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Illinois River Habitat Enhancement Project
Tailraces often lack suitable fish habitat due to reduced inputs of sediment
and woody debris coupled with frequent scouring flows. These habitat
deficiencies have significant impacts on fish populations and subsequent
management of tailrace fisheries. For example, reductions in usable area limits
the amount of productive stream for anglers because fish are concentrated in few
suitable areas. Fish movement and dispersion is also limited because necessary
habitat is not available throughout the stream continuum. The absence of
overhead cover increases fish susceptibility to predation and warming of stream
water. Further, the lack of hydraulic checks limit flow dynamics and
flow-related habitat alternatives necessary for fish feeding, resting and
Similar to other tailrace fisheries, the lower Illinois River is characterized by the habitat limitations described above. Significant habitat improvements within this stream are necessary to improve physical and hydraulic habitat conditions and the angling potential of the system.
ODWC began to enhance stream habitat in the lower Illinois River in 2002 by identifying areas that lack quality habitat. Many hours of survey work indicated that a cross vane would be a beneficial structure for a particularly degraded reach of stream located just below the island, downstream of the powerhouse.
After the project location was determined the Department staff began designing the enhancement structure. A detailed budget was also developed such that funding could be solicited. Once again, anglers went above and beyond to provide assistance necessary to make the project happen. The Tulsa Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the Federation of Fly-Fishers, the Northeast Oklahoma Fly-Fishers and Nature Works collectively donated 25-percent of the money needed to complete the work. These donations were then matched with Sportfish Restoration dollars to fund the project.
ODWC personnel completed the cross vane in March 2004. The structure is U-shaped and extends across the stream with the bottom of the U pointing upstream (see pictures). It was constructed using large rock placed into the river with heavy equipment. The sides of the structure are attached to the stream bank at an elevation equal to the water level when two power turbines are being operated to produce electricity. The sides of the structure extend upstream at a 20 – 30-degree angle until reaching 1/3 of the way across the channel (two thirds total). The sides the structure slope downwards at a 2 – 7 degree angle from the bank toward the channel center. The tip of the U, which composes the middle third of the structure, is slightly below the water level during base-flow periods.
There are two main purposes of the cross vane structure. First, bank stabilization is obtained as flow is diverted to the middle of the stream. This reduces stress to the banks as stream energy is forced to the center of the channel. Secondly, in-stream habitat is created by this energy as it cuts deeper pool habitat below the structure. Deepening also results above the structure as flow is impounded upstream. Both of these areas create resting/ambush sites for trout, out of the current, behind the rocks.
ODWC biologist plan to continue habitat improvements at the lower Illinois River over the coming years. Several other projects are possible and, given adequate funding and resources, this stream should continue to benefit from new enhancement initiatives. *(Click on pictures to view larger image)


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I don't see an option for it online. I'm in Sweden. Do I need to wait until I get to Paris to make a reservation?
There's a lot of handy info on the Seat61.com InterRail Pass page about this. Interestingly, much of it isn't positive about the InterRail discounted tickets...
A couple of key bits to pull out (but you'll really want to go and read the whole thing!)
So, assuming you don't just end up buying a normal cheap Eurostar ticket, and you don't decide on using the return half of a London-Calais day return by ferry
If you did want to book, then the InterRail website says that you can't book pass holder fares online. Instead, your options are to book by phone on +44 (0) 1233 617 575 (and I believe pay a fiver booking fee), or buy the ticket at a Eurostar terminal and hope that there are still some passholder fares left (otherwise it's going to get expensive!)

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What are the main differences between InnoDB and MyISAM?
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First major difference I see is that InnoDB implements row-level lock while MyISAM can do only a table-level lock. You will find better crash recovery in InnoDB. However, it doesn't have
The list can go a bit further. Yet, they both have their unique advantages in their favor and disadvantages against each other. Each of them is more suitable in some scenarios than the other.
So to summarize (TL;DR):
Another major difference not as yet mentioned is how caching for each storage engine is done.
The main mechanism used is the key cache. It only caches index pages from .MYI files. To size your key cache, run the following query:
This will give the Recommended Setting for MyISAM Key Cache (key_buffer_size) given your current data set (the query will cap the recommendation at 4G (4096M). For 32-bit OS, 4GB is the limit. For 64-bit, 8GB.
The main mechanism used is the InnoDB Buffer Pool. It caches data and index pages from InnoDB tables accessed. To size your InnoDB Buffer Pool, run the following query:
This will give the Recommended Setting for the size of the InnoDB Buffer Pool (innodb_buffer_pool_size) given your current data set.
Don't forget to resize the InnoDB Log Files (ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1). MySQL Source Code places a cap of the combined sizes of all InnoDB Log Files must be < 4G (4096M). For the sake of simplicity, given just two log files, here is how you can size them:
At the End of both queries is a an Inline Query
There is no substitute for common sense. If you have limited memory, a mixture of storage engines, or a combination thereof, you will have to adjust for different scenarios.
Possible scenarios are endless !!!
Remember, whatever you allocate for, leave enough RAM for DB Connections and the Operating System.
InnoDB offers:
In InnoDB all data in a row except for TEXT and BLOB can occupy 8,000 bytes at most. Full text indexing is not available in InnoDB until MySQL 5.6 (Feb 2013). In InnoDB the
MyISAM offers:
MyISAM has table-level locking, but no row-level locking. No transactions. No automatic crash recovery, but it does offer repair table functionality. No foreign key constraints. MyISAM tables are generally more compact in size on disk when compared to InnoDB tables. MyISAM tables could be further highly reduced in size by compressing with myisampack if needed, but become read-only. MyISAM stores indexes in one file and data in another. MyISAM uses key buffers for caching indexes and leaves the data caching management to the operating system.
Overall I would recommend InnoDB for most purposes and MyISAM for specialized uses only. InnoDB is now the default engine in new MySQL versions.
One more thing: you can backup InnoDB tables just by taking a snapshot of the filesystem. Backing up MyISAM requires using mysqldump and is not guaranteed to be consistent (e.g. if you insert into a parent and a child table, you might find only the child table's row in your backup).
Basically, if you have another copy of the data and are only caching it in MySQL e.g. to allow a standard means of accessing it from a PHP website, then MyISAM is fine (i.e. it's better than a flat CSV file or a logfile for querying and concurrent access). If the database is the actual "master copy" of the data, if you are doing
(My personal experience: a 2 terabyte DB in MyISAM).
In my experience, the most significant difference is the way each engine handles locking. InnoDB uses row locking while MyISAM uses table locking. As a rule of thumb, I use InnoDB for write heavy tables and MyISAM for read heavy tables.
Other important differences include:
A bit late to the game...but here's a quite comprehensive post I wrote a few months back, detailing the major differences between MYISAM and InnoDB. Grab a cuppa (and maybe a biscuit), and enjoy.
The major difference between MyISAM and InnoDB is in referential integrity and transactions. There are also other difference such as locking, rollbacks, and full-text searches.
Referential Integrity
Referential integrity ensures that relationships between tables remains consistent. More specifically, this means when a table (e.g. Listings) has a foreign key (e.g. Product ID) pointing to a different table (e.g. Products), when updates or deletes occur to the pointed-to table, these changes are cascaded to the linking table. In our example, if a product is renamed, the linking table's foreign keys will also update; if a product is deleted from the 'Products' table, any listings which point to the deleted entry will also be deleted. Furthermore, any new listing must have that foreign key pointing to a valid, existing entry.
InnoDB is a relational DBMS (RDBMS) and thus has referential integrity, while MyISAM does not.
Transactions & Atomicity
Data in a table is managed using Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements, such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE. A transaction group two or more DML statements together into a single unit of work, so either the entire unit is applied, or none of it is.
MyISAM do not support transactions whereas InnoDB does.
If an operation is interrupted while using a MyISAM table, the operation is aborted immediately, and the rows (or even data within each row) that are affected remains affected, even if the operation did not go to completion.
If an operation is interrupted while using an InnoDB table, because it using transactions, which has atomicity, any transaction which did not go to completion will not take effect, since no commit is made.
Table-locking vs Row-locking
When a query runs against a MyISAM table, the entire table in which it is querying will be locked. This means subsequent queries will only be executed after the current one is finished. If you are reading a large table, and/or there are frequent read and write operations, this can mean a huge backlog of queries.
When a query runs against an InnoDB table, only the row(s) which are involved are locked, the rest of the table remains available for CRUD operations. This means queries can run simultaneously on the same table, provided they do not use the same row.
This feature in InnoDB is known as concurrency. As great as concurrency is, there is a major drawback that applies to a select range of tables, in that there is an overhead in switching between kernel threads, and you should set a limit on the kernel threads to prevent the server coming to a halt.
Transactions & Rollbacks
When you run an operation in MyISAM, the changes are set; in InnoDB, those changes can be rolled back. The most common commands used to control transactions are COMMIT, ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT. 1. COMMIT - you can write multiple DML operations, but the changes will only be saved when a COMMIT is made 2. ROLLBACK - you can discard any operations that have not yet been committed yet 3. SAVEPOINT - sets a point in the list of operations to which a ROLLBACK operation can rollback to
MyISAM offers no data integrity - Hardware failures, unclean shutdowns and canceled operations can cause the data to become corrupt. This would require full repair or rebuilds of the indexes and tables.
InnoDB, on the other hand, uses a transactional log, a double-write buffer and automatic checksumming and validation to prevent corruption. Before InnoDB makes any changes, it records the data before the transactions into a system tablespace file called ibdata1. If there is a crash, InnoDB would autorecover through the replay of those logs.
FULLTEXT Indexing
InnoDB does not support FULLTEXT indexing until MySQL version 5.6.4. As of the writing of this post, many shared hosting providers' MySQL version is still below 5.6.4, which means FULLTEXT indexing is not supported for InnoDB tables.
However, this is not a valid reason to use MyISAM. It's best to change to a hosting provider that supports up-to-date versions of MySQL. Not that a MyISAM table that uses FULLTEXT indexing cannot be converted to an InnoDB table.
In conclusion, InnoDB should be your default storage engine of choice. Choose MyISAM or other data types when they serve a specific need.
I tend to view MyISAM as the 'default' table choice for MySQL, so I'll point out the differences for most users of InnoDB
Includes MySQL 5.6 changes
So, there is no point in using
MYISAM provides table level locking , FULLTEXT searching. MYISAM has the most flexible AUTO_INCREMENTED column handling off all the storage engines. MYISAM does not support transactions.
INNODB is transaction safe storage engine. INNODB has commit , rollback and crash-recovery capabilities. INNODB supports foreign key referential integrity.
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After a week of reports and retracted official comments, a PS4 firmware 1.70 release date has been announced and confirmed both by the European and Japanese arms of Sony Computer Entertainment.
SCE Japan was the first to reveal a release date of April 30th for PS4 firmware 1.70 with a feature video, which you can find in full below:
PS4 firmware 1.70 – Japanese Date Trailer
Just in case you thought that the Japanese PS4 firmware 1.70 release date would be different to other regions, the official European PlayStation Twitter account confirmed the date, writing:
Heads-up: PS4 firmware update 1.70, inc. SHAREfactory and HDCP Off, goes live on 30th April. More soon!
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I was recently trying to think of a simple example that demonstrates that the natural inclusion of an abelian group $G$ into $$\widehat{\widehat{G}}=\text{Hom}\_{\mathsf{Ab}}(\text{Hom}_{\mathsf{Ab}}(G,\mathbb{C}^\times),\mathbb{C}^\times)$$ is not necessarily an isomorphism. Note that I'm looking at all homomorphisms; no topology on the group is involved (or, if you prefer, they are all discrete).
Obviously, $G$ has to be infinite. However, the only example I could think of (much less actually prove worked) was $G=\mathbb{Z}$, in which case $\widehat{G}=\text{Hom}\_{\mathsf{Ab}}(\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{C}^\times)\cong\mathbb{C}^\times$, so that $$\widehat{\widehat{G}}\cong\text{Hom}_{\mathsf{Ab}}(\mathbb{C}^\times,\mathbb{C}^\times)$$ which is uncountable due to the existence of uncountably many automorphisms of the field $\mathbb{C}$, and therefore not isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}$. However, (my understanding is that) the existence of the anything more than the two obvious automorphisms of $\mathbb{C}$ requires the axiom of choice. So my questions are,
Does the claim that $\mathbb{Z}\not\cong\text{Hom}_{\mathsf{Ab}}(\mathbb{C}^\times,\mathbb{C}^\times)$ require AC?
and, if the answer to the above is yes,
Does the claim that there exists some abelian group $G$ such that $G\not\cong\widehat{\widehat{G}}$ require AC? Is it equivalent?
I initially asked this on math.SE but I suspect it's harder than I initially thought.


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Recent and archived news articles by James F. Clarity of The New York Times.
Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84
Marcel Marceau was a wiry French mime who mostly performed as the chalk-faced Bip and did much to revive the art of pantomime.
September 24, 2007, Monday
Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84
The wiry French mime mostly performed as the chalk-faced Bip and did much to revive the art of pantomime.
September 24, 2007, Monday
Charles Haughey Dies at 80; an Irish Leader With Energy and Expensive Tastes
Charles J. Haughey was a three-time Irish prime minister who helped pave the way for Ireland's economic boom of the 1990's.
June 14, 2006, Wednesday
John McGahern, Chronicler of Irish Rural Life, Dies at 71
John McGahern's stark depiction of love and despair in repressive rural Ireland made him one of his country's most acclaimed fiction writers.
March 31, 2006, Friday
Jack Lynch, 82, of Ireland; Eased North-South Tensions
Former Prime Minister Jack Lynch, who declined to send Irish troops to fight the British police in Northern Ireland at the start of the sectarian violence there 30 years ago, died today at a hospital in Dublin. He was 82 and lived in Cork, his native...
October 21, 1999, Thursday
Josef Locke, 82, Irish Tenor Who Inspired Tears, Is Dead
Josef Locke, a tenor whose singing of traditional sentimental Irish songs brought tears to the eyes of audiences in Ireland and Britain in the 1940's and 50's and whose career was portrayed in the 1992 film ''Hear My Song,'' died today in a hospital...
October 16, 1999, Saturday
A Year After Bombing, Grief Lingers in Ulster Town
A year ago today, shortly after 3 on a sunny afternoon in this quiet market town in the Sperrin Mountains, Donna Marie Keyes, her fiance and his 21-month-old niece were shopping for a pair of fancy little shoes in a store named McElroy's on Market...
August 16, 1999, Monday
As Protestants March, Police And Catholics Clash in Ulster
Officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary clashed in cities across Northern Ireland today with Roman Catholics protesting Protestant parades through their neighborhoods. There were at least five arrests and scores of injuries, most of them slight,...
August 15, 1999, Sunday
I.R.A. Denies Role in 2 Gun Cases Delaying Progress on Ulster
The Irish Republican Army said today that it was not responsible for two incidents that have led Protestant officials in Ulster to call for the expulsion of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A. political wing, from the Northern Ireland Assembly. The two issues...
August 7, 1999, Saturday
Praise Doesn't Equal Fame, but Playwright Persists
Tom Murphy, a soft-spoken, sometimes depressed 64-year-old writer from County Galway in the west, is in the view of many critics Ireland's other great playwright -- that is, other than Brian Friel. For though Mr. Murphy has written 25 plays in 37...
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6 Military Units Whose Training Would Traumatize Rambo
If you haven't guessed by their names, special operations forces are all about finding men who can perform wartime tasks above and beyond those performed by the average soldier. So how do you train somebody to survive the unsurvivable?
Well, let's just say you have to think outside the box.
#6. United States Army Special Forces Create a Massive Real-Life RPG
America has a whole bunch of special operations forces, each with its own focus and set of skills. United States Army Special Forces, or the Green Berets, are one such unit. Their primary focus is counter-terrorism and unconventional warfare, which we suspect is just code for "stuff the other pussies won't do."
Like training for the inevitable war on Pandora.
What sort of thing do these guys do for practice? Well ...
The Insanity:
Exercise Robin Sage is a month-long training exercise focused on blending in in a foreign land and training guerrilla units to liberate their country. Seems pretty tame so far, but surprisingly, not many countries are really down with the whole "let a hundred American troops run around and stir up rebellion in our country for a month" idea. So America decided to simply create its own country to train in. Welcome to the Republic of Pineland, baby!
Yes, that's North Carolina. About a third of it, to be precise.
The People's Republic of Pineland is an entirely fictional country created for one purpose: to put the USASF through their paces. And when we say it's a fictional "country," we're including the people -- the residents are straight up part of the mission. The cities and towns within the 15 counties that comprise the training zone actively participate in the month-long training, with its citizens posing as citizens of "Pineland" in a vast, government-funded, open-air role playing game.
"... lightning bolt?"
People there take on a large variety of roles, from doctors and shop owners right down to one guy who has to torture other citizens before being killed in a final showdown with the soldiers. They even carry two sets of ID and have their own currency, with an exchange rate and everything. They don't stop their normal jobs, either -- the guy whose job it is to pretend to be a torturer is also a volunteer firefighter in his spare time.
Everyone who takes part does it for no more than the cost of the gas they use during the month the exercise takes place. One such citizen, when he dies, is set to receive a full military funeral for his services to his country and his selfless actions during the Robin Sage exercises, complete with a Pineland liberation flag draped over his grave. When asked why he was willing to do so much for so little reward, he simply said, "This may help save a life one day."
Gerry Broome / The Associated Press
Not to mention that having this in his wallet gets him a considerable amount of action.
But hey, at least the citizens were in on it. That's not how they used to do it in Australia, baby ...
#5. The Z Special Unit Would (Pretend To) Blow Up Its Own People
Australia is likely a fine place, but unfortunately some on the Internet have portrayed it as a ridiculously deadly, satire-hating, child-kidnapping country.
Fortunately, it's not all stereotypes and hyperbole. For example, meet the Z Special Unit, a special operations force established in WWII-era Australia with the express purpose of blowing up everything in the Pacific Ocean that even looked slightly Japanese. During the four-year period in which they were functioning, they carried out 81 operations that ranged from basic reconnaissance to blowing up most of Singapore Harbor while undercover (that is, dressed in sarongs).
"We figure, if you look good, the rest of the war will follow."
The Insanity:
It was a habit of this group to carry out mock attacks on Aussie towns unfortunate enough to be situated across the bay from Fraser Island, the unit's main training ground. So presumably, they warned the townspeople beforehand that they were about to come in and start tearing some imaginary enemy shit down.
Yeah, right. Where's the fun in that?
"These friendly civilians don't expect a thing."
The most infamous of these mock attacks, known as the Townsville Raid, was carried out in preparation for the aforementioned demolition of Singapore Harbor. At this time, Townsville was a bustling port filled with Australian warships, and as such, it was heavily defended with all the usual trappings you'd expect: mines, sentries, boat patrols and even surveillance aircraft, which was a fairly big deal at the time.
The mission? Sneak in and attach dummy limpet mines to everything that floated, while simultaneously avoiding being blown up and dismembered by their own country.
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In goddamn canoes.
At midnight on the 22nd of June 1943, the unit managed to evade all of these countermeasures and plant the mines on the hulls of 10 ships, which from a security standpoint is roughly about 10 more ships than you'd want an intruder to be able to plant mines on. The men then rowed across to their nearby rendezvous point of Ross Creek. And then, presumably in order to celebrate a job well done, they wandered back into Townsville and found somewhere to grab some sleep.
Pictured: "Sleep."
Until 10 a.m., that is, when all hell broke loose as the mines were discovered. Mines that no one knew were fake. And keep in mind, if these things all went off and sank the boats, you'd be getting into Pearl Harbor territory in terms of losses, and in a navy that could in no way afford it.
Even when members of the Z Unit came forward and insisted the mines were fake, nobody trusted them, and they weren't allowed to dismantle them out of fear that they'd pull some other crazy shit. Their unit commander, Samuel Carey, was arrested and then eventually booted out of Z Special as a condition of his release.
Yes, even Australia has to draw the line somewhere.
#4. The North Korean Storm Corps Will Punch You to Death
Oh, North Korea, you're so damn crazy we're not sure anything you guys do is surprising anymore. To be honest, we really, really think we've covered how balls-out insane that country is.
Yet they seem to still want to find more ways to make it onto more of our lists. Being a country that is also situated right next to its number one enemy, North Korea spends a lot of time flexing its military might, or just damn well showing the hell off, to the point where the regular soldiers are so well organized you could swear they were the same guy Photoshopped over and over again.
Someone got a little crazy with CTRL + V.
The Insanity:
North Korea has a select special group of soldiers, known only through rumors, called the Storm Corps, proving that North Korea, as well as being crazy, has a totally bitching naming system for its army. Little has ever been officially confirmed by North Korea about what the Storm Corps are or how they operate. The only thing that seems to be certain is that they have one goal: to fuck up South Korea's shit, big time. Training for that task apparently requires a strict regimen of insanity.
Including daily courses in advanced Flag Marching.
A soldier once captured by the South Koreans revealed under interrogation that a single Storm Corp soldier trains specifically to take on between three and 15 opponents at once. Another soldier, allegedly a defector from the Storm Corps, describes how soldiers are required to punch a tree trunk 5,000 times in a row, day and night, for a month. Then they make them punch the jagged edge of a tin can until their hand is bloody and covered in pus, and then finally they start punching a pile of salt. The twisted reason for this being, of course, that the soldiers' hands become solid like a rock, thus allowing them to literally beat their enemies to death with their rock-hard fists.
The worst part is, the guy who undertook this and lived to tell about it looks like a completely regular guy. The Storm Corps could be anyone, anywhere, and you wouldn't realize it till you shook their hand and realized it felt like a brick.
"My hand could just as easily be on the other side of your chest right now."


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Somerset West
heaven in the helderberg
Surrounded by orchards, farmlands and vineyards, the scenic suburb of Somerset West lies at the foot of the Helderberg mountains.
Located approximately 45km (28mi) to the south-east of Cape Town, Somerset West was established in 1822 and named after the then-governor, Lord Charles Somerset.
wildlife in the helderberg
The beautiful Helderberg Nature Reserve, +27 (0)21 851 4060, is one of the attractions of the area. While the reserve is famous for its wild proteas and superb bird life, it is also home to small mammals such as bontebok and duiker. There are numerous walks that showcase the beauty of the reserve, including proteas, birds, fynbos and medicinal plants. No visit to Somerset West would be complete without a visit to the Cheetah Outreach, where you can get to view these elegant animals and learn about African wildlife.
To the north-west of Somerset West you'll find Paardevlei – a small vlei (lake) that attracts a wide variety of birds, particularly rare waterbirds.
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A highlight of any trip to Somerset West is visiting Vergelegen Wine Estate. Vergelegen, +27 (0)21 847 1334, has regularly been voted the best winery in the country by Wine magazine.
The estate is a wonderful example of Cape Dutch architecture, and the beautiful grounds are perfect for a picnic – which can easily be organised on your behalf from November to April, +27 (0)21 847 1346. You'll also find the stunning Lady Phillips Restaurant, +27 (0)21 847 1346/2125, on the estate, but make sure to book in advance.
Another notable estate in Somerset West is Morgenster, +27 (0)21 852 1738, renowned for its fine Bordeaux-style wines and award-winning olive oil. For nature lovers, a visit to Morgenster's olive tree nursery is an absolute must.
Founded in 1700, the Lourensford Estate, +27 (0)21 847 2333, combines unique technology, global expertise and optimal terroir to produce a range of sophisticated wines. Pop into the The Restaurant @ Lourensford, +27 (0)21 847 2328, for an early-bird breakfast or try a scrumptious picnic under shady old oaks.
For beer lovers, there's Triggerfish Brewery, +27 (21) 851-5861 or +27 (82) 887 6888 a micro brewey with a passionate owner who is not afraid to experiment. Try the Champ's Breakfast coffee beer, or the beer wine.
For those who have a need to shop until they drop, the Somerset Mall, +27 (0)21 852 7114, has everything you need under one roof, including shops, restaurants, movie theatres and 10-pin bowling.
On the way to Sir Lowry's Pass you'll find the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, +27 (0)21 845 6119, which is definitely worth stopping at to find out about the history of forced migration in South Africa.
an interesting read: discover the helderberg
For more suggestions on things to do in the Helderberg, check out these blog posts by Cape Town local Natalie Roos:
Things to do in the Helderberg
Places to stay in the Helderberg
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Cango Caves
29km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein Karoo - the Cango Caves. Situated in a limestone ridge parallel to the well-known Swartberg Mountains, you will find the finest dripstone caverns, with their vast halls and towering formations.
Southern Suburbs
The Southern Suburbs are a tourist's delight. The area, which stretches from the slopes of the Table Mountain range to the False Bay coast, offers natural attractions and a vibrant nightlife.
St James
Just a little further on from Cape Town's well-known Muizenberg beach is St James. Home to a cluster of well-known and oft-photographed bathing boxes on the beach, St James is a picturesque area that offers beachgoers respite from the westerly wind.
Llandudno and Sandy Bay
Only 18km from the Cape Town city centre, an arc of fine white sand gives away the secluded location of one of Cape Town's most beautiful beaches, Llandudno.
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Firefly: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] for $12.99
it's Firefly. just buy it and enjoy.
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I always vote for this deal, but this is the lowest price it has ever been.
Didn't I just see this deal about 3 days ago lol?
Anyways, Buy 3 and give two to your friends. Greatest show to ever get canceled. :(
@bdutton: Yeah, Best Buy had it for this price the other day. Not sure if they still do or not though.
I know this deal always gets posted, but stores keep raising the price back to $50 after a promotion, and it's hard to keep track of where you can get it for a reasonable price.
I got it for $9.99 at best buy. Blu-ray
@bdutton: 2nd greatest. Arrested Development exists. But this Show is amazing! Perfect for holiday giftz!
@triplebud: recently? got a link for your woot brethren?
OOOh, I can buy the blu-ray for myself so I can be sad it got cancelled in high definition! Then I can gift my DVD set to the library and really share the Browncoat love. And note to Joss Whedon, use that gazillion dollars and Avengers clout and get us flying again will ya? Thanks!
Did anyone else watch the 10 year reunion show on Sci-Fi? Jayne looks old, Nathan Fillion got fat, and River looked like a bus stop prostitute. Anyway, they hinted at a possible sequel to the movie, but I'd say it is highly unlikely. They also gave away a couple season 2 spoilers, and described a few planned episodes that would have blown everyone's collective mind.
Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Firefly%3A+The+Complete+Series+%5B3+Discs+/+Blu-ray%5D+-+Widescreen+Dubbed+Subtitle+AC3+-+Blu-ray+Disc/9090627.p?id=1906797&skuId=9090627&st=Firefly&lp=1&cp=1
But they have it listed as $12.99 as well, not $9.99, unless you can go in store and get a better deal. Which is possible; I just spent $40 there yesterday buying steelbook blu-ray, some of which they don't even have on their website anymore.
$12.99 at my local BB, too. Just ignore the $62.99 price sticker.
@takethemeatbridge: When was the reunion show?
I see Fillion every week on Castle, and he looks fine. They occasionally work Firefly references into the script.
Summer Glau keeps bouncing from one sci-fi show to another. Terminator fit her acting style the best. She was also a regular on the short-lived The Cape, and she's had recurring roles on Dollhouse and Alphas.
@craigthom: I watch Castle too. And I'm with meatbridge. He's picked up a lot of weight since the first season. Not that I'm one to fault somebody for that, but it is noticeable.
My number will signify the amount of people that actually watched the show on FOX when it was new.
Nathan is looking a bit like Al Gore. I love the guy, but he does need to drop a few lbs.
Firefly is/was simply the best scifi on television.
One thing they mentioned in the reunion was that the characters on the ship all represented some aspect of Mel that he was missing. Preacher, spirituality for example.
If by some chance you've been locked up in Maximum Security for the last 10 years, you really have to see this..I own several copies. (loan them to friends, they keep it)
TIL 232 wooters have no taste
Now $12.34
Christmas, I think so!
Best Buy has this as a 'Door Buster' at $7.99 Friday AM (while they last...).
@thomaswbowman: kinda looks like that is for the DVD version of the series, right?


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The Vine - September 2013 - 09-25-2013, 12:53 PM
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What's Happening.
Welcome everybody to the month of September. For those of us who are now back to school, well this is a trying month as we are all trying to get back into the swing of things. Those of you that are out of school, well, you lucky dogs. Hope everyone is having a great month and just think...HALLOWEEN is just right around the corner.
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Horrorscopes by Miranda.
A black cat falling onto the windscreen of your car this week will lead you to believe that this was the sign you had been waiting for. You will decide that no longer shall you wait for the opportunities to fall your way, but that you will be making your own luck from now on. The very next morning, you will find that the hitchhiker who you refused to pick up on the grounds that you were late for work anyway was in fact a serial killer and you had a very lucky escape. Take heart from this extraordinary piece of luck and take it as read that your life will improve, very slightly. That's the best that you can hope for anyway, so please don't set your sights too high or you will be disappointed.
This week you will be woken by the sound of a smashing window and discover there is an intruder in your house. The burglar is surprisingly quick to flee, equipped as he is with no weapon, but your decision to chase him will result in you being run over by a milk float. However, you check the contents of your house later, after your ejection from hospital, to find that there was nothing missing. The erstwhile thief opened your fridge and was so repulsed by its contents that he decided to probe no further into your house out of purest fear. It might be a good idea to throw that milk away before it mutates any further and becomes a new race which takes over the Earth. You wouldn't want that on your conscious, now would you?
Not even the most intelligent person can win an argument effectively if they do not have the right tools. So make sure you have a crowbar and a chainsaw on hand before you confront that person youve been disagreeing with. No bad things can possibly result from this. What, you don't believe me? Don't make me call down a posse of drunken Chelsea fans to beat some sense into you. Anyway, you have enough on your plate right now. I know you've been convincing yourself that the odd noises you hear at night is just the house settling but actually, a nest of rats has moved into your kitchen. Do something about them right now before they take over the house, declare squatters rights and you find yourself being booted out unceremoniously into the street.
A wagging tail means your cat is either indecisive or angry. It either wants to do two things at once and cannot make up its mind which action to take, or it wants you to stop holding it down so it can scratch your eyes out. Take this as a sign for what to do for the rest of the week. Basically, you've already irritated all your friends far too much this month, it will take just one more thing before you get a punch to the face. You might like to comfort yourself by telling yourself that you're a unique individual and some people just can't hack that, but in reality, you're an annoying, cretinous person who speaks before thinking and who provokes people to fantasise about setting about you with a bag of spanners.
Sometimes strong emotions can get the better of you. Its important to take time to reflect and breathe before you act. The wisest decisions are made after a good nights sleep. If you still feel angry in the morning then your decision is made. However, remember these wise words before you go outside and key your neighbour's car. Do not sign your name. Follow this advice, and you can be sure that you won't receive a free trip to the police station and a pair of silver bracelets later on in the day. Also, remember that revenge is a dish best served cold... but a close second is a hot dish thrown all over the offender. Youve always thought your life would be better if you could locate a flux capacitor, go back in time and teach your younger self a few things. But you might find it a tad depressing this week when you find out youve actually tried that already.
You have been thinking about giving up smoking this month, haven't you? Well, it's probably not what you want to hear, but I would advise you to forget it. You see, the calming influence of nicotine is the only thing stopping you from grabbing a chainsaw and going postal on your hapless town. You are a seething mass of rage, so I'd advise smoking even more and possibly eating more chocolate, too. Try to cut back on the alcohol tho as you are one mean drunk under the influence, and all your friends are scared of you. Try and wear more colours this week other than black. It will cheer you up and possibly others as well. You don't want people mistaking you for one of the villains of horror movie fame, do you?
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You often wonder what your purpose on this earth is, but what you fail to appreciate is that you are already influencing the lives of everyone people around you. You inspire them to be better people and move themselves on to greater things. Mainly because they dread the idea of ever ending up like you. You might be pleasantly surprised to discover just how many of lifes problems can be solved just by not paying the appropriate amount of attention to them. Of course, on the flip side other problems will mount up and become hazardous, but everyone needs a bit of intrigue in their lives. Try removing yourself from your comfort zone every so often. The nature of the society we live in means its easy to get stuck in a rut and repeat things on a daily basis. But pushing yourself can revitalise the soul. At least it proves you have one!
Every day you learn something new. Todays lesson will be bizarre and slightly scary, when you realise that in certain less-than-legitimate circumstances monkeys can be found in a barrel, and said barrel can be found on your doorstep. Its actually quite mad too. You can remove crayon drawings from walls or doors by simply heating them on a low setting with a hairdryer, then wiping off the remaining colours with a wet and slightly soaped cloth. Then remove the children that did them from your home, with a catapult. Alternatively, you can take them to a forest and leave them there with a crust of bread. Make sure that you warn them appropriately about strangers, particularly those who live in houses made of gingerbread. Then again, on second thoughts...
If youre thinking of revamping your image, then you should find something chic - but also a little unexpected. The unusual could affect you in different ways you may become the new talk of Nottingham, or you could end up talking to about someone right honourable about the indecent exposure act. Here's a handy hint: now that winter is on its way, you might want to consider covering up a little more. Blue skin is only attractive to Smurfs, and I don't think you want any of those roaming around the house, do you? If youre looking for words of wisdom, there are many places you can find it. Some people go back to study, some find religion and others find the answers within. But three o'clock on a Sunday morning, drunk off your face, kebab in hand, shouting at the bus shelter wont get you anywhere. So why do you keep on doing it?
You have hit some kind of buffer at work. It may be that the traffic doesnt move fast enough and you feel that youve come as far as you can in your current role, so its time to move into a faster lane. Whatever the difficulties are, deadly road rage against the boss never hurt anyone except him. Pluto is waning in such a way that suggests that in the next week you should beware of ghosts and ghouls that plan on bursting from the underworld and dragging you down into the world of the dead. In every strange nook and crevice lies danger; the dark space under your bed, the mysterious corners of your lecture theatres, the common rooms of certain colleges Then again, Pluto has been acting stroppily ever since it was demoted from planet status, so it could just be making it up in a cry for attention.
Sometimes you have to give in to your body's demands. You've tried everything you can think of to lose a few extra pounds. Unfortunately, the truth is that you have all your best ideas while eating fry-ups and gargantuan-sized bowls of ice cream. The fact is, the universe is playing a huge and elborate joke on you so the best thing you can do is just lie back and accept that you will never have a svelte body like the girl next door. And you wouldn't want to, believe me. Her skinny figure is entirely due to the accidental ingestion of a tapeworm which will eventually reach her brain and kill her. Doesn't feel so bad to be breaking paving stones every time you walk down the street now, does it?
Youre right that nobody seems to understand the excruciating personal pain and trauma you are currently going through. But having to constantly listen to you whining on about it is a torture of a whole different kind. You risk the humiliation of your friends dumping you en masse to go and hang out with the scary Cancer, for the simple reason that risking life and limb on a Saturday night down the pub is a far more exciting prospect than spending ten minutes in your company. However, life is on the up for you this week, for once. You will discover the deep power of chain letters this week when you suddenly get so busy that you unintentionally break one and suffer no terrible consequences whatsoever. Now you no longer have to waste your time sending them on or spending money on stamps to mail them! Wasn't that worth learning?
Sweet, I didn't even realize I won handdrawn doll of the month. =P
They are awesome! Mine gave me a nice laugh
Being single doesn't make you weak, it means that you are strong enough to be on your own; Being alone could be a good thing, because there is no drama involved in your life, no pain, and free to do what ever you want. Life is too short to be chasing those who aren't even worth fighting for, you are worth more than that.
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The Morehouse Parish School Board capital improvement bond was not passed by voters this Saturday, Dec. 8 with 71.49 percent of the voting population opting against the bond.
Morehouse Parish School Board superintendent Dr. George Noflin said it is a tragedy the bond did not pass, on account of the the great need for improvements and repairs at the local schools.
"The tragic thing about this is that there would have been no tax increase for tax payers if this bond would have been passed," Noflin said. "Now our children have to continue to deal with things like leaking roofs, and other things needing repair."
According to Noflin, the Morehouse Parish School systems may not have the technical abilities available to pass future evaluations from the state department, such as the computers necessary for state tests.
Kathy Yeldell, MPSB testing coordinator, said it is the junior high schools that are in need of new computer labs in order to be able to meet the new Common Core Standards.
"By the spring of 2015, the sixth, seventh and eighth graders will be required to take their state tests online," Yeldell said. "The high school is already required to take state tests online and has been for years. We are waiting on the state to let us know what the testing window will be so we can know how long we will have to test about 500 junior high students."
Yeldell said Morehouse High School tests about 800 students in a matter of three weeks, rotating the students on the available computers.
"It is hectic, but we manage," she said.
Yeldell said computer labs are needed the most at the following schools: Beekman Jr. High, Delta Junior High, Morehouse Junior High and Morehouse Magnet.
"They all have sixth graders there, that is why they are needed at those places," she said.
Noflin said he will not give up on passing the bond and in the meantime will be working on forming a new strategy.
"Although this is my first bond, I realize the role of the superintendent is to notify the public on all the ends and outs, and I should have made the voters more aware," he said. "I am a former football coach who does not like to lose. We will come back with a strategy and be more prepared next time, as to when that will be, I'm not sure."
Noflin said the schools are in need of not only computer labs but school buses, new heating and cooling systems, roofs and other renovations.
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Are there any materials exploring intermediate levels (of any sub-subject) which give plain English descriptions along side formulas/equations/diagrams/notations?
Before answering, please see our policy on resource recommendation questions. Please write substantial answers that detail the style, content, and prerequisites of the book, paper or other resource. Explain the nature of the resource so that readers can decide which one is best suited for them rather than relying on the opinions of others. Answers containing only a reference to a book or paper will be removed!
Because of the proliferation of notation across multiple physical specialties, I don't know if there is a concise reference. I don't know what level you are at, so I don't know where you feel comfortable.
I would start:
a) with a table of mathematical symbols
then move to:
b) Who is Fourier? as an introduction and desk reference on Fourier Analysis (and there are PHDs I know who keep this on their desk as well, especially once they discover who the lead advisor for the english edition was).
Next are:
c) Quantum Mechanics Demystified by McMahon
d) Relativity Demysitified by McMahon
Do not be fooled by the cover art, granted these are not textbooks, but they will give you the basic training needed to step into more rigorous books.
I would then take time to understand what the Action is and what it means to vary it. One quick reference is:
e) Quantum Field Theory Demystifed by McMahon
Followed by:
f) Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by Zee
I would recommend starting with just the first few chapters of Zee before hitting the best kept dirty little secret paper on ArXiv that I have found to date:
g) A Simple Introduction to Particle Physics by Robinson, Bland, Cleaver and Dittman
Garanteed to turn you into a bed wetter.
From here you will have some interesting choices, but for recreation I would spend 4 weeks and watch and take copious notes (quite seriously) on all the lectures:
h) The Fourier Transform and its Applications by Brad Osgood at Stanford
You could probabaly actually just start with this, but it is important to make sure you take it seriously before doing so.
After all that, then I would start in on Supersymmetry, which has its own host of deep dark notation, as discussed in:
i) Supersymmetry Demystified by Labelle
and then you need to tie up everything you know and start in on string theory:
j) String Theory Demystified by McMahon
From here you should be able to read things directly in the arxiv, or dig into more rigorous textbooks.
This is series from Stanford university by Leonard Susskind:
which introduces and uses tensor notation. This is a fairly high level course with a good introduction (the first 2 or 3 videos!) to various mathematical descriptions.


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Regarding this "question": Google Chrome OS Review. What is your take?
It looks like the user really put some effort into his ... lets call it article. In the comment section he refers to the about page where there is a "blog" part mentioned.
But somehow that whole thing doesn't seem to fit in there. I, too, expect questions that can be answered. This one is not a question that can be answered so, as mentioned in the comments, it's a candidate for a community wiki. But that way no reputation would be gained and thus there is no incentive to write such articles, i.e. to blog. (By now it's already "closed as not a real question".)
Is such content generally not meant to fit in here or did the user just present it the wrong way?
Update: Ok you say, it's not a blog. I understand and see it the same way. But then this picture is misleading, isn't it? The About Page says, there is only a tiny fraction of each 4 components, but the blog part has gone completely missing, then.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department says it's making permanent rules that allow schools to serve larger portions of lean meat and whole grains in school lunches and other meals.
Guidelines restricting portion size were originally intended to combat childhood obesity, but many parents complained their kids weren't getting enough to eat. School administrators say that rules establishing maximums on grains and meats are too limiting and make it difficult to plan daily meals.
The department eliminated limits and on meats and grains on a temporary basis more than a year ago. On Thursday officials made the rule change permanent.
The change was announced by Kevin Concannon, an undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.
He says the department has delivered on its promise to give school nutritionists more flexibility in meal planning.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A third person injured in Minneapolis apartment building explosion has died, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office.
Twenty-nine-year-old Abdiqani Adan died Friday at the Hennepin County Medical Center, the office reports Saturday. Adan did not live in the building.
Abdi Qobey tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press he was sitting in bed watching television early on New Year's Day when he heard the "boom."
The walls crumbled around the 59-year-old, and the only illumination in the hallway outside his apartment came from flames.
He says a police officer outside his second-story window beckoned for him to jump.
Qobey suffered fractures in both legs and a back injury, but he says he's glad to be alive.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A small plane that made an emergency landing on a New York City highway has been removed and the highway has been reopened.
Emergency workers took the Piper PA-28 off the northbound lanes of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on a flatbed truck at about 6 p.m. Saturday.
The city's Office of Emergency Management says drivers should expect residual delays.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) says the plane was headed back to a Connecticut airport after touring the Statue of Liberty when it experienced engine trouble and set down on the highway at about 3:20 p.m.
De Blasio says the pilot and two passengers aboard were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a Bronx hospital.
AVALON, Calif. (AP) -- The pilot of a small airplane that experienced engine failure and went down off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island says it never occurred to him that he wouldn't survive the crash.
David Prizio says he and his lone passenger remained calm when the plane's engine suddenly died while they were cruising at 6,500 feet Saturday afternoon.
The 62-year-old retired contractor tells The Associated Press he tried to put the single-engine Texas Sport Cub down near a cluster of pleasure boats.
Prizio says the impact shattered the windshield and the rush of water knocked off his glasses. He broke a finger but was otherwise unhurt. His passenger escaped injury.
The two men spent only minutes in the water and were rescued by a family of boaters.
The plane sank.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker will leave Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent's eastern edge, officials said.
The Coast Guard says the Polar Star is responding to a Jan. 3 request from Australia, Russia and China to assist the Russian and Chinese ships because "there is sufficient concern that the vessels may not be able to free themselves from the ice."
The Russian research ship has been trapped in ice-clogged Commonwealth Bay since Christmas Eve, while the Chinese ship which came to its rescue reported on Friday it too had become stuck nearby.
A day earlier, the Chinese ship's helicopter had retrieved from the Russian ship 52 scientists, journalists and tourists who are now on their way home aboard an Australian icebreaker.
Authorities say the 101 crew aboard the Chinese ship and 22 aboard the Russian ship are well provisioned and in no immediate danger.
The Polar Star is cutting short its planned stop in Sydney, Australia, to assist.
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former first lady Barbara Bush has been discharged from a Texas hospital where she spent nearly a week being treated for pneumonia.
Bush spokesman Jim McGrath says the wife of former President George H.W. Bush was released from Houston Methodist Hospital late Saturday morning. The 88-year-old Bush family matriarch had been hospitalized since Monday.
She and her husband, the 41st president, live in Houston. The nation's longest-married presidential first couple will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary Monday.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Texas, the nation's top cattle-producing state, lost 15 percent of its animals during a two-year drought as ranchers sold them to out-of-state buyers or sent them to slaughter. That dropped the size of the United States' overall herd to its lowest since the 1950s.
Moisture is returning to Texas and feed prices are dropping, and ranchers' interest in rebuilding their herds is rising. But it won't be a cheap or quick process.
Many ranchers sold their heifers -- females that haven't had their first calf -- and mother cows during the drought to save on feed cost. The price of pregnant heifers has risen by as much as $1,000 since the drought.
The forecast in much of the state shows equal chances for above, below or near normal precipitation.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York would become the 21st state to allow medical use of marijuana under an initiative Gov. Andrew Cuomo will unveil this week.
Cuomo plans to use administrative powers rather than legislative action to allow a limited number of hospitals to dispense marijuana for certain ailments. He will formally announce his plans in his state of the state speech Wednesday.
The New York Times first reported Cuomo's plan Saturday. Administration officials tell the newspaper the medical marijuana policy will be more restrictive than in states like Colorado and California and subject to New York Health Department standards.
Although marijuana remains illegal in New York, possession of small amounts has been reduced to a low-level violation subject to a fine.
The Drug Policy Alliance says Cuomo's plan would be a huge change, but New York should still enact legislation authorizing a state medical marijuana program that has been blocked so far by the state Senate's Republicans.


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It occurred to me in the middle of work this morning that I had to write a blog for today! Whoops! Sometimes, my entire week slurs together and I forget that certain days happen when I have to do things and stuff, it's confusing. In the midst of my morning confusion, I decided I would just write about my day. 'Cause I figured… I can do that.
I woke up around 10:30, fell asleep, and woke up again, probably several times. If you added up the collection of moments this happens during my life now, there would be like three whole years or so composed entirely of me struggling to decide when to wake up. I was officially up by 11.
Would have had time for breakfast, but I spent a full five minutes staring blankly at my computer screen, fighting the desire to post an interesting Facebook status update. I'm ashamed to admit, this happens on a fairly regular basis, mostly because part of me feels obligated, if I'm on Facebook, to post about what's REALLY on my mind, considering, that's the question in the little box when you first log in. It's my duty to let my friends know how I'm doing, right? HAHA!
So I sit for a while, pondering, "What IS on my mind?" before concluding that most of the things on my mind would probably erase my 'friend list' in a heartbeat. No, seriously. I'm a horror author. If I just went around telling everybody what was going on in my head, people probably wouldn't like me very much. I eventually decided not to post anything, then realized I no longer had time to throw together a peanutbutter sandwich.
I tossed on my work uniform: black, dress pants –check. Orange polo, still kind of stiff from the sweat of last shift –check. Nametag –check. Hat –check. You'll note that I didn't shower today; you'd think that, working in food service, being clean –REALLY clean, is crucial. At my campus food court, that's not quite the case. Really, wearing a hat for 4+ hours, to me, just means nobody can tell that I haven't washed my hair in a while. And bathing everything else? Well, that's a little pointless when you wash dishes for hours and get food waste plastered all over yourself.
Brushed my teeth after getting dressed. Gathered what I needed for my drawing class which follows work. That took longer than expected, and with eight minutes before the start of my shift, I booked it to work. On a normal morning, my walk to work takes a solid ten minutes. My apartment isn't far from the campus food court, so that's nice. However, when I have to half-walk half-sprint in bursts to make sure I keep my record of punctuality, that's not so nice.
My record of not-being-late has not been broken yet.
At work, I shuffled into an apron, clocked in, looked over the beverage coolers. They were already full, so I headed to the dish machine and started washing. Luckily, today, two other workers were sent to dish because there was nothing else for them to do. We tackled a rather intimidating pile of dishes in about an hour. I had earned myself a well-deserved lunch break.
For lunch, I ate a big ol' stack of pierogies with an ice cold Coca-Cola (for those of you who don't know, pierogies are Polish dumplings filled with mashed potatoes and cheese. Basically Heaven in your mouth). I sat alone and ate, watching customers pass me by, wondering what they would eat, smiling casually at those who looked over.
After break, I returned to the beverage coolers to find that a few slots had been emptied. That was my cue. I mounted my trusty steed –the stocking cart, and rolled into the stocking room, where all the bottled drinks are stored. With clipboard in hand, everything I needed written down, I started loading the cart full of drinks. I spent another forty minutes or so putting those drinks in the coolers.
The rest of work consisted of scraping old food gunk out of the inside of garbage cans. Not much to say about that.
Once work was over, I had a few minutes to browse Reddit.com, one of my favorite websites. It's for posting pictures, funny stuff, news articles, basically anything. Scrolled through the 'photography' section, which just has a bunch of cool, inspiring pictures.
At 3:30, I headed to my drawing class. In which, I drew things. But not just any things. I drew my cat, because I did not feel like working on the project we were supposed to be working on. Call me a bad student, but I plan to do the next project in ink and water, and that's not very easy to transport on foot. And, my instructor liked my cat drawing.
When I returned to my apartment after class, I entered a cloud of the sweetest-smelling aroma of grilled cheese and tomato soup. My roommate had a guest over and was cooking dinner with her, and offered to make me a sandwich. I took him up on that offer with glee. The sandwich –grilled cheese with chicken- was delicious.
By the time I had finished my sandwich, my roommate and his guest had already left to go do…stuff, I don't know where they went. So, apartment's empty. Know what that means?
Which is exactly what I did. Drums. Then naptime. When I woke up, I typed this, and now I'm posting it. Later tonight, I'll probably draw some more, catch up on my NaNo wordcount (I confess, I'm too embarrassed to post my wordcount here for all to see. It's pathetic), and I might hang out with some friends if they show up like they normally do after the Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) meeting. I used to go to those, but choose not to now, for reasons I might explain another day. My friends who go usually come over to the apartment afterwards. If they don't, more drawing, more writing. Maybe some reading in there, we'll see. Bedtime anywhere from 3 am to 7 am. No, I'm not kidding. My brain works best during those hours.
So, I hope you've enjoyed reading about my day. If I had anything else interesting to talk about, I would have posted about that, and not my day. So yes, I legitimately hope you got anything out of this. Cheers and God bless!
In Christ,
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SN-95 Mustang Suspension - LookerWritten by on September 2, 2009 Contributors: Bulldog Buzz Sawyer Form And Function...In Equal Measures
Eibach Springs has built its solid rep on superbly engineered street suspension systems, and we're visiting them this day because it's time for Project Mustang to put up or shut up-so we're putting up. Our host, Pat Soffe, works R&D and has seen and heard it all. He experiences Eibach stuff in a real-world situation every day on the Ortega Highway, an infamously snaky piece of Southern California mountain road dotted with makeshift shrines to those who never made it to the other side.
Are we here to make this car safer and more adroit in the corners or to let its natural beauty shine through via a cosmetic process? A little of both, perhaps. We wanted to haul the Mustang off its high perch, reduce the space between the top of the tire and the lip of the wheelwell, enhance its inherent good looks, and upgrade its handling in emergency maneuvers. Further, we wanted to maintain an enviable ride quality and have the car be totally usable on the street (no parking-curb nightmares, no speed-bump humping, no noises from beneath, and no massive amounts of tire-grinding negative camber). In short, the Mustang had to perform at least as well, if not better, as it did in the stock configuration.
To prepare for the change, we enlisted an Eibach Pro Kit (PN 3510.140) which consists of progressive-rate coil springs (450/570-lb/inch front; 200/250-lb/inch rear) and a drastically shorter pinion snubber. Since Eibach works closely with Koni North America, we matched the springs with adjustable Koni "D" Sport struts (PN8741 1300) and shocks (PN 8041 1186). The inclusion of HP Motorsport camber plates would allow caster and camber to be independently optimized to maintain favorable steering geometry.
While we could have caved to the current rage of mega-diameter wheels, we considered the scant sidewall of a 30 or 35 series as impractical-pouncing on a healthy pothole could quickly put an expensive alloy rim out of business. Rather, we settled on some of the latest Yokohama technology as found in its 17-inch, 40-series A520 asymmetrical street stickies. Though we knew the A520s would provide excellent cornering ability, we were interested in their capacity to run quietly and to shed water as well. The idea was to put as much rubber to the ground as possible without compromising ride quality or interfering with the Mustang's bodywork and suspension. Considering our extremely light, absolutely gorgeous, and, yes, hideously expensive forged Fikse Mag 9.0- and 10.0-inch-wide modulars, the Yokohama techies thought 255s and 285s would be the perfect complement.
These tires and rims represent the feasible limit; the front rubber is barely within the shadow of the fenders, and the rears will be trying hard to rub metal on a sharp jounce. Though the front tires do not contact anything but the tarmac, the rear ones are better off with the fender lips rolled under. On very hard input, the wheel arch stoops to kiss the tire tread, signaled by a momentary "bzzzt"... but that's all she wrote.
Soffe and the Mustang spent nearly an hour and a half on the high-zoot Hunter alignment rack. First, Soffe "squared" the car by checking the thrust angle, which is the location of the front wheels in relationship to the rear ones; there was was a difference of just 0.01 degree. When he was through, the red bomb had -1.0 degree of camber, 5 degrees of caster, and -1/16-inch toe-in.
Ride quality is better (due in part to the reduction of unsprung weight via the lightweight Fikse wheels) than it was in the stock configuration, and the suspension imparts less of a shock as it passes over speed bumps. In all, the ride is softer, more fluid, and without a hint of sloppiness. The Koni inserts take partial credit for that, even though they are on the softest possible setting. Overall, the Yoko's aggressive tread pattern offers a quieter ride than the stock Goodyears but tend to tram somewhat on uneven pavement, but this is a normal occurrence for such a large tire on such a wide front rim. Thanks to Flip's Performance's mounting and balancing, these big balonies run true and shudder-free.
Yes, we are quite pleased with Soffe's expert ministrations and the results of the changes. At once, they've improved the Mustang's dynamics considerably and have imparted a tough, don't mess with me stance-"Man, those wheels are BIG!"
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After disconnecting the brake calipers, lower sway-bar attachment, removing the tie-rod end and the lower strut mount, Soffe put a floor jack beneath the lower control arm to relieve tension on the upper strut mount. He lowered the jack to lessen the preload on the spring and then cautiously levered the spring free.After removing the trim panels from the trunk to gain access to the top of the rear shocks, Soffe raised the car and supported the axlehousing with a muffler jack. He removed the brake-line clamp, sway bar, and the quad shocks from both sides of the car. Then he extracted the lower shock-mount bolts and let the axle hang free to access the rear coil spring. He installed the new shock and coil spring and buttoned the assembly down. Damping force is adjusted via a tang at the top of the unit; ours were set full soft.Soffe first attached a Koni strut to the camber plate and then installed the shorter springs with the upper and lower rubber bumpers from the stock springs......and then raised the lower control arm so he could reassemble the brakes, tie-rod end (with a new cotter key), and so on.Since the floor of the car is nearly 1 1/2 inches lower than before, it would bottom-out on the stock pinion snubber with regularity. Eibach supplies a smaller, shorter replacement.Big, fat 285s and 5 1/2-inch backspaced 10-inch Fiske rims are barely snug beneath the sheetmetal. Flip's Performance mounted and balanced our rolling stock.


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The system on which this is run also maintains some user content in the database. This content, which is (as far as I can tell) supposed to be unaffected by the update, becomes corrupted:
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Size of the Federation
This purpose of this article is to examine the various quotes we have been given regarding the size of the Federation throughout Star Trek. There are relatively few facts regarding this, and as usual some of those we have been given are wildly contradictory. I will list the evidence and suggest ways to reconcile the contradictions.
The Original Series
In the episode 'Balance of Terror', Kirk must battle a Romulan vessel which has invaded Federation territory. At one point he goes to his quarters, feeling glum about the responsibility which rests on his shoulders. McCoy goes to comfort him and says :
|McCoy :
|"In this galaxy there's a mathematical probability of three million Earth type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that... and perhaps more... only one of each of us. Don't destroy the one named Kirk."
The importance of this quote is not immediately obvious, but we shall see in the conclusion how it applies to the number of worlds in the Federation.
The episode 'Metamorphosis' features Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive. Cochrane has been missing for over a hundred years, and it transpires that during this time he has been living on an asteroid with a non-corporeal alien entity that he calls 'The Companion'. Cochrane is curious about how things have been going whilst he has been separated from the rest of Humanity and Kirk gives him this description :
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|"We're on a thousand planets and spreading out. We cross fantastic distances. And everything's alive, Cochrane; life everywhere. We estimate that there are millions of planets with intellgient life. We haven't begun to map them. Interested?"
Since Cochrane has been missing for longer than the Federation has existed, he is presumably asking specifically about the progress of Humanity. So it's possible that Kirk has given him the number of Human colonies here rather than the total for the Federation as a whole. If so then the total number of Federation worlds during TOS would be several thousand at least, perhaps even tens of thousands or more.
The Next Generation
The Next Generation series does not give us any solid figures for the number of worlds in the Federation, but it does give us a couple of interesting quotes. The first comes in the first season episode 'Where No One Has Gone Before'; in this episode Starfleet warp expert Kozinski has come aboard the Enterprise-D with a mysterious alien assistant to help improve the ship's warp drive. It transpires that Kozinski is a fraud and that the assistant, known as the Traveller, has been doing all the work for him. During an experiment the ship is catapulted across several million light years when the Traveller becomes distracted. Unwilling to admit that anything is seriously wrong, Kozinski declares :
|Kozinski :
|"In three centuries of space travel we've charted just 11% of our galaxy. And then... we accomplish this!'
A similar quote comes in the later episode 'The Dauphin', when Wesley is showing a young lady some of the prettier spots of the galaxy on the holodeck. Wesley declares to her :
|Wesley :
|"This is all just beginning; we've only charted 19% of our galaxy. The rest is out there, just waiting!"
This implies an impressive feat of exploration during early TNG; 'The Dauphin' is set only about sixteen months after 'Where No One Has Gone Before', so the Federation has charted 8% of the entire galaxy during this time. This is almost as much territory as has been charted in the entire rest of history put together!
One possibility is that the Federation was just developing some method of charting large areas of space around the time of 'Where No One Has Gone Before'. Subspace telescopes would seem to fit the bill well; if facilities such as the Argus Array were first deployed just after Kozinsky made his statement, they might allow large areas of space to be charted in short order.
Star Trek : First Contact
In this movie Picard meets Lily, a Human from the year 2063. Whilst the two are on the run from the Borg on board the Enterprise-E, she talks to him about the Federation :
Lily :
|"How many planets are in this Federation?"
Picard :
|"Over one hundred and fifty, spread across eight thousand light years.'
This flatly contradicts Kirk's statement in 'Metamorphosis' that the Federation is already on at least a thousand worlds as of the original series.
Deep Space Nine
In the rather grim episode 'Battlelines', Sisko crashes on a habitable moon when a network of satellites orbiting it attack his Runabout. He finds two groups called the Ennis and the Nol-Ennis fighting a war on the surface. They have been deliberately stranded there and infected with a technology that gives them immortality, constantly bringing them back from the dead when they are killed in battle. The leader of one of the factions talks to Sisko about the Federation :
Zlangco :
Shel-la :
|"What does it matter to us, Zlangco?"
Zlangco :
|"It matters to me!"
Sisko :
|"The Federation is made up of over a hundred planets who have allied themselves for mutual scientific cultural and defensive benefits."
This again contradicts Kirk's 'Metamorphosis' quote, and is somewhat lower than Picard's First Contact quote of over one hundred and fifty worlds in the Federation, though it is in the same ballpark.
Star Trek : Insurrection
Insurrection has no quotes concerning the number of worlds in the Federation, but there is an interesting scene early on in the movie. Picard is hosting a reception for an alien delegation who have been accepted as a 'Federation Protectorate'. This is a term we have never heard before; previously we have only heard planets called 'members', 'colonies' or 'settlements'. The implication of the scene seems to be that a protectorate is something different from a full member, which implies the existence of different levels of Federation membership. As we shall see in the conclusion, this will offer a possible answer to one of the major problems concerning this issue.
The only serious problem here is reconciling Sisko and Picard's statements that the Federation has about 100 - 150 worlds in the TNG era with Kirk's statement that 'we' are already on more than a thousand worlds during TOS. The only way I can see that both numbers can be true is to go with the idea of different membership 'levels' within the Federation. If we assumed that only 'home worlds' such as Earth, Vulcan, Betazed and Andor count as full member planets, then 150 member worlds would indicate that there are approximately 150 species which are full Federation members, presuming that most planets have only a single intelligent species. Colony worlds such as Mars, Cygnia Minor and Galen IV would not count as Federation members, nor would protectorates such as that mentioned in 'First Contact'.
If we take Kirk's 'Metamorphosis' figure of one thousand worlds as referring to the total for the entire Federation, then, he could have been referring to, say, 100 full member worlds each with an average of about ten colonies, for one thousand worlds overall. If we assumed that he was referring to only Human worlds, then we can only make a guess about how large the Federation would have been at this time. Humans seem to dominate the Federation throughout Star Trek, so it seems unlikely that other members would have as many colonies as Humanity does. But even so, Humans surely cannot be expected to have more than 10 or 20% of the total Federation worlds. So we're looking at 5 - 10,000 total planets in the Federation during TOS.
If we have to make guesses at how many worlds the Federation contained in TOS, we have to compound our guesses to try and project that number into TNG. As a rough guide, the mid 2260s TOS era lies about halfway between the founding of the Federation in 2161 and the TNG era of 2364 onwards, so if the TOS Federation is composed of up to 10,000 worlds then the TNG Federation is unlikely to have less than two to three times this.
Another way to approach this problem is to look at the population of planets in the galaxy as a whole. McCoy states in 'Balance of Terror' that there are likely to be three million Earth-type worlds in the galaxy as a whole. We know that while class M planets are the most suitable for Human life, Humans are capable of living on at least two other classes of planet - class L and H. There are also at least some colonies located in domes or underground on otherwise uninhabitable planets - Janus IV is a good example of this type of colony. So the total population of Human-habitable planets in the galaxy is likely to be somewhere between three and nine million. Since Humanity has explored at least 11% of the galaxy as of TNG, then between 330,000 and one million habitable planets should lie in this explored zone.
Powers such as the Federation, the Klingons and the Romulans are referred to throughout Star Trek as being major powers in their part of the galaxy. It seems impossible that any of them could have much sway over the fate of a million worlds if they have only a hundred planets or so each. If the Federation comprised even 5% of the total planets in the 11% explored zone, then we would be looking at 15 - 50,000 worlds. And all of these numbers go up considerably if we use Crusher's 19% figure rather than Kozinsky's 11% one.
There is considerable leeway in most of these numbers, but it seems clear that the idea of a 150 world Federation is both impractical and at odds with established canon. Even looking at Kirk's 'Metamorphosis' quote in the most restrictive way possible gives us a thousand Federation worlds in TOS, and implies two or three thousand in TNG. And as we have seen, the true figure may be much greater than this.
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Originally Posted by ozsubasiI agree that the main focus should be on one's own site, but in a competitive environment it can also be useful to keep an eye on what the competition is doing.
Studying the marketing campaign of Pepsi and Coke of few decades ago when Pepsi was new player would help. Quoting lot of things from memory and so bear with me. Pepsi instead of competing with coke (the major player in the market) focused on its own performance month on month / quarter on quarter and we all know what Pepsi is today.


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I've heard that check-raising isn't allowed everywhere. What is the reason behind that?
The point is to make players feel like they're not getting hustled by a shark. Some people, particularly newer players, think it's an unfriendly thing to do. The game will tend to have a little more action than one where check-raise is allowed, which means that the rake will be a bit larger.
In practice, however, it actually favors more experienced players. The Excalibur ran a 1-3 spread limit hold'em "Beginners" game in the mid-90s, with the only difference from the regular 1-4-8 hold'em game (other than the limit) being that check-raise wasn't allowed.
When I noticed this game, it was the only place I played for months, until it wasn't really going anymore. My adjustments were very simple - I played much tighter in early position and would play almost any two cards on the button if there were enough players seeing the flop. Regardless of what I thought of the flop, I'd almost always bet if it was checked to me. I don't have detailed records for the game, but I recall almost always winning. I was certainly disappointed when I stopped in one night and found out they weren't spreading it anymore.
So, the real reason it isn't used in card rooms much is because it increases the rate at which the losers run out of money.
It is unlikely that any comercial card room would ban check-raising in standard limit or no-limit games such as Stud, Hold'em or Omaha. The rules for some lowball limit games prohibit or restrict check-raising.
Roberts Rules of Poker goes into more detail as to what games (Ex:A-5 Lowball) and on what streets check-raising is prohibited.
It might be common in some home games to limit weaker players losses and to keep it "friendly". And of course there may be some card room somewhere that does but I could find no evidence of that.


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