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Posted by dandare on October 10, 2007
Sorry for the lateness of this post…… This update covers selected news from the last update on the 27th september.
We start with the launch of the sateillite Sputnik, which started the space age, on 4th october 1957 (50 years); there are many links to this interesting event into space. The BBC has an article called "Russia marks 50 years of sputnik"; it also has an interesting article on "the next 50 years of exploration" as well. The washington post has an article "What sputnik launched"; on the right side of the article a video can be viewed.
From IEEE spectrum, there is "Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke" and more at http://spectrum.ieee.org/sputnik .
On videos of sputnik there are a few here to look at….. At Reuters there is "Sputnik still surprises at 50". on you tube (length of video 1 minute).
also with loads of information on sputnik
On the 5th october, the Times online wrote about "the 40 most memorable aliens"…for instance, the ewoks are number 32, and zaphod beetlebrox number 25. Each entry also has a link to a you tube video.
Following on in the same area, anyone for alien beer? should go here .
PRAVDA.Ru, on the 3rd october, wrote about "Aliens forced Americans out from the moon" (actually on newsfromrussia.com)."One of Russia's central television channels, RTR, has recently aired a documentary about US astronauts who allegedly came across extraterrestrial civilizations", and later it mentions "It was alleged that NASA was afraid of conflicting with a highly developed civilization and immediately stopped the program. Does the film sound believable?" (extract from article above).
Livinginperu.com, mentioned that (posted 3rd october,2007), "meteorite crater guarded by Peru's Police after U.S. citizens attempt to traffic it". The next day, on the same site, "U.S. collector admits he bought Meteorite Fragments in Peru".
The meteorite trail hits the news again, from the Herald Sun (http://www.news.com/ posted 3rd october,2007). Entitled "Flood of UFO calls after meteor", it mentions their phones were ringing after ufo sightings were seen in Melbourne, Australia. It was confirmed that it was a meteorite burning up in the atmosphere.
At Fox 9 news, It was reported that "Mysterious object falls from minnesota sky" (posted 3rd october,2007) and a later addition/update here on the 6th october.
At theargus.co.uk, (posted 9th october,2007), there is the "Ufo riddle over Uckfield", in which a large amount of red lights have triggered of the latest sightings…..Something of a rather different nature can be found on the Meadville Tribune, in which building 9 processed magnesium waste, alot of which they are now unsure what it is…. "Unidentified Chemicals perplex EPA" (posted 10th october,2007).
More UK sightings (posted 9th october) "Buckhurst hill : Mystery over ufo sighting" …the event took place on the 5th october.
Lastly, Xconomy mentions "A visit to Boston's own Robot-plane skunk works" (posted 10th october,2007), and talks about "…. unpiloted machines such as a UFO-shaped surveillance craft that can take off and land vertically, a fold-up airplane designed to fly over the plains of Mars, and a makeshift glider that uses bat-like echolocation to avoid obstacles. Aurora engineers fly the smallest models around the indoor mini-hangar and truck larger prototypes out to nearby airfields such as Hanscom Air Force Base" (extract from article). Interesting stuff.


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As long as we're talking about government expertise in fostering jobs, trade, a better economy and all good things, we have another example.
Amonix, a designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems, Amonix received $6 million in federal tax credits and a $15.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant in North Las Vegas. Amonix has closed its 214,000 square foot facility 14 months after it opened.
Rene Kenerly, a former material and supply manager at Amonix, said the plant has been idle since May 1, when he was laid off. At its peak, the plant had ramped up to about 700 employees working three shifts a day to produce solar panels for a utility customer in Amarosa, Colorado.
"I don't think they had a lot of training," Kenerly said. There were a lot of quality issues. A lot of stuff was coming back because it had some functionality issues. $20 million of taxpayer money to a green energy company that made poor product because of poor training.
Just another in a long line of people going for free government money. Except it's taxpayers' hard-earned money, and it's not free.


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THE rooftop party was in full swing when midnight approached on a warm Friday evening. Kerry Doman, 29, founder of an event planning business; Justin Jacobs, 28, head of a citywide recreational sports league, and Ara Howrani, 29, a photographer who runs a commercial studio, knocked back beers, while a group of office friends from a nearby dot-com chatted about the scratch-and-sniff wallpaper in their colorful new headquarters.
In another circle, a group of real estate brokers excitedly discussed the renovation of a 1920s office tower called the Broderick into a 127-unit apartment building with a restaurant, lounge and retail stores.
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The scene might have been run of the mill in Seattle or Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or other urban enclaves that draw the young, the entrepreneurial and the hip. But this was downtown Detroit, far better known in recent years for crime, blight and economic decline.
Recent census figures show that Detroit's overall population shrank by 25 percent in the last 10 years. But another figure tells a different and more intriguing story: During the same time period, downtown Detroit experienced a 59 percent increase in the number of college-educated residents under the age of 35, nearly 30 percent more than two-thirds of the nation's 51 largest cities.
These days the word "movement" is often heard to describe the influx of socially aware hipsters and artists now roaming the streets of Detroit. Not unlike Berlin, which was revitalized in the 1990s by young artists migrating there for the cheap studio space, Detroit may have this new generation of what city leaders are calling "creatives" to thank if it comes through its transition from a one-industry.
With these new residents have come the trappings of a thriving youth culture: trendy bars and restaurants that have brought pedestrians back to once-empty streets. Places like the Grand Trunk pub, Raw Cafe, Le Petit Zinc and Avalon Bakery mingle with shops with names like City Bird, Sole Sisters and the Bureau of Urban Living.
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The rooftop party was hosted by a group called Move Detroit 11/11/11, started with the aim of getting 1,100 new people to move to Detroit by November.
"The Broderick project is huge because, believe it or not, there is not enough housing in the greater downtown area for all the young people moving to Detroit," said Kevin Wobbe, 37, a founder of the group.
Kendyll Myles, 24, is one example of a new arrival. "I am mentoring young schoolgirls after work, modeling for a new fashion design company, and if I wanted, could be out every night at a different launch party or cultural event," she said.
After finishing her master's degree in public health last year, Ms. Myles had job offers from hospitals all over the country, including in Washington. Her family urged her to go anywhere but Detroit. "They thought I would be robbed and shot here," she said.
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Part of the allure of Detroit lies in simple economics. Real estate is cheap by urban standards (Ms. Myles lives in a $900-a-month one-bedroom apartment with a garage), and the city is so eager to draw educated young residents that it is offering numerous subsidies to new arrivals. Ms. Myles, for instance, received $3,500 from her employer, which, like many companies in the city, is offering rent or purchasing subsidies to staff members who choose to live in the city.
Detroit Venture Partners is offering start-up financing to early-stage technology companies; Techtown, a business incubator, research and technology park associated with Wayne State University in Detroit, is providing support to entrepreneurs and emerging companies through its "Thrive" program. And Bizdom U, an "entrepreneurial boot camp" started by Dan Gilbert, the founder and chairman of Quicken Loans, is offering graduates of its four-month-long course financing opportunities of up to $100,000 if they base their start-up in Detroit.
"Downtown Detroit is quickly becoming a hotbed for both entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies," said Mr. Gilbert, who plans to fill two downtown office buildings he recently bought, as well as one he has a contract to buy, with tech and Web-based companies.
In addition, Green Garage Detroit, an incubator for environmentally friendly companies, plans to open its doors in August to lend support to at least a dozen start-ups. And there's the Detroit Creative Corridor Center, which supplies infrastructure, strategic counseling, consulting and resources for those wanting to start businesses in film, fashion, digital media, production or architecture. With all this help, the city seems like a giant candy store for young college graduates wanting to be their own bosses.
All that has helped create an entrepreneurial spirit that that has led to start-up ventures like the independent clothing company Aptemal begun by two twentysomethings, who are most noted for their "Detroit Hustles Harder" hand-printed T-shirts worn by Eminem, among others. The Wheelhouse, a bike store begun by two young women, and the Hub, another cycle shop, are turning the Motor City into a cycling city. And Inside Detroit, a nonprofit organization offering city tours and relocation advice, was begun by a Detroiter at just 25 years old.
"There is so much space and opportunity here," said Jason Murphy, 34, one of two Bennington College graduates who bought an iconic restaurant, the Russell Street Deli, in the city's Eastern Market area, three and a half years ago. "What we hope is that our movement of young people with businesses in greater downtown Detroit can help the many people in the outlying neighborhoods who are still living below the poverty line." He and his business partner support the many urban farms popping up in vacant spaces throughout the city, he said, like Grown in Detroit and Brother Nature, and buy locally whenever possible.
Liza Bielby and Richard Newman, both 30 and directors of the Hinterlands Ensemble, moved to Detroit from Milwaukee eight months ago, seeking a sustainable work and living environment for their physical theater company. Between them, they have lived all over the world, from Kosovo, where the couple worked on a multi-ethnic project, to Berlin and China, where Ms. Bielby, a Fulbright scholar, studied traditional Sichuan opera. "The minute we visited here, I felt as engaged by the people and projects going on as I had felt living anywhere abroad," she said.
Luckily, Mr. Newman, her boyfriend, agreed. "Not only is it more affordable for us than other cities," Mr. Newman said, "but no one is doing exactly what we are trying to do here, which gives us more of a chance to succeed and offer something new to the community." They pay $400 a month, he said, to live in a house that is part of an artist's residency project called Filter Detroit.
Detroit's revival is also being attributed to the city's "15 by 15" initiative, started in 2008. With a goal of getting 15,000 young talented households to downtown by 2015, government workers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, business leaders and individuals, along with nonprofit groups, have been working to entice the 94 percent of college graduates who initially migrate to cities, according to recent census figures.
"Our goal is to attract and retain this young talent pool," said David Egner, president and chief executive of the nonprofit Hudson Webber Foundation, spearheading the "15 by 15" initiative. "We want to give them affordable housing, interesting jobs and business opportunities they cannot find in other cities." His biggest obstacle, he added, is still the city's reputation of being a dangerous place to live. "Crime in downtown Detroit is actually 37 percent less than the national average, but few people know that," he said.
Perhaps no one is more passionate about the city, though, than those who grew up in Detroit — like Monica Blaire, 29, a singer her fans call the "new Aretha Franklin." "It is fantastic to see all these people rediscovering the city," said Ms. Blaire, who last year was one of 12 Detroiters to receive a Kresge Artist Fellowship, a $25,000 award that also included professional development and support for her songwriting.
This spring the opening ceremony for Hostel Detroit seemed more like a college party. While Mr. Howrani shot photos of Ms. Doerr, the hostel founder, thanking her supporters, Ms. Bielby of the Hinterlands Ensemble entertained the crowd on her trombone as part of the Detroit Party Marching Band, a makeshift musical troupe with colorful uniforms. On several picnic tables were sandwiches and treats donated by local restaurants, like the Russell Street Deli. Among the guests were officials from the office of the city's mayor, Dave Bing, as well as the lieutenant governor.
Between greeting friends and shooting photos, Mr. Howrani, who had previously lived in Los Angeles, explained why he and his sister, Ana, who had been living in Seattle, happily left the West Coast: "Basically, being a part of Detroit's resurgence is incredibly fun."


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"Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!
The joyful sacred festival comes round
when Dagon king of all earth is crown'd.
The solemn hymn and cheerful song:
be Dagon praised by ev'ry tongue.
In notes of triumph, notes of praise
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The music could be right out of "For Unto us a Child is Born." But it's a hymn of praise to Lovecraft's favorite squamous deity instead of Jesus. Half man, half fish, and all eldritch, Dagon rises roaring from his deep-sea bed while the baby Jesus lies cooing sweetly in his cradle.
Samson, the dreadlocked Israelite muscleman, had made his name killing a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of dismembered donkey. But no asinine mandible could protect him from the charms of Dalila.
Like the Rastas who take him as their mightiest exemplar, Samson had joined the secret society of the Nazarites, devoting himself to slaughter and God by vowing never to drink wine or beer, touch a corpse or cut his hair. Wild sex, however, was another matter. And The Book of Judges details his various conquests and one night stands. Whores and hussies, virgins and pagan votaries feel the irresistible urge when he flexes his muscle of love. Dalila's relationship with the throbbing hunk of Nazarite manhood is far more complex. She may fall for his bulging biceps, but when offered cold cash by Philistine kings, she turns betrayer.
With his eyes torn out, captive in their temple, Samson endures the taunts of the Philistines as they pray to their vile fish-god in a last drunken chorus:
"Great Dagon has subdued our foe
who brought their boasted hero low.
Sound out his pow'r in notes divine
praise him with mirth, high cheer and wine."
Yes, there is a somber resolution. Samson dies as he pulls down the Philistine temple, off-stage. But like Paradise Lost, where Satan gets all the best lines, in this one, Dagon gets the best music.


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Monday, October 10, 2011
Cancel Columbus Day...or make it something better...
How about celebrating a true moment of national exploration? One that changed everyone's perception of the planet? It seems to me that if this country values science and technology as an accomplishment of the human spirit; conquering disease, improving standards of living, and journeying where no one has gone before, then we should have a day that celebrates our nation's greatest scientific adventure. My thought is that we should set aside the day we landed on the moon in 1969. Our country set a communal goal with JFK's speech at the beginning of his presidency, and against huge odds we succeeded. Admittedly, the race to the moon involved trying to outdo the USSR, but I doubt that fighting communism was the foremost thought of the scientists and engineers who got us onto our planetary neighbor. And the effort resulted in vast advances in science across many fronts (not the least of which was geology).
I don't care much for Columbus. We should be celebrating something truly meaningful, and I think science should have such a day. What do you think?
6 comments:
- Nina F said...
Another excellent post. I consider C-day a bogus federal holiday. BTW - Is it celebrated on Hispaniola?
- October 10, 2011 at 5:19 PM
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- October 10, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Ancient Scripts said...
In most Latin American countries it's become Dia de la Raza, which instead celebrates the modern mixed heritage people.
- October 10, 2011 at 8:27 PM
The State of South Dakota does not celebrate "Columbus Day", but passed state mandate to declare that day as "Native American Day".
- October 11, 2011 at 7:13 AM
Also, what the heck are we celebrating anyway? According to Wikipedia's list of common misconceptions: (1) Columbus did not set foot on the North American continent on Oct 12, but on the Caribbean Islands; and (2) throughout his life, he continued to believe what he visited was India. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#History)
- October 11, 2011 at 5:03 PM
I don't really see Columbus as particularly positive. He represents the beginning of hundreds of years of genocide and persecution for native peoples. Seriously, what did he really discover? People were already there. We need to shed this Eurocentric view of the universe.
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malkinshair wrote:Kraftster wrote:malkinshair wrote:Had a Anderson Valley Winter Solstice the other night at dinner. Really, really good. I had never even heard of Anderson Valley (California brewery), so was very pleased when it turned out to be excellent.
You'll want to locate Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.
I'll keep my eyes open for it.
Do you know of anywhere around 'burgh to get it?
I'd bet now that we are moving into stout season you'll be able to find it at some of the Giant Eagles with better beer selection. Good bottle shops like D's, Beer Nutz, One For the Road, House of 1000 Beers (I only know North/East bottle shop options).


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On Lulu, men aren't allowed in, and women can anonymously rate them without their consent. The men, who are all guys the women know via Facebook, are rated on a scale of one to ten. Their profiles are automatically pulled in when the women they know access Lulu. When rating a man, women are prompted to share how they know him (friend, ex-girlfriend, etc), then asked to check off all the good and bad qualities about the man that apply.
The tone is playful and funny. Quality hashtags include #Big Feet and #One Woman Man for pros, and #Obsessed With His Mom and #Napoleon Complex for cons. The women can see how many people have favorited a profile (people following that man's profile for real-time updates and alerts), and how many women have viewed the profile.
The app purposely has no free form spots, so the women can't get too nasty. This also helps protect Lulu from some lawsuits.
The app reads like a quiz in an issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. There's even a "Dear Dude" portion of the app that lets women ask men anything. Editorial Director Alison Schwartz says thousands of submissions come in all the time, and that engagement rates are really high with the content. Many of the women ask follow up questions too.
The company is led by Schwartz and Chong, who first met during summer vacations in Jamaica where they both had family. They each attended law school and, while in London, Alexandra fell in love with startups. She called Schwartz, who was working in New York with a book publishing company, and the pair started plotting Lulu.
The idea for Lulu came from a post-Valentine's day brunch. Chong sat at a table of women who were friends and friends of friends, gossiping about everything from the men in their lives to trusted dermatologists. She wanted to find a way to harness that gossip and voice, which women magazines have successfully done, online.
"If you put even one guy in the mix, the candor of that conversation changes," Schwartz told Business Insider. "We thought there was a real opportunity to tap into informal girl talk and gossip."
Lulu began as a desktop product in December 2011 with $950,000 in funding, but last summer the founders realized it needed to be mobile-first. They re-launched Lulu for iOS and Android last June and raised another $2.5 million in February. Investors include Yuri Milner, Jawbone co-founders Hosain Rahman and Alexander Assely, Path's Dave Morin, Passion Capital and PROfounders Capital.
Since mid-January, 80 million profiles have been viewed on Lulu, 12 million searches have been conducted, 7.5 million reviews have been read, and there have been 6 million user sessions. Lulu says users come back on average eight times per week.
Regardless of its tone, the app inherently draws controversy. A number of men have complained about their profiles but there haven't been any lawsuits filed yet. Schwartz says her team immediately removes men's profiles if they write in and complain. She also says men will go through great lengths to get into the app to review their feedback, including changing their sex on Facebook to female.
Schwartz says her developers are experts at finding the digitally sex-changed men and sends them a notification: "Dude, you're a dude, but we love you anyway." They're also sent a link to a men's Lulu app, where guys can update the profiles women see.
Although Lulu was founded in London, the 14-person team has been marketing its app on college campuses throughout the United States. They started with Florida State and have been finding sorority leaders to push the app. Schwartz says their power users browse the app seven hours per week. As a result, Lulu has popped up in places the founders didn't initially intend, including Colorado and Arkansas. Chong and Schwartz heading to New York City in the fall to further push the app in the states.
"We definitely feel this is about female empowerment and collective wisdom," Schwartz says. "We also feel boys are just the beginning. We'll win the trust of our girls here and then take them into other verticals."
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Wheel Hub Assembly Upgrade - Lighten Up!
Reducing The Weight Of Your Wheel Assembly Can Free Up Precious Pounds
Go to the buffet table one too many times and you're likely to be the slowest one on the team. The same holds true for your race car; carry too much weight in the wrong place, and chances are you'll be slower than a 602 crate motor at a World of Outlaws race.
When we set out to build Project DLM, one thing we wanted to do was minimize the weight in certain areas of the car. We realized that one primary area that needed attention was the wheel assembly. The car had the original hubs, rotors, calipers, and wheels from when it was built in 2002. Seven years is a long time in the race parts business and with companies coming out with new products every year, we knew that the stuff we had on the car was outdated, with a capital O.
As a side note, cutting weight out of the wheel assembly also happens to be one of the easier areas to save some pounds because you're literally swapping out one product for another.
Hubs Our first stop was the hubs. Hubs are one of the biggest weight hogs on a wheel assembly. So you want to pay careful attention to your choice. Be sure it's correct for your racing application. We heard about a new type of Wide 5 hub from Winters Performance that we just had to get our hands on. Not even a year on the market when the UPS man dropped them off at our Tampa, FL, shop, the 007 hubs are being billed as the ultimate hub by many of their dealers. The 007 brings an innovative design to the Wide 5 hub market. These lightweight magnesium hubs reduce rolling resistance by using ball type bearings and oil instead of grease. That's right folks these hubs are filled with Mobil 1 80-90w gear oil as opposed to typical bearing grease.
The 007 hubs include drilled studs, an aluminum drive flange, lug nuts, seals and bearings. Because of the design, and the fact that they're magnesium, these hubs are exceptionally strong and exceptionally light.
Rotors Stop number two was the rotors. Rotors are perhaps the second and, in some cases, the first heaviest component of your assembly. They're also an area that you need to pay particular attention to; rotors, and the soon-to-be discussed calipers, need to work in sync with one another. We chose AFCO rotors and calipers to put on the car. More on the calipers in a minute, but the rotors are designed using premium grade alloys, to deliver superb thermal shock stability.
AFCO's rotors are machined and Blanchard ground. Blanchard grinding uses a special machine where the grinding wheel is mounted on a vertical spindle, and moves in a direction counter to the rotation of the magnetic chuck. The process leaves a specific finish pattern on the surface and boasts tolerances that can be as little as one-thousandth of an inch, ensuring a precisely flat finish. This is critical in brake rotors since a warped or uneven rotor will adversely impact its ability to stop the car. By the way, Blanchard grinding gets its name from the Blanchard Machine Company, a specialist in rotary grinding machines. In addition to the weight-saving drilled designed, the placement of the vanes is designed for high volume cooling.
Calipers In order to match up with our AFCO rotors, we went with AFCO's F88i calipers. These calipers are machined out of 6061-T6 billet aluminum making them exceptionally strong. AFCO also machined lightening pockets inside the caliper for maximum weight reduction without sacrificing rigidity.
Stainless steel is used in the internal components, such as the abutment plates (which reflect heat and protect the caliper from pad gouging), the heat shields (which reflect heat from the caliper helping to reduce fluid temperatures), and the pistons (which further reduces fluid temperature as well as piston wear). The exclusive interlocking design significantly reduces caliper flex and distortion. This extra rigidity provides for more consistent stopping performance, less brake pad taper, and less brake pedal effort. You'll remember in Circle Track's "Brake System Checklist" (Feb. '09), Bob Bolles discussed how critical pad taper or minimizing it is to having a properly functioning system.
These four piston calipers also feature stainless steel pistons that help reduce fluid temperature and piston wear.
Keep in mind that while the weight of the calipers is important, it won't affect the rotating weight of the wheel assembly because they are mounted to the chassis. So our final weight comparisons do not include caliper weight.
Wheels Our final piece of the puzzle is a new set of wheels. Weld Racing recently introduced a new design for its left-side rear racing wheels (see Circle Track's Sep. '08 "Quick Tech"). The XL Series Dirt Late Model racing wheels feature a design that incorporates a dzus-on mudcover without having to run a beadlock. The LR wheel (PN 559-5465) also boasts an inside beadlock. While that in itself is not unique, the engineers at Weld reworked the inner rim half in order to maximize clearance using the largest brake packages available in today's racing market as their guide. The result is a wheel that will clear any brake caliper out there.
Excess space is very important but we're talking about weight savings in this article. Weld offers these features on two types of wheels, the XL and HS. The XL stands for Extra Light, while the HS is, not surprisingly, the High Strength version. By going with the XL, we were able to trim 3.4 pounds from each one of our wheels which will help us keep the overall weight of the assembly to a minimum.
The Bottom Line Or should we say, why is this exercise so important? Here's the bottom line: rotating weight. The concept of rotating weight has been applied to numerous components in a race car, from crankshafts to driveshafts (can you say carbon fiber?) to wheels. By swapping out the components that we did on Project DLM, we were able to lower the overall weight by 30 pounds. That's significant because any time you can reduce rotating weight on something, you're going to free up power. Without getting overly technical, our original wheel assembly required a certain amount of energy (read horsepower) to make it turn or rotate. By lightening the weight of the assembly, we reduced the amount of power needed to turn it. That's power which, theoretically, can be applied somewhere else, preferably to the track if the setup is correct and working well.
A word of caution, cutting weight for the sake of cutting weight is not the answer. You must always remember that when you trim weight you have the potential to sacrifice strength. Be very careful in any process where you are trying to trim weight, always research the strength and rigidity of the product for the specific application.
Weld's XL Series Dirt Late Model racing wheel combine a reduced weight with superior strength, which fits perfectly with our goal of creating a lightweight wheel assembly.
A bonus of choosing the XL from Weld is its inside beadlock wheel has been designed to accommodate the biggest calipers and rotors on the market.


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So went to my local B&M and I spotted I pouch of Troost Aromatic Cavendish the last one they
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Meer, and I am Surprised it is not over powering in smell just a slight
liquorice and butterscotch smell in the air. upon lighting the Sent
explodes in my nose only to mellow after a few puffs. As I give it a
second light I get sweet taste on the tongue with hints of butterscotch.
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Grado Labs' Reference Series headphones are the standard bearer of aural excellence. They're the harmonic gold standard for legions of audiophiles. Only problem: they're too damn expensive. No longer. Enter the Grado PS500. Rejoice.
Like Grado's much more expensive PS1000, the chambers and drivers inside the new PS500 are designed to surgically reproduce sound. To that end, the PS500 has an aluminium outer shell, which serves the dual function of damping extraneous sound and looking totally awesome. OK, so I'm sure everyone who splurges on Grados cares more about sound than anything else, but lets face it, their headphones have a distinctive look that's as spottable by music nerds as Beats headphones are by fashion-conscious teenagers. And you could wear the PS500 on the subway: they're way lighter than other professional headphones.
Professional Series Grados aren't for everyone — a lot of people like their music coloured by their cans in some way. That said, the venerable brand has brought the price of professional Grados down to $US600 dollars, which is the same as their famous reference series. I'm not excited to hear the PS500. I'm downright impatient. [Grado]


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Indy 500 habit drives West Dundee fan for more than six decades
It's hard to compile an exact number, what with the time trials, crashes, blown engines and rain, but since he began his annual Memorial Day pilgrimage to the Indianapolis 500 as an Elgin teenager in 1949, Marshall Schneider has witnessed a couple million consecutive left turns.
"It gets better every year," says the 82-year-old race fan, who lives in West Dundee and has only missed his trek to Indy twice in the past 63 years -- and then only because he was in the Army.
That first year, Schneider was working in the parts department for a Hudson Motor Car dealership on State Street in Elgin when he got the chance for tickets to the Indy 500.
"My dad wouldn't let me go unless I went with someone," Schneider says. His buddy, Bob Bentley, wasn't a big auto fan, but "thought it would be something to do," so the pair set out for Indianapolis.
"We drove down the night before and didn't have a room," says Schneider. Homes near the track did (and still do in some cases) rent rooms to race fans. The pair got a basement room on West 16th Street across from the track.
"We met the nicest family," Schneider says, recalling how he continued renting from Mr. and Mrs. Pine for years, even after they moved to a nearby side street. "It was a long walk, but what's that to a 19-year-old?"
Veteran driver Bill Holland won the 1949 race with an average speed of 121 mph.
"It was everything and more than I expected," says Schneider, who wishes he would have kept the 25-cent program he bought that day. "We were right along the main straightaway in back of the pits about 25 rows up. I knew right then that I was going to go some more."
And he did. Drafted into the Army, Schneider missed the races in 1952 and '53, constrained to listening to them on Armed Forces Radio from his base in Japan. He's been to every Indy 500 since.
A month after he married Dolores, she accompanied him to the 1956 race, the first of many they shared. Sometimes, they'd go to the time trials leading up to the race and picnic on the racetrack infield. She has been to more than a dozen Indy 500s during their 56 years of marriage. Some years, Schneider took his father-in-law, Robert Cook. Other times, Schneider would take a customer he met through his job as a distributor for Elgin Oil. Before his sons, Jerry and Ronald, were old enough for first grade, they began accompanying their father on his pilgrimage to the Hoosier holy land for race fans.
This year, Schneider will go with Jerry, 55, of Milwaukee, but they plan to meet up with 51-year-old Ron, whose motor sports marketing job puts him in a skybox for the race.
"It's the tradition, the sound, the smell, the color, the pageantry, and I'd add the speed and, of course, the cars and how they've evolved," Jerry Schneider says. "We inherited that race and all of our passion from our dad, just as other sons have gotten baseball from their fathers."
"We love getting together at Indy because it brings back so many memories of when we were young and provides so many topics of discussion," Ron Schneider says. "It's a weekend we always can count on to get together."
As a boy with a bicycle, Marshall Schneider spent time on his family's farm outside of Elgin tinkering with engines instead of playing baseball, basketball or football.
"The only thing I was interested in was motor sports," Schneider says. "The truth is that I was a gear head, but I never got them (his mechanical contrivances) to work."
His father, Harry "Goat" Schneider, used to take him and his teenage brother Russell to the Wisconsin State Fair, where the highlight for the 10-year-old boy was the big auto race.
"It was a 100-mile race on dirt, and they'd really sling those cars. That's what got me hooked," Schneider remembers. "You'd hear the engines running, and I'd want to get in there, and my dad would say, 'They're just warming up,' but I'd want to see them warm up."
His dad, who ran the Schneider's Recreation bowling alley in Elgin, bought him a used motor scooter that the boy would take on the streets through town.
"I started driving a little early because the Second World War was on. The streets were empty," remembers Schneider, who learned how to drive in the family 1939 Buick and a 1936 Ford pickup truck. The year he turned 18 and graduated from Elgin High School, he received a new 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan.
He liked to drive fast, but he never raced on a track, Schneider says. But he got his boys a go-cart.
"With a plow and a disc, I dug up a little track for them," he says of the oval dirt racecourse that hooked his sons on the dangerous sport of racing. "Their mother, of course, was more concerned about it, but they were lucky."
Both won races as adults with the Sports Car Club of America, which would bring their father to races at Elkhart Lake's Road America and other nearby tracks.
The closest Schneider came to that experience himself was the time he and Dolores both got to drive their youngest son's 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner around the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during an event with Mopar automobile parts and service. Ron Schneider recently finished restoring that car.
The Schneiders have seen a lot of death at Indy. Two-time winner Bill Vukovich was killed in 1955 when his car flipped during a chain-reaction accident and burst into flames. Sports Illustrated cover subject Pat O'Connor was killed during a crash on the first lap of the 1958 race. Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed in a 1964 crash. In a spectacularly gruesome crash, driver Swede Savage was severely burned and died 33 days later.
His crew member, Armand Teran, was rushing to Savage's aid after the crash when he was struck and killed by a firetruck. A spectator in the stands was killed by a flying tire in 1987.
Schneider says he isn't one of those people who goes to the Indianapolis 500 to see the crashes.
"No, I can go out here on Randall Road and see that," he says from his house.
The wrecks he's witnessed give him an appreciation for the safety improvements he's seen as the speeds jump 100 mph since 1949.
"If they get killed now, the good Lord wants them," Schneider says, explaining how drivers emerge unscathed after their cars have hit the speedway walls at 200 mph. "The guy gets out, shakes his head and throws his helmet at the car."
He rooted for A.J. Foyt some years and has a couple miniature replicas of the four-time winner's No. 14 cars. He rattles off the names of drivers and speaks lovingly of engines he remembers.
The Indianapolis 500 has lots of devoted fans and Schneider says the people he deals with are always very pleasant but don't make a big deal out of his consecutive race streak.
"They don't say, 'Hey, you can ride in the pace car' or anything like that," Schneider says.
Even as he heads for this year's race, he's already filled out the order form for tickets to next year's Indy 500.
"When I leave here, I go by the mailbox and drop it in."


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Cate Blanchett is heading back to Middle Earth.
The Oscar winner will reprise her role of Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien, in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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"Cate is one of my favorite actors to work with," Jackson told the trade of Blanchett, who previously played the role in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "And I couldn't be more thrilled to have her reprise the role she so beautifully brought to life in the earlier film."
Also joining the cast are Ken Stott (as Dwarf Lord Balin), Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown) and Mikael Persbrandt (Beorn).
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The new additions join the previously announced Martin Freeman – who will play Bilbo Baggins, as well as Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow and Peter Hambleton.
Production on "The Hobbit" – which will be split into two films – is slated to begin in February 2011, with release dates of December 2012 and December 2013, for Parts 1 and 2 respectively, targeted.
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The unit for the shape control parameter is the sampling period. That is the shape parameter is a time parameter pointing to a momentary shape of the prototype signal. Of course this momentary shape does not exist and we can only guess it using interpolation.
At the boundaries we repeat the outermost shapes that can be reconstructed entirely from interpolated data (that is, no extrapolation is needed). This way we cannot reproduce the shape at the boundaries because we have no data for cyclically extending it. On the other hand this method guarantees a nice wave shape with the required fractional period.
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Firearms season opens Nov. 20 in Connecticut
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today issued a safety reminder for outdoor enthusiasts as a variety of hunting seasons are currently underway - most notably the opening of the fall firearms deer season which begins on Wednesday, November 20. Specific deer hunting season information is available on the DEEP website at www.ct.gov/deep/hunting.
"This is a popular time for others to enjoy the many outdoor opportunities that our state has to offer, such as hiking and biking," said DEEP Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen. "Therefore, it is especially important for all outdoor users to respect the rights of others and be aware of all activities that may be occurring outdoors. Connecticut hunters have an excellent safety record and awareness on the part of all outdoor users can help in our efforts to keep hunting safe for everyone."
Whether you like to hike, camp, horseback ride, mountain bike, hunt, or fish, it is a good idea to observe a few safety precautions while outdoors.
Basic SAFETY TIPS that all outdoor users should follow:
· When you use the outdoors, let someone know where you plan to be and when you will return;
· Familiarize yourself with the area you will be using and know the activities that occur there;
· Wear brightly-colored clothing. A fluorescent vest and/or hat is recommended;
· If you see another person while in the woods, whether a hiker, hunter, biker or horseback rider, call out to them to make them aware of your location;
· Respect property rights. Remember, all users are required to obtain permission from the owner before entering private property. For many hunters, written permission must be carried while on private property.
· Report violations of state laws and regulations to the DEEP Environmental Conservation Police at 860-424-3333. You may also use the "Turn-in-Poachers" Hotline at 1-800-842-HELP, where callers can choose to remain anonymous and receive cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the violator.
Hunting Activities: Hunting is allowed on private lands and on most state forests and wildlife management areas, and some state parks. Detailed information about hunting seasons, public hunting areas, laws, and regulations is in the 2013 Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide, which is available at all town halls, license agents, and on the DEEP Web site (www.ct.gov/deep/hunting).
In general, peak hunting occurs during early morning and late afternoon, primarily from mid-October through mid-December.
Hunters should also follow four basic, but important, rules:
1. Assume every firearm is loaded.
2. Control the muzzle - point the firearm in a safe direction at all times.
3. Keep your trigger finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot.
4. Be sure of your target, and what is in front of it and what lies beyond.
Other important rules for safe hunting include:
· Sportsmen must observe the fluorescent orange clothing requirements, which specify that a minimum of 400 square inches be worn above the waist and be visible from all sides from September 1 through the last day in February. An orange hat, in addition to a coat or vest, is strongly recommended. Some exceptions do apply; they are listed in the 2013 Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide.
· Do not trust safety devices on a firearm.
· Be certain that the barrel and action are clear of obstructions. Check the chamber and magazine every time you pick up the firearm.
· Use a full body harness and tag line whenever hunting with a tree stand.
· When hunting, be patient and stay alert to your surroundings at all times


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In a few years, will you be sticking a desensitizing patch on your peanut- or milk-allergic child? That is the great new research hope.
The patch, developed by Paris-based DBV Technologies, has proven effective in allowing test subjects to consume more of an allergen than they could before treatment.
Now a new study indicates that the Viaskin Peanut® patch is not just effective but that the method is also safe for those at risk of anaphylaxis.
Now underway: a clinical safety study of the patch at five centers in the United States.
Allergic Living reported more details of the Viaskin immunotherapy patches last fall, prior to the safety study's start. Read that article.


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As you can see below I haven't just been twiddling my thumbs in the background, but I've been frantically working away to get my Christmas Cards ready for launch, and that has kept me busy in the limited spare time I've had. These designs have been sitting on my to-do list for a while now and I finally got the nudge I needed a few weeks ago and went ahead with them and got them printed up.
I'm really pleased with how they have turned out - you can now buy all five designs in packs of five cards, blank for your own festive message from the shop
So now it's time to think ahead, plan my to-do lists for the rest of the year and work out what I need to do over the next few months to keep driving my business forward. It will be great to have more time to spend on my business, as well as getting some experience with a new temporary job that I start tomorrow - it's all change, something I tend not to cope with comfortably, but I know that this is necessary change which will lead to a more fulfilled, satisfying and happy life. Wish me luck!!
For every new beginning there has to be a preceding end - so to mark this new chapter in my own creative life I'm migrating over to my website blog fulltime now so will sadly be saying goodbye to this blog - which has been my blogging home since my rebrand in 2010 - if you wouldb like to follow me on the next part of the journey please click here and you'll be taken to the NEW BLOG!!


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Satellite navigation today
There are two satellite navigation systems already available. The specifications of these two systems are given below.
GPS – United States
GPS - United States
- a standard constellation of 24 satellites
- civil use allowed
- free of charge for the foreseeable future
- 20 m horizontal accuracy 95% of time with selective availability off (16 M horizontal accuracy for military applications)
GLONASS – Russia
- when fully operational a constellation of 24 satellites
- civil use allowed
- free of charge for the foreseeable future
- 60 m horizontal accuracy 99.7% of time
The American GPS and Russian GLONASS satellite constellations were originally designed for military purposes in order to provide military forces with extremely accurate positioning information.
The current capabilities of GPS and GLONASS, although very adequate for some user communities, present some shortfalls. First, the lack of civil international control presents a serious problem from the institutional point of view. Second, GPS or GLONASS cannot meet all civil aviation requirements for precision and non-precision approach phases of flight. In addition, marine and land users will also require some sort of augmentation for improving GPS / GLONASS performances.
The first generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS-1), as defined by the experts of the ICAO/GNSS panel, plans for some system augmentations in addition to the basic GPS and GLONASS constellations in order to achieve the level of performance suitable for civil aviation applications.


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A beautiful city of 8,600 inhabitants with a rich history, well-preserved ancient Byzantine and Ottoman monuments near the border line. Didymoteicho is built in the shape of an amphitheater on a steep hill next to Erythropotamos, a tributary of Evros river. Some say the town was named after the two identical Byzantine walls (Didymoteicho = twin walls), others say it was named after the two fortified towns facing each other, the castle town and the town Aghia Petra ("kastro didymariko").
Didymoteicho became the capital of Byzantium in 1325 during the reign of Emperor Andronicus III. After the conquest of Thrace by the Turks, it became the capital of their empire for some time and the churches were transformed to mosques (more than 100 in the whole region). During the Turkish occupation the organized trade guilds brought economic growth to the town. Didymoteicho was also occupied by the Russians and the Bulgarians. It was finally liberated after the signature of the Treaty of Neuilly in 1920, after having been occupied for five and a half centuries. It is located 98 km NE of Alexandroupoli.
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SensoLyte® 390 Renin Assay Kit *Fluorimetric*
Renin, a highly specific aspartyl protease, cleaves angiotensinogen, to yield angiotensin I, which is further converted into angiotensin II by ACE (Angiotensin ConvertingEnzyme). Angiotensin II constricts blood vessels leading to increased blood pressure. It also increases the secretion of ADH and aldosterone, and stimulates the hypothalamus to activate the thirst reflex. Since an overactive renin-angiotensin system leads to hypertension, renin is an attractive target for the treatment of this disease. The SensoLyte® 390 Renin Assay Kit provides a convenient assay for high throughput screening of renin inhibitors and for continuous assay of renin activity using a Mc-Ala/Dnp fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) peptide. In the FRET peptide the fluorescence of Mc-Ala is quenched by Dnp. Upon cleavage into two separate fragments by renin, the fluorescence of Mc-Ala is recovered, and can be monitored at excitation/emission = 330/390 nm. This assay is about four fold more sensitive than an EDANS/DABCYL-based assay and can detect 8 ng/ml of renin. The kit contains:, Mc-Ala/Dnp-based FRET peptide substrate (Ex/Em=330/390 nm upon cleavage), Assay buffer, Human recombinant renin, Renin inhibitor, Fluorescence reference standard for calibration, A detailed protocol
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