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Does he ever gets dirt to begin with?
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Technically you could genderbend one in that you could preform a sex change operation however.
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it can pass through but its filtered in terms of power or effects because seriously. Try to think what will happen if Accelerator has taken the full power attack of the sun rays that burn concrete, the wings of gabriel and kazakiri or the sweep.
Attacks that aren't registered in the database for reflect are still being blocked or filtered but if it overpowers the initial defense then it will pass through but still the effects is filtered.
Take the wings of Kazakiri and Gabriel. Accelerator doesn't know its properties or what its made of. Its an alien thing to him but he still manage to push it both though he had more luck on Kazakiri than Gabriel.
A good example on how to explain the reflect of Accelerator when the attacks aren't registered. Its like a water. You throw the rock towards the water but the water has resistance to it. At first it will register the force you put on the rock but as long as it continues to go down. Then the strength behind it will diminished until it reach the point where it either has no strength left on it an d continue to fall down to the bottom or it reach the bottom but the initial force before it hits the water is different from the force when it hits the bottom of the water.
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
So... It passes but weaker?
The imaginary mass is differwnt from those. Again, it exists physically but not in human concept. So it's there but no one can identify it. To them it doesn't exist. I was wondering how accelerator would react to something that sets off his vector but when he tries look for it, there is nothing.
If you are hit with the imaginary mass, you don't feel it, only the pain registers. Kind of like that.
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why do I feel like this question was asked before already... and your the one who ask it and I also answer before.
The result would be the same because like the example that I use the water. Even if the mass you throw at it is unidentifiable or invisible, as long as it has mass or a matter or a form that register on it. Then it will face resistance.
But for Accelerator's reaction. He will probably be in a miss and will try searching for it.
And if your not forgetting he also has the imaginary vector that when he start using it. It will be screw laws! I'm the law.
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unlimited telekinesis won't be enough to describe angel wings mode. The most fastest way to describe it is SCREW LAWS OF PHYSICS!!! I'M THE LAW!!!!
He disregard the limited range and the wings is an extension of his ability. Meaning its a whole different ball game when he enters that mode.
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IDAHO FALLS — The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with a group of about 70 farmers and rural landowners in affirming that Idaho cities have no authority to use eminent domain to route power transmission lines outside of municipal boundaries.
The landowners, operating as the Alliance for Property Rights and Fiscal Responsibility, sued in state court in March of 2012 to prohibit the City of Idaho Falls from condemning land in unincorporated Bonneville County for a transmission project.
The case was moved to federal court based on the landowners' claims that condemnation would violate their 14th Amendment due-process rights.
"(The city) had told our clients negotiations had come to an end and the next step would be to condemn their property," said Brent Whiting, attorney for the landowners.
In its Dec. 31 decision, a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel upheld a prior ruling against the city by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill.
"Neither the Idaho Constitution nor the Idaho Legislature has expressly or impliedly given Idaho's cities that power," Judge N. Randy Smith wrote on behalf of the Ninth Circuit panel.
Affected farmers say a transmission line would interfere with pivot irrigation and crop dusting and lower home values.
"In addition to farmers, it's a victory for private property owners everywhere that they're just not going to get bulldozed on top of," said Carl Taylor, a farmer and co-chairman of the alliance.
The transmission lines would have followed existing roadways, encroaching into field edges and forcing growers to shorten pivots. Grower Bryon Reed emphasized irrigation would be lost throughout the pivots' circumferences. Reed said crop dusting pilots also fear transmission towers would pose a hazard in fields on both sides of roadways.
Idaho Falls attorney Randy Fife argued cities have an inherent right to condemn land in exchange for fair-value payment if it serves a public purpose. The mere fact that cities can own land outside of their borders for power transmission also implies a right to condemn, Fife reasoned.
"We felt if we own power plants outside of city limits, we ought to be able as part of that ownership to connect them," Fife said.
Whiting emphasized Idaho law expressly grants only a few circumstances in which cities can condemn outside of their borders — including building cemeteries and aviation facilities. While an airport serves everyone within a region, Whiting noted power lines would benefit only city residents.
Idaho Falls Power General Manager Jackie Flowers said the city viewed eminent domain only as a last resort, contrary to Whiting's claims, and officials will continue negotiations with property owners to reach voluntary agreements.
Flowers said the transmission lines, identified as a need decades ago in a city master plan, would form a semicircle north of the city connecting its hydro-electric plant to substations to the east and west.
"We have to find a solution," Flowers said. "We already have a capacity constraint today."
Winmill had ordered the city to pay $70,000 in legal fees to the landowners, who also plan to pursue legal expenses for the Ninth Circuit case.


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The Role of Interfaces in Nucleation of Dynamic Damage in BCC Materials
Saryu Jindal Fensin, Eric Hahn, Timothy Germann, George Gray
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For ductile metals, the process of dynamic fracture occurs through nucleation, growth and coalescence of voids. For high purity single-phase metals, it has been observed by numerous investigators that voids tend to heterogeneously nucleate at grain boundaries (GB) and all GBs are not equally susceptible to void nucleation. Several factors can affect the failure stress of a GB, such as GB structure, energy and excess volume, in addition to its interactions with dislocations. Flyer plate simulations were carried out for various boundary types with different energies and excess volumes. These boundaries were chosen as model systems to represent various boundaries observed in "real" materials. In this work, we investigate the role of GBs in BCC (Ta) in void nucleation. The simulation results will be compared with bi-crystal gas-gun experiments.
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Anisotropic Shock Response of Poly (P-Phenylene Terephthalamide) (PPTA) and its Implications for Aramid-based Fibers Performance
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Dynamic Deformation and Stress Wave Propagation in Ballistic Gel
Dynamic Tension-compression Anisotropy in a Stable Nanocrystalline Cu Alloy
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Effect of Deviatoric Material Response on Perturbed Shock Front Stability
Effect of Phase Transformation on High Temperature Dynamic Flow Stresses of CP-Ti
Effects of Microstructure and Strain Rate on the Dynamic Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms in Dual Phase Steels
Effects of Thermo-mechanical Processing on the Dynamic Behavior of Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
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Non-equilibrium Simulations of Shock-induced Horizontal Defects and Amorphization in 4H Silicon Carbide
On the Microstructure-property Relationships in Shock Compressed Solids
Orientation Dependence of the Shock Response and Spall Fracture of Tantalum
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Shear Response of High-purity Tantalum during Quasi-static and Dynamic Loading
Spall Failure Mediated by Vacancy Clustering and Subsequent Nano-void Growth
Strain Rate and Stress Triaxiality Effects on Ductile Damage of Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
Taylor Impact Tests of Single- and Polycrystalline Tantalum
The Effect of Plastic Deformation and Transformed Martensite on the Mechanical Response of Lean Duplex Stainless Steel 2101
The Influence of Grain Boundary Orientation on the Strength and Failure of Tantalum
The Mechanical Behaviors and Microstructural Evolution of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy with Gradient Texture under Impact Loading
The Role of Interfaces in Nucleation of Dynamic Damage in BCC Materials
The Search for the Elusive Supersonic Dislocation
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A new study has revealed that pilot whales are "the cheetahs of the deep sea," making high-speed, all-or-nothing dives to chase and catch large prey before surfacing to catch their breath. Such sprinter-like dives stand in stark contrast to the longer, slower, and more conservative dives of other whale species that have been studied.
Marine mammal researchers working off the Canary Islands attached non-invasive, temporary tags--known as D-tags--to 23 whales to digitally record movements during their 15-minute dives, as well as the sounds that they make and hear. Researchers analyzed the recorded "clicks," "buzzes," and other whale sounds--together with the whales' recorded speeds, orientations, and depths--to reconstruct a picture of the whales' hunts.
That picture shows pilot whales diving down to about 1,640 feet (500 meters) and then leveling out to select a target; large squid are believed to be a favorite. Once they have picked their prey, a chase starts that can take the whales to 3,000 feet (1,000 meters) depth and speeds up to 20 miles per hour (9 meters per second).
Most of the deep-diving whales studied to date swim at only 1 to 2 meters per second, allowing them to conserve energy and oxygen and to maximize hunting time in the depths. "The sprints of these short-finned pilot whales open a new perspective into optimal foraging theories of deep-diving, breath-holding mammals," said Natacha Aguilar de Soto of the University of La Laguna, lead author of the study.
"The D-tag was the first instrument to capture an echo from prey in the wild, one of the great challenges in studying echolocation," said Peter Madsen, a professor at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and one of the study's authors. "It is a really unprecedented chance to study how whales find and capture their dinner."
"What's cool is to 'see' how whales hunt at depth using their own sounds—without the intrusion of lights and a camera," said Mark Johnson, a bio-engineer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and inventor of the D-tag.
The study by Aguilar de Soto, Johnson, and colleagues was published online in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
The new observations should help scientists reinterpret thinking about the whales' behavior. Pilot whales often congregate in groups at the surface and have a reputation for being calm, approachable, and not bothered by boat activity. Instead, they may just be too tired to react. The new understanding about whale diving and feeding behaviors should also inform policies to better manage whale-watching and shipping movements in areas with whales.
Support for this research was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. National Oceanographic Partnership Program, and the Canary Islands Government-Spanish Ministry of Defense.


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Lennon pleased to finally secure Forster on four-year deal from Newcastle
09:03 GMT, 5 July 2012
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has expressed delight over securing goalkeeper Fraser Forster on a permanent deal.
Celtic have confirmed Forster has signed a four-year contract, although the player himself had already done so earlier in the week.
Forster has spent the last two seasons on loan at Celtic Park from Newcastle but the end of his long-running saga over his permanent transfer confirms the club's first summer signing.
Done deal: Fraser Forster has joined Celtic on a permanent deal
Lennon said: 'We are delighted that Fraser has committed his future to the club and we believe he will be a magnificent addition to the squad.
'He gives us that continuity so this is something we are really pleased about. He is a top-class keeper.'
Forster, 24, added: 'This is a massive club and I feel like this is a step forward in my career.
'I want to win things as a team and improve as an individual and I think I will be able to do that at Celtic.
'It also gives me a great opportunity to play in the Champions League if we get through the qualifiers. I really enjoyed my time in Europe last season so I will be looking forward to it if it happens again.
'I enjoyed last season as a whole and we have a great young squad here.
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Flexner on Finishing: Finishing in One Day (Or Less)
The key to a quick finish is the finish you choose.
By Bob Flexner
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Finishing is seldom the most enjoyable part of woodworking, so many woodworkers want to get it over with in a day – or even an afternoon. Many manufacturers encourage this with their directions, which often produce less than optimal results because they push the process too fast.
Nevertheless, there are ways to accomplish the entire finishing process (after the sanding) within a day or less. Here's how.
The Need for Two Coats
To begin with, it's important to emphasize that you can't get good results with just one coat of finish. A minimum of two are necessary, including sanding the first coat after it has dried, to develop the full sheen (degree of shine).
The first coat of finish soaks in, raises the grain of the wood a little (a lot with water-based finishes) and locks the raised grain in place upon drying. The surface not only feels rough, it appears duller than it is supposed to because the finish film is too thin and the raised grain breaks up the light reflection.
You need to sand this first coat smooth and apply a second to achieve the desired sheen. Use a sandpaper grit that achieves smoothness efficiently without cutting deeper than necessary. In most cases, #220, #320 or #400 grit.
So the biggest consideration involved in getting all your finishing done in a day or less is the drying time of the finish you're using. There has to be enough time for the first coat to dry so you can sand and apply the second coat.
Oil & Varnish
With the exception of gel varnish, the slow dry time of oils and varnishes (including polyurethane varnish and wiping varnish) pretty well eliminates them as possibilities. You'd have to apply the first coat very early in the day to allow enough drying time so you could sand and apply the second coat late. And you'd have to be working in a warm location. (That speeds drying.)
Gel varnish dries faster than other varnishes, so there's usually time to apply two coats in a day. But two coats of gel varnish aren't enough to develop the full sheen because what remains after wiping off the excess is too thin.
A problem with all of these finishes is that they continue to put off a fairly strong odor for several days after they are dry to the touch, so even though you may call the project complete after just one day, you'd probably want to wait a few days to put it into use.
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There are usually no specific signs or symptoms of early prostate cancer. A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and digital rectal exam (DRE) can provide the best chance of identifying prostate cancer in its earliest stages, but these tests have drawbacks. Talk to your physician about whether prostate cancer screening is right for you.
The following are the most common symptoms of prostate cancer. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
- Weak or interrupted flow of urine
- Urinating often (especially at night)
- Difficulty urinating or holding back urine
- Inability to urinate
- Pain or burning when urinating
- Blood in the urine or semen
- Nagging pain in the back, hips or pelvis
- The symptoms of prostate cancer may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
As a man gets older, his prostate may grow bigger and obstruct the flow of urine or interfere with sexual function. An enlarged prostate gland—a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia—may require treatment with medicine or surgery to relieve symptoms. This common benign prostate condition, which is not cancer, can cause many of the same symptoms as prostate cancer.


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Bayag, in earlier post someone send you his work about olympics mod and in screenshots I saw cf of Predrag Sasha Danilovic from Yugoslavia (former Miami Heat). Can you release his cf? I am Heat fan from '90 and I play some retro roster with him.
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Swiftwater Bridge #29May 23. 2013 2:58PM
Valley Road
Bath, NH
This is the fourth bridge to be constructed at this site over the Ammonoosuc River. The first bridge was built in 1810 and carried away by flood in 1818. That same year, the bridge was replaced only to be destroyed by a flood in 1828. The third bridge lasted through 1849 when it was replaced by the current bridge. It was rebuilt again in 1977. This section of the river was used to float logs to the sawmill. Often, log jams presented a hazard to the bridge. In one case, dynamite was used to break up a log jam and although the blast was successful, logs had to be removed from the roof of the bridge.
Year of Construction: - 1849
Original Cost: - Unknown
North of N.H. Route 112 on Valley Road in Bath over the Wild Ammonoosuc River.
Paddleford truss with added arches. The bridge is 158'4" long with clear spans of 77'6" and 57'6". It has an overall width of 21'0", a roadway width of 14'6" and a maximum vertical clearance of 12'9". The bridge is posted for six tons.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets posted slight gains Monday after the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season in the U.S. topped expectations, offsetting concerns about Greece's financial crisis.
Americans visited stores and websites in record numbers last Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday that is dubbed "Black Friday" because U.S. retailers traditionally turn a profit as millions of Americans rush out to stores in search of gifts for Christmas and other celebrations.
Surveys showed a record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites between Thursday and Sunday — up 9.2 percent from the year before. Those numbers bode well for retailers and the still-fragile U.S. economy as a whole.
Japan's soft yen continued to boost its critical export sector. The Nikkei 225 index rose 0.7 percent to 9,432.82. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was nearly unchanged at 21,907.99. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.2 percent to 4,421.50 and South Korea's Kospi fell 0.1 percent to 1,908.95.
Finance ministers from the countries that use the euro currency will meet later Monday to try to reach an agreement for Greece to receive the next installment of its emergency bailout loan. Athens needs the money to avoid bankruptcy.
Investors have also been focused on whether the White House can come to a deal with Congress to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts at the start of next year. Investors remain confident that their worst fears — a U.S. recession and a Greek exit from the euro — will be averted.
"Should both events be concluded successfully, one can only assume we will be in for a good run into the end of the year, and possibly get back to the levels we were trading in the lead up to the US presidential election," said Stan Shamu of IG Markets in Melbourne in an email commentary.
Stocks rose on Friday on Wall Street, which was opened for a half-day. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 1.4 percent to 13,009. That's the first close above 13,000 for the Dow since election day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.3 percent, to 1,409. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 1.4 percent to 2,966.
Benchmark crude for January delivery was down 31 cents to $87.97 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 90 cents to finish at $88.28 per barrel on Friday.
In currencies, the euro fell to $1.2951 from $1.2971 late Friday in New York. The dollar fell to 82.30 yen at midmorning from 82.40 yen. Earlier Monday, the dollar rose to 82.59 yen.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Korean pop star PSY was at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night so it was fitting that countryman Hyun-Jin Ryu found his own rhythm early.
Ryu had a career-best 12 strikeouts in six innings and Hanley Ramirez homered in his first start of the season, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 win over the Colorado Rockies.
Ryu gave his game-worn jersey to PSY after the game.
"I'm just very thankful the game turned out the way it did," Ryu said through a translator. "It would've been a really different situation if it went the other way. I'm glad he came by."
Carlos Gonzalez gave the Rockies a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a home run — but it didn't last long.
Ryu (3-1) was in control throughout most of his outing. After giving up the home run to Gonzalez, he retired 14 of the next 15 batters he faced. His only blemish during that stretch was a one-out walk to Gonzalez in the fourth inning.
"He pitched well," said Jordan Pacheco, who struck out three times against Ryu. "It does make it difficult when you haven't faced a guy. You don't really know his tendencies or what he likes to go to. But at the same time, he hasn't faced you so it goes both ways."
Ryu put an end to the threat and his night with one of his strikeouts of Pacheco. The 12 strikeouts overall were the most by a Dodgers rookie since Hideo Nomo fanned 13 on Aug. 20, 1995, at Shea Stadium in New York.
"He was really good," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He had his A game and it was going to be tough to put together a big inning or put together something big against him. He was in control."
Ramirez, who had been sidelined after undergoing thumb surgery in the offseason, highlighted his return with a solo home run in the third inning.
The Dodgers countered with a run-scoring single by Matt Kemp and a sacrifice fly by Adrian Gonzalez in the bottom half of the first, then added to the lead in the second when Jerry Hairston Jr., a late replacement for Carl Crawford, singled home Juan Uribe from second base. Hairston took second when left fielder Michael Cuddyer tried to throw Uribe out at home.
Crawford was scratched from the lineup with tightness in his right hamstring but will likely be back in left field Wednesday.
Nick Punto's second hit in as many innings scored Hairston and gave the Dodgers a 4-1 lead. Ramirez's home run provided the Dodgers with a four-run cushion.
The Dodgers extended the third inning when Andre Ethier doubled and scored on a hit by Ryu.
The Rockies had to have some sense of what awaited them. Kemp entered the game with a .435 batting average against Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa (2-3). Punto raised his batting average against De La Rosa to .538 with his hit in the second inning.
De La Rosa saw his career record against the Dodgers fall to 0-8.
"It's like they know what's coming," said De La Rosa, who had logged quality starts in his four previous outings. "I have to do something different the next time I face them."
The Rockies tried to mount a comeback in the sixth inning. Dexter Fowler reached on an infield hit with one out, and scrambled to second when Josh Rutledge grounded out to third. Fowler stole third before scoring on a double to right field by Cuddyer.
Ronald Belisario wasn't as efficient as Ryu on the mound, allowing two runners to reach base in the seventh, but he recovered in time to strike Fowler out to end the inning.
NOTES: Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw, on bereavement leave after his father died Sunday, is expected to rejoin the team and pitch Friday against the Giants. ... The Dodgers recalled RHP Javy Guerra from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned pitcher Josh Wall to the same team. ... Rockies C Wilin Rosario did not play after taking a foul ball off his right foot the previous night. ... Dodgers LHP Ted Lilly underwent MRI exams on his neck and right rib cage Monday. He received an injection in his rib cage and will be re-examined on Wednesday.


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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A new report on the economic viability of U.S. coal-fired power plants shows as much as 59,000 megawatts may be ripe to retire in the next few years, the Union of Concerned Scientists said on Tuesday.
That's in addition to an estimated 40,000 MW of coal generation scheduled to shut or be converted to another fuel in the next few years, said UCS, a science-based nonprofit organization based in Washington DC.
The combined closure of 99,000 MW of coal capacity would represent nearly one third of U.S. coal generation output.
Plentiful and affordable natural gas will make it harder for power companies to justify the investment needed to keep smaller, older coal plants in compliance with stricter federal environmental standards which are being finalized.
Retirement of these aging coal plants "would create an opportunity to accelerate our nation's transition to a cleaner energy future," the UCS report said. It would shift investment from coal toward renewable energy resources - such as wind and solar - energy-saving technology, a modernized grid and more reliance on natural gas-fired power plants, the report added.
"Regulators should require utility companies to carefully consider whether ratepayers would be better off by retiring old coal plants and boosting electricity generation from natural gas and renewable energy sources like wind," said Steve Frenkel, co-author of the report. "Spending billions to upgrade old coal plants may simply be throwing good money after bad."
UCS issued its report during a national conference of state utility regulators being held in Baltimore.
Looking at age, size, efficiency and emission controls on the country's coal fleet, UCS evaluated the competitiveness of remaining coal plants after adding the cost of needed pollution controls compared to operating costs of typical gas-fired plants.
The study considered the operating cost of coal plants after controlling four major air pollutants - sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and mercury.
Using comparisons to existing and new gas plants and several future gas price scenarios, UCS said between 153 coal units, totaling 16,400 MW, and 353 coal units in 31 states, totaling 59,000 MW, would no longer be economical and therefore, candidates to be shut.
UCS' "ripe for retirement" estimates range from a low of 1.7 percent of U.S. annual output to a high of 6.3 percent.
"Our analysis shows that many of these ripe-for-retirement units may already be uneconomic even before considering the cost of pollution controls," UCS said, estimating that even without new pollution controls, "23,400 MW are already more expensive to operate than existing natural gas plants."
The U.S. has 316,000 MW of coal-fired generation, accounting for 30 percent of the nation's total generation fleet, but coal-plant output has been declining for several years as new pollution standards were formulated and gas prices plunged to the lowest level in a decade with expanded production from new fields.
Coal-fired generators were expected to produce about 37 percent of the nation's power supply in 2012, down from 42 percent last year, according to federal data. In 2013, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects coal to produce 40 percent of the nation's electricity.
Coal produced more than half of the nation's power as recently as 2003.
Meanwhile, natural gas' share of total generation is projected to reach 31 percent this year from 25 percent in 2011, then slip back to 27 percent in 2013 as gas costs rise, EIA said.
Not surprisingly, the U.S. Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, areas most dependent on coal plants for electricity, will see the most retirements.
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Michigan may see the most coal-plant retirements, the study said.
Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio also have uneconomic coal generation, UCS said.
Atlanta-based Southern Co, owns the most coal-fired generating capacity ready for retirement, the UCS study found, followed by government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority, Duke Energy, American Electric Power Co Inc and FirstEnergy Corp.
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Sylvia Thilma Guthmiller Hinkley of Stockton passed away June 18, 2013 at the age of 71. A life-long
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husband of 50 years, Dick Hinkley, also a life-long resident of Stockton, her two daughters Faith
Dunham (Nicholas), Bevin Franco (Matt), and three grandchildren: Nate Franco, 8; Katie Dunham, 5; and Sammy Franco, 4.
Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Thilma Guthmiller, residents of Stockton originally from South Dakota, and her husband's parents, Golden and Julia Hinkley, also Stockton residents, originally from Kansas and Missouri.
A very respected and talented
teacher, Sylvia taught in several Stockton Unified schools, the last two being Tyler Elementary, and Commodore Stockton. Former students would always recognize her and come up to say hello.
Married while her husband, Dick, was in the Air Force, she also taught briefly at a private school in Honolulu, Hawaii. She retired from teaching in 2004 after 42 years of mentoring young children. She loved to read, and could devour most books in one day. An excellent crafter, she crocheted throws and prayer shawls which she donated to cancer patients and the Cancer Society.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it is up to defendants to prove they withdrew from criminal conspiracies in time to take advantage of a five-year statute of limitations on prosecution.
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As the weather gets cooler, events and activities start to get moved indoors. However, that doesn't mean the fun has to end. Lipscomb is located in Nashville, sometimes better known as "Music City". Here are a few concerts you may want to take advantage of throughout the year while you're at Lipscomb:
Save the date: February 16, 2013. If you have listened to the radio at all over the past year, then you most likely know who the band Fun. is. Even though a few of their songs such as "We Are Young" and "Some Nights" may be overplayed, this up-and-coming group has exploded onto the scene with hits such as these that have not only been engrained in our brains, but also show the potential for one amazing concert experience.
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R&B hit-maker Trey Songz is bringing his talent to Nashville on December 5th. Fresh off his newest album release, called Chapter V, Trey Songz is sure to put on a fantastic show for his fans. Get your tickets now, though, because this one is coming up soon.
Maroon 5 with Neon Trees and Owl City
Maroon 5's nationwide 2013 Overexposed North American Tour is making a stop at Bridgestone Arena on March 24. To top it off, Neon Trees of "Everybody Talks" fame and Owl City are planning to join in for this monster of a concert.
If you happen to be around Nashville during Christmas time, be sure to check out TobyMac's concert on December 14th. Throughout his career TobyMac has shown just how popular and successful a Christian music artist can be, and he's filling up Bridgestone Arena to prove he still has the talent that has attracted such a diverse group of fans over the years.
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It might be a long way off, but you need to act now if you want to get tickets to this show. Nashville native Taylor Swift partners with "Lego House" singer Ed Sheeran for three consecutive nights in Music City to close out her extensive 2013 Red Tour. September 19, 20, & 21 may seem far away, but these tickets will sell out fast, so plan ahead.
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I mentioned Vampire Weekend by way of passing in my New York shopping post last week. Ezra Koenig and his fellow Brooklyn sartorialists definitely made their mark in 2008: corduroy, fishermen caps, IheartNY tees, deck shoes, bow ties, preppy colours… Dammit, even his name is cool.
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) _ An unemployed Washington state restaurant worker has been sentenced to two decades in federal prison for robbing banks in Illinois and two other states.
Forty-nine-year-old Carl Frederick Kieffer of Spokane, Washington, pleaded guilty in May in East St. Louis to charges linked to holdups weeks apart last year in O'Fallon, Illinois, Michigan's Charlotte and in Lusk, Wyoming. He was arrested shortly after making off with $3,300 from an O'Fallon bank.
Kieffer also was suspected of bank holdups last year in the Detroit suburb of Novi, Ohio's Tipp City and Bolivar, and Illinois' Farmersville. Investigators say he confessed to many of those, though he was never charged.
U.S. District Judge Michael J. Reagan noted that Kieffer has spent 30 of his 49 years behind bars.


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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers have signed Manny Ramirez to minor league contract.
Ramirez spent three months playing in Taiwan for the Rhinos before leaving the team on June 20. The Rangers made the announcement Wednesday.
Ramirez hit .352 with eight homers and 43 RBIs for the Rhinos. The team tried to keep the 12-time All-Star, but the 41-year-old slugger wanted to return to his family in New York.
Ramirez's last major league appearance was with Tampa Bay in 2011. He was suspended for 50 games in 2009 while with the Dodgers after testing positive for a banned drug. He retired in April 2011 instead of serving a 100-game ban for a second positive test, but later agreed to a reduced 50-game suspension and played in the minors for Oakland in 2012.
Ramirez is 14th on the career home runs list with 555.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a gun control advocate elected to Congress after her husband was killed in a mass shooting, said on Monday she has lung cancer.
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McCarthy was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, three years after her husband was killed in a shooting spree on a Long Island, New York, commuter train.
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Well, my wife and I recently made the decision to take our house off of the market. There were a number of factors that went into this decision, none of which I will share in this space.
One of the fallouts from this will be the fact that I will be adding a "mancave" to the basement. I will have 4 areas in the remodelling of the basement, a closet area for Liv's Toys, a bar/poker room, a family area and a utility room.
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I have been looking for sometime for a good java GUI builder; all the ones I have found have been pretty bad, I feel like I am missing an obvious solution because there should be a good java GUI builder? Shouldnt there?
I know nothing about this but, I thought i would give it a shot anyways. here is what Google found: http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...va+GUI+builder
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check netbeans (http://www.netbeans.org/)
Excuse me, is there an airport nearby large enough for a private jet to land?
i also use netbeans but some of the code the gui builder spits out is very... unorthodox... i guess is the right word to use. if youre learning java and trying to learn awt/swing, i recommend doing it by hand, which will not only prepare you for the unorthodox code that netbeans spits out but will also let you easily tweak anything you are not familiar with.
if you dont mind working with j# and the .net framework rather than awt/swing, then obviously vs .net studio has an extremely powerful and nice to work with form/gui builder. the language is essentially the same, except all objects are from the .net framework, and the final project is compiled into a binary rather than a class file, thus meaning it is meant for a windows based machine.
Try JCreator.
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best of my knowledge and from expierences with jcreator, it does not include a gui/form editor, it is a rather light ide.
JCreator (last one I saw anyway) did not include a gui builder, though that was as distant as 5 months ago. Netbeans' GUI builder is a bit bloated in what it does generate.
If you want to go the pay route, some time ago I used IntelliJ Idea. Now, the version I used did not include a GUI Designer, but the overall stability and professionalism of the IDE struck me. It was very flexible and capable an IDE, and the latest version (5.0) does include a GUI designer. If you wanna check it out, it can be found at: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html
Personally, I can live with Netbeans.
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The Greenfield Police Department is stepping up its efforts to protect officers.
The department has invested in 15 hard-plated body armor vests that can be used as extra protection if an officer is on a dangerous call. One will be put in each squad car, officials said.
Police Chief Brad Wentlandt said the department has been looking into the purchase for a couple years, but it was the effort to capture the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that reinforced the decision.
"Watertown, Mass., is very similar in size (and a) first ring suburb of a major city," Wentlandt said. "There you had a shootout in the middle of the street involving street officers who were on duty."
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Developers: Qt Signal-Safety
After many years of writing Qt code, most of which has been non-GUI-based, I've gained a great deal of experience with signals and slots. One tricky issue about signals is that they are generally emitted when the QObject is not in a safe state to be deleted. This can often bite the user of such an object unexpectedly, especially when performing resets or invoking QMessageBox. The simple solution is to write all QObject classes in such a way that they are deletable as the result of any signal they emit. I've written an article on Signal-safety, where I outline the problem and solution, as well as provide workarounds for safely handling misbehaving objects (those that don't follow such guidelines). Every Qt developer should read and understand this. Happy coding!
Good stuff
Very good article. One remark though, I think that this line:
By Bojan at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
I simply do not understand how QGuardedPtr will help in this case. QGuardedPtr will be set to zero when deleted, but if the owner does not use QGuardedPtr, it will still delete the object without setting the QGuardedPtr to zero.
I think most of this article is wrong, and should be reduced to the starting comment: DO NOT DELETE OBJECTS IN FUNCTIONS CALLED FROM THE DELETED OBJECT.
Be creative do something else, anything else..
By Allan Sandfeld at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
<< QGuardedPtr will be set to zero when deleted, but if the owner does not use QGuardedPtr, it will still delete the object without setting the QGuardedPtr to zero >>
No, when the QObject inherited class is deleted, it notifies all the QGuardedPtr and they all get set to 0.
By Philippe Fremy at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
I think this macro is very dangerous and should be avoided, since it does more than just emitting a signal (as the name suggests - and it's not even good at that): it
In general, it's interesting to discuss about this problem but I think it's foolish to rely on guarantees like this, since it means you suddenly have to keep in mind which classes promise it and which don't. The Qt library does not give that promise (and as the article correctly states, explicitely warns about it) and I think you should not do so either. By assuming that deleting sender() in a slot is unsafe, you're always on the safe side.
By Frerich Raabe at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
I agree with the above posters. It's not a good idea to delete an object from a function called by that object. It goes against the whole component idea lying behind the signal/slot paradigm.
So: stick to the warning in the docs not to delete an object from a slot triggered by that object.
By André Somers at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
"It's not a good idea to delete an object from a function called by that object. It goes against the whole component idea lying behind the signal/slot paradigm."
Does it really go against anything? If you can't delete the sender in the slot, then you have to delay it, and delaying the delete is tricky business. Even QTimer is not necessarily enough (if sub-eventloops are invoked), which means that there is no guaranteed safe time to delete anything. You either need a safe-owner policy or a safe-child policy, and I've found that the latter is easier.
"a signal can be connected to more than one slot!"
Indeed, though I don't think it breaks any rules if one of the listeners misses out on receiving a signal.
By Justin Karneges at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
i would have to agree with previous poster about not deleting an object from a function called by that function. what are qt signal/slots - just wrappers around plain functions. its not a fire and forget kind of scenario - the function will get called and then only the processing will continue in the caller function. its something like this:
.... // any processing beyond this is not safe if SomeClass doesn't
// the slot function - but treat as a part of the chain from the previous
so rule of thumb - DON'T delete caller class objects in the slot. One can always use a timer singleshot (as you indicated) to delete the caller if one really wants to do so.
SomeClass::dontDeleteMe() {
SomeClass::deleteMyClass() {
here MyClassObject will be deleted only after all the signal processing is complete and the application returns to it event processing.
additionally, i don't agree about the part of not using a qdialog::exec(). very frequently one needs to do a yes/no type of query and do further processing based on the result of this query. without using an exec, one would to override the functions in the dialog class to find out the results.
By pahli_bar at Wed, 2004/03/10 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
You really should read the article and my comments here. QTimer doesn't solve everything. Your example above is essentially the same as deleteLater(), which is error-prone if you mix it with QDialog::exec(). I cover this case in my article. Of course, your example would work for your specific purpose, but my goal here was to find a generic solution. Instead of having to guess or deal with slots safely depending on what is going on, I wanted to come up with something that would work everywhere, all the time.
The fully generic user-side solution is a lot of code, certainly not something you'd want to write for every slot, and this is why I made the 'SafeDelete' class. You don't need to prove to me that it is possible to secure things on the user-side, as I've already demonstrated this with SafeDelete.
However, you have to admit that solving the problem in the object is a heck of a lot simpler and saner. Best of all, writing a signal-safe class does not require the user to change anything. He simply benefits from increased crash-resistance. What is there to lose?
By Justin Karneges at Wed, 2004/03/10 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
Personally I don't use the macro in my own code, it was just a way to illustrate how straightforward the concept is, as opposed to the QTimer method which requires a lot more thought and planning. I definitely agree with your points (a) and (b), and you'll notice that in the 'legacy' section I don't use the macro, as I need to free resources before returning.
I have encountered so many instances where programs explode in cleanup cases, due to a signal being on the call stack somewhere. If we rule out the use of delete, deleteLater(), and QTimer as the response of a signal, then cleanup is impossible. If you're careful about invoking sub-eventloops, then you can at least use the latter two.
In my experience, I've found that it is easier for the child object to behave itself than for the owner to make workarounds.
By Justin Karneges at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
He's the author of Psi
I think it's good to note he's also the (primary) author of the wonderful Jabber client called Psi (http://psi.affinix.com).
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By Jelmer Feenstra at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
After reading this article I thought: Isn't it a pitty that Qt doesn't use exceptions?
By Nick at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Exceptions?
I agree, using exceptions would be technically superior.
However, given the range of platforms Trolltech wants to support with QT, that they do not require exception support is probably a good (business) decision for them.
But a more grave problem I think is, that building QT with exception support is not encouraged by Trolltech and KDE. This way integration of code which uses exceptions is not naturally possible.
By Some KDE user at Tue, 2004/03/09 - 6:00am
Re: Exceptions?
I agree entirely. Exceptions would make things much, much easier to code. In one of my projects I've converted a return-code based function call hierarchy to exceptions, and saved about 1/4th of the lines of code (and many indentation levels).
IMHO it was a bad design decision that Qt doesn't work with exceptions. It is one of the major reasons why I would not consider it for my next business class project.
-- Hannes
By J6t at Thu, 2004/03/11 - 6:00am
more suggestion :)
wrote up more solution to the problem.
spent way too much time not to post :)
By Akito Nozaki at Thu, 2004/03/11 - 6:00am
Alternate solution
How about the following alternate solution:
class Deleter {
extern Deleter deleter;
And in main.cpp:
while(..) {
And delete stuff via registerForDeletion(..);
This guarantees what you wanted: That there's no signal on the call stack when the actual deletion takes place.
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The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1972.
John Cecil Persons, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, began his business career in Birmingham in 1904 as cashier and cost accountant in the firm of Colonel G. T. Bush. Entering the University of Alabama in 1909, he also served as bursar and registrar before coming treasurer to the university his senior year. While attending school and working for the university he also served as a reporter for several newspapers and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. From his graduation in 1912 until World War I he was city attorney and assistant county attorney in Tuscaloosa, operated a 6,000 acre plantation and cotton ginning operation and entered the lumber business.
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General Persons continued his career in finance becoming vice-president of the First National Bank of Tuscaloosa in 1922, president of the Traders National Bank of Birmingham in 1927, executive vice-president and president of the American-Traders National Bank and in 1930 as president of the First National Bank of Birmingham. He became chairman of the board in 1943. He was also a director of the Alabama By-Products Corporation, Alabama Chemical Products Company, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company of Washington, D. C., Alabama Power Company, Avondale Mills of Birmingham and Sylacauga. Protective Life Insurance Company of Birmingham, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Twentieth Street Reality Company, Tutwiler Investment Company, Woodward Iron Company and was formerly a director of the Birmingham Advisor Committee, Birmingham Loan Agency of Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Advisory Committee National Emergency Council; Advisory Board, Small Loans Administration.
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Investors fearing a stock market plunge if the U.S. tumbles off the "fiscal cliff" next week may want to relax.
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Market strategists say that while falling off the cliff for any lengthy period - which would lead to automatic tax hikes and stiff cuts in government spending - would badly dent both consumer and business confidence, it would take some time for the U.S. economy to slide into recession. In the meantime, there would be plenty of chances for lawmakers to make amends by reversing some of the effects.
That has been reflected in a U.S. stock market that has still not shown signs of melting down. Instead, it has drifted lower and gotten more volatile.
In some ways, that has let Washington off the hook. In the past a plunge in stock prices forced the hand of Congress, such as in the middle of the financial crisis in 2008.
"If this thing continues for a bit longer and the result is you get a U.S. debt downgrade ... the risk is not that you lose two and half percent, the risk is that you lose ten and a half," said Jonathan Golub, chief U.S. equity strategist at UBS Equity Research in New York.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said this week that the United States will technically reach its debt limit at the end of the year.
The White House has said it will not negotiate the debt ceiling as in 2011, when the fight over what was once a procedural matter preceded the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, but it may be forced into such a battle again. A repeat of that war is most worrisome for markets.
Markets posted several days of sharp losses in the period surrounding the debt ceiling fight in 2011. Even after a bill to increase the ceiling passed, stocks plunged in what was seen as a vote of no confidence in Washington's ability to function, given how close lawmakers came to a default.
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowered the U.S. sovereign rating to double-A-plus, citing Washington's legislative problems as one reason for the downgrade. The benchmark S&P 500 dropped 16 percent in a four-week period ending August 21, 2011.
"I think there will be a tremendous fight between Democrats and Republicans about the debt ceiling," said Jon Najarian, a co-founder of online brokerage TradeMonster.com in Chicago.
"I think that is the biggest risk to the downside in January for the market and the U.S. economy."
There are some signs in the options market that investors are starting to eye the January period with more wariness. The CBOE Volatility Index, or the VIX, the market's favored anxiety indicator, has remained at relatively low levels throughout this process, though on Thursday it edged above 20 for the first time since July.
More notable is the action in VIX futures markets, which shows a sharper increase in expected volatility in January than in later-dated contracts. January VIX futures are up nearly 23 percent in the last seven trading days, compared with a 13 percent increase in March futures and an 8 percent increase in May futures. That's a sign of increasing near-term worry among market participants.
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Options strategists have noted an increase in positions to guard against weakness in defense stocks such as General Dynamics, as those stocks would be affected by spending cuts set for that sector. Notably, though, the PHLX Defense Index is less than 1 percent away from an all-time high reached December 20.
This underscores the view taken by most investors and strategists: One way or another, Washington will come to an agreement to offset some effects of the cliff. The result will not be entirely satisfying, but it will be enough to satisfy investors.
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Save for a brief 3.6 percent drop in equity futures late on Thursday evening last week after House Speaker John Boehner had to cancel a scheduled vote on a tax-hike bill due to lack of Republican support, markets have not shown the same kind of volatility as in 2008 or 2011.
A gradual decline remains possible, Golub said, if business and consumer confidence continues to take a hit on the back of fiscal cliff worries. The Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence fell sharply in December, a drop blamed in part on the fiscal issues.
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