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1 pack or tray raw of soft flat yellow noodle,6 pieces
5-6 tbsp sambal belacan paste ,if you like extra spicy add more
4 tbsp curry powder(Babas or Burung Nuri's brand preferable)
1 can coconut milk,400 ml
2 cup whole milk
1 cup water
2 large piece rock sugar or 3 tbsp sugar
2 cubes shrimp or chicken flavor bouillon
salt to taste
1 pack fried bean curds or tofu bok
200 gm chicken or pork,sliced
2 or more hard boiled egg,shelled and cut 1/2
1/2 lb shrimp,shelled and clean *optional*
crispy chili shrimp *optional* on side (Tean's or Delimas)
fried shallot for garnishing
handful of cilantro ,cut for garnishing *optional*
1:Prepared a 5 qtr or medium large stock pot at medium high heat with sambal belacan paste and curry powder first,mix well,then add in all ingredients(A) .Increase heat to high.When the stock is rolling boil add in slices pork or chicken,shrimp and fried bean curd or 1-2 minutes or till bubbly boil,check the seasoning . Reduce the heat to slow or remove the stock pot from heat .Do not over boil the stock..
2: Fill a small stock pot with some water at high heat,when the water is bubbly boil,place your desired amount wonton mee(yellow noodle) in the boil water for 40 second or 1 minute.Do not overcooked,the noodle tend to loose the elastic texture.
3:Meanwhile prepared a bucket of ice cold water for the cooked noodle.Quickly transfer the cooked noodle into the ice cold water for few minutes to shocked the process of cooking and maintain the elastic al-dente texture. Sieve and drain dry ,set on side.
4:Place a handful of cooked yellow noodle in a bowl.Microwave 1 minute at high heat,then dish out the curry stock into the cooked warm noodles,garnish with fried shallot ,hard boiled egg and cilantro.Serve warm with shrimp crispy chili on the side.


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UNIGINE Corp. announced that Oil Rush, an epic naval strategy game, is coming in February to Android devices based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 chip. The game - as well as a free demo - will hit the Google Play store and bring next-generation 3D graphics, hardcore depth and touch-native controls for mobile users. It is based on the proprietary multi-platform UNIGINE Engine and developed by UNIGINE Corp.
Oil Rush for mobile invites players to smash through raging waves of enemies while experiencing a thrilling story of apocalypse, technology, and battles that players have been enjoying on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X since the game's release in January 2012. Originally designed with touchscreen controls in mind, Oil Rush features unique gameplay that is native for the mobile platform and is based on group control. It avoids micromanagement of every single unit, offering strategic depth and focusing on fast-paced and swift attacks, smart defensive tactics, and development of a rich technology tree.
"Oil Rush is an exciting development because not only we provide a game that, I'd say, approved for the hardcore audience, but also because we expand the popular strategy genre to the Android market," commented Denis Shergin, CEO of UNIGINE Corp.
Oil Rush will unleash the full potential of cutting-edge and flexible UNIGINE technology for flagship smartphones and tablets. For six months following release, the game will be available for Android mobile devices powered by the latest Snapdragon S4 chips (MSM8960, APQ8064 and MPQ8064), including Samsung Galaxy S III LTE, Motorola RAZR M, Google Nexus 4 and Lenovo IdeaPad, among others. Besides Android, the technical excellence of UNIGNE Engine, an all-in-one middleware, is available for a wide range of other platforms, such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and PS3.
UNIGINE Corp. is an international company focused on real-time 3D technologies development. Over 7 years on the market, the company offers top-notch real-time 3D solutions for video games development, scientific research, simulation, visualization, serious games, virtual reality systems and more.
The company is also renowned for its performance benchmark products, such as "Heaven DX11 Benchmark", the world's first 3D benchmark with full support for Microsoft DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0.
UNIGINE Corp. is a registered developer of Apple Inc., AMD Inc., NVIDIA Corporation and Creative Technology Ltd. As a registered developer, UNIGINE works closely with its ecosystem partners in order to achieve the best level of performance and compatibility for all of our products. The company also develops technologies for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android and iOS and has a license to develop tools and middleware for PLAYSTATION®3 platform.
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Sonia Wind Tunnel brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
2 Gewinner wurden aus 92 Designs von 25 Designern ausgewählt.
Wind Tunnel, Inc.
We're a team of creative entrepreneurs who have a passion for problems solving, and improving the world through ideas and innovation. This project is for the parent company - designers who we like will be approached for future work for our portfolio companies.
Wind Tunnel, Inc. is an entrepreneurial think tank and investment group that develops and incubates new ideas and concepts to become successful business ventures. Our work spans across a variety of industries, but is often people-focused, solving the problems and frustrations we all experience, and improving our quality of life. Our tone is fun, friendly, down to earth, creative, witty, clever, conversational, and exciting.
Our initial target audience includes investors, strategic partners, entrepreneurs, the business press, and future employees of our portfolio companies.
We are developing a logo to be used as part of a full business identity system. Top rated designers will be given priority consideration for future work - for our parent company, as well as our future portfolio companies.
Specs –
- Logo needs to work in color, gray scale, and black and white.
- Logo needs to work at low (web) and high (print) resolutions.
- Logo should appear dimensional.
- Logo should may include the creative typographic treatment of the company name in combination with a graphical, iconic element.
The logo will be used on the website, business cards, stationery, apparel.
Our company focuses on new ideas, and clever ways to take away the frustrations of our lives, and improving people's lives. We are looking for an identity that is strong, clever, creative, clean, and witty. We like modern architecture, sans serif fonts, and bold colors. We want to convey a sense of intrigue and excitement, combined with credibility and success.
We communicate through telling stories, and our logo needs to reflect this
Words that reflect us
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Good news for DD Free Dish (DD Direct Plus) users, now you can enjoy Discovery Science channel which is temporarily FTA from Dish TV on your DD Free Dish (DD Direct Plus).
Discovery Science channel is available on Frequency – 12647, H, 30000. To watch Discovery Science, enter the Frequency 12647, H, 30000 manually and check whether you are getting signal or not. If you are getting signal, then do channel search and Enjoy till it gets scrambled.
If you are not getting the signal, then your dish might be getting only the signal of DD Free Dish TP at 93.5E. To get signal of Dish TV TP's at 95.0E, then you need to move the dish by few Millimeters towards your left by standing behind the dish. Try to get 40% to 50% signal from Dish TV TP's which is more than enough. So you wont lose the DD Free Dish TP's Signal. Once the signal is found, do channel search and enjoy Discovery Science channel for free.


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National Atheist Party Becomes 'Secular Party of America;' Aims for Inclusiveness
The National Atheist Party announced that it will now be called the "Secular Party of America," with a mission to become more inclusive and more accurately reflect the party's goals.
"We are certain that not only is the new name far more inclusive of a greater number of Americans that share our vision of true separation of church and state, but that it will open the door to those that may not have joined us if for no other reason than because 'Atheist' was in the name," said VP of Public Relations and Marketing Bernard "Flash" Kellish in a released statement.
"We were created by atheists as a way to be a hereunto unrepresented voice in politics and have been very successful. We will miss the old name but now it is time to move forward and focus on being a viable and respected political party. We hope to make a worldwide network of secular organizations."
The decision came about after a vote last week where 77.6 percent of the voting members in the latest election decided to approve the name change, surpassing the necessary 75 percent super majority.
"I would like to thank all who voted, and my deepest thanks to all those who saw the vision and helped make this a reality. We had a great team of talented volunteers who besides their personal lives, jobs, and work with the NAP, spent even more of their time putting together and promoting this campaign," Kellish said.
The party says it has over 3,100 members and chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It was formed in 2011 with the original idea being to call it the "Freethought Party," though shortly after that it became the "National Atheist Party."
Dr. John Perkins, president of the Secular Party of Australia, said that he supports the name change. He insisted that there is nothing shameful about being an atheist, but the word "secular" is more aligned to the political agenda of such a party.
Also lauding the change, Secular Scotland Society Chairperson Caroline Lynch commented, "Secularism is a political stance; it groups together people of every race and creed who believe in democracy and freedom and wish to fight for a common cause. It will unite where atheism divides, include where atheism excludes, and yet still allow for diversity of views and beliefs."
The party's official website explains that despite the name, the group is not simply for atheists and has no religious test for people wishing to join. It adds that it only asks members to approve of its general principles, which seek a government "free of superstition and bias," guided by secular humanism.
"The National Atheist Party does not seek to inhibit the religious practices or beliefs of any group, but is committed to the division of church and state and that religious preference is a private matter, which has no place in the government or in government facilities," the organization adds.
The name change, which is set to go into effect on Aug. 1, is an attempt to move forward in a positive direction for the political party, which experienced a setback in March after its president and co-founder Troy Boyle resigned, citing "an increasing lack of cooperation by the Executive Board."


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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Victorian Mario Bros.
New to the Nintendo Entertainment Stereoscopic I present to you Victorian Mario Bros. (Live pianist not included) which is scheduled to launch in 1895.
7 comments:
- DoctorMikeReddy said...
Sir, i present to you, The Truly Superb, Brothers Mario! I feel a dmake coming on! Fancy making this?
- August 6, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- Mehmet Oğuz said...
Hahaha.... it's very nice
- August 7, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- Apainintheneck said...
You sir are like a drawing wizard. No wait a drawing Mario with a flame flower. Just so awesome.
- August 7, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Unknown said...
This is absolutely amazing. I love you.
- August 7, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Digital Ruse said...
This is excellent. I wish it was a little bigger. I run at 1920x1200, personally. :)
- August 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Cheryl said...
Prints? Could you pretty please sell some prints? This is delightful!
- April 26, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- Garden Pheenix said...
Not only would I happily hang this in my livingroom, I would dedicate my life to playing the real game in this style. <3
- April 27, 2011 at 12:07 AM


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You need to verify that that downloaded Linux DVD or ISO images are intact before you burn and use them. This is security feature. But how do you verify ISO images?
Answer is quite simple use md5sum command to compute and check MD5 message digest.
Why verify ISO images?
a) To protect yourself
b) Verify that a file has not changed as a result of file transfer, disk error, cracker attacks, etc.
How does it work?
When you run md5sum command on ISO file, you get checksum (or hash) on screen. You need to compare this checksum with original. It works as a compact digital fingerprint of a file. You can then compare the MD5 hash of your download ISO file, to the known good hash of the file you are checking. If the two values match, you are safe and use the ISO image.
Let us download FreeBSD ISO image:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.2/6.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
Next download MD5 checksum:
$ wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.2/CHECKSUM.MD5
Generate MD5 hash for ISO image
$ md5sum 6.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
4e8701ac951bc4537f8420fdac7efbb5 6.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
Verify ISO image
See the known good hash of the file (6.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso):
$ md5sum -c CHECKSUM.MD5
6.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso: OK
You can also use following command for the same purpose:
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- You can verify MD5 checksum of an ISO file under Windows XP/vista using winmd5sum program.


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Canada: Reference case on anti-polygamy law can go ahead without Polygamist leader
The participation of Winston Blackmore, Canada's most notorious polygamist, would be welcome in the reference case on the anti-polygamy law's constitutionality, but the chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it's not necessary. In a written decision, Robert Bauman said that not only is Winston Blackmore's participation and that of his 500 or so followers from the community of Bountiful, B.C. not necessary, there is no reason for taxpayers to pay their legal costs of participating in the reference case.
Blackmore was one of two men charged in January 2009 with practising polygamy, which has been a criminal offense since 1890. The charges were later quashed on a technicality and rather than appealing that decision, Attorney General Mike de Jong decided to refer two questions to the B.C. Supreme Court. The action was joined by the federal Justice Department.
Those two questions are: Is the anti-polygamy law consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? And, does the prohibition on polygamy require the involvement of a minor, exploitation, abuse of authority, a gross imbalance of power or undue influence?
So far, 12 interested parties have been accepted as participants in the case which is likely to go to trial in mid-November. Among the parties is Jim Oler, the other man charged in 2009 with polygamy. He is the bishop for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful.
In his judgment, Bauman said while Blackmore's participation "would help in developing the record which will assist the court in answering the questions in the reference, but that participation is not 'necessary' . . . any more than is the participation of the [12 other] interested persons."
The chief justice noted, "No proceedings are extant against Mr. Blackmore. He may possibly face a prosecution under s.293 of the Criminal Code in the future, but that is pure speculation."
Bauman went on to say that while the outcome "may possibly, but not necessarily, affect Mr. Blackmore and his followers in future," that is not enough to grant them party status equal to the federal and provincial governments and to the court-appointed amicus who will argue that the law is invalid.
He also noted that Blackmore has filed a civil suit against the province for damages arising from the failed prosecution. Adding Blackmore to this case, Bauman wrote "would transform a reference case, which is not an adversarial proceeding . . . into just that."
However, if Blackmore and his congregation wish to be given status as interested parties, Bauman said he would grant that.
As for advancing Blackmore's legal costs, which were estimated to be $1 million or more, Bauman described it as an extraordinary request with no legal precedents.
The chief justice noted that the test for advance funding is a determination that an injustice would occur without that party's participation. He rejected that in Blackmore's case.
And while Blackmore had provided "fairly significant disclosure of his personal financial situation," Bauman said there was no evidence that the congregation was unable to raise the money.
By Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun
April 20, 2010
Blackmore may be absent at polygamy court case, judge says
What Canada's most notorious polygamist has to say about the practice might be interesting, but Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the B.C. Supreme Court says his participation is not necessary in determining whether the current anti-polygamy law is constitutional.
In a written decision released Tuesday, Bauman said Winston Blackmore's taking part might be helpful and even welcome, but it's not essential.
And what that means is that Blackmore and his 500 or so followers may be absent from the courtroom next November, when it's expected the reference case will go to trial.
Blackmore has threatened to boycott the trial and order his congregation not to participate unless they were granted equal standing with the provincial and federal governments and given a blank cheque for legal fees.
(That blank cheque was conservatively estimated to be worth $1 million or more, if Bauman had agreed to sign it.)
It will seem odd if the case does go ahead without the man who has brazenly held a polygamy summit, inviting politicians, journalists and documentary filmmakers into his home to meet his wives and more than 100 children.
Because there's no doubt that Blackmore and Bountiful are the genesis of this constitutional reference.
In January 2009, five years after RCMP began investigating the community of about 1,000 people, Blackmore was arrested and charged with one count of polygamy. Nineteen women were named on his indictment.
Blackmore is the spiritual leader to about half the community.
James Oler was also charged with one count of polygamy, with three women listed on his indictment. Oler is the bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), who replaced Blackmore in that role following his excommunication.
The charges against both men were quashed on a technicality. Rather than appealing that decision, Attorney-General Mike de Jong decided to refer two questions to the B.C. Supreme Court. The action was joined by the federal Justice Department.
Those two questions are: Is the anti-polygamy law consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? And, does the prohibition on polygamy require the involvement of a minor, exploitation, abuse of authority, a gross imbalance of power or undue influence?
But Bauman said Blackmore is not the "target" of the proceedings and has no greater interest in the case than the dozen other groups that have been accepted as interested parties.
"No proceedings are extant against Mr. Blackmore," the chief justice noted. "He may possibly face a prosecution under [Section] 293 of the Criminal Code in the future, but that is pure speculation."
And while the outcome "may possibly, but not necessarily, affect Mr. Blackmore and his followers in future," Bauman said, it's not enough to grant them equal status to the federal and provincial governments or to the court-appointed amicus, who will argue against government lawyers that the law is invalid.
Blackmore has filed a civil suit against the provincial government claiming damages for wrongful prosecution. Among his arguments in that case is that the law is unconstitutional, which is why Blackmore's lawyer, Joe Arvay, suggested rolling that part into the reference case.
Bauman rejected that, saying it would "transform a reference, which is not an adversarial proceeding ... into just that."
The constitutional issues go far beyond the little community in southeastern British Columbia, as is evidenced by the disparate groups already accepted as "interested parties": REAL Women, the Canadian Polyamorist Advocacy Association, children's-and women's-rights advocates and civil libertarians.
And despite his threatened boycott, it seems unlikely that Blackmore will stay away. Not only has he embraced the limelight in the past, he will probably not want to leave his fate -- and that of his congregation -- to the FLDS to defend. There's too much enmity between them.
But Blackmore might stay away.
He claims to be broke, although Bauman said Blackmore didn't prove that with the affidavit he filed.
Blackmore claims his congregation can't pay for a lawyer to represent them, which Bauman said was never proven.
And there's one other thing.
If Blackmore doesn't show up and the law is found to be constitutional, he can always blame his enemies, securing for himself the role of martyr.


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I shall do my best I suppose
wtf norska is BLUE NOW WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!
hi friend
"Norska has not made any friends yet"
Poor ting!
All of you need to stop vandalising my precious, beautiful wall!
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In one of my previous tutorials, I have demonstrated how to create a simple starfield simulation using Python and Pygame. Today, we will make a few modifications in the code from that tutorial to make a pretty cool parallax starfield.
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In this tutorial we will create a simple but cool starfield simulation with Python and Pygame. The tutorial will be very brief and accompanied by a self-explanatory small amount of code.
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In the last tutorial we saw how to make a simple 3D simulation. In this tutorial we will build from the theory and code from the last tutorial and make a rotating 3D wireframe cube.
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Published — by us — in time for the longest day, we're delighted to be announcing the publication of A Midsummer Night's Dream from the Bodleian First Folio on 24 June, the traditional quarter day midsummer. However you celebrate the longest days of the year, we wish you happy revels. May none of you wake with a donkey's head!
A MIDSOMMER Nights Dreame
One of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare's plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream is taught in many schools and — on one website at least — makes it into fourth place on a list of Shakespeare's "top ten greatest" plays.
The charm of its fairies, its quarelling lovers who pair up in the final act, and the enduring comedy of its rude "Mcehanicals"* make it a particular favourite for school and outdoor productions. Yet this is not a play of caprice and harmless make-believe: there is deliberate cruelty, manipulation, a custody battle, and a forced marriage. As Emma Smith points out in a podcast, the cross lovers explore sex and sexuality rather than celebrate marriage, sometimes to the shock of an audience expecting woodland wit and whimsy.
First performed in the mid 1590s, this play was published in quarto versions in 1600 and 1619. You can read and compare them on the British Library's excellent Shakespeare in Quarto website.
The version in the Bodleian First Folio has been well read. One page (folio O2) has a damaged corner. Two tears have been patched with heavy paper, probably in the early eighteenth century, in an attempt to repair the damage. Actually, though a careful repair by someone who cared for the book (possibly a member of the Turbutt family), the heavy paper risked causing further damage by putting a greater strain on the paper supporting it. This repair, and others like it, were stabilized by colleagues in Conservation and Collection Care.
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Emma Smith's podcast on the play from her Approaching Shakespeare series uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to uncover less expected themes of the play.
Dorothea Kehler's 2012 book, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays, looks at the play's critical and performance history, and is available online through Google Books.
Our colleagues at the Folger Shakespeare Library have created excellent teaching resources on the play.
Notable film adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream include those directed by:
- William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt (1935)
- Peter Hall (1968)
- Elijah Moshinsky's BBC Television Shakespeare version (1981)
- Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
- Adrian Noble (1996)
- Michael Hoffman (1998)
Musical works inspired by the play include:
- Henry Purcell's The Fairy-Queen (1692)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Overture (1827) and incidental music (1843), A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Benjamin Britten and Peter Pear's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960)
Wikipedia has a list of ballet and works of fine art inspired by the play.
If you are in Oxford this July, you can watch Tomahawk Theatre's production of the play at Oxford Castle.
* A typographic error in the First Folio renders "Mechanicals" like this (Comedies, p. 153).


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Hi everyone, here are a couple of videos relating to Kata and Bunkai.
NAIHANCHI BO KATA: This short video looks at how you can train or relate the Jo or Bo staff to the Naihanchi Kata, this is simply somthing i have put together and not been handed down (as far as i know). Video only shows the 1st half of Tekki Shodan / Naihanchi Shodan.
PINAN SHODAN / HEIAN NIDAN 2 PERSON BUNKAI DEMO: This video shows an application surrounding the pulling hand in which the Kata tells you were to strike your opponent. So you block and strike at the same time, this way you never have a dead hand in a real fight etc.
I admit i do get Heian Shodan and Heian Nidan mixed up, coming from a Shukokai back ground its easy to get confused with the 1st two Pinans.
I hope these may be of interest.
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R07 Racing Cylinder Heads - New Power For Chevrolet
Complete Race Engines Are Still Hidden Behind Locked Doors, But We Got A Sneak Peek At Chevrolet's New R07 Racing Heads
If you haven't kept your ear to the ground, you may not have heard that Chevrolet has been developing a new racing engine for the past few years. It was kept quiet as GM worked to create the successor to the SB2.2 for NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series.
The engine, known as the R07, has finally been approved by NASCAR for Cup competition and should start showing up in cars after Daytona. It may take a bit, but Chevrolet will almost certainly make this new technology available to any racer willing to pony up the cash for the components. Although designed primarily for Cup competition, the SB2.2 has found its way into many different racing classes, especially dirt Late Models. We even know a team that's racing a detuned SB2.2 in an IMCA-style Modified (you can get pretty good deals on used Cup parts if you know the right places to look), and we expect the R07 to be no different.
The Cup guys have a limited bore size, but this is a big deal to engine builders with a more open rule book. The R07 engine is designed with a 4.500-inch bore spacing compared to the SB2.2's 4.400 spacing. This means the opportunity for not only bigger cylinder bores, but also better cooling between the cylinders. The wider bore spacing also means there is more room for bigger valves. Bieneman says that along with the relocated bore centers, the valveguides have also been separated a bit more. He has found he can stuff a 2.225 intake and 1.600 exhaust valve in each of the combustion chambers, while the maximum valve sizes in the SB2.2 were 2.180 and 1.600, respectively. The wider bore spacing also means that when the valveguides are separated by that extra margin, shrouding shouldn't become a problem.
One of the hallmarks of the Chevy small-block has always been the valve arrangement. It places an exhaust valve at the edge of the head, followed by two intakes, two exhausts, two intakes, and the final exhaust valve (E, I, I, E, E, I, I, E). The benefit of this arrangement is that it places all four intake valves as close to the center of the head as possible and equalizes the intake port lengths. The SB2 is slightly different, with a valve formation that puts the intakes on the outside edges (I, E, I, E, E, I, E, I). Both systems, however, also place the two center exhaust ports side-by-side, which is a notorious hot spot in almost all Chevy performance engines. The heat can be such a problem that many engine builders say that it causes additional bore distortion in the two center bores.
The new heads remove this situation by rearranging the valve order. Now, it is I, E, I, E, I, E, I, E, and each exhaust valve is surrounded by an intake to help cool it. The new valve arrangement will, however, require a different lobe arrangement on the cams. Of course, it is already a given that the SB2.2 and other Chevy small-block cams will not interchange with the R07 because of the wider bore spacing.
In addition, removing the hot spot between the exhaust valves will help equalize the coolant temperature within the block, which will reduce localized movement of the material. This means better ring sealing and possibly even better sealing at the head gasket. The cool air flowing through the nearby intake ports will also help make the environment a little friendlier for the exhaust valves and seats.
In addition to the new valve arrangement, there has also been a significant change made to the ports. Almost all small-blocks from any manufacturer use a port angle of at least 10 degrees. This angle sends the air/fuel mixture through the port and into the combustion chamber on an angle so that it creates a vortex, or swirl, inside the chamber. This swirl helps keep the fuel suspended in the air so that it burns as efficiently as possible when the spark plug fires.
This new port, however, is very straight and very short. Veteran cylinder head porter Dennis Warner calls this a "low-swirl port" but believes the overall improvements in flow should outweigh the disadvantage that comes with less swirl. One trick he feels might work to increase swirl is to "twist" the port so that the walls, while still parallel, are no longer vertical. This will help produce more tumble and swirl before the air/fuel charge enters the combustion chamber.
As this feature went to press, Bieneman and Warner said that they had little information on how well the ports will actually flow because NASCAR had yet to release the templates they must work within, and actual castings are still so scarce that they cannot afford to experiment until they know the exact rules package.
Along with the straighter ports, the valve locations have also been moved closer to the side of the head. The result is that the valves are more staggered than before. This should help the rockers be more centered over the appropriate cam lobe and straighten the pushrods. Bieneman says that this change will allow the wider ports to deliver even better flow numbers.
Since the intake ports are so straight, both Bieneman and Warner believe that the intake manifold design that will work best with these heads will have a very large plenum that is extended toward both the front and back of the engine. This large plenum will help move the outside intake runners closer to the ports so that they won't have to curve as much to make the port entrance. This design will also shorten the outside runner length to help it match the length of the interior intake runners.
Of course, this short-runner/big-plenum design lends itself well to Cup racing, where the rpm is high and the power range is narrow. In a short-track car-say a dirt Late Model-the plenum can easily be decreased or even raised to increase the runner length and move the powerband lower in the rpm range. Another difficulty with a large-plenum manifold is that it reduces the signal at the carburetor. Warner says that this can be overcome, but it requires a crafty carburetor tuner.
Anyone familiar with race engines will quickly notice that the head-stud holes on the new Chevy head have been moved away from the combustion chambers. Some might even call it a "Ford-style" stud arrangement. This will definitely be a benefit, as the old stud location was so close to the cylinder bore and combustion chamber that it could cause distortion. Although we haven't seen the block, it is a good guess that the area that the head studs or bolts thread into in the block will be completely separate from the cylinder bores. This will not only ease distortion-inducing stress on the bores, but also create more room for the water jackets to provide coolant across more of the bores' area.
Since the SB2.2 was introduced in the late '90s, many teams have begun flooding the valve covers with oil to help keep the valvesprings cooler. Some say keeping the springs surrounded by oil also helps dampen damaging harmonics. To aid this, the outer rail on the R07 head has been significantly raised. If you pull your valve covers a few minutes after a run, the raised rails will catch the remaining oil and you won't drench yourself. Additionally, the oil drain-back holes are easily accessible to change out the oil restrictors for different sizes, which will aid tuning.
It appears that Chevrolet's engineers have also made another change to help racers when it comes to oil control. At the lower corners of the heads are galleries that lead from the block to the top of the head at the inside edge of the flange for the valve cover. There is even a groove for an O-ring at the topside of this gallery. It appears this will feed pressurized oil to the valve cover, which will have integrated valvespring oilers. Integrated oilers won't necessarily improve performance over existing systems, but it will eliminate exterior plumbing and simplify the system.
Finally, the R07 engine will use a valley cover that is separate from the manifold, like the SB2.2. Also, the valley cover will be wet and provide water to the cylinder heads. But unlike the SB2.2, the R07 includes separate water inlets into the head for each chamber. The SB2.2 only had inlets at the corner of the heads, which made it difficult for engine builders to get cool water to the interior exhaust valves. As a result, many were forced to plumb exterior coolant lines directly from the water pump to inject cool water into the water jacket between the two interior exhaust valves. Between the relocation of the valves and the four water passages into the cylinder head water jacket, cooling should be much improved and the external plumbing for the coolant should no longer be necessary.
Here's a trick the Cup teams have been using for a few years that MBE has begun providing to other teams. Below is an example of a cylinder head for a Sprint Car, but it will work in many different applications. Owner Matt Bieneman has gotten rid of the valve seal by using an O-ring inside the valveguide. The advantage of this is that it allows the guide to be taller (equal to the height of the top of the old valve seal) without limiting valve lift. In this application, it equals approximately 0.150 more guide height, which helps stabilize the valve. Now Bieneman can use smaller valve stems, which cuts valvetrain weight, without sacrificing stability.


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On April 27th, I wrote the following, and emailed it to Willie Osterweil after a conversation on twitter about Battlestar Galactica. It was the start of a post that I never quite finished; it just kept getting bigger and longer, and there was no hurry to complete it –we've all forgotten about BSG, haven't we? — so I never quite did. When my laptop was stolen on Saturday, it was up to about 3000 words, I think, even though it was only about half as long as I eventually wanted it to be. Sigh.
Let us mourn for the essay never to be! Let its sacrifice never be forgotten! So say we all!
Battlestar Galactica is nakedly referential to the post-9/11 psycho-situation of the United States, the war on terror, and the scurity state. It wears the directness of this address on its shirt sleeve, and everyone understands that it does. From the occupation in season three – complete with Bush-era cliché's like "shock and awe" and "Welcome us with open arms" – to the montage of 9/11 visual cues that opens each episode, this is something we are never confrimed in understanding, and never need to be.
But 9/11 was not a genocidal first strike; it was terrorism. And the substance of that distiction is relevent to assessing the substance of the allegory that Battlestar Galactica performs: it makes us think about the US after 9/11 as if it were the human race after a genocidal first strike by a robotic alien other, instead of this simply being (more or less) the lie that our leaders tell us.
After all, the interesting thing the show does is blur the distinctions between cylons and humans. If you had made the cylons into [insert Muslim Terrorist stereotype here] and the humans into [insert Virtuous American War Hero stereotype], it would be seen as blatant propaganda. It would be understood to be making a claim about the rightness or wrongness of the war on terror, and – as its politics became clear – we would bracket it off, inoculate ourselves from its message. So the entire point of the show – everything that makes it interesting – is the way those distinctions fall apart in practice, the ambiguity of a human race that isn't nearly as good as we expect them to be or a cylon race that isn't as bad as we expect. This problem is given maximum tangibility by the steady suggestion – occasionally give real substance – that while the cylon attack might not have been justified in the form that it took, it was mounted in response to a real grievance.
And yet, everyone knows that the cylons are the Terrorists. Everyone knows that the humans are the United States. The structure of the allegory – the extent to which it refers to post-9/11 USA – depends on this being the case. And by the same token, while the remnants of the human race inBattlestar Galactica really are facing the constant prospect of continual annihilation – which makes arguments for things like martial law, torture, recourse to extralegality massively more sympathetic – the most important fact about the post-9/11 USA has been the absence of the kind of existential conflict upon which so many of the state's actions and transformations have depended. The show lets us forget that absence.


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The Moon Comes Over the Tower
(1) Bug an access point to the Lucky 38's data network for the Followers of the Apocalypse. (2) Return to Emily Ortal on the New Vegas strip with news that the tower has been bugged.
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This is a quick-and-dirty side quest that you can undertake in a matter of a couple of brief moments. You'll likely earn it during the main quest known as Wild Card: Change in Management. While there are a plethora of choices you're free to make during that particular quest, our Walkthrough has you killing Mr. House and taking over his Lucky 38 Casino for yourself. Thereafter, when you go to leave, in order to speak with Yes Man again, you should be intercepted by a woman named Emily Ortal. Emily is a doctor with the Followers of the Apocalypse, and she's interested in the life-support system Mr. House has used to keep himself alive over the centuries. All you have to do is agree to help her (and you can use a moderate Barter check to get a smorgasbord of curative items out of her for successfully completing the task), and she'll hand over a bug that you need to place within a computer in the Lucky 38 Casino.
Now, all you have to do is turn back around and walk back into the casino. To the left of the entrance (once inside) is a raised bar that you'll have to climb up some stairs to access. Do so, and keep an eye out for a computer terminal affixed to the wall on the far side of the bar. While the computer terminal will require a considerable science skill to hack, that's actually not what's important here. Rather, what you really need to focus on is simply opting to bug this computer terminal, which you should be given the option to do regardless of your Science skill. Once the bug has been placed, your task is essentially done. Go back outside the Lucky 38 Casino and find the white-coated Emily roaming around. Speak with her and let her know that the deed has been done. While she regrettably lets you know that the bug only works for a few minutes before being snuffed-out by security measures in Mr. House's computer network, you still did your piece, and she's thankful. That should wrap up this quest.


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Today the government awarded $67 million to organizations that will serve as Navigators, or those who help people sign up for insurance under the new health care law.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acted even as insurance agents ramped up their efforts, working through Republican members of Congress, to create high barriers for non-agents to counsel people on how to access health exchanges and benefit from other components of the healthcare law.
The grants made today were to 105 organizations in states that are letting the federal government run their online insurance marketplaces because the leadership in those states are doing everything they can to thwart implementation of the program.
The two laws – introduced as Congress left for its five-week summer recess in early August — were introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. They are consistent with actions in 34 states aimed at ensuring that their licensed agents are protected by requiring that navigators follow stringent rules in discussing the health care bill with consumers.
The two pieces of legislation effectively seek to require states, mostly large ones with big urban populations, to follow the same rules that agents have been getting legislatures in conservative states to enact.
The bills pertain to the funding of navigator programs, as well as in-person assisters and certified application counselors, as enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare."
H.R. 2980 says that no money can be awarded to potential navigators until the secretary of the HHS confirms that recipients of the funding have certified that they: (1) will not provide advice concerning benefits, terms and features of a particular health plan; (2) will not recommend or endorse a particular health plan or advise consumers about which health plan to choose; (3) will not accept any compensation that is dependent on whether a person enrolls in or purchases a health plan; and (4) will not violate any applicable insurance law or regulation.
Another bill, H.R. 2951, focuses on putting safeguards, certifications and audits in place to guard against the inevitable waste, fraud and abuse created by exchanges, subsidies and navigator programs.
According to officials of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, "This is of particular importance since the Administration has announced it will be loosening the verification mechanisms for subsidy eligibility through the new health insurance exchanges."
Under H.R. 2951, "Only if the certifications and safeguards stipulated in the bill are put in place and enforced can the exchange subsidies be distributed and enrollment assistance funds, including navigator grants, be awarded."
In June, nine Republican members of the Senate, who are seeking to repeal the law, sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, HHS secretary, seeking to accomplish the same thing. Earlier in June, 33 members of the House sent a similar letter to Sebelius.
The letter, written at the request of officials of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents argues that guidelines proposed for navigators and counselors "provide significantly less protection to patients and consumers than the states have provided through licensed insurance agents for decades."
Health care professionals say that the navigator program will be particularly important to the health law's success in some Republican-led states that aren't doing any state-directed outreach to the uninsured.
The grant winners don't have much time to hire and train outreach workers. Enrollment for the health law's new coverage options starts Oct. 1, and benefits kick in Jan. 1.
Navigators must complete a training program developed by the federal government and pass an exam.


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posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 2:48 pm
I would like to know if i can use path analysis/SEM in this case.
Outcome variable: Categorical latent factor (dichotomous )measured using two categorical observed variables (dichotomous).
Indicator variables: 13 categorical variables (ordinal/categorical)
I am using a national database which has multistage sampling.
I would like to know if Mplus can handle multi stage sample in a similar manner as SUDDAN /STATA does?
And am i violating any assumptions if i run Pathanalysis/SEM using Mplus? (provided Mplus can handle clustered sample design.)
posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 3:25 pm
The outcome variable scenario can be handled by Mplus, but can you please clarify what you mean by "Indicator variables"?
Mplus offers computation of SEs that take into account non-independence of observations due to cluster sampling. Sampling weights can also be used. Stratification can be handled via multiple-group analysis or using covariates. SE adjustments due to multistage sampling in line with SUDAAN is not in the current version, but a project is due to start on implementing that in a future version. However, the allowance for sampling weights and clustering should go a long way towards dealing with the complex sampling.
posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 5:27 pm
What i mean by indicator variables is predictor variables that are like observed variables?
And like i mentioned earlier these variables are categorical.
posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 5:36 pm
Yes, adding such covariates is not a problem.
posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 8:10 am
Any idea when the newer version of Mplus with SE adjustments due to multistage sampling in line with SUDAAN will be released?
Thanks once again for your prompt responses to all my questions.
posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 8:52 am
- that's a long-term project just about to start so this is several years into the future.
posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 5:44 am
Dear Linda and Bengt,
I do have a model containing an endogenous (and observed) binary variable as well as other dependant variables with an ordinal scale. I ran this model with AMOS. But since AMOS isn't able to estimate models with dichotomous endogenous variables, I run the same model with MPlus and the results are quite similar, but only if I define only my binary endogenous variable as CATEGORICAL. As soon as I define the ordinal indicators (5 to 6 categories) as CATEGORICAL, I do have severe convergence problems. The program gives me following hint:
Is it necessary to define those ordinal variables (not the binary outcome variable), which (theoretically) do have an underlying continous scale as CATEGORICAL?
Thank you in advance
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 9:46 am
I would need to see your full output. You can send it to
. Please include TECH1 and SAMPSTAT in the OUTPUT command.
posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 9:29 am
Hi there,
I would like to know whether Mplus has a subporn or subpop option (like SUDAAN or STATA) for analyzing subpopulations of a national dataset? I believe that in order to have correct variance estimates (using stratification and weight option) I will need to define a subpopulation so the software can correctly handle the primary sampling units (PSUs) that are missing in each level of the stratification variable. Any ideas as how I could do this in Mplus?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 4:45 pm
There are two ways to do subpopulation analysis in Mplus. One way is to use the USEOBSERVATIONS command. The second way is to zero out the weights for non-subpopulation members, like this:
USERVARIABLE = ... w0;
WEIGHT = w0;
if (in subpopulation) w0=w else w0=0.0000001;
The second method is equivalent to the subpop command in SUDAAN. We are currently investigating the merits of the two alternatives.
posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 1:08 pm
Hi there,
Thank you for your message above. I have a quick follow up question. I tried the second way (zero out weights) which resulted in a weird 'n'. I have 15,214 people in my sample. My subpopulation contains 834 people with complete data on variables of interest (used in usevars command). The n displayed in my output is 11,585. In addition, everyone in my full and subpopulation has complete data for stratification, weights, and cluster vars. I am wondering how Mplus calculated this n (11585). Is the analysis using only the 834 people for the LCA and using a random sample to calculate the weights? I am confused why my n is not 834. If I ignore my subpopulation the N for complete data in the full sample should be 12,419. Could you help by explaining to me what is going on? Here is my code...
TITLE: mixture 2-class
DATA: FILE IS subyouth.dat;
VARIABLE: NAMES ARE case si
plan attempt lbinge dbinge rbinge lalcfreq dalcfreq ralcfreq
lfight dfight rfight dep sex rage dage qnumatt lnumatt medatt
frace nrace psu stratum weight subpop asubpop;
stratification = stratum;
USEVARIABLES ARE si plan dep lnumatt lbinge lfight w0;
classes= c (2);
IDVARIABLE = case;
weight is w0;
cluster is psu;
categorical = si plan dep lfight lbinge lnumatt;
if (asubpop eq 1) then w0 eq weight;
if (asubpop eq 0) then w0 = .0000000001;
ANALYSIS: TYPE = mixture complex;
thanks in advance!
posted on Monday, January 03, 2005 - 8:40 am
Can you send your input/output and data to
so we can see what is happening?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, January 03, 2005 - 12:10 pm
There's an error in the DEFINE command. If you change
if (asubpop eq 1) then w0 eq weight;
if (asubpop eq 1) then w0 = weight;
The sample size should be the full size of the population.
Filipa Alexandra da Costa Rico Cala
posted on Thursday, July 07, 2016 - 7:22 am
Dear Linda,
In my data, my dependent variable is a latent dichotomous variable measured by 9 dichotomous items. In fact, this latent variable is the sum of this 9 items. I would like to perform a regression with this variable in order to see which are the most important predictors for this variable. However, I have a doubt: it is better to first sum the 9 items in a more basic software (such as SPSS). and then use this final variable in Mplus and perform a logistic regression in this software, or it will be better not to perform this sum in SPSS and to use the measurement model, that is, write in the Mplus syntax in the model command F1 by I1-I9 and then F1 on X1 (which is the independent variable)? in this later case, can I also conduct a logistic regression?
Many thanks in advance for all your help,
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 07, 2016 - 9:49 am
You say first that your latent variable is dichotomous and then that it is a sum/continuous. I will answer as if the latter.
If you find that your measurement model has good fit I would use the F1 approach you mention. If you use ML you can use the default logit link so that the regressions of the 9 indicators on the factor are logistic regression. The regression of the factor on x's is of course linear.
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