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PSNI 'could teach Afghan police'
Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Piggott, Commanding Officer of Royal Dragoon Guards who are serving in Afghanistan. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday March 3, 2013. Northern Ireland's contentious marching season could provide perfect training opportunities for Afghan police officers, the senior soldier has said. See PA story ULSTER Afghanistan. Photo credit should read: Lesley-Anne McKeown/PA Wire
Northern Ireland's contentious marching season could provide perfect training opportunities for Afghan police officers, a senior soldier has said.
Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Piggott whose troops from the Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) are mentoring Afghan police in war-torn Helmand Province, claimed valuable lessons could be learned from how the PSNI handles sensitive set-piece events such as the Twelfth.
He said: "There is a very clear parallel between what it is the Afghan Uniform Police are doing on a daily basis with what the PSNI do during the marching season. Although one is crowd control and one is counter- insurgency, the principals of planning and co-ordination are much the same."
High-ranking Afghan police officers have already travelled to the UK to observe how police forces co-operate with other agencies. However, Lt Colonel Piggott, 42, from London, who served several operational tours of duty in Northern Ireland, believes bringing them to Belfast would be beneficial.
He said: "There would be valuable lessons that have been hard-learned in Northern Ireland within a gold-standard headquarters like Knock (PSNI HQ) that would be of use to a developing police force such as the Afghan Uniform Police.
"Knock is stood up during the marching season. For the rest of the year it is a response cell whereas during the marching season all of the agencies are in and are co-operating together with a police lead to manage a security situation.
"When you transpose some of the bigger religious events here (Afghanistan) like Eid and Ashura where there is potential for security and disorder, the Operational Co-ordination Centre's and particularly the one in the provincial headquarters (at Lashkar Gah) would benefit from seeing how those services work together."
Lt Colonel Piggott is leading a unit of almost 500 soldiers from the Royal Dragoon Guards - 20% of whom are from Northern Ireland - based at a military operating base in Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
They are part of the police mentoring and advisory group working with the fledgling Afghan force to develop their capability, confidence, authority and basic accountability. They mentor some of the 11 units which make up the Afghan National Police including the uniformed officers, intelligence unit and riot squad.
Last autumn, PSNI officers flew to the RDG base at Catterick in North Yorkshire to host two training sessions for rank and file soldiers.
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Strong's Number: 06611
Original WordWord Origin
hyxtpfrom (06605) and (03050)
Transliterated WordTDNT Entry
Phonetic SpellingParts of Speech
peth-akh-yaw' Proper Name Masculine
Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"
1. a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
2. a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3
3. a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
4. son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people
King James Word Usage - Total: 4
Pethahiah 4
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1 Chronicles1
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What would you think if I told you he drove six hours each way every Friday night to sit in the stands and support his son who never made it off the sidelines?
What if I told you he learned military lingo, base names, and deployment details so he could relate to his oldest son, the Marine?
What if I told you his marriage dissolved while his boys were young teens, but he chose to pay the mortgage on the house for six more years so his boys did not have to move homes?
What if I told you he returned to do the yard work and house maintenance for years because he wanted to honor his commitment to take care of his family?
What if I told you he now pays college tuition so his youngest son can fulfill his dream of being a computer programmer?
What if I told you he supported his ex-wife’s new marriage and makes every attempt to be kind to her new husband?
What if I told you he is now in a long-term committed relationship with someone who welcomes his kids into their home without question?
What if I told you all that? What sort of father does that description paint?
A dedicated father who would do anything to raise his children well? A man who believes in a commitment and the importance of family?
Yes. All of this and more.
Now what if I told you he is gay?
Does that change anything? Does that change the type of parent this man is? Does that change your opinion of him?
Does that change his commitment, his dedication, or his love?
No. Of course not.
This man is a fabulous father. This man is my friend. And this man has faced criticism, judgment, and near banishment since revealing his sexuality seven years ago. Throughout all of it, he held his head high and supported his sons. While his friends and family spent time judging and criticizing, he spent time raising productive children who will contribute to society and be successful adults. No holidays, birthdays, ball games, or band concerts were missed. He refused to let others dictate the type of father he was allowed to be.
A good father is a good father, no matter who he sleeps with at night.
A child is a child. A parent is a parent. Sexuality should play no role in this relationship.
We have made strides in acceptance, but we have a long way to go and anything short of this acceptance only harms families in the long run.
So judge not. Accept on.
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keen natural aptitude, exceptional opportunities, and freedom from the preoccupations of bread-winning, what are we to expect from the parliament man to whom political science is as remote and distasteful as the differential calculus, and to whom such an elementary but vital point as the law of economic rent is a pons asinorum never to be approached, much less crossed? Or from the common voter who is mostly so hard at work all day earning a living that he cannot keep awake for five minutes over a book?
In truth, mankind cannot be saved from without, by schoolmasters or any other sort of masters: it can only be lamed and enslaved by them. It is said that if you wash a cat it will never again wash itself. This may or may not be true: what is certain is that if you teach a man anything he will never learn it; and if you cure him of a disease he will be unable to cure himself the next time it attacks him. Therefore, if you want to see a cat clean, you throw a bucket of mud over it, when it will immediately take extraordinary pains to lick the mud off, and finally be cleaner than it was before. In the same way doctors who are up-to-date (Burge-Lubin per cent of all the registered practitioners, and 20 per cent of the unregistered ones), when they want to rid you of a disease or a symptom, inoculate you with that disease or give you a drug that produces that symptom, in order to provoke you to resist it as the mud provokes the cat to wash itself.
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The sparest versions of this soup are chicken broth, eggs, and a sprinkle of hard cheese. Long, thin pasta in the broth with the egg gives the bowl more heft. Use cheese or parsley as the garnish.
Salt and pepper, to taste
4 ounces angel hair, thin spaghetti, or other long, thin pasta
3 quarts chicken stock
1 teaspoon white or cider vinegar
4 eggs, cracked into 4 cups
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsleyor Parmesan
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the angel hair or spaghetti or other pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 to 8 minutes or until it is tender but still has some bite. Drain the spaghetti without rinsing.
2. In the pot, bring the chicken stock to a boil and return the pasta to the pot. Taste the stock for seasoning and add more salt, if you like.
3. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add the vinegar. With the end of a spoon, start stirring the water until it forms a vortex. Drop in the eggs, one at a time. Use the spoon to gently curl “tails” of egg onto their yolks.Lower the heat and simmer for 4 minutes or until the whites are firm (the yolks should be runny). Remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate. Use scissors to trim off any spidery ends.
4. Ladle the stock and pasta into each of 4 deep bowls. Add an egg to each one and sprinkle with pepper and parsley or Parmesan. Sheryl Julian | http://www.boston.com/2013/01/21/seasrecsoup/yDmRuxhzjzVnxjS3ySxx3K/story.html?comments=all&ia=14882728 | dclm-gs1-277110000 |
0.215152 | <urn:uuid:631e7929-1699-45f7-b204-ecb1172b0ed9> | en | 0.964891 | LETTER: Congress looks out for itself
Delbert Rankin, Evansville
Congress looks out for itself, not us
A Judas Goat is an animal that leads a herd of sheep into the pens to be slaughtered. The goat itself is then allowed to exit through a small gate, leaving the sheep to their doom.
Our Judas Goat is Congress. It has needlessly led us to the point of financial collapse and like the goat, will not allow themselves to be involved in the collapse.
The reason for this mess is that those we allow to make these decisions don't have to live with them. Their retirements have no age restrictions and are very generous. Why do they even get a retirement? Two years and set for life. I don't blame them. I blame us.
In the recent elections, with a few exceptions, we have stayed the course and the course of course has been all downhill. We will now have the same people who brought us to the brink, in office for two to six more years. No wonder they feel invincible. It isn't surprising that they pass unread budgets or declare unjustifiable wars. It's neither their money nor their children at risk.
The problem is that people are too mindless to care for themselves. By far the larger problem is who they then allow "to take care of them" or more to the point, "to take them."
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crusader writes:
Is this news? When did our elected officials ever NOT look out for themselves??
letsallgetalong writes:
Larry Buschon represents himself. Period.
whywhywhy writes:
You have a political party that controls the House by majority and the Senate by filibuster that fully realizes they are losing the war and, have decided to go down fighting for the ideals that they believe in, regardless of what it does to the majority of Americans and, they do this, as the writer points out, knowing it won't affect them or their families.
shoe writes:
The one point in this article I do agree with is that people are to mindless to think for themselves. Never a truer statement made, the next generation of American children won't know how to wipe their noses without government intervention.
olddoggie writes:
Congress is controlled by lobbyists-congress is only a mouthpiece for their lobbyists. Money not people determines what congress does. The Citizens United decision only guarantees this will get worse in the future.
whymakeithard writes:
Every political letter or article ends up in a "this side vs that side" which allows the poiticians to retain all the power.
Picture this in your mind. Your standing on a bridge overlooking a set of railroad tracks. Follow them as far as the eye can and they eventually come to the same point. Now, picture one rail red and the other blue ........ that my friends is todays politics. Pick the rail of your choice ....... they lead to the same point.
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RE: Well
By bety on 12/11/2010 1:10:11 AM , Rating: 1 is COMPLETELY fair to compare two CURRENTLY competing don't get a pass because you started late!! That's ridiculous!! It's not OK to release tech years behind and justify it by claiming you just started!! You have to be an incredibly MS fanatic to accept that.
As to the "whining"...which is really completely legitimate criticism of a product, lacking in key features which it's competitors have (completely unacceptable if you are hoping to break into a market with strong established players), sure, it will stop complaints about those two missing features. It doesn't make the current criticism any less valid. It was still an embarrassing and completely laughable omission on MS's part. Personally, I was more shocked by the lack of of the key reasons I moved to a smart phone. I just can't believe that flaw!
RE: Well
By inighthawki on 12/11/2010 1:57:36 AM , Rating: 4
quote: don't get a pass because you started late!!
Of course you do, how is this not an important factor? Sure it is not going to help MS by releasing a product with an inferior feature set, and if those features are necessary, don't choose the phone! But how can you for a single moment BLAME that lack of features on starting the project YEARS after Apple? It's not like they intentionally gave Apple a head start then failed, they just started development much later, at which point what is really important to compare is not what features exist at any specific time, but what features you need and when other features are coming. and the fact that MS is rolling out updates pretty damn quickly to correct problems from release (months compared to Apple's years) I don;t think we can really blame them for anything.
And take it from someone who really dislikes Apple, but if they released their own version of something like .NET soon, I would certainly not expect it to be on par with Microsoft's .NET platform, and how could it be when MS has been working on it for over ten years now?
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Date: 11/10/12
Advantages: Strong realisation of the near future, original (but not too complex) plot
Disadvantages: Slow-paced at times, predictable ending
Looper is Rian Johnson's follow up to his school-noir Brick, a film that was mostly (and shamefully) ignored on release. Showing his versatility as a writer/director, it takes the same noir styling and applies it to a science fiction/future world.
The year is 2044. Time travel has not yet been invented, but in 2074 it has and is controlled by ruthless criminals who use it to eliminate enemies. They kidnap them and send them back to 2044 where a "Looper", a paid assassin kills them and disposes of the body, so that there is no evidence of the crime in the future. There's a catch, though. If a Looper is still alive in 2074, he is tracked down, kidnapped and sent to the past where he is eliminated by his past self in order to "close the loop" and remove any evidence of the murders.
If you are already confused and worried that Looper is going to one of those mind-blowingly complicated time travel films like Donnie Darko, rest easy. For a start, that brief plot summary tells you pretty much all you need to know about Looper. Secondly, the key elements are explained much better during the film's opening sequences. Looper has a veneer of complexity, but once you grasp the essential elements it is actually reasonably straightforward.
It's possibly fair to say that Looper never fully exploits its time travel idea as much as it might and is not always as convincing or coherent as it might be. It certainly skirts around things like time travel paradoxes which are a normally a staple of the science fiction scene. In some ways, this works in the film's favour. After all, there are already dozens of films that deal with time travel paradoxes, so it would have difficult for Looper to find a fresh angle. On the other hand, you sometimes get the feeling that Looper is avoiding these issues simply because it doesn't have any convincing answers to offer!
If you stop and think about Looper for more than a few minutes, you will identify plot holes large enough to drive several buses through. This is actually less of an issue than you might think. The fact is that Looper will mostly keep you entertained and whilst you are aware of plot holes as the film progresses, they are not enough to destroy it. It's only after the end credits roll that you stop and think about how big some of those holes actually are; and by that time you don't care because you've already enjoyed the film.
It's true that there are times when the packing is a little slow and it can be a little too talky. This is not really a film that supports large amounts of dialogue or fumbling attempts at character development. As with so many modern films, it could have benefited from a bit of tighter editing and the loss of 15 minutes or so off the running time would not have harmed it at all. The ending could also have done with a rethink, since it shifts completely in tone and is rather predictable. As events were progressing, I could think of only two possible outcomes: a really obvious one that they would never go for, and another one, which they did. For all its outward veneer of complexity, Looper is, at times, disappointingly simple.
Where it is very strong is in creating a vision of the world 30 years from now. It has a Bladerunner vibe to it: everything is still recognizable to early 21st century eyes, but subtly different, evolved in small, but significant ways. Society has degraded even further and the cult of "me" and selfish narcissism has got worse. Depressingly, you can well believe that in thirty years' time, Looper's vision will be the reality. This gives the film a sort of gritty realism which allows you to overlook some of the weaknesses of the plot.
Putting aside the fact that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis look nothing like each other, the cast on the whole do a very good job. After strong performances in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises, Gordon-Levitt is quickly establishing himself as the go to man for a whole range of roles, particularly if you want someone hero can star in the more thoughtful type of blockbuster. His Looper Joe is both horrible and curiously attractive.
Bruce Willis backs this up with a good supporting turn as Joe's older self who is out to change the future. It might be Willis doing what he has always done (the furrowed brow and trademark smirk), but it's a perfectly acceptable performance. It might lack some of the emotional intensity of some of the other roles, but this is because the script often sidelines Willis in favour of the relationship between Joe and Sarah (Emily Blunt). Crucially, both Gordon-Levitt and Willis turn what should be a deeply unlikable character into someone the audience can root for, in both his present and future self.
Emily Blunt is excellent as Sarah, the mother of a young child that Young Joe seeks to protect (for reasons far too complicated to go into here). OK, so her falling for Joe is a little too convenient and rushed to be believable, but she does well with a role that requires her to be both feisty and scared; pulling off those two very different emotions with conviction.
The best performance, though, comes from the youngest member of the cast. Pierce Gagnon might only be about eight, but what he lacks in years he more than makes up for in acting ability. His performance is very reminiscent of the young Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense and he shows an emotional versatility far, far beyond his level of experience. One moment he is a screaming, terrifying demonic child, the next he is a lost little boy, anxious for a hug. It's an incredible, assured performance which gives the film an emotional heart you might not normally expect. If (heaven forbid) they were to (re)remake The Omen, Gagnon should be first choice for Damian.
Overall Looper was better than your average blockbuster. It might be a little slow in places and never fully exploit some of the ideas it floats, but it's fun on several different levels. Forget about plot holes or inconsistencies and concentrate on the positives: an interesting storyline, strong visualization of a future society and good performances from a likeable cast. It's not perfect, but it's a damn sight better than many other films I've seen this year.
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In May 1999, it became fully operational again, having been refitted and redubbed PEP-II. The refit turned it into a “factory” for producing particles called B-mesons. Its new mission was to answer a question so profound that only a physicist would think of asking it: why is the universe made of matter? This week, its operators reported part of the possible answer.
Fearful symmetry
The reason why the question is worth asking is that most fundamental things in the universe seem to come in symmetrical pairs. In particular, every type of particle of which matter is composed has an equal and opposite antiparticle composed of antimatter. As every schoolboy knows, if you bring a particle and an antiparticle together, they annihilate each other in a burst of energy. Less well known is that the opposite can also happen: energy can turn spontaneously into something more tangible. When it does so, each particle of matter produced is accompanied by an appropriate antiparticle.
The Big Bang in which the universe was created was followed by the condensation out of a huge amount of energy of zillions upon zillions of such matter-antimatter pairs. So the naive assumption might be that the early universe must have contained equal amounts of matter and antimatter. But that would suggest that, when things had cooled down a bit, these particles would eventually have annihilated one another leaving nothing but energy behind. Fortunately, this naive view is wrong, as a train of events that started almost half a century ago showed.
In 1956, Chien-Shiung Wu, of Columbia University, demonstrated that certain particles have an inherent sense of left and right. The result is that their images in a mirror would not, in fact, be “mirror images” in the sense that most people understand the term. Instead, those images would be backwards in what looks like a physically impossible way.
Parity violation, as this phenomenon is called, came as a shock to theorists, but they were able to compensate for it by incorporating the effects of electric charge into their models. The resulting charge-parity symmetry solved the mirror-image problem—in theory. Yet when experimentalists began to investigate it, they found that, just occasionally, there was something wrong. The wrongness, which turned up in the interactions of particles called K-mesons, implied that matter and antimatter are not truly symmetrical. That would allow more of the former than the latter to present just after the Big Bang.
A question of degrees
But not, sadly, enough more. This is where B-factories come in. Theory suggests that B-mesons, too, should show this asymmetry. Indeed, they should show it more strongly than K-mesons do.
Unfortunately, B-mesons are hard to work with. This is because they decay very fast—usually within one and a half trillionths of a second of their creation. Because they are so short-lived, they have to be generated in huge numbers, and without too much clutter in the form of other sub-atomic particles, to make any meaningful studies of them possible. Two groups of physicists therefore decided to build specially designed machines that would spew out B-mesons in quantity, unlike typical particle accelerators, which produce an unwieldy mess of particles.
The revamped SLAC accelerator is one of these machines. The other is at KEK, a particle-physics centre in Tsukuba, near Tokyo. The two projects have been engaged in a race from the beginning. SLAC beat KEK to the first production of B-mesons by a fortnight back in 1999. It now seems to have about the same edge with the publication of the first results.
These results do, indeed, show an asymmetry in the behaviour of B-mesons and anti-B-mesons. Sadly, it is in the range that theory predicts—ie, not enough to account for all the matter in the universe. But, just as with map making, this search for matter-antimatter asymmetry requires triangulation. Two other, and different, measurements must therefore be made to resolve the question properly. Each of these measurements is the equivalent of an angle in a triangle—albeit one whose angles are located by esoteric entities known as complex numbers.
But, complex or simple, the angles of a triangle still have to add up to 180°. If, when the other two values are in, they do so, the mystery will remain. If not, the theory will have cracked open. The source of the extra asymmetry, and thus the extra matter, may then be staring researchers in the face. | http://www.economist.com/node/691237 | dclm-gs1-277530000 |
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How Carbon Bill Would Hit Valero Energy
William Klesse, chief executive of oil refiner Valero Energy, is riled up. “I think cap-and-trade is ludicrous,” he says. “The whole bill is a hidden tax.” The so-called climate bill wending its way through the Senate aims to create a cap-and-trade regime covering emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. If it passes in anything close to its current form, the bill would milk more carbon cash (payments to the government for the right to pollute) out of refiners than any other industry–somewhere between $30 billion and $110 billion a year. Valero, as America’s biggest refiner (2.4 million barrels a day), would pay on the order of $7 billion a year.
The numbers are massive because the bill would hit refiners twice. First they would have to pay for allocations covering the carbon emissions from their factories (roughly 5% of total U.S. emissions). Then they would also be responsible for the tailpipe emissions from the combustion of all the automotive fuels they sell (roughly 40% of U.S. emissions). Klesse, 62, moans that politicians are “picking winners and losers” in figuring emissions allocations.
One problem with this analysis: It’s motorists who will pay, as refiners simply tack carbon costs onto the price of gasoline. Valero Energy admits as much: Placards posted atop each pump at Valero’s 5,800 branded gas stations feature the iconic illustration of a finger-pointing Uncle Sam and the words, “You will pay the price.” The sign says that cap-and-trade “will cost you 77 cents or more a gallon.”
One thing Klesse does not need is yet another reason for people to buy less of his product. Even though rising fuel costs and taxes can mostly be passed along, they depress demand for refining. That causes refining margins to implode.
The U.S. will not in the near future (or maybe ever) use as much gasoline and diesel as the 580 million gallons a day sold in 2007. The recession has cut demand 10%, forcing the industry to cancel or put on hold expansion plans that would have added 900,000 barrels per day of new capacity. Valero, which owns no gas or oil fields, lost $500 million in the third quarter on $19.5 billion in sales, while reducing runs at its 16 plants and shuttering its refinery in Aruba. Competitor Sunoco has idled its Eagle Point, N.J. refinery.
It will get worse. The litany of grief starts with congressional mandates to blend more ethanol into gasoline, further reducing demand for Valero’s distillation towers. A federal mandate will have the average new car getting 35.5mpg by 2016. General Motors is set to introduce the Volt, while Ford, Nissan and Tesla have received $8 billion in government incentives to build electric cars. “Economic recovery will not solve the problems faced by the refining industry,” says Roger Ihne, an analyst with Deloitte Consulting.
In five years the U.S. will have the plants to produce some 70 million more gallons of fuel a day than it needs, figures Deutsche Bank ‘s Paul Sankey. Under cap-and-trade that extra fuel wouldn’t be exported because it couldn’t compete with new refineries, unburdened with carbon regulations, in India, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and China. Though imported gasoline would be subject to carbon tariffs covering tailpipe emissions, it wouldn’t be subject to regulations on plant emissions, giving imports a giant 5-cents-per-gallon cost advantage, even after shipping costs, according to Deloitte’s Ihne. He figures that under cap-and-trade, imports, which now account for 16% of refined petroleum products, could easily return to the 25% share they held in 2006 when the dollar and demand were strong.
Ihne predicts that at least 15 of the current 150 plants, capable of processing roughly 2 million barrels of oil a day, will close, eliminating 5,000 jobs. Sankey suggests that U.S. refiners push lawmakers to pass protectionist tariffs on imported fuel, on the grounds that U.S. refineries are more environmentally friendly than their overseas competitors.
In the past decade Valero adjusted many of its plants to take heavy, sulfurous oil that historically sells at a discount to light, sweet crude. In early 2008 that discount was as wide as $30 a barrel, leaving plenty of profit potential despite the added costs of heating and boiling the gunk. This year, however, the discount has shrunk to less than $5 a barrel; heavy crude is the first grade that quota-constrained OPEC producers shut in when prices plunge. The heavy crude also produces more carbon dioxide. “What looked like a cheap feedstock may now mean a costly carbon footprint,” says Ihne.
So who wins and loses in the shakeout? Winners: the small players in isolated, landlocked markets, like Holly Corp. and Frontier Oil in the Rocky Mountains. Survivors: the globally integrated petroleum producers. ExxonMobil lost $200 million on U.S. refining operations in the third quarter but has ample profits from oil and gas fields to absorb refinery losses until weaker players fall out of the U.S. market. No wonder Shell and BP are backing cap-and-trade (Exxon still prefers the certainty of a flat carbon tax).
Losers: companies like Valero, Sunoco and Tesoro , which are refiners only and own plants in coastal areas that are thick with both refineries and import tankers. Klesse says he’d like to find a buyer for Valero’s two East Coast plants. Daniel Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, says the refiners should stop whining. He insists that the requirement to buy emissions credits will spur refiners to look for new ways to cut emissions. “Once we take the debate away from the lobbyists and hand it over to the engineers, there’s no telling how many efficiencies we’ll find,” he says.
Last year Valero bought seven ethanol plants from bankrupt Verasun for $480 million, 30% of replacement cost. The plants make 51,000 barrels of ethanol a day, roughly a third of what Valero needs to blend with its gasoline. This year Klesse christened a 33-turbine wind farm on the grounds of Valero’s McKee refinery in the Texas Panhandle. It generates 50 megawatts, enough to cover most of the plant’s power needs and pay for itself in ten years. “We’re not opposed to renewable energy,” he says. “But these things should have to compete in the market.”
He’s also thinking about replacing old oil boilers, which convert energy to heat with 82% efficiency, with new ones that are 92% efficient. “But it’s hard to invest in any upgrades when you don’t know what the price of carbon is going to be.”
Klesse can’t change what Valero is. It’s unlikely he’ll find a buyer for the plant in Aruba or the two on the East Coast he wants to sell. And don’t hold your breath for a congressional oil refiner bailout.
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This game is amazing! The graphics are outstanding, the animation is great... everything is awesome! When I saw the gun bobbing up and down and the detail of it, I was completely astounded! The action is intense and the vehicles ar really cool, especially the boats. I have never seen boats in a FPS on the Xbox and they're really neat to drive! Battlefield 2: Modern Combat will give you hours of enjoyment. This is a really addictive and fun game!!!! This game is a must buy, especially if you have Xbox Live!!! So go out and buy it NOW!!!!! You won't be disappointed! | http://www.gamespot.com/grand-theft-auto/user-reviews/2200-285303/ | dclm-gs1-277730000 |
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Shin Megami Tensei is the 4th numbered title in the popular JRPG series. Shin Megami Tensei has been known for their unique use of cunning, sarcastic, and frightening demons, as well as their mature, dark, engaging plots. With the release of SMTIV fans are undoubtedly expecting them to improve on this reputation. Make no mistake, Atlus has done just that.
Story 9/10
Demons, angels, and humans. All at each other throats struggling for survival, power, and dominance over each other. Where do you fit among this chaos? Well, SMTIV starts off fairly simple. You are put in the shoes of a young protagonist with one simple goal; to become a samurai. A samurai is basically a chosen citizen of Mikado who is trained to guard the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado as well as combat demons. Since the story is arguably one of the most important parts of the game, heres your spoiler free synopsis.
You are in East Mikado. Mikado is seemingly chivalric country that is broken up into two main groups, citizens of nobility are known as Luxurors and the lower class peasants are known as Casualries You attend the Ceremony of the Gauntlet and are appointed to become a samurai. You soon meet up with Walter, Jonathan, and Isabeau. These are three unique NPC with distinct personalities as you will soon find out. You are a samurai and youve even met new friends. Surely nothing can possibly go wrong now. Well unfortunately it does. Soon after a pretty in-depth tutorial things start to go south for our new samuraisand I mean really south. You will slowly become dragged into all sorts of drama; wars between demons and humans, loyalties between your morals or your duty as a samurai, as well as choices that neither you nor our fellow samurais could have ever seen coming.
Speaking of choices, the choice system in SMTIV is absolutely well-crafted. SMTIV doesnt have your typical choice system that you would see in other games. The choices really stood out to me because they didnt have a morality feeling to them. The way choices are presented dont have a clear good or bad answer. They are genuinely just difficult choices to make. With that said, choices made throughout the adventure will have a dire effect on the conclusion of the story. This was a great decision by Atlus because it encourages the player to make choices based on how they actually feel about the situation presented before them, instead of choosing a certain choice just to have a good character or vice versa. SMTIV is a very mature game with mature themes. The plot can be overwhelming sometimes if you dont pay close attention to it, but trust me the sooner you listen and try to comprehend exactly what is going around you, the sooner you will realize how exceptional the writing is in this game.
Maybe I should have just became a farmer or something
Gameplay 9/10
Similar to previous entries in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, SMTIV utilizes the Press Turn System. This system provides a unique take on turn based battles. The main goal of this PTS is to take advantage of your enemies weaknesses. Exploiting enemys weaknesses allows for your team to get extra moves. Enemies will try to exploit your weaknesses as well in order to earn themselves more moves. You can also lose moves by having an attack blocked, absorbed, etc. This system is very interesting and highly encourages the player to focus of different builds depending of their weaknesses as well as the weaknesses of their enemies. While you explore the world in third person, combat takes place in 2D, first person. This is absolutely awesome. Some might not embrace this style of play but Atlus uses a very unique art style (which Ill get to later) with the demons to make looking at these 2D images extremely engaging.
Demons. Oh yes demons. That is the cream of the crop of the Megami Tensei franchise. For people new to the series, think Pokémon. While in battle with the demons, you can catch them, but dont think youll just be throwing a little ball and crossing your fingers. Atlus is a little bit more devious than that. In order to catch demons and make them fight for you, you must negotiate them. Thats right negotiate. During battles you can talk to demons and convince them to join your side. Believe me this is not as easy as it sounds. Demons will try to extort you for health, items, and macca (money) just to join you. Most of the time demons will just simply take all your willing to give, insult you, and then finally leave you with a dumb look on your face and angry in your heart. This is where Atlus makes things interesting. You must know when to tell a demon no. You must be able to negotiate properly in order to essentially tell a demon what you think they want to hear to sway their hearts to join your cause. The more demons you get to join you to more you will begin to fill your compendium (demon collection). When you finally start getting these tricky little demons to join you, its time to fuse. Mido is a computer program that allows you to fuse demons you have gotten to join you. Demons can fuse with other demons to create a stronger demon with a mixture of both the original moves as well as it owns. Fusing is a very necessary as well as helpful way to strategize. Fusing correctly can give you access to incredibly strong demons earlier and even later in the game. Formulating the perfect party using negotiations and fuses will be important to your survival. Burroughs is also a very key piece you will need to survive.
You will get to know this "Mysterious Man" pretty well
Burroughs is an AI that is installed in your gauntlet. She organizes everything for you. She also keeps you informed about what quest you currently have activated. There are tons of side quest that you will have access to and Burroughs is great at keeping you updated on exactly what needs to be done to complete each one. She also gives you access to an app store. The app store is crucial to your progression as you level up and get experience you will increase your stats as well as earn app points. These app points can be used to buy tons of things ranging from more demon slots, negotiation techniques, gradual health increase etc. Using the app store will surely increase your chances of not becoming demon meat while exploring this massive world.
The world in SMTIV is huge. There isnt any other way to explain it. The majority of the exploration is in 3rd person. There are plenty of things to find by exploring such as relics, side quest, macca, items etc. The one thing that holds the actual exploration back a tad bit is the overhead map. The overhead map is very simple but can be confusing. Your character and enemies will be represented by a blue icon. The color scheme for the map can sometimes make it confusing to navigate and you will probably find yourself going into dead end, or accidentally retracing your steps. With that said when you finally find out where youre going and get back on track you will begin to discover terminals these terminals act as fast travel zones for you to warp to. After you begin to learn to navigate the world, things will become easier for you and you will get immersed into this massive world because that exactly what it is massive.
Yes I'll give you my first born child
Visuals & Sound 10/10
The art style in SMTIV is wonderfully unique. The 2D images of the demons are well drawn out and each and every one of them have their own crazy look to them. This is a dark toned game as you will begin to see and Atlus has done a great job in showing how dark this world can be with their color scheme. The 3D world is just as stunning. Character models look fantastic. SMTIV is the first game in the main series to be fully voice acted as well. The voice acting is a welcomed addition to the series. Now you can actually hear the demons insult you before they take your items and run. The score is spectacular. Even though the overhead map can be difficult to navigate, while youre lost you will have some catchy tunes to listen to. Every area of SMTIV has a great tune to get you immersed into whatever the current situation is. SMTIV is hands down one of the best looking as well as sounding games to hit the 3DS thus far.
A massive world to explore
Playtime & Replayability 10/10
SMTIV is a very long game. A single playthrough will net you roughly 50-70 hours of playtime depending on your difficulty. There are tons of reason to replay it again. Picking different choices, recruiting new demons, as well as playing on a harder difficulty setting are just a few. For anybody who wants to completely get the maximum amount of content (and believe me theres a lot) out of this game multiple playthroughs is a requirement and trust me you wont regret it.
Final Verdict 9/10
Engaging Plot
Unique Art Style
Demon Negotiation
Confusing Overhead Map
Closing Comments
SMTIV is a breath of fresh air for classic RPGs. With most modern RPGs going the action route, it becomes harder and harder to find a great RPG that sticks to the roots and foundation of what RPGs were initially built upon. Atlus has proved to fans of the genre that classic RPGs are can still be stronger than ever. | http://www.gamespot.com/profile/jparis09/blog/shin-megami-tensei-iv-review-by-jparis09/26039301/ | dclm-gs1-277740000 |
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Publication numberUS4660788 A
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 06/213,864
Publication dateApr 28, 1987
Filing dateDec 8, 1980
Priority dateDec 6, 1979
Also published asDE2949133A1, DE2949133C2
Publication number06213864, 213864, US 4660788 A, US 4660788A, US-A-4660788, US4660788 A, US4660788A
InventorsPeter Thiede
Original AssigneeVereinigte Flugtechnische Werke Gmbh
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Supercritical wing
US 4660788 A
A supercritical wing of the variety in which the compression shock is stabilized is being improved by providing a suction device, substantially along the entire wing span, right at the chord station of the upper-wing surface where intercepting the sonic line. Specific rules concerning the suction and suction slit are given. A small chord station range may be covered by a movable slot or several parallel-running slots. The surface contour may be modified right at a slot to, thereby stabilize the compression shock further. The invention shifts buffet onset to larger off-design Mach numbers and angles of attack.
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I claim:
1. Supercritical airfoil having a contour which stabilizes the zone of compression shock production to a limited chord range on the upper surface, the improvement comprising:
means disposed exclusively in the limited chord range for sucking up a portion of the turbulent boundary layer.
2. An airfoil as in claim 1, the range being between chord 55% to 70% of relative chord depths, there being at least one slot in that range, the slot extending substantially along the entire wing span.
3. An airfoil as in claim 1, the means including at least one slot in said range, there being a suction channel underneath the slot, inside said airfoil.
4. An airfoil as in claim 1, 2, or 3, there being plural, parallel-running slots in said range.
5. An airfoil as in claim 2 or 3, the slot being established by a diaphragm, there being means for movably mounting the slot to the airfoil.
6. An airfoil as in claim 3, the suction pressure being selected so that the suction speed is approximately equal to the means' velocity of the boundary layer portion being sucked up.
7. An airfoil as in claim 2, 3, or 6, the slot having a width of about one-half to one-quarter of the the boundary layer in the wing's upper surface, in front of the slot.
8. An airfoil as in claim 1, the means including one slot extending for approximately the entire wing span, the contour of the airfoil being modified toward a slight outward extension, resulting in a hypothetical kink in the slot area, to further stabilize the shock-producing area right at the slot.
The present invention relates to a supercritical wing for aircraft.
A supercritical wing is defined or commonly understood to be an airfoil designed for subsonic flights, but having a flow field along its upper surface which flow field includes an extended portion that is supersonic. Wings and airfoils of this type are usually designed for a Mach number not exceeding 0.85. A wing of this type is, for example, disclosed in German printed patent application 27 12 717 (see also U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 888,319, filed Mar. 20, 1978 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,003) The upper surface of this particular wing develops a significant transsonic suction region which drops continuously toward the rear end, substantially without development of compression shocks. The same is not true with regard to earlier wing designs such as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,952,971 and 4,072,282.
Shock-free behavior of the wing as per U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,003 (Ser. No. 888,319) is true only for a particular angle of attack and a particular Mach number. Upon increasing either, a compression shock will develop, increasing in intensity with increasing angle of attack and/or Mach number. However, that particular wing is designed to stabilize the location of that shock on the wing's upper surface. This way, one avoids changes of the longitudinal moment in the off-design range.
It was observed, however, that this known wing is limited in its range of use by the so-called buffet onset, i.e., by the development of in-stationary, shock-induced separations and the effect such separations have upon the flow pattern around the wing.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a supercritical wing in which a shock-induced boundary layer separation occurs for stronger shocks only, and only for larger angles of attack and larger Mach numbers than in the case of the known wing profiles.
It is, therefore, another, but related, object of the present invention to improve the useful, operational range for supercritical wings and to improve flight performance accordingly. The preferred wing profile to be improved as per the present invention is one which exhibits no shock for the design Mach number and angle of attack; but the invention is also applicable in cases in which a relatively weak compression shock occurs even for the design-operating case.
It is thus a specific object of the present invention to improve airfoils and wings of the type in which the location of shock formation has been stabilized in such a way as shown in U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 888,319 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,003.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is suggested to improve a supercritical airfoil as per the objects, particularly as per the specific object, by providing suction along the upper surface of the wing at the location of formation and development of a shock in order to suck up a portion of the boundary layer. This partial sucking-up of the turbulent boundary layer shifts the shockinduced boundary layer separation toward a larger shock. Shock point migrations, resulting otherwise from the separation, and in-stationary shock oscillations (buffeting) are thus suppressed in an extended off-design range, as compared to situations which would exist if the suction were not provided for at the specified location. Thus, the invention stabilizes the transsonic flow pattern across the wing beyond the range attained by mere profiling. One may also say that the invention shifts the (ultimately inevitable) buffet onset to larger off-design Mach numbers and larger angles of attack, resulting in correspondingly larger lift coefficients and lower drag coefficients in Mach number and angle of attack ranges in which, otherwise, the performance would drop drastically. The design number for the lift/drag ratio is improved accordingly.
The suction as per the invention reduces also the boundary layer in the below-buffet onset range which enhances lift. Of course, the suction requires a certain amount of additional equipment; but it is believed that, at least as far as cost is concerned, this expenditure is partially offset by the overall reduction in drag and increase in lift.
The advantage of the invention is not limited to commercial aircraft and the commonly used Mach numbers. Military aircraft are also improved, even at their transsonic speed range, as far as their maneuverability is concerned because buffeting is also here a limiting factor.
It should be noted that suction or blowing of the boundary layer is known per se for the subsonic range. See, e.g., German printed patent application 20 35 445 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,801,048. The purpose of the known suction or blowing is to prevent a change from laminar to turbulent boundary layer flow at critical points of the wing's profile and surface in order to prevent the separation of the laminar flow boundary layer by operation of such change-over to turbulence. The suction as per the present invention does not involve laminar flow, but is concentrated in a particular area of a particular type of wing, namely a wing which is contoured to stabilize the root of the sonic line which, of course, presupposes that a sonic line appears at the wing in the first place.
Generally speaking, a single suction slot suffices, having a width between one-quarter and one-half of the thickness of the boundary layer being sucked up. The suction pressure should be selected so that the suction speed is about equal to the mean speed in the boundary layer portion being sucked up. Contour modification of the wing right at the slot further stabilizes the sonic line and shock-producing zone right at the slot. Alternatively, one may provide a limited number of parallel slots, or a movable slot to cover the range of migration of the shock-producing zone and sonic line. In the preferred form of practicing the invention, using a wing whose profile follows the rules set out in U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,003 (Ser. No. 888,319), the slot or slots (or movable slot range) should be within 55% to 70% of chord depth, measured from the leading edge or nose of the wing.
The preferred embodiment of the invention, the objects and features of the invention, and further objects, features and advantages thereof, will be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a top elevation of a wing improved in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a section view at a particular location through the wing shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of detail III as so identified in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4a is a graph showing the pressure distribution of the wing and in the section plane as per FIG. 2, but without the inventive suction feature;
FIG. 4b is a graph similar to FIG. 4a, but with and without the suction feature as per the best mode of practicing the invention.
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the lift coefficient of the wing, in the section plane of FIG. 2, and plotted against the angle of attack.
FIG. 6 is a graph of the drag coefficient analogous to FIG. 5; and
FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 are schematic views of supercritical airfoil profiles improved in accordance with further examples of the preferred embodiment.
The wing 10 depicted in FIG. 1 and extending from the fuselage 11 of an aircraft is constructed to have an aspect ratio θ=9; a sweep-back angle ζ.sub.25 =28 η=0.4 (η being the relative distance from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft in the direction of wing span extention. As far as the wing's profile is concerned, FIGS. 2 and 3 depict sections at point η=0.65 as a representation. The profile is characterized by a rather large radius of the nose, a rather flat upper surface, but a rather strong curvature near the trailing edge. The wing's contour and its curvature distribution may follow the rules set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,003 (Ser. No. 888,319), even the specific example disclosed therein; but in the following, a rated Mach number of M=0.75 for a rated angle of attack of α is presumed as design parameters.
The upper surface 12 of the wing 1 is now provided with a suction slot 1, being particularly located in the upper wing surface, almost along the entire wing span. FIG. 2 shows also the sonic line (M=1) for this particular wing. That sonic line should end right at that slot 1. In other words, the location (chord station) of slot 1 is selected to be right at the root of the sonic line. This point on the wing which meets the sonic line is stabilized for the particular wing profile, it migrates little with an increase in the angle of attack or with increasing speed. One can also say that slot 1 is located at a station about x/l-0.6 which is in between the first curvature minimum and the curvature maximum of the upper surface. The sonic line moves over a range from about x/l=0.55 to 0.7, and the location of the slot is limited to that range.
The opening or slot 1 leads to a suction channel or suction plenum chamber 2 attached to the upper surface skin inside the wing. This channel 2 leads to a suction unit being disposed either in the fuselage 11 or in the wing itself. If the suction pump is disposed in the fuselage, a common unit can be used for both wings. Less powerful pumps are needed if a separate one is provided for each wing. The choice here is dictated primarily by other design considerations and availability of space.
The width S of the slot 1 is dimensioned to be less than the height of the boundary layer to be sucked up. FIG. 3 shows also the velocity profile (u(x, z)) fore and aft of the slot; the profiles are particularly drawn for the boundary region. The figure is a section through the wing for η=0.65. The boundary layer has a thickness δ, This thickness has a value δ.sub.I upstream from the slot 1 and a reduced value δ.sub.II downstream therefrom. The slot width S should be about 1/4th to 1/2 of δ.sub.I, which is about Z.sub.Q, as shown. The pressure in chamber 2 is selected so that the suction speed equals approximately the mean velocity of the portion of the boundary layer (Z.sub.Q) to be sucked up. Such a value for the suction speed avoids any significant accelerations or decelerations in the boundary layer as it is being sucked up. The suction reduces the boundary layer thickness and provides a "rounder" profile contour. This is particularly instrumental in the prevention of separation, when the actual angle of attack and/or the actual Mach number increases during the flight.
The advantage of the invention is further demonstrated by FIGS. 4a and 4b. The solidly drawn curves in FIG. 4a depict the pressure distribution on upper and lower surfaces plotted from the nose (x/l=0) to the trailing edge (x/l=1) and for the stated parameters, Mach number M and Reynold's number Re; as stated, the rated (design) angle of attack α The curves are all taken for profiles as per FIG. 2, at the wing location given by η=0.65.
The pressure distribution drops gradually from a peak value and is practically shockless. The dotted lines represent an off-design condition, in which the angle of attack α=5degree.. A strong shock appears at the end of the sonic line. This shock increases in severity with further increase of the angle of attack and/or with an increase in the Mach number beyond the rated number of M=0.75. It is presumed that suction is not provided for. Generally speaking, the shock severity increases when the angle of attack and/or the Mach number increases above their rated values. As the shock reaches a particular strength, one obtains at first a so-called separation bubble which "pops" for still higher shocks. The bursting of the bubble occurs actually ahead of boundary layer separation and is the equivalent of buffet onset. The FIG. 4a actually depicts a pressure distribution which just about concurs with buffet onset. In other words, the 5 shock point moves very little across the wing (in the direction of flight) until buffet onset has actually been reached, for a profile as per FIG. 2 and a design pressure distribution as per the solid curve in FIG. 4a.
FIG. 4b illustrates in a dashed curve the situation when buffet onset has been exceeded and suction is still not provided for. The angle of attack has been increased to and the Mach number has also increased to 0.76. The shock point has moved forward. All of the curves, as considered thus far, are applicable to a wing without suction as per the invention. This is particularly represented in FIG. 4b by a suction coefficient of C.sub.Q =0. The flow has separated from the wing.
The situation is quite different when suction is provided for at a suction coefficient of C.sub.Q =0.0006; this being a suction in accordance with the rule given above. The solid curve in FIG. 4b shows that, even for the off-design parameters α, M=0.76, the location of the shock point remains stabilized. The compression shock is relatively severe, but does not produce buffet onset.
FIGS. 5 and 6 compare supercritical wings with and without suction on a different basis. FIG. 5 shows the lift coefficient in dependence upon the angle of attack. The comparison is again made in a section plane, as per FIG. 2 (η=0.65). With no suction (dashed line, C.sub.Q =0), the lift coefficient drops slightly at the particular angle of attack for which buffet onset occurs. With suction (C.sub.Q =0,0006, solid line), overall lift is already slightly higher, but increases further to, thereby, avoid buffet onset. At much higher angles of attack, buffet onset will also occur here, but the critical angle has been shifted definitely to, thereby, enhance maneuverability of the aircraft.
FIG. 6 illustrates analogously the resistance or drag coefficient. Without suction (dashed line), the drag increases drastically on buffet onset; the increase is much smaller and a more gradual one while suction is provided for (solid line). FIGS. 5 and 6, thus, demonstrate that the performance of the wing and, therefore, of the aircraft as a whole is considerably improved by suction along the root of the sonic line in the wing's surface.
FIG. 7 illustrates a wing which is further supplemented by two additional slots, 3 and 4. These run parallel to suction slot 1, and each may have its own suction plenum. By means of manifolding, suction pressure may be switched from one slot to the next, depending upon the expected migration of the root of the sonic line and of the compression shock-producing zone. However, it is required that the sonic line moves only very little in the off-design-operating range, in the order of about 10% of chord depth or less, and the slots 1, 3, and 4 are spaced accordingly. In particular, they should all be located in chord stations within the range of x/l=0.55 to 0.7. Multiple slots offer the advantage that one can suck basically always right at the root of the sonic line, i.e., right at the area in which the compression shock is produced, even if that zone moves a little.
FIG. 8 illustrates another modification. The slot 5 in this case is quite wide, but is partially covered by a diaphragm-like element 7 having a narrow slot 6 commensurate with the design rules given above. The diaphragm 7 can be moved over a limited range, above the larger suction plenum 2' so that the slot 6 may follow a limited displacement of the sonic line and compression shock-producting zone. Thus, the diaphragm 7 will be controlled in accordance with the extent of current off-design, operational conditions to track the shock-producing zone. The range covered here will also be within the x/l=0.55 to 0.7 chord station range.
The airfoil design shown in FIG. 9 is an improvement over the single-slot design. The dotted line depicts the regular contour of the wing's upper surface, such as per U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 888,319, above. This contour is locally modified in the slot area (slot 8) in order to obtain a weak, outwardly extending contour kink. The profile is almost completely flat at the aft and fore of the slot, smouthly continuing the contour from a little beyond in either direction toward the slot so that the effective curvature is almost zero immediately at the fore and aft of the slot. The contour's discontinuity (kink) is "covered" by the suction slot. This was found to stabilize the sonic line and shock-producing zone in the suction zone.
It can, thus, be seen that the inventive design improves a supercritical wing and airfoil profile, provided the profile exhibits a stabilized location for compression shock; the suction as provided defers buffet onset to larger off-design-operating parameters and, thus, improves in such cases the lift-to-drag ratio.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above; but all changes and modifications thereof, not constituting departures from the spirit and scope of the invention, are intended to be included.
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U.S. Classification244/209
International ClassificationB64C23/04, B64C21/06
Cooperative ClassificationB64C2230/06, B64C2230/04, B64C23/04, Y02T50/166, B64C21/06
European ClassificationB64C21/06, B64C23/04
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'Insane' regulation threatened Anier deal
January 11, 2014
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STUART McCALL, the Motherwell manager, hit out yesterday at a little-known Scottish Professional Football League rule which stopped him sending a player out on loan and jeopardised the club's prospects of signing forward Henri Anier on a permanent contract. The rule - which was brought into effect when the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League merged last summer and was not highlighted to clubs - means that a club can now only send one player out to each side in the league system. Although Motherwell managed to complete the signing of Estonian striker Anier last night, McCall was furious that much of the club's work over the past week could have been for nothing. The Fir Park club had freed up money to offer erstwhile loanee Anier - his short- term spell from Viking Stavanger was to expire after today's match at Hearts - a permanent deal and had balanced the budget by arranging to send a second player to Dundee , to join Adam Cummins on loan. That loan arrangement, as well as the deal for Anier, was about to be rubber-stamped when McCall was informed by an agent that it would not be possible. "I'm flabbergasted, annoyed and stunned," admitted McCall, before Anier was signed belatedly. " Dundee didn't know. They came to me, and said 'can we take the two of them?' I didn't even think about it. We're trying to develop our young boys, bring them through and help them. You know what it's like with young boys, you want to go with your pal if you want, share the digs, the expenses, whatever it is. "I got a text from an agent last night, to flag it up, because he'd heard of another manager trying it in the lower levels not long ago. Now, why it wasn't flagged up to anyone then?" Last season's SPL rulebook stated that only one player could be loaned out to each top-flight side, a law put in place to stop richer teams bolstering their rivals with a group of players who would not be able to play against their parent club, therefore giving them an advantage. SFL rules, which were designed to span three divisions, were less stringent. But rather than create an adaption of the two variations, the new body chose instead to continue with the SPL version, which has no allowance for more than one player moving between leagues to the same club. "This rule of only [loaning only] one player to a club, certainly when you go lower down the leagues, it's insane, it's crazy," said McCall. "We didn't even give it a thought, because you look at Dunfermline, having three Dundee United players, you look at St Mirren having two from Newcastle . You wouldn't even think there was a change." It was reported on Thursday that Dunfermline will escape punishment for breaching the rule, as they were unaware of the impending change to regulation - and not informed at registration - when those loan deals were organised. St Mirren's later temporary acquisition of two Newcastle players, on the other hand, is apparently perfectly legal since cross-country arrangements are tackled under FIFA regulations, rather than with the SPFL. "When you go to referees meeting at the beginning of the season, we don't go through every rule, but we go through rules that have been changed," said McCall. "New rules, they are highlighted. So why this hasn't been flagged up? And so why can Newcastle send two to St Mirren? It's barking mad. And for an agent to text me, and then read it here. Leeann [Dempster] , our chief exec, didn't know!" McCall and Motherwell will raise the issue at an SPFL meeting at Hampden on Monday, and while SPFL officials are believed to recognise that the rule should be changed, it is unlikely that any amendment to regulation will be made in time to conduct business during this transfer window. Anier, meanwhile, was delighted to have eventually signed on at Fir Park . "I am really happy things are tied up and my long-term future is sorted out," he said. "I've really enjoyed the last six months in Scotland , the physicality of the game and how high-tempo it is. It's quick and technically good too, a real challenge. "My aim now is to try and develop as a player, score as many goals as I can for Motherwell and hopefully finish as high up the table as possible."
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Pan Fried Caraway Crusted Salmon With Caramelized Apples And Veggies
Salmon is a priced fish and every dish you add it to has to be gourmet and unique. This video shows a similar recipe of pan fried salmon flavored with caraway seeds. It is simple and whips up real fast. Get some salmon and try it today. - 110.226
Fried Apples With Brown Sugar Cream
Well this is a winner. Watch Chef Brian make a healthy fried apple snack and top it off with some lemon mint cream. So Good! Perfect to celebrate the abundance of apples in the fall season! - 101.808
Pork Tenderloin Cutlets With Apple Cider Mustard Pan Sauce
Pork Tenderloin With An Apple Cider Sauce is a wonderful dish with a scrumptious taste. The seasoned crispy pork loin cutlets are served with an amazing sauce prepared with the apple cider, shallots, apples and flavoured with the thyme and champagne mustard,... - 110.21
Wegmans Pan-seared Chicken With Apple Maple Gravy
Get Wegmans Executive Chef Russell Ferguson's tutelage for creating a restaurant-quality entrée using our pan-searing technique and basting with Shallot Butter. Then you build a sauce using reduced maple syrup, sharp apple cider vinegar, and prepared Chicken... - 0
Country Ribs Braised With Apple Kraut
Tender braised ribs and a mild apple kraut over mashed potatoes, perfect for Oktoberfest or just watching football on a cool fall day. Also includes tips for sautéed or caramelized apples with pork chops. - 0
Apple Crumble
Tonight I made a dessert inspired by apple crumble. - 89.9125
Pan Roasted Quail With Calvados And Green Apples
MAKING 1)Dredge the quails in the seasoned flour. 2)Take a pan, melt the butter and add the oil. 3)Once the foam reduces, add the quail and lightly brown on both sides. 4)Lower the heat and cook for upto 5 minutes till well cooked. 5)Take a heated platter and... - 46.1749
Cornflake, Apple & Lemon Croquettes
Barry is busy so gets Barrington in to show you how to make some sweet zingy, zesty apple & lemon croquettes. - 0
Star Wars Apple Cider Pancakes - Cooking With The Vegan Zombie
GETTING READY 1. Peel and slice apples. 2. In a sauté pan, heat coconut oil and toss in the apples. 3. Add sugar and stir it. 4. Add cinnamon and sea salt. Turn down the heat and cook for 15 minutes. 5. For making pan cake batter - in a large mixing bowl,... - 0
Apple Fritters
GETTING READY 1. In food processor, put cored, sliced apple, and sprinkle lime juice to avoid browning. Chop finely. MAKING 2. In a large mixing bowl, drop chopped apple, throw egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, ginger, and lemon zest. Mix well. 3. Place a skillet... - 109.353
Sweet Banana Pancake With Apple And Raisins
This recipe has a very fruity flavor with bananas and apple. To enhance the texture raisins have been added. The fruits and raisins gives it their natural sweetness. It is a wonderful snack as well as breakfast item. - 0
Nadia Sawalha's Apple Pancakes And Herby Scrambled Eggs
Celebrity MasterChef winner and mum Nadia Sawalha, along with nutritionist Amanda Ursell, show us different ways of incorporating almond milk to give some traditional recipes a yummy twist. Watch our video where Nadia shows us how to make two simple breakfast... - 115.538
Butternut Squash Pancakes With Apple Maple Syrup
Pan Fried Noodles With Beans And Beef
GETTING READY 1. Freeze the beef for 30 minutes till it is hard enough to slice 2. Set the meat against the grain and slice into thin slices 3. In a large bowl, prepare the marinade by whisking together the water, soy sauce, honey, and 1 teaspoon of the... - 43.5521
Fried Apples With Brown Sugar
Quarter and core apples, but do not peel. Melt butter in frying pan. Place apples skin side down in pan. Sprinkle generously with sugar, add a little water, cover, and cook very slowly until tender and candied. Eat hot. - 25.6624
(season1finale:ep8) Feeling Lucky: Spicy Korean Pan-fried Pork & Oreo Smores
For Spicy Korean Pan Fried Pork GETTING READY 1. In a big bowl, add in the garlic, gochujang, brown sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce and apple. 2. Followed by the pork, baby corn, carrot and okra. Mix all the ingredients with hands.... - 0
Pan-seared Pork Chops With Apple Sauce
Pork chops and apple sauce - this is a favorite combo for many of you. With this recipe video, you can easily cook your own favorite dish, without any problem. It's super easy and even a beginner in cooking can do this. So, watch the video and get into... - 103.542
Pan Cooked Pork Medaillons With Apples And Cider
1. Discard the string from the pork and trim away any excess fat. Re-tie with clean string and set aside until required. 2. Heat the oil in a frying pan (skillet) and gently fry the onion for 5 minutes until softened. Add the sugar and cook for 3-4 minutes... - 38.9783
Fried Apples And Carrots
Scrape carrots and cut in lengthwise slices. Slice unpeeled, cored apples in crosswise slices. Melt margarine in a large fry pan. Place carrots and apples in a pan in a single layer. Cover and cook until browned. Turn and brown other side. Just before they... - 32.2578
Fried Apples
Core apples and then cut them into 1/2 in. (1.25 cm) slices (do not peel). Combine flour, fructose, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl. Stir to blend. Lightly coat each side of the apples slices with the flour mixture. Fry in a vegetable-sprayed skillet until... - 34.9898
Fried Potato And Apple Cake
Roughly grate the potatoes in food processor or by hand. Put into a bowl. Grate the apple and combine. Season with nutmeg. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in non stick 8-inch fry pan. Add apple-potato mixture and press down into a cake. Put on a lid. Cook on medium... - 37.899
Original Cracker Barrel Fried Apples
Don’t you just love Cracker Barrel’s fried apples? Guess what you do not have to go down to this country store to buy them cause this copycat recipe video shows you how to make these delicious apples at home. The ingredient list has nothing that you will... - 132.344
Deep Fried Apple Fritters
To make filling, combine sugar, cinnamon and rum in a shallow dish. Peel and core apples; cut into 1/2-inch (1-cm) thick slices. Turn apple slices in sugar mixture. Cover and set aside 30 minutes, turning apple slices once or twice so flavor will be... - 45.8276
Perfect Fried Apple Rings
MAKING 1 Core the apples, but do not pare; cut each into 4 thick rings. 2 In a large frying pan,melt butter or margarine place the apple rings in a single layer in a pan. 3 Cook slowly for 5 minutes; turn. 4 Cook for 5 minutes longer, or until the apples are... - 29.3582
Fried Apples With Bacon
Fry bacon slices until crisp. Remove slices and drain on absorbent paper. Drain all fat but 1/4 cup from frying pan. Cut apples, cored but not peeled, into 1/2 inch thick round slices. Mix flour with sugar and spices. Roll apple slices in flour mixture and... - 27.0156
Fried Apples And Bacon
Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the bacon and fry until crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan, put it into a warm serving dish and keep hot. Add the sugar to the pan and stir well. Add the apple slices and cook for about 5 minutes or until they are very... - 26.7936
Chicken &. Apple Stir Fry
1. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a wide nonstick frying pan or wok over medium heat. Add apples and stir-fry just until tender to bite (about 2 minutes). Remove apples from pan with a slotted spoon and keep warm. 2. Increase heat to medium-high and melt... - 30.994
Fried Spiced Apples
Cut the apples into 1/4 in. (6 mm) thick slices. On a dinner plate, mix together the sugar, ginger, and cinnamon. In a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan, melt the butter or margarine. Dip the apple slices in the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Fry 3-5 minutes on... - 34.6409
Curried Chicken And Apple Stir Fry
1. In a small bowl, stir together cider, soy sauce, Calvados, vinegar, cornstarch, coriander, cayenne, and 1 teaspoon of curry powder. Set sauce aside. 2. Season chicken with remaining 1 teaspoon curry powder. In a wok or large frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons... - 30.9815
Grandma's Fried Apple Pies
Stir together the warm mashed potatoes, sugar, ginger, milk, eggs and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir in the lard, baking powder and enough flour to make a dough the consistency of pastry dough. Break off a piece of dough the size of a walnut. Roll to 1/8 inch... - 41.1316
Fried Apples
Apple Fritters is a tasty and wonderful preparation that is perfect for your child's birthday party! I am sure you will get hooked to this Apple Fritters recipe. - 44.2528
Farm Style Fried Apples
Fry bacon until crisp; set aside. Peel and slice onions. Core apples (leave skin on); cut cross-wise in 1/4-inch circles. Drain all but 1 tablespoon bacon drippings from pan Cook onions in reserved bacon drippings 3 minutes; cover with apple slices in an even... - 29.0264
Fried Apples
MAKING 1. Wash. peel, core and cut the apples into segments of ½ -inch thickness. 2. In a saucepan, add the apple slices to bacon drippings and lightly sauté. 3. Cover with water and bring to a boil. 4. Cover the pan and simmer until tender. 5. Uncover and... - 35.0617
Perfect Fried Apple Rings
1. Core apples, but do not pare; cut each in 4 thick rings. 2. Melt butter or margarine in a large skillet; place apple rings in a single layer in pan. 3. Cook slowly 5 minutes; turn. Cook for 5 minutes longer, or until the apples are tender and lightly... - 22.3842
Barbecued Mackerel With Fried Apple Rings
Wash fish and pat dry, brush with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place fish on the barbecue grid over medium hot coals and cook 8-10 minutes on each side. Meanwhile, peel and core apples and slice into thick rings. Melt butter in a heavy pan beside... - 26.1293
Fried Apple Rings
What is not to love about onion rings? Fried, salty and the perfect vehicle for a variety of condiments. Every time I partake I think about what other wonders would be great in this format. Apples are always my first thought. So here you go, fried apple rings... - 0
Saute Apples
Core and cut in thick round slices 2 lb. of cooking apples. Melt 4 oz. butter in a frying pan. Saute apples until slightly browned, being careful not to break the slices. Put aside. Next day, reheat on a low heat. Flambe with 4 oz. calvados or brandy. Pour... - 27.5806
Sauteed Apple Rings
Peel and core apples, and cut each into 4 thick slices. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip slices into sugar mixture, and saute gently in butter or margarine in heavy frying pan, browning rings on both sides. Maked 8 rings - 25.9451
Fried Goose With Apple Rings
MAKING 1) Season the slices of the goose breast and coat with flour 2) In a bowl beat the eggs 3) Dip the slices of breast into the egg mixture 4) Coat the breast with breadcrumbs 5) In a frying pan, add the oil and when hot add the butter 6) Once foamed fry... - 46.032
Pork & Apple Stir Fry
1. To prepare teriyaki sauce, in a medium-size bowl, mix orange juice, minced mint, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic; set aside. 2. Slice pork across the grain into 1/8-inch-thick (3-mm-thick) strips about 2 inches (5 cm) long. Add pork to teriyaki sauce in... - 37.6352
Puff Topped Apples
Peel the apples. Halve horizontally and remove the cores. Mix together the currants, honey, walnuts and half the butter. Fill the hollows in the apples with this mixture. Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Beat the yolks with the cornstarch and... - 43.4193
French Apple Fritters
Hot French apple fritters dusted with sugar tastes just heavenly when served with sweet sauce along with hot tea and coffee. It is like fried apple fritter toast. Here is the simple recipe for you. - 48.0204
Fried Biscuits With Apple Butter
MAKING 1. Dissolve yeast in a warm water-honey mixture. Keep aside for 5 to 10 minutes to turn bubbly. 2. Take a large electric mixer bowl with dough hook, add flour and salt and mix well. 3. Place a saucepan with milk and shortening on medium heat and allow... - 44.2428
Apples With Calvados
Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add the apples, sugar and lemon rind and cook for about 4 minutes, shaking the pan once or twice, until the apples begin to change color. Pour over the Calvados, cook for 2 minutes more and serve at once. - 25.7732
Apple And Rum Filling
Warm the rum, add the raisins, and leave to soak. Peel and core the apples and cut into thin slices. Melt the butter in a frying pan and lightly brown the apples for 7-8 minutes, adding the sugar and cinnamon after 3-4 minutes and then the raisins and rum. - 26.7936
Caramel Fried Apples Or Bananas
Caramel Fried Apples Or Bananas is a perfect after meal recipe. Caramel Fried Apples Or Bananas gets its taste from flour mixed with cornstarch and fruits, coated with caramel. Caramel Fried Apples Or Bananas is loved by many people across the world. - 42.0284
Fried Sausage And Apples
Shape meat into 24 small thin patties (about 2 1/4 inches in diameter). Combine flour, seasoned salt and pepper and dip each patty into mixture to coat both sides. Heat butter in large heavy skillet and add patties. Cook slowly until cooked through and well... - 35.7947
Watermelon Margaritas & Apple Fries With Caramel & Hazelnut Dipping Sauce
GETTING READY 1. In a blender, add in all the ingredients for the watermelon margarita and blend until smooth. Refrigerate this for 30 minutes before serving. 2. In a heavy-bottomed sauce pan, heat the oil to 365°F. MAKING 3. Peel and core the apples. Cut... - 120.762
Cooking With Jess - Protein Pancakes
MAKING 1. In a blender blend all ingredients. 2. Spray your pan with non stick spray and turn your stove top to medium-high or medium-low. 3. Cook your pancakes as you normally would as in flipping over once the top bubbles up. SERVING 4. Dress your pancakes... - 90.3202
Stir Fry Noodles With Tofu & Apples
If you want to get creative with your cooking, watch this video of Stir fry noodles with tofu and apples recipe. This preparation has been put together creatively with whatever ingredients found in the kitchen. This recipe uses apple, but you can also use... - 119.485
Mashed Potato Cakes: Healthy Side Dishes
These mashed potato cakes easily and deliciously go from a snack on their own, to a side dish for dinner, to the school lunch box. Serve them as is or with applesauce for dipping and your little ones will love having something they can easily hold and enjoy! - 0
Chicken Wings
Miss Anita Cookie, the sweetheart of burlesque, joined us for our Football Sunday video. She cooked her Sweet & Spicy Saucy Sauce for me to dip my fried chicken wings into. You must try this recipe. I've made it over and over again since that day and it's... - 124.893
Caramel Toffee Apples
Put the sugar, 2 tbsp oil and 1/2 cup of water in a pan and cook on a high flame. When the mixture begins to bubble, stir continuously to prevent the sugar from burning. Continue stirring the pan until the syrup is light brown in colour and feels sticky when... - 44.8135
Easy German Pancakes
Melt butter in small frying pan. Add apples. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Slowly cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until slices are glazed and tender. Spoon into center of baked pancake as you serve it. - 28.0598
Apple And Cinnamon Crepes
GETTING READY 1 Warm some plates in the oven. MAKING 2 In a bowl, mix the flours together. 3 Create a hollow in the centre and break the egg into it. 4 Whisk it into the flour together along with the milk and water mixture, adding a little at a... - 43.7027
Cinnamon Apple Fritters
MAKING 1. Take a shallow bowl, add egg, salt, sugar and cinnamon and beat well. 2. In a small bowl, sieve in flour with baking powder. Add to egg mixture alternating with milk and whisk. Keep aside for 10 minutes and then stir. 3. Take a deep saucepan or... - 44.2152
Cheesy Apple Muffins
1.Sift flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add oat bran and sugar. 2.Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture. Stir in apple, ricotta, oil and apple juice. Mix until just combined. Spoon mixture into lightly... - 38.2024
Harvest Home Fries
MAKING 1. Take a 12-inch skillet and add 2-teaspoon oil in it. 2. Now arrange a single layer of potatoes on the bottom of the pan and cook these until potatoes are turned light brown in color. It will take at the max 2-3 minutes time. 3. Transfer potatoes in... - 47.9268
Danish Apple Cake
Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a heavy saucepan and coat the bottom of the pan with it. Add the apples, lemon peel and sugar. Cover the pan and cook gently until the apples are transparent but still keep their shape. Remove the pan from the heat and... - 40.0824
Caramel Apple Chicken
A Tasty dish from chinese and american fusion that is simply scrumptious - 43.5268
Fun Filled French Toast
This is an enhanced version of the plain old French Toast. It is served for breakfast or as snack. But this recipe is so rich, it can be served as dessert as well. - 0
Pancake Day
On pancake day, Barry makes 4 different pancakes. - 94.2596
Flounder Piccata With Red Grapes And Capers
Are you looking for something quick and easy to serve your family or friends this holiday season? The video here has a delicious flounder recipe. Take a look at this impressive video that is very interesting to see and the recipe is wonderfully presented.... - 114.398
Mixed Fruit Oat Pancakes
Delicious pancakes is what you are craving for then follow Roberto and watch the video to create fruity oatmeal pancakes which are a great Sunday breakfast. They will be loved by adult and kids alike for sure. - 95.6671
Healthy Deboucheur Pancakes
How to cook Déboucheur pancakes made with oats and filled with fresh fruits. Quick, easy and healthy. - 98.5998
Low Calorie Turkey Wraps
Eat healthy and be active! This is the mantra that our chef sticks to making the delicious Turkey wraps. Using low calorie ingredients and no oil he makes delicious wraps that you would savor for long. Try it and taste goodness of turkey and health! - 83.7552
Oyster And Vegetable Salad
Do you want to prepare a simple and easy recipe using oysters? Join Chef John Maxwell in this video as he combines crispy fried oysters and spinach with a sweet and sour dressing for a terrific treat. Surely this outstanding video is a must watch! - 113.296
Chicken And Bacon Waffle Sandwiches
Waffles with a hint of bacon topped with crispy chicken and maple jalapeno slaw. - 115.593
Chicken Breast With Cider Mustard Sauce
There could be nothing more delectable than chicken cooked in zingy mustard sauce. Delicious and tantalizing, Keith Snow shares a recipe that is truly irresistible. Cooking chicken is indeed an art and this video just helps you attain mastery over it. - 99.9645
Spicy Mutton Chops
GETTING READY: 1. Grind all the masala ingredients to a fine powder. Rub butter into the garam masala powder thoroughly till the butter is completely absorbed by the powder. Keep aside. 2. Wash the chops thoroughly and apple ginger garlic paste and salt to... - 0
Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes
MAKING 1. Mix the soy milk and apple cider vinegar together and set aside to curdle for 5-10 minutes. 2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. 3. Mix the melted margarine and applesauce into the curdled soy... - 109.348
Gluten-free Vegan Blendtec Blender Pancakes - Healthy
Brock makes a vegan and gluten-free pancake recipe in the Blendtec Total Blender. - 0
Cinnamon Candied Apple Rings
Make syrup in a fry pan. Cook the apple slices in syrup turning often until tender and transparent. Remove to a deep platter with slotted spoon. Pour remaining syrup over apples. Chill - 29.7797
Baja Fish Tacos With Avocado Cream Sauce By Rockin Robin
GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. 2. Slice the garlic, finely chop the scallions, peel deseed the cucumber and cut into small pieces, set aside. 3. Shred the cabbage and cheese, set aside. 4. Place the fish fillet in a zip lock bag and add the... - 0
Pork Medallions With Autumn Hash
This recipe is so easy, quick, healthy (minus the bacon) and insanely delicious. My family went nuts over this.. seriously. I think it’s always fun to cook seasonally and this is the perfect autumn dinner in my opinion! - 100.876
Savory Pancake With Steamed Carrot And Spinach
The savory pancake is a very good addition to the breakfast table and especially for those who are not into sweet. Any vegetables can be added to taste and liking. - 0
Sweet Potato Latkes
Have you ever tried to make latke with sweet potato or yam? Look at this wonderful video that shows a simple and easy sweet potato latke recipe. Make this wonderful recipe for breakfast or top with crème fraiche or sour cream and serve as a great lunch along... - 122.115
Sookhe Tinde Ki Sabzi (dry Indian Round Gourd Curry)
Tinda, also known as Indian round gourd or Indian baby pumpkin or apple gourd, is a healthy vegetable rich in protein, iron, calcium and carbohydrates. Tinda can be cooked in dry form or in gravy form and is relished with chapatti and curd. - 0
Sausages And Apples
Fry me sausages in a large cast iron frying pan. When done remove from fat and set aside. Slice the apples, add to all the fat remaining in the pan, sprinkle on the top the sage or savory, brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Stir together over medium high heat... - 30.0175
Cheese & Apple Hash Browns
1. In a medium-size bowl, mix apples and lemon juice. Set aside; stir occasionally. 2. Melt butter in a wide nonstick frying pan or wok over medium heat. Add potatoes, onion, and bell pepper. Stir-fry until potatoes are tinged with brown and tender when... - 30.403
Sausages With Apple Rings
Place sausages in cold frying pan, and cook slowly over moderate heat until browned on all sides and thoroughly cooked, depending on thickness. Average or medium sausages will take 20 25 minutes. Sausages in casings may first be simmered in... - 23.9505
Sweet Apple Frittata
In a large no-stick frying pan over medium heat, saute the apples, raisins, walnuts, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in the oil for 7 minutes, or until the apples are just tender. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the eggs. Wipe out the frying pan, then place... - 47.2857
Chinese Apples
MAKING 1. Take the apples and peel them before removing the cores and cutting them into equal wedges. 2. Take a bowl and beat the egg whites in it until it is properly blended. 3. Mix in the flour and cornstarch. 4. Take a pan and heat vegetable oil. 5. Fry... - 42.5426
Liver And Apple Rings
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Cold coffee - 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
Rum extract - 1 Teaspoon
Instant espresso granules - 1 Tablespoon
Sugar - 3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
Egg whites - 2
Cold water - 2 Tablespoon
Cream of tartar - 1 Pinch
Yogurt cheese - 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Softened nonfat cream cheese - 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Vanilla - 1 Teaspoon
Unsweetened cocoa powder - 2 Tablespoon
Spread the ladyfingers on a baking sheet and toast them at 350° for 6 to 8 minutes, or until dry.
In a small bowl, stir together the coffee, rum extract and espresso granules.
Brush over the flat side of the ladyfingers and set aside.
Bring 1" of water to a simmer in a large saucepan.
In a heatproof mixing bowl that will fit over the saucepan, combine the sugar, egg whites, water and cream of tartar.
Set the bowl over the simmering water and beat with an electric mixer at low speed for 4 to 5 minutes, or until a candy thermometer inserted in the mixture registers 140° Increase the speed to high and continue beating over the heat for 3 minutes, or until the mixture is thick and smooth enough that when you lift the beaters, a flat trail of egg white mixture stretches between the beaters and the bowl, like a glossy ribbon.
Remove the bowl from the heat and beat for 4 minutes, or until cool and fluffy.
Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the yogurt cheese and cream cheese until creamy.
Add the egg white mixture and the vanilla.
Beat until smooth, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Line the bottom and sides of a medium souffle dish or glass bowl with some of the ladyfingers.
Spoon in one-fourth of the filling and top with a layer of ladyfingers.
Repeat with 2 more layers, arranging the fourth layer of ladyfingers over the top and trimming to fit if necessary.
Top with the remaining filling.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
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Andover teacher shares photos of 9/11, aftermath
• The Wichita Eagle
• Published Saturday, Sep. 10, 2011, at 12:07 a.m.
• Updated Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 1:34 p.m.
Freelance photographer Cary Conover stood on the rooftop of his five-story apartment building in New York City, his camera clicking away as he focused on the smoke pouring out of the World Trade Center's north tower about a mile away.
"My first thought was, 'Wow, will they be able to fix that tower?' " said Conover, a Wichita native.
His mind raced as he clicked away. A small plane? No, that's a really big hole. Must have been a big plane, but why?
Suddenly, an orange fireball exploded in his camera's viewfinder. A second plane had hit the south tower.
The first sounds he heard were people screaming from surrounding rooftops.
"They were seeing the same thing I was," Conover said.
Seconds later he heard the explosion.
"The loudest, worst of sounds ever," he said. Car alarms were set off, adding to the din and confusion in Lower Manhattan that morning on Sept. 11, 2001.
Later, after developing his film, he would see a small speck off to the left in one of his shots of the stricken north tower.
It was the second plane.
Conover, 37, spent 10 years as a freelance photographer in New York City before taking a part-time job last winter at Andover High School teaching photography.
Friday, he shared with his class some pictures he took of the twin towers years before 9/11, as well as those on the day of the terrorist attack and the days following.
Conover told his students how history unfolded before his eyes and his camera.
As he discussed the picture that included the approaching second plane, Conover said, "That taught me about the power of the camera. It will capture reality without bias. At the time, I had no idea it was there."
His students — most of whom were in their early grade-school years a decade ago — responded to his presentation with looks of awe.
Conover's shot of an engine falling off the second plane, like a shooting star, particularly grabbed the attention of senior Ian Hoskinson.
"It was eye-opening," Hoskinson said after seeing the pictures. "I was so young at the time, I didn't get the gravity of it."
'It's like I blacked out'
On that Sept. 11 morning, Conover had been alerted that something was happening by others who knew he made his living taking pictures. The first alert came from a neighbor, his face still covered in shaving cream, knocking on his door.
"Cary, you have to go up on the roof," he said. "A plane has hit the towers."
Conover grabbed his camera and rushed to the rooftop to see what was happening.
A 1992 graduate of Southeast High School, he had spent nine years working for newspapers, including his time at Kansas State University.
His instincts to cover the news kicked in moments after the second plane struck. He knew he had to get as close to the scene as possible, so he rushed out of his building and into the streets.
"But I can't recall the exact path I took," he said. "It's like I blacked out part of that day. I can't recall where I was because I was in such shock."
He was within four or five blocks of the flaming towers when police began telling him and pedestrians to turn around.
Conover joined thousands of others crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
"It felt like it was a fire drill," he said. "It was under control, orderly."
But about 200 yards into his crossing, the south tower collapsed, creating a noise that sent a ripple of panic through those on the bridge. Conover tried to protect himself from the clouds of dust by covering his mouth and nose with his shirt.
He fumbled with his camera and began taking pictures of their reactions while barely able to control his own emotions.
"I was sort of freaking out," Conover said.
He turned around and began walking back across the bridge, against the foot traffic and toward Manhattan.
"I didn't want to spend the day in Brooklyn," he said.
He wanted to get back to doing his job. Once back on the Manhattan side, he turned toward uptown and began working his way toward his apartment on the Lower East Side.
Cellphone networks were jammed. People were lined up seven deep at pay phones.
As he continued toward his apartment, people began screaming again.
"My first thought was that the Empire State Building had been hit," Conover said.
It was the north tower collapsing.
He was soon back in the apartment, trying to absorb what had happened. He had been in the streets for about 90 minutes.
By 7 a.m. on Sept. 12, Conover returned to the streets. Normally packed and hectic, the streets were deserted.
But he continued his work, taking pictures of compelling street scenes, such as a man sitting alone at a gas station with his head down.
A 'real honor'
Time has moved on. Conover and his wife, Yvonne, had their first child, Julian, about a year ago. He was born in a hospital three blocks from ground zero.
Having a family also was a driving reason to give up the unpredictable life of a freelance photographer in New York City and move home to Wichita to teach.
He doesn't just teach the technical side, though.
"It's really much more about these kids having photography accompanying their lives," Conover said. "It can come wherever you go, be part of your personality."
As it has his life. His freelance career continues, although his subjects now are more likely to be weddings and the like.
But his 9/11 experience will always be a focal point of that career.
"I don't want to say I'm glad I was there," Conover said, "but I am glad I was there to document it. To be able to do that, it was a real honor.
"It was almost like you were helping the situation by documenting."
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44 Inch Chest
Sexy Beast Team Scores Another Hit
"44 Inch Chest"
Above: "44 Inch Chest"
Film Review 44 Inch Chest
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KPBS Film Critic Beth Accomando reviews 44 Inch Chest
The writers and star of “Sexy Beast” have re-teamed for “44 Inch Chest” (opening January 29 at Landmark's Ken Cinema). Both films cast Ray Winstone as an unlikely romantic stuck in a violent world.
Every now and then there are perfect moments in cinema. The opening of “44 Inch Chest” is one of them. As a schmaltzy Harry Nilsson song plays on the soundtrack the camera moves through the rubble of a room where a violent fight has obviously taken place. The contrast between the song and the images provides wicked irony. Then the camera finally lands on Colin (Ray Winstone), a man in the depths of despair. Colin’s wife of two decades has left him for a younger man. So his friends try to console him.
Meredith: "You listening to me you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve been wronged, you’re in the right, remember that. Now characters like that handsome young macho boy, characters like that will come along to test you, to make you doubt yourself, hate yourself, to turn your life upside down but it’s times like this, that you find out who you are."
The gang's all here... "44 Inch Chest"
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Above: The gang's all here... "44 Inch Chest"
And who Colin is at the moment is a shattered man. His despair over his wife’s betrayal is made no less tragic than that of Othello’s. This film does possess -- in its odd sort of working class way -- a Shakespearean sense of tragedy in Colin's character. He may be gruff and coarse but there's a touching and genuine tenderness struggling to get out. And his rant on what love is reveals a man who has truly loved his wife.
Colin: "And so what if you cook the dinner and get no thanks for it, don’t do it if you expect thanks that’s not why you do it. It’s the maintenance of a marriage the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty the reality that’s life, that’s love, it’s not easy nobody ever said it was going to be easy."
Okay, this is my kind of romantic movie because the romance is buried deep in the belly of an ugly beast, in this case revenge. Colin and his friends have kidnapped the wife’s lover and stuck him in a closet. Now they have to decide what to do with him.
Meredith: "I’d toss a coin. Heads I’d skin him alive, find her do the same."
Colin: "If it was tails?"
Meredith: "That’s the hard part Colin."
In a sense that’s where the film goes -- not to the easy resolution but to someplace harder. The surprise is that this proves to be a tale of redemption and forgiveness. There’s a surprising humanity under the film’s tough talking, violence prone surface. And while Colin’s friends hunger for blood and revenge, there’s also a sense of compassion and support for whatever decision he might make.
Meredith: "Listen to me you don’t disgust me you’re not pathetic, you’re not weak. You’re normal. You’re human and humans hurt, right?"
Right. But they also thirst for revenge. One friend demands a kind of Biblical wrath in response to the infidelity. A sin’s been committed and it must be punished, in an Old Testament sort of way. There’s even a long section cleverly quoting Cecil B. DeMille’s film “Samson and Delilah,” and both films come to the same conclusion. "It's all because of a woman!"
The woman in question. Joanne Whaley in "44 Inch Chest"
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Above: The woman in question. Joanne Whaley in "44 Inch Chest"
“44 Inch Chest” could be construed as misogynistic if it weren’t for Colin’s unwillingness to blame his wife or stop loving her.
Meredith: "That’s what makes you you, you’re more sharing stroke caring. Your capacity for love leaves you vulnerable. But you should be proud of that. Means you care."
Ian McShane is just one of the brilliant actors in this killer ensemble. Joining him are John Hurt (cursing a blue streak that is a delight), Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane, and Joanne Whaley. These actors form a perfect ensemble. They make us believe that these men have long been friends despite some obvious differences. Together they work like a well oiled machine, every piece moving in perfect sync with the other. Watching these veterans play off each other is an absolute pleasure.
The dialogue and script have a certain theatricality to them with much of the film playing out in a single room. But with actors like McShane, Winstone, and Hurt delivering lines with razor sharp precision, what more could you possibly ask for? The dialogue comes from Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who also wrote “Sexy Beast.” They serve up such savage fun that you can’t help smiling with glee despite the grimness of the film. There's a poetry to their obscenity-laden dialogue.
The writers and director Malcom Venville give us a spin on the male buddy film. There's the emotional support and bonding you get in a Judd Apatow film as well as the violence and foul language of a Guy Ritchie flick. But Mellis, Scinto, and Venville put both those filmmakers to shame by kicking up the testosterone level, giving more edge to the dialogue, spinning the violence in surprising ways, strengthening the emotional bonds, and even adding a Biblical sense of morality to it all.
In addition to this being my idea of a romantic film, it also proves to be the perfect post-divorce catharsis. Okay so I brought some personal baggage to this film but damn if it didn't prove theraputic. Colin is a man who struggles with his anger over being betrayed and being left by his spouse. But he punches through his anguish and past his violence to find something almost transcendent. He makes a decision to move on and there's something in the resolution that I could identify with and find perversely uplifting.
“44 Inch Chest” already has a spot on my year’s top ten list, and it’ll be pretty hard to knock this seething beast of a film off its top perch.
Companion viewing: "Sexy Beast," "Gangster No. 1," "Unfaithfully Yours"
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The ancient Indian epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana describe of a prehistoric age which was far more advanced from technological, sociological and spiritual perspectives when compared to many millennia that followed - till the advent of 20th century. We are often fascinated and surprised by the level of sophistication of these mythological records in terms of their complexity and philosophical insights. Some parts of these epics seem almost like science fiction, even by contemporary standards.
Is it possible that many of the ancient myths within these epics do have some elements of truth behind them? Maybe an advanced civilisation with ethnic groups like Devas, Daityas, Rakshas, Manavs etc did exist during our distant past? May be the Lokas, Talas and other exotic places where they lived were actually the geographical land masses that used to exist during the ice age? Perhaps some of the legendary events described in our scriptures were interpretations of real incidents, gleaned from fragmentary cultural memories of a prehistoric era? Maybe there is a common lineage to the ancient legends of many cultures across the world? For example, is the Indian legend about the free-floating triple cities of Tripura and Greek one about Atlantis, both reconstructions of the same event?
Earth had been within the grip of ice-age for a major part of human existence on the planet. During the prehistoric times, with the sea levels much lower than today, there were numerous large islands all across the tropics. The average global temperature being much lesser than today, these large archipelagos had salubrious weather and fertile terrain conditions ideal for sustaining abundant life. Ice covered substantial portions of the mainland continents, but the lush green tropical islands might have served as the cradle for early human settlements to develop and prosper into advanced civilizations.
The fact that very little is known about human history before 5000 BCE needn’t preclude anything. Perhaps all the major archaeological evidence of this era was lost during a cataclysmic worldwide deluge or pralay that the scriptures describe of? Even going by the scientific analysis, it is safe to infer that towards the end of ice age, the rising sea water levels triggered by melting icecaps had inundated and eventually submerged many of the tropical islands below the ocean surface as we see it today.
From the fictional context of this book, the period towards the end of ice age marked the decline of the ‘first wave’ of advanced human civilizations on earth - which might have even rivalled the ‘second wave’ that we’re experiencing now, in terms of sociological, spiritual and technological sophistication. If it could have happened within the realm of possibility, then shouldn’t it also warn us about the fragility of our current civilisation? After all the human intellect and body form was no different then, when compared to now so many millennia later.
The book The Guardians of Karma is themed during prehistoric times beyond the mists of vedic India - the forgotten era of the ‘first wave’ civilisations. It is presented as an action packed mythological fantasy cum science fiction and takes the readers through the fabulous cities of Amaravati, Atalantpuri, and other exotic places like the underground caverns inhabited by elusive Nagas near Mount Kailash. The story also unfolds the philosophy of Karma within the backdrop of love, passion, greed, war, tragedy and spirituality that characterised these ancient times.
Dev Lok and Daityan Empire are the two advanced nations based out of large tropical archipelagos. For a long time the steadily rising of sea water levels had been brewing a crisis – particularly for the Daityas. A war for the control of remaining arable land seems imminent but Dev Lok and their allies like Bharat, Gandharv and Yaksha kingdoms stand little chance against the Empire’s military might.
The warrior monk Hara becomes the sole hope of Dev Lok to prevent defeat and abject subjugation. However before he can help them, Hara must undertake the ultimate journey of spirituality to pass beyond the barrier of death itself and engage with the astral personae of Lord Rudra - one of three extra-terrestrial progenitors of humanity.
Would Hara be able to check the Daityan aggression in time to correct the course of Krama? Would he be able to wield the viman ‘Pinaka’ against the central seat of Daityan power – the indestructible citadels of Tripura? Is he the one who would glorify the name of Lord Shiva as Tripurantaka – the mighty destroyer of Tripura?
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When new, did your maya wrap have a funny smell - maybe kind of fishy and/or metallic? I am planning to get one, but the other day was looking at a sample at the birth center. It seemed to have a kind of fishy or metallic smell. Has anyone else noticed this?
Is it due to the metal rings? Or the dye? The one I was looking at was black. Should I go for one of the color grown ones? There were other maya wraps there, but they were packaged up really well, and I didn't think I should open them to check.
I am kind of sensitive to smells. I don't wear perfume or use any perfumed household products. But I am no longer supersensitive like in the first trimester - i am back to using my shampoo, which definitely has lots of scent.
I have had some weird-smell clothes purchases lately. A few months ago I bought a knit silk maternity top. I didn't notice anything when trying it on, but the first time I wore it I definitely started smelling fishy. Took me awhile to convince myself it was the shirt. But it was!
Turns out that the gummy substance, seracin, that holds a silk cocoon together, smells like fish. If the seracin is not completely removed during processing the silk, the resulting product will smell fishy.
I have read that boiling the shirt in detergent might get rid of the smell, but since accidently cooking a pair of shoes in the oven a few years ago (another story LOL) I am avoiding combining the kitchen and clothes. Also, I don't want to boil it and then have stuff in the house pick up the smell.
Then I recently got a cotton/nylon maternity shirt that also smells funny - kind of metallic like the maya wrap. I assumed it was the nylon, because I have never noticed odd cotton smells before and rarely wear nylon, but now I am starting to wonder.
So, any other super sensitive noses out there notice anything? And if so, did the smell go away with a regular wash?
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Never noticed that anyone's Maya smelled funny. If you are concerned and can sew, you could make your own so that you are sure that the fabric won't annoy you. It is really easy to do and the instructions are on their website.
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I don't recall smelling anything funny. I did wash mine though, and I set the colour using vinegar as instructed. I could smell the vinegar for a while afterwards, but it went away (this was before DD was born). I practiced with it alot before DD was born so it picked up my smell. I'm sure you'll find the unpleasant smell goes away.
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I sell Maya Wraps, and have never had anyone mention that they smelled funny at all. I guess it is possible that the smell of the rings passed into the fabric, or if it is a store model, someone could have gotten something on it while trying it on.
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Thanks for the responses - very reassuring! Now I just have to decide on the color .
Sewing one would be fun, but right now don't have a sewing machine. I have thought about getting a used one, but in the past ended up with used ones that didn't work so great and were more aggravation then they were worth. Also, right now I am already fighting the clutter in our 500 sq. ft. apt.!
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mine smelled fine once i washed it. When i opened the package it smelled kinda like moth balls.
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you're not crazy! i tried one on and it really smelled bad to me! they are great slings though, and i'm sure that the smell washes off
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| Fri Jan. 19, 2007 2:17 PM GMT
Carbon offsets are in. Everybody's doing it. And Wall Street knows it, which is why here and abroad companies from London's Marks & Spencer to Dell Computers are clamoring to make you, too, "carbon neutral." A crowded field of for-profit offset providers have sprung up, promising to do everything from reforesting the California redwoods to building solar powered greenhouses in India.
But if Expedia can make that flight from LaGuardia to Heathrow guilt free for only ten extra bucks, how is one to know whether the offsets one has bought are really making that cross-Atlantic trip carbon even-steven? At the moment, it's pretty much a crapshoot (with carbon offset prices ranging from $3.56 to $30 a metric ton). But the UK hopes to change that before the Greenland ice sheet melts into their precious gulfstream. The country's Ministry of Environment announced yesterday that it would set standards for rating the new club of carbon merchants. That way would-be-offsetters can distinguish between quality outfits and those just full of hot air.
The standards will be based on the same "system used to certify credits from the established Kyoto market." Ideally, this will mean the credits have a "clear audit trail" and be linked to real emission reductions, but don't go back to building your carbon-neutral beachfront villas just yet.
Even long-established projects, endorsed by the World Bank and certified for cap-and-trade under Kyoto's rules, don't always deliver their promised bang for the buck. Last week, The Wall Street Journal ran a great piece on the chemical industry in China. A particularly dire snippet:
"Regulators worry that the carbon market is encouraging companies in the developing world to make more of the underlying refrigerant than they otherwise would—so they can produce more of the global warming gas, destroy it, and sell the credits."
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How sad to let an opportunity like this slip away. That Statue represents a very special generation that made huge untold sacrifices for our Great Country and a generation that suffered losses like we could never imagine. It's a shame to see that politics in this small town are so small minded. You should go find a WW2 vet and go explain to him why you didn't want their American Icon displayed here in Sarasota. Shame on you for being so self centered. If it wasn't for all of those who fought and died for this Country we might have been ended up speaking Japanese and German. No words for the disgust I am feeling.
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High performance phosphorus-containing corrosion inhibitors for inhibiting corrosion drilling system fluids
Patent 6558619 Issued on May 6, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 9, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Abstract Claims Description Full Text
Patent References
Scale and corrosion inhibition for cooling water systems
Patent #: 3931038
Issued on: 01/06/1976
Inventor: Mochi-Bartolani , et al.
Polyphosphate-based industrial cooling water treatment
Patent #: 4172032
Issued on: 10/23/1979
Inventor: Farley
Corrosion inhibitor for highly oxygenated systems
Patent #: 4311662
Issued on: 01/19/1982
Inventor: Bellos
Method for control of scale and inhibition of corrosion in cooling water systems Patent #: 4913822
Issued on: 04/03/1990
Inventor: Chen, et al.
No. 370414 filed on 08/09/1999
US Classes:
422/12, Aqueous acid environment (i.e.,pH less than or equal to 4.1)252/181, With inorganic matter other than alkali-metal hydroxides and carbonates and water252/389.2, Phosphorus containing252/389.21Nitrogen and/or sulfur in phosphorus compound
Primary: McKane, Elizabeth
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• 1174451 CA. 08/15/1984
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C23F 011/04
The present invention relates to phosphorus-containing corrosion inhibitors which are both effective to prevent corrosion by drilling system fluids and which do not adversely affect rheology and stability of the fluids.
Two predominant methods are used to drill gas, oil, and subterranean exploration holes in the earth's surface using a rotating bit that grinds away at the subterranean formations. In a first method, a liquid or a mud slurry is used as a vehicle to bring the cuttings from these subterranean formations to the surface and out of the path of the rotating bit. The rotating bit is forced downward by the weight of a drilling pipe. A drilling apparatus is placed over the drilling location; a hole is drilled to a depth; and, a casing of steel is cemented into position to serve as a conduit for lowering the rotating bit and drilling pipe. Various safety devices are attached to the cement casing to direct the flow of any gas, oil, or water encountered during drilling away from the drilling rig.
A second method is "mist" or air drilling, which is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,130,798, incorporated herein by reference. In "mist" or "air" drilling, air is blown down the hollow drilling tube where the air exits through the drill bit, blowing away the cuttings produced by the drilling. During the course of air drilling, as during any type of drilling, subterranean water may be encountered. When this happens, the subterranean water flows up the drilled hole and out a pipe that is attached to steel casing set at the surface of the hole. This pipe, called a "blooey" line, allows the drill cuttings to travel up the drilled vertical hole where they exit at the surface beneath the rotary drilling table and out a horizontally mounted tube. The tube directs the cuttings, formation water, gas, oil, etc., into a pit dug for safety some thirty or forty feet from the drilling apparatus.
Unless the exiting water is gushing sufficiently to flow from the hole, the subterranean water tends to plug the drill bit and stop the normal flow of solids from the hole. Because of this, the water and/or oil is removed from the hole in order to maintain the normal flow of solids from the hole. During intrusions of water and/or oil, a chemical "foaming" agent typically is injected into the hole. If the formation has a tendency to collapse while being drilled, as in the case of shale, a "conditioner" may be added to prevent collapse of the formation. A common conditioner is a KCI solution (3-10%), which retards swelling of the sensitive formation. The air passing through the foaming agent creates a lathery, multifunctional foam in the hole which helps to remove the subterranean water, rock bits, and cuttings during drilling. The use of water and/or a foaming agent is called "mist" drilling-the chips, etc. exit the hole blown from the depth as a "foamy mist."
Air drilling presents a very corrosive environment for the drilling pipe as it travels up the outside of the tubing with an abundance of air. Although water and air alone are immensely corrosive, the presence of the foaming agent and brine or salts dissolving from the formation as well as the presence of produced gases CO2 and H2 S, create an environment that--if left unchecked--may quickly destroy a very expensive drill string of 5-20,000 feet.
Certain phosphorus-containing materials are known to prevent corrosion of the drill string in such an environment. U. S. Pat. No. 4,311,662, incorporated herein by reference, describes phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols that are very effective as corrosion inhibitors in highly oxygenated systems, such as air drilling systems. These corrosion inhibitors not only inhibit general or overall corrosion but also inhibit localized corrosion of the pitting type.
In order to be useful, a phosphorus-containing inhibitor should be soluble in the fluid, and should not impair properties of the fluid which are important to effective functioning of the fluid. Unfortunately, phosphorus-containing corrosion inhibitors tend to adsorb onto the surface of the drill solids. This has an adverse impact on the rheology and stability of the fluid. Attempts to prevent adsorption of the phosphorus-containing inhibitors onto the drill solids have led to a reduction in corrosion inhibition properties.
Phosphorus-containing corrosion inhibitors are needed which are both effective as corrosion inhibitors and which do not adversely impact the properties of the drilling fluid
The present invention provides a corrosion inhibitor comprising a quantity of a phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyol at a pH of 5.0 or higher the quantity being effective to produce a first level of corrosion loss from ferrous alloys in contact with an oxygenated corrosive system under given conditions. The corrosion inhibitor also comprises an amount of a passivating agent which is effective to decrease the level of corrosion loss from the ferrous alloys in contact with the oxygenated corrosive system under the given conditions to a second, reduced level of corrosion loss.
The present invention provides phosphorus-containing corrosion inhibitors, preferably phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols, which contain a passivating agent which both enhances the effectiveness of the polyols as corrosion inhibitors, and which does not adversely impact the properties of the drilling fluids in which the inhibitors are used. In a preferred embodiment, the corrosion inhibitor also contains an organophosphate, which further enhances corrosion inhibition.
The phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols of a preferred embodiment of the invention (described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,311,662, incorporated herein by reference) have the following general structure:
R[O(AO)n H]x
wherein R is an organic moeity, preferably a hydrocarbon moiety, most preferably an alkyl group having from about 2 to about 6 carbon atoms, AO is an oxyalkylene moiety derived from an alkylene oxide, wherein the alkylene preferably has from about 2 to about 6 carbon atoms, n is the number of oxyalkylene units, and x represents the total number of units containing OH groups. Suitable oxyalkylene moieties (AO) include but are not necessarily limited to ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, etc., and mixtures or block units thereof Preferred polyols include, but are not necessarily limited to glycerol, polyglycerol, trimethanolethane, pentaerythritol, dipentaerithrytol, etc., mannitol, 1, 2, 3 hexanetriol, and similar plyols.
A number of processes are known in the art for preparing phosphorylated polyols. A preferred process is to react a polyphosphoric acid with a polyol. The polyphosphoric acid has a P2 O5 (phosphorus pentoxide) content of at least about 72%, preferably from about 82% to about 84%. A residue of orthophosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid remains on completion of the reaction. This residue may be as high as about 25% to about 40% of the total weight of the phosphorylated polyol. The residue either may be removed or left mixed with the phosphorylated polyol. Preferably the phosphorylated polyols are prepared employing amounts of a polyphosphoric acid having about 0.5 to about 1 molar equivalents of P2 O5 for each equivalent of the polyol used. Larger amounts of polyphosphoric acid can be used, if desired.
By "equivalent of the polyol" is meant the hydroxyl equivalents of the polyol. For example, one mole of glycerol is three "equivalents" of the polyol, one mole of pentaerythritol is four "equivalents" of the polyol, and so forth. The phosphorylated polyols (acid esters) can be partially or completely converted to their corresponding alkali metal salts or ammonium salts by reacting with appropriate basic material.
The compositions are polyfunctional acid phosphate esters of polyhydric alcohols, said esters having the formula R(OPO3 H2)x wherein R is the hydrocarbyl group of a polyhydric alcohol (i.e., R is any remaining organic residue of a polyhydric alcohol used as the starting material) and x is a number from 2 to 6, said esters often being referred to in the art as phosphorylated polyols.
Also included within the definition of polyol are amine-containing polyols, including but not necessarily limited to polyols of the general formula above where R is amino-containing. Examples include but are not necessarily limited to tris(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane, 2-amino-2ethyl-1,3-propanediol, triethanolarine, diethanolamine, etc. A detailed method for making the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,311,662, which has been incorporated herein by reference.
According to the present invention, the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols are used in combination with a passivating agent. The combination of the passivating agent and the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols achieves a higher level of corrosion inhibition than would be achieved under similar conditions using a given amount of the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols without the passivating agent. In a preferred embodiment, the passivating agent is used in an amount that--when compared to the corrosion loss experienced using the same polyol in the absence of the passivating agent--reduces corrosion loss in mils per year (mpy) by at least about 5%, preferably by at least about 10%, most preferably by at least about 20%.
The passivating agent preferably is an inorganic salt. Suitable inorganic salts include, but are not necessarily limited to phosphates, nitrates, nitrites, aluminates, silicates, peroxides, borates, perborates, molybdates, tungstates, and the like. Tests were conducted using several of these salts in combination with a phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyol corrosion inhibitor which is commercially available from Baker Petrolite Company under the name "KD-40." In tests using a combination of "KD-40" and 5 wt % of either sodium molybdate, sodium nitrite, or a combination thereof, no significant enhancement of corrosion inhibition was observed at a relatively low level of only about 90 ppm of the combined solution. At an intermediate level of about 225 ppm of the combined solution, about 20% or more enhancement of corrosion inhibition was observed. At a relatively high level of about 450 ppm of the combined solution, the amount of polyol present apparently was so high that the passivating agent did not exhibit a significant enhancement of corrosion inhibition. Thus, it appears that the passivating agent is preferably used in combination with about 90 to about 400 ppm, preferably about 225 ppm, of the corrosion inhibitor. In preferred embodiments, the passivating agent enhances corrosion inhibition by a given inhibitor by about 5% or more, preferably by about 10% or more, most preferably by about 20% or more.
In a preferred embodiment, the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyol is used in combination with both a passivating agent and from about 0.5 wt % to about 25 wt %, preferably about 20 wt % of an organophospate. The organophosphate further enhances the corrosion inhibiting effectiveness of the phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyol. A number of suitable organophosphates may be used, with preferred organophosphates being phosphorylated polyethylene imines of from about 2 to about 10 units.
In a most preferred embodiment, the corrosion inhibitor comprises from about 50 wt % to about 90 wt % KD-40, from about 20 wt % of an organophosphate comprising a phosphorylated polyethylene imine of 2 to 10 units, and about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % of a substantially equimolar combination of sodium molybdate and sodium nitrite.
The invention will be better understood with reference to the following examples, which are illustrative only, and should not be construed as limiting the invention to a particular embodiment.
KD-40 was obtained from Baker Petrolite Company. Sample "187-1" was prepared by adding 5.0% w/w sodium molybdate to KD-40. Sample 187-2 was prepared by adding 5.0% w/w sodium nitrite to KD-40. Sample 187-3 was made by mixing equal volumes of 187-1 and 187-2.
A vertical column was used to simulate a drilling pipe in these experiments. The vertical column had a lower end comprising an air jet tube and a fluid injection port and a top end comprising a perpendicular exit tube connected to a rubber tube, which was directed into a disposal sump. The test fluid was 1% KCI saturated air containing the amount of corrosion inhibitor indicated in the Table below. The test fluid was introduced through the fluid injection port to cover the sample and stirred at room temperature. Mounted in the bottom of the vertical column was a 1020 mild steel (AISI) probe of an electrochemical corrosion meter with test fluid. The corrosion meter is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,406,101, and is manufactured and sold by Baker Petrolite under the name "PAIR," an abbreviation for "Polarization Admittance Instantaneous Rate." The corrosion meter accurately measured corrosion rate of a 1020 mild steel (AISI) probe in mils per year (mpy). The lower the measured value in mpy, the better the compound performed as a corrosion inhibitor. The results are given below: Inhibitor Corrosion Loss Corrosion Loss Concentration (weighted average, (Final average, Inhibitor (ppm) mpy) mpy) None -- 57 50 KD-40 90 60 50 187-1 (KD-40) 90 56 80 187-2 (KD-40) 90 43 50 187-3 (KD-40) 90 45 40 KD-40 225 27 19 187-1 225 21 13 187-2 225 21 15 187-3 225 18 10 KD-40 450 13 6.5 187-1 450 15 8.5 187-2 450 13 7.5
Significant improvement in corrosion inhibition was seen using the inhibitor at an intermediate level of about 225 ppm.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many modifications may be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments described herein are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
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dda has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hello all.
I'm trying to use XML::Generator::PerlData module, and I can't generate attribute=value pair:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use XML::Generator::PerlData; use XML::Handler::YAWriter; use IO::File; my $handler = XML::Handler::YAWriter->new( Output => new IO::File (">-"), Pretty => { PrettyWhiteIndent => 1, PrettyWhiteNewline => 1, CompactAttrIndent => 1 }); my $pd = XML::Generator::PerlData->new(Handler => $handler); $pd->attrmap(entry => ['attr2']); $pd->parse_start(); $pd->start_tag('entry', attr1 => 'value1'); my $href; $href->{path} = 'path'; $href->{attr2} = 'value2'; $pd->parse_chunk($href); $pd->end_tag('entry'); $pd->parse_end(); _OUTPUT_ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <document> <entry {}attr1="HASH(0x1f0bb00)"> <path>path </path> </entry> </document>
As you see, attribute and value passed to start_tag generate {}attr1="HASH(0x1f0bb00)", and the call to $pd->attrmap(entry => ['attr2']), supposed to add attr2="value2"pair inside entryelement just hides attr2 at all.
What's wrong with it? Please help me.
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Re: XML::Generator::PerlData and attributes
by jeffa (Chancellor) on Oct 14, 2003 at 13:07 UTC
Well, i have been trying to get this to work for 30 minutes now with no luck. I even pulled in one the test files from the distro and it didn't "work": There could be a bug in this version (0.89) or we could both be missing how to properly use this module. My suggestion is to (well, always explain what you are trying to accomplish first!) pick another module. From the docs, it appears that this one may have been designed to be used with a database. If that is the case, then try XML::Generator::DBI instead. I wrote a tutorial on it over at XML::Generator::DBI Tutorial. Best of luck. :)
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Thanks jeffa. I'm not using DBI -- what I'm trying to do is to make XML document from LDAP tree. I'm getting an ugle XML code without attibutes. :)
Does it worth to email to the author of this module?
I would wait at least a day before emailing the author - maybe someone here at the Monastery will figure it out. If and when you do email the author, be very consise and polite (you know this ;)). Matts has written many XML modules and perhaps he has used this one before, you might want to /msg him and invite him to look at your question. mirod is another XML Wizard, he may have an alternative for you.
Another outlet is - if this is a bug, you can report it to the author at
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Re: XML::Generator::PerlData and attributes
by mirod (Canon) on Oct 15, 2003 at 10:44 UTC
It looks like there is a problem with the module, either with the code or with the docs. For such problems with uncommon XML modules you should try asking on the perl-xml mailing list (Kip usually reads it). If you don't get an answer you can then try contacting the author and/or reporting the bug through
In this case I would probably use a different module though. See below for a bunch of possibilities (there are many more, from XML::LibXML to XML::SAX::Writer):
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Test::More qw(no_plan); use XML::SemanticDiff; use File::Slurp; use Getopt::Std; my %opt; # -v is verbose, it displays the generated string for each test getopts( 'v', \%opt); # XML::SemanticDiff seems to only compare files, not strings my $tmp_expected= "tmp.expected"; # temp file with expected result my $tmp_result = "tmp.result"; # temp file with result my %tests=( 'XML::Simple' => { sub => \&test_xml_simple, }, 'XML::Writer' => { extra_modules => [ 'IO::Scalar' ], sub => \&test_xml_writer, }, 'XML::Handler::YAWriter' => { sub => \&test_xml_handler_yawriter, + }, 'XML::Twig' => { sub => \&test_xml_twig, }, ); write_file( $tmp_expected, <DATA>); my $sem_diff= XML::SemanticDiff->new; foreach my $module ( keys %tests) { my $test= $tests{$module}; my @modules= ($module); push @modules, @{$test->{extra_modules}} if( $test->{extra_modules +}); if( load_modules( @modules)) { my $result= $test->{sub}->(); write_file( $tmp_result, $result); my $diff= $sem_diff->compare( $tmp_expected, $tmp_result); ok( ! $diff, $module) or diag( "got $result") ; diag( "\n", $result, "\n\n") if( $opt{v}); } else { SKIP: { skip( "$module not available", 1); } } } unlink $tmp_expected, $tmp_result; sub test_xml_simple { my $xml= { entry => { att1 => 'value1', att2 => 'value2', path => +{ content => 'path & text'} } }; return XMLout( $xml, keeproot => 1); } sub test_xml_writer { my $result; my $output = IO::Scalar->new( \$result); my $writer = XML::Writer->new(OUTPUT => $output); $writer->startTag( entry => att1 => 'value1', att2 => 'value2'); $writer->dataElement( path => 'path & text'); $writer->endTag( 'entry'); $writer->end(); $output->close(); return $result; } sub test_xml_handler_yawriter { my $writer= XML::Handler::YAWriter->new( AsString => 1); $writer->start_document; $writer->start_element( { Name => 'entry', Attributes => { att1 => + 'value1', att2 => 'value2'} } ); $writer->start_element( { Name => 'path' } ); $writer->characters( { Data => 'path & text' } ); $writer->end_element( { Name => 'path'} ); $writer->end_element( { Name => 'entry'} ); return $writer->end_document; } sub test_xml_twig { my $root= XML::Twig::Elt->new( entry => { att1 => 'value1', att2 = +> 'value2' }); $root->insert_new_elt( path => "path & text"); return $root->sprint; } # a simple way of importing modules at run time #sub load_modules # { foreach (@_) # { if(eval "require $_") { import $_; } # else { return 0; } # } # return 1; # } # fun way sub load_modules { ((eval "require $_" and import $_ or 1) or return 0) foreach (@_) +; 1} __DATA__ <entry att1="value1" att2="value2"> <!-- the & is here to test escaping --> <path>path & text</path> </entry>
Re: XML::Generator::PerlData and attributes
by Matts (Deacon) on Oct 19, 2003 at 12:53 UTC
The output from XML::Generator::PerlData is SAX2, not SAX1, so you have to either run it through XML::Filter::SAX2toSAX1 before output to XML::Handler::YAWriter, or use XML::SAX::Writer to output it.
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215w ago - A few days ago GeoHot Hacked the PS3 and dumped the PlayStation 3 hypervisor lv0 and lv1, and has now updated his blog with a technical writeup here on how it was done written by Nate Lawson at rdist.root.org.
George's hack compromises the hypervisor after booting Linux via the "OtherOS" feature. He has used the exploit to add arbitrary read/write RAM access functions and dump the hypervisor. Access to lv1 is a necessary first step in order to mount other attacks against the drive firmware or games.
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#13 - Rac3rX - 215w ago
I'm interested in seeing where this goes, homebrew on regular PS3's would be sweet.
Not to mention getting Linux the ability to use the PS3 hardware accelerators finally..
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#12 - PS3 News - 215w ago
So when can an average user expect to be able to get their hands on one of these dumps to look at?
That's the question most are asking at the moment... my guess is either when someone from the community with the equipment dumps it themselves and shares it publically, when CJPC has time and dumps it (assuming nobody else does, otherwise he won't bother), or when the existing dumps are leaked to more people pretty much.
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#11 - internetfloozy - 215w ago
The more eyes experimenting with RE the better.
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#10 - semitope - 215w ago
They just don't have the time nor materials to bother dumping it themselves at the moment, and honestly, there is little need for it (besides comparing them) when dumps already exist.
It'd have been cool if they had the time and equipment though. Maybe they can poke around beyond what geohot did. I doubt they could attempt getting keys without some hardware.
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#9 - lilstevie - 215w ago
In regards to ModderFokker's post, it's basically like an "inside man" job. Glitching the Hypervisor so it doesn't wipe the RAM leaving a small window to plant a few small landmines for the Hypervisor to step on.
As I said, sounds similar to the Xbox 360, the CPU is glitched (reset) while the rest of the system (CPU, RAM, etc) is still active. When the CPU has reset, it loads code from a different address in flash (eg. XeLL...)
Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is my basic understanding.
The xbox 360 exploit is actually an exploit in hypervisor itself, Xell catches and resets the CPU threads.
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461489 is a good writeup on the xbox 360 hypervisor exploit
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Don't you tell me what I did and didn't do.
[–]brycedriesenga 5 points6 points ago
Interest in girls because they're attractive being construed as objectification is so weird to me.
[–]moondoo 0 points1 point ago
This and her smile.
[–]ImDoig 19 points20 points ago
This is going to sound shallow but a fat ass... that and if she is friendly and bubbly
[–]therebewhaleshere 6 points7 points ago
Came here to post basically this. Friendly and bubbly + fat ass in yoga pants? mmmmmmmmmm
[–]brycedriesenga 5 points6 points ago
[–]I_KILLED_FIDDY_MEN 15 points16 points ago
That ass was fat
[–]rsddasfd 37 points38 points ago
She's smart but doesn't raise her hand to answer every single question the teacher asks the class.
She dresses elegantly. Nothing too revealing, nothing too conservative. Stylish. Regal.
Her eyes have this focus. She isn't like the other girls busily texting on their phones, logging onto Facebook on their laptops, giggling when the teacher's back is turned, or trying to quietly open a plastic wrapped chocolate bar.
She looks at you once and your eyes connect and suddenly you get an overwhelming urge to wage a war in her name.
She gives you this completely non-sexual feeling deep within that makes you want to meet her father.
You feel miserable for whatever reason but knowing you're going to see her in a few days next class fills you with hope and happiness.
When she smiles, you can imagine her in various scenarios such as kneeling before a group of children and offering them candy on Halloween or working in a nursing home.
[–]CinnamonRolll 0 points1 point ago
Wow, that last 2-line paragraph is perfect.
[–]Sma11P1ays 0 points1 point ago
This pretty much sums up my feelings for a girl in class
[–]getrunningnowgirl 0 points1 point ago
awesome detail :)
[–]dangertime 7 points8 points ago
If she has red hair and is holding a book that I enjoy. Or if during classroom discussion another student says something flat out wrong and she's like, "Yeah that's completely wrong. Here's why."
Like a dozen classroom crushes started that way. I was in college for a long time.
[–]macgyver9 7 points8 points ago
I live in Germany, and it is quite rare to meet a German who is fluent in English. I don't mean someone just able to communicate about simple things in English, or someone who is merely able to grasp the language used in American sitcoms. I mean really fluent, someone who's English is good enough to have really deep and meaningful conversations with.
There aren't too many Germans like this. While I've met several Scandinavians and a couple of Dutch people who fit this bill, Germans who are quite fluent in English are rare.
Whenever I meet a German woman who is really fluent in English, who gets the humour and has read English books in English, who has that slight German accent without sounding too stock villain-ish, I am instantly intrigued.
[–]supermermaidthing 2 points3 points ago
I met a dutch guy on a greyhound bus once here in Canada, his English was stupendous. We discussed philosophy for the whole trip and I understood everything. Impressed. I felt stupid for not knowing Dutch.
[–]I_KILLED_FIDDY_MEN 1 point2 points ago
Am I to take it you are not a native German?
[–]bboyplaya 16 points17 points ago
Assuming that she's already attractive, if she really likes "Archer."
[–]itakecrappyphotos 2 points3 points ago
Sploosh... But with semen.
[–]RedTalon19 6 points7 points ago
If I had to describe one single trait I'd say being down to earth.
This would include (but not limited to):
• not obsessing over the small things (to include her own looks)
• being open to new ideas or things in general
• friendly and generally approachable
• not immediately judgmental of things or people
• able to laugh at jokes on topics which some may view as controversial
My last point indicates a general "I don't give a fuck" about a lot of shit that many people flip out over. As I am sitting here trying to type this out... I've discovered its very difficult to put into words. I don't mean jokes that disrespect a person/people but more of an indication that those topics don't hold power over you? I think that's what I'm trying to say.
[–]supermermaidthing 1 point2 points ago
open mindedness? Is that what you mean? Like not the kind of person who will waste their time debating a point...?
[–]RedTalon19 0 points1 point ago
I'm always open to a good debate with somebody's opposing view point. I disgust people who attempt to discredit my viewpoint simply because they disagree with it. If somebody can respect my viewpoint, yet argue against it with logical point... I will respect them a billion times more against any bigot.
[–]soylentblueissmurfs 4 points5 points ago
If she is both intelligent, knowledgable and not full of herself. Or curly hair and a fantastic ass.
[–]Handwired 4 points5 points ago
Personally, a Led Zep shirt does it for me.
[–]one_Dwigt♂ 29 4 points5 points ago
I would have to go with her personality. Some women just light up a room with their smile and their laugh. It makes me want to be around them.
[–]CinnamonRolll 3 points4 points ago
It's hard to describe really. It's not just looks. It's the way she carries herself, emotes, speaks, all in one. You just get a general sense of a person based on a million tiny things that your subconscious analyzes and creates attraction from.
[–]myfriendscantknow 2 points3 points ago
Smirks. They get me so hard. Smirks are playful, sarcastic, smart, confident, and cool.
[–]Dsf192 0 points1 point ago
Mmm....dat smirk.
[–]marstectonics 2 points3 points ago
Unique beauty
[–]holyerthanthou 1 point2 points ago
She's a 10... To me.
[–]Satherton 2 points3 points ago
if they are a red head. even if its fake.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago
I notice something on her that we have in common. Be it an article of clothing or an accessory that features a band, a movie, a character or anything similar that I enjoy.
[–]holyerthanthou 2 points3 points ago
If she laughs at my jokes and is short and skinny with little boobs.
[–]MyPusyTasteLikePepsi 1 point2 points ago
Independence and maturity
[–]-SmileyDude- 1 point2 points ago
If they're already quite attracitve, and I realise they share a common interest.
I.e., play Violin, practice parkour, etc. It's pretty much a free-pass to my heart.
[–]egofrost 1 point2 points ago
The way she carries herself. You can tell a lot by the way she acts and stands.
And the way she does her hair, if it goes with her looks it can be extremely attractive.
[–]The-Pwnage-Man 1 point2 points ago
Do she got a booty? She doooooo!!!... That's about it.
[–]philiph 1 point2 points ago
Cute face, big tits, and a great smell. Game on.
[–]Neoxide 1 point2 points ago
Pretty face and a nice body. Specifically wide hips, thick thighs and a fat ass. It's shallow but usually I rule out which ones I would have sex with almost instantly based on their physical appearance.
That said,I've found myself attracted to girls who sit in the front of the class simply because I see them in front of me all the time. Of course they have to be decent but the extra exposure adds 1 or 2 points onto their rating (out of 10).
[–]Yorigin 1 point2 points ago
Good looking, dark hair (the darker the better) and some meat on her bones, I'm not attracted to skeletor.
[–]monster6607 0 points1 point ago
Similar hobbies and interests.
[–]MrSky 0 points1 point ago
I like shiny things, like a monkey. If she's got a unique look, if she's in shape, and has a really good laugh, that gets me. Bonus if she's reading a book I haven't heard of.
[–]fanofrex 0 points1 point ago
Her attitude and intelligence. Physical features would be her hair and eyes.
[–]hip_hopopotamus 0 points1 point ago
I guess looks because I don't know anything else about her...
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
Honestly, i dont know. Sometimes ill just see someone and get instant intent.
[–]ChineseAstronaut 0 points1 point ago
Personality, really. If you're boring and uncharming I would definitely not consider you.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
A good fighter. Nothing gets me going quicker than a good argument.
[–]KyleGG 0 points1 point ago
In engineering.
[–]philoman777 0 points1 point ago
Show that you are intelligent, abstract about the world, and are a compassionate human being. That would get me very attracted fast.
Add being into activities that means you take care of your body, and I am all yours
[–]woxzard 0 points1 point ago
[–]Reddymatt 0 points1 point ago
If she's reading a book, and not 24 shades of yellow bullshit like authors that no one knows, I can always start a conversation at that point
[–]HappyVillain 0 points1 point ago
Looks good -- and follows it up with saying good.
[–]pete40oz 0 points1 point ago
Her scent. I have literally walked past a woman, catch a whiff of perfume, body wash or lotion and have about faced, walked up and talked to them. Something about the scent of a woman.
[–]p8ntslinger 0 points1 point ago
If the only thing i have to go on is what I see with my eyeballs, then obviously I am going off of looks. So, if she is attractive, I would want to see whats up.
Isn't that a no-brainer?
[–]Welcome_To_Bangkok 0 points1 point ago
her ass
[–]Smashasaurus 0 points1 point ago
Well, I'm a face guy and when a girl knows how to make herself look good and takes care of herself i'm more inclined to talk with her. A girls laugh draws me in as well, if she can laugh easily it sucks me in.
[–]ITRAINEDYOURMONKEY 0 points1 point ago
A nice, really well-worn pair of hiking boots. Or if she's on a touring bike. Either of things imply quite a bit about a person.
[–]project23 0 points1 point ago
Footwear can say a TON about a person. The ones they are wearing says a LOT, but also what others do the have (this applies more to ladies since they typically have tons more than guys).
It may be strange, but footwear is really the major factor I use in long term evaluation of a person (not in the shallow sense, I really need to know their full range of footwear they own/actually use). MAJOR! Not ONLY, still MAJOR. (maybe it is because I am country upbringing/city adulthood. I need people who can go 'off the path'.) Even then, they can be shown those 'non paths' off the trail. It is all about blazing a trail.
[–]CaneUKRM 0 points1 point ago
Her smile.
[–]esfani 0 points1 point ago
Her attraction towards me and if she looks good
[–]SpoonOnGuitar 0 points1 point ago
Short hair.
[–]eugenecho 0 points1 point ago
her face her body her clothes her personality
[–]Rrrrrrr777 0 points1 point ago
Being hot. What else is there?
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
Big boobs/butt and a nice personality
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
There are tons of hot girls on campus, that doesn't get you very far. You need to show me you're especially smart or interesting. As I'm getting older I'm becoming more attracted to girls who have a plan or at least drive to do something after school.
[–]porkbyproduct -2 points-1 points ago
Being smarter than me. Which, at the risk of being egotistical, is rare. My wife is smarter than me, and I love that (though I make a lot more than she does).
[–]LittleJackalope 9 points10 points ago
why do you need to clarify that you make more money?
[–]therebewhaleshere 10 points11 points ago
Obvious insecurity.
[–]DASHLICKER1991 3 points4 points ago
he loves making more money despite being dumber than his wife
[–]porkbyproduct 0 points1 point ago
So what's your guess?
[–]MonsieurGrimm -1 points0 points ago
no one thing will do that.
being attractive + seeming interesting will, but that's a) two things and b) rare as shit.
[–]1rankman -1 points0 points ago
Non smoker, not over weight, has some of the same hobbys as I
[–]underwhelming_answer -2 points-1 points ago
girl > 6.5 with a good smile and interested in what I have to day.
[–]WhoRipped -2 points-1 points ago
If she looks fit. It is shame that so many people don't know or care to maintain healthy habits. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/1ppwba/what_makes_you_instantly_attracted_to_a_girl_and/ | dclm-gs1-278630000 |
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[–]Petro17 1 point2 points ago
Veterinary student here and ER Vet Tech. Here are two thing I wish EVERYONE knew!
1. Tylenol and Advil are NOT pain relievers and do not act on your dogs/cats the same way it does for us; they can cause toxicity and gastric ulcers!
2. Vaccines from Walgreens/Feed Stores and given at home are not as effective. Countless dogs still get infectious and often fatal disease if "vaccinated" with these. Have your local vet or ABC clinic correctly vaccinate them. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/15ubdf/veterinarians_vet_techs_and_other_animal_clinic/c7q4iva | dclm-gs1-278640000 |
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[–]lopez27611 0 points1 point ago
A friend was telling us how his great grandmother had passed away in a foreign country and said that nobody knew how old she really was, which was well over 100. It was still very recent and he was still pretty sad about it so me being the one to always try and lighten the mood, I said, "they should have cut her in half and counted the rings." That did not go too well. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/16ohn3/whats_the_worst_thing_youve_ever_said_to_someone/c7xzzs5?context=3 | dclm-gs1-278650000 |
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[–]CatfishRadiator 0 points1 point ago
I was just in Japan and I think I ate ramen every day. My god it was incredible. In NYC there are some pretty good ramen places but it's vastly overpriced.
That being said, Japan can't make a pizza for shit. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/171x1e/what_is_that_one_type_of_fooddrink_that_you/c81nzhg | dclm-gs1-278660000 |
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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
The no. 1 past-time in England is demonizing groups of people to absolve yourself of personal responsibility. People are obsessed with class and status. There's a horrible 'little-Englander' mentality which is puritanical and obsessed with other people's behavior and private lives, not to mention being reactionary and often racist, sexist, classist and homophobic.
And then on top of all of that we have a monarchy which thousands of people seem to adore, despite the fact that they're born into positions of power and wealth and have done nothing to earn it.
Patriotism in England tends to come in the "My country, right or wrong" variety. I find any display of patriotism highly obnoxious but at least in America there's a sense that people are patriotic about the ideals which shape the country, rather than just blind devotion to a landmass.
Fuck England. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1aso1u/what_is_something_that_you_hate_about_your_culture/c90gfuv?context=3 | dclm-gs1-278670000 |
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[–]Mctock31 3 points4 points ago
I actually have their discography on my ipod and just shuffle all their songs when Im in the mood. They don't have an album I dislike. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1l93uo/whats_one_of_the_darkest_songs_youve_heard/cbx6bpb | dclm-gs1-278680000 |
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[–]Madock345 53 points54 points ago
Usually my right, but I switch pretty frequently.
[–]Bryz_ 101 points102 points ago
Take pride in the fact that you're a switch-hitter.
[–]Hammer989 38 points39 points ago
It's a whole different world.
[–]fostok 13 points14 points ago
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago
Is it safe?
[–]Kolurinn -1 points0 points ago
I haven't clicked the link yet, but I'm 90% sure this is the song from aladdin. Ninja edit: it's aladdin.
[–]AmeyDespey 0 points1 point ago
I thought I was the only one...
[–]DatNewRandy 0 points1 point ago
I wish I was, simply for the sake of having equally sized forearms.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago
Shouldn't switch frequently... Then you have no alternative when you're craving a little strange.
[–]allpunsintended 0 points1 point ago
You know, if your hand has enough nerve damage, it'll be like getting a stranger every time. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1mwric/what_is_the_worst_personal_injury_that_you_have/ccdccyg | dclm-gs1-278690000 |
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[–]Aadarm 10 points11 points ago
My girl says I am like a dog, I roll around with my dogs, will sleep in a pile with them, eat fast as possible and too much, will play with the dogs with the rope in my mouth as well as eat and drink after them and have maybe growled while annoyed. No bones though! Scalp is just kinda sensitive and having it rubbed and scratches feels really good. | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1uhjst/next_to_the_orgasm_what_is_the_second_best/ceiap9e | dclm-gs1-278700000 |
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[–]iceph03nixCleric 2 points3 points ago
Well in a way you could look at the mafia (or any gang) as a thieves guild, and they were fairly common for a while (gangs are still widespread). Criminal organizations have been around throughout the ages.
My point was more that its fantasy and you're making up a fairly unrealistic world, so having a guild of like minded people forming together for safety in numbers is a fairly small leap of faith. | http://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/14zpth/does_anyone_use_the_character_builder_to_create/c7i4zo1 | dclm-gs1-278710000 |
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[–]p7r 6 points7 points ago
Every entrepreneur should play poker and get good at it. So many lessons about emotional control, money and managing not just bankroll but expectations.
I honestly think bad poker players make bad entrepreneurs.
[–]zjbarden 2 points3 points ago
Not necessarily bad entrepreneurs but I completely agree with this. If you can't take and manage risk, you really can't be an entrepreneur.
[–]jmdxsvhs15 1 point2 points ago
I have always said there is something about poker that is powerful. I have played my whole life and it has taught me a lot about people and how to deal with them. I think its important for everyone to learn...
[–]p7r -5 points-4 points ago
You are accusing me of denying the antecedent which I am not doing. You are implying it because you fail to see the point I was actually making.
Go away.
[–]musclerunner 2 points3 points ago
I think maybe this response was intended for another comment. I don't see any accusations of you in the comment above, unless I'm missing something.
[–]jmdxsvhs15 1 point2 points ago
I was pretty sure we were making the same point. Im not sure what went wrong when you read it but I agree with you. Poker is a valuable game to learn...
[–]p7r 0 points1 point ago
Possibly a misread on my part then! Apols
[–]Jammylegs 1 point2 points ago
So, if you've never played poker, you shouldn't be an entrepreneur? You're argument is silly.
Ps. I play poker. I'm average, I'd say.
[–]p7r 0 points1 point ago
Did I say that?
[–]TriangleDimes 0 points1 point ago
I honestly think bad poker players make bad entrepreneurs.
So if you think bad poker players make bad entrepreneurs and good poker players make good entrepreneurs...
[–]Crazappy 0 points1 point ago
Assuming someone who has "never played poker" = "bad poker player[s]", then you sort of did. You didn't say that they shouldn't be an entrepreneur, just that they would be a bad one.
[–]p7r -4 points-3 points ago
How about you just take it as read I think that good poker players will tend to make good entrepreneurs and that all entrepreneurs can learn a lot of useful lessons from poker?
[–]Crazappy 0 points1 point ago
I'm not the guy who challenged your original statement. I was just playing devil's advocate. Sorry.
[–]p7r -2 points-1 points ago
Yeah, got caught in the cross-fire there, huh? :-) Sorry for being snarky.
[–]Crazappy -2 points-1 points ago
More like... jumped into crossfire. I should mind my own business.
[–]Jammylegs -1 points0 points ago
I'm extrapolating.
[–]p7r -5 points-4 points ago
Incorrectly, and then using it as the basis to insult me. Nice move.
[–]zensunset 2 points3 points ago
How do you take insult from those words?
[–]Jammylegs 3 points4 points ago
I still say it's silly. I stand by what I said.
I don't think it's necessary to learn, then play poker to be a good entrepreneur. All you need is evidence of people who run successful companies who DONT play poker to disprove your argument.
If anything, risk aversion in business (and in poker) is a good indicator of an entrepreneur. Knowing when to hold and when to fold.
But to say that playing poker is a requirement, in my opinion is silly. You're allowed to have your opinion, just as I'm allowed to not have to agree with you.
It's ok, no insult intended, if I offended you I'm sorry, but I still stand by what I said.
[–]smnanthny 0 points1 point ago
I believe his argument was that if an entrepreneur were to sit down and learn the game of poker, the successful entrepreneurs should be able to remove themselves from the emotion of the game and play purely on the decision making and statistics. If an entrepreneur was unable to do this and went 'on tilt' when they lost as described in the article, then they are probably not the best entrepreneur.
Then again, there is no measure to how good an entrepreneur is, it's all theoretical.
[–]andalite_bandit -1 points0 points ago
dude...he's just saying it's a good idea to pick up poker if you're an aspiring entrepreneur. | http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1owja9/how_letting_go_of_money_made_me_more_of_it/ccwd872 | dclm-gs1-278720000 |
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[–]UrsaDropsus 76 points77 points ago
KSP taught me that most space games I've played previously do a laughably poor job of representing how physics in space really works.
Related lesson: Space games are more fun for me when they're closer to the reality.
[–]centurijon 32 points33 points ago
Funny when you think about it: Asteroids was one of the most technically accurate space sims of all time.
[–]trevize1138[S] 7 points8 points ago
Great point!
[–]Tromboneofsteel 10 points11 points ago
Another lesson: Watching any movie with spaceships in it is now ruined because of KSP.
Edit: case in point, I'm so dissapointed that this could never happen.
[–]johnnytightlips2 4 points5 points ago
That's one of the things I've realised; an actual space battle would be so difficult to manouver as to essentially be impossible. All one ship would need to do is burn for a few seconds in any direction and BAM you're kilometres away
[–]aldenhg 5 points6 points ago
Inertial dampeners! Repulsorlifts! Elctro-stabilizers!
Yeah beats me.
[–]Alphaetus_Prime 5 points6 points ago
Actual space battles would take place over massive distances. People on one ship probably wouldn't be able to see the other ship at all.
[–]pigsnoutman 3 points4 points ago
It's possible but stupid. They're not in orbit, and just hovering.
[–]Lying_Dutchman 1 point2 points ago
Yeah, spaceships always seem to move just like planes in movies.... maybe they're just in pretty thin atmosphere?
Or, you know, just insert some random technobabble that explains it.
[–]reindeermeat 6 points7 points ago
Remember I-War taking a more realistic approach to physics. Don't know if the game was that popular though, remember my brother raving about it when it was released. I was 9 at the time and mostly sucked at it.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 5 points6 points ago
I freaking loved Independence War. Newtonian physics in a space combat video game? Hells to the yes.
It's on GOG now, by the way. Definitely worth the purchase.
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[–]deckard58Master Kerbalnaut 4 points5 points ago
I don't even need to hover on that link to know what you're talking about :D
[–]Swordfish08 4 points5 points ago
"Serviceman Chung" is likely a reference to the man who wrote this site. If you read through it and compare it to the game's codec, it becomes quite obvious that the writers of Mass Effect referenced it heavily.
Oh, and, uh, clear your schedule before you try reading it.
[–]nyrath 2 points3 points ago
Yes, "Serviceman Chung" was a reference to me, and "Serviceman Burnside" was Ken Burnside of Ad Astra games. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside every time I watch that.
and yes, my website can be engrossing, even to me.
[–]kklusmeier 2 points3 points ago
...It might go off into deep space and hit somebody else in ten thousand years! That is why, serviceman Chung, we do not just 'Eyeball it'! This is a weapon of mass destruction! You are not a GD cowboy shooting from the hip!
[–]LeiningensAnts 1 point2 points ago
And if you're a first-person-shooter fan, Shattered Horizon.
Crap, I've had that thing in my Steam Games list for more than a year, and it still intimidates me into not clicking.
(edit: Horizon, not plural)
[–]Danny_the_Intern 1 point2 points ago
Never heard of it. A quick Google search later, and that looks pretty nifty! I might have to give it a look.
[–]pokemech 1 point2 points ago
Damn that looks cool!
Guns like that wouldn't work like that in space, there'd be no muzzle flash, and my computer would probably die before it could render a single frame, but that is one damn cool looking game :)
[–]Bzerker01 1 point2 points ago
There has been a lot of talk of a similar model being put into Chris Roberts next game Star Citizen. I'd check it out if you are looking for a classic Space Combat video game.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 1 point2 points ago
I keep hearing about that game, and I'll admit that it does look pretty awesome. Still, I've been burned in the past and I don't want to get my hopes up. If the dogfighting module is as awesome as I want it to be, then I'll officially be excited.
[–]UrsaDropsus 1 point2 points ago
Another one more recently released is Evochron Mercenary. Has proper Newtonian physics which makes combat interesting. I think the most ridiculous thing about that game though is that a single dude made it all. WTF honestly.
[–]OrangeJuggler 2 points3 points ago
Most space games are fancy submarine games.
[–]laggerd 72 points73 points ago
I used to think that if a space ship was in orbit, because gravity appears to have no effect, then it can point and go somewhere if you get the timing right.
[–]trevize1138[S] 62 points63 points ago
I was entranced by the concept this game taught me that all of space is just a series of orbits. Nearly every maneuver you do is an orbital transfer of one type or another.
[–]graymatteron 13 points14 points ago
Yup, moving from one sphere of gravitational influence to another. Makes me wonder if there is a place where there is no gravitational influence?
[–][deleted] 55 points56 points ago
Technically, the effect of gravity has no limiting distance. It drops off according to the inverse square law until the effect is so small that it has no practical value, but to some tiny degree, you are currently being affected by the gravitational pull of every bit of mass in the universe.
Of course, dominating this to an absolutely enormous degree is the mass of the earth, moon and sun. It's almost impossible to notice the pull of other masses due to the size and proximity of these three bodies. A classic rebuttal of the astrology claim that the gravity of mars could somehow influence your birth goes that, with the distances involved, the doctor delivering the baby exerts more gravitational pull on you than mars does.
But if you were, say, out in the blackest intergalactic space, you would have to account for the pull of several galaxies to keep on the proper course. Even out there you would be in some incredibly, unbelievably slow orbit. Probably around the Great Attractor, whatever that is.
[–]nou_spiro 2 points3 points ago
well mars-3kg baby which are 0.5AU apart = 2.297e-8N
100kg person and 3kg 0.5m apart = 8e-8N
source: wolframaplha
[–]chocki305 22 points23 points ago
No place has "no gravitational influence". But places do exist where opposing gravitational forces cancel each other out. KSP taught, or rather lead me to read about Lagrange points, and how a ship can orbit that point, virtually keeping it in the same spot in comparison to its parent body.
[–]graymatteron 15 points16 points ago
I was reading about this the other day, wasn't it true though that the way KSP's physics are coded you can only be under one sphere of influence at a time meaning that lagrange points could not be utilized in KSP?
[–]chocki305 13 points14 points ago
Correct, Lagrange points only work with n-body physics, as they are points where earths (or other planet / mass) gravity is "canceled" out by another objects gravity. KSP only models single body physics. Meaning, when you are orbiting Kerbin, the gravity of Kerbol (the sun) has no effect on the craft.
[–]tgdrake10 3 points4 points ago
How much harder would the game be with n-body physics?
[–]AN_HONEST_ASSHOLE 5 points6 points ago
Keeping satellites in orbit for long periods of time would be a chore. Like if you put something in keosynchronous orbit, you'd have to deal with the other bodies' gravitational influence perturbing its orbit. Wikipedia has a page on how real-world satellites deal with this.
[–]daniel14vt 1 point2 points ago
Not too much until you got outside of the SOI. However the program would have to work a ton harder
[–]trevize1138[S] 9 points10 points ago
Correct. The physics are simplified for the purposes of simplifying the game to make it more fun plus I'm sure the computing power needed to truly factor in all the gravitational influences in the KSP "universe" at any given time would make it nearly un-playable.
Interestingly, from what I understand of Patched Conics they did calculations for the Moon flights in the '60s with a very similar approximation of the Earth having an SOI and the Moon having an SOI mostly because they didn't have the computing power at that time to do otherwise.
[–]LeiningensAnts 11 points12 points ago
I think even NASA supercomputers have problems with n-body physics, so, don't knock whatever PC you play this thing on, folks.
[–]exDM69 10 points11 points ago
Doing n-body simulations is not difficult or computationally expensive. You can do a very impressive simulation of thousands to millions of bodies on your home PC. You can try e.g. Universe Sandbox.
[–]angatar_ 1 point2 points ago
How complex would KSP's n-body simulations be compared to NASA's?
[–]exDM69 6 points7 points ago
KSP does not do any n-body simulation (KSP is strictly 2 body dynamics) but you certainly can do quite impressive n-body computations with your off the shelf PC. If you have a good GPU, you can get really impressive simulations running.
Universe Sandbox is an example of n-body dynamics simulation which runs on your PC.
Finally, for NASA simulations (when it comes to mission planning), the n body simulations do not do n-body for a particularly large N. They just simulate a handful of the most important gravity sources (the sun, the earth, the moon, jupiter, and the destination planet will get you quite far). But they do take things like non-spherical earth into account.
On the other hand NASA and other astronomy researchers do simulate things like the asteroid belt or motions of stars in a galaxy. There you have quite many bodies that interact.
Your home PC can easily simulate thousands to millions of bodies interacting with each other. The Millenium Run was a big ass n-body simulation with roughly ten billion bodies simulated.
[–]Tefal 1 point2 points ago
N-Body computations are not really hard. The Orbiter space flight sim has been doing it for over ten years without trouble, and it ran fine on the PCs of back then already.
The #1 reason for using patched conics and SoIs instead of N-Body computations in KSP is simplicity. Orbital mechanics become much easier like this; with "true" N-Body mechanics weird effects start to pop up. Lagrange points are one of those, and they're pretty nice, but you also get unstable regions where your orbits are essentially unpredictable without simulation, possibly even chaotic.
KSP is hard enough as it is and AFAIK Squad does not want us to have to cope with that on top of the rest. Not that some of us including the Great Scott would mind, I guess...
[–]exDM69 1 point2 points ago
To plan the moon missions, the engineers in the 1960's did compute the full trajectory using numerical integration, but because computer time was so expensive back then, they had to make a good initial guess using patched conics.
Patched conics is not useful for proper mission planning in the real world, but it can give useful back of the envelope guesstimates to get started. To get your trajectories right, you have to do a full numerical simulation which is a trial and error process.
Perturbations due to gravity of the sun, the moon and other bodies and the non-spherical gravity field of the earth are not negligible and have to be properly taken into account.
[–]OptimalCynic 4 points5 points ago
Yes, the barycenter of the universe. Good luck finding it though.
[–]The_Dirty_Carl 4 points5 points ago
Technically, no. Practically, yes.
All masses exert an influence in an infinite sphere, but the strength of that influence varies inversely with the square of the distance.
So, if you get far enough away from any significant mass, you no longer need to account for their effect. For example, if you're orbiting Earth, you need to account for the moon, but you don't care what Mars is doing.
[–]monkeedude1212 1 point2 points ago
If I understand it correctly, the Voyager probe has left the solar system with enough force that it probably won't reach an apoapsis before it encounters some other gravitational force that severely impacts it's trajectory.
It will end up so far from the sun's normal sphere of influence, further than Haley's comet, that even 70 years won't cause it to complete an orbit.
[–]wartornhero 2 points3 points ago
Kind of. Voyager is traveling either at or really close to the sun's escape velocity. Voyager will never orbit back around the sun and will end up orbiting the milky way with the sun Eventually Both of them pass other stars in about 40,000 years
[–]Crazyh 1 point2 points ago
Lets hope we as a species are still around at that point. I wonder if we will stop fighting over silly crap by then.
[–]sknnywhiteman 1 point2 points ago
well, based on how long civilization has been around, and how likely it looks like it will be stopping in the near future, it's safe to say we're doomed.
[–]f87 2 points3 points ago
I realized this through KSP as well and it has really made it hard to watch any sci-fi involving space travel.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 9 points10 points ago
I vaguely remember learning that orbit, at the most basic level, can be thought of a constant freefall around a gravitational body. You've essentially reached the point where your velocity is high enough that the ground will always curve away from you faster than gravity will bring you down.
It's been like 14 years since high school physics, though, so I could be full of shit.
edit: Aha! I was describing Newton's cannonball!
[–]LeiningensAnts 5 points6 points ago
Good ol' Newton, the bastard who invented Calculus on a dare.
And if it wasn't for atmospheric drag~~~!!! [SHAKEFIST]
[–]Alphaetus_Prime 2 points3 points ago
As someone taking AP Physics right now, atmospheric drag is my worst nightmare.
[–]Blly509 4 points5 points ago
After my first few docking attempts I realized it was less like walking over to your buddy and shaking his hand and more like the two of you driving down the freeway at several thousand km/s and trying to high five each other
[–]nquinn91 61 points62 points ago
How you have to make a gravity turn to make orbit. Makes so much sense and I can't believe I never realized it before KSP.
[–]trevize1138[S] 35 points36 points ago
I can't believe how dumb I was first playing this game. I pointed my rocket straight up and let 'er go until the fuel ran out. WTH? I'm falling right back down to where I launched? MIND BLOWN
[–]nquinn91 23 points24 points ago
I probably did this 3 times before I sought out youtube videos and facepalmed so hard.
[–]trevize1138[S] 42 points43 points ago
I also didn't use the map view or maneuver nodes at first at all. I just launched, pointed myself straight at the moon, warped time and ... WTH? I'm in orbit around the SUN??
[–]elad661 9 points10 points ago
I actually managed to land on the Mun in one of my first gameplays without much planning, gravity turning, maneuver nodes or anything like that. "Oh, I ran out of fuel? I'll add more fuel", then I just pointed at the mun and after a while... I intercepted it. Few flights later I managed to land the thing, but never had enough fuel to come back when I flew like that.
[–]kufan64 3 points4 points ago
That's actually pretty impressive. The ship must have been moving at ludicrous speed to be able to fly it directly to the Mun like you describe.
[–]sn33zie 10 points11 points ago
He's gone plaid
[–]elad661 3 points4 points ago
hm... come to think of it it does seem kinda too good to be true. Maybe I don't remember it right. I remember taking off pointing directly upwards, then I don't remember what I did, and then I just pointed to the Mun with full speed ahead. Maybe I got to orbit first, but if it was it was probably not very circular.
I still have the craft file tho, I might attempt to recreate that mission...
[–]Arknine 1 point2 points ago
Maybe he even went plaid.
[–]SgtExoMaster Kerbalnaut 12 points13 points ago
That is pretty funny.
[–]littlefrankMaster Kerbalnaut 10 points11 points ago
Basically, what Kerbal Space Program taught me is that what goes up doesn't necessarily come down... you just need a decent delta V and a certain trajectory, and Jeb.
[–]laggerd 2 points3 points ago
no, it is always coming down while orbiting
[–]Frizbiskit 1 point2 points ago
I new I had to speed up sideways at some point but I never knew how much speed it takes to get into orbit. And when I found out how fast real life things orbit I was absolutely astonished.
[–]LeiningensAnts 42 points43 points ago
I knew space was big,
I knew about the Apollo Program, and what a slide-ruler is,
I knew docking is more like a seven-kilometer-per-second kiss between two 50 ton fatties,
I knew why you can't just fly a Boeing 747 to the moon wasn't just running out of gas,
But if KSP has taught me anything, it's taught me that I greatly underestimate young people. I mean, I'm 31, 32 in January, and I've got fucking 13 year olds asking 17 year olds how Calculus works and the finer points of ... well, you get the idea.
[–]ericksj1 11 points12 points ago
I agree one hundred percent. Those who say kids are getting stupider have never met the KSP community! A bunch of magnificent people you all are!
[–]TheFlyingBastard 37 points38 points ago
I learned that an orbit is literally falling towards the ground but going so fast that you keep missing it.
[–]_ralph_ 20 points21 points ago
i never really understood the joke behind learning to fly in the HHGTTG.
[–]Alphaetus_Prime 2 points3 points ago
Holy shit I never thought about it that way.
[–]ICameISawILeft 2 points3 points ago
This is a fact that I "knew" before hand, but I didn't actually understand it. But apparently I only really remembered the words and didn't grok the concept. I had this moment when doing one of my first gravity turns where I was thinking "Why do I need SOO much horizontal momentum" and then it all clicked. It was a good moment.
[–]aaqucnaona 34 points35 points ago
How difficult it is to get enough deltaV to go to the outer planets. Without gravity assists, the Voyagers wouldn't have even crossed the asteroid belt.
[–][deleted] 27 points28 points ago
Not to mention how hard it would be, in real universe scales and orbital velocities, to come back from a Mars mission. Could you imagine the absolute leviathan that you would need to push a return vehicle out to Mars and achieve capture that would be able to land and then get back up to Mars orbit? It would probably be easier to just mine the resources and build it on Mars, which is probably what we'll end up doing.
[–]neph001 15 points16 points ago
You're on the right track, but with proven technology that exists right now it's doable without building the whole return vehicle, instead only producing liquid methane fuel in situ.
I highly, highly recommend reading The Case For Mars by Robert Zubrin if you're interested in this stuff.
[–]bbqroast 2 points3 points ago
On the flip side in real life no one will blink an eye if you use ions and plan to burn for a few hundred hours to get your transfer.
[–]RS14-2 2 points3 points ago
Even so, Deimos is closer than Luna, in terms of energy! (5.6km/s, vs. 5.7km/s for Luna, from LEO).
[–]Danny_the_Intern 9 points10 points ago
Seriously. Even a trip to somewhere as "close" as Mars requires something around 20,000 m/s of Δv, from takeoff to low Mars orbit. Let alone the costs to land there, return to orbit, and make it back to Earth.
[–]LeiningensAnts 12 points13 points ago
And yet, if you convinced the world that there was oil on that thar Mars...
[–]clinically_cynicalMaster Kerbalnaut 26 points27 points ago
Well I should hope so, oil on Mars would mean life on Mars.
[–]pigsnoutman 1 point2 points ago
The oil in Canada is only just worth getting.
[–]KooooojMaster Kerbalnaut 9 points10 points ago
Uh.... the Voyagers got their first gravity assist from Jupiter, outside of the asteroid belt. Your point is still quite valid, just a little off in the details.
[–]AbisCann 36 points37 points ago
More than anything, KSP taught me just how dangerous spaceflight is. One little miscalculation, one little mistake, and BOOM. You're dead, and millions of dollars plus countless man-hours have been wasted.
Granted, people do not generally spend months or years planning missions in KSP, and we (or at least most of us) aren't rocket scientists, but it definitely gave me a whole new appreciation for how big astronauts' balls are.
[–]redthursdays 26 points27 points ago
Rocket scientist (student) here. I play KSP. I absolutely agree with you.
THAT SAID: my recent .22 Minmus mission launched and partially exploded on Kerbin ascent. Still managed to land on Minmus and make it back. A minor problem doesn't necessarily completely damn the mission, if you can correct for it. Sort of like when Apollo 13 launched, one of the engines malfunctioned but they still pushed it to orbit (the other problems that came later were unrelated).
[–]LeiningensAnts 28 points29 points ago
Apollo 13:
Malfunctioning launch? Check
Exploding oxygen tank? Check
Need to fit square peg into round hole? Check
Typically 4 or so minutes of radio not-contact, extended to 6+? Check.
[–]redthursdays 13 points14 points ago
Have you read the book that the movie is based on (Lost Moon, by Jim Lovell)? It goes a lot more in detail into the technical aspects of what went wrong and what caused the explosion, as well as what they all went through surviving by the seat of their pants. It really is incredible that they were able to overcome the incident and make it home unscathed.
[–]Professor_Lavahot 9 points10 points ago
I believe I read somewhere, possibly even in that book (it's due for a reread, it's awesome) that the next time Swigert was supposed to have stirred the oxygen tanks was while he was in orbit, by himself, around the Moon. While Lovell and Haise were in the LM on the surface.
So in the time it would have took for them to abort the moonwalk, wait for the launch window, and get it back up to lunar orbit, would Swigert have exhausted the purge tank in the CM? Would they be able to dock? Would they still be there?
It's absolutely insane how close this would have come to space's yet-untold greatest tragedy: losing people that we can't get back.
[–]Silpion 8 points9 points ago
Not to damp your enthusiasm, but the spirit of this comment needs a little bit of a reality check.
Malfunctioning launch? Check
One engine did shut down late in the 2nd stage, but this was not a huge threat to crew safety. If it had left them unable to complete the mission, they had perfectly acceptable abort scenarios where the CM would just land immediately or use third stage and service module to boost into a safe orbit.
This also isn't a real unique situation. Apollo 6 (unmanned Saturn V test) had worse problems but still made a safe orbit. Challenger lost an engine on STS-51-F leading to a successful Abort to Orbit, and Columbia had decreased engine performance on STS-93 leading to a low but safe orbit.
Exploding oxygen tank? Check
The big one, yeah, that they were lucky to survive. The main consequence was a loss of electrical power generation in the CSM, so survival was a matter of making the LM keep them all alive until they could get back, without letting the CSM systems freeze solid.
Need to fit square peg into round hole? Check
Just one aspect of the above. It was a cool deal, but honestly one of the best things about having humans on your spacecraft is that they can improvise and effect creative fixes. This happens on lots of flights and EVAs, this one was just more critical than usual.
It was just because their navigation wasn't perfect and they hit the atmosphere more shallowly than usual, leading to a longer time spent in the plasma sheath. They were still within the nominal reentry window, it was just a cause for some suspense.
Not sure what that means, but Challenger and Columbia had catastrophic unrecoverable problems. Apollo 13 had a problem that could have been catastrophic, but because it was mainly a power issue on just one of their two spacecraft, there was room for error that those other missions didn't have.
Some other potentially disastrous incidents that have happened, with disaster being averted:
• Gemini 8 had a RCS system malfunction after docking with a test vehicle, which caused the spacecraft to spin out of control so violently they crew almost passed out, while out of communication with Houston. They did an emergency undock, disabled the primary RCS system completely, and used 75% of the reentry RCS system fuel to null out their spin, and did an immediate emergency reentry.
• Apollo 12 was hit by lightning on ascent, causing a failure of the readout electronics. Fixed by switching to the obscure backup system. Not fixing could have left them flying blind and forced an uncomfortable and dangerous early launch abort.
• Apollo 14 had a glitch with the LM landing abort switch, which could have led to an uncommanded abort during lunar descent, which would have ruined the mission and led to an awkward lunar orbit rendezvous situation. Fixed by a software patch written during the flight and coded in by hand by the astronauts.
• Five space shuttle missions executed RSLS aborts on the launch pad after main engine ignition but before liftoff. Failure to abort then could have led to a Return to Launch Site abort after liftoff or an engine explosion.
[–]dparish21 5 points6 points ago
You know your shit.
[–]LeiningensAnts 2 points3 points ago
I don't think I've ever been this happy to be schooled like a damn kid.
Not sure what that means
Imagine Challenger going up while Colombia was coming down and them hitting each other.
[–]Aqueries44 6 points7 points ago
Hell, Apollo 12 was struck by lightning during launch.
[–]redthursdays 11 points12 points ago
Now THAT'S what I want in the next update.
[–]jardeon 7 points8 points ago
"Flight, have him try SCE to Aux."
[–]drivec 6 points7 points ago
"Try FCE to Auxiliary. What the hell is that?"
[–]SgtBaxter 4 points5 points ago
Haha... I think most of us probably toss some parts together, think "hey that's cool" and click the launch button just to see what happens. I know I do!
[–]2close2see 25 points26 points ago
That I'm never going to get my fucking thesis finished.
[–]Silpion 2 points3 points ago
I'm so happy I didn't find this until after I graduated.
Just uninstall it man. You can come back to us later.
[–]yurkia 27 points28 points ago
KSP has taught me that I am no where near as intelligent as I once thought I was.....
[–]Mr_Magpie 24 points25 points ago
It taught me what I wish I had realised years ago. That my love of space could be a career if I had gone that route. Unfortunately saying I wanted to be involved with space was misunderstood by my teachers as "be an astronaut" and so they always talked me into a less grandiose role without realising I meant building satellites, or rockets, or propulsion systems. So I aimed much lower, not wanting to fail my teachers and family. I wasn't good enough, or smart enough to be an astronaut the teachers said. I picked up the drums, and art, something I was always good at regardless, as I found other subjects completely empty. I did a music degree, came out of University, and one day I was browsing reddit when I saw the CGI of curiosity landing, where somebody had photoshopped the three kerbals onto the bottom right screen.
So, I did research, found this game, cackled with glee at the expressions and explosions, and told myself I would not buy it until I had landed on the Mun.
After landing on the Mun, and discovering how orbits work it finally dawned on me after a long gaming session.
I've wanted to do this for real, and have done since I was small.
Sat in a dark room to accentuate the blackness of space in the game, I watched the little ship I had designed whizz around a replica planet and allowed my childhood to return to me.
I remembered being obsessed with spaceships and various sci fi, I remembered having a match box moon base toy set, with shuttles you could place together just like KSP. I remembered going with my step dad to a giant field where he'd set up a whole load of model rockets to launch without telling me what we were doing, and we spent hours in the cold launching them. I remembered wondering how and why rockets flew like they did, why they needed fins, how far up they could go, and what it would be like to be in the rocket when it launched. I remembered going to the Kennedy Space Centre on a trip to the US and looking at the Saturn V engines with my mouth wide open. I remembered seeing my biological dad, and helping him create a water pressure rocket, which after launch was never found again. To this day we still joke that it's in orbit somewhere, contributing to the space junk issue.
That night, as I sat motionless, memories flooding back and sweeping over me I'd realised how much time I had wasted avoiding confronting the people who told me I couldn't do it, spiralling into myself as I matured and as a result, hiding away what I truly wanted for fear of disappointing others. I realised I had been in a depression, I had anxiety issues, and this little game put it into perspective.
I always considered myself crap at math, never being able to do algebra or advanced calculations, mainly due to a lack of enthusiasm. But there I was, sat in that room, filled with emotion, regret, but also awe at myself. I had just done basic rocket science, very basic, but rocket science nonetheless.
So here I am, mid 20s, hating the choice I have made so far, and wishing I had given myself a better opportunity to do what I always wanted to do.
Life has not been very kind since leaving uni, I've been out of work since January, struggled with rents, keeping on top of depression and anxiety, dealing with deaths. And yet I feel calmer than I have since I was watching those little rockets whizz into the sky, because I know what I want to do with my life.
So, as soon as I can nail a job down, I'm saving up and going straight back to college, straight through uni, and into a career in aerospace engineering.
It's what I have always wanted to do, and it's what this game has taught me, I only hope I haven't left it too late.
Edit: Wow! Thank you for the reddit gold. It means a lot. Thank you for the encouragement also.
[–]trevize1138[S] 2 points3 points ago
Moving story, bro. Amazing this game brings out such emotion for you.
Good call going back to school for aerospace. Consider this: you're only in your 20s. You are not too late at all.
[–]Mr_Magpie 5 points6 points ago
Thanks for the encouragement. It means a lot.
The big hurdle is understand those garbled math formulas. Once I've got that solved the sky's no longer the limit.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 22 points23 points ago
Science fiction shows and movies are awful at portraying spaceflight. Let's take Return of the Jedi as an (admittedly bad) example.
Okay, so they've just managed to rescue Han from Jabba's clutches and made a bunch of things blow up with super-cool explosions, right? They leave Tatooine separately - Luke's got to head back to Dagobah by himself, while everybody else is heading over to hook up with the rest of the Alliance to prepare the assault on the second Death Star. We see Luke's X-wing and the Millenium Falcon taking off and heading in separate directions once they're in space.
I mean, seriously - how the hell does Tatooine's gravity not affect him? How does Luke magically make his ship go into the direction that he's pointing it? Do an X-wing's engines have infinite power and infinite fuel? Is it space magic and/or the Force? Did he use a cheat code?
[–]Monsterposter 20 points21 points ago
Don't most science fiction spaceships produce ludicrous amounts of energy? Couldn't an incredible amount of thrust produce those results?
[–]Danny_the_Intern 9 points10 points ago
They'd have to. I mean, to make that much of a change in your orbit, that close to the planet, and to have it be almost instantaneous? We're talking about obscene amounts of power here.
Same thing with the Death Star in A New Hope. What, this gigantic orbital body doesn't produce any gravitational forces, and they can just fly straight away from it with no problems? Oh please.
obviously, there's never been any attempt to portray the mechanics of spaceflight in Star Wars as realistic, but still
[–]Monsterposter 5 points6 points ago
Aren't they also capable of traveling at the speed of light?
[–]Danny_the_Intern 8 points9 points ago
I guess so. Which brings up another point - how the hell can they move between star systems so (relatively (pun not intended)) quickly? It takes light something like 8 minutes just to reach Earth from the Sun. It takes years from light from the nearest stars to reach Earth. And yet they can travel halfway across the galaxy in a few hours?
And what about relativity and time dialation? How can a probe droid on the surface of Hoth transmit images instantaneously to the Imperial fleet? Realistically speaking, the Rebels would've been long gone by the time the Empire even saw the transmission.
Damn you, Star Wars, and your love of the Rule of Cool.
[–]Monsterposter 11 points12 points ago
I just found this, it would seem that Star Wars has a simular transportation syestem to Star Trek.
I also this, apparently the ships are shielded from relativistic effects.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 17 points18 points ago
Magic. Got it.
[–]SimmeP 7 points8 points ago
This is a thing I've been thinking about since I watched any FTL drive in any media.
It seems like people/aliens/whatever either don't have the ability to travel superluminously (sp?), OR they have the ability to travel 100000000000000x c. We never see anyone able to go 1 or 2 times the speed of light. Either it's never mentioned/impossible or it's absolutely insane speeds.
[–]Danny_the_Intern 4 points5 points ago
The only thing I've ever seen that has treated FTL/relativity with at least some degree of realism was Ender's Game (the book, I haven't seen the movie). It actually brings up the concept of time dialation near the end (2 years pass for Ender and his sister on their ship, while 50+ pass for their brother back on Earth).
[–]PuddingInferno 4 points5 points ago
The Forever War is about interstellar war with relativistic effects. It's a good read.
[–]bsdude010 2 points3 points ago
No, no, no, no, no. Lightspeed is to slow. We're going to have to go right to.... Ludicrous speed!
[–]Tromboneofsteel 1 point2 points ago
Warning, that's a tvtropes link.
Also, i think I read somewhere that warp speed in star wars is some alteration of the ship's material, and that causes it to go to a kind of space between spaces, where time doesn't exist. As a result, no time dialation.
[–]trevize1138[S] 4 points5 points ago
See, I didn't study physics or math or any of that stuff that would have helped me with this game in college. I studied English. But, that means I know exactly why sci fi ships can defy the laws of physics: the power of Deus Ex Machina.
[–]kashmill 5 points6 points ago
He used the force
[–]LeiningensAnts 3 points4 points ago
I am so angry that this is the correct answer. >:I
[–]sn33zie 2 points3 points ago
If you play KSP, be prepared to never enjoy star wars again.
[–]dropname 2 points3 points ago
I just always imagined these ships have such hilariously ludicrous delta-V that they don't have to worry about transfers; spaceflight as a sheer point-to-point endeavor is easy, and for relativistic distances, warp drives work easily enough.
[–]BreakfastDeluxe 31 points32 points ago
KSP taught me that many space movies are full of shit. Was raging in my seat while watching gravity.
[–]erawrs 21 points22 points ago
Same here, Sandra must've been a god to use the fire extinguisher to reach the landing pod. It made me so mad.
[–]BreakfastDeluxe 22 points23 points ago
Not to mention all those plane changes. All that unaccounted delta v. Even the end reentry was a tad bit rushed. If you really want to feel the rage, try out the first space part of COD Ghosts. De-orbit via RCS and immediate atmospheric effects...
[–]fozzzyyy 17 points18 points ago
I watched that on YouTube, I was like WTF? If they were in a low enough orbit to immediately get reentry effects, there was something SERIOUSLY wrong with that space station. (Or blowing up that RCS had enough force in the exact right direction to kill almost all of their velocity)
[–]littlefrankMaster Kerbalnaut 10 points11 points ago
Brb, I'm gonna go watch the video and rage.
Here's the link and yes, millions of dollars of budget and they didn't even ask a rocket scientist if the sequence made any sense.
[–]Tromboneofsteel 11 points12 points ago
That guy's right, how do you get a shuttle up there without being detected?
Ugh, they don't even shoot the rod retrograde.
Oh WOW. slightly turning the satellite is enough to deorbit it.
Yep. Thanks KSP.
[–]darkenseyreth 10 points11 points ago
You assume they cared? Their production meeting probably went something like this:
"You know what would be bad ass? A space mission!"
"Space is cool and all, but it's been done. How do we make it more bad ass?"
"You know what would make it really bad ass? An orbital strike satellite that goes rogue!"
"That's bad ass! Only your guy has to push it out of orbit to save all of America!"
"Even more bad ass! But, you know, how do we make it plausible?"
"I dunno, what are those things that push the shuttle around called? Steve, you're into that sciencey stuff."
"Oh? You mean RCS thrusters? That could work, but i don't -"
"Yeah! Those thingys! But we have to make it bad ass. I know, they have to blow them up! And that will push it out of orbit!"
"Bad ass!"
"Uh guys that's not how it works."
"Shut up Steve."
[–]littlefrankMaster Kerbalnaut 5 points6 points ago
Ahahah, thanks for the good laugh, that made my day!
And I feel sorry for Steve, there's still space for him here, he just shouldn't expect to be payed as much.
[–]AluminiumSandworm 3 points4 points ago
Those missiles sure hit the surface fast.
[–]littlefrankMaster Kerbalnaut 6 points7 points ago
The reentry effects started in a matter of seconds, so I suppose they are in a very low Earth orbit, so let's say no less than 160km.
Missiles went from the spaceship to Earth in about 8 seconds... that's 72000 m/s on average.
I am not sure that is possible.
[–]AluminiumSandworm 2 points3 points ago
Especially considering the acceleration they must've been under, since they weren't going anywhere near that fast when they left ODIN.
[–]Ben347 2 points3 points ago
And the astronauts apparently had the exact same amount of drag as the huge space station.
[–]BreakfastDeluxe 2 points3 points ago
Not to mention blowing up the RCS actually thrusted it directly at the surface. Incredibly inefficient way of de-orbit
[–]centurijon 15 points16 points ago
Gravity was still a hell of a lot more accurate then most other space movies.
Spoiler tag not working: SPOILER:
The only part that I had difficulty overlooking was the third time the debris cloud intercepted them, when she's on the chinese station that's falling from orbit. The debris field wasn't at that altitude, or if it was it would have deorbited/burned up by then.
[–]gpouliot 1 point2 points ago
I still loved that movie though. Good movie even though it takes a lot of liberties with physics and reality.
[–]graymatteron 31 points32 points ago
I think what really blows my mind is how we have all these awesome tools, such as the maneuver nodes, to plan our burns and fine tune our orbits and encounters but real astronauts / engineers achieve this stuff without the help. Even more so, back in the 60's they could figure out TLI's and orbital capture burns... even more so, re-entry angles and get them right.
[–]trevize1138[S] 37 points38 points ago
Plus: they had to invent some of the formulas first before using them to calculate all this. Gods among men.
[–]RedDorf 11 points12 points ago
I was playing a few nights ago, watching a long burn on the map screen. My predicted burn wasn't enough, so I eyeballed an extra burn until my projected path was atop the maneuver node's path.
Doing so, I realized that it would've been impossible for those 60s engineers. They'd have to examine the original burn for hours to realize they'd screwed it up, and then come up with a delicate recovery plan.
[–]dropname 8 points9 points ago
Right? The instant trajectory plotting / maneuver nodes is an insanely efficient way to handle the problem of interplanetary travel.
[–]deckard58Master Kerbalnaut 5 points6 points ago
Well, no, by the time of Apollo they had some S/360s and similar big iron working for them in real time ;) The calculations would be a matter of tens of seconds, maybe a couple of minutes at worst. Implementing them, that's another matter... (And back at the time of Mercury they obviously had a lot less, sure, but the problems were also simpler)
[–]Cpt_squishy 5 points6 points ago
Not only the engineers, but the pilots. I can't remember which one if the mercury pilots it was, but he basically did his entire descent manually with a slide rule and his brain, while looking out through a tiny window.
[–]trevize1138[S] 2 points3 points ago
IMDB doesn't have the rest of this exchange in quotes, which is one of the other Mercury 7 saying "They wanna see Buck Rogers and that's us!"
[–]Katoru 33 points34 points ago
How hard docking is. Freaking hard!
[–]LeiningensAnts 20 points21 points ago
"I'm just trying to get my 50 ton $20B spacecraft to kiss that 50 ton $20B lander at 17 kilometers per second, how hard can it be?!"
[–]Jessica_T 10 points11 points ago
Docking gets a lot easier when you figure out the docking controls. And being able to use Mechjeb's Smart ASS to keep the ports pointed at eachother helps too
[–]TheBQE 26 points27 points ago
Docking is very easy without mods. And I'm not saying that to brag. I took one week and dedicated my missions to learning and perfecting docking. By the end, I felt totally confident in being able to dock two ships no matter how far apart and how askew their orbital trajectories were.
[–]gibson_ 2 points3 points ago
Make a tutorial, brah.
[–]SarcasticGuyMaster Kerbalnaut 13 points14 points ago
Scott Manley already has that covered.
Set your target. Kill orbit inclination. Set maneuver nodes so you get a close encounter. At closest point, kill relative velocity.
Repeat until you get ~1 km. Use RCS for remainder. Docking mode and chase view recommended. Make sure prograde target and prograde direction are on top of each other for best results.
The two hardest parts to docking are understanding what the little symbols mean, and making sure you built a balanced ship.
[–]trevize1138[S] 2 points3 points ago
and making sure you built a balanced ship.
That still gets me every time. I've gotten damn good at manual docking largely because I keep positioning my RCS thrusters so poorly. I've successfully docked an orange tank with two 1/2 sized grey tanks stacked on top of it with RCS thrusters only on the top 1/2 of the whole vehicle flexes muscles.
[–]hab136 4 points5 points ago
I keep positioning my RCS thrusters so poorly
You need RCS Build Aid.
[–]trevize1138[S] 2 points3 points ago
Don't be silly, I need MOAR THURSTERS! :D
[–]OptimalCynic 1 point2 points ago
It's a lot faster if you do it the other way...
[–]Jessica_T 2 points3 points ago
Also, Lazor's docking camera mod. IRL they have it, so why not use it in KSP? Basically gives you a larger version of the standard docking crosshairs, and a view that shows things.
[–]Jonny0Than 2 points3 points ago
• Use Chase cam. This keeps the camera at a fixed orientation relative to your vehicle, so you can tell when you're drifting out of alignment.
• Point your target vehicle towards north.
• Point your docking vehicle south, and roll so that the horizon is horizontal. This makes the RCS translation controls actually make sense.
• Switch your navball's velocity to "target" mode
[–]JMile69 12 points13 points ago
People learning physics? And they are actually enjoying it...
This pleases me greatly, I may cry.
[–]Grim187 10 points11 points ago
Orbital Mechanics.
the whole faster = lower so i should slow down thing is a bit strange.
how much delta-v aerobraking saves.
the effects of a change in all 6 directions (grade, radial and normal)...its more interesting to do things without maneuver nodes.
i'm currently learning sling shots; how to most efficiently make an interplanetary transfer...i think it would be best to get out to the mun then slingshot minimus to use kerbin, but i'm not sure that is possible without capture.
[–]Xeno87 9 points10 points ago
I'm currently studying physics, and even though we already had Kepler orbits discussed in Theoretical Physics I, i was kinda surprised to actually see the effects of velocity changing the orbit. This game absolutely amazed me by this simple thing - something i thought i already understood, since i passed my exam. But i only was capable of calculating it, but not to imagine it.
[–]JTPri123 10 points11 points ago
It taught me that I should never EVER step anywhere near NASA.
[–]elad661 10 points11 points ago
I don't have anything smart or interesting to say, so let me just remark that this is probably the best thread I ever saw in this subreddit.
[–]gogogadget_whiteguyMaster Kerbalnaut 9 points10 points ago
If you burn straight up, you fall straight down..
[–]Templar_zaelot 5 points6 points ago
I learned how facinating orbital mechanics are and I fell in love with math. It also reignited my love for physics and engeneering mechanics, my thirst for adventure and my recklesness. Jeb, SQUAD and the Manliest of Astronomers Scott Manley, the wizard himself - the greatest thanks to you all, honorable fellows, for all your service to me and to all of us! *bows
[–]runetrantor 4 points5 points ago
How oribits work, Hohmann Transfers, Oberth Effect...
Still trying phase angles and all that for interplanetary tranfer, but so far, I know way more than when I started.
[–]MrPieUK 2 points3 points ago
KSP didn't teach me how truly big the universe is because i watched this way back. I recommend EVERYONE watch it, it's really jaw dropping at how much we don't matter when looking at the grand scale of the workings of the universe.
KSP told me that less means more. Thank you Asparagus Staging!
KSP told me about making orbits around planets
KSP told me staging in atmo
KSP told me to use moar struts!
KSP told me that i would burn NASA and their funding to the ground if i was ever in charge.
[–]trail_carrot 6 points7 points ago
Docking is fucking nuts and orbiting is just falling gracefully.
it gave me a nicer vocabulary
when space stuff comes up in physics I dominate that discussion
[–]HausbootJoho 3 points4 points ago
I have played around 250h Of KSP, and I learned a whole lot while doing so: How orbital operations work, how to plan a rendezvous, what transfer windows and phase angles are. I put crafts on a lot of different planetary bodies, built a space station on the Mun (which my cat destroyed) and had a lot of fun while doing so.
And yet, I still learned a lot when reading this thread. E.g. I never thought about how a stable orbit works, it just does.....
[–]trevize1138[S] 2 points3 points ago
Everybody run! The monstrous Space Cat is coming to destroy us all!
[–]ioncloud9 9 points10 points ago
It taught me basic orbital mechanics, how to raise and lower orbits, how to transfer to moons or planets, how gravity assists work, how delta v budgets work, how to land without crashing, how to best position a polar orbit to map the ground.
[–]LeiningensAnts 5 points6 points ago
Figuring out why polar orbits are awesome for mapping for the first time: Keanu Matrix Whoa.
[–]ToddlersForSale 2 points3 points ago
How damn small we are in space. Flying through space, it is highly unlikely that you will encounter anything without a planned maneuver.
How difficult the concept of orbital rendezvous is. Returning to the small thing, it takes an incredible amount of precision to get anywhere near something your size when orbiting a body.
How transfers work. I used to think that once you "escaped" Earth's gravity, you could just "point and shoot" at a planet and you would eventually get there. Now I know you are pretty much always in orbit no matter where you are.
[–]LeiningensAnts 2 points3 points ago
Escape Earth orbit? Sun orbit! Escape sun orbit? Galactic orbit! XD SUCKA!!
[–]SilkyZ 4 points5 points ago
When in orbit, "That wasn't flying, it was falling with style". You are falling but you are also traveling so fast that you miss the source of the gravity.
There is gravity in space, that is why you are falling. You are falling along with the craft you are in. Relative to the craft, you are "Weightless"
[–]mszegedyMaster Kerbalnaut 4 points5 points ago
It taught me exactly how much percent HW is worth of my grade. :\ (I already learned orbital mechanics from Osmos. :P )
[–]SenorMunkE 3 points4 points ago
I'm taking high school physics right now. Both this class and KSP have taught me that I have to ignore pretty much everything I thought I knew about physics and orbital mechanics and start from scratch to learn a bunch of very new concepts.
[–]payphone101 3 points4 points ago
Similar to how a small amount of ∆V can greatly change the direction of an object over a long period of time, I have learned that it is better to increase the speed of my car by about a few MPH (or KPH) when approaching a green light to avoid a red light, rather than drive normal speed and slam on the gas pedal when it turns yellow.
[–]trevize1138[S] 4 points5 points ago
Oh man, KSP thoughts invade my real life all the time. I have a gas stove and when I'm adjusting the burner to get just the right sear on a steak I now get the same rush as if I'm adjusting my throttle to touchdown on the Mun at just the right speed. :D
[–]Wulfrank 2 points3 points ago
That I'm in the wrong university program.
[–]betelgeux 6 points7 points ago
Most things can be solved with more engines and/or more struts.
[–]trevize1138[S] 13 points14 points ago
This applies to real life as well.
Unemployed? MOAR STRUTS!
Can't meet the right girl/guy? MOAR BOOSTERS!
Poverty and hunger? MOAR STRUTS!
[–]purplesmurf_1510_ 2 points3 points ago
It took me way more kerbanauts to get into space then it took astronauts
[–]MagnusTheGreat 2 points3 points ago
Turns out gravity is much, much more complex than I thought as a kid...However, I also learned that it can be used to slingshot things out of orbit.
[–]_ralph_ 2 points3 points ago
i heard it, i did somehow accept it, but i never understood it till i was falling sideways at 150km height.
[–]froop 2 points3 points ago
I wrote a 20-page essay about orbital mechanics based almost entirely off of stuff I learned in KSP. The essay was for an english class, so the bits I got wrong didn't matter.
[–]DisturbinglyFilthy 2 points3 points ago
KSP blew my idea of scales out the window.
Also a question. Why do planets orbit the sun around more or less a single plane, instead of a cloud like electrons over the nucleus of an atom? That's what I don't understand.
[–]exDM69 2 points3 points ago
Orbiting is hard and I've got a fancy, 3D computer simulation to help me fine-tune my trajectory. Engineers in the '60s had slide rules and graph paper and did it better than me.
The engineers in the 1960's also had pretty impressive computers available to them, built especially for the space program. Indeed, the space program was a significant factor in accelerating the development of computers in the 60's.
But because computer time was so expensive, slide rules and graph paper still played a major role.
[–]UtterlyDisposable 2 points3 points ago
That space travel is REALLY FUCKING DIFFICULT. I am thoroughly amazed that we've been able to accomplish with so few fatalities.
[–]WhatGravitas 2 points3 points ago
That everything goes in circles.
[–]shawnkenney 2 points3 points ago
the meaning of the words "apoapsis" and "periapsis"
[–]rokyfox 2 points3 points ago
A few really technical sounding words (apoapsis, delta-v, semi-synchronous etc.) that I can impress people with. EDIT: Also the incredible ratio between fuel used to reach orbit compared to that used to actually get somewhere.
[–]duckylam 2 points3 points ago
Lives do not matter, there is only the pursuit of science!
[–]TheNinjaTurkey 2 points3 points ago
I've learned how much better the metric system is, and how space travel actually works (like orbits and stuff)
[–]CcrLyaSrtIatLy 2 points3 points ago
KSP taught me that, even when you're comfortable with the science, flying a spaceship is a lot harder than it looks on paper. I came to understand that the Apollo landing wasn't really significant because we put men on the moon, it was such an incredible achievement because they made it back home. :)
[–]kogbob 2 points3 points ago
besides a bunch of cool space physics stuff, KSP taught me that the best games are about good and original ideas, not big budgets or big studios
[–]lolredditftw 2 points3 points ago
I thought that on the way to the moon you left the influence of earth's gravity. My mind was a bit blown that it was just a high elliptical orbit.
I also didn't realize how they determined which direction to orbit until I had to think about that in Ksp.
And I had no idea how fucking obnoxious docking was. I honestly had no clue how it was done until I tried to do it in Ksp.
[–]GoldSabre 1 point2 points ago
Landing multiple objects at a single landing zone without wasting copious amounts of fuel is difficult when eyeballing it.
[–]TheMrSolaris 1 point2 points ago
That I am not a rocket scientist!
[–]Malcolm_Sex 1 point2 points ago
I got an even better understanding of the true scope of space. It's fucking huge. It still takes my breath away.
I can better grasp the concept of velocity in relation to four dimensions.
[–]JohnnyBrav00 1 point2 points ago
Space travel is nothing like the movies portray it....
[–]Kingofawesome13 1 point2 points ago
I've learned that I would make a terrible astronaut/rocket scientist.
[–]exDM69 1 point2 points ago
Kerbal Space Program inspired me to read "Fundamentals of Astrodynamics" and finally enroll to astronomy courses at the university.
[–]TychoSean 1 point2 points ago
Before KSP I had just some vague notion of orbital dynamics and gravity wells, etc. Now I watch sci fi or movies like "Gravity" and dissect the science without even realizing it. I understand to a much better degree the technical challenges of rocket design and space flight, and multi stage/launch missions. I better understand the concepts of eccentric orbits and launch windows, gravity and air braking, and so much more. Most educational video game I may have played in my life...
[–]Dinker31 1 point2 points ago
Practical-wise, Patience and perseverance. Space-wise, freaking everything I know. And what I didn't learn from KSP directly I learned on a search based on something I saw in KSP
[–]CountRumford 1 point2 points ago
Sometimes the best way to speed up is to slow down.
[–]Narwhal_Jesus 1 point2 points ago
Weirdly enough, I finally got how gyroscopes work. That whole "push one end of the gyroscope up and the bit 90° ahead of it goes up" completely mystified me. That is, until I made the connection with plane-change manoeuvres. When you burn in the normal/anti-normal directions you don't bring your craft to a screeching halt and turn immediately 90°. Rather, the bit further along your orbit either dips or goes up. Cool! | http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/1qgkkx/what_did_ksp_teach_you/ | dclm-gs1-278730000 |
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[–]hertmyhead 0 points1 point ago
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes, they have those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses, but what’s with all the carrots what do they need such good eye site for anyway. Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies... Or maybe midgets. | http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1gfdxi/bunnies_in_sweaters_or_would_they_be_called/cajy7oj | dclm-gs1-278740000 |
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[–]furygoat[S] 1 point2 points ago
They live in country and there aren't too many other people around. None of the neighbors are familiar with him and abandoned dogs are pretty common in the area. People just drive them out there and drop them off on the side of the road. Walter loves his new home and loves the other dogs. Just recently my wife's parents had to say goodbye to their oldest Jack Russell due to health issues. They have really connected with Walter and it seems like he has found the perfect home for himself! | http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1rvn2c/an_abandoned_pup_wandered_up_to_my_inlaws_this/cdrdabb | dclm-gs1-278750000 |
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[–]holliepocketreddit 30 points31 points ago
Ear zits hurt like fuck too. Can I lay my head this way on the pillow? NO. Can I use ear buds? NO. DAMMIT THIS FUCKER HAS GOTTA GO! | http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/11r5wu/teen_logic/c6oyxi9 | dclm-gs1-278760000 |
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[–]Hideout_TheWicked 1647 points1648 points ago
"You can usually gauge how funny a person is, based on how hot their partner is." This sums it up quite nicely.
[–]Kyle6969 0 points1 point ago
Oh yes he's hilaaaaaaaaarious!
Now I am too! | http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1u4kbw/what_did_you_expect/ceemzb3?context=3 | dclm-gs1-278770000 |
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[–]NHLVancouverCanucksStickInRinkcoffee_and_beer 0 points1 point ago
the team is assuming he's going to break out of his offensive shell.
I don't know if that's necessarily true. They could be expecting him to be a reliable shutdown guy. I don't really know much about him as a player though.
EDIT: Judging from his point totals in junior I don't think anyone in management is expecting him to be an offensive force. They must want him to be a 2-way guy like Dan Hamhuis or more of a defensive guy | http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1khuon/report_ottawa_has_offered_d_jared_cowen_an_8year/cbpbzb2 | dclm-gs1-278780000 |
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[–]Luffing 3 points4 points ago
This is exactly what I came here to say. If you give someone any reason to not participate in teamfights, as a top laner, they'll just keep last-hitting at top all day while you're stuck 4v5ing everywhere else.
[–]Ninjaicefish 1 point2 points ago
What's that top laner who got to Diamond JUST by splitpushing top champs like Tryndamere? I think he's on NA, saw him on Voy's stream.
Splitpush brah.
[–]Ilynao 4 points5 points ago
Rohammers, he is Challenger and plays Trynd most of the time...the splitpushgod
[–]Toofat2camp 0 points1 point ago
I have a friend who, when I started playing league in May, was Gold IV and played a wide array of champs. He's now Diamond II and only played Tryndamere top to get there. Here's his lolking
[–]star947 0 points1 point ago
Maybe it's Rohammers I've seen him alot in pro players' streams | http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1onn36/there_should_be_a_legendary_nasus_skin_that/cctulz8 | dclm-gs1-278790000 |
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[–]BZ-B -1 points0 points ago
I feel like teams should take these things more seriously (i.e. double check and keep updated on specific dates). Imagine if this was an actual sports team who forgot they have a game today, the other team would automatically win due to forfeit. It seems that because everyone communicates online, the rules and enforcement is too lax. | http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/xlm5y/pobelter_told_his_team_that_they_had_a_free_day/c5ni7t3?context=3 | dclm-gs1-278800000 |
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[–]staylaughing -3 points-2 points ago
It would be nice to have a chart like this with distros that are actually relevant.
[–]religionisanger 2 points3 points ago
That greatly depends what you want your distro for, for example I find damn vulnerable linux useless, but some people will find that a God sent. We used to have a linux distro which worked exclusively for voip - again, to someone who uses analogue phones or has a paid voip service - crap. | http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1to5fp/linux_distributions_timeline/ceaf0sx?context=3 | dclm-gs1-278810000 |
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[–]soloreddit 0 points1 point ago
This is exactly right; it was something I always faced (and still do) on my road bike (bicycle) as well as the motorcycle. You have to position yourself just right to make it happen. After some time & practice, you get pretty decent at it.
(It's far harder on an almost full-carbon road bike.) | http://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/17h541/motorcycle_problems/c85mps1 | dclm-gs1-278820000 |
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Not happy with Agile, but why? by jbandiin programming
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
I should make it quite clear that I wish that I could promote a much more Agile approach in the projects I manage within my company. However, I understand the business factors which make this very difficult.
Regarding the multiple teams aspect, does that top-down plan delivery always work out ok?
It works better than you might expect, but at heavy cost to the engineers close to the milestones and integration points. I would love to be able to meaningfully mitigate this.
We do, of course, use many mechanisms in addition to formal project meetings with all present. However, off-line communication can often be a challenge, especially when cultural expectations/norms are different between the teams.
I have to agree with dodyg as well:
Agile doesn't fix this situation because "delivering a fixed solution on a set date" is very common on Tendered projects and Software Solution companies.
Not to mention Consumer Electronics...
This is why I said in the first point that for me the major problem is that business professionals (salespeople, customers) don't really buy into Agile as an approach. Further success will require changing the business mindset, and that has nothing to do with Software Engineering.
Not happy with Agile, but why? by jbandiin programming
[–]jodonoghue 3 points4 points ago
I'm one of those evil managers who allegedly gets in the way of productivity and good technical solutions.
There are many things which get in the way of Agile in a lot of environments, and mean that adoption is half-hearted at best.
• Agile represents a process focussed way of interacting with a world which is business focussed. In many industries, what is actually sold to a customer is a 'solution', which will be made available to the customer with some feature set on a given date. Customers don't care how you achieve it, and senior management worry about the cost to the company of failing to deliver. Agile doesn't really address this.
• In large companies, resource allocation is the major part of what senior people (think VPs) actually do. Their task is to allot the optimal number of people to each of several tens of projects which are overlapping in different ways. They rely on resource planning done by people like me to help them do this. I am usually planning about 18 months out, often on requirements and features which have no real scope attached to them.
• Teams have different internal priorities, and working a project to completion often requires negotiating these. In many cases (like mine) other teams are probably nowhere near the same timezone - in my current project we have significant engineering teams in the UK, US West Coast (-8 hours), Finland (+ 2 Hours), India (+5.5 Hours) and China (+9 Hours). You can't have a 'whole project' meeting at all.
• A large project (I work on Smartphone SoC) can have deliverables coming from many teams. Think of, say, delivering Android onto a new SoC. You need (if I simplify massively) a kernel, cellular modem, wifi, display, bluetooth, USB, touchpad, GPS, audio, motion sensors, NFC, ... Most of the preceding are produced by multiple teams involving hundreds of software engineers in total. You cannot afford for each team to decide to deliver 'what is ready, when it is ready'. our customers have a very narrow launch window if they are to profitable, and everything needs to come together according to a master plan (which really has to be developed 'top down'). Agile doesn't really have an answer to this.
The above is just a start. I think the truth is that Software Engineering is hard. Agile is highly applicable to some projects, but it just doesn't map very well to the real business problems of some companies.
Firefox applications are easy by selfdestructive_AIin programming
[–]jodonoghue 1 point2 points ago
From the article conclusion:
Firefox's app architecture let's anyone create their own app store. In general, it's a lot more open. Of course, this shifts the burden of checking the app for maliciousness to the user.
I can't begin to say just how terrible an idea this is. Only a tiny percentage of users has the technical ability to make such checks, and of those who do understand the issues, most will simply avoid the platform as a consequence
Admirable Qualities of a Tech Company by nucleocidein programming
[–]jodonoghue 2 points3 points ago
And a puppy?
The developer in me recognises quite a number of these, but some do seem in conflict with some pretty basic business needs.
"Use own developer machine" - which means the company needs to trust that you keep your Anti-Virus up to date, your machine patched and that you don't keep company confidential material on your machine when you leave.
"Should allow developers too take unpaid vacation" - provided that it's not in the middle of a major code release. Less of an issue with us in Europe, TBH.
"Should assign tasks to developers based on what the developers would like to do" - well, as a manager I try to do this, but sometimes there's work that no-one would like to do. Is this supposed to go undone? My policy is to share out the tedious tasks as evenly as possible.
"Documentation require Microsoft Office" - well, sometimes external documentation needs to be released in a standard format. Can you really get a complex document template just right in <favourite text processing environment>. How long will you take to do this? Why should I pay you while you're doing it.
UML Not Used in Practice? by davidshepherdin programming
[–]jodonoghue 2 points3 points ago
I work in an embedded/protocol environment. We make a lot of use of UML as a design notation. My pet hate is tools which require you to create a semantically correct model of the system - just a waste of time.
However, could I give a huge upvote to PlantUML, which lets us generate good diagrams for design and documentation from text (which means it can be put into our source repo and diffed between versions). This is an awesome tool, and doesn't cost a $SmallCoinOfChoice
My reaction to: How To Exclude Women From Your Technical Community: A Tutorial by doaitsein haskell
[–]jodonoghue 24 points25 points ago
I would +10 this if Reddit allowed.
It is only when you learn to speak another language to a near fluent level that you come to understand the there are nuances to any language which are astonishingly difficult for a non-native speaker to grasp (I'm a near fluent French speaker - and I freely admit to having managed the occasional howler - fortunately my colleagues were quite tolerant, once they had picked themselves off of the floor laughing)
Ironically, this risk is actually at its greatest for anyone fluent, or near-fluent in a language other then their mother tongue. The native speaking listener/reader observes the level of fluency, and tends to assume that all nuance is fully mastered, whereas if the speaking or writing is clearly not fluent, it is easy to make allowances.
Even between different native speakers of English there are small nuances. A British speaker unaware of US idiom asking an American speaker unaware of British idiom for a rubber is likely to get an unexpected, possibly hostile reaction.
In a global network, we all need to be mindful and tolerant of these things - I always prefer to take the starting point that people are not trying to cause offence - if they are, it usually becomes clear later anyhow.
Imprisoned by the Haskell Toolchain (complaints about C FFI) by gtaniin haskell
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
Very strong +1 for this.
As someone whose primary development platform is Windows, I am filled with dread whenever I see a library which is compiled with Autotools or anything which depends on Cygwin.
While I agree that Autotools is 'out there' and can, with a (very) following wind eventually be made to work on almost any platform, it is far from doing a decent job of abstracting the platform - at best it just about tolerably abstracts the differences between Posix-like systems, and that is really no longer good enough.
A good start would be a build system which 'just works' for Windows, Linux and OSX. With respect, other forms of Unix are now very much minority platforms whereas the three above must represent around 99% of the installed non-mobile base. In addition, I suspect that a system which worked for the 'big three' would be readily extensible to other Unices.
Scons is actually about the closest thing I have seen, but it brings quite a bit of its own weirdness, especially for cross-compilation.
Oh the fun of trying to install wxhaskell by asdfasdfasdfasdgin haskell
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
Errm, it's not that hard: basically download wxWidgets source then ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode --enable-stc --enable-aui --enable-propgrid --enable-xrc --enable-ribbon --enable-richtext --with-opengl make sudo make install
Most of the --enable stanzas are recommended but optional - they get you some of the new libraries and functionality.
It's equally simple for Mac and is rather fiddly for Windows TBH.
Oh the fun of trying to install wxhaskell by asdfasdfasdfasdgin haskell
[–]jodonoghue 2 points3 points ago
wxHaskell maintainer here.
Nearly everything critical which has been said on this page is true.
However... Maintaining wxHaskell is basically a one man operation. I'm not a student with plenty of spare time. I have a very heavy day job and a young family, so wxHaskell gets love when I have the time to give it, whcih is a lot less than I would like.
I do most development on a Mac, but I also maintain 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 Virtual Machines, 32 bit FreeBSD and 64 bit Ubuntu, updated as often as is compatible with maintaining the will to live. They are all UK English machines, so I don't really push Unicode and locale issues.
I try to also keep the most widely available Haskell Platform or its equivalent on each. I also verify against wxWidgets 2.9 (which has significant features and bugfixes over 2.8) and 2.8. I always apply patches received (not always promptly, it must be said - see day job), and I try to keep the wiki up to date with the best digest of what people needed to do to install.
I'd love to build wx from within Cabal, but we already build wxc (the wx binding - nearly all C++) in Cabal, and it was honestly a nightmare to make it work - and wxWidgets is an order of magnitude larger. Cabal really isn't set up to build C and C++ libraries of any complexity - which is fair enough, as it was never designed to.
Just dealing with GHC updates is extensive work in itself. Never actually difficult (update a few library version upper bounds, possible add/change some pragmas), but it all has to be tested against all of the above OS variants, and even then I know I'm only covering the machines used by, perhaps 30% of the user base.
I know that passing unquoted strings to the CLI in the Setup is not very good practice, but no-one has ever told me it failed before, and remember that what I do needs to work for Windows and Unix targets, and up to now it has.
Actually, it does mostly work, but you need to follow the instructions very carefully, and expect (unfortunately) a few wrinkles. I wish it was better, but time just doesn't allow.
If you are using anything bleeding edge (and I regard GHC 7.6.1 as such - it hasn't made Haskell Platform as yet, and I really don't have time to roll my own usable Haskell Platform for Windows or Mac from source), you will see more pain. I'm sure other package maintainers also wish that GHC updates had a lesser record of breaking existing working code.
I'll continue to do what little I can, and gratefully accept help from the wonderful individuals who contribute what they can. This is a labour of love for me (and most Open Source maintainers),and I have never made a cent from it - while it has been suggested that I should allow people to show appreciation using flattr, users, contributions and appreciative e-mail on occasion is plenty enough to keep me going. However, the flip side of being a labour of love is that I get to decide what time I can afford to give, and sometimes other things have to come first.
No wonder CompSci grads are unemployed by tpk1024in programming
[–]jodonoghue 2 points3 points ago
I'm also a hiring manager, and I agree completely. When I interview younger programmers, I find some who are excellent, motivated and will make outstanding team members - it is a privilege to work with them. I also find those who are almost clueless about anything beyond the narrow confines of their degrees.
I usually find that the people who are passionate come in brimming with enthusiasm for their side projects, and enjoy talking about them with me.
Many CompSci and Software Engineering courses are, inevitably, a little narrowly based. That's right in many respects: I want them to help people to think, rather than just churn out "programmers", but this does mean that if you want an edge getting your career started, you'll need to work on some side projects.
Doesn't matter what the side project is (well - it should probably be something suitable for Googling at work ;-) but it gives the chance to work with others, and to learn on projects of a larger scale than Uni coursework typically allows, and Open Source in particular can be an outstanding learning vehicle.
As an example, I currently have an intern who has completed his 2nd year at Uni, and after three months with us is already comfortable making changes to the internals of a microkernel - and doing a pretty good job of it.
tl;dr Some graduates in the field are outstanding. Help yourself to stand out by doing side projects.
There are more than 4000 people in the Haskell Reddit. Tell us what you're using Haskell for! Work and/or play? What would most help you get the job done? by donsin haskell
[–]jodonoghue 1 point2 points ago
In my experience, nothing beats a tutorial approach with a knowledgeable lecturer/teacher and a well thought out set of 'homework' exercises. Not for nothing has this been the approach of institutions of higher learning for hundreds (if not thousands) of years.
In my situation, however, I'm very unlikely to have such an opportunity, and I find that working carefully through a good book can be a reasonable substitute. The difficulty comes where, for whatever reason, a roadblock is reached (e.g. my example of fixpoints in SoE - the explanation given just didn't click with me).
Perhaps there is an opportunity for an online 'Haskell university' to cover this sort of material. The only downside I can see is that, at least for me, Haskell is a hobby, and the cost and regular time commitment required by such an approach might be difficult to justify.
In the end, however, I'd still note that most advanced courses require textbooks, and something which brings together some of the more advanced ideas discussed in this thread would be a very useful introduction - at least to me.
My ideal 'outcome' from such a book would be that I would feel equipped to start to explore these higher level subjects for myself in more detail.
tl;dr; A book is not the perfect medium, but it is one which is highly accessible to many people, especially those for whom a postgraduate level course is not really an option (for reasons of location, time, age, other commitments or whatever)
[–]jodonoghue 1 point2 points ago
That was the one - I think that part of the problem (and occasionally an issue with SoE) is that it's obviously meant to accompany an undergraduate level lecture course, and in this case fixpoints are thrown in as an aside - the kind of thing I'd have gone to ask the lecturer about in my undergrad days.
Haskell Employment by valhalla_coderin haskell
[–]jodonoghue 1 point2 points ago*
[Disclaimer: I do not work predominantly in Haskell] In my day job I'm a software manager in a role which requires primarily high-performance embedded software development in C and/or C++, depending on project.
I have been developing software for nearly 30 years, and, like any professional, I have worked hard to keep myself ahead of the curve, learning new languages, programming paradigms and development environments as simply 'part of the job'.
Haskell is, far and away, the most difficult thing I've done. It has made me reconsider everything about the way I construct software, and has expanded my mind.
While I write a little Haskell in my work, these are mainly 'scripting' tasks which could be done in Perl or Python (although I do them faster and better in Haskell...). The three years I've spent working with Haskell (in very limited amounts of spare time) could never be justified on a purely financial basis...
And yet I look at the gains: my mind is expanded, I'm a better and more productive software engineer, I've received support and encouragement from what I firmly believe to be the most diverse and welcoming programming community in the World.
IOW, my life is intellectually and socially enriched and I'm a better engineer because of it - and being a better engineer definitely pays off financially!
Every language (C#, C++, assembler, Python, Lisp, Haskell) has its wrinkles, but in the end, if you love solving problems, you live with the language - it's simply that some are better tools than others - and Haskell is an awesome tool.
When I hire someone, what I'm looking for most is an open and quick mind, the flexibility to see the interest in many different tasks and a love of solving problems for their own sake.
While my team members spend 90% or more of their time working in C or C++, I would absolutely choose a candidate with Haskell (or Ocaml, or Lisp) or some serious open source involvement over one who has none of these things [obviously they may not choose me if their main motivation is to work in their language of choice most of the time - I can only let them do so maybe 10% of the time].
The problem is that you are looking for a direct payback, and that's rarely the case in life (certainly in my experience).
As an aside, your proposal that you will spend about 6 months learning whatever you choose is far from the mark. You could not become a competent C developer in 6 months (assuming no prior relevant knowledge), and C is about the simplest language there is.
As far as I can see, if your main objective is seeing a direct financial payback for the time you put into learning a language, the three best options are Java, C# and PHP. If you want to make your self more employable by being a better software engineer, you should definitely learn Haskell, even if most of your time ends up being spent doing something else.
[–]jodonoghue 5 points6 points ago*
[Edit: why epiphanies are important]
If I'm honest, there's not so much of a clear road-map after a basic understanding of monads (which I understood just fine once I started to think of a monad as an API with a set of rules, rather than as a bomb factory, spaceship, sack of potatoes or whatever strange analogy Yet Another Monad Tutorial suggested I try to use).
I feel like understanding the relationship between functors, monads, monad transformers and arrows would probably help me to create better architectures in Haskell (I can use monad transformers, but don't really understand why they work, and this bothers me).
Probably more advanced, but more useful, would be to see practical worked examples of using the type system to ensure program correctness - I realise that this falls somewhat into the 'proofs and mathematics' area.
There are small areas which I haven't really seen covered well e.g. use of 'forall' in type signatures (and why I would want to do such a thing), fixpoints (which I didn't understand from the explanation in The Haskell School of Expression), use of type witnesses to model hierarchies etc.
A criticism of RWH for me is that some of the worked examples were fairly lengthy, and sent me into some unnecessary diversions (e.g. the 'Hpodder' example required Curl which doesn't build easily on Windows - I think there were a couple of similar problems elsewhere). Simpler but fully cross-platform examples (or equivalent code where cross-platform is not realistic) would have helped. RHW was a bit Linux-centric in places.
In fact, I feel (and this is somewhere where LYAH is well judged) that very complex (admittedly 'real-world') examples sometimes detract from the basic principle which is being demonstrated.
I think a good approach would be an explanatory chapter followed by a chapter working through the use of the ideas developed in a practical (but not too large) application.
I should add, where the maths is concerned: the main barrier I have found to understanding mathematical explanations is the lack of clear explanation of the terms and symbols used. While I understand that they are an essential shorthand for mathematicians, they also serve to make papers very inaccessible for those who do not 'live' in mathematics (I was an engineering undergrad more than 20 years ago, which is the last time I formally studied Mathematics, so I have forgotten much of the little I ever knew).
Spending a couple of paragraphs introducing mathematical notation before it is used would make all the difference to me (and then by all means use the formalisms once properly introduced - this is absolutely the right thing to do).
Going back to my comments on how I got to understand monads, I think this is where the formalisms are essential. So-called simplifying analogies can really impede understanding if they do not hold water for all cases (as happens in most monad tutorials), so please don't shy away from the necessary explanations
I'd also add that I will be very happy to serve as a guinea-pig for anything you write. I think one of the keys to this type of work is getting feedback from members of the target audience (i.e. those who don't know this stuff, but are motivated to learn). Experts sometimes forget that it often takes an epiphany to understand a complex topic...
[–]jodonoghue 7 points8 points ago
(Disclaimer: I'm wxHaskell maintainer)
I use Haskell as my 'go-to' language for most scripting and tools tasks - and have some success persuading others in my group to do the same. It's peripheral to our main business, which is mobile phone chipset OS software - and at least for the moment I don't think Haskell has a 'story' for this type of work, although I'm hopeful for the future as we have more cores to work with.
Interesting how many people are keen to see a solid set of GUI bindings. I originally took on wxHaskell maintainership because I had just that need in some of the tools I have worked on, and gtk2hs didn't meet my needs (windows-centric, no LGPL allowed).
Problem is that wxHaskell (and I get the impression that this is pretty much true of gtk2hs and qthaskell) are 1-2 person efforts, and at that, mainly people who have day jobs and try to squeeze development into limited spare time.
It would be great if the community could agree on a single GUI binding for Haskell, but I suspect that pride, installed base and licensing wars (I would be unable to use any library that introduces a GPL or LGPL dependency, for example) may make this impossible.
I'd love to fix the many (some serious and long-outstanding) bugs I know about in wxHaskell, do more advocacy, improve the documentation etc, but all I can find is about 4 hours a week :-(
Doesn't help that the day job is hard-core embedded C and C++, so I have a big mental shift when I go into 'Haskell mode'.
So my other 'wish' would be a good set of higher-level tutorial material to introduce me (a.k.a. experienced softeware engineer, clueless mathematician) to some of the more complex topics. There's a definite need for something which goes to the next level after RWH (which I bought twice - once as ebook and once as dead tree ;-)
More tutorials on major subsystems: XML, databases, networking, wx/gtk programming, happstack apps by donsin haskell_proposals
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
I have been working on some tutorial documentation for wxHaskell on my blog at wewantarock
Embedded Linux: With friends like these, who needs enemies? by gstin programming
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
It seems to me that few of those replying have much experience of designing embedded systems.
MV and Wind River customers have many different CPUs, many different hardware requirements and quite different target applications. Most modern SOC devices have at least some non-standard hardware which will require custom drivers as well. Neither company is likely to ever sell a 'stock' distro, more like a distro kit.
Customers will also require tools support. That means cross compilers, debuggers etc., Emulator support and so on. If you haven't tried building a usable ARM cross compiler from source, then you have no idea what this really means (yes, I do know about Crosstool)...
In addition, bear in mind that at least some customers will use MV as a way of indemnifying themselves against potential licensing issues, and that's a costly additional burden.
Put that way, $60 million is not such a lot, to be honest. Probably less than 100 headcount years.
PyXPlot Users’ Guide A Command-line Plotting Package, with Interface similar to that of Gnuplot, which produces Publication-Quality Output. by gstin programming
[–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point ago
An alternative well worth looking at is Matplotlib ( More functionality, but a more Matlab style interface.
Ask Reddit: Where should I start when teaching a 14yo programming? by militantin programming
[–]jodonoghue 2 points3 points ago
I'd second Python. Easiest language to learn I've encountered, and plenty of power as his skills/confidence grow...
But why not ask him what he'd like to do. Python is good for web type stuff and general programing, but there are a few basic-like languages aimed at games development which may interest him more.
C or C++ is really pretty painful for a beginner (although I started out with raw assembler, so it can be done... showing my age, I guess).
Dear Reddit Programmers: I am about to graduate college and I need your help. by chipwhispererin programming
[–]jodonoghue 9 points10 points ago
I'd second pretty much all of the advice here as well.
And even though I'm the nightmare hiring manger from hell who does know (some) Haskell (so I could test you), berlinbrown is right, I don't have a job in it for you.
[–]jodonoghue 10 points11 points ago*
Well... I'm a hiring manager at a Fortune 500 company which deals in cutting edge embedded technology - slightly off the web design area, but my opinion must be worth $0.01 ;-)
While I usually look for CS or Electronics majors in new graduates, I'd never turn down the chance of interviewing an Ivy league school physicist, especially one who has shown an interest in software engineering (actually, this matters more to me than the major).
However, be aware that you will find the hiring managers at different companies you contact will have completely different policies.
Some just want to see experience (ridiculous requirement for a graduate, IMHO), some want certification. However, the companies with the most challenging work usually want people who can solve problems. In my case that means that I value intelligence, ability to self-learn and solve problems more highly than anything else. Provided that you're not applying to a position which obviously requires experience, your major will not put you at a disadvantage.
I would say that you're only likely to see Functional Programming (at least in its purest sense) in a tiny minority of companies. I can assure you that the FP course you've done will definitely make you a better software engineer.
If you're proud of the websites you've worked on, make sure that you link to them in your resume, and be scrupulously honest about what part you played in the design (i.e. don't claim you designed the site if all you did was change a few of the graphics).
The very best of luck. I think you'll make it.
Ask Reddit: Why is Tk still the standard gui tookit in so many languages? by darrintin programming
[–]jodonoghue 25 points26 points ago
A key issue when it comes to wrapping toolkits for new languages is that most of the 'better' (read more functionality, more standardized look and feel etc) toolkits are written in C++ (the notable exception is Gtk+).
If you're writing a GUI toolkit there are a lot of reasons to use C++ - you've pointed out the 'oddity' of the Gtk+ OO framework in C).
However, most languages provide FFIs for C due to the difficulty (non-standardized name mangling) of supporting C++ compilers, so if you want to write a wrapper for the toolkit, you eventually come around to the fact that you need to first wrap the C++ in C. I work quite a bit on wxHaskell, and about 80% of the code is trivial wrappers for C++ functions to export a C API. You can automate this, and most bindings do, but it's rather painful.
Tk has a very easy C interface - basically send command strings to a small set of easily wrapped C functions. It's readily adaptable to most languages and not too much work to do, As some have commented, the interface is also at a fairly high level, which makes it quite nice to work with (but ugly).
Gtk+ has a C interface - granted a very large one - which again reduces the boilerplate needed. It is also, like Tk, focussed - it's basically a GUI framework with good widgets.
I'm actually opposed to monolithic frameworks which try to do everything. If you're writing a C++ application it's very handy that wxWidgets includes database access, containers and whatever, and renders the cross-platform issues irrelevant.
However, if you're writing a Haskell (or Python, or Ruby, or whatever) application which happens to need a GUI, you likely don't want the database access, containers and so on, as your language of choice likely has perfectly good (and more idiomatic) libraries to do the same thing.
Basically, if you're writing a C++ framework, you want it to cover as many things as possible. If you're writing a reusable GUI framework targetting many different languages, keep it focussed and with a simple C interface which adapts readily to the needs of different FFIs.
I think that the cross-platform GUI asects of wxWidgets are great (I'm a fan of native look and feel on each platform), but it's a pain to work with from other languages in many respects. | http://www.reddit.com/user/jodonoghue | dclm-gs1-278860000 |
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Melanoma risk only partially associated vith exposure to UVB from sunlight
December 21, 2005
The report in the Dec. 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute also indicates that only nonmelanoma skin cancers (i.e., basal and squamous cell carcinomas) are strongly associated with exposure to UVB radiation.
“Although we have refined the common wisdom that excess sun exposure is always associated with increased risk of skin cancer, the take-home message for the public is still the same ∴ limit sun exposure and use a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays,” says the study’s lead investigator, Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Epidemiology.
The study is a painstaking analysis of the ability of UVB radiation to damage a cell’s chromosomes. Chromosomal injury is one way cells can become cancerous; damage to the genes that make up the chromosome is another, and Wei and his colleagues already have shown in previous studies that melanoma patients often have a reduced capacity to repair the DNA damage that results from UV exposure.
Using the theory that the ability to induce breaks in a cell’s chromosome is, in part, based on a person’s genes, and would therefore hold true for all types of body cells, the investigators exposed the blood cells to excess UVB exposure. These findings were linked to whether each of the study participants had one of the three forms of skin cancer.
These findings indicate that in skin cells it is better to have broken chromosomes that cause cells to die or acquire a “simple,” treatable cancer, than for the skin cells to remain intact but sustain genetic damage that can lead to much more serious cancer, Wei adds.
Wei says these conclusions may help explain for why nonmelanoma skin cancers are so common ∴ more than 1 million cases are diagnosed each year in the United States. Squamous skin cells lie near the top of the skin’s layers, while basal skin cells lie near the base of the skin’s layers. In both cases, these cells actively reproduce. When their chromosomes are damaged by sunlight, the cells often die or form a kind of curable cancer at the surface that is often nonmalignant and easy to remove by surgery or treat in other ways, he says.
Melanoma, on the other hand, is now known to be resistant to chromosomal breaks from UVB radiation, which means that the cell’s chromosomes stay intact long enough to continually amass genetic damage from, perhaps, UVA radiation, according to previously published data. “This resistance allows the cells to hang in there longer, potentially passing on genetic mutations to daughter cells which can result in a cancer that is not sensitive to treatment,” Wei says.
“But if UV sunlight doesn’t hurt the walls too much, but endangers the house with broken bricks, this can form a much more malignant cancer in which the cell can continue to replicate, passing on to daughter cells genetic mutations that can lead to a dangerous cancer,” he says.
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Written on Pat Andrews letter: Give church's efforts away from church a try:
Christians in the 1950s didn't go to movies and thought they were "of the devil?" Poppycock. Or is this kind of like that joke about how Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store?
Written on Texas House approves raising vehicle registration fees:
Another thing -- from what I have heard, if you own a car, it has to be registered and inspected whether you use the car or not. Elderly and disabled people in poor health don't have much money and aren't using their cars/the roads much. Is it fair that they should pay the same fees as younger, healthier, and wealthier people who are always in their cars and on the roads? No.
If transportation, highways, and other infrastructure are the real concerns and there are real plans for statewide improvements then raise the money from the people who use the infrastructure the most through something like a dedicated half-cent gas tax for road improvements. Nothing else.
But the Repubs won't do that, will they? They fear anything that might make folks conserve gas and thus crimp their oil buddies and portfolios. They also love the smokescreen that allows them to raise fees all they want so they can claim they don't raise taxes.
Well if I'm paying more money to the state goverment for something, I'm still paying more and keeping less of my money, whether it's called a tax or a fee. The funny thing is that they can seemingly sneak through all sorts of new fees and fee increases in Austin at will. Fees never go away and they're rarely reduced. Taxes, however, can be and are reduced, with much fanfare and especially during election years.
Written on Texas House approves raising vehicle registration fees:
in response to wild_bill#233490:
$30 will barely fill the gas tank on a small car. $15 might buy a two-burger-and-fries meal. What are y'all squawking about? It takes money to repair roads and highways and if they can't get enough from gas taxes it has to come from somewhere. I'd rather see an increase for registration and inspection than an individual state income tax.
You REALLY think they'll use the funds to fairly and equitably improve the roads for all Texans? I highly doubt it. Pet projects for areas with smart politicians would be funded -- in other words, we'd all be paying but wouldn't reap any benefits here.
Being nickled and dimed every time we turn around smacks of chicanery, especially with our state's rankings in education, health care and such being darn near shameful.
Maybe Righty is correct and we should put in casinos.
Written on Texas House approves raising vehicle registration fees:
Am I reading this right -- this joker wants to increase the registration fee by $30 and the inspection fee by $15? He's got to be kidding. The roads around here are horrible and chew up one's tires but he thinks we should pay more for the "privilege" of driving on them. I don't believe for one second that the roads will be improved with the increased fees. It would just go to someone's pet projects -- and those wouldn't be here.
Written on Big Country Journal: What you can do to help monarch butterflies:
Some of the quotes and sentences in this article don't make sense because of the poor syntax, misspellings and/or typos. If the writer doesn't know the difference between "their" and "there," aren't there any editors who do?
Written on 'Bible' producers dismiss Obama-Satan connection:
in response to Squeezer:
Hard to imagine how pitiful an individual must be to pay attention to Beck tweets.
You don't need a twitter or tweet to see the resemblance. I don't pay a whit of attention to any mouthpieces and I don't do Twitter. I was watching the show and noticed it immediately, as did other folks.
Written on 'Bible' producers dismiss Obama-Satan connection:
Oh, come on. The guy who played Satan objectively does look like an older Obama. I was watching the show and gasped when the face was revealed. There's no way the producers couldn't have noticed.
Written on Harold Meyerson: To help younger Americans in the future does not mean hurting older Americans now:
Righty, I would agree that people are stupid but that doesn't diminish the fact that basing part of your retirement savings on the stock market involves inherent risk and the traditional savings accounts that are safe pay a tiny fraction of what they used to pay.
You may be doing well but many others have not been so fortunate. I know plenty of intelligent, conscientious older people who lost a sizable portion of their retirement fund when the market plummeted after 9/11.
The point is that there used to be a positive sense of reciprocity between employees and employers. Workers were rewarded for hard work, loyalty, and many years of service with good wages, benefits, and a pension plan. No more. Now, wages are stagnant and workers have to pay for their own insurances and retirement. Salaries can only be stretched so far.
Social Security was instituted at a time when people retired at age 65 with good pensions and Social Security as a supplement. No one expected that corporate America would abdicate responsibility for the employees who made them their fortunes. Nowadays, companies see their longstanding employees as salary drains, not as assets. They want people to leave so they can replace them with people they can pay less.
Written on Men's Wearhouse, Mattress Firm to set up in Abilene; 2 chain restaurants also eyeing site:
in response to Ronald_Erdrich:
This is me speculating along with y'all, so don't think I've got any info from the inside track.
In California we had a place called El Pollo Loco that I've missed for years. I've heard they have some in San Antonio but I don't know where. It was a San Felipe-style grilled chicken with tortillas, spicy pinto beans and salsa. Simple but good and good for you.
One thing I've never understood is why isn't there a real Cajun joint around here? Pappadeux's or, even better, Landry's would be awesome.
It's possible that it could be In-N-Out Burger, too, though I personally doubt it. But with their distribution center in the Dallas area they are set up to cover the entire state and a little beyond as well. Abilene though has a quite a number of burger joints already, and the local ones are hard to beat.
It could also be a Carl's Jr. I've been seeing those pop up around the state, too.
Yeah, Pollo Loco is in South Texas. The one where I used to live was terrible. The chicken was always dry and burnt. Haha, they said it was supposed to be like that if you complained. Nasty food -- I would never try another one.
in response to arex81:
A 3000 calorie burrito joint. High priced, low quality food
Ah, I see. Yuppified Mexican food.
Isn't Blue Taco gone or did just the Ambler one close?
Why would Men's Warehouse move here where the dudes don't dress up/nicely. Weird choice, unless they sell a lot of jeans and cotton shirts.
Wishing for Joe's but not getting my hopes up. Geez, we do not need a Cheesecake Factory with their 3,000-calorie meals.
What's Freebirds?
Written on Sequestration could effect federal funding for Neighborhood Services programs in Abilene:
Well, there's a surprise -- a Realtor urging a program to devote more money for home-buying, lol. Here's the problem: Upkeep is expensive and Dalzell is long gone when the family doesn't have the money for repairs.
Yes, owning a home is a stabilizing factor but a cursory look at our city reveals far too many delapidated and neglected houses. I would rather see more money made available to help people fix up their properties and make them safe to live in.
Written on Update: Investigation after woman dies when CPR refused:
in response to dr__dawggy:
Perhaps you could point out a reputable source to document your repeated statement that all residents at the facility were DNR. Nothing I have read indicates this is so.
Exactly. PR Newswire isn't a source - the first two letters refer to public relations. That wire simply distributes press releases.
Gee, I wonder which company/industry is in dire need of public relations over this and is busily spinning away, lol. Russell here seems intent on selling the facility-required DNR storyline. Hmm...
Written on Update: Investigation after woman dies when CPR refused:
Sorry, but what y'all are stating as a DNR requirement for that facility makes no sense -- they called 911 for EMTs to be sent. If there truly was a mandatory DNR in place, then they wouldn't have a policy of calling the EMTs in for resuscitation. If you watched the TV news, that's what the staff member told dispatch that they did every time.
If the patient really had a DNR then they'd only be calling a coroner or funeral home.
Written on Mixed feelings on start of Austin plastic bag ban:
Why are you people so attached to trashy plastic bags? I like using cloth bags. They're sturdy, more comfortable to carry and hold more. And I don't know why family-fun doesn't understand the concept but you wash them.
Y'all rant about Austin being liberal but the flipside of the coin around here isn't any improvement. People will abandon common sense and improvement just to be ornery and claim the redneck badge.
Written on Between several protest interruptions, Perry vows not to expand Medicaid:
in response to lthomas999:
I love using the word "czar". It feels, so, so, Obama like. A warm & fuzzy feeling!
Oh, I know! Anything so you don't have to actually read fact-driven, logical stuff and realize that the pied pipers you follow have made us the laughingstock of the nation and Western world. You do know that even the other GOP governors are signing on to the Medicaid expansion while the stinky cheese stands alone and will force Texans to pay for his grandstanding, right?
Do let us all know how warm and fuzzy you're feeling when you're paying for Perry's stupidity.
in response to lthomas999:
Do you work for a living? I have a feeling that you are on the teet too.
So your response to his reasonable, substantive, and polite post is to attack him personally (and misspell "teat," besides)? Smh
Written on The little ones speak: Circus is fun but opinions differ on elephants:
Please don't support the animal acts. People doing acts and stunts are fine -- it's their choice. It's not a good, healthy life for animals and they have no choice.
At the last circus I attended many years ago, a pipsqueak of a man was jabbing an elephant in the side with a sharp, metal-tipped stick for no reason while the poor creature was eating. I yelled at him to stop and he claimed the elephant couldn't feel it. I offered to test the stick out on him so he could see how sharp it was. The jerk stopped jabbing the animal but probably only briefly. I won't support circuses with wild/exotic animals.
At every stop, a humane society veterinarian should inspect the condition of the animals, the quality of their food and accommodation, and the traveling arrangements. If anything is poor, the circus owners should be fined and the animals impounded until improvements are made. If it isn't profitable for these outfits to have exotic animals, they won't.
Written on Be amazed and astounded by Circus Gatti show:
in response to Dually_Driver:
Time to do away with this ancient form of entertainment. Just plain cruel to force animals to live in rail cars and semi trucks.
I agree. It's especially cruel to elephants, which is why the poor things often freak out and rampage. If the named presenter was really a "wildlife expert, " he'd have nothing to do with treating elephants this way.
Written on Abilene diesel prices rise above $4 a gallon:
Wow, this is rich. The people who support the party that constantly champions the oil industry are accusing Obama of being in its pocket? Hahahaha.
Written on Lydia Long: Economic solutions to crime and education:
in response to Sonofagun:
Britlit we had a huge career tech high school vote a few years ago. It failed because Dr Polnick presented it as a give me 25 million dollars, and trust me vote. No plans, no given place for the school, and no curriculum. It was a sad deal. All the proponents promised to do it any way, They haven't been seen hide nor hair since.
I remember that, Sonofagun. I voted against it b/c it was like a "build it and they will come" mentality with some loose support from several businesses. You don't start out asking for an expensive facility -- you have to do years of research, planning, curriculum development and real business partnerships.
Abilene folks funded construction of Tech's new nursing school here. That's what proper planning, organization and communication yields.
Written on Lydia Long: Economic solutions to crime and education:
in response to Righty:
We told AISD this several years ignored. The chickens are coming home to roost.
It's probably not something a school district can change on its own. The state would have to change the philosophy, curricula, and scheme for everyone. Perhaps some charter schools could be authorized to try it out, though.
Written on Lydia Long: Economic solutions to crime and education:
Why do kids drop out? They're bored, they want or need to start making money, and what we offer in school does not meet the needs of kids who seek a trade. No, almost every kid does not need or want to go to university and, let's be honest, many are not cut out for it.
So let's quit acting like there's something wrong with or inferior about kids who want to be welders, plumbers, mechanics, electricians, etc. We need them and they make good money. They don't need to be warehoused in high school until age 18 taking more academic subjects and they don't need to be pushed into college, either.
End compulsory, traditional education at age 16 and then allow the students to specialize -- vocational training, apprenticeship in the trades, internships with businesses, and advanced academics and tutoring for those heading to university.
This is what they do in other countries; we need to try it. We do NOT need to be enrolling students in remedial reading courses in our universities. I'm sorry, but if you can't do college-level work then you shouldn't be in college. We do need to improve vocational training, though, plus add apprenticeships and business partnerships. Drop the myth that everyone needs a degree but increase support to those who do.
Written on Dave McNeely: With our state of education, would businesses move to Texas?:
in response to Righty:
We don't know if throwing more money at schools will help because we've never tried it? We don't have to try it...check in other states. Did it work for them?
Find a school district, somewhere, anywhere, that is doing a great job with a diverse student population and copy them. Is that possible? If not, then you have to consider its not the STATE or GOVERNMENT that is the problem.
Define "great job." Would that be defined by test scores or percentage going on to higher education? Right now, we have a lot of trained seals who can toot all of the horns and accomplish nothing because they are functionally illiterate. I'm not kidding.
I have to think that at least the poorly performing schools in the areas with socio-economic problems are reflecting what's really going on. Wealthy, homogeneous schools implement ways to prop up their scores.
We live in a state which takes pride in eschewing recognized standards and doing its own thing.
True story: I was taken to task for not making my high school students complete TAKS workbook pages and for teaching them how to read and analyze poetry. My principal said, and this is a direct quote, "Them kids don't need no poetry." Sigh ...
I pointed out that the state curriculum requires the teaching of poetry and poetic devices but he said the workbooks cover that well enough to pass the tests. There would be no need to "waste time" on stupid things that the kids don't need.
He is far from alone in this mindset. The gang freaks out over the math and science scores and insists that English doesn't matter much. How can you pass any test, let alone function optimally in society if you can't read the words, understand what they mean, and respond appropriately?
The majority thinks it's cute that our governor sounds uneducated, that many drop the g off gerunds, and that social awkwardness is acceptable. None of this serves our kids well. At the very least, they must read, write, and speak well to be able to accomplish anything else.
At least for English, our state curriculum is spot on. The problem is the state culture and values, which do not consistently support good teaching practices and teachers/administrators who are devoted to students and knowledge.
If you want to see some frightening stats, check out college retention rates and the number of freshmen enrolled in at least one remedial college course inTexas. Our colleges would be almost empty if they only admitted those who could handle the work. Sad, no?
Written on Abilene chimes in on Obama's proposed minimum wage increase:
in response to paz:
I run two small businesses, and a third, part time. One has been operating for more than thirty years.
All of my employees make above the proposed minimum wage.
If a business can't pay a livable wage, or at least provide a reasonable wage, with a few benefits, it shouldn't be in business.
It's just a matter of history, Republicons can't handle the truth. Every time the minimum wage is raised, they whine and whimper about it, yet the world hasn't ended yet.
EXACTLY! Starting a business is a huge undertaking because of the responsibility one accepts to do right by the customers and employees. If you can't afford to provide excellent customer service while charging fair prices and you can't pay employees good, living wages with provisions for merit raises and benefits, then you shouldn't be in business.
Too many people, however, think they can do their own thing and make big bucks by skimping on expenses and payroll. They shouldn't be in business and won't be if there is any decent competition in their sector. Customers can tell when they're being short-changed and employees aren't treated well. Poorly paid employees often won't do more than the bare minimum.
Why would an employer seek minimum skills for minimum wage instead of expecting more and paying more? I'd rather pay good wages to a couple of well-qualified people who can multi-task than have several minimum-wage workers. I'd want to attract a better field of capable applicants, not start people out at the bottom and expect them to prove themselves.
People get discouraged when they are working hard and still can't meet basic expenses. It's a long slog to a living wage when you're starting at minimum.
Written on DPS releases blood alcohol results from fatal crash:
in response to kodiaktexan:
It is not about destroying someone's reputation. I do see the issue differently. One of the most dangerous things we do in our culture is drink and drive. One of the most dangerous things we do is minimize the danger of such irresponsible actions. He was drinking and driving, but not considered intoxicated by the standard of the law. Did it influence him that day? No one will know. He was wrong to drive even with a small amount of alcohol on board and I am saddened by the desire to diminish the act of driving under any influence. Thank you ARN for the information in the first article and this one. We need a drastic change in citizens attitudes and penalties on drinking ANY amount and driving. May we all think about our past actions and change our future ones. peace
You've got to be kidding. That tiny result in no way indicates "drinking and driving." Why don't you ask a cop if that reading would impair someone and if that result could come from any other source than an alcoholic beverage. I'll bet it could. Before making accusations against people, it's only fair to make certain there are no other explanations. But I'm probably being presumptuous in thinking you care about fairness.
Written on Abilene chimes in on Obama's proposed minimum wage increase:
in response to TheReporter:
So if we get paid more, then we spend more? Are we spending more for the price of goods that will go up. Now 10 per hour is not enough so we make it 15. Now items go up that much more to compensate the wages. Now we need to pay 20... Revolving door logic. Now the ones truly working hard to get a raise are being paid the same amount as the lazy one collecting a check by doing the bare minimum. This is your problem. Most people that go to work and do a great job get paid more than minimum.
Seriously? Why on Earth would production costs be considered when just about everything we buy was made in countries with the cheapest production costs available?
Do you people loathe the blue-collar American worker so much that you not only find no problem with all of the manufacturing jobs that have been moved overseas but you also scream about paying a minimum wage that covers the most basic needs?
No, businesses around here don't pay their good employees more. No one says they have to, their competitors don't, so most of them won't. Unions negotiated raises for workers but y'all ran those off, too. Nothing but fairness and a good conscience demand paying a living wage -- unfortunately, many business owners don't follow either one.
Written on Abilene chimes in on Obama's proposed minimum wage increase:
So the small business owner says the last increase set him back and people should be paid according to their skill and effort. OK, I agree. But if he's only paying minimum wage, then he employs low-skilled people? So why doesn't he hire people with better skills? Oh right -- he'd have to pay such people more and he won't.
Why do the majority of young people move after they get their degrees? Because of the low wages here. Why doesn't this city grow? Because of the low wages, the low spending power, the inability to keep the young and educated, and the narrowmindedness.
Higher wages maintain a good workforce. A good workforce has spending power. A good population with spending power brings in new businesses without having to bigtime bribe them to consider your city.
The only thing keeping Abilene from population deficit is Dyess. Heck, I have noticed lately that even the doctors are fleeing. If Dyess closes, this city is doomed if the cheapskate, condescending attitudes don't change.
Written on DPS releases blood alcohol results from fatal crash:
According to "Bulldawg," "the public's right to know is never in poor taste." Really? I'll bet he'd be howling at a different moon if the public demanded to know the skinny on his family members. Unless they're all perfect, there could be all sorts of things that could be printed due to a variety of circumstances.
Why does it seem strange to some of you that a lot of us value treating people with dignity and respecting a family's privacy? There's a saying that goes something like people are better than their worst act. I believe that.
And even if the toxicology report reveals something, what good does it do to dredge up the past? The man is dead. He won't be on the roads. He can't hurt anyone. But people can continue to hurt his family. What sort of sick individuals would want to keep hurting them?
IMO, this notion that the i---- public has NO right to people's personal business. Yes, I realize that 21st Century narcissism has everyone posting all of their business for millions to see everywhere but there are still some of us who value our privacy and use fake names/throwaway emails online.
If all of these nonstop reality intrusions have shown us anything, it's how pathetic our society has become. Wild dogs have more grace and decorum than "the public." They are owed nothing.
Written on DPS releases blood alcohol results from fatal crash:
I hope the family keeps in touch with investigators so they get the rest of the results. If the drug panel is negative, the newspaper won't be eager to print the results. They painted the deceased as a drunk and a druggie in this accident and they're half wrong so far.
Written on Today, Feb. 13, is Ash Wednesday and Get a Different Name Day:
Haha, not bad. You don't "anoint" with ashes, though. You impose ashes. Anointing is specifically with oil.
Written on Deceased driver involved in ACU student crash had previous arrests:
in response to TroyA:
Brit, that happens ALL the time. If a wife or G/F is found dead, the media releases prior arrests of the Boyfriend or husband.
After the death was ruled a homicide, Troy. Not before. That's why I mentioned autopsy. How would you like to be labeled a wife killer if she died from an accident? That's what may be happening here, based only on the past, at this point. A fatality based on running a stop sign is legally very different from a dui fatality.
in response to whatmustbe:
I believe for it to be libel it would have to be proved the newspaper knowingly published false information. This all a matter of public record, I've looked it up today since reading the article this morning. However if someone is taking a poll, I don't agree with the timing of this article.
No, truth is no defense, particularly if the person is just an average Joe and not a public figure. It's difficult to libel public figures because they willingly entered the limelight and can count on attention and scrutiny. Private people do not.
Defamation and willful disregard for the truth mustbe shown. The past record may be true but the journalists applied it to a new situation in a reckless manner. Reason and prudence would dictate holding the prior record until the truth (data) is revealed. Instead, the newspaper opted for being irresponsible.
in response to TroyA:
So Mr. Davis breaks the law by running a red light causing a collision that results in two lives lost including his own.
The Reporter News reports prior arrests including other traffic violations and they are being slammed for it. Why? This is a good job by ARN that informs us this isn't the only time he has broken the law. Mistake or not.
Good job ARN.
No, by printing prior dui incidents from several years ago, the newspaper is implying that Davis was DUI in this case. That hasn't been proven. The responsible thing to do was to refrain from comment until the tox results returned.
Let's put it another way. Say TroyA's wife is found dead but before the autopsy and investigation results are released, the ARN reports that TroyA (who hasn't been arrested) had a couple of assault arrests several years ago. Guess what that implies?
in response to junebug:
You should have waited to post this story after the toxicology report was released. What you did was insert supposition of guilt. Very, very unprofessional.
Agreed, BUT it would only be relevant info if the tox screens revealed DUI. The problem here is this story presupposes that the deceased was DUI because of his past and that's not fair. Unless the tests are positive, there is no story.
The newspaper may and probably should be sued for libel if Davis' tox screen doesn't reveal DUI. The reporter was stupid to write this story; the editors are idiots to have let it go to print. Very poor judgment.
Total bias against Davis, too, unless they also dug into the other driver's background. Don't the cops and insurance agents insist that it's every driver's responsibility to respond defensively to driver error and avoid accidents? I am NOT implying anything or casting blame. I'm just saying that these "journalists" are being reckless and biased and it could cost them.
Written on Greg Jaklewicz: Hair is some history behind my beard :
Very sad. It screams, "If I can't have hair on top of my head, then I'll grow the heck out of it on the bottom." And that's more pathetic than a comb-over.
Written on Letter: Her body, her choice :
in response to Bulldawg:
I guess it's just me, but I find this statement disturbing in its implication... "Lastly, for those who say "save the children," I highly suggest reading David Benatar's excellent book "Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence" as for why abortion is the kindest choice one can make for every pregnancy." Note the use of "every".
Apparently, the author believes this is one hell of a cruel world and we should spare all children.
Yeah, I found it disturbing, too. The letter-writer seems to be a dark, depressed person. Can you imagine living in her skin, believing that every time a child is born it's a tragedy? It's hard to believe that people here are actually agreeing with her because if she's the face of the abortion movement, then it's not pro-choice, it's pro-death.
Written on Letter: Her body, her choice :
in response to june:
So, Lynn, since you are adamantly anti-child, have you taken measures to prevent pregnancy? Since you know you do not want children, have you gotten your tubes tied or had a hysterectomy?
Exactly. I don't get why the letter-writer is so in-your-face about pregnancy being forced on someone like herself when she has her choice of foolproof measures to make sure she doesn't get pregnant in the first place. Maybe she just wants an opportunity to rant.
Written on Thousands march for gun control in Washington:
"Doomed" because everyone would have to undergo a background check before buying a weapon and they wouldn't be able to shoot over 30 rounds without reloading? My heart bleeds over the tyranny of it all! I mean, what will American psychos do if they can't mow down a couple dozen people in a minute or two if they want before they kill themselves?! (rolling eyes)
I wish the blind or gonad insufficient wonders who "need" huge magazines to be happy and feel powerful would move to a lawless Third World country instead of wanting the US to become one so they can play "citizen soldier." Heck, in the Third World, they could start their own rebels group and maybe even be elected King of the Wasteland!
Written on Hal Mumme resigns as McMurry's football coach:
in response to dr__dawggy:
USA Today recently did an article on Mumme and his contributions to the game of college football. They did an interesting chart with names of the several dozen college coaches that are part of the Mumme legacy, including Kliff Kingsbury, the new coach at Texas Tech and Sonny Dykes, Cal's new coach.
Didn't he work with Mike Leach in the past, too?
Written on No Budget/No Pay Act: Conaway, Thornberry vote yes; Neugebauer no :
in response to Hey_Now:
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Oh, I can read, Hey_Now. And if you're posting this in all earnestness and with no sarcasm then I must ask, Can't you think? Or do you just believe everything Randy feeds you?
This guy doesn't believe in spending EXCEPT when it comes to his own pet causes and special interests. For those, and to feather his own nest, he'd mortgage this country to the hilt, just like every other politician.
Uh, Reporter News, wouldn't it be a tad helpful to put at least a one-sentence summary of the act itself? People should know that, "after careful consideration," Randy decided not to jeopardize his own paycheck so he could continue to grandstand.
Written on UPDATED: Authorities: Fight led to Texas college shooting:
in response to wbarloww#247077:
Just did some checking for you. Look what I found:
go to page 100 and read II.1.06 Systems Firearms policy
I think their campus is a 'Gun Free Zone'
Apparently not, since students are walking around with guns in their backpacks. I guess no one read the policy. Perry did this big splash about how concealed weapons should be permitted on college campuses in Texas, and most agreed with him.
Written on Just in: Abilene mayor wishes for a downtown hotel in 2013:
There's a motel/hotel right across the street from the civic center. Wasn't it called something like the Civic Center hotel?
I'm watching CNN and it ISN'T a copycat shooting at all. It was two students involved in an argument shooting at each other and someone else was caught in the crossfire.
Guns are permitted on Texas college campuses so why didn't someone take out the shooters? Oh, right -- these things happen so quickly and unexpectedly that it gets people off-guard.
I pray that there aren't any fatalities.
Written on Hundreds join pro-gun rallies in state capitals :
Uh, I never said I had qualifications and I'm not applying for any such job. I simply support the proposed legislation and measures. But people like you would argue for everyone being able to buy any weapon they fancy and have at-home arsenals for whatever reason so it's probably pointless to suggest that limits are reasonable to you.
Open doors and windows and 18th Century crime rates? Oh come on. That doesn't even make any sense, in response to modern-day comparisons. Haha, according to APD, unlocked doors are responsible for Abilene's property crime, too.
As legislation states, strict gun control is ONE PART of the equation. NYC also has strict gun control and among the lowest violent crime rates for large metros. It takes good policing and community cooperation, too. But without gun control, it's a non-starter.
Written on Hundreds join pro-gun rallies in state capitals :
in response to FederalFarmer:
Actually, crime rates then were miniscule compared to today. As to our forefathers not wanting people armed with semi-automatic weapons, you are mistaken. Most of the colonies had laws requiring almost every house hold to be armed. They had weapons at least equal to any army on earth and in many cases superior to what armies had. While our society has advanced beyond the point where every household should be required to be armed, there are times when social order breaks down. A classic example is provided by the Korean grocers during the Rodney King riots.
I think we need to be honest here. We had no military. Without the help of France, Spain, and the Dutch, we would have lost the Revolutionary War. Thus, there was a need for households to have guns because our "military might" was pathetic.
I don't know how you can say that "crime rates were miniscule compared to today" when it's not even possible to make such a legitimate comparison. We have a huge criminal code that simply didn't exist back then, along with a huge, diverse population.
There are guns that provide good self-defense and guns designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible because they were meant for law enforcement and the military. Just about everyone supports the former. I can't imagine thinking that it's OK to provide a military-grade weapon for everyone who wants one. It takes extensive training, education, and maturity to handle those weapons safely. Most Americans don't have the ability to undergo that sort of training and education. Maturity is another question entirely.
Written on Hundreds join pro-gun rallies in state capitals :
in response to FederalFarmer:
I’m attempting to point that there isn’t a mass slaughter of children with firearms occurring. In fact, as tragic as any child’s death is, firearms are a very minor hazard compared to automobiles and water. In 2010, in the ten to fourteen year old group, unintentional injury was the leading cause of death with 885 deaths. Firearms ranked seventh with 26 deaths. By contrast, automobiles killed 452 children and drowning killed another 117. In the five to nine age group unintentional injury was again the leading cause of death at 758 with firearms ranked twelfth with 11 deaths. Again autos and drowning were the big killers with 354 and 134 respectively. Why don’t we hear calls to ban or limit backyard pools? They kill more children the guns by far.
Seriously? Besides the Newtown shootings, do you have any idea what is going on in Chicago night after night? And you're going to compare car accidents and drownings to intentional MURDERS or even self-defense killings?
People are going on around here about the right to defend themselves and oppose their government. In other words, they're buying guns with the full intention of having to use them one day to kill someone or someones. Are people putting in pools and buying cars believing that someone will die by them? It's all about primary use and intent.
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How complex are biological systems?
More specifically, let’s consider the case of a biological circuit. These circuits regulate the state of a cell in response to a given set of input signals. The parts of the circuit are a wide variety of specific proteins, whose synthesis and function are modified by many different mechanisms. One distinction of biological relative to engineered circuits is the fact that every protein is different so that there are no standardized parts. Proteins interact to modify one another’s function and eventually produce an output, i.e., change the state of the cell by changing its transcriptional program and thereby changing the concentrations of its constitutive proteins.
For a given circuit, it is still an open question as to how many genes could be legitimately considered to be involved. In yeast, genetic maps constructed with high-throughput robotics have identified literally millions of interactions; these are shown as the famous ‘hairball’ plots one frequently encounters. So, is that the answer? Do we need to know everything about everything to make sense of it all? Do we need a map whose legend states that 1 mile = 1 mile to understand the cell? If so, then what kind of understanding would that entail… a depressing prospect, being drowned in a sea of information.
So, we want and need reduced models to better understand the functions of a biological circuit. Intuitively, this is what the more classical cell biologists and biochemists have been constructing. Classical mutagenesis tends to focus on mutations to critical genes that severely hamper cell fitness. Thus, inadvertently, the community may have been studying the circuit elements containing the most information about the process. However, several questions arise. First, where do you draw the line and exclude more peripheral elements? And second, is this a legitimate endeavor?
Consider a simple example, where the dynamics of a circuit are dominated by a few interactions each of strength O(1). There is a second handful of interactions of strength O(epsilon), whose exclusion gives a negligible error of O(epsilon) << 1. However, if the number of weaker interactions is larger, as threatened by the hairball, we could get into serious trouble. If the number is N ~ 1/epsilon, we would still probably be ok in our approximation due to the unexpected property of asymptotic analysis to give fundamental insight even when it shouldn’t. However, if N >> 1/epsilon things would start looking quite terrible from the point of view of dimensional reduction. The genetic tractability of circuits and the progress made argues against the later case, but the intermediate case is not yet ruled out and relatively few cases have been studied in sufficient detail (i.e., the drunk looking for his lost keys at night under the street lamp because that is where the light is). So, we are left with the following tentative definition of information – a sum of the relevant biochemical interactions multiplied by their relative impact on the output. Obvious issues left to be resolved regard the definition of ‘relative impact’ and how to quantitatively define the information content of a circuit output.
Further understanding of information transmission in biology will require new quantitative imaging tools to better measure chemistry on the level of single cells, where it really takes place. Integration of these techniques with the rapidly increasing amounts of cell biological and genetic knowledge promises rapid advances in our understanding of information transmission and generation in cellular systems. The rapid technical advancement in biology of the past decades leads one to expect significant progress on these fundamental issues over the next decade. | http://www.stanford.edu/dept/app-physics/cgi-bin/how-complex-are-biological-systems/ | dclm-gs1-279000000 |
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The Federal Reserve initiated "quantitative easing" — inflating the money supply — to shore up banks and the economy. Now the Fed is doing it again — for a third time.
Tom Eddlem, writer for The New American, gives a contrast between Australia's economy and that of the United States, covering such factors as national debt, savings, and interest rates.
Congressional approval of the latest round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was a victory for international socialism and a defeat of the principles of America's Founding Fathers.
Time and again, when taxes have been raised on the rich, the poor suffered the greatest detriment. And when taxes were lowered, the poor saw most of the benefit.
When President Obama announced a proposed hike in the federal minimum wage rate in his State of the Union address last week, the reaction was swift. House Speaker John Boehner spoke for most Republicans in condemning the increase (from the current $7.25 an hour to $9.00), reminding his colleagues that “when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it.”
Congressional fiscal debates are making headlines, but in reality our representatives are unlikely to substantially cut spending — despite the harsh consequences of failing to do so.
The latest report on the financial condition of Social Security from the Congressional Budget Office hides an important fact: the Disability Insurance program will be exhausted in 2016 so that its benefits will have to be paid from other funds, depleting them much more rapidly than estimated.
Capital appreciation bonds, when combined with economic ignorance and political expediency, make up a toxic brew that is likely to explode long before they come due.
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ObamaPresident Barack Obama is set to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. This will be less than two weeks after his announcement that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, not exactly what one would expect from a “peace prize” winner.
Proving that where there’s a will (among 58 or so senators and 38 percent of the American public), there’s a way to forcibly implement some sort of overhaul of the healthcare insurance industry and the dispensing of medical treatment in our country, Tuesday night the Team of Ten — a “dream team” of senators representing the left and middle of the Democratic Party — called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and told him that they had successfully brokered a deal that should satisfy all sixty members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate. If such an agreement holds, then the Mr. Reid would have the sixty votes he needs to end a Republican filibuster and put the question of the measure to an up or down vote by the whole chamber.
During the final quarter of the 18th century, as tensions grew between England and her colonies here in America, the legislatures of 12 of the 13 colonies called the First Continental Congress and appointed delegates to attend the Congress. Initially, Georgia refrained from participation. The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in September 1774. The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775, in the shadow of the actions that occurred the previous month at Lexington and Concord. This Congress ultimately brought forth the Declaration of Independence and led the country through the Revolutionary War for Independence.
On Monday, December 7, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments concerning Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
John Stossel recently reported on the failure of federally subsidized job-training programs in Minnesota. Using federal stimulus dollars, the Summit Academy stated that it would use stimulus funds to create "results-oriented programs" that allow adults to "become educated, contributing member of their community." What sort of training did the Summit Academy provide? It trained 130 people how to weatherize buildings.
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US Navy and Marine Corps boffins are chuffed with themselves today, after inventing a crafty underwater probe podule which can be dropped into the sea, sink to a pre-programmed depth, remain there for weeks or months and then at some point rise to the surface again - all without using any electrical power.
This last is a good feature as generating power underwater is no simple matter. The conventionally-fuelled generators used in surface ships and equipment aren't an option: batteries can't hold much juice for a given amount of weight and money. This is why big navies use nuclear-powered submarines, despite the expense and bureaucracy involved.
Nuclear power isn't a realistic option for a small instrument package, however, and one which is intended to go underwater can't use ordinary renewables such as wind and solar. At the moment, as a result, it's common to use a thing called an eXpendable Bathythermograph (XBT) to measure water temperatures down through the depths. The one-shot XBT plunges downwards, sending information back up to the deploying ship along very thin wires unreeling as it goes, and when the wires run out it is abandoned.
But now US naval boffins have come up with a crafty means of controlling buoyancy over long periods which doesn't involve expensive, unreliable long-duration batteries. Instead they have designed what they refer to as an "inoculated gas production vessel", a small cylinder with bacteria inside which produce hydrogen gas. This then escapes to fill a flotation chamber which will bring the instrument to the surface at a predetermined time.
The invention is known as Zero Power Ballast Control (ZPBC). According to a statement issued yesterday by the Naval Research Laboratory:
With an ultimate goal of producing simple, small, power-efficient data harvesting nodes with variable buoyancy the device will be able to monitor ocean temperatures with a stay time ranging from weeks to months and eventually years, providing a longer term than other mechanisms such as the Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT).
In the future, the ZPBC will provide input for robust modeling of ocean temperatures and other parameters. The ZPBC could also be used to provide in-water optical data to enhance models for underwater visibilities, laser penetration depths, diver and target vulnerability assessments, electro-optical system performance predictions, and refining numerical models.
"Preliminary trials were successful in many ways," says Dr Justin Biffinger, NRL boffin. "The device surfaced and submerged periodically as designed via hydrogen gas produced from the microbial inoculum and growth medium, proving the device generated gas in sufficient quantity to produce buoyancy."
The US navy lab boys describe the test devices as "Autonomous Zero-Power Bathythermograph sensors" and believe that they could replace XBTs and similar instruments used in support of naval antisubmarine operations, mine-clearance, frogman attacks and more. ®
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John: For the longest time, the only thing I had to offer you was my heart. Mr. Solis gave you security and I couldn't compete. But now even he can't offer you that. And I can. My business is taking off. I can take care of you. We can finally be together. Mrs. Solis, will you marry me?
Rex: What do you say Bree, do we send the vultures home?
Bree: I want to keep the club membership. Rex is terrible at tennis and hates buffets
Paul: We need to talk about these things that you think you remember. They're not true.
Zach: How can they not be true?
Paul: Memories lie, Zach. You didn't kill anyone. Dana is very much alive
Sooner or later, the time comes when we all must become responsible adults, and learn to give up what we want, so we can choose to do what is right. Of course, a lifetime of responsibility isn't always easy, and as the years go on, it's a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear. But still we try to do what is best, what is good; not only for ourselves, but for those we love. -Zach and Julie interlude-. Yes, sooner or later, we must all become responsible adults. No one knows this better than the young
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Gabrielle: Obviously I'm not leaving my husband and marrying John.
Bob Rowland: I think that's wise
Lynette: So here's the thing. I feel really awful about how I acted before.
Tom: For god's sake, you threw me out of my own house.
Lynette: I overreacted, I'm sorry
Zach: Hey. You know that Julie is the first girl I ever gave a flower to?
Susan: Really.
Zach: Yeah. Yeah, I really like her, Ms. Mayer
John, you're a toy. A sweet dumb toy. So you might as well go to college, because there's nothing between us
Susan: Listen, I know being dramatic is the birthright of every teenager, but come on...
Zach [throwing furniture around]: WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING!!?? DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Susan: (harshly) Thank you, Zach. You have just made this really easy for me. You are now forbidden from seeing or talking to my daughter ever again! And if you come within ten feet of her, I will call the police, and I will have you arrested! Now get out!
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0.032524 | <urn:uuid:0683a0f0-9ee5-4ccf-a422-3d2a711f3251> | en | 0.986645 | TEMPE, Ariz. -- It doesn't happen to Larry Fitzgerald every morning at work, but every once in a while Cardinals coach Bruce Arians and a few of his assistants sneak up on the star receiver and toss him into the cold tub.
At least it feels that way to Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald is learning a new offense, including new positions, for the first time since 2007. He often is uncomfortable, unsure and left wondering how much he really knows about playing receiver.
That is by design.
"They don't like for you to come in and think, 'Oh, it's just another day at the office,' " Fitzgerald said. "No, that's not how it is. It's like being in a cold tub every morning. They push you in there, and it's like a shock to the body."
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That's a good thing for Fitzgerald at this stage of his career. He's entering his 10th season, and he knew former coach Ken Whisenhunt's system as well as he knew his way home.
That offense was good to Fitzgerald for several years, and he's not going to criticize it or the coaches who helped him play in a Super Bowl.
But the offense Arians brings — along with coordinator Harold Goodwin and assistant head coach Tom Moore — asks additional things of Fitzgerald.
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Because he knew Whisenhunt's offense so well, much of Fitzgerald's preparation centered on the defensive backs he would be facing that week.
Now, it's more book-learning.
He's learning three receiver positions, instead of just one. In voluntary practices, it's common to see Fitzgerald talking to Moore one-on-one and mimicking the steps of a pass route.
"Everybody wants to be good," Moore said. "But do you really want to do everything you have to do to be good? And he does. That fires me up to see a guy who has had great success, but he's not satisfied.
"People are always going to devise schemes to try and shut him down. You don't want to have to play catch-up. You want to have things going for you to make him (the defender) catch up to you. That takes a lot of work."
There aren't many better offensive brains to pick. Moore, 74, started coaching in the NFL in 1977 with the Steelers. He's worked with numerous great receivers, including Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Herman Moore, Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne.
"You can go on and on (about) the guys he's been around, the pedigree of the guys he's coached," Fitzgerald said. "Those guys are great players, but a lot of that has to do with what they are being taught."
Fitzgerald is a seeker of knowledge on and off the field. He travels the world in the off-season and plays host to numerous NFL players at a Minnesota summer camp. He's adept at gleaning information and incorporating it into his craft.
For instance, in Arians' offense there's a "Raider route," which is essentially a 14-yard out. But it's not simple. The route can be run in different ways based on coverage, leverage, or pressure on the quarterback, Fitzgerald said.
"Things you would not know unless you asked a coach for guidance. You have to think outside the box."
So for the first time in years, Fitzgerald is studying at night in the off-season, although with Arians, Fitzgerald is never sure what's going to be on the test the next day. Fitzgerald might study his usual position, the "X," then be asked to do something completely different, like play the "Z" (flanker), or the "F," which is sort of a slot position.
(Former Patriots star and current Broncos receiver Wes Welker is the prototype "F" receiver, Fitzgerald said.)
"Like today," Fitzgerald said Tuesday, "we go on the field and (receivers coach Darryl Drake) says, 'You are playing 'F' in two-minute.' And I had not looked at any 'F' stuff.
"He took all my confidence from me. All I could think about throughout the whole practice was 'Shoot, I'm not really comfortable.' It was bothering me the whole day."
In some businesses, that's likened to being thrown in ice-cold water. In others, it's called creative tension.
"It's extremely creative," Fitzgerald said, smiling, "and there is a lot of tension."
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Commissioner John Blair ruled that Cecilia Abadie was not guilty because she had been cited under a code that requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the device was in operation, which the officer did not provide.
However, Blair did find that the language of the code specifically bars the operation of a video or TV screen or similar device on the front of a vehicle while it is moving — a provision that Blair said could be broad enough to apply to Google Glass.
Abadie said she was happy she won her case but hoped the court would have ruled that Google Glass is legal to wear while driving whether activated or not.
"I believe it's an initial success but we have a long way to go," said Abadie, wearing the device outside the courthouse after the ruling.
Legal experts say the lower court ruling does not set a legal precedent but marks the beginning of a number of cases they expect courts to confront as lawmakers struggle to keep pace with fast-evolving technology.
"The fun is just starting," said Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow at Standford Law School.
From driverless cars to wearable devices that can enhance human functions, Wadhwa said, there are a host of legal questions to be answered. For example, when a Google-operated car is on the road and hits someone, who is responsible — the passenger, car manufacturer or software developer?
Abadie was cited after being pulled over for speeding on a San Diego freeway in October and the California Highway Patrol officer noticed she was wearing Google Glass.
Officer Keith Odle, a 10-year veteran of the CHP, testified Thursday that the "hardware for this device was blocking her peripheral vision on her right side," and that's why she sped by his patrol car at 85 mph in her Toyota Prius.
Blair rejected that as speculation, noting that Odle had never worn the device. He also threw out Odle's documentation of her speed and found Abadie not guilty of that count.
The commissioner also asked Odle to turn off his cellphone after it rang twice interrupting the proceedings.
Abadie's attorney William Concidine said the device was not activated when she was driving and the code was irrelevant because it does not specifically state that drivers are barred from using Google Glass.
He said Thursday he hopes the case will spur lawmakers to review legislation on the issue, otherwise the code will be open to interpretation by individual courts.
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NUGENT: California nightmare
Bankrupt state serves as a warning to the rest of America
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Will the last American left in California please turn out the lights? And don't let the door slam you in the behind. California isn't going broke. It's already broke and is $16 billion in the hole. With businesses leaving the state in record numbers because of punitive taxes and bizarre overregulation, the only way forward is to either raise taxes or severely cut benefits. Raising taxes is the mantra of liberals, and California is awash with liberal politicians.
In addition to business-killing taxes and regulations, California has the third-highest state income tax in the nation, the nation's highest sales tax and the highest gas taxes in America.
Get this: Roughly half of California's income taxes are paid by just 1 percent of California's residents. It's no wonder the most productive people are leaving the state each year as more bloodsuckers move in.
If that isn't bad enough, California has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates; its health care system is on the verge of collapse, with dozens of hospitals closing over the past decade; crime is rampant in California's cities; its public employees are paid staggering amounts of money compared to ordinary Californians; and massive numbers of illegal aliens continue to invade the state.
This isn't California dreamin' but rather an American nightmare.
It's a blinding statement of the obvious, but California's financial nightmare (and the nation's) is a terminal addiction to bloated and expensive government completely out of control, with zero accountability.
You don't need to be an economist to understand that less government equals more prosperity. The fundamental problem we face is that too many Americans do not understand this most basic economic truism, or worse, simply refuse to accept it.
It doesn't work that way (or can't work that way for long) and that's why California and our federal government are financial train wrecks.
The way out of this mess would be painful. Massive cuts would be required, services slashed, and agencies gutted and eliminated.
There is no dispute there will be pain. The question is: When will we deal with it, now or later?
For many Americans, the answer is painfully obvious: Let someone else deal with it further down the road. Put it on the shoulders of future generations.
That is the wrong answer. The longer we postpone the pain, the more painful and ugly it will be. Just look at Greece, Spain and France.
The responsible answer is to deal with it now.
We can't tax our way out of this mess. We can't continue to borrow our way out. We can't regulate our way out. We are not going to grow our way out. The only way out is to dramatically reduce government spending and to quit strangling the free market with burdensome regulations.
Liberalism has failed around the world, and it has failed here, too. Big government has been a big bust. Yet, for liberals, the solution is even bigger government.
Economist Milton Friedman had it right: "So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system."
More government hasn't been, isn't and won't ever be the answer. That's California dreamin'.
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the demonstration. the protesters say the copper mine is damaging the environment. myanmar's decision to use force is likely to cause alarm among western nations who have praised its democratic reforms. and so why did the government pretsz ahead with the crackdown? well, nhk world's jun kobayashi reports from yangon. >> reporter: the crowd included local buddhist monks. the demonstrators demanded a halt to mining operations in central myanmar. local officials say at least 70 people were injured. the protests began in mid-november. local residents say they were forced from their homes. they say the mine is polluting the environment. president thein sein stressed the crackdown. he issued a statement saying the protest were broken up according to the law. the largest opposition leader aung san suu kyi went to the site on thursday night. she called on both sides to seek settlement. >> translator: i want to solve this problem peacefully and in a dignified manner. i want to request that all of you help me on this. >> reporter: the copper mine is being jointly developed by chinese company and the firm li
the copper mine is damaging the environment. myanmar's decision to use force is likely to cause alarm among western nations who have praised its democratic reforms. and so why did the government press ahead with the crackdown? well, nhk world's jun kobayashi reports from yangon. >> reporter: since thursday, they've disbursed hundreds of protesters. the crowd included local residents and buddhist monks. the demonstrators demanded a halt to mining operations in central myanmar. local officials say at least 70 people were injured. the protests began in mid-november. local residents say they were forced from their homes. they say the mine is polluting the environment. president thein sein has stressed the legitimacy of the crackdown. he issued a statement saying the protests were unauthorized and broken up according to the law. the largest opposition leader aung san suu kyi rushed to the site on thursday night. she called on both sides to seek a negotiated settlement. >> translator: i want to solve this problem peacefully and in a dignified manner. i want to request that all of you help me on t
to help them deal with the effects of climate change. in the coming days, it will be up to environment ministers to thrash out these and other points. >> certain points can only be resolved by the ministers themselves. providing financial support to poorer countries, for example. how much are we willing to do by 2020 to protect the environment? >> scientists say climate change is happening much faster than previously thought. the evidence, such as spermatic pmelting of -- the dramatic melting of sea ice, is mounting. >> the eu is at its strongest when we had all 27 countries on board, supporting the same goal. we need to keep at it. >> officials are now making the final preparations before the ministerial-level talks begin. critics say too much time has been wasted. now the pressure is on for leaders to take a more cooperative approach. in a prince william and his wife, the duchess of cambridge, are expecting a baby. that is, better known as kate middleton. pimm she was admitted to hospital with acute morning sickness -- and she was admitted to hospital with a cute morning sickness. th
what they are doing here and implications in the overall security environment on the korean peninsula, as well as destination. >> anything new? we been hearing some rumblings for some time that there might be some activity on that front. anything new that you can provide in terms of insights into launches or things like that? >> well, i think you're tracking a pretty well. i think from the media today there are indications declared indications of their intention to do what they would call a peaceful satellite launch. and we believe it is in contradictory to the u.n. security council resolutions, that because of the nature of the type of missile they will be firing and the implications it has for ballistic missile type of activity somewhere down the road, and the destabilizing impact that will have on security incitement throughout the throughout the region, not just on the peninsula. >> can you follow up on some of -- was short assessment? they say they have solve whatever problems they had with her april failed launch. what's your assessment? how could they have solve the problem? wh
, that the value of doing it now in a low interest rate environment is substantially larger on these new loans for two reasons. the lower the interest rate, the faster the am more at thisization of the principal and therefore this will be a more valuable change. second because these loans are so low interest rate, they will be on our books far larger. frankly, not many loans in the past have hit that limit. so even though it's $1 trillion portfolio, the value of that change is quite small for the old loans. it's really going to be quite valuable for these newer very low interest rate loans. >> i'll be briefly two more questions. i see that f.h.a. is now making loans to people who three years ago were foreclosed upon. and that's a very different standard than even exists at fannie and freddie. i don't understand. why are you doing that? >> this is another area where we are working on changes. here's the issue. we have a significant number of homeowners that were responsible homeowners, had good credit scores that lost their jobs in the biggest economic crisis this country has faced since the de
later and when we get to next year we are in an economy that is in a higher tax environment, companies will grow less well if that environment, association whatever cash they have, and they have available to pay out, will be taxed at a high are rate. >>neil: what do you make of the argument we had much higher dividend tax rates in the reagan administration, a good part of the clinton administration, and we did fine. >>guest: it was great to be a world monopoly. a wonderful thing to have the expire world recovering from world war ii but that is not where we are. higher taxes hurt economic growth. people say it doesn't hurt it and they are saying of all the possible answers i will pick the extreme one, which is zero. what is most iportant? millions are out of work, we have incomes that have not grown but they have fallen. i would think growth is the priority. >>neil: is that going do mean more dividends next year to make up for the tax hit they will face? will they still cash out with the dividends? isn't that going do lead to a market tank? >>guest: one of the things, what we are seeing
of hearing about frankly. the overburdensome regulatory environment that we're in is depressing growth, particularly for small business. and i think that's a primary distinction here as we talk about business itself because all business is not created equal. and the president's jobs council who has some wonderful folks, some friends of mind on it, wholly inefficient in my view because there is no representation from small business on that jobs council. melissa: catherine, let me ask you, what i look what happened with the case in darden, it seems like what happened to a bunch of different companies, my take at the end of the day, for sure they're not going to hire anyone and that's what we need more than anything right now. >> you're exactly right. what we need are jobs, jobs, jobs. there is so much uncertainty out there right now with what will happen with taxes. we still don't know the full impacts of obamacare. hundreds of thousands of new regulations. we need to know what is going on to make good decisions and grow our businesses because of that. melissa: jamie, do you think to a c
states, inflict damage, physical and reputational, on the jordanian government in an environment in which all other governments are certainly dealing with their own difficulties right now. >> reporter: all 11 suspects were rounded up by jordanian security forces in mid october. jordanian officials say they'd planned to strike on november 9th, the seventh anniversary of the last al qaeda attack in jordan. when suicide bombers struck three hotels in amman, killing about 60 people. the man who claimed responsible for that attack was al zarqawi who led the group al qaeda in iraq. he was killed by u.s. forces in 2006. but analysts say the recent resurgence of al qaeda in iraq shows an unsettling pattern. >> we thought we had them essentially pushed to the wall and snuffed out to a large degree. some individuals were released from prison in iraq and rejoined this group. and certainly when you have a country that is unstable like iraq and you have tremendous sectarian tension there and violence, the more from the sunni side on to the shiite side, you can't be surprised that a group like al qaeda
to start making decisions now projecting the environment they will be in on january 1. let's give those businesses the service, what they deserve and their employees bypassing this middle class income tax cut now. >> i'd just like to add that the chairman and assistant leader part pants in any number of these budget discussions, that, that or the other one. there were several of them. when they went to that table as representatives of the house democrats, they had no instruction except to reach agreement. they shared the values of our caucus but the over riding value was we had to get the job done for the american people. the only thing i said i wanted to see was jobs and economic growth would be at the centerpiece of the discussions and then whatever decisions we would make about investments or cutting them revenue or raising them would center around how we create jobs. that is the way we are going to reduce the deficit by creating jobs. and every step of the way, every time we came to the idea of big, bold, balanced, the revenue question was the hurdle and it still s. you just can't g
to look over the long haul, over the long-term, whether you have an environment that's right for business. i think in arizona we are trying to get things right so over the long haul we can build a more diverse sustainable economy. i think we are headed in the right direction. stuart: i'm not being flip here, what kind of tax break dos you offer them -- tax breaks do you offer them, just give me an idea. >> if you bring manufacturing to our state, you are going to get a tax credit. if you bring research and development, you will get a tax credit. if you engage in sustainability, green jobs, you will get a tax credit. look, we saw the landscape around the country, and we wanted to make sure we were as competitive as possible. and a lot of it is not going to be companies moving from california, but as this economy improves, a lot of companies are going to be expanding. and we want them to look to our city, our state as they make those important expansion decisions, particularly again for those jobs. stuart: do you actually go to california yourself and try to prize them loose? >> i have been
by the american people and your businesses and economic environment worldwide. through that. john engler -- he and i philosophically don't agree on much -- \[laughter] >> i'm just being honest about john, he is a great politician and comes from the other party, but john is exactly right when he says that the only thing that debt ceiling for is to destroy your credit rating. so i want to send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. if congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, which by the way, we have never done in our history until we did it last year, i will not play that game. we have to break that habit before it starts. so, with that, let me just say, we have one path where we resolve it fairly quickly. cuts. we reform our entitlements. increases. you get business certainty and you do what you do best, innovate, hire workers, make profits, do well by your shareholders and grow america and we have open-running room next y
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blamed no matter what they do. that's political environment. they might as well embrace the fiscal cliff. >> you heard peter difazio saying earlier in the program, democrat, go off the cliff, there is no cliff. no problem. >> folks on both sides. look, there's not a clip there and they're going to play chicken and go off. >> and then you're road kill at the bottom. >> that's exactly right. most folks are saying since the economy's improving, congress, don't screw it up and you get some folks on the far left and far right, there's no cliff, don't worry about this. we're after the election, this isn't an id lodgical debating society. this is about getting something done. let's work on a short-term deal. >> the deal that's there, we're in this situation because congress came up with what they're calling the fiscal cliff now and they're calling it the fiscal cliff because they don't want to e embrace either the tax increases or spending cuts and i think it's foolish to think this congress can come up with a better deal. >> you know what's interesting, to eric's point, there is a great irony
to the volatility. that's the theme for the next couple of weeks. we are going to see a very volatile environment until we get a resolution. so in the short-term, you're kind of trading range bound in the market. i think you want to take advantage of the extremes. so into these big positive moves, you take a little off. it's not a bad thing to take profits and to have cash. i do think that when you see the market pull back and you see extremes in terms of on the downside, i think you want to be buying because i think once you get this fiscal cliff resolution, whenever it is, i think the markets will work higher because the underlying fundamentals in the u.s. economy are clearly improving, and you also have a stabilization or soft landing happening in china at the same time. >> david kelly, what do you want to be doing here? what's your strategy for the fiscal cliff? do you think we go over it, and what do you want to do? >> for a long-term investor, you don't try and play this one. i agree with stephanie about the market probably going higher once they get a resolution. they will get a resolution
groups, such as the global climate coalition, information council for the environment, heartland institute, annapolis center, and cooler heads coalition are created or enlisted to propagate this message of doubt. deniers question the motives and engage in harassment of the real credentialed climate scientists. well, for the record, there has been scientific debate regarding climate change. ideas have been tested, theories have been ventured, and the evidence keeps coming back to the same conclusion: increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human-related sources is strengthening the greenhouse effect, adding to recent warming, and acidifying the oceans. actually, the evidence coming in tends to confirm the worst and most dangerous projections. mr. president, may i interrupt my remarks and ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 2:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehousemr. whitehouse: ak unanimous consent that that exchange be moved to the beginning or the end
and take. in that environment, commonplace is essential. it -- if you go through the last campaign, it is not that big of an area. compromise is required. give-and-take -- people have to accept some things they do not like as part of a larger agreement. i would say getting a comprehensive agreement now that resolve's many of these issues would at least reduce the constant threat of government shutdown. that is why this is so important going forward. >> i would remind everybody we have threats of government shut down in the past -- the famous showdown with newt gingrich and clinton. when you have divided government, you have clashes of major philosophical difference. the key is being able to have an element of compromise as part of that process. that is exactly the place we are in right now, trying to find that point. >> the best model for all of you who are working so hard on this may well be speilberg's movie about lincoln. lincoln made deals. you know what, he achieved great, great goals. it goes to the point you are making -- politicians are supposed to play politics, that is no
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environment for the country. so of course this should motivate them. the question is, who is going to blink first? personally i think they all ought to get in a room and work it out. >> maybe go to camp david and spend a few days there. >> or come in "the situation room." >> we'll put them on television. >>> we're moving on to today's other important developments, including syria's bloody civil and this special envoy for the middle east, the former british prime minister tony blair is standing by to join us right here in "the situation room." ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announ
. have a safe and secure maritime environment, good for the economy, and good for the american people n my estimation this legislation fulfills that obligation. i urge its passage today. just briefly want to thank once gren mr. lobiondo for his in-- once again mr. lobiondo for his incredible work in bringing this legislation to passage. with that i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. lobiondo: i rise in support of house resolution 825. 825 covers the coast guard through fear 2014, a level that allows the administration's requested military pay increase for fiscal year 2013 and provide for military pay increase for fiscal year 2014 at a level consistent with c.b.o.'s estimate on the rate of inflation. the bill provides funding for the coast guard of levels that will reverse the irresponsible cuts proposed by the obama administration and will ensure the service has what it needs to successful conduct its missions. the legislation includes critical provisions that will have the coast guard and its service members greater parity with
a reduction in the amount of carbon and an improvement in the environment as well as national security hawks conservative can see the idea of producing more in our country, leaving more resources at home and spending less of our wealth abroad. so we see this as a way of not creating a zero sum game but doing something different, which is create ago consensus in order to get something done in the next congress. and so we're excited for the next congress. we're excited to work with all legislators and the administration to implement these recommendations and see it through to their fulfillment. right now i'd like to call mr. smith, fred smith, who's the championship, c.e.o., president and founder of fedex. he needs to introduction. he burns about 1.5 billion gallons of fuel a day -- a year, sorry. [laughter] that would really be a problem. but the truth is, you know, the fedex and what it's done in our economy is groundbreaking. they are the clipper ships of the modern age, and what they see both in terms of the economic growth of our country, you know, because they touch every industry, as we
and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. jenna: new detailsee americaning in the murder-suicide involve kansas chief linebacker jovan belcher. they received a phone call as the tragedy unfolded. >> number one arrowhead drive. [inaudible. >> i believe our suspect is a chief's player so whoever goes over there, go with caution. we have a confirmed shooting i believe it's belcher. >> brad underwood reporting for fox kansas city as live at arrowhead stadium in kansas city, missouri with more. brad. >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. we continue to learn more about the event that led up to the murder-suicide involving chief's linebacker jovan belcher and his girlfriend, his live in girlfriend. police say the shooting leading up to it there was an argument. friends and family saying that this relationship had a lot of tension, and friends and family of his girlfriend saying ever since the birth of their child it was an a very unhealthy relationship. they say belcher shot his girlfriend several times. after shooting her he drove to arrowhead stadium w
in an increasingly competitive environment? >> well, we try to stay ahead of the game. we have collections. i think one of the big trademarks of our product is the quality and intensity of colors, of course, joe kohler has been tremendous for us. the whole joe market opened up the professional market. we stay true to the course. when they get opi on their nails, you know it is quality. sometimes they would pay a little bit more to get a better product. that is where the opi name comes in. connell: we talk about the tax rates going up at the end of the year, potentially, for everybody. highly likely they will go up for the wealthiest of americans. in california, the top tax rate will be close to 52%. are you comfortable paying taxes at that level? >> comfortable or not, that is the price of living in california. i think there is a responsibility that each one of us has. we have to pay our fair share. it is what it is. dagen: okay. [ laughter ] >> i do not think we should get bogged down in the present, it is more important to go along with business and make more money so we can pay the taxes. dagen:
to listen yet, so we've just got to wait. that's obviously not a great environment to move things along. the optimists on both sides think we're going to get a deal, not by christmas, but by new year's. if you ask people, what's the next step? what gets things moving? it's still complicated, and nobody has a consensus on that. the biggest challenge is how you strike a deal this year that has some things left undone for next year. and there's all sorts of people thinking about different kinds of triggers, different kind of things that say, well, if congress doesn't do x, then y kicks in, but there's no agreement on what those need to be. there's going to be more revenue, but things like entitlement reform, tax reform, those things are still very unsettled. >> so senator tom coburn yesterday on "morning joe" became the latest to break rank, saying he could support president obama's tax proposal. coburn joins a growing chorus of republicans from outside the house of representatives, urging house leadership to clear the way for a broad deal that would include tax increases on the wealthy. h
, it was the inaccessibility of my environment that made me feel the least welcome. i returned to a country not ready to receive me as a man who now used a wheelchair." that was the reality of an honored soldier who had overcome -- it was the reality that an honored soldier had to overcome until the united states improved its laws to protect the disabled, and it is still a reality in many places overseas, places where our veterans and other disabled citizens will likely travel in the future. either for business or pleasure. we must ratify this treaty because protecting the rights of the disabled is the right thing to do in the united states of america, and it's the right thing to do throughout the world. and let me just again thank senator kerry and senator lugar for their hard work on this treaty, and we look forward to our colleagues voting for it in just a short hour from now. i yield the floor. mr. kerry: mr. president, how much time remains? the presiding officer: we have 27 minutes remaining. mr. kerry: how much time on the opponents? the presiding officer: about the same. mr. kerry: mr. presid
, the prices paid by the american people and your businesses. economic environment worldwide. we should not accept john engler, he and i philosophically don't agree on much. i'm just being honest. but john is exactly right when he says the only thing that's good for us to destroy your credit rating. so i can send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game. if congress in any way suggest that they're going to try negotiations, tickets to the brink of default once again is part of a budget negotiation, which by the way we have never done in our history and so we did it last year. i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> see the full remarks tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network on the c-span. >> early in primetime, kristen holland and tennessee republican senator bob corker discussed the january fiscal deadline at an event hosted by bloomberg government and deloitte consulting. see that at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we have had these explosions of knowledge in medicine, but we have not coordinat
strike environment, if iran wanted to reconstitute its nuclear program, do we have a problem with nuclear smuggling? >> without outside assistance, iran would not have a large centrifuge program. the death developed a small one overtime, but it depended -- they have developed a small one overtime. they have been smuggling dual- use goods that are necessary to build centrifuges and centrifuge plants since the 1980's. the family will talk about this. -- they freely will talk about this. there are very dependent, and they're active now. there was another court case, and arrested some smugglers yesterday trying to buy things here. carbon fiber. but they were looking for a carbon fiber when the machine. these things are used in missiles, -- winding machine. these things are used in missiles. europe has tightened up. they have been working actively in china to buy european- american-chinese goods. the government is not completed, but they're not doing enough. we're thinking that pressure needs to be brought on china. goods made in germany, sold by that company to the chinese company that thinks
that come with that, stored ship of the environment. we have enormous interest in our own resources and our people. 40% of canadian land mass is above the 50th parallel, yet we only health -- have 100,000 of our people living there. is an enormous challenge, obligation, even to continue to exert the sovereignty. you mentioned a search and rescue. at this time of year, but there are 24 hours a day and temperatures plummet below 50 degrees celsius. you have open waters and changes that are born to create a lot of challenges because more people are simply going to go there and more countries have exerted or expressed an interest. you mentioned china. there are many others who want to be a part of this arctic council. to your question about the obligation to, i think it comes back to people playing by the rules and respectable of the fact that there are places where disputes arise, as is the fact between canada and the united states on the bering sea and some of the border areas of the arctic. i think there is a recognition and that countries who adhere to a rules-based approach, you can resolv
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0.092318 | <urn:uuid:741eab1d-6861-4a62-a718-fb7e4e39aac7> | en | 0.952942 | Just need a place to post an illustration of the FAPI workflow to let some of the FAPI experts see if it's right.
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The Open Office file for the illustration.
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OK, new version attached. Note that I've done it under Windows OOo2.2, so fonts might be slightly different under Linux (things might be a tighter fit, is the most notable change).
1. I've stuck elements in blocks of pale grey, to sort of establish a more intuitive, higher-level framework. I'm not sure on the Prepare/Build boundary, but the rest of the blocks seemed pretty obvious.
2. I've gone for strong colour-coding as I think it's visually more useful e.g. in the Prepare block, you can now see the hooks really clearly
3. I've minimized a lot of repeated text ( (c) Edward Tufte, probably) to emphasize the function names while still permitting the whole function name to be extracted. Given that hooks are yellow, you don't need to be distracted by lots of "hook_" all over the place.
Hope this is all OK.
The file won't open, something is wrong with it.
Sorry about that. I've just downloaded it and renamed it as an odg file again; it opened fine. Do you get any useful information in the OpenOffice error? What version of OO?
I'm going away for the weekend tonight; I'll try and sort this out when I get back. If need be I can just create a replacement PNG if our OO versions are incompatible.
I'm using 2.0.2. It just brings up a dialog box saying it wants to send an error report to Sun, and a bunch of stuff about how the program crashed and it will send an error report if I agree, then it keeps trying to open over and over, crashing each time.
How weird. Sorry about the hassle.
Not sure what OOo2.x flavour I was on in the other office, but I'm on my Linux machine now (with OO2.2.0) so hopefully things will be a bit smoother. I've also now uploaded a couple of files to my own site, to avoid any possible encoding problems that might be going on during upload to here:
I've not done anything particularly clever with OO so I'm at a loss to explain the crashes, but see what you can do with the above. (Note: the fonts are a bit off now: OO under Linux puts the font sizes at maybe 5% larger than Win OO. That's why all the () at the end of functions have had to go. I can always stick them back in.)
@jp.stacey : your schema is neat and cool, but it seems to be mixing FAPI workflow and 'node form submission' workflow, which is likely to add confusion. If you're aiming at generic FAPI handling (for _any_ form), there should not be such things as 'save' and hook_nodeapi in the process.
@yched, this is his rework of what I did at http://drupal.org/node/165104 (we needed an issue to attach the OO file to since you can't attach it to book pages, so that's where this issue came from). I included nodeapi() in the chart because the purpose was to see all the points where the form values could be altered, which includes some of the nodeapi hooks. I've been using that as I work on converting the widgets to use FAPI in the 6.x port.
@jp.stacey, this time it worked for me, hooray! I like your changes very much. I'll replace my image with yours on the book page.
I can see that including nodeapi() might be confusing, but it really helps me to see where it fits into things.
@jp.stacey, for some reason I'm having trouble getting this into a jpeg file to put on the book page, can you provide one for me?
One more thought, if we change the title to say 'Form Handling' instead of 'FAPI Handling', would that make it less confusing to include nodeapi?
@KarenS: no problem. I've moved it round to fit better on the book page, as OpenOffice doesn't seem to let you export to different sized images without changing page dimensions.
I've exported to GIF and JPEG - best to use the GIF if possible as it's smaller and suited to crisp line drawings (fewer artifacts, although colour export from OO is crap even then: look at that dithering....)
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I've added a new generic FAPI workflow illustration for Drupal 7.x on the wiki page https://drupal.org/node/165104. I've used the yEd graph editor. If needed I can post here the source file (yEd is freeware). Please have a look to the illustration.
Thanks for the nice work on documentation, however I'm not very sure why this is filed against date module. I'm happy to move this to 'documentation' if it is in date by mistake.
Project:Date» Documentation
Component:Documentation» Correction/Clarification
Just had a chat with @yched on IRC and confirmed that it is a candidate for documentation project. | https://drupal.org/node/165103 | dclm-gs1-279610000 |
0.161117 | <urn:uuid:6f047cdd-a366-4d2e-88ee-4e65a19456a5> | en | 0.969062 | Pathfinder - The Price of Immortality
Responsibility Awaits
Time for rest and recuperation is interrupted when an emergency is called at the logging camp…
Whilst the heroes of our story rest on the banks of the Tourondel River, training and sharing tall stories of their exploits, an alarm sounds not far from where they were resting. The heroes rush through the forest in order to lend aid. They soon find themselves in a large clearing in the forest where the Kassen Woodcutters Guild had gouged out a part of the forest as part of their lumber operations.
In the clearing they find that the encampment is built on a slight slope, with piles of logs at the top of the rise ready to be transported to the river. Normally held down with large chains, the heroes are confronted by a scene of devastation where a number of the larger logs had broken free, and tumbled down the hill. The logs took no mercy, and crushed everything in their path including the operations cabin situated in the centre of the camp, a number of tents belonging to the workers, and a supply of reagents used in breaking down lumber. The later of which had started to smoulder and was in danger of catching fire.
The heroes immediately split up. Kal and Sam ran to the crushed cabin and found a number of injured workers trapped under the debris. Nell and Zevan moved to the remaining logs to ensure they were secure and to see if there was any evidence of tampering. Meanwhile Eve climbed a nearby tree in order to better assess the situation.
What happened to cause this incident? And why was Guild Master Colbin Vetnar more concerned with getting the area cleared up, and the men back to work than saving the lives of his injured workers?
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Cody chapter 1 . 8/14/2012
I really like your poem because it kind of like an anime that I know and love kingdom harts it's a really good anime and I love your poem.
author gone chapter 1 . 7/5/2004
I LOVED IT! Beautiful...
goddess-sovereignty chapter 1 . 12/31/2003
The last one doesn't rhyme
Would you write a poem fic (like a song fic) so it!
Dorysblue chapter 1 . 12/29/2003
oh! i wuv elvish poems! :D they are so deep! and yours is no exception! its great, but i don't really know what a wayside is. lol, but other than my small knowledge of grammer, *or ...words..* its a great poem! make more! lol make a dwarfen poem! haha jk and i like the last line, it makes sense even today! :0 lol :D thank you for putting me on your favorites list! well i really liked your poem so guess what..!
Paper Crane chapter 1 . 12/28/2003
*smiles* Very nice. I liked it.
ElvishWitch15 chapter 1 . 12/28/2003
That was a really really great poem! Have u written anymore since? well keep it up and submit any more that u have!
Cordelia Potter chapter 1 . 12/28/2003
this poem was good... not! mine are soo much better. yourz is ok but you need to work on lines and stuff like how many sillables u put in
each line! when u fix it it will all be good.
cya later!
- Cordelia Buffy Greenleaf Potter -
well at least u wrote about elvez.. since their the coolest.. so ur poem wasn't bad. | https://www.fanfiction.net/r/1660270/ | dclm-gs1-279780000 |
0.139296 | <urn:uuid:2348a81f-0989-4b71-9bcc-db4f35259b26> | en | 0.989554 | I do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse. They and their respective characters are the property of Stephenie Meyer and her creative mind.
I, however, am borrowing the characters and the events transpired to write this fictional tale.
Beginning of Eternity
Edward's POV of the change
Why? Why did I do this to her? How could I really have done this to her?! I was in such erotic spirits that evening, she...she had poisoned me. I couldn't say no to her request, no...demand. She demanded me to bite her, and I was so overcome, so intoxicated...I gave in.
Oh God... please, if you are there, take her with you. Take her away from me and let me die a damned being in a damned eternity of Hell. Anywhere I cannot have her is a cursed pit for me. I deserve thus and more than Hell for doing such to her!
Her screams, oh, the screams...they haunt me. I cannot block them out; I deserve hearing them. I absorb every change of pitch that escapes her throat. I cringe and bear it. She thrashes wildly, sometimes contorting her body so horribly, she cries out louder. She shudders and begs me to put an end to this torture. I cannot. I cannot end what I began.
I can't do anything to help her! I am here, worthlessly sitting around, moping because I cannot bear her cries; while, all this time, she is selflessly sacrificing herself to spend an eternity with me. How can I be so selfish when she is so humble? How do you act when given such a gift as a life-partner? I am such a selfish yet blessed monster…
I didn't want to pretend. I didn't want to pity myself for what I felt hearing her in such pain. I couldn't sit there and feel so bad when she needed me to be strong. My family tried to get me to leave, they wanted me to hunt. It would be wise to have done, but I can't. I can't leave her, ever.
Bella, I will make this up to you for all eternity.
When I heard her thoughts, everything left me. I heard her thoughts about everyone she knew. She had many memories of Jacob Black. These memories were confusing. They were so close, like siblings, or twins. He had helped her out of her cloudy depression when I hadn't. Her memories when she first came to Forks and when she first met me were most amusing. I saw how badly I had hurt her when I left. I had caused so much pain and realized that she had decided that this was the only way she could ensure we would be together, forever.
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0.543089 | <urn:uuid:7c95aa15-f5e6-4cc9-b845-b0ab176103b3> | en | 0.995824 | AN: Written for a prompt on the FW meme. I don't own Professor Layton. Thanks, all! Much love!
Now or Never
This was the stupidest thing Luke had ever done.
Since coming back and see things as they had been and seeing her again…he had known it would be difficult. And he had been determined to keep himself under control and be a gentleman and not do anything to upset things. Her happiness mattered to him, and the fact was that she was happy with someone else. It wasn't as though she had told him she didn't need him or anything. They were still close friends, and visited frequently.
His mentor had taught him better than this.
He wasn't entirely sure what had prompted his self control to snap like this. Well, that wasn't entirely true. He did know. She had asked him what became of her future self. It was the one question he didn't want to answer for various reasons. And he was supposed to leave the next day, to return to his own time and his own world.
Her future self didn't. The woman she would grow to become would fall in love with another.
It was now or never.
Feeling sheepish and almost apologetic, he eased off a bit, softening the kiss without letting her go completely. He didn't dare to let her go just yet, not wanting the moment to end.
…and then suddenly he felt her move.
No, not move.
She had always been such a shy girl.
And dear lord, this was not the place for this they were standing by the window in the Professor's firelit study where anyone could walk in on them they were going to get caught and this wasn't proper but…
Oh, who bloody cared?
…he was horrible.
He was potentially destroying her future happiness, and he didn't care a whit for it.
Slow, measured footsteps crossed the room, and he saw Layton's silhouette cast on the wall by the light from the fireplace, tall and imposing. "Luke. What in the world were you doing?" the Professor asked in that same harsh, clipped voice.
To his amazement, Luke felt a laugh bubble out of his throat. He pressed one hand to his eyes to keep himself from having to see Layton's face, and to keep Layton from seeing that he was a hair away from weeping. "I am…selfish." Another high laugh. "I am the most selfish being…"
Luke couldn't even finish the thought.
The future.
His own time.
It felt so distant, so foreign now.
In a way, Luke felt a bit guilty for leaving without saying goodbye, but he had been fairly certain that he couldn't bear to face his mentor's past self. And he certainly wouldn't be able to look Flora in the eye.
He wondered if she hated him. Probably. In that respect, he probably hadn't disturbed her future too much. Hopefully his hopeless indiscretion wouldn't affect things for his younger self. He was already very fond of her at that age.
…strange, though. He felt as though something had changed. His mind was reaching for memories that seemed to be floating just out of reach. Memories that were his, and yet didn't entirely belong to him…
Had he changed something?
Shaking the feeling off, he made his way towards home. After Layton had disappeared, Luke had remained in residence at the brownstone where the two had lived for so long. Flora had left for school a couple of years before, and after her marriage she'd had a new home. But Luke remained.
And then she appeared in the doorway, wearing an apron and a smile. "You're home!" she said.
"Y-yes…" he said, startled. What was Flora doing here?
She crossed the room, put one hand to his cheek…and pressed a kiss to the other side of his face. "Welcome back," she said. "You must be exhausted. Go sit, I'll make some tea, and you can tell me everything that happened!" She gathered the cat from his arms and hurried back to the kitchen, leaving a bewildered Luke to stare at her back.
A moment later, she appeared with the promised tea and the cat making a determined attempt to trip her. She handed him a cup before taking one for herself and taking a seat. "So tell me what happened. Please, tell me everything!"
Luke stared at her for a moment, then chuckled dryly. "Flora…do you remember that kiss?" Her blush was answer enough, and he said, " probably won't believe this, but…" | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4625818/1/Now-or-Never | dclm-gs1-279850000 |
0.039643 | <urn:uuid:ec909daa-de9a-47c1-b8c4-12a623a0039b> | en | 0.989238 | You know, I keep meaning to write more for 'Awkward', but I keep getting all these other ideas and writing different things instead. I now have about twenty different River/Doctor stories started in my documents lol.
So this one is a two-parter, the other half is also finished so I will post that up either tommorow if I get time or the day after. It's set in River's professor days, obviously, so quite a late River here and a late-ish Doctor too. I hope you enjoy it because I had lots of fun with this and please please leave me a little review at the end!
By the way is anyone else's alerts from this site not coming through to their email any more?
She knew he was here. She could…sense him. Maybe that was silly but that's what it felt like. Or perhaps it was the Tardis she could sense, after all, she was a part of her. She'd felt her when she materialised ten minutes or so ago as sure as she would feel a strong gust of wind hit her on a stormy day.
So it comes as no surprise to River Song, when, in the middle of a lecture she's giving a group of first-year students on the crash of one of the most famous starships to date, the door at the back of the lecture hall opens and in walks the Doctor.
Ready for him as she'd been, she is able to keep her composure in front of her class. "Can I help you sir?" She asks him shortly and formally.
"Oh, yes - hello!" The Doctor grins at her as her class turns to see who had interrupted. "I'm looking for Professor Song's class, I was told it was in this room…" He says, playing along.
"You were told right - what can I help you with?" She asks him with a perfect poker face.
The Doctor shrugs. "Thinking of switching to archaeology, they suggested I sit in on your lecture."
"I see. Switching from what?"
"Quantum Physics."
"Quite a leap."
Another shrug and a grin. "I like a challenge."
She resists the urge to roll her eyes and instead continues. "Well take a seat then sir, and please be quiet about it." Although still keeping up her charade in front of her class, her words hold a warning to him, as does the look she fixes him with before turning her attention back to her class.
"So, as I was saying. The ship had three-hundred and thirty floors, each of which had been specially designed to provide the…" She falters as she watches the Doctor making his way to a seat; he is sidling through the middle row of students, making them all shift about and mutter, some having to move bags and stand up to allow him to squeeze past. Finally he settles himself in an empty seat right in the middle, apologising to the people beside him. River loudly clears her throat and he looks over at her.
"Sorry - carry on!"
She gives him another glare before continuing.
Unluckily, the subject matter River is lecturing on today is something she is not particularly enthusiastic about but a necessary part of the course, it is therefore, somewhat difficult for her to concentrate on what she's talking about rather than being distracted by the presence of the Doctor.
Damn that man, she thinks furiously, when another involuntary glance at him causes her to forget what she's saying mid-sentence and stutter for a few seconds before continuing. It isn't even like he's doing anything, but he's sitting there, right in the middle of her lecture hall, in amongst all her students and watching her with that damned smirk on his face that tells her that this is definitely her Doctor. And now she's thinking of him instead of what she's teaching and how much she wants this lecture to be over so she can see him properly and it's all going down hill.
"So," She forces her eyes away from his again as she finishes on one particular topic. "Before we move on, are there any questions?"
River just knew the Doctor's hand would raise and she closes her eyes for a second, knowing she can't ignore him when he's sat himself right in the middle of her students so she asks with a sigh, "Yes?"
"Well it's not so much as a question, just that I'd like to tell you that you're wrong." He says with a smirk she wants to slap off his face. There is a soft hum of voices as the students turn in their seats to get a look at who it was who dared to be so outspoken.
"Is that so?" She asks irritably.
"About what?"
"Everything you just said," he tells her brightly. "But go on, you wanted to move on to Latissimon."
"Right," she snaps, trying shoot him her best you-better-be-quiet-now-and-you're-in-big-trouble-later look before turning her attention back to her class. "So -"
"Erm, professor?" She is cut off by a student's voice as he raises his hand.
"Yes, Mr Jeffries?"
"Don't you want to know why he thinks you're wrong?"
She hears the hum of a few other students agreeing. She snaps her attention back to the Doctor.
"Do you have a degree in archaeology sir?" She asks him shortly.
He smirks. "Hell no."
She turns back to Mr Jeffries. "Then no, Matthew, I do not. So, moving on -"
She gives a heavy sigh. "Yes, Miss Long?"
"Do you mind if I ask him why he thinks you're wrong? I mean - this class is supposed to be about debate right? Isn't a lot of archaeological work about controversy?"
River grinds her teeth. "Fine, ask away." She huffs, shooting the Doctor another glare, this one clearly an I-hate-you glare.
The girl, along with all the other students turn to the Doctor expectantly.
He looks triumphant. "Well," he begins grandly. "I won't go in to too much detail that would take all day, but the lovely professor here is basing most of what she just said on her opinion that the Ploton Five was brought down by accident -"
"Fact." River argues.
"Not my opinion, it's a proven fact. As I explained, if you'd been listening, sir, parts of the engine were found in which severe technical faults were discovered. They clearly malfunctioned mid-flight which brought the whole star-ship down."
"Ah yes, that might be how it seemed," the Doctor continued, "but actually those faults weren't built in. They were created mid-flight. There was a mutiny on board."
"There has been no evidence of anything of the like," she snaps back, getting extremely irritated with the way he was attempting to undermine her in front of her own class. "There were no survivors, and no journals, note-pods, nothing, so I don't know where you could have got that idea from other than your ridiculous imagination."
River didn't think she'd ever known her students so quiet, all their attention completely transfixed by this man who had the balls to argue with their professor. They watched the conversation flick back and forth between the two with ardour.
The Doctor continues, "There were no journals or anything, no -"
"Then what are you basing your opinion on?" River demands hotly.
"Not opinion. Fact. And as I would have said if you hadn't interrupted me, actually there was one survivor." He points to himself with a grin.
This statement is followed by a little laughter, and a few whispers shooting round the room.
"You were a survivor of Ploton Five?" River demands with a raised eyebrow that makes it seem as if she thinks the man is clearly insane - when in actual fact she knows he's most probably telling the truth and could kill him for doing so.
"It happened over two thousand years ago." She tells him, as if speaking to a stupid child. A few laughs twitter round the hall.
"I know. I was there." He quips.
She doesn't miss a beat. "Time travel is illegal sir." She holds his gaze daring him to accuse her in front of her class.
He stares at her for a few moments, a smirk on his lips before he gives a small laugh. "Who said I used time travel? Maybe I'm just really old."
"Over two thousand?"
"Wouldn't you like to know."
Their eyes lock for a suspended moment, and she silently warns him that she's going to kill him later for coming in here, and arguing and flirting with her in front of her class.
"Well!" She breaks the silence, addressing the class again. "If the idiot in the third row has quite finished wasting my time and disrupting my lesson, shall we move on?"
"Um -" The Doctor raises his hand again, "I haven't quite finished actually."
Students nudge each other and whisper some more. Who was this man?
She shoots him her deadliest glare yet. "You have if you know what's good for you."
He glares back for a few seconds before grinning. "Okay." He says brightly with a shrug. "Maybe I should see you after class to finish this debate then?"
She raises an eyebrow at him. "I think you should definitely do that, sir."
Her words hold a warning and a few murmurs of "he's in for it!" and the like can be heard flittering around the lecture hall.
Another grin and he stretches his hands out in front of him before putting them behind his head. "I look forward to it."
She holds his gaze another moment. "I wouldn't if I were you. So, class. Shall we continue? Who knows anything about the city of Latissimon?"
Students raise their hands and the class continues, the Doctor, much to River's relief, remaining silent through the rest of it, watching her quietly with a small smile on his lips as he admires the way she conducts herself in front of her students.
She clearly knows what she's talking about and does so in a way that even he manages to find what she's saying vaguely interesting - although he'll deny forever that he was ever even mildly interested in an archaeology class. When hands go up, she always pauses to take the time to hear what the particular student has to say, listening to the silly questions the in the same way she listens to the more intelligent ones. And he loves that she knows every answer.
A few glances around make it clear to him that almost if not all sat in the lecture hall are hanging on to River's every word - himself included - and he has to admit that he finds the whole situation; River Song in front of the class, being a professor…more than a slight turn on.
When the lecture comes to an end, River dismisses the class and they all file out, chatting amongst themselves until only one student remains, hovering by her desk.
"Professor?" It's Matthew Jeffries.
"Yes Mr Jeffries?"
He glances at the Doctor, still seated in the third row and then looks back at River. "Do you mind if I listen in on this? I'm interested to hear his theories on Ploton Five."
She sighs heavily. "His theories are a load of rubbish, Matthew, it would be nothing but a waste of your time to hear what he has to say, and I suggest you spend that time more usefully - like working on your paper. From what I saw of it yesterday you need to get a move on if you're planning to get it finished on time."
Matthew ducks his head. "Yes professor," he mutters, and makes his way towards the door.
"Don't take any prisoners do you?" The Doctor comments cheekily from his seat.
"You be quiet, you're in enough trouble as it is." River snaps at him.
The Doctor smirks and mock-salutes her. "Yes professor."
Matthew has paused at the door, looking at the both of them with slightly narrowed eyes. "Do you two know each other?" He asks suspiciously.
"No," River answers, a little too quickly, and keeping a straight face, tells Matthew, "Never met him before in my life."
The young student looks from River, who is keeping a poker face, to the Doctor who shrugs, before he shrugs himself. "See you tomorrow professor," he goes to leave the room.
"Today, Mr Jeffries!" River calls before he can close the door behind him.
He pops his head back in. "Huh?"
"You have Ancient Artefacts with me after lunch," she tells him in exasperation.
"Oh." He screws his forehead up in thought. "Man is it Thursday? I thought it was Friday."
"Wishful thinking I'm sure," River rolls her eyes. "Now go on, off you go."
Another shrug and he grins at her. "Ah well, could be worse, at least I actually enjoy your classes. See you later!" He calls out as he leaves.
"He fancies you." The Doctor comments the second the door shuts.
She rolls her eyes, turning away from him to gather the papers on her desk into a pile. "My entire class fancies me."
He raises his eyebrows, laughing a little. "Aren't you the modest one?"
She shrugs. "Why deny it?" Turning to face him, she continues, "and who can blame them, I fancied myself when I first regenerated."
He laughs again. "Oh River Song. There is no-one like you."
She is not in the mood for jesting. "What do you want, Doctor, why did you come here?"
"To see you."
"To screw up my lecture more like." Her words are hot and he can tell she's still cross.
Attempting to break the ice he grins as he walks down the steps towards her. "Just keeping you on your toes."
Her eyebrows shoot up. "Keeping me -! I could just…kill you sometimes you know that Doctor?"
He grins at her again although he can tell she is genuinely fuming so tries a pout instead as he comes to a stop before her.
"You're teaching all these young students facts that aren't true - I was only trying to help with their education."
"I'm teaching them facts that are known as archaeological facts - you can't just come waltzing in here and contradict that!" She tells him crossly.
"But you know I'm right."
"I don't care! You can't always be right Doctor!"
"But I can't help it!" He claims.
"You can keep your bloody mouth shut when you're sitting in on one of my lectures!"
"But River," his voice has taken on that whiny tone she just hates now. "My mouth doesn't like staying shut!"
"For God's sake Doctor," she mutters crossly. "Why do you have to be so…you all the time!" She sighs and sits down on her desk.
The Doctor is silent for a few moments before, "River?"
He steps forward and places his hands on her knees, dropping his voice with a smirk. "You're sexy when you're being all…professorish."
She normally would have smiled, or quipped back with something just as flirty but she is genuinely cross with him right now and turns her head away. "Don't try it Doctor, I'm not in the mood."
"Thought you were always in the mood?" He teases cheekily, his hands gripping her knees and trying to push them apart so he can step between them, but she refuses to move her legs and instead pushes him away from her.
"Get off, you've pissed me off and I'm stopping myself from slapping you right now so don't push it!"
The Doctor steps away, a surprised and slightly hurt expression on his face when he realises how genuinely angry she seems to be.
"I was only having a bit of fun. I thought you liked our banter?"
"Not when it's in front of my students I don't!"
"River. They're not going to believe what I say, you're their professor, who it's obvious they admire and look up to, I'm just some mad-man in the third row."
"That's not the point!" She snaps.
He holds his hands up in surrender. "Okay - okay!" He sighs heavily. "I'm sorry I upset you."
She looks at him expectantly, an eyebrow raised. "And?"
"And…I'm sorry I contradicted you in front of your class."
"And…I promise never to do it again?"
She huffs. "That'll do for now."
He stares at her until she flicks her eyes up to meet his. He is looking at her intently, a small smile on his lips. "Want me to make it up to you?"
She raises an eyebrow. "How?"
He grins and steps forward to kiss her on the mouth, moving his lips tenderly against hers. He feels her sigh and relax against him as he winds his hands in her hair and when he pulls back to rest his forehead against hers they are both breathing deeply.
"How long before your next lecture?" He whispers.
"An hour."
"Well." He drops another kiss to her lips. "That gives me just enough time then."
"To what?"
"To make it up to you."
She can't prevent herself from smiling and she presses her body a little closer to his. "Does it now?"
"Mmm hmm. I'll even let you get the handcuffs out."
She laughs at that, and all the anger she'd felt towards him is gone. She can never stay mad at the insufferable man for long.
He kisses her again and she opens her mouth beneath his to let her tongue slide against his, drawing a soft moan from him. After a few moments of the deep kiss she lets him lie her back on the desk, their tongues dancing as he leans over her, standing between her legs. She lifts a high-heeled foot, and wraps her leg around his waist, grinding her lower body against his. They both moan deep in their throats, and are panting when they part for air.
"River," he mutters hoarsely as he moves down to press open-mouthed kisses to her neck.
"No handcuffs sweetie," she pants, running her hands underneath his tweed jacket. "Just you." She lets out a sigh as she tilts her head back to allow him to suck gently at her pulse point. "I missed you," she breathes.
"Missed you too," he just about manages to mumble against her neck.
"Where's the Tardis?" She asks breathlessly, her hearts hammering and heat pooling fast between her legs.
"Down the hallway by the cafeteria," he answers shortly between kisses as he undoes a shirt button.
"Oh…" she mentally swears, that's three buildings away and at least a ten minute walk. "Fuck it," she proclaims, and shoves his jacket off, yanking his bowtie undone and starting on the buttons of his shirt.
The Doctor quickly follows her lead, popping her shirt buttons open one by one, tugging it open once it's undone, his hand finding its way quickly inside the lacy material of her bra to squeeze and fondle a breast. She moans and wriggles against him, pulling his stupid braces off and going straight for the button on his trousers. It's his turn to moan when she gets her hand inside and her lips curl up into a smirk as she teases him.
River briefly slides her legs from his waist to wriggle out of her underwear and the Doctor manages to gather his thoughts enough to have the sense to pull away from her mouth.
"River," he mutters against her neck, "are you sure about this? Couldn't someone come in…?"
"Yes," she pants out, "and if I get fired for having sex in my lecture hall it's your fault."
"Me?" He protests, offended. "How is it my fault?"
"Because you started it," she tells him as she grinds her hips against his, making them both gasp. "And you parked the Tardis too far away."
"Actually," he argues as he runs eager hands up her sides inside her shirt, "you started it, being all sexy and in-charge and clever…I'm actually quite proud of the fact I didn't jump on you in the middle of your lecture."
She laughs throatily. "Well I'm certainly glad you managed to restrain yourself. Not sure that would have gone…down…" she gasps as he bites lightly at her pulse point, "too well…"
"Or," he mumbles, "it would have done, which would have been equally not as good…"
"Oh God can you stop talking," she groans, panting heavily, "and start doing!"
He grins against her lips. "You don't have to ask me twice…"
Like I said, other half of this fic is already written so I'll post it up soon if you let me know if you liked this! :D Although I think it's probably obvious what's going to happen anyway lol :P x
*Edit* To the idiot who left me the rather rude anonymous review...River Song does become a professor, do you even watch Doctor who? She introduced herself as professor in 'Silence in the Library', there's also a reference to it in 'The Time of Angels' Please get your facts straight if you're going to complain about things! | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7591897/1/Archaeology-Class | dclm-gs1-279910000 |
0.095773 | <urn:uuid:b3979961-237d-4291-b0b2-47cf12127a9b> | en | 0.992737 | Will and Sonny were in a great spot right now. They had been together for approximately two to three weeks and everything was going smoothly. However, they haven't been on a REAL date before. Their supposed "first date" wasn't really what Sonny and Will had in mind. Sonny had to work and it all seemed rushed into. Will has been trying to make plans for the past week, but Sonny was very busy, what with running his own business and attending school.
One night, Sonny was working late. As he was finishing things up at the coffee house, he received a call from home. It was his dad.
"Hello?" answered Sonny.
"Hey Sonny. It's your dad. You have to come home now. There's been an emergency..." said Justin, sounding urgent.
"Euhm okay, I'm on my way."
Sonny, so distraught, left the coffee house, forgetting to lock the door. This recent news really bothered him.
Sonny opened the door to the mansion, in panic. He was hoping nothing happened to his parents Adrienne or Justin, his Aunt Maggie or Uncle Victor. He even thought something might have happened to Will, which made him even more nervous.
"Hey, I'm home. What's the emergency? Your call really freaked me out." Sonny said to his father in a worried voice.
"Oh Sonny, thank god you're home. I really need your help."
"Okay, what's wrong?"
"I can't decide what to wear for my date with your mom tonight." Said Justin, with a smirk.
"A-a-a-are-are-are you freaking kidding me dad? You made it seem like someone got hurt or worse. Wha-wha-wha-why dad?"
"Okay, I'm sorry. I guess it wasn't really an emergency." laughed Justin.
"You think, dad?" Sonny was kind of pissed off.
"Look, again, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have called you for that."
"It's fine. I have to go. I was so worried I completely forgot to lock up the coffee house and I'm scared someone might break in."
Justin agreed.
"By the way, that shirt doesn't match those pants so do something about that." Sonny smiled.
"Hilarious." Said Justin, sarcastically.
As Sonny left the Kiriakis mansion, Justin's phone rang.
"Hey. Yeah, he bought it. He's on his way. Okay, bye."
Sonny ran to the coffee house. He was worried that someone would break in. As he opened the door, he was shocked to see what was in front of him.
"Oh. My. God." Sonny said, in awe, jaw to the floor.
Will was standing there, all smiles. He had set up an incredible table with delicious food and some candles. Will looked amazing. He was wearing the jacket his mom had gotten him with a great looking buttoned down white shirt and he had a great pair of really nice looking jeans on. Casual, yet sexy.
Sonny couldn't believe his eyes. He was definitely speechless.
Will decided to break the silence. "Hey, Sonny." He said so with a big smile.
"Euhm hey, Will. Wha-wha-what's going on here?"
"I couldn't stand not being with you for another day, so I organized this little thing. I called your dad to tell him my plans and he was incredibly supportive of it. He actually came up with the divers –"
Sonny interrupted Will, surprised "Wait, my dad was in on this?"
Will laughed "Yeah. He even said that he was happy for us and that he really just wants you to, you know, be happy and that I make you that." A smile broke out on Will's face.
"Well, yeah, of course you do." Sonny approaches Will and grabs his hand. "I can't believe you did this, Will. You really didn't have to. I've been so busy lately, I'm so sorry I couldn't make any of the plans you had sought out for us."
"Hey, don't worry about it. I know how busy you've been. It's one of the best things I love about you. You're so determined and driven, and I admire that so much about you. I mean, I wish I had those qualities." Will looked down.
"Hey, hey, hey look at me. What did I say about not thinking you're good enough?" Will looked at Sonny. "You are an amazing guy. You're funny, smart, incredibly sweet, generous, caring and loving." Will's gorgeous smile appeared. "Plus, you are really, really adorably hot." Sonny and Will laugh. "I mean, look at you. You look great. I, on the other hand, look like crap."
"What? You're handsome. Always have been. Besides, I don't care what you're wearing right now. As long as you are here, right by my side, I couldn't care any less." Will stared deeply into Sonny's eyes.
"Thank you, Will. I'm so happy to be with you. I've never been happier." Sonny pulled Will into a passionate kiss. Much like their first real kiss, it was really sweet, but sensual at the same time. Will had never kissed Gabi with such passion.
Pulling away from the kiss, Will looked at Sonny with a face that just simply reflected every word Sonny had just uttered to him.
"So, should we carry on with the date?" said Will.
"Yes, let's."
Will and Sonny shared a big smile. They were incredibly happy. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8576306/1/I-Dont-Want-This-Night-To-End | dclm-gs1-279940000 |
0.144764 | <urn:uuid:7ab1b773-72a3-4161-b687-8f7c91678f4e> | en | 0.93176 | airlied airlied - Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:24:40 GMT LiveJournal / airlied 5891031 personal airlied 80 68 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:24:40 GMT talk from LCA2014 - Virtio GPU Talked yesterday about virgil project, virtio based GPU and where its going.<br /><br />watch it here,<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a> public 0 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 07:06:32 GMT adventures in EGL image buffer passing So I've been looking into how I can do some buffer passing with EGL and OpenGL with a view to solving my split renderer/viewer problem for qemu.<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br />contains the hacks I've been playing with so far.<br /><br />The idea is to have a rendernode + gbm using server side renderer, that creates textures and FBOs attached to them, renders into them, then sends them to a client side, which renders the contents to the screen using GL rendering.<br /><br />This code reuses keithp's fd passing demo code and some of dvdhrm's simple dma-buf code.<br /><br />Firstly the server uses GBM and rendernodes to create a texture, that it binds to a FBO. It generates an EGLImage from the texture using EGL_GL_TEXTURE_2D_KHR, then uses EGL_MESA_drm_image to get a handle for it, then uses libdrm drmPrimeHandleToFD to create an fd to pass to the server. It passes the fd using the fdpassing code. It then clears the texture, sends the texture info to the client, along with a dirty rect, clears it again, and sends another dirty rect.<br /><br />The client side, uses EGL + GLES2 with EXT_image_dma_buf_import to create an EGLImage from the dma-buf, then uses GL_OES_EGL_image to create a 2D texture from the EGLImage then just renders the texture to a window.<br /><br />Shortcomings I've noticed in the whole stack so far:<br />a) asymmetric interfaces abound:<br /> <br />1) we have an EGLImage importer for dma-buf EXT_image_dma_buf_import, but we have no EGLImage dma-buf exporter yet - hence the MESA_drm_image + libdrm hack.<br /><br />2) we have an EGLImage exported for Desktop OpenGL, EGL_KHR_gl_image works fine. But we only have EGLImage importers for GLES, GL_OES_EGL_image - hence why the client is using GLES2 to render not GL like I'd like.<br /><br />b) gallium is missing dma-buf importing via EXT_image_dma_buf_import, I have a quick patch, since we have the ability to import from fds just not from dma-bufs, I should send out my first hack on this.<br /><br />The demo also has color reversing issues I need to sort out, due to gallium code needing a few more changes I think, but I've gotten this to at least run on my machine with nouveau and the hacked up dma-buf importer patch. public 0 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:26:09 GMT disconnected VM operation and 3D So one of the stumbling blocks on my road to getting 3D emulation in a VM is how most people use qemu in deployed situations either via libvirt or GNOME boxes frontends.<br /><br />If you use are using libvirt and have VMs running they have no connection to the running user session or user X server, they run as the qemu user and are locked down on what they can access. You can restart your user session and the VM will keep trucking. All viewing off the VM is done using SPICE or VNC. GNOME Boxes is similar except it runs things as the user, but still not tied to the user session AFAIK (though I haven't confirmed).<br /><br />So why does 3D make this difficult?<br /><br />Well in order to have 3D we need to do two things.<br /><br />a) talk to the graphics card to render stuff<br />b) for local users, show the user the rendered stuff without reading it back into system RAM, and sticking it in a pipe like spice or vnc, remote users get readback and all the slowness it entails.<br /><br />No in order to do a), we face a couple of would like to have scenarios:<br /><br />1. user using open source GPU drivers via mesa stack<br />2. user using closed source binary drivers like NVIDIA or worse fglrx.<br /><br />How to access the graphics card normally is via OpenGL and its window APIs like GLX. However this requires a connection to your X server, if your X server dies your VM dies, if your session restarts your VM dies. <br /><br />For scenario 1, where we have open source kms based drivers, the upcoming render nodes support in the kernel will allow process outside the X server control to use the capabilities of the graphics card via the EGL API. This means we can render in a process offscreen. This mostly solves problem (a) how to talk to the graphics card at all.<br /><br />Now for scenario 2, so far NVIDIA has mostly got no EGL support for its desktop GPUs, so in this case we are kinda out in the cold, until they have at least EGL support, in terms of completely disconnecting the rendering process from the running user X server lifecycle.<br /><br />This leaves problem (b), how do we get the stuff rendered using EGL back to the user session to display it. My first initial hand-wave in this area involved EGL images and dma-buf, but I get the feeling on subsequent reads that this might not be sufficient enough for my requirements. It looks like something like the EGLStream extension might be more suitable, however EGLstream suffers from only being implemented in the nvidia tegra closed source drivers from what I can see. Another option floated was to somehow use an embedded wayland client/server somewhere in the mix, I really haven't figured out the architecture for this yet (i.e. which end has the compositor and which end is the client, perhaps we have both a wayland client and compositor in the qemu process, and then a remote client to display the compositor output, otherwise I wonder about lifetime and disconnect issues). So to properly solve the problem for open source drivers I need to either get EGLstream implemented in mesa, or figure out what the wayland hack looks like.<br /><br />Now I suppose I can assume at some stage nvidia will ship EGL support with the necessary bits for wayland on desktop x86 and I might not have to do anything special and it will all work, however I'm not really sure how to release anything in the stopgap zone.<br /><br />So I suspect initially I'll have to live with typing the VM lifecycle to the logged in user lifecycle, maybe putting the VM into suspend if the GPU goes away, but again figuring out to integrate that with the libvirt/boxes style interfaces is quite tricky. I've done most of my development using qemu SDL and GTK+ support for direct running VMs without virt-manager etc. This just looks ugly, though I suppose you could have an SDL window outside the virt-manager screen and virt-manager could still use spice to show you the VM contents slower, but again it seems sucky. Another crazy idea I had was to have the remote viewer open a socket to the X server and pass it through another socket to the qemu process, which would build an X connection on top of the pre opened socket,<br />therefore avoiding it having to have direct access to the local X server. Again this seems like it could be a largely ugly hack, though it might also work on the nvidia binary drivers as well.<br /><br />Also as a side-note I discovered SDL2 has OpenGL support and EGL support, however it won't use EGL to give you OpenGL only GLES2, it expects you to use GLX for OPENGL, this is kinda fail since EGL with desktop OpenGL should work fine, so that might be another thing to fix! public 9 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 05:17:46 GMT virgil3d: an update Okay its been a while, so where is virgil3d up to now I hear you ask?<br /><br />Initially I wrote a qemu device and a set of guest kernel drivers in order to construct a research platform on which to investigate and develop the virgil protocol, renderer and guest mesa drivers based on Gallium3D and TGSI. Once I got the 3D renderer and guest driver talking I mostly left the pile of hacks in qemu and kernel alone. So with this in mind I've split development into two streams moving forward:<br /><br />1) the virgil3d renderer and 3D development:<br />This is about keeping development of the renderer and guest driver continuing, getting piglit tests passing and apps running. I've been mostly focused on this so far, and there has been some big issues to solve that have taken a lot of the time, but as of today I got xonotic to play inside the VM, and I've gotten the weston compositor to render the right way up. Along with passing ~5100/5400 piglit gpu.tests.<br /><br />The biggest issues in the renderer development have been<br />a) viewport setup - gallium and OpenGL have different viewport directions, and you can see lots of info on Y=0=TOP and Y=0=BOTTOM in the mesa state tracker, essentially this was more than my feeble brain could process so I spent 2 days with a whiteboard, and I think I solved it. This also has interactions with GL extensions like GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, and FBOs vs standard GL backbuffer rendering.<br /><br />b) Conditional rendering - due to the way the GL interface for this extension works I had to revisit my assumption that the renderer could be done with a single GL context, I had to rewrite things to use a GL context per guest context in order to give conditional rendering any chance of working. The main problem was using multiple GL queries for one guest query didn't work at all with the cond rendering interface provided by GL.<br /><br />c) point sprites - these involved doing shader rewrites to stick gl_PointCoord in the right places, messy, but the renderer now has shader variants, however it needs some better reference counting and probably leaks like a sieve for long running contexts.<br /><br />2) a new virtio-gpu device<br /><br />The plan is to create a simple virtio based GPU, that can layer onto a PCI device like the other virtio devices, along with another layer for a virtio-vga device. This virtio based gpu would provide a simple indirect multi-headed modesetting interface for use by any qemu guests, and allow the guest to upload/download data from the host side scanouts. The idea would be then to give this device capabilities that the host can enable when it detects the 3d renderer is available and qemu is started correctly. So then the guest can use the virtio gpu as a simple GPU with no 3D, then when things are ready the capability is signalled and it can enable 3D. This seems like the best upstreaming plan for this work, and I've written the guts of it.<br /><br />In order to test the virtio-gpu stuff I've had to start looking at porting qemu to SDL 2.0 as SDL 1.2 can't do multi-window and can't do argb cursors, but SDL 2.0 can. So I'm hoping with SDL 2.0 and virtio-gpu you can have multiple outputs per the vgpu show up in multiple SDL windows.<br /><br />I'll be speaking about virgil3d at the KVM Forum in Edinburgh in a couple of weeks and also be attending Kernel Summit. public 3 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:13:02 GMT glamor Xv support (gsoc in a day) So had a GSOC project to implement Xv support in glamor, but the candidate got a better offer to do something more interesting, so I was bit sleep deprived (sick kid) and didn't want to face my current virgl task and I'm interested in using glamor potentially for virgil so I took a learning day :-)<br /><br />So I spent the day writing Xv support for glamor for no good reason,<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br />git:// xv-support<br /><br />git:// glamor-xv-support<br /><br />contains the result of my day, the glamor repo may not be public yet, its waiting on fd.o cgit crawler.<br /><br />Xv works for YV12 planar videos, I suspect to do packed video support I'd need a GL extension to expose the hw formats for doing packed video, this probably wouldn't be a major extension and maybe someone might do it sometime.<br /><br />The code supports, brightness, contrast, hue and saturation controls using the code ported from the radeon driver.<br /><br />I've tested it with mplayer on evergreen card of some variant, and it seems to work fine with the one video I used :-) public 2 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 04:06:50 GMT virgil3d: design document and sorta build instructions I've published on Google docs a bit more of a technical document on how virgil3d is designed.<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />I'm hoping to flesh it out a bit more, and of course I'll probably never keep it up to date, but it should be close enough :-)<br /><br />I've also put up some build instructions here:<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />They are messy and incomplete, any don't go packaging anything. public 0 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:51:13 GMT Introducing Virgil - 3D virtual GPU for qemu Virgil is a research project I've been working on at Red Hat for a few months now and I think is ready for at least announcing upstream and seeing if there is any developer interest in the community in trying to help out.<br /><br />The project is to create a 3D capable virtual GPU for qemu that can be used by Linux and eventually Windows guests to provide OpenGL/Direct3D support inside the guest. It uses an interface based on Gallium/TGSI along with virtio to communicate between guest and host, and it goal is to provided an OpenGL renderer along with a complete Linux driver stack for the guest.<br /><br />The website is here with links to some videos:<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />some badly formatted Questions/Answers (I fail at github):<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />Just a note and I can't stress this strongly enough, this isn't end user ready, not even close, it isn't even bleeding edge user ready, or advanced tester usage ready, its not ready for distro packaging, there is no roadmap or commitment to finishing it. I don't need you to install it and run it on your machine and report bugs.<br /><br />I'm announcing it because there maybe other developers interested or other companies interested and I'd like to allow them to get on board at the design/investigation stage, before I have to solidify the APIs etc. I also don't like single company projects and if I can announcing early can help avoid that then so be it!<br /><br />If you are a developer interested in working on an open source virtual 3D GPU, or you work for a company who is interested in developing something in this area, then get in touch with me, but if you just want to kick the tyres, I don't have time for this yet. public 11 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:08:58 GMT on open source development and disagreements So I've been involved in a recent dispute on the wayland project, with a person I'd classify as a poisonous person. Basically a contributor who was doing more damage than good, and was causing unneeded disturbances. I won't comment any further on that here, but just setting the scene for writing this.<br /><br />So everytime something like this happens in a project, there emerges from the woodwork, people who claim that having public discussions about these sort of things is bad for open source, or makes us look like a crowd of juvenile developers, also how you never see this thing on closed sourced projects, or with open-source projects developer in-house and thrown over the wall. I've also recently seen this crop up when Linus flamed people, and everyone wondered why he didn't do it on some sort of private list or something.<br /><br />Now I can only think these people are one of:<br /><br />a) never worked in a company on a major closed source project.<br /><br />b) if they have, its been top down development, where managers are telling them what to do, and maybe some architect dude has drawn a load of pretty pictures and docs. Of course the architect is never wrong, but its above your pay grade to talk to someone of such authority, so when you find problems with the architecture you hack around them instead of growing a pair and standing your ground, or else you aren't good enough to notice anything wrong. <br /><br />I've seen plenty of companies where developers leave due to in-fighting or transfer to a different department, this stuff never comes out and you all are none the wiser.<br /><br />So open source doesn't have top-down development, its all bottom up, most contributors to major projects do so with some ideas of what they want, but they aren't been driven by a management chain. However it means that there is generally nobody to force someone into their views, and when two people collide (or in this case, one person and everyone else), something has to give, and its best to give in public, so nobody can say it was some sort of cabal or closed decision.<br /><br />Now open-source is about seeing the sausage making process, you get to see all the bits of stuff you don't want to think go into the sausages, you have to face a lot more truth, and you have to be willing to stand up against things without mummy manager to back you up. You can't have all the nice benefits of open-source development without having the bad side, the public blowups and discussion, it just can't work like that. If we take all those discussions to private lists or emails, where do you draw the line, are the people on that private list some sort of shadowy cabal overlords? Do you want an open-source development model that isn't public?<br /><br />I'm sure people will say why can't we all just get along? and why can't everyone act mature? well a) we are human, b) there is no HR department frontend blocking the people at the gate, there's no interview process to weed out undesirable traits before they join the project. So when someone submits patches that work you generally accept them as a contributor, and it can take a while before you realise they are doing more harm than good, at which point its going to be public. public 10 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:32:30 GMT its a bird, is it a space station? no its a display server [update: Mir page removed most of the reasons Wayland wasn't suitable, so why did they not use wayland again?]<br />[update: still my opinion, really, nobody is making me say shit, lwn commenters really like to believe I've got a hand up my ass]<br /><br />Okay I'm going to write a short piece on why I believe Mir isn't a good idea. If you don't know what mir is then don't bother reading the rest of this until you do.<br /><br />So lets take a look at Mir from a cynical pov (I'm good at that): Say this is nothing more than a shallow power play by Canonical to try and control parts of the graphics infrastructure on Linux. It must be really frustrating to have poured so much money into a company and not have 100% control over all the code the company produces and have the upstream community continually ignore your "leadership". This would leave you wanting to exert control where you can and making decisions on what spaces you can do that in internally.<br /><br />So in order to justify the requirement that Mir is required by the community at large above the current project in the space, Wayland, it is necessary to bash wayland in order that your community can learn the lines so they can repeat them right or wrong across the Internet. So you post a page like this<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br />and a section called "Why Not Wayland / Weston?".<br /><br />Now I've been reliably informed by people who know, that nothing in that section makes any sense for anyone who studied wayland for longer than 5 mins a year or two ago, especially the main points about the input handling. Nobody from Canonical has ever posted any questions to wayland mailing lists or contacted Wayland developers asking to support a different direction.<br /><br />So maybe I'm being too cynical and Hanlon's razor applies, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".<br /><br />Now the question becomes do you want the display server that you are going to base the future of the Linux desktop and possible mobile spaces on a server written by people too stupid to understand the current open source project in the space?<br /><br />The thing is putting stuff on the screen really isn't the hard part of display servers, getting input to where it needs to go is, and making it secure. Input methods are hard, input is hard, guess what they haven't even contemplated implementing yet?<br /><br />Valve? NVIDIA? AMD? I'd be treading carefully :-)<br /><br />(all my own opinion, not speaking for my employer or anyone really). Probably should comment on the g+ threads or lwn or somewhere cool. public 2 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:02:07 GMT reverse optimus implementation So I took some time today to try and code up a thing I call reverse optimus.<br /><br />Optimus laptops come in a lot of flavours, but one annoying one is where the LVDS/eDP panel is only connected to the Intel and the outputs are only connected to the nvidia GPU.<br /><br />Under Windows, either the intel is rendering the compositor and the nvidia GPU is only used for offloads (when no monitors are plugged in), but when a monitor is plugged in, generally the nvidia takes over the compositor rendering, and just gives the Intel GPU a pixmap to put on the LVDS/eDP screen.<br /><br />Now under Linux the first case mostly works OOTB on F18 with intel/nouveau, but switching compositors on the fly is going to take a lot more work, particularly with compositor writers, and I haven't see much jumping up on down on the client side to lead the way.<br /><br />So I hacked up a thing I called reverse optimus, it kinda sucks, but it might be a decent stop gap.<br /><br />The intel still renders the compositor, however it can use the nvidia to output slaved pixmaps. This is totally the opposite of how the technology was meant to be used, and it introduces another copy. So the intel driver now copies from its tiled rendering to a shared linear rendering (just like with USB GPUs), however since we don't want nouveau scanning out of system RAM, the nouveau driver then copies the rendering from the shared pixmap into the nvidia VRAM object. So we get a double copy, and we chew lots of power, but hey you can see stuff. Also the slave output stuff sucks for synchronisation so far, so you will also get tearing and other crappyness.<br /><br />There is also a secondary problem with the output configuration. Some laptops (Lenovo I have at least), connect DDC lines to the Intel GPU for outputs which are only connected to the nvidia GPU, so when I enable the nvidia as a slave, I get some cases of double monitor reporting. This probably requires parsing ACPI tables properly like Windows does, in order to make it not do that. However I suppose having two outputs is better than none :-)<br /><br />So I've gotten this working today with two intel/nvidia laptops, and I'm contemplating how to upstream it, so far I've just done some hackery to nouveau, that along with some fixes in intel driver master, and patch to the X server (or Fedora koji 1.13.1-2 server) makes it just work,<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />I really dislike this solution, but it seems that it might be the best stopgap until I can sort out the compositor side issues, (GL being the main problem).<br /><br />update: I've pushed reverse-prime branches to my X server and -ati repo. public 6 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:51:21 GMT raspberry pi drivers are NOT useful So I awake to find an announcement that the userspace drivers for the rPI have been released, lots of people cheering, but really what they've released is totally useless to anyone who uses or develops this stuff.<br /><br />(libv commented on their thread: <a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br />maybe he'll follow up with a blog post at some point).<br /><br />So to start the GLES implementation is on the GPU via a firmware. It provides a high level GLES RPC interface. The newly opened source code just does some marshalling and shoves it over the RPC.<br /><br />Why is this bad?<br />You cannot make any improvements to their GLES implementation, you cannot add any new extensions, you can't fix any bugs, you can't do anything with it. You can't write a Mesa/Gallium driver for it. In other words you just can't.<br /><br />Why is this not like other firmware (AMD/NVIDIA etc)?<br />The firmware we ship on AMD and nvidia via nouveau isn't directly controlling the GPU shader cores. It mostly does ancillary tasks like power management and CPU offloading. There are some firmwares for video decoding that would start to fall into the same category as this stuff. So if you want to add a new 3D feature to the AMD gpu driver you can just write code to do it, not so with the rPI driver stack.<br /><br />Will this mean the broadcom kernel driver will get merged?<br />No.<br /><br />This is like Ethernet cards with TCP offload, where the full TCP/IP stack is run on the Ethernet card firmware. These cards seem like a good plan until you find bugs in their firmware stack or find out their TCP/IP implementation isn't actually any good. The same problem will occur with this. I would take bets the GLES implementation sucks, because they all do, but the whole point of open sourcing something is to allow other to improve it something that can't be done in this case.<br /><br />So really Rasberry Pi and Broadcom - get a big FAIL for even bothering to make a press release for this, if they'd just stuck the code out there and gone on with things it would have been fine, nobody would have been any happier, but some idiot thought this crappy shim layer deserved a press release, pointless. (and really phoronix, you suck even more than usual at journalism). public 23 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:36:42 GMT randr 1.5 demo videos Two videoes on youtube:<br /><br />Randr 1.5 GPU offload:<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />Randr 1.5 USB hotplug<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a> public 0 Mon, 14 May 2012 17:05:58 GMT ripping the X server a new driver API So I've been slowly writing the hotplug support v3 in between all the real jobs I have to do.<br /><br />[side note: When I started out on hotplug. one of my goals was to avoid changing the server API/ABI too much so I could continue side by side testing.]<br /><br />how did I get to v3?<br />v0.1: was called dynerama it failed miserably and proved that using Xinerama as the plugging layer was a bad plan.<br />v1: was the first time I decided to use an impedance layer between some server objects and driver objects.<br />v2: was the a major rebase of v1.<br /><br />v2 was trucking along nicely and I managed to get the design to the stage where PRIME offloading intel/nouveau worked, USB device hotplug with udl worked, and GPU switch worked between two drivers. However v2 duplicated a lot of code and invented a whole new set of API objects called DrvXRec, so DrvScreenRec, DrvPixmapRec, DrvGCRec etc, this lead me to looking at the pain of merging this into the drivers and the server, and my goals of avoiding changing the API/ABI was getting in my way.<br /><br />So before starting v3 I decided to rework some of the server "APIs".<br /><br />The X server has two main bodies of code, one called DIX, and one called DDX. The DIX (device independent X) code and the DDX (Device dependent X code). In the tree the dix lives up in the top level dirs, and for server the DDX lives in hw/xfree86. The main object with info about protocol screens and GPUs is called ScreenRec in the DDX and ScrnInfoRec in the DIX. These are stored in two arrays, screenInfo.screens in the DIX and xf86Screens in the DDX, when code wants to convert between these it can do one of a few things.<br /><br />a) lookup by index, both structs have an index value, so to go from ScrnInfo to Screen you look at screenInfo.screens[scrninfo->scrnIndex] and other way is xf86Screens[screen->myNum]. This is like the I didn't try and make an API, I just exposed everything.<br /><br />b) ScrnInfo has a ScreenPtr in it, so some code can do ScrnInfo->pScreen to get the pointer to the dix struct. But this pointer is initialised after a bunch of code is called, so you really can't guarantee this pointer is going to be useful for you.<br /><br />c) XF86SCRNINFO uses the DIX private subsystem to lookup the Scrn in the Screen's privates. This is the least used and probably slowest method.<br /><br />So also screenInfo.screens contains the protocol screens we exposed to the clients, so this array cannot really change or move around. So I'd like to add screeninfo.gpuscreens and xf86GPUScreens and not have drivers know which set of info they are working on, however (a) totally screws this idea, since the indices are always looked up directly in the global arrays.<br /><br />Now lots of the Screen/ScrnInfo APIs exposed to the drivers pass an int index as the first parameter, the function in the driver then goes and looks up the global arrays.<br /><br />So my first API changes introduce some standard conversion functions xf86ScreenToScrn and xf86ScrnToScreen, and converts a lot of the server to use those. Yay an API. The second set of changes then changes all of the index passing APIs to pass ScrnInfoPtr or ScreenPtr, so the drivers don't go poking into global arrays. Now this is a major API change, it will involve slightly messy code in drivers that want to work with both servers, but I can't see a nicer way to do it. I've done a compat header file that will hopefully allows to cover a lot of this stuff where we don't see it.<br /><br />I've ono other API introduction on the list, Glyph Pictures are another global array indexed by screen index, I've gone and added an accessor function so that drivers don't use the index anymore to get at the array contents directly.<br /><br />Once this stuff lands in the server, a team of people will go forward and port the drivers to the new APIs (who am I kidding). public 2 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:28:41 GMT update on hotplug server No new videos yet, need to fix some more rendering bugs so it looks nicer :)<br /><br />So I've been working towards 3 setups:<br /><br />a) intel rendering + nouveau offload<br />b) nouveau rendering + DVI output + intel LVDS output<br />c) hotplug USB with either intel or nvidia rendering.<br /><br />Categorisation of devices roles:<br />I've identified 4 devices roles so far:<br />preferred master: the device is happy to be master<br />reluctant master: the device can be a master but would rather not be<br />offload slave: device can be used as an additional DRI2 renderer for a master<br />output slave: device can be used an additional output for a master<br /><br />For the 3 setups above:<br />a) intel would be preferred master, nvidia would be offload slave<br />b) nvidia would be preferred master, intel would be output slave<br />c) usb devices would be output slaves, however if no master exists, usb device would be reluctant master.<br /><br />I've rebased the prime work[1] on top of the dma-buf upstream work, and worked through most of the lifetime problems. Some locking issues still exist, and I'll have to get back to them. But the code works and doesn't oops randomly which is good.<br /><br />prime is the kernel magic needed for this work, as it allows sharing of a buffer between two drm drivers, so for (a) it shares the dri2 front pixmap between devices, for (b/c) it shares a pixmap that the rendering gpu copies dirty updates to and the output slaves use as their scanout pixmap.<br /><br />So I've done nearly all the work to share between intel and nouveau and I've done the kernel driver work for udl, but I haven't done the last piece in userspace for (c), which is to use the shared pixmap as usb scanout via the modesetting driver.<br /><br />Today I hacked in a switch on the first randr command, so I can start the X server with intel as master and nouveau in offload mode. I can run gears on intel or nouveau, then after the randr command and another randr command to set a mode, the X server migrates everything to the nouveau driver, puts it in master mode, and places the intel driver into output slave mode. It seems to render my xterm + metacity content fine.<br /><br />So the current short-term TODO is:<br />fix some issues with my nouveau/exa port rendering<br />fix some issues with xcompmgr<br />add usb output slave support.<br /><br />Medium-term TODO:<br />worked out how to control this stuff, via randr protocol. How much information do we need to expose to clients about GPUs, and how do we control them. Open issues with atomicity of updates to avoid major uglys. Switching from intel master to nvidia master + intel outputs, means we have to reconfigure the Intel output to point at the new pixmap, but the more steps we put in there for clients to do, the more ugly and flashing we'll see on screen, however we probably want a lot of this to be client driven (i.e. gnome-settings-daemon).<br /><br />Longer term TODO:<br />Get GLX_ARB_robustness done, now that Ian has done the context creation stuff, this should be a lot more trivial. (so trivial someone else could do it :)<br /><br />[1] <a href='' rel='nofollow'></a> public 5 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:15:25 GMT hotplug demo video (teaching new tricks). So today I managed to see something on screen doing hotplug work. So I present to you live plugging.<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />Pretty much is a laptop running xf86-video-modesetting driver, with my server, an xterm + metacity. Plug in a USB displaylink device, with a kernel drm driver I wrote for it. (Sneaky xrefresh in the background). and the USB device displays the xterm and metacity.<br /><br />So what actually happens?<br /><br />The X server at the start had loaded drivers using udev, and the a new driver ABI. It exports one X protocol screen and plugs an internal DrvScreen into it.<br /><br />When the hotplug happens, the server inits another DrvScreen for the new device, and plugs it into the single protocol screen. It also copies all the driver level pixmaps/pictures/GCs into the new driver. The single protocol screen at the bottom layer multiplexes across the plugged in drvscreens.<br /><br />This is like Xinerama pushed down a lot further in the stack, so instead of doing iterations at the protocol level, we do it down at the acceleration level. Also I have randr code hooked up so all the outputs appear no matter what GPU they are from.<br /><br />This isn't exactly what I want for USB hotplug, ideally we'd use the main GPU to render stuff and only scanout using the USB device, but this is step one. I also need the ability to add/remove drvscreens and all the associated data in order to support dynamic GPU switching.<br /><br />The real solution is a still a long ways off, but this is just a small light in a long tunnel, I've been hacking on this on/off for over a year now, so its nice to see something visible for the first time. public 9 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:00:08 GMT first impression of google plus If you've seen the social network, you know when he launches "The Facebook" the first time he needs his friend with the non-nerd contacts email list, I get the feeling that google plus never got this step.<br /><br />When I joined facebook it was because my mother sent me an invite.<br /><br />The thing is finding out what my nerd friends are doing is easy, they are always on irc or mailing lists or twittering. I'm not sure what google+ adds to this. public 0 Wed, 11 May 2011 07:56:32 GMT glibc - inconsistent interfaces due to arrogance To start off, I don't actually mind arrogant people as long as they back their attitude up with some semblance of sanity, however arrogance without ability pisses me off, and it seems that its the number 1 trait to be a maintainer of glibc.<br /><br />Today someone pointed out F_SETOWN_EX to me which I can use to fix a problem in the X server, however trying to use gettid made me realise why these guys are considered such fuckwits.<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />WTF? glibc exposes 3 interfaces that need the result of gettid passed to them and internally relies on gettid to implement raise properly and it won't expose the interface. Notice in the bug he never addresses the problems, just closes it with "CLOSED ARROGANCE".<br /><br />Other recent glibc fuckwittery includes the whole overlapping memcpy issues in F14 breaking flash for everyone, and trying to remove the rpc implementation a week before the F15 final release freeze, so that if the package had gotten in and packages that needed a rebuild for say a security fix would mean linking the fixed package against a different RPC library than the original which could cause untold pains.<br /><br />So really if glibc could DIACF already thanks. public 19 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:11:55 GMT upgraded + planet software to venus This is a test post hidden in an informational post.<br /><br />I've upgraded the planet generator software for and to the latest venus codebase.<br /><br />This was mainly due to the older planet software running p.fd.o taking down the webserver once or twice this week.<br /><br />Hopefully it doesn't do any damage. public 0 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:25:19 GMT LCA 2011 First day of LCA 2011 at Kelvin Grove QUT Brisbane.<br /><br />I'll be organising the Southern Plumbers mini conference today, and will be speaking on Thursday at 11:30 AM about graphics drivers (who'd have guessed). public 0 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:42:55 GMT working t410s intel/nvidia basic switching git repo:<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br />branch: drm-nvidia-switch<br /><br />So I have a T410s with an LVDS panel and switchable graphics between intel and nvidia. I've gotten the basic switching support just like we have on the intel/amd combination.<br /><br />The code is a start towards generic nvidia/nvidia and intel/nvidia switching but its missing some bits. The MUX switch on some GPUs relies on passing a parameter to the WMI function that we aren't passing, luckily the lenovo doesn't need this parameter at the moment so it works fine. Other laptops in this range may require the parameter.<br /><br />I'll try and get some more info on the magic value we need to pass on other systems to make it work better, other systems like the Sony Vaios have a number of muxable outputs listed in a table, that the intel acpi code prints out at drm.debug=0x4. Again the lenovo doesn't have this table.<br /><br />Other issues:<br />once switched and powered off the Intel, we get log spam from the IPS driver about the MCP limits.<br />nouveau gets a 1024x768 console since we can't detect the LVDS panel at startup.<br /><br />also, this only works with open source drivers, i915 and nouveau. public 24 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:09:27 GMT some info on intel/nvidia switchable Okay I sat down for a few hours last week with a switchable Intel/NVidia GPU laptop, and at least worked out some more info. I'm going to braindump it here.<br /><br />Firstly in intel_acpi.c jbarnes has worked out some of the values for outputs in the ACPI tables esp around what is and isn't MUXed.<br /><br />Now we had suspected that one of the nvidia GPU DSM methods (method 5) might actually do something, but a deeper investigation along with mjg59 made us realise it isn't the mux control, so we started looking elsewhere.<br /><br />So we tracked down the MXDS method which is attached to the ACPI outputs per GPU, there is one on the LVDS for the internal GPU and one on the LVDS for the external GPU. So it appears that this is the mux switching object. Looking further up it appears that this is called via a WMI interface, so to do this all properly it looks like we need to write a WMI driver to call the mux switching, instead of just banging on ACPI methods.<br /><br />So going forward a WMI driver needs to be written to which you pass the ACPI output IDs to the WMI MXDS method, and it should switch the mux.<br /><br />Now despite this we didn't actually get the switching to happen, nouveau never got an auxch connection to the panel on the laptop, so I'd really like to see if anyone is useful enough to take this knowledge and make it do something on an LVDS laptop, all I have locally are a big pile of hacks.<br /><br />Thanks to Jesse Barnes for the laptop, and Matthew Garrett for the ACPI decoding.<br /><br />[update: one commentor asked about Macs, they have a non-WMI, non-ACPI method of handling things, sidolin on #nouveau at one stage mostly reverse engineering the mux, which was just reading/writing some memory mapped I/O ports to do the switch, not sure how far he is from pushing some patches out]. public 8 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:29:40 GMT Southern Plumbers Miniconf CFP (LCA 2011 - Brisbane) As part of LCA 2011, we are organising a mini-conference to provide a place for low-level system developers to gather and discuss interesting aspects of the kernel and lowlevel userspace. This miniconf is aimed at a similar audience to the Linux Plumbers Conference.<br /><br />We'd really like to have talks that are entry points to open floor discussions and interactive sessions, though if a talk is interesting enough it will be considered depending on the quality of other submissions.<br /><br />Areas of interest:<br /> - Linux kernel<br /> - / Mesa<br /> - toolchain/gdb (not deep compiler stuff, more system interactions)<br /> - udev/u*/*Kit/hal replacements<br /> - systemd/upstart/sysvinit<br /> - virtualisation<br /><br />The Southern Plumbers mini-conference is planned for Monday 24th Jan 2011.<br /><br />Please send all submissions to Submissions will close on Friday, October 29th (when I leave for the real Linux Plumbers Conference), though I may accept submission over the week of LPC as well if I can drum up interest.<br /><br />CFP available at <a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />--<br />Dave Airlie and Matthew Wilcox. public 0 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:28:52 GMT embedded GPU : what are they hiding? So to follow on from my posting stating my position wrt kernel drivers for closed source userspace drivers, lets take a look at the embedded GPU industry and Linux kernel relationship.<br /><br />What does the embedded industry get from Linux?<br /><br />They get a kernel which is royalty free, with 1000s of man-years of development experience and resources. Before Linux these vendors either sourced an OS on a royalty basis from some closed-shop, or rolled their own in-house one.<br /><br />Now people might say "but the embedded GPU industry has to support Windows as well", but take one look at NVIDIA Tegra One and you can see the embedded windows marketplace is less than important, NVIDIA Tegra Two is all about the Linux, whereas they were pretty much only talking to MS on Tegra one.<br /><br />So Linux is a great boon for this industry, and means they can produce higher quality products for a lower cost (or lower quality products at a lower cost in some cases). So really there are probably two games in town for these embedded vendors, selling into Apple or selling into Linux centric developments, like Android, Meego, Linaro.<br /><br />So what are they actually hiding in userspace?<br /><br />The main thing they seem to be hiding is shader compilers and their GPU assembler code, things that convert from GLES into the assembler code for their GPUs. This stuff isn't rocket science but it probably is where most of their speed up and tricks are hidden. <br /><br />So why do they think it valuable?<br /><br />I think all 3D IP vendors dream of becoming Imagination Technologies, they need to learn there is already one Imagination Technologies and the only way to easily disrupt their revenue stream and sell into other SOCs is to be disruptive, not just follow the herd. They also probably had to spend a lot of money writing a decent GPU compiler from scratch, whereas most embedded firmware is a lot more trivial, so they probably think they need to directly recoup the costs from this development instead of giving it away. The thing is they are hw vendors, the sw is a sunk cost, opening it would actually make future maintenance easier. HW companies never do well at SW and they would be best to just open it and try and involve some community development around it.<br /><br />Is the value of this IP more valuable than what the receive from Linux?<br /><br />This is the crux of my issue with these vendors, they are receiving the Linux kernel for free, but don't want to contribute anything back. They know they can't sell into any where else except Linux driven products, but they insist on keeping their development methodologies from the days of Windows and their own in-house OSes. Those days are gone, but they cling to the idea that for some reason they can produce a better GPU stack on their own than they could in collaboration with other, despite the fact that the kernel that forms the basis for their sales was developed in this fashion. They also all use gcc as the compiler for their CPUs again proving the insanity.<br /><br />Isn't it up to them what they do?<br /><br />Totally, but its also up to the Linux community to push back against them. The thing is they'd never have opened any code if it wasn't for the GPL making them at least open the kernel portions, they don't care about freedom or GPL, they care about their bottom line, and doing the least amount of work to remain legal and make money. Now they are getting all this wonderful software for free, Linux phone sales are driving their bottom line, but they still don't want to play the game by the rules of the kernel. They want to have their cake and eat it too. (the cake is a lie). Hence they spend their time creating their own solutions in private, releasing what they have to comply with legalese but never actually allowing people the freedom to use their devices.<br /><br />So shouldn't we give a little?<br /><br />The thing is two major vendors have been pushing Imagination Technologies for years to open something, these guys are aiming to sell thousands->millions of devices, we have gotten the ugliest kernel shim in the world in 4 years of trying. All the other vendors are only willing to give that little. I don't personally think any of them want to open this stuff and will hide behind IP excuses for ever.<br /><br />What will make them change their minds?<br /><br />a) money and lots of it. If google or olpc can demand open driver commitments (in contracts, not handwaving agreements) then I suspect these vendors will quickly realise the value of their IP is dwarved by the value of sales. This probably means a major chance for one of the vendors to control a lot of the space in the Linux world.<br /><br />b) disruptive vendor, one vendor realises before the others that opening their IP will lead to more sales than keeping it closed and also lead to the chance of more people optimising their technology and leveraging other work in the industry.<br /><br />So are you saying they should drop all their in-house developed solutions?<br /><br />No I'm saying that the driver for their hardware is a single entity, and if the whole entity isn't open, then none of it is truly open. So if they don't want to release an open userspace, then they don't get to merge their open kernel bits to support the closed userspace. We have to keep the maintenance burden on them, so it keeps costing them money to track newer kernels, and they don't get community support from other vendors who have committed to doing things right.<br /><br />So why should they re-write drivers?<br /><br />This happens in Linux the whole time, with nearly every new technology. Wireless, RAID, SATA for example, all have had vendors trying to push complete stacks of their own writing, you'll notice over time the drivers that are actually written to the current stacks work best, an the crazy vendors drivers are often horror shows. <br /><br />What would be nice to happen?<br /><br />It would be great if there was a hero with time/funding and involvement in the ARM GPU community to take over being maintainer of these solutions, from kernel all the way to userspace. Vendor driver writers could ask this person for advice, and they could have some sort of working group where they develop a stack based around current Linux technologies, like GEM/TTM/DRI2/Mesa/Gallium3D. If you take a look at the mesa stack lately, there has been a lot of work on making it work as an EGL/GLES stack as well as a classic GL stack. Then vendors would supply open drivers compliant with this stack, and just sell lots of chips.<br /><br />What would be most likely negative solution?<br /><br />We get what we have now, they maintain the 5-6 GPU stacks in their own world, and never talk to each other, and it costs them more and more money going forward to maintain. Some hero reverse engineers one or two of the GPU architecture, maybe some hero writes a open driver stack from docs under NDA or with open docs.<br /><br />I may update this post as I have more thoughts ;-) public 15 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:42:14 GMT open source kernel bits with closed source userspaces [I posted this to lkml earlier - discussion should happen there not in comments here, but its nice to have somewhere easy to point people at].<br /><br />Now this is just my opinion as maintainer of the drm, and doesn't<br />reflect anyone or any official policy, I've also no idea if Linus<br />agrees or not.<br /><br />We are going to start to see a number of companies in the embedded<br />space submitting 3D drivers for mobile devices to the kernel. I'd like<br />to clarify my position once so they don't all come asking the same<br />questions.<br /><br />If you aren't going to create an open userspace driver (either MIT or<br />LGPL) then don't waste time submitting a kernel driver to me.<br /><br />My reasons are as follows, the thing is you can probably excuse some<br />of these on a point by point basis, but you need to justify why closed<br />userspace on all points.<br /><br />a) licensing, Alan Cox pointed this out before, if you wrote a GPL<br />kernel driver, then wrote a closed userspace on top, you open up a<br />while world of derived work issues. Can the userspace operate on a<br />non-GPL kernel without major modifications etc. This is a can of worms<br />I'd rather not enter into, and there are a few workarounds.<br /><br />b) verifying the sanity of the userspace API.<br />1. Security: GPUs can do a lot of damage if left at home alone, since<br />mostly you are submitting command streams unverified into the GPU and<br />won't tell us what they mean, there is little way we can work out if<br />the GPU is going to over-write my passwd file to get 5 fps more in<br />quake. Now newer GPUs have at least started having MMUs, but again<br />we've no idea if that is the only way they work without docs or a lot<br />of trust.<br /><br />2. General API suitability and versioning. How do we check that API is<br />sane wrt to userspace, if we can't verify the userspace. What happens<br />if the API has lots of 32/64 compat issues or things like that, and<br />when we fix them the binary userspace breaks? How do we know, how do<br />we test etc. What happens if a security issue forces us to break the<br />userspace API? how do we fix the userspace driver and test to confirm?<br /><br />c) supplying docs in lieu of an open userspace<br />If you were to fully document the GPU so we could verify the<br />security/api aspects it leaves us in the position of writing our own<br />driver. Now writing that driver on top of the current kernel driver<br />would probably limit any innovation, and most people would want to<br />write a new kernel driver from scratch. Now we end up with two drivers<br />fighting, how do we pick which one to load at boot? can we ever do a<br />generic distro kernel for that device (assuming ARM ever solves that<br />issue).<br /><br />I've also noticed a trend to just reinvent the whole wheel instead of<br />writing a drm/kms driver and having that as the API, again maintainer<br />nightmares are made of this.<br /><br />d) you are placing the maintenance burden in the wrong place<br /><br />So you've upstreamed the kernel bits, kept the good userspace bits to<br />yourselfs, are stroking them on your lap like some sort of Dr Evil,<br />now why should the upstream kernel maintainers take the burden when<br />you won't actually give them the stuff to really make their hardware<br />work? This goes for nvidia type situations as well, the whole point is<br />to place the maintainer burden at the feet of the people causing the<br />problems in an effort to make them change. Allowing even an hour of<br />that burden to be transferred upstream, means more profit for them,<br />but nothing in return for us. public 3 Tue, 04 May 2010 23:30:46 GMT lolbuntu Ted with the smackdown:<br /><br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a><br /><br />Update:<br />when you can't fix bugs in your "enterprise distro" file them against someone elses community distro:<br /><a href='' rel='nofollow'></a> public 0 | http://airlied.livejournal.com/data/rss | dclm-gs1-280000000 |
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Hello. Yes, I know it's enormous. It's huge. It's a 7-inch tablet, but you can talk on it like a phone. Hello, I'm Richard Trenholm of CNET and I'm holding the Asus phone pad. Now, if you thought the Samsung Galaxy Note was an oversized phone then you ain't seen nothing yet. This is a 7-inch tablet that allows you to make and receive phone calls. So, the phone pad has a 7-inch 1280 x 800 high definition screen. It runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is pretty much the latest version; allows you to download all the usual apps and games and buy your videos and movies and music stuff from the Google Play store. It comes with 16 or 32 GB of storage for your music and movies and your apps and snaps. It has all the usual Android features like the multitasking app launcher here. You also get a camera on this phone, but it's only a low resolution camera for video chats. It's not a full resolution camera. As it's an Android device, you go all the usual apps and widgets, which you can install on your home screens, give you all the latest updates without opening up an app and you can sort it down from the top to see all your notifications and have access to this handy little shortcut toggles here so things like turning on and off your Bluetooth or your Wi-Fi. So, that's the Asus phone pad. And one of the best things about this is the price. It's gonna start at a very reasonable $250 in the U.S. or 180 pounds in the U.K., which makes this-- for an oversized phone, it's quite an undersized price tag. I'm Richard Trenholm of CNET. Hello? Hello? Yeah. Brilliant. No, it's massive, honestly.
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0.023776 | <urn:uuid:a8d2ccca-5053-410f-9869-cffe1cab0de5> | en | 0.976643 | Outside Mubarak's trial, rage and satisfaction
August 3, 2011 - 2:28 PM
Mideast Egypt Mubarak Trial
A pro-Mubarak female protester chant slogans with Mubarak pictures, background, during the trial session of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak outside the Police Military Academy complex in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a Cairo courtroom on a gurney Wednesday at the start of his historic trial on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
CAIRO (AP) — A little after 8 a.m., the stones began to fly.
Goaded by a crowd that clearly despised the ousted Egyptian leader, supporters of Hosni Mubarak fired off a volley of stones. It turned into a melee of bottles and rocks between the two sides outside the fortress-like police academy on Cairo's outskirts where the trial of the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years was about to begin.
Many of the Mubarak supporters were left bandaged with gashes on their heads. But the injuries did nothing to deflate their outrage. They seemed overwhelmed with fury at a nation that had turned against its leader, villified him and now was humiliating him.
"He's going to be found innocent," screamed one woman, Tahami Luteifi. "There's no option but that! He is the father of this country."
For most Egyptians, the only president they have known is the 83-year-old Mubarak, who often fashioned himself as the nation's father, its provider and its protector.
Omnipresent larger-than-life photos of Mubarak wearing trademark aviator sunglasses and a military uniform once decorated Egypt's streets and government offices. Photos of him appearing to give orders to world leaders emblazoned the front pages of government newspapers and any articles discussing the state of his health could land journalists in prison.
Mubarak, who had not been seen since his last speech on Feb. 10, reappeared Wednesday before the public in the first session of his trial, aired live on state TV. This time he was caged behind metal bars on a hospital bed, charged with corruption and complicity in the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the uprising that ended his rule of the Arab world's most populous nation.
In Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, the downtown hub that serves as the epicenter of protests and was the scene of the worst fighting during the uprising, the first courtroom images of the former president on televisions in shops had spectators erupting in applause. It was a scene many felt they would never see.
One man walked up to a newspaper stand and snatched up a paper with Mubarak's photo on the front page. He spat on it repeatedly, put it back and walked away.
Nabil Hassan, who owns the stand, didn't seem upset.
"When (Mubarak) is in the cage, and we know he's there, then we know we have started to put our feet on the path to justice," said the 65-year-old vendor. "If he and his accomplices are in court, he becomes one of the people — no different from anyone else facing justice."
Outside the police academy — once called the Mubarak Police Academy until the post-revolution purge of building names — around 50 Mubarak supporters and several hundred opponents gathered, watching the scenes in the courtroom on a giant TV screen hung at the entrance. Under the TV was a poster of Mubarak's face behind a noose, with the slogan "The People's Judgment," scrawled below.
It was a combustible mix, and hundreds of riot police struggled to keep the two sides apart. The searing summer sun didn't help tempers, with hardly any shade for the crowds fasting from food and drink for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The loyalists burned with the rage of an indignant, dwindling, die-hard minority. In the broader Egyptian public, even those who don't like the instability that Egypt's revolution has brought have little good to say about Mubarak.
"We will demolish and burn the prison if they convict Mubarak," they screamed. Many wore white T-shirts bearing the message: "I'm Egyptian. I reject the insulting of the leader of the nation."
A hysterical young woman wept at the thought that Mubarak faced the possibility of going to the gallows. Supporters' anger turned to Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister for 10 years and the head of the military council that has ruled Egypt since Mubarak fell.
"What does Tantawi think he's doing. Is he trying to be a hero?" yelled Luteifi. "Did he forget he got to be a minister thanks to Mubarak?"
"Tantawi," she said, "don't forget that your day will come."
The Mubarak opponents — emboldened and perhaps incredulous that they actually saw the day when Mubarak was locked in the kind of cage reserved for common criminals — periodically threw taunts at the loyalists.
"What are you sitting there for. Just go home," they chanted.
Occasionally, the taunts would spark a new round of scuffles and stone throwing. But the loyalists needed no reason for a fight.
Two women set upon an AP correspondent, slapping and punching him before police intervened.
"You're a foreign spy," one screamed, hopping on one leg as she tried to take off her shoe to continue the assault. "Go back to your country and tell them he's innocent."
Behind her, dozens of other pro-Mubarak protesters pounded on the gates of the academy.
"Let us in, let us in!" they yelled, stopping only when fed-up police threw open the metal gates and stormed the crowd with batons.
Families of some of the victims killed in the uprising, as well as others who backed the revolution, stood by bemused.
"They're delusional," said Mohammed Mustafa el-Aqqad, whose son, Mustafa, was killed during the anti-regime protests. "How do they think he's coming back?"
"The biggest achievement of this revolution is that all these crooks and scum are in a cage," he said. "We're here to tell Hosni, 'Happy Ramadan, congratulations on your new cage.'" | http://cnsnews.com/news/article/outside-mubaraks-trial-rage-and-satisfaction | dclm-gs1-280190000 |
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Fuel system icing inhibitor (FSII) is an additive to aviation fuels that prevents the formation of ice in fuel lines. FSII is sometimes referred to by the registered, genericized trademark Prist. Jet fuel can contain a small amount of dissolved water that does not appear in droplet form. As an aircraft gains altitude, the temperature drops and Jet fuel's capacity to hold water is diminished. Dissolved water can separate out and could become a serious problem if it freezes in fuel lines or filters, blocking the flow of fuel and shutting down an engine.
Chemical composition[edit]
Chemically, FSII is an almost pure (99.9%) ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGMME, 2-methoxy ethanol, APISOLVE 76, CAS number 109-86-4), or glycol monomethyl ether since 1994 diethylene glycol monomethyl ether (DEGMME, 2- (2-methoxy ethoxy) ethanol, APITOL 120, methyl carbitol, CAS number 111-77-3). [1] Prior to 1994, Prist was regulated under the MIL-I-27686E standard, which specified use of EGMME, but subsequently came under the MIL-DTL-85470B, with use of less hazardous DEGMME with higher flash point. [2]
FSII retards the growth of microorganisms eventually present in the fuel, mostly Cladosporium resinae fungi and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, known as "hydrocarbon utilizing microorganisms" or "HUM bugs", which live in the water-fuel interface of the water droplets, form dark, gel-like mats, and cause microbial corrosion to plastic and rubber parts.
EGMME had been certified as a pesticide by the EPA, but as the requirement changes raised the certification costs, DEGMME has no official pesticide certification. DEGMME is a potent solvent, and at high concentrations can damage fuel bladders and filters. Long-term storage of FSII-fuel mixtures is therefore not recommended.
Anhydrous isopropyl alcohol is sometimes used as an alternative.
FSII is an agent that is mixed with jet fuel as it is pumped into the aircraft. The mixture of FSII must be between 0.10% and 0.15% by volume for the additive to work correctly, and the FSII must be distributed evenly throughout the fuel. Simply adding FSII after the fuel has been pumped is therefore not sufficient. As aircraft climbs after takeoff, the temperature drops, and any dissolved water will separate out from the fuel. FSII dissolves itself in water preferentially over the jet fuel, where it then serves to depress the freezing point of water to -43°C. Since the freezing point of jet fuel itself is usually in this region, the formation of ice is now a minimal concern.
Large aircraft do not require FSII as they are usually equipped with electric fuel line heaters that keep the fuel at an appropriate temperature to prevent icing. However, if the fuel heaters are inoperable, the aircraft may be still be declared fit to fly, if FSII is added to the fuel.
Storage and dispensing[edit]
It is extremely important to store FSII properly. Drums containing FSII must be kept clean and dry, since the additive is hygroscopic and can absorb water directly from moisture in the air. Since some brands of FSII are highly toxic, a crew member must wear gloves when handling it undiluted. Many FBOs allow FSII injection to be turned on or off so that one fuel truck can service planes that do require FSII as well as planes that don't. Line crew, however, must be able to deliver FSII when it is needed.
Such necessity was illustrated when a Flight Options Beechjet experienced a double flameout over the Gulf of Mexico in July 2004.[citation needed] The crew was able to glide to a lower altitude and restart the engines, and the aircraft landed safely. The FAA investigators found no mechanical problems with the engines, but when fuel samples were taken, FSII concentration was only 0.02%. Either the FSII injector in the refueler was not working at the FBO where the aircraft had received fuel, or the line staff failed to turn it on. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_System_Icing_Inhibitor | dclm-gs1-280260000 |
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Dreamboat Annie
Studio album by Heart
Released February 14, 1976
Recorded July - August 1975 at Can-Base Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Genre Hard rock, folk rock
Length 40:02
Label Mushroom
Producer Mike Flicker
Heart chronology
Dreamboat Annie
Little Queen
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau C+[2]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars[4]
Dreamboat Annie is the debut album by American rock band Heart. At the time, the band was based in Vancouver B.C., and the album was recorded in B.C. and first released in Canada by Mushroom Records (Canada) in the fall of 1975.[5] It was released in the United States on February 14, 1976 through the L.A. subsidiary of Mushroom Records (Canada). It contained three hit singles which became staples on FM radio. Producer Mike Flicker helped the group to polish their sound and obtain a recording contract with the label.
Heart's first single How Deep it Goes b/w Here Song (M-7008) received little attention when released in Canada by the small Mushroom label in 1975. The second single Magic Man b/w How Deep it Goes was first picked up for radio play by CJFM – FM 96 in Montreal[6] while the band was on tour playing small club dates.
The Album[edit]
Dreamboat Annie was released following the success of the second single. The album cover was designed by current Emily Carr University of Art and Design communication design instructor Deborah Shackleton[7] Heart's first radio success earned them a spot opening a Montreal concert for Rod Stewart in October 1975.[8] More Canadian airplay soon followed, partly because Heart's recordings qualified for Canadian content broadcast requirements. The album sold an impressive 30,000 copies across Canada in its first few months.
Mushroom then formed a US division and released Dreamboat Annie on Valentine's Day 1976 in the Seattle area, where Heart's members had lived and played before relocating to Canada in the early 1970s.[9] The album was played by Seattle stations KISW and KZOK and promptly sold another 25,000 copies in the local area. The group and their label then began working together to build success for the album city by city.[citation needed] According to Flicker, this was part of a plan to convince record distributors that Mushroom had a hit record, so that the album would get national distribution.[citation needed]
Subsequent events[edit]
The success of the album indirectly led to a break between the band and label. The first cracks appeared when the group tried to renegotiate their royalty rate to be more in keeping with what they thought a platinum band should be earning. For this Michael Fisher, who was Ann's boyfriend at the time, stepped aside as de facto manager and Ken Kinnear was hired. Mushroom's tough stance in negotiations, and their opinion that perhaps the band was a one-hit wonder, led to Mike Flicker leaving Mushroom. (He did, however, continue to produce for Heart.)[10]
The relationship broke down completely when the label bought a full-page ad in Rolling Stone mocked up like a National Enquirer front page. The ad used a photo similar to the one on the Dreamboat Annie album cover, showing Ann and Nancy back to back with bare shoulders. The caption under the photo read "It Was Only Our First Time". The band had not been consulted and was furious with the double meaning of the caption.
Since the label could no longer provide Flicker as producer as the contract specified, the band took the position that they were free to move to another label and signed with Portrait. Mushroom insisted that the band was still bound to the contract which called for two albums. So, Mushroom released Magazine with incomplete tracks, studio outtakes and live material and a disclaimer on the cover.[10]
The band got a federal injunction to recall the album, but not before about 50,000 copies had been sold. The court eventually decided that the band could sign with Portrait, but that they did owe Mushroom a second album. The band returned to the studio to re-record, remix, edit, and re-sequence the recordings. Magazine was re-released in 1978 and sold a million copies in less than a month.[10] See Magazine for information about the differences between the two versions.
Shelley Siegal, the promoter behind the "First Time" ad, died a few months after the re-release, and Mushroom Records went bankrupt a few years later. The episode had at least one more repercussion. Not long after the ad appeared, a radio promoter asked Ann about her lover – he was referring to Nancy, thus implying that the sisters were incestuous lesbian lovers. The encounter infuriated Ann who went back to her hotel and penned the words to what became Heart's signature song, "Barracuda".[10]
The album was recorded on an Ampex MM1000 16-track tape recorder (which formerly belonged to United Western Recorders) at the Can-Base Studios in Vancouver, BC, which were later renamed to the current Mushroom Studios. It was the first major hit album recorded there.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Ann & Nancy Wilson except where noted.
Side one[edit]
1. "Magic Man" - 5:28
2. "Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" - 1:10
3. "Crazy on You" - 4:53
4. "Soul of the Sea" - 6:33
5. "Dreamboat Annie" - 2:02
Side two[edit]
1. "White Lightning and Wine" - 3:53
2. "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" - 3:20
3. "Sing Child" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Steve Fossen, Roger Fisher) - 4:55
4. "How Deep it Goes" (A. Wilson) - 3:49
5. "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" - 3:50
# Title Release Date Hot 100
1. "Crazy on You" 1976 35
2. "Magic Man" 1976 9
3. "Dreamboat Annie" 1976 42
Ann Wilson was song writer and lead vocalist on all tracks - i.e. tracks 1-10. She played flute on tracks 3, 8 and 10.
artist song
Guitars Percussion Keyboards Wind orch.
electric acoustic steel bass banjo drums bells conga timp. perc. synth. piano flute
Ann Wilson 1-10 1-10 3,7-9 9 3,8,10
Nancy Wilson 1-8,10 2,3,5-10 1,6 1-10
Roger Fisher[11] 8 1,3,4,6,7,8 1 7
Steve Fossen 8 1-8,10
Howard Leese 8 1,3 2,7 1 4,7,9,10
Michael DeRosier 6,8
Additional musicians
Ray Ayotte 1 4
Before Dawn
Tessie Bensussen
Geoff Foubert
Jim Hill
Rob Deans 3,9 9,10 4,7,9,10
Mike Flicker 10 1
Kat Hendrikse 2-5,7,10
Duris Maxwell 9
Brian Newcombe 9
Dave Wilson 1
Tracks 1-10 1-10 2,3,5-10 1,3,4,6-9 1-10 7 1-10 2,5 1-10 2,7 1 10 1,4 1,3,9 9,10 3,8,10 4,7,9,10
artist song
Guitars Percussion Keyboards Wind orch.
• Mike Fisher - special direction
• Howard Leese - production assistance
• Mike Flicker - engineering
• Rolf Hennemann - engineering
• Patrick Collins - mastering
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1976) Peak
Australian Albums Chart[citation needed] 9
Canadian Albums Chart[12] 20
Dutch Albums Chart[13] 7
UK Albums Chart[14] 36
U.S. Billboard 200[15] 7
Album certifications[edit]
• US certification: Platinum (1,000,000 as of Nov. 1976) - RIAA
1. ^ Dreamboat Annie at AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Heart". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
3. ^ Holden, Stephen (1976-10-21). "Heart: Dreamboat Annie : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
5. ^ Read, Jeani (1976-10-02). "Canada! Coast Industry Focuses on Its Uniqueness". Billboard 88 (40): C-20. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
6. ^ Shelley Siegel. "A Canadian Success Story Not To Be Forgotten". Retrieved April 4, 2011.
7. ^ "Deborah Shackleton". Ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
8. ^ VH1 Behind the Music
9. ^ See the Heart (band) page for the origins of the group.
10. ^ a b c d Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson; Charles R. Cross (2012). "Ch. 12 - Burn to the Wick". Kicking & Dreaming. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062101679.
12. ^ "RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
13. ^ Steffen Hung. "Heart - Dreamboat Annie". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
14. ^ "Heart - Dreamboat Annie". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
15. ^ "Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-08-04. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Deep_It_Goes | dclm-gs1-280270000 |
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INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio schools, is the state's virtual PreK-12 library that uses the existing school telecommunications infrastructure to address equity issues by providing electronic resources, library automation, and other services to Ohio schools. These resources are linked to student achievement and performance, standards-based instruction, teacher effectiveness, and technological competency and are accessible from not only the school library, but also from classroom, lab, and home computers.
INFOhio provides the standardized library automation software to put card catalogs online, which makes it possible for students and educators to access a variety of materials, including books and other resources in the school library as well as other libraries across the state.
Since 1994, INFOhio has automated more than 2,343 school libraries serving than 1.1 million students.
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Trouble with Lichen
1st edition
Author John Wyndham
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
Pages 189
Preceded by The Outward Urge
Followed by Chocky
Trouble with Lichen (published 1960) is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham.
Plot summary[edit]
The plot concerns a young woman biochemist who discovers that a chemical extracted from an unusual strain of lichen (hence the title) can be used to retard the ageing process, enabling people to live to around 200–300 years. Wyndham speculates how society would deal with this prospect.
The two central characters are Diana Brackley and Francis Saxover, two biochemists who run parallel investigations into the properties of a specific species of lichen after Diana notices that a trace of the specimen prevents some milk turning sour.
She and Francis separately manage to extract from the lichen a new drug, dubbed Antigerone, which slows down the body's ageing process. While Francis uses it only on himself and his immediate family (without their knowledge), Diana founds a cosmetic spa, and builds up a clientele of some of the most powerful women in England, giving them low doses of Antigerone, preserving their beauty and youth. When Saxover finds out about the spas, he erroneously assumes that Diana's motive is profit. Diana's aim, however, is actually female empowerment, intending to gain the support of these influential women, believing that if Antigerone became publicly known, it would be reserved only for the men in power.
After a customer suffers an allergic reaction to one of Diana's products, the secret of the drug begins to emerge. Diana tries to cover up the real source of the drug, since the lichen is very rare and difficult to grow, but when it is finally discovered, she fakes her own death, in the hope of inspiring the women of Britain to fight for the rights she tried to secure for them.
Francis realises that she may not really be dead, and tracks her down to a remote farm, where she has succeeded in growing a small amount of the lichen. Diana plans to rejoin the world under the guise of being her own sister, and continue the work she left off.
Wyndham, John (1960), The Trouble With Lichen, Penguin, p. 91, "This is not the age of reason, this is the age of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction" . Minor adaptations added.
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0.467014 | <urn:uuid:83bcf7ae-5730-4b64-95db-6c33026cf226> | en | 0.906145 | Umbilical cable
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An umbilical cable or umbilical is a cable which supplies required consumables to an apparatus. It is named by analogy with an umbilical cord. An umbilical can for example supply air and power to a pressure suit or hydraulic power, electrical power and fiber optics to a subsea equipment.
Space suits[edit]
Early space suits used umbilicals, but modern designs carry their own temperature/humidity control, air supply and electric batteries.
Subsea umbilicals are deployed on the seabed (ocean floor) to supply necessary control, energy (electric, hydraulic) and chemicals to subsea oil and gas wells, subsea manifolds and any subsea system requiring remote control, such as a remotely operated vehicle. Subsea intervention umbilicals are also used for offshore drilling or workover activities.
A diver's umbilical is a group of components which supply breathing gas and other services from the surface control point to a diver.
For shallow water surface supply air diving, the diver's umbilical is typically a 3-part umbilical comprising a gas hose, pneumofathometer ("pneumo") hose, and diver communications cable, which usually also serves as a lifeline strength member. The "pneumo" hose is open at the diver's end and connected to a pressure gauge on the surface gas panel, where the supervisor can use it to measure the diver's depth in the water at any time.
A 4-part diver umbilical will also have a hot water supply hose for the diver's exposure suit.
A 5-part diver umbilical will also include a video cable to allow the surface controller to see the video picture transmitted to the surface from the diver's hat camera (video camera mounted on the helmet, facing forward).
Early diver umbilicals were simply the individual components bundled together and taped every metre or so with duct tape. These bundles tend to distort and produce kinks in the components caused by bending (particularly dangerous if the kink is in the divers gas supply hose), and require frequent maintenance.
More recent umbilicals comprise all the components laid together like a twisted rope, so that there is no chance of a kink, no separate lifeline component is required, and no tape is required to hold the umbilical together. An additional component such as a video cable for a diver's camera, or a hat light cable, can be added by manually wrapping this additional component into the lay of the existing cabled umbilical.
Rockets and Missiles[edit]
Within the communities for rockets and missile, the cable running to provide power for the rocket or missile and signals/ communications to its computer and or electronics. Frequently to the physical observation it is a single physical cable, within it there can be more than a hundred different wires, each one used for a particular signal to the missile.
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0.023241 | <urn:uuid:dd4fc430-ece9-4721-81a9-43cfb7169bf2> | en | 0.782502 | The Most Diabolical Links in the Country
Updated: July 22, 2009, 2:33 PM ET
Golf Digest
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To help you discover what you're really made of — and in honor of Golf Digest's first "toughest course" ranking from the 1960s — we've identified 50 of the most diabolical courses in the country.
They are courses meant for drag-out, high-stakes battles at high noon. Courses where they should sell "I survived a round at … " T-shirts in the golf shop. Fields of bad dreams.
This is not a scientific or even definitive ranking. It's our list of layouts that have battered and bruised us, ruined our scorecards and made us want to weep … and the first we've rated these most diabolical courses in 41 years.
So, without further adieu:
• America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses (Nos. 1 to 25)
• America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses (Nos. 26 to 50)
Golf Digest: America's 50 toughest courses
FIRST 25 (Key: Courses in boldface are public; the rest are private.)
THE OCEAN COURSE | Kiawah Island, S.C.
2. THE INTERNATIONAL | Bolton, Mass.
3. KOOLAU | Kaneohe, Hawaii (Oahu)
4. PGA WEST/STADIUM | La Quinta, Calif.
5. OAKMONT | Oakmont, Pa.
6. BETHPAGE/BLACK | Farmingdale, N.Y.
7. TOT HILL FARM | Asheboro, N.C.
9. PINE VALLEY | Pine Valley, N.J.
10. TOBACCO ROAD | Sanford, N.C.
11. WINGED FOOT/WEST | Mamaroneck, N.Y.
12. MEDALIST | Hobe Sound, Fla.
13. DESERT MOUNTAIN/RENEGADE | Scottsdale, Ariz.
14. TPC SAWGRASS | Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
15. HALLBROOK | Leawood, Kan.
16. ROYAL NEW KENT | Providence Forge, Va.
17. BLACKWOLF RUN/RIVER | Kohler, Wis.
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• troy48084 troy48084 Jul 10, 2002 9:06 PM Flag
Sommer's bowing out?
It looks like he's getting ready to make an exit, but on his own terms. If he does, whoever takes his place better know what he's doing. I don't think some guy from VW or Krupp is going to know too much about the industry.
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• When you pay for an inflated company's stock with your own inflated company stock, math tells me that it still doesn't make the deal attractive. You could argue that both VSTR and DT shareholders were equally stupid given the level of the stock prices. But in the case of VSTR, the level of inflation of their stock was higher than DTs, which made DT's stock fall faster than industry average and we all are suffering from that. IMHO, an intelligent and good long term acquisition is one when measured against your own cost of capital including your own relative leverage or debt level. Given the level of inflated stocks 2 years ago, no deal was attractive from that perspective, so Sommer should have walked away on VSTR and everything else. Why trust a manager that doesn't follow simple return on invest rules and follows the market he doesn't control, let alone understand.
One2One was the UK cell operator bought for cash. I don't remember the price, but it was way up there as well.
• Who can tell about the timing? You either buy or you don't....I don't remember
VSTR offering a "little bit" of itself for sale. I don't remember licenses being sold
in bits and pieces either. Where were these
politicians when the FCC (or whoever) decided to charge for airwaves??? It would have
been cheaper for EVERYONE to just talk on
the phone with their windows open.....not to mention far fewer headaches!!
• I do not want to argue too much on this topic, but Sommer obviously saw the declining market, as did I. That is why the deal was mostly a stock trade. Sommer traded mostly hugely over-valued stock for hugely over-valued stock. It makes the deal sound a lot more expensive than it was. This was his price to get into the American market. I knew back then that the price to get in would be high. He made the same bet on UMTS. He may eventually be right on this. I respectfully disagree. I know nothing about OneZone.
The VSTR deal was the price of admission; UMTS is the price of admission to a market that I question; about OneZone I am ignorant. My complaint still comes back simply to lack of action on the obvious impending debt crush. The collapsing markets may have been a complete block to any action, but I don't feel that way. That was the Sommer excuse.
• It's Voicestream, UMTS, and One2one that were his biggest mistakes. There is only a simple answer to your question. I don't think Sommer had a financial background ever - but he surely made the biggest mistakes financially, no wonder.
Markets are going down really fast. So wake up: What you should be thinking is that Sommer should have foreseen that markets were way overvalued when he acquired internationally. Look at SBC and Verizon, solid management who knew back then that they would come out as winners eventually. That's what I call good management with a long term view.
• Other than the price paid for UMTS, which I disagree with, though this too may prove to be the price of admission, what major acts did Sommer commit that were largely out of line. I can debate at length what would have been required to get into the US wireless market at the time (VSTR), and the comparative levels of stock, and all of the other variables at the time which made certain decisions inevitable, but I am not totally up to speed on other Sommer moves. My basic difficulty with him, other than UMTS, was indifference to action as the market tanked. The market direction was obvious, but Sommer sure seems to be more active as his future is in imminent peril. Beyond lack of action to relieve debt pressures, were there any specific actions that make him unsuitable?
• The truth is that no intelligent person would want to take Sommer's job given the current state of DT's level of debt. Putting myself in Sommer's shoes though, it was a smart move to pile up debt, because what else would have saved his job other than making it irresponsible for anybody to step in and take his place? I just hope I am wrong...
His latest comment that the company is in excellent shape for the future reminds me though, that he still hasn't understood. Banks may not want to refinance debt if his core business underperforms. I don't think DT will go bankrupt, but I see the stock loose further value if there is refinancing pressure on the debt. So it's time to part from some of those crazy acquisitions quickly to keep shareholder value alive. That is what only a new CEO seems to be able to do.
• He won't go out without a fight and I, for one, hope he doesn't. It's easy to find fault and complain. I don't notice anyone coming up with a solution. At least Sommer has thorough knowledge of the telecom
industry and that counts for a great deal in
my humble opinion. Who needs someone from the
automobile industry? Ron Sommer is in a big
fraternity along with BT, AT&T, FT,NTT & so on. Does anyone remember when
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At level 60, the Nephalem Valor buff kicks in. Killing champion packs increase the effect, which gives a boost to gold and magic find, and increases the number of drops from bosses.
How many stacks can you get? What causes you to lose stacks? How much gold find and magic find does each stack give? How many extra drops from bosses does it give? Is it any boss, or only Inferno bosses?
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Details are going to be scarce until people actually hit level 60, but here are a few facts: It works as soon as you're level 60, regardless of difficulty. Changing your skills will reset the buff. – StrixVaria May 14 '12 at 23:50
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The entire Nephalem Valor concept has been removed since Patch 2.0.1 (live on Feb. 25, 2014). Along with this change, two new concepts have been added to the game (Official Patch Notes):
Pools of Reflection have been added to the game
• Pools of Reflection provide a 25% bonus to experience
• This experience bonus persists on logout
Nephalem Glory has been added to the game
• This buff can stack up to three times
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great answer so far, but does the game difficulty or character level affect chances of getting the nephalem glory power globe? – z - Feb 26 at 17:18
You are straight up quoting the patch notes. You should probably link it and make it a little more obvious that it's a word-for-word copy. – StrixVaria Feb 26 at 19:30
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Paragon Levels Update : From Blizz blog here.
With the 1.0.4 patch, Bliz has announced that Nephalem Valor will be modified to provide a 15% experience bonus, in addition to the magic find and gold find bonuses that it alread provided. After the patch there is also a cap on MF/GF to 300%, however Nephalem Valor will be added after that cap, so with 5 stacks of NV, it is possible to hit 375%/375% MF/GF.
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Note that I've modified the bold values based on Rapida's suggestion. I found another thread which confirms that the actual values are15% per stack, up to 75% total.
Whenever you kill a pack of Blue monsters, or a Yellow, you receive 1 charge of Valor. This buff currently gives you [+15% Magic Find], per charge. You can have up to 5 charges and each one lasts 30 minutes. (So if you kill a pack of blues/yellow every 6 minutes, you will always have [+75%] MF)
The downside to this ability is, every time you modify any of your skills, all of your charges fall off.
I can add from other comments in the thread that you lose the bonus for logging out (after a small timeout for dropped links), but not for dying. Note also from the below that killing additional champion/elite/unique monsters restarts the 30 min timer for each kill. Note also that killing purple (Elite quest mobs), does not count.
The buff lasts 30mins , but after u kill more magic mobs u get an addition stack till u get to 5 , then u refresh it by killing more magic mobs, u can have it up all the time
Purple ones (quest elite monsters) do not add a stack.
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Blizzard themselves have only released a limited amount of details on this feature, and they have given the caveat that it is subject to change.
Diablofans has a good recap here. Pertinent details are:
• The Nephalem Valor buff increases a player's Magic Find as well as increase the amount of loot drops from a boss.
• The Nephalem Valor buff will be available only to characters of level 60.
• After killing an Elite monster, the Nephalem Valor buff will be activated.
• The Nephalem Valor buff can stack.
• The buff will disappear if you change a skill, skill rune, passive skill or leave the game.
• If a player joins a game, they will not receive the current buff other players may already have.
• Dying will not cause the buff to disappear. If disconnected, there will be a small grace period before disappearing.
In additional clarifications from Blizzard, some more of your specific questions are answered.
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Can you search a little and update the post? I think by now there should be a lot of players playing inferno to give some sources :) – martorf May 20 '12 at 13:40
Good suggestion, added new details from hardcore folks that have already made it to 60. Let me know what you think. I couldn't find any official blue updates yet. – EBongo May 20 '12 at 20:40
@EBongo I can also confirm from experience that you don't need to kill a monster every 6 minutes. One boss kill refreshes all your stack timers, so it is only every 30 minutes. And it is also worth mentioning that it does indeed gold and magic find. – Rapida May 22 '12 at 19:47
I've found that at 4 stacks, bosses are guaranteed to drop at least one rare. 5 stacks guarantees 2. Blizzard is changing this in 1.03, but currently, 5 stacks = two guaranteed rares. – Frank Jun 7 '12 at 14:17
While this answer is accurate and up-to-date, it feels like it's about 10 times longer than it really should be. Especially since it's not possible for anyone to play any version of Diablo 3 except the latest. I feel like the historical versions of this answer should live under the "edited" link, and the current answer (with appropriate historical notes) would be better in simpler terms, in present (not future) tense. – Theodore Murdock Nov 29 '12 at 3:54
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Nephalem Valor is a buff available at level 60 that increases your Gold and Magic Find by 15% per stack to a maximum of five stacks, as well as the amount of loot dropped by unique bosses. A stack is attained by killing a Champion (blue) or Elite (yellow) mob packs - unique bosses (purple) do not charge it. The buff lasts for 30 minutes, and gaining an additional stack recharges it to its full duration. It's only removable by leaving the game, timing out the buff, or changing skills.
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Please note, for Playstation and Xbox versions, this buff stacks to a maximum of 3 for the full nephalem valor effect. It then becomes 25% per stack, which amounts to the full 75% bonus to magic find, and gold find.
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I have the following question:
Matrix $N$ is a diagonal matrix with all entries strictly positive (hence, $N$ is positive definite since it satisfies $x^T N x > 0$). Matrix $M$ is an asymmetric positive definite matrix with all entries non-negative.
Since $NM \neq MN$, it does not follow that the product $NM$ is positive definite. However, given the special structure of $N$, can we still show that $NM$ is positive definite? Or maybe, under certain additional conditions?
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What do you mean by positive definite for an asymmetric matrix? There are different options. – Simon Markett Sep 2 '12 at 13:40
I meant that M also satisfies $x^T M x > 0$. – User2012 Sep 2 '12 at 14:43
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It's not true in general: take $$ N=\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\0&1/5\end{bmatrix},\ \ \ M=\begin{bmatrix}1&1\\0&1\end{bmatrix}. $$ $M$ is positive-definite according to your definition, since $$ \begin{bmatrix}x\\ y\end{bmatrix}^TM\begin{bmatrix}x\\ y\end{bmatrix}=x^2+xy+y^2>0 $$ on nonzero vectors.
On the other hand $$ \begin{bmatrix}1\\-2\end{bmatrix}^TNM\begin{bmatrix}1\\-2\end{bmatrix}=-\frac15. $$
As for conditions, of course one can force $M$ to be trivial enough for the property to hold; but I'll be surprised if there is a meaningful condition on $M$ that guarantees that $NM$ is positive-definite.
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Yes, it does look like that. Thanks for your response! – User2012 Sep 3 '12 at 19:37
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Is there some place (on the internet or elsewhere) where I can find the number and preferably a list of all (isomorphism classes of) finite connected $T_0$-spaces with, say, 5 points?
In know that a $T_0$-topology on a finite set is equivalent to a partial ordering, and wikipedia tells me that there are, up to isomorphism, 63 partially ordered sets with precisely 5 elements. However, I am only interested in connected spaces, and I'd love to have a list (most preferably in terms of Hasse diagrams).
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Q&A: The Niger link
London and Washington have found themselves in a public disagreement over a British Government claim that Iraq tried to get uranium from the West African state of Niger.
The CIA says it was a mistake to have included it in President George Bush's State of the Union address, but the British Government is standing by it. BBC News Online's Paul Reynolds tries to answer some key questions.
What is the origin of the claim?
A memorandum came to the CIA's notice (from the Italians, according to Time Magazine) which appeared to document the sale or proposed sale of uranium by Niger to Iraq in the late 1990's. Such a sale would have suggested that Iraq was seeking to build a nuclear bomb since it had no civilian nuclear programme.
What did the Americans do?
The CIA sent fomer US diplomat Joseph Wilson to Niger, where he had once been based. He spoke to Niger officials who were in government when the deal allegedly took place. One said that he had been approached in June 1999 by a unnamed businessman about expanding trade between Niger and Iraq. There was an Iraqi delegation in Niger. This raised a suspicion that Iraq wanted to buy uranium ore since Niger has little else to offer.
What did the US envoy conclude?
He concluded, as he wrote in the New York Times on 7 July this year: "It was highly doubtful that any such transaction had taken place." He said that controls on Niger's uranium mining were very strict and under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He did not mention the memorandum in his report nor did he see it.
What did the CIA do then?
The CIA says that it gave Mr Wilson's report "normal and wide distribution" but that senior Bush administration officials were not told since the Wilson report did not resolve the issue, in the CIA's view. The British Government was not told either.
Why did the British Government mention the claim in its September 2002 dossier on Iraq?
It says that it got its information from a separate source - a "foreign intelligence service" - and that the information was "credible." The foreign service has not been named officially but the Italians have been mentioned in some press reports, though the one report says it could have been the French. But Italy is also named as a source for the CIA so there is a mystery here. If Italy was a common source, where does the British separate intelligence come from?
There is a hint from some sources that it might have to do with the presence in Niger in 1999 of the Iraqi delegation i.e someone on that delegation may have talked, but the British government refuses to say.
Did the CIA challenge the British claim?
Yes, according to a CIA statement which said: "We expressed reservations" but "our colleagues (the British) said they were confident in their reports and left it in their document."
However, the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said that "The CIA believed in the veracity of the claims" because there were other sources of this information as well. The CIA has said that there had been reports that Iraq had tried to get uranium from two other African countries.
The evidence appeared not convince the CIA, though, because it removed a reference to the Niger claim from a presidential speech in October.
Did the CIA and the British share all their information with each other?
No. The British Government admits that it did not give the CIA the details about its information. It claims that it was up to the unnamed foreign intelligence service to do so. Maybe that service gave it to the US as well. The CIA in turn did not tell the British about the Wilson mission. This lack of information sharing is perhaps the most surprising aspect of the affair.
So why did President Bush mention Niger in his State of the Union address?
This was, the CIA Director George Tenet says, "a mistake." Although Mr Bush attributed the report to the British Government, the CIA says that the British information was not strong enough to justify inclusion in such an important speech.
Critics, including Joseph Wilson, say that the White House used the allegation as part of a trend towards overstating the Iraqi threat, though the White House denies this.
Was the original memorandum not found to be a forgery?
Yes. This was the memorandum which came to the CIA and which launched the Wilson mission in 2002. In March this year the head of the IAEA Mohamed ElBaradei told the UN that "these documents are in fact not authentic." The documents were faxes apparently exchanged between Iraq and Niger - but it turned out, for example, that they carried the alleged signatures of people not in the Niger Government at the time. Why they were not found to be forgeries earlier is not known.
Did this not shake British confidence?
Apparently not. Britain is standing by its report from the unnamed foreign intelligence service. Mr Straw has told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that the British knew nothing about the memorandum and that the first Britain knew about the forgery was when it was reported in the press.
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Some football truths we hold to be self-evident. Like this one: Offensive lines are the broad shoulders to success. The coal miners and meat packers who determine victory or defeat while the pretty boys receive the cheers.
Only one problem. It’s not so evident anymore.
Oh, they still make blockers like they used to. Even better. Bigger, stronger, quicker, tougher. Smarter, too. Smartest guys on the field, next to the quarterback.
It’s not the linemen who have changed. It’s the game. Spread formations. Quick passes. Quarterbacks who wouldn’t know a pocket if you sewed one on their forehead.
College football has changed, and offensive line play isn’t as valuable as it once was.
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"You can perform at a higher level with less up front, no question.”
Many of Venables’ comrades disagree. Some of his players aren’t buying it.
"Offensive line is huge for every team,” said Sooner linebacker Ryan Reynolds. "The game starts up front. Without a good offensive line or defensive line, you can’t go very far.”
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Through Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, across the Keweenah Peninsula of Michigan and into Canada, Alan Jenkins followed as far as he could.
"That’s where I lost the signal,” he said.
Jenkins, assistant director of the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, was tracking a bald eagle. A tiny radio transmitter on the bird’s back emitted a signal that Jenkins followed using a directional antenna on his truck or, sometimes when he would lose contact, from an airplane.
"It was an adventure,” he said of that 1989 project.
For three decades, radio frequency (RF) devices have been vital tools for biologists to understand behavior of many species. They have tracked movements of countless animals, from insects and rodents up to the largest sea creatures. However, Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology is taking over.
GPS equipment provides much better and much more data, such as exact location, temperature, altitude, speed and direction. This equipment, which communicates with satellites, is significantly more expensive — $2,000 to $3,000 for a single device. Radio transmitters, receivers and antennae can be bought for a few hundred dollars. Also, GPS tracking requires a satellite fee of $30 to $200 a month, depending on how much data you want and how frequently you want it.
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RF signals can be tricky to track. "The signals can bounce and bend around hills,” Wolfe said.
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Reach out. If the opportunities just aren't there or you're simply dissatisfied and aching to move, tap your personal and professional network for information on who is hiring. Many job postings go up with a candidate in mind already, if you know someone at the companies you are targeting—or someone in your network does—work to get personal referrals.
But be discreet with your inquiries. Keep requests off social-networking websites like Facebook and Linkedin—they can be indexed by search engines and discovered by anyone, including your current boss.
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If you get an offer, before you accept, consider doing more in-depth financial research on the company. Try The Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Public Dissemination Service (edgarcompany.sec.gov). For private firms and startups, Gail Rosen, an accountant in Martinsville N.J., says to look for a profit-and-loss statement, a balance sheet, references, a business plan and a list of where the company is getting funding.
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When her young children became feverish, my sister would undress them and try to bring their temperature down.
However my mother is adamant that the right treatment is the exact opposite- Wrap them up warm, but give them plenty of liquid so they don't become dehydrated.
Which is the correct treatment?
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Our local Red Cross' infant first-aid course made a big point to not overheat the child. A fever can be life-threatening if too high so don't pack the child in thick blankets and clothing. – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Jan 9 '12 at 11:52
Interesting thanks. If anyone has links to official medical advice that I could show to my mother that would be much appreciated. – Urbycoz Jan 9 '12 at 11:56
I added some links to Beofett's answer. – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Jan 9 '12 at 13:59
A fever is a symptom, so the key is to try and find out the cause so that you can treat the cause. As for how to handle a fever, you don't want the child to overheat. Prolonged high temperatures cause brain damage or worse. CALL THE NURSE/DOCTOR! Typically they'll want you to treat it with fever reducing medication. – DA01 Jan 10 '12 at 23:08
A few reference points: according to our pediatrist, 37.5 - 38.5 °C (99.5 - 101.3 °F) is a raised temperature, above 38.5 °C/101.3 °F is a fever, and we should call him only when the temperature stays above 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) for more than one hour. Brain damage can occur at temperatures of 42 °C (107.6 °F) and above (see nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003090.htm) – Treb Jan 11 '12 at 10:55
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As Torben mentioned, you do not want to bundle them up and risk raising the fever.
However, the opposite extreme is not helpful, either. Undressing the child, cold baths, ice, or alcohol rubs can lower the skin temperature without lowering the fever. This can cause hivering, which can actually raise the core temperature further.
• Do NOT bundle up someone who has the chills.
You are spot-on with suggesting plenty of liquids. Water, gelatin, soup, or even popsicles are all good ways to keep your child hydrated.
The old adage "feed a cold, starve a fever" is bad advice. If your child is hungry, let them eat.
As always, call your doctor if the fever gets too high:
Also call your doctor if the fever doesn't show signs of going away:
Here are some official links:
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Thank you for your thorough answer. – Urbycoz Jan 9 '12 at 14:03
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