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Testing At Racetracks - Test TimeWritten by on June 13, 2012 We don't know how your kid is doing in school and can't help you with that. But we do have some tips when testing at the racetrack
Professional race teams often live and die by their track testing programs. As proof of their importance, consider the fact that NASCAR (and many other sanctioning bodies) has had to limit testing dates in order to keep costs from getting out of hand for its competitors. Otherwise, the handful of race teams with the most money would be able to spend more time testing than anyone else and create an uneven playing field.
On the other hand, a dedicated track testing session for most Saturday night race teams is something of a rarity. It's not because track testing isn't as important for these guys--in fact, testing is often even more helpful for racers at this level--but because at the Saturday night level most people are racing as a hobby they simply can't afford to take the time off from their "real" jobs to travel to a racetrack during the week. Testing can also be as expensive, or sometimes even more, than racing, and for teams struggling just to make ends meet, firing up the race car for something other than competition may seem a bit like an unrealistic luxury.
We understand that there is a bit of an expense involved in track testing, but if you're able to take the time to do it, the results can be invaluable. Of course, if you aren't prepared, a day spent testing at the racetrack can also be a complete waste of time and money. With that in mind, here's a guide to making your test session as productive as possible.
This Ain't RacingYes, you're at the racetrack, you've got your race car, and you're trying to go as fast as possible. But a track test isn't a race, and if you go in with your usual racing mindset you won't be as productive as possible. Your goal with a test session is to gain as much quality knowledge as possible. And the emphasis there should be on quality.
Obviously, the more laps you are able to run, the more potential you have to gather information, but you want to make sure there is a point to every lap run on the track. This means you have to have a plan. If you race at the same track every week, your plan may be to refine your setup, or even your driving style, to maximize your speed on that specific track. If you're in a touring series, the purpose of your test may be to try different setup packages to see how they help or hinder handling in general.
The key to a test is to understand, before, you arrive at the track exactly what you want to achieve. If you take the approach that you're going to arrive at the track and simply try different things as you think of them, you may stumble onto something useful but the chances are much slimmer compared to going in with a specific plan.
The goal of your test session should be to gain useful, concrete knowledge about how your race car functions. Yes, faster lap times are the goal, but if you don't have an understanding of why the changes you made make the car faster, chances are you won't be able to maintain that advantage when the track conditions change.
Lotsa NotesWhen testing at the track, there is always a lot going on. You're making changes to the car, track conditions may be changing around you, and every lap you make burns a little more fuel and wears the tires a little more. Before you know it, you can't remember if you added fuel when you made the air pressure adjustment or when you made the spring change. Maybe that fast lap was because of softening up the right-front spring or maybe it was because cloud cover dropped the air temperature. It may be easy to remember at the time, but how well will you remember all the details at the next race a week or a month from now.
If information is the key to a test, then your notebook is your most valuable tool. And we're not just talking about some notes, or even good notes. We're talking about great notes. Your notes should include every relevant detail and even anything that's at least interesting. You never know what will turn out to be useful as your test progresses, or even next month or next year as you continue to refine your racing program.
Notes are so important, that you should designate one person to be your official note taker or "Chief Information Officer." Yes, it's a hokey name, but it does give a clue to the importance of the job. Ideally, you'll be able to organize your crew so that the CIO's only job is to gather and record information. However, if you don't have enough manpower to go around, you must make the CIO's priority clear to everyone. Sometimes work on the race car will be slowed down while the CIO finishes work recording information, either from the previous run, changing track conditions or planned adjustments to be made to the car.
Be PreparedWhile you do need to be willing to slow down work on the car if it means collecting better and more useful information, time during a track test is still of the essence.
To make the most of your test session that may involve only eight hours at the track, you'll need to spend at least that much time or more in preparation beforehand at your shop. Take the time to test fit every component on your car that you might want to test--especially if you're purchasing new parts like shocks or suspension components. Nothing is worse than realizing at the last moment that the fancy new stuff you wanted to test won't work or require modification. Now, you are not only wasting money but valuable track time.
Another area where prep time beforehand is valuable is understanding how changes will affect your setup. For example, we sat in on a test session driver Chris Hargett had at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, North Carolina, in preparation for racing his Crate Late Model. Hargett and crew chief Neil Wilson planned to work on their baseline setup and knew they would be making a lot of spring changes during the test. So beforehand they spent hours in the shop swapping out springs, resetting the ride height, and scaling the car to make sure the crossweight remained consistent.
From that work they created a chart showing, for instance, that going to a 50-pound lighter spring on the right front corner requires lowering the adjuster nut on the coilover shock X number of turns to return the car to the correct ride height. Their chart also provides measurement points that they can go back and check their work. The result of all this preparation means that at the track they can confidently make spring changes and know that they haven't thrown anything else on their setup out of whack that might throw off their data.
Proper preparation also includes everything you would normally do before bringing the car to the racetrack. You want to simulate racing conditions as closely as possible. This should include tire prep, weight placement, even taping the car up the same way. As a rule, every variable that you can eliminate or otherwise account for will help eliminate those pesky "what if" questions later on.
Play it SafeOne of the side benefits of a track test is that a day spent at the racetrack beats a day spent just about anywhere else. The pace is usually a little more relaxed than race day, and it can be quite enjoyable. But if you're the driver, don't mistake the peace and quiet of being alone at the racetrack for the chance to let your guard down.
You can get hurt just as quickly by yourself on a racetrack as you can during a race. Your race car is travelling just as fast and the walls are just as hard. So make sure to take all the safety precautions your normally do for a night of racing. This includes wearing your driving gloves, shoes, head-and-neck support, and all the other protective equipment you use. Besides personal protection, changing your equipment for the test may also change your driving style and affect the accuracy of your tests.
Normally, renting a track for a test means the facility will also provide an ambulance and first responders, but that's not always the case. If you don't have first responders on the grounds, make sure you know where the local hospital or emergency room is located. Hopefully, you'll never have the need to use them, but make sure you know how to get there just in case.
The After ReportA track test is pointless if you can't make use of the information you have gathered. The best way to do this is to write up an After Report. This should boil down all the information you've gathered and focus on what you've learned, how it affects the car, and the situations where you'll use it in the future.
The idea for the After Report is to distill down the mountains of information you've collected and create a reference that is quick and easy to use. You should be able to incorporate the After Report into your setup book or go back to it later to quickly determine how particular changes will help you in specific situations.
Sometimes you'll spend a day testing and not learn anything that makes you any faster. But that doesn't mean your test day is wasted. Knowing what doesn't work can be just as valuable as what does. If your competition starts chasing ideas or setups that you already know not to waste time on, then that puts you that much further ahead.
So hopefully, in the future you'll have the opportunity to spend a day testing at the racetrack. If you do, remember these tips to help you make your time as profitable for your racing program as possible.
We don't know how your kid is doing at school and can't help you with that. But we do have some tips when testing at the racetrack
You should be able to incorporate the After Report into your setup book or go back to it later to quickly determine how particular changes will help you in specific situations
Don't Let Shocks Spin You OutShock programs have become serious business in all forms of racing recently. And given the advancements that shock specialists have made, they can be quite helpful. But you can also just as quickly put yourself right out to lunch with a bad shock combination.
Wesley Page of WP Racing Shocks joined Hargett during his track test, and while we will respect the confidentiality Hargett would prefer when it comes to the specifics of the program Page set up for his race team, we did get the opportunity to speak with the shock specialist about the current state of shock programs for Saturday night race teams. Page works with both asphalt and dirt race teams, and has clients at all levels of the sport, including more than a few NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams.
His advice is much like we've heard from other shock specialists: Don't depend on shocks to magically cure all your other problems. Even the best shocks can't cure a bad setup, so spend time dialing in your car as well as possible before spending a lot of time and money on your shocks. Once that is right, your shocks can work with a well-handling chassis to put you over the top.
"I almost hate to say it," Page adds, "but the biggest issue I see with a lot of teams is maintenance, especially if they are racing on dirt because that requires extra attention. They don't have their suspension bars freed up and they are binding. Bars are bent or birdcages are binding up. That sort of thing.
"Guys that buy their chassis from a good manufacturer have access to setup information that they can win with. But if you are setting up your car the way your chassis builders says and it never works like it should, then that's a real good sign something is probably wrong with the car and it's not going to be right until you find it."
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A test session is just you, the car, the track and an incredible opportunity to gather all the information you can. Or it can also be an expensive waste of time. Here's how to make it the former.Between laps on the track, make sure to make only one change at a time. This way you know exactly how it affects the car relative to the rest of the setup.Driver Chris Hargett designated himself to log all the information from the test. This way he is able to make notes while his crew works on the car. He is also able to put down his impressions from the driver seat without it being interpreted by a crewmember. Hargett also made sure to log the information immediately after every run so that he didn't forget anything or get information mixed up from one run to the next. For the sake of consistency, only one person should log the information, and that should be his or her first priority.Crew chief Neil Wilson makes a spring change according to the testing plan. Because Wilson and Hargett have spent time in the shop beforehand scaling out every change they planned to make, Wilson knows how much to move the coilover adjuster nut to account for the change in ride height a stiffer or softer spring will make. This saves valuable time during the test and ensures that the ride height and crossweight stays the same from one run to the next.Be careful to make sure tire wear doesn't throw off your data. You don't need to swap on a new set after every run, but keeping two sets on hand that you can swap out when testing "Setup A" versus "Setup B" can help eliminate the tire wear variable.Track tests can be expensive, so don't be afraid to make use of every resource you have available to make the most of it. In Hargett's case, his shock specialist, Wesley Page (right), was willing to attend the test to help develop a package of shocks (and adjustments) that will work with Hargett's setup.Don't forget to take into account track conditions. Hargett will rarely race in the early afternoon sun like he is testing under, so he will need to take that into account when determining how the information he has gathered will translate into race-day setups.Keep an eye on the details. Air pressure can change from one run to the next and mask the true result of a chassis change you've just made.One trick Hargett and Wilson use to make sure they don't get off the mark with their setup is a set of standards they've cut from aluminum bar stock to keep track of ride height. By using these in specific points that they've pre-determined, they can quickly and easily confirm that the ride height and crossweights are correct.


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I've been reading up on Raggi's Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and was considering introducing it to my players using one of the adventures but using 1e/OSRIC rules. Would this break the whole concept? Would using 0e/LL rules without the LOTFP modifications?
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If using a 1e/OSRIC group with an LotFP adventure, no modifications should be needed. The challenges are often not connected to character stats. The adventures should work equally well with any traditional ruleset.
If using LotFP characters with 1e/OSRIC modules, since those are usually more combat-heavy I would make sure the LotFP characters are one level higher than what the module recommends. For example, if an OSRIC module states it's for adventurers levels 4 - 7, I'd make sure the LotFP group is level 5 - 8.
I would make the same recommendation if using Basic Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord, or Swords & Wizardry characters with a 1e/OSRIC module, because 1e characters are generally built tougher, both due to bigger dice used for hit points and because of greater benefits for higher ability scores and a greater chance of having those higher scores.
I think you're good, for two reasons. First, Raggi's adventures are much more about the ambiance and the mood than the rules. I've been planning on using Death Frost Doom in a 4e campaign sometime, in fact. Second, the conversion between Lamentations (or any other OD&D variant) and AD&D is pretty straightforward anyhow.
And, yeah, they're intended to be used with AD&D anyhow. From the LotFP product page:
The scenarios have very deliberately been written without much in the way of rules content, and what there is has been given in generic enough terms that it can be used as is with most versions of The Game. You may have trouble with D&D4, but even that should work; I ran Death Frost Doom in Rogue Trader, to give you a wild example.
I believe that Jim Raggi is intending to maintain the same format, even with his own rpg now on the shelves, so you should have no trouble.

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Where Are They Now: 6 "Stars" of Embarrassing Viral Videos
#3. Melissa Sander, Grape-Stomper
If you haven't seen the video ...
Melissa Sander was a reporter for an Atlanta TV station in the late '90s, doing a fluff report from a local winery. She participated in an impromptu grape-stomping contest when disaster hilariously struck.
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Memo to parents: If you really want to show your kids that cheaters never prosper, you might want to consider using this video as a visual aid. After being told that time was up, Sander kept stomping and was quickly bitch-slapped by the hand of fate, tumbling over the side.
Her walrus-like screams, while obviously amusing to her co-workers in the studio, seemed to indicate a serious injury. Everywhere this video appears, there's somebody in the comment section claiming Sander broke several ribs and almost died, presumably because they think it's funnier that way. But people at the winery where she fell said she was fine and oh-by-the-way it was basically her fault because they chose to film facing the side without railings.
According to bloggers who've tried to track her down, shortly after the incident Sander left Atlanta for Albany, which we're sure had nothing to do with the fact that the in-studio reporters were barely holding back giggles at her pained yodeling. Her bio page at Albany ...
... makes no mention of a near-death experience due to a pierced lung, which further supports the fact that she probably just had the wind knocked out of her on the fall. In fact, while the bio mentions her time at WAGA-TV, it makes no mention that she's the grape-stomping lady, which is like a biography of Kobe Bryant forgetting to mention he plays basketball.
She also inspired this lovely painting by Jeremiah Palecek
Sander is no longer at that job, and has pretty much dropped off the grid. If her post-stomping career trajectory remained on the path it was following when she went from "live feature reporter for Good Day Atlanta" to "weekend meteorologist" in Albany, she's probably in a small market busily not being allowed on television. We're not sure why she'd be so secretive, all we want to do is follow her around town shouting "Grape Lady!" and imitating that horrible sound.
#2. Lee Paige, Glock .40 Expert
If you haven't seen the video ...
If Melissa Sander proved that cheaters never prosper, Lee Paige put "pride goes before the fall" to the test. Paige's almost instantaneous debunking of his claim of being "the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry this Glock .40," made him a national laughingstock by all who appreciate sweet, tasty irony.
The Rest of the Story:Paige's injury was not life-threatening, but that's only because another bullet in his pocket stopped the fired round from hitting his femoral artery. So it was probably a millimeter away from making that bullet discharge, at which point we like to think it would have gone flying out of his pants, ricocheting around the room until it came back to hit him in his ass.
We've seen it happen before
The DEA immediately suspended Paige's pay for five days, and according to Paige and his lawyer, took possession of the videotape. A short time later, the clip found its way onto the internet and became a viral video hit, which would seem to imply that once again some nameless person risked their job for a chance to entertain the internet.
Paige filed suit against the DEA, claiming they "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally" allowed the footage to become public, pointing out that he really can't do undercover work any more since most of the computer-owning world knows his face. Though it seems like having the reputation as being bulletproof can't hurt (he continued giving his lecture after taking the shot).
In the lawsuit, Paige was also claiming the video harmed his reputation as "one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA." No, we're not making that up. The man who took a bullet the last time he made such a boast was right back to his braggart ways. Does fate need to shoot you a second time, Mr. Paige?
#1. Mark A. Hicks, Afro Ninja
If you haven't seen the video ...
Imagine the scene: You're tired and jet-lagged after flying halfway across the world. You get a phone call--the studio wants you to come in for a second audition. You agree, because you need the work and, after all, what can go wrong?
Oh yes, that. You attempt a complicated stunt and flub it badly, careening across the room like a drunken imbecile. Such was the case of Mark A. Hicks, who is better known by his internet-appointed nickname: Afro Ninja.
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Although the video makes him look like a moronic poseur, Hicks is actually an award-winning stuntman who has worked on the Rush Hour films, Terminator 3 and the classic Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood. Still, only a handful of the 40 films he's worked on can boast the audience of the Afro Ninja clip (with over 80 million views).
All sorts of back stories have been invented for the clip, but it was actually an audition for this Nike commercial.
And get this: Hicks got the job.
Still, the Afro Ninja clip hurt his career (he believes it's the reason he didn't get the call to work on Rush Hour 3) since those who have seen the video are reluctant to hire a guy best known for perfectly executing a face plant. Unless that happens to be what they need, and as far as we're concerned you don't really see enough of those in movies these days.
Hicks started to turn things around by embracing his internet alter ego, he got hired by Hewlett Packard to do a spoof of the video (he had to recreate the face plant in a studio) and recently appeared in a Weezer video doing the same stunt.
Still, his IMDB page says he has plenty of stunt work lined up, so it's not like he's completely shed of his dignity. Wait, did we mention he's producing an Afro Ninja movie?
Are you watching this, Grape Stomping Lady? This could have been you.
For surprising updates on people who at least meant to get famous, check out The 7 Strangest Post-Sitcom Careers or check out the latest from Those Aren't Muskets, in which they wonder Is it Time For Batman to Tone it Down?.


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I have an old tile game with rectangular tiles, ivory, with different colored numbers on them. Some have 2 numbers one on top and one on bottom, others have one number with words on top like draw two, skip, reverse, dead end. It has racks to put the tiles on. It reminds me of Rummikub or Uno, but each tile has either 2 numbers or a number and words. I need directions for play and the name of the game.
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This sounds like Uno Dominos.
Looking at the Board Game Geek -site for the game (linked above), I found these instructions on how to play.


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Absolute Dating
Radiometric Dating
Radiometric dating provides science with a powerful tool for reconstructing
our planet's history. The idea that radioactivity could be
used as a measure of the age of geologic formations was first suggested
in 1905 by a British physicist, Lord Rutherford. In 1907 Professor
B. B. Boltwood, a radiochemist at Yale University, made the first
attempt to establish a geologic time scale. The invention of the
mass spectrometer after World War I led to the discovery of isotopes
(see below) and the calculation of accurate decay rates. Not until
the 1950s, however, was precise dating achieved and accepted by
the scientific community. The methodologies and instruments for
radiometric dating have been expanded and fine-tuned in the half-century
since, and very accurate dating is now possible.
Atoms are composed of a nucleus orbited by negatively charged electrons.
The nucleus is made up of protons, particles with a positive charge,
and neutrons, particles with no charge. Every atom of a given element
has the same number of protons in the nucleus. Each element may
have one or more isotopes. Different isotopes of a given element
have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
Radioactive elements are unstable atoms that give off particles.
Emitting these particles transforms the unstable atoms into different,
more stable elements. This is called radioactive decay, and it occurs
at a constant rate specific to each isotope of each element. The
original radioactive material is called the parent; the stable product
is called the daughter. The rate of decay is described by the half-life
of the isotope—the average time an atom of a radioactive element
remains in the parent state. When the half-life has elapsed, half
the parent element will have decayed into the daughter element.
Potassium-40, for example, decays into Argon-40 with a half-life
of 1.25 billion years, so that after 1.25 billion years half of
the Potassium-40 in a rock will have become Argon-40. This means
that if a rock sample contained equal amounts of Potassium-40 and
Argon-40, it would be 1.25 billion years old. If the sample contained
three atoms of Potassium-40 for every one atom of Argon-40, it would
be 625 million years old. And if it contained one atom of Potassium-40
for every three atoms of Argon-40 it would be 1.875 billion years
Most radioactive isotopes decay too rapidly to be useful in determining
age on a geologic scale. Carbon-14 dating is probably one of the
best-known dating methods, but the half-life of Carbon-14 is approximately
5730 years, plus or minus 40 years. That makes the half-life far
too short for dating material that is millions of years old. A few
isotopes, however, do decay extremely slowly and can be used as
geologic clocks. These isotopes are:
Depending on the kind of rock studied,
radiometric data can give different kinds of information. Igneous
rock is formed from cooling magma or lava, and it contains small
amounts of radioactive elements. By determining the ratio of the
parent material to the daughter material in the igneous rock, it's
possible to calculate the rock's age. As igneous rock erodes,
the eroded particles are deposited to become sedimentary rock. Dating
sedimentary rock by using radiometric techniques will tell the age
of the original igneous rock, not the time since the sedimentary
rock formed. (Although sometimes the two ages are very similar,
for example when a volcanic explosion deposits ash on a surface
and that ash is quickly incorporated into sediments. The age of
the ash and the age of the sedimentary rock would then be very similar.)
Metamorphic rock, by contrast, is formed from earlier rock through
intense heat and pressure. Metamorphism can reset some radiometric
clocks (Potassium-Argon is particularly susceptible), so that radiometric
dates record the time of alteration rather than the date when the
earlier rock first solidified from magma or was deposited as sediment.
Other parent-daughter pairs are less susceptible to alteration.
The oldest dated rocks on Earth come from northern Canada and are
about 4 billion years old. Rocks older than 3 billion years have
been found in many places around the planet. Moon rocks have been
dated at 4.4 to 4.5 billion years. Meteorites that are left over
from the earliest time of the solar system have been dated at 4.4
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If I wanted to move away from Silverlight, so that my apps could run on phones, tablets etc. what should I be thinking of using that still has the functionality to programatically access SharePoint lists and objects etc. And would allow me to use VB or C#.
And how would I put it on the page in a web part etc.?
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What are the best wine accessories?
I've recently moved in with my fiancee, who isn't really into wine at the moment outside of maybe one or two very specific vintages from specific wineries. I'm a little more into wine personally. But our families, hers especially, are even more into it, so I've decided it might be nice to keep at least a few bottles around in case of family visits, and for our occasional enjoyment. Proper wine glasses are an obvious choice, but are there any specific wine-related tools/gadgets that anyone here has either picked up from Wine.Woot or elsewhere that they are really impressed with and would recommend purchasing to enhance the experience?
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I have a corkscrew made by L'esprit & le vin which has a thermometer inside the handle. Everyone that sees it, loves it. I just did a little digging, and that particular one is over $100 online. I don't recall what I paid for it. It was in Francs and I wasn't really paying attention. Anyway, you don't have to spend a hundred bucks to get a nice looking corkscrew that isn't one of those battery operated things with more options than a leatherman. I mean...it's a corkscrew. It shouldn't have a CO2 cartridge. /opinion
That turned into a bit of a rant. Oh well.
And I left out the most important part: Congratulations on the move. Best wishes to the both of you.
A nice decanter can be bought at Home Goods on the cheaps. They look great on a table and do a job.
Pythagoras cup.
I really like my air pressure powered wine opener.
A wine rack to store the bottles in...
As mentioned, a decanter is both important for some wines (which will need to sit out for some time and breathe) and will also have hte benefit of looking nice. Alternatively you could use an aerator such as a Vinturi, but they are probably unnecessary for your expected level of consumption.
Another nice item is a wine trivet or coaster for placing the bottle on the table, functional because often times wine will drip down the bottle and otherwise stain a tablecloth or placemat.
A good wine stopper, or even one of the vacuum tops that allows you to remove the air from the bottle, can help keep wine fresher if you are consuming a bottle over a few days.
Last thing I'd mention is there are a lot of novel items out there which let you save and display your corks (everything from baskets to trivets) from the bottles you drink.
@rprebel: Thanks sir. I actually already have a corkscrew that seems surprisingly sturdy despite coming from a boxed set of kitchenware my mother got me for college. Just a simple metal corkscrew.
@thumperchick: Sadly, we don't have a Home Goods near us, but there's a number of other places I'll look into for one. A decanter might've saved the bottle of wine I got my father and stepmother for their wedding. It might've tasted bad because they failed to let it decant first.
@hobbitss: If I can make it back home at some point, I've actually got a small wine rack that my grandparents gave to me while downsizing their stuff to move into a smaller place.
@abravesfan: Yeah, I looked at the Vinturi stuff and while it looks cool, it's probably overkill for our uses (unless we start finding more varieties we will both drink). I'll definitely look into vacuum sealers though, as I doubt we'd drink a whole bottle very fast (except BAD days at work :) )
@kriderzero: If you aren't in a hurry, wine.woot sells great decanters once in a while.


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Officials described the threat as non-specific.
The district said the students were being released at the back student parking lot and said parents or guardians who need to pick up children must do so there and must show identification.
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A police K-9 unit greeted students Wednesday morning as they arrived at Copperas Cove Junior High School after a bomb threat was found Tuesday written on a wall in a restroom.
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Police swarmed the school at 702 Sunny Ave. after a student discovered the threat on the restroom wall in the 200 wing of the building following dismissal of classes Tuesday.
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First off, this is my first project using SQLAlchemy, so I'm still fairly new.
I am making a system to work with GTFS data. I have a back end that seems to be able to query the data quite efficiently.
What I am trying to do though is allow for the GTFS files to update the database with new data. The problem that I am hitting is pretty obvious, if the data I'm trying to insert is already in the database, we have a conflict on the uniqueness of the primary keys.
For Efficiency reasons, I decided to use the following code for insertions, where model is the model object I would like to insert the data into, and data is a precomputed, cleaned list of dictionaries to insert.
for chunk in [data[i:i+chunk_size] for i in xrange(0, len(data), chunk_size)]:
There are two solutions that come to mind.
I find a way to do the insert, such that if there is a collision, we don't care, and don't fail. I believe that the code above is using the TableClause, so I checked there first, hoping to find a suitable replacement, or flag, with no luck.
Before we perform the cleaning of the data, we get the list of primary key values, and if a given element matches on the primary keys, we skip cleaning and inserting the value. I found that I was able to get the PrimaryKeyConstraint from Table.primary_key, but I can't seem to get the Columns out, or find a way to query for only specific columns (in my case, the Primary Keys).
Either should be sufficient, if I can find a way to do it.
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Looking at purchasing a Dell Touchscreen All-In-One, any input on these?
It would be the Inspiron One 23 Touch for $779 shown here: http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-one-23-2330-aio/fs
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Since all-in-ones are not as upgradable as laptops or desktops, I would recommend getting the best available specifications you can.
Another option is to look at the Outlet store (refurb yes, but pretty much the same quality as new). They include free shipping and the same warranty. For example: http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22&puid=bb679787 . For a similar price you get:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770S 3rd gen Processor (3.10 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Dell Outlet Inspiron One 2330 Non Touch All in One
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Intel HD Graphics 4000
We looked at this once for work.
You may not use the touch as much as you think.
HP also has a touch all in one you may compare.
Are you getting Widnows 8?
I agree with @hackman2007: about upgrading would be difficult or at least expensive. I flash back to the first Micro Power supply I needed to replace. It cost $80 when I could buy the same watts for $15.
That is all I have.
@caffeine_dude: The more I look at them I agree I can't see many practical uses for the touch feature. It makes more sense in a tablet form because that's in your hands already where it seems like you'd be reaching for the screen all the time on a desktop model. The mouse is such a useful tool on a desktop, almost a reflex anymore, I don't think I'll shell out the extra dough to get the touch feature just yet.
@hopper75: I am not recommending this just saw it. (not even sure about the site)
I tried out a Dell Optiplex 9010 touchscreen with Windows 8 last week at a conference. It was fast and awesome. Granted I haven't used one for an extended period, but my 2 cents.


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Located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta, production from Kearl's initial development is expected to reach daily production of 110,000 bbl by late this year. Expansion will add another 110,000 bpd by late 2015, and the project has the potential to produce a capacity of 345,000 bpd by 2020.
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TORONTO -- Imperial Oil announced Saturday the startup
of the initial phase of its Kearl oil sands project in
northeastern Alberta, a project the Calgary energy company is
counting on as key source of crude for more than 40 years.
The project has been plagued by cost
overruns, and initial production comes amid an uncertain
outlook for Canadian heavy oil prices because of a shortage of
pipeline capacity to the US and increased light oil production
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Imperial Oil, majority-owned by ExxonMobil, said in February
the final cost for Kearl's initial development is expected to
be 12.9 billion Canadian dollars ($12.69 billion), up from
C$10.9 billion in 2011.
Located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta,
production from Kearl's initial development is expected to
reach daily production of 110,000 bbl by later this year.
Expansion of Kearl will add another
110,000 bpd by late 2015, and the project has the potential to produce
a regulatory capacity of 345,000 bpd by about 2020, Imperial
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that will see us double production to more than 600,000 barrels
per day by about 2020," Rich Kruger, Imperial Oil's chief
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Use Coupon Code MORE15 to get 15% off your order! This applies to all of your order, not just the almonds - shop for other items on sale.
Nice! I wonder if anyone's marketed Neat!
You want fries with that?!
The BOGO on the 9oz cans for $3.99 is a better deal. :)
I guess they were too shy to call it "Nice Nuts!"
This is the brand that walgreens carries... The roasted variety are way way over cooked. Both almonds and pistachios are nigh inedible. Look elsewhere unless you fancy the raw variety
@gumbotronix: Unfortunately that deal is "No longer available..." Also, they were 6 oz. cans, not 9 oz. It was a good deal, though! ;-)
@gmwhit I just ordered these.. 9oz BOGO
@gumbotronix: Oh! Okay, that was $7 for 18 oz. I don't remember those being on sale; do know that the 6 oz. was a BOGO.
@gmwhit: No.. It's $3.99 for 2 9oz cans = 18oz
@gumbotronix: I do apologize!. I did not see the "Buy 1, Get 1 Free." No excuse really, except they usually show that in red as a 'sale' item. So sorry. :-/
@gmwhit: No problem.. Keep up the good work!
Sam's Club normally carries their 3lb bag of almonds for $10.78 ($3.59/lb), or the roasted and salted ones for $9.48 ($3.16/lb).
@bnbsouthworth: but tack on the additional $$ for a Sam's Club membership...it factors out to be at the same "deal" here or more, unless you shop so often there and the membership was paid off from saving $$ on other items purchased.
I tried the "smoke flavor" verswion of the nice brand over the weekend...and promptly returned them to get my money back! They just had a bad fake smoke taste that ranged from barely noticeable to an old ashtray taste. I had my receipt in hand, explained to the cashier that I was not satisfied with the almonds and she said they don't take back food items. I pointed out the "100% satisfaction guarantee" on the can and she said they don't take back food items. I asked what the guarantee meant and she said I'd have to call the toll free number on the can! I stepped away from the register and called the number! About 30 seconds later the manager interrupted me and cheerfully refunded my money. I'll stick with smokehouse by blue diamond but will try the roasted/salted nice brand at some point...when I can't find blue diamond on sale.
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I recently spent some time googling to find treadmill workouts for specifically weight loss, but it turned out to get nothing than couple of mediocre essays. Can anyone recommend either online resources or provide sample workouts for treadmills?
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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) would be a good type of exercise to do. Workouts are usually short and aimed at burning fat. An example would be running for a minute followed by sprinting for 30 seconds followed by running for a minute etc. Another example is running at an incline for a couple minutes followed by level running. If your treadmill can simulate a natural running course with hills and valleys that would have a similar effect.
Here are a couple websites that explain the details:
If your focused on losing weight and losing body fat, you should concentrate on building muscle mass just as much as doing high intensity cardio.
Here is my exercise program that has helped me lose 10 lbs. Just a note: I am 5'11" and currently weight 185lbs.
Everyday I do the below scheduled workout, then post workout I do:
If you do not have the elliptical, it is suggested to do 40 minutes of cardio post-workout, so I would do something like:
Chest: Bench press 5 x 6-10 Flat bench flyes 5 x 6-10 Incline bench press 6 x 6-10 Cable crossovers 6 x 10-12 Dips (body weight) 5 x failure Dumbell pullovers 5 x 10-12.
Back: Wide-grip chins (to front) 6 x failure T-bar rows 5 x 6-10 Seated pulley rows 6 x 6-10 One-arm dumbell rows 5 x 6-10 Straight-leg deadlifts 6 x 15
Legs: Squats 6 x 8-12 Leg press 6 x 8-12 Leg extensions 6 x 12-15 Leg curls 6 x 10-12 Barbell lunges 5 x 15
Calves: Standing calf raises 10 x 10 Seated calf raises 8 x 15 Oneplegged calf raises (holding dumbells) 6x12
Forearms: Wrist curls (forearms on knees) - 4 sets, 10 reps Reverse barbell curls - 4 sets, 8 reps Wright roller machine - to failure
Abs: ½ hour of a variety of nonspecific abdominal exercises, done virtually nonstop.
T, Th, Sat
Biceps: Barbell curls 6 x 6-10 Seated dumbell curls 6 x 6-10 Dumbell concentration curls 6 x 6-10
Triceps: Close-grip bench presses 6 x 6-10 Pushdowns 6 x 6-10 French press (barbell) 6 x 6-10 One-arm triceps extensions (dumbell) 6 x 6-10
Shoulders: Seated barbell presses 6 x 6-10 Lateral raises (standing) 6 x 6-10 Rear-delt lateral raises 5 x 6-10 Cable lateral raises 5 x 10-12
Calves , Forearms & Abs: Same as Monday, Wednesday, Friday workout
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Card Networks Take On Plastic With Mobile Platforms
The world's largest payments networks are angling to capture more electronic transactions by eliminating plastic from the equation.
Visa Inc. V -1.44 % and MasterCard Inc. MA -0.80 % on Monday unveiled industry partnerships and technology systems intended to make it easier for consumers to make purchases online, on mobile devices and in physical stores without having to pull out a credit or debit card.
MasterCard said its new MasterPass platform will allow cardholders to store their card information in a single software program that can be used to make payments through merchants who sign up for their service. Consumers can load information for credit and debit cards from competing brands—Visa, American Express Co. AXP -0.51 % and Discover Financial Services DFS -0.07 % —and not just those carrying MasterCard's logo. The software program will be accessible on smartphones, tablet computers and other devices.
The Purchase, N.Y., company announced MasterPass at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain. Separately, Visa unveiled partnerships with mobile-phone manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co. SSNHZ 0.00 % Ltd. and point-of-sale equipment maker Roam to advance use of its mobile-payments technology.
The payment networks have long set their sights on eliminating cash to capture more transactions over their processing networks.
Now they are increasing their focus on technology consumers can use to make purchases by simply entering a password or other easy-to-remember information on an e-commerce website, or by tapping a smartphone against a merchant payment terminal instead of swiping a physical card. When paired with special retailer deals and other consumer incentives, such services could increase transaction volume and provide new revenue streams for the payment networks, banks and merchants, analysts say.
MasterCard's MasterPass is one of a growing number of applications analysts have dubbed "digital wallets" that allow consumers to store multiple accounts in a single program. Visa in November said its own service, V.me, has attracted more than 50 banks that have agreed to make it available to their customers, and companies including Google Inc. and eBay Inc. EBAY -0.03 % 's PayPal also have their own programs.
But payment networks and technology companies face an uphill battle in encouraging consumers to adopt such services. In the U.S., consumers have been slow to adopt mobile-payments products that enable transactions by tapping a phone instead of swiping a piece of plastic.
That is partly due to there being few phones equipped with the necessary technology, slow adoption by merchants and the fact that swiping a physical card is easy, analysts say.
"Regardless of how advanced a technology is, if there is no merchant adoption, then there will be no consumer adoption and vice versa," Sanjay Sakhrani, an analyst with KBW, wrote in a research note this month. But the intense focus on digital wallets by traditional card companies and new entrants "is an indicator of the...inevitability of mobile payments."
Visa said Friday it created a program that will allow mobile-phone manufacturers, point-of-sale terminal makers and other companies to more quickly certify their products under the card company's security standards.
"Visa does not want to be the bottleneck" that slows down the introduction of new payments technologies, said Bill Gajda, head of global mobile products for Visa.
On Monday, Visa said it is working with Samsung, which is planning to equip its new mobile devices with a Visa technology called payWave. As part of the deal, banks will also be able to securely load their customers' card account information into computer chips located in the handsets.
Visa is also working with Roam, which is part of Ingenico SA ING -1.22 % . Roam makes mobile credit-card readers that have grown in popularity among small merchants. Visa said it will promote use of Roam's devices among merchants to "displace the use of cash globally."
For MasterCard, its MasterPass platform is an "opportunity to get at the 85%" of global transactions that are paid for with cash and checks, said Ed McLaughlin, the company's chief emerging-payments officer.
While some transactions made with MasterPass would have otherwise traveled over MasterCard's processing network via use of a plastic card, Mr. McLaughlin said the service can help improve the shopping experience for consumers, potentially increasing overall use.
"We see this as another channel of transactions for MasterCard," Mr. McLaughlin said in an interview.
MasterPass includes technology merchants can use to accept payments by tapping mobile phones equipped with technology called near-field communication, or NFC, against a checkout terminal; by scanning digital barcodes and other methods.
To help spur adoption, MasterCard struck a deal with VeriFone Systems Inc., PAY -1.24 % a maker of payment terminals that will integrate MasterPass in mobile equipment that retailers can use to help customers check out while standing in line or browsing aisles in stores.
It also is working with mFoundry Inc., a developer of mobile-banking apps, to equip its apps with MasterPass, making it available to the vendor's nearly 900 bank clients.
To make a purchase on a website, a MasterPass user would enter a password on the checkout page of a merchant who has installed the service as a payment option instead of typing in their card number, security code and other information that experts say slows down e-commerce transactions.
MasterCard says the service will also be available in physical stores. For example, a consumer could use their mobile phone to order a product by snapping a digital barcode and have the item shipped to their house, Mr. McLaughlin said.
Banks including Fifth Third Bancorp, FITB 0.32 % Bank of Montreal BMO 0.55 % and others have signed on to offer the service. Merchants including AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and Runningshoes.com have agreed to accept MasterPass as a payment option.
MasterCard is rolling out the service in stages. It plans to make it available to U.S. consumers this spring.
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The 7 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History
A great movie monster taps into our most primal fears, be it existential dread (ghosts) or the current paranoia of the day (radioactive Taliban zombies). But as we have previous discussed, creating an effective new monster is sometimes more of a challenge than the writers and producers are capable of overcoming, and we are left with things like a man with a turkey head and a refrigerator that eats people.
#7. Death Spa
As the title suggests, Death Spa is the bone-chilling tale of a haunted spa that kills anyone fool enough to tone their Herculean lats within its four walls. It unleashes its fury on its hapless victims via bone-cracking exercise machines, volcanic saunas, and exploding vanity mirrors.
Seen here.
It also inexplicably wields frozen fish, because the producers quickly realized that there are only so many ways a person can die at the gym.
Presenting No. 17.
Getting murdered by inanimate objects has proven to be a successful formula -- just look at all the sequels for The Omen and Final Destination -- but Death Spa is unique in that it requires people to be inside a 1980s health club to be in any sort of danger. This is a somewhat limited pool to draw from, and once word got around that people were getting killed by the exercise equipment, we imagine the membership fees would dry up.
You can understand the brilliance of great films by watching terrible ones; for instance, here you suddenly understand that whole plot point in Jaws about how the town depended on tourism and intentionally gave beachgoers a false sense of security about the shark. Otherwise the audience is going, "Damn, can't these people just not go swimming for a while?" We dare say that Death Spa did not put as much thought into it. Beyond pointing out the obvious fact that a butterfly press cannot possibly kill someone the way it does in the film, no matter how much weight you put on it ...
Seriously, it can't pivot back beyond its own fulcrum. Read a book.
... what's to stop people from just not going in? Couldn't the people of the 1980s exercise at home, or at the YMCA, or at any number of other non-possessed spas and rec centers, with absolutely zero chance of getting drowned in the lap pool by a ghost? The Death Spa would claim one, maybe two victims before everyone in the city decided to never go near the place ever again and just sit on the couch eating diet pills in front of a Knots Landing marathon.
#6. Strays
... wait, one of the cats?
The producers of Strays were looking to make a horror movie about the terrorizing rampage of killer animals and settled on house cats, presumably because the only thing they could agree on was that it hadn't been done before.
"Spielberg did it with sharks and dinosaurs, right? Why not cats? Why not cats?"
The trailer attempts to sell us on the palpable threat the cats pose of frightening children and the elderly, because those are literally the only groups of people that are in any kind of danger from a house cat.
After all, there are precisely two types of incidents you have ever read about wherein a cat has killed a person (or cats, to be fair to the film's premise): suffocating a baby in a crib, or converging on an old hermit. And in pretty much every case, the old hermit was already dead, as in "Prune-Faced Millie the Cat Lady had a heart attack in her living room, and by the time the cops found her body, her 97 cats had eaten her head." That's hardly enough of a premise to sustain 90 minutes.
Searching for the one cat turd that didn't make it into the litter box is more suspenseful than this movie.
There is a reason why a house cat is always the fake scare in a horror movie when the characters are stumbling around in a murder cabin investigating strange noises, only to have the harmless old tabby jump out of the closet. No virile adult is getting brought down by a cat unless he trips over the freaking thing and falls down the stairs, and if we wanted to see ridiculous haunted accidents, we'd go back to Death Spa.
What's worse is that it seems like the makers of Strays understood this, and yet went ahead with production anyway -- one of the only deaths in the movie is a nameless power company technician who looks like he could break Admiral Whiskers' spine with a glare. How do the cats manage to kill him? One of them jumps on his back and he trips and bashes his head into a pipe.
They should've added grammatically poor Impact font subtitles and tried to sell it off as a comedy.
#5. The Refrigerator
The Refrigerator is about a murderous icebox clenched in the talons of Satan himself, who is using the fridge to claim souls for the underworld. It is unclear whether the dark prince is simultaneously allowing it to continue with its intended function of preserving food, but it's safe to say that blood won't be the only thing this twisted refrigerator curdles.
A young couple finds an apartment for super cheap, because the landlords are willing to make a few compromises in order to rent a space with a haunted modern convenience. The A/C doesn't work, so the sprightly pair decide to prop the demon box open to blow cool air over their backs while they have sex in front of it, which you may notice is something that no one has ever, ever done in the history of time:
The fridge starts drooling blood, because that is how evil gets boners, and it begins snapping people up in its soft-glow-bulb-lit jaws soon after. The two main characters are made aware of the fridge's demonic possession by a knowledgeable plumber, because apparently that was a class at Plumbing College. The fact that they called a plumber to diagnose their satanic refrigerator suggests that they don't have the strongest grasp on how appliances work to begin with, so he arguably could've told them that refrigerators are natural predators that eat people all the time and they probably would've believed him.
As works of the devil are concerned, this one kind of seems like small potatoes. Why would he bother possessing a dusty old Kenmore in a dumpy Manhattan walk-up? He can only eat people who walk inside that specific apartment and stick their heads into the refrigerator. What's to keep people from tying the thing shut, which incidentally someone in the movie totally does?
Furthermore, the movie goes out of its way to emphasize the fact that the apartment's rent is so low because of the demonic refrigerator (it's even the movie's tagline) ... so why wouldn't the landlords just go out and buy another one? Leave the hell-demon box on the curb and pick up a new fridge on the cheap from the scratch-and-dent aisle at Lowe's. Let the devil eat a bunch of hobos. Problem solved, roll credits.
#4. Slugs
Slugs is about a town besieged by man-eating slugs that were exposed to toxic waste and somehow gained flesh-eating superpowers instead of slug cancer.
Peter Parker's earlier, shittier origin.
The slugs horrifically (and we do mean horrifically) dispatch their victims, leaving a trail of corpses that look like the aftermath of a boiled meat explosion.
Or James Brown during his drug days.
One guy accidentally eats one of the abominable slugs in his garden salad, which apparently multiplies inside his body, because a freaking army of them bursts through his eyeballs in a spray of squiggly projectiles the next day. And if you think that's the only time in this film that somebody's eyes explode, you're wrong. Dead wrong.
"Can you please do the other eye, too? I'd rather not see the rest of this movie."
The extreme gore seems to be an effort to make up for the fact that they know it's hard to picture a slug as a threat. The things are only a few inches long, and are one of the slowest members of the animal kingdom. They have no appendages and no vertical leap to speak of. If you are standing upright and wearing shoes, a slug cannot possibly hurt you. Even mutant slugs with a mouth full of baboon teeth wouldn't be able to chew through a pair of sneakers, and even if they could, what's to keep you from simply stomping them into boogery oblivion? So the over-the-top blood and guts seem their way of saying, "Yeah, but just imagine the damage these suckers can do once they get hold of you!" Never mind that you'd need to lie motionless in your yard for several hours for that to happen.


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If $A,B$ non empty, upper bounded sets and $A+B=\{a+b\mid a\in A, b\in B\}$, how can I prove that $\sup(A+B)=\sup A+\sup B$?
Show that $\sup(A+B)$ is less than or equal to $\sup(A)+\sup(B)$ by showing that the latter is an upper bound for $A+B$. Then show that $\sup(A)+\sup(B)$ is less than or equal to $\sup(A+B)$ by showing that $\sup(A+B)$ is an upper bound for $A+\sup(B)$ and that $\sup(A+\sup(B)) = \sup(A)+\sup(B)$.
Set $x=\sup A$, $y=\sup B$. Given $a\in A, b\in B$ we have $a\le x, b\le y$ so $a+b\le x+y$ so it's an upper bound. Now take $\varepsilon > 0$ and find $a,b$ such that $a>x-\varepsilon/2, b>y-\varepsilon/2$ and you have $a+b > x+y - \varepsilon$. That suffices (since it means that every potential "smaller upper bound" $x+y-\varepsilon$ is not really an upper bound).
(question 2. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DohoRC3-bU8J:www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/IM/MATH2962/r/PDF/tut01s.pdf)
The idea is to prove two inequalities: sup(A+B) ≥ supA+ supB and sup(A + B) ≤ supA + supB.
$\Large{Prove \; \sup A + \sup B \le \sup(A + B)}$:
By definition of A + B and sup(A + B), for all a ∈ A and b ∈ B, $\color{seagreen}{a + b} - b \quad \color{seagreen}{\le \quad \sup (A + B)} - b$
Hence if we fix $b ∈ B$, then $\color{seagreen}{\sup (A + B)} - b$ is an upper bound for $\color{seagreen}{A + B} - B = A$.
And so by definition of $\sup A$, for every $b ∈ B$, $\sup A ≤ \sup (A+ B) − b $.
So again by the definition of a supremum: $\color{magenta}{\sup B} ≤ \sup(A + B) − \sup A \qquad \iff \sup A + \sup B ≤ \sup(A + B).$
$\Large{Prove \; \sup A + \sup B \ge \sup(A + B)}$:
Since sup A is an upper bound for A, $a ≤ \sup A$ for all a ∈ A.
Another proof for $\sup(A + B) \ge \sup A + \sup B$.
$\Large{\sup A + \sup B \; is \; finite.}$
Posit $e > 0.$ Then there
exists $a \in A$ and $b \in B$ such that
$x > \sup A − \frac{e}{2}$ and $y > \sup B − \frac{e}{2}$.
Then $a + b \in A + B$.
Ergo $\color{seagreen}{sup(A + B)} \ge a + b \color{seagreen}{> \sup A + \sup B - e}$.
$\Large{\sup A + \sup B \; is \; infinite.}$


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This letter is in response to Marc Munroe Dion's July 19 "Side Streets" column, "Circus was once a staple of Fall River entertainment." Thanks for your thought-provoking piece about how traditional circuses have fallen out of favor as people learn more about how poorly the animals are treated.
P.T. Barnum himself couldn't convince today's public that hauling chained and caged animals around in stifling, reeking boxcars from city to city is still acceptable.
The days of boxing up animals and carting them from city to city, beating them until they perform silly tricks, and tearing apart animal families and friends in the name of "entertainment" are coming to an end.
The Historical Society's presentation can serve as a reminder to future generations of the dark side of the Ringling Bros. Circus and other animal circuses' history.
Jennifer O'Connor
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