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1968 Chevy Nova Project Car - Tubular TacticsWritten by Johnny Hunkins on November 1, 2011 When your headers don't fit, Hooker's new weld alignment sleeves make rerouting the offending primary a breeze
In a perfect world, headers would always fit, and a lot of times they do. But building a hot rod means by definition that you're changing or modifying the stock parts with stuff that doesn't always occupy the same space as the original equipment. Header manufacturers try their best to anticipate typical hot rod moves—like big oil pans, cylinder heads with elevated exhaust ports, better steering boxes, high-torque starters, or custom steering shafts—but there are just too many possibilities that must be covered. We found ourselves in a similar situation with our 1968 Chevy Nova project car, and decided to deal with the problem head-on.
After ordering a set of Hooker Super Comp long-tube headers, we discovered that one of the primary tubes interfered with our new CPP steering box. In previous situations, we've gotten out the dead-blow hammer and fired up the acetylene torch and dimpled the pipe to affect the necessary clearance. This time, however, the tube made a head-on collision. (Note: had we read the fine print in the Hooker catalog, we could've avoided the problem altogether, but we decided to forge ahead rather than return the headers and try re-ordering a different set.)
Since our Nova was already at Automotive Excellence, one of Southern California's best exhaust shops (Huntington Beach, California), we had the confidence in them to cut out the offending header primary tube, build out the rest of the exhaust system (see "Piping Up," Oct. '11), fabricate a different primary tube around the steering box, then have the driver-side header ceramic coated. Shop owner Alex Mayea and AE technician Tony Andrade made it look easy, thanks to some really cool pieces from Hooker, and that's what we're here to tell you about.
Hooker's alignment weld sleeves are designed to hold sections of header tubing together while you figure out your geometry. Two (or many more) sections of pipe—either straight or radiused—can be butted together and rotated, thanks to the alignment sleeves, which hold them together with tension. This is not one of those deals you've seen where you mock-up a tinker-toy apparatus, then have to duplicate your creation. The Hooker alignment sleeves allow you to easily play with the actual sections of pipe you'll use, without going through the frustration of holding, tacking, breaking, holding (again!), then re-tacking welds in tricky, hard-to-reach places. The sleeves are really easy to use, and allow the DIY guy to create the trickiest, tightest compound curves in his own garage.
The alignment sleeves are made of mild steel, and feature an exposed pinch in the middle. The pinch is your filler when it's time to tack, then completely weld your finished work. The sleeve section on the inside of the pipe also eliminates pinhole leaks and reduces the potential for blow-through while welding. Hooker's alignment weld sleeves are made in five sizes (1½ to 15/8 inches, 1¾ inches, 17/8 inches, 2 inches, and 21/8 inches) and come in packs of 20 for around $25.
Of course, you can reuse your original primary tube for the reroute job, but we found it easier to start out with fresh mandrel-bent radiused tubing, which Hooker also sells by the pipe. We ended up using two different J-pipes of 17/8-inch diameter (about $18 each)—one in a 2½-inch radius, and the other in a 6-inch radius. When cut up into a variety of section lengths and wedges, we found these to be more than adequate to do our single header pipe.
While working with Hooker's weld alignment sleeves, we began to appreciate the fact that it would be possible to build a completely custom set of headers using these. A more likely scenario would be to buy a set of headers that closely resembles what you want, then fab the rest using mandrel-bent tubing and alignment sleeves for the tube (or tubes) that need rerouting. This would give you something close to a custom header for near the price of an off-the-shelf item. We're glad we tried them—they will remain a go-to option for us in the future!
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|Weld alignment sleeves, 1 7/8-inch dia.
|$24.95 (package 20)
|J-bend, 1 7/8-inch dia., 6-inch radius
|$17.95 (each)
|J-bend, 1 7/8 -inch dia., 2½-inch radius
|$17.95 (each)
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Because of the severity of the bend we needed to build, we ended up chopping the J-bends into lots of little wedges, all in a variety of shapes. Next time we'll probably use fewer, but it got the job done.Incredibly, we were able to wrap the pipe around the steering box with plenty of room to spare. As we added segments, we kept changing the shape by rotating and swapping out sections. Normally, we'd be making tack welds and breaking them—dozens of times—and with no promise of the pipes being centered.Hooker's alignment weld sleeves to the rescue! Our interference problem is a lot more common than you might think, and Hooker has the cure.Here's the idea: Once you place the alignment sleeves between the wedges, you can rotate them into any configuration you want, and they won't fall apart.Once we got the right "stack" to all our pipe wedges, Tony Andrade of AE tacked the sections together with a Millermatic 35 MIG welder. While Andrade was working the top end of the primary, he took special care to leave plenty of room for spark plug wrench access.This view does a great job showing off the final solution to our "impossible" problem. When compared to the starting picture, it gives you an appreciation for AE's work, and Hooker's alignment weld sleeves.Another view, this time from below. Note how nicely the Hooker Super Comp headers tuck between the framerails.It looks kind of weird here, but this turned out to be the perfect shape for our '68 Nova. Our cylinder heads, headers, and steering box are fairly common, but how many '68 Novas are likely to have this exact combo? The point: any time a set of headers fits, consider yourself lucky.
Since we wanted a nice flat surface for the ceramic coating to adhere to, the AE crew ground the welds flat with 3-inch abrasive pads from 3M. Note how the pipe is still in two sections; this made it easier for final assembly.


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SEP2007 wrote:I didn't think that nice looking women did computing.
SEP2007 wrote:I didn't think that nice looking women did computing.
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SEP2007 wrote: I didn't think that nice looking women did computing.
There I was, trying not to make a quip about how Charles always seems to interview attractive intelligent women and wondering whethering he has their photos on him before arranging the interviews (as it would just reinforce negative stereotypes about developers), and someone just sinks lower than I possibly could.
@Charles: No offense, but I think responding to each bad comment is futile. People should be able to distinguish between good and bad comments themselves.
As for the video:
Sumit mentioned 25 developers on her team. That sounds pretty low for a complex product like Access. Are there lots of shared components in Office (like UI stuff, VBA, etc.) that are not developed by her team?
Another question: Were there similar efforts in the Office team to better componentize the application and reduce dependencies between components like in Vista?
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That's pretty questionable thinking. Too bad you felt the need to share it publicly.
EDITED by Charles: Sorry for being mean, but why make yourself look dumb when you're not?
Chadk wrote:very good interview.
I like how Charles have his sunglasses around his neck. Is there alot of sunlight at your office?
really she is looking hot .............just i was looking @ her 00 ..
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"Because the state core standards are going to be more rigorous as well as graduation requirements, we want to do all we can to prepare our students for junior high and high school," Noflin said. "In order to do this, opening a sixth grade academy and taking those students out of the junior high setting will allow us to really focus on those children who are at a stage of finding themselves and deciding what path they want to follow in the future."
The proposed school will be a transition for students leaving elementary and entering the new world of junior high and will be extremely structured, according to Noflin.
"I have heard across the parish from parents concerned about sending their babies to the junior high setting and this school will give them better footing to be able to deal with junior high," Noflin continued.
Noflin also hopes to implement other avenues for the 'tweens to explore what they can do by providing band, chorus, various clubs and intramural sports.
In order for the school proposal to get off the ground floor, there will have to be money spent that the school board does not have at present.
"Just like any other project, in order to open the academy, we will have to renovate the school [East Side Elementary] from roof to floor as well as deal with staffing and finding an administrator and this costs money," Noflin said.
Noflin will hold a town hall type meeting to discuss the proposal at 5 p.m. April 29 at the Morehouse Junior High School. There will be two principals speaking who are running sixth grade academies at present. Travis Beard, principal of Milam Elementary School in Tupelo, Miss. will speak regarding his school, which currently has 600 students and Mr. Washington of I.A. Lewis in Ruston will speak about his school, which currently has around 300 students.
The tax, while it is a tax, could be extremely beneficial to the parish and all I ask is that you become informed about its proposed usage before deciding to vote," Noflin concluded.
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What are the minimum conditions required to cause the colapse of the quantum state ? Or, what forces/equations determine when an object (for instance an electron) is forced out of its quantum state in to a determined position ?
The minimum condition is interaction with another quantum system, leading to entanglement of the electron's position with the scattering angle of a photon bouncing off, for instance. When the other system goes far away, it cannot interact anymore, and the state of the electron is collapsed to one or another approximate position, depending on the photon state. The exact state of the electron depends on the measured outgoing direction of the photon.


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I am trying to categorize threads where people are just trying to get a Unix laptop or a Linux laptop. It means the laptop is designed to work with Unix or Linux with freedom-respecting way: without having to worry about things such as closed driver issues or wasting time in installation of the os.
Personally, I would like to get basic Linux tools such as GNU Coreutils, Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, SED, AWK, Emacs, Vim-full, Git, apt-get/aptitude (or other proper package-manager/installer) etc -- by clicking some dialogs and order the laptop online or out of the box (or something like Xcode-style easy installation) -- without me wasting time in the installation. The laptop must follow POSIX guidelines. The laptop must be able to work as a development machine so for example Chrome OS is not option with limited physical data transfer (everything through the slow cloud).
How can I buy a freedom-respecting Unix laptop or Linux laptop such as a preinstalled Ubuntu laptop?


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The 6 Creepiest Glitches in Famous Video Games (Part 2)
#3. GTA and Modern Warfare -- Walking Decapitations
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas introduced a higher level of character customization than the previous GTA games, allowing you to decide which clothes would be stained by the blood of the innocent pedestrians you beat to death for no reason. So, for example, you could make the character wear a hoodie, or a trucker hat ... or, if you run into this glitch, no head at all.
Granted, that may not be the most baffling wardrobe decision here.
Yep, sometimes you can go around like a decapitation victim, and the best/worst part is that your exposed neck is continuously gushing blood into the street as you walk, so it's not like your head became invisible or something. You can drive vehicles without a head ...
Wait a minute, CJ, we're pretty sure that's illegal.
... make out with people ...
Don't worry, homophobes, there are no actual lips touching here.
... and, of course, beat up innocent pedestrians for no reason.
"This is what karma looks like, fool!"
This glitch usually happens when you're in two-player mode and the second player decapitates you with a katana. When your character respawns, the head will still be missing, but the rest of his body will keep going, like a zombie. Sometimes, however, this happens to random characters from the game, like this cop calmly walking his beat without a head:
"Officer ... uh, officer, you dropped something there ..."
GTA isn't the only game where this happens: In the capture the flag mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, if someone else kills you while they're holding the flag, sometimes you come back like this:
Which is almost exactly what happens in real flag-stealing missions in an actual war.
Although there's no gushing blood here, this one beats GTA because being headless gives you special powers -- if any other players see you while you're decapitated, they'll be instantly kicked out of the game, as if their brains were unable to comprehend the horror they had witnessed and forced them out of reality.
It's like Back to the Future, only way more fucked up.
#2. Mario Kart Wii -- The Endless Hidden Track
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Hidden tracks are an essential part of Mario Kart Wii and the Mario Kart games in general: Just when you're getting bored of running on freakin' Coconut Mall for the 200th time, new and more difficult tracks show up, introducing new and more frustrating ways for you to fall off the borders every 10 seconds.
However, Mario Kart Wii came out in 2008, and it's the best-selling racing game of all time, so you'd think there'd be nothing new to discover there by now. The good news is that there is one extra track you don't know about -- the bad news is that it looks like the entire Mushroom Kingdom burned down and you're running in its ashes:
Don't go into the castle, Luigi! That's where hell stores racism!
That's not a hack or something like that -- it's a hidden course that's always been included in the game. It's just that there's no way to access it, as if the programmers had been trying to trap some ancient evil within the game's code. Unfortunately for the human race, they weren't counting on the Internet figuring out how to enter the track anyway, as shown in this video:
The secret track can manifest itself in many forms, depending on how you stumble upon it (which usually requires using cheat codes). The above version looks like the Matrix is unraveling around you, while in this other one, you'll find yourself racing in a mostly empty void surrounded by strange shapes, like the shadows of an adjacent reality.
This is where your soul goes when the Blue Shell hits you.
The track has the layout of one of the regular courses (Mario Circuit) and the music of another (Moo Moo Farm), but there are no enemies, obstacles or items. Also, it doesn't register when you complete a lap and there's no known time limit, so if you end up there, you're doomed to go around in circles forever until you die.
#1. Various Nintendo 64 Games -- Cartridge Tilting
Back in the cartridge era of video gaming, every single instruction book told you to never pull out the game while it was playing, because it could damage both the console and the game itself. What they didn't mention was that it could also irreparably damage your soul. Watch carefully what happens to James Bond about 10 seconds into this GoldenEye 007 video:
You see, if you gently pull a game out of the cartridge slot while it's running, you can sometimes get interesting, possibly disturbing results out of it. It works with any cartridge-based console, but you seem to get the best results with the Nintendo 64.
"Where's the 'commit hara kiri' option?!"
Take, for example, this Mario 64 video, where Mario suddenly becomes a quadruple amputee with an expressionless glare and the upbeat music turns into death metal.
Or this one, where the simple, childlike innocence of Mario Party becomes a live Nine Inch Nails show coupled with Cthulhu-speak.
It translates to "The invasion may now begin."
Meanwhile, watch as this wrestling match in an old WCW game quickly turns into a struggle for survival between obscene, unspeakable deities.
"Ooh, and Hulk Hogan jumps in and unmakes his opponent from the cloth of reality!"
But the creepiest effect of all happens when you try to do this in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, perhaps hoping for a glitch that will make Princess Zelda's dress disappear or something. If you mess with the cartridge too much, the game starts talking to you:
At this point, the soundtrack turns into sobbing.
First, Link appears to sink into the ground, and you get a message with the words "Oh! MY GOD!!" as if the game itself were as freaked out as you are. Then the panic turns to tenderness as the game proclaims its love for you, its master:
We ... we've been waiting for this moment since 1998, Zelda 64.
And just in case you think the guy who shot that video faked that, here's another video where the exact same thing happens:
Oh, so you say that to everyone? You slut.
For some reason, the programmers included phrases like "Oh! MY GOD!" and "I LOVE YOU" between the usually invisible lines of code in the game, which become visible when you tilt the cartridge and the world begins to unravel. But at least these guys triggered it intentionally -- imagine you're playing the game alone, late at night, and this happens for no reason. Tells us you wouldn't talk back. Tell us.
For more from Ashe, check out Weird Shit Blog and The Ashe Can. Chris Rio has a blog at Laffington.com, where he discusses how creepy Disney World is. You can also follow him or email him at email@example.com. Maxwell Yezpitelok lives in Chile, and you can bother him on Twitter.
For more ways video games would literally rot your brain, check out The 8 Creepiest Glitches Hidden in Popular Video Games and 8 Creepy Video Game Urban Legends (That Happen to Be True).


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I'm in an introductory Physics course and I need help!
During a one-hour trip, a small boat travels 80.0km north and then travels 60.0km east. What is the boat's average speed during the one-hour trip?
I found that the displacement is 100km. But I did not arrive at the right answer by dividing 100km/1hour. Why doesn't this give me the average speed?


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Did the disciples believe that Jesus was God or a prophet? I presume that their opinion changed when he died. They called Jesus "Lord". However, "Lord" was a somewhat common title back then.
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Matthew 16:16 is perhaps the most prominent answer to this question.
So, the disciples became convinced by the miracles, the teachings, and the character of Jesus through His ministry that Jesus was the very Son of God.
Yet, it wasn't when Jesus died that their belief and understanding became solidified, but after His resurrection. The disciples were fearful prior to that. In fact, many were hiding while He was being crucified. All fled at His arrest, even though Peter made one valiant act in His defense.
If Jesus had only died, Christianity would not exist. It was the resurrection that turned "unschooled, ordinary men" into bold witnesses of Jesus who willingly faced persecution and death for their teaching that Jesus is Lord.
Yes - they thought many things, and at various stages in His ministry, differing "circles" of His disciples expressed different things.
Of His closest disciples (those we generally associate with the term "disciple", aka The Twelve), Peter declared Jesus to be the Christ first:
This is the same Peter who went on to deny Jesus three times during His trial before His crucifixion.
It took Thomas seeing the resurrected Jesus to realize who He is:
Certainly they recognized Jesus to be "important" early on (see how fast they respond to His calls of them), for example when they ask to learn how to pray:
When each of the twelve became "aware" of who Christ was is not told to us - certainly it was by Pentecost, though.
Those not close to Christ (or who were only peripherally-aware of Him), did not know who He was - but worried about Him:
In addition to the great answers here, I would like to answer the "being God" bit. When John wrote his gospel (a long time after Jesus' death and resurrection), he wrote these famous words (John 1:1):
The disciples were continually learning. They didn't have it all together and they didn't truly understand everything Jesus said or tried to teach them. They saw him calm a storm and raise the dead to life again. They even were given power to heal the sick and cast out demons, but we're limited by their lack of faith on occasion. Peter figured out Jesus was the Christ, the son of the Living God, but then he denied knowing Him. It wasn't until after the resurrection did the disciples eventually come to know who Jesus really was. Thomas got it right fairly quickly at least in word when he exclaimed "My Lord and my God".
Maybe this is what Dan Andrews was trying to ask (I could be wrong), "did the disciples believed Jesus was God ONLY after the resurrection or was it before drawing from the statement in Mathew 16:16 as Narnian was pointing out?
To answer that question we would have to know what Peter meant by "Son of God" - there are at least two possibilities:
A) Peter believed Jesus was the Messiah prophesied to save Israel who was appointed by / from God or;
B) Peter believed Jesus was the Messiah prophesied and was God himself in the flesh
the choice, I would imagine, would need to be decided by looking at the Greek and the context of this statement in the Gospel of Matthew.
The disciple John most certainly believed Jesus was God. He wrote in John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Then in verse 14 he told us "the Word became flesh."
Additionally he records the words of Jesus who said,
"I and the Father are one." (John 10:30.)
"the Father is in me and I am in the Father." (John 10:38.)
"Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me," [ONE PERSON] (John 14:11)
If you want to tell me that the disciples did not believe Jesus, then that means they were atheists, and that is beyond the pale, even the crowds believed and so did Martha who said to Jesus "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world." John 11:27
While it is true the disciples were often confused and varied in levels of faith, enough is implied in the gospels to give evidence that they were impressed by the Holy Spirit at times to believe that He is God.
Jesus walked on water, Jesus save Peter, but the emphasis in the above passage is that the disciples worshiped Him. They would not have broken the ten commandments and worshiped Him if they did not think Him as God. In addition they called Him the Son of God, not a son of God.
Jesus spoke with authority that is not from this world. When He preached "I am the bread which came down from heaven", many disciples who thought of Him as the Messiah (according to the testimony of John the Baptist) left, because Jesus was implying that He was much more.
This was a hard teaching, but the twelve stayed because the Holy Spirit worked in them to believe. In addition, they still stayed when Jesus said "Before Abraham I am" and "My Father and I are one", despite others wanting to stone Him for blasphemy.
Peter, James and John saw Jesus transfigured in His glory! Would they have thought He was a mere saint? If that was not enough, they then heard the voice of God testify that "This is My beloved Son" If it did not click for them, it would have clicked right there. Jesus is not merely a son of God, but the living Son of God in the fullest literal sense.


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My favorite animals are cheetahs. So I would like to see them in the natural habitats. Where should I travel to to maximize my chances?
According to this Wikimedia image you can find cheetahs around Africa and Middle East.
Image is in public domain
One of the easiest places to see Cheetahs (I saw a lot there) is Masai Mara National Park (Kenya).
Certainly much of Africa has them in their natural habitat. Tourist wise, an easy option is a flight to JHB (Johannesburg), and then east a few hours by car to Kruger National Park. I can personally attest that they are there - I have photos to prove it ;)
If you are looking for one single place, go to the Okonjima Reserve in Namibia. It is located not far from the Waterberg plateau, a four hours drive from Windhoek.
In big reserves like Kruger (South Africa) or Etosha (Namibia) you can travel on your own. Nevertheless, I would rely on the services of a guide if I really wanted to see Cheetahs. Okay, you can find some on your own, it is perfectly possible. Moreover, a guide may fail to find some. That's nature ... However, using professional guidance is an excellent way to maximize your chances.
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I am wondering if in C++0x "12.8 Copying and Moving class objects [class.copy] paragraph 31" when copy elision happens, exactly:
When certain criteria are met, an implementation is allowed to omit the copy/move construction of a class object [...]. This elision of copy/move operations, called copy elision, is permitted in the following circumstances [...]:
- in a return statement in a function with a class return type, when the expression is the name of a non-volatile automatic object [...] with the same cv-unqualified type as the function return type, the copy/move operation can be omitted by constructing the automatic object directly into the function's return value
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And now I wonder, if this allows in the following code to elude copy
vector<string> gen(const char *fn) {
if(fn == nullptr) // this should prevent RVO
return {"House", "Horse", "Hen"};
vector<string> res;
fillFromFile(res, fn);
return res; // copy elision possible?
int main() {
vector<string> data = gen("users.dat");
Or does that rule not fot the example, and I have to do it explicit?
return move(res); // explicitly prevent copy
Note that my intention of the
if was to eliminate the obvious Return Value Optimization (RVO).
Or am I completely on the wrong track here? There was a change involving
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Here's my first new MKII rotator upgrade test. Even if it's new sensation and handling is different, this new rotator make the difference !
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KILGORE (February 27, 2013)—Police used pepper spray on 15 basketball players and three coaches from Navarro College in Corsicana after the team lost its road game against Kilgore College, but Navarro officials deny claims the players were unruly.
Kilgore College spokesman Chris Craddock said Wednesday the Navarro players made threats and two officers discharged pepper spray when the team refused to return to the locker room.
Craddock said the officers remain on the job and an investigation continues.
But Navarro College district president Richard Sanchez denies that the players were unruly after the 88-78 loss Saturday at Kilgore College.
Navarro College Athletic Director Roark Montgomery said the 15 players and three coaches suffered some effects from the pepper spray and several players applied cooling foam to their skin.
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Often, a smooth response to a hormone means that some processes must be sped up and others must be slowed down.
How can a single hormone have opposite effects like this?
Often, a smooth response to a hormone means that some processes must be sped up and others must be slowed down.
How can a single hormone have opposite effects like this?
An hormone is not different from most other molecules. To have an effect on a cell it binds to a (more or less specific) receptor, located either on the plasma membrane or inside the cell, and it initiates an intracellular cascade of events1.
There are several ways an hormone can have different effects:
An interesting example is that of estrogenic compound. Several receptors exist for estradiol (E2). The "classical" receptors are called ER-alpha and ER-beta, and they are located in the cytoplasm. The binding of E2 to the ER promotes their dimerization and entrance into the nucleus where they can promote the transcription of various genes. ERs can also bind to other transcription factors and modulate their activity. So, depending on which transcription factors are present different genes will be transcribed in response to E2. Moreover, ER-beta can have opposite effects then ER-alpha (see for instance Weihua et al., PNAS - 2000). In addition, receptors like ERs can be activated also in absence of the endogenous hormone: for instance, dietary amino acids activate ER-alpha in liver by a mTOR-dependent phosphorylation (Della Torre et al., Cell Metabolism 2011)
To make things more complicated, membrane receptor for estrogen have been described, such as GPR30 (Revankar et al., Science - 2005), membrane "versions" of the classical ERs, plus various splicing variants of the ERs (mostly expressed in tumoral tissue).
GPR30 in breasts has been shown to activate certain molecular pathways (notably Erk1/2) that contribute to cellular growth (Filardo et al., Mol Endocrinol. - 2000), possibly linking it to proliferation of ER-negative breast tumours. Other tissues that do not express GPR30 will lack this E2-induced proliferative stimulus.
So, tissue- or time- dependent modulation of the receptors and of the intracellular pathways associated with it can allow the body to respond to the same hormone (or, more in general, to the same molecule) in opposite ways.
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Graph $y=\dfrac{1}{\sin x}$
Now, I looked at the graph on google and got this
Which I thought that $y=\dfrac{1}{\sin x}$ would be $y=\sin^{-1}x$ But it's apparently not. So if anyone can shed some light on this. It's not just about finding a graph and copying it. I would like a better understanding of this. Also, I know the format for graphing trig functions is $y=a\sin k(x+c)+d$. But I don't understand how to fit the OP into this.
So, the OP is $y=(\sin x)^{-1}$ or the inverse of $\sin x$. Now, all I need help with is how to graph accordingly.


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The Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, is a black eye for President Obama's administration. Last fall, Paul Kengor, a professor of political science at Grove City College, pointed out the president "failed to attend a single Presidential Daily Brief" in the week before the attack.
The State Department rejected requests for additional security at the consulate as violence in Benghazi increased in the months before the attack. At a January congressional hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton interestingly claimed to have never seen a cable from Mr. Stevens requesting more help.
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I have only ever used VirtualBox and I would like to know, for example, what could I be missing from other offerings. I have heard of KVM and VMWare and I'm sure there's others. Short of reading Wikipedia articles on each (phew!), how do they differ?
I would classify virtual machine technologies into three categories (not all products fit clearly into one category):
First determine the category that corresponds to your needs.
VirtualBox is a software application that runs on top of your OS. It can use capabilities of your OS and hardware to accelerate the virtualization. The VirtualBox software must remain running for the virtualized systems to remain operational.
Xen is a subclass of operating systems called a hypervisor, it is an OS which only provides virtualization. It offloads management capabilities to a separate management OS which it calls the "dom0", usually Linux. The management OS provides drivers for the physical hardware.
VMWare has several products. VMWare Workstation works like VirtualBox, while VMWare ESX is a hypervisor similar to Xen. A major difference to Xen is that ESX provides its own hardware drivers and as a result has limited hardware support.
KVM is a project which adds a hypervisor into the Linux kernel. Because KVM uses a hypervisor, it does not need to remain running in the same fashion as VirtualBox. While KVM is a hypervisor such as Xen and ESX, it is simultaneously a Linux kernel & OS of its own accord.
It should be noted that KVM's inclusion into Linux is often misunderstood as being generally accepted as being the "blessed way forward". The KVM project is officially supported in Linux as it is a Linux kernel modification, while Xen and ESX are entirely separate operating systems.
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By karthiksudarshan on May 11, 2008
With the announcement of Project WebSynergy, the new web presentation platform for internet and enterprise applications, the excitement is palpable :) The erstwhile portals, will look and feel and more importantly, think (yes think, just wait for Web 3.0 :) ) and act, much better now.
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Property records consist of owner information and history, lot line dimensions, property tax information, building square footage, transfer tax, and seismic retrofit information. You may also want to see additional information on the City's Real Property Transfer Tax – Seismic Retrofit Refund Program.
Alameda County Secured Property Tax Statement: Property Taxes & Special Assessments
The annual tax bill from Alameda County includes taxes, fixed charges and/or special assessments levied by the City of Berkeley and other jurisdictions. Fixed Charges and/or Special Assessments appear on the right side of your tax bill. The tax bill is for the period from July 1 thru June 30.
The following are descriptions of City of Berkeley and Berkeley Unified School District special taxes and assessments, and how they are calculated. The titles for these items, listed below, appear in an abbreviated version on your tax bill. Descriptions of the taxes, fees, and assessments imposed by other agencies are not included here.
City Street Lighting
There is no rate increase for FY 2016.
This assessment funds the maintenance and/or servicing of existing and future public lighting facilities, including traffic signals and public lighting.This assessment is based on building square footage and property use codes. Your building square footage is multiplied by the rates below to determine your assessment. Nonprofits are NOT exempt from paying this assessment.
City Landscaping & Parks
There is a 16.7% rate increase for FY 2016.
This tax funds maintenance of parks, city trees, and landscaping in the City of Berkeley.
This tax is based on building square footage and property use codes. Your building square footage is multiplied by the rates below to determine your tax. The City extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for this tax.
City Refuse Collection
There is a 3% rate increase for residential and 3% for commercial for FY 2016. For current rates, see Refuse: Rates by District.
Most single family, condominium, and 2-unit residences have their refuse (garbage) collection services billed annually on the property tax bills. The amount billed depends on the size and number of receptacles, and the frequency of service. Nonprofits are NOT exempt from paying this fee.
City Library Services
There is a 3.82% rate increase for FY 2016.
This tax supports the usual and current expenses of operating the City of Berkeley Library Services.
This tax is based on building square footage and property use codes. Your building square footage is multiplied by the rates below to determine your tax. The City extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for this tax.
Paramedic Supplemental (Emergency Medical Services)
There is a 2.436% rate increase for FY 2016.
This tax provides funding to the Berkeley Fire Department for emergency paramedic and ambulance services. It's in addition to the County Service Area (CSA) Paramedic Assessment, which funds Countywide ambulance, paramedic, and trauma center care. The City extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for this tax.
This tax is based on building square footage.
Emergency Services for the Severely Disabled
This tax funds paratransit programs for eligible seniors and disabled persons.
The tax is based on building square footage. The City extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for this tax.
Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) Taxes
Note: The following 2 school taxes are not administered by the City of Berkeley. Please direct questions regarding the details of these taxes to BUSD:
Berkeley Unified School District2020 Bonar St, Ste 217 B Berkeley, CA 94702(510) 644-8593
Berkeley Unified School District2020 Bonar St, Ste 217 B Berkeley, CA 94702(510) 644-8593
These 2 taxes are based on building square footage and property use codes. Your building square footage is multiplied by the rates indicated to determine your tax. The School District extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for these taxes.
BUSD Berkeley School Tax (Measure A of 2006)
There is a 1.02% rate increase for FY 2016.
The Measure A 2006 tax re-authorized the BSEP 1986 tax and combined it with the Measure B 2004 School tax. Funds are used to reduce class sizes, and provide school enrichment programs.
The tax is based on building square footage and the new tax imposes a flat tax on vacant lots.
Vacant Lot
BUSD: School Maintenance (Measure BB of 2000)
This tax was approved by Berkeley voters and provides for school safety and essential maintenance of BUSD buildings and grounds.
Fire Protection and Emergency Response and Preparedness Tax
Measure GG was passed by Berkeley voters in November 2008. The revenue from this tax is used to keep fire stations open, improve and expand paramedic services and medical service response, improve disaster preparedness in the community, and invest in a unified communication system that will allow Berkeley police and firefighters to better coordinate with other agencies.
The tax is based on building square footage.
Community Facility District 1 - Disaster Fire Equipment (CFD1)
This tax is used to finance the purchase of equipment, supplies, and storage facilities for enhanced response to natural disasters such as urban wildfires and earthquakes. This tax repays a 20-year bond and appeared for the first time on the 2001-2002 tax bill. The final installment will be in 2022.
NOTE: The original notice for this tax was recorded with Alameda County on December 6, 2000 on all existing Berkeley parcels as "NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX LIEN" with document #2000357307. This is a recorded notice and not a lien that clouds a title; it's simply a notice to potential buyers that a Mello Roos tax is in effect.
The tax is based on building square footage and property use codes. Your building square footage is multiplied by these rates to determine your tax. The City extends a tax exemption to nonprofits for this tax.
Clean Storm Water
This assessment is used to fund the maintenance and improvement of the storm water drainage system. Nonprofits are NOT exempted from paying this assessment.
The assessment is based on a formula that includes the lot (parcel) square footage (not building square footage, as with the other taxes and assessment), a runoff factor based on the type of building on the lot, and a standard runoff rate (based on an 'average' lot size).
(SQ FT) X (Runoff Factor) / (Standard Runoff Unit) X (Rate per Runoff Unit)
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Vacant Land
For example, a duplex on a 3,542 square foot lot would be assessed as follows:(3,542 SF) X (0.4) / (2,196 SF) X ($50.00) = $32.26
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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)
Certain commercial districts in the City of Berkeley have Special Assessments on the property tax bills to fund improvements and beautification projects in those areas. Currently, there are 3 Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), which may appear on a tax bill:
The amounts of these assessments are based on the particular BID and formulas that take into account the size and configuration of the commercial structure.
Some property tax bills will have liens included with the Special Taxes and Assessments. Liens are placed on tax bills when property owners fail to pay for billable services provided by the City of Berkeley, or when a citation is issued against a property and remains unpaid. Typical liens include those for:
Underground Lighting/Utility Assessment District
Currently, there is 1 underground assessment district. The assessment included on the property tax bill pays for converting street lighting service from overhead wires to underground wiring of streetlights. The underground districts is:
Thousand Oaks Heights Underground Assessment is an Applicant FinancedUtility Underground District
Thousand Oaks is a 30-year assessment, and first appeared on the property taxes in FY 2006. The final assessment will appear on the FY 2033-34 property tax bill.
Thousand Oaks is a 30-year assessment, and first appeared on the property taxes in FY 2006. The final assessment will appear on the FY 2033-34 property tax bill.
Property Tax-Rate Breakdown (Ad Valorem - according to value)
Your County tax bill also includes other property-based taxes, which are found on the left side of your statement. In addition to the Countywide tax of 1%, your property tax statement includes additional items reflecting voter-approved debt service for payment of bonds issued by jurisdictions within your tax rate area to provide designated programs and services. These Ad Valorem taxes are based on the Assessed Value of the property, less any exemptions.
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Alameda County Property Assessment & Tax Information
Who sends out the Property Tax bills?
The property tax bills are sent by the Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office. This office can be contacted at:
What if I haven't received a tax bill yet?
If you have not received your property tax bill by November 1st, please contact the Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office, listed above.
When are property tax payments due?
Taxes are payable in 2 equal installments. The 1st installment is due November 1st, and is delinquent if not paid by December 10th. The 2nd installment is due February 1st, and is delinquent if not paid by April 10th. If you choose to pay the entire tax bill in a single payment, then it is due no later than December 10th.
Where can I see the taxes & assessments for a specific property?
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Enter the Parcel Number or property address in the fields provided. City of Berkeley & Berkeley Unified School District Special Taxes and Assessments will appear on the right side of the tax bill.
My organization is supposed to have tax exemption for its nonprofit status. Why doesn't this show on the bill?
Tax exemption status doesn't automatically roll over every year. An application to renew exempt status has to be filed with the Alameda County Assessor's Office by February 15 each year. The exemption status of a property can be checked on the Alameda County Assessor's Office Property Assessment Information website.
Enter the Parcel Number or property address in fields provided to retrieve the Property Assessment Information. Divide the "Exemptions" amount by the "Gross Total" amount and this will give you the percentage of exemption:
In this example, the Exemptions amount of $289,186.00 is divided by the Gross Total of $361,482.00:
$289,186.00/$361,482.00 = 0.80, or 80% Exempt
NOTE: The City of Berkeley does not determine non-profit exemption status and/or percentage, and relies on the information provided by the County Assessor's Office.
If the non-profit exemption paperwork is filed, you must provide copies of the BOE-267-F to the Finance Department in order to receive an exemption from special taxes
I have 2 properties and the property assessed at $500,000 has lower City of Berkeley special taxes than the property assessed at just $150,000. Why is this?
City of Berkeley & BUSD special assessments, taxes, and fees are based on building or lot (parcel) square footage, not the assessed value.
I am a low-income property owner. Do I qualify for any discounts or refunds?
Yes, there are low-income refunds available on the following taxes and fees:
For refund instructions and forms, please see the Very Low Income Refund Program.
For other questions or inquiries, call the City's Customer Service call center at (510) 981-7200, or visit the Finance Customer Service Center during usual business hours.


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Which is the concrete formula for the conformal mapping (normalized at infinity), acting from $\mathbb C \backslash D^*$ onto
$\mathbb C\backslash[-1, 1]$?
Here $\mathbb C$ denotes the set of all complex numbers and $D^*$ denotes the closed unit disk of the complex plane.
Also, I would be interested in references containing many examples of such of conformal mappings, by replacing the interval $[-1, 1]$ with other various subsets of the complex plane.
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Given that there has been discussion by the Japanese government to use the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) as one of the measures by which permanent residences or citizenship might be granted, how good of a measure of it of actual real world Japanese skill? Does passing the level N1 test mean that you are on par with a native speaker or does it just show that you have advanced knowledge of the language?
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True fluency is rare, and involves more than passing a standardized test. I will refer you to an answer I gave in EL&U.SE which I quoted from my treasured copy of Jack Seward's Japanese in Action. He is talking about Japanese, but I removed all the specific-language references because it's a good measure for fluency in any language. EDIT: I've just added them back, since I found my copy of the book after cleaning out my office for the New Year. (^_^) The passage is now given as written, with only slight adjustments.
He goes on to propose that a test for fluency in the language should require the test taker to:
BTW, much of the book is dated now, but is still a great source for understanding Japanese culture and language, and it's also very funny.
First and foremost the JLPT does not have a speaking component. This means you may be able to recognise and understand grammar when reading or listening, but you may be unable to actually speak the language with any proficiency. This is my case exactly, I can understand far more than what I can express.
Secondly, the entire test is multiple choice. Multiple choice makes things a bit easier for the student and if you can eliminate the two "obviously false answers" you're left with a 50/50 shot of getting it right - I've seen people fake their way through exams with minimal knowledge of the content, but great "test taking skills".
It's very hard to gauge proficiency in language. However, the JLPT is definitely a good way of guiding your study. I've mainly been using the JLPT tests not for the piece of paper I receive for doing it, but as a study guide on where I should be focusing my study. It's a good guide to get you from beginner to advanced in terms of which kanji/grammar points you should know.
However, I guess if you're able to pass the JLPT N1 test, you're more than on your way to being "fluent".
I can tell you that N1 is not meaning on par with a native speaker. Actually many japanese could not pass N1 with an high score without studying. That's because of many questions about grammar and kanji usage. Still the test doesn't measure your active skill (speak and write) but only your passive ones. I know people who passed N1 but are not really fluent in everyday japanese.
Well i don't know if you will find this info useful, but here goes:
Daniel Levitin claims:
Malcolm Gladwell also claims that the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours. (Outliers)
So if it only takes around 900 hours to pass JLPT 1, then we have not even reached 10% of the 10,000 hours requirement to mastery....
My opinion: No. Speaking is not tested and the Japanese you're tested on is not stuff you'll encounter in business or in daily conversation.
I've passed JLPT 1級 and received J1 on the Business Japanese Test (http://www.kanken.or.jp/bjt/). Studying for the latter was much more useful to me professionally and felt like a better gauge of working Japanese.
Background: I've worked in Japan for five consecutive years now. Three years in Japanese companies in a management position. Two years as a host in clubs in both Kabukicho and Minami while attending college here.
There is some useful information on this on the official website http://www.jlpt.jp/:
Summary of linguistic competence required for N1
Can-Do self evaluation
The following is an excerpt of what candidates who barely pass N1 think they can do in Japanese:
I think this list makes it clear that passing N1 is far from being at native equivalent levels. The Japanese language school I attended considers N1 to be roughly comparable to B2 of the CEFR.


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5 Myths About the Military You Believe (Thanks to Movies)
#2. Everyone in the Military Is Proud and Has Unshakable Camaraderie
In the movies, not everything about military life is bad. For one, you have your buddies. Sure, there's an occasional personality clash, but in general they all get along extraordinarily well. You cannot go 10 minutes in a movie without dudes jumping out of helicopters to save each other and reminiscing about their deep bonds of brotherhood. Now, there is a definite connection that most military people feel with each other, one that's hard to describe without sounding kind of gay. But on a day-to-day basis?
Honestly, you'll probably hate each other.
In other words, like a band of actual brothers.
Think about it: Do you like your co-workers? Every single one of them?
Now imagine this. Those dumb corporate retreats you've either had to go on or have seen in the movies? The ones where everyone does dumb bonding exercises that are meant to increase their sales targets and practices falling back while their co-workers catch them? Imagine being stuck at one of them for several months, and this retreat is called "deployment." Now, imagine that you can't drink on this retreat, you can't go home to your family or nonwork friends and -- assuming you have a working Internet connection at all -- your, uh, "recreational" website usage is restricted. For long stretches, there are no days off at all. All of this is aside from the other little annoyances (like eating food that comes in boxes labeled "suitable for prison or military use").
If you can't fight evil on stale crackers and cigarettes, maybe you shouldn't be fighting evil at all.
Now how will you feel about those co-workers?
Say that in your part of the military, like mine, you have different divisions ("shops") that perform different tasks. All of them, even the ones that do things that are only slightly different (like for example, vaguely different types of electronics) will blame each other for everything. In the past, until we set up a watch to avoid it, these groups would apparently even steal parts from each other.
Within a shop, especially if you have an unskilled leader, this can extend to everyone hating everybody, and yelling all the time. At the moment, nobody wants to leave the military because they're afraid they won't get another job in this economy, which means that most places are top-heavy. If you have the common situation where there's four guys of the same rank in the shop (for an office analogy, imagine more managers than workers), they will all be fighting constantly over who can do the most nothing, while the lower-ranking guys do all the work.
Above: How the officer's spend their time.
People deal with this prisonlike atmosphere by bitching to others about who or what is annoying them. Some of those others will go back to the person who was being bitched about and tell him what the other person had said. And then others will form sides. So in other words, it's a lot like high school, complete with social subgroups and cliques based on who comes from where, and who plays World of Warcraft and who doesn't. Except at least you could leave high school on the weekends, and high school wasn't usually 150 degrees and full of sand.
On the plus side, there's less algebra in Iraq.
Of course, how seriously any of this is taken depends on how tired everybody is. Play fighting is one thing, but it will quickly become real fighting when the conditions get bad enough. And they will.
#1. You Go to War, Then You Come Home
In 95 percent of war movies, a soldier goes away to war and finally comes back home to his family and tries to put his life back together. It's all over with, and the movie can either end, or switch to showing the dramatic consequences of his war experience. One way or the other, that part of his life is behind him.
Time for a quiet retirement of explosive bow hunting.
In reality, military life isn't like that. If you end up deploying to war these days, chances are that you won't go just once. Instead, you'll go there and come back. And then go again. Then come back. And so forth. Repeat three, four or even more times depending on how unlucky you are. How long you're gone depends on your job: Army troops might get 12 months away, then two years back; other services might give you six months on and 12 months off.
So instead of having one unique learning experience and coming home with a grim or hopeful life lesson to share with the audience, you have to learn to cope with going back to the same place (or the same type of place) again, and then go back and try to readjust again in the six or so months you've got before you're due to go again. You can imagine what that does to relationships, or to children. A family member who is fine with you going away for a year won't be so happy the third time it happens.
Scientists: Our men and women in uniform need long distance virtual reality sex goggles. Get on it.
This is particularly bad if you're in the Reserves or the National Guard. In the last decade, the Reserve forces have actually had it worse than a lot of active-duty military, because back when they were making the rules, no one bothered to make proper rules that limited how often those who were not on active duty could deploy. So if you were unfortunate enough to have joined the Air National Guard, for example, you're as likely to have gone through multiple deployments as a guy in the Army.
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The ring $C^\infty(M)$ of smooth functions on a smooth manifold $M$ is a topological ring with respect to the Whitney topology and the usual ring operations. Is it possible to describe, maybe under some conditions on $M$, the ideals and the closed ideals of $C^\infty(M)$?
In 1948 Whitney proved his ideal (spectral) theorem [1] describing the closed ideals
Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional manifold. for each point $p \in M$ and each natural $k$ we define $N(k)$ to be the number of (up to $n$) tuples $m$ such that $|m| \leq k$. Define the map $J_p^k: C^\infty(M) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{N(k)}$ by assigning to $f$ the $m$-jets of $f$ at $p$ up to $|m|=k$.
If $I$ is an ideal of $C^\infty(M)$ then its closure is the ideal of functions $f$ such that for each $p$ in $M$ and $k \geq 0$ then $J^k_p f \in J^k_p(I)$.
So in some sense the closed ideals are like $I_\infty$ in Neil's answer.
[1] H.Whitney. On ideals of differentiable functions. American Journal of Mathematics. Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 635-658 (1948)
Here are some examples, for the case $M=\mathbb{R}$.
For each $n\geq 0$ we have a closed ideal $$ I_n=\{f: f^{(i)}(0)=0 \text{ for } 0\leq i < n\} $$ We can write $I_\infty$ for the intersection of these, which is again closed. We can also put $$ J = \{ f : f(x)=0 \text{ for all } x \leq 0\} $$ and note that this is closed and contained in $I_\infty$.
Next, for $n,a>0$ with $n\in\mathbb{Z}$ we can let $K_{n,a}$ be the principal ideal generated by the function $\exp(-a/x^{2n})$. These are all different and contained in $I_\infty$. I am not sure whether they are closed.
For another kind of example, let $\mathcal{U}$ be a free ultrafilter on $\mathbb{R}$ and put $$ L = \{f : f^{-1}\{0\} \in \mathcal{U} \}. $$ This is a non-closed maximal ideal.
Now let $A$ be an arbitrary closed ideal in $C^\infty(\mathbb{R})$. Put $$ X_n = \{ x\in\mathbb{R} : f^{(i)}(x)=0 \text{ for all } i \leq n \text{ and } f\in A\}. $$ Specialising Reimundo's answer to the case $M=\mathbb{R}$, we see that $$ A = \{ f : f^{(i)}=0 \text{ on } X_n \text{ for all } i\leq n \}. $$ The sets $X_n$ are closed, with $X_n\supseteq X_{n+1}$. Moreover, if $x$ is a non-isolated point of $X_n$ (so it is in the closure of $X_n\setminus\{x\}$) then it is easy to see that $x\in X_{n+1}$. I would guess that the closed ideals biject with chains of subsets with these properties, but I have not tried to prove that.


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NEW CUMBERLAND - Five weeks after a freak flood unleashed millions of gallons of water on New Cumberland, the state of West Virginia is poised to make repairs.
The state will bypass its normal procedures in this case because the flooding was caused by a sudden mine blowout, said Mike Richardson, acting chief of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Abandoned Mine Lands.
"We're doing it under our emergency program, which allows us to do stuff on an expedited basis," Richardson said, noting the project should be ready to bid in about 10 days.
Still Street resident Paul Miller was digging in his backyard with a backhoe on May 3 when he struck what authorities now believe was an abandoned coal mine. The accident unleashed millions of gallons, by some estimates, that flowed down Rolling Acres Road and flooded the intersection with Hardins Run Road.
The flood did damage to the roadway, the Hardins Run bridge and a city storm sewer on Commerce Street, leaving a deposit of mud and debris. No one was injured, but the flood shocked city officials with its suddenness and power.
In the damage assessment that followed, officials were unsure if the water source was an abandoned mine and, if so, whether it was a clay mine or coal mine and to which company the mine belonged. Money from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Program is available for the reclamation of coal mines - not clay mines - that were in use prior to 1977, Richardson said.
Subsequent drilling on Miller's property determined that it was a coal mine, but the state's voluminous archives are silent on the identity of the responsible mining company, Richardson said.
"We don't have a lot of information, but it was some sizable workings," he said.
The state has retained E.L. Robinson Engineering, of Charleston, to design an abatement plan, which will collect the water on Miller's property and convey it to an existing waterway, most likely Hardins Run, he said.
"It's a system that will control the drainage should it ever build up again. It won't ever have a chance to blow out again," Richardson said. "It actually controls the discharge if the water level within the mine workings builds up."
The project carries a price tag of about $200,000, although Richardson said he has not yet seen a cost estimate. Flood damage was estimated at $35,000.
New Cumberland Mayor Richard Blackwell, who met with a state mine official on Wednesday, said the state's repair efforts will include new storm sewers on Commerce Street.
"I have a set of design drawings that covers the full scope of the work," he said.
Blackwell said the work will include the installation of two new 30-inch pipes at no cost to the city. Before the work begins, the state still must obtain several more rights of entry on private property, Richardson said.


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Because of a budget compromise agreed upon by California's Senate in August, aircraft buyers in that state will again get a tax break that was taken away three years ago. That's when lawmakers changed the use-tax-liability test period, requiring out-of-state aircraft purchasers to keep their airplanes out of California for a year-rather than 90 days, the previous rule-to avoid the tax.
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British environmental protesters targeted business aviation recently when they blockaded main entrances to two London-area airports. The demonstrations were an offshoot of a week-long protest at London Heathrow Airport.
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Swiss-based aircraft operator PrivatAir is preparing for the full launch of its Select Membership block charter program late this year in the U.S. and expects to extend it to European customers in early 2008. PrivatAir has been quietly offering the program to some U.S. clients over the past two years, during which time it has refined pricing and the service structure.
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Las Vegas topped the list of the most popular leisure destinations this past summer for participants in Flight Options' fractional ownership, aircraft management and charter
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You've probably heard of or seen Air Force One-even if only in a movie or on TV-and know that it carries the President of the U.S. and his staff. But did you know that the Air Force also operates 15 other business jets that are used to transport high-profile government officials, including members of Congress?
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Charter operator LyddAir has introduced Airshare, a fractional-ownership program offering pre-owned twin-engine piston and turboprop aircraft. At present, the fleet includes a pair of Piper PA31 Chieftains and a Beech Baron B58. The company, headquartered at Lydd Airport in southeastern England, is preparing to add a Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200.
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British kids can't hear the magic voice of the Pussy Bandito. FACT
British kids can't hear the magic voice of the Pussy Bandito. FACT
WHen I first read that I thought you called him "Pussy Burrito"
We should now call him that.
"Guys I suck at reading lol who's with me"
It's hard to understand Mexican English sometimes.
343 can make the fuck out of a cutscene, I'll give them that.
I feel like I don't even know you anymore. What kinda weeboo doesn't play Persona games???
What kind of a man shits on the first Red Faction? I bet you didn't like Freedom Fighters either.
That's horse shit, I was originally talking about the newer Red Factions and you politico twisted my shit.
Also Freedom Fighters rocked, armored Commies were a pain in the ass.
"Red Faction? They must be talking about the shitty third person games!" When people talk about Star Wars, do you automatically assume that they're referring to the Phantom Menace as well? Does your mind go to the most asstier level it can on all subjects, or just some?
I don't even speak Mexican English, and you still get confused!
Maybe if you actually played JRPG's you'd understand. With the power of friendship and lots & lots of belts we could save the world from BLOO.
I can't find any for my PS3.
A pro player would know.
Oh yeah, I just remembered what Palmer said in S.O. that makes her irredeemable as a character.
"Freaking Campers" when you encounter a group of jackals with beam rifles.
That's when I knew Bruce Willis was dead the whole time and that Palmer's writers want to cater to the lowest common denominator. Palmer is literally a gun with tits to get all those 16 year olds hot and bothered while they "frag". She will never be a character, how can she be when the developers are making it clear as day they don't want her to be.
If you notice the ending of halo 4, when she enters the scene shes looking a dude on a treadmill and nodding her head with big ass asperger smile. Then when MC walks past her she raises her right arm slightly to try to come off like she's acquainted with MC to all the spartans on deck. Before that the only male she'll talk to without negging him is Lasky, the highest ranking officer on the ship under 50 years old.
She's bascially a ho wanting the dick of the powerful man in the room.


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Horror novel written by Stephen King about a man who disturbs a haunted burial ground. Provided the source material for two films.
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Why is it Pet Sematary but not Pet Cemetery?
My question is about Stephen King's Pet Sematary (1989). Why is cemetery is misspelled as sematary in the title? Is there a special reason which may be explained in the novel or in the movie?


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2009 Challenger RT Retro Styling UpgradesWritten by on October 1, 2009 Contributors: Kevin DiOssi We Begin Modifying Our '09 Challenger R/T
No matter what you think about the economy, the proposed Fiat merger, or the recent Chapter eleven filing by the Chrysler Corporation, one thing is certain: The new Dodge Challenger is a cool car. Unlike the newest rendition of the Dodge Charger, which received mixed reviews upon its debut, the Challenger's retro good looks, exceptional handling, and available 5.7 or 6.1 liter Hemi engine, all add up to a well-rounded, and well-received, performance vehicle. We've put about 5,000 miles on our R/T model since we purchased it, and regularly get thumbs up while on the road, and approving inquiries while we're at the gas station. Several non-enthusiasts have actually even asked if it's a new car or an old car that we've restored, a testament to Chrysler's tough achievement of making an LX platform vehicle look like a Challenger muscle car from the early '70s.
We must admit that this car is a blast to drive, likely more fun and certainly more accommodating than Challengers of old. With satellite radio, a well-designed cabin, an extremely smooth and quiet ride, responsive suspension, great brakes, and power to spare, the Challenger mixes the best of modern convenience and pure muscle, so it's no wonder the Challenger is selling well despite the adversarial economy and marginal performance of the company as a whole. Aside from the above mentioned accolades, another reason the Challenger is likely selling well is because it inspires thoughts of cruising the strip, drive-in movies, and restaurants, racing at the local drag strip, and wanting to have the coolest car around, just like the '60s and '70s when Mopars first ruled the streets.
Back then, you could purchase a hot Mopar new from the dealership, modify it with a few performance and appearance items, and have a respectable and unique car. Today, for the first time in many years, the same is possible thanks to the new Dodge Challenger and a supportive aftermarket. With much credit going to modern engineering and materials, the new Challenger is already quite a good performer right from the factory. Like most gearheads, however, we can't leave any vehicle we drive, new or old, stock for very long. Wanting to set our car apart from others on the road, and wanting to gain a performance advantage as well, we're ready to start modifying our car with a few minor items that will make a major difference.
Although we've affectionately named this car "Project Voided Warranty" around the office, the truth is there are many ways you can modify your new car without affecting the warranty at all. The first and most logical modification for the engine, and the one we'll perform this month, is installing a cold air induction kit. This is an easy job and provides the Hemi engine with a shot of cool air that you can hear through the induction system at wide open throttle, feel in the seat of your pants, and see on the dyno or at the drag strip. Despite what you may have heard, or what a dealer service adviser may tell you, installing a cold air system-like the K&N we used, won't affect your warranty at all. In fact K&N has personnel on staff specially trained to deal with car manufacturers and dealerships who argue the point, and their new warranty ensures you won't be denied a manufacturer's warranty claim simply for having installed their product. Wanting to check this fact, we called our friends at Citrus Dodge in Dade City, Florida, the dealership where we purchased the car, and they quickly verified that they couldn't speak for other dealerships, but that in their experience Chrysler wouldn't deny a warranty claim based on a K&N filter, or certain other performance items, being installed on a car.
This extra assurance prompted us to install their kit on our Challenger, and we were very pleased with the results. Not only is this kit easy to install, it also makes the engine bay look cleaner as well as improving horsepower by a K&N claimed 20 or so horsepower. While this sounds like a big gain for a cold air kit, looking at the factory unit, with its multi-chambers to quiet induction roar, we can certainly deduce how it could be possible. As you'll see later in the article, we installed the kit in about an hour, and then verified K&N's claims with before-and-after testing at the drag strip.
To complement our Challenger's improved performance, we decided the car should have some kind of stripes. Since the silver color of our car lends itself well to black accents, we contacted Graphic Express to see what stripes were available for the new Challenger, but were told they were still waiting for a car on which they could design the decals. Wanting to help out, we quickly volunteered our car, giving us the chance to see multiple stripe applications before choosing the '71 R/T-style double stripe for our Challenger. Additionally, Graphic Express designed a hood blackout which is on our car, and a variety of other stripes for the Challenger that can be seen on their website or in their ads. We like the idea of vinyl decals when striping a car. Not only are the decals inexpensive and relatively easy to install, if you grow tired of a certain look the decals can be removed without damaging the paint and replaced with a different style. Since the hood and sides of our Challenger were accented in black, we felt the car would look better with a black spoiler as well. Although the extra-strong double sided tape holding the spoiler in place fought hard, the crew at JD's Paint and Body removed the spoiler without damage and prepped and painted it satin black to match the stripes.
Adding even more contrast to the car, we decided to tint the windows of our Challenger next so we called friend Scott Kowalski of Kowalski's Glass Tinting in Lakeland, Florida. There are many reasons to tint the glass of a car, and the first being somewhat obvious as we live in Florida and the hot sun really cooks the inside of cars, making them uncomfortable and damaging the interior. Since window tint can lower temperatures substantially, it makes sense given that we're located in a tropical climate. Second, we simply like the way the car looks with dark windows. The Challenger has high sides, and we think it just looks better broken up with contrasting stripes and dark glass. Third, while the new Challenger draws attention, and we do appreciate all the thumbs-up gestures, the tint will actually give us some privacy at times when we don't want to be on display. Fortunately, Scott has a computer program that quickly cut sheets of 3M tinting into individual pieces for each window. Scott recommended the darkest legal tint we could apply, then cut and installed the tint right from his truck in just a couple of hours. This is another modification that doesn't cost much, but really makes a difference in the look and comfort of the vehicle.
While we've certainly enjoyed our new Challenger R/T in stock form, we must say that we now like the way it looks, and the way it runs, even better. As we move forward with this project, we look forward to improving both the show and the go, so stay tuned to future issues. And for more photographs of this project be sure to visit moparmusclemagazine.com.
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The K&N kit contains all the items necessary for a quick installation. Even taking pictures, we had the kit installed in about an hour.After loosening the clamps and disconnecting the breather hose, the factory airbox can be unbolted and removed as one unit.The instructions provided with the kit were clear and concise, with close-up photos of the installation. This made the process easy to accomplish with simple hand tools.The new inlet tube is obviously less restrictive than the factory unit, offering inlet air a straight shot, then a smooth arc into the throttle body.The new airbox really seals the filter from engine bay heat, and seals to the hood as well for a tight fit. Cool air makes a big difference in performance, so K&N makes every effort to keep engine heat away from the filter and inlet.A key to the performance of this system is the less restrictive K&N "filtercharger" element. This reusable element can be washed and re-oiled, comes with a great warranty, and can dramatically improve power.We took our Challenger to the Lakeland Drag Strip on a Thursday to get some baseline runs and hopefully install our cold air kit for comparison runs. Unfortunately, an oil-down kept us from performing the test the same day, but we went back on a Saturday several weeks later to finish our test.Returning to the track after installing the K&N kit, the results were dramatic. While the track preparation was definitely better on the Saturday when we ran, track prep alone can't account for all of the half second we picked up in the eighth mile. Needless to say, we're impressed with this induction kit.
Timeslips don't lie, and these clearly show the dramatic improvement after installing the K & N cold air induction. We made each pass in the left lane, and on the left, our best baseline pass of 9.61 seconds, on the right, the much improved pass of 8.95 seconds after installing the kit.Notice that mph was up significantly as well, demonstrating a fairly dramatic improvement in power. We could say more, but results like these speak for themselves.Next, we took our car to nearby Graphic Express so they could design decals for the new Challenger. This gave us a great opportunity to see multiple decal styles and choose the one we liked best for our car.We finally decided on double side stripes based on the look of the '71 Challenger R/T. Since this stripe stops at the rear window, we had JD's Paint and Body shop paint the car's spoiler satin black to match the stripes.We also decided to have Graphic Express install their hood blackout treatment to add contrast to the car's hood and absorb some of the bright Florida sun.With our stripes installed, we headed to Kowalski's Glass Tinting in Lakeland, Florida. Yes, his name is Kowalski, yes, he has a Challenger R/T, coincidence?
We really recommend having a professional install the tint on your windows. Having the proper equipment makes the job much easier, and professional installation ensures the tint will look good for years to come.Before installing the window tint, Scott had to trick the car into thinking the doors were closed so the windows would go fully up.Prior to installing the tint, the windows must be thoroughly cleaned. Any dirt trapped between the tint and the window will not only look bad, but will eventually cause the tint to fail.After cleaning the windows, Scott sprays a combination of water and soap onto the window, then applies the tint working it into place and working the water out with a squeegee.The rear quarter windows and rear window are prepped in a similar way, then the pre-cut tint can be applied.So far, we're very happy with the looks and performance of our new Challenger. The car is at home on the streets or at the drag strip...


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I want to digitise some places of my city in ArcGIS. I found ArcGIS 'World Imagery' layer which I can use it as a basemap for digitisation. But the problem is it works only while the internet is connected. Is there anyway to save the cache of the layer at a particular zoom level so that I can work on it offline even after I restart the computer. If no, please tell me any other way- may be with google or bing imagery, I need to digitise important features of the city. So i require resolution at house level.
Check out the Shape2Earth Globe.
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Earth explorer is a great option for non-production kinda stuff. It's easy to use and fairly logical. There are better websites for batch downloads, but this website distributes most of the governments publicly avialibable remote sensing files
There are ways to link ArcMap with Google Earth. I have not done it in years, but XTools Pro allowed you to link ArcMap with Google Maps. Google Maps is showing high resolution imagery for your city, that may be an alternative; depending on what you are needing to do.
Try NAIP Imagery, http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/ It is some of the most accurate imagery and is freely available and downloadable. USGS is another source as well. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ If you are not in the US http://landsat.usgs.gov/Landsat_Search_and_Download.php if you have $$ http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/how-to-buy/ You can use JOSM openstreetmap editor, it serves a satellite image layer, or even potlatch.
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