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This is exercise 1.8.1 of Additive Combinatorics.
Given $A \in Z^+$ a set of $n$ different integers. Prove that there exists $B\subset A$, $|B| = \Omega ( \log n )$, s.t. $A \cap 2*B = \emptyset$.
Here, $2*B$ means $\{ a + b | a, b \in B, a \neq b \}$.
The dumb thing to try is $P(x \in B) = \frac{\log n}{n}$. Unfortunately, the expected value of $A \cap 2B = \Theta(\log^2 n)$, which is achievable via this example:
$A = ( N + [1 .. k]) \cup (2N + [1..k]) \cup (3M + [1 .. 2k])$
Thus, we can't just uniformly, independently, sample the elements of $B$ from $A$.
The next thing to try is to "segment" $A$ into regions of powers of to, i.e. $[1, 2), [2, 4), [4, 8), ... $. Then try to reason about how many elements to pick from each segment. Nothing interesting has happened from this yet.
What should I be looking for to solve this problem? (This problem comes from the section on Thin Bases, and the chapter on the Probabilistic Method).

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Meet Cocoa! Cocoa is a very friendly terrier mix who's about one or two years old. He's neutered, weighs about 15 pounds and loves to cuddle. Cocoa graduated from the Leash on Hope training program at Youthville, he walks nicely on a leash, knows several commands and loves to play soccer and fetch. He's great with children and other dogs. Cocoa would make a wonderful 4-H agility dog or family dog. Think Cocoa could be the pet for you? Call the Ford County Humane Society at (620) 225-1481 and leave a message telling them you're interested in Cocoa.
The Dodge City Daily Globe is continuing its popular feature "pet of the week". Each Saturday, we will feature an animal that is available for adoption, information about the animal, how you can adopt the animal and of course photos of the animal.
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- A former European history professor who went on to lead international relations in several countries and who has earned several awards of distinction from several more, will be on campus Nov. 4 to deliver this year's Roemer Lecture on World Affairs.
Cameron Munter, who was the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan until July 2012, will speak about "Three Decades on the Front Lines: Tales of the Foreign Service." The lecture is at 4 p.m. in the College Union Ballroom and is free and open to the public.
During his tenure as ambassador to Pakistan, Munter guided U.S.-Pakistani relations through a succession of crises, including the operation against Osama bin Laden. He previously served as U.S. ambassador to Serbia, where he negotiated Serbian domestic consensus for European integration and managed the Kosovo independence crisis.
Munter has a comprehensive and accomplished background in international affairs. He also served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, overseeing U.S. civilian and military cooperation in planning the drawdown of U.S. troops. He also was deputy chief of mission in the Czech Republic and Poland, where he managed the American contribution to those countries' integration into Western civilian and military institutions.
Munter also established the first provincial reconstruction team in Iraq; served as director at the National Security Council; was executive assistant to the counselor of the State Department; and served as chief of staff of the NATO Enlargement Ratification Office at the State Department. He also had other diplomatic assignments in Washington, D. C., and overseas.
He is the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Polish Army and the Czech Republic's Masaryk Medal. He earned a Distinguished Honor Award, four Superior Honor Awards and seven Senior Performance Pay Awards from the Department of State. He has advised the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and was a Dean Rusk Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University in Washington. Before joining the Foreign Service, he taught European history at the University of California in Los Angeles and directed European studies at the Twentieth Century Fund in New York. Since last January, Munter has taught international relations at Pomona College in California. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The annual lecture is an endowed series created in the memory of the late Spencer J. Roemer, who was emeritus director of admissions at Geneseo and member of the Geneseo Foundation Board of Directors.
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EDMOND, Okla. -- The Ichabods out-hit Central Oklahoma but couldn't overcome 10 unanswered runs in a 20-13 loss Sunday in the series finale at Central Oklahoma.
The Bronchos swept the series and dropped Washburn to 9-29 overall and 8-28 in the MIAA. Washburn will wrap up a five-game MIAA road trip Tuesday at 4 p.m. in a doubleheader at Missouri Western.
Washburn had 17 hits including a school-record three doubles by Richard Swan. The Broncos had 15 hits.
Washburn took a 2-0 lead in the opening frame. Taylor Herrington led off the game with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from Parker Gibson. Washburn later loaded the bases and Richard Swan walked to drive in a run but Washburn left the bases loaded after that.
The Bronchos scored six runs in the bottom of the second and four more in the third to take a 10-2 lead.
The Ichabods were shut out in the second and third innings but scored runs every inning after that and were within three after scoring two in the top of the seventh. The Bronchos scored two in the bottom of the seventh and four in the eighth to put the game away.
Swan doubled in the fifth, eighth and ninth innings and finished with four RBI and two runs scored. Washburn had players get two doubles in a game 68 different times before Swan got three.
Gibson was 3 for 5 with a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Riley Price also went 3 for 5 at the plate with three RBI. He and Gibson each scored three times. Brad Alberts went 2 for 4 with two walks.
Drew Ridley gave up the first eight runs and fell to 1-5 on the year.
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King Abdullah interviewed by Al-Seyassah
January 18, 2011
In an interview with Kuwaiti newspaper
, conducted by its Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah and published yesterday, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz offered assurances regarding his health and thanked those who have offered him their good wishes. King Abdullah, who is in New York recuperating from successful back surgery, remarked, "I say to all peoples of the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] states and peoples of Arab and Islamic countries who have expressed their feelings of friendship and brotherhood towards me what I have said to our people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – that I am fine as long as you are fine."
Asked about concerns that his work schedule will tire him out during his period of convalescence, King Abdullah replied, "My activities, whether Saudi, Arab or international activities, are a source of comfort to me and bring about good health. I want to reassure all people that I am fine, and I will return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia very soon, God willing, to be among my people."
Questioned about the large expenditures in the latest Saudi budget, King Abdullah stated, "We are a country blessed by God Almighty, who bestowed upon us many resources . . . The budget is well-studied and it aims to improve and develop the social infrastructure, as well as the infrastructure of the Saudi homeland as a whole, in addition to the development of the economy and industry, as we want diverse and national outputs in the coming years, alongside the revenues and resources of oil production." He added, "We seek through these great budgets to address any deficiencies in our economic and social facilities. Our people and coming generations will enjoy the resources of their country."


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The Breeze Inn is a place where very classy Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk normally wouldn't be caught dead. But a brief, disastrous relationship with gorgeous "investment counselor" con man Reddy has costs her nearly all her worldly possessions. All that's left is the ramshackle 1950s motel on Tybee Island, "a drinking village with a fishing problem." Moving into the manager's unit, BeBe vows to make magic out of mud, and with the help of the Inn's cantankerous caretaker, Harry, and her junking friend, Weezie, she soon has the motel spiffed up and attracting paying guests.
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NSRA Street Rod Nationals - The NatsWritten by on January 27, 2012 The NSRA Street Rod Nationals, Louisville, Kentucky
As I more than likely say just about every year, one of my all-time favorite annual events is the huge NSRA Street Rod Nationals. This annual gathering draws anywhere between 8,000 and 12,000 entries each year (imagine over 300 vendors spread throughout 500,000 square feet of indoor exhibit area, plus tens of thousands of cool cars and trucks on display). For years, the association's strict pre-'49 cutoff pretty much disqualified a large portion of the truck contingent. Sure, there has always been a pretty darn good turn-out of street rod pickups ('27 to '40), F-1's and, of course, '47 to '54 Chevys.
Well, starting last year (2010), the NSRA opened up the year break for the Nats up to and including '80. And this year, classic truckers and their pride and joys, again, had the opportunity to be a part of one of the biggest and most fun events in the hobby. Last year I was hoping that the Nats would become a premier classic truck destination, and I'm happy to report that it has! That said, I wanted to give those of you that didn't give the Nats a try a sneak peek at some of the pickups that were there this past season (heck, I may even show ya a few cool street rods as well) to give ya an idea of what's in store for those that add the NSRA Nationals to their event calendar this year. It really is a blast, especially since I have the opportunity to see and shoot more and more features on the classic trucks I love so much. So, take a look at a fraction of the pickups I ran across this past season, and then please consider making the Nats one of the events you choose to attend this year. Believe me, if you've never been, it'll be an experience—take my word for it (again). Show up once and you'll be hooked! ct
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James Bernard's Alma, Arkansas-based '72 C10 is a great example of a meticulously modified Chevy. His extended cab is good looking and professionally done—we're impressed.This neat traditionally styled '56 Chevy is the pride and joy of Rick and Karen Basham. The couple is lucky enough to have the Nats held just about in their own backyard in Louisville.We loved this bright red 3100 belonging to Louie Galy. Louie's '48 just looks right with its perfect stance and polished five-spokes.Speaking of bright red, Paul and Mary Lidsey's '66 was another Chevy that stopped us in our tracks—if I'm not mistaken, it had the same effect as a few months ago in Columbus.Now here's a trio that caught my attention. Being a lifelong F-1 fan, I was in my glory as I worked my way around these babies. The patina'd '48 in the foreground belongs to Steve Southard, Barry Ray's is the white one just behind Barry's, and the beautiful yellow one is the handy work of Bill Townsend which you may recall as a past Classic Trucks feature truck.I was loving the fact that there were more than just Chevys and Fords in Louisville this past season. This bright red '57 Dodge D100 belongs to Indianapolis, Indiana's Riley and Laura Bettry.I was trying to figure out whether Larry Charles was worried about scuffing his beautiful bed wood or if his better half, Pat, just had so much luggage that the couple had to hitch a trailer to their awesome 3100.F-100's are well represented now that the year break has been extended, too. Donnie Hornback's '56 is a prime example of the high-quality Effies on hand this year.
02 Speaking of awesome, you may recognize Jim McGrew's red-hot C10 from last issue's cover. I ran across Jim's truck there in Louisville and shot that feature right there on the grounds of the show.03 Dave and Jen Clotfelter's two-tone '72 C10 is one classy ride, but I walked away wondering if that similarly two-toned Rolls behind it was the couples other ride.04 Those big diameter Twisted Vistas look right at home on Mark Board's '70 Chevy C10. Mark stayed with the rest-rod look and we think he hit the nail on the head!05 One of the great things about the Louisville venue are the many cruise lanes throughout the grounds, doing a bit of profiling during the day is a great way to see and be seen as well.06 As I said earlier, it was great to see lots of non-Fords and Chevys in Louisville. J.E. Mayfield's '48 Stude was just one great looking example of the cool classics on hand at the Nats.07 Wide whites, a matching bed cover, and a bit of old-school pinstriping give Terry Kelly's '49 Chevy a timeless traditional look—a look that's dear to this trucker's heart, I might add.08 Included among the thousands of classic trucks that attend the Nats every year, there's always a large contingent of patina'd beaters on hand. This cool five-window was one that caught my eye; I loved the addition of the early Olds lights and trim as well as those cool belly-burner pipes and humorous door art.09 Stacy Birge went the conservative route when rodstoring his great looking '67 C10. A good stance, a set of five-spokes, and a cool side-exit exhaust system is about all it takes to give a C10 of this vintage an added bit of pizzazz.10 Wally Wilson's '60 Studebaker Champ is the first I've seen at any of the events I've attended over the years. These Champs and I go way beck—way back to the time I almost fell out of one as it turned a corner and the passenger door opened up on me. That was a ride I'd forgotten until running across Wally's truck.
11 I almost missed Paul Widmer's slammed C10 as he was parked out back near the swap meet area. The unbelievable size of the grounds is one thing that really surprises first-timers to the Nats—pleasantly, we might add.12 Running across Joey Bridges' cool '61 Econoline almost brought tears to my eyes as it reminded me of the '63 I stupidly sold a few years back—oh well, mine wasn't as neat as Joey's anyway.13 I couldn't help but snap a shot of Gary Vinson's contemporary-style '72 C10 as a contrast to Deb's traditional C10 shown previously. Both trucks go to show that there's no wrong way to rodstore a C10 pickup.14 Debra McGrath went the old-school route with her traditional-style '68. A coating of semi-gloss black and a bit of door art is complimented by a quartet of red steelies and wide whites.


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Along with the cold winds and falling leaves of autumn comes a day that is revered by the little ghosts and goblins who wander out with large plastic bags with high hopes of filling them with delicious treats.
That would mean all types of chocolates and well-known candy bars, bags of chips or pretzels and a can of some sort of soft drink, which makes the bag get heavy faster.
For children or adults who might need a gluten-free snack, Pretzel Perfection has individual packages of 100 calories, and the pretzels come in unusual flavors such as garlic herb, tomato basil, stone ground mustard, chipolte barbecue and lemon toffee. They join the already popular Pretzel Clusters that come in flavors of Pacific trail, spicy cherry pistachio and toffee and peanut butter.
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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY — Katie Rogers, 12, and Abby Nightingale, 12, both of Smithfield, have yet to choose a Halloween outfit but they get into the spirit of the holiday with some ghost, goblin, Indian maiden and pumpkin reminders. This is the time of year for unusual foods and doughnuts. -- Esther McCoy
I am an avid fan of the food show, "The Chew" which noted a poll showed children and parents both favor purchased treats over homemade ones, which mothers are inclined to pitch.
Maybe one homemade treat that would be kept and consumed in a hurry, however, is a popcorn ball.
Since October is National Popcorn Poppin' month, I thought it would be nice to start with a recipe for Green Halloween Zombies, but first let me tell you that popcorn is one of America's oldest and most beloved snack foods. It was discovered thousands of years ago in the Americas and has beguiled consumers for centuries with its mythical, magical charm. What other food product can change from a tiny hard-kerneled object to a soft, white and fluffy snack?
Today it is praised for its nutritional and economic value, and Americans consume some 16 million quarts of popcorn each year, or roughly one quart per person, per week.
Here is the promised zombie recipe. It makes seven scary creatures, so make plenty if there is a party.
Green Halloween Zombies
2 1/2 quarts popped popcorn
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 cups mini marshmallows
4 tablespoons lime gelatin powder
Red gum balls
Candy corn
Flat green candy strips or fruit leather
Green sugar sprinkles
Place popped popcorn in a large bowl; set aside. Melt butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Stir marshmallows into butter until melted. Stir in gelatin powder until evenly colored. Pour over popcorn and stir until evenly coated. With buttered hands, shape popcorn into seven oval shapes.
Flatten one oval shape slightly and squeeze one end to form a skull shape. Place onto parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining shapes. To decorate, press two red gum balls into each skull to form eyes. Press candy corn into skull to form teeth. Use scissors to trim candy strips and press on top for hair. Sprinkle with green sugar sprinkles. Allow to set for about 20 minutes before wrapping individually in plastic wrap or serve immediately.
Note: Black licorice strings could be used for the hair as well.
For diabetic youngsters, the "Disney Cookbook for Families with Type 1 Diabetes" has a trail mix ball that has 133 calories, with 6 grams fat, 16 grams total carbohydrate, 2 grams fiber and 3 grams protein. It is one carbohydrate choice. And it was noted that if it were made from gluten-free oats, it would fit both health circumstances.
Peanut Butter Trail Mix Balls
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup honey
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts of choice
1/2 cup dried fruit of choice
Mix together peanut butter and honey until smooth. Gradually add oats and flaxseed. Add chocolate chips and nuts and dried fruit. Blend in the mixer or smush together by hand. Roll into ping-pong size balls and put in paper mini-muffin cups. They will be less sticky if they are stored in the refrigerator overnight but can be eaten right away. They freeze well, too, layered on wax paper in an airtight container.
Fried desserts are popular with children. Take doughnuts for instance. This sopaipilla is a square type of fried cookie that is usually sprinkled with powdered sugar or drizzled with honey. It was a recipe from the 1982 Weirton Daily Times Cookbook Contest, coordinated by Ruth Plunkett. Karen S. Finnegan of Weirton was the cook who submitted it.
3 cups unsifted flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter or shortening
3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Oil for deep frying
Confectioners' sugar and honey, optional
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat the eggs and sugar together very well and add to dry ingredients with the water, just enough to make the dough soft. Knead on a floured board until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Cover with a towel and let stand 30 minutes or longer. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 3-inch squares. Deep fry several at a time in 360-degree oil for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn to evenly brown. Drain on paper towels before dipping in sugar-cinnamon mix, confectioners' sugar or drizzle with honey. Makes 3 dozen.
This recipe from the 1982 Weirton Daily Times Cookbook Contest reminded me of drop doughnuts. It calls for whole wheat flour, something that was not stressed much 31 years ago. It is from Karen S. Finnegan again. She must have been a great cookbook contestant.
Skillet Sweet Bread Balls
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup milk, scalded
2 tablespoons honey
1 egg, beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup whole wheat flour
Vegetable oil
Cinnamon sugar
Add butter to scalded milk; stir until melted. Add honey. Cool slightly. Stir in beaten egg. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Stir into milk mixture, along with whole wheat flour. Pour oil into the skillet about 1 1/4 inch deep and heat to 360 to 370 degrees. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into hot oil. Fry until deep golden brown, turning to brown evenly on all sides. Drain and partially cool before rolling in cinnamon sugar. Don't let them cool completely before rolling in the sugar. Makes 36.
Leona Gardner of Burgettstown had a recipe for mashed potato doughnuts, something that Katie Rogers' grandmother won a grand prize for in the Herald-Star Cookbook Contest, but I am not sure of the year.
Mashed Potato Doughnuts
2 1/2 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cups mashed potatoes
1 cup milk
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening with half of the sugar. Beat eggs with remaining sugar and add potatoes. Add the milk. Sift remaining ingredients and combine with first mixture. Blend all ingredients together. Add a little more flour if necessary. Dough should be as soft as can be handled. Turn on floured board, roll out 1/2-inch thick and cut with doughnut cutter. Fry and drain on ungreased paper or paper towel. They can be drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar, cinnamon sugar or eaten plain.
Note: The doughnut holes can be fried, and children will eat them up in a monster minute.
Here is a recipe that Dragana Lazic, who will be a cookbook judge for our Holiday Cookbook Contest coming up on Nov. 7, made at one of her cooking schools.
This recipe is from the "Classic Candy" cookbook but it is much like our cooking lady's version. I don't really like chocolate, but these were so good.
Hazelnut Rocher
2 cups crushed vanilla wafer cookies or hazel nut wafer cookies
2 cups toasted hazelnuts
1 cup Nutella
1/4 cup hazelnut liqueur, optional
8 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
In a food processor, pulverize cookies and hazlenuts. Add the Nutella and liqueur and pulse until mixed. Refrigerate mixture for about 20 minutes. When firm enough to handle, form into bite-size balls. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and freeze for 10 to 15 minutes. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Dip each ball into the chocolate and place on a parchment-lined tray to set. Refrigerate another 10 minutes before serving. Store in the refrigerator
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Rear Axle Modifications - How To Axle-ChopWritten by on January 1, 2008 Slip-Slidin' Away? Fatten Up Those Meats And Fit Them With An
'We're all slaves to traction. After all, what good is a 600hp thumper gonna do underhood if it just turns into tire smoke when you mash the honker pedal? Though suspension tuning can take you part of the way, real traction gains always come from increasing the contact patch via bigger meats. To fit the big rubber, you may need to narrow your rear axle.
To get the scoop on how it's done, we visited with Ed and Mando Sutton of Sutton Engineering. All they do is rear axle work of all kinds, and they have a special place in their hearts for guys working on a low budget. Big proponents of cutting and resplining stock axleshafts for use in narrowed axlehousings, they say they've seen hundreds of customer cars crank off 11-flats (automatic transmission) and 12-flats (stick cars) on reworked stock axleshafts. At about $140 a pair (plus shipping), it makes pretty good economic sense too.
Of course, the guys are quick to point out that the added cost of aftermarket axles is a small price to pay versus the potential consequences of breaking a stock axle and smacking the wall. So be smart and realistic when you choose your specific axle strategy. As for narrowing the axlehousing, the Suttons charge between $100 and $150 for the labor. Let's have a look at what it takes to get more rubber under any car.
The most critical step is fitting the fully inflated tires to the wheels you'll be using and taking careful measurements. If the car is under construction and has no rear axle, support the body and place the wheels and tires under it for your measurements. If the rear axle is still in the car, support the car on the axle so the ride height is accurate, then make note of where the sidewalls contact the body. On this '63 Dart, the Radir 10.00-15 piecrust slicks (12.5-inch bulge width) and Cragar 15x7 wheels (3 1/4-inch backspacing) just barely fit. We need to gain 1 inch of fender clearance for safe street and strip action. In case you were wondering, no, the slicks won't clear the Dart's stock leaf springs. We had to install an inboard spring relocation kit to get inboard clearance. That's another story for another time.
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The Dart's stock 7 1/4 rear axle measures 57.5 inches from drum to drum. We know that we need to reduce this total width to 55.5 inches for sidewall clearance. Also, because there will soon be an infusion of 440 big-block power, this weakling axle goes into the scrap bin.To cope with the 440, we scored an 8 1/4 rear from a '68 Dodge A100 van in the junkyard. The bare housing measures a whopping 56.5 inches-not including brakes and axles. We need to narrow it 6 inches to arrive at a 50.5-inch width. Once the axleshafts and drum brakes are installed, the drum-to-drum dimension will be 55.5 inches, just what we want. The fingers point out the two close-spaced differential studs that indicate the top of the Mopar 831/44 housing. By contrast, Ed and Mando Sutton point out that the Ford 8-inch housing has no up or down thanks to its symmetrical differential bolt pattern.Mando Sutton used a plasma cutter to remove all traces of the A100's useless shock-absorber mounting brackets and spring perches. They get in the way of the cutting and welding operations and aren't compatible with passenger-car mounting strategies.Lots of guys screw up right here. Remember, our goal is to reduce the total housing width from 56.5 inches to 50.5 inches. But because the welded-on outer axle-bearing carriers will be reused, we must remember not to simply measure 3 inches from the outmost ends and chop. Instead, the correct way is to measure in 3 inches from where the axle-bearing carriers meet the axlehousing tubes and make the cuts there. Be sure the axlehousing is resting perfectly flat on the chop saw table for straight cuts. Also, be sure to compensate for the 11/48-inch thickness of the chop saw blade.After cutting, the bare housing measures 45.5 inches wide, but we still need to reinstall the outer axle-bearing carriers. To guarantee perfect alignment, the Suttons use a bare differential fitted with precision hubs in place of the carrier bearings. The steel alignment bar floats in the hubs and will ensure accurate installation.The ends are aligned and MIG-welded to the axletubes. After surgery, the total width of the bare housing came out at exactly 50.5 inches.The severed housing ends are then taken to the lathe, where the welds that bond the outer axle-bearing carriers to the housing bits are removed.Here's a shot of the cleaned and chamfered outer axle-bearing carrier about to be reunited with the narrowed axlehousing. The chamfered end yields excellent weld penetration. Note how the alignment bar fits through the steel cap bolted to the carrier studs.
The stock 8 1/4 axlehousing is fabricated from several sections of welded-together steel stampings, but the axletubes are actually pretty beefy at nearly 1/4 inch thick. Though they are swedged into thinner sections where the differential bolts up, Mando says the stock housing is good to 10.99 e.t.'s before it starts to bend, and a welded back brace is highly recommended.Here's the alignment fixture all set up and ready for action. Before welding, a protractor is used to set the pinion-snubber support at 0 degrees horizontal to the floor. Then each outer axle-bearing carrier end is also zeroed with the protractor before welding as shown. This move ensures that the brake backing plates and shoe assemblies will be level after reassembly. The Suttons can narrow any type of axlehousing. The empty cases in the foreground are used for aligning the tube ends of (left to right) Hotchkis-type Olds/Pontiac, '55-'64 Chevy, 9-inch Ford, and 8-inch Ford axlehousings.Now what about those axleshafts? Unlike the Ford 8- and 9-inch, Mopar axles are always the same length. The axles that came with the Dodge A100 van measure 30.0 inches overall. As with the axlehousing, we need to remove 3 inches from each shaft, then cut in new splines.One word of caution is that a small percentage of Mopar 8 1/4 axleshafts (as well as some Fords) feature extralong 4-inch undercuts (pen points). Unless you are building a supernarrow Pro Street- or dragster-style axle, there isn't enough material diameter at the ends to allow resplining. Our A100 axles (top) have 3-inch undercuts; no problem with our 3-inch chop job.Next, the axles are chucked up in Sutton's Goodway lathe. In three steps, Ed removes 0.038 inch to achieve a constant diameter for successful resplining.The pen points out the 0.187-inch-deep factory surface hardening that is only mildly affected by the 0.040-inch-deep spline cuts (right). There is still plenty of strength left for all but the most serious horsepower levels. Again, the Suttons say this operation is safe for 3,400-pound cars running 11.0 seconds with an automatic or 12.0 seconds with more brutal stickshifts.As for you GM guys, the constant-taper shaft design of virtually every passenger-car axle type from the '55 Chevy to the classic 12-bolt cannot be resplined. Fingers point to where diameter reduces from 1.400 to 1.270 inches. Your only choice is custom-length aftermarket replacement axles to suit your narrowed housing.The pen points to the gradual radius Ed puts into the transition from the freshly machined and nonmachined axle surfaces. This eliminates the stress riser and potential failure point a sheer 90-degree merge would create.
After careful measurement, the chop saw removes 3 inches from the end of each axle. Make sure they're resting flat on the saw table before cutting to get straight cuts.


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Is Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes only 2 hours long?Written by: / / 3 Comments
There's not long to go until we get to see the latest entry to the epic Metal Gear Solid saga – releasing on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 next month, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be our re-introduction to the classic stealth 'em up espionage action that has been missing from our gaming diet for so long, before the release of Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain at some (undisclosed) point in the far-flung future.
It sounds as though Ground Zeroes will be earning its budget-price, however, because according to a report in the latest Game Informer magazine, the game's core story and missions will only take you two hours to complete. From the magazine:
"Judged just by the core story mission, Ground Zeroes is short. We completed it in just less than two hours."
This doesn't account for any of the side missions, but in the four hours that Game Informer was given to play Ground Zeroes, it's a little disheartening to hear that the game can be wrapped up with time left to tinker with extra game modes.
How much will you be paying for Ground Zeroes when it's out on March 18th in the US and March 21st everywhere else? As previously revealed, the game will be available for $30 / £30 at retail on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and $20 / £20 as digital downloads, but $40 / £40 at retail on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and $30 / £30 as digital downloads on the new generation consoles.
Will you be picking up Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes at launch next month, or holding off on the purchase with this news?
Source: Kotaku
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How can I create in Network Manager, multiple wired lan connection configuration for the same wired card? I use to move between a lot of offices where I need to change my network config (IP, Mask, ecc) is it possible to create or save different configurations for the same network card and activate the right one time by time?
Right click on the NetworkManager icon. In the "wired" tab, open up your existing connection ("Auto eth0") and copy the Device MAC address so you can put it in the new configuration profile. Then select "Add" to create a new connection profile for your wired connection.
After this, I believe all the profiles you've created should show up as options in your network list when you plug in a cable.
On Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome 3, you will only get the stripped down version of the gnome control panel's network manager (like when you are running
If you want to configure a second (or more) wired network connections, run


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NEW MARTINSVILLE - Wins don't always have to be pretty.
''For some reason we never win pretty,'' Magnolia girls basketball coach Mark Blair said after the Blue Eagles' 47-44 victory against Madonna in a West Virginia Class A Region One, Section One semifinal on Tuesday night.
''It's always ugly.''
The game was just that after Madonna took an 8-4 lead after the first quarter.
''We couldn't shoot the ball,'' Blair said. ''The one thing is our girls never gave up. I told them just keep plugging away and keep working. Those shots have got to fall sometime.''
Those shots, however, still weren't falling to begin the second as the Blue Dons (11-12) used a 10-3 run in the middle of the quarter to build a 21-12 lead.
Then the ball decided to fall through the net for the Blue Eagles.
A Cierra Fowler layup followed by a trey from freshman Grace Berisford cut Madonna's advantage to 21-17 as the tide began to turn with the teams heading into halftime.
The waves really began to crash down on the Blue Dons in the third as Berisford opened the quarter with a jumper followed by a conventional 3-point play by Mallory Chapman that gave Magnolia (11-11) its first lead of the night - a lead the team would never relinquish.
''The beginning of third quarter is what really hurt us,'' Madonna coach Don Ogden said. ''We went a little bit cold. We were real hot in the second quarter once we got acclimated to the gym, the crowd and the student section.
"The student section was great. (Blair) did a good job with some defensive adjustments.''
The Blue Eagles stretched their lead to eight at 32-24, but the Blue Dons closed the quarter with six straight points from Monica Bragg, who finished tied for a game-high 17 points, to trim the deficit to 32-30.
However, Chapman and Kiera Standiford finished the game for Magnolia as the duo combined for all 15 of the Blue Eagles' fourth-quarter points.
Chapman ended her night with 14 points, despite not hitting a shot in the first half.
''Mallory had a bad first half,'' Blair said. ''We kept talking to her, trying to get her focused. I knew she was going to score, it was just a matter of time. Mallory is a great kid, she just got a little down on herself. I think that was some of her problem, but once she got into it, she started knocking down her shots.''
Standiford added eight to Magnolia's total, while Berisford cashed in on five 3-pointers on the way to 17 points.
Nicolette Sellitti backed Bragg with 13 points as the two combined for five treys of their own.
The Blue Dons would finish with more 3s (eight) than 2s (seven).
''We like the three,'' Ogden said. ''We're capable of shooting the three. During pregame, we pretty much told our 3-point shooters, if you got it, take it. I have total confidence in those girls to take that shot. For the most part we made a lot of them and that is why we were in the game to begin with.''
With the victory, Magnolia will move on in the sectional tournament and will face Wheeling Central on Friday at Brooke High School.
''We have an uphill battle now,'' Blair said. ''We have to face Wheeling Central and they're really good. We have our work cut out for us.''
Magnolia 47, Madonna 44
Madonna 8 13 9 14 - 44
Magnolia 4 13 15 15 - 47
MADONNA: Rosso 3 0-0 9; Sellitti 4 2-4 13; Platek 1 0-1 2; Davis 0 0-2 0; Bragg 6 3-4 17; Lammers 1 1-2 3. Totals: 15 6-13 44. 3-pointers: Rosso 3, Sellitti 3, Bragg 2.
MAGNOLIA: Chapman 4 5-5 14; Standiford 4 0-0 8; Gibb 1 1-2 3; Fowler 1 0-0 2; Blatt 1 1-2 3; Berisford 6 0-2 17. Totals: 17 7-11 47. 3-pointers: Berisford 5, Chapman.


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I know of Google Website Optimizer and have used it some, and it's pretty good. Are there better options? Any good blogs about A/B testing?
Read a great introduction to A/B testing on the smashingmagazine.com. The piece includes links to multiple A/B testing tools.
One of the key things to understand when doing A/B testing is the statistical significance of your results.
Some good posts on this can be found here:
Dustin Curtis wrote an interesting and informative article about his experience a/b testing a specific phrase/link on his site.
Here's a great slidedeck: A/B Testing Framework Design by Patrick McKenzie.
Wikipedia has a good definitional article on A/B Testing:
If you're looking for specific A/B testing tools, A/Bingo is a great plugin for Ruby on Rails sites looking to do A/B testing. And since its built into the framework, you don't have to physically build two pages to test against each other. Instead, you can easily just create two buttons or images and it will handle the rest.
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The lobby of the Andrew Michaels Spa & Salon is all rich wood floors and Brahmin pedigree. The treatment room, though, could be a four-star dungeon with its stone floors and mysterious horizontal pipe suspended over a long, shallow tub. We stretched out in the empty tub as our aesthetician massaged our body with a cranberry-enzyme-and-cornmeal mixture. She fiddled with the overhead contraption, which she explained was a Vichy shower, and left us to doze. The soothing effects of that shower lasted into the next day. Turns out the only torture that took place in that dungeon was leaving.
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Several weeks of business travel left us desperate for some downtime. From the moment we climbed upon the toasty treatment bed, reality slipped away, replaced by the rhythmic motions of our therapist's kneading hands, the slippery sensation of an algae mask, and the soft flicker of candlelight. After a warm shower and a final massage with a thick, buttery balm, all that frequent flying seemed miles away.
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From the moment we walked into Backworks's doctor's-office-like lobby, we were disappointed. We'd booked a Tui Na massage—a rubdown based on principles of Chinese medicine. Chiang wrapped our lower body in warm towels, then pressed the pressure points in our back. "This stimulates circulation," he said. He did free us of knots from shoulders to waist, but the only thing that got our blood flowing was the fact that our massage ignored the rest of our body. We walked out with legs and arms as achy as they were before.
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We're not usually one for cutesy names, but we decided to overlook the fact that this small suburban salon calls its Brazilian "The Martini Delight." That said, we also chickened out at the salon and switched to a regular wax, fearing that pregnancy had left our skin too sensitive for a marathon session. Holland, a six-year waxing veteran, didn't mind the switch and got to work with a hard wax she promised would be as gentle as possible. She applied the strips and whisked the hairs away so quickly that we steeled ourself for the worst— but it hardly hurt. No damage to our skin, no redness, and no ingrown hairs? If we weren't about to have a baby, we'd certainly drink to that.
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Jazz chaplain has spent 3 memorable decades giving spiritual guidance to franchise's players and others
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Professional athletes are often looked upon as a bunch of rich, high-rolling dudes whose annual income is often, unfortunately, much higher than their moral standards.
Indeed, far too often, we hear about athletes getting caught up in all sorts of scandals involving steroids or other drugs, alcohol, violence, sexual abuse, adultery, and every other one of society's many ills.
Some, it seems, have the moral values of an alley cat. Wise judgment and common sense are, unfortunately, qualities they often seem to shun.
But that's certainly not true with all athletes. Far from it, in fact.
The Utah Jazz have a long history of trying to make sure their roster is filled with folks who are not only first-rate basketball players but, perhaps even more importantly, first-class citizens as well.
And, to that end, the Jazz team chaplain, 75-year-old Jerry Lewis, plays an invaluable role in giving team members some spiritual guidance and, as a member of the clergy, does his best to help them with their off-court concerns and personal needs throughout the course of the season.
With that goal in mind, he offers a short, non-denominational Christian chapel service about an hour before the opening tipoff of each Jazz home game. What's more, players and coaches from each visiting team are invited to attend the pregame chapel services as well, along with any interested EnergySolutions Arena employees.
"The Jazz have always been particularly attentive to moral issues among their players," said Lewis, who shares the same name as the legendary comedic actor and longtime muscular dystrophy telethon host. "Sure, there have been a few that have slipped through but, by and large, they are really good guys. The Jazz are always searching for quality people. And we've got a wonderful bunch of fellas this year.
"One thing that's been thrilling this year is that, around the league, there has been a real pickup of interest in attending chapel. There's been a real spiritual wave of some sort. ... I think perhaps, like a lot of people of our culture, they're troubled by all the grief that they're seeing in the world today."
Before each Jazz home game, Lewis gathers chapel attendees, gives a short sermon and conducts a prayer circle for those in attendance, who are encouraged to share any prayerful needs they might have.
The entire service lasts from 15-20 minutes and is held on the court-level concourse of EnergySolutions Arena, in a small meeting room adjacent to the Hot Rod Hundley Media Center and just a short walk down the hallway from the Jazz locker room.
The Jazz have had six regular attendees at chapel services this season — Gordon Hayward, Earl Watson, Mo Williams, Jeremy Evans, Alec Burks and Al Jefferson — and Lewis is grateful for their participation, especially since there have been some years in the past when they only had one or two Jazz players who attended regularly.
"I think it's really important," Hayward, Utah's third-year swingman, said of the pregame services. "I think anytime you can get a group of guys together who goes to every game and really focuses on what's really important in life, it's pretty special. We know the reason we are out there playing basketball, that there's a lot bigger things than just the game.
"It's also pretty cool when you see the other team. They have a lot of guys as well. Golden State, it seemed like half of their team was in there (Tuesday night). That was pretty cool."
Watson, Utah's veteran point guard, agreed with his Jazz teammate.
"I think that's one thing the fans don't realize, (that) every NBA team offers that before the game," he said. "More people go than you realize. For myself and the guys on this team, we go mainly just to show our appreciation and being humble and being thankful for the blessings that we have.
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This is the first photo (undated, but not current) of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, via ABC. We know that Lanza, the suspected Newtown shooter, had a mother, Nancy, who taught at Sandy Hook Elementary. Though it has not yet been confirmed by police, the AP is reporting that Nancy was the unnamed adult victim found dead later this afternoon. More details have now emerged regarding the relationship between Lanza and his mother.
The AP reports that Lanza and his mother lived together in Connecticut. They are also reporting that Adam and his brother Ryan, the originally named suspect, hadn't had any contact since 2010. According to NBC, the guns used by Lanza in the attack were legally owned by his mother. The AP also reports that Lanza drove his mother's car to the school.
According to the Stamford Advocate, Peter Lanza has been identified as the shooter's father. Peter and Nancy Lanza are divorced, and he lives with his wife in Stamford. According to the Advocate, Lanza, a vice president of taxes for GE Energy Financial Services, did not appear to know that his family was involved in today's shooting before he was approached by a Hearst media reporter.
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I'd like to know, why would I want to have a special prefixes for a function arguments, like "p_name", "p_age", "p_sex"? On the one hand it helps to distinguish parameter from local variable or field further in the function body, but would it help? On the other hand, I didn't saw such naming recommendations anywhere including official Java language conventions. Please advise any reasons for using such naming policy
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You are right, distinguishing variables from parameters and fields at a glance is pretty much the only motivation for doing this. And it isn't a very good one; if your method is so long that such memory hints are necessary, it is too long in the first place. There is a reason why it's strongly recommended to keep methods small enough that they can be taken in completely in one glance, and understanding the roles of all the variables involved is a large part of that.
Such a scheme makes little sense for two reasons:
However, if it's an implemented coding standard in your project, you can question and discuss it, but in the end should abide by it, no matter how senseless it may seem.
I suspect the main reason is a mild form of OCD many programmers are afflicted with, which makes sorting or making things as separate that are already explicitly different feel "right" even when it carries little or no practical advantage.
Another common example for this is having the names of all enums prefixed with "Enum", and keeping them in a separate package named "enums".
Java allows you to assign a value to formal parameters, e.g.
However, this is a bad idea as programmers usually expect to access the values passed to the method. A naming convention might help to prevent accidental manipulation of parameters. But there is a better way: make the parameter final. The compiler won't let you assign to a final parameter and I don't see a reason why you should.
The only reason to keep up such a naming convention is consistency and thus readability. This of course requires that people are already used to the p_ prefix style. I personally believe that adding such a prefix decreases readability as these are two characters carrying very little information. These characters are much better spent in a good readable name.
BTW, such assignments won't have an effect outside of the method execution as Java uses call by value semantics for primitives and object references.
There is no reason to use such prefixes, since Java uses shadowing of class fields. Use the this keyword and your code remains readable.
I personally prefer to add a "_" prefix to every parameter. Useful with auto completion. When i type _ it filters the list to only parameters.
For most Java programmers, the answer would have to be "No, there's no reason to do this." Especially the "p_" prefix - you'll find few proponents for that (and those that do use it tend to do so because of habits from other languages).
Having said that, I personally (ab)use Eclipse's feature of adding a method parameter prefix ("a") to fall back to coding habits from Smalltalk (which can't be beaten in terms of readability), where method arguments are typically prefixed with the article "a" or "an" to indicate their more transient nature (as opposed to class or instance variables). Examples are
Note that I'm not posting this answer to convert all non-Smalltalkers but simply to offer a left-field alternative to using this way of naming arguments that may be interesting to some.


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In The Criminal Alien Program: Immigration Enforcement in Travis County, Texas, author Andrea Guttin explores the Criminal Alien Program (CAP), which is one of the programs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses to identify immigrants who may be deportable. The paper provides a history and analysis of the CAP program, as well as a case study of CAP implementation in Travis County, Texas.
What is the Criminal Alien Program (CAP)?
CAP is a program administered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that screens inmates in jails, identifies deportable non-citizens, and places them into deportation proceedings. CAP is one of fourteen federal/local law enforcement programs under the umbrella of ICE ACCESS (Agreements in Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security). CAP is active in all state and federal prisons, as well as more than 300 local jails throughout the country.
How does CAP work?
State and federal prisons, as well as local jails, that participate in the CAP program share information about their inmates with ICE and allow ICE agents access to penal facilities in order to interview suspected deportable immigrants. Local law enforcement agencies provide ICE with a list of people who have been arrested and booked into jail (not convicted), and ICE agents then interview the arrestees. The operation of CAP varies among participants, with local law enforcement using a variety of methods for collaborating with ICE. For instance, some jurisdictions have ICE agents located in the jails, while others allow telephone or video-conference, rather than in-person interviews with ICE. Some counties give ICE 24/7 access to the jail, while other localities limit ICE agents' access to the jail to certain hours or days of the week. Some local jurisdictions may report to ICE every day, while others report more infrequently.
After ICE interviews the arrested person, they may place an immigration hold (known as a "detainer") on those who are suspected of being deportable. A detainer lets the jail officials know that ICE requests custody of an individual once local jurisdiction ends. The detainer power lasts 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays), which means that once local charges are complete (when charges have been disposed of through a finding of guilt or innocence, when charges have been dropped, when bail has been secured, or when a convicted individual has served out their sentence) ICE agents have two days to take custody of the individual.
How many immigrants are identified through CAP?
According to DHS, CAP is the program responsible for the largest number of "alien apprehensions." In fact, 48% of all deportable immigrants identified by ICE in FY 2009 were apprehended through CAP—more than the 287(g) program, Fugitive Operations, and the Office of Field Operations combined. In FY 2006, ICE charged 67,000 "aliens" through the CAP program, a figure that more than doubled the following fiscal year to 164,000. In FY 2008, CAP agents charged 221,000 noncitizens.
Are all immigrants identified by CAP "criminals?"
DHS purports to focus its "jail status check" programs on immigrants with serious criminal backgrounds. According to DHS, "The [CAP] program ensures the safety of our citizens as well as the national security of the United States by removing dangerous, often recidivist, criminal aliens before they engage in additional criminal activity." However, data from Travis County, Texas show that CAP identifies immigrants with a broad range of criminal histories. When any noncitizen (or person suspected of being a noncitizen) arrested in Travis County is booked into jail, his or her personal information collected and shared with ICE. This process occurs regardless of the charge against the arrestee—whether it is a misdemeanor, a traffic offense, or even if the person is a victim of or witness to a crime.
DHS statistics show that a large percentage of immigrants apprehended under CAP are not criminals at all. An October 2009 DHS report found that 57 percent of immigrants identified through the CAP program in FY 2009 had no criminal convictions, up from 53 percent in FY 2008. In Travis County, a majority of immigrants placed under detainer were arrested for a misdemeanor as their most serious charge. In 2008, 58 percent of the detainers were placed on those charged with misdemeanors—up from 38 percent in 2007 and 34 percent in 2006.
Does CAP only identify unauthorized immigrants?
Contrary to public perception, CAP does not only identify undocumented immigrants. Legal permanent residents and other legal visa holders may be deportable for serious crimes as well as for minor violations and misdemeanors, and non‐citizens may even be deported retroactively for past criminal convictions. In other words, CAP identifies legal immigrants as well as unauthorized immigrants who are deportable based on the current crime or a prior crime.
What concerns does CAP raise?
Some fear that CAP may incentivize the pre-textual arrests of those who look like immigrants. For instance, in a traffic offense situation, a police officer may decide to arrest a person of Hispanic descent rather than merely issue a citation in order to check immigration status upon booking. A recent study of arrest data in Irving, Texas, found that local police regularly arrested Latinos in order to check their immigration status through CAP.
Another concern is that, by collaborating with ICE, there will be a breakdown of community trust in the police force. When local police or jails are perceived to be acting with immigration enforcement agents, immigrants hesitate to contact police due to fears of deportation. As increasing numbers of immigrants come in contact with ICE after minor brushes with police, this fear becomes more acute. When a significant portion of the population does not cooperate with the police, the entire community is less safe.
- Jail status screenings should take place upon conviction, not during the pre-conviction stage.
- ICE must make every effort to prioritize those immigrants who have been convicted of egregious felony offenses, rather than low-level offenders who pose no threat to public safety.
- DHS should clarify that an immigration detainer is not the equivalent of a criminal arrest warrant or criminal detainer, but is simply a non-mandatory request that police maintain custody of an individual for a maximum of 48 hours to facilitate DHS's status investigation. DHS should clarify that the local jail is not authorized to detain the subject for a period exceeding 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays.
- ICE should be required to issue reports to Congress on a regular basis, with statistics on the crimes for which identified non-citizens are arrested, the disposition of each underlying criminal case, and the nationality and ethnicity of identified non-citizens. Jurisdictions participating in CAP should be required to report their arrest and identification statistics to ICE supervisors for oversight and management purposes.
- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) or another neutral agency should conduct an audit of CAP. The report should contain an assessment of CAP's goals and objectives, performance measures, supervision and oversight, data tracking, and reporting mechanisms. It is important that officials overseeing CAP review the GAO report on 287(g) and make every reasonable effort to ensure that this national program be properly defined, documented, evaluated, and supervised.
- All jurisdictions participating in CAP should receive training on civil rights and illegal racial or ethnic profiling.
- DHS must create and implement a strong complaint and redress mechanism for individuals who believe they have been wrongly arrested, detained, or otherwise mistreated under CAP.
- Local jurisdictions participating in CAP should engage in community-oriented policing strategies in order to regain immigrant trust. Local law enforcement should hire Spanish-speaking staff, and conduct outreach to immigrant communities on issues such as domestic violence and labor law violations.
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I've heard many times that the Rambam "killed" the demons rather than simply denying that they ever existed. Which Rabbinic source claims as much? Because the Rambam himself seems to have said that they never existed.
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The famous position attributed to the Kotzker Rebbe is that, since the Rambam paskened that demons do not exist, his psak halacha caused the demons to cease to exist. See my analysis here.
This position is discussed in Prachei Rashi,
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See my analysis for why such a position is difficult to take, assuming that it has been reported correctly.


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We then spent a while browsing online at the various options and price points available and I told her I had already bought all of her Christmas presents, should I speak to the boyfriend? but she said no not to worry, he would never understand why anybody would pay £50 upwards for a pair of p.j's (typical bloke).
She went home, I had a bath, put my pyjamas on and then had my own life changing pj moment, where I decided that actually I want a pair too! I was thinking all sorts of maudlin thoughts about being in my late 40's and the fact I might only be here for another 20 years if I'm lucky (forgetting about the high blood pressure and cholesterol because they are going to disappear on their own right?) and suddenly I couldn't bear the thought of living a lifetime without having the pleasure of sleeping in the most luxurious of fabrics, a bit like how I can't imagine living my life without ever owning a Chanel handbag.
I love pyjamas, I really do. Especially in winter when I bathe early and spend the evening snuggled on the sofa in something usually, plaid, thick or thermal (such a glamour puss) but now I am thinking slinky silky nightwear thoughts to bring out the Hollywood Starlet in me. After all, they will be fab should I end up in hospital after having had a heart attack due to previously mentioned ailments no? Knowing my luck I shall end up on a ward not to dissimilar to the one on "Getting On" (one of my fav programmes by the way) but it wouldn't be right to have a fashion blogger in hospital without the best nightwear surely?


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Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.
The official launch of the Citi Bike is less than two weeks away and locals are gearing up to take the bikes for a spin. Are you one of the 10,000 annual members to sign up for Citi Bike?
Yesterday Council Member Letitia James gave us an update on bike share concerns raised at a town hall meeting on April 24. According to Ms. James' Web site, the Department of Transportation will monitor and make alterations to four different bike share stations throughout the neighborhood. Let us know if you're ready to hit the streets with a Citi Bike, locals.
- Speaking of Citi Bikes, Red Lantern Bicycles and Cafe wants to make sure you have street smarts before you start cruising. The bike shop, located at 345 Myrtle Avenue, will offer free classes on bike safety and etiquette tomorrow at 7 p.m. Don't worry if you can't make Thursday's session, because two more classes are scheduled for June. Register here for bike basics classes at Red Lantern and other shops.
- Council Member Letitia James has more than just bike shares on her mind, she also wants to make sure you have good credit. Ms. James is teaming up with credit experts from Pratt Area Community Council, Churches United for Fair Housing and Urban Justice Center for "Clean Up Your Credit". The event aims to answer your credit questions, whether you need help financing a house or a car. The credit cleaning starts tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Purvis J. Behan Elementary School, 419 Waverly Avenue.
- College students looking to put their time to good use this summer can apply for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's summer internship program. According to BAM's application, interns can look forward to getting to know the institution in-depth, learning the ins-and-outs of arts administration and career counseling. Applications for the program are accepted on a rolling basis so apply online early.
- The Brooklyn Sandwich Society, located at 184 DeKalb Avenue, was highlighted yesterday in Brooklyn Exposed as a go-to restaurant for tapas. The farm-to-table sandwich shop was touted for its fresh ingredients, seasonal menu and buttery radishes. You can try the restaurant's simple snacks for yourself Tuesday through Sunday.


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There's still a lot of baseball to be played in 2012, and from the way things look to be shaping up in both the AL Central race (a half game out) and the AL Wildcard race (a half game up), the Tigers are going to be in the thick of the postseason battle from here on out.But with the non-waiver trade deadline in the rear-view mirror, we can begin to create a fairly realistic picture of the payroll constraints the organization will face when we move to the offseason and into 2013. The first thing to do would be to determine the payroll cap. This number is obviously impossible to know for anyone not named Mike Ilitch, but we can probably come up with a reasonable assumption. Here's a look at the club's opening day payroll numbers since 2008 (the first years they eclipsed $100 million, numbers via Cots' Baseball Contracts):
2012: $133,475,000
2011: $106,953,000
2010: $133,995,400
2009: $115,085,145
2008: $137,685,196
That's an average of about $125 million with a peak just north of $137 million. The conventional wisdom around town is that Mr. I wants a World Series ring badly and is willing to stretch the payroll to achieve that goal. However, it doesn't appear that there's much room to stretch the budget beyond this season's $133 million opening figure. Attendance has been good and TV ratings are reportedly very high, so perhaps the club will once again approach the $138 million mark (as they did in '08), but I think it's unreasonable to expect sizeable growth. It's probably more than safe to assume a 2013 opening day in the same $133-$134 million range that we saw this year.no comments
The Detroit Tigers announced on Sunday afternoon that they had acquired veteran utility extraordinaire Jeff Baker from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league players to be named later. Baker has played first base, second base, third base, and both corner outfield spots in his career, but with the recent addition of Omar Infante to fill the second base void, Baker is likely to see the majority of his action in the outfield.
The Tigers had made it no secret that they were looking for a right handed bat around the trade deadline – there were even rumors of the team asking about Alfonso Soriano – but with a myriad of quality-ish left handed hitting outfielders already on the roster, a platoon-type player was always the most likely addition. And that's exactly what they're getting here.
It looked like the Tigers were going to let one get away in the final game of the series against the Indians. After the game was tied 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Austin Jackson led off with a triple to the gap in right center. With a runner on third and no outs and the heart of the Tigers' lineup coming up, the Tigers were going to win this one in front of the home crowd and sweep the Indians out of town. Right? Not so fast. Omar Infante struck out for the first out of the inning. Then Indians' manager Manny Acta chose to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder to load the bases. With Delmon Young due up, Quintin Berry was called on to pinch hit. With the Indians using five infielders to try to cut off the game winning run at home plate, Berry hit a sharp grounder to first base. Carlos Santana fielded and threw home for one out. Catcher Lou Marson returned the throw to Santana at first for a huge double play.
The crowd was deflated as the Tigers blew a golden opportunity to win the game. Cleveland promptly scored three runs in the top of the tenth. Travis Hafner and Ezequiel Carrera hit back to back homers off Joaquin Benoit. Lou Marson followed with an RBI double to put the Indians up 8-5.
Cleveland closer Chris Perez came in and quickly retired the first two Tigers' hitters. Now with two outs and no one on base Cleveland would surely snap its eight game losing streak. Right? Again, not so fast. Perez walked Alex Avila and then walked pinch hitter Andy Dirks. Jackson followed with a double, knocking in Avila. Then Infante came up with a clutch, two RBI single, setting the stage for Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera, who was at DH in order to give his sore ankle a little rest, sent a shot into the Indians bullpen to cap an amazing Tigers comeback. The 10-8 win sent the crowd at Comerica Park home happy after a thriller.
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Jhonny Peralta and Doug Fister did their best to make sure the Tigers weren't swept at the hands of Toronto. Peralta homered twice and Fister allowed just one earned run in his eight innings pitched. The Tigers managed four runs on a Peralta three run homer and another solo shot by Jhonny. The four runs were the most Detroit scored all series as they combined for just four runs in losing the first two games of the series.
The win at least put a positive spin on what has been a relatively rough road trip. After sweeping the White Sox at home, the Tigers rolled into Cleveland with a 1.5 game lead over Chicago. But Detroit stumbled against the Indians losing two out of three games. In the two losses, the Tigers' offense combined for just five runs. Justin Verlander and Fister both lost their starts. Max Scherzer pitched well in the middle game to earn a 5-3 win.no comments
Andy Dirks was a late scratch in the Toledo Mud Hen's lineup last night due to some soreness, but the decision seemed to be a precautionary move to allow the recovering outfielder some rest.
Jim Leyland has been quoted as saying that Dirks will stay on rehab assignment a little bit longer than is usual because he needs the at-bats after missing so much time, but rehab assignments are capped at 20 days (unless there's special circumstances, and that doesn't appear to be the case here) so we'll certainly see Dirks back in Detroit in less than two weeks, and probably a lot sooner than that.
This brings us to the move that everyone's been talking about recently ("Raburn, Kelly, Raburn, Rayburn, Raburn, Raburn, yadda, yadda, yadda"). When Dirks returns to the big club someone else has to go, and we really only have two candidates: Don Kelly and Ryan Raburn. Neither player are hitting very well this year -- Kelly has actually been slightly better at the plate, but let's not go through the statistical hair-splitting exercise of trying to justify the value of having a 43 OPS+ bat on your bench instead of a 31 OPS+ bat. Let's leave it at this: both have been very terrible at the plate this season.
The defensive versatility that either player brings is rendered a non-factor by the acquisition of Omar Infante and the presence of Quintin Berry. Don Kelly won't be needed to play either third base or center field in a pinch as there are currently better options available (or at least reasonably similar replacements). Berry would get first dibs at any center field duties should something happen to Jackson (that's why he was brought up in the first place), and Ramon Santiago (or Infante) could handle the hot corner for a spell if the need suddenly arose. So Don Kelly is now the third option in center field and the third (or fourth) option at third base, and Ryan Raburn is third in line for second base duties.
That leaves corner outfield defensive replacement as the only real defensive "need" that either player would fill, a position where both players have rated as "above average". UZR rates Kelly as having plus range and an average arm, and rates Raburn as having average range and a plus arm (the magnitudes of each are quite meaningless given sample size constraints and the amount of playing time each would be likely to receive).
So here's the conclusion on their abilities: both players have been relatively equally terrible hitters this season, and both players bring relatively equally good defense as corner outfielders.
So who should go? Here are four answers in order of how ideal each one would be for the team.no comments
No surprises here. The trade for Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez from the Miami Marlins meant that the Tigers' active roster would sit at 26 players (only Jacob Turner was on the major league roster going the other way), so a move had to be made before tonight's game.
Likely candidates to get shoved off the roster included Danny Worth, Ryan Raburn, and Don Kelly, but of the group, only Worth could be cleanly sent down to the minor leagues. Ryan Raburn recently earned veteran player status (five years of MLB service time), so even though this year counts as his final option year, he would have to agree to the demotion for it to be allowed. Don Kelly is out of minor league options, so he would have to be designated for assignment to be removed from the roster.
None of those moves would be bad (none of the three players are hitting well on the year), but Worth becomes the most redundant after yesterday's trade.
The Tigers will need to make another roster move once Andy Dirks completes his rehab assignment (he's currently playing in AAA Toledo). Either Raburn or Kelly will likely be gone then.
The club also announced that Al Alburquerque will begin his rehab assignment today in Lakeland. He could potentially be a key addition to the bullpen later in the season.
MattSnyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.no comments
Dave Dombrowski has a knack for turning left when everyone's looking right. This move wasn't as out-of-left-field as the Miguel Cabrera trade, the Doug Fister trade, or the Prince Fielder signing, not even close, but Dombrowski again picked up a name that nobody had been talking about.
The Tigers grabbed (former Tiger) second baseman Omar Infante – one of the hottest trade targets among fans, to be sure – and starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez for highly rated prospects Jacob Turner and catcher Rob Brantly along with left handed pitcher Brian Flynn. The two teams will also swap the competitive balance picks they obtained in last week's lottery.
Here's a look at the pieces in the trade:
Omar Infante: Omar should be a familiar name in Detroit. He was once a prospecty type middle infielder for the Tigers that was rushed to the big league level in 2002 and 2003 due to the complete lack of talent in the organization. He floundered around as an everyday player for a few years before moving to a super-utility role once payroll was expanded and players like Carlos Guillen and Placido Polanco joined the club.no comments


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New York University policies and programs support our employees' growing families, whether through birth or adoption. One form of support is the various "time off" policies covering birth and adoption. Although time off from work for these purposes are often referred to as "maternity leave" this is really a general term encompassing several types of time off. See Work-Family Supports for highlights and links to pertinent policies including FMLA, Bonding Leave, Tenure Clock Stoppage, Work-Load Relief Policy, Child Care Leave, Short-term Disability, and Personal Leave.
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WEIRTON - The Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle has parlayed funding from local government into big gains for the community, Executive Director Pat Ford said.
BDC gets a big chunk of its annual funding from the City of Weirton, $25,000; Brooke and Hancock counties, $30,000 each, and Beech Bottom, $5,000, in addition to contributions by business and industry in its service area.
"What we try to do is leverage every public dollar that's invested in our organization to create private investment and family-sustaining job opportunities for Brooke and Hancock counties," Ford said.
This week, Weirton City Council passed a resolution renewing its financial support of the BDC.
At Tuesday's meeting, Ford told council that, since the BDC board reorganized and redefined its goals in 2009, they'd been able to assist the private sector in creating 139 new jobs with a combined annual payroll of $3.9 million and preserving 453 jobs with a combined annual payroll of $11.8 million, all of it in the two-county area.
The BDC's total investment in the two counties has been $38.7 million - almost evenly split between public dollars ($19.5 million) and private investment ($19.2 million).
"The numbers say a lot about the leadership of the board of directors," Ford said. "They had the vision to create a plan, the vision to create an investment board where people actually invested ... with the expectation of seeing a return. And here we are, three years later, able to report on the very positive impact of what those collective investments have meant to the community."
He said funds from Weirton are earmarked for recruiting new business, helping retain or expand existing businesses; buying, remediating or developing land; providing technical or financial assistance to existing business and industry, and job creation and retention.
Specifically, he said since 2009 Weirton's $25,000 annual investment has yielded $4.1 million in annual payroll gains, created 225 jobs and $9.7 million in investment.
Ford said they try to "think in terms of what's good not only for the community, but also for the Panhandle."
"We make sure we do everything we can to keep our existing tax base as well as bring in new (business and industry)," he told council.
He said the information will be included in the BDC's annual report to its members, to be delivered later this year.
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7 Movie Badasses (Who Completely Fail To Deliver)
Movies need you to be scared of the bad guy and impressed by the badass. The method for getting you to buy into this is often the same: by looking the part, and by having other characters go on and on about how badass someone is.
But often when it comes time for said badass to actually, you know, fight somebody, he tends to be profoundly disappointing -- even if nobody else in the movie notices.
#7. The Uruk-hai -- The Lord of the Rings Series
The buildup:These giant, muscular, snarling, spitting terrors are the elite troops the bad guys in the Lord of the Rings series plan to use to conquer everyone in Middle-earth.
Even Tom Bombadil?
In the films, a great deal of screen time is dedicated to the creation and mass production of these super-soldiers, specifically bred by Saruman for the purpose of murdering absolutely everyone. They're supposedly created by cross-breeding "orcs and goblin-men," though the lack of any scenes portraying orcs and goblin-men fucking is a glaring omission in this process.
We guess that's kind of hot.
Sure enough, the first Uruk-hai off the line gets as badass an introduction as any character in film history. Orcs dig him out of a muddy cocoon, at which point he jumps out and murders the first dude he can find. This soldier has a confirmed kill within five seconds of being born.
He suckled from the teat of murder.
And Saruman creates thousands of them.
But then...
After half a film's worth of buildup, we finally see the Uruk-hai in action at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. They pursue the fellowship and manage to kill Boromir.
You know, the guy who got his ass handed to him by two unarmed hobbits.
Well, eventually. Boromir, with multiple arrows piercing his internal organs, manages to kill half a dozen or so of the Uruk-hai before breathing his last breath. It's played like a devastating loss for the fellowship, but on Saruman's side they had to have been realizing that if that kill ratio kept up, the orcs and goblin-men were going to need to step up the fuckin'.
Which, to be fair, they totally did.
But OK, there were only a few Uruk-hai in that scene, and maybe they were tired or something. So in The Two Towers, the real Uruk-hai army shows up, 10,000 of them at the Battle of Helm's Deep ...
"So, um ... is there, like, a plan? We aren't just going to charge right into their arrows, are we? Guys?"
At which point rows and rows of them are mowed down by a tiny, ragtag group of random untrained dudes the good guys pulled off their farms. The massive, overwhelming force of specially bred soldier-monsters is held at bay for hours before they resort to suicide bombing the fortress. This works briefly before reinforcements show up for the good guys -- reinforcements of regular soldiers, not specially bred super-soldiers -- at which point the Uruk-hai flee for their lives and are punched to death by trees.
Trees on Thorazine.
All told, the Uruk-hai have a record in battle just slightly worse than the Star Wars stormtroopers. And that's saying something.
#6. Quint -- Jaws
The buildup:
When the town of Amity is under siege by a ferocious killer shark, Quint descends from the heavens to kick it in its great white nutsack. He interrupts a town meeting where everybody is panicking about the monster terrorizing the town to say that for 3,000 bucks, he'll find it -- by himself. Then he ups the ante:
"I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for 10 ... For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing." This of course raises the question, what did the three thousand dollar package include? Was Quint just going to go out, and point to the shark?
Regardless of what flavor of shark-murder stew the town chose, the movie makes it clear that Quint can back it up: His house is lined wall-to-wall with boiled jawbones. Also, he doesn't appear to stop drinking the entire time he's in the movie. In an alcohol-fueled monologue, he tells Brody and Hooper about the time he was stranded at sea while serving on the USS Indianapolis, a boat that was famously torpedoed and sunk during World War II and had two-thirds of its adrift crew eaten by sharks. This guy harpoons our nightmares for a living.
Those are not the eyes of a well-balanced person.
But then ...
The shark attacks the boat and, well, Quint kind of just falls right into its mouth.
Sure, it's a big shark, and it eats its fair share of people before the end credits roll, but Quint's specific job was to not get eaten. We're pretty sure that part was underlined in the contract he signed. His entire livelihood involves confronting sharks and not getting eaten by them.
"Jesus, Quint, are you even trying to hunt sharks?"
But sure enough, when the shark is biting the tail end of the boat, Quint sort of lies on the boat like Hungry Hungry Hippos and lets gravity do the rest. The guy the movie spends two hours building up as the Rambo of shark murder gets taken out by a live-action Crocodile Mile.
Sure, anybody can drop the ball once, lose his footing and, you know, fall into a shark's open mouth. But keep in mind that this was after he smashed the ship's radio and blew up the engine, leaving them floating around aimlessly. It would have been more useful to leave Quint behind in his jawbone mansion.
The moral of the story? Don't drink and hunt homicidal sharks.
#5. Scarecrow/Dr. Jonathan Crane -- Batman Begins and The Dark Knight
The buildup:
Dr. Jonathan Crane seems pretty badass despite looking like a dime-store Jack Skellington. His fantastic use of a scarecrow mask and psychedelic drugs reduces ultra-powerful mob boss Carmine Falcone, a man who literally ran Gotham City from the bottom up, into a muttering drool farm presumably warming his own leg with a steady stream of urine.
He's either terrified or taking a truly epic shit.
Crane is also an instrumental part of a supervillainous plot to destroy Gotham City (which we are led to believe has every bit the size, population and economy as New York City or Chicago) from the inside out, bringing the entirety of a massive infrastructure to its knees within a matter of minutes. Also, he sets Batman on fire and kicks him out a window, all of which he does without so much as throwing a punch or pointing a gun at anyone.
We don't want to step out of line here, but ... you could make the argument that the guy was every bit as effective a supervillain as the Joker.
Have at us, commenters.
But then ...
Crane gets tased in the face by Katie Holmes and dragged off by a horse while shrieking like Judge Doom at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Ah, but when he returns, he ...
... replaces his horse with a Segway?
... oh, wait. He doesn't. That's the last time we see him. Enduring that colossal letdown after two hours of buildup is like breaking open a pinata to find it full of chewed bubble gum.
But then he returns in the sequel, revenge on his mind, badder than ever!
Hmm ... no, that's not right, either. When we see him again at the beginning of The Dark Knight, he's been reduced to selling tainted drugs out of the back of a van to Russian gangsters in a municipal parking garage. Seriously? This is the same guy who had Gotham City by the balls? By the time the writers are done with him, he's one step above a Nigerian email scammer.
"Wanna buy some weed?"
#4. Robert Muldoon -- Jurassic Park
The buildup:
Robert Muldoon is the hunter guy in charge of controlling the inmates at Jurassic Park. So he immediately gets badass points just for the fact that someone read his resume and gave him the job as the captain of the guards for dinosaur jail.
"Get busy living, or get busy eating people."
He looks like Crocodile Dundee's war-torn older brother, so it's not hard to picture him strangling a stegosaurus with his bare hands. And he has a grizzled and jaded attitude to match, coupled with a deep intuition for dinosaur behavior that clearly illustrates him as a man who functions on a different level than the rest of us.
And let's not forget that he outclasses the tyrannosaurus in a factory-standard Jeep. We can only imagine how awesome it would be if Jurassic Park had been a huge success and he got to host his own nature show.
But then ...
He winds up going down easier than Quint. And it's even less excusable, since this guy was on a freaking salary, and presumably sober.
You should never presume sobriety when Australians are involved.
The moment in the movie where Muldoon finally stops talking about the goddamn raptors and gets to go face-to-face with them and show us how much ass he truly kicks, he puts up as much of a fight as the cows they feed to the dinosaurs. The man gets outsmarted in 10 seconds by an extinct animal with the brain of a dolphin.
"Clever girl. 'Clever' being a relative term."
This is literally the exact job he was hired for, and he utterly fails in spectacular fashion. Even the fucking children were able to trap the raptors, and they're not even on the payroll. In the end he makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in the well-being of those around him. He might as well have been carrying a pool noodle to escort Laura Dern through the jungle.