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By Brad "Stonyman" Killough
From: Alabama
Oct 30, 2008
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Nice intro into slab climbing. A hold missing between 2nd & 3rd bolt makes for an interesting crux. Worth the climb.
By James Earp
Jul 4, 2010
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|I climbed this yesterday and had a pretty good time on it. It's a really simple climb but has a nice crux that takes a little thought when climbing. Good warm up for the 5.11s to the right of the area!
By Jason Watts
From: Boulder,CO
Dec 13, 2011
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|climbing the route proper seemed a little sandbagged at 5.7, but if you trend left at crux and reach for the bolts it feels no different than gravity boots next to it.
By Alan Brock
From: Cleveland, TN
Oct 20, 2013
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Went left of the bolts to keep it 5.7; good warmup. Going straight up the bolts is harder than a 7 IMO.
By Mark O'Neal
From: Nicholson, GA
May 8, 2016
|Going straight up the bolt line is a major sand bag at 5.7. Super polished makes for terrible smearing.

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Wine and dine
By June Wulff Globe Staff / August 6, 2009
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You've mastered flipping burgers, grilling veggies, and wearing an apron, but are you serving the right wine at your barbecue? Seasonal Sips: Thursday Tastings at Meritage will put you in touch with sommelier Jonas Atwood, who will talk about BBQ wines and serve tastes from Austria, Italy, and Australia. Chef Daniel Bruce will prepare foods to go with the vino, including Asian-style grilled shrimp for the Austrian libation, and grilled lamb chops with the Australian wine. Next up is Bubbles on Aug. 13. 5:30-7 p.m. (Thursdays through Sept. 24). $25. Meritage at the Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston. 617-439-3995. www.meritagetherestaurant.com
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Diesel? Check. Water? Check. Rs30,000 for bribing officials along the road to the border? Check!
This is a plausible checklist for a truck driver transporting goods from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
One such driver, Ashraf Khan, has been doing the job for 20 years. "We keep extra cash which is distributed at every checkpoint from Karkhano Market to the Torkham border," he says. According to Ashraf, there was even more extortion when NATO supply routes were in full swing. He adds that a single truck disburses between Rs30,000 and Rs40,000 through the road that leads to the commercial border between Pakistan and Afghanistan – the gateway to Central Asia.
Following another driver, who asked not to be named, Ashraf's claim is validated. This man is driving his truck from Peshawar into Khyber Agency, headed eventually to Kabul. He displays a big wad of Pakistani rupees, hidden in his glove compartment, to be used solely for bribery.
As we approach a checkpoint, men in black militia uniforms sit with machine guns strapped on their shoulders. One of them is standing, signalling almost every heavy duty transport vehicle to stop. The protocol is always the same: the driver opens the door, a handshake and a few words are exchanged, a four-to-five thousand rupee bundle is transferred, and the journey continues.
One security official agrees to talk about the bribery, but asks not to be identified. "I collect around Rs300,000 per day, but I don't get to keep much of it," he says.
According to the man, who is an employee for the administration of the Political Agent of Khyber Agency, the money is sent to the head office back in Peshawar. "I only get a few thousand rupees every day. If only I was promoted, I could make more," he admits without shame.
Unofficial tolls are not the only problem businessmen encounter in trade to Afghanistan, which experts estimate is worth around $3bn per year.
The rail route here has been completely shut for many years. The railway line was laid by the British during the colonial period and played an important role in trade through the Khyber Pass.
But for almost two decades the track has been idle, with landslides covering most of the tunnels that pass through the hills of Khyber Agency. According to authorities, it was shut down for security reasons in the 1990s and never reopened. Due to such poor infrastructure, several exporters say that Pakistan is quickly losing the market share for many products in Afghanistan. Meanwhile India, Iran and Russia are taking advantage of the growing market there.
The roads are also a concern. "They have fixed this road in many years," says Ziaul Sarhadi, an exporter based out of Peshawar who represents the Sarhad (K-P) Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "We have met with several government representatives. They have been promising us but to no avail."
Sarhadi adds that exporters pay all duties and taxes levied on them – and yet the government cannot even construct a proper road. "Poor infrastructure is an added burden to our ever-increasing costs," the businessman complained.
A drive to Torkham, which is just 40 kilometers from Peshawar, takes around four to five hours for trucks. On this winding road that cuts through a hilly range, potholes and broken barriers cover most of the road. Some turns are single track, at times jamming the road for hours. With heavy dust in the air as a result of constant traffic, it is quite a perilous ride, especially with the added threat of attacks from militants.
Somewhat surprisingly, therefore, the political administration in the area feels all is well. "The road is not so bad. It needs improvement but we are short of funds so we cannot really do much yet," says Syed Ahmad Jan, the additional political agent responsible for development work in Khyber Agency.
When a comparison is drawn with the Pak-India border, he says the tribal areas are being discriminated against. "The National Highway Authority is dominated by Punjabis who like to develop their own province," he says. He also thinks the road to Afghanistan will stay in its current condition unless they receive significant funds, which is unlikely in the near future.
A Rs10bn budget was announced for FATA this year by the federal government, but a visit to the tribal belt proves that not much of it is being spent on infrastructural improvement. "There is a serious misuse of funds by federal government appointees in FATA. The government needs to realise the potential it is wasting by ignoring corruption on this trade route," says Senator Abdul Raziq Afridi, who belongs to a political family from the tribal agencies.
"The government should be making money, but instead individuals are," the senator says.
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Are child-free people unfairly judged?
Do you think people who don't want kids are clueless about what they're missing out on or do you think that having kids isn't for everyone?
I think having kids isn't for everyone. As long as my childless friends don't act as if they know about parenting, it's all good.
I think its not for everyone.
BUT they are missing out, if they know it or not.. hehe
It goes in waves. my Aunty lost her parents and her only sister before she was 30. Shes gone on to have 9 children and her eldest doesnt want any at all
I think they are clueless to what they are missing. I had a friend that was addament about not having children and I could not imagine her having a child. But once she did she was a totally differant person. I think some people aren't ready for children, but it's sad if they choose not to have them at all.
It's a personal choice. There are ALOT of people who have kids that shouldn't, in my opinion. The people who don't want kids have obviously thought about their decision and feel it is right for them.
sometimes i think so... i mean some of the comments in this post are a little bit.. i dunno.. condescending or belittling about it... even tho they say "to each their own" they go on to add,,, but "they dont know what theyre missing" etc.
people seem to think that everyone SHOULD want kids. not everyone does. doesnt make them better or worse people or lacking in love and purpose than people who do want kids/have kids.
I have close friends that are child free and I greatly respect them for it. They CHOOSE not to have children rather than have children and aren't into being parents. I think they are unfairly judged at times as people think it's because they hate children. My friends have never had a problem being around my boys, they even play with them/have thought of them and bought little gifts for them. They just don't want any children of their own and I respect that.
It's not for everyone and I can understand that not everyone wants kids. But I admit it's harder for me to relate to someone without kids, or even kids who have grown and left home. I mean I'm closer in age to my oldest SIL, but both her kids are their 20s (one is married with two kids of her own) while my son is 6. I can't relate to her at all, but I can relate to her daughter, who's much younger than me, but she has kids closer to my son's age.
It seems so depending;upon, what literature the person ti's exposed to from this proposed question. A kaleidoscope of reasons justify with fairness why there ti's childless couples;and, yes, they are needed for is there not a balance to this equation to those who do bear fruitfully a honorable roll as 'parenthood'. One will find 'along life's path'.Those childless couples ;just, might 'end -up' adopting children should they desire & care to do so. Thank you for a most 'rewarding Cafe Mom question' !


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The estimation of LES demand elasticities for CGE models
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models require external parameters for proper estimations and can be relatively sensitive to the elasticity estimates used in them. We estimate LES demand elasticities and Frisch parameters for all Finnish household income deciles. These estimates will be used also inVATTAGE CGE model. We use three different methodologies for the estimation of demand elasticities: price index based approach, pseudo-panel dataset based regressions with exogenous Frisch parameters, and finally cross-section data based estimations with the Frisch parameters. Only the last methodology provides adequate results despite the use of detailed and extensive data. We conclude that the estimation of LES demand elasticities for narrow commodity groups is cumbersome with standard household consumption survey data. Typically these surveys account consumption only from a time period of a few weeks. The chance of consuming various durable consumption items during such a short time period is low. Use of longer survey periods could decrease the share of zero consumption observations and help on the identification of elasticities.
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Little Girl Accidentally Does Terrifying Trick On Carnival Ride
Here's the thing - I'm not an adrenaline junky. Not even a little bit. I'm so afraid of heights that I don't even like to climb ladders and won't stand too close to railings if I can help it.
So, watching this video absolutely blows my mind. How can a kid that small even pull this off?!?


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How to Properly Name a Hermit Crab
There are many reasons to come up with a good name for a hermit crab. In fact many people don't realize that naming a hermit crab helps it become more of a pet than just calling it a crab.
If you are having trouble coming up with hermit crab names there are many sites out there that will help you figure them out. Some sites even have generators that will make it even easier to name your new pet.
Have your kids come up with a list of names and then go through it until they have trimmed the list down to only 3-4 names. At this point try each name for a few days and see which one works the best for your pet.


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Kent State University has survived two levels of NCAA Division I postseason competition and qualified for the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. for the first time in school history.
Evan Campbell, a former West Branch High School diamond standout and the junior center fielder and leadoff batter for the Golden Flashes, is cognizant of the credibility of the competition in the tournament, headed by two-time defending champion South Carolina, top-seeded Florida and UCLA, the team which beat Kent State in the regional tournament two years ago.
While resepectful, Campbell doesn't believe the Golden Flashes will back down.
"It doesn't matter who we play," Campbell said during a telephone conversation from Omaha late Thursday morning. "The three regional games we played in Gary (Ind.) prepared us for the super regional. The three games we played against Oregon in their stadium and in front of their fans have made us battle-tested. They prepared us for this."
Kent State (46-18), which is paired against Arkansas (44-20) at 5p.m. Saturday, has played well enough to win six of seven matchups in regional and super regional play.
"We've been consistent," he said. "We play great defense, our pitchers have done a great job keeping games tight and we've gotten timely hitting."
Kent State head coach Scott Stricklin, who was hired in 2005, also is credited for his preparation.
"Coach Strick gets us to compete every time we go out on the field," Campbell added. "He can get us fired up, but he can also can get us to play loose. He seems to know we can play better when we're not tight."
Campbell was a starting second baseman on the 2010 Kent team which made the regional tournament in Los Angeles and lost two straight games. He earned the starting center field spot last year and was part of a team which split four games in the regional at Austin, Tex.
Reflecting back to the start of this season, Campbell admitted there was some uncertainty.
"We lost six players to the Major League Baseball Draft last year and we had a lot of freshmen and transfers come in," Campbell reminded. "If I had to predict how we would do, I would have said we would have gone 35-25, win the MAC (Mid-American Conference) Tournament again and qualify for the NCAA tournament."
Stricklin put together a brutal non-conference schedule, used several different position players and pitchers in the early going. Slowly, but surely, Kent State started to become a solid team. Two new starting pitchers surfaced, joining veteran left-hander David Starn. Campbell and seven teammates became starting position players.
"We've gotten great leadership by the older guys on the team and we've gotten it in different ways," Campbell said. "Some of it is vocal, but some of it is by example. The coaching staff has also given us great leadership."
Kent State is 6-1 in the NCAA Tournament, but it has shown an uncanny ability to win one-run games. Playing under pressure, the Golden Flashes are 4-1 in one-run postseason contests. Campbell credits that to Stricklin's emphasis on both mental and physical toughness.
"Our offseason workouts are grueling," Campbell said. "We have to get up at 6 in the morning for them and Coach Strick tests our mental toughness by putting us through every game-like situation that we can face. We also condition (physically) hard for the season."
Campbell enters the College World Series with a .327 batting average. His offensive numbers have dropped since the NCAA Tournament began, but he has delivered some key hits, including a three-run home run in the regional-clinching 3-2 win over Kentucky.
"I hit the ball well in the regional, but I pulled off some balls when we played Oregon," Campbell said. "I've been working on my approach and I'm confident I can get my stroke and timing back."
Campbell hasn't allowed his offense to affect his defense in the tournament. He made two game-saving catches that preserved wins, one in Gary and one in Eugene.
With the tying run on base in the last of the eighth inning in the third regional game against Kentucky game, he made a leaping catch to protect the 3-2 lead. With the bases loaded and two outs in the last of the ninth inning in the first super regional game at Oregon, he raced to his right and ran down a fly ball in left-center for the final out to secure a 7-6 Kent State win.
Campbell adjusted to the playing conditions at stadiums in Gary and Eugene. He was able to tour TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha, the site of the College World Series. The Golden Flashes also are scheduled to practice there before playing their opener against the Razorbacks.
"That ballpark is unbelievable," Campbell said. "It looks like a Major League stadium. I'm looking forward to playing in it."
With parents John and Dorothy Campbell, his girlfriend and several of his old West Branch teammates and friends making the drive across the country, Campbell is anxiously awaiting to participate in his first-ever and Kent State's first-ever College World Series.
"It's pretty fitting we've gotten this far after what we went through in our (two close) tournament games against Kentucky and three games at Oregon," Campbell reflected. "We're pretty confident we can do well, we just need to go out and execute like we're capable of doing."


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Thanks for the responses to my previous question. Saw the doctor and scheduled revision surgery for next week. After reviewing before and after x-rays it looks as though the native bone above the ridge was burred and reduced contributing to the indent.
My question is can the center of the forehead be shaved to eliminate the ridge? Is the skull thick enough or is it too dangerous to which the only option is to implant more HA to smooth it out?


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Nomura's Comeback
Back in 1997, a five-alarm fire was raging inside the House of Nomura. For the second time in a decade, scandal had shaken the big investment bank. Senior managers were charged with approving payoffs to corporate extortionists. Several resigned: Even Chief Executive Hideo Sakamaki confessed to condoning a payoff and got a suspended prison sentence. Coming on top of the 1991 affair in which the firm covered the investment losses of influential clients, the new allegations were such a stain on Nomura's reputation that some wondered if it would survive.
In a near-desperate move to save the bank, Chairman Masashi Suzuki bypassed more senior managers and named Junichi Ujiie as president and CEO. Ujiie didn't look much like chief executive material: At 51, he was young for a Japanese CEO and he had spent many years outside Japan, running Nomura's risk-management offices in Zurich and New York. A fluent English speaker who earned a doctorate under monetarist Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, Ujiie didn't readily fit Nomura's hard-driving make-the-sale-at-any-cost culture. But the fact that he was not tainted by scandal overrode every reservation, and Suzuki forced through his appointment. Ujiie was boss.
Now, six years later, in a country crying out for comeback stories, Ujiie appears to have pulled one off. Under Ujiie, Nomura has proved there's money to be made even in a market where the Nikkei is flirting with 20-year lows, and where the commercial banking crisis never seems to end. Nomura is expected to earn $1.36 billion for the fiscal year ending Mar. 31, on revenues of $11.2 billion. Good profits in financial services? These days that would be miraculous in the U.S., let alone Japan. Ujiie has also helped Nomura shed its image as ethically challenged. Indeed, he has been maniacal about compliance, knowing another scandal would do irreparable harm. "I think we have regained the public's trust," says Ujiie.
Perhaps most gratifying of all for its staff, Nomura has succeeded in grabbing back billions of dollars in Japanese merger-and-acquisition and other business hijacked by foreign interlopers during the 1990s. To many of the bank's more hard-nosed dealmakers, losing out to foreign competitors was a worse disgrace than the payoffs. In 2002, Nomura led the rankings for Japanese M&A deals, arranging $16 billion in acquisitions. It also topped the list in equity offerings and initial public offerings, leaving firms like Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Nikko Salomon Smith Barney Ltd. in the dust. "When people are really beating us, we fight back," Ujiie says. "Any competitive global company has to have dominant share in its home market."
Ironically, these days it's not Nomura grappling with image problems but key rivals such as Citigroup, Merrill Lynch & Co., and Credit Suisse First Boston, which are being hounded by regulators over the objectivity of their research in the U.S. The American and European powerhouses are also scaling back operations in Japan. Merrill had an especially ambitious agenda, buying up the branch network of failed brokerage Yamaichi Securities Co. in 1998 in a bid to challenge Nomura. It closed up shop in Japan last year.
In contrast, Nomura is expanding its turf. To be sure, Nomura is still a shadow of its former self. It isn't the late-1980s juggernaut that threatened Wall Street on its home court, or even the late-1990s niche player that delivered handsome profits in the U.S. commercial mortgage and asset-backed securities market. But it has a market-leading 33.9% share of Japan's investment banking services. And Nomura now manages $125 billion in assets, including 40% of Japan's bond mutual funds and 20% of its stock funds.
Ujiie turned Nomura around with a combination of block-and-tackle restructuring and a rethinking of its approach to its various businesses. When he took over in 1997, Nomura's fortunes were already declining along with those of its mother country. Domestic earnings were getting hit by a free-falling stock market. In 1998, Nomura got creamed by the Russian bond default. So Ujiie took quick action to lop off money-losing operations and cut out-of-control costs. He slashed head count, mainly overseas: The U.S. workforce has been cut some 20% since 2000. He sold off a finance unit, acquired Nomura's formerly independent asset-management arm, and reorganized Nomura into a holding company focused on retail, asset management, and investment banking. To improve transparency and benchmark Nomura better against Western rivals, he listed on the New York Stock Exchange and adopted U.S. accounting principles. He also brought outside directors onto the Nomura board.
Readjusting the mind-set was key. Ujiie took a wrecking ball to the notion that Nomura's retail sales force, especially its big money earners, are princes of the realm. For decades, the guys who hauled in the biggest commissions shot up the management ranks. But since Ujiie never went through the typical career track of starting out at a small retail branch and clawing his way up, he had the freedom to try a new approach. As a result, within the new holding company retail brokering, investment banking, and asset management are on an equal footing. Capital and talent are mobilized to take advantage of the best opportunities to make money. That's wise because right now the biggest opportunity for Nomura isn't selling stocks but overhauling companies and balance sheets.
Gone, too, is the "only invented here" syndrome that limited Nomura to financial products designed in house, consumer be damned. Now if investors want a hot foreign bond fund or a global equity product, they get it. Ujiie shocked insiders and rivals alike by insisting that Nomura's asset-management division distribute mutual funds by the likes of Fidelity Investments, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs. Says Ujiie: "We will sell it, if the product is good. Who makes it? We don't care."
In the new Nomura, ethics and compliance matter. In fact, Ujiie insists every employee carry a wallet-size mission statement that stresses the positive role the financial professions play in society. On a day-to-day basis, branch managers are under orders to close any of Nomura's 5 million retail accounts immediately if there is a scent of corruption. Ujiie admits that retail branch managers have been threatened by thugs for carrying out this policy.
On the financial front, Nomura refocused its attention on its home market at just the right time -- as restructuring and consolidation slowly become Japan's new business religion. And the firm's decades-old ties with large domestic companies are paying off quite nicely. It is the main adviser to Konica Corp. on its planned multibillion-dollar takeover of Minolta Co. and on several deals in the bloated construction industry. It also advised the retail chain, Seiyu Ltd., when it sold 37% of its shares to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT ) And last month, Nomura won the competition to advise the New Tokyo International Airport Authority on its planned initial public offering set for later this year. That deal was made by Hiroshi Toda, Nomura's head of M&A, whose team of rainmakers is the most respected in Tokyo finance.
Nailing such deals is vital because the profit margins can be lucrative and strategic advice often leads to future business. Also, Nomura has ambitious plans to become a turnaround artist. In the past two years, it has injected capital into troubled midsize companies such as Fuji Car Manufacturing Co. and Misawa Resort Co. in the hope of fixing them up and exiting with big returns. Nomura, says merchant banking planning chief Takeo Sumino, aims to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh workouts over the next few years. "This year, many Japanese companies are really trying to find a solution for survival," says Ujiie. "I tell Nomura people revival is a key word through which we can contribute to the Japanese economy...and, oh, by the way, we are going to make money."
Surprisingly, Nomura has even managed to generate profits from Japanese retail clients, despite the Tokyo stock market's sickening slide. Income-hungry investors are flocking to Nomura's array of U.S. and Australian bond products, for instance, which offer a 5% or so return, vs. nearly zero for Japanese bond funds. Instead of the old churn-and-burn ethos, Nomura's manager of retail strategy, Kimifusa Fujii, says there is a greater emphasis on "increasing the amount of assets over time for our clients." Nomura just reported its best quarter on the retail side in two years.
Having repaired its operations in Japan, the big strategic question facing Nomura is how to grow. Should it, for instance, buy its way back onto the international stage with a major acquisition? Senior Nomura bankers in Europe are urging Ujiie to revitalize his overseas operations by buying an investment bank; both CSFB and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, they point out, could be had cheap. "If they don't have an international alliance, they never will be a global player," says one rival investment banker.
For now, Ujiie doesn't think this makes sense. He would rather focus on commanding a bigger share of cross-border equity and merger deals involving Japanese companies, then go big-game hunting for U.S. and European corporate clients. He is also keeping his hand in the dealmaking culture in Europe. Nomura has profited by maintaining a relationship with Guy Hands, the private equity prince from Britain who split from Nomura last year to form his own company.
Having won plaudits for restoring the House of Nomura to some of its former glory, Ujiie is now ready to step back and play a more strategic role. He is expected to be named chairman on Apr. 1 and to hand over the job of president and CEO to Nobuyuki Koga, now the firm's chief operating officer. Koga can hardly take it easy, though. Domestic rivals such as Mizuho Holdings Inc. share Nomura's keenness to capitalize on the restructuring of Japan Inc. And Ujiie is sure that his big Western competitors will return to Japan one day. But at least Nomura will be around to meet the challenge.
Corrections and Clarifications "Nomura's comeback" (Finance, Apr. 7) -- about the return to prominence in Japan of Nomura Holdings -- stated that Merrill Lynch & Co. "closed up shop in Japan last year," a reference to the retail branch network that Merrill had purchased from Yamaichi Securities Co. in 1998 in a bid to challenge Nomura.
Merrill notes that it retains a significant presence throughout Japan in investment banking, investment management, and wealth-management operations. Merrill Lynch services for private clients, the firm says, include 120 financial advisers in three offices and are solidly profitable.
By Brian Bremner in Tokyo


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In Calibration World magazine (Spring/Summer 2011) there was an article on temperature and the calibration of temperature instruments. In this article we continue with temperature-related articles. We will discuss the various uncertainty components related to temperature calibration using a temperature dry-block. Also, we will discuss how to calculate the total uncertainty of a calibration performed with a dry block.
First, let's discuss what a temperature dry block is:
- consists of a heatable and/or coolable metallic block, controller, an internal control sensor and optional readout for external reference sensor. This article will focus on models that use interchangeable metallic multi-hole inserts.
- There are fast and lightweight dry blocks for industrial field use as well as models that deliver near bath-level stability in laboratory use.
- There are also some work safety issues that favor dry blocks in preference to liquid baths. For example, in temperatures above 200 °C liquids can produce undesirable fumes or there may be fire safety issues. If a drop of water gets into hot silicon oil, it could even cause a small steam explosion which may splash hot oil on the user.
- Dry blocks are almost without exception meant to be used dry. Heat transfer fluids or pastes are sometimes used around or inside the insert, but they don't necessarily improve performance. They may actually even impede the dry block's performance and damage its internal components.
Let's have a look at the various uncertainty components that are related to temperature calibration done using a dry block. These components are relevant to all manufacturers' dry blocks. Some manufacturers specify these components and some do not.
It is possible to use a dry block with the block's internal measurement as the reference (true value), or you can also use an external reference temperature probe inserted in the block as a reference measurement.
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In Chicago Dr. Putterman is to the most experienced eyelid surgeon, in my opinion. He has been a very active surgeon for many many years and has taught literally hundreds of surgeons. Including myself.
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Jason Mraz's success has taken him from playing coffee houses in San Diego to concert halls around the world, his good looks and affable nature a perfect partner to his laid-back, soulful musical style. Heavily influenced by the music of Brazil, his sounds are sure to put you into a soulful, relaxed mood.
Mraz's latest album was 2014's YES!, which cames after years of collaboration with all-girl indie rock band Raining Jane. While the tracks on YES! were performed by a plethora of musicians, they still retained the soulful, acoustic style Mraz is known and loved for. This performance comes amid rumours that Mraz is working on a new album for 2017, so let's hope for some new material among the YES! and older cuts! Jason Mraz plays St. George Theatre in Staten Island, NY, showing for one date only on 20 Sep 2014!
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sorry guys, I don't know. I didn't have much time to play with the static publisher. So for now I just work with static content. I would quite like to add the comment functionality, but once you post with the static publisher enabled a new comment is not displayed on the page immediately, only after republishing the page (and possible subpages).
I thought ideally a page and sub pages should be republished when a visitor entered a comment, hit the send button and the comment has been written to the database. But I don't know how to start the republish process at that moment without hacking into the core code. If anyone has any idea please let us know.
The other way is probably to exclude some pages from being cached at all. E.g. pages with dynamic content like some widgets. It should be possible to maybe just overwrite the caching functions allPagesToCache() and subPagesToCache() of these pages (replace it with empty functions for certain page types or add a checkbox like 'can be cached' to the CMS and make caching conditional?). So the caching would not even create cached versions of these pages and so the rewrite rule would automatically use the dynamic page.
I would not like to change the .htaccess file and add a rewrite rule for specific pages that should not be cached. It's a solution but not a good one I think.
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With so many comments about Tata Docomo's plan details in our previous blog posts, we have been noticing that you are eager to know the Tata DoCoMo Prepaid GPRS Plans details and cost in India. So we thought that we should prepare an informative blog post on the same so that you can know how much you are spending when deciding the plan for yourself.
Tata Docomo has 5 different packs for its prepaid customers with variable usage patterns.
How to get these packs:
- Available on special EVD recharge.
- Recharge Instruction for Rs 5 pack: To activate SMS "GPRS" to 121.
- Daily Pass valid till 12:00 midnight on the day of activation.
Here are the details of the GPRS packs available for the prepaid customers:
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Nissan Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Hi NINVEH1943,
Unplug the EGR valve and see if the misfire is still there. If it is, then you need to do your testing at the speed the misfire is occurring to capture the it. While #4 is the verified one that's missing, try swapping components with #3 for example to see if the misfire moves with the parts. If it doesn't, then there may be a valve train problem.
Thanks for your question and positive feedback,
Here you go.
Thanks again,
It appears that the EGR has either a bad transducer before the valve or the valve is bad. The transducer will allow too much vacuum if it's bad. You only need about 3 inches to open it. That's the hose you took off. If the vacuum is good, then the EGR has a weak return spring in it and then the EGR should be replaced, and it's a DONE DEAL.
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Wake commissioner: Animal center controversies are 'embarrassing'
Posted February 3, 2012
Raleigh, N.C. — About two years ago, animal advocates, people in the community and Wake County Animal Center officials came together to discuss how they could reduce the number of animals that end up at the shelter. During the past several months, the center been caught in a whirlwind of unflattering headlines.
Wake County Commissioner Erv Portman says "it's embarrassing" and that he thinks the county can do better.
Most recently, a volunteer group trying to help control the feral cat population in Apex announced this week it would take Wake County to court to get it to stop trapping and euthanizing animals in the town.
In November, the animal shelter put down an 8-month-old Labrador-hound mix named Sassy, hours after it was featured as the pet of the day on WRAL-TV's noon newscast. Wake County Animal Center officials cited an upper respiratory infection as its reason for euthanizing the dog and said that putting it on the news was a mistake.
The clashes between animal advocates and the Wake County animal center have been about policy. Both sides want to reduce the number of animals put to death in Wake County. Portman, who said he has talked with many animal advocates, says the county needs to listen to the solutions they propose.
"We have passionate volunteers that have alternatives, that are willing to use their time, money and effort to help us, and we ought to get out of their way and let them help us," he said.
Adding to the trouble, the animal center is looking for a new director after Dennis McMichael's surprising announcement that he was stepping down to move back to Pennsylvania. Portman says that should not keep county commissioners from tackling these issues.
"I don't think we've been as responsive as we should be, and I've been talking with county staff to get us a little more response, a little quicker," he said.
Animal advocates have proposed one solution in regard to feral cats. If citizens called and said they wanted the county to round up cats, callers should be informed of other rescue groups that could help spay or neuter, vaccinate and return the cats to their surroundings.
If the cats ended up at the shelter, they'd be euthanized, so callers could get a choice. That procedural change needs to be approved by county commissioners, and county leaders say that could come before them within the next 30 days.


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LAKEPORT -- Everybody else has weighed in on the Martin-Zimmerman trial, so I'm going to take a crack at it with Steven Sloans' column "Justice for all," without malice.
The juror Maddy stated she thought "Zimmerman got away with murder," she has a right to her opinion, but she also could have hung the jury, if her convictions were strong enough, but she also had to follow the law, which in this case is quite explicit. Opinions, not facts, cause more hate and discontent and creates more racial divide than we really need.
"The law is justice," the injection of speculation or opinions, is not paramount in a verdict. Nor is it law.
"The intent of the jury system was violated," no sir, it was not, you cannot prove without a doubt Zimmerman had prior intent. Even a background check by the Justice Department could not prove that and you can't prove Zimmerman hunted him down. Speculation & opinions don't count.
"Who was finally on top or bottom," did not matter. It matters when you are getting the crap beat out of you and told you are going to die. And, Zimmerman had a right to carry a firearm whether you like it or not. Opinions don't count in a court of law. That "if Trevyon were white and Zimmerman were black," the trial and result would have been different. Prove it! Every Jury and every case are different.
"The Judge refused to let the race card in." Why should the race card be played if it doesn't apply to the law and if the answer is to placate the race dividers, show me where in the law that is.
"The confused jury. And the pledge to allegiance." The jury came to a unanimous verdict, without injecting speculation and opinion, where is the confusion? And finally, Zimmerman is of mixed-race Hispanic decent, Peruvian mother, white father and his great grandfather was black. Now does it make him more racist or less racist? And, is he more white or more Hispanic or more black? If anybody goes back far enough we are mostly all a Heinz 57 Variety. So let's forget the politically-correct race stuff and let us concentrate on just getting along. This event was tragic at best for both people. Some people think the moon landing was a Hollywood film set, that's opinion not fact. The rhetoric and speculation with this case is over the top. Why drag us back to the ?50s and ?60's, when we have come so far?


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Each August, a new class of forty students is admitted to the Yale Physician Associate Program. The Admissions Committee selects those candidates who show the most promise of becoming outstanding physician associates and fulfilling the mission of the Yale PA Program. We enroll intelligent, mature and highly motivated students from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds who have the potential to become leaders in our profession.
We review each application individually on its own merit and admission decisions are based on the evaluation of an applicant's academic record, personal statements, previous healthcare/hands-on patient care experience, GRE scores (Institution Code 3983), and a formal interview. Only completed applications are reviewed by the Admissions Committee and only applicants formally interviewed will be considered for admission.
Admission to the Yale PA Program is quite competitive. For the Class of 2018, 1,063 applications were reviewed and 160 applicants were interviewed for a class of 38 students.
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Barbara Bunde is in a bind. Times are harsh, and Barbara's bank account has seen better days. Maybe she could sell a novel … if she knew any stories. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from her fellow residents of Silverstream, the little English village she knows inside and out.
To her surprise, the novel is a smash. It's a good thing she wrote under a pseudonym, because the folks of Silverstream are in an uproar. But what really turns Miss Bunde's world around is this: what happens to the characters in her book starts happening to their real-life counterparts. Does life really imitate art?
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Meet Nate Meese's Lips & Teeth
We don't mean to give Nate Meese a big wet smooch, really, but he has a new mouth-centric band. For those keeping score, it all started with Meese, down to the Centennial and now the new project, Lips & Teeth. The solo effort has yielded multiple tunes that are available for your listening pleasures here, and be on the lookout for more material, because those Meese kids are always working on something new.
Lil Wayne courtside at "the can"
Young Money was in the house sitting courtside at the Pepsi Center last week for the Nuggets/Nets game. You can only assume that Lil Wayne was on hand to cheer for Jigga's hoop team that's scheduled to move over to Brooklyn to become the Brawlers. Photo via Ya Girl Cedes.
Chauncey Billups,
NBA Basketball Player DJ
Chauncey Billups is now living the good life in Los Angeles away from his home in Denver, hooping with the likes of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin for the OTHER Los Angeles team, the Clippers. Billups Elite, the non-profit that gives back to the Denver community, is seeking your help for donations, and for $250,000, Chauncey will personally DJ your next party, Bar-Mitzvah or quinceañera.
Chimney Choir wants you to be in its new DVD
Chimney Choir has decided to make its next outing a live album/DVD and record it at San Louis Sounds in Broomfield on Jan. 22. The project started contingent on the donations garnered from Kickstarter, but at this time, the project is 110% funded. Hooray for fans!
Hindershot is about to "Curse Us All"
Hindershot is ready to release its latest EP entitled "Curse Us All" via local music conglomerate Hot Congress. Get a small dose of "Dinosaur" from the new EP below with screen shots from "Jurassic Park." BTW, did anybody ever watch the third installment of "Jurassic Park?"
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Cong gets cold feet on projecting Rahul for PM
Prime ministership decision after polls
"The relationship between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi is unique and we have never seen such camaraderie in the past. This is perhaps the ideal model for future," said Janardan Dwivedi, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee and chief spokesperson of the party.
Though the Congress cashed in on the hitherto unblemished reputation of soft-spoken Singh during the United Progressive Alliance's first tenure in power as well as in the 2009 elections, a series of scams coming up to haunt his government had tarnished his image.
The party, however, chose to back him once again on Tuesday, a day before he is set to address captains of India Inc at the annual general meeting of Confederation of Indian Industries. The industry body also invited Rahul to address the corporate biggies on Thursday.
Dwivedi's comment came five days after Singh, who turned 80 last year, declined to rule out the possibility of a third term for himself. It was also apparently intended to contradict another AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh's recent comment that the UPA's model of dual power centres (Congress president and prime minister) did not work well over the past nine years.
Digvijay had also remarked that Rahul should himself lead the government if the Congress scored a hat trick.
Talking to reporters at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday, Dwivedi, however, reiterated that Rahul's priority "is to strengthen the party. We have Manmohan Singh as our prime minister today and everybody accepts him," he said.
"Who will be the prime minister after the 2014 elections is not an issue. The party will take a call on the leadership issue after the elections," he added.
The Congress appeared to be cautious to make sure that the 2014 poll "is not seen as a direct political battle" between the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has brought Modi to centre stage by inducting him into its highest policy-making body last Sunday.


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4-run 4th lifts Chukars past GJ Rox
Daniel Rockett launched a two-run home run in the fourth inning, sparking a four-run rally that helped Idaho Falls to an 8-4 win over the visiting Grand Junction Rockies on Sunday.
Rockett's blast broke a 3-3 tie and preceded a double by Dominique Taylor and RBI single by Nick Cuckovich. The inning's fourth run came on a throwing error by third baseman Ryan McMahon.
Rockett and Taylor were each 3 for 4 on the day. Rockett finished with three RBI.
Grand Junction starting pitcher Helmis Rodriguez lasted only 3 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs — three earned — on five hits and one walk. He struck out four and took the loss, falling to 2-2 on a day the Rockies' defense committed five errors.
Raimel Tapia led off the game for the Rockies with a home run that cleared the right-field wall. McMahon drove in a pair of runs with a single in the third inning and Jairo Rosario doubled home a run in the ninth for Grand Junction (11-7).
Idaho Falls starter Luke Farrell (1-1) picked up the win on the mound, limiting the Rockies to three runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out six in five innings of work.
After dropping the first two in the four-game series on Thursday and Friday, the Chukars (6-12) salvaged a split by winning the final two.


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MIAMI BEACH, Fla (Jul. 31)
Members of the Republican national convention platform committee indicated today that a draft plank on the Middle East tentatively under consideration calls for the sale of supersonic Jets to Israel and favors bringing the Arabs and Israel together for direct negotiations. A behind-the-scenes fight was reported yesterday to prevent adoption of a vague plank that would eliminate specific reference to the F-4 Phantom jets sought by Israel and even to the word "supersonic" as descriptive of the jets.
Harry Torczyner, chairman of the public affairs committee of the Zionist Organization of America, Wednesday told the subcommittee on foreign policy and national security of the Republican platform committee that Israel, by its very existence, strengthened the influence of the United States in all the Arab countries "that have not subordinated their policies to those of a foreign great power hostile to the U.S."
The ZOA leader told the committee that "it is a fact of international life that the peoples inhabiting the shores of the Persian Gulf – that the governments themselves of Morocco and Tunisia, of Libya, Saudi Arabia and of Lebanon, even of Jordan, not to mention Iran-can feel safer against the depredations of predatory neighbors because of the existence of the State of Israel." He said that Israel represents and "embodies all of the principles for which the U.S. stands," and noted that every President since the days of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft have "supported the ideal now realized of the re-establishment of the Jewish Homeland."
David Nes, a former United States State Department official in its Embassy in Cairo, testifying for an organization called American Committee for Justice in the Middle East, urged that nothing be said about the Middle East in the platform that would cause a further deterioration of U.S. relations with the Arab world. He expressed the opinion that Israel be required to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as a quid pro quo for any U.S. assistance.
Mr. Nes yielded a portion of his time before the platform committee to Frank C. Sakran, executive secretary of the pro-Arab American Council on the Middle East. Mr. Sakran denounced Israel for annexing East Jerusalem and its occupation of former Arab territories, and said that it made possible increased Russian influence in the Middle East, He urged that the Republican platform this year contain no reference at all to the Middle East and warned that the U.S. would lose further Arab friendship unless it led Israel rather than allowing the "tail" (presumably Israel) to wag the dog.


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2-door 4-seater saloon.
Sport derivative of 1000, really a halfway-house to the TTS, with 65bhp, front disc brakes and a 95mph top speed. Wider track for greater stability, and four headlamp layout. In this country, virtually unknown, but a good 'boy racer' in West Germany.
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1st Year
- English in the World
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Phonetics & Phonology
- Engaging in Learning in Linguisitics
- Language & Mind
- People in Context
- Child Development
2nd Year
- Discourse & Communication
- Speech Language & Cognition
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
- Research & Ethics Module
- Work Placement or Community Project
3rd Year
- Advanced Linguistic Analysis
- Discourse in Practice
- Acquired Language Disorders
- Cognitive Communication Disorders
- Dissertation
Entry Requirements & Fees
Career Opportunities
This degree has been designed for people who want an ideal preparation towards studying for an accredited Speech and Language Therapy qualification at post-graduate level. This degree does not include Speech & Language Therapy Therapist Status awards or qualifications.
It is also a very good starting degree for people who want to specialise in language special needs in schools, or in Higher Education student support for example, where they help people with dyslexia and other language processing difficulties to achieve their full potential. Because it is also a 'Linguistics' degree, it is useful in a range of areas relating to people and communication, such as counselling, teaching, elocution and working with text.
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Throughout the course, you'll enjoy consistent support and encouragement from the course team. The teaching team consists of many SLT qualified practitioners. The team includes Dr Steve Disney, Dr Sally Bates, Dr Hazel Bending and Dr Tomasina Oh, each possessing extensive experience and research interests including descriptive linguistics, vowel disorders, and reflective practice.


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|August 17, 2009, 08:07
New Member
i am very new to this forum. i am design enginner and work on tools like ansys, Solidworks simulation and hypermesh. now my company has decide to go for CFD.
Can any one please help me to know which software is good in terms of results.
we are in to valve design ( butterfly, knife gate, ball valve, etc...), we are looking for calculating Cv value, pressure drop, flow path etc.
Ansys CFX, Fluent, CFdesign, Flow works ,(any other tool)among this which is the good tool for suppoting above problems.
Gaurav B
|August 18, 2009, 07:41
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Hi GauravB,
Have a little experience with the situation you're in. Firstly, even though I dont work for any of the codes, its still probably unfair for me to give my favourites. All the software tools you have mentioned will deffo do what you're after ... but for design purposes there are more 'friendlier' programs then others. All my opinion of course, and I welcome any other user to challenge what I write - important you hear as many opinions as possible.
If Im being crude, Id split the packages up into two cats - high end (eg fluent) and upfront (eg CFdesign). As you might expect high-end software is excellent for many complex and sophisticated applications. However, if you dont need this sort of capacity then i'd be tempted to go down the route of a more upfront code. These codes have shown to be be equal on like-for-like studies but can be a little easier to handle.
things to consider would be (in no order of importance):
cad integration - launching directly from SW or Inventor for instance can save a load of time, especially if you've got a large number of design iterations to get through. A good upfront code will enable you to quickly step back into the cad, make a quick design change, relaunch and use the already input CFD settings.
meshing capability - some progams have better automatic capabilities than others. Again, this can save time. Of course, manual meshing shouldnt be completely overlooked as the geom might actually require it.
typical machine requirements - as a designer you'd probably want something capable of doing at least 'first-take' analyses on your local desktop/laptop.
results comparison - for design work it's essential that your package enables you to quickly give both quantitative and qualitative comparisons. Some packages have a automatic report generating features as well which can be useful.
ease of use - although you obviously want to fully understand and be able to validate all the inputs you make to your model, you want the package to flow (parden the pun) easily and not give you a headache from start to finish. Easy to input boundary conditions for instance. Secondly, if its a tool that you may only use once a month ..... you dont want to have to keep re-learning the software.
One often overlooked consideration is the software support. It can be vital, especially in the early weeks/months. My experience has shown certain codes are a lot better then others.
If I was you, I'd generate some geom that you'd ideally want to model and make contact with a few companies/distributors. They should hopefully demonstrate what they can do with your model so you are in a better position to judge.
What i will say is that now is a good time (competitive!) to get hold of some good software.
If you want any more info feel free to email.
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Thanks for putting lights on this. Comparison points mentioned by you is definitely going to help me to identifying a good code for meeting my needs.
also i like the point, that i should ask different service provider to run a case study so i can be in better position to judge the code performance.
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I'd encourage you to look at STAR-CCM+ from CD-adapco. It's a powerful CFD tool that's also easy to use. I work for CD-adapco, so I would say that! CD-adapco is the second largest CFD code company after ANSYS, and we're taking significant market share, so it should be on your list.
I'll add two things:
(1) I'd encourage you to do a short eval of the software you're interested in. Giving geometry to vendors is all well and good, but you have to remember it will be given to an experienced user. That's great, but the question you really want answered is will you be able to do that and if so, how long will it take? You'll only find that out by taking some training and giving it a go.
(2) Dimeflow's answer is (word-for-word) the CFdesign sales pitch, so I'd be cautious of advice from people who start their message with, "I don't work for a code vendor but ..."
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Im not pitching for anyone! Other than that assumption, Jims response is pretty good. I'd deffo agree with getting actual hands on with software if possible. If nothing else, it should indicate how easy or difficult the software is at generating the mesh from native geom.
Although less familiar, I have used CCM+ and it should also be looked in to. In fairness to Ansys I've also found their latest version of Workbench to be a lot more project orientated. But I still maintain that for certain applications, some codes are easier and more efficient to use than others.
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I need some help debugging this. A pointer on how to begin would be helpful....
I have a Sun Ultra 10, usually headless, running sid. Kernel 2.4.26-6 works fine. The boot completes normally, and the console is a functional and bland white characters on black background. Once the boot completes, I get a "login:" prompt, and I can type "root" and "********" and get logged in fine.
The available builds (apt-get) of kernels 2.6.8, 2.6.12, 2.6.14-1-sparc64, 2.6.14-2-sparc64, and 2.6.14-4-sparc64 fail to complete the boot process.
The last message I see is "Booting Linux" on the console. I do not have a serial console set up, so I don't know whether it locks at that point, but it appears to.
I have installed the 2.6.14 source, and if I build the kernel using the default configuration options, I get a kernel that will boot, and comes to a "login:" prompt without issue. After the boot, however, the console is unusable. In other words, I can type "root" and "********", but the system doesn't log me in, and an ssh from another system confirms that a) the system is up, and b) who shows that no one else is logged in.
One thing I notice with 2.6.14 is that the console has switched from white characters on black background to black characters on a white background.
One other thing I notice is that when "Booting Linux" comes up, the num lock, caps lock, scrool lock, and compose flash on then off, and nothing else happens as far as I can tell.
I am not running X, and as far as I know, there are no hardware problems.
Any suggestions?
Would setting up a serial console help debug this issue? [If so, I'll have to figure out how to do that....]
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Canada's biggest retailer of books, electronic books and e-readers said earnings fell to a loss of $11.7-million, or 47 cents a share for the three months ended April 2.
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