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I've completed several missions that supposedly rewarded me with 4 engineers, but the engineer count (as shown in the Engineering display) hasn't increased. Am I doing something wrong?
No, what you are telling seems right. Engineers and scientists are awarded immediately after the mission. When you enter Engineering or Research after the mission, you can also hear the head of the division thanking you for new people.
If you are sure you choose the Engineers mission and that the number stays the same, it is a bug.
P.S.: There is an upsetting number of times I write "then this is a bug" in my answers :-(
Did you choose the mission using the arrow keys? The arrow keys cycle through the missions and their rewards, but only a click actually selects them. I missed out on my desired reward a couple of times before realizing what was happening.

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Oxnard mayor won't face battery charges
By David Courtland 08/22/2013
The Ventura County District Attorney will not be filing misdemeanor battery charges against Oxnard Mayor Tim Flynn, Greg Totten's office announced Thursday.
Flynn became news across Southern California in March when a girl in one of his Pacifica High School classes accused him of battery.
Ventura County Sheriff's Department investigators noted that witnesses backed up Flynn's story, which is that he tapped her after the girl used profane language as he took her backpack outside the classroom.
Flynn said the girl, who was never identified in press releases, had disrupted his class during a quiz, wearing headphones during class in violation of school policy.
Oxnard Union High School District officials investigated a complaint filed by the girl's mother on March 6, following the standard precaution in situations involving a student and teacher by keeping them apart while administrators talk to students.
Flynn missed three days of work but was allowed to return to the classroom the following Monday.
"We feel we have already conducted our investigation and we have taken the action we deemed necessary," Oxnard Union High School District Assistant Superintendent William Dabbs said at the time.
But apparently unsatisfied, the girl's mother filed a complaint with Oxnard's police department, which turned the matter over to the Sheriff's Department to avoid a conflict of interest.
"I never believed there was anything to it from the get-go," said Flynn's fellow city council member Carmen Ramirez on Tuesday afternoon, adding that the fact that the school let Flynn back in the classroom right away made it clear.
Ramirez, the council's mayor pro tem, said she never discussed the matter with other council members and she wished the matter had been resolved more quickly.
"I realize the DA wanted to be thorough, but it's entertainment for some people and it does affect people's lives," said Ramirez.
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The kid should foote the bill for the investigation or be charged with filing a bogus complaint.
It's amazing to me how this thing was so quietly swept under the rug. Tim Flynn, just like his old man, is a control freak with serious anger management issues. I've seen him nearly attack fellow City Council members and members of the public when they crossed him in the past.
This kind of psychotic behavior from Tim Flynn is no surprise to me at all. He is unfit to be a teacher and is certainly unfit to be Mayor. The only consolation is that because he got away with hitting a teenage kid it will likely embolden him to continue to do these kinds of things in the future and, eventually, he will be held to account for his behavior.
Just as what happened with Mayor Bob Filner in San Diego, the clothes will eventually be removed from the emperor and everyone will see him for what he is.
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| Ghaisas, N., Fluor Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This case examines the mechanical distress and performance deterioration of a critical refrigeration compressor that was installed at a world-scale petrochemicals complex.
[heat transfer]
[vibration monitoring]
The presented case history discusses the analysis and
investigation regarding the mechanical distress and performance
deterioration of a critical refrigeration compressor installed
in a world-class petrochemicals complex.
The compressor is a three-stage centrifugal machine driven
by a 5,000-hp rated electric motor through a speed increasing
gear. The compressed refrigerant gas exiting the compressor is
condensed by an overhead air cooler. The condensed refrigerant
enters a receiver and is then sent to a flash drum. Vapors from
the flash drum are directed to the second-stage suction of the
compressor through a side-load nozzle. The liquid refrigerant
in the chiller (evaporator) exchanges heat with the circulating
The chiller is located within five feet of the compressor
suction. Its vapor section is connected to the
compressors first-stage inlet flange with a short,
straight-run pipe. The inlet throttle valve is a butterfly
type. Fig. 1 shows details of the simplified
compressor loop schematic. Similarly, the arrangement of the
compressor train is illustrated in Fig. 2.
The cooling load for this compressor fluctuates with the petrochemical plants
production rate. For continuous refrigeration capability, vapor
in the condenser must be condensed at the same rate as liquid
refrigerant is vaporized by the evaporator. Because the
condensing temperature of the air cooler depends on the ambient
temperatures, the refrigeration capacity of the condenser
changes with increasing and/or decreasing condensing
temperatures. When the cooling water flowrate through the
evaporator increases in conjunction with hot summer days, the
compressor operates at peak load.
The machine is critical equipment and without a spare; thus
this refrigeration compressor train is included as part of the
periodic vibration analysis program conducted by the
plants condition monitoring and asset reliability unit. Since the first
start-up, this machine has operated normally, as evident from
steady-state vibrations, bearing temperatures, thrust positions
and the other measured process parameters.
However, the first signs of deviation from normal operating
conditions became obvious when a step rise in the
compressors vibrations was observed (changing from 21
microns peak-to-peak to 26 microns peak-to-peak) with dominant
peaks occurring at 1x and 2x, together with a cluster of
sub-synchronous frequencies of 0.3x, 0.5x, 0.8x, 1.5x and 2.5x
at the discharge end of the radial bearing.
After analyzing the vibration spectrum, these frequencies
were attributed to unbalance and mechanical looseness in the
rotor. The alignment of the train had been checked during a
recent outage of the chiller circuit, and it was within
specified tolerance. As such, angular and/or parallel
misalignment was not considered to be a contributing factor for
increased vibration. After experiencing signs of rotordynamic
malfunction, vibrations and thrust position of the compressor
were closely monitored. During this period, the axial position
of the compressor rotor had changed in the active direction
only by a small amount0.002 in.
In parallel to the vibration analysis, compressor
performance calculations were also done using data collected
from the plants distributed control system (DCS). The
results were compared with performance curves supplied by the
manufacturer. It was soon revealed that the calculated head and
efficiency were much higher than the values at the rated point.
Secondly, the flowrate associated with calculated values was
far to the right on the head (H)-flowrate (Q) curve. This
circumstantial evidence indicated that the compressors
impellers were operating in choke. In addition, there was a
possibility that liquid was present in the suction gas because
the gas exiting the evaporator had no superheat. In addition,
the motor current was also recorded, which confirmed that the
compressor train was operating in overload condition.
The unit was shut down after four days due to increasing
amplitude, reaching 31 microns peak-to-peak. The steady-state
vibration level of the compressor in the preceding months was
21 microns peak-to-peak, maximum. The compressor was decoupled,
and alignment readings were recorded. The compressor was
disassembled for inspection, followed by rotor removal. A
thorough examination of the rotor showed that two vanes in the
third-stage impeller were partially detached from the cover at
the weld joint. This condition explained the presence of
unbalance and mechanical looseness related to peaks in the
vibration spectrum.
Rotor damage. Minor circumferential
abrasion scratches were noticed on thrust bearing pads and both
radial bearing surfaces, a condition often caused by dirt or
debris passing through the oil film. To eliminate further
abrasion damage, the duplex oil filters were replaced after
flushing the entire oil system. Lubricating oil was reused, as
it was determined that it had not degraded.
Evaporator. Inspection of the evaporator
showed no damage to the internals. However the
evaporators liquid-level controller was found to be
defective following a calibration check. This controller was
not able to maintain the set point, thus reporting incorrect
information to the plant DCS. Result: Some
liquid refrigerant remained entrained in the gas leaving the
evaporator. As this liquid absorbed the heat of compression and
evaporated, volume flow through the compressor increased, thus
overloading the last stage (third stage) of the compressor.
Sustained operating of the third stage at higher than the
design pressure gradient contributed to material fatigue and
initiated weld cracks.
After replacing the rotor and completing other maintenance activities, the
compressor was assembled. Calibration checks of instruments in
the compression loop were conducted, and the defective level
controller was repaired. Start-up of the compressor was normal.
The compressor now operates at normal vibration levels19
microns peak-to-peak maximum since the inspection/repair.
Figs. 3 and 4, respectively,
show the amplitude vs. frequency plots in X -Y directions for
each radial bearing before shutdown and after repairs.
In summary, the elevated vibration amplitude of the
compressor was an after-effect of distress in the third-stage
impeller. The level-controller malfunction and wrong
information collected by the plant DCS resulted in a
double-jeopardy situation.
In addition, the presence of liquids affected the density of
the refrigerant gas, compression ratio, volume flow and motor
load. Entrained liquid in the gas lowered the compressor
discharge temperature and, therefore, the calculated
polytrophic efficiency was higher (five points higher than that
corresponding to the rated point). Note: The
discharge temperature of a refrigeration compressor is not the
same as the condensing temperature. The condensing
temperature is governed by the temperature of the condensing
Unbalance and looseness in the third-stage impeller showed
the prominent effect on the vibration level on the closest
radial bearing (discharge end bearing).
As mentioned earlier in this article, the rate of
vaporization in the evaporator must match the rate of
condensation to provide a continuous refrigeration effect. The
higher the cooling load, the greater the flow velocity in the
evaporator and the higher the potential for liquid to be
entrained in the gas. It was recommended to plant operations
that the vapors entering the compressor suction should have a
minimum of 5° superheat. On start-up after the repairs,
between 5° and 7° suction superheat was being
maintained by the unit operators by adjusting the liquid
refrigerant level in the chiller (evaporator) for a given
cooling load. HP
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Hi Hamid, From Neetin's article it appears that the increasing in flow is due to evaporation of the liquid entrained in the suction gas when it encounters higher temperatures at the higher stages. The traditional H-Q curve for the compressor is only depicting the throttling curve for the compressor, typically the compressor responding to higher discharge resistance by reducing flow. In this case the evaporation within the compressor causes increase in volume flow using the internal energy of the vapourizing liquid. Further the compressor responds to the need to sustain the forward flow by absorbing more load fom the driver. Thus in this case the increase in pressure with flow may be understood as depicted in a typical system resistance curve rather than the compressor throttling curve. Regards.
hamid jahanian
1- I could undestrand with increasing gas density compressor discharge pressure increase but compressor head is constant at any specific flow rate according to H-Q curve but for this case with increasing compressor flow rate compressor head had been increased too.why?2-there was a butterfly control valve at suction line of compressor for modulating of compressor capacity but why this valve have not had any rule to supress the compressor increaded flowthank you
Patel Dharmendra R
Article seems informative & guiding too.
nice article. wish more of this!
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I have two dual-core Linux systems installed using Linux cgroups with relatively recent kernels; one is running Debian Squeeze, the other Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. I've gotten CPU load balancing with cgroups working a bit better on the Debian system despite its older kernel. But it's not right for everything, and the specific oddity I'm asking about here happens on both systems.
If you read Resource Management in Linux with Control Groups it gives an example showing how to reproduce the problem. Here's the Ubuntu version (run this as root):
cd /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu
[On Debian Squeeze start at /mnt/cgroups/cpu instead]
mkdir low high
echo 512 > low/cpu.shares
echo 2048 > high/cpu.shares
yes low > /dev/null &
echo $! > low/tasks
yes high > /dev/null &
echo $! > high/tasks
ps -C yes -opid,%cpu,psr,args
[repeat that a few times]
killall -9 yes
I was expecting the "high" process to be allocated more time than the "low" one; what actually happens with this test case is always more like this:
root@black:/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu# ps -C yes -opid,%cpu,psr,args
3105 88.3 1 yes low
3106 94.5 0 yes high
Where the times are almost equal. Here's my question: why is that happening?
In the presentation, this problem is shown going away by pinning each process to the same CPU; additional lines to test that:
taskset -c 1 yes high > /dev/null &
echo $! > high/tasks
taskset -c 1 yes low > /dev/null &
echo $! > low/tasks
ps -C yes -opid,%cpu,psr,args
[later, rinse, repeat]
killall -9 yes
The result then is what I was expecting to see all the time: the "high" process getting a much higher percentage of the CPU:
root@black:/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu# ps -C yes -opid,%cpu,psr,args
3128 83.3 1 yes high
3129 20.7 1 yes low
Explaining why this works would be a useful step toward figuring out why the earlier one doesn't too.


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That's not a valid rebuttal.
My point is, kids that have never played a first person shooter before would not run around like FPS Doug. Kids that have, when they grow up, stand a greater chance of being able to figure out where the 'enemy' is and not walk out into the middle of a street and get shot the fuck up.
Crouching behind a box is a n00b tactic anyway.
Are you going to die like a n00b?
I've always thought this yeah, nothing new, what is 'new' is merely something people can brag about or work to unlock.
Gone are the days of some kid making a map pack and running it on his server until enough people get it that it becomes popular. Now it's all about the 1800 point DLC's that .. make you buy more points than you want to spend.
I don't either but I guess when you look at it if everyone is playing BLOPS/MW3/BF3 .. what else can we play that people are enjoying apart from some lame penguin game
One of my friends owns a PS3 and ONLY CoDBLOPS way to be a dedicated gamer


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We all know that there is no "sucking", only pushing. So how are cooked spaghetti pushed into your mouth? The air pressure applies orthogonal on the spaghetti surface. Where does the component directed into your mouth come from?
When you perform the sucking action, a pressure difference is clearly created and maintained by your lungs between the surrounding air and the air inside your mouth. An important point to notice here is that the mouth must not too far open (a bit lets it work still), else the pressure gradient between inside and outside of the mouth cannot be maintained by the expanding lungs over any significant time period.
Firstly, observe that there is a normal force on the surface of the spaghetti due to (some arbitrary) air pressure. As I have just explained, there is a pressure gradient between the inside and outside of the mouth, directed inwards, hence there is a driving force inwards. Combining the two effects gives a net force directed at some angle to the surface of the spaghetti. Hence, it is an angled force, with some component pointing inwards towards the mouth, that pushes it in.
The component directed into your mouth comes form the different pressure between the outside and the inside of the mouth. If you create a difference in pressure of $\Delta P$ the force pushing the spaghetti in will be $\Delta P \cdot S$ where $S$ is the section of the spaghetto (or spaghetti.. depending how hungry you are;) )
If for example you create inside your mouth a void with a 10% efficiecy the difference in pressure will be:
$\Delta P\approx 1atm - 0.1atm= 10^4N/m^2$
If the cross section of your single spaghetto is $1mm^2$ the force pushing the food in your mouth will be 10 N: almost a kilogram!
You won't even need to be as efficient as 10% ;)
Since I'm not entirely content with the answers to date, here's my take - everyone seems to agree on the basics of forces generated by pressure differentials. If you took a rigid uncooked spaghetto with a cross section of $A$, the case is quite clear - on the cylinder's base in your mouth, a force of $p_{in} A$ is trying to push the spaghetto out, and on the other end, a force of $p_{out} A$ pushes it inwards. The forces generated by the pressures on the sides even out.
It becomes more confusing when referring to cooked spaghetti since a) the cooked spaghetto won't stick straight out from your mouth and b) we intuitively don't want it to transmit forces because "you can't push on a string".
However, these complications do not change the underlying principle. Imagine cutting the spaghetto right outside your mouth while you keep sucking on the inner part. Clearly, the free spaghetto wouldn't feel any net force from air pressure after the cut and just float away/fall down. By cutting, you have changed the total picture by adding $p_{out} A$ orthogonal to the cut surface, but removed the push of $p_{in} A$, so before there must have been a net force on this surface before if there is none afterwards.
I know that it's not the qusestion, but in this case it is much simpler to look at the basic thermodynamics - the system is basically a microcanonical ensemble, with $E = p_{out} V_{out} + p_{in} V_{in}$ under the constraint that $V_{in} + V_{out} = \mathrm{const}$, and if $p_{in} < p_{out}$, the minimum energy (and thus equilibrium) state is clearly that with $V_{out}=0$.
I think he is envisaging the spaghetti as a long thin cylinder. Air pressure can only exert a force normal to the surface, so the "push" has to come from the end of the noodle, which would seem to be too far away to transmit stress through such a squishy medium. Mechanical engineers sometimes decompose stress into pressure (a component uniform if all directions), and deviatoric, whatever is left to fill out the stress tensor. The later deviatoric stress would indeed not transmit well through the spaghetti. But as long as the medium is incompressible (like water) the pressure will be easily transmitted. This would also apply to compressible spaghetti, but the volume must change with a change of pressure.


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The 2011 El Salvador Cup of Excellence competition brought forward more incredible coffees than ever before, this complex, fruity and candy-sweet coffee from Finca Andalucía one of them. This organically certified coffee balances tangy acidity and smooth chocolate finish, and we're honored to be able to showcase it.
The Lima y Hermanos family farm known as Finca Andalucía is long known for its quality production of organic coffees. From Bourbon to Pacamara to new varieties, the farm has grown coffee conscientiously for around 70 years, earning the Mayacert organic certification and working locally to conserve natural rainforest lands and animal habitats. Its altitude, volcanic soil and carefully shaded growing areas are just some of the factors that contribute to the success of this great coffee.
This year at the Cup of Excellence El Salvador, there were an unprecedented number of coffees that scored well and were accepted as winners by the International Jury. At Dallis Bros Coffee we stay very connected to the Cup of Excellence program because of the coffee quality that is highlighted from the competition, and the way it helps encourage regions and growers. This coffee placed 34th in the competition, out of more than 40 coffees to score high enough (84) for the Cup of Excellence award, and 165 total samples submitted.
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A word to the wise: Drugs and alcohol are temporary anxiety relievers they will not permanently remove the sources of stress. That doesn't take into consideration what these substances may do to you and your baby. Never drink alcohol or take medication without a doctor's consent or prescription.Fast-Acting Stress Busters
- Thought StoppersIf you're worried about the meeting tomorrow or how you'll be able to pay for future day care, slowly pass the word "stop" through your mind. Replay the letters S-T-O-P over and over. Or count backward from five to zero. Imagine each letter or number in vivid color.
- Worry TimeWhen you start to stress about something, set it aside in your mind (or write it down) and then go back to your work. Set aside a few minutes every day to deal with your worries in a more productive way.
- AromatherapyUse highly concentrated oils from plants and herbs to relax, recharge, and increase your sense of well being. They are also good for dealing with environmental stress caused by loud noises and bright lights; physical stress from repetitive-strain syndrome, muscular fatigue, and backaches; mental stress created by financial and job concerns; and chemical stress caused by consuming too much junk food and coffee, or breathing polluted air in your office or factory. You can purchase essential oils in health, beauty, herb, and natural-food stores. Use these oils in your place of employment simply by placing a few drops of oil on your wrist or earlobe, in small humidifiers, light bulbs, spray atomizer, room diffusers, or in water bowls.
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The slope of a vector bundle E is defined as mu(E) = deg(E)/rank(E). Then a vector bundle E is called semistable if mu(E') ≤ mu(E) for all proper sub-bundles E'. It is called stable if mu(E') < mu(E).
I've heard that moduli spaces of stable and semistable vector bundles are somehow well-behaved, but I don't know why this is, nor do I know exactly what well-behaved should mean in this context. What goes wrong if we try to consider moduli of more general vector bundles? Moreover the definitions of slope and (semi)stable seem a bit artificial -- where do they come from?
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Sasol, the world's largest producer of motor fuels from coal, has a 50% stake in Arya Sasol Polymer Co., a $900 million Iranian petrochemical project. The company said last year it was putting the business up for sale. "Strategically it didn't make sense to stay," said CEO David Constable.
By DEVON MAYLIE
JOHANNESBURG -- Sasol on Monday said the company is in
talks with a buyer for its Iran business as the company
continues to prioritize investment in the US.
Sasol, the world's largest producer of motor fuels from
coal, has a 50% stake in Arya Sasol Polymer Co., a $900 million
Iranian petrochemical project. The company said last year
it was putting the business up for sale.
CEO David Constable told Dow Jones Newswires
on Monday the company now has a buyer and entered into
talks last month to finalize the deal. He wouldn't provide more
"Strategically it didn't make sense to stay," Mr. Constable
Sanctions from the US and Europe against Iran and the
resulting devaluation of the currency led to the company to
take a 3 billion rand ($327.6 million) writedown on the Iranian
business in the first six months of its financial year ended
Dec. 31.
At the same time, the company has placed more of its growth
strategy in the US. Sasol is building a two-phase
gas-to-liquids plant in Louisiana, which will produce 96,000
bbl of diesel and other fuels a day when it is completed. The
final investment decision is still about two years off for the
whole project, Mr. Constable said.
To help fund the Louisiana-based project, Sasol said it may issue
another dollar-based bond later in the year.
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politics push on bussiness. It is obviously moving opposite to free and open economy. I have been working in Aryasasol and as I could understand, sasol was qiet satisfied with this investment before being under US political threats.
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Area residents will have the chance to once again connect what was good from days gone by with what is good about today when the 141st-annual Jefferson County Fair opens Monday.
The rite of mid-August, which will run through next Sunday, will again bring friends and family together for a celebration of hard work and to recognize a job well done by everyone from farmers to students of agrarian sciences.
In this day of extreme specialization of everything in our daily lives, it's reassuring to know that the fair will offer something for just about everyone who visits Friendship Park in Smithfield.
There's the midway, of course, with its collection of rides and fair food. But the fair offers so much more. It's a chance for area residents to demonstrate their talents in baking, canning, sewing, knitting, animal breeding and showing. There will be competitions, from talent shows to cheerleading events.
If you enjoy watching a mud bog, tractor and truck pulls or an old-fashioned demolition derby, the fair has them. If you're just looking to sit back and relax by enjoying a pleasant late-summer evening listening to live music, the fair offers that.
If you enjoy the action at a livestock auction, or watching the annual parade, the fair will have you covered.
It truly is a chance to see the best our area has to offer, to enjoy the excitement shown by children who are enjoying a midway ride or to see the pride of area 4-H members as they show off their projects.
While a common complaint is that the world is changing too quickly in so many ways, the county fair remains a constant, a connection between 2012 and the 1870s.
That success is possible only through the efforts of the organizers and volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year to ensure the fair continues to grow.
We invite you to plan a trip to Smithfield this week and enjoy some old-fashioned fun at the Jefferson County Fair.


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Banshee has the ability to control its main window from the command line using commands like
$ banshee --next
However when running these commands over ssh as the same user it simply tries to launch banshee.
Is there a way to push through to the other session when logged in with an ssh session.
I'm guessing this is more of an ssh/tty thing than a banshee thing but if it can be done I'd love to know.
export $(strings /proc/*/environ| grep DBUS_SESSION | tail -1)
seems to work in my use case. Note there is a lot of permission denied output but you can ignore that.
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SFCC students join national movement that puts immigrant youth in the spotlight
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Luzhilda Campos, 3.8 grade-point average. Triple major in psychology, human services and Spanish language.
Jesús Chávez, 3.8 grade-point average. Psychology major.
Héctor Zambrano, 3.2 grade-point average. Architectural design major.
Campos, Chávez and Zambrano are all undocumented students who are enrolled at Santa Fe Community College. Along with high school student Udell Calzadillas -- 3.7 grade-point average -- they have joined a national movement dubbed "Coming Out of the Shadows."
They are asking the community to support comprehensive immigration reform and the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the Dream Act, which would provide a legal path to citizenship for youth who complete two years in the military or two years at an institution of higher learning, and fulfill certain other requirements.
In May 2011, the Dream Act was re-introduced to Congress by Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois and Democratic Rep. Howard Berman of California. Although the legislation has failed to gain enough support in Congress, several states such as California allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition and to qualify for some state financial aid.
In New Mexico, a student without a Social Security number also can pay in-state tuition.
"I have a dream of becoming somebody in the future, of being the example for my family," said Zambrano, 20. After working in the hospitality industry, he knew he didn't want a future there, he said. So he enrolled at the community college and plans to keep working toward a four-year degree.
"Sometimes I question myself. Should I keep studying? For what? I won't be able to work," Zambrano said. "But I'm still here."
Young adults like him have joined "Coming Out" campaigns in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York to push the campaign's slogan: "Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic."
According to the Immigration Policy Center, an estimated 2.1 million of nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants are children and young adults who would be eligible for the Dream Act.
The Immigration Policy Center's research also indicates that only between 5 percent and 10 percent of undocumented high school graduates attend college -- not because they are unmotivated, but because they either cannot afford the tuition or because some schools do not accept students without Social Security numbers.
"Because of the barriers to their continued education and their exclusion from the legal workforce, many undocumented students are discouraged from applying to college," the center's report states.
Juan Carlos Deoses, 22, New Mexico Dreamers in Action coordinator, said undocumented college students can't reach their full potential because the law prohibits them from getting the nine-digit Social Security number that employers ask for.
"We are empowering and inviting New Mexico students to share their stories," Deoses said. "We are tired of not being able to work in the careers we are trained for."
When Jesús Chávez realized that being a dishwasher and a waiter was not what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he decided to enroll at the community college. He wants to become a psychologist to help people with alcohol and drug addictions.
Udell Calzadillas, 17, is currently a senior in the MASTER's Program, a local charter high school. After high school, he wants to have a career in international relations in order to influence the political system, he said.
Luzhilda Campos, 23, said she will keep sharing her story, full of triumphs and challenges. Her parents brought her to the U.S. when she was 4 years old, and since then, she's pushed herself to succeed. By the time she graduated from Pojoaque Valley High School, she had participated in school programs leading to national certifications as chef, translator and tutor.
But it wasn't until December 2010 when she finally realized how much her family's legal status affected their ability to access services. Her mother urgently needed bladder surgery but did not qualify for any financial assistance to cover the cost of the operation. So Campos, who was attending school full-time, found three jobs. Two weeks ago, she finished paying off the last of the $26,000 in hospital fees accumulated from her mother's hospital stay.
Campos said she's proud of being a Mexican immigrant and is "thankful to this country for all I have." But, she added, "We're going to demonstrate that we can beat the odds, that we want to create a different future for us."
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Antioxidants basically neutralize free radicals in your body by providing them with the electron they are missing (remember chemistry class). Free radicals are dangerous to have in your body because they are missing an electron. They float around your body looking to steal an electron from something. If it steals it from a healthy cell, there is a chance that the cell will mutate (that can cause a number of bad things, including cancer). Antioxidants have an extra electron. When an antioxidant meets a free radical, it gladly gives its extra electron thereby rendering it harmless. I don't know if it will boost your metabolism or not, but getting plenty of antioxidants is critical for long term helth.


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I have a quite simple problem but somehow I just fail to solve it.
There is a polygon and a range xsize and ysize. The x and y size determines the mapnik generated image.
The polygon should now be made to fit best, by deciding if:
- it is good already or
- a x and y swap and later rotation by 90 degress would make it fit best.
Boundary box and Envelope is given, so no problems there.
The problem is realy just the rotation criterion which I'm lost in.
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|Uchiha Saki here! Feel free to put any art here ya like as long as has to do with me and my family. (it can be Madara's family too if ya must.)
G- Their Memory"Holy crap its cold!" Ria whined as he clung onto his gray blanket for dear life, one thing he and his father shared besides their love for ramen and tendency to be hyper active both dreaded the snow. He just couldn't take the ice, the cold breezes, if weren't for gifts, food and mistletoes seeing two mismatched people bound together by a cursed plant they'd be nothing to look forward to.G- Their Memory by CookieZoela
"Quit your whining Ria, we have work to do" Amaya reminded as she playfully began pulling on the blanket, his grip on the warm sheet tightened and he ended up being pulled to the ground onto his side still holding onto it for dear life. "You've got to be kidding me, It's not that cold Ria"
"Says you! You're wearing a jacket!" He said his voice still in its whining tone making reference to her opened white long sleeve sweater.
"So are you" Remembering that he himself had been wearing a black long sleeved sweater closed along with froggy socks.
"Mine's defective!" Groaning she brought up
Saki here once again! Just a reminder, what ever art you put here has ta de'l with me and meh family! Such as me ma , me dad , me sister , and then Suzu-Chan's "false" family.
*sigh* nothing Madana!
Oh and here's info about me! ninjaoc.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_… .ANYWAY YEAH THERES SOME AWESOME NEW FICS ON THE WAY..
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others have their benefits...
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I would like to use some KDE Plasma Widgets but don't want to install KDE and don't want to lose my current Gnome setup.
I hope it isn't that late for this answer, but for new users looking for a way to run plasma widgets on gnome, this is what worked for me:
Your plasma desktop will change the background and show the low side panel with KDE gadgets, which can be easily deleted if you don't wish to carry it up by right clicking on it and choose "Delete this panel".
My desktop looks like this:
After that, just right click on the plasma desktop and choose "Add widgets" from the menu in order to be able to add, install and/or manage your widgets.
NOTE: I am using emerald theme manager with the "tron legacy" theme installed in order to decorate my desktop.
I personally don't find these widgets useful but it looks awesome. I must warn you that you will need lots of RAM in order to manage both desktops at once, my 4GB DDR667 is doing a great work but it takes 75% of the RAM when both desktops are opened with just a few gadgets, nautilus and dolphin working, a web browser, chat and a terminal. Just for your consideration.
Good luck!
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WLU Student Charged in Florida Murder
WEST LIBERTY – Officers with the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested West Liberty University student-athlete Vernon Dunnom Friday for a murder he allegedly committed last month in Florida.
Dunnom, 24, of Miramar, Fla. is being held without bond in the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville. He will remain incarcerated, pending an extradition hearing before an Ohio County Circuit Court judge next week.
The U.S. Marshals Service in Florida contacted local colleagues Thursday night to alert them that Dunnom was in the area, and possibly a student at West Liberty, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chad Simpson said.
Marshals, along with West Virginia State Police and officers from Moundsville and West Liberty police departments, attempted to contact Dunnom at his room in Beta Hall on the school's campus Friday morning. Dunnom was not in his room, but officers soon located him on another floor of the building and placed him under arrest.
Following his arrest, Ohio County Magistrate Joe Roxby arraigned Dunnom on a fugitive from justice warrant out of Dade County, Fla. Law enforcement officials there want Dunnom on charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.
After inquiring about the charges for which he was arrested, Dunnom told officers he has not been in Florida in more than a year, Simpson said. Simpson also said he believes that because of the seriousness of the charges, Miami detectives are traveling to the jail in Moundsville to interview Dunnom before he is returned to Florida.
According to the West Liberty athletics website, Dunnom is a junior on the school's football team. The website lists Pittsburg, Calif., a San Francisco suburb, as his hometown.
West Liberty Director of Media Relations Maureen Zambito offered the following comment: "West Liberty University has and shall continue to respect the federally protected rights of its students. In addition, we shall continue to investigate credible allegations involving our students and take appropriate action."
According to court documents, police believe Dunnom and another suspect attempted to rob two men on Nov. 16 in Miami Gardens, Fla. During the robbery, Dunnom and his fellow suspect allegedly shot the victims multiple times.
One of the victims died, while the other was able to recover from life-threatening injuries. The surviving victim identified Dunnom in a photograph as the man who shot him that night, documents state.


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Members of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church gathered April 14 to pay tribute to the eldest members of the church, with a program entitled "Remembering Our Past, Honoring Our Present, and Celebrating Our Future."
Eleven members of the congregation, ranging in age from 82 to 96, were honored during the program. They include Huretta White, Beulah Benson, Burnez Brown, Carrie L. Waiters, Almetta Cunningham, Creola Moses, Idell Waiters, Charlie Smith, Oscar Hall and Jerry Mingo.
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The Hinson Girls went to Hartsville and came home state bluegrass champions.
The four sisters – Katelyn, 12, on mandolin and lead vocals, 14-year-old twins Allison and Melissa on banjo and bass, and Kristin, 17, on guitar and fiddle – won the band contest at RenoFest on the fourth weekend of March.
The festival is named for Don Reno, a bluegrass legend from South Carolina.
By Michele Roberts
For The Lancaster News
It only takes watching the 6 o' clock news or picking up a copy of the newspaper on any given day to find out that some sort of violence has taken place somewhere in the county, state, country or some other part of the world.
But what if violent tendencies were not limited to just select members of the population? What if every individual in the world gave in to thoughts and acts of violence? One local author considered that fact, and wrote a book in which such an apocalyptic situation becomes real.
Jackie Summers has never been on a hot air balloon ride before, so she added that to her bucket list. On the morning of April 13 she got her wish.
Robert Summers set up the event for his wife, who has a form of cancer. Robert brought a Relay for Life sign with the words "Doctor Driver" to take with them in the basket.
Editor's note: The Lancaster News is tracking the progress of Katie Stogner and Jeff Holden as they undertake the Island Sun Tanning and Fitness 12-week Challenge for 2012. Here is their third progress report. You can also follow their progress at stevelewisplan.com.
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We just finished week seven of the challenge and while I am still so happy I did this, I am realizing why it is called a "challenge" now.
Robert Howey
Each spring, Donna White, with the help of her committee, turns a negative into a positive.
The date for that switch this year is April 14.
That's when the sixth annual Run for Ryan, a Kleine-Levin Syndrome fundraiser and awareness event that includes the county track meet, will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lancaster High School track.
By now, most New Year's resolutions have fallen to the wayside.
I make them every year. This year, after much thought and soul searching, I decided to tackle the hardest resolution of them all: I'm reducing the sodium in my diet.
As far as resolutions go, it doesn't have the popularity of "losing 10 pounds," "paying off debt" or "reading the Bible through."
Editor's note: The Lancaster News is tracking the progress of Katie Stogner and Jeff Holden as they undertake the Island Sun Tanning and Fitness 12-week Challenge for 2012. Here is their second progress report. You can also follow their progress at stevelewisplan.com.
Katie's story
Four weeks down and I am so glad I did this. I have made some serious progress already, although I have a long way to go. I tend to be a little impatient, so to finally see some significant changes really helps me focus.
NASHVILLE – When Lancaster native Kassie Jordan hits the stage with her band, she knows immediately who the movers and shakers along Music Row are.
Hailed by one critic as "one of the hardest working girls in music around Nashville and a force to be reckoned with," the 2000 Buford High School graduate just released her first CD, "Timing," on Feb. 19.
Sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office, we were indeed waiting our turn.
I glanced up to see a ghost from my past, whom I hadn't seen since making the final arrangements for my mother and father so many years ago.
My son was oblivious to the man's presence and was engrossed in a story about the recreational upgrades for Indian Land in Wednesday's copy of The Lancaster News.
I nudged my boy and asked, "Hey, you know who that fella is?"
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BELLAIRE Monday night, officials with the Bellaire Village School District will host a planning meeting to discuss the plan of action in drumming up support in another attempt at getting village residents to pass an emergency funding levy.
For those keeping track, this is the district's sixth attempt during the last three years.
The first two, similar to the 8.23-mill levy voters will vote for against in May, were property levies. The third and fourth attempts came in the form of an income tax. The most recent attempt in November, an 8.7-mill levy, fell to defeat by 600 votes.
It's not that Superintendent Tony Scott and district officials lack the ability to take no for an answer.
But the district's financial woes are such a point that further counts are not possible while still maintaining the quality of educational services and opportunities currently available.
"We thought we had a good chance of it passing last time," Scott said. "At this point, no doubt the people understand the need.
"But we need to get the community to rally around us."
That's the premise around Monday's organizational meeting inside the high school cafeteria which gets under way at 6 p.m.
Scott said the purpose will be to form sub committees that might each tackle different avenues of getting the word out and impressing the importance of the levy's passage.
"We're looking to form committees for fund raising, voter registration, sign making, possibly a student committee and door-to-door campaigning and information.
"A group to work with the newspaper, make letters of support and design a signature ad and other flyers and pieces of information.
"Plus, figure out any other ideas that we can come up with to branch out from our steering committee and get other people involved."
Scott noted that if anyone wished to be involved in the campaign but is unable to attend the meeting that hey can call Scott at his office.
The district has certainly done its part.
The last three years, in order to tighten its finances, the district has eliminated four administrative positions, 36 teaching positions, the school resource officer and 16 classified positions for a savings of nearly $4 million.
These moves were necessary because the district hasn't had an operating levy pass since 1976, then a continuous 8 Mill levy.
The next closest in terms of length of time since the last levy was passed is Shadyside in 1992. All other Belmont County school districts, along with Harrison Hills in Cadiz, have had one, some even two, levies pass.
The levy will generate $976,000 in funding that will provide a huge boost to the district's finances.
While still in fiscal emergency as designated by the state, the light at the end of the tunnel is approaching. However, reaching that light is nigh impossible without support from the community.
Scott said it's not just about injecting additional funding into district coffers. It's about providing the level of educational opportunities that the district's students deserve.
The district has been rated excellent two of the last three years after receiving the scores back from its state testing. Technically, the students appear to be doing fine without the money. Why is more money then needed?
To Scott, that's a fair question.
"We want to give our kids more opportunities," Scott said. "Yes, they are performing well on test scores but what's coming down the pike is the new curriculum that will change the entire ball game the common core curriculum which is a nationwide approach for all kids.
"Part of the testing will be dependent on the kids utilizing computers. If we don't have the computers that work or the opportunities for kids to get on them, that will put them at a disadvantage.
But that's just a small part."
The district also wants to return offering full programs in physical education, music and arts, especially in the younger grades. Currently, those are offered, but in diminished capacity with regular classroom teachers instructing the specialized content areas.
"We're doing the best we can, but you wouldn't want an art teacher of a physical education teacher teaching your children reading, writing and math. You'd want certified, highly qualified teachers and those avenues, art, music and physical education, are important for kids," Scott said. "Different kids respond differently to different interests that they have. One may enjoy and excel in social studies. But another may excel and enjoy art. That's where they may shine and where their creativity comes from.
"We want to make sure we can educate the entire student."
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Many attended GFWC convention
MOUNDSVILLE - Many members of area chapters of the General Federation of Women's Clubs- West Virginia attended the 99th-annual Northern District Convention, Oct. 13 in Moundsville.
Jo-Ellen Wright of the Weirton Woman's Club, presided over the meeting.
State officers present included Carol Allen of Princeton, state president; Helen Moren of Bethany, state recording secretary; and Betty Long of Bluefield, state corresponding secretary.
The McMechen Woman's Club was the host club, with Cassie Sherman, the club's president, serving as convention chairman and Kathy Vani as registration chairman.
A moment of inspiration was led by Sherman, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and Club Collect, which was led by Ina Polsinelli, past district president. Rules of convention were outlined by Parliamentarian Alice Mitchell of New Cumberland.
The keynote speaker was Allen, who stressed the importance of increasing members and spoke on her special project, diabetes. Clubs will be raising money to send children to a Camp KNO KOMA, a weeklong camp for juveniles with diabetes.
Wright announced her project is hunger.
District officers who gave reports were Moren, Sandy Smith, Lexie Hanket and Dorothy Hawkes of New Cumberland.
Mitchell, Hankett and Diana Durst of Weirton were elected to the nominating committee.
Club presidents who outlined their activities for the year were Moren, Linda Viderman of the 20th Century Club of Follansbee, Hawkes, Sherman, Hanket, Lynette Williams of the Civic League of Warwood, Norma Schoene of the Tuesday Arts Club of Moundsville and Deloris Partoric of the Weirton Woman's Club.
Reports were presented by the following district chairmen: Durst, conservation; Shirlee Baltich, home life; Carmel Esposito, public issues and the state scholarship fund; Jamesie Beecroft, bylaws and standing rules; Sharon Neeley, fundraising; Debbie Puskarich, advertising; Shoene, the president's special project; and Betsy Wells, arts and crafts.
The memorial service was conducted by Baltich. Schoene invited members to Moundsville for the 2013 district convention.
Library to show animated film
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the science-fiction adventure, "Men in Black 3", rated PG-13, at 1 p.m. Tuesday and the animated film "Ice Age Continental Drift," rated PG, on Dec. 15 at 11 a.m.
Call (304) 737-1551 to reserve a seat and popcorn for either free screening.
Library offers craft class
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Public Library will be offering a craft class for age 9 to adults on Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Participants will make an old-fashioned paper ornament. Stop by the library to see a sample.
Call (304) 737-1551 to register for the free program.
Bethany women take on projects
BETHANY - The Bethany Woman's Club, General Federation of Woman's Clubs, met Nov. 19 at Bethany Memorial Church with President Helen Moren presiding.
Devotions were led by Judy VanHorn, using a Thanksgiving theme. Reports were heard from Secretary Beverly Chambers and Treasurer Judy Pyle. Moren reported on the Connections program on Oct. 17 and Make A Difference Day.
The club delivered meals to 10 families in the community and on Nov. 13, a spaghetti dinner was held, honoring 14 veterans. Nine stockings were sewn and filled for Boatsie's Boxes to send to servicemen and women serving overseas.
Favors were made for Ann's Country Retreat and Valley Haven Nursing Home. Donations also were made to the window fund at Bethany Memorial Church, Anna Jarvis Home, Pearl Buck Foundation 1734 Society, Camp Mountain Heart, GFWC-WV Scholarship and the GFWC state president's project, Camp Kno Koma; and district president's hunger project.
The group's Christmas dinner will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bethany Memorial Church. Guests will include former Kiwanis members and community members.
Refreshments were served by VanHorn.


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15 Nov 2012 3:17 AM #1
Ext.Img not loading in device
I just testing the Ext.Img for my application, when I load image from internet, it shows both in browser and mobile device. But if I use local image, then it only shows in browser not in mobile device.
items: [
xtype: 'image',
height: 67,
width: 66,
src: 'http://www.sencha.com/assets/images/sencha-avatar-64x64.png'
items: [
xtype: 'image',
height: 67,
width: 66,
src: 'asset/icons/icon.png'
src: 'http://www.sencha.com/assets/images/sencha-avatar-64x64.png' is working fine.
src: 'asset/icons/icon.png' not loading in mobile device.
Please let me know how to fix this.
15 Nov 2012 5:08 AM #2
This is probably because the path to the image is wrong or the resource has not been included by the native packager. The packager, by default, only includes these resources (excerpt from app.json):
/** * Extra resources to be copied along when build */ "resources": [ "resources/images", "resources/icons", "resources/startup" ],
I usually put everything in resources/images. So I'm fine with the Sencha defaults.
19 Nov 2012 12:06 AM #3
Hi.. When I create application from Sencha Architect I dont get app.json file.. I only get packager.json using sencha build command. Is both are same?
19 Nov 2012 12:42 AM #4
I think you have app.json. Only it is generated / maintained by Architect directly. But when you have a look on file system level you should see it.
And no, it's absolutely not the same as packager.json.
19 Nov 2012 2:21 AM #5
I am just executing "sencha package run android_config.json" command and generating".apk" file.
This .apk file I am coping to my android mobile device.
Once installing there.. I am not able to see the images.
19 Nov 2012 2:59 AM #6
You are correct - my apologies. I thought that it's handled the 'normal' way.
I upgraded my Architect to V2.1 (haven't used it for some time now) and did a quick test. Within my project structure I created a folder called images and put an image "image01.png" in there. Then I dropped an image component into a panel and put as source "images/image01.png". The image was shown in both architect and in my browser. Then I published the project and everything was still fine.
19 Nov 2012 5:03 AM #7
Did you tried creating package file (.apk) file.
19 Nov 2012 7:09 AM #8
yes, and I can see the image in the app on my smartphone.
Initially I had a few problems. But after reading this http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...-Sencha-Cmd-v3 and a few trials I managed to build the apk from my little Architect project.
22 Nov 2012 5:27 AM #9
Did Sencha Architect created app.json file for you?
If so can you give me the steps how you created .apk files and how app.json got created using Architect.
23 Nov 2012 1:00 AM #10


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Chrysler 300 Pedder's USA LX Suspension UpgradeWritten by on August 17, 2010 Contributors: Rich DeCrane Getting Rid Of The Play In Your Lx's Suspension
It seems that today's cars have more soften-the-ride suspension bushings than we can even count. What's even more surprising is how poorly these bushings actually perform when it comes to handling. Thankfully, there are companies like Pedders who identify the shortcomings these late-model cars suffer from and provide solutions for nearly every rubber piece on the car. They call it "Pedderising" and we call it "required."
If you don't know by now, the LX platform uses many parts from Mercedes-Benz. It incorporates the W220 control arm front suspension from the old S-Class and the five-link rear suspension from the old E-Class, in addition to several other foreign parts, but we're here to focus on the suspension components.
It's because of this sharing with Benz's roots that we have a sophisticated, affordable rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan from Chrysler. But, it's also because of these roots that we have some room for improvement in the performance department. The Mercedes parts are designed to be comfortable, which means they were made with a lot of "play" in them. The entire rear assembly from the E-Class moves around considerably under acceleration in stock trim. Now imagine how much it moves around when you've installed a few aftermarket parts on it, and the Hemi is pushing more torque towards it.
This is where Pedders steps in. According to Pedders, just driving your stock LX car in a performance manner will wear these bushings at an accelerated rate, the results being reduced tire life and poor handling.
Up front, Pedders has come up with a correction for the front control arms' reputation for bumpsteer. Engineers say that the factory LX front suspension will alter toe as much as 15 mm under load, causing the tires to "scrub" and the steering to become less responsive. In some cases, the car will actually steer into a different direction because of the bumpsteer being so severe. The Pedders Bumpsteer Correction Kit claims it will reduce the tendency for toe-in and toe-out changes to within 3 mm. Additionally, front lower-strut mounts, front/rear radius rod bushings, and lower control arm bushings help to provide consistent suspension geometry under cornering, acceleration, and braking. According to Rich DeCrane at Precision, "The factory rubber bushings are weak, and will cause your alignment to fade over time. The Pedders bushings also allow a wider range of camber, so that you can dial in your alignment to suit anything from everyday driving to aggressive road race conditions."
The rear cradle certainly isn't forgotten, either. Pedders offers a rear camber-adjustable bushing since the factory bushings don't allow any adjustment-required for cars that are lowered-and the full gamut of control arm and rear cradle bushings to minimize cradle deflection. According to Pedders, even under normal driving conditions, the factory cradle will move from side to side, as well as fore and aft. This makes the car feel sloppy in corners, and once you feel a "Pedderised" car you'll know what you're missing. It also gets rid of the differential-killing wheel hop.
Last, but not least, the parts that steal the show are the Pedders Extreme XA adjustable coilover shocks for the front and rear. These shocks are 30-way adjustable, and unlike other shocks, you adjust the height by turning the body of the coilover and not the spring. This keeps the spring at its preload and doesn't compress it further to make ride height adjustments.
|Parts List
|Pedders Extreme XA Adjustable Coilover Kit
|Bumpsteer Correction Kit (Front)
|Front Lower Strut Mount (Front)
|Front Radius Rod Bushes (Front)
|Rear Radius Rod Bushes (Front)
|Front Lower Control Arm Bushes (Front)
|Front Upper Control Arm Bushes Adjustable Camber (Front)
|Rear Camber Link Adjustable Bush Kit (Rear)
|Rear Cradle Bushes (Rear)
Alignment Precision Motorsports gave us their alignment specs provided by Pedders to help them get the most out of the new products. These settings are a starting point to give car and shop owners an idea of where their alignment should be set. These are just ballpark numbers.
|OEM Alignment
|Front: 0.75
|Rear: 0.75
|Front: 10.00
|Front: 0.02
|Rear: 0.1
|Full Road Race
|Front: 1.00
|Rear: 1.50
|Front: 11.00
|Front: 0.02
|Rear: 0.1
|Full Drag Race
|Front: 0.50
|Rear: 0.50
|Front: 10.00
|Front: 0.02
|Rear: 0.1
|Aggressive Street
|Front: 0.75
|Rear: 1.00
|Front: 10.00
|Front: 0.02
|Rear: 0.1
Total toe is 0.20 degrees and thrust is set to 0 for all of the Pedders alignment specs.
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Here's every bushing that Precision Motorsports of Florida will be installing on the SRT8 300C. Each of these bushings will help minimize deflection of the parts and will increase performance and durability of the suspension components.This 300 already had Pedders springs and shocks but the owner wanted to correct the shortcomings in the factory suspension while upgrading to the adjustable Xa Coilovers.Scott Seifreit and Larry Neville start things off by removing the exhaust system to gain access to the rear cradle. The brake lines were then removed because the cradle must be lowered away from the car to remove the rear cradle bushings. This also makes the control arm bushings easier to access.The staff of Precision Motorsports designed this "homemade" cradle support in-house. It's fixed to a transmission jack and perfectly holds and supports the rear suspension cradle while it's being removed.With the cradle support in place, the bolts are removed and the shocks are loosened from the body, and then the guys removed the rear cradle and transported it to an open area.Once the cradle bushing was treated to a few sessions of the cutoff wheel, it was ready to be removed by yet another in-house tool.
The remaining bushings are simple to replace. The crew takes out the rear control arms to replace the eight bushings housed in the four control arms.Here's the camber-adjustable bushing that will be installed loosely in a temporary position before being taken to the alignment rack for the final camber to be set. Notice the offset metal insert inside.The new Pedders cradle bushings literally slide in and the cradle is ready to be raised back into the car. The shocks are attached to the cradle before being raised to make installation easier.These spring-perch adjusters will determine the car's ride height and are hung on the body before the cradle is lifted back in place. This is a remote-perch coilover. Some coilover systems feature the spring over the shock body in the rear like the front, but it's usually not used in the rear because of the vehicle's design.They put the cradle back in using the transmission jack, and bolt everything down and reinstall the brake lines.With the back of the car taken care of, it's on to the front. The front of this 300 uses Bilstein struts with Pedders springs.
The Xa coilover is raised to the body with the strut mount attached, and the upper control arms were pressed in off the car.To make rear suspension adjustments easier, Pedders includes these remote adjusters that place the top shock adjuster within easy reach with the trunk open. The fronts are easily adjusted by popping the hood and turning the tops that are clearly marked with +/-.


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6 Rulers Who Abused Their Power In Hilariously Insane Ways
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and awesome power corrupts awesomely.
Granted, it probably wasn't all that awesome living under these rulers, but it's a lot of fun to read about them from afar.
#6. Anna I of Russia: Kind of a Murderous Tom Green
Anna I of Russia (1639-1740) was either the meanest bitch in history or one of its greatest pranksters. Or both.
This story tells you just about everything you need to know about a woman who both had absolute power and was batshit insane: She once found out a nobleman had committed the offense of marrying a Catholic. In response she forced him to marry an old hag, then after the wedding ceremony dressed them up as clowns, paraded them through the streets with farm animals, stripped them naked and made them sleep in a palace made of ice. This was in Russia in the middle of winter, where taking a piss means you instantly have an icicle jammed up your urethra.
Her reign was one of terror, both in the general sense (she started that "secret police" thing in Russia) and in the humiliating sense. Anyone who even mildly upset her knew they were either in for a cruel mocking, or a horrific death (which we suppose she thought was all part of the joke). Overcook her food? To the gallows! Speaking against her? Off with your tongue! Political opponents and general asshats alike had made her endless hit-list.
"All y'all mothafuckas betta watch yo' fuckin' selves."
When she wasn't ordering random murder, she would randomly command a person to stand in a corner and impersonate a chicken or dog or cat; anything that she liked, really. Horrible? Yes. But which of us can say we wouldn't do exactly the same if given absolute power? We at Cracked salute her, out of fear and admiration.
#5. Mustafa I: Just Outright Refused to Leave His Room
Being in a position of power in the Ottoman Empire during the High Middle Ages was a lot like playing King of the Hill: Everyone wanted you off the throne so they could be the target of assassination plots and political upheaval. So when Ahmed I, Mustafa's older brother, took the throne, it was a tradition to kill off all members of the family who might want a piece of the power. However, Ahmed decided to spare his brother, locking him in his room for the rest of his life instead. Dr. Phil calls that "tough love."
Fourteen years later, Ahmed was overthrown by typhoid fever. Now without a cruel ruler, the people of the Ottoman Empire decided it would be best to put Mustafa on the throne, sure there would be no side effects from the whole "life in a cage" thing.
"I just might kill everyone."
Mustafa (1591-1639) ruled for three months, in which time he managed to reward a position of First Officer to a random farmer who offered him a drink when he was out one day. It was at that point when he was deposed, before he could bring the whole nation crashing down. Back in the cage he went.
His political career wasn't over, however, because his replacement was crazier. That would be Osman II (who was 13-years old at the time), who liked to practice archery with screaming prisoners as targets. He was caught trying to leave the country with the contents of its treasury, and sentenced to death. In the course of trying to execute him he killed six men, but finally was put down by "a combination of strangulation and compression of his testicles."
"You see, here, they crushed his tiny, tiny neck. And then they just went straight crazy on his junk."
And thus it was time for our favorite recluse to take the throne again. Except this time, he realized just how shitty a job being a sultan was, and absolutely refused to leave his room. It took a group of men with a long piece of rope, and several hours to drag him out. This lead to Mustafa's first official decree of his second reign: Everyone involved in his expulsion from the cage was to be executed.
The message sent was clear, and Mustafa was allowed to return to his cage. In hindsight, they probably should have locked it twice.
#4. Frederick William I of Prussia: Really Liked Tall Guys
Frederick William I of Prussia (1688-1740) had a hard-on for the military. He built the most powerful army that ever graced Prussia. Also, the tallest.
See, for some reason, Fred wanted himself an army with height. He liked to display his military power by making his tallest soldiers march around (assuming they didn't need to march through the average doorway), striking fear into those of short and average height alike. You have to admit an entire army of seven-footers would be terrifying, if not really, really obvious targets.
"Well this blows."
First he started recruiting tall men from his own country, but found that the regime was too small (remember, we're talking about every tall adult male in what amounts to Germany here), and started to recruit from other countries. And by "recruit" we mean "kidnap random tall men in the dead of night, and maybe burn down the hometown if the inclination was felt."
Despite this being a pretty severe crime by any standard, he got away with it in part due to the army of Wilt Chamberlains he was amassing.
Jesus, what an awful picture of Wilt Chamberlain.
Once Europe's biggest and tallest were all under one roof, they were made into Potsdam's Giants, a special section of the army. So special, in fact, that they never even fought. They were "too valuable" for Fred to risk, so that's why they wound up continually parading around his palace and, when he was ill, marching in his own goddamn bedroom.


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With the announcement of Facebook.StackOverflow, what are the critera/how does one go about getting a new mini-site created?
Assuming that it is not possible today, are there plans to make it so in the future?
With the announcement of Facebook.StackOverflow, what are the critera/how does one go about getting a new mini-site created?
Assuming that it is not possible today, are there plans to make it so in the future?
Facebook Stack Overflow is our first experiment with mini-sites, so we're still figuring these things out.
I hope our formal partnership with Facebook will give us enough runway to work out all the little kinks that might kill less "sure thing" sites (for the record, this idea has been kicked around since long before any partnership was in the works; though the pilot tag set was never set).
We don't intend to launch any other mini-sites until we're confident that Facebook Stack Overflow is working, and not obviously a fluke.
Once/If that's the case, we'll work out the exact method for deciding if a mini-site is merited. Ideas that have been floated include: proposals closed on Area 51 as duplicates of Stack Overflow, new (explicitly mini-site) proposals, internal curation, and dowsing.
We know that we don't want to encourage factionalism, so the community overlap with Stack Overflow needs to be total. Likewise, trivial mini-sites of one tag (java, .net, and so on) are obvious non-starters. A lot of other stuff needs to be figured out, and we're only going to really get answers by watching and tweaking Facebook Stack Overflow.
One thing that will never be sufficient is cutting a check*. We tried that with SE 1.0, and it doesn't work. Facebook could have driven a dump truck of money to 55 Broadway, and without the already extant Facebook community on Stack Overflow all that would have gotten them was an opportunity to taunt the brokers.
If you're looking to get a personal Stack Overflow mini-site, that is unlikely to ever happen. The same is true for any company that isn't a "major software development player," and even those would already have to have an independent Stack Overflow presence.
Of final note, we don't foresee any Stack Exchange site other than Stack Overflow having sub-sites. The kind of traffic and size of community that we strongly suspect are needed to support them are a (good kind of) "big city problem", that only Stack Overflow has at the moment.
*I eagerly await the snarky "we know they gave you $$$ to sell-out" comments.
See Stack Exchange Podcast #7 --
Related: Why is the Compiler Design proposal on hold?
I highly recommend skipping to that section of the podcast to hear my explanation. Starts at around 13:45.
Contact Stack Overflow to partner with them (read: give them a lot of money).


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SAN ANTONIO (January 26, 2013) – San Antonio Rampage general manager Mike Santos announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has recalled from loan forward David Pacan from the team's ECHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones.
Pacan, 21, leads the Cyclones with 35 points (10 goals, 25 assists) in 36 games. The 6-foot-3, 205 pound forward played in three games for the Rampage this season from Nov. 25-30, recording two assists for his first professional points. A sixth round pick (177th overall) of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Pacan spent the last two seasons with the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League and played in 133 games, recording 49 goals and 77 assists. During the IceDogs playoff run last year, Pacan averaged 1.00 points per game on eight goals and 12 assists in 20 games as the club made it to the Robertson Cup Finals.
The Rampage and Stars will wrap up the two game home-and-home series tonight (Saturday) at Cedar Park Center at 7:00 p.m. The Silver and Black will return to the AT&T Center on Friday, Feb. 1 for their third annual Pink in the Rink night to support breast health awareness. The Silver and Black will square off against the Rockford Ice Hogs on Pink in the Rink night at 7:30 p.m. on a KZEP Dollar Drink Night.
Individual, and season, tickets start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


text: Hi all. Am new here after just obtaining my new NN5 two days ago. Been previously using stitching to create large pixel images but now venturing into VR presentations. I have managed to create a VR movie but am having problems editing the nadir and zenith images. Would someone have directions to a tutorial or a guide on a step by step of how to do this? Tutorials that I have come across are not really complicated and seem to be geared to those not using custom VR heads like NN. Thanks for all and I look forward to a wonderful experience with the NN5


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Still Walking
"Transcendent.… Completely absorbing…while you're watching it, the rest of the world fades into irrelevance."—New York Times
"Tokyo Story…Ikiru…Sansho the Bailiff…Still Walking almost certainly belongs in those ranks—we are in the presence of a new classic."—Time Out New York
Beloved director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose After Life was one of the most popular films ever screened at the Wexner Center, returns to the forefront of world cinema with Still Walking. This exquisitely detailed family drama shines with warmth and understanding and was among many critics favorites from last year's Toronto, Tribeca, and San Francisco International Film Festivals. Lushly photographed, and with an expert script that incorporates elements of director Kore-eda's personal experience, Still Walking is a quiet pleasure unlike anything else you will see this year.
The plot takes as its point of departure the death of Junpei, the youngest son of the Yokoyama family, while rescuing another boy from drowning 15 years before the film begins. On the anniversary of his death, Junpei's emaining siblings visit the quaint home of their parents with their families in tow. Over the course of a beautiful day, new relatives become acquainted while telling stories, squabbling over sizzling tempura, and performing an elegant graveside ritual for Junpei. Still Walking recalls the delicate splendor of Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, as Kore-eda shows complete mastery of his characters while revealing the complex dynamics of an ultimately loving family with humor and warmth. (114 mins., 35mm)
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