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A Great Selling Month Can Be a Matter of PerceptionRead this article about Selling advice by Keith Rosen MCC
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Costly AssumptionsRead this article about Closing Sales by Keith Rosen MCC
'....When clients ask for help in closing more sales, I'd ask them to list the objections they are hearing that prevented the sale. It's when they start stumbling over their re....'
Dangerous Knowledge: What We Know Can Hurt UsRead this article about selling by Keith Rosen MCC
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It Ain't About YouRead this article about steps to making a sale by Keith Rosen MCC
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Just Follow Up!Read this article about following up by Keith Rosen MCC
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Opening Closed DoorsRead this article about creating new sales by Keith Rosen MCC
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Are Your Collateral Materials Doing More Harm Than Good?Read this article about prospecting and cold calling by Keith Rosen MCC
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Getting To The TruthRead this article about uncovering and defusing objections by Keith Rosen MCC
'....When talking with someone, did you ever get the feeling that they were not being 100 percent honest and upfront with you? While many people have felt this way, whether it's a ....'
The Secret to Overcoming Objections-Don'tRead this article about preventing and defusing objections that stall the sale. by Keith Rosen MCC
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The Top Costly Assumptions That Can Destroy a Selling OpportunityRead this article about The Top Costly Assumptions That Can Destroy a Selling Opportunity by Keith Rosen MCC
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Managing Customer ExpectationsRead this article about managing customer expectations in order to overdeliver on value. by Keith Rosen MCC
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The Seven Types of ProspectorsRead this article about determining the type of salesperson you are and your style of prospecting for new business. by Keith Rosen MCC
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Developing Your MVPRead this article about what you can do to develop your unique competitive edge that will distinguish you from the rest. by Keith Rosen MCC
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Sell Them Where They Don't Want To BeRead this article about selling advice and sales coaching by Keith Rosen MCC
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The Objective of A PresentationRead this article about selling advice and sales coaching by Keith Rosen MCC
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Don't Sell Like You Buy
Read this article about selling, sales coaching, selling tips and thinking like a sales champion by Keith Rosen MCC
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Getting To the TruthRead this article about communicating with clients by Keith Rosen MCC
'....When talking with someone, did you ever get the feeling that they were not being 100 percent honest and upfront with you? While many people have felt this way, whether it'....'
Skills To Becoming The Most Effective ListenerRead this article about communication and listening by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Selling is the most advanced form of communication. It requires the utilization of all of our senses. Although you may feel the greatest barriers to your selling perfo....'
The Top Ten Questions to Ask Yourself about Your CommunicationRead this article about communicating effectively by Keith Rosen MCC
It's fascinating that the activity which occupies approximately 70% of our waking hours is what we have difficulty with most. The fact is, most of us were never tau....'
What Did You Say? Clearing the Lines of CommunicationRead this article about clear communication by Keith Rosen MCC
'....If you can eliminate communication breakdowns between yourself and your clients, the result will be more sales with fewer headaches.
Breakdowns occur because no one took....'
And the Goal of Prospecting IsRead this article about Cold calling advice by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Think about the intention or the end result of your prospecting efforts. It's probably not what you think. Lets refer back to the definition of prospecting. "P....'
Overcoming Cold Calling ReluctanceRead this article about cold calling communication by Keith Rosen MCC
'....If you're like many salespeople, the idea of prospecting or cold calling to generate new business, although effective, may not be the primary revenue generating acti....'
The Six Laws of Effortless NetworkingRead this article about networking and communication by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Ask yourself this question. Would you rather make a cold call or follow up with a qualified referral; that is, someone who has already expressed some level of interest in ....'
When Good Referrals Turn BadRead this article about networking and referrals by Keith Rosen MCC
'....With all of the effort you are putting forth to excel in your career, there's nothing worse than wasting a perfectly good referral that was hand delivered to you by a happ....'
While You Have Their Attention, Opt-InRead this article about working with prospects by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Wouldn't it be great if every prospect became a new customer around our timeline? Now that I'm back down to reality, it's a safe bet that some of the prospects you call on....'
Why Should I Talk to You?Read this article about selling by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Do you know exactly what to say to a prospect that captures their attention so succinctly and effectively that they are actually asking for more? If you are being honest wit....'
When and How to Ask for ReferralsRead this article about when and how to ask for referrals from clients or when networking by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Excerpt from "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cold Calling" by Keith Rosen. Reprinte....'
Develop Your Laser IntroductionRead this article about getting people interested in hearing more about what you do. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Develop an Unforgettable Laser Introduction By Keith Rosen, MCC "So, what do you do?" This question usually surfaces at some point during an initial convers....'
The Best Cold Calling Template EverRead this article about how to develop a compelling opening statement and cold calling template. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....This template is one that was published in the November, 2004 issue of Inc. Magazine. You can read the Inc. article here....'
Are You Selling The Wrong Product?
Read this article about the universal selling mistake most salespeople make. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Here's the visual. You're in prospecting mode. Whether you're about to walk into a place of business looking for new clients or pick up the phone to make a cold call or even a....'
What Not To Do When Conducting An Intro Call With A ProspectRead this article about coach the coaches, mentor coaching by Keith Rosen MCC
'....What follows is an email from one of my clients describing his experience when interviewing some of the "top coaching firms" out there. He wanted to share his experience with ....'
Tips For An Effective ConversationRead this article about having the deepest and strongest impact during every conversation. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Detach From The Outcome If you were ever in a situation where you've walked away from a conversation feeling drained or exhausted, chances are there was somethin....'
The New NormalRead this article about adapting for todays lifestyle by Keith Rosen MCC
'....My wife and I planned a vacation in October 2001. The tragedy of 9-11 caused us to cancel those plans. Almost two years later we still have not taken that trip because she....'
Top Ten Steps To Effective DelegationRead this article about effective management by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Executives and managers are often left feeling frustrated when their staff doesn't perform a task the way they expected. This can be eliminated by sharpening your c....'
Become Fully Accountable For Your SuccessRead this article about breaking through the limiting behavior that we may be blind to. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Expose Your Diversionary Tactics - Part 1 "Only 20% of employees working in large organizations feel their strengths are in play every day. In other words,....'
Expose Your Diversionary Tactics - Part 2Read this article about identifying and removing the barriers that prevent peak performance. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Become Fully Accountable For Your Success- Expose Your Diversionary Tactics - Part 2 In the last article, I introduced what a diversionary tactic i....'
Make Hiring a Choice, Not a NeedRead this article about hiring and retaining top talent. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Make Hiring a Choice, Not a Need Even if you have all the ingredients to ensure a successful hire, the biggest mistake employers make is hiring from need rather than hi....'
Develop a Job Description and Performance AgreementRead this article about maximizing the potential of your new hire. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Now that you're ready to begin the recruiting process, make sure you take the time to develop a detailed job description and performance agreement for this position. The descr....'
Staff Evaluations: Too Often, Too Late- Avoid These Two Costly Management MistakesRead this article about how you can avoid two costly management mistakes. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....The captain of every ship needs to continually check their coordinates in relation to their final destination to ensure they are traveling on the safest and most effective pat....'
Develop Your Retention StrategyRead this article about how to maximize the ROI from every new hire. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Having a recruiting strategy and an initial training program in place is only half of the equation. The other essential component that completes this formula for making a succ....'
Questions to Lead ByRead this article about managing and motivating your team. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Let your employees tell you how to motivate them Motivating employees is often exhausting and time consuming work. Managers provide incentives, set goals, acknowl....'
The Potential and Pitfalls of Technology in SellingRead this article about executive coaching, leadership, sales coaching, management tips, training for managers by Keith Rosen MCC
'....For those of you who attended the first ever Sales 2.0 conference in San Francisco this past October, 2007, it's a testament to the new age of selling and the role technology ....'
Why Salespeople Fail and What Managers Can Do About It
Read this article about coaching your salespeople, managing your team, leadership, training for managers, executive coaching by Keith Rosen MCC
'...."Why do salespeople fail?" A question that managers, as well as their salespeople have asked for decades. And one contributing factor that keeps this question alive and in the....'
If It's Not Scheduled, Don't Do ItRead this article about time management by Keith Rosen MCC
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Treat Everything As An AppointmentRead this article about managing your day by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Hard to complete your to-do list? Wondering why you just can't seem to "Get it all" done? If you've ever wondered why you are unable to get through all of your t....'
Schedule Time BlocksRead this article about scheduling your days by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Time blocking is the art of allocating blocks of designated time for specific activities or tasks throughout the day that are aligned with your goals and the realistic num....'
Plan For The UnplannedRead this article about planning for the unplanned activities throughout your day. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....There's essentially three reasons why we find it so challenging to adhere to our schedule or complete our to-do list:
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Acknowledge Your SuccessesRead this article about successful habits by Keith Rosen MCC
'....It's critical to recognize how productive you are or how much you are actually accomplishing each day. Honoring an effective routine is the greatest measurement for contin....'
Extreme ProductivityRead this article about How to increase productivity by Keith Rosen MCC
'.... Achieving Year End Goals Takes More Than Good Intentions Throughout my career as a business owner, a sales trainer and a business coach, I've noti....'
Priorities vs. Goals- What's the Difference?Read this article about Prioriities and your goals. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Definition: Priorities: What is most important and meaningful in your life today (activities, values, beliefs, lifestyle, principles, standards, hobbies, integrity, etc....'
The Top Ten Radical Resolutions To Create Your Best Year Yet!Read this article about Resolutions for success! by Keith Rosen MCC
'....With the dramatic changes in our economy and in our society, it's no wonder that many of us are asking ourselves, "Now what do I do?" while looking for more orde....'
Become Process Driven
Read this article about the danger of becoming hooked on your goals. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....WARNING! Goals May Be Hazardous To Your Success. Are They Sabotaging Your Selling Efforts? By Keith Rosen, MCC Are you hitting your numbers? How many follow-up c....'
What Can I Do To Stop Being So Hard On Myself?
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'...."Do you have any tips for someone with a task-based personality (like me!) to stop stressing out about selling? Remember, this is my first sales job, and there are times....'
Become Fully Accountable For Your SuccessRead this article about Taking charge of your life by Keith Rosen MCC
'....Have you ever done something that you know is not in your best interest? Have you ever avoided doing something that is in your best interest? In either of these scenarios ....'
Hooked On ChaosRead this article about setting goals by Keith Rosen MCC
'....You may have a drug problem. Many people today are hooked on a commonly abused, yet elusive drug whose widespread use seems to be flying under our radar. That drug of choi....'
The Art of Letting GoRead this article about life coaching and personal development by Keith Rosen MCC
'....A master coach telling you to quit? To give up? Read on…
"The most rain we've had in about 80 years!" That's what the news reported, fully expediting my lesson regardi....'
Become FearlessRead this article about becoming fearless and making fear your ally by Keith Rosen MCC
'....The Nine Steps to Managing Fear and Making It Your Ally
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Although we may want to better our lives and accelerate our productivity, many of o....'
The Secret to Building the Confidence of A ChampionRead this article about building confidence, healthy thinking, career coaching, life coaching, and thinking like a champion by Keith Rosen MCC
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Yesaholics AnonymousRead this article about getting comfortable with saying the word, "No." by Keith Rosen MCC
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Your Only Real Competition Is...Read this article about eliminating your greatest competitor. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....At some point, I hear from practically every person I've ever worked with about the competition in their market. Companies spend so much time trying to outsell, outwit and out....'
Before Hiring: Conduct an Efficiency AuditRead this article about making the right hiring and staffing decisions. by Keith Rosen MCC
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Developing Your Recruiting StrategyRead this article about choosing the right vehicle to attract new candidates. by Keith Rosen MCC
'....There are a variety of avenues you can travel down that would put you in front of viable candidates, such as newspaper ads, job fairs, local schools and universities, networki....'
Beyond Questions: The Interviewing ProcessRead this article about how to conduct an effective interview by Keith Rosen MCC
'....If you are now at a point where you have identified some potential candidates, it's critical to develop an interviewing process that you are going to take each candidate throu....'
Knowledge Junkie? Expose The Perfectionist In YouRead this article about healthy thinking, think like a leader, executive coaching, career coaching by Keith Rosen MCC
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Now what happened to the Falleen (Prince Xizor's species) was supposed to be Darth Vader's fault by SOTE.
I don't remember if Xixor knew Vader had been Anakin Skywalker and this is something happened before he was a Sith Lord?
I'm inclined to recollect it was AFTER Vader took on the armor.

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a good friend of mine has brought this to my short attention span.....I havent taken the time to get into the research of it...but in case any of ya'll are in need of a good research paper....
The War On Drugs last year cost the American taxpayer approximately $25billion
fewer than 1 million arrests were made.
515,000 of which were minor possession arrests
and it netted 6,500 incarcerations.
est: $3.8million per incarceration
(this seems a bit deceiving.... I don't think it's fair to say that 100% of money spent is purely to arrest people. but, this is her math not mine)
Estimated tax revenue would exceed $47 billion dollars if marijuana were produced by the government and sold (legally) (and taxed the same as tobacco, alcohol, and other "sin" taxes).
So, the annual net swing dollars would be: $72 billion for one year.
at $72B / year how long would it take to retire the national debt.
as a personal note: I don't agree simply due to the cost to humanity


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Center of Excellence for Computer Vision and Wide Area Surveillance Research
The Vision Lab is a Center of Excellence that develops new algorithms and architectures for real-time applications in the areas of signal processing, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, artificial neural networks and bio-mimetic object-vision recognition.
The Vision Lab recently received one of the newest systems from 3dMD.
The new system from 3dMD is capable of capturing a 4D moving image. Researchers utilize this system with their ongoing study of A.I. facial recognition, 3D expression, face tracking and various other projects. Here is a view of the system and an example of various layers of a 3D image using four of our researchers:


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By Sam Mamudi
Shares of CarMax (KMX) are up nearly 9% today, hitting record highs, after the used-car retailer reported its third-quarter results.
Not only did its earnings beat Wall Street estimates, CarMax's quarter could be a harbinger for better economic news: used-car sales rose 16% while same-store sales were up 12%:
The comparable store used unit growth was driven by improved conversion, which we believe benefited from a variety of factors, including more compelling credit offers from third-party finance providers and CarMax Auto Finance, increased inventory selection, improved customer sentiment and continued strong in-store execution. The used vehicle average selling price was similar to the prior year's quarter.


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...to dance in the streets as Obama 'spikes' the ball, and thumps his chest, have real Americans considered the damage being done? One does, and here's his comments:
Oliver North: Releasing Raid Details Threatens US
Friday, 13 May 2011 05:42 AM
By Hiram Reisner
Lt. Col. Oliver North says releasing details of the raid that led to Osama bin Ladens demise jeopardizes U.S. national security. The Obama administration needs to learn to keep its mouths shut and not gloat as part of the presidents victory lap, he said.
North also told Fox News Sean Hannity Thursday that the information gleaned shows probably dozens of people fairly high up in their regime understood where he was.
The information about the intelligence treasure trove, and the discussions about the photographs, and all of the narrative that has come out from this administration, are seriously jeopardizing our efforts to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons and to make sure the Pakistanis dont lose control of theirs, North said. These people in this administration have got to learn how to keep their mouths shut. Wouldnt it be far better if the terrorists and al-Qaida . . . didnt know what we know?
North said he believed releasing the covert operations details was necessary to the victory lap that Mr. Obama needed to take to prove that he was commander in chief of the world's most powerful military.
And all of this jeopardizes our goals, our national security and our ability to conduct these kinds of operations out in that part of the world in the future, he said.
Hannity asked North what he thought of the information gathered from the numerous diaries and computers bin Laden kept in his walled Pakistani compound.
Well, I glean from it that somebody in Pakistan not just one but probably dozens of people fairly high up in their regime understood where he was, what he was doing, and how he was doing it. North said. Those people need to be rooted out by the Pakistani government and literally locked up or sentenced to some kind of term where they cannot threaten their own government because thats what it was.
Second of all, we've got to make our aid to Pakistan military, economic, humanitarian, and intelligence contingent upon them cooperating with us in this effort, he said. The Pakistani nukes get in the hands of the Islamists, or if Tehran gets the nuclear weapon that they are trying to build, we are in trouble particularly if we don't have the bases on either side of Iran.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Oliver North: Releasing Raid Details Threatens US


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We are living too long after retirement, and healthcare isn't going to the country doc for a bottle of penicillin anymore. Its being helicoptered to a mega-medical center for super-sub-specialists with cutting edge technology interventions that cost millions. If you work from 20 to 65, then live to 90....well, you know the math.
It really is more of a philosophical discussion than financial. If we have the money to build carrier groups and fire million dollar tomahawks like rubber bands.....we HAVE the money to care for our citizens. But do we want to?
Its a tough situation. I know conservatives don't want to see grandma and grandpa on steam grates. But to avoid that, we're going to have to divert some of our treasury to caring for people who can't care for themselves, for whatever reason. It used to be just deadbeats who fell on hard times. Now its people who have worked 20 or 30 years and have their pensions or funds yanked out from under them. And yes, those with piss poor planning.


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New Zealanders continue to feel relatively chipper about their economic circumstances, despite the national spread of drought conditions and a string of high profile job cuts, according to the latest Westpac McDermott-Miller confidence survey.
However, public servants are less optimistic than private sector workers and a gap is opening between mens' and womens' confidence levels, which Westpac senior economist Felix Delbruck puts down to construction activity, particularly in Christchurch, with far more men than women employed in that sector.
Low income workers and the unemployed remain "very gloomy", while middle to high income earners show "steady improvement" in sentiment.
Likewise, the young and middle-aged are feeling better about the future than older New Zealanders, possibly reflecting the positive impact of low interest rates on borrowing costs and the negative impact of low rates on people living off their savings.
Perceptions about immediate circumstances have improved from the last survey, in December, with a net 10 per cent of households expecting the next year to be worse than last year, an improvement from a net 12 per cent negative in December.
While negative, the survey assessors describe the March figures as "now close to their historical average" and "the highest since March 2007, before the onset of a domestic recession followed by the global financial crisis in 2008.
Expectations about the future remain "fairly gloomy" by comparison, with a net 32 per cent expecting good times in the next five years, a five percentage point fall on the level of optimism recorded in December.
"But it's clear caution is diminishing," says Felbruck. "Households' perceptions of their finances are now the rosiest since late 2007, and their professed willingness to spend on big-ticket items is also close to post-2006 peaks."
On an index basis, the Consumer Confidence Index fell slightly in March to 110.8, from 111.1 in December.


text: Tried a recently-opened high-end burger place called Slater's 50/50, where their specialty is a half beef/half bacon patty. Had a regular burger (which was still huge, so it was shared) and shared part of a 50/50 one, plus a shared appetizer of onion rings and mac & cheese breaded balls. I am still full. Oh, and water in a glass to drink as my beverage.


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ARGH! I vastly underestimated the relative size of the strings in the LDAP database and the offsets to the strings. The ratio is about 2:1. I.e. for two megs of raw data, I need one more meg for the offsets. And that is not counting the indices (which are much smaller).
parse still can't handle the phone CD. The reason is that Linux will not let me mmap more than 2 gigs. This probably has to do with some stupid compile time constants like the relative position of code, stack, reserved kernel space and the mmap space. Or so. I'm just pulling this out of thin air, sorry. So if there ever was a compelling reason for 64-bit computing, this would be it. Time to get myself an Athlon 64 box. Anyone have a spare one for me? *sigh*
On the other hand, I could have foreseen it. I haven't counted them, but I expect the phone CD to carry at least 20 million records, which means at least 80 megs just for the pointers to the records. This is a lot of data. Maybe I can think of an easy way to be more space efficient. Let's sleep over it. Comments or ideas welcome.
File systems keep pointer sizes down by segmenting the data into smaller independent chunks. Maybe I should do the same. The data could be encoded with a static Huffman tree. Bad tradeoff here. Maybe I will just have to settle for the data for Berlin and Brandenburg or so. Too bad. I really looked forward to this.


text: It can be incomplet, as long as there is a helmet and the figure in good shape. I am using it to make a custom of a swamptrooper from Jedi Knight II. Here is a picture of one. If the picture shows a guy standing there, that is not it and I got the wrong picture uploaded. So you can go to Lucasarts.com and go to Jedi Knight II gallery, and its the trooper in swampy green. Thoughts? Let me know what you want for one. It would be pretty cool if someone donated one for the good of custom figures.


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Down with Dogma-Continents
Credit: Archive of Alfred Wegener Institute
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wegener_Expedition-1930_008.jpg
License: CC BY-NC 3.0
Plate tectonics is the foundation of Earth Science. Continental drift is at the core of plate tectonics. Yet, no one believed Alfred Wegener when he said continents could move.
Why It Matters
- Alfred Wegener was a curious and smart scientist. He made important advances in meteorology. He was also an explorer of Greenland.
- Wegener found a tremendous amount of evidence that the continents had once been joined.
- Wegener's could not develop a realistic idea for how the continents could move.
- Wegener did figure out some of the important concepts that would help lead later lead to the idea of seafloor spreading.
Explore More
With the links below, learn more about Alfred Wegener. Then answer the following questions.
- SciShow, Great Minds: Alfred Wegener (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbU809Cyrao&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLC31B0C382F9585D6
- Earth Observatory, Alfred Wegener (1880-1930): http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Wegener/wegener.php
- What question did Alfred Wegener want to answer?
- How did Wegener try to answer this question?
- How did the geologists at the time explain how the same fossil animals could be on far-away continents?
- What problem did Wegener have with this idea?
- What were some of the ideas that Wegener recognized that would lead to seafloor spreading as a mechanism for plate movement?


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Deeplinks Blog posts about Coders' Rights Project
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File this shit under 'When cheated-on wives get their payback'! American Idol's Fantasia Barino has been doing illegal sexy times on the down low with a married man and a father of two named Antwaun Cook for quite some time. Now, Antwaun's wife is putting their dirty-ass laundry out in the public, telling everyone how Fantasia stole her man and that she confronted her on the phone one time but bitch told her something out of a ghetto tv series saying, ""He don't want you. Maybe the next time that you get a husband you'll know how to keep him. That's why he is here with me."
Well it looks like that's not the last time she would be hearing from Paula because North Carolina is a state that allows the wives to take their husband's mistresses' ass to court. And if that shit isn't bad enough, the American idol ebony chick might getting a call from Vivid Entertainment too because Paula has the whereabouts of Fantasia Barino sextape that she plans to leak. Well shit, if Paula is heartless enough to leak that mess, the world just found a workout tape that promises to make your tummy flat in one session 'coz I'm sure Fantasia's sex tape would be guaranteed to make you throw up for the first 3 minutes.


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Every time I watch Episode I, the prevailing question that still bothers me profoundly is not, "why Jar Jar?", but rather, what are we (the audience) supposed to think about the Pod Race sequence? Bear with me while I explore my meaning.
During the course of the Pod Race, with the exception of Ben Quadineros (who's pod fails), (presumably) Odie Mandrel (who's pod fails due to Pit Droid troubles), Sebulba (who is knocked out of the race), and Anakin (who wins), EVERY SINGLE pod racer DIES! Or is at least knocked out of the race. The bonus footage for the DVD seems to bear this out as well.
So, in the end we are to walk away from that sequence seeing Pod Racing as not so much a race as a demolition derby of doom. There hardly seems to be any point in betting on the races as only one may ultimately cross the finish line. I guess what I am getting at is that the one thing sorely lacking in that sequence was even a single other pod except Anakins shown finishing the race. Rather than the shot of Sebulba in medium close up cursing his loss, we should have seen him further back with a couple of stragglers coming in at second and third.
And one sidebar note, when Watto is seen at the end of the race, he claims that he lost everything. Correct me if I'm wrong kids, but wasn't he entitled to all of Anakin's winnings less the cost of the parts Qui-Gon needed? Since local boy Anakin was almost certainly at least a 20:1 shot (if not a gazillion:1 shot), he should have paid of quite handsomely. And if Sebulba "always wins", wouldn't he just be a 1:1 shot? Why bet heavily on the sure winner. The pay-off could not have been that substantial.
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What it does: As originally discovered by security researcher Mark Russinovich of Winternals Software, certain music CDs published by Sony BMG Entertainment contain DRM protection requiring that the user must install a proprietary music player in order to play the songs. The player contains a rootkit (click here for a definition) as part of an effort to conceal the DRM and prevent its removal.
The DRM software and the rootkit were written by a First 4 Internet of the UK. The rootkit conceals all access to files and registry entries prefixed with the string '$sys$' in order to hide itself, but this behavior could allow other malicious programmers to hide their own programs by using the same file naming scheme. First 4 Internet and Sony deny that the system presents a security problem.
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I noticed this report at The Digital Bits. I have the VHS tape, but I will probably add this to the ranks of my GL in Love, Thumb Wars, Starwoids, and Stars of Star Wars DVDs.
And finally, we've got word that the Hardware Wars: Special Edition is coming to DVD in April! Yes... the original Star Wars spoof comes home on disc. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss your money good-bye! This news comes from the Michael Wiese Productions website. Here's more info: "This will include a remastered surround-sound track (imagine those space irons flying by!) and a director's commentary track by Ernie Fosselius. We also will include a 1998 television program featuring Ernie presenting his collection of never-before-seen "Hardware Wars" merchandise (a parody of Hollywood merchandising, plus a complete version of Ernie's rare book, "The Hollywood Gift Catalog" plus more." No word yet on price, but watch the site for updates.


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He has almost thirty years of diverse operating experiences in both informational technology and information services as chief executive officer (CEO). He has worked on startups with up to nearly a billion dollar P&L. He has produced turnarounds, taken companies public, successfully sold companies, and raised substantial private equity in one of the worst markets in twenty five years.
Dougherty's career began at Lotus Development, where he became the general manager of the internet division and a member of the executive committee at the time of the company's sale to IBM. He then produced four consecutive turnarounds for investors—IntraLinks, Gartner, Prodigy, and MataMatrix—which resulted in excellent outcomes for investors such as Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Integral Capital, and Rho Capital, among others. He then joined Great Hill Partners as the operating partner working with seven portfolio companies on the boards of directors, as advisor to the CEOs, and, in one case, as interim CEO. He is now cofounder of a startup called Madaket, an HCIT company based in Boston.
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Hayden u are to closed minded, if clay gets first it's called wining the game. Clay is just a dummy for his decision(not coaches fault). Guess turnovers and Carpenter is all Joes fault that they can't execute. Listen the coaches have made a difference in a good way. Is Joe doing it perfect nope. But I play to win. U must trust your players can make the play and be smart about it too. Clay is showing his brain not all there. Carpenter will be replaced either now or by next year most def 10-25 no excuse sorry.
Coaches are part of the game plan but players have to make the play. This coaching staff so far is 1000000000 percent better then what we have had. Guy even cuts a bum like Nabum , come on. U dig to deep
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Over The Moon With My Printed Scrapbooks!
Posted 07 December 2011 - 10:29 PM
I uploaded 98 layouts in book form to MyPublisher last Monday, to take advantage of their Cyber-weekend sale (65% off orders over $200.) The six books would have been approximately $650 without the sale. With the sale, and with shipping, they were a total of $259, or about $43 apiece. I selected a taupe linen cover, with an image inset on the front, and their "standard" paper. I'm not quite clear on whether or not this is the same paper for 12x12; my book is 8.5x11 landscape. I ordered six copies of the book, with more than a little trepidation, despite my sister's earlier successes with them. The six books shipped on Tuesday, and I began tracking the Fedex shipment, practically hanging on every update. Sadly, I missed the driver on Saturday, and this order required a signature despite a release on file. It took a couple of days, but I've opened the box now, and I am over the moon!
The paper is heavy, satin-finish, and the fabric cover is lovely. The colors are exactly what I saw on screen and hoped for. The images are beautifully aligned in the spreads. The "trim loss" on the full-bleed images is no more than 1/4" at the spine binding, and about 1/8" on the outside edge, and a little less than that on top and bottom. I am SO thrilled with the quality, the color and resolution, and proud to be able to give these to my FIL, BILs, and DH for Christmas.
I definitely won't wait so long to do another book. I may even collect other layouts and some of the ones out of these, and do another book soon. For those of you who have not printed your layouts, do so! Even disparate layouts side-by-side are still wonderful to peruse away from the computer! (many of mine were spreads, but by no means all of them.) Their software was easy to download and install to "organize" the book locally on your PC as you went along, and yes, they have periodic sales, from good to great. However, the I'd never seen a discount quite as deep as Cyber-weekend this year. Whether you use My Publisher or another vendor, don't put off getting your layouts printed--it's worth it. Thanks again to all who provided technical assistance, and for the fabulous products here--I only used SG products.
If you'd like to take a look, I've shared it on my Facebook page, and it's also here: RPCrane_90years. In case this link is too long, I've made a Tiny URL to RPCrane_90Years. Enjoy!
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PS - looking at your heritage pages throughout the year, I became more intrigued with the idea and recently scanned some old pics of my Mom's for possible scrapping... Then, I bought a collection at the last sale which is so unlike what I'd usually buy, but I bought it with heritage pages in mind. Last night I started a page and am almost finished and ready to post -- see how inspiring you are! THANKS!
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Free Box O'Loot: What did I get?
I hope this landed in an acceptable location as far as the forum goes. I figure since I'm a beginner, and other beginners may run into similar questions, it was appropriate here.
This past week I lucked out on a Craig's List find for a box of aquarium odds and ends as well as a 10g tank. Some of the stuff I recognize, a few things I had questions on, and there are one or two odds and ends that I have no idea what to make of. I was hoping to get some help figuring out exactly what I got, what's worth keeping, and what I should junk. Any insight would be great!
10 Gallon tank w/ homemade plexiglass lid. Looks like I have a QT tank for my 20g!
Homemade under gravel filter screens? Any ideas? Junk 'em?
Assorted chemicals. Do any of these (or others) have a shelf life? Should I toss them, keep them, what?
Air stone. Would this be way too huge for a 20g standard tank?
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A piece of driftwood. Should I re-soak and boil?
Assorted décor items:
Heater close up:
First 29g Tank: In process
that metafix shouldnt expire, those worms id toss just incase. nice find on the heater.
those do look like diy ugf, i would keep them just in case you might want to use oneKING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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Assorted stuff 1. My guess: a bag of 1/4" tube, a tube/air manifold, and a canister sponge? Right or wrong?
Left over odds and ends. Mostly tubing and some old plastic plants:
So, any thoughts. Did I come out with some good stuff, or was it not worth the gas to pick it up?First 29g Tank: In process
Good score! 10g just needs a HOB or something and it's off and running. Jagers are FANTASTIC heaters and can heat more than other heaters with the same wattage. Sponge filter could be useful, as could the lights. And nice bit of driftwood -- I'd give it a good boil first.
Are the chemicals open? The test kit should be fine -- just test it against another ammonia test kit before you put any stock in it to make sure it's accurate. The melafix will be fine if it's unopened, if it's opened I'd be a little concerned, anything could have gotten in there. No idea on the water conditioner, and the worms should have an expiry date on them somewhere.
I also spy a worm feeder ring in that box. They're for putting bloodworms in, if you were wondering what it is.
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Nice find. You will need a air pump to run the sponge filter and the heater is a old style Jager which isn't fully submersible but there is nothing wrong with that, I have two of them and I would go ahead and replace the bulb in the light since you have no idea on how old it is..
You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
Amelia, I was wondering what that little cone thing was. Good to know that I can use it! All of the chemicals seem to have been opened already. It looks like whomever I got them from got them for a good deal because they all have $.50 stickers on them (that or she tried to sell them at a G-sale and have no takers). I tried the pH kit and it seems to be accurate. I'll have to play around with the conditioner though.
Gadget, from what I've read on the Jager heaters they seem to be a good solid choice. I'm not too worried about fully submergible since I'm just starting out.
As to the light, it's 16", and the bulb says 8000k. Not really sure what that 8k number is all about. Would this even come close to working for a standard 20g planted tank, or is it too small? In other words, just run it on my 10g QT tank?First 29g Tank: In process
Homemade undergravel filter looks creative.
You can put whatever size air stone you like in a tank. It's decoration. Normally a hang on back filter or even canister filter will provide more than enough surface agitation to introduce oxygen to the water.
Driftwood just soak it in a bucket of water for a few days. If it doesn't slime up or anything odd, good to go. Probably was used in a fish tank already.
The plastic decor may just want to give it a quick scrub in hot water before using them.
The heater is made by a good company, but with any used heater I like to test them just to be safe. Problems with heaters they may leak voltage, or overheat, etc... Good to test them out in a spare container or fishless tank.
The test kit you can check the expiration code if there is one on it. Most are good for 3 to 5 years.
Toss the food if it's open. No way to tell how long it was opened and if the food is stale.
Melafix might have an expiration date on it.
The item you called a 'canister sponge', is actually a sponge filter. An air pump with an airline hooks up to the the large tube at the bottom or an air stone is added into it. Sponge filters are a great source of biological filtration. I have many tanks that have just sponge filters in them for filtration. They are ideal for quarantine tanks or fry tanks.
The box seems to have some uplift tubes for an undergravel filter.
0The item you called a 'canister sponge', is actually a sponge filter. An air pump with an airline hooks up to the the large tube at the bottom or an air stone is added into it. Sponge filters are a great source of biological filtration. I have many tanks that have just sponge filters in them for filtration. They are ideal for quarantine tanks or fry tanks.


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Soo, everything went well different than planned. What was supposed to be a holidy clean-up rewrite of a fun weekend project has turned into a half-year side project running next to university.
To recap, I initially set out to implement a Markdown[1] parser in Haskell so I could post formatted text to my Advogato blog. An email-to-Advogato gateway was quickly whipped up[2]. The first prototype version of a Markdown parser was also finished within reasonable time[3]. Unfortunately, the code was a mess, so I set out for the rewrite[4]. Much progress was made but it kept screwing up in certain minor but annoying cases and the code still looked convoluted. Basically, Parsec just didn't want to bend in the right direction...
So I replaced Parsec. The module is called Text.ParserCombinators.Nonlinear[5] because it allows one to slurp in parts of the document in one part of the parser and reparse them again later. This allowed me to split up the document according to its block-level structure and re-assemble, for instance, the text pieces of quoted or indented lines (without the leading quote marks/indetation) and run the corresponding parser over the thus extracted subdocument. Such embedded parses can also work with a completely different token type than the enclosing parser, a capability which also came in handy.
I recently came across "Frisby"[6], a Haskell implementation of PEG grammars, which I had never heard of before. The description sounds cool. I wonder if my Markdown variant could be represented by one? My parser library is neither optimized for space nor speed, and PEGs sound compelling in that regard...
Anyway, the implementation based on my nonlinear parsers worked out really nice wrt. the code structure and doesn't show any of the kinks that plagued the Parsec version. Since I've deviated somewhat from Markdown syntax in the places I didn't like, I've dubbed the package k-tex. I've still got to update the documentation but if anyone is interested in looking at or even improving the code, you can find it at http://www.khjk.org/~sm/code/k-tex/.
Best regards, Sven Moritz
PS. Yep, the Advogato gateway[7] already uses k-tex, and if this post appears on my blog[8], it's working. ;)


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Security University QND Review
Hello all, this is my review of Security University and its Qualified Network Defender course. Security University is a security training company with its main product line being the Q/Information Security Professional (QISP) Program. What differentiates SU for me is its claim of hands on training, and its reviews from the community. Most of SU's students are government, This can be seen on the SU website, and indeed, I saw as much in my class. Before attending the class, I contacted one of the professionals listed on their site and spoke to him, he confirmed SU's high level of training and hands on methods. Now the QND is generally slotted as the last class in the QISP set of classes, combining experience received in the previous courses. However, in some cases if an individual has previous security knowledge/experience, it may be possible/advisable to take the QND when desired.
The Arrival-
Approximately a week prior to the course I received the pre-class material, in this case a set of questions mapping to the course objectives. This was my first preview of what was to come. I must admit myself surprised, these were not your standard questions. I had everything from definition of terms, to the proper was to write a firewall rule. Not just a collection of true false questions, we were occasionally asked to examine network diagrams and evaluate security practices or setups. I enjoyed it, though it did confirm the gaps in my knowledge I hoped to fill. I arrived at the QND location early and met the Course Instructor and the CEO of SU. A complementary breakfast and snacks were provided. Worth noting here is that SU recently moved locations, but this really did not affect our experience at all. The staff had obviously insured everything was in working condition prior to the class. The materials are provided, including a laptop and training booklet, lab guide, ect. Of note is that you are advised to bring a separate laptop and an external drive to copy the tools, and vm's that you have the opportunity to receive, including your own SIEM that you will build over the course of the week. While initially I considered just putting things on my laptop, I found myself very glad I brought a large external when I saw the size of some of the vm's.
Our course Instructor was H. Morrow Long from Yale University (I HAVE A YALE INSTRUCTOR!!!!) his bio can be found here (http://www.educause.edu/Community/MemDi ... Long/43096) but basically he is the CIO for Yale, has worked with Carnegie Mellon University, Infragard, and teaches Computer Science.
EDIT: So, the executive review, for those who don't want to read the wall of text: Good course. The course is part of a series and designed to be taken at the end. I would advise following that model. You aren't going to read 5 huge books like with some other companies. One book, one lab guide. Labs are good, do them, maybe more than once. Do all the exercises during the class. You won't necessarily learn new network defense techniques if you already know how security is implemented in today's networks. what you will learn is what we have, why, and that they can work if implemented. The feedback from the students, companies just dont want to do it. They are going to make you integrate ipods and iphones and androids into your network. They are not going to let you implement NAC. So this course will give you the knowledge and some experience, its up to you to put it into action.
Day 1-
Day 1 starts off early and is slotted to cover Policy Auditing. The course starts with what in my opinion is an explanation of the need for CND Talking about the continued existence and explosion of Malware in recent years, the rise of client side exploits as the initial point of intrusion into the network, risk management, C&A, and the mission for our week. We are tasked with using the information presented during the week to build a secure Network Defense Architecture. We move right into our first lab. Honestly, it was interesting, we attempted to build a quick network diagram with what we have learned so far, so mine included the required networks, numerous firewalls, vpn connections, IDS placement, ect. It doesnt immediately seem to mesh with the focus on policy that we have had, but it does make you think about how policy should be implemented in the planning process. Rather than simply rolling out devices and trying to secure the network afterwards, you can see the benefit, and the work involved with trying to plan first, and then work off your diagrams.
The second part of the day goes into vulnerability analysis. I enjoyed this portion as it is something that wasnt specifically covered as I would have liked in previous training I received. Our second lab included looking up several vulnerabilities, find the CVE, and then use the CVSS calculator to determine the impact rating, and how they would effect your organization.
Anyway, a good first day. Thanks for reading!


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This guide describes the design, construction and operation of an automatic water release device for manure flushing. The tank is a horizontal cylinder and water is discharged through an opening in its side (Figure 1).
Figure 1Cylindrical flush tank.
The device automatically dumps when the adjustable pivot point on either end of the tank is in the proper position. When the tank is empty, the bottom is heavy due to the opening in the top of the tank. As the tank fills with water, the center of gravity moves upward toward the pivot point. When the tank is full, the center of gravity is slightly above the pivot point — causing an unstable condition.
A piece of foam plastic insulation along the back edge of the discharge opening moves the center of gravity slightly forward of the pivot point when the tank is full. Once the center of gravity is both slightly above and slightly forward of the pivot point, the tank dumps forward. The tank is allowed to rotate in a full circle around the pivot point. No stops are used — this avoids mechanical damage due to sudden stoppage of tank rotation.
The size of the flush tank depends on the width of the gutter being flushed and the gallon per foot gutter width required. The tank length should be as nearly the same as the width of the gutter as is practical.
Assuming the tank length and gutter width are about the same, the tank diameter required can be estimated by the following formula:
D = 5 x the square root of gallons per feet, where:
If the tank length is less or greater than the gutter width, the diameter should be adjusted to accommodate at least the volume required per flush. From a practical standpoint, most tanks probably will be selected from existing standard sizes, unless "made to order" service is available.
When selecting from standard sizes, choose a tank that will hold at least the required flush volume. Excess water over the minimum required flush volume will not diminish gutter cleaning. Tanks can be adjusted to dump automatically when partially filled.
The discharge opening should be large enough that it does not restrict the flow of water from the tank. The opening also makes the tank "lighter" on the top side so that it returns to the upright position when empty. Discharge opening widths equal to 0.6 times the diameter of the tank have worked well in model and field size installations (Figure 2).
Figure 2Detail on tank discharge opening.
When cutting the opening in the tank, make sure it runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank and does not corkscrew around the tank. One way to do this is to use the seam where the two edges of the cylinder are joined as a reference line (Figure 2).
Cut the edges of the opening an equal distance on either side of the reference line so that the total opening width equals 0.6 times the diameter of the tank. The opening should end 1-1/2 inches from the end of the tank to take advantage of the structural strength of the corner edge of the tank. Reinforcing strips 1-1/2 inches wide should be left at 2-foot intervals in the opening to keep the edges from spreading too far when the tank is full. This measurement will depend somewhat on tank length.
The end brackets are constructed to allow the pivot point to adjust horizontally and vertically. Adjust vertically by sliding the bracket relative to the four bolts that attach it to the tank. Adjust horizontally by sliding the self-aligning pillow block on the slotted angle iron. Details on size and construction of end brackets are given in Figure 3.
Figure 3Detail on end bracket.
The end brackets are mounted on the tank by four bolts. Each bolt is located at the middle of its respective slot when the center of the pillow block shaft hole is at the center of the tank (Figure 4). Locate the center of the tank by measuring the circumference, starting at the reference line used as the center of the discharge opening. Mark the point on the opposite side of the reference line, which is one-half of the circumference.
Draw a diameter line across the end of the tank connecting this mark and the reference line at the top of the tank. Similarly, measure a distance around the tank on both sides of the reference line equal to one-fourth of the tank's circumference. Connect these two points with a diameter line across the end of the tank. The intersection of these two diameter lines is the geometric center of the tank. Do this for both ends.
Before drilling holes in the tank for the end bracket, make sure that the pillow block is centered on the end bracket. The pillow block is mounted on the underneath side of the angle so the weight of the tank and water does not bear on the bolts attaching the pillow block to the steel angle. Then place the end bracket on the tank so that the hole in the pillow block is centered over the center of the tank and the vertical slots on the outside edge of the bracket are parallel to the vertical diameter line (Figure 4).
Figure 4Measuring detail for locating center.
Center punch and drill a 1/2-inch hole in the middle of one of the four slots. Bolt the bracket to the tank through this hole before drilling the next hole. After each hole is drilled, bolt the bracket to the tank before drilling the next hole. This will ensure that the mounting holes align well with the slots in the bracket.
Use 1/2-inch hard steel bolts to mount the bracket to the tank. The bolts must be quite tight to keep the end bracket from slipping. Welding the heads of these mounting bolts to the inside of the tank will prevent the bolts from turning while loosening and tightening them during the adjustment procedure. Experience has shown that leakage through these bolt holes is very slight, and no sealing should be required.
Figure 5Mounting frame for tank.
The axle the tank pivots on at either end is rigidly mounted to an external frame (Figure 5).
The diameter of the axle should be 1-1/8 inches for tanks up to 450 gallons in volume. This frame can be in any shape that will hold the axle in a rigid position. When the tank is installed and removed from the frame, the pillow blocks are unbolted from the end brackets and remain on the axles.
Along the back edge of the discharge opening in the tank, bolt a strip of foam plastic insulation sized 4" x 4" x length of tank. The size of the foam strip and precise position in the tank is not critical. The foam plastic insulation is to displace water to the front of the full tank, causing the tank to dump forward.
Figure 6Measuring detail for adjustment.
After installing the foam plastic insulation and mounting the tank in the supporting frame, you can adjust the pivot points. Refer to Figure 6 for adjustment.
Dimensions A, B, C and D are taken from the pivot shaft to the outside edge of the tank. Initially, measurements A and B should be equal, and C and D should be equal. This places the pivot point in the center of the tank. Fill the tank with water. With the pivot points in this position, the tank probably will be too stable and will not dump in either direction. Decrease dimension D in 1/2-inch increments until the tank will begin to rotate forward or backward when it is about half full.
If the tank rotates forward, decrease dimension A in 1/16-inch increments until the tank begins to rotate backward when it is about half full. Be sure that all dimensions (A,D, etc.) have the same value on both ends of the tank during the adjustment procedure. This will keep the tank from wobbling in the frame as it rotates and simplifies the adjustment procedure. After each adjustment, be sure to tighten the four mounting bolts enough to prevent slippage. This will keep you from getting too frustrated when adjusting for automatic dumping.
As the tank begins to rotate backward at about half-full condition, the foam insulation will become immersed in water. As it displaces water to the front of the tank, the tank rotates forward during the remainder of the filling cycle. As the discharge opening returns to the "top" position and the tank is nearly full, further displacement of water by the plastic foam should cause the tank to tip forward and dump. If this does not occur, increase dimension A very slightly until forward dumping occurs at about the full position. As the tank dumps, it should rotate forward far enough to discharge all the water.
The tank may or may not spin completely through a 360 degree circle. Experience has shown that tanks of this type should accomplish automatic dumping within five "adjustments." A method of rapidly filling the tank with water will speed up the adjustment process.
The tank may be placed over the flushing gutter so that it dumps forward down the gutter or back against the wall. Excessive splashing may occur if the tank dumps back against the wall and not enough clearance is provided to let the water get away.
This type of tank is fairly simple to construct. In most cases, the tank itself should be available commercially. and construction of the end brackets and mounting frame is fairly straightforward. If the tank is well made, it should have no leakage problems for a long time. Limited experience indicates that maintenance is low on this type of tank. Cost will depend largely on the price of labor for construction, but it should be competitive with other alternatives.
Disadvantages of the spin-through flush tank include difficulty in precisely adjusting tank volume to the flush volume required for a particular gutter. This is because commercially available tanks come in standard sizes that may or may not precisely fit a particular situation. However, as long as at least the minimum required flush volume is contained in the tank, the gutter should clean.
Another possible disadvantage is uncontrolled release of flush water. This tank will discharge in 1 to 2 seconds rather than the ideal 10 seconds necessary to match tank discharge rate to gutter flow rate. Experience at this point indicates that this discrepancy does not interfere with gutter cleaning.
Conditions that change balance characteristics could limit the tank's effectiveness. This might include outdoor installations where ice builds up on the tank in the winter.
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New season starts Sept. 27!!! Two hours!!!!
New season starts Sept. 27!!! Two hours!!!!
This is going to be a good season. We have a villian (or douche bag) in Lance, and, IMO, the poker players are pretty unlikeable. Zev is going to be an interesting player to watch.
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¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
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