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Nov 9, 2006 at 5:44 am #1220128
I am thinking about a possible UL ascent up to the top of Mount Everest.
I am under the impression that the boots currently being used (including the full-gaither style "soft boots")weight way too much.
I am interested to learn if someone has any specific experience and/or any suggestion that may help.
Filippo PavesiNov 9, 2006 at 9:17 am #1366636
Brett .Member
@brett1234Locale: CA
Filippo, Initially I laughed when I read about the concept of an UL ascent of Everest; shows my ignorance, because after looking at a couple guide company gear lists I see the recommended gear is not terribly onerous. Just more layers.
This site lists some recommended brands and models for each item; you could start by choosing the lightest of each and tell us the total?
Then, I bet the experts on this site could choose UL items which meet the same performance requirements and save you another "x" kg.
I was interested to see Feathered Friends listed as the best choice of bag; they have a high reputation here at BPL from what I've read. Wonder if a Montbell #0 EXP has ever made it up to camp 4?Nov 9, 2006 at 8:10 pm #1366678
larry savageMember
@pyeyoLocale: pacific northwest
You might take a look at Mark Twight's book, Extreme Alpinism….you might also be able to glean what type of boots Steve House used on Nanga Parbat by chasing down some of the articles.
These two come to mind when you speak of light weight at altitude.Nov 9, 2006 at 9:21 pm #1366687
Victor KarpenkoBPL Member
@viktorLocale: Northern California
Lightweight backpacking on Everest???
…The tent has to be strong enough to withstand gale force winds yet relatively small both to save weight (five pounds for a two man tent is typical) and to trap as much body heat as possible.
…You'd think you'd need the warmest possible sleeping bag at 26,000 feet, but I carry one rated good only down to zero degrees Fahrenheit. It weighs a mere four and a half pounds. I can get away with this because I wear all my clothes, except my boots, to bed.
–Excerpts taken from: No Shortcuts to the Top, by Ed Viesturs w/David Roberts
Courtesy of T. VidnovicNov 10, 2006 at 1:51 am #1366698
Thank You to Brett, Larry and Victor for your interesting info.
I found I missed to explain which kind of Everest ascent I am talking about; I am thinking about a full supported speed-record attempt, as Bruno Brunod already made (http://www.mounteverest.net/story/EverestspeedrecordattemptBetweenC1andC2Jun32005.shtml)
As You may be aware Bruno is one of the world best "Skyrunners" of the FSA
We are pretty well aware about tents, apparel and other 8000meters stuff You better consider.
On the other hand we found that, in order to really go fast, the most critical issue is actually the high weight of the double insulated boots : (possibly) the best one on the market, the OLYMPUS MONS EVO by Lasportiva, weight 2500 grams/pair. Unfortunately, given that boots are mobile masses, this is too much to go fast.
It may be useful to know that, in the latest 8000meters boots, the like as the Olympus, insulation comes from the low density PE inner boot. On the other hand most so called "pack-boots", designed to perform in the worst condition, sport several layers of sinthetic insulation the like as Thinsulate (up to 1600 !).
Does anyone has any experience, or ideas, on which kind of insulated boot we may want to consider, or about whick kind of better boot we may want to design ?
Thank You for your help
FilippoNov 10, 2006 at 7:51 am #1366714
larry savageMember
@pyeyoLocale: pacific northwest
I used a pair of intuition alpine thermoflex boot liners all last winter, maybe paired up with an insulated super gaiter..I really hesitate to offer much advice, my only ascents in the Himalayas were basically tourist routesNov 10, 2006 at 9:48 am #1366722
Maybe Bill Fornshell can make you a pair from Cuben Sail Cloth and alveolite foam?Nov 15, 2006 at 12:40 pm #1367254
> the most critical issue is actually the high weight of the double insulated boots
This is where some serious 'systems' thinking is required. People travel around in other even colder places without such heavy padded boots – and are happy. Why then should we need double insulated boots on Everest?
Start asking why your feet get cold. It is NOT because of any failing of the lighter boots. It is because you aren't pumping enough heat down your legs into your feet, in the form of warm blood. Without that inflow of heat, extra insulation won't stop your feet from getting cold.
A similar story is found with sleeping bags and the extra padding some manufacturers advertise for the foot box. It's not very helpful if you haven't had a good dinner and if your head is cold.
What happens at altitude? Too often a climber says he is too tired to bother about melting snow and cooking dinner, and just goes to sleep. No energy, no water … cold feet, AMS, … It does not have to be that way.
The big advances will come from a change in attitude and discipline. Climbers who understand their physiology and what their body needs to really function will be able to travel faster and lighter than those who rely just on gear, climbing skills and macho. But it will take time for this understanding to percolate through.Nov 15, 2006 at 5:10 pm #1367275
Do you really think there are vast areas of improvement still possible over Messner's attitude, knowledge of his body, and his level of discipline? (I'm not arguing because that level of discipline is beyond my comprehension one way or the other.)Nov 15, 2006 at 5:52 pm #1367278
Scott PetersonMember
@scottalanpLocale: Northern California
>The big advances will come from a change in attitude and discipline. Climbers who understand their physiology and what their body needs to really function will be able to travel faster and lighter than those who rely just on gear, climbing skills and macho. But it will take time for this understanding to percolate through.< This observation asserts that a lot of folks do not already understand their physiology and how it effects their performance. I would not totally agree. After watching the new reality show on Disco Channel last night (Everest expedition), I cannot imagine that any equipment would make or break success at that altitude beyond what your phsychi and physiology is up to. I am speaking in terms of weight more so than function or quality. To have success on Everest, I doubt there are very few folks who succeed without knowing their way around their own body. And even the most conditioned, mentally and physically prepared individual who relies on the best practices concerning their physiological well being can still fail. People's bodies are not created equal…and in an Olympic 100m dash or at 28000 feet, that becomes really clear. I would also hold that most people attacking less complicated wilderness endeavours only need a couple "incidents" to realize there is more to this than equipment. When I say incidents, I refer to stuff like trying a Whitney Climb with an REI group and being totally out of shape…or traveling in really hot areas without proper hydration. Those kind of life experiences snap you into reality very fast. Those kind of bonk experiences generally divert folks 2 ways. Out of the persuit altogether, or into a more practical approach that provides for conditioning, nutrition, and understanding.Nov 16, 2006 at 1:35 am #1367328
> Do you really think there are vast areas of improvement still possible over Messner's attitude, knowledge of his body, and his level of discipline?
Rheinhold Messner is an extreme example of what can be done! No question. But how many match him?
The point I was trying to make about really getting to understand your physiology is a bit like the arguments about SUL gear. Sure, a few of us know about it and practice it – but the vast majority of walkers don't – yet.
I could equally point to Ryan's efforts at SUL in the snow and the Arctic 1000: possible, but few walkers have gone that far YET.Nov 16, 2006 at 6:51 am #1367340
In support of your position, at least as to physiology, is Mark Twight's book on fast and light mountaineering, in which he said he was still learning how to adequately fuel his body. He recommends a GU gel every 30 minutes (or something similar, I don't recall the exact timing) so as to add carbos to the blood stream without letting the digestive system cut in, which robs blood from the muscles. Even Messner probably could have improved in this area.Nov 16, 2006 at 2:20 pm #1367368
Speaking of feats comparable to those of Reinhold Messner, has anyone walked to the South Pole without a sled, skis, or wind sail? Maybe that is the next Big Thing? Several people, roped together to guard against crevasses, using SUL gear and carrying everything on their backs? It might not be possible, but I would enjoy seeing other people try it. (I ain't gonna try it, that's fer sher!)Nov 18, 2006 at 11:57 am #1367580
Many thanks to Robert, Roger and Scott for your very interesting points; I completelly agree with Roger thoughts.
Still I 'd have to find out which is the boots concept that may provide the best insulation with the lower weight.I may like to undertsand more on Antartica-style footwear. I am also interested to really extreme insulating materials the like as Aerogel (=Frozen Smoke); I found it is being used for high performance JKT :
I am wondering if we could use it in footwear. A part its(terrific) cost, does anybody may explain why Aerogel is not used for SUL apparel?
Many thanks
FilippoNov 19, 2006 at 1:32 am #1367627
> find out which is the boots concept that may provide the best insulation with the lower weight.
This is actually a very interesting question – which means it does not have a simple answer :-) You see, you need to ask 'which boot FOR WHICH ACTIVITY'.
Imagine you are sitting in an armchair at -40 F. Down booties would be excellent, beter than anything else. But you could not go ice climbing or skiing in them. For those activities the boot needs to grip the foot a bit better – and now you are restricting the blood flow.
You also need to ask where is the heat flow. Walking on ice at -40 C might mean most of the heat flow is out from the sole. No problem to wrap a down bootie over the top of the boot, but some serious insulation will be needed underneath.
Can you use aerogel? Much of that stuff is ultra-brittle. Not a good choice for a boot sole.
Trade-offs….Nov 19, 2006 at 12:42 pm #1367647
How about taking a pair of Nike Air Max running shoes and replacing the air with hydrogen? Since hydrogen has only one proton per nucleus, this should make the boots very light. However, under no circumstances, no matter how cold your feet get, should you set your shoes on fire.Nov 19, 2006 at 1:50 pm #1367651
John S.BPL Member
Filippo, do you plan to go with a group or solo? The David Sharp solo incident last year was sad. Why he thought he should attempt that alone is beyond me. Discovery Channel has a good show about Everest this year. Anybody watching it?
discovery.com/EverestNov 19, 2006 at 7:23 pm #1367672
douglas rayMember
@drayLocale: Olympic Peninsula
Ok I have no experience with serious big mountain climbing but I'll take a stab at suggesting some footwear, since no one else is trying to.
I've read of guides using soccer spikes up to camp four on Everest instead of boots to save energy. They size up to accomodate lots of socks. Thinking of your "contact footwear" and your insulation as two seperate things might help. You need to decide how much support you need to allow you use to whatever sort of traction aid to cross the appropriate terrain. If you could use say a KTS for traction on a relatively soft shoe, than you might be able to use something like a huge running shoe over two sets of alveolite foam liners.
I'm envisioning going to a store where they sell the liners and finding one pair that fit over the appropriate VB socks and another pair that are 3 or 4or 5 sizes bigger to fit snugly over the other pair. Putting a stiff insole (such as superfeet) in the first pair would help, and actually you could use a sheet of HDPE in between the two pairs to add more support. And probably you couldn't find a running shoe to go over the mess (unless you have really small feet) but you could surely get an over boot that would. One of the lightest NEOS over boots would be best.
My guess is that your insulation might be lightest not built into the over boot. You might throw a dense foam "insole" into the overboot also.
That's my two cents, surely someone with more experience can critique this and make it better.Nov 20, 2006 at 7:41 am #1367712
Mr. Douglas Ray: In My Arrogant Opinion (IMAO), the only kind of opinion I ever have, you are making a noble and valiant effort in a hopeless situation. Anyone who says he will be doing Everest in homemade boots is joshing us. La Sportiva makes the Oly Mons, $825, 5 lb, 6 0z, the Spantik, $650, 5 lb, 1 oz, plus several versions of the Trango. There are other manufacurers, including Scarpa, Millet, and Boreal. It would take a rare genius to make a boot at home that was better, IMAO.Nov 20, 2006 at 9:47 am #1367722
Hello and thank so much to Roger,Robert, John and Douglas for your suggestion. I have to mention I am a designer, I am pretty familiar with composite materials, and I am becoming interested to design a SUL 8000meters boot (as well as other SUL footwear).The main imput came to me after I made some research aiming to support the first (full supported !)speed-record attempt that the world class skyrunner Bruno Brunod made. This first attempt made clear that several issues must be reconsidered. One of the big issue being the weight of the stuff required to go fast up to the top, in particular the weight of the "mobile masses", as the boots are. We are fully aware that currently Lasportiva make some great boots, unfortunately they are too heavy for this purpose.I may not go with the suggestion (Air max)made by Robert, in particular since, in order to improve the blood flow, I'd prefer to stay away from thight lacing and tini laces. I am under the impression that Douglas took some sound concepts, that may become an interesting base.
Meanwhile I found that somebody already sells AEROGEL INSOLES…
FilippoNov 20, 2006 at 12:23 pm #1367750
If you're serious, Fillippo, then good luck. Are you aware that Koflach used to use alveolite foam in some of their inner boots. The idea was to use a heavier inner boot lower on the mountain, then switch to the alveolite liner for the summit push. I believe that was because the foam smashed down over time from the climber's weight.Nov 20, 2006 at 5:11 pm #1367790
douglas rayMember
@drayLocale: Olympic Peninsula
The footwear world has a lot of room for improvement in the area of weight verses support and protection. Please keep us posted on what you come up with. I hadn't thought of Aerogel, but from the little bit that I know of it it might have the potential to be an exccelent footwear insulator. If you could build an inner bootie out of it you could probably reduce the overall system weight a lot. One other crazy idea from my previous hairbrained system idea. One could carry two sets of overshoes, one sized to fit over one liner and the other sized to fit over both. That way you could use one liner lower down on the mountain and only need to use both when really necessary.Nov 21, 2006 at 1:25 am #1367822
> La Sportiva makes the Oly Mons, $825, 5 lb, 6 0z, the Spantik, $650, 5 lb, 1 oz, plus several versions of the Trango. There are other manufacurers, including Scarpa, Millet, and Boreal. It would take a rare genius to make a boot at home that was better
Ah, so we should still all be wearing leather boots, carrying 12 oz canvas packs, and using beeswax-proofed cotton tents? Surely the manufacturers of those products know better than us?
Those companies have a certain mind-set. That's the sort of product they make. OK, fine. But where is it written that they and only they know everything about footwear? Why has a company like Inov-8 even dared to exist?
'The reasonable man seeks to adapt himself to the world.
Only the unreasonable man seeks to adapt the world to himself.
All progress therefore depends on the UNreasonable man.'
My wife says I can be very unreasonable…Nov 21, 2006 at 7:14 am #1367837
Re: "Ah, so we should still all be wearing leather boots": Here are the ingredients for the Oly Mons: "Breathable Cordura® (upper part)/Kevlar anti-perforation fabric (lower part)/Riri Storm® zipper (UV resistant and waterproof) OUTER BOOT: Cordura® upper lined with dual density PE micro-cellular thermal insulating closed cell foam and a thermo-reflective aluminum facing/Insulated removable footbed/Vibram® XSV Rand INNER BOOT: Water repellent breathable upper with polyamide external layer/Dual density PE thermal insulating micro-perforated ventilated foam/Tri-dimensional structured polyester lining combined with pile CONSTRUCTION: Inner: Slip lasted Outer: Board Lasted LAST: Olympus Mons SOLE: Insulating Vibram® PE with rubber inserts MIDSOLE: HP3 INSOLE: 5mm Carbon Fiber + 2.5mm PE micro-cellular thermal insulating closed cell foam topped with a thermo-reflective aluminum layer reinforced with perforated hydrophobic non-woven facing." Now is your opportunity to show us the boots you acutally make in your basement that are more advanced than these.Nov 22, 2006 at 1:11 am #1367959
Cor Blimey, what a concoction! Glad I don't have wear them – or pay for them.
Fwiiw, I wore KT26s to about 5,200 m in Nepal – Australian things you can see reviewed at http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Footwear/Trail%20Shoes/Dunlop%20KT-26%20Shoes/Owner%20Review%20by%20Roger%20Caffin
If you want something similar you can actually handle, look at the Inov-8 range.
But you miss my point. It's the ultra-heavy design thinking that I am challenging. Everest is not that ultra-cold compared to the rest of the world: surely there are other ways of handling that cold?
We have managed to break free of the old thinking that you can only go walking in big heavy leather boots. Just keep pushing the boundaries a little further.
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Before No Doubt released their 1995 multi-platinum album Tragic Kingdom, the band would have been thrilled to sell a few hundred thousand copies of the disc. Of course, now that they're huuuuge rock stars, the stakes are a lot higher, and so are the expectations. This accounts in part for why it took the group six years to complete its new album Return of Saturn. Actually, that figures not really fair. Two-and-a-half of those years were spent touring the world in support of Tragic Kingdom, and another six months or so were spent recovering from that experience which means it really only took No Doubt two years, two albums worth of songwriting and two stints in the recording studio to craft their most diverse and revealing record to date.
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Guitar.com: With Return of Saturn, you seem to have strayed even further from your early ska roots?
Tom Dumont: Well, when I joined in 1988, No Doubt was a ska band. But pretty much after [drummer] Adrian [Young] and I joined, there was a conscious effort to reach outside of that and not feel limited. We were in this little scene in LA and Orange County back in those days, and we played those shows, but there was a certain restrictiveness about it. It was like this clique where you couldn't break the rules, and ever since I was in the band, we always started rebelling against that.
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Guitar.com: How have you improved as a guitarist over the years?
Dumont: I remember when I was growing up I was really into technique. I was really into trying to learn to sound like the people I loved to hear. Flashy solos were really important to me, and I worked on that, but I could never quite do it right. And at a certain point a few years into No Doubt, I just stopped worrying about that stuff and tried to see what I could do to make a song sound better to write parts that complement what the vocal is doing and fit in really well with the drums and bass. On the last record, there were these songs like Happy Now that had these really bitter lyrics and the music was an upbeat, rocking, party-type song. And I guess that was kind of cool in some ways, but this time I tried to be more sensitive to what was going on with the vocals. And I also tried to do new things in the studio like playing through Leslie speakers and trying out different tunings on the guitar.
Guitar.com: What kind of alternate tunings did you use?
Dumont: We restrung an acoustic guitar. Some people call it a tenor guitar, but it's basically like having a 12-string guitar without any of the main strings, just [having] the high strings on it. It has this really ethereal sound, but all the chord voicings are the same. We used it in Too Late and Magics in the Makeup. It's just a really pretty sound. And in Simple Kind of Life we tuned the guitar down a whole step to get it in the right key for Gwens voice while maintaining the integrity of the chords that she wrote the song in. And the same chords just didnt work in other voicings, so we had to tune the guitar down a whole step. And it gives it a really warm, beefy low-end. Korn and those guys do it, but its completely non-Korn sounding. It's much more of an R.E.M. approach, but it definitely has this beefiness to it.
Guitar.com: Was Return of Saturn an easy record to make? Did it create itself or was it more like pulling teeth?
Dumont: It was a little bit of both. There were times when it was long and agonizing. Before we got into recording the album with Glen Ballard, we wrote for about a year and thats a long time. We had done demos and we had one failed attempt at recording before we worked with Glen. Some songs took a long time to get right, like we had to record Magics In the Makeup three or four times. But sometimes songs would come out very easily. Bathwater and Simple Kind of Life just came out. The first time we ever played Simple Kind of Life as a band was in the studio. The take thats on the album was probably only the fourth time we ever played it through as a band.
Guitar.com: The albums first single Ex-Girlfriend has leapt out of the gate flying. Were you striving to make a mega-hit single to show everyone you were back with a bang?
Dumont: No. We have no idea how to make radio singles. The stuff comes out naturally, and certain things gravitate towards the poppier side. And half the time we rely on the objective opinions of our producer, our manager and the guys at the record label because they have much more of an ear for what might be a single than we would have. We just keep writing and writing and every tenth song maybe has that kind of single potential. It's a really lucky thing when it happens because there's nothing better than having your song on the radio.
Guitar.com: On the whole, Return of Saturn is slower and has a more reflective tone than your other albums.
Dumont: We didn't want to be constrained with the idea of having to write uptempo songs. We've been playing these things live for the last week or so, and they work really well. We still have plenty of upbeat stuff from the last record, but there are just a few more added dimensions to the music now. So, instead of having one groove or vibe the whole time theres a number of different ones.
The Sounds of Saturn
When No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont re-wrote and re-recorded the guitar tracks he had cut live with the band for Return of Saturn he effectively changed the tone of his musicianship. Instead of striving to lead the sonic fray as he had done in the past, he decided to complement the melodies, playing strictly for the benefit of the songs.
Guitar.com: What was it like to work with Glen Ballard, who has a track record as a hit maker, when you're not striving to be a hit band?
Dumont: We had met with a lot of producers, and on a certain level we knew in the back of our minds that choosing Glen would make our label happy because they like to see that kind of stuff. But when we met him, he had this really amazing, peaceful vibe about it. He was a very egoless man. When he talked about music he wasnt talking about singles, he was talking about lyrics and arrangements, and we had a really easy time getting along with the guy. It was his personality that drew him to us. Of course, it didn't hurt that hed had a lot of success.
Guitar.com: How did he help you out?
Dumont: We tend to over-write and we need someone to come in and edit us a little bit. He helped prioritize what was important in a song and strip away some of the dead weight. And he really brought out the best in us lyrically and as songwriters.
Guitar.com: Any strange things happen when you were working on the record?
Dumont: Yeah. Me and Gwen both have dogs, and she was singing in the little isolation room, and I think her dog pooped in there while she was singing. So she cleaned up the poop and went outside of the studio to the trash dumpster area. But it was behind a locked gate, and when she went in there to throw the poop out, she found herself locked in. The studio is this big, soundproofed building so no one could hear her screaming from the outside. That was pretty interesting.


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The transfer saga of summer 2013 looks like it will rumble on and on, as we read claim and counter claim in the pursuit of Edison Cavan, the Napoli striker. This week, the media in the UK claimed that a deal had been done for the striker between Napoli and Chelsea, only for that claim to be rubbished by a different newspaper quoting the Napoli president, De Laurentiis as saying that no deal has been reached because the buyout clause has not been met.
Of course, no transfer saga would be complete if Manchester United were not involved, so sure enough, in the last 24 hours, it seems that they have made a last minute entrance into the fray. There is no mention of what they have bid, or even a shred of supporting evidence or even a quote from anybody concerned, but hey, there you go.
Speaking to Radio Rai, De Laurentiis said: 'Will I let Cavani go before August 10? I trust in the man, then if he doesn't want to it'll be a joke on me. However, I believe he is a real man and will therefore remain at Napoli. If he does decide to go, it will in any case be after the Confederations Cup. We will know everything by July 20."
As if to confirm this, Cavani`s agent Claudio Anellucci, cast doubt on the report saying: 'There is nothing closed with Chelsea.'
What I can tell you from my United inside contacts is that there is no United bid at all. They are concentrating on Leighton Baines. I know that may be a little mundane for those UK hacks' looking for a headline, but that is the fact. United nearly always concentrate on one deal at a time, especially as their main negotiator, David Gill, leaves the club tomorrow.
I expect there to be a flurry of activity from tomorrow, 1st July, which is the first official day of the transfer window and David Moyes first official day in charge at Old Trafford.


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Noticed a number of people trying Mini Nucs/Frames but what about another alternative?
Have frames running perpendicular to standard frames with frames rests along the long edge. So the frames will be shorter than standard (10 frame) deeps by about 100mm (4").
There would be 13 short deep frames in a standard (10 frame) box.
Or if you make a half width box (length wise) there would be 6 short deep frames per box.
You could partition it in to:
2 sections (6 short deep frames per section)
3 sections (4 short deep frames per section)
4 sections (3 short deep frames per section) with 8mm (5/16") plywood partitions.
Also with my combo lid/base, it could be set up as a two story short deep Nuc, then put side by side on a standard box when ready to move them into full size hive body.
Has anyone else tried this?


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Joining us right now as promised right now is former Boston Red Sox player Kevin Millar now of course with the Major League Baseball network and intentional -- Kevin -- -- Africa anomalous. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I'm not taking out the Orioles like Jack right now. -- -- to seize upon is that going on right now. Knocked off decide to get the ball with Ford also daddy daycare so those upper water that mean you're plot we had to go getter. Now is trying to figure yet to be doing something that thought maybe you might show up yesterday at the hall of fame induction were Nomar Pedro -- kitten. Joke mistakes when it it was quite a quite a day. There at all I mean you know what if I lived a little cultured in the three hour and 57 and plane flight out of there out of Bennett -- -- Yeah I was there was -- charge where she actually went up there with no way to bring if somebody up with each each guy they're which is kind of sits there rather. -- that a speech it's more -- Q what they we just got to hang out. So it was nice. Taught social and what was -- problem and -- and we acute report that couple got your way with rocket Brett Aldrich that integrate them. Pretty cool -- Well we talked about this with Pedro and rocket both we got their takes no Mars takeaway know what yours is about Pedro vs rockets and who you think the tougher guy was to hit. In your career everything that that we think the better picture was just tossed the bottle -- I mean they listened Pedro Martinez in his prime -- they're gonna break next year you know it in my generation of space because he had the devastating changeup. To go with that 97 mile an hour. The ninety mile an -- ball. Yelp climate in the back in his career development here's a remarkable look back here to dole out yelled to go with just not Bob Arnot all what -- -- they're -- -- -- And that in fact they're little. What the record scroll up and and any time. You know our creator -- seizure on the wrong leader guy but now rock it was big ol' country boy got dominate you with bat all look back here. Yeah you know we are talking a little bit about just they've Roger in the hall -- in just you know what his. You know everything going on BP he's in his legacy Willard whether he'll be able to get in or not. When you think about his career. If you had a -- would you put him through the hall of fame. I think the whole -- in the -- odd it's harder Blake you know. What are -- org you stop wondering who. Appear out there all alone at at the very much at market immediately. Called. -- -- -- All of social McGwire. -- all know is that ultimate you know. Question. And we can -- -- entered her home. Well and nobody nobody knows an -- it's it's a little place it will work understate. Hulu morally right here Geithner that drank alcohol and other tanker and -- playing I don't know why in my opinion to go to get -- That play inauguration and -- an air that we live band and their questions and urged he be or after -- Market -- to -- -- some great players there that you know whether this question or not it's amusing and what particular show. You take this day Roger when -- -- I guess you speak about it more openly and honestly in that narrative his career change or even matter at this point. I don't think about it -- the -- -- in the beginning we -- tomorrow. Or they just. Reverse the cycle I think that's perhaps the battle the society and then ultimately. -- up the truth and you know it whether or whether they tell the truth and knock -- truth and not your judgment because Alexei gringo -- pulling. It's clear people closet you know and it's the truth because we sit back and workshops on the judge everybody situation. Our job but I think get to entertain your honor. If you made a mistake to be able to write your hands say I accept that the game last I made three areas struck are on its except default and excuse. You know enactment and saying we're talking about the society. And what year and you know accused of doing certain things I mean if you get sorry. And not get our corporate bear cute but there's no you know there are called me any credit to your day job -- The total. -- I agree with it wavered at all fame outsourcing best ever play the game and with that we kind of Larry Lucchino was a little bit and -- a stepped around Red Sox hall of fame possibly for -- Manny Ramirez and I Katie would step around it and it. Again like you said it was the morality clause also the Boston it's a tall frame which I don't think it does. We'll look at his career I gotta put him in a Red Sox won no. You know look out I'm in. You're probably after my opinion but I think every well why you know I get you know get on -- home of actress made a bad choice. You are able to gain all time leader in Wrigley but off. I'd -- like -- don't you closer you know back in the air America aren't as they were normal. I think not bipolar I'm doing -- -- every second burger you -- go -- making its EU is -- Good news mobile frame I mean you know it's sort. You look after the of -- are all things. Dick Morris from an intentional talking a Major League Baseball network demands -- Maloney Christian -- middays with them at the united for seven to be Kevin the other big story -- bigger of course nationally. Our rob man Fred the new commissioner. Of baseball and apparently court what Larry Lucchino was saying on the morning show today. -- any it sounds like at least two similar pitches were made from both him and Tom Warner and they had to do was speeding up the game has released part of both of their presentations. What do you think about that can it be done and if it can be done what's the best way to go about doing it. Yeah I think that's the million dollar question I would be -- -- -- we you know reps in games you know you're limited ample. Three dollar and 97 minutes a game to go for -- guys you do the math but yeah I don't know the correct answer I don't know people that you -- clock on the pitch. Council to get the mean that advocates have captured well the other we expect it to release the next connection -- help you make good -- stay in the box one foot. It's therapy have a walk -- and adjust to batting gloves and look up in the stands you know -- whoever. That they're all trying to weigh it all kinds of ideas. But I do think he'll look to your state rob Manfred. Tremendous guy can be a matter. And I think it's here are some decisions are going to be after -- draft I think what you're gonna go down toward greater measures. All content not seek greater -- from what. It would Jackie Robinson's number retired that number ever are just all that different different things that he helped a baseball queen in the game. They're not think we got adequate and -- play all played guitar and play. That play out to the World Series so pursuing directing their -- after a significant factor just beat you. It give I am a believer that you know the pitcher kind of dictates temple of the game I mean. There are some guys and obviously guys like Barley who worked very facets of the pitches that worked very fast but. Did you ever feel like you're holed the pitcher up outside the box -- what does it more is that the pitcher being slow and I think I feel like it's the pitcher more than -- -- hitter. Upload speed actual terrain to me get the ball all -- -- banker walked around about all walked around the clock well. So the -- they dictate the tempo the game they were. Trying to hit. I don't want to bet that one -- Greek temple like Mark Buehrle throws eight mile stretch in their had a you can pretty good temple temple temple me you know what are their what are out. Don't go pick batting practice here if you get -- -- and you're gonna get out what. It to dictate the tempo more than hitter well. And there's up to the umpires actually force the rule that's currently out there are. Right I think you're exactly right up -- acute angle -- and the elderly if you think you'll put that picture to start they'll. You -- below -- air quality if debacle it's -- -- mart target and all go and pick out all but didn't go to a cleaner. It -- -- now don't get me wrong when a picture and I had control Blackberry in the walks start tapping it looked war. You know it's all ball on all eighteen per -- -- -- -- number amount on these branches. Fact that yeah I understand that -- happen but the tactic that single factor. A big giant pitch clock. I know what it's -- -- -- -- -- what would you feel I would give voters that too far -- have an idea to literally put a clock up. I'll start scripting or are you -- a little. -- is that does that simply sections -- -- -- we call them the lock clock right you know once but because we got this argument before about retiring Wade -- is number -- -- -- -- six in the green monsters and you just -- your name embedded with that the 152 clock read and there you -- record record right we're -- now we're not where it -- And that's that's what you love doesn't rejoice that day you opened at number it's -- We don't know the real -- survive you know all we're allowed by press. Well you know you can't so need to know that your -- or don't need to know that when he is thirty years from now to go to federal Iraq. Well the epidemic and OR. You know they get better no doubt plan by everything you're better player really it's not. But it candidate I have allies -- play all of all of us we outweigh our actually pretty bad. We just were very lucky to stay in the big league so okay so different today that that's on -- work here before we just always better when we're not player. What that's assembled this team real quick because I'm a firm believer that if you have a a very good lineup and an average to below average pitching there -- average -- -- you -- win a lot of games or regular season I think it comes out of in the post season but this team now the big one. But five -- six get a lot of looks a little bit better you know got excess medicine there was -- Greg comes back with. Do you believe that I mean do you just think that it's a better team because what people feel like I lost lest you lost Lackey looked they're better now. I don't think the better I'd think that -- much better yes and you bad assets but it is that an outcry you know it and hurt. It got a different Bartlett is a straight that a lot up -- that simply wasn't very good isn't very good they -- talking about 300 point out it's a bit late so you're gonna struggle. And I -- -- escort and run the sort of tamp bay rays you know that they struggle they debate they would not -- Yorkers apple got. And you guys -- -- I'll carry you know it's. The -- just got shifted with some power now that being you'll in the gay marriage ballot could be better but still eat well and -- that we talk about that much. You gotta hit I think the Red Sox look better as an offensive club but they're gonna have to address the -- situation. I'll -- lastly out before wrap things up there guys wanna get your perspective one more thing about Manfred becoming commissioner and whether or not it's just about pace of play or their other things that could liven -- the game make it more exciting make it more of a package. For young players -- we're taking calls and text before about video games they make it is I -- make it more like a video game to keep young fans involved. While. Al Amin. I've been pretty young young -- alternate could play. -- -- But times were or maybe were were a little bit under the star power army would got a huge -- but you know I go back home run derby not discount anybody and -- are reducing much you remember. We will watch Sosa. And bonds and McGwire. And Jim told may -- -- and all like me so I think there were star power right and Griffey junior cap backwards it bombs. -- -- -- -- Now what my voter -- at that level. But certainly not not all wonder if they want ocular colonial went. -- and a bit of debate and what I want him alone in a home run derby so -- I think that. We can you look for a position players like which shot all whopper -- Roland my trust that the games are good place but we we are -- some star power we might you know we -- drop calls span. To -- well because that's what we lean on that right -- -- power. Jeff thanks a lot brought to -- day by heiress frustration specialist and bread and smoke shop we'll talk to again next week enjoy enjoy that time off right. Our -- thank you are -- all right gentlemen are joining us from the boats.


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Midterm Season: Dealing with Stress Breakouts
Midterm season is in full swing at my school and you can sense the stress in everyone around you. Exam season is pretty bad. You're worried about grades but on top of that, the stress can show on your face. I'm not talking about furrowed brows and tired eyes (although that happens too) - I'm talking about breaking out. There's nothing worse than being having exams and papers loom over you and then finding a giant zit right in the middle of your face. Breaking out because of stress of any kind is super common. Scientists have actually found that when you're stressed, you produce more oil!
Here are a couple of tips to help you stay break-out free, even when you're stressed.
No comments: Labels: BeautyfullLife, CollegeLife, Skincare Posted by itsabeautyfulllife on Saturday, October 05, 2013
CollegeLife: New Series!
So if you've read my About Me, you know that I'm in college. But if you haven't, I'm a junior at a 4-year university on the East Coast, and I'm actually currently in my dorm writing this blog post (I should be studying....)!
First, I apologize that I haven't been posting lately. I've actually just gotten settled down after traveling for a few weeks, moving in, and the whole "first-month-of school" craziness. But now that my schedule is a little less crazy, I'll definitely be posting more often and more regularly, on my blog and on YouTube!
After this past month, I've decided to do a new series called CollegeLife about just that: college life. The ups, the downs, the in-betweens, because I've definitely had a lot of those this month. Study tips and organizational things. Beauty and fashion topics related to college. Anything and everything that has to do with my own college experience and college life in general! I think it's a good way to chronicle my own life, while potentially giving other people useful tips. My first post will be coming this week!
I hope you guys enjoy :)
No comments: Labels: CollegeLife Posted by itsabeautyfulllife on Sunday, September 29, 2013
FitLife Day 66: The Completion
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Battle of the Makeup Wipes: Simple, Aveeno, Yes To, Neutrogena, Olay & Pond's
As I've mentioned before, I have been on a quest to find the best makeup wipes. So far, I've tested out quite a few and I'm going to give you guys my thoughts in this post. Now I haven't tried every single makeup wipe out there, but I do think I've found a favorite!
2 comments: Labels: BeautyfullLife, Review, Skincare Posted by itsabeautyfulllife on Wednesday, July 31, 2013
FitLife Day 34: Halfway There!
It's so hard to believe that I am already just over halfway through my 66-day habit formation journey. And while I feel like the time has flown, I also feel like it's been quite a long time.
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Doron Zeilberger
|Doron Zeilberger
Photograph of Doron Zeilberger displaying a hypergeometric identity on his T-shirt.
|2 July 1950 (age 66)
Haifa, Israel
|United States
|Mathematics, Computer Science
|Rutgers University
|Doctoral advisor
|Harry Dym
|Known for
|alternating sign matrix conjecture, WZ theory
|Notable awards
|Lester R. Ford Award (1990), Leroy P. Steele Prize (1998), Euler Medal (2004), David P. Robbins Prize (2016)
Doron Zeilberger (דורון ציילברגר, born 2 July 1950 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli mathematician, known for his work in combinatorics.
Education and career[edit]
He received his doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1976, under the direction of Harry Dym.[1] He is a Board of Governors Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University.[2]
Zeilberger has made numerous important contributions to combinatorics, hypergeometric identities, and q-series. Zeilberger gave the first proof of the alternating sign matrix conjecture, noteworthy not only for its mathematical content, but also for the fact that Zeilberger recruited nearly a hundred volunteer checkers to "pre-referee" the paper. In 2011, together with Manuel Kauers and Christoph Koutschan, Zeilberger proved the q-TSPP conjecture, which was independently stated in 1983 by George Andrews and David P. Robbins.[3]
Zeilberger is an ultrafinitist.[4] He is also known for crediting his computer "Shalosh B. Ekhad" as a co-author ("Shalosh" and "Ekhad" mean "Three" and "One" in Hebrew respectively, referring to his first computer, an AT&T 3B1[5]), and for his provocative opinions, some of which are:
- "The Shocking State of Contemporary "Mathematics", and the Meta-Shocking Fact that Very Few People Are Shocked"
- "People who believe that applied math is bad math are bad mathematicians"
- "Guess what? Programming is even more fun than proving, and, more importantly it gives as much, if not more, insight and understanding"
- "Frank Quinn's rigor is not as rigorous as he thinks"
- "Still like that old-time blackboard talk".
Awards and honors[edit]
Zeilberger received a Lester R. Ford Award in 1990.[6] Together with Herbert Wilf, Zeilberger was awarded the American Mathematical Society's Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contributions to Research in 1998 for their development of WZ theory, which has revolutionized the field of hypergeometric summation. In 2004, Zeilberger was awarded the Euler Medal; the citation refers to him as "a champion of using computers and algorithms to do mathematics quickly and efficiently." In 2016 he received, together with Manuel Kauers and Christoph Koutschan, the David P. Robbins Prize of the American Mathematical Society.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7]
See also[edit]
- ^ Doron Zeilberger at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Rutgers Focus, 15 December 2000
- ^ Koutschan, C., Kauers, M., and Zeilberger, D., Proof of George Andrews's and David Robbins's q-TSPP conjecture, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 (2011), 2196–2199.
- ^ An Enquiry Concerning Human (and Computer!) (Mathematical) Understanding
- ^ Gallian, J. and Pearson, M., An Interview with Doron Zeilberger FOCUS 27 (2007), 14–17.
- ^ Zeilberger, Doron (1989). "Kathy O'Hara's constructive proof of the unimodality of the Gaussian polynomials". Amer. Math. Monthly. 96: 590–602. doi:10.2307/2325177.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01.
External links[edit]
|Wikiquote has quotations related to: Doron Zeilberger
- Doron Zeilberger's homepage
- Biography from ScienceWorld
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Zeilberger's Algorithm". MathWorld.
- From A = B to Z = 60, a conference in honor of Doron Zeilberger's 60th birthday, 27 and 28 May 2010


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There's another ad below it for cheap "first time" contact lenses.
I don't wear glasses. Perhaps Facebook knows something I don't.
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So Google wants to track my activity, then tailor the results and ads it shows? Sweet. Whatever.
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At least the corporates are somewhat open about it, because the US Government is not. For more than six weeks, it's been seizing the phone records of millions of US citizens, apparently scanning their numbers and data for any calls to suspected terrorists.
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National security may be a legitimate reason to check up on the US population. But it's a blanket excuse. A trump card used to justify behaviour that, if left unchecked, might too easily get out of hand.
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|8th May 2012, 08:08 PM
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Pass Labs XVR-1 vs. DEQX HDP-3
Does anyone have any experience with both of these crossovers?
If AD on DEQX is not used, which one would in your opinion perform better job and remain more transparent?
|4th June 2012, 05:56 PM
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Haven't used either (yet), but they are going to be very different considering one is analog and one is digital.
Feature-wise it seems the Pass Labs can't touch the DEQX. It doesn't seem to offer room correction, as robust a frequency correction or parametric EQ, phase correction, etc. I'd imagine the extra money goes into more 'transparent' components. If we assume the Pass Labs price is reasonable then clearly the DEQX is skimping on the components somewhere in order to squeeze the extra features in for less.
The closest I could think of was this individual who made an active speaker using top-of-the-line drivers. He started with a Bryston analog active crossover, and switched to DEQX later. I believe he preferred the DEQX a great deal, but I can't remember exactly and the forums in Dutch.
|8th June 2012, 02:46 AM
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My bad. the individual I was referring to is also a member here. His experiences: High-end 3-way active Avalon look-alike
Short of it: DEQX>Bryston active crossover by a lot.
I'm currently finishing a similar speaker to the one he built (8" eton woofer, c79 midrange, same c12 tweeter) and the DEQX seems most appealing to me. The ceramic drivers offer extremely piston like behavior in their usable frequency range, but apparently have significant audible issues outside of it. This means a 96db/octave slope could be very useful for these drivers. Point being the specific application you plan to use the crossover for can make a difference in which one is better.
|8th June 2012, 11:57 AM
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Thank you, if you take DEQX route please post your impressions and methodology you used to arrive to the best performance.
|26th August 2012, 06:06 PM
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Way late to the game here but I finished my monkey coffins and have been playing around with them.
The DEQX did things for me that the Pass Labs simply wouldn't have been able to do. Beyond correcting the phase/frequency, my woofer measured less efficient than I believed it should (still looking into that) and the DEQX was able to level correct it with the rest of the speaker.
I have measured it several times in a room that is probably too small for such a task, doing my best to deaden reflections. The software gives you a fairly good idea of how well your measurements fare and lets you select when to cutoff the reflections. By measuring each driver independently I was able to test what it might sound like when not properly corrected for phase/group delay at the crossover, and it was noticeably flatter sounding, which is pretty in-line with what people find with that correction.
EQing is also something that would be hard to live without now. It is nice to be able to switch profiles on the fly if a recording has too little bass or too much. It is enough to make me think a lot of differences between similar quality speakers could pretty much be eliminated by +/-1-3db parametric EQs here and there.
The difference between sources is also pretty apparent to me. I switched from a Pioneer to a Marantz receiver (both recent models, ~$1k each), and with the Pioneer the sound was much better focused between the speakers. This is exemplified on static noise, which has the effect of being only centered between the speakers on the Pioneer but more dispersed on the Marantz. I wouldn't have expected a difference on either of these receivers pre-outs. (analog pre-out of the receiver to the analog input on the DEQX)
Using a digital coax straight from a $50 blu-ray player to the DEQX sounds noticeably better to me and makes either receiver sound less focused and a little dull. My non-audio-nut friend heard the same thing, despite not being able to audibly identify moving treatments from the side walls to a bass trap in the back wall.
Finally, my Rega P3 going from a phono preamp to the analog ins on the DEQX sounds a little less detailed and focused than straight digital in, but has much more analog texture/body and spatial cues.
None of them really gets me to where I want my system to sound, but I'm mentioning it to illustrate a few points: The quality of the source seems to make a reasonable impact (and if you're trying to get that last 5-10% this impact may be pretty big). Neither the ADC nor the DAC in the DEQX seem to be the weak points in my chain. A lot of analog defenders may claim these conversions kill the life of the sound, and while I am not nearly experienced enough to make a definitive claim I am more likely to side with the digital camps motto that analog lovers just like the sound of certain distortions that tubes and turntables create.
I am currently working on restoring a Lenco turntable, and hopefully this gives me all the analog quality I could want.
|9th October 2012, 04:47 PM
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In the beginning, I was using a modified XM9 3-way crossover actively crossing Apogee Duetta Signatures (2-way active) with Graz MRT ribbons and a pair (stereo) of Rythmik/GR Research subs. After many listening sessions, crossover point trials, speaker repositioning, using REW, I thought that I had it all dialed-in, with the subs integrated nicely, and sounding as good as it going to get, which was pretty darn good, I decided to give the DEQX Express try to replace the XM9.
I'm new to all of this DSP stuff so for me the was somewhat of learning curve. So with that, after a few hours of planning and about four-hours of setup - measuring, configuring, uploading, having the software tell me that I had a driver or a group of frequencies out of phase (and the DEQX will automatically correct the condition), and so forth - I was finally ready to sit down and take a listen. And let me tell you, I was absolutely knocked out of my seat with the profound difference of going to the DEQX. It was literally like they had hauled everything that I owned and replaced everything with stuff costing many times as much what I had. The subs were now integrated so well, that I didn't realize that it could be so good. In fact, after the DEQX calibration, the sound is totally better from bottom to top and had much more impact than before . . . I could go on and on but I won't. I will say that it wasn't one of those deals were you replace a piece of equipment or something and say to yourself, "Yea, I *think* sounds a little better . . . " For me, going to the DEQX was not incremental, it really put the sound over the top.
OK, that was how it sounded listening using a digital source which is a Logitech Transporter connected to the DEQX via AES/EBU. My biggest fear now was that my analog source would be degraded due to the A-to-D, D-to-A conversion; however, after much listening, if the sound from my VPI HW19 MkIV/SAMA/SDS/ET2/AT33PTG/Threshold phono/pre was degraded, I sure didn't notice it. If there is an degradation, the benefits of the DEQX sure outweigh and shortcomings.
So again, I concur with everything that superapplekid said about the DEQX.
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OK, that was how it sounded listening using a digital source which is a Logitech Transporter connected to the DEQX via AES/EBU. My biggest fear now was that my analog source would be degraded due to the A-to-D, D-to-A conversion; however, after much listening, if the sound from my VPI HW19 MkIV/SAMA/SDS/ET2/AT33PTG/Threshold phono/pre was degraded, I sure didn't notice it. If there is an degradation, the benefits of the DEQX sure outweigh and shortcomings.
From the tune you put here, I got an impression that you are not convinced on analog side of DEQX impact. You reported shocking improvement on digital. What about analog?
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Hi Sigi, sorry for the delayed answer, but I can honestly say that now after owing the Express for well over a year now that it does a great job with the analog signal fed directly from my preamp.
It does so well of a job for that matter, that I found it to be quite easy to hear the differences between different SUTs, phono cables, preamps, and preamp mods and tubes. I'm sure that the HDP-4 will do all of this slightly better, and I would say that the same would be true for the HDP-3 or even the Express with proper modifications, but am I ready to plunk down $4k on a new HDP-4? No, not right now.
My feeling now is, especially after going from the basic generic Berringer mic calibration kit to the Earthworks M23 kit, that the key to really getting the most out of any DEQX really is in the setup. If you don't get your setup at least in the ballpark, which is really not difficult as is time consuming, any DEQX no matter what model or level of mods, will be disappointing at best with any source. As much time as I've spent with getting my DEQX dialed-in and as good as it sounds now, I honestly think that there is still a another 10% to 20% left to be extracted through setup. At $400, maybe the DEQXexpert setup service would turn out to be the best audio money ever spent by many DEQX owners. I may have to give it a try myself.
It sounds crazy with all the A-to-D, D-to-A conversion, I still highly recommend the DEQX HDP for processing your favorite analog source.
|30th January 2014, 05:26 AM
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Hi folks
I use the HDP3 active crossover room correction etc. If you do get a Deqx I cant recommend more strongly you use the DEQXspert service - one of their people gives you a hand (over the internet) setting everything up - bloody great service. Doesnt stop you with tinkering as much as you like later but it does move you 90% towards the final setup in a few hours not a few weeks.
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I cant imagine investing over 5k in audio equipment without having some sort of DSP correction/EQ. I will be purchasing the HP4 in the near future.
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Councils reach B&B target five months early
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Debt collectors hired to recoup rent arrears
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Egan warned not to 'dumb down' the profession
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Banks - the place they leave the vault door open all day, but chain down the 29cent pens.
This is a discussion on Can I carry a gun at an ATM? within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by Bubbiesdad Just remember, concealed is concealed. yeap total agree!!!...
Banks - the place they leave the vault door open all day, but chain down the 29cent pens.
The only common sense gun legislation was written about 226 years ago.
I carry always not because I go places trouble is likely, but because trouble has a habit of not staying in its assigned zone.
Be careful how you throw the word SHEEP around,you could be talking about somebodys girlfriend
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
The only banks which are absolutely off limits are Federal Reserve Banks. They are owned by the government. And their property is like any other federal property (no guns allowed). Their bank guards are uniformed Federal police officers. It would be like carrying a gun into J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters.
Other banks would be governed by your states particular CCW laws. In my state, some banks are posted and some banks aren't. However, in my state, it's not a crime to violate a posted business.
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
MADking, Welcome to the forum!
My recommendation to you is to search the law, and read it through and through. You need to able to determine if you can carry somewhere and be confident and able to defend your actions. I am not saying you can't do this... You may be very well educated on the law. Just saying that if something happens and you know 100% what the law states you can easily defuse alot of situations with gawkers or even uninformed officers by saying "The Penal code does not state that banks are off limits, I have a copy right here, would you mind showing me because I have read this over quite a few times and never seen it"
There was a situation with a member and some officers at a mall (posted in the last few days) where they threatened him with jail. Personally, I know the Texas Penal code very well. I know my rights and places I can carry and I will gladly, respectively tell any officer that a certain law is not in the penal code and provide a copy to back myself up. Knowing this gives me confidence daily as I carry into malls, banks, and even places with non legal gunbuster signs.
That being said, I do come to the forum for opinions and views on thing. Its an awesome community! All I am saying is make sure you are confident in yourself! It will go along way!
Again, Welcome! Look forward to posting with ya later.
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Probably no section of the Bible has more exercised the interpretative powers of its readers than the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis, with which we again begin the annual cycle of Torah readings on Simchat Torah — and, arguably, no two verses in these chapters have aroused more discussion over the ages than Genesis 1:26–27. There we read: "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…. And God created man in his image, in the image of God [b'tselem elohim] he created him; male and female he created them."
One is assailed by questions. Who was God talking to when he said, "Let us make man"? Did God first create Adam as a "him" and only later create a female from this "him," as we are told by Chapter 2 of Genesis, or is the "him" of Chapter 1 an androgynously imagined being with both male and female characteristics? And what does it mean to be created in God's "image"?
There are linguistic points to be made in regard to each of these issues. One might observe, for instance, that although elohim, the Hebrew word for "God," has a plural ending, this does not explain the use in Genesis 1:26 of the plural verb "let us make" (na'aseh), since elohim in the Bible almost always takes a singular verb; or that the noun adam, "man" or "person," is masculine in gender, so the "him" of Genesis 1:27 can be understood, if one wishes, as a mere grammatical form rather than as a statement concerning Adam's sex. And one also might remark that the Hebrew word traditionally translated as "image," tselem, has a close cognate in Akkadian s.almu (the dot under the "s" indicates a retroflex articulation, with the tongue curled back against the palate), which helps to throw light on the word's use in Genesis.
Long extinct, Akkadian, a cousin of Hebrew, was the Semitic language spoken in Babylonia from about 3,000 BCE to the beginning of the Christian era. Its cuneiform writing, generally inscribed in wet clay that hardened and was unearthed in vast quantities in 19th- and 20th-century archeological digs, has transmitted to us thousands of ancient texts, such as the Code of Hammurabi and the great poem of Gilgamesh. And in many of these texts we find the word s.almu, in the sense of a statue, an idol or a representation of a god. (To this day, the word can denote a statue in certain Assyrian dialects still spoken in northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southwestern Turkey.) It is probably related to the Akkadian verb salamu, "to grow dark," the connection being that shadows are dark images thrown on the ground or on a wall.
In itself, none of this should surprise anyone who knows biblical Hebrew. Tselem in the Bible is frequently a pejorative word for an idol, and in at least one place, Psalms 39:7, it apparently means "a shadow," the common Hebrew word for which is tsel. (In medieval Hebrew and Yiddish, tselem also came to mean, first, a Christian icon of Jesus on the cross, and eventually, a cross itself , but that is another story, as is that of the verb l'tsalem taking on the meaning of "to photograph" in modern Hebrew, and matslema, of "a camera.")
What is more interesting, rather, are two things. The first is that in Akkadian texts, Babylonian kings or rulers are sometimes referred to as the s.almu of this or that god; one such inscription that has come down to us, for example, written by a royal scribe, reads abusu sa sarri beliya s.alam bel su, "the father of the king my master was the s.almu of [the god] Bel." The second is that the s.almu was conceived as being not just a representation of the god, but the god's potential abode. In a common Babylonian temple ceremony known as "the opening of the mouth," the god was thought to infuse his or her spirit into the s.almu by breathing into it, just as God breathes life into Adam in the biblical story of Creation.
Is the biblical tselem elohim, then, simply a Hebraic transposition of the Babylonian s.almu? Not really. One difference is that whereas in Babylon, only a king could be a god's s.almu, in the Bible, every human being is created in God's image: There is, as it were, a democratization or universalization of man's divine nature. Another difference is that the Babylonian god of whom the king was a s.almu was conceived of as having physical attributes, while the God of the Bible may not have been.
May not have been, you ask? Does that also mean He may have been? Actually, yes. Although it seems hard to imagine today, there is considerable evidence that as late as the Middle Ages, there were Jews who thought of God as having a body of which the human form was a physical image. Surely Maimonides, who lived in the 12th century, would not have spent so much time attacking this idea in his "Guide for the Perplexed" if it did not exist. Ultimately, not even Akkadian s.almu can solve the mystery of what exactly "in the image of God" means in the Bible.
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Unnecessary parentheses around TagBox for MakeBoxes?
I was trying to generate pretty output for some expressions. To assist interpretation, a TagBox is used.
A problem is that, Mathematica always insert unnecessary parentheses outside TagBox. For example,
MakeBoxes[test, form_] := TagBox[RowBox[{"test", "END"}], "myBox"]
In[] := 2 test
Out[] = 2 (test END)
Here the TagBox already has clear boundary thus the parentheses shouldn't be necessary. Would it be possible to remove it?
Note that the "END" in this simple example will be replaced by a complicated structure (GridBox) in actually usage. Thus I cannot simply write "testEND" together as a single string. Also, the parentheses appears in TraditioinalForm, which further appear in all forms as TeXForm, etc.


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Hi Inge,
I wanted to let you know the status of this issue.
There are several things going on here. First, the constructor of std::mutex allocates memory on the heap, which makes it non-noexcept. I fixed this in our internal tree, and the fix will show up in the next release of the VS. The other problem here is related to static linking and user-defined operators new/delete. This isn't fixed yet, but we have plans to address this in the future.
Thanks for reporting this to us,
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Only 8.8 winding miles long, 225 is the main artery connecting Ponsford with nearby townships. "This is the most devastating thing that could happen to this area," Willenbring said. "Rural roadside boxes are not secure, and many people don't have cars or the ability to travel to the post offices in Osage (15 miles) or Callaway (45 miles)."
Besides the 117 Minnesota post offices on the federal budget cut block in Minnesota, another 80 closures are proposed in South Dakota, 76 in North Dakota, and 41 in Wisconsin.
Author, former vice-presidential candidate, and Native activist Winona LaDuke resides at White Earth. Writing for the community Niijii Radio website, LaDuke says the closures will force hardships on the poor, especially Native and elderly communities, while saving a paltry sum for the postal service:
Post office closures in the Dakotas and Minnesota will impact many communities, but the White Earth reservation villages, and other tribal towns of Squaw Lake, Ponemah, Brookston in Minnesota, and Manderson, Wounded Knee and Wakpala (South Dakota) as well as Mandaree in North Dakota will mean hardships for a largely Native community. Eliminating some 3600 post offices – mostly rural- will save the USPS less than seven tenths of one percent of their operating budget, but nationally a number of tribal communities will be hit.
In an announcement last summer, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said, "More than 35 percent of the Postal Service's retail revenue comes from expanded access locations like grocery, drug, and office supply stores, as well as kiosks, ATMs and usps.com."
However, rural and native communities do not have reliable access to the Internet or transportation, and grocery stores, kiosks and ATMs are in short supply or non-existent. Less than 10 percent of White Earth residents have access to the Internet.
"Many of these communities have few other infrastructure options — for instance in the South Dakota town of Porcupine loses its post office, residents will have to travel some 72 miles round trip to get money orders, or special services," LaDuke wrote. In South Dakota, ten out of eighty targets are tribal post offices.
Since the original list of 3,650 was released in July 2011, 380 facilities have been dropped. This does not include Ponsford, according to the office of Collin Peterson, the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 7th Congressional District, which includes Ponsford and White Earth.
The moratorium on post office closing expires in March.
Peterson's office supplied us with a copy of a letter now circulating in Congress and addressed to Patrick R. Donahoe, the Postmaster General. The letter outlines "serious flaws with the analysis that call into question the USPS's current consolidations plans." Among many concerns, the letter points to incomplete data that hinders accurate cost analysis, inaccurate representations of usage and revenues for all Post Offices, and inaccurate representations of distances (using geographical measurements instead of actual driving distances).
Targeting rural post offices for discontinuance studies clearly violates 39 U.S.C. 101(b), which maintains that the USPS is required to provide effective and regular postal service to rural communities. The closure of Post Offices, stations, and branches will undoubtedly affect communities and lead to the loss of middle class jobs.Peterson had a representative present at an October community meeting, Willenbring said.
We tried to reach the press office of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar for a comment, with no success.
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Audi Diesel Powers Ahead
Congratulations to Audi on becoming the first car manufacturer to win an internationally recognised motor racing championship with a car powered by a diesel engine. Having made history by winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in June with its revolutionary Audi R10 TDI, Britain's Allan McNish and Dindo Capello, of Italy, have added to the German manufacturer's incredible 2006 success story to take the prestigious American Le Mans Series championship. That's six starts and six wins so far and it's a far cry from the until-recent perception of diesels as those rough-sounding, smelly, commercial vehicles that billow black smoke.
Dumfries-born McNish and Capello steered their Audi R10 TDI home to a hard-earned victory in the latest
round at Mosport in Canada (3 Sep) to secure the ALMS title with two races remaining.
McNish and Capello, together with Tom Kristensen (Denmark), wrote history by winning the ALMS season-opening Sebring 12 Hour race (18 Mar) - the first time a diesel-powered sports-prototype had ever won an international sportscar endurance race.
The Audi R10 TDI, powered by an ultra-quiet and economical twin-turbo 5.5-litre V12 diesel engine producing over 650 bhp, then won the Le Mans 24 Hours (Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner) and has now started six races winning each one.