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Sleep tracker, Deepin Linux— By | Jul 27, 2014 12:00 am
Tracking your sleep
This is something everyone does; and we spend one-third of our life in sleep. Yet we don't do much to keep track of how we're doing on this front.
Now here comes a gadget which will monitor your sleep. The best part? You don't even have to wear a tracker while sleeping. Still in the planning stage, it has been described as a small sensor-filled ball. It is called the Sense and has gained quite some support on Kickstart, the site that helps your dreams take wings.
This is how it works: Just keep the Sense on your nightstand. By itself it will check out how you're sleeping with your surroundings, noise in the bedroom, light, temperature, humidity and particles in the air that could provoke allergies. It points out when your room is too bright, too warm and when conditions are just right, glowing green for a few seconds to let you know when you're good to go.
Reports in the online world say the gadget is available in cotton white or charcoal black, and will ship to early backers starting in November.
Many people are concerned about the issue, it would seem. At the time of writing, against the $100,000 goal for the project, its promoters had already collected $521,629. Talk about an idea getting over-subscribed!
It monitors the environment in your bedroom, watches for noise, light, temperature and particulates in the air. It tells you how soundly you're sleeping. We have a natural sleep cycle, and the smart functionality of Sense will decide how to wake you up at the right time!
Deepin, heard of it?
00You might have not heard of Deepin. Neither had I, at least not till very recently. That too, despite me being a regular user of GNU/Linux (also called 'Linux'), the alternative and efficient computer operating system.
Deepin is a rather interesting distribution of GNU/Linux. It's especially useful if you haven't tried out GNU/Linux before. Website makeuseof.com said recently: "It'll be interesting to see how this distribution progresses… and seriously hope that it gets more popular because it definitely has the potential to be huge. More people just need to hear about it."
Deepin, which interestingly enough comes from China, describes itself as "distribution that aims to provide an elegant, user-friendly, and stable operating system." It includes not just the "best the open source world has to offer", but also ships its own desktop environment, called DDE or Deepin Desktop Environment, based on HTML5 technologies.
There's more: Deepin Media Player and Deepin Software Center are tailored for daily use. Deepin says it focuses much of its attention on creating a friendly experience and a beautiful design. It is easy to install and use for the average user and can be a good "Windows alternative" for office and home use. Currently, Deepin claims to have some "millions of users" from over 40 countries. The operating system has been downloaded "tens of millions of time".
So far, 'distros' like Ubuntu and Mint have been recommended for the newbie and the not-so-technical beginner. One good place to check out different distributions isthe distrowatch.com website.
If you search around there, you'll find a range of distros, made to suit different requirements. Out of curiosity, one wanted to know which distros come out of India. The answer? BOSS GNU/Linux (where BOSS stands for Bharat Operating System Solutions), OpenLx, Matrius, SuperX and Rebellin Linux.
Scrap, satellites
Now this is something our innovative youth here need to read about: A self-made inventor from northern Namibia has invented a satellite dish booster from scrap material to boost internet connectivity through radio signals for people in rural areas or in areas that have weak network signal. Allafrica.com reported that Josua Nghaamwa said he was inspired by Alexander Graham Bell who invented the modern telephone that has presently become a daily necessity.
The prototype satellite dish is a device which is built with foil, designed to improve internet speed and poor availability of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) signal, especially in rural areas were digital communication is at its fancy. Nghaamwa says the products target farmers, as well as anyone with internet access to a GSM device anywhere in the world and want to have a faster and more reliable connection.


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The Leslie Brodie Report (TLR) is carefully following a major developing story out of California relating to State Bar of California Board of Governor member Laura Chick.
Sources with knowledge of the probe, speaking on condition of anonymity, maintain the multi-prong probe is rapidly expanding and encompasses broader inquiries than had been acknowledged up to now.
In addition, a red flag continue to fly over Sheldon Sloan, Ronald George, Laura Chick, and Robert Chick -- CEO of a Burbank-based legal malpractice insurance carrier known as Lawyer's Mutual Insurance Company.
MGA Team -- Counsels Who Represented Defendant MGA ("Bratz Dolls".) From Left: Skadden Arps' Raoul Kennedy and Thomas Nolan ; Howard Rice's Jerome Falk And Douglas Winthrop; Keker & Van Nest's John Keker and Former MGA'S In-House Counsel and Present Partner with Lewis Brisbois, Mr. Craig Holden.
These sources maintain that the inquiry involves personnel at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, the State Bar of California, as well as a close examination of the relationship between Laura Chick and Edith Matthai of Robie & Matthai.
A source maintains that one aspect of the inquiry involves 3 sub-parts concerning the alleged:
1) Circumstances surrounding events relating to the State Bar of California/California Supreme Court and its enmeshment with Lawyer's Mutual Insurance Company vis-à-vis Laura Chick, Sheldon Sloan, Ronald George, and operative Beth Jay.
2) circumstances surrounding the removal of Craig Holden from MGA (a client of Girardi & Keese) to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, as well as the subsequent positioning of Holden as member of the BOG, and thanks to an endorsement by the Breakfast Club -- A Los Angeles-based entity which the recruiting of candidates for the State Bar of California Board of Governors is its primary function.
3) Circumstances surrounding actions taken (or, most likely, lack thereof) by the State Bar of California against clients of the Lawyer's Mutual Insurance Company, as well as circumstances surrounding actions taken by the OCTC/State Bar Court/California Supreme Court in "fixing" cases against errant clients of Lawyer's Mutual (at times via State Bar Court "Default Judgement"), as to allow Lawyer's Mutual an opportunity to potentially argue the misconduct was "intentional", and hence to reject coverage.
Here, particular attention is given to the examining transactions surrounding Sheldon Sloan, Ronald George, Judith Epstein, Ronald Stovitz, and former-crack-addict Mike Nisperos.
TLR is closely monitoring the situation, and will continue to keep readers apprised of any developments as they become available.

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First Known Use: 15th century
noun ex·ten·sion \ik-ˈsten(t)-shən\
Definition of EXTENSION
a : the total range over which something extends : compassb : denotation 4
a : the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural positionb : an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint — compare flexion 4a
: a property whereby something occupies space
: an increase in length of time; specifically : an increase in time allowed under agreement or concession
: a program that geographically extends the educational resources of an institution by special arrangements (as correspondence courses) to persons otherwise unable to take advantage of such resources
a : a part constituting an additionb : a section or line segment forming an additional lengthc : an extra telephone connected to the principal lined : a length of natural or synthetic hair that is worn attached to one's natural haire : a series of usually three or four characters following a dot at the end of the name of a computer file that specifies the file's format or purpose
: a mathematical set (as a field or group) that includes a given and similar set as a subset
See extension defined for English-language learners
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Examples of EXTENSION
- extension of the patient's life
- He's asking for a contract extension.
- Make sure that the muscles get the proper amount of extension.
- I missed the deadline but was granted an extension.
Origin of EXTENSION
Middle English, from Late Latin extension-, extensio, from Latin extendere
Related to EXTENSION
- Synonyms
- drawing out, elongation, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching
- Antonyms
- abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening
Rhymes with EXTENSION
EXTENSION Defined for Kids
noun ex·ten·sion \ik-ˈsten-shən\
Definition of EXTENSION for Kids
: the act of making something longer or greater <extension of the sail>
: an increase in length or time
: a part forming an addition or enlargement
Medical Dictionary
noun ex·ten·sion \ik-ˈsten-chən\
Medical Definition of EXTENSION
: the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position
: an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint—compare flexion 1
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18. Comrades
"It's you…" I mumbled in shock.
"Of course it's me! It's you I wasn't expecting!" said Breccan from outside the ship.
He was dressed in outside wear and grew a small beard since the last time we saw him. It brought out a more rugged, sturdier side of him. If anything he was even more attractive than before, which threw me off because he's been rejected by Kiko so many times.
Within a few moments the entire Jago crew gathered in front of the door.
"Of all the humanoids we could run into in this vast universe, why do we run into you?" Rei exasperated as soon as she saw him. "I think it's my turn to get sick now."
"Why did you open the door Tammy?" Kiko complained.
"It seems he wanted to discuss some matters." She said simply.
Rei joined Kiko's enthusiasm, "He can talk from outside-"
"Let him speak" ordered Cashel.
Rei gave a defeated sigh and plopped herself on some cargo.
Breccan smiled and spoke, "It seems we have found ourselves in a similar… predicament."
Cashel listened, "go on…"
"We've both crash landed in the same area, which means I can guess that you and your crew have come searching for the same thing as us? And now we have similar problems…"
"as in…"
He took a deep breath, "Your main power source failed when entering the planet but you were able to activate your backup generator in order to land…somewhat safely. Now your new problem is the fact that your tracking device can no longer be powered, plus it isn't strong enough to find a close range signal of the stone. And then there's the problem of being able to leave the planet before being sucked into the black hole we are currently sitting on because the backup generator simply isn't strong enough to get you very far in the air, at least on this planet."
Tammy nodded to Cashel. Guess he was right on target. I wonder how he knew all that.
Cashel studied Breccan before saying, "So you want to join forces I'm assuming? What do you have that we don't?"
"Resources." He gave a smug smile, "I can build almost an entirely new ship with the resources we brought with us. Plus I have an excellent mechanic crew that can build anything you want. Our problem is we don't have enough knowledge to work around a few problems we've been having but I'm pretty sure your Mechanite can help us there." He gestured to Tammy.
Mechanite? That's what Tammy's species must be called.
"How do we determine who gets the stone if we cooperate together?"
"Eh, we can figure that out later." Breccan simply brushed off probably the most important question.
Cashel thought for a moment but it was pretty obvious what we had to do. There was no way any of us would be able to leave the planet without each other's help.
"Alright, we're temporary comrades." He agreed.
Breccan smiled, showing his pearly white teeth.
"Excellent! Feel free to drop by our base when you're ready!"
And with that he turned and strolled away whistling.
We all watched him until he was far enough away to talk about him without him overhearing, "I guess he can take things seriously when he needs to" I observed.
Rei and Kiko both scoffed at my comment before going back inside the ship.
"Is this really necessary?" Kiko exasperated to Cashel. "I seriously might just kill him."
Cashel gathered his belongings to take to Breccan's base. "We'll need each other to get off this planet," he answered. "Try and refrain from seriously injuring him, we can't afford to wait three months for him to recover."
Kiko grumbled and then walked away.
We gathered any equipment we would need, which wasn't as much as I thought because we had left a few items on Dezner, and then we all headed to Breccan's base.
Surprisingly, his base wasn't very far away. In fact, it looked like they crash landed in almost the same exact spot as us. When we got out of the ship, the first thing noticeable was Breccan's large ship.
"It's funny how we landed right next to them" I said as we walked to his base.
"They must have an excellent pilot." said Tammy.
For a place with an impending doom, it was beautiful. There were many trees and bushes like Dezner but they looked different and were much more colorful, diverse, and bigger. I think this is what they would call… a jungle.
The walk was very short and soon we arrived in front of Breccan's base camp that was being guarded by a few large men of a strange species. They carried large blasters that strapped around their bodies but when they saw us coming they lowered their blasters and moved aside for us. There were several tents pitched in front of their crashed ship and many people walking about.
I couldn't believe how many people there were. It reminded me of a small village as I studied the different species we passed.
"Who're all these people?" I asked.
"Breccan's crew" Kiko answered.
"All of them?"
A familiar voice answered back, "We have more inside the ship," came Lux's voice from behind.
I turned to see her come up and join us on the opposite side of Kiko. She was wearing a tight sleek outfit with a few blasters on her hips and a long one on her back. I also noticed she had a whip attached to her hip as well. Kiko wasn't pleased about her appearance and turned away to walk ahead of us.
"I was surprised to see you here," she continued and asked to Cashel, "I thought you weren't going to participate in the race?"
"Thing's changed" he said gruffly. I'm sure that comment reminded him of what happened on Dezner.
"I see…" she pointed to a few large tents in the middle of the base. "We have those two tents set up for you guys. You can assemble your stuff in there. Breccan is in that tent right there." She pointed to another large tent set up in front of the two tents. "Dinner is in a few hours but feel free to walk around if you'd like." Then she smiled at me and waved goodbye before leaving.
Rei threw her stuff on the ground. "Of course he puts us in the middle of his base next to him." She said.
Cashel assured her, "It's only for a few days."
We spent the next few hours unloading and setting up Tammy's equipment. As it was getting darker outside I realized how hungry I was and as soon that thought crossed my mind, a guard came by and knocked on our tent door.
"Dinner will be ready in 5 minutes. We've set up tables in front of the ship, you can't miss it." He told me when I answered it.
"I'm not going." Rei and Kiko said in unison after I told everyone what the messenger told me.
Cashel laughed. "Fine don't go, I won't force you." Then he walked out of the tent.
Then Tammy said in her usual monotone voice, "Just think, all-you-can-eat without affecting our own food supply on the ship."
Both Rei and Kiko's eyes lit up at the same time, and then they both got up and made their way toward the exit.
"Challenge accepted, don't hold back." I heard Kiko say to Rei before they both disappeared through the door.
There were several large tables set up in front of the ship and they were all filled to capacity with Breccan's crew.
I don't know how, but Rei and Kiko were cleaning off plates left and right. I think they made it their personal goal to cut Breccan's food supply in half.
It was loud and rowdy, and giant serving plates from the ship kept coming out to fill the table and replace the empty ones, mainly to our table.
I didn't want to admit it but everyone in Breccan's crew was having a good time and laughing together like there wasn't a care in the world. I found myself enjoying their company and I even think Rei and Kiko were starting to enjoy themselves as well.
It wasn't until Breccan and Lux came out of the ship and walked over to our table, that's when things started to get serious again. Everyone quieted down when the captain walked out, in order to listen to what he had to say to us.
"Crew of the Jago, and my beloved Akiko…" he made an attempt to sit beside Kiko. She instinctively drew out her knife with one hand and slammed it on the table next to her while continuing to shovel down food with the other. Breccan saw this and immediately walked to the other side while still trying to maintain his coolness. "Since we are unfortunately on a time restraint on this beautiful planet, let us begin to discuss how we should go about dealing with this minor problem."
He and Lux sat down in front of us and prepared a plate to eat.
"First things first," Cashel started, "Who gets the stone?"
Breccan made no reaction to this remark as he piled food atop his plate.
"We can figure that out once we're near the stone," he said, brushing away the question again.
Cashel pursed his lips and the Jago crew stopped eating to listen to what the two captains had to say.
"I guess I can agree to that right now, so what did you have planned?"
Breccan had just put a giant spoonful of food in his mouth when Cashel spoke so Lux answered him instead.
"We've been stuck on this planet for almost a month now. Since our original power source doesn't work on this planet, we've been working on a way to utilize this environment's resources to provide power."
"And what power source would that be?"
Breccan swallowed and answered, "Sage."
This time Cashel looked to Tammy for an answer and she explained, "Sage is a resilient liquid mineral that is abundant and only found on this planet. It cannot be burned, destroyed, or damaged in any way other than its own evaporation. The two layers surrounding Fargon are formed from Sage particles that leave this planet's surface."
"Can it be used as a power source?"
Tammy stared into nothing for a moment before answering, "It's feasible."
Breccan continued eating again so Lux spoke, "We have a few prototype generators made but they don't output enough power as we'd hoped. There's also the problem about creating an accurate stone finder to locate the stone in close proximity. We seem to be missing some knowledge that we just don't have and so we're willing to provide you with our resources, as well as access to our ship's mechanic shop in exchange for the knowledge you have."
I saw Tammy glow slightly when Lux mentioned their mechanic shop. This was basically an exchange of knowledge and resources. It seemed like a good plan to me.
"Are you okay with this Tammy?" Cashel whispered to her.
She nodded, back to her monotonic, quiet self again and Cashel nodded to Breccan in agreement.
"Great!" he said, "I'm glad we got all that talking out of the way!"
I'm pretty sure Lux did the major of the explaining.
Breccan had finished his plate and introduced a girl that he had called over, "This is Pippa, she's the ship's lead mechanic and knows everything about every tool we have."
The girl was in a mechanic's full body suit with goggles around her neck and she had grease marks on her smiling face. She was about Tammy's height and age but with short, messy, red hair and an actual expression on her face.
She introduced herself to Tammy, "Hiya, you need anythin' lemme know! I know everythin' 'bout our tools and ship!"
Tammy nodded and said hello.
"We can have a proximate stone locator ready in two days" Cashel said to Breccan.
He clapped his hands, "Excellent! That leaves…" he fiddled with an object that was around his wrist. I noticed that everyone in his crew had one.
A hologram of a countdown appeared in the air. "Eleven days to travel, find the stone, return to our ships and get off the planet before it get absorbed into nothing."
Eleven days to do all that? Is that even possible? All we could do is try.
We went back to our tent after dinner and Tammy went to her work tent to begin designing the blueprint drafts for the proximate stone locator. This left the rest of the Jago crew to prepare for a journey to search for the stone. Kiko was checking weapons, Rei was packing food and clothes and Cashel was checking our location on a Fargon map he received from Breccan.
Cashel thought aloud to us, "From the looks of it and based of Tammy's estimation, it looks like the journey to reach the stone will take about five days. That leaves us with just have enough time to get the stone and get back to the ships and take-off before this planet's time ends."
Luckily this seemed simple enough, all we were fighting against was time.
I didn't realize just how wrong I was until I was awoken early in the morning by a loud CRACK followed by strong winds and the sound of hustling outside.
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A New Scientific Model that Defines Alien Intelligence
Should we ever detect an extraterrestrial civilization, or any kind of alien life for that matter, it's a safe bet they'll look very different from us. They'll also probably think in a way that's completely foreign to what we're used to. Here's how experts believe we might be able to predict what the minds of aliens… »


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The MSN program is two and one-half years in length and 38-39 credits with courses offered year round, one evening a week both on campus and at selected off campus sites. The program is a cohort model and students move through the entire program together. Most courses are offered face-to-face but several are offered either online or in blended format (online and face-to-face). Currently courses are six, eight, or 12 weeks in length.
Students in both concentrations will take 24 credits of core courses and then take an additional 14-15 credits in their selected concentration.
Both leadership and educator concentrations include selected practica in which the student will apply theoretical knowledge in actual practice settings with experienced preceptors. The final capstone course requires an evidence-based project completed under faculty guidance.
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A dead man is found in a locked room, hanging from the ceiling 4 ft. above the floor. The room is completely empty, except for a puddle of water below him. How did he die?
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Nov. 16, 1942: Construction begins on a makeshift lab beneath the grandstand at the University of Chicago football field. Enrico Fermi (at right) leads his team to the first successful nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2.
Nov. 16, 1973: U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, clearing the way for large-scale oil drilling on Alaska's North Slope. The pipeline opens in 1977.
Nov. 16, 1994: The U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty takes effect. The European Union and 159 other nations have ratified the treaty, but the U.S. has not. The Law of the Sea Treaty sets guidelines for managing the oceans outside of nations' territorial waters, providing guidelines for fisheries, shipping, deep sea mining, and other commercial activities.
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MORTONS GAP, Ky. (11/22/13) – Hopkins County Central High School's principal, Tommy Burrough and community liaison and student mentor, David Kyle presented the school success story at the Madisonville Lions Club Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Over the past two years, Hopkins County Central High School has managed to motivate students and faculty members in meeting higher expectations for overall student achievements. The school has fully united its curriculum to help eliminate achievement gaps and prepare students for assessments and transitions.
"In the last couple years, our kids have made a tremendous change," said Principal Tommy Burroughs. "I came in a few years ago and there was a lot of turmoil; the school needed some stability. There was a lot of apathy. Students asked why the tests they had to take were so important."
When the school finally hit rock bottom in being within the bottom 5 percent in the state of Kentucky two years ago, some students took it in their own hands and decided they wanted to make a change.
"The teachers were sick, they had worked so hard in the classrooms but the students weren't taking the education they were given and applying it to the tests like they should have been," said Burroughs. "Finally, 40 kids stood up and said they wanted to fix this and that they didn't like what was being said about them."
Burrough said those 40 students empowered the rest of the student body and faculty to work harder in achieving their goal from being at the bottom and moving to the top.
After two years of hard work, the school moved from the top of the bottom 5 percent to being ranked 21st out of 231 high schools in the state and one of the best in their region.
David Kyle's position was created almost two years ago to help with getting the community more involved, to get the students families more involved and helping those students who needed more assistance.
"I came in last year and I don't have a background in education but in a master's in counseling," said Kyle, community liaison and student mentor. "So when I started, I knew how to get the community involved and let them know what we were doing."
Kyle said the school first started with PTSA, which is a parent organization and was recognized nationally last year for having one of the largest increase in members.
"We send out daily announcements of what is going on in school and to keep everyone informed," said Kyle. "With our persistent graduate list, the kids are scored. We had 26 last year, and those are the 26 that are most likely to drop out of high school and we had no idea what to do with it. But we knew we needed to develop a program for it and I just started meeting them one-on-one."
Kyle said after he met with each individual, he began to notice that it wasn't that the students didn't care, but they had a lot of other obstacles and issues going on in their lives that took precedence over their grades.
"After I met with each student, I began to develop a rapport with them," said Kyle. "So I started tracking them. Every Friday morning, I check their grades. If there is progress I don't check with students the following week but if their grades have declined I will and discuss what is going on and doing this, you really find out what's going on."
Kyle explained how important it is in meeting the needs of a student.
"If we have kids who are hungry, we take them to the family resource center and get them on the backpack program. So, every Friday there is a backpack of food in their locker for the weekend," said Kyle. "Parents have come in for trainings. I did a training on emotional and mental health support for adolescences, that way the parents understand and can provided these supports for their child."
Kyle also said that 80.2 percent of their senior class last year was college and career ready. He also said that instead of finding things that are wrong with the students, they try and find the good things and use positive reinforcement.
"The faculty has amazed me so far," said Kyle. "They have given up their planning periods to do reviews with students before their tests, so it's fresh in their minds. They are all taking the extra steps. We offer extended school, which students receive an eighth of a point. And they have responded well to it."
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I wrote this over on the Forge back in 2008 but I shouldn't rely on its archival boards to be available in perpetuity nor speedily, so I'm replicating it here, now. This is a bit on some of my internal brain-map on how the dynamics of the Don't Rest Your Head dice pools work, and ways they might be hacked. You can visit the original thread to get some larger context.
Dice pools in DRYH and DRYH-derived stuff do a few things, as they work inside my head.
- There are Static pools, which do not change unless acted on under rare, special circumstances. Example: Discipline
- There are Slow Accretion pools, which you can only increase one at a time. Example: Exhaustion.
- Or, there are Fast Surge pools, which can flash up to maximum or anywhere in the range in a single action. Example: Madness.
- Slow pools are almost always Sticky — once they're established, they hang around and must be a part of every roll. Example: Discipline, Exhaustion (and, to an extent, Permanent Madness).
- Fast pools are usually Ephemeral— they're established for a single roll, but they don't persist afterwards. Example: Madness.
Dominance of a given dice pool can have a few dominating effects:
- Any pool can have Graded Consequences — when it dominates, some minor effect happens until you run out, at which point the next dominance produces a major effect. Example: Madness and Responses and Snapping.
- Any pool can be Lethal — When it exceeds a limit (or causes some other resource to exceed a limit), the character dies or is otherwise significantly transformed. Example: Exhaustion, Madness.
- Any pool can produce Erosion — when it dominates, you can lose a die from another Sticky pool. Example: Madness and Snapping reduces Discipline; Discipline can reduce Exhaustion or clear off a checked Response.
- Sticky pools can have Feedback — they can self-increase (add a die to themselves or another pool) when they dominate. Example: Exhaustion
- Sticky pools usually have a Pressure Valve that lets you slowly decrease their size over time. Example: Exhaustion bleeds off when Discipline dominates.
- I may be missing some other ideas that exist in DRYH, and there may be some that could be added here that aren't in DRYH.
You've got several moving parts you could mess around with. It's entirely possible (if potentially dangerous) to create a Fast Surge pool that's Sticky. Such as: You could have a pool called Power that's Fast and Sticky. You decide that you want 3 dice of Power right now, and you get it, but after the roll those 3 dice hang around — you can't shake 'em, so each time you roll you're rolling those Power dice as well, and are subject to the dominating effects. You could also add a Feedback effect to Power, saying that it increases another pool called Paradox whenever Power dominates. Or give it Erosion, having it eat away at your Stability pool, etc.
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- May 10, 2014
DEFENDERS beware, Geoffry Lino is back in town and hungry for goals this dry season.
The Adelaide United youth team player is keeping fit playing for Port Darwin in the NorZone Premier League and what a start he has made.
Lino scored five goals on Thursday night in Port's 11-1 thrashing of Mindil to take his season's tally to 10 from three Premier League matches.
Lino completed his hat-trick in the first 16 minutes and scored his fifth eight minutes after half-time before being substituted with 20 minutes left.
Port scored six goals in the first half and the honours, apart from Lino's haul, went to five other marksmen.
Munyaradzi Ruparanganda grabbed a brace with Daryl Maher, Paddy McGuire, Paul Rogan and Brendan Watters also scoring.
Oskar Meehan Lee scored a consolation goal for Mindil on the hour mark.
The scoreline could have been worse for Mindil with Port having a sixth minute penalty taken by Ronan Tierney well saved by Dylan McNeven, who otherwise had a night to forget.
Watters had the chance to net his second three minutes from full-time but he hit the cross bar.
Lino said he was pleased with the result and his own performance, despite carrying a minor hamstring injury.
"I hope to renew my contract in the next couple of months," said the 19-year-old South Sudan-born player, who has been in Australia for nine years.
Port coach Michael Gerakios was far from impressed with the high-scoring win claiming the goal they conceded was disappointing.
"Mindil are way better than what the score indicates," he said.
"We still have seven players to return. Tonight was a chance for me to see what everyone can do."
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Santa's made out of modeling chocolate. This is the first time I've made a "real" person out of chocolate. Not bad for my first try. The bricks are fondant and the grout and snow are royal icing.
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Women's Stories of Healing and DanceThe essays in this dynamic compilation are a testament to dance as a healing art. Widely interdisciplinary in nature and written by women dancers from around the world, they illustrate a rich array of dance practices, cultures, and disciplines and show how this expressive therapy can be both empowering and exhilarating. The women's narratives all share a deep appreciation for the connection
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Dance and Performance Studies (Book #1)Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, "dancing at the crossroads" also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial
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I've been searching for narrow width elastic, and noticed on the Joann site that there's one labeled Stretchrite, but the image shows a Dritz package! Does anyone know if they are actually the same brand? (The packaging I've seen would indicate otherwise.)I've read comments to avoid the clear Stretchrite, but if anyone has anything positive to say about it I'd like to hear since it's difficult to purchase the Lastin brand. I found an alternative online for $1.50 put in a shopping cart, but US shipping came up $10.95!! Thanks!
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Dritz and Stretchrite appear to be unrelated brands. Dritz is part of the Prym Corporation, and Stretchrite is part of Dyno.
I've used both Lastin and Stretch Rite and haven't noticed any difference in performance between the two brands. Clear elastic is clear elastic, regardless of whether the product promotes itself as "the quality elastic" or not.
I store my clear elastic in a double set of zip lock bags to keep the elastic from degrading. If you can't find clear elastic in your local stores, you can order it fromCleaner's Supply, which has a flat rate shipping charge of $3.83.
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Thanks so much for the very helpful information, Nancy. I haven't sewn a lot of knits and am really looking forward to trying a notion/technique that's new to me!
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The particular pattern I have calls for 1/4" to be used to gather the waistline on a cotton jersey cardigan. (There's a bodice with 'skirt' attached.) I suppose that's because the inside will show if the cardigan is left open. It's good to know I can get some other use out of the leftover elastic.
I'm appreciative to have discovered the Cleaner's website thanks to you, but as a result, I also learned that last week I paid twice as much at another online shop for another one of the notions! Oh well!
Thanks for the recommendation, Karla. I'll check that site out too since I'm always looking for good garment interfacing.
The good news is that next time you decide to order sewing supplies online, you won't have to overpay. You should also check out the Wawak website, as well. Wawak and Cleaner's are owned by the same company, and Wawak carries even more items for tailoring.
Good luck with your cardigan.
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EAC... how perfect? How does it work?, Redundant, but more detailed questions
EAC... how perfect? How does it work?, Redundant, but more detailed questions
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I've been reading HydrogenAudio for a couple of weeks now and think
this place is a real gem for audio nuts.
I am about ready to proceed to backup about 250 CDs of mine on a
RAID-1 setup. I plan to rip all the CDs using a LGE HL-DT-ST RW/DVD
GCC-4240N drive and EAC 0.9b4.
Though, before doing do, I would love to have your input regarding a
couple of points I have a hard time with. I hope you won't find these
questions redundant. I know some, or most, have already been asked
but I never was satisfied with the answers (*not* that I think anybody
_has_ to provide an answer I will be happy with...).
So here goes for the questions :
1. Is it true that (at minimum) in any of the Secure modes EAC will
read at least twice every thing it reads? I ask so because there
are no confirmation anywhere in the software that it is doing so.
It would be nice if during the rip process a little string saying
"currently reading each sector twice" or something would appear.
When, if ever, does EAC perform only one read of the audio?
2. Exactly what does it read twice? How big is the chunk of data that
is being read? 10x2352 bytes? 2352 bytes? 1 bit?
3. I know this has already been asked at digital-inn.de, but I don't
think I understood the answer fully. How sure can we be that EAC
really does detect and "correct" errors?
I mean, lets say there is a minor scratch on one of my CDs. My
drive reads through the scratch.. the returned data is, say 0x2431.
It reads again and the data is still 0x2431. EAC thinks this is
fine. But the scratch is done in such a way that the reflected
information is always the same, AND wrong. How could EAC deal with
this physical anomaly?
I remember Andre (the author of EAC) said something like it was
very unlikely that the same data could be read from a scratch or
spot (or whatever damage there is) on the CD. But how sure are we
of that?
4. If I intend to keep all the ripped music on my computer and not
duplicate it on, say, CD-R media, should I go nuts with the
I did tests myself and I tried to inject a -10000 offset and then a
+10000 offset and it didn't mater at all sound wise. I checked
with a WAV editor (Audacity) and the difference (the time-offset)
was really minimal and only cutting or adding silence (haven't
found a CD that starts with music too soon).
If I want to extract all the tracks as one big WAV file, am I right
to say that the digital extraction is successful anyway, that the
offset only induces a time-shift (a very, very small one)? Or is
there a subtlety I didn't grasp?
5. A very important (to me) question. When EAC commands the drive to
read whatever amount it has to during its rip process, what error
correction is performed by the drive? Is it using the Reed Salomon
ECC error codes from the disc?
In DAE mode (... is it a 'mode' ?), if the drive detects a problem
on the disc (scratch, etc.) will it try to interpolate between two
points or will it just send the data back unmodified?
Asked differently, in DAE mode does the drive treat the audio data
as audio or as data?
Reading http://www.roxio.com/en/support/cdr/cderrors.html leads one
to believe there are many more problems to deal with that "only"
scratches and finger prints. The actual CD might have errors
injected during its pressing (!).
6. I have a HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N drive. It is a low-profile
combo (DVD + CD-RW) drive. When I perform a rip using EAC and this
drive, will it be of the same quality from a rip performed from,
say, a Plextor Ultraplex drive?
7. Last question... what is the ETA for the next release of EAC?
Thanks for your time and patience ! :-)
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QUOTE (NumLOCK @ Mar 10 2003 - 09:16 PM)
I personally would go with Secure, Test & Copy, C2 Enabled.
If someone finds any weakness in this approach, I'd be happy to hear it.
Good approach. It's my default setting. The only weak point I can see is marginal : trying to recover damaged CDs, when error correction fails, but not by far, test and copy burst mode at low speed gives me the best results (same CRC), because in burst mode there is no risk of sync errors when the drives seeks back in order to try to correct errors.
QUOTE (BadReligionPR @ Mar 10 2003 - 09:58 PM)
Didn't Pio2001 just say that by enabling C2, it no longer reads twice but instead uses C2 error detection to find errors, thus making it less secure?
Doing a "Test and copy" is reading twice. Thus test and copy with C2 on is both reading twice and using C2.
QUOTE (ben @ Mar 10 2003 - 11:52 PM)
What do you mean by quality? Quality as in the # of errors picked/not picked up? Or quality as in how it sounds(too bright, no bass, etc)..
None of them, I meant the ability to read damaged CDs without any read error, detected or not.
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Vernon Wanner, 81, who had worked for several trucking companies, died July 13, 2014.
He was born to Barbara (Spranger) Wanner and Christian Wanner on March 30, 1933, in Steele, N.D. On July 14, 1980, he married Virginia Bitz in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Some years later they divorced.
Mr. Wanner started as a mechanic at a service station. Later he took to driving semi-truck, working for Highball Trucking, Getter Trucking and Consolidated Freightways.
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Mardell "Dell" E. Pfennig, 70, of Billings, who had been a surgical nurse, died July 9, 2014, of cancer.
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After they divorced, she moved to Minneapolis and married Allen Pfennig. They had three children, Donna Mae, Jaydene and Jason. In addition, Mr. Pfennig adopted Jeff and Jennifer.
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She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church and participated in Relay For Life as a breast cancer survivor.
Survivors include six siblings, four children, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services were July 14 at Hope Lutheran Church. Arrangements were in the care of Dahl Funeral Chapel
Memorials should be directed to Hope Lutheran Church, RiverStone Hospice, Relay for Life or the Ronald McDonald House.
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Leona Blanche Christiansen Giese, 82, of Billings, formerly of Hinsdale, died July 13, 2014.
She was born on Oct. 10, 1931, in Voltaire, N.D., to Andras Gustov and Jennie Bittner Christensen. In 1949, she married Reuben Giese. They had five children and were married for 65 years. She also took care of many foster children.
Survivors include her husband; a brother, Henry Christiansen; three sons, Alvin, Norman and Leon; two daughters, Shirley Baertlein and Sheila Hoerster; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services were July 15 at Cremation & Funeral Gallery. Burial was in Hinsdale.
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Al Higbee, 61, of Bridger, who had owned Really Windy's Bar & Supper Club, died July 10, 2014, at Billings Health & Rehabilitation Community.
He was born Aug. 9, 1952, in Great Falls and graduated from Great Falls High School in 1971. He worked as a carpenter for Birkenbuel Construction and then as warehouse manager for Pepsi.
He later became general manager of Taco Treat's Amigo Lounge in Great Falls and was instrumental in getting Taco Treat's brand of salsa distributed into grocery stores in Great Falls. In 1994 he became the owner of Really Windy's Bar & Supper Club.
He later worked for oil and gas pipeline companies and continued to work in carpentry.
He had a 1969 Ford Mustang that he worked through his high school years to purchase.
Survivors include daughters, Joli and Kade, both of Billings; mother, Betty Higbee; a sister, Nancy Bennett; and a brother, Dennis Higbee.
Cremation and private family services have taken place.
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Paul E. Lorenz, 79, a longtime school psychologist, died July 13, 2014, in Billings after battling Alzheimer's disease and congestive heart failure.
He was born Sept. 28, 1934, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Albert and Alma Lorenz. He taught for three years in Whitewater, teaching 15 different subjects to high school students.
He then returned to school in Menomonie, Wis., and received a master's degree in school psychology with a principal endorsement.
He was recruited into the Army in 1957 and was honorably discharged in 1959.
In 1968 the family moved to Billings, where Mr. Lorenz was the only school psychologist and served all the schools. He retired after 31 years of service.
He attended prayer breakfasts and was in on the start of Big Brothers Big Sisters. He sang in the choir when the Billy Graham organization was in Billings.
He also had converted a Malta school bus into a motor home and helped remodel his brother's farm house.
He had had a quadruple bypass and two stents.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Joyce; a daughter, Paulette of Havre; two grandchildren; sisters, Alice Lorenz of Lauderdale, Minn., and Marge Rodrique of Mendota Heights, Minn.; and a brother, Dorian Valloff of Reeder, N.D.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 18, at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will be in Golden Valley Cemetery in Perkins County, S.D.
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Services will be July 18, 2014, for Eugene "Gene" Wehrman, 76, who had been senior aviator for Big Sky Airlines.
He was born to Helen Frances (Lamire) Wehrman and Paul Gerhardt Wehrman on Aug. 19, 1937, in Dickinson, N.D. He grew up in Sentinel Butte, N.D.
Mr. Wehrman served in the Army in Germany. On June 30, 1962, he married Mildred Alyce Hakert and they made their home in Billings on a small farm until retirement in 2012.
He had worked for Fruehauf Trailers and later completed flight training and began his aviation career, rising to chief flight instructor and later senior aviator for Big Sky Airlines until being diagnosed with diabetes, resulting in early retirement.
Mr. Wehrman then studied drafting at City College at Montana State University Billings and was a professional draftsman at MRL Equipment Co. After retiring, he spent time at the family-owned preschool, Toddle Town Children's Academy.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Michael Wehrman of Billings, Rob Wehrman of Hudson, Wis., and Joseph Wehrman of Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; siblings, Teresa Burns of Portland, Ore., JoAnn Schillo of Bismarck, N.D., Gerhardt Wehrman of Creston, B.C., Canada, Raymond Wehrman of Bismarck, Virginia Bares of Bismarck and Dorothy Holt of Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Viewing will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Cremation and Funeral Gallery. Services will be at 11 a.m. July 18, with lunch following at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 226 Wicks Lane. Arrangements are by Cremation & Funeral Gallery.
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Lonnie Berk "Julio" "Sluggo" Plain Bull Sr., 41, died July 9, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre.
A son of the late Gordon and Phyllis Plain Bull, he was born Feb. 16, 1973, in Billings. He was a member of the Crow Tribe, and his Indian name "Bishee Itchiish" (Good Buffalo) was given to him by John Truell of Fort Washakie, Wyo. He was a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a child of the Ties the Bundle.
Mr. Plain Bull grew up in the Pryor area and attended school at St. Charles Mission and Pryor Elementary School before graduating from Plenty Coups High School in 1992.
He briefly attended Rocky Mountain College on a scholarship playing basketball and football and also attended Stone Child College. He held several jobs as a laborer for the Crow Tribe, Pryor Clinic and Rocky Boy Schools.
Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Caryn; four children, Lonnie Jr., Wesley, Nathaniel and Rheannon Plain Bull, all of Box Elder; sisters, Lilly Jefferson, Julia Plain Bull, Julie Hugs, Tana Shane, Elizabeth Bird in Ground, Janet Sees the Ground, Renee Yellowtail, Ollie and Christy Costa, Rosalie Turnsplenty, Wendy Hunts Arrow, Norma Falls Down, Janice Little Light and Sandra Rock Above, all of Pryor; brothers, Lyman Turk Plain Bull of Pryor, Gordon "Gordy" Plain Bull Jr. of Colorado, Melville Stops, Dewayne Costa, Dominic Costa, Ray Stands, Joseph "JJ" Rock Above and Harry Rock Above, all of Pryor, and Michael Stewart Sr., Lance Rock Above and Blaine Fortner, all of Billings; adopted mother, Joanne Rock Above of Pryor; and grandfather, Larry Plain Bull Sr.
Services were July 12 at Plenty Coups High School. Burial followed in Pryor Cemetery. Arrangements were in the care of Dahl Funeral Chapel.
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Mae Dempster, 89, of Laurel died July 3, 2014, after a short stay at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings.
She was born Aug. 23, 1924, in Radersburg to Jack and Minnie Robbins. She married Lawrence Dempster in 1947.
In her younger days, she worked with her father and brother Jay in the hay fields and with livestock. Later she was a homemaker and enjoyed various crafts and working in her garden.
Survivors include Butch of Colstrip and Evelyn Krum of Laurel; three grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
At her request, no services were held. Inurnment will be in Rosebud Cemetery in Absarokee. Arrangements are by Cremation & Funeral Gallery.
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Marie Hanneman, 78, who worked at Kon's IGA and County Market, died July 3, 2014, in Billings.
She was born Feb. 27, 1936, to Andrew and Olive Aarseth on a farm outside of Nome, N.D.
When she was young, her family moved to Sheyenne Valley, N.D. She graduated from Nome High School.
On Aug. 10, 1957, she had twins. Her son did not survive.
She worked for Kon's IGA in the meat department for years and later retired from County Market on March 1, 1998.
Survivors include a daughter, Angela Ehresman; sisters, Ila Johnson and Hazel Nelson; two grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were pending. Arrangements were by Cremation & Funeral Gallery.
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Goldie Kirschenmann Dahlstrom, 76, who worked for the Yellowstone County Clerk of Courts, died July 3, 2014, from complications due to a brain tumor.
She was born on Dec. 24, 1937, in Hardin to Emil and Elvina Kirschenmann. She graduated from Hardin High school in 1955.
On July 1, 1962, Goldie married Paul J. Dahlstrom. The couple moved around when their children were young. They settled in Washington for years until coming back to Montana in 1979.
She stayed at home with the children until both graduated, then worked at Yellowstone County Clerk of Courts in Billings from 1987 to 1992.
The couple moved back to Washington in 1992. Mrs. Dahlstrom worked for an attorney's office for seven years until they moved back to Montana and she retired.
Survivors include her husband; two children, Greg Dahlstrom of Tooele, Utah, and Julie Fauth of Laurel; three sisters, Helen Uffelman, Darlene Greenfield and Dianna Ostwalt; three grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Cremation & Funeral Gallery. Services were July 9 at Cremation & Funeral Gallery.
Memorials may be made to Montana Rescue Mission, 2804 Minnesota Ave., Billings, MT 59101
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But it's just cruel to make me think I'm crazy.
You know what they always say: just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not stealing the election. Those CBS/New York Times polls showing W. 10 points ahead? One of the questions in the poll's internals asked, "Who did you vote for in the last election?" The respondents went for George W. Bush with 36 percent and gave Al Gore 28. See, the problem with that is that isn't how people voted in 2000. It's what we in the biz call not representative and total cock. It was actually pretty close, so close the Supreme Court had to step in some five weeks later. Perhaps you remember a little something about that? Maybe you are a pundit and went on the teevee, wailing for "closure," as in, "It doesn't matter who got the most votes—what we need as a country is closure"? God damn, you people sounded like Oprah—except Oprah would never be stupid enough to fall for that one, and also, she never whines. She's a sophisticated mama. Oh, my disco lady.
Or maybe you were there when Miami-Dade wanted to have a hand count as required by the Florida state constitution, but then you and your fellow Republican staffers showed up and started rioting in the halls and banging on the windows and howling like, oh, something really threatening? Like Huns, maybe? Or some nun-raping Contras? Oh, no, I've got it: like the concerned citizens of Kristallnacht! And the little old ladies and man of the Miami-Dade elections board miraculously changed their minds and stopped the counting? That's right: democracy with a capital K.Yes I called you Hitler.
So where I was I? Oh, yes: CBS and The New York Times. So now that you've made me completely insane, I'm a-thinking these outlying polls (all the rest but Gallup show Bush with a one-point, not 10-point, lead) are to prep us for the duplicate Diebold results. Stuart Pfeifer had a story about some lawsuits in the LA Times; it seems if you have the secret two-digit code for your Diebold touch-screen voting machine (or as I like to call it, Hal 9000), you can make a fake set of results on your computer doohickey (that's the technical term for it) and forward that on to the registrar, and the people, they are suing! The funny thing was Stu didn't put the reason for the lawsuits until the ninth paragraph of his story. That's what we in the biz call "burying the lede" after binding it and gagging it and stuffing it in the trunk.
Now what have I done with my tinfoil hat?
I'm not usually a sniveling wreck, but I've been suffering this low-grade depression: my son's feeling successful in school this quarter, and I have a very nice dog, and that's pretty much it in the realm of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens for 2004. First, there's my upcoming eviction so my landlords can quintuple (that means times five!) their $100 grand investment in the house they bought 10 years ago. I bet land's cheap on the Gulf Coast about now; do you think they've got a Weekly? Second, I made the rookie mistake of sitting around and eating Fluffernutter while rereading a diary where I had five boyfriends at once (and I loved them all!), which punched me in the throat with the revelation that I won't be 20 again—not even a little! And third, there's the niggling fact that after they steal the election, Karen Hughes will probably round up all us Jewy intellectuals and let the goodly folk of Saddleback tear us limb from limb like in The Lottery. Kooks scare me!
You know when you're in a low-grade depression and you run into someone and they ask how you are and you pause and give a little smile that doesn't reach your eyes, and you say, "Great!" and you look kind of weird and desperate and give off that bad stench of sad?
Try not to do that, okay?
So to cheer myself up, I put on some whore clothes (Commie Mom's most favorite vagina skirt and some really too-slutty shoes). It's hard to be depressed when you look like a whore!
However, it's still not impossible. I called up some girls. "Hey!" I said. "I'm dressed like a whore. Where should I go?"
"Sutra!" said they. Of course! Off I trundled to Costa Mesa, getting very carefully out of my car so as not to make the valet's day, and walked right past the line of peeps (at 8:45 p.m.!) waiting to get into the club that brought neighboring Vegas to its arthritic knees. I used to be too humble to walk past a line of waiting persons. Fuck that.
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Jets 2009 Training Camp Preview
So camp is finally open for the New York Jets. "Another" new season of hope for Gang Green. The Jets enter camp like most other teams in the NFL, with question marks. A lot has happened for the Jets since the disappointing loss to the Dolphins to end the 2008 season.
The Jets did some house cleaning since January. Out is head coach Eric Mangini, QB Brett Favre, WR Laveranues Coles, TE Chris Baker and CB Ty Law. Mangini was let go right after the season ended. The Jets had to make the move. They were at one point 8-3 and leading the AFC East. Only to lose four of the final five games to finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. When that happens, its on the coach as well as the players.
Exit Mangini, enter Rex Ryan. Ryan is a defensive minded coach from the Baltimore Ravens. For the past 9 years or so, the Ravens defense has always been one of the best in the NFL. Ryan was a big part of that. He will be looked upon to get the Jets defense to one of the tops in the league. His main focus should be on an average Jets secondary. As good as the Jets defensive line was last season; their secondary was the complete opposite. With the exception of Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis, the rest of the secondary was horrible.
Exit Ty Law, enter Jim Leonhard and Lito Sheppard. Ryan brought in Leonhard, the hard hitting safety from the Ravens, to help bolster the team up the middle. He was a solid backup for Baltimore playing behind Ed Reed. He should be able to shine for the Jets with Kerry Rhodes in the secondary. Lito Sheppard was brought in via trade with the Eagles. Sheppard only started only 3 games last season for Philadelphia with Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown playing so well for the Eagles. Sheppard the former two-time Pro Bowler will be a nice compliment to Revis on the other side of the field.
New York's crown jewel of free agency is LB Bart Scott. Scott was signed away from the Ravens as well this off-season. He will be relied on to shore up an already strong Jets run defense. A unit, which showed signs of wear and tear over the final month of the season. Scott along with David Harris, Calvin Pace (suspended for the first 4 games) and Bryan Thomas give the Jets one of the best line-backing cores in the NFL in the 2009 season.
With Pace suspended for the first four games of the season, the Jets will be leaning on last years first round pick Vernon Gholston to pick up the slack. Gholston, who was force in the 4-3 defense that Ohio State ran, never really adapted to the Jets 3-4 defense last season. Ryan is looking forward to working with Gholston and is confident he can get him back on track and get a return on the investment for the Jets.
With Brett Favre opting for retirement form the second time in two seasons, the Jets decided to make some moves at this years NFL draft. The traded up with the Cleveland Browns to land the number five pick in the draft. They drafted USC QB Mark Sanchez. Sanchez will hopefully be the Jets long term solution for the quarterback position. Whether or not he will be ready to start the season as the Jets number one QB remains to be seen.
Rex Ryan has stated that QB Kellen Clemens will be the #1 quarterback on the depth chart heading into training camp, but there will be an "open competition", which gives Sanchez every opportunity to win the job. 2009 will be Clemens fourth season with the Jets and fourth year working with Offensive Coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Clemens definitely has a better understanding of the Jets playbook and should be listed as the number one QB for now.
Another question mark for Gang Green is their running backs. Thomas Jones, who ran for 1,300 yards and 13 TD's last season, wants a new contract. Leon Washington, who ran for 450 yards and 6 TD's last season, also wants a new contract. Jones had an excellent season in 2008 after a disappointing 2007 season. The Jets have said that they have no plans on restructuring Jones existing contract. Will that affect Jones this season? We will have to wait and see.
Washington is in a different situation. He is currently playing in the final year of his rookie contract and wants a big raise. The Jets need to get him locked up for the long term. Leon is the Jets "X" factor. He does so much for the team between rushing, receiving, punt and kickoff returns. He truly is irreplaceable for the Jets.
One of the Jets main concerns at this point is at wide receiver. Right now, their only proven WR is Jerricho Cotchery. Cotchery should not be considered a number one receiver either. He is a very solid number two or a 1-A receiver. The Jets now look at him as the number one with Chansi Stuckey, David Clowney and Brad Smith behind him.
Stuckey had a few big catches last season and will be relied upon this season to fill the spot left open by Coles opposite Cotchery. David Clowney was not activated until late in the season so he is not proven. Although he is very fast, he has not made any impact as of yet.
As you can see, the Jets head up to Cortland with quite a few question marks for this season. The way the team is constructed right now, they could be either an 5-11 team or an 10-6 team. The defense will be strong with plenty of young veterans out there. The offense will have its work cut out for them over the next six weeks. Only time will tell where the Jets will end up this season, but this is just the start.
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Jets v. Raiders: Recap (New QB...Same Old Jets)
Here we go again Jets fans. The Jets managed to go to Oakland and find a way to lose to a 1-4 Raiders team, a team that quit for their interim coach last week in New Orleans. A team that was ripe for the picking. The Jets forgot to show up. With the exception of the Jets running game, the rest of the team took a week off in week 7.
Let's start with the offense. What happened to Brett Favre. Last week against the Bengals, he did not have a great game by his standards, but he managed the game and got a win. This week you would think he would have a bounce back week against a sub-par team. Not so much. Favre was 21/38 for a 197 yards and 2 interceptions. He was just not able to get into a groove yesterday. The Raiders did a good job of taking away the deep threats, leaving Favre to look over the middle for open receivers. Chris Baker had a great opening drive for the Jets with 4 receptions and then disappeared, having only one reception after that. He led the team with 5 catches. Favre now has 4 interceptions in the last 2 games with 1 TD pass. We all know what you get with Brett, but you would think with the teams the Jets have played the last 2 weeks (Bengals, Raiders), he would have more TD's then picks. On a positive note, the Jets running game finally showed up. Thomas Jones had his best running game for the Jets, running for 159 yards on 24 carries. He also managed some long runs as well, busting one run for 31 yards and another for 20 yards. This is something the Jets have been lacking from Jones, big gains from the backfield. As a team the Jets ran for 242 yards, their best performance in recent memory.
Defensively, the Jets had two sides as well. The rushing defense, which was third in the league giving up 69 yards per game, got lit up for 153 yards, their worst performance of the season so far. The Jets, who are one of the league leaders in sacks as well, were only able to manage to sack JaMarcus Russell one time. The Jets were just not able to get enough pressure on the young quarterback yesterday. The defense did keep him in check for the most part until the game got to overtime. Russell was able to get two big plays in OT that sealed the game for the Raiders. On the Raiders third drive of OT, Russell was able to hit Javon Walker for a 16 yard gain and Zach Miller for a 27 year gain, that set up the game winning field goal. Kerry Rhodes went in on a safety blitz and was clipped buy his own teammate on the way in, allowing Russell to hit Miller on a 27 yard pass to get inside the Jets 40 yard line. This allowed Sebastian Janikowski to hit a career best 57 yard field goal in OT to give the Raiders the win.
This was a tough one to swallow. This game was a must win for the Jets, who have a tougher part of their schedule quickly approaching. Favre needs to cut down on the mistakes and get this team in the end zone more. This is why the Jets got him, to win these kinds of games. The good news is the running game finally took off, but that was about the only highlight for Gang Green this week. The Chiefs come into town this weekend in what has turned out to be a must win for the Jets. A win will put them over .500 when the head up to Buffalo in 2 weeks. As long as Brett Favre is back there, I have faith that they will pull this together and sting together some big wins the next few weeks. But is has to start on Sunday against Kansas City. Otherwise, this season will be like many others in the past. With the Jets on vacation come January.


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1 Cylkro Gears: An Alternative in Mechanical Power Transmission (May/June 1996)
Bevel gears have been the standard for several decades in situations where power transmission has to occur between shafts mounted at a given angle. Now a new approach has been developed that challenges the bevel gear's de facto monopoly in such applications. The concept is based on the principle of the crown gear; i.e., a cylindrical pinion mates with a face gear. Crown Gear B.V. in Enschede, Holland, is the developer of these specialty gear teeth, which are marketed under the trade name Cylkro.
2 Cylkro Face Gears (November/December 2010)
Dutch design and Swiss ingenuity cause transmission breakthrough. Updated examples of Cylkro face gears in action.
3 Longitudinal Load Distribution Factor for Straddle- and Overhang-Mounted Spur Gears (July/August 1987)
A pair of spur gears generally has an effective lead error which is caused, not only by manufacturing and assembling errors, but also by the deformations of shafts, bearings and housings due to the transmitted load. The longitudinal load distribution on a contact line of the teeth of the gears is not uniform because of the effective lead error.
4 Tooth Root Stresses of Spiral Bevel Gears (May/June 1988)
Service performance and load carrying capacity of bevel gears strongly depend on the size and position of the contact pattern. To provide an optimal contact pattern even under load, the gear design has to consider the relative displacements caused by deflections or thermal expansions expected under service conditions. That means that more or less lengthwise and heightwise crowning has to be applied on the bevel gear teeth.
5 Our Experts Discuss Hobbing Ridges, Crooked Gear Teeth, and Crown Shaving (March/April 1992)
Question: When cutting worm gears with multiple lead stock hobs we find the surface is "ridged". What can be done to eliminate this appearance or is to unavoidable?
6 Leading the Way in Lead Crown Correction and Inspection (August 2013)
Forest City Gear applies advanced gear shaping and inspection technologies to help solve difficult lead crown correction challenges half a world away. But these solutions can also benefit customers much closer to home, the company says. Here's how
7 Crowning: A Cheap Fix for Noise Reduction and Misalignment Problems and Applications (March/April 1987)
Noisy gear trains have been a common problem for gear designers for a long time. With the demands for smaller gear boxes transmitting more power at higher rpms and incumbent demands for greater efficiency, gear engineers are always searching for new ways to reduce vibration and limit noise without increasing costs.
8 Crowned Spur Gears: Optimal Geometry and Generation (September/October 1988)
Involute spur gears are very sensitive to gear misalignment. Misalignment will cause the shift of the bearing contact toward the edge of the gear tooth surfaces and transmission errors that increase gear noise. Many efforts have been made to improve the bearing contact of misaligned spur gears by crowning the pinion tooth surface. Wildhaber(1) had proposed various methods of crowning that can be achieved in the process of gear generation. Maag engineers have used crowning for making longitudinal corrections (Fig. 1a); modifying involute tooth profile uniformly across the face width (Fig. 1b); combining these two functions in Fig. 1c and performing topological modification (Fig. 1d) that can provide any deviation of the crowned tooth surface from a regular involute surface. (2)
9 Drive Line Analysis for Tooth Contact Optimization of High-Power Spiral Bevel Gears (June/July 2011)
In the majority of spiral bevel gears, spherical crowning is used. The contact pattern is set to the center of the active tooth flank and the extent of the crowning is determined by experience. Feedback from service, as well as from full-torque bench tests of complete gear drives, has shown that this conventional design practice leads to loaded contact patterns, which are rarely optimal in location and extent. Oversized reliefs lead to small contact area, increased stresses and noise, whereas undersized reliefs result in an overly sensitive tooth contact.
10 An Investigation of the Influence of Shaft Misalignment on Bending Stresses of Helical Gears with Lead Crown (November/December 2008)
In this study, the combined influence of shaft misalignments and gear lead crown on load distribution and tooth bending stresses is investigated. Upon conclusion, the experimental results are correlated with predictions of a gear load distribution model, and recommendations are provided for optimal lead crown in a given misalignment condition.
11 How Are You Dealing with the Bias Error in Your Helical Gears (May 2009)
This paper initially defines bias errorthe twisted tooth phenomenon. Using illustrations, we explain that bias error is a by-product of applying conventional, radial crowning methods to produced crowned leads on helical gears. The methods considered are gears that are finished, shaped, shaved, form and generated ground. The paper explains why bias error occurs in these methods and offers techniques used to limit/eliminate bias error. Sometimes, there may be a possibility to apply two methods to eliminate bias error. In those cases, the pros/cons of these methods will be reviewed.
12 Crowning: A Cheap Fix for Noise and Misalignment Problems (March/April 2010)
Fred Young, CEO of Forest City Gear, talks about sophisticated gear manufacturing methods and how they can help solve common gear-related problems.
13 Crowning Techniques in Aerospace Actuation Gearing (August 2010)
One of the most effective methods in solving the edge loading problem due to excess misalignment and deflection in aerospace actuation gearing is to localize tooth-bearing contact by crowning the teeth. Irrespective of the applied load, if the misalignment and/or deflection are large enough to cause the contact area to reduce to zero, the stress becomes large enough to cause failure. The edge loading could cause the teeth to break or pit, but too much crowning may also cause the teeth to pit due to concentrated loading. In this paper, a proposed method to localize the contact bearing area and calculate the contact stress with crowning is presented and demonstrated on some real-life examples in aerospace actuation systems.
14 Effects of Profile Corrections on Peak-to-Peak Transmission Error (July 2010)
Profile corrections on gears are a commonly used method to reduce transmission error, contact shock, and scoring risk. There are different types of profile corrections. It is a known fact that the type of profile correction used will have a strong influence on the resulting transmission error. The degree of this influence may be determined by calculating tooth loading during mesh. The current method for this calculation is very complicated and time consuming; however, a new approach has been developed that could reduce the calculation time.
15 Face Gears: An Interesting Alternative for Special Applications - Calculation, Production and Use (September/October 2001)
Crown gearings are not a new type of gear system. On the contrary, they have been in use since very early times for various tasks. Their earliest form is that of the driving sprocket, found in ancient Roman watermills or Dutch windmills. The first principles of gear geometry and simple methods of production (shaper cutting) were developed in the 1940s. In the 1950s, however, crown gears' importance declined. Their tasks were, for example, taken over by bevel gears, which were easier to manufacture and could transmit greater power. Current subject literature accordingly contains very little information on crown gears, directed mainly to pointing out their limitations (Ref. 1).


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Bad news: For the past few days, I have been home with the flu. Good news: More time to read!
Since I've been holed up for most of the week, it seemed like a better time than ever to read about some place far away. I had a review copy of Alan Paul's Big in China in the stack of books I'd brought home, and it seemed like an interesting story--American guy moves to China for his wife's job (three kids in tow), writes an award-winning expat column and ends up fronting a group called Woodie Alan that's voted "Beijing's Best Band."
I ended up reading the funny and big-hearted memoir in just about one sitting, only pausing to watch Woodie Alan clips on YouTube. The blues band is made of three Chinese guys and two American guys and its name is a play on the founding members' names: Alan Paul and Woodie Wu. You can see the whole group in action here performing a cover of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," which became their signature going-away song for friends leaving Beijing.
You can read more about Big in China in BookPage's March world travel roundup. In the meantime, check out Paul's website (you can watch a book trailer) or his old "The Expat Life" columns in the Wall Street Journal.
Did anyone follow Paul's columns while he was living in Beijing? Will you check out Big in China (it's out March 1)?
What genre of books do you like to read when you want to get away from it all?