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I want to create a timelapse from a collection of pictures, under Ubuntu. I'd like to make HD videos, and ideally add a soundtrack.
Ffmpeg will do it. If you have images
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First we rename all *.JPG files based on their creation date. Sometimes cameras change the file name or just ordering them is somehow not what we want. However, renaming them by the creation date always work:
After that we put this list in a file:
And then use
I usually take pictures for timelapse with the lowest resolution of my camera (5 MP), which has a 4:3 aspec ratio. To generate a proper 1080p video the image is first re-scalled to 1920 pixels of width and then I crop it to 1080 of height. This way I am not changing the photos' content, just cropping:
The reason I use mencoder to put the photos together is because I got a
Blender is a good solution if you're dealing with motion timelapse (hyperlapse) or unsteady footage. It has motion tracking capabilities so you can choose a fixed point to track throughout the timelapse. You can also fix rotation issues.
You may also be interested in the project timelapse-darktable. It makes it easy to post-process images with darktable and make a timelapse of the serie. Instructions of how to use it is found here: https://code.google.com/p/timelapse-darktable/wiki/generateTimelapse
You may use mencoder. Options are quite explicits:
If they all are in the curent directory with ordered names and you want the list in the file /tmp/files.txt:
If you want the output file to be /tmp/test.avi with 30fps:


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Speed & Bandwidth
A lot of applications use way too much JavaScript for their own good... Do you need parts of your interface to be refreshed by AJAX calls all the time? Maybe your interface feels great and fast when used with a broadband connection, but when you have to downgrade to slower connection speeds, a more streamlined interface is preferred. And switching off JavaScript is a good way of preventing dumb-struck web-apps of refreshing the world every 15 seconds or so for no good reason. (Ever looked at the amount of data Facebook sends through? It's scary. It's not only a JS-related issue though, but it's part of it).
We also tend to off-load more and more of the processing to the client, and if you use minimalistic (or just outdated) hardware, it's painfully slow.
Usability & Accessibility
Not all user interfaces should expressed in a dynamic fashion, and server-generated content might be perfectly acceptable in many cases. Plus, some people simply don't want this type of interfaces. You cannot please everybody, but sometimes you have the chance to and the duty to satisfy all your users alike.
Finally, some users have disabilities, and thou shalt not ignore them, ever!!!
The worst-case scenarios here, in my opinion, are government websites that try to "modernize" their UIs to appear more friendly to the public, but end up leaving behind a big chunk of their intended audience. Similarly, it's a pity when a university student cannot access his course's content: because he/she is blind and his screen-reader doesn't support the site, or because the site is so heavy and requires ad-hoc modern plug-ins that he/she doesn't get to install on that refurbished laptop bought on e-bay 2 years ago, or again because he/she goes back home to another country for the spring break and the local bandwidth constraints cannot cope with the payload of the site.
Not everybody lives in a perfect world.
Platform Support
However, there's no guarantee that all your users have the privilege of using modern browsers (either because of corporate constraints - which force us to support antediluvian browsers for no good reason, really - or other reasons which may or may not be valid). As mentioned by "Matthieu M." in the comments, you need to remember that a lot of people still use lower-quality hardware, and that not everybody uses the latest and coolest smartphone. As of today, there are still a significant portion of people using phones that have embedded browsers with limited support.
But, as I mentioned, things do get better in this area. But then you still need to remember the previous points about bandwidth limitations if you keep polling very regularly (or your users will enjoy a nice phone bill).
It's all very inter-related.
JavaScript is mostly harmless... if you use it for trusted websites. Gmail. Facebook (maybe... and not even...). Google Reader. StackExchange.
All this being said, there might be perfectly good situations where you don't need to bother about supporting JavaScript. But if you offer a public-service website, do consider accepting both types of clients. Personally, I do think a lot of modern web-apps and websites would work just as well using the former server-generated content model with no JavaScript at all on the client side, and it would still be great and possibly a lot less consuming.
Your mileage may vary depending on your project.
Because trusting somebody to write a funny comic strip every morning and trusting somebody to run arbitrary Turing-complete code on my computer are two very different things.
I am not a web developer, and I have only a moderate understanding of the way the internet works. So this is an answer from a user.
My experience leads me to believe many sites are simply poorly coded, whether out of laziness or ignorance: When I would view a basically static web page, such as a Facebook page, my CPU usage would increase by something like 15%, and drastically more with multiple tabs. Eventually it got to the point where I would have to wait for a response after clicking a button or link and my CPU would overheat and lock up.
On many of these worst offenders (sites), nothing visible is changing and nothing interactive is happening. I could only suppose the site's code was constantly making excessive refreshes, polls, and endless loops.
This drove me to install NoScript to free my CPU usage and stop browsing from becoming a frustrating chore.
The other wonderful add-on I use is FlashBlock.
Lots of sites have become bloated with JavaScript, especially image galleries and commerce sites. Removing this gives you a better browsing experience in most cases.
For me it all about security. I use noscript to allow certain websites to run javascript, while disallowing most.
In the end you really never know where the danger lies (nobel web site infected on techspot.com). Many zero-day (and other) exploits use javascipt; closing this one avenue of attack feels like a step in the right direction.
My main reason is that it suppresses the most annoying ads. I'd rather not use AdBlock Plus, since that can affect revenue for the sites I visit (and I've used a site or two where the terms of service said I was not to disable ads). NoScript limits the potential obnoxiousness of ads, and I'm willing to live with the rest of them.
There's also the security consideration, and that's largely related to ads also, since any site that sells ads has to be considered potentially hostile.
Moreover, I don't necessarily know a site is dodgy before I visit it. Some people enjoy sending out links to sites, and aren't necessarily honest.
On a fast machine, with a modern browser, nobody in their right mind disables it all the time. Which is not to say there aren't plenty of very "security conscious" people and others without the funds, desire, or know-how to be running a modern browser on a fast computer... It was only recently that IE6 stopped being the most popular browser on the internet!
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A recent Article on Ajaxian brings me to this topic again, as we have implemented some kind of require/include dependency system here at work for extjs. I can see that there are many approaches and it is not good to reimplement the wheel over and over again. So my question is: Are there any plans to use some kind of Module Loading and dependency loading approach in ExtJS? Are there any plans to include something in the core of ExtJS so developers do not have to think of that problem. I have read it over and over again in the forums, but i want to know it from the Dev team if there are any plans to use something like http://requirejs.org/ (which would be my favorite).
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22 Mar 2010 1:23 AM #2
Yes, ExtJS needs this. If Ext is to grow in feature set (and it will), we need a way to avoid having the initial payload become any bigger (it's already too big). This means Ext itself needs to be packaged up in a similar way as dojo, with a strong module loading mechanism, and that the code we write on top of it also needs to be able to leverage this module mechanism.
22 Mar 2010 6:13 AM #3
I would really like to know if that is planned for ExtJS? If the code for ExtJS would be organized in such a way we can simply "autoload" not included classes at runtime. It would also allows us to map the xtypes to the appropriate file and so one could autoload scripts on demand.
For example:
Ext.chart.BarChart could be mapped to 'Ext/chart/BarChart.js' and could have the xtype 'Ext/chart/BarChart' so the ComponentMgr could easily map those xtypes to files and therefore load those classes on demand.
Such an approach has some very useful advantages:
- It is much clearer for new developers how to write, name and organise there written code.
- It gets easier to use user extensions / plugins / components because they have their own "namespace" and therefore named that way so it the do not collide with oder ones.
- Easier to deploy a custom set of needed features of ExtJS
- Easier to optimize (combining and minimizing) code. Either deployment stage or on-the-fly per request
It should be possible and even easy to use RequireJS with ExtJS. What do you say?
22 Mar 2010 11:11 AM #4
This is a complex issue and one we need to think carefully about. The expected performance benefits often do not emerge from this technique due to the fact that network access is not free (e.g. there is latency and overhead involved in each http request).
In a large number of cases you're better off just bundling the component in one large request at the beginning and saving all the http overhead, latency and inefficient use of packets that come with lazy-loading.
For example if your network latency is 100ms and your network bandwidth is 5mbps (reasonable estimates for an office environment), then loading a 500kb file would take 900ms total. On the other hand, if you were to load just the essentials up front (call it 250kb), then load the 10 components you use on demand (say they're 20kb each), you've got a 500ms initial load time followed by 10 more requests that take 132ms each, totalling 1820ms.
Obviously the numbers above are rather arbitrary, and depend a lot on your network's performance characteristics, but it's clear that this isn't just an open and shut case. Ideally the minimal set of code would be built into an application-specific build of Ext JS and delivered on page load, providing a good middle ground between both strategies.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
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Please see also http://requirejs.org/ Site for more details on optimizing
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On typical office networks you're not going to see much difference either way. It makes sense to have "big file" builds in that case, because you're not going to benefit much regardless of how you organize your code.
The problems I'm seeing is with servers hosted "far away" from the user. For example, our web apps are going to be rolled out to mining expiditions in australia. Generally these have lousy internet connections (high latency and low bandwidth). If you have to load 300+ KB up front, on a 20 KB / sec line, that's a long wait. Much better to load 100 KB, show a page to the user, have them click, load another 100 KB, have them click again, load another 100 KB. The user may end up waiting longer overall, but the application will "feel" faster.
While I recognize that it's not a clear-cut case of "do this, and the app will load faster", it can often be important to have a choice of where to split the payload. Currently we don't have any choice.
Beyond that, even if the core ExtJS library is going to remain a single "big file", I really, really, need on-demand loading for the rest of the functionality. The goal of the apps I'm building out is to end up with many megabytes of javascript code. Even on office LAN's you have to use on-demand loading in that case. I've built my own on-demand loader, and it's serving me fine, but it doesn't make sense that everyone that wants to use Ext to build the sorts of apps it is really designed for has to build the same sorts of extensions.
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To me, the most appropriate solution would seem to be ... not demand-loading as suggested, but rather, "custom builds."
For instance: if my application does not use charts, and it never will, then I don't need to deploy an ExtJS payload along with it which includes any of this functionality.
Ideally, a tool would be provided that could parse an entire source-tree, pick out the various Ext components and calls that occur in the code, and make an ExtJS deployment file that contains only the functionality needed.
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Unfortunately, ExtJS is client-side only, so there's not much you guys can do other than show us example code in a few server-side languages...
Saki's thread about ripping through the .jsb file and generating script tags for each of the ExtJS source files for debugging is just the start of what can be done server-side.
To take it one step further, the same kind of logic could be done to join all the .js files together and deliver it in one payload. Though ext-all-debug.js is basically this.
Where it gets interesting is if you can use something other than the .jsb, like an array of Ext core scripts to include. Some subset of ext-all that is perfectly suited for your app. Add to that array through some automagic mechanism all the Ext core scripts that the ones in the array depend on. Concatenate all the scripts dictated by the file names in the array and you have a custom ext-small.js kind of file.
Doing just one request for that concatenated .js file, and doing gzip on the server, and it's a pretty small payload, all things considered.
Obviously you can go even further by running the concatenated file through a minifier. And one more step would be to cache that resulting file so you don't have to do the collect dependencies/join/minify steps very page access.
1 Apr 2010 11:36 PM #9
The way I see it, you can have two viewpoints:
1. Everything should be rolled up into one big file, using server-side or design-time build scripts.
2. There has to be a split payload.
The first solution for me is fine for single-purpose apps, and doesn't scale for suites.
When you're using a split payload, the question is reduced to "how many parts do you split across, where do you split, and how do you load?" The way I see it, splitting the payload, for suite-style apps, is an inevitability. When you're splitting things up, having an on-demand loader infrastructure is an inevitability. Therefore, it's a no-brainer for me that this should be part of extjs itself.
What remains up for debate is whether extjs itself must be cut into pieces. The answer to that is "it depends", like with so many things. But at least we should start with having an on-demand loading infrastructure in the library so it's possible to split things up without having to do it all custom-coded.


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Palladino: CIAC should protect the innocent
A high school football scandal in Naugatuck made front page news last week. A high profile coach, Rob Plasky, resigned amid controversy concerning possible recruiting violations that centered on student transfers, and the possible payment of outstanding tuition expenses to facilitate those transfers.
The Greyhound football players, and the team's interim coaches, have said all the right things the past few days, about moving forward and restoring pride in the program. But at this point, the only words that matter will come from the CIAC, and oh boy, the CIAC will have a lot to say.
Concerns over recruiting, and what appears to be the uncontrolled free agent-like movement of athletes among schools, is a topic that should be very high on any CIAC agenda. We will have a thorough investigation into the Naugatuck issue, and that's good. We will find out who knew what, and did what, and then the CIAC will get out its very big boom and lower it on Naugatuck in a very loud way.
The trick is to ensure that the innocent — the players and coaches who did nothing wrong — don't also become victims. Don't worry, Naugatuck will play football this fall, but Naugatuck will likely get hit hard.
CIAC executive director Karissa Niehoff said Friday that the fine could be as high as $10,000, plus extended probation for the football program. That kind of fine is already listed in the CIAC handbook. In an era of strained school department budgets and annual cuts to athletic programs, $10,000 is a staggering sum.
The CIAC has an opportunity here to send a message to its constituent schools. A slap on the wrist will impress no one. What other punishment is available? Probation? That is a stern warning, maybe, but it isn't tangible punishment. You can't suspend a program and rip the game away from high school kids who did nothing wrong.
All that is left, then, is a withdrawal from a school's cash drawer. The CIAC has a pretty good track record for that. Here are a few recent fines involving local schools:
2010: Litchfield High fined $500 and swim program placed on probation for falsifying swim times.
2010: Southington High fined $1,000 and football program placed on probation after coach looked at wristband that contained opposing team's plays.
2006: St. Paul High fined $3,000 and placed on probation for recruiting violations.
2002: Cheshire High fined $500 for off-season emails sent by a coach to a player.
There are no doubt more.
A few area administrators admitted to me that a CIAC fine of more than $1,000 is rare, if not unheard of, save perhaps for the St. Paul ruling. They also agreed that the CIAC response must be swift and strong.
But is a $10,000 fine appropriate? Nothing, sorry to say, will stop the win-at-all-cost mentality. I cannot imagine that the CIAC needs the cash. So, what is the value of a $10,000 fine? Is it too severe?
The coach who broke the rules has lost his job. Most likely he will never coach again. The reputation of a once proud football program is tarnished. Restoring the school's football integrity will take time. Writing out a check won't do that. It will happen, though, because the kids, the student-athletes, will do their thing as they have always done. They will play football on autumn weekends with pride and distinction. Naugatuck will regain its football integrity, and it will be the kids who do all the work.
And yet, when, if, the CIAC hits Naugatuck with a $10,000 fine, guess who will suffer the most? You got it: The kids who did nothing wrong.
One administrator told me that he does not have an extra $10,000 sitting around in his budget. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he said that if his district was hit by a fine of this magnitude, "Programs would be cut."
And not just sports programs. Maybe he couldn't replace some aging computers. Perhaps buying new uniforms for athletic teams would wait another year. Maybe transportation funds would be lost for school trips.
The damage would be felt throughout the system, and impact the innocent.
The administrators all said that they had no idea where they would find $10,000. It is something that, before last week, they had never even considered.
As one administrator pointedly said, the CIAC does not sit around and try to hurt kids. We never said they did. But in this case we hope the punishment is felt by those judged to be guilty, not by those who represent their team, their school and their town with honor.
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The notion of natural density gives a suficient condition. Namely, one can prove that if $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ has positive upper natural density then $\sum_{a \in A} \frac{1}{a}$ diverges. This condition is not a necessary one, though. A well-known result in number theory ascertains that the series of the reciprocals of the prime numbers diverges whereas $\pi(n) = o(n)$.
In the following list you are to encounter some previous discussions on MO that are closely related to the current inquiry of yours:
[1] Erdos Conjecture on arithmetic progressions
[2] On the series 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/5 + 1/7 + 1/11 + ...
I. Erdös's brilliant proof of the divergence of $\sum_{p} \frac{1}{p}$: http://www.renyi.hu/~p_erdos/1938-13.pdf
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Rotman's book An Introduction to the Theory of Groups (Fourth Edition) asks, on page 22, Exercise 2.8, to show that S(n) cannot be embedded in A(n+1), where S(n) = the symmetric group on n elements, and A(n) = the alternating group on n elements. I have a proof but it uses Bertrand's Postulate, which seems a bit much for page 22 of an introductory text. Does anyone have a more appropriate (i.e., easier) proof?
I think the following is sufficiently elementary: a transposition in $S_n$ is an element of order 2 commuting with at least $2(n-2)!$ elements of the group. But $A_{n+1}$ does not have such an element if $n$ is large enough. Indeed, if $\sigma\in A_{n+1}$ is of order 2, then it is a product of $k$ independent transpositions where $k$ is even and $2\le k\le(n+1)/2$. The number of elements of $A_{n+1}$ commuting with such $\sigma$ equals $2^{k-1}k!(n+1-2k)!$, and this is smaller than $2(n-2)!$ provided that $n\ge 6$.
I think this is solved on http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=333049 .
One could ask Rotman. It may be that in a reorganization of the material in the book that problem ended up earlier than the material needed for the (intended) answer. On the other hand it is not a bad experience for students to see problems where the complete solution seems slightly out of reach. Here, one can prove several small cases and see various potential directions for a general proof. Which will work? which are in the spirit of the subject? Of course it is best to set up the expectation that there might be problems like this.
Of course this is not a research level question, and so is not appropriate for MO, but I remember being puzzled myself about what proof Rotman had in mind for this. I think we had better assume Lagrange's Theorem or it will be completely hopeless! Perhaps the proof using Bertrand's Postulate was intended, because students might expect to have heard of that, even if they have not read a proof?
Let's spell that out. As already noted, we can assume $n+1 = 2m$ is even by Lagrange. If $S_n$ embeds into $A_{n+1}$, then the index of the image of the embedding is $m$, so there is a nontrivial homomorphism (multiplicative action on cosets) $\phi: A_{n+1} \rightarrow S_m$.
By BP, there is a prime $p$ with $m < p < n+1$, so $p$ does not divide $|S_m|$. Hence all elements of order $p$ lie in ${\rm Ker}(\phi)$, including $g = (1,2,\ldots,p-1,p)$ and $h = (1,2,\ldots,p-1,p+1)$. Then $g^{-1}h$ is a 3-cycle ( $(1,p,p+1)$ if you multiply permutations left to right), so ${\rm Ker}(\phi)$ contains all 3-cycles, which generate $A_{n+1}$, contradicting the nontriviality of $\phi$.


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6 Mind-Blowing Pop Culture Questions Answered by Super Fans
#3. Determining How Many Days Bill Murray Was Stuck in Groundhog Day
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In Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a weatherman named Phil Connors who gets stuck in a time loop and is forced to repeat the same day over and over. While it's impossible to calculate how many times this movie has played on cable, one blogger answered another just as important question: Exactly how much time did Phil spend stuck in the loop?
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By our calculations ... one day.
We've pointed out before that, according to the original script, Phil spent 10,000 years repeating the same day, but a lot changed between that version and the finished movie. And the film skips over most of it in a montage, during which Murray's character masters a number of complex skills, taking advantage of all of the extra time.
So in order to determine how many days Phil actually repeats, blogger Wolf Gnards (we hope to dear Jesus that's his real name) started by counting the ones that are shown in the film -- the answer is 36, which frankly doesn't sound that bad. Oh, but we're just getting started. The blogger then took into account lines in the movie that suggest the passage of time. For example, at one point Phil tells Rita that he has been "stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned" -- of those, only the electrocution was shown on screen, so, assuming all the others didn't happen at the same time, that brings the minimum total to 42 days.
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Not to mention all the time spent seducing the various women about town.
Gnards then took into account the skills Phil learns throughout the movie: throwing cards was six months (according to the dialogue), robbing a bank was probably a month, playing the piano takes at least three years, ice sculpting is about the same, and learning French probably took about two. Did Phil take on all of these one at a time? Probably, since ice sculpting is pretty difficult to master, and it's not like he's in any rush.
This brings the total amount of time Phil Connors was trapped in the time loop to an astonishing 3,176 days. Gnards summed up his findings in this chart:
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The white space around the graph represents the days it took to figure this out.
The movie's director, Harold Ramis, actually commented on this theory, saying the estimate seemed too short and declaring that people like Gnards have "way too much time on their hands." Yeah, probably.
#2. Charting Every Reference and Connection Between Stephen King Stories
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Stephen King loves slipping references to his own work within his novels, because let's face it, if we had written as many books as he has, we probably wouldn't read anyone else's crap either. While other fans just smiled at the little in-jokes and kept reading, one blogger named Gillian decided to go through all of the tens of thousands of pages in King's books and detail how they connect to each other. The result is this monster:
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Trust us, the full-size version isn't a whole lot clearer.
However, even if you've never read a Stephen King book, these connections have some interesting implications for movie fans, since King is probably the most adapted author ever after Shakespeare. For instance, his book Misery revolves around psychotic nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates in the movie), who at one point mentions the Overlook Hotel ... the same place where Jack Nicholson lost his shit in Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining.
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"That's where I found this!"
Another character in The Shining is psychic chef Dick Hallorann, who also makes a cameo at the end of King's novel/TV miniseries It ... meaning that these characters exist in the same universe as Pennywise the clown. Of course, Pennywise is actually an alien being who simply takes the shape of a clown -- we see another shape in Dreamcatcher (that shitty movie with Morgan Freeman), where the same being possesses one of the characters.
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Was this before or after he led Easy Company to victory?
Want more? Apt Pupil (adapted by Bryan Singer) stars a former Nazi named Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) whose past is discovered by a young neighbor. In the short story that The Shawshank Redemption is based on, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins' character in the movie), the genius banker who was wrongfully imprisoned, worked for Dussander. Another character in Shawshank mentions the city of Castle Rock, where several Stephen King stories take place ... including the one that was adapted into the movie Stand by Me (starring every '80s child actor).
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"Hey, Kurt, I found another Nazi apprentice for you."
And so on. Thanks to Gillian's chart, we could probably do this all day. And because she's braver than any of us, she's now working on an updated version that includes King's Dark Tower books, too.
Tessie Girl
Where does Maximum Overdrive fit in here?
#1. A Complex Analysis of the Physics in My Little Pony
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So, apparently, some bros like watching ponies -- more specifically, the ones in the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. One of those "prothers," as we like to call them, is high school student Stephen Thomas (aka Beatledude64), who decided to express his fanaticism in one of the few forms we never would have seen coming: a completely logical and even compelling physics presentation.
Stephen named his academic study "Physical Impossibilities in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic," and the strangest part is that it actually makes sense. For starters, none of the "physical impossibilities" involve human/horse romance, which is what we're always afraid we're going to see when pony fandom is involved. It's more about the way the characters' powers work, or don't.
"Proof: I need a hobby."
In his 10-minute presentation, Stephen analyzes minute details like the angle of the mach cone generated by Rainbow Dash in executing her "sonic rainboom," concluding that she quickly accelerates to speeds of 1,635 meters per second (mach 4.8) and experiences 11.1 Gs, which should have caused blackouts and bodily organ failure. He also hypothesizes that to launch a fellow pony off a see-saw as far as she does, Applejack should have been composed of dark matter. His thoughtful analysis not only got him a perfect score on the project, but also got over a million views on YouTube and media coverage by respectable publications like the Los Angeles Times. Stephen was then invited to give a new presentation about the physics of My Little Pony at Equestria LA, a My Little Pony convention, where we can only assume it will be the subject of fierce and unsettling debate.
Meanwhile, video game website ScrewAttack! used Stephen's calculations in an animated death battle, pitting Rainbow Dash against Starscream of the Transformers and concluding that with the speed, maneuverability, and endurance attributed to her, this little girls' cartoon character would triumph over the embodiment of phallic warmongering.
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In our version of the same fight, the pony ended up in the toilet and our sister told our mom.
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In Sofia, Bulgaria there are two parking zones - blue and green, and for both of them is possible to pay via SMS. My problem is that I have no longer a Bulgarian SIM-card, and I wonder if it's possible to pay with a foreign SIM?
I don't think it's possible. The Center for City Mobility (Център за градска мобилност) in Sofia which is responsible for the rapid transit system in the city has this to say on SMS parking (emphasis mine):
This doesn't mention specifically that non-Bulgarian operators are excluded, but from experience with similar systems in other countries, this won't be possible. I assume this is done to simplify collection of what is due without having to deal with every single mobile operator in the world.
You might also be interested in the SMS Parking application for Android, though you still need to have a SIM card from a Bulgarian mobile operator.


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My wife's 2000 Ford Taurus has had a couple of odd episodes lately. When she starts it up, all of the warning lights on the dash stay on. If she tries to put it in gear, the gearshift moves but the gears won't engage.
It's one of those wonderful intermittent problems that will doubtless fail to show up if I take it to a mechanic. Any suggestions?


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Sorry if I'm missing something here, but what do we call $M$ if the functor $H_M:N\mapsto Hom(M,N)$ is exact? Is this in fact equivalent to being flat through some adjointness properties?
We call such modules projective. If you take $N\mapsto Hom(N,M)$ then you get injective modules. This is fairly basic, and covered in any homological algebra book, and mentioned on wikipedia.
It might also be helpful to know that projective is equivalent to being a summand of a free module (apply $Hom(M,\text{--})$ to a presentation of $M$), and hence projectives are flat. The converse is not true in general (e.g. $\mathbb Q$ is flat as a $\mathbb Z$-module, but not projective), but for finitely presented modules over commutative rings, flat and projective are equivalent.
I'm pretty sure that $M$ is called projective in this case, and if $N \rightarrow Hom(N,M)$ is exact then $M$ is called injective. I might have it backwards, though.


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WACO (November 21, 2012)--Baylor law student Brittany V. Wray has won the 2012 Law Student Pro Bono Award from the Texas Access to Justice Commission.
The award reflects a passion for advocating on behalf of underserved populations, substantial performance of legal pro bono service (as opposed to general public service) and involvement in public service-oriented law student groups.
This was Wray's second summer working as an intern for the Texas Access to Justice Commission. Her concentration is in estate planning.
Wray was given the award at the New Layer Induction Ceremony held in Austin.
She received a $2,000 stipend in addition to the award.
Both of Wray's parents are legal aid attorneys.


text: Hey folks, I'm back again with another fantasy creature from mytholigy. Everyone is familiar with the cerberus monster from Greek lore. Today I want to bring this three headed beast to life by showing all you novice artists out there "how to draw cerberus for kids", step by step. I have drawn so many of these monsters in the past, and with each one the art became better and better. Now that I have a good idea on how they should be created on paper or in my case digitally, I thought it would be fun to show how easy it can be to draw a cerberus creature of your own in a playful and simple manner. To make things even easier, I drew the cerberus from the side so you don't really have to worry about drawing all three heads at face frontal view. I think that a majority of people that decide to tackle this creature will have a blast. Having said that, let me let you guys get busy. I shall return with more drawing fun so be sure to stay tuned in. Peace out people!


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(CNN) -- Barcelona announced an internal investigation Tuesday after reports in Spain claimed that the club had commissioned detective agencies to spy on a number of their star players.
The Catalan giants confirmed on their official website that the club spent a total of 3.1 million euros ($4.04 million) on "espionage" between 2008 and 2010.
The money went to the now defunct Metodo 3 agency and another company called the Intelligence Bureau and Cyber Experience.
Barcelona said that "legal action will be taken to preserve the image of the club, the privacy of its employees and the legacy of the institution."
CNN FC: Has Barcelona's golden era ended?
Mendieta: Barca, Real out in front Spokeman Toni Freixa added: "FC Barcelona wants to know 'who was spied on and why.' "
The alleged activities took place under the presidency of Joan Laporta, who was at the helm from 2003-2010, one of the most successful spells for the famous Spanish club.
Current president Sandro Rosell, a fierce critic of Laporta, succeeded him in June 2010, winning 60% of a vote among Barcelona club members.
The relationship between the two has remained cool since Rosell was elected, but on the pitch under former coach Pep Guardiola and his successor Tito Vilanova, the triumphs have continued.
Reports on the Spanish website El Confidencial, claimed Metodo 3 trailed defender Gerard Pique and his pop star wife Shakira in 2010 -- following them to a concert to log their activities.
Former stars Samuel Eto'o and Brazil's Ronaldinho were also believed to have been monitored in the past.
Blog: Will Guardiola return to Barcelona?
The allegations come as Barcelona has suffered a mini slump in form, twice losing to rivals Real Madrid and having to cope with the absence of Vilanova, who is battling cancer.
How did Allegri beat Barca?
FC Barcelona: More than social media Rosell told the official website that the board had "absolute confidence" in Vilanova and were supporting him as he undergoes chemotherapy and radiotherapy in New York.
"His recovery is our priority and I'd consider this season a success if he fully recovers from his illness. He will not leave even if it costs us every single title.
"He's encouraged, and he's eager to return."
A tentative return date of the end of March has been set by the Spanish league leaders, who are trailing AC Milan 2-0 from the away leg of their Champions League last 16 tie, another disappointing recent defeat.
"In the event that Barca defeat AC Milan, the manager could be on the bench for the away leg of the Champions League quarter finals," Rosell told gathered reporters.


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Youth ministries holding
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McDonald, Pa. - The McDonald Youth Ministries will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at McDonald Presbyterian Church's Trinity Center located at 119 Station St.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children 12 and under and free for children under 2.
District offering scholarships
The Northern Panhandle Conservation District is offering a $1,500 scholarship to an undergraduate student from Hancock, Brooke, Ohio or Marshall counties majoring in agricultural science, environmental science or a related field.
Also, eight $500 scholarships, sponsored by the West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts, will be awarded to graduating high school seniors planning on majoring in an agriculture-related field. For information, contact Veronica Gibson by calling (304) 238-1231 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ladies auxiliary meets
WEIRTON - The American Legion Post 10 Ladies Auxiliary held their monthly meeting Feb. 18, with President Shirley Brecht calling the meeting to order and presiding over the business session.
Chaplain Wanda Perrone gave the invocation; Brecht led the Pledge of Allegiance and the recitation of the American Legion Auxiliary's Constitution's Preamble; and Secretary Clara Robinson called roll.
Robinson read the November meeting minutes, because the January meeting was canceled due to inclement weather. The auxiliary received thank-you cards from Bonnie's Bus and a Korean War dinner attendee. Perrone sent a get-well card to Joan Spano and a sympathy card to Joann Jamison. Treasurer Loretta Fabian gave the November, December and January financial reports, which were approved as read and will be filed for audit.
Fabian listed the auxiliary's February donations, including veterans' homes in West Virginia and Pennsylvania; Children's Miracle Network; Auxiliary Emergency Fund; National Child Welfare Foundation; Make-A-Wish Foundation; and a donation to a local family in need. The auxiliary received a donation to defray Girls State costs from the Weirton Woman's Club. Brecht thanked auxiliary members and Edith Truax for their contributions to the Christmas party, Joan Spano and Marcy Spano for donating a cookie tray, and Clara Robinson and Gloria Jerrel for purchasing gifts for the veterans.
The auxiliary will hold a bakeless bake sale Saturday. Poppy Day will be May 3, and the auxiliary is ordering poppies. The Last Man's Dinner will be held May 19 at the post hall, and the auxiliary will plan a menu as the event nears. The 2013 Christmas Committee includes Chair Brecht and Fabian. Pat Folden, Joan Spano and Marcy Spano will serve on the Nominating Committee.
Brecht closed the meeting, with Perrone leading the closing prayer. The next meeting will be March 18. Brecht and Folden will serve refreshments.


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How do I remove uncommon elements from
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How can i achieve this? Is there any method or any technique to remove uncommon elements between two
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I accidently deleted files from a folder that is shared with me.
I can't find these files in the Trash. Is there a way to recover them?
I accidently deleted files from a folder that is shared with me.
I can't find these files in the Trash. Is there a way to recover them?
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If the files were synced with your computer, you can recover them if you have used a backup software (like Acronis, TimeMachine, DejaDup) and kept the backups for the period in question.
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Here's a blog article dealing with the same issue of recovering deleted Google Drive files: http://blog.backupify.com/2012/09/26/how-to-recover-lost-documents-and-data-in-google-drive/. Especially read the paragraph that starts with the title: Where Google Drive's Safety Net Ends
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I went with my girlfriend, my parents and my dog. We all really loved the stay! The house is renewed, and everything was like shown in the pictures. It's well placed and the city is lovely. I really recommend.
Everything was great :) Can only recommend it.
Great location within 5-10 minutes walk to east croydon.Good walking distance to the shopping centre in Croydon. Apartment better then expected. Fully equipped, good heating. Had some problems connecting to the WiFi and to get hot water in the kitchen and sink I the bathroom, other then that,fully satisfied.
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Nice flat with everything you need when travelling with family. The house is located close to the sea in a calm and charming little street. Bus stop is a couple of minutes. A great base to discover The Hague and basically the whole country. Our host was really helpful and friendly. I would return any time!
Perfect apartment for a long weekend with friends in Prague .
Everything was just fine - especially the terrace .
A great apartment well equipped good value for money, with a great view over the marina. This is the fifth time we have been to dives/ cabourg and would definitely stay here again.
Great location, only a short walk from all the sights and the apartment was much bigger than we expected - massive bathroom and really big social areas (lounge and kitchen is open plan, and pretty big!)
We would like to recommend this place to anyone who want to spend free time in cote d'azur region. This flat is perfect for two people, it's situated in a location from which you have good acces to all intresting places, there are nice views from outside the window, in addition you can rest by the pool.
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Talk about eratic...
Aug 2041
Milan 5-2 Aberdeen (EL)
We started the season at home to Aberdeen in the final Europa League qualifying round. We pounded them from the start, but were still vulnerable to the counter-attack, and went behind after half an hour. We were in a bit more of a mess until the break, but it took just 4 minutes of the second half for Terzi to get a brace and give us the lead. They levelled it in the 55th minute but Lovell restored the lead just 2 minutes later. Eweka extended the lead in the 61st minute. Katsikas got sent off a few minutes later, but Terzi completed his hat-trick to finish off what looked like a comfortable win, but we could definitely write the book on winning the hard way.
Milan 1-1 Lazio (A)
Before going to Scotland, we started the league campaign against Lazio. We had a tough start, and were on the back foot until Eweka's disallowed goal after 25 minutes, though managed to improve afterwards. The second half was quieter until they took the lead in the 74th minute. Toninho managed to give us a point 11 minutes later but I wanted to avoid dropping points outside the top sides, especially at home.
Aberdeen 2-4 (4-9) Milan (EL)
The away leg against Aberdeen wasn't too much trouble. Kunisch got a brace of headers in the first 21 minutes. They got a goal back but Toninho made it 3-1. They still kept coming, with a goal disallowed and a penalty saved before eventually getting a second goal, but after Toninho had a goal disallowed, Kunisch finished off a hat-trick, and a crazy 9-4 aggregate win. Valencia, Guimaraes and Wisla made for an easier group draw than 2 years ago.
Sept 2041
Napoli 3-1 Milan (A)
We went to Napoli, hoping to improve on being completely outplayed like in the equivalent game last year. It did not go well. They were 2-0 up after 17 minutes. Things improved a bit after Puncheon was brought on in goal, he saved a penalty and Terzi got a goal back. However it was otherwise an awful performance, and unsurprisingly they later got a 3rd, with another disallowed.
Chievo 0-7 Milan (A)
We needed to get firing at Chievo and beyond, or we'd have an uphill struggle by the time we got to the biggest games. We certainly did that, Kunisch gave us a 7th minute lead, and we picked them off with further goals from Terzi, Toninho and Sebastiao in the first half an hour. The Angolan got another goal in the first minute of the second half, and after waiting a while, Terzi got 2 late goals to finish off a hat-trick. After the shambles of Napoli, everyone shone this time.
Milan 2-0 Valencia (EL)
The first Europa League group game was against Valencia. When the draw was made I looked at their side and felt they might bee too good for us, but they were surprisingly impotent as we battered them in the first half, to little effect. Pugliese coming on for an injured Toninho changed that. He gave us the breakthrough in the 59th minute, and his corner was leaded in by Kunisch in the 66th.
Milan 6-3 Triestina (A)
Triestina were surprisingly up in 6th, but we were always going to be too strong for them. Kunisch and Terzi put us 2-0 up in the first 6 minutes. They got a goal back a few minutes later but Richter and two Bertoni goals made it 5-1 at the break. Bertoni completed his hat-trick in the 47th minute, and we eased off afterwards as they got a couple of goals.
Fiorentina 4-2 Milan (A)
A trip to Fiorentina was the first I was worried about, especially as they were the only side with a 100% record. They dominated from the start, and eventually broke through after half an hour with a pair of goals. Eweka got a goal back before the break, and Pugliese equalized in the 73rd minute, but holding onto a draw as always going to be a tall order. They regained the lead eventually, but their 4th goal in stoppage time was a bit harsh.
Milan 3-1 Udinese (A)
We had a bit of difficulty breaking through Udinese, but Bertoni managed it after half an hour. An own-goal and a Sebastiao header made it more comfortable after an hour, before they got a consolation.
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Wisla 1-6 Milan (A)
Pugliese had a goal disallowed after 5 minutes at Wisla, so it was great that he gave is the lead anyway 20 minutes later. His second goal was followed by Bertoni, then they got a goal back in the 40th minute. Eweka got 2 goals after an hour, with an own-goal finishing off our 6-1 win.
Pescara 2-1 Milan (A)
A trip to Pescara was potentially problematic, and so it proved to be. They scored in the 55th minute, after pushing Alberti hard all match. Bertoni equalized 10 minutes later but they soon got a deserved winner as we were alright, but they were the side on fire.
Milan 6-1 Atalanta (A)
A similarly strong Atalanta were surprisingly easy after that. Pugliese gave us the lead in the first minute, With Traore and Eweka racing us into a 3-0 lead after 22 minutes. An Atalanta goal in the 38th minute did nothing to knock us off our stride as Traore and Terzi gave us 2 more within 10 minutes of the second half starting, and a second Eweka goal finished them off. Nothing better illustrates our frustrating 'hot and cold' nature than the last two games.
Milan 2-0 Guimaraes (EL)
We had beaten Guimaraes on our last Europa League campaign, and they weren't too hard this time either. Eweka had a goal disallowed a few minutes before Terzi gave us the lead in the 29th minute. The German managed to grab a goal anyway just before the break, and we perhaps deserved a third in the second half.
Roma 3-1 Milan (A)
That could only prepare us so much for a trip to Roma. We were just about on top in the first half, with Terzi giving us the lead in the 29th minute. We looked capable of getting another in the second half, but then they took us down. They equalized in the 53rd minute, , after 2 goals in 5 minutes from the 69th minute condemned us to defeat. Wohlfarth being injured for about a month, and Terzi picking up a suspension-triggering yellow card (With Toninho and Pugliese both injured) made things far worse.
Juve Stabia 0-3 Milan (A)
Even with an early red card in our favour, it took some time for us to get anywhere at Juve Stabia. However our only available forward, Eweka shone in the second half, with a hat-trick in just over 20 minutes.
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I'm trying to find a reference for the following fact:
If Tate's conjecture is true for all smooth projective varieties over $\mathbb{F}_p$, then the Frobenius endomorphism on the crystalline cohomology of any such variety is semisimple.
This is stated in the Coleman-Edixhoven paper on the semisimplicity of the $U_p$-operator on modular forms. They reference Milne's paper "Motives over finite fields" (in the 1991 Motives conference proceedings, ed. Janssen/Kleiman/Serre).
I found Milne's paper on the web, and it gives two references for the corresponding statement for $\ell$-adic cohomology ($\ell \ne p$) and then says "There is an analogous statement ... for the crystalline cohomology" without giving a reference (or a precise statement) for this. Moreover, one of the references for the $\ell \ne p$ case is to Milne's book "Arithmetic Duality Theorems" but points to an apparently non-existent section 8.6; while the other reference Milne gives is to Tate's article in the same proceedings, which does not seem to prove anything about semisimplicity as far as I can see.
Can anyone tell me where I can find a proof of the above implication written down?


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The event marks the publication of Sharkey's recently released "Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality" (University of Chicago Press, April 2013).
In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement would bring about an era of racial equality in America. But 40 years later, the degree of racial inequality has barely changed. In Stuck in Place, Sharkey describes how political decisions and social policies have led to severe disinvestment from black neighborhoods, persistent segregation, declining economic opportunities, and a growing link between African American communities and the criminal justice system.
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- BSO Case Number: OP01-60030
- PIO Number: 01-12-42
- Date: Dec. 26, 2001
- Time: 1454
- Place of Occurrence: 4141 N. Andrews Ave., Oakland Park
- Name withheld, 40 year old white male, no permanent address
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The Broward Sheriff's Office was called upon to investigate the death of a homeless man whose body was discovered in the meter room of an Oakland Park office building today.
Shortly before 2 p.m. an anonymous caller phoned 911 and reported that a body was lying inside the meter room at 4141 North Andrews Avenue. BSO District 12 deputies responded and did find a deceased person at that location. Per standard procedure, Homicide and Crime Scene detectives were dispatched to the scene to investigate.
There were no indications of foul play or signs of serious trauma. An autopsy will be performed by the Broward Medical Examiner to determine the cause of death. While detectives and deputies were on the scene the 911 caller came forward and provided investigators with a tentative identification and additional information, saying that he was also homeless and had spent Christmas evening drinking with the person now deceased.
The name of the dead man will be released after he is positively identified and his next of kin are notified.
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In an unexpected last-minute move Friday afternoon, Governor Brown vetoed the popular pro-cycling "Give Me 3" bill which had been making steady progress through congress. Despite overwhelming support from the cycling industry, road safety advocates and cyclists alike, the bill in its current form will not become law.
Governor Brown, bowing to pressure from automotive groups, the CHP and the Teamsters union, chose to question aspects of the bill which stipulate that drivers unable to afford cyclists three feet of passing space be obligated to slow down to 15mph when passing.
Brown also repeated many of the same concerns which have arisen since the bill was introduced, including issues of traffic build-up where cars are forced to slow for cyclists. Jim Brown, of the California Bicycle Coalition, was swift to characterize such concerns as baseless, citing some 20 states which already have 3-foot passing laws on the books, and which report no problems issuing from the requirements.
"It's a bill that's been road-tested in a lot of states…we're not at the forefront here. The idea that there's going to be a rash of collisions isn't supported by other states's experience."
A note of disappointment, no doubt echoed by millions of California cyclists, was clear in Jim Brown's statement,
"We never dreamed that this would be the hardest part of passing the bill – convincing the governor."
Governor Brown's rejection of SB910 will not go unnoticed by the ranks of cyclists in California, many of whom have experienced mistreatment on the state's roads. Passage of a pro-cyclist bill would have gone a long way towards promoting California as a bike-friendly state, instead of a place where cyclists are marginalized.


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It is 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, he plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell both personal and professional disaster.
A popular colonel has been murdered in Warwickshire, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero. No matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. And, win or lose, the cost could be even higher: The one witness who could break the case is himself a shell-shock victim. In this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he fail.
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So I'm about do a little math, and don't get me wrong, I really enjoy this game, and would really like to continue playing. I'll start with the 3rd tier Heroes. 3rd tier heroes cost 100,000gold or 200Gems, which is over 19.99 USD. There are 6 third tier heroes. So that (If you were purely a Gem Buyer) would be Over 120dollars USD. So why not just play the game a lot and earn cards and gold that way? Well for a victory you gain anywhere between 75 gold to 150 gold per win. For the sake of this math, let's say you earn 100gold per win. That 1,000 wins per 3rd tier hero. At around 1-5 minutes a match coming to 5,000 minutes which breaks down to 83 hours and about 15 minutes. Or 3 and a half days. Of Straight playing. Now on to Deck pack costs. 1 pack of Gold cards is 5000 gold or 15,000 gold. That is either 50 wins or 150 wins. Let us not even factor in the "What if you lose a match" concept. I'll also take this moment to point out that to replay levels, you have to pay "Energy."
You start with 50 and to upgrade it, yes you guessed it, you have to pay gold or gems.
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1967 AMC Rambler - Get Your Leaf-Spring Car To LaunchWritten by Douglas Glad on October 1, 2007 Contributors: John "Thumb In The Viewfinder" Mcgann Can you clock your 60-foot with a sundial? Get fast when you...
We've been told that for every 0.10 second that can be shaved off of the 60-foot time, you get 0.20 second off of the e.t. in the quarter-mile. For a car that flounders for traction at the green, the promise means a full second at the top end if you can get the car to shave 0.50 on the line.
In the Mar. '07 issue, we used some John "Bugsy" Lawlor math from the Auto Math Handbook and predicted that our '67 CC/Rambler needed about 500 RWHP to get the car to 130 mph in the quarter-mile and into the 10s. We also predicted that with the roughly 385 hp it is currently making at the wheels (480 - 20 percent for drivetrain losses) and a 3,000-pound race weight, it should run a corrected 11.50 at 119 mph with addition of a 3.55:1 rear gear ratio. The calculation came from Comp Cams Desktop Drag, the same program that accurately predicted the corrected 12.36 e.t. for our baseline run. With that number in mind, we trailered the Rambler to Los Angeles County Raceway and ran a string of corrected 12.06-12.10s after the gear swap. So what gives? What happened to the 11.50? If you haven't guessed by now, the answer is a 2.00-second 60-foot time that refused to improve with tire-pressure adjustments or track temperature. The Desktop Drag program had predicted a 1.70 60-foot and assumed we could hook the car up. Instead the AMC would squat hard and unload the passenger rear tire, then follow with some scary fishtailing, before it would get traction and start building speed. So going back to the theory, if we can cure the traction problem and clip 0.29 off of the 60-foot time, we should also reduce the overall e.t. by 0.58, putting us right around the predicted mid-11s mark.
How It Works
When a leaf-spring car launches, the axlehousing rotates counterclockwise as seen from the rear of the car. At the same time, the axlehousing is rotating up toward the body, and because it is bolted to the leaf spring, it is also pushing the rear of the spring down and the front half up, forming an S shape. This is called axlewrap. This action misaligns the driveshaft and, as the spring unloads, rotates the housing down. The repeated oscillation of the spring and driveshaft housing causes what is known as wheelhop. The twisting force also drives the passenger-side tire up into the wheeltub and unloads it, resulting in tire spin.
In a perfect world, when the car launches, the axlehousing rotates from 1 or 2 degrees of negative pinion angle to zero pinion angle, transferring the maximum amount of horsepower and torque to the differential. At the same time, both ends of the housing are forced down, planting the tires on the dragstrip as the body is lifted and separated from the axlehousing, making the car launch straight. This concept applies to any leaf-spring car. Including yours.
Some Solutions
The oldest and likely cheapest solution is to heat metal strips and bend them around the front leaves to keep them from separating and distorting. The front half of the spring from the axlehousing forward is used like a control arm to locate the housing in the car. If you can prevent the front of the spring from distorting under acceleration, that energy will be transferred to the axle centerline, forcing it and the tire down onto the track surface.
The second solution is the traction bar (or slapper bar) trick that we used on the Rambler. A set costs about $160 from companies like Competition Engineering. As the pinion rotates toward the body and the axle begins to wrap, the snubber on the end of the traction bar contacts the spring eye and transfers the energy directly to the centerline of the axle, driving the tires down like a big lever. At the same time, the spring is forced down, lifting the body into the air. The distance between the snubber and the leaf eye at rest determines how hard the system strikes the tires. It's about as simple as a sledgehammer and works about the same.
The third solution is the adjustable traction bar. There is a point on your car, the center of gravity (CG), where the vehicle weight is equal front to rear. If you put a jackstand under that point, the car would be balanced in the air. Now imagine that you walk to the front of the car and lift up on the bumper. The car will rise in the front and dive in the rear. The same is true for lifting the rear bumper as the car rotates or pitches around the CG. CalTracs or Slide-A-Links have the ability to move the point of lift, or instant center (I/C), if needed closer to the center of gravity. This is helpful as you make more power and try to go faster. As the I/C is moved forward, the load on the tire is greater and less violent. As the I/C is moved rearward, there is less load delivered to the tire with more violence. The benefit of an adjustable instant center is increasing or decreasing the speed of load transfer as you begin to build more torque, or to compensate for track conditions. Since we are making only about 400 lb-ft of engine torque, the current rearward I/C doesn't produce a hit on the tire so violent that it smashes the tire down causing it to later unload and spin. As we build more power using a larger engine or nitrous oxide, we are going to play with the CalTracs bars.
|Baseline Run With 2.71:1 gears
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After the traction bars were installed, the body lifted and the tires were planted on the track. This is called separation.As the suspension separates, it adds equal pressure to both rear tires, creating traction. As the vehicle begins to move, it is lifted at the invisible instant center.
This is a good way to look at how suspension works. As you lift the car body, the pressure between your boots (the tire) and the ground (the track) increases.On track day, we toyed with the pressures on the 235/60R15 M/T ET Street Radials until we found the sweet spot at 12 psi. Now that we've run close to the mathematical limit of the engine, we're ready to add more power and try to get the 60-foot time into the 1.50s.Moser sells replacement axles for the AMC Model 20 rearend thanks to the Jeep market. The company also sells axles with any spline count for any application and can turn the order around in two days. These babies will withstand twice what our 360 can produce.Last month we ran a corrected 12.36 with a stock 2.71:1 rear gear and no limited slip. Our math called for a mild 3.54:1 gear to avoid overrevving the engine through the traps with a 26-inch-tall tire. We drove over the finish line at 5,400 rpm and bagged a corrected 12.06 at 112.28 mph. With nitrous we will be in the lights at 6,200.Because the Rambler is a Car Craft test car, we wanted to use a limited slip that would not wear out after repeated dragstrip burnouts. Auburn offered to let us test its new electronically controlled traction-enhancing differential (ECTED), which locks like a spool with the flip of a switch. Look for the complete flog in the We Test it! section of Speed Shop.The traction bar completely replaces the shock mount bracket with a baseplate and can be bolted to the spring with either the stock U-bolts, or if you have a GM with T-bolts, with the J-bolts provided. The bracket in the front keeps the bar from digging into the ground when the spring unloads.
Preload is the amount of pressure applied to the spring eye while the car is sitting on the ground at rest. The recommended preload is 11/42 inch between the pinion snubber and the leaf eye. Adding more gap adds more inertia and therefore more smack on the tire. Ours worked best with zero gap, which can be adjusted by lowering the bar with a shim between the spring and the bar at the baseplate.The traction bars allow the axlehousing to rotate between 2 and 4 degrees, which forces the pinion toward the body of the car. Our pinion angle measured -2 degrees, giving us a zero angle on the launch. Most chassis shops offer wedge plates in 2-degree increments that fit between the spring and the pad to adjust pinion angle, and most hot rod shops will have an inclinometer so you won't have to buy one.With both tires spinning, the axle began to wrap and sent the car sideways. As you can see from the illustration, the front of the spring is forced up and the rear is forced down, making the tire unload and hop. The counterclockwise rotation of the housing as seen from the rear of the car is also uncontrolled, causing the car to dart toward the guardrail.


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Turbine Sprint Car - Those Were The DaysWritten by on August 20, 2012 Contributors: Phil Kunz A late '70s Turbine Sprint Car
About the only similarity between this unique Sprint Car and its modern counterparts is that at 1,100 pounds, they weigh about the same. After that, forget it!
It may come as a surprise, but this modern racer has its roots in the late 1970s with the Arizona-native Steve Bolan. Bolan, a corporate pilot and motion picture special effects expert, wanted to create a turbine-powered Sprint Car, and this little red racer is the product of that vision. Bolan found his inspiration in Parnelli Jones' STP turbine-powered IndyCar that was leading the 1967 Indy 500 with just three laps to go when a $6 bearing failed and caused the engine to quit. Finding the whole idea of turbine-powered racers fascinating, Bolan asked himself why not put a smaller turbine in a Sprint Car? Why not indeed!
Building a Sprint Car from scratch is a tall enough order, but one powered by a turbine engine seems to be off the charts. Before the car would come to fruition, Steve had to learn the ins and outs of standard Sprint Cars--which he did from the driver seat. Wheeling Sprinters around Arizona, it didn't take long for him to realize that the powerful engine in the cars allowed them to fly down the straights, but they often got completely out of control on the turns. Bolan theorized, fairly accurately, that it came down to the fact that the power was planted to a small patch of rubber on the right rear, generating a battle of sorts between the forces that pushed the car toward the fence and those working to keep the car on the track. If everything isn't just right in the setup, the wall usually wins. When it was all said and done, Bolan ended up getting himself pretty well beat up.
It was through these experiences that Bolan's creative mind visualized a completely new Sprint Car design; one that had two characteristics he felt the racers should possess. First, he believed the car needed to be four-wheel-drive, to increase traction. Second, he wanted the driver sitting in a prone position, so that he or she could better absorb crashes.
He explained, "At most tracks, there is more time spent in the turns, so I designed the car for higher corner speeds. It proved itself at Phoenix where it was a rocket through the turns."
Enter noted designer Bill Hite, whom Bolan commissioned to come up with his racer's design. John Mueller and Larry Burton were also brought in to turn the concept into a steel and fiberglass creation. What evolved was this striking Wineberry Red car that looked far advanced for the time period. With its stance and clean aerodynamics, it definitely has more of an IndyCar look than that of a Sprinter.
Bolan's wild machine has no clutch or transmission, and braking is accomplished by six disc brakes--four of which are positioned on the front tires. The engine roars to life with the help of an external battery pack, so a traditional push-truck is not needed. But turbine powerplant aside, some similarities can be found between Bolan's racer and a standard Sprint Car. The frame, for instance, was constructed of tubular chrome-moly. It also has an aluminum bellypan, fiberglass body, and coilover shocks--with dampers--on all four corners.
Bolan pointed out one particularly interesting characteristic of the unique race car. "The power curve of the engine was quite different from a regular internal combustion engine," he said. "There was a ton of power low in the powerband which was really effective on a restart, but practically no throttle response at speed."
Something you won't find in a traditional Sprinter is a knob on the steering wheel that increases the engine boost with a water/alcohol injection, which makes the 150-pound Allison 320-B engine capable of about 500 horses. In addition to scrambling to keep everything perking, the car had no power steering. "It was a real wrestling match with 500 hp going through the front wheels."
The car was on the track about half a dozen times, and its first competitive effort was in the Pikes Peak Hill climb in 1981. Bolan and his car set a new class record in that first race. A year later, he attempted to enter the car in a World of Outlaws race in Springfield, Illinois, but the sanction's president at the time, Ted Johnson, wouldn't allow it.
Bolan's next run on the asphalt was on the quarter-mile track of the Little 500, located at the Anderson (IN) Speedway. It qualified at eighth, and ran mid-pack until the race was called for rain.
The Sprinter ended its career at the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Speedway, where it raced several times. Bolan's best lap around the 1-mile track was 123.035. In 1983, Bolan ran out of fuel on a yellow at the Copper World Classic, which took him way down from his second place position. He believes that the car would have had a chance to win, had it not been for the 20 extra laps of yellow.
The car is currently owned by Open Wheel collector Bob McConnell of western Ohio, who has brought it back to concours condition.
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Low, wild, and oozing coolness, is Bob McConnell's turbine- powered Sprint Car originally built by Arizona racer Steve Bolan.The low-slung design of the car is very evident from this rear location. From this angle, it appears quite similar to a pavement sprint roadster.A right-rear quarter photo of the fuel cell. Instead of the expected methanol, it carries JP-4 jet fuel.Looking down at the cockpit, the seat is tipped backward to allow the driver to lay far back, ala an IndyCar, a safer position according to Bolan.The hood was cut out in order for the exhaust tubes to protrude outward. It's clear to see that the holes aren't symmetrical.This close up view of the brake calipers shows the black cooling hose's nozzle barely touching the caliper.With the engine cover off you can plainly see the simplistic-looking 150-pound Allison 320-B turbine engine capable of about 500 hp.
The left side location of the engine and front differential can be seen from this front angle of the car. The front axle is also visible.This external oil tank looks like the oil tank of a dry-sump internal combustion engine, but it's performing a different function: lubricating the ball bearings in the turbine engine.Note how close the front differential is to the frame. The front of the engine can be seen directly behind it.This is the car when it ran in the 1982 Little 500. Note the blunter nose it had in this competition, which is the way it's restored today.