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The ooma Headache
Editor's Rating:
The Good: Your domestic long-distance bill will go away—forever (as long as ooma is around)
The Bad: Sound quality can be dicey, the ooma tone is annoying; Web features are limited
The Bottom Line: Glad my test drive was free. I wouldn't fork over $399
No Internet phone service is perfect. The setup is never as easy as they say. The sound is never as good as on a regular phone.
Sadly, ooma is no exception.
I've been using a test version of the service, due to be released for public consumption in September, for two weeks (see BusinessWeek.com, 7/19/07, "A Web Phone Called ooma"). Granted, guinea pigs like me often encounter kinks that can be worked out before a product's formal introduction. Whatever the case, ooma's makers have their work cut out.
Simple to Use
First, by way of explanation, ooma is an Internet-calling service used in conjunction with a book-sized piece of hardware that resembles an answering machine. The device is expected to sell for $399, though I got my test version for free. You hook up the box to both a phone line and a broadband connection to get free long-distance calling and features such as a free second line. The makers believe that, thanks to lower phone bills, most users will recoup the cost of the device within one to two years.
To its credit, the ooma device has a streamlined, modern design and large buttons. I found it so easy to use that I didn't need a manual to get started. Ooma even volunteers to contact your existing provider to shut off services such as voice mail and call waiting that ooma will provide for free—though some carriers charge you for forwarding calls through ooma, a must-have if you plan to keep your regular phone line. In my case, Verizon (VZ) charges $3 a month for the service.
That minor nuisance soon became the least of my worries. Callers told me they couldn't hear me very well, or detected background crackling. When I called customer service, a representative picked up promptly, put me on hold—and then hung up. When I called back, the same rep told me ooma's engineers are on the case. One of them eventually got back to me and said people I talked to heard crackling because I was browsing the Web while talking on the phone. They said it's a bug they are going to fix, though it remained unresolved two days later.
Unwelcome Sound
Call quality also degraded whenever I was on the phone and receiving a call on the second line. I'd hear brief crackling that would momentarily drown out the voice of the person with whom I was speaking.
Perhaps the biggest annoyance, however, is the special tone heard at the beginning of the call by both the caller and the recipient. It's guerilla marketing at its worst. The idea is that when someone else hears the space-age multinote tone, they'll inquire about it, giving you cause to tell them how ooma gives you free long-distance calling for life.
But here's how it worked for me in practice. The tone sounds first when I pick up the phone to make a call, and again a few seconds after the recipient picks up, often interrupting conversation. So far, no one but my editor, who knows I am doing this trial, has asked me about the sound. Most people paused mid-sentence and then chatted on. After a few weeks of this, I was not about to volunteer the information, and I knew my trial had to stop when an editor took to calling me "ooma Olga."
Hit-and-Miss Online Experience
I also had mixed feelings about ooma's Web features. You can use the site to view call logs, block caller ID on outbound calls, and listen to voice-mail messages. You can erase voice mails right from the Web page, too. Conventienlty, the Web page is set up to resemble your ooma answering machine buttons. Best of all, ooma lets you store as many messages as you want for as long as you want. For those of us who like to keep voice mails from loved ones, this feature is a gem.
But for now, ooma lacks many of the cool features now common to other Web-calling services. I couldn't get voice mails e-mailed to me, nor would the service transcribe voice messages into text. These are all features that Vonage (VG) offers.
However, ooma Chief Executive Officer Andrew Frame says more features, such as e-mail voicemail notification, will be coming soon. His team will need to ensure the kinks get ironed out as—if not before—those tools get added.


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I expected joining tape to be tacky. What am I missing?
There is 2
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sides of a square cut out in a closet of the new house. The center is on a stud so I'm not concerned with stability and the wall is bare sheet rock. I thought I could just tape over the cuts because they are only about the width of a skill saw. When I got home the cloth tape is not tacky, I'm sure this comes as no surprise to everyone here, but what's the deal? Thanks
#1 if you want that repair to work out your going to first get rid of all those ridges and loose paper.
Drywall paper tape is never stucky, you have to use a 4" wide drywall knife to apply some drywall compoud to the area to be repaired first. Apply the tape and bed it in with the knive held at a steep angle, then go back and apply another thin layer of compound.
The key is thin layers. There is no need to make it perfect on the first or second coat, you just do not want it think and no blobs left on the wall.
No need to sand between first and second coats, just use the blade to knock off the high spots and apply the next coat.
You only lightly sand the last coat.
For the second and third coat you need a 6" wide knife.
There is an adhesive mesh type tape. Its a bit easier to apply for 1st timer, but its thicker than paper and needs more mud over it. Not more at one time but more layers. Each time with a wider knife. I usually go up in increments from 3" all the way to 12" knife cause I am terrible at mudding. Mostly cause I try to make each coat perfectly smooth and over work it. Luckily it sands off easy. Use open mesh "sandpaper" made for purpose. Final coats after sanding can be smoothed with damp sponge with no pressure. Just make each layer wider and thinner at edges.
"Cloth tape?" New one on me.You mean paper?
Gap at top is wider than I'd try to tape, but then I'm no good at it. Luckily (again) drywall, tape and mud are cheap. When I screw it up I rip it out and start over.
I been spoiled by seeing real pros make perfect joints in seconds, with no effort it seems. Guy i try to hire is way busy, he's made joints for me that he then painted with glossy, can't find the seams at all, and I hung the sheetrock.
Joe always things we're as handy as he is, smear a relatively thick bed of mud over joints, just enough to hold tape, use wet knife to push tape into mud against drywall, "steep angle" handle close to wall, pull knife not push, try not to tear tape, scrape off really big ridges of mud that are out beyond tape, let it dry. Put another layer of mud over it. Let that dry, you can sand off ridges that prevent you from feathering out edges of mud.
That's a closet? use a dim bulb, put some narrow shelves over it, looks like good place for shoe rack. Closets are where we had apprentices install, cope and miter base and shoe, inside door trim. Mebbee mudders start there too. You picked good place.
I don't like using the mesh tape much and it was originally intended for cracks and things and not seams. The paper tape is better IMO.
As suggested work in layers. But what got skipped is waiting between passes for the compound to dry.
Once you have cleaned up the drywall as suggested goop on a generous layer of mud and as instructed and work it into the seams press the paper tape into it smoothing off the excess as you go. I actually like working with a 6" knive for taping. In any event, that is all you want to accomplish with your first pass. Do remember the more excess you leave the more you are going to have to sand off.
After that embedment pass dries you can coat over the top of the tape. Again, I find a wider knife helpful. What you don't want to do is soggy up your tape so it puckers or starts disintegrating on you.
That gap on top is pretty wide. If you have more drywall scrap you might try cutting another piece and getting a bit tighter fit. Also just to make sure the camera is playing tricks with me, that patch is flush with the rest of the wall right? It almost looks like I am seeing the entire left edge.
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[quote=PhishPhix;1040447]I expected joining tape to be tacky. What am I missing?
an inch of drywall!
mesh tape is sticky. paper is not. apply mud first then stick the paper to the mud.
That is an awful large crack on top. Joint compound is going to crack. To fill a crack that big you have two choices 1 recut the patch 2 use setting type mud or "hot mud" it's harder to use but has a lot more strength. It comes in bags, make sure you get the white bag, and for first time I would use 90 minute. It comes as a powder and you mix it with water.Rather that drying this mud sets up by chemical reaction, 90 minutes means 90 minutes after you mix it, it starts to set up, unless you mix it with warm water then it will set faster. And once it starts to set you can't add water to to thin it once it starts to set if your not done throw it out and mix a new batch. Make sure to clean your tools between batches, because if new comes in contact with old it will start the reaction. Then follow the directions above for the first 2 coats then use regular mud for the last coat. Sounds like you already have the paper tape go ahead and use it, just be sure to bed it while the mud is wet. Good luck
Thanks all for the help. I'll give it a go and post the results. Yes, I would agree, I am missing about an inch on the top
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calculators for PDF, bond valence sum, and other quantities based on atom pair interaction.
Calculators for PDF, bond valence sum and other pair quantities
The diffpy.srreal package provides calculators for atomic pair distribution function (PDF), bond valence sums (BVS), atom overlaps for a hard-sphere model, bond distances and directions up to specified maximum distance. The atomic structure models are represented with internal classes as non-periodic, periodic or structures with space group symmetries. The package provides implicit adapters from diffpy.Structure class or from Crystal or Molecule objects from pyobjcryst. Adapters can be easily defined for any other structure representations in Python allowing their direct use with the calculators. Calculators support two evaluation models - BASIC, which performs a full pair-summation every time, and OPTIMIZED, which updates only pair contributions that have changed since the last evaluation. Calculations can be split among parallel jobs using Python multiprocessing package or any other library that provides parallel map function. PDF calculations can be done in two modes - either as a real-space summation of peak profiles (PDFCalculator) or as a reciprocal-space Debye summation and Fourier transform of the total scattering structure function (DebyePDFCalculator).
The diffpy.srreal package is a Python binding to the C++ library libdiffpy (https://github.com/diffpy/libdiffpy). Calculators are created as objects of a given calculator type and so multiple instances of the same calculator type can exist with different configurations. Calculators are composed of other objects that perform lower-level tasks, such as calculating peak profile or looking up atom scattering factors. These objects can be re-assigned at runtime allowing to easily customize the calculation procedure. New classes can be defined using object inheritance either in Python or in C++ and used with the existing calculators; as an example, this allows to calculate PDF with a user-defined profile function. A new calculator class can be also defined for any quantity that is obtained by iteration over atom pairs, by defining only the function that processes atom-pair contributions.
For more information about the diffpy.srreal library, see users manual at http://diffpy.github.io/diffpy.srreal.
The diffpy.srreal requires Python 2.7, C++ compiler and the following software:
- setuptools - tools for installing Python packages
- NumPy - library for scientific computing with Python
- scons - software constructions tool (1.0 or later)
- python-dev - header files for interfacing Python with C
- libboost-all-dev - Boost C++ libraries and development files (1.43 or later)
- libdiffpy - C++ library for PDF, bond valence sum and other pair quantity calculators https://github.com/diffpy/libdiffpy
- diffpy.Structure - simple storage and manipulation of atomic structures https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.Structure
Optional software:
- periodictable - periodic table of elements in Python http://www.reflectometry.org/danse/elements.html
- pyobjcryst - Python bindings to ObjCryst++, the Object Oriented Crystallographic library for C++, https://github.com/diffpy/pyobjcryst.
We recommend to use Anaconda Python as it allows to install all software dependencies together with diffpy.srreal. For other Python distributions it is necessary to install the required software separately. As an example, on Ubuntu Linux some of the required software can be installed using
sudo apt-get install \ python-setuptools python-numpy scons \ build-essential python-dev libboost-all-dev
To install the remaining packages see the installation instructions at their respective web pages.
The preferred method is to use Anaconda Python and install from the "diffpy" channel of Anaconda packages
conda config --add channels diffpy conda install diffpy.srreal
diffpy.srreal is also included in the "diffpy-cmi" collection of packages for structure analysis
conda install diffpy-cmi
If you prefer to install from sources, make sure all required software packages are in place and then run
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You may need to use sudo with system Python so the process is allowed to copy files to the system directories. If administrator (root) access is not available, see the output from python setup.py install --help for options to install to a user-writable location. The installation integrity can be verified by changing to the HOME directory and running
python -m diffpy.srreal.tests.run
An alternative way of installing diffpy.srreal is to use the SCons tool, which can speed up the process by compiling the C++ files in parallel (-j4)
sudo scons -j4 install
See scons -h for decription of build targets and options.
diffpy.srreal is an open-source software developed as a part of the DiffPy-CMI complex modeling initiative at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The diffpy.srreal sources are hosted at https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.srreal.
Feel free to fork the project and contribute. To install diffpy.srreal in a development mode, where the sources are directly used by Python rather than copied to a system directory, use
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To rebuild the C++ extension module and then optionally test the code integrity, use
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When developing with Anaconda Python it is essential to specify header path, library path and runtime library path for the active Anaconda environment. This can be achieved by setting the CPATH, LIBRARY_PATH and LDFLAGS environment variables as follows:
# resolve the prefix directory P of the active Anaconda environment P="$(conda info --json | grep default_prefix | cut -d\" -f4)" export CPATH=$P/include export LIBRARY_PATH=$P/lib export LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,$P/lib # compile and re-install diffpy.srreal scons -j4 build=debug develop
On Mac OS X the distributed Anaconda packages are built for operating system version 10.7, which may be incompatible with codes compiled on a newer OS. To avoid this problem set the environment variable MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.7. This allows to build diffpy.srreal against the Anaconda package for the libdiffpy library.
For more information on diffpy.srreal please visit the project web-page
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The following is a list of unnamed Federation starships.
- See also unnamed Federation starbases.
By registryEdit
- NCC-1700 (Constitution-class)
- NCC-3801 (Ptolemy-class)
- NCC-4000 (Ptolemy-class)
- NCC-73918 (Danube-class)
- NCC-75227 (Federation mission scoutship)
By classEdit
- Unnamed Akira-class starships
- Unnamed Constitution-class starships
- Unnamed Danube-class starships
- Unnamed Defiant-class starships
- Unnamed Excelsior-class starships
- Unnamed Galaxy-class starships
- Unnamed class J starships
- Unnamed Miranda-class starships
- Unnamed Nebula-class starships
- Unnamed Norway-class starships
- Unnamed Nova-class starships
- Unnamed Oberth-class starships
- Unnamed Prometheus-class starships
- Unnamed Saber-class starships
- Unnamed Steamrunner-class starships
By commanderEdit
Garth's starshipEdit
Fleet Captain Garth of Izar was a starship commanding officer in the mid 23rd century. His starship was involved in many important historical actions. (TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy")
Garth commanded his vessel to victory at Axanar some time prior to James Kirk's completion of Starfleet Academy. While Garth was a military hero at Axanar, Cadet Kirk was given the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission.
Garth ordered his starship's crew to destroy a sovereign, populated planet. They refused his order, and he was institutionalized at Elba II.
Hayes' starshipEdit
Admiral Hayes commanded a starship sometime before the Battle of Sector 001 in 2373. During the battle, this ship commanded the Federation fleet until its destruction. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Ross' flagship Edit
Admiral Ross commanded the Federation part of the allied fleet in the Battle of Cardassia from this ship. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
Winston's trading vesselEdit
By unnamed classesEdit
Prime Reality Edit
Coleman's former post Edit
Doctor Arthur Coleman was removed as chief medical officer of this ship for "administrative incompetence" and "flagrant medical blunders". In 2269, Leonard McCoy mentioned this fact to "James T. Kirk" while explaining why he felt "Janice Lester" should not have been given into Coleman's care. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")
Early scout missionEdit
An unnamed scout conducted first contact with the two civilizations of the Delos system in 2164. (TNG: "Symbiosis")
23rd century scoutEdit
In 2267, an unnamed scout reported unusual sensor readings from Gamma Trianguli VI to Starfleet Command. In response to the finding, Command ordered the USS Enterprise to the planet. (TOS: "The Apple").
Failed greeting to Torona IVEdit
An unnamed starship in 2344 visited Torona IV with a mission of opening diplomatic talks with the Jarada. The captain failed in his pronunciation of the greeting thus ending diplomatic talks between the Jarada and the Federation for twenty years. The record tapes of this encounter were viewed by the USS Enterprise-D crew in 2364 as they prepared for their attempt in opening diplomatic relations with the Jarada. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
Inauguration attendeesEdit
These two starships, along with the USS Enterprise, were expected to attend the inauguration ceremony for Altair VI's new president in 2267. (TOS: "Amok Time")
Mission to Klavdia IIIEdit
In 2349, this unnamed Federation ship took Salia and Anya, following the death of Salia's parents, from their homeworld of Daled IV to Klavdia III so that Salia could be raised in a neutral environment.
It was the mission of the USS Enterprise-D to return the two back to Daled IV, from Klavdia III, in 2365. (TNG: "The Dauphin")
Starfleet Medical courierEdit
A Starfleet Medical courier was to rendezvous with the USS Enterprise-D at Star Station India in 2365. Starfleet Command viewed this mission as very important. (TNG: "Unnatural Selection")
Sisko's transport to Deep Space 9Edit
An unnamed starship took Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake to Deep Space 9 in 2369. The starship featured a holodeck and an observation window where the pair viewed Deep Space 9 for the first time. (DS9: "Emissary")
Cylindrical ship at the Battle of Sector 001Edit
This unnamed cylindrical ship fought against the Borg in the Battle of Sector 001. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Two-nacelled Constitution refit variantEdit
This unnamed Federation starship was involved in the Dominion War. (DS9 Season 6)
Three-nacelled Excelsior refit variant Edit
This unnamed Federation starship was involved in the Dominion War. (DS9 Season 6)
Alternate reality Edit
Alternate Reality Starship #1 Edit
In the alternate reality of 2263, this starship was entering the Starbase Yorktown shipyard when the USS Enterprise-A was being constructed. (Star Trek Beyond)
Alternate Reality Starship #2 Edit
In the alternate reality of 2263, this starship was docked in the Starbase Yorktown shipyard when the Enterprise-A was being constructed. (Star Trek Beyond)


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Are intuitive rules universal?
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Where would he play? McBreen is just about to sign a 10 year contract and Rojic is a bit of an up and comer!!!!! Give him to Sydney, heavens knows they need anyone!!
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I was going to open this post with my excuse for liking what is known as the least nutritious kind of lettuce (pretty much it's my favorite and I prefer it) but instead, I can now eat my iceberg lettuce in peace. According to Raw Food Health, this is a myth. The article states that by most measures of nutrition, iceberg lags behind romaine and other leafy greens, especially when measured by weight. If measured by calories, however, it's not that bad. In addition, it leads in water and sodium. Hmmm....
You can read the entire article here if you're interested.
Here's a simple recipe I found at GymTrainer that sounds good
Iceberg Lettuce with Sunflower Seeds
•1 iceberg lettuce
•1 handful of raw sunflower seeds
•1 / 2 cucumber
•5-6 olives
•5-6 capers
•2 tablespoons olive oil
•2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
•salt to taste
Clean and cut the wholesale iceberg in a large bowl. Add olives, capers, cleaned and chopped cucumber. Bake in a dry pan over high heat for 2-3 minutes and place the seeds in a salad.
Garnish with herbs and stir.
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3 comments:
- Patty Woodland said...
The sunflower seeds add a punch of "good for you!"
- April 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Cheryl said...
I think we're going to put some sunflowers in the garden this year. They grow amazing here.
- April 11, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Sean McLachlan said...
Interesting that iceberg lettuce has been somewhat rehabilitated.
- April 12, 2012 at 12:59 PM
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Well this is interesting. I did 6 pulls at 30 FtLbs with the straight torque wrench and all fell within the 30-31 FtLb range, well within the expected results. I did 6 pulls with an 18" X 3/8 extension and got the same numbers. I stepped it up to 100 FtLbs, 6 pulls on the wrench gave me readings of 100 to 101. 6 pulls with the extension gave me readings of 96 to 98. There is "some" loss but had I used a 1/2" drive extension I don't think there would have been any detectable. Even at that the variation is still within 5% which is acceptable. Yes, there is some torque loss at higher settings with a smaller diameter extension but it's minor.
Hippie I was expecting something like that, I was waiting for someone to comment on the two wrench test I kept asking about before saying anything but a couple of days ago at the shop here we took two identical S/K 1/2" torque wrenches and two 1/2" drive extensions (6" and 12") and performed the test I kept asking About. The extensions were in a lubed pipe clamped in a vise and were pulled evenly by two people and the results were somewhat different than what you got. All pulls were well within tolerance at about 4% at the upper range with one wrench consistently under the other even when we switched ends of the extensions. this would confirm a slight difference in the two tools. This was done by 6 different people with multiple pulls at many different torque settings. Next we took a piece of 3/8" X 10" mild steel bar and applied torque to about 65 ft/bs at which point the bar began to twist. At about 74 ft/lbs the torque reading was within a couple of lbs even though the bar had twisted about 30 deg. In other words nothing we did gave any error between the wrenches, if you do not believe this try it yourself. How would you explain the error you got other than mechanical? You and I both know that it is a physical impossibility for that extension to have more force on one end than the other.
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Wait for it.....wait for it.... you know it's coming.....
Rat. As I said It was about what what I expected Let them believe what they want or maybe we should all call up everyone from Snap-On tools to NASA and tell them they are wrong Anyway you be your own judge.
Like I said if it was a 1/2" extension I'm sure there wouldn't have been any difference but I could see the extension physically twist approximately 10 degrees over it's length before the wrench clicked at the 100 FtLb setting. Torque is the application of energy, where did the energy used to twist the extension come from? It had to come from the force I applied to the wrench and if the wrench "clicked off" at 100 FtLbs and some of that 100 FtLbs was being used to twist the extension why would you expect to still have 100 FtLbs at your fastener or in this case the test unit? If you use the correct strength extension then I agree there is no discernable loss, but using the lighter extension there IS loss.
Hippie Why would I expect the energy to still be there? You are confusing ENERGY with FORCE. As I said earlier the total amount of energy will NOT be exerted on the fastener. The total minus what it used to twist the extension to equilibrium is what reaches the fastener but equilibrium is just that, the same amount of force on each end! The amount of force applied to a fastener is what the torque reading is, not how much energy it takes to get there and any extra energy used twisting the extension is gained by extra wrench movement using constant force(torque) . I explained this earlier the extra energy is gained from extra wrench movement and stored in the extension as static energy and will be released when the force is relaxed. You are now using the same old argument that has been tossed around for years but I bet you cannot explain why the wrench quits turning if it has less resistance on the fastener end than force applied to the wrench end. Please explain how I am wrong if I state that the force on one end HAS to be equal to the resistance on the other end or the thing would continue to turn. Simple laws of physics cannot be explained away by mechanical error.
I'm not confusing what the test equipment tells me. 100 Ft Lbs is 100 FtLbs., 98 FtLbs is 98 FtLbs. 2 Ft Lbs. went somewhere, the machine doesn't lie. I don't have an opinion one way or another on where it went, it doesn't really matter, I saw what I saw. 2% at 100 Ft. Lbs. honestly doesn't mean squat for most of us here. You guys can keep on arguing all you want. My torque wrench is still accurate after all these years and I won't use my long 3/8" extension when I'm torquing over 30 FtLbs, that's all I really care about.
Hippie, I did not take exception to your findings but I just could not help but think here we go again when you started talking about the thinner extension and flex absorbing the torque when that quite plainly is a physical impossibility. Machines are fallible due to either malfunction or input error but the laws of physics and mathematics are the laws of the universe and are inarguable. I keep asking for someone to show how an extension can have less force on one end than on the other but so far no one has made any attempt to do so. Also let's not forget that as has already been pointed out the manufacturers themselves state clearly in their manuals that this error does not exist.
I'm not going to fault your equiptment or findings,but I am in agreement with Old red that both ends of the extension should,by basic laws of physics,see the same torque.Since at 30 ft/lbs,the readings of both wrench and tester agreed,I feel that the discrepancy at 100 ft/lbs is indicative of a mechanical loss,probably due to friction in the method of support for the extension.
If a loss of torque is possible in this situation,then we would also have to accept a loss of engine torque is possible through the driveshaft and other power transmission shafts of the cars we build and drive.For example,a motor putting out 500 ft/lbs of torque at the flywheel would be losing 2% through each shaft the power was transmitted through on it's way to the differencial,then an additional 2% through the axles.We know that this is not what happens.
The 10 degree twist in the extension is indicative of additional energy in the form of a longer arc of motion needed to reach the desired torque in the system,not additional torque applied to the wrench.
If we could support the wrench end of the extension in a frictionless bearing,located so that the centerline of the extension was perfectly perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the tester,by all known laws of physics, the amount of torque exerted on the wrench will exactly equal the torque transmitted by the extension on the tester.
OK, I have been thinking about this and I may have a plausible theory(NXS will love this ) Up until now I really had not given all that much thought to this since the physics involved are obvious and this has been hashed out thousands of times over the years, BUT, Hippie seems to have uncovered a discrepancy of some sort that appears to defy logic so the question is, how? If one is using a "clicker" type wrench then there may be an explanation for the error that does indeed involve twisting. A "clicker" type wrench does not measure torque in the sense that a gauge will take a direct reading it simply releases or "fails" suddenly at a predetermined setting and once this happens it no longer "reads" anything, if you continue to pull it would not show any increase in "reading". So if using a "springy" extension and applying force at an increasing rate the extension will deflect according, that is it will deflect at an increasing rate and since the resistance at the fastener end will not "see" the full amount of force being applied to the wrench end until it reaches equilibrium it will lag behind slightly and may be the cause of the problem. Since the clicker wrench only "reads" one spot and only at the instant it senses the setting it will snap when it reaches that setting but since the resistance is lagging behind due to the increasing rate of deflection it(resistance) will not have reached an equal amount of force at that instant. This will have no effect on a gauge or beam type wrench or any other type of torque measuring device that takes a continuous reading of the resistance(torque) and in no way changes the principles involved in applying force through a shaft(an extension in this case)but it does identify a design flaw with the "clicker" type wrenches and is thus a mechanically induced error. While this is only a theory I have come up with it does seem, unless I am mistaken, to explain the discrepancy assuming Hippie was using a clicker type wrench.
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This whole thing has been ridiculous for more reasons than one but the worst reason is that we have been in disagreement over an error to small to matter anyway. The problem is when someone tries to correct the "error" by adding 10% or even more(NXS never said it was that much)and indeed I have seen this done. I guess that is why I take this so seriously since it usually is "corrected" by a large amount and with any kind of wrench. I have an acquittance that is an engineer with a mining equipment company and I will run my theory by him and see what he thinks.
Last edited by oldred; 11-18-2005 at 05:45 PM.
man this thread grows fast!
All that is affected by adding a socket extension is the accuracy...typically a torque wrench will display less torque the longer the socket extension is. The accuracy loss is always negative.
Torque wrench FAQ by Norbar.
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The old wives tale surrounding "extensions" and torque wrenches is related to what different people call an extension...classically an extension changes the length of the handle but most people think socket extension.
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Sir go way simpler. The S on the first one is hurtin. it gets way too skinny in the middle.
Gam use bars to make your letters. They go from really skinny to really fat. and i can tell you didnt use bars for your letter structure.
Fathem, what mostly everyone says, go simpler and start off really basic. your lines are also a bit sketchy and choppy. Someone told me to use your wrist as a hinge to draw cleaner and straighter lines.
Snaw you're really working on it a low eh? Glad to see you keep trying over and over. But you should fatten up the S
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gam- use bars, and cover up some white space, and lurk some threads to get leter structure inspiration keep it simple though
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dude write straight letters same size write your name over and over until u get a style developing.
suparjafar: yeah, thats what i did for the past like hour haha....ok, so basicly your sayin that my letters should be an equal size to make this look better? And as for the style, whats making it look like, well there isnt any? (in your opinion)
Secret to gettin away everytime, Parkour.
for now, yeah and i really dont get the second part..lol but im gonna guess you mean developing a handstyle..you just gotta keep practicing and writing it over and over and it'll start to tweak over time and just keep writing it and you'll develop a style i dont know how to explain it
I dont know too much about handstyles, but yours is decent. The A doesnt look too much like an A rather than a N. try to point the top of it more. Also the Arrow on the left is totally unnecessary.
^use bars
trying to improve...
sticking to basics
Lol, ***** said use bars.
After litterly 4 double sided pages of writing my name, i think i got the tag down...correct me if im wrong
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conclusion: i dont get BBV's post at all.
snaw: looks good (left especially) keep those simps up. use uppercase N. dont let the curls of the S touch its middle. and the W in second is too bubbly compared to rest and use bars. actually. let them overlap instead of guessing where they should meet
krump. your getting the idea. straighter letters
fathem - no arrows, no unattached mid E line, no attached A to F, have Cross bar for A, have consistent height + width pls, and straighter simpler letters for now. and dont use your sketch pad for tag practice (if that is what it is) and for the love of allah dont put that in the street
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dawg, YOU AREN'T CHANGING ANYTHING.
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letters made from parts of other letters = WHACK.
letters that are smaller than other letters = WHACK.
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The two had apparently settled their differences in a phone conversation Tuesday afternoon. However, Phillips then went on TV later Tuesday and said Hughes "said what he said" and that is was the first time he had ever heard a player make a racial remark.
When pressed to confirm Hughes made a racial remark, Phillips said, "He did. That's what we talked about. If you want to know what he said, you should ask him."
Hughes is so upset by the matter that he has declined to speak directly with the media for fear of becoming too emotional.
However, Hughes did issue a statement through the Pirates' media relations department that read: "In response to Brandon Phillips' TV interview yesterday, prior to the game, I feel compelled to once again make it perfectly clear that I did not make any comment with a racial undertone or connotation during our exchange on Monday night, period. While I cannot repeat everything that I said because I did swear, it is obvious when reviewing the tape that I in no way, shape or form made any remark that was in any way connected to race. It is not how I was raised and not who I am as a person."
A source who was on the field during the time of the incident told The Sports Xchange Tuesday that Hughes used two expletives when he yelled at Phillips but neither was of a racial nature. Hughes was upset that Phillips flipped the ball back to the mound after being hit rather than throwing it toward the dugout, which is the normal protocol.
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3B Pedro Alvarez was a late scratch from Wednesday night's lineup because of soreness in his right wrist. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle declined to say how Alvarez was injured or when he might be able to return. The Pirates are off Thursday before opening a four-game series Friday against the Cubs at Chicago. INF Josh Harrison took Alvarez's place and went 0-for-3 as the Pirates lost 2-1 at Cincinnati.
RHP Jeff Karstens will be available to pitch out of the bullpen beginning Friday. Manager Clint Hurdle would not commit to when or if Karstens might return to the rotation this season. Karstens has missed his last two turns in the rotation since leaving his Aug. 31 start at Milwaukee in the first inning because of a strained right hip.
2B Neil Walker will not return to the lineup on Friday, as originally hoped. Walker missed his 15th straight game with tightness in his lower back Wednesday night. The Pirates were encouraged that Walker was close to being ready to play in a game after he hit against RHP Jeff Karstens in a simulated game on Tuesday. However, Walker felt discomfort on Wednesday and did not take batting practice. The Pirates are off Thursday and Walker will be re-evaluated Friday.
LF Starling Marte, who has struggled since coming off the disabled list Friday, was benched for a second straight game. Marte is 1-for-12 with six strikeouts after missing 15 games with a strained right oblique muscle.
RHP Kyle McPherson is a possibility to move into the starting rotation in the season's final weeks, especially if the Pirates fall out of contention. McPherson has a 1.69 ERA in six relief appearances for the Pirates, allowing two earned runs in 10 2/3 innings. The Pirates are just 2 1/3 games behind St. Louis for the second National League wild card and have actually gained one-half game on the Cardinals despite losing 14 of their last 18 games.
By The Numbers: 0-3—RHP A.J. Burnett's record in his last five starts, though the 15-game winner took a tough-luck loss Tuesday as he gave up just two runs and five hits in six innings.
Quote To Note: "It was a well-pitched game on Homer's side. You've got to tip your hat," —RHP A.J. Burnett on losing to Cincinnati RHP Homer Bailey, who allowed one run and six hits in seven innings for the win Tuesday.


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For the past few years I have been baking gluten-free cornbread for The Caring Place's annual Soup Supper fundraiser. My first recipe was for the typical sweet Southern style cornbread that realistically could also serve as dessert. This recipe, Cornbread – Gluten-Free and Vegan, has consistently received rave reviews.
During the last event I fielded questions about 'plain' cornbread and spicy cornbread as jalapeño cornbread is also a local favorite. So this year I played around with modifying my basic recipe to reduce the sweetener and add some fresh jalapeños and corn. That version received only lukewarm reviews from my taste testers. My personal impression was that the fresh corn and peppers were too fibrous in the moist and tender cornbread.
I ended up adapting a very popular recipe calling for canned jalapeños and creamed corn. And since I was out of town for the event I have not heard from anyone about their impressions. When I tasted a tiny test muffin it had a good balance of flavors and seemed more like what people would appreciate. I will be baking both recipes again for next year.
Jalapeño Cornbread – ingredients for a single 8" or 9" square pan:
Binder/egg replacer (prepare this first):
1 teaspoon chia seed, ground
3 tablespoons water
Mix together in a medium microwave bowl (you will be adding other ingredients later).
Heat the mixture for about 20-40 seconds (just until it boils).
Set aside; it should be goopy like egg white when you use it.
Dry Ingredients:
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
4 teaspoons GF baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup GF cornmeal
Wet Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
2 tablespoons agave nectar
3 tablespoons coconut oil
1 4-ounce can diced jalapeño peppers
Preheat the oven to 425*F.
Prepare a non-stick square pan with vegetable oil or spray and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
Blend with a whisk.
Add the remaining wet ingredients to the prepared chia goop and mix well.
Combine all of the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients – no dry spots.
Pour immediately into the prepared pan.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes – until the edges start to brown.
Test with a cake tester or toothpick to be sure.
Cool briefly on a rack before cutting.
Source Notes:
Del Monte makes the gluten-free creamed corn.
Bob's Red Mill makes the gluten-free flours and the cornmeal.
(DOUBLE CHECK the cornmeal label – BRM makes many ground corn products and some grocery stores end up with the regular cornmeal stocked in the gluten-free section!)
Non-dairy milk – I mix almond milk from a carton half&half with coconut milk from a can.
Agave nectar – this can be substituted with your favorite non-nutritive sweetener although it does help retain moisture and balance the flavors.
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Book Club Reads Mark Zusak's Compelling Tale
The book club will cover The Book Thief this February. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez will give some reserve players a chance to impress in the Capital One Cup against Stevenage.
Martinez has named the same line-up for his first two matches in charge of the Toffees but will make significant changes for the cup match.
He said: "I think the timing of the League Cup is always really, really good because we are on the back of seven weeks of very strong work from everyone and you get players who are a little bit disappointed because they couldn't show what they could do in the opening two games in the league.
"It's important if we want to be successful over the course of a season that we have a strong squad - not just 11 or 12 players, but a squad of players who are ready to come in, show a moment of form and help the team to get results.
"I want players playing that are fully fresh and recovered. We've got those that played at the weekend, we're going to have another tough game (at Cardiff) and then the international break. So it's important we share that demand and give hungry players a chance to play."
Martinez has insisted there has been no fresh approach from Manchester United for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines - and claimed he has not made a bid for Wigan's James McCarthy.
The Latics have already rejected one bid from United for the pair and there have been reports that a new bid has been made.
Asked if there had been a new offer from United, he replied: "No, no other news."
He told Everton's official website: "I know we are going to be talking about the transfer window but that's not what we are focusing on now."
Martinez admitted he is still looking at new signings ahead of Monday's transfer deadline, but was adamant no bid has been made to his old club Wigan for McCarthy.
He said: "There has been no bid made. I think it's quite easy to understand that James is a player I signed at a young age and I've got huge admiration for him, so it doesn't take anyone (much) to create a little bit of a story. But there has been no bid."
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Toronto's main market edged lower Friday afternoon, weighed down by a disappointing GDP growth rate in Canada, and a mixed bag of economic data in the U.S., while investors await word on budget negotiations in Washington regarding the looming fiscal cliff.
Statistics Canada reported Friday there was no growth in GDP during September, following a 0.1% dip in August, resulting in third quarter economic growth of 0.6 per cent on an annualized basis. Analysts expected 0.8% growth.
The slower pace of growth was the result of declines in exports and business investment, the agency said. Exports fell 2.0% in the third quarter, the largest decline since the second quarter of 2009.
By comparison, real GDP in the United States grew 2.7% in the third quarter.
Meanwhile, traders were focused on budget talks in the U.S., with market moves based largely on comments from Democrat or Republican leaders on the progress of reaching a deal to avert the $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts due to take effect next year.
Back in Toronto as of 1:00pm ET, the S&P/TSX Composite was lower by 23.84 points, or 0.2%, to 12,179.01, while the more junior S&P/TSX Venture Composite edged higher by 0.93 points, or 0.08%, to 1,219.31.
Commodities were mixed Friday, with precious metals down, and crude oil and base metal copper rising. Gold for February delivery fell $11.0 to $1,718.5 an ounce, while silver futures lost 75 cents to $33.68 an ounce.
Crude oil for January gained 27 cents to $88.34 a barrel, while the base metal copper contract rose 3.8 cents to $3.64 a pound.
Most of Toronto's main sectors were lately down, including materials, energy, and financials. Metals and mining and info tech were lately higher.
Gold giants were lower Friday, with Goldcorp (TSE:G), Kinross (TSE:K) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) down 0.9%, 1.3% and 1.4%, respectively.
Gainers in materials were led by Inmet Mining (TSE:IMN), as the miner advanced a further 4% after rejecting First Quantum's (TSE:FM) takeover proposal earlier this week. First Quantum was down around 0.9%.
Jaguar Mining (TSE:JAG) led the decline in the sector, as shares fell 5.6%. Cline Mining (TSE:CMK) also dropped around 5%.
Energy was down in Toronto, with Talisman Energy (TSE:TLM) leading the losses, lower by almost 4%. Trilogy Energy (TSE:TET) and Petrominerales (TSE:PMG) led the gainers, up around 2.5% and 2.1%, respectively.
Industrials were higher as Bombardier (TSE:BBD.B) advanced 2.4% in Toronto.
Financials were lately slightly lower, as Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) shed 0.8% and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) gained 0.6%. Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY), which kickstarted the Canadian banking reporting season yesterday on an upbeat note, fell 0.5%.
Research In Motion (TSE:RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) was lately higher by 1.8%, after Goldman Sachs (TSE:GS) upgraded the BlackBerry yesterday from "neutral" to "buy" - the latest in a slew of analyst upgrades ahead of its BlackBerry 10 launch. Some remain unconvinced, however, as reportedly analysts at Berenberg Bank in London and Macquarie Securities believe the new platform will not change that drastically.
In other corporate news, Telus Corp. (TSE:T) shares rose as it said the non-Canadian ownership of its shares is down, suggesting that US hedge fund Mason Capital could have reduced its stake in the company. Telus has been involved in a proxy fight with the US hedge fund over a plan to convert its non-voting shares into voting shares.
Elsewhere, Isotechnika Pharma's stock jumped 89% on Friday after it said it received a partial award from its ICC arbitration regarding its right to terminate the development, distribution and license agreement with ILJIN Life Sciences. The award provides that the deal has not been terminated, and Isotechnika's contract still subsists.
"Although the Partial Award rejected the company's interpretation of the DDL's termination provision, the result – the DDL being declared in force – brings the company much needed certainty in its pursuit of the development of voclosporin," said president and CEO, Dr. Robert Foster.
Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) shares were lower by 0.2% after the Environment Minister Peter Kent did not approve the company's planned Alberta gas project. He said the project would put wildlife in the CFB Suffield area at risk.
US markets also slid Friday, as lawmakers continued to struggle over a deal to avert the so called fiscal cliff.
Investors have been grappling with uncertainty as lawmakers and President Obama engage in brinksmanship over year-end tax hikes and spending cuts. The so-called fiscal cliff could harm economic growth, with economists believing it will likely send the US economy back into recession.
The Dow was lately down 29 points to 12,993, the Nasdaq fell 10 points to 3,002, and the S&P 500 shed 4 points to 1,412. The Nasdaq is still on track for its best November since 2009.
On the economic front, personal spending fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in October after surging 0.8% in prior month, the Commerce Department said. It was the first decline since May.
Chicago PMI faintly accelerated in November, rising to 50.4 from 49.9 in October. The index came in just a shade below the 50.5 MarketWatch-compiled economist consensus.
In corporate news, Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) shares extended their decline Friday, after tumbling on news that the terms of its deal with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) had substantially changed.
Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), which makes money off .com Internet registrations, said it reached a new agreement with the Commerce Department that bars future price increases.
Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) shares sank after the firm softened its expectations for China, predicting same-store sales in that key market would decline 4% in the fourth quarter.
Genesco (NYSE:GCO) raised its full-year earnings forecast as the footwear and apparel retailer posted net profits of $40.9 million, or $1.70 a share, for the third quarter.
WhiteWave Foods (NYSE:WWAV) shares were lower as it posted third-quarter earnings of $26.3 million, or 18 cents per share, down from $29.8 million, or 20 cents, a year earlier.
This is the first report for the company since its October IPO. Dean Foods Co. (NYSE:DF) remains majority owner following the IPO.
United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) reported Friday that first quarter profit rose as sales grew despite moderate inflation and higher than anticipated product shortages.
Action-sports retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) late Thursday reported weaker third-quarter sales trends and issued a disappointing forecast, sending shares lower by 2.5% on Friday.
European markets finished higher with the DAX up 0.18%, the FTSE 100 gaining 0.12% and the CAC 40 rising 0.12%.


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(CNSNews.com) – News veteran Tom Brokaw, in an appearance said if Bush administration Attorney General John Ashcroft were dealing with the same scandals that Attorney General Eric Holder has been embroiled in as part of the Obama administration, "the left would be going very hard after them."
"From a political point of view, one of the ways that you can measure the impact of all of this and the fairness of it, think if this had happened in the Bush administration with John Ashcroft as the attorney general. You know full well the Democrats and the left would be going very hard after them with these issues that are in play," Brokaw said on NBC's "Meet the Press.
Host David Gregory asked Brokaw whether Holder would resign given the number of scandals DOJ is caught up in, most recently investigating the phone records of AP reporters and editors as well as Fox News.
"Do you think – you've seen these kind of investigations before, meaning the Judiciary investigation, committee investigation of the attorney general. This could be elongated. You have this morning on 'The New York Times' government officials talking off the record or on background about his effectiveness. Does he stay in the job?" Gregory asked.
"Boy, I think it's tough to see how he does at this case. It's up to the president. What we're seeing in the 'New York Times' today is that familiar Washington two-step - officially getting the endorsement of people like David Axelrod and the spokesman for the president, but at the same time, there's another part of that two-step that is going on in which people think it would better if he left," Brokaw said.
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