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An Interview with Shannon Hayes – Radical!
August 9, 2012 in Author Series, Sustainability Schools, Uncategorized
Author Shannon Hayes writes and farms with her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate New York. The family raises grassfed lamb, beef, pork, and poultry. She blogs for Yes! Magazine and is the author of Radical Homemakers, Grassfed Gourmet, Farmer and the Grill, and (upcoming) Long Way on a Little.
Earlier this year, Shannon delivered the PASAbilities plenary address at the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's (PASA's) Farming for the Future Conference. She wowed us with her thought-provoking message on the concept of radical homemaking. There was such an overwhelmingly positive response to her address, I thought it essential to follow up with Shannon who graciously agreed to be interviewed and offers this additional insight into her life's work:
Shannon, my first introduction to your work was through friends Jonas and Judy Stoltzfus, farmers who pasture beef cattle in Pennsylvania (JuJo Acres). I remember how excited they were to offer your Grassfed Gourmet cookbook to their customers. With your cookbook as a reference, I learned a great deal about how to prepare grassfed meat in order to end up with something very tender and delicious. One of my favorite things about that book doesn't actually have to do with the recipes. It's the "View from the Farm" snippets that appear throughout. It's unusual for a cookbook to include such treasures. What went into the thinking about including them?
I'm so pleased you thought to ask this question! I think that now, with the local food movement in full force, such a perspective in a cookbook is not all that unusual. But back then, it was actually controversial, because there was a clear interest in the publishing world to make sure that Americans didn't have to draw any connections between the food on their plates and the big brown eyes of the gentle creature that provided it, or the farmer that led that animal to slaughter. Glossy magazines could snap romantic images of veggie growers and artisan cheesemakers, but livestock folks were just too close for comfort for mainstream press. Back then, mainstream culture preferred to think of burgers without the beef – or the chicken breasts without the bird. But I felt that telling the stories of the farmers was essential for people to gain an understanding of what went into good food. Flavor, nutrition, and healing our land all begins with the farm. I didn't feel I could get that message across without first telling the farmers' stories, and the stories of their animals.
Do you have a favorite recipe or two from your cookbooks that you like to prepare?
My weekly menus all come from my cookbooks. All the recipes I've written were done in the context of a moderately chaotic, home-centered, farm-centered lifestyle. My family has had to make some dietary adjustments over the years to accommodate for grain/gluten free living, and I've had to get more savvy about being less wasteful with my food. Thus, a lot of what I cook lately comes from "Long Way on a Little" (due out October 12 and available for pre-order) as it contains accommodations for these needs, but there are still fundamental techniques from "Grassfed Gourmet" and "Farmer and the Grill" that will never die.
In Grassfed Gourmet, you also talk about the social benefits of the grassfed meat movement. For our readers who not familiar with your cookbook, what are some of those benefits? Why should we care about these benefits?
There are so many benefits; it is hard to list them …without writing an entire book on the subject! Grassfed meats, raised by local farmers, help to protect our landscapes and watershed, they increase the organic matter in our soils, keeping our regions more resilient in times of drought and flood. The working conditions are better for farmers (and the livestock) because they are out in the open air (rather than in confined settings, as in factory farming). In these hard economic times, the local grassfed meat movement becomes even more crucial. We are creating a sustainable economy that is able to function locally outside the whims of the larger global economy. We are able to be more responsive to people's needs. I know a lot of grass farmers who ask for a fair wage for their efforts, but also find ways to share their abundance with those in need – by donating meat to homeless shelters, quietly slipping extra food into the bags of customers who are facing hard times, raising animals and giving them away to good causes. Local grass farms are fully invested in their communities, making them better environmentally and socially.
One last question on cooking: is there a "cardinal rule" for cooking grassfed meats? If so, what is it?
Don't over-cook it. The temperature guidelines I recommend for reliably-sourced grassfed meat are significantly different from the USDA recommended temperatures. It makes all the difference to have meat cooked to the correct internal temperature!
In your last book, Radical Homemakers, you present a well-argued point that men traditionally played as much of a role in "homemaking" as women. Do you see many young families embracing this approach these days?
Absolutely. In nearly all the households I visited, if a man was part of the family dynamic, he was doing as much to keep up the home as the woman was. I don't think it is even so much a matter of "embracing" it any longer. I think many young families simply understand this as a given. If there wasn't a balance of labor in the household, the marriage wouldn't still be going on!
Is there a story you've heard of homemakers since your book came out that is particularly inspiring or heartening?
That book came out 2 years ago, and I still receive more and more stories every week. If there is a heartening tale to tell, it is in their growing numbers. It thrills me to flip on my computer and receive messages from new people every week who are finding ways to make their lives more meaningful, joyful and ecologically sound.
Radical Homemakers also played a prominent role in your talks at the PASA Farming for the Future Conference this year. So many people, particularly male farmers, who weren't sure what you had to deliver would resonate with them have commented on what an inspiring talk it was. What do you hope farming families take away from your message? What do you hope the non-farming community takes away?
We are facing times of incredible change. Each of us has come to the earth at this point in time to play a part in this transition; to help the human race become a beneficent species on the planet. That means we have to adapt to a redefined resource base, to climate change, to limited fossil fuels. All these things are possible. And I truly believe that life as human beings can be better than it ever was as a result. But we will have to endure some pain and make full use of our minds, bodies and spirits to enable this adaptation. Sometimes we can get swallowed by that pain, and our cynicism and fear can override our hope, paralyzing us from making the progress that is necessary. We have to keep our attention on the good life that can result from going through this great turning. That is what will give us the strength to move forward. If there is something I hope people take away from my talks, whether they are farming or not, it is this.
Something you mentioned in a workshop you led at the Conference had to do with the radical act of hanging a clothesline. Can you talk more about that?
Ah! For some it is more radical than others! Out here in the country, you're thought a fool if you toss your skivvies in the dryer. But in many parts of this country, clotheslines are considered unsightly and hanging out laundry is against local codes. Thoreau wrote, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" Obliging citizens to engage in the act of putting their clothes into an electric dryer requires that we harm the earth in order to adhere to the law. In my estimation, transgression is imperative (as well as endeavoring to make change) – for the folks who face these laws directly, that's pretty radical and scary.
David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy and The Great Turning, reviewed Radical Homemakers as "Brilliant, visionary, and practical. This is a mind-bending book that will forever change your view of human possibility and compel you to rethink your life…" At the end of the day, a day that probably involves any number of responsibilities on your farm that surely stretch you, yourself, in innumerable ways, what are your reflections on the impact you have had on other people's lives?
Golly. I guess I don't think about the impact I've had on other people's lives that much. I tend to ask myself if I've lived each day in accordance with my heart and conscience. I feel that part of my "life's calling," if you will, is to be a storyteller and a communicator, but in that sense, I am merely a conduit for allowing others to think through their own lives. My raspberry patch, my lamb chops, my life with my parents, my husband and my kids are just a daily life that is uniquely mine. No one needs to do what I do in the exact way that I do it. I just hope that my willingness to reflect on it in my writing and my talks inspires people to think about their own daily world, and to make the changes they feel in their hearts are most important.
In 2010, you published an online article titled, "The Work Ahead." My favorite line from that article is, "It is the physical work that puts us in tune with the rhythms of nature and sharpens our powers of observation to detect problems." In many ways, for me, this observation speaks to exactly what is necessary to keep us from going awry as humans. Do you feel hopeful or fearful about the direction we are taking as a planet?
I have to feel hopeful. Hope is a renewable resource, and if we don't spend it, we will be frozen in place by despair. And that will only guarantee failure as the human race adapts to these changing times.
Reaching an online audience clearly has it benefits and limitations. What are your thoughts on the role your blog at shannonhayes.info plays in your ability to connect with the broader community with regard to moving forward and deepening understanding? What are the differences from connecting through other avenues?
I was extremely reluctant to become a blogger. I didn't feel I had something to say each week, and I felt that it was better to connect personally with folks. But I cannot connect personally with folks on any kind of predictable basis and take care of the home/farm/family life I advocate for so strongly. I've learned that if I make the time to blog, my readers fuel my writing, giving me ideas on subjects to tackle and ways that I can expand my thinking. It also becomes a weekly connection for people, who then use the posts as a platform for engaging in dialog with people who may not have considered some of these ideas yet. That's pretty powerful. At the same time, I am able to keep my attention focused on my roots here. I guess the blog enables me to team up with readers, and gives us a tool to work together for bringing about greater change and touching more people.
That said, there is nothing that can compare with going out in public and meeting people, getting hugs, hearing their beautiful stories and seeing the light in their eyes as they go after the life they want. It reminds me that I'm not alone in this work. Better still, I tend to get a lot of good information from the folks I meet – suggestions on books to read, techniques to try with my kids, in my garden, or on the farm, ideas for doing this differently. That's all terrific stuff. But if I do too much of that, then I am not keeping my own home fires alive. Thus, the blog has been tremendously helpful to me in maintaining a healthy balance.
In addition to writing and speaking publicly, farming with your family clearly plays a major role in your life. What does it mean to you to be part of a three-generation farm? What stage is being set for your daughters' futures with sustaining this commitment?
If we didn't have multiple generations on this farm, I wouldn't be sitting here answering interview questions or writing books. From the time I was very young, my parents recognized that I was a rather communicative artsy-creative type. I married a communicative artsy-creative type. Most folks like that don't find their way to a farm. But by being part of multiple generations, Bob and I were able to bring our creativity to the enterprise. We are able to help with the chicken processing, sell the pork chops, and still do creative work like writing and publishing books, weaving baskets, and playing music. At the same time, if Bob and I weren't with the farm, my parents wouldn't be selling meat at the local farmers' market, they wouldn't have their vacations, and they'd probably have collapsed from the exhaustion by now.
Three generations on the land gives everyone time to rest and play, and gives everyone an opportunity to take nourishment from the deeply pleasurable work that is involved. It enables us to have our own creative and intellectual outlets without being swallowed up by a family business.
As for my girls, of course I cannot control their future choices. But I see a wonderful future for them here. My oldest is an artist to her core. I see the farm as a way to support that lifestyle, and we've come to see how valuable it is to the land and business to have an artist involved. She does our wool displays, works with her dad in setting up the retail space so that it is visually appealing, helps with signs, and readily takes any young children who come with customers out to play safely so that their parents can enjoy their visit. My youngest (who is 5) is already a hard-core salesperson. She moves so many of my candles, soaps, salves and books that I pay her a commission. I think she'd sell the meat, too, but she is too short to reach the product display. It thrills her to engage with people, talk to them about their needs and interests, and to help them find what they are looking for. She's also amazingly strong and can carry water buckets like nobody's business.
That's a long way of saying that they are already incredibly valuable to us. So while I cannot control what they will choose to do in the future, I can make sure that they understand the importance of their contributions, and I can take advantage of the three generations we have on this land to take them away on fantastic adventures (we went to Europe for 7 weeks this past winter), so that they fully see and enjoy this world. My theory on that is that if they see it and know it, and understand that the rest of the world is not denied to them, then the farm becomes the path toward greater enjoyment of their lives…not a prison.
What inspires you?
Ahhh…so much. Where would I start? My morning walk with my dog, picking berries, stacking firewood, a phone call from a friend, lunch on the back porch with my parents, laying my head in my husband's lap at the end of the day, watching my daughters teach themselves something new…I find inspiration in every little mundane thing. Except traffic. I don't find traffic congestion particularly inspiring. So I try to avoid traffic congestion.
Perhaps mundane, perhaps profound, what is something that would surprise us about your day-to-day life?
If it would be a surprise, then it means I didn't want you to know about it, right? (she smiles)
Point taken! So, what's on the horizon for you?
I'm very excited to be bringing out "Long Way on a Little" this fall. The book has taken me four years to write, and has been the most transformative cookbook in my career. I've had to learn how to eliminate my own kitchen waste by challenging myself to figure out how to use my leftovers. I've had to figure out how to make prudent use of the bones and fat on the animals and how to do it all with the myriad dietary restrictions so many Americans are confronting (my family included). I've fallen in love with this book!
How can people find your work and keep an eye out for what you are up to?
People can read my articles and buy books at grassfedcooking.com and shannonhayes.info. They are also available through Chelsea Green Publishing and they can buy electronic copies of my works through any of the major online venues.
Thanks, Shannon, for giving us some insight into your life and your work.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explore these questions with me.
A few notes from Shannon's website…
Shannon's essays and articles have appeared in myriad regional and national publications, including The New York Times, The Boston Review, and Northeast Public Radio. Hayes' quirky lifestyle, her attempts to live a life of personal accountability and sustainability, and her current research and writings about homemaking as an ecological movement have landed her and her family on the pages of the New York Times, Brain Child Magazine, Lancaster Farming, Small Farm Quarterly, Hobby Farm Home Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, Grit, Yes! Magazine, Elle Magazine, the national newspapers of Germany, Turkey and Canada, Arab News and the Pakistan Observer.
Shannon's newest book, Long Way on a Little: An Earth Lover's Companion for Enjoying Meat, Pinching Pennies and Living Deliciously, is due out from Left to Write Press on October 12. Left to Write Press, a company that Shannon and her husband Bob started as a way to enable them to live in Schoharie County without having to sell-out to corporate media, is distributed by Chelsea Green.
Long Way on a Little: An Earth Lover's Companion for Enjoying Meats, Pinching Pennies and Living Deliciously
Whole animal cooking for grassfed lamb, beef, pork and poultry….plus the leftovers. Includes carbohydrate profiles, guides to grain-, legume-, and dairy-free recipes, color photography and great information for stretching your food dollars.
Radical Homemakers
Shannon's controversial best-seller that explores how social revolution and ecological reform begin at home.
The Farmer and the Grill
A guide to grilling, barbecuing and spit-roasting grassfed meat…and for saving the planet, one bite at a time.
The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook
Finding, selecting, preparing and enjoying the most delicious and healthful meats for your body and the planet.
Homespun Mom Comes Unraveled
A little reality check about the glories of the good life…
The Smell of Mud Season
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Project DLM - Nose JobWritten by on February 3, 2012 Nose, Fenders, and Roof
As we were getting ready for the 2012 racing season, we decided that it might be fun to change up the look of ol' Project DLM a little bit for the New Year. You know: New Year, new look, new wins (hopefully). Anyway, we kicked around a bunch of different ideas but ended up going back to where all of this began. The old Rayburn that started my association with this great magazine had a black body on it, so we decided to go back in black. To do that we designed a new wrap with our friends up at Firestorm Graphics. You get to see that in a later issue. Now before we could put that wrap on the car, we needed to give our Roush Yates–powered MastersBilt a nose job. A necessity thanks to a little…uh…incident we had late last year.
Anyhow, we wanted to check out this new Dirt Late Model nose design from the folks at Dominator Race Products out of Lyons, Ohio. The nose features an integrated airflow tunnel effect. Dominator says that this design maximizes the downforce created by directing air over the nose and across the hood and deck of your car. Immediately, something that stood out was the fact that the Dominator flares tuck under the nosepiece for a seamless fit. There are also triangular braces molded into the lower nose to add strength and support in the event the track ruts up or you enjoy running the cushion. Dominator also offers a two-piece Lower Nose Support which I thought was really beneficial and strengthens the whole front of the car even more. As you can see in the accompanying photos installation is quick and easy, with all of the assembly done off the car before dropping the nose onto the chassis. The nose is available in seven colors and has already been approved by most sanctions including IMCA, UMP, Fastrak, NeSmith, Lucas, and others.
While talking with Dominator's owner, Bentley Shaw, he convinced us to take a look at his new sail panels and pillar posts that go with their two-piece roof. The advantage of a two-piece roof is, you guessed it, it's easier and cheaper to ship--so it saves you money. The whole set up saves a bunch of time and allows you to keep the sheetmetal brake in the corner of the shop. That's right no more bending and cutting sheet aluminum for sail panels or pillar posts.
These panels and posts, as well as the roof, are all made from high-impact plastic and are designed to take the punishment of dirt track racing without showing wear. Since they're molded plastic they're all uniform in appearance so your racer will have a really professional finish and look to it.
Putting the whole deal together is actually pretty easy. It's done off of the car and is a little like fitting a puzzle together. The flares and nose fit like a glove to each other. You simply bolt or rivet the two pieces together and then attach them in the center. Once the nose is together you can angle cut the right side to help put yaw into the car. I chose not to do this, but it's something I can always go back and tackle at a later date. Now, follow along with me as we tackle a little rhinoplasty!
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2 We measure the rivet points 1 inch from the seam and approximately 3 inches apart.3 Six exploding rivets later and one side of the nose is together and ready for action. I put two rivets at the bottom on purpose to make sure it's held together securely in the event of hitting rough track surfaces.4 Here you can see the nose going together with the side held in place by a clamp. While it's easier to do this with two people, strategically placing clamps allows one person to finish the job.5 One of the unique things about the Dominator nose is this reinforcing panel that goes underneath the whole nose. It's manufactured out of the same rigid plastic as the nose and fender and provides great support and strength which will come in handy when the track ruts up.6 The nose support comes in two pieces. We'll use 3/4-inch steel flush-mount bolts that have a beveled head to provide a smooth finished appearance and are slotted for installation with a standard screwdriver. All Star Performance offers a pack of 10 (PN ALL18640) for $18.99 which will work perfectly for this application. You simply drill through the bottom lip of the nose and then through the support and bolt them together. You will have to bolt the plastic support piece to your bumper to complete the installation. However, you want to do that once you have the nose mounted exactly where you want it on the car.8 Like the nose Dominator's new fenders are made from high impact plastic designed to take a beating and pop back into shape. We certainly don't plan on testing out exactly how much of a beating they could take but it's nice to know the strength is there if we ever need it.9 As you can see here, the fenders also come in two pieces, which cuts down on shipping costs.
11 Here's a close up view of the triangular braces that are molded into the lower nose to add strength and support in the event the track ruts up or you enjoy running the cushion.12 The height of your front fender should be 37 inches high. The distance from the center of the hub to the tip of the front nose needs to be 52 inches for the best fit. The ground clearance should be set from the top of the air dam not the bottom of it. You can trim the lower air dam on a angle to the right side of the car. Ground clearance of 6-9 inches can be made.13 Dominator's roof comes in two pieces and goes together just like the fenders and the nose.14 The plastic sail panels come over-sized on the top and bottom to accommodate different chassis configurations. You can use a jigsaw to cut them to the proper length. We didn't have to cut the right side sail panel.

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FIPS 180-3 defines the initial hash value for SHA-256 as the first 32 bits of the fractional parts of the square roots of the first 8 primes 2..19. What would be the risks of using a different value (for example: a random salt)? Conceptually, this would be the same as prepending the message with a block which hashed (using the normal initial hash value) to the specified value.
With the message padding scheme of SHA-2/SHA-256 as it stands (add one 1 bit, a minimal number of 0 bits so that the overall padded message will end on a block boundary, then the original message length over some fixed number of bits), I know no attack enabled by allowing a different IV.
However, allowing an arbitrary IV renders ineffective one of the two redundant safeguards built into SHA-2's padding scheme. If the message length was removed from the above padding scheme, then an adversary having the ability to decide the different IV could do so nefariously; in particular, such that he knows a secret backdoor block $B$ that can be inserted at the beginning of any message, leaving the hash invariant. Proof: one round of SHA-2 transforms the state $S$ according to $S_{j+1}=F(M_j,S_j)\hat+S_j$, where $F$ is a cipher with the (padded) message block $M_j$ used as key, $\hat+$ is addition with some carries suppressed, and $S_0$ is the IV we are discussing. One able to choose the IV could choose it as $F^{-1}(B,0)$, thus such that $F(B,\mathtt{IV})=0$, thus such that $M_0=B\implies S_1=S_0$.


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Yeah, I hope they release the source code for QuakeLight, would definitely be lots of fun to build a mod based on what they've built, maybe throw in a C9 guy in-game and add a rocket launcher
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RP Pet Peeves
Edit: Oh sh- this was meant to be titled RP Pet Peaves. FFFUUUUUUUU!
We've had one for the internet in general and fanfiction, and I feel like complaining, so here's the thread we've been waiting for. xD. Most of my roleplaying took place in a specialised mmorpg private server, so my poorly articulated bi.tching will have Warcraft references. Lots of them.
First of all! The overpowered scum of the Earth. The worthless pieces of trash on legs with malfunctional cognitive organs duct taped to their deformed skulls. The cretins who pop up in a small medieval town with two revolvers that shoot exploding tungsten bullets and a full armour suit made of the toughest and rarest metal in the setting, which apparantly does not slow them down at all. There are loads of variations, but they're all obscenely powerful to the point of ruining it for everyone else just by being there.
The canon defilers. Anyone who knows the faintest detail about WoW should be sick at the prospect of some blood elf he-she entering the building wielding frostmourne and the ashbringer, but some few are immune; they make themselves the vampire offspring of Warchief Thrall and King Varian Wrynn through immaculate conception, relate themselves to every single other character and come up with a nauseating excuse to possess every legendary object and trinket in the entire universe. They also sometimes claim ownership of the Black Temple or the Icecrown Citadel.
...I'm done for now.
Tried to edit in Firefox, then went into IE and it worked. Oh well, guess it's just another Firefox thing that won't work here.
Long list now...
1. Godmoding. That, basically speaking, is someone who controls another person's character without asking permission. It can be anything from posting what they are doing, to posting how they react to something your character did. I've had people do that before here, back in the bad old days when I was first made the mod of the RP forum and trying to bring some order to the forum, and it annoys me just as much now as it did then.
2. Mary Sues. Just as irritating in RP as they are in fanfic, Mary Sues are poison to RPs. To have someone posting in an RP with a character who's the best at everything, loved by all and who always wins just ruins the RP for everyone else and pretty much ensures that everyone else will leave. The same goes for anyone who posts an RP with their horrible Sue as the main focus; it's not going to garner many players and those who do join will eventually leave in disgust.
3. People who post RPs without thinking. In other words, people who just go right ahead and post an RP without seeing first if anyone wants to play with them so the RP just sits there gathering dust. You can't assume that everyone will automatically sign up for your RP; if said RP is on some obscure subject, or has a zillion rules, then most people will just pass it by. All you have to do is ask your friends first if they want to join, then post it.
4. Scripted RPs. A pet hate of mine, cuz it just suppresses creativity. I don't mean giving out rules for your RP created world, but an RP where the owner tells you what your character is called, their personality etc and what's going to happen next in the RP. Basically, they're controlling the whole thing and it gets old fast. I've seen these posted on other sites and they either end up degenerating into flame wars, or everyone just gets fed up with the RP owner and leaves.
5. Spam posting in a rulebreaking RP. This thankfully doesn't happen so much now, but back in the aforementioned bad old days when I first posted rules for the RP forum, a lot of people did this. They erroniously thought that if they mega posted in their rule breaking RP and got it up to ten pages before I saw it, then I'd forget about the rules and let it stay. No way. Doesn't matter if an RP that breaks the rules is one page long or one hundred, the moment I see it it'll be locked.
6. Copying RPs. This just depresses me. When I see a new RP, I hope that the owner has the creativity to make one that's as original as they can make it. Of course, a lot of the themes are used over and over again, for example, vampires, but it is entirely possible to make your RP different to the other vampire themed RPs rather than just plagurising someone else's. This usually happens if someone tries to join an RP, is told no for whatever reason, then makes their own which is a copy of the one they weren't allowed to join.
7. Thin RPs. These RPs are posted by people who didn't even bother to click on the rules topics, let alone read them. They usually consist of one or two sentences for the plot, for example, "this is a school where everyone has powers lol so post your character with their crush and power etc" along with their own character complete with page stretching anime picture and very few words to go with it. Either that, or it'll be a vile Mary Sue. In order to RP effectively, you must have at least three paragraphs for a plot, along with another paragraph with any rules for your world and a big intro. Otherwise, the RP is boring and unplayable.
8. Whining. This can be either about the rules ("They're too strict!") or about the fact that they weren't allowed to join an RP. Contrary to popular belief, the rules for this forum are not strict; I've seen RP rules on other sites that are ten times more strict. Also, I am not an ogre and am perfectly happy for people to join my RPs as long as they a) read the forum rules and b) create a good character that fits the RP. If they do neither then I don't want them there, and neither would any RP owner. Moaning either in the RP or in a PM about the rules or that they weren't able to join an RP with their sick making Mary Sue is a road to nowhere.
9. Noobs. Noobs, just to clarify, are not newbies, but instead are people who don't want to read the rules and don't want to improve their RPing. They are the people who will constantly try to join closed RPs or post their rulebreaking RPs over and over until threatened with bannage; sometimes, even after being temp banned. I and the other RPers will wear ourselves to a shred telling them the rules over and over and informing them how to make a proper character and a decent RP, all in vain. These people never learn and will usually only leave the forum after they're finally given a long ban.
10. Lack of spelling and grammar. This is tenth in the list cuz I'm no grammarian or spelling Na'zi; the odd typo, misspelled word etc doesn't really bother me cuz we're all human and we all make mistakes sometimes. Also, I use the odd shortened word cuz I'm a lazy typist. XD However, when someone posts in constant chatspeak, ebonics, kRaZy or 1337, it really tries my patience and I will not allow it in RP cuz it interrupts the flow when you have to spend ten minutes working out what someone's character is doing cuz they've posted it all in chatspeak.
Chatspeak should have never been invented; it's dam.n painful!
Also, something you didn't mention that irks me; rps/rpers that try to suck you into writing out the sex scenes.
Well, first off, I'm a freakin' VIRGIN, so I have no experience to go off of, and I am NOT 'researching' that particular topic.
Second off, if you feel like you need to get off by writing scenes with someone online, get your butt off that chair and go find someone real. PUH-LEAZE!
Third off, sex scenes do not add to the plot fo any rp whatsoever. Now, there can be moments after the scene that could be cute/awkward/important for the characters, but sex scenes are easily skippable in a realistic manner.
I usually use a "fade to black", ie post "There was an x-scene" and leave it at that. I really hate it when people try and describe sex scenes in vast detail; unless you're writing erotica, don't bother. And certainly don't do it here cuz it's not allowed here.
There was one person on here who kept doing this; it was sick. -.- Especially since they were only about fifteen.
It's like you want to scream at them, "Just go an GET SOME already!" We don't need your erotic fantasies posted here for us to have to deal with.
Yes, sex happens, happens often, and, in its own way, putting two characters together can add to a story. But I don't want -or need- to hear ever tiny detail about how it went down; it's fairly easy to guess what happens, anyways.
I will say, I think the rules are kind of strict if you're trying to introduce new players. Sure there's newbies RPs, but they never really go anywhere. I would love to start one for the average RPer and actually keep it, you know, ALIVE. xD Although all the rules make perfectly good sense, I do think they might be somewhat intimidating for newbies. I got into RPing by playing part in one of those "this is about highschool kids with powers" RPs, and after that I started improving. I was totally with you guys BEFORE I left, but now I'm kind of thinking, why does it matter if it's not completely well-plotted or has a certain number of paragraphs, or falls in to a specific category that's already full? If it's not your thing, don't enter it. As long as the characters aren't way too perfect, or if it's an exact repost, or it the plot is literally a sentence long, or if no one wanted to join... I honestly don't see the problem.
Anyway, that's not a pet peeve, but rather an opinion on rules here. I'm not saying things should change, I just wanted to mention that, I suppose. My fingers typed that our with no real reason. Strange.... Well, my pet peeves are:
1. When I'm the last post and no one posts afterwards and then it dies out. That always made me sad. Then again, sometimes I had nothing to post and wouldn't post either, so I guess it works both ways.
2. People entering WAYYYY too far in. I hate when people try to enter an RP that is already 50+ pages long. Unless I feel like it's dying or that person has read all the pages and wants to enter, then no. >_<
3. Pretty much everything already started.
4. When people use no writing skills whatsoever. You know the ones... They RP like:
The reason why the rules are there is cuz back when there were no rules for the RP forum, it was a complete free for all and everyone just went their own sweet way without bothering to make decent plots or characters. I don't think that it's too much to ask to have people type out a few paragraphs for a plot; most of mine took just ten minutes, if that, once I'd worked out what I wanted to happen in the RP. If anyone has a problem getting a plot sorted, they only have to ask me and I'll gladly help them with it.
In any case, if all you have is just a few lines, a lot of the time the RP gets off to a slow start cuz people are always asking questions about the plot, ie what's allowed and what isn't, or can they have for example this character they have. It's a lot easier if you just set out the plot decently then people know where they stand; for example, if you have an RP world that is all humans, then if you've posted that, then no-one has any excuse to enter a vampire character.
Another pet peeve of mine is people who insist on posting in first person when I've already made it clear that the RP is in third. Personally, I find first person to be a bit confusing, especially if you have more than one character and a lot of people post actions in astericks like this:
*walks in* I then saw everyone just standing there staring at the ceiling and said, "What are you looking at?" *gasps dramatically*
I may be picky but I prefer to show rather than tell as far as actions are concerned; this looks better.
Chana walked into the room and much to her surprise, saw that everyone was just standing in the centre of the room, staring at the ceiling. "What are you looking at?" she asked, curiously.
Metagamers. These are the folk who walk through an RP and instantly know everything about you and anybody else around you and pretend they've known you for ages and ages and they're very annoying and I need more full stops. I once met this unbelievably annoying Gnome who insisted he'd known my character all his life. O_o I eventually just hid. xD This is as annoying in RPs on MMORPG games as it is on forums, let me tell you.
Mister Lordly Lordus IV. There always seems to be a cretin or two who enters a roleplay and insists he's in charge and demands that everyone respect his authority. As you can imagine, I'll happily run a mile to avoid order-barking clowns like this. :lol: Besides RPs based in MMOs, this can translate to forum RP too, whenever a bad roleplayer decides that their character is the most powerful and influential. X_x "do wat i say or i keel u!!!" "no lol /kick"
Another thing that annoys me is people who who post their characters as being everywhere, even when it's physically impossible. I once RPed on this other forum, and this girl used to do this and it annoyed everyone. For example, you'd post that your character was doing something secret, or two characters having a secret conversation and guess what, she'd post "But what they didn't know, was that Jane Doe was hiding behind the tree/sofa/etc and listening in."
Used to drive us all mad; you'd end up adding a stream of drabble like "And there was no-one around at all to overhear them, and they'd checked every corner just to make sure" just to stop her from doing that. -.-
Oh dear, that would have been more than slightly irritating. To have to go through the whole 'no one else was around' game before actually getting to the conversation or whatever was going on.
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I'm going to define an exponential polynomial of degree $k$ as a function $f$ of the form
$f(x) = \sum_{i=1}^k c_ie^{\alpha_ix}$ ($\alpha_i$s real).
My first question is: is there an algorithm for counting the number of real roots of such an expression, with complexity depending only on the degree $k$?
I strongly suspect that the answer to this question is yes, and that the answer is known (seeing as Tarski's exponential function problem is all but solved), but I can't find it described anywhere.
My second question is: can somebody tell me what this algorithm is? Or give me a hint?
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that there was a known method analogous to the method of Sturm chains for polynomials... But I haven't been able to figure out what it should be, nor have I been able to find where I read that claim. My best guess is that we can get rid of terms of such an expression by first dividing $f$ by an exponential $e^{\alpha x}$ to make a term constant, differentiating, and then multiplying by that same exponential. If we call this operation $D_{\alpha}$, we get $D_{\alpha}f(x) = \sum_{i=1}^k c_i(\alpha_i-\alpha)e^{\alpha_ix}$. The nice thing is that $D_{\alpha}f$ acts analogously to the derivative of $f$, i.e. between any consecutive zeroes of $f$ there is a zero of $D_{\alpha}f$. The problem is that I can't think of a good analogue to the division algorithm for exponential polynomials (maybe we don't need one?).
Edit: When I say that Tarski's exponential function problem is "all but solved," I mean that all that is missing from the full solution is a proof of Schanuel's conjecture. I'm not saying that Schanuel's conjecture is easy, but given this result it seems to me that we should be able to describe some sort of explicit algorithm for deciding problems like this one, although the proof of correctness of such an algorithm might require us to assume Schanuel's conjecture holds.


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I'm eager to see some drawings of the new frame. I really hope there is ISCG tabs for a possible hammerschmidt setup. It would also open up a world of opportunity to be able to mount a proper chainguide without a crappy BB mount. The clearances would be super tight, but I would gladly exchange a few mm of chainstay for the pleasure of tabs.
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No, Hashem is not "in everything" - that would make him physical. Hashem himself is not inI creation - physicality cannot contain Him. See the Rambam at the beginning of Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah, where he describes that all of the creation emanates from Hashem and if you could God Forbid imagine that Hashem would not exist, all of existence would cease to be. But he is very clear that Hashem has no body, and if you says that he is "in everything," and you mean it in a literal sense, then you are saying that he has a body. This is a terrible misconception.
The Rambam also says in halacha 11 there that Hashem exists outside of time.
I think some rishonim including the Ralbag held that Hashem existed within time but I can't remember where he says this.
Yes Hashem is in time he created it and he is in everything.
Hashem is completely incorporeal, and unchanging. According to the Rambam, Hashem is outside of time, the idea of His existence within time makes it possible for Him to change, and is a compromise of his incorporeality. This is part of what is meant by 'Hashem is one'.
As it relates to creation, Hashem is outside time when man is looking backwards at creation, however, Hashem is within time only if you look forward at creation from Hashem's perspective.
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I used the Ubuntu text installer and went ahead and used the guided partitioner, it froze after partitioning about 17Gb, i can't find it in GParted or the Windows 7 partition manager. When i retry the partitioning with the live USB (GUI install this time) it ONLY recognizes those 17Gb.
Could i install there and perhaps expand it from there?
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Sometimes the settings page will show I'm connected to a particular Wifi network SSID, but the 3G logo in the top left hand corner still appears and I still appear to be downloading via 3G.
What's going on here - is this a caching issue? A wifi connectivity issue? Is this a feature?
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There sohould be a list of K-theory and K-homology groups for the the standard spaces, like circle, spheres, (non-commutative) tori, but despite I've googled for it, I have found nothing satisfying. Maybe someone can give a reference?
For many basic examples, the usual tools of (co)homology theory work just fine (and very similarly) in K-theory and K-homology.
Here's an example. How does one compute, say, the De Rham cohomology of $S^1$? There are lots of ways, but one way is to use the Mayer-Vietoris sequence - the same thing works in K-theory (and K-homology). Write $S^1 = U \cup V$ where $U$ is a small neighborhood of the upper half of the circle and $V$ is a small neighborhood of the lower half. The long exact sequence in K-theory looks like:
$$\to K^0(U \cap V) \to K^0(U) \oplus K^0(V) \to K^0(S^1) \to$$ $$ K^1(U \cap V) \to K^1(U) \oplus K^1(V) \to K^1(S^1) \to$$
We have $K^0(point) = \mathbb{Z}$ and $K^1(point) = 0$, and it's not hard to calculate that the map $K^0(U \cap V) \to K^0(U) \oplus K^0(V)$ is the map $\mathbb{Z}^2 \to \mathbb{Z}^2$ given by $(x,y) \mapsto x - y$. So we get $K^0(S^1) = K^1(S^1) = \mathbb{Z}$.
For noncommutative spaces, there is still a version of the Mayer-Vietoris sequence which helps with some computations: it uses a decomposition $A = I + J$ of a C* algebra as the sum of two closed ideals. Combined with equivariant K-theory/K-homology (and Bott periodicity!) these sorts of computations are often fairly routine. The challenge, as usual, generally is in working with specific (co)cycles that have geometric content.
The Chern character in $K$-homology gives that, for a finite CW-complex $X$, up to torsion (i.e. after tensoring with $\mathbb{Q}$), $K_j(X)$ is isomorphic to $\bigoplus_{i=0}^\infty H_{j+2i}(X,\mathbb{Q})$ (standard homology groups with rational coefficients). If $\dim X=2$ (and if I remember correctly there is also something in dimension 3), then this isomorphism actually holds over $\mathbb{Z}$: see Michel Matthey, Mapping the homology of a group to the $K$-theory of its $C^*$-algebra. Illinois J. Math. 46 (2002), no. 3, 953–977.


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according to the api docs this selModel has a mode config (got it from selection.Model).
this is not supported yet or has a bug. multi row selections work, but no chance for cells in a grid.
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The torah documents the positive attributes of Sarah, Rifka and Rochel. Chazal then expound in greater detail about these righteous women. But from the torah and chazal there doesn't appear to be any material indicating any specially positive attributes about Leah. What was so special about Leah that she merited to marry Yaakov and be considered a matriarch of klall yisroel?
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Well for starters it is mentioned that her eyes were "Rakos" since she cried a lot as she did not want to end up with Eisav. This shows that she appreciated only good.
In addition she gave up having another boy - Rashi Breishis 30:21 - in order for her sister not to feel as the one with the least boys.
In addition to Gershon Gold's answer, there's also Bereshit 30:17:
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which is also a good thing.
Oh, and an even stronger makor, Leah was also a prophet, as said in Rashi on Bereshit 29:34 :
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In mirror symmetry one usually considers a complexified kahler form $B+iw$ instead of kahler form $w$ itself.(Or their moduli)
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Better Half and I are a team when it comes to many things.
This includes making deviled eggs, which we did for Thanksgiving, taking this as a side dish to Aunt Betty's house.
In the end, sometimes taking the tried-and-true dish that everyone appreciates is the way to go instead of racking your brain to come up with something new and exotic and maybe not all that hot after all the angst and effort.
Come holiday, picnic or special occasion, there's generally always room on a plate and in a stomach for a deviled egg or two.
So deviled eggs it is, we decided.
First comes the egg boiling which I do after much deliberation over how many eggs to submit to the sauna treatment.
I consult my partner. We do the math. How many people times how much will they eat equals how many eggs Janice boils.
And I've come a long way from my early egg boiling days of equating explosion with egg doneness. That's not to say, however, that I've mastered the process entirely.
I assume the eggs are done now when I've lost track of time and Better Half yells, "Are you watching those eggs??!!"
Teamwork, baby.
Better Half's job is peeling the eggs, so he cares about whether they're overdone or underdone. If they're too done, for instance, I notice he mumbles a lot as he stands hunched over the kitchen sink, the water running as he chips away at egg shell resistant to leaving the egg.
The deviled egg recipe itself is a good one, but it's hard to write down and share with someone else to try.
Blobs of Miracle Whip. Spoonfuls of Hellman's mayonnaise. A few squirts of mustard. Shakes of salt, pepper, Accent, onion powder and garlic salt.
That's it. My sister Linda once wanted me to add a spritz of pickle juice, but I stood firm. I just couldn't bring myself to compromise the integrity of the core recipe.
I mix all this stuff together and summon Better Half for a tasting consult.
He grabs a spoon, scoops a small sampling of the mixture and takes a taste. He squints. Cocks his head to the right. Smacks his lips. Frowns.
"It needs something," he says, pointing to the Miracle Whip. "Maybe a dollop and a little more onion powder."
I follow the foolproof advice. Another spoonful. Another taste.
More lip smacking followed up with head nodding. "Pretty good," he says, which is high praise coming from him when I'm fixing something to eat.
The real barometer of whether they're good or not, however, is bringing home an empty egg dish.
That's "egg"-actly what we were going for.
On a P.S. note from last Sunday's column about this and that, including Better Half and I enjoying a horseback ride on Coffee and Tucker, I mentioned that we were as happy as Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on Trigger and Butter Cup.
Two people made a point to tell me Dale's horse was named Buttermilk, not Butter Cup.
I did what any good wife would do - I blamed my husband. I had Better Half take the fall because that's what he said her horse's name was.
So Better Half was only half right - Butter, yes, but milk, not cup.
Either way, continued happy trails, my friends.
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Cape Town is synonymous with live music – from being the host of the annual International Jazz Festival, to the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, and a number of famous international acts like Lady Gaga, U2, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, there's something to match everyone's taste.
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There's also a number of alternative music venues in the Mother City. For those who like their guitars turned up to 11, here's some of the live music venues that cater to a not-so-mainstream tastes.
The ultimate alternative venue in Cape Town. Gandalf's has been around for many years, and has garnered a reputation for exposing some of the best up-and-coming bands and DJs. If you're looking for fancy and elegant, this is not your cup of tea. But the drinks are cheap, the music is good, and the crowd are friendly. Themed nights cater to a variety of music genres: drum 'n bass, dubstep and hiphop on Wednesdays, rock and metal on Thursdays, and some of the cheapest drinks specials almost every night.
ROAR is upstairs from Gandalf's, but is a well-known live music venue in its own right. ROAR has seen a number of international bands grace its stage, but most of the time, it's one of the best places to discover new local talent before anyone else. Ska, punk, metal, hiphop, and rock can be enjoyed here. The venue is small, but this adds to the up-close-and-personal experience of seeing a band play here. Well worth a visit if local music is what you're after during a Cape Town trip.
The Rabbit Hole
The Rabbit Hole is the newer kid on the block, but has already attracted some great local and international acts, and has become a popular spot on the alternative venue map. Go here for great live music, karaoke, darts, pool and foosball, and friendly staff. And be ready to rock out!
Mercury Live & Lounge
Mercury is another great venue for live music. Downstairs, you'll find a DJ spinning tunes from the 80s and 90s, as well as some outside areas for chilling. Upstairs, you'll find the stage area, with plenty of space for both the crowd and the bands to move to the music. Many of South Africa's biggest bands of the last ten years have played here, so come and check out some ermerging local talent!
The Assembly
The Assembly is the place to see the hottest bands and DJs of the day in Cape Town. Keeping a good balance of live music and DJs, many of Cape Town's scenesters can be found here almost every weekend. One of the bigger venues on the list, it also has a more chilled-out bar and seating area away from the crowd.
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This year is 5772 / תשעב (Taf-Shin-Ayin-Bet) on the Hebrew Calendar. What is the earliest reference to the Year counting from the Creation of the world?
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Seder Olam Rabbah, by R. Yosei ben Chalafta (2nd century), gives a unified chronology from Creation until his own times (although the last part of it, covering the Second Temple era and its aftermath, is given pretty short shrift).
The Gemara (Avodah Zarah 9b) quotes a baraisa (also from, at the latest, the 2nd or early 3rd century) that makes a prediction for "the year 4231 after the creation of the world."
So evidently this counting was familiar by that period (which corresponds to the 3800s or 3900s since Creation), although it didn't become widespread until later.
(There is also a source - will have to look it up - that the kohen gadol, after having performed the Yom Kippur service and survived going into the Kodesh Hakodashim, would commission a commemorative plaque giving his name and the year since Creation. That would push the use of this era much earlier.)
There was an article published recently in the periodical HaMa'ayan (Teves 5773 pp. 5-19) about this subject. The author quotes sources from the gemara and ge'onim in which they count years this way. However, he concludes that this wasn't the common way to count years at the time. Azaryah Min HaAdumim was the first the cast doubts on the age of this dating system; he writes that it probably originated either sometime after Rabbi Hilel HaNasi (4119/670) or after Rav Sherira Ga'on (~4350/900).


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo is hosting its annual "Kaleidoscope" concert Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The event, part of the college's annual Family Weekend, is free and open to the public.
The fast-paced concert features virtually all of the college's performing artists and ensembles. Scenes will change throughout the show giving the audience a chance to experience multiple performances in one show.
The concert will feature numerous performing ensembles and student and faculty vocal and instrumental soloists. Also scheduled are members of the cast from "Anything Goes," a musical theater production premiering in November; the Geneseo Wind Quintet in Residence; the Spectrum Women's Ensemble; the Geneseo String Band; the Monday Night Jazz Ensemble; the Percussion Ensemble; and the Geneseo Symphony orchestra.
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We all have our favorite study spots. Some enjoy the comfort of their own rooms for serious studying, while others find the serenity of Norlin Library valuable when getting work done.
On a campus as large as CU's, there are bound to be spots as interesting and unique as the students they serve. Places where the environment can be so interesting and charming that you might find yourself paying more attention to your surroundings than your studies.
Maybe you're in the mood for exploring the campus. Maybe you're looking for a special place to give you that tiny bit of inspiration. Maybe you just want some place different to learn and study. Whatever your reasons, here are some of the most unique study spots on campus. Warning: successful studying not guaranteed.
Wesley Brittin reading room at Duane Tower
Inside Duane Tower is the Wesley Brittin reading room, dedicated to Wesley Emil Brittin, who served as Chair of the Department of Physics from 1958 to 1974. Finding this room requires a short trip inside a little blue elevator.
Eleven stories later, you're inside a study room with arguably the most magnificent view of campus and Boulder. "This is phenomenal," a student said as he entered the room.
He wasn't kidding. It's a breathtaking view of not only campus but the iconic Flatirons. Like any proper study room, tall wooden bookshelves line its walls. Attached on the same wall is a beautiful but motionless grandfather clock. A large conference room table serves as the room's centerpiece, which is next to a white board and a large projection sheet for presentations.
Comfortable desk chairs are scattered throughout the room, and there are a few lamps. This is a very special room and once you're inside, you'll have another reason to be proud you attend CU.
President's room at Old Main
There's something instantly charming about entering a room full of antique furniture, aged portraits and other antiquated artifacts. It's like a portal into another era, another time. This is what you'll feel visiting the Presidents Room at the CU Heritage Center, which will introduce you to an intimate glimpse of CU's rich history.
Featuring portraits of all past and present CU presidents, the room is lavishly decorated with former university seals, an elegant ceremonial scepter and a regal grandfather clock. There's only one table, a long conference table that seats 18, with additional chairs.
Tall windows along the outer wall allow you to peer out on the campus from the third floor of CU's oldest building. While studying, perhaps you can ponder how fascinating it is to sit inside a building that's older than the state where it resides.
Bio Lounge at the CU Museum of Natural History
Wonders to behold and curiosities to explore are the foundation of any museum. The CU Museum of Natural History exemplifies these traits with astonishing style, as its exhibits combine windows of the past with visions of the future.
Picture yourself in such an environment and you have the Bio Lounge, one of the most unique areas of learning in academia. Studying next to exhibits is even more inspiring when you consider that as a student, you actually become an exhibit of sorts as members of the Boulder community watch you study as they visit the museum.
Adorned with antique furnishings and complete with a bottle filled with rattlesnakes and other taxidermy creatures, learning here is so natural it's almost magical. Bio Lounge is a comfortable environment, but even more important, it's an inspiring one.
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Coil Binding And Bump Rubbers - ChassisWritten by on January 18, 2010 An Explanation Of How It All Works-Finally
The curiosity is still there, possibly stronger than ever. The most asked question among asphalt racers is: How can I convert my more-conventional setup to running soft springs and a large sway bar-the Big Bar, Soft Spring setup? I have written two articles on the subject, against my better judgment and inclination, because I have to address technical issues at hand whether I like the trend or not. But I recently had a revelation about bump rubbers and its ugly cousin, coil bind.
A Test That Went Wrong, and Right I was involved with a redesign of a Daytona Prototype and we tested the car at a handling track, as opposed to a Daytona with high banks. We had developed what we thought was a balanced setup similar to one that had been tested before and worked very well. Why do I spend time with road racing cars? To learn things that might cross over to circle track racing. And learn I did.
First off, we ran our setup and it was tight-very tight. This was a surprise. Then our guest engineers on the test, none other than Steve Cole and his assistant with Pratt and Miller, the famed race car engineering firm out of Michigan, had us install the setup they had developed into the car. I was immediately concerned. From my analysis, the car was going to be very loose with the front end rolling much more than the rear. I even told the driver, Buddy Rice of IndyCar fame, to be careful for that reason. Surprise.
The car went out, it went faster and it was not loose. In fact, a lot of good things were happening including better grip on exit, better high speed control, and more. How could this be? I thought about it overnight and in the morning before we were to test again, the answer came to me. The relationship between what had just happened to this DP car was exactly what happens to our stock cars when we go into coil bind or onto bump rubbers.
The DP car was rolling onto a short bump rubber they call a packer at the outside front wheel in each slow turn. This increased the spring rate on that corner to what we estimated to be several hundred pounds and the roll stiffness increased reducing the front roll angle to nearly the same as the rear, making the car neutral in dynamic balance. Halleluiah! I knew I was onto something here.
Subsequent calculations done on a spreadsheet format confirmed that the increased spring rate of the outside front wheel had sufficiently altered the roll characteristics so that the setup worked. Did Steve anticipate those results? I don't know, I haven't spoken with him as of the time of this writing, but I suspect since he had developed his setups before knowing the packer gap and bump rubber rate associated with the amount of shock travel we would see, the answer might be no.
What This All Means In our world of stock car racing, we have trends that come about and hang around for five years or more. The current trend of running big sway bars and soft springs has been here longer than that, but is growing among racers who don't necessarily understand how it works. The truth is, none of us understands it completely. Now I have a perspective.
I have always suspected how it all works and why anyone would want to go there in the first place. Dig out those first two articles and you'll see my thoughts on it. But now things are different, I have a means to explain how it works and exact calculations to prove it.
The goal in all of this is, by admission of numerous teams who live by this sword, is to lower the front of the car to the point of running a level attitude devoid of roll and where the front valance is restricting air from flowing under the car. This attitude is supposed to create more downforce in the front end, increase the front grip to turn the car, and serve to lower the center of gravity thereby reducing load transfer and keeping more load on the left-side tires. And it does do all of that, if done correctly.
Before you get all giddy and run out to the shop to get started converting your setup to the BBSS, I need to explain one problem associated with those setups. They are very hard to maintain any consistency with. The envelope for being dynamically balanced is narrow. That's not my personal opinion, that is the feedback I get from many racers who attempt to run these setups. Many go back to more conventional setups and get rid of the frustration.
Is Zero Roll Angle Possible? I had someone ask me the other day, "Can we really achieve zero roll angle? Doesn't every car roll to some extent even with a very large sway bar?" The answer is yes and no. It is in the arrangement of springs combined with other settings where we find the answer to his question.
The front can be made to roll very little and with a very high banking angle, near zero. We did just that way back in the late '90s at Daytona where we achieved a half degree of roll, front and rear. Then NASCAR instituted a minimum rear spring rate and we lost the method. A stock car with a 1.75 inch diameter front sway bar will roll approximately 1.3 degrees up front with 1.7 g's of lateral force and running on a 12-degree banked track. Even when the Right Front rests on a bump rubber with a spring rate of 750 pounds/inch, the roll angle only goes down to 1.0.
The trick is to utilize the banking and rear spring split to cause the rear to want to roll left the same amount. Yes, I said roll left. How do we do that? Simple, we install a much stiffer RR spring combined with a softer LR spring. This creates a compression in the LR spring that is more than the compression in the RR spring and the result is a negative roll angle, or roll to the left that is greater than the overturning moment roll angle, to create the negative roll angle once thought impossible in a stock car.
Explanation of Negative Roll Angle Negative roll angles are possible with banked tracks because the forces that influence the roll of the car in the turns (gravity and the lateral force) combine in a magnitude and direction of force that is down and to the right of the CG. This direction passes through the track surface between the rear tires creating a force pulling down on the rear of the car.
When we pull down on a suspension that has a large spring split, RR stiffer, we create a roll angle to the left. This combines with the natural roll angle to create a net roll of less than zero degrees. So, if our front end is rolling 1.2 degrees positive and the rear is rolling 1.2 degrees negative, then the result or average is zero degrees. And that is the magic of the BBSS setups.
The trick is in knowing or predicting when we have achieved equal and opposite roll angles so that our car has the desired zero roll angle. We can actually overdo the process and put too much load on the LF tire creating a serious imbalance in tire loading. The perfect setups with zero roll creates equal loading on opposing pairs of tires, LF to RR, and RF to LR.
A More Precise Example Let's use for example a typical Midwest Late Model straight rail car. We install a 1.75 inch (1 5/8 inch) diameter bar with a 1.25 hole for a wall thickness of 0.25 inch. We also install spring rates of 150 across the front with a bump rubber at the RF, a 150 LR spring and a 325 RR spring. The front roll center's dynamic location is 1.00 inch off the ground and 2.5 inches left of centerline after dive and roll, or dive only in this example. I won't tell you the Panhard bar height, but it is low.
When we model this car on a 12-degree banked track with a g-force of 1.7, the desired front roll angle, or what it would achieve if not influenced by the rear, is 0.881 degrees. With the rear spring split we see a negative roll angle of (-)0.901. Together we see where the car, if the chassis is sufficiently rigid, will attain a net roll of zero, or very close to it.
A Warning: Please remember, this is not your car. The other measurements, weight location and amounts, and more mean that you can't just install these springs and sway bar and expect it to work for you. This is just an example of how it can work. But know that it is being made to work in this very same way for some very successful teams, not only in short track, but at the top level (money wise, not necessarily interest wise) of circle track racing.
Coil Bind versus Bump Rubber In our example above, we used a bump rubber that rated at 600 pounds with the amount of loading compression, or shock travel our RF suspension would experience at a particular track. Suppose we went to a different track where the shock travel would be greater and where the RF bump rubber were compressed more so to a rate of 1,350. The front roll angle would be reduced.
When the front roll angle is reduced, in this case to 0.664, then we no longer have zero roll angle for the whole car, we have a negative roll angle and an imbalance. The higher rear roll angle, in the negative direction, will force more loading onto the LF tire and make it work too hard comparatively. If we change our rear roll angle to (-)0.660 by installing a 300 RR spring and raising the Panhard bar a bit, we will again have a zero roll angle.
When we get to this point, we see where small changes in spring rates and Panhard bar heights make relatively big differences in roll angles. It is this difficulty searching for the right roll angles front and rear that makes maintaining the BBSS setups so difficult. Yes, when they are right, they are fast on tracks that suit them. But when they are off a bit, they are bad. Consistency seems to be a problem with teams that travel to different tracks where they must search for the correct combination.
When we coil bind, we limit that corner's ability to be adjusted in spring rate. If our suspension stiffness goes to infinity, or for example's sake, 3,000 pounds/inch of rate, our sample car would have a front roll of 0.398 if the RF only is in coil bind, and 1.090 if the LF only goes into coil bind. That's a huge difference. What if both front springs go into coil bind at some point on the track and alternate back and forth, then our roll angle up front would necessarily alternate between the 0.398 and 1.090 roll angles. With both front springs in coil bind, the front roll angle would be 0.340.
The Necessity of Knowing From these examples, we now understand the importance of knowing just which corner is in coil bind or on the bump rubbers and maybe more importantly, how much. A half inch into a bump rubber might create a 115-pound rate and 1 1/2 inches into it would create a 1,550-pound rate, based on bump rubber rating I did recently.
Variable-rate springs are very unpredictable because the roll angles are constantly changing and we can't count on a known roll angle to let us design our setup. The dynamic balance as well as the handling will be all over the place. You almost have to go all the way and squash a bump rubber to maximum rate, or 1,500-plus pounds to be able to plan out a setup.
Wavering between 1/2 inch of travel and 1 inch of travel causes way too much variation in spring rate. Coil binding is one way of going directly to a known spring rate and staying there. The problem is, if the track is too rough, the coil bound corner will bounce and loose contact with the track, and with that, all traction will be lost too.
Rating Bump Rubbers I recently rated a selection of fullsized bump rubbers. These are the units that go onto the shock shaft and are compressed when the shock compresses sufficiently. They are color coded for density and here are the rates. We had, in order of stiffness, first being softest, Red, Yellow, Black, and Blue rubbers.
The Red rubber rate went from 45 at 0.25 inch to 116 at 1.00 inch, 276 at 1.50 inches, and a high of 516 at 1.75 inches. The Yellow rubber rate was 90 at 0.25 inch, 132 at 1.00 inch and 744 at 1.50 inches. The Black rubber rose to 159 at 0.25 inch, 233 at 1.00 inch, 425 at 1.25 inches and 1,548 at 1.50 inches. The stiffest rubber was the Blue one, and it was rated at 248 at 0.25 inch, 350 at 1.00 inch, 634 at 1.25 inches and 1,240 at 1.50 inches.
Some of the rubbers had a strange tendency to lose rate at a travel range of around 0.25 to 0.75 inch and I'm not sure why that was. It could have been an influence of the shock we were using. All of the rubbers maintained a fairly consistent rate from 0.25 inch to around 1.0 inch and then rose in rate significantly on up to 1.5 inches, which was near full compression.
If you cut your bump rubber down in size, the rate will increase and the distance it rises from full soft to full stiff will be reduced significantly. I tested a Black rubber that had been cut to where only two rings remained from the original four rings. The rates were 210 at 0.100 inch, 150 at 0.200 inch, 160 at 0.300 inch, 250 at 0.400 inch and 420 at 0.500 inch. At 0.5 inch, the rubber was almost fully compressed and further travel would move the rate up beyond 1,000 pounds and to infinity in only the next several 100ths of an inch.
Coil Bind Tips When utilizing coil bind, remember our example car where we went from LF coil bind to RF bind. The roll angles changed a lot from one to the other. The suspension will be solid, or very close to it, with this situation. If the track is the least bit rough or has patches or dips in the asphalt, it may not work.
One tip is to apply a rubber coating to the coils, or just one side of the coils so that when the gap between coils closes, the rubber is compressed and yields a new spring rate that helps to transition from the installed spring rate to full stiff. If you have five coils in your big spring, just a 0.100 inch coating will produce a half inch of compressible rubber.
If you run coilovers and have, say 10 coils, a 0.100 inch coating will give you a total of 1 inch of rubber spacing equal to a 1 inch bump rubber. You can rate the spring with the coating to know the spring rate per distance of travel. Knowing the amount of wheel travel and translating that to shock travel will tell you the spring rate at any amount of bind.
What Does All Of This Mean All of this information is presented to educate you just as it has us so that you can know more about what is happening when you go the BBSS route. It is not intended to coax you in that direction and I think the end result of all of this will be to either dissuade you from attempting these types of setups, or helping you to understand them enough to do it right from the start.
Does this mean I agree with this direction in setup for short track cars, NO. I probably never will encourage racers to do this to a perfectly good car. It is in many ways unnatural. It relies on the stiffness of the chassis to work correctly and if the chassis is not sufficiently stiff, then we introduce another variable into the equation for a higher level of unpredictability.
I don't like variables and I want my setups to be predictable. For those who thrive on trial and error testing, week in and week out, this is your Holy Grail. Have at it and good luck with it. As for me, call me old school, but I'll stay with something more consistent, predictable, and evidenced by the many emails, calls and indications I get across the country, consistency is winning a lot of races.
Conclusion Whether you think my way or not, ultimately does not matter. As a team, you should do what you think is best for your type of racing at your track. If zero roll and running on bump rubbers or in coil bind makes you happy, then by all means, go for it. I have always believed that most racers are not totally happy unless they are making changes and experimenting, or just plain being a scientist in our own little way in our secluded little world.
If you can't be happy at what you do, then quit. If you must experiment, and we know you must, I hope that we have provided enough useful information so that you can either find more success or at least know why you didn't. It's all in the knowing either way.
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We need to know the spacing between coils on our springs related to the amount of wheel/spring travel our car will experience at mid-turn. Then we can know 1) if we are going into coil bind, and 2) how hard we will be on the springs. We can also relate this to how hard we are on a bump rubber at one or both front corners. Bob BollesWe recently observed a spring going into coil bind on a NASCAR truck using a Mittler Pull Down Rig. With this equipment, the team can pull down to specified corner loads and then observe the spring, measure coil spacing, and more. The white tape helps in viewing the gap, or lack thereof. Bob BollesWe tested four different bump rubbers (those intended to be placed onto the shock shaft and act as a bumpstop when the shock compresses far enough). The red one was the softest, but yielded a strong 516 pounds/inch of spring rate at 1.75 inches of travel. The rate of the rubber is added to the installed spring rate for that corner of the car when analyzing the setup.The yellow rubber stayed fairly soft up to about 1.00 inch of travel and then the rate rose quickly to 744 pounds/inch at 1.50 inches of travel.The black rubber was actually the stiffest at 1.50 inches of travel, but softer than the blue rubber below that range of travel. We need to think out how hard, or how much, we will be into our bump rubber and know the rate that the rubber will be adding to our spring rate.The black rubber was actually the stiffest at 1.50 inches of travel, but softer than the blue rubber below that range of travel. We need to think out how hard, or how much, we will be into our bump rubber and know the rate that the rubber will be adding to our spring rate.The blue rubber was the stiffest overall of the four. From 0.75 inch up to 1.25 inches it was significantly stiffer that the other three. This would be the favorite bump rubber to use if you are planning on sitting hard on the bumpstop.Note the rates of this black rubber that was cut in half leaving only two of the original four rings. This looks fairly normal when compared to the other graphs here, but note the distances of travel. They are in 100ths of an inch and only go to 0.500 inch. The other graphs go to 1.50 and 1.75 inches. This half rubber yields a rate of 420 pounds/inch at only 0.5 inch of travel. That's one stiff bump rubber. Because of the short amount of overall shock travel, this one is used on a Grand-Am Daytona Prototype.In our example BBSS setup, we installed 150 pounds/inch springs on all three corners except the RR where we ran a 325 spring. We were on the RF bump rubber and figured it added 600 pounds/inch of rate to that corner. With the spring split and Panhard bar height, our positive front roll was countered by our negative rear roll to net a zero roll angle.If we ran harder on the RF bump rubber to yield an added rate of 1,350 pounds/inch. to the 150 pounds/inch installed spring, then we needed to make a RR spring change to 300 and adjust our panhard bar to match the roll angles to again net zero roll. The front got stiffer with less roll and we needed to increase the rear roll (or decrease the negative roll) to net the zero overall roll.


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Award-winning journalist Tedd Thomey tells the poignant stories of the two photographers who took the pictures of the flag-raising sent around the world in 1945. Joe Rosenthal, a combat photographer for the Associated Press, became well known for his work, but when accusations surfaced that his famous photo was staged, he endured years of abuse and humiliation. Thomey also highlights the tragic story of the second photographer, Sgt. Bill Genaust, a Marine killed in battle just nine days after the flag went up. Genaust was not acknowledged for his immortal motion picture until a fellow cameraman mounted a decades-long campaign that resulted in a plaque in his honor being placed atop Mount Suribachi in 1995.
Tedd Thomey served with the 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division in the Pacific throughout World War II and went on to become a journalist, playwright, and author of twenty books. He lives in Long Beach, California.