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Socha was sentenced Dec. 29, 2011, to six years in prison, suspended after 20 months served and three years probation after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility in connection with the hit-and-run accident that killed 59-year-old Fu Quan Liu on Route 32 near Sandy Desert Road. Liu was a Mohegan Sun worker walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed.
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Making a table with unlinked sliders
I was wondering if anyone could tell me why this code doesn't work. I'm
trying to make a list of sliders, each of which controls a different
variable x_i (where i is an indice in a 1D table).
I thought the code below would work, but it turns out it only half works. It
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Arsenal face Manchester United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Saturday.
With Stats Zone, you can brush up on the facts and figures behind every Gunners match this season, brought to you by Opta and the Official Matchday Programme.
Figure One - Wilshere v QPR Figure Two - Diaby v Sunderland
Jack Wilshere's return to first-team action against QPR last week was a major boost to Arsenal - and it changed the dynamics of the midfield slightly.
In comparison to the likes of Aaron Ramsey and Abou Diaby, the 20-year-old sat further forward and almost on the shoulder on Santi Cazorla. As Figure One shows, Wilshere played almost entirely through the centre, and saw the ball most in the space between midfield and attack where he was able to influence the game.
Wilshere delivered a highly-encouraging performance and his efficent use of the ball saw him finish with the highest pass-success rate on the pitch (93.6 per cent). But with Wilshere stationed further forward, Mikel Arteta was forced to drop slightly further back than usual to to sit in front of the defence, thus changing Arsenal's midfield shape.
Diaby and Ramsey tend to drift around the pitch more than Wilshere. Against Sunderland (Figure Two) on the opening day of the season - a similar match to last weekend's - Diaby roamed everywhere, balancing his play between that in his own half and that in the opposition's. A heatmap of Ramsey's position at Norwich last month shows a very similar pattern.
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PLAYER COMPARISON - VERMAELEN v EVANS
Arsène Wenger has emphasised the need for his side to tighten up at the back in recent days, and nowhere will this be more vital than at Old Trafford on Saturday. The key man in this regard will be the captain, Thomas Vermaelen, who must lead the side and galvanise the defence against a United attack featuring Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney.
Manchester United, meanwhile, have their own defensive problems and with Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling all out injured Jonny Evans will partner Rio Ferdinand at the back. It promises to be a testing afternoon for the Northern Ireland international, and the centre back who dominates for their respective sides could have a big impact on the outcome of the game.
A comparison between pair shows that Vermaelen has a superior tackle success rate, has made more blocks than his United counterpart and has made more than triple the number of interceptions. Evans has a superior pass success rate (90.8 per cent to 87.9 per cent) but has made nearly 100 fewer passes (273 to 365). Vermaelen has won more of his duels than Evans (50 to 22) and, while his overall success rate is inferior, he has proved more dominant in his aeriel duels.
All eyes may be on the two sides' respective attacks on Saturday, but it is the influence of these two defenders that could be most keenly felt at Old Trafford.
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- Manchester United have won seven and lost none of the last eight matches against Arsenal at Old Trafford in all competitions
- Last season, Manchester United inflicted Arsenal's biggest-ever defeat in the Premier League when they won 8-2 at Old Trafford
- Robin van Persie scored in both league meetings last season while playing for Arsenal. He scored 96 Premier League goals for the Gunners before moving to Old Trafford this summer
- Wayne Rooney scored his first Premier League goal, his first in the Premier League for Manchester United and his 100th Premier League goal against Arsenal
- Rooney's 10-goal haul is the highest by a Premier League player against the Gunners (along with Robbie Fowler) and also his joint-highest versus any opponent in the history of the competition
- There have been nine penalties in the Premier League meetings between Arsenal and Manchester United in the Arsène Wenger era (seven for United, two for Arsenal); all at Old Trafford and five have been missed
- Eight of those penalties have come in the last nine meetings between United and Arsenal at Old Trafford
- The Gunners have scored just 10 goals in 20 Premier League visits to Old Trafford, with last season being the only time they have netted two in one game
- Manchester United have won eight and lost just one of their last 10 games against Arsenal in all competitions
- Robin van Persie has seven goals and three assists in nine Premier League appearances for Manchester United
- United have scored in their last 53 Premier League home games, an all-time Premier League record
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'When Buffalo follows its game plan, it waits for a break, and then lives as long as possible off the moments in which it doesn't have to try to score any more goals. It's awful for almost anyone to watch, but the Sabres found what happened last Monday at FleetCenter even worse: They led, 3-1, with 25 minutes to play, but by the time only seven minutes were left, they'd fallen behind for good.'
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- 2 cups water
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- In a large saucepan, bring water and milk to a boil. Add grits; cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until thickened.
- In a small bowl, beat egg yolks. Stir a small amount of hot grits into yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly.
- Add 3/4 cup cheese, butter, chilies and salt. Pour into a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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rabbitdundied wrote: I use my mojos in places I don't want birds to land.
mudpack wrote:Took the truck to the local differential expert yesterday for TRUETRACs. Hope it's back before dove season.
rabbitdundied wrote: I use my mojos in places I don't want birds to land.
lostknife4 wrote:Don't accept it, you specified tru tracs and you will accept no others. Tell him you are using his wifes vehicle until the job is done the way you wanted them to be done, no quarter.
mudpack wrote::sad: Dove season opens on Sunday, early teal season the following weekend. I need the truck.
waterfowlhunter wrote:I just stick with the Detroit lockers in the rear which use the stock carried and can be installed in about an hour. even running 44's and big blocks I have never been able to break one. In the front a limited slip like truetrac or If I am going to drive it on the road a lot I go with the ARB air locker. I tried a locker and a limited slip in the front of my plow truck. not worth a damn on icy roads or off camber muddy hills. truck would rather go sideways than forward.
waterfowlhunter wrote:NO Detroit lockers do not replace the whole carrier. I have done no less than 50 of these and pull out the spider gears, drop in the Detroit locker and drop the original carried back in, never remove the ring gear from the carrier and if you mark everything properly when removed you do not even have to check the gear contact pattern. here is a youtube of a Detroit locker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYBOoljH-qE
the biggest issue with the truetrac is that if one tire has no traction or is off the ground it will send ALL of the power to that tire and therefore is useless to me. a Detroit locker will power both tires even is one is elevated.
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I'm confused again.....after watching the 2 seperate videos(above these posts) on making the top bars themselves, one guy says to make them 1-3/8"........... and the other guy says the "brood bars" are to be 1-1/4 to 1-3/8 and the honey storage bars are to be up to 1-7/8". I thought the honey was stored in cells hanging from all top bars.What would he mean by honey storage bars?Yup...I'm still asking stupid questions eh!...Thanks again.
I think having different sized bars is a bunch of crap.
Quote from: BjornBee on January 19, 2011, 07:52:39 AMI think having different sized bars is a bunch of crap.That was just funny to me...Sorry...So tell us what you are really thinking Bjorn :-D
it's not needed or pushed in any other hive we beekeepers make and use.
Quoteit's not needed or pushed in any other hive we beekeepers make and use.true...but at the same time, imho, one of the most common problems new beekeepers (with no comb) have is when new comb is being drawn out and filled with honey immediately...it gets fat and impedes on drawing out the next frame (whether it has foundation or not).deknow


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Enterprise laptops are on the shopping list for many I&O professionals I speak with every week, with some asking if Netbooks are the antidote to the MacBook Air for their people. Well, on the menu of enterprise laptops, I think of Netbooks as an appetizer -- inexpensive, but after an hour my stomach is growling again. Garden-variety ultraportables on the other hand are like a turkey sandwich -- everything I need to keep me going, but they make me sleepy halfway through the afternoon.
Ultrabooks are a new class of notebook promoted by Intel and are supposed to be a little more like caviar and champagne -- light and powerful, but served on business-class china with real silverware and espresso. At least that's what I took away after being briefed by Intel on the topic. I had the chance to sample HP's new Ultrabook fare in San Francisco a few weeks ago while they were still in the test kitchen, and it seems they took a little different approach. Not bad, just different.
It struck me that rather than beluga and Dom Perignon , HP has created more of a Happy Meal -- a tasty cheeseburger and small fries with a Diet Coke, in a lightweight, easy to carry package for a bargain price. It has everything the road warrior needs to get things done, and like a Happy Meal, they can carry it on the plane and set it on the tray table…even if the clown in front of them reclines. Folio offers the Core i5-2467M processor, 4GB RAM, a 13.3" LED display and a 128GB SSD storage, a 9-hour battery and USB 3.0 + Ethernet ports as highlights, all for $900. It's a true bargain. I think I will call it the McUltrabook.


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Certain sections of the Internet worked themselves into a lather this week over the "leaked" internal report on innovation at the New York Times. What followed was a broad cross-section of responses ranging from, "they just don't get it," to, "here's what they need to do to fix it," and, "here's what it means as an example to the rest of us". To call it a provocation would be an understatement.
Regardless of the self-congratulatory tone the report takes at the outset, there are few companies anywhere that would ask the question, "how are we doing in this area?", let alone would deliver such a comprehensive answer. For this, the Times should be lauded. Especially since they do recognize their own shortcomings almost as swiftly noting that, "…Huffington Post and Flipboard often get more traffic from Times journalism than we do."
For all the general analysis, and some of it quite specific and valuable (consider the response from Nieman Journalism Lab), there is a lot to learn for all incumbents seeking to innovate in their current markets with their existing business models. However, I think the most value to be gained here is actually on the part of the Times itself. Not only has it done a great job of exacting self-examination, in leaking the report it has also widened the range of possible responses and potential solutions to its concerns.
A more fragile organization might have buried the report, or severely restricted access to it. The Times, being what it is—a news organization, is not going to do that, but what it gains now via leaking the report has paved the way to foster open innovation. Although no specific external partners have been solicited for feedback, the public way in which the report has come to light has fostered some excellent commentary. As a paradigm for using external ideas by building on internal ideas, especially as a firm seeks to advance their technology position, this accidental slide into open innovation is an unexpectedly positive outcome for the paper.
I heard once that Google made a habit of sometimes choosing not to hire every smartest person they could find, instead adding them to a broader network and leaving them where they were in order to foster a more robust technology ecosystem. Mark Zuckerberg also espouses the value of more perspectives, "In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives…". Perhaps this is an opportunity for The Times to recognize the unintended consequences of their report in the public domain might be a whole lot of valuable feedback to help them on their innovation path.
Whether it chooses to recognize the gift of this commentary as feedback remains to be seen. One of the primary rules of feedback is that in order for it to have value a recipient must be ready and willing to listen to it, let alone accept it. As I see it the public response to the leaked report is a gift. Yes, there is certainly a truckload of snark to wade through in order to uncover some observational gems. The challenge will be to see if the Times can take these responses and fold then into their good work.


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getting eps files from mathematica on a mac
I have recently got a PowerPC, and I have shifted a lot
of Mathematica notebooks from our Unix sytem to my Mac.
The one problem I am having is exporting graphs from
Mathematica as encapsulated postscript files on the Mac.
In the past, I have used a Mathematica notebook to
produce all the figures that I use in a particular paper.
With commands like:
I could change one or two parameters that might alter
several plots, evaluate the notebook and all my .eps
files would be "regenerated", and I could be sure all my
diagrams were consistent.
However on the Mac this does not seem to work - the
Display command that worked on the Unix machine does not
seem to write to a file on the Mac and I have not seen
an equivalent program to psfix on the Mac. I can export
any given plot by "converting the clipboard" from the
file menu, but is there any way I can do this
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Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
You really have to be aware that the advantage of woven (even high modulus) dacron is its 'adjustability' of the all important shape of the sail ... ie. the adjustability of where the position of maximum draft (POMD) occurs and the relationship of the position in response to the 'stretchability' of the luff (boltrope, etc) which continues to make woven dacron the CHOICE material for cruising and occasional racing. Laminates whether sewn or glued or mold formed are essentially 'locked' in shape and are FAR less 'shape adjustable- - the shape you buy is the shape you get.
As in the case of POMD on a boltroped dacron sail, its the amount of halyard (and/or cunningham) tension that determines where the POMD is located. Most sailors with woven dacron hardly ever get this 'pre-load' from the boltrope correct when raising such a sail ... and then complain of 'weather helm'. Tape luffed sails are entirely 'different' and do not have the requirement of 'pre-load' when raising ... and since they dont have the 'boltrope' can stretchout all over the place in dynamically changeable windstrengths, etc.
When a sailmaker cuts/designs a woven dacron sail (all configurations - cross cut, radial, etc.) WITH a boltrope, that boltrope is purposely shortened (typically by 1" for every 10-11 ft. of luff/foot dimension) and if you 'just raise' and never stretch out that boltrope 'preload', the sail shape will be draft aft, over draft, and leech hooked to weather. With boltroped woven dacron you MUST stretch out that boltrope so that the sail can take on its 'AS DESIGNED' luff / foot dimension ... otherwise those described mal-shapes will occur AND the tack angle will be well beyond 'designed' (typically greater than ~89 degrees) and with the clew/boom in a drooped-into-the-cockpit shape.
Here's how to PROPERLY RAISE of a boltroped dacron sail, and what to do when the sail because of 'hysterisis' of the boltrope causes it to eventually become shorter than its OEM length and how to set up for PROPER 'weather helm' each and every time you raise such a sail. Probably 95% of ALL sailors using boltroped woven dacron NEVER do this, they just 'raise' and never 'tension' that luff !!!!!!!!: How to properly RAISE a woven dacron mainsail - SailboatOwners.com
RX: So, if you are getting 'variable' shape out of your new woven dacron boltroped sail, you probably arent applying CORRECT but variable luff, etc. tension on that boltrope when you are 'raising' it.
Woven dacron does become 'stretched' over time and hard usage. HOWEVER you 'can' readjust the boltrope 'preload dimension' by 'easing the preload tension on it' to restore the proper sail shape - thats why woven dacron 'lasts longer' because you 'can' easily 'reshape' such a sail back to 'as designed'! The downside of woven dacron is that there no means to compensate for a leech (length) that has become permanently stretched (other than reseaming the leech back to 'flat' - expensive), just about all other 'deformations' can be inexpensively corrected.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
As Jeff says, I do agree to a point, a GOOD dacron on your boat will work fine, the head sails get a laminate.
The Ullman Cal is maybe 10% more than a GOOD dacron sail. It does come std with 2 reefs, sail numbers, insignia, leach lines, draft stripes etc. Something like this may be better in the end than dacron. I have a 140 that I like for cruising and 15-20 knot winds.
Along with, laminates being as many times they can be built a bit lighter in wt, but still be as strong, they can be better for lighter winds. Either that, or as I have done, for the under 6 knot days here in Puget Sound, I have a 3oz nylon drifter, then go to the 155. A few options for the light days.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
You've all answered my questions nicely, thank you.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
While I agree that a dacron mainsail makes sense on a Pearson 30, I would suggest that laminated high modulus headsails will have longer serviceable life and so have a lower life cost on a boat like yours, even if you are mostly cruising.
I also think that the mid-range products at lofts like Quantum have better lifespans since they employ better fabrics, stress mapping and fabric inspection and testing than the budget lofts. Even on broadseamed horizontal cut sails small rotations in the fiber orientation, can have a very big affect on stretch, and durability. The better lofts get that right. The key to a low life cost is to buy sails from the best loft you can, in the best materials during the time of year when they are on sale.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
Originally Posted by blt2ski View Post
For how you use your boat, Dacron would not even be on my list of sail cloth. Demension Polyant, or Ullmans CAL sail would. Stretch with these sails will not be an issue!
Dacron is fine. It's also the limit of my budget. I don't have money for high tech, laminate sails, especially to replace them every 2-5 years.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
For how you use your boat, Dacron would not even be on my list of sail cloth. Demension Polyant, or Ullmans CAL sail would. Stretch with these sails will not be an issue!
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
Originally Posted by BubbleheadMd View Post
Let me re-phrase the question:
Would a brand-new, quality Dacron sail experience any "settling in" when placed under loads for the first few uses?
The fabric is heat calendered from crimped yarns, etc. it will very slightly change dimensions in accordance to the normal loads applied until you reach normal 'relaxation' of the crimp. This will not be visibly noticeable; solid or monofilament dacron only has a 5-6+% elasticity/elongation at 'ultimate tensile strength' (failure).
If a seam has slipped due to poor stitch tension, then yes.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
Bubble, I'm not sure I like these questions.
Shoot some photos close hauled looking up to the mast head from the mid point of the foot. Like these
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
If you are thinking that the Dacron will stretch a bit during the breaking in period, then not so much afterwards, I'm afraid that this is not the case. It will stretch according to the load you place on it. That it is why it is always a good idea to loosen the outhaul on the main and halyard on the furling jib so not to make the stretch permanent. Remember that woven cloth has warp and weave directions and the sailmaker in using his panel cutting techniques will try and get the two to stretch at the same rate. The biggest sin you can do is motor while the main is up and fluttering. "Motor boating" is music to a sailmaker's ears. If you are thinking about racing the sail, sail with it the fewest amount of times as you can (use the old sails to deliver the boat). All sails start stretching the day you fist use them and stop the day you throw them into the dumpster.
Re: New sail Dacron characteristics
Let me re-phrase the question:
Would a brand-new, quality Dacron sail experience any "settling in" when placed under loads for the first few uses?
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posted at 11:14 pm on September 29, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
I quote now from an interview given by Roman Polanski to the novelist Martin Amis (son of Kingsley) in 1979, the year after Polanski fled the United States and went on the lam to avoid serving the additional 48 days in jail that the judge threatened (bringing his total up to 90 days) — for orally, vaginally, and anally raping a thirteen year old girl (hat tip to Patterico).
You will note I have asterisked out a particular word; but it's obvious what is found in the original interview:
If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… f***ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f*** young girls. Juries want to f*** young girls. Everyone wants to f*** young girls!
For the record, when Polanski ejaculates "Everyone wants to f*** young girls!", what he means is, "Everyone wants to drug a thirteen year old girl and force her first to engage in fellatio, then intercourse, then anal intercourse, all against her will and out of sheer terror."
This illustrates one of the most important points to understand about liberals: They project their own evil and perversion on the rest of us, so that they will not feel uniquely vile and disgusting:
Liberals tend to be extraordinarily racist; they believe racial minorities are incapable of succeeding without special government help, and they insist that all racial minorities follow the rules set for their race by white liberals. They realize what they really feel about blacks, Hispanics, and other "funny colored people," but they don't want to think they're uniquely racist.
So they accused everyone else of being racist too.
They're just as sexist as they are racist; women are just PLTs who need help from Big Daddy government to achieve even a modest level of success. But they feel creepy harboring such thoughts — and enabling such sexual predators as Teddy Kennedy, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT, 100%), and their "waitress sandwich" sexual assaults — and don't want to think they're uniquely misogynist.
So they accuse everyone else of being sexist too.
Liberals, who have a deep-rooted sense of entitlement and no compunction against enjoying the privileges of power, tend to engage in the most brazen and extraordinary acts of corruption; most recently, witness the Countrywide plc sweetheart mortgage scandal for "Friends of Angelo". But with all the vicious rhetoric they spew against unbridled greed and the moral immunity bought by power, they don't want to think that they themselves are the real exemplars of such corruption.
So they call everyone else corrupt as well.
This is the standard liberal pattern: They project their own sins on the rest of us to "spread the guilt around," to paraphrase the Guiltmonger in Chief. So when Polanski says "Everyone wants to f*** young girls," we should conclude that he understands, in some dark depth of his soul (such as it is), that his tastes are not merely perverted but horribly so. Yet because he doesn't want to believe that his amorality is uniquely eldritch, he accuses everyone else of likewise being a child rapist at heart — "See? It's not just me!"
(One of the segments of the 1993 movie Shortcuts, directed by the depraved Robert Altman, has an eerily similar theme of expiation by super-projection.)
This is the liberal way. And now we have Barack H. Obama as president — a man who swam in exactly such currents of hatred, false witness, slander, and anti-Americanism his entire adult life, in the bear pits of Chicago's progressive "salons" — and its Trinity United Church of Christ. Who will Obama accuse of his own projected sins, just to assuage his own gnawing sense of secret guilt?
God help the United States of America.
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Re: tub o' butter PIG!!! (Color)
Would they be able to print this? Colors/gradients/etc.
Josephus wrote:I just don't see greed here. The saying is expressing hunger, not greed. There's a difference between gluttony as seen in The Meaning of Life and hunger as in "I was so hungry I could eat a horse." I just think this design is an attempt to wedge a cool idea that doesn't quite fit the topic into the topic.
Oh, and anacondas (or is it boas?) often will eat deer, as I understand it, in their native habitat, so a horse isn't really out of the question.
This certainly seems on theme to me.
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i agree that it's parody, but what bothers me is that in the comp itself, the bp logo looks low resolution...like it was swiped from a preexisting image off the internet rather than actually being rendered by the artist. in THAT case, i would call it copyright infringement simply for the actual use of someone else's digitally create file.
Re: The New Highway Robbery
Looks awesome - I'd buy one for sure.
Woohoo, got fogged for the first time ever, if only temorarily. Thanks, voters!
GMV! Everyone can relate
This is a collaboration between iambusyeating and me. I sketched it, he vectorized/colored it.
squidboots wrote:Would they be able to print this? Colors/gradients/etc.
No. They can't print gradients/shading like that.
Re: u cant has deez
this is great! i love it!
Re: So Hungry/Greedy He Could Eat A Horse?
Definitely seems on-topic to me. And has my vote.
I love the detail in the expression... He's one mean looking squirrel!
Re: Not Enough Ice Cream
One of the best on derby topic. Well done
Re: You think foreclosure is bad...
Love it! Says so much without words
Looks like being greedy to me. Seems to fit the topic. And does it really matter what type of snake this is.
Great Job IMO!
Re: Greedy Bird Gets the Worms
This is a collaboration between iambusyeating and me.
While I think this is acceptable as parody, you may get rejected for having a different detail and shirt background.
Re: Pennies? Ha!
This piggy bank isn't satisfied with mere pennies, his greed drives him to rob for those beautiful bills. This is a collaboration between me and jaf28 (my wife). She drew the piggy bank and I drew the bank and did the photoshop work.
Awww, BP? They're at least sort of decent. I'd go for an Exxon-Mobil parody though!
Re: Greedy Conquistador
... When I first saw this i thought they were lifting the sky scraper off of the house... but I think the intention is that they are lowering the skyscraper... not sure what could be done to fix this though...
anyway, great design but not sure how it fits with the theme... o well. GMV!
I didn't say in the derby thread, but this is really cool.
Re: Emerald Feed
This is a really awesome design. Still deciding if it's something I'd wear, but it has my vote and I'll make the wearable decision later if it gets printed. ;-)
Cupidity is a synonym for greed meaning "extreme greed for material wealth," so I thought I'd go for the pun and do something a little different -- hope it's not too obscure. ;)
Re: The Greedy Flower
I love the look on the bee's face. hehe
Re: (Sel)fish
It almost looks like it's glowing. Nice effect.
Re: Greed is a monster...
...and he wants more!
ya . . working with 3d you're going to have to learn to love ink/paint or similar shaders . . no gradients allowed :/
Seriously? We're going to take one of the most powerful photographs of the last 50 years and use it on a t-shirt about high gas prices?
I'd feel embarrassed to have this on my person.
Re: Mine, Mine, Mine...
The look in his eyes is perfect! l o l!
Love it! wish the kid was a little more "plump" though
Re: You Don't Need All Those
Squirrels' got his own bush to hide in. o_o
Re: want?
ha! I love it!
Re: Peek-a-I kn haz sadness??
That mouse is so cute!! ^^
this is great! I agree, the eyes make this...
The mouse is very cute, but maybe if the snake was in the thumb you'd get more people to click and see the full design? I dunno, but props on a great design.
personnemaime wrote:is this not too big?
No; it's within the confines of the 16 x 20 space.
Great use of color!
Nice use of loopholes. I really do like the shirt though, especially those colors on the ashpalt. Hope it prints.
Re: Dragon's Hoard
The greediest creatures to ever exists, the red dragon hoards its gold just for the fun of it. Try and take some! I dare you!.
Well done... I think it works really well even without being a pirate!
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Richard King directs the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition, which launched, after more than a decade of planning, in 2002. Since then, the Solar Decathlon has spread to other continents—two European versions have been held in Madrid (2010 and 2012) and at Versailles, France (2014), and the first Chinese Solar Decathlon occurred last month in Datong, China. "It gives me a sense of real hope to see all of these teams from dozens of countries competing to build a better and cleaner future," King says.
I never expected a competition of houses to spark so much interest. It wasn't until I formulated 10 different ways to judge and measure the houses that I felt more confident we were on to something. The challenge has always been to design attractive, healthy places to live, and make all the energy systems reliably work together. Judging for design excellence and measuring end-use energy challenges young architects and engineers to think creatively. It also compels the schools of architecture and engineering to work together, many for the first time. The arguments between teammates are sometimes heated and passionate, but the collaboration ultimately transforms ideas into reality.
Many of the houses end up as living laboratories elsewhere after the competitions. Missouri University of Science & Technology designed and built four competition houses—all of which have been placed permanently, side-by-side, on campus. The houses are being used for student housing, but they are also constantly being monitored for energy performance. As can be expected, the university is gaining valuable information. Competition houses are also used as public demonstrations. I recently visited the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond with my family. When we got out of the car, something caught the corner of my eye—and I turned around to find Virginia Tech's Solar Decathlon house from 2009 on display in front of the museum.
My wife and I built a zero-net-energy solar house in 2008. It is a highly energy efficient house that includes a 6-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and a passive design. The house produces barely any carbon emissions. It's all electric, yet we have not paid an electric bill in five years. We realized, though, that we've reduced our carbon footprint by only half because we have two cars in the driveway. I bring this up as a way of saying that the Department of Energy is considering expanding the 2015 competition's scope to consider transportation: How do you "get around" emissions-free and also live in a home that's emissions-free? Integrating the parts of our lives—not just our homes—to be energy efficient is the next step. And I think we can get there. —As told to William Richards
Learn more about the 2013 Solar Decathlon (Oct. 3–13) at solardecathlon.gov.


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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.
Here's the usual detail test shot of the West Window of Exeter Cathedral, for you to compare with other cameras. See below for a full res crop, or click to see the whole picture.
In high definition mode the F200 performs as well as most 12MP premium compacts, producing highly detailed shots.
The lens does produce some barrel distortion at wide angle.
Centre sharpness is very good.
Corner sharpness is also excellent, slthough there is some chromatic aberration and a bit of Fuji's famous purple fringing.
Have they fixed the hot pixels issues? Or is it hard to tell with no manual shutter control?
There seems to be a problem with the review page pertaining to dynamic renge.The only picture that is available is the one in standard 12mp mode.
OOps, typo.Range.
John, the F200 EXR gives you full control of the shutter speed. You can manually set shutter speeds manually from 8 seconds to 1/1000 second and also use shutter priority auto. The only limitation of the camera is the poor control over apertures in manual and aperture priority modes with just 2 settings availale at any time.
What's this hox pixel issue? I haven't heard anything about it. The F100fd had a problem with a pink line on the edge of the frame but there was a update to fix that. The F200 EXR uses a differnt sensor.
PeterB666 - I think what Clovis is getting at is that Cliff hasn't taken a photo of the underground carpark to show the improvements over the standard mode. I was surprised by that decision as well.
The f30-1 and the 6500 and 9500 share a similar sensor. these sensors have hot pixels with long exposures. I generally take shots in the pitch dark with exposures of 20-30 seconds so i'm of the midset that 8 seconds isn't all that long ;-)
Cliff, I believe lots of other readers besides me would really like to see the dynamic range EXR mode included in the review, seeing as that particular feature of the f200 is what seems to be the greatest improvement in IQ the sensor brings. Could you post it?
It does seem a bit odd that there aren't any EXR shots on the ISO or dynamic range pages - I'd be very interested to see these.
I'm considering picking up an F200, due to the good low-light performance - most pictures I take are at parties or clubs. The good dynamic range and a bit of manual control is also very appealing. However, Fuji F series cameras have always seemed a bit clunky, both physically and software-wise. I can't decide whether I'm prepared to sacrifice aesthetics and ergonomics even though my main use for a camera is night shots.
Can anyone suggest any other cameras which perform well in low-light conditions? I've been using a Panasonic FX33 but it didn't survive a snowboard season (or 11 months). I paid £120 for it on sale and have a PC World coverplan so can either get it repaired or put that amount towards another camera - anyone know if May/June sales on cameras are a regular thing? I'm tempted to buy a newer Panny (FX40, TZ7 or FX550), but don't want to downgrade to the FS range, which are around £140, which makes the repair option appealing if there isn't going to be another sale by mid June.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received. I would put this in the forum but I can't sign up!
Just bought the F200EXR and even compared to my Olympus SLR 520 it is producing better pictures on the Auto EXR setting.
Gold Award in the What Digital Camera May 2009 edition. No wonder !
I have just received a F200 EXR for my wife's birthday present and was interested to compare it with my Panasonic LX3. Having taken all kinds of pictures in both low light and very bright conditions I've come to the conclusion that the LX3 gives the better result. In just about every case the LX3 produced a better picture, only when using flash did the F200 EXR produce a more pleasing result. The LX3 is obviously a more specialist camera, but for what I bought the F200 for as an automatic point and shot with a reasonable zoom that will give good results in most conditions it fits the bill.
Clive (or anyone who has used both), which is the best p&s, 200EXR or the Panasonic TZ7?
Just a thought... it would be interesting to see how well the TZ7 and/or the 200EXR stand up against the Fujifilm Finepix F30.
F200EXR is still not launched in middle east. Why ??? Fujifilm is launching all cameras 4 or 5 months later in middle east than other parts of the world. Now F70EXR (new camera) is about to come in US, Europe and Japan but here in UAE we are still waiting for F200EXR.
It took me some time and some spoilt pictures before gravitating back to the AutoEXR setting. I now produce very pleasing pictures every time and prefer using this camera to my digital SLR on most occasions. These excellent cameras are now very cheap if purchased as a 'refurbished camera' from the FUJI website
I concur with Richard Adkins, The F200EXR is one of the best P&S camera that I've ever used. The F200EXR camera perform beautifully in dark condition, and the 1/1.6 inch sensor also produced excellent color. The great prices on the refurbished cameras at the Canadian Fujifilm website is true, but they are seldom available(at lease the top rated cameras).
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My armor from Bobamaker arrived today, right before I went to work. I didn't have time to get pictures, but let me just say....
When he said ready right out of the box, he wasn't kidding!! The work is excellent, the finish is smooth, already primered, and fits great!
Awesome work! I'll post pictures to show the painting process over the next few weeks, but if anyone is thinking about getting some armor from BM, DO IT!


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September 9:
--Congressional Budget Office Releases its mid-session update including new deficit projections and economic forecast
--House Appropriations Committee marks up the Defense Appropriations bill (webcast at 10am)
--House Budget Committee hearing: "A Weakened Economy: How to Respond?"
--Senate Finance Committee hearing: "Improving Health Care Quality"
September 26: Target Adjournment Date for 110th Congress
October 1: Fiscal Year 2009 Begins. Since few, if any, FY 2009 appropriations bill are expected to be enacted by September 30 (see articles below), Federal agencies that have not been funded will be forced to shut down on October 1 unless a "continuing resolution" is enacted. (Continuing resolutions allow funding for designated agencies and programs to continue at a specified level--usually the prior year's level or the House-passed or Senate-passed level--until the regular appropriations bills are enacted into law.) The last government shutdown occurred in 1995 during a stand-off between President Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress over proposed budget cuts.
When Congress reconvenes in September for a 3-4 week session, a number of budget-related measures could be considered by the House and Senate:
--FY 2009 Continuing Resolution (to keep agencies and programs operating in the absence of enacted FY 2009 appropriations bills). Passage of the CR will be complicated by strong Republican opposition to extending the current moratorium on new off-shore drilling; some observers have speculated that political gridlock on drilling could delay the CR and trigger a government shutdown.
--Second Stimulus / Supplemental Appropriations Bill (see article below).
--Tax-extenders / alternative energy tax incentives / AMT patch. (Currently stalled due to Republican opposition to paying for the extenders with revenue raisers.)
--Department of Defense FY 2009 Authorization bill (sets parameters and requirements for defense spending).
--Department of Defense FY 2009 Appropriations bill.
--Military Construction-Veterans Affairs FY 2009 Appropriations bill.
--Homeland Security FY 2009 Appropriations bill.
A second economic stimulus/supplemental bill is being drafted by the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration in September.
One scenario for September is that this discretionary spending package may be joined together with tax extenders, an AMT patch, and a continuing resolution through early 2009. Another possibility is that all of these items could be piggy-backed onto the Defense or Mil Con/VA appropriations bill.
According to a Senate Appropriations Committee press release, the stimulus/supplemental bill would provide more than $24 billion, including $10 billion for infrastructure, energy and economic recovery programs, and $10 billion for natural disaster recovery.
The $10 billion in infrastructure, energy, and economic recovery includes:
--$3.57 billion for highways;
--$2.3 billion for rural programs;
--$1.5 billion for alternative energy initiatives;
--$892 million for mass-transit agencies;
--$850 million for school repair and renovation;
--$570 million for nutrition programs;
--$561 million for border and homeland security;
--$500 million for job training;
--$400 million for clean water programs;
--$309 million for housing;
--$200 million for airport improvements;
--$100 million for small business assistance;
--$100 million for Amtrak; and
--$13 million for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The $10 billion for natural disaster relief includes:
--nearly $3 billion for Hurricane Katrina Recovery;
--$1.8 billion for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency);
--$1.8 billion for CDBG (Community Development Block Grants);
--$1.2 billion for repairing damaged highways; and
--$910 million for firefighting.
The other $4 billion in the bill includes:
--$1.3 billion for health and research investments at NIH, NASA, DoE, and CDC; and
--$1.25 billion for LIHEAP (the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program).
On the House side of the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently suggested a larger stimulus bill in the range of $50 billion.The first 2008 stimulus bill was signed into law on February 13, 2008 and cost $152 billion (HR 5140). The bipartisan package negotiated early this year provided tax rebates for individuals and business incentives. CBO cost estimate on first 2008 economic stimulus bill.
On July 29 and 30, Senate leaders failed in their third and fourth attempts to invoke "cloture" (end a filibuster) on a package of energy incentives and tax extenders. The vote on S 3335, a revised tax bill introduced by Senator Baucus, was 51-43-- nine votes short of the 60 votes needed for cloture. An attempt to invoke cloture on the House-passed bill (HR 6049) fell seven votes short (53-43) of the required 60.
The tax package, which is also the likely vehicle for a critical one-year AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) patch, will be at the top of Congress' agenda when they return in September. Failure to amend the AMT would result in tax increases for 21 million taxpayers when they file their 2008 returns.
In an attempt to garner the votes necessary to break a lengthy impasse, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) had introduced S. 3335 and included some legislative "sweeteners" (disaster relief and mental health parity) to attract more votes.
However, Republicans continued to oppose the revised package because of their general opposition to including revenue raisers in the bill as required by the Senate's pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Republican Charles Grassley (R-IA) said he objects to the bill because the legislation, "should not use tax increases to extend existing tax policy."
At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated that dropping the tax offsets would be a waste of time because "we know the House won't accept that, and rightfully so," (as quoted by BNA's Daily Tax Report).
The Baucus bill (S 3335) included:
--$17 billion in energy tax incentives;
--$28 billion in one-year tax extenders;
--$9 billion in "additional relief";
--$54 billion in revenue offsets to pay for the above provisions;
--$5.3 billion (not offset) in disaster relief provisions; and
--$64 billion (not offset) for a one-year AMT patch
Background.--The current House and Senate PAYGO rules were put in place when Democrats regained the majority in 2007. They are based on the PAYGO law of the 1990s, which required that any new tax cuts need to be offset by revenue raisers or entitlement cuts (and new entitlement spending offset by spending cuts or revenue raisers).
However, unlike the PAYGO statute of the 1990s (which was enforced through the threat of automatic entitlement cuts), the current PAYGO rules lack any statutory enforcement mechanism. Consequently, it has been difficult to enforce the current rules, which have already been waived a number of times. Most notably, last year's AMT patch was not offset.
Senate Democrats have already conceded that this year's AMT patch will not be offset, but they have joined House Democrats in their insistence that the tax extenders and energy incentives must be offset.
Earlier in the year, 41 Republican Senators (the number needed to successfully filibuster legislation) signed a letter opposing the use of any offsets for extenders or AMT relief. (The letter was signed by the party leadership, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and all Finance Committee Republicans except for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe.) Text of the Senate Letter
Among the items that would be extended by S. 3335 are:
--the R&E tax credit (usually referred to as the research and development credit)
--the option to deduct state and local sales taxes instead of income taxes
--the deduction for qualified tuition expenses
--tax-free distribution from IRAs to certain public charities
--the deduction for teacher classroom expenses
--the "new markets" tax credit
--15-yr straight-line cost recovery for certain business improvements
--expensing of "Brownfields" environmental remediation costs
--other provisions described in the revenue estimates below
Among the energy tax incentives in the bill are:
--$10.6 billion over 10 years for alternative energy production incentives
--$1.8 billion over 10 years for transportation and domestic fuel security provisions
--$4.4 billion over 10 years for energy conservation and efficiency provisions
--other provisions described in the revenue estimates below
Among the revenue offsets in the bill are:
--Modifying tax treatment of deferred compensation of managers of offshore hedge funds
--Delaying the implementation of interest allocation provisions affecting multinationals
--Mandate reporting by brokers for transactions involving publicly traded securities
Latest veto threat on the extenders legislation
JCT Preliminary Revenue Estimate of Baucus Bill
Committee Description of Baucus Bill
JCT Revenue Estimate of House-passed bill
JCT Description of House-passed bill
By late July, the House of Representatives would typically have completed Floor action on most of the 12 regular appropriations bills that fund the departments of government.
However, as reflected in the chart below, the House had taken up and passed only one appropriations bill--Military Construction/VA--when they adjourned for the August recess.
The other bills that might see action before Congress adjourns in September are:
--the Defense Appropriations Bill, which the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the House marked up the last week of July; and
--a second stimulus/supplemental bill (discussed in the article below).
House Defense bill subcommittee summary
Aside from possible action on Defense and MilCon-VA, this year's appropriations is in a serious logjam because of two key factors:
First, President Bush has threatened to veto any appropriations bills that exceed his request, and Democrats--as reflected in the Budget Resolution--have called for nearly $25 billion more than the President requested. From Democrats' perspective, if they wait until after the presidential election to make FY '09 funding decisions, they may be working with a Democratic President. As reported by Congressional Quarterly, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said recently, "I hope we would do a continuing resolution until after Sen. Obama becomes President."
Second, House Republicans have been attempting to amend appropriations bills with off-shore oil drilling amendments, strongly opposed by many Democrats. On June 26, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) suspended markup of the Labor-HHS appropriations bill when Republicans attempted to substitute drilling language for the labor, health, and education provisions.
Despite the unlikelihood of significant Floor action in September, the Senate Appropriations Committee has completed action on most bills as reflected below.
[Click on the blue links for information on each appropriations bill.]
|Latest House Committee
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|Latest Senate Committee
Floor Action
Action; President
|Subcomm: 6/19
|Full Comm: 7/17
|Full Comm: 6/25
|Full Comm: 6/19
|Full Comm: 6/25
|Full Comm: 7/10
|Financial Services
|Full Comm: 6/25
|Full Comm: 7/10
|Homeland Security
|Full Comm: 6/24
|Full Comm: 6/19
|Subcomm: 6/11
|Subcomm: 6/19
|Full Comm: 6/26
|Legislative Branch
|Subcomm: 6/23
|Military Construction-VA
|Full Comm: 6/24
|Full Comm: 7/17
|State-Foreign Operations
|Subcomm: 7/16
|Full Comm: 7/17
|Subcomm: 6/20
|Full Comm: 7/10
**War funding for the first part of FY '09 was provided in the FY '08 Supplemental Appropriations Bill.
Click here for additional details on status of appropriations bills.
Background on Appropriations.--The 12 annual appropriations bills provide funds for all of the discretionary programs, projects, and activities of the Federal government. In total, the 12 appropriations bills allocate about $1 trillion of discretionary spending -- one-third of the $3 trillion Federal budget.
(The other $2 trillion consists of entitlement programs--the largest being Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid--as well as interest payments on the Federal debt and other "mandatory spending.")
The total amount of funding available for the annual appropriations bills is determined by the Congressional Budget Resolution. The House and Senate completed action June 5th on S.Con.Res. 70, the Congressional Budget Resolution for FY 2009 (the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2008).
Following adoption of the Budget Resolution, the House and Senate Budget Committees provide to their respective Appropriations Committees a lump-sum discretionary spending allocation (called a "302(a) allocation"). The total allocation for FY '09 was approximately $1,013 billion--about $21 billion higher than the President's $992 billion request (and $24.5 billion more than the President's request when advance appropriations and special adjustments for enforcement initiatives are included).
After receiving their respective 302(a) allocations, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees allocate total discretionary spending among their 12 respective subcommittees. These suballocations are called "302(b) allocations" and determine how much funding authority is available for programs under the jurisdiction of each subcommittee--a key decision-point in the budget process.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its 302(b) subcommittee allocations on June 19. The House Appropriations Committee approved its suballocations the week of June 24.
Last week, on August 21, 2008, the Congressional Budget Office released new long-term social security projections. In a nutshell, CBO projects that:
--Social Security outlays will first exceed revenues in 2019; and
--Social Security trust funds will be exhausted in 2049.
The 2019 projection is the more significant number because that is when the Federal Government will begin paying out more in Social Security benefits than it takes in through payroll taxes.
Background.--Technically, the Social Security Trust Funds hold trillions of dollars in U.S. Treasury securities and that is why the trust funds are projected to be "solvent" until 2049. The Treasury securities exist--on paper--because the Social Security program has been running surpluses for the last two decades, which by law have been invested in Treasury securities. (The result is that the trust funds get IOU's and the Treasury can use the surplus cash to pay for other programs.)
However, in order to redeem the securities held by the trust funds, the U.S. Treasury will have to raise taxes or borrow more money from American and foreign investors--on an enormous scale, as the boomers retire. Consequently, from a fiscal policy perspective, the existence of the Treasury IOUs in the Trust Funds are irrelevant. The fiscal challenges begin when Social Security outlays exceed payroll tax revenues in 2019.
Tax Policy Center: Updated Analysis of McCain and Obama Tax Plans
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Promises, Promises: A Fiscal Voter Guide
CBO: Long-Term Social Security Projections
CRS: Tax Expenditures and the Federal Budget
CRS: Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan
"Taking Back Our Fiscal Future"
JCT: "Tax Expenditures for Health Care"
America's Priorities: How the U.S. Government Raises and Spends $3 Trillion Per Year, by Charles S. Konigsberg, Editor, The Concord Coalition's Washington Budget Report.


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