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2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet - Part IIWritten by Douglas Glad on January 29, 2014 Contributors: Deane Shanander In The House Of Lords - Chasing the Stock Eliminator
A snaking bolt of heat lightning screwed itself into the ground with a grudge, the flash illuminating the interior of the truck I was driving. The thunder took a minute to bounce off the far wall of the canyon and back across the moonscape right outside of Reno, Nevada. I drove on. In the distance was a shimmering horizon of gleaming glass and white rectangular boxes that seemed to hover over the dust. The chain of trailers was the only clue to the existence of Top Gun Raceway in Fallon, Nevada, and John Calvert's Stock Eliminator Cobra Jet Mustang was waiting there for me to drive it.
Up until that exact moment, I thought I had earned the creds to drive the beast in competition. Roy Hill had tried to bring me to tears in his driving school, Funny Car champion Jack Beckman had shown me how to look past the horizon on a 9-second Pro Gas blast, and even Bob Tasca III had schooled me on how to tiptoe through the 133⁄8 inches between the start beams.
I was no virgin in Calvert's car. Ultra-traction Famoso in Bakersfield had used her charms to give me a precious string of wheelstanding passes on her sacred flanks. But now in the desert waste, with the graybeard heroes of Division 7 waiting to see what I could do, I didn't feel so confident. The stress was audible.
Index Racing
There are more unwritten rules in Stock Eliminator than the couple of pages in the NHRA Rulebook let on, and I was about to learn them one excruciating step at a time. My mistakes were to be made in front of an unsympathetic crowd of regulars and an NHRA photographer who could smell a newbie from 1,320 feet. I had my Super Gas, Super Stock, and ET licenses, but my degrees reflected book learning and racing schools, not combat scenarios. It wouldn't be enough.
As I stood in the tech trailer, my mind began to wander. "What class are you in?" I didn't answer. "What class?" I snapped out of my reverie and stared at the tech inspector who was now in my personal space. He repeated, "You know, A, B, C, D?"
John Calvert runs the '10 Mustang and his '64 Ford Thunderbolt both in the A/SA class. The first A represents power to weight, and here's how it works: The manufacturer, in this case Ford, comes up with a factory horsepower rating for the engine and weight for the car that is agreed on by the NHRA and posted in the Official NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide. The car needs to be showroom available and have a minimum run of 500 cars or, in the case of the Cobra Jets that have no VIN, have a minimum of 50 cars for sale.
The '10 Cobra Jet came from the factory with a 3,310-pound/375hp rating, making it what is called a natural 8.82 B/SA index car. When the car is new, you can move up or down one class or stay at the natural class and run the minimum weight. Calvert chose to run the car in A/SA, or A weight class, Stock eliminator, with an automatic transmission. The factor is 8 pounds per horsepower, plus 170 pounds for the driver.
These cars are NHRA classified on a national scale by engine family. The '10 Cobra Jet was offered with one of five optional engines approved by the NHRA. Two are supercharged 5.4L V8s (the difference being the type of supercharger), and three naturally aspirated versions: a 302-based 352-inch engine, a 4.6L 3V, and a 351 Windsor-based 428. Calvert chose the 428 because he believed the weight required to run a big supercharged engine would make the combination high-maintenance.
The 428 cars were rated from the factory at 375 hp, and as they went out and raced, the NHRA noticed that the e.t.'s were much lower than this power-to-weight ratio should be and started to do what racers refer to as adding horsepower. The 428-powered A/Stock Cobra Jet horsepower factor crept from 375 hp to 416 hp, bumping the minimum weight to 3,498 pounds.
Before the race, you make the decision regarding what class you want to run. Then you can adjust the weight of the car using a maximum of 100 pounds of lead ballast that goes into a box into the trunk, or add or remove fuel. Once you are through tech, however, you are going to race the class you chose.
In addition to the national standard for power to weight, there is also a national index that is corrected for each track. For race day, the index was to be 11.44. To be competitive, I needed to run 0.900 under that number, a concept that had eluded me until race day.
When Stock was called to lanes over the loud speaker, my focus scattered like birds from a howitzer. Like a robot, I stepped into my fire suit and put on my helmet, gloves, and shoes in an order I could not remember. I proceeded to start and stall the car enough times that I eventually noticed that Calvert had stopped his own start-up ritual and was standing in front of the car with his arms crossed. I managed to make friends with the car and rolled to the end of the staging lanes, where I sat without noticing the 100-degree desert heat and attempted to clear my thoughts.
Calvert's car is about the easiest car you can drive that still wheelies out of the hole and runs in the 130s. Next to my right hand was a small switch that activated the line-lock. After I was directed into the burnout box by the track official, I pushed the brakes with a jumpy left leg, depressed the switch, and gave the throttle a quick stab to get the tires smoking. Calvert's cars don't do burnouts on the rev limiter, so it was up to me to not hang the rods out of the Cobra engine with panicky revs. I let go of the button and glided forward.
Because I had already made my first mistake by rolling to the staging lanes first, I had to follow a contraption from a street class with what looked like two different track widths, one of which was far off to the left. I thought for a moment about high school auto shop where my teacher, Mr. Renner, had described the concept of dog tracking, where from the rear, cars with frame damage looked like a running dog. Calvert later explained that following another, more experienced class racer helps you find the groove. Therefore, I had no idea where it was. My ace in the hole was the fact that I had seen the car I was driving hook at tracks where no one believed it could be done. My mechanic/crew chief was none other than John Calvert, inventor of the CalTrac bar and successful owner of Calvert Racing. I figured I could be out of the groove a bit and get away with it. Since Stock is a foot-brake class, my right foot was flooring the throttle and my left was on the brake. I left on green instead of yellow and posted a hideous 0.301 light. The car thankfully did the rest, running a 10.54 at 128 mph with striking grace and a small wheelie to qualify No. 1.
The Dial
I couldn't believe it, me, No. 1 qualifier in a points race against guys with lots of money and experience. I clutched the time slip like a schoolgirl's first love letter and whooped into my helmet.
The ladder is split where the No. 1 qualifier runs the No. 11 qualifier in the first round. Once you are on top of the ladder, there is no place to go, and therefore no way to maneuver away from superior drivers. Calvert explained I would have to race a former Stock World Champion in the first round. The guys had seen me coming.
There was one qualifier left, and I was already running out of options. With a 20-car field, I could hope that another car entered the race, giving me a bye, or someone else would step up and take the top spot from me.
With an hour or so until the next round, I learned about the car. At the end of each run, all cars need to report to the scales to be weighed, and the driver is given a cup that is to be filled with fuel for testing. The CJ uses C25 racing fuel and, after the first run, weighed 3,590 pounds.
With a green light from the tech inspector, I returned to the pits to connect the battery charger, top off the fuel, and attend to the log book. Each run is carefully logged in a racing log book you can buy from Summit or Jegs. All entries are arranged in a matrix against the run number. In addition to the time of day, lane, and session, there is a detailed account of every marker on the track. If you want to look at your 60-foot and 330-foot mph and e.t., it's in the log book. But only if you put it there.
Calvert uses a handheld weather station from TAG Systems Racing Products that gives you air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and corrected or density altitude (DA) at the push of a button. Experienced car owners and crew chiefs will know how the weather will affect the speed of his car. To simplify the explanation: As the DA gets higher, the air gets thinner, the AF ratio gets richer, and the car slows down.
Armed with five rounds of information from two time-only passes and three qualifying passes, it was time to sweat the dial in. As a street machine guy with a few runs behind him, I looked at the log book thinking that the car and I were consistent. The fastest run was 10.45, and the slowest was 10.75, and I was thinking in the 0.10 scale when the rest of the field was playing one decimal to the right at 0.010. My sloppy shifting and sketchy lane alignment was going to catch up to me in a big way. I needed to run within 0.050 of a dial of my choosing, and I had nearly 0.30 to choose from. I estimated that Round 1 of eliminations would take place about 10 a.m. the next day, so I simply chose to dial in using the time from that run. The e.t. on the window would be 10.55 based on a 10.549. I hit the practice tree until I had a string of 0.040–0.060 reaction times and hit the sack.
Making Friends…or Not
Sunday arrived at 6 a.m. as I lie there on the fold-out sofa bed in the motor home staring at the ceiling. All I needed to do was cut a 0.040 light, beat my opponent across the finish line, and run on my dial in of 10.55 without breaking out. To make matters worse, the only other competitor in the A class was Calvert himself in his '64 Fairlane. If I was paired with him, it would be heads up. It seemed like there were more ways to lose than win in a race that boils down on paper to a 50/50 chance. So far, the car had done all it could to keep me safe and put in the top position. Now it was up to me.
Even though index racing requires cars to leave on a Sportsman tree and handicaps the faster car so both reach the finish line theoretically at the same time, these guys still want to have a fast car. If you line up against another car in your class, the race becomes heads-up with no breakout and no handicap. The quickest car with the best reaction time wins. This brings us back to the 0.900 under your index rule. During big national events, there is a good chance you will be on the ladder with other cars in your class. If you drive around the guy and run 1.00 under your index, you get what is called a flag. Do it again and the NHRA will review the engine family (in this case Ford 428). If the average of all the racers is 0.85 under the national index, the NHRA will add a percentage of horsepower to everyone running that engine. If you run a 1.20 under the index, there is no review. The engine family gets what is called "horsepower on Monday."
If you want to get glares from other racers with the same engine, start running an average of 0.85 under the index with lots of heads-up racing for points 1 second or more under the index. Eventually, you will move the index, and all the racers in the class will be forced to upgrade their gear to keep up. Bucks-up guys can make it hard for other racers to compete in the class in this way. And it happens. Welcome to Stock Eliminator.
Luckily, sometime during Saturday's qualifying, another car had entered the stock class, making the field 21 cars and giving me, as top qualifier, the first bye run in competition. I would receive points for staging the car, but I needed the practice of a full run. I hit the light at 0.037 and ran 10.50 at 126 mph. Things were looking up.
On the Trailer
No one had really expected me to get to Round 2 of final eliminations, but there I was. The average reaction times had dropped from 0.080–0.090s to scary 0.010–0.030s as the guys got serious. My 0.090 and 0.301 marks from Friday's time trials would be a serious problem, so I needed to repeat the 0.036–0.040 times I had practiced. Sunday is nothing like the structured time and qualifying sessions of the previous days. The rate of attrition accelerates the call for each class, making the paper copy of the schedule trivial and the clock was ticking for Round 2. In the past three hours, the temperature had crept from 89 to 99 degrees, and the DA climbed to nearly 6,900 feet. Knowing I ran a 10.508 that morning and a 10.586 at the same time yesterday, I split the difference and put the dial in at 10.55 and suited up.
The Stock Eliminator class meet and line up in the staging lanes in sort of a Walmart parking lot configuration so the cars can be paired. My competition appeared in my window to discuss lane choice. He wanted the far lane; I liked the tower lane. Since we agreed, we didn't have to use the alternative method of flipping a coin.
Strangely, the nerves had abated as I went through the starting-line ritual and lined up against my second-round opponent in an F/SA Barracuda. His dial was 11.37 against my 10.55, so I had to sit on the limiter for more than a second. It was enough to distract me, and I made the mistake of watching him leave instead of watching the light. I left late with a 0.143 against his 0.088 immediately putting me at a disadvantage at the finish line. On top of it, there was a headwind, a factor I had ignored, that slowed the car to a 10.63. The combination of the two made it impossible for me to close the gap on the Barracuda. He put me on the trailer and went on to win the Wally in Stock Eliminator that day.
Where Do I Sign Up?
If you want to have some fun in Stock Eliminator and you have a car, you need to join the NHRA and get a permanent number. If the class you want to enter has any cars in the 9s, even if it isn't yours, you will need an NHRA license for that e.t. and mph, and your car must meet the safety requirements for that class. To add classes to your license, you need to pay $20 at the tech trailer. I added a Stock number to my list of credentials. Local track rules sometimes override the official rulebook, so ask other racers about unwritten rules like last-minute dial-in changes, safety equipment, and track etiquette. And don't forget to have fun.
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The script on the hood says NOHC or No Overhead Cams. The engine for this Cobra Jet uses a Ford Racing Boss 351 block with a 4.100 stroke and a 4.150 bore for 428 inches. The heads are Ford Z304 castings prepped by Holbrook Racing with Big Stuff 3 EFI and a Ford Racing 1,000-cfm throttle body. It makes about 700 hp at 7,800 rpm.The rear wheels are 15x10 Weld AlumaStars. Ford Racing offers a Goodyear 30.0x9.0-15 Dragway Specials, but Calvert prefers to run Hoosier slicks.The front wheels are AlumaStar 2.0 15x3.5s with Hoosier 26.0x4.5-15 Drag Fronts. The Strange brakes are race-only with lightweight vented rotors, billet four-piston calipers, and an OEM-modified master cylinder.This tidy setup is a Jones Racing Products lightweight alternator, pulleys, and a billet bracket. The Meziere pump is controlled from inside the car, but we left it on nonstop in the Nevada heat.Except for a bank of switches and the shifter, the interior looks like a stock GT. A close look reveals the lack of blinker stalks, Cobra Jet seats with bolsters, and the Sidewinder gated shifter. Simple and fast.The log book and weather station tell you everything you need to know about the dial-in. On race day, the car varied only 0.20 due to wind and temperature. The rest is about the driver.The wheelie bar is a Calvert design that doesn't unload the tire. Instead it adds pressure to the tire when the wheelie bar hits or touches the ground.The Cobra Jet uses a C4 automatic transmission in Stock or a C3 in Super Stock. The crossmember, the driveshaft, and even the headers are from Ford Racing, designed for the Cobra Jet.
The weather station calculates density altitude based on temperature, barometer, and relative humidity. The track at Fallon in the summer is about as bad as it gets.In order to be consistent, the tire pressures need to be exactly the same on each side, on each run. The tire pressure is the last check and is usually performed in the staging lanes right before the class is called. This is also the time to add the dial-in on your windshield. If a crewmember does it for you, the dial has to be in the car before it enters the water box.During competition, lane choice is decided by the drivers with either a coin toss or a simple agreement. The cars are lined up according to the posted ladder for eliminations.At this point, I had my right foot on the floor and my left foot on the brake. The brake pedal engages the two-step limiter. To leave the line, I simply stepped off the brake and the car switches to the high limit and wheelies off the line.Compared to the last photo, you can see that the car is loaded, but the light is still yellow. The time it takes for the car to move is a big part of the overall reaction time. This just takes practice.This was a 0.038 light with a nice straight launch. If you can do this, shift on time, and be close to the dial-in, you will win rounds.To slow the car down, weight is used to meet the day's index. It's easier and faster than taking timing or fuel out of the tune-up. After each run, the battery is charged and the fuel cell is topped off.After the Round 2 loss, we noted the details in the log book and called it a day. On the first try in Division 7 A/SA with an unfamiliar car, we managed to get points. It was a good weekend.


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"Write each of these statements in the form "if p, then q" in English. [Hint:Refer to the list of common ways to express conditional statements.]
a) It snows whenever the wind blows from the northeast.
b)The apple trees will bloom if it stays warm for a week.
c) That the Pistons win the championship implies that they beat the Lakers.
d)It is necessary to walk 8 miles to get to the top of Long's Peak.
e) To get tenure as a professor, it is sufficient to be world- famous.
f) If you drive more than 400 miles, you will need to buy gasoline.
g)Your guarantee is good only if you bought your CD player less than 90 days ago.
h)Jan will go swimming unless the water is too cold.
I am having a little trouble with c), g), and h).
For c): Presumably, it would appear that this sentence is discussing a championship match, one between the Lakers and Pistons. Hence, I am having difficulty seeing why it has to be written a particular way. Doesn't "If the Pistons win the championship, then they beat the Lakers," and "If the Pistons beat the Lakers, then they win the championship," convey the same meaning?
For g): This is another instance of me not seeing why this conditional statement has to be written any particular way. To me, "If you bought your CD player less than 90 days ago, then your guarantee is good," and "If your guarantee is good, then you bought your CD player less than 90 days ago," convey the same meaning.
For h): I wrote, "If the water is too cold, then Jan won't go swimmming;" however, the answer key says, "If the water is NOT too cold, then Jan will go swimming." Would my answer be acceptable?

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliners for Winter/Spring 2009
Mildew (deep shimmery green): exclusive to Hi-Fi set, $29, which also includes Zero, Flipside, 1999, and Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner (ugh) in Distortion. The four 24/7s are mini sizes; the glitter liner is full-size.
Crash (rich eggplant with silver glitter): exclusive to Stereophonic set, $29, which also includes Zero, Underground, Gunmetal, and Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Midnight Cowboy (double ugh). Again, the four 24/7s are minis, and the glitter liner is full-size.
Corrupt (neutral brown with light copper shimmer and silver glitter), Binge (shimmery indigo), Eldorado (shimmery yellow-gold), and Oil Slick (black with silver glitter): exclusive to the 24/7 Super Stash, $36, which also includes Zero, Graffiti, Ransom, Rockstar and Stash. These aren't just mini-sized, they're, like... bite-sized... at just under 2-3/4" from tip to tip, uncapped. Even with their caps on, they're still shorter than my middle finger (I bet you can imagine what I'd like to say to Urban Decay with that finger, too). For 9 liners, they're only $4 each, but I only really like a few of the shades anyway, which makes those few feel tiny liners pretty damn expensive.
I've swatched the new liners in comparison to a few similar-ish shades from the permanent line, just for kicks. I left out some of the ones that I knew I wouldn't want to keep (like Ransom, Graffiti, and Zero, to name a few examples) out so I'd have the option of selling them in new condition. You can find my swatches and review of Flipside, Graffiti, Ransom, and Underground here, and the lovely KarlaSugar's swatches of the complete 24/7 line (minus the holiday exclusive shades) here.
Here are the close-ups of my swatches:
I was ecstatically looking forward to Binge when I heard there was finally going to be a navy 24/7, but that was a letdown for me - in my opinion, Binge isn't navy at all. It's a bright indigo, and not very pigmented. :(
I love Rockstar and Stash, and Eldorado on my waterline, but I'm disappointed with the sizes of the pencils in the Super Stash. I've been told that the set-exclusive shades will be released individually this spring; I can't wait until I can buy Eldorado on its own (I already have full sizes of Rockstar and Stash).
It was also kind of pointless to buy the Stereophonic set just for Crash; Crash is just Rockstar with silver glitter, pretty much, and I don't feel like I need both. Gunmetal is growing on me and Underground has been one of my favorite eyeliners since it came out in January, though, so that set isn't a total loss.
I do like Mildew very much, so the Hi-Fi set was a better choice. Mildew has the same pigmentation problem as Binge, but I love the color so much (Mildew eyeshadow has to be one of my favorite greens ever!) that I'm willing to ignore that in this case. And, as ever, I adore Flipside, and I'd been wanting 1999 for a while anyway - don't ask me why, I know it has glitter, but for some reason I do kind of like that one.
As I mentioned in my last post, Sephora is currently having a 20% off Friends and Family sale online (code: FF2009), but Urban Decay has also hinted that they will soon be having their own Friends and Family sale. In the past, Urban Decay's F and F sales have been for 30% off, so if you want any of these sets, it might be worth waiting for Urban Decay's sale unless you have a Sephora gift card to burn or something like that.
That's all, folks!
24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil: Corrupt, Underground, Baked, Eldorado, Oil Slick, Gunmetal, Mildew, Stash, Rockstar, Crash, 1999, Binge
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I am with you. Though... I really wish the UD 24/7s lasted better on my eyes. So far, I only have a full-size of Stash since the color is sooooo purdy I am willing to deal with the smudging after 5-6hrs. I love the look of Rockstar, Mildew, Underground, Corrupt and Eldorado... but if they're gonna smudge on me too, I'm definitely skipping. *sigh* I think I need to just suck it up and get some of the MUFEs.ReplyDelete
Great swatches. Too bad that Urban Decay is not available in our country :(ReplyDelete
Thank you for the swatches...now i can redecide if i wana buy this in sephora sale...ReplyDelete
thank you so much for these swatches. I was looking for swatches of the different 24/7 liners and this is perfect.ReplyDelete
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I just answered this comment on the CoverGirl TruShine post as well, but in case this is where you end up checking back - I haven't seen these yet, but I'll be on the lookout for them. Thanks!
Can you review the new Heidi Klum for Victoria's Secret 2009 collection? So far I've only heard good things, and when I saw them in store everything looked gorgeous. But I know you do really great swatches and I'd love to see them. Thanks!
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The only VS store near me that carries the makeup line isn't very accessible, but I'll do my best - thanks for the request!
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I own a Nikon Coolpix L120 camera. It's fully automatic. I am really interested in photography. Can anyone suggest me some exercises or experiments to do with this camera so that I can make a good use of it for learning?
My first recommendation is that you familiarize with the basic photography concepts, starting with the exposure triangle. All cameras are based on these principles, so it is important to understand them, even for the cameras like yours that don't let you set some of these settings.
Understanding the above will make you realize that calling your camera "fully automatic" is an exaggeration. While it is true that there is nothing even remotely close to manual mode in this camera, there are many ways in which you can affect how the camera takes pictures, so you do have some amount of creative control. Examples:
As far as inspiration to learn, my recommendation is that you do a 365 project. This is simply the task of taking one picture per day for an entire year. The pictures can be thematic (i.e. self-portraits, landscapes, etc.) or just whatever you can think of each day. You can upload the pictures to Flickr and share them on groups devoted to 365 projects (there are many of them), or you can just do it for yourself and keep the collection of pictures privately. But the fact that you have to get out there and take a picture every day will give you the motivation to improve and learn.
I also have to give you the bad news. If you follow my advice and get into the habit of taking pictures, you will eventually realize that you need a better camera. So you may want to start saving, for when that moment comes ;-)
Good luck!
Shoot pictures, and then shoot pictures, and after a while try to read, or re-read, the manual for your camera cover to cover.
If the reading is too terse, buy a book that explains how to get the most out of your specific camera model. ("Magic lantern guides" for instance ... I haven't read any of these books... yet. But that's not the point).
THe point is that I, after seriously studying the manual for my camera (Olympus pen E-P1), I discovered many hidden features and even basic concepts of operating it. DIgital cameras are quite complex beasts if you go beyond the basic shooting mode.
A simple experiment with a technical focus: You could try to test how fast your memory cards really are. http://www.smallcamerabigpicture.com/olympus-omd-em5-memory-card-test/
You can search for tips for using compact camera on the internet, but IMO the best way to understand what your camera is capable of and to find personalized tutorials, is to look for images taken by your camera and maybe ask their photographers about their techniques, for a start check Nikon Coolpix L120 on Flickr.
There is already an answer covering technical aspects, however, I want to (at least try) to focus on the other side of photography: The artistic one.
Composition. My sugestion on the excercise is to take several pictures of the same subject, placing it in different points of the frame. (I recommend to forget about the pictures for a while, a couple of days would do) And review them later, decide where the particular subject fits better, where it draws your attention or where it looks dull. Decide whether you follow the Rule of Thirds or not, of if you preffer The Golden Ratio or Golden Section. Also try switching from landscape to portrait framing, and vice versa. Do not follow any rule, take the both shots, make a safe copy, forget about them and review later! :)
Ligthing! Not all about a photo is about the amount of light on the picture (Exposure, over exposure, underexposure) but also about light falloff, light, shadow and gradation is extremely important, to the point that most of the time it defines the feel of a photo. The correct light setup can make a person hate a portrait of themselves or fall in love with it. Make several essays, ask a person to be your model and photograph them in several setups. By the side of a window, against a window, in sunlight, in the shade. If you use lamps (can be household lamps) take shots with the light coming from the front, from the side, from 45 degrees, from 135 degrees, from below, from behind, etc. Also try to shoot photos in a very dark room (if you have access to a black one, the better!) so the only light on your subject is coming from the lamps.
Flash management! You can modify your flash without tampering your camera. You can use difusers made from household materials. You can use trasnlucent papers or plastic bites. You can use white materials or tinted ones. Play with your camera's white balance to enhance the effects. You can use a small handheld mirror to bounce the flash on the ceiling or on a wall. The color of the ceiling, wall or whatever object will affect the photo, for good or for bad. Try making cardboard cutouts to create weird shadows with your flash or to control where your flash iluminates the scene and where it doesn't (Create a small snoot). Just a tip: Whwnever you put something in front of your flash, don't put it right against the flas lens, you may burn something, and it could be the flash (some of them generate a small heat wave). Instead keep a distance of two centimeters or more, but to avoid flare, whatever you place in front of the flash, place it no further than the lens front element.
Production! The fact that you are not using a DSLR must not prevent you from arranging your Photo Studio! Plan your sesions, don't just press the shutter. Take into account location (the best room in your house, for example), the furniture, accesories, clothing, makeup, time of day (specially if outdoors). If taking portrait shots, consider the animic state of your model. Arrange all your setup prior to bringing the model(s) in, so you don't exhaust their patience, make them feel relaxed so you get better smiles. Know your subject so you can predict reactions and catch the perfect moment where the smile is natural, etc...
Gather knowledge Of course you can read books, but you can also apreciate photograps in magazines, or expositions. Look carefully for "photographic composition" in movies (Have you noticed there is always a "Director of Photography" among the credits?). Go to museums and apreciate not only photography, but also paintings, sculpture. Analyze them. Do you like them? Why or why not? How are the elements arranged in the composition? Perspective? Space management?
Chances are you can replicate much of these characteristics, effects and techniques, because they all are external to the camera, but if they are in the image, they make part of the photo, and can make it great or dull.
All of these excercises, combined with the more technical ones will lead you to really know your cameras strong points and limitations, you will get to know it characteristics beyond the specifications in the manual so you can better exploit your valuable resource.


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What's the meaning of the phrase "excuser et s'excuser"? Why is a s' used before the verb?
(It is the title of a chapter in my French book, if the context is needed.)
What's the meaning of the phrase "excuser et s'excuser"? Why is a s' used before the verb?
(It is the title of a chapter in my French book, if the context is needed.)
S' is the contracted form of se, which is a reflexive pronoun. French uses reflexive pronouns with a fair number of verbs, more often than in English, where "verb oneself" is pretty rare. For example, French sometimes uses reflexive verbs to render explicit what is implied in English. This can be illustrated with the phrase "I'm going to wash", meaning that you are going to wash yourself, translated as "Je vais me laver", where me loosely means "myself". Moreover, French will pretty much always use reflexive verbs when English does (to perjure yourself/se parjurer), with the possible exception where expressions are used to translate verbs (to enjoy oneself/*passer un moment agréable). In other cases, French simply uses reflexive verbs where English doesn't (to remember/se souvenir; to apologize/s'excuser).
Excuser et s'excuser would be "to excuse and to apologize", but since it's a chapter title in a French book, it could as well be "pincer et se pincer" ("to pinch and to pinch yourself"), as it is likely the chapter on reflexive pronouns and will teach you how they work.
Reflexive pronouns are declined per person. They as as follow:
"S'excuser" is a pronominal verb. "Excuser" means "to excuse", but is most often used as "s'excuser", meaning "to apologize".
You can see this question for more on pronominal verbs.


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The Center for Law and Economic Studies' Guest speaker for today's Law and Economics Workshop will be Tom Baker, William Maul Measey Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Law School, presenting "Protecting Consumers from Add-On Insurance Products: New Lessons for Insurance Regulation from Behavioral Economics," authored with Peter Siegelman.
Abstract: Informed observers of insurance markets have long marveled at the high prices charged for a wide variety of low value insurance products sold as "add-ons" to consumers buying other products and services. This article examines three examples of add-on insurance products - extended warranties for consumer products, loss damage waivers for rental cars, and credit life insurance. We develop a behavioral economic analysis of these products that helps explain why people buy them and, more importantly, why competition fails to reduce their prices to something approaching their cost. We discuss the implications of this analysis for insurance regulation, exploring four possible strategies: improved disclosure of the terms of add-on insurance products, a ban on the sale of the products as an add-on, price regulation, and the use of information technology to create a robust market at the point of sale. Drawing from recent U.K. experience, we recommend a mixed approach for the three specific products we examine: a ban on the sale of credit life insurance and extended warranties as add-on insurance products and a new, on-line market for car rental insurance that customers can access at the car rental desk. All are welcome
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The Kansas Senate approved a bill barring cities and counties from requiring their contractors to pay union-scale wages.
The 31-9 vote sends it to the House.
The bill would bar local governments from requiring private firms to pay employees more than the federal minimum wage for work on public contracts.
It's aimed at local policies requiring contractors to pay so-called prevailing wages. The federal Department of Labor sets those rates, and critics say they're often based on union scales.
Wyandotte County has a prevailing wage policy.
Republicans said the bill will lower the cost of public projects. Democrats said prevailing wage policies ensure workers earn a decent living.


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5 Absurd Solutions to Huge Problems (That Actually Worked)
Who among us hasn't been asked by a teacher or a boss to "think outside the box"? It's all well and good when you're looking at a word problem on a Denny's application, not so much when you're staring down a problem with lives on the line. So you have to admire the guys who improvised the following:
#5. Building a Supercomputer Out of Hundreds of PlayStations
The U.S. military needed a supercomputer, but didn't want to spend the millions of dollars they typically cost. That second part may surprise you -- we all tend to assume that the U.S. military is on the cutting edge of all things tech (something to do with having more than a half trillion dollars to spend every year). But they're not just a bunch of big kids buying expensive toys with unlimited budgets -- they have hard choices to make, just like us.
"Nope, no boner flag -- we have our grownup hats on today."
The Creative Solution:
So they bought almost 2,000 Sony PlayStation 3s and hooked them together to see what would happen.
OK, we're being a bit unfair there. Video game consoles have some serious horsepower for the few hundred dollars they cost, so the solution made sense. The Department of Defense's 1,716 PlayStation 3s were formed into the massive computational megamachine known as the "Condor Cluster." This is what it looks like:
Imagine the photorealistic Duke Nukem crotch bulge that thing could generate.
For one-tenth of the cost of a traditional supercomputer, the Condor Cluster is also using one-tenth of a traditional supercomputer's power. But instead of using top secret proprietary technology, the Cluster is open source. It's even been opened up to universities, who are using it to do everything from create artificial neural networks to build models that will prove Einstein's theory of relativity.
They could have saved $4.2 million by shopping on Black Friday.
And here's where the Condor is really creative -- instead of letting one massive machine do all the work you'd expect from one of the world's 40 fastest computers, the system can rearrange its own workload, farming out assignments to idle computers around the world. Not bad for a big-ass pile of kid's toys.
The military is actually famous for this kind of MacGyver thinking, like ...
#4. Using Silly String and Shaving Cream to Thwart Bombs
The War on Terror introduced us to a new kind of warfare that involves less open battles between armies and more planting improvised bombs for soldiers to stumble across (for reference, see The Hurt Locker). For instance, when the enemy knows that part of the other side's job is to patrol abandoned buildings, their own job is as easy as planting some explosives and running a thin wire across a doorway to set it off. If the building is dark, there's no way you see the wire until it's too late. Boom.
So how can you detect tripwires in that kind of environment? Maybe some kind of state-of-the-art sonar system? A wire-sniffing dog? A bomb-proof robot to take point?
Erik Newth
Nine out of 10 bomb specialists say "kitty on a Roomba." Also, "Aww."
The Creative Solution:
How about Silly String?
Yes, that multicolored stuff in the can that kids squirt up their noses and jackasses spray out of their fly at parties is currently being used by U.S. forces to help detect deadly explosive booby traps.
You can already picture how it works: Spray the Silly String across and through the entire vertical length of the doorway. If there are any tripwires there, the Silly String will catch on them and hang off the wire -- the spray is so light that it won't trip the detonator in the process.
Mike on Maui
Shoot! SHOOOOT!
Silly String isn't standard-issue equipment, by the way -- most of this is the result of one woman, Marcelle Shriver, who organized the delivery of over 120,000 cans of the stuff to Iraq after her son was taught the technique by a group of U.S. Marines.
According to one member of the top brass, this is all completely cool because soldiers aren't forbidden from improvising stuff like this. Which is lucky, really, considering we're also using shaving cream to warn troops about hidden bombs.
"Well, I can be pretty explosive at times. Oh God you just shot me why."
After discovering an IED or roadside bomb, troops will simply squirt the damn thing with the foam so that troops following up behind will know where not to step. Oh, and it's also worth bearing in mind that this technique didn't originate from Iraq; one of its first proponents was "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf, who, after hearing that a group of his soldiers were trapped inside of a Vietnamese minefield without any equipment capable of marking the mines so that they could escape safely, ordered an airdrop of shaving cream to them.
You might say that it was a close one.
The community drive responsible for shipping all of this stuff out to Iraq, Operation Shaving Cream, also recently passed its goal of raising 10,000 cans. And, hey! There's totally a link you can click right here that will take you to somewhere where you donate money to buy more of the stuff.
#3. The Navy SEALs Get Literal
As much as everybody loves the Navy SEALs in the wake of the bin Laden thing, we have to admit they're not perfect. Like they can't walk on water or hold their breath indefinitely. And they can't find underwater mines without risking their own asses. So it has to be robots this time, right? They have swimming anti-mine robots?
No, of course not. Because this is 2012 and teaching robot dinosaurs to love is more important.
The Creative Solution:
They're using seals -- not elite super soldiers, but actual SeaWorld-style sea lions -- to assist with identifying underwater weapons and evildoers.
Animals have been used in war forever, but never with this much style. Knowing that sea lions can swim 25 miles per hour and dive 1,000 feet, they're the perfect candidates to detect and defuse underwater bombs. Especially since their natural sonar is extremely effective, according to Admiral Snelson of British Naval Command.
"Red wire or blue wire, red or blue? Jesus Christ, I'm fucking colorblind."
Dolphins and sea lions are trained not only to detect underwater mines, but also to alert the Marines if they detect danger. Some of them are trained to disarm bombs, and some are even trained on how to locate a human intruder and cuff him with a GPS tracker. If necessary, they may even follow the suspect onto land, honking loudly to alert the troops to their position ... which is 100 percent the least awesome way to get caught by an opposing army.
Not that the military has a monopoly on somewhat insane outside-the-box solutions. For instance, if you go to a Russian airport, you'll see them ...


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onPageMapClear: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot convert null to object
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot convert null to object (ext-all-debug.js:67570)
onPageMapClear: function() { var me = this, loadingFlag = me.wasLoading, reqs = me.pageRequests, req, page; // If any requests return, we no longer respond to them. if (me.data.events.pageadded) { me.data.events.pageadded.clearListeners(); } // If the page cache gets cleared it's because a full reload is in progress. // Setting the loading flag prevents linked Views from displaying the empty text // during a load... we don't know whether ther dataset is empty or not. me.loading = true; me.totalCount = 0; // Cancel all outstanding requests for (page in reqs) { if (reqs.hasOwnProperty(page)) { req = reqs[page]; delete reqs[page]; //delete req delete req.callback; //trying to delete req.callback } } // This will update any views. me.fireEvent('clear', me); // Restore loading flag. The beforeload event could still veto the process. // The flag does not get set for real until we pass the beforeload event. me.loading = loadingFlag; },
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Ooops... This is not the reason.
I have buffered store with remoteFilter = true. So if I make this steps
store.clearFilter(); store.filter({ property: field, value: val, anyMatch: true });
In some reason reqs[page] is undefined, after I call clearFilter
19 Mar 2013 2:02 AM #3
Same issue.
Solved temporary with settingCode:
suppressEvent = true
@getView().organizationsStore.clearFilter(true) # clear previous filters if @getSearchField().getValue() != '' @getView().organizationsStore.filter('name', @getSearchField().getValue()) @getView().organizationsStore.load() # load with defined filters
12 Apr 2013 6:22 AM #4
A simple workaround is to:
// Cancel all outstanding requests for (page in reqs) { if (reqs.hasOwnProperty(page)) { req = reqs[page]; delete reqs[page]; if(req) delete req.callback; } }
6 Dec 2013 3:25 AM #5
where is this suspendevent?
or is there any solution?


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STAR CITY — Chevy Lee St. John, 12, of Star City, died Thursday at his home. He was born April 27, 2000 in Warren to Ronald and Amanda Sheeks St. John. He was a member of Overcoming Faith Worship Center and a student at Star City Middle School.
Survivors include his parents; Ronnie and Amanda St. John of Star City, brother; Tyler St. John of Star City, sister; Ashley Runions of North Little Rock, paternal grandparents; Ronald St. John, Sr. of Pine Bluff, Judy Miller and Jesse Lemons, both of Star City, maternal grandparents; Debra Harrington of Sherrill and Danny and Harriet Sheeks of Stuttgart, maternal great grandparents; Mary Griffin Johnson of Pine Bluff and Harvey Harrington of Sherrill.
Funeral Services are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Griffin Funeral Chapel with Bro. Don Borland officiating. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial at Palmyra Cemetery.
Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Service in Star City. Online guestbook at www.griffinfuneralservice.net.


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Love this website. Bought a Browning mossy oak camo shirt for $10 and Browning camo hat for $2.99. Great deals for those of us who just want to get lost in the woods and live off the land.
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I want to install MySql 5.1 on ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. The reason for MySql 5.1 is that I want to use it with SQLAlchemy (python) which does not support MySql 5.5. If I try to search repository there is only MySql 5.5. I tried
sudo apt-get install mysql-server=5.1.58 but
E: Version '5.1.66' for 'mysql-server' was not found I found package on this page https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.1/5.1.66-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 and downloaded it. I have a problem with installing it.
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New Tax Rates: Lakeland Proposals Worrying
Published: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 12:29 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 12:29 a.m.
The city of Lakeland has a $7.5 million shortfall to make up in its fiscal year. Raising and implementing other taxes and fees causes concern, especially when Polk has maintained the same property tax rate every year since 2007.
2015 budget, which starts Oct. 1.
Unlike any of us, who must generally cut expenses if we are in the same situation, the city has decided to look at varying sources of revenue that will hit you in the pocketbook if you live within city limits.
We understand the need to occasionally raise revenue and even to bring electric rates in line with those of other municipalities. But when the city of Mulberry has decreased its tax rate two years in a row, on a much smaller tax base, we wonder why the city of Lakeland is considering three options — all of which are likely to happen to some extent:
■ Increase property taxes: The increase could be as much as $2 per $1,000 of taxable property value, although the city's finance director said it would not have to be that high if the city increases the Lakeland Electric rate. But they would have to raise it at least 20 cents to make up for the $700,000 reduction in the dividend Lakeland Regional Medical Center pays the city. Here's the range, based on the $135,000 median value of homes in Polk County in July taking $50,000 in exemptions: $17 for a 20-cent increase to $170 for a $2 hike. That's on top of what you paid last year — 4.6644 mills. The proposed rate this year, 6.6911 mills, can be decreased but not increased at this point. According to the note of proposed property taxes the county sent out two weeks ago, the city could have reduced taxes to 4.4501 and still brought in the same amount of money.
■ A 3 percent increase in Lakeland Electric rates, which would generate about $3.8 million — added to the $24 million the utility pays the city each year.
■ A proposed fire fee, a new source of revenue to fund the Fire Department: $206 a year for homeowners. Residents in apartments or duplexes would pay almost $135 a year, and businesses would pay 28 cents per square foot. That would provide $17.1 million to the Fire Department, which would no longer be paid for out of the city's general fund. That alone is double the $7.5 million shortfall the city faces this year, which means other increases should not even be discussed.
On a somewhat agreeable note for the hospital, the city agreed to compromise with LRMC, which wanted its dividend to be held at the current rate of $12.1 million a year for five years. The city agreed to raise it to $12.9 million for the next two years, instead of the $13.6 million it could have asked for this year.
Still, raising and implementing other taxes and fees causes concern, especially when the county has maintained the same property tax rate every year since 2007. The message commissioners sent the county manager: We won't raise taxes, so plan accordingly.
Lakeland commissioners could and should deliver the same message. At the very least, the city owes residents an accounting of what it has done to hold down costs before moving ahead with these increases. Has Lakeland tightened its belt the way many families have in recent years? If so, tell us.
Here's what we see:
■ The city of Lakeland's general fund has increased $12,857,000 since 2008. During that time it has eliminated 73 positions.
■ The city of Winter Haven — whose general fund is about one-third of Lakeland's — has increased its general fund $606,586 during the same time frame; it's eliminated 58 positions.
■ Polk County, which has a general fund roughly three times that of Lakeland's, reduced its general fund by $42,000,000 from 2008 and cut 256 jobs.
Each budget has nuances that make it unique, but you can use the figures to get a general idea of how a city or county is being operated. For instance, the county's budget will drop significantly next year when it finishes building roads and parks.
Lakeland city commissioners will meet again Thursday to discuss the budget, then take a final vote on it and the property tax rate on Sept. 16. If you want your voice to be heard, head to City Hall before it's too late.
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James Franco Gossip
James Franco gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
The Artist vs the Critic
A new interview with The Artist, James Franco, with Jerry Saltz, for New York Magazine. Interesting because Jerry and his wife have sh-t on The Artist's work before, once writing that "at this point George W Bush is actually a better artist than James Franco". Full Story
Smutty Social Media, November 30, 2015
No matter how rich or famous or critically acclaimed you are, when your friend gets married, you will end up in Vegas drinking out of a penis straw. What to do when your bestie gets married? You throw a 3 day bachelorette party. @jessweixler #vegas #sexywexybachelorette Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Wednesday August 26, 2015
Busy's daughter finds her inner Beyoncé. Birdie had a real Beyoncé moment today during my morning workout. It was making me laugh so hard but I just showed my husband and he was like "why is that funny to you?" BECAUSE IT WAS, MARC. Anyway, thanks to @huntgirlsc for the always kick-ass workouts and the video work too! Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Friday August 21, 2015
Remember that picture of Kellan Lutz casually reading in a tree? Well here's Ian Somerhalder casually reading on set. At least he is promoting his wife Nikki's column in Elle. Just rereading a mind-blowing article that I can not stop thinking about. I think many of you will like- I ask you to read and really think about. It's what I want to spend my life doing-finding solutions to old and dangerous problems. Sitting in This chair last night on the TVD set thinking... For years now I've often sat in this chair in the rain or shine- the warm and the frigid contemplating the path of my character on TV, myself and humanity itself. Over the years you, the audience, have allowed me to meet some very special people-people who can change the world and I'm forever grateful. Some of them very young, some of them very old and some in between but their ability to inspire me and those around them are some of the most impactful moments and relationships I've ever known. This article inspires me beyond words and it's written by someone who not only inspires those around her but inspires them to DO and BE more so that our world can be a better place. Check this out- I hope you have a moment to comment- I'm excited to hear your thoughts! You can email her- I suggest it she's reading them now! http://tinyurl.com/omj4oyj Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Friday July 17, 2015
Billy Joel and Jack Antonoff are kind of adorable together. This picture has a musical theatre vibe, like they are about to break into a song about New York while doing some jaunty fighting/dance choreography. Just a couple of backstreet guys... Even/especially when our schedules keep us apart on important days I am so proud of @jackantonoff Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Wednesday May 20, 2015
James Franco is a teacher at USC? I'd take his class. Come on, so would you. And I'd never skip out or go to class with wet hair. just finished my 3rd year teaching at USC graduate film.❤ Great Students, Great Program. Look out for their adaptation of my book "Actors Anonymous" next year. It stars scott haze, Eric Roberts, Keegan Allen, and me. @keenone @scott_haze Full Story
James Franco & Jonah Hill's True Story
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Confession: I almost fell asleep in this movie. Which is, I think, the clearest review I can give it. Starring Jonah Hill and James Franco, True Story is based on the true story (GET IT?) of Michael Finkel, a disgraced journalist who discovers that an accused murderer, Christian Longo, was using his identity while on the lam. Full Story
Would you "ship" this?
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James Franco and Amber Heard at the The Adderall Diaries premiere last night in New York. I hate myself for writing what I'm about to write: This is the most attracted I've been to The Artist James Franco in a long time. He looks good, non? I like the hair. I don't hate the beard. Full Story
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Channing Tatum wearing a bowler hat and cuddling a puppy for Vanity Fair. Happy #NationalPuppyDay! Channing Tatum Day is next month. 📷 by @bruce_weber (who else?) Full Story
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Brad Pitt stopped in at Sundance this weekend with producing partner Dede Gardner to support their film True Story, starring James Franco. Just me or is Franco's Artist smug prick-face being restrained in the presence of a bigger movie star? He almost looks sheepish. On Saturday Brad put on his tux to accept his honour at the Producers Guild Awards. Full Story
Film Review: The Interview
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European PlayStation Store Update for May 28th: Watch Dogs, Borderlands 2 PS VitaWritten by: / / No Comments
It's another busy week on the PlayStation Store with Ubisoft's new open-world IP Watch Dogs and the PS Vita port of Borderlands 2 leading the charge. Other highlights this week include the long-awaited second episode of Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent's Curse and Bandai Namco's new free-to-play title Ace Combat Infinity. The publisher's previous F2P game – Soulcalibur: Lost Swords – was criticised for its pay-to-win structure so it will be interesting to see how Ace Combat Infinity is received.
If you're a fan of games starring the Dark Knight then be sure to browse through the long list of discounts featured in the Batman 75th Anniversary Sale. The pick of the bunch is arguably the PS4 version of the Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition selling for just R204.
You can browse through all this week's new releases on the PlayStation Blog or directly on the PlayStation Web Store. Here are some highlights from this week's update:
PlayStation Store Update Highlights
PS4 Games
• Watch Dogs (R899/£59.99/€69.99)
• Worms Battlegrounds (£19.99/€24.99; releases May 30th)
• Puddle (R95/£5.99/€6.99; Cross-Buy with PS Vita)
PS3 Games
• Watch Dogs (R669/£54.99/€69.99)
• Ace Combat Infinity (Free)
• Raiden IV: OverKill (R189/£15.99/€19.99)
PS Vita Games
• Borderlands 2 (R283/£19.99/€24.99; releases May 30th)
• Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent's Curse: Episode 2 (R125/£9.99/€12.99)
• Lemmings Touch (R95/£7.99/€9.99)
• Mind Zero (R279/£23.99/€29.99)
• Treasures of Montezuma: Arena (Free)
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2GB Micro SD for $0 + free shipping
Free 2GB micro SD with some software.
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Can't beat free! So what if it's pre-loaded with some software that I spent absolutely no time whatsoever looking into. Thanks!
I ordered one, but hope I don't get spammed. The website looks a little sketchy. Has anyone actually used that website before? Said it would take 2-3 weeks to receive. Time will tell.
2gb free , ha ha ha ha ha , i'll do without , site looks ttly sketchy
Using junk email, no password required, worse case I don't get free stuff.
nothing to lose...lucky for them, I will probably forget about it in 2-3 weeks.
The card will probably come with a free virus too!
Hmmm...Did anyone ever get these?
There's also this:
Everyone needs a second email account to use for "opportunities" like this. It is my spam account with an AOL ending. Good news is they filter pretty hard, and you can then click on "spam" and you'll never see that version of the guy again.
Even if it did arrive, I've found these "no name" micro-SD cards and adapters are complete junk. Very unpredictable performance and can fail for no reason in whatever device you're using. It happened in my cell phone and I lost a bunch of data (it was backed up elsewhere, but still). Quite an inconvenience and not worth the $0.50 value this might otherwise have.
Used an old email and a fake name. Worse case, I'll start getting junk mail at my house addressed to George McFly.
file hosting site giving out free memory cards? I don't think so...
Spam filters were made for a reason. No reason to fear the spam just know how to handle it.
I have yet to recieve anything free that i have signed up for here...
Ill pass! Thanks anyhow.
I used the name of my cat to sign up for this. At the worst, if I end up on some mailing list, at least it'll be addressed to "Party Balboa Rock." That'll always be good for a laugh or two!
they usually dont send them. this is just to get home and email address. i ll sign up with work email. see what happens. !
lol, 2GB thats useful.... at $1 per GB which is what most memory cards go for, this would be $2, not really worth the slot it would take up.
Very shady website... Even if it is real do you want to run software from people who aren't even professional enough to check for grammatical errors?
"Offer valid only in USA & Canada only."
I would hope that the Woot folks would have checked it out if it is totally a scam. I also used my junk email address and we'll see what happens!
Did ya all ever hear about formatting? That would be the first thing I would do or use in your camera and your digital photo frame.
@alamden: Woot can't/won't do anything about verifying links posted here at deals.woot. There are 900 links posted at any given time, that change constantly. They (the Woot staff) don't have direct control over these deals like their other sites; everything here is posted by members, Woot just provides the central location.
Always useful to have a low-capacity one that you don't mind losing to loan out, if nothing else. Thanks!
Did anyone look at the TOS? Copied straight from another site: sharebee.com.
It's a good deal, I guess. The site looks kind of sketchy.
I would try this out using a alt ID, but I have tons of 2GB cards lying around that I from from devices I bought.
Worth a shot. Thank god for endjunk.com...
I just ordered it with a person's name who used to live here and we still get all sorts of mail for them. I figure if more junk mail starts coming in we'll never know the difference.
@waverider01: Wanna share the wealth and start sending out all your extras to us? Then we won't have to wonder about these sketchy Chinese scams. ;)
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My ice cream is great tasting but it gets very hard over time and has a lot of ice crystals. I realize that I have to freeze it faster to reduce the size of the ice crystals but it was suggested to me to use guar gum to help. I tried adding it but it clumped up (like gum not surprisingly, lol) so do I have to put in a little boiling milk to dissolve it or how should I add it next time? The ice cream was a little stringy or syrupy after adding it to the ice cream. Did I add too much? I used a tsp of guar gum for a home size Hamilton Beach ice cream maker. I am allergic to corn so I can't use xanthum gum unless I can find a corn free source. I'm hoping that I can get the guar gum to work.
A teaspoon is too much. Most recipes I have seen make about 750g ice cream base. That's 0.66%, which is definitely in the thickening range. Try adding less than 0.1%, so 0.5 to 0.7 g guar gum for a 750g recipe. If you don't have a precision scale (they are available for about 10 Euros online, so if you use guar gum, dry yeast and similar ingredients often, it is a good investment), make it a small pinch, or the tip of a knife, but be prepared to have large measuring errors.
Against the clumping, just don't throw it into the mixture like that. Gums clump immediately when they touch moisture, much stronger than starch. It is best to first mix thoroughly the powdered gum into a tablespoon of your sugar, then mix this sugar into the whole batch of sugar, and then use the sugar as usual. If you decide to add gum after the mixture is ready, you should do it in the mixer. Put the mixer at a medium speed, put the gum into a spoon, and slowly tip the spoon into the wind caused by the beaters, so that the powder reaches the mass as a flurry of separate particles and is immediately dispersed by the beaters.
Changing to xanthan gum won't help much, as both have the same clumping problems and have to be used in similar concentrations. If you have an easier source for guar, it is not worth looking for xanthan, unless you want to use both at once for the synergy effect. But this gets interesting when you want to thicken with them, you don't need this effect in ice cream.
Where are people getting the idea that Xanthan gum comes from corn?It does not. It is harvested from bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris).
If you are using a cook-up custard to start with, your custard will thicken but will also get ropy or the term is snotty when you pour a spoonful out as you stir. That is definitely a good way to tell if you are using too much Xanthan gum so you need to cut your amount down. You sometimes see that effect in cheap, fat free salad dressings.
It takes less gum than a starch because a gum holds much, much more water than a starch. Where you might use a tablespoonful of cornstarch, you would only use maybe 1/8 teaspoon of gum and that might be a little too much. Gums go into liquid if they are mixed with other dry ingredients or they have heat treated to dissolve instantly. Those are usually only sold commercially so you would not be able to buy them on the internet.
My husband makes a "to die for" cooked vanilla and chocolate custard and freezes it. But it is as hard as a rock after freezing. I am still working on him to let me modify the formula to give us softer (not soft-serve) ice cream. I have a masters in food science but I am going to have to make a separate batch to prove it to him. To most people, anything other than flour or corn starch to thicken must be a chemical. Hope that helps.
I think you're on the right track with the guar gum. It should help with the shelf life, and reduce large ice crystals too. The trick is to add it slowly while spinning the mix in a blender. That keeps it from clumping. Try adding a fourth of a teaspoon at a time, checking to see how thick it's getting. I know from using xanthan gum that you can see an immediate difference each time you stop the machine. Just get it thick enough that you can barely start to see a difference -- if you add too much, it'll start having a real sticky, gloppy, texture, and be somewhat chewy. I don't think it'll take much to make a difference with the problems you're having.


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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
Sheryl Crow's Brain Tumor: FAQ
June 6, 2012 -- Grammy-award winning singer Sheryl Crow's benign brain tumor, called a meningioma, affects about 6,500 people in the U.S. each year.
The 50-year-old singer ("If It Makes You Happy," "Every Day Is a Winding Road") divulged her diagnosis, reportedly made last November, to a reporter Friday during an interview.
These tumors are usually benign, says Marvin Bergsneider, MD, professor of neurological surgery and director of the benign skull-based and pituitary tumor program at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.
Bergsneider is not treating Crow, but does treat many meningioma patients. He answered these questions for WebMD:
What is a meningioma?
First, some anatomy. The meninges are layers of tissue that surround the brain. A meningioma is a tumor that comes from those cells that make up those layers of tissue that surround the brain.
[If benign] it's not a tumor that is within the brain itself. It is actually on the surface of the brain. When the tumor grows, it just pushes on the brain but does not invade the brain.
Are they always benign?
No. We grade them: grade 1, 2, 3. Most, 85%, are benign, grade 1. The other 14% are grade 2.
The malignant meningiomas are fortunately rare -- the other 1%. Malignant ones are often associated with radiation given a long time ago, 15 or 20 years ago.
How do you decide if they are benign or not?
A slow rate of growth is consistent with benign behavior. For tumors removed surgically, the pathologist grades the tumor.
A World Health Organization (WHO) grade 1 meningioma is considered benign, but this designation is an educated guess and the long-term behavior (based on imaging) is the final arbiter.
A highly calcified tumor (seen on a CT scan) is highly suggestive of a benign tumor. Conversely, there are imaging hints of more aggressive meningiomas other than growth rate, such as involving a lot of swelling in the brain around the tumor.
What causes a meningioma?
No one knows.
Do they tend to occur at a typical age or age range?
Usually in adulthood. They are more common in women and very uncommon in children.


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Jane and the Damned (Paperback)
Jane Austen
Novelist . . . gentlewoman . . . Damned, Fanged, and Dangerous to know.
Aspiring writer Jane Austen knows that respectable young ladies like herself are supposed to shun the Damnedthe beautiful, fashionable, exquisitely seductive vampires who are all the rage in Georgian England in 1797. So when an innocent (she believes) flirtation results in her being turnedby an absolute cad of a bloodsuckershe acquiesces to her familys wishes and departs for Bath to take the waters, the only known cure.
But what she encounters there is completely unexpected: perilous jealousies and further betrayals, a new friendship and a possible love. Yet all that must be put aside when the warring French invade unsuspecting Bathand the streets run red with good English blood. Suddenly only the staunchly British Damned can defend the nation they love . . . with Jane Austen leading the charge at the battles forefront.
About the Author
The author of Jane and the Damned, Janet Mullany was reared in England on a diet of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer and now lives near Washington, D.C. She has worked as an archaeologist, waitress, draftsperson, radio announcer, performing arts administrator, proof-reader, and bookseller.


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The Craftmade Z325 is made in China.
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Will this fixture fit onto a 3" diameter pole?
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The Craftmade Z325 has a 3" diameter base that fits over the top of the Z200 pier mount.
An answer to somebody's question was to use a Z200 pier mount for a Craftmade Z325 post lantern. What is the pipe diameter rating for this base (mount)? Where on Lighting Direct can one find this mount?
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As I know all cells require oxygen. So my question is how efficiently can plants operate in no-oxygen atmosphere? Do all plants produce enough oxygen for themselves? Can they consume their own oxygen or the oxygen will be quickly lost to the air? Is there a plant that consumes more oxygen than they produce?
During the daylight, the plant is photosynthesising faster than it is respiring so there is no net uptake of oxygen (the oxygen of course being produced in the as part of the photosynthesis).
Of course, this only applies for tissues where photosynthesis is occurring. In the roots of the plant, oxygen must always be present in the surrounding soil/growth medium for respiration. Therefore if there is no oxygen in the roots then the root cells will be unable to produce ATP from respiration and consequently die. This will eventually lead to the death of the entire plant as it is unable to take up nutrients due to the lack of a functioning root network.
This is the cause of plant death when soil is waterlogged - the water fills spaces in the soil that would otherwise contain air (i.e. oxygen).
Certain plants (often crop plants), rice being given as an example in the comments below, are able to survive being waterlogged and the resulting low oxygen supply. However they can only do so in the short term. Rice plants in particular have adaptations that allow the transport of oxygen from the aerial parts of the plant down to the roots. This does of course mean that the rice can not survive being totally submerged for an extended period of time. Plants such as rice may have better adapted anaerobic fermentation pathways that become the main producer of ATP when aerobic respiration has arrested thus allowing them to better cope when transiently submerged than other plants.
Molecular strategies for improving waterlogging tolerance in plants


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Sheldon Brown's Wheelbuilding page links to the article: Check Spoke Tension by Ear. Obviously a tensiometer would be ideal, but Sheldon suggests that checking spoke tension by ear is a reasonable alternative. The article was written in 1987 and updated in 1997; are there any developments from the last 10 to 20 years that would invalidate the technique or require adaptation? For example, the article mentions that dished wheels require a different pitch on the left and right sides, but how great should this difference in pitch be? In general, how effective is tensioning by ear?
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That depends on how good your ear is. If you can tune a stringed instrument effectively, then tensioning a wheel by ear is very effective. Identical spokes that have the same pitch when plucked should have the same tension within the margin of error for any tensiometer reading. The catch is you need a tensiometer to get the relative tone for the proper kg/f tension on the spokes, unless you have perfect pitch and can remember up to four different tones for a single wheelset.
How about this?
It is an iPhone based spoke tension gauge that uses sound to determine tension.
The method I use (still need to get a tension meter to verify) is as follows:
The formula for the connection between tension (KgF) to frequency is
f = 1/(2L)*sqrt(T/u) where L is the length of the spoke, T is the tension (in Newtons) and u is the linear density of the spoke. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrating_string)
you can get the linear density by dividing the spoke mass by its length.
you can get the tension T by multiplying the KgF in 9.98 to get it in Newtons.
It is important to use all the length measures in meters and all the masses in Kg.
for example for 140 KgF and 260 mm spoke that weighs 6.5g you get the frequency to be (1/2*0.260)*sqrt(140*9.98/0.025)~450Hz which is approximately A4.
this results also correlates with John S. Allen's article http://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/tension.htm.
If anyone gets to check this with a tension meter to confirm it would be helpful.
All the wheels I built by ear were within the tolerance when I finally got a Park Tension Meter. However, I can build much more consistent nowadays with the meter. Somehow the range of tension from one spoke to another is so much better that I would never like to build without it ever again. I think the wheels will last much longer with consistency from one spoke to the next. So don't leave any loose ends, just buy the meter.


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Does a "get" (Jewish divorce document) need to be written on a Klaf (parchment)?
And what are the halachic requirements to be a shaliach (agent) for a "get"?
May a man send a woman as his shaliach (proxy) and vise versa?
Does a "get" (Jewish divorce document) need to be written on a Klaf (parchment)?
And what are the halachic requirements to be a shaliach (agent) for a "get"?
May a man send a woman as his shaliach (proxy) and vise versa?
The material on which it's written can be just about anything (Rambam chapter 4):
Earlier (chapter 1) Rambam explained that the get must be complete as soon as it's written, e.g. you couldn't write it on a cow's horn, then cut off the horn and give just the horn. There's some discussion therefore about if it was written on a legal pad or piece of notebook paper, and then torn off/out. But the surface can theoretically be anything, so long as the writing is visible.
If I recall correctly from a discussion with Rabbi Notta Greenblatt shlit"a, common practice today is to use parchment paper (which is not the same as true parchment) because it's temper-evident, i.e. if someone were to go back and try to change a name, you'd be able to tell something is funny about the document.
The husband can appoint a shliach ("agent", "messenger", or "proxy") to deliver the get; the wife can appoint a shliach either to receive the get (effective as soon as the proxy receives it), or to accept it and deliver it to her (effective when she receives it). All of these proxies can be male or female, related or not.
From Rambam Geirushin Ch. 6:
My understanding is that today, the standard practice when a proxy is called for (as Rabbi Reiss said, either the couple live some distance apart, or they're within the same building but can't stand to be in the same room!) is to have a man serve as the husband's proxy to deliver the get all the way to the wife.
It says in halacha that only someone that knows Gittin well should be involved in them. A good sefer to look up is Kav Naki.
Chabad.org translates the Rambam on some of the laws of shlichus as it has to do with Gitton.
http://www.sofer.co.uk/html/gittin.html says that parchment is not required, and he writes with ¨Parchment¨ paper.


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Each year, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division recognizes anglers for outstanding catches. Anglers who catch a fish that meets or beats a specific weight or length limit for that species are eligible for an Angler Award.
"Georgia's diverse fishing experiences make for a great pool of anglers each year that receive recognition through the Angler Award program," says the division's Fisheries Management Chief John Biagi. "For example, last year we recognized folks age four to age 78 for their fishing catches. So, don't wait, get outdoors and go fish!"
Fish must be caught in Georgia during the legal angling season for the species, caught on sporting tackle (bush hooks, trot lines, jugs, baskets, nets, etc. are not considered sporting tackle) and be hooked and landed by the entrant. Additionally, the fish must meet either minimum weight OR length requirements for that particular species, as noted on the minimum eligible weights chart available online at www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/angler-resources.
In order for a harvested catch to be recognized, anglers should follow these steps:
- Do not clean or freeze the fish
- Keep the fish cool, preferably on ice.
- Weigh the fish as soon as possible on scales certified accurate to the nearest ounce by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in the presence of two witnesses who are over the age of 18 (witnesses must provide names/addresses and telephone numbers and may not be members of the anglers immediate family). Scales that meet these requirements typically are found at grocery stores, agency offices, some marinas, etc.
- Take the fish to a division Fisheries Management Office (locations list available at www.georgiawildlife.com/OfficeContact) as soon as possible and have it positively identified by a fisheries biologist or technician.
- Complete an application and submit with a clear side view photo of the whole fish. State record applications must be received within 90 days of the catch. Angler award applications must be received by Jan. 15, 2013 for fish caught in 2012.
In order for a catch and release fish to be recognized, anglers should follow these steps:
- Measure the fish to the nearest inch with a standard, English-unit ruler or measuring tape.
- Submit a clear photograph of the fish for proper identification and length verification (the photo should at least show the entire length of the fish and the ruler or tape used to measure the fish). In addition, a photo of the angler with the fish is also required.
- Complete an application and submit with photos. Angler award applications must be received by Jan. 15, 2013 for fish caught in 2012.
Anglers must possess appropriate Georgia fishing licenses and to be eligible for recognition. Where can you get a license? Buy it online or find a list of retail license vendors at www.georgiawildlife.com/licenses-permits-passes or buy it by phone at 1.800.366.2661.
Information regarding angler awards and state record fish can be found at www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/angler-resources.


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I want to express the following sentence in first order logic.
There are naturals numbers that can not be expressed as one natural number raised to the power of another natural number other than one.
Under normal circumstances this is very simple. I am wondering if the the exponent function involved here can be expressed as uninterpreted function. Can we use some combination of *,+ as interpreted functions to express exponent function as uninterpreted one ?


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8 Insane Vehicles You Won't Believe Are Street Legal
#4. Final Objective
At first glance, that car might not look too outlandish -- it's a souped-up custom hot rod, sure, but does it really belong on a list with the limbomobile and a 22-foot-long subsonic golden phallus? Yes. Yes it does. Because Final Objective is a '55 Chevy with a goddamn plane engine in it.
Pictured: Chuck Yeager's wet dream.
That's right -- this Frankensteined Chevrolet custom is powered by a 3,000-horsepower (3,000 horses! That's technically a horse city!) Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine, formerly used in a hydroplane. In a feat of engineering wizardry, the power plant was mounted in the front of the car, backward, and continues under the floorboards to a special two-speed transmission.
Painstakingly created by hot rod enthusiast Rod Hadfield and his team of loyal masochists, Final Objective cost over $1 million and took five years to build. The paint job is based off of a World War II fighter plane from the 352nd Bluenose Bastards of Bodney, and those are 6,000 tricolor rivets studding the body. But the aviation theme doesn't end there, because this '55 Chevy comes with a complete, functional cockpit:
Because if you're going to go batshit crazy, you go all the way.
#3. The Eliica
"Eliica" stands for "electric lithium-ion battery car," which, come on, is just officially cheating at acronyms. The cheatermobile has eight independent wheels, and we mean seriously independent: Each wheel has its own private motor, because eco-friendly or not, the Eliica is not having any of that commie "sharing" crap.
"Pssst, you go left and I'll go right. I wanna see what happens."
Eight motors means more horsepower: 640 horsepower, to be precise. And since it's electric, there's no need for a transmission, thus no getting bogged down by gears. As one test driver put it, the acceleration is "mind-boggling." The Eliica has been clocked at 230 mph, and the creator, one Professor Hiroshi Shimizu, is hoping to push that up above 250 mph.
It rivals the most high-end supercars in every respect. So it's just too bad that it looks like a cybernetic potato bug. But oh well, by the time somebody thinks up a devastating insult for your shimmering eight-wheeled dorkmobile, you'll be two counties away.
#2. A Literal Tank
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"Block me in. I dare you."
You know what? That's quite enough screwing around. All of these vehicles are just poor substitutes for what we really want to drive: a literal goddamn tank. But surely that is frowned upon, or else why are all these stupid cars everywhere? If tanks were legal transport for the average citizen, surely there would be nary a Prius in sight for the sea of bobbing artillery clogging our roadways. But it turns out that the only thing stopping you from commuting to work in a war machine is about $25,000 and your own tragic lack of testicular fortitude.
Stephen Ellison lacks no such thing, and that's why he tools around town in a 1974 Sabre light reconnaissance tank, which actually saw action in Kosovo before it was redeployed to its new assignment: taking a British man to the weekly jam market (that's what you Brits do on the weekends, right?). The Sabre is a light tank, and therefore has a top speed of 40 mph. It only needed a few modifications to become street legal: rubber tracks and the deactivation of the gun.
What? Aw, bullshit. What's the point of a tank without a gun? That's like trail mix without M&Ms: It's missing the best part. Well, if you, like any sensible automotive enthusiast, prefer firepower to speed, you can always make like this Iowa man:
He bought a surplus tank from an ad in a military magazine, slapped a rearview mirror and some turn signals on it, and bam! Roadworthy tank. His gun still works, though -- it's just rigged to a propane tank, so it can only shoot blanks. Still, we doubt that the jerk who just cut you off will find any great comfort in that fact once you open fire on his BMW.
#1. A Drivable Batpod
Quick, what's the one thing every sensible man, woman and child wants to be someday? If you said "happy" or "successful," you get right the hell out of our Internet, buzzkill. The correct answer was "Batman." Literally everybody wants to be Batman, and now, for the low, low price of $100,000, you can at least commute like him.
This is a custom replica of the Batpod from The Dark Knight as built by Chopper City, USA, a motorcycle shop in Florida. Although CC USA says it won't come street legal if you buy it, for accuracy's sake (Batman didn't have to worry about running lights and rearview mirror compliance, but telling the nice police officers who pull you over that "you are the bat" doesn't exactly get you less arrested), they will gladly make it so at your request. Here's what the street legal version looks like, tooling around town:
It's powered by an 850cc Aprilla Mana drivetrain, so while it's not exactly flipping sideways or up walls, riding it sure as hell isn't going to be boring. Oh, and don't worry: Of course you don't have to ride sitting up, like the guy in the video. The instrument panel pops out so you can ride lying down, just like the movie. The part where Batman merges into a garbage truck because he can't physically check his blind spot in that position sadly did not make the final cut of the film.
Oh, and if that's a little out of your price range (What? You don't have a cool hundred grand to drop pretending to be a comic book character?), you can always do like this Vietnam mechanic did, and build your own out of spare car parts and scrap metal.
Honestly, it's probably safer than most motorcycles in Southeast Asia.
That version clocks in at just shy of $500, and since he's riding it through live traffic in Vietnam, we're going to say that technically it's street legal. But then, we are talking about Vietnam: A rampaging buffalo is probably street legal there, just as long as you use your hand signals.


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I am using Ubuntu 12.04,
Is there any way to access network manager menu at top panel(indicators area) without mouse ? may be like we access menu of application by Alt - it will be very convenient.
Is there any way access other indicator's functions (sub-menu items of notification,volume,...) in top menu without mouse?