned items can be convenient and tasty. Just remember to read the labels carefully and keep the following tips in mind:
- For full frozen meals, always read the label and look for less than 400 total calories, 15 grams of fat, and 800 milligrams of sodium.
- When choosing soups, avoid the creamy varieties unless you have the option of mixing in your own low-fat milk. Also buy soups that say "reduced-sodium," "low-sodium," or "no added salt." Some nutritious selections include minestrone, garden vegetable, chicken noodle, split pea, tomato rice, Manhattan clam chowder, and the lentil bean combinations.
- To cut fat, buy sauces that are tomato- or vegetable-based. Check the labels and look for brands that have 3 grams (or less) of fat per serving.
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The new review feature confuses me and I feel insecure using it.
For example, on atheism.SE there was a review pending that I rejected because in my opinion it completely changed the meaning of the question.
Now the editor is complaining about my rejection and while I think that my rejection was correct, I also undestand the editor's position and I wish I didn't have to be the only person to make the decision here. The score is 1 vs. 1 here and I get to decide, purely based on seniority.
The contentious point is, very briefly:
The original question isn't strictly concerned with atheism at all, and arguably off-topic:
It seems to me that many pieces of advice from wise people are easy to dismiss rationally, using critical thinking, simply because the advice does not make sense to you at the time. Once you gain more experience, you begin to understand what previously seemed illogical.
Solus changed the bold part (my emphasis) to "religious leaders". Now the question is on topic but I think it's a completely different question:\
Before the edit a valid answer would be (strongly simplified) to reference the Dunning-Kruger effect.
After the edit this is arguably no longer the case: if we accept the tenet of atheism, i.e. that religion is fundamentally wrong, then the question doesn't really make sense in the first place: religious leaders are wrong, this is implied in the definition of atheism.
To recap: I believe that my decision was correct but (1) am not perfect, and (2) I admit that a different argumentation may yield different results (in particular, since the original question is off-topic, it's fair game for whatever edit).
So I would prefer that rejecting an edit in a review wouldn't be an all-or-nothing decision that is made by the person who happens to be the fastest. I would prefer requiring e.g. two votes before it takes effect.


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The 2012 community festival season in St. Joseph County was capped off Saturday with a successful Harvest Festival in Constantine.
Though weather was a question mark all week leading up to the one-day celebration, Saturday stayed cool, but dry for the enjoyment of participants and organizers of the 11th Harvest Festival.
Karen Gillett, chair of the Harvest Festival Committee, said she is plenty grateful for there not being interference from the elements.
"There were a few things that didn't work out as planned … thankfully weather wasn't one of them," she said. "Overall, everyone seemed happy and it was a good crowd."
Gillett said a good barometer to the event's success is, in part, feedback from vendors who had stands set up at the festival. Most indicated a slow morning but business overall picked up by the end of the day. A few had even asked her to include them in the 2013 Harvest Festival.
Linda Perkins, a Constantine resident who brought her 10-year-old granddaughter to the event, said she has attended Harvest Festival faithfully through the years.
"The grandkids love the games and the food … it's always a fun place to be," Perkins said. "This is good for Constantine because it brings neighbors together and people from out of town into Constantine."
From the start of the day, it was a busy Saturday in Constantine. Village officials said the Constantine Fire Department's pancake breakfast was well attended, drawing large and hungry crowds to help support the agency's purchase of automatic defibrillators.
Meanwhile, more than 60 items were up for grabs during a raffle staged toward the end of the event. Tickets were $1 each or seven for $5. Gillett said proceeds will help support the 2013 Heritage Festival. She said "overwhelming" best described the number of businesses and individuals who donated items for the raffle.
The band "Destiny 4" closed out the event with a two-hour performance.
Gillett said she especially liked seeing a number of children and families enjoying themselves.
"The hula-hoop contest and water-balloon toss were fun to watch and everyone involved had a good time," she said. "We were just lucky to have not had rain … that's what I'm most grateful for."
A donation of Stears family sweet corn seemed to hit the spot for hungry patrons. Dipped in butter made by the local Michigan Milk Producers Association, the corn ran out late in the day. Members of the Constantine High School football team husked all 400 ears early Saturday morning.
Gillett, who now has two Harvest Festivals under her belt, said she and the planning committee will soon look ahead to 2013.
Page 2 of 2 - "The experience makes planning a little easier, so I'm looking forward to next year," she said. "It's encouraging to know the community and people not from Constantine look forward to Harvest Festival and come out to support it."
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How should I understand this rule (rulebook p.41, Hunt Re-rolls)? Does it refer to the last known position of the Fellowship, or does the free peoples' player have to tell the shadow player that he now got X re-rolls which would help him to determine the current position?
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According to the 2nd Edition rules (although the 1st Edition rules do not differ in this respect, although it clarifies it in a different way), when determining the location of the Fellowship, the Frodo & Sam figurine's location is used. This may be the current location of the Fellowship, if the Fellowship is declared or revealed. Otherwise, it will be the last known position (LKP) of the Fellowship and the Fellowship Progress Counter will indicate how far the Fellowship has traveled from that last know position. Since the LKP of the Fellowship is always used for all rules, including Hunt re-rolls (Hunt Re-rolls use the position of the Ring-bearers figure, not the current position of the Fellowship), no extra information is revealed to the shadow player.
The 1st Edition just flat out tells you to use the Fellowships last known position.
My copy of the WotR rules don't have a page 41, but on page 19 of my rule book, the following text occurs:
"If, during the Hunt, the last known position of the Fellowship" [emphasis mine]
Think of it as the Shadow following the trail of the Fellowship. Getting out from under a Nazgûl is in fact one of the motives to declare the position of the Fellowship.
What's fun is that the Free Peoples player doesn't actually know where the Fellowship is, either. They don't have an actual position until they are declared, so any rule that acts to give clues about what that actual position might be wouldn't work anyway.


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Marshall Chapman
Public Programs
Critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, and author Marshall Chapman comes to campus to speak about Big Lonesome, her new CD, and They Came to Nashville, her new book that documents the personal stories of musicians (including Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Miranda Lambert, and Willie Nelson) who have shaped the modern history of music in Nashville.
Chapman has released eleven albums, and her songs have also been recorded by Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna, Irma Thomas, Joe Cocker, and Jimmy Buffett, among other artists. She has toured extensively on her own and opened shows for musicians as varied as Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Prine, and The Ramones. Chapman's first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (2003), was a best seller and finalist for several awards. She is making her film debut in the forthcoming Country Strong, where she plays the road manager for a country star portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Chapman signs books and CDs after the talk.
Cosponsored by Ohio State's Office of the President.
Marshall Chapman was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
One of the first women to front a rock band, she recorded three albums for Epic, including her 1978 debut, Jaded Virgin, which was produced by Al Kooper and voted Record of the Year by Stereo Review. Following 1982's Take It On Home (Rounder), Marshall released two albums on her own Tall Girl label: 1987's Dirty Linen (A- in Christgau Consumer Guide, released in Europe on Line Records) and 1991's Inside Job (voted Album of the Month in April 1992 Stereo Review).
It's About Time… recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women (Margaritaville/Island, 1995) drew rave reviews from Time, USA Today and the Village Voice. After its release, Chapman and her band (The Love Slaves) toured with Jimmy Buffett, playing for over a million people. The following year, they went in the studio and recorded Love Slave. More recent releases are Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (2003), a companion CD to Chapman's first book; Live! The Bitter End (2004); Mellowicious! (2006); and now Big Lonesome (2010).
In 1998, Chapman began exploring new outlets for her creativity. One was theater. She and songwriting pal Matraca Berg contributed fourteen songs to Good Ol' Girls, a country musical based on the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle. Good Ol' Girls has been presented at theaters throughout the Southeast and had a limited run off-Broadway early in 2010. Chapman has also developed and presented a one-woman show titled The Triumph of Rock and Roll over Good Breeding.
Chapman's first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (St. Martin's Press), was a 2004 SIBA Book Award finalist and one of three finalists for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She has also written commentary for The Bob Edwards Show (XM) and is currently a contributing editor for Garden & Gun, Nashville Arts Magazine, and Vanderbilt Magazine.
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Rebuilding a Bert Racing TransmissionWritten by on September 27, 2006 Perform your own yearly maintenance on a Bert Racing transmission
You won't find anything like it on a street car, but the qualities that make a Bert transmission unique also make it nearly perfect for dirt racing. Simplicity is the name of the game here. Bert Transmission's two-speed trannies are all about cutting down on the number of parts involved and reducing rotating weight. Most significantly, the clutch is actually inside the transmission housing, eliminating the typical clutch and throwout bearing assemblies. There are also only two forward gears and a reverse, and the gears themselves are physically a lot smaller than what you might be used to seeing in a typical four-speed. The net result is a lot less rotating weight burdening your engine as you power out of the corner.
Of course, if you race Late Models or Modifieds on dirt, you probably already know this. Maybe what you don't know, however, is just how easy a Bert transmission is to rebuild. Yes, it is quite a bit different from just about everything else out there (a Brinn transmission is built on the same design principles), but its simplicity also makes it easy to maintain and rebuild.
Gear specialist Jim Cook, of Jim Cook Racing, says barring accident damage or severe abuse, a Bert transmission should last a complete season, or even two, between rebuilds. During a visit to his shop in Concord, North Carolina, Cook showed us how simple it is to inspect and rebuild a Bert using the company's rebuild kit. Because of time constraints, we tore down one customer's transmission and rebuilt a different unit that Cook had waiting for us. To improve efficiency and durability, Cook had the shafts and gears REM polished. He says this won't take a Fifth-Place car and send it to Victory Lane, but it will help reduce friction losses and keep oil temperatures down.
So, if you've got a Bert tranny that needs to be rebuilt, stop making excuses and get to work!
Don't Forget the Splines
Because the rear ends in dirt cars often see extreme articulation, many racers use Bert's ball-spline tailhousing. This innovation allows the tailhousing shaft to extend several inches without allowing dirt and sand to invade the housing when the shaft slides back into place. Cook recommends disassembling and cleaning the ball-spline shaft and housing after every two to four races.
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The first steps in the rebuild process are: put the transmission in a clean work area, drain the fluids, and pull the side cover so that you can access the shifter. Take a quick preliminary look aroundfor any obvious signs of damage.The clutch is the small drum at the front of the housing. Using a screwdriver, compress the drum. If the travel, or play, is between 31/416 and 11/44 inch, the clutch packs are probably still good. More than that indicates excessive wear, and the clutch discs will need to be replaced.Here are the components included in Bert's rebuild kit: new clutch friction discs, seals, two roll pins, and a tailhousing bushing. The transmission has several roller bearings, but Cook says the wear on those bearings is so minimal that they rarely need to be replaced.Knock out the roll pins holding the shifter forks in position so that you can pull the shifter shafts from the back of the housing.Be careful when pulling out the shifter shafts. An arrangement of springs and steel balls is used as a positive stop mechanism for the shifters and keeps the driver from engaging two gears at once. If you just yank the shafts out, those springs can go everywhere.Difficulty getting the transmission to go into gear can be a sign of shifter fork wear. If the wear pattern on the forks is more than 0.040 inch deep, replace them.Pull the tailhousing and remove the gear from the shaft. Check this and all the other gears for signs of wear (e.g., chipped teeth and rounded edges).Remove the C-clips so that you can pull the front bearings and then push the input shaft out of the housing.
A large spring keeps the clutch pack engaged and makes it difficult to pull the clutch and its shaft out of the housing. Use a C-clamp to compress the clutch pack so you can pull it out of its location.Once you have the clutch assembly loose in the housing, use a large vise with a set of wide jaws to help you get the entire assembly out of the opening in the rear of the housing.Bert uses shims in the front and back of the clutch shaft assembly to properly locate it in relation to the housing and input shaft. Keep the shims from the front and back of the assembly separate so that you can get them back in the right place upon reassembly.Here's the entire clutch pack assembly. Note that there are three Torrington-style bearings between the spacer shims (seven in total). Make sure that you remember where they go so that you won't forget one when you reassemble the unit.Here's a worn friction disc (left) compared to a new disc. If there are black heat rings on the friction clutch disc, it needs to be replaced. New friction discs are 0.105 inch thick. If your discs are less than 0.095 inch, they should also be replaced. Before installing new friction discs, soak them in type F transmission fluid for at least 30 minutes.The steel clutch plates are very durable but can get glazed over, which reduces their effectiveness. You can remove any glazing by scuffing the plates lightly with 320-grit sandpaper.Reinstall the new clutch plates in the housing, interchanging between the steel plates and friction discs (there should be a friction disc on the outside on both sides). Be sure to replace the Torrington bearings in the same locations. If you forget the Torrington bearings, you will get metal-on-metal contact and the transmission will lock up before you take the green flag.The clutch is engaged with this piston assembly housed in the tailshaft that actuates on the clutch shaft. When rebuilding the transmission, remove and inspect the components and replace the seal to reduce the chance of developing a leak.
Slide the assembly back into the housing and use the vise grips to keep the clutch assembly compressed while you remove the threaded rod.Now switch back to the smaller C-clamp so that you can slide the clutch shaft assembly back into its proper location and drive the shaft on which it rides in place.Check the play in the clutch pack housing again to make sure you have the necessary 31/416 to 11/44 inch of travel.Reassemble the output shaft into the tailhousing. You can use a gasket on the tailhousing, but Cook says the most dependable way to prevent leaks is simply to use a thin film of silicone.Connect the input and output shafts and bolt the tailhousing in place. Carefully drive the main bearing into the housing and install the C-clips that secure it.The shifter forks and slider shafts are installed in the reverse order that they were removed. Getting the springs, steel bearings, and the steel spacer in the right position can be a bit difficult because they have to be compressed while you position the slider shafts. Just be patient.
After unbolting the housing cap, the slider shaft can be removed. Be sure to catch all the stainless steel bearings as they come out.The grooves in the shaft in which the bearings ride catch dirt and grit fairly easily. Clean the shaft and relubricate with a good CV joint grease.


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Allegations or hints of corruption arise in commercial and treaty-based arbitrations, confronting attorneys and arbitrators with a number of important legal and policy issues and questions about which there appears to be relatively little guidance or consensus on approach. These questions include:
What is the burden and standard of proof necessary to establish that there has been corruption?
What are the tools available to parties and tribunals to deal with evidentiary issues relating to corruption?
Is there a public policy role or requirement for arbitrators and/or counsel to raise corruption issues outside the scope of the arbitration and, if so, at what point do allegations become concrete enough to trigger this role?
What are the implications for parties' claims and defenses of successfully proving corruption? Are those implications different in the investment treaty context than they are in the commercial context?
To address these issues, the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA) and the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) are hosting a debate with Sophie Nappert and Mark Beckett. The debate will be moderated by Rahim Moloo, and will take place in the Case Lounge at Columbia Law School, 7th floor, on November 15, 2012, at 5:30 pm. Registration is not required for this event.
The views expressed during the debate will not reflect the personal opinions of the participants or their respective institutions or clients. Rather, in organizing the debate, we seek to highlight and juxtapose different positions to illustrate the complex issues and the lively discussions they trigger.
The debate immediately follows the VCC's Seventh Annual Columbia International Investment Conference, "Reframing the Investor-State Relationship: From Criticism to Constructive Engagement," taking place in the Faculty House at Columbia University, November 14-15, 2012. More information about that conference, for which registration is required, is available here.
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