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1969 Hemi Road Runner - Historic Mopar Finds - They Come In ThreesWritten by on October 4, 2006 Contributors: Bruce Kepley The hunt for a parts car unearths two super-rare hemi engines and a Sox & Martin '68 Super Stock Barracuda
It's been said that all the good cars are already bought up, smashed, or rotting away in some guy's backyard. While this trend persists, we at the Mopar Muscle office have been beating the "clone" drum and preaching the gospel of turning grandma's cruiser into the ride of a lifetime. Tech Editor Dave Young turned a plain-Jane '68 convertible Satellite into a 440-powered, low-12-second GTX for his wife. Randy took an Army-green Valiant and converted it into one of the most highly regarded project vehicles that MM has done in years, and this author is still breaking his knuckles on his '69 Charger with aspirations for low-10-second, Hemi-powered, quarter-mile times.
But regarding the super-low production Mopars, we've been guilty of giving up the ghost prematurely, as evidenced by Bruce Kepley's earth-shaking discovery of not one, not two, but three of the most desired Mopar machines ever. What began as an innocent trip to the Monroe, North Carolina, K-Mart parking lot to view the Fourth of July fireworks in 2003, ultimately led to the discovery of some of the rarest documented Mopar iron known to exist-a one-out-of-four '69 Hemi Road Runner four-speed convertible with its drivetrain, a long-forgotten elephant plant from a '64 Belvedere Super Stock coupe, and the few remaining bits of a battered '68 Sox & Martin Barracuda.
Bruce had been earnestly searching for the original engine for his '69 Hemi Road Runner, and since he knew the car originally was sold in North Carolina, it narrowed down his search significantly. A chance encounter in the K-Mart parking lot that July 4th lead Bruce to the doorstep of Carroll Hendrix of Pageland, South Carolina, a former competitive drag racer in the '60s and '70s, who supposedly knew of the fate of his estranged elephant. Genial and eager to welcome a fellow Mopar enthusiast, Carroll freely opened his paddock to Bruce. From his first glance of the private stash, Bruce realized he had stumbled upon one of the most sprawling Hemi-engine collections he'd ever seen. That first encounter was educational, though somewhat disappointing since Bruce was told of the fate of several Hemis, but not of his. Carroll said he had owned a '69 four-speed green Hemi Road Runner convertible that was purchased in 1972 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, for $1,200 from a used car dealer. At that time it suffered a burned clutch and required a tow home. Once the clutch was repaired, the Runner served as a fun-about-town driver, sending Carroll as high as 110 mph on one occasion. He kept it like this for another year and then removed the entire driveline and replaced it with a tame 383. His motive for the swap was based on his fixation with collecting the venerable Hemi plant. The 426-which he still had-was extracted from between the fenders and placed alongside the other hibernating 11 engines in his collection.
Bruce pleaded to be shown the engine, which was safely stored away and partially assembled, except for the camshaft, lifters, valve covers, intake, and carburetors (all of which were stored on a shelf). The date-coded Hemi engine had a June 10, 1968 casting date. Carroll still had the bellhousing, four-speed transmission with a late July 1968 assembly date, the Dana 60 that still wore the factory markings, and 11-inch brake drums, driveshaft, K-member, fresh air cleaner assembly, and motor mounts.
Carroll was friends with several of the vintage Hemi Mopar drivers, including the late Don Carlton, who had agreed to discuss a trade for Carroll's stock camshaft and lifters, so Carroll removed the valvetrain from the 426 and wrapped them in newspaper. Tragically, Mr. Carlton was killed in a racing accident before this transaction could take place, so the parts remained wrapped in the newspaper. At the same time, Bruce had rebuilt and fully detailed a '67 Hemi engine for his '69 Road Runner. Since Carroll's engine had the same casting date, rendering it more appropriate for his model year, they agreed to swap engines along with the remaining drivetrain.
Once the newly acquired running gear was at Bruce's home, the phone calls and e-mails began. Fully understanding the historical significance of such a find, Bruce knew he needed certified documentation. Bruce sent photos of the engine and serial numbers of all parts and date codes to a Mopar historian. Word came back that the four-speed Hemi Road Runner convertible was built only three days after Bruce's four-speed Hemi Road Runner hardtop.
Bruce was now faced with a dilemma: what to do with the driveline? It would be a perfect fit for his Runner hardtop, though not the original plant. But if the original car still existed, wouldn't the reunion of the car and running gear be more important? Bruce was in a quandary. He would again require the help of his historian, who provided the information to the current owner of the body. The B-Body was, in fact, intact and in the possession of Stephan Stehnij of New York, who was fully aware of his Road Runner's heritage as a piece of motoring history, and his pricing was commensurate. Since buying the car from Stephan was out of the question, Bruce offered to trade the original driveline. But as luck would have it, Stephan had a completely restored late-'68 casting Hemi drivetrain, whose casting date would match Bruce's '69 Runner. Since Bruce was interested in finding an engine correctly date coded for his hard-top Road Runner and had the original running gear for Stephan's Runner, the two came to a very reasonable (and quick) trade. Carroll Hendrix was present for the swap in January 2004 and met Stephan Stehnij, who had many questions answered that day.
In August 2005, Carroll wanted to weed out his collection of Mopars and elephant engines and gave Bruce a call. On Bruce's first visit, he had been shown Carroll's garage that was chock full of 426 parts and complete engines, of which the aforementioned '69 casting Hemi from the mysterious one-out-of-four convertible Road Runners belonged. Bruce's keen eye had also noticed a complete Hemi and 727 TorqueFlite hanging from a chain hoist next to an old stove. This time, much to his delight, Carroll offered the lynched engine to him.
Rolling up his sleeves, Bruce removed the starter, which had a casting date of April 6, 1964. Bruce immediately realized this engine belonged to a factory Super Stock machine. Carroll explained he bought the engine in a '64 two-door post car from a fellow named George Nesbit around 1966. Carroll had raced it in the late '60s and early '70s. After suffering a breakdown at the Wadesboro dragstrip in 1971, he tried to repair it with little success. So he sold the body and stored the engine for a project '68 Barracuda race car that he had begun to piece together.
Bruce, once again, began to do his homework. He discovered that George Nesbit, a novice racer during the heyday of NHRA, had employed Bruce's neighbor's brother-in-law, Don Duncan. Don had made a name for himself as a successful local racing legend widely known on the NASCAR circuit and had served as the engine man for George Nesbit. A dinner meeting was setup between Bruce, his neighbor, and Don. Don recalled the car well, as George Nesbit had bought it new. Yet the origin of the engine did not begin with the '64 two-door post that Carroll had pulled it from. Rather, the engine came from a turquoise-over-turquoise '64 Belvedere two-door hardtop, sporting a push-button automatic-a factory-true Super Stock car. During the '64 Daytona 500, George witnessed the infamous 1-2-3 Mopar finish, which converted him into a Hemi loyalist. Deciding he had to have the fastest Plymouth available, he promptly ordered a '64 Belvedere push-button Super Stock Hemi car from Walter Chrysler Plymouth. George had unsuccessfully tried to race the car, unable to get the factory lightweight sedan to hook up at the line. Not "technically minded," George decided to partner up with someone who was more apt with hand tools. He paired up with Don, who had a '41 Willys that was prime to race as a gasser. George employed Don to pull the engine from the turquoise '64 to go "A-Gas" racing with the Willys.
When George left to serve his country, Don continued competing, winning again and again. Don recalled his most harrowing run, going through the traps with no brakes at 120 mph. A systematic brake failure had sapped the stopping power from the Willys, hurdling Don towards a dirt road that ran off the end of the strip. Don figured he skipped across the sand and gravel at about 110 mph, coasting to a gradual stop with little more than a bent front axle. Once George returned, he had no need for the Belvedere body, so it was sold to a body shop in Shelby, North Carolina, with less than 62 miles on the odometer in 1966. Finally having their fill of straight-axle mayhem, the duo pulled the engine and transmission from the Willys and dropped them into a '64 Plymouth two-door post car in 1966, and sold it to Carroll Hendrix shortly thereafter. It wasn't until September 2005, that Carroll agreed to sell the original elephant motor back to George for substantially more than what he had previously sold the whole car. The Willys today is found in a public museum in exactly the same condition as when it was raced, minus the legendary engine and transmission that remained in Carroll's garage since 1971. Carroll sold the Super Stock intake assembly to John Aruza in 1990.
Bruce called John to inquire if he had known about the '64 engine. John replied he was unable to purchase the complete engine, but was able to buy the cross-ram intake and carburetor setup, which he later assembled onto a Hemi for a street rod for Richard Petty. Unfortunately, the King was upset because he didn't like that particular setup. John not wanting the King unhappy with him, quickly changed it out and lost track of it.
The Super Stock '64 elephant was intended for a project Barracuda that also never came about. in 1971, when Carroll was racing the post car at the Wadesboro dragstrip, he noticed a peculiar '68 Hemi Barracuda. The engine was in bad shape, and extensive acid dipping to the fenders, doors, and decklid had begun to take its toll. Apart from the cosmetic woes, the Barracuda was well assembled with quality tube-frame fabrication and chassis modifications. But what drew Carroll to the Barracuda were the distinct raised letters spelling out Sox & Martin on the doors. He inquired about the painted-over paint scheme, and learned the owner had purchased the car from Buddy Martin about a year and a half earlier. Confirming this was the Sox & Martin name stamped on components found throughout the A-Body. On the last qualifying run before the quarter-finals, the owner of the former S&M Barracuda grenaded the Hemi, puncturing a hole through the block near the fuel pump with a wayward connecting rod. The owner was so infuriated he hastily sold the complete, though wounded, Barracuda to Carroll, even personally delivering it to his house. Over the next 16 months, Carroll would salvage what useable parts he could from the Barracuda and transfer them to a substantially more solid Barracuda with a more modern tube-chassis. Thinking nothing of it at the time, the unused portion of the body was trashed. All that remained was the decklid, fenders, engine throttle hardware, seats, and the Dana 60. Some other items were used as well, but for the most part, the rest of the legendary Sox & Martin car is lost to the ages.
Carroll became tangled in a series of personal dilemmas that impeded the progress of his '68 Barracuda, and it was left to sit outside his shop for over thirty years. When Bruce was walking through the paces of the Super Stock 426 Hemi's background, Carroll took him out back to show him the incomplete drag racer.
What started as a wild goose chase to hunt down an original engine evolved into one of the largest high-performance Mopar mother lodes in recent history.
But what struck us at Mopar Muscle-more than all the high profile names involved, rare production numbers, and big dollar potential of all this gear-was the fact they still exist. Many people think they have all been hoarded and/or eaten away by corrosion. Rather, Bruce's discovery should help us all have faith that there are still Charger 500s, four-speed Super Bees, 383 Barracudas, and Hemi GTXs out there. You just need to look.
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Among some of the most iconic vehicles ever produced by Ma Mopar, Bruce found this mid-production-year 426 Hemi driveline.Complete from carburetors to the 11-inch drums on the Dana 60, Bruce would soon discover this plant belonged to one of only four convertible Hemi-powered, four-speed Road Runners assembled in 1969.Though not as intimidating as the made-for-the-track magnesium and aluminum cross-ram intakes touting dual-quad Holley carburetors, the inline aluminum intake with matching Carters proffered enough cfm to get the Hemi to produce nearly 100 hp more than its advertised 425 ponies.This might not look like much, but deep within the weathered cardboard box lies all-original 426 Hemi engine equipment: engine mounts, pulleys, a water pump, shaft-mounted rockers, and pedestal mounts.With even remanufactured stamped-steel valve covers hard to come by, try landing a pair of pristine polished chrome factory covers!Original Hemi slugs were big and heavy and some of the first things to be exchanged on a street-fighting elephant. Carroll pulled these when the engine was swapped for a 383 in 1972 in the aforementioned '69 drop-top Runner.
It took some work and long hours of research, but Bruce was able to hunt down Stephan Stehnij in New York, who was slowly piecing together the fabled one-out-of-four convertible Hemi-powered Road Runner. Amazingly, Stephan had also restored a 426 Hemi that yielded the same June 10, 1968 production date, but more appropriate for Bruce's later-manufactured hardtop Road Runner rather than Stephan's earlier soft top. Bruce traded the disassembled, correct running gear to Stephan in exchange for his correctly date-coded finished Hemi that would find a new home between the fenders of Bruce's unfinished '69 Runner. The exchange also allowed Stephan to meet Carroll Hendrix, the man who removed the engine in 1972.Once the powerplant for a factory, lightweight, turquoise-on-turquoise '64 Plymouth Belvedere, this engine served as the motivation for a '41 Willys gasser that raced successfully for several years during the mid-'60s. In 1966, owners/ racers Don Duncan and George Nesbit dropped the engine into a '64 Plymouth two-door post car; the original lightweight car had been sold separately earlier.The early production date of the '64 block immediately struck Bruce as being from a Super Stock car.The big Dominator carburetor didn't come as factory equipment, but once the Hemi found its way underneath the hood of Don Duncan's Willys, it was a staple of its performance.Bruce meet with Don Duncan and George Nesbit over dinner. Both were more than happy to talk at great lengths about the history of the potent powerplant and how it bounced from three different vehicles in nearly as many years.Windowed during the '71 winter season, this 426 Sox & Martin Barracuda was sold to Carroll Hendrix, who bemoaned the condition of the corrosive acid-dipped body and saved as much as possible from the weak and damaged A-Body. The salvaged parts-the fenders, doors, and decklid-were all transplanted onto a solid '68 Barracuda that had been fitted with a tube-frame chassis, while the same damaged Hemi sits between the shock towers. Unfortunately, the original race car was lost to the ages.Radically altered, Carroll's Barracuda was ready to begin competition in 1972 when personal business put the A-Body project on hold. The Dana 60 is part of the bounty the retired S&M car yielded.The tin work shows the extremes that Carroll went through to save weight from the A-Body. The hard plastic seat is a little outdated.
Covered by the original Sox & Martin dipped decklid sits a once-legal fuel cell. The bumpers are also made of lightweight material, making this Barracuda a featherweight. (the '67 through '69 Barracuda is the only Mopar with interchangeable front and rear bumpers.)Amid stored tires and engine blocks sit both A990 non-adjustable Super Stock seats. Originally taken from D100 vans, these seats featured "Swiss cheese" seat brackets and zero hardware. These were swiped from the S&M '68 before it was scrapped.Saved from the wounded elephant was the high-performance cross-ram intake manifold and custom Sox & Martin-stamped throttle linkage. Totally unique to the car, only the S&M team cars wielded such mechanisms. Carroll refused to part with the linkage because of its historical significance.


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I am writing a small application, which is tied to the twitter's authentication mechanism. When user wants to use the app, he gets a popup with a twitter window. And if access is granted, in the callback info is set to original page and popup closed. That is the setup but, if user has granted access from a different machine (no session to relay on), and wants to use app again, he gets an empty popups which closes by itself.
Is there a way to check through OAuth if user has already granted the access to an application and has already logged in to his twitter account without any previous knowledge about users identity?

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I am having trouble getting contour lines on a 3D plot (ListPlot3D). I have tried ListContourPlot3D, but that gives me a really weird looking graph with a ton of dfferent levels. What I would like is to get Contour lines on my ListPlot3D so it looks like a topo-map or something. As of now I have a contour map and a 3D plot - in essence I would like to combine them. Here is what the notebook currently looks like:
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Here is a method to obtain nice 2D contour plots using the Presentations Application (which I have a propriatary interest in). I don't have access to your data so I am using a regular function as an example.
The Presentations drawing commands allow us to deal directly with the graphics primitives and RaiseTo3D is a Presentations routine that does what it says. NaturalLighting is similar to the Mathematica Neutral Lighting, but gives much more control. NiceRotation gives mouse rotations without jumpings. Here is the graphic:
And in the notebook the contour lines even have Tooltips.


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Moore's law has succesfully predicted up to now that integrated circuit transister density doubles every two years. However, computer performance is dependent on additional factors like architecture, chip design and software. What physics-related factors will enhance or limit ultimate performance of future computers?
Starting from 90nm tech processes we've started to see sad signs of stagnation:
1) Most of delay in logic circuits is in interconnect, not transistors
2) Most of energy dissipated is due to quantum tunneling, not transistor switching. By far.
3) As consequence of #2 - transistor gate width scaling has significantly slowed down, as well as dielectric width (it's already at 1.5nm, not much to reduce). We are near quantum limits already at transistor sizing.
Even if we can make 11nm transistors today, it would not make things 3 times faster and 9 smaller than we have now.
There are few way to significantly improve CPU technology:
1) superconductor interconnect - will improve CPU performance by a large margin, and will allow much larger CPU's. The problem here is that Physicists haven't yet discovered suitable superconductors, which could be patterned in 50-500nm lines and does not require some -100C. The one who will find a way to do such interconnect at room temperature would be extremely rich.
2) 3D transistor packing: i.e. instead 2D array of 1000x1000 transistors we would have 100x100x100 3D array - and interconnect length is 10 times shorter. This is actively being researched on, the problem is that some stages of manufacturing layer of modern high-performance transistors require temperatures of 1000C and higher, and this would destroy transistors on lower levels.
3) Optical interconnect: doing tiny LEDs & photo-diodes and transparent channels out of SiO2 would also allow for faster interconnect. This is also actively being worked on.
All these fancy things like graphene transistors, quantum dots and fancy HEMT structures indeed are abit faster (and ALOT more expensive or complex to manufacture), but does not solve problems with interconnect, which is major problem. Individual transistors at chips can switch much faster than 4Ghz, but we aren't really limited by transistor switching speed at the moment.
The first thing that comes to mind is that the speed of light limits the rate at which different components of a computer, or even a single chip, can communicate with each other. For example, if you have, say, 10 cm of wire running between your motherboard and hard drive, it will necessarily take a minimum of about a third of a nanosecond to fetch data from the drive. Right now HDD access technology is nowhere near that fast, at least not for personal computers, but it's conceivable that at some point in the future, we could have some sort of super-fast drive access for which this limit becomes an issue.
You could make a similar argument for the CPU itself: if CPU features are sized on the order of 10s of nanometers, it takes a signal a minimum of about $10^{-17}\text{ s}$ to travel across them. So we will not be able to make a computer that runs faster than $10^{17}\text{ Hz}$ without exploiting either subatomic technology or advanced parallel processing ;-) Again, clearly we are nowhere close to this being a problem in PCs.
Large supercomputers do have to deal with these issues, though, since different parts of the system can be separated by several meters, which corresponds to tens of nanoseconds of signal travel time. This means that the supercomputer as a whole would be limited to operating frequencies on the order of hundreds of MHz. In practice, modern supercomputers operate as a large cluster of individual nodes each acting quasi-independently, so the light speed limits aren't an issue.
The other answers detailed addressed the physical part.
Most of the work can be done in parallel: physical simulations, database operations, pattern recognition, datafile processing, etc...
AMD-ATI and Nvidia have done a great job with their high-end graphics cards. By now they have towsands of parallel processors on a chip. The software has also progressed with OpenCL, and PyOpenCL, Nvidia CUDA and ATI-Brook+, NoSQL and CouchDb databases, map-reduce algorithms. Clusters of graphics cards behave as a supercomputer.
I think that in the future we will see 3D neuronal networks, implemented in hardware with on-the-fly programmable coefficients that will try to mimic the brain (the most efficient parallel computer - per watt, and the only one that is really intelligent). Heat removal is a major issue in any circumstance.
New technology will make the entrance, may be this one:
(note: I'm playing around since chip 8080, and I saw a huge evolution and I'll see more, if I manage to keep alive ;)


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Dell Latitude D630 14.1" Laptop for $189.99 + free shipping
Condition: Factory Recertified
Packaging: Box
Warranty: 90 Day
Brand: Dell
Model: D630
Product Features:
• 1.8GHz Intel Core2Duo processor
• 80GB hard drive
• DVD/CD-RW optical drive
• Integrated Mobile Intel GMA X3100 graphics
• 14.1" WXGA 1280x800 resolution wide-aspect display
• Wi-Fi
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
What You Get:
• Dell D630 Laptop
• AC Adapter
• Battery
• Windows 7 Restore Disc
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It may be old but its even got Windows 7 and 2GB of ram, only thing I can see lacking is the 80GB HD and I have a feeling it might be IDE.
Missing HDMI...I'm out.
Having on, albeit an upgraded model, they are not bad. Mine has a dual core 2.0 4gb of ram and a 160gb hdd stock (replaced with a 500). Great lappy I would say, the hard drive is not IDE, so no worries there. They hold up nice though, but that does come with a weight as well. Had mine for 5 years with little issues, for the price, it would be nice for kids/a web-surfing machine
That's likely a better processor than the super crappy Celeron processor, which is really a severely gimped Core i3, they put in low end models today.
The job I had in '07, we bought a lot of D630s; they're build is really good, and these specs are still plenty good enough for someone looking for a "mom wants to browse the internet" machine. I believe these machines can also go to 8GB RAM, and are SATA drives, so an additional ~$200 SSD+RAM investment would make this quite a fast little browser.
I will note, though, that these D630s tended to have an occasional faulty wireless card issue that deceptively manifested itself as a motherboard issue. (so Dell techs would swap motherboards, and leave the wireless card, thus not fixing the issue)
That being said, if you're looking at this for the "mom" purpose, it's really competing with Chromebooks right now.
I have this exact laptop. I've upgraded the RAM and the hard drive (hybrid) and it is a very decent little laptop. The case is awesome and parts are readily available.
@jwires: IDE? Seriously? This isn't 2002. I don't think any post-Netburst northbridge even had a PATA controller on it.
Decent deal for a workhorse though the battery might be trash by now. Parts are plentiful though, and the trackpoint more than makes up for the average trackpad.


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I know it's more than 70% water. But what has it got to do with earth's colour ?
Quite a simple answer: Scattering of light (Rayleigh scattering would be more precise here...)
The water bodies (ocean, lakes, river) appear blue ('cause water is quite colorless) because of the way sunlight is selectively scattered as it goes through our atmosphere. Taking Raman effect into account, Water absorbs more of the red light in sunlight. By this way, water also enhances the scattering of blue light in the surroundings.
By Rayleigh scattering law: (It's more important here) The amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength. Due to the larger amount of $N_2$ and $O_2$ molecules (78% and 21%) in the atmosphere, blue light which is having shorter wavelength is scattered to a greater extent.
Thus, the earth wouldn't be blue if it doesn't have enough $O_2$ and $N_2$ molecules in its atmosphere. The scattering depends on the characteristics of gaseous molecules in atmosphere... This is applicable to other planets also. (like Mars appearing Red, Venus appears yellow, etc.)
That's because it is because of so much water. From NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ames-big-blue-marble-storybook-text.html
The sky (which also has an effect) is blue which has to do with molecules/optics. You can check more of that here: Why does the sky change color?
Water Coverage
As mentioned above, the sheer percentage of water covering earth makes the earth blue. But what makes the Water blue? Most of the light is absorbed by the water and radiates the Blue in the visible light spectrum. (Same idea as air!)
See more on E-How http://www.ehow.com/info_12111369_earth-appear-blue-outer-space.html
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As far as I see from wiki, 'consumer'-grade(non-cryogenic) thermal imaging cameras use microbolometer sensors to get integrated IR intensity over some 5-12um range. But I had an impression, that having just integrated IR intensity you can't get surface temperature precisely, especially with 0.1C precision we see on consumer cameras.
IR thermometers (pyrometers) for example use 2-band IR measurement, but I don't see this principle being used in thermal imaging.
Or there is some sort of 'know-how' matrix of IR band filters in front of the sensor?


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I often use Lynx on a remote computer to look at websites (faster than port-forwarding).
Sometimes the URLs I want to go to have un-escaped characters (for example brackets) that Lynx seems to need encoded.
for example
http://www.example.com/This(URL)is anExample.html
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Is there an existing script for this? Alternatively is there some option for Lynx that would make it unnecessary?


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KIMBLE, Thelma J., 68, of Steubenville, died Sunday at home.
She was born Feb. 22, 1944, in Steubenville. the daughter of the late Joseph and Dora McFall Cook.
Surviving are her husband, Mark Kimble whom she married April 29, 1969.
Two daughters, Jodi (Michael Bane) Bishop Riggs of VA and Lisa (John) McElwain of Steubenville; two brothers, Joseph (Maurcette) Cook of VA and Bruce (Mary) Cook of AZ and one sister, Betty (Paul) Crago of Steubenville; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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The Kzinti government was the governing body of a feline humanoid species called the Kzinti. It was lead by the Highest of Kzin.
In the mid-21st century, the Kzinti became involved in a series of conflicts with the newly warp-capable Earth, and were defeated. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon").
In Larry Niven's Known Space Universe the Kzinti government was named "Kzinti Patriarchy". After the defeat by Human forces it was stripped down to twelve star systems by the Treaty of Sirius.
Because of possible license conflicts the space occupied by Kzinti was simply marked "The Patriarchy" in Geoffrey Mandel's Star Trek: Star Charts on page 36. In the likewise non-canon Star Fleet Battles Universe, the Kzinti government was named the "Kzinti Hegemony".


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| Al-Zahrani, S., Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia; Bright, E. , Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Roy, S. , Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Simulation models can be effectively used to optimize heat transfer and boost operational performance
[preheat train]
In this case history, a
crude distillation unit (CDU) preheat
train network in a Saudi Aramco refinery was simulated and analyzed
for anticipated modifications to the network. This analysis
helped eliminate inefficiencies in the network, and, based on
the insights from the analysis, various options were generated
and the existing network was reconfigured. The reconfiguration
allowed the temperature of the crude preheat network, which
processes Arab Light crude oil, to be increased to the maximum
of 277°C from a previous temperature of 261°C.
Desalted crude from the tank is heated by the crude column
top pumparound, light gasoil (LGO) product, heavy gasoil (HGO)
product, LGO pumparound (LGO PA), HGO pumparound (HGO PA),
heavy vacuum gasoil (HVGO) pumparound and vacuum residue (VR)
product, as shown in Fig. 1 in exchangers E1 to E7,
respectively. The current crude preheat temperature entering
the CDU furnace is around 261°C. This exchanger network is
validated using heat exchanger design software and by adjusting
the fouling coefficients.
Fig. 1. Current
configuration of CDU preheat train.
The base-case network was altered for anticipated
modifications in the future. The reasons for the modifications
are listed below:
Vacuum slop circuit. In the
current configuration (Fig. 2), the vacuum slop is recycled to
the vacuum tower through the vacuum furnace. The purpose of
this recycle is to recover the VGO components and send the VGO
to the hydrocracker; however, this is not achieved in the
current operation due to vacuum furnace limitations and
insufficient separation in the wash section. As a result, this
vacuum slop stream (which is lower in viscosity) goes with the
vacuum tower bottoms. The mingling of streams deteriorates the
feed to the asphalt oxidizer and creates operational problems
in meeting the penetration property of the asphalt.
Fig. 2. Current
configuration of vacuum slop circuit.
Fig. 3. Modifications
in vacuum slop circuit.
Currently, hydrocracker heavy naphtha is not part of the
naphtha splitter feed. The hydrocracker heavy naphtha feed
volume is 12,500 barrels per day (bpd), and the existing
naphtha splitter capacity is 23,000 bpd. Figs. 4 and 5 show the
naphtha systems current and planned configurations,
respectively. As the current naphtha splitter cannot handle
this higher throughput with higher reboiler
requirement, the existing naphtha splitter will be mothballed.
The existing reboiler, which uses HGO PA flow and gives a duty
of 10.4 million kilocalories per hour (MMkcal/hr), will also be
mothballed. High-pressure steam will be used in the reboiler of
the new naphtha splitter to meet the higher reboiler
requirements. For the column to be in heat balance, this 10.4
MMkcal/hr of heat removal is required. In the proposed
exchanger network, this stream (HGO CR) will be used to preheat
the crude.
Fig. 4. Current
configuration of naphtha circuit.
Fig. 5. Configuration
of naphtha management system after
clean-fuel implementation.
A new, preliminary heat exchanger network (Fig. 6) was
synthesized to accommodate the above modifications. While
modifying the crude preheat train network, the following impact
on the equipment was kept in mind:
Prevention of vaporizations in the furnace
pass-control valves, as it is difficult to
control two-phase flows across pass-control valves. Inadequate flow in the
furnace pass flows will also lead to coking.
Column heat balance.
Column hydraulics.
Impact of hot streams going directly to the other
Fig. 6. Base-case
network after modifications.
Exchanger N1 was added parallel to E4 (see Fig.
6) using vacuum slop (vacslop) and vacuum residue ex-E7 as the
hot fluid. This modification is required to improve the
viscosity of the vacuum residue to the asphalt oxidizer. The
current viscosity of the feed to the asphalt oxidizer is 1,500
centistokes (cst), and the required viscosity is 2,000 cst.
Another exchanger N2 (E5-2, similar to E2) was
added parallel to E2 using HGO PA fluid ex-E5 (hereafter
referred to as E5-1) as the hot fluid. This modification is
performed to accommodate the 10.4-MMkcal/hr duty in the HGO PA
Increased area in E4 from the
2-parallel-1-series arrangement to a 2-parallel-2-series design
and added cooler N3 downstream of E4.
Due to the first two modifications, the inlet temperature to
E4 has increased, which decreases the logarithmic mean
temperature difference (LMTD) available across the unit. Since
E4 is the LGO PA exchanger, the column will not be in heat
balance if the required heat removal is not performed. The
required duty was 18.8 MMkcal/hr, and the available duty was
12.7 MMkcal/hr (see Table 1). Therefore, additional area and a
cooler were added in the LGO PA circuit to meet the duty
requirement of the column.
The required HGO PA duty is 26.8 MMkcal/hr, and the
available duty is 29.8 MMkcal/hr. As the heat removed in HGO PA
is higher by 3 MMkcal/hr, the requirement of LGO PA duty will
come down by 3 MMkcal/hr. As both LGO and HGO are mixed outside
of the column and go to the diesel hydrotreater (DHT), the
splitting of the duty between LGO and HGO pumparound is not a
concern from a separation point of view. However, it does
impact the column draw temperature, which will slightly reduce
the LMTD across E3 (HGO product/crude exchanger) and E5 (HGO
PA/crude exchanger).
In the modified network, the obtained preheat temperature
was 266°C. The duty, LMTD and area of each exchanger in the
network are presented in Table 1. From Table 1, it can be
observed that:
Exchanger E6, which has a higher area, is
experiencing the lowest LMTD; therefore, any modification that
increases the LMTD will significantly increase the heat
recovered from E6.
The exchanger preceding exchanger E6 is heated
by HGO circulating reflux (CR), which is at 337°C; this is
higher than the hot stream (HVGO CR) temperature of E6, which
has decreased the LMTD in E6.
This preliminary network was analyzed for possible
improvement in the preheat temperature. The analysis indicated
that heat recovery can be increased by 45% by boosting the area
by 56% (see Table 2).
The analysis also indicated that the driving force across
exchanger E7 further limited the heat recovery. Fig. 7 displays
the driving-force plot. The figure indicates that the driving
force in E7 can be increased by decreasing the inlet
temperature in E7. This temperature adjustment can be achieved
by operating E5 in parallel with E7.
Fig. 7. Driving-force
plot for base-case network.
Fig. 8. Modified
network based on E5 operating in parallel with
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Hurl Pots, and Then Make a Plan
When my sister and I, thirteen months apart, were both under the age of three, my mom took us to see the pediatrician, concerned about our wakefulness during the night and fussiness during the day. She told the kind doctor how frustrated and worried she was that something was amiss with our behavior.
The pediatrician prescribed two very sound treatment options: "First, install a gate outside of the girls' bedroom so they can't automatically bother you when they wake up. Secondly, go out to your garage once a week while the kids are asleep. Take the extra clay flowerpots you have around and one by one, hurl and smash the pots on the wall."
Hurl pots. That's what no one tells a new mom. Rage simply isn't among the traits we expect of cookie-baking, hand-holding mothers. Yet when asked, moms of every age admitted that rage was a defining characteristic of early motherhood.
Time-Outs for Mom
If the tempest erupts in the presence of your child, take a time out. In moments of fury, every parent realizes how capable he or she is becoming violent with a child. Be the best role model you can and show little fireball Devon how to count to ten, take deep breaths, or leave a situation till you can calm down.
If you're seething over your rights being trampled, try not to hiss and spew indiscriminately at your spouse. Ultimately, the paintball game in which you shoot splats of anger at him will only make him defend himself or run off. You won't change him and his loafing ways, unless you have a more strategic plan.
Start taking your livid self out of the house on a regular basis for cool-downs. This in itself will be progress, a decision to put yourself first, say, one night each week. Split a three-hour break in half, one part for pampering or exercise, one part for hard thinking. (If you decide to exercise, work out long or hard enough for endorphins to kick in. That sweet rush of adrenaline is darn near orgasmic for tight-wired moms.)
When you've de-stressed a bit, take some time to consider these valuable lessons from psychologist and author Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., in her book The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships:
Despite how well babyhood trained you, couples can renegotiate and share more responsibilities. Truth is most husbands and fathers are willing to help more but they simply do not know how to carve a role out for themselves. From lack of either nature or nurture, guys don't look at an empty table and perceive it the way women do: that the table needs placemats, napkins, silverware, and glassware for a meal. Nor do they look at a baby's snot-covered face and immediately conjure, "I should get a tissue!" Men's brains don't work that way, and women are cursed with a mind for detail, so experts tell us that wives often have to detail to their mates what needs doing.
Tell Him What You Need Him to Do
You don't have to nag. Just state what you need. All these months, perhaps even years, you thought your spouse was a slug or a jerk, either neglecting or assuming you would set the table or wipe the nose. When cognitively, he really did need you to say, in the same firm but positive voice you'd use to teach your kids: "Honey, please set the table with placemats, napkins, silverware, and cups." Or, "Sweetheart, please get a tissue and wipe the baby's schnozz."
Again the way you would with a three-year-old, remark afterward, "Great job setting the table!" or "Don't you feel good, having met your baby's need for mucous relief?" You're seething that he hasn't lifted a finger for years, but if you want him to start, you have to coddle him.
Tag Teams and Other Methods
Other tried-and-true methods my mommy friends recommend? Prioritize your most pressing household needs and then divvy up duties based on jobs you can stomach, and those that he can bear. Trade off, do together, or hire help for the items neither of you cares to do.
In child care, adopt a tag-team approach, in which he gets to play golf on Saturday mornings if you get Sunday evening for a movie with friends. If you have a couple little darlings, split errands so that each parent has only to tend to one child.
Enlist Your Tike
As early as appropriate, get your child involved with chores or meal preparation. Busy moms often forget to delegate as their charges grow and become more capable. Yet, two-year-olds get a kick out of wiping countertops and spritzing plants, and three-year-olds can be champion wastebasket-emptiers and clean diaper-fetchers. Of course, research demonstrates that kids help out more in families in which fathers chip in on household chores so there's more grist for the man-helping mill.
Renegotiate with the Help of a Therapist
The floor dropped out from under a friend of mine three years into parenthood. It was the middle of the night, one of several in a series in which Carole Ann had to awaken to strip her daughter's soaked sheets and remake the bed. Carole Ann's husband stayed in bed, rationalizing that he had never felt the rush his wife did to get their toddler out of diapers. "The full weight of my anger and resentment hit that night," Carole Ann remembers. "The marriage I had expected to be a partnership was a farce."
As a result, potty training was put off in favor of marriage therapy. And today, with three daughters and a swing set that keeps the kids occupied while Mom and Dad sneak away for a "quickie" in the bathroom, Carole Ann's marriage is all grown-up and contented again.
Nearly half of the couples I talked to for this book have taken their turn on a counselor's couch, and many of them credit it with saving their marriage from the anger that threatened to consume it. As one mom told me, "Our counselor helped us listen to each other and appreciate that both of us felt aggrieved. She urged us not to resort to fifty-fifty thinking but to acknowledge that both of us were giving 80 percent. With the stresses of early parenthood, way too much was being asked of both of us."
Cultivate a Secret Life
To consistently perform to your ability, however, you must take care of yourself. And that's where most moms falter, because InStyle magazine does not interview a movie-star's nanny nor tell us about the manicure appointments the celeb goes to instead of taking "baby and me" classes at Gymboree.
The same way doctors cover up for celebrity patients, I had to learn to cover up for myself. Based on what society expected of me in what it deemed my most important role in life, I persuaded myself it was shameful to resent motherhood, shameful to want more from life than my beautiful husband and children. In my rush to provide for others the past five years, I denied myself personal pleasures: trips to the library in which I got to choose a book; massages and leisurely museum strolls; walks alone, and window-shopping; writing in my journal in a café, or sitting on a beach by myself.
Yet, I could not imagine embracing a life that openly allowed me these treats, when my kids spent half their weekdays with a caretaker. So I created my "secret life" tunnels and hideaways into which my soul could duck and cover for a furtive half-hour, three hours, or an entire weekend. I didn't ask permission to spend money or take the time. I didn't tell anyone where I'd been or what I'd done. I just went somewhere my heart desired, took in something that I would appreciate more than anyone, and stashed the pleasure away like a ring from a boyfriend who comes from the wrong side of the tracks. In secret I can feel the weight and giggly expanse of it, the fullest measure of pleasure, without worrying what anyone else will think.
It's really sad that moms feel they must go underground to care for themselves. It's unconscionable that our society should expect us to march our progeny into good citizenship, without regard for our own health and sustenance. But most moms I know don't have the wherewithal to defend their needs at the same time they're working full-time, getting kids to school, supporting their husbands' careers, caring for aging parents, providing snacks for sports and extracurricular activities, volunteering, and fund-raising for their children's schools or organizations.
So we have to have top-quality chocolate stashed somewhere only we know about. A book of sonnets in the bathroom. A massage therapist or make-up counter on speed dial. Or, a list of "favorite places I never get to go" folded and pressed into the glove compartment.
Believe me, you never want to go to the well and hear the bucket scraping rock on the bottom. You never want to feel, as I did once, that you and your family are hanging by this rope, coming up plaited with despair and dry as a bone. You have to find a way to keep your spirit moist and alive, both for yourself and for the sake of your family.
Adopt a "Whatever Works" Mentality
A mother of three once told me how she handled it when her children's pacifiers fell on the floor: "With the first baby, I washed and sterilized it. With the second, I wiped off the 'paci' on my jeans. With the third, I shoved it back in the baby's mouth, usually after the dog had a chance to lick it."
Having subsequent children teaches moms and dads to adopt a "whatever works" mentality. After all, with two or more small children swarming your hive, you may be willing to incur later dentist bills and let your babe take a bottle to bed. A warped adult may be the least of your worries when night after night your toddler climbs into your bed, scared of the monsters in his closet.
A sage mom, one of my mentors, once told me how her father-in-law frowned to see his grandson standing on the coffee table to reach something on a shelf. Given that Mom's attention was so often on her baby daughter, she brushed this disapproval off as if it were lint. "Around here, Dad," she said, "we do whatever works."
Don't wait until a second child or a crisis hits to enjoy the wisdom of "whatever works." What a gift it is to those you love, when you dispense with formalities and make your home a comfortable place to be human. Learn that traditions are meant to be broken and recast, and that love and support for one another always takes precedence.
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When we got an oil change, he said it's "leaking, but not out of fluid or low". Do we need to do any replacement/maintenance on it, or just wait until it gets worse? How would I check something like this?
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If it runs out of fluid it will need to be replaced, because it will destroy itself rapidly (probably preceded by a loud grinding noise). In the meantime, as long as there is sufficient gear oil to wet the gears it will be fine.
As for severity, it is common for differentials to develop a "seep" around the front seal where the drive-shaft connects, or the gasket where the two halves come together. If this is just a "wet spot" on the differential, without generating actual drips of oil, then it is not a big deal - just something to keep an eye on to make sure it doesn't get worse (actual drops on the ground).
If it is just a "seep", or even a very slow leak (where drips are generated, but very slowly), then short/medium term, you can just check the fluid and top it off periodically. On an old vehicle, this might be a fine solution - just check it whenever you change the engine oil. On some vehicles, it can be very difficult to check the fluid, which makes this a less attractive proposition.
The "correct" repair would be to have the differential overhauled, which would involve removal from the vehicle, opening the differential, installing new wear-components like bearings and thrust washers, then reassembling with new gaskets and seals. Parts cost would be in the $100-$300 range, with labor in the 4-8 hour range. I would not bother with this unless the leak seems to be getting worse, or is regularly leaving drops on your driveway.
With most vehicles of the rear wheel or four wheel type this would invole crawling under the vehicle or raising it onto service ramps/jackstands.The plug would be removed and an object inserted in the hole (a little finger works well for this)to see if the differential fluid is even with the bottom of the plug hole,if oil gets on your finger the level is OK.If the leak is at the rear cover or the pinion(where the drive shaft attaches) monitor your driveway or parking space for drips that would indicate it is getting worse.It appears you have found a mechanic that is thorough enough to have noticed the leak so ask him/her to check it while having your oil changed.If the leak is at an axle seal it is something you will want to have repaired sooner as it could impact brake performance if the oil reaches the brake linings.


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I'm somewhat new to the world of mountain bikes and I'm seeing various terms to describe different bikes. What is the difference between all-mountain, cross country, freeride, and downhill? Are they just marketing words or do they represent actual differences in the bikes (or maybe a bit of both)? Are there any other types of mountain bikes I missed?
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The following list contains the basic characteristics and differences for the aforementioned types of MTBs plus 2 types of bikes that you didn't mention. Note that I've tried to summarise and "average" the characteristics of modern MTBs used today by amateurs and pros. So 9 kgs for XC bikes means that you can easily find 8 and 11 kg ones.
Cross country (XC) bikes:
All mountain (AM) bikes:
Freeride bikes (FR):
Downhill bikes (DH):
Dirt Jump bikes (DJ):
Slope style bikes (SS):
If you can imagine a compromise between a mountain bike that is light weight and easy to pedal, versus one with that is strong and has lots of suspension travel to tackle rougher terrain you might get a diagram such as the one below.
As we go from category to category we get heavier bikes that are harder to pedal, but that can handle rougher and rougher terrain, bigger jumps, etc.
The diagram also shows overlap between the categories as depending on how the manufacturer set up the bike you can argue it could be considered to belong to one or the other category.
Caveat - I am sure some will take issue with the exact size and overlap of the different categories, but the figure is intended to be illustrative only.
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A dispute between a regional utility and two aluminum smelters in western Kentucky over electric rates is getting an increasing amount of attention from state officials in Frankfort.
The Gleaner reports that Gov. Steve Beshear sent a letter on Wednesday urging the presidents of Big Rivers Electric Corp. and its largest customer, Century Aluminum, to come to a compromise that preserves jobs and keeps electric rates from skyrocketing.
A day previous, Democratic Rep. Jim Gooch of Providence filed a bill proposing to force a merger between Big Rivers and East Kentucky Power Cooperative.
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The Neotec tripod leg is such a cool concept.!
Because the legs are on 'upside down' the bottom end is waterproof and easy to clean up if they do get dirty. I don't have the tripod but my Bogen monopod (Manfrotto 334B) is exactly the same technology.
Edmonton, Canada, Eh ?
To fold it away, or adjust the langth of a leg, there is a button at the top of each leg that you press and that lets the leg slide up (shorter). Repeat for the other two legs. Tripod folded! Because you have to hold the top part of the tripod in your left hand and squeeze the button with your thumb, it takes a fraction longer to fold up than to extend it.
Apart from the speed and ease of use, the centre column can be removed and fitted sideways for macro or low-level use. BTW, the legs can be set individually to 3 different angles, so that is great for uneven ground.
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I bought a Benro versatile, the cheaper end aluminium type. It is sturdy enough and the legs can go way out if needed. The only problem I have had is the head is stuck fast :blushing: So my NN3 gets fastened to that. I am thinking of giving it a good whack with a hammer, it will either loosen or break I must admit though that I wish I had gone for the more expensive carbon version for the weight reduction, the one I have can be quite cumbersome at times.
Anyone know of a bag that can take tripod, camera NN3 and a couple of lenses? There doesn't seem to be a lot of choice for that.
manfrotto make a bag its padded with a good shoulder sling im at the moment getting my local bag maker to stitch a couple of tags on it so i can attach a couple of lowepro slip lock accesasary lens cases etc the bag fits a manfrotto 190xprob tripod with the nn3 no worries im actually going top sell this bag and will advertise it here in second goods bit when finitoed as ive come up with another setup that is easier good luck dude]
I bought my first semi-serious tripod a few months back, it's the SLIK 614 CF PRO legs with Manfrotto 486 RC2 head.
Legs: http://www.slik.com/carbon/e/4906752100974-e.html
Fully ajustable in length, and call also open out almost flat (center post is 2 part so can be shortened), pretty light at 860g (about 1.9lbs), I found them at my local San Jose Camera shop for about USD$200. (I don't think you can beat actually trying out the equipment like this in the shop, and I couldn't find it cheaper on the web).
For the head I chose the Manfrotto 486RC2 which is a ball head hence quick to adjust, compact, and strong enough for the 40D and my biggest lens, the Canon 100-400L. This was about USD$70 from the same shop and weighs in at 670g (about 1.5lbs). Note RC2 means it has the quick release plate, they also do a version without this if you want to save a little weight etc.
Overall I'm very happy with my choices, I've got something that's pretty light but still solid, extends to nearly head height without the need to raise the center tube, and it's also very flexible with the leg positioning etc. One thing that is missing is a hook at the bottom of the center pole in case you wanted to weigh down the tripod. One other bonus is that it fits inside a standard carry on case if I'm flying on a short trip.
I was using the Manfrotto 055XDB and really never had problems with it; just the weight is a little too much.
I would like to buy lightweight tripod, is anybody using Manfrotto 190XDB or a tripod in a similar price and weight range. How is this tripod compared to the 055XDB?
My vote for a high quality yet low priced tripod goes to the Induro "A" series. I own the A413, which at 8 pounds is a bit overkill for pano work, but I'm a firm believer in "heavier, steadier, better" I have very heavy lenses, so this tripod is my "use-all" solution.
However, in terms of sheer panoramic work, the A213 or A214 would be perfect as a pano tripod. It has everything you need - precision machined alloys, built in bubble level, weighs about 5 pounds, and holds approximately 17 pounds. That should cover about any lens and fanotec equipment you could load on there. They're found regularly on www.adorama.com and www.keh.com for about $120 to $140 dollars. Recommended for a budget!
I found an old Manfrotto 3405 like new on eBay. If you replace the center column with the non-removable head with a center column from a 3021n, you get a sturdy tripod that weighs less than 3 lbs. and fits in a day pack. Probably not good for full frame cameras with long lenses but for compacts and small dslrs it would be a good choice.
Cheap! You can find them for less than a $100 and the center column costs about $25 if you look around.
I just purchased an INDURO A414 that I really like. It was originally a decision because of my low budget. But at least I can not think of something better. It is stable, heavy the height is great, the accessories are superb and the price was for me at ebay just $129
I received this from the specified vendor within 3 days.
If you like a lighter model - they have different items. But I really wanted a heavy one...
Hi Bill,
I use an Induro CX214.
It's a good compromise between cost, weight and volume (I am always looking at optimizing my luggage allowance on international flights!)
The site Rosauro Photography has dome good insight for that particular tripod:
I have been looking at this one.
It looks like a good budged tripod for Ǩ200.- you can not go wrong. Only downside it is heavy.. but also a plus because it is sturdy,
I've been wanting to know about these myself. I looked quite awhile, before i got into Panos and purchaseda Velbon 530, which I found to be excellent.however there's one thing here that has not been addressed, and thats the tripod thread size. Mine happens to be 1/4, which isn't very useful. I know you can get adapters, but mine keep jamming on the tripod or on the NN3.
Right now my center column has 1/4 threads on each end, so I unscrew my panhead and then unscrew the opposite end and flip my center column around 180 degrees and screw the threaded part back in which already has a 1/4 to 3/8 adapter in it.
So right now I'm searching for a tripod too and have been looking at the Giottos MT-7251.Anyone have any advice on this one? It runs about $200 at B+H.
Hello Bsmooth,
The Induro CX214 solved your issue by providing a Reversible Tripod Head Mounting Screw that has both threads: one end is 1/4", the other end is 1/8". This special screw mounts in the center column, and a provided nut allows you to adjust the height of the tip of that screw. The Tripod comes with a little pouch that has the wrench for you to swap between 1/4" 1/8" threads.
look at the column of icons to the right, 4th down.
I hope this addresses your concern.
I have a sirui n1004, and a sirui G10 ballhead, its nice too have ;)
I use Manfrotto 055MF4 which I find to be sturdy and solid. As important, to me, is the self-leveling center column. I seldom need to adjust leg length; I first level with the center column then fine tune with the leveler


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We are a small team of 5 developers and I'm looking for some great advices about how to document the software architecture and design. I'm going for the sweet spot, where the time invested pays off. I don't want to use more time documenting than necessary.
I'll quickly give you my thoughts.
What are the diagrams I should made? I'm thinking an overall diagram showing the various applications and services. And then some sequence diagrams showing the most important or complicated processes.
About the code it self, I really don't see much value in describing or making diagrams for the code outside the .cs files them self.
About text documents, I'm a bit uncertain about when to put down on paper. Most developers don't like to either write or read long documents.


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Previously, my system had Windows 7 on it. I wanted to try Ubuntu so I created a new 30GB partition in the H: drive in Windows 7 and installed Ubuntu in that (but the partition didn't show up in Windows). I then formatted my H: drive. Now I am getting the error: grub rescue> unknown file system.
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I am seeing websites increasingly switching to color based buttons and interaction elements rather than icon based is this a trend or do they have reasons behind the switch? For example see the twitter bootstrap css toolkit there the buttons that cause negative impact are shown in red and those that cause positive impact are in pleasant color. Is color theory a reason for that? what difference does it make if i used a tick mark beside the text in button for positive interaction and a delete/cross/wrong icon beside button text for negative interaction. For example of icon button please view here
Whether you are using icons or colours on buttons, the reasons should be the same - you're trying to communicate something by using them.
Comparing icons to colours and asking which is better will get you the age old response. It depends. They are different and each may be a better choice in a different situation.
Generally, colour draws attention to itself faster and is better for positional memory than icons. But icons can communicate more than a colour would. A button with an icon showing a trashcan tells me far more than you ever would by choosing a red colour, but I would likely notice the icon with the trashcan after I notice the red button (assuming of course that red is a contrast to your general colour scheme).
My (very subjective) rule that I tend to follow is that I use colour when I want to draw attention to a button without communicating anything additional about it (e.g. a sign-up button), or when I want to differentiate it from another coloured button for improved positional memory or scan-ability.
I use icons where there is an icon that can improve a customers understanding of a button, or where it has a unique enough shape to help with scan-ability.
One is not better than the other, and sometimes it is appropriate to use both. So use whatever makes the most sense for the situation that you are working on.
I can't speak for what other websites you are seeing "increasingly switching to color based buttons and interaction elements", as it's not a trend I've noticed exactly, but as for Bootstrap - as the Bootstrap twitter blog states:
Thus: including images is simply not part of the brief for Bootstrap, but since it is only a bootstrap, you are entirely able to add icons to buttons if your onward development requires it - just don't go mad, because icons with everything starts to clutter the clean looks you've started out with.
As for which is more attractive and friendly?
Well - some iconography and imagery helps to make a website more visually interesting as it will by definition seem more wordy with less alternative content. Since people don't like to feel they have to read too much in order to make progress, then imagery, iconography and symbology helps with this - but then so does beautiful typology.
It's going to depend very heavily on the context of your website. Websites about cooking or how stuff works, or science and nature, etc are pretty boring without photographs. But a wordpress admin site is nicely set off with a smattering of consistently designed monochrome icons (and a softly colored theme), which helps with recognition and recall, but is not too distracting as to be considered 'clutter'.
In my opinion, graphics adds value and clutter, but depending on content and context, the point at which the clutter has a greater negative impact than the positive added value is variable. However, you can shift that point one way or the other with the design (size, loudness, prominence, quantity, quality) of the imagery.


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I use
pdfcrop to remove margins from a 10MB PDF, 400pages. Margins are properly removed, but the resulting PDF is 51MB large? Any suggestions?
Here is my version of an improved
Default operation is to remove white margins from the pdf input, optionally leaving a user defined extra-margin (option
Alternative operation is to trim the page edges by user defined amounts (option
Unlike original
Update: Option
Usage examples:
Content of
I use a python script found here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25565 with following features:
Of course you need to get pyPdf installed in advance. As the link may get orphan, I paste source code here:
I really like the script by Alexander Grahn but I am missing a feature to still allow a small margin. I made a small modification to the script to allow this margin like the original PDF crop does.
Since I'm new to this part of Stack Exchange I can't comment so I'll post the entire script here. Unfortunately I suck at bash so I wasted some time trying to make it optional but gave up eventually. I kept the margin declaration outside the Perl script so with a little bit more bash-foo it should be doable.


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Semester / Trimester
French Language & Culture - The Sorbonne -The Sorbonne - Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne
This is a French language program that is offered at all levels, covering the fundamental aspects of French and building on practical knowledge of the language for use in everyday situations. French language courses are complimented by lectures covering French culture and civilization.
All students must take a placement exam upon arrival in Paris. The exam will indicate each student?s language proficiency level, and will determine the courses in which the student is eligible to enroll.
Please use the following only as a guideline to determine what each student's language level may be. Each semester/quarter is of COLLEGE-LEVEL French or the equivalent of:
Beginning (A1)
Please note that a student's French language level in France may be lower than his/her level in the U.S.
Gap students, 18 years old and older, are also eligible for this program.
Courses are taught by host university faculty at the Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne.
Minimum GPA
Students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.50.
Minimum Admissions Prerequisites
There is no language prerequisite for this program.
To participate in this program, students must be 18 years of age or older.
Course Information
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Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
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We're pleased to introduce Seattle's Throw Me The Statue to the Popfrenzy family! They bring to mind the whimsy of Magnetic Fields, the lyrical expanse of The Microphones, and the lo-fi bliss of Eric's Trip.
Originally the one-man project of multifaceted musician and songwriter Scott Reitherman, TMTS has since expanded to a quartet with drummer Jarred Grimes, and multi-instrumentalists Aaron Goldman and Charlie Smith.
Since late 2007, Throw Me The Statue has been touring North America, Europe and Japan in support of Moonbeams. Along the way the band made appearances at SXSW, Sasquatch, Pop Montreal, Bumbershoot, Musicfest NW, Capitol Hill Block Party, and Noise Pop festivals. The band won over a slew of respected media outlets the world over including NPR, Paste, Magnet, Filter, The Onion, The Stranger, Under the Radar, Exclaim, The Fly, Stereogum, The Guardian, NME, MTV2 and more. TMTS released two well-received videos (Moonbeams standouts "Lolita" and "Yucatan Gold") and even found its music featured in two U.S. national TV campaigns.


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If I have budget for one of two graphics cards as an upgrade, where one has more RAM but the other a faster clock speed on the GPU, which would have the biggest impact on gaming performance? The one with more RAM, or the "faster" one? All other factors should be considered equal (drivers, chipset, manufacturer, price, etc).
Both ;)
You need RAM to hold the data - polygons, textures etc. More ram will allow you to show more detailed textures and run at higher resolutions.
You need a good GPU to do all the calculations needed for a modern game - lighting, physics etc. The better the GPU the more of these calculations you can do so you'll get better effects and it will have an impact on the resolution too.
Check the specs of those cards and then you need to decide what's important - resolution, effects etc. and go for the card that's better at those things.
The real answer is neither:
A high GPU clock speed means nothing, especially when you are comparing against brands. It is not on how many clocks per second a core runs at but rather how efficient the core is. For example, a GTX Titan has a core clock of 836MHz whereas the HD7770 has a core speed of 1000-1100GHz, so based on clock speed, the HD7770 is clearly better right?
Wrong. The Titan is actually 4-6 times better than the HD7770 because its core is more efficient. You will have to look at gaming benchmarks to figure out GPU core superiority.
Next is the RAM. Pure RAM numbers tell you absolutely nothing about how a card will perform. A large amount of RAM will not always help you play games at higher resolutions, especially when a large amount of RAM is paired up with a really inefficient GPU (notice I didn't say low clocked GPU). Only powerful and efficient GPUs will be able to take advantage of 3Gb-6Gb of memory in a card.
Just like a computer, a card's components can bottleneck it. An HD7770 with 2 Gb of RAM is a waste because the GPU core cannot handle 2Gb of data at a time while a Titan with 6Gb will be able to use most of its memory efficiently as its core is able to handle 6 gigs of texture data.
This brings me to the last topic mentioned, high resolution. More memory will not help you play games at higher resolutions but rather, are a component that can. Like I said before, you need a very good graphics core paired with large memory in order to get the best experience. The memory must also have a large bus. 2 gigs of RAM in an HD7770 is a massive waste not only because of its slow GPU, but also because of its 128-bit bus. You have to have a wide bus in order to have higher data transfer rates between the RAM and the core. The 6 gigs in a Titan can travel in a 384-bit bus, which is sufficient in transferring data between the core and the memory.
Final Tip: When shopping for a GPU, compare cards based on gaming benchmarks and not hardware specifications (except for the memory bus size ;)).
The best resources that I use when comparing GPUs are hwCompare and Passmark
Having a big amount of RAM could help when playing at big resolutions, let me say
For resolutions like
If your monitor is
ps. Clock frequencies can be overclocked, RAM amount cannot be increased ;)


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I've been Googling for 2 days, and can't find anything definitive. All results I've come across use deprecated code that no longer works. Please help.
I need a button that on click...
- Checks for extended permissions
- If permissions are not already granted, request them (user_likes, offline_access, publish_stream)
- After getting permissions, publish post to user's wall
- Allow me to push wall posts to users while they are offline
Can someone please assist?


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Lawrence Van Gelder
Recent and archived news articles by Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times.
Sweat, Tears, Rubies and a Song
The National Yiddish Theater — Folksbiene is presenting an evening of two one-acts inspired by the short stories of I. L. Peretz.
November 15, 2010, Monday
Yiddish Trouper's Showbiz Scrapbook
Fyvush Finkel stars in a happy-go-lucky revue of music, dance, film and comedy that opens the 96th consecutive season of Folksbiene, the National Yiddish Theater.
November 3, 2010, Wednesday
Strong Arms, Fast Hands, Supple Spines and, of Course, Clowns
With new leadership, the Big Apple Circus rolls out a show full of clowning, juggling and one-wheel wonders.
October 28, 2010, Thursday
Champion of the Shtetl, Defender of the Poor
"The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer," a new musical comedy at the National Yiddish Theater, is heartwarming, good-humored, tuneful entertainment.
June 8, 2010, Tuesday
Museum and Gallery Listings
Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times.
May 22, 2009, Friday
Where's That Elephant? It Was Here a Second Ago
This year's edition of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, titled "Zing Zang Zoom," is an artful eyeful, liberally spiced with mystifying magic.
March 27, 2009, Friday
Jewish Experience in 3 Generations
This trio of Murray Schisgal plays adds up to worthwhile entertainment, though its components vary in quality from perceptively funny to repetitious to provocatively promising.
March 26, 2009, Thursday
Malamud's Bird, Now Onstage
This well-intentioned but scattershot dramatization of Bernard Malamud's fable is its own cautionary tale: Sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone.
March 18, 2009, Wednesday
By Zeus! A Wild and Woolly Quest for Superheroes
Intended for audiences 8 and older, this rousing and amusing play retells the story of "Jason and the Argonauts" using two actors and an assortment of action figures.
January 29, 2009, Thursday
Street Map to the Hell of Crystal Meth
An old message comes in a new rapper at the Duke on 42nd Street, where the Green Thumb Theater of Vancouver, British Columbia, is presenting ''Cranked.'' The message is: say no to drugs. The specific drug is crystal meth, the powerfully...
January 21, 2009, Wednesday
Rss Feeds On Lawrence Van Gelder
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Publication Scheme - how we make decisions
This section includes the council's decision-making processes and records of decisions.
If you can not find what you need please contact the FOI Mailbox FOI. firstname.lastname@example.com of council meetings
This provides Timetable of council meetingsAgendas, officers' reports, papers, minutes
The council's Agenda's. reports, papers and minutes can be viewed here.
Facts and analysis when framing major policies
Analysis of surveys and opinions can be viewed through out Consultation portalPublic consultations
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It is now official, I can drop the "interim" part of my job and take on a new and exciting title of Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo. I am really excited about all the positive change that is happening at the University of Waterloo and especially the Student Success Office lead by Sean Van Koughnett. Sean started VeloCity with just a crazy idea and a mandate to do something good for students. In only a year it had it first residents and less than three years later a 23-year-old donated $1 Million back to the program. That is success.
Now under the Student Success office with the mandate of "Student Innovation" I feel like the bar just got raised some more. There is a lot to do in regards to first identifying current innovation (which includes VeloCity) and doing the right (or best guess) things to help interesting things happen more often. We will start this fall, it will be a lot of fun.
I am really excited by the team Sean has put together and double excited to work again with Virginia Young who was once an Associate Director with me at VeloCity. She is taking over the Communications and Research role under Student Success. Pam Charbonneau is going to lead Student Experience and Heather Westmorland is leading Learning Services. It won't be a quiet summer. More in the Daily Bulletin.


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(CNN) -- Jury selection in the trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with child rape, is scheduled to start Tuesday in Pennsylvania.
A judge last week denied his attorneys' latest bid for a delay, allowing the case to move forward.
Sandusky, 68, has been under house arrest since being charged with sexually abusing 10 young boys over a 14-year period. Prosecutors allege he met some of his accusers through Second Mile, a charity he created for underprivileged children.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The allegations against Sandusky led to the firing of iconic Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno only months before he died of complications from lung cancer.
Several of the people whom prosecutors accuse Sandusky of abusing asked a judge to protect their identities at trial.
However, Judge John Cleland on Monday ruled the alleged victims' identities may not be concealed during the trial, although they will be protected through the jury selection process.
"Courts are not customarily in the business of withholding information," Cleland's ruling said. "Secrecy is thought to be inconsistent with the openness required to assure the public that the law is being administered fairly and applied faithfully."
Prosecutors in Sandusky case present new, graphic details
But, the judge noted, "It is also be to hoped that various news organizations that will report on the trial will use what has become their professional custom to protect the privacy of alleged victims."
CNN generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
Those asking for their identities to be concealed included one man known simply as Victim 4. His attorney, Ben Andreozzi, believes his client, now 28, is the strongest witness for the prosecution and will be called to testify first.
"In society, sometimes we question why rape victims are reluctant to come forward," Andreozzi said Monday after the ruling. "So now we have our answer. ... We are disappointed."
"We are not asking to close the courtroom, only to use a pseudonym," he said.
His client will still testify, he said, "but at what expense to his emotional well-being?"
He said he expects the defense to attack his client on the basis of a meeting he had with Sandusky in the years after the alleged abuse.
"My client couldn't break free," said the attorney, describing the relationship between Victim 4 and Sandusky as "complex."
Mike McQueary, a former graduate student considered to be another key witness in the Sandusky case, has testified that he alerted Paterno in 2002 that he'd seen what appeared to be Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy, an allegation authorities didn't learn of until years later.
Psychologist flagged Sandusky as 'likely pedophile' in 1998 report
But prosecutors said later that the incident took place about a year earlier than what was originally alleged, causing defense attorneys for two former Penn State officials to argue that one of the charges should now be dropped.
Tim Curley, Penn State's former athletic director, and Gary Schultz, a former university vice president who oversaw campus police, have been charged with perjury and failing to report the alleged sexual assault of a child. Both of them have pleaded not guilty, and their attorneys have said that prosecutors "charged this case before (they) knew the facts."
After news of the scandal broke last year, The New York Times published an extensive interview in which Sandusky attempted to clarify his relationships with young people.
"If I say, 'No, I'm not attracted to young boys,' that's not the truth," he said, according to the story. "Because I'm attracted to young people -- boys, girls -- I ..."
His lawyer, who was present at the interview, spoke up at that point to note that Sandusky is "not sexually" attracted to them.
"Right. I enjoy -- that's what I was trying to say -- I enjoy spending time with young people. I enjoy spending time with people," Sandusky continued. "I mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young."
CNN's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt contributed to this report.


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I have a PostGIS table testtin2 which is a sort of pseudo TIN consisting of a single multilinestring geometry, which I am intersecting with another table align, also a multilinestring, to generate a set of coordinates along an alignment (or alignments) via the following query...
SELECT ST_X(q1.int_pnt), ST_Y(q1.int_pnt), ST_Z(q1.int_pnt)
(SELECT ST_Intersection(align.geom, testtin2.geom) as int_pnt
FROM align INNER JOIN testtin2 ON ST_Intersects(align.geom, testtin2.geom)
WHERE ST_isvalid(align.geom)='t' AND ST_isvalid(testtin2.geom)='t') As q1;
Which works fine except for the fact that the resulting output is seemingly in a 'random' order. Is there a way this query might be modified or re-written such that the coordinates come out in the correct linear sequence along the alignment linestring(s) from the align table?
I need this to happen so that the drafting software I am passing the coordinates to will join the dots up in the correct order.
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26 Mar 2013 4:26 AM #1
ComboBox forces Store with remote filtering to load on render
Since Ext 4.2.0 ComboBox seems to register a filter on store it is bound to (property 'queryFilter'). When store has remoteFilter: true, it is forced to do a remote load immediately. On 4.1.3 filter was not registered, and store never issued server request until user interacted with the combo.
Sample provided (ready to pase in try.sencha.com) shows the problem. Just view browser network activity (sample is using JsonP - look for topics-remote.php scripts)
Ext.require([ 'Ext.data.*', 'Ext.form.*' ]); Ext.onReady(function(){ Ext.define("Post", { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', proxy: { type: 'jsonp', url : 'http://www.sencha.com/forum/topics-remote.php', reader: { type: 'json', root: 'topics', totalProperty: 'totalCount' } }, fields: [ {name: 'id', mapping: 'post_id'}, {name: 'title', mapping: 'topic_title'} ] }); panel = Ext.create('Ext.panel.Panel', { renderTo: Ext.getBody(), title: 'Search the Ext Forums', width: 600, bodyPadding: 10, layout: 'anchor', items: [{ xtype: 'combo', store: { pageSize: 10, model: 'Post', remoteFilter: true, remoteSort: true }, displayField: 'title', anchor: '100%' }] }); });
26 Mar 2013 4:38 AM #2
Disabled Filters Still Apply
This appears to be related to another issue I noticed. Filters that are marked as disabled are still being added to the data operation's outgoing filters.
In the case of ComboBox, the filter you're referring to is marked as disabled, but that doesn't appear to do anything (at least in the case of remote filtering).
18 Apr 2013 10:56 PM #3
We're experiencing this issue as well. Do you find the solution?
18 Apr 2013 10:59 PM #4
Ext 4.2.1 is about to fix that: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...-Now-Available (first item in Data section).
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I grew up savage and wild, riding dinosaurs and taming sharks.
Okay, I may have exaggerated just a little. I grew up in a kibbutz in the north of Israel, and spent the majority of my childhood playing outside. Really outside, as in creeks, rivers, canyons, mountains, forests and the like. I moved to Vancouver, BC Canada in late 2005, and discovered that most of my outdoors skills and training did not translate very well. The predators are bigger (and actually lethal,) and the need for water was replaced with the need for warmth and the ability to melt snow for water. The snow, cold, and an abundance of wetness were also quite new... This was a bit of a challenge. A lot of new things to learn and old skills to adapt. But eventually I learned the ways of the frigid north (okay, "the wet north," but that didn't sound as epic, did it?)
I have become a fan of the BC backcountry, with its beautiful and secluded mountains, glaciers, alpine meadows and crystal clear lakes. I have picked up rock climbing, mountaineering, ski touring and mountaineering, and ice climbing. These days I generally strive to spend at least half of my weekends in a year away from civilization.
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GENESEO, N.Y. - The State University of New York at Geneseo's Department of English will recognize the winners of its 5th annual Genesee Valley Peace Poetry Contest May 13 at 7 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium on campus. The department sponsored the contest for kindergarten through 8th grade students from 30 area school districts in the Genesee Valley.
The department received more than 500 poems from which 70 winners were selected. The winners have been invited to read their poems at the event, which is free and open to the public.
The contest was founded by Rob Doggett, associate professor of English at Geneseo. He said the contest focuses on elementary and middle school students because "young people need a stable, nurturing and peaceful environment to flourish. Unfortunately, a lot of young people aren't given the chance to find that peaceful environment because they live amid conflict and sometimes, as is the case with many young people in the United States, they simply aren't given the chance to think about peace, about the things that make them happy, content, and loved," he said.
Doggett said the contest is about helping students to develop their own creative skills.
"I have often found that students who win this contest are often the ones who don't always get "A's" in their classes," said Doggett. "But I think that's great: a lot of students who do well get used to success. I honestly feel that this contest can help change the lives of students because it helps them to discover a talent that they didn't know they had."
More information is available about the contest by calling (585) 245-2473.
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I've heard that it is impossible to have a properly Lorentz-invariant lattice QFT simulation, as the Lorentz invariance is spoiled by the nonzero lattice distance $a$. I've also heard that there are other symmetries that must be preserved for a lattice simulation to be realistic.
What symmetries must a lattice simulation preserve to be realistic? Why must they be preserved?


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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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From diagnosis to terminal disease, "Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum" provides a comprehensive view of the impact of cancer on the individual, family, and society. This text is a must for all nurses, educators and students who provide cancer care. It incorporates all practice settings: ambulatory care, office, home, inpatient, and hospice to accurately portray cultural familial systems; and offers intervention for the nurse to incorporate based upon conceptual issues that are rooted in coping and adaptational strategies. Age, gender, prognosis, and spirituality data gathered from various case studies offer insight as well as practical application. There is even a chapter designated "Special Topics" that discusses hot topics of today, for example physician-assisted suicide, substance abuse, alternative and complementary therapies, and managed care, as well as "stress management for oncology nurses" and "caring for the family caregiver."
The authors come from a wide variety of oncological experience and are applauded for defining nursing as pivotal in helping patients and families cope effectively.


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Find a brewery / brewpub that serves an IPA from a cask. It's the "proper / traditional" way. The natural carbonation and being served through a beer engine make for a creamy/smooth mouth feel, rather than thesharp/acidic feel of a Co2 forced carbed keg.
It's tough to find a IPA on cask/beer engine as it's not something your local TGIFridays is going to have. But it will honestly reset your taste for what an IPA should be.
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I am looking for a some kind of TV series, TV show, games, or any other kind of media that could help my sister improve her English.
She is 14 and goes to school. But our education system teach students only how to read English and at end they are really have troubles in writing, listening, and of course speaking in English.
I am looking for a fun and interesting educational media that she would have tendency to follow it, not a boring educational stuff. A good example that she really liked was a comedy named Extr@. The show was really fun and they speak clear which helps her to keep up with it (Although the pace of dialogs was a little bit fast for her).
Do you know any other program like Extr@? The script must be simple and the pace of dialogs must be slow enough for a beginner. The genre should be preferably comedy or something else that teenager girls are into it (something like slow motion version of Twilight!)
Do you know any better way to teach her English? By the way, none of family members have enough time/knowledge to teach her English.


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(AP) - A 44-year-old man who was working at a San Antonio indoor arena has fallen to his death.
The San Antonio ExpresWorker falls to death at San Antonio arenas-News reports (http://bit.ly/16CzdMH ) the man was working on a catwalk above a stage at the AT&T Center around 2 a.m. Friday when he fell 70 to 100 feet. Several others had been working to disassemble the stage.
The worker has been identified as Dean Williams of Houston.
Paul Berry, spokesman for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, says Williams had been wearing a safety harness connected to a safety line. But Williams disconnected it to step around a beam, where he intended to reconnect to another safety line on the other side.
Authorities say that's when Williams lost his balance and fell.
Worker falls to death at San Antonio arena
(AP) - A 44-year-old man who was working at a San Antonio indoor arena has fallen to his death.
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Big Brothers, Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky is holding is biggest fundraiser of the year this weekend.
The non-profit organization celebrated the 30th anniversary of Bowl for Kid's Sake this weekend at Southern Lanes in Bowling Green.
Organizations from all over South Central Kentucky came out this weekend to support the charity.
All the money raised from this fundraiser goes to help the bigs and littles in our area.
"All the money donated goes to supporting our mentoring services. We do have two mentoring services-- our community-based program and our school-based programs. So, all the money goes back to supporting the mentoring services. Locally, we service Allen, Barren, and Warren county," says Big Brothers, Big Sisters Marketing and Event Coordinator, Susan Waggoner.
Bowl for Kids Sake raised $125,000 last year for Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
This year, their goal is to raise $150,000.