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The next beautiful book in the hugely popular MY COOL series. Looking back at 100 years of the motorcycle, this beautifully photographed new volume in the hugely popular My Cool series celebrates our love affair with this oh-so-cool vehicle. ...
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The Best Classics from Around the World
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The team at the worlds leading Harley magazine, Heavy Duty, is pleased to present a selection of vintage and classic Harley-Davidsons featured in the magazine over the last five years. Collecting and restoring these bikes has become a popular ...
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Complete Yachtmaster 8th edition
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The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience.In this fully revised eighth edition, Tom ...
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by Peter Plowman
This guide book features more than 130 paddle-boats found in various parts of Australia. It includes paddleboats presently operating public excursions and cruises on rivers, lakes and harbours around Australia, as well as privately ...
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A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 5, 1985-2012
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This volume takes up the account of Comengs history from 1985 and carries the story through to 1990and then on into the postComeng era at Dandenong of ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB), Adtranz and Bombardier. This volume therefore includes the ...
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Definitive visual history and glorious celebration of all things train and trackThe Train Book traces the history and role of trains from the first steam engines to diesel engines and then to today's high-speed bullet trains. You'll take a ...
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by P J O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke, 'the funniest writer in America', harbours a guilty pleasure - ever since growing up the son of a car dealer in Ohio, her has been crazy about cars. In Driving Like Crazy, he reveals in his love for all things vehicular. From a ...
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A History of Commonwealth Engineering Vol. 3 1966-1977
by John Dunn
Volume 3 of the history of Commonwealth Engineering picks up the story where volume 2 left off. The takeover of rival firm A. E. Goodwin allowed Comeng to enter the lucrative and very successful business of building Alco-powered diesel-electric ...
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The Rampant Robot and other stories
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Following the publication of Tall But True Tractor Tales the author has unearthed 50 more stories related to tractors and farm machines (more tall but true tales) and those who work with them. Most of the individuals whose mishaps
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A Collection of Harley-Davidson & V-Twin Customs
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The team at the world's leading Harley magazine, Heavy Duty, is pleased to present a selection of vintage and classic Harley-Davidsons featured in the magazine over the last five years. Collecting and restoring these bikes has become a popular ...
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by Peter Clark
This is a comprehensive history of high speed trains beginning with Japanese bullet trains of 1960s and including the French development of TGVs. The book covers not just the trains but the problems and solutions for the lines on which they run.
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Kiwi Bike Culture: Unique Motorbike Collections
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Motorbikes of interest, motorbike collections, and the varied cast of characters who play a role in the New Zealand motorbike culture. KIWI BIKE CULTURE: UNIQUE MOTORBIKE COLLECTIONS delves into the love affair New Zealanders have with their ...
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Jeremy Clarkson is the second-best motoring writer in Britain. For twenty years, he's been driving cars, writing about them and occasionally voicing his opinions about them on the BBC's Top Gear.No one in the business is taller.Here, he's ...
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A History of Commonwealth engineering - Volume 4, 1977-1985
by John Dunn
This volume takes up the account of Comengs history from 1977 and carries the story through to 1985. This period of the companys history was highly productive though unquestionably turbulent. One of the highlights in the NSW branch was the ...
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Fly By Wire: The Geese, The Glide, The 'Miracle' on the Hudson
by William Langewiesche
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The Essential Love Em or Hate Em Guide
by Richard Hammond
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by Martin Roach
Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series then faced the axe in 2001 - but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses and Top Gear returned to become the ...
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Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dir k Pitt
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A gorgeous tour through Clive Cussler's outstanding collection of rare, classic, and antique automobiles. Featuring stunning color photographs by Ronnie Bramhall.Fans of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt series know that his hero has a soft ...
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Learn to Drive (All the Manoeuvres)
Learn To Drive
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I have been an Instructor for 10 years with probably one of the best pass rates in the country by using the methods in this book devised by myself. I built them into routines and then collated each routine and created my book that help my ...
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by Bill Kresnak
Few activities offer more fun and excitement than motorcycling, but to get the most out of it, there's a lot you need to know. From buying and maintaining a bike, to riding safely, to finding great places to ride, Motorcycling For Dummies
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Candidates shield records
WASHINGTON In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, a small team of aides combed through statehouse filing cabinets. They filled more than 630 cartons with papers destined for the state archives as the primary documentary legacy of his administration. One floor, though, was almost completely off limits to them: Romney's inner sanctum, his third-floor office.
The former legislative affairs director who headed the archiving effort, John O'Keefe, recalls that his team was given a stack of Romney's public schedules over four years and a limited variety of other documents from the governor's executive office, but not much else. "We were told we were not in charge of archiving the third floor," he says.
The mystery deepened recently when the chief legal counsel for Romney's Democratic successor, Gov. Deval Patrick, said that just before Patrick took office, material on a state government web server that housed Romney's emails was erased. Top Romney aides also bought and removed their state-issued computer hard drives, and remaining leased computers were replaced. Romney said he followed the law in authorizing the purge, and his campaign aides said their actions were based on a 1997 Massachusetts court ruling that all governors' records are private.
Romney's selective policy toward public access and preservation of his executive records raises stark questions about how transparent his administration would be if he were to become president. He's not alone. Other leading candidates for the presidency - incumbent Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Rick Perry - have touted their commitment to transparency, but their administrations also have been selective at times in the records they disclose. They have limited, stalled or denied access when it suited their purposes.
"What I wish Americans could expect is a politician who talked a good game and walked a good game, too," said Ken Bunting, executive director of the nonpartisan National Freedom of Information Coalition. "The reality is everybody gives lip service to transparency and accountability."
Romney's submission of paper documents to the Massachusetts archives was made "in the interest of transparency and to help provide a record of his time in office," said Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior campaign adviser. But the holdings in the archives are far from comprehensive. An Associated Press reporter sent from Washington earlier this fall spent a week examining the Romney archives, but did not find paper copies of any emails to or from Romney or any internal calendars or in-house memos - all commonly used by governors. There are no state archives records accounting for what happened to those materials.
The growing use by government agencies and political campaigns of new channels of electronic communication, including text messages, online videos and social media services, has opened new dimensions in the availability of public records. But presidential candidates haven't been especially transparent.
"There's the potential for a lot more raw information than in the past as emails and other electronic communications replace phone and face-to-face conversations," said Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit public interest group. "The problem is we're seeing officials and governments moving more and more to shield those materials from public access."

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Seeds Paire, Malisse Beaten In Vienna
Vienna, Austria
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World No. 82 Paolo Lorenzi recorded just his seventh tour-level win of the season on Tuesday as he upset seventh-seeded Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.
The Italian withstood 11 aces to break Paire twice from six opportunities, claiming victory in 85 minutes. The 30-year-old Lorenzi has reached six ATP Challenger Tour finals this season, winning his lone trophy in Cordenons, Italy (d. Gimeno-Traver).
Eighth seed Xavier Malisse was also ousted in the first round, falling to Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(6). The No. 70-ranked Zemlja recorded just his eighth tour-level win of the season in two hours and 27 minutes as he broke serve five times and saved seven of the 11 break points he faced.
Zemlja next will face Australia's Matthew Ebden, who came through a see-saw match with Filippo Volandri of Italy, 7-5, 0-6, 6-0 in one hour and 48 minutes.
Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil earned a hard-fought win over Andreas Haider-Maurer, overcoming the Austrian wild card 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1 in two hours and six minutes. Haider-Maurer had reached the Vienna final as a qualifier in 2010, falling to countryman Jurgen Melzer.
In a first-round clash between two qualifiers, Daniel Brands fired 23 aces as he battled back from a set down to defeat Ruben Bemelmans 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 50 minutes. Brands goes onto face top seed Juan Martin del Potro.
American Jesse Levine set a second-round clash with third seed Tommy Haas after beating Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 6-4 in 77 minutes. The No. 69-ranked Levine recently reached the quarter-finals at the Moselle Open in Metz (l. to Tsonga) and has a 7-14 match record this season.
Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene advanced to the second round at the expense of Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who was forced to retire with a groin injury when trailing 6-4, 1-0.
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Leslie Earl Simon
Leslie Earl Simon (August 11, 1900[1] – October 1983) was a 20th-century American scientist, and the author of the book, German Research in World War II: an analysis of the conduct of research. He was Major General, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, and former Director of the Ballistic Research Laboratories at the Aberdeen Proving Ground military facility in Maryland. He graduated from West Point in 1924.[2]
German Research discusses various Nazi secret weapons of World War II, with an emphasis on airplanes, rocketry and the Nazi's research methodology. It was first published in 1947. The book has become a collector's item in Europe since Hergé featured it in the storyline of The Adventures of Tintin comic The Calculus Affair, published in 1956, where it appears on page 23. The book is available, nevertheless, in various versions.
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- Engineer's Manual of Statistical Methods, 1941, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 1-135-12002-1
- German Research in World War II: an analysis of the conduct of research,, 1947, John Wiley.
- German Research was also published under the same title in the UK in 1948 by Chapman & Hall, then republished in 1970 as Secret Weapons of the Third Reich: German Research in World War II by Palladin press ISBN 0-87364-227-9, and is scheduled (As of 2006[update]) to be reprinted by UK specialty publisher Air Research Publications as Inside Hitler's Weapons Programme: German Research in World War II[3]
- ^ "German research in world war II, an analysis of the conduct of research, by Leslie E. Simon ...". AIP Niels Bohr Library. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ "Valor awards for Leslie Earl Simon". Military Times. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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Flooding subsides in storm's wake
Cleanup begins Thursday, when the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies
The last time the region had that kind of rainfall was 2005.
Mission Valley saw some of the worst flooding, with Qualcomm Stadium field and roads surrounding Fashion Valley Mall submerged under water. SeaWorld was closed all day due to the weather. The last time that happened was in January, and before that, in 1998.
Skies will be mostly clear Thursday, and temperatures will be in the low- to mid-50s when San Diego State plays Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl at Qualcomm. But another low pressure system will arrive late Saturday, possibly bringing showers.
Mission Valley
Disaster hit Mission Valley in the form of the steadily overflowing San Diego River, which briefly reached 14.01 feet at noon Wednesday — the highest it was been in at least 29 years.
Nearly all of the roads into the Fashion Valley mall were flooded and closed, rerouting last-minute shoppers through one entrance.
But that didn't keep the crowds away, with several people there at 8 a.m. waiting for stores to open.
"They are braving the elements and coming out to shop," mall spokeswoman Francine Miley said.
"It's crunchtime."
Three hotels on Hotel Circle North evacuated about 100 guests as the river rose, and nearly 1,000 residents of the nearby Archstone Apartments were advised to leave unless they had a 48-hour stockpile of water and food. Most stayed, with about 64 deciding to leave for more comfortable quarters.
The Premier Inn was the worst hit, becoming an island and stranding 47 guests and four employees.
Guests said the power went out around 6:30 a.m., and some heard a loud "boom," possibly an underground electrical station exploding under water. They waited in the dark, getting hungry and nervous as they saw the water rising in the parking lot.
"There was nothing we could do but get out," said Melisa Powels of Oceanside.
Lifeguards ferried people in rubber rescue boats to higher ground.
"It was extremely scary, that current is strong," said guest Trae Stalcup of San Diego. She said she had been staying at the four-story Premier with her husband, Vincent, "for some alone time." They helplessly watched their car in the parking lot go underwater.
Qualcomm Stadium's field and parking lot were turned into lakes, but crews were hopeful that the water could be pumped out in time for today's Poinsettia Bowl. Four firefighters stationed at a temporary firehouse at the stadium had to be flown out in a helicopter after being stranded in floodwaters.
North County
Palomar Mountain, which received the heaviest amount of rainfall, sailed through the storm with little damage. Both East Grade and South Grade roads were closed temporarily due to mudslides and rocks but quickly reopened.
"It's held up pretty well with as much rain as we got," said Palomar Fire Battalion Chief Cliff Kellogg. "We needed it on the ground, but hate to get it all at once."
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A Curses Application
I've now written two articles covering low-level
cursesand some higher abstractions. We know what
cursescan do at this point, but we haven't really seen how to put everything together and build a full application. Let's do that today by examining an example of moderate size.
I have written the beginnings of a command-line Twitter client using
curses. To make this easier, I developed a super simple wrapper over the raw
cursesAPI, called Rurses. Rurses, for Ruby
curses, provides more Ruby-like abstractions over the clunky C API. Here's how the Twitter client looks in action:
┌─JEG2─────────────────────────────────┐ @ │ ↑│ │Alex Harms @onealexh… 20/03/2015 14:57│ Clayton Flesher @Cal… 19/03/2015 20:52 │RT @postsecret: http://t.co/LrV0IIYgUM│ @TrevorBramble its inspired by, as in │ │ I played it once for about ten minutes │SimKlabnik 2000 @ste… 20/03/2015 14:57│ and then @JEG2 said 'go make your │the closure docs are finally flowing │ version of that'. │from my fingertips, it seems │ │ │ Mandy Moore @theruby… 19/03/2015 18:31 │ashe dryden @ashedry… 20/03/2015 14:57│ Thanks to @JEG2 I now want a MiP robot │Can anyone recommend an interestingly│ in the worst kind of way!!! │written (not dry) history of Haiti? │ │Preferably written by a Haitian. │ Sam Livingston-Gray … 19/03/2015 14:23 │ │ @avdi @JEG2 hush! Keep this up and │Jessica Lord @jllord 20/03/2015 14:57│ EVERYONE WILL KNOW │RT @PDX44: Welcome to Portland, where │ https://t.co/deJBBjoOTV │the old airport carpet is dressed up │ │as a human and named Grand Marshal of │ Josh Susser @joshsus… 19/03/2015 14:06 │a parade. http://t.co/aTCicqSzEI │ @geeksam @jeg2 @avdi POLS issue. No │ │ standard == no way to avoid surprising │Garann Means @garannm 20/03/2015 14:56│ many developers │RT @verge: Robyn launches tech │ │ ↓│ ↓ └──────────────────────────────────────┘
Curses Windows, Pads, and Panels
In the previous article, I showed how you can accomplish some terminal input and output operations using the
(n)curses(w)library. What I showed for output were mostly low-level writing routines though. Included in
cursesare some higher level abstractions that can be used to manage your program's output. This time, I want to show some of those tools.
The primary abstraction used in
cursesis the concept of a
window. We actually already used them last time, but we stuck with
stdscr(standard screen) which is just a window that fills the entire terminal. That's more for using
curseswithout thinking much about windows.
When you want them though, you can section off the terminal screen into rectangular chunks. Each chunk is a window that you can print output inside of. Here's the most basic example that I could dream up:
require "ffi-ncurses" begin stdscr = FFI::NCurses.initscr FFI::NCurses.cbreak FFI::NCurses.noecho window = FFI::NCurses.newwin(5, 15, 4, 2) # make a new window FFI::NCurses.waddstr(window, "Hello world!") FFI::NCurses.wrefresh(stdscr) # still need this FFI::NCurses.wrefresh(window) FFI::NCurses.getch ensure FFI::NCurses.endwin end
Basic Curses
In my last article, I showed off some of the various magic commands a Unix terminal recognizes and how you can use those commands to move the cursor around, change the colors of your output, and read input in a character by character fashion. It's not very common to manipulate things manually as I did in those examples. There are libraries that wrap these mechanisms and add abstractions of their own. Using one of them can be easier and less error prone.
Probably the most famous of these higher abstraction libraries is
curses. However, your version won't be called that.
curseswas the original library for System V UNIX. These days you are far more likely to have
ncurseswhich a replacement library that emulates the original. The truth is, you probably don't have exactly that library either. Instead, you may have
ncursesw, which is the same library with wide character (read: non-ASCII) support. Also,
cursesis often discussed with several add on libraries:
menu, and
form. Documentation often covers these separate units together.
Random Access Terminal
I've recently been playing around with fancy terminal output in Ruby. I've learned quite a bit about this arcane magic. I've also realized that the documentation is pretty spotty. I want to see if I can improve that with a few blog posts, so let's dive right in.
Program output typically happens in a linear order from top to bottom. For example, this code:
puts "onez" puts "twos" puts "threes"
generates this output:
onez twos threes
But what if you need to change some output? Could you replace the
zabove with an
sif you needed to? Yes, but it can get a little involved.
ANSI Escape Codes
In many cases, we just push some characters to
$stdout(the stream
Kernel#putsis writing to above) and your terminal program happily shows them to the user. However, your terminal is watching these characters for special sequences that it understands. Some of those sequences of characters can cause your terminal to take actions other than just writing some output to the screen.
Game Programming Patterns
I meet a lot of programmers that tell me they got started because they wanted to build games. However, when I ask most of them which games they have built, the list rarely includes anything more than mostly unplayable toy projects.
I can only guess at the reasons for this oddity, but I suspect it might be due to the fact that games are fairly complex. Even if you want to rebuild a fairly simple classic like Space Invaders or Snake you need to know at least a little about event loops, keyboard handling, animation, and collision detection. If your day job involves a different kind of programming, like Web application development, odds are good that you don't get a lot of practice with these concepts.
That may not be your story, but it was definitely mine. This year I decided that it was finally time to learn how to build games. I used several sources to gain this knowledge and some helped more than others, but the biggest win by far was a book called Game Programming Patterns by Bob Nystrom.
How to Avoid Taking a Dart to the Knee
I've been playing with Dart quite a bit lately. I really enjoy the language, but there are always snags that trip up those coming from other backgrounds. Here are the top three issues that have bit me in Dart, in the hopes of saving others some pain:
The Truth and Nothing But the Truth… Literally!
One of the challenges of any language is figuring out what it considers to be truthy in conditional expressions. Each system has its twists, but I find Dart to be extra strict in this case.
Here's some code illustrating the rule:
bool isTruthy(Object condition) { return !!condition; } void main() { var tests = [true, false, null, 42, 0, "", [ ], new Object()]; for (var test in tests) { print("$test is ${isTruthy(test)}"); } }
That outputs:
$ dart truthiness.dart true is true false is false null is false 42 is false 0 is false is false [] is false Instance of 'Object' is false
As you can see the literal
true(just that one object) is truthy in Dart and everything else is considered
false. I'm in the habit of playing pretty fast and loose with truthiness from all of my time working with Ruby, so this has surprised me a few times.
The Three Tick Sort
Yesterday I showed a newer programmer some code like
scores.sort_by(&:reverse). This provoked a comment about how they where going to look up
sort_by()later to figure out what magic is involved here. It made me sad to realize how many cool tricks they weren't going to see in that bit of documentation.
Allow me to enumerate those tricks for you, but first let's flesh out an example. Consider this code:
scores = { fifteen: 2, five_card_run: 5, five_card_flush: 5, four_card_run: 4, four_card_flush: 4, his_nobs: 1, pair: 2, three_card_run: 3, } scores.sort_by(&:reverse).each do |name, score| puts "Score #{score} for #{name}." end # >> Score 1 for his_nobs. # >> Score 2 for fifteen. # >> Score 2 for pair. # >> Score 3 for three_card_run. # >> Score 4 for four_card_flush. # >> Score 4 for four_card_run. # >> Score 5 for five_card_flush. # >> Score 5 for five_card_run.
In this case, the magic method call (
scores.sort_by(&:reverse)) has reordered a list of Cribbage hands first by point value and then alphabetically ("ASCIIabetically" in truth). How this happens is a pretty interesting journey though.
Regex Code Equivalency
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w Name = "Gray, James" !!(Name =~ /\AGray/) # => true Name.start_with?("Gray") # => true !!(Name =~ /James\z/) # => true Name.end_with?("James") # => true !!(Name =~ /Dana/) # => false Name.include?("Dana") # => false !!(Name =~ /\A\z/) # => false Name.empty? # => false !!(Name =~ /\AGray, James\z/) # => true Name == "Gray, James" # => true !!(Name =~ /\A(?:Gray, James|Gray, Dana)\z/) # => true ["Gray, James", "Gray, Dana"].include?(Name) # => true Name =~ /\A\w+/ && $& # => "Gray" Name[/\A\w+/] # => "Gray" Name =~ /\A(\w+),\s*(\w+)\z/ && $2 # => "James" Name[/\A(\w+),\s*(\w+)\z/, 2] # => "James" Name =~ /\A(?<last>\w+),\s*(?<first>\w+)\z/ && $~[:first] # => "James" Name[/\A(?<last>\w+),\s*(?<first>\w+)\z/, :first] # => "James" Name.scan(/^.*\n?/) # => ["Gray, James"] Name.lines # => ["Gray, James"] Name.scan(/./m) # => ["G", "r", "a", "y", ",", " ", "J", "a", "m", "e", "s"] Name.chars # => ["G", "r", "a", "y", ",", " ", "J", "a", "m", "e", "s"] Name.gsub(/[aeiou]/, "") # => "Gry, Jms" Name.delete("aeiou") # => "Gry, Jms" Name.gsub(/[aeiou]/, "X") # => "GrXy, JXmXs" Name.tr("aeiou", "X") # => "GrXy, JXmXs" # For the destructive operations that follow you can drop the `dup()` and # switch `sub()` to `sub!()`, as long as you don't care about the return value. Name.sub(/(?=,)/, " II") # => "Gray II, James" Name.dup.insert(Name.index(","), " II") # => "Gray II, James" Name.sub(/\A/, "Name: ") # => "Name: Gray, James" Name.dup.prepend("Name: ") # => "Name: Gray, James" Name.sub(/\A.*\z/m, "Gray, Dana") # => "Gray, Dana" Name.dup.replace("Gray, Dana") # => "Gray, Dana" Name.sub(/\A.*\z/m, "") # => "" Name.dup.clear # => "" Spacey = "\tsome space\r\n" Spacey.sub(/\A\s+/, "") # => "some space\r\n" Spacey.lstrip # => "some space\r\n" Spacey.sub(/\s+\z/, "") # => "\tsome space" Spacey.rstrip # => "\tsome space" Spacey.sub(/\A\s*(.+?)\s*\z/m, '\1') # => "some space" Spacey.strip # => "some space" Spacey.sub(/(?:\r?\n|\r)\z/m, "") # => "\tsome space" Spacey.chomp # => "\tsome space" Spacey.sub(/(?:\r\n|.)\z/m, "") # => "\tsome space" Spacey.chop # => "\tsome space" Spacey.gsub(/ +/, " ") # => "\tsome space\r\n" Spacey.squeeze(" ") # => "\tsome space\r\n"
A Regex Can't Match Balanced Parentheses
Can we do math with regular expressions?
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w def build_preparation_regex(number_regex, ops) %r{ (?<number> #{number_regex} ){0} (?<operator> [#{ops.map(&Regexp.method(:escape)).join}] ){0} (?<term_operator_term> \g<term> \s* \g<operator> \s* \g<term> ){0} (?<term> \g<number> | \( \s* \g<term_operator_term> \s* \) ){0} \g<term_operator_term>(?=\s*\z|[^)]) }x end NUMBER_REGEX = %r{ -? # an optional minus \d+ # an integer (?: \. \d+)? # an optional fractional bit }x PREPARE_MULT_AND_DIV_REGEX = build_preparation_regex(NUMBER_REGEX, %w[* /]) PREPARE_ADD_AND_SUB_REGEX = build_preparation_regex(NUMBER_REGEX, %w[* / + -]) CHECK_REGEX = %r{ \A # the start of the expression (?<term> # a term, which is: #{NUMBER_REGEX} # a number | # or \( \s* # a parenthesized group of \g<term> # a term \s* [*/+\-] \s* # an operator \g<term> # and another term \s* \) # the end of the parenthesized group ) \z # the end of the expression }x MATH_REGEX = %r{ \( \s* (?<left> #{NUMBER_REGEX} ) \s* (?<operator> [*/+\-] ) \s* (?<right> #{NUMBER_REGEX} ) \s* \) }x verbose = ARGV.delete("-v") problem = ARGV.first.strip or abort "USAGE: #{$PROGRAM_NAME} MATH_EXPRESSION" steps = [ ] [PREPARE_MULT_AND_DIV_REGEX, PREPARE_ADD_AND_SUB_REGEX].each do |preparation| loop do steps << problem.dup if verbose problem.sub!(preparation) { |term| "(#{term})" } or break end end problem =~ CHECK_REGEX or abort "Error: Invalid expression" solution = problem.dup loop do steps << solution.dup if verbose solution.sub!(MATH_REGEX) { $~[:left].to_f.public_send($~[:operator], $~[:right].to_f) } or break end puts steps.uniq[0..-2] if verbose puts solution.sub(/\.0+\z/, "")
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In Rails, methods like
camelize()use several regexen to transform the
Stringunder the hood. Many people have asked if you can do it with a single regex though. These specs I borrowed from Rails seem to say yes:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w class String def snake_case(acronyms = self.class.acronyms) gsub( %r{ (?: (?<before> \b | [A-Za-z\d] ) (?<acronym> #{acronyms.regex} ) (?<after> \b | [^a-z] ) ) | (?: (?<before> [A-Z]+ ) (?<after> [A-Z][^A-Z] ) ) | (?: (?<before> [^A-Z:] ) (?<after> [A-Z] ) ) | (?<nesting> :: ) }x ) { |m| if $~[:nesting] "/" else [$~[:before], $~[:acronym], $~[:after]] .compact .reject(&:empty?) .join("_") end }.downcase end def CamelCase(acronyms = self.class.acronyms) gsub( %r{ (?: (?: \A | _ | (?<nesting> / ) ) (?<acronym> #{acronyms.inverted_regex} ) (?= \b | [A-Z_] ) ) | (?: (?: \A | _ ) (?<letter> . ) ) | (?: (?<nesting> / ) (?<letter> . ) ) }mx ) { nested = $~[:nesting] && "::" capitalized = acronyms.capitalize($~[:acronym]) { $~[:letter].upcase } "#{nested}#{capitalized}" } end def camelCase self.CamelCase.sub(/\A[A-Z]/) { |first_char| first_char.downcase } end def self.acronyms @acronyms ||= AcronymManager.new end end class AcronymManager NEVER_MATCHES = /\zA/ def initialize @acronyms = { } @inverted = { } end attr_reader :acronyms, :inverted private :acronyms, :inverted def add(acronym) acronyms[acronym] = acronym.downcase @inverted = acronyms.invert end def regex return NEVER_MATCHES if acronyms.empty? /(?:#{acronyms.keys.map(&Regexp.method(:escape)).join('|')})/ end def inverted_regex return NEVER_MATCHES if acronyms.empty? /(?:#{inverted.keys.map(&Regexp.method(:escape)).join('|')})/ end def capitalize(acronym, &default) inverted.fetch(acronym, &default) end end if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__ require "minitest/autorun" describe "Case changing" do # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/ # 620f4a4fc962c863b91a51876ffdf58f33bedb9c/activesupport/test/ # inflector_test_cases.rb#L118-L123 let(:examples) { { "Product" => "product", "SpecialGuest" => "special_guest", "ApplicationController" => "application_controller", "Area51Controller" => "area51_controller", } } # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/ # 620f4a4fc962c863b91a51876ffdf58f33bedb9c/activesupport/test/ # inflector_test_cases.rb#L139-L145 let(:one_way_snake_examples) { { "HTMLTidy" => "html_tidy", "HTMLTidyGenerator" => "html_tidy_generator", "FreeBSD" => "free_bsd", "HTML" => "html", "ForceXMLController" => "force_xml_controller" } } # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/ # 620f4a4fc962c863b91a51876ffdf58f33bedb9c/activesupport/test/ # inflector_test.rb#L98 let(:one_way_camel_examples) { { "CamelCase" => "Camel_Case" } } # added by James let(:path_examples) { { "SomeLib::WithClass" => "some_lib/with_class" } } # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/ # 620f4a4fc962c863b91a51876ffdf58f33bedb9c/activesupport/test/ # inflector_test.rb#L101-L145 let(:acronym_examples) { { "API" => "api", "APIController" => "api_controller", "Nokogiri::HTML" => "nokogiri/html", "HTTPAPI" => "http_api", "HTTP::Get" => "http/get", "SSLError" => "ssl_error", "RESTful" => "restful", "RESTfulController" => "restful_controller", "Nested::RESTful" => "nested/restful", "IHeartW3C" => "i_heart_w3c", "PhDRequired" => "phd_required", "IRoRU" => "i_ror_u", "RESTfulHTTPAPI" => "restful_http_api", # misdirection "Capistrano" => "capistrano", "CapiController" => "capi_controller", "HttpsApis" => "https_apis", "Html5" => "html5", "Restfully" => "restfully", "RoRails" => "ro_rails" } } it "can snake_case a String" do examples.each do |camel, snake| camel.snake_case.must_equal(snake) end end it "can handle some tricky one-way cases for snake_case" do one_way_snake_examples.each do |camel, snake| camel.snake_case.must_equal(snake) end end it "can CamelCase a String" do examples.each do |camel, snake| snake.CamelCase.must_equal(camel) end end it "can handle some tricky one-way cases for CamelCase" do one_way_camel_examples.each do |camel, snakey| snakey.CamelCase.must_equal(camel) end end it "can camelCase a String" do "camel_case".camelCase.must_equal("camelCase") end it "can convert nesting to paths and back" do path_examples.each do |camel, snake| camel.snake_case.must_equal(snake) snake.CamelCase.must_equal(camel) end end it "is aware of acronyms" do acronyms = AcronymManager.new acronyms.add("API") acronyms.add("HTML") acronyms.add("HTTP") acronyms.add("RESTful") acronyms.add("W3C") acronyms.add("PhD") acronyms.add("RoR") acronyms.add("SSL") acronym_examples.each do |camel, snake| camel.snake_case(acronyms).must_equal(snake) snake.CamelCase(acronyms).must_equal(camel) end end end end


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LAPD Chief Bill Bratton Endorses Delgadillo Rival
After following Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton in the news these past few weeks, we get the distinct impression that he wants to leave this town jabbing and swinging ... especially when it comes to his political enemies and critics.
LAPD Chief Bill Bratton stars in a Mark Ridley-Thomas campaign mailer.
First, Bratton, who's stepping down as chief on October 31, threw a series of combinations last week when he said, among other things, that this city's "political leadership" told the public a "lie" about how it would grow the department with a trash fee hike -- see the L.A. Weekly article "Long Knives Slice Up Bratton."
Now, Bratton appears to be taking a parting shot at former L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who's running for California Attorney General.
the city attorney's office this summer. If anyone is in a position to endorse Delgadillo, it's the chief.
This morning, however, Bratton will not be backing Delgadillo, but, Will Harper at SF Weekly reports, one of his rivals in
the California Attorney General race -- San Francisco District Attorney
Kamala Harris. Ouch!
Now, there are many critics who think Bratton shouldn't be getting entangled in the endorsement business. It needlessly politicizes the LAPD, they say, and politicians don't always follow the law to the "T."
If a political corruption scandal breaks out, for example, and a local Bratton candidate has broken the law, this city's top law enforcement officer could be dragged into a subsequent investigation and the entire mess could be compromised in some way.
But Bratton has never cared for those critics, and he'll be angering them once again -- one more jab before he leaves town.
The funny thing is, the chief's endorsement record is very mixed, so he's throwing himself into the middle of something that can easily hurt him and the LAPD -- politicians have long memories for who or who did not campaign for them.
Bratton, for example, backed former L.A. City Councilman Jack Weiss in his run for city attorney, but lost in a landslide to Carmen Trutanich. The chief also endorsed Manhattan D.A. candidate Richard Aborn, but he recently lost big too. And he backed Gil Cedillo's failed, Eastside congressional run over Judy Chu, who also won in a landslide. Now San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris will have the seal of Bratton's approval.
Harris has recently come under fire in San Francisco for refusing to ask for the death penalty involving the 2008 murder of a man and his two sons. An ardent opponent of the death penalty, Harris also did not seek that punishment for the murder of a San Francisco police officer in 2004.
Bratton, though, still digs her.
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These seals wear from constant expansion and contraction during the heat cycles of the engine. If you compare a new seal to an old one you'll see the ridges on the base are worn completely smooth on the old one....no amount of hammering will do much good for long and MAY even pull the pushrod tube from the cylinder..
Besides...it's bad karma to hammer on an airhead.
How are you going to remove a push rod tube from the jug by resetting the seals? You're putting pressure on a non-fixed keeper that presses against the seal but holds it's position through friction. The tube doesn't move with the keeper because they're not firmly attached to one another and you're only moving the keeper 1/16" to 1/8" at most anyway.
Still, Your statement got me to thinking, so I went out to the garage and looked some R90 and R100 jugs. My conclusion is that it's simply not possible to hammer or press a push a rod tube, out of a jug, while the jug is bolted to the engine. Even if the tube was loose you couldn't do it because the push rod tubes are too long and even if they weren't, the lifters and cam are directly in the path of extraction.
I'm not making this up and I'm not trying to make this an argument... Please go look at some Airhead Jugs and explain how your scenario could be possible.
As an aside: Last Spring my pro Airhead mechanic and I both tried hammering a correctly installed SS push-rod tube, out of a cold jug and we found it impossible to do. Those SS tubes go in so darned
that you'd destroy the tube, the jug or both before you got em out. Also, with the spacers
on those tubes, you cant reset the seals with em anyway.
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By John McMullen, NFL Editor
(SportsNetwork.com) - It's next man up in St. Louis.
Days after losing veteran starting quarterback Sam Bradford for the season with a torn ACL, Shaun Hill is set to take over the St. Louis Rams as they visit south Florida to take on the Miami Dolphins in the preseason finale for both clubs.
The Rams routed Cleveland, 33-14, last week despite losing Bradford early in the contest. Bradford went down on the game's opening drive after throwing an incomplete pass. He was pressured and hit high by Browns defensive lineman Armonty Bryant.
"It wasn't a high impact. ACL injuries, they're all different. This was just kind of a hyperextension and you just had impact come from the outside," Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. "The knee was locked and something has to give, and unfortunately the ACL gave."
The former No. 1 overall draft pick missed the Rams' final nine games last season after tearing the ACL in the same knee. He completed 4-of-9 passes for 77 yards before departing.
"We lost our starting quarterback, but for Sam personally, it's devastating," Fisher said. "The news was devastating to him as you can appreciate. Anyone that's gone through that procedure and the rehab understands, and to have it happen again within the calendar year is very, very difficult."
Third-string QB Austin Davis saw significant playing time for the Rams and threw for 198 yards and two touchdowns, including a 75-yard connection with Chris Givens.
Hill, 34, last started a game for Detroit during the 2010 season.
"We move forward as a football team. Shaun is our guy," Fisher added. "We brought him here. He's got experience. We've got all the confidence in the world in him."
The Dolphins got into the black this preseason last week when Orleans Darkwa scored on a 1-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter to give Miami a 25-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Darkwa finished with 70 rushing yards on six carries.
Dolphins starter Ryan Tannehill converted 13-of-21 passes for 119 yards and an interception, while Matt Moore went 12-for-19 for 172 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Mike Wallace hauled in six passes for 67 yards for Miami.
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Pakistan to Request Billion Dollar Loan from the IMF
After weeks of trying to secure a financial lifeline from its allies, Pakistan is finally turning to the International Monetary Fund to stave off an economic collapse, with a senior official saying Saturday that the nation has reached an agreement with the international lending agency and will formally request a $7.6 billion financial stabilization package.
"We have reached an agreement with the IMF with the help of our friends and other officials and we expect to receive the first installment by end of this month," Shaukat Tarin, an economic adviser to Pakistan's prime minister, told reporters in Karachi.
The IMF has already agreed to lend the money under a 23-month program, but Pakistan still has to make a formal request, which it plans to do next week, said Mr. Tarin, who is Pakistan's de facto prime minister.
The IMF will deliver $4 billion -- the amount Pakistan says it needs immediately to avoid defaulting on its debts -- this year, with the rest to be disbursed in 2009. The annual interest rate on the IMF program will run between 3.51% and 4.51% and Pakistan will start repaying the money in 2011, Mr. Tarin said.
The announcement that Pakistan would seek IMF assistance came two days ahead of a meeting of the so-called Friends of Democratic Pakistan, a group of allies such as the U.S. and China, that Islamabad hopes will provide the billions of dollars more the country needs to restore its depleted hard currency reserves and revive its economy.
Pakistan's economic slide this year has been sharp. Inflation is running at around 25%, its stock market is down about 35% since the start of the year, the rupee has plunged against the dollar and Pakistan currently has only enough hard cash on hand to cover about two months of imports. That has raised fears of an all-out economic collapse in a country at the front line of the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda.
But Pakistan's allies have offered only limited cash -- Pakistani officials say China has agreed to give a $500-million loan -- and are insisting the country first go the IMF, a step they say is needed to ensure fiscal discipline in Islamabad.
Following Saturday's announcement, the IMF urged major donors to offer Pakistan additional help. "I would like to call on the donor community to work together and act quickly to support Pakistan's program in order to mitigate the impact of the current economic difficulties on the poor and ensure an adequate level of spending on development programs," IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a statement.
Pakistani officials, eager to avoid the tough conditions that usually accompany IMF loans, had repeatedly said they would turn to the fund only as a last resort.
Pakistan has already taken a host of painful economic measures to lay the groundwork for help from abroad. The State Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday increased interest rates by a hefty two percentage points to 15%, and the government eliminated fuel subsidies earlier this year in a move to sharply cut its deficit.
"The Pakistani authorities have developed a policy package to help the country meet its serious balance of payments difficulties," Mr. Strauss-Kahn said.
—Haris Zamir in Karachi contributed to this article.
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Ten-man Fiorentina scored two late penalties in a 2-2 draw at home to Milan on Sunday to dent the Rossoneri's bid for a second place finish in Italy's Serie A.
Milan took a deserved lead in the 14th minute thanks to former Viola midfielder Riccardo Montolivo and were given a further boost when Nenad Tomovic saw red on 39 minutes for an apparent elbow to the face of Stephan El Shaarawy.
The visitors doubled their lead just after the hour thanks to Frenchman Mathieu Flamini, only for Adem Ljajic and David Pizarro to score one each from the spot in the closing stages to earn a share of the points.
Milan's seventh draw of the season leaves Massimiliano Allegri's side in third, 13 points behind leaders Juventus.
Fiorentina, meanwhile, maintained their push for a place in Europe but could give up fourth place to Inter if the Nerazzurri beat Atalanta.
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Allegri admitted the Rossoneri had played better when Fiorentina were at full strength.
"We were in control of things in the first half but we failed to capitalise after going a man up," he told Sky Sport Italia.
"Then in the second half Fiorentina caught us napping. It's a pity because a win would have pushed Fiorentina further out of the race for third place."
Milan began in positive fashion and Fiorentina required a timely intervention from Pizarro to stop Flamini from connecting with a cross metres from goal.
Kevin Prince Boateng, sporting a new dyed-blond haircut, then saw his low drive from 20 metres hit the back of the net only to be ruled offside.
When Milan broke the deadlock, they did so in style.
Montolivo dispossessed Chilean midfielder Pizarro 25 metres out and coolly beat Emiliano Viviano low to the 'keeper's right.
However, despite dominating Milan failed to capitalise on several other chances before half-time.
A Balotelli free kick sailed metres over Viviano's crossbar and Sulley Muntari saw his long-range effort saved after Boateng had won possession in midfield.
Muntari then flirted with a straight red card on the half hour following a rash challenge on striker Stevan Jovetic, who was passed fit despite suffering an injury last week which left him doubtful.
It gave the hosts a free kick 35 metres out and Christian Abbiati was quick to cover at his left post as Manuel Pasqual's effort inched past.
Fiorentina were struggling to make any kind of impact but just before the interval a superb effort from Jovetic forced Abbiati to save in unorthodox fashion.
The game seemed to take a decisive turn in Milan's favour when Serbian defender Tomovic saw red for an apparent elbow on El Shaarawy as the pair fought for possession 20 metres out.
Things turned nasty when Juan Cuadrado was cautioned for a foul on Balotelli, and then Muntari was shown yellow for another foul on Jovetic, who was replaced by Brazilian Romulo on the stroke of half-time.
Despite being a man down Fiorentina emerged with more purpose after the break but it was Milan who doubled their advantage when Flamini turned Montolivo's cross into the net on 62 minutes.
Fiorentina were handed a lifeline when Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino was adjudged to have fouled Ljajic in the box, the Serbian striker stepping up to beat Abbiati from the spot.
It appeared a kind decision for Fiorentina but there was no doubt when Mattia De Sciglio tripped Cuadrado in the box shortly afterwards.
Abbiati got a hand to Pizarro's effort but could not stop the ball hitting the back of the net.
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Hello. We rather like the look of the Peterson 46 as a candidate for some cruising in the western Pacific. The idea is live aboard two people six or so months at a time. We would appreciate opinions from people who have cruised these boats in relation to livability and sailing performance. Don't need opinions on alternatives, just the kp 46 or the kp 44. Thanks in anticipation.
both lovely boats. center cockpit high and dry, pallacial below. the tunnel to the aft stateroom can be a head banger for us 6 footers. doug peterson draws a clean hull form. cruised the 44 in mexico a while back and loved it.
get a survey from someone other than the broker recommends.
Missed the post. We have a Peteson 46. Lived on her for a couple of years. What would you like to know?
In May 2009, I did about 800nm to windward and another 400 on a beam reach. August 09 I went 400nm on one tack. For this total distance or about 1600nm we averaged aver 7 kn.
The boat is comfortable for us with 3 on board (and a cat). It is easy to sail safely, quite fast. Have a look at these links;
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Final Score: (4) Stanford 56, (20) Southern California 48 (3-OT)
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Andrew Luck and the fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal withstood 20th-ranked USC's best punch and outlasted their Pac-12 rival, 56-48, in an epic three-overtime cliffhanger.
A defensive first half turned into an offensive showcase featuring two of the best quarterbacks in the country.
Luck, the Heisman Trophy front-runner, threw an interception for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter but rallied the Cardinal (8-0, 6-0 Pac-12) for the tying score in the final minute of regulation.
Matt Barkley nearly led the Trojans into field goal range, but time ran out and the teams traded touchdowns in the first two overtimes.
Stepfan Taylor's five-yard touchdown run on the first possession of the third OT, followed by Luck's two-point conversion pass to Coby Fleener, put the onus back on USC (6-2, 3-2).
Curtis McNeal, who ran for two touchdowns to give the Trojans a 10-point lead in the third quarter, fumbled the ball into the end zone on USC's second snap, and the Cardinal recovered to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 16.
"Obviously we wanted to win, but as far as effort and where our team is at, you've got to be pleased," USC head coach Lane Kiffin said.
Luck ended with 330 yards and three touchdowns on 29-of-40 throws and added 36 yards and a score on the ground.
But the senior threw an ill-advised pass late in the fourth quarter, as Nickell Robey collected the errant throw and returned it 33 yards untouched for a 34-27 lead with 3:08 remaining.
Undaunted, Stanford answered with a 10-play, 76-yard drive, which was extended on a personal foul penalty following a third-down incompletion. Taylor went in from two yards out with 38 seconds remaining to tie it.
"I was very disappointed in myself. There were a couple seconds there when I wanted to dig a hole and bury myself," Luck said of his mistake. "But the guys believed in me. I was happy there was still some time on the play clock to go down there again. I was just relieved there was more clock left."
USC quickly reached the opposing 40-yard line with nine seconds showing. Barkley then hit Robert Woods on a quick slant, and the star receiver, despite still having two timeouts left, tried to get out of bounds before time expired. He eventually reached the sideline at the 33, but zeroes showed on the scoreboard, sending the game to OT.
Jeremy Stewart ended a run-only Stanford drive with a one-yard plunge, and Woods caught a 15-yard fade in the right corner of the end zone to extend the thriller.
Randall Telfer's 12-yard TD reception was countered by Levine Toilolo's 11- yard hookup with Luck, who placed the ball on the receiver's outside shoulder along the left sideline in the end zone.
Taylor scored three plays into Stanford's third touch of the extra session, and after Marqise Lee stepped out of bounds at the four, McNeal spoiled his 145-yard rushing effort by fumbling the game away.
Most of Stanford's 198 yards in the first half came on a game-opening 10-play, 83-yard march. Luck completed all five of his attempts for 74 yards, his last a 10-yard touchdown to Tyler Gaffney.
Andre Heidari booted a 22-yard field goal later in the opening quarter, and he and Eric Whitaker traded successful makes -- 50 and 33 yards, respectively -- in the second.
McNeal rattled off touchdown runs of 61 and 25 yards on handoffs to the left side early in the third, putting Stanford behind for the first time all season.
Luck countered with a five-yard TD pass to Ryan Hewitt and a two-yard scramble to paydirt for a 24-20 edge heading to the final quarter.
Barkley, who had 284 yards and an interception on 28-of-45 attempts, threw the first of his three touchdowns to Lee, a 28-yarder with 13:04 remaining.
"Matt Barkley, he didn't have the big numbers, but he stood in the pocket and we hit him, we hit him, we hit him, and he stood and took it and stroked some great throws tonight," Stanford head coach David Shaw said.
Whitaker's 29-yard field goal with 5:10 showing set the stage for the memorable finish.
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Stanford's winning streak is a school record...The Cardinal had won 10 straight by 25 points or more...The Cardinal have won four of their last five against USC...Luck was sacked twice, doubling his season total...Taylor ran for 99 yards on 23 carries...Griff Whalen led Stanford with 102 yards on six receptions...Woods had a team-high nine receptions for 89 yards...USC starting running back Marc Tyler suffered an injury on USC's first offensive snap.


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How to backup/copy/rip video DVDs to your HDD and transcode them to another format.
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1. How to copy (rip) the content of video DVDs to your HDD
As commercial video DVDs use a copy protection scheme called CSS (Content Scramble System), additional software is needed to copy the content of a video DVD to your HDD, which is called "ripping". There are several applications to accomplish this.
1.1. MacTheRipper 2.6.6 (free)Insert the video DVD into your DVD drive and open MacTheRipper and click the GO button, after which you can select the place you want the video DVD's content saved to.
1.2. RipIt (19.95 USD, trial with 10 rips free)Insert the video DVD and press the RIP button.
1.3. Fairmount (free) - needs VLC 32-bit to decrypt the CSS (thanks to Satori for that information)
1.4. Mac DVDRipper Pro (9.95 USD)Insert the video DVD and select a destination folder, then press the RIP button.
2. How to transcode the MPEG-2 encoded video DVD material for use on your computer after you ripped the video DVD.
As video DVDs take up a lot of space (up to 8GB), one can transcode (changing the format and encoding) the MPEG-2 encoded video into MPEG-4 encoded video via Handbrake, which might only take 1GB of HDD capacity away, while still looking good.
3. How to transcode the MPEG-2 encoded video DVD material for use on your computer without ripping the video DVD.
If you don't want to rip the video DVDs first, and just use Handbrake for transcoding the video, make sure to install VLC Player to circumvent the CSS I mentioned earlier.
4. How to copy (burn) the ripped DVD contents onto another DVD.
After you ripped the DVD to your HDD (see 1.), you'll notice, that there is a VIDEO_TS and an AUDIO_TS folder inside the folder created by the ripping software to store the ripped contents in. These two folders are necessary for creating a video DVD, thus they have to be burned to the DVD you chose to use as backup.
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The commanding officer of the six soldiers killed when their armoured fighting vehicle was blown up by a Taliban bomb has said he had no doubts about sending out the patrol as light faded at dusk.
The patrol had been due to leave the base in Lashkar Gar, in Afghanistan earlier in the afternoon, but it was delayed by a sandstorm. At the inquest into the troops' death, Major Edward Colver was asked if he was at all worried about sending out the patrol at dusk
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An inquest into the deaths of six soldiers killed while serving with the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan has resumed in Oxford. The troops - four from West Yorkshire - were killed when their Warrior armoured vehicle was blown apart by a Taliban bomb in March 2012.
It was the single deadliest attack on British forces since the conflict began in 2001. The inquest has been told that the vehicle became an inferno when it struck an improvised explosive device. All the men are said to have lost consciousness instantly.
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The families of six soldiers killed by a massive Taliban bomb while serving with the Yorkshire regiment have been told harrowing details of their loved ones' final moments today.
It was the biggest single loss of life in Afghanistan since 2001 when their armoured vehicle was blown apart and engulfed by flames when it ran over an improvised explosive device.
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One of six soldiers killed when a Warrior armoured vehicle was blown up on patrol in Afghanistan was a last-minute stand-in for one of his colleagues who had just come out of the shower, an inquest has heard.
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The father of Private Christopher Kershaw has told Calendar, the inquest into the death of his son and five colleagues in Afghanistan, will finally allow him to reflect on his loss, and begin to move forward.
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The inquest into the death of six soldiers killed in an explosion in Afghanistan has heard the armoured vehicle they were travelling in, burst into flames after it was struck by an improvised explosive device.
The Warrior infantry fighting vehicle was on patrol in Lashkar Gar, at 6.40pm on March 6, 2012 when it struck an IED.
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Thread: Erki's little sketchbook.
April 22nd, 2012 #1
Erki's little sketchbook.
For starters id like to say Hello and my name is Erki.
Been lurking these forums for a while and recently decided that I should open up a sketchbook thread to get good criticism and get better really fast.
I know I have to work for it and it isn't going to be easy but my body is ready.
Ill start by uploading some older works to show my progress so far.
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I'm sure a lot of you have walked the same path as I have and can offer me some help along my struggles.
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Started doing speed paintings and trying different methods each of these took around an hour.
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Also if some one happens to peek into this thread can you tell me how do i add an image into my thread so it would show in forum like everybody else has
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Hi Erki, your first spider is interesting. To upload a picture go to Manage Attachment and upload an image. The first image you attach will be the image of the thread.
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7 months of improvement..
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gesture drawings
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Still trying to get the colours right. not tracing them or anything but damn its harder than I thought. but I'm sure that after a while ill start getting it right.
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your brush strokes could use some economy to increase time for other things like color-use, tone, composition, etc. I'm just mentioning edges. But time management should always be focused on, I think it's important.
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Katy Roundhouse
New Franklin, Missouri
Phone: (660) 848-2232
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Sites: 30
Recent Rate: $29 5/2015
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Latitude: 39.012556
Longitude: -92.73545
Katy Roundhouse
New Franklin, Missouri
Phone: (660) 848-2232
Visit Campground Website
Sites: 30
Recent Rate: $29 5/2015
View on Google Maps
Latitude: 39.012556
Longitude: -92.73545
These reviews are the opinion of an RVParkReviews' member and not the views of RVParkReviews.com
Review Count: 21
States Visited: 12
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: May, 2015 - $29.00
Overall Rating:
The first area that could use some improvement is the signage. ---it is somewhat difficult to find the camp ground and then to find where the RV sites are located in the campground. We arrived on a Monday night and pretty much had the place to ourselves. Some bicyclists showed up at about 9 p.m. and pitched their tents right next to our RV. This is probably not what should happen since there is a separate section for tent camping. The camp location is wonderful for people using the Katy Trail, --a popular hiking and biking trail. Another not so good surprise was the electric and water hookups were only at every other RV site, meaning two sites must share one hook up. Since we had our pick of which site we wanted, this was not a problem for us but could be a problem for those who don't have hoses and electric cables long enough to reach the opposite side. The bath shower house is very much in need of cleaning and fixing up. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Travel Trailer.
In addition to the Katy Trail; we recommend visiting the Clydesdale Farm.
Clean Restrooms
Clean Showers
Review Count: 9
States Visited: 7
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: October, 2014 - $32.00
Overall Rating:
We were here one night and were the only RV. The park is difficult to find; our GPS could not find it. Finally found a cop who gave good directions. Also, the staff was impossible to find; never saw a live body other than a few tent campers. Called the number on the website and always got voice mail but no callback. Finally sent email and did get response but it may have been automatic. When we left, put cash in an envelope and dropped it in a slot. This campground may be fine in summer when the Katy Trail is busy and it was fine for a one nighter but we probably would not stay here again. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Review Count: 2
States Visited: 2
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: June, 2014 - $28.00
Overall Rating:
We camp here when we ride the Katy Trail. The park is clean and the sites are pretty level. There are some sites with shade trees and there is plenty of room for your slides. We travel with our 2 dogs so having the trail right there is a plus for taking walks. Booneville is only 2 miles away so you can get supplies, gas, and a good meal. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Review Count: 7
States Visited: 5
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: October, 2010 - $24.00
Overall Rating:
We arrived on a Sunday and were told they were filled the two nights before. I think the place could be pretty wild when filled. Fortunately cyclists usually have a full day coming and going so may be they quiet down. There were 5-6 other campers present, the RV's are separated from the tents who are usually on bicycle. The bathroom is a cinder block building with painted walls are bare concrete floors. The showers were hot and seemingly unlimited, the dressing area was adequate. For a cyclist at the end of a long day this is antiquate. For a family camping this is poor. The biggest thing to be aware of is there are virtually no services available nearby. The town of New Franklin has a Casey's Gas Station for supplies. Finding even the most basic supplies maybe a treasure hunt. I do not believe there is an eating establishment (aside from the depot - open on weekends) nearby. The RV sites are pull through and in rows with close neighborly contact. Full hookups and very level gravel drives. If you are looking to cycle the Katy Trail this is a great location. The section 20 miles east of the campground is very nice. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Review Count: 15
States Visited: 7
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: April, 2010 - $27.00
Overall Rating:
This is a quiet, secluded, nice little park. We got a spot that was level, but the water faucet leaked bad. We never saw anyone to tell, so left a note. I would of given a higher score and it is not the fault of the park but, there were stray dogs running through, we didn't feel safe walking our dog around. The City of New Franklin needs to address the dogs, and the construction on highway 5 gave us a one way lane road with two way traffic. Construction should be done by the end of MAY. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Review Count: 70
States Visited: 18
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: May, 2009 - $20.00
Overall Rating:
Very clean and quiet park. The roads are narrow and the trees are close if you have a big or long rig. Very peaceful place. Nice people. It was about 6 miles off the Interstate. You need to follow the directions on the website closely. We did a fair amount of GeoCaching in the area. Got to see a lot of the Missouri River. Going South back into Boonville is a speed trap. Coming off the bridge, the speed limit goes from 50 to 20. All the local traffic knows about this and slows down coming off the bridge. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Review Count: 103
States Visited: 16
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: April, 2009 - $22.00
Overall Rating:
A very nice CG away from all road noises! Nice owners, very peaceful, a good quiet night's sleep! If you want a serene experience and not a bunch of amenities, you will enjoy this. We will return and will recommend to others We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Travel Trailer.Undo
Review Count: 18
States Visited: 5
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: October, 2008 - $21.00
Overall Rating:
This is a great little find, especially if you are biking on the Katy Trail. Only 3 miles from the casino in Boonville. We've been to this park a couple of times and enjoy it for something different. If you're looking for top-of-the-line RV park experience, this is not it. This is what I'd call a do-it-yourself campground. The owners are available if needed, but they both work full time and the office is not staffed all day. In fact, self check-in is the norm. It also has a wonderful display of railroad memorabilia, since this used to be the MKT railroad train yards for the area. The old round table is still there, though somewhat overgrown. We camp here, then ride the bike trail several miles up- and down- stream to wonderful Missouri River valley views. The campground is very quiet, last time there the coyotes they were a howling!! We will return a couple of times a year. For those traveling through, it's worth the 5 or 6 miles off I-70 you have to go to get there. We camped at Katy Roundhouse in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
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Kingdom City, Missouri
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1 Reviews 16.42 mi
141 Reviews 23.28 mi
In addition to the Katy Trail; we recommend visiting the Clydesdale Farm.stocky • May 2015
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