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ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2011) — Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension?
I have been debating with myself one specific point which essentially stems from the fallacy that a lack of evidence is not an evidence of lack. (Note that this a purely a thought experiment, not a claim, and that, on balance, the whole set of arguments against theism outweigh one possible philosophical issue which only relates to intellectual decency.)
Essentially, the fact that there is a lack of evidence to support theistic views does not mean that it's evidence of a lack of God. Imagine God to be something similar to our 21st century minds and technology like the continent of America was to 15th century Europe.
(Side note: To avoid potential nitpicking about this specific premise, I know that America was discovered and rediscovered, but the "official" discovery was an accident as the goal of the expedition was to find India. That some in the 15th century Europe might even have been aware that America existed is a bit irrelevant as society as a whole certainly did not believe it was there, and it's the mindset of those who did not believe which is interesting.)
Now, try to enter this mindset and think that God is in a similar situation. Just like the 15th century mindset and technology could not comprehend the continent of America, the mindsets and technology today is not capable of providing the evidence required to detect or understand a divinity.
Therefore, a God may exist (but it doesn't matter).
Edit: The title was erroneous in it's use of the word "for". This is not an argument for theisim, it's an argument not against theism. Thanks to Kasu for this insight.
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"But I think that the existence of a supreme being is so highly unlikely, that we better just assume there is none.'
That is my starting position too, but same as you, I do see the validity of the argument. In a vacuum it's a good argument, but on balance between the universe of atheistic and theistic arguments it's not strong enough to force a conclusion in favor of theism.
The universe we live in is weird enough and we do not fully understand it yet. God is too simple an explanation for out complex and weird universe(s). For example, this - we started with 1D and then went on to 2D and 3D - we recently entered the 4th dimension. God is for simple minds. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420152059.htm
ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2011) — Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension?
They suggested that the early universe -- which exploded from a single point and was very, very small at first -- was one-dimensional (like a straight line) before expanding to include two dimensions (like a plane) and then three (like the world in which we live today).
The theory, if valid, would address important problems in particle
Hmmm... I struggle to fault your logic here. Seems to be a good counter.
On a side note, it seems to me that spatial dimensions relies on a singular force, namely gravity. 'Up' is movement away from gravitational field while 'down' is the opposite. Sideways is lateral movement within the same gravity field. Are therefore dimensions not caused by the observation effect?
Hehe.. This one is a mind bender :)
I guess the objection to that would be that Occam's razor is not a law, just a heuristic. Just because one should think horses when hearing hoofbeats does not negate the existence of zebras.
Good point and I see the issue now.
I guess the furthest such an argument could be extended would be:
Complexity generally requires complex explanations.
God is a simple explanation.
Therefore it is unlikely that a simple God created something complex.
Of course, moving from absolute to general argumentation and conclusion isn't exactly aiding the cause per se, in combination with all the additional evidence, non-existence of a deity becomes first a fact beyond a reasonable doubt, secondly, due to mathematical modelling, the convex curve of probability quickly starts approaching zero.
(To explain my last point, let's define the cumulative probability of error 1-probability of success multiplied by attempts--> (1-Ps)*A.
Scientists produce original conclusions based on evidence within a certain set of parameters, other scientists then attempt to reproduce the findings. As the conclusion under the original set of assumptions moves closer to becoming a "de facto" fact, other scientists again will attempt to move from the specific to the general by applying the conclusion to ever less restrictive sets of parameters until it becomes an axiom.
For the sake of argument, let's say the original study has an 80% chance of being correct, and the probability of erroneous conclusion is therefore 20%. Assuming an overly simplified situation (to make the math easier) of constant error rates of 20%, after 5 iterations the cumulative probability of erroneous conclusion would be 20%^5=.0064%, thus effectively rendering the conclusion to be a fact.)
The slippery slope is a decent interjection (though I personally prefer pink unicorns over Casper the friendly ghost.)
But the natural counter is, just because we have not been overrun by a flock of pink unicorns, does it mean that pink unicorns does not exist? The slippery slope approach ends up being a black swan type of conundrum.
"not an argument that one should submit to God."
I was attempting not to draw the argument quite that far. One thing is whether or not the concept of a deity is philosophically possible (which was the basis for the argument), not whether it is correct or not to worship such a concept.
(It must be noted that while I cannot philosophically close the door as long as I see arguments not wholly without merit, the natural colloquial follow up of "So what?" makes me override mere thought experiments such as this one with common sense. Lack of evidence may not be evidence of lack, but at a certain point, by applying common sense, it just is - no matter how logically fallacious such a conclusion might be. I believe this is the very point you eloquently propose.)
The problem is that this argument is flawed from the beginning. No one* says that God doesn't exist because there is no evidence for his existence. They say that because there is no evidence there is no reason to believe that God exists. The argument relies on asserting that the dissenting opinion is something which it is not, i.e. not that until proof is discovered the question of God is a null state with regard to this argument but rather that he cannot exist outright.
The argument that God does not/cannot exist comes from much stronger philosophical points than this one such as the logically self-refuting concept of omnipotence, causality, theodicy and a loving God, conflicting moral objectivism, and the plurality of religious belief, etc.
*by no one I mean no one who is experienced in dealing with these questions. As such the term is much more subjective and open than literal.


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When Lawrence Summers became the president of Harvard last year, not even his greatest admirers predicted how resolutely he would make the university's motto -- "Veritas" -- his own. Almost from the day he was inaugurated, Summers has insisted on speaking unpopular truths: about the disrespect shown to Americans in uniform, about the rot of grade inflation in Harvard's classrooms, about the absence of "mainstream values" among "coastal elites" -- even about the failure of a celebrity professor like Cornel West to do serious academic work.
Last week, voicing another unpopular truth, Summers spoke out against the spread of Jew-bashing -- not only in Europe and at UN conferences, but at American universities.
"There is disturbing evidence of an upturn in anti-Semitism globally, and also... closer to home," he said on Sept. 17. "Profoundly anti-Israel views are increasingly finding support in progressive intellectual communities. Serious and thoughtful people are advocating and taking actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent."
Actually, even anti-Semitic intent can be found on American campuses these days. At San Francisco State University, for example, pro-Palestinian demonstrators recently confronted supporters of Israel with signs reading "Jews = Nazis" and chants of "Hitler should have finished the job." Earlier this month, anti-Israel rioters at Concordia University in Montreal smashed windows and hurled furniture to protest a scheduled speech by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fortunately, such naked Jew-hatred is still rare in academia. What Summers had in mind was something less blatant but no less disgraceful.
"Some here at Harvard and some at universities across the country," he said, "have called for the university to single out Israel among all nations as the lone country where it is inappropriate for any part of the university's endowment to be invested. I hasten to say the university has categorically rejected this suggestion."
The divestment campaign Summers was referring to demands that Israel be treated as a pariah, a country so toxic that American universities shouldn't even own stock in companies that do business there. It is modeled on the anti-apartheid movement of the 1970s and 1980s, and its planted axiom is that there is no important moral difference between Israel -- a free and tolerant democracy at war with dictatorial enemies bent on genocide -- and the former white-ruled South Africa. That is a position only a moral idiot could endorse.
Supporters of the divestment effort at Harvard and elsewhere were quick to condemn Summers for his "McCarthyesque" attack. "This is the ugliest statement imaginable," fumed John Assad, a neurobiology professor at Harvard's medical school, "to paint critics as anti-Semitic."
But Summers didn't "paint critics" as anti-Semitic or anything else; he characterized their actions as "anti-Semitic in their effect." He was not ascribing base motives to those who support the divestment campaign. He didn't presume to read their hearts. Rather, he was pointing out the impact of their behavior. One who supports a campaign that singles out Israel for demonization and obloquy is taking an anti-Semitic action, whether he intends to or not.
It is not "criticism" to accuse Israel of apartheid, when it is the Arab world that preaches "Kill the Jews!" and dances in the street when terrorists do so.
Are Israeli policies fair game for criticism? Of course. But it is not "criticism" to falsely smear Israel as racist -- not when the Arab world seethes with a hatred of Jews more rabid even than the Nazis'.
It is not "criticism" to portray Israel's lawful presence in Gaza and the West Bank as an illegal occupation, yet never murmur a word of objection to China's occupation of Tibet, or Syria's of Lebanon, or Turkey's of Northern Cyprus, or Russia's of Chechnya.
It is not "criticism" to lay the blame for the violence of the Middle East at Israel's doorstep while ignoring the immense risks that Israel has taken and the sacrifices it has made in pursuit of peace with the Palestinians.
It is not "criticism" to accuse Israel of apartheid, when it is the Arab world that preaches "Kill the Jews!" and dances in the street when terrorists do so.
This is not criticism -- it is calumny. It butchers the truth and subjects Israel to an outrageous double standard. It abets the cause of the world's foremost Jew-haters -- people whose explicit goal is the liquidation of the Jewish state. A professor who signs his name to something so grotesque is committing an anti-Semitic act.
"In our own day," Norman Podhoretz once wrote, "Israel has become the touchstone of attitudes toward the Jewish people, and anti-Zionism has become the main and most relevant form of anti-Semitism." Anti-Semitism used to express itself in demanding that good Aryans boycott Jewish shops. Today it demands that good universities boycott the Jewish state. It may look different on the outside, but it's the same old poison underneath.
A Challenge to House Master Hanson
By Alan Dershowitz
September 23, 2002
In my 38 years of teaching at Harvard Law School, I don't recall ever writing in praise of any action by a Harvard president, but this time I must congratulate President Lawrence H. Summers for his willingness to say out loud what many of us in the Harvard community have long believed: namely, that singling out Israel, among all the countries in the world, for divestment, is an action which is anti-Semitic in effect, if not in intent.
A recent open letter by one of the signatories made it clear that he regards Israel as the "pariah" state, a word historically used by anti-Semites to characterize the Jewish people. As an advocate and practitioner of human rights throughout the world, I can confidently assert that Israel's record on human rights is among the best, especially among nations that have confronted comparable threats. Though far from perfect, Israel has shown extraordinary concern for avoiding civilian casualties in its half-century effort to protect its civilians from terrorism. Jordan killed more Palestinians in a single month than Israel has between 1948 and the present.
Israel has the only independent judiciary in the entire Middle East. Its Supreme Court, one of the most highly regarded in the world, is the only court in the Middle East from which an Arab or a Muslim can expect justice, as many have found in winning dozens of victories against the Israeli government, the Israeli military and individual Israeli citizens. There is no more important component in the protection of human rights and civil liberties than an independent judiciary willing to stand up to its own government. I challenge the proponents of divestment to name a court in any Arab or Muslim country that is comparable to the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel is the only country in the region that has virtually unlimited freedom of speech. Any person in Israel whether Jewish, Muslim or Christian can criticize the Israeli government and its leaders. No citizen of any other Middle Eastern or Muslim state can do that without fear of imprisonment or death.
Israel is the only country that has openly confronted the difficult issue of protecting the civil liberties of the ticking bomb terrorist. The Israeli Supreme Court recently ruled that despite the potential benefits of employing non-lethal torture to extract information, the tactic is illegal. Brutal torture, including lethal torture, is commonplace in nearly every other Middle Eastern and Muslim country. Indeed, American authorities sometimes send suspects to Egypt, Jordan and the Philippines precisely because they know that they will be tortured in those countries. Nor is Israel the only country that is occupying lands claimed by others. China, Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Spain, France and numerous other countries control not only land, but people who seek independence. Indeed, among these countries Israel is the only one that has offered statehood, first in 1948 when the Palestinians rejected the UN partition which would have given them a large, independent state and chose instead to invade Israel. Again in the year 2000 Palestinians were offered a state, rejected it and employed terrorism.
There are, of course, difficult issues to be resolved in the Middle East. These include the future of the settlements, the establishment of Palestinian self-governance and the prevention of terrorism. These issues will require compromise on all sides. Members of the Harvard community must be free to criticize Israel when they disagree with its policies or actions, as they criticize any other country in the world whose record is not perfect. But to single out the Jewish state of Israel, as if it were the >worst human rights offender, is bigotry pure and simple. It would be comparable to singling out a black nation for de-legitimation without mentioning worse abuses by white nations. Those who sign the divestment petition should be ashamed of themselves. If they are not, it is up to others to shame them.
Among those who signed this immoral petition was Winthrop House Master Paul Hanson. I wrote to Prof. Hanson challenging him to debate me in the Common Room of Winthrop House about his decision to sign the petition. He refused, citing "other priorities." I can imagine few priorities more pressing than to justify to his students why he is willing to single out Israel for special criticism. Accordingly, I hereby request an invitation from the students of Winthrop House to conduct such a debate, either with Hanson present or with an empty chair on which the petition which he signed would be featured. Universities should encourage widespread debate and discussion about divisive and controversial issues. A House master who peremptorily signs a petition and then hides behind "other priorities" does not serve the interests of dialogue and education. I hope that Hanson will accept my challenge, and that if he does not, that I will be invited by his students to help fill the educational gap left by the cowardice of those who have signed this petition and refuse to defend their actions in public debate. >
Let me propose an alternative to singling out Israel for divestment: let Harvard choose nations for investment in the order of the human rights records. If that were done, investment in Israel would increase dramatically, while investments in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Philippines, Indonesia, the Palestinian Authority and most other countries of the world would decrease markedly.
Alan M. Dershowitz is Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard Law School.

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Jenna Talackova Removed from Miss Universe Canada for Being Transgender
Should transgender women be allowed to compete in female beauty pageants?
That's the question at the center of a heated scandal involving one Canadian pageant contestant. Jenna Talackova, 23, was born male but has identified as a female since age 4. She began hormone therapy at 14 and underwent gender reassignment surgery at 19.
On Friday, Talackova, a Vancouver resident, was booted from the Miss Universe Canada competition "because she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form," the organization said in a statement. "We do, however, respect her goals, determination and wish her the best."
According to The Province newspaper, Talackova was selected among 65 finalists for the 2012 competition. She was removed from the competition despite there being no mention of rules regarding sex changes, The Province reports.
"I am very disappointed with the decision taken by the Miss Universe ... organizers," Talackova said in a statement released Monday. "However, I will look to turn this situation into a positive so that other people in a similar situation are not discriminated against in the future."
In a 2010 interview for Thailand's Miss International Queen, a pageant for transgendered women, Talackova was asked whether she regards herself as transgender or as a woman. "I regard myself as a woman with a history," she said.
'Rules Very Clear'
But the head of the pageant says there are rules regarding a contestant's gender at birth. The national director of Miss Universe Canada says that Talackova indicated on her registration form that she was born a female but later admitted that she was born a male, India Today reports.
"She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn't expect people to question it," Denis Davila told the publication. "She was hoping we could put her back in the competition, but the rules are very clear, and there's no way we can go back on it."
Reactions to Talackova's story have been mixed. Detractors maintain that only natural-born women should be allowed to compete in traditional women's beauty pageants. But the ousted beauty queen also has her supporters more than 20,000 of them and counting.
A change.org petition has netted 20,171 signatures in an effort to reverse the decision to disqualify Talackova from the the Donald Trump-owned pageant. Talackova is expected to release a statement this week after speaking with her lawyer.
In a statement Monday afternoon, the Miss Universe Organization said: "As with any competition, the Miss Universe pageant has rules which apply to all of its franchises around the world. Such rules include, but are not limited to citizenship, age, and marital status requirements. Additionally, the rules currently state that all contestants must be naturally born females. After review, organizers discovered that Jenna Talackova falsified her application and did not meet the necessary requirements to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant."
Jenna Talackova Removed from Miss Universe Canada for Being Transgender : People.com
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Mass Effect Vote 2: Pick A Pretend Lady's Hair
I've not been paying enough attention, but I don't remember the Facebook vote for what the Female Shepard should look like being in multiple stages. Perhaps it always was, or perhaps it was a reaction to the phenomenon of this article by Kim Richards, but either way the process is now extended to include a choice for Shepard's hair colour. Yes, it really has come to this. It's interesting to note that the blonde hair that was thought to have motivated much of the first round win is currently very far behind. I'm very pleased to report that red hair is currently far ahead, with black hair in second place, far ahead of blonde and brown. (Now I'm just going to build a fort around me to protect myself from my blonde fiancée.)


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The week in review
Most red flags: The region has its third-in-a-row official Red Flag Warning day April 10 because of high winds and low humidity throughout most of the state. The Virginia Department of Forestry reports 40 fires since April 8, and outdoor burns are strictly frowned upon.
Most discriminating: Charlottesville's Human Rights Task Force sets up a website and phone number, and citizens who believe they may have faced discrimination are urged to "Tell us your story."
Most disturbing disparity: A UVA study finds that in Charlottesville, African American youths are 1.5 times more likely to get probation than their white counterparts, and in Albemarle, they're 5 to 7 times more likely to be arrested and confined. NBC29 has the story.
Worst torching: A fire destroys playground equipment at Jordan Park at the end of Sixth Street SE late April 2, and fire officials are unable to determine the source of the fire, the Daily Progress reports. Damage is estimated at $6,000.
Lamest funding proposal: Albemarle and Charlottesville try to weasel out of funding the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library with a scheme that if a jurisdiction can't afford the library's annual request, others may reduce their own contributions proportionately. Library officials say the pay-what-you-can-afford plan could lead to the dismantling of the library system. Aaron Richardson has the story in the DP.
Most expensive flashlights: Richmond resident John Robert Watkins, 39, pleads guilty April 3 to stealing more than 100 Surefire tactical flashlights from the Virginia Army National Guard. The flashlights, which fit onto rifles, allegedly cost an eye-popping $280 each, Samantha Koon reports for the Progress.
Best average salary: UVA full professors pull in an average $141,600, according to a American Association of University Professors survey.
Biggest disparity: Female full profs make about $20K less than their male counterparts, the Cav Daily reports.
Best wrongful conviction compensation: Governor Bob McDonnell signs a bill April 9 that gives Thomas Haynesworth $1,075,178 for the 27 years he spent in prison for rapes he didn't commit. DNA evidence cleared Haynesworth of the crimes, and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli hired Haynesworth to work in his office because of the difficulties a felon has in finding a job. Haynesworth received a writ of innocence in December.
Best chicken-crossing-the-road story: A group of allegedly free-range chickens have taken up residence in the Greenfield mobile home community and have caused traffic problems on Berkmar Road. The Progress reports that the Albemarle police have caught one rooster, and that no one is owning up to owning the fowls.
Greatest escape: Two 17-year-olds stack two chairs in the rec yard to climb onto a platform, wrap a shirt over the razor wire fence at Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center, and bolt for freedom April 7, according to the Progress. One dashes across I-64 and is captured by training firefighters, and both are back in custody in about 45 minutes, and both face felony charges for the escape.
Boldest speeding ticket defense: Six alleged leadfoots cited for going between 50 and 54mph on the U.S. 250 Bypass say their due process rights were violated because Charlottesville can't produce a 45-year-old traffic study that's required to implement a 35mph section on the engineered-for-speed bypass, according to the Progress. Judge Edward Hogshire denies a motion to dismiss the Charlottesville General District Court convictions of Michael I. Tocci, Marcela T. Liguria, John Francis Valosky, Bonnie E. Baird, John E. Curry IV, and Turner Barringer, and the six go to trial August 3.
Boldest plan to deal with online trolls: The Daily Progress dumps anonymous commenting on its website and hooks up with Facebook. Now those who want to remark must have Facebook accounts and their names and photos will appear beside their comments.
Best sign Facebook is taking over the world: See above.
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Boldest plan to deal with online trolls = effective way to discourage free speech in a SMALL town.
Don't know why they didn't figure that out earlier. Well, the DP is a little slow to adjust aren't they?
"Don't know why they didn't figure that out earlier. Well, the DP is a little slow to adjust aren't they?"
A real smart move. Check out how many comments have been posted on the DP and The Star Exponent. This should be labeled "How to stop people from reading your newspaper"
The DP is the worst local paper ever. There is absolutely no reason to buy it or read it. There is very little actual journalism going on over there. Everything is taken off the wire. Why buy a local paper with no local news?
Just goes to show what the real intention of Facebook is. In the same way social security numbers, originally designed to tie into your ability to collect social security payments upon retirement, was hijacked to become an actual "identity number" required on all beurocratic applications. All that personal data and photo tagging that the sheep willingly go along with for their FB pages, is now being hijacked as a general use identity marker that more and more companies will tie into.
Google is another. It's not just FB.
DP's move has absolutely KILLED reader comments. No one - and I mean NO ONE - is posting comments any more.
Does anyone think the policy change coming on the heels of Kristin Szakos' whining is coincidence?
The only interesting facet to DP was the reader's comments. No longer any reason to read it.
They will probably be gone in a year, unless of course they are propped up by government with taxpayer money. Szakos can't get the statues torn down but she succeeded in getting her critics torn down. Liberalism...yea, it's great.
today, 4-11-12 is Thomas Jefferson's birthday. If he knows just what is happening to our former precious freedoms in this country, you may expect to see him rolling down his hill any moment know. We are now living under a totalitarian regime led by those sitting in wash. d.c. and controlled by their masters in the new world order.
Pretty easy to have a fake facebook page, that is if it's worth your while doing it just to comment on a bird cage liner like the DP
There is a growing trend by online/hard copy newspaper groups to use Facebook to publish comments. I am originally from Delaware and the paper there did it a few months ago, claiming it was to keep the comments "civil" and prevent "abusive" comments.
Seems to me that this is a larger trend by the papers that benefits Facebook - or am I just a suspicious conspiracy nut who has seen one too many black helicopters?
@PJ, they can't round us all up until they know who we are...right?
The DP lost it's bloggers all together with that move, nobody signed up.
I don't think you're being a conspiracy nut. If anything, this linkage between Facebook and online commenting is the first baby step towards the bigger goal of a non-anonymous internet. The "non anonymous internet" is an idea that's been floated for years now, and requiring some sort of universal identity card, number, etc. in order to log onto the 'net. This way nothing can ever be posted anonymously, and they can know every website you visit. Then Facebook came along and provided "stuff" with the a ready made way to test something like that out, since millions were using it worldwide. The first time in 'net history where that had ever been the case. Can't let an opportunity like *that* slip past 'em. :/ Next thing you know, a FB account is one of the things being required to log into certain websites. (that, and Google, as already mentioned previously.) It's all about baby steps though. It won't end with FB. (or google.) That's just the beginning, a test.
For next week's "Week In Review":
Joe Szakos -- in progressive Charlottesville and in contrast to the JATP's signature "Tax Day" event of the year, manages to only put LESS THAN FIVE OFAers on the Downtown Mall for his Thank Taxes rally.
How embarrassing. The Tea Party had 14 speakers ALONE, and probably another 75 people attend over the course of their rally.
The last few events the OFA-CH had in Charlottesville had comparably hideous attendance. What's going on?
Congratulations to the JATP who three years later totally show up the progressives on the center stage of a town that votes 80% Democrat. Game, set, and match.


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Brian Cox (physicist)
Brian Edward Cox, OBE (born 3 March 1968), is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. The professor is a self-proclaimed god of physics, some claim he is actually from Oldham, somewhere in the north of England but they are lying, he merely resides here in this latest incantation of awesome. This is just his latest incarnation upon Earth, he has resided during the key periods of human history. He is known for his wrath, which he wreaks upon humanity when it just looks stupid, or when someone says he is wrong. He is also known for using food to explain cosmological theories, and hanging around an Irish guy on TV to look even smarter.
This is merely the latest formation that he goes by, but as it is in this time realm, we'll stick with this name throughout, no-one is quite sure when he came into being, or indeed where, some believe he has taken the form of many cultural and scientific minds throughout history including; Oedipus, King Arthur, Merlin, Plato, Emily Bronte, Santa, Jesus, Jesus II, Rasputin and Dave, The Mysterious Unknown Roman Philosopher
During the era of the Romans, he appeared twice, once as Jesus, and proclaimed himself the Son of God, a lie of course, because he is God, a religion was created that day, Brianology (later changed to Christianity, due to some guy by that name hanging around him at the time).
in his 2nd guise he went by "Dave" and he knew to the minute when Vesuvius would bury Pompei in a blanket of ash, but was banished from Rome, for speaking out against the Emperor, he later returned as "Jesus the 2nd" and brought about the destruction of the Roman Empire, in the time it took to reclaim his position he learnt how to use the power of the Sun to destroy everything, having failed under the name of Occam centuries earlier due to inferior quality metal
In the year 2, Brian, or Frankiudus as he went by discovered time travel, and hence can dart from era to era as he pleases, but it was a redundant discovery, as he can in fact teleport, he gave the time machine as a gift to H.G. Wells (a long-time friend) in 1912, but he lost it on Mars, which actually destroyed nearly all life on the planet, and Martians now hide 14 miles underground for fear of the return of Brian, and his wrath. Also in that year he built the first Christian church, just to throw rocks and bolts of lightning at
Upon the Dark Ages, Brian blocked out the Sun, as a punishment to the people worshipping a false Spanish deity called Jesus, who couldn't even afford sandals. In the 19th Century , he froze the Thames, as for somewhere to keep his beer cool, and demanded that someone invent him a fridge, or bring copious amounts of ice to beat them with.
In 2004, Brian decided to do a cannonball from space, he landed in Sumatra on Boxing Day, setting a world record for splash wave height (which he almost broke in 2011 in Japan), he then flew from the scene to survey his work, and pleased by his efforts, went to Disneyland
In 2004,in the aftermath of the tsunami he was subsequently he was sued by the continent of Asia, but he responded by threatening to steal the sun, as use it's power as a weapon to destroy nations at will
In 2005, the catholic church attempted to sue him for making them look like idiots, he killed the pope by using his laser eyes, and appointed an ex-Nazi to look after the role until he decides his left arm can do the job for him, while the right would run the White House and his balls will run Britain
In 2011, Brian smacked the amalgamation of Cameroclegg in the face with his bollocks for being a retard, he later proclaimed "they have 6 months to clean this shit up or I'm going to destroy London." Brian instead decided to set the youth of the city in riot with the promise of Nike trainers and a KFC for the victors. When approached for succeeding in pissing off the country, the government went about sueing him, he vapourised any who crossed his threshold, eventually they let it slide and the kids and The Police got the blame (Sting had a whine about the matter, so Brian made him look like a fish giving birth to a tree)
Brian had several forages into the music scene, by featuring in the 80's band D.A.R.E because he dared people to try and take him down and the 90's pop group D:Ream because he got high off acid and played some keyboards to some Manchester trolls playing music, a song which later became the anthem for Labour's decapitation of John Major in 1997. Before these mainstream voyages into music, he used to get high with his brother Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree fame) and create music for fun, and often to wind people up, such acts include [Vanilla Ice]], Olivia Newton John and Rick Astley along with taking the occasional music dump with lead to the generation of such gimplings as Jusin Beiber and Marylin Manson. Although they are in part responsible for Axl Rose, they will accept liabilty and won't apologise
He now features on the BBC as a science expert, for he grows weary of being an aggressive God, more the educational kind, and has settled in England, for "It's the shit, it is shit, but at least the English can admit it"
Personal life[edit]
He is the twin brother of the God Of Music, and all other things awesome Steven Wilson, together they could destroy reality, but "Brian" was quoted to say "nah, that's too easy, plus this northern lark is actually quite fun, Gravy is ****ing awesome"
Currently he is betrothed to an American woman, but you cannot hold that against, for he so awesome
He is also believed to be the father to Stephen Hawking, Mother Teressa, Jeremy Kyle and Queen Elizabeth I.
Famous Quotes[edit]
"You will end, I will end, the Sun will end, I will destroy the universe, just for the Lulz."
"I do not make mistakes, I merely decide something will go wrong."
"When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified."
"A billion, billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion, billion Light Years."


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It's been a busy year for Athens-based group, Venice is Sinking. Earlier this spring, the quintet released its second full-length, the Scott Solter-produced ambient-pop gem, AZAR. This fall, the group returned with The Okay EP – a maxi-single of sorts – composed of alternate versions of AZAR songs, album cuts "Ryan's Song" and "Okay", and two covers of songs written by the Bay-Area one-man pop machine, Marty Anderson (who plays under the name, Okay). Phew, that's a lot of Okays.
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Yes, please see this thread : Java ‹ Updating Java on Raspbian from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0mcgyver83 wrote:Any idea about the performances? java7 vs java8?
And this is so for normal "old" Java programs running on the new JVM 8, i.e. without exploiting new Java 8 features. OK, so Minecraft may not be a typical normal program, so we can't expect such a Java 8 performance increase for all our Java programs. But still, it doesn't use any special features of Java 8.radu1337 wrote:So I started and stopped the Minecraft server with both versions of java:
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Henrik wrote:I expect to see the Raspberry Pi Linux repository and Raspbian etc images to be updated with Oracle JDK 8 sometime soon.
Henrik - Oracle Java team
There is something missing in the 7u75-2.5.4-3+rpi1 package it looks like the new jit is included in the sourcetree but disabled at runtime. I will have to examine the debian package to see if there is a missing build flag.plugwash wrote:I've recently uploaded 7u75-2.5.4-3+rpi1 which has the new jit to.raspbian jessie. I expect 2.5.5 to come through to both wheezy and jessie in-time but i'm currently watching what happens in Debian.
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World Book Day 2014 – Thursday, 6 March 2014
The Education Minister, Huw Lewis, supporting World Book Day 2014 with WBC staff members, Richard Owen, Elwyn Jones, Angharad Wyn Tomos and Phil Davies
Love books- like a good read - Like the World Book Day Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DiwrnodYLlyfrWorldBookDayWales
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Olympic Gold medallist Jade Jones and Swansea FC's rising star Ben Davies have been unveiled as the faces for the 2014 World Book Day campaign in Wales. This month, over 15,000 posters will be distributed to schools, colleges, bookshops and libraries across the nation in the run-up to World Book Day on 6 March 2014.
The posters show Jade taking a break from her training schedule to read The Rice Paper Diaries by Francesca Rhydderch (Seren Books) at the Vale of Glamorgan hotel, near Cardiff, and Ben enjoying Y Bancsi Bach by Tudur Dylan Jones (Y Lolfa) in the Liberty Stadium stands.
Jade noted: "It's a great privilege to be selected for the World Book Day 2014 poster campaign to inspire youngsters to read. Professional sportsmen and sportswomen invest a great deal of time and energy in their training in order to be at their best. But it's just as important to get some time to relax, and reading is ideal for times such as these."
Ben added: "I enjoy reading books as well as websites about football, and catching up with the news online as well as social media. If I had to choose my favourite children's book, it would be Smot y Ci, the Welsh adaptation of Spot the dog and of course Roald Dahl's books are a must when you are a young kid discovering books."
World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The event in Wales sees thousands of children marking the day by taking part in reading activities and events, bringing their favourite book to school, or dressing up as their favourite book character. As well as celebrating books, the day also highlights the importance of reading as an essential life-skill.
Angharad Tomos, Reading Promotions Project Manager at the Welsh Books Council, who coordinate the scheme in Wales, commented: "We are delighted to have Ben and Jade as our World Book Day poster personalities. They are both first class in their respective fields, and an inspiration to youngsters throughout Wales. "World Book Day not only celebrates books, but also highlights the importance of reading for pleasure; from books and magazines to newspapers and the internet, reading is a skill that affects our every-day lives. It is vital that youngsters are inspired to read, and we are grateful to Jade and Ben for leading the way."
The World Book Day campaign in Wales is supported by booksellers Waterstones. Chris Laister-Smith, on behalf of the company, noted: "Waterstones are proud to support the World Book Day activities in Wales. For the past three years we have backed the campaign by contributing the funds raised through the levy on selling plastic bags in our shops to support activities that promote reading. World Book Day raises awareness of the enjoyment that reading gives, and the activities arranged throughout Wales will bring books and reading alive to thousands of children."
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Georg Rack 115 / 125 eur
Designed by Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
Two short, one long. Georg Rack gets its form by a simple construction of slender, wooden poles – inspired by a warm mix of Nordic sensuality and Japanese minimalism.
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- Oak
WxDxH: 115x15x6,5 cm
Item no. S1930304
- Packaging
- WxDxH: 129x12x6,5 cm
Weight: 1,3 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Oak grows in most temperate zones. The Skagerak oak comes from European forests and is either 100% FSC certified or FSC mix certified, supporting sustainable forest management. The selection of the wood is extremely careful and all processing is by hand, so that only the best and most durable pieces of wood are used in production.
Oak is a sturdy and hardwearing type of wood containing natural tannins that will protect against bacterial growth. Combined with its light, elegant colour and well-defined grains, this makes oak wood safe choice for high-quality interior.
The wood comes with no finish. If you choose not to treat it with soap or oil, use a suitable cleaning agent for wood.
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Note: When using Skagerak's drying racks, do not dry wet laundry directly on the wood as this might discolor the fabric.
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About the designer / Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
With a Swedish mother and Danish father Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm shows her Nordic roots in her designs through a minimalistic approach and strong combinations of materials like wood, leather and wool. Function is her starting point and dictates the idiom of her beautiful designs. Chris is a curious and investigative woman. And it is in the investigation that she finds her biggest inspiration – an investigation of all possible angles of a design that draws her and broadens her perspective on the design process. Besides this, she is deeply fascinated by traditional Japanese architecture and design which focuses on the core function of the design.


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Fire Characteristics of Sintra Material
Sometimes it is necessary to know the fire characteristics of materials that are used in the production of certain signage, graphics, exhibits or displays. These characteristics become important when the materials are used in applications where there may be stringent rules on how the materials behave when exposed to sources of combustion.
Sometimes it is necessary to know the fire characteristics of materials that are used in the production of certain signage, graphics, exhibits or displays. These characteristics become important when the materials are used in applications where there may be stringent rules on how the materials behave when exposed to sources of combustion.
The following sections discuss the flame characteristics of Sintra, the standards it has been tested to, and where applicable it's classifications under these standards.
Relative Flammability Comparisons to Other Materials
In addition to its unique balance of performance properties, Sintra material has the following advantages as a fire-retardant material:
- Self Extinguishing — remove the flame and the burning stops.
- Relatively High Ignition Resistance—the heat content of Sintra material is 8,600 BTU/LB. Heat produced by a flame from Sintra material is not enough to produce those necessary vapors which combine with atmospheric oxygen to create a combustible mixture. Becaunot support combustion.
- High Oxygen Index — ASTM D-2863 measures the percent of oxygen in an oxygen/nitrogen mixture which barely supports burning. The oxygen content of the earth's atmosphere is about 21%. Materials with oxygen index values of approximately 26 and above should not continue burning after the flame source is removed, because the normal atmospheric oxygen content is insufficient to support combustion. The oxygen index values of Sintra material is 46–49%. Many other plastics and natural products have values under 26.
- No "Flaming Drip" — some burning polymers produce molten flaming drips which contribute to flame spread. Sintra material produces a form-retaining carbonaceous char. This char totally prevents fire-spreading flaming drips.
Fire Test for Foamed Plastics Used for Decorative Purposes
The test method determines the ability of foamed plastics and products containing foamed plastics used for decorative purposes to resist rapid heat release when subjected to a flaming ignition source. The method is intended to apply to foamed plastics, and products containing foamed plastics, to be used for the following decorative purposes:
- Typical open-ceiling, portable exhibit booth constructions incorporating manufactured panels.
- Individual, manufactured decorative objects such as, but not limited to, mannequins, murals, and signs.
- Theater, motion picture, and television stage settings, with or without horizontal projections.
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SwRI Project No. 01-3780-220
Standard for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances
The test method is intended to characterize flame propagation of a material and its tendency to char. The test also indicates the tendency of the material to produce flaming particles which could ignite a cotton indicator located below the sample. It is used to determine a material's tendency either to extinguish or to spread the flame once the specimen has been ignited.
There are various flame classifications specified in UL 94 that are assigned to materials based on the results of these small-scale flame tests. These classifications are used to distinguish a material's burning characteristics after test specimens have been exposed to a specified test flame under controlled laboratory conditions.
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|2 – 19 mm
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These classifications show that the material was tested in a vertical position and self-extinguished within a specified time after the ignition source was removed. These classifications also indicate that the material dripped no flaming particle that ignited a cotton indicator located below the sample. A material with a 5VA or 5VB classification is subjected to a flame ignition source that is approximately five times more severe than that used in the V-0 classification.
ASTM E-84 (UL Steiner Tunnel Test)
Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
The test method uses a sample of material 20-24" wide by 24' long that fits under the roof of a 25' long tunnel forming the ceiling of the tunnel. Gas burners on one end of the tunnel impinge a flame on 7 square feet of the test specimen. The rate of progression of flame is observed as it passes side windows in the tunnel. The decrease in light caused by smoke development is measured by a photometer.
The flame propagation is plotted as distance vs. time. The photometer data is plotted as percent of absorption vs. time. The flame spread and smoke development indexes are then calculated and reported.
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Mustang MonthlyHow To Chassis Suspension
Fox Handling Upgrades, Part 1 - Front Suspension
Thrust your '79-'93 Mustang into the 21st century with real performance solutions from Maximum Motorsports
Utter coolness is the huge availability of Fox classic '79-'93 Mustangs because these Jack Telnack–inspired rides are plentiful and cheap in all their many forms. This supply-and-demand arithmetic makes it possible for you to get into a Fox Mustang for not that much money, which frees up cash to upgrade your Mustang anyway you'd like.
Too many of us put the cart before the horse, so to speak. We build high-horsepower engines, but forget the importance of safely managing that kind of power with good brakes and suspension first, if at all! Safety first, fun and games next. Few companies know more about great Mustang handling than Maximum Motorsports. Founded in 1992 and dedicated primarily to late-model Mustang performance, Maximum Motorsports knows Fox, SN-95, and S197 Mustangs and what it takes to get great handling from these cars.
Gil Roiz of Mustangs Etc. in Van Nuys, California, understands Fox Mustangs like few others. He loves them and races them. His daily driver is a worn to the bone '89 Mustang GT convertible he snapped up for a "get it out of my driveway" $500. In baby steps, Roiz has been making his GT convertible more enjoyable to drive with a new Flowmaster exhaust system, BBK shorty headers, an aluminum driveshaft, a Centerforce clutch and flywheel, and now the suspension system. Roiz specifically asked for a complete Maximum Motorsports suspension package, including subframe connectors and ultimately a torque arm just to demonstrate how good it can get.
We did a baseline handling test with Roiz's GT and its original worn-out suspension system. It was disturbing how bad it was. Bushings that were shot, ball joints with excessive play, and struts and shocks that no longer dampened. At press time, Roiz's Mustang has been completely retrofitted with Maximum Motorsports components fore and aft. The difference in handling—and safety—is extreme, to put it mildly. He's thrilled.
Next month, we will continue our Maximum Motorsports suspension upgrade with subframe connectors and a complete rear suspension package along with a road test to get Roiz's observations. Once we have completed the first round of Maximum Motorsports suspension upgrades, we're going to install a torque arm, and upgrade to five-lug disc brakes at all four corners.
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|Caster Setting Race
|Camber Setting Street
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|.75 degrees Negative + or - 0.25 degrees
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01. When Ford introduced the Fox Mustang in the fall of 1978, it was a quantum leap in handling thanks to McPherson strut/coil spring front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering, and rear four-link underpinnings. Time and technology have passed the Fox up, making it necessary to get these popular classic Mustangs into the 21st century. Maximum Motorsports has the knowledge and sophisticated suspension systems to get you there.
02. The first things Gil does is check ride height at all four corners and writes the measurement on the fender using a section of painter's tape.
03. First, support the vehicle with jackstands at the framerails. Then, use a floor jack for adjustable suspension support. Remember, coil springs pack a tremendous amount of pressure. They can maim and kill. Use extreme caution when supporting the control arm and removing the coil spring. Never put yourself in the spring's path.
04. Antisway bar endlinks are disconnected next before removing strut bolts and lowering the control arm.
05. Tie-rod ends are disconnected by removing the cotter pin first and then the castle nut. Roiz uses an impact hammer to jar the press-fit tie-rod end loose. Alternatively you can give the spindle eye a few well-placed hits with a large hammer to free the tie-rod end.
06. With the control arm properly supported with a floor jack, both McPherson strut to spindle retaining bolts are removed using an air impact. Using the floor jack previously placed under the control arm, gently lower the control arm paying very close attention to the coil spring.
07. After the control arm is lowered as far as it will go the coil spring can be displaced from the control arm spring pocket with a large breaker bar. The spring will "pop" out but very little pressure is on the spring at this point.
08. The McPherson strut can now be removed from the strut tower. Note this Mustang already had an adjustable caster/camber plate. We're going to fit it with a fully adjustable caster/camber plate from Maximum Motorsports.
09. The control arm is removed with a 15/16-inch socket and boxed end wrench in preparation for new urethane bushings and an upgraded ball joint. The spindle and control arm together have some weight so be prepared for it. If you wish you can separate the spindle from the control arm before control arm removal.
10. Here we have the complete Maximum Motorsports Starter Box front suspension kit (PN SBX-1) for '79-'89 Mustangs. There are also complete Starter Box kits for '90-'93 (PN SBX 2), '94-'98 Mustang (PN SBX-3), and '99-'04 (PN SBX-04). All are priced around $1,200. You can expect improved handling, quicker response, lower ride height, reduced body roll, a firmer ride, and crisp steering.
11. With the Maximum Motorsports Starter Box, we're using the existing Ford control arms with new urethane bushings and ball joints. Factory control arms are very strong pieces and work well on a budget. Stiffen them up with urethane bushings to improve handling and durability.
12. New Maximum Motorsports ball joints are pressed into factory control arms and lubed with heavy-duty chassis lube.
13. Gil Roiz and his son, Ryan, install the rebuilt control arms. These Maximum Motorsports–modified control arms will hold alignment better and improve handling because of the firmer bushings.
14. Maximum Motorsports Road & Track coil springs are fitted with new rubber insulators at both ends. Bottoms get slide-on insulators while tops get rubber cushions. The spring is fitted into the crossmember pocket and control arm, then, a floor jack is used to raise the control arm and secure the spring.
15. Bilstein struts are shimmed as shown prior to installation, which controls overall strut length. Maximum Motorsports calls for a total of four spacers on each strut with a 0.048-inch and 0.024-inch spacer below the caster/camber plate and 0.048-inch and 0.024-inch spacer above. Check strut to hood clearance before slamming hood.
16. Tighten the strut's locking nut as shown using an Allen wrench to secure the strut shaft. The Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plate allows plenty of alignment freedom. When proper alignment is achieved, torque the 3/8-inch lock nuts to 32 ft-lb. The ½-inch lock nuts get 65 ft-lb.
17. This is the Four-Point K-Member Brace, which is actually part of the Chassis Brace Package for the '86-'93 Mustang convertible (PN MCBP-13). This is an easy bottom-end bolt-on that strengthens the K-member and frontend package. It works with the strut tower brace located on top.
18. Maximum Motorsports has provided us with urethane sway bar bushings and endlinks designed to stiffen sway bar function and reduce body lean. You may order the optional Eibach sway bar package (front and rear) that provides a marked improvement in control. Roiz is using antiseize on urethane bushings for quiet operation.
19. The Maximum Motorsports strut tower brace works with the K-member support brace to reduce front end flex considerably and provide rigidity under spirited driving. Installation requires drilling mounting holes in both the strut towers and the firewall to secure the brace.


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Ska-punkers Capdown are to return to album-releasing action early in 2007.
The Milton Keynes-spawned quintet release Wind-Up Toys on February 5, through Fierce Panda. Grrrrrr is the noise such a panda might make, when trying to tell you about said release. They've not mastered English yet, y'see. Pandas: nice black and white get-up, but totally linguistically retarded.
But anyway, the band tour to promote said album, which includes a song called 'Surviving The Death Of A Genre'. Oh LOL. The dates, they look a lot like these ones:
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"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
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According to the 16th president of the United States, happiness is an emotion we can choose to experience above and beyond any external factors.
Along those same lines, says internationally renowned speaker Dr. Ken Nedd, much of the stress we feel in our busy lives today is also volitional.
"Stress is the response you make when you perceive that the circumstances of your life, the difficulties around you, are beyond your ability to cope," says Nedd, a Vancouver doctor who specializes in stress management.
According to Nedd, commuting through traffic, paying bills, confronting a boss, and managing your time might represent practical challenges. It is the perception of those challenges that makes them stressful.
Nedd offers three simple ways to avoid feeling stressed.
"Even if you're feeling strong and you see a conflict coming, don't feel that you need to problem or stressor, it's important to keep everything in perspective, Nedd notes. "It's not the big stressors that cause the most disease, it's the tiny irritations, the mundane things of life that will often cause stress." fight," Nedd says. Making the conscious decision to not confront each and every problem will allow you to remain calmer and less combative.
Worrying about every detail
When considering a particular will make you less prepared to deal with the situations that will make a difference in the long run.
A major element of feeling stressed is expecting to feel stressed, says Nedd.
"One thing I found with my patients is they come to see me [already] stressed out about something that's going to happen."
In this case, Nedd suggests Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT), a psychotherapeutic treatment that falls within the realm of cognitive behavioural therapy.
SIT has patients work with their therapist to anticipate a stressful moment, situation, or day and then pre-emptively address them.
"Just imagine yourself actually there," Nedd suggests. "See [the stressful situation] happening, but see yourself handling it well without stress. That way your brain will learn how to deal with those types of difficulties."
Because stress is perceived, he says, it is a matter of simply correcting the response to a challenging situation and retraining the instinct that perceives it as stressful.


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Tahoe Fourth of July celebrations
Whether it's watching fireworks light up the sky, waving to participants in the annual parade, sitting at a poker table and wishing for luck, or cleaning up when the show's all over, there's no doubt there will be plenty to do around the Fourth of July this year.
And with Independence Day just around the corner, now may be a good time to start planning out your weekend. Here are a few South Shore events happening around the holiday:
The Lights on the Lake Fireworks display returns Friday with the show scheduled to begin at 9:45 p.m. The show has been rated one of the top Fourth of July fireworks celebrations in the country and attracts more than 100,000 viewers each year.
It also can be seen from a variety of places in the South Shore. Popular spots include Timber Cove Marina, El Dorado Beach, Nevada Beach, Bijou Community Park, the Tallac Historic Site and the beach at Edgewood-Tahoe.
For a view from on top of the water, reservations also can be made with the Tahoe Queen, M.S. Dixie II or Bleu Wave Cruises.
The Fourth of July parade kicks off its third year in South Lake Tahoe by celebrating American independence and honoring the country's veterans.
Staging for the parade will take place in the Les Schwab Tires parking lot at 9 a.m. Friday. The event itself will start at 10 a.m. and move down Highway 50 before ending at the American Legion Post 795.
Branches of the Armed Forces will be represented in the caravan by active duty, reserve and veteran soldiers, as well as families of men and women who died serving their country.
San Francisco police officer Jim Cunningham will be the honored guest in the parade. Cunningham was labeled a hero after rescuing people from a plane crash at SFO Airport last year.
The League to Save Lake Tahoe will host its annual Keep Tahoe Red, White & Blue Beach Cleanups at five locations throughout Lake Tahoe from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are invited to join the effort from Tahoe City to Nevada Beach and South Shore.
The league is partnering with several public agencies this year to ensure beaches are kept clean and beautiful, including the US Forest Service, Tahoe City Public Utility District, and City of South Lake Tahoe.
The event takes place at Commons Beach, Tahoe City Taylor Creek, Kiva and Tallac Historic Site, South Shore Regan Beach, El Dorado Beach and Timber Cove, South Shore Nevada Beach, East Shore Zephyr Shoals, East Shore. Reusable bags and buckets will be provided. Volunteers are invited to bring reusable water bottles and gloves if available. All volunteers receive a raffle ticket for a prize and refreshments.
To RSVP, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority has launched an Adopt-a-Beach program and a new team, Team Fireworks, this year to contribute cleanup efforts after the July 4 and Labor Day fireworks shows.
Cleanup days with a focus on reducing the impact of the Fourth of July celebration will be held saturday through July 9 from 9 a.m.-noon. Beaches scheduled for cleaning are 4H Beach, Tahoe Shores, Nevada Beach and Round Hill Pines.
Cleanup kits will be provided to volunteers at a first come, first serve basis at pickup sites located at 3066 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe and 169 Highway 50 in Stateline. Locals and tourists are welcome to participate.
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Verizon to iPhone Users: "Want Five Times More 3G Coverage? There's a Map for That."
Want five times more 3G coverage? There's a map for that.
That's the cheeky slogan of a new Verizon ad reportedly set to debut during tonight's "Monday Night Football" game. Riffing on the tagline from Apple's iPhone commercials, it essentially turns widespread complaints about the quality, coverage and speed of AT&T's network into a Verizon marketing campaign–if it wasn't that already. "Browse the Web and download music and apps, at 3G speed, in five times more places than the nation's number two wireless carrier," the ad suggests. "Before you pick a phone, pick a network."
Quite the sucker punch from Verizon, and a well-timed one too. AT&T's iPhone exclusivity deal is set to expire sometime next year. And recent reports suggest that Apple, by signing on Verizon as a second carrier partner, could double U.S. iPhone sales in the near term. Verizon (VZ) pointing a mocking finger at AT&T (T) in an ad like this certainly isn't going to do anything to make AT&T's negotiations with Apple (AAPL) go any more smoothly.
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'Duck Dynasty' star preached against gays in 2010
A 2010 video of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson preaching against homosexuality emerged and was making the rounds on the Internet on Friday, according to TheWrap.
In the sermon, Robertson grouped gays with people full of "murder, envy, strife, hatred."
This comes two days after A&E suspended Robertson from cable's top-rated reality show for making anti-gay remarks in an interview with GQ.
The 2010 video emerges just as A&E is trying to find a way to keep the show going. On Thursday, Robertson's family said they "cannot imagine" continuing the show without their patriarch.
According to The Wrap, a rising tide of social conservatives are criticizing the network, saying it's infringing on Robertson's free-speech and religious rights. On the other side, people are outraged at his remarks, saying religion is no excuse for bigotry.
In his 2010 speech, Robertson said, "First they say, 'There is no God. Get him out of your mind. Then they bow down to birds, animals and reptiles, and each other. And the first thing you see coming out of them is gross sexual immorality. They will dishonor their bodies with one another, degrade each other. Uh, is that going on in the United States of America? Look around. God's not there And boy is there some immorality going on around here. Does it get worse?"
Wait he doesn't like animal lovers?
That's kind of weird for a guy who has made a lot of money from something called "Duck Dynasty."
Robertson didn't explain who "they" are. In his GQ interview, he similarly grouped gays with "terrorists" and "drunks" as sinners.
"Women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions," he continued in the 2010 speech. "They're full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil. That's what you have 235 years, roughly, after your forefathers founded the country. So what are you gonna do Pennsylvania? Just run with them? You're going to die. Don't forget that."
According to TheWrap, the video drew attention in August for Robertson's condemnation of abortion, while the gay remarks were largely overlooked. Apparently someone went back and had another look.


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Shropshire lad
Posted by Smokey Stover on April 21, 2004
In Reply to: Marion posted by Brian from Shawnee on April 20, 2004
: : : : : : : : In the US, we pronounce it "More-eese". I was just told that the British pronunciation of this is "Morris". Is this correct? How do you pronounce this across the pond?
: : : : : : : Morris - that's it.
: : : : : : Thanks. First "scones" and now "Maurice". I am sure that there are other words mispronounced
: : : : : : in the US. I guess I'll have to educate myself one word at a time.
: : : : : (Steve Miller Band)
: : : : : Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
: : : : : Some call me the gangster of love
: : : : : Some people call me Maurice
: : : : : Cause I speak of the pompitous of love.
: : : : : "Pompitous" mystified millions when Steve Miller used it in his 1973 hit "The Joker": "Some people call me the space cowboy. / Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love. / Some people call me Maurice, / Cause I speak of the Pompitous of love."
: : : : : http://www.quadranet.org/tokezone/zones/maurice.html
: : : :
: : : : As I recall is "Maurice" was pronounced more like Mar-is rather than the American pronunciation of Mor-is. The vowel sounds are different. Where is Henry Higgins when you need him? I also wouldn't go as far as to say Americans are mispronouncing the name. The American pronounciation is closer to the French, and therefore, could be considered more correct since Maurice is a French name. British people also pronouce "cafe" like "calf" and filet as "fill-et" rather than "fill-ay". Don't get me started on the British pronounciation of the name, "Regina'. Suffice it to say it doesn't rhyme with "Tina". It's a funny old world.
: : : : Camel
: : : And the Brits have men called "Evelyn."
: : One of the great Britsh explorers of recent times was Sir Vivian Fuchs. One of the greatest cricket players was the West Indian batsman Vivian Richards, now retired. Big Daddy was an English wrestler born in Halifax, England in 1930 (or 1937) and christened Shirley Crabtree. I wouldn't want to make fun of his name. Here's a poem from A Shropshire Lad by A E Housman which includes a reference to Maurice.
: : "Farewell to barn and stack and tree,
: : Farewell to Severn shore.
: : Terence, look your last at me,
: : For I come home no more.
: : "The sun burns on the half-mown hill,
: : By now the blood is dried;
: : And Maurice amongst the hay lies still
: : And my knife is in his side.
: : "My mother thinks us long away;
: : 'Tis time the field were mown.
: : She had two sons at rising day,
: : To-night she'll be alone.
: : "And here's a bloody hand to shake,
: : And oh, man, here's good-bye;
: : We'll sweat no more on scythe and rake,
: : My bloody hands and I.
: : "I wish you strength to bring you pride,
: : And a love to keep you clean,
: : And I wish you luck, come Lammastide,
: : At racing on the green.
: : "Long for me the rick will wait,
: : And long will wait the fold,
: : And long will stand the empty plate,
: : And dinner will be cold."
: I wanted to join the fun and point out that John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison and that if he was from England he wouldn't have had to change it, but that poem's a real downer, man.
Yeah, that poem is a bit of a downer, but a good read anyway. In fact, "A Shropshire Lad" is full of good reading. "Now I am two-and-twenty, and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true!" I wanted to mention that a few months ago the TV Guide listed a program called "The Pompatus of Love." If you look this up in any of the dictionaries in which I looked it up, you won't find it. SS
- Shropshire lad Henry 21/April/04
- Pompatus of Love Smokey Stover 23/April/04


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Too much dust collection?6/26
My shop is a small, 2500as/ft, two man shop. I'm currently running two 1900 cfm, two bag units. I couldn't guys how much pipe on each. I'm looking at getting a pair of three bag, 10hp, 4000 cfm collectors.
Most tools are fine, but I've got far too much dust stuck to items going through the widebelt. Each head has it's own collector, but it's not nearly enough. I'm hard on abrasives as is, but I think the dc is the biggest culprit. I'm getting about 5 hours of life out of purple 3M belts.
I guess my question is, other than the electrical bill, is there any harm in having way more cfm than needed? I'm thinking I should buy more than I need, and grow into it.
You can always throttle it down with a damper or VFD. Hard to see where you would have too much suction though.
You need a minimum area of opening for proper air flow. Get too big of a fan, and you have to start leaving more and more blast gates open. It sounds like the only issue you have is the wide belt, so why two new bigger units? Why two units at all? Just get one properly sized unit for the whole shop. It's my opinion that buying from a company that has an engineering staff is money well spent. Just guessing at requirements, air flow, and duct size can be throwing away more money than what you think you will save by buying a cheap import dust collector. AND, you may still not get good collection despite buying bigger units. Don't forget to talk to your insurance agent. OSHA is getting very strict about nuisance dust and blow out panels to prevent explosion.
Before you start adding dust collection you need to determine what the requirements for the wide belt are. This is something the mfg. should be able to tell you. Unfortunately some machine mfgs just stick ducts on a machine and call it good. Should the ports be larger, should there be more of them? I've seen 4" ports on 18" planers, not happening. You should post the WB width and port sizes, might help.
43" dual head with two 7"ports. The manufacturer spec'd 4000cfm I think. Currently I've got one 1900cfm unit on each head, but realistically I'm probably only pulling 2400 total. I've got 8"pipe from the collector right up to the machine.
I've been looking at buying a pair of 10hp, 4000cfm Dustek collectors and splitting the shop like it is, just with more capacity. I'd have to pull basically everything down and start over, which will be expensive and a pain, but I'm also looking at moving into a new building soon, so that isn't a big deal.
Why split it? Mostly because spinning 20hp when you're running just a tablesaw or chop box didn't make sense to me
So let's look at some numbers... 7" ports at 4000FPM (velocity needed at the machine port) moves 1100cfm, X2=2200cfm. You're not going to get 4000cfm through those 2 ports. That said think about the WB width, 43" and think how are you going to cover that width with just 2 7" ports? I'd focus on the hood and how to make it more efficient, more ports, ducting etc. then calculate from there for DC requirements. Say you end up with 4 7" ports, you need a DC that can move 4400 cfm at the calculated static pressure between the DC and the ports. This is all from the Air Handling Systems catalog or web site.
How would the ports be made larger? That seems strange to me too that a company that builds a machine, wouldn't have big enough holes in it to move the specified amount of air.
Also, where does the four thousand feet per minute velocity come from? Is that a minimum speed to keep particles suspended in air?
Yes, 4000fps to capture the dust at it's source, 3500fps in the main duct. These are industry standards for the woodworking industry. I would start with the mfg. and talk about what the requirements really are. If they say 4000cfm ask them how you're going to get that through 2-7" ports. The key to dust collect is moving the right amount of air through the point of where the dust is being created. Assuming 2-7" ports are correct, 1100 cfm each, they would Y together, the branch connecting those 2 would have to be able handle 2200 cfm at 3500fps. A 10" duct moves 1900cfm @ 3500fps and a 12" moves 2800cfm @ 3500fps so you would really need a 12" main. At this point you would calculate all your lose and come up with a static pressure, let's say all the pipe and 90s add up to 6" of static pressure. You then need to look at the fan curve of the DC and see, at 6" of SP does it move at least 2200 cfm? I think the 4000cfm of the 10hp unit you're looking at is with no restriction on the inlet.
Guys, great input. As far as the branch and main velocity being different, a higher branch velocity does create a better capture velocity as well as lift to the main pipe. Almost like driving up a thruway entrance ramp. By having the velocity a little slower in main but not below transport velocity, it does reduce some static pressure (friction / resistance) verses having 4,000 fpm in the branch and main. In addition, a cyclone or bag house will perform better by having that velocity a little lower. Also, yes, some machinery manufacturers do provide undersized hood outlets, especially planers. Crazy, but true. I feel machine hooding is as important as what you need the machine to do for you. I've attached some air flow charts for reference.
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Thanks for that curt.
So, obviously at some point the fan can only produce so much vacuum and move so many cfm. Is there a wall that it hits on velocity where you're only moving so many cfm? According to that chart, a seven inch pipe is moving 1200 cfm at 4500 fpm. Well a fan not move air any faster than 4500?
You want to use velocities and coinciding CFM for particulate being collected. If you move the air faster than necessary, will require more horse power to overcome the additional static pressure (friction/resistance).
If you use a dedicated dust collector for sander, I would target 1,100 CFM for each 7 port. Since 2,200 CFM in a 11 diameter pipe has a velocity of 3,400 FPM, I will select 10 diameter as we don't want to drop below 3,500 FPM. 2,200 in 10 diameter is moving at 4,000 FPM.
Once CFM is arrived at, now we have to calculate the resistance of piping etc. It is the collectors job to overcome the resistance/static pressure and deliver CFM needed.
Here is an example. Lets say the dust collector is 40' away from sander and will have 3, 90 degree elbows in the 10 diameter run. Also, 5' drop pipe with a wye to 2, 7 diameter and 3' of 7 flex off each leg of y-branch. Now we will calculate resistance. 2,200 CFM in 10 diameter has a static pressure of 2.4 WG per 100' pipe. 1,100 CFM in 7 diameter has a static pressure of 3.8 WG per 100'.
Static pressure/resistance factors
Entry loss 1
Seasoned filters 2
Note Have to convert all elbows to straight feet of pipe.
7 diameter 6' flex = 18' straight pipe.
2, 7 45 degree elbows = 13' straight pipe.
Total 31' 7 diameter straight pipe.
1, 100 CFM in 7 diameter has a static pressure of 3.8 WG per 100' or 1.18 WG in 31'.
10 diameter 3, 90 degree elbows = 20' each + 45' straight pipe. Total 105' 10 diameter straight pipe.
2,200 CFM in 10 diameter has a static pressure of 2.4 WG per 100' or 2.52 in 105'.
Collector requirement is 2,200 CFM at 6.7 SPWG.
Now we look for a dust collector. Please see attached performance chart for a 7 ½ HP (Model 750) dust collector. We can see that we are right in the middle of 2,000 CFM at 7.1 SPWG and 2,500 CFM at 6.6 SPWG. Bingo, that's our unit. In addition, 1 micron filter material is good for a sander.
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Using HP to size a dust collector isn't very valid. There are lots of differences in the design of fans that affect performance. Also the CFM #'s given by cheap collectors are usually wishful thinking and based on no resistance. The fan manufacturer should provide the charts that show CFM, power, static pressure. If they won't or their chart is a lot different than the quality manufacturers you've got a con job going. A fan motor takes the most power when the inlet is wide open. The least power when partially blocked, fewer gates open.


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AMARILLO, Texas — A JetBlue Airways captain accused of disrupting a flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists plans to use an insanity defense at trial.
An attorney for Clayton F. Osbon filed a motion Wednesday outlining plans to argue Osbon was insane at the time of the incident on the March 27 flight from New York to Las Vegas.
Osbon remains jailed in Texas awaiting a court-ordered psychiatric exam to determine his competency for trial and whether he was legally sane when witnesses say he left the cockpit and ran screaming through the plane's cabin.
Passengers wrestled him to the floor and he was subdued until the plane made an emergency landing in Amarillo.
Prosecutor Christy Drake declined to comment on the filing Wednesday.