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USAC Midget Engines - Chevy's New Midget Engine
This Is Going To Turn Some Heads!
We've often wondered what would happen if one of the heavy hitters in racing would take a lower-level, short track race engine and apply all those neat ideas they pick up in the top areas of racing. Think about it. Most of the big factories in Detroit have hard core racing programs. We see the results in Indy Cars, road racing, drag racing and, of course, NASCAR. Imagine what would happen if one of those factories applied all that modern technology to something like a Midget engine.
Well, we don't have to imagine. In a move that caught most of the industry by surprise, Chevy unveiled its all-new Midget racing engine at Indianapolis Motor Speedway recently. It was a big official deal with GM representatives and United States Auto Club (USAC) team owner Tony Stewart there to see it off.
"One year ago, Chevrolet announced its sponsorship of Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) in open-wheel competition," says Chevrolet general manager Ed Peper. "Now, Chevrolet has taken the next step by creating an all-new racing engine for this popular grassroots racing series. Chevrolet races to win and America's brand is aiming for more victories in this uniquely American form of motorsports."
The new motor was designed by GM Racing specifically for the USAC Midget Series. The purpose-built, four-cylinder Chevrolet racing engine will initially power TSR drivers Tracy Hines and Levi Jones in upcoming events. The new engine will be available to all USAC competitors through independent engine builders. As this engine is brand new, the demand will initially outstrip supply until they become more available to the industry.
"The Chevy Midget racing engine is definitely going to be an asset to Tony Stewart Racing," says team owner Stewart. "Having the Chevrolet bowtie on the engine and not just on the side of the car as a sponsor is indicative of how much technical support the brand has given our program. In the past, we've competed with engines that were based on Chevy parts but weren't necessarily a Chevrolet engine. The Chevy Racing engineering and marketing staffs have really embraced the TSR racing programs, and the debut of this new engine is the start of another exciting new chapter in our relationship."
Let's start with the good stuff. The new methanol-burning 166ci (2.7-liter) Chevy Midget engine produces more than 350 hp. That's more than two horsepower per cubic inch. The lightweight, inline four-cylinder engine starts with an aluminum block and cylinder head. The head has two valves per cylinder operated by pushrods and rocker arms, is equipped with mechanical fuel injection and utilizes an electronic ignition system.
At the maximum displacement of 166 cubic inches and in compliance of USAC rules, the Chevy engine runs methanol fuel. The inline four aluminum block has dry iron cylinder liners; the kind that are simply put in place and usually retained by the application of the head. This is opposed to a press fit where the sleeves are 'frozen' and temporarily shrunk in a freezing liquid such as nitrogen or CO2 and then squeezed into the block. 'Dry' sleeve technology allows the block to act much like a tool holder for all the engine's components. Also, a damaged sleeve can easily be repaired-quite possibly at the track.
The engine uses a gear-driven mechanical roller camshaft and shares its 6.5-inch crankshaft-to-camshaft dimension and 60mm camshaft core diameter with the championship-winning Chevrolet R07 NASCAR engine. A bigger diameter cam will provide more finite cam designs, allowing for tuning to track applications.
The Midget motor's belt-driven dry sump oil pump and high-pressure mechanical fuel pump are mounted on the right side of the engine. With these components located outside the block, they are more accessible for maintenance. Also, being on the 'cold' side of the block (the exhaust comes out on the left side) they are less susceptible to heat damage.
All the specs of the new engine fall in line with USAC rules which apply to a wide swath of engines including four and six cylinders, two-valve and four-valve cylinder heads, overhead valve, single overhead cam, and dual overhead cam valvetrain designs. The new Chevy Midget racing engine uses the same proven pushrod/two-valve layout that has been the standard of GM small-block V-8s since 1955, retaining the now-classic design's core of simplicity, reliability and light weight.
Yet, Chevy engines put a new twist on this familiar theme. While some series have adopted rules that tightly define virtually every component and dimension in a racing engine, the USAC Midget Series offers engine designers the freedom to innovate. The opportunity to think "outside the box" is the kind of challenge that appealed to GM Racing engineers. Their innovative design of the new Chevy Midget racing engine is the product of imaginative thinking and advanced technology. Just the kind of thing any successful racing operation needs. Throw in some of those already-proven racing ideas and you've got yourself the foundation of a good motor.
Starting with today's version of a blank piece of paper-an empty computer screen-GM Racing engineers developed a package that is a departure from the engines traditionally used in Midget racing. The new Chevy motor has an innovative architecture that improves its combustion efficiency, enhances airflow and lowers the center of gravity. Advanced technical resources such as computational fluid dynamics and solid 3-D modeling used to design GM production engines were also used to develop the Chevrolet Midget racing engine.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are used to determine the flow of liquids and gases inside the block and heads while it is still in the design stage and on the computer. Recent advancements with this relatively new form of computer work allow flows to be maxed out for efficiency and volume right from the start. Water flows, for one example, are so effectively controlled that they are now routinely held to a five degree variance anywhere in the engine.
Solid 3-D modeling helps in getting the products to the finish stage. Instead of making the first cast prototype pieces with new, handmade molds, the newly designed parts are first made of layers of a type of paper. Many of the growing pains of a new casting are eliminated by making these paper versions first while still in the design studio instead of the casting plant. Once engineers are happy with the paper versions, they can sign off for the first metal pieces to be made. Likewise, the casting plants are now working on a much faster turn around time than they have in the past. What used to take six months to bring about a part is now often delivered in less than three.
"The Chevrolet Midget racing engine represents another step in GM's continuous development of high-performance, high-rpm overhead-valve engines," says Tom Stephens, executive vice president, GM Global Powertrain and Global Quality. "Like the championship-winning Chevrolet R07 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the record-setting LS.7R small-block V-8 in the American Le Mans Series, the new Chevrolet Midget engine was designed and developed using many of the tools and technologies GM engineers employ to create exceptional production engines like the new 638hp LS9 small-block V-8."
The major components that define the Chevrolet Midget engine package-the cylinder block, cylinder head and certain ancillaries-will be available to all USAC competitors. Independent engine builders, such as Kistler Racing Engines of Fremont, Ohio, who supply the Chevy engines that power the two TSR entries, can then assemble engines using remaining internal and external components from their preferred suppliers.
"Many of the aftermarket engines currently racing in the Midget series are based on the four-cylinder Chevy II engine produced in the '60s," explains GM Racing director Mark Kent. "Others are essentially one bank of a conventional V-8 engine. We took a different approach to bring innovative technology to the series while respecting a racing heritage that reaches back to the '30s. We've also incorporated lessons learned in designing and developing race-winning engines for NASCAR, ALMS, and NHRA competition. By harnessing GM's technical resources to create a brand-new Midget racing engine, we're putting more Chevy into the cars that wear bowties on the racetrack."
And that raises the question of, what's wrong with just cutting a V-8 in half? That's been done before successfully, right? Dennis Weglarz, manager, GM Racing Powertrain answers with, "Creating an overhead-valve Midget engine by cutting off one cylinder bank of a V-8 engine positions the camshaft on the intake side of the engine. Our key design decision was to relocate the cam and pushrods to the exhaust side of the cylinder case. This opened up the intake side of the cylinder head and allowed our engineers to optimize airflow without compromising the intake ports to accommodate the pushrods. Relocating the camshaft to the exhaust side also opened up new options in positioning the spark plugs and fuel injector nozzles. It also locates the camshaft lower in the chassis and offsets its weight to the left side of the car, which can be advantageous to handling. The exhaust-side camshaft is really the cornerstone of the Chevy Midget engine's design concept."
Speaking of weight, Chevy is being cagey about what the new motor actually weighs. When pushed for an answer, they say only it is within current, competitive engine weights. That would put it less than 250 pounds But with the new manufacturing design of the block and heads, it's easy to see there is no wasted metal. Traditionally, when factories give out stats such as weights and actual horsepower numbers, they are usually conservative at best. Still, the idea of over 350 hp in less than 250 pounds of four cylinders makes for a healthy motor.
GM also kept one eye on the type of racing where this engine would see duty. "Another key decision that enabled the innovative repackaging of the valvetrain was to invest in an all-new block and a cylinder head that wasn't constrained by the limitations of being usable in other forms of racing," says Pat Suhy, GM Racing group manager, Oval Track. "Our goal was to produce an engine with power that's equivalent to the most powerful engines currently competing in the USAC Midget series while maintaining a wide power band. Midget racecars run without transmissions, and they race on tracks that range from 0.1-mile arenas to the one-mile Phoenix oval. The engine's operating rpm range extends from 4,000 to 9,000 rpm, and throttle response is critical, especially on dirt tracks where the driver uses the throttle to help turn the racecar."
And then there are the costs involved. "Another important consideration for a grassroots racing series is cost," Suhy notes. "Our objective was to produce an engine that delivers great performance for the money. The Chevrolet brand has always stood for value, and the Chevy Midget racing engine will continue this tradition."
Initial track tests by Tony Stewart Racing have confirmed that GM Racing hit the mark with the new Chevy Midget racing engine. "So far in testing, we've learned that the Chevy engines don't ever seem to run out of power," says Tracy Hines, driver of the No. 21 TSR/Chevy/Spike USAC National Midget. "From the instant you get on the gas, the engine never quits pulling. They're strong on both the bottom and top ends of the power band, and it feels as though the engine has power in reserve. Chevy has built a great piece and I'm really looking forward to competing with these engines."
TSR plans to complete its transition to Chevrolet power as soon as possible. "The opportunity to be a part of the development and debut of the new Chevy Midget engine is something that I'm really proud to be involved with as a driver," says Levi Jones, driver of Stewart's No. 20 Midget. "Looking back at the history of open-wheel racing, there have been several influential engine programs that have left their mark on the sport. To be one of the drivers to compete with the first-ever Chevy branded USAC engines will definitely always be one of my career highlights."
Midget racing has had a long and storied career of ups and downs in popularity. As it seems to be surging once again, this new piece can help draw even more attention. We're watching to see if it attracts some of the other Detroit biggies to get involved.


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- Failure to Obtain Permit Any person or entity excavating within a City of Weatherford street right-of-way and any person or entity causing an excavation within a City of Weatherford right-of-way without first having obtained a Right-of-Way Excavation Permit shall be deemed guilty of violating Title VI, Chapter 5, of the City Code of the City of Weatherford and subject to the maximum penalty provided by the State of Texas.
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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
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Video holds significant potential for ebooks and digital editions of magazines. After all, there's probably not a better way to illustrate a hard-to-explain concept--or gain buzz around a new novel or textbook--than the proper use of video. The only problem is, video can be a bit hard to publish, and even harder to consume, given the various devices on the marketplace.
At EContent's sister publication, Streaming Media, the editors spend hours thinking about how video can be acquired, edited, streamed, and consumed. In addition, contributing editors such as myself also spend even more time working with companies that need assistance in all of the above.
Based on experience with key clients, and 15 years in the streaming world, here are few pointers to consider when it comes to augmenting your econtent with video.
Target a platform before choosing the video content: This sounds like a no-brainer, but consider your readers' painful attempts to view video of a professor writing on a chalkboard on their 3.5" iPhone screen. Fine-detail video that works for the Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn't automatically work for the Apple iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy S III.
Yes, a talking head will work for both the handset and tablet form factors, but even with this type of simple content, the aspect ratio and orientation of the device needs to be thought through before choosing appropriate video content. If you think it's difficult to flow content for epublications in both landscape and portrait mode, it's even more difficult to view video content intended for only one orientation.
At any one time, publish as little video as possible: I'm not suggesting that you only publish one or two video links. What I am suggesting, though, is that you only publish the pertinent piece of video for any one illustration. There's a tendency in all of us-perhaps due to laziness, or maybe just to a limited knowledge of the tools available-to just toss an hour-long video into an electronic edition, without paring the video content down to manageable chunks.
When it comes to nonfiction works, especially those that might have streaming audio or video embedded in the publication, it's easy to just embed an hour-long piece of content and tell the user-via the text-how far down the video content she needs to scroll to watch the pertinent video clip. Yet there's a simpler way: even YouTube videos have the ability to embed a link, within a second's accuracy, to the pertinent point of the video. Until we achieve a sophistication level in publishing that allows us to search directly to a point in the video, please consider using this granular approach to embedding content. Your readers, especially those on mobile devices, will have a much more seamless and fulfilling experience.
Use teaser videos to drive sales: A trend that started in the offline book world, teaser videos have been successful in driving sales of print books in niche markets. From religious thrillers to "dry" history books, the use of a teaser video brings the story alive.
The same can be true for econtent, with even better results, as the viewer of an ebook teaser video can take immediate action, purchasing and reading the book in just a few clicks. If it works to drive sales for those who, well, have to drive to a local bookstore to get the hardback, it certainly can work for ebook sales.
My background's in motion picture and visual storytelling, at least before I ended up with an M.B.A., and I like to think of teaser videos for books as the visual equivalent of movie trailers or even the teaser videos you'd view at the beginning of a video game: Both can be used to set the backstory to the content that follows.
Use video search to your advantage: In several recent guest lectures, I've asked college students how they search for content. Turns out that many of them don't even start with a Google search; instead, they start with a YouTube search. In other words, they're looking for videos that give them knowledge, first and foremost, rather than looking for text-based content that might also contain a video.
Use this trend to your advantage, and not just for the teaser videos mentioned previously. After all, the adage goes, if the movie version of a book is good, the book must be even better.


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Over the weekend, the city of Delft (and around Holland) opened its door to the public for the event, Open Monument Day (open monumentedag in Dutch). It's the only opportunity to see and discover historical buildings that are not normally open for the public.
I venture out into little Delft on both Saturday and Sunday. It´s hard to see everything, even if you have two days. The weather was unbelievably gorgeous that it was so hard to stay inside for too long. I discovered new places and revisited familiar places too. The water tower (see above images) gave me a new perspective of Delft, that I never seen before. I also noticed how green Delft is!
Inside the very spacious and beautiful, Oude Kerk (Old Church).
You can see the old church, sticking out in the back of the photo.
It was a hot day and these boys were having so much fun jumping off the bridge, into the canals.
If people were not swimming in the canals, they were sitting on the terrace.
Above and below, images of the Gemeente (town hall) It's quite a small place but a charming building.
Remonstrantse Kerk (hidden church) the cutest church in Delft, secretly hidden away.
[ All photos by.: Susan Jimenez ]
So I leave you with the best secret treasure that I discovered on Sunday. It's hidden away, outside the main centre of Delft. A great place to visit for a peaceful day out. If you are searching for a break from the city, and feel like being surrounded by nature, this is the place. Kruithuis (gun power tower) build around 1659 – I took plenty of photos of this secret spot, but will share it some other time. For now, this green Delft.


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Here is a promo for their up coming Core Whore, alleycat for the ladies. Here's a promo.
Speaking of dirty races… Tour D'Afrique. That's Four months on a bicycle from Cairo to Cape Town.
Check out this trailer for, "Where you go."
Where Are You Go captures the 7,000 mile expedition as a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is a testament to the endurance of human curiosity.
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Via Deeyah, via Mona Eltahawy: Azza El Garf of the Freedom and Justice Party – the Muslim Brotherhood party – disapproves of the ban on FGM.
She condemns the notorious "virginity tests" that military officers and doctors are accused of perpetrating on a group of female protesters in March 2011.
But she disagrees with Egypt's 2008 ban on female cutting, which opponents call genital mutilation. The World Health Organization defines it as the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
"It is a personal decision and each woman can decide based on her needs. If she needs it, she can go to a doctor," El Garf said, adding that the Muslim Brotherhood refers to the practice as beautification plastic surgery. She was adamant that it was a woman's choice, and hers alone, to have the outlawed procedure and should be done in consultation with a trained medical professional.
But it's not about "women" making a "choice" to get their external genitalia sliced off. It's about women "choosing" to have that done to their very young daughters. Prattling about "choice" as if it were a fucking manicure or a haircut is insulting.


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Nina Garcia's Look Book
Now that Season 8 of Project Runway is underway, we get to see Nina Garcia on a weekly basis dolling out advice and critique to the challenged designers. As the fashion editor for Marie Claire (and formerly Elle magazine), Nina has the up-to-the-minute info on what's hot and what's not. And, she can disseminate a "look" and give advice on what works to be fashionable and stylish on a dime. So when her new book arrived here at DIYStyle, we were intrigued, but not surprised to see that she has now taken veritably every notable occasion and turned it into a "What to Wear" opportunity, conveying her pro style sense.
"Nina Garcia's Look Book" with illustrations by the beloved Rubin Toledo hits the bookstore this week. An easy read, just like her previous books ("The 100″ and "Little Black Book of Style"), this one gives guidance for every category of life and style possible. With sections for work, dating, day, night, holidays, life events, weddings and dream travel she pretty well covers it all! Here are some of the topics (including some that will make you smile):
- The Sweatpants Trap: What to Wear when you work from home
- Come Fly With Me: What to Wear on a business trip
- Love Hurts: What to Wear when you breakup with your boyfriend
- The New Crew: What to Wear when you meet your new boyfriends friends
- For the People: What to Wear when you are volunteering
- Curtains Up: What to Wear to a Broadway play
- Reality Bites: What to Wear when you are single on Valentines Day
- Youth Gone Wild: What to Wear to chaperone a school dance
- Objection Your Honor: What to Wear to Jury Duty
- Matriarchal Chic: What to Wear to your daughter's wedding
- On the Road Again: What to Wear when traveling
All throughout Nina infuses us with her personality–laid back tongue-in-cheek humor and fashion tips, as well as the expected (per her other books) quotes and bits of wisdom from fashion icons and others that just make the book generally fun and energetic. Read the entire book cover to cover in one sitting or (like we did), just pick it up, turn to a section and start surfing around. Either way you will come away with what to wear guidance from the best fashion guru around. Just tell your girlfriends "Nina Says"!


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Munich/Hamburg, 10 February 2012 – The technology company The Linde Group and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have agreed to advance the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) - an environmentally-friendly fuel – in the port of Hamburg. A memorandum of understanding to that effect was signed in Hamburg today. The aim is to prepare a comprehensive feasibility study to assess if the use of LNG in the port of Hamburg is economically viable. First results are expected by mid 2012.
The two organisations want to promote LNG as an alternative fuel for ships and other applications, such as trucks. On the basis of the findings of the study, concrete infrastructure projects such as, for example, the construction of an LNG terminal in the port of Hamburg can be initiated.
"Sustainability has become a crucial factor in any industry sector. Linde has not only recognised these signs, but the company is also prepared to assume responsibility. Hamburg will certainly benefit from such expertise in the long term," says Hamburg's minister for economic and labour affairs, Frank Horch.
Jens Meier, chairman of the HPA's management board, explained the moti-vation to tackle the project: "We want to encourage the port industry and technology enterprises in the port of Hamburg to co-operate more closely. Our aim is to develop sustainable long-term solutions that take account of the economic framework conditions and place more emphasis on green technologies at the same time."
LNG as an eco-friendly fuel is particularly suitable to support that aim:
"Emissions from burning natural gas are substantially lower than those caused by diesel or heavy-fuel oils. In view of the stricter environmental standards, there is a continuously rising demand for LNG solutions in the transport industry," said Dr Andreas Opfermann, Head of Clean Energy and Innovation Management at The Linde Group. Linde has many years of ex-perience when it comes to LNG as a fuel. As early as 1999 Cryo AB, a sub-sidiary of Linde, supplied the world's first LNG-powered ferry, including the necessary storage systems. Until today, Cryo AB has equipped almost 40 ships in Scandinavia. The LNG supply is ensured through LNG production plants and terminals operated by Linde.
Low-emission fuel
Compared to engines running on diesel, natural gas emit roughly 90 per cent less nitrogen oxides and up to 20 per cent fewer carbon dioxide. Sulphur dioxide and particulate matter emissions are almost completely eliminated, which is in conformity with the stricter sulphur emission limit values (Sulphur Emission Control Area – SECA) applicable from 2015. On top, LNG-based fuels reduce engine wear and thus lower operating costs.
In addition to today's memorandum of understanding, Germanischer Lloyd is currently conducting two studies on LNG, in which the HPA is also involved. Apart from the legal framework conditions, the technical requirements LNG terminals have to meet play a pivotal role. The co-operation agreement con-cluded between Linde and the HPA today ensures that the economic frame-work conditions and the operation of such facilities will be considered in future planning.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 50,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2010 financial year, it achieved sales of EUR 12.868 bn. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sus-tainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
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First international distribution center agreement for Medovex
Medovex, a developer of medical technology products, has executed the Company's first international distribution center agreement with Technology Consult Berlin GmbH (TCB), located in Berlin, Germany.
"The new international distribution center is a first step in establishing a global footprint for the distribution of the DenerveX System and then other future products within the European market. Our future plans are to further establish additional international distribution centers as we complete distributor agreements and prepare for the launch of the DenerveX system," commented Patrick Kullmann, President and COO of Medovex. TCB is expected to provide distribution support services for the various country distributors though out the EU for the launch of the DenerveX System. The Company's DenerveX System is intended to treat Facet Joint Syndrome (FJS), a condition in which the joints in the back of the spine degenerate and subsequently cause pain. The DenerveX System consists of the DenerveX device, a single use medical device and the DenerveX Pro-40 Power generator, both designed to be less invasive with faster recovery time than current surgica
Jenoptik is looking to accelerate growth with acquisition of TRIOPTICS Jenoptik is acquiring 100% of the shares in TRIOPTICS GmbH, a supplier of test equipment and manufacturing systems for optical components and sensors.
Global microelectronics market with overall stable development "Although the growth path of the global microelectronics market is intact, on a long-term trend-line, it declined by 12.1 percent to USD 412 billion in 2019," said Dr. Sven Baumann, ZVEI expert for microelectronics, sensors and actuators.
Jörg Doblaski takes on the role of X-FAB CTO X-FAB Silicon Foundries announced the appointment of Jörg Doblaski as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He fills the role of former CTO Dr. Jens Kosch, who is becoming an X-FAB Fellow and will serve as an adviser to the company's CEO Rudi De Winter.
GaN and SiC power semiconductor markets set to pass $1 billion mark in 2021 The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass USD 1 billion in 2021, energised by demand from hybrid & electric vehicles, power supplies, and photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
POET and Sanan IC Inks LoI to form $50 million JV The proposed JV aims to disrupt the data center market using the POET Optical Interposer to achieve superior economics and scale.
SG Wireless designates Digi-Key as authorised distributor for the US SG Wireless, the IoT solutions arm of EMS provider Season Group, has added Digi-Key as an authorised distributor of its IoT products for the US.
Kioxia completes acquisition of LITE-ON Technology's SSD business Kioxia Holdings Corporation says it expects to complete its acquisition of LITE-ON Technology Corporation's Solid State Drive (SSD) business, Solid State Storage Technology Corporation and its affiliated companies on July 1, 2020.
II-VI licenses technology for SiC devices and modules for power electronic II‐VI Incorporated has singed an agreement with General Electric to license GE's technology to manufacture silicon carbide (SiC) devices and modules for power electronics.
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Changes in NAND Flash Prices to Be Limited in 3Q20 Despite the reduced demand for consumer electronics and smartphones as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NAND Flash market showed a short supply in 1H20, thanks to the corresponding rising demand for cloud services and distance education, as well as increased inventory procurement by some clients concerned with a possible breakage in the supply chain.
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Osram: Slight recovery after weak 3rd quarter expected Osram Licht AG expects for the fiscal year 2020 a comparable revenue decline of -15 to -19 percent (previously:-3 and +3 percent), an adjusted EBITDA margin of 3 to 6 percent (previously: 9 to 11 percent) and a negative free cash flow in the mid double digit to lower triple digit million range.
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Siemens acquires UltraSoC Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Cambridge, UK-based UltraSoC Technologies Ltd., a provider of instrumentation and analytics solutions that put intelligent monitoring, cybersecurity and functional safety capabilities into the core hardware of system-on-chip (SoC).
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Olympus to divest Imaging Business Olympus Corporation and Japan Industrial Partners, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to carveout Olympus's Imaging business to a new company and subsequently transfer its shares to a fund managed, operated or otherwise handled by JIP.
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The California Nurses Association has finally jumped the shark.
The nurses union has a history of putting on successful political theater that has swayed the outcome of campaigns.
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But this year, CNA is reprising this theater in a way that doesn't make much sense. Indeed, there is a bit of bullying in the nurses approach.
The intended target, according to a Sacramento Bee report, is any would-be opponent of Prop 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary tax hike initiative. They're staging street theater to attack "bungling billionaires" who would give money to oppose an initiative that would raise taxes, temporarily, on sales taxes and on income above $250,000.
There are two problems with this approach. First, the no campaign hasn't raised much money. The nurses union's own $1 million donation in support of Prop 30 dwarfs the fundraising for the no side.
But the larger problem is that the case against Prop 30 really isn't about taxes. More progressive taxation, and higher rates on the rich, makes all the sense in the world, since the wealthy have received nearly all of the income gains in recent years. If that were the only thing in the measure, it would easily pass in California.
But Prop 30 is a long and complicated measure. It locks into the constitution funding streams for local governments, and locks in austerity levels of funding for public services. And of course, it's part of a plan by a governor who has steadfastly refused to address the broken governance system in California.
There are a host of better options -- to raise taxes permanently, to remake the tax system to produce more and more reliable revenues, to rebuild the budget process, to reform governance so the pieces of California's system work together.
Prop 30 does none of this. It's narrow and small. There should be a big open debate about Prop 30 and about the broken system. But the nurses seem determined to restrict that debate, by going after anyone who might contribute against Prop 30.
So in this case, the nurses have sided with the powerful, including the governor, and the wealthy who have mostly given in favor of this measure. It doesn't make sense for the union, at lea
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Philadelphia Wedding Brawl: N.J. man charged in melee posts bail, will fight charges
(CBS/AP) PHILADELPHIA - A lawyer for a man charged with assaulting police during a post-wedding brawl that broke out at a Philadelphia hotel says his client has posted bail and will fight the charges.
Twenty-six-year-old Westfield, N.J., resident Matthew Sofka had been attending his brother's wedding over the weekend and the family was staying at a Sheraton hotel in the city's Society Hill section where the fight began. Authorities say Sofka assaulted police during the fight and is charged with aggravated assault and other counts.
Defense attorney Fortunato Perri Jr. tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the fight was already under way when Sofka arrived at the hotel and that his client did not assault police.
Perri says the wedding reception was held at a restaurant downtown and the families returned to the hotel afterward. He's not sure how Sofka ended up in the middle of the brawl.
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- Automatic Farms
- Bee breeding
- Tree breeding
- Intelligent Backpacks
- Mail System
- Energy Production
- Compatibility with several mods, most notably Buildcraft, IndustrialCraft 2, Railcraft and RedPower 2.
- Go to the wiki at http://forestry.sengir.net/wiki
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- Step 0: Check that your minecraft is at the required version. Down- or upgrade as necessary. If you already have a compatible BuildCraft or IndustrialCraft2 installed, you can skip directly to Step 4.
- Step 1: Find your minecraft.jar. On windows it will be located in /.minecraft/bin. Backup your current minecraft.jar.
- Step 2: Delete the folder META-INF in your minecraft.jar. Not deleting it will cause the game to fail to start up, even if you installed everything else correctly.
- Step 3: Open your minecraft.jar with WinRAR or 7zip. Drag and drop the contents of the zip file for Minecraft Forge into the .jar. You have to install the mods in this exact order!
- Step 4: Add forestry-A-*.jar to your mod folder in /.minecraft/mods. This is also where the files for BuildCraft and IndustrialCraft2 should be located.
- Step 5 (optional): Test your installation by launching the minecraft client. Press the button "Login" in the launcher and wait for the main menu to appear. Now check the file ForgeModLoader-client-0.log in /.minecraft/. You should find a line that says "[FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Activating mod Forestry" or something similar. If the file does not mention Forestry, something is amiss.


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Jolt Awards: Coding Tools, January 28, 2014 The best IDEs and coding tools of the past 12 months
Finalist: Developer Express CodeRush 13.2
Developer Express CodeRush is a Visual Studio plugin that helps you navigate complex code, refactor it, debug it, and test it with greater ease. It provides an innovative and seamless integration with Visual Studio that really increases productivity. It uses icons, animations, and interactive pop-ups to provide useful information about the code. It enables you to perform both simple and complex refactorings with just a few clicks. In fact, CodeRush provides a very complete refactoring catalog so much so that it is almost impossible to find a refactoring task that isn't available in the product.
CodeRush increases its value when you enable its Debug Visualizer, which removes the need to watch different Visual Studio windows such as Autos, Locals, and Watch. This feature displays all the information you need to know in the most-convenient place, your code. You cannot go back to the default Visual Studio debugging experience after you try the Debug Visualizer, especially when you work with complex expressions and formulas within your code. (see illustration above). In adition, the smart duplicate-code finder and the integrated support for unit testing also add significant value to an already stellar product.
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Planning commissioner resigns to work for Obama
The Albemarle Planning Commission is short one member with the resignation of UVA law prof Jon Cannon, who is working with the Environmental Protection Agency for the new administration. Cannon, who was EPA general counsel from 1995-1998, was named to the Obama transition team in November. Board of Supervisors chair David Slutzky will appoint someone from the Rio District to complete Cannon's term, which goes through December 31. Applications are available at www.albemarle.org.


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Lindenwood University has been selected as an NAIA Champions of Character Institution for 2004 by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA.
The NAIA Champions of Character program strives to create an environment in which every NAIA student-athlete, coach, official and spectator is committed to the true spirit of competition through five tenets: respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
The NAIA introduced its "Champions of Character" initiative in 2000 and seeks to emphasize character development in NAIA student-athletes and youth sports.
Lindenwood is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lions compete in all 21 NIAIA sports for men and women and as part of the Heart of America Athletic Conference. In addition, the Lions compete independently in 17 other mens and women's sports.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- One person was killed and five others injured, one critically, in a shooting at a Connecticut nightclub, police say.
New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman said the shooter should be captured quickly because the incident was captured on video, the New Haven Register reported Sunday.
Esserman said the victim, Erica Robinson, 26, of West Haven, was not the intended target of the 3:30 a.m. Saturday incident at the Key Club Cabaret.
Another victim, Jahad Ramsey, 29, of New Haven, was in critical condition.
The club's Facebook page said it was offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.


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In a festival with more than fifteen concerts – each of which features multiple works – dances are bound to blend into one another. But when a work stands out in this context, you know it's the real deal. That's what happened again and again with Sahar Azimi's choreography at Machol Bamidbar (Dance in the Desert) in June 2008. From the first duet I saw to the gasp-inducing solo for a woman from Bo Targish (Come Feel), and then to the poetic group piece Ze, Sahar's artistic voice captured my attention and remained in my mind long after the festival was over.
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Quick follow-up on last week's blog post about my bricked E-PM1: despite telling me on the phone that I should be expecting a four week service time, Olympus was able to service my camera within just two business days and have it sent back within a week! I'm impressed.
Surprisingly, they apparently had to repair the "main circuit board" to fix the issue. It really surprises me that a firmware update could have that kind of an impact on the hardware, but maybe this is an indication that there was something wrong with the camera from the very beginning.
Anyway, thanks Olympus for really quick service and for ensuring that I have a working camera over the summer!


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This activity took J's matching skills up a notch and was cheap, very easy to prepare and from start to finish allowed for lots of play time.
First, we got some of those growing sponges from the dollar section as Target. I have no clue what these are actually called, but they come in little pill shapes and grow in warm water? I gave J a few new ones to play with during bathtime over the past few days. He's still entertained by 2 or 3 at a time, so I might as well get good use out of that dollar. I tried implementing some learning during this time, keeping one in hot water and one in cooler water to see which grew the fastest. On another night we kept one still in a cup and the other he got to pour from one cup to the other to see if that made it grow faster. Honestly though, J was paying little attention to the mini-science experiment and just wanted to play with them.
We saved all the sponge creatures and when he finished the entire package I dried them all out and stored them with the packaging for a rainy day. On the back of the package, there is a silhouette of each creature along with its name. I cut those out into individual pieces and had J match the sponge creature to its silhouette. I keep a few different sets of these in ziploc baggies to pull out every now and then. As he improves, I increase the number to match each time. He thinks it's a puzzle (and he loves puzzles).
This type of matching is actually a little more difficult because…
- they aren't matching two exact items but rather an object and an image
- there is a size difference in the objects and images
- the silhoueete factor means there is little detail to each object and image, forcing to look at the outline of each object (and J often does not actually know what the object is so he must focus on shape)
- the colors of the image and object aren't always the same
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McBreen and Morales stopped from entering city hall
Paul Joseph Watson
Friday, April 13, 2012
Infowars reporters Darrin McBreen and Marcos Morales were barred from entering city hall in Roswell, Georgia and had their movements tracked by police simply for asking questions about the case of Andrew Wordes, the "chicken man" who was the victim of a sustained campaign of government harassment that led directly to his tragic death.
As we reported earlier this week, Wordes was subjected to an intense multi-year onslaught of intimidation and abuse by city councilors simply for keeping chickens on his land. After Wordes won several court cases allowing him to keep his home, the city bought out the mortgage on the property, declared it to be part of a 'green' zone and teamed up with federal Marshals to raid the house, culminating in an explosion which killed Wordes.
Despite McBreen and Morales carrying legitimate press passes, as soon as they pulled up outside city hall and attempted to enter the building, they were intercepted by police who claimed they didn't "have the proper credentials to enter city hall". Three police cars then arrived and cops ordered McBreen and Morales to leave, adding that they knew the reporters had visited the "chicken man's property" earlier.
Shortly afterwards when the reporters traveled to Wordes' burned-out property for a second time, police were immediately on the scene, suggesting the reporters were being followed.
Contrary to claims by city officials that Wordes' small chicken farm was a "nuisance" to neighbors, Infowars spoke with residents who expressed their horror and sadness at Wordes' death, insisting that he was a valued member of the community who would hand out free eggs to both neighbors and the local elementary school and was not a nuisance to anybody.
Indeed, support for Wordes was so widespread that the Mayor attempted to help and the Sheriff's office refused to participate in the raid that led to his death.
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"This was ugly. It shouldn't have happened and it didn't have to happen," said Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson.
"We were aware of threats from Andrew to defend his property. A dispossessory over a derelict house is not worth an armed confrontation," Mayor Jere Wood said. "The judgment call we made was it was not worth pursuing, but another official made another judgment."
In addition, local Roswell police also refused to take part in the raid, leaving the job to federal Marshals.
McBreen and Morales will continue to report from Roswell today in an effort to get more answers about the case and to discover whether any of the councilors who harassed Wordes to his death will face legal retribution.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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Rhii is going to tell us about how grinding is farming, or is it farming is grinding, depending on your perspective.
This promoted the thought about how much the grind has changed from Vanilla through to WoLK.
One thing that needs to be clearly stated is that WoW has always been, and will probably always will be a game whose foundations are farming grinding.
The quests, raids, PvP, roleplaying etc are just the icing on the cold boring concrete tasting foundation that is farming grinding.
Vanilla was a grind. Raiders raided only 4 night per week, but played harder hours the other 3 days grinding the mats they needed to raid in the first place.
Grinding wasn't just a "reward" for raiders, you had to grind for everything. Believe it or not, epic land mounts were EPIC! or at least the grind to acquire the cash was.
Most people took out loans just to buy their normal mounts because the grind would be easier with the mount thus it would be easier to repay the loan than to struggle away on foot and save up.
The Vanilla Reputation Grind
Reputation Grinding was one of the hardest and most tedious parts of the game. If you think grinding rep with the Timbermaw is a chore now, imagine what it was like when you were fighting 40 other people for kills and drops rather than the current 3 or 4!
Why do you think they allowed reputation gains raid wide? The only way to get the rep "efficiently" was to bring 39 mates with you.
1 kill = 1 rep, unless they are gray.. Then you get none!
The Vanilla XP Grind
No RAF, no Heirlooms, no uber TBC gear. It was hard going. It was hard to be OP against the mobs, many of the quest mobs were Elites.
The reason people would "gratz" you every time you got a level, no matter how minor, was because you had earned it. You had ground day and night, squeezed every last XP out of a zone.
The leveling guides were 1-60 in 21 days played… Now they are 1-80 in 5 days played.
The Vanilla Mats Grind
Mats… I mentioned mats before, but you need to put it in context. In Vanilla you had to grind out the mats. Every piece of stone or herb required its own click. Hell, you even had to take an extra action to put it in your backpack!
Mounts were slow and land bound. The land was large and the mobs were larger. It was hard work!
When TBC came out, people largely abandoned mat gathering in Azeroth and the prices went through the roof. But that didn't matter, you could grind up the price of the old world mats in an hour, or grind the mats in a day.
A friend of mine wouldn't leave Azeroth until he had finished leveling blacksmithing… He ground for weeks. Then got to Outland and broke down and cried at all the lost time.
The Burning Crusade
There were dramatic improvements in TBC as far as grinding was concerned. Blizzard had heard our cries and received our blood and tear covered subscriptions, so things changed.
The TBC Reputation Grind
Grinding rep became so much easier. The quests were dripping rep, you had to fight your way through the rep in the instances… but it wasn't all peaches and cream.
If you played the rep gain wrong (ie. Honor Hold) you would complete all the quests but then be starved of the rep you needed to enter the instances that would gain you more rep.
To grind Aldor/Scryer rep you just needed to hand in cloth… Mmm the same cloth you needed for the crafting grind… And you needed piles for both. Unfortunately your fiends couldn't spare any, they needed it for rep, and the rep vendors wouldn't give it back to tailors cheap.
The TBC XP Grind
Grinding XP became quite easy… Actually stupidly easy. I remember I needed to go back to Azeroth to grind some runecloth. The mobs would take 5 hits to kill and award me 30xp. In Outland I 2 shot the mobs and they would give me 400 xp.
Nearly everyone hit 70 before clearing the zones of their quests. Most people used the last 3 zones they had to clear, to bank roll their flying mounts, once the XP stopped and the bonus gold began.
The TBC Mats Grind
Farming Mats was less of a grind. Our birds took us anywhere we needed to be, quickly and directly. We could drop in on a node, pluck it and escape before the wandering mobs discovered us.
Even grinding motes was fun. I had a ball blasting spirits for their motes of mana. The only time it became problem was when you had to tag 3 at once so you could beat off the competition.
That said, the mats requirements were huge. Anyone that ground out the mats for Spellfire and Spellstrike will tell you that many raids, instances and quests were missed to get that set… But then everyone knows it was OP!
The TBC Daily Grind
Then Blizzard did the 1st of its dirty deeds…
It introduced dailies…
Lots of dailies. Netherwing, Ogri'la, Fishing, Cooking, Sunwell and more
Still, they were kind of fun. I can't say I have ever done a Netherwing daily… I couldn't afford the time, but they weren't essential. They were additional income sources and epeen quests.
They were non-essential for the average raider and non raider alike.
The TBC Badge Grind
Then the grind started the downward spiral into the hell we see today.
They introduced badges and the opportunity to grind them from heroics and later raids.
Their intentions were pure, introduce a currency that allowed late comers to gear up and experience Kara and beyond.
But they slipped and added one drop too much of sinister sauce.
Now it was grind or be damned!
Linking of armoury is not a new invention in WoLK, although at least back in TBC you could just quote your spellpower.
Everyone wanted Mechanar for the quick badges, no one want Shadow Lab… Too bad if you needed to run Shadow Lab, the badges were easier picking elsewhere.
Wrath of the Lich King
The WoLK Reputation Grind
When WoLK hit the stores we eagerly awaited the grind free rep gains, especially the new tabards which granted us the ability to choose our instance rep of choice.
The quests showered us with rep and there were rep dailies galore!
Of course if you couldn't do regular dailies you were in a bit of trouble.
If you couldn't thrust Hodir's spear you were stuffed.
If you mainly raided rather than instanced, you would go insane.
The Daily Grind
If you could do dailies, then you were set for the life of the expansion. Cooking dailies, Fishing dailies, Instance dailies, Heroic dailies, PvP dailies, Reputation dailies, not to mention all the other crafting dailies.
Dailies were the order of the day… Screw you if you didn't play daily of course.
Blizzard did make it easier with at least one daily grind, you can now shove Hodir's spear where it fits and just buy your way to exalted via the AH.
Of course you may have to do dailies just to get the gold…
But then they introduced another daily grind, the Argent Tournament. At least for a while there you could grind out the objectives for 2 or 3 dailies at the same time… But that was never going to last…
No sense in learning lessons from Vanilla or even TBC and reducing the grind…
Grinding Achievements
I haven't even touched on grinding Achievements, which really came to the fore in WoLK, but they are definitely another grind, well they are if you set out to achieve them.
They are just another distracting grind to add to the list.
The WoLK Emblem Grind
Speaking of repeated mistakes, emblems are the new badges.
Admittedly you can earn them just about everywhere… I dare say you will earn them soon just for logging on… Well I hope so.
The problems that have repeated themselves are:
- Armory checks
- Widening gear gap
Armory checks really came to the fore near the end of TBC. People wanted badge runs and the only good badge run was a fast and trouble free badge run. Heroics or Kara, it didn't matter, you better not need the badges if you want a group!
Things are no different in WoLK, unless you consider worse different.
Now you need Ulduar or ToC gear to do introductory instances. Now you need achievements for completely unnecessary things to be able to run.
Might as well ask:
LF1M, tank, must have Brew of the Month Achievement
for all it really matters.
Once again:
If you need it, forget it. If you don't need it, I have a raid spot warming for you now.
Bizarrely, I believe that the reason the flood of emblems was introduced is the one thing that is failing.
The objective is to reduce the gear gap between Ulduar geared toons and new to 80 toons.
The ePeening geared get more geared, while the crafted epic'd unwashed get left behind.
On top of that, every heroic instance has now become a daily. You must run multiple dailies every day if you want to have any hope of keeping up.
Is it any wonder that I hear and read every day of people abandoning their mains to play their alts, and one of the main reasons is to escape the daily grind.
Screw Emblems, give us loot tables.
The kind a Mage can summon… That would ensure our raid spot!
No seriously instead of emblem runs, let the instance bosses drop better loot… The loot they have gained off all those overgeared fallen adventurers.
Let the heroics drop their normal loot, plus a random piece of Naxx10 loot.. The whole loot table RNG on a heroic boss.
Let the x10 instances drop the x25 loot in a similar fashion. Normal x10 loot + 1 piece of x25. The x25 raids dropping loot from the higher x10 raid.
There is just as much reason to run the instances and raids, but we also get that immense joy of the surprise drop… We get RNG loot followed by a RNG roll… Screw purchasing epic loot!
Rhii falls to Grinding.
I was expecting a bit of a rebuttal from Rhii about my pessimistic "grind" perspective. I was expecting to read how one man's grind is another's enjoyable farming session.
However part way through her post the grind crept in, finishing with her informing us how much more she is enjoying her Alt.
So, I guess, in defense of the farmers, grinding can be fun and when it is I would term it as farming.
Grinding could be more fun for everyone… We could all be farmers rather than jaded grinders.
Maybe it's about stepping back and trying to change our own perspective, find the patches of farming amongst the sea of grind. Turn our scowl around and make it a smile.
Maybe it's about finding alternatives to the grind and with the release of Cataclysm next year and it's resultant upheaval, maybe now is the time to farm an Alt.
Gnomer and Out!
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MIllions of fans will tune in on Sunday to watch the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII. Football fans will drop billions of dollars on game day festivities and eat enough food to feed a small country. Here are how the numbers stack up for this year's championship event.
48: The 2014 game marks the 48th time the two conference champions played each other at the Super Bowl. The NFL use numbers instead of the year to identify the game to avoid the confusion associated with having a championship game that is played on a year different from the regular season. Experts credit the use of roman numbers to Lamar Hunt, the late owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, who said it made the game "much more important" and "magisterial," according to the AP.
$12.3 Billion: Total estimated spending by Americans on game day food, athletic wear, decorations and televisions, according to the National Retail Federation.
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1.25 billion: The estimated number of chicken wings that fans will munch on over Super Bowl weekend, according to the National Chicken Council. This is about 20 million more wings than what was consumed at last year's Super Bowl.
104.2 million: The estimated number of pounds of avocados that football fans will eat during Sunday's game. That is up from 8 million pounds in 2000 or a 1,202.5 percent increase, according to the Hass Avocado Board.
28.8 million: Potato chips, in pounds, that Americans will eat on game day, according to the Calorie Control Council.
11 million: Estimated number of pizza slices Dominos Pizza plans to deliver on Super Bowl Sunday.
$4 million: Average cost of a 30-second spot during the big game, according to to Ad Age.
$90.76 million: The amount of money wagered in Las Vegas for Super Bowl XLVII, according to SBNation.com.
108: Number of footballs produced for each team by Wilson solely for the Super Bowl. Fifty four is used for the game and the other 54 is used for practice.
80,000: Estimated number of spectators expected to descend on New Jersey's MetLife Stadium to watch the Seahawks play the Broncos.
181 million: Estimated umber of Americans expected to watch the game.
12,000: Number of parking spots at the game.
$218: Starting price of a parking pass for the Super Bowl on StubHub.com
4,590: Number of Super Bowl tickets left on StubHub, five days before the game.
30 percent: The chance of rain or snow on game day.
5,000: Number of people from the press that will attend the Super Bowl.
3,000: Number of private security guards on site, CNN reported. This is in addition to the more than 700 New Jersey State police officers deployed in and around the stadium.


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A two year profile of drinking water quality in the US
Just Add Water: Foreward
This just in: The U.S. House of Representatives is getting ready to overhaul the federal law that protects the safety of America's tap water.
If they pass their bill, pass me the Perrier.
In fact, you can bank on a boom in bottled water if the House adopts legislation even remotely resembling the draft bill circulated by Rep. Thomas J. Bliley of Virginia, the former funeral home director who now chairs the committee with jurisdiction over drinking water safety.
Consistent with the very worst environmental measures rushed through the House thus far during the 104th Congress - and they've passed some real losers - Mr. Bliley's draft would weaken basic public health standards, allowing more toxins in tap water. Among other disturbing features, Mr. Bliley's plan would undercut and delay EPA efforts to control the cancer-causing byproducts of chlorination, and make it very hard for citizens to find out if their drinking water is contaminated. Communities of all sizes would be hit hard, small and medium-sized towns and cities especially so.
Now is hardly the time to weaken drinking water safeguards or keep consumers in the dark about contamination. In an unprecedented warning issued less than a year ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said that if your immune system is weak as a result of chemotherapy, a severe infection, or an illness such as cancer or AIDS, you should consult your doctor before you drink a glass of tap water in the United States of America, because it could kill you. But what are doctors supposed to do, test their patients' tap water like they test their blood?
Blunter advice came a month earlier from the main trade association of drinking water utilities, the American Water Works Association. Referring to tap water contamination by the parasite Cryptosporidium - the bug that killed over 100 people in Milwaukee in 1993 and made tens of thousands ill - the AWWA flatly stated that "HIV-infected people should always boil water, regardless of whether an outbreak has been detected." [emphasis added]. Mind you, this is not a precaution for Americans traveling to a developing country. It is a warning to Americans on a trip to their kitchen tap.
Even as the water utility industry has given up on delivering safe water to people with weakened immune systems, it has been pressing hard for a relaxation of federal safeguards that cost water suppliers profits if they're privately owned, and cause political headaches if they're public. The loudest complaint is that federal mandates require utilities to conduct expensive tests for too many contaminants that the water suppliers claim seldom or never taint their water. But it turns out that in 41 states EPA has approved a formal program by which utilities can waive monitoring requirements if initial testing, proximity to pollution sources, and other factors indicate that specific contaminants are not a threat. Another 4 states have an informal program in place to do the same thing.
Pesticide companies also have good reason to see the drinking water law weakened. Pesticides, notably weed killers, contaminate the tap water of millions of Americans. EPA is scheduled to issue new drinking water standards for 25 contaminants under current law. Based on the agency's ongoing review, as many as 14 of those contaminants could be pesticides. That may partly explain the millions of dollars in PAC contributions the pesticide industry has provided to Congress this year.
But no one has taken tap water politics as low as the dirty trick artists at the Chlorine Chemistry Council, who saw in the warnings to HIV-infected people a chance to advance their agenda. The council, an arm of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, is fighting an EPA rule to reduce chlorination byproducts in drinking water. EPA is worried about the cancer risks; the Chlorine Council is worried about profits.
So the council began a covert phone call campaign aimed at AIDS groups across the country, implying that EPA's proposed chlorine rule threatened AIDS patients with more outbreaks of Cryptosporidium, according to a recent investigation by the Associated Press.1 In many cases the council used financial supporters of the AIDs groups to make the calls, concealing the industry's connection. "AIDS groups were incensed," according to the AP, "particularly because the appeal implied that reducing chlorine use would multiply the risk from Cryptosporidium. Scientists say chlorine alone has virtually no effect on the microbe." The AP stated that "the groups said AIDS patients actually would be harmed by the industry-backed changes because they would delay and weaken the new rule, which contains the first protections against Cryptosporidium." Mr. Bliley's draft "safe" drinking water bill, by the way, would solve the Chlorine Council's problem.
Clearly, what's in or not in that glass of water you draw from the tap is a high stakes matter for chemical companies, pesticide manufacturers and water utilities alike. Just Add Water is a series of reports - a national summary and 50 individual reports, one for each state - that documents violations of federal Safe Drinking Water Act health standards during 1994 and 1995 for every water system in the nation. That includes schools, hospitals and daycare centers, over 1,500 of which reported violations of drinking water health standards in 1994-1995. The studies are based on an Environmental Working Group analysis of 16 million government computer records of drinking water monitoring results, enforcement actions, and violations of health standards. Just Add Water was prepared by EWG staff members Brian Cohen, Richard Wiles and Chris Campbell, and by Erik Olson, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council who is one of the nation's leading authorities on drinking water policy. Public interest groups across the nation, including Environmental Information Center, Clean Water Action, state PIRGs, Citizen Action, and a number of grass roots organizations will be releasing the state-level studies. No doubt their demands will seem extreme in some circles. After all, they want pure, clean, affordable water, right from the tap. If it's contaminated, they believe Americans have a right to know. And they think the public interest, not just special interests, should be at the table when Congress sets national policy on tap water safety.
I'll drink to that.
Kenneth A. Cook


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Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' Documentary Trailer Released
Dave Grohl has fashioned a documentary about the famed Sound City Studios – Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors' are part of the studio's repertoire, to name few. A super short and not-very-informative but utterly evocative trailer has been released. It's more of a teaser than anything.
There's fast-paced images of major artists like Tom Petty and more, but there's no dialogue. It's just clips of luminaries like Trent Reznor, Stevie Nicks and a host of others from their interviews, talking and being expressive with their hands as a riff blasts in the background. Whatever they are saying, we can't hear it because the music blares.
That said, there are a few words sprinkled throughout. However, the most poignant? When the trailer ends and someone declares, "Sound City. That's it, man." There's also a shot of Grohl, letting out belly laugh before the teaser ends.
There's not much you can glean about the film from this trailer. But there are jam sessions with Corey Taylor as well as Stephen Pearcy of Ratt.
A theatrical release date for this ultimate rock doc has yet to be determined. This trailer, while short, has us amped up to see the film, be it at an arthouse theater or from the comforts of our own homes on DVD.


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High Quality vs. Low Quality Fiberglass Window Shutters: What Differentiates Them?
Discussing the Differences Between Low and High Quality Fiberglass Window Shutters
Reputation and a solid warranty are two things high-end manufacturers have in common. They're skilled at designing high quality products so they stand behind them with long-term warranties. If you can't afford high-end manufacturers like Pella or Marvin, you're not alone! The bad news is, when you choose low quality products, they can end up costing more in repair and replacement costs. So before buying from a lesser-known source, consider construction, design, and thickness.
Fiberglass is one of the top building materials. It doesn't warp or twist, and it's so strong that it's approved for use in hurricane-prone areas. Combine fiberglass with a high quality shutter design, and it will last at least 20 years. A poorly designed shutter can rob fiberglass of all its benefits, so beware.
Low quality fiberglass shutters use a number of money-saving techniques. They typically use weaker non-mortise hinges, which are easy to fasten and remove, rather than butt hinges, which offer a stronger hold. They're made with one coat of paint instead of two and the panels are joined by glue rather than rabbeting, which is a more effective method of joining two pieces of material.
Low quality fiberglass shutters will also have thin louvers instead of thick ones. This type of fiberglass shutter is more likely to peel and the components won't stand the test of time.
High quality fiberglass shutters typically have five louvers or more. Low quality shutters have four or less, meaning they're cut-to-fit (made in multiple sizes that can be cut to fit your window) rather that custom. Cut-to-fit designs are less expensive to make because they're made to predetermined sizes with fewer louvers. Restricted views, less light, and a low quality look are just a few problems with low quality cut-to-fit designs.
High quality fiberglass shutters are never cut-to fit. They're made to fit the dimensions of a specific window and to be in proportion with the shutter rails and louver area. The result is a balanced shutter that allows more air and light to enter.
Another way to determine quality is by determining stile thickness. Stiles are the vertical pieces on the sides of each panel. The stile thickness on a high quality fiberglass window shutter is from 1 to 1 1/16 inches thick. Stiles on a low quality shutter are around 15/16 inches thick. Thicker stiles are more stable, sag-proof, and less likely to warp over time.


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Computer Engineering: All students with M.S. degrees entering the ECE Ph.D. program during Fall 2010 or later, 24-units of graduate engineering or science courses taken at UCSB are required as part of the 72-unit Ph.D. graduation requirement for a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering. To count towards the requirement, a grade of B or better must be attained.
Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (CCSP) or Electronics and Photonics (EP): there are no coursework requirements per se for those who enter the ECE Ph.D. program with an M.S. degree already. However, to establish a G.P.A., a student must take at least a course for a letter grade. Faculty advisors may require a student to take more courses for breadth and depth. Additionally, it might be helpful to take more courses in preparation for the Ph.D. Screening Exam.
The purpose of the Ph.D. Screening Examination is to screen candidates for continuation in the doctoral program. This exam is not required for admission to the Ph.D. program; however, to remain in the Ph.D. program, all students are required to pass the exam, which is normally given twice a year at the beginning of Fall and Spring quarters.
The Exam is oral with the focus on the dissertation problem and is administered by the student's Doctoral Committee. It will include considerable depth in the student's area of specialization, as required for a successful completion of the dissertation. The student confers with committee members to set up the date/time of the exam. The necessary forms are available in the ECE Graduate Student Office and should be completed prior to the exam.
It is understood that upon passing the Qualifying Examination, the student has presented an approved dissertation research proposal and has demonstrated substantial readiness to undertake the research.
Once advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, the nonresident tuition is reduced by 100% for the next nine quarters effective the quarter after an international student has advanced to candidacy.
For the Defense of Dissertation, the candidate must defend the dissertation before the Doctoral Committee and give a public seminar presentation. Ordinarily, the public presentation is considered part of the Examination. The Committee will meet with the student after the Examination to discuss any areas that need revision or additional work.
Notify the ECE Graduate Student Office one week prior to exam date so paperwork can be processed.
Graduation is different from the commencement ceremony. When a student graduates, they finish all degree requirements.
Commencement ceremonies occur once a year after the last day of the Spring quarter. The Graduate Student ceremony has always been at 4 p.m. on the Sunday after the last day of spring quarter. To attend the ceremony, sign up on the Graduate Division website. Information about commencement is usually available early in the Spring quarter.


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Mrs Timberlake was out last night at the premiere for her film The Truth About Emmanuel which screened at Sundance and is currently available On Demand. A theatrical release will follow in January, which is typically where/when movies go to die. But, you know, it's hard out there for an "indie" actress. And I think that's what she's calling herself these days. OK.
As you can see, Mrs T looked lovely in a crop top under a black leather jacket with a knee-length skirt. SO pretty. Because her face is pretty. And it's nice to see it not hidden under that f-cking fringe.
Where's Mr Timberlake? She supported him and they posed on the carpet together when he was named to the GQ Men of the Year list and at the premiere of Runner, Runner. Oh, RIGHT. It's HER event, not his. I get it.
But his presence was felt, as it always is. She's in a black phase – with her holiday decorations (click here to see that post from yesterday) – and her wardrobe now, because it's all about the black and white Suit & Tie.


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Not all side-impact head air bags are designed to deploy as rollover air bags. Check with your dealer and vehicle manufacturer for the availability of side-impact head air bags that can also operate as rollover air bags.
If a rollover is detected, the side-impact head air bags are typically triggered in combination with safety belt retractors to remove slack from the safety belt and keep the occupant firmly in the seat. Most side-impact head air bags deploy downward from the overhead roof rail, very close to the side windows. In many cases the rollover sensing system can determine an imminent rollover when the roll angle is very small and all four wheels are still on the ground.
When deployed as rollover air bags, side-impact head air bags will stay inflated longer to help protect the heads of the occupants during the rollover. They also keep the occupants of the outboard seats from being thrown from the vehicle. The combination of these air bags and properly worn safety belts can significantly reduce the chance of ejection.


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Pictures On Gold makes it possible to build your own photo locket your own way. They make getting a personalized gift simple and fun. I was able to build a sterling silver photo locket for Madilyn. When I was a child I really wanted a locket so I was excited to get Madi one of her own knowing how much I wanted one. Of course she is a bit young to enjoy it, but I am happy to have it for her as she gets older.
I made a sterling silver locket with Madilyn's initials on the front. Inside I posted a newborn picture of her on one side and one of her about 9 months. On the back I added a little note to her and her birth date. Using the Pictures On Gold website was easy. I was able to easily upload pictures and move them around to fit well in the locket. There are choices of font, engraving, and personalization. When I received the locket I was excited to see how it turned out. I was a little disappointed because one of the pictures turned out half color and half back and white. I had ordered it in black and white. I contacted the company and they quickly made a new locket the way I ordered it and sent it out. The second locket came an it was perfect. I love the way it looks and can't wait for Madi to be a little older and be able to wear it.
Pictures On Gold makes it easy and fun to make personalized gifts that will be treasured for years.


text: Dover Saddlery proudly presents the Ovation™line of English riding apparel, helmets and tack. Ovation offers both classic and colorful styles to suit the tastes and disciplines of many riders. From breeches, jods and riding gloves to saddles, bridles and breastplates, Dover carries a wide array of Ovation English riding products.


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Use the Crop tab to indicate the areas of the input images that hugin should exclude from the stitching output. Note that unlike PTGui, setting crop parameters in hugin doesn't change the Field of View or optical centre of your images, it simply indicates areas of the image to be masked out.
(In detail, hugin uses the S 'selection' parameter in the i and o script lines instead of the C 'crop' parameter)
Note that this image cropping shouldn't be confused with a camera's Crop factor, which is something else entirely.
There are three situations where you might want to use crop parameters in hugin:
- With a scanned input image, there are usually black edges or marks along the sides of the image.
- With a circular Fisheye Projection image there are black unexposed areas outside the image circle.
- Some lenses have a lot of flaring around the edges which you don't want to keep.
Depending on the input image type, cropping has two different behaviours:
- For circular fisheye photos the crop area is a circle.
- For any other input image, the crop area is a rectangle.
(Change the input image type in the Hugin Camera and Lens tab)
The Crop tab features four text boxes for Left, Top, Right and Bottom where you can manually enter the positions of the four edges. The origin is top left and numbers indicate the distance in pixels from this origin.
Note that numbers can be negative and can extend beyond the width and height of the photo, this is primarily useful for partial fisheye images where the full circle is not visible, in this case the crop circle extends beyond the picture frame.
The default Always center crop on d,e assumes that all cropping is symmetrical around the optical centre of the lens. This is normal unless you are using the crop feature to remove lens flare, in which case the crop may need to be asymmetrical.
The d and e lens parameters setting the position of the optical centre are used by the Lens correction model and are set in the Hugin Camera and Lens tab.
Select the image to be cropped in the list to the left, you can adjust the position of the crop area by dragging the perimeter in the image preview on the right.


text: Don E. Mason of Gulfport has been named 2009-2010 chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association. Mason is currently a business development and governmental relations consultant for Seemann Composites Inc. and Pickering Inc., and is retired vice president of external affairs and corporate services for Mississippi Power Company. In addition to Mason, other members of the MMA executive committee are: chairman-elect, ...Read More »


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Welcome to Snapdots! Complete dozens of puzzle pictures by rotating the puzzle to find the best angle and shooting blocks from your UFO. If the placement isn't quite right, use the UFO to retrieve blocks and shoot them in different spots.
Adding to the challenge, puzzles often contain several types of blocks and spots, each with its own characteristics. Journey to multiple planets to tackle puzzles individually in Puzzle mode, or try to clear as many puzzles as you can within a time limit in the frenetic Time Attack mode. In either mode, strategy and action combine to create a classic puzzle game that definitely hits the spot.
Also known as: Snap Dots


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