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After being expelled from her church, Jessie Mae Jackson, a lifelong member of the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Port Arthur, said she just wanted their pastor to be more transparent with the church's finances.
"There was a lot of conflict of interest going on," she said. "A lot of nepotism, just stuff that wasn't right."
In a Port Arthur community that prides itself on faith and service to those in need, Jackson said she was honored when she was elected by the church to serve on its finance committee and, later, as its treasurer. But it soon became clear to her she would be receiving no help from the church's pastor, Kurt J. Washington.
By 2007, Jackson said Washington's entire family controlled every major position of authority in the church, including the position of finance director after Washington removed the previous one due to a "conflict of interest," giving his wife the position instead.
"We've been having trouble with the finances since '07 when he took over," Jackson said. "He did everything. He did all the books. He did all the financial records, the taxes, everything."
When thousands worth of donations started coming up missing, Jackson demanded answers, but was quickly blacklisted from the church she loved. After she was removed from Sunday service by Port Arthur police at the pastor's behest, Jackson had had enough.
In a civil suit filed April 1 in Judge Gary Sanderson's 60th judicial district court, Jackson names Washington and his entire family as the defendants, saying she wants the pastor to open the books and account for some $800,000 in donations, the bulk of which "have been paid to the Defendant, Kurt Washington, or his relatives," according to the lawsuit.
The suit also alleges Washington spent the church's money on "personal bills, a personal retirement account, and payments to businesses owned by relatives allegedly for construction, building and repairs, none of which was done based on competitive bids or with the prior approval of the congregation."
Jackson said the church voted for an audit that was stonewalled by Washington. If Washington has been unwilling to provide church members with an independent audit in the past, he may be forced to under the April 1 suit. The lawsuit requests a court-ordered, independent audit of the church's finances for the past three years.
"What does he have to hide?" Jackson said. "If there's nothing to hide, why didn't he just open up his books in the first place?"
Jackson's attorney, Carl A. Parker, said his office has subpoenaed bank records and minutes from various church meetings and is gearing up to bring Washington before a judge.
"Washington claims that his own pay has been about $50,000 something a year," Parker said. "But the records we saw, he's been taking out about $98,000 a year."
Parker went on to say Washington's application for 501c3 (nonprofit) status in 2001 names he and other family members as the sole proprietors of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. If this was not approved by church members as designated in the church's bylaws, Parker said Washington broke the law.
"If he can't produce the minutes where the whole thing was approved by the church, that turns out to be fraud," he said.
Clay Thorp can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 225, or by e-mail at clay [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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The British businessman who bought Liberace's 15,000-square-foot Las Vegas mansion for half a million dollars said Friday he plans to work on it relentlessly to restore it to its former glory.
Martyn Ravenhill told The Associated Press from his home in Guilford, where he's preparing to celebrate his 50th birthday on Saturday, that he's been a huge Liberace fan all his life as well as a lover of Las Vegas.
"When you live in England and it rains every day, somewhere like Las Vegas seems quite magical," Ravenhill said. "A bit like Santa Claus."
He says he was looking at Liberace videos on YouTube when the video sharing site suggested a clip about the mansion in repossession and foreclosure.
"It seems such a shock to see these videos of the sad state of the Liberace mansion," Ravenhill said. He called real estate agent Brad Wolfe only to discover the property was under contract. That deal fell through, he says, and he flew out to see the mansion. Within 10 minutes of viewing the property he described as "just enchanting," he decided to buy it.
The two-bedroom, 10-bathroom home was built in 1962 and sits on a half-acre lot in an aging neighborhood near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Surrounding homes are small and sell for $80,000 to $150,000, which dragged down the value of the home, said Wolfe, who represented Ravenhill in the deal.
"I'm going to make it habitable and then start doing magic on it. It's going to be a big project. I am totally open to volunteers," Ravenhill said. He said he's unsure if he will be able to open the doors to the public.
The mansion sold for $500,000 to Ravenhill, who seemed surprised by the international attention the purchase has brought. It went for $29,000 below its list price and about $3 million less than it was sold for seven years ago.
"It's not a lot of money in my mind," said Ravenhill, who says he has properties around the world.
Liberace, whose extravagances were legendary, became the best-paid entertainer on the planet during his heyday from the 1950s to the 1970s. Ravenhill says the mansion is a piece of American history that needs to be protected.
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Lipscomb, Freed-Hardeman to meet Tuesday at 7 in exhibition
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons basketball team is starting out the season in the fast lane in more ways than one.
Tuesday night at 7 the Lady Bisons close out the exhibition portion of the season when Freed-Hardeman visits Allen Arena.
The Lady Bisons open the regular season Friday night at 7:30 at home against Lehigh. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 Central Arkansas visits Allen Arena. Tuesday night the Lady Bisons host Austin Peay at 7.
"We are running out of practice days," said Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett. "We are playing three games in five days to start the regular season so we will have short practices."
Bennett, in his 30th season as head coach of the Lady Bisons, has been pleasantly surprised on many fronts this season. Wing player Valerie Bronson opened offseason drills at a high level. She scored 20 points Saturday in a 90-77 exhibition win over Freed-Hardeman.
"Valerie played the same spot as Jilian Partin last season," said Bennett. "Maybe she saw the opportunity. You never know how much someone is going to work or improve in the offseason.
"The things we are doing offensively lend themselves to her game. She is good when she drives the ball. She has a few post up opportunities. Those are things that have helped her."
Bronson has formed a strong outside scoring tandem with sophomore Chelsea Burroughs who scored 21 points, hitting seven-of-12 from 3-point range.
"Chelsea is making the threes," said Bennett. "That loosens the defense up and spreads it out some."
Bennett is also pleased with the way that junior point guard Jenna Bartsokas is quarterbacking the quicker offensive attack.
"We have been able to get good tempo in pushing the ball down the floor," said Bennett. "Jenna had eight assists and one turnover against Harding. She is running things very well.
"Jenna has to get the outlet and go with it. She has to decide which side has the better advantage. Both Chelsea and Val are doing a good job of running the wings hard and getting out there. If we can catch the defense on its heels when we start the possession they are scrambling from that point on."
The Lady Bisons appear to have more depth than last season. Bennett admits it might be hard to find enough playing time for everyone who deserves it.
"What I really liked in the Harding game was when we substituted we didn't see much drop off from all of the players we put in there," said Bennett. "Even the freshmen, who were probably pretty jittery in their first game, played strong. They weren't making glaring mistakes."
Bennett is expecting a strong test from Freed-Hardeman, a preseason No. 6 selection in NAIA. Freed-Hardeman is led by Jana Cross, the returning NAIA Player of the Year.
"Jenna is not a real big post player, but she has good moves and draws a lot of fouls," said Bennett. "They put the ball on the floor a lot in the post. They don't just turn and shoot. They also shoot the three-point shot well."


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San Antonio women's football team heads to championships
SAN ANTONIO -- The tough women of San Antonio's Texas Legacy tackle football team have absolutely nothing to prove, except that they can win again as they head to the semi-pro championships.
After going undefeated in their first season, Texas Legacy, which is a part of the Texas Ladies Football League, will play the Houston Lady Eagles on Aug. 23 for the title.
The game not only acknowledges the team's hard work, but the culture around women's sports, team co-owner Amanda Lozano said.
"I think we have a good, solid foundation that we've built this season. We understand that it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication," she said.
Also a running back and linebacker on the team, Lozano said the team practices just as hard as men, sometimes as often a six times a week. With a laugh, she added that she has had to sit down with men to explain strategy and plays. Many are amazed, she said.
"A lot of our girls don't look like they can play football, but they actually can, and they are actually very good at it," she said.
Lozano and her sister, quarterback and linebacker Megan Martinez, have played football their whole lives, Martinez said.
In her third season on a team, Martinez said although she has played various sports all her life, nothing amounts to football because of the amount of teamwork needed.
"That's why I love it, everything from getting to play as a family to how every factor matters," she said. "They should never limit your ability based on gender."
Gibby Alvarado, head coach and team co-owner, said he did not treat the women any different than he would have treated men.
He said although there were times he needed to be sensitive to their health, he stayed tough with them.
"I ran the team as them being a football team, and not so much as a women's football team," he said. "I was going to show them how to play football and show them how to be football players, and not treat them as the girly-girl type."
Alvarado and Lozano made it a point to instill the mission that real athletes work hard both on and off the field.
Alvarado said it makes him grateful when he sees his players make time for their teammates and practice, even if they are busy with school or work.
"We put in a lot of hard work early on ... then, winning is a bonus," he said.
The growing awareness surrounding women's football has sparked team interest in Austin, Laredo, Oklahoma and Louisiana, which are expected to join next season. This season, Texas Legacy played teams from Corpus Christi, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley.
Though, Lozano said she would like to see more ladies tackle football teams in San Antonio.
"I do want to make it to, one day, it's not out of the ordinary to go and watch a female football game. It'll be as common as going to watch your favorite men's team," she said.
She said unlike other female tackle football teams, such as lingerie football, Texas Legacy promotes a family-friendly environment. She added that all ladies of shapes and sizes are eligible to play, as long as they are 18 and are willing to work hard.
"We showcase our teams as athletes, and what they can do on the field and the athleticism they bring to the team," she said. "You are beautiful just the way you are."
Throughout the season, the team has seen an increase in support from the community, reaching up to 600 fans a game.
The idea of starting a new ladies tackle football team stemmed from conversations to "open the doors and raise awareness for women's football" between Lozano, her husband and head coach Gibby Alvarado and his younger brother.
Unfortunately, Alvarado's brother was killed in a car accident weeks after the conversation, so the team pays homage to him.
"Everything that has to do with the Texas Legacy... was kind of done in his honor," she said. "He kind of left his legacy, and that's kind of what we want to do in women's football."
After the championship, the team will host a combine in September or October, for anyone interested in practicing. Tryouts for the team will be held in January.
The team will also start a junior flag-football team, which will be the first in the nation, Lozano said.
"There are so many girls interested in playing football, but their parents won't let them because they don't want them to get hurt, which is understandable," she said.
Tryouts for the junior league will start at the end of this month.
Lozano said she hopes ladies football will be incorporated in high school athletics one day.
"There are so many girls that want to try out for the football team, that they will no choice but to make one," she said. "Girls get more respect in that nature, as well."
She said although it will take a while, she hopes all-ladies football teams receive more and more respect, because they shed light on a female's athletic ability, as well as her commitment to her team.
Martinez added that the team is successful because they connect on a daily basis, although coming from different backgrounds.
"We spend more time with each other than we do with our families," she said. "We get to see each other's good and bad days. It's an escape from everything else."


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Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 -- Gannon University's 15th annual GIVE Day was one to remember, thanks to the dedicated work of some 1,000 Gannon students, faculty, staff and alumni locally and nationally.
The students, faculty, staff and alumni strengthened their respective communities through their participation in GIVE (Gannon's Invitation to Volunteer Everywhere) Day. The volunteers, to include Gannon University President Keith Taylor, Ph.D., volunteered for a number of local agencies and organizations and for projects like the International Coastal Cleanup.
In addition, a major, and new, focus of this year's GIVE Day was planting 130 trees within the University's Erie-GAINS neighborhood. The "TreeVitalize" project alone involved nearly 200 Gannon students.
Valuable support for the project was provided by the City of Erie's arborist, Sarah Galloway, the City of Erie Bureau of Fire and Pennsylvania Army National Guard, HHC 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry in Cambridge Springs. The guard members helped with watering the trees after they had been planted.
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The trees, provided to the homeowners at no cost, will have many benefits:
In addition to TreeVitalize, GIVE Day volunteers served numerous local agencies and organizations, including Asbury Woods Nature Center, Bayfront East Side Taskforce, Bayfront Maritime Center, Booker T. Washington Center, Brevillier Village, Catholic Charities, Environment Erie, Erie Art Museum, Erie Downtown Partnership, Erie Family Center for Child Development, Erie Homes for Children and Adults, Erie Playhouse, ExpERIEnce Children's Museum, Friends of Gridley Park, Gannon Nursing Center at the John E. Horan Garden Apartments, Habitat for Humanity, Housing and Neighborhood Development Service (HANDS), House of Mercy, L'Arche, Martin Luther King Center, Perry Square Alliance, SafeNet, Salvation Army, Second Harvest Food Bank, Sisters of St. Joseph and the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.
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The Office of Photogrammetry (OoP) is responsible for the following :
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DAVID GREGORY: Good morning.
VIEIRA: It has been a rough, rough week for the Republicans, to say the very least. Besides the resignation of Congressman Lee, they've seen several of their bills defeated in the House, where they now hold the majority. How big of a setback is this for the party? And what do they do to get back on solid ground here?
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GREGORY: I think it's related, in this way. A lot of Republicans who are shaping up this 2012 field are hanging back a little bit. They want to see how some of these fights play out between the Tea Party faction in the House and other new members of Congress and see how that jockeying goes. Because they know that this populist strain of the Republican Party is going to a big part of the primary fight for them. That's reason number one. Reason number two, you get out too early, you become a declared candidate, even a front runner, you become a target. And in this media environment I think they want to hold back on that.
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GREGORY: Thanks, Meredith.
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Robot Dynamics - Getting the Specs Right
by, 05-18-2011 at 03:14 AM (135417 Views)
Well this article covers the dynamics involved in making a good robot! So lets see what are the dynamics involved in making a perfect Robot there are many factors that can affect like RPM torque of the motor, diameter of the wheel friction between the tyres and the floor etc. We shall discuss how to calculate your requirement and then proceed into its application. For that youll need to brush up your knowledge of kinematics and dynamics the first few pages explain the concepts involved if you feel you know all the concepts right just go directly to the implementation of the concepts.
Rotations per Minute (RPM):
Its the number of times the axle of the motor spins in a minute. I.e. the number of rotations the wheel makes in a minute. We get motors having different rpms the common ones being 45, 60,100,150,200,250,300 in normal gear motors and higher rpms for brushless motors.
Velocity is the distance travelled in unit time (unit time can be anything like seconds minutes or hours) so the units are meters per second or kilometres per hour etc. So how do we apply this to our robot and calculate the velocity of our robot. First of all we need to know the RPM of the motor used and the diameter of the wheel. Now we come to the fundamental concepts of circles. Consider a point on a circle lets assume this point is touching the ground when rotating the circle without slippage the point again touches the ground when the circle finishes one rotation .the distance travelled during this time period is the distance travelled for one rotation
And that distance is the product of the diameter and π (π=3.14). The total distance travelled per minute.
Speed of Bot = RPM x Distance per rotation
I have used diameter in calculating if you consider the radius it will be 2πR.
Lets consider an example
Diameter = 7 cm (0.07 m)
Distance per rotation = 3.14 x 0.07 = 0.2198
Speed = 0.2198 x 150 = 32.98 m/min or 0.5496 m/s
It is the weight carrying capacity of the motor. The general units of torque are Kg/cm. I.e. the weight it can lift when attached at a distance of 1cm. Torque is also known as moment of force it is the force multiplied with the perpendicular distance from the point where the force is acting so the higher the torque the greater the force the robot can produce
Here you should notice the greater the radius the lesser will be the force at the end point youll need to consider this when choosing the radius of the wheel.
Stall Torque: -
This is the force that can stop the motors from rotating i.e. this force is equal to the maximum torque that is produced by the motors so the forces act against each other and nullify .This is also the condition when the motor pulls the maximum current and can damage itself. Care has to be taken so that the motor doesnt stall. A motor shouldnt be left in stalled condition for a long time you will end up losing the motor. In India we dont find any local shop mentioning the torque of the motors (some online shops do list) and those things are the ones sold at the shop just look for similar models and take in those values for calculations. It is equally important to know the stall current of the motor so as to decide upon your power supply the stall torque is the highest current that a motor takes up when in stalled condition.
This is a measure as to how fast will your bot get to its top speed. This is very tricky when correlating it to electronic motors so ill just explain you one thing straight if you feel your robot is going slower than it should and getting faster after a few seconds its because you are sacrificing acceleration for more weight (your bot is over loaded) you need to get higher torque motors with the same RPM ratings to get your bot to its top speed right from the beginning even here there will be a small time delay but it will be better than running a motor with less torque it will never reach the desired speed.
Traction is the maximum frictional force that can be produced between two surfaces without slipping. In general many people call this as grip on the floor. I.e. The force that prevents your robot from sliding off. you might be in a dilemma as to if high traction is good or not many believe that traction is only necessary for Sumo bots or battle bots but that isnt true traction is required for all your bots if you have a good traction the turning and the control of the bot will be easy and precise. So, how can you have a good traction? The first thing Id recommend is get your bot better wheels. If your robots motor has a higher torque which you think it wont be using (like when you end up using overkill motors just because you can afford them or you have them lying around) then increase the weight of your bot as traction increases with the weight of the body. But we wise when involving concepts like this as youll need to be clear with the game plan to take these decisions as a wrong choice will make the bot vulnerable in some aspect or the other. Ok to make things simple ill give a few examples where you can put this into action but remember you are sacrificing some torque for this so youll need higher torque motors. In Battle robotics or if your robot should move on any other moving object or climbing steep inclines your bot SHOULD have a good traction in the other cases is might not be that needed but its always better to have some.
How to calculate forces?
F = m.a (mass x acceleration)
Calculating forces is a must when you build your Robot! Lets get through the basics once. Every time we consider a set of forces we need to get the resultant force and its value to know how the body experiencing the force will behave. The resultant force as the name suggests is the net force acting i.e. the actual force the body is experiencing though there a number of forces the body experiences only the resultant of the forces acting on it. Look at the diagram below to understand.
In the above figure we are considering all the forces to be acting from centre but in reality there would be a rotational force due to the forces 10F, 5F and 10F there would be rotational torque produced. Like in the figure below.
Component of Force
You might consider some cases where force is acting at an angle then what will be the resultant force in the direction of movement of the body. Look at the diagram below and youll get it!
So in general when the force is acting at an angle as shown in the figure the force along the direction of movement can be found out by resolving it into its components like shown in the above diagram.
Some general Force you can encounter:-
Force of Gravitation:-
This is the force that is applied on the body directed towards the centre of the earth. This force is equal to the weight of the body (f=m.a; a=9.8 m/s^2; f=m.g)
Normal Reaction
Normal reaction is the force exerted opposite to the direction of the applied force this supports the Newtons Third law. I.e. it gets things going for example its responsible for us standing on the ground.
UP the INCLINE:-
When climbing up the incline a component of the gravitational force acts against us so the force we have on the robot is reduced by this component as it acts in the opposite direction of the force we are applying to get our bot to the top the diagram below ill make it clear.
Down the Incline
When coming down the incline the component acts along with you so the force increases. Look at the figure below so get a clear picture
Friction on inclines:
Some times your bot might start slipping on inclines this is because the magnitude of the component of weight is greater than the force of friction in between the tyres and the surface of the inclines. When applying this concept we dont have much to do other than to get a good set of tyres for your bot.
How things are related!
Now Ill tell you how all the concepts are related with each other.
Distance from shaft v/s the effective force at the end point though the torque will remain constant for any value of the distance from shaft of the motor we should notice that as the distance from centre increases the force acting on the tip is decreasing. Because T=rxf and the total torque remains constant for a particular motor and you are increasing the radius so the effective force at the tip is reduced in turn. Have a look at the two examples below to get a clear picture
In this example the effective force at the end is torque/radius = 1 Kg
The same motor now has an effective force of 2Kg (Torque/radius = 2Kg) when the radius is reduced to 5 cm so it has to be noted that we shouldnt go for huge radii unless inevitable. In the two pictures I used rods the same concept can be applied to wheels also
* When calculating force requirement for lifting objects youll need to consider the distance up to its centre of gravity!
Velocity V/s Rpm and Wheel Diameter
The velocity is also another thing which will give the winning edge to your robot so it is also a thing you need to think about! There are two ways in which you can increase your velocity either increase the Rpm or the Wheel diameter. You can do either of them but in general it is advised to go for higher rpm motor they somehow seem to have an edge over increasing wheel diameter but whatever you are doing you need to keep the requirement of torque in mind otherwise the winning edge if not understood or applied properly will make you lose.
Rpm V/S Torque:-
We could be confused in choosing the correct combinations of Rpm and torque. In general they are inversely proportional i.e. for a particular base motor as the rpm increases the torque decreases the maximum torque for a motor occurs at 0 RPM and the Minimum torque occurs when the motor is running at its highest possible RPM if youre not utilizing that much torque Where does that extra torque go? The extra torque is used in accelerating your Bot though not to 100% most of it goes that way.
Lets go a bit electrical!
You might have mastered these concepts and made a bot involving good mechanics but youll be powering up the entire thing using electrical energy. Many people design bots excellent mechanical concepts but fail when choosing the power supply. I have myself had the leading edge of a good enough power supply many times as the opponents though had good mechanism etc they didnt have enough juice to pump through their bot. Whenever choosing a power supply you should keep in mind the power requirement of each and every part of your bot and get appropriate batteries and also never ignore the voltage recommendations of the components you are using. For example you have four motors on your bot which consume 3amps current at stall (yes! Youll need to consider the stall current when calculating) then the battery should have a current capacity at minimum 13amps (one amp extra just to be sure) alongside you should also know the voltage requirements if the rating of the motors is 12 volts the battery should be rates 12V 13 A (considering motors are wired parallel)
Challenge: - SUMO ROBOT
Now its time we apply all the things we learnt to building an example Bot! Lets take up a challenge we have to build a Sumo bot and the general restriction a sumo bot goes like
Max Weight 5Kg
Dimensions 30x30x30
Max voltage 12V
Now our task is to build a bot that will emerge as a winner in the competition .So lets start out calculating our requirements of force the first main task will be to push the other bot outside the arena also there will be other tasks like pushing bricks against inclines etc in qualification rounds now lets get to business so what would be our force requirements? First and foremost we will have to push the other bots outside the arena and they will weight around 5 Kg most people will go wrong here only they will consider this force only but there are other factors you will also need to consider the weight of your bot and some other force dampening factors like rough terrain etc. So the force will need to be around 11kg (5Kg to push + 5Kg to carry our bot + 1Kg for possible situations) now comes the incline part we need to know the angle of inclination beforehand generally around 25 degrees . Then comes in the speed of the bot this is dependent on you how much do you want? Well something around 0.50 m/s is good for sumo bots. Now lets list out all the
Force: - 11 Kg
Velocity: - 0.50 m/s
So now we have the force required that is the effective force at the tip of the wheels what we have left to calculate is the diameter of the wheel the RPM and the torque of the motors required. Lets first get through the velocity first we have seen that
Speed of Bot = RPM x Distance per rotation
Now, 0.50 m/s = Rps distance per rotation
(Rps = rotations per second *conversion taken as speed in m/s)
And Distance per rotation = 3.14 x 2 x radius
Keeping it aside,
Torque = Radius x Force
And Rps = Speed of the Bot / Distance per rotation
= 0.50/2x3.14xRadius
As we can see there are a number of possible combinations youll need to chose based on the material available in general the diameter of the wheels available is 7cm (radius = 3.5cm) or (0.035 m) now lets calculate the rpm needed
RPM = RPS x 60
Rps = 0.50/2x3.14x0.035
= 2.2747
RPM = Rps x 60
= 2.2747 x 60 = 136.482
So now we got the Rpm to be 136.482 and the nearest readymade values is 150 RPM
Torque = Radius x Force
= 3.5 x 11
= 38.5 Kg/cm
Again this load is shared by the number of motors on your bot! So if it is 2 the rating would be 150RPM and 19.25 Kg/cm torque.
The calculations above are considering a 100% efficient functioning of everything but that just never happens and will never happen so youll need to keep all efficiency reducing factors in mind I will just list a few examples undercharges batteries, things which reduce the traction of your bot like oil, water plastic sheets etc. Also things which can increase traction like adhesives etc other factors like, slopes, errors in motors can also affect your calculations by a good margin so consider all these and then decide what will be your winning configuration.


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Stored Product Pest Control in Victoria Park
Ever start a pot of rice and find a few bugs that miraculously appear in you pot of boiled water. Do you wake up in the morning to find spiders webs in your kitchen cupboards that were not make by spiders? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes then the chances are you have some or another stored product pest problems.
Here in Victoria Park Pest Control we deal with stored product insects on a regular basis. In Port Elizabeth, stored product insects are not rare by all means, they are just mostly unspoken of.
Stored product insects are mostly picked up by contaminated food stuffs brought at supermarkets or shops with poor stock rotation practices.
To the unsuspecting host of these critters they can cause sleepless nights. These stored product pests are not necessarily due to poor hygiene but with thrive in poor hygiene areas if the need arises.
Here at Port Elizabeth Pest Control we have successful safe methods of removing any stored product pests, fast effectively and safe by only using the best in chemical technology available in South Africa.
Here are a list of some of the most common stored product pest control we deal with regularly:
- Almond moths
- Australian Spider Beetle
- Bean Weevil
- Biscuit Beetle
- Book lice
- Broad horned Flour Beetle
- Cheese Mites
- Cigarette Beetles
- Coffee Bean Weevil
- Confused Flour Beetle
- Dermestes Beetle
- Flat Grain Beetle
- Flour Mite / Grain Mite
- Fur Beetle
- Granary Weevil
The list of beetles found in stores products goes on and here in Victoria Park Pest Control we can treat them all. If your reside in Victoria Park and suspect you have a problem with any stored product pests, give Port Elizabeth Pest Control right away and have a qualifies pest control specialist at your door step in no time.


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Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has acknowledged that he was upset when he learned last week that he had been bypassed on the depth chart by Greg McElroy. Now Tebow says his goal now is to become a good quarterback — somewhere — in 2013.
Tebow told ESPN's Adam Schefter he is "more determined than ever to dedicate my entire off-season to becoming the best quarterback I can be next season."
Regarding the ESPNNewYork.com report that Tebow told Jets coach Rex Ryan he didn't want to play in the Wildcat after he was informed that McElroy would start in place of the benched Mark Sanchez, Tebow admitted that he was upset, and he expressed his displeasure to Ryan. Schefter's report does not specify, however, whether Tebow flat-out refused to play in the Wildcat when he found out on Tuesday that McElroy was starting, or whether Tebow merely said he was unhappy that he wasn't getting the opportunity to start.
Whatever transpired between Tebow and Ryan, Tebow did tell Schefter that on Friday he told Ryan that he was willing to do whatever it took to help the team win. By that time, the Jets had been planning to use receiver Jeremy Kerley in the Wildcat role, and that's what they did in Sunday's game against the Chargers.
The fact that Tebow even had to express to Ryan that he was willing to do anything to help the team win is telling. If a player is conducting himself the right way, it should go without saying that he is willing to do whatever he has to do to help his team win. If the Jets' coaches needed to be reassured that Tebow was willing to do whatever he had to do to help the team win, that strongly suggests that Tebow isn't quite the humble, hard-working player that he tries to portray himself as. The job of a football player is to play football the way his coaches tell him to play. It doesn't matter if Tebow thinks he deserves to start ahead of McElroy. The Jets' coaches decided that McElroy was the starter for Sunday's game, and Tebow's job was to support the team in whatever role the coaches told him to play.
If Tebow ever expressed anything other than a firm commitment to doing whatever the coaches asked him to do, then he's no better than Santonio Holmes, who was widely ripped last year for being a destructive force in the Jets' locker room. Holmes was pilloried all offseason for the way he acted at the end of the Jets' season in 2011. If Tebow is acting the same way at the end of the Jets' season in 2012, he deserves the same scorn.
As for Tebow's ambitions of being a starter next year, well, good luck with that. There is exactly one NFL team that might be willing to give Tebow a shot, and that team — Jacksonville — would be willing to give him a shot for business reasons, not for football reasons. Tebow is desired in Jacksonville because he's viewed as a good guy, not a good football player. And the news of the last 24 hours suggests that he's actually not that good a guy.


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The Neenan approach to healthcare design and construction begins with a commitment to the patients and professionals that the building serves, and a basic belief that hospitals shouldn't be inhospitable. Clinics shouldn't feel so clinical. And that the environments we create in your community can act as change agents for innovation, collaboration and quality of care. If that seems a lot to ask from a building, it is. Fortunately, we work together to see beyond the building and to focus on the outcomes a visionary space can achieve. Higher patient satisfaction at a lower cost, increased capacity with less square footage, medical facilities that inspire team-based advancements, hospitals that attract talent: all these objectives are within reach with Neenan and can be delivered on an accelerated schedule. Health and healing, once more: with feeling.


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Parting shot: Ross powers D-backs vs. Red Sox
BOSTON -- Cody Ross took some shots at the Red Sox on Friday afternoon.
Then once the game started, Ross did plenty more swinging as he clubbed a homer and drove in three runs to help lead the D-backs past the Red Sox, 7-6, in front of a sold-out crowd at Fenway Park.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Cody Ross took some shots at the Red Sox on Friday afternoon.
Then once the game started, Ross did plenty more swinging as he clubbed a homer and drove in three runs to help lead the D-backs past the Red Sox, 7-6, in front of a sold-out crowd at Fenway Park.View Full Game Coverage
Ross played for the Red Sox in 2012 and hit 22 homers with 81 RBIs and was disappointed that the Red Sox only offered him a two-year contract this past offseason. The D-backs signed him to a three-year deal and Ross said on WEEI 93.7 FM in Boston on Friday that the Red Sox "basically ... lied to my face."
"Obviously I've had this game circled on my calendar for a while," he said after the game. "I knew we were coming back here the later part of the year and I was excited to get back and see a lot of familiar faces and a lot of friends, but at the same time come back and beat them. There's some feelings there, so it definitely feels good to get this first one."
Ross was greeted warmly by the fans and drew on his experience of returning to San Francisco after leaving the Giants to help him this time.
"Every game I play I have a lot of nerves, but this was a little more sentimental I guess," he said. "I've been in this situation before -- going back to San Francisco and you don't want to try and do too much. You can find yourself up there trying to hit a grand slam with nobody on every time you're up there and it can work against you. I was just trying to get some good pitches to hit and not try to do too much."
Not doing much is a good way of describing the D-backs' offense of late. Runs have been scarce, and they may have hit a low point Thursday night, when they fanned 14 times and mustered just one ninth-inning run against the Rangers in Texas.
On Friday, they broke out against Red Sox starter Jon Lester, scoring six runs and pounding out 11 hits in just 4 1/3 innings against Boston's Opening Day starter.
"We hit the ball well," manager Kirk Gibson said. "That's the way we should be swinging the bats. It's been a while. We came out and swung with some aggression. That's the way we should play."
In case his team had forgotten that fact, Gibson held a brief team meeting prior to the game, which a few players said was a good, positive meeting.
It was a back-and-forth game through the first six innings when former D-backs turned Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew hit a two-out, two-run homer to tie things at 6.
Ross untied it when he led off the seventh with a home run that just barely cleared the Green Monster in left.
Red Sox manager John Farrell asked the umpires to review the call, but it was ruled that the fan that touched the ball did so after it had cleared the wall.
Randall Delgado (4-3) won his third straight start, though it certainly was not a work of art.
The right-hander allowed six runs (four earned) on six hits in six innings.
"He actually hung in there pretty good," Gibson said. "We kept grinding away."
Four D-backs relievers managed to keep the Red Sox off the board the rest of the way, with Brad Ziegler pitching the ninth to record his sixth save.
Ross was 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles to go with his homer.
Ross' second double drove in a run during Arizona's three-run fifth-inning rally that sent Lester to the showers.
"Obviously he came back with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder," Lester said. "So I mean, Ross is a good guy. I wish him the best, but you know when he steps in that batter's box he's just another hitter I got to get out. Obviously I didn't do that."
The D-backs finished the game with five doubles.
And while Ross was wearing an ear-to-ear grin after the game, he said it had more to do with getting a win for his current team than in getting revenge against his former squad.
"I don't feel like I proved a point," Ross said. "I was just going out there trying to help my team win."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.


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According to our friends at the NRA, nothing's more American than having your own personal cache of deadly explosives to defend your homestead.
Which is exactly why we pull out all the stops for that most Americannest of holidays, the 4th of July. You haven't seen so many tents suddenly spring up around the country since Occupy Wall Street.
What will we have to show for it? Memories that will last a lifetime, the camaraderie of shared experience with friends and family, and a sense of reconnection with our star-spangled history. But mostly some great YouTube footage.
According to the CPSC, an average of 200 people visit the emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries during this season.
So I've assembled six handy safety tips to save your fingers as you light up the night. And a handful of dumbasses on YouTube have conveniently volunteered to demonstrate, by way of example, why safety is critical.
Remember that scary situations breed strong language, so consider yourself warned if you watch these clips.
#1. Don't shoot fireworks from your crotch.
The common-sense rule would actually be "Don't hold lit fireworks in your hands," but I'm afraid indicators are strong that I need to get specific here.
Look: I've been a man for a long time. I'm fully aware of the powerful urge, whenever I happen to have a cylindrical object within reach, to prop it up against my nether regions - particularly if it's going to shoot something.
Mind you, I don't understand that urge anymore than I understand why hair grows in armpits or a heart beats on of its own accord. But I recognize its power. I'm sure it's one of those residual behaviors that was necessary in primitive times for our species climb the evolutionary ladder to biological dominance.
But much like an appendix, it tends to do more harm than good nowadays, as this gentleman will now kindly demonstrate:
I know. You want to feel sorry for him. You want some assurance that, in the seconds following this clip, he sat stunned for a while then stood up and brushed it off with a chuckle.
But mostly you're just trying to suppress your laughter. Don't feel bad about that - he doesn't deserve genitals. A classic demonstration of the beauty and wonder of natural selection.
#2. Maintain a safe distance.
I know it's dark outside, but I guarantee you'll be able to see just fine from across the yard. So once you light that fuse, run like hell. No need to experience the explosion from the inside to find out what it's like.
Once he opens his mouth to address the camera, you'll better understand why this man does what he does.
#3. Launch rockets from a solid pipe with a large base secured to the ground.
"Dear, I can't seem to find that piece of PVC tube we used last year. Do you know where it is?"
"No, but I do have a fresh roll of paper towels. Will that work?"
"Perfect! I'll just prop it up in this field of dry grass."
Judging by the hysterical laughter that slowly and gradually crescendos to a sense of mild urgency, these guys are clearly at one with nature. They're not afraid of a little uncontrolled blaze. You can almost smell the hotdogs being readied in the background before a couple more sensible guys nobly sacrifice their windbreakers. Then, one by one, they just quit trying altogether until a guy comes in with a pitiful sprinkling of water. And the neighborhood is saved from itself once again.
With our record heatwave and the grass in our neighborhood as brown as dirt, I imagine this sort of thing will be happening a lot this year.
#4. Don't aim fireworks at others.
Even if they're begging for it. Did you know bottle rockets fit perfectly in your eye socket? Your aim's not as good as you think.
No matter how these Jackass-wanna-be's try to play it off, you know this hurt like a mutha.
Before the Avengers came out last month, this was the only way to get our Captain America fix.
#5. Don't aim fireworks at your own crotch.
Once again, I'm afraid I have to get specific here.
It's hard to believe this setup seemed like a good idea to anybody. It's not like we have something backfiring or malfunctioning here. When the rocket works as it's supposed to, the end result is predictably bad.
It's no surprise that 68% of fireworks injuries are sustained by men.
#6. One at a time, please.
We are, of course, purposely conjuring up the rocket's red glare and bursting bombs in the air so we'll never lose sight of the true meaning of this holiday. Be sure to give thanks to our veterans who fought for our freedom, and remember those who are under fire today to keep us that way.
Don't take it too far, though. There's no good reason to recreate the feeling of urban warfare in your own neighborhood when you've got a Playstation 3 and Call of Duty in the living room.
Have a Happy 4th of July. Stay safe, stay smart, and don't do anything stupid. And if you do, be sure someone gets it on video so you can relive it over and over again from your hospital bed.


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Date(s) - February 9, 2018
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Nottawasaga Inn
Regardless of where we live, forests play an indispensible role in our lives. Our forests are valued for an incredible range of environmental, social, and economic benefits and are the backbone of healthy ecosystems. And, forests will play a vital role in addressing climate change. Forests will have an essential task in the implementation of both adaptation and mitigation strategies at the local, regional, national and global scale. While climate change will send ripples throughout society, the environment and the economy, it will also breed innovation and creative problem solving. Our forests may just prove to be the solution. Join us on February 9, 2018 at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, as we discuss the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
Every year, Forests Ontario brings together more than 300 landowners, forestry professionals, students, educators and those passionate about our forests to explore key issues. Over the past 68 years, we have explored challenges to our biodiversity, the value of forests to our health and well-being, and the importance of our forests to our communities. Join us every February as an attendee, sponsor or exhibitor, and take part in Ontario's largest forestry conference.
The Forests Ontario Conference will be held at the Nottawasaga Inn, located in Alliston, 1 hour north of Toronto. For accommodations, please contact the Nottawasaga Inn directly. A conference rate is available until January 1st, 2018.
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Summertime brings with it loads of sunshine and blue skies. While I was looking for a fashionable way to keep Holland's head covered this summer, I came across Urban Baby Bonnets, a great Etsy shop run by Colette.
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DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Abdel Nader's go-ahead jumper with 5 seconds left sealed the deal for Northern Illinois which held off Kent State 67-65 on Wednesday night.
Northern Illinois (5-14, 3-4 MAC) led 63-54 with 2:28 remaining in the game but the Golden Flashes used an 11-2 run capped off by Devareaux Manley's 3-pointer to tie it at 65 with 31 seconds left.
After Nader's jumper, Kent State's Randal Holt got a look from beyond the arc to win it but just missed as the clock expired.
The Golden Flashes never led in the contest.
Nader scored 26 points including four 3-pointers and was 8 for 11 from the free-throw line. He led the Huskies with 11 rebounds.
Darren Goodson scored 18 points and pulled 10 rebounds for Kent State (11-10, 2-5). Kris Brewer had 14 points and was a perfect 10 for 10 from the line.


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