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AG085: Sky High Gym Battle!
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Sky High Gym Battle! (Japanese: ヒワマキジム!大空の戦い!! Fortree Gym! Battle In The Sky) is the 45th episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge.
The time has come once more. Ash is ready with his Gym Battle with Winona. Before the battle starts she evokes a prayer to all Flying Pokémon to give her strength. And now the battle begins. Will Ash fly high in the sky or will he crash and burn?
Episode Plot
It is time for Ash's and Winona's battle. The elevators climb up atop the pillars. Winona prays before the battle to give her Pokémon power to defeat Ash. As her first Pokémon, Winona sends Altaria. Ash brings Grovyle, surprising everyone. Altaria starts using Dive, so Grovyle counters with Bullet Seed. Altaria dodges and goes to peck him, so Grovyle jumps, but Altaria still pecks him. Altaria goes to attack once more, but Grovyle's speed makes it dodge. Grovyle is exhausted, but Winona is still impressed. Team Rocket got lost while following their way to the battlefield. Meowth gives them some sods and begin to dance. Meowth ponds them, saying the rods are to find items. James and Jessie are skeptical, but change their opinions when they see the rods turned, so they grab them and run to that direction.
Altaria uses Dragon Breath, hurting Grovyle. It uses again, but Grovyle dodges the attacks. Grovyle attacks Altaria with Bullet Seed, though Altaria goes up and attacks with Dragon Breath. Grovyle evades, jumps and uses Leaf Blade, putting Altaria to the ground defeated. Winona is amazed (even if she was off-guard). She sends Pelipper. Ash calls Grovyle back and sends Pikachu. Winona thought as much, so Pikachu uses Thunderbolt while Pelipper Steel Wing. Pelipper touches the ground with the wing, so no damage is dealt. Team Rocket wander underneath the battlefield and are electrocuted by the attack and are blown near the battlefield, seeing Pikachu attacking. So, they go to their original plan.
They go to get Pikachu, but are stricken by Pikachu's attack and blasted off. Pelipper uses Quick Attack (with its wing on the floor) and damages Pikachu. Pikachu uses Quick Attack, but is stopped by Hydro Pump. Pikachu is pushed, but Ash spots Pelipper got its wing from the ground. Pikachu uses Thunder, defeating Pelipper, but with the exhaustion, he is defeated as well. Ash finds himself on difficult position. Winona tells Ash that she is loved by the sky, so she specializes in Flying Pokémon. She sends a Swellow, but a shiny one. Ash sends Grovyle to match its speed. It uses Leaf Blade on Swellow. Swellow uses Aerial Ace, so Grovyle jumps and uses Leaf Blade, but...
Swellow dodges and pushes Grovyle using its beak and sends him down to the ground defeated. Max explains May how Aerial Ace works. Ash sends Grovyle back and sends his Swellow. To intense the battle, Ash and Winona go higher. However, the wind can make the battle tricky. Swellow uses Wing Attack, although Brock says he is using the wrong attack. The shiny Swellow stays on course, so Swellow goes out of balance. The shiny Swellow pecks the other, hurting it. Before it hits the ground, Swellow gains balance and gets back to air. The shiny Swellow uses Hyper Beam, but misses. The third attack hits Swellow. The shiny Swellow makes another attack, but Swellow dodges and uses Quick Attack, but shiny Swellow uses Aerial Ace.
The shiny Swellow hits Swellow with the attack. The shiny Swellow follows Swellow, so it begins to shake at full speed, evading the shiny one. Ash needs to think to beat Aerial Ace, so he spots the middle of the battlefield. Winona is amazed by how much Ash got to this moment, but thinks she should end - she orders the shiny Swellow to use Hyper Beam. May and Max cannot see what is about to happen, but Ash orders Swellow to use Quick Attack and Dive. The shiny one misses and goes after Swellow. The shiny Swellow uses Aerial Ace and Swellow uses Wing Attack and points it on the ground.
The smoke makes it see the shiny Swellow using the attack. Swellow uses Wing Attack, defeating the shiny one. Winona gives Ash the Feather Badge and is amazed by the strategy he developed. She asks him how it was to fly the skies, so Ash says "Awesome!"
- Featured Pokémon: Baltoy, Lapras, Meganium, Ledian.
- At the beginning of the episode, a classic Pokémon identification can be seen. In this case, it is a Primeape.
Winona's Swellow does not have sparkles coming out of its Poké Ball when it is sent out.


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FOLLANSBEE - Follansbee Council will start the new year with a new member, as Councilman at large Jim Andreozzi departs for a seat on the Brooke County Commission.
Council last week agreed to accept letters of interest from residents who would like to serve the remaining six months of Andreozzi's two-year term. On July 1, the position will be filled by the winner of the city's upcoming election.
On Monday, council agreed to hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 7 to fill the seat.
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VALUED EMPLOYEE — Chuck Goettel, center, was recognized for more than 34 years of service as a city employee by former mayor Tony Paesano, left, and current mayor David Velegol Jr. at Monday's Follansbee Council meeting. Goettel, who has retired after serving in the city's street and public works departments, was presented a key to the city, certification of appreciation. - Warren Scott
Council members and city officials also spent part of Monday's meeting recognizing Andreozzi for his nearly eight years of service on council. Elected to the county commission in November, Andreozzi will begin an eight-year term in the office on Jan. 1.
Former Mayor Tony Paesano said as councilman, Andreozzi was involved in such projects as lobbying for the preservation of the Market Street Bridge and construction of the Morton Road pump station to increase water pressure and provide fire protection to customers in that area.
Both he and Mayor David Velegol Jr. presented a proclamation to Andreozzi in recognition of his service.
Andreozzi said, "Being a councilman in a city I love has been an easy job."
He said he believes social problems in Brooke County such as drug abuse are due largely to the poor economy and he will work as a commissioner to bring more jobs there.
Paesano and Velegol also presented proclamations to the Brooke High School Cheerleaders, who brought home the school's 13th state cheering title this weekend, setting a state record.
Coached by Melissa Michaux, Michelle Scherich and Christine Stucin, the squad is comprised of Elizabeth Fernandez, Haley Bowman, Teirria Duffy, Emily Hosler, Alex Sperlazza and Katie Nunley; Danielle Johnson, Casondra Camilletti, Alexandra Velegol, Aubrie Reynolds, Holly Davis, Brooke Clark, Abbi Yachini, Makayla Moore, Marin Rogers, Sydney Gambellin, Nicole Himmelrick, Lauren Fritz, Kelly Schambach and Caitlin Cuomo.
A proclamation and key to the city also were presented to Chuck Goettel, who has retired after 35 and a half years with the city's street and public works departments.
Paesano said Goettel played a key part in the city's day-to-day operations.
In other business, council:
Heard from Georgia Georgetti-Cunningham, a resident of Blosser Lane, who asked council to address a problem in turning onto her lane from Allegheny Street. Blosser Lane sits below Allegheny Street and the intersection, creating a visibility problem, and the intersection is only wide enough for one vehicle.
Georgetti-Cunningham said residents are aware of the problem and when traveling up the lane motorists normally yield to vehicles entering from Allegheny Street. But she said recently she encountered a U.S. Postal Service truck that didn't yield, which forced her to pull aside and onto a concrete block that damaged her car.
Council agreed to look into posting a mirror at the intersection to aid drivers in seeing approaching vehicles.
Accepted a sole bid submitted by Lauttamus Communications for 17 portable radios, 12 handheld radios and two radios for the city's fire department to comply with federal regulations calling for emergency departments to switch to narrow band frequencies to reduce congestion in the radio spectrum.
The bid included $24,809 for the equipment, $1,200 for its installation and a yearly maintenance fee of $2,977.
In related business, City Manager John DeStefano opened bids for four doors at the fire station. Responding to a request for bids for aluminum and steel doors were Wayne Doors of Wintersville, which submitted bids of $28,539 and $13,768, respectively; and C&R Construction and Remodeling of Follansbee, which submitted bids of $15,650 and $11,750, respectively.
In light of the bid disparity, council referred them to City Fire Chief Larry Rea for review.

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| Bryden, K. J., Grace Catalysts Technologies, Columbia, Maryland; Habib Jr., E. T., Grace Catalysts Technologies, Columbia, Maryland; Topete, O. A., Grace Catalysts Technologies, Houston, Texas
Detailed feed analysis and cracking studies aid refiners in understanding how best to optimize operations and maximize FCC value when processing shale oils.
[fluid catalytic cracking]
[shale oil]
As novel hydraulic fracturing technology with directional drilling
continues to improve, shale oil will continue to be a
game-changer for North American refiners. Although credited
with many advantages, shale oil does not come without its
challenges. Suppliers and processors alike are urgently working
to adapt to the changing oil landscape. Just a few years ago,
investments were focused on processing heavy crudes. Now,
however, the industry is faced with lighter, sweeter crude
streams from shale plays.
In varying degrees at each refinery, shale oil makes up only
a percentage of the total feedstock. Present estimates put
shale oil production at 5% of total US crude demand. The
percentage could grow substantially as shale oil production
increases and refiners invest in process modifications to
handle this lighter feed.
The rapid introduction of shale oil to the refinery has come with interesting
consequences for the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU). To
aid refiners in understanding the implications of shale oil, a
detailed feed analysis and cracking studies of a representative
Bakken shale oil and its fractions, compared to a typical
Mid-Continent vacuum gasoil (VGO), are provided here. These
results aid in understanding how best to optimize operations
and maximize FCC value. A key element in this optimization is
appropriate catalyst selection to overcome some of the
challenges commonly associated with processing shale oil. In
particular, the presence of iron and calcium in variable
quantities can be addressed through the application of a
catalyst with an optimized matrix and mesoporosity.
Shale oil is highly variable. Density and other properties
can show wide variation, even within the same
field.14 For this study, a sample of raw
Bakken crude was obtained from a refinery. The crude was light
and sweet with an API gravity of 42° and a sulfur content
of 0.19 wt%. Table 1 presents the properties
of this sample, compared to published assays of Bakken, West
Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Light Louisiana Sweet (LLS) crude
The properties of the Bakken crude used in this study
closely matched those in the published assay. Similar to other
light crudes, raw Bakken crude has a low amount of FCC feed
(< 28% at 680°F+). The straight-run (SR) Bakken sample
was distilled into a 430°F− gasoline cut and a
430°F650°F light cycle oil (LCO) cut, and the
properties of these cuts were measured. The gasoline
composition and properties were analyzed via proprietary octane
calculation software based on detailed gas chromatography
analysis.6,7 The gasoline fraction from the
straight-run Bakken sample was highly paraffinic and had low
octane numbers [a research octane number (RON) of 61 and a
motor octane number (MON) of 58]. The LCO fraction had an
aniline point of 156°F and an API gravity of 37.6°,
resulting in a diesel index of 59. While the Bakken crude
sample was light and paraffinic, it also had a heavy end.
Light sweet crudes are generally easy to process, although
challenges arise when these crudes are the predominant
feedstock in refineries designed for heavier crudes. Shale
oils, like other light sweet crudes, have a much higher ratio
of 650°F− to 650°F+ material compared to
conventional crudes. Bakken shale oil has a nearly 2:1 ratio,
while typical crudes, such as Arabian Light, have ratios near
A refinery running high percentages of Bakken oil could
become overloaded with light cuts, including reformer feed and
isomerization feed, while at the same time growing short on
feed for the FCCU and the coker. Refiners running predominantly
shale oil could shut down the vacuum distillation and coker units, and
send the entire atmospheric tower bottoms (ATB) portion to the
FCCU. Many refiners would still be short on FCC feed, and some
have considered bypassing a portion of the whole shale oil
around the crude distillation unit to fill up the FCCU
Also, while the highly paraffinic Bakken ATB would crack to
high conversion, the expected low delta coke would result in
low regenerator temperatures and possible difficulty in
circulating sufficient catalyst to maintain reactor
To examine the impact of
shale oil on FCC yields, cracking was performed with whole
Bakken crude, a 430°F+ distillation of Bakken, a 650°F+
distillation of Bakken and a reference sample of a typical
Mid-Continent VGO. Feed properties are presented in
Table 2. Cracking was done over an FCC
catalyst in a fixed-fluidized bed advanced cracking evaluation
(ACE) test unit8 at a constant reactor temperature
of 980°F, using three catalyst-to-oil (C/O) ratios (4, 6
and 8) for each of the feeds. The catalyst used in the
experiments was an FCC catalyst with an optimized matrix and
mesoporosity, deactivated metals-free using a cyclic propylene
steaming (CPS) protocol. Deactivated properties are given in
Table 3.
Interpolated yields at a C/O of 6 are presented in
Table 4. The whole Bakken crude resulted in
low coke and a low-octane gasoline. While the whole Bakken
crude yielded significant gasoline, much of the gasoline was
from uncracked starting material in the feed. The yields of the
430°F+ and 650°F+ distillations of the Bakken crude
were similar to those of the Mid-Continent VGO reference
sample. The 650°F+ distillation of the whole Bakken
crude had higher coke than the Mid-Continent VGO due to its
heavier end and higher Conradson carbon number.
While FCC is typically used to reduce the molecular weight
of the crude oil heavy fractions (such as VGO and ATB), in some
cases refiners are charging whole shale oil as a fraction of
the plants FCC feed. As a model case to understand the
cracking of whole crude oil in the FCC and the effect of
process conditions on yields, the whole Bakken crude described
in Table 2 was processed in a
circulating-riser FCC pilot plant at three riser outlet
temperatures: 970°F, 935°F and 900°F.
As a reference case, the Mid-Continent VGO described in
Table 2 was cracked at a riser outlet
temperature of 970°F.9 The catalyst used in the
experiments was a high-matrix FCC catalyst, deactivated
metals-free using a CPS-type protocol. Deactivated properties
are shown in Table 3.
Fig. 1 presents the yield structure of the
starting feeds and the cracked products for a riser outlet
temperature of 970°F. The Mid-Continent VGO is a typical
VGO feed with a large portion of 650°F+ material and a
small fraction of LCO-range material. When cracked, the
LCO-range material cracks to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and
gasoline, and the 650°F+ material cracks to the typical
distribution of LPG, gasoline and LCO, resulting in a net
increase in LCO.
The whole Bakken crude starts with large fractions of
gasoline and LCO-range material and a low amount of 650°F+
material. The amount of gasoline produced after cracking is
high since the LCO-range material cracks to predominantly
gasoline, and much of the starting gasoline is unconverted. LCO
yields are low since there is little starting 650°F+
material to crack to LCO.
For the three different reactor outlet temperatures, plots
of C/O ratio, gasoline, LCO and coke yields vs. conversion are
shown in Fig. 2. As expected, lowering the
reactor temperature increases the amount of LCO produced.
Cracking SR shale oil produces little coke and bottoms. At the
same conversion level, lowering the reactor temperature results
in slightly more gasoline yield (due to increased C/O), which
is consistent with prior research.10
At a riser outlet temperature of 970°F, the whole Bakken
feed produces more gasoline, less LCO and less coke than the
reference Mid-Continent VGO. Compared to the VGO, which
produced gasoline with a RON of 93 and a MON of 80, the SR
Bakken oil produced a paraffinic low-quality gasoline (at all
three reactor outlet temperatures) with a RON of less than 80
and a MON of less than 70.
Synthetic crude from the pilot plant runs was distilled to
recover the 430°F650°F LCO fraction. The aniline
point and API gravity of the LCO were measured to calculate the
diesel index, which is a measure of LCO quality. Fig.
3 presents data for LCO yield and quality as a
function of conversion. Increasing conversion lowers LCO
quality as a result of increased cracking of the LCO-range
paraffins to lighter hydrocarbons. As seen in prior
research,11 LCO quality follows LCO yield and did
not appear to be influenced by reactor temperature at constant
conversion. Diesel index values of the LCO produced by cracking
whole shale oil were significantly higher than those obtained
when cracking the reference Mid-Continent VGO. At a conversion
of 78 wt%, the whole Bakken sample gave an LCO with a diesel
index of 40, compared to a diesel index of 10 obtained for the
LCO produced from the Mid-Continent VGO.
While most shale oils are low in nickel (Ni) and vanadium
(V), they have been found to be high in inorganic solids and in
iron (Fe) and alkali metals.2,12 Table
5 presents metals analyses of whole Bakken crude, a
Bakken 650°F+ distillation, and a sample of
Mid-Continent VGO.
Also included in the table are other published metals
analyses of shale oils. While metals levels in the samples
vary, Fe and calcium (Ca) levels are generally high. Reports
from the field indicate that Bakken crude is typically low in
Ni and V, while crudes sourced from the Eagle Ford shale have
higher Ni and V levels that can vary significantly based on
their source.
To better understand the possible sources of metals in shale
oil, the sample of whole Bakken crude was filtered through an
0.8-micron filter, and the solids were recovered. Scanning
electron microscopy of the solids identified irregular micron-
and submicron-sized particles. Energy dispersive spectroscopy
maps of Fe, sulfur and Ca are shown in Fig. 4.
The Fe in the sediments is associated with sulfur.
X-ray diffraction of the sediment identified the following
crystalline phases: anhydrite (Ca2SO4),
magnetite (Fe3O4) and pyrrhotite
(substoichiometric FeS). Anhydrite and pyrrhotite have been
mentioned in previous studies as being present in the Bakken
formation.13,14 Based on this analysis, it appears
that much of the iron in the Bakken crude comes from very small
particles of iron oxide and pyrrhotite.
Fe and Ca have negative effects on catalyst performance.
While particulate tramp Fe from rusting refinery equipment does not have a
significant detrimental effect on catalyst, finely dispersed Fe
particles in feed (either as organic compounds or as colloidal
inorganic particles) can deposit on the catalyst surface,
reducing its effectiveness.15,16
The Fe deposits combine with silica (Si), Ca, sodium (Na)
and other contaminants to form low melting temperature phases,
which collapse the pore structure of the exterior surface,
blocking feed molecules from entering the catalyst particle and
reducing conversion.17 Fe, in combination with Ca
and/or Na, has a greater negative effect on catalyst
performance than does Fe alone. The symptoms of Fe and Ca
poisoning include a loss of bottoms cracking as feed particles
are blocked from entering the catalyst particle, along with a
drop in conversion.
The variability in shale oil properties requires a catalyst
capable of process flexibility and metals tolerance. Several
catalyst design factors are important. A catalyst that cracks
deep into the bottom of the barrel increases FCC flexibility
and maximizes total distillate yield. A moderate
zeolite-to-matrix catalyst ensures that activity is not
compromised while maintaining optimal bottoms cracking. The
appropriate level of rare-earth exchange on zeolite is also a
crucial aspect in maintaining optimal coke selectivity. A
catalyst with optimized matrix and mesoporosity is a highly
effective system for the effective processing of a variety of
Catalyst design can be optimized to resist the effects of
contaminant Fe and Ca. High alumina catalysts, especially
catalysts with alumina-based binders and matrices, are best
suited to process Fe- and Ca-containing feeds because they are
more resistant to the formation of low-melting-point phases
that destroy the surface pore structure. Optimum distribution
of mesoporosity also plays a role in maintaining performance
because diffusion to active sites remains unhindered, despite
high-contaminant metals.
The paraffin, aromatic and porphyrin molecules in the
700°F1,000°F boiling-point fraction of FCC feed
have dynamic molecular sizes between 10 Angstroms (Å) and
30 Å.18 These molecules are too large to fit
into zeolite pores (which are typically smaller than 7.5
Å) and must first be cracked by the matrix activity of
the catalyst. For free diffusion of the
700°F1,000°F boiling-range molecules to occur,
the catalyst pore diameter needs to be 10 to 20 times the size
of the molecule, or 100 Å600
Based on these considerations, a catalyst with an optimized
alumina matrix and mesoporosity in the 100 Å600
Å range was designed.19 While two catalysts
may have similar total pore volume, their mesoporosity can vary
greatly. Table 6 compares the mesoporosity of
this optimized matrix and mesoporosity catalyst to a competing
catalyst. Note: The mercury intrusion method
measures pore sizes greater than 36 Å, so the values
represent porosity associated with the catalyst matrix only.
Micropores smaller than 100 Å are undesirable and lead to
poor coke and gas selectivity as the result of poor diffusivity
and over-cracking.15 As seen in the table, the 100
Å600 Å mesopore volume of the optimized
matrix and mesoporosity catalyst was twice that of the
competing sample.
The resistance of the optimized matrix and mesoporosity
catalyst to Fe and Ca poisoning was demonstrated in a
commercial application. A refinery was processing resid
feedstock high in Fe and Ca. Over time, the unit exhibited the
symptoms of Fe poisoning. As Fe nodules built up on the
catalyst surface, equilibrium catalyst activity, unit
conversion and bottoms cracking all began to suffer. The
refiner switched from a competing catalyst to one with
optimized matrix and mesoporosity.a Upon switching,
activity, bottoms cracking and coke selectivity improved, even
at higher contaminant metals levels (Fig.
The shale oil boom has resulted in a renaissance in the
North American refining industry. While shale oils
are generally light, sweet and easy to crack, quality can vary
greatly, and shale-derived feeds can contain sediments with
high levels of iron and alkali metals. Catalyst formulations
with optimized matrix and mesoporosity provide the best
resistance to iron and calcium poisoning. Proper catalyst
choice allows refiners to fully exploit the opportunities of
shale oil while minimizing the detrimental impacts of
The authors thank their colleagues at Grace for their
assistance with the testing for this article. Special thanks go
to Larry Langan for his analysis of the Bakken sediment.
a Graces MIDAS FCC catalyst contains a
specialty alumina matrix and is designed to maximize the 100
Å600 Å mesoporosity optimal for
coke-selective bottoms conversion.
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FCC catalysts: An update, Catalagram 91, W. R.
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and L. J. Hunt, The effects of Fe poisoning on FCC
catalysts, NPRA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
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Enhanced bottoms cracking and process flexibility with
MIDAS FCC catalyst, Catalagram 112, W. R. Grace
& Co., 2012.
Olivia Topete is the FCC
marketing manager for Grace Catalysts Technologies
North America. She holds a BS degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue University and an Executive
MBA degree from Rice University. She has 11 years of
experience in the hydrocarbon processing
industry, including roles in technical sales and
service with Grace, technical service and engineering
at Merichem and field operating services with
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Don Arbuckle
I'm somewhat surprised that this crude oil assay does not include something as basic as kinematic viscosity (cSt) a critical parameter to determine pumping performance and pipe flow friction of crudes.
Roberto Garcia de Leon
Thank you for this interesting paper with a lots of information about how to process this type of feedstocks
RK Garg
Confirming that there is no detrimental Effect of Iron coming from the U/S on performance of catalyst is great satisfaction. How the organic iron and Ca impacts the performance of catalyst will be great help to me . Kindly suggest iron and calcium removal program . Thanks and regards,RKGarg
Christian Petsch
Thank you for this very interesting paper with extensive property and yield discussion. Espescially the conradon carbon and associated coke yield findings were interesting to me.
Mukesh Sharma
Nicely written Paper with lots of information given to understand the Challenges and opportunities for processing of shale oils in FCC.Mukesh SharmaIndian Oil Corporation Limited
olasunkaanmi jimoh
I want to thank the contributors for this wonderful article for a job well-done. The article is also a game-changer likewise the shale oil that is shaping the landscape. It is a very good learning experience for me as per the impact of shale oil to the Refinery business. The challenge now is for the catalyst manufacturers to eliminate the limiting factor of iron and other inorganic poisoning from shale oil.
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Let $f: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. Let $t \in (\inf(f), \sup(f))$ and define $C = f^{-1} (t)$. Is it true that the Hausdorff dimension of C is $\geq d -1$? If no how does one construct a counter example?
I believe the following argument works for $d = 2$:
$A = f^{-1}((-\infty, t))$ and $B= f^{-1}((t,\infty))$ are two open sets whose complement is contained in $C$. If the Hausdorff dimension of $C$ was $< 1$, then $C$ would be totally disconnected. Hence, $\mathbb{R}^2 \setminus C$ would be disconnected, which is implossible.


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Let $\bar{\mathcal{P}}$ denote the closed, convex polytope with vertices at the origin and the positive rational points $(b_{1}, \dots, 0), \dots, (0, \dots, b_{n})$. Define the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial $L_{\mathcal{P}}(t) = |t \bar{\mathcal{P}} \cap \mathbb{Z}^{n}|$, which has the form: $\sum c_{k}(t) \ t^{k}$ with periodic functions $c_{k}(t)$.
Question 1: When is the Ehrhart quasi-polynomial a polynomial, i.e., the functions $c_{k}(t)$ are constants? Does this phenomenon occur only when vertices are at integral lattice points (i.e., $b_{i}$ are positive integers)?
Question 2: Suppose I have an Ehrhart polynomial in an indeterminate $t$. What is the significance of the value of the function at rational (non-integral) $t$?
Question 3: Suppose I'd like to count positive solutions (instead of non-negative solutions) of $\sum \frac{x_i}{b_i} \leq t$ with $t$ positive and fixed. Assuming that $b_{i}$ are positive integers, what is the corresponding "Ehrhart-like" polynomial in $t$ which enumerates the (positive) integral points in the $t$-dilate $t\bar{\mathcal{P}}$? Does it follow from a simple variable change in $t$ or $b_{i}$?
(Update) Here is an example of what I'm trying to do. Suppose I'd like to calculate the non-negative integer solutions of \begin{eqnarray} 21 x_{1} + 14 x_{2} + 6 x_{3} \leq 1 \end{eqnarray} (corresponding to the number of positive integer solutions of $21 x_{1} + 14 x_{2} + 6 x_{3} \leq 42$). Equivalently, by dividing through by the product $6 \cdot 14 \cdot 21 = 1764$, we can consider \begin{eqnarray} \frac{x_{1}}{84} + \frac{x_2}{126} + \frac{x_3}{294} \leq \frac{1}{1764}. \end{eqnarray} Here, $\mathbf{b} = (84, 126,294)$, so the corresponding polytope is integral. The Ehrhart polynomial for $t$-dilates is \begin{eqnarray} L_{\bar{\mathcal{P}}}(t) = 1 + 231 t + 18522 t^{2} + 518616 t^{3}, \end{eqnarray} but setting $t = \frac{1}{1764}$ gives a meaningless answer. My initial impression is that along with violating the requirement that $t$ must be an integer, what I am actually calculating is the number of lattice points in the $t$-dilate of the polytope defined by $\frac{1}{1764}$ replaced with $1$. Is there an interpolation scheme to correctly calculate the number of non-negative solutions of the first equation by finding the values of $L_{\bar{\mathcal{P}}}(0)$ and $L_{\bar{\mathcal{P}}}(1)$? Thoughts?


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I was told to find the temperature distribution of a wire with a current going through it. So I found $$T(x)=T_{\infty}-\frac{\dot{q}}{km^{2}}[\frac{cosh(mx)}{cosh(mL)}-1]$$
I need to find the average temperature in the wire using this formula. I know I have to use some integral but I can't remember the formula. If someone could just give me the formula then I could probably integrate it myself.


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The 5 Stupidest Ways Important People Leaked Deadly Secrets
When a movie portrays an operation to steal secret documents, usually you're talking about master hackers, or spies dropping down out of air vents and avoiding laser security systems. In real life, classified secrets are handled by bored bureaucrats and staffers who are just trying to get home for dinner. So what we're trying to say is that government leaks tend to be less Mission: Impossible and more "Guy mistook secret documents for toilet paper."
If you think that example is something we made up purely for comedy purposes, well ...
#5. Russians Literally Wiped Their Asses with Classified Documents
Now here's a scene you're never, ever going to see in a James Bond movie: At one point, Soviet troops wiped their asses with classified documents, and American spies fished the shit-stained state secrets out of the trash.
If this sounds too ludicrous to be true, a little background will help. Soviet-era Russia lacked several important aspects of modern life, including consumer goods we take for granted, like toilet paper. Also, freedom and the ability to criticize the government without being executed, but moreso the Charmin. So people in that situation get used to wiping with whatever they happen to have on hand -- catalogues, magazines, stray cats, etc.
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He used to be totally white.
Next you have to realize that Soviet soldiers were largely uneducated people, who lived simple, peasant lives when not soldiering all over the place. So, when they were on the shitter and grabbed whatever discarded sheets were nearby, they probably had no way of knowing they were wiping with classified documents. Whatever secrets these papers revealed likely meant nothing to them, except they helped provide a fresher feeling between the legs.
When US and UK forces got wind of this, they launched Operation Tamarisk, because "Operation Dig Through Garbage For Paper Wads Covered in Human Shit" did nothing to attract volunteers. Spies, who probably enlisted with visions of Sean Connery in a tuxedo dancing in their heads, would literally collect all the discarded crap-filled documents they could find and bring them back to friendly territory to be cleaned, decoded, and analyzed.
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"Please do not wipe your ass on this. -Stalin"
If that already sounds like the worst job in espionage history, it gets worse. Because they found that the Russians didn't just toss shit-coated secret in the trash; they also threw away goddamned body parts. Any limbs that were amputated or blown off, due to faulty grenades or other such weaponry, were literally chucked in the garbage, like a dinner plate full of chicken bones. Once word of this got out, U.S. and U.K. spies went about bringing those back, as well, so their superiors could deduce what kind of shrapnel the Soviets were using in their grenades. That, and to entertain the kiddies on base with the world's most gruesome and disturbing puppet show.
By the time the Allies had their fill of shit and gore, Operation Tamarisk had brought back a slew of vital, insanely classified information, going down as one of the most successful intelligence operations of the Cold War. Still probably not worth it, though.
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"I've never been so thankful to be on a continent with no Mexican food."
#4. The Hunt for Red October Exposes A Super-Secret Submarine Project
From 1990, The Hunt For Red October was the epitome of a Cold War film. Featuring Soviet defections, submarine chases, and Sean Connery not giving the slightest shit about pulling off a Russian accent, the film was a huge hit, despite the whole Cold War thing all but ending the year before. But while millions of filmgoers loved it and the Tom Clancy novel it was based on, the U.S. military most certainly did not. All because of one little line that blew a billion-dollar secret.
If you're not familiar with Tom Clancy novels, they're basically military gadget porn. Clancy was always a well-connected guy and did his homework, so his stories always featured futuristic military hardware that was either based on stuff he knew was in development, or on educated guesses. Well, in this case, it was a little too educated.
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"Wanna know when you'll die? Sorry, you'll have to ask Stephen King about that one."
Back in 1973, the Navy had secretly developed gravity gradiometers, technology that could silently alert the crew of a submarine of any slight changes in the surrounding environment. If it detected a mountain, a drop-off, or even a bomb, the gradiometer would let the captain know, and he could plan an escape accordingly. That was huge, since submarines don't have windows and all, and it also gave them an advantage over Soviet subs, which didn't have it.
This technology remained a secret until The Hunt for Red October. As part of the "fake technical-sounding dialogue" the crew was jabbering at each other during the exciting submarine chase scenes, they can be heard referencing their gradiometer readings. What the writers thought was just fictional techno-jargon wound up being real secret technology. Technology that they had just inadvertently made public. It'd be like if the invisible car featured in Die Another Day turned out to be a real device British Intelligence had been trying to develop for decades.
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"Those sonsabitches gave away what?!"
The entire billion-dollar project was declassified months after the movie came out. The least they could have done was include some other, freakier techno-jargon just to keep their enemies guessing ("Captain! Turn on the Nuclear Scrotum Obliterator!").
#3. Two Secret CIA Bases Are Outed by Congress ... on National TV
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Sept. 11, 2012 was not a fun day for anybody. The U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, resulting in the deaths of several embassy workers, including the U.S. ambassador. The United States was stunned, obviously, so a Congressional hearing was held the next month on how and why this happened. Of course, discussing the ins and outs of embassy security and foreign intelligence without actually giving away key information about both would require officials to tread lightly. But that's old hat for members of Congress who deal with this sort of thing every day, right?
Well ...
The Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which sounds like it must just be a party a minute, met to discuss what happened that terrible day. Like almost all Congressional hearings, the meeting quickly devolved into idiotic questions, everyone blaming one another, and nobody actively taking responsibility for anything. Finally, they got around to presenting information about the attack, which included an overhead view of the American compound. As it turns out, there were two ultra-secret CIA buildings smack-dab in the middle of the shot.
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"Can you move your head a bit? We're planning terrorism."
Now, the situation could still have been saved at that point. After all, the buildings were hardly marked "CIA" in the photo. Since they were secret and all, they looked like regular old buildings to the naked eye. It would take some additional idiocy to blow the lid off the operation. Luckily, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz was up to the challenge.
Chaffetz, instead of explaining away the buildings as mere administrative complexes or anything sensible like that, flat-out admitted that they're a big fucking deal. His exact words: "We're getting into classified issues that deal with sources and methods that would be totally inappropriate in an open forum such as this ... I totally object to the use of that photo ... I was told specifically while I was in Libya I could not and should not ever talk about what you're showing here today."
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"I'm not super good at listening."
At this point, any terrorist watching C-SPAN undoubtedly grabbed the popcorn and started chomping away, because this was about to get good. Chaffetz' partner-in-idiocy, Darrell Issa, directed that the picture be removed immediately. According to Issa, "In this hearing room, we're not going to point out details of what may still in fact be a facility of the United States government or more facilities."
Needless to say, the buildings have not been used since, and the whole episode caused a severe setback in U.S. intelligence-gathering operations. All because two politicians pulled the equivalent of telling your kid to NOT open the closet, because there are absolutely NO Christmas presents inside. Nope, not one single toy or video game in this closet right here.
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How can I script a macro to my Mage do several sequencial attacks? I've tried the command /castsequence but it doesn't works.
WoW's macro system is deliberately unable to cast multiple spells with a single keypress except in very specific circumstances; this is to discourage botting/cheating. Blizzard's approach to macros (in-game or out) is that one keypress should trigger only one action.
The only case in which multiple spells/items can be used in a single macro is when only the last one triggers the global cooldown. This means that a warlock could macro Soulburn and Summon Felhunter together (because Soulburn doesn't trigger the GCD), but not Bane of Agony and Corruption. If you have many spells or items which don't trigger the GCD, you can even chain them together, as in the (in)famous PoM/Pyro macro for mages.
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I'm making a 3D first person game. Should I give each character its own VBO or should I batch all characters into a single VBO? What are the pros/cons?
This is really a choice between performance and flexibility, but I'll list my opinions about it.
One single VBO
The positive sides are:
and the negative sides are:
Individual VBO:s
The positive sides are:
and the negative sides are:
I'd recommend you to profile your application; get your real bottleneck in data you can see. Premature optimization can be shown (in this case) as unnecessary. However, that being said, if you'd discover a real performance loss in your application, given the individual VBO:s scenario, you can start implementing a single VBO.
However, as long as it's not needed (the number of objects are low, not many state changes overall, etc) I'd recommend to go with individual VBO:s unless you see that's not gonna work.
I forgot to mention that it'd be alright with multiple draw calls. The most important thing in performance critical times is to keep the state changes at a minimum. You can simply set the number of indices to process and an offset for every draw call, and this is fine. But however, keep state changes as low as possible and make as few draw calls as possible, that's the big hello of this answer, or at least what I tried to say.


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My 2001 Mitsubishi Airtrek 2wd with 86000k revs at 2250rpm for 30 seconds before slowing. Will this speed harm the engine?
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My 2001 Mitsubishi Airtrek revs at 2250rpm for 30 seconds before slowing. Will this speed harm the engine?
Is this a new behaviour? Many cars (especially OBD-2, not so much earlier models) will rev to 2000 or even 2500 for 10-30 seconds on start when it's cooler out (some even do it on warm days). If it's a new behaviour, you may have a faulty Idle Air Controller. If it's always done it, I wouldn't worry about it too much since it's pretty common for newer cars to do that (wondering if maybe it's an emissions thing to help get the O2 sensor warmed up quicker?).
No. Revving to a certain level based on computer and fuel input will not harm the engine as long as that RPM is not within the 'red zone' and is within the engine's normal operating parameters.
If this behaviour is new, it may be a sign of a clogged O2 sensor, a clogged EGR port, a bad relay, or any one of a hundred other problems. You should see if your engine is throwing any codes via the OBD-2 port. You can usually 'borrow' the OBD-2 readout computer from an auto parts store cheaply or for free.
Note: I'm in the US; names for parts or policies may be different where you are.
This is the modern equivalent of an automatic 'choke' - this is the ideal speed for the engine to rev when it first starts up to bring up the temperature, get the oil circulating etc. It isn't a high speed anyway.
Most cars do this to some degree or other. Perfectly normal.


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did some research and the company gets blasted for poor customer service and incredibly long shipping times, orders sometimes get cancelled for no reason. as much as i want this, gonna pass.
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I've ordered similar deals like this and other things and had no problems. Slow shipping yes, but at least it wasn't a surprise since I read so much here on the deals comments to expect this.
remember you can get your choice of a large handful of used graphic novels for 1-3 bucks from gohastings, and i assume that most of this will be junk that i will never read.
Can anyone attest to the graphic novels themselves? Are they mostly current runs?
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My calves are super tight when I finish my ride, and my Achilles are sore for days after a 20 mile rolling hill ride. Could it be that my seat height is too low? If not, what could be the root cause?
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The achilles pain and some tightness in the back of the calves comes from ankling too much, by pedaling high on the balls of your feet. I find that I do this when the seat is a bit too high. Lowering the seat slightly and making sure my cleats are positioned more toward the center of my foot as opposed to toward the toes helped me to alleviate this.
Try to notice whether you are pushing with your ankles while pedaling, this is the motion that causes the stress on the tendon. I lowered my seat such that it didn't feel like I was overextending my leg during a pedal stroke or trying to tip/toe at the greatest point of extension.
See sheldon for more info on pain in the tendon.
Related question on cleat postion: Why not place the cleats further back on the foot?
Biking has actually alleviated my Achilles/heel pain. I have the arch of my foot more or less over the middle of the pedal. I am so grateful for it now.
A smaller frame allowed me to lessen my back pain, I was too far from the bars (dropped effective top tube length ~.6'' and that did the trick. The seat position is also important. Change this up and down until you find what works, remember you want near full leg extension when the pedal is at its lowest point, but not beyond that. If the seat is as low as it goes and you're still having to pedal with your toes to keep contact at the bottom of the rotation, the bike is too big.


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Palladino: Wright, Wilby win 2OT thriller
This league, and this city, have witnessed amazing high school basketball games through the decades. But let me tell you, if you were one of the more than 1,500 fans that crammed into the Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium Monday night, know this: You saw what may have been the best game of them all.
Wilby High didn't just hit one buzzer-beating 3-point shot on the evening. No, that would be too easy.
The Wildcats hit two of them, one by Stanley Foote at the end of regulation to force overtime, and the second by Walter Wright at he end of the second overtime to win it, as the Wildcats captured a wild, crazy, improbable, remarkable showdown game with Crosby, 83-82.
The drama was such that the Wilby fans rushed the floor, not once, but twice. Even if you saw it, and I saw it, you still might not believe it.
I'm not sure I believe it, even now.
The game featured remarkable performances, a heart-breaking mental error that cost Crosby a victory, and clutch shot making in the face of defeat.
Where to begin? How about at the end, with dramatic moment No. 1.
With Wilby (9-0) trailing 66-61 in the final minute of regulation, Wright set the stage for the dramatics when he dished a pass inside to Stanley Foote for two points. The Bulldogs (9-1) missed two chances to ice the game when Devin Stallings and Stephon Dunbar missed a pair of free throws. Wilby had the ball with a chance to tie. Wright took the 3-pointer with five seconds left and missed. Foote grabbed the rebound under the hoop, raced to the corner with the ball and tossed up a desperation trey.
The ball zipped through the hoop as the buzzer sounded. It pandemonium on the George Tirado Court as players and fans mobbed Foote. The game was tied, 66-66, at the end of regulation.
That's correct, Stanley Foote, not the Wilby name you'd expect to hear when talking about basketball dramatics.
"Out of the whole roster, our whole 15 people, Stanley Foote is the last person to shoot the three that I would have ever thought," said an amazed Wright. "It was his time, I guess."
Foote didn't seem all that stunned by this. Here is his description of the play: "They shot the ball, I ran down there to get the rebound, brought it back out, shot the three, it went in, overtime."
That about sums it up.
Into the first overtime, Crosby lost its star when Tyshon Rogers fouled out with 3:30 left. This four-minute period was dominated by Wilby's Wright and Crosby's Aseim King, but when Walter's brother, Taifa Wright missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, the game wore on.
In the second OT, it looked like the Bulldogs were going to pull away. King, Dunbar, and Stallings picked up the slack with Rogers on the bench. King scored on a drive, hit two free throws, and Crosby led, 82-80, with 3.4 left on the clock.
And then there was the play that we may talk about for years.
Wilby's Ryan Spears fired a three-quarter court pass, trying to connect with Taifa Wright. The pass was picked off by Crosby's Stallings, and in his joy, he celebrated before he dribbled. Stallings took two or three hop steps before he put the ball on the floor. The call was traveling, and the Wildcats got the ball back with 2.3 seconds on the clock, in front of their own bench.
When the Wildcats realized they had another shot, Taifa looked to Walter.
"My little brother came up to me and said, 'Big Bro, it's your time,'" Walter Wright said. "I knew what I had to do. I couldn't let my little brother down."
It was Spears again on the pass. Walter Wright came around what he called "a triple pick. I had to catch the ball and look for a layup. When the layup wasn't there I had to put up the shot quick."
With Dunbar and King in his face Wright launched a 3-pointer. He hit the deck, the buzzer sounded, the ball went through the hoop, Wilby wins in double OT, 83-82.
It was time to rush the court yet again. If this isn't the lead story on Sports Center then there is no justice in this world.
Frankly, Crosby is probably wondering just where that justice went.
"We didn't deserve to win," said Crosby coach Nick Augelli. "We had our chances. We were up by eight with a 1:30 to play in regulation. We had three quick turnovers. We went to the foul line and missed a ton of foul shots. And the last play of the game, celebrating before the game is over, that's tough."
Crosby played perfect defense in the end. The Bulldogs were hanging all over Walter Wright.
"But I saw it coming," Augelli said. "When I saw the turnover with 2.3 seconds, I thought, 'They're going to shoot the three and it is going to go in.'
"We had the game in our hand," Augelli said.
But the game, instead, ended up in the Wilby win column.
There were some staggering numbers in this ball game. Walter Wright finished with 42 points and eight assists. Denzel Mitchell scored 14, with seven rebounds. Foote added 12, with six rebounds, and Ryan Spears piled up four rebounds, five assists, and six steals. Erick DeJesus had 11 boards, and Devon McClellan four blocks.
For Crosby, Rogers had 21 points and 17 rebounds, while King had 18, with eight boards. Lex Perez scored 16, with six rebounds and six steals, and Stallings had a monster game, with 10 points, 22 rebounds, three steals, and four blocks.
If you mash all of that together, add in buzzer-beaters, a packed gymnasium, fans all over the floor, twice, you end up with a city game for the ages.
Let us leave the last word for Walter: "Our team showed heart tonight. This was not about winning, not about losing, not about the crowd. It was about showing heart."
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Sonny Laymatina wrote on Jan 15, 2013 11:22 AM:
" Best high school basketball game I have ever seen played!
But both teams need to work on their foul shooting...because Crosby Tyshon Rogers got it right before the game when he said it would probably all come down to fouls and foul shooting. "
Sneezy wrote on Jan 15, 2013 12:59 PM:
" I think this was a big win for wilby. Now people have seen the team at its best. Stanley foote hits the big three for overtime. Wow this young man will be the next star..... Keep the drive going!!!!!!! "
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New Berlin - In a field of five candidates, Alderman David Ament and two-term New Berlin Mayor Jack Chiovatero pulled ahead in Tuesday's primary election for the next mayor of New Berlin.
Ament was the top vote-getter with 2,472 votes, unofficially, with Chiovatero capturing 1,753. With the voter turnout of 6,480 or 22 percent, Ament came away with 38 percent of the ballots cast and Chiovatero 27 percent. They will go on to face off in the April 2 spring election for a four-year mayoral term.
Candidate Mary Claire Lanser, who served one term as mayor from 1993 to 1997, came in a strong third with 22 percent of the votes, or 1,438, unofficially.
Rounding out the ballot were Janet Schulz and Joseph Wieneke who each attracted about 5 percent of the vote with Schulz polling 334 votes and Wieneke 318, again unofficially.
Reacting to coming out on top, Ament said, "The first thing that comes to my mind is that it's humbling to have that kind of a total."
Similarly, Chiovatero said he is looking forward to continuing his efforts to make New Berlin a great place to live and work.
"I'll share my plans for the future to demonstrate that voters made the right choice eight years ago," Chiovatero said.
The vote total, according to unofficial results Tuesday:
David Ament 2,472
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Mary Claire Lanser 1,438
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Election results remain unofficial until they are certified by the board of canvassers, which will meet Monday.
Because he finished second, Chiovatero said he and his campaign team will analyze the results ward by ward to come up with a strategy to strengthen his position come April. One thing he said he needs to overcome is voters confusing him with actions the Common Council took that voters may not be comfortable with, he said.
Ament said he looks forward to the clarity of having just two candidates in the race so that voters can see the differences between the two.
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Is it okay to have a torah aliyah during the 11 month mourning period, or should one wait?
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I think you will find that there are various customs. Some communities give last aliyah (acharon) to a mourner who then says half Kaddish.
Rivivos Efraim 5:556 concludes that although there is no Chiyuv for an Avel during the 12 months to get an Aliya every Shabbos, it is a good idea if possible. Thus it seems clear that an Avel should get an Aliya if possible during the 12 months.


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Hundreds of little princesses gathered for tea time today to watch the Bowling Green High School A Capella Choir.
The BGHS singing group held a Disney-themed Valentine's Princess Event for a fundraiser at the Christ Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall.
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"I could have sold probably a hundred more tickets if we had had the room, and we will for sure do it next year and have a larger venue with more seating. We definitely think it's a success," she says.
This was the first year the Bowling Green High School A Capella Choir held the Valentine's Princess Event.


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The great thing about CoC original game, being set in the 1920s, you can use historical events for the basis of some great adventures. Here are some "seeds" from the 20s that with a little bit of brain power can lead to some mythos activity:
1920: In December one of the most destructive earthquakes in the history of the world struck the Gansu province of China, killing between 180,000 to 200,000 people. Perhaps something the PCs are investigating triggered the eathquake (dholes? cthonians?) and they have to go to China to investigate, or maybe something the PLAYERS did while battling a mythos being caused the earthquake to begin with!!!
1921: Carroll Deering, a five-masted commercial schooner that was found run aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, had it's crew missing and no explanation ever agreed upon as to why the ship was abandoned. Perhaps the players are hired by a family member to find out what happened, and stumble across cults of deep ones, degenerate Dagon worshipping pirates, or worse out in the Bermuda Triangle. Worse, perhaps a cargo on board (an idol, mummified hand, or alien artifact) carried or found by a crew member was the cause, and the investigators come into possession of it!
1922: In May of 1922, the british ship Egypt sank off the coast of France when it was rammed in heavy fog by the Seine. The ship carried 10 tons of silver bars and 5 tons of gold bars. Over a million dollars worth, most of it was recovered by divers in 1932, but perhaps there was a more sinister reason behind it's sinking....a sorceror controlling a tribe of deep ones caused the fog, ensared the captain's minds to make the boats crash, and now has had his deep one minions looting the cargo. The investigators may be hired by Lloyds of London (which had insured the ship) to investigate, and run afoul of the evil mage and his minions....
1923: Are you kidding? King Tut's tomb was opened! Anyone should be able to get a decent adventure or two out of that one!!!!
1924: Sir John Stewart of Scotland, a whiskey distiller and baronet, was found in Feb of that year shot to death in otherwise unoccupied Fingask Castle. He was deeply in debt and the verdict was suicide. Later that year one of his creditors also killed himself. I don't know about you, but I want to see what's going on in that "unoccupied" castle, or what might be underneath it. Maybe Sir John and/or his creditor were investing money in something unsavory, or accidentally ran afoul of the wrong people (?) who didn't appreciate their interest. Maybe the cultist villagers killed him off when he started finding out things he shouldn't have....?
1925: The Derbyshire Werewolf. Something black and of huge sized terrorized this part of England in 1925, killing dozens of sheep, and mysteriously disappearing. Thought by authorities to be at various times a large wolf, an escaped jackal (from a private menagerie), or a black hound, this is a perfect type of scenario for a "twist" to confuse the players. Instead of a werewolf, perhaps it's a byahkee, dimensional shambler, or a shoggoth that has been summoned by a crazy old coot. Or maybe the party just thinks it's something supernatural, when it's a nutty death cult practicing on sheep until they can finally start on people eventually. Or maybe it is indeed a werewolf, and the party has to find a way to put it down...
1926: Colonel Percy Fawcett, his son and a friend disappeared in the Brazilian jungle in 1925 searching for the Lost City of "Z". Lots of theories abound to this day what happened to them....in 1926 the PCs are hired by a publisher or the group that financed the expedition (named "The Glove") to find the truth about where Fawcett went, whether Z exists, or what Fawcett was seeking. Lost cities in the South American jungle just seem to ooze primodial danger and evil.....
1927: Hitler and other Nazi leaders are organizing rallies, promoting the Hitler Youth Movement, and perhaps, seeking out certain artifacts of evil? Obviously many of these are found by Hitler and used to bring him to power, but perhaps investigators managed to beat the Nazis to a few of them in Europe and prevent Hitler from gaining such power that the world course of history would have been forever altered....investigating groups must battle nazis and their agents throughout Greece, Italy Spain and elsewhere looking for items such as the original Golden Fleece, the Spear of Destiny, or Colada (lost sword of El Cid) all with mystical powers. Of course Adolph has a sorceror ally that can summon all sorts of nasties (byahkhee, deep ones, hunting horrors, etc) to attack investigators searching for these treasures.
1928: Danish training ship the Copenhagen goes missing after setting sail from Buenos Aires to Australia in December of this year. It is a huge ship with a crew of over 50 cadets. Anything from sea monsters, to deep ones, to aliens, to frenzied cultists might have attacked the ship and drove it to the bottom of the sea....or perhaps the crew is being held on a uncharted island, being used for unspeakable purposes, waiting to be discovered (or unfortunately joined) by some intrepid investigators hired by the Danish government or a private firm....
1929: The stock market crash. OBVIOUSLY caused by evil powers from beyond!!! Also, Peter Kurten, a truly demented serial killer (Known as The Vampire of Duseeldorf) committed horrific crime after crime all during the year until caught. What if Kurten was not alone, but part of some unspeakable cult worshipping Shub Niggurath or another dark god? Investigators called in by german authorities may soon realize Kurten is not the only killer about...and some of the other cult members are high up in German political society!
There's one adventure possibility for every year of the 20s, any good historical source could lead to even more!
If you're in the prohibition timeframe, this one may well be good for parties which have some form of law enforcement or investigator bent (PIs, cops, etc).
A speakeasy owner (whose primary non-wait staff may be comprised of zombies) is brewing his own special whiskey. The whiskey is laced with a chemical that, over time, causes the drinker to go mad, and eventually even turn feral. The reason the speakeasy owner is doing this is, of course, left up to the GM.
Note that I left the Old Ones out of this. Remember: Not every Cthulhu campaign should center around them -- if the players are always saving the entire planet (essentially), it will eventually get boring. :)
Small Seeds involving Mirrors:
If you want to be particularly obnoxious to your players, put them in the middle of nowhere... like, say, Anchorage, Alaska.
In the 1920's, Anchorage was mud roads, and a couple thousand people. A commercial port, a rail yard adjacent, It ran 1st to 15th avenues, and from N to A then Barrow to Gambell. Two church town... one at 8th & H, and the other on 5th and H. Airport between 9th and 11th, A-I... Nearest town was the City of Spenard, a mere 4 miles out L street, and home to Chilcoot Charlie's bar - still at the corner of Fireweed & Spenard. (And technically, it was in the city of Anchorage - Northern Lights Blvd, the next major street (2 blocks) south, is the dividing line)
Outside of that, next was Palmer, 60 miles away, with a native village, Eklutna, and it's Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Speaking Eklutna Tribe Athabascans, in the midway point.
In December 1920, the first police chief was appointed for the 4 year old town. He was murdered in February 1921, in the back stairwell of the Druggist's shop.
In the real world, it's still unsolved... but in your game, it could be the kick off of a wild-west-with-cars kind of campaign.
It's said many strange things are done in the land of the midnight sun... And you'd not be the first to set a Cthulu game in 1920's Alaska... but one of a very few.
Oh, and there have NEVER been Sherrifs in Alaska.... Only Police in the cities, Territorial Troopers (later State Troopers), and the G-Men: US Marshals, and the FBI. One Marshal wrote in a report, "Never met a N* I couldn't frame." (I have handled that document... Records of the US District Courts, at the National Archives regional branch in Anchorage.
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Cthulhu adventure seeds:
Characters wake up in a mental institute. They don't remember how they got there, but they have some memories, and remember who they are. They know they have been investigating something... They start the investigation or try to escape, etc.
GM can involve some Old Ones in their memories or just make players (not characters) expect Old Ones have something to do.
After some action and adventure ;) characters get caught and put back in the hospital. A nurse starts the evening reading session. She reads a novel. That's when players realize that their characters are in fact nuts and their names and memories are from the book.
Or is it a conspiracy? ...
For a black-humor-style scenario, what about a modern-day shopping mall as the setting? It's not a new concept - it's appeared to great effect in a Discworld book, for one thing, and I got my original inspiration from a short story in which someone reached into a wardrobe full of clothing and touched something slimy and "other" - but it worked out to be a very entertaining setup for a one-shot game.
All it took was the basic "somebody's trying to open a Gate for [insert favorite Mythos creature here]," with the method involving cursed items strewn throughout a shopping mall, such that as each one was touched by a shopper they'd be drawn to the center [think Food Court, or for extra weirdness points, the photo-with-the-Easter Bunny or Santa Claus displays!]. The PCs are also shoppers - I cast them as a kind of B-movie/Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer set of teenagers, but one could use any character types, from off-duty cops or military folk to absent-minded professors or bored suburbanites. The descriptions of increasingly creepy/disgusting Things crawling out of brightly-lit, shiny-new merchandise seemed to be very effective, and once the PCs figured out what was going on they came up with a truly brilliant (and very funny) ritual for sealing the Gate again. I'm hoping to run a follow-on scenario one of these days: "Return to the Mall on the Borderlands", perhaps!
Time doesn't exist. It's a human construct to enable people to process the world without going insane.
For us, this is but a philosophical discussion point, but in a game like Call of Cthulhu, it can be a real feature of the universe, and can have all sorts of dire consequences.


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I'm a newcomer to XNA, and I'm evaluating some libraries. The Hilva Graphics Engine looks interesting, and I'm trying to run their tutorials. However, all of them give me errors.
For example, if I download the ParallaxMappingSample demo, and try to build it, I get
Error 1 Error loading pipeline assembly "C:\Users\Me\Desktop\ParallaxMappingSample\Hilva.Content.dll". ParallaxMappingSample
I get similar errors for all of the samples. Unfortunately, this error isn't very enlightening. I can see the Hilva.Content.dll in the appropriate directory. I tried removing and readding the reference from the content project, but I get the same error.
I'm not sure it's relevant, but I'm on Windows 7, I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, and XNA 4.0.
Is there an easy (or difficult) solution?
EDIT: If you happen to try this, even if you don't have a solution, let me know about it in a comment. Whether it works for you, or if you get the same problem...either result would be something that might let me know if it's just a problem with the tutorial, or if it's on my end.


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The Takeout Basket features an eyelet for light brackets and it has a spot on the front for a u-lock. It also comes with a waterproof roll top bag that clips securely to the rack's lightweight alloy tubes. The basket measures 155 x 255 x 105mm, which just happens to conveniently hold a six pack of your favorite beverage.
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its a little on the pricey side of things, but with all PDW gear, you get what you pay for. this is a super sturdy front rack, installation was a little onerous due to the anti-roll bracket- it can be in a few different orientations to adjust the angle of the basket in relation to your stem, but you only have to install it once so no big deal. the roll-top waterproof bag is very well made, but i usually just rock the naked rack unless its poor weather. the U-lock holder is perfect size for 99% of U-locks and there is a 4mm fine thread eyelet to fix a headlamp on the non-drive side of the basket, which is real nice as the mounting hardware pretty much takes up all your bar clamp area. it has a perfect balance of form and function. looks real good holding some delicious curry or a sixer of the oat soda.


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I'd like to create a raster from point data, averaging the point data over a given area and placing the results into a given pixel/cell. With each pixel/cell as 50m x 50m.
I'm new to this and have a beginner question.
I see that in PostGIS 2.0 there is a ST_MakeEmptyRaster() function, but what are the units for width, height, and pixelsize. And how do you determine the upperleftx, upperlefty points? Is this just random, or is there a convention used to determine this point?
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GENESEO, N.Y. - Four SUNY Geneseo faculty members and the director of the Milne Library on campus are among those in the SUNY system receiving 2012 Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG). The grants fund campus innovations and initiatives with potential to be replicated throughout the SUNY system and benefit students and faculty worldwide.
The competitive grants program is open to SUNY faculty and support staff across all disciplines and encourages development of innovations that meet The Power of SUNY's transformative vision. Grant recipients will openly share project outcomes, enabling SUNY colleagues to replicate and build upon an innovation.
Of 117 proposals submitted, 48 received awards across three different funding tiers.
Receiving a Tier Three Award from Geneseo is Lori Bernard, associate professor of languages and literatures, for her project focusing on leveraging SUNY system expertise through distance mentoring to enhance the undergraduate research experience.
Receiving Tier Two Awards are Paul Schacht, professor of English, for his crowdsourcing commentary project and Cyril Oberlander, director of Milne Library, for his SUNY open textbooks project.
Tier One Awards went to Terence Bazzett, professor of psychology, for his neuroscience cyber technology laboratory course project, and to Rose McEwen, associate professor of languages and literatures, for her project focusing on transforming to a hybrid foreign language instructional model.
"This new competitive grants program will enable partnerships across SUNY to leverage technology as a means to educate students," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. "It serves as an excellent example of the power of SUNY to realize efficiencies through the sharing of resources and instructional partnerships within our system."
All projects included an assessment and communications plan to ensure that the new innovations can be openly shared and replicated across SUNY. Funded projects demonstrating potential for multi-campus use will be eligible to apply for additional funds in 2013.
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My problem is that I keep unlocking new weapons and I really don't understand a great way to compare the guns. I understand that if I start with a new weapon I need to spend a lot of time to unlock the good unlocks for that weapon, but there must be some general consensus as to some top guns and attachments.
Weapon comparison charts:
Each site has forums with more discussions on the subject.
There really isn't a "best gun", it depends on your play style, your class and in the end what you are comfortable playing with.