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Disk brakes are becomming more popular on bikes now, and I was just wondering what the advantage is of this type of brake over the older rim brakes.
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Working backwards from how it works:
Not using the rim means the brake is unaffected by how straight the rim is, and heating the rotor doesn't affect the tyre. The rim is not worn away by braking and the rotor material can be selected entirely for its suitability for that one purpose. This also allows smaller clearance between pads and rotor, allowing:
Increased pressure between brake pad and rotor compared to rim brakes means disks are less affected by water or other contaminants. Pads can be made of harder material giving increased pad lifetime.
Having the brake caliper further away from the tyre means it's less affected by mud, and it can be made partly or fully enclosed to further sheild it. The rotor is also less likely to hit obstacles as it's further from the ground.
Being a hub brake makes unconventional designs possible. Single sided wheel mounts are the most obvious example, but some suspension systems are incompatible with rim brakes, and building a rim braked carbon composite wheel is much harder than building one to use a hub brake.
Disk brakes can also be fitted to both sides of a wheel for increased heat dissipation, and it's easier to vary the design for different characteristics (weight, heat capacity, modulation etc). Doing that with a rim brake means the brake manufacturer has to start selling wheels as well.
These combine to make disk brakes more reliable and easier to maintain.It's also somewhat easier to remove and reinstall wheels as you don't have to release the brake first.
I like disc brakes for these reasons:
oh yes, they stop well too, but that's my last reason, not first!
I have been using disc brakes on my Mountain, Cyclocross, and Road bikes for well over 10 years now. Earlier disc brake versions certainly took a while to reach excellent, smooth, and modulated braking power levels that they currently enjoy. In that context, a poorly adjusted or designed disc brake vs. a well adjusted v-brake showed less performance capabilities.
However, in recent years (5+), the technology surrounding disc brakes has increased dramatically. Particularly with hydraulic disc brake systems. Hydraulic disc systems tend to have significantly more stopping power than any rim brake system I have used. One other side effect of the additional stopping power is the ability to "modulate" that power much more smoothly. You can control how much power you use a lot more easily.
As stated above - there are different maintenance requirements with disc brake systems than with rim brake systems. However, typically they are no more onerous to learn than other maintenance protocols for any bike part.
In addition to hydraulic disc brake systems, there are mechanical versions which use your traditional cable to provide the lever to caliper clamping power on the disc rotor. These systems have the advantage of being usable with shift/brake integrated lever systems (commonly found on road bikes or bikes with "drop bars").
I have found the mechanical disc brake systems to not have as much power and modulation as hydraulic systems. In addition, they tend to require a lot more maintenance/tweaking to keep them working perfectly smoothly. The pad contact points are a lot more susceptible to making noises or dragging as they wear. Mechanical systems clamp from only one side. One pad is fixed in place, the other pad is pushed against the rotor slightly warping it into the fixed pad to provide the stopping power.
Hydraulic systems mostly have two separate calipers that push the pads from both side, (typically) providing stopping power from both sides, without warping the rotor (much).
Rim brake system tend to wear our the rim surface of the wheel if they are used in wet weather conditions. As grit gets on the rim, and you brake, the grit essentially 'sands down' the rim over time. Eventually you'll have to replace the rim as it is worn out. The thinner the rim gets, the more likely that heat transferance from the braking action can affect the rubber of the tire itself, sometimes causing catastrophic failure (exploding tire). This is fairly rare, and requires circumstances to be "just right" (i.e. well worn rims with thin side walls, possibly mis-adjusted brake pads, and long extended descents where the rider is "dragging" their brakes constantly causing heat buildup, tire casings that don't handle heat well, etc...).
Generally speaking, the maintenance requirements for rim brakes and hydraulic disc brakes tends to be about the same. Over time, you may need to have the hydraulic brake lines "bled" to keep them in good performance. However, most modern hydraulic brake systems typically don't need to be bled that often. I find my mountain bike hydraulic systems to require it only after 18 to 24 months of riding (I typically ride about 3,000 miles on my MTB in that interval).
Otherwise, it's simply a matter of replacing pads as they wear out. I do believe that disc brake pads will tend to wear out faster than rim brakes. They're simply smaller in surface area, and have a lot more heat demands placed on them. This is not true in foul weather riding conditions though - since wet/sandy conditions tend to affect rim brake pads a lot more than disc brake pads.
A lot of people will cite that disc brake systems are heavier. This is true in general. However, the majority of the 'extra weight' is non-rotational weight, which has a lot less effect on the ride quality or feeling of a bike. Since the weight is at the axle area, the weight is fairly insignificant.
Rim brake systems require thick, heavy tracks for the pads to press against. This requires that a rim brake wheel rim be significantly heavier than a disc brake rim. All of that weight is rotational mass at the outermost edges of the wheel. Any additional weight in this area is significantly increased in terms of the feeling/impact of that weight.
I often see rims made for disc brake applications that average anywhere from 100 to 250 grams lighter in weight than their rim brake counterparts. This is a significant amount of weight when it is at the worst possible location.
A number. Generally, they are unaffected by wet conditions, whereas rim brakes can get dicey in the wet. As well, for off-road bikes, they are less susceptible to mud, dust, and sand, and the attendant rim wear as well as poor braking. Also, on long descents or downhill sections, there is no danger of rim-heating and tire failure. Downside... You need purpose-made fork legs and wheel hubs to handle 'em , and the entire assembly is perhaps a bit heavier than traditional rim brakes.
You are seeing these now on even mid-level mountain bikes.
Oh, and you don't have to wrestle large-size tires through a tight-fit when remounting the wheel. Even with quick-release, some tires will just barely clear the brakes when putting a repaired flat back on.
I'm not sure I would get disk brakes again. I used to have v-brakes, but thought disk brakes would be better.
The advantages stated are true but I've found:
My problems with disk brakes could probably be fixed by a little bit more knowledge, but if you're not familiar with disk brakes then these things are worth thinking about.
Rim brakes are skirt-eating monsters. Disc brakes, not as much.
(Yes, there are other mitigators, but this one alone made me ask for disc brakes on the bike I'm having built. I like wearing long skirts to work.)
A nice thing about rim brakes (any type) versus disc (any type) is the fact that they provide a guide for quick truing your wheel without taking the wheel off and putting it on the stand. Hanging my bike down on each end I can quickly true both wheels to perfection. You can't do this with a disc. And rim brakes do provide a generally cleaner look without a cable running down the fork or the rear stay. And they generally are less weight and very easy to adjust. Little things mean a lot and things do add up. Oh yeah and the pads last crazy forever which is a nicety. Fifty years of riding a LARGE number of bikes with all the kinds of brakes discussed in all conditions and my winner is a rim brake of high quality suited to your tire/riding terrain.
A lot of good answers already - but one big disadvantage of disks is that has yet been mentioned is their ability to eject the front wheel when using a tradition QR axle. The torque generated on the axle (for a normal rear mounted disk caliper) is down - the same direction as the dropouts. Its been shown that even properly tightened axles can come loose - usually with large (200mm or greater) disks, but loose a QR can come undone very easily.
As a result, "Lawyer Lugs" are pretty much mandatory on Disk equipped front wheels (Unless a through axle is used). The problem with Lawyer Lugs is they somewhat defeat the advantages of a the QR, in that to remove the wheel, you have to unscrew the nuts quite along way.
Edit: (Two years later): Rather than a link provided earlier, an internet search for "James Annan disc brake quick release" will give plenty of answers and most recent discussions on the issue.
One of the advantages given above is that a wheel that is out of true will not rub against the brake pads if using disk breaks. However I think that this rubbing with rim brakes is really the advantage precisely because it warns you that your wheel is out of true. It is not a good idea to ride in such conditions as the wheel may fail.
All brakes are limited by front wheel traction - you either start skidding or flip over the bars. I believe it is about 1 g of deceleration. So anyone telling you one brake is more "powerful" than another is talking nonsense.
A key difference between rim and disk brakes is that rims are essentially disks 4x as wide as your typical disk. This means a disk brake requires 4x the force to provide the same deceleration torque. While better pad/disk materials and stiffer construction can reduce the problem, the difference has to be made up by greater mechanical advantage. That is, a disk brake lever must travel through more arc with more grip pressure to get the same effect as a rim brake lever. This is touted as "modulation" but is really just the brake requiring more energy input from the rider's grip. So long as you can reach the deceleration limit, it doesn't matter, but there is less margin to work with.
It is often claimed that disks are less susceptible to the wet due to the higher forces and location, and this may be true. (Certainly the idea of a fully enclosed disk is nifty, although I've never seen it implemented.) But I'm not aware of any experimental confirmation.
They work even when it's wet (I think that's because rims get wetter because they're closer to the ground; and, because they have a bigger surface area, they take longer to dry).
Brakes that work when it's wet are especially useful when in traffic, or going downhill.
Good brakes might also be useful on a cycle path in the evening: it seems that small children may find a flashing front light attractive, and hurry into your path to get a better look at it.
One additional (rather cosmetic) advantage is that the rims stay free from grit. So you keep clean hands when changing tires.
Admittedly, thats not a reason I would invest in a disk break for; and you get the same results with ceramic-coated rims...
Disks are way more reliable.
For example, I had a bike that had a disk in the rear of one of my bikes, in case my front brake broke.
One day it did; the whole right arm hit a tree and disabled it and the disk I was still using stopped me on the trail just fine. I then put a disk on the front since they hit stuff if you are into that type of thing.
I did not see any mention of wheel build requirements. I have a mountain bike with disks and a road bike with rim brakes. My front road wheel has radial spokes, a style of lacing which I do not believe could be used with a disk. My disk mountain has 3 cross lacing. The spokes creak and groan a little under heavy braking, understandable given the torque load being transfered though the spokes. I did not see any disks in the Tour de France and I presume the lighter weight of the brakeset and completely adequate power of rim brakes are significant factors, but the lighter and better aerodynamics of radial spokes is the kicker.
My first bikes had pedal braking great for skid outs & very effective, simple & intuitive. In fact my three speed banana seat bike is still probably my top bike of all times. Later on used cheap u shaped rim brakes that squealed & sucked...many moons later sprung for an Iron horse full suspension with shimano LX hydraulic disc brakes -still not really that impressed & always worried that I would get an air bubble in the hydro lines when flipping it upside down to work on it. My light & efficient hardtail (Giant SL Aluxx) that I've been using for the last 8 years has shimano mechs reliable & good in bad weather but the braking was not nearly as good as my buddies v-brake bike in good conditions... I will soon be going back to V-brakes (Shimano BRM 422)... if that sucks I'm going back to pedal brakes & rolhoff hub or a planetary shifting crankset.
Disc will always be better. Now there are systems lighter than v's. even a cheap set of disc brakes are better. i used traditional brakes until 2 years ago when i bought a bike with dual mechanical disc brakes and immediately felt the huge difference. its not really that they stop better but how they feel when stopping. its the same feeling from braking in a car or motorcycle. with v's braking isnt as good even if it can stop the bike just as fast. disc is more superior and dominant overall. the control you have with disc is amazing compared to v. traditional brakes will never ever have the modulation and advantages that disc will always have. facts are facts. dont care if ur a v brake fan and a weight weenie. gotta move on same day ya know? dont need them? thats fine i didnt either but they are so good i want them and i got them. never going back to traditional brakes ever again :) ya wonder why u started to see more and more disc brakes on bike eh? maybe cuz they work so dam good? try them with a professional setup not one from kmart or walmart cuz those are not adjusted correctly therefore people sometimes assume they suck. have a nice day


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Milford, KS 66514
Phone: (785) 463-4000
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29810 S Fairlawn Rd
Osage City, KS 66523
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3612 State Park Rd
Milford, KS 66514
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804 W Carthage Street
Meade, KS 67864
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204 N Taft
Wilmore, KS 67155
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19010 Eastern Ave
Denison, KS 66419
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Murphy's Landing
22030 Hwy 39
Stark, KS 66775
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North Fork Horse Camps
425 Hwy 83
Oakley, KS 67748
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Summer Horse Riding Camp for Kids. North Fork Horse camp offers campers a unique summer horse riding experience with four hours of horse riding a day and two hours of classroom time. In free time ... More
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148 E State 4
Hoisington, KS 67544
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I find that my absolutely most productive time is right as I wake up, especially if it's early--5am-ish till probably 7am is that sacred window of time.
I always do things that I really want to do and are meaningful to me in that time--as opposed to things I "have" to do or are urgent. This often involves programming personal projects or studying a programming book. I find that if I promise myself that I'll do those things that I love first thing, it's much easier to wake up (really) early and especially get out of bed--the motivation is critical for me.
Problem is, that motivation is partially lost as soon as I put any routines between waking up and getting to work--such as eating.
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the Ontario Gas BBQ's Media Day. Ontario Gas BBQ is one of my all time favorite places in the world. They have so much stuff. So many BBQ's. I have to show extreme self restraint every time I go. I want to buy everything. They also are the largest BBQ store in the world. Unfortunately the day was cold and wet. Ugh. But the grills never stopped the beer was flowing and the media were all about….
Their BBQ showrooms are incredible. They carry everything you can imagine and more….
So many BBQ's ……………….
There was a great selection of BBQ Companies there to demo their products and to provide tastings..Traeger's menu for the day was ABT's Grilled Asparagus with a curry aioli, and hot & fiery chili dipping sauce, pulled pork sliders, Bacon Bombs (Ill be posting about those next week!!) and of course a little bit of chocolate heaven. All done on Traeger BBQ's
Celebrity BBQ & grilling chefs Ted Reader (Teds BBQ World) and Rob Rainford (Food Network- License to Grill) were also on hand making some incredible food (pulled pork and foie gras burgers from Teddy!- so decadent)
Rob looking as stylish as ever and he always has the megawatt smile.
Here is a picture of Ted's Ass bending over his grill. You can see it is a much smaller ass now. He has lost a lot of weight.
I have no clue what he was looking for here. You never know with Teddy what will happen next.
I got to try some of his new Apple Brown Betty Grilling Sauce (and I forgot to bring my bottle home) it was damn good. Go get some.
For some serious comedy please watch this video of us chatting after the show on Teddy's weight loss secrets – they are truly inspirational.
Heres a link to some of the media coverage from yesterday. It was a really fun day !! Thanks to the folks at Eventrix for organizing the entire event.


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hey law snoll, are you guys going to go after syria?
Rogue15, Hi.
I don't know actually. Situation looks very strange, i never see anything like this before. Here's lot of discussion about Syria now, but military keep silent yet. One officer of regular army who i know said like a joke "If those American f**ks attack Syria, then i think Talebs should suddenly finds forgotten Soviet supply pack of portable SAMs in Afghanistan, or maybe those so called "insurgents" in Iraq should find couple of RPOs to make some roast by recipe "Yankee in Kevlar"... ". But i really hope nobody actualize such of plan because of it will cause some sort of Vietnam-2 with really harsh casualties among US troops. Of cause, lot of guys here just dreaming about the day when they will be allowed to go on "Yankee safari" (at least they claims so, and i think they are serious - Russian society very tired from American international lawlessness and constant anti-Russian position that doesn't lets us to restore territorial unity of Russian space)... but war is fun until first killed, you know that. So i think all of these militants should switch on their brains in right moment. Before the worst will happen.
As far as i know now couple of Russian Navy vessels now stationed in Syria, including Russian soldiers of Marine corps, who doesn't fights against terrorists directly. At least yet. If USA would attack Syria, they would imminently attack Russian troops... and you know what gonna happen then. So i think USA and Russia now will start to push on each other by ways of policy and economy. There's lot of details too, and i really don't know how exactly Russia;s and USA's Governments would act.
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The welding process and ambient temperature affect the structure and mechanical properties of welded joints in large-diameter (1,420 mm) pipes of manganese low-alloy steels, which are used commonly in oil and gas pipelines. Pulsed welding can improve the homogeneity of the structure and reduce the grain size of metal of the weld and HAZ zones. The ambient temperature causes structural changes, which affect the ductility and impact toughness in the welded joint zones. Temperature plays a role. Research shows that welding at 20 degrees C leads to an increase in ductility and impact toughness of 8 percent to 27 percent, and welding at -60 degrees C leads to an increase of 15 percent to 24 percent.
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Owners of mid-sized businesses (those that sell for $2 million to $250 million) should know that the environment for selling such a business has grown increasingly harsh over the past 25 years or so. Many of the competitive forces at work in the global arena that have made manufacturing overseas attractive have made overseas manufacturing companies attractive investments, to the detriment of U.S. business owners. However, knowledge and planning can help an owner of a mid-sized manufacturing firm get a premium price for his business.
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Kyle Steigenga had 16 points and nine rebounds, but it wasn�t enough as Grand Rapids Christian beat the Holland Christian boys basketball team, 63-57, on Monday night at the Civic Center.
Grand Rapids Christian jumped out to a 21-14 lead in the first quarter, and didn�t relinquish the lead until the third quarter when the Maroons (2-1) tied it.
However, turnovers plagued Holland Christian, and in a one-minute span, the Maroons turned the ball over five times to give Grand Rapids Christian back the lead. In total, Holland Christian had 20 turnovers.
"We did a lot of good things except for turning the ball over," Maroons coach Jason Mejeur said. "We couldn�t handle the pressure. They did a lot of run and jump stuff and turned up the defense pressure."
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A week ago, I thought spring was just around the corner and it was time to dust off my boating, fly fishing, climbing, and golf gear. I was ready for summer activities to start up and to start working on my tan when Ullr made a last ditch effort to dump some snow in our mountains and provide some powder days for all of us. And be it far from me to turn my back on almost 3 feet of fresh.
My new editor, who I am extremely excited and happy to be working with, has been cracking the whip on me to actually work, so I didn't get to take a powder day on Monday or Tuesday, though I did chat with some people who did get to go out and hit the 2 feet of deep.
Lindsey Kersten, who works at Carvers in Winter Park, was able to take a break from dishin' up delicious breakfasts to go make laps on the Challenger chair after the storm hit. Her day of tracking Trestle and bombing Cannonball "was awesome," she simply said.
The Panoramic lift stayed closed for two days after the storm started, so whoever made it up that lift first was one of the luckiest dudes or dudettes in the county.
While resorts around Colorado have extended their seasons to make use of the new snow, Winter Park's closing seems to have been planned around one of the best dumps of the season.
The snow might be wet and heavy, but somehow I find it hard to believe that anyone is going to be upset about getting this amount of moisture.
The new snow brought the Upper Colorado Basin up to 97 percent of our normal snowpack (woot woot!), which I'm sure our fire protection districts in the county are graciously accepting. Though I don't want to jump the gun and say we are out of the woods for wildfire season, a week ago our snowpack was at 76 percent of normal as a comparison.
That 97 percent number should grant us runoff for the boating season. I have already knocked the cobwebs out of my kayak, removed all of the empty drink cans I had stuffed in the back, and tried my best to get all the sand out of my dry top and booties, so I am ready to get wet.
Speaking of getting wet, I am signed up for the Spring Splash this weekend and am getting my best gaper gear together for the event. I don't mean to brag, but over the past few years I have collected quite a complete wardrobe of neon colored spandex and other gaper accessories, I am still on the hunt for a stylin' one piece though.
Now, I know a young man in neon spandex can be the cat's meow to the ladies, but I think this year I might go for something a little more conservative. I was thinking about busting out my only dress suit, but then I realized my mother's wrath for ruining my only suit during Spring Splash would be swift and merciless.
I will be the guy wearing the tie that looks like it belongs at a high school prom, which, incidentally, was the last place I wore a tie. If only I can remember how to tie the damned thing.
Regardless of what I will be wearing at Spring Splash, I hope I don't injure myself or anyone in the audience when I make my attempt to skim the ol' pond.


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That's like asking if you give maaser on stolen money, therefore the answer would be, No. You must return the money. Mishna Berura writes that gambling is avak gezel (M"B 322).
Read this other question to explore whether gambling is permitted at all.
Various rabbis and teachers of mine, over the years, have agreed that gambling is permitted in certain situations (state lotteries, large corporate owned casinos, etc.)
These same rabbis and teachers advised me to take maaser out of winnings after every "session" of gambling.
The definition of "session" is subjective, but this is typically what I call a "session"
If you have a casino in/near your hometown, then perhaps it would be prudent to take maaser every time you walk out of a casino with more money than you walked in with.


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For $SL(2, \mathbf{C} ((t)))$ the affine Grassmanian is defined as: $$SL(2, \mathbf{C}((t))) / SL(2, \mathbf{C} [[t]])$$ Now that is fine but $SL(2, \mathbf{C} ((t)))$ has smaller parabolic subgroups. Define: $$B = \begin{pmatrix} \mathcal{O}^{\times} & \mathcal{O} \\\ t\mathcal{O} & \mathcal{O}^{\times} \end{pmatrix}$$ where $\mathcal{O} = \mathbf{C}[[t]]$. Then: $$ SL(2, \mathbf{C} [[t]]) = B \left \{ 1, \begin{pmatrix} & 1 \\\ -1 & \end{pmatrix} \right \} B $$
Question: Why are people so much interested in the affine Grassmanian when it actually sits in a larger, equally well behaved projective ind-scheme (in our example above $SL(2, \mathbf{C}((t)))/ B$)? Both are flag varieties for the loop group so it seems natural to go with the full flag variety.


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CNN- After a historic revolution that toppled a 30-year regime, Egyptians eagerly waited Sunday to learn who would be the country's first democratically elected president.
Officials braced for violence and the Muslim Brotherhood said it would stage a long-term protest if a former prime minister is declared the winner.
Egypt is set to announce the winner at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. ET) Sunday, according to the Supreme Presidential Elections Commission.
Both candidates have already claimed victory. And hours before the announcement Sunday, both campaigns reiterated the claim.
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik made the declaration on his Facebook page: "President Ahmed Shafik, Egypt 2012."
Mohamed Morsi of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, also declared on Facebook that "at 3:00 p.m., Morsi will be Egypt's president."
The claims come amid heightened concerns that Shafik, who served under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, would give new life to the old guard and essentially nullify democratic gains since last year's Egyptian revolution.
"Did we really have a revolution if Shafik wins?" prominent novelist Alaa al-Aswany said via Twitter. "For the thousandth time this is not a battle between the military and the (Muslim) Brotherhood, it is a battle of the Egyptian people with the military regime that ruled us with an iron fist for 60 years."
Like Mubarak, Shafik is a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military and is "the quintessential candidate of the counter-revolution," said Khaled Elgindy, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Morsi, an American-educated engineer, "represents the older, more conservative wing of the Brotherhood and openly endorses a strict Islamic vision," said Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations.
But in an interview with CNN, Morsi said, "There is no such thing called an Islamic democracy. There is democracy only. ... The people are the source of authority."
Each campaign has accused the other of election fraud.
On Saturday, authorities reviewed about 400 electoral violation reports submitted by the two candidates.
A national security officer predicted violence if Shafik is declared the victor.
"In the event of Shafik's win, we expect some trouble on the street and in Tahrir (Square), which will be met with an iron hand according to the instructions we have received," said Lt. Col. Usama Emam, a national security officer.
"We are on high alert and so far there has not been any evidence of an imminent threat or plan of sabotage from any Islamist extremist groups," Emam said. He added that Egyptian authorities have arrested "elements" of the Palestinian group Hamas over the past week since Egypt's military rulers isued "de facto martial law and we are still tracking some of their fugitive members who had entered mainly through Sinai and made their way to Cairo."
More than 1,800 ambulances have been dispatched across the country as a proactive measure, the state-run EgyNews agency reported. It also said the country's interior ministry stressed the need to respect peaceful demonstrations.
But the ministry also said it would not tolerate any turmoil against authorities after Sunday's pivotal announcement.
"Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has given police forces orders to shoot to kill against anyone attempting to attack police stations after the results," interior ministry spokesman Gen. Marwan Mustapha said, reiterating government policy in such circumstances. "Increased security has been dispersed in the side streets of (Cairo's) Tahrir Square to protect government buildings."
If Shafik wins the election, the Muslim Brotherhood will stage "a long-term, open-end sit-in at Tahrir Square," complete with bathroom facilities made of bricks, daily food supply and tight security at the entrances of the square, said Jihad Haddad, a political adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood. Haddad cited the Brotherhood's disapproval of the ruling military body's new constitutional decree and de facto martial law.
Egypt's all-powerful military leaders have said they won't reverse their widely deplored constitutional and judicial changes and also cautioned against election-related unrest.
"We will face anyone who will pose a challenge to the public and private sectors with an iron fist," the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said.
Egypt's constitutional court dissolved the lower house of parliament this month, extending the military's power and sparking accusations of a coup d'etat.
Adding to the electoral tension is the question of how much power the new president will actually wield now that the military council has full legislative authority.
Under an interim constitutional declaration, the military council retains the power to make laws and budget decisions until a new constitution is written and a new parliament elected.
The declaration said Supreme Council members "shall decide all matters related to military affairs, including the appointment of its leaders." The president has the power to declare war, it says, but only "after the approval" of the Supreme Council.
The military council said it does not favor one political entity over another and respects the rights of Egyptians to protest but stressed the importance of self-restraint and respect for authority.
The Supreme Council urged political entities to respect democracy and "abstain from all possible acts that may descend the country into a full chaos."
Egyptian reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei -- the former head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate -- said that if Shafik is declared the winner, "we are in for a lot of instability and violence ... a major uprising."
He said he isn't as worried about a Morsi victory because Shafik supporters are unlikely to take their anger to the streets.
ElBaradei described the current situation as "a total, complete 100% mess."
Mohamed Mahsoob, a law professor at Menofiya University and a member of the El Wasat Party, tweeted: "The revolution will succeed, even if the newly elected president is below expectations because we will have the right to change him. But the revolution will not succeed if we have a president from the old regime that we toppled because he will working on seizing it back (and) reversing the accomplishments."
Amr Moussa, who served as foreign minister under Mubarak and mounted an effort to win the presidency in these elections, said "the next Egyptian president must call upon everyone to stand united as one." According to state-run news agency MENA, Moussa called on the new president "to head an emergency government of technocrats" that would last six to 12 months.


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I have about 200 ECW files of recently acquired 1-foot resolution aerial photos. Its about 15GB worth, covering over 250 sq. miles. Unfortunately, you need a license from ER Mapper that runs about $10K to publish ECWs in ArcGIS Server. I brought them all into GlobalMapper, mosaiced them, and pushed out a jpeg2000 that is about 31GB in size. It actually draws quite well, looks gorgeous, and is pretty snappy. Anyone have any other suggestions on how to deal with imagery datasets of this size (and by size I mean both areal extent and filesize)?
Now that you have the data in JP2, simply create a cached map service of the data within ArcGIS?
I've just heard that ERDAS is about to launch a low cost AGS plugin (verified here). The rep was pretty clear its going to be no where near the $10k previous price so I'm rather intrigued.
It will be interesting to see how it performs in v10. Last time i looked into it, ECW was at least 3x faster than the same JP2 in AGS 9.3 so I'm hoping that means I won't need to cache at all
I think it would depend on what the intended use of this imagery is (Tiled Layer Service, Image Layer Service...etc)
If you are looking to create a ArcGIS Server Tiled Service Layer, you can define "Gridding" parameters during the export from Global Mapper. So, load the ECW(s) into Global Mapper, and export tiles to jpeg 2000. Once a cache is created for these tiles, any respectable client should see good performance with such a service.


text: With the rising price of municipal water and drought restrictions now facing much of the United States during the summer months, more and more homeowners are turning to the collection of rainwater to reduce costs and protect this natural resource. Rain water is naturally soft and perfect for watering the garden and lawn or even washing a car, said Maggie Corder of the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District. The office is offering rain barrels at a discounted rate of $55 through Dec. 31. The barrels are simple to hook up to a down spout and use, she said. Call the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District office at (740)-264-9790 to place an order. -- Mark Law


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I was struggling to find a way to do this. may be this is not possible but I did not found any resource saying this can't do. so I think to post on here.
I am developing a Facebook application and It has photo uploading function. what I was trying to do is, when the user upload an image then image will automatically add to my fan page.
so I go through like this. but it is only possible for admin. (I hard code admin user id)
$fanpageId = 562**23; //My Facebook fanpage ID
$adminFbId = 100***12; // facebook user ID of admin (Fanpage)
$pagesInfo = $facebook->api("/100***00/accounts");
catch (FacebookApiException $e){
echo $e;
foreach($pagesInfo["data"] as $page) {
if($page["id"] == $fanpageId) {
$page_access_token = $page["access_token"];
if( !empty($page_access_token) ) {
$args = array(
'access_token' => $page_access_token,
'message' => "I'm a Page from test!"
$post_id = $facebook->api("/$fanpageId/feed","post",$args);
// sucess...
Is there any possible way to give page admin rights for the App or force api to use admin access token to post ?


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I play Tap ranch which at times gives free points for downloading free apps. I've downloaded all free apps and have deleted them but when I try to download it again I dont get the free points. Is there a way to delete the memory of already downloaded games so I can receive the free points again. Thanks for helping.
My understanding is the device UDID is being sent in to the servers for each game.
Just click on the serial number in iTunes to reveal your UDID.
They see that your device showed up as a first launch of that game, so they don't actually know that you bought the app today and downloaded it. For privacy reasons, Apple has severely restricted how apps talk between themselves on your phone, so it's far more likely they are doing the matching and tracking on their game servers. (plus+, open feint, etc...)
I believe you would have got the bonus if you coincidentally ran game B after game A - even if you didn't actually see the offer. You could test this by downloading the app on another device using your account and see if they can tell you or just your device.
Why don't you ask the company that made the games how they knew? They might just tell you.


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Basically, I'm looking for an Android app that will let me do just two things:
- Have unlimited levels of nested sub-tasks
- Filter so I can view only tasks that have no sub-tasks.
Let's say I have the following tasks:
--Conquer the world
--Build robot army
--Acquire robot parts
I'm looking for an app that lets me configure a view where I only see "Acquire robot parts".
A big bonus would be to allow multiple tasks to rely on a single sub-task. That way, if I had a second list like:
--Build hilarious robot hat
--Acquire robot parts
Both lists could reference the same "Acquire robot parts task", so that after completing it my view would now show "Build robot army" and "Build hilarious robot hat" as next tasks.
Pretty much every other feature is optional if I could get an app to do these things.


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I am doing chapatis with quinoa flour. How can I remove or hide the bitterness of the quinoa?
There are several constraints for the solution: no egg, wheat, soy, dairy, corn, rice, meat.
You are unable to do anything about it. The bitterness in commercially prepared flour is from the fact that they don't thoroughly rinse the saponin from the outside of the seeds. Once it's milled in, there really isn't anything you can do about it, doubly so when making a bread that is basically flour and water.
So you have two ways to fix it. One is grind your own quinoa flour, which is not too hard, after you make sure that it is rinsed all the way off. The second is to use a different type of flour, like tapioca.
If the seeds that were used were poorly washed prior to milling, then there is nothing you can do about it. What was the brand? Now there is a chance that the taste you are getting is from the enzymes, which will disappear when you toaste the quinoa prior to using. Try pre-toasting the flour in a pan and let us know i that helps. I would always pre-toast quinoa flour.


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I am looking for a term that expresses something along the lines of to measure something of value (especially an abstract, often positive quality such as bravery or effort) in monetary terms in a derogative/pejorative fashion. Essentially as a result of such a measurement, the value of such a quality's perceived to be cheapened.
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In current usage you could call this
In recent colloquial usage "monetize" has moved from its technical meaning of "to convert to currency" to also mean "to make money from something" or an attempt to do so. The term itself, even without a pejorative adjective, has a slightly negative connotation as it often occurs in the context of "monetizing debt", a euphemism for a sovereign printing money to reduce national debt.
It's not a single word, but putting a price on something is the behavior you describe.
Could you use : "Commodification"?
It is the transformation of goods, ideas, or other entities that may not normally be regarded as goods into a commodity. Incidentally, as a commodity, they have a price.
In the Marxist theory, this is perceived as something quite negative.
Google shows eight entries for the neologism mammonification, which occasionally is used to mean commercialization of things that ought not be commercialized. The root of the word is of course Mammon, referring to "The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit" or to "Wealth, material avarice, profit".
The verb cheapen has, among its several senses, one of bringing down the value of something by bargaining for it. Aside from sexual senses, verb prostitute has senses "To use one's talents in return for money or fame" and "To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves"; a sense similar to those is used in wiktionary's example sentence, "Yet again a commercial firm had prostituted a traditional song by setting an advertizing jingle to its tune." Verb whore has some similar senses.
Why not use "mercantalization"? (I have not seen "mercantalisation").
The OED does not contain this word but gives one of the meanings of mercantile as "Having payment or gain as the motive; mercenary; (also) fond of bargaining."


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A thought just came in my mind: the Sun shines, but the moon?
Which is better to use, sunshine or sunlight?
Can we use "Moon shines"?
A thought just came in my mind: the Sun shines, but the moon?
Which is better to use, sunshine or sunlight?
Can we use "Moon shines"?
That's several thoughts that have come to mind, so here's several answers.
To expand on that last bit, since Etymonline is rather terse: objects and landscapes tend to look rather different and strange when viewed by moonlight, so moonlight itself has connotations of unreality and illusion. There are any number of faerie stories involving gates that can only be found when the light of the full moon falls on them, fabulous treasures that turn out to be just leaves and moss in the morning light, and so on. Moonshine whisky in that sense is pushing the notion that the illicit hooch is only as real (and hence taxable) as something seen by moonlight, i.e. not really there at all. Likewise the things you'll see if you drink too much of it!
I think "moon shine" would be used except that it conflicts with moonshine which is a powerful homemade whiskey. Even if the meaning is fairly evident by the context, nobody wants to use words in poetry that might make you think of something completely unlike what you intended.
I've always heard "the moon beams" as an equivalent to "the sun shines" for the moon.
To shine has a connotation of brightness: for example, it is defined in the NOAD as "to give out a bright light". You can, however, say that the moon shines at full moon, or talk about "the shine of the moon on her face", if you feel like emphasising the intensity of the light.


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I do just enough digitizing (and touching up/ drawing when post-processing) to perhaps warrant the purchase of a Wacom tablet. Just wondering how well it plays with ArcGIS. What are your experiences? Is there a learning curve. Can the tablet and pen replace the mouse all together?
I have been using a wacom tablet with ArcGIS for the past 5 years and have found it to be incredibly useful. I have only used the Intuous 3 (A4) but the ability to program the 8 shortcut keys as well as the trackpads has saved countless repetitive hand trips to the keyboard - and when you are capturing a lot of little areas of data this can be quite some distance.
However, by far the most beneficial aspect is that your hand rests in a more natural position, rather than rotated (like you get with a mouse) and so you can use it all day everyday, and you do not get any pains in the hand or higher up in your arm. I no longer use the mouse for any of my applications because the tablet is so easy to use once you have got used to it.
If you are capturing lots of data and need to be returning to the keyboard a lot then you should seriously consider purchasing - at around $400 it is well worth it.
Apologies if I sound like an agent for Wacom, I am not and the same would go for any tablet.
I use mine all the time with ArcGIS Desktop. The learning curve isn't as steep as you'd think. It becomes much more natural to draw on the canvas than trying to use a mouse. I've noticed that ArcGIS 10 seems designed for the Wacom tablets so it makes it very easy to work with.
My productivity goes up using the Wacom tablet, the quality of my work goes up and my arm doesn't hurt like it does with a mouse. GIS and tablets should go hand in hand.
We've used the Wacom Intuos 4 for a couple of digitizing jobs in the last year, and had a really positive experience. We've used it with both ArcGIS 9.3 and 10, no conflicts or other problems there. It took a day or so to really get into the swing of using it properly, but once past that learning curve, I'd say it improved our productivity significantly. I'd also say it helped in the area of ergonomics - much less wrist/hand strain than using a mouse.
That being said, it hasn't replaced the mouse for everyday use for us. Didn't really get into the shortcut buttons, but I can definitely see how they might be useful. It took some minor tweaking of digitizing settings in Arc to make it work just right. Not sure if this applies to you, but we had some minor problems running Photoshop and Illustrator simultaneously with the tablet, but I understand there's a fix out there.
All in all, well worth the $300 or so it cost us.
I've seen the Wacom used by a few Photoshop expert friends, and they really like it. Just be sure to get a big enough model, as the small ones are tough to use on a high resolution screen.
We have a detailed blog post on our experience using the Wacom DTU-2231. http://letters-sal.blogspot.com/2011/05/digitizing-wacom-way.html
"Just wondering how well it plays with ArcGIS. What are your experiences? Is there a learning curve. Can the tablet and pen replace the mouse all together? "
I have used Wacom technology for over three years (IBM ThinkPad and also experimented with their interactive penable monitors). Most of my work is in Public Safety (Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement).
Hope this helps.
Our soil scientists like using it but when you have a really large datasets that can became an issue. We have a large dataset and they have to make line change with topology and it takes them forever for the topology to finish its work. Thank God I don't have the Wamcom tablet. They just hating it now and wish they could have their workstation back. They are not sure if they will replace Wacom. I feel sorry for them. They are frustrated because when you load ArcGIS to their Wacom tablet, it is really realy SLOW. They are on network server.
I have 2 dual monitor's workstation and I am glad I did not get it because I was not sure how will it work with my time doing GIS work. It saved me from getting frustrated. So, I am not sure if anyone has any experience with large datasets on Wacom tablet. Anyone ?


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I'm considering to avoid purchase new machines with optical drives. The only caveat is the OS installation which can be messy - to open the case and temporarily hook up DVD which often does not worth the trouble comparing to the price of a drive.
Has anyone tried to install an os from thumb drive? What are the pitfalls? Which tools/guides did you use?
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GridPanel with Grouping in dropdown
Hello Guys,
i would like to make drop down field with grid panel & grouping.example like http://examples.ext.net/#/Form/DropDownField/Overview/ ( last option ). can any one kindly let me know how can i do that using EXTJS3.4
Thank you
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Can we create this same dropdown grouping in c# codebehind
Can we create this same dropdown grouping in c# codebehind


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Wrestling with an Angel - Dan Cruver writes, "Greg Lucas' Wrestling with An Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace is one of the top 5 books I have read over the past 12 months. Few books are able to take the reader on a journey further into the Gospel as you move through their pages." He goes on to interview Greg Lucas.
The Mechanic Muse - This is a great article from the NY Times. I'm not sure that I agree that the greatest feat of the printed book is allowing us to read non-linearly (though certainly anyone who has tried to skim a book on a Kindle has seen how much more difficult is). Still, the article is a great read and gives words to what a lot of us are thinking about the transition from printed books to ebooks.
An Exemplary Recipient of Grace - Parents will do well to read this and to ponder it a little bit: "One of the biggest struggles I have as a father to three boys and a girl is fighting the urge to pretend that I have it all together. To reduce what it means to lead my children and be their example to merely keeping all the rules myself." (HT)
Reverent Contemplation - Things like this are always a little bit forced, but they are also a good opportunity to do some reverent contemplation.
9/11 Ten Years Later - You can download the most recent issue of Ligonier's Tabletalk magazine for free if you like. It reflects on 9/11 ten years later.
In My Seat - Speaking of 9/11, here is a video about the man who should have been piloting American Airlines Flight 11. He has a powerful testimony.
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How does one find find $$\oint_{|z|=\epsilon} z^{-1}[(z-a)(z-b)]^{1\over 2}\,\,\,dz$$ where $\epsilon>0$ is small and $a,b>\epsilon$ and real.
My initial thought was to write it as $z=\epsilon\exp(i\theta)$, but then it doesn't work because we don't get small terms so we can't expand it. I also want to use the the residue theorem. Please help!