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Hi,I've got a servo/robotics project that currently suffers from a lack of repeatability and precision. At the moment the project uses a 555 timer circuit and a potentiometer to move the servos. I think the lack of accuracy comes from a lack of precision in the potentiometer (despite what it may say in the catalogue)What I want to achieve is to be able to reliably move my input device (rotary pot, linear pot or anything else) to a pre-determined position and be confident that the servo itself will move to exactly the same position that it moved to before.
You don't really mention the end result of what you want to do, so suggestions are limited
There are 20 turn precision pots
That SparkFun 'joy stick' pot is pretty much garbage as far as resolution and repeatability goes
what about PC flight simulator joysticks ?
What about using push button switches, one for up and one for down?


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I was so excited to harvest my first homegrown tomatoes. It's been more than a year since I have had tomatoes growing in my hillside garden.
I was so excited to harvest my first homegrown tomatoes. It's been more than a year since I have had tomatoes growing in my hillside garden.
Last year's record high temperatures and drought devastated many crops, including tomatoes.
When temperatures are consistently above 90 degrees F, plants go into survival mode and stop producing pollen, flowers and eventually fruit. Many gardeners I know said last year was a terrible year for their gardens, including their pampered tomatoes.
I am growing an organic Roma tomato from seeds a friend gave me for my birthday, and my favorite perpetually-blooming cherry tomatoes, which for years re-seed themselves and are almost no trouble to start.
I grow some in pots on my deck. At the end of the season, a couple of them make it inside to winter over.
By the time spring rolls around, all I have to do is hunt through my inside potted plants to find the new crop of seedlings. Sometimes I get fancy and pot them in cardboard egg cartons.
Other years I move them into a communal pot, place them outside to harden off for a few days, then away they go to be snuck into my deck mixed-flower garden pots. Some get their own pots. Others have to share but I usually end up with a good dozen tomato plants.
The rest fend for themselves in my tiny raised-bed garden facing southwest. This year, the tomato plants have shared the soil with catnip plants, which have been covered with a wide range of native bumblebees.
Since bumblebees are important pollinators for commercial tomato and pepper crops, I'll be interested to see what yields I get from these tiny visitors.
My first tomatoes are already showing the effects of our hot weather. Their outside skin is cracking. That is a sign that the tomatoes have been getting an irregular supply of water.
If it's been very dry, and then all of a sudden you get a couple of inches of rain, the insides of the tomatoes grow faster than the outer skin is able to grow, resulting in cracks. It doesn't look pretty but the tomatoes are fine to eat.
The more serious consequence of irregular watering is blossom end rot, when the bottoms of the fruit turn dark and sink in. Blossom end rot is a calcium-deficiency that can be addressed by having a soil pH of 6.5 and adding dried, crushed egg shells to the bottom of the plant pot.
If you didn't earlier this spring, use a trowel to make a little opening in the soil and add them now. We still have several months of growing season, and hopefully tomatoes, ahead.
With those extra tomatoes, I'm planning to make this recipe for tomato jam:
• 5 pounds tomatoes, finely chopped
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• 8 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
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• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon salt
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No need to peel and seed tomatoes. Combine all ingredients in a large, non-reactive pot. Bring to a boil and then reduce temperature to a simmer. Stirring regularly, simmer jam until it reduces to a sticky, jammy mess — between 1 and 1.5 hours, depending on how high you keep your heat.
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psxextreme.com: Dead Space 3 should scare the sh** out of you. And why? Well, partly because dementia is enough to make any rational person's skin crawl.
The cooperative style will be in full effect in the latest horrific iteration of the popular series, as a deadly duo will make their way through the game's campaign as best they can.
After reading this am I the only person whos thinking the people who put this game together don't actually know what Dementia is?
Unless they are going off the word it derives from Dementia is a medical condition where the person affected simply loses short term/long term memory and perception of time or place. They eventually forget pretty much everything and simply latch onto whatever they remember at that time. They don't hallucinate...
seems more like annoying to me
especially if were in a battle with a necromorth and the hallucinations happen
How is this going to be scary at all now? I mean, even if he hadn't flat out just told us that there will be times when players don't see the same things, how would that even be frightening after the first time it happened?
I imagine after the first time it's just going to be like, "What? You can't see that enemy? Must be that annoying dementia thing they programmed in..."
It's not like its going to fool you every time it happens.
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Some perspective on Yahoo fantasy football outage
Thousands upon thousands of fantasy football owners were unable to make last-minute changes to their lineup last Sunday when Yahoo's website suddenly went down.
The Associated Press moved a story in which Ken Fuchs, Yahoo's head of entertainment, sports and games apologized for the problems, saying, "I'm disappointed that we failed all of our fans today."
My reaction to this glitch is simple: Yahoo should certainly be upset by what happened, but "enraged" owners who complained about the snafu on Facebook and Twitter and threatened to switch websites need a reality check.
I think we've lost something along the way if people in this technology-crazed world have forgotten that there are other ways to change a lineup other than doing it online.
Those of us who are old enough and who have played this game for a long time remember the Dark Ages when -- gasp! -- we called or faxed lineups in to our commissioners.
How difficult would it have been to pick up the phone and call in a change? Or text a change? Or email in a change?
While these website crashes may be rare, the incident underscores an important point: Make sure to have your commissioner's contact information handy at the beginning of each season.
That way your fantasy team won't crash and burn if your league's website does.
Forte ranking:
Like many of you, I check out the ESPN rankings from their four analysts on a weekly basis. As we know, it's an inexact science and each of us has our reasons for why we are high or low on a player.
However, last week's rankings of Matt Forte -- no one had him lower than 12th -- showed me that some in the industry need to pay closer attention to how truly bad the Bears' offense is, and that fantasy owners need to be concerned when Lovie Smith's team is facing a top-notch defense like Houston's.
To be sure, it takes some guts to rank Forte in the 14-18 range, but if you've been really paying attention to the Bears, you'd know it would have made a lot of sense.
Now, what about this week? ESPN's Fab Four Forecasters seemed to have learned their lesson a bit, ranking Forte anywhere from 10th to 13th.
My thoughts? Well, since you asked, I'm thinking that with Jason Campbell at the helm at San Francisco, Forte will be lucky to get an owner more than 7 or 8 points. I own Forte in one league and he'll be grabbing some pine as I'm starting St. Louis' Steven Jackson and Miami's Reggie Bush instead.
QB injuries:
With three starting quarterbacks out Sunday, it's going to have drastic consequences for some of you. Jay Cutler, Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Vick are hardly every-week fantasy starters, but it's their receivers who may suffer.
My predictions for the biggest names:
•The Bears' Brandon Marshall: 7 catches, 85 yards
•Pittsburgh's Mike Wallace: 4-45-0
•Philadelphia's DeSean Jackson: 6-106-1; Jeremy Maclin: 7-83-0
Next week:
Avid readers of this space know I had planned on taking a look at how rookies over the past three years have fared in their first season, but I thought the Yahoo snafu was timely enough to push that column back a week.
My teams:
The fact that a replay official never looked at Denver's punt return TD on Sunday allowed me to squeak out a 105-102 victory in my regular league (5-5). On the play, Trindon Holliday dropped the ball before crossing the plane of the end zone, meaning it should have been a touchback with the ball going back over to Carolina. ... In the unit league (3-7), I snuck out a 66-58 victory with Jamaal Charles showing up for the first time in about a month.
Good bets
•Frank Gore vs. the Bears. A stunning recommendation? Not really. The Bears have allowed back-to-back 100-yard rushers for the first time since 2009, and Gore has averaged 121 yards from scrimmage the last three games.
•Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall vs. Baltimore. It looks like Mendenhall's ready to roll. I like him to pile up 55-80 yards with a TD against a weak Ravens run D.
•Rams RB Steven Jackson vs. New York Jets. As noted above, Jackson is going into my lineup instead of Matt Forte. I'm expecting over 100 yards from scrimmage and a TD.
•Colts QB Andrew Luck at New England. A top-10 quarterback all season, there's no reason to sit the Colts rookie against a woeful Pats secondary.
•Panthers WR Steve Smith vs. Tampa Bay. He has just 1 TD thus far, but even if he doesn't find the end zone, expect Smith to finish with well over 100 yards.
•Cowboys QB Tony Romo vs. Cleveland. Frustrating his owners all season with just 10 total TDs since Week 1, expect Romo to have a big game against a Browns team that allows nearly 250 passing yards per game.
•Bengals QB Andy Dalton at Kansas City. Only the Titans, Patriots, Redskins and Saints have allowed more passing scores than the Chiefs.
•Eagles QB Nick Foles at Washington. The rookie from Arizona was decent in relief of Michael Vick last week, going 22 of 32 for 219 yards, a TD and an interception. Those are big numbers considering he played less than three quarters. Now he gets a Redskins team that allows 302 passing yards a game. Giddyup!
•Raiders WRs Denarius Moore and Darrius Heyward-Bey vs. New Orleans. It goes without saying that Carson Palmer is a good start in this spot, but don't forget about Moore (392 yards, 4 TDs last five) and Heyward-Bey (273 yards, 2 TDs last four).
Bad bets
•Bears RB Matt Forte at San Francisco. See Forte section above.
•Steelers WR Mike Wallace vs. Baltimore. See QB injuries section above.
•Broncos RB Willis McGahee vs. San Diego. Denver's becoming concerned with McGahee's fumbling this season (he's lost four), and his numbers are less than solid four of the last five games.
•Ravens WR Torrey Smith vs. Pittsburgh. Few wideouts have been hotter than Smith (7 TDs since Week 3), but the Steelers allow the second-fewest points to WRs and TEs, so I don't expect a big game from Joe Flacco and Co. on Sunday.
•Lions RB Mikel LeShoure vs. Green Bay. It will be an air show in this game, and LeShoure will be the odd man out.
•Chargers QB Philip Rivers at Denver. In his last four games against the Broncos, Rivers has just 5 total TDs and 6 INTs. He threw 4 picks in Week 6 when the teams last met.


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Posted Nov 11, 2005 - 4:04 PM:
1. What is Ernest Chappell's birthdate & place of birth
2. When did he die ?
3. Who is the actress who was in 'Baker's Dozen' (she sounds French & I think she was in a couple of other episodes) ?
4. Where did they record the Quiet Please episodes ?
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Posted Nov 12, 2005 - 6:14 AM:
1. I can't find the date, but it was sometime in 1903. The location I don't know (could be it's somewhere in one of the articles that've been posted, but I don't recall), but perhaps Syracuse since he started his career there.
2. July 4, 1983
4. I seem to recall some of the episodes state on the air that they come from New York. Presumably the Mutual and then ABC studios there.
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1. I would guess Syracuse, too.
Looked up Chappell in the available census records. He was born in New York state. His mother Emma was born in Canada. Father Eugene, younger brother Kenneth, and youngest brother Wilfred, were all born in New York. No exact birth dates or birth places are given in either the 1910 or the 1920 census.
According to the 1900 census, Eugene was single and living in Orleans Twp., in Jefferson County, New York (on the Canadian border, a couple of counties due north of Syracuse), gave his age as 18 and his birth date as May 1882.
According to the 1910 census, Eugene and Emma were living in Syracuse and had been married seven years. Eugene worked as a machinist. Emma was naturalized in 1903. She had given birth to three children but only two were then living: Ernest, age 6, and Kenneth, age 4. Her father was born in Scotland and her mother was born "At Sea" ...
According to the 1920 census, the family was still living in Syracuse. Ages given: Eugene, 38; Emma, 41; Ernest, 16; Kenneth, 13; Wilfred, 9.
According to a December 30, 1967 Syracuse Post Standard obit, Emma M. Chappell died at the age of 89 after having "lived in Syracuse 65 years." Survivors included Ernest (of North Palm Beach, FL), Wilfred, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
April 1980 obits for Wilfred R. "Bill" Chappell say he was a retired custodian in Baldwinsville and mention brother Ernest as one of the survivors.
3. Lotte Stavisky is the actress in "Baker's Dozen." She was in at least eight episodes, including "Beezer's Cellar," "Tap the Heat, Bogdan" and both versions of "In the House Where I was Born."
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PRINCETON — City crews and residents from around Bureau County are pumping their way out of more than 6 inches of rain in less than 14 hours.
About 8 a.m Thursday, Princeton City Manager Jeff Clawson said the streets of North Euclid Avenue, North Church Street, North Chestnut Street and Dover Road had areas with 3 to 4 feet of water standing on them. The city put up "Road Closed" signs on those areas. People who are driving anywhere in the area are advised to drive carefully and avoid the flooded areas, he said.
In addition, Clawson said the entire town has definitely experienced the heavy rains. The flooded areas could change and increase as the rain continues, he said.
Also, there are "a ton of houses" with water in the basement, Clawson said. He's gotten at least 50 calls from residents since around 3 a.m. Residents are encouraged to not go into their basements but to call the fire department and someone will come to the house to check out the basement to make sure it is safe to enter. City crews can advise people, pull electric meters and check for shortages, and come back later, if needed, Clawson said.
By 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Princeton had received at least 6.5 inches of rain in the last 14 hours, and the rain has just kept coming, Clawson said.
Princeton Mayor Keith Cain has also been out for several hours to monitor the flooding conditions in the city.
Cain said the city systems have not failed, but they just can't keep up with the amount of rain the city has received. The city can't build a system big enough to keep up with the amount of rain received. Even the rain from a few years ago during Homestead Festival weekend wasn't this heavy, he said.
When asked if there are certain areas of the county which have been hit hardest, Bureau County Highway Engineer John Gross said there are too many areas to list. The flooding is widespread, and the water is still rising, he said.
The highway department has put out every caution sign it has to warn motorists, Gross said. People should avoid driving through roads that have been flooding, he said.
In addition, there is so much water out there that it's too soon to even tell the extent of damage to the roads, Gross said. There will no doubt be several washed-out areas, and they won't be able to be repaired immediately, he said.
Around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Bureau County Sheriff John Thompson confirmed he was hearing numerous cases of water on roads and basement flooding around the county, but not any accidents related to the weather conditions.
He said one caller did report a car fully emerged in water on Route 26 near Interstate 180, between Princeton and Bureau. He confirmed the call wasn't life threatening, and the driver had left the vehicle.
Thompson advised all drivers to use caution in the weather conditions and to keep an eye out for water on the roads. If a driver approaches an area with water over the road, the driver should find another route and not try to drive through the water. A lot of times drivers underestimate the water level, attempt to drive through, flood their engine, kill their car and become stranded, the sheriff said.
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The government's current retirement wave is an opportunity to revitalize the supervisory function, writes Steve Kelman.
Google Wave has the potential to be a uniquely valuable piece of software that can connect any enterprise that uses Web browsers, writes Chris Bronk.
The automation of information sharing in law enforcement is running into the same kind of resistance that DNA tests once encountered.
Sometimes we forget that successful implementation of social-media tools relies on the same business principles as any other information technology project, writes Emma Antunes.
Agencies' new authority to hire federal retirees for part-time government work is a win-win situation for government and employees, writes Judy Welles.
The Obama administration wants agencies to go beyond simply measuring performance to using the feedback on a daily basis, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
The nature of IT security matters — brought to high alert by episodic breaches and ongoing cyber threats — has raised the stakes and profiles of the government chief information security officer.
NGA, among others, has demonstrated that pay for performance works in government, writes consultant Howard Risher.
Other countries appear less constrained when developing new ideas for getting feedback, writes columnist Steve Kelman.
In the physics of the workplace, every management action there will be, by definition, an equal and opposite reaction on the part of employees. So what are we to make of the demise of the National Security Personnel System?
It's time to use available commercial technologies and business practices and bring federal acquisition into the 21st century, Bruce Sullivan writes.
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Tim Kennedy Argues With Yoel Romero Backstage At UFC 178 About #Stoolgate, Shirtless Debate Ensues
At UFC 178, Tim Kennedy was on the cusp of knocking out Yoel Romero in the dying seconds of round two, after he had endured a difficult 10 minutes against the Cuban powerhouse in their main card battle. Kennedy, who also grabbed Romero's gloves to land several uppercuts, had "Soldier of God" in a world of hurt, as he continued to pounce on his adversary. The horn saved Romero, and as referee "Big" John McCarthy separated both fighters and ordered them to their respective corners, Romero looked as if he had spent three days in an afterhours club hopped up on Molly.
He had no clue where he was, sat on his stool, and looked quite petrified as he mumbled words to his coaches.
As both fighters were summoned for the third and final round, Romero just sat there while his coaches moved like tortoises exiting the cage. Despite his corner men stalling, Romero was still on his stool, with too much Vaseline on him. His corner proceeded to wipe it off, while the American walked around frustrated. As Joe Rogan went ballistic, the fight wasn't called off, a point wasn't even deducted, and more so, "Big" John McCarthy didn't do a damn thing about it.
Seconds into the third round, Romero dropped Kennedy, pummeled him to hell and back, and stood over his bloody foe in victory after being awarded with the stoppage victory.
Pretty strange, huh?
Now, this reeks of controversy from both sides. Kennedy's blatant glove-grabbing maybe wasn't worthy of disqualification, yet Romero on his stool was pretty atrocious. Even if the fighter has too much Vaseline on him, which according to Dana White at the post-fight presser, was the promotion's fault because it was one of their employees, he shouldn't be chilling on the stool. But here's the thing … were the corner men told to exit before taking the stool? Probably. However, isn't it their job to actually take the stool?
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On a crisp, cool October morning, the Newton High School cross country teams claimed a fifth-place finish for the girls and a sixth-place finish for the boys Saturday at the Newton Invitational at Centennial Park.
In the girls' team competition, Lawrence Free State won the team title with a score of 24, followed by Valley Center at 78, Washburn Rural at 100, Wichita East at 129 and Newton at 145.
In the boys' team competition, Free State edged Washburn Rural 53-77, followed by Wichita North at 90, Liberal at 94 and Wamego at 142. Newton scored 190.
"Our team goals coming in today were for both teams to finish in the top five," Newton coach Richard Mick said. "We got really close to that. I thought we gave a great effort. I'm encouraged. There's a lot that we can take away from this and build on in the weeks coming up."
The Railer girls claimed three medals, led by Ashlyn Glann in 11th at 16:06.81 (4,000 meters). Sadie Winter was 12th at 16:07.72. Kasey Stucky was 16th at 16:16.85.
Elyse Bergquist was 54th in 17:28.31, followed by Ashley Akers in 67th in 18:12.59, Ashlynn Hamm in 74th in 18:41.72 and Junuen Lujano in 80th in 19:25.91.
"Kasey, Ashlyn and Sadie all ran quality races today," Mick said. "This meet has really grown. We've got some really good teams here. I'm happy with the way the kids responded."
For the Railer boys, Thomas Kelso claimed a medal, taking 15th in 17:14.15 (5,000 meters). Robert Loeffler finished two spots and 1.78 seconds out of a medal, placing 22nd in 17:28.84.
Sam Blaufuss was 37th in 17:51.72, followed by Jacey Friesen in 57th in 18:32.37, Jason Granados in 67th in 19:05.87, Jack Polley in 70th in 19:11.56 and Brennan Miller in 75th in 19:36.53.
"For both teams, boys and girls, we have to close the gap from our first two or three runners to four, five, six and seven," Mick said. "If we can make that happen, we're going to have some really good things happen. That's the key for us."
Newton returns to Centennial Park in three weeks for the Class 5A regional.
"We'll be excited to host regional," Mick said. "It's a good course. The kids like it. It's spectator friendly. I hope we can get one or both teams qualified for state."
Newton travels to the El Dorado Invitational Saturday at El Dorado State Park, then competes at league at Valley Center.
"We're going to do some speed work this week," Mick said. "When we do that, we'll have some times drop."
In the girls' race, Free State claimed the first three spots. Bailey Sullivan won the race in 14:53.15, .73 seconds ahead of Emily Venters. Claire Sanner was third at 14:54.75.
"I know it was a PR for me," Sullivan said. "It wasn't too bad. The wind was a little annoying. The cold was nice. It's nice not to be hot for once. I'm running pretty well. I was second here last year, so it was nice to win. Morgan Wedekind (of Valley Center) graduated, so that opened things up."
Sullivan took 20th in Class 6A state last year.
"We have a really strong team this year," Sullivan said. "We have a freshman and a sophomore who are amazing runners. They've beaten me most of the year. We're going to try and win a trophy at state. I'd like to finish in the top 10."
In the boys' race, Wichita North's J'Quon Williams pulled ahead of Liberal's Sammy Obando to claim the win. Williams finished in 16:36.22, 1.69 seconds ahead of Obando. Ryan Liston of Free State took third in 16:48.28.
"I like running in this kind of weather," Williams said. "It was a lot like this at state last year. I got sixth at Rim Rock. I had a knee injury — tendonitis. I'm just starting to come back from that. I'm starting to feel better right now. My time wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I felt like I could go faster. It turned out pretty good — first place."
Williams said he's shooting for a top place at state.
"I want to win City League, beat Manhattan at regionals and hopefully win state," Williams said.


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Certification hiccups be damned! Brew Trak has made it out to the store and is available for download. Click the button below for details and download information.
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Brew Trak was just submitted to the Windows Phone store tonight (Feb 18th). As usual, the application is free and fully functional with the trial option and is ad supported. Purchasing the application will remove the ads.
I am experimenting with ads this time around, and am using AdDuplex to see what kind of results that brings.
The app submission progress takes a few days, but I will post again once it is available for download.
UPDATE 1 (Feb 22nd):
Ran into a submission problem with the app standards. Quick fixes and should resubmit in the next few hours. Something to note: The reports generated for the certification failures are excellent and informative.
UPDATE 2 (Feb 23rd):
Re-submitted Brew Trak last night. It is in the certification stage already. Changed the way Brew Trak checks for an existing account, and added a way to log out. Last time it took 4 business days from submission to certification failure. Hopefully it will pass before the end of next week!
Hey everyone!
I was going through some old files from school and stumbled on 'Wizard Defense', the first real windows game using DirectX 9 I ever put together. I figured why not throw it up online and let everyone play with it - so I added a section on the site for all my programming stuff that isn't mobile app related that I have tentatively called 'experiments'. As I experiment more or find more old school stuff worth posting, I'll add it to this page.
'Wizard Defense' is a very simple proof of concept for a fort defense style game in the like of Stick Defense. It only has 1 level, but it does have very silly death audio for the bad guys made by yours truly. Let me know what you think!
With the move to Windows 8 and the new Windows Phone 8 SDK, I apparently ran into a small problem that looks to be fixed now. Unfortunately I did have to roll back the ability to rate on a checkin and will put that out in a future release. I have tested the new release of 0.3.5 on the emulator and my current daily driver (a Nokia Lumia 900) and the app seems to behave as expected.
I want to thank everyone who emailed me to let me know there was a problem. I really appreciate your kind words and support. Makes me more eager to keep working on bringing more of the Untappd experience to Windows Phone!
In other news, I have a Lumia 920 on the way. Once I get all the major features ironed out on the 7.x version, I will look into a Windows Phone 8 specific version to take advantage of the cool new things Windows Phone 8 supports, like live lock screens. What kind of Brew Trak WP8 specific feature would you like to see? Leave a comment and let me know!


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Capital City Bank has long pledged to work with the Port Authority on the mortgage for the barge terminal property along the Intracoastal Waterway.
Capital City Bank has long pledged to work with the Port Authority on the mortgage for the barge terminal property along the Intracoastal Waterway.
This week that help is in full swing.
Working with State Sen. Bill Montford (D-Tallahassee) the bank hired a firm to lobby for a $2 million appropriation in the state budget that awaits Gov. Rick Scott�s signature.
The money would be specifically earmarked to bring the $4 million Capital City Bank mortgage current and provide much needed breathing room for the Port of Port St. Joe.
The money would stop any foreclosure hearings in the courts and would give the Port of Port St. Joe time to generate paying customers.
�This would be huge,� said Port Authority member Eugene Raffield. �This would give us at least two or three years. Bill Montford is in support.�
Capital City has also hired the Tallahassee public relations firm, Ron Sachs Media, to coordinate a campaign called �Protect Our Port� in an effort to convince the governor not to veto the appropriation, as he did last year with a $5 million appropriation for bulkhead improvements.
�We just appreciate what Capital City Bank is doing,� said Port Authority chair Leonard Costin. �This request did not come from us.�
The mortgage on the so-called Parcel B � which is the subject of a foreclosure hearing next week � is one of the most pressing issues facing the Port Authority.
The goal of the �Protect Our Port� campaign, which will include civic and elected officials working with Ron Sachs Media, is to convince the governor that maintaining the port in public hands in the best option for the community, county and region.
�It is important we keep that property in public hands,� said Port Authority member Patrick Jones. �This is important to the community and to the port.�
Time, Raffield said, was not on the port�s side.
The goal is to kick off the �Protect Our Port� campaign this week, complete with a letter-writing campaign to the governor emphasizing the importance of developing the port.
�This isn�t a Port St. Joe issue, this is a Gulf County issue,� Raffield said.
Those interested in participating in the campaign can email the governor at email@example.com or call the governor�s office at 850-488-7146 to express support for the port land remaining in public hands.
Folks can also visit www.ProtectOurPort.com for additional information.
On another critical issue, port director Tommy Pitts announced during Wednesday�s meeting that a grant for the initial engineering and permitting for dredging the deepwater channel has been made available by the Florida Department of Transportation.
The grant is for $750,000 and carries a $250,000 match which the St. Joe Company, which is collaborating with the Port Authority on developing the port, has expressed in the past a willingness to provide.
�This is a big first step,� Pitts said. �This allows us to get started on the process of permitting.�
Pitts noted that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which undertakes dredging projects, had suggested the Port of Port St. Joe seek alternate sources of funding any maintenance dredging because the Corps indicated it could not accomplish the dredging in a timely fashion.
Pitts said with the $1 million, augmented by another $400,000 in a separate grant, will get the permitting for dredging underway which would effectively grease the wheels to luring customers. Those customers, in turn, would help underwrite, through portage fees, the dredging.
�We should not underestimate the progress made at this meeting,� Jones said. �These are two big victories, the funding for the mortgage and the dredging. Those are huge.�


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NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 800M GPUs for Gaming Notebooks
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NVIDIA may not be ready to unveil the GTX 800 desktop series, but the company has just unveiled its latest iteration of notebook GPUs, the GeForce GTX 800M series. The GTX 800Ms are thinner, lighter, and faster than their GTX 700M predecessors, while also including a slew of new features never before available in the mobile space.
Starting with performance, the GTX 800Ms are 15-60% faster than their equivalent GTX 700M counterpart, based on tests of Skyrim, Far Cry 3, and Tomb Raider, as seen in the chart below. Yet despite the increased performance, the GTX 800Ms are significantly thinner and lighter, allowing for the creation of 1080p-capable notebooks at just 21mm in thickness and weighing less than five pounds.
In addition to the hardware improvements, the software is also seeing a boost - literally. NVIDIA has announced NVIDIA Battery Boost for GTX 800M-equipped notebooks, which can provide up to twice the gaming time while unplugged. Users specify a targeted frame rate (30 FPS by default) and "each notebook component is adjusted in real-time, maximizing efficiency, and ensuring buttery smooth gameplay, even when the action heats up during high-intensity moments." Users can adjust the settings via GeForce Experience and can even do so on a game-by-game basis. Along with the introduction of Battery Boost, NVIDIA is also bringing over some popular GeForce Experience features that have previously only been available to desktop users: ShadowPlay, GameStream, and GPU Boost 2.0.
Alienware, ASUS, MSI, Lenovo, and Razer have all announced new GTX 800M notebooks at varying price points, so be sure to check the source below if you're interested in purchasing one.
Source: NVIDIA


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In April 2003, SCO released information saying that code from Unix System V was indeed present in the Linux OS. What followed was a lot of allegations that had no merit and counter allegations. In other words, the kind of activity that the press loves. Does SCO's complaints have merit ? Im no lawyer, and after letting my attorney look at the NDA that SCO sent me, I refuse to sign it. The NDA basically states if asked the signer can only say " Yes there is common code " or " no there is not any common code ". And any signer, if called into court can give no opinion but can only state those words, " Yes " or " No ". We will be discussing these things further along in this paper. But, in no way is my opinion a substitute for professional legal advice and if you feel threatened by SCO's actions, get the advice from appropriate legal counsel.
SCO's Actions
SCO's actions are kind of mixed to me. SCO was a distributor of Linux and for many was considered a reliable and grade A company to work with. SCO, in my opinion, is trying to bolster its UnixWare and OpenServer sales. UnixWare and OpenServer are their products that they market that run on Intel hardware. Linux is their only real competition in that marketspace and what better way to get ahead than to damage your competition. SCO's avenue of attack is FUD, Fear Uncertainty and Doubt. SCO sent 1500 letters out to Fortune 1000 companies that use Linux mainstream. Those letters basically said that they believe linux to be a rip off of UNIX and that if SCO wins be prepared to pay royalties. SCO finally in June of 2003 released some of the examples of infringing code to some analysts and other so called " Experts ". I find it weird that SCO also released very little code. I think the code that they did reveal was code that had the strongest case of patent infringement. Here is an excerpt of some of the analysts statements:
"If everything SCO showed me today is true, then the Linux community should be very concerned," said Bill Claybrook, research director for Linux and open-source software at the Aberdeen Group (Boston).
Thats all fine and dandy but I find it premature for an analyst to actually make a statement like that without doing a lot more research into the SCO's claims, there are to many holes in this case and in their allegations. By the way, the full article can be found here
Another analyst said this:
"One could argue that developers could write exact or very similar code, but the developers' comments in the code are basically your DNA, or fingerprints, for a particular piece of source code," said Laura DiDio, a senior analyst with the Yankee Group (Boston), who viewed the evidence.
Also another good argument but also premature. Who was the developer? Was he/she a SCO or Novell or even a AT&T employee? or, was he/she a Linux developer? too many unanswered questions, also under what conditions did they show the code. I wouldn't say a developers comments in the code are fingerprints or DNA, because Developers comments can be altered where DNA cannot. Under SCO's conditions they can show what they want to show, and they can even manufacture their own evidence if they so wish.
DiDio and Claybrook said they were given side-by-side copies of Unix and Linux code to compare. Neither was paid for the work, and both agreed that the evidence suggests SCO has a strong case in its $1 billion suit against IBM Corp. and in its scrap with the Linux community.
Was the Linux code that they were shown downloaded directly from Kernel.org under the witness of the analysts or was it given to them directly from SCO's labs. Either way, these people are taking SCO's side of the story without doing any kind of strong research. They do not know any of the developers of Linux or of Unix, they were not able to talk to any of the developers of the infringing code. Something SCO will have to allow the courts to do if it decides to pursue this any further in a courtroom.
- "The SCO Threat, Part 1"
- "The SCO Threat, Part 2"


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By Jefferson Siegel
As the Writers Guild strike entered its fourth week, members proved they havent lost their touch. Several hundred writers and actors in support of them were joined by local union leaders, politicians and presidential candidate John Edwards in a show of solidarity at a rally in Washington Square Park on Tuesday.
Its nice to see so many creative people in Washington Square Park not buying marijuana, quipped emcee Aasif Mandvi from The Daily Show, prompting laughter.
Not laughter, but enthusiastic cheering, greeted Edwards as he took the mic.
Im proud of what youre doing, Edwards told the crowd, vowing not to cross picket lines to participate in an upcoming televised debate if CBS News writers are on strike. Describing the union movement as men and women who work for a living, standing with each other and giving the American people a real chance, Edwards said the strike was about fairness and making sure writers are able to share in the profits of their creations.
Edwards said he recently cancelled appearances on talk shows Ellen and The View in support of the writers.
We are in this thing together, he told the strikers.
Without struggle, workers would be nowhere. We would not have a middle class in this country, said Congressmember Jerrold Nadler. Calling large corporations greedy, Nadler warned against media consolidation that puts more power into the hands of fewer companies.
Malachy McCourt , the actor and writer, who ran for governor on the Green Party ticket last year, stood in the crowd listening.
I was here because of the Bible, because the Bible says, In the beginning was the Word, McCourt said with an impeccable sense of timing. And then the producers made it flesh and bollixed it up, he added.
Jonathan Tasini, president of the National Writers Union from 1990 to 2003 and a challenger for Hillary Clintons Senate seat last year, seemed to know everyone in the crowd. Pausing from a round of hugs and handshakes, Tasini observed, Its a great show for an important strike. Its very similar to what freelance writers fought for in the 90s and its the same issue here: greed.
Actor Danny Glover stood onstage watching colleague Tim Robbins as Robbins said, Without writers we would have a procession of crap reality television. This is not a strike of millionaire writers, Robbins said. This is a strike of middle-class writers.
Jim Solomon, a Community Board 2 member and writer of the ESPN series The Bronx Is Burning, joined fellow writers in cheering the show of encouragement from the speakers.
Its inspiring to see so many elected officials coming out in support and solidarity, he said as writers held up On Strike signs.
Other speakers at the rally included Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Congressmember Anthony Weiner, United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and actors Evan Handler of Sex and the City and Joe Pantoliano of The Sopranos.
Tuesday was the strikes 23rd day. A writers strike in 1988 lasted five months. Writers are striking for a proportionate share of income from new media, such as DVDs and streaming content on the Internet.
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Natural gas futures advanced for a second day in New York on speculation that colder weather will help erode a surplus of the heating fuel.
Gas rose as much as 2% after forecasters including MDA Weather Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland, said below-normal temperatures in the western U.S. next week will spread into the Northeast over the next 11 to 15 days. Previous predictions showed that a recent cold blast would give way to warmer weather.
"It's not as warm as some of the traders were predicting and that's giving us a bounce," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. "When you look at this week's inventory report, it's going to reflect some of the coldest weather this year."
Natural gas for February delivery gained 5.6 cents, or 1.7%, to $3.343 per million British thermal units at 9:46 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Trading volume was 34% below the 100-day average. Gas prices have risen 9.2% from a year ago.
The low temperature in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Jan. 21 will be 10 below the usual reading at minus 1 Fahrenheit (minus 18 Celsius), compared with a low of 31 degrees on Jan. 10, 22 above normal, according to AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
About 50% of U.S. households use gas for heating, Energy Department data show.
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Unusually cold weather helped reduce a gas surplus at the end of December after it widened earlier in the month, according to the department's weekly gas inventory report released Jan. 4.
U.S. stockpiles fell 135 billion cubic feet to 3.517 trillion in the week ended Dec. 28, exceeding the five-year average drop for the week of 111 billion.
A gas surplus to the five-year average fell to 12.4% from 12.8% the previous week, the department said. The supply gap from year-earlier levels narrowed to 0.7% from 2.3%.
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Transhuman Space by quite a long shot.
Banestorm (a.k.a Yrth)
Infinite Worlds, Time Travel, or Alternate History
Transhuman Space
Other Science Fiction
Other Fantasy
Modern, Historical, or Pulp
Horror or Conspiracy
Supers or Psi
Other (please explain below)
While I'm on a polling spree, I'd like to find out what settings or genres GURPS players and GMs prefer.
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
- Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871)
Transhuman Space by quite a long shot.
Though I've never played it, Alternate History/Time Travel would appeal to me in a game setting. To go back in time and view other what-if worlds - rock.
I like the Supers system, although it is a bit on the complicated side to use. I think the hardest part for me with that system is adapting it more for a more subtle and lower powered supers game while still allowing the character to have a lot of different abilities but at lower power levels.
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Unless there's something brilliant there, though, I'd shy away from GURPS as a general superhero system. The 4th edition take on psionics is interesting, and if I needed superhuman abilities in an otherwise normal- or pulp-scale game they're there, but for super-scale I'd turn to Truth and Justice, Mutants and Masterminds, or HERO (in that order).
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
- Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871)
I use gurps for fantasy, and I love the Yrth/banestorm setting. My friend used it for super campaigns and loved it, that was quite a while ago though so I don't know how it compares to newer super systems.
We ran a great GURPS Highlander campaign using the various GURPS historical books. It was awsome cutting heads off and feeling the Quickening!
I actually enjoy a mix of genres in my GURPS game. I see mixing genres as a test of the universal and generalness of the system.
I think its great to play a crappy super hero abducted/modified by aliens and now works in a detective agency trying to track down an assassin accused of murdering a Seelie noble. At the same time trying to stop a Seelie/Unseelie war over Central Park.
Everything. GURPS does everything well. I wouldn't say its the best at anything but it doesn't have any glaring flaws either. If I had to pick just one I would say GURPS historical.
Playing: Pathfinder
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"I'm beautifully hideous!" - Sven the Nosferatu
I ran a long-term GURPS Celtic campaign set in semi-historical Ireland. It was set about 20 years before the arrival of St. Patrick, IIRC. I had a lot of players over the course of the campaign, and some of the permanent players had multiple characters due to death.
I think that one of the highlights was when they traveled to an island completely composed of magical cheese. One of the players carved a whistle from the magical cheese, and a couple of others carved totems. It was totally off the cuff, but turned out to be a really great and memorable session. Also, the players resourcefulness with the magical cheese paid off in spades.
Transhuman Space is my favorite out of what is listed. I'm halfway through it right now and am loving it, so far, above the other GURPS settings I have books for.
Illuminati University!
My favorite GURPS campaign is one I designed. It is a Mars-based dark-future. There are cool adventures to the Asteroid Belt to capture alien tech, trips to Earth to infiltrate government compounds and clear your names of false accusations, run-ins with space pirates based out of Eros-433, and shoot-outs with bounty hunters.
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Eagles set sights on playoffs
Football team moves to 5-1.
WAUNETA—Brady football coach Bob Frederickson knows better than to look past any opponent on the Eagles' schedule.
He also knows he has to plan ahead if he wants his team to be successful in the post-season.
That's why Frederickson viewed Friday's matchup against Wauneta-Palisade as a glorified scrimmage, allowing his team to work on new plays too risky to attempt during a heated battle.
Despite a wet field, the Eagles scored easily and often against the Broncos, moving to 5-1 on the season with a 52-8 victory.
"We knew Wauneta-Palisade was going to be down this year," Frederickson said. "It gave us a chance to try some things like kicking PATs and running a few new plays."
The Eagles scored their first points a minute and a half into the game on a 38-yard pass from Kyle Pohlman to Sawyer Burke.
The first PAT kick attempt by Pohlman failed but he did get two to go through the uprights later in the game.
After a team safety with 8:42 to play in the first quarter and a pair of touchdown runs by Brad Ward, the Eagles led 21-0 heading into the second period.
Burke broke a 39-yard scoring run on the first possession of the second quarter and Ward added another touchdown before halftime as the Eagles controlled the game 33-0.
In the third period, Dalton Riedel caught an 11-yard pass from Pohlman, who made the PAT kick, to put Brady up 40-0 and Ward added another scoring run at the 4:43 mark in the quarter.
Brady led 46-0 heading into the final stanza.
The Eagles found the endzone again with 3:15 left on the clock when Burke ran in from 3 yards out. The two-point conversion pass failed but Brady had an insurmountable 52-0 advantage in the closing minutes.
Wauneta-Palisade got on the board against the Eagle reserves with 1:33 to play but Brady still wasn't done.
Tyler Kleinow added a 55-yard scoring run with 43 seconds left.
Ward finished with 109 yards on 11 carries with four touchdowns. That gain moves the senior running back to 950 rushing yards on the season.
Pohlman was 6-of-9 passing for 91 yards.
"The biggest thing hurting us now is the lack of strength in our schedule," Frederickson said.
Although the Eagles tie Eustis-Farnam with the best record in D-2 District 9 at 5-1, Brady sits below both
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Everybody doesn't have a place in the country or even a big backyard where they can set up an archery target and practice with a bow and arrow. But now, everyone in Tuscaloosa County has a place to practice.
NORTHPORT | Everybody doesn't have a place in the country or even a big backyard where they can set up an archery target and practice with a bow and arrow. But now, everyone in Tuscaloosa County has a place to practice.
The grand opening for the new archery range at Faucett Brothers Park is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The range will be open to the public and use is free for kids under age 16 and seniors 65 and older. People ages 16-64 must have an Alabama hunting license, a Wildlife Heritage License or Wildlife Management Area license.
"The idea is to have it on the edge of town so people can go out and shoot conveniently," said Ray Metzler, assistant chief of the Wildlife Section of the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
The Northport Facility is the ninth of its kind developed around the state. Others have been built at Athens, Cullman, Dothan, Demopolis, Decatur, Heflin, Lincoln and Ozark as part of an effort by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to increase awareness of and participation in archery.
"The very first one of these was in Athens," Metzler said. "All of the others are well used. The one in Decatur floored me. We had to put new bags on the targets in two months."
The range features 11 adult targets set at ranges of between 15 and 80 yards. There are also eight youth targets set at ranges from 5-20 yards and four additional targets at 10-40 yards. Shooting stations include metal arrow holders and a place for archers to hang their bows while waiting on others to shoot.
An elevated shooting platform will allow archers to simulate shooting from a tree stand. Archers will be required to wear safety harnesses just as they would in the woods. Another structure simulates shooting from a blind.
In addition, the facility features a 10-target walk-through range with targets set at unknown distances. The Tuscaloosa County Bowhunters club, which was founded in 1980, will hold its 3D archery competitions on the walk-through range. It's a big plus for the club, which has been shooting on a range owned by Black Warrior Roofing in Gordo.
"This is going to give an opportunity to everybody around the county to come out and shoot," said Larry McAfee, a longtime officer in the club and active competitive shooter. "This offers us a lot of flexibility as far as teaching and exposing people to archery."
The Tuscaloosa County Bowhunters are a chapter of Bowhunters of Alabama. Its clubs have 77 3D archery competitions scheduled around the state this year. Tuscaloosa County will hold its first competition at the new facility in April.
The facilities are built with the assistance of the Archery Trade Association. The organization decided to partner with state conservation agencies and with local park and recreation departments.
The Tuscaloosa Park and Recreation Authority will be using the range for an after school archery program. PARA's Mark Harrison, who is certified as an archery instructor by the National Archery in Schools Program and the Field Archery Association will be teaching the class.
The class is for kids age 7-17 years old and will be taught beginning April 1 for two weeks Monday-Thursday. Other classes will be taught throughout the year.
For information, contact Harrison at 205-331-5600 or at email@example.com. For information about the Tuscaloosa County Bowhunters, contact McAfee at 205-333-1245.


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Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man Supernova (Preview)
- Story by
- Paul Tobin
- Art by
- Craig Rousseau
- Cover by
- Ed McGuinness
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
Marvel is proud to unveil your first look at Iron Man: SuperNova, Marvel's all-ages Free Comic Book Day (May 1st) special from fan favorite creators Paul Tobin and Craig Rousseau, with a cover by superstar artist Ed McGuinness! Iron Man and Nova must team up to defeat the Red Ghost, but can the armored billionaire and hot-headed, cosmic-powered teen find a way to save the day together? And, don't forget, Iron Man: SuperNova is totally free this Saturday in celebration of Free Comic Book Day at your local comic retailer!
"Marvel has always been committed to providing the highest quality all-ages material on Free Comic Book Day," said David Gabriel, Senior Vice President of Sales & Circulation. "We appreciate the support of all retailers in helping to introduce our great medium to a new generation!"
Marvel encourages all comic book fans to check out the great offerings from all over the industry on Saturday, May 1st, as the historic Free Comic Book Day arrives at your local comic shop! For more information on FCBD, please visit www.freecomicbookday.com


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Ryan Trapp - Staff Writer
2011 Record (ACC): 9-4 (5-3)
Returning Starters (Off/Def/ST): 15 (6/8/1)
There are no questions about Florida States' defense. The Seminoles retooled their already stellar front seven with one of the best recruiting classes in the country – highlighted by defensive end Mario Edwards and tackle Eddie Goldman. FSU also returns all-conference standouts Brandon Jenkins and Lamarcus Joyner to what should be one of the best defenses in the country. On offense, EJ Manuel will have one of the deepest receiving corps in the ACC to play with in his second year as the 'Noles starter. State returns their top four pass-catchers from last season, who tallied a combined total of 17 touchdown receptions. The Seminoles need to mix and match some parts on the offensive line, but it looks like Florida State is poised to make a serious run at an ACC crown.
With a very favorable schedule, Florida State has a chance to run the table in 2012. Road tests against a much-improved NC State club and the Hokies could cause them to stumble along the way, and their regular season finale against Florida could be a tough one. However, confidence should be high after dealing the Gators a 21-7 loss in The Swamp last year. Florida State is in an excellent position to go for its fourth Orange Bowl trophy this season.
2011 Record (ACC): 6-6 (3-5)
Returning Starters (Off/Def/ST): 12 (4/6/2)
The quarterback battle between junior Stephen Morris and Memphis transfer Ryan Williams should be fun to watch. Morris is the better athlete of the two, but Williams is the more polished pocket passer. Whoever is behind center will have an efficient run game featuring Mike James, Eduardo Clements and incoming speedster Duke Johnson. Recruiting coordinator Terry Richardson did an exceptional job bringing in a pair of four-star wide outs in Angelo Jean-Louis and Malcolm Lewis to help replenish the wide receiving corp. The Hurricanes' young defense has an incredibly high ceiling, highlighted the sophomore pair of linebacker Denzel Perryman and defensive end Anthony Chikillo. Given that incoming freshman Tracy Howard and Devon Bush will have a chance to make an immediate impact in the secondary; the Hurricanes could field a hard-hitting defense to compliment an offense full of playmakers.
A tough three game stretch against UNC, Florida State and Virginia Tech at home could make or break Miami's season. Surviving that gauntlet and an improvement to his win-loss record in year two in Coral Gables, Al Golden could bring a Hurricane to South Beach for the first time in eight years.
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Steel Telescopic Slide with Lock OUT
3 beams total extension
This 3 beam zinc plated steel telescopic slide, offers a full extension.
It includes a lock OUT: when the drawer is in the opened position, a lock has to be pushed to close the slide
Very comptact and with a 1U high, its sliding is smooth and silent.
It is intended for medium loads in applications requiring a very small footprint.
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This slide guide is intended for medium duty applications, such as hoods or enclosures for guard of medium size machine, drawers of medium loads requiring improved access.
we do not recommend vertical mounting (guillotine) for this model.
Recommended operating temperatures from -20 to 80°C.
This slide is very compact, do not use flat mounted: increased risk of friction between beams during operation. In addition, a flat mounting will create significant deflection.
Mounting in the minor axis is not recommended as the sections could deform when under load increasing friction and possibly damaging the slide.
This product can be used as average load drawer slides, machine guard guides, telescopic rod, bar or arm, generator slide, furniture slide, extendable table slide rail, horizontal suspended guidance or in some cases as in vertical guides.
Chambrelan produces this telescopic slide using cold drawn profiles.
Anti-corrosion standard coating is a silver zinc, of a 12 microns average thickness, which offers excellent resistance to the salt spray test.
It is equipped with polyamide stoppers when opening and closing.
Locks are zinc plated spring steel.
It has ball cages made of polyamid.
Its ball bearings are made of 100C6 chrome steel. It is greased with a high pressure grease.
Chambrelan is specialized in the design and manufacturing of telescopic slides and rails for industrial applications: reinforced slides, linear slide bearings rail, bearings guide, steel, aluminum or stainless steel sliders, partial, full or over extension, heavy duty industrial drawers...
Standard slides are delivered slightly greased. We use a high pressure bearing grease for steel slides and a white grease for aluminum and stainless slides. Upon request, we can use food grease (compatible clean room) a high temperature grease a teflon free grease (for spray booths...) grease free mounting (although we do not advise this option)
A food safe grease, combined with stainless steel ball bearings, offers a cheap alternative to stainless steel slides.
Manual lock
- RA44F : lock closed: when closed, push the lock to open the slider.
- RA44VF : lock opened and closed: when extended, push the lock to close the slider, when closed, push the lock to open the slider.
In most cases, only one locking slide is required for the locking of the drawer to be achieved.
When mounting in vehicles, we invite you to contact us if you plan to use locking slides.
the presence of lock and latches makes some shorter lengths impossible to manufacture. Moreover some standard holes may not be present.
we do not recommend locking options for use in vertically mounted (guillotine) applications.
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Other treatments ensuring better corrosion resistance are also available. Do not hesitate to contact us.
Stainless stell ball bearings mounting
It can be mounted with stainless steel balls to get a very good corrosion resistance, which in some cases can provide an economical alternative to stainless steel slides.
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We do not recommend using this product outside the standard temperature range.
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The extension of this slide cannot be modified on stock items. On request, we can produce the requested extension. Please allow a production lead time.
increased development reduces the maximum permissible load.
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This slide can not be mounted vertically (guillotine).
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This model has equivalent models, whose overall dimensions and the diagrams of drillings are close or identical:
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What Wilson Wrote
Thanks, Crid, for reminding me of this piece, which there's been so much conversation about, but I had yet to post -- What I Didn't Find in Africa, by Joseph C. Wilson 4th, first published in The New York Times, Sunday, July 6, 2003:
Based on my experience with the administration in the months leading up to the war, I have little choice but to conclude that some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.
For 23 years, from 1976 to 1998, I was a career foreign service officer and ambassador. In 1990, as chargé d'affaires in Baghdad, I was the last American diplomat to meet with Saddam Hussein. (I was also a forceful advocate for his removal from Kuwait.) After Iraq, I was President George H. W. Bush's ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe; under President Bill Clinton, I helped direct Africa policy for the National Security Council.
It was my experience in Africa that led me to play a small role in the effort to verify information about Africa's suspected link to Iraq's nonconventional weapons programs. Those news stories about that unnamed former envoy who went to Niger? That's me.
In February 2002, I was informed by officials at the Central Intelligence Agency that Vice President Dick Cheney's office had questions about a particular intelligence report. While I never saw the report, I was told that it referred to a memorandum of agreement that documented the sale of uranium yellowcake — a form of lightly processed ore — by Niger to Iraq in the late 1990's. The agency officials asked if I would travel to Niger to check out the story so they could provide a response to the vice president's office.
After consulting with the State Department's African Affairs Bureau (and through it with Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick, the United States ambassador to Niger), I agreed to make the trip. The mission I undertook was discreet but by no means secret. While the C.I.A. paid my expenses (my time was offered pro bono), I made it abundantly clear to everyone I met that I was acting on behalf of the United States government.
In late February 2002, I arrived in Niger's capital, Niamey, where I had been a diplomat in the mid-70's and visited as a National Security Council official in the late 90's. The city was much as I remembered it. Seasonal winds had clogged the air with dust and sand. Through the haze, I could see camel caravans crossing the Niger River (over the John F. Kennedy bridge), the setting sun behind them. Most people had wrapped scarves around their faces to protect against the grit, leaving only their eyes visible.
The next morning, I met with Ambassador Owens-Kirkpatrick at the embassy. For reasons that are understandable, the embassy staff has always kept a close eye on Niger's uranium business. I was not surprised, then, when the ambassador told me that she knew about the allegations of uranium sales to Iraq — and that she felt she had already debunked them in her reports to Washington. Nevertheless, she and I agreed that my time would be best spent interviewing people who had been in government when the deal supposedly took place, which was before her arrival.
I spent the next eight days drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people: current government officials, former government officials, people associated with the country's uranium business. It did not take long to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place.
Given the structure of the consortiums that operated the mines, it would be exceedingly difficult for Niger to transfer uranium to Iraq. Niger's uranium business consists of two mines, Somair and Cominak, which are run by French, Spanish, Japanese, German and Nigerian interests. If the government wanted to remove uranium from a mine, it would have to notify the consortium, which in turn is strictly monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Moreover, because the two mines are closely regulated, quasi-governmental entities, selling uranium would require the approval of the minister of mines, the prime minister and probably the president. In short, there's simply too much oversight over too small an industry for a sale to have transpired.
(As for the actual memorandum, I never saw it. But news accounts have pointed out that the documents had glaring errors — they were signed, for example, by officials who were no longer in government — and were probably forged. And then there's the fact that Niger formally denied the charges.)
Before I left Niger, I briefed the ambassador on my findings, which were consistent with her own. I also shared my conclusions with members of her staff. In early March, I arrived in Washington and promptly provided a detailed briefing to the C.I.A. I later shared my conclusions with the State Department African Affairs Bureau. There was nothing secret or earth-shattering in my report, just as there was nothing secret about my trip.
Though I did not file a written report, there should be at least four documents in United States government archives confirming my mission. The documents should include the ambassador's report of my debriefing in Niamey, a separate report written by the embassy staff, a C.I.A. report summing up my trip, and a specific answer from the agency to the office of the vice president (this may have been delivered orally). While I have not seen any of these reports, I have spent enough time in government to know that this is standard operating procedure.
I thought the Niger matter was settled and went back to my life. (I did take part in the Iraq debate, arguing that a strict containment regime backed by the threat of force was preferable to an invasion.) In September 2002, however, Niger re-emerged. The British government published a "white paper" asserting that Saddam Hussein and his unconventional arms posed an immediate danger. As evidence, the report cited Iraq's attempts to purchase uranium from an African country.
Then, in January, President Bush, citing the British dossier, repeated the charges about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Africa.
The next day, I reminded a friend at the State Department of my trip and suggested that if the president had been referring to Niger, then his conclusion was not borne out by the facts as I understood them. He replied that perhaps the president was speaking about one of the other three African countries that produce uranium: Gabon, South Africa or Namibia. At the time, I accepted the explanation. I didn't know that in December, a month before the president's address, the State Department had published a fact sheet that mentioned the Niger case.
Those are the facts surrounding my efforts. The vice president's office asked a serious question. I was asked to help formulate the answer. I did so, and I have every confidence that the answer I provided was circulated to the appropriate officials within our government.
Note that there's no mention of his wife, and whether she's home baking brownies for the PTA or working for the CIA.


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Free games
PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting Anomaly: Warzone Earth for free this week! It's described as a action strategy tower offense game, which is kind of hard to imagine so good thing there's a trailer.
Actually, even based on the trailer I wasn't really all that interested in playing the game. That is until I dug up our review where we gave it a 9 out of the 10. That's a great score, considering it was Maurice Tan at the time who reviewed the game. Maurice is a pretty critical guy, so him liking anything was a big deal.
Unfortunately, Maurice is dead now. Wait, what's that? OH! He's working on the Dead Island franchise now. Sorry, I got confused there for a second.
[Pssshhh: I just saw the PlayStation Twitter promote this Amazon deal for a 320GB PlayStation 3 with a year membership to PlayStation Plus for $249.99. That's a great deal. You won't even need to buy a game with all the free games you'll get instant access to!]
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If you want ideas for what to put in your juice at home, there are plenty of cookbooks — Amazon lists dozens — and websites. Even Williams Sonoma sells a book on fresh juices. And BlendedRecipes.com features juicing videos set in a retro-themed kitchen; in October, the site had 24.6 million visits.
But if making your own juice is not for you, last year The meal delivery service Paleta (www.paleta.com) launched juices like the Sonic Tonic: collards and other greens with pear and lemon. Paleta ships a five-bottle cooler of juices for $79, which includes a shake made from nut milk; the beverages will last about five days. In April, Paleta's Karen Boyer is introducing a line designed for novices and kids: The 16-ounce servings contain 190 calories (a blend of kale, apple, celery and mint) to 240 calories (an orange, mango, lemon blend).
Some other choices:
• Moon Juice in Venice (507 Rose Ave.) offers a delivery service for its range of exotic options, including one with daikon, burdock, lemon and green apple.
• Ritual Wellness in Costa Mesa (2937 Bristol St.) has a bestseller called Sweet Greens: spinach, romaine, kale, celery, cucumber and green apple. Orders can also be picked up at 25 exercise studios.


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- After the driest year on record in 2013, California is facing its driest January ever, and the dryness mixed with pollution is unhealthy, officials say.
A stuck high-pressure zone off the West Coast of the United States is creating dry conditions across California and the Southwest, and the stagnancy is trapping fine particles close to the ground, leaving a buildup of sooty haze that poses a public health threat, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
California officials issued an unprecedented number of no-burn alerts banning wood fires in homes, but officials at clinics report treating more patients than usual who have trouble breathing, tightness in their chest, itchy eyes and runny noses.
"It's not just an inconvenience, it's a significant health issue," Dr. Sunil Saini, an allergist told the Times. "Typically in California in the winter there is a drop-off in patients with respiratory problems beginning in December, but this year there hasn't been a decrease," Saini told the newspaper.
The air has been so unhealthful at times in the San Joaquin Valley, government officials issued dozens of Level 5 advisories -- the highest on their five-point scale -- and urged people to stay indoors.
The dry conditions have raised the risk of fire, prompting air quality advisories. Fine particles can lodge deep in the lungs and can aggravate respiratory problems. Long-term exposure is tied to a host of illnesses, including heart disease, asthma and cancer, health officials said.


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The California drought will soon expose the geographic, political, personal and institutional divisions that complicate meaningful congressional action.
Forget farmers versus environmentalists, that classic California plot. These divisions go deeper, and could easily kill the legislative fixes House Republicans vowed to make at a Bakersfield-area farm last week.
In the state's Central Valley, the potential farmer-against-farmer conflict could pit East Side versus West Side and North versus South. On Capitol Hill, besides the never-ending clash between Republicans and Democrats, unresolved tensions divide House from Senate. One on one, bad blood divides certain key lawmakers.
"It's probably going to be very difficult for Congress to respond," Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies, said in an interview Friday, "but this crisis is so big that Congress has to try."
The first try comes this week when GOP lawmakers will introduce California water legislation. Republicans have promised a bill to temporarily stop San Joaquin River restoration, keep the Sacramento-San Joaquin pumps operating and establish a special 10-member House and Senate committee.
Some key divisions in the minefield ahead include:
East Side vs. West Side
The proposal to temporarily halt restoration of San Joaquin River water flows and a salmon population below Friant Dam could exacerbate conflict between San Joaquin Valley farmers. Farmers on the east side, part of the Friant Water Users Authority, agreed to the ambitious river restoration program to settle a lawsuit filed in 1988.
The Friant farmers, holding a losing hand in court, subsequently lobbied for the river restoration program authorized by Congress in 2009. The new proposal to temporarily halt the river restoration program until 2015 thus puts the Friant water districts on the spot since they face legal obligations.
West Side farmers have periodically battled with those on the East Side over water. A big regional conflict this time could involve the so-called San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors who farm in the west-central region between Patterson and Mendota. The exchange contractors, among others, have grown openly skeptical of the river restoration program.
North vs. South
Farmers in different regions have different legal claims on river water. Proposals to secure additional water for farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can worry farmers north of the delta. Last Congress, a water bill introduced by a San Joaquin Valley lawmaker required lots of behind-the-scenes massaging to address Sacramento Valley concerns. Even then, it died in the Senate.
"It took more than a year of discussions and compromises in the 112th Congress to craft a bill that had the support of both Northern California water districts and Central Valley farmers," Rep. Tom McClintock, the California Republican who chairs the House water and power subcommittee, noted in an e-mail Friday. The essential provision was an iron-clad protection of Northern California water rights, assuring that the only water sent south was surplus that would otherwise have been lost to the ocean. Such a provision will be absolutely essential in any future legislation."
San Joaquin Valley lawmakers have asked their Sacramento Valley counterparts to craft language for the new bill that might ease potential concern.
Lawmaker vs. lawmaker
Some members of Congress simply don't get along. Or, at the least, their past political histories complicate their ability to collaborate.
Republican Rep. Devin Nunes and Democratic Rep. Jim Costa, for instance, represent neighboring San Joaquin Valley districts. While both draw campaign support from farmers, they clash in a tone that can sound irreconcilable. On the other hand, even if the members don't collaborate closely, it's hard to imagine Costa voting against an anti-drought bill.
"I hope to be able to support it once I have the opportunity to fully review the bill," Costa said.
McClintock, chair of the key water panel in the House, ran in 2006 for lieutenant governor against Democrat John Garamendi. Garamendi won and now holds a House seat representing a delta-area district. Their tone was not congenial in committee and on the House floor during 2012 debate over a prior California water bill.
This lack of a personal rapport among members could intensify any opposition already arising from regional considerations.
"Sucking the delta dry is not the answer to California's water issues," said Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., adding that the pending Republican proposal "will only create further discord."
House vs. Senate
House Republicans have repeatedly complained about the Senate's handling of California water legislation. A California water bill that passed the House by a 246 to 175 margin in February 2012 simply disappeared, and Nunes said "the Senate's rejection of all House initiatives to end the crisis has now resulted in an emergency situation throughout California."
Senators, in turn, bristle over the House's aggressive and highly partisan edge. Only 10 Democrats voted for the GOP's California water bill in 2012, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she is "concerned" that a new House water bill will follow the same pattern.
Some bicameral tension is inherent in Congress, where senators represent larger and more diverse populations than House members. Some comes from the specific players involved in California water. Tactically, some House Republicans may see advantage in directly pressuring Feinstein, who has maintained close ties to some Valley farmers. Conceivably, though, this pressure could backfire if the state's senior senator gets her back up.
McClintock, the chair of the key House subcommittee, said Friday he is "hopeful that this year the Senate will engage" in the water issue.
Congress vs. Obama administration
The administration has established a multi-agency National Drought Resilience Partnership to coordinate the federal response, but some Democrats have proposed a higher-profile federal task force. This could be low-hanging fruit for an administration eager to show a commitment.
However, the administration could well resist more aggressive proposals that might boost water deliveries by lessening endangered species protections.


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1) How do you answer salary requirements?
-I would like, given my degree, to get 45K....but I don't know what to say.
I feel that would be too greedy...I feel like saying "I don't know" or "flexible" but then would be afraid this would come off as indecisive/get me taken advantage of...so how do you answer?
2) I suck balls at GIS.
-When asked GIS questions...or questions about classes I hate/poor skills...do I lie or omit this detail?
-Being honest can eliminate me...lying can lead to a bad match.
3) Night meetings.
-Again...can I be honest and say 1-2 a month is fine...but on a regular weekly basis might be too much?