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Weather-wise, most of the year is great for visiting the French Riviera—or the Côte d'Azur, as the French call it. It's gorgeous right now and through October, when the sun's still shining and the weather's pleasantly warm. (July and August are when the area is most densely packed.) But don't forget about the "off-season." Come after New Year's or through March, when you can don a light jacket, fabulous shades and still dine al fresco, taking advantage of the sparse crowds, lighter traffic, and more affordable prices.
And there's a spot for everyone. If you want to be part of the sexy, "beautiful people" scene, St-Tropez and Cannes are for you. If you want the hustle of a city with incredible art inside museums and on public view, don't miss gorgeous Nice. Feel like maxing and relaxing in an authentic seaside village? Villefranche-sur-Mer is your place. Want to feel like you've stepped into Italy? Check out Menton, the French Riviera town just minutes from the French-Italian border. If you're all about the high-roller, international player thing, there's no place like Monaco. And there's much, much more.
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Football coaches weigh many factors in choosing spring or fall
Having a choice is a good thing. It's no different on the high school football field, according to area coaches.
When the CIAC gave coaches the option five years ago of keeping 10 days of spring practice or opting for an additional four days of the August preseason, they were thrilled.
The question now being asked is whether it works.
Coaches must make a decision of spring or fall practices by May 3 each year, unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as a late coaching change, that may warrant a reverse decision. In recent years, Cheshire, Pomperaug and Sacred Heart have all had springtime coaching moves, forcing a switch to late summer.
At Naugatuck, Craig Bruno was hired last April, but still opted for the traditional 10 days of spring practice, giving him a smoother transition.
"For me, spring practice is mandatory, and really there is no other option for me," said Bruno, the head coach at Bunnell for 12 years. "There are so many advantages to it, along with being able to see guys in pads and get familiar with the new players."
With so many athletes playing spring sports, Derby coach George French V said he can't make a fair decision by May 3.
"I could probably still hold spring practices, but it would include only a quarter of my team if the baseball team makes a strong tournament run," said French.
Derby went to the state baseball finals in 2012, and several players, including Dillon McMahon, who was going to be a two-way starter for the football team, were on both squads.
Holy Cross' Mike Giampetruzzi, in his fifth year as head coach, had been a proponent of spring prac-
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tices. He's been a part of the program since 1991 as a player and longtime assistant coach with the Crusaders, who had always worked out in the spring.
Until this year.
"Right now, I plan on going year-to-year to make a decision," said Giampetruzzi. "After only four days, it is hard to gauge. I'm still on the fence."
Two main reasons caused Giampetruzzi to make a switch in 2013. He was the junior varsity and assistant baseball coach for the Crusaders in the spring, and the Crusaders advanced deep into the postseason.
Second, there were several baseball, track and lacrosse athletes still competing, so Giampetruzzi didn't think it was wise to conduct practice without a full team. The Crusaders added lacrosse in 2012 and will hold their first varsity season in 2014.
"We have so many kids who play multiple sports," said Giampetruzzi, the school's assistant principal.
Holy Cross alum and current assistant coach Eric Barbarito, formerly the head coach at Hillhouse, where he guided the Academics to two state titles, loves having the option.
"There's less pressure in the spring to get things done," said Barbarito. "In the spring, you have three days where you just wear helmets and seven days for contact. It gives you a chance to see kids at different positions. If you have a new quarterback, they need time to develop. And even if you have an (established) starting quarterback, you need to get a second one ready because they are just as important. Quarterbacks are hard to replace."
Another Crusaders assistant coach, Dennis Wanzie, always conducted spring practice during his seven-year tenure as at Wilbur Cross in New Haven.
While coaches make the decision, players have to abide by it. Oxford's Kyle Chudoba was torn between the baseball team, which he pitched to the Class S state championship, and the football team. He wound up missing all but three days of spring football practice.
Chudoba couldn't bask in the glory of winning a state title for long because he needed to sharpen his skills as the successor to two-year starting QB Brennen Diaz.
"I struggled a little bit, going from baseball to football, but I felt that I had a good spring game," said Chudoba. "We have a pretty experienced team. The spring was great for the younger guys so they could get necessary repetitions. Overall, I made some mistakes, but I was able get a lot of work in before the summer camp at Southern Connecticut and the 7-on-7 passing leagues started. So having spring was a real good thing."
Former Cheshire assistant coach Greg Ferry, now in his second year at two-time defending Class LL state champion Xavier of Middletown, said the Falcons love the idea of spring practice.
"It's a great way to kick off the summer," said Ferry. "As long as we are allowed to have the spring, we will do it."
Ansonia coach Tom Brockett, who has won four state titles in his seven-year tenure, is adamant about keeping spring practice.
"As long as I am coaching here in Ansonia, we will have it," said Brockett back in 2008. "It's absolutely necessary."
There are clearly pros and cons, noted Pomperaug coach Dave Roach, in his third year as head coach.
"I I decided on the four extra days my first year because I was given the job just as school ended, and our program did not have a head coach in the spring of 2011," said Roach. "During (predecessor) Chuck Drury's tenure, we always did spring practice. Over the past few years, with the combination of track, lacrosse, and baseball being popular sports, we would start spring football with only half of the team. So we had to weigh our options."
Is it better to practice with a full squad and hit the ground running in the late summer or take the 10 days in the spring with an incomplete team?
"I chose to have a full staff and team," said Roach. "As an educator, I found it more beneficial to teach and coach with everyone present rather than half the group and then to re-teach it again in August. That's just the teacher in me. Another addition is that the freshman class will be able to start earlier with the varsity as well."
Joel Cookson, director of sports information for the CIAC, said the governing board never did a formal survey for feedback on the spring/fall practice option.
"The closest to anything formal is monitoring the posted information on our website about which teams choose to hold spring practice and which do not," said Cookson. "The informal feedback we've heard is that schools like having the flexibility to decide what works best for their program."
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Consider a random $d$-regular graph on $n$ vertices. What can be said about its nontrivial (i.e. orthogonal to the constant) eigenfunctions? For example, I'm interested whether there are "nodal zones", i.e. if the graph can be divided into groups such that the eigenfunction has the same sign on every vertex of the same groups. Are there any results of this kind?
Another question - suppose I divide the graph arbitrarily into $k$ groups of vertices ($k$ may depend on $n$); is it possible to say something about how large the sum of eigenfunction's values on one group typically is?


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Q: Five out of eight moms in our weekly playgroup have two children under twenty seven months at home. We are all experiencing the same big problem. What is the best way to handle our older children when they show aggression to their younger siblings? Can you help or recommend books on this subject?
A: Rather than going into a detailed developmental explanation on why this aggression is normal and why it's happening, let me recommend two superb books that address not only this particular age-grouped sibling problem but also the nature of sibling rivalry and what to do about it at all life ages and stages. Sufficed to say, attempting to reassure the older sibling of her/his continuing "special status" ( the one he/she feels has been stolen by "the new kid") is paramount ,as are concerted attempts to spend special time alone with the older child. Realistically, we parents do need to keep an eye on our older,aggressive kids when they are physically near their younger siblings because they are not aware of the harm their hitting, pulling, shaking etc. can cause.
My sibling book resources are: Siblings Without Rivalry by Faber & Mazlish and Loving Each One Best by Nancy Samalin.
I know this situation is troublesome but you will find coping mechanisms and I guarantee you that both kids (and you!) will actually survive and flourish.
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Carleton Kendrick has been in private practice as a family therapist and has worked as a consultant for more than 20 years. He has conducted parenting seminars on topics ranging from how to discipline toddlers to how to stay connected with teenagers. Kendrick has appeared as an expert on national broadcast media such as CBS, Fox Television Network, Cable News Network, CNBC, PBS, and National Public Radio. In addition, he's been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, USA Today, Reader's Digest, BusinessWeek, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, and many other publications.


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It's not a prerequisite, right? Or is the orbital command itself part of many Terran builds?
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It's not a prerequisite, right? Or is the orbital command itself part of many Terran builds?
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It is not a prerequisite for reapers. It is part of most terran build orders, getting it on 15 supply is most common. As tzenes mentioned, it has 3 abilities. A mule calldown, which gathers minerals at 3x the rate of an SCV and can share a mineral patch with an scv, a scanner sweep that reveals the area under it (including stealth units), and a call down of extra supplies on a supply depot.
The mule is the main reason it is part of nearly every terran build. The upgrade to orbital costs 150. Mules gather at 3x the rate of SCVs. An orbital starts with enough energy for a mule and produces enough energy to continuously have one mule mining. Mules don't take pop cap and the upgrade completes in less time than 2 SCVs, let alone 3. Basically this all adds up to upgrading to an orbital usually being a better economic investment than the 3 SCVs.
They additionally work well with reaper builds as reapers are gas heavy units and take up your barracks production time, thus leaving you with extra minerals that you might as well spend on improving your economy so you can have a followup to the reaper rush.
No, an Orbital Command is not a prerequisite for Reapers (or any other unit). It is a useful add on as it provides quick minerals, scans, or depots if you're low on free SCVs.
In the builds you linked, the writer is using the Orbital Command to come back from his early economic sacrifice to get out that early reaper. As someone states in the discussion section this is actually poorly presented in the build (not to mention largely inaccurate).
Nothing requires the Orbital Command be part of a Reaper rush, but with such a "cheesy" build it is largely dependent on luck, which the author may attribute to the OC.


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Birmingham's residents are from a wide range of national, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The chart below shows that the largest ethnic group in Birmingham was White British with 570,217 (53.1%). This is down from 2001 (65.6%) and lower than the average in England (79.8%).
Other large groups include Pakistani (144,627, 13.5%) and Indian (64,621, 6.0%) which have grown since 2001, while people defining themselves as Black Caribbean (47,641, 4.4%) have declined.
- Overseas migrants arriving between the 1950s and 1980s were mainly from southern India and the Caribbean. More recent trends see people arriving from many different parts of the world, including Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- 238,313 Birmingham residents were born outside the UK. Of these around 45% arrived during the last decade.
- The Census shows that most people (86%), regardless of ethnicity, consider themselves to be British.
- 46.1% of residents said they were Christian, 21.8% Muslim and 19.3% no religion.
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I am using the Process class to use a batch for my java program. I have several, but I have one that isn't working. This batch file is calling 'find' on a very large file so it takes a long time to process. I am trying to pause the thread using p.waitFor(). The method returns immediately with the value '1'. This is obviously indicating an error in the process, but it doesn't indicate what the error is. Any help on how I can fix this?!
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The homotopy groups $\pi_{n}(X)$ arise from considering equivalence classes of based maps from the $n$-sphere $S^{n}$ to the space $X$. As is well known, these maps can be composed, giving arise to a group operation. The resulting group contains a great deal of information about the given space. My question is: is there any extra information about a space that can be discovered by considering equivalence classes of based maps from the $n$-tori $T^{n}=S^{1}\times S^{1}\times \cdots \times S^{1}$. In the case of $T^{2}$, it would seem that since any path $S^{1}\to X$ can be "thickened" to create a path $T^{2}\to X$ if $X$ is three-dimensional, the group arising from based paths $T^{2}\to X$ would contain $\pi_{1}(X)$. Perhaps more generally, can useful information be gained by examining equivalence classes of based maps from some arbitrary space $Y$ to a given space $X$.
There's always information to be got. But in this case:
Back in the 1940's, Ralph Fox defined something called the torus homotopy group. For a based space $(Y,y_0)$ and natural number $r$, the $r$-dimensional torus homotopy group $\tau_r(Y,y_0)$ is just the fundamental group of the mapping space ${\rm map}(T^{r-1},Y)$, based at the constant map (where $T^{r-1}$ is of course a torus).
The group $\tau_r(Y,y_0)$ contains isomorphic copies of $\pi_n(Y,y_0)$ for all $n\leq r$. Also, Whitehead products become commutators in the torus homotopy group. By passing to the limit over $r$ one obtains the (infinite) torus homotopy group $\tau(Y, y_0)$, which contains all of the homotopy information of $Y$ in one place!
Unfortunately for Fox, the idea doesn't seem to have caught on (although I hear he had a few others which did). MathSciNet only turns up 11 papers containing the phrase "torus homotopy groups" (although the most recent is from 2007).
Your problem is that $T^n$ is not in general a co-Moore space. Therefore Eckmann-Hilton duality breaks down, as the dual spaces no longer form a spectrum, and there would be no (co)homology theory dual to such a "homotopy theory". Thus, a theory of homotopy classes of pointed maps from $T^n$ to $X$ would be much less interesting than a theory of homotopy classes of pointed maps from $S^n$ to $X$.
I was told by Brian Griffiths that Fox was hoping to obtain a generalisation of the van Kampen theorem and so continue work of J.H.C Whitehead on adding relations to homotopy groups (see his 1941 paper with that title).
However if one frees oneself from the base point fixation one might be led to consider Loday's cat$^n$-group of a based $(n+1)$-ad, $X_*=(X;X_1, \ldots, X_n)$; let $\Phi X_*$ be the space of maps $I^n \to X$ which take the faces of the $n$-cube $I^n$ in direction $i$ into $X_i$ and the vertices to the base point. Then $\Phi$ has compositions $+_i$ in direction $i$ which form a lax $n$-fold groupoid. However the group $\Pi X_*= \pi_1(\Phi, x)$, where $x$ is the constant map at the base point $x$, inherits these compositions to become a cat$^n$-group, i.e. a strict $n$-fold groupoid internal to the category of groups (the proof is non trivial).
There is a Higher Homotopy van Kampen Theorem for this functor $\Pi$ which enables some new nonabelian calculations in homotopy theory (see our paper in Topology 26 (1987) 311-334).
So a key step is to move from spaces with base point to certain structured spaces.
Comment Feb 16, 2013: The workers in algebraic topology near the beginning of the 20th century were looking for higher dimensional versions of the fundamental group, since they knew that the nonabelian fundamental group was useful in problems of analysis and geometry. In 1932, Cech submitted a paper on Higher Homotopy Groups to the ICM at Zurich, but Alexandroff and Hopf quickly proved the groups were abelian for $n >1$ and on these grounds persuaded Cech to withdraw his paper, so that only a small paragraph appeared in the Proceedings. It is reported that Hurewicz attended that conference. In due course, the idea of higher versions of the fundamental group came to be seen as a mirage.
One explanation of the abelian nature of the higher homotopy groups is that group objects in the category of groups are abelian groups, as a result of the interchange law, also called the Eckmann-Hilton argument. However group objects in the category of groupoids are equivalent to crossed modules, and so are in some sense "more nonabelian" than groups. Crossed modules were first defined by J.H.C. Whitehead, 1946, in relation to second relative homotopy groups. This leads to the possibility, now realised, of "higher homotopy groupoids", Higher Homotopy Seifert-van Kampen Theorems, and the notions of higher dimensional group theory.
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Very recently I have started to write python scripts that need to connect few databases on mySQL server. The problem is that when I work from office my script works fine but running a script from my home while on office VPN generates connection error.
I also noticed the mySQL client Squirrel also cannot connect from my home but works fine on Office computer. I think both are giving problem for the same reason.
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As someone at least passably competent at productivity-enhancing procedures and tools, I've developed an extensive exocortex for information. This information usually enters the input chute from various sources into either Emacs and Evernote, gets buffered and processed using version-controlled files stapled to whatever application I'm using in a given context, exported into a public format, then cached and indexed for rapid recall based on a sparse list of tags and keywords that I maintain over time. It's a pretty efficient system. I haven't had cause to complain about it so far.
However, I've noticed a second order effect of maintaining so much information in easily-retrievable, always-online sources of information: my short and long term memory have both atrophied, as has my prefrontal cortex for verbal communication. As a result, I'm easily capable of writing a question like this one rapidly with the information that I have available and liberal use of buffering bits of information... but if I attempt to verbalize any of this knowledge for others, the result is this sputtering mess of cache misses and inaccessible context attributable to the lack of said buffer.
In short: my exocortex is so useful that it's made redundant my common senses for recall. My abilities to recognize information are firing on all cylinders, but my inability to recall information becomes terribly worrisome whenever I'm disconnected from my notes.
What are some strategies to counteract this problem?
I'm aware of the common methods of increasing short- and long-term cognition by exploiting the native capabilities of the human brain -- in particular, chunking and deeply meshing information through telling a story about it. But, I'm curious if there are general strategies for performing one or both of the following actions:
Making my exocortex available at all times, in the form of rapid prompting or the transformation of recognition into recall. An example of this would be aggressive use of Evernote.app with the information strategy mentioned above, with a broader approach for inclusion of text-based notes. Something simpler that what I've sketched out would be nice, though.
Making rapid recall possible for deep wells of information, through rigorous prioritization and memorization of only relevant information. In effect, something like Apple's Genius, except for facts and multiple sources of information.
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Dodge Hemi Speed Demon - The Speed DemonsWritten by on October 9, 2008 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen, Dirk Lutman Ron Main And George Poteet Return To The Salt In Pursuit Of 4-0-0
Speed Demon is the name of this streamliner, but it's just as accurate a moniker for the two gearheads who brought it to life. At 65 and 60, respectively, Ron Main and George Poteet have the drive and determination most guys half their age lack, and that's why they're ready to ask four little pistons to each provide 100 mph at Bonneville.
"We're really just a couple of overgrown delinquents," Ron says with a smile. "I used to joyride in cars, but I always gave 'em back. I was actually on probation till I turned 21." George didn't fess up to any such youthful shenanigans, but he's got a fun-loving nature, so we wouldn't put it past him.
It's quickly obvious when chatting with both racers that there's salt in their blood. Despite running a very busy steel and rebar business in Chatsworth, California, there's not much time when Ron doesn't have cars or racing on his mind. "I've got a carcaine habit," Ron explains. But he claims it was our own ol' Dad, Gray Baskerville, who really set the hook in him for building a streamliner.
"Gray came up to me once when I was at Bonneville with my '32 and said, 'You've got one of the wildest flatheads ever created and you put it in this piece of shit roadster!'" Of course, it was just good-natured ribbing from Gray, but it stuck with Ron. It wasn't long before he was looking around for help to build something a little more serious.
His first effort, a little record breaker known as FlatFire, started as an old Bob Meyer dragster chassis reincarnated as a lakester designed to run 200 mph under the expert guidance of A.J. Smith at Aerosmith Consulting & Engineering. The record Ron was shooting for on FlatFire's maiden voyage was easily broken on its first two runs, along with a couple of flatheads. Par for the course, Ron says. As the quest for speed climbed higher, a set of rear fenders was grafted on and the front wheels were moved inside the body in tandem, morphing the lakester into a streamliner. In that trim, Ron claimed the record and hit his goal of a 300-mph flathead with a 302.674-mph record that still stands.
George, a hot rodder extraordinaire and owner of several HOT ROD feature cars, says he's been fascinated with the sacred Salt as long as he's been fascinated with cars. Life, family, and business delayed his arrival, but George finally made it to B'ville about 15 years back, ready to see it for himself. Like so many rodders who've made the pilgrimage, that great white expanse made a lasting impact, and it didn't take much before George decided he wanted to see what the other end of that long, black line in the salt looked like-at speed, of course. He came back with a flathead-powered Deuce roadster, went 120 that first year, and continued to progress from there.
A few years later, Ron and George happened to end up next to one another in line at Bonneville. Ron was there with FlatFire, while George was running his trusty roadster. They began talking and Ron began to sell George on the idea of losing the roadster and getting in a 'liner. It quickly became obvious the two were cut from the same cloth, so they formed a partnership. That venture saw FlatFire become EcoFire with a turbocharged GM Ecotec four-banger that eventually blasted George well past 300 mph, netting a record of 325.934 in F/Blown Fuel Streamliner. At a private meet, the duo also managed to set an FIA record of 326.117. The FlatFire/EcoFire car was retired, and the incredible vanishing man Steve Fossett was the last to drive it.
But they weren't finished by a long shot. Ron and George knew they'd reached the upper limits of the FlatFire/EcoFire design, so Ron tapped A.J. again to design a new body-one capable of a stable 400-plus mph. The task was surprisingly easy, since the original fighter jet-inspired FlatFire/EcoFire nose and forward section was so effective that A.J. was able to reuse the design and focus his attention on cleaning up the airflow at the rear of the car. After a re-ported two full days at his dining room table dedicated to reviewing numbers, geometries, dimensions, and making detailed sketches, A.J. completed the plans for the new body.
From there, A.J.'s work went to Nemesis Air Racing, where the design was transferred into CAD drawings that were used to whittle out the mold for the streamliner's body from a block of high-density foam. The mold was then lined with Teflon sheets to ensure a near-perfect finished surface, and the fiberglass material pre-preg was poured in. It's not quite as simple as it sounds, and this type of precision process takes some time, so George and Ron had to bench race and dream for a couple of months. Not easy for anxious racers. "I'm old; I don't have time to wait," Ron quips.
Next came the powerplant. The Ecotec had served them well, but after discussing the goal with Kenny Duttweiler at Duttweiler Performance, they decided that dedicated race architecture was required to ensure six-mile reliability at the horsepower levels they needed. "The Ecotec is a great engine, but it's a passenger car engine, not a race engine. Al Teague's record is 409 (in the Spirit of '76), and he actually went 430 at the end of the mile with about 1,300 hp, so I figure that's where we need to be," Ron says. Whereas Al did it with a big, bad Hemi, Ron opted for the small but mighty Mopar Midget race engine known as the Hellfire. George had good luck with it in his '69 Barracuda known as Blowfish (HOT ROD, Feb. '07), so they knew it could make big power. In factory form, it's already a stout little banger packing 350 hp at 7,200, so Kenny only had to add another 1,000 hp. Piece of cake.
For most regular Joes, the timeline from bench racing conception to sketches to body construction to chassis and engine development takes a good couple of years. Ron and George made it happen in six months and had it ready in time to snatch the SEMA award for Excellence in Automotive Design and the Hot Wheels Speed award at the '07 SEMA show-not to mention ready to clock 353.414 mph with only 30 peak psi at Speed Week '07. That was just a shakedown run for this team; Kenny is currently prepping a 50-psi tune that should bring 400 into reach.
So what's it like in a perfectly engineered streamliner as it literally skims across the surface of the Salt? Like an 85-second Sunday drive with no drama whatsoever, according to George. "The car drives so well that I can really pay attention to what it's doing when I'm out there. There are sensors for everything, but my goal is to be able to tell the crew what the car did before they can download the info from the computers."
So if all goes according to plan, all three speed demons will be on the Salt again this year attempting to make history with the world's fastest four-cylinder, and George will be adding the 400-mph club to his current 200- and 300-mph memberships. So what's next? Are there plans for the future with more engine? Will they maybe add in the other half of that Hemi to make 2,600 hp? George just laughs and tells us, "I dunno where it goes from there, but 400 is the goal for now."
Quick Inspection: Speed Demon StreamlinerGeorge Poteet and Ron Main * Chatsworth, CA/Memphis, TNPowertrainEngine: Nicknamed the Hellfire Li'l Hemi, the mighty four-cylinder begins with an 8.40-inch-deck-height Mopar A4 aluminum Midget race block. From there, Kenny Duttweiler of Duttweiler Performance in Ventura, California, threw in a Scat billet crank, Oliver rods, and forged CP Pistons to bring it up to 9.5:1 compression and 179 angry cubic inches. Up top are Mopar's W9RP wedge head with 2.18 intake and 1.60 exhaust valves, specially prepped Jesel 1.8-ratio rockers, and porting by Chapman, but a P5 or P9 Hemi head combo is in the works as well. The 82mm Turbonetics turbo blows through a custom air-to-water Spearco intercooler then into a 105mm Wilson throttle body and custom Hogan intake. Maxwell Industries handled the plumbing. A Motec sequential speed density system reads the data and fires four MSD Pro Power coils to ignite the fuel squirted by eight 250 lb/hr injectors from Mike Moran.
Power: At a relatively conservative 30-psi max in 2007, the engine was good for 1,181 hp at 8,100 rpm and 760 lb-ft at 7,100 rpm. This year with a revised head and 50-psi max, Duttweiler expects to see north of 1,300 hp.
Transmission: To couple the power to the air-shifted Liberty five-speed, Fidanza created a special combination using a flywheel cut from 2024 T3 aluminum with a 1045 steel friction plate and its standard twin-disc performance clutch mated to two sintered iron discs.
Rearend: The one-of-three Furguson billet rearend looks as if it was built to be in a high-end street rod, but it's a custom-crafted piece just for Speed Demon. Inside are 4340 billet steel cogs. One of its brothers currently resides in the rear of Terry Nish's Royal Purple No. 998 streamliner.
ChassisFrame: The well-laid-out and surprisingly user-friendly chassis is the work of Rich Manchen, as is the masterful tandem steering setup.
Suspension: There's really no suspension to speak of in the front, but the rear uses Eibach 750 lb/sq-in coilovers on Penske 7500-series shocks. Sway bars are 1.125-inch custom-bent by Schroeder.
Brakes: In the rear, Wilwood NASCAR six-piston calipers clamp down on rotors coated with Wilwood's new Black Electro Coat to prevent salt corrosion, but the real stoppoing power comes from two 12-foot parachutes from D.J. Safety in Los Angeles.
Wheels: The wheels are custom-welded steel LSR wheels by Taylor Made Wheels. The fronts measure 15x41/2, while the rears are 18x6.
Tires: The front tires are 21x5-15 Goodyears only rated for 300 mph. The rears, which do all the work and take most of the abuse, are 30x9-18 Mickey Thompson LSR tires rated to 530 mph.
StyleBody: Speed Demon's slippery fighter-jet design was courtesy of aerodynamicist A.J. Smith of Aerosmith Consulting & Engineering. He also designed the original FlatFire (in both lakester and streamliner tim) as well as the later EcoFire iteration. Nemesis Air Racing in Mojave, California, is responsible for creating the CAD drawings, and THX (yes, the same guys) cut the body with its five-axis gantry router at the company's secret compound in Moorpark, California.
Paint: That trademark candy orange seen on the FlatFire/EcoFire 'liner and Speed Demon is House of Kolor Tangelo Pearl with Sunset Orange Pearl combined with a silver fade. Abstract Fiberglass in Reseda, California, laid the paint just 24 hours before the Demon was loaded in a trailer for Bonneville.
Interior: George prides himself on being able to feel what's going on during a run, but a Motec sys-tem wired by GP Motorsports Racing Wiring and Electronics Programming monitors and data-logs everything for later review. The extensive 'cage work is from D.J. Safety. In Ron's words, the upholstery is "hard and black" and the killer sound system is "courtesy of Duttweiler."
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The tandem steering designed by Rich Manchen doesn't just cut down on the width of the front of the chassis; the redundancy of the wheels provides safety in case of a blowout-as George discovered on a run. A tire blew without causing any loss of control or stability.Unlike in most streamliners, Speed Demon's cockpit is rather spacious with a wide panoramic view. The Motec computer monitor tells George what's going on, but like an old hot rodder, he prefers to listen to the car.Speed Demon is far too low for conventional jacks or traditional trailer loading, so a lightweight pneumatic jacking system from Controlled Motion Solutions was installed to lift the entire car off the ground when necessary. Note the scars on the rear tires; salt is very abrasive, so tire slippage is monitored closely with wheel-speed sensors to balance between optimum slippage (about 7 percent) and minimum wear.


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January 15, 2013
An open apology to the Parlotones from a four-legged Capetonian
Like most Parlotones fans, I was horrified at the prospect of my favourite band relocating to LA. We will no longer see them at festivals or shows, and are losing a special talent to the US.
Thus, when I saw Parlotones featured in the Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts line-up at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden for Sunday 13 January, 2013, I jumped at the opportunity to book tickets!
Such a fitting way to bid a fond adieu to Kahn and the guys on their very last public appearance (on the eve of their departure), at the foot of our beloved Table Mountain, enjoying fantastic weather, a glorious sunset and the rich, lush calmness you find only at Kirstenbosch. Even more so the chance to enjoy The Parlotones in the company of good friends and great wine.
So …
I invited two of my best friends and avid Parlotones fans for a picnic with the band. Little did I know the magic was to come from a four-legged companion in our group … You see, my friend Jeanie is a third-year Matie student, visually impaired, and she shares her life with Bijou, a golden retriever that is her dutiful eyes and tour guide.
Our little group arrived early in the afternoon, as we wanted to make the most of the weather and atmosphere and enjoy a walkabout the gardens prior to the concert. The Kirstenbosch staff was, as always, very professional and helpful. A special thank-you goes to Gary at the reception desk, who offered to keep our picnic bags until later so that we could wander around without restrictions in hand.
Although this was not my first visit to Kirstenbosch, I rediscovered the magic of the gardens, this time through the eyes of Jeanie and Bijou. I learned that once you go beyond the obvious visual surroundings, one can feel the gardens and breathe in the dampness and aromas of the different plants. We did have a few close shaves when Bijou crossed paths with a family of guinea fowl, but I am happy to report that all managed to escape from the ordeal unharmed.
At a water fountain, Bijou stopped for a lap of fresh cold water and was soon surrounded by a group of fans. "Look Peter, a special doggie. He helps the lady to walk. What a clever dog!" became the theme for the day. Being a true star, Bijou gracefully accepted the attention, waited patiently through all the pats and ear-scratches, and eventually ventured on, leading the way to …
The concert!
The warning signs came early when a restroom break before the concert turned into a hostage situation. A 3-year-old toddler dressed in pink grabbed hold of Bijou's harness and refused to let go. She insisted the clever and nice doggie had a much better future with her family, and started fierce negotiations with a very apologetic mom.
Crisis averted, we found a great spot, up the slope, towards the top. Bijou and Jeanie had a great advantage: they didn't require full view of the super rockers to enjoy their music, hence we did not have to wrestle concert-goers for prime spots closer to the stage. All settled in for snacks and wine; Bijou, content on the blanket, dozed off.
And then it started …
Our neighbour first took notice – a romantically involved couple faced break-up as the guy had more eyes for Bijou than his girlfriend, and found every excuse to lean over for a pat or ear-scratch. This was met with angry stares from his beloved, and a few aggressive side jabs to get him to focus on her.
Things were not made any easier when Bijou, impressed with attention from such a handsome young bloke, fluttered her lashes and rested her head on their blanket. We managed to avoid a romantic disaster by luring her back with doggie treats. The poor man still has to explain the many photos he took of the lovely Bijou.
A few moments later Bijou was joined by a twentysomething hippie-ish girl in a flowery outfit. She came over to say "hi" and ended up staying a while (four songs, at least). At one stage Bijou was spread out on her back, getting the most amazing tummy scratch. I had to keep myself from laughing out loud when, upon finding out Bijou was a guide dog, the sunflower-girl cupped Jeanie's face and exclaimed: "Wow! You look great for a blind person!" Her companions had to lure her back to her own blanket with some red wine and snacks.
Then came the kids … with Bijou enjoying all their clumsy attention and pats … followed by the many photographs. In true celebrity style, she struck various poses for paparazzi types on neighbouring blankets.
We left the concert nearly an hour after the last notes were heard. Jeanie had to answer questions about the ever-popular Bijou and even more pictures were taken – a glimpse into the meaning of celebrity status.
I shamefully must admit that Kahn, Neil, Glen and Paul had to share the limelight with a girl named Bijou on Sunday, and in our corner it was a close race as to who the stars of the moment were. My sincerest apologies to my favourite band for not giving them all the attention they deserve. The Parlotones really is a class act, and hearing my favourite songs in such a picturesque setting truly is a one-of-a-kind experience. I said my farewells in style.
As for Bijou, thank you to lovely the people of Cape Town and the staff at Kirstenbosch for allowing Jeanie and Bijou to be part of the moment, and also give them space to enjoy that which we all so often take for granted. The true magic of the concert was in witnessing Capetonians open their hearts …
"You are all beautiful, and you are all magical. Deserve to be adored …" – Beautiful, by the Parlotones
I think I found my mission for 2013 – assisting Bijou (and Jeanie, of course) to experience more of Cape Town's iconic attractions, events and treasures in months to come.
Elana Theunissen is a proud inhabitant of the Mother City, and a passionate Parlotones fan. For handicapable activities in Cape Town, click here


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It's sad that liberal opposition to even very basic voter ID laws might jeopardize same-day registration. In an effort to save same-day registration, the Republicans should pass the law to say that same-day registration will be eliminated only if any part of the recent voter ID law is overturned by the judiciary.Hide replies
What? Huh? Walker's logic, if you can call it that, is to spare the poor poll workers from having to register people yet those same poll workers are against his change. This is another totally transparent attempt to disenfranchise voters. If you are too blind to see it as such, get yourself some glasses. I do not think anybody is really stupid enough to actually think this is anything but an attempt at disenfranchisement so everyone that is for this is a TRAITOR to everything America stands for. If you are for this blatant power grab you should get the heck out of American and move to Russia. Putin is right up your alley.
Fortunately, should they take your 'advice', the provisions of the1993 National Voter Registration Act would get them laughed out of court in very short order.
Ah yes, we can always count on Midvale Robert to come to the rescue of same day registration.
Happily so. I think same-day registration is wonderful.
Yes, and the opportunity for playing games is greatly increased.
GREATLY increased. Give gas and a match to an arsonist .........poof
Ludwig! 48 hours without 'having your history cleared'! Congrats.
@robert, actually they only go back a certain number. here is an old one from a story I posted on last week to keep you current
LudwigvonMises – November 27 at 5:55 PM - Report Abuse
no more like putting a convicted felon to head a party's senate, LMAO
On Nov 27, you were posting as Ludwigvan , not Ludwigvon
You're not even close to being the first guy I've watched get banned and come back and get banned, etc.
But as I said the other night, I'll play along for a couple minutes; go ahead and post a link to that story and comment thread, so that we can see that post for ourselves.
@robert your assumptions are incorrect, and the article is about the Tim Russell sentencing, suggest you look it up before you accuse. My job is not to prove something to you as you were the one accusing.
Facts are your friend
jrr pleas explain what can be done on the same day that could not be done the week before. It's not like they are going to do background checks. If the fraud you so sadly believe exists does why would a few days make a difference to the people supposedly committing this fraud? This is so clearly and attempt to restrict votes from a segment of the population. If you are as open minded as you often claim you would support as many people voting as possible not trying to make it harder.
GDviking - The bigger question is why are you opposed to having a more reliable way of ensuring only legal, residents vote? It is beyond me that you would oppose this unless you are for breaking the law.
Eliminating same day doesn't make the vote any more reliable than a person registering the Monday or Friday before. It's simply more convenient and people (including poll workers and elections officials) like it.
In every other aspect of your life you like convenience, why is this different?
milwaukeevoter - I disagree. When Madison tells its residents to bring a utility bill to the polls, and that is all you need, it hardly establish credibility in the registration process.
The utility bill thing is something I don't get.
People who want to register a month before the election can do so without showing any proof of identity or residence. When we register new voters at the polls on election day--the most rewarding part of being a poll worker, IMO--they have to provide a WI driver's license or social security number and written proof that they have lived at their address for at least four weeks, such as a driver's license, lease or official document. We can't accept checks, department store charge card statements, personal correspondence or junk mail.
This in no way increases any insurance whatsoever. All it does is make it so working people has to miss work two days instead of one. Only one of them are employers legally required letting them off to vote. Until you can give evidence that there are illegal aliens voting this is like the DNR setting up a Sasquatch season and selling licenses. A waste of time and money, that is unless there is an ulterior motive (as we all know there is).
Again, if this is REALLY about maximizing the turnout of legitimate voters, where's the outcry to eliminate voter registration altogether?
Are we going to get an article informing us that opponents of same day registration want Walker to do away with it?Hide replies
No. That would be stupid. Nobody actually believes the imbecilic reasoning Walker provided. I do not think even Walker is THAT stupid. This is simply another attempt to disenfranchise voters. If you think otherwise you are either ignorant or deluded.
Who the heck cares what Barrett thinks anyway? Why isn't he holding a news conference highlighting some new economic initiatives designed to spur private sector job growth? That is a rhetoric question.Hide replies
Who cares about Barrett? The people that ELECTED him. The very same people that the GOP is trying to DISENFRANCHISE. The same TRAITOROUS JERKS that ought to move to Russia and support PUTIN. He uses equally disgusting anti-democratic practices. The GOP is just a bunch of reactionaries trying to go back to the monarchy and scared that the huddled masses are going to take away their privilege. It is totally disgusting to watch Fox News and see IRISH people whining about how the minorities need to be kept down. The Irish were in the exact same boat 100 years ago and POWER OF DEMOCRACY brought them up to be accepted in our society. Now the sons of those immigrants are trying to stop others from doing the same. What a greedy bunch of idiot jerks.
Apparently you do.
"That is a rhetoric question."
Fraudian slip?
Actually he may coined a new term, I like it.
And...Opponents of same day registration say...Eliminate it NOW.Hide replies
...and they are traitors to everything America stands for, to wit: the right to vote is the most basic right in a democracy. To infringe on that right is TREASON. The GOP is nothing but a traitorous bunch of power mongers that nave no right to even participate in representative democracy if their only goal is to destroy it. Disgusting. Un-American. Anti-democratic. The GOP makes me SICK!
Get new poll workers & pay them better! alot of the poll workers are too slow & do not know their jobs. Do not use that as a excuse to stop people from voting!
Four questions:
Did same day registration allow more legal residents to participate in the last election?
Is there any indication that same day registration led to ANY voter fraud?
How many new jobs will this new law create?
Why are the Republicans trying to make it harder for legal residents to vote?Hide replies
Yes, Slithy - I personally witnessed and reported 2 women who tried to same day register and vote fraudulently.
We know there is fraud, it is a given
Every election there are a few people, maybe 2-5, who vote more than once and get caught. There may be a few more who get away with it. Every election there are a few people still on probation/parole who illegally vote, probably 2-5 again. There may well be a few who get away with it. Although we've never caught anyone ( to the best of my knowledge) illegally voting on same day registration it's reasonable to assume that there may be 2-5 people who do that and get away with it, too. So in a state-wise election we may have what, 10-25 people voting illegally. There is no organized, widespread same-day registration fraud! Why am I so sure? If there was both sides would be doing it, as there's a few corrupt people on both sides who would do anything to win if they thought they could get away with it! So side is without a few unscrupulous individuals. If there was widespread abuse someone would have had a change of heart - written a book or found religion - and admitted it or it would have been uncovered by someone investigating fraud on the other side. Why would we waste all of the time and money fixing a problem that doesn't exist? Because the "unintended" effect of reducing voter participation is really what its proponents want.
"Yes, Slithy - I personally witnessed and reported 2 women who tried to same day register and vote fraudulently."
Where did that happen? What were their names? What do you mean 'tried'? "Reported" to whom? Did they not end up voting? Did this make it into a newspaper anywhere?
The Republicans are trying to preserve the integrity of the voting process, not sacrifice it for a political agenda like the fanatic democrats are.
Cubcake, great, glad you did if you did.
Ludwigvonpoo, if you know it's there then it should be easy to show, right?
jrr, how are you buddy? Is the integrity of elections only for question when democrats win or can we assume Walker won because of fraud? What republicans are really doing is attempting to stymie the democratic vote. Notice that right after the 11/6 election when there were reports of high same day voter registration in democratic heavy areas, Walker suddenly thinks it should end.
Did you also notice that the fraud claims really spiked when Obama was elected?
From a NYT article about fraud:
Ms. Engelbrecht, who at 42 is younger than most of the Tea Party members she addresses around the country, said that until four years ago she was apolitical, a churchgoing mother of two who ran a successful oil field machinery business with her husband in Fort Bend County, Tex.
"Then in 2008, I don't know, something clicked," she said. "I saw our country headed in a direction that, for whatever reason — it didn't hit me until 2008 — this really threatens the future of our children."
A paste to an article in the biggest scancal sheet in the country? Please
The reason I posted it, I assume you didn't read it, is that the head of Truth the Vote which attempts to find fraud, had an odd feeling in 2008 about elections and fraud. I wonder why?
And this is one more link showing a lack of fraud then you've shown of fraud. Please, please post your findings of fraud.
Cubcake turned in two people, presumably the police investigated and these people will be prosecuted so there should be a court record some place, right?
My favorite part of the article:
"The bus has been repeatedly cited by True the Vote, a national group focused on voter fraud. Catherine Engelbrecht, the group's leader, told a gathering in July about buses carrying dozens of voters showing up at polling places during the recent Wisconsin recall election.
"Magically, all of them needed to register and vote at the same time," Ms. Engelbrecht said. "Do you think maybe they registered falsely under false pretenses? Probably so."
Weeks later, another True the Vote representative told a meeting of conservative women about a bus seen at a San Diego polling place in 2010 offloading people "who did not appear to be from this country."
Officials in both San Diego and Wisconsin said they had no evidence that the buses were real. "It's so stealthy that no one is ever able to get a picture and no one is able to get a license plate," said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin agency that oversees elections. In some versions the bus is from an Indian reservation; in others it is full of voters from Chicago or Detroit. "Pick your minority group," he said."
They showed buses in Milwaukee in this last election, that is common.
Surely you have evidence Ludwigvanmoop?
Of course, this is common in elections all over the country, are you that big of a rube, that you don't get out of your basement.?????????
It is called GOTV.
Who exactly is "they?"
Dude, watch the news, facts are your friend.
I'm not going to give you their names - I reported it to the head elections judge. One voted fraudulently, the other was stopped in time. This happened in the city of Milwaukee.
I haven't heard back from the GAB and it's an ongoing investigation.
Cubcake -
And how is it you know they voted 'fraudulently'? When you reported it to the 'head elections judge' or what would be called the chief inspector for the polling place, did he/she ask you about going through the formal 'voter challenge' procedure? If so, did you go through it, and is that how the one voter was stopped? If not, how was the voter stopped?
Should read "Both sides have a few unscrupulous individuals".
I always thought part of being a conservative is that resources were spent on real, identified problems. You know, ones we have hard evidence of and know that spending money will help.
But instead we have voter ID (even though there is little if any evidence of voter impersonation fraud) and elimination of voter same day registration (which has been working extremely well and is embraced by those that do the work).
Millions and millions chasing hypothetical, what-ifs, and could be happenings......
Better start working on a UFO shield next. They could be coming, you know.Hide replies
The UFO analogy is perfect. Plutonium Ion Shields ACTIVATE!
It is perfect if you believe in UFO's. You and the rest of the hee haw party go work on that , it will keep you busy. We will make sure no one steals your legos.
Eliminating same day registration will cost nothing. But is will the number of illegal aliens that are registering to vote. If will also prevent the last minute rush of out of state people who come here in an organized effort.
jrr really hates immigrants. Since you know so much about this out of state rush, care to provide some evidence? Surely you wouldn't be making this up or basing your comment on hearsay, right?
Wow, a straw man arguement, replace the word illegal aliens with immigrants to make a point.
Ah, the hee haw party at its finest.
MV - Are you really that ignorant?
"Eliminating same day registration will cost nothing."
Eliminating same day registration will require the implementation of 'motor voter' registration.
When the legislature passed "Voter ID" they also considered "motor voter" but decided not to do that as well. I'll have to check, but I think 'cost' was one of the reasons at least talked about at the time.
To appease Ludwigvanmarbles
jrr really hates illegal aliens. Since you know so much about this out of state rush, care to provide some evidence? Surely you wouldn't be making this up or basing your comment on hearsay, right?
That would be correct, I would not be basing anything on heresay, and as I have not seen any posts from JR that indicates he hates illegal aliens, and as your straw man argument was such a blatant twist of the truth for the purpose of you wanting to prove your right at the cost of the truth, I would say you need to re-build your credbility if you expect people to view your posts as accurate.
Here's a JS article from Jan 2011 which contains quotes from Kevin Kennedy of the GAB talking about costs associated with 'motor voter'.
No illegal alien votes, no one will risk being caught, jailed and deported in order to cast ONE vote. It is a cost benefit situation which no one would take that risk. To believe otherwise is just being naive.
Still waiting on this evidence that "no illegal alien votes" ....
I'm still waiting on the evidence that people rush from out of state to register and vote in Wisconsin.
I think that the cost/benefit analysis eliminates most fraud and illegal aliens from voting.
"Hmmm, I could flip 0.000001% of the vote or risk being deported? I'll stay home and watch Telemundo."
(yeah, I said Telemundo, laugh a little)
GDviking - Illegal immigrants tend to live in communities with other immigrants and they vote in polling locations dominated by immigrants. You are a fool if you think illegal aliens don't vote.
If they do then I'm sure you have evidence of this vast Chicano conspiracy, right?
Nice, huh?
Why not just say "these people"
Jrr I worked for many years at a canning company that employed migrant workers, I used to do maintenance at the camps, and I knew many of them very well. Trust me voting NEVER crossed their minds. Many would not even leave the camps unless completely necessary and this was in a community that looked the other way because of the benefit they brought. You are using a completely fabricated scenario to try to push through your agenda.
Ludwigvanmushmouth -
"Doyle made it legal for these people to pay resident tuition" - jrr01
Anecdotal evidence from migrants at one canning company it not proof that all migrants have never voted illegally.
button it is more proof than your side has offered.
6Fingered shows up and four minutes later, Ludwig shows up.
I'm tellin' ya, same guy, multiple personality disorder...Hide replies
@robert, please. Your are one of the logical posters here. Thus you know when two things happen at the same time, is does not mean they are related.
Apparently, the Ludwig personality has a stilted sense of humor.
I try to avoid the rube.
Still waiting on this evidence of fraud....Hide replies
And from the "voter fraud virtually doesn't" exist crowd, we're still waiting for the independent proof showing that virtually all votes were cast by the person listed on voter rolls or same-day registration papers.
The people that believe in this fraud are the same ones who watch all those ghost hunter shows. There are enough easily fooled people to keep them on the air, same thing with voter fraud.
Show me proof that eliminating this policy will suppress voters. You know MV, it is perfectly legal to eliminate same day registration in favor of motor voter. But either way, we do not owe you proof of anything
"But either way, we do not owe you proof of anything" - Allow me to translate, "I ain't got none."
jrr, I believe in democracy and to facilitate democracy, I believe that we should have more ways for people to register which is why I believe that we should do both same day and motor voter.
Now you ask if eliminating same day would suppress the vote? According to the Christian Science Monitor, the three states with the highest voter turnout are:
1. Minnesota
2. Maine
3. Wisconsin
And what do they all have in common??? Same day registration.
milwaukeevoter - You conveniently ignore the fact that only LEGAL CITIZENS are eligible to vote. I am not against immigrants. I am against immigrants whose first actions is to break the law and thumb their nose at us. If you support that, then I oppose you as do the majority of people in this state and country. You are a minority.
Do those same states have automobile dealers as well?
You're under the false assumption that hordes of illegals risk deportation to change 0.000001% of the vote for politicians and policies they can't really take part of.
No one wants illegal aliens to vote, that's a given but in your pursuit to stop pretty much no one illegal from voting, you're willing to make it harder for legal residents to vote. Do you see the problem in your thinking?
And yes, I am a minority. So you are listening.
milwaukeevoter - Really? Madison and Milwaukee have become safe havens for illegal immigrants. In 2009, Doyle made it legal for these people to pay resident tuition at the UW. As for your constant scream for proof, well same day registration is not a right and it is perfectly legal to use the alternate approach which is motor voter. For some reason that approach is being opposed by people like you, even though it is 100% legal.
So, no proof? You asked me for proof and I provided with something. Can you give me something? A right wing crazy paper that calls Obama a Kenyan Communist Muslim? Anything?
You forgot a couple of names there, MV. Make that a Kenyan Communist Fascist ATHEIST Muslim! ;-) Don't you love the way the "There's-rampant-voter-fraud-all-around-us!" believers have such a low opinion of their fellow human being? No wonder they would rather restrict democracy; they just can't trust those teeming masses. Perhaps they'd rather see the right to vote limited to "Quality" people: old white men who own lots of land.
"these people" I love it. To all things Allah I love reading your comments jrr01.
Kinda sounds like "Chicano" as well.
And from the "0.000001%" voter fraud crowd, we're still waiting for the independent proof showing that 99.999999% of the votes were cast by the person listed on voter rolls or same-day registration papers.
Call JB Van Hollen, he's done the leg work and found hundreds....wait no, thousands, nope not that, oh yeah, 17 people most were felons with ID.
You have missed the point. In the end, neither side of the debate here can independently prove/disprove the extent of voter fraud. Our current "honor system" of voting doesn't allow for either side or anybody (including JB Van Hollen) to go back after an election is over and collect the relevant data that is required to prove/disprove their point.
But the MPD did just that. They went back and investigated and found that the main issue was worker error.
Now if you say neither side can show fraud then why so many measures based on supposed fraud?
Let's attempt to make voting as accessible as possible? Same day, motor voter, online registration, etc? We know that the states with the most access have the highest turnout therefore we can assume that less access equals less turnout or suppression.
Again, I raise the same point. If this is REALLY about maximizing voter turnout, then where's the push to eliminate voter registration altogether?
Oh, I see now. The loud mouth fanatics like MV scream for evidence of voter fraud, but we are all suppose to take their word for it that eliminating same day registration will suppress the vote. Got it!!Hide replies
In the end, neither side of the debate can independently prove/disprove the extent of voter fraud. Our current "honor system" of voting doesn't allow for either side to collect the relevant data that is required to prove/disprove their point.
Top three states for voter turnout all have same day voter registration. I don't know, maybe that has something to do with it, just sayin'
Then again, maybe it doesn't. Correlation does not prove causation. Just sayin
MV- The goal of our elections is to get the greatest number of ELIGIBLE VOTERS to the polls, not just anyone who just happens to be here.
19% of voters in Milwaukee registered the same day. Why do you suppose you right wingers would like to suppress those votes?
Yeah, stupid college kids are too stupid to vote correctly. They don't deserve to participate in democracy even if they'll be in America longer than jrr.
Tell them to come back when they're a republican!!!!
milwaukeevoter - You'd do yourself a big favor by stopping the infantile insults and mud slinging. Your behavior really shows your lack of maturity.
Jr, I would have ignored him after he exchanged your words "illegal aliens" with "immigrants" to purposefully mislead by using a straw man intended to make you look like a bigot. Ignore him, my suggestion alone.
GDviking - Why is it you seem to depend on last minute dubious registration in order to win elections?
Oh, you mean my hilarious response to your low effort and fearful comments?
How about this, I'll be more mature when you show evidence of voter fraud and the Chicano conspiracy to help illegals vote and flip elections in WI? Deal?
If it's REALLY all about removing barriers to maximize the number of people who vote, let's just do away with voter registration altogether ..... have people show up at the polls (or phone-in, log-in, etc), state their name/address and simply hand them a ballot - no further questions asked.
Exactly butthook, let's be extreme about this!!!
Actually there was nothing "extreme" about it at all.
If this REALLY is all about removing barriers to maximize the number of voters, where's the legitimate push to eliminate voter registration altogether?
I believe registration is in the state constitution. I think it's article 3 section 2.
So you are saying we have a constitution right to suppress the vote, far out.
@button .........that is a good point, any kind of registration could be perceived as suppression.
Doesn't matter as state constitutions are not forever etched in stone and can be changed .... therefore, if this was REALLY all about removing barriers to maximize voters, there where's the push to eliminate voter registration altogether - including, where needed, appropriate constitutional changes to make it happen?
Then any kind of ID is also suppression!!! GASP!!!! You guys don't support voterID or at least admit it to being suppression!!! GASP!!!
Time to change that 28 day law that Walker passed.
As recently as 2002 (1), having registration wasn't mandatory in WI,
I had occasion to try to look up the history of registration yesterday. The farthest back I could easily find online was the statutes as they existed in 1969. And from at least 1969 through 2002, municipalities of 500 or fewer could decide for themselves if they wanted to have a registration system for their elections. If they decided not to, they could have indeed held elections where people just showed up and voted.
(To this day, no registration is required to vote in North Dakota.)
Your research is following my point - if this is REALLY all about removing barriers to maximize voter turnout, let's do away with registration requirements altogether.
I think same-day registration is good enough, strikes the right balance between allowing legit voters to vote while collecting enough info to catch illegit people voting.
But I'm willing to hear argument for doing away with registration entirely; I'm not immediately 'against' it.
See my earlier reply to your same post.
It's the anti-voter ID crowd that's complaining about alleged potential suppression. That's where your "GASP" is coming from.
Again, if the anti-voter ID crowd is REALLY all about removing supposed "barriers" like voter ID, then where's the push to eliminate voter registration altogether?
How is last minute registration any more dubious than at any other time? And how do you know who I want to win in any given election? I voted to three Republicans in the last election. I choose the person not the party.
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Is there a way to lock my screen but not sleep my network connection? I step away from desk quite a bit and I lock the screen pretty much every time. When I come back I always from stepping away for like 5 minutes it seems like my machine has to reacquire an IP. This via ethernet. This is on a 2010 13' unibody macbook pro running Lion.
User Geraard's answer in this forum posting might help. The suggested settings changes seems to have fixed his problem:
Apple support seems to concur:
With luck, this setting change will solve your problem.
If your MacBook is plugged in I would try the following.
Now see if activating the Screen Saver causes you to loose your assigned IP.
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5 Silly Childhood Rituals (That Explain Adult Behaviors)
Sure, there are some parts of childhood that suck. We covered that ground with a lice-tooth comb here, here, and a little bit here.
Still, the beauty of childhood is that it's not all head lice and literal nit picking. The glory of youth is that idiocy is not only expected, it's adorable. Even in a state of age/syphilis induced dementia, you will never again get the leeway you got as a child. A kid can hump a retarded turtle and adults will laugh like hyenas who've lost their moral compasses. If you don't believe me, spend five minutes on Youtube.
Here are 5 illogical things every kid can get away with, plus the adult behaviors we try to pull off once we're too old for the fun stuff.
#5. Recite Stupid Rhymes While Seizing to a Beat
When I was a kid I collected hand clap rhymes like other kids collected scratch-n-sniff stickers or friends. Which was hard to do in a pre-Internet world. And the stupider the rhymes, the better. HEY! You know what rhymes with 'stupider?' Jupiter. As in, where boys go.
"Conversely, this is where girls get their candy bars."
The magic is that all over the country kids learned the same claptrap gibberish. Songs with almost cussing....
and songs that were nothing more than hate crimes (crhymes?) in chant form...
Along with the hate crhymes were gestures so elaborate you could easily mistake them for American Sign Language, but for people who had no interest in dignity. You didn't just do the left-palm-down-right palm-up-clap-together-clap-alone-combo, you flailed, snapped, mimed and froze like statues. I once saw one that followed a karate chop to the neck bone with a rousing phantom egg cracking on the back. If I saw two kids knifing each other while singing Down Down Baby I'd probably just smile and keep on walking.
Why do kids clamor to memorize the verbal equivalent of a Dada painting? Even in the 80s there were plenty of other cool things to do, like spreading rumors about how you can get AIDS through Swatch Watches and Saturday morning Where's the Beefing. And believe it or not, today's kids are no different. I've secretly watched them, so I should know. They do the same rhymes, with the same silly-ass body spasms that I used to do, as if there were a secret Stupid Fairy passing the rhymes down to each new generation.
The Adult Equivalent
And then I figured it out.
They're memes. In the same ridiculous way that adults laugh at, improve on and congratulate themselves for getting these jokes we keep evoking on the Internet, the younger versions of ourselves were doing the same thing, just unironically. Performing a song with hand motions required two things; a lack of self-regard, and a partner who also knew the words, ergo a friend. Sharing rhymes meant sharing culture, and if "Chinese Japanese, Dirty knees, Look at these (Christmas trees!)" taught us anything at all, besides how messed up our boobs were going to turn out, it's that people are inherently different. But people who know your jokes, who laugh at the same things you laugh at, who can do hand claps at triple speed -- well, those are your people. You're the same. Your own mother may have birthed you but she doesn't get Rickrolling so she's obviously not one of us.
#4. Run Everywhere Like You're on Fire
Deep down in every kid is a cheetah with a coke habit and a constant urge to go to the bathroom. Better yet, there's a capped soda bottle that's been taken for a ride on the Parkinson's Express. Their insides are all a'fuzzin with sugary goodness and running all over tarnation is how they relieve the pressure. Every scientist, preschool teacher and chair will tell you that if you force a kid to sit still longer than five minutes he will explode like a suicide bomber who is, coincidentally, a pinata. Every scientist, preschool teacher and chair will also tell you that no matter how lethargic and lazy you are today, somewhere in your DNA is the ancient memory of getting chased by a hungry lion, like all the time.
How else do you explain kid speed? An ordinary kid in the 1940s or an abused kid in the 1980s would run to break off the the switch that he was going to get get beat with. They run to check the mail, to brush their teeth, to do their taxes, to take three steps forward. And if you actually request something from a child - forget it. Sir Prancelot is on a quest and you'll barely have time to scream "WAAAIIIIT!" before he's back with a box full of extra super tampons in a room full of your husband's coworkers.
Still, seeing kids run in your own house or outside at a playground is expected. If you really want to test the 'kids will run everywhere' hypothesis go to a funeral and call over a grieving child. I bet you donuts to more donuts that sad orphan will run until his new guardian chases you back to your windowless van.
The Adult Equivalent
And us? We're not so different. We may not physically run from room to room or from at all to anywhere, but we've still got that metaphorical shaken up Dr Pepper bottle deep down inside us. Which is why we scurry all over the Internet like roaches in the kitchen light. By this point in the article, my presumption is that you're no longer here reading this thing. You've moved on to porn, and I don't blame you. And that's the best case scenario; the worst case is that we're releasing that energy in all kinds of destructive behaviors, like abusing drugs or alcohol or porn, but the really weird kind.
#3. Believe in Stupid Superstitions
You can't blame little kids for being superstitious. They've been taught from day one that a hairy old white man is responsible for their Christmas presents and a giant rabbit poops plastic eggs all over the lawn every Easter. At the same time that we teach kids about stranger danger, they're also expected to just sleep through a nighttime visit from a woman who allegedly collects children's teeth just for the fun of it. As if the act of losing teeth wasn't already horrifying enough.
So, obviously, this one is on us. It's our own fault kids walk like horse marionettes to avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks. The things kids will blow on to make a wish is appalling when you think about it. There are birthday candles, eyelashes, dandelions, Nintendo cartridges. The list of things girls will manipulate to find out who they're going to marry is even longer. I used to twist coke tabs, apple stems and straight up corner old gypsy ladies for the 411. I once spent an afternoon on my hands and knees hunting for a four leaf clover - at an age when the worst that could happen to me was that all the hot dog buns would be gone and I'd have to eat my hot dog with a slice of white bread like an idiot.
A kid will toss a coin in a fountain, double cross their fingers while crossing their legs, hold their breath while crossing a bridge, and slap their best friend on a jinx. And those are just the widely known superstitions. For every normal kid doing the stuff we've all heard of, there's a family of siblings quietly whispering "yee-haw" every time they cross a railroad track and doing ten jumping jacks every time they see a Japanese person.
Or reenacting Paradise Lost whenever you see three sixes
See a kid make a wish on the first star of the night, and you shed a solitary tear and thank your deity that the innocence of childhood is alive and well. See an adult make a wish on the first star and you look around for his minder and/or empty gin bottles. If you're a grownass man harboring childhood superstitions, you better either be a crime solving genius, a mentally disabled person, or a 12 year old kid in the body of Tom Hanks, because the rest of us don't have time for your bullhonkey.
The Adult Equivalent
What we do have time for, however, are sports. And all the superstitions that go along with them. I don't watch sports. If I were interested in competition, I'd throw a loaf of bread at some geese and watch what develops. But you guys. You love sports. I know because a few weeks ago you BLEW UP my social media feeds with talk about Mavericks and LeBron and something something 'No Michael Jordan.' And along with your insatiable love for sports are the ridiculous superstitions that you know don't do jack but you harbor anyway. You've traded wishing on stars for lucky jerseys, playoff beards and thinking the Madden curse is a thing, which is pretty adorable of you in the end.


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I want to know whether there is any easier way to run a job every 25 minutes. In cronjob, if you specify the minute parameter as */25, it'll run only on 25th and 50th minute of every hour
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The command in crontab is executed with
As others have pointed out, 1 day is not evenly divisible by 25 minutes, so this will not cause
Your best bet is to run at 20 minutes or 30 minutes.
You next best might be to trigger every 5 minutes, and then keep an internal count or timestamp, and run every 5th trigger, or if 25 minutes have elapsed since the last run.
More complicated would be to work out the correct times for a day, starting at midnight, and accept the error at the end of the day. This would involve duplicating the crontab entry to the different hours.
More complicated than that would be to work out the times for an entire month, which would involve many copies of the crontab entry to cover the different combinations.
Finally you could implement your own always on daemon, and have that do the scheduling.
I have no direct experience with it, but fcron appears to do what you want out of the box. According to its documentation you can specify frequencies:
Let me explain in short what's the problem here. Entering 25 in the minute field causes
0, 25, 50
But here again, 24 (hours a day) isn't divisable by 5, the least common multiple of 5 & 24 is simply 5 * 24 = 120. & so on and on...
You may play with the last modification time of a file
Your crontab would look like this (assuming 25 minutes equals 1500 seconds if I'm right)
Note that I use
I think the following should work 0 0/25 * * * ?


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1. Execute InstallBlueSuite2_4.exe on PC to install FW upgrade tool with default Options, and restart your PC after the installation.
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4. After step 3, PC will show a message that it found something unknown is connected to USB port.
5. Check if there's entry "CSR BlueCore in DFU mode" shown in your PC "Device Manager" (right click on "Computer" icon > choose "Device manager"), if there is, then skip step 6 & 7.
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