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Definición de dead weight en inglés:
dead weight
1The weight of an inert person or thing: he had to struggle while carrying forty-five pounds of deadweight on his back
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- His useless left arm is a deadweight that causes severe pain in his neck and back.
- The koala was a dead weight holding me down and we stayed in those brown dark depths for what seemed like half an eternity.
- Why is the dead weight of someone (e.g., an unconscious person or dead body) heavier than live weight (e.g., a conscious person)?
1.1A heavy or oppressive burden: she'd drag my father's dead weight from wherever he'd fallen
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- If he didn't get the trade out of Boston that he sought, he'd become a deadweight around the clubhouse until his contract expired at the end of this campaign.
- The danger is that those who come to Britain to work hard, get educated and better themselves and their families risk being dragged down by the deadweight of sections of the indigenous population.
- His mother's vow that he would join the priesthood should he be cured appears to have created a deadweight of responsibility on a child's consciousness.
1.2The total weight of cargo, stores, etc. which a ship carries or can carry: this will produce a maximum dead weight of 72,350 tons
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- The net registered tonnage of a ship roughly corresponds to 40 per cent of its deadweight.
- The LMZ Artemis has a summer deadweight of 69,714 tonnes, 83,000 tonne displacement, is 228 metres long and has draft of 12.1 metres.
- This buoyancy supports most of the deadweight of floating cargoes, so that typically only a minor portion of the deadweight is carried by the vessel.
1.3 another term for dead load.
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- The horizontal pressure on the wall from the backfill is countered by the deadweight of the concrete and of the backfill material pressing down upon its broad base.
- In summary, the load used for settlement analyses must consist of the actual dead weight of the structure, and in many cases, will also include live loads.
- Finally, there is a limit for the dead weight of the structure if the structure is going to be floated out.
1.4 [mass noun] Farming Animals sold by the estimated weight of saleable meat that they will yield.
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- At this level, any pig producer selling deadweight should be diverting some of his production into the live market to take advantage of the situation.
- Currently farmers receive around £1.45 per kilo deadweight for their lambs which averages around £25 - £30 per head; and is well below profitable production levels.
- There is a definite shortage of good lightweight heifers and I notice that the Scottish auctions averaged 108p/kilo liveweight last week, which is round about 180-185p deadweight.
1.5 [usually as modifier] Economics Losses incurred because of the inefficient allocation of resources, especially through taxation or restriction: a dead-weight burden
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- Moreover, we have shown that this process maximizes the welfare to society by reducing any deadweight loss associated with an inefficient inter-regional spatial pattern of labour.
- And taxation to support government insurance programmes has a high deadweight loss.
- However, if that is not the case, prices in the U.S. will increase, imposing a classical deadweight loss (from trade reduction) on the U.S.
1.6 [usually as modifier] A debt not covered by assets.
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- It will be a matter of future government policy, but certainly they would go a long way toward wiping out the deadweight debt of the province.
- Where Government borrows to invest in social infrastructure this is called deadweight debt.
- The Golden Rule will yield benefits for future generations (reproductive debt) and will discourage irresponsible spending on deadweight debt.
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In March 2012 I reported in a post entitled "Open by design" a paper by Harlan Yu and David Robinson entitled "The New Ambiguity of Open Government". A discussion of the paper has now appeared on the World Bank blog by Anupama Dokeniya entitled "Opening Government Data. But Why?" [A thank you to... Read more


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STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce's annual Golf Classic will be held on May 14 at the Steubenville Country Club. The title sponsor for the event is Trinity Health System.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with a 10 a.m. shotgun start.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning team as well as closest to the pin, longest drive and longest putt.
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CHAMBER GOLF CLASSIC — Among those getting ready for the 2013 Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce annual Golf Classic, to be held at the Steubenville Country Club on May 14 are, from left, John Valero, sales manager for TEAM Automotive, which is offering the hole-in-one contest prize of a 2013 Toyota Camry LE; John Newbrough of Newbrough Photo; Patricia Maple-Damewood of The Inn at Brandywine; John Cucarese, New York Life; Keith Murdock, director of community relations and development for Trinity Health System, the event's title sponsor; Drew Hindman and Carolyn Buchanan of World Radio Telecommunications; Dave Trikones, clubhouse manager for the Steubenville Country Club; Jason Ryan, the country club's head chef; Nick Latousakis, president of Choice Brands of Ohio; and John Denholm, club pro at the country club. -- Paul Giannamore
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What things should I know in advance in case I get called up for an aliya during a Torah-reading service?
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To know ahead of time
Aliya procedure
In general, follow all instructions or prompts from the Gabbaim and Torah reader, including if they contradict instructions listed here. All of this happening in the middle of prayer service, so some of their prompts may be in an undertone, or non-verbal. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you'll be okay.
The Misheberach
After the Aliya
There is a notion of respecting the Torah scroll by keeping it covered when not in use. This is something for the GABBAI and BAAL KOREI to worry about, NOT You! Please don't close, roll, or otherwise mess with the scroll -- your first job is to allow the baal korei to do his job. Many baalei kriah, for instance, do additional (silent) practice with the scroll open.
(Am I implying a personal pet peeve here?)
Well let's see now... In the old days you would have been expected to know how to read the Aliya. Today, It's helpful to know the Brachot before and after by heart but you could certainly read them from a siddur or the cheat sheet most shuls have at the shulchan. Then there seems to be different customs. Some people just ask where it starts and they look and make the Bracha, as if to just take note so they know where to start following when the Baal Koreh starts to read. Some people kiss with a talit or the gartel the starting pasuk, and some just do it in the margin to avoid scratching off the potentially brittle ink of the Torah scroll. Some first touch the start and then also want to know where it ends to touch the ending pasuk with their talit or the Torah's gartel (This practice is annoying to the Baal Koreh because while they need to know where the aliya starts, if they are not familiar with the sefer torah, it can take some time to find the ending point.
I would be curious to know myself where these customs come from if anyone has that knowledge here.
With regard to the scroll, I find it helpful when I lein if the person getting the Aliya holds the right Eitz Chaym so the Torah doesn't try to roll in on itself, and I have a free hand to hold the yad. I don't know if Shalom above would agree with that, he seems to prefer if the recipient of the Aliya is completely hands off.
And don't forget that after the reading of your section has ended, you will be expected to shift over to the right side of the table and remain standing there for the duration of the immediately following reading.
The Misheberach. In some shuls, so as to be more efficient and minimize the likelihood of mistakes in saying people's names, the Gabbaim have cards for the regular members of the minyan, which will include both the member's Hebrew name (and father's name) and a list of the family members to be included in the Misheberach. For shuls without such a system, or if a person is davening in a minyan in which he does not usually daven or simply to prevent leaving out a name inadvertently, some men I know keep a similar card in their tallis bags and bring it up with them to the Gabbai to use in the event they have an aliya.
It is mentioned I think in 'leket hakemach hachodosh' as well as in other places that the family of the one having the aliya should remain standing while he has an aliya while others sit. The idea being to give kovod to the one having an aliya since it is an honor to have one and in many shuls one also has to pay for one.


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Neat idea. Thanks.
Actually cost $4.54
Says it holds 24 SD cards or three in each of 8 sheets.
You can always find a lot of them on ebay for about $3, with free shipping.
Just use search terms: memory card wallet pouch case holder
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And thanks to OP for making me aware of these cool items. Now I have to have one; except I'll be purchasing it on eBay!
I use Mentos containers (eg: http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/mentos-red-fruit-%26-lime-gum/ID=prod4119160-product)
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- Blue -"Special cards" like EyeFi or MicroSD with adapters that are too slow for a full video shoot, but handy otherwise (the ProX2 is good. The EyeFi Home is too slow for 1080p shoots). When I take the "special cards" out of the cameras to put fast cards in, they go here, so I'm not searching for "fast cards" when the cameras say they're out of space.
They hold ~20 SD cards (I haven't filled one up; you get~10 per level, and they stack 2 levels high).
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One thing you should be aware of with these cases though, they work fine for regular SD cards, but don't work as well with MicroSD cards.
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The iosSimulator doesn't open up with my app in it. The build seems to work fine and I'm using the default app template created from the 'generate' command.
I'm on mac os x 10.7.5 and using CMD version 3 with xcode 4.5. Do I need to do anything with apple developer certificates to test my app locally?
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This is no longer the default (to address typical CI builds that would hang on that step).
You can do this to get the old behavior:
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The 6 Most Hilariously Petty Abuses of Military Power
#3. Coast Guard Pilots Fly Their Rescue Helicopter to a Butcher Shop
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Plenty of us run errands after work -- the scant one or two business hours remaining in a day once we're finally off the clock are usually the only time we have during the week to run down to Piggly Wiggly for a carton of eggs or zip on over to Best Buy and root through the bargain bin for the fourth season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. People in the armed forces are no different. For example, after completing some training exercises off the coast of Scotland, two Shetland Coastguard pilots decided to make a detour to pick up some steaks from the mainland. And by "make a detour," we mean they flew their rescue helicopter 85 miles across the North Atlantic and landed it outside a butcher shop in Orkney to pick up about $600 worth of meat.
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"We don't actually care what it is. Just start chuckin' animal muscles into the back."
Some crusading local managed to capture the whole thing on video and uploaded it to YouTube (it has since been taken down), and the two men were immediately suspended for misusing military hardware. Luckily, the Orkney butcher came to the pilots' defense when he heard of their suspension and insisted that they shouldn't be punished because they use the helicopter to stop by for steaks all the time, which you may have noticed is the single worst excuse for committing a flagrant rule violation outside of blaming it on evil twins. Previously, the two pilots would land at a nearby airport and have the butcher come deliver the meat to them, but this time the butcher recommended that they just park their helicopter next to his butcher shop, since he owned the field behind it anyway.
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"Hey, while you're here, whaddaya say you guys fly up on the roof and get my nephew's Frisbee down?"
The butcher's admission pretty much sealed the deal as far as the coast guard was concerned, and the two pilots were both demoted. Bizarrely, Orkney locals decided to mount a signature campaign to get them reinstated, because apparently no one in Scotland has heard of coolers, ice, or the mail.
#2. A Vice Admiral Abuses His Power for a Bad April Fools' Joke
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April Fools' Day is the one time of year when we can all behave recklessly insane and immediately absolve ourselves of any wrongdoing by yelling "April Fools!" the moment our chicanery is discovered. On every other day of the year, this is simply called "being an asshole." And really, why should the military be any different, other than the fact that billions of dollars in hardware are in play?
For example, Israeli vice admiral Ram Rothberg had the hilarious idea to issue orders for his men to get ready for a 10-day series of naval exercises off the coast of Italy, planning to revoke them on April 1 with the traditional "April Fools!" shout to a chorus of appreciative laughter and applause.
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"Oh, man, you got us so good! I sincerely hope you don't die choking on your own blood!"
The problem is, soldiers tend to take their orders pretty seriously. Literally one of the most important parts of military training is to obey the orders of a superior officer, regardless of whether or not you personally agree with them or how little sense their orders seem to make. So on April 1, as Rothberg prepared to deliver the crushing punchline to his humorless, time-wasting anti-joke, he found three fully prepped warships ready to set sail, with hundreds of sailors lined up to go run drills near Italy for a week and a half.
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"... shit."
Needless to say, the joke went unappreciated. The Israeli government called the whole incident "inappropriate," and vowed to come up with some way to ensure that the proper lessons were learned. We can only assume Step 1 would be to schedule Rothberg's court martial hearing for April 1. Although as far as practical jokes go, that's not even the most insane one to come out of the Israeli military ...
#1. An Israeli Officer Gases a Roomful of Peers as a Practical Joke
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When you put in your two weeks' notice at a job you've spent the past few years hating with every fiber of your being, you might feel the urge to mark your departure by pulling some legendary prank that will both burn your bridges with the bosses and make you a hero worthy of song to your fellow employees. This is not such a good idea if the reason you're leaving is that you've been promoted within the same company.
Unfortunately, Israeli paratrooper Major Nir Doft stopped reading after the first sentence of that last paragraph and came up with the ultimate way to punk his fellow officers before moving on from the battalion to accept a new post as a commander. During a farewell get-together in his office, Doft pretended to drop a pencil underneath his desk. When he bent down to retrieve it, he quickly slipped on a gas mask and pulled the pin on a tear gas grenade.
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"Crap, I thought this was a regular grenade. Oh well, it'll have to do."
Then, he sat back and watched as his peers choked and vomited all over themselves as they struggled to escape the room, which of course they couldn't because Doft had placed two enlisted men under his command to block the exit. A good time was had by all. Then, two days after the incident, Doft went on vacation.
He came back expecting to assume his new command as if nothing had happened, but returned instead to find that, shockingly, a full investigation was being conducted by the Israeli military. They are presumably looking to see exactly how many different voices are currently screaming at each other inside Doft's mind before determining whether to allow him to remain in a leadership position surrounded by dangerous weaponry.
Related Reading: For some abuses of military hardware that are honestly impressive, click this link and discover the wonders of a combination machine-gun / tea kettle. If you're more interested in new uses for old-school weaponry, this article will sow you Chinese police and their badass crossbows. And for a look at some insane new weapons that make war look cartoonish, just fondle this hyperlink and be confronted by flesh-eating robot apes.


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Helen Jean Morrow, 97, of Aledo, IL, died Tues day, July 9, 2013 at Genesis Medical Center in Aledo. Graveside services are 11 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Peniel Cemetery in Joy, IL. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday at Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo. Memorials may be left to the Joy United Methodist Church, Mercer County Senior Center or the Mercer Carnegie Library. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com.
Helen Jean was born May 1, 1916, in Joy, Illinois to Merton and Bertha Droll Kistler. She graduated from Joy High School. She married Lester Morrow September 22, 1934 in Aledo. He died October 12, 1997.
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Survivors include one daughter: Kathleen (Mike) Sponsler of Aledo, IL; three sons: Gary (Larlaine) Morrow of McDonough, GA; Curtis (Mardelle) Morrow of Andalusia, IL; Gregory Morrow of Chicago, IL; 8 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; one great great granddaughter; several nieces and nephews.
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My workplace moves workdays to weekends, and weekends to workday: for example, Friday, March 9th is weekend but Sunday, March 11th is a workday.
How I can mark these new weekends as weekends in Google Calendar, and mark new workdays as workday?
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5 Shockingly Advanced Ancient Buildings That Shouldn't Exist
The achievements of ancient cultures tend to be woefully unappreciated -- we think of the people as loincloth-wearing savages, and when we're proven wrong by some impressive feat of engineering, we just make a bunch of documentaries about aliens. But the engineers of times past were nothing to sneer at, and some of their accomplishments make ours seem slightly embarrassing.
#5. Derinkuyu's Massive, Ancient Underground City
Derinkuyu's underground city was discovered in the 1960s in Turkey, when a modern house above ground was being renovated. Much to the relief of everyone present, the 18-story underground city was abandoned and not swarming with mole people.
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Hidden for centuries right under everyone's noses, Derinkuyu is just the largest of hundreds of underground complexes built by we're-not-sure-who-exactly around the eighth century B.C. To understand just what's so phenomenal about this feat of engineering, imagine someone handing you a hammer and chisel and telling you to go dig out a system of underground chambers capable of sustaining 20,000 people. And not one of those fancy modern chisels, either -- we're talking about something dug with whatever excavating tools they had 2,800 years ago.
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"Get the Jim-digger. He still has some fingernails."
The city was probably used as a giant bunker to protect its inhabitants from either war or natural disaster, but its architects were clearly determined to make it the most comfortable doomsday bunker ever. It had access to fresh flowing water -- the wells were not connected with the surface to prevent poisoning by crafty land dwellers. It also has individual quarters, shops, communal rooms, tombs, arsenals, livestock, and escape routes. There's even a school, complete with a study room.
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And doodles of boobs on the desks of the study room.
Even now, the site hasn't been fully excavated, so we haven't found the golf course or the football stadium yet.
#4. Hypogeum of Hal-Saflieni Has Bizarre Acoustic Properties
On the island of Malta is a prehistoric underground megalithic structure known awesomely as the Hypogeum of Hal-Saflieni, which sounds like the title of Terry Gilliam's next movie. It was discovered by accident in 1902 when some workers were digging a hole and broke through the ceiling. Oh, and they also found about 7,000 skeletons all clustered near the entrance. So, that's creepy.
Since most humans inherently lack common sense, the workers decided to take a look around, instead of fleeing from whatever it was that 7,000 people clearly died trying to escape. Luckily, rather than having their faces melted off by some Indiana Jones MacGuffin, they found something truly astonishing.
The Malta Experience
"Holy shit, there's a Waffle House down here!"
The three-level underground structure is made entirely out of megalithic stones, and was built who knows when. What surprised people even more was when they found out that male voices could reverberate throughout the entire complex if the person was standing in a certain spot. But here's the kicker -- the effect only worked if the speaking voice was in the 95 to 120 Hz range, so women's voices don't usually generate the same effect. Whoever built the Hypogeum actually invented sexist architecture.
It gets weirder: If you're a man chanting at roughly the 110 Hz frequency, the entire temple complex turns into this bizarre trance-inducing room that seems able to stimulate the creative center of the human brain.
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And if you really want to mess with people, just chant "rhubarb."
Simply put, by merely standing inside that temple complex while someone was chanting in the proper location, you actually enhanced your religious experience. And that's all we really know about this place. We have no idea who built it or how they pulled it off. All we know for certain is that they had a knowledge of acoustics that is still baffling scientists to this very day. Our modern attempts at recreating the effect in our own basement have varied in success, depending on how much whiskey we've consumed beforehand.
#3. The Ancient Marib Dam Worked for 1,000 Years
Yemen is a country rich in dust and poor in water, which is why in ancient times the empire that controlled it, the Sabaens, built a great dam in 750 B.C. Because subjugating a populace is thirsty work.
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Which, coincidentally, is also the slogan of the failed sports drink Stalinade.
The dam, which was cheated out of being one of the "official" Seven Wonders of the World, was nevertheless regarded one of the greatest feats of engineering of the pre-industrial age. After all, building a dam isn't like putting a bunch of stone monoliths in a big circle. You have to have canals, gates, sluices, and spillways, and the whole thing has to be waterproof, or else everybody living on the wrong side of it might wake up drowned one morning.
The Sabaens managed all this before the existence of concrete, and their dam stood for over 1,000 years. In comparison, modern dams built with our advanced technology last for around 50 years, or 100 if they're really something.
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Even with the Best Buy extended warranty, it's just not worth it.
The Great Dam of Marib was about 2,000 feet long (almost twice as long as the puny Hoover Dam), and while it stood, it converted ancient Yemen into a fertile oasis, what was then known as the kingdom of Sheba (of "Queen of Sheba" fame). Because everything has to fall down eventually, the dam finally burst around A.D. 600, bringing down much of the agriculture system and converting the area into the sandy fun park it is today.


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The 7 Most Stupidly Overpowered Hunting Weapons
Hunting: It is an age-old dance. It is a sacred covenant between the predator and the prey ... and the guy bristling with a half-dozen giant cannons and sporting only the most advanced cloaking technology. Sure, it's not "fair" to the animal, and sure there's no "sport" in it, and sure it makes you "kind of a dick," but answer us this: If deer like living so much, why didn't they invent high explosives, huh? If that logic made sense, well then, buddy, have we got some stupidly overpowered hunting gadgets for you:
#7. .577 Tyrannosaur Rounds
The .577 Tyrannosaur round is, well, let's just say they don't name something "the T-Rex" because of its subtly engineered grace:
The one on the left is the T-Rex; the fourth is an ordinary shotgun round
It's a bullet so large that you can't actually use it. Here's a clip of people trying to fire it:
About the fifth time a loaded rifle goes hurtling out of a man's hands and careening around a roomful of people, you get the feeling this might not be entirely safe.
"Haha! We are a danger to ourselves and those around us!"
But hey, it's still a fine weapon: After all, the problem isn't that it doesn't kill what you're shooting at, just that it quite possibly kills you and all of your friends in the process. It's kind of the same process as a honeybee leaving its stinger -- just replace the stinger with high explosives and the honeybee with four drunken idiots.
The round was originally designed to stop the headlong charges of big game, but we'll let this review speak to its effectiveness there: "It is not at all clear that [the T-Rex Round] will kill an elephant or a buffalo or a hippo any better than a well placed hit from a 470, and, of course, it will not do anything with a badly placed hit except annoy the recipient."
So basically, the Tyrannosaur round is only for dipshits who need to overcompensate for something more than they need working arms to shield their faces from angry bears, or else it's for expert hunters who have become so jaded by their excessive prowess that they feel the need to handicap themselves. Possibly literally.
"These unbroken hands are an unfair advantage."
#6. Shadow Shield
The Shadow Shield is a new kind of blind -- a camouflaged shelter that allows hunters to get close enough to their targets to fire shots. But the Shadow Shield takes that concept a bit further, in that it is to game what the Predator's cloaking device was to Arnold Schwarzenegger:
What is that? Something nailed to the tree?
Oh, it's an invisible man with a gun. Really, dude? I'm a fucking deer.
The Shadow Shield is a brilliantly simple idea: It's just a reflective folding wall, with a small slit to place a gun through. You can't see your own reflection while looking at it, because it's angled slightly forward. If you were to get close enough, you would see that it's just a mirror, and then you'd see a gun barrel pointing at your head, and then you'd probably see whatever God deer are worshiping these days. Odin, maybe?
Is that an invisible 50s-era sci-fi robot?
Nope: Just a dude masturbating. Come on, he is. It's just one of those things you intrinsically know.
So hurry on out and buy yourself a Shadow Shield! Look, you saw for yourself: No downside! Even if you move, all the animals will see is a slightly rustling bush. And that's all your hunter friends will see, too. Just a tantalizing, rustling bush ...
#5. The Net Gun
We'll let the website text introduce you to the Super Talon Net Gun: "Need an alternative to darts? Get a net gun. Need to rescue a bird that got entangled? Grab a net gun. Have a pet that always thinks you're trying to play tag with it and darts every time you get close? Grab a net gun."
That's right: From hunting to humanitarian missions to just getting your dog to hate you, nothing does it better than a cartoonish net-firing hand-cannon. Don't worry -- it doesn't require any special licenses or permits to operate, because it's technically classified as a "tool" instead of a "firearm" -- and you will be too, once you deploy something out of a Batman villain's arsenal just to bag a squirrel. It comes with a hefty $900 price tag, but for the arch nemesis on a budget, you can always just build one yourself.
Look, you're a hunter -- we all know that the logical evolution of this little hobby is going to terminate with you hunting the ultimate game: man. And Super Talon has got your back on that: The net gun's also meant for people! Law enforcement agencies purportedly use it "for riot control" so the subjects "are detained but not harmed," although safe money says it's really "for shits and giggles" because the subjects "are too drunk to remember you fired a net at the bar."
#4. Barnes Varmint Grenade
The Barnes Varmint Grenade isn't actually a grenade, just a precisely engineered hollow-point bullet. It comes in two sizes: Regular ...
And Insecure:
You've probably at least heard of hollow-points before, so you know they're somehow more deadly than regular bullets. But those of you who aren't "gun people" need to see it in action to appreciate just how ridiculously overpowered it is:
Yes, those were prairie dogs, and yes, they were exploding into vapor.
The Varmint Grenade was designed by Barnes using "military-grade technology" to ensure that larger animals can be killed without damaging their valuable pelts, because the bullets expand so rapidly on impact that they don't actually punch through the other side of a larger animal. Small entrance hole on one side, nonexistent exit hole on the other side, bag of nice soft fur filled with animal soup inside. We should mention at this point that hollow-point bullets were actually banned for use in war by the Hague Convention, which predated the Geneva Conventions, because of their "inhumanity" ... so it's a good thing you're not usin' 'em on humanity, ain't it?! Yee-haw! Let's commitin' war-crimes agin' opossums!


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Eisenhower girls basketball
With Friday's 57-36 over Greendale on Friday at home, New Berlin Eisenhower has won seven straight games.
As a result, the Lions are now 7-1 in second place behind Pius XI (9-0) in the Woodland-West Division and 9-1 overall. They travel to Woodland-East Division co-leader Whitnall (5-3) on Friday to take on the 8-4 Falcons.
The Lions recovered from a wild first half, in which they jumped off to a 17-6 first-quarter lead only to see the Panthers bounce back with a 17-8 second quarter.
"To be honest with you, we hadn't played in a while and we were a little rusty," Ike coach Gary Schmidt said. "We came out with great intensity, but then we got careless with the ball and we were not as focused as we should be. And they hit some big 3s."
But Eisenhower used a 32-13 second half to roll to a 21-point victory.
When asked if he gave a big motivation speech at halftime, Schmidt laughed.
"I don't know how motivational it was, but I had some very pointed remarks and we made some adjustments," he said.
Sammy Kozlowski led Eisenhower with 18 points, Katie Lang had 15 and Jenny Weiland 10. Greendale was led by Emily Perszyk with 12 and Taylor DeLong with 11.
Schmidt said he was pleased with how Pius XI transfer Kozlowski is beginning to settle in with her new team.
"She is finally coming into her own," he said. "She wanted to make sure she fit in, making sure to pass the ball to her teammates all the time. But I told her she needed to take the shot when it was there and she has started to step up to plate.
"I think she is starting to turn the corner. She really played a complete game on Friday."
Muskego boys basketball
Turner Kehoe racked up a game-high 34 points as the Warriors won their fourth straight game, beating Kettle Moraine, 75-58, on Friday night.
Kehoe went 11-of-14 from 2-point range, 2-of-5 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 at the free-throw line. He added five rebounds and two steals.
"He just did a lot of everything," head coach Andy Capes said. "He had layups off steals, hit some 3s and worked the inside and outside. He didn't force anything. He had open looks, and the kids moved the ball around well."
Josh Breider tallied 17 points, three assists and five steals, while Steve Cotton had nine points and Mike Vidmar eight for Muskego, which held a 45-39 advantage after three periods before outscoring the Lasers 30-19 in the fourth.
"We're coming together as a team," Capes said. "The young guys are figuring out what they have to do. I knew there would be a big learning curve this year, and it was tough at the start, but we're playing well now."
The Warriors, who improved to 2-4 in the Classic 8 Conference and 5-8 overall, welcome Waukesha South at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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Warriors head coach Sean Fortmann is eagerly anticipating the second half of this season.
"We have a really young team and were able to weather a tough stretch in our schedule," Fortmann said. "I think as we look to the second half of the season, our kids are going to really start to make some big improvements. We survived December and now we are going to hit our stride in January and February."
Muskego placed 13th in the Bi-State Classic on Dec. 28-29 in La Crosse. The Warriors had two third-place finishers in Austin Quartullo at 120 pounds and Connor Price at 152.
Quartullo went 6-1 for the tournament and improved to 18-1 overall. His lone loss was a 2-1 decision to two-time state champion Jens Lantz of Ellsworth (15-0).
Price (17-5) went 8-1, with his only defeat being a pin at the hands of Seth Liegel of River Valley (23-0), a University of Wisconsin recruit. Price lost to Liegel in the third round, then won six straight matches for third place.
Cameron Rygiewicz went 4-2 at 132 pounds, Ryan Honerlaw 3-2 at 170 and Vinny Nazario 2-2 at 113.
West boys basketball
New Berlin West struggled offensively Friday, scoring less than seven points in three of four quarters in a 45-28 loss to Pewaukee at home.
In their only game of the week, the Vikings dropped their third in a row and fourth in five outings, falling to 3-10 overall and 3-7 in the Woodland-West Division.
They travel to Wauwatosa West on Friday to face the Trojans, who are 4-5 in conference play and 4-7 overall.
In the loss to the co-leading Pirates on Friday, the Vikings scored four points in the first quarter, six points in the second and six points in the fourth. They did manage to score a dozen points in the third period, but they trailed 34-22 at that point.
Pewaukee's Dave Girmscheid led with 11 points while West's scoring leaders were Scott Reichel with seven points, Austin Fritz and Darrin Sowinski with six each, and Kevin Marx with five.
West girls basketball
New Berlin West had a poor first half and couldn't recover Friday at Pewaukee, dropping a 53-41 decision to the Pirates.
The loss dropped the Vikings (7-2) to third place in the rugged Woodland-West Division behind Pius XI (9-0) and New Berlin Eisenhower (7-1), but still ahead of Pewaukee (6-2).
West now hosts Wauwatosa West (4-5, 4-6) on Friday in conference play.
After trailing 10-8 in a low-scoring first quarter, the Pirates went on a 19-8 run to lead 29-16 at intermission. West played better in the second half, winning 25-24, but it was too little, too late.
"We fell behind 7-2 in the first quarter as our transition defense wasn't good," West coach Cory Scheel said. "Then Beth (Ver Haagh) and Lizzie (Kuhl) got into foul trouble in the second quarter and that hurt us.
"Beth was our main scoring threat and Lizzie's experience really held us together."
Scheel said the Vikings had trouble with the Pewaukee press.
"We made way too many errors on their press. Our youth hurt us," he said. "Everything we worked on all week, we didn't do."
Scheel also was disappointed with his team's shooting.
"We missed too many shots around the basket," he said. "We tried to speed them up, but slowed the game down way too much and played their game. We also sent them to the free-throw line too much (19-for-28).
Ver Haagh topped off the scoring with 17 points, while Sarah Meleski had eight and Lizzie Kuhl added six. Pewaukee was led by Abby Gerrits with 19.
"We picked a bad time to play our worst game," Scheel said. "We were disappointed in our effort."
New Berlin wrestling
The New Berlin Eisenhower/West co-op finished fifth in the Travis Wichlacz Multi-Dual Invitational in West Bend.
New Berlin beat Milwaukee Hamilton, 46-24, in the first match, as Kevin Thiessenhusen at 170 (1:43), Bailey Rountree at 182 (0:37) and Emilio Gutierez at 220 (1:17) won on pins and Zac Nordstrom at 132 had a major decision, 11-2.
Jarod Clark at 113, DJ Heinrich at 120, Brian Schafer at 126 and Nick Buban at 160 won on forfeits.
In match two, Campbellsport defeated New Berlin, 50-18, as Rountree (3:31) and Spencer Stanfield at 195 (1:59) won on pins and Gutierez won on a forfeit.
West Bend East beat New Berlin in round three, 47-30.
Alex Rodriguez at 195 (2:05) and Gutierez (3:00) won on pins and Ben Clark, Thiessenhusen and Rountree won on forfeits.
Then in match four in the consolation bracket, New Berlin whipped Marquette, 45-30.
There were four pin winners - Rodriguez (2:26), Jarod Clark (1:00), Nordstrom (2:47) and Buban (1:58).
Thiessenhusen won an 8-3 decision and forfeit winners were Stanfield, Gutierez and Schafer.
In the fifth-place match New Berlin beat Waupaca, 48-33.
Stanfield (1:57), Gutierez (0:31), Schafer (2:03) and Nordstrom (0:46) won on pins and forfeit winners were Thiessenhusen, Rountree, Rodriguez and Heinrich.
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Prerequisites for Computer Science?
Are there really any prerequisites for going into computer science degree?
Do they teach you everything you need to know when you take your first class or do they expect you to already know it?
I have no experience in programming, web design and was decent math student but not great. I went as far as Trig and Stats. Didn't take calculus or pre-calculus. It could have been my teachers but I didn't perform good on tests. I always got the questions in the textbook right but when it came to test, all the questions seemed harder and confusing.
Location: London, UK
I'm from the UK and I needed at least a B grade in A-Level Mathematics to get into Computer Science at my univeristy, although most courses on UCAS prefered A-Level Futher Mathematics.
There arn't other pre-requisities since they teach most things from the very basics, although it did get tiedious for me since I was already a good programmer when I started.
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I don't have a computer sciences degree but I am a programming focused graduate in game design and development. I would not say that you need calc to program. Trig for 3d calculations. I am the same way though. I do not perform well on tests.
As far as I see it, Tests are not an accurate way to demonstrate your knowledge on a subject. We are starting up a Game Studio Here in Toronto and programmers will be required to write a test but it will be completely open resource, just like it is in the industry. This way if you don't remember part you can always look it up and as long as you can complete it well in the required time, who cares if you did some research as well.
If you want to get into some more of the adaptive programming you should study discreet math. It has a lot of uses in AI and audio programming as well as many other areas. It's not required but it's only going to help. I did take Calc and sucked at it. I find discreet easy as pie though. It's just the way my brain works.
This is more to point you in the right direction for what to study before getting into the industry. Your college/university should hare pre-recs available for each course if you study them and if you are still in high school I'm sure your student aid should have all the post-secondary information you need.
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Having just graduated with a BS in CS, I think that I can sum this one up for you in one word: nothing.
I went into computer science at Oregon State University with a passion for games and computers (originally I thought the degree would help me get a network admin job, until I realized I didn't want that job). Four years later I graduated with a 3.01 cumulative gpa and more knowledge about software that I could possibly hope to remember.
In your first two years you will not be expected to know anything about programming and the teachers will give you the fundamentals. After that your instructors will expect that you know the basics and will push just how fast you can learn. Expect many long nights trying to learn and accomplish a programming assignment.
As for your testing, most colleges should have facilities that can help you, since it just sounds like you have trouble taking tests. Don't worry though, in CS you're more likely to be graded on your projects than your tests, although testing well will still be important.
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Just remember that computer sciences is not a mandatory thing for a programmer. Sure it's a step in the right direction but being self taught is great too. the computer sciences requirement is a new thing and basically it is just there to insure you can learn new things.
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I made a program and wrote a paper on how it works. I do not quote anything, I just talk about my program. Do I still need to write a bibliography?
I don't understand the question. How COULD you write a bibliography if you didn't read anything? Or...did you read something, and just not quote it?
If you consulted a resource but didn't quote from it, you need to be sure whether you're working in a field that requires a 'Works Cited' page, or a field that requires a 'Bibliography'. Generally, as the names suggest, a Works Cited page only lists those works you actually cite, while a bibliography traditionally lists all the works you consulted. So...
If you didn't do any reading for this assignment, obviously you don't need either;
If you did some reading but didn't include anything that requires a citation, then you should check whether you're expected to create a full bibliography (list whatever you read) or just a Works Cited (don't list anything, since you didn't cite anything).
If it's useful to the reader, you might refer to written descriptions of:
And if you refer to such descriptions, you might make a bibliography of them.
If there aren't any written descriptions of those things, or you don't think it would be helpful to cite them, you don't need a bibliography.
Your paper is a description of the program that you wrote. The program is your production. If an algorithm you chose to implement is controversial, you might want to cite an article or two. If you realized a process in a new, efficient way, then it would be good to mention some of the background in a citation.
And if you decided to implement one algorithm over another, and the reasons for your choice aren't obvious, then I think it's an excellent idea to justify your choice with citations.


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Rachel Hunter
Model and actress Rachel Hunter is a registered Republican.
Robert Conrad
Actor and director Robert Conrad is a registered Republican.
Robert Davi
Actor Robert Davi narrated several film montages that aired during the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Robert Duvall
Actor Robert Duvall was personally invited to Republican President George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. According to MSNBC, Duvall narrated most of the videos for the 2008 Republican Convention.
Ronan Tynan
Irish tenor Ronan Tynan performed at the prayer service marking George W. Bush 's second inauguration.
Ron Silver
The late actor, director, and producer Ron Silver was an outspoken supporter for President George W. Bush, citing the September 11, 2001 attacks. He spoke at the United States 2004 Republican National Convention.
Sammy Hagar
Former Van Halen member Sammy Hagar is a republican, and contributed thousands of dollars to George W. Bush's re-election campaign.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is a registered Republican.
Scott Baio
Actor Scott Baio was a member of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative youth organization.
Shirley Jones
Singer and actress Shirley Jones is a registered Republican who appeared at the 1988 Republican Convention and sang the National Anthem. She also sang at the 2003 lighting of the National Christmas Tree at President George W. Bush's request.
Stephen Baldwin
Since 2001, actor Stephen Baldwin has become an outspoken Christian conservative, with a Christian ministry and book to his name.
Susan Lucci
Emmy Award winning actress Susan Lucci is an outspoken conservative Republican, and has planned fundraising events for former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, with the help of his ex-wife, Donna Hanover.
Sylvester Stallone
Actor Sylvester Stallone is a registered Republican.
Ted Nugent
Hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, and was rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
In 2000, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention.
Tom Selleck
Actor Tom Selleck is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association. He has endorsed Sen. John McCain for President.
Tony Danza
Actor Tony Danza is a registered Republican.
Trace Adkins
Country music singer Trace Adkins sang the National Anthem at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Vincent Gallo
Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Vincent Gallo claims to be a supporter of the Republican Party, and has claimed that his fantasy is "becoming more like the stereotype of the Republican Party."
Clint Eastwood
Actor, filmmaker Clint Eastwood has been registered as a Republican since 1951 and supported Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, he describes himself as a libertarian.
Britney Spears
In 2002, singer Britney Spears said, "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes, and we should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."
Kelsey Grammer
Actor Kelsey Grammer is a member of the Republican Party. In 2008, he endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president; but, once Giuliani had pulled out of the race, Grammer then campaigned for John McCain.
Chuck Norris
Action star Chuck Norris is a Republican. He has donated more than $32,000 to Republican candidates and organizations since 1988. Norris once filled in for Sean Hannity as a co-host on the popular Fox News Channel debate program Hannity & Colmes.
Angie Harmon
Actress Angie Harmon is a Republican. She and her husband delivered a speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention. She supports John McCain for President.
Dennis Hopper
The late actor Dennis Hopper was a registered Republican.
Tom Clancy
Author Tom Clancy has generally been regarded as a political conservative, and has donated over US$256,000 to Republican Party political candidates. Some of his books bear dedications to Republican political figures, most notably Ronald Reagan.
Naomi Judd
Country music singer, songwriter and activist Naomi Judd has been a registered Republican for many years and was a supporter of the George W Bush administration.
Danny Aiello
During an interview with Sean Hannity, actor Danny Aiello pointed out that he is a conservative.
John Elway
Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway has contributed to a number of Republican Party candidates in recent elections. He considered running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican.
Sara Evans
Country music singer Sara Evans performed at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Leeann Womack
Country singer Lee Ann Womack sang at the Republican National Convention in 2004.
Johnny Ramone
Founding member of the punk rock group The Ramones, Johnny Ramone was registered as a Republican.
Shannon Doherty
Actress Shannon Doherty is a registered Republican.
Richard Petty
NASCAR driver Richard Petty was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State in 1996.
Marie Osmond
Country music singer Marie Osmond is a registered Republican.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a registered Republican.
Mel Gibson
Actor Mel Gibson has been widely perceived as a conservative Republican, even though he has never identified himself as such. Many of Gibson's positions are in accordance with traditional Catholicism. He released a statement in March 2005 condemning the euthanasia of Terri Schiavo, and has criticized stem cell research.
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I just wrote a sentence like this and I'm wondering I've used the word compose correctly.
In order to find the length of the train, you'll need to measure the individual cars it composes.
Is this correct, or would it be better phrased as "... of which it's composed"? Should I use another word, like comprise?


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Guys, i think theres something weird is going on, i just got these scout reports right here
this all would be fine... if the players werent like this
Blue- Mavuba
Gray- Pirlo
Blue- Obraniak
Gray- Ronaldinho
Are these players really the kind of players who would be leading stars in the Serie A? I dont really think so. The scout is rated 18/19 so its not low stats.
Also some ingame commentary isnt showing up on the 2D Classic/TV View, to be more precise, the yellow card messages. It goes "The referee is calling Seedorf", then it doesnt show the yellow card message, it just continues fast forwarding. The yellow card shows up on the timeline though. Also get back the GOAL FOR BARCELONA flashing text when a offside goal happens please, it gives the whole "YEA GOAL O WAIT IT WAS OFFSIDE FFFFUUU" thing that happens in real life much better than having a non-flashing text (which automatically means its offside, its not as exciting).


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Read why church strategist Tony Morgan recommends that all parents read a book titled The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine. read more
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How to Make Your Wife Feel Beautiful
There are many ways to send the message to your wife that she's the most beautiful woman in the world. Here are 10 of them. read more
How to Make Her Feel Special Every Day
Men, you don't need a special occasion to make your wife feel good about herself—and you. Find out what to do to make it happen on a daily basis. read more
Don't Be a Lookie-Lulu: Fight for Focus
Men, you've heard the expression "Just looking never hurt anyone." Kenny Luck says, on the contrary, it could lead to compromising your self, your beliefs and your marriage. read more
5 Ways Self-Control Builds Maturity
Discover why we must learn to be men that not only talk with maturity but walk with maturity. read more
How Dads Can Teach Sons to Respect Women
What is your son learning from you about how to treat women? Find out what you can do to give him the right ideals about the opposite sex. read more
Why Accountability Is Good
Accountability is not judgment. Find out why every man needs it. read more
God's Power Targets Men in Iowa at Promise Keepers Event
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- Overview
- Options
- Video
- Specifications
Named after the well-loved Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, the Collings Winfield is a highly modified version of our standard dreadnought that features options commonly requested by flatpicking specialists. The combination of the stiff Adirondack spruce top with enlarged soundhole, supported by a top bracing pattern based on the earliest 14-fret dreadnoughts, make the CW a bluegrass powerhouse. Everything about this model is designed to provide plenty of headroom and projection for aggressive playing, but not at the expense of good tone.
Standard Features Include:
- Select Adirondack spruce top
- East Indian rosewood back and sides
- Large soundhole with grained ivoroid and wood nitrate rosette
- Grained ivoroid top/back/neck binding
- Herringbone trim with matching 2-style backstrip
- Pre-war scalloped Adirondack braces w/no tongue brace
- Dalmatian-style celluloid pickguard
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Mahogany neck
- Square headstock with volute
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid Collings logo
- Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
- Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
- 21 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret
- Modified V neck profile with 2 1/4" string spacing
- 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
- 1 23/32" Bone nut and cutthrough saddle
- 25 1/2" Scale length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- No fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Ebony bridge pins and end pin
- Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
- Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
- Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL
Finish Options:
more custom acoustic guitar options
There Are No Shortcuts: Collings Acoustic Guitars
This short documentary film examines acoustic guitar building at Collings Guitars and the focus on quality that has come to define the company culture.
- Body Length: 20"
- Body Depth at Side: 4 7/8"
- Lower Bout Width: 15 5/8"
- Total Length: 40 1/4"
- Scale Length: 25 1/2"
- Standard Nut Width: 1 23/32"
- Factory Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
- Recommended Gauges:
- Interview: Bill Collings interview from Acoustic magazine
- Acoustic Guitar Options: Neck Profile and Bridge Options Diagram
- Artists and Sightings: Lincoln Meyers - Collings CW Baaa A


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The "Flame" virus, the most complex computer bug ever discovered, has been lurking for years inside Iranian government computers, spying on the country's officials.
(CNN) -- A new study being released by a private Internet security company highlights cyberworld weaknesses when it comes to gathering intelligence on hackers and suggests that businesses take a more military-minded approach to defense.
The cybersecurity company CounterTack polled 100 information security executives at companies with revenues greater than $100 million. Nearly half of the respondents said their organization had been the victim of a targeted cyberattack within the past year.
Some 80% of those polled believe that taking a more military-minded approach to the cyberwar could benefit business, according to CounterTack CEO Neal Creighton, whose firm released the poll Monday. For Creighton, that means incorporating more military-style intelligence gathering into companies' cyberworld defenses.
"We're talking about that great intelligence real-time situational awareness," said Creighton, who added that hackers will get into systems, and when they do, companies need to know in real time not only that the intrusion has occurred, but also what the hacker's intentions are.
"Today's attacks are very targeted, so when they come after you, they probably have something that no one else has seen before, so what we're advocating is once they have penetrated the network, that you have technologies that look at behaviors based on what the attacker is going to do," Creighton said.
CounterTack is one of several companies in the private sector that focus on gathering information on the threat as it is happening as a key strategy for defense, in addition to building effective firewalls.
But the CounterTack survey, though not a scientific one, found that those capabilities are lacking.
Surveyed executives said their most pressing challenges when it comes to combating "advanced persistent threats are "disparate systems that don't talk to each other" (63%) and having trouble gathering relevant attack 'intelligence' in real time (61%).
Cybersecurity experts have often warned that by the time a company realizes it has been hacked, the damage has already been done.
When it comes specifically to the issue of training these new cyberwar soldiers, 44% of executives, according to the CounterTack study, said that their team members didn't have the necessary technical skills to combat the threat.
If that is the case in the private sector, it is on the radar of those in government as well.
The head of U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. Keith Alexander, made a rare appearance at a hacker's conference in Las Vegas last month to make a recruitment push, encouraging those with needed skills to put them to work for the U.S. government.
The Senate recently failed in its effort to pass basic cybersecurity legislation that would have allowed a closer public-private partnership when it comes to information sharing on cyberworld threats.
In light of that, the White House is mulling its options.
The President's homeland security adviser, John Brennan, suggested last week that the president may issue an executive order that would allow the government to use more of the tools it has on hand to combat the growing threat. Brennan added that such a measure would likely encompass a combination of resources from the Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency and the FBI.


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Maurizio Carli joined VMware in December 2008 and manages the Americas region to drive growth and oversee strategic planning, business operations and the management of key functions including sales, channels, services and marketing, bringing nearly 30 years of IT industry experience.
Prior to VMware, Carli worked on a short-term assignment at Google and spent five years at Business Objects, where as senior vice president and general manager, EMEA, he was responsible for sales, pre-sales, marketing, finance, customer support and global services. Until 2002, Carli spent 19 years at IBM, most recently as vice president of Software for IBM EMEA. Overseeing a 5,000-strong division, he led IBM's software portfolio in the region including sales, marketing, technical support, finance and human resources. Previously, Carli was vice president and general manager for IBM's Tivoli Systems Division, and also held sales and sales management positions in the government, education and healthcare sectors for IBM Italy. Carli holds a BSC in electronic engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in Italy.


text: This is my 3rd tutorial; how to draw the head of a male lion. I know a lot of people have trouble drawing lions because of the nose and the mane so I hope this helps you all. Also, let me know in the comments if theres anything you want me to do a tutorial on (especially with animals, I'm working on those at the moment). I've only been working on lions for a few days so this may not be the best, but I hope you enjoy this nonetheless!


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The Montgomery, Alabama City Council issued a statement Tuesday night apologizing to the family of black man, mistakenly gunned down by police 37 years ago, but the family of Bernard Whitehurst says the statement is not enough.
"They read something off of a sheet. That's not the kind of apology I'm talking about," his widow Florence Whitehurst told BlackAmericaweb.com. "When you apologize to somebody, you come to them. You console them. You hold their hands and look them in the face."
Bernard Whitehurst was fatally shot by Montgomery police on Dec. 2, 1975. An investigation showed Whitehurst was mistaken for a robbery suspect, and that police tried to cover up the truth by placing a gun beside his body.
A scandal followed, and when the investigation ended, several city officials had resigned, including the man serving as mayor at the time.
The family has not received compensation for the loss, and lawyers said the statute of limitations has run out.
Florence Whitehurst still remembers the day her husband died. He had left home around 3:30 p.m. But he never came home that night.
She remembered seeing something on the evening news about the police shooting someone, but they didn't give a name.
"I didn't know they had killed him until the next morning when my mother-in-law called to tell me," she said.
The years immediately following the shooting death of her husband were not easy for the young Whitehurst family.
The young mother and a widow, Whitehurst had a two-month-old, twin three-year-olds and a four-year-old at the time of her husband's death.
"I didn't know what I was going to do," she said. "When I went to get on Social Security, they told me I would be getting $97 a month. That was in 1975. I couldn't do much with that."
Her husband was working as a cook at McDonald's before he was killed, and he hadn't been on that job too long. "He didn't have much Social Security for us draw. We were young, and he hadn't been working a long time."
Growing up in the southern city that once served as home to the Confederacy, Florence Whitehurst said her husband did not like to be around police officers.
"When he would see them, he would just start running," she said. "I would tell him, 'you don't have to run,' but he would still do it." His running didn't mean Bernard Whitehurst was doing anything wrong, he just didn't trust police, his wife said.
Current Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says that city is different now. Next week, he said there will be a formal event for the Whitehurst family. At that event, the family will be presented a framed copy of the apology resolution, Strange said.
The resolution was unanimously passed and says that council members "recognize the grief, pain and suffering caused by actions years ago."
Stacy Whitehurst, the oldest of the couple's children, said he was pleased that the city is planning a marker to honor his father, but that doesn't go far enough.
"We want justice," Stacy Whitehurst told BlackAmericaweb.com. "There are still people around who were involved in this, but no one ever went to jail."
Since he was old enough to fight for justice, Stacy Whitehurst said he has been working on behalf of his family.
The Whitehurst family was represented by lawyer Donald Watkins in the aftermath of Bernard Whitehurst's death.
Watkins says the city's response to the family has been inadequate.
The Whitehurst family deserves an apology and adequate compensation, Watkins told BlackAmericaweb.com via email. Bernard Whitehurst's death and subsequent police coverup in 1975 were inexcusable.


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Gunn's coffee hour readings start Monday
A paper from the museum's archives will be selected, and photos, artifacts, and stories will be shared as participants reminisce about Washingtons past. On Monday, the reading will be "Autumn Leaves" written by Edward Patrick Coll. This paper shares the story of growing up in an Irish immigrant family at "The Rocks," Ehrick Rossiter's estate in Washington, during the early 20th century.


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Basic Techniques To Metal-Shaping From Home - Metal-Shaping Basics - How To Do ItWritten by on May 1, 2010 Cheap And Easy Shaping Techniques Anyone Can Do, And Without Overly Expensive Tools
In the past, we've presented metal-shaping articles that showed the average, inexperienced Joe how to create just about anything from a flat sheet of steel, provided he has access to the right tools. The problem is that many of those tools are large, expensive, and more fitting for someone planning to do a lot of shaping on a regular basis. Honestly, as much as we might like to daydream about crafting custom panels on an English wheel, the truth is it's just not realistic for the average hot rodder. So what do you do if you just want to create simple patch panels or repair or modify existing steel? You go back to the basics. After all, there are only four things you can do to metal: cut it, bend it, shrink it, and stretch it. With a combination of these manipulations, you can create anything from flat sheet, and you can do it by hand.
To get a primer on basic metal shaping, we headed over to Walden Speed in Pomona, California. Bobby Walden's impressively clean shop hosts a multitude of intimidating power-shaping machines, but we wanted to know how to morph metal with only readily available handtools. Fortunately, Mike Romero and Blake Tomlinson are true metal-shaping geeks (and we mean that in only the most respectful way) and were happy to show us some basic techniques that anyone can learn at home.
Lurk 'N' Learn In Forums
An easy way to get your feet wet and familiarize yourself with terminology and tools is to spend some quality time browsing the forums where the true enthusiasts hang out. Here are a few:
Basic Hammering Technique
Forming An Edge
Creating A Rolled Edge
The Shrinker/Stretcher
Tuck Shrinking
The Sandbag
The Stump
Take A Class
Ready to step up and learn tips and techniques from pros? Here are some of the classes we found that are worth checking out.
Cal Davis; Crossville, TN; www.metalcrafttools.com
Clay Cook; Erlanger, KY; www.ccookenterprises.com
Dagger Tools; Wixom, MI; www.daggertools.com
Dutch Comstock; East Herkimer, NY; www.comstockmetalshaping.com
Fay Butler; Wheelwright, MA; www.faybutler.com
Lazze; Pleasanton, CA; www.lazzemetalshaping.com
Performance Metal Shaping; Edgewater, FL; www.performancemetalshaping.net
Ron Covell; Freedom, CA; www.covell.biz
Ron Fournier; Shelby Twp, MI; www.fournierenterprises.com
Sunchaser Tools; Pasadena, CA; www.sunchasertools.com
Walden Speed Shop; Pomona, CA; www.waldenspeedshop.com
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Similar to driving a nail with a claw hammer, always grip toward the end of the handle for leverage. Unlike hammering a nail, you'll be doing zero swinging with your arm; it's all in the wrist. The correct method is to go with the natural rhythm of the hammer as it bounces off the dolly. If your arm is getting tired, you're putting far too much effort into it. Some prefer to extend their pointer fingers up the hammer's handle for increased control, especially in delicate situations.Remember that sheetmetal is actually fluid, and hammering on-dolly is used for stretching. For correct technique, the face of the dolly and hammer should sandwich the metal, making a sharp ting sound and bouncing off the face of the metal.Hammering off-dolly is used to equalize highs and lows. This is the technique used for working out dings and waves in sheetmetal.Forming an edge is one of the most valuable skills to have for adjusting seams or gaps between panels. Note how the bend in the roll pan tapers upward away from the guide tape (arrow). Bending the edge is simple, but keeping it clean requires proper dollying.Instinct says to tap the top first, but to get it to bend at the tape line, tapping begins on the bend itself with the dolly placed on the inside of the lip to avoid distortion and moving the edge outward.After rolling over the bend, the hammering switches to the top side of the lip to flatten it out and sharpen the bend.Note how the edge has moved in line with the guide tape without losing the original crispness and without any deformation in the panel.To fold the lip over farther, the dolly moves to the outside of the panel. This special hammer is useful for getting close in corners, but it's really about personal preference.
We're not aware of any company that sells these T's, but they're simple to make by using round bar and a piece of flat stock. Plus, making them yourself allows custom tuning of the arc.After deciding the size and arc needed, the T is clamped down in a vise. The sheetmetal is laid across the top according to where the roll is to be started. Mike Romero taps along the edge of the sheetmetal that hangs past the T to begin the roll. Hammering on top of the T will result in stretching and deformation.After just a couple of minutes, we have a smooth and fluid roll. This technique is handy for numerous projects, such as custom motorcycle gas tanks or making panels where a rolled edge would be more aesthetically appropriate than a sharp fold.The basic principle of shrinking and stretching relies on squeezing the metal together or pulling it apart to stretch. Shrinker/stretchers accomplish this with a pair of ribbed jaws that bite into the metal then slightly move either inward or outward. Hand-operated tools are always the cheapest, but unless you've got a helper, foot-activated ones will speed your work and control since both hands are free to guide the metal.The result in this case is a piece of 90-degree-angle sheetmetal that curves fluidly. Note that the marks are only on one side of the 90-degree stock; this technique is handy for making custom wheelwell parts and patches as well as flanges for joining panels and templates for cloning existing parts. If the arc is too great, stretching along the same path will open it back up.Often called the poor man's Pullmax, tuck shrinking is another way of shrinking metal to gain shape. It's ideal when lots of shrinking needs to be done and you don't have access to a machine. Shrinker/stretchers can only do so much, while tuck shrinking folds lots of metal together quickly. It's an old method that is easy to build a tool for. Blake Tomlinson used a scrap piece of heavy-wall square tube with a couple of tips from cheap pry bars welded on to it. The sheetmetal is slid between the two bars and twisted back and forth to create a fold. In this case, the sheet of flat steel will be formed into a wheel disc.The number of folds necessary depends on the shape needed. To capture the tuck, Tomlinson uses a leather hammer to pound the bulge flat. The leather is perfect for tapping without marring the surface of the metal. This particular hammer has a lead core to give it more swinging mass.Once you've captured enough tucks to create the basic shape you're after, planishing will smooth out the ripples. Using a pole-mounted dolly clamped in a vise is a wise choice since it keeps the working surface consistent while allowing you to move the metal. Tomlinson opted to use a spoon since it spreads the impact over a large area, but hammers will work as well.
For a quick reality check, a Pullmax and a pneumatic planishing hammer were used on the upper right side of the disc. Though the machine shows fewer impact marks, the two sides are remarkably similar. It's definitely a slower process, but tuck shrinking can yield the same results without the expense and logistics of having two massive machines in your garage.The edges were tuck-shrunk to create the basic contour on this piece of sheet, but to complete this wheel disc shape, we needed the sandbag. Bags are filled with various media depending on the company and intent for the bag, but all are used for stretching. Note the spiral; this is the basic guide for hammering with the wood mallet.Begin at the center of the spiral and work outward, but realize that not all areas receive equal attention. Most of the hammering will be concentrated toward the center of the spiral since it needs to be stretched the most.After roughing in the shape, planishing was required to smooth out the inherent dents. Our quickie disc isn't symmetrical because it didn't receive the same amount of work on all sides. To make it perfect, an arc template made in the shrinker/stretcher would show us where more work was needed.Occasionally referred to as the old Italian method, since it's been rumored that early Ferrari race cars were built this way, stump forming holds a great deal of possibilities with very little expense. To begin, find a solid stump from a hardwood tree that doesn't hold a lot of sap and dig a hole in it. There's no strict guideline on how large or deep the hole needs to be, and in truth it doesn't really need to be symmetrical, either. Whereas sandbags work more slowly and subtly, stumps can create a lot of shape quickly.Place the metal over the hole and strike in roughly the center of the hole. Wood mallets are often the weapon of choice, but Tomlinson prefers the high crown and striking force his custom hammer creates-it's actually the top of an acetylene bottle mounted on a pipe that's wrapped with rubber gripping tape.The buckling occurs because Tomlinson is stretching the center of the sheetmetal into a concave shape while the edge remains the same.After working the sheet into roughly the shape you want, lift it out of the hole and use the top of the stump to trap the buckles, similar to the method for tuck shrinking.


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Hi, I've been looking for a clear reference which shows that the matrix exponential is surjective from $M_{n}(C)$ to $Gl_{n}(C)$. Wikipedia claims this is true, but I haven't seen it proven... Also, can someone suggest how to create a power series for a function log(x) defined for a given $A\in Gl_{n}(C)$ thats outside our standard set B(I,1)??? Specifically, what if $A=e^{B}$ with $\det(B)=0$? Thanks in advance? Tom Petrillo
How to show the matrix exponential is onto? And, how to create a powerseries for log that works outside B(I,1)
My recollection is that Rossmann's book on Lie groups has a detailed discussion of the exponential map and surjectivity issue. Matrix exponential map is equivariant under conjugation,
and, as Robin has already remarked, one can easily check that a matrix in Jordan normal form is in the image of $\exp: M_n(\mathbb{C})\to GL_n(\mathbb{C}),$ establishing surjectivity for $G=GL_n(\mathbb{C}).$
As for your second question, you can always (a) rescale (b) shift by scalar matrices and re-center the $\log$ series:
$$(a)\ \exp(nB)=\exp(B)^n\quad (b)\ \exp(B+\lambda I_n)=e^{\lambda}\exp(B).$$
For topological reasons, there isn't a canonical formula for $\log$ that works locally everywhere.
Warning:. Exponential map is not always surjective. The following family of matrices is not in the image of the exponential map from the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{sl}_2(\mathbb{C})$ (traceless $2\times 2$ matrices) to the Lie group $G=SL_2(\mathbb{C})$ (unit determinant $2\times 2$ matrices):
$$h_a=\begin{bmatrix} -1 & a\\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix},\ a\ne 0.$$
No preimage in $M_2(\mathbb{C})$ of $h_a$ under $\exp$ can have trace $0$. Indeed, if $\exp(X_a)=h_a$ then the eigenvalues of $X_a$ must be $\pi i+2\pi n, -\pi i - 2\pi m (n, m\in \mathbb{Z})$ and the trace condition implies that $n=m,$ so $X_a$ has distinct eigenvalues, hence it is diagonalizable, but $h_a$ is not — contradiction.
Contrary to Pietro's claim, $\exp$ is not a group homomorphism on $M_n({\mathbb C})$. However, it is one, when restricting to a commutative sub-algebra ${\mathcal C}[M]$, $M$ a given matrix. This, plus some easy topological arguments, is used to prove that the exponential is surjective onto $GL_n({\mathbb C})$. See Exercise 66 in my web-site http://www.umpa.ens-lyon.fr/~serre/DPF/exobis.pdf . This exercise contains in addition the result that the image of $\exp$ over $M_n({\mathbb R})$ coincides with the image of $M\mapsto M^2$ over $GL_n({\mathbb R})$.
A proof is sketched as an exercise in Warner's book


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I am looking for a way to easily implement an Integer field with webforms that can do mobile number validation (US numbers only). I am aware of http://drupal.org/project/webform_validation that can do numeric validation but looking for a more direct solution. If its a hook, that works as well.
You can do a hook_form_alter of your form, and add your own validation to it.
Telephone numbers are not integers. For example they begin with a zero in Germany, which is meaningless for integers but significant when dialing. A string field would be more appropriate.
You will also have to think about what quality of validation you need:
In all cases, the way to go is a validation function as per Danno's suggestion. For 2, you need information from the ITU and its members. For 3, sending an SMS with a validation code is probably the most effective way (although some landline phones can receive SMS).