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7 Iconic Skylines That Almost Looked Ridiculous
#3. The Sydney Opera House Was Almost a Bunker
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The Sydney Opera House, sitting by the water with the Harbor Bridge stretching behind it, is a view that defines both Sydney and Australia. However, it's through sheer luck that it even exists, because by all rights the Opera House, which looks like this ...
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... should have been this:
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Truly, this is a much more relaxing view.
Sydney held a competition in 1956 to design the opera house, and the Art Deco gulag pictured above was the design that the judges had selected. However, one of the judges, Eero Saarinen (the designer of St. Louis' Gateway Arch), showed up late. Rather than apologizing for his absence, Saarinen insisted on participating in the judging and went through every item in the reject pile one by one, coming across the iconic sail/shell design we're all familiar with in the form of some rough sketches from an unknown Danish artist named Jorn Utzon, who had never even been to Australia, let alone seen the proposed site.
Saarinen held up this entry to the rest of the panel and insisted that it was the winner until everyone agreed with him, because evidently tardiness was just the prelude to his dickitry.
The Sydney Harbor Bridge was built a few decades later, but endured a similar identity crisis. It almost looked like this:
Via Nsw.edu
"No, don't dismiss it so quickly. You haven't even seen it spin yet!"
In 1922, plans for the gargantuan three-way bridge pictured above were drawn up, featuring a 500-foot war memorial in the center that looked like a bunker Magneto would use to launch asteroids. Initially, a steam-powered cable car system was proposed back in 1871, which you may recognize as being a less-ambitious version of the gondola ride from Busch Gardens.
Via Nla.gov.au
"Guys, I told you I needed a bigger push. Guys?"
It was never constructed, for obvious reasons (it was horrible and stupid).
#2. Baghdad Was Almost Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Baghdad has a number of famous buildings, including the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, the National Museum of Iraq, and the Republican Palace (made famous by Hot Shots! Part Deux). However, the task of building virtually the entire city was nearly placed in the hands of Jetsons-style architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Back in the 1950s, King Faisal II of Iraq had suddenly become boutonniere-deep in oil wealth, and he wanted to display the newfound prosperity of his country by way of grand architecture. So, he brought in a group of leading Western architects (including Wright) for a variety of projects he dubbed the "Plan for Greater Baghdad." In Faisal's eyes, Wright's plans turned out to be the greatest (a word here meaning "The most like Lost in Space storyboards").
Via Archidose.blogspot
Wait, is that a design for a city or a watchmaker's workbench?
Faisal gave Wright an entire island in the center of the city to build on, which Wright promptly renamed "The Isle of Edena," because Westerners do things like that when surrounded by Muslim culture. He drew up plans for an opera house, several museums, a broadcasting station, numerous shops, and even a citrus garden, totaling a construction cost of $1.4 billion (almost $12 billion today). The following video gives a short tour of what could have been done with all that cabbage:
The jewel of the Isle of Edena would have been a giant 300-foot statue of the king Harun al-Rashid, looking for all the world like Poseidon astride the top layer of a giant undersea wedding cake:
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Giving Lady Liberty the finger while pointing at his own dick.
But just a year after the plans were drawn up, King Faisal and the majority of his family were assassinated in a coup, and Wright's enthusiastic ideas were never realized. A lengthy period of instability followed, during which architecture was not a priority, until a new leader by the name of Saddam Hussein took over and embarked on some daffy construction projects of his own.
#1. Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial Was Almost a Huge Aztec Pyramid
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See the tiny figure at the top of that imposing pyramid? That's a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Iconic memorials and historical government buildings are Washington, D.C., as far as most of the world is concerned. The Lincoln Memorial is perhaps the most famous, with its giant Abraham Lincoln statue staring pensively down at visitors as if stifling a defeated sigh over how comparatively little any of them do with their time.
Via Wikipedia
"I know what you did."
But the Lincoln Memorial came within months of looking like the pyramid thing above, which appears to be a tribute to the time he conquered the Aztecs in some opium-laced fever dream. The pyramid design was specifically commissioned by the Lincoln Memorial Commission, and they argued about it for three months before they finally decided against it.
Evidently the memorial commissions in Washington did this sort of thing all the time -- years later, a 200-foot geyser memorial to Teddy Roosevelt was initially proposed before the plans were scrapped in favor of the Jefferson Memorial, a move we are stunned did not lead to several haunted scrotum punchings at the hands of Roosevelt's poltergeist.
Via Smithsonianmag.com
The Washington Monument went through several strange iterations as well. What would eventually become the obelisk we know and love ...
There is no joke to be made here.
... almost went with a pyramid design not entirely dissimilar from the early Lincoln Memorial plans, because apparently pyramids were the tits back in those days (although judging from this picture, Washington's was clearly meant to host midnight goth poetry readings).
Via Capital Drawings
"Don't throw that sketch away if it's rejected. We'll use it as storyboard for The Crow."
Another rejected plan would have put a giant, terrifying statue of George Washington on top of a huge looming monument meant to terrify the citizens into submission:
Via Online.wsj.com
"I also know what you did. You cannot escape your forefathers."
D.C. was not yet out of randomly terrible construction ideas, though. In a bold effort to rip a hot dog fart in the face of all the history surrounding it, the White House nearly had a 300-foot-long marble couch and a gigantic widescreen TV built in front of it back in 1995.
Via National Building Museum
"Bring up the Playboy Channel. I mean, if we're going to shit on the thing like this, we might as well go all the way."
The idea was to give citizens a way to get together and speak to the president via videoconferencing (as well as seriously confuse future archaeologists), but it was eventually decided that this was one of the worst public installations ever conceived, so a few colored paving stones and some trees were put in instead. It's too bad, because a giant image of the president's face booming talking points to rapt citizens would have meant that that old Apple commercial would finally have come to life.
Via Maclife.com
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Charmingly racist name for Montgomery, Alabama,used by both black and white denizens and outsiders; refers to the predominately afro-american population.
"We're staying on the interstate until we get past monkeytown----I don't want to get carjacked by crackheads again."
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Term used to describe city where the inept Alabama legislature is located, Montgomery, AL by Huntsville Talk Show Host Dale Jackson.
"Those idiots in Monkeytown can't get anything right."
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Term used by Freedom Riders during the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960s for Montgomery Alabama according to the documentary "Soundtrack for a Revolution."
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PUNXSUTAWNEY Phil's prediction of an early spring can't come any too soon for Eastern Ohio residents faced with snow and freezing rain as well as resulting cancellations and vehicles sliding off roadways.
As Chris Wood, manager of the Ohio Department of Transportation garage in Harrison County, noted this morning, "Mother Nature is always subject to change."
With the weather conditions involving jumps and declines in thermometers, it's obvious that Wood is correct.
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A?MAN walks along a St. Clair Street sidewalk in downtown Toledo Monday showing some of the snow accumulation.
As of 7:30 a.m. today, Belmont County remained on a Level 2 Snow Emergency Level which means that "roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Only those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the roadways, Contact your employer to see if you should report to work."
Many schools in the Ohio Valley area also canceled classes for the day.
When the snow started to fall Monday afternoon, highway crews were ready as they began spreading salt and grit. A spokesperson at the Ohio Department of Transportation in Morristown, said crews were on the roads all afternoon, throughout the evening and night and early this morning, The spokesperson urged motorists to drive slow and be careful.
The Belmont County Engineering Department also had its trucks on the road early Monday. A spokespeson at the Roscoe Road garage said the afternoon crew stayed over, and the day shift came out at 4:30 a.m. He said the roads were slushy in spots and advised motorists to drive with caution.
City, village and township crews were also on the roads trying to keep ahead of the snow.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol in St. Clairsville reported there was one accident on Interstate 70 in Wheeling Township. It happened shortly before 3 p.m. and involved one vehicle with no injuries reported. The patrol also received numerous reports of disabled vehicles.
Also on a Level 2 Snow Emergency early today was Jefferson County where the sheriff's office reported accidents had occurred because of weather conditions.
A spokesperson at the DOT garage in Jefferson County reported, "Everything's turning out pretty good." He added that both lanes of U.S. 22 and Ohio 7 in the Steubenville area were "pretty clear."
As to the southern end of the county, the spokesperson added, "Everything's been treated so it should be in good shape."
In Harrison County, Wood said that highways were clear and wet. He added the alert about a freezing drizzle was received about midnight.
Wood added that Harrison County is fortunate, there is "a good crew. Each person has an individual route and individual pride in keeping them (the highways) clear and wet and safe for the public. It works out well."
In Monroe County, crews have been working on highways since the snow began Monday around 2 p.m.
Work is being done around the clock, and "they're still plowing and treating," according to Terrill Wickham, clerk at the ODOT garage in Monroe County.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported accidents have occurred because of weather conditions with vehicles sliding off the road, especially when going around turns.
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LEGO MiniFigures 5 for $10
These are usually $3 or, at my Target, $4 each but you can get 5 for $10 for a 33% or 50% savings depending. I got some at the local Toys R Us, they only had Series 5 available but you can mix and match Series 3 and 4 online. In-store pick up saves a few more bucks over shipping as I didn't see any free shipping easily available.
Link is to Series 3.
Here's Series 4, http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11358621, and Series 5, http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11807192
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This item is not in stock for shipping, but is available for Store Pickup.
Shipping was available for me but it costs an extra $5.
Different series (4 & 5) are available for shipping (Extra $5) but worth it! My gf collects minifigs, these will be perfect stocking stuffers!
I looked over many of these and I found too many to be uninteresting. I'd really like the Dino Man, but not enough to gamble.
I just made a purchase for series 5 for in-store pickup and the total came to $10.78. Note that you have to wait for an email from the store and then you have 5 days to pickup the merchandise.
Thanks for the tip fenriq!
-Free shipping if you spend $49 or more.
-You also get 10% back in rewards if you sign up as a member.
-Most Lego sets are buy-one-get-one 50% off. (While TRU is a little more expensive than Lego.com, the 50% off usually more than makes up for it).
-If you are spending over $100, use coupon code SNOWTIME to get $15 off.
-I think all video games are still buy-one-get-one 50% off - through Saturday I believe. .
I'd get some for my son- but if it isn't available for shipping. Don't know how many cities still have physical ToysRUs stores in them- but mine doesn't anymore. Been a while since I've actually seen one of their brick and mortar stores.
Still a good deal if you still have one in your town.
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As a sports fan, I will admit that, as fans, we can put too much emphasis on sports at times. But, there are times that sports can deliver messages that we can all cling to, sports fan or not. Football congers up images of gladiators dressed in their pads and helmets looking to physically out match their opponents, but on occasion you get a glimpse behind the all the padding to see what it is that really holds a team together… HEART!
All the students at Olivet Middle school, in Olivet, MI, know classmate Keith Orr as a hugger. Keith struggles with some learning difficulties, but it has never stopped him from participating in school, Keith even joined the football team this year. Without letting their coaches know, the team cooked up a plan to help Keith score a touchdown, which even required them to kneel down on the 1 yard line, when they could have easily scored. Keith came in and ran the ball across the goal line, scoring his first touchdown! His team said they wanted Keith to know that he was most definitely part of the team, and that they would "always have his back".
This isn't the first time that you have seen a football team do something like this, so what about this play makes it the "most successful football play of all time"? It's the way that it effected Keith's teammates. Wide receiver Justice Miller, through tears, told CBS News reporter Steve Hartman, "Keith has never been cool or popular, He went from being pretty much a nobody to making everyone's day." With tears streaming down his face, Justice admitted that he would have never thought of this, saying "I kind of went from being somebody who mostly cared about myself and my friends to caring about everyone and trying to make everyone's day and everyone's life better." Which is precisely why CBS reporter Steve Hartman said, "this may just make that touchdown, "the most successful play of all time."
This time of year you see lots of pink, and for good reason. Breast cancer awareness is something that has helped save millions of lives over the years, and having lost my mom to a battle with breast cancer, I am so grateful to see more and more women winning the fight!
Sadly not everyone does, one of those women is Jennifer Merendino, shortly after Jen and the love of her life, Angelo, were married, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Throughout her fight, Angelo documented her journey with pictures that tell their story, many of which are included in a book that Angelo has written called, "The Battle That We Didn't Choose: My Wife's Fight With Breast Cancer". Angelo said he will never forget the sound of Jennifer's voice on the phone the day that she was diagnosed, he says it left him numb. They learned to navigate through their struggles thanks to their friends and family, who cared for them, helped with everyday chores and raised money to help them cover their medical expenses.
The love they felt from their friends and family was Angelo's inspiration to turn their own personal tragedy into a triumph for others. Angelo's book and pictures are helping fund a charity called "The Love You Share", which helps provide financial assistance to women who are battling breast cancer. Angelo says that it is fitting legacy to honor Jennifer's memory.
Angelo says that each challenge brought them closer, one night, battling extreme pain, she grabbed Angelo's arm and said, "look into my eyes, it's the only way I can get through this." Angelo says that he learned so much from Jennifer through this fight, "Jennifer taught me to love, to listen, to give, and to believe in others and myself. I've never been as happy as I have during this time."
Angelo hopes that their story would be a reminder to all of us to, as Jennifer put it, "Love every morsel of the people in your life."
You can find out more of Jen's story and see some of their pictures here:
Our guest today was Roma Downey, star of Touched By An Angel, and co-producer of the History Channel's mini series "The Bible". Roma and her husband, Mark Burnett, co-producer of "The Bible", as well as producer of TV shows like, "The Voice", "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" are working with 20th Century Fox to bring an edited version of "The Bible" to the big screen, called "Son Of God". Roma shared about the significance of the movie, and how God is using "The Bible" series around the World. If you would like to learn more about "Son Of God" you can visit http://www.sonofgodmovie.com/index.html
You can vote for "The Bible" in this year's People's Choice Awards here
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Dr. Joel Wallach begins the show discussing upcoming CDs to be released. Telling the story of how he discovered the cause of cystic fibrosis and when he presented the information he was fired. Stating that his latest book "Epigenetics" names the people involved with covering up his research. Citing the spefic nutrients that are deficient to cause cystic fibrosis.Pearls of Wisdom
Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article concerning magnesium deficiencies. Citing a survey from 2005-2006 that found nearly half of Americans are deficient in magnesium. Doug and Doc contend that people need all 90 essential nutrients not just one. The article stated magnesium deficiency symptoms start with loss of appetite, nausea and fatigue.Callers
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This is the fourth screencast in a series of Windows 7 screencasts for showing developers how to use the taskbar to Light Up their applications on Windows 7.
This screencast is the second of two screencasts focused on Windows 7 taskbar Jump List functionality. In the first jump list screencast you learned the basics of using file association and the default Recent and Frequent categories. In this part you dive
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Winebarger, Hallberg, Loomis, And Smith Victorious At Sunset
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Ken O'Neil)
Sunset Speedway Park would have a smooth night of events on Saturday July 13th. The Banks bullring would feature four exciting classes on the card. Those classes would include the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Womens divisions.
Collen Winebarger was back to his winning ways in the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series. The Corbett driver, in his Discount Race Car Parts/All-In Property Investments/Hillsboro Vac and Sew #1 MasterSbilt, would take full advantage of his front row stating position and lead the entire distance. The victory would mark Winebarger's fifth win of the series and his third at SSP.
Chris Hallberg of Sandy would become the newest winner in the IMCA Modified division. Once the Hallberg Racing #01 machine was out front he was off and running. Hallberg becomes the sixth different winner in as many races in the classification at Sunset.
Back in victory lane for the third time this season was Craig Loomis in the Street Stocks. The Vancouver, Washington native has been absent from the winner's circle since the early goings of the season. Only a few cautions would take place and by lap six the Buz's Equipment Trailers/City Sprint Delivery/Liberty Welding #01 Camaro of Loomis was in the lead and would not look back. He is now tied for most wins in the class so far this season.
It was no surprise that Freya Smith was the winner of the Womens race. Performing another clean sweep of events the McMinnville pilot would have no issues all night long. Seizing the lead around the halfway mark the Sweere's Auto Body/Sweere's Trucking/Tire Factory of McMinnville #37 Camaro entry has went a perfect sevens wins in seven starts this year.
Coming up next Saturday night on July 20th will be the return of the Dancin' Bare Topless 100. Classes on the card will include the IMCA Modifieds, Northwest Extreme Sprints, Midgets, and 4-Bees. For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com.
Race Summary:
Saturday July 13th, 2013
Sunset Speedway Park
Banks, Oregon
Northwest Extreme Late Models Series
8 Entries
Fast Time: Jerry Schram
Heat Race Winners: Collen Winebarger (A), Greg Walters (B)
Trophy Dash Winner: Brad Martin
A-Feature: 1. Collen Winebarger, 2. Jason Johnson, 3. Greg Walters, 4. Brad Martin, 5. Jerry Schram, 6. John Gamell, 7. Jacob Myers, 8. Phillip Johnson
IMCA Modifieds
16 Entries
Heat Race Winners: Doug Lockwood (1), Kenny Miller (2)
Trophy Dash Winner: Chris Hallberg
A-Feature: 1. Chris Hallberg, 2. Jake Vanortwick, 3. Rob Ireland, 4. Mark Reser, 5. Kenny Miller, 6. Jerry Schram, 7. Steve Suckow, 8. Curtis Towns, 9. Donald Schott, 10. Robert Jenner, 11. David Day, 12. Cody Jones, 13. Tanner Baldwin, 14. Doug Lockwood, DNS Jeff Lovell, DNS Walter Prather
Street Stocks
18 Entries
Heat Race Winners: Craig Loomis (1), Nick Bessette (2)
Trophy Dash Winner: Nick Bessette
A-Feature: 1. Craig Loomis, 2. Earl Claypool, 3. Tony Catalano, 4. Brian Roden, 5. John Ireland, 6. Robert Summerhalder, 7. Roger Hubbard, 8. Johnny Adams, 9. Bert Pegg, 10. John Henry, 11. Ben Sauter, 12. Tom Lauzon, 13. Tim Jenner, 14. Tim Gosch, 15. Nick Bessette, 16. Jared Haynes, DNS Danny O'Neil, DNS Andrew Johnson
5 Entries
Heat Race Winner: Freya Smith (1)
Trophy Dash Winner: Freya Smith
A-Feature: 1. Freya Smith, 2. Shawna Long, 3. Gabrielle Hollinger, 4. Cori Vandercoevering, 5. Theresa Gartner
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I have been reading articles about games and game design and naturally, this brought me to this website. After a scan, I saw the forums and decided to learn more through actual gamers themselves.
-Introducing me, Calvin the wannabe designer.
-I am 21 years old, from Mountain View, CA.
-I am of Asian descent. I suck at math.
-I dropped out of college to start a mobile game company. That is what I currently do.
When I'm not sweating balls trying to figure out how to make ends meet, I like to play games. Some of my favorites are:
Dance Dance Revolution
Starcraft 2
Counter Strike
Dota, Dota 2
Binding of Isaac
Super Mario, Legend of the Fallen Star
Chrono Trigger
The Pokemon series up til Diamond
Street Fighter series from super turbo to 4
From this list, you can see I wasn't lying about the Asian part.
So yeah, thats me. An avid gamer that decided to turn it into a career. Or attempt to.
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Radiation for Cancer Treatment and Second Cancer Risk
Last Modified: March 22, 2012
Does getting radiation for one cancer, put me at risk for developing more cancer?
Charles B. Simone, II, MD, Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine, responds:
Unfortunately, yes. Anytime radiation therapy is received by an individual, that individual is at a small but real increased risk of developing a second cancer from that irradiation. This risk typically occurs many years to decades after radiation therapy is completed. Most studies suggest that a second cancer from radiation therapy occurs in between 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 patients (0.1-1%), although the risk may be slightly higher for certain cancers. The risk depends on the dose of radiation therapy given, the location that the radiation therapy is delivered, and the age of the patient at the time of radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is administered to over 50% of patients with solid cancers over the course of their disease, and it is used as a way to treat cancer and help manage symptoms from the cancer. Many times, it is a necessary part of a multi-modality plan to attempt to cure patients with cancer. While the risk for a second cancer is real, the risk is very, very small, and in nearly all situations, the benefit of the radiation therapy far outweighs its risks.
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Today I received my Tripod Adapter for Pole, Type B, and have been setting it up. I will be using it with a Pole Series 1, an RD8 rotator, and a Benro Flexpod which allows the center column to be set horizontally.
Everything went together smoothly. I have the RD8 mounted upside down on the lower adapter.
In the instructions, step 7, it says to install a 3/8 x 3/4 stud in the bottom of the pole. If I had such a stud in my pole package, purchased two years ago, I have misplaced it.
In the package with my adapter, there is a 3/8 x 1-1/4 stud. This is too long to allow the base of the pole to touch the rotator. (See attached photo.)
I want to be able to use the pole horizontally, so I want a connection that is secure enough to prevent the weight of the camera from unscrewing the pole from rotator.
Before I order a 3/8 x 3/4 stud, could someone please confirm that this is my best option to fasten the bottom of Pole 1 to an RD8 rotator?
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Is there a good way to find the fan and polytope of the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^3$ along the union of two invariant intersecting lines?
Everything I find in the literature is for blow-ups along smooth invariant centers.
Is there a good way to find the fan and polytope of the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^3$ along the union of two invariant intersecting lines?
Everything I find in the literature is for blow-ups along smooth invariant centers.
The question is local near the intersection of the two lines, so the more basic question is to work this out for $\mathbb{A}^3$.
So we want to blow up $k[x,y,z]$ at $\langle z, xy \rangle$. There are two maximal charts:
$$\mathrm{Spec} \ k[x,y,z, (xy)/z] \ \mbox{and} \ \mathrm{Spec} \ k[x,y,z,z/(xy)].$$
Note that the first chart is isomorphic to $k[a,b,c,d]/(ad-bc)$, so we expect it to correspond to a cone with four rays in the fan, while the second chart is isomorphic to $k[u,v,w]$, so we expect it to give an ordinary simplicial cone.
Let's work out exactly how these fit together. Our first semigroup is the integer points in the cone $\mathrm{Span}_{\mathbb{R}_{+}} ((1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1), (1,1,-1))$. The dual cone is $C_1 := \{ (u,v,w) : u,v,w \geq 0, \ u+v \geq w \}$. So we expect that cone to appear in the fan. Similarly, the second chart corresponds to the cone $C_2 := \{ (u,v,w) : u,v \geq 0, \ u+v \leq w \}$. We have omitted the inequality $w \geq 0$ because it is redundant.
So $\mathbb{A}^3$ blown up at two crossing lines in the toric variety for the fan which consists of the two cones $C_1$ and $C_2$ above (and their faces).
In order to do $\mathbb{P}^3$, you'll want to insert the picture I just described in place of the cone which corresponds to the torus invariant $\mathbb{A}^3$ around the intersection. You'll also have to modify the two other torus charts which contain one of the lines (each). Since that's a blow up at a smooth center, I'll leave it to you.
To find the polytope associated to a toric variety directly you have to realize the variety as the closure of a map from the torus. In this case at least, it is not too hard to get such a description. Let the homogeneous coordinates of $\mathbb{P}^3$ be $[w:x:y:z]$ and the two lines be $C_1 := \lbrace w = x = 0 \rbrace$ and $C_2 := \lbrace w = y = 0 \rbrace$. Then the blow-up $B$ of $\mathbb{P}^3$ along $C_1 \cup C_2$ is the closure of
PS: There is a detail to be filled: blow-ups along singular subvarieties are not in general normal, so a priori $B$ might not be a normal toric variety (i.e. the polytope is associated not to $B$ but the normalization of $B$). But as David shows in his answer (and probably proved for a general torus invariant subspaces in the article he mentions in the comment), $B$ is indeed normal.
Since you already know how to blow up along either ${\mathbb P}^1$ individually, we can concentrate on what's happening nearby the intersection. Which means we can work affinely.
Then the polyhedron for ${\mathbb A}^3$ is the octant $({\mathbb R}_{\geq 0})^3$, and your two lines correspond to two of the three edges. To blow them up, take a carpenter's plane to those two edges, and shave them off exactly the same amount. The result will have an edge connecting two vertices, one of degree 3, one of degree 4 (the isolated singularity on the blowup).
In coordinates, the polyhedron is {$(x,y,z) : x,y,z \geq 0, x+y \geq 1, x+z \geq 1$}.
If you want the blowup of ${\mathbb P}^3$ not ${\mathbb A}^3$, also impose $x+y+z \leq N$ for some large $N$ (three will do).
If you are interested not in the toric picture, but in the structure of the variety itself, the following approach is very useful. Note that the ideal of the pair of lines has the following resolution on $P^3$: $$ 0 \to O(-3) \to O(-2) \oplus O(-1) \to I \to 0. $$ Hence the graded algebra $\oplus I^k$ is the quotient of the symmetric algebra $\oplus S^k(O(-2) \oplus O(-1))$. This means that the blowup is a subscheme in $Proj(\oplus S^k(O(-2) \oplus O(-1))) = P_{P^3}(O(2) \oplus O(1))$. Moreover, the equation of the blowup in this projectivization of the vector bundle is given by the embedding $O(-3) \to O(-2) \oplus O(-1)$ in the resolution above. Namely, the map $O(-3) \to O(-2) \oplus O(-1)$ can be thought of as a global section of the line bundle $L\otimes \pi^*O(3)$, where $L$ is the Grothendieck relative $O(1)$ bundle on the projectivization and $\pi:P_{P^3}(O(2) \oplus O(1)) \to P^3$ is the projection.
So, we conclude that the blowup is the zero locus of a section of a line bundle $L\otimes \pi^*O(3)$ on $P_{P^3}(O(2) \oplus O(1))$.


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Environmental Issues and Air Quality in Hong Kong
Naturally, urban areas have much higher levels of pollution than the New Territories or Outlying Islands and certain days, depending on wind speed and rain, are worse. The Hong Kong Government produces a daily API rating which measures the pollution, although the results are based on a dated standard and are little more than propaganda. Instead, check the Greenpeace API rating, which bases its advice on the WHO pollution index and gives a more accurate, if depressing, picture. When the index is severe, try and restrict the time you spend choking fumes at street level, especially during rush hour—advice that is easier to give than follow, admittedly.
Water Quality and Food Safety
Treated, filtered, and constantly tested, Hong Kong's tap water is drinkable—at least in theory. While the water that leaves the plant is clean, the poor state of old pipes in individual buildings means that what actually spills out looks like it passed through a rusty exhaust and tastes about the same. Although you're unlikely to catch anything nasty, especially if you boil water first, most locals tend to purchase distilled or mineral water. In restaurants you will almost always be offered bottled water, although ice, especially that used by fruit juice sellers on the street, will likely have come from the tap.
Food safety standards are reasonably high in Hong Kong and you're unlikely to come down with anything nasty as long as you employ a little common sense. Famously lazy with a mop and bucket, Hong Kong restaurants have become substantially more conscientious about hygiene since the SARS outbreak, although if you demand kitchens blitzed in bleach and dishes dunked in thermonuclear water it's probably best not to peek behind kitchen curtains. Thanks to Cantonese cuisine's insistence on freshness, seafood and poultry tend to be murdered on request at market. Meat, while freshly cut from the bone, can often be left hanging unrefrigerated in the humidity all day and some people prefer the packaged meat, often sourced outside of China, stocked in supermarkets. Fruit and vegetables, whether bought at the market or supermarket, should always be washed carefully as they are usually imported from China where pesticide use is heavy-handed.
Excerpted from the First Edition of Moon Living Abroad in Hong Kong.


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While this is not specifically a programming question, I host a good number of websites. I've used a handful of different registrars in the past, but to be honest, I've never really been happy with any of them.
I'm specifically looking for a registrar that does the following, but I'm not that picky if it gets the job done well:
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Women are tough and they can do the work of any man, but your baby is not so tough right now. There are some jobs that can be too physically strenuous or toxic for a woman to continue throughout her pregnancy. These include…
No matter what kind of job you have, you'll soon hear people say, "Put that down; it's too heavy for you." Heavy lifting is a concern during pregnancy, but the term heavy lifting is hard to define. Generally, it's agreed that pregnant women can lift items that weigh 25 pounds or under, all day long without harm. Also, they can occasionally lift items that weigh up to 50 pounds with no problem. This explains why you can carry your toddler and preschooler occasionally, but not constantly. But if your job requires you to lift weights between 25 and 50 pounds or more on a regular basis, you should ask for reassignment or take your leave on this schedule:
In the 1980s, certain studies suggested a link between video display terminals (VDTs) and problem pregnancies. The media picked up the story, and it persists today. But since that time, many more studies have been conducted on the connection between working in front of a computer screen all day and birth defects and miscarriages. So far, there seems to be no relationship between the two. The level of radiation emitted from a computer is less than the level you receive from sunshine. Panic is certainly not called for.
But if you are still worried about radiation from your computer, you can take some steps to make yourself feel better.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that women of reproductive age could not be barred from working with materials that might be hazardous to a fetus. This ruling came in response to a rule formulated by a company that manufactured batteries. The rule banned all women from handling certain materials known to carry a risk of causing birth defects. Women's groups opposed the ban because they feared it would be used to exclude all women from higher-paying jobs that involve physical labor or other potential hazards to pregnancy. If you want to avoid these kinds of jobs during your pregnancy, you'll have to speak up and say so.
The real danger in using a computer all day comes from the physical strain of sitting. If you work at a computer terminal, you might be prone to eye, neck, wrist, arm, and back strain, especially during pregnancy. To avoid these problems you should take frequent breaks; find excuses to walk around every once in a while (frequent trips to the bathroom are the perfect cover). While sitting at your desk, do some stretching exercises to keep your muscles from cramping. Rotate your ankles. Shrug your shoulders up, back, and down. Roll your head forward and around. Bend forward at your waist, tense your back muscles and relax. Sit up tall and throw your shoulders back. Any of these simple moves will help you feel more comfortable.
To judge your safety on the job, you need to know what chemicals you are exposed to each day. In fact, by law you have the right to this information, and your employer is obliged to tell you. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) lists a number of substances the pregnant women should avoid, including the following:
|Dimethyl sulfoxide
|Alkylating agents
|Ethylene oxide
|Carbon monoxide
|Organic mercury compounds
|Chlorinated hydrocarbons
|Polychlorinated biphenyls
Your boss or union representative might be able to help you determine if you are at risk in your present position. You can also get useful information from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Their online article "The Effects of Workplace Hazards on Female Reproductive Health" found at www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-104.html is very informative. If you find that your job might endanger the health of your baby, you can either transfer to another position or take an early leave, if you can swing it financially.
Working in the health-care industry as a doctor, nurse, dentist, veterinarian, or lab or diagnostic technician puts you in constant contact with germs and diseases. Of course this is an inevitable part of the job, which you knew from the outset, but now that you're pregnant, you need to look at your work from the point of view of your baby. Exposure to certain toxic chemicals used for sterilization of equipment, anesthesia gases that leak from tubes in the operating room (or even the exhaled breaths of recovering patients), radiation used for diagnostic and treatment purposes, as well as infections from patients with hepatitis B and AIDS can be harmful to the fetus. Take a close look at what you are exposed to each day and talk to your doctor about any safety concerns. If you're worried about the health of your baby, ask to be reassigned to a safer position or consider taking an early leave of absence.
Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth © 2004 by Michele Isaac Gliksman, M.D. and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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I would like to know, what are the best hardening methodologies, procedures, and books to use when hardening your network? Especially for the following:
- Windows /Linux Server
- SQL server
- Microsoft Information Services (IIS)
I would like to know, what are the best hardening methodologies, procedures, and books to use when hardening your network? Especially for the following:
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Your question is a bit vague, however I have used a VM called Network Security Toolkit (NST) that you can read abou and download from here: http://networksecuritytoolkit.org/nst/index.html NST does a lot so I reccomend loading up a virtual machine and play, er I mean test it out and see how much of your concerns that it could cover. :-)
With your SQL DB and application is it explosed to the web, if so then how. What logging measures and precautions are currently being taken? Is the application wide open to be accessed from any IP? Do you want to limit specific Geographic traffic? Encryption being used in any way on the network, if so how?
Have you been able to identify what kind of attacks are coming from where? If so what are they?
You could look at the Center for Internet Security. They have some pretty comprehensive hardening documents which cover a decent range of technologies


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| Bloch, H. P., Hydrocarbon Processing Staff,
[mechanical seals]
[steam turbines]
Innovative thinking is appropriate
in the hydrocarbon processing industry, and
tremendous forward movement has occurred over the past 30
years. Innovation is to be commended, unless we invent or
discover something that others have already done in earlier
decades. Duplication of efforts is found when people no longer
read; unfortunately, entire technologies are sometimes
reinvented due to negligence by not researching earlier
In this example, a major
mechanical-seal manufacturer apparently developed a
mechanical-seal assembly as a replacement for carbon rings used in the gland areas
of small steam turbines. However, 20 years earlier, this type
of steam turbine seal gland upgrade cartridge (STSGUC) had been
pursued and fully implemented by a user company in Texas. A
conference paper was then written and presented at an American
Society of Lubrication Engineers (ASLE) conference in
1985.1 Several manufacturers of small- and
medium-size steam turbines were contacted by the Texas-based
STSGUC users. But the manufacturers showed no interest in
commercially developing cost-justified STSGUC retrofits.
Later, a major seal manufacturer
started marketing STSGUC-like products. Could the manufacturer
have saved money by investigating earlier developments? Could
they have saved time and effort by researching the 1985 product
releases? If the design team examined the matter, then why
wasnt there an acknowledgment to the conference paper and
article that pointed the way?
Recently, a company developed a
bearing mounting arrangement that could accommodate vertical
shafts. Apparently, the effort was in response to bearing
failures with vertically oriented cooling fan shafts. Again,
the developers were oblivious that well-established major
bearing manufacturers had, for a long time, been providing
spherical roller bearings with thrust load and angular
misalignment capabilities. This knowledge could have saved
money spent on developments that were largely a duplication of
prior work.
In 2009, a startup company began
commercializing technology aimed at capturing
bearing degradation before it had progressed to failure. It is
a predictive maintenance (PdM) approach, which
could be best described as Bearing Housing Metal Stress
Propagation Sensing. When asked for more data, it became
evident that the company staffers had not read pre-existing
conference proceedings, articles or chapters in books dealing
with a pump PdM method known as incipient failure detection
(IFD). Fig. 1 shows IFD transducers mounted on an electric
motor driver and a pump bearing housing. In the early 1980s,
several publications had highlighted IFD technology and explained why a major
multinational petrochemical company in the US had
discontinued supporting its IFD program.2 The short
explanation is that each baseline electronic signature
(displayed on the 1970s monitor in Fig. 2) is different from
the next.
There was no cost-effective way to
accurately predetermine an intervention threshold. Until such
thresholds are defined and incorporated in a cost-effective,
wireless signal transmission technology, the developments will
meet with low user interest. Then again, good books may shed
much light on similar issues.3 HP
1 Bloch, H. P. and H. Elliott, Mechanical seals in
medium-pressure steam turbines, Lubrication
Engineering, November 1985.
2 Bloch, H. P. and R. Finley, A decade of
experience with plant-wide acoustic IFD systems,
Vibration Institute Conference, Houston, Texas, April
3 Bloch, H. P., Pump Wisdom: Problem Solving for
Operators and Specialists, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
New York. 2011.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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Regional, European and International Division
The European and International Affairs (EIA) team leads for Birmingham City Council (BCC) on:
- European funding
- European policy
- International affairs
A European and International Strategy for Birmingham 2013-2016 has been developed to set out the direction for European and international engagement.
Four area focussed associations have been established to help us deliver our strategy comprising: Europe; North/South America; Commonwealth; and China. For further details about the associations, please visit www.distinctlybirmingham.com.
European funding work includes:
- leading Birmingham City Council on European funding, including providing advice and guidance to council departments and external partners on all matters relating to EU funding and policy.
- helping secure £235million for the EU Social Investment Fund (encompassing the European Social Fund (ESF), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Youth Employment Initiative) for the Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership running from 2014 – 2020.
- delivering the £53.5 million European Social Fund Innovation, Trans nationality and Mainstreaming Programme on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (2009-2014)
- for the 2007-13 period we are currently delivering c£35m of ERDF projects including £20m sustainable urban development package
- during 2012-2013, a further £9.8 million worth of new European Regional Development Funding has been successfully secured to deliver six projects including:
- AIMHIGH which invests in innovative solutions to improve energy efficiency in hard-to-treat social housing.
- Marketing Birmingham accessed ERDF for its visitor and inward investment activities.
- There are grant assistance programmes ranging from start-ups and expansions to significant property assistance schemes of £1m in value for expansion of small to medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) property and commercial activities.
- The expansion of the cross Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Green Bridge project, helping SME companies become more sustainable by more efficient use of resources and reduced emissions, thereby helping companies to reduce costs and boost performance.
EU Transnational Programme:
Birmingham City Council is currently involved in several transnational projects including:
- Cities for Active Inclusion (funded by Progress) which promotes mutual learning across cities to promote the inclusion of citizens in society and the labour market. The learning from this has informed the 2013 European Commission's Social Investment Package.
- Cityspyce (funded by FP7)which focuses on combating inequalities through innovative social practices by and for young people in cities across Europe.
- Opticities (funded by EU Framework7) is an EU research project into 'intelligent transport systems' seeking to optimise transport networks addressing both passenger and freight issues.
- Cogita (Interreg IVC) supports the uptake of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in SMEs.
- Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC)(Created by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology) aims to transform innovative ideas in the field of climate change into new products, services and jobs.
- Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities (Interreg IVC) aims to improve regional innovation policies by enhancing innovation in the public sector.
- Creative Spin (URBACT) aims to define and test tools and methods to connect culture and creative industries with other sectors of the economy and public/social services to facilitate so called 'creative spillovers' contributing to innovation.
- Advancing Birmingham's vocational skills (Leonardo da Vinci) aims to improve the quality of vocational training services in Birmingham including a week-long placement in Stockholm to improve specialists' practice.
- Discover4carers (CIP-ICT-PSP)aims to improve digital skills and digital inclusion skills of carers by creating tailor made e-learning materials and engaging carers through Birmingham Carers Centre.
- Smart Spaces (Competitiveness and innovation framework programme) aims to improve the Council's building energy management system and include new displays that help raise awareness of the building users and support better decision making of energy managers.
- TRANS-FORM (FP7) aims to explore the way public procurement activity can support the development of innovative low emission vehicle technology.
- My Neighbourhood (EU Smart City Programme) seeks to empower residents to strengthen neighbourhood ties using information technology and social media. There is a particular focus on safe and sustainable travel.
- In 2013, BCC submitted seven further bids worth €1,287,965 across the Life Long Learning, Progress and Competitiveness and Innovation Framework programmes.
Other Transnational Opportunities
We advise on future EU funding opportunities including:
- Erasmus +, beginning on 1 January 2014 and replacing current funding programmes run by the European Commission in the area of education, training, youth and sport.
- Horizon 2020, designed to implement the 'Innovation Union', a Europe 2020flagship initiative to secure Europe's global competitiveness. It is the EU's new programme for research and innovation to create new growth and jobs in Europe with a budget of €70 billion for the 2014 to 2020 period.
- Interreg 5 (2014-2020), promoting cross-border, transnational and inter-regional cooperation of various entities, institutions and companies on relevant matters, the INTERREG programme is an important tool for European regional development.
- COSME, an EU programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs running from 2014 to 2020 with a planned budget of €2.3bn.
- Creative Europe will replace the MEDIA, MEDIA Mundus and Culture programmes from 2014 and has a total budget of € 1.46 billion (2014 – 2020).
EU Policy
Greater Birmingham and West Midlands Brussels office (GBWMBO)
In October 2012, Birmingham City Council took over the Greater Birmingham and West Midlands Brussels office. The office's functions comprise:
- profile raising, influence and raising awareness to promote Birmingham interests
- gathering early intelligence on transnational European funding opportunities
- being a dissemination partner in European projects
- sustaining and enhancing relationships with key European stakeholders such as the European Commission, European Parliament and other Brussels-based institutions and organisations
- renting space, meeting rooms & organising events
- the GBWMBO currently provides services to a number of local partners and has partnerships, formalised through service level agreements with:
- University of Birmingham
- University of Warwick
- Aston University
- Staffordshire University
- Keele University
- Birmingham City University
- International Synergies Ltd.
And other organisations co-located at the GBWMBO include:
- Climate KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community)
- Northamptonshire Local Enterprise Partnership
- Helpage
- Lower Silesia
- We lead on Birmingham's engagement in the European network Eurocities. Eurocities is the network of major European cities. Its members are the elected local and municipal governments of major European cities, influencing and working with the EU institutions to respond to common issues that affect the day-to-day lives of Europeans. Cllr Bore, Leader of the Council is the Eurocities Secretary; Cllr McKay, Cabinet Member for Green, Safe and Smart City chairs the Environment Forum and Birmingham was Chair of the Social Affairs Committee from 2010-2012. In November 2013, Birmingham City Council also agreed to become the Vice Chair of a new Urban Taskforce for Eurocities.
Partner Cities
Lyon, France: In October 2013, Bourneville College and EC Arts teamed up with Lyon's Fête des Lumières to launch an annual lighting festival in the Longbridge area. There has also been recent co-operation in the fields of culture, gastronomy, and transportation policy.
Frankfurt, Germany: A key part of this relationship centres on the annual Frankfurt Christmas Market. The team supports civic relations; liaising with Frankfurt and the German stallholders plus the schools engagement programme. The estimated economic impact of 2012 Christmas market was £85 million.
Leipzig, Germany: Birmingham and Leipzig have been working closely to jointly lead EUROCITIES' lobbying to ensure a strong role for cities in the future of EU structural funds (ERDF and ESF) post 2014.
Milan, Italy: Birmingham took part in the City of Milan's second annual forum on social affairs in January 2013. Past collaboration includes co-operation in the fields of design and fashion.
- There is an increasing amount of interest from Chinese companies in terms of inward investment and we regularly host incoming delegations to Birmingham.
- Birmingham will be a signatory of the EU China Urbanisation Partnership, a forum to help tackle some of the fundamental problems of urbanisation that are facing European and Chinese cities.
- We are also working to establish direct routes between Birmingham and Chinese cities including the direct flights operating between Birmingham and Beijing to start July 2014.
We have a sister city relationship with a number of Chinese cities including:
An exciting range of work is being undertaken with this sister city. This includes:
- exploration of business exchange and investment opportunities in the advanced manufacturing , digital media and life sciences sectors
- an annual city management programme hosted by Birmingham City Council in cooperation with the University of Birmingham to train Guangzhou municipal government civil servants with over 200 completing the 4 week course so far
- strong partnerships built between the University of Birmingham and the University Hospital Birmingham with academic and medical institutions in Guangzhou
- a new secondary schools partnership programme created to link Birmingham and Guangzhou schools
- best practice and knowledge transfer exchanges in the field of urbanisation, recycling policy, traffic management and air pollution
Known as the 'car city' of China, Changchun is our oldest Chinese sister city. Work encompasses:
- a strong focus on cooperation in the automotive fields with auto related foreign direct investment coming into the city region as a result
- Aston university is looking to partner with Changchun based institutions to help train Chinese engineers
- The Changchun Municipal Government brought a major auto delegation to Birmingham in April 2013
- Birmingham is hoping to send a team to the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing.
- There are regular delegation visits from Nanjing to Birmingham looking at cooperation in the fields of medical and life sciences and higher education.
The Commonwealth spans 53 countries globally. We are working through the association to increase the city's engagement with these countries. Current activity includes work on two networks:
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Based in London, the CLGF promotes local government across the 53 countries of the Commonwealth serving a population of approximately two billion people. Birmingham City Council has been a member of the forum since 2000.
- Engagement with the Commonwealth and Local Government Forum has had several highlights including the completion of the solid waste management project in Aurangabad, India.
Commonwealth Inclusive Cities Network
- BCC is directing the work of 16 Commonwealth member cities to improve the delivery of local government services.
- Through an exchange of case studies, member cities have examined common interests and challenges around local economic development, migration, gender and social housing.
Sister city: Johannesburg, South Africa: Birmingham received a visit from the deputy High Commissioner in March 2013 to promote local government, business, faith, cultural and other linkages between the two cities. The work programme with this city encompasses a focus on:
- young people comparing approaches and service delivery around unemployment, disengagement and drugs
- inclusion looking at methods and service delivery expertise around inclusion processes including a focus on migrants
- local economic development looking at place based deprivation mapping, local economic development and social enterprise
North/South America
Birmingham's sister city is Chicago, USA: We are working closely with our US counterpart on a range of issues including:
- best practice exchange on city management
- exchanges of transferable models of service delivery best practice on city management with INLOGOV, University of Birmingham
- an active programme of exchange for social workers between our two cities
- a best practice exchange on migration and social cohesion
- a best practice exchange for the police service with both cities exchanging know-how on crime prevention
European Links
- Eurocities: www.eurocities.eu
- ESF Innovation, Trans nationality and Mainstreaming: http://www.esf-works.com/
International Links
- Frankfurt Christmas market: www.birmingham.gov.uk/frankfurtmarket
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - It's certainly a cliche to say that it's a shame someone had to lose a game.
However, when it came down to the Steubenville Catholic Central and Martins Ferry softball game in the Division III sectional tournament at the Junior Sports Complex Thursday evening, it was totally accurate.
Two quality teams with similar styles of play went back-and-forth on a roller coaster of momentum before the second-seeded Lady Crusaders pushed across two runs with two outs in the seventh, on a soft single into center by senior catcher Taylor Clark, lifting Steubenville Central to a hard-earned 6-5 victory.
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CELEBRATION — The Steubenville Catholic Central softball team celebrates after defeating Martins Ferry 6-5 in St. Clairsville.
-- Paul Krajnyak
"We've done it all year long," said a relieved Steubenville Central head coach Jim DiCarlo. "Our kids just battled. They always believe. We were down three runs in the fifth and most teams would have folded. You can't fault effort."
While the Lady Crusaders mobbed Micca Mirabella and Sammi Giannamore, who scored the game-tying and winning runs, respectively, the Lady Purple Riders battled back tears and a completely opposite emotion as their season comes to an end in the sectional for the first time under head coach Paige Williams' watch.
"This one's tough," Williams said. "This senior class is the first one I've coached all the way through and that makes it even tougher. We battled, but give Steubenville Central credit because they're a good ball team and we knew that coming in."
Martins Ferry appeared to have the game exactly where it wanted it when it struck three times in the top of the fifth. Senior Addie Suriano looped a single to drive in a run and then, two hitters later, pitcher Shayle DeLeonardis singled in a run and Suriano eventually raced home on a fielder's choice.
However, the Lady Crusaders, who have played in nip-and-tuck games all spring, came back with a three spot of their own in the bottom of the inning to knot the game. Clark, who is playing with a torn ACL and went the route behind the dish, singled to plate Mirabella and Giannamore. After she moved up on a throwing error, Maddy Gulan singled her home.
Both teams went quietly in the sixth, setting up the dramatics of the seventh.
Ferry pushed a run across as DeLeonardis doubled home Brooklyn Monroe from first, giving the Riders the lead.
Steubenville Central was down to its final out after having a runner thrown out at the plate in the seventh. Giannamore raced to second with an uncontested stolen base.
"I toyed with the idea of throwing to second on the steal, but it's too risky," Williams said. "I can't say I didn't think about it, but it's just too risky. We also talked about walking (Clark), but then it's (Gulan), so it's just six of one and half a dozen of the other."
Clark lofted the ball into no-man's land behind second base in shallow center and DiCarlo didn't hesitate in sending Giannamore.
"I wouldn't want anyone else up in that situation other than Taylor Clark," DiCarlo said. "This was just a great game and give Martins Ferry credit because their speed really hurt us, but we found a way."
Frosh pitcher Alex McComb recorded the win in the circle, working the route. She fanned four and the only walk she allowed was intentional.
Mirabella was impressive once again as a table setter. She was on base three times with three singles and scored twice. DeLeonardis once again pitched well for the Lady Riders. She had two strikeouts and didn't issue a free pass. Cassie Hanson had a RBI triple for the Lady Riders in the fourth.
Steubenville Central will return to Belmont County Wednesday to take on St. Clairsville in the district championship game. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. The winner of that contest advances to the regional in Lancaster.
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MARTINS FERRY: DeLeonardis (LP, 2K, 0BB) and Hotlosz.
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In the next month my functions will be expanded to include IT security (firewalls, VPN, PKI) in a big complex infrastructure. Can I ask you for advice on how-to be well prepared for it? What sorts of tools and checklists should I use when transferring institutional knowledge from colleagues who have decided to leave the company?
You'll want at a minimum:
1.) logical infrastructure diagrams
2.) physical infrastructure diagrams
3.) usernames/passwords at the admin (enabled) level
4.) peer router lists
5.) trusted user lists
From this point you can audit configuration settings and start baselining the current network activity. Where you go from there is up to you.
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To answer this part of your question:
download the ISO for SysRescCD and either use unetbootin to make it bootable to a USB stick or burn the ISO to a blank CD then change BIOS to boot from optical drive. Once into SysRescCD, hit <Enter> a few times for default until getting to the multi-colored prompt. There, one may use the dd command referenced bu sudodus ; then type in <startx> to start GUI; and then, in the yellow-colored window with prompt, type in <gparted> to get to the partitioning tool;
exclosure to hdd necessitates input/output going through a small circuit board -- I would just as soon bypass this potential source of headaches, myself.
Now it can be seen what was meant when I said, "Saves time in the long run!"
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The real power of Linux lies in the command line
Still no go
I suggest again that there might be some problem with the electronics of the external USB casing or the USB system in your computer, and you need to resort to sidzen's advice to mount the drive internally.
Good luck
When in doubt, nuke it
Well, when I have hard disks that behave unruly I resort to using Gparted to erase the entire drive.
It takes a while and once done I reboot and partition afresh.
Works for me and as you have nothing to lose but your time you may wish to consider this as a 'last-resort' option.
(personally I now use it as standard 'first-resort' whenever I aquire a new-to-me drive.)
How do you erase it? I already deleted all the partitions; is this something different?
Anyway, I'm marking this as solved. For the heck of it, I booted up Windows 7 and tried formatting it there. There was a "quick format" option which I unchecked. It took awhile to format, but it worked exactly as it should and the volume mounts automatically in Linux. I'm still puzzled about why all of the Linux tools I tried failed in the same way (gparted and KDE partition manager). Apparently sometimes Windows is the best tool for the job.
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Hmm I don't see any usb-hdd adapters in the list you posted. You sure you had the hdd hooked up when you ran the command?
I'm asking, because the symptoms are almost exactly the same with my problematic usb-hdd. Formatting it in linux fails, but on windows is works. After that linux will see it, BUT write anything into the drive from linux, and it will corrupt.
Try writing some files to the disk on linux, boot up on windows, and if everything still works perfect after that, I think you're safe.
The offending usb-sata adapter in my case was super top M6116.. a bug in the linux drivers.
Out of curiosity, though, I'm guessing that even if I formatted the hard drive through the sata port on the laptop, it would still become corrupted after I used it in Linux as an external hard drive?
If you have a launchpad account, could you please add yourself to the list of people the bug affects?
Maybe, if enough subscribe to the bug, someone with better knowledge will do something to it. The most frustrating thing is, the problematic part in the source code is known, but it is not being fixed


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I'd like to build a bitmap during runtime. The bitmap should be scalable on all sides and pixel access should be quiet efficient.
Between and after the commands shown in the picture, Map.setPixel() and Map.getPixel() should set/return data saved in the bitmap.
I don't expect an implementation just a concept how to allocate memory in such a way that the setPixel()/getPixel is as fast as possible.


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What's a good backup solution, that isn't too overcomplicated but would work well for some windows servers? Right now, we're using Handy backup. It's a $30 utility... and it works... except for when it doesn't.
BackupExec would be an excellent solution but it assumes you have some budget.
I would say at a minimum you'd want some sort of small tape changer, software to run it, and a plan that includes thinking about your data retention policies, knowing your data and what you need to resume business after a disaster, and also what sort of things you do restores for regularly. Also a reliable place off site to store your tapes.
Given more information I am sure I could provide a more detailed answer.
A word of wisdom that I saw once:
Keeping this in mind changes the way you will think about the problem. What will you do if one of your servers actually does fall over? Where will the replacement hardware come from? How will you restore the data back to the server? What about all the installed services and whatnot? How long will you (or your business) expect to be down if this happens?
Once you have a restore plan, practice it every so often, like a fire drill. Restore a critical server into a virtual machine, and make sure the restore process works.
Good? Simple? Cheap?
For your needs, I'd go buy myself a copy of JungleDisk.
Asking how to do your backup plan is kinda like asking 10 grandmothers how to make the best chicken noodle soup. You'll get 10 different answers but all of them will agree on the basic ingredients.
I would highly recommend the book "Backup & Recovery" (O'Reilly Book) by W. Curtis Preston
In my opinion, Backup & Recovery does a pretty good job of talking about the strengths and weaknesses of different options you may (or may not) choose to implement.
So, that's where I'd start first.
Backups are like insurance. When you don't need it, it's too expensive. When you do need it, it's cheap at twice the price.
Bacula. It's open source, and cross-platform. Excellent for a home/small office scenario. Can back up to tape or online disk storage.
SpiderOak was recommended to me when I asked about online backup services for my small company. It's a completely cross platform backup utility that costs something like $10/month for every 100GB of data. It boasts several neat features like archiving old versions of files and data encryption.
It might not be a practical solution for a large company, but you didn't provide any budget/size information for us to base our answers on.
We use Super Flexible File Synchronizer, as it lets us backup to Amazon S3 and provides email notifications. Then it becomes Amazon's problem :-). j/k, we also backup across servers and have offline backups.


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I'm working on an alternate ruleset for a tabletop pen-and-paper RPG (like D&D). Recently I've been toying the idea of abolishing a level system. However, I don't want to remove the ability for a player to multi-class. Are there any games which don't have a levelling system, yet allow multi-classing? How do they do it successfully?
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I suppose that the simplest way to address this would be to make skill cost something (i.e. experience points) and define that a given "class" gives a discount (like, 50% off) to a given set of skills.
Example (numbers and skill names are totally invented, of course):
Then you can say:
And so on. Maybe you can also impose loss of some skills (which are actually state markers, or "traits" or whatever you want to call it) in some cases -- i.e., for some special Paladin powers you must have "Paladin" as a prerequisite, and this may be "lost" during game, and require atonement or other special circumstances to be gained (or regained).
As veritascitor points out, most games without a levelling system don't have a strict class system either. But many of them, like Shadowrun, have archetypes, essentially bundles of skills and abilities that players are expected (but not required!) to take together. You can get a dual-archetype character by just taking some skills from each of the archetypes you are interested in.
Looking at Shadowrun, you could build a decker(hacker in later versions)/street-samurai character. You would just select both combat abilities and computer abilities and then purchase both computer gear and combat oriented cyberware.
Such a character would lag behind a specialized street-sam in combat and lag behind a specialized decker/hacker in cyberspace, but it would be be able to play both roles. And it probably should lag behind, a generalist normally should not be as good as a specialist within their field.
You're looking for a system that has: - Some kind of advancement which is not by levels; - different classes, instead of a pool of options from which anybody can choose.
I know of some games that work this way (so yes, they do exist), the first example coming to my mind is Apocalypse World and most of its hacks.
In AW each booklet (let's call it a class... it's more of an archetype) has a series of moves the player can purchase by spending experience. One option is to choose a move from a different booklet but you can do it a limited number of times and you can't do it at character creation.


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The 5 Most Famous Musicians Who Are Thieving Bastards
#2. Deep Purple
The opening guitar riff from Deep Purple's "Smoke On the Water" is quite possibly the greatest riff ever. A riff that is as unforgettable as it is easy to play. You know how when you toss an infant in a swimming pool and they just instinctively know how to swim? If you hand that same infant an electric guitar, they will play the opening riff from "Smoke On the Water." Even if you think you have never heard it, once you hear it, you'll instantly recognize it.
This is known as the "Fran Drescher Effect."
Coming up with something that undeniably catchy is hard to do. Just ask the musicians Deep Purple stole it from.
You might be wondering, not without justification, who the hell the musicians are in that second song. Well, the singer is Astrud Gilberto and the pianist is Gil Evans. While that probably means nothing to you, your grandparents just creamed their pants (we'll keep tossing in references to your elder's naughty bits as long as you'll keep reading them). What we're saying here is that any self-respecting jazz enthusiast would be very familiar with their music. So if one of Deep Purple's members was, say, an extremely talented jazz pianist who got his start playing jazz in jazz clubs, that would seem a little bit damning.
But hey, this is all circumstantial, right? It could be some sort of crazy coincidence. Except that Deep Purple has done this sort of thing before. Check out "Black Night," which took its lead riff from Ricky Nelson's "Summertime"; or "Burn," which grabbed its opener from George Gershwin's "Fascinating Rhythm"; or "Child In Time"; which is pretty much a direct rip-off of It's A Beautiful Day's "Bombay Calling." Basically, Deep Purple's songwriting process consisted of "steal an obscure jazz song and turn it up to 11."
Of course, not all of Deep Purple's songs were stolen from obscure American jazz bands. Take for example "Fireball," which was stolen from an obscure Canadian rock band. Hooray diversity!
Deep Purple didn't really try to keep any of this stuff a secret; heck, the liner notes for one of their "Greatest Hits" albums flat-out admitted it, while their lead singer talked at length about stealing material in interviews. And yet they never faced accusations of plagiarism once in their entire career.
#1. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the closest thing the theater world has to a superstar. He has six Tony Awards, three Grammys, an Oscar and the longest-running musical in Broadway history. And he probably doesn't deserve any of it. Why? Check this out.
Yeah, that was the opening theme from Phantom of the Opera sounding a whole lot like Pink Floyd's "Echoes." After finding out about the theft, Floyd frontman Roger Waters took immediate legal action... oh, wait, says here he actually just said "life's too long to bother with suing fucking Lloyd Webber." But he did toss this line into his song "It's a Miracle."
"Lloyd Webber's awful stuff/Runs for years and years/An earthquake hits the theatre/But the operetta lingers/Then the piano lid comes down/And breaks his fucking fingers."
Surely that's just as satisfying as collecting on unpaid royalties. But anyway, this sort of thing isn't what Webber really makes his money with. No, his real M.O. is ripping off classical composers.
For example, his critics point out that very little of the music in Requiem was actually made by Webber, while even his supporters reluctantly admit that "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar was a reworked version of Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto." However, the most appalling theft is of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" in Webber's "Music of the Night":
When we heard the similarities, we were like, "Why, that cad!" and then we was all, "Clearly the chromatic scale of the adagio movement was transposed into pianoforte" before adding, "this is tomfoolery!" as a fine mist of steam coated our monocles. OK, you got us. We have no idea what was going on in those two songs. We don't even know if we're listening to the right part.
But the Puccini estate could hear it just fine, and leveled a lawsuit against Webber; more importantly, Webber heard it too and settled out-of-court, the universal message for "guilty."
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The company's investments at Carling include the creation of a thermoplastics unit, reinforcing its polystyrene business and the upgrading of its polyethylene production unit.
By GERALDINE AMIEL
PARIS -- French integrated oil and gas group Total said
Wednesday that it plans to shut down a loss-making
steam-cracker in Carling, Eastern France, cutting 210 jobs
through attrition.
The steam-cracker, which refines crude oil into chemical
components to make plastics, is to be shut in the second half
of 2015, as part of a reshuffling of the industrial site, the
company said in a statement.
Total also said that it intends to invest 160 million euros
($211 million) in the Carling site in a bid to "adapt the petrochemical platform" and "restore
its competitiveness."
The investments at the site will include the creation of a
thermoplastics unit, making innovative plastics for the car
industry, the reinforcement of its polystyrene production and
an upgrade of its polyethylene production unit.
Following the closure of the steam-cracker from 2016, the
site will employ 344 people, including 110 positions set to be
created by the new production units.
Total CEO Christophe de Margerie said last week that the
group, which is seeking to boost profitability for its
downstream activities such as refining and chemical making, was
planning some restructuring in France.
Total has already shut down one of the two steam-crackers at
Carling, in 2009.
The company has been grappling over the past five years with
falling refining margins and weakening
demand for oil-refined products against the backdrop of the
economic crisis in Europe and tough competition from
low-cost basic chemical-makers from emerging countries.
Mr. de Margerie said earlier this summer that it could well
trim further refining capacity in France, should
margins keep declining and demand continue to fall.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Preparations have been in full swing in Manhattan and Junction City as well as at Fort Riley as crews gear up for the major snowfall.
The WIBW Weather Team is predicting about a foot of snow for that area. Some spots might see up to 15-18 inches.
"We have all of our sanders and plows loaded on all of our available trucks. We will go to split crews. One crew will go home at noon and come back at 8 PM and work through the night. And then we will split our shifts from 8-8 throughout the duration of the storm. So we have all of our equipment ready and our crews in place tonight," said Jeff Walters, Manhattan street supervisor during an interview Wednesday.
Crews on Fort Riley will also be working overtime to tackle the storm. The installation has set up different resources for soldiers and their families.
"We've established a Family Assistance Center at Riley's Conference Center just in case we have a mass power outage and families need someplace to go and get warm, we can take care of them there. We've also established an emergency shelter at King Field House. It will have cots and warmth and coffee," said Steve Crusinberry with Fort Riley Operations.
Law enforcement officials across the area are urging citizens to use extreme caution during the major winter event.
Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf said: "If you don't have to travel, don't. There's no real reason that people should put themselves in danger by being out traveling. Make some plans. Get ahead of the game. Go out this evening and go to the grocery store, get a few extra things that you're going to need for the next day or so and be prepared that way."
Wolf, along with Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown, advised that their agencies could go initiate emergency reporting procedures Thursday. Once in that mode, the agencies will not respond to non-injury accidents under $1,000.Drivers should move to a place of safety and then exchange insurance information and report the accident to their insurance company as soon as possible.
All injury accidents and accidents that block the street due to disabled vehicles should be reported to the police. As soon as caseload permits, the police department and sheriff's office will go back to normal report taking.
Kansas State University campuses in Manhattan, Olathe and Salina will be closed Thursday, Feb. 21.
USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden and USD 475 Geary County/Fort Riley have canceled school Thursday.
Riley County District Court and county offices will be closed as well Manhattan City Hall and City of Manhattan facilities. ATA Bus Service in Manhattan will not be running the Green and Orange fixed route and University Crossing on Thursday.
Fort Riley will operate on a "mission essential only" status on Thursday, February 21, and a two-hour delay on Friday, February 22.
Essential employees are those whose duties are related to the safeguarding of life and property, to include essential health care workers.
Beginning at 7 p.m., February 20th, until 5 a.m. on February 22, the only gates open will be Ogden, Henry, Trooper and Four Corners.
Additional Fort Riley Information (21FEB)
- Mission essential personnel only.
- Expect limited services
- From 7 p.m. 21Feb to 5 a.m. 22Feb Estes Gate, Rifle Range Gate, Grant Gate and 12th Street will be closed.
- All fitness centers will be closed.
- Child Development Centers will be open normal hours for mission essential personnel only.
- Forsyth East and Warren East Child Development Centers will be closed.
- In preparation for severe weather Feb. 20-22, Fort Riley leaders have identified Riley's Conference Center as the site of a potential Family Assistance Center, or FAC. A FAC is a one-stop shop for Soldiers and Families to access information about on- and off-post resources like shelter, injury and casually information, legal support or other basic Army Community Service functions.
- The FAC will only be activated if a prolonged power outage or other extreme emergency occurs at Fort Riley.
- Under the same circumstances, an emergency shelter would be established. On-post residents could get information about housing in an emergency shelter via the FAC.
- King Field House, Building 202 on Main Post, has been identified as the potential emergency shelter at Fort Riley. Long Fitness Center, Building 8069 on Custer Hill, would be an overflow shelter, if necessary.
- As of Feb. 20, these sites have only been identified as locations. They have NOT been activated.
Irwin Army Community Hospital (21FEB)
- All primary care and routine specialty care appointments and clinics will be closed Feb 21. All scheduled appointments for Feb 21 are being rescheduled.
- Core emergency services including: EMS, ER, emergency/urgent OR, limited ancillary support services (i.e. Pharmacy, Radiology, Lab), Labor and Delivery, and necessary support services will remain open tomorrow.
- Friday is currently scheduled for a 0900 outpatient appointment time.
Picerne Military Housing
- Will be open regular hours
- The MTC, Hospital and airfield shoppettes will be closed all other AAFES facilities normal hours
- No early bird shopping 21FEB.
- Commissary will be open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.