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Picks: Reviews of IrfanView, Corel Paint Shop Pro, and ClipMate
|Oct 10, 2007
|Michael E, Callahan
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|This free image viewer and converter supports an extensive list of formats.
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Editors Note: This weeks Picks are a direct result of input from users like you. If you need solutions to your software problems just email me.
- IrfanView
- Version: 4.00
- System Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista
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- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Version: 10
- System Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
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- ClipMate
- Version: 7.1
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The question was "What is a good program I can use for working with graphics?" My reply is: IrfanView. IrfanView, by Irfan Skiljan has been one of my personal favorites for a number of years now. It's on every computer I use because it solves basic problems with graphics. I use it for resizing screen shots and pictures, I use it to send files to email and other folders, and lots more. It's absolutely loaded with features and functions. It's amazing to me that it's still free. So, for many issues with graphics IrfanView is going to be your solution. IrfanView has an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. It also has lots of configurable options so you can make it work exactly the way you want. IrfanView can handle an impressive number of graphics file formats, including BMP, JPG, AVI, PNG, GIF, and many more. You can put on a slideshow of your images and you can quickly make changes to graphics. I took a picture and with a few mouse clicks I reduced its size by half, made it a 3D button, made it a sepia color, and added some water drops for effect. It's so easy-to- use that even someone graphically challenged like me can use it. IrfanView lets you do all kinds of special effects including things like emboss, blur, explosion, and many more. You can do "batch" conversions of graphics files, extract icons from DLL files, and it also supports drag and drop. There are so many features and options that you really have to try this program to appreciate it. If you need to do anything with graphics this is the program you need to look at. It's won the Shareware Industry Awards and People's Choice Awards multiple times so it's the "pick" of users and software developers. For working with graphics, IrfanView is your solution.
The question was "What can I use to create my own graphics?" My reply was: Paint Shop Pro. There are a lot of programs you can use to create graphics, but if you compare features and prices I think Corel Paint Shop Pro is your best bet. Corel Paint Shop Pro, by Corel Corporation is a powerful paint program that I've been using for years. I'm terrible with graphics and I admit it, but when I need to do something with graphics I use Paint Shop Pro.
Corel Paint Shop Pro is perfect for both home and business use. The program is relatively easy-to-use and comes with really excellent help. If you're really into graphics it'll be even easier for you to use. You can use it to convert graphics files from one format to another one-at-a-time or in big batches. You can utilize over 75 special effects with your images, work with layers, manipulate colors, and add on borders or frames. Corel Paint Shop Pro has won multiple Shareware Industry Awards and People's Choice Awards so it's popular with both users and developers. For most people, this is the only graphics editor or "paint" program you're ever going to need. Create banners, borders, and lots more. And in this day and age of digital photos, you can also use the program to enhance your pictures. Lighten them, change the contrast, size them, and much more!
Corel Paint Shop Pro, by Corel Corporation, is a full-featured program for creating, editing, and altering graphics. It's wonderful for creating images from scratch as well as modifying existing graphics. This is one program that you have to try for yourself. There's no other way for you to see just how good it is. If you want a high-power program for creating graphics, this is your solution.
The question was: "What program can I use to get the most functionality out of the Windows clipboard?" My response was: ClipMate! ClipMate, by Thornsoft Development is the clipboard extender I use. It's on every computer I use and my entire family grew up using ClipMate. Over the years I've evaluated every other clipboard extender and in my opinion, ClipMate is the best! I do a lot of cutting and pasting. I copy the links from Firefox and paste them into Boxer and for doing that I use ClipMate It makes your Windows "clipboard" into something truly useful. It turns it from an apparent afterthought into a really powerful tool. ClipMate can hold hundreds of clips and you can even create folders to house special clip items. In the screen shot you can see my ClipMate folderrs. I have one just for Tucows-related items, one for my marketing business, one from private things like credit card numbers, and more. I have one collection called Hold where I keep clips that I may want to use again and I don't want them deleted. I can go back in and paste something multiple times and that includes things like graphics images. In writing I actually use ClipMate as an editing tool, helping to move something I've written from one spot to the next. Slick!
ClipMate, is a powerful tool that you'll find yourself using all the time. In fact, try it and you'll find you come to depend on it. My clip collections were all created years ago and I've moved them from computer to computer. I denote them as safe collections which means ClipMate warns me if I try to delete something. You can move clips between collections, rename clips, remove useless characters from text, and lots, lots more. So, if you want a program that really extends the Windows clipboard, ClipMate is your solution!
If you have a question on how to do something on the computer you can ask me and I'll review some software and give you a solution to your problem. You can email me by clicking HERE You may not receive a reply, but all requests will be considered.
Michael E. Callahan, known around the world by the trademarked name Dr. File Finder, is regarded as the world's leading expert on shareware. Dr. File Finder works with software programs and developers full-time, and in the average year he evaluates 10,000 programs. Since 1982 he has evaluated over 250,000 software and hardware products. Mr. Callahan began evaluating software online in 1982 and no one has been at it longer. He currently works doing online PR and marketing for software companies, and is the Senior Content Producer for Butterscotch.Com.


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Relax. Nothing to see here; move along. Granted, he has a vested interest, but PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian knows why worldwide bond markets, where yields have dropped to record lows and debt has exploded to more than $40 trillion, aren't a problem.
"We may be in a synchronized slowdown" in global economic growth, El-Erian, whose company oversees $1.77 trillion, said in a June 6 interview with Bloomberg. "We could stay here for a while."
As the news service notes, the slowdown matches the prediction by El-Erian in 2009 for a "new normal" in global economies characterized by a slower pace of expansion, higher unemployment and a greater role for governments in private markets following the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
"PIMCO officials point to Japan, which has been in and out of recession since the mid-1990s, as what the new normal would look like," Bloomberg reports. "Even though it has the world's largest debt load at more than $11 trillion, Japan has some of the world's lowest bond yields because of years of below-average growth."
Global "bond markets are turning Japanese," PIMCO chairman Bill Gross added in a June 4 Twitter posting.
El-Erian's comment to Bloomberg mirror similar comment made June 1 in response to the latest unemployment report, in which he called the report "grim" and said it's "part of a very worrisome trend in which every major part of the global economy is slowing, and slowing rapidly."
"It's increasingly inevitable that Greece will exit" the euro, El-Erian said at the time. "The only question is how disorderly is it. Europe hasn't been [able] to put the firewalls and most importantly hasn't been able to break the link between weak banks and weak sovereigns."

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Kids who have their tonsils removed seem to gain weight after the surgery and may be more likely to become overweight compared to children who never went under the knife, a new study suggests.
In the research published in the February issue of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, scientists reviewed data from nine different studies spanning a 40-year period. They looked at the weight of 795 children ranging in age from 0 to 18 years old before tonsillectomy and for up to eight years after it.
"We found a greater-than-expected weight gain in normal and overweight children after tonsillectomy," said Dr. Anita Jeyakumar, who led the research team.
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In one analysis of 127 children six months to one year after surgery, the average body mass index of the kids increased by about 7 percent. In another analysis of 249 children, 50 to 75 percent of kids had weight gain after surgery. While most weight gain happened in the first year after surgery, scientists don't know definitively whether it levels off after that.
The scientists wonder whether this post-surgery weight gain in young people is contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic. That's because tonsillectomy is the most common major operation done in childhood and more than 500,000 surgeries take place each year in the United States on kids under 15.
"This weight gain has been going on for a long time, almost four decades. Now, we need to figure out why it's happening," said Jeyakumar, a pediatric otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat specialist) at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Tonsils are small clumps of infection-fighting tissue found on either side of the throat. When swollen, they can cause frequent throat or ear infections. Their enlarged size can also block a child's airways at night.
There are several theories about why some kids may be putting on pounds.
One is that when children have enlarged tonsils, they're spending more energy (calories) to breathe. Once they're removed, breathing is easier and uses less calories, Jeyakumar explained.
Another is that when tonsils are big and swallowing is difficult, children may limit the foods they eat or have less of an appetite. After the surgery, kids typically feel better and food probably tastes better, too.
While there appears to be a potential for weight to increase after the operation, it's unclear how much and it doesn't happen to every child. Other factors, like growth spurts and lifestyle habits, also play a role.
"There's a huge difference between suggesting an association between getting your tonsils out and gaining weight and demonstrating a cause-and-effect relationship," said Dr. Julie Wei, a pediatric otolaryngologist and associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City.
In young and school-age children there's evidence of both a weight gain and a "growth spurt" after tonsillectomy that may be triggered by higher levels of growth factors.
For now, the best advice Wei has for parents is to "Keep a close eye on children after surgery and if you think they are gaining excessive weight, discuss this with your pediatrician."
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Durham 5, Richmond 2. We have to admit, we have been skeptical of Rocco Baldelli ever being the player that we hoped he would become after missing over 200 games. Don't worry we are still resisting the urge to get excited, but Rocco is off to a great start at Durham as he works his way back. Last night Baldelli added two more hits and drove in two runs in the 7th inning that broke a 2-2 tie. Elijah Dukes started the scoring for the Bulls with a 2-run homer in the 1st. Dukes has been red hot since returning to the team after a short absence. He now has 6 homers and is hitting .312. Kevin Witt also homered and is leading the International League with 11. Witt is 30 years old and has spent parts of 4 season in the majors with 3 different ball clubs. At some point we would not be surprised to see Witt replace Travis Lee in the lineup, if the later continues to struggle with the bat.
Mobile 8, Montgomery 0. Tony Peguero, who had put together a strong of impressive starts had a rough outing. In 4 innings he gave up 6 hits, 2 walks, and 5 runs (4 earned).


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Don't go outside. It's hot. Instead, stay inside and cool down with these beautiful things. From a house on a hairpin driveway to tiny greenhouses, these are your most beautiful items of the week.
Home on a Hairpin Turn: Needs More Hazard Lights
Peru's 2.8x Architects took on a challenge with the Mirador House-how do you build something beautiful when the land you have to work with is an uneven plot situated on a steep bend? More
I'm In Love With This Gorgeous Vintage Fishing Knife and I Don't Even Know What It All Does (Update: Figured It Out!)
We stumbled upon this German vintage Puma folding fisherman's knife on eBay and we can't take our eyes off of it. But, er, we're not even entirely sure what all of the little design elements do. We're not a fisherman, but let's take a closer look. More
Would You Buy This Freak Egg Carton?
A Hungarian designer completely rethought egg packing with Egg Box, a simple, modern carton. Only problem is, we can't decide if it's terrible or perfection. More
Don't Worry, You Won't Actually Smash This Stool
It's not entirely clear how you're supposed to sit on this. It looks like a crafty person cobbled together a bunch of matching hangers and said "voila! A stool!" More
Grow a Tiny Garden in a Tiny Ikea Greenhouse
Good news if you've got a green thumb and limited space-Ikea now sells mini-greenhouses. And they're only $20 a pop. More
The Cousins of the Keebler Elves Live in this Hut
I don't know if elves live in this house, but it sure looks like they might. Located on the Swedish coast, the 269-square-foot hut looks like a flower that just sprouted out of the ground. More
ASCII-ized Google Street View Is a Beautiful Way To Get Lost
Digital maps of the world have gotten so comprehensive, complex, and accessible that it's easy to take marvels like Google Street View for granted. Leave it to these gorgeous, real-time ASCII renderings of Street View to remind you that holy crap it's incredible. More
Using These Smart Glass-Infused Desk Objects Is Like Playing the World's Safest Game of Russian Roulette
There's a lot to love about this trio of concept desk objects, be it the identical forms the clock, lamp and container each take on, the tonal color scheme, or the complete absence of unnecessary bells and whistles. But far and away, the coolest feature is the use of smart glass, which obscures your view into each container, thus leaving you to guess which object you're picking up. More


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Which two statements are true concerning the installation and configuration of the bootloader by the Anaconda installer, which is then used to boot Oracle Linux?
A. The Linux Loader (LILO) bootloader may be chosen for installation.
B. The bootloader must be password protected and Anaconda prompts for a password in all cases.
C. The Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is the only bootloader used by Oracle Linux.
D. If previously installed operating systems are found on disk partitions that were not overwritten, then an attempt is made to configure the bootloader to be able to boot them.
E. The bootloader is installed by default in the first partition of the disk.
Answer: AE


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Poll: McCain Takes Post-Convention Lead
Republican presidential nominee John McCain leads Democratic rival Barack Obama 46 percent to 44 percent in the latest CBS News poll, which was taken in the three days following the completion of the parties' nominating conventions.
The poll marks the first time that McCain, whose two-point lead is within the poll's margin of error, has led Obama in CBS News general election polling.
Obama led McCain by three points in a CBS News/New York Times survey released on August 20th, just before the political conventions, and led by 8 points in CBS News polling just after the Democratic National Convention. A CBS News survey conducted last week found the two candidates tied.
Though Obama supporters had been much more enthusiastic about their candidate than McCain supporters prior to the conventions, the enthusiasm gap has narrowed considerably. Forty-two percent of McCain's backers now say they are enthusiastic about their candidate, up from 24 percent before the conventions. Fifty-three percent of Obama supporters say the same of their candidate, up slightly from the pre-convention survey.
Roughly 80 percent of both candidates' backers say their minds are made up.
Registered voters have responded positively to the convention address given by McCain running mate Sarah Palin, who was added to the Republican ticket just more than a week ago. Nearly half say the have a better opinion of the Alaska governor as a result of the speech; just 16 percent say the speech gave them a worse impression of her.
Fifty-three percent of registered voters - including 85 percent of McCain supporters - are glad Palin was selected as McCain's running mate. Obama supporters are less enthusiastic about Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden: Just 65 percent of Obama backers are glad the Delaware senator was selected as Obama's running mate. Forty-eight percent of registered voters overall are glad Biden was selected.
A third of voters say the vice presidential choices will have a great deal of influence on their vote, with those backing the Republican presidential ticket more likely to say running mates will influence their decision.
More voters see Biden, who is a six-term U.S. senator, as prepared to be vice president. Biden is described as prepared for the job by 70 percent of respondents; less than half say the same of Palin.
The Alaska governor is seen as more relatable than her Democratic rival, however. Sixty percent of registered voters, including 64 percent of women, describe Palin as someone they can relate to. That's twenty percentage points higher than the forty percent of registered voters who say they relate to Biden.
Palin's favorable rating now stands at 44 percent, twice what it was immediately after her selection as McCain's nominee. Biden's favorable rating stands at 37 percent, identical to his pre-convention rating. Independents are more likely to have a favorable opinion of Palin (46 percent) than they are of Biden (31 percent).
McCain's move ahead of Obama can be traced in part to movement among previously undecided voters. In this survey, CBS News re-interviewed respondents to a CBS News/New York Times poll taken in mid-August. While many previously undecided voters remain undecided, more of those re-interviewed have moved towards McCain than Obama.
Thanks in large part to the Palin selection, McCain has rallied his white evangelical supporters. The percentage of white evangelical McCain supporters re-interviewed for this survey who are enthusiastic about McCain has doubled to 48 percent from before the convention.
Nearly three in four former supporters of Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, now back Obama over McCain. In the August survey, a smaller percentage, 63 percent, backed the man who bested Clinton in the Democratic primaries.
Both Obama and McCain have talked about bringing change to Washington, but Obama's message appears to be resonating more strongly with voters. Sixty-five percent of Americans think Obama and Biden will bring about real change in Washington, while only 46 percent think the same is true of McCain and Palin.
But McCain has gained ground in this area. In July, before he chose Palin as his running mate, only 28 percent of registered voters said McCain would bring about real change if he were elected President in November.
Forty-two percent of all voters say McCain would continue the policies of the Bush administration if he is elected president - slightly fewer than the 48 percent who said so last week. Voters are now more likely to expect McCain to adopt more conservative positions than President Bush, with 30 percent expecting a McCain administration to adopt more conservative policies. That's up from 20 percent before McCain selected his running mate.
Each candidate has the same strengths and weaknesses as in previous polls; Obama still leads in understanding people's problems and bringing change, while McCain's lead in experience has expanded. Fifty-seven percent of registered voters say they relate to Obama, while 45 percent say the same of McCain; 76 percent say McCain is prepared to be president, however, while just 42 percent say Obama is prepared for the job.
Fifty-five percent say McCain is "very likely" to be an effective commander-in-chief, up from 46 percent last week. One in four registered voters says the same of Obama. Forty-one percent of Obama backers who have reservations about the candidate cite "inexperience" as their primary concern, while 13 percent of McCain backers with reservations cite the possibility that McCain will be too much like the current president as their primary concern.
Republicans took numerous shots at the news media during their convention last week, and a majority of voters believe the media have been harder on Palin than the other candidates. Voters are more likely to say the media have been easier on both Democratic candidates, especially Obama, who is cited by 36 percent of respondents as the candidate upon whom the press has gone the easiest.
This poll was conducted by telephone September 5-7, 2008 among 738 respondents first interviewed by CBS News and the New York Times August 15-19,2008. CBS News re-interviewed 655 registered voters for this poll. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample and registered voters could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error on measures of individual change is much smaller.


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Starbucks CEO Schultz resigns from Square Inc's board
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Privately-owned mobile payments company Square Inc said Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz had resigned from the board 15 months after joining one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups.
Square, founded in 2009 by Twitter Inc co-creator Jack Dorsey, said it named David Viniar as a replacement. Viniar was most recently the chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
"Howard's guidance has helped Square grow as a company and as a business. I have come to know Howard well, and I always appreciate his thoughtfulness and good counsel," Dorsey said.
Schultz joined Square's board in August last year by investing $25 million in a deal to use its technology to process debit and credit card payments at the coffee chain's stores.
Starbucks representative Jim Olson said that it had always been Schultz's intention to serve on the board for a year. A Square spokesman confirmed that Schultz had intended to hold the position for a year.


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Single vs twin engined fighters
Posted by picard578 on August 9, 2014
Single engined fighters have typically been favored due to their low procurement and operational costs, ease of maintenance and assumed better air-to-air performance. Yet there is also a belief that single-engined fighters are inherently less survivable and lower-performance than twin-engined fighters.
Fighter aircraft of World War I and II were invariably single-engined. Few twin-engined fighters – P-38 and Me-110 – had disastrous performance against single-engined fighters of the period (Me-109 and Spitfire, respectively), as they were too large, too heavy and too inferior in maximum g and roll performance; loosing one engine spelled doom for fighter as enemy fighters would down a straggler. In the end, P-38 had to withdrawn from Europe in fighter role (it did continue in photo reconnaissance role) due to heavy losses. For these reasons, twin-engined configuration was typically reserved for lumbering bombers, and night fighters whose only task at the time was bomber-hunting (Me-110 and Mosquito were notably successful in such role). Most successful Western fighters – F-86, Mirage, F-16 – have also been single-engined, and Soviet fighters designed after World War II (MiG-17, MiG-21) followed the suit. Only twin engined fighter of the era was English Electric Lightning, but it was not the most successful fighter despite being the first fighter aircraft to supercruise. Twin engined fighters only became popular when multirole requirements became standard, starting with F-4. But F-4 had disastrous performance in air combat considering its cost, and its ground attack performance was not stellar either.
Single engined fighters tend to be cheaper to buy and operate, easier to maintain and have lower basing requirements. Easier maintenance is primarly due to twice the number of engines means twice the work and twice the likelyhood of something going wrong. It also means that twice as many spare parts are needed, increasing aircraft's logistical footprint. Even with a possible benefit of fewer peacetime losses (which, as shown later, is nowhere near certain), a fleet of single-engined fighters is still less expensive in both procurement and maintenance costs than a fleet of twin-engined fighters, and a force of single-engined fighters will almost always outperform a force of twin-engined fighters that costs same to operate and maintain.
This means that they provide advantage in two most important areas: 1) pilot training and 2) allowing larger number of combat sorties for the same cost. Further, small size tends to make them easier camouflaged on the ground. As a result, only twin-engined fighter ever to become the frontile fighter was the F-5, primarly due to its small size and weight.
Reasons why single engined fighters tend to have better combat effectiveness are several. Single engined fighters tend to be smaller, lighter, and better optimized aerodynamically, which automatically improves survivability in a dogfight. Having one engine means that mass is distributed closer to the centerline axis, which reduces roll inertia and improves roll onset rate. F-16 also has comparable roll rate to the F-22 despite latter's thrust vectoring allowing it to use all control surfaces to roll. Wing loading is also typically lower for single-engined fighters. Comparing Western jet fighters up to 1980, only fighters with less than 500 ft area were single-engined ones (with sole exception of the F-5), and smallest modern Wester fighters are the F-16 and Gripen, both single-engined. Smaller size means that they have surprise advantage, as they are harder to acquire and track either visually or with optical (visual, IR) sensors; small size combined with better transient performance also means that they are more likely to slip out of sight after being acquired. Lower drag oftentimes (though not necessarily) means higher cruise speed despite often lower TWR – fastest cruising fighters of the 1950-1980 era were single-engined J-35, Mirage III and F-106. Mirage III was actually able to achieve Mach 1,3 without reheat, though its economic cruise speed was around Mach 0,92, as it was for J-35 and F-106. Gripen C similarly is capable of cruising at Mach 1,1 at dry thrust and with 6 missiles despite being underpowered, and its economical cruise speed is again Mach 0,92. F-16 can achieve Mach 1,1 at dry thrust and with two missiles, most likely due to added drag of horizontal tail, while the F-15 can achieve a cruise speed of only Mach 0,71 despite far higher thrust-to-weight ratio, primarly due to the high cruise drag. Single-engined F-104 could achieve cruise speed of Mach 1,1 and actually has better supersonic range than the F-22 (it could maintain Mach 2 for 15 minutes, whereas F-22 can maintain Mach 1,5 for about as long.*). An F-104A equipped with the -19 engine could maintain level flight at Mach 2 and 22.000 meters on a cold day.
Better thrust-to-drag ratio of single-engined fighters also allows better acceleration – oftentimes significantly so. F-16 has the best acceleration of all US teen fighters, and single-engined F-106 and J-35 have acceleration comparable to twin-engined F-4E, while similarly single-engined F-104A outperforms all three previous fighters by a significant margin. In fact, F-16Cs acceleration is better than that of the F-22A in transonic region (Mach 0,8-1,2 at 30k ft in 28 s vs 33 s for the F-22), though the F-22 has better supersonic acceleration. Both F-16 and the F-22 have significantly superior acceleration and endurance compared to the F-15 due to latter's high tail-boat drag.
{Note: increased drag in twin-engined fighters is primarly a result of three factors. First is increased tail-boat drag due to shaping required to place two engines next to each other – there is an area between the engines which typically ends in a flat plate if engines are close together, and if not then additional fuselage required to separate engines still leads to higher drag. Second one is increased engine-face drag [F-16s F100-PW-229 has 129,7 kN of thrust and 88 cm inlet diameter (6.082 cm2 area), while F-18s F404-GE-402 has 78,7 kN of thrust and 79 cm inlet diameter (4.902 cm2 area). Thus, thrust-to-inlet area ratio would be 21,33 N/cm2 for the F-16 and 16,05 N/cm2 for the F-18. Both engines have same thrust-to-weight ratio and use similar technologies. For Gripen's RM12, ratio is 20,4 N/cm2 (80,5 kN, 3.944 cm2)]. This is a problem since engine drag accounts for a significant proportion of total fighter cruise drag. Third one is typically wider body leading to higher form and profile drag and inferior area ruling, which itself leads to higher wave drag.}
Single engined fighters also tend to have higher fuel fraction, and thus combat persistence, than twin-engined ones – only fighters USAF produced from 1950 to today with fuel fraction of 0,3 or above are single-engined F-8, F-16 and F-35, and twin-engined F-101. Single-engined F-104 had fuel fraction of 0,29 despite focus on top speed. Combined with lower drag of single-engined fighters (greater range at same fuel fraction), this resulted in the F-8 and the F-16 having significantly greater persistence and range than their twin-engined counterparts (F-15 and F-18 for the latter; speaking of USAFs competence, USAF did not want a single-engine fighter to have a greater range than the F-15, but focused on total fuel capacity as opposed to the fuel fraction and thrust-to-drag). With modern European fighters situation is opposite, mostly due to differing requirements France, Sweden and Eurofighter consortium had for their fighters. That being said, Gripen E is expected to have almost as high fuel fraction as, and better endurance/range than, twin-engined Rafale.
And as counter-intuitive as it may sound, single-engined fighters have better combat survivability as well. Most modern Western fighters have engines so close together that any amount of damage taking out one engine is almost certain to take out another as well. Even if a twin-engined aircraft loses a single engine without another one getting taken out, it immediately looses 50% of the thrust and 81% of the performance, making it a sitting duck and easily killed by the opponent. One of reasons for that is large amount of assymetric thrust generated by only one working engine, and designs most likely to suffer loss of only one engine in combat are also ones that have widest engine spacing and thus greatest amount of assymetric thrust and roll inertia. Due to all above factors, twin-engined fighters are more likely to get hit in combat while not being any more likely to survive getting hit.
Twin engined designs do not necessarily have better peacetime survivability either. F-106, despite being single-engined, had 15 losses in first 90.000 hours, compared to 17 for the F-4. In the first 213.000 hours, it had 26 losses, compared to 44 for the F-4. It can be seen that the more complex F-4 had worse loss rate than the F-106 despite having two engines, and while F-106s loss rate improved, F-4s grew worse. Single-engined F-105 also had low peacetime loss rate.
Loss rate of the F-104 was 26,7 losses per 100.000 hours, compared to 12,2 for F-106 and 20,7 for the F-4. Main reason of losses was not the single engine, but rather USAFs bureocratic stupidity. Namely, once Lockheed gave USAF F-104 (a point defense interceptor), USAF ordered Lockheed to modify F-104 into a nuclear-capable bomber. Main cause of F-104 losses in German service was improper pilot training – in the same period Spain had no F-104 losses despite flying them in similar conditions. Specifically, German pilots received conversion training on Starfighters in United States – in desert, with clear skies and lot of room. Once instruction regiment was changed to something appropriate to Central European conditions, loss rate improved drastically, to the point that it was comparable to twin-engined fighters of the day. Pilots also often overrode aircraft's AoA limiter despite F-104s propensity to pitch up and enter spin at high angles of attack. Further, Luftwaffe used F-104s in inappropriate fighter-bomber role, which led to major use at low altitudes as well as to installation of heavy ground-attack electronics and INS, to the point that it was considered "overburdened" with technology. In Canada, single-engined Tutor, T-33 and CF-104 were more reliable than twin-engined T-37, T-38 and CF-5. While CF-104s were dubbed "Widow Makers", that did not have anything to do with number of engines but rather with the fact that CF-104s were pressed into a low-level bombing role despite being designed as high-altitude Mach 1,4 bomber interceptors. They had very small, razor-sharp wings that were suitable for high-speed supersonic flight; however, at low speeds high wing loading and bad separation characteristics (due to sharp edge) meant that they were prone to stall as soon as the fighter maneuvered, and low altitude did not leave any room for recovery.
Swedish JAS-39 has a better safety record than the F-18 despite having one engine less – 13% of Canada's CF-18s have been lost in crashes compared to 2% of Gripens; a loss rate of 0,36% per year versus 0,08% per year for Gripens. Rafale suffered 4 crashes in 64.000 hours, 3 were due to the pilot error. F-16 fleet logged 11 million flight hours by 2004, with 493 losses. Comparing Gripen with Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen suffered 5 crashes total in 203.000 flight hours. None were related to either engine or aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft: 2 were due to underdeveloped FCS, 2 were due to the pilot error and 1 was due to ejection seat issue. Typhoon suffered 3 crashes total in 240.000 flight hours. One was due to double engine flameout and two due to unexplained reasons. F-22 reached 100.000 flight hours on 11.9.2011., and by that time had 4 losses.
Overall, F-15 had a crash rate of 2,36 per 100.000 hours and F-16 of 4,48 per 100.000 hours. Less than quarter of the F-16 losses were due to the engine failure, with leading cause of losses being FCS issues and human mistake. On the other hand, most F-15s lost have experienced engine fires, meaning that engine-related loss rate is actually higher for the F-15 than for the F-16. F-18 crash rate is 3,6 per 100.000 hours, and Gripen's is 2,46 per 100.000 hours, compared to 1,25 for Typhoon and 6,25 for Rafale. F-16s safety has improved over time, with cumulative loss rate with 11.000.000 hours being 4,48 losses per 100.000 hours, cumulative loss rate at 12.000.000 hours being 3,55 per 100.000 hours and non-cumulative loss rate at 12.000.000 hours being 1,59 per 100.000 hours. F-22s loss rate is 4 in first 100.000 hours. As already mentioned, however, most losses were not engine-related: engine-related loss rate is 0,00 per 100.000 hours for Gripen and 0,42 per 100.000 hours for Typhoon.
MiG-21 is much maligned in India due to its high crash rate. However, many crashes are not a result of the single-engined design but rather of bad cockpit visibility and high landing speed. 40% of crashes are in fact result of the human error. Further, MiG-21s have high total crash numbers because they constitute 75% of the IAF fighter fleet. Other problems include lack of simulators and inadequate maintenance. Many MiG-21s, and majority of spare parts, were produced locally in India and were not up to Russian (let alone Western) standards. Croatian MiGs are nearing end of their service life, and many of them had to have their service life extended beyond production limits and have insufficient maintenance. Crashes were in 2010 (cabin fell out, hit second MiG and both crashed) and 2014 (pilot bailed out due to the MiG catching fire in middle of flight due to the landing gear problem), but not a single CroAF MiG-21 was lost due to the engine problem.
Overall, statistics show that single-role air superiority fighters tend to be safer than contemporary multirole fighters regardless of number of engines (ref. F-106 vs F-4, F-15 vs F-16, Typhoon vs Rafale vs Gripen). And while loss of engine in a single-engined fighter invariably means that the aircraft is lost, engine is not the leading cause of loss (especially today), and lesser reliability of some other systems can make survivability benefits of having a second engine irrelevant.
And while very rare, it is also very possible to land a single-engine fighter with engine out. More common are crashes of twin-engine aircraft due to a single-engine flameout.
In the end, theoretical superior peacetime survivability of a twin-engined aircraft is neither large or certain enough to offset lower combat survivability and performance, typically smaller fleet size, higher maintenance downtime and higher operating cost. That being said, aircraft has to be well designed aerodynamically in order to take advantage of a single-engined configuration (ref. Gripen); single engined F-35 is the worst-performing Western fighter, and one of most expensive ones, due to two factors: bad aerodynamic design and weight more typical of twin-engined fighters. It is also likely to have high crash rate – not due to its single-engine configuration, but due to its extremely complex hardware (overly complex engine and avionics) and software (24 million lines of code) design.
While ground attack aircraft do benefit from having a second engine, their mission is fundamentally different in its nature and cannot be used to draw conclusions about survivability of air superiority aircraft. Even there, however, a second engine may not benefit (or may even harm) survivability if it makes aircraft comparably large.
During Gulf War I, A-10 suffered 5 losses in 8.084 sorties, a loss rate of 0,62 per 1.000 sorties. For comparison, 5 Harriers were lost in combat out of 3.342 sorties, a loss rate of 1,50 per 1.000 sorties, more than twice the A-10s loss rate. F-16s suffered 3 losses in 13.340 sorties, a loss rate of 0,22 per 1.000 sorties. However, F-16s typically operated at higher altitudes than the A-10s did. F-15E suffered 2 losses in 2.200 sorties, a loss rate of 0,91 per 1.000 sorties. F-18 suffered 3 losses in 4.551 sorties, a loss rate of 0,66 per 1.000 sorties. As it can be seen when comparing F-16 with F-15E and F-18, having a second engine was not a survivability advantage. Harrier's low survivability was not due to a single engined configuration, but due to being employed at low altitude despite having no armor and having engine / nozzle configuration which made it extremely vulnerable.
Analysis of air operations in Vietnam and Arab-Israeli wars has revealed that 62% of losses of single-engined aircraft was caused by fuel fire, 18% was caused by the pilot being disabled, 10% by damage to control surafces, 7% by engine loss and 3% by structural damage.
*Additionally, my own FLX design can cruise for 20 minutes at Mach 1,5 at distance of 372 km from base, on internal fuel only. Pierre Sprey proposed a design in 1980 which could cruise for 20-30 minutes at Mach 1,2-1,6 at distance of 322-483 km from base, again on internal fuel only. As it can be seen, both are single-engined yet both achieve better supersonic range and/or persistance than the F-22.
Further reading
Single Engine – Cost Benefits, Reliability, Thrust by Air Marshal V.K. Bhatia
Today's letters: Today's single-engine jets are not 'widow makers' by Paul Russel
Mythbuster: Single engine safety
47 Responses to "Single vs twin engined fighters"
August 9, 2014 at 2:02 pm
Love your work Picard578 as always 🙂
Please tell me you've read "Boyd – the fighter pilot who changed the art of war".
Best book ever!
Kind regards
August 9, 2014 at 5:26 pm
That's a pity. You would really enjoy it. I hope you get your hands on a copy one day.
Bye for now – keep up the great work!
August 10, 2014 at 12:08 am
The issue is that the MICC does not care about making good fighters, only making money. I doubt it knows what makes a good fighter even.
August 10, 2014 at 3:14 am
Yep, spot on.
- August 10, 2014 at 3:14 am
August 10, 2014 at 6:38 pm
There seems to be another fundamental problem with all of this: the command structure that let it happen.
In most armies today, there are simply too many officers. The Germans in WWII when they ran their Panzer divisions had perhaps a staff of perhaps 10-20 men, and at times, even less than that. Today there seems to be a small city running the command of your typical division.
1. Well, first it causes an internal race where officers are trying to "look good" to advance. It's less about getting things done.
2. Less firepower for any given army size. Could also lead to massive support structure.
3. Combat performance becomes de-emphasized in promotion. Less initiative from officers and more politics.
4. It would seem the higher ups are there because of their politics not ability.
5. Endless, pointless briefings that are overly large. Slows down the tempo of the army.
6. Then I guess the ones on top build up really cozy ties with their defense industries, get good jobs when they retire, etc.
7. Leaves a peacetime culture. Not really suitable for war fighting.
8. Very vulnerable to surprise attacks. If things don't go according to plan, it all falls apart.
9. Leads to micromanagement of troops on the front, which is counterproductive.
10 Perhaps worse of all: silences the unconventional thinkers and the ones willing to take initiative.
Compounding all of this, I imagine that this "small city" is probably not very mobile and against a good opponent, they'd probably make it a priority to take it out. An airstrike with a squad of maybe 4-5 CAS aircraft, a few kms behind enemy lines would devastate this "small city" of officers for each division.
So you get these officers that build ties with the defense industry in an attempt to advance their careers and mess up everything.
August 11, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Which, ironically enough, could make the division *more* effective, assuming that officers in the field are trained and ready to pick up the slack (which, in Western militaries, they typically are.
I'm not so confident about that anymore. Western armies have been cutting training. Note that fighter pilots get 10 hours today and maybe 40-50 in the simulators. Ground forces have seen similar cutbacks.
I have talked to tank operators before (both American and Canadian), one needs about ~1000km of tank training per year maneuvering and a couple of hundred shots firing the gun. The best the US ever did was 750-800 km. Today, it's rarely above 600km and alarmingly, under 400km. According to the tankers I spoke with, being "good" with tanks can be a rather perishable skill. The other problem is the nature of the training. Often there isn't an effort to make the training seem "random" that is, things do not always go according to plan and force the officers to improvise on the spot. There also has to be an effort to maneuver. American training I find tends to put a very strong emphasis on frontal assaults and straight lines. Man for man, the US probably has a very good force for frontal assaults, probably the best in the world. When it comes to maneuvering though, I'd be less confident. Although the invasion part of the 2003 Iraq War was relatively well executed, I suspect against a competent enemy, there would be a nasty surprise.
Then there's stuff like this:
And this for officers:
The bad economy may have helped the army somewhat, but it's still not good.
On the reverse side though, there are a lot of veterans from the Iraqi and Afghan wars who are probably tougher and better soldiers now that they've been through that. Naturally, combat experience has a way of doing this.
I'm not sure what the net effect is though. Equipment training though has definitely fallen. There's also a lot of equipment that should have been replaced from the Iraqi wars that never was.
August 11, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Oh and then there's stuff like this going on:
On that note, the stuff I said about the tank maneuvers, it is strictly anecdotal evidence, but it is definitely not looking good. I would like to see large scale figures for the armor and equipment training though – I suspect it will not be good.
- August 11, 2014 at 3:59 pm
August 14, 2014 at 7:38 pm
MiG-21 is much maligned in India due to its high crash rate. However, many crashes are not a result of the single-engined design but rather of bad cockpit visibility and high landing speed.
I've been wondering about this one.
Hmm … what is the right sized wing? Larger wing = lower wing loading, perhaps more room for fuel in wing, more lift from wing, perhaps better lift to drag ratio, but at the same time adds drag and decreases maximum speed.
August 16, 2014 at 4:02 am
Size of the wing itself is a problem due to cruise drag and roll inertia (larger wingspan = greater roll inertia), it may also limit the maximum speed at lower altitudes.
Hmm … that would probably lead to lower transient performance. The only other way would be to extend the wing closer to the nose. Then the canard would need to be modified. That would introduce it's own set of issues though. Plane design is full of compromises, like all engineering.
single engined F-35 is the worst-performing Western fighter, and one of most expensive ones, due to two factors: bad aerodynamic design and weight more typical of twin-engined fighters. It is also likely to have high crash rate – not due to its single-engine configuration, but due to its extremely complex hardware (overly complex engine and avionics) and software (24 million lines of code) design.
There is actually one other reason why the F-35 would perform worst of them all, at least for the B variant. The Harrier became known as the "widow-maker", having one of the highest if not the highest flight time:accident rates. A very high percentage of the accidents are during the vertical takeoffs and landings. Often these involve flame-outs or the engines ingesting something. It will never have the "rough field" sort of abilities that were advertised for sure. There have been accidents before where heavy crosswinds have caused the plane to have problems in the takeoff. The aircraft seems to be very vulnerable too to bird strikes and lightning. It is looking like the F-35B will share these problems.
The other weakness is that the the nozzles in the Harrier, the lift fans, are in the mid-section of the aircraft. Whereas on a conventional aircraft, an IR missile is likely to seek the hottest point of the aircraft, the exhaust plume, and hit directly behind the aircraft, on the Harrier, the nozzles remain in operation in flight, so the missiles seek them and when they hit, they are much more likely to hit the actual plane. Typically missiles would hit right where the tail was because that was the hottest part. The end result is that the Harrier has a very large IR signature, for an aircraft of its size. Also, because the nozzles are facing the ground, this makes the aircraft much more vulnerable to shoulder launched IR missiles too (and probably IR missiles from SAMs). Compounding the problem, the way the aircraft was designed, there are a lot of hydraulic lines on the fuselage, so any missile that hit would be that much more likely to result in a kill.
The F-35B lift fan doesn't share this weakness, but it introduces it's own set of unique weaknesses. Many of them appear to be similar to the Soviet-era Yak 141. During the early 1990s, there was a collaboration program between Yakolev and Lockheed Martin, where there were a few technological transfers. There have been claims that Lockheed more or less copied the Yakolev design, including the engine rotating mechanism. They share similar problems, as I hinted. The tail for example can be burned by the engine of both aircraft. But judging by the F-35's progress, the problems are more severe than on the Yak. That's probably because the F-35 is much heavier. There's probably much less margin for error. The other big weakness is that the fuel surrounds the engine. From what I understand, the problems on the F-35B are much more severe than the F-35A. The Pk of a missile would probably be much higher than other aircraft. The end result is an airplane that has even lower payload, range, and maneuverability than the F-35A.
Oh and, this being the MICC, they naturally did not add a gun. Only the F-35A has a gun. They had to design a "stealth gun pod" for the F-35B. The F-35C doesn't have a gun either.
August 16, 2014 at 4:23 am
Also, adding to the statement on rough field capability, the Harrier has a myriad of inspections that have to be done before take-off because it is very vulnerable to sucking foreign objects into the intakes. For the F-35, because special heat absorbent material has to be used, there's no way rough field capability would ever be possible. Certainly not dirt strips.
In a real war, if the enemy were to attack these special airfields with these heat resistant tiles, then debris would be all over the ground, which would create a huge foreign object problem. FOB sweeps have to be done regularly in peacetime to operate VTOL. I'm not sure what the designers of any VTOL aircraft were thinking, particularly the British in the 1960s who did not have such a lavish budget.
June 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm
I agree that the P-38 was a worse fighter than contemporary single engine designs, but because of cost and not performance.
The P-38 had inferior transient performance for its first few models, but it became superior after the introduction of boosted ailerons.
The P-38 also had a good turning circle, despite its girth, and its rate of climb was on par with the P-51.
Source: http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/mustang/Performance_Data_on_Fighter_Aircraft.pdf
The reasons P-38s were relieved from duty in Europe were twofold. Firstly, there was the fact that they cost more than single engine fighters. Secondly, the P-38's turbochargers had problems with icing in the early parts of their fighting over Europe.
The P-51 also had some other advantages, like sharing the Spitfire's engine, and good visibility.
June 11, 2015 at 10:48 pm
A more detailed analysis reveals that the P-51H (compared to the P-38L) has;
Greatly superior maximum speed (mach .68 vs mach .80)
Superior level flight speed (at all altitudes that I am aware of)
Superior climb (at all altitudes)
Superior visibility
Smaller, and thus less easy to hit and see
K-14 gyro gunsight
Similar turning circle, inferior if the P-38 uses airbrakes, but utility is questionable due to rapid bleeding of energy
Inferior transient performance (due to P-38's boosted ailerons)
Slightly inferior HP/lb (.23 vs .25)
Greatly inferior armament
No airbrakes
SUPRISE – P-51 extremely decisive advantage
Looking at all this, the P-51's higher maximum and level speeds plus its better visibility and smaller size make it decisively better at achieving surprise without being surprised.
NUMBERS – P-51 decisive advantage
P-51 has a lower procurement cost than the P-38. Running costs are unknown, but I suspect the P-51 would have the advantage due to using only 1 engine.
MANUVER – Draw
P-38 has superior transient performance, similar/superior turning circle, and airbrakes, but the P-51 has a superior climb rate, level speed, and dive, allowing it to disengage at will.
ENDURANCE – P-38 advantage
The P-38 has greater range than the P-51, however, both fighters have extremely long range.
RELIABLE KILLS – P-38 advantage
The P-38's armament is decisively superior to the P-51's, but this is negated somewhat by the P-51's K-14 gyroscopic gunsight.
CONCLUSION: The P-51 is a superior fighter to the P-38 in all situations except in extreme range missions where the P-38's extra range is relevant.
- June 11, 2015 at 10:48 pm
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May 16, 2018 at 1:27 am
Hi Picard, I just saw a typo in your text. I think that you meant to type F-104 but you instead typed "F-101" as a single-engine fighter. The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a twin-engined interceptor. You don't have F-104 in the sentence and you don't have F-101 anywhere else in the article so I believe it's a typo. I figured that you'd want that pointed out.
A great article as always, thank you for this.


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Aurasma starts as an app that runs on an iPhone (it also runs on Android; ironically, it doesn't run on webOS). Point the phone camera at a real-world image or object and Aurasma understands the context of the image and pulls up an accompanying video from its database of over 500,000 videos. For example, a movie advertisement in a newspaper might elicit a movie trailer; a piece of art might conjure a video of the artist talking about it. Point it at a product, and a self-help video might emerge (Aurasma showed a video demonstrating how to connect an HP ProCurve router). Point the camera at a building (or an image of a building) and get a visual tour. Users can also upload their own content from the application--images tagged to video.
[ A lot of innovative technology is on dislplay at CES. Read LA Sheriff Patrol Cars Get Unique Laptops. ]
The idea here is to augment life's images with even richer information, and to do it completely in context. In some ways, it's a new definition of search: understand context, see images, provide more information. This is all really just scratching the surface, of course, and it will take some time to catch on, but it's easy to see the promise--indeed, technology like Google Goggles (which uses images to drive Web searches) has been in the mainstream for a while.
Aurasma has also made progress on the 3-D content front, and some of that can be seen in the video demonstration embedded below. Matt Mills, the company's head of innovation, said it owes such progress to the speedy hardware of phones--as the devices get more powerful, the ability to do better image recognition and playback also increases.
Mills said that a year ago the software could only create 300 triangle 3-D models at about 10 frames per second, but now it can provide about 70,000 at 30 frames per second. With quad-core processors hitting the scene at CES, those numbers are bound to grow even more. In one demonstration Mills overlayed a 3-D dinosaur in the lobby of our meeting area, and then set me inside the frame (the result is at the end of the video embedded below).
While Aurasma keeps all of this data in the cloud, it also caches a certain amount on the phone, based on the subjects and channels of interest the user selects. In other words, it also works offline. Mills said the file sizes are actually pretty small, and if the data starts to eat up too much storage, it will simply take the data from the cloud.
I asked Aurasma what the business model was--after all, this is a free app, and while many apps are free, it doesn't seem as if that fits Autonomy's (or HP's, for that matter) business practice. A spokeswoman responded that the company believes it has transformative technology and wants to unleash the application on as many people as possible.
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Brazilian Hot Wheels fan site T-Hunted claims that this hot mess of a blurry image is the new 2013 SRT Viper. Looks pretty close to me — except, you know, where are the fangs?
I kid.
But, you know, I can totally buy that Chrysler tossed Hot Wheels the specs and images early — the same thing happened with the Dodge Challenger SRT8 back in 2008 so it could happen here too. But whatever, we'll know more for sure as we get closer to the New York Auto Show — and we see it revealed officially.
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"It's like watching a movie;" machete murder suspect describes fight
Reports say Gregory Kinsey has 9 weapons in his apartment, including 4 machetes
New documents in the Gregory Kinsey case were released on Wednesday.
Kinsey is charged with murdering two men with a machete last month.
He faces two counts of capital murder.
The Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney's Office released the case files after a judge denied Kinsey's defense attorney's request for a gag order earlier this week.
Along with the 122-page document are eight DVDs, including the interview between police and Kinsey the night of the murders.
"I could feel their breath on me," said Gregory Kinsey in an interview with police. "It was clear they weren't going to let me go. So, I started swinging."
Officers from the Fort Smith Police Department questioned Kinsey, who spoke freely, about what happened that night in June.
"How many times total do you think you swung at him?" asked an officer.
"I don't know," responded Kinsey.
"If you had to guess?" asked the officer.
"Six or seven maybe," responded Kinsey. "I only hit him once or twice after he hit the ground."
According to police reports, detectives found nine weapons inside Kinsey's apartment the night of the murders.
Four of them were machetes.
Police said it was an 18-inch machete that they believe was the murder weapon.
In another report, officers said the walls of Kinsey's apartment were splattered with blood from what police said were self-inflicted injuries.
That same report said officers found drawings of winged and horned creatures, as well as several altars, inside the apartment.
"I've asked a couple people like myself, when they start fighting, their consciousness just takes a back seat to the body and it does the fighting for them," said Kinsey. "All they have to do is swing the first blow or receive the first hit, and after that it's like watching a movie. You're not really doing it you're just watching."
Kinsey remains behind bars at the Sebastian County Detention Center without bond.
A date for his trial has not been set.
Prosecutors haven't said whether they would seek the death penalty.


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I have mixed feelings about the benefit cabaret "Giving Back The Love Inside" by the cast of Ghost The Musical at The Laugh Factory on Monday night, but one song was an utter standout: Nicole Turner* singing "Random Black Girl."
The song contains a pointed message about how rarely black women get cast as lead roles in musicals ("My agent gave me advice. / Those words I'll never forget. / He said 'Don't think you'll ever be cast / As Eponine or Cossette'") and how frequently they are cast as, well, "a random black girl singin' the soul."
The lyrics are on-point; the music is memorable; Nicole Turner is fantastic. As the lyrics go, "you gotta be thinkin' to yourself / 'Goddamn, this sister can sing'" – and oh, seriously, she can sing. I thought she sounded the best of the night, and the song was – to me, at least – very obviously the best. It was intelligent and had a real point. Continue reading


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Leading Bakken oil producer Continental Resources Inc. (CLR) completed the purchase of various producing and undeveloped assets in the play from Samson Resources Corp., a unit of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) .
The acquired properties – worth $649.3 million – consist of 119,218 net acres, mainly in Williams and Divide counties, North Dakota. They yield around 6,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boe/d).
The acquisition comprises 45,167 net acres located along the Nesson Anticline. It will increase Continental's average working interest to 71% in the area of mutual interest (AMI). Its previous interest in the same was 46%.
Further, Continental also sold its producing crude oil and natural gas assets as well as supporting assets in its East Region for a total value of $125 million. Output from these properties averaged approximately 1,100 Boe/d.
It is expected that both the deals will reduce production operating costs per Boe in 2013 and increase yield by 35–40%. With this purchase in the Bakken, the total holding of the company in the region will increase to 1.1 million net acres.
Together with other well completion activities, the dealings added 20 Bakken wells to Continental's 2013 drilling plan.
Oklahoma City-based Continental is an independent exploration and production (E&P) company focused on the Bakken, Cana and Niobrara shale plays. The company operates in the North, South and Eastern regions of the U.S. Its North region is in the north of Kansas and west of the Mississippi river and comprises North Dakota Bakken, Montana Bakken, the Red River units and the Niobrara play in Colorado and Wyoming. The first two appear most promising for Continental.
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The iPhone WiFi Transfer is also called Wireless Transfer App on the App Store. Wirelessness means there is no need to use any USB cable. But the Wi-Fi network is essential. iPhone to Computer Transfer can upload and download photos and videos between multiple devices, such as between iPhone/iPad/iPod and computer, between an iOS device and another (iPhone to iPad, iPad to iPad, iPhone to iPhone, etc.). This app is much more convenient to transfer photos and videos compared with the traditional wireless ways.
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Originally, you need to open a web browser on a computer (Mac and Windows PC). This app is compatible with any browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc. With the development of computer companion app (iPhone to Computer Transfer for Mac and Windows PC), you also can choose the no-browser method which makes the transferring much more convenient. Photos can be RAW files or compressed ZIP files downloaded from iOS devices to computer which is up to your choice.
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Template:Game Template:Infobox CVG Template:Q Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (previously known as Kingdom Hearts 3D) is a game in the Kingdom Hearts series released on the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. It was released on March 29, 2012 in Japan, July 31, 2012 in US and Canada, July 20, 2012 in Europe, and July 26th in Australia.
Following the destruction of Ansem and Xemnas at the hands of Sora and Riku, Xehanort is revived. In response, Yen Sid puts Sora and Riku through a Mark of Mastery exam in order for them to become full-fledged Keyblade Masters and counter the coming return of Master Xehanort. As part of this trial, the two are separated from each other and sent to worlds previously destroyed by the Heartless that have since been restored, though now in a state of "deep sleep" which disconnects them from the other worlds.
These seven worlds are plagued by Dream Eaters — creatures born from darkness that seek out the sleeping worlds' Keyholes. Sora and Riku's given task is to reawaken the sleeping worlds by unlocking the seven Keyholes they find there and then return to the realm of light, recruiting benevolent "Spirit" Dream Eaters to guide them and battle the malevolent "Nightmare" Dream Eaters, after which they will be deemed Keyblade Masters.
During the exam, Sora and Riku cross paths with the resurrected "Ansem" and Xemnas, as well as a younger incarnation of Master Xehanort from an alternate past. The three bring Sora to the World That Never Was, where he learns of Organization XIII's true purpose—to serve as vessels for Master Xehanort to place pieces of his heart inside, thereby transforming them into clones of Xehanort. Sora is forced into a comatose state by the young Xehanort and his heart is swallowed by darkness, though it is protected by Ventus's suit of armor residing within him.
Riku goes to rescue Sora, only to be confronted by the young Xehanort, who unveils a new Organization XIII comprised of the newly revived Master Xehanort and his eleven vessels, whom Xehanort plans to pit against seven Keyblade wielders and recreate the χ-blade. Master Xehanort tries to turn Sora into his last needed vessel, but Sora is rescued by Riku, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Lea—the revived human form of the original Organization's Axel—after which Xehanort and his other vessels retreat.
Sora's body is brought back to Yen Sid's tower, where Riku enters his body and releases Sora's heart from Ventus' armor, now possessed by a Nightmare. After Sora reawakens, only Riku is declared a Keyblade Master by Yen Sid, and Lea reveals himself to have become a Keyblade wielder. Undaunted by his failure, Sora embarks on a new journey by himself to train. While Sora travels to Traverse Town in order to meet all his Dream Eater friends, Ventus is shown still being at Castle Oblivion, but suddenly starts smiling a bit. The game's secret ending shows Yen Sid planning to gather seven Keyblade wielders to combat the new Organization and prevent Xehanort from bringing about another Keyblade War. To this end, Yen Sid has Riku bring Kairi to him so she can be trained to wield the Keyblade she received from Riku in Kingdom Hearts II.
It is known that the game is the latest major release in the Kingdom Hearts series[1], and it features both Sora and Riku as playable characters, both feature new designs which look similar to their Kingdom Hearts appearance. Utilizing the 3DS's high-spec graphics processing, the game has graphics that are on-par with those of the PS2 titles, as well as making use of the system's 3D technology such as "falling from high places" and "flying far distances". [2] The development team is currently selecting worlds, planning to use all-new Disney worlds, along with Traverse Town and other original worlds,[3] one of which has been revealed to be based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (although the world itself has already been featured in the non-canonical The Sceptre and the Kingdom).
Nomura has stated that, with the parallel development of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, he will make sure to retain any game elements that can't be put in Final Fantasy Versus XIII for use in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.[4] Nomura has also stated that the transition between playing as Sora and playing as Riku will be forced upon and sudden, and can occur while simply walking around. The game also has the keyword of "drop", as in something falling. The 3D effect of the Nintendo 3DS will be used more for "going into the screen" rather than things popping out, as well.[5]
In the July's issue of Weekly Famitsu, Nomura stated that the game will focus on the "hidden data" inside of Sora and development of the game was 40-50% finished, with voice recording to begin soon after. A secret movie was confirmed, along with new characters that will appear in Traverse Town. Nomura also stated that the Xehanort Saga will end with Kingdom Hearts III and there will be "answers" about Kingdom Hearts III in Dream Drop Distance.[6]
A playable demo was available at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, which revealed that Neku Sakuraba, the protagonist from The World Ends with You, would appear in the game, along with two new allies, the Komory Bat and the Meow Wow.[7] Sora is seen with the Meow Wow and Kuma Panda Dream Eaters as his allies while Riku is seen with the Komory Bat and Yoggy Ram Dream Eaters as his allies.[8] A new type of enemy known as Dream Eaters were also shown.
The November 2011 issues of Famitsu and V Jump confirmed two worlds based on Pinocchio, "Prankster's Paradise", and another based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "La Cité des Cloches".
A December issue of V Jump revealed a new world based on Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, as well as Joshua and Beat from The World Ends with You set to be in Traverse Town along sides with Neku.
On the new updated Square Enix website Square Enix reveals information about the Drop Gauge. When the Drop gauge empties, your character will switch from Sora to Riku or vice versa, depending on who your character is.
During Jump Festa 2012, a playable demo and an eight-minute trailer were shown. Axel, Lea, a young Master Xehanort, Vanitas, Roxas, Xion, Kairi, Naminé, Ventus, Rinzler, Maleficent, and Pete along with Joshua, Shiki, Beat, and Rhyme from The World Ends with You were shown in the trailer. A world based off Tron: Legacy, called The Grid, was revealed, where like in Kingdom Hearts II, there will be a data form for both Sora and Riku. The Keyblade Graveyard was also shown.[9]
On June 22 2012 another playable demo was released for the Nintendo eShop at a free price.
Worlds and Characters
The game mostly takes place in the World of Sleep, and all the Disney-based worlds are brand new to the series, creating the 7 Worlds of Sleep. The only Final Fantasy characters who appear in the game are the Moogles, but several characters from The World Ends with You appear in the game, replacing the traditional Final Fantasy cast.
Packing Artwork
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series to not feature the Olympus Coliseum, in a flashback or otherwise.
- However, its theme "Road to a Hero" can be heard in The Country of the Musketeers when Sora, Donald, and Goofy save Mickey from drowning.
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series to be released in Australia and Europe before North America.
Notes and references
- ↑ "andriasang"
- ↑ "E3 2010: Kingdom Hearts 3D First Look"
- ↑ "Kingdom Hearts 3D Connects to Kingdom Hearts III"
- ↑ Weekly Famitsu, November 17, 2010: Tetsuya Nomura: "Since it's different than the Final Fantasy series which is founded on party play, the way the characters level up is different. Because there are various things that can and can't be done, the things I can't do in Final Fantasy Versus XIII I'm doing in Kingdom Hearts."
- ↑ Weekly Famitsu, January 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Kingdom Hearts 3D, Final Fantasy XI, Dissidia and More in Famitsu"
- ↑ Siliconera - Kingdom Hearts 3D Features Characters From The World Ends With You
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nseTIVGvWHA
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlex8ja2eNI


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Benton County has implemented provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW relating to public records of the County through chapter 5.14 of the Benton County Code. The purpose of Benton County Code 5.14 is to provide rules for the County to implement provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW and provide guidance to the public in obtaining access to public records, either for inspection or copying of non-exempt public records.
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It was a decade of conflict and change. A world war sent the world into turmoil and yet the 1940s witnessed the publication of books that are still talked about today.
There was George Orwell's thought-provoking tale of social justice, Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949), Ernest Hemingway's iconic take on the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's poetic Le Petit Prince (1943), the most important French book of the 20th century.
The decade also saw the publication of Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, How to Trade in Stocks by Jesse Livermore (still worth reading today for any would-be trader), Native Son by Richard Wright and Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Erle Stanley Gardner, Rex Stout and Carson McCullers were all bringing out books. The headlines in the newspapers might have made for grim reading during the decade but the books being placed on shelves had staying power.
First editions from the 1940s penned by these famous names are often priced at four figures and upwards. But there are many other fascinating first editions from this decade that are more affordable. Enjoy our selection of first editions from the 1940s.
Archie Binns (1940)
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After Yoenis Cespedes signed in Oakland, we told you that the A's had one of the strangest offseasons in recent memory, in part because of their extended flirtation with Manny Ramirez, who, facing a PED suspension, retired from baseball last year after a forgettable short stint in Tampa. But we didn't really believe, particularly after the Cespedes deal, that Manny would become an Athletic—they already have plenty of corner-outfielder/DH types, including but not limited to Cespedes, Jonny Gomes, Josh Reddick, Seth Smith, Brandon Allen, Chris Carter, Daric Barton, and Kila Ka'aihue. Surely Manny would only bring redundancy to this motley crew.
Think again! He's signed with Oakland for one year and $500k to fill the Athletics' designated maybe-washed-up slugger slot previously owned by David Justice, Frank Thomas (who somehow had 39 homers for Oakland in 2006), Mike Piazza, Frank Thomas again, Jason Giambi, and Hideki Matsui.
Some outlets say it's a minor-league deal, others don't specify—it's beside the point, anyway, because Manny will turn up on the big club (or get released) once his 50-game suspension ends and he's had a few tune-up games. We know he won't stick around at AAA. This probably spells doom for one (or more) of those slugging scrubs, but, you know, we don't really care about that, because of Mannyball. What a team.


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PURE DETROIT! (Pure Michigan Parody)
Steven Crowder presents the new advertisement for Detroit. Yes, there is much to see and experience in the Motor City – don't worry about silly little things, like economic depression and high crime rates. After all, Detroit is the city that is managed the way Obama thinks every city should be governed! Pure Detroit!