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The most intuitive method of representing an integer is in unary. For example, 10 can be represented as 0000000000, ----------, etc. This requires O(n) space.
The most common method is slightly more complicated. Several different symbols can be used. For example 100 can be represented as 1100100, 144, 64, 100, etc. This requires O(log n)
My question is, is there a next step to this 'sequence' that would allow us to store an integer in sub-log space? Any physically possible way counts, even if it isn't feasible.
Any proof or disproof would be appreciated, as long as it isn't too complicated.

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In an resistor-capacitor circuit, the voltage stored is measured by taking the two values in Farads and Ohms - and the curve looks like this:
What would this curve be called, logarithmic? exponential (inverse?) I have not a clue in how to explain the nature of the growth to somebody without showing them the actual picture.


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I'm trying to find a task manager to use in my notebook and Android. I wanna hear from you what's the best task manager that let's you sync to use it online, in a notebook, tablet, smartphone Android, on the go, etc.
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√ Try to imagine the impact on a recruit that Coach Cal wants, by a call from LeBron James, the biggest name in the sport, who just happens be tight with the UK coach. James carries more impact than anyone else in the basketball world now that he has led the Miami Heat to the NBA championship, which means the championship of the universe.
Cal always has made LeBron and his buddies welcome to the UK basketball facilities. During the players' strike against the NBA, which resulted with the pros being barred from their teams' facilities, Cal opened up for the pros.
√ Coach Cal couldn't be bigger himself after guiding the Wildcats to another national championship.
√ One can't imagine the impact that a No. 1 NBA draft choice, UK's Anthony Davis, could make on a recruit.
√ Wait, there's more. Pat Riley, ex-Wildcat great himself, is the president of the world championship Heat. When LeBron James was looking for a new team, he visited Riley in Miami. The super slick and brilliant Riley opened a desk drawer and spread his seven NBA championship rings. He invited LeBron to take a look. LeBron's eyes got big. Needless to say, LeBron was dazzled by Ryles' collection of seven NBA championship rings.
Five are for coaching the Los Angeles Lakers, four for when he was head coach and a fifth as assistant. The sixth he won as a player for the Lakers. His seventh was won when he coached the 2006 Heat to the NBA championship
√ Riley also could be persuasive by telling recruits what a great career he had as a All-American Wildcat. And there's more: Riley was an outstanding high school football player and he had his choice of playing for one of the two greatest coaches of all time, Paul "Bear" Bryant at Alabama or Adolph Rupp at Kentucky. He chose Rupp and the Cats, of course.
√ There's more on Riley. Just last week he was honored by his selection as winner of the NBA's Chuck Daly Award for lifetime coaching achievement. Daly coached America's Dream Team to an Olympic championship.


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DC Comics and USA Today have released a preview of Darwyn Cooke's "Before Watchmen: Minutemen" #1, the first chapter of the summer-long event. The issue, with a back-up story by Len Wein and John Higgins, hits stores June 6.
DC Comics has released a preview of its 30-second TV commercial for "Before Watchmen" that will debut Tuesday on BBC America, IFC and G4. "Minutemen #1" arrives Wednesday.
Artist Lee Bermejo discusses his and Brian Azzarello's "Before Watchmen: Rorschach," from the challenge of telling a story where the lead character's ending is already known to the controversy surrounding the project.
In the opening panel of Kapow 2012, Dan DiDio and some of DC's finest addressed the future of Vertigo and fielded questions about "Before Watchmen," which sees Jim Steranko providing a cover.
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They are the most anticipated titles of 2012 and CBR News was invited to to a first look at the first issues of DC Comics' "Before Watchmen" prequels.
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Augie sees his comic shop through a three year old's eyes, and an Apple developer's conference through jaded comic convention-going eyes. Plus, "Before Watchmen" and unions!
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I got some questions about Digipen. I have had some contactings with them lately, and am now wondering some things. I hope anybody can answer these questions for me:
1. I want to focus myself on programming. What education on the Digipen Institute should I take? Which education on Digipen focusses itself most on Game Programming?
2. What are the prices of Digipen?
3. I have sent some emails to them, in which I asked for the requirements. I got this reply:
Digipen requirements:
For the RTIS and Computer Engineering programs, we require at least a 2.5 grade point average in general studies, and a 3.0 GPA (B average) in mathematics courses. We also require certain classes to get in, such as Algebra, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus. If possible, we strongly recommend that applicants for the RTIS or CE programs take through Advanced Placement Calculus, 12th grade Physics, and Computer Science, if your school offers them. Generally speaking, if you are serious about applying to these programs, then you should focus your studies on Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
For the BFA program, we require a 2.5 GPA, but we also require a 10-20 piece portfolio that shows artistic talent in a variety of medias and styles. Fifty percent of the portfolio should demonstrate an applicant's artistic range and skill. Samples of animation, figure/animal studies, character designs, architectural renderings, landscape studies, sculpture, and painting are preferred. The second half of the portfolio must be drawings from direct observation. This work may not be from photos or other 2D reference or from the applicant's imagination. If necessary, DigiPen may request more samples for review. Color copies, photocopies, or photographs of the original pieces will be accepted as submissions will not be returned.
Additionally, International students must show proficiency in the English language, submit TOEFL scores if English is not their first language, and submit a financial responsibility form with supporting documents.
Requirements for the Master's degree include completion of a Bachelor's degree with a minimum 2.5 GPA, completion of the GRE General Test, and coursework or work experience in the following: data structures, algorithm analysis, and networking; hardware (computer architecture) and systems (principles of operating systems, compilers, and programming languages); theory (discreet math and theory of computation); computer graphics (basic undergraduate course); programming experience in a high level language; strong background in mathematics (calculus, linear algebra, and numerical computations). The Computer Science Subject Test is also required for applicants who do not have a Computer Science degree.
Could anyone explain to me what '2.5 grade point average in general studies' and a '3.0 GPA (B average) in mathematics courses' and such things mean? There are way more of those things in it, and I don't know those terms. Could anybody tell me what there are and how (and maybe where too) I can achieve them.
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planning on doing the Masters education, so I don't need any answers based on that. I will maybe do it in the future, but not right now, because I don't meet the requirements for it.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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God bless Kai's rapidly beating dog heart, he tries and tries and tries but that "stick" just won't budge.
If you're looking for a happy ending, look elsewhere, but if you want to see what real dogged tenacity looks like, Kai's your canine.
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$5 Paint Rebate on Every Gallon Valspar Signature Paint
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mail in rebate... really?
@nehmia: ...OR online rebate.
Link not working...
@jeremytheindian No idea why the link is being a pain. I keep trying to copy/paste it and it reverts...
Try this. It goes directly to the rebate form.
WHY DOES THIS STUFF ALWAYS POP UP AFTER i buY A TON of PAINT?
VERY easy to get rebate done. When you check out, the cashier will ask you if you want to mail it in, or email it. If you choose mail it in, the register generates your form. If you choose email it, the cashier will put in your email address and it will automatically get registered for the rebate.
@bigray57: You've got to be kidding me! My Lowes people have never done that before!
Definitely need to ask about that next time.
Last time I bought 5 gallons of paint while they had this rebate going and totally forgot to send it in...no joke.
I hate mail-in-rebates...
@sgrman05: Actually, this is the first time this is happening and its fool-proof for the cashier as he/she can't advance the sale until she puts in your email address or says you want the printed form.
@bigray57: Wow. THAT is a great system! I hate MIR so much because I do not want to have to follow-up all the time. This is nice.
I bought 20 gallons 2 weeks ago and I got the rebate at time of sale nothing to mail in, even though the sign on the wall said mail in


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1. tk102s K-GFF Editor
2. tk102s Dialogue Editor
3. stoffes ERF Editor
4. Fred Tetras KotOR Tool (Here is the original release thread for those interested, the download link there is down)
5. Utility Armbands
Here is the original link for the armbands. All credit goes to Star Admiral for the creation of the utility armbands, I just modified his script to include two new fields necessary to orienting the cameras correctly. I also modified his setup of the installer to work for KotOR 2 as well.
CameraID This is a numeric value given to your camera so it can be used later in a dialogue file. This number can go anywhere from one to infinity, I imagine, but Ive never had a module go above one hundred cameras. Also, Id endeavor to make sure this ID is unique Ive never had a module where two separate cameras used the same CameraID, but Im guessing it wouldnt be pretty.
FieldOfView Another numeric value, this acts similar to a zoom setting, allowing you to give the camera a larger space to look at, without moving its actual location. I dont mess around with this too much, and the few times I did set it to an extreme, like one hundred, the cameras view looked odd. I generally keep FieldOfView in the fifty-five to sixty-five range.
Height This gets added on to whatever you set as the value for the Z coordinate in position (more on position later). I find the average height of a person in the KotOR games tends to be around 1.5 so I generally set most cameras to have a height nearer to that number.
Here is a picture of a basic orientation field:
Now this is the part about cameras that got under my skin when I was first learning to use them. Essentially, as you can see above, the orientation requires two numbers. However, KotOR apparently uses quaternions (weird number value used nowhere else in the game) to calculate the orientation for static cameras and I, for the life of me, had never been able to get the orientation to work very well when first starting out. So, I eventually became frustrated enough with guessing and checking that I added a little bit to the orientation armbands scripting (from K1 Utility Armbands) in order to give me the correct values to input into the orientation fields (more on that later).
Pitch This ones rather simple. Its just a numerical value that determines if the camera is pointing up, down, or straight. It can range anywhere from 0 to 180, with 0 being straight down, 90 being straight ahead and 180 being directly up. The range might even go beyond 180, or below 0, but Ive never tried that.
Position -
Here is a picture of a basic position field:
Position, as you can see, has three slots. The top is the X coordinate, the middle is the Y coordinate and the bottom is the Z coordinate. You enter a specific value for each one, depending on where you want the camera located in the area.
CameraID Id make this number one higher than the ID of the last camera in the module (i.e., if the camera found above yours in the CameraList has an ID of 9, make your cameras ID 10. My camera ID in this case actually is 10).
FieldOfView Again, as I said earlier, generally keep FieldOfView between 55 and 65. For this one Ill just leave it at 65.
Height I usually set this at about 1.5, because I find that amounts to the average height of a person in the KotORs. Depending on what you want to do though, this may be much higher or lower.
Pitch Im going to have mine at 90, because I want my camera facing straight ahead (0 makes the camera look directly down and 180 makes it look directly up).


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Though many think of brass instruments as those constructed of brass metal, the category includes some instruments made of other materials, and excludes some that are made of brass. For most experts, the brass category is defined as instruments whose sound is produced by vibration created by the player's lips through a tubular resonator. With this, the brass category excludes instruments such as the saxophone, which is made of brass, and includes some instruments made of wood, such as the didgeridoo.
The most common brass instruments are the trumpet, trombone and tuba, plus a variety of horns, including the French horn. The trumpet, trombone and tuba are typically fitted with a cupped mouthpiece, while other horns usually employ a conical mouthpiece. Most brass instruments, at least those constructed of brass or other metals, use valves or a slide as the primary pitch adjustment. Some brass instruments incorporate one or more slides in addition to valves, allowing the player to make subtle pitch adjustments above or below that of the valved note. Whether using valves or a slide as the primary adjustment, both methods involve the lengthening of the tubed distance between the player and the bell.
Unlike woodwind instruments, which produce omnidirectional sound, brass instruments project the majority of their sound straight outward from the bell, meaning their sound is often highly directional. Care must be taken to prevent balance issues when brass instruments perform with those of other categories in live and recording situations.
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I have tried tons of apps, some of the ones I like being Wunderlist and Workflowy. A feature that these 2 don't have (to my knowledge) is a weekly review.. I would love to be able to go back and see what I got done last week so I can improve on my productivity.. Is there any Apps that do something like this?
I use good ol' Sticky Notes for this purpose. I end up not opening productivity apps when I download them. The sticky notes, they just sit right on my Desktop, waiting to have a -> DONE! tag in them.
A simple diary will do this. I have used various time recording apps over the years and all of them allow me to do this.
The key to it is being diligent about what you record, then it won't matter what app you use.
The online planner Week Plan keeps showing your completed tasks so you can go back in time and review them.
I'm using a journal app called, Dayone. I sit down every Sunday to review the week gone by and get prepared for the coming week. I note down the completed tasks and the upcoming tasks.
As Rory mentions,the key is diligence.


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Boxing : Terrence Crawford stuns Prescott
Before this match last week Terrence Crawford was an aspiring and comparatively unknown junior welterweight view planned to fight an unclear opponent on the Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II undercard at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Then he was presented a shot to fight longtime contestant Breidis Prescott in the high outline HBO-televised co-feature when titleholder Khabib Allakhverdiev injured his elbow and dropped out of a protection against Prescott.
Crawford takes benefit of the situation. He overcame a slow begin to easily outbox Prescott for a common decision victory to put himself on the map in a loaded 140-pound division. The judges had it 100-90, 99-91, 97-93. "I knew I could outbox him," Crawford said. "He couldn't handle my speed, my power, my boxing ability. He's not actually a smart fighter. Everything worked."
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I know Im going to catch some hell for asking this but here goes...
Why does everyone insist on smelling a beer before tasting it ?
To me, I dont want any preconceived notions about what it may or may not taste. You ever see a trailer for a movie and you think its going to be awesome. Then you go see it and realize its only so so ?
The aroma is a big factor, dont get me wrong, and adds to the total expereince of a new beer. But I don't drink beer for the smell ya know ?


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TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night by asking voters to choose between what he called unfulfilled promises of President Barack Obama and his promise to restore America's greatness.
In the most important political speech of his life to the Republican National Convention, Romney evoked themes and imagery of GOP icon Ronald Reagan in describing a future of opportunity and promise for the nation.
He recalled the excitement of the country in electing Obama four years ago, saying the president's campaign theme of "hope and change" had a powerful appeal.
"But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?" Romney asked. "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him."
Romney said that while his own patriotism caused him to hope Obama would succeed, "his promises gave way to disappointment and division."
"This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something," he said. "Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!'"
The prime-time, nationally televised address concluded the storm-shortened convention that sought to galvanize the conservative Republican base behind Romney and frame the upcoming election as a referendum on Obama's presidency.
Protesters briefly interrupted Romney early in the speech, with one shouting "people over profits" in reference to the multimillionaire former businessman's career in private equity. The crowd shouted "U.S.A, U.S.A" to drown them out, and one was removed after a brief scuffle.
Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, energized the convention on Wednesday night with a powerful attack on Obama that championed conservative principles. On Thursday, speakers including Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood laid the foundation for Romney's highly anticipated speech that is intended to provide Americans just tuning in to the election campaign with an introduction to the man and candidate.
The speech provided a biographical look at Romney's life, talking about his parents -- who both held or ran for political office -- and his Mormon faith and how they shaped his life. Earlier, members of his church gave testimonials to Romney's help and compassion during past crises, such as the early death of one couple's son.
In an effort to show a personal side after criticism for being stiff and impersonal at times on the campaign trail, he told stories of family life such as the single rose his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, gave his mother every day, and the incessant household noise in raising five boys. Paying tribute to his wife, Ann, Romney expressed admiration for the role of women in society in a bid to appeal to women voters who polls show currently favor Obama.
Romney also injected humor, telling how he decided against approaching his church to invest in his new company as a young man.
"I figured it was bad enough I might lose my investor's money, but I didn't want to go to hell, too," he said.
Romney then focused on his ideas for ending the nation's economic challenges -- lingering high unemployment, sluggish economic recovery, a chronic deficit and debt problem.
"Today the time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us, to put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations, to forget about what might have been and to look ahead to what can be," Romney said. "Now is the time to restore the promise of America. Many Americans have given up on this president but they haven't ever thought about giving up. Not on themselves. Not on each other. And not on America."
Focusing his message on the economy -- an issue that polls show him winning with voters -- Romney said the country's needs are not "complicated or profound."
"What America needs is jobs, lots of jobs," he said, arguing Obama offers more of the same to people who "now believe that the future will not be better than the past."
He repeated campaign-tested promises to repeal Obama's 2010 health care reforms detested by conservatives, increase domestic oil production, reduce government regulations and cut taxes on businesses. Romney also pledged to assert U.S. might and influence around world, saying "we will honor America's democratic ideals because a free world is a more peaceful world."
"If I am elected president of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future," Romney said. "That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. And with your help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future for America tonight."


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I know that the locus of $\mathrm{arg}(z)=\theta$ is a half line with angle $\theta$, but I'm not sure why?
I can start the proof: $$ z=x+iy $$ $$ \theta=\mathrm{arg}(z)=\arctan\left(\frac{y}{x}\right) $$ $$ \tan(\theta)=\frac{y}{x} $$ $$ y=x\cdot \tan(\theta) $$ Which tells me that the locus is a line with gradient $\tan(\theta)$ passing through $(0,0)$, but I know that it should be a half line with gradient $\tan(\theta)$ starting at $(0,0)$.
Why is this?


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Enrolling a child in a day care center or family day care presents a whole set of potential adjustment problems. Not only is the child with a new caregiver, he or she is in an entirely new environment. The more time he or she has to get used to the idea before going to day care for the first time, the smoother the transition is likely to be.
One of the best ways to put your child at ease prior to starting day care is to have him or her visit the facility or family day care home, preferably more than once, for short visits. He or she can interact with the primary caregiver at the facility, as well as with the other children that will be in his or her room, or not interact at all. It may take some time before your child is ready to participate with his or her classmates, and that is all right. Your job is to be supportive of your child and not push him or her into playing with or talking to others if he or she is not yet comfortable doing so.
Some experts suggest reading books with your child about going to day care before the first day arrives. One children's book dealing with separation anxiety is Benjamin Comes Back, by Amy Brandt and Janice Lee Porter (Redleaf Press, 1999). Both before and after reading together, talk about your child's feelings. Always be reassuring, explain why this arrangement is going to be good for him or her (he or she will make friends, get to play, etc.), and above all, remain positive. Your child is likely to adopt your outlook. If you have a bad attitude about the childcare situation or your return to work, chances are good that he or she will feel the same.
Another way to ease this big change in your child's life is to get him or her on an adequate sleep schedule at least several days, if not weeks, before the first time at day care, if he or she is not already on one. Grade-school-aged children typically need at least 10 or 11 hours of sleep every night; toddlers and preschoolers need even more. Determine how much time you and your child will need to unhurriedly prepare to leave each morning, and make that your child's wake-up time. Then count backwards from that time, 10, 11, or 12 hours, depending on your child's age and sleep pattern, and make that bedtime. Then keep to that schedule. A regular bedtime every night will help give a sense of security to a child in transition.
Try to spend a few minutes with your child when putting him or her to bed. Sing to him or her, read a book, or just talk (or let him or her talk). Not only will these become cherished moments for both of you, but the dependability of the routine will help him or her deal with feelings of uncertainty about going to day care.
When packing up for day care either the night before or the morning of the first day, you could try having him or her pick out a special item to bring. Be sure to check with the day care director first, to see if there are items they will not allow. A good facility will have space to store this belonging, and should not have a problem with him or her bringing a blanket or a toy that does not pose a hazard to others. If there is a good reason for not letting him or her bring an item, let him or her pick out a pictureor better yet, help him or her make a small photo album or scrapbookthat he or she can look at during the day. Your child may even come up with his or her own ideas for making the first day more enjoyable.
The transition to the new childcare setting may go more smoothly if you can take it in small steps. If possible, consider bringing your child in for an hour or two the first time. Of course, if you are beginning a new job and cannot take time off, staying in the day care center or home with your child will not be an option. One way around this would be to go into the facility or home an hour earlier than you normally would for the first several days, to give your child time to become accustomed to the surroundings. If you do this, however, you will want to move bedtime up an hour as well, so that your child still gets the necessary amount of sleep.
On the big day, when it is time to leave your child with the caregiver and make your way to work, reassure him or her that you will return at a specific time (such as after lunch, after naptime, or some other time that your child will understand). Try, with the caregiver's help, to get him or her interested in an activity. Then you should leave. He or she may show some distress, and it is perfectly all right to give your child a big hug, but it also may be necessary to be firm in explaining that you have to leave. If he or she remains resistant to your leaving, the caregiver should take over and allow you to go. Of course, you can and should contact the childcare provider at least once during the course of the day to see how your child is progressing.
A pattern of separation anxiety may repeat for more than a week or two. It is important not to react strongly to your child's anxiety by becoming impatient with him or her, or by showing that his or her behavior is upsetting you. Keep communicating with the childcare provider to see if your child remains agitated for a good part of the day or if the tears dry up shortly after you leave. If the situation does not seem to resolve itself quickly, and the pattern continues for more than a couple of weeks, it will be necessary to examine the childcare setting to see if there is more than just separation anxiety.
In some cases, it is not your leaving the day care facility that is traumatic for your child, but simply arriving at the center or home with your child triggers the distress. Once a tantrum becomes a regular morning activity, it may be a difficult habit to break. If your child acts out in your presence but calms down once you leave, one possible answer might be to have someone else take your child to day care for several days. Most parents are familiar with the phenomenon of the child who is a little angel for everyone but his or her own mom or dad. Having an third party drop your child off (if you have a close friend or relative who can do this for you) may help to cut off the custom of throwing a fit at the day care door.
Even if your child is adjusting fantastically to the new childcare situation, your continued involvement in his or her day, whenever possible, will help to keep him or her happy and secure at the center or family care home. If your childcare is close to work, perhaps you can have lunch with him or her on the same day or days during the week. Even if it is hard to visit on a regular basis, visiting periodically to bring a special snack to your child or read a book to the class will reinforce that you have not forgotten about him or her just because you are apart.
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Copyright © 2005 by Linda H. Connell. Excerpted from The Childcare Answer Book with permission of its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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The Don Blair StoryWritten by on October 1, 2011
This story is about Don Blair, his speed shop, and the guys who worked there back in the day. But it was a young Don Blair's interest in racing at the dry lakes that propelled him into opening a small business selling speed parts. If any business contributed to hot rodding in Southern California, it was Blair's Speed Shop in Pasadena when 25-year-old Don opened for business in 1946. (However, Don's older brother, Bruce, was an equal racing competitor and contributor in the speed shop business before he was killed while riding in a '34 Ford that hit a tree on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. Bruce had an ad in Hot Rod in 1948 for his own product line out of Blair's Speed Shop that offered dealerships "Lower the front of your car with a (his) dropped axle".)
All who worked there attributed their stint at Blair's as their kick-start, by not only learning and mastering a trade, but acquiring a work ethic that carried throughout their lives. Blair's would be the only place many would work before starting their own successful automotive-related businesses.
Blair's Speed Shop could have been a trade school, because if you couldn't weld before you enrolled (hired-on) you were a journeyman welder when you left. If you had a hard time rolling out of bed when you started, you were either drummed out by your peers or got your act together. If you had thin skin, you didn't need to work there anyway.
You needed to be a quick study to work at Blair's because it was kick-butt city with Don sipping on warm milk all day at the counter while holding a phone in each ear or on the squawk box to the back, the deafening sound of an uncorked race car screaming on the dyno (dyno time and analysis, less parts, went for $10, valve adjustment for $7), steel being ground and crashing to the floor in the chassis shop, and customers waiting at the counter for Don to say "you're next".
Don didn't use a cash register; all the money was kept in his wallet. And when he went to the bank, it was kept in his shirt pocket, because the robber would always go for the cash in a person's wallet. Just a normal day at Foothill and Daisy!
Those of us who went to Blair's were like kids in a candy store. In fact, the building was a candy factory before Don purchased the property! Thornton and Carlson Makers of Good Candy can be faintly seen on the front of the building above the Blair's Speed Shop sign. Certainly candy factory applies to Blair's Speed Shop, because Blair's wasn't just a place that sold the candy (speed equipment), they made the candy.
There will never be another place like Blair's for the guys who worked there, or for us who went there. It is impossible to get every past employee's take on the place because of the limited space, but here are some behind-the-scenes insights from some of the rodders, including Don, during its heyday. To a man, they all look back with fondness of their association with one another and with Don Blair who has lasted to this day, as you will soon learn.
Don Blair
This is Don's word-for-word recollection of how it all started: "I was born in Highland Park near Los Angeles in 1921. The first five years of my life I don't remember, but we moved to South Pasadena where I went to grammar school. I took a college preparedness course at Lincoln High School. I had a couple of semesters of shop classes, like auto shop. I didn't distinguish myself in them but I enjoyed taking them. I went to Frank Wiggin's Trade School from which I graduated with a B average and thought I'd go onto college. I went to Pasadena City College for about three months and that was the end of it … I couldn't take it.
"I loafed for about a year, around my parents' house doing little jobs on my car and the neighbor's stuff. Then I went to work for a small parts store in Los Angeles. At that point I met Jack McGrath who also worked for the parts store and later became famous for racing in the Indianapolis 500. We both quit when we learned there was an auto parts store near there with a machine shop. They hired us and that's where I learned to do machine work, such as operating a Boring Bar and a valve-grinding machine.
"They'd send me out to buy mostly Model A and B crankshafts from the wrecking yards. I'd check them out and buy them for $5 or $10 and take them back to the shop. They'd grind them and used them in rebuilt engines.
"I decided I wanted to go out on my own. My grandfather had left me a small amount of money and with that I was able to buy a lot in Pasadena and put up a building on Arroyo Parkway right after the war. I think it's still there today. I started out with one employee and somehow started selling used speed equipment and racing fuel. Tim Timmerman started working for me and he began building engines.
"Then I first moved to the northeast part of Pasadena in the middle of the block on Foothill Boulevard in the late '40s to a 2,000-square-foot building. I stayed there awhile and I got a chance to sell it to put a good down payment on the corner of Foothill and Daisy. My brother, Bruce, and I were going to go together on the property, but he was killed while he was a passenger during a drag race in Arcadia. I paid $30,000 for the building and property.
"When I moved, we dismantled the building down at the middle of the block and moved it down to the corner and that became the muffler shop. It is still there today. I had three muffler hoists, two underneath the roof and one outside.
"I was still dealing in a lot of used speed equipment, doing machine work, muffler work, and then we went into the chassis business. We built several match race drag cars.
"I got interested in circle track racing. That killed the drag racing also, as far as I was concerned, which only lasted a few seconds where circle track racing lasted a half-hour or so. At that point I had about 13 people working for me.
"I got a little bit antsy and decided I wanted to retire. I sold the business in 1975 to Phil Lukens who worked for me, and I retired. I tried to do my Sprint Car racing and finally realized I didn't have enough money and went back to work.
"In about 1985 I opened a shop in Glendora, California, that specialized in engine rebuilding. We didn't have any parts department there. I did pretty well in that and I was able to buy another piece of property in Covina, California, and put up a good-sized industrial building in downtown Covina.
"It's amazing to me how many fellows who worked for me did so well on their own. Nice kids from nice homes, no riffraff … oh, there were a lot of cutups! I didn't actually interview anybody for a job; I asked what they could do then I'd say, 'go to work'. It was on-the-job training just like Pete Eastwood. Eastwood never worked for anybody before, he just picked up what he knew from his dad who restored Model Ts, but he also picked up what he knew working for me."
Mike Hoag
Mike Hoag of Brea, California, hired on in 1965-66, and was in charge of the chassis shop where, among other products, they turned out tube axle assemblies for the '55-57 Chevys by the score (the kits, including leaf springs, sold for $132.50): "Don Blair was probably the best guy I have ever worked for in my life," Hoag, who stayed at Blair's four years before forming M&S Welding with Sherm Gunn, says.
"Blair had four muffler racks; his muffler business was winding down. Out of four racks only one was kept busy all day because there were muffler shops springing up everywhere.
"By then we were doing a lot of engines and transmissions," Hoag says, "mainly '55-57 Chevys. We were taking out the Powerglide transmissions and replacing them with four-speeds. We did a lot of that. It just multiplied.
"Don had a friend who was an Oldsmobile dealer in Pasadena and knew that he could buy Chevy parts from any GM dealer, including his friend. He knew the part numbers, so he would buy all of the clutch linkage parts, cross shafts, and pedals for the manual transmissions. Don would buy 10 of everything.
"When I started to work at Blair's I went upstairs for something and there were boxes of Ford Flathead Forgetrue pistons from the floor to ceiling against the north wall. Every year of the Winternationals a bunch of Ford Flathead guys would leave with boxes of those pistons. Don got good deals.
"We started by repairing a tube axle job that some shop botched up and we started doing more of that, one thing led to the next. We ended up not doing any muffler work at all.
"Don (Bushy) Wilson was constantly parking his car in front of the muffler racks. We'd have to find him and get him to move his car. We would ask him nicely not to park there. He did it once too often, so I decided I was going to weld his car to the rack so it would be there forever. I took a piece of angle iron and tack welded it to his frame and the other end to the muffler rack," Hoag laughs.
"We were working late one night when Robby Robison took his Cad to the doughnut shop. He didn't have any taillights on it because when he cut the top off, the wires that went up through the doorposts to the taillights were cut as well. It didn't have a windshield either.
"He comes flying in though the back driveway, the car was probably 1 1/2 feet off the ground, sliding up to the muffler rack and the cops were right behind him. Robison gets out and says to the cop, 'What's happenin' man?' and the cop was fit to be tied. The cop said, 'The taillights don't work and it doesn't have a windshield.' Robison said, 'But the wipers work.' And he puts the wipers on and they're flopping in the breeze. So the cop said, 'That ought to be real good for your glasses in the fog.' Before it was over, Robby had them in stitches saying, 'We better not see that thing again,' and left laughing themselves silly.
"Depending on who you were, you had a private charge account. You'd come in and get this camshaft or blower manifold and Don would write it up and put it in his file. That file was full of a lot of deadbeats. Guys owed Don a lot of money and took advantage of him. Some owed $2,000 or more.
"The State came in one time and went over Don's books. They found this file of all of those invoices. Don wasn't paying the sales tax because he hadn't been paid himself. You can't do that. They told Don he was in violation, and whether he collected the money or not, he had to pay the sales tax.
"They were there for three days. I said to Don, 'Why don't you turn this over to collections and pay them 15 percent?' He just wouldn't do it. Don was that kind of guy. He ended up paying all the back taxes.
"There was an area that we called the Bull Pen with grease and oil 6 inches thick. Rearend housings, broken blocks, and cylinder heads—it was nasty. Don used to talk about his rose garden and we'd go … yeah, it probably has the roses stacked up with old rearend housings.
"Don had a home up in the hills of Glendale. I had to go over there one time on a Sunday morning early for some reason. Don answered the door. He wanted to show me his rose garden. The inside of the house was very neat because of his wife—who, by the way, was quite a looker. I go out behind his house and it's terraced about three levels and at the very back you could look over north Glendale. His rose garden didn't have one leaf out of place. It was immaculate!
"When Sherm Gunn and I opened up M&S Welding, I'd work at Blair's then go to our shop and work there at night. Gunn was a mechanic at a car dealership in Pasadena. We were doing a lot of production work for Ford Obsolete in Rosemead, axles, radius rods, and it just got more and more and more. Plus I got to do more sophisticated stuff on race cars and we started building the Funny Car chassis. I left in 1970."
Phil Lukens
Phil Lukens, owner of Blair's, had a friend who he was to meet at Blair's and found out they needed help in the chassis shop; Lukens started the next day.
"I was doing straight axles; we were doing nothing but straight axles for years. When I became foreman in the chassis shop, which included muffler work, I had five guys working for me. Total, we probably had 12-14 people working at Blair's. There were two people in the office, two counter guys, and Don. There was a driveshaft department, machine shop, dyno shop, and the chassis shop. We put a lot of work out of the shops." Lukens has been at Blair's ever since, having purchased the business from Don in 1975.
Robby Robison
"There was an opening at Blair's and I went to work in January 1962 out back in the fabrication shop," Robby Robison of Arcadia begins. "I had learned how to weld in high school. Everybody started at the bottom.
"Customers would come in having an idea of what they wanted and we would fulfill their needs either with our engineering or theirs. We would take a stocker and change the engine or the drivetrain with different axles, front or rear.
"Blair didn't get upset very often. Oh, he'd fire us about three or four times a year because of a lot of shenanigans that went on in the place. But when you came back from lunch it was business as usual. We'd set each other on fire. You didn't carry a rag in your back pocket or it would be on fire before the day was out. Of course new guys didn't know that. There was always somebody lighting somebody on fire in the back where I worked. Don would get on the intercom and say, 'Outside … outside, do I smell fire out there?' We'd say, 'We're good,' and Don would say, 'I smell smoke!'
"On Saturdays, the minute that Don would leave for home and his Chevy was out of sight, we'd start working on our own stuff. Or we'd have a Destruction Derby.
"Don would buy cars from a couple of wrecking yards just to get the components out of them. So we would use the cars on Saturday afternoons and go down the alley around the shop and T-bone the cars on our figure-eight track. Or we'd go across the street to a defunct restaurant that had a tenth of a mile paved oval around the building, which was the original parking lot, and we'd race go-karts over there. At night we'd go to Fontana or Irwindale to race or Lyons on Sundays. You could drag race three or four days a week.
"Don would come to work on Monday and the cars would all be beat up. We'd blame it on the local vandals. He knew what happened to them, but if they got banged up too bad he wasn't too excited about that. We'd cut the cars up, call the wrecking yard, and have them come get them and they would buy them for scrap.
"We had a guy come in one time with a '55 Chevy with a real nice paintjob on it and he wanted the fenderwells radiused. Mike Hoag told him he had a special tool that could cut the fenderwells out and it wouldn't burn the paint. When the guy came back to pick up his car, of course the paint was all burnt. Hoag never thought the guy believed him and that he was kidding!
"I lived next door to Blair's. I got an old television, took the guts out, and my snake Julius Squeezer lived in the TV. I'd put the snake on the dash of my Killer Whale, which was a '51 Cadillac. We'd go every day to In-N-Out for lunch in that car. I took the top off, no windshield, and no top. I'd have to go real slow over driveways and railroad tracks without a top because the body would flex so bad that the doors would fly open. Anyway, I'd put the snake on the dash and the gas station attendant (remember those days?) thought it was a fake and about fainted when it moved.
"I fed the snake rats, and this particular rat, the snake wouldn't eat. I took it to Blair's and as a joke I let it go on his counter. Don fell in love with it. It was a white and black rat and he named it Thirilla. It lived among the catalogs and would come out on the counter and the customers would scream and Don would know exactly what happened, he knew somebody had found the rat. Thirilla would eat Don's pumpernickel bread. Don would drink raw Alta Dena dairy milk and eat butter sandwiches that his dad would bring when Mr. Blair would do the books.
"The snake died and we didn't know what to do with it. So I put it in the car and drove to Bob's Big Boy. There were three girls sitting on a bus stop bench and we threw the snake on the girls' laps. Two of the girls jumped up and started screaming real loud. The other girl stayed on the bench with the snake on her lap. She lost her voice she was screaming so loud. We drove around the block and around the front of Bob's and all three were holding each other and screaming and the snake was in the gutter."
Robison of Vintage Race Car Restoration created the Legends of Speed Motor Sports. Robison, along with another former employee, Eric Vaughn, organized the Blair's Speed Shop 60th anniversary gathering at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona in 2009.
Doug Robinson
Doug Robinson opened Horsepower Engineering in Pasadena by working out of his garage in 1961 and moving to Fulton Avenue in January 1962. Robinson has been in business at that location ever since as a full service performance shop.
"I lived across the street from Don on Sierra Vista Avenue near South Pasadena when I was a kid. Don called me and offered me a job just after I graduated from Wilson High in 1956. I started going to Pasadena City College and worked for Don over the summer and after school. I was a flunky, starting out sweeping the floor, chasing and delivering parts. I worked at Blair's part time at first, and then I had to drop out of school because my dad had died and I had to support myself and my mom.
"Don sent me down to Pasadena City Hall to look up the records to see who owned the property where the shop is now on Daisy and Foothill. Don didn't want to pay the commission to a realtor if he didn't have to. He ended up paying the commission anyway.
"I learned how to weld and began helping in the muffler shop. After a while I was pretty much the lead guy back there. I was at Blair's from 1956-60. I went into the Army in 1960.
"I've tried to run my business like Don ran his. He taught me a lot about business, scruples, common sense, and all. He'd let you have the run of the place after work, you could use the equipment. I built a blower drive there on an old lathe that was used to straighten driveshafts. He'd help you buy parts and give you his opinion. He liked hiring people and teaching them.
"They called him Double Dollar Don—as in taking advantage of people. Anyone who worked for Don will dispute that. A guy would bring in a manifold and sell it to Blair and Don would give him $50 for it. Don would mark it up to a $100 and set it out on the counter. The guy couldn't understand why he couldn't buy it back for $50. That's where the double-dollar came from."
Don "Bushy" Wilson
Don Wilson (who was quite ill and died shortly after my interview), along with his other ventures, was part owner of the Long Beach Swap Meet, as well as a partner in Special Projects Motorsports in Orange, California, after leaving Blair's.
"Blair's was an institution," Wilson stated. "I lived in Pasadena and was a parts driver/counter-person at Blair's. I knew the prices and how to sell parts and did a little work in the back. I'd go to the Sprint Car races with Blair at Ascot Park in Gardena to sell fuel and I got to be in the infield. Blair had the only Offy-powered Sprint Car there. When Danny Roberts took over the motor building, the car ran better and more reliably.
"If you made a mistake Don would take you to the back of the shop and quietly explain to you what you did wrong but stressed to not do it again. He was a gentleman.
"When Don was out buying parts, every pocket of Don's had money in it of different denominations. Depending on what the price of the item, Don would reach into a certain pocket and say, "I only have so much on me". Don was called the hook. He'd get your money by hook or by crook," Wilson chuckled. "But Don gave good value for the money. He was as straight arrow as they come.
"When Super Shops went into business people wouldn't even touch Blair's, but he had the last laugh. When they went out of business, he bought a lot of their inventory. He was real good at buying cheap and selling later."
Those were just a few of the fond remembrances from the guys who worked at Blair's. Don Blair lives in Covina and still supports his much-loved Sprint Car racing.
Blair's is alive and well thanks to owner Phil Lukens during these difficult times. While others claim to be the oldest speed shop—nope, do the math.
And before you think Blair's Speed Shop is some sort of museum stuck in time—it's not. Yes it is scaled down from the past, but you can still get a driveshaft-twistin' motor built plus there's lots of speed equipment on the shelves for sale. Stop in and shop. Experience the place for yourself. You might regain a tiny part of your youth.
The Chevy II
Pete Eastwood: "General Motors sent Don a brand-new 396ci Chevy for the AFX Chevy II in the crate; no one else except the factory had ever seen one, not even the dealers. Mike Hoag fabricated a blower manifold out of aluminum plate, milled it all out, and welded it together because you couldn't buy one. Steve Bovan matched-raced that car all over the United States, including Hawaii."
The Camaro
Pete Eastwood worked at Don Blair's in the early '70s but he knew first-hand about Don's Camaro because he was allowed to accompany Bovan to the drags as a youngster: "It was one of the very first fiberglass flip-top Funny Cars on the West Coast. The whole car was built right there at Blair's Speed Shop. Mike Hoag built the chassis. They bought a brand-new Chevy truck and lengthened the chassis, made a ramp truck out of it, and put a sleeper on it. I remember them bringing the new truck into the speed shop with the cab and chassis and they lengthened the driveshaft, built the ramp bed right at Blair's. Don had a touring Funny Car operation right there out of the speed shop."
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"One of Blair's customers made that dyno," Tim Timmerman recalls, one of Blair Speed Shop's first employees. "We used it a few times on the race engines.""We made everything in house," Robby Robison says. "The radius rod kits, the weight transfer bars—everything. Others used Ford Econoline axles for their straight-axle kits. Don, because of his Sprint Car racing, used chromoly axles for our kits back in the late '60s.""We made everything in house," Robby Robison says. "The radius rod kits, the weight transfer bars—everything. Others used Ford Econoline axles for their straight-axle kits. Don, because of his Sprint Car racing, used chromoly axles for our kits back in the late '60s."Phil Lukens behind the counter is a hands-on owner; in fact Lukens is Blair's Speed Shop, having owned the business longer than Don. "Some of the parts on the shelves behind Lukens have been there since before I started at Blair's in 1964," Robby Robison says.The Camaro Pete Eastwood worked at Don Blair's in the early '70s but he knew first-hand about Don's Camaro because he was allowed to accompany Bovan to the drags as a youngster: "It was one of the very first fiberglass flip-top Funny Cars on the West Coast. The whole car was built right there at Blair's Speed Shop. Mike Hoag built the chassis. They bought a brand-new Chevy truck and lengthened the chassis, made a ramp truck out of it, and put a sleeper on it. I remember them bringing the new truck into the speed shop with the cab and chassis and they lengthened the driveshaft, built the ramp bed right at Blair's. Don had a touring Funny Car operation right there out of the speed shop."The Chevy II Pete Eastwood: "General Motors sent Don a brand-new 396ci Chevy for the AFX Chevy II in the crate; no one else except the factory had ever seen one, not even the dealers. Mike Hoag fabricated a blower manifold out of aluminum plate, milled it all out, and welded it together because you couldn't buy one. Steve Bovan matched-raced that car all over the United States, including Hawaii."Before you think Blair's is some sort of museum stuck in time—it's not. Sure, things are quieter than back in the day, but you can still get a driveshaft-twistin' motor built by Lukens, plus lots of speed equipment and tons of rare old stuff on the shelves for sale. Lukens is a walking speed equipment encyclopedia if you need the straight scoop."I had three muffler hoists, two underneath the roof and one outside," Don says. Little has changed since that day, not even the muffler rack in the photo. Duffy Livingstone sold the muffler racks and inventory to Don after he closed down GP Muffler in Monrovia in the early '70s. This photo was neither taken back then nor was it staged; it was taken during the course of writing this story."The tube bender was built in the '50s and used a Model T rearend and transmission. Somebody found the big gear and matched it up to a small gear and put it on a reduction off an electric motor," Robby Robison says. "Okie Adams built that tube bender," Lukens adds. It still works but it won't build legal tubing. It has to be 0.134-inch wall seamless tubing. It could only bend 0.125-inch welded-seam tubing, which is not legal for today's cages. We built a lot of rollcages with that bender. It was here when I came here in 1968." (The late-Carl "Okie" Adams was not only noted for building his dropped axles at Blair's he made banjos for the likes of Roy Clark.)


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The hotel feels relaxed and rooted in its community, as hip as the streets that surround it, with a bar and restaurant thats alive with locals. Enjoy hotel features including free WiFi and complimentary newspaper.
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5 True Stories of Killer Animals Too Unrealistic for a Movie
In any showdown of man vs. man-eating beast, man is usually the bad guy. The kinds of predators we make scary movies about are in reality just scared, or trying to defend their territory, or hungry.
But that's precisely why it's so freaky when actual animals turn into serial killers, stalking prey and evading capture in a way that makes the shark in Jaws look like an incompetent asshole. Like ...
#5. The Devilish Cunning Panther of India
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In 1858, the Central Provinces of British India had more to fear than British occupation and an unhealthy obsession with cricket. They had a serial killer of Dexter-like proportions, if Dexter was a leopard with balls of steel. In a supreme act of don't-give-a-fuckery, this leopard would invite itself into a person's residence at night, suck all their blood from the neck, and then simply leave the corpse there, as if to prove that it wasn't killing out of necessity but for the pure hell of it. Despite heightened alerts, the leopard managed to go on merrily offing people for over a year, racking up a body count of nearly a hundred goddamned victims (other sources say 150).
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It's almost as big as the leopard's body count in the pre-Disneyfied Jungle Book.
The leopard acquired the evil, yet generic nickname of "The Devilish Cunning Panther," and such was its reputation that people in the area were afraid to even leave their houses (as if that could help). And so Britain did the only thing they could do -- send in a white guy with a gun. And that's when things got really creepy.
As the hunter soon found out, this wasn't your average vicious man-eating feline. The hunter tried to outsmart the leopard by setting up the corpse of one of its victims in the forest as bait and waiting up in a tree with a loaded rifle. However, the leopard showed up at night, when it was too dark to shoot accurately. The hunter shot into the air to try to spook the animal into coming out where there was more light, but the thing didn't even flinch. It just kept feeding on the corpse and stayed there until it decided it was done with its meal, which is to say, when only hands and feet were left.
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"I've seen how you use those hands. No thanks."
Defeated, the hunter returned to the village and went to sleep for the night ... only to wake up to the distinct sound of a leopard stalking him outside his tent and even clawing at the fabric, trying to get in. At this point, it's no longer accurate to refer to the human as the hunter and the leopard as the prey. If a villager hadn't shouted at that moment, we're pretty sure the guy would have ended up as a rug inside a cave.
After outwitting a professional hunter that had tracked it for a month, the infamous Leopard of the Central Provinces ended up getting shot to death by a local goat herder who didn't realize what it was. Its skin and claws were turned into souvenirs, at which point they presumably managed to kill 50 more people.
#4. The Malawi Terror Beast
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Malawi is your typical central African nation. Lately, they've only been in the news for stuff as mundane as trying to qualify for the World Cup or the occasional coup attempt. In 2002, however, it was not war, soccer, or a deadly combination of the two that brought Malawi into the limelight -- it was its wildlife. Specifically, one creature that looked like this to eyewitnesses:
"It was horrific. It had the body of a beast, the claws of a monster, and the facial hair of a date rapist."
The beast was officially described as a rabid hyena, but residents disagreed, noting that its legs were way too long. Whatever the hell it was, throughout 2002 it managed to kill five people and maim 20 more in particularly gruesome ways -- the BBC reported that it "crushed their skulls and ate their intestines and private parts." It also seemed to have a special predilection for human faces (survivors were left massively disfigured). Again, we're getting all these details from the BBC, not some crappy Chupacabra blog.
In August of 2002, a team of game wardens and paramilitary forces tracked down and killed the animal, which was confirmed to be pretty much a hyena ... but that wasn't the end of it. In March of 2003, the same signature crushings of human skulls were back, inspiring 4,000 Malawians to get the fuck out of their villages as fast as possible. The same description was given again: a rabid hyena on steroids.
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Debate continues as to whether they should add an asterisk to its kill record.
Despite murdering at least three more people and maiming 16, the aptly named "Malawi terror beast" was never caught this time around. The displaced villagers eventually returned to their homes, even though the authorities admitted that the animal was still at large, salivating at the thought of tasting their faces and/or gonads.
So many questions are left unanswered: Did they kill the wrong animal the first time around? Was this a copycat? Some of the residents believe that the terror beast was killed in 2002 and its ghost returned the following year for bloody vengeance before presumably slipping back into doggie heaven. You know what, we're gonna go with that explanation, because that's still less terrifying than the notion that there was more than one of these things out there.
#3. The Man-Eating Wolves of Paris
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Despite what movies starring Liam Neeson's fists would have you believe, wolves almost never attack people. Like most wild animals, they prefer to leave our throats intact unless we go out of our way to bug them, like by kicking dirt in their faces or building capital cities right in the middle of their hunting grounds. Some folks in Europe found out about that last part the hard way.
"You're not Italian, are you? Italian always gives me heartburn."
You see, in the middle of the 15th century, Paris was less the metropolis of cheap wine and sex that we know today and more of a tiny walled-off village on one island in the middle of the Seine. What the Parisians hadn't realized, however, was that they'd built their home right in the middle of a nearby wolf pack's grocery store. The wolves saw this less as their corner store getting closed down and more as it being replaced by a supermarket.
The alpha wolf was dubbed "Courtaud," or "Bobtail," because its tail was bobbed and French people are very unimaginative when it comes to naming things. A better name might have been "furry ravenous murder machine," because good ol' Bob preferred human flesh to other kinds. After picking off livestock for a few months and generally scaring the shit out of everyone, Bobtail led the pack right into the middle of town and slaughtered somewhere between 30 and 40 people.
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"Ugh, I always overdo it at buffets."
When the Parisians tried to track down the wolves' lair, they couldn't find it. Instead they found an empty wolf den, probably with a bunch of human bones carefully arranged to spell out "Fuck you, two-leggers."
Finally, the Parisians came up with a plan: They laid out a trail of bait leading the entire pack into the center of town, and there, on the steps of the Notre Dame Cathedral, they fought. As in the entire town fought the whole pack of wolves with rocks, sticks, and whatever else they could find, right in front of Europe's most famously dramatic cathedral.
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Some locals fashioned bread dough into weapons, and thus the baguette was born.
And remember the thing about the French being very literal at naming things? Well, some believe "Louvre" is derived from the Latin word for "wolf," hence the name of the famous museum in Paris. This proves that France actually is more badass than America, for the simple fact that there's no Giant Killer Shark Museum in New Jersey.


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BBS.Diva's will be pre-selling tickets to "Praise for a Cure" on Oct. 4th 2012, 10am to 3pm at Food King located in Biscoe, N.C. (528 N Main st Biscoe, NC 27209). Tickets will be $10.
We will also be collecting gently used wigs, turbans, scarf's, and hats for women who may have lost their hair during treatment. For many women, wigs are the answer; they start to lose their hair as they take treatment. Many of the women cannot afford wigs, turbans, hair scarfs, or hats. Please make sure the wig or ponytail is comfortable, not lined with material that's going to feel scratchy against one's scalp. (Remember that most wigs are designed for women who have some hair.) So let's keep in consideration the ones who do not have hair is the reason for the cause. These wigs and other items will be donated to the American Cancer Society in Charlotte, NC. (1901 Brunswick ave, 100st Charlotte NC 28207). Please donate as we wear wigs for fun others wear wigs for necessity.
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at the Biscoe Community Center (Page st, Biscoe, NC.)
God's Anointed Messenger's and the BBS.Diva's presents "Praise for a Cure" a Gospel Extravaganza comedy/singing event hosted by "Manard Busta Brown". This is a breast cancer fundraiser event and partial proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen foundation.
"Woody Rock", formally of Dru Hill R &B singing group will be performing and also Kyle Norman from R & B group Jagged Edge.
Stand up comedian "Big Los" from Greensboro, NC and a host of locals will also be performing. (Mime dancers, Gospel groups, Youth Praise team and Soloist)
$10 in advance and $15 at the door. Time Preceremony 5:30pm and 6pm main event. Doors open at 5!
Contact info: Jamie Bowden (910) 220-8190 or Cammie Bowden (336) 478-7403
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LAMPASAS (January 30, 2013)—Two more men have been arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting death of a Copperas Cove man who died on a rural road in Lampasas County.
The Lampasas County Sheriff's Office confirmed early Wednesday Donnely Frank Richey, 27, and Jason Lee Martell, 38, both of Lampasas, were being held in the Lampasas County Jail Wednesday morning in connection with the Sunday shooting death of Curtis Lee Shed Jr., 43, of Copperas Cove.
Both men were ordered held on $150,000 bond each, charged with murder.
Bobby Ray Stratton, 22, remained Wednesday morning in Lampasas County Jail in lieu of a $150,000 bond charged with murder.
Frank Muns, 30, was wounded in the incident and remained hospitalized at Scott and White Hospital, in Temple, recovering from his injuries but was in custody.
According to a news release issued Tuesday afternoon by the sheriff's office, "Investigators now believe that all parties involved in the offense have been identified and arrested or questioned."
Shed and two other men got into an altercation early Sunday with a group of people at a location on Lampasas County Road 3300, sheriff's officials said Monday.
The altercation escalated and shots were fired.
After the shooting Shed's companions drove back to Copperas Cove with Shed's body in the vehicle, sheriff's officials said.
Someone later found Shed's body in the backseat of a Chevrolet Malibu that was parked at the Town Oaks RV Park, on East U.S. Highway 190, in Lampasas County and called Copperas Cove police who in turn advised authorities in Lampasas.
Muns and Stratton were arrested on Sunday in Lampasas, the release stated.
Muns was taken to Scott & White Hospital for treatment and Stratton was taken to the Lampasas County Jail, sheriff's officials said.
Stratton has been charged with murder and charges were pending Monday against Muns, authorities said.
A Lampasas County justice of the peace ordered Shed's body sent for autopsy..
The car in which his body was found was sent to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Austin for forensic processing, authorities said.


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Specs and Tester's Tester Comments
One of the biggest challenges of my plumbing and heating practice has nothing to do with pipe, water, or fittings. Instead, one of the most problematic–and recurring–issues is making the cuts required to install those things in all the materials we encounter in both new construction and service work. For example, for a new townhouse job we recently completed, the contractor asked us to cut combustion air grilles through 16 already-installed garage doors. (Why he asked is another story!) The doors were a sandwich of aluminum, foam, and cardboard. A recip saw would have destroyed the surrounding material, a jigsaw would have been very difficult to get finish-quality cuts with, and a circular saw wouldn't cut all materials properly or completely. A cut-out saw, however, with the right bit and a site-made jig, saved us precious time. The tool delivered finish-quality cuts quickly in flimsy materials and in an oddball location.
Because cut-out saws get us out of situations like this, we use them all the time. They're not designed as production tools, and I don't use them for hogging-out drywall or plaster to let a drain pipe through, but they're ideal for one-off jobs. Their bits and rpm are perfectly suited for working in a variety of modern materials–often composites of several different things–and their small size makes them a terrific choice for out-of-the-way cuts or working in tight spaces.
Makita's base plate is sturdy, and the tool-free depth adjustment was easy to use.
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I tested four corded and two cordless cut-out saws. The corded tools are the Craftsman 26561, DeWalt DW660SK, Makita 3706, and RotoZip RZ20. The cordless tools are the RotoZip RZ18V-2100 and Ryobi P530.
For the first part of the test, I checked the contents of each tool's accompanying accessory package. Next, I looked at cutting power, feel, switches, line of sight, bit changes, ergonomics, and extra features. I evaluated these items with an eye toward overall ease of use in our everyday applications–which is an ever-changing mish-mash of cut-throughs and cut-outs that can be anything from cutting through tile for new shower valves or sink faucets to working in laminate countertops to plowing through siding or roofing materials for vents.
There isn't a tool category I know of that ships with more accessories than cut-out saws. What you get depends on the manufacturer. While I most often use the tool in its basic configuration, I find that I use some of the accessories, like side handles and kit bags. Other items, like a flex shaft, don't really apply to my work.
Tool-free bit change using shaft-lock buttons on the corded RotoZip (shown) and the Craftsman were the easiest to use.
Boxes and Bags. The DeWalt shipped with a hard plastic case; both RotoZips and the Craftsman came with a very nice, heavy-duty canvas bag with pockets and plenty of room for attachments and blades. I like the bags better because the boxes, though they work just fine, take up more space. The Makita and Ryobi did not ship with a toolbox or bag.
Attachments, Corded. The RotoZip and Craftsman each came with a removable side handle, a jigsaw-style handle attachment, a right-angle cutter head, and a circle cutter. The RotoZip also came with a separate bit case, three cutting wheels, three cutting bits, and a wrench. The Craftsman kit included two cutting wheels and four spiral bits, but also included a flex-shaft attachment and bit kit with various grinding and cut-off wheels. The DeWalt shipped with a circle cutter and a side handle. The Makita shipped bare-bones, with no attachments or blades, which is actually fine with me. My work requires that I mainly use the tool in its basic configuration. Besides, if I needed to grind something, I'd get my grinder.
Attachments, Cordless. The 18-volt Ryobi shipped with a circle cutter. The tool's battery and charger are sold separately, the idea being that you can swap batteries among various Ryobi tools if you're invested in that platform, and therefore don't have to buy a new battery every time you buy a new tool. This makes the tool very inexpensive. If you're not invested in the Ryobi battery platform, you have to buy the battery and charger separately.
The 18-volt RotoZip is sold as a kit with lots of accessories: the ZipMate right-angle cutter, two XBits, two ZipWheels, three collets, and the bag. It also ships with a battery and charger. It has a 30-minute charging system, and the tool accepts the new Bosch (RotoZip's parent company) 18-volt Bluecore nicad battery system.
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Suppose the countable subspace $D$ is dense in the separable Tychonoff space $X$ and $f$ is a continous function from $D$ to the closed unit interval. What are some conditions on $X$ or $D$, which make $f$ continuously extendable over $X$?
A relevant paper is
Taĭmanov, A. D. On extension of continuous mappings of topological spaces. (Russian) Mat. Sbornik N.S. 31(73), (1952). 459–463. 56.0X
The MR of this paper is:
Let $S$ be a $T_1$-space, $A$ a dense subspace of $S$, and $R$ a compact Hausdorff space. Let $f$ be a continuous mapping of $A$ into $R$. Then $f$ admits a continuous extension over $S$ if and only if for all disjoint closed subsets $A_1,A_2$ of $R$, the relation $(f^{-1}(A_1))^-\cap(f^{-1}(A_2))^-=0$ obtains (closure in $S$). From this result, a theorem of Yu. M. Smirnov [Uspehi Matem. Nauk 6, no. 4(44), 204--206 (1951)] is easily proved, as well as a theorem of Vulih [Mat. Sbornik N.S. 30(72), 167--170 (1952); MR0048790 (14,70c)]. A final corollary is a special case of a theorem widely known and recently published by Katětov [Fund. Math. 38, 85--91 (1951); MR0050264 (14,304a)].
I remembered this because as a graduate student I used it to give a (I think new at the time) proof that every compact Hausdorff space is a continuous image of a compact totally disconnected compact Hausdorff space (which, in turn, I use these days to reduce proving the Riesz representation theorem for $C(K)$ to the case where the compact space $K$ is totally disconnected).
The criterion for "EVERY continuous map from $D$ to $[0, 1]$ has a continuous extension to $X$" is that any two disjoint zerosets in $D$ have disjoint closures in $X$. You can find this in Chapter 6 of Gillman and Jerison's classic "Rings of Continuous Functions". They also consider the "local problem" of continuously extending a single map at length in some of the exercises, e.g. given $f:D\rightarrow Y$ (not necessarily $Y=[0, 1]$) Exercise 6G characterizes the largest subspace of $X$ to which $f$ can be continuously extended in terms of $z$-filters.
The situation is analogous to the particular case of $X$ a metric space, for any Tychonoff space $X$ is uniformisable, and a real valued function $f$ on a dense subset $D$ of a uniform space $X$ is certainly continuously extendable to $X$ provided it is uniformly continuous. This is also a necessary condition if $X$ is compact, for any continuous function on a compact uniform space is always uniformly continuous.
At least in the case of a metric space $X$, such a function $f$ extends from $D$ to all of $X$ if and only if $f$ maps Cauchy sequences to Cauchy sequences (note that this is a weaker condition than uniform continuity).
As mentioned by Pietro, for your general Tychonoff space $X$, you make it a uniform space, so I think you can generalize my statement above to the following: $f$ extends if and only if $f$ maps Cauchy nets to Cauchy nets.


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text: Constitutional law expert Sarah H. Cleveland spent two days in Venice helping the National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia draft its constitution. Cleveland serves as the U.S. observer on the European Commission for Democracy through Law (also known as the Venice Commission), which functions as a constitutional advisory board for countries that are in the process of building democratic governments. Tunisia has been working on creating a new constitution since 2011. Cleveland, the Louis Henkin Professor in Human and Constitutional Rights, was appointed to the commission by the White House in 2010.


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When I'm coloring a drawing in PS, if I set the opacity to 50%, color, then lift my brush, then nick the same area, it stacks the opacity for a more opaque results. I want it to all be the same unless I increase the opacity, and I see this in a lot of YouTube videos. Right now coloring is nigh on impossible because all the colors stack and I have a weirdly shaded photo just from coloring.
As @Scott mentions, I'm not sure you have any options in Photoshop for a brush not to 'stack'.
An alternative would be to use layer opacity instead. You set the layer to 50%, for example, and the brush to 100%. That way you can paint without any overlapping.
Masking out the different areas and colouring them on different layers might help with your problem. More layers -> more control. You can always drop opacity and/or delete overlapping colours that way.
I find that while drawing and painting, the more lazy you get and work on one layer the more problems you have later on =)


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Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane to propylene, a key ingredient in the production of materials such as films and packaging.
Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use
UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane to
propylene, a key ingredient in the production of materials such
as films and packaging.
It is the 12th Oleflex project UOP has announced
since the beginning of 2011, and the company's second project
with Fujian Meide.
Pete Piotrowski, senior vice president and general manager
of Honeywell's UOP Process Technology and Equipment business
unit, noted that UOP's combined Oleflex projects to date will boost global
propylene production by more than 5 million metric tons over
the next three years.
China's propylene consumption accounts for more than 15% of
worldwide demand, and it is growing at about 5% to 6% per year,
according to market projections.
In 2011, UOP licensed its C3 Oleflex process
technology to Fujian Meide to produce 660,000 metric tons per
year of propylene. The new unit, which is expected to start up
in 2015, will produce the same quantity.
In addition to technology licensing, Honeywell's
UOP will provide engineering design, catalysts, adsorbents,
equipment, staff training and technical service for the project at Fujian Meide's facility
in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.
Since 2011, UOP has announced 11 new Oleflex units across
China, Abu Dhabi and North America, including China's first
combined C3/C4 Oleflex unit and the first
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About Nemo file manager : How can I change font color of folder name in toolbar button ?
Because I deeply prefer Ambiance theme,so I want to keep it but it mess up with the theme of Nemo which is my favourite file manager as shown in attached picture.
How can I specifically tweak just folder name font's color of Nemo? Is there a way without recompiling the whole app?


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