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'This is the only thing like this on the planet'
Mobile water system gets test run in Brooke
April 21, 2013
BEECH BOTTOM — A revolutionary water purification system is getting a test drive at Sheehan Pipeline's new Brooke County operations center....
Just maybe do you think Texas' water problems might be caused by over-building and over population there. Take a look at San Antonio, they just keep building even as lake/river levels fall and so the farmers in the area aren't planting; try blaming this on oil/gas.
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A company called LAD corroded the main Wheeling plant and it is still not clear who is going to pay for that...the claims of purification are just not believable and the removal of any of the many carcinogens is going to create a toxic waste problem. did you know that the cattle were allowed to die in Texas and the rice crop not planted last year because there was no water yet this industry continued to poison water there. this year the rice farmers are again without water. if this process was ok, the farmers in Texas would have water.We need to consider arranging for a lie detector to be used when interviewing these gas guys and assure that the lies will be prosecuted in court to the fullest extent.Send them back where they came from and save what is left here and protect our children from their criminal activities. I do believe that the people in Texas are catching on to the truth.round'em up and head'em out!
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Pregnancy: Weeks 19-22
In the fifth month, your baby's skeleton is mostly rubbery cartilage that will harden later. She might spend some time sucking her thumb.
Week Number 19
- Parts of the leg have now grown in proportion to the rest of the body.
- You can feel the fetus kick, move its arms, and wiggle its fingers and toes.
Week Number 20
- A skin covering called vernix caseosa forms to protect the baby's skin from the amniotic fluid.
- Delicate eyebrows are forming.
Week Number 21
- Body parts, tissues, and organs continue to mature.
Week Number 22
- The eyelids are very well developed.
- Fingernails are completely developed.
The fifth month is a very busy one. Your body is changing in ways that can no longer be hidden and you're carrying around a baby who's ready to rock and roll. Fears and anxieties might keep you awake at night. But there's good news, too—you're more than halfway there!
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Active and positive involvement in Weeks of Welcome is one of the important ways in which new students can start to become part of the Geneseo experience. The activities offered help to increase personal connections with other students, faculty and staff and promote a sense of belonging.
Attending events and activities during Weeks of Welcome is the best way to start getting the most out of the academic year -- visit the Weeks of Welcome site for full details!


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Chic guests gathered at the Hurst Ranch on July 6 for a smashing good time at Bash for the Buddies, an annual fundraiser—presented by Fendi and sponsored by Aspen Magazine—to support the Buddy Program's mission to strengthen the community by guiding and inspiring youth through mentoring. Celebrating 13 years, the event featured the theme Dance Like No One is Watching! and included a live and silent auction, cocktails and nibbles from signature local restaurants and the ever-popular Fendi Lounge. The 2013 event has been set for July 5.photography by Jackie Daly


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Thursday, January 10, 2013
South for the Winter
Just like the little rubber duck drifted South in my story, I have also happily migrated to warmer climates for the winter.
Posted by Eric Carle at 4:49 PM
3 comments:
- Fran Traina said...
Enjoy !
- January 17, 2013 at 10:46 PM
- Staci said...
Have a good one!
- January 20, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Davinfa said...
Dear Eric Carle, I'm David, author of the blog "Cuentos Encantados". I´m writting to ask your permission for upload a song that I have composed based on the story "Papa por favor consígueme la luna".
Cuentos Encantados" is a blog which I collects songs from the stories I use in my class. I hope you can understand me because I don´t speak English very well.
I await your response.
A greeting and thank you very much
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The way the form works at present is very convenient from the point of view of adding further directories; the user can simply index whatever path they like (placing the index and conf files into $swishdir) and the index is then available for use, straight-away, in the drop-down menu. Initially the desired index is selected from the drop-down menu and upon clicking a letter, a list of words corresponding to that letter and that index is produced. The words that are returned in that list each contain a hyperlink that includes a reference to that same index and a reference to the particular word itself, so that when you click on the word, that word and target index are submitted to the searchscript nominated in $searchscript (see top of dictionarydev1.cgi). I think the best way to explain is by example, so I've put together an attachment called dictionarydev1.cgi for you. To see how it works or doesn't work (with line 185 "my @requested_indexes = $cgi->param('index');" commented out), just do the following: 1) place it in your cgi-bin 2) Change lines 28 & 172 to reflect path to your swish executable 3) Change line 33 $swishdir to reflect the path to your swishindexdirectory. 4) Change Line 195 to reflect path to one of your own indexes in $swishdir 5) Change line 204 to reflect the list of indexes in your swish index directory (and leave it ## commented). In your browser, http://localhost.localdomain/cgi-bin/dictionarydev1.cgi: if you click on a letter you should get all the words beginning with that letter and corresponding to the index nominated at line 195. In its present form, no matter which index is selected from the drop-down menu, you will always get the same list of words generated when you click a letter (corresponding to the content of the index nominated at line 195). However the script does partly work, to the extent that any selections made from the dropdown menu are reflected in altered hyperlinking of the word. Now, if we comment out line 195 and uncomment line 204, then load dictionarydev1.cgi again, and click a letter we get the following error message (no matter which index is selected from the drop-down menu): "Could not open the index file '/home/httpd/html/swishindexdirectory/that.swish/home/httpd/html/swishindexdirectory/this.swish/home/httpd/html/swishindexdirectory/another.swish'" So it appears that there's something wrong with the way the script is validating the indexes submitted from the dropdown menu. The script is substituting the joined list of all possible acceptable indexes for the actual index selected from the drop-down menu. Any clues what I've done wrong in putting together sub makeselect and how it should be changed ? > Not sure what you are asking, but the -f parameter takes a list of index > file names (or paths). If you are asking about what to pass in from the > form you can pick anything you like -- you can pass in the actual index > file names, or some index. I would not use the IndexName as there's > nothing that says that they must be unique. Therefore, I'd create a map: > > my %index_map = ( > 1 => 'index1', > 2 => 'index2', > 3 => 'index3', > ); > > and then you have your drop-down list use the values 1, 2, 3,.... With regards to validating any inputs from the drop down menu in the web page, I assume that I should change the hash "%index_map" to the following: my %index_map = ( this.swish => 'This Path', that.swish => 'That Path', another.swish => 'Another Path', ); > my @requested_indexes = $cgi->param('index_select'); Then change the above line to reflect the name of the drop-down menu (which is just called 'index') and leave the rest the same as you provided ? my @requested_indexes = $cgi->param('index'); my $index_files = join ' ', map { $index_map{$_} } grep { exists $index_map{$_} ) @requested_indexes; However a problem occurs if I include line 185 "my @requested_indexes = $cgi->param('index');" since when I try to load http://localhost.localdomain/cgi-bin/dictionarydev1.cgi, I get the error message "The document contained no data. Try again later, or contact the server's administrator." Commenting out ## the line allows the form to function (although still imperfectly, as described above ). Any idea what should be done to correct this ? Cheers, Andrew Lord ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. *********************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 1 08:29:04 2002


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We all know that exercise is good for our hearts. It helps us keep fit and trim. But it turns out, it could also protect us from cancer. This is especially true for women, when it comes to the most common reproductive cancer in this country.
Kate Edlin knew her symptoms weren't normal, but she wrote them off. Afterall, she was getting close to menopause. But pain eventually prompted a trip to the doctor's office and she got a diagnosis she never expected, one she'd never heard of—Endometrial Cancer. "I didn't know what it was, really, when she first told me I had it. I was like, "what's that?""
Dr. Joan Walker, a gynecologic oncologist with OU Physicians, says Kate is not alone in her ignorance. Although, endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterus) is the most common female reproductive cancer in this country, few know abut it and being overweight puts a woman at much greater risk for developing this cancer.
If you are 50 pounds overweight, your at 10 x's the risk for endometrial cancer. Dr. Joan Walker says, "if we had every woman at normal body weight, we would not have 40-thousand endometrial cancers every year."
Walker encourages all women to start taking steps now, literally, to protect themselves. Just a little activity can go a long way towards preventing this cancer. "Pick those days a week, pick that time, and go out there and just walk 30 minutes, three times a week, you would decrease your risk for cancer."
Kate wishes every woman knew what she knows now, about this form of cancer. And how to stop it before it starts. "I didn't know about this cancer. Nobody in my family had ever had this type of cancer. So I think it's really important to get the message out about prevention."
Specialist stress that this type of cancer is not found during a pap test. So if your overweight and suffer from unusual bleeding, or have bleeding after menopause, you should talk with your gynecologist right away.


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The internet then - blogs and twittering, My-face, spacebook and so on... It seems to be the future doesn't it? We decided we'd better get on-board, so I thought I'd use this inaugural post to tell you a bit about what makes us tick.
To start, a bit about the team ethos - we're all passionate about Whisky here, Scotch, Japanese, bourbon, rye, Irish, European, we love it all - you'll find no xenophobia here, just a healthy dose of whiskyphilia.
We're on a mission to search out the most interesting, exciting, innovative and surprising drams from around the world, whilst maintaining a healthy respect for the traditional crowd-pleasing whiskies we first enjoyed so many years ago, and that have set us all on the path to spiritous Nirvana.
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Location:Hilton Head Branch
Date & Time:Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 10:00am – 11:00am
Join us in the Community Room for the chance to play and socialize, and try simple art activities. The art focus will be "spring". All activities will be on the floor, so dress for a mess! For children 0-4 years of age and their adult caregiver.


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Chef Emeril Lagasse's first step into the kitchen with kids -- Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup!: Recipes for the Kid in Everyone -- showed that chefs come in all ages, and how, with a little help from adults, kids can make meals that sizzle! Now Chef Emeril is back with a new cookbook for the whole family. Hey, Chef Emeril knows that the best place to get a family together is in the kitchen. And when you're cooking together as a family, every meal is a guaranteed crowd pleaser!
Chef Emeril includes recipes for every meal of the day -- plus snacks, holiday meals, and party treats -- so the possibilities are truly endless. With sides and optionalingredients galore, you can kick these recipes up a notch to fit every family's taste.
- Sunday breakfast will never be the same once your family tries Ooey Gooey Blueberry "French Toast."
- Whether you're making Perfect Roast Chicken or Mighty Meaty Meatloaf for dinner, Real-Deal Rice Pilaf makes a surefire side dish.
- Pizzazy Pizza Sandwiches are an after-school hit any day of the week.
- Is it time for a party? Miss Hilda's Popcorn Cake looks almost too good to eat!
What more could a family ask for? These 76 recipes have been specially chosen by Chef Emeril to include steps for every family member, from small hands to big ones. Instead of kids asking, "What's for dinner?"they'll be saying, "Let's make Very Veggie Lasagna tonight!"
So what are you waiting for? Everybody get cooking!
About the Author
Emeril Lagasse is a chef, restaurateur, and author of fourteen bestselling cookbooks including Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking, which introduced his creative take on Creole cuisine, and Emeril 20-40-60: Fresh Food Fast. He is the proprietor of thirteen restaurants across the country.
As a national TV personality, he is the host of The Emeril Lagasse Show on ION Television and Emeril Green on Discovery's Planet Green. He is also the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. His shows Essence of Emeril and Emeril Live can be seen on the Food Network.
In 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children's education and nonprofit organizations with culinary, nutrition, garden, arts, and life-skills programs. Projects funded include an outdoor classroom, gardens, and the Edible Cafeteria and Teaching Kitchen at Edible Schoolyard New Orleans. As of November 2009, the foundation has contributed more than $3.2 million to children's causes in New Orleans, Las Vegas, and on the Gulf Coast.


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If two identical masses are somehow "released" into deep space (that is, they're subject to no other gravitation forces but their own, and are initially at rest to each other). What decides whether they collide or orbit each other? I'm imagining for example two 1 kg masses initially at rest, say 10 m apart. What happens next?
Due to the law of conservation of angular momentum they will only orbit if there is angular momentum in the initial conditions. If they start at rest, there is none and so they will collide.
Since we're supposed to provide links and whatnot, here's the wikipedia entry.
Part of the difficulty in answering this question, however, is that there are many different kinds of orbits and the details of the trajectories depends on the relevant masses and linear and angular momentums.
with no forces perpendicular to the vector connecting them, they will just collide on this line, at a distance proportional to the ratio of their masses.
The only way to avoid this situation is start with a different tangential velocity.
the collision of objects depends on the mass of each and its velocity vector relative to each other.
Assume: no visible stars, CMB, you on Earth and the Sun. You have a watch that is calibrated by the solar day. To simplify lets assume that the N-S direction of the rotation is normal to the plane of a circular orbit, if it is the case.
With a Foucault pendulum and assuming that exist invisible distant stars to avoid a Machian problem interpretation, you can say:
At each noon you can measure the angular diameter of the Sun. If it stays constant then you are orbiting, else you have to wait to decide.
If you dont have instruments the option is 'wait and see'. If the two bodies have angular momentum > 0 then you are orbiting. If a collision happened then it is = 0. How do you define an adequate referential in this situation? It has to be a referential centered in the Earth but you have no way to 'anchor' one axis except in the line Sun-Earth. With this referential you can not discriminate the motion except using the apparent diameter.
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We have a solid bar ended with two masses as in this picture:
Aother problem that I address in my answer is the definition of a practical reference frame.
You can draw 3 axis not anchored in any objects and say it forms a reference? No, except if you consider the existence of an 'absolute observer' outside the problem. This is the case with you, and me, because we are exterior to the problem configuration and we can easily 'frame' the problem.
At last: an observer synchronously gravitating the rotating and featureless Earth above the day/night separation line will not sense any motion or force. To him the universe is static.
Thats why I used the Foucault pendulum and the CMB reference frame.
If the masses are at initially at rest wrt to the CMB frame (and one wrt to the other), then they will collide.
Note: I do not understand how the others answers are trying to analyse motion and forces without defining a reference frame.
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Sleepwalking Overview
Sleepwalking has been described in medical literature dating before Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC). In Shakespeare's tragic play, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's famous sleepwalking scene ("out, damned spot") is ascribed to her guilt and resulting insanity as a consequence of her involvement in the murder of her father-in-law.
Sleepwalking is characterized by complex behavior (walking) accomplished while asleep. Occasionally nonsensical talking may occur while sleepwalking. The person's eyes are commonly open but have a characteristic glassy "look right through you" character. This activity most commonly occurs during middle childhood and young adolescence. Approximately 15% of children between 4-12 years of age will experience sleepwalking. Generally sleepwalking behaviors are resolved by late adolescence; however, approximately 10% of all sleepwalkers begin their behavior as teens. A genetic tendency has been noted.
There are five stages of sleep. Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 are characterized as non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is the sleep cycle associated with dreaming as well as surges of important hormones essential for proper growth and metabolism. Each sleep cycle (stages 1,2,3,4, and REM) lasts about 90-100 minutes and repeats throughout the night. Thus the average person experiences 4-5 complete sleep cycles per night. Sleepwalking characteristically occurs during the first or second sleep cycle during stages 3 and 4. Due to the short time frame involved, sleepwalking tends not to occur during naps. Upon waking, the sleepwalker has no memory of his behaviors.
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What would be a good starting point for locating small or medium size game publishers in Japan. We have a US/EU released game that we believe will fit the Japanese market well, and are looking for companies that we could contact for possible co-publishing.
EDIT: So far, I've found http://www.gamebusiness.jp/directory/category.php?id=10002 and from one answer, http://www.gamedevmap.com/index.php?query=Japan&Submit=Search
Starting a bounty, I need as many publishers as I can get.


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Tax Benefits of Owning a Home
Capital Gains Exclusion
Show Me the Money
Capital gains are the profits from the sale of an investment or asset. Tax on this gain is usually due the year the asset is sold.
Pocket Change
The 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act was great news to persons under age 55 who wanted to sell their homes and buy smaller ones. Before this act, people who owned their homes for many years often had to pay high capital gains taxes at sale time.
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A capital gains exclusion is an exclusion to the practice of taxing capital gains. It applies to those who sell their homes and are within the parameters set by the government: up to a $500,000 sum if married, $250,000 if single.
You've just moved into your house, so this section on capital gains might be a little premature. This information will be helpful someday, though. A capital gain occurs when you sell your home at a profit. Say you buy it for $100,000, keep it for a while, and then sell it for $200,000. You've made a $100,000 profit or capital gain. Most profits, such as those on many investments, are taxed for capital gains purposes. A portion of the capital gains from selling your home, however, is not.
Capital gains used to be bad news for taxpayers, who saw a big bite taken out of the money they made on the sale of a house. Fortunately, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 made big changes in the capital gains taxes you pay on the sale of your house. The 1997 law says you can take a $500,000 exclusion on your income tax if you're married and filing jointly, or a $250,000 exclusion if you're single.
You can file for the capital gains exclusion every two years at any age, as long as you've used the property as your principal residence for at least two of the last five years. If you only own your house for one year, you can take a partial (50 percent) exemption. If you have to move because of unexpected or uncontrollable reasons, such as a job transfer or health reasons, you get to take the total exemption. It won't be prorated, even if you haven't lived in the house for two years.
Don't rush out and sell your house now that we told you about the $500,000 exemption. It sounds like a huge amount to be sure, but you'd be surprised at how quickly costs add up. Always save any receipts associated with fixing up or improving your house. This is smart in case you need them for an insurance claim. Saving the receipts also gives you a record of capital improvements for the calculation of any gain for your state income tax return. Note that although the IRS allows a $500,000 exclusion for capital gains on a house sale, your state's allowable exclusion may be considerably less.
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The US Department of Energy released a report that assesses how critical energy and electricity infrastructure is vulnerable to the impacts of recent climate trends.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report today
that assesses how critical US energy and electricity
infrastructure is vulnerable to the impacts of recent climate
Historically high temperatures in recent years have been
accompanied by droughts and extreme heat waves, more wildfires
than usual, and several intense storms that caused power and
fuel disruptions for millions of people.
These trends are expected to continue, which could further
impact energy systems critical to the nation's economy.
The US Energy Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
and Extreme Weather report, which builds on President
Obama's Climate Action Plan, notes that annual temperatures
across the US have increased by about 1.5°F over the last
In fact, 2012 was both the warmest year on record in the
contiguous US and saw the hottest month since the country
started keeping records in 1895. Implications for the US energy
infrastructure include:
Increased risk of temporary partial or full shutdowns at
thermoelectric power plants because of decreased water
availability for cooling and higher ambient and air water
temperatures. A study of coal plants, for example, found that
roughly 60% of the existing fleet is located in areas of
water stress.
Reduced power generation from hydroelectric power plants
in some regions and seasons due to drought and declining
Risks to energy infrastructure located along the coast
from sea level rise, increasing intensity of storms and
higher storm surge and floodingpotentially disrupting
oil and gas production, refining and distribution, as well
as electricity generation and distribution.
Increasing risks of physical damage to power lines,
transformers and electricity distribution systems from
hurricanes, storms and wildfires that are growing more
intense and more frequent.
Increased risks of disruption and delay to fuel transport
by rail and barge during more frequent periods of drought and
flooding that affect water levels in rivers and ports.
Higher air conditioning costs and risks of blackouts and
brownouts in some regions if the capacity of existing power
plants does not keep pace with the growth in peak electricity
demand due to increasing temperatures and heat waves.
In addition to identifying critical areas at risk from
climate change and extreme weather, the report identifies
activities already underway to address these challenges, and
discusses potential opportunities to make the energy sector
more resilient.
Potential future opportunities for federal, state and local
governments could include innovative policies that broaden the
suite of available, climate-resilient energy technologies and
encourage their deployment, improved data collection and models
to better inform researchers and lawmakers of energy sector
vulnerabilities and response opportunities, and enhanced
stakeholder engagement.
These activities will increase the resilience of the US
energy infrastructure by "hardening" existing facilities and structures to better
withstand severe droughts, floods, storms or wildfires and by
contributing to smarter development of new facilities.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
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Aug. 30, 2012 -- A tiny mite may be the cause of the skin condition rosacea.
Rosacea causes flushing, redness, and bumps across the nose, cheeks, chin, and forehead. It usually strikes after age 30 and affects more women than men. It tends to flare in response to certain triggers, like sun exposure or emotional stress.
"Previously, people had no real idea what caused the condition," says researcher Kevin Kavanagh, PhD, a biologist at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in Kildare, Ireland.
Antibiotics can help clear a rosacea flare-up. And doctors once thought that was because of the drugs' calming effect on underlying inflammation. But puzzlingly, other drugs that target inflammation, like corticosteroids, don't seem to help.
So Kavanagh and his team started searching for bacteria that might trigger rosacea.
How Mites Might Cause Rosacea
"We found these bacteria inside these little Demodex mites," Kavanagh says.
Demodex mites live on the skin of 20% to 80% of adults. The tiny bugs are invisible to the naked eye. Until recently, it was thought that the mites lived harmlessly, feeding off the oily sebum that coats the skin.
Kavanagh says changes in the skin brought on by age, stress, or illness sometimes allows the population of Demodex mites to swell. Research shows that people with rosacea have more than 10 times as many Demodex mites on their skin as people without the condition.
"When each of those [mites] dies, they release bacteria into the skin," he says.
Those bacteria trigger an immune reaction that causes redness and inflammation of the skin. The mites themselves don't seem to be harmful, Kavanagh says. It's the bacteria they have inside their bodies.
"You can think of them like a bus," he says. "They bus in large numbers of bacteria. But it's not the bus that's the problem; it's the bacteria that get off the bus that's the problem."
Kavanagh sums up the research linking Demodex mites to rosacea in a new review published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.


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Welcome once again to Transformation Thursday ! It's the one day each week we get together to celebrate getting stuff done. No matter if it's your first time here or you are a party regular, everyone is welcome to link up your DIY, crafts, tips & tutorials at the bottom of this post, then go around and give each other atta girls & high fives. Just join in at the bottom of this post.
Looking for a pallet project but want to start small? Redfly creations shared a gorgeous tutorial for a pallet wood tray that will knock your socks off!
I know Christmas is over, but I just couldn't resist sharing this simply beautiful setting from Town and Country Living.
I shared my experience with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint a few weeks ago, but thought y'all might like to see another person's experience. The Backyard Bungalow did this beautiful dresser.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Running back Knile Davis' final season at Arkansas didn't go as planned after returning from the ankle injury that sidelined him throughout 2011.
It didn't deter Davis from entering the 2013 NFL Draft with one season of eligibility remaining. And it finally paid off late Friday night.
Davis became the first Arkansas player selected, going to the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round with the 96th overall selection. It was a surprise pick, considering most of Arkansas' pre-draft publicity for the early rounds centered on quarterback Tyler Wilson. But Davis stood as the only player selected after two days.
The draft will end with rounds four through seven today. It begins at 11 a.m.
The Chiefs snatched Davis because of his potential after rushing for 1,322 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2010. He missed the 2011 season because of a broken ankle suffered in preseason practices and struggled when he returned, rushing for just 377 yards and two touchdowns last season.
But Davis went to work in the pre-draft process determined to show NFL teams he was healthy and worth a selection this week. He made his biggest impression at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine in February, testing among the top of the running back class in most categories. Davis also performed well during an on-campus pro day.
"Every team I've talked to has definitely said I'm a first-round talent," Davis said earlier this week as he waited for the draft. "That's not a question. But just the injuries and the season I had kind of brought that down a little bit. But I just want to get picked in a reasonable round and go to work."
Davis said earlier this week he visited Dallas, Arizona, New England and the New York Jets for private workouts. Ultimately, the NFL team closest to Arkansas' campus ended up pulling the trigger and selecting the Houston native.
New Kansas City coach Andy Reid told the Chiefs media Friday night he believed Davis' fumbles last season were a bigger issue than his injury history. But it didn't deter Reid from selecting the running back to compliment Jamaal Charles.
"You take the fumbling out of his game that he had this past year and you see a running back that you would put up there with any of the top running backs in the nation," Reid said in Kansas City. "We look forward to getting him here. He knows his situation. He knows his problem, the label he has out on him now, being a fumbler. He'll work hard to fix that and we think we can help him with that."
Davis was the sixth running back selected in the draft, joining a group that includes North Carolina's Giovani Bernard, Alabama's Eddie Lacy, Wisconsin's Montee Ball, Texas A&M's Christine Michael and Michigan State's Le'Veon Bell. All six running backs were selected in the second and third rounds Friday night.
Davis' selection ended what had been a quiet night for other Razorbacks like Wilson.
The Greenwood native's journey to the NFL continues in a draft that has not been kind to quarterbacks. Only three quarterbacks have been selected in three rounds.
Florida State's E.J. Manuel was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the 16th pick Thursday night, while the New York Jets took West Virginia's Geno Smith with the 39th pick in the second round Friday. North Carolina State's Mike Glennon was the third quarterback taken, going to the Tampa Bay Bucs in the third round (No. 73).
Wilson was hopeful he could be taken in the first three rounds, but admitted earlier this week he had prepared for the "absolute worst" as well. Southern California's Matt Barkley and Oklahoma's Landry Jones, two other quarterbacks who chose to return to school after considering the draft last year, have not been selected either.
Other quarterbacks like Syracuse's Ryan Nassib, Tennessee's Tyler Bray and Arizona's Matt Scott remain on the board as well in a disappointed class.
"Some of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game weren't the first overall picks," Wilson said Monday. "Me as a competitor, you take it personal for every pick that you're not picked. But in reality, that's just part of the deal. There's a lot of very, very successful quarterbacks. You've got Joe Montana, a third-round pick. Tom Brady, late round. Tony Romo was undrafted, Kurt Warner … You can go down the list.
"You've got to get in there and work at the end of the day."
Wilson said via Twitter he was watching the draft with friends and family Friday. He also had a media session in Ft. Smith tentatively scheduled for Friday night, but it was postponed after the quarterback was not selected among the first 97 picks.
Any celebration will have to wait until today, when the draft concludes with its final four rounds. Wilson certainly won't be the only Razorback watching closely.
Other draft-hopeful Hogs like tight end Chris Gragg, wide receiver Cobi Hamilton, guard Alvin Bailey and running back Dennis Johnson are hoping to be selected. All four were regarded as mid- to late-round picks by numerous mock drafts.
Linebackers Alonzo Highsmith and Tenarius Wright, running back Ronnie Wingo Jr., defensive tackles D.D. Jones and Alfred Davis, punter Dylan Breeding and cornerback Darius Winston are other Razorbacks hoping to find NFL homes by the end of the day as well. The players aren't projected as draft picks, but several will have chances to sign free agent contracts as soon as the seven-round draft ends.
Davis doesn't have to wait and wonder any longer after being selected by the Chiefs.
"Happy to b a Chief !!! Words can't express how I feel!!! Its been a long…road blessed and highly favored !!!@kcchiefs," Davis posted on his Twitter page late Friday.


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One of the things that really slows me down in catching on with Linux is the huge difference between the file system in Linux versus Windows. Up until the last 3-4 years I only used Windows systems and its only been the last 2-3 months that I've really worked at getting accustomed to Linux. I think one of the things that really bothers me at this point is that I felt like I could find just about anything I wanted to when I began digging through the various folders in Windows. I had become accustomed to what kinds of things were placed where and when. I don't have that with Linux. I'm learning a few things like the /opt folder is where most third-party programs get installed... but my understanding is limited. What things are important to know to really understand the file system and to be able to locate different files and programs and such?
Have a look at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which is a standard of organising directory structure. I strongly suspect most (all?) Linux-based systems more or less follow it.
In some *nix distributions (tested on OpenBSD and Ubuntu) the man page for the file system hierarchy can be useful.
Of course, this will vary depending on platform and how up to date the manual pages are. The man page (on Ubuntu) also references the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard that was pointed to earlier.
I did not find a similar manual entry on solaris.
In general, different linux distributions are free to put things wherever they want to, so it can get confusing quickly. Most executables that the system installs (either as part of the base system or through a package manager) will end up somewhere in your default path (usually in /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin) though some distributions use /opt, /usr/share/bin, among others. A parallel could be drawn to the "Program Files" folder in windows. The "Windows" folder could be somewhat like /usr/lib /usr/include /usr/share and others. Your "My Documents" folder is somewhat parallel to your home directory on linux (/home/user) with the nice addition that most user specific configurations for programs like firefox, thunderbird, etc live here making moving to a new system fairly painless.
The problem with these parallels is they are not exactly accurate. Windows and linux are different in this respect.
The best way forward is to continue poking around with the system, as you probably did when you first started using windows, break things, fix them, ask questions along the way.
In Windows when you install a program, it creates a folder in Program Files that contains everything. It has the binaries, the libraries, the resource files, etc. In Linux, binaries usually go in
This layout has some cool advantages. By putting libraries into


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Bb Learn - Create Learning Module
Creating Learning Modules in Blackboard Learn
In this scenario, you will
- Log in to Blackboard Learn
- Navigate to the correct course
- Configure Blackboard Learn for editing
- Create a Learning Module
- Configure Learning Module Settings
- Add Content Items
Although Blackboard Learn offers a number of options to choose from when you structure course content, the steps listed in this scenario address how to organize your content by creating a learning module. You are encouraged to explore the other options on your own.
Log in to Blackboard Learn
To log in to Blackboard Learn (if you are not already logged in), follow these steps:
- Go to bblearn.nau.edu.
- Click the Log in to Bb Learn button.
- On the Central Authentication Service (CAS) page, in the UserID field type your NAU login ID, and in the Password field, type your password.
(NOTE: If you have already authenticated through CAS from some other campus website, you might not have to complete this step or the next. Instead, you automatically will be routed to the Blackboard Learn My Institution tab.)
- Click the Login button.
Navigate to the Correct Course
After you have logged in, make sure you are on the My Institution tab, and then from the My Courses block, select a listed course.
Configure Blackboard Learn for Editing
Near the upper right corner of the window, make sure the Edit Mode is button is set to ON. You click the button to toggle between ON and OFF.
Create a Learning Module
- In the left navigation menu, click the Content link.
- From the Build Content menu, select Learning Module.
- On the Name field, type Lesson 1. That will be the title of your learning module.
- In the Description field, type an overview of the learning module for your students or just add a banner image. You can use the visual editor to format your message.
Configure the Learning Module Settings
- Scroll to 2. Availability, and then specify if you want to permit students to view the learning module.
- Specify the date and time when you want the learning module displayed to the students. To set the day, month, year, and time of day, you can either type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format in the left field and type the time in 00:00 AM format in the right field, or you can use the calendar and time icons as follows:
- Click the calendar icon.
- From the popup calendar, navigate to the date you want and click to select it.
The selected date will be added to the Display After date field.
- Click the clock icon.
- From the time-of-day popup menu, scroll to find the time you want, and click to select it.
The selected time will be added to the Due Date field.
- Repeat Steps A through D, to specify the date and time when you want the lesson plan to stop displaying.
- Scroll to the 3. View, and then specify if you want to force students to progress through the content in the order that is set by the number next to each Content Item. Students are unable to advance to a page within the Learnring Unit without viewing the previous page.
- Next, select if you want the learning modules items to open in a new window.
- In addition, select if you want to track the number of times each student views of the learning module.
- Scroll to the 4. Table of Contents, and then specify if you want to show the learning module Table of Contents to the students.
- Next, select how you want your hierarchy displayed.
- After you have chosen the settings you want, scroll to 5. Submit , click the Submit button.
- Once you submit the learning module, the link to the learning module will be listed on the Content page.
Add Content Items
- The next step to creating a learning module is to add curriculum resources such as class notes, multimedia, and assessments.
- Make sure the Edit Mode is button is set to ON. You click the button to toggle between ON and OFF.
- To open the learning module, click the title link.
- To add content items, and add content from the Build Content, Create Assessment, Add Interactive Tool, or Assign Textbox buttons.
Once you add your learning module content items, the content links appear below the Lesson tab.
- When edit mode is off, a student accesses the learning module from the Content page.
- Students view all the items from the learning module and they can navigate through the table of contents.


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I've Been Keeping A Big FAT Secret From You…
No, I am not preggo. But thanks for thinking that…
At this very moment Me, Court and my 2 sisters are on a plane headed back to New York to do another round with Nate! (you can see pics from Round 1 Here) Does that explain the crazy project mode that I've been in for the last 3 weeks?!
I am SO excited about the segments and about the opportunity to be back!
So, because I feel super bad that you all cant come with me I am going to be doing a ton of posts and sharing lots of pictures and behind the scenes of our trip over on the Vintage Revivals Facebook page!! So make sure that you "like" it so that you are in the loop!
Last time we were in NYC we did a ton of fun touristy things. Now we want to do the REALLY good stuff. So those that have been to NYC, what are your FAVORITE places!?
Also have you entered the SNAP conference pass giveaway yet? If not then you must not understand how amazing it would be, and how excited I am to hang out with YOU! So please go and enter!!
Aaaannnnnnnnnnnnddd I have a HUGE gift card giveaway from my FAVORITE store tomorrow…Do you want a clue?!


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Dominic Barnes
Although I am young, I have been developing websites and web applications for nearly a decade now. I started out on Notepad, writing up HTML and CSS for fun in my spare time. It wasn't long before I had put together my own website in Microsoft FrontPage and posted it on Geocities.
I built websites for the organizations I was affiliated with. (Church, Boy Scouts, etc) I spent 2 years in the IT Development Department of Teen Mania Ministries. It was there that I learned all about Application Development, Database Development and Code Maintenance.
Since completing that internship, I have been a freelancing web developer, working under the name "DesDev". I also currently work for MediaFire.com where I do web development work of all sorts, mostly in PHP and MySQL.
Additionally, I am a huge supporter of open-source software, so I contribute wherever I can. I am an early-adopter of all sorts of new technologies, making sure to try something brand-new with every project I undertake.
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I know that if I use self-signed cert, browsers will warn about it to the user, but I want to know that from security viewpoint is self-signed cert as secure as certificate authority(CA)?
A self-signed certificate is capable of having the same security features (encryption, extended validation, permitted usage) as a certificate issued from a leading issuer such as VeriSign or GeoTrust. These options need to be set when the certificate is created.
However the purpose and the advantage of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (such as Internal Certificate Authority used inside an enterprise, VeriSign/Symantec, GeoTrust, and many more) is that there is an existing trust relationship between the client and the certificate issuer (e.g. VeriSign). The client (people and browser) trusts that the issuer has checked you out and has verified you are who you say you are. Certificate issuers have stringent security practises that they have to maintain. This type of relationship is not replicated with a self-signed certificate.
You can install a self-signed certificate into a browser (needs to be done for each browser) to make it recognise the certificate as trusted.
If you do not do this step the user has no way of knowing the certificate has changed unless they manually inspect the certificate. This could be dangerous because someone could intercept the transmission (man-in-the-middle) and the user would not know the certificate/host was the wrong one.
When looking at functionality alone, a self-signed certificate offers neither more or less security then one issued from a leading certificate authority.
Websites are for users, and a certificate trust is important so the user knows your website is who it says it is.
My personal opinion is that the trust and ease of deployment gained by using a public issuing authority is very important for a public web site, especially if you don't have an existing close relationship with the people visiting it.
A self-signed certificate may be suitable for limited internal development / testing.
An internal Certificate Authority for use is a good solution for enterprises who use certificates internally and have an expertise in PKI.
Hope that helps
It's not secure, because it makes you vulnerable to a redirection or man-in-the-middle attack. Any attacker can create a self-signed certificate for your domain, and your users won't be able to tell that they've received the wrong one if they're taken to the attacker's site instead of yours.
As you already said, the browser will issue a warning to the user. This makes it possible to man-in-the-middle the connection. Certificates are about trust and your self-signed certificate lacks the trust-chain you normally get with a CA-signed cert. Consider this: if the client is going through my router to connect to your website, I can intercept the communication, generate a cert on the fly (for the client) and talk to your server using your cert. It would still look the same for the client but on my router I have the unencrypted traffic.
The funny part of all this is that in all the hosting companies I have worked for I have NEVER HEARD OF Verisign, Comodo, or any other Certificate Authority calling to check the information provided by their customer is true. They check that the credit card charges properly, and might check that the billing address matches what the customer said TO BILL THE CREDIT CARD, but NOT to issue a certificate. So while the 'trusted relationship' is implied, it is rarely ACTUALLY THERE! Yep, generating your own cert is ok for internal stuff, but for public facing stuff, where customers will be buying, you need to use a public certificate authority issued certificate. Customers don't understand any of this, nor should they have to, but they are trusting that the Verisign company is trustable (even though they don't check certs before issueing them, they're made by a computer..not a human). Hope this helps.
When we talk about security, self-signed and CA signed certificates are providing same 256-bit encryption to your website. But, SSL is not only used for security, but also refer authentication and users trust.
Drawbacks of Self-Signed Certificate,
Self-signed certificate and signed certificate carry equal encryption strength but beside this encryption, a self-signed certificate holder will have few drawback of using self-signed certificate.
Self-signed certificate is available at free while you need to pay few buck for signed certificate. Overall, you will have authenticity, trust, and encryption with signed certificate that can be a great advantage for any online business website.
Please read this article my company published to know more about the risks in self-signed certificates.
As trust in PKI is somehow broken (comodo etc...), CA signed certificates show give you no popups :)
For internal usage there's no need for CA signed certs.
It is the CA's role to deliver certificates to the various users. If the CA is compromised, any certificate from that CA will be revoked, i.e. it will be invalidated.
If all your users know you and are confident in you, you can build your own CA for free. OpenSSL for example offers you all you need for that:
The difference is only legal. If you own the CA and the site there is no trusted third party.


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Why is the set of first order deformations equal to $H^1(X,T_{X}(-p_1 -p_2 ... -p_k))$? And what is the motivation for studying this? (I know the proof for unpointed curves, which can be found in a few sources: Hartshorne's deformation theory, Arbarello, Cornalba, Griffiths' Geometry of Algebraic Curves II etc.)
Here's a "quick and dirty" answer, far from being precise. Take the case of curves that you mention: the idea is that , the more points that you add to your moduli problem, the more parameters you need. The dimension of the moduli space gets bigger. In fact, by serre duality your space is iso to $H^0(X,2K_X +p_1+p_2+ ... + p_k)$ and this more positive than the mere def space $H^0(X,2K_X)$ hence it is very likely to have more sections, i.e. more directions in which you can deform your pointed curve. Work out yourself the example of $X=P^1$: it is very instructive. You will see straight away that the rough dimension count of the moduli space corresponds to the dimension of the first order deformation space.
It shouldn't be hard to adapt the proof for unpointed curves. The idea is the following. If $\newcommand \G {\mathcal G} \G$ is a sheaf of groups on $X$, say a topological space, then $H^1(X,\G)$ always classifies isomorphism classes of "locally trivial things over $X$ such that their sheaf of automorphisms over $X$ coincides with $\G$". Example: if $G$ is a finite group, then $H^1(X,G)$ classifies $G$-torsors over $X$. The proof is purely formal and is easiest to carry out in Cech cohomology.
Let's say deformations = 1st order deformations to avoid repeating myself. All deformations of smooth affine varieties are trivial. This means that deformations of any smooth variety are locally trivial, and so can be classified by their sheaf of automorphisms as above. An automorphism of a trivial deformation is the same thing as an infinitesimal automorphism which (on a smooth variety) is the same thing as a vector field (a section of $T_X$). So $H^1(X,T_X)$ classifies isomorphism classes of deformations of $X$.
Now do the same thing for infinitesimal automorphisms that fix the $p_i$. This is the same thing as a vector field which vanishes at each $p_i$, which is the same as a section of $T_X(-p_1-\ldots -p_n)$. Intuitively (differential-geometrically) this is clear: a vector field on a manifold is an infinitesimal automorphism because you can flow along it, and this flow fixes precisely those points where the vector field vanishes. This assertion is enough to finish the proof. So I would look at how Hartshorne identifies automorphisms of $X \times_k k[\varepsilon]$ over $X$ with sections of $T_X = \mathrm{Hom}(\Omega^1,\mathcal O_X) = \mathrm{Der}(\mathcal O_X,\mathcal O_X)$ and modify that proof to take into account that the automorphism should fix a number of points.


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David Mallett comes to Mansfield's Rose Garden Coffeehouse on April 19. Photo copyright Stephen Ide.
David Mallett, one of America'a most revered songwriters, has a song called "Greenin' Up Real Good" that shows how spring is finally born in New England each year. This will no doubt be a favorite (and a welcome one at that) when he plays the Rose Garden Coffeehouse in Mansfield on Saturday, April 19.
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LittleBigPlanet Karting: Video Games for $29.99
On sale again at Amazon for $29.99!
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This is fun. And emitters are a blast to play with in course creation - sparks, fire, fireworks. As are large jump plates. And large jump plates near emitters that cause you to jump through a tunnel of fireworks...
Nice. I ordered it today and look forward to playing. Hoping it brings even close to the enjoyment that Mario Kart does :-)
I rented it and played a few times but sadly it didn't do anything for me. Nothing quite bring back the fun times I had with my siblings and friends playing Mario Kart 64!


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this weekend in images – part I
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How To Measure For Moment CenterWritten by on August 20, 2012 Step-by-step instructions
There are no bad race cars, just bad geometry. Any car can be made to work by making small changes to critical points in the suspension. That is why we present articles like this one--to show you how to improve the performance of your car by doing a little shop work and applying some cutting and welding skills to perfect your car's design. It costs very little, but the rewards will be significant. The importance of the front moment center has not diminished even with newer setups that utilize bump devices and softer springs. The forces are still there that are influenced by the MC. We often write about the importance of the front MC location for stock cars. Now, we will again explain how to measure your car to find the exact MC location. Taking the measurements to determine the MC location is not that difficult. Racers in general will always do what is needed to perform, from making last minute engine changes to staying up all night to prepare for an important race. This process of measuring the front end takes from two to four hours, depending on how organized you are and how much help you have. This is considering that you will take your time and do it right by checking every measurement and verifying the data.
The following are the steps and methods you can use to measure the eight pivot points in order to determine the locations of the front moment center. This represents a two dimensional view of the front geometry and is much quicker and easier than taking three dimensional measurements. If you desire to go the 3-D route, you will need to add measurements in a fore-aft direction, as well as the height and width, from a baseline that is perpendicular to the centerline. For most types of stock cars, the information we desire to know about the front moment center location can be found accurately enough by taking two dimensional measurements and using a two dimensional geometry software program. That is because the range of motion involved with negotiating turns on a short track add up to relatively small angular changes to the control arms.
Step 1
One of the most important steps is to locate a level portion of the floor on which to measure your car. The most important area that should be smooth and level is that area in between the front tires and extended fore and aft 10-plus inches. So, roughly a rectangular area that is about 20x70 inches and level will do. Pull a string over 1-inch blocks set at the outside and under where each tire will sit and across the area to be used. Measure along the string to see if the floor varies more than 1/8-inch in the exact spots you will be measuring to. If it does, move and find another area. Some teams will use a horizontal laser that can be purchased at any hardware store for this instead of a string. Get this part right and you will be able to trust your numbers.
Step 2
Position the car over the level spot with all of the weights in the car including the driver. Make sure to have the correct cambers set, the car at ride height, and the tires aired up to race pressures. If the engine has been removed, support the car under the framerails at normal ride height and remove the springs and shocks. Reduce the air pressures in the front tires until the LF lower ball joint flange drops 3/8-inch closer to the floor and the RF ball joint flange drops 1/2-inch closer to the floor. Dropping the spindles this way will closely simulate the amount that the tire squashes when all of the weight is on the tires with the engine, springs and shocks installed.
Step 3
Take a measurement at each front wheel so that we can later return the wheel assemblies to their same positions in relation to the chassis. We can measure at the outside of the tires from the bottom rim of the wheel to a mark on the fender or on the inside of the tire from the top of the ball joint stud to a point on the engine hoop bar. Some teams will measure the length of the shock. Whichever way, the idea is to have a way to accurately reposition the wheel assembly later on after we have raised the car and removed the springs and shocks.
Step 4
Jack the car up and support the chassis at the four corners on jackstands. Keep the stands away from the actual area where we will be taking the measurements in order to be able to access and measure to the pickup points under the front suspension without the stands being in the way. We want to raise the car the exact same amount at each corner. A good distance to raise the car is 10 inches, but any dimension will do. As we eventually measure the height of each chassis pivot point, the offset (amount we raised the car) will have to be subtracted from each vertical measurement and 10 is an easy number to subtract. Start by adjusting the lowest corner to the new offset distance, then move clockwise around the car to raise the other three corners to their ride heights plus the offset amount. Then make sure that the chassis is fully supported at all fours corners and does not rock and roll. You can shim the left rear corner last to stabilize the car and if the height is not perfect, we just leave that corner what it is. As long as the two front corners are set to ride height plus the constant offset and the chassis is tight on the jackstands, then you will be OK.
Step 5
Remove the front springs, shocks, and wheels and jack the LF and RF wheel assemblies up until they are positioned so that we have the same measurements as we took in step No. 3. Place a link in place of the shock at each side so that the wheel assembly is supported in the same position as if it were at normal ride height with all of the weight on the tires (step No. 3 measurements used). The link can be an old tie rod or tubular lower control arm with opposite threaded Heim joints of a usable length. This type of temporary link is easy to install and adjust for length. If those are not available, then a piece of 1x1/8-inch iron or aluminum metal strap can be used. Cut the piece in two so that they are long enough to overlap when installed in the shock mounts, drill a hole in one end of each piece and bolt the two to the shock mounts. With the wheel assembly positioned correctly, overlap the straps and lock them together with a pair of Vise-Grip pliers. Drill another hole through both pieces and bolt the two together. Label each set of straps, i.e. LF, RF so that you can reuse them if you need to re-measure later on.
Step 6
Establish and mark the center of rotation of each ball joint. It is important to know the exact location of the pivot point of the ball joint so that we can mark that point on the ball joint support band on the control arms. To find the center of each different type of ball joint, we can quickly locate it using a simple method of placing the ball joint in a vise with the stud pointed up and then lining up the shaft as it moves from side to side. Now that we know where the center of rotation is located in relation to the band, we can mark a point on each ball joint on the car. Remember to allow for antidive angle in the control arms as well as the control arm angle. These angles will affect where you place the point to measure to. Use 3/4- or 1-inch wide masking tape and place a piece over the ball joint band. Clean the surface first to remove all grease and dirt. Use a fine tip black marker and a small straight-edge to make a cross on the tape to represent the center of the ball joint for height and width measurements. Do this for the upper and lower ball joints.
Step 7
Take all of the height measurements first. If a direct vertical measurement cannot be taken, then use a level to project the height out from each point or construct a fixture to use to represent the distance so that a measurement can be taken away from the car. When measuring the lower chassis points, use the pivot that is closest to a line lying at right angles from the ball joint to the centerline of the car. For the stock GM lower control arms, use the center of the front bushing. For a strut type of lower control arm, use the center of the bushing or center of the Heim joint that is on a line lying 90 degrees off the centerline of the car projected through the center of the ball joint. The upper chassis mounts often have antidive. To measure the chassis pivot point, average the heights of the centers of the two mounting bolts and measure the width to the center of the control arm shaft. In the case of an upper control arm that uses Heim joints and links, measure to the pivot that is closest to a line that would be lying perpendicular to the centerline of the car from the center of the ball joint.
Step 8
Establish a centerline for the purpose of moment center location. This will not be the true centerline of the chassis, but rather a point half way between the front tire contact patches. Note that the car "feels" the MC in relation to the tire contact patch points and therefore we need to know the relationship of its location to those tire patches. After placing the wheels and tires back on the car, mark a point on the floor at each outside edge of the front tires. I often hang a plumb bob over the bulge in the tire to the floor. Measure between these points and divide that measurement by two. Place a mark on the floor between the front tires that represents half the distance between the tires. Using that same half-distance measurement, measure from the outside of the RR tire to mark a rear centerline point. The right side tires are supposed to be inline or very close to it, and so our points will be parallel to the right side tire patches and centered between the front contact patches. If you know your RR tire offset, you can add or subtract from the front half distance for the rear measurement. Stretch a string over these two centerline points, pull tight and hold each end with blocks of lead or a concrete block if no lead is available. We will be measuring from this line to each of our eight pivot points.
Step 9
Now it's time to measure the widths. Drop a plumb line down from each center of rotation for the four ball joints and the four chassis pickup points and place a mark on the floor. The framerail and lower control arms may prevent you from dropping straight down from some of these points. In that case, measure out beyond the spindle at a right angle to the centerline and plumb down and mark an offset point on the floor. Write the offset amount (use 20, 30, and so on inches) on the masking tape beside the point. The point we will measure from at each ball joint must be either at the front or rear of the BJ so the measurement will be an accurate width dimension. When marking these points on the side of the ball joint, make sure you are looking either directly to the front or rear of the car.
Measure from each point to the centerline and don't forget to subtract the offsets.
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Once all measurements have been taken and recorded, enter all of the height and width measurements into a racing geometry software program. Check to make sure that each measurement is entered correctly. Try to think out the difference in the numbers so that they make sense. If the inner points of the upper control arms are higher than the ball joint measurements, and you know the physical angle shows the ball joint to be higher, re-check your measurements. We are interested in finding the location of the MC in both static and dynamic positions. Static represents where the MC is located when the car is at static ride height and the dynamic position is where the MC migrates to as the car dives and rolls in the turns. The dive and roll numbers you will enter into the program are in direct relation to the type of car, track banking angle, and setup stiffness. Try to use dive numbers that represent what the center of the car is doing at mid-turn and the roll angle is how many degrees the chassis is rolling relative to the track surface.
Low banked tracks will produce more roll angle and less dive than a high banked track. If you're running on bump devices or into coil bind, then simulate where the chassis would be relative to that attitude and put those numbers in dive and roll in the program. These numbers must make sense and simulate the attitude of the car at mid-turn. Shock travels may include additional travel distance as a result of hard braking on entry into the turns and may not accurately represent the mid-turn attitude. Review the past Circle Track articles on moment center design to determine if your moment center location is correct for your application. The design of the location of the moment center is critical to how your front end will work and is an important ingredient in determining the overall balance of the setup in your car.
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1 Check the floor where you will be taking measurements. A good way to check for flatness if you don't have a builders level is to pull a string over 1-inch (or whatever works) blocks and measure from the string to the floor at the points where the height measurements for the pivot points will be taken. If the gap between the string and the floor varies more than 1/8-inch, then find a new spot, or note the difference at each point and adjust the height measurement as you go along.2 To record the spindle position you can measure from the wheel rim to a mark on the fender. Another way to do this is by measuring from a point on the lower control arm (such as the top of the lower ball joint stud) to a place on the rollbar engine hoop. Record these measurements.3 The offset that the car was raised must be the same at all four corners of the chassis. Add the constant offset number to each of the four ride heights and make sure that each corner is at the proper offset height.4 The best way to support the spindle while taking measurements is by using a spare tie rod or lower strut rod. Both of these usually have opposite rotational threads and therefore are easy to use to fine tune the spindle height. The spindle must be positioned in relation to the inner pivot points exactly as it would with the spring installed and the car at ride height with all of the weight in it. Then all of the control arm angles will be correct.5 If you don't know the exact location of the center of rotation of your ball joints, this simple method will allow you to establish the true center. Once you have marked the point, measure to the cap surface on the control arm band side and remember that distance. Then you will know where to mark the center on the car with the ball joint installed in the control arm.6 Mark the center of rotation of the ball joint on a piece of masking tape affixed to the control arm band. You'll need to "project" the center point out to the tape taking into account the control arm angle and direction of the ball joint shaft (due to king pin inclination in the spindle). From a side view, project the rotational center of the ball joint to the front or rear (whichever is more convenient to see) so that any angle created by antidive will be compensated for.7 In the case of a strut type of upper control arm, measure to the center of the Heim joint that is along a perpendicular line between the ball joint and the centerline of the car.8 For standard A-arms, the "pivot" point will be at the center of the control arm shaft. This point represents the average height of the two mounting bolts (when antidive is present) as well as the width of the rotational axis. Measure and record the heights to the centers of rotation and remember to subtract the offset amount that we raised the car.9 We ultimately want to end up with measurements that will represent the heights and widths of the four ball joints and the four chassis pivot points as if the car were at ride height. All height measurements must be made with the car above the usual ride height and so we can't forget to subtract the offset that was used when raising the car.


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I am running a VMware XP sp3 on a Vista host laptop Precision M4400 IntelCore Duo 2.66Ghz 4Gb RAM and 64bit OS. One harddrive not partitioned. The performance is very slow. I have defraged de Host and Vmware several times. Do not have any idea why is so slow. Any ideas?
I would suggest starting performance monitor on the host, and then starting the guest vm computer. My guess is that you'll see the Disk Queue pegged at the top most of the time, causing the slowness. If not, post what you do see as the bottleneck.
I have a similar setup. The RAM is ok, and the CPU is ok, but the high disk queue causes the guest OS to be very slow.
There are two major categories of bottlenecks:
Watching the CPU meter is an easy to way to know if it's CPU-bound. To know if it's disk I/O bounce is a little bit more work (at least for me). But it's not hard at all. Use a tool called Iometer, which is a storage performance testing tool. You should be able to get a decent comparison of performance by running the same test in your non-VM OS against your VM OS. I have a little blog entry on the subject here.
If it turns out to be CPU bound and you have a 2-core CPU, try turning down the number of CPUs in the VM configuration to 1. I don't know why exactly, but I was majorly CPU-bound on my laptop, and that turned out to be magic change. A lot of others on the vmware forums have found this to be true as well.
If it turns out to be I/O bound, and you really need the performance, you can either use a fast external drive for the VM, buy a solid state drive, or use a different solution like bootable VHDs (if you're on windows). (Sorry - I'd post links to more of this stuff, but as a new user, I can only include one link. For the VHD solution, google for 'Hanselman bootable VHD')
Did you tried running your vm on an external HD, or do you have e-sata?
You can expect reasonably good performance (80-90% of native performance for most things apart from graphics*) from a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine with a very responsive user interface provided you have installed VMWare Tools in the Guest, the tools install upgrades things like the VM disk driver, graphics driver, network driver and mouse with versions that are key to providing optimal performance. You should configure the VM with sensible resource values - it will be easier on the Hypervisor and host if you assign a single vCPU and 1 to 2GB of RAM, if you set the spec on the VM too high then resource contention will be a problem.
I run VMWare Workstation on very similar hardware to you (2.66Ghz Core Duo, Vista, single harddrive) and it performs well provided the host OS isn't already stressed.
*VMWare Workstation 7 and the new VMware Player have significantly improved graphics performance amongst other things.
Your issue is almost certainly disk I/O. Upgrade to a 2nd gen SSD or use an external drive to run the VM.
Have you checked that VT-x is enabled in the BIOS? Performance will be a LOT worse without it.


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A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Genealogical Treasure Hunt
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Clothing Speaks Volumes
After they've identified who's who, you may want to ask them about the way people are dressed.
Before about 1920, taking pictures was considered a great occasion and people often wore their best outfits. How someone is dressed can speak volumes. What were your ancestors wearing? Are they serious or lively, worn or new, dressy or everyday?


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The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) and the Commodities Club at Columbia Business School will be hosting a talk by Jon Samuel, Head of Social Performance for Anglo American, on "Investing in growth: the mining industry's approach to community development," at Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 940.
Mining environments can be complex. Many major mining projects, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South America, take place in impoverished regions with pre-existing development challenges, under-developed economies and vulnerable ecosystems. However, these major mines, if run responsibly, have the technical and financial capital not only to raise communities out of extreme poverty by improving traditional development indicators such as health, education, agricultural yield, nutrition, infrastructure, and gender equality, but to help ignite a viable market economy through a combination of employment, local purchasing, infrastructure investments, taxes and payments, training and extension programs.
Jon Samuel will discuss how the mining industry has approached the challenge of community development, including whether, why and how mining companies are responsible for and/or can contribute to community development in their areas of operation. In that context, he will also explain how Anglo American approaches this issue by providing an overview of the company's small business development programmes, local procurement initiatives and Socio- Economic Assessment Toolbox. His talk will be followed by a discussion with participants.
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This letter is in response to the July 16 article, "Fed chair: Economy still needs us." The public must always remember that the Federal Reserve, despite its public proclamations, serves as an agent for the Wall Street investment houses and banks, and not for the financial survival of the common people. Excerpts from statements in the subject article by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen:
— The economy is improving. Yet 32 states have not recovered jobs lost since the 2008 financial meltdown.
— Inflation remains below 2 percent. If one uses the Fed's corrupted and biased formula. Try convincing the average family with suppressed or fixed incomes that inflation in the survival commodities of food, energy and medical care remains below 2 percent and you would be subjected to a tirade of profanities.
— An average of 200,000 jobs have been created every month for the past five months. Where? What type of jobs? Part-time? Minimum wage? Family supporting? Retail or manufacturing? Seasonal?
— Unemployment has fallen to 6.1 percent. That's a purely fictional number that is rarely challenged. How about 13.5 percent counting those who have stopped looking or those who are underemployed or have multiple part-time jobs to financially survive?
— The Fed is keeping interest rates low. How, by financially suppressing them? These policies are destroying the savings of millions of citizens (especially seniors) who are now receiving less than 1 percent on their CDs and money market accounts. Why are investment corporations allowed to borrow at close to zero percent interest while student loans are in the double digit range?
Yellen and her predecessors are, or were, really bankers, and the Board of Directors are really bankers. Bankers are money-oriented by profession, leaving citizens' concerns to others. They deal in numbers, not in human realities, and function in a sterilized environment. Bankers were a primary cause for the 1929 Great Depression and now the 2008 financial meltdown, putting the country into a deep recession. They have financially rebounded while the majority of citizens remain in financial limbo.
Remember the words of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan: "Wall Street must be allowed to police themselves." Then we had the 2008 financial disaster. The infamous "black box" that contained trillions of dollars in risky investments was known during the Clinton years. The SEC tried to gain access but were told to back off. Then, in 2008, the black box imploded.
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With summer temperatures already breaking well-over 85 degrees, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's (MDARD) State Veterinarian Dr. James Averill offers a few tips to keep your furry, four-legged family members cool and healthy this summer.
"Our cats, dogs and other companion animals can be just as uncomfortable in the heat and humidity as we are and can quickly become dangerously overheated," said Averill. "Pets can suffer from heat stroke, dehydration, and even sunburn. So it's critical you use sound, common sense practices like not leaving your pet in a car. Even if you park it in the shade and have the windows partially open, it only takes a few minutes for temperatures inside the car to reach deadly levels."
While all dogs and cats are at risk, older or very young pets, overweight pets, those with heavy coats, and short-nosed dogs may need extra care. Owners need to limit their exercise to early morning and evening on hot and humid days as asphalt becomes very hot and can burn their paws, keep the water bowl refreshed, and be sure cooling shade is always nearby.
If your pet is panting excessively or has difficulty breathing, has an increased heart and respiratory rate, drools excessively or un-characteristically, has difficulty walking, appears weak, in a stupor or is vomiting, immediately place your pet in the shade or air conditioning and apply cool - not cold - water to reduce the animal's core body temperature and, if available, place a fan on them. At the same time, seek help from a licensed veterinarian as soon as possible.
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I have ubuntu 12.04 on my main computer and Mint12 on a laptop. On both Libre Office is installed but although it opens any documents I cannot find any way to go to a new blank document or spreadsheet etc. The only thing that seems to be available is Libre Draw under the "Graphics" heading.
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The University of Kansas' medical center and hospital are officially teaming up with Children's Mercy Hospital to help meet the growing demands in child health care.
The hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and the university have been working together for years, but they announced an official alliance Monday for an integrated pediatric program.
The Kansas City Star reports that the program will include Children's Mercy, the University of Kansas Medical Center, the University of Kansas Hospital and the University of Kansas Physicians.
Leaders of the project say consultants will help them improve the network of services in the region and navigate both Missouri's and Kansas' Medicaid reimbursements and malpractice insurance issues.
They hope to have the program running by the end of next year.
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My father brought my mother a bottle of JOY perfume and a box of JOY dusting powder when he returned from World War II. They had been married the day before he was to be shipped over to England. Five and a half years later he returned home. A year later my brother was born. My Mother gets a bottle of Joy every Christmas, my father has pasted away, so we believe Santa leaves the Joy for her. My Mother will be 100 years old in August. Every morning, when she dresses in the nursing home, she put a little Joy behind each ear. THANK YOU JOY, FOR MY OLDER BROTHER AND FOR KEEPPING MY SWEET MOTHER SMELLING SO SWEET ALL THE LAST 70 YEARS.
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Joy Perfume - It's the only fragrance I've ever used since my husband started buying it for me many years ago. Now that he's gone, I'll continue buying it for myself, and of course, it will make me think of him.
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Mandarin Orange Chicken
Categories: Low-fat
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
Citrus and soy sauce go together, and add a sharp tang to chicken.
Serves: Serves: 6
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
- 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup sherry
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 16-ounce can mandarin oranges in juice, drained and liquid reserved
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- Spray 9 X 13-inch shallow baking dish with cooking spray; arrange chicken breasts in single layer and sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon (or more if desired) garlic powder.
- Combine soy sauce, sherry, orange juice, ginger and 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder in small bowl or plastic bag. Blend or shake until ingredients are mixed.
- Pour marinade over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
- When ready to serve: Preheat oven to 350F.
- Drain marinade into small saucepan; add 1 to 2 tablespoons reserved juice from oranges and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer 5 to 10 minutes.
- Bake chicken 15 to 20 minutes; pour cooked marinade over chicken. Add mandarin oranges; continue baking 15 to 20 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
- Most canned mandarin oranges are satsumas, small Japanese fruits that are almost seedless.
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Let $L$ be a linear differential operator (with smooth coefficients) on a compact differentiable manifold $M$ (without boundary). Suppose $M$ is endowed with a smooth volume form (actually, a smooth volume density, if one wishes to consider the non orientable case), so that we can speak about the Hilbert space $L^2(M)$. I regard $L$ as being a densely defined operator on $L^2(M)$ with domain $C^\infty(M)$. Assume that $L$ is symmetric. Is it true that $L$ is essentially self-adjoint? If $L$ is elliptic then the answer is yes (one possible proof: the domain of the adjoint $L^*$ is the set of those $f\in L^2(M)$ such that $L(f)$ --- understood in the distributional sense --- is in $L^2(M)$ and $L^*$ is the restriction of the extension of $L$ to distributions. Let $f$ be an eigenvector of $L^*$ with eigenvalue $\pm i$. Then $f$ is a weak solution of $L(f)=\pm if$ and, by elliptic regularity, $f$ is smooth and it is therefore an eigenvector of $L$ with eigenvalue $\pm i$, contradicting the symmetry of $L$).
Naively speaking, absence of essential self-adjointness is related to the existence of several possible "boundary conditions", which do not exist for compact manifolds. So, naively, the result seems plausible. But maybe I'm being too naive.
Edit: The result is false and the counterexample suggested by Terry Tao works. Let $M=S^1=\mathbb{R}/2\pi\mathbb{Z}$ and $L=\frac{d}{dx}\sin(x)\frac{d}{dx}$. The symmetric operator $L$ is not essentially self-adjoint in $C^\infty(S^1)$. A non zero solution of $(L^*+i)\psi=0$ is obtained using Fourier series. Here are the details: set $a_0=0$, $a_1=1$ and $a_{k+2}=\frac{k}{k+2}a_k+\frac{2}{(k+1)(k+2)}a_{k+1}$ for $k\ge0$. It is easily proven by induction that the sequence $a_k$ is $O(k^{-2/3})$ and hence it is square integrable. The function $\psi(x)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_ke^{ikx}$ is hence in $L^2(S^1)$ and it solves $(L^*+i)\psi=0$ (because it solves $(L+i)\psi=0$ in the distributional sense).


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Dons Fall Short in Class A Title Tilt
WHEELING -Ross Comis tied an all-class West Virginia state championship game record by rushing for five touchdowns and he also passed for the tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough to lift Madonna past undefeated Wahama on Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium.
In arguably one of the most incredible state championship battles since Wheeling became the Super Six host 19 years ago, the White Falcons went for broke in an all-or-nothing gamble that paid off with a 43-42 overtime victory against the heartbroken Blue Dons.
After Madonna and scored first in the extra session to go in front 42-35 on Comis' 2-yard-run and sophomore Matthew Green's sixth straight successful PAT kick, Wahama coach Ed Cromley began thinking after going for a 2-point conversion if his team was able to put the ball in the end zone again.
"I was really favoring going for 2 because I didn't want it to become an extra-point kicking contest (in overtime)," Cromley said. "They drilled all theirs (kicks) and we had trouble with ours. I thought if we scored, we better try and end it there."
The veteran Wahama coach stuck to his plan once hard-running fullback Zack Wamsley blasted into the end zone from inside the 1 on first-and-goal.
After a timeout to discuss the play, the White Falcons received a further break when Madonna was called for an offside penalty, moving the ball even closer to the goal line. Senior quarterback Trenton Gibbs, the starter two years ago as a sophomore when Wahama lost in the Class A state final to Wheeling Central, took the snap, started to his left and found the slight crack he needed to make it across the goal line, bringing the Mason County School its first football championship.
"We figured they were going to take the dive away from Wamsley and I thought it would be open for Gibbs," Cromley explained.
Ironically, Wahama's decision to go for the 2 points came after Madonna had considered doing the same thing at the end of regulation.
"The coaching staff was kind of split about whether to go for one or 2," Blue Dons coach Doug Taylor said. "We decided on the 2-point conversion but the penalty changed our mind."
Comis's five touchdowns rushing came on carries 17, 2, 12, 6 and 2 yards, matching the performance of Wheeling Central's Gino Bianconi against Williamstown last December on the island turf.
"That is the way Ross has been all year," Taylor continued. "We want the ball in his hands. But I also liked the way our other running backs (Eliott) Nero and Nick Ossman ran. Will Bowser did a nice job of catching it and our offensive line was very good.
"It was a heartbreaking loss for our kids and I know they are hurting. But the sun will rise and we'll get back to work in the weight room in a couple of weeks getting ready to try and get here again."
The defeat halted an 11-game winning streak for Madonna, which finished the season with a 12-2 record. The Blue Dons were trying for their third Class A crown, having previously earned championships in 1987 and 2008,
While Comis led the Madonna ground game with 152 yards on 27 carries, the White Falcons had a pair of runners top the century mark. The speedy Kane Roush scored three touchdowns on runs of 17, 4 and 41 yards while collecting 179 yards on 23 totes. Wamsley rambled for 112 yards on 21 carries and also scored three times on runs of 9, 1 and 1 yards.
The lead exchanged hands five times during the second half in the back-and-forth battle, although Madonna held the lead through the first two quarters.
Comis' rollout pass to Nathan Guio covered 41 yards and set up the Blue Don QB's first TD from 17 yards out after he executed a great fake on what appeared to be a handoff to Ossman. Green's placement made it 7-0 with 5:22 left in the opening quarter.
Wahama rebounded to drive 53 yards in 13 plays, the score coming on Wamsley's dive from the 1. A bad snap spoiled the conversion kick, leaving the Blue Dons ahead 7-6.
Garrett Hypes' 29-yard return put the ball in Wahama territory again and Comis went up the middle for the final 2 yards. Leading 14-12 with 11:49 left in the half, Madonna saw Wamsley cut the deficit to 14-12 four minutes later . An attempt for the tying 2-point conversion pass failed.
The White Falcons got a huge break on the first possession of the third quarter when a running into the kicker penalty enabled them to keep possession at midfield. Roush, on a terrific cutback move, scooted the final 17 yards and Gibbs' 2-point conversion pass put them ahead for the first time at 20-14.
Wahama tried an onside kick but Charlie Kotten alertly fell on the ball at midfield, setting up Comis' third TD to put the Blue Dons back in front 21-20.
Roush scored from the 6 and also added the 2-point conversion to give the White Falcons a seven-point lead for the first time only to see Madonna tie it at 28-28 after Comis hit paydirt on a 6-yard run.
Another dandy Roush carry, this one covering 41 yards and Wamsley's PAT put Wahama in front 35-28 with 6:45 to play.
Again it was Comis engineering a game-tying TD drive. including a fourth-and-2 conversion on a sideline pass that saw Hypes make an excellent catch to keep the Blue Dons alive. Comis then escaped a near sack rolled left and spotted Marcello Biondillo all alone in the left corner of the end zone with 55 seconds remaining to force overtime.
Wahama chose to go on defense first but couldn't stop Comis' 2-yard TD run and the Green conversion for a 42-35 Blue Dons lead.
However, the White Falcons moved the ball inside the 1, setting up Wamsley's TD carry and Gibbs' game-winning 2-point conversion.


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Flexibility Zones
The Broward County Land Use Plan Future Land Use Map is divided into 120 specific geographic areas known as "flexibility zones." Within these zones, in accordance with specific circumstances outlined in the Broward County Land Use Plan, a local government can rearrange land uses and residential densities without having to amend the Broward County Land Use Plan.
Compatibility Review ProcessPolicy 13.01.10 of the Broward County Land Use Plan requires that in certain circumstances, the allocation of flexibility after February 2, 1997, is subject to a determination by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners that the rearrangement of land uses or densities is compatible with adjacent land uses and that impacts upon school facilities have been adequately considered. This determination is made through the compatibility review process.
The compatibility review process is administered by the Planning and Redevelopment Division (PRD). There are various provisions and exceptions which apply to the utilization of flexibility. It is suggested that applicants considering the use of flexibility contact the PRD in the beginning stages of the development process.
When a compatibility review is required, the first step in the process is the submittal of a complete application to the PRD. The Flexibility Review Application is available online or at the PRD offices. The second step includes a review of the application and development of a staff report by the PRD. The final step in the process is an advertised public hearing before the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. The application can be approved, approved as amended, denied or deferred for future study or information. The compatibility review process, usually takes six to eight weeks from application to public hearing.
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