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On Friday, October 9, 1981, I was diagnosed with cancer. Four days later a large tumor and 10 inches of my colon were removed. I was 32 years old. It all happened so fast. Why me? I remember being shocked -- filled with anger, hate, rejection, fear, everything. Everything except confusion. I've always had a sense of direction in my life. I have my art and I'm living my second life.
I drew Self Portrait a while after my surgery. This piece points to the vulnerability of life and the urgency to prioritize.
On Sunday, December 28, 1997, my father died (at home) from the complications that occur from prostate cancer. It was not an invisible death -- it was horrifying. It was like watching my own death.
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America Shifts Left
The center of gravity in American politics moved left in Tuesday's off-year elections.
Republicans took a big step back from the tea party. An ebullient progressive was elected mayor of New York City. And a Democrat was elected governor of Virginia after campaigning unapologetically as a supporter of gun control and a liberal on social issues.
The one bright spot for Republicans, Chris Christie's landslide re-election in New Jersey, was won precisely because Christie ran briskly away from the party's right wing and developed a civil relationship with President Obama. His victory speech spoke of the need for politicians to go to places where they might be "uncomfortable" -- exactly where the tea party does not want to go.
And in the one direct intraparty fight over the GOP's future, a tea party candidate lost a primary in Alabama to a more traditional conservative. A telling distinction between the victor, Bradley Byrne, and the defeated Dean Young: Byrne said that Obama was born in the United States; Young suggested the president was born in Kenya.
Young's persistent "birtherism" is a reminder of how far right the American political discussion veered after the elections of 2009 and the midterms of 2010. The pendulum is swinging back.
And this week was not just a story of the Republican Party struggling to disentangle itself from extremism, or of the revival of moderation. The Democratic victories in New York and Virginia plainly marked the triumph of two different kinds of progressivism.
Terry McAuliffe may have won in Virginia as a middle-of-the-road, business-friendly champion of "jobs." But he was also firmly liberal on gay marriage and abortion, and cast Ken Cuccinelli, his opponent, as a social troglodyte.
More than that: McAuliffe was outspoken against the National Rifle Association and in favor of a variety of gun-safety measures, including background checks. McAuliffe did not shrink from his F-rating from the NRA. He boasted about it.
His outspokenness was rewarded. He won the suburbs outside of Washington, D.C., overwhelmingly and built a large margin among women. The power of the gun-control issue should not be lost in the sometimes foggy talk about centrism. This should embolden supporters of sane gun laws.
In New York City, Bill de Blasio built the day's second landslide on another sort of liberalism, a populist assault on rising inequality. In a victory speech that will be read as a manifesto for a new progressivism, de Blasio declared that inequality "is the defining challenge of our time." He renewed his campaign call for modest tax increases on the best-off to finance education programs to give poorer kids a chance to join the ranks of the successful.
New York has a reputation as a great liberal city, and in many ways it is. But not since David Dinkins won in 1989 has it sent a Democrat and a staunch progressive to City Hall. The de Blasio experiment will be a test case for the nation.
Conservatives quickly sought to take the edge off their defeats on Tuesday by arguing that Cuccinelli's attacks on Obamacare at the end of the campaign nearly allowed him to snatch victory from McAuliffe in a race that turned out to be closer than polls had predicted.
But the evidence for this is thin. In the Virginia exit polls, only 27 percent of the voters said health care was their most important issue, and they split 49 percent for Cuccinelli, 45 percent for McAuliffe. At a moment when media reports about Obamacare are almost universally bad, this narrow advantage is surprisingly positive news for friends of the Affordable Care Act -- especially since McAuliffe strongly and repeatedly endorsed using its expansion of Medicaid to provide insurance for Virginia's near-poor.
Republicans would be wiser to pay attention to the fact that McAuliffe re-created the coalition which twice elected Obama. When Democrats lost Virginia in 2009, Obama supporters stayed home in large numbers. This time, the electorate was significantly more Democratic, and the African-American share of the vote rose sharply. In next year's midterms, Republicans cannot count on the sort of Democratic demobilization that was so helpful to them in 2010.
To say that this election nudged the nation leftward is not to claim a sudden mandate for liberalism. But it is to insist that the center ground in American politics is a long way from where it was three years ago -- and that if there is a new populism in the country, it is now speaking with a decidedly progressive accent.
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The elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City might each be taken at face value, as indicators of voter sentiemnt on the key issues of each campaign. Christie's main thrust was that he had worked across party lines for the people's benefit, and his well-known embrace of President Obama after Superstorm Sandy served well as Exhibit A. His opponent had no real response. In VA, as Dionne describes, McAuliffe recreated the Obama victory formula. The most important change may actually be the primary victory of Bradley Byrne in Alabama. Tea Party candidates have previously been far more effective in primaries than in general elections. That may be beginning to change, and would allow the Republican mainstream to regain its balance--and its effectiveness in general elections. One can also visualize Republican candidates campaigning FOR gun controls, especially in heavily urban districts, with financial support from control advocates such as Michael Bloomberg.
There is one other issue that will be more contentious in 2014: the ACA. No doubt, HealthCare.gov will work in a month or so, and millions will sign up. The questions of 2014 wil be more substantive, perhaps existential. For example, the CBO projected last May that even in 2023 (ten years hence) there will still be 31 million uninsured adults (under 65) with the ACA fully implemented. The ACA will have conspicuously failed to have brought coverage to many of the 47 million who were uninsured when the law was passed. By next fall, the magnitude of the remaining uninsured will be apparent. Also, Secretary Sebelius testified last week that so far, $174 million has been spent on HealthCare.gov and related IT support. At the very most, 20 million people will use that website to buy health insurance. Someone wil calculate that for $174 million we could have simply distributed a HealthCare credit card capable of drawing $8.7 million to every one of the 20 million uninsured persons whom HealthCar.gov is built to serve. Skip the website and all the big contracts--just let people get to their healthcare providers. The debate will center on whether, if health care is a right, are we a more moral country when so many are still uninsured? And how was so much taxpayer money, and so much opportunity to do good, squandered on a website that does not, even when it works as intended, address the problem of millions of Americans still without health coverage?
Yes, the 2014 election will be different, for Republicans and Democrats alike.
Progessivism is only to be measured by getting rid of part-time jobs and no benefits by punishing corps that 'live' off that . next is raise the minimum wage a few bucks. All the other social issues are cable news babble.
To correct a typo in my original Comment above: delete the "capable of drawing $8.7 million".
This article seems to be more along the lines of wishful thinking than accurate reflection upon what happened Tuesday. None of these elections resembles that overwhelming feeling of progressive 'victory' that I got in 2006, and again in 2008. In Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli received 40% of the 18-29 vote, and the liberal MacCauliffe only received 45% of the 18-29 vote. This does not bode well for progressivism's future, since many of these young people will naturally vote more conservatively as they age. Why would so many young people cast ballots for Cuccinelli in 2013? In part, it's because the country (and Generation Y) is becoming more conservative. Running on issues such as "free" contraception and more abortion doesn't play well with people who don't remember 3rd wave feminism. And running on any kind of spending increases won't play well with young people either. The debt and budget will define the next 1 or 2 decades of politics if the Democrats don't find a way to make some kind of grand bargain soon. This is naturally an argument that conservatives will win. Add to this the growing influence of the Tea Party, the dismantling of public education, the decline in unionism (and rise of right-to-work laws), the changing public attitudes on abortion and government spending by young people, and the Citizen's United case. Conservatism's future looks much brighter than Progressivism's at this point. I'm not sure how E.J. can even write an article like this and not expect to get laughed at.
"And how was so much taxpayer money, and so much opportunity to do good, squandered on a website that does not, even when it works as intended, address the problem of millions of Americans still without health coverage?"
Sweet Jesus, Joseph, have you never heard of the US Congress? If so, have you paid any attention whatsoever to their behavior as of late? They are not an impotent group. Their ability to cripple useful US policy is becoming quite legendary worldwide.
"I'm not sure how E.J. can even write an article like this and not expect to get laughed at." I, on the other hand, I not sure how anyone with a remotely useful notion of "conservatism" could consider the Tea Party agenda to be driven by anything other than fear mongering, a near fanatical worship of oligarchy and an unrelenting adulation of ignorance.
I wonder if Mr. Dionne visited New York City during the Mayoral term of David Dinkins? It has taken a rather long time for New York to 'recover its self' from the general disintegration of the City since his term finished. I do hope Mr. DiBlasio will not 'let things go down hill' with all his 'progressive ideals' to reduce New York City to that parlous situation.
>> Someone wil calculate that for $174 million we could have simply distributed a HealthCare credit card capable of drawing $8.7 million to every one of the 20 million uninsured persons whom HealthCar.gov is built to serve.
If only such a person knew their math, they would quickly see that 174 million dollars / 20 million is not 8.7 million dollars but 8.7 dollars. That is, if I gave 8.7 dollars to 20 million people, then I have spent 174 million dollars. Funny how this type of misinformation spreads so easily on the internet.


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NEW ORLEANS—After failing to earn induction in his first year of eligibility, former Giants and Jets coach Bill Parcells will enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, part of a seven-member class that did not include Giants defensive end Michael Strahan.
Guard Larry Allen, wide receiver Cris Carter, offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden and defensive tackle Warren Sapp will join Parcells as the five modern-era inductees. Both of this year's senior nominees, lineman Curley Culp and linebacker Dave Robinson, also made the cut.
Over his 22 years as a head coach—14 of which he spent with New York's two franchises—Parcells went 172-130-1. He helped restore the Giants to a place among the NFL's elite teams, winning two Super Bowls and compiling a 77-49-1 record from 1983 through 1990.
The Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) needed more than eight hours here Saturday to narrow down the candidates to a list of 10 finalists. They spent close to an hour discussing Parcells, the longest of any candidate, according to association members Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated and Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.
"I'm very happy for Bill," Bill Mara, the Giants' president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. "This is long overdue. He's one of the best coaches in NFL history. He turned our franchise around. We went through a long period in the 1960s and '70s when we were a laughingstock. When Bill took over in 1983, he … turned us into a perennial playoff contender."
Notoriously cantankerous with the media, Parcells spent four years with the New England Patriots, guiding them to Super Bowl XXXI following the 1996 season. (They lost to the Green Bay Packers.) The Jets then hired him soon thereafter—Parcells actually negotiated with them during Super Bowl week—following a two-year stretch under Rich Kotite during which they lost 28 of 32 games. Under Parcells, they had two winning seasons in three years, going 12-4 in 1998 and reaching the AFC championship game.
"I'll tell you one thing that I think is really cool," said Giants coach Tom Coughlin, who worked under Parcells. "Remember what John Madden said in his speech when he got inducted? He said when they shut the lights off and lock the door at the Hall of Fame at night, all the busts in the Hall talk to each other. I'm telling you, Parcells will hold his own in every one of those conversations. I guarantee that."
Eligible for induction for the first time, Strahan was among the 10 finalists for the class of 2013, as voted on by the PFWA. He set the NFL's single-season record for sacks with 22.5 in 2001, led the league with 18.5 in 2003 and ranks fifth in NFL history with 141.5. Four times, the Associated Press selected him to its all-NFL First Team, and he earned a Super Bowl ring in his final game as the Giants upset the previously unbeaten New England Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII.
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(a) Find the speed of the particle at time $t = 3$ seconds.
Answer given: Speed = $\sqrt{\left(x^{\prime}\left(3\right)\right)^2 + \left(y^{\prime}\left(3\right)\right)^2} = 2.828$ meters per second.
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Praying Shacharis and Mariv (morning and evening prayers) is listed as one of the things "sheodom oychel peiroisehem..." (A person eats of the fruit in this world but principle is left to be enjoyed in the next world). Yet it's Shacharis and Mincha (afternoon prayers) that are obligated in the Torah. So why not mention Mincha but Mariv instead?
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It seems to be that it is not necessarily praying Shachris and Maariv, but rather "hashkamas beis hamidrash" at those times. The verse is thus not calling out davening but synagogue attendance.
Since Mincha is often prayed "on the go" or as an interruption to the work day, it would stand to reason that it is more common to attend communal prayers in the morning and the evening.
Nothing to do with prayer. "Going to Torah study in the morning and evening", i.e. before and after work.
I'm having problems with the premise of the question: There is authority to say that Mincha is the most important service. Rabbi Chelbo at Berachos 6b states that Mincha was most important because Elijah's prayer was only answered with a Mincha offering (see I Kings 18:36-37). Today, Rabbi Berel Wein, argues that Mincha is "perhaps the most important and meaningful prayer service of the day" precisely because it is inconvenient, must be done in a narrow window of time, and interrupts the work day. Because it comes in the middle of the work day, it "is an oasis of spiritual time in a tough workday." Shachris and Maariv, however, are possible to be prayed outside of difficult time constraints.
One could argue that Maariv is least in importance because it doesn't have a direct connection to the daily Tamid offering. Rashi to Berachos 26b. But see Rambam Hil. Tef. 1:6 and the Tur (Orach Chaim 235). But it and Shachris are tied to the time-bound mitzvot of saying the Shema.
So, I really don't think you can play favorites and say one service is more or less important than the others.


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If the Terminator had the ability to just turn himself into a cruise missile and wipe out Sarah Connor's city, there'd be no movie. In other words, to make sci-fi stories work, the writers often have to add completely arbitrary and pointless limitations to whatever futuristic technology turns up.
But in the name of plot and drama, they sometimes wind up giving the people of the distant future gear that doesn't even work as well as ours does now, in the boring old present. For instance ...
#6. Every Post-Apocalyptic Film -- Bicycles (Seriously)
We've seen it in The Road, Terminator Salvation, Dawn of the Dead, Book of Eli, The Walking Dead, Mad Max, Falling Skies and many, many others. One of the main problems of living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland is that the survivors have to be constantly on the move, because otherwise it would just be two hours of watching people slowly die.
Which, to be fair, is pretty much The Road's plot synopsis.
Whether they're trying to reach some sort of fabled vestige of civilization, looking for resources or simply trying not to be eaten by zombies, the survivors are always moving from point A to point B, and that means either walking over insane stretches of possibly radioactive desolation or fighting other people for gas. That's just the way it is, though, because if the whole world has gone to shit, how else are you gonna get around?
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So What's Missing?
How about grabbing a bike? In most of these films, there always seems to be a gap between having a vehicle and gas and being shit out of luck, as if no other possibility existed.
"If only there were some sort of middle ground between cars and easily spooked animals!"
Why don't they ride bikes? Did all the zombies eat them? Did the nukes somehow specifically target bicycles but miss all the cars? Bikes are cheap, fast and easy to maintain, plus they require no fuel and they're freaking everywhere -- literally the only reason we can think of for why they are never used in these films is that they would look kinda ridiculous.
Bikes: Worse than being eaten by a zombie.
In The Road and Book of Eli, the protagonists spend pretty much the whole movie walking across hostile territory and never so much as consider looking for some bikes. It's like they never even existed. And before you tell us that Eli wouldn't be able to ride a bike due to his condition -- if you can aim a bow and arrow and win a machete fight, you can ride a damn bike.
There's blind and then there's Daredevil blind.
Not only are bikes considerably faster than walking -- the average human walking speed is roughly 3 mph, and the same effort applied on a bike is 15 mph -- but they are also much more discreet than cars. In Terminator Salvation, the characters can rarely get into vehicles without attracting giant murder robots, which you'd think would at least make them consider building some bicycles out of Terminator scrap parts.
In The Walking Dead, the Dawn of the Dead remake and pretty much every zombie film ever, the protagonists use motorized vehicles to get around, and they inevitably break down, leaving the characters to run. Again, there is no situation in which traveling by bike or at least keeping one strapped to the roof of the car wouldn't be beneficial.
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In Dawn of the Dead, they actually show a character riding a bike inside the mall, but as soon as the characters are forced to leave the place, they completely forget such a thing exists. Given the traveling speeds we showed you before, using bikes instead of running away by foot would have made them exactly five times less likely to be torn to shreds.
In Terminator Salvation, guess what the young Kyle Reese was doing when he was captured by the robots: arguing over gas. Had Marcus, Kyle and the other kid traveled on bikes (or possibly one of those three-seat tandem deals) there would be no need to stop for gas and it would have been a completely different movie from then on.
"Maybe putting up with those terrible shorts would have been worth it."
The biggest difference would have been made in films like Book of Eli and The Road: Had people thought to utilize bikes, every grueling journey would have been much faster and therefore much easier, and in the case of The Road, much less likely to make the audience want to die.
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#5. Aliens, Doom and Event Horizon -- Night-Vision Goggles
You know the drill: some kind of outer space operation suddenly stops transmitting and we have to send our finest marines/salvage crew/the Rock to go find out what happened, only to run into a nightmarish creature lurking inside a series of dark corridors. This appears to be a common problem for future space explorers -- and why wouldn't it be? Space is pretty large, and we can imagine that for every E.T. in the sky there is bound to be a Predator as well.
The space shuttle kept a loaded 12 gauge under the dash for that exact reason.
Movies like Aliens, Doom and Event Horizon have taught us that while sending things like satellites and scientific rovers into space is important, it can't hurt to toss in a few flamethrowers as well (not that it will do much good in the end).
So What's Missing?
You know what else might be helpful out there, future space travelers? Some night-vision goggles. Or, you know, anything more powerful than a bunch of crappy flashlights.
"Hey guys, isn't it amazing that we now have the technology to travel at the speed of light and visit
distant corners of the galaxy and such?" "What? Who said that?"
How many times have we seen the same situation? The crew is walking in the dark with little more than a Game Boy to light the way, then something jumps out of nowhere and fucks them up. But the thing is: Why would they have to walk blind in the first place?
2079: The U.S. military elects to retire its Land Warrior system, citing the fact that "seeing is for sissies."
The reason we bring up Aliens, Doom and Event Horizon is that in each of those films, the space crew knows they're gonna be walking into places where there's possibly no power and a threat to their lives. For some reason, however, these futuristic humans are always way less prepared to fight in the dark than, say, the Taliban. It's as if night-vision technology had never been invented.
In both Aliens and Doom, we're talking about highly trained marines armed to the motherfucking teeth and knowingly going into hostile ground. In Event Horizon, it's a salvage crew specifically trained to work in dark, abandoned ships. It's even worse in Aliens because thanks to Ripley, they know exactly what they're going to find in the death-ridden planet, but apparently she didn't mention how utterly dark it was gonna be.
"Let's leave Paul Reiser home and carry his weight in floodlights."
What's the problem with using night vision? Too bulky? You know what else is bulky, guys? A dead space marine. In Aliens, we actually see them flip down an infrared lens on their helmets in one scene and it doesn't look inconvenient in the least. They scrap using the infrared because they find out that the aliens don't show up on it ... but there's no reason why they wouldn't show up in night vision.
Look, we know these are horror films, but there's a big difference between some teenage girl having to use a small cellphone light because the power went off and a group of trained marines jumping after a mutant into a sewer hole with shitty flashlights taped to their guns.
Two flashlights. This guy must be a general or something.
How It Would Have Changed Things:
First of all, there's the obvious psychological effect of having to deal with the darkness in general. Forget the aliens and ghosts and that shit -- a big dark tomb in space is enough to drive someone up the wall. This would have made the biggest difference in Event Horizon, where the whole film revolves around the characters slowly losing their minds in that depressing, poorly lit ship. Night vision or perhaps even a few lamps here and there would have done wonders to improve the ambience and generally made things more cheerful for the crew.
Except this guy.
In Doom, one character is killed off due a flashlight malfunction, which shouldn't even be an issue. It seems that in both Doom and Aliens, the monsters' entire strategy is based on the idea that their prey can't see shit, often hiding in plain sight and blending in with the walls, probably snickering at the incompetence of their foes. However, if they tried to do that in a well-lit environment, there's no doubt that the tables would be turned.
#4. Avatar -- Unmanned Combat Vehicles
Avatar is set on a distant alien world (Pandora) in 2154. The human technology we do see revolves mostly around military and scientific equipment: big flying ships that spit out little flying ships, cool guns and of course your standard James Cameron giant robot murder suit.
We gotta level with you here, Internet: We don't remember Dances With Wolves having anything like this.
Oh, and then there's the machine that essentially allows people to remotely control large blue warriors (Avatars) for lengthy periods of time. In the film, the humans want to steal Pandora's natural resources, but in the end the native Na'vi manage to kick us out with some help from the few nongreedy earthlings and the planet's mystical forces.
Which include giant bulletproof shark-cows.
So What's Missing?
Actually, the Na'vi won because the humans are idiots. Those giant killbots are pretty cool and all, but they have one glaring design flaw:
That's literally how the evil Colonel Quaritch dies: someone cracks the glass in his robot suit and shoots an arrow in his chest, an eventuality no one could have predicted. Even if they had, why would the humans have to go out into a toxic atmosphere and fight the Na'vi themselves? Why not just send remote-controlled combat drones like, you know, the ones that have existed since 1995? Instead, they're wearing fucking oxygen masks and paying for an army of mercenaries to hyper-sleep all the way to Pandora and fight an enemy whose only hope for victory is getting close enough to stab you.
We can't help but point out that this piece of "ancient" technology is completely arrowproof.
This gets even more ridiculous when you consider that in this future we have the technology to control organic beings from insane distances ... but no one has figured out how to do the same thing with weapons, apparently. Throughout the entire movie, we do see one remote-controlled machine -- but they're using it to cut down a tree.
As for why they didn't send an army of battle-capable Avatars to fight the Na'vi: at one point Colonel Quaritch called them a "bad joke" and the people controlling them a "bunch of limp-dick science majors." Apparently the higher-ups agreed with him, and that's why these powerful warriors appear to be used exclusively for diplomacy and intel-gathering.
"Can't argue with that logic, Colonel. Guess their dicks are pretty limp."
How It Would Have Changed Things:
Basically, the Na'vi would have been massacred and all the unobtainium would have been obtained. In short, a happy ending for mankind.
During the final battle, the human forces are unable to use missile guidance or radar technology due to some magnetic hogwash going on in that particular area of Pandora -- but guess what does work? Those "limp-dick" Avatars. Presumably, remote control and UAV technology would be usable as well ... had the humans thought to use it.
"Robots are always hard."
So, instead of becoming completely useless the moment an arrow hits the soft spot in their chests, the giant robots would have lumbered back up and kept going had they no internal human operator. And even if the Na'vi were somehow able to stop the first attack, the humans would have still walked away alive and able to fight another day because they would have never actually been anywhere near the battle.
What's the point of being in the future if you can't have robots murder backwater natives for you?


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(CBS News) The would-be bomber in the recently-uncovered plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner leaving Yemen was an undercover intelligence agent. The plot was revealed to U.S. intelligence officials based on a tip by Saudi intelligence services, and had been revealed by a Saudi intelligence source who had been inside Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and providing information through the Saudis for some time.
CBS News correspondent John Miller, a former assistant director at the FBI, reports that the double-agent revelation goes right to the heart of an intelligence agency's nightmare, which is identifying a source that they've placed inside an organization.
Intelligence agencies and senior officials tell CBS News they're not going anywhere near commenting on the issue for obvious reasons.
The Associated Press is reporting that the alleged double agent has been removed from Yemen and apparently is safe. This may go a long way toward explaining why authorities said yesterday that the bomber was no longer considered a threat.
It may well be now that he was actually working with the CIA all along.
Since 2009, U.S. intelligence officials have had a laser focus on AQAP, al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, the group most believe is responsible for the latest bomb plot.
It's a highly capable group made up of experienced leaders, battle tested terrorists and a very talented bomb maker.
This latest plot serves as a stark reminder of their primary mission: bring down an American plane.
A former FBI agent who has questioned more members of AQAP tells CBS News that what makes al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, out of all the al Qaeda affiliates, the chosen one to attack America is that they are the closest to Osama bin Laden's version al Qaeda. That's why they feel that this is their duty, they feel this is their obligation to continue the bin Laden fight, regardless to what other al Qaedas in different areas are Doing.
Ibrihim al-Asiri is the master bomb maker of the group. When AQAP leaders plotted to kill Saudi's counterterrorism chief in 2009 at his home in Jeddah, Asiri made the bomb and chose the suicide bomber: his own brother.
That gives you an idea about the dedication and the level of hatred that the group has. The Saudi counterterrorism chief survived; Asiri's brother did not.
But Asiri continued to make bombs that were cleverly disguised: the underwear bomb that failed to detonate on board a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas, 2009; and two bombs hidden in printers that were shipped as cargo through U.P.S. and Fed-Ex. The printer bombs were intercepted by intelligence agents just hours before they were set to blow pp the planes that carried them.
Bomb technician Kevin Barry says he sees in Asiri's work "an increased sophistication at trying to prevent being detected. They're making mistakes. They're not big mistakes. But we've been fortunate that they've been caught."
Barry says Asiri's bombs reveal a bit about the man.
"It tells you that he has the assets, he has the intent, and he has no conscience," Barry says.
Now the FBI has Asiri's most recent bomb at their lab in Quantico, Virginia. What they're doing now is working on reverse engineering it.
They're going to actually make and blow up a copy of the bomb. They're going to learn how it worked, how it would function, and what effect it would have on an aircraft in flight.
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Just a reminder the Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library will be closed on Good Friday, March 29. However we will be open Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please stop in and check out some of our newly added items.
- Memorial gifts to the Library for Sandy Moore Harrell Wright are "1,2,3 the toddler years" "Catch that crook", "Berenstain Bear's dinosaur dig" and "Summer of the gypsy moths" from Phyllis Jenkins, "Island: a story of the Galapagos" from The Belding High School Class of 1958, "Walt Disney World Resort & Orlando" and "Penny and her doll" from The V. F. W. Men's Auxiliary.
- Helen Carlson memorials are "The encyclopedia of me" and "Paula Danzinger's Amber Brown is tickled pink" from Phyllis Jenkins, "Marmee & Louisa: the untold story of Louisa Mae Alcott" from Evelyn Geiger & Family.
- Liam Crystler has given "Diamond girl: a guide to beginner and advanced softball
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- Neva M. Valentine is remembered with "Kitty Jones kitty crafts: beautifully designed
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- The Belding V. F. W. Men's Auxiliary has given "Learn to draw race cars" in memory of Herman A. Goldner.
- Ken & Mary Ann McIntyre gave "Old MacDonald had a dragon" in memory of Larry
- Large Print editions of "Whisper on the wind" and "Heart of lies" were given by Bud & Mary Moran Mumby in memory of Janet (Noah) Farley.
- Chuck & Deb Beltz gave "Natural health for dogs and cats" and "A dog called Homeless" in memory of their 'grand dog' Annie, beloved canine pet of Kem and Lori.
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James Dalton earned a B.A. with honors from Rutgers and a M.M. from the University of Idaho. He studied composition with Louie White, Neely Bruce, Robert Dickow and Dan Bukvich; and guitar with Michael Newman and John Abercrombie.
Dalton performs on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and other plucked string instruments with soprano Maggi Smith-Dalton, specializing in historically informed performance of 19th and 20th century American music. They have released four recordings. He freelances in orchestral, chamber music, new music, and theater/opera pit orchestra settings. He performed with the 92nd Street "Y" Chamber Orchestra, Indian Hill Symphony, and the New England Mandolin Ensemble. He is a member of Viewpoint Composers' Gamelan at Harvard.
Dalton's compositions have been performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe by Idaho Brass, Providence Mandolin Orchestra, Enigmatica, Toronto Camerata, Ensemble Decadanse, Transient Canvas, Scottish Voices, Paul Ayres, Aaron Larget-Caplan, and Carson Cooman at the Kansas Symposium of New Music, Musiques Nouvelles (Lunel, France), and Sound: the Scottish Festival of New Music (Aberdeen, Scotland). In 1997, he won first prize in the Toronto Camerata Competition. His compositions for carillon have been included in two anthologies, The Albany Carillon Book and Carillon 2002 and his organ composition, Sestina for G.F.H., was recorded by Carson Cooman on the Albany CD, A Marvelous Love (2012).
As a music theorist, Dalton's interests and research have ranged from palindromes and symmetrical musical structures to just intonation and microtonality. He has presented at conferences in the U.S. and abroad including the Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society for American Music, the Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization, and Beyond the Semitone (Aberdeen, Scotland).
He has published articles (mostly on American music) in the Salem Gazette, Boston Globe, and The Arts Fuse. He contributed to Music in American Life (ABC-CLIO) and a forthcoming book on the early banjo. He is the author of Mandolin for Beginners (Alfred 2001).
Dalton formerly served on the faculties of the National Guitar Workshop, Cape Cod Mandolin Festival, University of Idaho, Philadelphia College, and Merrimack College. He is a member of the New England Conference of Music Theorists, the Society of American Music, the Augusto Novaro Society, Classical Mandolin Society of America, Boston New Music Initiative, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
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2-year-old Jesus Rodriguez was born with a benign lump on the right side of his body that grew as he did, ultimately becoming an over-sized 33-pound tumor that was bigger than the 26-pound boy it was attached to.
Doctors at Mexico City's La Raza Medical Center managed to extract the tumor in a 10-hour operation that took place two weeks ago. According to Dr. Gustavo Hernandez , it was the first time in Mexican history that a tumor larger than its host was successfully removed.
Jesus is doing fine, and is expected to make a "strong recovery."
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In "Infinite dimensional analysis, A hitchhikers guide" by Aliprantis and Border, they write that these 2 classes of topologies "by and large include everything of interest".
@Pete Clarke: I was asking if it holds for mathematics in general, and not just for functional analysis. From the answers I get the impression that their statement is a fairly good first approximation.
@Gerald Edgar: I thought I read in Mathoverflow that the Zariski topology can be regarded as a weak topology (at least in some cases).


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Prescription Eyeglasses with Full UV, Anti-Scratch and Glare protection for $1 + shipping
coupon code: DealWoot1
It's such a shame. Prescription eyeglasses abuse is at an all time high. Especially among naive, up-and-coming starlets.
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Ordered on Xmas evening. Still haven't received mine despite two contacts, both assuring me the order is "in production" and will be shipping in 7-10 days.
I'm not saying it's a rip-off yet, but when I cannot track the order and its been 20 days, you can see why I'm becoming concerned.
Or is this the latest form that BK Enterprises is taking?
@markhca: Thanks for the info! I'll just stick to zenni...
I hate how they always mark up the prices prior to posting a sale. Glasses I ordered for $4.95 Friday are now $9.95.
I ordered a pair not too long ago from them. It only took a couple of weeks to get them, however the coating started to come off on one the lenses almost immediately. The quality of the stuff they sell is just plain crap.
Goggles4U Subtotal for 1 pair: $75.94 - Discount (DealWoot1): -$10.90 = $65.04?
I'd rather stick to other sites that offer cheap Rx glasses for $4.95 instead.
@asianglow: such as?
I've had good experiences with Goggles4u several times in the past, although I haven't ordered from them in a while. I see that they finally fixed their site, to their credit.
There is a substantial wait to get your order. In the five or so orders that I placed, I believe the quickest came in three weeks, and the longest not much more than four. The quality is not amazing, but better than serviceable. None of the coatings on mine are peeling off. I've dropped a few of them a number of times, and they are all in just as good shape as when I received them.
I've never ordered from Zenni, but I wouldn't be surprised if the quality was a small step above these. Not much, mind you, and a bit more expensive at that. But unless they've gone downhill in the past year(And if they had, I'd imagine the downvotes would pile up), you shouldn't have any worries about buying from Goggles4U.
I have ordered from Goggles4u 3 times. The first time I ordered some thin frame ones. They came in, I had them checked at my optometrist, and they said the prescription was good, though it felt a little different than my current glasses, but if I wore them for a day I would get used to them. Then I ordered another pair probably about a year ago, and now I wear those every single day, and they are great! Then about 3 months ago I ordered some prescription sunglasses. They came in, the prescription was not very good, they would make me dizzy, and they looked somewhat different than on the web, more of a girls style and seeing as I am not a girl, they didn't really work out. It does take awhile to get your glasses, but for such a small price it's worth it to give it a shot I think.
I got two pair of glasses for my 9-year-old daughter with the last deal (2 for $20 including shipping) and she really likes them. One of the pairs even had little magnetic sunglasses that attach to the frame. She said it took a day to get used to the new ones, but now she can't tell the difference and they are really cute on her. I was surprised at how fast they arrived...I want to say it was about 3 weeks. I wasn't expecting any faster than that.
Worst. Glasses. EVER. Took 14 weeks for delivery. Lenses cloudy, frames HORRIBLY constructed.
Last time I ordered about 6 pairs for myself, and a few for my wife. Not one pair is usable for either of us. Out of mine, maybe 2 of them are almost focused enough to wear. The others are way off. The prescription is not even close. My wife has the same problem with all three of hers... she can't use any of them. I thought I had meticulously entered the prescription data for each of us. Could I have made a mistake on both? Anything is possible I guess, but it seems very unlikely. I didn't bother contacting the company or returning them, not worth the argument for $4.99 per pair.
You get what you pay for when it comes to these. These are more of a prop item, not meant for long term use.
@bescod01: I find the frames at Goggles4u to be decent but their lenses are atrocious! I sent them my prescription and carefully measured my PD and their lenses were crap. I could see with them but I could also see rainbows in the lenses and they gave me headaches and double vision. I went back to my old broken glasses I was hoping to replace and took the Goggles4u frames to my local place and they put new lenses in it. The bonus is that the lenses were free under my insurance!
Buy if you want the frames for a cheap second pair.
I went through this for three months. The trick seems to be to order no extras, then you'll get your order in decent time.
Any tinting or anything out of the ordinary seems to completely throw them.
The quality is pretty sub-par, but does anyone really expect anything else for this price?
Don't get me wrong, I'm wearing a pair of their specs right now, but it's likely the lowest quality frame I've ever had, and it was attempt 2 after they sent me a completely warped pair the first time.
I'm not saying avoid them, just saying you will get exactly what you pay for, which is not much.
@breaddrink: You said "you will get exactly what you pay for, which is not much" and I agree. When your eyesight is involved you should pay a little extra and get good glasses. These are great for a second or third pair but I would never use them as primary glasses as I must go out in public.
Got a response from my "It's been 20 days, now what?" message to them:
"This is to inform that your order is in the final stages of the production department. As this is a customized product so delay is possible. As we just want to make sure that the product clears all the quality parameters before it's ready to be shipped out. The normal transit time is 3-4 days after shipment."
An image from a Rube Goldberg assembly line comes to mind, but we have learned that 7-10 days equals 20+ days. And since they are in the 'next over' postal area, a next day mailing will take 3-4 days, though I suspect that's just their boilerplate language there.
During the months that my order took, they gave me the same response every single time.
Look up reviews on better business bureau and you'll notice the negative reviews all say the same.
Not to say that the order won't REALLY be in the final stages eventually, but if you're in the same neck of the woods I was, wait the time they state, go back online, and ask them again.
I received the same response about the stage they were at again and again.


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Custom Exhaust Headers - Build Our Own HeadersWritten by John McGann on March 1, 2008 We Learn Best By Doing. Watch As We Attempt To
There are certain things in the car building world that are considered black arts- jobs that seem to require mystical powers to accomplish. Making headers is one of those jobs. This month, we stepped into the void and attempted to make a set of headers in-house. In last December's issue, we chronicled our experiences at Lincoln Electric's welding school, where we got a solid foundation in the basics of TIG welding. We certainly put our skills to the test with this job, too. No one will ever call what we made a masterpiece, but we learned a whole lot during the process. The next set of headers we make might actually end up on a car.
The Premise
This may seem overly "green" of us, but we decided to do some recycling this month. Though you will never catch us in Birkenstocks and hemp tunics, we do find many occasions to adapt or re-use old parts. Not so much to save the planet as to save our wallets. With that in mind, we attempted to build a set of custom exhaust headers from two pairs of old ones we had lying around. The goal was to make them work in a front-mounted turbo application. We started with a pair of 1 51/48-inch shorty headers, mounted them to the block, and decided on the best place to drop the turbocharger.
Routing all the plumbing for a turbocharger can get really complicated, so in an effort to keep things simple, we decided to hang the turbo in front of the engine, just behind the radiator. This allows room for an air inlet duct and plumbing from the turbo to an intercooler. We flipped the headers upside down so all the tubes faced forward. Then we stared at if for a while trying to think of what to do next. To better visualize how everything should be routed, we cut the collector off using our 14-inch chop saw. Then, we rigged up a bracket out of scrap steel bar to support the turbocharger. We secured the bar with clamps, suspended the turbo with zip ties (use strong ones), and bolted the collector to the bracket.
Filling Holes
Welding is all about managing heat. You have to get the base metal hot enough to liquefy and join with the molten filler material, but not so hot as to burn right through it. This can be a very delicate balancing act because different areas of the same workpiece can require different techniques. Edges are especially susceptible to burning through because there's less of a heat sink at the edge than in the middle of a panel or tube-heat is more concentrated at the edge because there are fewer places for it to go. So, a heat range that will make a nice-looking weld on the middle of a panel can blow right through when you come to the edge. One way to fill a hole is to build up the surrounding area with extra filler material one pass at a time until you've created enough of a "bridge" to close the gap. To prevent creating holes in the first place, back off the heat as you come to the edge of a panel if you're using a TIG welder. With a MIG machine, you may want to stop the bead before you reach the edge, wait a few seconds for the weld to cool slightly, and add a couple of tack welds to finish.
Lessons Learned
*Clean the weld areas thoroughly. The wire brush on our angle grinder did a pretty good job of cleaning the rust and old paint off the header tubes, but it still left stuff behind. Any oils, paint residue, or rust can cause scaly, porous welds. In an exhaust system, this can cause blowouts, but in a structural piece, like a rollcage, it can cause total failure at that joint. Take the extra time to clean all the joints until they are shiny. The pros use separate grinding wheels and wire brushes for the different metals they are working with.
*Make your joints as square as possible. It's much easier to weld two pieces of metal that meet together with no gaps between them. Take extra time figuring out the angle you need to cut to make the pieces fit flush.
*Use smaller bends to make better transitions. You don't have to admit it to anyone, but look at how some of the import guys make their exhaust systems. Some of them use nothing but straight pipe cut into hundreds of pieces at really shallow angles to make all the bends in the system as it travels from the headers back. That would involve a lot more welding that even the average enthusiast would want to tackle, but for headers, especially in a naturally aspirated application, make all your as bends smooth and gradual as space permits.
*Test your heat settings on scrap pieces first. It's less annoying to blow holes through junk tubing.
*Practice your technique. It takes a lot of practice to make good-looking welds. Practice as often as you can.
How The Pros Do It.
We talked to the guys at Stainless Works, no strangers to making custom headers for unusual powertrain combinations. When faced with a one-off application, they start by bolting a flange to the exhaust ports, and mount the collector where they want all the tubes to meet. Then, they rough in the overall shape using straight tubing cut at angles and tack welded together. Once this "template" is complete, it's taken over to a machine called the Romer that scans the pipes and determines proper mandrel bends needed to assemble the header.
Stainless Works' Scott Harrison says they feel that this is the best way to design a set of headers from scratch. When you have a starting and ending point, it's just a matter of cutting the bends, and welding everything together. Stainless Works sells "you-weld-it" kits for a variety of applications for the guy who wants to build his own headers, but isn't interested in blazing new trails. Harrison also recommends that when you are planning to make your own headers, use stainless steel if you can afford it, whether or not you buy it from them. "It's a very time consuming process, and you want them to last once they're done," he said. We can attest to that.
Though not entirely successful, this was ultimately an exercise in welding something real. Recently, we've gotten some readers' email expressing concern of the tone of some of our "make-it-yourself" articles. Some readers may have gotten the wrong impression-we do not mean to imply that if you don't build every square inch of your car, you're not a true car crafter. Our intention all along is to show that there are a lot of things you can do yourself. It takes a lot of practice, but this is all stuff anyone can learn to do if they want. And the benefits are satisfying-you're constantly learning new skills, and you can stand to save a lot of money, too.
In addition to our chop saw, TIG and MIG welders, we could not have done this work without these additional tools. A good bench grinder is an absolute must. We used the wire brush attachment to clean up the areas to be welded. We also liked the electric angle grinder behind it. With a 36-grit flap disc attached, this thing removes a ton of metal in a hurry. Be careful not to grind through any areas like we did! Also essential was the right-angle attachment on our other bench grinder. We used that to true up any odd stuff left behind by the chop saw. If your can swing it, these locking pliers and a set of copper strips are also very helpful, though not necessary. Especially considering when tack welding sections of tubing together, you'll wish you had about six extra hands. The Eastwood Company sells these locking pliers specially made to hold tubing in place. The copper strips, also available from Eastwood are very useful when filling holes. Molten steel doesn't stick to copper, so you can back up a hole with one of these copper plates and weld until the hole disappears.
To make the headers we used a TIG welder almost exclusively for welding the tubes together, mostly because heat is easier to control than a MIG. You can use a MIG welder, however your weld beads will be larger than with a TIG machine. For both welding processes, we used ER70S6 filler wire, but we used pure argon as the shielding gas during TIG welding, while the MIG torch was blowing out a mixture of 75% argon, 25% carbon dioxide-standard stuff for welding mild steel.
You don't need a lot of heat when welding tubing. We had the TIG welder set at about 35 amps for most of the job, while the MIG worked best on it's lowest heat setting.
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We dropped the headers back in place and eyeballed the shape the tubes would have to take to mate to the collector. Notice how the tubes all bend together right by where the collector used to be. We cut out this section with the chop saw.Minus the bends, we're left with what looks like a relatively easy transition to the collector. Time to connect the dots.You could go out and buy some mandrel bends, which can run you $30 plus apiece, or you could do like we did and use the cheapest source of bends on the planet: a set of old, discarded headers. We unearthed a pair that look like they'd been dredged up from the bottom of a peat bog. We passed them through our chop saw a couple more times separating the collector and flange and again cutting the bends from the sections of straight pipe.Instead of trying to make it fit while the header was mounted in the car, we come up with a way to build it on the bench. To do this we welded some more scrap steel bar to the top pipe and the collector, effectively locking in their relationship to each other. Now we were able to carry the whole thing to our workbench and work in a more comfortable and unobstructed position.We used sections of the bends from the pair of long-tubes we cut up to piece together our new routing. We used a MIG welder to tack everything in place, starting with the bottom tube, knowing that we would be building the rest of the tubes around it.It didn't take long before we ran into our first problem-we blew a hole right through the tube at one of the places where we were making a tack weld. No big deal, right? Think of it as an opportunity to practice filling holes.
Tech Tip: Using The Chop Saw
It can be difficult making straight cuts on smaller sections of tubing because the blade pulls the piece in towards the back of the machine, and the holding device on the cutting surface may not grab enough of the tube to hold it steady. We used some of the straight pieces as a fence to help hold the piece in place.The next problem we encountered frequently while TIG welding was dipping the tip of our torch in the weld puddle. See the blob on the tip of the tungsten electrode in the photo (LEFT)? If you dip your tungsten in the weld puddle or touch it with the filler rod, the molten steel will wick up the tungsten and create an unstable arc making it difficult to aim the torch properly.......When this happens you must remove the tungsten from the torch and re-grind the tip. Note that the tungsten is held vertically as it's ground-don't grind your tungsten horizontally, that will cause a funny looking arc, too. The photo (RIGHT) shows a properly ground tungsten electrode.......The best advice we can give to avoid contaminating the tip of the torch is to position the workpiece in such a way that allows you to hold your hand steady as you move the torch across the joint. The smoother your movements are, the better looking your welds will be. Oh, and don't drink too much coffee, either-it can make your hands shake.It didn't take too long to encounter our first fitment problem-namely, how do you weld a tube that runs immediately next to another tube? Well, our first solution turned out to be not so smart. We thought that cutting the tube in half lengthwise would be a cool trick- you can weld it from the inside.Not only is this solution labor-intensive, it's just plain dumb. What we failed to take into account is the amount of material that is removed by the grinder itself. We were left with a huge seam to fill. Our exhaust pipes were starting to look more like sewer pipes.
A solution finally came to us. We cut the interfering tubes off at the flange. This way, we could perform unobstructed welds around the perimeters of all our joints,......and then weld the tubes back onto the flange when we were finished. We also took this opportunity to grind down some of our more offensive-looking welds.Next, we reattached the tubes to the flange, welding one fully from the outside, and the other one partly from inside the flange.All that was left was for us to attach the collector. We borrowed a trick from Ron Covell, metal fabricating guru, and squeezed the tubes together with a hose clamp.We were about to weld the collector on when we realized that we needed to fill the space in between the four tubes.......We welded in a small square of 16-gauge sheetmetal and cleaned up the openings of the pipes with a grinding stone on our angle grinder.Finally, we used our MIG machine to weld the collector on, partly because it makes a wider bead to fill in some of the excess gaps, and partly because we wanted to practice using it more, too. We weren't done yet, however, because the flange on the turbine inlet is rectangle shaped on most turbochargers. To make that transition, we needed to buy an adapter tube, cut the round end off our collector, and weld the adapter in place.


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The Giving Pledge
Friday, August 13, 2010
The headlines under the newspaper's business section seem to leave us lacking in optimism as of late.
Participation in the nation's food stamp program hit a record high of 40.8 million in May, continuing a pattern of record highs for 18 straight months.
U.S. unemployment for July remained unchanged at 9.5%.
With the job market still struggling, the U.S. Congress passed another unemployment benefits extension for Americans without work who are trying to support themselves and their families.
Increased need has resulted in unprecedented demand for social services at many non-profits and charities, including The Salvation Army.
Bill and Melinda Gates, top, and Warren Buffett, bottom, have encouraged billionaires to donate half or more of their fortunes to charity through an initiative called 'The Giving Pledge.'
As mentioned in our National 2010 Annual Report, some local Salvation Army units have reported a demand for services more than 400% above normal. In Hickory, North Carolina, we've served 75,000 more people than this time last year. And one of our food pantries in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania serves up to 50 families per week, up from last year's 15 families per week.
The good news is it seems that with increased need there's also been a heightened call in general for philanthropic generosity.
Recently Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett announced an initiative called 'The Giving Pledge,' an effort to encourage American billionaires to give half of their wealth to charities or non-profits during their lifetime or after their death. It's an interesting idea that they hope will "draw more people into philanthropy" and "continue for generations" to come. A list of pledge signers, including George Lucas, Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens, is available at http://givingpledge.org.
What do you think of this idea? What causes would you like to see supported by these pledge signers?
It would be wonderful if this initiative did result in more resources reaching those most in need, but thankfully you don't have to be a billionaire to make a difference.
In fact, I would argue that Salvation Army supporters are some of the most generous people out there. This year The Salvation Army's Christmas Red Kettle donations soared to a record $139 million. That's $9 million more than our 2008 record, another year in which the economy and logic suggested that donations would be down. And no, these donations did not come from billionaires. Most of it came in pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters from regular people with big hearts.
Though many Salvation Army offices were not (and are not) exempt from the strain of limited resources amidst escalating demand, The Salvation Army was able to provide help to nearly 30 million Americans last year thanks to our benevolent donors.
So while headlines may tempt us to feel dispirited, thankfully, as our supporters show us, there's more to the story.


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Does anybody have the settings of the the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens with a canon 6D mount on the NN4 w/ RD16-II ?
Thank you for any reply.
Does anybody have the settings of the the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens with a canon 6D mount on the NN4 w/ RD16-II ?
Thank you for any reply.
For a 5DII The figures I have for the upper rail settings are:
@15mm (6 shots around) 104.5mm
@12mm (4 shots around) 102.5mm
@ 8mm (3 shots around) 106.5mm
If you add 5.5mm to these figures (tripod mount to sensor plane distance), you get the distance of the entrance pupil of the lens from the camera sensor plane (marked on the camera body by a small circle with a line through it). If you can measure on the 6D the distance between the sensor mark and the centre of the tripod mount screw, subtract this from the entrance pupil to sensor distances to get the upper rail settings for the 6D.
However, you can measure the settings yourself in half an hour with simple parallax checks using live view. The lower rail setting can be set by pointing the camera vertically down and adjust the rail position to bring the viewfinder's centre focus spot over the centre point of the rotator screw. Settings thus obtained will be quite adequate for most purposes, but can be refined by reference to these tutorials:
Thank you for your advice, after much testing. I got something good, but my pan head is not circular, but when I shoot down, the center of the photo (red dot) is almost in the center of NN4. I have some connections that are not good in the tiles but the rest of the panoramic picture is good.
Would you have any advice for fine settings?
Thank you.
Hi Edward and welcome to the forum,
I'd recommend Smooth's method for finetuning: http://www.easypano.com/forum/displa...PagePosition=1
Place the camera on your rig. Set F to max. Pitch down till you see the corner of your panohead. Focus to it. Now take you shots around. Import pics to PTGuiPro. Align pics. Go to "advanced" . Set minimize distorsion to "heavy and lens shift" and optimize. Del worst control points.
Set panorama settings to 360x180 and "create panorama" with a mov file. Move down to the nadir and have a look to your panohead circle.
You should end up with a set of three: One cuts to the right, one without a Tooth, and one cutting to the left.
I use a 10cm card below my panohead to do this.
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I read this page, but when I got my head round,the tiles are not at all fitting?
Thank you for helping me.
Edward, It looks like you need to shift the upper rail to the left a couple of mm. A useful check is to take two down shots, rotating the head 180 degrees between them. Stitch them with control points only on the background and output a rectilinear view covering 50 degrees fov, say, as a layered PSD file. Display in Photoshop with reduced opacity on the upper layer - like this:
To get the centre of the images in register, you need to correct a horizontal offset with an adjustment to the lower rail setting. You can estimate the adjustment needed by reference to the scale markings, being half the measured distance between features in the two images. The vertical offset can be corrected by a rotational adjustment to the camera on its mount to the upper rail (unless it's fixed). Don't spend hours over this in a quest for perfection. Misalignments in the floor tiles may be more to do with your skills level in using PTGui than slight errors in the panorama head settings.
Here is the result :
I will make more test.
Edward, That's the idea. A 2.5mm adjustment should correct that misalignment perfectly.


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Is there any way to globally hide every single file extension in OS X? I've seen the option in the Get Info menu to hide the selected file's extension, but I'd like to never see a file extension unless I chose to.
I use Hazel with an applescript to keep my filename extensions hidden. Hazel is just a way to make sure that anytime I create a new file, the applescript gets run on it. The applescript is pretty easy -- you can see all three lines of it in the screenshot below. I also like to set the color labels by file type, thus the selection of only PDFs and the red color labels. You can skip both of those if you like.
Just to be clear, you don't need to use Hazel. You could use folder actions or an automator workflow to initiate the applescript on the files you want to change.
In the Finder, selected the
I had thought this was unset by default, but perhaps not.
The only correct answer is that you should not be doing what you are trying to do.
Hidden file extensions is a serious security hole. If you allow file extensions to be hidden, someone can create an application and name it:
and on your machine, you will see a file named:
possibly even with a PDF icon. Your first thought will not be, "Why is the extension showing?" but rather, "Oh, that's just a PDF file. It's safe to open it." And that's when your machine becomes a zombie in a botnet.
You should always leave the "Show all filename extensions" checkbox checked. It's really the only way to be completely safe from those sorts of trojans.


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From helping to stock the Brooke County Public Library to providing meals for area seniors, contributions to the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley have been helping area organizations to serve the community in a variety of ways.
The Brooke County United Way merged with the organization in 2009, spurred by the challenge of generating revenue in a shrinking population. But many of the organizations that received funding through the Brooke County group were already aided by the Wheeling-based Upper Ohio Valley organization or have been added since.
They include: the American Red Cross' River Valley Chapter, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upper Ohio Valley, Boy Scouts Ohio River Valley Council, Brooke County Committee on Aging, Brooke County Public Library, Brooke County Salvation Army, Family Service Association, Girl Scouts Black Diamond Council, Healthways, which operates the Brooke County Opportunity Center; Girl Scouts Black Diamond Council and Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center.
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DECIDING HOW TO DIVIDE FUNDING — Trained volunteers from throughout the Ohio Valley help to determine how funds raised by the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley will be divided among 30 community agencies. Among the many involved are, from left: Greg Pohl of Ogden Newspapers, Eric Russo of Wheeling Island Hotel Casino and Racetrack; Ruth Lewis, a retired Brooke County teacher; and Jody Krzywdik of The Citizens Bank. They are part of an allocation panel that also includes Amy Dobkin of Chesapeake Energy; Cole Elliott of Reynolds Memorial Hospital; and Rodney Haley of Oglebay Resort and Conference Center. The Brooke County United Way merged with the Upper Ohio Valley United Way in 2009. - Contributed
The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley has reached about 80 percent of its goal of $777,000 in a campaign chaired by Judy Riesbeck-Wright.
Joining her on the campaign cabinet are: Jay Mitchell of Eagle Manufacturing of Wellsburg; Jim Rock of PPG Industries- Natrium; Kristie L. Barnett of WesBanco; Jeffrey Knierim of West Liberty University; Stuart Block of Hazlett, Burt and Watson; Bradley Shafer of Swartz Campbell LLC; Mary K. DeGarmo of Wellsburg, and Bernadette Smith of Hazlett, Burt & Watson.
"To those who have donated to the campaign thus far, we thank you so very much for your support," said Riesbeck-Wright, who added it's not too late to make a contribution.
Those interested in doing so should call (304) 232-4625 or visit its website at www.unitedwayuov.org for information.
With the campaign near its completion, allocation panels made up of local volunteers met with representatives of the 30 area organizations supported by the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley to hear funding requests.
The panels gather information in order to make recommendations to the United Way's board of directors, who make the final determination of how the campaign funds are distributed.
George Smoulder, executive director of the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, said "in determining how the funds will go to member agencies, (the panels) will have an impact on the lives of hundreds of individuals."
Joy Crawford, executive director of the Brooke County Committee on Aging, said, "The United Way plays a really important role here, believe me."
Crawford explained most of United Way funding allocated to the committee is used for local matches required of federal grants used to provide hot meals to seniors at nutrition sites established at the Brooke County Senior Center and five other Brooke and Hancock county locations as well as many shut-ins in the two counties.
The nutrition program supplies more than 5,000 meals per month, about half to shut-ins, who also receive "blizzard boxes," which contain non-perishable food they may consume when heavy snow prevents the program's drivers from reaching them.
Crawford said the United Way funds also help to fuel the program's vans, which travel to many rural areas of the counties.
"We travel a lot of miles for our shut-ins," she said.
Mary Kay Wallace, director of the Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch Library, said, "We use the United Way money, which is so generously given, for equipment such as computers, office supplies, books, DVDs and even lighting."
Wallace said the funds are vital as the library faces a decline in state funding resulting in a decline in population reported by the 2010 Census.
It's not surprising that leaders of the various United Way agencies often play an active role in promoting awareness of the organization and in supporting its fundraisers and even holding their own.
In recent years Angela Kocher, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Ohio-Marshall Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, which doesn't receive United Way funds but operates out of the Brooke County Senior Center, has coordinated walks benefiting the United Way at Brooke County schools.
Walks held at Colliers, Franklin, Hooverson Heights, Jefferson and Lauretta B. Millsop primary schools in the fall have netted $740 for the cause, and others are planned for the spring.
Last year walks held at seven Brooke County schools raised $2,116.
Community members are welcome to join students and staff at the schools in taking laps around their gyms or athletic tracks while raising money through sponsorships or contributions for the United Way.
"The kids are always so willing to help," said Kocher.
The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley also will hold a Night at the Races, an annual fundraiser, March 16 at Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino and Racetrack. Tickets are $30 for the event, which includes a buffet dinner with various stations, including seafood for observers of Lent and others.
They may be purchased by calling (304) 232-4625, with reservations preferred by March 9.