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Traction Tips - Out To LaunchWritten by Jeff Smith on September 1, 1997 Contributors: Rob Kinnan Hot Traction Tips For Street/Strip Suspensions
Have you noticed that horsepower and torque have almost become no-brainers? Hot Rod has shown you how to build a 700hp, normally aspirated 502 big-block on pump gas, among other powerful things. With a shot of nitrous or a whiff of blower, mega-power is now mega-easy. But the sole purpose of making all that power is to accelerate your pile of iron up to speed in a ridiculously short amount of time. That assumes, of course, that those poor abused tires can plant all that power to the asphalt. If you have the power, youre already a resident of Tire Spin City.
While more rubber is a quick fix, it also has to fit under the wheelwell. Assuming youre not quite ready for tubs and ladder bars, there are some basic tricks that you can apply to improve the launch capabilities of your street/strip stormer. Well concentrate on typical V8, rear-wheel-drive cars, and well look at some inexpensive ways to help plant both leaf-spring and coil-spring rear suspensions.
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With the car at full rest, nailing the throttle results in a number of simultaneous vehicle reactions. First, the body tends to pitch upward in the front, moving weight from the front to the rear of the car. That is referred to as weight transfer and improves traction by increasing load to the rear tires. At the same time, most street cars also rotate slightly side to side, moving weight from the left (drivers) side of the car to the right side. That can be seen by watching a car leave the starting line of the dragstrip from dead astern.
While the body rotates from left to right (clockwise as viewed from the rear), the rear axlehousing rotates in exactly the opposite direction. That counterclockwise rear-axle torque reaction shoves the left rear tire into the pavement while lifting the right rear tire, which explains why nonpositraction-equipped cars always spin the right rear tire. Since unloading the right rear tire can only hurt traction and acceleration, most rear-suspension modifications are aimed at limiting or preventing the rear axle from rotating in this counterclockwise fashion.
There are a couple of tricks you can use to make all this twistin and shoutin work toward better traction. First, try unbolting the front sway bar from the two lower front control arms. The front sway bars job is to transfer weight from the left front to the right front. By disconnecting the sway bar (or better yet, remove it to also eliminate weight), the front end is now able to transfer more weight to the rear tires.
Moving static weight from the front to the rear is another inexpensive way to improve traction. That is the logic behind battery-relocation kits, which take the battery from the front of the car and move it to the right rear where it helps offset the lifting motion of the rear axle. Often, just filling the gas tank can help traction and reduce e.t., even though it increases overall vehicle weight. Ironically, adding a heavy spare tire back into the trunk over the right rear might also result in a quicker e.t.
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In leaf-spring cars, wheelhop or axle tramp is caused by the leaf spring wrapping up into an S-curve shape as the result of torque input. As the spring hits maximum wrapup, the spring rate also increases radically. At that point, the tire bounces off the pavement and unloads the spring, allowing it to unwind and then rapidly wrap up again. That produces the bouncing effect that not only kills traction but can also tear up U-joints, driveshafts and even transmission extension housing cases. One inexpensive way to reduce axle tramp with leaf-spring cars is to add a second main leaf. Doug Norrdin at Global West Suspension Components typically takes a discarded leaf spring and cuts the spring eyes off the main leaf. The procedure can be performed on any leaf-spring car. Clamping a multileaf spring ahead of the axle centerline is another inexpensive idea that often works.
Weak, factory rubber bushings are often common culprits that contribute to axle tramp. Mushy bushings allow the rear axle to move in every direction imaginable, which is never conducive to traction. Stronger bushings, such as Global Wests Del-A-Lum, Energy Suspensions polyurethane and Performance Suspension Technologys Polygraphite bushings, offer freedom of movement yet limit bushing deflection when power is applied.
Perhaps the most common and useful traction tool for leaf-spring cars is the traction bar. Now that you know why spring wrapup causes wheelhop, you can see how the traction bar is used to prevent that from occurring. The bar is usually bolted to the leaf-spring U-bolts at the rearend using a rubber snubber to contact the front of the spring. Ideally, the front snub- ber should contact the leaf spring directly under the front spring eye. Unfortunately, most bolt-on traction bars fall short of the spring eye. While it isnt absolutely necessary, the short bar can eventually damage a mono- leaf spring.
Its also very easy to tune a traction bar. Minimizing the air gap between the snubber and the spring allows the bar to hit the spring harder and quicker. For a street car, you want at least a ½-inch gap between the snubber and the spring to allow suspension travel. At the track, that gap can be changed with either a taller snubber, large washers under the snubber or angled wedge plates located between the traction bar and the rear axlehousing. Lakewood offers these plates in a variety of angles. If the snubber is too tall, it can easily be trimmed with a hacksaw to create the necessary air gap. Its also possible to tune traction bars by changing air gaps side to side in order to create preload in the chassis.
Wheelhop is also common in rear-coil-spring cars such as late-model Mustangs and 64-72 GM A-body cars and 78-88 G-body cars. Coil-spring rear-suspension cars commonly use four trailing arms to locate the rearend and coil springs to support the car. Under acceleration, the rear axle tries to pull the upper trailing arms out of the chassis, putting these bars in tension while attempting to push or compress the lower arms forward. That takes its toll on the stock rubber bushings, leading to axle-tramp conditions especially if the car is raised in the rear.
The easiest and least expensive way to cure wheelhop in a rear-coil-spring car is to first lower the rear suspension until the lower control arm is level and parallel with the ground. That helps return the rear suspension to its proper geometry to help plant the rear tires. It may be difficult if you have large-diameter rear tires, but any effort toward positioning the lower control arms parallel with the ground will help.
Another cure for wheelhop is a stif- fer lower control arm, such as the pieces offered by Global West and Edelbrock/Hotchkis. Globals tubular-steel lower arm utilizes a Del-A-Lum bushing in the rear position with a spherical bearing in the front bushing location. The spherical bearing prevents deflection of the arm while accurately locating the rearend, even in cornering situations.
Like everything else involved with high-performance cars, suspension tuning is as much an art as it is a science. Weve only scratched the surface of the different changes you can make to the suspension to optimize e.t. The only way youll get there is by going to the dragstrip and trying some of these ideas and then evaluating each one for your particular car. Itll take time, but your revenge could be a quick car even if youre down on power.
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One key to an optimized street/strip suspension is weight transfer. This street Nova appears to be hooked up, but that squatting is actually lifting the rear suspension and tires off the pavement. Generally, most street cars work best with a slight amount of rear-suspension rise during launch, which plants the rear tires into the asphalt. Note, also, that the right front tire is toed-in due to front-suspension rise. That is called bump steer and can cause a slower e.t.This illustration views a car from the rear leaving the starting line and reveals the various forces acting on the rear suspension. The body rotates clockwise, while the rear axle actually rotates in the opposite or counterclockwise direction. That lifts the right rear tire, allowing it to spin. The lifting motion will occur even if the car is equipped with a positraction device. Suspension tuning helps limit this natural chassis reaction, planting the tires equally and improving e.t.One way to offset the lifting of the rear axle in any car is to place more weight over the right rear tire, such as relocating the battery to the trunk over the passenger's-side tire. You can also try bolting the spare tire (or other weight) in this location to help add weight for better traction.Coil-spring cars can benefit from an Air Lift Company bag placed inside the right rear coil spring. Filling this bag with between 10 and 20 psi of air pressure preloads the right rear tire, assisting traction. It's a great trick for cars without positraction and will work on all coil-spring cars, such as Chevelles, late-model Mustangs and others.Another low-buck trick for coil-spring cars is to lower the rear-suspension ride height in order to place the lower control arm (arrow) parallel to the ground. This improves the rear suspension geometry and assists in fighting the effects of rear- suspension squat.Dick Gazan Racing offers this slick rear- suspension package for Chevelles and other GM A-body coil-spring rear-suspension cars. The system raises the upper rear control-arm mounting point to change the rear-suspension geometry, improving traction by creating lift in the rear suspension under launch. The system includes tubular upper and lower control arms and adjustable rear shocks.Another old drag-racing trick is to add taller coil springs that compress to a stock ride height in the front suspension. Under acceleration, these taller springs push the front end up, improving weight transfer to the rear axle. Typically, these springs are very tall with a relatively low spring rate.Another simple dragstrip tip to improve weight transfer is to disconnect or remove the front sway bar, which allows the front end to come up quicker and with less resistance to rise. The quick fix is to just unbolt the end-link bushings, but it's better to remove the entire bar to reduce weight.
The ideal position for the snubber (arrow) is directly underneath the front spring eye to prevent damage to the spring. The distance between the snubber and spring can be adjusted with a taller or shorter snubber or with wedge plates to fine-tune the air gap. As a starting place for tuning, shoot for an air gap of around 1/2 inch on both sides.Tubular lower control arms for coil-spring cars are an excellent way to help control wheelhop. Global West and Edelbrock/ Hotchkis offer tubular lower control arms for many coil-spring cars, including this item for late-model Mustangs.Global West offers Del-A-Lum bushings, which deliver superior control without the harshness of solid aluminum or steel. The outer bushing is anodized aluminum, while the inner sleeve is a durable nylon-type material called Delrin. Global offers these bushings for both front and rear suspensions, and they work well for dual-purpose cars or even strictly street-driven cars looking for better suspension control.Road racers and autocrossers often use an electronic tire pyrometer to accurately set tire pressures for an optimal footprint. The same technique can be used on dragstrip cars. Launch the car, and then quickly measure tire temperature in three places across the face of the tread. Shoot for a tire pressure that creates tire temperatures within 10 to 15 degrees of each other. A higher reading in the center indicates excess pressure, while a low-center reading indicates tire pressure is too low.


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The Imperturbable Charm (incantation unknown) is a spell that creates an invisible barrier around a target. Molly Weasley used this charm on the kitchen door at 12 Grimmauld Place to prevent the children from eavesdropping on Order of the Phoenix meetings using Extendable Ears. Ginny Weasley was taught by Nymphadora Tonks how to test if something had been Imperturbed by flicking Dungbombs at the suspected target and seeing if they bounced off.
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- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, this charm is not used on the kitchen door, and because of this Fred, George, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny are able to eavesdrop on the Order of the Phoenix meeting that took place on Harry's first night at 12 Grimmauld Place.


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As a self-professed math naïf, the exhibition Marc Bell Presents: The Magical World of M.C. Escher (20 January 11 April 2010) completely blows my mind. Maurits Cornelis Escher used an intricate graphing system to create his visions of symmetry, unending tessellations and improbable buildings. Perhaps best known for his Drawing Hands, Reptiles, and Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror, all instructional mainstays for drawing classes, Escher created many more prints and drawings. A major component of his mature career was the diagramed geometric grids that he used to make interlocking designs. These designs utilize complex and varied shapes which fill the plane of the paper without leaving any voids. In the north gallery we have assembled his Regular Division of the Plane prints and drawings along with some of his preliminary sketches and equation notations. It is a unique opportunity to see the mind of Escher at work as he develops his elaborate compositions.
Besides the notations found at the edges of some artworks, Escher kept extensive notebooks tracking his various projects. A whimsical fellow, here is his synopsis of the print Reptiles, published in M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work:
The life cycle of a little alligator. Amid all kinds of objects, a drawing book lies open, and the drawing on view is a mosaic of reptilian figures in three contrasting shades. Evidently one of them has tired of lying flat and rigid amongst his fellows, so he puts one plastic-looking leg over the edge of the book, wrenches himself free and launches out into real life. He climbs up the back of a book on zoology and works his laborious way up the slippery slope of a set square to the highest point of his existence. Then after a quick snort, tired but fulfilled, he goes downhill again, via an ashtray, to the level surface, to that flat drawing paper, and meekly rejoins his erstwhile friends, taking up once more his function as an element of surface division.
M.C. ESCHER (Dutch, 1898-1972), Reptiles, 1943, Bool #327, lithograph, 13 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches. Courtesy of The Walker Collection. All M. C. Escher's works and text © The M. C. Escher Company, Baarn, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. M. C. Escher ® is a registered trademark
The three contrasting shades mentioned are part of another primary concern for Escher; color composition. From the very beginning, Escher felt that individual motifs needed to be both recognizable and to have the same value or weight as the other motifs found within the composition. This requires that the motifs should have similar contrast and brightness. In the north gallery, you can see this tendency at work in the two representations of Sun and Moon.
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(a) In General.— The Secretary may make a grant to a State authority (including a municipality with respect to intrastate gas pipeline transportation) to assist in improving the overall quality and effectiveness of a damage prevention program of the State authority under subsection (e) if the State authority—
(1) has in effect an annual certification under section 60105 or an agreement under section 60106; and
(b) Damage Prevention Program Elements.— An effective damage prevention program includes the following elements:
(1) Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of methods for establishing and maintaining effective communications between stakeholders from receipt of an excavation notification until successful completion of the excavation, as appropriate.
(2) A process for fostering and ensuring the support and partnership of stakeholders, including excavators, operators, locators, designers, and local government in all phases of the program.
(3) A process for reviewing the adequacy of a pipeline operator's internal performance measures regarding persons performing locating services and quality assurance programs.
(4) Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of effective employee training programs to ensure that operators, the one-call center, the enforcing agency, and the excavators have partnered to design and implement training for the employees of operators, excavators, and locators.
(5) A process for fostering and ensuring active participation by all stakeholders in public education for damage prevention activities.
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(7) Enforcement of State damage prevention laws and regulations for all aspects of the damage prevention process, including public education, and the use of civil penalties for violations assessable by the appropriate State authority.
(8) A process for fostering and promoting the use, by all appropriate stakeholders, of improving technologies that may enhance communications, underground pipeline locating capability, and gathering and analyzing information about the accuracy and effectiveness of locating programs.
(c) Factors to Consider.— In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the commitment of each State to ensuring the effectiveness of its damage prevention program, including legislative and regulatory actions taken by the State.
(d) Application.— If a State authority files an application for a grant under this section not later than September 30 of a calendar year and demonstrates that the Governor (or chief executive) of the State has designated it as the appropriate State authority to receive the grant, the Secretary shall review the State's damage prevention program to determine its effectiveness.
(e) Use of Funds.— A grant under this section to a State authority may only be used to pay the cost of the personnel, equipment, and activities that the State authority reasonably requires for the calendar year covered by the grant to develop or carry out its damage prevention program in accordance with subsection (b).
(f) Nonapplicability of Limitation.— A grant made under this section is not subject to the section 60107 (a) limitation on the maximum percentage of funds to be paid by the Secretary.
(g) Limitation on Use of Funds.— Funds provided to carry out this section may not be used for lobbying or in direct support of litigation.
(h) Damage Prevention Process Defined.— In this section, the term "damage prevention process" means a process that incorporates the principles described in sections 60114 (b), 60114 (d), and 60114 (e).
Source(Added Pub. L. 109–468, § 2(b)(2),Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3487; amended Pub. L. 112–90, §§ 3(b), 32(d),Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1906, 1923.)
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Pub. L. 112–90, § 3(b), (c),Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1906, provided that, effective 2 years after Jan. 3, 2012, subsec. (a) is amended as follows: (1) in paragraph (1) by striking "and" after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking "(b)." and inserting "(b); and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following:
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2012—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 112–90, § 3(b), added par. (3).
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What is blue, pink, yellow and orange and wears shorts? The answer: Thousands of runners and walkers making their way around the Orange County Great Park in Irvine on Saturday during The Color Run.
The sold-out 5-kilometer event doused participants in dry paint of various colors at each kilometer.
"I thought it was absolutely amazing. We had so much fun," said Leslie Robertson of Corona. "At every point we took pictures, at every color. We'll do it again."
Robertson ran with a group of Corona High School football moms called the Green Fairies, complete with matching caps, green striped socks and wings on their backs.
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This is a list of all missions in Grand Theft Auto III, sorted by type, island and mission-giver. There are 51 storyline missions, 17 phone missions, 4 Off-road Missions and 4 Remote Controlled Missions.
Story missions
Claude is betrayed by his girlfriend Catalina when she shoots him during a bank heist, leaving him for dead. He survives and is arrested, but on the way to the penitentiary, the Colombian Cartel ambushes the convoy to kidnap another prisoner, destroying the bridge in the process and isolating the island of Portland from other parts of Liberty City, and he and another prisoner named 8-Ball manage to escape. With his new allie, he eventually forms a connection with the Leone family by destroying the neighboring Triads and Forelli family. He finds out that Catalina has become a co-leader of the Colombian Cartel, and eventually destroys their ship filled with the drug SPANK. However, Salvatore Leone has grown paranoid and no longer trusts easily, and the fact that Maria lies and says that she and Claude are having an affair just to spite him, he sends Claude to his death by planting a bomb in a car he ordered Claude to take away. Maria finds out and warns Claude just in time and, along with Yakuza leader Asuka Kasen, they leave Portland on a boat to Staunton Island. Introduction
- Introduction: Cutscenes depicting Catalina's betrayal of Claude, the explosion which leaves Portland isolated from the rest of the city and Claude's escape with 8-Ball.
- Give Me Liberty: Go to Luigi's club with 8-Ball.
- Luigi's Girls: Bring Misty to Luigi's club.
- Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up: Kill a drug dealer and steal his car.
- Drive Misty For Me: Drive Misty to Joey's garage.
- Pump-Action Pimp: Kill two pimps.
- The Fuzz Ball: Bring as many prostitutes as possible to the Old School Hall.
- Mike Lips Last Lunch: Arm Mike Forelli's car with a bomb and blow him up.
- Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong: Kill Lee Chong.
- Van Heist: Steal a Securicar and bring it to a garage in Portland Harbor.
- Cipriani's Chauffeur: Drive Toni Cipriani to the Laundry and to his home.
- Dead Skunk in the Trunk: Bring a car to the car crusher.
- The Getaway: Drive three mafia members for a bank job.
- Taking Out The Laundry: Destroy three Laundry cars.
- The Pick-Up: Pick up a briefcase and take it to the Cipriani Restaurant.
- Salvatore's Called A Meeting: Bring Joey, Luigi and Toni to Salvatore Leone's mansion.
- Triads and Tribulations: Kill three triad warlords.
- Blow Fish: Blow up the Triad's fish factory.
- Chaperone: Drive Maria to a party in Atlantic Quays.
- Cutting The Grass: Follow and kill Curly Bob.
- Bomb Da Base: Act I: Go and talk to 8-Ball to purchase the Sniper Rifle.
- Bomb Da Base: Act II: Help 8-Ball to blow up the Cartel Ship.
- Last Requests: Escape from Portland with Maria.
Staunton Island
Claude is now a rogue from the gangs in Portland, with the Leone Family and the Triads after him, and begins making a new connection. He assassinates Salvatore to prove his loyalty to Asuka, and he is introduced to Asuka's powerful brother Kenji, and a corrupt policeman named Ray who helps him in exchange. Ray introduces him to Donald Love, a billionaire real estate mogul, who Claude helps as well for the benefit of Love and his company. However, to start a gang war and lower the real estate price of land Love wants, he steals a Colombian Cartel vehicle and kills Kenji, igniting a war between the two. He eventually finds Catalina again, who kidnaps Maria, kills Miguel and Asuka, and ransoms Maria for $500,000. Asuka Kasen
- Sayonara Salvatore: Kill Salvatore Leone.
- Under Surveillance: Kill the mafia spies on Staunton Island.
- Paparazzi Purge: Kill a paparazzi.
- Payday For Ray: Bring Ray's money to himself.
- Two-Faced Tanner: Kill Tanner.
- Kanbu Bust-out: Break a high ranked Yakuza member out of jail.
- Grand Theft Auto: Bring three sport cars to a garage in six minutes.
- Deal Steal: Ambush a deal between the Cartel and the Yardies.
- Shima: Collect the briefcases of protection money.
- Smack Down: Kill as many yardie dealers as possible.
- Silence The Sneak: Kill Leon McAffrey.
- Arms Shortage: Defend Phil Cassidy from the Colombian Cartel.
- Evidence Dash: Pick up six images and torch the car that the pictures are in.
- Gone Fishing: Kill Ray's partner.
- Plaster Blaster: Leon McAffrey is still alive, and you have to kill him.
- Marked Man: Take Ray to the airport and then go to his lock-up.
- Liberator: Rescue an oriental gentleman from the colombians.
- Waka-Gashira Wipeout: Kill Kenji Kasen in a Colombian car. Note that by completing this mission, Kenji will be dead thus any mission from Kenji that has not yet been completed will be cancelled, and 100% completion will not be completed.
- A Drop In The Ocean: Pick up six packages thrown in the ocean from a plane.
- Grand Theft Aero: Find the real packages and bring them to Donald Love.
- Escort Service: Defend a Securicar in it's way from the Colombian Cartel.
- Decoy: Get inside a Securicar and act as a decoy around for two minutes.
- Love's Disappearance: You can't find Donald Love so you decide to leave the Love Media building.
- Bait: Lead three Colombian death squads into a trap.
- Espresso-2-Go!: Destroy nine espresso stands.
- S.A.M.: Blow up a Dodo with a rocket launcher and bring the SPANK packages to Asuka.
- Ransom: Asuka and Miguel are killed, Maria is kidnapped by Catalina and you find a letter left by her.
Shoreside Vale
- The Exchange: Rescue Maria and kill Catalina.
Phone missions
- Turismo: Win a street race.
- I Scream, You Scream: Arm an ice cream truck with a bomb and blow up a group of gang members.
- Trial By Fire: Burn twenty-five Triads in two minutes.
- Big 'N Veiny: Pick up some magazines and take them to XXXMags in Red Light District
- The Crook: Bring a bank manager to the dog food factory and crush the evidence.
- The Thieves: Bring two thieves to the food factory and respray Marty's car.
- The Wife: Bring Marty's wife to the food factory and and dump the car into the sea.
- Her Lover: Bring Carl to the food factory.
Staunton Island
- Bling-Bling Scramble: Win a checkpoint race.
- Uzi Rider: Kill ten Diablos.
- Gangcar Round-Up: Bring three gang cars to a garage in Newport.
- Kingdom Come: Destroy some SPANKed up madmen vans and reavel betrayal of King Courtney.
Shoreside Vale
- Uzi Money: Drive-by 25 Purple Nines in two minutes.
- Toyminator: Destroy three gang cars with an RC Bandit.
- Rigged to Blow: Bring an armed car to a garage before it explodes.
- Bullion Run: Pick up as many bullion as possible and take it to a garage.
- Rumble: Kill some Purple Nines using melee weapons.
Off-Road missions
- Patriot Playground: Pass through fifteen checkpoints at the Portland Beach.
- A Ride in the Park: Pass through twelve checkpoints in the park.
- Multistorey Mayhem: Pass through fifteen checkpoints in the multistorey car park.
- Gripped!: Pass through twenty checkpoints in Cedar Grove.
Remote controlled vehicle missions
- Diablo Destruction: Destroy as many Diablo Stallions as possible with an RC car.
- Mafia Massacre: Destroy as many Mafia Sentinels as possible with an RC car.
- Casino Calamity: Destroy as many Yakuza Stingers as possible with an RC car.
- Rumpo Rampage: Destroy as many Hoods Rumpo XLs as possible with an RC car.


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Following on the heels of the InfoSec Conference in Orlando last week, we've crossed the pond to co-sponsor an exhibition stand with longtime partners HANDD Business Solutions at the InfoSecurity Europe conference in London. This event brings experts from all areas of cyber, network, cloud and data security together to discuss key issues and educate IT professionals on best practices.
No matter where an organization does business, keeping private data protected, avoiding data breach, and implementing appropriate policies and procedures to meet a variety of compliance guidelines are formidable challenges.
On the top of the minds of IT professionals who stopped by our stand, #C95, was how to find a better file sharing alternative than the free cloud-based services that have become popular with employees, but that are virtually impossible to monitor and track to meet compliance guidelines.
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BTW, for those saying that it's useless because you can get a 24-105 for less, The IQ is way better on the 24-70 f/4. Better contrast, color, sharpness, CA and barrel distortion at 24mm (roughly 1% vs 5%, it's a massive difference). Landscape photographer will probably see the biggest difference.
For someone who can't buy used equipment (no 24-105 at 1/3 the price from craiglist), I think it's only 100 - 200$ overpriced. It's a very good zoom if want to travel light with one lens/body only. It's great at landscape, it can do portrait, the macro mode has a decent IQ if you can manage the short working-distance, it's compact and it's sealed.
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Born in 1886 in Mobberley, England, George Leigh Mallory made his first "climb" at seven years old when he scaled the tower of the village church where his father was pastor. His reputation as an athlete grew at Winchester College, where he distinguished himself as a superb (and fearless) gymnast. At 18, he made his first Alpine climb, returning to the Alps again and again for the next six years to perfect his unique climbing style and gain valuable experience.
Mallory originally set out to teach school, but continued to climb on a regular basis until the outbreak of World War I. He had also met and fallen passionately in love with Ruth Turner, and they were married just a few days before the outbreak of the war. Perhaps luckily for him, an old ankle injury forced him to be invalided home between 1916-18, and by the time he returned to France, the war was almost over.
Between 1915 and 1920, the Mallorys added three children to their family, but Mallory found himself to be restless and dissatisfied with the life of a teacher in a small English hamlet. His restlessness mirrored the era of fervent exploration in which he lived, an era in which Mount Everest was indeed "the last frontier." Because of his reputation for climbing, he was asked to participate in the first Everest reconnaissance expedition in 1921, an offer which gave him an excuse to resign from teaching and allowed him to make a living doing what he loved best.
That first Everest expedition reached 23,000 feet (7,010 meters); a subsequent one in 1922 reached 27, 235 feet (8,301 meters) but was marred by the tragic deaths of seven porters in an avalanche, an accident for which Mallory felt partially responsible. Demoralized, Mallory did not intend to return to Everest, but a trip to New York City to lecture about his Everest experiences renewed his enthusiasm. The New York trip was also where the often-asked question "Why climb Everest?" engendered Mallory's now-legendary answer, "Because it's there."
In 1924, the third Everest expedition broke the previous ascent record, reaching 28,000 feet (8,534 meters); on June 4, 1924, Mallory and his young climbing partner, Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, set out to break that record and make a dash for the summit. Fellow-climber Noel Odell claims to have seen them at a point about 800 feet (240 meters) from the top, at about 12:50 p.m. The clouds rolled in, and Mallory and Irvine were never seen alive again.
Seventy-five years later, in 1999, Mallory's body was found by Conrad Anker, almost by accident. Clues found on his body gave searchers some understanding of what might have happened, but the elusive mystery of "did he make it" endures. The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest attempts both to solve the mystery and to give those of us enthralled by it a better understanding of what might have happened, as well as a deeper appreciation of Mallory, the man.
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The recent biography by his widow says that John Belushi had--VERRRRY reluctantly--signed up for this long in development trash film just before he died, one that would have had him running around in a diaper and doing other repugnant Blutoesque things that he was desperately trying to get away from by that point (in short, the kind of script that would make anyone want to down as much cocaine as they can get just thinking about--with the utmost respect to the Belushi family, of course). Does anyone know if this was ever made?
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Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials
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An Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential (commonly abbreviated as IPSP) is the change in membrane voltage of a postsynaptic neuron which results from synaptic activation of inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors. The most common inhibitory neurotransmitters in the nervous system are GABA and glycine.
A postsynaptic potential is considered inhibitory, when the resulting change in membrane voltage makes it more difficult for the cell to fire an action potential, lowering the firing rate of the neuron. They are the opposite of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs), which result from the flow of positive ions into the cell.
Ionic basis of IPSP
At a typical inhibitory synapse the postsynaptic neural membrane permeability increases for positive potassium (K+) ions and negative chloride (Cl-) ions but not sodium (Na+) ions. This generally causes an influx of Cl- ions and efflux of K+ ions, thereby bringing the membrane potential closer to the equilibrium potential of these ions.
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Hey pollsters, go find yourself another whipping boy.
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Hey pollsters, go find yourself another whipping boy.
Seriously. I was on vacation last week, so I'm coming late to this. But while I was away, Hartford ranked third in a list of America's Ten Dead Cities.
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For months, the women have talked on the phone. They've exchanged e-mails. And Sunday, two mothers who share a singular pain will meet at a candlelight vigil for missing children and adults.
Five months ago, on March 17, Margarita Torres' 25-year-old son Aaron -- pictured above, on left -- walked away from the Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, and vanished.
When I met Torres, she was at a loss of where to turn for help to find her only child. Hospital officials and police said they'd done all they could do. Fliers and searches led nowhere.
I suggested she speak to Janice Smolinski. Who better to understand a mother's desperate search for answers than another mother on the same heartbreaking quest?
For six years now, Smolinski has searched for answers about her son Billy (pictured above, on right), a 31-year-old Waterbury man who went missing in August 2004. The family believes he was killed.
Since his disappearance, Smolinski has campaigned for legislation to help families searching for loved ones, including streamlining the reporting process and a comprehensive missing person database.
Her goal -- to make authorities more responsive to disappearances of children and adults and to make sure her son and the hundreds of other missing persons in the state don't fade from memory.
The numbers are startling. More than 100,000 new missing person cases involving adults are filed each year. Close to 700,000 children under the age of 18 are reported missing annually. There are about 108,000 missing persons in the U.S., 700 from Connecticut.
Sunday, both women will speak about their sons at a vigil at the Naugatuck Green from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to commemorate Missing Persons Day, which is Monday.
Former Naugatuck Mayor Ron San Angelo will lead the event. Also attending will be representatives from the North Carolina-based CUE Center for Missing Persons, who are traveling across the U.S. to raise awareness of missing children and adults.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this chapter (other than section 2607 of this title) shall not apply to any chemical substance, mixture, or to an article containing a chemical substance or mixture, if—
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Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any chemical substance, mixture, or article if the Administrator finds that the substance, mixture, or article will present an unreasonable risk of injury to health within the United States or to the environment of the United States. The Administrator may require, under section 2603 of this title, testing of any chemical substance or mixture exempted from this chapter by paragraph (1) for the purpose of determining whether or not such substance or mixture presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health within the United States or to the environment of the United States.
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If any person exports or intends to export to a foreign country a chemical substance or mixture for which the submission of data is required under section 2603 or 2604(b) of this title, such person shall notify the Administrator of such exportation or intent to export and the Administrator shall furnish to the government of such country notice of the availability of the data submitted to the Administrator under such section for such substance or mixture.
If any person exports or intends to export to a foreign country a chemical substance or mixture for which an order has been issued under section 2604 of this title or a rule has been proposed or promulgated under section 2604 or 2605 of this title, or with respect to which an action is pending, or relief has been granted under section 2604 or 2606 of this title, such person shall notify the Administrator of such exportation or intent to export and the Administrator shall furnish to the government of such country notice of such rule, order, action, or relief.
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Effective January 1, 2013, the export of elemental mercury from the United States is prohibited.
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(A) ReportNot later than one year after October 14, 2008, the Administrator shall publish and submit to Congress a report on mercuric chloride, mercurous chloride or calomel, mercuric oxide, and other mercury compounds, if any, that may currently be used in significant quantities in products or processes. Such report shall include an analysis of—
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the potential for these compounds to be processed into elemental mercury after export from the United States; and
(4) Essential use exemption
(A) Any person residing in the United States may petition the Administrator for an exemption from the prohibition in paragraph (1), and the Administrator may grant by rule, after notice and opportunity for comment, an exemption for a specified use at an identified foreign facility if the Administrator finds that—
nonmercury alternatives for the specified use are not available in the country where the facility is located;
there is no other source of elemental mercury available from domestic supplies (not including new mercury mines) in the country where the elemental mercury will be used;
the export will be conducted in such a manner as to ensure the elemental mercury will be used at the identified facility as described in the petition, and not otherwise diverted for other uses for any reason;
the elemental mercury will be used in a manner that will protect human health and the environment, taking into account local, regional, and global human health and environmental impacts;
the elemental mercury will be handled and managed in a manner that will protect human health and the environment, taking into account local, regional, and global human health and environmental impacts; and
Each exemption issued by the Administrator pursuant to this paragraph shall contain such terms and conditions as are necessary to minimize the export of elemental mercury and ensure that the conditions for granting the exemption will be fully met, and shall contain such other terms and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe. No exemption granted pursuant to this paragraph shall exceed three years in duration and no such exemption shall exceed 10 metric tons of elemental mercury.
The Administrator may by order suspend or cancel an exemption under this paragraph in the case of a violation described in subparagraph (D).
A violation of this subsection or the terms and conditions of an exemption, or the submission of false information in connection therewith, shall be considered a prohibited act under section 2614 of this title, and shall be subject to penalties under section 2615 of this title, injunctive relief under section 2616 of this title, and citizen suits under section 2619 of this title.
(5) Consistency with trade obligations
Nothing in this subsection affects, replaces, or amends prior law relating to the need for consistency with international trade obligations.
(Pub. L. 94–469, title I, § 12, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2033; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 99–519, § 3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989; amended Pub. L. 110–414, § 4, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4342.)
2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–414, § 4(1), substituted "subsections (b) and (c)" for "subsection (b)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–414, § 4(2), added subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 110–414, § 2, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4341, provided that:
"Congress finds that—
mercury is highly toxic to humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
as many as 10 percent of women in the United States of childbearing age have mercury in the blood at a level that could put a baby at risk;
as many as 630,000 children born annually in the United States are at risk of neurological problems related to mercury;
the most significant source of mercury exposure to people in the United States is ingestion of mercury-contaminated fish;
"(5) the Environmental Protection Agency reports that, as of 2004—
44 States have fish advisories covering over 13,000,000 lake acres and over 750,000 river miles;
in 21 States the freshwater advisories are statewide; and
in 12 States the coastal advisories are statewide;
the long-term solution to mercury pollution is to minimize global mercury use and releases to eventually achieve reduced contamination levels in the environment, rather than reducing fish consumption since uncontaminated fish represents a critical and healthy source of nutrition worldwide;
mercury pollution is a transboundary pollutant, depositing locally, regionally, and globally, and affecting water bodies near industrial sources (including the Great Lakes) and remote areas (including the Arctic Circle);
the free trade of elemental mercury on the world market, at relatively low prices and in ready supply, encourages the continued use of elemental mercury outside of the United States, often involving highly dispersive activities such as artisinal [probably should be "artisanal"] gold mining;
the intentional use of mercury is declining in the United States as a consequence of process changes to manufactured products (including batteries, paints, switches, and measuring devices), but those uses remain substantial in the developing world where releases from the products are extremely likely due to the limited pollution control and waste management infrastructures in those countries;
the member countries of the European Union collectively are the largest source of elemental mercury exports globally;
the European Commission has proposed to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union a regulation to ban exports of elemental mercury from the European Union by 2011;
the United States is a net exporter of elemental mercury and, according to the United States Geological Survey, exported 506 metric tons of elemental mercury more than the United States imported during the period of 2000 through 2004; and
banning exports of elemental mercury from the United States will have a notable effect on the market availability of elemental mercury and switching to affordable mercury alternatives in the developing world."
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Study: Brain Chemicals Key to Spiritual Experience
Lower serotonin levels make people more open to religious practices, experiences.Science and Theology News with permission.
Whether you prefer whirling with the dervishes, participating in liturgical services or meditating with Buddhists may depend on the level of serotonin in your brain, recent research indicates.
Participation in and receptivity to certain religious and spiritual practices may be linked to the density of one of 15 serotonin receptors in the brain, said Dr. Lars Farde, professor of psychiatry at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and co-author of, "The Serotonin System and Spiritual Experiences," published in the November issue of the American Journal of Psychology.
According to Farde, the receptor neurologists call 5-HT1A "is one of the most important because it serves as a marker for the entire serotonin system." He said the connection furthers the belief that brain function may impact openness to spiritual experiences.
Using a brain imaging technique called positron emission tomography, or PET, Farde and his team have been studying neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin for a number of years. Their past research was the first to demonstrate the correlation between higher brain function and personality.
Recently, the researchers became interested in the serotonin system because of its relationship to depression and anxiety, said Farde. In attempting to confirm the correlation between serotonin levels and anxiety, he said they were surprised to discover a connection between the density of the receptors and spiritual acceptance.
Using the "Temperament and Character Inventory," 15 mentally and physically healthy men ages 20 - 45 self-assessed a number of personality traits, including self-transcendence, which denotes religious behavior and attitudes. The scale includes yes-or-no questions like, "I have had supernatural experiences" and, "I believe in a common, unifying force."
"We looked at how they view the existence of a spiritual realm," said Farde. "You can take the extremes. The person who scores very low might be a technician who says they believe the things they see, the things they can measure, whereas they don't believe anything beyond that. The other extreme might be the new-age type, or the person who believes that nature has a soul and views the spiritual reality as more important than the reality seen by our eyes."
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June 28, 2011
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Irving (Texas) MacArthur 2013 defensive back Taion Sells has long been a prospect of interest to the Oklahoma coaching staff but this month's Sooner summer camp was his first time to work with Oklahoma defensive backs coach Willie Martinez. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound defensive back worked a lot with the second year Sooner assistant and came away with a good review.As much as Sells has been a Sooner target for some time he admits that the reality of playing almost exclusively as a corner in any camp setting was a big change of pace for the MacArthur safety."I thought the whole camp went real well," Sells said. "I was there all three days. I thought he was a real good coach, he shows you what to do and he is just a real good coach.""Really just the whole corner position, I don't play corner, I'm not familiar with corner, I play safety but it was just about playing corner and he said I got better with it as the week went on. I felt real comfortable with it, there is always improvement."So does Sells have any preference on where he might play in the college game?"I'm just a player, I feel like I can do whatever the coaches put me at but I admit I kind of like safety," he said. "It's about hitting a guy going across the middle."Sells, who has plans to camp at TCU on July 15, says that his talk with Martinez, as well as his recruiting coordinator Brent Venables, lead him to believe that the Sooners will continue their interest moving forward."They were just saying that they have a lot of film off of me and after the first three games they are going to look at my cutups and make a decision off of that," he explained. Though he may not play the same position as the player that caused his interest in Oklahoma, he says there is no denying where the Sooners stand in his eyes."Oklahoma is always going to be my top school, they have been ever since Adrian Peterson was there," he said. "I used to play running back, I just switched over to safety in high school."So far Sells is waiting for the first school to step up and make an offer but as he plans to wait until his senior year to make a decision there is no rush to any element of his recruitment. But that being said there area few players who are a bit closer to their decision date that grabbed the attention of the talented Dallas area rising junior."I liked Keon Hatcher, he was real good. Also the dude Jeffrey Thomas, and the corner, I think his name was Teriyon Gipson." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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SYRACUSE By Olivia Jordan-Higgins' account, the putt on the par-three 12th hole that vaulted her into control of the Symetra Tour's Credit Union Classic during Satuday's second round at Drumlins Country Club traveled 45 feet before it toppled into the cup.
That distance could grow a lot longer - or at least more meaningful - in the years ahead if Jordan-Higgins is able to translate her two-stroke lead into a victory on Sunday, weather permitting.
While so many of the other first-round leaders struggled to find consistency on a tough Drumlins East layout, Jordan-Higgins, a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands near Great Britain, recorded six birdies in a four-under-par 67 following her opening 68 on Friday.
So at seven-under-par 135, Jordan-Higgins leads by two over Megan McChrystal, who burst from the middle of the pack in the morning with a tournament-best 65.
First-round leader P.K. Kongkraphan, who won in New Hampshire a week ago, is third at 138 after an up-and-down 72. Other than McChrystal or Kongkraphan, no one in the field is within less than five shots of Jordan-Higgins heading into the final round.
Drumlins East proved much more difficult in the second round, as just 13 players stood under par at day's end after 23 began the day in red figures. Firm, fast fairways and greens would frustrate most of the field, with two big exceptions.
Going off in the morning, McChrystal, a third-year-pro from Florida who ranks 96th on the Symetra Tour money list, birdied three of her first five holes. Seven straight pars followed, but she closed with a rush of four more birdies, with the bogey on 17 her lone blemish.
Posting that 65 just after the leaders teed off, McChrystal watched as a series of challengers fell away. Kendra Little took the lead at six under at the turn, only to double-bogey 11 and finish with a back-nine 39 to fall back to two under, tied for fourth.
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