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MITCHELL –Dakota Wesleyan University took time to honor and recognize several employees for their years of service, their credit to the university and to say farewell to those moving on to the next phase in their lives.
During the employee recognition banquet, DWU awarded Professional Excellence Awards for spring; the winners are Christine Mauszycki, accounting instructor, and Ross Cimpl, head football coach.
Mauszycki was announced as the winner of the Professional Excellence Award for faculty in recognition of her work in the accounting department, involvement in the community and willingness to assume new duties.
"Christine has single-handedly turned the DWU accounting program around in her two years here as a faculty member," states her nomination letter. "Students now remark on their clarity of understanding of the content of accounting as well as her passion in engaging teaching, applied learning, and up-to-date practices – all vital components of an accounting degree."
In addition to volunteering to take on adviser duties for the student group, Enactus (formerly known as SIFE), Mauszycki is also active both on and off campus.
"From her advocacy work for cystic fibrosis, her involvement in summer advising, the planning and budget committee, and the SIFE group, Christine models a commitment to sacrifice and service at the institution."
Cimpl was chosen for the Professional Excellence Award for staff. Cimpl assumed the position of head football coach spring 2012 and "has excelled in his role as football coach for the university this year," states his nomination letter. "Ross has worked tirelessly to develop a strong, disciplined team committed to excelling in the classroom as well as on the field. Ross recognizes that through athletics a student can develop strong leadership skills which have a life-long application. He has nurtured an outstanding group of young men, helped them focus their energies on productive outcomes, and built a program already being recognized throughout the region."
Cimpl has also doubled the previous fundraising done by the football team, assisted in fundraising for the DWU student ministry's mission trip this spring, and has led his team in a variety of community service initiatives ranging from clean-ups to support for cancer patients.
"Under Ross Cimpl's leadership the team GPA has dramatically increased, retention is the highest it has been in the last seven years, and more students than ever are excited about joining the DWU football program in the fall of 2013," states the nomination.
Other Professional Excellence Award winners this year were: Kim Mohr and Pat Belling for summer, and René Pruitt and Nathan Hofer for fall.
The Presidential Award for Outstanding Service was awarded to Brandon Vetter, campus pastor. This award is chosen through special nomination to the president.
"Brandon Vetter has been instrumental in transforming the spiritual and religious experience on our campus," states his nomination. "Since Brandon's arrival, he has quadrupled the attendance at the weekly worship service, expanded outreach ministries, doubled the mission trip experiences, and led the development of a Sunday worship service on our campus."
The nomination also pointed out that Vetter is a challenging instructor who integrates relevant and contemporary issues into the classroom and is highly respected by his students.
"Brandon has worked tirelessly to share and witness the Methodist commitment to justice, compassion and evangelization. His persistence in partnering with the First United Methodist Church led to the development of the Fusion worship service."
Service Awards
Length of service awards were also presented to the following employees: five years: Carena Jarding, assistant professor of nursing; Steve Gust, head baseball coach; Kate Miller, TRiO Student Support Services director; Jesse Weins, assistant professor of criminal justice and dean of the College of Leadership and Public Service; Theresa Kriese, vice president for business and advancement; and Eric Viney, head volleyball coach; for 10 years: Matt Moore, director of information technology; and Vickie Gukeisen, information secretary for advancement; and for 30 years: Beth Day, accounts payable accountant.
Linus Mayer, maintenance technician, will also retire this spring. Mayer has been with the university physical plant since 2007.
"Linus was a great employee; he was always willing to do whatever needed to be done, no matter what. He would come in to check buildings on weekends and at 4 a.m. for snow removal," said Louie Schoenfelder, director of the physical plant. "He has a great sense of humor, is a man of few words, but it was all in the delivery. He has retired to do some fishing, antiquing and drive tractor."
Farewell gifts were given to both President Bob Duffett and his wife, Connie, as they will be leaving DWU at the end of the month for Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., where Bob Duffett will assume the presidency.
Don Simmons, former director of the McGovern Center and dean of the College of Leadership and Public Service, announced his resignation in December. He was also given a farewell gift on behalf of the university. Jesse Weins, assistant professor of criminal justice, was promoted to dean for the College of Leadership and Public Service.


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Its wonderful unity of colours
Who create, design and apply all these beauties and wonderful colors? and for who these things are created? how all these things are serving for humen?
Love the colors.
Definitely going into my desktop backgrounds folder!
what an awesome pic !!! is.n't GOD great
Sorry I was in a rush, should have read all the comments, thank's Morgan Burton & Sandra Hickman for identifying it.
I was shure it was a Protea but could not place its name. "Pincushion Protea" (Leucospermum)
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The Picture of the mystery flower is very nice, I love it, but I would appreciate if some of those who comment on it would also think on identifying it, so we can put a name to it.
I suspect it is a kind of Protea?????????
Help identifying it!!!!
beauty at its best
WoW! Love this!
Nature at Work......Beautiful....The Colours..
Awesome colors.
very beautiful flower.
Great shot!! Glamorous colour...
Loved it!!!!! so adorable
A nice well composed shot. The flower is similar to the native grevillea species we have in Australia. Bees love them!
Beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing!
good one
outstanding! bravo
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Great clarity
Beautiful shot!
Leucospermum or Pincushion Protea, are great subjects for their contrasting colours and funky shape.
I really like the colours. Unusual shape but it's interesting.
A winner indeed! So unique, colorful, strange and stunningly beautiful!
Most beautiful Lovely photo
very odd flower. nice capture. has a slight vignette effect to it.
A truly great shot of a truly different kind of flower. Just dont forget the ant! Nature gives us all kinds of beauty to admire, and its needed for us to appreciate as much as we can with our eyes open, to take in some of the vast sights all around. Like this photographer did. Great work, Robyn. j.e.s..........
It defininately looks like our Pincushion Proteas here in South Africa. They are indigenous to the Eastern Cape and grow wild here. Really a beautiful protea but you do get them all over South Africa and do best normally in the dryer regions.
Truly beautiful and eye-catching!
Awesome picture!
Stunning photo!
Nice Click..I like this beautiful-awesome pic..
Looks like a Leucospernum sp. ("Pincushion flower"), which occurs in the Fynbos Floral Kingdom, Western Cape, South Africa, where I live.
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What a gorgeous flower and I have never seen this before, thanks so much for sharing it!
Very nice! I'm going out to see what I can photograph now.
Nice to see in detail.....WOW.........
Nice pic :)
wow ...i can't believe myself .....the image is stunning
Stunning picture, praise the Lord for creating nature and everything around it.
Beautiful *.*
Beautiful contrasting shot. All prays for the Creator.
A beautifully detailed shot. Terrific.
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Tennis - Girls Varsity
After building momentum for several years, the Bears' 2013 season was filled with highlights and established Berkshire as a premier program in New England. The team earned a regular season record of 11-1 that included wins over Kent, Taft, Westminster and Suffield, with the only loss coming in a competitive match against Class A champion Hotchkiss. Berkshire capped off the season with a run to the semi-finals of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference tournament that included an 8-1 quarterfinal win over Brooks.
With the 2013 team's #1, #2 and #5 singles players returning and a solid group of entering new students, the 2014 season is promising. More important than the wins is the approach the team develops in practice and then takes into matches. With an emphasis on the rewards of hard work, mental strength and sportsmanship, the individuals of the team support one another in bringing the most focused possible approach on court. The bonds of teamwork extend off the court as well and the players enjoy one another's company to the fullest, especially during trips to away matches which are always laughter filled.
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What is the fastest way to level up in Battlefield Bad Company 2 on PC?
Which kit usually yields the most points per minute?
What is the fastest way to level up in Battlefield Bad Company 2 on PC?
Medic is generally the fastest. Some people have actually complained about it on the official forums and requested a nerf for gameplay balance. Speaking as someone who primarily plays recon, though, I think it's fine.
Non-Medic-Specific Notes
Below are a bunch of notes about level the Medic class, but here are a few for any class.
Medics: Points
Kyle's list of points is correct, though I can confirm it's 20 points for a squad heal. So you can see the big points are to be had through revives, which not only get you points but win back tickets for your team, extending your chances of winning.
Watch for Opportunities
Assuming you're not playing hardcore (which has no minimap): when a teammate dies, you'll see a white defibrillator line on the map; when a squadmate dies it'll be bright green. Force yourself to keep watching the minimap until you're always aware of people needing revives nearby.
As I recall you also see a white bandaid icon flickering above people in need of a heal, and a white cross on the map for people who have specifically requested healing.
Leveling Medics: The Dark Side
I've often been the victim of a medic who was either reviving without thinking, or was playing for points without regard for the team.
If someone goes down in a barrage of fire you can revive them, often from partial cover, then run back into hiding to heal yourself... and watch your "patient" get killed in the same killzone where they died just a moment before. This makes points for you, and doesn't hurt your team's tickets, but it counts as a death for your patient (besides cheesing them off... especially if you do it a second time).
I've seen some medics do this in a major massacre, racking up points but not really helping the team. Some might disagree, and it's always context-dependent, but I feel at a certain point you just become a ghoul, gathering points from victims' dead bodies. Sometimes you need to let people die so they can fall back, resupply, and regroup.
So think before you rez.
Leveling Medics: The Light Side
Dropping a healing crate in a killzone, though, is perfectly fair, and much appreciated. Then you're not being a ghoul, you're keeping people from being dead.
When I play medic I always go for the extended range perk, which doubles the radius of your healing pack. This is another win-win: it'll greatly boost your points, and really helps your team.
Definitely the Medic. Once you have earned both the Med-kit and Defibrillator then you start to eat levels up.
Play in a squad and then the points will get even better. If I'm not mistaken, you'll get:
This leads to a lot of points very quickly, and mixed in with taking some flags and the odd kill here and there and you will gain levels very fast.
I'd say the Medic works quite well when you've gained the medkit and ability to heal other players and defib them. Be aware of enemy fire and heal your teammates quickly and drop medkits plentiful. The LMG's that go with the medic also have stopping power, allowing you to drop enemies fast.
The engineer is pretty good as well, if you stay with tanks/vehicles and keep repairing them when they get damaged you can rack up quite a healthy lead, especially if the person in the vehicle is on your squad.
Also on defense if you equip the mines and lay them at key road points (where you would normally expect the enemy to come down in a tank or jeep) you can rack up a healthy points/kills bonus there too.
I agree with others that playing as medic brings lots of points, but don't overlook the use of different weapons. With each weapon you try, you'll progress from getting a small number of points to thousands of points for the top skill levels. The awards are granted on the basis of the number of kills you get, so with all the different weapons there are tens of thousands of points to be earned just by switching up weapons and trying different things.
And be sure to focus on class abilities, particularly in squads as another suggested. When playing assault, be sure to toss lots of ammo packs. Your teammates will appreciate it, and you'll get points. As a medic, throw health. As an engineer be sure to repair vehicles. And as a recon, be sure to chuck sensors to reveal enemies. This is particularly effective when playing the "Rush" game mode. As soon as an MCOM has a charge planted, throw a sensor near it and you'll get points for all the attackers it detects when they're killed. You can rack up a lot of points that way.
I play engineer and recon the most i find it easier to level up using recon with more points per kill with headshots and spoting but you get more kills with the engineer and you can repair vehicles. Overall though i do find engineer the funest to play


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It is my backyard. Sorry I do not have a more interesting subject. The mess in the yard is because we are doing some renovations and our lawn mower broke (that is why there is a strip cut out in the grass). Anyways, here are the specs:
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One of the two gas tanks broke away from the truck in the San Pedro Xalostoc neighborhood just off the highway, setting fire to everything flammable in its path. The truck was identified as belonging to a company called Termogas, which distributes gas in several Mexican states.
By LAURENCE ILIFF
MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican tanker truck loaded with liquefied
petroleum gas crashed through a guard rail early Tuesday along
a highway just north of Mexico City, plunging into a poor
neighborhood and killing at least 22 people as the gas
One of the two gas tanks broke away from the truck in the
San Pedro Xalostoc neighborhood just off the highway, setting
fire to everything flammable in its path.
The Mexico state government on Wednesday gave a
preliminary death toll of 22, and said 32 others were being
treated in various hospitals, with ages ranging from eight
months to 74 years old. The driver survived and was in the
hospital under arrest.
The truck was identified as belonging to a company called
Termogas, which distributes gas in several Mexican states. The
company's website was offline Tuesday, and company phones
weren't being answered.
The driver, Juan Olivares, 36, was heading to Mexico City
from Pachuca, a city to the north, when he hit the center
divider, said Jose Luis Cervantes, assistant prosecutor for the
state of Mexico, the Associated Press reported.
Juan Valentin Maldonado Torres, 42 years old, said he and
his family were sleeping when they heard an explosion at around
5:30 a.m. and awoke to find their roof on fire.
"We ran, we ran for our lives," he said in front of his
destroyed home, which sits several yards from the highway along
a muddy stream.
His sons, age 3 and 5, ran for the door as he scooped up his
wife and 11-year-old daughter. The five slept in one room, with
the children on bunk beds that were charred to their metal
springs from the blaze.
Mr. Maldonado said five of the houses destroyed belonged to
relatives of his, and that two relatives had been taken to the
State and federal police, fire brigades, ambulances and army
rescue teams doused fires and rushed away victims following the
blast. Later, civil-defense brigades began to remove dead
animals, and the government electricity company began to
restore power lines.
President Enrique Pena Nieto said he ordered the
Communications and Transport Ministry to conduct a review of
conditions next to the highway to take measures to improve
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I have visited and driven in Mexico City, and the roads and traffic are terrible. A "defensive driving" course in Mexico will do you no good. The driver probably swerved to avoid a dog or a manhole (as the manhole covers are generally stolen and missing). All the regulations and training that have been mentioned don't apply in Mexico for the most part.
Adriaan Venter
Again, the police arrested the wrong person. They suffer from "Ignorentarrestpsycoli" they have to first find the following facts;- Is the truck equiped with a [IVMS] In-Vehicle-Monitoring-System, if not, the Company CEO is to be arrested for gross neglegence.- If the driver was overspeeding - the IVMS will tell- sure then he must be arrested. - What failed on the truck - Does the company has a datail A to Z Vehicle inspection regime: Pre- Trip Daily inspection; Weekly Inspection by qualified Mechanic, Monthly Bumper to Bumper Inspection by Auto & General qualified Mechanic. - If this company doesn't have an Inter- nationally accredited "Defensive Driving Course" for all truck operators, then lock up the CEO and throw the key in Atlantic Ocean. Course"- Was there any distraction on the road, Maybe a "Road-Pig" caused the incident.- Road Traffic Signs and markings correct and in place- Did the truck maybe had a tire blown? What is is the condition of the tires, Maybe recaps?, Maybe outdated? maybe zero traction, Maybe the wrong type of tires for the truck, i.e. winter or summer type ? Maybe over- or-under inflated, Air or nitrogen inflated? - Last but not least and may the MOST important: Why does LPG and other highly and explosive flammables allowed on a road that runs next to or close to suburbs. Tankers that MUST enter these type of suburbs need to be of the double-tank-shell specially designed road tanker type vehicles.These type of companies CEO's needs to be held accountable and not so much the vehicle operators.
Bilal AHmed Awan
Road Safety Training for the drivers is a must. Companies running LPG Transportation business shall adopt strict driving standards and regular counseling of their staff on safety precautions needed.
A. Aziz Ansari
LPG is very dangerous HC contents and this might be exploded and caught fire on continuous accumulation of HC leaked from the tanker and found ignition source in its way near the residences. If tanker is damaged or exploded then this might be the case of BLEVE which is a concern for the safety authorities checking and verifying the LPG lorries/tanker.
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CLINE, Edna A.. 86, of Bloomingdale, OH, died Wednesday morning December 5, 2012, at her home.
She was born in West Virginia on September 30, 1926, the daughter of the late James and Alma Layfield McNemar.
Edna was a graduate of the Hopedale High School class of 1944 and a member of the Unionport Christian Church.
She was also preceded by her husband of 65 years, Dale Cline on September 26, 2011, infant son, Gary Dale Cline, a brother, Delbert McNemar and a sister, Maxine Roush.
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Leslie Wayne reports on business, finance and politics for The Times. She has covered Wall Street, military contractors and aerospace, municipal finance and, during presidential election years, campaign finance. Since joining The Times in 1981, Ms. Wayne has worked mainly for the business desk in New York but was also posted in the Washington bureau.
An honors graduate of the University of Michigan, Ms. Wayne has an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University. She was a Walter Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia and was honored by the Bagehot program for her campaign finance coverage in the 1996 election.
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A law intended to prohibit bribery of foreign officials by United States businesses has led to more than $3 billion in settlements, but nine of the top 10 were with foreign companies.
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Short: How to trigger so called "flow" phenomena during everyday work routine (which is not really challenging)?
A bit more detailed:
On Wikipedia site about flow we can read:
Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does. [...]
We can also learn, according to Csíkszentmihályi, that we must meet following conditions to find ourselves in that state:
- Clear goals.
- Immediate feedback.
- A balance between opportunity and capacity.
Let's face the truth, often (at least in my case) we need to get things done doing jobs that are not really an opportunity. How to transform these task into challenging ones?


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Pavement Pounder 1957 Chevy Bel Air Power Tour Experiance - Make It Run And Live - Project CarWritten by on October 1, 2010 Contributors: Wes Allison, Mike Lane Rescuing An Old Hot Rod Project Car, Getting It Roadworthy, And Making It Survive The Power Tour(r).
This story is about the life of the Pavement Pounder '57 Chevy, a project car that shares a similar story to David Freiburger's Super Bee that we've reported on over the last three issues. Both were HOT ROD project cars, both were built in the mid-'90s, both were radical, and both, sadly, suffered the ignobility of storage and lost attention for more than a decade, which should show you that we're just like you. We know what it's like when other priorities get ahead of your pride and joy. When paint for the house is more important than paint for your car. When time for your career and family displaces time for your hot rod projects. But as with the Super Bee, we were persuaded to bring the '57 back to life after all those years of neglect.
The Good Times
The car took the better part of three years to build in the mid-'90s and spanned two years in this magazine. The plans for the '57 were created when Fastest Street Car racing was maturing. We wanted to build a car that demonstrated what we thought the Super Street class should be-small tire, all-steel cars with full interiors. The goal was to run 9s and be streetable enough to drive on Power Tour(r).
The Pavement Pounder is a bit of a history book now, but we drew on some of the best talent in the day to meet these marks. A 557ci big-block was built by Mike Blackstone with a hogged-out set of Brodix BB-4 heads and a huge solid roller cam that would force most lifters into early retirement. The results were impressive for that era: 893 hp and 740 lb-ft on pump gas. We backed that up with an ATI TH400, a 4,500-stall converter, and a Currie 9-inch. A Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive kept the rpm low on the highway, and we could use it between Second and Third gears on the dragstrip to turn our TH400 into a four-speed auto. Danny Scott built a slick 'cage that most people don't even notice until they stick their head in the car. He also installed and set up our S&W four-link rear suspension.
We drove from Los Angeles to Detroit on the '98 Power Tour(r), although we suffered a dead roller lifter. We hit our e.t. goal with 9.70s at 137 mph. We left the car in Detroit and used it as our driver when we'd visit the Motor City. Life was good.
The Decline
Then it happened. The engine developed a ticking sound. Before there was time to diagnose it, the author and owner of the car changed careers and moved across the country with a growing family. The Pavement Pounder and several other projects were slid silently into a barn and the door was locked. A year went by. Then two. Then ten.
The Challenge
In January, Editor Rob Kinnan challenged the author to get the car out of storage and do Power Tour(r) with it. By mid-March, we were committed to getting the car ready for the trip, but there was a lot to attend to. Not only did we have the gremlins that anyone faces when a car sits for a decade, but most of the driveline was made up of race car components that took years to figure out how to make play nicely together. We couldn't change any major components of the car without redoing just about everything. And we didn't even know what needed fixing yet.
A lot of people suggested that we just throw a crate 502 and a 3-inch exhaust in the car and drive it, but it was built from day one to be a badass, in-your-face street car. We've used plenty of crate motors, and we love them. But not for this car.
The Road to Redemption
Ten weeks before the '10 Power Tour(r) kickoff party, we freed the car from the corner of the shop and took inventory. Our naive outlook was that we'd find a broken valvespring, fix a fuel tank leak, change some fluids, put new tires on the car, and hit the road. Wrong! A peek under the valve covers did not discover a broken valvespring. Digging further reminded us that this car had hundreds of precision parts, all custom-machined to work perfectly together. Exactly what made the Pavement Pounder so cool and unique is what now made it so daunting to rebuild in a short time. Mild panic ensued and we called engine builder Kurt Urban to see if he'd help us with the engine. After sitting unloved for a decade, the Pavement Pounder was disassembled in a weekend and parts were sent in every direction to prep it for its next cross-country drive.
The mystery valvetrain noise turned out to be a broken tip on one of the titanium valves, and several others looked like they were on the way to destruction, too. We also found heavy scoring in the pin area of five of the pistons, probably due to the vacuum pump we ran on the engine (it was worth 22 hp but has a tendency to suck oil off the cylinder walls). The rest of the engine looked pretty good, but it would welcome a fresh set of rings and bearings.
While The Engine Was Out
The only known problem with the rest of the car was a leaky fuel tank (that and a big dent when the car fell off the floor jack while we were jacking it up to inspect it). Charlie Thurman at Superior Radiator built the original tank, and he was happy to knock out a replacement, as well as a new radiator, when we found ours full of corrosion from sitting so long without an anode. We checked the brakes and filled the master cylinder, put new System 1 fuel filters throughout the fuel system, replaced the 15-year-old Optima YellowTop battery, replaced the fluid in the TH400, and mounted a new set of BFGoodrich Radial T/A tires on the original Halibrand wheels. We pondered whether we should heed conventional wisdom, which says to replace any braided-steel fuel line that's more than about seven years old. Checking the calendar and our Visa bill, we decided to ignore it and see what happened. More on that later.
Engine Rebuild
We called on Comp Cams to deliver a valvetrain that was more durable on the street but not weak on the top end. Our request was the biggest solid roller cam the company had that wouldn't kill a set of lifters in 3,000 street miles, and Comp delivered (see the captions for details). Urban also recommended some other small changes and buttoned up the bottom end while we made final repairs on the car.
The Final Yard
In 1998, the Pounder was started for the first time at 5:30 a.m. the day we left for Power Tour(r). We didn't do much better this time around. The rebuilt engine was finally in the car and ready to fire at 10 p.m. the day we wanted to leave for the Painless Kickoff Party. We primed the electric fuel pump, and gasoline seeped from the carburetor feed lines. Remember those braided-steel lines we mentioned earlier? The rubber hose inside the braided-steel had decayed. We scrambled around the shop and dug up some equally old but unused braided-steel line to replace those short leads and just hoped the primary lines from the tank up to the regulators would make the trip. The seals in the Dominator carb were also shot from sitting so long, but we had a spare Dominator in the trunk that we had built for the '98 Power Tour(r), so we bolted it on, static-set the timing, and hit the ignition key. The 557 roared to life like it had been waiting for permission. At 12:30 a.m., we were ready to hit the road.
The Road to Power Tour(r)
We set out for the journey to Newton, Iowa, on the day of the Kickoff Party. We stopped just a few miles from the house to fill up the gas tank. Fuel pouring out of the tank when it was nearly full reminded us that we didn't hook up a vent tube. No biggie. We flipped the switch to get back on the road only to hear that slow, drained-battery crank. We bought a set of jumper cables at the gas station and bummed a jump from another customer. On the way, we performed a roadside exhaust repair, changed all the fluids one more time, and then stopped at Midwest Images in West Baden, Illinois, to fix the exhaust properly and install the fuel tank vent tube as well as a fire extinguisher because we still had a 15-year-old fuel line on the car-and we were ready to really join the Power Tour(r).
Cruisin' with the Tour
On the drive from Springfield, Illinois, to DuQuoin, we finally hooked up with the '10 Power Tour(r). We went from being the lone hot rod on the highway to being simply the loudest among a sea of beautiful street rods and muscle cars. It was like we had arrived home. We burbled along the traffic-stricken surface streets and cleaned out the carb's secondary circuits on the highway. That is what the Power Tour(r) is all about!
The next several days were a lather, rinse, repeat cycle of thundering down the highway to get to the next location, debating whether to wipe the bugs off the hood, and mingling with thousands of like-minded car nuts. We didn't run into anymore significant mechanical problems with the car other than a bout with watered-down gas. We also had fun with the Alabama heat, but the Pavement Pounder kept its cool and the highest the temperature gauge read was 190 degrees while sitting in traffic on one of the hottest days.
What's Next?
While the car did return to its storage location after Power Tour(r), the barn is more of a workshop than a storage facility now. The day after we got back from the trip, the primary fuel line gave up and puked fuel all over the ground. So we've got a minor repair to do. If you live in Michigan, you can see the Pavement Pounder at cruise nights and at the Woodward Dream Cruise. You may even see it pounding down the quarter-mile again at Milan Dragway.
Random Numbers and Interesting Stats
Now that the trip is in the rearview mirror, we can safely reflect on the adventure of driving the Pavement Pounder on the '10 Power Tour(r). These are some of the figures we found interesting as we tallied up the week-long adventure: 2,611 miles (from home to Tour, Tour, and back home)
• 10 states
• 258 gallons of 93-octane fuel
• 9 miles per gallon
• 1 gallon of water in the gas tank
• 15 quarts of oil (break-in oil, one oil change, plus an extra quart for good measure)
• 3 inches of rainfall
• 480 ounces of Coca-Cola
• 4 gallons of sweetened iced tea
• Dozens of old friends seen
• Hundreds of new friends made
• One exhaust muffler dragging down I-80
• One taillight disintegrated from being soaked in gas too many times (see below)
• 0 traffic violations
How to Pack a Trunk for Power Tour(r)
Most cars on Power Tour(r) are self-sufficient. You have to pack everything you'll need for the car and its passengers. We probably had a bit more equipment than most, since most of the Pavement Pounder uses specialized parts and tools. A compact tool kit with as many handtools as possible is a good place to start. We used a 227-piece Kobalt tool set that had just about every socket and wrench we'd need. We also packed our electrical tackle kit (blue Rubbermaid case) with tools and supplies to make nearly any electrical repairs. We purchased a rechargeable LED work light that also doubled as a lightsaber when fatigue gave way to silliness. There's the required car cleaning supplies: a California Car Duster, a bottle of Mother's quick detailer, Rain-X, and a bunch of towels. We packed enough racing oil for an oil change and quite a few extra quarts of race fluids, since they would be hard to find along the route if we needed them. This left just enough room for our camera bag and two duffel bags of clothes. The key is to keep things organized and contained so a roadside repair or the daily hotel migration doesn't require hours of sifting through the trunk.
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The engine needed more repairs than could be done in the car, so we took it to Kurt Urban Performance. Urban tore into the engine to see what was causing our valvetrain noise. What he found was a broken valve tip. These titanium valves were chosen for high rpm, but we knew they would have a limited street life.Urban disassembled the rest of the engine with morbid curiosity. It's not often that you tear down a race engine with this many street miles on it. Even though we had lost a lifter and cam in the motor, the bearings and machined surfaces looked good.Matt Summerfield at Comp would have preferred that we use a more conservative hydraulic roller camshaft for Power Tour(r), but we wanted to retain as much power as possible while also extending the durability. Summerfield came up with a solid roller (PN 11-774-9 with 260/270 degrees of duration at 0.050-inch lift, a 110-degree lobe-separation angle, and 0.670/0.670-inch lift) that delivered that crisp Pro Stock engine sound we remembered with awesome power throughout the powerband. The new cam (right) shed 10 degrees of duration at 0.050 and 0.080 inch of lift to be just a tad kinder to the lifters. The new cam was complemented by Comp's recently redesigned Endure-X lifters, pushrods, timing set, valvesprings, keepers, and retainers.The Pavement Pounder still had remnants of Mickey Thompson drag slicks in the rear wheelwells. With the engine parts on order, we had Superior Radiator make a new aluminum gas tank to replace our dented and leaking one. Chrysler PR guy Nick Cappa gave us a hand in the final days before Power Tour(r). He changed out the System 1 fuel filters and mounted the new tank. He borrowed the inner tube from a mountain bike to create gas tank strap sleeves. The 15-year-old Holley fuel pumps fired right up without a complaint.One of the issues we had when we first built the car was mediocre cooling while sitting in traffic due to the unshrouded flex fan. To solve this, we installed a Flex-a-lite dual electric fan setup that made the most of our available radiator core surface. PN 410 comes with a variable speed control adjustable thermostat (mounted to the left in this photo). This system senses coolant temperature with a probe in the radiator and can turn the fans on from 60 to 100 percent full power.Even though the tires had less than 10,000 miles on them, they were 15 years old. We were tempted to move up to 17-inch wheels but decided to retain the classic and timeless look of the car. Todd Ryden from MSD played pit crew for us, replacing the old tires with BFGoodrich Radial T/As: 275/60R15s out back and 215/65R15s in front.This is how we spent Memorial Day Weekend. With the Power Tour(r) Kickoff Party just a week away, Jeep designer Mark Allen (right) and Cappa helped us swing the motor back into the '57. What was panic just two weeks prior had turned into sheer adrenaline.The first stop on our journey was the local oil change shop. We had changed every fluid except in the rear differential. We didn't want to drop the 9-inch centersection to change the fluid, so we begged these guys to accommodate us, even though the car was too low to drive over their pit. The chocolate milkshake they siphoned out of the axle confirmed that this was a good call.Power Tour(r) should be an adventure, and there would be no adventure if it weren't for unplanned stops. The only major failure for us on the whole trip happened the first day. The rear tab mounting the passenger-side exhaust to the chassis broke, leaving the muffler and turndown dragging down I-80. While we snapped photos of the sunset, our copilot, Mike Lane, dug through the trunk looking for pieces to MacGyver something together.
We were pretty proud of our roadside repair. This held together for more than 500 miles until we could do a better job.We didn't know it at the time, but our troubles for the trip were behind us. We caught up to the Power Tour(r) pack and spent the next several days partaking in the glory of rumbling down streets and highways with thousands of other hot rods. The Pavement Pounder may have been the loudest car on Tour. Although we suspect there were higher-horsepower cars, we're not entirely sure about that.Driving Pavement Pounder is a rush-you're very much a part of this car as it bombs down the asphalt. The engine is solid-mounted to the 'cage and chassis via a motor plate, and you can feel the valve lash until the engine warms up. Because of the 'cage, there is no adjustment in the bench seat, and we wish there were about 3 more inches between the steering wheel, pedals, and us.A Dominator carb is designed to work at idle and wide-open throttle, and that's about it. We found two additional happy spots: one at 2,800 rpm and the other at 3,100 rpm. With the Gear Vendors engaged (the green light visible under the tach), 2,800 rpm put us right around 75 mph with our 4.10 street gears and 4,500-stall converter. A blip of the throttle at highway speeds shot the car up to, um . . . passing speeds . . . instantly.Naturally, making the gas gauge functional fell off the priority list. We ran out of gas just once. Moments after Mike asked when we needed to get fuel, the car started burbling and the fuel pressure gauge fell to zero. We coasted at least half a mile, exited up an offramp, turned right at the top of the ramp, and even had enough momentum left to glide silently into an empty bay in a gas station. Once you get 3,750 pounds rolling, it takes a while for it to slow down, and that's on wheel bearings that haven't been greased in 15 years.You and your car have to be able to tolerate traffic on Power Tour(r). At least you get a pretty good car show as you crawl from stoplight to stoplight. The Pavement Pounder ran cooler than we did. The interior turned into a heat sink with the firewall and floorpan absorbing much of the heat the big engine produced.


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Demand for gasoline dropped 2% from a year earlier, to 8.572 million bpd, the API said. The nine-month average demand of 8.73 million bpd was down 0.7% from the same time in 2011. September demand for distillate fuel (heating oil/diesel) was 4% below the year-earlier level, at 3.777 million bpd.
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NEW YORK -- US oil demand fell 3.8% in September from a year
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Demand in the first nine months of the year was 2.4% below
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"The September demand numbers indicate there's still
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Demand for gasoline, the most widely used petroleum product
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Hello, I'd love to learn more about the field of additive combinatorics. From what I've understand, there's a book by Tao and Vu out on the subject, and it looks fun, but I think I lack the prerequisites. Right now, I've had basic real analyis (Rudin), read the first volume of Stanley's "Enumerative combinatorics", and some algebra (some graduate). I have no experience of probability theory whatsoever, or functional analysis or ergodic theory. So I'm curious, from my background, what would be needed to reach the level where I can read and understand the book of Tao and Vu? Are there any certain books to reach that level which you can recommend? Best regards, CM
Some portions of their book should be accessible without too much background. Take a look at their sections on additive geometry, graph-theoretic methods, and algebraic methods, for example. For the bulk of the book, though, knowing some probability theory will make a big difference.
A recent book that I like and you might find more accessible is Alfred Geroldinger-Imre Z. Ruzsa, "Combinatorial Number Theory and Additive Group Theory", Birkhäuser, 2009.
From their Foreword:
I would recommend that you work through the second part, and see how you find the material. It should be accessible.
You may also want to take a look at Ben Green's notes on the structure theory of Set Addition.
Let me add: If you are mainly interested in classical additive combinatorics, as it applies to the natural numbers, then I strongly recommend Melvyn Nathanson, "Additive number theory. Vol II: Inverse problems and the geometry of sumsets", Springer, GTM 165, 1996.
Apart from Tao-Vu (which is a very useful resource) there aren't any obvious books from which to learn this subject at all comprehensively. The books Kevin recommends give an excellent survey of the state of the area in the late 1990s.
For more recent material, here are a few sets of course notes. Some of these are a bit more leisurely than Tao-Vu.
Jacques Verstraete: http://www.wix.com/annatar0/math262
Andrew Granville: http://www.dms.umontreal.ca/~andrew/Courses/MAT6640.H10.html
Ben Green: http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~bjg23/add-combinatorics.html
Terry Tao: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/254a.1.03w/
For an overview of the content of Tao-Vu, you could consult my review of it in the Bulletin of the AMS:
Nathanson's books:
These are so standard that they're often overlooked. To work in this area, you should at least be aware of all of the results and methods in all three of these books. Not an expert, necessarily, but at least aware. It's also worth noting that the style of these books is of the "leave nothing out" variety, which can be tiring if you know too much but refreshingly honest if you know too little.
Three more books that are ubiquitous:
I'm all for jumping right to current research, and I strongly advise you to have ongoing discussions with somebody, or some seminar. But the material in these six books constitutes a breathtaking panorama of the subject.
Video lectures are the next best thing to seminars and discussions with others. Have a look at the videos of the workshop "Introduction to Ergodic Theory and Additive Combinatorics" from Fall 2008 at the MSRI.


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Over the past few weeks BioWare has been keeping our embers glowing for Dragon Age: Inquisition with a selection of screenshots showcasing the beautiful world of Thedas. Now the developer has unveiled a dramatic new story trailer revealing that the game will be out a little sooner than some had anticipated – October 7th worldwide.
The new trailer also gives us a brief glimpse at the party members who will join 'the Inquisitor' on his or her journey to put an end to the demonic forces terrorising Thedas and the various races that inhabit it. Take a look below:
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One very handy (counter)example I often think about is the scheme $Spec(k[a,b,c]/(ab-c^2))$ (where $k$ is a field), which you may also know as $Spec(k[x^2,xy,y^2])$, as $\mathbb A^2/\mu_2$, or as the $A_1$ singularity. As with other (counter)examples, I'd like to be able to say as much as possible about it.
There is a finite surjection $f:\mathbb A^2\to Spec(k[x^2,xy,y^2])$ corresponding to the inclusion $k[x^2,xy,y^2]\subseteq k[x,y]$. The question is whether this surjection is in some sense universal.
Suppose $g:Y\to Spec(k[x^2,xy,y^2])$ is finite, surjective, and $Y$ is a smooth $k$-scheme. Must $g$ factor through $f:\mathbb A^2\to Spec(k[x^2,xy,y^2])$?
A couple of remarks:
- The finiteness hypothesis on $g$ is definitely necessary. Otherwise we could take $Y$ to be a resolution of the singularity (by a blow-up). If such a resolution factored through $\mathbb A^2$, you'd get a section of $f$ defined away from the singularity, which would imply that $f$ is a birational equivalence, which it isn't.
- The assumption that $Y$ is a scheme is important. The couple of people I've talked to have pointed out that the smooth stack $[\mathbb A^2/\mu_2]$ is a finite cover of $X$. If $[\mathbb A^2/\mu_2]$ factored through $\mathbb A^2$, you'd again get a rational section of $f$.


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Suppose one day I came up with a proof that 0 = 1 in some formal system such as PA or ZFC that cannot prove its own consistency (unless it is inconsistent). Would it be possible to have a zero-knowledge proof of this? In other words, would it be possible for me to convince you with high probability that I had derived such a proof without (feasibly) revealing the proof of the contradiction? (I haven't by the way...found such a contradiction.)
In this setting, the adversary seeks to find a deduction $\phi_0, \dots, \phi_n$ of $P \wedge \neg P$ quickly. If ZFC, for example, is inconsistent, there exists such a deduction and hence there exists a (constant time) adversary, which simply publishes $\phi$.
In order to have a zero-knowledge proof problem, one needs a family of problems, for which the adversary's task becomes increasingly hard as $n \rightarrow \infty$. With just one theory, such as ZFC, this does not happen.
Well you're not going to prove 0=1 in PA, because PA is consistent, (though not PA-provably so), following Gentzen. But I digress.
If you proved 0=1 in, say, ZFC, that would simply mean that ZFC was inconsistent - that the entities it purported to describe had no reasonable interpretation and that logical conclusions derived from the axiom had, in general, no bearing on the world. In particular, it would be irrelevant that you had proved P = NP. But I still digress.
My main point: your 0=1 proof is a purely combinatorial object - a symbol sequence that satisfies syntactic constraints that can be checked in polynomial time. The standard Zero-Knowledge Proof technology would apply to this proof just as to any other. The cataclysmic semantics of the proof's conclusion would simply be irrelevant.
Surely if ZFC turns out inconsistent, much of set theory could still be saved by suitably weakening say, the particular axiom whose self-evidence turned out illusory. (Consensus in the short term concerning which axiom to give up might turn out difficult to achieve). At the end of the day, the offending axiom would simply seem overambitious, just as the occasional large cardinal axiom turns out to be a turkey, roadkill on the transfinite superhighway if you will. Most of classical mathematics will still go through intact, and the theory of finite sets, PA essentially, already strong enough to articulate the P=NP conjecture, will remain consistent.
I doubt it. If nothing else, you would have a proof of P=NP as well, and since zero-knowledge proofs depend on the hardness of certain problems, you would "have a proof" that you could not have a zero-knowledge proof.
I suggest rephrasing the question so that it is less likely to be closed. Perhaps something like "Has anyone considered the impact of inconsistent theories on zero knowledge proofs (and published their considerations)?"
Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2010.12.09
The [[PCP theorem]] says you can give such an argument for any theorem you have a proof of, not just 0=1. Hmm, maybe it relies on consistency though.


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Film & Food had the pleasure of having lunch with Eric from Follow Eric on Tuesday. He is an all-around nice guy and we hope you get a chance to meet up with him around ABQ. We decided to try Urban Hotdog Company, near Cottonwood Mall, since neither of us had been there before. I'm super pleased with that choice since I left there happy with meeting a new friend and fellow blogger and full from a delicious lunch!
Decisions, decisions. So many great creations on their menu but I settled on Le Bleu for myself and the Starter for my choosy teen tag-along.
Le Bleu is a masterful creation. A juicy hot dog wrapped in bacon and topped with sauteed mushrooms, bleu cheese, and fresh thyme. The buns deserve a mention here. Eric and I both thought they really helped move these dogs from "normal with great toppings" to gourmet status. The bread is from local bakery, Pastians, and baked fresh daily. UHDC toast and butter the buns to give each selection that little something extra. And it works!
My teen is a bit of a choosy eater so she opted for the Starter, which is usually served with typical condiments: mustard, ketchup, onions, and relish. She, however, likes her doggies plain. So in her honor, I have henceforth renamed the Starter…the Purist.
The sweet potato fries here remind me of 5 Star Burgers' fries but without all the oil that usually accompanies them.
And now, take a look at what Eric ordered:
The Crafty Dog is loaded with mac & cheese and chopped bacon. I'm ordering that when I go back to UHDC and soon! I intend to work my way through the menu. For those of you who aren't into hot dogs but your dining companions are, there is always the Not Dog. It could be a burger, specialty sandwich, or salad. Keep an eye on their website for details and specials.
Coming soon, Urban Hotdog Company will be handing out a type of rewards card to keep track of which dogs you are trying. Also, look for an earlier opening time, 9 am, during the holiday shopping season. They'll be revealing a new breakfast dog and tasty specials so get ready!


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can be used in a variety of ways; mainly to express disgust, confusion, or anger; can also replace fuck, shit, tool, ass, or almost any other word
What the cock fart?
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What the cock fart?
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After you have reached maximum ejaculation's and your nuts are drain of all fluid you ejaculate a puff of air making a farting noise; hence the name Cock Fart
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An multipurpose adjective/insult variation of cock that can be used on any unsavory character.
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When you've been wanking so much nothing but air comes out.
Need to cut-down the self pleasuring i let out a cock fart earlier.
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Cockfart (cock - fart) is a term used to describe a bad dad or dad figure.
My dad abandoned us kids after he said he was running to the store real quick. What a cockfart! Do you know any cockfarts?
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A painful expulsion of air from the penis, akin to flagalence. Conisidered to be the result of unprotected coitus with or oral copulation from a Wendigo. Syns: The Farts, Wendigo Madness, The Poofer, Penial Beaner.
I heard Joey caught the cock farts! I told him not to let that Wendigo go down on him.
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To expell wind from your buttocks while your girlfriend is performing oral sex on you, thus causing her to be disgusted and remove her lips from your member and never touch it again.
Self Explanatory I should say.
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Busy, busy, busy! I am fully booked in both my personal and professional life, and that leaves little time to get creative in the kitchen. And, as you have noticed, it leaves little time to blog. So, tonight I thought I would give a roundup of stuff that I have been making lately to point you to gems from the past that you may have missed the first time around. The weather is getting cooler, but is still generally above zero and we have yet to get snow. Huzzah! As you can see from the pic above, soup has been a go to dish these days--packed full of a variety of veggies and perfect with a few slices of freshly baked baguette. This one is kind of like a minestrone, and I have found that I can add slices of kale or chard and the kids will still gobble it down (which is great, because a pile of kale or chard on the plate leads to wailing and gnashing of teeth). I also made Ethiopian stew one night (along with injera from Vegan Lunch Box) and was reminded about how awesome the flavours are. Must make more Ethiopian food, especially because the kids love eating without forks! I also made use of the last pumpkin kicking around the house to make Hearty Autumn Muffins--these are so awesome and full of fibre that you will be happily regular in no time! It was also a way to use up the 100 lbs (or so it seems) of apples I bought to make applesauce. OK, that's it for now, and I promise to be back soon with some new food.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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- Todd McHatton said...
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Which is correct?
There always come a point...
There always comes a point...
Would there be better ways to write this?
Which is correct?
Would there be better ways to write this?
The following are correct uses of there:
In the first, a dog is singular, so the corresponding verb is also singular -- "is". In the second several dogs is plural, so the corresponding verb is also plural -- "are".
The verb needs to agree with the subject that comes after it (in your example, "a point"), so the sentence is:
Each sentence needs to have "subject-verb agreement". :
So, taking the "NOTE", let's identify what number your subject is. "There" is an unusual word, and it's purpose here is specifically:
Thus, in a sentence where the verb comes before the subject, "there" is used. This is obviously the case with your example sentence, "There always comes a point". The subject in your sentence is "point", but as the verb is placed before the subject, "there" has been used.
As "a point" is singular, the verb needs to be singular, according to "subject-verb agreement", and so, the singular verb is "comes", with an 's', not "come".
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How do I do a literature search of the research literature on cryptography? Assume there's some topic in cryptography I'd like to learn more about; how do I search the cryptographic research literature to find research papers that might be relevant? What's the best process to use for finding relevant research?
Here is how you do a literature search, to find relevant research papers in the literature:
The result of this should be a (possibly large) set of relevant papers. Now go read all of those papers, to understand what they are doing.
Once you have some research papers that look like they might be relevant, here is how you read go about reading them:
It depends on whether you're in university or not. If you are and your school has the for-pay journals, start by searching them for the topic. Also try 'eprint.iacr.org' and google scholar.
To find the most important or seminal papers in a topic you should look at the number of people that have cited it. This is an imperfect but useful heuristic for culling a large number of papers down to a few gems.
And don't overlook Wikipedia. If the topic has a well-fleshed-out article, the citations will be a useful starting point.
EDIT: And don't be afraid to send out a few emails. Professors work really hard on their research and they love talking about it! For example, I recently needed to learn more about order-preserving encryption. I emailed Adam O'Neill, a recently minted PhD who published several important papers on the topic. He was extremely helpful and pointed me in the direction of his and his colleagues' work that I might not have found otherwise.


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Given $n \in \mathbf{N}$,is always possible to construct a monic polynomial in $\mathbf{Z}[x]$ of degree $2n$, whose roots are in $\mathbf{C} \setminus \mathbf{R}$ and whose Galois group over $\mathbf{Q}$ is $S_{2n}$? I have an approximate idea of how to solve the problem for the Galois group (I immagine something related to the Hilbert irreducibility theorem), but I have no idea for the condition on the roots. Furthermore, is it possible to give an explicit example?
An easy way to ensure that a polynomial $g$ of degree $m$ over $\mathbf{Z}$ has Galois group $S_m$ is to take primes $p_1$, $p_2$ and $p_3$ with $g$ irreducible modulo $p_1$, a linear times an irreducible modulo $p_2$ and a bunch of distinct linears times an irreducible quadratic modulo $p_3$. Then the Galois group must be doubly transitive and have a transposition, so it's $S_m$.
Now take $m=2n$ and a polynomial $f$ over $\mathbf{Q}$ with no real roots (e.g. $(x^2+1)^n$). Replacing the coefficients of $f$ by close rationals won't create any real roots. So replace the $x^k$ coefficient of $f$ by a sufficient close rational $a_k/b_k$ where $a_k$ and $b_k$ are congruent modulo $p_1 p_2 p_3$ respectively to the $x^k$ coefficient of $g$ and to $1$. Then the new polynomial has rational coefficients, no real roots and Galois group $S_{2n}$. You can easily convert it to one with these properties and integer coefficients should you wish.
Yes, it is always possible.
First note that it suffices to construct a totally complex Galois extension $K/\mathbb{Q}$ of degree $2n$ with Galois group $S_{2n}$. By the primitive element theorem, this extension is of the form $\mathbb{Q}[t]/(f(t))$ for some irreducible polynomial $f$, the minimal polynomial of an algebraic number $\alpha \in K$. Then there exists $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ such that $n \alpha$ is an algebraic integer: take the minimal polynomial of that algebraic integer: it generates the same field extension.
To construct the desired extension $K$, in turn it suffices to find an irreducible polynomial with $\mathbb{Q}$-coefficients with no real roots and whose Galois group is the largest possible $S_{2n}$. This is possible by a weak approximation / Krasner's Lemma argument. I will just sketch it for now; I can fill in more details if needed. The idea is to find a finite set of primes $p$ and degree $2n$ polynomials $f_p$ such that the Galois group of $f_p$, as a group of permutations on the roots of $f_p$, is of a certain form (e.g. contains a specific transposition). Also let $f_{\infty}$ be any degree $2n$ polynomial over $\mathbb{R}$ without real roots. Then by Krasner's Lemma, there exists a polynomial $f$ which is sufficiently $p$-adically close to each $f_p$ and to $f_{\infty}$ to have the same local behavior: in particular, to factor the same way over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and over $\mathbb{R}$ and to generate the same local Galois groups. Then, by identifying the local Galois groups with decomposition groups at $p$ (of unramified extensions), if one has enough primes so as to get permutations of every possible cycle type, then the global Galois group of $f$ certainly must be $S_{2n}$. Indeed, to see this we use the following result from lecture notes of Keith Conrad (and Bertrand's postulate!):
Theorem: For $n \geq 2$, a transitive subgroup of $S_n$ which contains a transposition and a $p$-cycle for some prime $p > \frac{n}{2}$ is $S_n$.
The condition at infinity means that $\mathbb{Q}[t]/(f(t))$ is totally complex, hence so is its splitting field. To ensure that $f$ is irreducible, we may apply Krasner's Lemma again and take its coefficients sufficiently close to those of an irreducible degree $2n$ polynomial over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ (for a different $p$ from those used thus far) so as to be irreducible over $\mathbb{Q}_p$, which implies irreducibility over $\mathbb{Q}$.
This can in principle be made explicit, but I might search the literature for a known classical family of polynomials doing what you want before I tried to carry out this construction explicitly.


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The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths
#3. Gaston, from Beauty and the Beast
Gaston is the last thing you would expect to come out of France. He's a big, strong hunter that get's all the babes in Belle's town. He brags a lot and shows off his ultra-manly chest hair almost as often. He's like the leader of the whole town just because he's such a stud. He's also mildly retarded.
"What is this, some kind of sandwich with words on it?"
He ignores the gorgeous blondes that come after him all the time, instead going after a brunette that has no interest in him whatsoever. This is likely because Belle represents the modern independent woman, who shuns egotistical jerks like Gaston and greatly favors smart guys, at least in cartoons.
"Reading is sexy."
How He Died:
Gaston, most likely jealous of Beast's chest hair, leads an angry mob (torches and pitchforks included) to storm the castle where he lives. Because the castle is full of moving, talking furniture, hilarity ensues. After an epic confrontation with Beast, Gaston is left dangling over a precipice. Beast pulls a Simba and spares his life, leading to an understanding and peaceful reconciliation between the two.
No, we're just kidding. Beast is promptly stabbed in the back, proving that, if you have your adversary at your mercy, for God's sake, finish him off.
Gaston is then knocked off the tower, and is impaled on a cluster of spikes that seem to exist for no reason other than for plummeting villains to land on.
Given the baffling number of enchanted objects that exist in the castle, these spikes were probably anthropomorphic balladeers, singing a cheery tune as Gaston was (ironically, mind you) shanked in the back by them.
We can't help but wonder if a sunny day's walk in the garden after Belle's and the Prince's (formerly Beast) honeymoon wasn't suddenly interrupted by the sight of Gaston's mangled corpse, left there as a warning to all who would cross them.
#2. Syndrome, from The Incredibles
In the old days, when Mr. Incredible fought crime daily on the streets, he met a little inventor kid who wanted to be his sidekick. Mr. Incredible turns him down, and the boy gets pissed.
After years and years of angsty plotting, he finally lures Mr. Incredible to his island to kill him and launch his master plan to... become a superhero. Okay, then!
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Syndrome, after being defeated by a slew of superheroes in the city, escapes to steal Mr. and Mrs. Incredible's baby son. He succeeds and flies into the air, laughing maniacally.
The baby, Jack-Jack, then changes into some sort of demon and starts beating the crap out of Syndrome. Syndrome drops the baby, and Mrs. Incredible catches him, leaving Syndrome without hostage.
Mr. Incredible throws a car at Syndrome, and it hits his escape plane, knocking Syndrome into the engine of the jet.
The jet turbines suck him up, the razor-sharp blades dicing him into dozens of tiny pieces, turning his body into salsa from the feet up.
Mercifully, the plane explodes, ending his agony with a quick fiery death. Who's the superhero now, kid! Not you! Because you're a charred and mutilated corpse!
#1. Frollo, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Frollo is the bigwig of the Church in Paris. He has a thing for Esmeralda, but also wants her to burn in Hell for being so ridiculously hot, as evidenced in the best melodramatic song in any Disney movie ever. He also killed Quasimodo's mother and got Quazi to live in the Cathedral, never leaving his entire life.
And this picture makes him look like a creepy ol' pervert.
How He Died:
Frollo finally just gets sick of Quasimodo, and wants to kill him along with Esmeralda. Quasi grabs his hand just before Frollo can stab him, and completely overpowers the old man. Quasimodo grabs Esmeralda and runs outside to the Cathedral roof, conveniently setting the scene for a dramatic final battle.
Everyone somehow ends up hanging over a ledge, with Esmeralda holding Quasi and Frollo and flames raging below. Quasimodo fails to let go of Frollo and kill him, so once more the hero is punished for that decision.
Frollo swings over to another ledge and draws his sword again. As he prepares to decapitate Esmeralda, he quotes:
"...And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!"
...after which the gargoyle he is standing on (it's implied that the gargoyle is sentient, or an angel or something) breaks and sends Frollo plunging down.
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Not just any death. Frollo plunges into a lake of fire clearly meant to symbolize Hell, where his flesh will be burned continually for eternity. Proving once again there is no god more cruel and vengeful than Disney.
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Auto updates!!!!! That just might make me a windows girl again. I'm a full fledged Mac girl now but, that dies sound interesting!!!:-)
Why isn't this talk online yet?
Still no video. Waz up?
Thanks for the link Cho! This was an interesting session, but not much info about updates. Does anyone know if users will be automatically notified about new versions of their apps? Or, are apps silently updated as new versions become available?
It's too bad that the Q&A session isn't posted. I missed this session at BUILD and would have loved to see what questions people asked.
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The Boxcar is an unused freight railcar in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that would have been hauled by the Freight. Very little is known about it, or why it was ultimately unused. It returns in Grand Theft Auto V.
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The Boxcar is a dirty, rusty light blue-grey railcar that seems to have been based on a European style goods van. This is evident by the buffers and somewhat rounded top, two features not commonly seen on North American freight cars. Even though the doors on either side of the car are both open, CJ cannot jump in, as there is an invisible wall. The car has no couplers (Part used to connect railcars), suggesting it was never really finished.
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The Boxcar comes in two varieties; A yellow one bearing the word "FREIGHT" a large "F" (Clearly parodying TTX's "Railbox"), as well as an older looking brown one with a door on one end. The Ballas member D hid inside a boxcar from Franklin and Chop. They eventually found and captured him.
- There exists another variant of the Boxcar, actually used ingame, but as scenery, not a vehicle. It is a yellow boxcar that resembles an American one much more closely, dropping the buffers and flattening the roof. These can be found with their doors open or not parked in a warehouse in Ocean Docks, Los Santos.
- Even though the Boxcar lacks couplers, it can be hauled without a hitch as if they were there.
- Boxcars return in Grand Theft Auto IV, once again as scenery. They can be found around the map's abandoned rail lines. Flatcars and tankcars can also be found. They are all rusted out and are more or less useless.
- It should be noted that modding Boxcars onto the Freights will make certain missions impossible to complete (Like "Catalyst" or "Green Goo"), as they were made to use Flatcars.
- According to the Grand Theft Auto Online reveal trailer, boxcars are to return in Grand Theft Auto V, once again being hauled by Freights.
- The yellow variant ("FREIGHT") of the Boxcar in GTA V is clearly a parody of TTX Company's "Railbox", which was known also as RBOX or FBOX.
- In the Content Creator in GTA Online, the Boxcar is available as a form of a road block object.


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