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Volume 10, Issue 1, March 1966
Elasticity in Steady Flow10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549039View Description Hide Description
In rheology the use of the concepts of elasticity—or mechanical stored energy—or recoverable shear in steady flow has been used for some time, but by no means universally accepted. In this paper, the foundations of the statistical mechanics of polymer solutions, as developed by Kuhn, Rouse, and Zimm, together with numerous others, are reviewed for the purpose of developing the basic ideas of elasticity and birefringence in steady flow and investigating what assumptions and limitations the present theory has. The quantitative relations between a number of mathematical theories are tabulated and a survey of the experimental results is given. The questions still unsolved are formulated. Especially the correlation among viscosity, flowbirefringence, dynamic properties, and normal stress measurements is emphasized.
Mechanical and Optical Characterization of Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549040View Description Hide Description
Mechanical and birefringent properties of plasticized polyvinyl ehloride in the glass transition region were determined by means of quasistatic tests at different temperatures and sinusoidal oscillation tests at room temperature. In the former method, mechanical creep and photocreep tests were conducted at temperatures ranging from −80 to 115°F. The method of reduced variables (temperature‐time equivalence principle) was used to obtain continuous curves for relaxation modulus and stress fringe value corresponding to room temperature and extending up to 24 decades of time. The resulting curves show a broad transition region for the material. The shift function was plotted versus temperature and was found to be about the same for both mechanical and optical properties. Short‐time (dynamic) properties obtained by the temperature‐time equivalence principle were compared with those obtained at room temperature by direct sinusoidal oscillation tests at different frequencies. The complex modulus and complex stress fringe value were determined as functions of frequency and converted to a relaxation modulus and stress fringe value as functions of time by means of an approximate interrelationship. The validity of the temperature‐time equivalence principle in this case was proven by the good agreement between these results and those obtained from creep tests at different temperatures.
Comments on the Experiments of Bodner and of Fitzgerald and Woodward on Laterally Vibrating Beams under Axial Tension10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549041View Description Hide Description
Bodner and Fitzgerald and Woodward have described dynamic tests on beams of aluminum alloy and polytetrafluoroethylene, respectively, in which the laterally vibrating bars were subjected to tension by coaxial wires. In both cases, the direct effect of the wires was disregarded. This paper presents an analysis of the wire‐bar systems, based on the theories of vibrating bars and strings. The calculations show that resonance patterns generally resembling those found experimentally should be expected.
Thermistor Analog Study of Dynamic Shear in an Ideal Viscous Material10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549042View Description Hide Description
As part of a continuing study of the mechanical behavior of materials with temperature‐dependent properties, dynamic responses of an ideal viscousmaterial are considered. An electric analog circuit containing thermistors and ideal inductors is presented. The characteristics of this circuit simulate the highly nonlinear characteristics of the model of the material. The experiments show how the conversion of mechanical work to heat can lead to stress and time‐dependent apparent viscosities and to thermal instability in velocity‐driven Couette flow. When the boundary velocity is sinusoidal, the heating can lead to the appearance of a pseudo elasticity as well as to thermal instability. The thermal stability of the system is shown to depend on the frequency as well as the amplitude of the excitation. A group of similarity parameters are described which are ratios of characteristic times for heating, velocity diffusion,thermal diffusion, and loading. These provide a description of the model mechanical experiment and make the connection with the electrical analog.
Time‐Dependent Concentrated Surface Load Moving with Diminishing Velocity on a Viscoelastic Half Space10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549043View Description Hide Description
The vertical and horizontal displacements are obtained for a time‐dependent moving load on a viscoelastic half space. The load is assumed to increase exponentially with time and its velocity to decrease exponentially with time. The problem is solved as a quasistatic problem since the velocity of the load is small compared to stress wave velocities in the half space. The half space is characterized in shear by the four‐parameter model and is assumed to be elastic in its volumetric behavior. The elasticviscoelastic analogy is used in the solution of the problem.
Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Temperature Dependence of the Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Solids by a Creep Recovery Method. Part 2. Penetration of a Steel Ball10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549054View Description Hide Description
A general theory of linear viscoelasticity under complex stress is analysed by utilizing the Laplace transformation and is applied to Hertz's contact problem for measuring the creep recovery in the penetration of a steel ball. As in the similar method of uniaxial compression, the temperature dependence of characteristic relaxation times can be computed from the experimental results on (residual depth of penetration creep recovery) ∼θ (temperature) curves by using the analytical results. The temperature dependence is in good agreement with that obtained from the results in uniaxial compression. The method using the RN (Rockwell Number) ∼θ curves obtained at a constant rate of temperature rise by a conventional Rockwell testing machine, is recommended as the simplest method and may be successfully used for various polymer solids. The effect of differences in molecular structure on the temperature dependence of mechanical behavior can be demonstrated clearly by this method. The results on thermosetting laminates are also presented. Further, the merits of this creep recovery are discussed.
The State of Stress and Strain in an Orthotropic Heterogeneous Viscoelastic Cylinder with Burning Inner Boundary10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549044View Description Hide Description
The analysis of stress and strain in an orthotropic heterogeneous linear viscoelastic cylinder which has a burning inner boundary and which is subjected to a time‐dependent internal pressure, has been worked out. The assumptions of isothermal conditions and infinitesimal strains are consistently made and the conditions of a quasistatic plane strain are adopted. Numerical solution for an orthotropic heterogeneous viscoelastic cylinder is established and which was anticipated to be quite stable. The established solution can be reduced to that of a homogeneous orthotropic cylinder. As special cases from the general problem, solutions for an isotropic compressible cylinder and an isotropic incompressible cylinder can also be derived. Numerical examples have been worked out to illustrate the influence of anisotropy, heterogeneity, and viscosity on the deformation of a burning cylindrical grain in a solid propellant rocket. The results for both short‐time and long‐time behavior are presented for a relaxation function of a form similar to that obtainable from a seven‐parameter Maxwell model which has been shown to represent the rheological behavior of a filled elastomer fairly well.
Correlation of Shear Behavior of Solutions of Polyisobutylene10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549055View Description Hide Description
New data are presented for the shear behavior of solutions of polyisobutylene in toluene at 25°C. Five samples (viscosity‐average molecular weight range of to ) were studied at shear rates from 1.0 to Both Couette and capillary viscometers were used in the investigation. The results are correlated by a standard reduced variable plot and compared with earlier data. A method for predicting the viscosity of straight chain polymer solutions from minimal data is discussed.
Moderately Concentrated Polymer Solutions: Correlation of Flow Data by Simple Models10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549068View Description Hide Description
A mathematical model was proposed recently which appears to correlate the flow curves for several polymers in aqueous solution over a wide range of shear rates and concentrations. New data for several nonaqueous systems as well as data from literature sources support the idea that the same equation can be applied to nonaqueous solutions. The equation relates relative viscosity at shear rate and shear stress τ to two parameters, the zero‐shear viscosity and the power input at the inflection point B as follows: where is the error function of q. The parameter B appears to be a function of intrinsic viscosity but is not sensitive to polymer type or concentration. A comparison is made which indicates that the proposed model has advantages over other two‐parameter flowequations for real polymer systems where concentration is varied.
Hypothesis on a Certain Flow Instability in Polymer Melts10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549056View Description Hide Description
Application is made of Pao's theory for viscoelasticflow together with measurements of the relaxation spectrum to analyze the flow behavior of polymer melts. One result for linear polyethylene is that over a limited range of shear rate, the shear stress becomes a many‐valued function of shear rate. This behavior arises as a natural consequence of the viscoelastic nature of polymers and appears to unify many previous experimental observations of the behavior of polymer melts at high shear rates. The theory predicts an instability in the flow curve of linear polyethylene. It predicts that this discontinuity occurs at different values depending on whether the shear stress is increasing or decreasing. The recoverable strain is predicted to pass through a maximum and the velocity of a material particle in the unstable region can have a number of values at different instants in time. One interpretation of this would be that the flow can occur as a "stick‐slip" process. The effect of hydrostatic pressure on the flow curve is also discussed. All of the results of this analysis have been observed experimentally by others.
An Experimental Appraisal of Viscoelastic Models10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549057View Description Hide Description
Eleven differential and nine integral rheological models for viscoelastic fluids are tabulated in a uniform notation. Included among these are several very recently published models and three previously unpublished models. Representative experimental data are presented and used in qualitative and quantitative evaluations of the models. Comparisons between the models and the experimental data are summarized in a table where a six‐point rating scheme is used to assess the ability of several models to quantitatively describe seven material functions. The table indicates which models show promise for future work.
Elementary Flows of Anisotropic Fluids10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549045View Description Hide Description
The Ericksen theory of anisotropic fluids is examined with respect to its usefulness for describing the constitutive properties of real fluids. It is found that except in the limit of low shear rates, anisotropic effects may not be observed in simple laminar shearing flows or in helical flows, in both of which the behavior of these materials is indistinguishable from the predictions of the isotropic theory of simple fluids, and such flows do not suffice to determine uniquely all the material functions needed to describe other configurations. In unsteady flows, the theory as presently developed is limited to applications in which the fluid time constant is much smaller than the characteristic time of the flow field, i.e., to flows for which the Deborah number is sufficiently small. In these, the theory of simple fluids again appears to suffice with but the same exception.
Concentration Redistribution Phenomena in the Shear Flow of Monolayers of Suspended Particles10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549058View Description Hide Description
The full range of phenomena occurring in the flow of suspensions remains still unexplored. This paper describes phenomena observed in a neutrally buoyant suspension consisting of a single layer (a monolayer) of rigid spherical particles, flowing through a 220‐cm long rectangular channel of high‐aspect ratio (1:16) with its minor dimension 1.6 times larger than the particle diameter. The flow was investigated over a range of particle Reynolds numbers between 101 and 407, and of concentrations between 1.7 and 5%. Concentration distributions obtained from a detailed analysis of direct photographic observations show the existence of four consecutive regions as the suspension moves down the channel: (a) an initial region, close to the channel entrance, characterized by essentially uniform particle distribution. (b) A region in which the particles move away from the wall forming a particle‐free layer next to it. The core containing the particles does not have a uniform concentration distribution but exhibits marked concentration peaks at its outer margin. (c) A region in which the core has narrowed, the peaks have merged, and the concentration has become uniform. (d) A region of instability characterized by the onset of waves in the configuration of the core, followed, as the flow progresses downstream, by a breaking up of the core and by the formation of groups of particles separated by axial gaps of suspending liquid. The transitions between these regions are not sharply bounded, each region evolving gradually into the next. The process is accelerated by increases in flow velocity, and decelerated by increases in concentration. The phenomena point to the existence of a hydrodynamic force leading to the formation of the core, and possibly of concentration‐dependent particle interactions opposing such a formation and contributing to the onset of instabilities.
Dynamic Compression of Clay under an Explosive Pulse10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549046View Description Hide Description
The dynamic stress‐strain‐time response of a clay in compression is studied using a high‐speed explosive pulse type of apparatus. The rise times of the applied stress pulses are the order of magnitude of 0.2 msec and the entire test durations are approximately 3.0 msec. Compressive loading is obtained with a piston using the high pressure developed by firing a Springfield 30–06 cartridge into a combustion chamber. Measurements include forces at the top and bottom of the test specimen, deformation of the specimen, and acceleration as well as velocity of the upper platen. Dynamic stress‐strain response exhibits an under‐linear type of nonlinearity for a wide range of consistencies (moisture contents) generally encountered in field applications. Effects of moisture content are conveniently handled in terms of a nondimensional dynamic stress‐strength parameter using the static ultimate unconfined compressive strength as a consistency index. The nonlinear effects are represented in terms of a two‐constant hyperbolic stress‐strain relation. The two hyperbolic constants are measures of the initial tangent modulus and the ultimate strength of the clay. These constants are easily obtained as the intercept and slope of the straight line approximation of the experimental data when presented in transformed hyperbolic coordinates. Because of the multiphase nature of clay, the results may be of value in studying the response characteristics of other composite materials.
Molecular Fractionation in the Flow of Polymeric Fluids10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549047View Description Hide Description
The kinetic theory of liquids has been used to derive two crude models which rationalize the establishment of a molecular weight gradient during the capillary extrusion of polydisperse thermoplastic melts. A molecular weight decrease near the polymer/die wall interface is predicted along with a decay in the degree of extrudate swelling with increasing die length, each model giving equations relating decay rate with die dimensions and shear rate. Polyethylene data indicate some shortcomings in the theory, but both models fit experimental extrudate swelling data well, and appreciably better than an empirical equation of exponential decay. Further in keeping with theory, surface sections of broad molecular weight distribution polyethylene extrudates have lower molecular weights than whole extrudates, the magnitude of the effect increasing with increasing die length. No significant molecular effect was found for a fractionated linear polyethylene. The decay in extrudate swelling was also found to be much greater for broad molecular weight polyethylene samples than for the fractionated polymer. It is suggested that molecular fractionation in capillary flow is a significant contributing cause to the difference in die length variation of melt viscosity and melt elasticity.
Viscoelastic Behavior of Polyethylene in Capillary Flow Expressed with Three Material Functions10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549048View Description Hide Description
It was shown that three material functions are required to relate various phenomena in the capillary flow of polyethylene. The phenomena examined are the entrance pressure loss, laminar flow through a capillary, memory decay in the flow, and extrudate swelling. A unified picture was constructed for the capillary flow and the energy balance was calculated.
Vibrational Measurements with Large Amplitudes10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549049View Description Hide Description
Using a new instrument, the influence of the shear amplitude on the dynamic behavior of polymer solutions up to 700% shear was investigated. At amplitudes <∼100% shear, the dynamic viscosity remained constant, as required by linear viscoelasticity; however, the shear storage modulus decreased considerably. The steady‐state flow curve forms the envelope of curves measured with different amplitudes and frequencies, predominantly in the range of higher rates of shear. The more complete analysis of the results is forthcoming.
Study of Turbulent Flows of Dilute Polymer Solutions in a Couette Viscometer10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549050View Description Hide Description
Steady Flow of Non‐Newtonian Fluids in a Square Duct10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549051View Description Hide Description
Some Experimental Observations on the Stored Energy Function for Small Values of Strain Invariants10(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.549059View Description Hide Description
In order to evaluate the stored energy function W for elastomeric materials, at least biaxial experiments must be made. Two of the biaxial testers developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are an inflated cylinder device and a second biaxial sheet tester. Some preliminary experimental results obtained with these two devices at small values of strain invariants are presented for a polyurethane elastomer. These results are analyzed without making the assumption that the elastomer is incompressible, a fact which modifies the analysis of multiaxial or large‐strain behavior. The results from the biaxial sheet tester are consistent with those obtained from an inflated cylinder of the same material, though experimental difficulties prevent a detailed comparison. Nevertheless, both series of experiments show that all three terms, where are the three strain invariants, depend strongly on the invariants. Moreover, is negative, in agreement with theoretical expectations. Thus, the form of W in the region where is very complex.


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I guess a healthy LSU squad is the best college football team in the country.
Or at least it was on Monday night. What LSU did in winning its second BCS national championship was prove that Ohio State didnt belong in the game.
The great debate entering the game was whether LSU or Ohio State belonged in the national championship? Well LSU proved it belonged in the game, but as far as Ohio State, lets just say the Buckeyes are a quality program, but couldnt overcome SEC speed, which raised questions as to if Ohio State belonged in the game.
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With the Los Angeles Kings taking a commanding 3-0 series lead in the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals, many believe that it is no longer a matter of "If" but "when" the Kings will raise the cup for their first in franchise history. Whether they close their winning season in Games 4, 5, or 6, one thing is for certain - they have had plenty of players step up in their championship run.
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Faith Cassidy Newman is a fictional character on The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Alyvia Alyn Lind.
Faith Newman is the daughter of Nicholas Newman and Sharon Newman. She has three older half sisters Cassie Newman, Mariah Copeland and Summer Newman and one older brother Noah Newman.
Years before she was even born, Nick and Sharon's late daughter, Cassie Newman, prophesied the birth of little girl. Nick had a child with Phyllis Summers, whom everyone thought was the little girl for a while, before Sharon became pregnant. Although she knew that the baby was Nick's, Sharon lied and said that the baby was Jack Abbott's, because she wanted Nick to focus on he and Phyllis's daughter, Summer, who had been poisoned. However, it wasn't long before the secret came out.
Nick's brother, Adam Wilson, accidentally caused his step-mother, Ashley Abbott, to miscarry. He made her think that she was pregnant, however, but worried that the truth would come out. Meanwhile, after suffering from blackouts, Sharon went to a psych ward, and so did Ashley. On September 30, 2009, Sharon gave birth to a healthy baby girl that was soon snatched by Adam and given to Ashley. Sharon and Nick believed that their baby was dead, when in fact she was being raised right under their noses.
When Faith was about 6-months-old, Phyllis became suspicious of Adam. She found that he was blackmailing a doctor, the doctor who delivered Sharon's baby, and the one who died after fighting with Adam. Phyllis also discovered that he wrote a note about Ashley's baby before he died. She put the pieces together and showed it to everyone. After a while, Ashley agreed to a DNA test, and tearfully gave her up when it showed who Faith really was.
Sharon ended up falling in love with Adam, which worried Nick. He decided to sue for full custody of Faith to keep her away from Adam. The judge turned him down, until Sharon was arrested for Skye Lockhart's murder. They went to court and fought it out, but Sharon ended up having to give up Faith.
In 2015, Faith had the honor of leading the halloween parade in Newman Towers. Later the buliding caught fire. She survived with the other children.
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- Smoke inhalatoin caused fatiuge in a fire and explosion.
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With a scream of, "Die, Mia Fey, die!" Dahlia wrenched the zanpakutou from Tousen's waist and leapt at the defense attorneys.
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Hey guys, I have a jtag'd box with xbr and xell. The problem is the dvd drive in it has the wrong key and I dont have the orig.bin for it. Now I can get the key from xell but I have it in text. I need to make it into a key.bin so that JF recognizes it. How is this possible? Or if my thoughts are wrong how would someone go about doing what I need?
Key.bin From Text Key?
Started by Aksh0le , Dec 07 2009 02:00 AM
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Posted 07 December 2009 - 02:00 AM
Posted 07 December 2009 - 02:10 AM
Just download any firmware you want to use. Then manually copy and paste the key into the firmware and write it.
Posted 07 December 2009 - 02:19 AM
open jungle flasher with the fw, and overwrite the key in manual spoof, does that work?
Edited by Aksh0le, 07 December 2009 - 02:21 AM.
Posted 07 December 2009 - 02:51 AM
download iX 1.6 and open it with JF than just enter YOUR key and save it.
Flash drive and enjoy.
Flash drive and enjoy.
Posted 08 December 2009 - 10:41 PM
I believe key.bin is just a 16-byte file - just make a new file in a hex editor, paste your key as HEX (NOT as TEXT), and save as key.bin.
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Skip to comments.Cuomo: We Must Crack Down on the Guns in Wake of Connecticut Shooting
Posted on 12/14/2012 8:15:03 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
click here to read article
"I bet you will find alot of these shooters are hardcore gamers"
And you'd lose the bet.
The "blame video games" meme is tried after each such event, and is discredited each time.
I fear that with the current crop of elected officials, they would rather dump the Second Amendment that to look like they don't care. They already refused to even question the concept of natural born. I have little confidence that they will pay attention to any part of the constitution that might get in their way now.
Time to crack down on nazi politicians who purposely leave children vulnerable to crazy people.
Won't be long before we have phasers.
The problem is the liberal democratic progressives that have their cranial containers stuck up an alimentary crevice.
Buy more guns, buy wisely, buy what you would need to stop a crazed gunman who may have several guns, lots of ammo and arguably some body armor.
I didn't know that about Nadler.Doesn't surprise me though.I've been around long enough that I can usually look at a person and tell what kind of a person they are.The first time I saw Nadler I said to myself,now there's a real piece of shit.
Actually, we must crack down on the public cultural cleansers - the Marxists attacking our people, our meaning and our Repubic.
Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone
But they all "respect the Second Amendment" doncha know?
Last time I checked, that was a question on Form 4473.
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Lakeland Electric Solar Water Heater Program Is a First
Published: Monday, October 25, 2010 at 7:26 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 25, 2010 at 7:26 p.m.
LAKELAND | With the help of a California company, the city got a little greener Monday.
Lakeland Electric officially became the first utility in the nation to team up with a third party to offer solar water heaters.
Workers from California-based Regenesis Power installed a solar water heater at a South Lakeland home Monday.
With few clouds and hot weather, it was a perfect day.
"Lakeland Electric is the first in the nation to do a program like this," said John Pinholster, chief operating officer of Regenesis Power. "They are leaders in the renewable energy field."
Workers removed a 40-gallon water tank and installed an 80-gallon tank in the one-story home on Sandhill Crane Drive. Other Regenesis employees installed a 4-foot-by-10-foot solar panel that collects the water on the roof. The water runs up to the solar panel, circulates, then returns to the tank.
Ideal customers are families of four or more who use a considerable amount of hot water.
The house is owned by Walter Thomas Jr., a lawyer in Lakeland. Thomas was at work Monday, but his father, Walter Thomas, said his son had been talking with utility employees for months about the installation.
Thomas and his wife live with the younger Thomas and his family about three months per year. He said he was impressed with the small size of the solar panel.
The monthly cost of solar hot water heaters will be $34.95 with a 20-year commitment. Regensis will receive $32.95 per month, while Lakeland Electric will be paid the remaining $2. The cost will appear on a monthly Lakeland Electric bill and can't be increased.
It's unclear what will happen after 20 years.
Lakeland Electric may buy the units and customers could have the option of continuing a contract with the utility. Customers also may have the option of buying the unit.
If a resident decides to move, he can continue the contract at a new house.
Regensis, which has an office on Commerce Point Drive in Lakeland, has about 25 employees with 10 in Lakeland. The 4-year-old company recently built a large solar farm at Florida Gulf Coast University.
To obtain a solar hot water heater, Regensis' Pinholster said a customer must be a Lakeland Electric customer, must own the house, and part of the roof must face south and be unobstructed.
More information is available at www.solarlakeland.com.
The Thomas home wasn't the first house in Lakeland with solar hot water service.
For the past 10 years, Pinholster said, Lakeland Electric has run a trial program with 63 homes.
But Monday, the utility and Regenesis branched out with additional customers and officially announced their partnership.
Pinholster said they hope to have systems installed in as many as 20,000 homes during the next 20 years.
"It's a way to put a lot of people back to work quickly," Pinholster said.
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It looks like that the current release of the option-tree plugin
doesn't work at a wordpress multisite install.
The image links at the backend are broken and also i got the wrong image-pathes for uploads and sliders.
It looks like that the current release of the option-tree plugin
doesn't work at a wordpress multisite install.
The image links at the backend are broken and also i got the wrong image-pathes for uploads and sliders.
I'm currently developing the plugin in a Multisite environment but if you can be more specific about your current setup that would help me find a patch.
Hi Derek,
I'm not the OP, but I have a multisite install - with subdirectories, not subdomains - where I want to test all of the premium themes within a company. Each 'site' on the multisite will be a test site for each of the themes and each of the themes has a different OptionTree set of options.
What's happened for me is that the theme that was active when I had to do a network activate of OptionTree, that's the theme options I get no matter which theme I'm using, which doesn't actually apply to any of the other themes...
If there's anything I can do to make it not need to be network activated, or keep each 'site' unique, that would make things a lot easier...
i try to activate in multi site with subdomains and give me this message :
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_option_tree() (previously declared in /home/cobra/public_html/wp-content/themes/especial/libraries/theme-options.php:23) in /home/cobra/public_html/wp-content/plugins/option-tree/functions/get-option-tree.php on line 52
@B_Dark try v 184.108.40.206
@Laurie can you email me or something with login details to your network so I can see what is happening?
@Derek Herman perfect is working now!!thnx for the asap solution!
Separate issue but related to multisite.....
We have developed a theme using OptionTree and are using it on a multisite. We have installed a blog templates plugin so when people register a site they can select a template that already has the settings already set up.
The problem is everything but the field options in OptionTree are being carried over. What can we do to force the values in each of the fields to remain intact on new sites created using a template?
@Derek I emailed you login info to my test site last week. Did you receive it? Thanks!
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March 16, 2007 - Now that the next-generation of consoles has arrived, the once formidable big black box, the Xbox, has officially met its maker. Microsoft no longer manufactures the hardware, it stopped making first-party titles for Xbox in 2005, and nearly every single publisher, save a few, have officially moved on. For IGN and all of our dedicated readers, that means one thing. We finally have created the best and most controversial Xbox list ever -- The Top 25 Xbox Games of All Time.
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fairy tale stHigh above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
He was very much admired indeed.'He is as beautiful as a weathercock,' remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic taste; 'only not quite so useful,' he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.
'Why can't you be like the Happy Prince?' asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. 'The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything.'
'I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy', muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue.
'He looks just like an angel,' said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks, and their clean white pinafores.
'How do you know?' said the Mathematical Master, 'you have never seen one.'
'Ah! but we have, in our dreams,' answered the children; and the Mathematical Master frowned and looked very severe, for he did not approve of children dreaming.
One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed. He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.
'Shall I love you said the Swallow', who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples. This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer.
'It is a ridiculous attachment,' twittered the other Swallows, 'she has no money, and far too many relations;' and indeed the river was quite full of Reeds. Then, when the autumn came, they all flew away.
After they had gone he felt lonely, and began to tire of his lady-love. 'She has no conversation,' he said, 'and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind.' And certainly, whenever the wind blew, the Reed made the most graceful curtsies. I admit that she is domestic,' he continued, 'but I love travelling, and my wife, consequently, should love travelling also.'
'Will you come away with me?' he said finally to her; but the Reed shook her head, she was so attached to her home.
'You have been trifling with me,' he cried, 'I am off to the Pyramids. Good-bye!' and he flew away.
All day long he flew, and at night-time he arrived at the city. 'Where shall I put up?' he said 'I hope the town has made preparations.'
Then he saw the statue on the tall column. 'I will put up there,' he cried; 'it is a fine position with plenty of fresh air.' So he alighted just between the feet of the Happy Prince.
'I have a golden bedroom,' he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep; but just as he was putting his head under his wing, a large drop of water fell on him.'What a curious thing!' he cried, 'there is not a single cloud in the sky, the stars are quite clear and bright, and yet it is raining. The climate in the north of Europe is really dreadful. The Reed used to like the rain, but that was merely her selfishness.'
Then another drop fell.
'What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off?' he said; 'I must look for a good chimney-pot,' and he determined to fly away.
But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw - Ah! what did he see?
The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity.
'Who are you?' he said.
'I am the Happy Prince.'
'Why are you weeping then?' asked the Swallow; 'you have quite drenched me.'
'When I was alive and had a human heart,' answered the statue, 'I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci where sorrow is not allowed to enter. In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the evening I led the dance in the Great Hall. Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it, everything about me was so beautiful. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep.'
'What, is he not solid gold?' said the Swallow to himself. He was too polite to make any personal remarks out loud.
'Far away,' continued the statue in a low musical voice,'far away in a little street there is a poor house. One of the windows is open, and through it I can see a woman seated at a table. Her face is thin and worn, and she has coarse, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress. She is embroidering passion-fowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen's maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball. In a bed in the corner of the room her little boy is lying ill. He has a fever, and is asking for oranges. His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt? My feet are fastened to this pedestal and I cannot move.'
'I am waited for in Egypt,' said the Swallow. 'My friends are flying up and down the Nile, and talking to the large lotus flowers. Soon they will go to sleep in the tomb of the great King. The King is there himself in his painted coffin. He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices. Round his neck is a chain of pale green jade, and his hands are like withered leaves.'
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince,'will you not stay with me for one night, and be my messenger? The boy is so thirsty, and the mother so sad.
'I don't think I like boys,' answered the Swallow. 'Last summer, when I was staying on the river, there were two rude boys, the miller's sons, who were always throwing stones at me. They never hit me, of course; we swallows fly far too well for that, and besides, I come of a family famous for its agility; but still, it was a mark of disrespect.'
But the Happy Prince looked so sad that the little Swallow was sorry. 'It is very cold here,' he said 'but I will stay with you for one night, and be your messenger.'
'Thank you, little Swallow,' said the Prince.
So the Swallow picked out the great ruby from the Prince's sword, and flew away with it in his beak over the roofs of the town.
He passed by the cathedral tower, where the white marble angels were sculptured. He passed by the palace and heard the sound of dancing. A beautiful girl came out on the balcony with her lover. 'How wonderful the stars are,' he said to her,'and how wonderful is the power of love!' 'I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State-ball,' she answered; 'I have ordered passion-flowers to be embroidered on it; but the seamstresses are so lazy.'
He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts of the ships. He passed over the Ghetto, and saw the old Jews bargaining with each other, and weighing out money in copper scales. At last he came to the poor house and looked in. The boy was tossing feverishly on his bed, and the mother had fallen asleep, she was so tired. In he hopped, and laid the great ruby on the table beside the woman's thimble. Then he flew gently round the bed, fanning the boy's forehead with his wings. 'How cool I feel,' said the boy, 'I must be getting better;' and he sank into a delicious slumber.
Then the Swallow flew back to the Happy Prince, and told him what he had done. 'It is curious,' he remarked, 'but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold.'
'That is because you have done a good action,' said the Prince. And the little Swallow began to think, and then he fell asleep. Thinking always made him sleepy.
When day broke he flew down to the river and had a bath.
'What a remarkable phenomenon,' said the Professor of Omithology as he was passing over the bridge. 'A swallow in winter!' And he wrote a long letter about it to the local newspaper. Every one quoted it, it was full of so many words that they could not understand.
'To-night I go to Egypt,' said the Swallow, and he was in high spirits at the prospect. He visited all the public monuments, and sat a long time on top of the church steeple. Wherever he went the Sparrows chirruped, and said to each other, 'What a distinguished stranger!' so he enjoyed himself very much.
When the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince. 'Have you any commissions for Egypt?' he cried; 'I am just starting.'
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince, 'will you not stay with me one night longer?'
'I am waited for in Egypt,' answered the Swallow. To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract. The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon. All night long he watches the stars, and when the morning star shines he utters one cry of joy, and then he is silent. At noon the yellow lions come down to the water's edge to drink. They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.'
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince,'far away across the city I see a young man in a garret. He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets. His hair is brown and crisp, and his lips are red as a pomegranate, and he has large and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre, but he is too cold to write any more. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint.'
'I will wait with you one night longer,' said the Swallow, who really had a good heart. 'Shall I take him another ruby?'
'Alas! I have no ruby now,' said the Prince; 'my eyes are all that I have left. They are made of rare sapphires, which were brought out of India a thousand years ago. Pluck out one of them and take it to him. He will sell it to the jeweller, and buy food and firewood, and finish his play.'
'Dear Prince,' said the Swallow,'I cannot do that;' and he began to weep.
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince, 'do as I command you.'
So the Swallow plucked out the Prince's eye, and flew away to the student's garret. It was easy enough to get in, as there was a hole in the roof. Through this he darted, and came into the room. The young man had his head buried in his hands, so he did not hear the flutter of the bird's wings, and when he looked up he found the beautiful sapphire lying on the withered violets.
'I am beginning to be appreciated,' he cried; 'this is from some great admirer. Now I can finish my play,' and he looked quite happy.
The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour. He sat on the mast of a large vessel and watched the sailors hauling big chests out of the hold with ropes. 'Heave a-hoy!' they shouted as each chest came up. 'I am going to Egypt!' cried the Swallow, but nobody minded, and when the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince.
'I am come to bid you good-bye,' he cried.
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince,'will you not stay with me one night longer?'
'It is winter,' answered the Swallow, and the chill snow will soon be here. In Egypt the sun is warm on the green palm-trees, and the crocodiles lie in the mud and look lazily about them. My companions are building a nest in the Temple of Baalbec, and the pink and white doves are watching them, and cooing to each other. Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.
'In the square below,' said the Happy Prince, 'there stands a little match-girl. She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled. Her father will beat her if she does not bring home some money, and she is crying. She has no shoes or stockings, and her little head is bare. Pluck out my other eye, and give it to her, and her father will not beat her.
'I will stay with you one night longer,' said the Swallow,'but I cannot pluck out your eye. You would be quite blind then.'
'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince, 'do as I command you.'
So he plucked out the Prince's other eye, and darted down with it. He swooped past the match-girl, and slipped the jewel into the palm of her hand. 'What a lovely bit of glass,' cried the little girl; and she ran home, laughing.
Then the Swallow came back to the Prince. 'You are blind now,' he said, 'so I will stay with you always.'
'No, little Swallow,' said the poor Prince, 'you must go away to Egypt.'
'I will stay with you always,' said the Swallow, and he slept at the Prince's feet.
All the next day he sat on the Prince's shoulder, and told him stories of what he had seen in strange lands. He told him of the red ibises, who stand in long rows on the banks of the Nile, and catch gold fish in their beaks; of the Sphinx, who is as old as the world itself, and lives in the desert, and knows everything; of the merchants, who walk slowly by the side of their camels, and carry amber beads in their hands; of the King of the Mountains of the Moon, who is as black as ebony, and worships a large crystal; of the great green snake that sleeps in a palm-tree, and has twenty priests to feed it with honey-cakes; and of the pygmies who sail over a big lake on large flat leaves, and are always at war with the butterflies.
'Dear little Swallow,' said the Prince, 'you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Fly over my city, little Swallow, and tell me what you see there.'
So the Swallow flew over the great city, and saw the rich making merry in their beautiful houses, while the beggars were sitting at the gates. He flew into dark lanes, and saw the white faces of starving children looking out listlessly at the black streets. Under the archway of a bridge two little boys were lying in one another's arms to try and keep themselves warm. 'How hungry we are' they said. 'You must not lie here,' shouted the Watchman, and they wandered out into the rain.
Then he flew back and told the Prince what he had seen.
'I am covered with fine gold,' said the Prince, 'you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor; the living always think that gold can make them happy.'
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey. Leaf after leaf of the fine gold he brought to the poor, and the children's faces grew rosier, and they laughed and played games in the street. 'We have bread nod' they cried.
Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost. The streets looked as if they were made of silver, they were so bright and glistening; long icicles like crystal daggers hung down from the eaves of the houses, everybody went about in furs, and the little boys wore scarlet caps and skated on the ice.
The poor little Swallow grew colder and colder, but he would not leave the Prince, he loved him too well. He picked up crumbs outside the baker's door when the baker was not looking, and tried to keep himself warm by flapping his wings.
But at last he knew that he was going to die. He had just strength to fly up to the Prince's shoulder once more.'Good-bye, dear Prince!' he murmured, 'will you let me kiss your hand?'
'I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow,' said the Prince, 'you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you.'
'It is not to Egypt that I am going,' said the Swallow. I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?'
And he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell down dead at his feet.
At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken. The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two. It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost.
Early the next morning the Mayor was walking in the square below in company with the Town Councillors. As they passed the column he looked up at the statue: 'Dear me! how shabby the Happy Prince looks!' he said.
'How shabby indeed!' cried the Town Councillors, who always agreed with the Mayor, and they went up to look at it.
'The ruby has fallen out of his sword, his eyes are gone, and he is golden no longer,' said the Mayor; 'in fact, he is little better than a beggar!'
'Little better than a beggar,' said the Town Councillors.
'And there is actually a dead bird at his feet,' continued the Mayor. 'We must really issue a proclamation that birds are not to be allowed to die here.' And the Town Clerk made a note of the suggestion.
So they pulled down the statue of the Happy Prince. 'As he is no longer beautiful he is no longer useful,' said the Art Professor at the University.
Then they melted the statue in a furnace, and the Mayor held a meeting of the Corporation to decide what was to be done with the metal. 'We must have another statue, of course,' he said, 'and it shall be a statue of myself.'
'Of myself,' said each of the Town Councillors, and they quarrelled. When I last heard of them they were quarrelling still.
'What a strange thing!' said the overseer of the workmen at the foundry.'This broken lead heart will not melt in the furnace. We must throw it away.' So they threw it on a dust-heap where the dead Swallow was also lying.
'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird.
'You have rightly chosen,' said God,'for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me.'ories
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A long time ago, cricket fighting caught on in the imperial court, with the emperor leading the fad. A local magistrate in Huayin, who wanted to win the favor of the monarch, tried in every way to get him the best fighting crickets. He had a strategy for doing so: He managed to get a cricket that was very good at fighting. He then made his subordinates go to the heads of each village and force them to send in a constant supply of fighting crickets. He would send to the imperial court the crickets that could beat the one he was keeping. Theoretically, everything should have worked smoothly. However, as the magistrate was extremely zealous to please the emperor, he meted out harsh punishment on any village heads who failed to accomplish their tasks. The village heads in turn shifted the burden to the poor villagers, who had to search for the crickets. If they failed to catch them, they had to purchase them from someone else, or they had to pay a levy in cash. The small insects suddenly became a rare commodity. Speculators hoarded good crickets, buying them at a bargain and selling them for an exorbitant price. Many village heads worked hand in hand with the speculators to make profits. In so doing, they bankrupted many a family. Cheng Ming was one such villager. The head of his village delegated part of his duties to him because he found Cheng Ming easy to push around. Cheng Ming did not want to bully his fellow villagers as the village head did him, so he often had to pay cash out of his own pocket when he failed to collect any competent crickets. Soon the little proper ties he had were draining away, and he went into a severe depression. One day, he said to his wife that he wanted to die."Death is easy, but what will our son do without you?" asked his wife, glancing at their only son, sleeping on the kang. "Why can't we look for the crickets ourselves instead of buying them? Perhaps we'll strike some goodluck." Cheng Ming gave up the idea of suicide and went to search for crickets. Armed with a tiny basket of copper wires for catching crickets and a number of small bamboo tubes for holding them, he went about the tedious task. Each day he got up at dawn and did not return until late in the evening. He searched beneath brick debris, dike crevices, and in the weeds and bushes. Days went by, and he caught only a few mediocre crickets that did not measure up to the magistrate's standards. His worries increased as the dead line drew closer and closer. The day for cricket delivery finally came, but Cheng Ming could not produce any good ones. He was clubbed a hundred times on the buttocks, a form of corporal punishment in the ancient Chinese judicial system. When he was released the next day, he could barely walk. The wound on his buttocks confined him to bed for days and further delayed his search for crickets. He thought of committing suicide again. His wife did not know what to do
Then they heard about a hunchbacked fortune teller who was visiting the village. Cheng Ming's wife went to see him. The fortune teller gave her a piece of paper with a picture on it. It was a pavilion with a jiashan (rockgarden) behind it. On the bushes by the jiashan sat a fat male cricket. Beside it, however, lurked a large toad, ready to catch the insect with its long, elastic tongue. When the wife got home, she showed the paper to her husband. Cheng Ming sprang up and jumped to the floor, forgetting the pain in his buttocks."This is the fortune teller's hint at the location where I can find a perfect cricket to accomplish my task!" he exclaimed."But we don't have a pavilion in our village," his wife re minded him."Well, take a closer look and think. Doesn't the temple on the east side of our village have a rock garden? That must be it." So saying, Cheng Ming limped to the temple with the support of a make shift crutch. Sure enough, he saw the cricket, and the toad squatting nearby in the rock garden at the back of the temple. He caught the big, black male cricket just before the toad got hold of it. Back home, he carefully placed the cricket in a jar he had prepared for it and stowed the jar away in a safe place. "Everything will be over tomorrow," he gave a sigh of relief and went to tell his best friends in the village the good news. Cheng Ming's nine-year-old son was very curious. Seeing his father was gone, he took the jar and wanted to have a peek at the cricket. He was removing the lid carefully, when the big cricket jumped out and hopped away. Panicked, the boy tried to catch the fleeing cricket with his hands, but in a flurry, he accidentally squashed the insect when he finally got hold of it."Good heavens! What're you going to say to your father when he comes back?" the mother said in distress and dread. Without a word, the boy went out of the room, tears in his eyes.Cheng Ming became distraught when he saw the dead cricket. He couldn't believe that all his hopes had been dashed in a second. He looked around for his son, vowing to teach the little scoundrel a good lesson. He searched inside and outside the house, only to locate him in a well at the corner of the court yard. When he fished him out, the boy was already dead. The father's fury instantly gave way to sorrow. The grieved parents laid their son on the kang and lamented over his body the entire night. As Cheng Ming was dressing his son for burial the next morning, he felt the body still warm. Immediately he put the boy back on the kang, hoping that he would revive. Gradually the boy came back to life, but to his parents'dismay, he was unconscious, as if he were in a trance. The parents grieved again for the loss of their son. Suddenly they heard a cricket chirping. The couple traced the sound to a small cricket on the door step. The appearance of the cricket, however, dashed their hopes, for it was very small. "Well, it's better than nothing," Cheng Ming thought. He was about to catch it, when it jumped nimbly on to a wall, cheeping at him. He tip toed to ward it, but it showed no sign of fleeing. Instead, when Cheng Ming came a few steps closer, the little cricket jumped onto his chest.
Though small, the cricket looked smart and energetic. Cheng Ming planned to take it to the village head. Uncertain of its capabilities, ChengMing could not go to sleep. He wanted to put the little cricket to the test before sending it to the village head. The next morning, Cheng Ming went to a young man from a rich family in his neighborhood, having heard him boasting about an "invincible" cricket that he wanted to sell for a high price. When the young man showed his cricket, Cheng Ming hesitated, because his little cricket seemed no match for this gigantic insect. To fight this monster would be to condemn his dwarf to death."There's no way my little cricket could survive a confrontation with your big guy," Cheng Ming said to the young man, holding his jar tight. The young man goaded and taunted him. At last, Cheng Ming decided to take a risk. "Well, it won't hurt to give a try. If the little cricket is a good-for-nothing, what's the use of keeping it anyway?" he thought. When they put the two crickets together in a jar, Cheng Ming's small insect seemed transfixed. No matter how the young man prodded it to fight, it simply would not budge. The young man burst into a guffaw, to the great embarrassment of Cheng Ming. As the young man spurred the little cricket on, it suddenly seemed to have run out of patience. With great wrath, it charged the giant opponent head on. The sudden burst of action stunned both the young man and Cheng Ming. Before the little creature planted its small but sharp teeth into the neck of the big cricket, the terrified young man fished the big insect out of the jar just in time and called off the contest. The little cricket chirped victoriously, and Cheng Ming felt exceedingly happy and proud.Cheng Ming and the young man were commenting on the little cricket's extraordinary prowess, when a big rooster rushed over to peck at the little cricket in the jar. The little cricket hopped out of the jar in time to dodge the attack. The rooster then went for it a second time, but suddenly began to shake its head violently, screaming in agony. This sudden turn of events baffled Cheng Ming and the onlookers. When they took a closer look, they could not believe their eyes: The little cricket was gnawing on the rooster's bloody comb. The story of a cricket fighting a rooster soon spread throughout the village and beyond. The next day, Cheng Ming, along with the village head, sent the cricket to the magistrate and asked for a test fight with his master cricket, but the magistrate re fused on the ground that Cheng Ming's cricket was too small."I don't think you have heard its rooster-fighting story," Cheng Ming proclaimed with great pride. "You can't judge it only by its appearance.""Nonsense, how can a cricket fight a rooster?" asked the magistrate. He ordered a big rooster brought to his office, thinking that Cheng Ming would quit telling his tall tales when his cricket became the bird's snack. The battle between the little cricket and the rooster ended with the same result: The rooster sped away in great pain, the little cricket chirping triumphantly on its heels.
The magistrate was first astonished and then pleased, thinking that he finally had the very insect that could win him the emperor's favor. He had a golden cage manufactured for the little cricket. Placing it cautiously in the cage, he took it to the emperor. The emperor pitted the little cricket against all his veteran combat ant crickets, and it defeated them one by one. What amused the emperor most was that the little creature could even dance to the tune of his court music! Extremely pleased with the magic little creature, the emperor rewarded the magistrate liberally and promoted him to a higher position. The magistrate, now a governor, in turn exempted Cheng Ming from his levies in cash as well as crickets. A year later, Cheng Ming's son came out of his stupor. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, to the great surprise and joy of his parents. The first word she uttered to his jubilant parents were, "I'm so tired and hungry." After a hot meal, he told them, "I dreamed that I had become a cricket, and I fought a lot of other crickets. It was such fun! You know what? The greatest fun I had was my fight with a couple of roosters!"
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Naval Device Applications of Relaxor Piezoelectric Single Crystals
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AbstractThe overall intent of this project is to develop a series of miniature vector sensors for statically deployed and towed array applications. In each of these applications the sensor will be required to have an operational bandwidth commensurate with the passive ASW frequency range and an electronic noise floor below sea-state zero. In that regard, the Phase I study comprises of an evaluation to (1) determine which type of pressure-gradient hydrophone (i.e., either inertial or diffraction) is best suited for the application and (2) which single crystal transduction mode (i.e., extension or shear) is best suited for miniaturization. These tasks will be accomplished using analytical and numerical models along with proof-of-principle experiments. At the conclusion of Phase I a pre-prototype miniature biaxial vector sensor, suitable for submarine thin-line towed array applications, will be fabricated and tested. During Phase II, several application-specific miniature vector sensors will be fabricated and tested in laboratory and field environments to ascertain their performance under conditions that are consistent with those encountered in situ. The sensors developed during Phase II will contain integrated electronics.
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