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A sample of gas occupies 17 mL at -112C. What volume does the sample occupy at 70C?
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Consider an iron cube and an aluminum cube. If the two cubes were at the same temperature, how would the average kinetic energy of the particles in iron compare with the average kinetic energy of the particles in aluminum?
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If a total of 13.5 mol of NaHCO3 and 4.5 mol of C6H8O7 react, how many moles of CO2 and Na3C6H5O7 will be produced? 3NaHCO3(aq) + C6H8O7(aq) {®3CO2(g) + 3H2O(s) +Na3C6H5O7(aq)
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The equation Mg(s) 2HCl(aq)---MgCl2 (aq) H2(g) is an example of which type of reaction?
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Ok I messed it up when I wrote it, it should be 25.84/.585 = 44.17 So then would it be 44.17(100.23) = 4427.16 Is that right? The chart in my text says that the accepted molar mass of heptane is 4817. Is my answer too far away from the accepted value? Did I do it right?
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In a laboratory activity, a student team measures the heat released by burning heptane. Using the following data, calculate the molar heat of combustion of heptane in kJ/mol: Mass of water - 179.2 g Initial water temperature - 11.6 degrees C Final water temperature - 46.1 ...
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February 10, 2008
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The electric field in the atmosphere is about 140 N/C, downward. (b) Find the electric force on a proton with charge +1.6 10-19 C. formula please??
January 30, 2008
What charge exists on a test charge that experiences a force of 2.2 10-8 N at a point where the electric field intensity is 1.0 10-4 N/C? what formula do i use??
January 30, 2008
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_____ is a speakers willingness to accept that some counter arguements might be valid
December 29, 2007
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You're a famous movie producer. Large historical epics have become very popular, and you want to get in on the action. You need to develop a proposal to "pitch" to a movie studio. But what hasn't been done? Ben-Hur and Spartacus were big hits in the 1950s, ...
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Biologists studying the healing of skin wounds measured the rate at which new cells closed a razor cut made in the skin of an anesthetized newt. Here are data from 18 newts, measured in micrometers per hour: 29,27,34,40,22,28,14,35,26,35,12,30,23,18,11,22,23,33. Questions: a)...
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In a collection of nickels, dimes, and quarters worth &6.90, the ratio of the number of nickels to dimes is 3:8. The ratio of the number of dimes to quarters is 4:5. Find the number of each type of coin. Use a coin value chart to help. well, 4:5 is the same as 8:10 That makes ...
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Early Childhood Education
Appropriate materials and equipment for outdoor play should contain which? 1. a lot of immovable parts 2. some loose parts 3. large,simple,steel units designed for a single purpose. 4. hard,strong surfaces for ground cover Shouldn't the materials and equipment contain a ...
April 2, 2007
I tried many times this problem but it makes nonsense. Which statement is NOT true? 10+6x3-2divide2=27 10x6+3-2divide2=62 10-6+3x2divide2=8 10-6x3divide2+2=3 Without parentheses to specify the order of operation, there are many ways to interpret each of those, but 10 + (6x3...
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Rationalize the denominator of each expression. Assume that all variables are positive. I understand how to divide them, but don't exactly know how to rationalize them. ã3xy^2/ã5xy^3 Thanks in advance.
February 22, 2007
We did this in a lab and nothing happened, but I'm pretty sure something was supposed to happen, so my question is: What happens when you put a pellet of sodiumhydroxide on a watch glass and observe it for 5-10 minutes? If there were hudidity in the air, it should have ...
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January 30, 2007
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January 24, 2007
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An action in________ law would be the most appropriate way to stop a construction company from razing a 150-year-old house that sits on property that you claim as your own. A. common B. equity C. criminal D. civil This would be an action in civil law. Am I correct? An action ...
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What is Arsenic pollution? I assume you are talking about higher than normal amounts of arsenic in air/water/etc. Arsenic need not be in the metal form (elemental form) to be toxic. Most, if not all, compounds of arsenic are toxic at some level. As2O3 and As2O5, for example, ...
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The golf tournament will be played on a nine-hole course as a foursome, best-ball format at the Eaton Canyon Golf Course with an 8:00 a.m. start time and assigned tee times. All skill levels are welcome and the best-ball format is perfect for beginning golfers! Golfers can sign up as a team or as an individual and the top team receives individual trophies and immortality on the Oktoberfest Golf Tournament perpetual trophy. Want some additional fun? Take a chance in our Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, and Putting contests. For those concerned with their swing, Mulligans are available to ensure a better score. Golf tournament fees are $83.00 per person or $300 per team of four (lunch included for both).
The tennis tournament will start at 8:00 a.m. as well and will be held at the Orange Grove tennis courts at the corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Baldwin Avenue in the City of Arcadia. All ages and skill levels are welcome! The tournament will be played as round robin doubles with rotating partners in co-ed divisions. The first, second, and third place winners each receive a trophy and the first place winner will have their name engraved on the Oktoberfest Tennis Tournament perpetual trophy. Show off your skills prior to the tournament by participating in the serving contest. Tennis tournament fees are $61.00 per person (lunch included).
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Drandon: The Night Job
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I initially didn't plan for this to be more of a music video, I wanted to just have Brandon shown from shot-to-shot from point A to B. after reviewing the raw files a few times, it seemed like I could do more with music because there would be too much silence and it would be a boring piece.
The instrumental was the first thing I started on, which consists of bells, synthesizers, and many other instruments from Logic's library. Next, I dragged all of the .dv files to separate my nephew's quotes and such from everything else. I bounced the tracks and put them under the video in Final Cut Pro while keeping the original audio above so I could match everything up with the music
After bouncing the tracks, I began piecing together the vocals with minimal effects. The main effect I used was pitch bend, but I was able to stretch Brandon's voice by using - my best friend - the flex tool.
I didn't have an inspiration for the beat when I started, but after listening to the whole thing over-and-over, I found some inspiration to tweak it a little. The 2 mini bridges were inspired by, "Number One" by R. Kelly and Keri Hilson, and "Neva Eva (Chopped and Screwed)" by Trillville.
For the video section of this project, I used Final Cut Pro 7. I mainly cut and pasted clips where I say fit the best. Since I silenced unwanted audio in Logic, it was easy to line the video up with the words in the song. When I changed the speed of the video to have Brandon's lips match with the words, I muted one side of my speakers to the song and muted the other side to the audio from the video
Since I prerecorded all the video long beforehand and couldn't go back to record again, it set up a huge challenge for how I would piece the whole thing together. The main strategy was to edit pieces at a time and watch the video over-and-over again. To get the clips to change on beat, I simply just used markers; overall, I believe I had close to 100 or more markers.
Every technical issue that could happen happened. Frustration and anger played a big roll in this project. I was just short of feeling like Pinhead was going to jump out of my screen and take me down to hell for expecting to get this project with ease. With Logic, I was fine until I was a little over halfway done. I had a system overload within 10minutes of having the application over, and that slowed my process down a bit. This problem forced me to bounce the song, listen to it in iTunes, and then make "blind edits" since I couldn't see directly where I needed to make the change and just needed to make it by ear. With this issue, I wasn't able to add ad many effects, as I wanted to put in. Just about every bounce is named either, "MotherFucker 1-3" or "ThisShitBetterWork" - just another way to vent my frustration other than using my stress ball. I wanted to fix the color and shakiness of the video and fix a few camera errors in Apple's Color and Final Cut, but I was working with .dv files and neither one supported them. None of my issues were resolved, so I was pretty much stuck in a position to where I had to make the most of things.
I wouldn't change anything about this project itself because I spent a lot of time working on it and I am happy with the outcome. The only thing I would actually change is the camera I worked with because I had trouble with it the moment I wanted to get everything on the computer. I will never use a hard drive based camera, let alone a JVC camera EVER again.
The idea from what we learned in the class about using other people's work was carried into this project; only it was my own work. I recorded the same video for both classes, but had two completely different concepts for the two and the biggest challenge finding enough video to separate the two. I think I did this well because both videos are different. If I were to share this to a pubic audience, I would have it aired on TV, on a show that's relevant to my project. I would also share this publicly on the internet. Expanding on this project, I really like the camera shots that I captured and I would definitely use them again in future projects.
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The Spider Audiobook
46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell
by Norvell W. Page
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For ten grim years, The
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The Man Who Ruled in Hell
pits the Master of Men against The Red Hand,
a vicious supercriminal who has audaciously unionized New York's Underworld. But how can Richard Wentworth overcome this new threat when he himself has been cast in prison?
This thrilling
audiobook features acclaimed voice talent Nick Santa Maria, who has made the
his own! Also included is Arthur Leo Zagat's "Doc Turner–-Slave Buyer," read by Roy Worley.
46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Chapter 1: The Red Hand
Chapter 2: Wentworth's Mistake
Chapter 3: The Net Tightens!
Chapter 4: The Red Hand Strikes
Chapter 5: Kill the Spider!
Chapter 6: Under the Red Hand
Chapter 7: Wanted — Killers
Chapter 8: The Spider Walks Again
Chapter 9: Job No. 4
Chapter 10: Death on the Viaduct
Chapter 11: Nita's Hour Strikes
Chapter 12: Blinky McQuade Pays
Chapter 13: The Spider Strikes
Chapter 14: Into the Trap!
Chapter 15: When the River Came In
Chapter 16: When Rats Leave
Chapter 17: The Spider Dies
Short Story
Doc Turner — Slave Buyer
— A Doc Turner story
by Arthur Leo Zagat
Read by Roy Worley
Will Murray
is the Series Producer for Will Murray's Pulp Classics line of Pulp Audiobooks and Pulp eBooks. Will is the author of over 50 novels in popular series ranging from
The Destroyer
Mars Attacks
. Collaborating posthumously with the legendary Lester Dent, he has written to date twelve Doc Savage novels, with
Skull Island, Death's Dark Domain, Desert Demons, Horror in Gold
, and
The Infernal Buddha
now available. For National Public Radio, Murray adapted
The Thousand-Headed Man
The Adventures of Doc Savage
in 1985, and recently edited
Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts of Lester Dent
for Moonstone Books. He is versed in all things pulp.
Nick Santa Maria
Nick was born early in life in Brooklyn, NY. His theatrical background is based in Comedy Improv. He was a long standing member of the late lamented Miami based, Mental Floss, where he served as head writer/composer. From there he began his career in commercials, voice-overs, TV, Film, and theatre. He has performed in many roles on the stage including his award winning turn as
Over The River And Through The Woods
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
, as Nathan Detroit in
Guys and Dolls
, in
The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
as Mr. Panch (3-D Theatricals), Mr. Bromhead in
No Sex Please, We're British
at The Norris, and as Pseudolus in,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
at the Norris Theatre. Television:
The Buffalo Bill Show
B.J. Stryker
, and two Disney Christmas Specials. Off Broadway: Writer/Composer/Performer on
Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know
, Soundtrack on RCA Victor. Broadway: Vince Fontaine in Tommy Tune's production of
. He also appeared in every domestic company of Mel Brooks'
The Producers
, understudying everyone from Nathan Lane and Jason Alexander, to Tony Danza and David Hassellhoff. He was the original Genie in Disney's
, a Musical Spectacular, soundtrack on Disney Records. Nick is a resident of Los Angeles and is currently writing a book about classic film comedians, Nick's been a long time film historian, and has written several articles on the topic.
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Lightexture Claylight Pendant 5"
About the Designers
Avner Ben Natan
Avner Ben Natan is a lighting designer. Prior to moving to New York City in 2006 and co-founding lightexture with architect Yael Erel, he has been a lighting designer for Film and TV in Israel 1992-2006. In lightexture Ben Natan has been designing and building lighting fixtures and environments for art and dance installations, residential and commercial projects. He has also been occupied with writing Hebrew poetry and prose since the early nineties. In recent years, after completing a collection of short stories, Ben Natan has started to compose and sing his own poetry. He studied in Alon film school and also in Tel Aviv University and received a BA in Sociology and Anthropology.
Sharan Elran Israel
Sharan Elran is a ceramic artist. Sharan studied ceramic art in the Givat Haviva art School in Israel where he focused on "primitive" wood firing techniques. After moving to NYC in 2008 he began searching for ways to create urban ceramics using the electric kiln and wheel. In his studio in midtown Manhattan he creates pottery, light fixtures and sculptural objects. "In my work I attempt to expose the physicality of the clay and light, and to bring these two contrasting qualities into a harmonious balance. I'm exploring ways to relate the old craft of pottery-making to my contemporary urban surrounding. It is not merely a process of artmaking, but also of finding my own peace of mind within the extremely intense city I live in..." Sharan holds a B.Sc in physics and computer science, and has been strongly influenced by the Indian master Osho and his practice of meditation.Four ceramic shades hang from two hardwood boomerangs and create a mobile of lights, textures and shapes in this Juan Miro inspired chandelier.
Yael Erel Israel
Yael Erel is a registered architect, graduated with honors from The Cooper Union School of Architecture where she received the Irma Giustino Weiss Prize for creative achievement. Before co-founding New York based YEStudio with lighting designer Avner Ben Natan, she worked for the award-winning firm Diane Lewis Architect and ROART Inc. Erel Completed architectural projects both in Israel and NYC, and together with lighting designer Avner Ben Natan has been developing light fixtures and installations. Erel was a visiting architecture design critic at Harvard GSD, she has taught Architecture Design Studio at Columbia University and The Cooper Union, and has been teaching Architecture design at Pratt institute since 2004, where received a faculty development grant to develop environmental lighting fixtures. Her work has been exhibited at the Krakow Biennial, Pratt Institute Gallery and other NYC galleries. She has lectured at The Bronfman Center and The City College School of Architecture among others.
Lightexture Claylight Pendant 5"
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|Fixture Type: Mini pendant
|Shade Material: Other
|Shade Color: White
|Shade Shape: Sphere
|Finish: White clay
|Material: Metal; Other
|Hardware Material: Stainless steel
|Sloped Ceiling: Yes
|Swarovski Crystal: No
|Lens Included: No
|Bulb Type: Xenon
|Transformer Required: Yes
|Number of Lights: 1
|Number of Tiers: 1
|Swag Light: No
|Bulb Included: Yes
|Adjustable: Yes
|Dimmable: Yes
|Bulb Life: 5000 Hours
|Connection: Junction box
|Light Direction: Down
|Voltage: 120 Volts (V)
|Wattage per Bulb: 35 Watts (W)
|Product Care: For stains use the supplied sandpaper or a clean fine sandpaper
|Country of Manufacture: United States
|Assembly Required: No
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: 1 year
|Title 24 Compliant: No
|Energy Star Compliant: No
|UL Listed: Yes
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About the ManufacturerYael Erel and Avner Ben Natan, are a collaborating couple and founders of Lightexture. They work together, as an architect and a lighting designer, to explore light through the construction of unique designer lamps, which adjust through time, and draw light and texture in space. Coming from two different disciplines, they explore this field together with different sensibilities and skills. In their light construction they incorporate ready-made objects, lighting components and constructed elements. The lamps are fitted and assembled by hand in their studio. Yael and Avner collaborate with Ceramic artist Sharan Elran in design, development and construction of the ceramic Claylight™ and Earthlight™ series. One of Lightexture's goals is to create energy efficient fixtures, while maintaining focus on atmospheric and spatial performance.
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The Red Bull Soapbox Derby
TG.com braved sunburn and coccyx injury to bring you this report…
Posted: 15 Jul 2013
If you've directed your Internet browser to TopGear.com over the past few days, you'll have noticed our dispatches from Goodwood Festival of Speed - a gathering of individuals brought together by speed. Speed and loafers. But yesterday, we were at the Red Bull Soapbox Race in London. This was a very different celebration of speed...
At 11am on Sunday, 20,000 people turned up to Alexandra Palace to watch 70 amateur teams throw homemade soapbox racers down one of the steepest roads in London - a hay bale-bordered, 420m long run that drops 40m from top to bottom.
As you'd imagine, the course has a few obstacles: four jumps in total, a few chicanes and two faux-policemen with speed cameras at the halfway point. Predictably, the crowds were hoping for as many soapbox-to-obstacle encounters as possible. They weren't disappointed.
Elsewhere in the pits - teams were finalising their preparations. Bobsleigh-like push starts were being perfected; tyre pressures were checked (really) and dance routines for the 'showmanship' element of the judging criteria were run and re-run.
Then there were the racers. They included a curious nod to fish and peas, a giant asparagus, a scotch egg and an eight-foot Usain Bolt - in full lightning strike pose. But there was some actual engineering under there. Teams spoke of drafting in university students, CAD design and clay modelling. Team Phya-Bird told us of 'issues with the surface quality of the GRP moulds' during their build, and a crew of Jaguar Land Rover engineers preached the merits of employing carbon composites.
But by 12:15, all the chat didn't matter. It was race time. And the judges - mountain biker Gee Atherton, trials rider Danny Macaskill and Red Bull Racing Chief Designer Rob Marshall - were waiting to be dazzled. The criteria? Creativity, speed and showmanship.
Despite the heavyweight adjudicators, one man refused to show his nerves prior to 'push-off' - Christian Horner, Infiniti Red Bull Racing team principal who took the team's own F1-style soapbox down the course. "Today's all about having a bit of fun," said Christian. "It's great to see the effort people have made." We asked him about his focus for the race - speed or showboating... "It's about seeing the chequered flag," he said. You can take the man out of F1 etc...
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from the only-the-best-fart-app-developers-need-apply dept.
jbernardo writes "Nokia has put in deep freeze its free developer program, the launchpad. Now, in the Developer Programs page, one can only see a pitch for a paid 'Nokia Premium Developer Program,' and below, in the Nokia Developer Pro and Developer Launchpad box, there is a text merely stating that Nokia are not currently accepting new applications for Nokia Developer Launchpad and Nokia Developer Pro programs. With most (if not all) Launchpad memberships already expired, seems like Nokia no longer is interested in the developer community, which once was one of the mainstays of its domination of the smartphone market. Of course, that domination was destroyed by Elop and its 'burning platforms' memo, together with the failed bet on Windows Phone 7, so maybe giving up on developers would also be expectable."


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1⁄2 ounce dried Polish mushrooms or dried porcini mushrooms*
* Using a blend of fresh mushrooms is also nice. Try shiitake, cremini, or button.
Put the dried mushrooms in a bowl and cover them with 2 cups of boiling water. Allow them to soak for 1 hour. Strain the mushrooms through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a bowl. Reserve the liquid. Coarsely chop the mushrooms and set aside.
Approximately 6 to 8 Servings
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Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound. Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset.
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NCM Fathom presents an encore presentation of Rossini's Armida in select theatres nationwide. The encore presentation (captured live on May 1, 2010) will be shown for one day only on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as "a buried treasure, a box of jewels." The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, "has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element."
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Elephants (family: Elephantidae) are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata.
Elephants are the largest land animals. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh . An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about , with a shoulder height of , a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant. The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.
The elephant has appeared in cultures across the world. They are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where they are thought to be on par with cetaceans and hominids. Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind". The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".
Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators, although lions may take calves or weak individuals. They are, however, increasingly threatened by human intrusion and poaching. Once numbering in the millions, the African elephant population has dwindled to between 470,000 and 690,000 individuals. The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, with restrictions in place on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.
The African Elephant genus contains two (or, arguably, three) living species; whereas, the Asian Elephant species is the only surviving member of the Asian Elephant genus, but can be divided into four subspecies.
Although the fossil evidence is uncertain, scientists discovered genetic evidence that the elephant family shares distant ancestry with the sirenians (sea cows) and the hyraxes through gene comparisons. In the distant past, members of the hyrax family grew to large sizes, and it seems likely that the common ancestor of all three modern families was some kind of amphibious hyracoid. One theory suggests that these animals spent most of their time under water, using their trunks like snorkels for breathing. Modern elephants have retained this ability and are known to swim in that manner for up to 6 hours and 50 km (30 miles).
In the past, there was a much wider variety of elephant genera, including the mammoths, stegodons and deinotheria. There was also a much wider variety of species.
The Elephants of the genus Loxodonta, known collectively as African elephants, are currently found in 37 countries in Africa.
African elephants are distinguished from Asian elephants in several ways, the most noticeable being their ears which are much larger. The African elephant is typically larger than the Asian elephant and has a concave back. Both African males and females have external tusks and are usually less hairy than their Asian cousins.
African elephants have traditionally been classified as a single species comprising two distinct subspecies, namely the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) and the forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), but recent DNA analysis suggests that these may actually constitute distinct species. This split is not universally accepted by experts and a third species of African elephant has also been proposed.
This reclassification has important implications for conservation, because it means that where previously it was assumed that a single and endangered species comprised two small populations, if in reality these are two separate species, then as a consequence, both could be more gravely endangered than a more numerous and wide-ranging single species might have been. There is also a potential danger in that, if the forest elephant is not explicitly listed as an endangered species, poachers and smugglers might be able to evade the law forbidding trade in endangered animals and their body parts.
The Forest elephant and the Savanna elephant can also hybridise – that is, breed together – successfully, though their preferences for different terrains reduce such opportunities. As the African elephant has only recently been recognized to comprise two separate species, groups of captive elephants have not been comprehensively classified and some could well be hybrids.
Under the new two species classification, Loxodonta africana refers specifically to the Savanna Elephant, the largest of all elephants. In fact, it is the largest land animal in the world, with the males standing to at the shoulder and weighing to a reported .. The female is smaller, standing about at the shoulder. Most often, Savanna Elephants are found in open grasslands, marshes, and lakeshores. They range over much of the savanna zone south of the Sahara.
The other putative species, the Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), is usually smaller and rounder, and its tusks thinner and straighter compared with the Savanna Elephant. The Forest Elephant can weigh up to and stand about tall. Much less is known about these animals than their savanna cousins, because environmental and political obstacles make them difficult to study. Normally, they inhabit the dense African rain forests of central and western Africa, although occasionally they roam the edges of forests, thus overlapping the Savanna elephant territories and hybridizing. In 1979, Iain Douglas-Hamilton estimated the continental population of African elephants at around 1.3 million animals. This estimate is controversial and is believed to be a gross overestimate, but it is very widely cited and has become a de facto baseline that continues to be incorrectly used to quantify downward population trends in the species. Through the 1980s, Loxodonta received worldwide attention due to the dwindling numbers of major populations in East Africa, largely as a result of poaching. Today, according to IUCN's African Elephant Status Report 2007 there are approximately between 470,000 and 690,000 African elephants in the wild. Although this estimate only covers about half of the total elephant range, experts do not believe the true figure to be much higher, as it is unlikely that large populations remain to be discovered. By far the largest populations are now found in Southern and Eastern Africa, which together account for the majority of the continental population. According to a recent analysis by IUCN experts, most major populations in Eastern and Southern Africa are stable or have been steadily increasing since the mid-1990s, at an average rate of 4.5% per year.
Elephant populations in West Africa, on the other hand, are generally small and fragmented, and only account for a small proportion of the continental total. Much uncertainty remains as to the size of the elephant population in Central Africa, where the prevalence of forest makes population surveys difficult, but poaching for ivory and bushmeat is believed to be intense through much of the region. South Africa elephant population more than doubled, rising from 8,000 to over 20,000, in the thirteen years after a 1995 ban on killing the animals. The ban was lifted in February 2008, sparking controversy among environmental groups.
The world population of Asian elephants – also called Indian Elephants – is estimated to be around 60,000, about a tenth of the number of African elephants. More precisely, it is estimated that there are between 38,000 and 53,000 wild elephants and between 14,500 and 15,300 domesticated elephants in Asia with perhaps another 1,000 scattered around zoos in the rest of the world. The Asian elephants' decline has possibly been more gradual than the African and caused primarily by poaching and habitat destruction by human encroachment.
Several subspecies of Elephas maximus have been identified, using morphometric data and molecular markers. Elephas maximus maximus (Sri Lankan Elephant) is found only on the island of Sri Lanka. It is the largest of the Asians. There are an estimated 3,000–4,500 members of this subspecies left today in the wild, although no accurate census has been carried out recently. Large males can weigh upward to 5,400 kg (12,000 lb) and stand over 3.4 m (11 ft) tall. Sri Lankan males have very large cranial bulges, and both sexes have more areas of depigmentation than other Asians. Typically, their ears, face, trunk, and belly have large concentrations of pink-speckled skin. There is an orphanage for elephants in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, which plays a large role in protecting the Sri Lankan Elephant from extinction.
Elephas maximus indicus (Indian Elephant) makes up the bulk of the Asian elephant population. Numbering approximately 36,000, these elephants are lighter grey in colour, with depigmentation only on the ears and trunk. Large males will ordinarily weigh only about 5,000 kg (11,000 lb), but are as tall as the Sri Lankan. The mainland Asian can be found in 11 Asian countries, from India to Indonesia. They prefer forested areas and transitional zones, between forests and grasslands, where greater food variety is available.
The smallest of all the elephants is the Sumatran Elephant, Elephas maximus sumatranus. Population estimates for this group range from 2,100 to 3,000 individuals. It is very light grey in colour and has less depigmentation than the other Asians, with pink spots only on the ears. Mature Sumatrans will usually only measure 1.7–2.6 m (5.6–8.5 ft) at the shoulder and weigh less than 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). It is considerably smaller than its other Asian (and African) cousins and exists only on the island of Sumatra, usually in forested regions and partially wooded habitats.
In 2003, a further subspecies was identified on Borneo. Named the Borneo pygmy elephant, it is smaller and tamer than any other Asian elephants. It also has relatively larger ears, longer tail and straighter tusks.
Most herbivores (plant eaters, like the elephant) possess teeth adapted for cutting and tearing off plant materials. However, except for the very young or infirm, elephants always use their trunks to tear up their food and then place it in their mouth. They will graze on grass or reach up into trees to grasp leaves, fruit, or entire branches. If the desired food item is too high up, the elephant will wrap its trunk around the tree or branch and shake its food loose or sometimes simply knock the tree down altogether.
The trunk is also used for drinking. Elephants suck water up into the trunk (up to fifteen quarts or fourteen litres at a time) and then blow it into their mouth. Elephants also inhale water to spray on their body during bathing. On top of this watery coating, the animal will then spray dirt and mud, which act as a protective sunscreen. When swimming, the trunk makes an excellent snorkel.
This appendage also plays a key role in many social interactions. Familiar elephants will greet each other by entwining their trunks, much like a handshake. They also use them while play-wrestling, caressing during courtship and mother / child interactions, and for dominance displays – a raised trunk can be a warning or threat, while a lowered trunk can be a sign of submission. Elephants can defend themselves very well by flailing their trunk at unwanted intruders or by grasping and flinging them.
An elephant also relies on its trunk for its highly developed sense of smell. Raising the trunk up in the air and swivelling it from side to side, like a periscope, it can determine the location of friends, enemies, and food sources.
Like humans who are typically right- or left-handed, elephants are usually right- or left-tusked. The dominant tusk, called the master tusk, is generally shorter and more rounded at the tip from wear. Both male and female African elephants have large tusks that can reach over 3 m (10 ft) in length and weigh over 90 kg (200 lb). In the Asian species, only the males have large tusks. Female Asians have tusks which are very small or absent altogether. Asian males can have tusks as long as the much larger Africans, but they are usually much slimmer and lighter; the heaviest recorded is 39 kg (86 lb). The tusk of both species is mostly made of calcium phosphate in the form of apatite. As a piece of living tissue, it is relatively soft (compared with other minerals such as rock), and the tusk, also known as ivory, is strongly favoured by artists for its carvability. The desire for elephant ivory has been one of the major factors in the reduction of the world's elephant population.
Some extinct relatives of elephants had tusks in their lower jaws in addition to their upper jaws, such as Gomphotherium, or only in their lower jaws, such as Deinotherium.
This gives elephants a dental formula of: Unlike most mammals, which grow baby teeth and then replace them with a permanent set of adult teeth, elephants have cycles of tooth rotation throughout their entire life. The tusks have milk precursors, which fall out quickly and the adult tusks are in place by one year of age, but the molars are replaced five times in an average elephant's lifetime. The teeth do not emerge from the jaws vertically like with human teeth. Instead, they have move horizontally, like a conveyor belt. New teeth grow in at the back of the mouth, pushing older teeth toward the front, where they wear down with use and the remains fall out. When an elephant becomes very old, the last set of teeth is worn to stumps, and it must rely on softer foods to chew. Very elderly elephants often spend their last years exclusively in marshy areas where they can feed on soft wet grasses. Eventually, when the last teeth fall out, the elephant will be unable to eat and will die of starvation. Were it not for tooth wearout, their metabolism would allow them to live much longer. Rupert Sheldrake has proposed this as an explanation for the elephant graveyards. However, as more habitat is destroyed, the elephants' living space becomes smaller and smaller; the elderly no longer have the opportunity to roam in search of more appropriate food and will, consequently, die of starvation at an earlier age.
Tusks in the lower jaw are also second incisors. These grew out large in Deinotherium and some mastodons, but in modern elephants they disappear early without erupting.
Elephants are colloquially called pachyderms (from their original scientific classification), which means thick-skinned animals. An elephant's skin is extremely tough around most parts of its body and measures about thick. However, the skin around the mouth and inside of the ear is paper-thin. Normally, the skin of an Asian is covered with more hair than its African counterpart. This is most noticeable in the young. Asian calves are usually covered with a thick coat of brownish red fuzz. As they get older, this hair darkens and becomes more sparse, but it will always remain on their heads and tails.
The species of elephants are typically greyish in colour, but the Africans very often appear brown or reddish from wallowing in mud holes of coloured soil. Wallowing is an important behaviour in elephant society. Not only is it important for socialization, but the mud acts as a sunscreen, protecting their skin from harsh ultraviolet radiation. Although tough, an elephant's skin is very sensitive. Without regular mud baths to protect it from burning, as well as from insect bites and moisture loss, an elephant's skin would suffer serious damage. After bathing, the elephant will usually use its trunk to blow dirt on its body to help dry and bake on its new protective coat. As elephants are limited to smaller and smaller areas, there is less water available, and local herds will often come too close over the right to use these limited resources.
Wallowing also aids the skin in regulating body temperatures. Elephants have difficulty in releasing heat through the skin because, in proportion to their body size, they have very little of it. The ratio of an elephant's mass to the surface area of its skin is many times that of a human. Elephants have even been observed lifting up their legs to expose the soles of their feet, presumably in an effort to expose more skin to the air. Since wild elephants live in very hot climates, they must have other means of getting rid of excess heat.
An elephant's legs are great straight pillars, as they must be to support its bulk. The elephant needs less muscular power to stand because of its straight legs and large pad-like feet. For this reason an elephant can stand for very long periods of time without tiring. In fact, African elephants rarely lie down unless they are sick or wounded. Indian elephants, in contrast, lie down frequently.
The feet of an elephant are nearly round. African elephants have three nails on each hind foot, and four on each front foot. Indian elephants have four nails on each hind foot and five on each front foot. Beneath the bones of the foot is a tough, gelatinous material that acts as a cushion or shock absorber. Under the elephant's weight the foot swells, but it gets smaller when the weight is removed. An elephant can sink deep into mud, but can pull its legs out readily because its feet become smaller when they are lifted.
An elephant is a good swimmer, but it can not trot, jump, nor gallop. It does have two gaits: a walk; and a faster gait that is similar to running.
In walking, the legs act as pendulums, with the hips and shoulders rising and falling while the foot is planted on the ground. With no "aerial phase", the faster gait does not meet all the criteria of running, as elephants always have at least one foot on the ground. However, an elephant moving fast uses its legs much like a running animal, with the hips and shoulders falling and then rising while the feet are on the ground. In this gait, an elephant will have three feet off the ground at one time. As both of the hind feet and both of the front feet are off the ground at the same time, this gait has been likened to the hind legs and the front legs taking turns running.
Although they start this "run" at only 8 km/h, elephants can reach speeds up to 25 km/h, all the while using the same gait. At this speed, most other four-legged creatures are well into a gallop, even accounting for leg length. Spring-like kinetics could explain the difference between the motion of elephants and other animals.
The large flapping ears of an elephant are also very important for temperature regulation. Elephant ears are made of a very thin layer of skin stretched over cartilage and a rich network of blood vessels. On hot days, elephants will flap their ears constantly, creating a slight breeze. This breeze cools the surface blood vessels, and then the cooler blood gets circulated to the rest of the animal's body. The hot blood entering the ears can be cooled as much as ten degrees Fahrenheit before returning to the body. Differences in the ear sizes of African and Asian elephants can be explained, in part, by their geographical distribution. Africans originated and stayed near the equator, where it is warmer. Therefore, they have bigger ears. Asians live farther north, in slightly cooler climates, and thus have smaller ears.
The ears are also used in certain displays of aggression and during the males' mating period. If an elephant wants to intimidate a predator or rival, it will spread its ears out wide to make itself look more massive and imposing. During the breeding season, males give off an odour from the musth gland located behind their eyes. Joyce Poole, a well-known elephant researcher, has theorized that the males will fan their ears in an effort to help propel this "elephant cologne" great distances.
The social circle of the female elephant does not end with the small family unit. In addition to encountering the local males that live on the fringes of one or more groups, the female's life also involves interaction with other families, clans, and subpopulations. Most immediate family groups range from five to fifteen adults, as well as a number of immature males and females. When a group gets too big, a few of the elder daughters will break off and form their own small group. They remain very aware of which local herds are relatives and which are not.
The life of the adult male is very different. As he gets older, he begins to spend more time at the edge of the herd, gradually going off on his own for hours or days at a time. Eventually, days become weeks, and somewhere around the age of fourteen, the mature male, or bull, sets out from his natal group for good. While males do live primarily solitary lives, they will occasionally form loose associations with other males. These groups are called bachelor herds. The males spend much more time than the females fighting for dominance with each other. Only the most dominant males will be permitted to breed with cycling females. The less dominant ones must wait their turn. It is usually the older bulls, forty to fifty years old, that do most of the breeding.
The dominance battles between males can look very fierce, but typically they inflict very little injury. Most of the bouts are in the form of aggressive displays and bluffs. Ordinarily, the smaller, younger, and less confident animal will back off before any real damage can be done. However, during the breeding season, the battles can get extremely aggressive, and the occasional elephant is injured. During this season, known as musth, a bull will fight with almost any other male it encounters, and it will spend most of its time hovering around the female herds, trying to find a receptive mate.
Males will sometime also engage in same-sex bonding and mounting. Such encounters are often associated with affectionate interactions, such as kissing, trunk intertwining, and placing trunks in each other's mouths. Unlike heterosexual relations however, which are always of a fleeting nature, those between males result in a "companionship", consisting of an older individual and one or two younger, attendant males.
Rogue elephant is a term for a lone, violently aggressive wild elephant. It is a calque of the Sinhala term hora aliya. Its introduction to English has been attributed by the Oxford English Dictionary to Sir James Emerson Tennent, but this usage may have been pre-dated by William Sirr.
With a mass just over 5 kg (11 lb), elephant brains are larger than those of any other land animal, and although the largest whales have body masses twentyfold those of a typical elephant, whale brains are barely twice the mass of an elephant's. A wide variety of behaviours, including those associated with grief, making music, art, altruism, allomothering, play, use of tools, compassion and self-awareness evidence a highly intelligent species on par with cetaceans and primates. The largest areas in the elephant brain are those responsible for hearing, smell and movement coordination.
Their eyesight is relatively poor, and the eyes are aiming down the trunk. An elephant has to raise his head conspicuously to look out horizontally.
Females prefer bigger, stronger, and, most importantly, older males. Such a reproductive strategy tends to increase their offspring's chances of survival.
After a twenty-two-month pregnancy, the mother will give birth to a calf that will weigh about 113 kg (250 lb) and stand over 76 cm (2.5 ft) tall. Elephants have a very long childhood. They are born with fewer survival instincts than many other animals. Instead, they must rely on their elders to teach them the things they need to know. Today, however, the pressures humans have put on the wild elephant populations, from poaching to habitat destruction, mean that the elderly often die at a younger age, leaving fewer teachers for the young.
A new calf is usually the centre of attention for all herd members. All the adults and most of the other young will gather around the newborn, touching and caressing it with their trunks. The baby is born nearly blind and at first relies, almost completely, on its trunk to discover the world around it.
As everyone in the herd is usually related, all members of the tightly knit female group participate in the care and protection of the young. After the initial excitement, the mother will usually select several full-time baby-sitters, or "allomothers", from her group. According to Cynthia Moss, a well known researcher, these allomothers will help in all aspects of raising the calf. They walk with the young as the herd travels, helping the calves along if they fall or get stuck in the mud. The more allomothers a baby has, the more free time its mother has to feed herself. Providing a calf with nutritious milk means the mother has to eat more nutritious food herself. So, the more allomothers, the better the calf's chances of survival. An elephant is considered an allomother when she is not able to have her own baby. A benefit of being an allomother is that she can gain experience or receive assistance when caring for her own calf.
Elephants' foraging activities can sometimes greatly affect the areas in which they live. By pulling down trees to eat leaves, breaking branches, and pulling out roots they create clearings in which new young trees and other vegetation can establish itself. During the dry season, elephants use their tusks to dig into dry river beds to reach underground sources of water. These newly dug water holes may then become the only source of water in the area. Elephants make pathways through their environment which are also used by other animals to access areas normally out of reach. This pathways have sometimes been used by several generations of elephants and today are converted by humans to paved roads.
As larger patches of forest disappear, the ecosystem is affected in profound ways. The trees are responsible for anchoring soil and absorbing water runoff. Floods and massive erosion are common results of deforestation. Elephants need massive tracts of land because, much like the slash-and-burn farmers, they are used to crashing through the forest, tearing down trees and shrubs for food and then cycling back later on, when the area has regrown. As forests are reduced to small pockets, elephants become part of the problem, quickly destroying all the vegetation in an area, eliminating all their resources.
Additionally, some reserves, such as Kruger National Park has, in the opinion of wildlife managers, suffered from elephant overcrowding, at the expense of other species of wildlife within the reserve. On 25 February 2008, the South Africa announced that they would reintroduce culling for the first time since 1994 to control elephant numbers. Nevertheless, as scientists learn more about nature and the environment, it becomes very clear that these parks may be the elephant's last hope against the rapidly changing world around them.
It is possible, if unlikely, that continued selection pressure could bring about a complete absence of tusks in African elephants, a development normally requiring thousands of years of evolution. The effect of tuskless elephants on the environment, and on the elephants themselves, could be dramatic. Elephants use their tusks to root around in the ground for necessary minerals, tear apart vegetation, and spar with one another for mating rights. Without tusks, elephant behaviour could change dramatically.
Elephants are also commonly exhibited in zoos and wild animal parks.
Throughout Myanmar (Burma), Siam, India, and most of South Asia elephants were used in the military for heavy labour, especially for uprooting trees and moving logs, and were also commonly used as executioners to crush the condemned underfoot.
Elephants have also been used as mounts for safari-type hunting, especially Indian shikar (mainly on tigers), and as ceremonial mounts for royal and religious occasions, whilst Asian elephants have been used for transport and entertainment.
Elephants have traditionally been a major part of circuses around the world, being intelligent enough to be trained in a variety of acts (see for example P.T. Barnum's Jumbo and John L. Sullivan, the famous "Boxing Elephant"). However, conditions for circus elephants are highly unnatural (confinement in small pens or cages, restraints on their feet, lack of companionship of other elephants, etc) and, perhaps as a result, there are instances of them turning on their keepers or handlers (examples include Black Diamond and "Murderous Mary").
There is growing resistance against the capture, confinement, and use of wild elephants. Animal rights advocates allege that elephants in zoos and circuses "suffer a life of chronic physical ailments, social deprivation, emotional starvation, and premature death". Zoos argue that standards for treatment of elephants are extremely high and that minimum requirements for such things as minimum space requirements, enclosure design, nutrition, reproduction, enrichment and veterinary care are set to ensure the wellbeing of elephants in captivity. Circuses continue to have a mixed record. Recently, the city of Los Angeles' closed an elephant act with Circus Vazquez due to numerous instances of abuse and neglect (April 2008) , and according to PETA, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has lost 25 elephants since 1992.


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another board I used to frequent ran a sequence where posters took in in random turns to write a few paragraphs of a story and then carry on from one another - anybody fancy knocking out a comic tale together?
we could set it in any part of Discworld - say starting at Unseen University - perhaps with the Unseen University Challenge Weakest Linked Millionaire Mastermind competition to find the next Chancellor?
we know most characters fairly well between us - so perhaps we could restrict the story to characters who have already featured in a TP novel?
I think it could be a bit of fun - from the quality of posting on here, I imagine that the quality would be fairly high, even if the humour was fairly low.
perhaps each writer could put a sentence that would have to feature in the next episode.
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Everyone's heard the saying that cylinder heads make power. While there is a lot of truth to that universal law of engine building, it's only half the story. Pair a great set of heads up with a mismatched camshaft, and the resulting power curve will reach mediocre heights at best. Take, for instance, GM's latest crop of LS small-blocks. Their beastly rectangle-port heads move massive volumes of air, but when matched with rinky-dink OE cam profiles, they leave equally massive piles of horsepower on the table.
Consequently, it's not surprising that a mild aftermarket hydraulic roller cam will typically add an extra 50-75 hp on one of these motors. Furthermore, in the ranks of ultracompetitive drag racing classes, like NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock, he who turns the most rpm often crosses the finish line first. In this arena—rpm, not cfm—is the limiting factor in power production, and efforts to stabilize the valvetrain are ground right into the cam itself. That's another way of saying that camshaft technology is extremely important, and with Pro Stockers now turning 11,000-plus rpm, that technology has obviously come a long way.
Leading the charge in valvetrain development is COMP Cams, a company that needs no introduction; they have so many wins and championships in the amateur, sportsman, and professional ranks that everyone stopped keeping count. In recent years, the company has spent an obscene amount of R&D and upgrading to the latest and greatest CNC grinding machinery that the industry has to offer. Additionally, these impressive pieces of hardware have been supplemented with state-of-the-art camshaft gauges that can measure a lobe profile to the tiniest fractions of an inch. Combine all that with world-class training and personnel with a streamlined production process, and the result is a staggering rate of progress in a very short period of time. What this means for street cruisers, weekend warriors, and professional racers alike is a balance of power and reliability that the industry has never before witnessed in the past.
To get a better idea of how it all works and how far the industry has come, we had a long conversation with Billy Godbold of COMP Cams. As someone trained as a nuclear physicist, who spends his days pushing the limits of valvetrain development, Godbold is widely regarded as one of the top camshaft designers in the business, and Chevy High Performance was lucky enough to pick his vast knowledge base for your benefit. Here's what he had to say.
Early Cam Grinders
When I started at COMP Cams over 17 years ago, the aftermarket was using Berco manual cam grinders that were developed in the '70s. Before the Berco models came about, Norton and Storm-Vulcan both offered manual grinding machines, and some people built homemade grinders. The Berco cam grinders are excellent machines if kept in good repair. The main limitation of these grinders is the quality of the master cam and the care and capability of the craftsman operating the machinery. It was only about 10 years ago when we slowly began making our masters on a Landis 3L machine, but then finish ground camshafts for NASCAR Cup, NHRA Pro Stock, and even CART customers on a manual Berco grinder using the Landis master.
If the limit of a Berco-style manual grinder is the master and machinist, the first limit of a CNC grinder is servo chatter, and the second limit for the aftermarket is cam changeover. The Landis CNC grinders were the first to satisfactorily address chatter back in the '90s. Their machines are very robust and the servo controls are excellent. We bought two Landis 3L grinders in the late '90s when an OEM production line closed. These machines were exceptionally good, but our biggest hurdle became changing over from one grind to the next. We also purchased a Toyoda grinder about that same time, but we always had more issues with chatter on the Toyoda grinder; it used very hard CBN grinding wheels compared to the plastic-bonded wheels of our Landis grinders.


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Northwest Florida knows how to celebrate its veterans, with numerous ceremonies and celebrations scheduled.
One event is set for today in Fort Walton Beach: The eternal flame in front of City Hall will be rededicated at 10 a.m. Sunday in honor of veterans and to mark the 40th anniversary of the original dedication. The event is hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary; to know more, call (850) 218-9181.
Following are the events scheduled for Monday.
- Uptown Station's large American flag has been repaired and will be unfurled and raised during a ceremony at 1 p.m. The Fort Walton Beach Police Department Honor Guard and Fire Department will participate.
- Bob Hope Village will host a Veterans Day ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Village Commons. Hurlburt Field's Honor Guard will post the colors and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Matthew Lusson, command chief for Eglin's 53rd Wing, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited.
- The Niceville Exchange Club will host its 13th annual Veterans Day Prayer Breakfast at the AMVETS Post in Valparaiso starting at 8 a.m. Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Jansson, program executive officer for weapons and director of the armament directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $3 and can be purchased at the door or by calling 225-0412.
- The Twin Cities Veterans Council will sponsor their annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Doolittle Park on John Sims Parkway in Valparaiso at 11 a.m. Airman 1st Class Christopher Mann with the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Eglin will be the keynote speaker. The Niceville High School ROTC will present the colors and the cities of Niceville and Valparaiso, scout groups, students and other local organizations will present wreaths. Bring a lawn chair. In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the AMVETS Post 78 at 910 Valastics Ave. Call 678-4738 for more information.
- A sidewalk parade sponsored by the American Legion will head down Main Street beginning at 10 a.m. Lineup will be in the parking lot of Old Time Pottery at 9:30 a.m. A bag piper will be a part of the procession. After the parade, a ringing of the bell ceremony will be held at the American Legion at 311 Main St. A cookout will follow. 837-3818.
- A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at Navarre Park. After the ceremony, a cookout will be held at the American Legion Post 382 at 1850 Lunetta St.
- The Veterans Day parade and ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Milton High School. For the first time, all area high school marching bands will participate. The parade will start in the north parking lot on Hobbs Street and travel south on Stewart Street to Berryhill Road, then east to Willing Street and then south across U.S. Highway 90 to Pine Street. Lineup is at 9 a.m.
Following the parade, the ceremony will begin at the high school at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Capt. Richard Cantone. A cookout provided by the Santa Rosa County 4-H Club will follow the ceremony.
- Mary Esther's annual Veterans Day parade will begin at 1 p.m. at Santa Rosa Mall. Lineup will be at 12:30 p.m. behind the movie theater. The parade will commence down Page Bacon Road, Mary Esther Boulevard, west on Hollywood Boulevard and finish back where it started. Goodies will be tossed on the mall side of the procession. This year's theme is "Respect, Honor and Patriotism." Call City Hall at 243-3566 for more information.
- A ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the war memorial in front of City Hall on State Road 20. Ret. Navy Capt. Kathryn "Bonnie" Bonner will be the guest speaker.
- The City of DeFuniak Springs will host is annual Veterans Day program starting at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery at 222 North Park St. Guest speaker will be Ron Hargrove, founder of the World War II Military Vehicle Association in Florala, Ala.
The ceremony will include posting of the flags and colors by the Walton High School Junior ROTC, a 21-gun salute and taps, wreath presentation, recognition of veterans from each conflict and a helicopter flyover by Friends of Army Aviation. After the ceremony, a Huey helicopter will be offering rides from the DeFuniak Springs Airport for a fee.
- Some area restaurants are offering free meals to veterans and active-duty service members including Tijuana Flats in Fort Walton Beach, Golden Corral locations in Mary Esther and Destin, Logan's Roadhouse in Mary Esther, and Applebee's locations in Miramar Beach and Crestview.


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From catamaran (small ferry): Once you exit the catamaran you will make a right and follow the walk along the shore. Once you see a pebble beach that is right next to the Monastery, you will see 8 steps that are leading upwards. Left from the stairs you will see a restaurant Đorđota Vartal (George's garden). You will continue to head upwards until you hit the main street Domovinskog rata, where you will see our house at the right side. There is a big sign rent a scooter. That is our house. There is a triangle stop that you will see as well to confirm our location.
Here are directions if you are coming with a car from port of Stari Grad or Sucuraj:
When you exit your ferry just follow signs for town Hvar. When you arrive in Hvar town you will need to go left on first big crossroad. Don't go right for the center, go left for the gas station. After 200m is another crossroad. At that crossroad you will see lots of scooters for rent. That is our house.
If you need more information about directions or you need a pick up just call us or send us an e-mail.
Pick up from bus station in Hvar town is free. Pick up from the harbor is not possible because it's no driving allowed in the harbor except for taxi.
If you want us to pick you up from harbor in Stari Grad(that is a town 17km from Hvar town) the price is 200kn. Taxi will charge you from 250kn to 350kn.
If you want us to pick you up from harbor in Jelsa(a town 30km from Hvar town) the price is 300kn. Taxi will charge you from 400kn to 450kn.
Price is for a hole car up to 4 person.


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Walmsley Named Associate Dean in CEPS
Angela Walmsley, Ph.D., Helps Lead Graduate Education, Research Efforts in College
Saint Louis University has named Angela L.E. Walmsley, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate education and research in the College of Education and Public Service.
Walmsley joined SLU in 2003 and has held appointments in two CEPS departments: research methodology (2003-2009) and educational studies (2009-present).
Angela L.E. Walmsley, Ph.D.
"Angela has assisted faculty and students across the University with their research studies," said Gerard Fowler, Ph.D., interim dean of the College of Education and Public Service. "In her new role, we will be relying on her to move the college's research agenda forward."
For her part, Walmsley said she's eager to combine her experiences in both departments to help advance the college.
"It's an exciting time to be at Saint Louis University," she said. "I'm looking forward to working with my SLU colleagues in this new role, and I'm particularly excited that I will be able to collaborate with my CEPS colleagues even more closely."
Walmsley brings something else to her new role: experience as a student. She completed her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction at SLU in 2001. As a faculty member, her dedication to mentoring students earned her college's John DiTiberio Award in 2009.
On the national stage, Walmsley was named an "Emerging Leader" in 2008 by Phi Delta Kappa International, the premier professional association for educators. She also is serving as the Missouri area director for the organization.
The author of five books and numerous scholarly articles, Walmsley recently completed a sabbatical teaching mathematics at Emmanuel College in England.
Walmsley also is involved in the local community as well, including serving on the St. Louis Children's Museum (The Magic House) board of directors since 2007.


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