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The American Hydrogen Association works in cooperation with organizations such as the National Hydrogen Association, NASA, environmental groups, industry, local governments, and public schools to promote the understanding of hydrogen technology and to create a marketplace for pollution-free hydrogen energy.
Ballard is recognized as the world leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing zero-emission proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for transportation and power generation applications. Ballard is also commercializing electric drives for fuel cell and other electric vehicles, power conversion products, and is a Tier 1 automotive supplier of friction materials for power train components. Ballard works closely with strategic partners, development partners, and customers to transform its current technology leadership into market leadership in each target market.
Visit the BMW Clean Energy site to learn about the automobile manufacturer's development of new, environmentally friendly concept vehicles that run on hydrogen and electricity.
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Fuel Cell Store.com offers fuel cell related products to consumers and functions as an information resource for learning how hydrogen fuel cell technology works, and how it will be integrated into real world applications.
Learn about DOE's research involving hydrogen technologies and its outreach activities that support the introduction of hydrogen into the national energy mix.
Fuel Cell Today is a global Internet portal for companies and individuals interested in the commercialization of fuel cells. The site is an excellent source for finding all the latest fuel cell news, commentary, resources, and locating business opportunities.
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Kraus Global Inc., of Winnipeg Canada, designs and manufactures complete refueling station packages for compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and compressed hydrogen fuels.
NHA helps to develop hydrogen technologies by acting as an information exchange and providing the setting for mutual support among industry, government, and academic organizations to promote the use of these technologies in industrial and commercial applications.
NREL's Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Research Laboratory is a test facility for advanced fuels in heavy-duty engines and vehicles and advanced heavy hybrid vehicles.
This website is designed to dispel some common myths and misconceptions surrounding the use of hydrogen as a fuel and includes the publication Hydrogen-- Hope or Hype? by Lindsay Leveen.
USCAR is the umbrella organization of DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors, which was formed in 1992 to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative, pre-competitive research.
DOE's Vehicle Technologies Office focuses on the research needed to develop the necessary technologies, such as fuel cells and hydrogen from domestic renewable sources, to provide a full range of affordable cars and light trucks that are free of foreign oil and harmful emissions, without sacrificing freedom of mobility and freedom of vehicle choice.
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Spell A Day
Spell Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Color of the day: Topaz
Incense of the day: Lavendar
The Romans celebrated an agricultural festival this time of year, to ensure a good growing season. A successful harvest begins with the planting. Literally, or metaphorically, plant some seeds today that you hope to harvest later this year. This can include making plans for something you want to acheive or the planning or planting of an actual garden. Speak this chant as you plant or prepare your goals:
Some things I want
Some things I need
To reach my goal
I plant this seed.
This post was written by Ember Grant on April 25, 2012
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Re: 1971 - Mount Etna Erupts (resub)
This is a resub of an earlier entry. The red shirt did not work well, so after trying several shirt colors, I'm resubbing on a brown shirt.
The year I was born Mt. Etna, a Sicilian volcano erupted. My grandmother is Sicilian, so this event resonated with me.
Italy and Sicily (with Mt. Etna in red) is diagonally across from the volcano erupting.
Who doesn't love a volcano?
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Powerful S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell has surrendered his leadership position in the State Senate for the political impotence of the South Carolina lieutenant governor's office – an unexpected move that will no doubt have seismic repercussions across state government.
Defying conventional wisdom, McConnell has chosen not to temporarily relinquish his leadership post in the State Senate in an effort to avoid succeeding former Lt. Gov. Ken Ard, who resigned Friday morning in the wake of a criminal probe into numerous ethics violations.
(For up to the minute updates on the Ard saga, click here).
"This has been one of the most difficult decisions I have faced," McConnell said in a statement accompanying his announcement. "The greatest honor of my career has been representing the people of District 41 in the South Carolina Senate. But I came here with a deep commitment to the Constitution, and I will not abandon it."
McConnell – a member of the State Senate since 1981 – has been one of the most influential lawmakers in the Palmetto State for years, routinely bending the state's upper chamber to his will as a result of his numerous alliances and mastery of parliamentary procedure.
Now he is the state's 89th Lieutenant Governor – inheriting a part-time, mostly ceremonial office with limited authority.
His departure leaves three voids: The Senate President Pro Tempore position, the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the District 41 State Senate seat. Needless to say, politicos are scrambling to fill all three of those vacuums.
We've gotta say … we didn't see this coming.
Like most Palmetto political observers, we believed that McConnell would somehow find a way to resign his Senate leadership post prior to Ard submitting his resignation – and then reclaim it after the Senate had voted on a replacement for Ard.
McConnell supporters praised the veteran lawmaker for his selflessness, while the Charleston Republican's detractors said that he only took the position because he lacked the votes to reclaim his old leadership post in the event he attempted to "Do-Si-Do" around the State Constitution.
We're not sure which account is accurate, but McConnell has done the right thing by not playing games here.
His decision has also sparked a flood of rumors about the seriousness of the various scandals surrounding S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (click here and here).
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Those of us who've been around retail for a while remember the shutdown that brought West Coast port operations to a halt in the fall of 2002.
A dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union continued well past the expiration of dockworkers' contract that summer and ended with a lockout that began in late September. By the time then-President Bush invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to order the ports reopened, the docks had been idled for 10 full days during the peak of the shipping cycle for retailers' crucial holiday season. The impact was felt by all industries that rely on the ports to move their products in or out of the United States.
Much like a rush-hour accident that leaves traffic tied up long after the wreck is gone, the shutdown left an estimated 250 ships sitting at the docks or waiting at anchor to be unloaded. It took months to work through the backlog, and retailers were panicked that cargo couldn't be unloaded in time for the holidays. NRF's most often-quoted sound bite was "There are a lot of toys on those docks that need to be under a tree by Christmas."
Nobody wants to see that happen again. And that's why NRF has been urging both labor and management to settle on a new contract before the current agreement expires June 30.
"Contract negotiations come at a critical time," we warned in a letter last month. "A failure to reach agreement could seriously harm the U.S. economy."
Negotiators sat down in San Francisco on Monday, and have promised to meet daily until an agreement is reached. However, most observers expect the contract to expire before a deal can be struck, which will hopefully happen before the end of July.
We're sincerely hope there won't be any issues, and that the parties can come to an amicable agreement even if it is after the June 30 deadline as long as there are no disruptions. But the sooner labor and management can agree on a new contract, the better it is for everyone who relies on the ports. We don't want to see another situation like 2013 and 2013, when the industry had to deal with the constant threat of a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports as labor and management went through contentious negotiations.
Nonetheless, retailers aren't waiting to see what happens. Many are already preparing contingency plans to bring merchandise into the country early, divert shipments to ports on the East Coast or even in Mexico or Canada, and take whatever other steps might be necessary. Unfortunately, those moves cost money – sending cargo to another port can result in extra maritime costs and adds rail or trucking costs to get it where it belongs. Even storing merchandise that comes in early costs money because of increased warehouse costs. In addition, at least a dozen shipping companies have filed plans with the Federal Maritime Commission for congestion surcharges, saying they want to charge extra if their ships get stuck waiting to be unloaded.
One of the contingency moves that appears to already be happening is that retailers are bringing merchandise into the country earlier than ever this year. For many years, October was the peak of the shipping season, with the bulk of holiday merchandise hitting the docks just weeks before Christmas. After 2002, the peak began coming earlier, shifting into September and eventually even August as retailers began moving up shipping dates to protect themselves against any port problems. This year, NRF's monthly Global Port Tracker report shows that ports will handle just under 1.5 million cargo containers in July, the same number expected for August and the earliest in the year that we've ever seen numbers that high.
The Port Tracker report, which is produced for NRF by consulting firm Hackett Associates, is itself an outcome of the 2002 shutdown. We began tracking port traffic in order to help retailers anticipate port issues and plan around them. Port Tracker expects imports to be up 5 percent over last year by the time the ILWU contract expires, and more than two-thirds of the cargo comes through West Coast ports, including the bulk of cargo from Asia.
Like 2002 and every year, a lot of toys and other products will be coming across those docks this summer and fall that need to be under a tree by Christmas. This year, let's make sure they're safely in retailers' distribution centers — not still sitting on a ship – long before they're needed.
Jonathan Gold is VP for supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation in Washington, D.C.


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LomoGuru of the Week: Sprofishgel2013-08-04 6 14 Share Tweet
Lomography is something he knew he would want for a very long time. Just take his LomoHome's name for an example which is, amusingly, a mix of film photography and his active life!
Coming from Portugal, this week's LomoGuru is an educator, a bringer of culture, an agriculturist, a lover, and a Lomographer all rolled into one! Whew, talk about multi-tasking! And these activities just show in his bright and exciting analogue life. You know him and you would love to know more about this week's LomoGuru, sprofishgel!
Name: Bruno Alexandre Oliveira Vitorino Luís
Lomography Username: sprofishgel
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Number of years as a Lomographer: 3
Number of years in the Community: 2
Tell us something about yourself… What do you do for a living? What are your main interests?
Well, I´m a 30 year-old nice guy who has a degree in History. In the last years I've been working with adult people teaching some classes for those who left school too early and went working. Also, I've been helping young girls and boys with their studies fpr national exams. At the moment I'm seeking for a new job (or jobs) around my area and for other nice businesses that I'll find on my way.
Besides Lomography, I have some other main interests such as sports! I played handball for 13 years and I'm really missing those days. I also like bringing culture in our city. I belong to a cultural association named ECO and we are a bunch of nice (but serious) cool girls and boys who try to make this city more colourful and interesting. My latest passion is agriculture! As my father passed away this year, and as he left a nice space to cultivate, I started planting some things such as potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes, zucchini, beans, lettuce, eggplant and so on. Every day I go to the garden to see that beautiful miracle of life. It´s very enriching!
Please tell us something about your LomoHome's name.
I really didn't know what name to put into my new character, my new home. When I chose the name I think I didn't have either a Sprocket Rocket nor a Fisheye but those were the two cameras that I have always enjoyed and wished to have. So hence the name: Spro – Sprocket Rocket; Fish – Fisheye; and… Gel! This last one, Gel, was a nickname given by an old handball coach of mine when he saw the amount of hair gel I've been taking to training. After more than 10 years everybody knew me by my nickname. Even my mother used to call me Gel. So, if you want to surprise me at my hometown, I suggest you start searching for Gel!
Share to us your most memorable experience in the Lomographic Community.
My most memorable experience in the Lomographic Community… I think it was when I won the Portugal The Man and Lomography Present the Nature Competition. I remember I realized it when I was at work and I started getting euphoric! In the next days I thought "thank God it was the band who chose the winner, otherwise Lomography wouldn't pick my photo… I think they don´t like me!" Hahaha! Kidding!
Have you actually met people in the Community that you now consider as close friends?
This has been anoother main achievement with all this Lomographic passion. I´ve met a lot of interesting persons such as zulupt, bongofury, pepper-b who have taught me a lot of things and surprised me a lot., and of course my girlfriend, lomollita.
Do you think you'll still be taking Lomographs in the next 5 years? Why?
What!? But of course! What else would I'll be doing that could give such surprise and colour to my life?!
What is your favorite Lomo camera and why? Do you have any memorable experiences while using this camera?
It wasn´t my first acquisition but when I bought it, it really changed my way of taking pictures. It's the LC-A+ RL, the Queen! The second time I went to Paris, I took my LC-A+ along and I felt like It gave me memorable pictures of that voyage. It's like having a pretty nice story written, but with photos.
Another memorable experience with my LC-A+ is shooting some pictures of two dolls to be used in a concert — creating some kind of love/hate between them. Those images were being projected behind the band as they were playing live. Right now, I think my LC-A+ is broken. By chance anyone isn't using theirs? I don´t mind if it's dusty!
Please share your most favourite Lomographic photo that you took and explain why.
This is my favourite one! Firstly because it was taken with my favourite film, Fuji Provia 100. I love those blues! Secondly because I love the away I took that photo. I got out of work and went to the beach to relax and take some photos. And then I saw a lot of seagulls! I only had my LCA+ with me and my spirit of adventure. I tried to get closer to them, slowly, slowly, but they kept on running away. I tried some four times and for me it was enough! And I thought "what if I run towards them?" That was it! I prepared myself to run as fast as I could and in the right moment I had to stop really fast, steady the camera in my hand, and shoot pointing the bunch of seagulls flying. I did that! At that moment it didn't cross my mind that the photo would turn out to be so interesting. It smells like freedom!
Please share a Lomograph you wish you took and explain why.
Do I have to explain, really ?! It's art within confusion; it looks that hodachrome knows how to give beauty to everything, even to that which is rusty and abandoned.
What's the best Lomographic or photography advice you think you have given?
"You´re too nervous. Smoke some weed and shoot."
If there's one song or movie that best describes your Lomo life, what is that and why?
"Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in The Sky. I can only see my Lomolife having some post-rock soundtrack along with it. It's an awesome song that helps us keep in mind the need of discovering new subjects, new techniques, new approaches, new surprises, and a new hand in mine!
Is there any advice you can give to new analogue shooters?
Don´t take drugs! And also, try everything you can, try everything you want with Lomography. Don't be afraid to get it wrong. It may turn out well, or not. But remember this: Lomography sets you free!
Do you think you're qualified as a LomoGuru? Got something to share in our Community? Then drop me a line at email@example.com and you might become the next LomoGuru!
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Lawmaker in rest stop sex scandal urged to skip flood vote
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator who shares a district with Rep. Kerry Gauthier (GAHTH'-ee-ehr), the lawmaker involved in a sex scandal with a 17-year-old boy, is urging Gauthier to skip a special session on flood relief for his district and surrounding areas.
Sen. Roger Reinert (RY'-nert), a Duluth Democrat, said Wednesday that Gauthier would distract from the flood recovery effort.
Reinert says Gauthier instead could become a focus for majority Republicans, who might censure him or even block him from taking his seat in the House chamber. Reinert said he hopes Gauthier "would take that day off."
Gauthier, a Democrat from Duluth, has made no public comment since his liaison with the teen at a rest stop became public last week.
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The event will take place on October 3, 2013 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pizza and pop will be served at 5:30 p.m. and the movie will start at 7 p.m.
The movie is The Story of Luke and it's about at 25 year old with autism adjusting to life after his caretaker passes away.
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this was the 2nd car i bought from here. we were looking at a 2008 chevy hhr but the car had a filthy interior including a footprint on the roof the seat bolsters were stained and the headrests looked like who ever owned it used hair gell the were realy stained. so the sales person said that if we bought the car they would have the interior steem cleaned so we made the deal.
this was on a friday. we brought the car back in on monday they called tuesday morning and said it was done, we went to pick it up. at time of picke up the car looked like nothing had been done the sales person called the body shop guy over and he stated that he was told to deatail the car sooo the had me bring the car back on
wednesday they call friday its done , we go back, again nothing is cleaned again the sales person calls the body shop, he comes over and said we only detailed it if you want it steem cleaned it has to have the seats and the carpet and the headliner removed to do so and thats just to many man hours to give away, i told him that wasnt my problem the deal was steem cleaned, soooo again i have to leave the car, again i come back 2 days later
and nothings been done the dealer ship manager comes out and hes a complete a*****e and tells me that they done everything they could do to clean the car and i needed to get it off his lot and not come back then he threatened me with calling the police if i didnt leave. So i am byding my time because what comes around goes around and if i cost them just 1 sale its worth the $400 it would have cost them to do the right thing and clean the car.
I took the car to a local car cleaner and $400 dollers later the interior was spotless. typical used car salesmen will tell you anything to get the sale, Never buy from here.
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It might have been difficult to convince Tiger batters that Bussey (2-2) has struggled for much of this transfer year at State. Because of the 23 officially-faced in the six complete innings, Bussey allowed only two hits—singles in the fourth and the eighth—without walking anyone. He also fanned six Memphians, or two more than his total strikeouts the rest of the season.
"He was phenomenal," said Coach John Cohen. "He didn't have great velocity but he had the ability to throw that second pitch in the strike zone, and make the strike zone bigger. He hasn't been able to do that all year but maybe he's starting to find it now."
Bussey's own relief at this late-year performance was obvious and understandable. "I got ahead with my slider a lot and finally got my changeup how I wanted it to work. And kind of put my fastball in every now and then." Which was the right way to attack the Tigers, particularly with a AAA-size ballpark for the pitcher to work with and a defense that made almost every play…including a couple of special ones in the roomy outfield.
The win was welcome in several aspects to Cohen, who had reason to worry his team might still be riding a weekend high after taking a series at rival Ole Miss as well as looking ahead to the schedule-ending series at home with LSU. That made the Memphis trip a trap of sorts, even in a professional park atmosphere. Yet all worked out for Mississippi State when it mattered.
"We just needed a lift out of our bullpen, we desperately needed that to happen," Cohen said. "We hit three home runs and defensively we were pretty solid. I thought our kids held it together because of the emotional weekend, they had a workman-like effort and I'm really pleased with it."
The best workman at the plate was DH Cody Freeman, who slapped a pair of balls beyond leftfield for half of State's RBI. "I was feeling good at the plate today," Freeman said. "Both of them were fastballs, they left them belt high. I had two strikes and shortened my swing up a little bit and caught them out-front."
With a compacted midweek to work within, State was going to use bullpen arms all game. Three right-handers got to work, beginning with Greg Houston who put in 2.1 frames. He absorbed all five Tiger runs on six hits, striking out one. Drew Hollinghead completed the bottom of the third for the starter with a hit and nothing else. Both Houston and Hollinghead had single strikeouts, but more meaningful was that they—nor Bussey—did not walk anyone.
Memphis' Ryan Fraser (3-5) took the loss, putting in a five-inning stint as the second Tiger to toss. He split the six runs with starter Ryan Holland, though Fraser gave up twice as many hits (6). Memphis also issued seven walks, and if only one free-pass produced a run-scorer it still kept the pressure on the host defense. Holland in fact loaded the bases in State's first inning on walks, escaping with a called strikeout.
He wasn't as lucky when the Bulldogs came after him in the second. With 2B Jet Butler on second, having walked and been bunted over, CF Grant Hogue was able to rope a single past the flat-footed Memphis third baseman for the opening run. Hogue stole third, his 29th theft of the season, but may as well saved the effort. Because Freeman unloaded a no-doubt shot over leftfield for a 3-0 lead. Holland had to strand a couple more Dogs in scoring positions to keep it there. Those two strandees would have been better scored after Memphis also made good second-inning contact.
Beginning, with one out, on a line-shot over left by first baseman Trey Wiedman. Consecutive singles later Houston rolled a grounder right to SS Frank Radow that was mishandled into just a force of the middle runner at second base, allowing Jacob Wilson to score from third. Houston was able to get back into the dugout with a one-run lead by catching Chris Newson leading too far off first.
Houston's stint ended in the third as after getting the nine-batter he was tagged for consecutive doubles and a single by the top of the Tiger order, driving in the tying and go-ahead scores. Hollinghead had been warming for a while but a wild pitch and RBI-gapper by Shawn Ablett made it 5-3.
Fraser had entered in State's third and stranded a pair himself. A leadoff single put Hogue on the paths and he made second on a fly ball. Hogue was running for third as 1B Connor Powers lifted a deep but routine enough fly to center; so after coming back to tag-up he made another run for the next base…and didn't stop. The Tiger shortstop hesitated on the relay just long enough that Hogue was able to slide in under the catcher for a run and a rather unique 'sacrifice' RBI for Powers.
"We work on that a lot and haven't done it as much as we'd like to, it was probably the second time we've done that," Cohen said. "You have to have a good runner, no question. And with two outs you're going to take that chance."
Freeman made his fourth trip to the plate in the sixth with two outs and no ons after a Tiger twin-killing. So he was only able to drive himself in with another shot to leftfield, this one clearing both fences on the fly. "The first one I didn't have a clue it was going out, the second one I kind of had a thought!" The tied scoreboard also put Bussey on-the-record, and whether coincidence or not his stint turned a bit tense. He struck out the leadoff man in Memphis' sixth but did it with a wild pitch that let Wilson reach, then plunked Cole Shelton. A bunt advanced both runners into scoring positions.
#9 batter Daniel Kaufman thought he'd at least broke the tie with a fly ball to right, but RF Ryan Collins timed his approach and catch perfectly and was able to fire a strike home. C Scott DeLoach made the easy tag for the tough double-play. However the real defensive play of the day was by LF Brent Brownlee as with one down in the Tiger seventh he galloped into the gap, dove flat-out and extended his glove…and came down with a drive off the bat of Tyler Huelsing.
"I threw a fastball-away and he hit a pretty good ball to Brownlee, I didn't think it had a chance of a play on it," Bussey said. "Brent came out of nowhere and made an unbelievable play." Cohen called it a game-changing play. "I think he might be the best defensive outfielder in the Southeastern Conference." Yet it was great Dog fortune Brownlee was even in the field for that play, because in the top of the inning with two outs Duffy was in the on-deck circle loosening for a pinch-hit role.
Fortunately Butler struck out to end the top of the seventh. "I'm sitting saying do I send Brent to the plate or Duffy, which he doesn't get to the plate," Cohen said. "Brent gets left in, he makes the great play, and then Duffy steps in and has the at-bat. And what a great job to focus that lone and when he gets the chance make the most of it."
Because Duffy got a 2-0 offering from Fraser he could drive five rows deep into the rightfield seats for the 6-5 score. Tiger righty Worth Tate ended the inning on fly balls that stayed in the park but the Dog-damage had been done. Bussey was able to leave a pair on bases in the eighth, then sit the side in the ninth to complete his big outing.
"Justin was the best he's looked all year," Freeman said. "He was working the strike zone and pumping the bottom half."
Freeman ran his home-run total to six for the year with the two shots, while Duffy is at nine longballs. Hogue's second-inning theft gave him the second-best season total in MSU history, behind only the 38 of Dan Van Cleve in 1985; and ties him with Dave Klipstein (1980-83) for fourth on the career list at 54.
After being entertained by the local alumni association chapter, the Bulldogs returned home to prepare for their last weekend of the 2009 season. State cannot qualify for the SEC Tournament while Louisiana State will come in playing to take the conference championship. Still MSU players feel they are finally playing the sort of ball they ought to have all spring, and if they cannot carry it into the post-season there is always 2010. "Hopefully we'll turn it around here at the end and put together a halfway-decent season," Freeman said.
"This win I think helps give a good jump-start on the weekend against LSU," Bussey said. "It's a big win going into a weekend like this against a good team and you want to do everything you can to beat them and I think this helps give a good jump-start on that."


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Changes to Gainesville City Commission Public Comments
Gainesville, FL -- There are some new rules when it comes to the Citizens Comments portion of Gainesville City Commission Meetings.
It was a unanimous vote among the Commissioners, but the public did not all agree. Some even went as far as to blame the Commissioners for taking up too much time in their meetings.
Currently there is one time slot for public comments, at 6 P.M. Under the new rules, there will be another time slot added after 1 P.M. which will run for no more than 30 minutes.
The public will have another opportunity to speak for half an hour before the 6 P.M. evening session.
If the meeting ends before 11 P.M, citizens will have another opportunity to comment.
Under the old rules, the public could speak for about five minutes, running the Citizens Comments portion past eight on some nights. But the new rules say each person may have no more than two minutes if there's a large crowd.
Critics of the resolution said the meetings are running late because the seven commissioners are taking too much time to speak about the issues.
"You need not look any further than today's meeting to identify the most common reason for City Commission Meetings running late and it isn't the citizens," said resident Debbie Martinez.
The issue will be revisited in October to decide if the new process is working better.
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Introduction to Emotional Intelligence with Money HTML version
How Fear Affects Behavior
Ekman (2003) described fear as one of the 7 universal
emotions, characterized by open mouth, open eyes, retracted
lips and raised eyebrows.
Evolutionary psychologists, Cosmides and Tooby (1997),
argue that our "modern skulls house a stone age mind". What
this means is that even though our external environment has
evolved to the point where we can now use computers and other
modern technologies, our minds are still solving day to day
problems the same way our ancestors solved them 10,000 years
ago. We're still hunter gatherers at mind (not just heart).
So when our brain perceives any threat, large or small it
instantly assumes that our very survival is under attack and
reacts with a flight or fight response.
The amygdala sends messages to different parts of the brain
that control breathing, motor function, autonomic responses and
hormones to get you ready to either run or fight.
The problem is that ten thousand years ago the root cause of
our fear was physiological, like facing wild animals, but as we've
evolved our fears have become more psychological like fear of
our finances.
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This is a discussion on APG & Other 1911 Semi-Auto Ckeck Sheets within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Interesting Reading For You .45 Guys Who Suck Up 1911 Information Like A Sponge! AMERICAN PISTOLSMITHS GUILD MODEL 1911 SEMIAUTOMATICS AND OTHERS CHECK SHEETS This ...
Interesting Reading For You .45 Guys Who Suck Up 1911 Information Like A Sponge!
This check sheet consists of six major sections:
1.) Trigger fitting and tuning
2.) Slide and frame fitting and related modifications.
3.) Match barrel fitting and installation.
4.) Fit and function of performance accessories and related modifications.
5.) Miscellaneous modifications.
6.) Finishing.
Each sheet item or modification cited is required unless otherwise noted. Although optional modifications are not required, they can add to the quality of the gun and will, consequently, favorably impress the examiners. In a formal inspection, field representatives and annual meeting examiners will apply the following notation to the blanks provided at the left margin:
S: Satisfactory
U: Unsatisfactory
NA: Not applicable
These sheets were devised for the Colt Model 1911 and the various clones and may not be applicable to other autoloaders. In the event the applicant submits an autoloader not properly covered by these sheets, the officers, at their discretion, will appoint a committee of competent members to examine such pistols.
Feel free to contact Guild officers with any questions.
1.) Match trigger installation:
a.) Trigger should move freely with no vertical or horizontal play.
b.) Trigger must have some, take up slack, for safety.
c.) The trigger overtravel screw should be adjusted so the hammer does not bump the sear when the trigger is pulled, the grip safety held in, and the trigger rotated and cycled by hand. Screw should be properly staked.
d.) The trigger should be properly beveled on the bottom so the sear spring does not contact the trigger bow before contacting the bow.
e.) The yoke should not overhang the magazine well and bind the magazine.
f.) The disconnector should be polished on the front and rear of its paddle, maintaining the proper bevels. The disconnector should not catch in the frame disconnector hole and should not have excessive forward and back motion
2.) Sears:
a.) Sear should have full and free movement throughout its entire range of movement.
b.) Sear must have the proper and safe angle where it engages the hammer hooks, polished on the bottom legs, and polished where the engagement spring leg contacts the left leg.
c.) Sear springs should be properly prepped with the sides trued and flattened, the working tips polished, and all bends in keeping with factory arch and tensions.
3.) Hammers:
a.) Hammer must have hooks beveled, polished, and not cut below .018".
b.) Hammer must have .005" to .010" clearance cuts on either side of the thumb spur to minimize frame contact.
c.) The hammer should rotate freely throughout its entire range of movement.
d.) The hammer should not follow the slide when the trigger is held back, or not held back, when the slide is violently released without a cartridge in the magazine.
e.) The hammer halfcock notch should be trimmed approximately .035" on each side so the sear will not be damaged if the hammer falls to halfcock.
f.) When the hammer is resting in the forward position, there should be no perceptible slack or free play. The hammer spring (mainspring) should be applying constant pressure on the hammer strut even when the hammer is all the way forward, at rest, and in the fired position.
g.) Hammer and sear pivot pins should be a slip fit into the frame, but should not pivot when the hammer or sear is moved.
4.) Mainspring housing:
_ a.) The housing should meet the bottom of the grip safety with plenty of contact between the two parts and just enough gap to allow the parts to work freely.
b.) The mainspring (hammer spring) should be flat ground on each end and polished. The sides can also be flat ground and polished.
c.) The mainspring cap should have the top ground down so it is in the highest position and still be able to effectively capture the hammer strut without slipping.
d.) The mainspring cap retaining pin should hold the cap square and flush within the housing.
e.) The mainspring housing should fit tightly and be flush with the bottom of the frame. The housing pin should be tight and not move under slight pressure.
5.) Trigger function/pull weight:
a.) Trigger should be free of creep and catches, although, on combat or duty guns, a slight amount of creep will be permitted for safety.
b.) Pull weight should be adjusted to suit the specific application, the skill level of the shooter, and the quality of the components used. The typical range of trigger pull weight is from 3.5 to 5 pounds using real weight and not spring gauges.
1.) Slide to frame fit:
a.) Side and vertical play must be reduced to a minimum that will allow the slide to move freely on the frame. Note: Clearly not all applications require the same degree of slide to frame fit. However, guns submitted for review should show evidence of fitting done properly, regardless of application.
b.) Slide should not bind at any point, moving upon the frame. Once the gun is assembled, the slide should release quickly from the battery position.
c.) The slide rails should be smooth and clear of machining and hammer marks.
2.) Ejector/extractor fit and function:
a.) The extractor should be correctly beveled, adjusted, polished, and have the correct tension. The bottom of the hook and bottom of the groove should be rounded and polished.
b.) The ejector should be proper for the caliber, not touching the slide, but blended into the rear of the slide for a finished appearance. It should be down and tight against the frame.
1.) Bushings
a.) Solid, oversize bushings are required.
b.) Bushings should fit the slide tightly and have to be removed with a wrench.
c.) The bushing should let the barrel slide through with minimal clearance and without resistance and should allow the barrel to cam up into the battery position without springing back.
d.) The match barrel should be relieved, turned down, at least .005" for about .250" behind the muzzle to allow free cycling of the barrel when coming out of battery.
2.) Barrel to hood fit:
a.) Should be fitted to the face of the slide with minimum clearance.
b.) When the barrel is pushed up into the slide, there should be no springback.
c.) Sides of the hood should have minimum clearance and barrel should not rock from side to side.
d.) There should be no fore and aft movement when the barrel is in battery.
e.) Barrel should drop free from the battery position with minimal or no pressure on the top of the barrel.
3.) Barrel lugs and lockup:
a.) The match barrel should be installed so the slide stop is contacting both bottom lugs and the rear, top locking lug is contacting its notch in the slide, "TOP DEAD CENTER." Barrel top, rear lug must be marked.
b.) Gun should lock and unlock smoothly without hitching or hesitation.
c.) Top of the barrel should not rub the slide when locking and unlocking to prevent rolling the edges of the slide locking recess.
d.) Welded lugs should follow the same rules as oversize fitted barrels and should not show excessive heating in critical areas.
e.) The barrel link should move freely and serve to unlock the barrel, only, from the battery position. The link should not stop the barrels rear movement as it goes into the loading position.
4.) Chamber and throating:
a.) Headspace should be set to SAAMI specifications.
b.) Loaded cartridges should drop freely into the chamber and not protrude past the rear of the hood.
c.) The barrel chamber should be opened at the bottom large enough to allow the largest hollowpoint or the shortest wadcutter to enter without catching or slowing down on the bottom rim.
d.) The bottom of the barrel chamber should be approximately .031" (in front of the frame ramp
when the barrel is installed in the frame and the slide stop holding it in place.
5.) Compensators:
a.) The compensator should do the job for which it was intended.
b.) Clearance at the exit port should be approximately .010" to .020" (.005" to 010" per side).
c.) Clearance between the front of the slide and the rear of the compensator should be enough (approximately .003") to allow the barrel to go into battery without the two touching and hammering.
d.) Cone (bushingless) style compensators should be tight when in battery position, having no felt horizontal or vertical play.
e.) The rear of the compensator and the slide should fit together with at least .002" gap. They should not touch or hammer each other.
f.) The lines of the slide should carry into the compensator smoothly.
1.) All accuracy testing on match pistols will be performed at fifty yards.
2.) All groups shall be ten rounds shot from a machine rest.
3.) Group size for all ten shots shall be no larger than three inches, measured from center to center.
1.) Magazine wells:
a.) Whether the full welded type or the Smith Alexander style, the well should be blended with the bottom of the frame so there is very little evidence of a joint.
b.) There should be no overhanging edges to catch the edges of the magazine and the well should be polished and smooth.
2.) Safeties:
a.) All factory safety devices should be in place and fully functioning.
b.) A custom grip safety should be fitted so it works properly. It should be fitted so the metal of the frame and the safety blend together squarely with little side play. When the safety is in the safe position, you should be able to pull the trigger and not detect any movement of the hammer or feel any movement of the sear, whatsoever.
c.) If the grip safety arm has been stretched by peening, there should be no signs of cracking or over working. If there is, the arm must be welded and repaired or replaced.
d.) The thumb safety should move freely, but firmly into the safe position and come back to the safe position with a firm snap. It should not scrap or mar the frame finish when moved.
e.) All safety features must be checked for safe operations, grip and thumb safeties, the disconnector, and halfcock notch.
3.) Sights:
a.) Front sights, dovetailed, staked, or crimped, should be square and flush on the bottom and parallel to the length of the slide.
b.) Dovetail sights should be nicely blended and not show daylight under the sight base or blade sections resting on the slide top surface.
c.) A rear sight installed in an existing factory dovetail or modified dovetail should be straight and square and without any metal chips or burrs pushed up along the edges of the dovetail.
d.) A rear sight installed in the low mount position should not have any light showing under or around the base where the slide was milled away. The milling cuts should be square with the bottom of the slide. BoMar sights can hang over the rear of the slide on series 80 Colt Model 1911's or on other variants having firing pin block devices located in the top and rear of the slide.
e.) Scope mounts, whether side or top mounted, must be installed straight and true to the axis of the bore and should hold the scope properly without warping or bending it out of line. DO NOT DEFACE SERIAL NUMBERS WHEN INSTALLING MOUNTS.
VI. Finishing
1.) Metal preparation:
a.) Surfaces should be ripple free, the corners sharp, and screw holes crisp. Machine and rough polish marks should be removed.
b.) Screw heads should be clean and free of burrs and damage.
c.) Welding should not show hardness that shows in the bluing or plating. It should be free of pits and inclusions.
d.) Solder joints should be free of gaps. No excess solder should show.
2.) Finish proper:
a.) Bluing, plating, phosphate, and polymer coatings should be applied evenly, free of clouds, spots, and discoloration.
b.) Matte finishes should be even and free of over-spray, especially in the bore.
3.) Checkering:
a.) Should be even, with parallel lines, sharp, and free of runovers and mistakes.
b.) Bordered checkering should have straight borders parallel to the lines of the checkering.
4.) Stippling:
a.) Should be uniform.
b.) Sharp corners should be intact.
c.) Impressions should not show on the inside of the stippled area.
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Thx QK - even as a 'peripheral'' 1911 shooter, oh my - that is great info - I will archive that for sure.
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
Excellent QK, thank you.
"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." ~ Jeff Cooper
"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
Like Bud I may print it out or maybe save it to a disk alony with my "other" 1911 info.
Thanks for posting that, QK. That one's going in my gun files for sure.
Thanks for that QK. Appreciate you posting it.
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The five guys who make up New York City's Caveman have known each other for the better part of a decade, with singer Matthew Iwanusa and guitarist Jimmy "Cobra" Carbonetti's friendship dating back to high school. Rising from the ashes of several other bands, the men of Caveman—Iwanusa, Carbonetti, bassist Jeff Berrall, keyboardist Sam Hopkins and drummer Stefan Marolachakis—maintain their "clubhouse" in Carbonetti's guitar shop in the city and party together by night at their various bars of employment.
They're a close group, but in an attempt to tear down whatever barriers remained among the friends, the band made the journey to a New Hampshire barn to begin hashing out the bones of its self-titled sophomore album. As Marolachakis says, "When it's your closest friends, it's like breaking down the last wall."
Caveman recorded the new album at the Rumpus Room in Brooklyn and worked again with producer Nick Stumpf while Albert Di Fiore handled engineering duties. The result is an album that achieves a bigger, still percussive sound that mulls the notion of change. On the lead single, "In The City," the band incorporates buzzing synthesizers with Iwanusa crooning contemplative words about the city he calls home. Caveman comes out April 2 on Fat Possum, and the guys all seem excited while posted up in a Midtown hotel room two weeks ahead of a 31-date tour, which starts today. During our conversation, the quintet's members gradually enter the room offering reflections on creating the new album, working with a label and Captain Planet.
Much has been made of your guys' status as an NYC band. On "In The City," you sing, "I don't want to leave home." Do you all still live here? Do you ever feel pulled away?
Jimmy: Yeah, absolutely. I think it's amazing to have this as a home base and have this as a place to come back to. I grew up on Roosevelt Island and lived there until I was 16. Now I live in Park Slope. I could never really imagine living anywhere else right now. We travel and tour a lot, but it's always nice to come home. It's a city where you can do anything you want basically. There are no boundaries. You just have to be positive about it and keep your head on a swivel.
For your new album, the band headed up to Jimmy's grandmother's place in New Hampshire and started writing in a barn attic.
Jeff: It was mostly just to cement confidence in each other. Something would appear out of the air like magic: a riff, a vibe, etc. As a musician, typically you get together and there are concrete ideas. This was different. We purposely didn't have any ideas before we went in. We wanted to summon it from the attic and the lights and just turn on the amps and purely jam. It was a good kick-start, and we did get a couple of the riffs for the record from those jams.
Jimmy: Looking back on it now, our sound when we were in the attic is closer to what it is now than what it was then, if that makes sense. We were in the direction we are now in those jams. It built a lot of confidence in each other.
Your debut album, CoCo Beware, was initially self-released before being picked up and re-released by Fat Possum.
Jimmy: We started our own label, Magic Man, had it digitally released as soon as were like, "Let's not even wait for a label. Let's put it out right now and pay to print the record." Seems like most bands have to do it for their first record, at least. I think that's one of the bigger myths within bands, the bands I've talked to. So many people sit on their music waiting for something to happen, but with anything, you can't sit and wait. Put out the record no matter what. You could write another whole album by the time the first one goes out.
Did you feel any difference entering into the process with the label in place?
Jimmy: You always have to work, and you get put in a position where you have to work harder because there's more at stake. There's never that sense, "Oh alright, we signed with a label, and now it's easy." If anything, it's more work because now you have other people working with you that care about the project. It's like having more teammates.
Before Caveman, you were all friends. How did you meet?
Jimmy: We all toured with each other. Jeff was in Elefant, me and Matt were in the Subjects, Sam was in White Clam, Stefan was in End Of The World, and we all played shows together and hung out almost every day. All the projects ended around the same time for whatever reason, and we picked the all-star super group of what was in our brains [laughs]. It was basically everyone who we could hang out with the most.
How have those relationships grown over the course of a few years as a band?
Jeff: I've known these guys a lot longer than the time we've been in the band. I've known Cobra since 2004. It feels like there's tons of growth to go and at the same time feels like nothing has changed. I look over at Sam, and he makes me laugh. It's been like that for eight years. It feels really solid. Just like it's the most normal thing in the world.
For the new album, you decided to work with producer Nick Stumpf again. What sort of new ideas or challenges did you discuss with him?
Jimmy: It was very hands on. Me and Matt met him at my 19th birthday at Sin-E, where Jeff used to bartend. We were playing pool, and we just really hit it off. It was another musician that we looked up to. It was like, "Holy shit! It's Nick from the French Kicks!" Then you realize we're all just people playing music and got really close. We were writing the first record and felt it was really appropriate he work on that and the new record. I felt this time was even more hands on. We were all together, and he understood the direction we were headed with bigger sounds. We went into this space, the Rumpus Room, which is amazing, that our friend Albert [Di Fiore] owns. It's a great place that's big and open, and that's the sound we wanted.
Speaking of that bigger sound, it certainly comes through on the new record. It has more of a live feel.
Matthew: We traveled for two years together and tried out a lot of the new record live, which we didn't do at all last time. The second record we had a huge room and songs that we had been playing live already that we knew we wanted to do. I think we might have recorded each song twice—once live and once not, and even mix them together sometimes too. I've been going through old footage too because we had a lot of it filmed, and there are funny versions of the songs where you're like, "Wait a minute. We did it like this?" You don't think when you're moving so fast.
For CoCo Beware, you guys cited Fleetwood Mac's Tusk and Gene Clark as being in heavy rotation while making the album. Anything specific this time around?
Jimmy: I was listening to Stone Roses and Tears For Fears a lot while we were recording. Just getting into that vibe of confident musicians doing their thing, coming up with a sound that they hear in their brains and believing in it so much that it comes across as, "This is what we're doing. It doesn't matter what people think. We're going to be doing this forever."
Stefan: We were listening to the Sébastien Tellier record Sexuality a lot in the van. It got us through a lot of nighttime driving.
Jeff: I was trying to scientifically get my mind back to the arithmetic of an album. Listening to stuff that's been considered a great album. I feel like it will seep in if you listen to an album and how it unfolds. Like all those artists that made great albums from beginning to end, there's definitely an art to it that's different. It's the stuff that's not necessarily A chord to B chord but the stuff that really gets you off.
Jimmy: It's like a crop circle [laughs]. When you see that there are a couple things off, you know it's man-made. My goal with this record is to have people ask, "Did humans make this?"
On the new album, you sing lines like, "Never want to know if I was wrong for you" and "Where's the time to waste on someone's life?" What sorts of themes were you feeling?
Matthew: Sort of a slap in the face to change. Make a change with yourself and don't worry about what other people are saying.
Jimmy: We were going through a lot individually but also together, so we had each others backs. With this record, it's really emotional but a hugely positive outlook. It's that fine line of dark and light but super positive, getting super deep with the men.
Jimmy, you have a shop here in the city where you make guitars. Do you guys hang out there?
Jimmy: Yup, it's like our clubhouse where we get to hang out and listen to vinyl. I made Jeff a bass and Matthew a guitar. It's kind of like Captain Planet. We have all the rings!
You guys played Outside Lands and Austin City Limits last year and have Sasquatch on the docket in May. Do you enjoy the festival experience?
Jimmy: It's really the best thing ever. I think all of us, living in New York, love the fast pace and keeping busy. The more work the better while we're on the road. When we did CMJ in 2011, we did something like 14 shows.
Matthew: You can be standing there in the same food line with somebody whose music you love and be thinking, "This is pretty cool!" You're both just sitting there eating the same food!
Jimmy: "You eat food too?!"
Jeff: It seems to me like it's almost a basic human birthright. There's a call for all humanity to go to the fields in the summertime, get messed up and dance around.
Headlining Bowery Ballroom last year must have been an exciting benchmark for a bunch of NYC guys. Are there any shows on the upcoming tour that stick out?
Matthew: There are a lot of places we've played at when we were opening for other bands and thought one day it would be us, so it's really cool to see it come together.
Jimmy: Even our first show was opening up for our friends White Rabbits at Bowery, and then a year and a half later, we're headlining, so that felt really good. It feels good to set goals and really be able to take them down just to keep a high standard for us to work hard and make our mothers proud.


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As such, small-time landlords often sign affidavits of occupancy without ever intending to live in the property in question. Although this sounds quite brazen, it's surprisingly easy for these illegal landlords to avoid detection. If they avoid putting up parking signs, applying for rental licenses, or renting to loud or "out-of-character" tenants, it might take years for the scheme to be uncovered. In larger cities, housing authorities fight ongoing battles with small-time illegal landlords. Of course, the criminal penalties for running an illegal rental operation are stiff.
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It's important to note that many property owners who make untruthful affidavit of occupancy statements aren't illegal landlords. However, individuals who "stretch the truth" by moving out of supposedly owner-occupied properties soon after closing or making other questionable moves may still face stiff criminal and civil penalties for their actions. Since affidavits of occupancy function as sworn statements for legal purposes, individuals who renege on these agreements are perpetrators of mortgage fraud. Mortgage fraud penalties include hefty fines and claw-backs. In serious cases that feature widespread or large-scale patterns of deception, jail time is a distinct possibility.
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The hole for a keyring is great to put onto a lanyard so as not to lose it and the lid comes easily enough but not too easy that it falls off; the lid stays attatched to the lanyard so that you can take the USB flash drive off and put it into a computer without taking the lanyard off from around your neck.
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IAS coaching for SC, ST students lead no results
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- Aug 19, 2010, 12:38 PM IST
Raipur: In an effort to prepare IAS, IPS and IFS officers of future, Govt. spent crores of rupees, but it has all gone waste. Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribe students were given an extensive training by the govt. where it spent a total of 3 crore rupees, but none of them could get success in All India Examination.
Career planning policies for the youth by Tribal Welfare Department could not reach a successful level. Training centres have been closed down since December. Govt. had already been running a training campaign to provide IAS coaching to SC and ST students but when this campaign could not produce fruitful results, they launched the youth carrer planning scheme in the year 2006-07.
Coaching centres were established in Raipur, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur, 100 centres each in Raipur and Bilaspur and 75 centres were established in Jagdalpur. Additional directors and workers were appointed in these centres. SC and ST students were being given free coaching in these coaching centres. A Delhi based institute was responsible for providing coaching in these centres.
According to officers, till now just 8 students have qualified for the PSC examination, and 4 students in other such exams. Moreover, success rate of this scheme has been limited to just 13 students by the year 2008; infact govt. is spending crores of rupees in training of these students.
Officers were unable to find an answer as to why the scheme could not be successful. They were not clearly able to tell whether there were problems with the students or the trainers in the coaching centre; moreover the trainers also did not inform the govt. of the incapability of students. However, the criteria of selecting students for training was well planned, students scoring more than 50 percent marks were selected to appear in a written test, the ones who passed the test were further given the coaching.


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I recently acquired a capture card thanks to impulse buying and was trying to think of ways to put it to use. So I've come up with the idea of me attempting to learn the fighting genere. My weapon of choice will be Blazblue: Calamity Trigger and I'll be attempting to main everyones favorite cat type thing Taokaka.
It was a toss up between this and Super Street Fighter IV, they're both great games but I prefer the competition on Blazblue, as even if I get it handed to me, chances are I made something flashy happen.
Anyway, on to the video. I'm just recording wins at the moment, as they're few and far between. Logic is it'll be easier to tell if I'm improving as I'll hopefully be getting more of them. My first win is against a Noel player who's clearly at my level as they didn't destroy me. On top of that they seemed to be having their own problems as they tended to burst early and not really punish me for anything I did (even though I did a good job of just throwing myself into their attacks anyway).
Random 6A: 30
Failed 214214C: 11
Divine intervention baseballs: 1
The next video comes from about a week later, I like to think it looks like I'm getting better, but I'm still throwing out moves randomly and not really checking what my opponent is doing. This one is against a Ragna player, luckily for me the majority of people I come up vs play either Jin, Noel or Ragna so I have a bit of insight into what he can do. I promptly ignore this insight and throw myself onto his sword. However this Ragna doesn't quite seem to have mastered throw teching, so I abuse that a bit which leads to a win in both rounds. Joy.
Un-teched throws: 3
Don't want(s): 1
Time stood still like a lemon: 19 seconds
So, after presenting my absolute scrubbery it's time to go work on some more combos and generally being better. Hopefully it'll be taunt loops before 2011! I'll continue to upload videos to my channel and not spam here so much, so if that interests you for whatever reason feel free to jump on and flame me. I'll be playing on Xbox Live too under the tag of "Mwngy" if anyone equally new wants to get some practice in without getting destroyed. Aaaaaaand I'm still hyped for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift that should be arriving here in October!


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text: The Bangor city council will, once again take, up the issue of sex offender residency restrictions. In 2010, a proposed ordinance failed in an 8 to 1 vote. At Monday night's meeting of the Government Operations Committee, it was decided that same ordinance will go before full council for a first reading next Monday. If passed, certain sex offenders would be limited to living outside a 750-foot radius around any elementary or middle school or any publicly-owned property where children are the primary users.The issue will then go to committee or workshop to discuss details. City manager Kathy Conlow suggested the city use geographic information system data to map zones where registered sex offenders wouldn't be able to live and evaluate its effects.


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Tracking who's hot and who's not presents an algorithmic challenge
Brian Hayes
For many stream problems of practical interest, computing exact answers is simply not feasible—but it's also not necessary. A good estimate, or an answer that's probably correct, will serve just fine.
One simple approach to approximation is to break a stream into blocks, turning a continuous process into a series of batch operations. Within a block, you are not limited to algorithms that obey the one-pass-only rule. On the other hand, answers derived from a sequence of blocks only approximate answers for the stream as a whole. For example, in a count of distinct elements, an item counted in two successive blocks would be counted only once if the blocks were combined.
A variant of the block idea is the sliding window. A window of length k holds the most recent k elements from the stream, with each new arrival displacing the oldest item in the queue.
A great deal of ingenuity has been applied to the search for better approximate stream algorithms, and there are successes to report. Here I shall briefly mention work in two areas, based on sampling and on hashing.
When the items that interest you are the most frequent ones in a stream, statistics is on your side; any sample drawn from the stream is most likely to include those very items. Indeed, any random sample represents an approximate solution to the most-common-elements problem. But the simplest sampling strategy is not necessarily the most efficient or the most accurate. In 2002 Gurmeet Singh Manku and Rajeev Motwani of Stanford University described two methods they called sticky sampling and lossy counting.
Suppose you want to select a representative sample of 100 items from a stream. If the stream consists of just 100 elements, the task is easy: Take all the elements, or in other words select them with probability 1. When the stream extends to 200 elements, you can make a new random selection with probability 1/2; at 400 elements, the correct probability is 1/4, and so on. Manku and Motwani propose a scheme for continually readjusting the selection probability without having to start over with a new sample. Their sticky-sampling method refines the selection each time the stream doubles in length, maintaining counters that estimate how often each item appears in the full stream. The algorithm solves the most-frequent-elements problem in constant space, but only in a probabilistic sense. If you run the algorithm twice on the same data, the results will likely differ.
Lossy counting is based on a similar idea of continually refining a sample as the stream lengthens, but in this case the algorithm is deterministic, making no use of random choices. Each stream element is checked against a stored list; if the element is already present, a counter is incremented; otherwise a new entry is added. To keep the list from growing uncontrollably, it is periodically purged of infrequent elements. Lossy counting is not guaranteed to run in constant space, but Manku and Motwani report that in practice it performs better than sticky sampling.
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