The 365Astronomy Bahtinov Focusing Mask features variable fixing rods made of brass and covered by a soft transparent plastic tube for safer grab. The mask itself is made from a black, lightweight, flexible plastic material.
Just like a solar filter, place the Bahtinov mask in front of the telescope tube and secure it with the plastic covered rods from inside or outside of the tube. When you use it with a camera lens, most likely you'll be able to secure it only at the outer perimeter of the lens as camera lenses don't usually have a long enough edge to place the rods inside it, unless you'll use the lens with an optional lens shade if such available for your camera lens. The problem might be that many camera lens shades are of not simple tubular shape...in that case better to install the Bahtinov on the camera lens' body rather than onto an asymmetric lens shade.
With the help of the resulting diffraction pattern of a star precise focus can be determined. From the star's diffraction spike there are three rays formed; when the distance between them is the same then the optimum focus is reached.
This can be used of course not only visually but via a dSLR, CSC, mirrorless compact camera, CCD or CMOS camera as well. Especially in combination with live-view cameras, the otherwise painful focusing process becomes a breeze.
If you need to use a telescope dew shield, that's fine, please use the Bahtinov mask inside the dew shield or from outside at the end.
As you can see on the pictures there are three appr. 8mm long obstructions on the mask with the slots for the fixing rods that are about 7.8mm thick and 14mm long. This makes the overall diameter appr. 16mm wider than the nominal (100mm) diameter of the mask. So the overall diameter of this mask is app 116mm.
The difference between the nominal size and real size is due to the thickness of the plastic covered rods that hold the Bahtinov mask into the telescope tube. These can be used to hold the mask either from inside the tube or from outside, but please consider the above provided size info to decide about the correct size for your telescope.
65-100mm 60mm 110mm small camera lenses or small refractors like the TS 50mm APO, INED70 or other 60-80mm refractors etc.
The sample dew shield size and sample telescope in the above table are just examples, there might be many more telescopes compatible with that size within the given range of diameters...please measure the size of your camera lens or telescope and compare with the above table or contact us for advise if unsure. Please note, above table is based on our best knowledge, but to be considered as experimental and we would appreciate customer feedback about tested compatibility.


Purchasing a home is never a simple job. Whether you are a new residence purchaser or a veteran, you will need to go through a process which is a little extra complex. These 5 suggestions for buying homes will work as overviews in the process of house acquiring. This short article can aid you throughout the procedure; from the really very first step which is determining what kind of a home you would intend to buy, till the last and the most vital step which is choosing the price range of your perfect house.
You need to have had chosen that you ultimately intend to have a home you can call your very own, or merely what we call home ownership that's why you wound up here. Well, I have some things I want you to ask yourself first before we proceed. Ask these concerns: Am I really right into this? Am I focused enough? Am I particular I wish to do this? If your responses are all of course, after that you prepare. It is very crucial that you are focus as well as certain prior to stepping into this kind of service or else you could end up having problems instead of a brand-new residence.
Discover your property representative. As a new home customer, you would desire the assistance of a property agent due to the fact that when you have a realty representative, you are half method to own a home!
Finding a residence. Now, this is where the genuine job begins. This procedure could be really frustrating so I suggest that you see 7 houses at a time so you won't end up enduring psychological draining which most home customers experience after seeing 8-20 or even 30 homes!
You and also your representative can do a research study online given that a lot of the home buying as well as offering nowadays starts with on-line research. In simply few clicks of computer mouse, you can go through many realty listings, however like what I have actually informed you previously, avoid seeing more than 7 houses at a time.
Getting a financing pre-approaval ahead of time is smarter. If you do this, you will ensure just how much home you can buy.Talk to the seller. This is the moment you ought to talk with the vendor and the most important time that your representative need to participate. There are things that might not be familiar to you, yet are to your representative. Simply for example, there are the equivalent sales as well as pending sales. When you don't know these terms, your agent can assist you out.
Or this is what we called "home inspection". When you found a residence you like, you should do a home inspection, naturally to see if there are points that require fixing or improvement.In this house examination, you need to recognize that as a customer, you have the right to cancel the contract also you made a purchase offer and if you located something in your house that requires repair or renovation, you can ask the seller to fix or renovation it. The vendor has all the right to reject as well as state "no", but a lot of the moment, they simply concur than strike the contract.Learn more about 5 Marla Houses On Installments In Lahore here.


Influencer marketing offers possibilities for businesses in virtually any niche. It's grown out of celebrity endorsement, but, with nearly everybody now on social media, it turns out that relatively ordinary, down-to-earth people are often the best influencers.
To be of use to you, an influencer's following must match your target audience. You might be tempted to try to work with Justin Bieber and his tens of thousands of followers; even if you ignore the difficulty of gaining access to him and paying what would undoubtedly be a very high price (he's unlikely to work with you for free unless he personally adores and uses your product), his followers will be of little use to you unless your product targets his following of teenage girls.
Werner Geyser is the founder of InfluencerMarketingHub, a leading influencer-marketing resource on the Web. He is also a partner at Rainmakers Growth Hacking Agency.


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Abbaszadeh, Jaber (in progress): The global ecology of Deinococcaceae
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Cabria, Gamaliel Lysander (in progress): Intra-species genomic variation and gene flow in hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria
Brandt, Shelly (in progress - chief supervisor Craig Cary): The effects of ocean acidification on microbial nutrient cycling and productivity in coastal marine sediments
Monteiro, Maria (in progress - chief supervisor Craig Cary): Resolving functional resilience of microbial communities to climate-induced change in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Wakerley, Georgia (in progress - chief supervisor Craig Cary): Human impact on the McMurdo Dry Valley soils of Antarctica: extending the limits of forensic DNA detection
Payyakkal Viswam, Jayadev (2016 - chief supervisor Ian McDonald): The role of the gut microbiome of the Huhu grub in lignocellulose breakdown
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Challis, Jacinda (in progress): Effects of post-operative antibiotics in endoscopic sinus surgery
Ferris, Kelsey (in progress): eDNA-based monitoring of freshwater mussel populations
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Hu, Xiaoxue (2017): Genetic tool to detect three New Zealand freshwater mussels (Echyridella menziesii, Echyridella aucklandica, Echyridella onekaka) in environmental DNA
Juwono, Joshua (2017): Enhancement of "flavours" through enzymatic release of glutamate
I study the microbial ecology and microbial genomics of a wide range of unusual ecosystems, including terrestrial geothermal habitats and the Antarctic Dry Valleys, using molecular genetic and bioinformatic tools. I also have active research projects on the microbial ecology of plant-, animal-, and human-associated habitats.
I'm interested in the development and validation of novel molecular techniques and bioinformatic analyses, and I use them in conjunction with geochemistry to examine the interactions between microbial communities and their environments.
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Rego, A., Raio, F., Martins, T. P., Ribeiro, H., Sousa, A. G., Silva, J., . . . Magalhães, C. (2019). Actinobacteria and cyanobacteria diversity in terrestrial Antarctic microenvironments using culture-dependent and independent methods. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01018 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12589
Archer, S. D. J., Lee, K. C., Caruso, T., Maki, T., Lee, C. K., Cary, S. C., . . . Pointing, S. B. (2019). Airborne microbial transport limitation to isolated Antarctic soil habitats. Nature Microbiology. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0370-4
Caruso, T., Hogg, I. D., Nielsen, U. N., Bottos, E. M., Lee, C. K., Hopkins, D. W., . . . Adams, B. J. (2019). Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology, 2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0260-y Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13009
Lee, C. K., Laughlin, D. C., Bottos, E. M., Caruso, T., Joy, K., Barrett, J. E., . . . Cary, S. C. (2019). Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem.. Communications Biology, 2, 62. doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0274-5 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12558
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Longueuil set to cull urban deer population, meat to supply local food bank
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Published Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:47PM EST Last Updated Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:17PM EST
LONGUEUIL -- The city of Longueuil is set to trap and kill about half the deer in the urban Michel-Chartrand Park.
According to the city, there are too many deer there, and it's hurting the tree population.
"Faced with the current situation, the city must take its responsibilities and intervene to ensure [the park's] sustainability," said Longueuil Mayor Sylvie Parent in a release announcing the program.
Authorities estimate there are about 30 deer in the park, which make up a third of the deer population in the city. Most of the other deer are in Boise du Tremblay, where hunting them is allowed.
Cages will be laid out with bait in them. Once a deer is caught, it will be euthanized on site.
The meat will be donated to Moisson Rive-Sud, a local food bank.
General Manager Dany Hétu said the meat will be distributed to subsidiary kitchens in the area, which he says need extra supplies as "more people are turning to food banks" during the pandemic.
RESIDENTS, HUNTERS RESPOND
Some people think the city should move the deer instead of slaughtering them.
"They should be moved to another park," said Jean Brouseau, manager of the Montreal Anglers and Hunters Club. "If there are too many deer, take half of them and bring them elsewhere."
He's not the only one with that opinion.
"I don't feel good about it," said Longueuil resident Kelly Robillart. "I know it will be a little pricier, maybe, but I don't think that killing them is a good idea."
URBANIZED DEER ARE VULNERABLE
Relocation of the deer is a risky job. Mortality rates for relocated deer are reportedly 85 per cent higher than non-relocated animals. This is because deer may suffer injuries during the transportation process, or have trouble adapting to their new environment.
For deer living in an urban environment, there are even more risks, according to Robert Bertrand Weladji, a biologist at Concordia University specializing in deer populations.
"They are weaker than the deer in a protected area," he said. "You can get close to a deer in an urban park, that is not the case in a protected park."
Because of this, according to Weladji, urbanized deer are less likely to run away from predators.
A deer is seen walking through the forest in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jonathan Hayward)
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Father Who Threw 4 Children Off Balcony Gets 30 Years
ZAGREB, March 18, 2020 - The Zadar County Court on Wednesday sentenced Josip Rođak to 30 years' imprisonment and mandatory psychiatric treatment for the attempted murders of his four children on the island of Pag in 2019.
Rođak, 54, was given eight years for each attempted murder for a combined sentence of 30 years.
Around 6 a.m. on 28 February 2019, in a house he was renting with his wife, he took the four sleeping children out of bed and threw them one by one off a balcony, 5 m from the ground, with the intention to kill them.
Two girls and one boy were seriously injured, while another girl sustained light injuries.
More Zadar news can be found in the Lifestyle section.
Indictment Against Škaro "On Hold" Pending Decision on Evidence Admissibility
ZAGREB, February 11, 2020 - The indictment panel of the county court in Velika Gorica did not decide on Tuesday on the merits of the charge against Damir Škaro, a former member of Parliament from the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and former president of the Siget Automobile Club, who had been charged with rape and sexual harassment of an employee.
Court spokesperson Ante Željko told Hina that the indictment panel's session had been postponed following a request by the defence that all records of the examination of the victim and the witnesses should be declared inadmissible.
"The court has rejected the motion, but the defence has the right to appeal," Željko said, adding that the session of the indictment panel, which can uphold the indictment, dismiss it or return it to the prosecution for improvement, would continue after a higher court's decision on the admissibility of the evidence.
At the end of November 2019, the Velika Gorica county prosecutor's office charged Škaro with sexual harassment and rape of a female employee at the Siget Automobile Club between June and August 9 last year.
Škaro, who did not appear before the court in Velika Gorica on Tuesday, was released from detention on October 24, 2019 pending completion of the trial. He had been in detention since September due to the risk that he could tamper with witnesses or repeat the offence.
The criminal complaint was filed by a doctor after the victim told her that Škaro had sexually assaulted her on the premises of the Siget Automobile Club early in August.
Following the allegations, the HDZ Zagreb branch launched a disciplinary procedure against its former memebr of parliament, Olympic bronze medallist in boxing and former president of the Automobile Club Siget.
More politics news can be found in the dedicated section.
Crackdown on Drug Dealers Announced
ZAGREB, January 19, 2020 - Prime Minister and HDZ party leader Andrej Plenković said in Split on Saturday that the competent agencies would step up the fight against drug dealers and people involved in organised crime, and in a comment on coming intraparty elections, he said that he expected fair conduct from all candidates.
"We will step up activities that concern legal security. We will change laws if necessary, step up the fight against those who are involved in drug dealing and organised crime and who turn young people into delinquents," Plenković said at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the HDZ branch in Split.
Plenković said this in the context of last week's murder of three drug dealers by a 25-year-old man in Split.
Cocaine Smugglers Should Be Tried in Croatia
ZAGREB, December 9, 2019 - Under an agreement with representatives of institutions of all the countries that participated in Operation Familia and Eurojust, criminal proceedings against people who smuggled 600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Europe and the Middle East should be conducted mostly in Croatia, the Croatian anti-corruption agency USKOK said on Monday.
Croatia is in the best position to prosecute the organised criminal group whose members, including a Croatian national, were arrested in July while transporting 600 kilograms of cocaine, it was decided at a meeting at Eurojust, which was attended, along with USKOK officials, by Czech, Italian, French and Swiss prosecutors.
During this international operation, Montenegrin national Michael Dokovich, Czech national Ales Skolnik and Croatian national Silvio Beljević were arrested in Basel on July 13 and were extradited to Croatia in November. The three men are charged, together with five other persons, with conspiracy to smuggle drugs, abuse of authority, document forgery and illegal possession of weapons.
Dokovich is charged with forming a criminal group which smuggled large quantities of cocaine aboard jet planes from South America to Europe and the Middle East. Dokovich was born in Podgorica as Iljmija Frključić. He has used numerous pseudonyms since and was under investigation by US security services several times.
US media have reported about Dokovich several times, saying that he was one of the first people in the USA who committed computer fraud, and he was also brought into connection with a group responsible for arson, insurance and bank fraud, theft of postal parcels, drug smuggling and robberies of jeweller's stores.
After the transfer of the three accused from Switzerland, Croatia now has in its custody five accused in the case. The search is still underway for two more persons from Serbia and a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Serbia has launched the procedure to transfer prosecutorial activities in the case to Croatia. Criminal proceedings are also under way in the Czech Republic against the Czech national, the remaining member of the criminal group, who was arrested in that country.
Operation Familia was carried out by Croatian authorities in cooperation with the relevant institutions of the Czech Republic, Serbia, Switzerland and France. Slovenia, Belgium and the Netherlands as well as Italy contributed to the investigation.
The implementation of this complex operation has resulted in the confiscation of one million euro in cash as well as luxury items worth several hundred thousand euro, found in Dokovich's car and house in Zagreb's Šestine neighbourhood. Owing to the results of the operation, an additional 421 kilograms of cocaine were found and confiscated in Hong Kong.
More crime news can be found in the News section.
Police Arresting People Suspected of Falsifying Croatian IDs for Mobsters
ZAGREB, November 27, 2019 - The police on Wednesday began arresting members of two criminal organisations who, according to unofficial sources, had been involved in collecting data and making false documents for criminal clans in Serbia and Montenegro.
The police have not released any official details as yet. A spokeswoman at the Interior Ministry (MUP), Marina Mandić, confirmed to Hina that police raids began on Wednesday morning and that some of the arrested were police employees.
The raids were conducted throughout Croatia but were focused on Zagreb and Karlovac.
According to unofficial sources, those arrested are suspected of collecting data and making documents like ID cards, travel documents and driver licences for criminals from Serbia and Montenegro.
About thirty people were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday and now their homes, workplaces and vehicles are being searched.
The USKOK anti-corruption office is expected to release an official statement since the case concerns organised crime rings.
Media reports note that documents were made for criminals who belong to the Zemun clan in Serbia and the Škaljarci and Kavčani clans in Montenegro.
The Jutranji List daily notes that these groups are connected to several mafia-style assassinations on several continents.
The daily adds that the suspected police employees collected from the information system data on Croatian citizens that were then used to create false Croatian documents.
More crime news can be found in the Lifestyle section.
More Stringent Legislation to Prevent Domestic Violence
ZAGREB, October 24, 2019 - The Croatian government on Thursday sent into parliamentary procedure several amendments to the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Act and the Protection from Domestic Violence Act which would impose more stringent penalisation with the aim of preventing and countering violence, particularly family violence.
"The important aim of this set of draft amendments is also to make criminal procedure swifter," Justice Minister Dražen Bošnjaković said at the government's meeting.
Amendments of the Penal Code thus envisage that assaults against social workers or teachers would be treated as an assault against official persons.
The changes also introduce stricter penalties for domestic violence and violence against women. Also, in the future the qualification of sexual intercourse without consent would be treated as rape, which will be punishable with one to ten years' imprisonment.
The minimum sentence for domestic violence will be raised from the current three months of imprisonment to a year in prison.
Also, changes of the criminal procedure legislation will make the procedure swifter and in accordance with the EU acquis.
The proposed changes also envisage the abolishing of criminal libel.
So far there have been few cases of treating some acts as criminal libel and the minister said that this offence in the future can be treated through a civil action. If defamation is proven in a civil action, the plaintiff can seek protection and damages, according to the minister's explanation.
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković welcomed the annulment of criminal libel as "a signal for the further respect of media freedoms in the country."
Amending the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Act and the Protection from Domestic Violence Act will introduce stricter penalties and is in accordance with our policy of preventing and countering family violence, he said.
Addressing his cabinet's meeting, the premier said that the amending of the above-mentioned laws was conducted in cooperation with legal experts and associations engaged in the protection of women and children against violence.
"I thank everyone from the nongovernmental sector for their help in making the legislative proposal more precise and better," the premier said.
Computer Fraud on Steady Rise in Croatia, Police Say
ZAGREB, October 23, 2019 - Computer fraud has been on a steady rise in Croatia, the Police Directorate told a press conference on Wednesday on the occasion of European Cyber Security Month.
"In the first nine months of this year we recorded a rise in computer fraud of 10 percent compared to the same period last year. Most of the reported cases related to so-called CEO fraud where a person impersonating the CEO of the targeted company sends an email to the accounts department to transfer a sum of money to another account. There are also increasing reports of so-called Nigerian prince scams where naive citizens are asked to pay hefty sums," said Renato Grgurić, chief of cyber security at the Police Directorate.
Given that perpetrators of such crimes are from African countries, police have difficulty tracking them down because of a poor exchange of information with police services in those countries, while information exchanges with EU countries via Europol are more than good, he said.
Citizens were advised to be extra cautious when sharing personal data on social media and to make online payments using only secure websites. "Any suspected attempt of fraud should be immediately reported to the police," Grgurić said.
Svan Hlača of the National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) underlined the importance of raising public awareness of cyber security, with emphasis on network and information security.
He said that this year the National CERT would focus on maintaining the high level of security for internet users and using modern information and communications technologies given that the number of non-technical incidents relating to fraud, unsolicited emails and harassment was on a steady rise.
More IT news can be found in the Lifestyle section.
Violence Against the Elderly an Increasing Problem in Croatia
ZAGREB, October 6, 2019 - Violence against elderly people is an increasing problem in Croatia as more cases of neglect and physical, mental and economic abuse of senior citizens are reported.
People above the age of 65 are frequently attacked by unknown persons, as well as by their family members, primarily for property-related reasons. A total of 6,316 crimes against property targeting persons aged 60 and over were recorded last year, a conference in the southern coastal city of Split was told recently.
People above the age of 60 were most often the targets of aggravated theft (3,294), theft (2,277), fraud (447), property damage (141), robbery (68) and computer fraud (419). Also reported were 239 crimes against life and limb, including 99 cases of grievous bodily harm and 14 cases of murder, 733 crimes against personal freedom, including 710 cases of threat, and 108 crimes against marriage, family and children.
High Misdemeanours Court judge Branka Žigante Živković drew attention to specific types of economic violence against the elderly which are not listed in the law, including agreements on life-long support. She said that such agreements often trigger violence against senior citizens by their family, citing a case where an elderly person was subjected to extreme forms of violence by their family so the person in their care would die as soon as possible and the family would get the land and other property bequeathed to them under the agreement.
Petar Škrmeta of the Social Welfare Centre in Split said that society quickly responds in cases of violence against children, but there is still not enough public awareness of violence against the elderly.
Škrmeta said that the number of cases of violence against the elderly in Split was increasing by ten percent from year to year. "We need to raise awareness of domestic violence and neglect of elderly persons; we need to sensitise the public. This should be discussed and dealt with through team work and cooperation," he stressed.
The head of the Crime Prevention Division at the Split-Dalmatia County Police Department, Paško Ugrina, said that the matter required a systematic approach and stressed the need for cooperation between the police and other institutions.
More news about crime in Croatia can be found in the Lifestyle section.
Statistical Data Don't Support Rising Violence Claims
ZAGREB, September 9, 2019 - Statistical data by the Interior Ministry, the Human Rights Ombudswoman and the Serb National Council (SNV) do not support the argument that ethnic violence in Croatia is on the rise, Vecernji List daily said on Monday.
Last year, the police registered 33 hate crimes, the State Prosecutor's Office (DORH) prosecuted 53 and eight convictions were handed down. In 2013, under the Zoran Milanović cabinet, the Interior Ministry registered 35 cases and DORH prosecuted 57, while in 2016, under the Tihomir Orešković cabinet, the Interior Ministry registered 35 cases and DORH prosecuted 37.
Taking population size into account, it is evident that Croatia is ranked among those countries with fewer hate crimes, the daily said. It could also possible thought that there is a higher number of crimes reported in some Western countries and fewer in others, including Croatia, as a consequence of the trust, or lack thereof, in the authorities or the ability, or failure, to identify hate crimes.
But in DORH's annual report, the higher number of dismissed reports is seen as a result of the fact that frequently unacceptable, impassioned and uncivil public statements are interpreted as hate speech, resulting in criminal complaints although they are "just" a case of slander or insult, misdemeanour, sometimes even non-punishable behaviour.
The human rights ombudswoman's data on discrimination complaints on racial or ethnic grounds do not support the argument that violence is on the rise either. There were 66 such complaints last year, up from 47 in 2017, but down from 117 in 2016. Sixty such complaints were filed in 2012 and 68 in 2015.
SNV data on incidents involving intolerance towards Serbs show that 82 were reported in 2014, 189 in 2015, 331 in 2016, 393 in 2017 and 381 in 2018 but, Vecernji List said, the SNV noted that it had changed its methodology.
Interior Ministry data on crimes prosecuted ex officio show they decreased by 32% between 2011 and 2018, with an increase recorded only in 2015.
Former HDZ MP Remanded in Custody Following Rape Allegations
ZAGREB, September 6, 2019 - Damir Škaro, a former HDZ member of Parliament, Olympic bronze medallist and current president of Automobile Club Siget, has been remanded in 30-day investigative detention following allegations of rape and sexual harassment by an Automobile Club employee, a Velika Gorica County Court investigating judge ruled on Thursday.
The detention order was issued because he might try to interfere with witnesses and repeat the crime, court spokesman Ante Zeljko told Hina.
According to unofficial sources, Škaro might try to interfere with four witnesses - three women who complained to a legal officer at the Croatian Automobile Club about sexual harassment and a man through whom Škaro offered the victim money so that she would not report him.
Škaro was arrested on Wednesday morning at a border crossing while entering Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was reported by a doctor whom the victim told she had been raped early in August. The victim later reported Škaro for threat as well.


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The durable Original fabric helps extend the life of the liner. Alpha Spirit fabric may be used with Velcro®-type material and is more flexible than other Classic fabrics. The extra flexibility allows for easier to don and doff and easier to flex at the knee. The MAX fabric provides an outer cover for the liner that is more abrasion resistant than other liners on the market today. The one-way stretch Select fabric controls pistoning while remaining easy to don.
Classic AK Liners with the AK Profile accommodate the often sensitive areas of transfemoral residual limbs with a specific gel style and the incorporation of skin-friendly, mineral-oil-based classic Alpha Classic Gel. The liner, offered in cushion and locking, has 9 mm of gel distally, tapering to 3 mm proximally—with a built-in gel pad to protect the often-sensitive femur. This extra gel pad provides a total of 9 mm of gel at the distal lateral aspect of each liner. The Alpha Spirit Fabric used for Alpha Classic AK Cushion Liners is unique in its ability to flex during donning or doffing. Alpha Classic AK Cushion Liners may be used with a Velcro®-like material for added security.
Liners with the Symmetrical Profile have 9 mm gel distally and taper to 2.5 mm gel at the anterior and posterior. The symmetrical design allows the liner to be rotated for extended wear. This profile is a good choice for amputees who reflect liners for greater comfort at the socket brim line. The Select Fabric, only offered with the Symmetrical Profile, is a one-way stretch fabric that controls pistoning yet remains easy to don.
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John Ahern, a former Republican state representative, said that Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart has stated that he intends to implement a $15-an-hour minimum wage on the city, not unlike the one being implemented in Seattle.
"Spokane already has an unfriendly business environment and is losing business growth," said Ahern, who is challenging Stuckart for reelection.
So does Stuckart, or anyone else on the council, have plans in the works for a $15 minimum wage?
Last week, Adam McDaniel, Stuckart's assistant, sent out an email to the six other members of the council and its policy advisor inquiring if they were working on a $15 minimum wage ordinance. He forwarded the Inlander his responses.
"To date, no council member or legislative assistant of any council member has asked me to research or draft any kind of minimum wage proposal," replied Brian McClatchey, the council's policy advisor.
"Haven't even looked into it at this point," wrote Blaine Stum, legislative assistant to Councilman Jon Snyder.
"Ah, no," replied Councilman Mike Allen.
Legislative assistants for Councilwomen Candace Mumm and Amber Waldref also denied working on it.
The only person who didn't respond is Councilman Mike Fagan, the council's arch-conservative. Is he secretly working on a $15 minimum wage ordinance? Is he secretly forming an alliance with Kshama Sawant, Seattle's socialist member of that city's council, who championed the city's $15 minimum wage law? The Inlander decided to investigate after the council meeting wrapped up.
"What the hell would I be doing with a $15 minimum wage?" scoffed Fagan when asked if he was working on the issue.


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Q: send multiple data to server I managed to send some string with image data to the server. However array which contains the images has more than 1 object. I can perfectly get the first image from server but rest seems to disappear. Is there any way to send multiple data files to server or is there anything wrong in my for loop to send the images ? Server side code seems to work fine since it gets the strings and the first image file so I think there must be something wrong in the objective-c part of my code.
NSString *urlString = @"http://www.somesite.com/cgi-bin/somefile.py";

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

NSString *boundary = @"---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449";
NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@",boundary];
[request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField: @"Content-Type"];

NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];

NSString *filenames = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"some string"]; //set name here
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"sessionString\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[filenames dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userEmail\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[sharedSingletonCenter.emailString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

for (int i = 0; i < [self.pagesArray count]; i++) {
    NSData* imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(self.pagesArray[i]);
    NSLog(@"added %i", i+1);
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_%i\"; filename=\".png\"\r\n", i + 1] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:imageData]];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    }

// setting the body of the post to the reqeust
[request setHTTPBody:body];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:YES];
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSLog(@"%@", returnString);
NSLog(@"finish");

A: The problem is that multipart form elements are separated with
[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary]

But then terminated with
[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary]

But you're inserting that termination boundary string at the end of each file. You want to change your code to do that only at the end. Thus:
NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];

NSString *filenames = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"some string"]; //set name here
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"sessionString\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[filenames dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userEmail\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[sharedSingletonCenter.emailString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

for (int i = 0; i < [self.pagesArray count]; i++) {
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    NSData* imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(self.pagesArray[i]);
    NSLog(@"added %i", i+1);
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_%i\"; filename=\".png\"\r\n", i + 1] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:imageData]];
}

[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

// setting the body of the post to the reqeust
[request setHTTPBody:body];

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When Waring School mailed required student health forms to parents each summer, those forms were returned to the school via traditional mail. Nurse Jan Lindsay then spent the two weeks prior to the start of school organizing piles of paperwork, making a list of those students with missing forms, and then contacting those students' parents. "It involved a lot of chasing down of families via email. As the beginning of school approached, we then went to the phones," Lindsay said.
Even with those efforts, there were some parents who waited until the very last day, when Waring School left for their annual camping trip in New Hampshire. "That was the worst – dealing with forms and medication instructions as we were trying to load up the vans and get ourselves to camp," Lindsay said. Each year, these same issues resurfaced and the receptionist frequently had to assist in making phone calls as well, making it difficult to tally just how much time the cumbersome process consumed.
Since Waring School implemented SMR in May of 2011, the system has continued to evolve. "The Magnus system is always improving. It has provided a level of empowerment both for us receiving the information as well as for the parents who can successfully access and alter their files. It has streamlined the process and enables me to access from anywhere there is internet," Lindsay said.
A streamlined SMR process makes the difference at Waring School. "The very small percentage of non-compliant parents will always be there, but it is so much easier now," Lindsay said, adding, "Now I spend a little time each day looking over the new arrivals. The filing is done immediately, and I can do it from [off campus]," Lindsay noted.
Remote access makes all the difference.
Remote access means Lindsay has the ability to access a student's file from the field using a smart phone. And, emergency preparedness is improved through Magnus911, which Waring School coaches and faculty can easily use from any device with Internet access.
Waring School experienced the challenges of a manual based system, struggled to get updates to student files, and had to make phone calls to collect missing information. Then they found a solution in Magnus Health SMR, and now they are enjoying the ability to closely track compliance, employ automated reminders to parents, and utilize the emergency module, all from on or off campus. And best of all, the streamlined process empowers both Waring School and the parents of their students to access, edit, and manage student health information at any time, from anywhere.


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Q: Categorification of characteristic polynomial It's probably just my applied background talking, but I'm puzzled by characteristic polynomials of matrices. Useful things like that are usually closely connected to some nice functor or homomorphism, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
So my question is:

Is there a categorification of characteristic polynomial?

A: Yes: the action of a linear transformation on the exterior algebra. The coefficients of the characteristic polynomial are the elementary symmetric polynomials in the eigenvalues, which are nothing more than the traces of the induced action of a linear transformation $T : V \to V$ on the exterior powers of $V$. The entire characteristic polynomial can then be thought of as the graded trace of $T$ acting on $\Lambda(V)$.
Edit: Some elaboration. Let $T : V \to V$ be a linear transformation of a finite-dimensional vector space. Suppose that $T$ is diagonalizable with eigenvalues $\lambda_1, ... \lambda_n$ and attached eigenvectors $e_1, ... e_n$. Then
$$\text{tr}(T) = \sum_{i=1}^n \lambda_i.$$
Moreover, $\Lambda^k(V)$ is spanned by wedge products of increasing sequences of $k$ distinct eigenvectors $e_i$; these are all eigenvectors for the induced action $\Lambda^k(T) : \Lambda^k(V) \to \Lambda^k(V)$ with eigenvalue the corresponding product of the eigenvalues $\lambda_i$. It follows that
$$\text{tr}(\Lambda^k(T)) = e_k(\lambda_1, ... \lambda_n)$$
is the $k^{th}$ elementary symmetric polynomial in the eigenvalues. Since this is a coefficient of the characteristic polynomial, it is in particular a polynomial function of the entries of $T$ as a matrix, and since the diagonalizable matrices are Zariski-dense in the space of all matrices, the above relation holds identically.
Now for the graded trace. A graded vector space is a vector space $V$ with a canonical direct sum decomposition
$$V = \bigoplus_{i=0}^{\infty} V_i$$
where the $V_i$ are the homogeneous components of degree $i$. A morphism $T$ of graded vector spaces is a linear transformation which respects the grading. If all of the $V_i$ are finite-dimensional, then for every endomorphism $T : V \to V$, isolate its homogeneous components $T_i : V_i \to V_i$, and then we can form the graded trace
$$\text{tr}(T) = \sum_{i=0}^{\infty} \text{tr}(T_i) z^i.$$
This is a formal power series in $z$ rather than a scalar, but it has all of the same properties as the usual trace: it behaves well under addition, direct sum, tensor product, etc.
The exterior algebra is naturally a graded vector space with homogeneous components $T_i = \Lambda^i(V)$, but it turns out that the components with $i$ odd should be regarded as having negative dimension for reasons which are too involved to get in to here, so the corresponding graded trace should actually be
$$\text{tr}(T) = \sum_{i=0}^{\infty} \text{tr}(T_i) (-1)^i z^i.$$
Taking the graded trace of the induced action of a linear transformation on its exterior algebra, we then almost recover the characteristic polynomial of $T$, except that the coefficients are reversed.

A conceptual explanation for why this works is to again restrict to the case that $T$ is diagonalizable and use the following two facts:

*

*Let $T : V \to V$ and $S : W \to W$ be two endomorphisms of two graded vector spaces, and let $T \otimes S : V \otimes W \to V \otimes W$ be their tensor product. Then $\text{tr}(T \otimes S) = \text{tr}(T) \text{tr}(S)$.

*There is a canonical isomorphism $\Lambda(V \oplus W) \cong \Lambda(V) \otimes \Lambda(W)$.

Hence if $T$ is diagonalizable, we can compute the graded trace of its induced action on the exterior algebra by computing it for each of its eigenspaces (easy), then multiplying the results together. Again by Zariski-density, our results hold for all $T$.
For reference, the tensor product of two graded vector spaces $V, W$ with homogeneous components $V_i, W_i$ is the graded vector space with homogeneous components
$$(V \otimes W)_n = \bigoplus_{i+j=n} V_i \otimes W_j.$$


Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) is working to get his presidential campaign infrastructure caught up to his poll standings and has added a key cog in Florida.
Gingrich hired Jose Mallea as state director, National Journal reported. Mallea served last year as campaign manager for the insurgent campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
Mallea owns JM Global Consulting, according to his online résumé. Before working with Rubio, Mallea served as chief of staff to former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, as an appointee in the State Department and as an assistant at the White House under President George W. Bush.
Gingrich also nabbed veteran Florida strategist Jamie Miller, the St. Petersburg Times reported. Miller, who has run Miller Strategies in Sarasota for more than 10 years, is a former political director and field director at the state Republican Party and will help lead Gingrich's Florida efforts, the Times reported.
An NBC-Marist University poll released during the weekend found Gingrich leading in Florida with 44 percent, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 29 percent.
California Republican consultant Beth Miller announced last week that she is forming her own public affairs firm in Sacramento.
Miller had served as a partner at Wilson-Miller Communications with veteran Republican strategist Marty Wilson, who joined the California Chamber of Commerce in October as vice president of public affairs.
Miller's new venture "is the next iteration of the strategic consulting practice she began nearly eight years ago as a founder of Wilson-Miller Communications and builds on its solid foundation of providing effective communications, issue management, media relations and innovative public affairs solutions to a growing list of clients," the firm stated in a press release. It officially launches New Year's Day.
Miller will serve as president and CEO, and she's bringing with her a handful of people from Wilson-Miller. Nick Garcia will continue as managing director, and Brooke Armour and Jessica Ng, who served as deputy communications director for Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, will serve as directors for the new firm.
"We will continue our client-focused approach of providing valuable [public] affairs, crisis communications and media-relations solutions on a variety of local, state and national issues," Miller said in a statement.
VoteVets.org Chairman Jon Soltz is transitioning back to his role leading the liberal-leaning group that helps elect veterans to Congress.
Soltz, an Army major, has returned after being deployed to Iraq early this year. Former Minnesota Congressional candidate Ashwin Madia, a fellow Iraq War veteran, had served as interim chairman this year and becomes a senior adviser with Soltz back at the helm.
Strategies 360, a Seattle-based Democratic public affairs company, has hired Oregon Democratic consultant Jake Weigler as communications director in its Portland office.
Weigler was a principal at Grant Park Strategies in Portland, most recently working as a consultant for Oregon 1st district special election candidate Brad Avakian. Weigler's previous work for Oregon Democrats included serving as campaign manager for Sen. Ron Wyden's 2010 re-election and Steve Novick's unsuccessful 2008 Senate bid. He also was spokesman for former Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
Arizona Republican strategist Brian Murray has joined the Phoenix-based Summit Consulting Group.
Murray most recently served as partner at Lincoln Strategy Group in Phoenix. He previously served as an aide to former Arizona Reps. Rick Renzi and J.D. Hayworth and as executive director of the Arizona GOP.
The Summit Consulting Group is a full-service firm providing campaign, public relations and corporate affairs services.
CampaignGrid, an online advertising platform for campaigns, announced it has hired John Galloway.
Galloway most recently served as senior adviser to Jeff Zients, the first federal chief performance officer at the Office of Management and Budget.
Scott Circle Communications announced last week the hiring of Sarah Coppersmith as senior account executive, creating media strategies and social media campaigns for clients.
Coppersmith is a Capitol Hill veteran, having served as press secretary for then-Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.), as well as research director for his 2008 re-election. The graduate of Washington University in St. Louis most recently served as communications manager at the Partnership for a Healthier America.
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"Back in March, we announced to creators that we were taking steps to give advertisers more choice and control over the types of content they run their ads against. We asked creators across the platform to appeal any video that they felt was incorrectly classified by our systems. Every appeal helps our systems get smarter over time. We reviewed the channels discussed by Forbes and found that on the three gaming channels mentioned, none of the videos were entirely demonetized. Over 90% of the videos on each channel were fully monetized, while some had more limited monetization options. This can be due to factors like excessive violence, even in games, and excessive profanity. If these creators feel that this designation is in error, we encourage them to appeal. Part of giving advertisers choice means giving them the choice to not run ads on sensitive content."
Being at the mercy of a single platform you don't control is always a bit nerve-wracking as an online content creator, but many video game YouTubers are now about to throw in the towel completely after recent developments on the site have made it excruciatingly difficult to monetize their content.
Without warning, over the past few weeks and months, YouTube has made it increasingly hard to monetize specific kinds of videos on the site, deeming certain topics not "advertiser friendly." The videos stay up, but the ads come down, meaning creators are making no money from views.
A lot of the fuss surrounding these new inconsistently-enforced policies has been centered on political debates, where there have been a lot of Trump-supporting channels pushing back on being classified as "hate speech" or doing other things that YouTube finds offensive enough to demonetize.
While it seems clear YouTube may be trying to steer its advertisers toward safer shores in an age of increasingly heated political rhetoric, there's been a casualty that has nothing to do with Trump or politics, creators who solely cover video games.
There are many theories about how exactly YouTube is demonetizing many gaming videos, but YouTubers who have previously been able to make good money on the site are now seeing their videos demonetized by the dozen. The common thread appears to be videos about shooters, which is a broad spectrum considering most of the biggest games on the market are in that genre, from Call of Duty to Destiny to Battlefield to CounterStrike and dozens or hundreds more.
But YouTube's mysterious algorithm has learned to exterminate ads on these videos with extreme prejudice. Videos promoting epic "killstreaks" will often be demonetized because of that word, as will guides to various virtual weapons if "gun" is in the title. But past that, YouTubers suspect that through some sort of AI learning process, YouTube's algorithm is detecting more than just words, but also images of guns in thumbnails or in stills from the videos themselves that might be getting searched. YouTuber TotalBiscuit recently asked his followers to try different uploads of the same content to see if altering titles or thumbnails would trick the algorithm, and the result was that gun-based content was being demonetized almost immediately, where the results were more inconsistent if it was disguised using innocuous titles or thumbnails.
Michael "Mtashed" Tash, a Destiny YouTuber with 160K subscribers says that he's seen 140 videos demonetized recently, and as such, he's ready to switch almost entirely to Twitch and Patreon to maintain his income. His gaming contact at YouTube told him he was aware creators are upset, but there's nothing they specifically can do to help. "I told him I was almost 100% switching to Twitch at this rate, and he said to do what I had to do," Tash said. His income from YouTube has been cut to a quarter of what it used to be, so the transition isn't just logical, it's almost mandatory.
SkillUp, another YouTuber who focuses mainly on The Division, Destiny, Warframe and other shooters finally took the leap to set up a Patreon this week because of how terrible YouTube has been lately. Just this week, he spent ten hours painstakingly editing a ten minute video about questing in Warframe only to have it be demonetized immediately. Despite massive growth on his channel recently, his income has crashed and he constantly has to battle with YouTube demonetizing his videos, as nearly all are focused on games based on gunplay.
SkillUp has nearly 200,000 subscribers, but has continued to work a separate full-time job, unable to switch over to content creation alone because YouTube has been so unreliable. What's maddening is the inconsistency, where one video may stay monetized despite sharing similar content to another that's instantly nuked from orbit.
This is talking about real-life violence, presumably, but if you wanted to stretch it into horrific, brutal video game violence, I suppose that could make some amount of sense as something advertisers might want to avoid. But the algorithm seems to be running wild, as even a game like Destiny, a Teen-rated shooter with nothing remotely close to graphic violence in it, is being demonetized regularly, somehow lumped into this "violence" category, presumably.
It is virtually impossible for gaming YouTubers who cover games like Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, CS:GO or any other shooters to make videos avoiding guns and gunplay, yet that's what YouTube is demanding or else they risk instant demonetization. This is why many YouTubers are turning to Patreon, where their audience can support them directly, or Twitch, which goes out of its way to try and ensure its streamers make money to turn the platform into a reliable, full-time gig. YouTube, meanwhile, has been treating even some of its largest gaming channels like they're pests that need to be exterminated to make room for more cute puppies and unboxing videos.
While I understand that it may be difficult to teach an AI algorithm the difference between real-life violence and increasingly realistic video game violence, it is hard to believe that YouTube actively wants to chase an enormous portion of its gaming creators off the platform completely. But so far, there have been no signs YouTube is reversing course as things are only getting worse, and if it ever does, many of its best creators may have already left.
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Discussion in 'Handguns: Revolvers' started by Old Stumpy, Nov 15, 2019.
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I had a thought about the inexpensive Rock Island .38 DA revolvers.
If these can be produced and sold cheaply, and .22 Wranglers can be produced and sold cheaply,
then perhaps Ruger could make an inexpensive six gun in .38 Special based on the Wrangler and the original small frame Blackhawks.
The frames would need to be investment cast steel, but they would not need to be anywhere near as beefy. In fact, because it would be in .38 Special only, the frame and cylinder could be scaled down even smaller than even the old model Blackhawk. You could use a ZAMAC grip frame I suppose, but an aluminum one finished the same way as the Wrangler probably would not be that much more expensive.
The rear sight could be the dovetailed one used on the fixed sight Single Six, adjustable for windage.
With the same black Cerakote finish and plastic grips (replaceable with Single Six grips) this would give shooters the cheaper alternative to a Blackhawk, just as the Wrangler gives shooters the cheaper alternative to the Single Six.
It certainly would be a far cry from a .357 magnum, but it would be a western style center-fire revolver in a popular and inexpensive cartridge.
Blued Blackhawks have an MSRP of $669.00. If these had an MSRP of around $360.00, maybe they would be popular. Not as popular as a Wrangler, but still profitable for Ruger.
On the other hand, perhaps I'm out to lunch on this one. What do you think?
Old Stumpy, Nov 15, 2019
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I want one. Heck, if they would build the single six in 38 at around $600 I'd be in. But cheaper is better.
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Obturation Contributing Member
I could see it. I don't know about the ZAMAC, that would not appeal to me but tge idea is good. I think they would need to make the msrp as low as possible but the downside of that is trying to still have good quality. To me ruger is nothing if not robust, which is challenging at a low price point. Maybe 25 acp would be a good starting point for the series, that would be a great option for similar size without needing any extra beef on the wrangler.
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If you want an inexpensive SA 38 special made like a heritage arms, why not just get a heritage arms?
greenmtnguy, Nov 15, 2019
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greenmtnguy said: ↑
I want a step above a heritage arms in 38 special. Not that it wouldn't work, but I'd be willing to pay just a little more for Ruger level build quality and warrantee
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tubeshooter Member
I believe Ruger made the Wrangler specifically to target a competitor's offering and smother out their market share.
As nice a gesture as it might be, I would not expect them to do something similar in .38 Special "just because".
tubeshooter, Nov 15, 2019
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I had a look at these on-line. They are a very nice revolver and available in .357 magnum and .45 Colt.
The blued finish looks excellent and the one-piece Cocobolo grip is really nice.
These are manufactured by Pietta in Italy, and merely assembled by Heritage in the USA.
But the Pietta fit and finish is definitely there.
A very nice Colt SAA clone with a transfer bar for around $400.00.
That's tough to beat.
tubeshooter said: ↑
That's free enterprise. Competition is what a free market economy is all about.
Also, if Heritage is worried about competition from the Wrangler, nobody is stopping them from marketing a newer and better looking RoughRider with a transfer bar action.
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Monac Member
Sorry, I'm confused again. I have not seen a Wrangler. Is it much bigger than a Single Six? Because if the Single Six is about the same size and it was possible to chamber it in 38 Special (as a 5-shooter, of course), why wouldn't Ruger have done that ages ago? It would have been much more popular than 32 Magnum, because 38 Special is a vastly more popular cartridge.
If the Wrangler IS significantly larger, I stand corrected, of course. I have only seen photos of it, which makes it hard to judge.
BTW, are the Rock Island 38 revolvers zinc alloy or steel? I've never handled one.
Monac, Nov 15, 2019
Obturation said: ↑
Quality, yes. But making it overly robust, I don't think so. That's why I limited it to .38 Special, which is a lower pressure cartridge in standard loadings.
Nobody would buy the revolver in .25 ACP. No point.
But a light steel frame .38 might be okay.
Still, it might be too tough to compete with those $400.00 .357 magnum Pietta/Heritage SAA revolvers.
ontarget Member
Michigan (Gods country)
If Ruger made a single action in 38 Spc to the same standards as the Wrangler I would be the first in line for the preorder.
My Wrangler has grown on me. Even the Ceracoat finish is not making me ill anymore. Don't get me wrong I still love my Heritage revolvers but a SAA clone in 38 only, not 357? I'm in.
38s are for 38s. 357 In a 357. JMHO.
ontarget, Nov 15, 2019
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Old Stumpy said: ↑
I said 25 acp just for dimensional reasons, the 38 sp would either have to be a 5 shot and have to really thin things out to get it into a wrangler size. 25 would also be mainly to get to a center fire chambering without making things too different. I would buy one if it were $250 or less and id tell my wife its her new 44 magnum for HD. sad part is she would believe it, not that shes dumb but just not into guns. She will shoot every couple of years but with my magnum affliction she doesn't like many of my guns.
Ratshooter Member
Burleson,Texas
Don't count on it. I have wanted a 25ACP revolver for a long time and have posted as such. And I have also said if the 25 acp case could be stretched a little that would be even better. And apparently there is a stretched 25acp case. But I don't know what guns are made for it.
But I understand what you are talking about. A gun made to shoot 38 Special only. I am with you you on that. And IIRC it has been done with a 5 shot single six using WC loads only. And they are 5 shot guns. A lightly bigger frame could be a 6 shot. The only problem for Ruger would be is that some goofballs would see "Ruger" and think the sky is the limit on how hot they could be loaded. I suspect that is why it took so long for Ruger to make a 5 shot 44 Special on the GP-100 frame. They were worried about some idiot loading Elmer Keith style loads and blowing up the guns.
Ratshooter, Nov 15, 2019
ontarget said: ↑
My Wrangler has grown on me. Even the Ceracoat finish is not making me ill anymore.
You know, it's funny. About 8 years ago, I think, I bought a 10-22 with kind of a rainbow pattern laminate wood stock. Kind of a departure for me. I was disappointed however, to discover that the barrel had what may have been a Cerakote finish, and that the barrel had not been polished smooth. It had a pattern of spiral grooves left over from lathe turning, not unlike a military M1 carbine barrel. Also, the receiver had not been polished and had a textured surface which had a durable baked on paint finish. It was also the introduction of the plastic trigger group assembly.
However, it shot accurately and was very reliable, and I ceased to worry about the finish.
The new finish must have been very unpopular though, since Ruger went back to a smooth blued barrel and a polished and black anodized receiver, which I still prefer.
Ratshooter said: ↑
Don't count on it. I have wanted a 25ACP revolver for a long time and have posted as such.
Perhaps it would appeal to some Scotsman who have lamented that they could not reload the .22 rim-fire and save a wee shilling or two.
Perhaps a .25 ACP bolt action rifle based on a .22 rifle would actually appeal to some obsessed reloaders.
Imagine the confusion when investigating a sniper incident where the victim was shot with a .25 ACP soft point and nobody was anywhere near them.
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Well thats a strange response as I am neither Scottish nor cheap. But I have posted before I would like a center fire 25 caliber gun and one fellow over on the Firing line Forum built one. And my family came from Lichtenstein Germany. At least from the 10th century and before that they migrated from Russia. So no Scottish blood in my family.
I have no intentions of sniping anyone and if I did you can bet it would be with a hell of a lot more powerful round.
And yes a small game center fire round would be cool. I am a real fan of Rook & Rabbit rifles.
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jstert Member
ne and sw
i really like my ruger wrangler. i have and liked the heritage roughrider but the wrangler puts the hrr in the past tense now. nothing worse happened with the hrr but the wrangler is simply a better package. i would only improve the wrangler by making its 22lr cylinder an 8 shot, there is certainly enough room for two more rounds.
that said, ruger has nailed the wrangler concept and execution as tight as a drum. i wouldn't bother with it in 22wmr. however: a 38sp, five shot, 4.6" or even say 3.5" barreled wrangler; a six shot 32long wrangler; a 22lr wrangler version of the smaller sized bearcat...i would gladly open my wallet for any of them.
jstert, Nov 15, 2019
TTv2 Member
I don't think a cast frame would hold up to .38 too well, not when it's obvious some Bubba is gonna try to run hundreds of +P's in it. Even if it was just fed standard pressure, that's maybe 2000 rounds until the frame goes.
Zamak doesn't hold up to heat and pressure well. I limit the .22 Mag I shoot from my Heritage because I'm really not sure how much it can take. It works better in an autoloader because there is no cylinder gap in an autoloader.
If Ruger can make the LCR in a .38+P using a 7075 aluminum frame, then they can do the same with a .38 Wrangler, but doing that means the price is going to be $300 minimum. Why would I chose that over a 3 inch LCRx in .38 that's been proven for a few years and has a sweet double action trigger and weighs a little over a pound?
Someone mentioned the Heritage .357 revolvers and while they're stuck with the infuriating fixed blade sights, they can be bought for $365. I'd rather pay the extra money for a .357 knowing that it's going to hold up to all the .38 I can throw at it.
If the goal is a centerfire single action that Ruger can bring to market for the same price, maybe slightly more than the .22 Wrangler, the only answer is .32 S&W Long and it'd probably have to be limited to wadcutter only due to the length. Unless Ruger's got a plan (like Sen. Pocahontas) to make a .22 Mag model of the Wrangler, they're not going to stretch the frame simply to accommodate a non wadcutter .32 S&W Long or even H&R Magnum Wrangler.
Simple fact is the .32 revolver is not popular in the Western Hemisphere. It may have a life in Europe as Europeans love the .32 caliber.
TTv2, Nov 16, 2019
So what people want is a small, lightweight 5-shot SAA-styled revolver in 38 Special +P, and they want it to be cheap, of course, because who doesn't want everything to be cheap? And then TTv2 shows up and applies facts, logic, and common sense to the whole idea. He must be a big hit at parties.
Monac said: ↑
Someone has to set people straight with a little bit of truth bubbly.
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RON in PA Member
S.E. PA, USA
The Rock Island model 200 is steel, just tested mine with a magnet. The frame, barrel and cylinder attract the magnet.
RON in PA, Nov 16, 2019
Mr. Mosin Member
A Wrangler in .38 Spl sounds good. A Bearcat in .32 H&R Magnum sounds even good-er.
Mr. Mosin, Nov 16, 2019
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TTv2 said: ↑
I don't think a cast frame would hold up to .38 too well,
I don't know, gp100s, redhawks and super redhawks all have cast frames and you wont find much stronger than a super redhawk.
jstert said: ↑
Don't know about you, but the last handful of Rough Rider's I've handled should never have left the factory floor, let alone shipped to a dealer. Csnted barrels, gouged frames, incompletely milled topstrap, gouged cylinder flutes, absolutely shameful
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Население

 Национальный состав
Согласно переписи 2002 года, преобладающая национальность — башкиры (87 %).

Географическое положение
Расстояние до:
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 ближайшей ж/д станции (Иглино): 18 км.

Примечания

Ссылки
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 Уктеево на портале «Генеалогия и Архивы»

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Q: C modulus with using unions and anonymous structs I am using anonymous structs in unions to get a%b quickly.
Do you know any other way to get a%b without using powers of 2 for b.
include list:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<time.h>

and declaration of unions:
//C99
//my first program to test rand() for any periodicity
union //for array indexing without modulus operator
{
unsigned int counter; //32 bit on my computer
struct
{
    unsigned int lsb:16; //16 bit
    unsigned int msb:16; //16 bit
};
struct
{
    unsigned int bit[32];
};
} modulo;

union // for rand()%256
{
unsigned int randoom; //from rand()
struct
{
unsigned int lsb:5;//equivalent to rand()%32 without any calculations
unsigned int msb:27;
};
}random_modulus;

and here the main function:
int main()
{
srand(time(0));

modulo.counter=0;//init of for-loop counter

// i am takin (counter%65536) for my array index which is modulus.lsb
unsigned int array_1[65536];
float array_mean=0,delta_square=0;
clock_t clock_refe;

//taking counter%65536 using lsb (2x faster)
clock_refe=clock();
for(;modulo.counter<1000000000;modulo.counter++)
{
// i need accumulated randoms for later use for some std. dev. thing.
random_modulus.randoom=rand();
array_1[modulo.lsb]+=random_modulus.lsb;
}

//getting average clock cycles
for(int i=0;i<65536;i++)
{
array_mean+=array_1[i];

}
array_mean/=65536.0f;

//getting square of deltas
float array_2[65536];

for(int i=0;i<65536;i++)
{
array_2[i]=(array_1[i]-array_mean)*(array_1[i]-array_mean);
}

//horizontal histogram for resoluton of 20 elements
for(int i=0;i<65536;i+=(65536)/20)
{

for(int j=0;j<(array_2[i]*0.01);j++)
{

    printf("*");
}
printf("\n");
}

//calculations continue .....
return 0;

}

Pre-calculated values in some array maybe? But if i use the % calc part for only once, this is same. Can you give some book references about bitwise operations manuals?

A: Bitwise operations are the most portable method in this case. Here's some example functions; they are written for readability, but can be easily made faster:
int lsb(int input) {
    int mask = 0x00FF; // 0x00FF is 0000000011111111 in binary
    return input & mask;
}

int msb(int input) {
    int mask = 0xFF00; // 0xFF00 is 1111111100000000 in binary
    return (input & mask) >> 8;
}

In general, mask the bits you want with &, and then align them to the right with >>. K&R 2nd edition (The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie) has information on just about every C topic, including bitmasks.
If you want a % b where b is not a power of 2, the native % operator is the fastest way (in modern compilers it's as fast as the bitwise operations, even when b is a power of two). Bitwise operations are useful in other contexts, though.


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As for Michelob, I remember it well in the 1970's. It was a very decent beer, but had the rice adjunct that was first added about 1960 (before that, from inception in 1896, it was all-malt).
It was returned to all-malt some years ago but never tasted as good to me as 40 years ago even though it was then an adjunct beer. It seemed drier and with little of the signature hop blend I remember.
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