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Earlier Puberty: Age 9 or 10 for Average U.S. Boy
Oct. 20, 2012 -- American boys are starting puberty up to two years earlier than decades ago, new data show.
Boys are entering puberty at an average age of 10 among whites and Hispanics, and at an average age of 9 among African-Americans. About a third of boys start to mature sexually up to two years earlier than average.
The findings come from a study of 4,131 boys examined at doctors' offices across the U.S. by Marcia Herman-Giddens, DrPH, and colleagues. The same team found a year-earlier shift in first puberty for girls.
"Contrary to what has been the popular belief of medical professionals as well as parents, boys are changing earlier, just as girls do," says Herman-Giddens, adjunct professor of public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
While earlier sexual maturity now is common, Herman-Giddens does not think it is necessarily healthy.
"Earlier puberty is a very important public health indicator. It is like the canary in the coal mine," she says. "Now the age of first puberty is getting lower and we have to ask why. And it is obviously important, for medical as well as social and psychological reasons, for parents and providers to know what is going on."
It's not clear why there's been a shift toward earlier puberty. The new study does not provide answers to this question.
"I suspect this is a combination of environmental factors: things like overweight, junk food, too much computer and screen time," Herman-Giddens suggests. "I want there to be questions about whether this is healthy and why this is happening."
First Signs of Puberty
Herman-Giddens and colleagues looked for two signs that boys had begun puberty: sparse pubic hair growth and an increase in the size of the testicles to 4 millimeters (at full sexual maturity, the testicles measure 25 millimeters).
Individual boys (and girls) vary widely in the time it takes them to develop from the earliest stage of puberty to full sexual maturity. Herman-Giddens says that while some boys fully mature in as little as two and a half years, others may take as long as six years. Those who start puberty soonest aren't always the first to finish.
In the Herman-Giddens study, the average age of full sexual maturity for boys of all races and ethnicities was about the same -- late in the 15th year. About a third of these boys reached full maturity two years sooner. But those who started earliest were not always the first to fully mature.


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What are some tried and true design patterns for discoverability in UI/UX, where information or a feature isn't necessarily overt at first glance, but is discoverable by using the interface through progressive disclosure? How can one signal that an interface has discoverable elements?
The whole of the following linked article is interesting, but the following section is pertinent and I think worth including in the context of this question, even though not providing actual patterns.
From Scott Berkun's The myth of discoverability (2003)
One idea is to align the functionality you want discovered with existing user behaviour. (I only have one example in mind, so can't in good honesty call this a "pattern" just yet.)
The example of this method is noticing that users tend to reflexively attempt to scroll for more in twitter or rss iphone/ipad apps, especially if the twitter/rss stream tends to periodically refresh by itself and add more at the top. Notice that behaviour, even when there are no unread updates "above the fold", and instead of having it be a null event tie a manual refresh to it. And now you have "pull down to refresh". Discoverable.
I've noticed another reflexive user behaviour on my part, that of hitting Ctrl-S or Cmd-S in an open document any time I pause after typing or editing. I even catch myself hitting Ctrl-S a minute later, when all I've done is scrolled the document, reading a bit here or there, or even answer the darn phone. That is, there are no changes to save and yet I hit Ctrl-S. It's a habit. Now ... if some software app was to do something intelligent with that, that'd be great.
Ok, found some more actual documented patterns over at the Yahoo Pattern Library. Only they don't call them "discoverability patterns".
And I just observed another design solution leading to discovery while writing this answer: if you click on the little help icon and open up the help menu, when you click on one of the help topics there (eg. Styling/Heading) you will quite possibly see some of the icons just above bounce once or twice while the help topic is displayed.
Now, I knew what some or most of those icons were, but I didn't know that one of them was for
OK, if we can find few more examples of the animate related object design solution, I think we can call that a pattern too. (The Yahoo Drop Invitation pattern could be a sub-pattern of this).
New users will be overwhelmed with too many options or functions, while experienced users are likely to want many more than they already have. The solution to this is progressive revelation or treasure hunt if you prefer.
When a new user starts with the application, give them just the basics that they need to get things done - hide everything else. That way they can get from zero to effective within a short space of time and easily feel more confident in the application.
After they have achieved some measure of use (we use points for this), as a reward you reveal another feature and mark it as new or recently unlocked. This puts them in a position where they know the application well other than this one feature. It's easy to learn one more thing, and great for the experience if it's also something useful to them.
Keep on revealing features in this way and your customers will never feel overwhelmed with the application while progressively learning.
Another added bonus is that once people realise that this is the mechanism, they are likely to explore, and thereby learn, the application just to unlock new features - the gamification effect.
Edit: For complicated applications with varied use (like Word), you could give visual hints to points and features or even show features and provide hints on how to unlock them.
DUH! Use Clippy, of course. What you need to do is program some sort of interactive animated character that pops up whenever the user tries to do anything in your program and suggest other stuff that he might want to do. It's highly important to word this just right. Start every such tip with "I noticed you were ...." and then add your discoverable feature.
Animation is critical because otherwise users might focus on what they're doing and won't be distracted by your dicoverabilibuddy. Better just make it modal to be on the safe side.
An even better option is to show daily tips. User opens your application, trying to get some work done, BAM! you blast him with some knowledge about features he doesn't yet know he wants to use. I might suggest that you go for hourly tips, because dailies have been done to death. It'll make your features 24x more discoverable.
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Jul 29, 1998
On September 10, 1998, Dia Center for the Arts will present an exhibition of work from Dia's permanent collection by the leading German artist Joseph Beuys, "Drawings After the Codices Madrid of Leonardo da Vinci, and Sculpture." The exhibition will be installed on the first floor of Dia's galleries at 548 West 22nd Street, New York City, until June 13, 1999. Dia is open to the public Thursday through Sunday, 12 noon to 6 pm.
Joseph Beuys created the series of ninety-six drawings in Dia's exhibition in response to two sketchbooks by Leonardo da Vinci that were rediscovered in the 1960s. Assembled and printed in facsimile in an artist's book in 1975, the year after Leonardo's sketchbooks were published in facsimile, this is one of a very few groups of drawings assembled by Beuys into a large-scale work. As such, it is related to other "blocks" of the artist's work, including Arena - where would I have got if I had been intelligent!, which is also in Dia's permanent collection. This series of drawings elucidates Beuys's commitment to effect a marriage between art and science by referencing Leonardo's Codices Madrid, which for Beuys embodied "the unification of art and natural science."
Several other pieces by Beuys, including Aus Berlin (1979) and his Fond sculptures (also 1979), the latter not seen publicly since they appeared at Dia in 1988, will also be on view. For Beuys, the Fond sculptures, like giant batteries, represented containers and senders of energy, and as such held within them the promise of social and individual transformation.
This exhibition coincides with Dia's publication of Joseph Beuys: Drawings After the Codices Madrid of Leonardo da Vinci, the second in a series of scholarly books documenting Dia's collection. It features essays by prominent scholars including Ann Temkin, Cornelia Lauf, and Martin Kemp. An extensive appendix elucidates the relationship between this suite of drawings owned by Dia and those reproduced in the multiple.
Joseph Beuys was born in Kleve, Germany, on May 12, 1921, where he grew up. Trained at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, he taught there as a professor of sculpture from 1961 until his controversial dismissal in 1972. In 1953 the van der Grinten collection of Beuys's sculpture and drawing was first exhibited. In the early sixties he became involved with Fluxus, taking part in a number of concerts, as well as devising his own "actions," which soon became his principal aesthetic mode. In 1970, a large collection of his work, the Ströher Collection, which was formed under the artist's own aegis, was installed in the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt, where it remains in the format he designed and is the single most important public collection of his work. Joseph Beuys died in Düsseldorf in 1986.
Support for this project has been provided by the Dia Art Council, the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts.
Dia Center for the Arts is a tax-exempt charitable organization. Established in 1974, the organization has become one of the largest in the United States dedicated to contemporary art and contemporary culture. In fulfilling this commitment, Dia sustains diverse programming in visual arts, poetry, education, and critical discourse and debate.
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ARDMORE, Okla. -- Ardmore Schools are facing criticism that comes in the form of an advertisement put out by one local group. Teddy Safo has the story.
With kids returning from the holiday break on Monday, school has definitely been on parent's minds this week, but some local concerned citizens are trying to put school performance on everyone's mind with a very vocal newspaper ad.
Members of "Ardmore Neighborhood Schools" say, based on the school's academic performance last year, the schools are in serious trouble
"I believe that it's due to the best teachers leaving the system and the best students going to other schools," says Elmer Hoyle, with the group "Ardmore Neighborhood Schools".
Ardmore's total score on the Academic Performance Index (API) in math and reading is 1146, the lowest in Carter County. Lone Grove schools had the second best in Carter County at 1347.
Elmer Hoyle blames the difference in scores on Ardmore school administrators
"They ignore the signs of deterioration."
Now members of the Ardmore Neighborhood Schools committee recently took out an ad in the local paper which says in bold print, "Ardmore schools are in serious trouble," they say because of underperformance. However, administrators say those numbers do not tell the whole story.
Administrators say the performance numbers do not take into consideration Ardmore's school size, which includes school attendance, and several of their school programs like 'English Learners Language,' which several of the area schools don't have.
Officials say despite those numbers, Ardmore's middle school numbers have improved drastically over the last three years
"Together with our teachers and our parents we have over come that deficit by 290 points," Ardmore school administrator Ron Beach says.
Ardmore's graduation rate sits at 71%. Even though they would like to see those numbers go up, administrators say 46% of their students that graduate complete college, which is the highest in Carter County.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-The growing issue on battling obesity took center stage in Topeka. The Kansas Summit of Obesity addressed its alarming problem in Kansas today.
Governor Brownback admittedly stated Kansas is losing the battle against obesity and he knows kansas needs to act fast, saying, "For the first time, we are looking at a generation that won't live as long as its predecessor generation and the dominant issue is obesity. It's a three word message, don't give up!. There are people that love you and your friends want you to succeed and they are here for you and we want to work with you.
Kansas schools can also join in on the fight against obesity by applying for a Healthy Habits for Life grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation.
October 15th is the deadline for the grant which helps schools deliver healthy programs that encourage kids to lead active lives. More information about the grant is available at www.bcbsks.com/foundation.


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- Era: WWII
- Number of Pages: 192
- Subject: History
- Date Available: October 2010
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Before America entered World War II, twenty-two U.S. citizens went to England and volunteered with the Royal Navy. Commissioned between September 1939 and November 1941, they fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and on a variety of fronts. While the history of Americans serving in the Royal Air Force is well known, the story of these naval volunteers has not been previously told. Most trained at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, but since foreign military service was against U.S. law, their names were never made public. Now, after years of research, their identities and the details of their contributions can be made known.
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"Passport Not Required is the fascinating tale of 22 forgotten heroes--Americans who volunteered for the Royal Navy in the dark early days of World War II. Most were born into wealthy families and attended the best schools. There was no obligation for them to serve in another nation's war. Nevertheless they risked their lives--and sometimes lost them--to fight the Axis. The authors do a magnificant job of unearthing their now obscure, but still stirring, stories."
—Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and author of War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today and The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power
"This delightful, well-researched book tells the story of twenty-two American citizens who volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1941 when America was neutral and the British Empire fought alone for the cause of freedom. The Naval Institute Press is to be congratulated for recognizing the importance of the subject matter and publishing it. This book. . . serves as a fitting tribute to the memory of a group of brave men who 'bent' their country's rules to join up and fight. It is a fascinating story, well told that will, I hope, appeal to a wide readership in both the USA and the Commonwealth; I thoroughly recommend it."
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It was more like less than 10 seconds. The very second it appeared I added it it to my cart and went to paypal, and it was sold out already. Pretty disappointing.
Today was the sale of Castle Warriors Customization Kit at 9PM (Eastern Standard Time) at
I was like two hours in the front of my screen trying to buy two sets and they sold out in less than a minute.
Joe's customs are pieces of art but they sold out very fast. For that reason he should consider a pre-order system.
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It was more like less than 10 seconds. The very second it appeared I added it it to my cart and went to paypal, and it was sold out already. Pretty disappointing.
Last edited by Lord of Caos; December 12, 2012 at 10:13pm.
Even a pre-order wouldn't change things too much. There simply just ain't enough to go around. Joe has enough notoriety among collectors to start his own full time biz ala Spy Monkey.
I missed out too, but at least we know Amaro is on the rise!
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I started the purchase on castlewarriors.net (which I was unable to complete lol). I don't know if the warlords address also had the purchase window.
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Don't forget to leave feedback for Joe on either site! He's got a little interest form to fill out. If enough people fill it out, it'll be a second run!
Your support means more research for the Myostatin-challenged.
Jii Dee regarding Matty's view on MOTUC Collectors: "Here be whiny surrender monkey dragons".
MOTUC NEEDS: General Sunder, & Horde Wraith
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Really hoping for a second run on these, and more kits like it for other figures!
10 seconds after 9 I threw it in my cart, logged into paypal, changed my payment method and that badboy was gone.
Very unfortunate.
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10 seconds after 9 I threw it in my cart, logged into paypal, changed my payment method and that badboy was gone.
Very unfortunate.
Masters of the Universe Classics, Ghosterbusters, and Voltron collector...any one have a storage unit(s) I can use? LOL
How much did these cost?
*meh* same here. I wonder how many sets were available from this first run...
maybe some bigger toyshop bought the whole run in the first second....?
I really hope for a 2nd chance.
Ok now I need all three items: the Hammer, the Manta Raider, and the Castle Warriors Set. This time I didn't even try. It went on sale at 3 AM German time and I was in bed. Got a job and have to get up early
Awesome sticker included!
I'm all for a pre-order system for these, although i reckon this can be a risky thing to do for someone with limited resources\time given the amount of demand his work has.
I completely forgot to try to order this last night.... and that was after making a "mental note" to do so earlier in the day. Oddly, I actually kind of feel better knowing that they sold out in a manner of seconds. My odds of getting one probably wouldn't have been much better had I remembered and attempted to get one.
In the name of the Lloyd!
I know that it was less than a minute, I got in to the paypal screen and then got the Sold out screen....
Top MOTUC wants: Sagitar, Great Black Wizard, Fang-or, Skeletor's Skeleton Warriors, Odiphus, Illumina w/Sleetah, Lady Slither, Tuvar & Baddrah 2-pack
It really was like 10 seconds, logged in at PayPal already, in the second it was online buyng it, then...SOLD OUT!
Either Joe had only 1 to sell or somebody must have grabbed a trillion of those and everybody misses out. I hope he goes into production soon!
You can't make such a fuzz about this amzing item so many people want and then only selling a handful. Either you sell none, or make so many that they last more than a few seconds!
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If any one was able to get this, please describe how you were able to go through processing so quickly. Also, Joe DESPERATELY needs to either offer pre-orders, or else limit the quantity per customer. If this is what his sales are like, then I'll never be back again.
Joe's stuff is really great. But I'm starting to look at it as "Spirit of Grayskull" rare and unobtainable.
I agree with what you said about the massive advertisement for all of his items: this only heightens the Frustration IMO. Those who do toy reviews at least don't have to worry about how and where to get these items.
I also find it unfortunate that Joe so quickly moves on to the next project instead of trying to satisfy the demand for his previously released items. The List gets longer: first it was only the Hammer, now it's three items already...
Awesome sticker included!
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Joe surely seems to be a great guy and does an amazing job. No question. But these insanely fast sell-outs make customers mad. In the long run, it will cause more trouble than it helps.
I know Joe cannot make millions of them, but he surely should take preorders and deliver more Molten Hammers, as I think, these will sell-out like BAM!
Of course, more Manta Raides for those who missed out and more Castle Grayskullman sets for all of us since it seems only God, PD, and Chuck Norris were able to get one!
Please reply Joe and tell us more CGM sets are in the making and you have Molten Hammers like dark clouds have rain drops.
Yeah, same thing here, I added 2 to my cart the second they were up, and "poof" they were gone...
I'm bummed because I bought 2 extra CGM to have them customized with this kit...
Maybe Joe can offer them unpainted?
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26 Oct 2012 9:38 PM #1
Unanswered: problem in setValue of textfield.
I need to reset or set null value into textbox to do this I use setValue('') and also setValue(null) it display correct means when I set value it seems correct but in submit it pass old value of textfield.
any help pleas
26 Oct 2012 11:23 PM #2
Sorry - you said what?
Please describe your issue more clearly and post your code where the problem occurs.
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Try to use getValue() first and check your value.
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My primary motivation for asking this question comes from the discussion taking place in the comments to What is a symplectic form intuitively?.
Let $M$ be a smooth finite-dimensional manifold, and $A = \cal C^\infty(M)$ its algebra of smooth functions. A derivation on $A$ is a linear map $\{\}: A \to A$ such that $\{fg\} = f\{g\} + \{f\}g$ (multiplication in $A$). Recall that all derivations factor through the de Rham differential, and so: Theorem: Derivations are the same as vector fields.
A biderivation is a linear map $\{,\}: A\otimes A \to A$ such that $\{f,-\}$ and $\{-,f\}$ are derivations for each $f\in A$. By the same argument as above, biderivations are the same as sections of the tensor square bundle ${\rm T}^{\otimes 2}M$. Antisymmetric biderivations are the same as sections of the exterior square bundle ${\rm T}^{\wedge 2}M$. A Poisson structure is an antisymmetric biderivation such that $\{,\}$ satisfies the Jacobi identity.
Recall that sections of ${\rm T}^{\otimes 2}M$ are the same as vector-bundle maps ${\rm T}^*M \to {\rm T}M$. A symplectic structure on $M$ is a Poisson structure such that the corresponding bundle map is an isomorphism. Then its inverse map makes sense as an antisymmetric section of ${\rm T^*}^{\otimes 2}M$, i.e. a differential 2-form, and the Jacobi identity translates into this 2-form being closed. So this definition agrees with the one you may be used to of "closed nondegenerate 2-form".
Question: Is there a "purely algebraic" way to test whether a Poisson structure is symplectic? I.e. a way that refers only to the algebra $A$ and not the manifold $M$?
For example, it is necessary but not sufficient that $\{f,-\} = 0$ implies that $f$ be locally constant, where I guess "locally constant" means "in the kernel of every derivation". The easiest way that I know to see that it is necessary is to use Darboux theorem to make $f$ locally a coordinate wherever its derivative doesn't vanish; it is not sufficient because, for example, the rank of the Poisson structure can drop at points.
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Israel Mobilizes Troops as Hostilities Escalate
Israel began mobilizing tens of thousands of troops Thursday and extended its aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip to a third day early Friday, while Palestinian militants mounted their deepest-ever missile strikes into the heart of Israel.
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The exchanges, which have killed 19 Palestinians and three Israelis, broadened a conflict that had erupted into the open Wednesday. Israel responded to escalating missile strikes from Gaza militants by launching a blitz of airstrikes that day that killed the top military commander of Hamas, the Islamist militant group and political movement that runs Gaza.
It was unclear whether Thursday's troop movements were designed to intimidate Israel's foes or to lay the groundwork for an invasion. Israel's leaders have said they are ready to launch a ground assault if rocket fire continues.
Early Friday, Israeli aircraft pummeled rocket launching operations of Gaza militants, the Associated Press reported.
"The situation has all the elements and dynamics that could lead us down the road to a place we haven't been before," said Steve Cook, a Mideast specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It's a very dangerous situation, and it's difficult to say what the Israelis should do."
The conflict's course from here on out rests largely with Israel and its neighbor, Egypt—the two nations that form the cornerstone of U.S. policy in the region, but which have seen ties fray in the months since an Islamist government came to power in Egypt.
U.S. efforts to calm the situation depend largely on Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, analysts said. Before becoming president earlier this year, he was a top leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, which has close ideological links to Hamas. With his election, he inherited oversight of billions of dollars in annual U.S. military support and a U.S.-brokered Israeli-Egyptian peace deal that has defined regional security for three decades.
On Thursday, Mr. Morsi ordered Egypt's prime minister to lead a delegation into Gaza on Friday, Egyptian state television reported. The visit would pose an unprecedented challenge to Israel, perhaps forcing it to scale back its military operations while the delegation is there. Mr. Morsi's activist response to Israeli-Palestinian violence marks a stark reversal from the more hands-off policies of his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.
President Barack Obama and administration officials have been in contact with leaders of Israel and Egypt—staunchly supporting Israel's operation while pressing the Egyptians to rein in Hamas, officials said.
"I'm not going to speculate on where this might go, beyond saying that we all want to see a de-escalation of the violence and that the onus rests squarely on Hamas," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner. "It needs to stop its rocket attacks."
On Thursday, a Palestinian rocket narrowly missed Tel Aviv, setting off incoming-missile warning sirens in the city for the first time since Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel during the 1991 Gulf War.
Thursday's three Israeli fatalities came when a Palestinian rocket struck an apartment complex in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, marking the first deaths on the Israeli side in the conflict and the deadliest single rocket strike ever on Israel from Gaza. Three soldiers were wounded in Israel by a rocket strike later Thursday.
In addition to the 19 Palestinians killed in two days of Israeli attacks, 200 were wounded, Gaza health officials said. Those numbers seemed likely to rise as Israel resumed heavy aerial bombardments late Thursday.
In much of southern Israel and in Gaza, schools remained closed and most residents hunkered down indoors, sheltering from airstrikes and rockets.
Shortly after nightfall, Israel's military began mobilizing 30,000 reserves. Convoys of buses packed with infantrymen, and flatbeds hauling tanks and armored vehicles, rumbled down Israel's highways toward the Gaza Strip.
"We are in the process of expanding the campaign," Israel's top military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, told Israel's Channel 2 television.
Earlier Thursday, Gen. Mordechai said military commanders had approved dozens of new targets in Gaza. Leaflets fluttered from the skies over Gaza around midday, warning residents to stay clear of Hamas personnel and installations ahead of continuing Israeli attacks. Army tanks fired shells at targets inside the coastal territory.
For many Palestinians, a more supportive government in Egypt would be their first sense of change from an Arab Spring that until now has largely passed them by. Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the two retain close ties.
"This time we know that this is a new Egypt—a new Arab world," said Haidar Eid, an associate professor of political science at Al Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip. "We are expecting the Arab World to do something."
Many Israelis and Palestinians argue that it was the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt that helped emboldened Palestinian factions, including some elements of Hamas, to take a more defiant and confrontational approach to Israel that helped trigger this current flare-up.
After nearly four years of calm along the Gaza border, Palestinian militants have slowly stepped up their mortar and rocket attacks on Israel in recent months. Hamas, which in recent years had acted to prevent rival militants from firing at Israel, began to join in the firing itself, in what some observers believed was a response to rival factions' mounting criticism of the group for refusing to confront Israel.
The days leading up to the Israeli attack saw a series of tit-for-tat skirmishes between Israel and Palestinian militants.
Israel has now struck more than 250 targets in the Gaza Strip, the military said. Gaza-based militants have fired around 300 rockets at Israel since the conflict began, Israel's military says. The country's newly deployed Iron Dome missile defense system, which is partially U.S.-funded, has knocked 105 of them out of the sky, the military said.
In other recent conflicts—Israel's 2006 Lebanon War, and 2009's operation against Hamas in Gaza—Israel intensely shelled suspected militant positions to soften resistance ahead of ground invasions. Israel's latest shelling has been more limited.
Both previous operations were followed by several years of calm. Both also were far bigger in scope, taking a massive toll on the civilian populations, killing hundreds of civilians and scorching Israel's image internationally.
The relatively lower casualty numbers in this assault would seem to indicate that Israel, for its hawkish talk, is mounting a significantly more restrained and pinpoint approach so far to operations than it has at times in the past.
That may help explain why international support for the Israeli offensive has remained strong. The U.K. on Thursday issued a statements of support for Israel. That followed similarly robust backing from Washington a day earlier.
"Hamas bears principal responsibility for the current crisis," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
—Joshua Mitnick in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, contributed to this article.
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Esta página pretende dar un resumen de los diferentes aspectos del desarrollo de KDE, enfocándose en particular a asuntos relacionados con programación. El proyecto KDE da la bienvenida a todos quienes deseen ayudar.
|Hay varias formas de involucrarse en el desarrollo de KDE, las que pueden clasificarse de la siguiente forma: Documentación, Traducción, Desarrollo, Ergonomía, Accesibilidad, Arte, Promoción ¿No es usted un programador? Vea las páginas de KDE acerca de cómo nos puede ayudar para otras formas en las que puede colaborar. También vea: Escuadrón de errores!
La dirección general del proyecto KDE está fijada por quienes hacen el trabajo ─no hay un plan maestro sobre cómo lucirá KDE en el futuro.
Si desea saber qué es lo que está pasando con KDE, hay un buen número de fuentes que podría considerar: ; Listas de correo: Probablemente la mejor manera de saber qué ocurre con el desarrollo de KDE. Los archivos están disponibles aquí
Si usted sabe inglés, la forma más rápida de contribuir a KDE es reportar los errores que encuentre en KDE, usando el Sistema de Procesamiento de Errores de KDE. Recuerde hacer esto en inglés.
Si sus programas se caen, no olvide enviar informes utilizando las herramientas automatizadas de reporte. Si sabe inglés, no olvide leer los consejos sobre cómo crear reportes útiles de caída.
Empezar a programar en KDE es un asunto de encontrar algo para arreglar, y arreglarlo. Puede ser que quiera consultar la vista de módulos para que le ayude a encontrar lo que está buscando; una vez haya arreglado algo, querrá mandar un parche. Si hace eso unas cuantas veces, puede postular a una cuenta de Asistente KDE, para tener acceso directo al código.
La gran mayoría de KDE está escrita en C++. Si usted no está familiarizado con C++, es necesario que aprenda, a lo menos, sus fundamentos. Hay una serie de buenos libros acerca de C++ ─una buena fuente es "Thinking in C++" de Bruce Eckel (en inglés), que está disponible tanto en un archivo electrónico gratuito, como en un libro impreso. No es necesario que usted entienda todo antes de que se inicie en KDE, pero es necesario que entienda, al menos, la sintaxis básica y las operaciones.
To become proficient with KDE coding, you should understand the Qt toolkit. If you are not familiar with Qt, you should work through the tutorials included with Qt Reference Documentation.
If you need a gentler introduction to Qt, or would just like an alternative view, then you may wish to look at the Foundations of Qt Development.
If you prefer to learn Qt by reading a traditional book, take a look at the Books about Qt page. More suggestions on becoming familiar with Qt4 are available How to Learn Qt page.
A range of information on KDE techniques is available in the tutorial section. Note that some of these tutorials still target KDE3, though they should be at least partly applicable.
You will also find useful information on KDE coding in the FAQs section. This information may also be somewhat dated for KDE4, however much of it is broadly applicable, even outside KDE.
You can also read KDE coding books.
Last, but by no means least, KDE comes with extensive class (Application Programmer Interface) documentation. This is available in the KDE API Reference Manuals section, which also contains a number of useful links on how to write or update the class documentation. You can also generate these on your own machine, or refer to a more up-to-date online version at API Reference.
A more detailed description of the steps above is available in our Programming Guide.
Context help is inseparable from the dialogs and widgets, as they are the target of the context help. In fact, in order to write context help, you have to touch programming or programming tools. Indeed, the context help is a property of widgets. In object oriented programming, a property can have different values, and behave differently depending on the value. In Qt/KDE programming, the name of the property is "whatsthis", and its value is the text the context help is going to display.
Fortunately, this task is usually not very difficult, as there are good tools to deal with user interface design, and better, you will use the knowledge acquired here later when dealing with user interface in general. Using the Qt framework (Qt is the base of KDE technology), it is possible to separate code and user interface. You have two basic cases here: the user interface is written with the general code of application (usually .cpp files) or in Qt Designer files (.ui files: it is a XML document). The second case is the best to start with, as it is simpler to work with. If you don't have Qt Designer installed, you can do so by installing the devel package of Qt from your distribution or the Qt Designer package (if your distribution has more fine grained packages).
Here you can find a detailed guide for writing whatsthis using Qt Designer and working directly with the source code: WhatsThis Tutorial, by Aaron J. Seigo.
There is a large number of applications within KDE, and not all of them have a maintainer dedicated to managing bugs and generally helping out with all the issues associated with turning some working code into a polished application.
If you are interested in helping out with KDE, but don't know where to start, becoming a member of the KDE Quality Team might appeal to you - see the Quality Team website for more information. Note that you do not need any programming skills to become involved. In particular developers regularly publish so-called Junior Jobs to encourage new contributions.
Of course, you can become involved in bug hunting without being part of the KDE Quality Team - just create yourself an account on the KDE bug tracking system, and start searching / sorting through the bugs. Again, you don't have to have programming skills - it helps the programmers enormously just to have a procedure that allows a bug to be consistently reproduced.
The Bugsquad tries to keep track of bugs in KDE software and make sure that valid bugs are noticed by developers. You do not need any programming knowledge to be in the Bugsquad; in fact it is a great way to return something to the KDE community if you cannot program.
User interface is a very wide subject, and very subjective too, as something obvious to someone is absurd to others and vice versa. Therefore, don't assume, argue clearly, stating your logical steps. Your main tool discussing it are objective reasoning and good sense.
It is easy to perform a quick user interface analysis, but it is hard to convince people to change the interface. A good, convincing analysis can gain much if it incorporates information from the KDE guidelines, competing program and operational system analysis, general design principles found in many books, user testing or individual (anecdotal) feedback. It is a volunteer project, and even if everybody agree with you, someone has to implement it.
The KDE Usability Mailing List is very active and a good place for discussing your ideas, and their homepage is at http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability. If you are already an usability expert, please check OpenUsability.org, a project that brings open source developers and usability experts together, and is collaborating closely with KDE.
Some documents guiding documents include the KDE User Interface Guidelines (design standards) and KDE User Interface Guidelines (design principles).
Some projects for analysis of user interfaces may include: checking that shortcut keys are coherent across KDE applications, making sure that dialogs are directly relevant to the interaction that the user would expect, and finding users of KDE software to see how they perform common workflows.
If your question concerns KDE development, your options are pretty much the same general user ones, with some modifications:
- Read the Developer FAQ. Many common developer questions have been answered in the KDE Developer FAQ
- Search/browse KDE websites. A lot of questions can also be answered from the KDE websites, and the documentation included on it. You can search all the KDE websites on the homepage. In addition, you can browse the KDE TechBase website. And if possible, help edit it for clarity, and use the talk page if something is unclear.
- Search mailing lists. A lot of questions have already been answered on the KDE mailing lists, particular the lists kde-devel, kde2-porting, kde-core-devel, kde-games-devel, kfm-devel and koffice-devel. You can search these lists at lists.kde.org. You should always search for your answer before asking questions on the mailing lists. When you ask a question on a mailing list you are emailing thousands of people -- please do this only if the answer is not available through a simple search.
- Search engines. Do not forget about your favorite search engine. One of the best search engines is Google. With Google you can also search the great bulk of Usenet news sites, which is also particularly helpful, especially for general programming and gcc-related questions.
- Read the source code. http://websvn.kde.org and https://projects.kde.org/ are available to help browse code. Read some commit logs and diffs for the code you might want to work with, It adds perspective.
- Ask on KDE mailing lists. If you still do not have an answer, try asking your question on one of the KDE mailing lists listed above.
- For questions relating to core development or third-party KDE development, unless you are particularly interested in Konqueror, KOffice, games or Java development, your main choice is kde-devel (subscribe).
- For questions relating to Konqueror development, your main choice is kfm-devel (subscribe)
- For questions relating to KOffice development, your main choice is koffice-devel (subscribe)
- For questions relating to games development, your main choice is kde-games-devel (subscribe)
- For questions relating to Qt development, please use the fine Qt mailing list.
A full list of KDE mailing lists is available here and here.


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I'm going to be using Newton in my networked action game with Mogre. There will be two "types" of physics object: global and local. Global objects will be kept in sync for everybody; these include the players, projectiles, and other gameplay-related objects. Local objects are purely for effect, like ragdolls, debris, and particles.
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HOUSTON -- The LNG 17 conference continued on Wednesday with
a number of technical programs and presentations, a delegate
luncheon, and the busy exhibition hall, which played host to
many press events throughout the day.
At the GE Oil
& Gas booth, executives discussed the release of several
new technologies with members of the media over lunch. One
technology, LNG In A Box, is a small-scale, plug-and-play,
redeployable liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling solution. It
is ideal for the production and use of LNG as transportation
fuel for long-haul trucking, in a virtual pipeline
network, or in distributed power-generation applications for
the mining and oil and gas industries.
During the press event, GE's general manager of
turbomachinery unconventional solutions Ujjwal Kumar and Gasfin
general director Davor Grcevich signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Gasfins purchase of
five LNG In A Box units.
Luxembourg-based Gasfin will install the units to serve
small groups of LNG fueling stations in Europe, with the first unit being
established in 2014 near the border of Italy and Slovenia. The
MOU signing marked Gasfin as GEs first customer for the
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LNG In A Box offers a standardized, modular fueling solution
covering an LNG production range of 10,000 gallons per day
(gpd) to 50,000 gpd and expands on GEs existing
small-scale LNG portfolio, which includes the Micro LNG plant
announced in 2012.
GEs Mr. Kumar noted that large-scale LNG plants work
well in places like Australia or Saudi Arabia, but that
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Gasfins Mr. Grcevich praised the technology as an attractive solution
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applications. China is a target market for
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I saw on your pictures, i cant find the liquefaction facility inside the machine? What is gas composition requirement for this machine, say it for CO2 and N2? What is pre treatment facility inside this box. My last question, how long from start , LNG can produce? Thank you
Would like to know how ten acres directly on main pipeline, with rail plus trucking corridor would factor into. Heavy industrial land and economic enterprise tax breaks for jobs
Rick Whitworth
1. How applicable is this technology to the current US trucking fleets. What conversions if neede for the trucks and how realisitic?2. What is the average footprint required for siting a LNG in a Box operation?3. How much natural gas is used for a 10,000 - 50,000 gpd operation?
irwan haryadi
I very intersted about LNG in a Box , please send to me information more detail , how LNG in a Box can operation and what kind thing we must prepare if we use LNG in a BOX fromGE for Transportation .and last question , LNG in a BOx can supply for Industri example for supply 2 Mmscfd ?thank you very much for you'r information Best Regard's Irwan Haryadi
Mike Hannes
Depends on proximity of gas pipelines or sources of small gas streams.
Avasarala J Rao
Great! How about India as a 'target market'?
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text: I think I have said all I could about wolves and the species. Drawing these forest animals is always fun, but the more I draw a repeated animal, dragon, person, or character, the more I run out of things to talk about. I just wanted to do a sketch on "how to draw a realistic wolf, step by step" that was easy, colorful, and fun. Sketching animals is almost always complicated because of the contours in their faces, bodies, and even their fur. I wanted this drawing to be very simple for everybody to tackle, and because of that, I drew the side view of a wolf's head. There are many different species of wolves that are in existence, so choosing the kind you want to sketch out can be a bit frustrating. My advice, choose a wolf that is less fluffy then others, and even a bit more thicker. The coloring that I did for the wolf came out looking pretty sweet too. I think it should be easy for you guys to use colored pencils, oil paint, and even a good set of quality markers to shade in your animal with. In the end you will get results that you should be pleased with. Try out this lesson, and you will see just how easy it is to learn "how to draw a realistic wolf, step by step". Today is Saturday, so maybe you can stick around a bit longer to see what else I upload before the night is done. Peace out, and happy drawing!


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W. James Hamilton of Steubenville from Sharon Lee Hamilton of Pompano Beach, Fla.
Amy G. Long of Bergholz and Jason E. Long of Toronto. Joint decree of divorce.
Nicole M. Carroll of Toronto from Jerrett L. Carroll of Toronto.
Deannja Nichole Takach of Smithfield from Michael Anthony Takach of Bridgeport.
Anthony C. Blancato of Steubenville from Peggy S. Blancato of Bergholz.
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STEUBENVILLE - If for whatever reason the OVAC Volleyball Championship Tournament was played a few weeks ago, the result of the Class A final may have been different.
Madonna, the reigning champion, was just caught on a bad day.
"It was a long day," said Blue Dons coach Jennifer Ewusiak.
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FINISHES SECOND — Madonna senior Gabrielle Sellitti shakes hands with fellow senior Amanda Paul before Game 2 of the OVAC Class A Volleyball Championship Tournament. The Blue Dons advanced to the finals for the third-straight year but fell to Bellaire St. John in two sets.
With the OVAC regular season title already ensured, Madonna entered the tournament at Big Red's Crimson Court with a 15-game winning streak.
It continued with a three-set win over Trinity Christian in the semifinals.
"I told the girls to overcome the nerves of playing in a big tournament against a very good team," said Trinity coach Jennifer Hefner.
On Sept. 24, the Blue Dons beat the Warriors in two sets as part of three-team set with Wheeling Central.
"I thought we improved a lot since then," Hefner said.
Trinity collected eight-straight points in Game 1, overcoming an early four-point deficit, to win, 25-21. The Blue Dons had to fend off a five-point streak in Game 2 to but held on, 25-19, to force a deciding third game, which they won, 25-14.
Monica Bragg had 10 kills against the Warriors, while Amanda Paul tallied 16 digs. Chloe Conner added 18 assists, four points and three kills.
Emily Pietranton scored four aces, with seven digs.
Madonna could have used a time machine before taking on Bellaire St. John in the championship match.
The Fighting Irish edged Paden City in three sets before taking on the defending champs.
"We weren't quite sure what to expect," St. John coach Carrie Ramsey said, "but they really stepped up to the plate."
Madonna fell in two sets, 25-17 and 25-22.
"Some of them were just getting their serves in," Ewusiak said. "There was not any movement. That was not one of the toughest teams we've come up against.
"Our blocks weren't very good. It was just a bad day."
Lindsey Froelic, a 6-foot-3, sophomore middle hitter, led the Irish with nine kills, while Caitlin Sliva had nine points and Sydney Helms tallied 11 assists.
"It was a total team effort," Ramsey, the first-year head coach, said. "They all kept their heads in the game and they all picked each other up when they needed to. They got the job done."
A six-point run to go up 13-5 paced the Irish (18-4) in Game 2. Sliva, a junior, created two points off broken plays and used the net to her advantage, catching Madonna defenders flat-footed.
"We needed that confidence," Ramsey said. "They know they can perform at this level and it's going to guide us.
"For the stage and what was at stake, yes," she added when asked if it was the best game the team has played all year. "At the beginning of the year, they would have fell apart."
Bragg scored nine kills for the Blue Dons (20-3) in Game 2, with Paul adding 13 digs. Conner had 12 assists and five digs, Gabrielle Sellitti tallied four digs and two kills, while Pietranton had seven digs.
"It kind of tells you what needs to be worked on and where you can improve," Ewusiak said. "I'm proud of them. They worked really hard all season and they do work well together. It was just a bad day."
Madonna hosts Valley a 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
(Matthew Peaslee is a sports writer and can be contacted at email@example.com or followed on Twitter at @thempeas.)


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Your child's life is full of adventures worth writing about! Buy a notebook for your child to use as a travel journal or everyday diary. If she's computer-savvy or artsy, have her take digital photos and write captions to create an online slideshow of her summer fun. Journaling is a great way to reinforce the five Ws of story-telling, used in school reports. Keep a journal every school year or summer, and she will have a special keepsake — and a great record of how her writing has improved since the previous year.
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I am very keen on adding the NN5 to my workflow (traveling with a similar but heavy product is no longer feasible).
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1932 Ford Roadster - A Contemporary TraditionalistWritten by on July 1, 2009 Contributors: Eric Geisert Kevin Washburn's '32 Ford Roadster
When an unseasoned enthusiast comes into our hobby with a very limited knowledge of the history of hot rodding and builds a car to suit his interpretation of what hot rodding is all about, the outcome is often predictable. The resulting car is typically a mish-mash of random parts full of conflicting build styles that spans the better part of the last four decades. But when Kevin Washburn was introduced to the hot rodding world at the tender age of 60 and shortly thereafter decided to build a Deuce roadster, he was all too aware of this typical scenario and got to work quickly to dispel the rumor that you can't teach old guys new tricks.
A lawyer by trade, a Porsche and Audi salesman by day, and an all-around automotive aficionado by nature, Kevin grew up in Eastern Washington on a farm helping his father fix implement equipment. Learning to drive on the farm well before the legal age, Kevin was struck with the car bug before he even set off for college. And by the time his career was in full swing, he had wrenched on more early Porsches than you can shake a stick at, including his current '58 356 A coupe. But a chance trip to the Grand National Roadster Show when it was still being held in the California Bay Area tipped the scales slightly and Kevin soon turned his attention to the hot rod world. Enthralled with the minimalism that abounded in the hobby, Kevin was quickly drawn to the clean lines and sports car-like aesthetic of the early roadsters. He immersed himself in the books by Don Montgomery and soaked up the history of early hot rodding from the dry lakes to the street, like a sponge. He attended SEMA and the LA Roadsters Show year after year, meeting guys like Alex Xydias and Pete Chapouris of SO-CAL Speed Shop and Roy Brizio of Roy Brizio's Street Rods, taking with him a wealth of knowledge on the idiosyncrasies of the hot rodding hobby. Confident of his knowledge in the subject matter, Kevin purchased a dropped and drilled axle, the first part in what would become his first hot rod roadster.
Impressed by their rich history at the dry lakes and Bonneville as well as their attention to detail when it comes to building traditionally-minded hot rods, Kevin decided to pay the crew at SO-CAL Speed Shop a visit to see if they couldn't iron out a plan to build Kevin's roadster. What they came up with was a standard foundation that the shop has built countless hot rods from; a SO-CAL Step-Boxed '32 Ford chassis coupled with a Brookville '32 Ford roadster body. That axle Kevin had been hanging onto was soon hung off the front crossmember via a transverse leaf spring and SO-CAL Speed Shop hairpins. Wilwood disc brakes were hidden inside a SO-CAL Speed Shop finned drum, capable of providing ample stopping power for the light highboy. Out back, the rolling responsibilities are handled by a Currie-built Ford 9-inch rearend hung on a transverse spring like the front and located by a pair of Pete & Jake's ladder bars. Wheel Vintiques '40 Ford-style steelies reside at all four corners, shod in Firestone bias plies, 550/16s up front and 750/16s out back.
Kevin liked the idea of putting a Ford in a Ford so when it came time to select the drivetrain components, he contacted Ford Motorsports and Gary Clark at Clark's Auto and Marine Machine Shop where they came up with a potent blue oval engine. Using a Ford Motorsports Sportsman 302ci block, Gary Clark opened up the bore slightly and installed an Eagle Specialty Products crank with a 3-inch stroke to up the displacement to 331 ci. A set of Edelbrock Performer RPM heads were then mounted on to the block topped with a matching Edelbrock intake and carb. An MSD ignition system ignites the incoming charge, which is expelled through a pair of Sanderson headers and out the SO-CAL Speed Shop-fabricated exhaust.
The Brookville body was massaged by the crew at SO-CAL Speed Shop before it was painted in-house by Mick Jenkins and his crew in 1931 Ford Lombard Blue. The Brookville grille received similar treatment, as did the hood top and custom louvered hood sides. Once the paint was dry, cut, and buffed, the body and sheet metal pieces were mated to the chassis and the SO-CAL Speed Shop bull nose, headlights, '39 Ford tail lights, chopped windshield posts, and other odds and ends were bolted on. From there, the car was sent down the road to Gabe's Street Rods Custom Interiors were Gabe Lopez and his team fabricated a custom bench seat and panels before covering them with antique mahogany leather purchased from the Hide and Leather House in Napa, California. The floor received German square weave tan carpet with matching leather piping. Back at SO-CAL Speed Shop, a set of Stewart-Warner gauges were placed in a SO-CAL Speed Shop aluminum insert and installed in the `32 dash, fronted by a LimeWorks banjo-style steering wheel and column that mate to a Vega steering box. Completing the cockpit's accoutrements is a tan LeBaron Bonney soft top to keep the interior dry regardless of the weather.
By studying the cars built when hot rodding was in its infancy and keying in on the aesthetics of those early cars, Kevin was able to avoid making those mistakes commonly made by many a newcomer to the hot rodding hobby. He was able to decide what he liked in particular when it came to a certain build style, the parts that made up said style, and the guys involved today who build cars that emulate that style. The resulting car is a study in contemporary traditionalism.
|Kevin Washburn
|Burlingame, California
|1932 Ford highboy roadster
|Frame / Manufacturer
|step-boxed '32 Ford / SO-CAL
|Speed Shop (Pomona, CA)
|pinched nose
|Chassis plumbing
|SO-CAL Speed Shop
|Rearend / Ratio
|Currie 9" / 3.25:1
|Rear suspension
|transverse spring, SO-CAL Speed
|Shop ladder bars, Pete & Jake's
|(Peculiar, MO) shocks
|Rear brakes
|Front suspension
|Chassis Engineering (West
|Branch, IA) axle, transverse
|spring, SO-CAL Speed Shop
|hairpins, Pete & Jake's shocks
|Front brakes
|SO-CAL Speed Shop disc
|Master cylinder
|Wilwood (Camarillo, CA)
|Steering box
|'40 Ford Deluxe
|Front wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA), 16x6"
|Rear wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques, 16x7"
|Front tire make, size
|Firestone bias ply, 550x16"
|Rear tire make, size
|Firestone bias ply, 750x16"
|Machining / Assembly
|Gary Clark @ Clark's Auto &
|Marine Machine Shop
|(Burlingame, CA)
|Cooling fan
|SPAL electric, 16"
|Walker Cobra Z (Memphis, TN)
|Edelbrock (Torrance, CA)
|Performer RPM, aluminum
|Manifold / Induction
|Edelbrock Performer Rpm Air-
|Gap, aluminum
|Ignition / Wires
|MSD M6A (El Paso, TX)
|Sanderson (South San Francisco, CA)
|Exhaust / Mufflers
|Magnaflow (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
|Richmond 5-speed
|Hurst (Chatsworth, CA) & Lokar
|(Knoxville, TN)
|Body style / Material
|'32 Ford roadster / steel
|Body manufacturer
|Brookville {{{Roadster}}} (Brookville,
|louvered Rootlieb (Turlock, CA)
|Brookville Roadster w/ SO-CAL
|Mick Jenkins @ SO-CAL Speed
|Paint type / Color
|PPG / Lombard Blue
|Mick Jenkins @ SO-CAL Speed
|Headlights / Taillights
|SO-CAL Speed Shop
|Brookville Roadster
|Insert / Gauges
|SO-CAL Speed Shop / Stewart-
|Vintage Air (San Antonio, CA)
|Steering wheel
|'39 Ford reproduction
|Steering column
|LimeWorks Speed Shop
|(Whittier, CA)
|custom by Gabe Lopez @ Gabe's
|Street Rods Custom Interiors
|(San Bernardino, CA)
|Gabe Lopez @ Gabe's Street
|Rods Custom Interiors
|Material / Color
|antique mahogany leather
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Phillip Racz, bass
New School Jazz student Phillip Racz (bass) presents his senior recital.
This program takes an angled view at the standard jazz repertoire; slight shifts in arrangement serve as a springboard for a developing group dynamism.Musicians:Dor Heled- PianoMatt Heister- GuitarCasey Dodd- DrumsPhil Racz has been performing and working in the NYC and Washington DC areas in theatre, klezmer, and jazz and rock bands for the past ten years. He is thrilled to be part of the New School community as a double bassist and also enjoys studying and performing the accordion in his spare time.
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December 01, 2010
World AIDS Day in Cape Town
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Skye is a spontaneous traveller, a citizen of the world and is passionate about unlocking the stories of inspiring destinations like Cape Town. She believes in the power of content, loves street photography, anthropology, urban neighbourhoods and counts London's Shoreditch and Cape Town's city bowl as the two favourite places she has lived and worked in.
Masani, and AIDS orphan living in Rwanda, is proof that there is always hope. Photo by Skye Grove
Since 1988, World AIDS Day has been about raising money for, heightening awareness of, combating prejudice through and improving education around AIDS-related efforts. In 2010, Cape Town will be part of global efforts to raise awareness around HIV/AIDS, as part of both the (RED) and the Lights for Rights campaigns, by illuminating Table Mountain with red lights from 19h00 until midnight tonight.
The (RED) campaign raises money for the Global Fund, the biggest pot of money dedicated to overcoming AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, by co-branding products and releasing them in limited (RED) editions, donating up to 50% of the proceeds. One of the components of this campaign involves turning iconic landmarks around the world red. The initiative dovetails well with the Lights for Rights campaign, which places emphasis on "shining a light on human rights" in relation to HIV and AIDS, drawing global attention to the rights of those infected and affected by HIV.
According to the latest UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, there are now 33.3-million people living with HIV, including 2.5-million children. During 2009, there were 2.6-million new infections, and an estimated 1.8-million people died from AIDS-related diseases.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, however. The largest epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa – in Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—have either stabilised or are showing signs of decline, say UNAIDS. Botswana, which has the region's most successful treatment programme, has cut its AIDS-related deaths in half. In Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland, coverage of anti-retrovirals for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV reached more than 80%.
Prevention is a key component of the City of Cape Town's strategic health programme, which is why HIV testing initiatives and anti-retroviral treatment programmes are being rolled out citywide, in partnership with the Provincial Government of the Western Cape.
"The major focus of these outreach events [is] to raise awareness around HIV and also tuberculosis, which is a major cause of death for those infected with HIV," said Cape Town's mayoral committee member for health, Councillor Dumisani Ximbi.
This World AIDS day, take responsibility for your health and get tested. Encourage those you care about to do the same. And when you see Table Mountain lit up in red tonight, remember that city cares about the rights of its denizens – to health, to life, to life-giving treatment.


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We're currently scouting for solutions to a versioning/storage problem for large creative works. The designers themselves seem to want SVN, but this seems like an inappropriate mechanism. Files are expected to be in the 10mb-200mb range, they will be revised several times during the course of a project, then the final copy archived and the revisions erased.
NOTE: We're required to use an external SVN provider for internal reasons, but this will not be the case for a solution other than SVN; we will need a local solution for this.
So, I would like to know, does anyone currently have an internally hosted solution for a creative/design department, and if so, what software/setup are you using?
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The Rutgers men's basketball program has found controversy again. Eddie Jordan, a former Rutgers basketball player hired last month as head coach, does not have a degree from the school as is indicated in his university bio, according to the school registrar's office. The discrepancy was first reported by Deadspin.com.
Jordan's bio says he "earned honorable mention All-American honors as a senior in 1977 before earning a degree in health and physical education." But an employee who verifies degree information at Rutgers said a man with Jordan's name and birth date was not listed as having one.
A statement released by the university Friday said that Jordan was inducted into the Rutgers hall of distinguished alumni in 2004. "While Rutgers was in error when it reported that Eddie Jordan had earned a degree from Rutgers University, neither Rutgers nor the NCAA requires a head coach to hold a baccalaureate degree." The statement added, "We are excited to have him as our men's basketball coach and we look forward to many winning seasons."
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I have heard that LEGO have (or had) a programme called LUGBULK whereby clubs can purchase bulk lots of LEGO components direct fom LEGO.
Is that true? If so, is it economical and how can I get involved?
I have heard that LEGO have (or had) a programme called LUGBULK whereby clubs can purchase bulk lots of LEGO components direct fom LEGO.
Is that true? If so, is it economical and how can I get involved?
The Brick Blogger describes in detail how the LUGBULKS system works.
I recommend visiting the original article for more infomation. In particular which LUG (LEGO user groups) are qualified to use LUGBULK.
Yes, it does exist and it is indeed a logistical nightmare, but at least it does exist.
From what I understand from the participation from the LUG I'm a member of, all participants must provide their data to LEGO and must agree not to resell parts they buy.
The participants don't buy things on their own; rather, the club is responsible to select elements it wants to buy and quantities. There are limits, but I don't know for sure which ones (I think max 80 different elements per order), so the club must find a way to make sure all its members get something they want.
The way my club chose to do it is to select some elements which are likely to please a lot of people (basic dark red bricks, for example), then they buy them with their own account and resell them to members.
The prices are somewhat cheaper than if you would call LEGO yourself (which works in certain countries, by the way) or if you used the online pick-a-brick, but I can't say by how much. And since the club as a whole is involved, it's sometimes frustrating for individuals.
As how to get involved, you will need to be a known club, in which case you're likely to already have contacts with LEGO, so use these to ask how the lugbulk works.
If you're a new club which is yet unknown from LEGO, by all means, try to make yourself known, this can bring many advantages other than the lugbulk.
LUGBULK does allow members to buy things at a reduced cost that is determined by LEGO's production pricing.
I know our LUG allows each member to pick a certain number of elements that we want and then vote on the remainder. That way, everyone is guaranteed a certain amount pieces they want. Plus we can choose from the rest of the line-up also.
But of course, you have to be a member of a LUG, hence the name LUGBULK. I'd recommend contacting your local LEGO store to see if they know any members of your local LUG (if there is one). Otherwise, you can always start your own. You do need a certain minimum of members to be able to order LUGBULK and there are monetary requirements to meet also.


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World leaders, Catholics welcome church's new pope
LONDON - World leaders are sending their congratulations and Catholics around the world are celebrating after the Vatican announced the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to the papacy -- making him the first pontiff from Americas.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday was "a momentous day for the 1.2 billion Catholics around the world." European Union leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso wished the new Catholic leader "a long and blessed pontificate."
In Latin America, there were tears and cheers at the news that of the first pope from the hemisphere. Even in Communist Cuba, there was pride as church bells rang to celebrate the news.
On Twitter, the pope's mothballed account was revived and read: "HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM," a reference to the cardinal's new name: Pope Francis.


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Can Aquamoeba beat Glory Seeker if the Aquamoeba owner discards one or more cards during the fight?
Discard a card from your hand: switch Aquamoeba's power and toughness until end of turn. 1/3 creature
2/2 creature - human soldier
Can Aquamoeba beat Glory Seeker if the Aquamoeba owner discards one or more cards during the fight?
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It used to be the case that you could do this:
This would cause the Aquamoeba to have 3 power when damage was assigned but have 3 toughness when damage was resolved, killing the 2/2 but leaving the Aquamoeba alive.
However, changes to the combat rules for Magic 2010 were made that specifically prevented this. Now damage does not use the stack and is assigned and applied in one step, so the Aquamoeba can be either 1/3 at the time (and both survive) or 3/1 at the time (and both die).
You should take the time to read up on how the Stack works.
Unless stated otherwise on the card, all activated abilities can be played at anytime, identical to an instant. This means you can activate Aquamoeba's ability during combat, and due to the way the Stack works Aquamoeba's ability will take effect before combat damage is dealt. Therefore using Aquamoeba's ability will result in both itself and Glory Seeker dying.
Yup it can. Card abilities can be activated like instants - therefore can be activated at any time of play. Although both creature would die because it does not have first strike.


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My maternal grandmother and grandfather lived in Lakehurst, and spoke of the Hindenburg often when I was young.
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75 Years Since the Hindenburg Disaster - In Focus - The Atlantic
My maternal grandmother and grandfather lived in Lakehurst, and spoke of the Hindenburg often when I was young.
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
That was a wild and fast burn...
They never discoverd what exactly caused the disaster...
God so loved the world He gave his only Son...
...Believe in Him and have everlasting life.
John 3:16
there were several problems with the airship --there was three major fire problems that were overlooked during the building of the ship maybe more.
the "hindenburg" is the "Titanic" of the air in many ways.
My father was a guard at the wreckage site. My brother and I each have a piece of aluminum cut from the tail.
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
My Grandmother saw it burn, if I remember my family history. I know some of my aunts and uncles did.
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1988 And 1981 Ford Mustang Supercharged - NMCA Drag RacingWritten by Douglas Glad on January 22, 2007 If You Want To Win, Use A Turbo.
That Reagan guy called it trickle-down economics. In political rhetoric, it's about feeding an industry resources and taking advantage of the natural tendency of ideas and hardware to spread from the industry guys down to the man on the street. In Car Craft terms, it means watching the racer who blows things up for the sake of winning and adapting his trial-and-error knowledge to the street machine. Since the racer is going to push as hard as he can, he is also going to find inventive ways to use the latest technology. So you can look at the Car Craft Magazine Street Race class as kind of an R&D facility for your street machine. Pay attention, you are going to learn something.
Street Race was developed in connection with Car Craft for stock-appearing vehicles running DOT-legal street slicks or drag-radial tires. Participants are allowed EFI or carbureted engines that are nitrous equipped, supercharged, or turbocharged. Small-blocks are allowed a maximum of 415 ci and big-block engines up to 490 inches. Each car starts with a base weight determined by the size of the engine, the type of power-adder, and the type of tire used. For example, a turbocharged car must be limited to 360 inches and weigh at least 3,300 pounds. If you want to add an intercooler, add 100 pounds, if you want to run an aftermarket fuel-injection controller, you must add 50 pounds. You also can take off 100 pounds for running DOT drag radials to even it out.
Racers are required to use mufflers and can't alter the bodies aside from adding better hoods, and the engines need to run on gasoline. Nitrous guys can only use a single-plate system for carbs or a single-nozzle for injection; no foggers or timers are allowed, and you have to run approved aftermarket cylinder heads. Sound like a street machine? Stick shifts are allowed as long as you pull the handle yourself, but most of the guys are running some version of the Powerglide. So anyone who can bolt on a set of heads and throw a shifter can enter the field that is a mix of turbos, nitrous, and supercharged small-blocks.
What all this means is currently, the ultimate combination for a drag-racing street machine is something like Tim Meagher's '81 Mustang that runs 9.10s all day long with a 357-inch small-block and a turbocharger. He's the '06 NMCA Street Race Points Champion. Check out this sick combo he used to dominate the class.
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Points and weight penalties conspire to keep things on the level in the Street Race class. The NMCA drops two races from the points average, so it's OK if you can't make every race. The association also adds 20 pounds to the total weight of the winner before the next event, and the weight is cumulative, so fast guys can get pretty fat and slow by the end of the season. The weights are reset for the next year. To join the fun visit fasteststreetcar.com or call 714/444-2426.
The Competition
The other guy who could have taken the crown was Larry Hourcle in his Vortech supercharged '88 Mustang. All he had to do was set the track record, qualify No. 1, and win every round. Unfortunately, the small-block dropped a valve in an early round and put him on the trailer
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This is Tim Meagher's Street Race car. Take away the stickers, and you have a vicious street car executing 60-foot times in the 1.30s on a 275/50-15 BFG drag-radial tire.The interior is from a '90 Mustang, including the airbag (not hooked up). On the center console is the control panel for the Mallory ignition system (the red box), and the box below it activates the boost control. Data-logging is not allowed in the Street Race class. The bottle contains CO2 that controls the wastegate.The turbo idea came from the fact that Tim and his cronies have all owned 9-second street cars at one time. All of them turbo. Everyone told Tim a turbo wouldn't work in the NMCA, so they decided to try it. The Dart block is essentially a 347 that is 0.090 over for 357 inches with 218cc Victor Jr. heads and a Trick Flow TFS R intake manifold. The roller cam is class-limited to 0.555 lift at the valve; the duration is a secret. It makes 850 hp at 6,800 and 780 lb-ft at 5,400.Casey Upton wired the dual Powermaster batteries. The Mustang uses two batteries run in series through a 16-volt system to keep up with all the electronics. The fuel cell and the intercooler tank are both hand-fabbed and are actually separate and do not share a wall. The electric pump is for pumping ice water to the intercooler.Tim bought an '81 Mustang shell to build a really fast street car, and that year was considered pre-emissions at the time. He also found a '90 in the junkyard for parts. They took every piece of the car down to bare metal before painting it. The cowl is from Cervini.Early in the season, Tim and the crew blew up a turbo and an engine. Thinking they were out for good, they showed up in Ohio and found out that the NMCA automatically drops two of the races. Back in the game, Tim dominated for the rest of the season.Job Spetter at Turbo People of New York did the math and prepped the Precision turbo. It measures 72 mm tip-to tip on the impeller wheel per the rules. There is no restriction on the exhaust wheel. The fabrication of the stainless tubes was performed by Chris Thatcher in three days.The handle attached to the top of the rollcage is for the parachute. After Tim drives through the lights, he pushes the handle forward and the cable pops the pin out of the spring retainer that pushes the 'chute into the wind. If you are faster than 149 mph, you need one. The buttons are part of a Firefox fire-suppression system. The upper button is for an engine fire, and the lower button is for a fire in the cockpit. The overhead switch console is from Painless Wiring and the shifter is from Hurst.Plugged into the back of the HKS 60mm wastegate is a MAP sensor that provides feedback to the AMS 1000 boost controller. A 6-pound spring can produce around 12 pounds of boost with another 1-5 pounds being added by a charge of CO2 through the black tube on the back of the gate for a total of 17 pounds. The boost pressure can be dialed using the controller in the car, depending on the track conditions.
The fuel system uses a Weldon pump that feeds the boost-reference pressure regulator. The ratio is 1:1, and the fuel pressure is set to 42 pounds at idle with no vacuum. To add or subtract fuel during dyno tuning, the crew adjusts the pulse width of the injectors.The CFM of the turbo dictates the required size of the blow-off valve. If the valve opens and there is still boost in the system, the throttle blades can hang open or surge back into the turbo and damage parts. This system uses a 50mm valve from Tial Sport.On the first run of the day, the dense Memphis air allowed for too much boost on the line and popped off the intake tube. This was the only wrenching they did all weekend.Robello Racecraft built the 'cage so the car can go as fast as 7.50s without having to change anything. It is an SFI 255 Funny Car 'cage, which simply means it wraps around Tim's head. He also wears a neck brace to keep things attached.To get a turbo to work, you need to build boost. The two-step HyFire box breaks up the spark while the car is on the line with the footbrake applied, causing fuel to ignite in the exhaust and spool up the turbo. The car is then switched to the second step connected to the transbrake right before the car leaves the line. If you try to spool up the turbo on the transbrake, you will overheat the transmission.


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The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) decided recently to award Saudi Arabia the Global Partnership Award and Regional Achievement Award in recognition of the Kingdom's efforts, led by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, in a program to control visual disability and to support World Health Organization (WHO) in the fight against blindness as well as the leading role played by the Minister of Health during the past years.
Speaking on the occasion Minister of Health Dr. Hamad Al-Manie highlighted the generous support of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz in combating visual disability programs.
"The role of the Ministry of Health is consistent with the prominent and vital mission as well as sustained and intensive efforts carried out in this regard by Prince Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, president of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of IAPB to combat blindness in supporting the fight against blindness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region," Dr. Al-Manie added.
He also referred to Kingdom's strong role in presenting the initiative Vision 2020: the Right to Sight to the WHO General Assembly .
This is the first time that the Kingdom has received either award.


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Tim Will Do Almost Anything to Promote "Truck Yeah" Single
Looks like the country star enjoys a shirtless pre-show workout wherever he goes this summer.
Far be it from CountryWeekly.com to publish a picture of a shirtless country hunk just to get clicks on our website. We're just covering the news, people!
And the news from over the weekend is that Tim McGraw has found a way to work out and promote his new single, "Truck Yeah," at the same time.
Before his show in Southern California Friday night (July 13), Tim—without a shirt on—worked out in the parking lot by pushing a truck tire around.
And he posted a picture of the workout on his Twitter page, with the caption, "Pre show workout! #TRUCKYEAH."
Of course, the pre-show workout is nothing new for Tim this summer. Before his Brothers of the Sun appearance in Nashville, Tim—again with no shirt—took a run around downtown, spurring dozens of fans to take out cellphone cameras to capture the moment.
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As a frequent user of SuperUser and Stackoverflow I have noticed this huge lacking problem is that there are more and more "stack" sites being created all the time. The only organization or way of finding these sites is to search through area51, dig through the complete list of active Q&A sites, or have someone comment on a question that "this should be moved to (so-and-so) site, not asked here.. I have had this happen to me several times where I didnt even know a Q&A site for [*nix for example] existed. Since these sites are all about finding answers to questions in a fast and timely manner, I think finding the site you need to ask the right question on is just as (or even more) important. I don't have a planned out solution to this problem, but with this problem noticed the great minds of this community could come up with a decent way to organize and direct users to the proper site to ask their question.
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
I would love to have the time for an app to do the following (which I think would help in navigating the site options):
And then based on 1, 2, & 3 the app predicts the correct site to ask the question on. If such a feature were
It certainly wouldn't be perfect, the linguistic coincidence of important terms would be challenge to parse in certain cases, but if we could also include a dump of delete questions perhaps it would also catch some of the poorly formatted ones too.
Anyone, ehmm ehmm, George E? Could you put your skilz to work??
http://stackexchange.com/sites has a list of all the SE sites that have been launched or are currently in beta. Are you looking for something different?
A simple solution might be to have a search box where you enter the tags of the question and it will display a list of sites having these tags. When you click a site in the list it will jump to the new Question page of this site.
The list of possible site matches may be displayed beside the tags search box in the new question page as well for the user to choose the best suitable site for the question or to make sure he/she is asking in the right place before the question is posted. If the user chose a site from the list, the question should be posted to this site and may be user profile is created if needed.