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Franciscan University of Steubenville's Bill Jones continues to prove that talent is talent regardless of which collegiate division an athlete participates.
He ran the five-mile course at the Notre Dame Catholic Championships Saturday in South Bend in 24:22, breaking his old school record by 27 seconds.
Jones finished second in the race that held 276 runners, representing 34 teams, in Divisions I, II and III. Notre Dame's Jeremy Rae won the race after he overtook Jones in the final half mile.
"It's a huge personal best for me. I feel great," Jones said. "It was my first five- mile race of the season. I felt like I proved myself. I was happy to finish with as good of a time as I did. This is a great representation for our school."
Jones appreciated the competition.
"We dueled it out pretty much the whole way. It's a learning experience," Jones said. "Next time I'm going to kick even harder in the end. I made him work for it though. I knew that I would make him go through the house of pain. I have nothing but respect for him."
Congratulations to the Indian Creek boys cross country team for winning the Meadowbrook Invitational Saturday.
Another good game in Cadiz this week as 4-0 St. Clairsville visits 4-0 Harrison Central.
St. Clairsville quarterback Matt Kinnick is being overlooked. Maybe not by opposing coaches, mind you, but by a lot of others.
I like the Redskins football team to bounce back Saturday at Bellaire with a really good performance.
People can talk all they want about the NFL replacement referees, but, in reality, the NFL brass really doesn't care how these guys are doing.
There are zero major injuries because they are working and people are still watching the games.
It's all up to the regular NFL referees if they want to go back to work.
If not, the NFL will continue to use the replacements and save some money.
Regardless of what we think, teenagers crave discipline, rules and higher expectations.
Yes, crave.
This doesn't mean they always enjoy that part of their lives, but they will appreciate down the line and appreciate it more now that we adults will ever know.
How in the world does someone change the locks at a facility and not tell anyone?
Quit placing blame and look in the mirror.
I hope the NHL lockout continues until about 2018.
I am not a big fan of a sport where the game completely changes when playoff time comes. There is a reason players no longer fight in the playoffs - because they know how much it hurts their team.
So, the game changes - and for the better.
The NBA stinks all the time.
The game is hard to watch and referees call traveling about .02 percent of the time.
The cynic in me says Ohio State should be happy Saturday's game was in the Horseshoe and not Berkeley.
Braxton Miller and Geno Smith are special quarterbacks.
The only difference between Little League and youth football is that the football players are wearing helmets so they cannot hear the pathetically stupid things coming from the stands.
If the mountain was smooth, we couldn't climb it.
It's not always good when compromises happen.
Standards must be set high and kept there, or even raised once in a while.
Just because someone is working hard doesn't mean they are working correctly.
Huge bang-bang play on the Mike Wallace touchdown and the replacement ref got it right. Who woulda guessed that?
The more that I am around sports and the more I am at various athletic venues, the more I realize that parents and other adults need to get kicked out more often.
I haven't heard it all when attending these games over the years, but I have heard a lot.
But, what I have yet to hear are other adults telling the loudmouths to sit down and shut up.
Athlete, coaches and referees will make mistakes during a contest because sports is reactionary. But, what comes out of our mouths is a choice, not an accident.
And, I really don't want to hear how bad the officials are when one-third of the game is yet to be played and the game has been long over.
With that being said, I also believe there needs to be a conscious effort put forward to understanding which officials are assigned to which game. If it's going to be a high-volume, high-intensity basketball game, three officials need to be on the court who can handle that type of situation.
God loves us in spite of us.
Continuing to look like that Brad Lincoln trade wasn't the best idea.
It's not that the Pirates don't want to win, they are still learning how to win. The culture is slowly changing, but never fast enough for fans.
Chris Johnson has done a lot of good things for the Tennessee Titans since his holdout.
Holdouts are nothing but greed.
Yes, 0-4 is not fun, but at least your son is still wearing pads.
Looks like Sean Payton really is missed on the sidelines.
The Cowboys continue to disappoint.
The Brandon Weeden haters can relax. The person the Browns fans should not be happy with is Joe Haden for being suspended four games. That, folks, is the epitome of not being a good teammate.
The pass interference call in the NFL is akin to the block/charge call in the NBA. No one is ever happy.
(Mathison, a Weirton resident, is the sports editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and can be contacted at email@example.com and can be followed on Twitter at @MathisonMike).


text: I haven't made any new lessons for all you people out there that enjoy the 'for kids' tutorials here on Dragoart,com. Today I will go ahead and show you "how to draw a hammerhead shark for kids", step by step. These for kids lessons are great for the beginner artist and for artists who feels like tackling something simple and cool. Since Summer is still present what better way to celebrate the season then to do something that is related to the beach or sea. Hammerhead sharks are known and studied for their odd shaped heads. Drawing a hammerhead shark in a for kids style will make recreating this animal a lot easier. Go ahead and join in on the fun. Peace folks.

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How to show the no. of users online on your site using PHP & MySQL.
Step1: Creating the database
Create a new table called 'useronline', with 3 fields inside a table. The fields are timestamp, ip and file. Below is the SQL to create the table.
Step 2: The PHP Script
The script basically works like this. It receives server information and gets the time. In MySQL it fills in the values of the person online and puts up a message if it fails. After a timeout period MySQL deletes the user i.e. we assume that the user is not on our site anymore.
Step1: Creating the database
Create a new table called 'useronline', with 3 fields inside a table. The fields are timestamp, ip and file. Below is the SQL to create the table.
Code: SQL
CREATE TABLE useronline (
timestamp int(15) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
ip varchar(40) NOT NULL,
file varchar(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (timestamp),
KEY ip (ip),
KEY file (file)
Step 2: The PHP Script
Code: PHP
//Put your basic server info here
$server = "localhost"; //normally localhost
$db_user = "username"; //your MySQL database username
$db_pass = "password"; //your MySQL database password
$database = "users";
$timeoutseconds = 300;
//this is where PHP gets the time
$timestamp = time();
$timeout = $timestamp-$timeoutseconds;
//connect to database
//$server = localhost probably
//$db_user = your MySQL database username
//$db_pass = //your MySQL database password
mysql_connect($server, $db_user, $db_pass);
//insert the values
$insert = mysql_db_query($database, "INSERT INTO useronline VALUES
if(!($insert)) {
print "Useronline Insert Failed > ";
//delete values when they leave
$delete = mysql_db_query($database, "DELETE FROM useronline WHERE timestamp<$timeout");
if(!($delete)) {
print "Useronline Delete Failed > ";
//grab the results
$result = mysql_db_query($database, "SELECT DISTINCT ip FROM useronline WHERE file='$PHP_SELF'");
if(!($result)) {
print "Useronline Select Error > ";
//number of rows = the number of people online
$user = mysql_num_rows($result);
//spit out the results
if($user == 1) {
print("$user user online\n");
} else {
print("$user users online\n");


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When students come to the College (first two years of the University system in most of the developped countries) to train in mathematics, they get a linear algebra / matrix analysis course. After a few months, perhaps after one year, they are taught about diagonalization of matrices. They learn many criteria that are either necessary or sufficient or both. This seems to be a mandatory step for future engineers and other categories of scientific workers.
My question is a bit provocative:
Is diagonalization that important? Should we teach it thoroughly to people who will have to use linear algebra and matrices in the future?
Here are a few arguments why we should refrain ourselves to enter this topic, except when teaching future mathematicians:
1- The solution of this problem is not so nice, many matrices being not diagonalizable. And the set of diagonalizable matrices is neither open nor close in any sense (usual, if the field is $\mathbb R$ or $\mathbb C$, Zariski otherwise).
2- Diagonalization is not effective. As a matter of fact, we cannot compute explicitely the eigenvalues of an $n\times n$ matrix if $n\ge5$ (Abel plus companion matrix).
3- Diagonalization is not really useful. You don't use it to calculate the exponential, or to invert, ... What engineers are interested in is often stability of dynamical systems. Thus a good problem is whether the spectrum belongs to either the left half-plane or the unit disk, whether there are eigenvalues on the unit circle or with vanishing real part.
I therefore open a discussion, in which I am looking for either pro- or con- arguments about teaching diagonalization to engineers.


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A report thrown together by a Florida task force on education has proposed that more in-demand and higher paid majors (science, engineering, math, and tech) should pay less for tuition than the less in-demand majors (art, history, English, etc.).
You can read the whole proposal here, and marvel at the delightfully cheesy stock photography included for no reason.
Now before anyone in the comments turns this into a science vs. humanities spitting contest, please remember that we are not anti-science. Far from it. We're not anti-anything, other than really bad ideas. And this is one of those really bad ideas.
Now, loyal readers will remember that I've used this blog to object to the misguided good intentions of a Florida educational task force once before. This post is going to read a bit like that one again. Once again, the state has a problem, in this case, not enough people entering fields that really boost the state's economy. Once again, a short-sighted solution doesn't seem to take into account the way people actually think.
The proposal would institute a tuition freeze for the fields the Florida government decided are the most valuable. So while studio art degrees go up and up year after year, engineering degrees would stay where they are. "Most valuable" here means "will lead to jobs that make the most money." This is valuable to the state, of course, because higher earners will pay more in taxes.
Now before you claim there's some sort of anti-right brain bias, know that the task force chair suggested Florida State could theoretically lobby to freeze the tuition for creative writing and film as well, since there's been some success getting people into the entertainment industry so far. So if your school has celebrity alumni, than congratulations, you can pay less for taking the same classes they did.
The proposal seems to operate on this assumption: if certain degrees are cheaper, more people will get those degrees. But this makes no sense. These degrees are for higher paying jobs. If a higher salary for life doesn't convince someone to work in a certain field, why would paying slightly less for four years make any difference at all?
The proposal almost makes sense for out-of-state students. Let's say Florida freezes tuition for biology students. A biology student considering his/her options might notice that Florida has the cheapest programs. But I don't see tuition being that big of a factor for out-of-state students. If it was, they wouldn't be looking at more expensive out-of-state programs to begin with.
This proposal doesn't seem to work very well as an incentive. However, it does wonders to discourage students of the less "valuable" majors. Pay more to earn less. Gotta feel great to get such a vote of confidence from the state.
If Florida wants to encourage certain majors, they simply need to increase funding to those programs. Build better programs. There aren't any shortcuts.
Or maybe I'm just being too sensitive to the feelings of liberal arts majors. It's true we need to do more to encourage the study of sciences in this country. At least Florida is trying. Maybe the guy who studied English and art in college is just touchy about hearing his degree be devalued.
Let us know what you think in the comments below.


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December 2013 NPD: Sony responds claiming 'cumulative sales' leadershipWritten by: / / No Comments
On the back of The NPD Group's sales report for the month of December 2013 in the US, Sony has responded to the data with its own statement.
While Microsoft's Xbox One and Xbox 360 were able to claim the top-selling home console status for the month of December 2013 in the US, Sony Computer Entertainment isn't particularly bothered as senior director of corporate communications, Dan Race, responded in a statement:
"According to the latest NPD report, PlayStation 4 remains the cumulative leader for next gen console sales in the US since the launch on November 15," wrote Race. "We sold every PS4 available at retail in the US and were out of stock in December due to overwhelming consumer demand.
"With more than 4.2 million PS4 systems sold worldwide, it's clear that the PS4's gaming and entertainment features are resonating with large audiences and we're doing our best to provide additional inventory in all of the 53 countries where it's available."
Do you think it was important for Sony to have stomped its authority on December sales to gain a mental advantage over Microsoft, or will the company be content with having sold the most new generaton consoles overall over the last two months?
What do you make of the latest sales results in the US? Here's what Microsoft had to say:
– December 2013 NPD: Microsoft responds touting top-selling home console status (Read More)


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Teachers, students and parents are invited to visit the Balloon Museum year round and explore our award winning, world class facility. Our international collections and displays reflect the history, art, culture, science and sport of ballooning. See first- hand why Albuquerque is indeed the balloon capital of the world.
Our student tours are conducted by trained docents who enjoy working with children and our exhibits are specifically designed to comply with NM State Education Benchmarks and Standards. The optional Learning Activities are designed and taught by professional educators who will discuss with you how best to customize the activity to match your curriculum needs.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
Come to the Balloon Museum for Stories in the Sky on Wednesdays offered at two separate times -- at 9:30-10:15 am and the same program again at 11:00-11:45 am.
Free stories, songs, games and crafts no admission is required. A different story and activity is offered every week. You may explore the Balloon Museum after Stories in the Sky.
If bringing 10 or more students please email [email protected].
First--Twelfth Grade Students
First through twelfth grade students are offered a docent led tour of the museum which varies in length from 30-60 minutes depending on grade level.
Additional Options may include the following:
- A 30-60 minute Learning Activity taught by professional Museum Educators for an additional fee.
- Bring your own lunch to the Museum and eat in our Sky Lounge. (30 minutes)
- Enjoy on your own exploring where chaperones are responsible for guiding students to exhibitions for a more in-depth look. (30-60 minutes)
Optional Learning Activities
Optional Learning Activities are offered to 1st through 12th grade groups and are scheduled at the time of the tour. The activity will take from 30-60 minutes depending on grade level and the needs of the group and is taught by professional educators on staff at the Museum.
Learning Activity Fees
- $35 for one group not to exceed 30 participants including students and adult chaperones.
- $50 for one group not to exceed 60 participants including students and adult chaperones.
- The fee is not included as part of the Flying Bus Program. Limited scholarships are available. Fees are payable by check, cash or credit card at the ticket window on the day of the field trip.
Learning Activity Themes
Choose one topic for your Learning Activity.
Art and Ballooning: Beautiful hands-on art projects. All grades
- Watching Weather: Discover and experiment with basic weather factors that impact ballooning. Learn how to know when it is safe to fly in a balloon and how clouds can predict the weather. All grades
- We are a Balloon Crew: Explore parts of a hot-air balloon. Work together like a Balloon Crew to understand how a hot air balloon works. All grades
- Map Detectives: Discover the secret code of maps. Investigate different kinds of maps and their use by balloonists. Grades 4 to 12.
- Plan a Balloon Expedition: Imagine a 3 day trip in a gas balloon. How would you plan? What do you need to take with you? What will you leave behind? How do you steer a gas balloon? Can you get to your destination when you meet unexpected obstacles. Grades 3 to 12
Scheduling Your Field Trip
Tours are conducted year round Tuesday through Friday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. but must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. September, October, April and May fill quickly, so place your request well in advance for these times. Guided tours are based on docent availability.
Complete the Reservation Request to expedite your trip.
- Adults: $4 (with $1 discount for New Mexico residents with a valid ID)
- Senior: $2 (65+)
- Children (ages 4-12): $1
- Children (3 and under): Free
- Museum Foundation Members; ICOM, AAM & NMAM members: Free
- Free admission: the first Friday of every month and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Except the first Friday of October, Sundays during Balloon Fiesta and on days where there are special events such as Holidays Take Flight.)
Preparing for Your Field Trip
To make your visit memorable and enjoyable we ask that you follow these guidelines:
- Provide at least one adult chaperone for every seven students.
- Teachers and adults must stay with the group at all times and are responsible for maintaining discipline. Meet with your chaperons and discuss their responsibilities and your expectation before your arrival.
- To protect the Balloon Museum's artifacts and exhibitions we ask that you discuss in advance Museum Etiquette. Museum Etiquette includes walking, rather than running inside the Museum; inside voices; following directions; and respectful, gentle use of hands-on displays.
- Make and wear legible name tags with first names.
- Arrive on time and assemble your group before entering the Museum. Arriving late will necessitate a shortened visit as the Museum docents and educators are scheduled to work with your group at appointed times.
- Respect other visitors by staying with your group and talking quietly.
- No food, beverages, gum or candy is allowed in an exhibition area.
Groups that have made arrangements to bring a sack lunch are asked to place them in storage containers that will be taken to the eating area upon your arrival.
Connect to Your Curriculum
- History - local & international
- Art - folk & visual
- Cultural - ballooning & world
- Science - flight & weather
- Sport - competition & adventure
Our Museum Educators will be happy to assist you to find curriculum connections.


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I saw this post from Wolfram here and I would like to know how to import facebook data into Mathematica.
I have made some time ago a Mathematica code to play with my Facebook graph. The code extracts your Facebook friends, photos, relationships and constructs a PDF file that you can click in your friend's picture to open their Facebook and see they relations. The result is like this:
And the zoom in PDF is great, see:
The notebook is here.
To use it, you to have to get access to your friends' data. You need to be logged into Facebook and get one access token. The URL is here. Below is the code:
To execute the code, replace the token string below with your token and go on! Don't forget to save the notebook before executing, it uses the notebook path, so it must be saved.
The code is mine and it's for free. If you want to use it, just give me credit.
It might make sense to try to import the data from WolframAlpha, seeing as how they've gone to the trouble to set it up. Unfortunately, the support for doing so is a bit disappointing, as it can't be accessed directly through Mathematica. I imagine that a future version will support this but, for the time being, this is available only via WolframAlpha Pro's data download.
For example, my Facebook Report includes a "Friends' hometown's" pod. After a little fiddling with the pod options to get the data I want, I can click on the "Data download" button and request the data in "CDF [computable data]" format to get the following:
That's actual data that I can use in Mathematica now. For example:
It's a bit tricky to get data out of the very cool "Friends network" pod, since the "CDF [computable data]" choice returns nothing. Instead, if we select "CDF [full ouput]", we get an image, but that image is in Mathematica
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I'm trying to embed a "Manipulate" applet I've created into a webpage by embedding a .cdf. I'm running into a problem with displaying outputs from functions I've written. Here is a simpler example that demonstrates the problem.
If I code something this way (which involves defining a new function):
Moof[n_] := Append[{Circle[{0, 0}, n]}, Circle[{1, 1}, 3]]
Manipulate[Graphics[Moof[a]], {a, 1, 4}]
then I get on the webpage the error "Moof is not a Graphics primitive or directive." This code works fine within Mathematica when the appropriate cell is evaluated.
On the other hand, if I code the same Manipulate applet without defining a new function:
Manipulate[Graphics[Append[{Circle[{0, 0}, a]}, Circle[{1, 1}, 3]]], {a, 1, 4}]
then everything works fine on the webpage.
Here is what the two different codes produce on a live webpage.
Unfortunately, the applet that I actually want to post is considerably more complicated and it would be difficult to write the Manipulate command all in native Mathematica functions. I assume that the difficulty has something to do with initialization of my user-defined functions. Is there any way around this besides rewriting my code from the ground up? Any advice on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.


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Police have caught one of the two Kentucky jail escapees who are suspects in a pair of abductions, and believe they spotted the other man in Ohio, authorities said Tuesday.
One of the abduction victims, a woman taken from a parking lot in South Carolina, was still missing Tuesday. A sheriff said without elaborating that the arrest provided ``a lot of leads.''
L. Branden Basham was arrested late Sunday after allegedly trying to hijack a car carrying a woman and her 15 year-old daughter in the parking lot of an Ashland mall, police said.
An officer spotted a man less than a block away and chased him, and ``the suspect fired two shots at the officer, and the officer fired back,'' police Capt. Robert Ratliff said. ``Neither was struck.''
Police later found Basham in the nearby Ohio River, but don't know how he ended up in the water. He was treated for hypothermia.
Basham, 21, and Chadrick Fulks, 25, escaped Nov. 4 from the Hopkins County jail in western Kentucky. Basham was serving a five-year sentence for writing a bad check and Fulks was awaiting trial on robbery charges, authorities said.
Police believe they are linked the abduction Thursday in Conway, S.C., of Alice Louise Donovan of Galivants Ferry, S.C., who was taken from a Wal-Mart parking lot. She remained missing Tuesday.
Police in Conway had been conferring with Kentucky police since Basham's capture, said Conway Police Chief Sam Hendrick. ``There are a lot of leads coming out of that arrest,'' he said.
Authorities in Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina also were investigating because the fugitives are known to have been there, Hendrick said.
Late Monday, Ohio Highway Patrol troopers spotted a man believed to be Fulks sleeping in a car with a stolen West Virginia license plate at a rest area in Marion County in north-central Ohio, authorities said. The man sped off when a trooper ordered him out of the car, which was the same make as Donovan's, the patrol said.
A trooper broke off the pursuit because he feared another officer had been injured while trying to stop the car, patrol spokesman Lt. Gary Lewis said. The other trooper was uninjured.
``Our trooper did not see anyone else in the car but we don't know if there were possible victims or abductions inside the trunk,'' Lewis said.
Basham and Fulks also are suspected of abducting James Hawkins, 42, of Hanson, Ky., who was taken 40 miles north into Indiana and left tied to a tree, authorities said. Hawkins struggled for hours Nov. 6 before freeing himself.
Basham, of Hopkins County, Ky., was being held without bail on charges of attempted robbery, criminal attempt to commit murder on an officer and fleeing or eluding a police officer.


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Sprint Car Wing AerodynamicsWritten by on September 2, 2010 Contributors: Bob Bolles A Perspective On The Success And Failures Of Wings
In an article I wrote in the Aug. '09 issue about race car aerodynamics, I basically said that wings on a Sprint Car are a joke. I say that because what you may think the wings are doing, and what they are actually doing, is probably not the same. The way the wings are mounted on the car, limits their aerodynamic efficiency to about the same as a piece of plywood. I can't explain everything in one article, but I will squeeze in as much as I can.
World of Outlaws rules limit the shape of the top and bottom of the airfoil to the point that they only act as an airfoil when at shallow angles of attack. The rules make it a very poor airfoil at best. By shallow angle of attack, I mean probably in the range of 10 to 14 degrees. Any damage to the airfoil or when dirt buildup occurs limits their efficiency further. Once the efficient angle of attack is exceeded, the drag numbers increase dramatically.
Drag Related to Angle of Attack
The greater the angle of attack, the higher the drag goes. It takes lots of power to overcome this drag. That power could instead be used for acceleration and top speed. The true angle of a wing relates to an imaginary line from the center of the leading edge through the center of the trailing edge, not including any wicker bill. The center of the downforce is far forward with this wing design, but if a wicker bill is added, the center of force moves rearward some.
On an airplane the wing changes the angle that the air meets the horizontal tail. This is called downwash. Small changes of angle of attack of the horizontal tail also change the angle of downwash that the wing creates. The combination must be tuned for best performance. The same in reverse happens with race cars. The body panels also change the downwash.
A Sprint Car has radically different aerodynamics on the straight, compared to the turns. The affect varies depending on your driving style. Changing your driving style during a race will change the aerodynamics even further. This is due to the sideways attitude of the car relative to the direction of travel and occurs in varying degrees while in the turns. This is also one of the issues of angle of attack.
Straight Aero
I will talk about the straight first. Remember always that the flow over the front of the car affects the back of the car and the flow over the back of the car affects the flow over the front. Any change to one, will change the other. The front wing makes some downforce and lots of drag. The force it makes is primarily flat plate, not aerodynamic. This is because the airflow efficiency under the wing is very poor. Depending on the angle at which you set the front wing, you can choke the flow between the hood and the wing. If this angle is set incorrectly, (as in too shallow relative to the hood) you increase drag and decrease downforce.
If there is any obstruction behind the wing within about 15 feet, the obstruction will dramatically decrease the effect of the front wing. The air cleaner box does an excellent job of screwing up any possible efficiency the front wing may make. The air cleaner box could be significantly improved as I did back in 1980.
If the wing came out of the sides of the hood, you would reduce the drag and have the same downforce. The front wing changes the flow to the rear wing in an upward direction. So the rear wing does not see undisturbed air, but turbulent air in an upward direction. The airbox also disturbs the air to the rear wing. The actual angle of attack of the rear wing is something less than its angle to the ground because of the turbulence.
The angle of attack also changes as the rear of the car squats and the front rises under acceleration. The squat angle reduces downforce. The angle of both wings will cause a huge amount of drag. This drag results in very turbulent air behind the car and a lot of suction. If you are directly behind another car, the decrease in downforce from this turbulence will be severe, and the suction of the front car will pull you forward. This draft will pull you forward while at the same time reduce traction.
The rear wing is set at such a radical angle, that it is stalled. When an airfoil stalls, the downforce reduces dramatically and the drag increases dramatically. It still makes downforce, but it makes significantly less than it would if you reduced the angle of attack. You could test all this at a minimal cost.
Testing Your Aero Efficiency
Clean the car and the wings very well. Tape 2- to 3-inch pieces of yarn about every 10 inches all over the top and bottom of both wings and take video or still photos of the yarn at different speeds and different slide angles. If the yarn is waving all over the place and is not against the surface of the wing, it is stalled. When it is stalled, it's making less downforce and much more drag.
Get the wing angle down until the yarn is stable and against the wing surface. It should not be wiggling more than 1/4-inch. Watch what happens to the yarn as you start to slide the car versus going straight.
The endplates on Sprint Cars are primarily advertising space. They add very little to the efficiency of the wing. You may not be able to even measure the additional efficiency. The vertical endplate stiffeners should be blended as best as possible and should all be on the left side of the endplate to give the best drag reduction. The endplates act more as rudders in the turns and reduce downforce.
Mid-Turn Aero
In the turns, the aerodynamics of a Sprint Car make a radical change. The exception to this are with those who drive like Danny Lasoski usually does. If a car tracks through the turn or has a very small drift angle, the aerodynamics stay pretty close to the same as they are on the straights. If you throw the car into a slide, something very different happens.
As the car goes into a slide, the outside endplate blankets a section of the wing at an angle, reducing its downforce. There is more reduction in downforce at the rear of the wing than the front. As the slide angle increases, the downforce reduces more and the side plate acts more like a rudder.
On the left side of the wing, the endplate increases pressure on itself, acting more like a rudder and it increases pressure on the wing surface some, adding more downforce. As the slide angle in the turn increases, the more the downforce decreases, and the rudder force increases. The car is going through a transition from cornering with traction, to cornering with rudder force and reduced traction. The rudder force, or leaning on the side plates are holding you in the turn, but you are losing traction.
The more you lose traction, the harder it will be to get a good drive off the corner. If you slide a car in smoothly, like Dave Blaney does, the transition will be easier to manage. If you throw the car into the slide, the transition will be radical and upset the car. If you can anticipate the violent upset, you will be OK. The smoother the upset, the faster you should be. The less the slide angle, the more traction you will have.
Load Transfer Due To Drag
Bob Bolles and I have talked in length about something else going on here. The wing is stalled, creating a huge amount of drag. This drag is centered far above the car. There is a leverage arm from the ground to the center of the drag force. This drag causes load transfer to the back and is shifting its force causing what appears to be downforce on the rear wheels.
It is not airfoil induced, but drag induced from load transfer. It takes a tremendous amount of wasted horse power to make this work. This force is also trying to lift the front wheels off the ground. This force goes up with the square of your speed, meaning if you double your speed, you have four times the drag and a similar increase in load transfer.
The stalled wing also has other affects. It creates a large force trying to stop the car all the way around the track. When you lift the throttle the car has a tremendous stopping force. This stopping force may make up for the lack of braking power needed to enter the turn. The problem is it eats up your horsepower everywhere else. It could be using up more than 30 percent of your power. The drag also makes your speed more constant all the way around the track, constantly slower.
If you clean up the angles of the wings, which will take some testing, you will get more downforce and less drag. You will get a much higher straightaway speed if you do this. My question is; if you make the aerodynamics more correct, will you have the stopping power to make the turn? You may not. On the other hand, if it puts you in front on the straight, the other racers have to find a way around you.
I raced non-winged Sprint Cars and entered some WoO events without a wing. The car was radically different, and had four-wheel independent suspension. I built a hood that gave quite a bit of downforce with minimal drag. It wasn't as fast as a winged car, but it wasn't as different as you may think. I am not saying a Sprint Car shouldn't have wings. I am trying to show you that what the wings are doing is probably not what you think they are doing. My opinion is the racing is better without them.
As with most aeronautical problems, with both race cars and airplanes, there is a whole lot more going on than initially meets the eye. The more you evaluate the problem, the more difficult the problem gets. In this case, a flat sheet of metal or a piece of plywood would work about the same as the wings on a Sprint Car. So, why go to the trouble of having a bottom surface of the wing other than for structural reasons?
Wind Tunnel Errors and Why
Wind tunnels will not accurately tell us how our wings are working. That is because the air in a wind tunnel is charged with energy from the simple fact that it is in motion and the walls and the ceiling are too close to the car. In most wind tunnels, the air is moving in excess of 60 mph. This means that the air possesses energy and air in motion will desire to stay in motion greatly affecting its physical movement as it flows around the car and wings.
In contrast, when we drive a Sprint Car into still air, that air has little or no energy. It is able to be pushed aside more easily and can move more quickly to fill the vacuum created behind objects such as the wings and the car itself.
It is this vast difference in the dynamics of still air verses moving air that causes errors in the evaluations in a wind tunnel. A more accurate way of evaluating your wings would be to do on-track testing utilizing the yarn tuft method I previously talked about and observe using a video recording.
Think about how your wing works and how you drive your Sprint Car. Top teams may have an edge here and have already re-evaluated their wing angles and driving attitudes. Watch the top teams as they race. If they crank angle out of the wings, they might just be looking for more, not less, downforce for tacky track conditions.
Higher wing angles might provide the needed bite on dry and slick tracks from more drag induced load transfer to the rear and that provides more acceleration that may be needed over top speed. With all of this new knowledge, you might need to re-evaluate your strategies concerning wing angles and placement. I hope so.
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The sideboards on a Sprint Car wing can obstruct the oncoming air when the car is traveling at an angle to the direction of travel. This sideways slide reduces the efficiency of the wing and also moves the center of force forward. Attempts are made to reduce this effect by lowering the right side panel, but it still sticks up 4-6 inches or more. That is enough to disturb the airflow and reduce what little downforce exists. This chart shows the area that is affected by the sideboard. Remember that both sides of the wing are affected by the board, so lowering the right side board only helps with the "flat panel' downforce, not wing-induced downforce because the underside is important also and is highly obstructed by the side panel.This car is running at approximately a 20 degree angle, so the obstruction chart applies to this attitude. Granted, this is not an extreme angle of slide for a Sprint Car, but enough to matter. Imagine a car sliding at a 45 degree angle and what that would do to the wing efficiency. The more straight ahead you can run, the more efficient the wing will be.The most useful aero testing is done on-track. Because we drive through still air as opposed to moving air flowing over our cars, wind tunnels might not tell us all there is to know about aero efficiency. Moving air has energy whereas still air does not. That makes a huge difference in how the air reacts to the surfaces on our race cars. Here, we see pre-prepared lines of yarn strips attached to a car for evaluation. On our Sprint Car, we could attach these onto the wing and body panels and take video using a GoPro camera or similar video source to see how the air is flowing over those surfaces. We could learn a lot about how everything works aero wise.


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What is a practical way of burning the Challah portion that is removed from dough? Wrapping it in foil and leaving it in the oven would produce too much smoke for my house.
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Aside from the foil or the above mentioned grill you can also sear it on a stove top burner. Alternately since it is so small simply place it in the oven while cooking the loaves. It need not be reduced to a cinder, simply rendered inedible. If you are getting smoke you have typically already passed the point of it being "burnt" and now you are starting to carbonize it.
My wife usually just saves them throughout the year, and then I burn them with the chametz.
If you're not in E. Israel, you can bake it and give it to a Sepharadic Cohen who dipped in a mikveh. (Shulchan Aruch YO"D 322:4-5)
Find someone with an outdoor grill, and put it under the metal, with the coals (or natural-gas briquette thingies).
If you live in a place with enough sun, consider putting a small 'solar cooker' on a window sill (or porch, if you have one). Consider whether the (albeit brief) smoking will draw concern and attention.
Solar cookers can even be built make-shift, if you need.
If you can't handle the smoke, get it out of your kitchen! That is, tell your local Kohein that you hold like Maharam of Rothenburg who, as quoted in Sefer HaParnas (written by one of his students) 111, was particular to burn the separated Challah portion in the house of a Kohein only. So now, dealing with the excess smoke is his


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Led by Pierria Henry's career-high 20 points and three other players in double figures, the Charlotte 49ers defeated the La Salle Explorers 74-65 in its Atlantic 10 conference opener, Wednesday evening at Halton Arena.
"I was pleased with our overall scoring balance," Charlotte coach Alan Major said. "We got a nice effort by our bench. I was also very pleased with our defensive effort as we held a potent offensive team to 32% shooting from the floor."
Henry turned in an all-around performance while notching his second consecutive double-digit game. Henry was 7-for-12 from the field, hit 6-of-7 free throws and grabbed five rebounds.
Charlotte (13-2 overall, 1-0 A-10) used its bench where it placed three players in double figures in scoring. Sophomore E. Victor Nickerson finished with a career-high 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Freshman Darion Clark recorded 12 points and tallied six boards. DeMario Mayfield also added ten points off the bench to mark his second straight double figure game. Additionally, Charlotte's bench outscored the Explorers' 35-9.
The Niners held La Salle (10-4, 0-1) to a 32.5 percent (25-of-77) shooting performance throughout the game.
Charlotte controlled the game during the second half but La Salle posed a slight threat when it erased the 49ers' double-digit lead six times. The Explorers got within six; their closest of the half after Ramon Galloway drove to the basket on a fast break dunk at the 2:53 mark. However the Niners responded with a dunk of their own from Henry with 2:33 left to push the game out of reach.
The Niners seized a 33-17 lead at halftime, with their defense playing a major role. Charlotte held La Salle to 17 points in the first half, the fewest by a 49ers opponent this season. La Salle took its last lead of the half at the 14:53 mark as it was all Charlotte from that point on. The Niners went on a 10-0 run to lift them to an 18-8 advantage capped off by Mayfield three-pointer with 10:14 remaining.
Charlotte stretched their lead back to double digits at the 6:53 mark after going on a 10-3 run to close out the half. The Explorers made its final basket of the half at the 4:56 mark.
La Salle's Galloway led all scorers with 23 points and nine rebounds. However, the 49ers defense caused Galloway, the A-10's leading scorer, to go 7-for-29 from the field and 3-for-14 from beyond the arc in the game.
The Niners resume Atlantic 10 play as they travel to Rhode Island on Saturday, Jan. 12. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.


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August 20, 2012 / Category: Fitness Community
Recent trends show the hotel industry is listening to their customers and focusing more on fitness with everything from workout kits delivered to your door to luggage racks that can be used as a workout bench.
Sure, many of us may never leave our beach chair or make it down to the workout room when we travel, but isn't it nice to know the option is there? And maybe squeezing in that workout wouldn't be so tough if the experience was more pleasant than the dingy, dark hotel gyms many of us are used to.
Sheraton Fitness has partnered with Core Performance to provide a well-rounded fitness and health offering in its hotels. On-demand workout videos and healthy meal options make staying on track easier for travellers. They've also invested in new, state-of-the art fitness centers complete with programming from Core Performance.
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Where is the best place to get New Rock boots cheap (shipping Included)?
Looking at a few pairs of New Rocks and just want to make sure I get the best deal. Seems like all the good prices are sites out of the UK with godawful shipping, or US sites wanting the same money before shipping. Advice on "Unofficial" retail Stores carrying them in central Georgia/ South Atlanta would be nice too.
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I don't know the price range you are looking for, but here is a couple possibilities:
Seeing UK sites with ~$200 prices for most styles. Just not keen on the $80 shipping.
or all the Sale items: http://www.newrockstore.com/zona1/catalog/specials.php
eBay usually has great deals too! I picked up a pair of Knee High Blue Flame Reactors for $150 on eBay.
And here is my collection: sans a few pairs.
Cheap on shipping AND base price


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Bought 2 to experiment with possible future bottle cage locations. While OK when positioned on the keel tube of the tandem, it hasn't worked so well on my single bikes. I found it difficult to get it fit well where shifting cables had to pass through or around the velcro strap - not quite the best. Also had trouble with a water-bottle battery - it didn't want to stay vertical.


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Miami Hoops: The Ticket That Keeps On Giving
The University of Miami's men's basketball team wasn't exactly the hottest ticket in town on Jan. 13. At the time, the Hurricanes were unranked, and the athletic department's marketing wing decided to offer a deal: $75 tickets purchased for Miami's matchup with Maryland would be valid at every home game until Miami lost.
There was one problem with this otherwise brilliant promotion: Miami hasn't lost since.
The Hurricanes not only beat Maryland but also treated Duke like a traffic light in a twister, thrashing the then-No. 1 team by 27 points. They followed up that historic beat down with home wins against Florida State and Boston College. Now they're ranked No. 8 in the country and host North Carolina on Saturday to extend their ACC record to 10-0. "None of us imagined we would continue to go undefeated into February," said Blake James, Miami's interim athletic director.
Are the 13 Miami diehards who bought 24 tickets actually getting a good value? Yes and no. The cheapest tickets at Miami's five home games were resold on the secondary market for a total of $78 with fees, the lowest of any top-10 team, according to SeatGeek data. (Just to get in the doors of Cameron Indoor Stadium would've cost Duke fans more than $1,000 over the last five games.) So if fans had pounced early on those prices, they would have saved enough with their $75 tickets to buy…a soda. But the sum of the average resale price for Miami tickets in that time was $240—and it will only increase if the Hurricanes keep winning.
In fact, Miami's athletic department offered the same deal this week before its Tuesday win. This time, 26 people bought 60 tickets.
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WELLSBURG - Firefighters from several Brooke County and Western Pennsylvania departments were dispatched at about 5 p.m. Monday following a report of four trucks catching fire at a natural gas well site near Genteel Ridge.
The site was on property off Stanley Lane and leased by Chesapeake Energy from Russell Hervey.
Security personnel at the site didn't permit media to enter the road, saying it was open only to residents and emergency personnel.
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FIRE AT GAS WELL SITE - A fire truck leaves the scene of a gas well fire near Genteel Ridge in the Wellsburg area Monday. Officials with FTS International, a subcontractor for Chesapeake Energy, said no one was injured by the blaze, which was extinguished by firefighters from several Brooke County and Western Pennsylvania departments. -- Warren Scott
Pam Percival, a spokeswoman for FTS International, a subcontractor working at the site, said, in a press release, "FTS International equipment used for well completions was damaged in a fire at a West Virginia well site on April 8. No one was injured in the incident. Personnel working on the site followed proper procedures and evacuated the location. The incident is currently under investigation."
Percival concluded, "We are grateful to Brooke County firefighters for their assistance in extinguishing the fire so quickly."
Bob Fowler, Brooke County director of emergency management, said personnel at the well site quickly evacuated the site and reported the emergency, and the county's tanker task force was employed to bring water to the site.
Firefighters filled pumper trucks from a hydrant near the Wellsburg Church of the Nazarene on state Route 27 and other sites and made several trips to the well site.
Fowler said, "The local fire departments did a wonderful job of working together."
As the firefighters worked for about an hour to contain the fire, many residents could see from their homes along Route 27 and adjacent lanes dark billows of smoke emanating from the site.


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I guess this is a total noob question, but doesn't 18-55mm mean that it can focus only up to 55mm?
There is a fairly simple explanation here: http://www.paragon-press.com/lens/lenchart.htm
To summarize from that site:
Focal length and focus distance are two different things.
Focal length controls the viewing angle, essentially meaning how much of the scene the camera can see. A large focal length means the camera sees only a narrow view of the world, which makes faraway objects look bigger. A small focal length, on the other hand, means the camera can see a wide view of the world. Objects appear smaller because lots of things get squeezed into the picture.
Focus distance is controlled by moving the lens further away from the sensor, so that the light rays from a single point on an object nearby converge to form a point of light on the sensor. If a 55mm lens were 55mm from the sensor, only objects infinitely or very far away would be in focus. To bring a scene into focus, the lens must be moved away from the sensor until all the rays of light converge to form distinct points. This is why almost every lens can focus on distant objects, but macro lenses (which focus on very close objects) are more expensive.
For additional reading, check out: http://www.howstuffworks.com/camera.htm
The maximum magnification, not the focal length, determines how close a lens can focus. A maximum magnification of 1.0x means you can fill the frame with an object that is the same size as the sensor (so you are getting a 1 to 1 scale reproduction) which for a typical DSLR is about 21mm.
Traditionally the term "macro" is used to describe lenses that were capable of 1:1 magnification, although certain manufacturers (*cough* Tamron *cough*) decided to start labelling lenses with 0.25x magnification as "macro".
The Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens has magnification of 0.34x meaning you can get close enough to focus on an object of width 62mm when it's filling the frame.
There's usually no maximum focus distance, all regular lenses will focus to "infinity". However some lenses designed for super close focussing such as the Canon MP-E 65, lenses with extension tubes (hollow tubes to move the lens further away for closer focussing) or lenses designed for a different mount (such as FD mount lenses on EF body) wont be able to focus to infinity.
No, it means that the focal length is adjustable between 18 and 55 mm.
The focal length affects the angle of view, so 18 mm gives a wide angle and 55 mm gives a more narrow angle.
How near and far you can focus depends on the optics in the lens. Usually the near limit is a pair of decimeters to half a meter, and the far limit is infinity.
It's rare for a lens to focus as close as 18 mm. A macro lens usually has a shorter near limit, sometimes almost up to the front lens.


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While some homeowners near Churchill Downs save their parking spaces for party guests, others try to profit on their proximity to the track.
One such person is David Stice, who lives at the corner of Ninth and Burton. On Derby day, he chooses to remain inside his cozy home, while managing a valet business that's become quite profitable.
"Most I've ever charged somebody – probably 100 dollars, maybe even more than that," Stice said. "They fight and tug for (the parking space)."
Stice also witnesses his fair share of chaos and awe on Oaks and Derby. He certainly does plenty of people-watching, but he's also seen some breathtaking spectacles on his side of the track.
"I woke (my little girl) up at 3:30 in the morning and asked her if she wanted to see something that she'd always remember," Stice recalled of one Derby. "So I (brought) her out. I said, 'See that truck right there? Let's get inside it.' I walked her over and guess what was inside it: Guinness Book of World Records' smallest horse, Thumbelina."
You never know what you'll see at The Run for the Roses, which seems to ignite a parade of pandemonium. During the rest of the year, though, life around Central Avenue is much calmer.
"You can hear a pin drop out here (most of the time)," Stice said. "But, when the track starts, forget about it."
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How would a rationalist interpret the long lives of the ancient people enumerated in the Bible, from Methuselah on down? Virtually no person lives more than 120 years today, even with the assistance of modern medicine. Does the rationalist concede that at least in this one case, we must say "Nishtaneh haTeva," nature has changed?
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That it is not intended literally, but rather the numbers have allegorical significance. (For example, Chanoch lived precisely 365 years, the number of days in a solar year.)
That it referred to dynasties started by the individual person, rather than just to the lifespan of that person.
Or that "shana" does not mean what we think it means. I tried to explain the latter in these two posts:
See how I interpret the Sumerian king list, where they have similarly extremely long lifespans.
kol tuv, josh
Disclaimer: I do not claim to "know" in any way what Hashem means concerning certain parts of the Torah, and there are strong sources for different approaches to both the Torah and Chazal. Importantly, there should be a mesora and respect for variant approaches that are anchored in truth.
There is a very well chazal-sourced book claimed to be co-researched with R' Aryeh Kaplan called Immortality, Resurection and the Age of the Universe. Although sub-titled "A Kabbalistic View", I'll share an idea that I remember from the book (excluded by Google), though it's been a while since I read it.
The author suggests that Adam was not the first human, but the first of his type. Adam was endowed with potential for immortality. Because of his sin, Adam lost this gift and was sentenced with mortality. Still, Adam remained with a biological clock which allowed for longevity. His descendents were able to keep this genetic longevity so long as they didn't dilute the gene pool. However, at some point, Adams descendents began intermarrying with the "others". (I don't know if this can be explained scientifically)
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The fourteenth-century R. Eleazar Ashkenazi ben Nathan ha-Bavli...assumes that the extremely long lifespans found at the beginning of Genesis are not to be taken literally (p. 29).
One explanation given is that the atmosphere was very pure then, without the pollution which came about later, so things were healthier and people lived longer.
This will only become a strong question once scientists get a better understanding of how aging works. Until then, one can reasonably claim that "nishtaneh haTeva" scientifically possible.
The Malbim has a novel perush on Bereishit (8:22) that help may to understand longevity:
In explaining the (now) presence of the seasons he says that before the flood the Earth was not tilted. It was only after the flood that the Earth became tilted on its axis (he even says 23.5 degrees). The tilt of the Earth caused seasons which had previously not existed. He says that people (and animals) that used to live in a constant geo-climate now experienced changes that they were not used to and, as a result, got sick more easily and became generally weaker.*
The Ramban comments on longevity in Bereishit (5:4). He explains that the reason for longevity was that Adam was created by the 'hand of Hashem', meaning that he was made complete an built with an 'inner' strength (of some sort). He says that even after Adam had sinned and punished with 'death' (or more accurately spiritual death or banishment from Eden) the age of man decreased. After the mabul the air became polluted/contaminated leading to the shortening of years thereafter.
The psalm of Moshe mentions that the lifespan of people is 70-80 years old. Tehillim (90:10):
Rashi comments that the decrease in years is due to the 'iniquity and sins of our youth'. Our actions nowadays are a direct consequence of the shortening of our days. However, it could be argued that the great tzadikkim merited to live longer than this in any case. In pharaoh's encounter with Yaakov he is intrigued by Yaakov's longevity:
It seems that Yaakov lives longer than average, and furthermore that his righteous ancestors also lived long. The Torah LaDaat in parashat Noach has an essay dealing with 'changes in nature' over time. He mentions that the Rambam in Moreh Nevuchim (source?) says that the long ages mentioned from Adam until Noach are only for those specific individuals mentioned in the Torah, but not the general populous. It could therefore be that examples of longevity in the Torah are only miraculous exceptions to the rule, but not the general trends of the time.
(* as an aside it is interesting to note that the Malbim used this reasoning to explain how it is that wooly mammoths, which he probably presumed were from temperate climates, became 'buried in ice'. However, there are obvious problems with this interpretation…)


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6 Completely Insane Disguises That Actually Worked
We like to think that we're pretty astute when it comes to figuring out if someone is wearing a costume. We know that Big Bird isn't a real bird and that Grimace isn't a real whatever it is that he's supposed to be. But then there are times when people have been fooled by the dumbest disguises imaginable, raising the question of whether any of us are ever actually paying attention.
#6. A Fish and Wildlife Agent Goes Undercover as a Gorilla
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In the early '90s, agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were on the verge of a major bust. The perp was Victor Bernal, the director of zoos and parks for a Mexican state. The Toluca zoo's gorilla had died, and Bernal was desperate to replace his star attraction, even if it meant turning to the illegal exotic animal trade and bribing customs officials to look the other way. Unfortunately for him, the underground Miami animal dealer he contacted was actually running a sting operation for the FWS.
But the agents still had a problem: In order to secure an arrest, they'd have to actually make the handover with Bernal. But not even the federal government can just grab a gorilla and take it to Mexico. The problem appeared intractable until the guy in charge thought "Screw it," went down to a local costume shop, and bought a gorilla suit.
"Closer. Try it without the boxing gloves, and maybe put on the lower half of the costume."
Wildlife officer Terry English was chosen to get into the suit, on the basis that "the agent was fairly proficient at ape-like sound effects." The cage was then wheeled down to the airport and loaded on board Bernal's plane. They even scattered a few lumps of actual gorilla dung around the cage, partly for verisimilitude but mostly in the hope that the stench would keep the Mexicans from looking too closely at their purchase. And it worked -- totally fooled by the store-bought disguise, the smugglers transferred 95 grand to the suppliers, who immediately revealed themselves as undercover agents and placed Bernal under arrest.
And that's when things got really hilarious. Now that the ruse was up, English had no more need of a sweaty, shit-encrusted gorilla costume, so he simply opened the door of the cage and walked toward Bernal, who reportedly lost his shit. Even after English had removed the mask, the prisoner still thought a real gorilla was actually coming to rip his head off and punt it onto the runway. In the end, Bernal wound up with a relatively light 70-day prison sentence, possibly because it was felt that he'd suffered enough.
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"Great work, everyone. Now let's get Well-Endowed Tommy out here so we can nab the snake buyer."
By the way, this sort of thing works on the other side of the law, too ...
#5. Multiple People Have Escaped Prison Dressed as Animals
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When you're on the run, it's important to try to blend in. So when Maximilano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz escaped from prison in the rural farmlands of Argentina, the only way they could think of to fit in with the locals was to dress up as sheep. Why not? It's worked before in like 30 or 40 cartoons.
Strangely, getting out of the maximum security prison was apparently the easy part -- the hard part was evading capture in a vast expanse of empty fields surrounding it. So they reasonably decided to steal some sheep hides from a local ranch and spent days wandering around the countryside draped in the disguises, dead sheep heads lolling around ridiculously. We can only imagine how confusing it was for the actual sheep. Oh, and did we mention that this totally worked?
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"Psst. Hey. You. Come 'ere. I've got a weird freakin' tip for you."
For a while, anyway. Amazingly, the escapees moved through the flocks undetected for over a week, despite the authorities dispatching 300 officers to comb the area. The manhunt was unsuccessful until locals started making reports of bizarre sheep-men frolicking around among the livestock. When the criminals were finally captured, one officer remarked, "They can't pull the wool over our eyes forever," because apparently everything in Argentina is just light-hearted whimsy.
By the way, this was far from the first time that someone had escaped prison under the guise of local wildlife. In the 1800s, Australian prisoner George Hunt bounced out of Port Arthur prison wearing a kangaroo hide. Incredibly, his disguise worked a little too well. He was hopping around the Outback when he was spotted by peckish guards who didn't see a man so much as a particularly buoyant entree, because in 19th century Australia, when you got hungry, you just grabbed your rifle, stepped outside, and ate the first thing you saw.
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"Aim for the zipper! Wait, are those ... human balls?"
They started shooting at Hunt, who promptly pissed his pouch and surrendered, which, given the country he was in, probably didn't prevent anyone from eating him anyway.
#4. A King Was Assassinated by a Man Disguised as His Bride
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Back in the 17th century, the venerable West African kingdom of Kongo was engaged in a huge countrywide Game of Thrones re-enactment. The king, Pedro III, had come to power after murdering the previous ruler and burning the capital to the ground, probably while laughing hysterically. This understandably annoyed the dead king's brother Manuel de Nobrega, and a decade-long civil war between the two ensued.
But by 1680 things weren't looking up for de Nobrega. His forces had been defeated, and he was reduced to hiding out in the neighboring kingdom of Soyo. So that's when he decided to get creative. Through intermediaries, he got in touch with Pedro and offered to bury the hatchet. To seal the bargain, he even agreed to let Pedro marry into his family. The king, knowing a good deal when he saw it, quickly agreed and started making preparations for a wedding. Little did he know that his arranged "wife" was de Nobrega himself in a wedding dress.
The ensuing boners were barely containable.
Finally the big day came, and Pedro set out from his capital with his wedding party to meet his blushing new bride, confident that there was no way something unbelievably, fatally humiliating was about to happen to him. Arriving at the ceremony itself, he was perhaps a little concerned at how butch his wife-to-be appeared as she strode toward him. Still, he didn't say anything, because while he might have been a king-murdering, city-burning tyrant, that would just have been rude.
Amazingly, no one in Pedro's entourage noticed that the man they'd been fighting for over a decade was now wandering around in a dress. Or maybe they just thought the family resemblance was uncannily strong. Either way, as soon as de Nobrega got within range of his nemesis, he whipped a huge-ass flintlock pistol out from under his garter and blew Pedro away. He then managed to escape before any of the king's bodyguards worked out what the hell had just happened. History hasn't recorded how long it took before someone cracked a "speak now or let him hold his piece" pun, but we'd put our estimate at around 37 seconds.
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This is my first question here, so please go easy on me :)
The following problem is – I think - similar to the 0-1 knapsack problem. It's simplified somehow in that each item has only a cost (weight), not a weight/value pair. However, what I need is not one optimal solution but the set of all "maximal" solutions.
Problem Definition:
- There is a set of items, each with a cost.
- A selection contains one or more items.
- Each item can appear at most once in each selection (i.e. 0-1)
- A selection is affordable if the total cost of the items in the selection is not more than a constant budget.
The amount of budget not used in a selection is waste.
For a given budget, items and costs, find all affordable selections which are not subsets of other affordable selections.
- Suppose there are four items with costs of 1, 2, 3, and 5.
- Suppose your budget is 7
- The set of affordable selections is {{1,5}, {1,2,3} and {2,5}}
- The corresponding wastes are 1, 1 and zero.
So, my question is: Can this be done without brute force? How would you solve this?
P.S. My real-life problem contains about 40 items.
Edit: It always pays to provide the big picture ;) This problem is one stage in a complex one I have to solve in a few days with minimal qualifications :(. There is about to happen a selection game, in which each contender will select one item in her turn according to her budget (if your budget is large enough, you'll take part in more than one turn). Budget is one constraint, minimizing the waste is another, but additionally each item has other attributes so a contender may prefer one selection over another, even if both selections are affordable and even is no budget is wasted.
The selection will be real-time, so my thinking was to
- write software that would find all affordable solutions, then
- group the affordable selections according to the attributes and identify preferred ones
- find which selections are robust against other players moves (i.e. can't be easily "blocked")
- provide some time of assistance during the selection process, to zero-in on the moves that are still open, according to other players moves, which would lead to a preferred affordable selection.


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BETHESDA - Thomas Perrone had seen first-hand the challenges of trying to meet the mental health care needs of residents in rural communities such as St. Clairsville, Woodsfield, Cadiz and Bethesda.
Perrone, executive director of North Point Behavioral Health in Bethesda, also was familiar with the shortage of psychiatrists throughout the country, especially in the local area.
That's why Perrone is a believer in North Point's new telepsychiatry program, which connects patients to some of the top psychiatrists in the country through video conferencing technology.
The groundbreaking program was launched at North Point in July and has been well-received by patients in the four-county area.
"We are in a rural area and don't often have the ability to bring in psychiatric experts in the more traditional sense," Perrone said. "We are excited about the possibility of having experts to meet the needs of our different patient populations through the telepsychiatry program. Our community can now have child and adolescent psychiatrists, geriatric specialists and substance abuse experts at our fingertips."
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In more than 13 years of practicing telepsychiatry and managing a team of telepsychiatrists, Varrell said he found almost all patients have been receptive to the care and quickly adapt to seeing a doctor on a video screen.
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November, 2013
The November issue of Health Care News reports on the ultimately unsuccessful effort by Republicans to use the federal government shutdown as leverage to delay the problem-plagued launch of the Obamacare insurance exchanges. (One cannot help but wonder whether at least some administration officials wish Republicans had succeeded ...)
Also in this issue:
- One of the biggest difficulties facing the implementation of Obamacare will be the practical business of collecting insurance premiums in the individual market under the health insurance exchanges.
- Gov. Rick Snyder breaks with Republican allies to expand Medicaid in Michigan, causing fiscal problems for future governors.
- Virginia's Medicaid program is under heated debate in the context of the 2013 elections, which could determine the fate of Obamacare's expansion in the state.
- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi raises concerns regarding the state's Obamacare navigators and what security checks they will have to pass.
- The expansion of urban center hospitals and other centrally located facilities could worsen doctor shortages in rural areas.
- In New Mexico, which has struggled to meet the needs of its current population, Obamacare is already making doctor shortages worse.
- Although states have considered expansions of Medicaid in return for federal waivers, history indicates those broader waivers could prove temporary.
- Obamacare is driving an increase in part-time jobs and a decrease in hiring for many small businesses, according to recent research.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
Report: Rural Virginia Hospitals Won't Qualify if Required to Re-Enroll in Medicare– October 22, 2013
Obamacare Charges New Fee for Self-Insured Employers– October 18, 2013
Insure Oklahoma Program Receives One-Year Reprieve– October 17, 2013
Feds Spending Millions to Promote Obamacare in States with Federal Exchanges– October 16, 2013
Study: Adopting Medicaid Expansion for Temporary Waivers 'Ill-Advised' for States– October 15, 2013
AFL-CIO Turns Against Obamacare– October 11, 2013
The Fallacy of Replacing ObamaCare with Medicare-for-All– October 10, 2013
Obamacare's Grim Future– October 9, 2013
ObamaCare Is Turning Us Into a Part-Time Nation– October 8, 2013
Employers Offering 'Skinny' Health Plans to Avoid Obamacare Penalties– October 3, 2013
Michigan Legislators Succumb to Pressure for Obamacare Medicaid Expansion– October 2, 2013
As Obamacare Launches, Opponents Push For Last-Minute Reprieve– October 2, 2013
Virginia Begins Accepting Public Comment on Medicaid Expansion– October 1, 2013
Ohio Works to Protect Consumers From Navigator Fraud– September 30, 2013
As IRS Implements Obamacare, Privacy Concerns Rise– September 27, 2013
Arrival of Obamacare Navigators in Florida Sparks Concerns Over Privacy, Fraud– September 26, 2013
Hospital Systems Drive Rural Health Care Crisis, Worsening Access Problems– September 25, 2013
Under Obamacare, Collecting Insurance Premiums Could Pose Challenges– September 24, 2013
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More than 40,000 people are expected to take to the streets on Sunday, May 4, for Project Bread's 46th annual Walk for Hunger, raising $3.5 million to support local food pantries, community-based meal programs, early childhood and school nutrition initiatives, and improve access to farm-to-table resources.
The 20-mile walk begins and ends at the Boston Common. The walk route weaves through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge. Local entertainment and water stops help keep the walkers going throughout the day, and educational elements will help walkers learn more about food insecurity and the range of anti-hunger solutions.
As a result of the Walk, select streets will experience short-term closures or parking restrictions. Delays should also be expected in these areas. A full list of affected areas follows.
Charles Street between Boylston and Beacon will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Parking on Charles Street will also be restricted. In addition, Boylston Street east- and westbound feeding into Charles Street will be closed. Traffic on Charles Street south will be diverted at Park Square.
Commonwealth Avenue outbound, from Arlington Street through Kenmore Square, will be closed from 6-11 a.m. Traffic will be diverted at streets leading to Commonwealth, including Charlesgate East and West. Traffic on Commonwealth inbound at Kenmore Square will also be diverted.
Arlington Street, between Beacon and Commonwealth Ave., will be closed from 6-11 a.m.
Beacon Street between Charles and Arlington streets will be closed from 7 a.m.-noon. Expect traffic delays Beacon Street outbound from Kenmore Square to Park Drive between 7 a.m. and noon. Traffic outbound at the intersection of Beacon Street and Park Drive will be diverted from 7 a.m.-noon.
Drivers are asked to use extreme caution on Massachusetts Ave. at the intersection with Commonwealth Ave. where walkers will be crossing from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Charlesgate West at Beacon Street closed from 7-11:30 a.m.
Charlesgate East at Commonwealth Ave. inbound closed from 7-11:30 a.m.
Expect delays along Commonwealth Ave. from Charlesgate East to Arlington Street from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Beacon Street outbound will be closed between St. Mary's and Carlton streets from 7 a.m.-noon. Parking on Beacon Street outbound will be restricted.
Expect traffic delays on Beacon Street from Carlton Street to Ayr Road from 7 a.m.-noon.
Expect traffic delays and diversions on Beacon Street from Chestnut Hill Avenue to Newton Centre from 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Langley Road between Beacon Street and Centre Street will be closed to vehicular traffic from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Expect traffic delays and diversions at intersecting streets.
Page 2 of 3 - Drivers are asked to use extreme caution at Newton Corner from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. as walkers will be crossing from Centre Street over the Washington Street Bridge to continue along Centre Street.
Expect traffic delays and diversions on Centre Street, from Langley Road to Newton Corner, from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Traffic will be diverted at most intersecting streets.
Exit 17 from I-90 westbound will be closed from 10 a.m. until the heavy flow of walkers subsides (likely around 2 p.m.). It is recommended to use Exit 20 for all points north and Exit 16 for all destinations south.
Drivers are asked to use extreme caution and expect delays on Galen Street from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Parking restrictions on Charles River Road from Galen Street to basketball courts near Irving Street 5 a.m.-5 p.m.
Charles River Road from basketball courts near Irving Street to North Beacon Street, right lane is closed.
Expect delays at the North Beacon Street Bridge from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
North Beacon Street right lane closed from Soldiers Field Road to Greenough Blvd. from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Extreme caution at intersection of North Beacon and Greenough with walkers crossing the street from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Greenough Boulevard between North Beacon and Arsenal streets will be closed to vehicular traffic from 8:15 a.m.-6 p.m.
Drivers are asked to use extreme caution on Arsenal Street at the intersection of Greenough Boulevard where walkers will cross from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Greenough Boulevard westbound to Cambridge will have the right lane closed from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Expect delays at the intersection of Greenough Blvd. and Gerry's Landing Road at the Eliot Bridge and Cambridge Boat Club from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Right lane will be closed.
Parking restrictions at the Marsh Post from 1 a.m.-8 p.m.
Parking restrictions at the Cambridge Boat Club from 1 a.m.-8 p.m.
Memorial Drive between Fresh Pond Parkway and Western Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Parking restrictions at the Riverside Boat Club from 8 a.m. May 3 to 8 p.m. May 4.
Parking restrictions at the Magazine Pool Horseshoe Driveway from 5 a.m.-8 p.m.
Memorial Drive eastbound right lane from Reid Overpass to DeWolfe Boathouse is closed to vehicular traffic from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
From 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., there is no right turn from Boston University Bridge and no access eastbound on Memorial Drive from underneath the Reid Overpass.
Expect slow-moving traffic on Memorial Drive from Western Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Page 3 of 3 - Expect delays at all intersecting streets.
The southbound right lane into Boston will be closed from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; expect delays.
Expect delays on the Massachusetts Ave. Harvard Bridge inbound to Boston from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Registration is open through the day of the walk. Individuals can walk, volunteer, and donate at www.projectbread.org/walk. More information is also available by calling 617-723-5000.
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