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The 5 Most Embarrassing Failures in the History of War
We really don't get enough stories about incompetent soldiers. Think about it: It's a real disservice to war heroes if we never give people anything to compare them to. The very reason bravery and quick wits under fire are to be celebrated is because they're rare.
So let's take a moment to celebrate some of the hilariously stupid shit that goes on in the name of war.
#5. The Australian Army Loses to Emus
In 1932, Australian farmers had a problem: A gigantic flock of birds had migrated into their land and were obliterating their wheat crops. And this being Australia, these particular birds were unlikely to be intimidated by a dude made of straw and old clothes. They were emus: flightless, 6-foot-tall eating machines that had decided to take over the local farmlands. And there were 20,000 of them.
The situation quickly escalated to the point where you could barely see the fields from scores of Big Birds lounging around. And since the problem was downright cartoonish, the farmers opted to solve it in an appropriately Wile E. Coyotesque way: They asked for military assistance.
That is how Major G.P.W. Meredith of the Royal Australian Artillery found himself leading two regiments of battle-hardened soldiers, complete with some big-ass heavy machine guns, to unleash hell on a bunch of helpless birds.
And thus began Bird War One.
This did not go well.
The Embarrassment:
The very first clash of the operation proved that the emus were gifted in the art of guerrilla tactics in a way that would make the Jurassic Park velociraptors break out into spontaneous applause. Herding them together for easy pickings proved near impossible, and they scattered in every direction the second the first bullets flew. Only a handful of birds succumbed to the worst hail of bullets the troops could offer -- the others vanished into the scenery without a trace. What's more, many of the birds that ran away with zero difficulty had clearly sustained hits. They just didn't give a shit about bullets.
"I've got more balls in my beak than your whole damn battalion!"
Meredith, in no doubt the proudest moment of his military career, decided to set up a proper military ambush at a local dam in order to surprise a group of 1,000 emus. Once again, the birds scattered and slipped away. This scenario repeated itself until Meredith's I've-Had-Enough-of-This-Shit-O-Meter reached critical levels. He mounted one of the machine guns on the back of a truck in order to hunt the emus down and just flat out drive-by the bastards, gangsta style.
The emus easily outran the truck and led it over such rough terrain that the gunner didn't even manage a single shot. The chase ended when the truck crashed through a fence, because at that point the universe was just throwing Looney Tunes tropes at them. Having had their share of humiliation, the weary soldiers had no option but to admit defeat after a week's combat. The score: 10,000 fired rounds and less than 1,000 dead emus. Here's what Meredith had to say about his avian enemy:
"If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds, it would face any army in the world. They could face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks."
"You think I'm afraid of you? I eat my own shit, boy!"
Are you imagining a war fought entirely with armed emus? Let's all take a few minutes to do that now.
#4. Pilots Dip Their Choppers in a Lake ... for Facebook
To even be allowed behind the stick of a military aircraft, you have to prove yourself to be a confident, level-headed type who won't steal a plane and go strafe your ex-girlfriend's house. So when two experienced Navy helicopter pilots had a close encounter with Lake Tahoe in 2010, causing half a million dollars' worth of damage, everybody wondered just what went wrong. It's all on video, and it looks like it could have been much worse than it was:
The helicopters are hovering over the water, and then one suddenly takes a dip, like a giant Oreo made of spinning blades. To be clear, the machines are in no way designed to do that -- what you're seeing is a helicopter pilot's near-death experience. So what could have caused two highly trained pilots to surface-hover with a chopper model that's not even designed for such activity? Were they attempting some kind of crazy rescue attempt?
The Embarrassment:
It was a military training exer- wait, what?
Facebook. It was Facebook.
The pilots dunked their multimillion-dollar aircraft in the lake while attempting to take cool pictures to post on their Facebook wall.
In what may be the strangest case of a simultaneous brainfart in military history, both pilots decided to neglect this whole "flying" thing in favor of holding their camera phones with one hand and attempting to make a duckface. As a result, the two helicopters rapidly lost altitude and took a swim. Luckily, they were both able to regain altitude and get back to base, with enough damage to the aircraft to wipe out all of the federal taxes you'll ever pay.
It's OK though, that money probably would have been wasted on body armor or wounded veterans anyway.
After a no doubt interesting investigation, both pilots were stripped of their flight status. Presumably, they also had to stick with that boring old profile picture of them using a submarine periscope as a bong.
#3. The British Navy Accidentally Sink Their Own Best Ship
HMS Victoria was a massive warship that was built for one purpose and one alone: to turn Britain's enemies on the sea into Britain's enemies under the sea. Designed to be the flagship of their Mediterranean fleet, the Royal Navy spared no expense in making Victoria terrifyingly unstoppable. With its 17-inch armor, state of the art engines and two 110-ton guns built into one massive turret, the ship was essentially the Death Star of the seas.
Via Cityofart.net
"We shall call this gun ... the Nauticock."
The Navy hype machine lauded the ship as virtually unbeatable, because everyone knows nothing bad has ever happened to ships that have been dubbed invincible.
The Embarrassment:
Yeah, with all the hoo-hah surrounding it, HMS Victoria was always pretty much destined to become a connoisseur of the finer textures of the ocean bottom. The real embarrassment factor came in how it happened: In 1893, the Brits accidentally sunk HMS Victoria all by themselves. With a flashy parade maneuver.
Via Wikipedia
You can't quite see it, but all the men on deck are flipping God the bird right now.
It must have seemed like such a good idea at the time. After all, the massive ship was completely seaworthy and presided over by Vice Admiral George Tryon, a known master of complicated ship handling. As they were pulling into Tripoli, Tryon decided to show off his fleet's capabilities and designed a display for the masses gathered on the shores, in a manner not unlike a skateboarder impressing onlookers with a perfectly executed frontside ollie.
The idea was that the 10 ships under his command would head directly away from port in two parallel columns, then turn 180 degrees to meet in the middle and head back to port in perfect formation. Correctly executed, it would have looked pretty sweet:
Via Cityofart.net
The problem is that both wide receivers button hooked when one should have been drawing the cornerback deep.
However, Tryon evidently sucked at math. Both lead ships -- Victoria and HMS Camperdown -- had a minimum turning radius of 800 yards, meaning they needed to be over 1,600 yards apart to pull off the stunt. Tryon, despite the frantic protests of his underlings, set their distance at 1,200 yards.
In what must've been the biggest, most drawn-out "oh shit" moment in the history of naval prancing, everyone except Tryon watched in horror as Victoria and Camperdown drew closer and closer, until the latter rammed into Victoria's side and ripped it open like a weaponized iceberg. At that point reality finally dawned on Tryon, if only because he happened to be onboard Victoria himself.
Via Wikipedia -- US Public Domain
For the rest of the day, you'll imagine this man doing boardslides with a warship.
HMS Victoria's turret full of giant guns immediately proved the dangers of overcompensation. The weight dragged the damaged ship down nose first, burying it deep in the silt. It sank so hard that its recovery remains impossible to this day.


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Every bloody protocol suggests adding in DTT when doing in vitro RNA transcription. Why? The rationale seems to be that the cytoplasm traditionally has a reducing environment but as the only protein we care about is the T7 polymerase, why is this necessary.
A quick search on T7 cysteines gave some clues:
Adler and Modrich, J Biol Chem 258:6956 (1983)
There's a more recent paper (Aguirre et al, Inorganic Chemistry 48:4425 (2009)) that mentions the "the enzyme critical sulfhydryl cysteine groups", but unfortunately I only have access to the abstract.
Update: It seems to be an old finding, rather than a rationale concerning the cytoplasmic redox state. According to Chamberlin and Ring, JBC 248:2235 (1973),
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However, if you see the table I, the remaining activity after removing bme is still 74%
There seems to be 7 exposed cysteines (Mukherjee et al, Cell 110:81 (2002)), but I could not find any paper discussing their roles.


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Whenever I delete an app from the Applications folder, its shortcut stays in the Launchpad. In order to delete it, I have to click on it (a question mark appears), and then drag to the trash can. Is it a bug, or does this mean I am doing something wrong?
It may be a bug, but I am thinking it may mean your Spotlight index is corrupt.
I just tried deleting Evernote from my Applications folder. After authenticating, it moved it to the trash. I then checked launchpad again, and it was no longer there. Then, when I dragged it back out of the trash and placed back into Applications folder. Relaunched launchpad, and it was there again on the last page. As in, worked as expected here.
Launchpad keeps its own plist of what files there are, etc, and thats why there are some modification tools to allow to you to edit it. But I am assuming they would use spotlight to 'watch' your Applications folder to add new items not through the Mac App Store. I assume Spotlight because its a great tool for the job, installing Lion does a huge spotlight re-index, and they do use spotlight often behind the scenes.
First, the GUI way I have seen online is to do this (I do the command line way below):
Personally, I have always done it through the command line.
While I can't find any documentation online that 100% confirms that Launchpad uses Spotlight for this, this would be the first place I would look for the problem you are having.
I think that it is expecting you to remove the application directly from LaunchPad. Launchpad obviously reads it's apps list and folder groupings/layouts from some configuration file, and so when you remove an App it hasn't necessarily had a chance to remove that icon and it's associated positioning etc from it's config.
It would be interesting to see how often it checks for removed files etc, maybe it's a one-time boot or login process (perhaps you can test this by removing (or moving) an app and seeing if the icon remains after effectively restarting the LaunchPad process.
The best workaround, is to remove directly in LaunchPad. This should remove the App from /Applications, and remove it fully from the LaunchPad configuration.


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March 15, 2013 Patrick Tally
Green beer, festive parades, Irish music and shamrocks painted on smiling faces are all part of the great celebration of St. Patrick's Day. But the St. Patrick's Day celebration of the of the 21st Century is a far cry from its holy origins in the 9th Century, says Patrick Tally, a CU-Boulder historian.
History of St. Patrick's Day
March 14, 2013 Patrick Tally
Green beer, festive parades, Irish music and shamrocks painted on smiling faces are all part of the great celebration of St. Patrick's Day. But the St. Patrick's Day celebration of the of the 21st Century is a far cry from its holy origins in the 9th Century, says Patrick Tally, a CU-Boulder historian.
CUT 1 "St. Patrick's Day, though it officially became Saint's Day in the 17th Century, has been celebrated in Ireland as a religious holiday since the 9th or 10th Century (:10)
The first St. Patrick's Day parade in Ireland didn't happen until 1937 and up until the 1970s pubs were ordered closed and meat dishes were not served since March 17 usually fell during Lent. Tally says it took a special church exemption to allow the eating of meat and drinking of alcohol on St. Patrick's Day.
CUT 2 "Ireland being a very Catholic country, they had to sort of relax the rules because St. Patrick's Day usually falls during Lent. (:08) In previous centuries, eating of meat was sort of forbidden to Catholics so the ability to eat meat, to drink alcohol, to have a little bit of a celebration, there sort of had to be a dispensation so people could do this." (:21)
And Tally says The St. Patrick's Day we know today is really an Irish-American creation.
CUT 3 "It became celebrated in a different fashion largely by Irish-Americans as sort of a assertion of their Irish-American heritage and pride as early as the 18th century. (:13)The first parade was actually held in New York City in 1762. It was held by Irish members of the British Army. (:22) Ever since 1762, there has been a St. Patrick's Day parade in New York, so it's the longest running St. Patrick's Day (02:08:07) parade."(:29)
By the mid-1800s the celebration of St. Patrick's Day was widespread in America due to the increasing amount of Irish immigrants, says Tally.
CUT 4 "So you have a huge expansion of St. Patrick's Day spread across the United States as Irish immigrants spread across the United States. Places in the Midwest -- Cleveland, Chicago -- begin holding these as an assertion of Irish-American pride. (:17) And it remained that way through into the 20th Century and then, of course, became much more commercialized -- these sort of little green leprechauns and what not. And it's become much more less of an Irish holiday and more of a holiday for everybody else" (:34)
And, by the way, if you're out celebrating St. Patrick's Day do not make the mistake of calling it "St. Patty's Day." That will raise the ire of many an Irishman.
According to paddynotpatty.com, "Paddy is derived from the Irish Pádraig, hence those mysterious, emerald double-Ds. Patty is the diminutive of Patricia, or a burger, and just not something you call a fella. There is not a sinner in Ireland that would refer to a Patrick as "Patty". It's as simple as that."
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I have seen advertised, electric violin bass guitars such as the following:
Are they really any different from a normal bass guitar, and if so what makes them different and how then should they be best used?
I have seen advertised, electric violin bass guitars such as the following:
Are they really any different from a normal bass guitar, and if so what makes them different and how then should they be best used?
the only difference to anormal bass is the shape. The shape may result in a slightly different tone from the bass, but otherwise it is just a normal bass with a violin shaped body.
The most famous user is probably a little guy called Paul McCartney...
This "violin bass" is basically a knock-off of the famous Hofner bass used by Paul McCartney in the Beatles. While it will play and function similar to a regular solid body bass, a hollow body does change the character of the sound. (This applies to electric guitars as well). The Hofner violin bass has a very distinctive sound, and frankly, most of the knock-offs do NOT have this sound.
If you are trying to get the Hofner sound, buy a Hofner. If you play bass and think this has a cool look, you may want to try before you buy (or make sure they have a good return policy). It will sound different from a conventional solid body bass.
The classic Höfner "violin bass" design, from circa 1958, is a hollow-body archtop instrument with a spruce top, like an archtop guitar but without F-holes. It has a "floating" wooden archtop bridge. It has a short-scale neck which is small and has a narrow fingerboard width and string-spacing. It should be strung with the original-specification flatwound strings to get the classic Höfner sound.
Because it is a hollow-body archtop with a short scale, it sounds quite a bit different than a conventional long-scale solid-body bass guitar.
1962 model Höfner Violin Bass
All of the attention paid to this bass is as a result of Paul McCartney of the Beatles using it as his main bass throughout his career.
Today, Höfner makes several models, including some hand-carved in Germany with the highest grade woods and appointments; these are very expensive. However in recent years they have added two different models built in China that are very affordable.
Epiphone and other companies have long made copies of this design that are basically only similar in their external shape; they tend not to copy the design principles or the sound of the original.
If you play bass in a Beatles tribute band, you have to have a violin bass. Other than that, this style of bass has seen very little use in other music.
before I looked at the picture, I thought you were talking about one of the various electric upright basses. Usually looks like a stripped-down "doghouse" bass with no acoustic sound at all, just a center support for the bridge, fingerboard, and electronics. You play 'em just like a normal upright bass, either with fingers or bow.
Note that this bass has 30.5" length, and therefore will sound differently (muddy and warm, 60s-to-early-70s-ish).
That's besides sounding like crap, as many cheap no-name brands usually do. Although there's always a chance for one of those sounding OK, I wouldn't count on it until I both read positive testimonials and hear samples.
A violin bass is just a hollow body electric bass guitar with a violin shaped body. The sound apparently sounds like a double bass with the Hofner model but otherwise its an electric bass guitar.
It's originally a VERY small double bass with electrical pickups. Sounds, in a way, like the ol' big double bass.


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In this episode, Steve Lasker of the Silverlight team joins John on Silverlight TV to discuss data and business features with Silverlight. Steve dives into some of his favorite features and shows off a great demo. National Instruments was gracious enough to permit Steve to show their Lab View product on the show. Steve shows how Lab View uses a ton of features and creates a very rich experience so the application can do things such as monitor fluid tank levels or monitor a building's stability. This is a great example of a robust business application that takes advantage of Windows features with Silverlight.
If you are going to be at MIX11 this year, be sure to say hi to Steve—he'll be there!
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Very special thanks to Christopher Cifra at National Instruments for letting us demo their Lab View product. You can see if for yourselves at http://www.ni.com/uibuilder
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Dear John,
When Scott Guthrie wrote on his blog about the preview of first version of Silverlight my first comment on his post was about the great abality of Silverlight to do some jobs that National Instruments is doing today.
That's great
John. Add some extensions to the chair and your Dr. Evil.
I think it's spelled "LabVIEW" not "Lab View".
LabVIEW looks nice. Very nice.
It is exactly what we did in ERP area.
Silverlight is great!
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On good LOB apps using WPF, you guys should take a look at StreetSmart Edge released by Charles Schwab on Mar 11th. Maybe you can bring someone from their team to showcase the application.
this is nice the team is tha best i a lot of good stuff going on ilike
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Drakeley quickly piled up passing yardage at Taft
When Tim Drakeley arrived at Taft, he considered himself a basketball player first. In football, he bided his time as a backup quarterback.
Still, he yearned for a chance to show off his aerial talent.
But even Drakeley couldn't have imagined the impact he would make after becoming a starter midway through his sophomore year.
In 21 starts over three years, the 6-foot-2, 202-pound Drakeley tossed 61 touchdowns to go with 4,781 passing yards, leading Taft to 16 wins and an undefeated 8-0 season in 2011. Individually, Drakeley was selected to the All-New England squad the past two seasons.
Drakeley, 17, doesn't take credit for any of his success, though, deferring to his offensive line, running backs and especially his receivers. He'd also said he'd be remiss in not mentioning his coaches, ex-Taft coach Panos Voulgaris and current coaches Tyler Whitley and quarterback coach Casey D'Annolfo.
"We had a lot of new players the past two years, as all prep schools will go through, but we were able to bond quickly," said Drakeley. "We all put in the time."
What helped Drakeley was his accuracy and, more importantly, his poise under pressure.
"I also have a quick release. In the spread offense, there are a lot of quick screen passes and you need to get the ball out of your hands fast," he said. "It's such a fast-paced offense, and to keep up and keep your heels going, having a quick release is a good attribute to have."
All of those qualities will help Drakeley next fall at Bowdoin College, which runs the spread formation as well.
"I'm going to be able to compete for the job with a senior quarterback and maybe a sophomore, but I know there are no guarantees," said Drakeley. "I'm not sure if they run a no-huddle, but I'm very familiar with the offense, having been a part of it for four years."
Before Taft, Drakeley played for the Woodbury Chiefs youth football program, learning from his dad, Tim, uncle Bill Drakeley Jr. and grandfather Bill Drakeley Sr.
"They all taught me to keep my head, and to stay positive and mentally tough and that helped me in the long run," he said.
Besides Drakeley, there were several area prep players chosen to the All-Erickson League team.
They are Player of the Year, Shawahl Abdur- Rahman, running back-defensive back, Salisbury School; outstanding defensive player, Shane Johnson, linebacker, Salisbury; All-Stars, Connor Mitchell, defensive back, Kent; Jason Kozel, linebacker, Kent; Chris Reckmeyer, offensive line, Kent; Trey Rutherford, offensive line, Kent; P.J. Dorsey, linebacker, Hotchkiss; Marty Moesta, defensive end, Hotchkiss; David Berment, defensive back, Taft; Alex Huard, wide receiver, Taft; Adam Parker, running back, Taft; Robert Fiamengo, running back, Berkshire; Marquis Carr, wide receiver, Berkshire; Tyler Fisher, offensive line, Salisbury; Nick Weston, defensive back, Salisbury; Austin Whipple, quarterback, Salisbury.
Gunnery School quarterback Kellen Croce of Middlebury was named to the All-New England team. Croce and teammate D.J. Ellis of Waterbury were named to the All-Colonial first team while Dave DioGiorgi of Watertown was named to the second team.
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October 06, 2009
New map traces Charles Darwin's Cape Town visit
Mist rolling over Lion's Head, photo courtesy Shaen Adey
"This is a pretty and singular town; it lies at the foot of an enormous wall (the Table Mountain), which reaches to the clouds, and makes a most imposing barrier – Cape Town is a great inn, on the great highway to the east; an extraordinary number of houses are occupied as boarding houses, in one of which I am now settled…"
So wrote one of the world's most important natural scientists, Charles Darwin, in 1836 to his sister Catherine of his visit to Cape Town.
He continues to write the next morning that he "walked to a neighbouring hill to look at the town. It is laid out with the rectangular precision of a Spanish town city. In several trifling particulars the town has a foreign air; but daily it is becoming more English."
Darwin visited the Cape between May 31 and June 18, 1836 aboard the HMS Beagle, on a homeward voyage from South America to England. His observations on the Beagle's five-year journey contributed towards the ideas that would be published in 1859 in The Origin of the Species, his book about natural selection.
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His journey in the Cape has now been chronicled in The Darwin Trail map, meticulously researched and documented by the Africa Genome Education Institute and published by A&C Maps. The exquisitely designed map also suggests attractions that Darwin might visit if he were travelling today.
The launch of the map was broadcast live to learners at 10 schools, using the Interactive Telematic Technology system via satellite.
Speakers at the launch told the tale of the 27-year-old Darwin's exploration of the Cape, including Simon's Town, Wynberg, Claremont, Observatory, Cape Town, Sea Point, Paarl, Franschhoek, Houwhoek and Sir Lowry's Pass.
What few people realise is that Darwin at the time considered himself a geologist, not a biologist, yet recorded sightings of animals like elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, the now extinct kwagga, and hippopotamus during his stay – all within the boundaries of the Cape. He travelled with a Khoi groom, dressed in top hat and tails, as an early version of an expert "tour guide".
Although much has changed since Darwin's visit in 1836, Cape Town is still a city that credits its beguiling mix of culture, language, architecture and first-rate vineyards to a history of colonialism and offers visitors an abundance of natural beauty.
Visitors and Capetonians can visit a Cape Town Tourism Visitor Information Centre to collect a copy of The Darwin Trail map and retrace the steps of this great scientist.


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I've been a father for several years and I find that my most productive personal hours outside of typical work day are between the hours of 9:30-11pm. Everything before that is consumed by work, family, and errands. Lately I've taken on a multi-year personal writing project and I find that 1.5 hrs in the evening is really not enough to make meaningful progress. I am wondering what other parents do to find more productive time in the day.
From one parent to another, how do you fit your personal projects in the day? I want to hear the tips and tricks. Do you work during your lunch hour? Do you dedicate weekends? Do you have a separate room in the house? How do you balance family and work? If you write for fun, how do you fit in your day? I'm eager to hear the ideas.


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Peace Corps Beyond — September 21-25, 2016
Peace Corps Connect is the Peace Corps community's annual conference hosted by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) and its affiliate groups to connect, engage and inspire our community.
At this year's conference – Peace Corps Beyond – we look forward to celebrating 55 years of Peace Corps and the limitless potential of our community to continue to create change.The conference will highlight work being done by our community members and partner organizations and explore how, through increased collaboration, we can continue to champion Peace Corps ideals.
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International Day of Peace Film Screening
The Peace Corps community plays a leading role in fostering global peace. Attend this film screening on the Eritrean refugee crisis, followed by a discussion with the America Team for Displaced Eritreans to learn more about the issues and how you can get involved.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: September 21, 2016
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Stories of Peace – A Workshop Series
RPCVs have some of the most compelling and inspiring stories. Sign up for this series of workshops to learn how to find, craft and share your story. You will participate in a workshop on Spoken Word Storytelling, a workshop led by John Coyne of Peace Corps Writers and a panel discussion from published RPCV authors.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: September 21, 2016
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
Join hundreds of fellow RPCVs and Peace Corps supporters on Capitol Hill to advocate for a bigger, better Peace Corps. Meet with your Members of Congress and share why Peace Corps matters.
Location: Capitol Hill
Date: September 22, 2016
Time: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Affiliate Group Network Annual Meeting
Leaders of NPCAs 150+ affiliate groups gather for an afternoon of networking and exchanging best practices that serve to strengthen our community.
Location: TBD (Washington, DC)
Date: September 22, 2016
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Peace Corps Connect Conference Sessions – View program here.
Participate in a leadership summit to explore the Peace Corps community's response to key UN Sustainable Development Goals. Join over 1,000 members of the Peace Corps community as we hear from leaders in the field and participate in breakout sessions and workshops to delve deeper into your interests.
Location: George Washington University in Washington, DC
Date: September 23-24, 2016
Time: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
NPCA Walk for Peace
Show your Peace Corps pride! Join thousands of RPCVs and Peace Corps supporters as they run or walk in solidarity with Peace Corps ideals. This is a non-competitive event – all abilities and ages are welcome!
Location: Walking route through downtown Washington, DC
Date: September 25, 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
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From what is the requirement for ten adult Jewish males for certain prayers derived?
I kind of assumed this may be in some way related to Abraham's struggle to find the righteous males in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but I could be wrong.
From what is the requirement for ten adult Jewish males for certain prayers derived?
I kind of assumed this may be in some way related to Abraham's struggle to find the righteous males in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but I could be wrong.
this is from the wikipedia page:
the talmudic requirement for ten people to be present when certain prayers are recited is sourced from the logical inference detailed in (BT Megillah 23b). The biblical text in Lev 22:32 uses the word "midst" when referring to how (in what context) God is to be sanctified and Num 16:21 uses the same word "midst" but says that things happen in the midst of a "congregation." The word "congregation" is also used to describe the collection of 10 spies Num 14:27 who reported back against the land of Israel.
Thus the Talmud deduces that 10 is a congregation, and 10 is the number in which god is sanctified -- which is connected to that specific selection of prayers.
The wiki page has much more and spells out the connections more fully.
There are three aspects to your question:
To take these questions in order, the oldest source that testifies to the requirement for praying in a quorum is the mishna in Megillah 4:3. It reads as follows:
Not everything in the above mishna is easily understood. The following is my own rough translation:
There is nothing within this source that can tell us what the origins of this practice were, nor anything that might further delimit the identities of the ten people involved. For sociological explanations that account for the need to pray within a community, see:
In an attempt to explain the origins of this law, the rabbis suggested that its roots lay in Leviticus 22:32 - ונקדשתי בתוך בני ישראל, "that I may be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites". But if sanctification in the people's midst is the source of this principle, from where is the number of people who are involved derived?
In Megillah 23b of the Babylonian Talmud, the following midrash is presented:
This style of argument, employed by Rabbi Hiyya in the gemara, is known as a gezeira shavah: literally "an equal decree", it constitutes a textual analogy made on the basis of the reappearance of a key word, regardless of context. It can be found within Hillel's seven principles (Yerushalmi, Pesachim 6.1), Ishmael's thirteen principles (Sifra, intro.) and Rabbi Eliezer's thirty-two principles (Midrash Agur). Like so many other passages in which this principle is employed, the foregoing midrash is an asmakhta': an attempt at grounding a rabbinic practice within scripture, though not representative of how that practice was originally derived.
You will have noted that none of the above sources specify any details as regards the identities of the congregants. So far as the process by which poskim arrived at the conclusion that a minyan may only be constituted of ten adult men, the following online articles will no doubt be of interest:


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Avenida Capitàn Carlos León S/N Col Peñón de los Baños Delegacion Venustiano Carranza, DF CP 15620, México
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The airport is located 13km (8 miles) east of Mexico City.
How to get there
From central Mexico City, take Fray Servando Avenue northbound, left into Rio Churubusco and follow signs to the airport.
Information about parking possibilities at the (Mexico City) Benito Juarez International Airport
Access by public transport
The metro (tel: (55) 5709 1133; www.metro.df.gob.mx) is cheap and quick but crowded at rush hour. To reach the airport station, marked with an 'M' sign, turn left out of the terminal and walk past the car park; the airport metro station is on line 5. For central Mexico City, change at Pantitlan (one stop) for line 1 and travel to Insurgentes.
Major hotels run shuttle minibuses from the airport. There are also regular airport buses to various destinations in and around Mexico City, departing from the international section of Terminal 1.
Pre-paid taxi tickets are available from Taxi Autorizado in the Transportacion Terrestre (Ground Transportation) booth in baggage reclaim. Travellers are strongly advised to take an authorised (white and mustard with an aeroplane logo), pre-paid taxi and always lock taxi doors when inside.
Information desk
There are several information desks in both the international and domestic areas of the terminals. There is a tourist information office (tel: (55) 2786 9002) in lounge B, which provides information on Mexico City and can help arrange accommodation.
Airport News:
The much delayed Terminal 2 finally began operations in November 2007, serving both international and domestic flights. A new 5-star hotel adjacent to the new terminal is planned.
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Our wiring is not functioning now after using a CFL bulb in a dimmable light fixture. Is it possible that use of the CFL bulb could affect our old wiring? We may have to replace the wire leading to this fixture. Also other light fixtures on same wire are not working now.
Typically CFL's are not made for dimmers. You need to match a dimmable CFL with the right type of dimmer. It is possible that the CFL damaged your dimmer but not the wiring.
It seems unlikely that the CFL itself would be able to cause damage to the wiring on its own. All the bulb knows how to do is draw current from what it's given. It seems like something else is afoot here. If your wiring is old (how old is old?) you must have managed to damage it some other way, either while installing the new bulbs or installing the dimmer switch, etc.


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Today, even those celebrities whom we don't think of as political expressed their joy at the overturning of California's Proposition 8. Well, most of them...
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Corvette fans can't wait to get their hands on the all new C-7 Stingray.
The most powerful standard Corvette ever was revealed in Detroit on Sunday.
Locally, the National Corvette Museum is already preparing by adding on to their exhibit.
With the new model museum organizers expect a higher attendance in the coming months.
"We do the delivery program where people can pick up their new Corvette here at the museum and plus just tourists in general are going to want to take a tour of the plant and see the new car being made so we really hope to see the numbers of visitors coming to Bowling Green increase," says Katie Frassinelli from the National Corvette Museum.
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TOPEKA – With Veterans' Day only two days away, the Kansas Lottery wants to remind its players they can help support our state's military veterans by purchasing Veterans Benefit games on Veterans' Day and every day of the year.
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Since the legislation authorizing Veterans Benefit games was passed in 2003, the Kansas Lottery has transferred more than $7.2 million from sale of the games. Initially the games were sold only from May to November. In May 2008, sales of Veterans Benefit games were expanded to year-round.
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No matter what Arizona State's freshman star did, he couldn't overcome Washington's big duo of Aziz N'Diaye and Shawn Kemp Jr. on the interior.
N'Diaye converted a three-point play off an offensive rebound with 34 seconds left, Kemp scored a career-high 18 in just his second start and the Huskies held off Arizona State 96-92 on Saturday night despite 32 points from Carson.
"The big man in the middle was huge in more ways than one," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. "He just did a tremendous job. I'm so glad we have him."
The duo of N'Diaye and Kemp dominated the interior for Washington (13-9, 5-4 Pac-12), but no rebound or basket was bigger than N'Diaye tapping Scott Suggs' miss to keep the play alive and scoring while being fouled by Jordan Bachynski. The 45 percent free-throw shooter then converted the three-point play, closing out a night where he was 6 of 6 from the line.
C.J. Wilcox added a pair of free throws after Carrick Felix missed a 3-pointer, but Carson hit a 3-pointer for Arizona State (17-4, 6-3) and Washington committed a turnover on the inbound with 13 seconds left.
Given one last chance to try and pull out an unlikely victory, Carson drove to the rim but his shot was partly blocked by N'Diaye and came up short while Carson went crashing to the floor on his hip. Wilcox added two more free throws to clinch the victory that snapped Washington's four-game losing streak and kept the Huskies from dropping a fifth straight for the first time since 2004.
"I knew that we were in the bonus and if I got open I could most likely hit the floater and if I could get fouled I knew I would be able to knock down two free throws," Carson said. "But down the stretch on the home court of the home team it's tough to get a call. Things didn't go our way."
Carson finished with the second-most points for any Arizona State freshman, but the Sun Devils allowed the most points of Herb Sendek's coaching tenure in Tempe. Jonathan Gilling added 22 points including six 3-pointers and Felix finished with 10.
Carson finished 13 of 19 from the field with most of his scoring coming on drives to the rim. His total was second only to Mario Bennett's 35 for the most by an Arizona State freshman. Arizona State shot 64 percent but couldn't counter Washington's 50 points in the paint or the Huskies 14 offensive rebounds.
Arizona State was trying to finish the first half of conference play with seven wins for the first time since 1981, but instead had their three-game win streak snapped.
"We got crushed inside in a variety of ways, low post, transition, offensive rebounds, cutters off back screens to name a few of the ways they tallied 50 points in the paint," Arizona State coach Herb Sendek said. "Certainly the rebounding was very problematic for us, really got destroyed on the backboards, and we got beat on 50/50 balls."
Washington had six players finish in double figures and for most of the night Wilcox, the Huskies leading scorer, was a non-factor.
Andrew Andrews provided Washington an offensive spark off the bench with his aggressiveness and finished with a career-high 20. Kemp was unstoppable most of the night on the block, while N'Diaye had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Scott Suggs added 14 while Wilcox and Desmond Simmons each finished with 10.
Washington went 21 of 22 at the free-throw line, countering 3 of 13 shooting from beyond the arc.
"I'm starting now so I'm coming out there ready to play from the beginning," Kemp said. "I'm way more comfortable (now)."
A crazy finish seemed unlikely when Washington led by 15 early in the second half and 10 with 5 minutes left only to see the Sun Devils stage a furious rally. The lead was gone in barely 2 minutes as the Sun Devils rolled off the next nine points, capped by Felix's 3-pointer with 3:10 left that pulled Arizona State within 82-81.
After a pair of Wilcox free throws, Gilling scored with the shot clock about to expire. Simmons drove for a three-point play, but Carson and Gilling sandwiched 3-pointers around a jumper from Suggs to tie the game at 89 with 1 minute left.
Washington settled for a jumper from Suggs that was offline, only to have N'Diaye clean up the mess that finally gave Washington the lead for good.
"I just followed through on the shot and the ball went in," N'Diaye said. "I got lucky."
The 96 points were the most scored by Washington in the regular season since Feb. 10, 2011 when they scored 109 in a win over California. The Huskies had 52 at halftime, nearly topping their total of 53 in a loss on Thursday against Arizona.
"We hadn't been playing well offensively, but we knew it was coming," Wilcox said. "We knew what we were capable of tonight."


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KILLEEN (November 29, 2012)--A man who pleaded guilty in November in Waco's federal court to participating in a scheme to exploit girls younger than 18 as prostitutes in Killeen through an Internet site was sentenced Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith sentenced Jerome Maurice Cole, 27, of Killeen to 40 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release.
Smith also ordered Cole to pay a $5,000 fine and to spend ten years on supervised release after completing the prison term.
Cole pleaded guilty in November to one count of a four-count indictment charging sex-trafficking of children.
"By pleading guilty, Cole admitted that he operated a prostitution venture from November 2011 until August 2012 involving minor females utilizing various technologies, including a personal computer, multiple cell phones, the Internet, and the website Backpage.com, to photograph, post prostitution advertisements, recruit new girls, and communicate with purchasers," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Co-defendant Nancy Foley of Killeen was sentenced to four years in federal prison earlier this month after she pleaded guilty in November to one count of conspiracy to promote a business enterprise involving prostitution.
"Trafficking children in the sex trade is an unspeakable crime. We will pursue and vigorously prosecute those who engage in such outrageous conduct to the fullest extent of the law," said United States Attorney Pitman.
Federal criminal complaints and affidavits against Cole and Foley show police began an investigation into the criminal enterprise in April 2012 after learning there was evidence that at least three girls, all of whom were younger than 18, had been brought to Killeen to work as prostitutes.
Agents were able to establish that photographs of the girls had been stored on Cole's cellular telephone and had been transmitted to an Internet website that advertised women as prostitutes in the Killeen area.
Further investigation showed the inappropriate photographs of the girls had been taken using Foley's cell phone and later were transmitted via text message to Cole's cell phone.
Police first received a message from a woman that she believed her daughter, who was a run-away, was staying in the Killeen area and could have been tricked into becoming a prostitute.
Over several weeks police were able to identify at least two other girls younger than 18 who also were being promoted as prostitutes.
Police were able to identify a location on South Fort Hood Street where they believed the prostitution was taking place and went there to investigate.
When detectives knocked on the door a girl invited them in, and once inside they found an air mattress and a small light blue garbage can at the top left side of the mattress.
Inside the garbage can were more than 30 open condom wrappers, and used condoms.
Above the bed was a shelf that ran the length of the room and on the shelf was a bulk box of condoms with approximately three left.


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"I was booed when I left the class!"
05/07/2011 10:44 am
I was walking the floor yesterday prior to my Spinning® class and I saw a lady that looked like she wasn't too sure what her bike set-up should be, so before offering to set her up, I asked how often she took classes? She said that she had recently started taking classes and that she had gone to the ____ class at such and such time and it was so hard she almost vomited. When she decided to get off her bike and leave, the students booed her, and she was actually going to put her bike away and didn't because she was so ashamed. I had a pretty good idea of who the instructor was (although there could have been a sub), and I have taken that time slot, so I know that the usual instructor does cue for beginner, intermediate and "maniacs," but that does not happen on all of the drills including jumps and sprints which is really a shame. That is why this student felt ill taking the class. This student was not given the kind of options that should be given and the instructor has created an atmosphere that backing off or going at one's own pace is not acceptable. Remember that the participants are a mirror image of the instructor, once that person has been teaching the same time slot for a while. We, the instructors create the energy in that room. We create the expectations and when the ego takes over, the results can be detrimental to the whole program. As another instructor at that same facility, all I could do was apologize that she had suffered such a demoralizing experience and promise her I would not make her feel that way. Looking back I am impressed that she dared come back to any cycling class. I don't think I would have done the same. I then asked if I could set her up to ensure her comfort and she then said no one had spent time doing that either. I used the Josh Taylor's bike set up tool that MDA sells right here on this website and my trusty plumb bob I made from string and a large nut from the hardware store. She stayed and rode the whole class. Though I did not get a chance to converse with her afterwards, I do believe I helped her see that an indoor cycling class can be fun and challenging, but not a death trap. Blog written by master instructor Sabrina Fairchild for community.spinning.com on Sat. May 7, 2011Share


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Dona Sarkar: Testing Software and Advocating Customers
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Meet Test Lead, and author, Dona Sarkar. She hails from a family of engineers, and she's one too, but she also writes fiction books for teenage girls. Wow! We could tell you more about her story, or you could just watch Dona tell it as she chronicles her career and the interesting twists and turns it's taken. As we've said before, and Dona continues to prove it, it takes all types. The more diverse you are, the better.
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What a great idea it is to shadow a customer to see what problems they are encountering with your software. Using such an aggressive approach to customer satisfaction would be well received by nearly any business.
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Blood is a constantly circulating fluid providing the body with nutrition, oxygen, and waste removal. Blood is mostly liquid, with numerous cells and proteins suspended in it, making blood "thicker" than pure water. The average person has about 5 liters (more than a gallon) of blood.
A liquid called plasma makes up about half of the content of blood. Plasma contains proteins that help blood to clot, transport substances through the blood, and perform other functions. Blood plasma also contains glucose and other dissolved nutrients.
About half of blood volume is composed of blood cells:
• Red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the tissues
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Blood is conducted through blood vessels (arteries and veins). Blood is prevented from clotting in the blood vessels by their smoothness, and the finely tuned balance of clotting factors.


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50th Annual Indianapolis World of Wheels - Web ExclusiveWritten by Chuck Vranas on January 1, 2010 Another Grand Event Turns 50
It's not every day that one of our treasured national events has the opportunity to turn fifty years old. The Indianapolis State Fairgrounds is the same massive venue that the original show started at, although back then the building used only housed 80 cars in a stadium-like layout. Today's show encompassed floor space from three adjoining buildings and had the capability of supporting over 360 superb rods, customs, muscle cars, trucks, and motorcycles. At this years event, The Road Rockets Car Club from Indianapolis was responsible for the recreation of the '62 Motorama within one of the buildings making it almost like walking through a time portal with over 100 traditional hop-ups, and customs laid-out in perfect form without any formal displays, barriers, or ropes to detract from the cars. True to fashion, being a full-scale World of Wheels event, there was a kaleidoscope of color creating a visual assault on your senses once you walked back into the main buildings. Reaching a milestone, this is one event that keeps getting better with age and we can hardly wait to see what rolls into the buildings next year. You can check it all out at www.autorama.com
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John Mai's '33 Willys named Perseverance brought plenty of elegance and attitude to the table thanks to endless custom fabrication, sumptuous pearl gloss, and a Lingenfelter-prepped V8.This '33 Willys known as Kracklin' Rose owned by Al and Don Nosse left you awestruck with its tremendous tribute to venomous horsepower thanks to a vicious blown Keith Black hemi by Doug "Cookie" Cook. With a chassis by Lil' John Buttera and dramatic vibrance it was a real head turner.If J. Wayne Jones' '51 Ford couple didn't make your heart race, there was no hope for you! This custom had it all from a decadent candy body with icy hot licks, to canted headlights, custom grille, molded lake pipes, and a perfect chop.Originally built in '58 and looking just as tasty today, John and Patty Mandabach's '31 Ford coupe known as "Katzass" screamed soup-job with its un-chopped roof, deep channel, and 348ci V-8 topped with three deuces.
The maroon body and killer flames on Jerry Duke's Deuce gave it loads of character especially when combined with a stock lid, un-split bones, right-on rake, and Houdaille shocks.One of the most talked about hot rods on the show floor was Bill Bronson's historic '32 Ford roadster. Sporting its patina'd sheen, weathered interior, and 2-pot Fenton urged Flathead, it ran 120.96 mph at El Mirage in '48. Even cooler is that it was the giveaway car at the '51 Indianapolis Auto Show and has been owned by the Bronson family since '53.The Bronson family has been involved with hot rodding since the early 50's and their dragster is said to be the first of its type built for racing in the Indianapolis area. Originally campaigned as a rear-engined belly tank first with a Flathead and later with a Hemi (still in the car today); it was converted to a slingshot dragster in '65.The more you looked at Mike Vancil's roadster pick-up the cooler it got. Tom Culbertson gets the nod for melding a '30 Chevy cowl to a Ford sedan midsection, and wrapping it up with a custom bed. Vivid lime shine and load's of eye-candy make it a standout.John and Susie Cooper's "El-Tiki" '29 Ford roadster fresh from the stables at Culbertson's Hot Rods and Customs brought the full show-rod spirit to the Motorama with its amazing fabrication, effervescent vibe, and perfect execution. Packed with a '56 Olds V-8 settled into a custom double-tube chassis by Culbertson's, it sure made its mark.Some customs just ooze sex appeal and John Crain's '54 Mercury Sun Valley coated in House of Kolors candy pearl pink. It featured custom rear quarters, skirts, peaked front fenders, and plenty of eye catching touchesLoaded with style and looking like it was melting into the pavement, Mike and Jim Lanning's '51 Merc had a heavily hammered top complimented by incredible attention to detail and custom body fabrication. Laced with serene yellow and creme glamour, it was without a doubt one of the hottest customs of the weekend.Chrome reverse wheels and aggressive slicks set the tone for performance in Chris Vannarsdall's '30 Ford pick-up where a dual-quad fed Chrysler Hemi made sure that a healthy amount of power linked to a Frankland quick change would transfer the power.
Ford sedans don't get any neater than J. D. Keith's souped-up '31 Ford with its nasty six deuce-fed 401ci Nailhead bolted to the 'rails, hard chop, split bones, and powder blue suede body wrapped with period-perfect white scallopsWith plenty of gangster tough good looks, Dean Jannes' '50 Ford coupe was looking fine rolling on chrome reverse wheels complimented by wide whites while bubble skirts, lake pipes, and a searing white interior sealed the deal.Covered in polished gold suede and hammered so hard it looked like it was screwed into the pavement, Rick Marks' and Brad Utterback's '30 Ford coupe was reeking evil with its excessive chop, deep channel, and heavy rear kick.Amy Clark's '53 Chevy Business Coupe was dragging its tail drenched in heavy pink and white pearl while sporting a perfect chop, shaved and frenched body, and stoke spider web-styled rear skirts.With a heavy chop to its roof, Justin Clark's '52 Chevy custom was loaded with tricks including a heavily modified grille, shaved body, tail dragger stance, and glassy gold metalflake body.Dig the nosebleed stance on Tom and Doug Wise's '55 Chevy Gasser with its straight front axle, searing small-block Chevy power, early Cragar wheels, and hypnotic red tinted windows.Being only 21 years old, Dustin Cooper has already gone to the head of the class in our book. One look at his slammed '55 DeSoto with its 3-inch chopped top, Packard taillights, and '56 Olds headlights proves that he's one young builder to keep an eye on!Starting with a signature Culbertson's Hot Rods and Customs twin-tube chassis, 21 year-old Mike Sharon nailed a '31 Chevy roadster pick-up to its base and dipped it in polished blue suede before proceeding to lay the miles down on this reet turnpike cruiser.
Its not every day that you come across a '58 Ford Ranchero as nice as Ron Edlin's vibrant orange hauler. Its body was coated in custom touches including a restyled grille while rolling on wide whites topped by Lancer caps.John Pipes' '29 Ford roadster reeked gow-job with its polished black suede body, creme wires, Edelbrock-fed Flathead, and traditional good looks.The show floor at the Motorama was packed with sweet customs like Rick Marvin's '52 Ford featuring a louvered hood, spots, lake pipes, caddy caps, and liquid red icing.Wow, Jack Enos' '50 Chevy Fleetline left us breathless with its candy blue sparkle, ghost flames, and shaved body accented by peaked headlights, custom grille, and flipper caps.Jim Lanning did an amazing job designing the new top for his '30 Ford roadster giving it a signature look that works well with its DuVall-styled windshield, Guide headlights, cowl steering, quick change rear, and '40 Ford dash.There were crowds around D. Hamilton Thompson's '26 Ford coupe all weekend long studying its amazing custom work, brass accents, and Mazda 4-banger dressed in a hypnotic old school style. Great job!Tiny, tidy, and immaculate; Dave LeFevre's '29 Dreyer quarter midget was a neat as they come with a perfectly restored body, polished grille, fresh knobbies, and liquid red paint.Grazing the ground thanks to Air Ride bags, Lynn and Sandy Drapers '61 Chevy Impala SS had mild custom touches matched to a 348ci V-8 mill and a seductive spraying of sea foam aqua with just enough white rainbow flake.
Keeping the memories of 70's era Fad T's alive; Fred and Pam Cossell's '23 Ford was time-warp fresh with its panel paint, mile wide rubber, tall windshield, and deep-tufted interior.Heavily chopped '30 Ford coupes are always in style and Mike Lanning's 5-window was set up on Deuce rails, filled with a hot Merc Flathead, and treated to a Moon tank; Buick finned aluminum drums, scorching flames.


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Demystified Series: AzMan in the Enterprise
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The Demystified Series is pleased to present a collection of screencasts on Windows Authorization Manager (AzMan). Keith Brown, a contributing editor for MSDN Magazine and co-founder of PluralSight, states that this series provides, "…what may be your first look at Authorization Manager – a hidden gem in Windows that can help you build Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) into your applications." I trust you will discover this statement to be true for yourself as well.
In this third session "AzMan in the Enterprise," the fun really starts! Here Keith lays the foundation for how one might use AzMan in a more realistic enterprise scenario. Some of the highlights include building a .NET wrapper around AzMan, client and server side use of AzMan with examples for using AzMan in both Web and WCF services. Keith also discusses some exception handling and performance monitoring techniques. A bonus is the code for the Windows PowerShell snap-in! A link to the sample code is below. This may just get your creative juices flowing for how you might use AzMan in your enterprise.
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Anyone know how to get inheritance to work in AzMan??? I have a role definition that inherits other roles, however when I call User.IsInRole('InheritedRole'), its false for my SuperUser. This whole application is worthless if it can't handle inherited roles. Any ideas are appreciated!
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Crusaders seeking volleyball coach
STEUBENVILLE?- Catholic Central is looking for a varsity volleyball coach.
If interested, contact Crusaders Athletic Director Steve Daley at (740) 264-4484, ext. 110 as soon as possible.
Steelers to hold final sign-ups
WEIRTON - Final registration for the Weirton Steelers youth football team will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Sunday at K-Mart on Three Springs Drive.
For information, call (304) 670-9644.
The Steelers will also hold a fundrasier on July 8 at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza at Settlers Ridge in Robinson. Twenty percent of the sales on all orders will be donated. Tell the server you are dining to support the Weirton Steelers.
Touchdown club to hold scramble
RAYLAND - The Buckeye Local Touchdown Club will hold its annual golf scramble on July 13 at Paradise Hills Golf Course. Cost is $45 per person and includes skins. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
For information, call (740) 391-0723 or (740) 424-6300.
Baseball tournament to be held
BERGHOLZ - The Bergholz Baseball and Softball Association will host its inaugural "Battle in the Berg" on July 8-12 in two divisions - U10 and U12.
Format will be pool play followed by a single elimination tournament. Trophies to awarded to first- and second-place teams. Three games are guaranteed. The cost is $225 and two baseballs.
For information, call or text (740) 381-5365.
The association has opened its sign-ups for fall baseball open to girls and boys ages 6-7. Other eligible ages for baseball are 8-13.
For information, call (740) 768-2205 or call or text 381-5365.
Camps at Weirton church
WEIRTON - Coach Mel Coleman will host his 29th-annual basketball camp from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8-12 at the Mercy Baptist Church's Bush Center.
It is open to girls and boys aged 6 to 18. It is the longest-running basketball camp in the Tri-State Area. All campers receive a T-shirt, lunch and lessons from qualified staff and instructors.
For information, call (304) 748-1922.
The Coleman Sisters' Cheerleading Clinic will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 8-11 at Mercy Baptist Church.
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Does anybody have recommendations for clipless pedals that can be used with regular shoes? I only have 1 bike, but I use it enough that I think clipless pedals would offer a nice advantage. However, I want to be able to just hop on my bike with any shoes, in the event that I'm just biking a short distance, and going to be walking around a lot. I suppose I could get shoes that are more walking friendly, but I think it would suit me more to have pedals which accomodate both clipless and regular shoes.
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I've been using Shimano A530 pedals for that purpose. Mountain SPD-compatible clip on one side, with a nice wide flat platform on the other.
I've also used the old Shimano M324 pedals, but prefer the slightly lighter weight and lower profile of the A530s.
Note that other foot retention systems, such as PowerGrips and the like, will work with all shoes (such as winter boots) and many existing platform pedals.
Crank Brothers Mallets are good for this. They offer plenty of grip (when not clipped in) and aren't too heavy for what they are (472g for mid-range Mallet 2). They are also much more reliable than the earlier Crank Brothers' pedals.
I use the very cheap Wellgo WPD982, it depends on your price range, probably you should go for better pedals, but my experience with these has been good and I ride with and without SPD shoes.
I'd get a pair of Shimano SPD pedals and get the 'snap on' flats for one side. You'll only be able to clip on one side then but you'll also have flats on one side.
Another option would be to look at a downhill style pedal with a large platform on it. As long as the SPD portion isn't raised too much you can probably use them quite comfortably with regular shoes.
Take a look at the newer "hybrid" pedals that have both a clipless side and a platform side with grip for regular street shoes.
I've used the Forte Campus/Nashbar Rodeo/Wellgo WPD-95B (all are similar Wellgo dual sided SPD clones with different brand names) for thousands of miles, and am very satisfied with them. There's also the Nashbar Highlander if you want a big BMX-type body on the pedal. All can be found for $30 or so; the Rodeo is on sale for $20 right now.