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Pietenpol Sky Scout: THE PIETENPOL SKY SCOUT by Chad C. Wille (As published in EAA SPORT AVIATION magazine, February 1998) When Bernard Pietenpol sat down to design EAA SportPilot.org. EAA is dedicated to helping people learn to fly by providing information to sport pilots and light-sport aircraft owners. It contains a complete
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The Home of the Future According to Microsoft
Microsoft has had challenges over the last few years being considered a futurist company. Their roots have definitely been bold and envisioned things that others could not, but lately the Star Trek visions of the future have been left to other tech companies. The company took a step in the right direction with the video below.
Dubbed the "House of the Future", Microsoft takes us on a tour of an extremely sophisticated but realistically-outfitted home complete with full-wall digital displays, touchscreens throughout, and an intelligent design made to bring all of the potential comforts of the future directly to us in our own homes.
What do you think? Is Microsoft making a good effort towards envisioning our future the way they did in the 80s and 90s?


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I really like these sandals. They've gotten lots of 'Oh aren't those interesting' comments. The fit is really big, go for one or two sizes down. The fit is adustable by pulling the cord tighter, which snugs it up nicely around your feet. Altogether, I am glad I purchased these sandals. They've lasted through one summer with no problems.
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Anthony "Tony" Scutella, 94, of 344 Grant St., St. Marys, died on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at the Pinecrest Manor after an illness of the past several months.
He was born December 25, 1919 in Calabria, Italy, son of the late Pasquale and Maria Caminiti Scutella. In 1947, he married Lena Joan Barbera, who preceded him in death on October 30, 1958. On June 14, 1978 in the Sacred Heart Church, he married Jane Pearsall Fedorko, who survives.
Louis Richard "Gigi" Notarianni, 81, of Powers Avenue, Johnsonburg, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at Pinecrest Manor after a short illness.
He was born Sept. 8, 1932 in Johnsonburg, son of the late Victor and Jean (Victor) Notarianni.
Mr. Notarianni married Carol Catherine (Baum) on April 20, 1963 in Holy Rosary Church. She preceded him in death on Nov. 24, 2006.
Following his Johnsonburg High School graduation he continued his education for four years at Gannon University.
Paul J. Cunningham, 83, of 1116 South Michael Rd., St. Marys, died on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh following a brief illness.
He was born on December 11, 1930, a son of the late John and Ida Friedl Cunningham.
On August 4, 1950 in St. Mary's Church, he married Ruth Schatz Cunningham, who survives.
Nancy Bille Bleggi, 58, of Gaithersburg, Md., died on Aug. 23, 2014 in home hospice surrounded by her family and beloved dogs.
She was born in St. Marys to the late Richard and Betty Bille of Gypsy Road, and was married to Scott Bleggi, also a St. Marys native.
Nancy was a tireless advocate for improved educational and therapy services for the disabled in the Washington, DC metro area and overseas during her husband's foreign service assignments.
Freda Marie Carpin, 92, of Madison St., Byrnedale, died early Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at Elk Haven Nursing Home, after a short illness.
She was born on June 18, 1922 in Byrnedale, daughter of the late George and Lily Jeanette (Bennett) Hollobaugh.
She married James J. Carpin in January1939, who died in May 1998.
A lifelong resident of Byrnedale, she lived in the same house for all of her 92 years.Â
Phyllis A. DePrater, 89, of 214 Taft Rd., St. Marys, died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
She was born on October 15, 1924, a daughter of the late Freed Auman and Caroline Heiberger Auman Geitner.
On May 4, 1946 in St. Mary's Church, she married Benedict A. DePrater, who preceded her in death on June 21, 2012.
Ralph E. Youngmark, 55, of Caledonia Rd., Weedville died at home on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 after a brief illness.
He was born on Feb. 8, 1959 in St. Marys, son of Dolores (Huff) Youngmark and the late John H. Youngmark Sr.
He was a graduate of St. Marys Area High School, class of 1977, and worked as a machinist with Morgan AM&T of St. Marys for 37 years. He was a member of CMF of St. Marys and a lifelong resident of Bennetts Valley. He enjoyed his time on his farm on Winslow Hill, Benezette.
William A. "Bill" Liscinski, 83 of 624 Maple Ave. in Ridgway and formerly of 304 Clarion Rd., Johnsonburg died on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville following a brief illness.
He was born on December 1, 1930 in Johnsonburg, son of the late John and Mary Gulash Liscinski
He married Dorothy Polaski on August 25, 1951 in Holy Rosary Church in Johnsonburg. She survives.
Mr. Liscinski resided in Ridgway for the past several years. He lived most of his life in Johnsonburg and graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1948.
Helen E, Herr, 90, a resident of Pinecrest Manor and formerly of 306 Maple St., St. Marys, died on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014.
She was born on December 16, 1923, a daughter of the late Ambrose and Elizabeth Fox Kreckle.
On October 7, 1947Â in St. Marys, she married Allen "Acky" Herr, who preceded her in death on November 30, 2011.
Helen was a lifelong resident of the area and a graduate of Central High School, class of 1941. She was a member of the St. Mary's Church and enjoyed spending time with her family.
Lorenzo J. "Larry" Cortinovis, 92, of 202 Evers Ave., St. Marys, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 at the DuBois Nursing Home after an illness of the past several months.
He was born May 29, 1922 in Coal Hollow, son of the late John and Jennie Carrara Cortinovis. He was a lifelong resident of the area and attended Kersey schools. On April 15, 1950, in the Sacred Heart Church, he married Loretta J. Hoffman, who survives.


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The Houston Chronicle's Dwight Silverman reports: "IBM may have been out of the personal computing business for some time, but 30 years ago it kicked off a revolution by bringing small, affordable computers to the masses. … In a post on the official Microsoft blog, Frank X. Shaw – the company's VP of corporate communications – waxes nostalgic about the event, which also happened to put his company on the map." Read more at seattlepi.com.
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As states across the country move toward a systemic revamping of their educational assessment programs, while embracing significantly higher standards through Common Core State Standards (CCSS), it is a good time to evaluate how states use learning assessments and whether they can be better transformed as teaching and learning tools.
In addition to Florida's FCAT, end-of-course exams, new CCSS assessments and the implementation of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) are all being added to the student-achievement formula. This is going to take a concerted effort to coordinate parents, teachers, administrators and policy makers to make sure all are ready for higher expectations of learning.
Florida has shown great gains in measures of educational assessment since the 1990s. Much of this is due to the implementation of assessment mechanisms: the testing of our students along common measurements. However, according to the latest ACT results, only 25 percent of students are proficient in all four core subjects — math, science, reading and English.


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News from the Institute
Sen. Chris Murphy kicks off human trafficking conference
The School of Nursing and Albert Schweitzer Institute, along with St. Vincent's Medical Center of Bridgeport, hosted the conference, "Stolen Lives: An Interprofessional Response to Human Trafficking," May 29-30 on the North Haven Campus.
Members of International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers visit campus
The council is an international alliance of indigenous female elders that focuses on issues such as the environment, internationalism and human rights.
University hosts panel 'Drowning in Health Care Costs: All Hands on Deck'
Steven Brill, author of the Time Magazine special report, "The Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," was among the speakers taking part in the panel discussion, "Drowning in Health Care Costs: All Hands on Deck," on Monday, Oct. 28.
Guatemalan community names pavilion in honor of Ives
A multipurpose open-air pavilion in Joya de las Flores, Guatemala, was named after David Ives, the executive director of our Albert Schweitzer Institute, at a ceremony in July 2013.
China expert Jonathan Spence highlights symposium
Jonathan Spence, one of the world's leading experts on Chinese civilization and Sterling professor emeritus in the history department at Yale University, drew a capacity crowd to the Mancheski Executive Seminar Room April 18. The keynote address was part of a symposium titled, "A Resurgent China in the 21st Century."
Filmmaker Lee Mun Wah visits campus
The University hosted a screening of "If These Halls Could Talk," a documentary film series about 11 college students and their conversations about diversity issues in higher education. Lee Mun Wah, the renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker who directed the film, led a discussion following the screening.
University honors Muhammad Yunus with Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award
Muhammad Yunus was awarded Quinnipiac's most prestigious humanitarian award and accepted an invitation to join the Albert Schweitzer Institute's honorary board.


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WebBSIT ranks among top 20 'Best Buys' in online education
SPSU's online Bachelor of Information Technology (WebBSIT) program has been ranked as one of the top 20 "best buys" in the country by the education website GetEducated.com, a consumer group that rates, ranks and verifies the cost and credibility of online college and university programs.
WebBSIT is offered through the School of Computing and Software Engineering. SPSU is already known for its quality, affordability and commitment to student service with this program, designed specifically to meet the needs of busy professionals who see the benefits of continuing their education but would find it tough to juggle career, family responsibilities and a standard class schedule.


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Monthly Archive for January, 2009
Albany Catholic diocese to close, merge worship sites
Update: From Marc Parry's story. ALBANY Cities across the greater Capital Region will bear the brunt of a massive plan to close 33 worship sites throughout the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Bishop Howard Hubbard announced today. Read the story. We posted more information, including a map showing the church closings, stories, photos and video at: […] [Read More]
Update: NJ kids with Nazi-inspired names removed from home
We first talked about this story in mid-December in an earlier blog. Here's an update from Associated Press. HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in state custody, police said. The children, ranging in age from 3 to under 1, were removed from their home Friday. […] [Read More]
Who will define 2009?
The new year promises changes across the board, from a new occupant in the Oval Office to the way we go about our everyday tasks. Which people — or what innovations — do you think will emerge as major change agents in 2009? [Read More]
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How to find a classic New Years Eve dress
New Years Eve is a night of fun, frivolity, and it's alive with eve of newness as the new year dawns in the middle of one of the best parties of the year. You know you're going to want to dress to impress, so why put off looking for the dress until December? It's never too early to start looking for the dress you're going to ring in the New Year with. But with styles changing so quickly, your dress could be out of style before the ball drops. Here are some tips on how to find a classic NYE dress.
Dress for your destination.
On NYE you could be going to one of a million places, so the most important part of trying to decide what to wear is to establish what you're doing to bring in the new year. You don't want to show up to a rave in a ball gown or a beach bonfire in six inch heels. Knowing your destination and what festivities you'll be engaging in will help you narrow down the search.
Go with something sparkly.
This is really one of the only nights a year where you can wear something covered in glitter or sparkles or even sequins, so go with it! Gold, champagne, and sliver dresses will come alive with any kind of sparkle you add to them. If those colors aren't your cup of tea than a classic black dress would also work, just make sure to accessorize with something eye catching.
Classy, not trashy.
New Years Eve is a night you want to look your best, but this means class not trash. When you're trying on your dress take for a test drive; make sure you can sit, bend over, and dance without having a wardrobe malfunction. Great styles to embrace on a night like this are dresses with fitted skirts, hi-low dresses, or dresses with fitted tops and tiered skirts. We love Adrianna Papell's tiered evening dresses, for endless reasons, but one is for her classic tiered fit that flatters any figure. Imagine dancing the night away in a flowy New Years Eve dress, perfection.
Find a dress that flatters you.
There is nothing worse than find that perfect dress, trying it on and having it look great but feel terrible. Look for a dress that best flatters your natural shape.
If you're slender, go for a dress that creates the illusion of curves like a wrap dress or a sheath that'll cling to you in all right places.
If you're apple shaped, opt for a dress with an empire waistline and a A-line skirt that will flare away from your problem areas.
If you're busty, make sure you try a dress with full coverage to give you the support you need to dance the night away. If you want to draw attention away from your bust go for a dress with a simple neckline but an interesting skirt to draw the eye down to the hem.
If you use these tips, you'll be sure to look your best this New Years Eve whatever you wear and whatever you do! If you have any more tips for us, please comment below.


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A portable fluid transfer conduit is disclosed having an elongated flexible conduit having an inlet and outlet port. A coupling is postured at the inlet port for receiving fluid from a fluid source such as prelubrication pump. A flow control member is located at the discharge end which includes an activator for controlling the flow of fluid. The flow control member may include a portable pump where the fluid source does not have a powered flow.
1. A portable fluid transfer conduit for use in connection with a vehicle engine having a supplemental pump supported on the engine or vehicle and operably connected to a fluid reservoir in the engine, said portable fluid transfer conduit comprising:
A. at least one portable flexible conduit having an inlet and outlet port;
B. coupling means at said inlet port for fluidically coupling said fluid conduit to the supplemental pump;
C. pump control means operably connected to the supplemental pump for selective activation thereof such that when the supplemental pump is activated, fluid flows from the fluid reservoir in the engine and through said flexible conduit to said outlet when said coupling means is affixed in fluidic communication with the supplemental pump.
2. A portable fluid transfer conduit as set forth in claim 1 wherein said coupling means comprising a quick connect fitting.
3. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 1 wherein said coupling means comprises a valve.
4. The portable fluid conduit of claim 1 wherein said portable flexible conduit may be up to 30 feet long and wherein said pump control means is located adjacent said outlet port thereof.
5. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 1 wherein the supplemental pump comprises a prelubrication pump and wherein said pump control means comprises a switch for activating the prelubrication pump.
6. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 5 wherein said switch is integrally mounted to said flexible conduit.
7. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 5 wherein said switch comprises a trigger switch assembly coupled to said flexible conduit and electronically connected to the supplemental pump, said trigger switch assembly mounted adjacent to said outlet port to facilitate manual support and manipulation of the outlet port.
8. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 5 further comprising an electrical connector for electrically connecting said switch to the supplemental pump and a source of electrical power.
9. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 1 further comprising a nozzle affixed to said outlet port of said flexible conduit.
10. The portable fluid transfer conduit of claim 1 wherein said outlet port discharges into a waste oil-receiving receptacle.
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/961,339, filed on Oct. 30, 1997, entitled "Portable Fluid Transfer Conduit." now abandoned.
The present invention relates to fluid transfer conduit having flow control means and an adapter means for connection with a source of fluid, and, in particular, to a portable fluid transfer conduit that is useful in the removal of fluids from equipment which do not have conveniently located outlet ports.
Many industrial machines and equipment have requirements for fluid exchanges. Examples of these include changing the oil in motors and engines or hydraulic fluid in presses and lifting equipment. Countless other examples exist, but what is generally common to these machines or equipment is the fact that the outlet port is inconveniently located. Typically this is the result of having to remove the fluid from a sump or drainage point that is located at the bottom of the machine to utilize gravity flow.
While the task of removal is not difficult, it is often time consuming because of the inconvenient location of the fittings. However, in a number of the newer or retrofit machines, fluid circulation pumps are provided which are external to the machine or engine. Also, some of the newer equipment is fitted with external prelubrication devices which permit oil or fluid to commence circulation prior to the activation of the primary equipment or engine on which it is fitted. Illustrative of such devices is the prelubrication device shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,431 which is incorporated herein by reference, which is typically fitted to a diesel engine used in power equipment, trucks or heavy equipment. Also, circulation devices used to heat hydraulic fluid are applicable to the present invention.
Additionally, there are numerous smaller devices and motors where access to fluid discharge ports is difficult to reach or in which the fluid must be assisted for removal. Examples include marine engines and the like. In some small sized equipment, the engine must be inverted to remove the oil or other fluid. See also U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,526,782, 5,257,678 and 4,977,978.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide portable fluid transfer conduit that will facilitate the removal of fluids remote from the discharge port. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a conduit for use in fluid transfer that is adapted to fit to a discharge port and remotely control the flow of fluid from an engine or equipment. Another object of the invention is to provide a portable transfer conduit that includes fluid pump means for extracting fluid from a machine or engine. A further object of the invention is adapter means for connecting the fluid transfer conduit to an outlet port for such fluid. Another object of the invention is an adapter connector for coupling an air evacuation means to purge or remove part of the fluid from the channels of the machine and filter.
Generally, the present invention comprises a portable fluid transfer conduit having at least one flexible fluid conduit. Typically the conduit is made from a rubber or polymeric material, stainless steel braiding or the like. In most typical applications it comprises a polyethylene or propropylene tubing. The conduit includes an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port is adapted for connection with the discharge port of a fluid source such as the sump of an engine or a prelubrication pump. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, a coupler means is provided at the inlet port to couple the conduit with discharge port of the fluid source. Most preferably, a quick connect-disconnect fitting is secured to the inlet port of the conduit and a mateable fitting therewith at the discharge port.
A flow control means is positioned adjacent the outlet port of the conduit for controlling the flow of fluid from said source, such as a engine sump, through the conduit. In one preferred embodiment, the flow control means includes an actuator electrically connected to means for pumping the fluid from said fluid source, such as a prelubrication pump used in a diesel or internal combustion engine. In this embodiment, the flow control actuator includes disconnectable electrical connection means for control of the pump means.
In a second preferred embodiment, the flow control means comprises a pump for pumping the fluid from the fluid source through the conduit. The actuator includes electrical means such as a battery pack or connections to an external source of power such as an electrical wall outlet or battery on vehicle or equipment. The electrical connection is similar to the first embodiment in which disconnectable electric connectors are used. In the case of the battery pack or portable power source, the preferred pump is a light weight dc-motor driven pump in which a small light weight rechargeable battery pack is mounted as part of the flow control means.
In another embodiment of the invention, a quick connect conduit having a female coupling is used to connect an air gun or supply source of air pressure. The conduit includes a fitting in the line between the prelubrication pump and the system filter. This is preferably used prior to the removal of oil from the system to clear oil channels and at least some of the oil from the filter to simplify oil removal and make it safer for the workers.
While the present invention facilitates the removal of fluid from machines, engines, hydraulic systems and the like, other advantages of the invention will become apparent from a perusal of the following detailed description of presently preferred embodiments of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a presently preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 showing a quick connect coupling;
FIG. 3 is a plan view of another embodiment of the invention having a pump integrally included in the flow control means;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3; and
FIGS. 5 and 6 are two views of a quick connect coupling for use with the present invention; and
FIG. 7 is diagrammatic view of a conduit, a quick connect coupling for oil purges.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention comprise a portable fluid transfer conduit 10 having an inlet port 11 and outlet port 12. Flexibly extending between inlet and outlet ports 11 and 12 is flexible tubing 13. Tubing 13 is preferably made from a natural or synthetic rubber material, braided stainless steel or polymeric extruded material such as polyethylene or styrene.
Attached to inlet 11 is coupling 14. As shown, coupling 14 is the male mateable end of a quick disconnect coupling more clearly shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Alternatively, coupling 14 can be any type of fitting such as a screw in or a bayonet type coupling. Preferably, however, a quick connect fitting is adapted to the outlet of the fluid source. On devices such as a prelubrication pump similar to that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,431, a bypass or connector means is easily inserted on the pressure side of the pump to divert the oil from the engine to the fluid transfer conduit 10. An example is disclosed relative to FIGS. 5 and 6 below.
Positioned adjacent outlet port 12 is flow control means 16. Flow control means comprises in one embodiment an electric or mechanical valve for controlling the flow of fluid through the conduit activated by switch 17. This embodiment is useful where the fluid source does not incorporate a pump means and/or the fluid is gravity transferred. On the other hand, in the case where means such as a prelubrication device is used, flow control means 16 is preferably a pass through conduit having switch 17 sealably mounted thereon. Switch 17 is electrically connected by conductor 18 to electrical connector 19 which is adapted to connect with the pump circuit to activate the pump and control the flow of fluid. Where flow control means 16 comprises an electric valve, conductor 18 and connector 19 are typically connected to a source of electrical power such as a battery terminal, a magnetic switch, relay contacts or other electromechanical means for activating the pumping means.
To drain a fluid such as oil or hydraulic oil from a piece of equipment is a simple matter of connecting coupling 14 to the outlet of the fluid source and initiating the pump through activation of flow control switch 17 or gravity flow. It should be noted that where a prelubrication pump is used, such as in U. S. Pat. No. 4,502,431 a valve is not required. The outlet port of fluid transfer conduit 10 is positioned at a remote and convenient location to discharge the fluid into a waste oil-receiving receptacle. Such waste oil-receiving receptacles are known in the art and may commonly comprise or service vehicles adapted to receive and transport waste oil or other contaminated vehicle fluids.
In another preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, fluid transfer conduit 20 comprises a conduit 23 having an inlet port 21 and an outlet port 22. Inlet port 21 includes a coupling 24, preferably a mateable quick connect coupling as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. In this embodiment, flow control means 16 comprises a small suction, diaphragm, piston or reciprocating pump 28 preferably including a battery pack within. Flow control means 16 includes activator switch 27 preferably in the form of a "trigger switch" having guard 29 and grip means 31 to facilitate holding the discharge end of fluid transfer conduit 20. It should be noted, however, that where a long transfer conduit is contemplated, for example 20 to 30 feet in length, it is desirable to locate the pump adjacent or in close proximity to coupling means 14.
Many types of small portable pumps 28 are commercially available on the market. A number of pumps are better suited for heavier or more viscose fluids but are not capable of being run with battery power. In such cases, a power cable such as conductor 18 and connector 19 can be used in this embodiment as well. Typically, the electrical power required can be supplied by a vehicle storage battery or an a-c pump can be connected to an a-c outlet.
The smaller pump means are especially useful in the consumer market and the larger pumps are specially applicable to the industrial market.
Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6 an example of a preferred coupling means 14 and 41 are respectively shown. Coupling means 14 and 41 are adaptable to both fluid transfer conduit embodiments shown with respect to FIGS. 1 and 3. Coupling 41 connects to the engine oil port (not shown) whereas coupling 14 is attached to conduit 10. Such couplings are well known in the art and comprise a male quick connector fitting 30 and a female mateable quick connector fitting 32. Also shown is an electrical receptor 33 for receiving electrical connector 19. It is also possible to include a sensing means on the coupling to indicate that the sump is dry and signal for shut down of the pump. A cap 34 is shown for protecting receptor 33 between periods of use. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, receptor 33 and fitting 32 are mounted on a bracket 36 which is then connected to a source of fluid 37, such as a prelubrication pump, not otherwise shown. In this embodiment, fitting 32 is connected in the output or high pressure side of the fluid source system. In the case of a prelubrication system, fitting 32 is interposed in the high pressure pump discharge line between pump and an engine.
As shown in FIG. 6 is a sampling port 39 can used to sample oil in a prelubrication system where the prelubrication pumps flows in to 37. This has the advantage of providing a live sample of oil without requiring the engine to be running.
As shown in FIG. 7, an additional fitting 40 attached to air supply 42 is mounted on bracket 36. Preferably fitting 40 is quick connect female fitting adapted to couple to air supply (not shown). By attaching an air source to fitting 40 prior to the removal of oil from the engine, oil resident in the channels can be removed to the sump and the oil in the filter system at least partially removed to facilitate removal of the filter, especially if it is hot. Typically, it is desireable to have the source of air at a pressure from about 90 to 150 Psi.
While presently preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in particularity the invention may be otherwise embodied with in the scope of the appended claims.
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Over the last few weeks the world has been treated to a feast of information about how America's most secretive intelligence outfit, the National Security Agency, does its work — courtesy of celebrity traitor Edward Snowden. If you're one of those people who thinks the world is awash in conspiracies, then it's no surprise that NSA is conducting domestic surveillance of the Internet and other communications. However, if you live in the real world of limited government and lawyers, NSA's domestic surveillance program is a bit of a puzzle.
Like other parts of the intelligence community such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office, NSA is chartered to collect and analyze information about foreign threats. There isn't a lot of leeway in its charter for listening in on Americans, or even foreigners living in America, unless their actions can be tied to a security risk originating overseas. Purely domestic threats are the responsibility of law-enforcement agencies like the FBI.
So contrary to some of Mr. Snowden's public ramblings about what NSA is up to, the domestic surveillance program is something of an anomaly. Thanks largely to the reporting of the Washington Post, we now know that at least four domestic surveillance efforts were set up by NSA after the 9-11 attacks — two big ones to track so-called metadata about Internet and telephone traffic passing through the U.S., and two much smaller ones aimed at monitoring the content of suspicious transmissions.
We also know that safeguards are in place to protect the privacy of citizens, including a special court that determines when tracking and intercept activity is permissible, and a bevy of government lawyers who sometimes block requests for surveillance before they even reach the special court. However, what we haven't gotten much of is a broader explanation as to why NSA needed to work with companies like Google Google and Microsoft Microsoft if it was to effectively counter the terrorist threat. To understand that part of the story, you have to know not just how threats have evolved, but how telecommunications technology has changed.
The National Security Agency was established in 1952 to collect electronic intelligence about the greatest security threat America had ever faced — an expansionist Soviet Union armed with nuclear weapons. During the 40-year Cold War that followed its birth, the biggest problem NSA and other intelligence agencies faced in divining Soviet intentions and capabilities was that Eastern Bloc countries were largely closed to outsiders.
To accomplish its piece of the intelligence mission, NSA assembled a costly network of collection systems designed to listen in on Soviet communications and other electronic transmissions. There were billion-dollar eavesdropping satellites with names like Mercury and Mentor, airborne collection systems such as the Navy's EP-3 Aries planes that flew along the Sino-Soviet periphery, submarines that secretly monitored radio traffic from littoral waters, and a host of other systems.
That architecture is still largely in place. In 2010 the National Reconnaissance Office launched a signals-intelligence satellite to be used by NSA that was publicly described as the biggest satellite in history. It's a safe bet that U.S. attack submarines are listening in on the radio traffic in North Korea and Syria even as you read these words (atmospheric conditions along coastlines sometimes facilitate interception of signals by bending them away from their normal propagation paths).
What is not in place, though, is the old circuit-switched, radio-frequency telecommunications infrastructure used by industrialized countries in the last century. That has largely been superseded by packet-switched communications using Internet protocols that are carried on fiber-optic lines buried in the ground or running along seabeds. To the extent that radio technology is still in use for two-way communications, as in the case of smart phones, its effective radiated power seldom exceeds 50 miles. Smart phones used in urban areas often have their ranges de-tuned to a mere dozen miles so that more users can be crowded into the local network.
This is a big problem if you are trying to listen in from geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles away, because even with antennas the size of football fields the signals are too faint to pick up. It might be feasible to boost the sensitivity of collection systems in low earth orbit to a point where they can detect cell-phone traffic, but satellites at that altitude are whizzing across the earth's surface at several miles per second, so you'd have to deploy a hundred just to do continuous monitoring of a country like Pakistan.
Fortunately for NSA, the world has become a more open place since the Soviet Union collapsed, and so there are many opportunities for listening in on foreign radio transmissions from overseas ground stations. Conventional wisdom has it that a U.S. embassy isn't complete without a detachment of on-site NSA technicians. The bigger problem for NSA is all those fiber-optic cables running under the oceans or along railroad rights-of-way that host most of today's telecommunications traffic. You can't listen in on those conduits the way you would on traffic passing through microwave relay towers.
The challenge of capturing messages carried by new communications technologies became especially acute for NSA after the debut of the Worldwide Web — roughly at the same time the Soviet Union was disappearing. Extremists of every stripe began turning to the Internet as their preferred means of sharing information, and the dot.com boom anticipated an explosion in demand for bandwidth by laying fiber anywhere money could conceivably be made.
So here's the dilemma that NSA faced in the immediate aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. A new threat of apparently epic proportions had materialized that communicated using methods beyond the reach of traditional electronic-surveillance technology. Other agencies faced their own problems in trying to generate imagery and human intelligence about this elusive adversary, but for NSA the key question was whether it could find a way into the heartland of the new global telecommunications system — Internet service delivered via fiber.
NSA's answer to this challenge is found in a series of top-secret charts about the agency's PRISM program that the Washington Post published on June 6. One chart in particular observes that "Much of the world's communications flow through the U.S.," calling America the "World's Telecommunications Backbone." Noting that "A target's phone call, email or chat will take the cheapest path" in the emerging global telecom system, the chart states that "Your target's communications could easily be flowing into and through the U.S."
An accompanying graphic demonstrated why that isn't just possible but likely. Thanks partly to the fact that the U.S. invented the Internet and partly to the fact that the dot.com boom laid so much fiber, well over 80% of international bandwidth capacity for the Internet in 2011 led to and from the United States. So an email (or some portion thereof) originating in one of Karachi's Internet cafes will often pass through a node in Silicon Valley or Northern Virginia en route to Yemen, because that's how packet-switching operates in a network where most of the carrying capacity runs through the U.S.
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ANALYSIS So what now for Pakatan Rakyat?
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Reliever Anthony Bass (right intercostal strain) made his third and possibly final rehab appearance for Low Class A Quad Cities on Sunday, a two-inning scoreless appearance, and could rejoin the major league team in the middle of this week. He has six strikeouts and just two hits allowed in four innings during the rehab stints.
"He had a good outing, and right now we feel like he's probably very close," general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "He's down for a few days any way after pitching (Sunday). Probably make a decision either later today or tomorrow."
Fowler remains sidelined
Center fielder Dexter Fowler was set to attempt to do some baseball activities on Monday, when he was out of the lineup with a back injury for a fourth straight game.
"He just did treatment all day yesterday," Porter said. "Today will be the first day that he'll get out and move around."
Porter doesn't want to move Springer around too much
Alex Presley has been strong as a fill-in. Manager Bo Porter said he hasn't put George Springer in center field because he doesn't want to take him out of the position he plays most regularly.
Carter, Guzman battle for playing time
Chris Carter has been losing playing time to Jesus Guzman as the designated hitter, although Porter said the decision to start Guzman in three of the last four games was more about Guzman, a good fastball hitter, than Carter, who came into Monday hitting .184. Porter said he makes a decision daily.
Keuchel nears return to rotation
Southpaw Dallas Keuchel (sore left wrist) threw a bullpen on Monday and is expected to be able to re-enter the rotation on Thursday or Friday.
Crain enduring unpredictable rehab process
Astros reliever Jesse Crain (right shoulder) is not throwing off a mound at the moment, he said. His progress continues to go slower than hoped, but he's known all along he's on a tough and unpredictable rehab course. It's hard to say he had a setback, he believes, because he's aware of how rocky this road can be.
Porter doesn't have much to say about leaked reports
Of the Deadspin leaks, Porter said the subject was completely out of his jurisdiction, but said "it's unfortunate."
Feliz gets late call to Futures Game
Shortstop Carlos Correa (fractured fibula) isn't expected to be able to travel to Minnesota for the July 13 Futures Game so he can be on hand for the enjoyment of All-Star weekend, Luhnow said. But now another Astros minor leaguer, righthanded pitcher Michael Feliz of Low Class A Quad Cities, will be there.
Feliz, who's from the Dominican Republic, is replacing Chicago White Sox prospect Francellis Montas on the World Team roster. The 21-year old Feliz was signed by the Astros as a non-drafted free agent in 2010 and is 3-2 with a 3.64 ERA over 14 appearances and 10 starts. He was Baseball America's ninth best Astros prospect this season. He has 56 strikeouts in 47 innings.


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Bachelor 2013 Spoilers: What Questionable Tactics Are Bachelor Producers Up To?
We've already reported on rumors that ABC producers manipulated Arie Luyendyk, Jr., before the final rose ceremony The Bachelorette Season 8, and now it sounds like they're employing questionable tactics to manipulate... street chickens?
Weird as that sounds (it's definitely weird to type), a source in St. Croix took to Twitter while Sean Lowe's Season 17 of The Bachelor was filming at the time to point out some shady tactics producers were pulling out of their buckets. St. Croix Libation Society accused Bachelor showrunners of feeding the chickens who roam the streets in order to get them riled up on camera. But — get this — they didn't just feed them crystallized tears of lost contestants (they taste like rock candy) or the food the girls don't eat on their 1-on-1s. Nope, word on the street (literally) is that they fed them... shredded chicken.
The @bachelorabc crew just tossed shredded chicken to entice the chickens on camera. Awesome! It's a ZombiePoultry/Bachelor mashup season!— STX Libation Society (@LibationSociety) October 23, 2012
We're not poultry experts or anything, but that just sounds WRONG.
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Charles Hale - UT Geography Colloquium
Fri, February 11, 2011 • 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM • GRG 101
"Struggles for Territory, Neoliberal Appropriations, and the Passion for the Possible"
Dr. Charles R. Hale, Director of UT's Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, and professor in the Department of Anthropology, will present a colloquium on the issues involved with mapping and recognizing territories of indigenous people in Central and South America.
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A budget is a forecast about the future. It is only as good as its creator wants it. A budget has two lists – one for revenue and one for expenditures. If revenue and expenditures are equal, it is a balanced budget. If revenue is greater the expenditures, it is a surplus budget. If revenue is less than expenditures, it is a deficit budget.
There are three versions of the budget:
- The proposed budget
- The adopted budget
- The actual results
The proposed budget is almost always a large deficit budget and is basically a lie. It is manipulated and massaged to scare the hell out of the city council, the public and employees. This gives the mayor or city manager total control of the budget process, limited only by his dependence on the finance director. If the mayor or city manager is weak in governmental finance, the finance director can exert substantial influence. If the mayor or city manager is well versed in finance, the finance director has to keep his mouth shut or risk being fired by his boss – the mayor or city manager.
The adopted budget is a balanced budget. Most states have laws that prohibit cities from adopting deficit budgets. The adopted budget is a document with some lies. The most important thing is that the city council, the public, and employees believe it to be an honest, bare bones budget. It isn't.
The actual results are almost always a surplus. Most states have a law against over spending the adopted budget, but not under spending. About the only way the actual results can be a deficit is if revenue does not meet the projections. However, there is an exception. State laws normally allow cities to spend the amount of revenue received during the year, plus any money in the bank at the start of the year.
Theoretically, a city could legally spend down to zero dollars in the bank. That would be foolish, but legal. How could a city do that without knowing what the exact revenue will be when preparing the budget? Good question, but easily answered. Cities are allowed to amend their budget during the year as many times as they want – even after the year has ended in some states.
The budget is prepared in stages each year. The starting point is the department heads submitting proposed budgets for their individual departments. The departmental proposals are usually Santa Claus lists asking for large increases for their departments.
Meanwhile, the finance director is preparing the revenue part of the budget, using his personal values and bean counter mentality – shoot low. His revenue forecast is worst case scenario – little or no growth in revenue, maybe even a decline in revenue.
It is at this point that the mayor or city manager gets all of this data and then behind closed doors creates the proposed budget that has a huge "structural" deficit. He then rolls out this doomsday
harbinger of financial ruin at a much heralded press conference, where he calls for sacrifice from everyone. The local press buys it – hook, line, and sinker. The city council is in a state of shock and pledge their support to fix the problem. The "union thugs" begin tamping down the expectations of
city employees.
Next, there are committee meetings by the city council to address this disaster, without first reading the 750 page proposed budget. The meetings are mostly finger pointing. This is followed by public hearings where the city council roll out the goal line stance, while quoting the mayor or city manager – verbatim.
Meanwhile, the mayor or city manager, disguised as Clark Kent, is on the speaking circuit (chamber of commerce, civic clubs, talk radio, etc) scaring the hell out of the faithful. At the same time, the city's shyster is beating the hell out of the union thugs at the negotiating table. Due to unrealistic expectations going into negotiations, it takes a while to reign in employees.
Finally, with the union thugs, bludgeoned and bleeding, raise the white flag and the public and the city council cry out for a savior, the mayor or city manager rips off his suit, shirt, and tie, revealing his true identity – Superman. In his hand is a balanced budget, which is immediately approved just prior to the statutory deadline.
Well, it looks like the end of another budget season. I am sad to see it end. I going to miss the scent of cheap aftershave coming from sweating union thugs and the wide eyed look of panic on the faces of the city council. There is always next year.
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Updated at: 12/11/2012 12:52 PM
By: Ben Dery, Alan Hoglund
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is in the process of changing the state's endangered species list, and they're proposing adding the moose as a species of "special concern."
The agency wants the animal on that list because of a shrinking population over the last decade. While it wouldn't limit moose hunting, it would recognize the declining population as a problem.
The proposed addition of the moose is part of a proposal to "remove 15 plants and 14 animals from Minnesota's list of endangered, threatened and special concern species, while adding 67 animals and 114 plants to the list. Overall, the changes will affect 302 species," according to the DNR.
Rich Baker, the DNR's endangered species coordinator, said "the ultimate goal of putting a plant or animal on the list isn't to put up walls around it. It is to find ways to get it back off the list. There are plenty examples of that happening. It doesn't have to come at the expense of economic growth and prosperity."
The DNR says state law requires the agency to create and periodically update this list. It was last officially updated in 1996.
As part of the process, five public hearings will be held before an administrative law judge to provide opportunities for public comment on the proposal.
One of those public comment hearings will be held in Duluth at the Gitchee Gumee Conference Center on February 6. All hearings begin at 6 p.m.
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yes there are skunks on SI
Thank God there aren't any endangered species on this Island. They would be wiped out in a weekend with the "Hurry-up" attitude and indifference that many Staten Islanders have. This Island has gone down the tubes over the last 48 years for various reasons. It's too bad. It used to be a great place to live.
$25,000 in admin fees??!!! Who is the criminal here? OK, here's the probable scenario: This guy probably has a broken e-z pass and doesn't know it. He commutes to work every day from Staten Island to NJ driving through the fast pass lane which does not flash a "low balance" or "device not read." He probably sees the Port Authority Envelope in tyhe mail, and just throws it away thinking it's his ez-pass statement. I have done this, and I'm sure you have too. $5000 in unpaid tolls is like 600 trips....so we are looking at maybe 2 years of travelng back and forth.
I'm sure this guy will lawyer up, pay the toll portion and get the admin fees waived. He'll then sue this newspaper for exposing him as a scoff law hoodlum. That's an easier lawsuit to win. Out of the million scoff law offenders, they single this guy out...cha-ching$$. Opra, Regis, Good Morning americas, book deal....only in America my friends...lol
I want to thank whoever was shooting off the fireworks in Oakwood last night. After a long weekend of driving around to parties, it was a pleasure to sit and relax and watch a nice "show" from the comforts of my front deck...no driving to the Macy's show, or anywhere else. Driving around during the holidays is probably more hazardous than those quarter sticks of dynamite sitting in the precinct!! The cops/mayor should be saying, "stay off the roads and watch your neighborhood show." I've been here 40+ years, amd the areas where they targeted firework retrivieval is not where the violent criminals are ( Great Kills, Greenridge, Annadale, Bay Terrace, Tottenville and the Heartland Village section of New Springville )....c'mon, there were probably more shots fired in the projects, than M-80's or M-5000's accross the whole island. Keep the cops in those areas, and concentrate on crack dealers.
It's like this every holiday for the last 20 years! Takes me an hour to get to the bridge from Tuckerton (exit 58), then another 2 to get over the bridge. The 4 lane approach to the 2 lane bridge is just as much the culprit as the lack of toll collectors. Everyone rides the right lane, or gets off an exit before and gets back on the extreme right lane and then cuts everyone off. Throw in an oversized truck that shuts down the bridge for 20 minutes, and you have yourself a traffic jam. They need to close those lanes and restrict oversized vehicle traffic to after midnight on holidays. Just my opinion.
For the love of Pete!! Do the people who make these decisions actually live here or drive on that road? Put up a "after stop right on red permitted" sign so people can turn up Brielle from Rockland...done. There are many choke points along Rockland, and that is the least. Rockland and Manor, and Rockland and Forest Hill Road are the 2 main ones. I travel it twice a day during rush hour, and it can take almost 40 minutes to get from Forest Hill Road to Richmond Road some days
Makes me sick how people become decision makers.
Geeze...people helping people in a time of emergency. What a concept. 85% of us Islanders do this without thinking.
This should not be the headline. The headline should read, "12% (1 out of 8) of staten islanders are jacka**es and will dump snow into the middle of a freshly plowed road, pull their car out of their garage and park into the spot you just spent 4 hours clearing, not pay taxes, and drive their $50,000 SUV to the supermarket and use food stamps to buy their groceries."
Keep up the good work. People are under the impression that every block has it's own plow assigned to it. God forbid someone on SI can't get their nails done because of the snow!!!
It cracks me up watching these fat dudes fire up the snow blower to clear 10 feet of pavement....hahahahaha!!! I use a plain old fashioned plastic shovel to clear my steps and dig out 2 cars. Pathetic weak-ass Islanders! You want to see the direction our country is going, just watch SI residents during a snow storm. "waaa, waaaa, waaa, the government isn't helping us. What am I going to do without the goverment helping me? My non-US made car can't make it to the nail salon...waaa....waaa. I'm so spoiled that I can't take a bus or train or walk 2 miles...waaa......waaaa."
the game will be in NJ. They plow the turnpike as soon as the flakes start coming down...it's a toll road...aka money maker
Too funny, Staten Island has become the new Wine country. Hey whiners, walk to the curb and look up and down your block. Where do you expect them to push the snow to? Your block probably has 72 cars parked in the street for the 16 households. Even if they came down your block, you and your neighbors will just chuck the snow back into the street. Mass transit is back working and most of you have 2 working feet. Suck it up and stop complaining. It will be in the 40's by the weekend.
I wish I got paid as much of those guys plus retirement and full bennys after 20 years. I have lived on the Isle of Staten all of my 45 years. It has turned into a s**t hole because everyone here thinks they are entitled to something or they all have a way around the system. I watched some guy in the supermarket use food stamps then load his groceries into his Benz. You are preaching to the chior...I would slam the door on my own ass to get out of here if I could.
if you work in one of the hospitals, they will send a van to pick you up. This is fact. If you can't walk 3 blocks to a cleared intersection to meet the van, then maybe you shouldn't be helping sick people.
Ok...for all of you "on demand" idiots. Here's how it goes. The snow emergency routes must be cleaned first. This is so that when your over clogged arteries give out while shoveling your 20 x 20 lot, the abulance can get you to the hospital. Where is everyone trying to go today???!!! Pull you Mercedes into the driveway, walk to the deli and let the plows do their job. Stop complaining!! It's 2 feet of snow, and everyone has less than a 1 car driveway with 4 cars on the street. Do the math people. We don't live in nebraska where the nearest supermarket is 400 miles away. You are all spoiled. I can't wait till they clear my bock so I can move the heck out of primadonnaville.
Agreed. Too many people on this Island. Too many cars. And I would drop dead on the sp[ot if people would use their garage or driveways so the plows can get through. You idiots on the side streets move your cars off the street or else you will be plowed in when they do come. And everyone else, stop throwing the snow in the middle of the street. It's against the law, requiring the plows to keep coming down the street, and it is also causing accidents. Use your noodle.
No, pedestrians do not always have the right of way!!!! You can't just walk out into traffic all willy nilly!!! Are you trying to get people killed? Traffic laws must be obeyed by pedestrians, as well as motorists.
This was a terrible accident. My issue is with the motorist who did not stop after mowing down 2 people. What kind of animals live amongst us??
There's no chance that this guy doesn't see jail time. He knew he was guilty the minute he fled the scene. An innocent person would have stopped and jumped out of their car and tried to help the people he hurt. I hope the jury makes an example out of him!!!
I'm a life long Islander of 44 years. You would never hear a story like this 20-30 years ago. The culture of this Island has changed drastically for the worst. It's hard to find someone who doesn't care about anyone but themselves. The deterioration of human decency and common courtesy that I have witnessed over the years is mind boggling!
I came up with the idea for the Iphone...really, I did!!! LOL.
Seriously, it seems our country is always one step behind when it comes to technology. Japan always seems to have a leg up on us. None-the-less, we should therefore use technology that is already available, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.
4 hours to charge my car????!! I can barely wait the 4 minutes it takes to fill it up with Barney fuel as it is.
Let's think outside the box. Design a car with an easily swapable battery. Think about it...You pull into one of these ConEd (or other conglomerate) owned stations, they pull your almost dead battery out, and replace it with a fully recharged one in just about the same amount of time it takes to fill your car now. It's like when you need to get your tank filled on your BBQ. One flat rate, say like 30 bucks per swap. We'd have to calculate MPB (miles per battery) to get a true price.
Let's face it, these legit guys are all crying because we had a lot of snow this winter. Most of these legit landscapers also have very lucrative snow removal contracts....$5,000 and up per customer whether it snows or not. Unfortunately, it snowed a lot this year, and they were forced to hire people, purchse salt, use the snow plows and gas snow blowers. Snow removal is where their profit really is.
It should be up to the consumer if they want to use a licenced landscaper, or some 17 year old kid trying make some gas money. If I'm going to worry about a rock flying off the mower, and hitting someone in the head, then I will get a licenced landscaper...otherwise, my homeowners insurance should cover any injuries on mjy property.
You licenced people should be questioning why the city is charging you so much to cut friggin grass...for crying out loud, you are not curing cancer!!
I agree with you Sugar...Lee's is great, but this article is totally biased, and shows lack of research. Any knucklehead can say "everyone is buying pizza at so- and-so's during lent on staten island." That's like saying, "there's a lot of teachers, cops, firemen and nurses living on Staten Island." C'mon...tell us something we don't know!!!


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QCon London 2013 – Day 1
I'm a lucky soul, though given my love of a good moan about everything in life, you could be forgiven for not having realised this. My place of work is just a short, hassle-free, 20 minute drive through the Sussex countryside away from home. I leave for work at around the same time as the kids head off to school and I'm home long before they go to bed. Not so when visiting London though. QCon starts at 8:30, with presentations by the track organisers on what their tracks will cover that day. It's a useful thing to attend, as – let's be frank here – some speakers are better than others, and I've found I can get a good idea of what a track's speakers will be like just from listening to the track organisers pitches. My train to get me there on time departed at 6:50. It's a weird experience travelling at that time. To my mind, no right thinking person would do a job that required catching so early a train, yet it was nearly full as it pulled in to Lewes. Folk further away had got up even earlier to go to work. Mad. Arriving in London at just after 8:00, I was swept along by thousands of silent folk walking rapidly and determinedly to their place of work. Attempting a slow pace is nigh on impossible, for these folk are in a rush. It's a novelty for me, yet I cannot fathom why anyone would want to do this to themselves on a daily basis. I'm thankful I need only do it for a few days a year when visiting customers or going to conferences and training courses.
So to the conference itself. The keynote this year was entitled "The power of abstraction" by a lady I'd never heard of before, Barbara Liskov. Toward the end of the talk though, I suddenly realised just who she was, which left me feeling a little silly over my ignorance of her significance in the world of programming.
Barbara explained how she had started out in software in the early 70s, when the industry was in crisis. Back then, languages had no concept of modularity, abstraction, encapsulation etc. It's tempting to say "a bit like today with JavaScript", but it was much worse than that. JavaScript has these features, even if using them is unintuitive a they aren't always used, whereas languages of the early 70s, such as Algol, genuinely lacked anything like them. Soon after getting her PhD, Barbara was offered a job at MIT, where she started developing a new language that had these features, specifically one that supported abstract data types. The language, CLU, took some brave decisions, for example to exclude gotos and to avoid inheritance. In 1968, Edgar Dijkstra had written a paper in which he described goto as harmful. This paper was met with a lot of criticism and the dinosaur-brigade (which appeared to exist even back then) insisted Dijkstra was insulting them by suggesting their use of gotos was bad! Despite this, smart people of the time saw the sense in this and some – including Barbara – were motivated to do something about it. CLU had other features that many – myself included – might assume were more modern ideas: generics (she called this polymorphism back then), iterators that worked in the same way as C#'s yield and even exceptions.
Barbara then moved on to talk about more modern OO languages, which have in part been inspired by CLU. She expressed disappointment that they had all adopted inheritance models, despite her having worked out it was a bad idea 40 years ago. Then she mentioned the Liskov Substitution Principle and how she hadn't invented the term. Eh? Oh shit, I was listening to that Liskov.
I'm actually really pleased I only worked out who she was toward the end of her talk. It's all too easy to be impressed by the person, rather than the message, in such situations. I loved her talk for its excellent content. The fact that I was in the presence of such an awesome person only added to this.
I attended a great mixture of other talks throughout the day:
- Confessions of an Agile addict, Ole Friis Østergaard. This was very much a talk in the style of Try { Harder }. Ole began by examining what it means to be addicted to something and how – running for example – some addictions can be seen in a good light. Ole saw his love of agile in this way too. He then went on to examine the benefits of TDD, retrospectives and pair programming and how these can be seen as cures for negative emotions and bad behaviours. It was an unusual way to tackle the subject, which may of had its critics. I liked it though.
- How to rescue our kids: fixing the ICT crisis at school, Simon Peyton Jones. Software development has a crisis in the making, in terms of future developers: our kids in school. Whilst computers are fun, the way they are taught in schools, through the ICT curriculum, is dreadfully dull and lacks anything remotely resembling computer science. Children are taught how to create spreadsheets, use a web browser and the like. And that's it. Over last five years, there has been a drop in both boys and girls doing IT A levels. In 2009, none of the English exam boards offered a computer science GCSE. So a group, called Computing at School Working Group decided to try and fix this. Their aim was both simple and huge: reintroduce proper computer science as a subject to be taught from primary school. Through lobbying government, and with help from the like of the Royal Institute and the Raspberry Pi catching the media's attention to the matter, things have gone from dire to exciting in just a few years. In 2013, all five awarding bodies now offer CS GCSEs. The depertment for Education is in the process of replacing the ICT curriculum with a Computing curriculum for KS1-4 (5 to 16 year olds). As Simon explained though, this just means we've won the air war. We now need to fight the ground war, to get teachers trained to a level where they can teach computing properly. And this really is a "we". Every developer in the country can help by joining CAS, running after school clubs, helping to mentor teachers, and by offering to help teach computing to primary age children in the classroom. I recently started running a Code Club after school club at my daughters' school. What about you?
The closing keynote session highlighted the importance of the old saying "never judge a book by its cover", though in this case it was "never judge a talk by its title". A colleague and I had joked before the conference that QCon must be getting desperate for talk ideas to have one called "Fun with dead languages". Damian Conway proved us utterly wrong. His brilliant, bizarre, hilarious and plain scary talk is near impossible to describe whilst doing it justice. He took us on a code walk through of a Postscript (a completely stack-based language with no variables of any sort) program that demonstrated a French mathematical theorem related to dropping pins on to a striped table. He showed how, by gross misuse of C++'s operator overloading features, he could use "long arrow notation" (literally –>, ——> and the like) to draw state graphs in code. Finally, he used Latin (surely the ultimate dead language) to write a program. Really. Due to the curious fact that Latin uses word endings, rather than sentence position, to convey meaning, his Latin programming language could have its syntax reordered without affecting functionality. A serious case of "you had to be there" and a cracking end to the first day of this year's QCon.Tweet
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On commuters, it is easy to get stuck in a rut to the point that you forget the reason you go to work is to earn money to have a life, missing the fact that much of this life is drained by commuting to the job. This is why Londoners in the morning resemble zombies on the march, soulless individuals that would be experiencing self-loathing if they could only work up enough enthusiasm or even remember what it is they want in life anyway. I had a 4 hour commute each day but didn't know any differently and thought I was happy, I move to a job I could cycle to in 15 minutes life was totally openned up, I actually was able to play golf in the evening. Now I am back commuting for 1.5hours a day and I am looking to move closer since even 1 hour is too long. Sounds like you have it right 40 minute commute a day – perfect, you must be far happier than those London sorts


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Intel unveils its Internet of Things strategy, prepares to go head-to-head with Qualcomm December 11, 2014 at 11:37 am
In an opening salvo of what is surely to be a barrage of internet-of-things (IoT) announcements next month at CES, Intel has announced its IoT Platform, focusing on a horizontal approach to building an interoperable ecosystem for the IoT. The platform aims to simplify connectivity and increase security of data to and from from IoT devices, two key areas that need considerable improvement to scale deployment of IoT devices and networks.
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CES 2014: Intel abandons smartphones, focuses on wearable computing and tablets January 7, 2014 at 9:36 am
Intel has delivered its keynote at CES 2014, and rather refreshingly the presentation focused almost entirely on wearable and perceptual computing. After years of struggling with the ultrabook moniker and trying to squeeze its way into the smartphone market, it seems Intel is finally ready to lead from the front and create new markets, rather than milk existing markets dry. It's far from confirmed, but we would not be surprised if this was the end of Intel's smartphone aspirations. With Intel's launch of Dual OS devices that run Android and Windows on the same chip, it hasn't given up on mobile entirely — but there's still a very long road ahead of Intel if it wants to break into the tablet market in a significant way.
Intel's new Quark CPU core is one step towards a new, ARM-like foundry model September 11, 2013 at 4:20 pm
Intel's new Quark is designed to fit power consumption targets and devices where even the low-powered Atom can't currently compete. With a new embedded architecture and customized silicon blocks, this chip is a significant departure from Intel's previous products.