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6 Fictional Places You Won't Believe Actually Exist (Part 2)
#3. The Flintstones House
The Fictional Setting:
Prehistoric middle-class housing was never more appealing than on The Flintstones. The titular family's stone-walled home had dirt floors, holes for windows and was probably located on a hotbed of Australopithecal malaria, but Wilma made that thing a home, dammit.
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Because sometimes insanity produces some cool shit.
This $3.5 million Flintstones-inspired Stone Age bungalow in Malibu, California was once owned by none other than Dick Clark himself, proving that he must have either had a sense of humor about his seemingly preternatural aging, or else actually was the Highlander and only faked his own death because too many people were catching on. According to Clark, it was built to "take the whole idea of buildings back to their primeval roots," and the result really goes to show why you don't use the backgrounds of old cartoons as historical gospel:
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Look at that primeval recessed lighting.
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That downright savage dishwasher.
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That, uh ... that barbaric entertainment center.
OK, so maybe it's not a historically accurate portrayal of caveman life, but if you have the coin and the weird fetish, there's a real place on Earth just waiting for you come on over and bone a fur-clad redhead while a world-weary stork/garbage-can watches and makes dismal quips about his job.
#2. The Hall of Justice from Super Friends
The Fictional Setting:
The formidable headquarters for the single greatest superhero team of all time, the Hall of Justice was the home of the Super Friends for 10 poorly animated seasons, has since been incorporated into official DC Comics canon and probably still smells like Gleek ass no matter how much Febreze you lay down.
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No goddamn way Superman isn't in there right now.
Apparently the Super Friends have been meeting at the Cincinnati Union Terminal this whole time, and only a liberal use of Tasers and some clever camera work kept all the public transportation hobos from crowding the shots.
Cincinnati has a long cultural and artistic history, which ended up working to the advantage of Hanna-Barbera, as they could basically steal their beautiful landmarks with impunity, since everything in Cincinnati is ignored by everything else in the world. That's why, when Super Friends background supervisor Al Gmuer submitted his initial design for the Hall of Justice, Joe Barbera crumpled it up, threw it in the garbage can and just drew a cartoon of the local train station/rapist campground instead.
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If it had been done today, it would have just been a Super Walmart.
#1. The Lars Homestead from Star Wars
The Fictional Setting:
That Shire-esque Tatooine hovel farthest from the bright center of the universe is where Luke Skywalker was first discovered, trained for like 20 minutes in order to master the secret forces of the very cosmos itself and then used those powers to shoot missiles at active construction sites.
The Real Thing:
If you were to mosey over to Tunisia this summer, you could actually find Tataouine on the map:
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Look, it's even written in space language!
If some of the local houses and business look familiar, it's because they were used for all of the exterior locations of Tatooine throughout the Star Wars series:
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All that's missing is a kid with a backpack full of terrible acting.
And if, by some miracle, you get bored of running in and out people's homes hollering about sand people and making light saber noises while their children cower in fear and confusion, just head on over to the Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata, Tunisia.
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Just keep an eye on your droids. People hate droids in Tataouine.
There, you can not only see the set piece for Luke's Tatooine farmstead, but actually sleep in his room (it is a hotel, after all) ...
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"Welcome! Would you like a glass of weird-looking blue shit?"
Steal a hotel bathrobe and wistfully stare at the sunset while pondering the ever-shifting sands of fate ...
And then run away. Run far, far away.
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I have this basic question on which, strangely enough, the algebraic dynamics literature appears to be silent. But the question does not appear to be totally trivial or uninteresting to me - am I wrong?
Question. Let $\varphi : \mathbb{A}^r \to \mathbb{A}^r$ be a regular map defined over $\bar{\mathbb{Q}}$, and let $x_0 \in \mathbb{A}^r(\bar{{\mathbb{Q}}})$ be an algebraic point. What can be said about the growth, in $n$, of the (logarithmic) height of the iterates $h(\varphi^n(x_0))$? More generally: the same question with an endomorphism $\varphi : X \to X$ of any quasi-projective variety.
For example, one can obviously realize the growth rates $O(1)$ (iff the orbit is pre-periodic), $O(\log{n})$, $O(n)$, and $O(d^n)$ for all $d \in \mathbb{N}$.
The question is of course trivial for $r = 1$, or more generally if $\varphi$ extends to a morphism $\mathbb{P}^r \to \mathbb{P}^r$. Or more generally still, for $\varphi : X \to X$ with $X$ projective. (In this case, only the mentioned growth rates are possible).
One (e.g., I) can characterize the $\varphi$ with $h(\varphi^n(x_0))$ having a small growth rate (e.g., bounded by $O(n^{1/r})$), and I wondered whether this is of any interest, or completely trivial.
EDIT: More generally, consider rational self-maps $\varphi : X \dashrightarrow X$ of a projective variety $X$ over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$, and a point $x_0 \in X(\bar{\mathbb{Q}})$ whose orbit is contained in the domain of $\varphi$. Then I can show, for instance (is this self-evident?) that if $h(\varphi^n(x_0)) = o(\log{n})$, then $x_0$ is pre-periodic.
NEW EDIT (2/17): On returning to this question, I realized just now that the statement from the previous edit (from 1/30), as written, was indeed a trivial consequence of the rational point count and the pigeonhole principle, the latter forcing the characterization of pre-periodic points as above, with the $o(\log{n})$ improved by, roughly, $\frac{1}{\dim{X}}\log{n}$. Sorry about that. What I really wanted to say was not $o(\log{n})$, but (essentially) $\leq \log{n}$. In other words, the factor $1/\dim{X}$ in the trivial lower bound may be improved, in the setup of the previous edit, to $1$: more precisely, if $\log{n} - h(\varphi^n(x_0)) \to +\infty$, then $x_0$ is pre-periodic. It is this that I intended in my remark that the logarithm is the slowest growth rate of a non-preperiodic orbit. (Note that $h$ is the logarithmic height; thus, for a non-zero translation of $\mathbb{A}^1$, the height of the orbit is just $\log{n} + O(1)$.)
In fact, excluding certain basic, well understood cases, of which translations of $\mathbb{A}^1$ are the prototypical example, and in all of which the height is asymptotic to $d \log{n}$ for some $d \in \mathbb{N}$, the trivial lower bound $\log{(n^{1/\dim{X}})}$ can be improved exponentially, to $n^{1/\dim{X}}$.
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I would like to view a remote Windows desktop and also control the action/clicks, start applications, etc, from my Ubuntu desktop.
Can this be done? If yes, is there any easy to use tool for this?
Note: One remote machine is running Windows 7, and other is on Windows 8. My machine is running ubuntu 12.04.


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Gnomeaggedon's 1st installment in half-baked PvP strategies and thoughts.
I sometimes think that PvP is the worst thing for my PvE "progression".
– Not because of low Spell Hit gear
– Not because I forget to respec out of my PvP Spec
No the problem is I welcome death in PvP, I become a Suicide Mage… OK, maybe I want to live, but in BGs death can be a relief.
Death in BGs.
– Rez = Instant -> (Worst case) 30 seconds
– Health & Mana @ 100%
– Often nicely repositioned
– AB & EoTS – Back in the heat of battle
– WSG – Back at the base ready to defend, head off EFC, or support your own FC.
– AV – Oh joy, sometimes you end up further forward on the map.
Death in PvE
– Rez = Ghost run – feels like forever, and for some instances it is.
– Health & Mana @ Bugger all. (and where are your conjured croissants?)
– Badly repositioned – Got to do "the rat" and run the maze back to your next pull.
The problem I have when returning from a bout of PvP to PvE, is that I am still in "life is Cheap" mode.
– Mob on healer – No worries, I'll pull it = Ghost run
– Pack of Elites – No worries, Frost Nova, AoE = Ghost run
– Aggro – What's Aggro? = Ghost run
Remember with my casual on-line time, I tend to have to choose PvP or PvE. I rarely get the chance to pepper my PvE with PvP, thus I have to mentally shift myself for better performance, and my old clutch is worn, and changing gears is a little more difficult.
I always have a period of readjustment when I return to PvE.
I need to (re)learn… "Life is Dear"
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Boyce joined the patrol in 2007 and served at the Mount Gilead Post before being assigned to the Steubenville Post. This is the second time he has been selected as post trooper of the year, with his first award being at the Mount Gilead Post in 2010.
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For the past eight years Weigand has been collecting Christmas toys for the children at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Many of the children are terminally ill or are being treated for an array of medical conditions, Johnson said.
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I'm asking from the perspective of an undergraduate. In high school, I found that training with competition problems was immensely helpful. I solve problems on the internet and read solutions. That's how I learned proving, even without anyone formally teaching me. I can really feel the effect now. For instance, I can generally figure out things quicker than average students. My first year study was a breeze.
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The McLennan County D.A. Told News 10 Alexis Bo Perez, 18, was convicted on two counts of aggravated robbery.
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Suppose we hedge an index option using futures on that index. How would the hedging strategy be different if the underlying could be traded directly (from a risk point of view)?
The differences essentially boil down to liquidity and pricing discrepancies between the underlying and the futures of the underlying.
Those, in sum make up the differences and impact risk when considering whether or not to trade directly in the underlying or its derivative.


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What's a good security camera system? (4-camera)
There are a ridiculous amount of different companies and slight variations of the same thing out there now, plus all of the individual cameras, DVRs etc.. So this is one of those things that I'd really like to get some input from other people who know more than me :).
Also, I'm sure there are a lot of other people who will be glad to have some insight on this too.. more and more people seem to be investing in security..
I'm interested in all the information I can get, but for the moment I'm looking for
A motion activated 4-camera system w/ DVR. Camera quality is important.. don't need SUPER HD, just good enough to ID people.
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And I know this goes without saying but I'm aiming to get it as cheap as possible :)
I have got 3 different CCTV systems one from Woot! and two others from different places. 1 was a Zmodo 4 channel that, another was a 4 channel (brand unknown, and the last was an eight channel.
All are viewable over the internet, or with a monitor. The 8 channel one is also viewable using a smartphone.
As far as pricing goes, I don't remember exactly what I paid. For the 4 channel systems might have been about $140.00. The 8 channel system maybe $180.00
Also, while the systems were inexpensive, the installation costs were pretty high since they only come with about 60' of cable per camera. I had some pretty long runs.
Also, some came with hard drives, some didn't. Depending on what you are using it for, you might need to go with a more expensive system with better cameras as the cameras included have a pretty narrow field of view and short range at night.
Here is a current screen shot of the newest 4 camera system. I don't remember the brand but I can find out later this afternoon/tonight if you would like to know.
I have been looking at a few myself for work purposes, and depending on your needs you might want to make sure that a hard drive is included. That is usually a major difference in price points.
@jsimsace: Yeah, that's definitely true.. I've always thought that was kind of a deceptive way to do things - they know a big percentage of their customers aren't going to notice the "*No HDD included" on the box.
That's not that big of an issue though, if I have to buy a HDD separately so be it. I've been shopping cameras on and off for years (bought a few too) but the market has never been this saturated with 'em.
@bill7718: That's great to know.. that's kind of what I was wondering. If that's the case I may end up just putting my own together and just buy the camera, cables and DVR separately.. realistically I'll probably end up buying the kit though heh
Yeah, I'd definitely appreciate it if you could get the info on that.. those look pretty good, are those the dome-style ones with an axis it can turn on?
The screenshot was from this system: EYE "Q" Security System
Model Number — EYE-Q-2. I bought it for $185 from 1saleaday about 9 months ago.
The 8 channel system was made by Zmodo and bought from Woot. It was the one that did not have the hard drive. Paid $190 for it and put a 1 TB HD in it for less than $100 more. Link to the Woot!
Without going into a lot of technical detail, the eye-q system is better than the zmodo.
And beware, both have manuals that seem to be written in chinese, translated to japanese, translated to swahili, translated to spanish, translated to english.
ZMODO 4-Channel Outdoor Security System w/ 4 IR Night Vision Outdoor Cameras, Smartphone & Remote Monitoring available at 1saleadayfor $99.99 without the hard drive. Deal expires in about 3 1/2 hours.
Also, a good place to shop for hard drives is PriceWatch
I appreciate the heads up.. ZOMDO was actually the first one I looked into, but I haven't heard great things about 'em lol.. because they're so cheap they're really popular so there's lots of great feedback about 'em.. they sound like good setups but I'm trying to get some decent cameras going and the quality seems to be hit and miss on those
Comparing these two, do you see anything that would make the Swann wroth $150 more?
Rosewill $200 - no HDD ($250 with a $50 coupon)
Swann $350 - 500gb HDD
@drchops: At a glance, the Rosewill system.
Why? 8 channel DVR -- you can add 4 more cameras later if you wish and you can get a 1 TB hard drive from pricewatch for about $65 which doubles your capacity.
So for about $265 you get a system that is expandable with twice the storage space of the other one.
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Have any good recipes for helping me lower my cholesterol?
I am a vegetarian, but can usually substitute non-meat in lots of recipes. If you have a good, healthy recipe that might help me reach my targets (more below), I'd be much obliged! Along with exercising more, I'm hoping to have my numbers good in about 3 months when I go for another round of bloodwork.
So at the ripe age of 23 - thanks to less than stellar diet and exercise + some horrific family history, I have slightly high cholesterol. I'm looking for some unboring, healthy recipes that might help me along the way. I've taken to eating steel cut oats once a day, but lets be honest it isn't the most exciting meal ever.
I don't think I eat too poorly, but I do fancy a good plate of nachos on occasion and make a mean baked ziti - things I'm obviously gonna have skip most of the time. FWIW, I'm not overweight and am otherwise healthy - triglycerides, sodium, blood pressure are all doing great. Just gotta get those LDL's down.
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Try the Flat Belly Diet book. It's based on a Mediterranean diet, has vegetarian recipes and my numbers have never been better since I started using these recipes.
Try switching coconut oil for butter in most cooking. It's got a better fat ratio and doesn't effect flavor too much.
I agree with @thumperchick. Remember, there ARE such things as good fats.
What are your ratios? Has your doctor ordered apolipoprotein a1 and b tests yet? The levels of these tests are actually a better indicator of future cardiac/stroke occurrences. Google for the INTERHEART study, which was a large international case—control study about risk factors for myocardial infarction with more than 9000 patients. The results were extremely interesting and doctors who keep current on new information should be relying on the ratio between these two levels as well.
@lavikinga: Nope, she hasn't ordered any further tests yet. I'm not sure on the ratios, just know my "bad" cholesterol needs to come down 10pts and my "good cholesterol" could use raising 10pts. I think she isn't concerned enough yet to warrant further tests and is giving me some time to bring it down on my own. If after 3 months it hasn't changed despite my efforts, I think she will likely go further.
@thumperchick: I tend to almost never use butter, I love to cook with ev olive oil even when it adds a distinctly different taste than what I'm cooking (i.e. I use it in pad thai). I will have to pick up some coconut oil.
Sardines and pistachios
Cheerios. Helped my sister-in-law. So she said.
I do not have any specific recipes, but perhaps try using sesame oil when making Asian dishes. Apparently it has been shown to lower cholesterol levels and is a good source of things like magnesium and Vitamin E.
It is very tasty when you use it for fried rice and stir fry veggies.
Natto and green tea are also supposed to be good for cholesterol health.
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6 Things You Won't Believe Got Banned By Modern Governments
As much as we love thinking of ourselves as the rebellious kids fighting against an oppressive society run by unreasonable old men, the truth is that most things that are illegal are illegal for a reason. Society just doesn't enjoy your public urination as much as you do.
But sometimes, the grownups get it wrong. Hilariously wrong, in fact.
#6. NSA Bans Furbies
Good old 1998. El Nino dominated the news, Microsoft was sweating the antitrust case, and you could still put a gallon of gas in your car for about a buck and a quarter. As the year drew to a close, however, something had grabbed the world by the nuts even more so than the upcoming impeachment of the President of the United States, and it was a goddamn toy.
We're talking about Furbies, some kind of nightmarish mechanical rabbit with a beak that quickly became the must-have toy for Christmas in 1998 and 1999. Nearly 16 million of the electronic spawns of Satan were sold. Because of this popularity, Furbies were finding their way in to the homes of millions, and even some places of employment. Which is fine (albeit annoying) unless your employer happens to be the National Security Agency.
Via Chris Fritz
Because Fridays are only "Bring your Cabbage Patch Kid into Work Day."
In 1999, an internal memo was sent out officially banning Furbies from the NSA's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland because officials were worried that people would take them home, and that the spiritual predecessor to Tickle Me Elmo would overhear, and proceed to talk about classified information. This was due to the Furby's supposed ability to not only speak its native language Furbish, but also to progressively learn English over time the more you interacted with it.
Via asmo23
The NSA's Furby, after strip searches and shouting "reveal your secrets robot!" failed to yield results.
What the NSA failed to realize is that Furbies didn't actually develop or learn anything at all. Hell, they didn't even repeat what they heard like most people thought. In fact, what nobody seemed to realize is that the Furbies' language development was pre-programmed, and that no matter what you say to the Furby, it's not going to learn or say anything different than the 100 English words it was already programmed to "learn." You can read it Portuguese porn articles every single day for six months straight, and it's still going to end up saying, "I big worried."
But, it's easy to see how the NSA wouldn't know that. It's not like they are big on, you know, gathering information about things.
Via David Erickson
Blue is going to be taken in for serious questioning after this.
#5. Greece Bans All Video Games
In 2002, Greece's government wanted to crack down on illegal gambling; specifically, electronic gambling machines. Makes sense -- these machines offer all of the money-sucking ability of a casino, but without the free buffet. The problem comes when laws regulating any kind of electronic entertainment are made by people too old or sheltered to have ever actually seen one. As a result, the vague, all-encompassing wording of the new law wound up effectively banning every possible kind of video game, anywhere.
"I have the Bubble Bobble. Hand over your firstborn."
The law banned any games or gaming systems with electronic mechanisms and software. So instead of regulating gambling, they effectively grounded the citizens of the entire country and told them to go do their homework. According to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, "The blanket ban was decided ... after the government admitted it was incapable of distinguishing innocuous video games from illegal gambling machines." That is, rather than bog themselves down with figuring out what exactly these newfangled "video games" were, they just threw out a blanket ban figuring no one would care as long as it took out the gambling machines along with it. That's really all people use video games for anyway, right?
This wholesome family scene will be shattered when Carol's legs are broken as payment for losing at Smash Bros.
Needless to say, the ban was not well received since the legislation's stubborn ignorance meant that anyone caught playing games as innocuous as Minesweeper in a cafe could potentially be slapped with a hefty fine and a prison sentence.
"I'm here for murder...ing Goombas."
This drew scorn from both the gaming community and Europe as a whole. Shortly after it was passed, the European Court of Justice sent a letter to Greece explaining delicately that the law was idiotic. Greece responded by allowing more leniency in the law and also with a follow up letter to the European Court of Justice asking how to get those songs from their computer screens onto the little record players everyone carries around.
#4. China Bans Time Travel
From Tibet to Tiananmen Square, China has celebrated an illustrious career of censorship, fudging details and generally hiding shit from the world. Anything that might endanger the delicate social fabric of their country is susceptible to suppression or banning, and recently there was a new addition to that list of national threats: time travel.
Also, unicorns.
Not the pursuit of actual time travel -- though it seems like that would make sense in the name of Terminator prevention -- but time travel as a fictional concept. China's General Bureau of Radio, Film and Television noticed a recent uptick in the number of shows and movies featuring time travel as a central theme (Lost, we bet) and decided that the completely fictional concept of manipulating the flow of events was, "disrespectful to history."
More rational governments realize the finale of Lost was only disrespectful to intelligence.
Apparently, the problem isn't with depicting the act of time travel itself, but with the actual historical events or people portrayed, because inevitably the recounting of those events are not 100 percent accurate. You know, since putting an original spin on history is kind of the point of a time travel movie.
According to the Bureau, "The producers and writers are treating serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore." What, do they think this law can stop that Bill & Ted sequel from happening? Come on, China, if that could be done, don't you think we would have tried? Keanu is pushing 50-years old -- we're not any happier about it than you are.
This is the face of a man desperate to reclaim his youth.
And quite frankly, we're shocked that a massive political system that's so reliant on heavy media manipulation and selective truths would have the balls to tell their citizens they are no longer entitled to the suspension of disbelief.


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The 2012 AMSOIL Great American CT TourWritten by on May 6, 2013 We Play in the Dirt at A Couple Of Wissota AMSOIL Dirt Track Series Tracks
This is the weekend we have been looking forward to for some time. We finally get to see some dirt action after many visits to asphalt tracks in and around Wisconsin and Michigan. Our Friday night race takes us to our title sponsors home town of Superior, Wisconsin, and the AMSOIL Speedway in the first of a three-track run all in the same weekend. The next day we travel to Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota, for a special promotion that went very well indeed.
These two tracks will be the first dirt tracks we will visit for this year's Tour and I can say, it's about time after all of those tarmac tracks. Friday morning we visited the factory and corporate offices of AMSOIL just down the road from AMSOIL Speedway. We were treated to a comprehensive tour of the impressive and massive facilities.
AMSOIL Speedway
Earlier known as Superior Speedway, AMSOIL agreed to be the title sponsor here in 2011 for a three-year deal. The speedway is a part of the Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds facility and when the fair is going on, the races do too.
With AMSOIL the company being so close and involved in racing, it just made sense to support the local track where AMSOIL is produced. Additionally, the track is sanctioned by the Wissota AMSOIL Dirt Track Series. And we will be attending no less than six Wissota–sanctioned tracks on this year's Tour.
The "we" I refer to who accompanied me for this race were Rob Fisher, now Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of CT and Glenn Bucher, one of our company's national account representatives, both of whom traveled to Superior, Wisconsin, specifically to be a part of this Tour stop. AMSOIL supports the automotive industry in many different areas. The lubricants it produces are well suited for a wide range of automotive uses from everyday driving to extreme off-road and racing applications.
The way I heard it, AMSOIL was the first company to offer synthetic lubricants for uses other than the military. Synthetic lubricants were being used for jet engines because of the superior qualities it exhibited. Lt. Col. Al Amatuzio, the founder of AMSOIL, was a jet fighter squadron commander and realized how useful this product would be for automobiles while he was still in the service. He formulated the very first synthetic oil to meet API specs for the automotive industry and began marketing the products in 1972.
Today we have many companies who offer synthetic lubricants, but all of these owe their existence to Mr. Amatuzio for his foresight in bringing the technology to the everyday user. As the major sponsor of our Tour, the company seeks to make known its history and quality product line to the many circle track racers who can benefit from the many special characteristics associated with synthetic lubricants.
After lunch, we traveled the short distance down Tower Avenue to the dirt track named for our Tour sponsor. This is your typical dirt track as such, but somewhat non-typical too. It has evolved and transitioned in recent years and is gaining in popularity as well as strength in numbers of racers.
I'm not sure if it was the news of our visit or what, but the racers showed up in very good numbers. We parked our bus in the pits in a space where "that team won't be coming tonight." Each team had its assigned parking spots.
Sure enough, "that team" showed up and we had to move next door to another "no show." Sure enough, just when I had leveled the bus, this other no show showed up and we had to move again.
Several moves later, we were all set. We set up our display of Tour sponsor's swag and had a continual string of racers and their families coming by the bus to chat and take literature provided by our list of associated sponsors.
This night had the historic cars running and we saw some very cool examples of years past dirt cars. What I thought amazing was the quality of cars. They looked like they had just been restored. The paint and bodies were near perfect on most of these cars and it is a testament to the interest racers have for the bygone era of dirt racing.
AMSOIL Speedway runs, as regular classes, the Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, and Pure Stocks. There were a good many cars here for each of these classes in addition to the vintage cars.
The race director at AMSOIL Speedway for this race was Chris Stepan and he ran the event well, keeping the cars moving between races to where the show had a flow to it that fans like. And this is one of the most northerly race tracks in America. It is less than 100 miles to the Canadian border by plane.
I'm not sure what kind of tracks they have in Canada, but I have seen plenty of teams from that country travel into the U.S. to race on our tracks. I saw this in New York at Mohawk International Speedway, in New Hampshire, and in Maine and I see it here in the area of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
We had a great time at the AMSOIL Speedway, but early the next morning we were off to another speedway for the Saturday night show.
Viking Speedway
This is another Wissota sanctioned dirt track and started racing back in 1965. The track is a half-mile in length and runs five Wisconsin SSOTA–sanctioned classes; Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, and Street Stocks.
Viking is a part of the Douglas County Fairgrounds located in Alexandria, Minnesota, about a two hour drive from Minneapolis. They will run 25 events this year, some being three-day touring events. The Midwest Modifieds were by far the most popular class bringing in 23 teams on this night.
The track is a multi-banked design where a guy running the low groove can maintain position on a car running the top groove. And, there are no guardrails beyond the front stretch. I saw plenty of three-wide racing where the cars had sufficient room to race without making contact.
We lucked out because on this night, a special promotion was taking place. The track was allowing fans to attend for free. It was strange watching this take place. We arrived just after noon on Saturday, July 28, and the gates and doors were open. When the fans arrived, they just walked in and went to the grandstands.
This was all made possible by a group from the local Minnesota Corn Growers Association, headed up by Bill Blacheck, who covered the tracks expenses that night. The event was called Jam the Stands—Ethanol—Field to Fuel. For the track, it was a promotional success in that it attracted new attendees and in the process sold a lot of hot dogs and beer. And it provided a considerable amount of information and exposure for ethanol base fuels that will benefit everyone.
The free admission helped us too. We were able to interact more with the fans because they could come and go as they pleased and we had our Tour bus situated right at the area where the food was being served.
Phil Merten is the president of Viking Speedway and serves on the board of directors of Wissota. He runs a tight ship around this track and it was a very well run show that provided a lot of excitement and competition.
I think more tracks should consider promotions similar to this one that used a local organization that wanted to promote themselves to the public. It serves everyone well and in this case, they did jam the stands. And if you put on a good show, have activities for the kids that will entice them to bring their parents back next week, you can grow your front gate considerably. It also makes the regular fans very happy to be able to go to the races and spend much less money.
This being the second track we've visited this year that runs their program under the Wissota organization, I came away very impressed. The Wissota Promoters Association was founded in 1981 by eight promoters, and I am quoting from their website. They wanted to make the rules for the Late Model division uniform so that teams could travel to different tracks in their region and not have to change the car.
This worked out so well that they ended up doing the same for the modified division. In 1984 a volunteer committee was formed that became the board of directors they now have. Today, a seven-member board oversees the operations of Wissota and they represent 48 tracks in the U.S. and three in Canada. That is a huge organization and something the rest of the circle track community should take a good look at and emulate.
Our next stops are to another Wissota track, I-35 Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, and then on to Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the following weekend for a stop we added just because we couldn't stand to miss this unique venue.
We've got one more week in Wisconsin and then we are off to Montana for a race and a track that are truly unique in their promotion and location. This starts off our run down beside the Rocky Mountains where we will skirt and traverse those magnificent peaks all of the way to the southern end of the range in New Mexico. Stay tuned.
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This ol' jalopy of sorts sported an 85hp engine and very cool tires. I wonder where you'd even find tires like that today. Needless to say, this car was a driver, not a competitor. He did have fun though. Was this the Woods Brothers first race car? Probably not.This is a fine example of a bygone era Sprint Car. This baby still honked it around this half-mile track. It had plenty of speed and the driver was getting used to that along with the handling. He was one of several sprinters running the vintage race.


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The Pratt Community College Lady Beavers volleyball team was swept at home Tuesday night by Barton County. Scores were 11-25; 20-25; 19-25.
On Thursday night, PCC traveled west to take on the Colby Lady Eagles. Things didn't go much better for the Lady Beavers with the change of scenery as they were also swept by the Lady Eagles. Scores were 21-25; 17-25; 17-25.
As the season enters the home stretch, PCC's record stands at 7-19 (3-9 in the Jayhawm West.)
Two games remain on the regular season schedule for the Lady Beavers. On Tuesday the #2 in the Jayhawk West Seward County Saints wil call and then next Thursday, The Beavers will wrap up the regular season at Garden City where they will take on the Lady Broncbusters.
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I'm just starting some research and I need a good introductory book in the topic of chaotic dynamics. Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks.
You might want to specify about exactly what your background is and what you want to learn in order to get more effective answers.
But given what you've asked for, I'd say the best place to learn about chaos and dynamical systems is absolutely: Steven Strogatz' Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering
If you already know what's in this book, you need to re-phrase the question; if you don't, this is what you need to know and where to learn it.
Enjoy - I think this book is wonderful!
Another introductory book worth looking at is
An introduction to chaotic dynamical systems by Robert Devaney.
It is a very popular topic and there are literally dozens of good texts---a true embarass de richesse. One I like a lot is "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos" by Thompson and Stewart (Second Edition) a Wiley book. A book with the same title by Steve Strogatz is also very good, and so is Chaos: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems by Alligood, Sauer, and Yorke. If you are just getting started and want to get a feel for what it is all about, James Glieck's popular classic "Chaos" is a good place to begin. Good luck and have fun. It is a great topic full of interesting ideas.
If you want to understand probability measures for dynamical systems, you'll probably want to learn about Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures in particular. A good introductory text accessible to undergraduates is Beck and Schlögl's Thermodynamics of chaotic systems.
Here's a quick on-line find of a page about population dynamics and chaos in insects:
It's by a theoretical biologist, Alexei Sharov, at the NIA.
He also has other pages that could be of interest to you, including a summary of mathematical modeling of "forest insect dynamics":


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Baylor Can't Stop Anybody
Baylor's in trouble people.
When you're this far into the season and you're conference record is the same as Kansas, you've got real issues.
We think there are problems at West Virginia – and there are – it's not to the degree of the Bears, who gave up 35 points to Iowa State on Saturday and improved their scoring defense while losing their fourth straight game. They are now giving up 42.7 points per game.
Somebody named Steele Jantz set career highs with 381 yards passing and five touchdowns for Iowa State against the Bears. He had not started a game since late September and it wasn't until his fifth touchdown pass did he get his career total to more scores than interceptions (21-20).
It would be nice to think that Baylor was surprised that Jantz was the starter, considering Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads kept it a secret for much of the week, but the guess here is that it didn't really matter.
The Bears can't stop anyone.
The good news in Waco is it might get better before it gets worse. Up next is Kansas and one of these teams will "earn" their first Big 12 victory of the season this week.
After that, it's Oklahoma on the road, which evidently, isn't at difficult as it used to be, then home games against No. 3 Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State to close the season.
The last three teams on the schedule are all in the top 12 in the country in scoring offense.
This defense could be historically bad.
In the rankings
Kansas State, which continues to show the way in the Big 12, is still sitting on the outside looking in when it comes to the BCS standings. It's not worth talking about a team this good not getting to play for a national championship because there's a lot of football to be played (Remember December 2007 WVU fans?). For now, the Wildcats sit third in the AP Poll (which doesn't count for much these days) right in front of an unbeaten Notre Dame team everyone and their grandchildren will push ahead of them, should one of the top two teams fall.
West Virginia sat last week out and still gained two spots up to No. 23, while Oklahoma tumbled again to 14 behind half of the SEC. Texas Tech is at No. 20. Oklahoma State and Texas are receiving votes.
The games
Aside from Baylor stinking up the joint, Oklahoma getting beaten by Notre Dame at home, and Kansas State putting on another Collin Klein Show at Texas Tech (he's basically unstoppable – Klein had 233 passing yards and two touchdowns, 83 rushing yards and two more scores), Wes Lunt returned as Oklahoma State's quarterback and threw for 324 yards and a touchdown in his first start in six weeks and Quinn Sharp tied a school record with five field goals as the Cowboys beat in-over-its-head TCU, which is 1-3 since suspending starting quarterback Casey Pachall. Finally, Texas had to call on Colt McCoy's little brother to beat Kansas, which has lost three handfuls of Big 12 games in a row.
This week's games
Oklahoma at Iowa State
TCU at West Virginia
Kansas at Baylor
Texas at Texas Tech
Oklahoma State at Kansas State
Finally, some Big East football. Oh wait. Both West Virginia and TCU paid handsome sums so they didn't have to hear those words this season.
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What license does Ubuntu fall into (GPL, MIT, a mix)? Would it be legal to modify it and redistribute my modified version?
Ubuntu is under a mix of licenses, each individual package has its copy right file under /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright, e.g. /usr/share/doc/gnome-panel/copyright All packages in main & universe are free software & can be modified & redistributed - restricted & multiverse packages fall under other licenses which may not allow this.
See http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing for more details
It is entirely legal.
Examples of custom Ubuntu's that are released:
Also, Ubuntu itself wouldn't be in existence if it wasn't for Debian.
More on that relationship here
There is a page on Ubuntu licensing, in particular:
(emphasis mine)
There is the problem of Ubuntu Branding.
The trademark policy explains this:
So (in this non-lawyers opinion), as long as you make it clear that this is a
However, I am NOT a lawyer, so this could be a flawed interpretation.
from http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing
Each of these programs may come under a different licence. This licence policy describes the process that we follow in determining which software will be included by default in the Ubuntu operating system.
Copyright licensing and trademarks are two different areas of law, and we consider them separately in Ubuntu. The following policy applies only to copyright licences. We evaluate trademarks on a case-by-case basis.
Categories of software in Ubuntu
The thousands of software packages available for Ubuntu are organized into four key groups or components: main, restricted, universe and multiverse. Software is published in one of these components based on whether or not it meets our free software philosophy, and the level of support we can provide for it.
This policy only addresses the software that you will find in main and restricted, which contain software that is fully supported by the Ubuntu team and must comply with this policy.
Ubuntu 'main' component licence policy
All application software included in the Ubuntu main component:
Must include source code. The main component has a strict and non-negotiable requirement that application software included in it must come with full source code.
Must allow modification and distribution of modified copies under the same licence. Just having the source code does not convey the same freedom as having the right to change it. Without the ability to modify software, the Ubuntu community cannot support software, fix bugs, translate it, or improve it.
Ubuntu 'main' and 'restricted' component licence policy
All application software in both main and restricted must meet the following requirements: Must allow redistribution. Your right to sell or give away the software alone, or as part of an aggregate software distribution, is important because: You, the user, must be able to pass on any software you have received from Ubuntu in either source code or compiled form.
While Ubuntu will not charge licence fees for this distribution, you might want to charge to print Ubuntu CDs, or create your own customised versions of Ubuntu which you sell, and should have the freedom to do so.
Must not require royalty payments or any other fee for redistribution or modification.It's important that you can exercise your rights to this software without having to pay for the privilege, and that you can pass these rights on to other people on exactly the same basis.
Must allow these rights to be passed on along with the software. You should be able to have exactly the same rights to the software as we do.
Must not discriminate against persons, groups or against fields of endeavour. The licence of software included in Ubuntu can not discriminate against anyone or any group of users and cannot restrict users from using the software for a particular field of endeavour - a business for example. So we will not distribute software that is licensed "freely for non-commercial use".
Must not be distributed under a licence specific to Ubuntu. The rights attached to the software must not depend on the program being part of Ubuntu system. So we will not distribute software for which Ubuntu has a "special" exemption or right, and we will not put our own software into Ubuntu and then refuse you the right to pass it on.
Must not contaminate other software licences.The licence must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with it. For example, the licence must not insist that all other programmes distributed on the same medium be free software. May require source modifications to be distributed as patches. In some cases, software authors are happy for us to distribute their software and modifications to their software, as long as the two are distributed separately, so that people always have a copy of their pristine code. We are happy to respect this preference. However, the licence must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code.
Documentation, firmware and drivers
Ubuntu contains licensed and copyrighted works that are not application software. For example, the default Ubuntu installation includes documentation, images, sounds, video clips and firmware. The Ubuntu community will make decisions on the inclusion of these works on a case-by-case basis, ensuring that these works do not restrict our ability to make Ubuntu available free of charge, and that you can continue to redistribute Ubuntu.
Software installed by default
When you install Ubuntu, you will typically install a complete desktop environment. It is also possible to install a minimal set of software (just enough to boot your machine) and then manually select the precise software applications to install. Such a "custom" install is usually favored by server administrators, who prefer to keep only the software they absolutely need on the server.
All of the application software installed by default is free software. In addition, we install some hardware drivers that are available only in binary format, but such packages are clearly marked in the restricted component.
It's a mix. Each package may be licensed under different terms.
It's generally legal to modify it and redistribute every package in main and universe, some packages may have restrictions on this, for example the firefox name and logo are trademarked so cannot be used without permission from Mozilla.
You can look at individual packages licences in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright
According to wikipedia, Ubuntu for the most part is GPL Licensed:
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Features
There are specific packages that aren't included (e.g. restricted drivers) that provide different licensing.
On the official ubuntu.org website, you can also find more on this topic.
It also explicitly indicates that there are 4 types of licenses offered in ubuntu packages:
As per this link, Ubuntu is a collection of a number of computer programs and each one of them may come under a different license.
As far as I know, the underlying Linux kernel is released under GNU GPL version 2:
And if you want to look up the license agreement for each one of the programs, then you can find it on a Ubuntu machine at this location:


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I did the following procedures to create a application launcher but it doesn't work.
create shell script named
shell.shwith the following content:
java -jar foo.jar
- Added execution permission:
sudo chmod +x shell.sh
Created .desktop file in
/usr/share/applications/with the content:
[Desktop Entry] Name=foo Terminal=false Exec=/path/shell.sh Type=Application Icon=/path/icon.png Categories=Utility;
Then I have an application with icon, but it couldn't run, while double click shell.sh works. What's wrong?


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SPRINGFIELD – While the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is widely
recognized for its efforts in emergency preparedness and response to events such as floods,
tornadoes and blizzards, the agency also administers more than two dozen radiation safety
programs that help protect people every day from unnecessary exposure to radiation.
As part of its 2012 preparedness campaign, IEMA will highlight these programs and let people
know what they can do to stay safe from radiation they may encounter in their lives.
"People may think if they don't live near a nuclear power plant, radiation safety doesn't affect
them," said IEMA Director Jonathon Monken. "But if you've ever had an x-ray or nuclear
medicine procedure, live or work in a building that has radon gas, travel on highways where
nuclear spent fuel shipments or other radioactive materials travel, you've been affected by one or
more of our programs."
As home to 11 operating nuclear power reactors at six sites, the most in the U.S., nuclear safety
is a top priority for the state of Illinois. IEMA's program includes a state-of-the-art remote
monitoring system that transmits thousands of data points 24/7 from inside and around each
of the power plants to IEMA headquarters. The data is continuously monitored, and during an
incident at the plant is analyzed by experts to develop recommended actions for protecting the
IEMA also has state Resident Inspectors stationed at each of the nuclear power stations. The
inspectors perform independent safety inspections of critical equipment at the plant, and report
findings to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which regulates the nuclear
During an incident at the plant, the Resident Inspector would provide first-hand information
to analysts in the Radiological Emergency Assessment Center (REAC), located in the State
Emergency Operations Center in Springfield.
A comprehensive emergency plan, known as the Illinois Plan for Radiological Accidents, has
been developed for each of the six operating plants. The plan details actions local and state
response organizations will take to protect the public during a nuclear power plant incident.
The plan for each plant is practiced every two years through a graded exercise evaluated by the
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With six plants, Illinois in involved in three nuclear power plant drills each year.
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Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case
Today on Meet the Press, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) had an unfortunate run-in with the facts of the Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab case, courtesy of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. After listening to Schock regurgitate the current GOP talking points about how the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab shows the Obama administration's national security policies were making Americans unsafe, Maddow challenged Schock to explain the "basis of the assertion that reading someone their Miranda rights in unsafe."
MADDOW: What's the basis of the assertion that reading someone their Miranda rights in unsafe? We did that with every single person who's been arrested on terrorism charges since 9/11. No one's ever made an issue of it until the Obama administration and this case with Abdulmuttalab. Really, what's the problem with being read your rights that wasn't the problem before?
SCHOCK: Well, first of all, you suggested earlier that reading someone his Miranda rights does not — has never indicated that they talk less to our intelligence folks —
MADDOW: We've never heard that from the FBI.
SCHOCK: The fact of the matter is we do know that after the Christmas Day bomber was read his Miranda he did in fact stop cooperating with our intelligence —
MADDOW: That's not true, actually, it's not what we know from the people who've been involved in this. The "factual" basis of this is so thin!
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It's unsurprising that Rep. Schock is confused as to what the "facts of the matter" are, given the intense ongoing effort by conservative operatives to misstate the facts of the case, and to misrepresent the Obama administration's counter-terrorism approach.
As Maddow noted, according to FBI director Robert Mueller, Abdulmuttalab was not Mirandized until after he had already made clear that he was not going to talk. The idea that informing someone of his rights — which is a requirement under U.S. law — is some sort of license not to cooperate is a ridiculous conservative invention. And, as Maddow noted, it's not something they ever had a problem with until they saw an opportunity to use it to attack Democrats.


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Pratt High School senior Easton Herring, pictured with his mother Kim Stivers, signed his letter of intent today committing to play baseball at Emporia State University. Easton, as a junior, set one Kansas State Record and tied another last baseball season. Easton tied the record for most triples in a career and set the new record for most triples in a season.
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1 Jun 2012 3:09 PM #1
Ext.Base:initConfig problem
The Ext.Base->initConfig method can be used to initialize configuration for a given class. However there is a problem in the implementation which I don't quite know whether it is a bug in that function or an inconsistency elsewhere in the framework. So here is an example:
Ext.define('MyWindow',{ extend:'Ext.window.Window', alias:'widget.mywindow', config: { layout:'fit', width:200, height:200, title:'MyWindow', items:{ xtype:'button', text:'Uber Button' } }, constructor:function(config) { var me = this; me.initConfig(config); me.callParent(arguments); } });
So where is the problem here you might ask? Should we fix the initConfig to check if we already have a function called "setXYZ" that is not a property setter or fix the "setLayout" function in the AbstractContainer?
But wait... there is more....
I can point to several other cases like this, for example "setProxy" and any other conbination where we can find a setXYZ function for a XYZ config.
Any thoughts?
3 Jun 2012 6:59 AM #2
Good point. I've run into problems where I've used 'width' 'height' etc in config.
It might be better to move some definitions into the constructor or initComponent, particularly where you are defining objects {}
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For Venica Pollard the reality of a Congenital Heart Defect hit soon after the birth of her daughter Zoey.
"She was born by emergency c-section and as soon as she came out she matched the surgical gloves. She was blue as can be. They took her straight down to the NICU Unit because she was premature on top of it and was struggling to breath. So they put her on a ventilator," says Pollard.
Hearing the news something may be wrong with your newborn is all too familiar for Lara Barnhouse. Her son Cullen was born with multiple birth defects including at least four in his heart alone.
She says it's a long road to better days.
"He has had two open heart surgeries and he has had three cardiac caths. He is 4 years old and there are more surgeries to come. We will definitely have to have his pulmonary valve replaced," says Barnhouse.
While news of CHD is tough to take for any mother, Tracy Oliver took a proactive approach. At 3 weeks old a heart murmur revealed an enlarged heart for her son Nathan.
Although frightening, she knew the importance of finding the best care.
"Instant fear and devastation and uncertainty. You know we kinda started just doing our own research and being our own advocate and talking to the medical team, trying to find out what the best answers for us was," says Oliver.
More answers are coming for families.
Susan Waggoner was told her son Dalton had only weeks to live.
As time goes on she hopes everyone continues their support to find an answer.
"He would have gone home and passed away and we would have thought it was something normal you know, maybe sids or something. So the research and development and just to know that these kids are in our community," says Waggoner.
For sharing their struggles to inform all of us about CHD we honor these mothers and all families as this week's Hometown Hero.


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I'm having this strange problem. My left side is much weaker than my right side. While my right leg is perfect, my left leg feels comparatively weaker, meaning that I don't feel like putting my left leg on the ground, and feel like having a constant weight being applied on it. Don't feel numbness of any sort. Similarly, while I can lift weights easily with my right hand, it becomes comparatively difficult to do it with my left hand. Any reason or solution to it?
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As recommended, See a neurologist and an orthopedist. I face this issue with my legs because one is slightly shorter than the other. In your case, the imbalance may be full body.
You can also go see a vascular specialist. Peripheral Artery Disease can cause those symptoms; but, so can many other things. Our facility performs free screenings for PAD. Look and see if there is someplace you can get a free screening before seeking other medical help. If for no other reason, than to rule out something like PAD.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- It's Kansas' sesquicentennial and as a treat the library bought in Lecompton Re-enactors. All six feet and four inches of President Abraham Lincoln was present in Topeka, along with Senator James Henry Lane.
From his top hat to his black boots, Abe Lincoln brought history to life. The actor sharing Lincoln's story says it's his performance and attention to detail that brings Lincoln to life. It's important for dress, hats, and even facial hair to represent the era in which the character lived. Beyond his look and height, Lincoln's reputation has transcended the times for this man.
"I try to pass on those qualities to youngsters in the community about the kind of man he was. Now that I've studied and admired him, I emulate him not only in a portrayal basis and in personal life, " says Troy Strahan.
Another historic actor in the audience today shares why he believes Lincoln has held his popularity through the years and why Kansans connect to him.
"Lincoln was a self-made individual and many Kansans believe in that theory of doing whatever we want to do with only their own fortitude," said Stephen Germes.
The reenactment of Abraham Lincoln and Senator James Henry Lane, portrayed by Tim Rues, was preceded by the Friends of the Library's annual meeting.


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When I am studying biology or history or any type of subject that requires one to memorize a lot of facts, I usually read my assigned text and type up the notes on my computer. Then I would re-read the notes over and over again so I remember those facts.
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Esther Ann Kendall, 85, died May 9, 2014 at Duff's Friendship Villa in Nebraska City. She
was born Aug. 9, 1928 in Nebraska City to Roy and Deborah (Heafey) Mullis. She married Robert Kendall, Sr. Jan. 7, 1950 in Murray. Robert died June 23, 1998 on the family farm.
Esther was a homemaker and farmed on the family farm with her husband for many years. She was a life-long resident of the Union area. Her great-grandfather Conrad Mullis was the first blacksmith in Nebraska City.
Esther was a member of the Union Baptist Church, Union American Legion Auxiliary and was a past 4-H leader. She loved sewing, gardening and canning.
Esther is survived by son Robert Kendall, Jr. and wife Deborah of Union; daughter Marcia Ann Rengifo and husband Pedro of Norfolk; six grandchildren, Rachel Hamling and husband Roger, Megan Kendall, Phillip Rengifo, David Kendall, Patricia Lant and husband Greg and Christina Rengifo; five great grandchildren, Tayler Kendall, Reed Hamling, Gabriella Rengifo, Emilia Lant and Wesley Lant; many other relatives and friends.
Besides her husband, she was preceded by brothers Paul Mullis and Donald Mullis and sisters Connie Mullis, Gretchen Everett and Deb Guy.
Graveside funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, at East Union Cemetery with Rev. James Gill Cummings of the Union Baptist Church officiating.
Visitation will be 1-9 p.m. Tuesday at Marshall Funeral Chapel in Nebraska City with the family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the Union Baptist Church.
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Marshall Funeral Chapel of Nebraska City is in charge of arrangements.
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I am facing issues with Oracle log files. My application inserts data from xml file into Oracle. I started my application last day and went home. It stopped unexpectedly at 8PM. There is no log in application why the insertion stopped.
I want to check Oracle log file to check what exactly the error was and why the Oracle stopped inserting data.
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Former Charlotte 49ers men's soccer standout midfielder Evan James played in the second half for the Canadian National Team in their match against the United States last night at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. This is the second time he had played for Canada's senior team, James played in their match against Denmark on January 26.
Last summer, he scored a goal for Canada's U-23 national team in their match with Cuba in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament.
James, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was picked by the Montreal Impact as the first pick of the 2012 Major League Soccer's Supplemental Draft in mid-January. James signed with the Impact last March.
In 2011, James played a major role in helping the 49ers reach the College Cup Championship game for the first time in school history.
James, who earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 2011, led the 49ers in assists with seven. He has scored five goals to rank second on the team in goals. He scored the game's first goal just 43 seconds into the match in Charlotte's 3-1 second round NCAA Tournament victory at UAB. In 2011, James was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week twice as well as to TopDrawerSoccer.com's National Team of the Week.James finished his career ranked 12th in school history with 63 career points. He finished 13th in the program's history with 22 career goals. He finished 14th in school history with 19 career assists.


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I'm looking for a proof of the analytic implicit function theorem (IFT). The only related proof I could find was the holomorphic inverse function theorem (by Henri Cartan). On Wikipedia, the analytic IFT is mentioned casually in the general article "Implicit function theorem", saying that "Similarly, if f is analytic inside U×V, then the same holds true for the explicit function g inside U. This generalization is called the analytic implicit function theorem." Mmmh, that's fast...
A sketch of the proof may be the following :
- use analytic continuation to transform f into a holomorphic function
- use the holomorphic inverse function theorem (Cartan) to prove a holomorphic IFT
- restriction : g is holomorphic on $\mathbb{C}$, therefore analytic on $\mathbb{R}$.
But it seems weird and I don't think it would work (I have no idea whether a so-called holomorphic IFT exists or not). What would be an efficient proof of the theorem ? Thanks a lot by advance.


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Introduction to Blogs
What is a blog?
A blog is an online publication, often in the form of a journal or diary with entries listed in reverse chronological order, but blogs can also look like conventional websites. The term blog is a shortened version of web log. Blog software makes it easy for people to post stories or articles, including images, audio, and video, on the Internet. Blogs can be publicly visible or private. See the New York Times article Blogs 101 for a list of examples of blogs. People who subscribe to blogs are called followers. Many blogs provide a way for followers to respond to the blog's content through publicly visible comments.
Popular blogging software
The majority of blogs run on blogging platforms such as WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger. WordPress is an open source platform, meaning anyone can use the software for free, although many Internet Service Providers and WordPress.com offer paid services that make it easier to install and operate a WordPress blog. Tumblr also is a free service. Blogger is owned by Google and is available free of charge to anyone who has a Gmail account. There are many other free and paid blogging service providers.
History of blogs
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The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives....After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity. Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following... By 2004, the role of blogs became increasingly mainstream, as political consultants, news services, and candidates began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.
Why blog?
A. J. Liebling, a journalist for The New Yorker, once famously quipped "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." Blogs are the modern equivalent of owning a printing press, giving a voice to anyone who has ready access to a computer and the Internet.
Blogs can be seen as archives of human thought, and they provide a useful venue for authors and their fans (and foes) to engage in discourse. Blogs have also had an influence on minority languages, bringing together scattered speakers and learners. Likewise, blogs make it possible for niche publishers to find an audience, which might be prohibitively expensive through traditional printed publishing.
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5 Bizarre Brain Hacks That Make You Better at Sports
Talent, hard work, desire -- they're all nice if you're trying to get to the top of your sport. But all other things being equal, there are a few other factors that give one side the edge. Random, ridiculous factors, such as ...
#5. Acting Like a Jackass When You Score
No matter how many times the NFL calls it unsportsmanlike and throws fines and penalty flags at it, excessive celebration after scoring might actually help a team win. And it's true in just about every sport. A study found that players who overtly celebrated with their teammates -- particularly during an important game were -- more likely to come out on top.
This is what victory looks like.
Wait, what?
The study looked specifically at shootouts in soccer. For those of you who just frowned at the word "soccer" or try to avoid any information related to it out of principle, just pretend we're talking about sudden death in hockey. For the completely unfamiliar, a shootout is exactly what it sounds like: Five players from each team get to fire off one penalty kick with only the keeper to beat. Whichever team scores more goals wins. It's not the ideal way to settle a winner but it beats tacking on overtimes until it becomes one of those endless and absurd sports.
Yeah, we're looking at you cricket.
The study found that when a player scored, his team was more likely to go on to win if he showed visible signs of elation. So walking away with a "that's how you fucking do it" smirk might make you look cool, but it's not helping your team.
Even stranger, the study found that celebrating while facing the crowd didn't help, the player has to be celebrating in the direction of his team.
And this strategy won't help anything.
Why? Well, the action simultaneously encouraged everyone else in the same jersey and seemed to mess with the other team's heads, causing them to miss a high percentage of shots directly after watching their opponents jump all over each other. That's right: Science says classy players lose. Go call your old little league coach and tell him to suck it!
#4. Wearing Red
We've already covered how wearing red makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, but now it looks like we might as well throw away any non-rose toned clothing because it turns out it makes you more likely to win at sports too.
This man will humiliate you on the field and then take your girlfriend.
Wait, what?
Two British researchers studied the results of the 2004 Olympics and found that the team or person wearing red was more likely to win in close matches -- and that's across a huge variety of team and individual sports, like soccer, tae kwon do and wresting.
The key though, is close matches; if you were ranked 23rd and had to wrestle the #1 guy in the world then no amount of red is going to save you.
No one's buying it, Cleveland.
But in an even match-up, wearing red is a statistically significant factor in winning. The researchers think the reason for this might not be all that different from why red attracts us to people: Red equals dominance.
We see it in species of monkeys, too, where the males have red colorations in their face and butts. The more dominant males tend to be much redder then the ones lower down the hierarchy. In humans, our faces turn red when we are all riled up, angry or ready for a fight. The association of red uniforms with dominance and aggression may send subconscious signals to an opponent that they are being really stupid and challenging the alpha male.
#3. Singing
Yes, singing. But to understand why it works you have to know something about the phenomenon we call "choking."
It happens to pro athletes in every sport, from the 1993 Houston Oilers (who famously blew a 35-3 lead in the playoffs) to figure skater Michelle Kwan in the Olympics. But why does it happen? An amateur fucking up is one thing, but a professional who has done nothing but train his/her entire life?
Validates our laziness?
Well, it turns out they are actually more likely to choke, and choke harder than any of us.
Basically, once you get the mechanics of a sport honed and perfected, it's best to just let it happen. Choking occurs when people who know better start thinking too hard about what they need to do. The added pressure forces your brain into a state called "paralysis by analysis" where the "working memory" part of your brain literally stops working, and the more talented you are the more working memory you have meaning the harder the failure.
But it turns out that the solution to all of it can be as simple as singing.
Wait, what?
Research indicates that doing anything that your brain also controls (singing or humming) preoccupies your mind from the task at hand and will keep those pathways from becoming over active. This in turn keeps your working memory from shutting down and prevents you from choking. It's essentially just distracting your conscious mind long enough that your muscle memory can finish the job.
This man's catchy tunes could save your life.
Golfers consistently use a variation of this strategy to avoid psyching themselves out. They will count down from 10 while putting to keep their mind from over analyzing the situation. You probably participated in group song that time you served on the chain gang. Regardless of the activity, as long as you don't mind mouthing lyrics on the free-throw line or humming at the plate then it turns out providing your own soundtrack can actually help your game.
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London designer Paul Cocksedge, one of my favourite lighting designers might I add, has created this beautiful 25 meter sculpture titled "Bourrasque" in Lyon, France, for the recent Fête des Lumières.
I have always been a fan of his work, and this one is nothing short of magical. the 200 suspended sheets are set to mimic papers scatteringin a gust of wind – a beautiful bright image against a backdrop of the 17th century architecture of l'Hotel de Ville. Simply beautiful.