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Hey Guys!
Monday is over, who's happy? I had a bizarre day on the bus front. I'm not sure if I told you or not, but I'm one of oh, 3 people in LA who can actually ride the bus. (Fine, that is an exaggeration.) But I do feel SO incredibly lucky that it is easy for me to ride the bus! First the bus I ride drove right past me, then I missed the stop that I needed to get off at (good book!) and then on the way home, someone driving by yelled "hey prostitutes!" out the window to myself and a girl from work. I thought my outfit was kind of preppy, but apparently not! 🙂
Oh, and I'm a little out of practice on the daily eats posts – I forgot to take two pictures! I'm sure you can use your imagination…
Beverages: coffee + coconut creamer. While I prefer the flavor of 1/2 & 1/2, I'm trying to cut down on dairy and find that after a few days of coconut creamer I don't really notice it anymore. I save my dairy consumption for cheese and greek yogurt.
Breakfast: raspberry & cashew museli (or overnight oats): 1 serving oats + almond milk + 1/2 cup 2% greek yogurt + 3/4 cup raspberries + flax + cashews
Lunch: tuna (1 can) & white bean (2 servings) salad + greens with balsamic dressing
Snack 1: finn crisp crackers (caraway) + 100 calorie pack of guacamole
Snack 2: raw almond butter
Workout: 45 minute spin class
Snack 3: olives
Dinner: brown rice + fried tofu + bok choy, asparagus and baby greens saute
Dessert: small square of dark chocolate
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Yesterday I had an all day work training session. It was my first chance to just sit in boredom and I realized that I have a bunch of tiny scratches all over one hand. For the life of me, I could not figure out where they were from until I got home and sat my daughter on my lap. She sat there and scratched my hand/wrist for an hour or two before falling asleep on me.
Ah, the life of a mom...
Ah, the life of a mom...
rainshower Posts: 4,420Registered Userswhat a timely topic! our daughter (5) roots to get to sleep and while she's sleeping. by roots, i mean that she moves her feet back and forth in a small spot on her mattress until she finds a comfy place. well, when she's in bed with us, she roots under us, meaning, she digs her feet under our bodies until she's comfortable and leaves them there wedged under our backs, legs, etc. well one night, she had a hang nail on her big toe and was rooting me all night. the next morning, i awoke to welts all over my legs that i later discovered were caused by her hang nail. that bad boy actually broke my skin and i was eventually left with tiny scabbed lines on my leg and thigh.
sometimes my husband and i will toss her rooting legs back and forth to each other to get some peace. it's an endearing thing (i used to root my mother; i guess it's genetic!), but when you are trying to get some sleep, it can drive you crazy."Dogs stink too, but I like dog stink." ~ rileyb0


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|coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
|I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
|What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
|The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
|You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.


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Make Your High School Football Picks [WEEK 5]
There are some big-time matchups in Week 5 of the high school football season, and the Ticket team will be broadcasting live from Weatherbee Complex in Hampden as the Broncos take on perennial Eastern Maine power Lawrence on Friday.
Originally scheduled for Friday, but since moved to Satruday, the 2-2 Orono Red Riots will host the undefeated Bucksport Golden Bucks at 7 p.m.
Those are two of three games of the week we'll ask our listeners to pick. Last week, you were 2-1 in picking our featured games, accurately picking Portland over Bangor and Mattanawcook over John Bapst. Your only slip up was thinking a much-improved Belfast team would beat the MDI Trojans.
Here are this week's featured games. Time to make your picks.
Bucksport Golden Bucks at Orono Red Riots
Waterville Purple Panthers at Foxcroft Academy Ponies
In Class C the marquee matchup is 4-0 Waterville at 4-0 Foxcroft Academy. The Purple Panthers, the Ponies and Winslow are all undefeated. Starting this week, they play a round robin schedule where they play each other…so who ya got Friday night?
Lawrence Bulldogs at Hampden Academy Broncos
In Class B, the Lawrence Bulldogs bring their 2-2 record to Hampden Academy. The Broncos are 3-1 and rolling up big time yards on offense. Lawrence is known for its defense. What gives? Who ya got?


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Golden Festival 2017
2 Nights, 4 Stages, & More Than 3 Decades Strong
Zlatne Uste Golden Festival: NYC's Festival of Music and Dance from the Balkans and Beyond
On January 13 and 14, 2017, Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall will again come alive with the music, song, and dance of the Balkans (and well beyond) as some 60 bands and 3000 revelers gather for the 32nd annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival.
Golden Festival has been called a once-in-a-lifetime experience that happens every year. Crowds join hands and dance, shop for folk arts, nibble feta, sausage, and desserts, and share midwinter cheer. It's a pop-up community where young and old, the folklorist, music professional and party animal come together in two nights of joy.
Part showcase, part benefit, part Balkan Mardi Gras, the Golden Festival features an enormous range of artists freely sharing their music. In what the Village Voice called a "grassroots folk rave," seasoned veterans and rising stars in their own communities (think Macedonian, Bulgarian, Albanian), join top musicians from across the country, devoted amateurs, and Balkan-inflected jazz masters. Anchored in Balkan traditions (roughly Romania to Greece, Croatia to Turkey), and venturing generously beyond, the programming spans the ancient and the experimental, the oud and the synthesizer.
High spirits are fueled by such preeminent performers as Eleanor Reissa with Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars, or Merita Halili, Raif Hyseni & Montclair State University Ensemble, while burgeoning talents shine in teen band Cocek Nation and Young Bulgarian Voices New York. Enchantment pervades the Atrium where Tenores de Aterúe, the Yale Slavic Chorus, and others immerse listeners in vocal wonderment. Brooklyn's own beloved Balkan brass acts (Slavic Soul Party, Raya) are well represented, and of course Zlatne Uste, New York's pioneering Balkan brass band and festival sponsors, performs both nights. A complete schedule will be posted on the website www.goldenfest.org.
Friday night includes a dance workshop and dancing to 12:30 in the Grand Ballroom. The festival lifts off again at 6 p.m. Saturday, whirls on four concurrent stages and only lands at 2 a.m., with an after-party scene at nearby nightspots. Grand Prospect Hall is located at 263 Prospect Avenue, between 5th and 6th Aves (R train to Prospect Ave., limited valet parking, ample street parking).
Entrance to the festival is $35 for Friday and $55 for Saturday, or $80 for both (food included), with discounts for students (with ID) and online purchase. Profits are donated to charitable or educational organizations serving Balkan communities.
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band (www.zlatneuste.org) began the Golden Festival in 1986. Zlatne Uste is comprised of American-born musicians steeped in the brass and dance traditions of Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Northern Greece. They have traveled from Brazil to Canada and coast to coast, playing for American and Balkan audiences. IN 1987 Zlatne Uste was the first foreign band ever invited to play Serbian music at the Dragačevo Brass Festival in Guča, Serbia, and the band's fifth trip to the now legendary Guča festival is featured in Brasslands, a new documentary by Meerkat Media Collective. Zlatne Uste has released four CDs.
Golden Festival 2017, www.goldenfest.org
NYC's Festival of Music and Dance from the Balkans and Beyond
Venue: Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue, between 5th and 6th Aves, Brooklyn, NY
Telephone contact: (646) 844-4653, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday, Jan 13th, 7:30 pm to 12:30 am; Admission: $35, students with ID: $30
Saturday, Jan 15th, 6 pm to 2 am; Admission: $55, students with ID: $45
Two Night Festival Admission: $80, students $65
Children 12 and under: free
Advance online purchase: www.goldenfest.org/tickets
Complimentary Balkan & Middle Eastern Snacks/Cash Bar
Subway: R to Prospect Ave. Limited on site valet parking
Facebook: Zlatne Uste Golden Festival
Press Contact: Joanna Zannoni, firstname.lastname@example.com, tel (646)844-4653
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An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
There had been no previous claim of responsibility for the bombings, which killed 34 people and heightened security fears before next month's Olympics. In the video, two men sitting in front of black banners with Arabic verses warn President Vladimir Putin that if the games are held, "we will give you a present for the innocent Muslim blood being spilled all around the world." (AP)


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The grieving family of a slain Wilmer-Hutchins High School basketball player is determined to find out who is responsible for his death.
"We want justice," said Tammy Simpson, Troy Causey Jr.'s mother.
Causey, 18, died Monday night at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas after being severely beaten outside his southeast Oak Cliff home Sunday night.
Causey, a senior forward for the team, had hoped to become a professional basketball player, Simpson said. He had been playing since he was 3 years old.
"He was full of joy and hope and aspiration, he had a beautiful soul, he was ready to begin the next phase of life," Simpson said. Causey had a college visit scheduled for this week. The 6-6 player also wanted to study graphic design.
His prized possession was his Amateur Athletic Union silver medal from a 2009 championship. He wore it around his neck attached to his school ID tag.
Causey was living with a cousin and another high school basketball player in southeast Oak Cliff to be closer to his school. Simpson, her husband, and their two young children live in Lake Highlands.
Causey was struck in the face and knocked unconscious Sunday night in front of his home, in the 6300 block of Cinnamon Oaks Drive.
Witnesses said they saw Causey arguing with two people before he was hit. Simpson said Dallas police have strong leads in Causey's death, but no suspects have been named.
"Everybody loved him; he didn't have enemies that he knew of," she said.
She said he was in a coma before his death. His heart, pancreas and liver were donated.
"His smile was infectious ... he always showed happiness; he didn't like people to know he was bothered by anything," Simpson said. "He was very strong, and he fought to stay alive."
Youlanda Warren, a family friend, laughed as she recalled Causey as a child.
"What I remember is just him being a playful, busy little person," Warren said. "That's what I'm going to cherish and remember."
Roferrel Simpson, Causey's stepfather, said it's important to him to share Causey's achievements with friends.
"I just want them to see how special Troy was," he said.
Two candlelight vigils are planned, and services are set for Saturday at Restland Funeral Home and Cemetery at 13005 Greenville Ave. in Dallas. The time has not been finalized.
Vigils for Troy Causey
7 p.m. Thursday, Wilmer-Hutchins High School, 5520 Langdon Road, Dallas
6:30 p.m. Friday, Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center, 12225 Willowdell Drive, Dallas


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Need help on my biology homework.
Hi, Ryan :)
This is a very common question in both Biology and Immunology!
The bottom line is this:
ALL White Blood Cells (WBCs) are knows as LEUOKOCYTES. (P.S> Essentially "cytes" just means "cells" )
There are two different branches of LEUOKOCYTES (again, WBCs)
The first ones are GRANULOCYTES~ as their name implies, they have GRANULES in their cytoplasm when they are stained :
These are :
- BASOPHILS ` low amount , usually for inflammation
- EOSINOPHILS ` low amount , usually parasite infections
- NEUTROPHILS ` MOST ABUNDANT, FIRST RESPONSE to INFECTION or INFLAMMATION (also called PMNs..or polymorphonuclear lymphocytes!)
These are all a part of our INNATE (or INSTINCTIVE ) immunity...this means it happens right off, doesn't last long and is the first line of defense!
The second branch is the AGRANULOCYTES...you guessed it! NO GRANULES in their cytoplasm when stained!
Two primary groups:
- Lymphocytes ` these are the T cells and B cells (T cells are attack cells, B cells produce antibodies to infections!) These are part of our ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY..this means that our body adapts to the foreign materials, or pathogens, and finds a way to get rid of them. (It also gives us immunity)
- Monocytes.. the second AGRANULOCYTE, .can become activated Macrophages, which EAT and destroy the pathogens! This is part of the INNATE immunity. These are REALLY big..I tell students to call them the "MAC ATTACK"
This may be more than you needed, but good luck!
Best regards,
Dr Bekah


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Do you think you have finished your presentation? There are a number of things to do before you can be sure that you are through.
Check that the following are correct on your slides:
We have already covered all these items above. In this section you will add a few more items to the list:
This checklist is also in the Appendix.
You already learned how to make your presentation advance through the slides automatically, without any clicking or keystrokes by setting animations to run After Previous or With Previous.
When would you use a show that plays itself automatically? What could you include in the slides?
Slide Show > Rehearse Timings
Use the Rehearse Timings feature to fine tune your timings. With this PowerPoint feature, you click through the slide show at whatever pace you find comfortable for each transition and animation. The times are saved and replace the timings you set when you selected the transitions and animations. This can be easier than guessing about times over and over again.
Slide Show > Setup Slide Show
The default setup for your show assumes that the presentation will accompany a speech. It requires you to click or use keys to advance. You have other choices!
Multiple monitors: Presentation View requires 2 monitors
PowerPoint 2007:
Office button > Save As...
PowerPoint 2010, 2013, 2016: File > Save As...
Saving your presentation is not really as simple as it might seem. You have choices!
In the Save As dialog you can choose from a list of file types. Which one you should choose depends on what you plan to do with the presentation.
Each choice is perfect for certain situations and may be a disaster for others.
While you are creating a presentation, you will normally want to save with the default format, PowerPoint Presentation (*.pptx). The file format is basically the same for PowerPoint 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016, but it is different from earlier versions. Simple enough. But sometimes there are complications.
Use Save As to reduce file size: After doing a lot of editing, the file size for your presentation can get larger and larger. Saving the file with a new name can reduce the file size, sometimes dramatically.
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What do you do when you have to wing it during a shoot and you have little or no prior information?
Making it up as you go along is one of the most pressure-filled experiences you will have as a photographer. But remember, travel photogs and photojournos do it, so if they can, so can you.
The key is to be open and prepared for all the possibilities. One key to being able to wing it on location is to have all your gear ready. If it's a portrait photoshoot, you need to pack all the light equipment you think you might need, something which you learn from experience, and once you're on location, you need to summon every ounce of your creative problem solving to make your images work.
Here are some tips for when you have to make it up as you go along.
Don't pack light.
I mean, weight-wise. For a shoot I did for a magazine cover, I brought six lights, so I would have twice as many as I needed in case something happened and some units failed. In the middle of the shoot at the location, a half-finished boutique hotel, there was a tour of the premises for a group of about ten employees. As they walked through the room where we were shooting, one of them knocked down one of my lightstands and the strobe and receiver attached to it broke into pieces as they hit the floor. I didn't have time to stop except to glare at the offending person; I quickly removed the broken equipment to look at later, and replaced them with backup items.
Bring all kinds of light shapers, just in case.
I also brought a lot of light shapers. Good thing, because I had to do a reasonably wide portrait including the environment. The walls were dark, especially the black granite with the hotel logo which absolutely had to be in the shot. I couldn't use a softbox because it would create a large reflection on the black granite. Also, I wanted to use the mirror in the shot, and had to have lighting that included the clothing, face, and everything else in its range. To light the subject's face and clothes and have some nice fall-off around her, I attached a honeycomb grid to one strobe and used the mirror to reflect some of that light to light the environment.
Create the look using the environment.
For another shoot, I had never been to the location. All I knew was, the client wanted the photos to look 'mysterious.' So while the model was going through makeup and hair styling, I walked around with a flash unit and lit it at various rooms in the location. Even the bathroom. The bathroom had a ledge with some candles on it, so I decided to light the candles to create separation between the subject and the wall. Then I used one light to light the model and the jewelry for which this image was a branding shot.
Bring a range of focal lengths.
I've preached about the advantages of using just one lens, but at times when you have to wing a shoot, you don't want to be caught without a focal length that will give you the images you need. Bringing a range of different focal lengths makes sure you have the right lens for the shot you want.
One of the questions I always ask before a shoot is, what type of shots does the client need? Usually you will be asked to do a variety of shots, for example, some wide full body shots with environment included, half-body shots, and closeup shots. This range means you might be using from 24mm to 85mm. When I am shooting for a jewelry company, I always ask if they want product closeups as well. If they do, I remember to pack my 105mm macro and 60mm macro lenses along with the 24mm-85mm range.
Bring useful accessories that have nothing to do with lighting or lenses.
I always bring safety pins, hairpins, double clips of varying sizes, and clamps, and bungee balls with me. Safety pins are useful for clamping down dresses that are too big. Hairpins take care of hair that's stubbornly distracting in a shot. Double clips are good for holding up reflectors if you don't have an assistant. And the most useful accessory for me is the bungee ball. It's elastic and attaches around objects, so I can place flash units onto poles, branches and other objects when it's awkward or impossible to use a lightstand.
Winging it might not be advisable for a portrait photographer, but if you absolutely have to make it up as you go along, it is not impossible. With thorough preparation, you too can create on the spot.
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Living History: Wadena Jaycees to be the hottest in the state
5 years ago
Excerpts from the May 3, 2007 Pioneer Journal
Library has more web tools available
The Wadena City Library has added more Web-based resources for library card holders. Two new databases are invaluable for genologists and local historians.
Ancestry Library Edition is the most complete electronic resource for genealogists and is available on the public computers at the library. HeritageQuestOnline can be accessed from home, school or work with a valid Kitchigami Regional Library card and PIN.
Record crowd shows up for "Men's Nite Out"
More than 450 men took part in Tri-County Hospital's seventh annual "Men's Nite Out" health-education program on April 24 at Memorial Auditorium in Wadena.
Rounding out the evening was guest speaker, Jason Davis, host and executive producer of KSTP's "On the Road with Jason Davis."
10 years ago
Excerpts from the May 9, 2002 Pioneer Journal
Northwest Tech officials discuss change for college
Changes are in the works for Northwest Technical College, and the only safe bet is that none of the campuses will close.
Sessions were held at each of the five college campuses at East Grand Forks, Wadena, Detroit Lakes, Moorhead and Bemidji.
Poem selected for publication
Extra credit was incentive for September Johnson when she turned in her poem, but now she is a published writer.
The poem was published in "The High School Writer." The publication is published six times a year by Writer Publications of Grand Rapids which received more than 30,000 manuscripts from all over the United States during the 2001-02 school year. Written last year in January the piece is called "Stronger."
25 years ago
Excerpts from the May 5, 1987 Pioneer Journal
Wadena HRA receives O.K. to renovate hotel
The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Wadena, Mn. has received preliminary approval to develop 16-20 units of market rate elderly housing in Wadena.
This will culminate several years of effort by both the Housing Authority and the City of Wadena to make good use of the Commercial Hotel.
Efforts are being made by Mayor Bruce Nelson to have it declared an historic site.
Court upholds Butzin murder sentence despite appeal
In February 1986, David L. Butzin was sentenced to spend 32 1/2 years in prison for the murder of his wife and young son, Melody and Alex. In April of this year, he appealed his case to the State Court of Appeals, who upheld the decision of the trial court in the second-degree murder case.
The two were found drowned in Cat Creek, Wadena county, near their home in August of 1985. In January of 1986 Butzin, 24, was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder in the death of his son and first-degree murder in the death of his wife.
40 years ago
Excerpts from the May 4, 1972 Pioneer Journal
Roseville pastor seeks U.S. Senate endorsement
Phil Hansen, of Roseville, Minnesota, who is seeking the Republican endorsement for the U.S. Senate against Walter Mondale was in Wadena today.
Hansen met with Republican delegates from surrounding counties at the Uptown Cafe.
Editorial: H.S. students help clean-up
Wadena junior high's student council, advisor Laurel Waldahl [and] the senior high student body are to be commended for their efforts in Saturday's Earth Day cleanup project.
Rather than give lip service to a problem of obvious pollution and littering of village streets, the students with direction of faculty members, arose early Saturday morning to begin the project.
The results of the Earth Day project were literally (litter-ally) 100s of bags of cans, bottles and other discarded refuse picked up from downtown and residential areas.
60 years ago
Excerpts from the May 8, 1952 Pioneer Journal
First residents arrive at Shady Lane Rest Home
Mrs. Hilma Edlund of Sebeka, age 85, mother of three living children, was the first resident to arrive at the Shady Lane Rest Home. She was transferred from Wesley Hospital Thursday, May 1, at 11 a.m. Before noon of that same day, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sutton of Clarissa arrived to occupy a two bed ward on the second floor of the main building. The Suttons are the parents of 18 children, 12 of whom are living. Mr. Sutton is 87 years of age, while his wife will celebrate her 79th birthday June 1.
The new nursing home, which is operated jointly by Todd and Wadena Counties provides 24 hour nursing service for those in need of such services.
Jaycees launch membership drive Wednesday
Following a kick-off luncheon Wednesday afternoon, the Wadena Jaycees moved into high gear on an intensive membership drive. All young men, 21 to 35 years of age are being invited to join and according to Jim Goetz, president, "To make the Wadena organization one of the hottest in the state."


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Estimating Continuous-Time Transfer Functions with System Identification Toolbox 9
Posted by Guy Rouleau,
Today guest blogger Pravallika describes how she used new features of the System Identification Toolbox to design a controller for a DC motor
Any controls engineer knows that the key to designing a good controller is having a good plant model. But what do you do if you don't have the underlying equations?
System identification can help in that case. In R2012a, the System Identification Toolbox added support for estimating parameters of a model type that is most intuitive and easiest to work with for controls engineers – continuous-time transfer functions. You can specify how many poles and zeros you want your transfer function to have, and the toolbox determines locations of poles and zeros automatically. If the system you are trying to model has a delay, the toolbox can automatically determine its value.
The Setup
I have been working with the setup shown in the image below. It is very simple; it is a small DC motor connected to an Arduino board.
I applied a voltage to the motor and recorded the resulting motion. I imported this data in MATLAB and constructed an iddata object.
Here is what the data look like, using the iddata plot command.
Let's begin by estimating the simplest possible transfer function – first-order, with no zeros. For that, we use the new function tfest.
After the estimation is completed, we can compare the output of the model with the measured shaft angle. The comparison shows that the model does a good job in capturing dynamics of the motor.
To ensure that the estimated transfer function represents motor dynamics, we need to validate this transfer function against an independent data set.
I tried feeding other sets of data acquired experimentally through the identified transfer function and compared the result with the measured shaft angle. Even though the fit is not perfect, the identified transfer function does a pretty good job in capturing system dynamics.
Using the Estimated Transfer Function
Now let's use the identified transfer function model to design a PID controller using pidtune.
One notable quality of models obtained with System Identification Toolbox is that they not only contain the information about the "nominal" parameter values, but also carry information about parameter uncertainty. We can check the effect of this parameter uncertainty on the bode plot magnitude of the estimated transfer function.
We can also use the function rsample to sample this parameter uncertainty to create an array of transfer functions to test our controller.
The plot above shows the closed-loop step response for the nominal plant as well as the additional ten step responses for the sampled parameter uncertainty. We can see that the PID controller we designed works well in the face of uncertainty in estimated transfer function parameters.
Estimating Other Model Types
In addition to estimating continuous-time transfer functions, System Identification Toolbox lets you estimate continuous-time state-space models and process models (special, low-order transfer functions). You can quickly compare different models and pick the one that is most appropriate for your problem.
Now it is your turn
How do you develop plant models? Try using new capabilities for continuous-time transfer function estimation and let us know what you think by leaving us a comment here.
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HI Pravallika,
Excellent post. I'm very much looking forward to seeing the results and performance of the new continuous time transfer function identification routine on some existing SISO data I have that spans a wide frequency range and has time delay. This new feature of the toolbox should save me significant time setting up optimisation problems in the optimisation toolbox to achieve the desired result. Well done.
@Ali: Given that you have input/output datasets from the system that capture its important dynamics, you can use various System Identification techniques to construct a mathematical model for the system in MATLAB. You can choose the technique to be used based on what is needed for your application.
Hi Pravallika,
I have matlab R2010a on my PC, I am getting the following error while executing:
??? Undefined function or method 'tfest' for input arguments of type 'iddata'.
How to solve this error?
@Akarsh: as the blog post mentions, functionality for estimating continuous-time transfer functions was added to System Identification Toolbox in release R2012a. This functionality was not in the earlier releases, and that is why you are getting the error message.
To gain access to new functionality, you will need to install release R2012a.
The voltage-to-angle transfer function should not be a first order transfer function. If it was first order, then a constant voltage should result in a constant angle at steady state. I was confused about how your model fit the experimental data so well until I noticed that your estimated time constant is 1/0.02988 = 33s. The triangle wave that you see is just the very beginning of a very slow step for the estimated model. In order to illustrate the problem clearly, consider a square wave input that varies between 0V and 1V. The actual motor will take successive steps in the same direction, whereas yhe estimated model will always return to 0deg when the input is 0V. This is actually a nice example of how easily one can be misled by a model that fits "pretty well."
I don't know anything but I have to do final year project about motor. I want to know how can I start to learn the system identification, how can I estimate input and output. Input is a voltage and output is an angle. Then how can i build the motor's model.
Thank you very much
please help me
Hi Everyone,
What I'm a little confused about is how to determine how many poles to specify? I mean, you have an experimental bode plot from measurements in the frequency domain, how do I know how many poles to specify? Increasing the number of poles does not bring me closer to the actual bode plot, it just produces wildly different results.
Kind regards
Hi Pravallika.
in your video you said that if "we use arduino mega board, we could change command and log the data from the same model we would run on the board using external mode". I'm using arduino mega adk, so would you please to help me to use external mode. I'm new at this, so if yo can tell or show me the example it would help me a lot.


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The government sector in Australia has seen the introduction of accrual accounting principles in recent years. However, this process has been complicated by the presence of two alternative financial reporting frameworks in the form of a) the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) uniform framework and b) the accrual accounting rules specified in Australian professional accounting standards, principally AAS 31. While a variety of cash and accrual based measurements are available pursuant to these frameworks, there has been no prescription of the manner in which the alternative measures should be presented. This paper presents the findings from a case study of the 2005-06 annual budgets prepared by the Australian Commonwealth government and the governments of the six Australian States and the two Australian Territories. The study examined the headlined financial outcome (general government sector budget surplus or deficit) announced in the budget papers of the nine governments. Findings indicate the adoption of varying measurement bases and a consequent lack of inter-government comparability. A number of variations to the measurements prescribed in the accounting frameworks were also observed. The paper analyses these government budget surplus and deficit numbers in the context of fiscal responsibility, the Commonwealth government's Charter of Budget Honesty and the AASB's current GAAP/GFS Convergence project.
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This is really a workshop aimed towards giving composers the real world insights and tools that can help them to realize their potential in this wacky business and in life. I have presented this workshop in L.A two times and in Vancouver B.C and most recently in Seattle. Every time people come up and tell me how this workshop gave them a clearer view of ways to move themselves forward, not only in scoring but in the human things. I like to say, the greatest composition we will ever create will ultimately be our own self. I have expanded the extensive notes with many new parts.
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Hayhurst: Fights happen in baseball because players want it to happen
While I know this isn't going make me popular with Pittsburgh fans, the truth of the matter is, if Gerrit Cole stays on the mound and keeps his mouth shut, there is no Easter Sunday brawl.
In fact, if Cole stays on the bump with lip zipped, the baseball media would have happily gorged itself on pounds of Carlos Gomez flesh. Everyone from shock jock sports radio shows to the high-hammer that is Keith Olbermann would have made sure Gomez got his comeuppance. In this age of HD instant reply, you simply can't avoid taking lumps for pimping a triple.
Yet, instead of playing the strong silent type, Cole took a walk to third base and, with zero awareness to how hypocritical it is to jettison one's own sportsmanship in order to pick a fight with someone else about sportsmanship, he protested his displeasure that Gomez had the audacity to flamboyantly not hit a homer off him.
Oh, I know why Cole did it, and it wasn't because he was angry. At least it wasn't just because he was angry. There are lots of things in life and baseball that make a person angry and yet you can still behave in a rational manner while vexed.
No, it was that Cole felt justified, and when a player feels he is on the right side of baseball law it becomes their righteous and warranted duty to call out offenders on how they've failed to "play the game the right way."
Teams trying to teach other teams how to play baseball the right way in ways other than playing baseball. Ironic, isn't it?
Even so, it's constantly referenced by players, managers, and pundits as if it actually makes sense. Coles' teammates, even some of the Brewers players, will cite "playing the game the right way" as the reason for past and future game policing.
Chalk this up to the stumbling block that is unchallenged groupthink among Major League Baseball players. Thanks to it, violence is a logical and rational way to show a player the error of his [completely unknown because the rules aren't written anywhere] ways. Moreover, thanks to the general acceptance of reasoning like this, we have fans that genuinely think too much exuberance on the playing field is ruining the game, and that it is the reason fights and paybacks take place.
The reason fights and paybacks happen in baseball is because players want it to happen. Because they have individual and team egos that are very sensitive to violations to a code they really didn't have any say in creating.
"Oh, he pimped it", said the older, senior pitcher next to me in the Jays pen, after the freshly struck ball soared into the stands off Brian Tallet.
"That dirty [bad words] pimped it. Yeah,"—a fist smacked hard into a glove—"that's not going to fly 'round here. He just earned one of his teammates a trip to the training room."
This was in 2009, and by this point in time I'd learned not to question the rationale behind frontier justice as a way of payback for perceived malicious exuberance. That's because I'd questioned it multiple times in the minors and the result was always me standing on the outside of the pack.
In my first year of pro ball, 2003, I learned that paybacks and chances to brawl were like a right of passage. You weren't really a pro until you picked up the banner of policing the game through bean balls and mound charges.
"But why do I have to hit someone for pimping a homerun?" I asked, during the first official meeting on how to handle a pimped homerun in the Eugene Emeralds bullpen.
"Because we're a team, dude. We look out for each other."
"I just ... Wait. A guy goes yard on one of us and struts, and so we drill him because that's how we look out for one another? He just hit a homer off of me. Don't I have bigger things to worry about than how he looked while he did it? Besides, why put a runner on base drilling someone else, and won't that just make their pitchers hit one of our guys?"
"It's not only about you, dude. He was disrespecting our team. He was disrespecting the game. He's got to be taught to play it right, or there will be consequences."
"So is a guy supposed to act like he didn't hit the homerun because we might get upset about that and feel disrespected and injure him. Am I the only here that thinks this makes no sense?"
A quick scan of the stone faces of the pen essentially answered the question: Yes, I was the only one.
"He can hit all the homeruns he wants, he just can't act like an ass when he does it," continued the pitcher repeating rookie ball.
"You mean, like enjoying the fact that he did it. Isn't that what he's supposed to do?"
"Not outwardly, no."
"Look, beyond talking [expletive] to me while he does it, I don't see why I should care — why anyone should care?"
"Because you have to respect the game."
"And who makes the rules on this?"
"Right here," Said the eldest pitcher, pointing to the logo on his jersey.
"That sounds stupid," I said.
"And you sound like a pussy."
Looking back, I have to wonder what we were actually talking about. Considering most of the rhetoric is the same today, I still have to wonder what we're actually talking about.
When frontier justice oratory flows from players and pundits around the game, a general lethargy seems to fall on the baseball consuming public. The fans don't know what's being said, and, if you broke it all down, the people talking don't really know what they're saying either.
Instead of understanding that some players are more demonstrative than others, or that some players come from different cultures with a different sense of decorum, or that being a grown man actually means keeping your frustration in check and not justifying a need for payback under "being a man," the prevailing thought Major League Baseball players operate under is: verbal confrontations, brawls, and high velocity projectiles aren't just punishments, but teaching tools. Coincidentally, such actions also happen to serve as ego soothing forms of payback.
It's like saying that the next time some one cuts you off in traffic, you can and should ram your car into theirs because, "that will teach them to drive the right way."
I suppose this would be different if it solved anything, but it doesn't. Since there are no rules on why the fire starts, there are none on how to put it out. Travis Snider, god help him, is going to get drilled by a Brewers pitcher. And, for that, a Brewers hitter will probably get drilled by a Pirates pitcher. An eye for an eye makes the whole world end up on the DL.
But, at this point, why not call a spade a spade: Baseball has embraced a process through which competitive egos and million dollar investments can fight about the very ideals that winning play was meant to uphold.


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It might look like one of those kid-size power cars driving about, but when the yellow and black vehicle morphs into a human-machine, like in the popular "Transformers" movies, the crowd goes wild.
In a recent video on the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan, this crowd was a group of mesmerized kids.
Watch as the man transforms from his standing form into a truck and back again, amazing the children:
Joselyn Paige, a 28-year-old street performer from New Orleans was first spotted late last month and is spending the whole summer in the Michigan city as a human Transformer, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Believe it or not, this amazingly detailed and functional costume was homemade by Paige in less than five weeks, costing between $700 and $800. When driving around as a car, Paige said it can get pretty cramped.
"Usually at the end of the day I have some of the most painful knees ever," the performer told the Free Press.
While Paige said he has scared some children when they're surprised by his transformation, almost every spectator meets him with "wide-open mouths" and "gasps."
Paige hasn't always been a street performer. After moving to New Orleans, he became homeless but eventually got a job at a Margaritaville restaurant. Inspired by the street performers he saw in the city, he decided it's what he wanted to do as well, liking the freedom.
On his best day, he told the Free Press he earned $700 in tips.
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- Sexual meanings: Did They or Didn't They?, Erotic Eating, G-Rated Sex, Double Entendre and its sister trope Lampshaded Double Entendre, Compensating for Something, Phallic Weapon and Visual Innuendo.
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- In Two Best Friends Play, Matt thinks that Disaster: Day of Crisis has 9/11 symbolism thanks to the collapsing buildings. Pat doesn't see it.
- Episode 11 of Z! True Long Island Story had Zack Ryder catching his dad watching clips of John Morrison while vigorously moving his Shake Weight up and down.
- A non-comedic and Squicky example occurs in Survival of the Fittest, with Alex White torturing Rosa Fiametta. His sadistic delight at her suffering while making jabs about her sex life, and the emphasis on her struggling and how he repeatedly stabs her, very quickly starts to look like... something else.
- In the Moulin Rouge! review between Brentalfloss, The Nostalgia Critic and The Nostalgia Chick, Oancitizen interrupts to demand why he wasn't included in the crossover. But from the Nostalgia Duo's squirming, his irritation and Floss's complete confusion, it looks instead like a person catching their partner cheating.
- In one of Balddumborat's Q&A videos as Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo, she is asked whether pegasus ponies wake up with "morning wing" (a reference to the "Wingboner" meme). The response: "Oh, gosh, yeah, we do sometimes. I mean, try sleeping on your back or side with a pair of wings. They really cramp up in the morning and feel horribly stiff. It takes a while to shake them out. But at least we don't have magic messes in the morning like unicorns!"
- Snake's description on how he wants his weenie roasted in 'The Camping Webisode' of DSBT InsaniT, which is why Martha lets Andy get away with his perverted "Oh my!" without slapping him.
Snake: Make my weenie warm on the inside, but still cold and slick on the outside. It'll slide down my throat easier that way.
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- At some point, Gaea, female and very greedy, is alone with an older, male player whose dialogue suggests he's about to ask her for money. Her reaction to this? Looking very worried and blurting out the line "Don't come any closer, especially if you want what I think you want!".
- A plotline involving a top player who turned up to be getting his avatar illegally enhanced beyond what game mechanics allow. Now, what would be the equivalent of that if the webseries was a sports story rather than about MMORPG players?
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- The playfield for WhizBang Pinball's Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons is filled with these and Double Entendre, usually involving the three sexy Farmer's Daughters and their big melons.
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- The backglass of Bally's Playboy pinball includes the magazine's tiny "Femlin" mascot straddling a champaign bottle between her legs.
- Silverball Mania shows a naked (chrome) man who is... "playing" a pinball machine rather enthusiastically.
- An extended gag in one of Denis Norden's monologues on My Word involves him finding an ex-girlfriend "walking the streets". Even after it becomes clear he means she's a traffic warden, the metaphor continues.
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- Descriptions of the biological principles behind Tyranid biomorphs are uncomfortably sexual. Especially the Pyrovore.
- Absolutely anything to do with the Dark Eldar. Torturing people to death then eating their souls is essentially their version of sex, and it just gets worse from there. "My playthings break so easily." And on a related matter, absolutely anything to do with Slaanesh.
- One of the funnier ones involving the Dark Eldar are the ones among the kabals who secretly trade recordings of Wyches in the arena, as certain named ones are far more popular than others. While the Wyches fight purely gladiatorial combat, they must remain graceful and beautiful, and those who watch the recordings get an almost euphoric reaction to them. In other words, they're secretly trading bootleg sex tapes! (And since the gladiatorial fights are usually to the death, bootleg snuff tapes!)
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- Slaanesh, hermaphroditic god(dess) of hedonism, is one giant drug abuse metaphor. Seriously, his/her worshipers give us too many examples to choose from.
- In one of the Werewolf: The Apocalypse tie-in novels, the signature characters Albrecht and the Margrave each take out their respective ancestral BFS. Albrecht is pleased to note that his is bigger.
- Paranoia is loaded with political and social commentary, but while sticking to themes on the Red Scare does a variation with mutants. All of them are executed upon discovery except for a small few who are forced to wear yellow armbands at all times (black if their uniform is yellow) and not allowed the same privileges or freedoms as the rest of Alpha Complex, which already doesn't have much. Player opinion is out on whether or not this is meant to represent Jewish people or oppressed minorities in general.
- Elisabeth: "Die Schatten werden länger" ("The Shadows Grow Longer") is about Death trying to seduce Rudolf into suicide. In many, many productions, it's played as Death trying to seduce Rudolf.
- There are parallels drawn in Angels in America between God's abandonment of Heaven and Louis' abandonment of Prior.
Belize: Abandoned.
Prior: Yes.
Belize: I smell a motif. The man that got away.
Prior: Well it occurred to me.
- In Finian's Rainbow, when Finian learns Og the leprechaun came to America without a passport, he threatens to have him deported. As Og starts to flee, Finian accuses him: "You're a member of a subversive underground group takin' its orders from Dublin!"
- Wicked: "What Is This Feeling?" begins with this lyric: "What is this feeling so sudden and new? I felt the moment I laid eyes on you. My pulse is rushing. My head is reeling. My face is flushing. What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame? Does it have a name? Yes. Loathing. Unadulterated loathing". Sorry darlings, but that isn't loathing; it's lust. Then again, they have been confirmed to have romantic interest in each other, and Stephen Schwartz (composer) did this intentionally to highlight the irony of using common phrases from love songs in a song about hate instead.
- In the Shrek musical adaptation, Pinocchio shouts "I'm good, I'm wood, get used to it!" during a song titled "Freak Flag" which rallies the Fairy Tales creatures against Farquaad. Already sounding more like a song for a gay pride parade than a theme for any Ragtag Bunch of Misfits.
- In The Pajama Game, when Sid is trying to con Gladys out of the key to the account books (which is dangling around her neck), the dialogue makes it sound as if he's asking for the key to her chastity belt ("I'm a desperate man, and I hate to ask a cute kid like you to do me a favor, but...").
- In Aida, the imprisoned Aida is alone with her captor Radames. He takes off his shirt, saying, "Do you know what's going to happen now?" Several actresses in the role play Aida as being VERY fearful that he's about to force himself on her. He instead orders her to wash his back, something that at the very least is meant to similarly degrade her, at worst, meant to symbolize a rape.
- In the musical version of The Phantom of the Opera (and The Movie made from it), the song The Music of the Night could be seen as an attempted seduction. The lyrics are highly-suggestive euphemisms (The Phantom is singing about his Music and the Dark/Night, but could just as easily be substituted for sex). Christine faints towards the end of the song, so ultimately nothing happens.
- Brand by Henrik Ibsen has a jarring Christmas scene involving a homeless mother and her child knocking at Brand's door, begging for clothes for her frozen child. The scene plays heavily into the legends of St. Martin and other saints, sharing their clothes with a beggar in the snow, who turns out to be Christ. It also plays in on the Christmas gospel, with the mother Mary seeking shelter and giving birth (at Christmas, of course) to Jesus himself. To drive the point home, Brand`s own son is dead, and his wife grieves over her dead son. But given the Christmas references, it is impossible not to share with the paupers. The scene makes an anvilicious Tear Jerker, because we know this is breaking Agnes completely.
- In Thrill Me, "Roadster" is honestly about child murder, and not anything sexual. And if you can find a show that can say, "Feel the power of my engine," without making it about sex, you have an incredibly skilled performer.
- The musical Hamilton, which tells the life of the first US Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a style infused by hip-hop and R&B songs, came about when writer-star Lin-Manuel Miranda realised that the story of Hamilton's life was in many ways similar to the classic hip-hop Anti-Hero narrative. Both are about a young man from an impoverished and socially unrespectable background clawing himself up from the gutter to a position of power in an atmosphere of revolutionary violence, only to make many enemies along the way which eventually leads to his violent downfall.
Visual Novels
- In Grisaia no Rakuen, having stayed away all night without eating anything, Makina and Michiru instantly fall upon a container of jam and messily devouring it. A similarly hungry and sleep deprived Sachi follows in moments later, asking Amane whether she thinks it sounds like two girls competing to get something a bit more risque in their mouths before continue to try making triple blowjob sound effects.
Web Original
- The MinutePhysics video The Hairy Ball Theorem, which is about the topological theorem of that name which states that you can't comb a ball totally flat if it's covered entirely with hair. The narrator then goes on to say things like "don't go wasting your time playing around with a hairy ball to try to prove this wrong". At the end, the narrator says that, since the theorem applies not only to balls but any 3-dimensional objects without any holes, the next time a mathematician gives you trouble, you should ask them if they can comb a hairy banana.
- Titli of Titli's Busy Kitchen has slipped some dirty imagery into a few episodes of the show, usually involving a large carrot and two smaller fruit positioned next to one another.
- A Funny or Die video called "Pantsed" was about a young woman (co-writer June Diane Raphael) who, whenever she began to make out with a partner, would suddenly get pantsed. This is played out as a metaphor for constantly getting into abusive relationships. After her second pantsing in a row, June decides she's finished with men, and we see her in a car with a girl, wearing matching baseball caps and white t-shirts and singing an Ani DiFranco song, whereupon the girl asks her if her jeans are button-fly; told they are, the girl says "Good to know" and June looks worriedly out the window. The metaphor is lampshaded by June's friend:
Casey: I guess getting pantsed is your destiny.June: [staring at herself in the mirror] Yeah, Case, maybe you're right. [montage of June standing with man without her pants on; sitting on floor, pants-less, tearful; stumbling out of hallway with her pants around her ankles] Why am I fighting it? I get pantsed. It's who I am.
- Eventually, she meets a nice guy who says he wants to take their relationship to the next level, but he's then horrified when she spontaneously pulls down her own pants.
Man: Fuck's wrong with you? [hastily putting on his shoes] Jesus Christ, June, I liked you.June: I thought you would like this.Man: Fuckin' skank. [heads for the door]June: "Skank", what are you saying? [shuffles after him, her pants around her ankles] What did you mean by "next level"?Man: [leaving] Jesus Christ, not this! [slams door]June: Stop! I'll pull them back up! I'LL PULL THEM BACK UP!
- Eventually, she meets a nice guy who says he wants to take their relationship to the next level, but he's then horrified when she spontaneously pulls down her own pants.
- Petscop: In Evencare, there are signs about bringing pets home. Two of them say "When choosing pets, pick somebody that you like. You don't have to love them right away," and "Don't be discouraged if they run from you! They really want a home. They're afraid. Show them there's nothing to be afraid of." There's a pet who's kept in a cage, and is awarded for staying there. Its description is "Amber is a young ball. She's afraid to leave home. If her home is good, this is not a problem. She is very heavy, and that makes her life a little harder, as well as yours. What's the safest place you can put her in? You should start thinking about that." In hindsight, the reactive attachment disorder themes were there from the beginning. And to bring it home, there are three different versions of Care available as pets.


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|March 26, 2011, 06:25 PM
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squirrels with a 45cal?
New to muzzleloading and I have been looking over gun racks for a used 32 caliber now for quite a while (on line opportunities are less interesting to me so I have only a couple of shops that I can check) as my first ML - a practical idea since I do not typically punch paper, nor am I a deer hunter. While I typically see loads of 50 cal and 54 cal guns, today I ran across a TC Hawken percussion in 45 cal. So is this just too large for squirrel and is it best if I just continue to wait for a 32 caliber gun to show up?
|March 26, 2011, 06:33 PM
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You'll be happier with the .32.
A .40 maybe, but not a .45. Wait for the .32.
|March 26, 2011, 06:33 PM
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Hello, longfellow. Years ago, I used a .45 flinter to take a nice fat fox squirrel. took head shot. It is a little large though.
|March 26, 2011, 06:53 PM
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I like the way you think !!!
I too started out with a .50, TC-Hawken, then was lucky enough to get a Cherokee. Did not quite work out like I thought it would. Now I use my .36 Seneca and life is good. I also use my .45 Seneca but still prefer the .36. The .45, TC-Hawkens are fine but keeping the outside dementions, they are heavier than the .50's One nice thing about the .45, is that you can use it on squireels to work out the hunting bugs and then use it on deer later in the season. As you have found out, some of these are hard to come by and way over-priced. ......
I do have a TC Sytem-1, in .32 but it's one of those dreaded In-Lines. Well made and great shooter. Let me know if you are interested. .....
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|March 26, 2011, 07:13 PM
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Check out this link. http://www.mmpsabots.com They have .45 calibre sabot rounds utilizing a .355 or .357 bullet. That might be the answer to your problem.
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|March 26, 2011, 10:09 PM
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A ,32 is a nice "squirrel rifle" - I had a CVA .32 squirrel rifle for a while and it was a nice shooting rifle - large enough to take a squirrel - small enough to not "clean" it at the same time. In my "downsizing", I sold it. I still have my .36 underhammer H & A though and it also does a nice job on squirrels - simple rifle and fun to shoot. A good caliber for most things small whether it be squirrels, rabbits or even a woodchuck. Fun to plink with as well and doesn't require a lot of lead/powder. Good luck in your search and I hope you find a rifle that is right for you.
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|March 27, 2011, 06:15 PM
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Just something I seen as a kid
We were down on the farm one day, one of the guys in the family was shooting a 45 colt winchester rifle from off the back porch, not black powder. We kids, always thought he was crazy anyway, don't remmber how many rounds was fired, after the shooting had stoped, we went out where he was, he had about one squirrel for every shot fired. Believe those rifles hold about ten rounds, anyway needless to say he was gut shooting them, they had a big .45 cal hole right through the gut. I guess thats ok, they never knew what hit them, thats what matters to me the most, is a clean kill when hunting anyway. all he had to do was skin them. I guess a head shot is good, but then you have to gut them. I know this is for black powder, but a .45 on a squirrel, is a .45 on a squirrel. Just for the sake of what your wanting to do, I'd wait for the .32 or .36 cal. I believe the old timers would have had a .32 cal. I want a kentucky long rifle myself in .50 or .54, just can't spend the cash right now. Sorry Longfellow, just seeing the post about you wanting a .45 for squirrel shooten brought this memory back from my childhood.
|March 27, 2011, 08:30 PM
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also check the legality of the firearms for small game hunting, her in pa no larger than .32 for blackpowder is legal on small game.
|March 28, 2011, 01:52 AM
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This is a bit off topic but read Mark Twain's Hunting the Deceitful Turkey. In this delightful story at one point he talks about squirrel hunting with a muzzle loading rifle...
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Non-Destructive testing allows us to examine structures, materials or components without damaging or destroying the object being tested, and provides a means to ensure product reliability and quality. There are an assortment of NDT techniques used throughout a broad cross-section of industries. The five most widely used techniques being radiography, ultrasonics, eddy current, liquid penetrant and magnetic particle.
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Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
PT, although the least complex of the methods, is highly sensitive. In manual operation, it uses simple equipment to detect flaws (flaws, with some exceptions, are voids) open to the surface, and works on any material as long as it is not porous. Penetrants are petroleum- or water-based liquids coloured by a dye. Applied to the surface, the liquid seeps into the open voids. It is then removed from the surface and replaced by a white developer. The developer acts as a blotter, drawing out the penetrant trapped in voids. The penetrant stains the developer, indicating the presence and location of flaws.
Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
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Radiographic Testing (RT)
The safety hazard inherent in RT dictates a special installation. Material density and its thickness set the limits of usefulness. Internal, non-linear flaws are RT's forte; its two dimensional views sometimes its drawback. RT uses penetrating radiation and works on the principle that denser or thicker materials will absorb more of it. The specimen is placed between a source of radiation and a sheet of radiographic film. A flaw present anywhere within the specimen will absorb less radiation than the specimen itself. The flaw's presence and location will be indicated on the film by an area of higher or darker exposure.
Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
UT uses complex electronic equipment. Any material which transmits mechanical vibrations can be tested. UT detects both linear and non-linear flaws and permits three dimensional interpretation. Evaluation is often difficult. The UT instrument converts electrical pulses into mechanical vibrations or pulses. These pulses travel across the tested specimen and reflect from flaws because of their different acoustic nature. The returning reflected pulses are re-converted to electric energy and displayed as signals on a cathode ray tube (CRT). The position and size of these signals correspond to the position and size of the flaws.
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ET instruments are small and portable. The method is used only on electrically conductive materials, and only a small area can be inspected at a time. An energized electric coil induces a magnetic field into the tested specimen. The fluctuating magnetic field generates an electric eddy current. The presence of a flaw increases the resistance to the flow of eddy currents. This is indicated by a deflection on the instrument's voltmeter.