This post is a follow-up to a recent video episode I contributed to my YouTube channel, Three Minutes to Escalate, regarding the Culture of Delegation and its importance in creating sustainable businesses. To quickly summarize the takeaway of that discussion, my assertion was that successful Delegation requires both refined leadership skillsets and corporate cultures centered on trust, training and advancement.
Inherent to the "Three Minutes to Escalate" mission (concise, value-added content regarding growth, scaling and sustainability that even the busiest of leaders can digest and apply), I don't always have the time in the episodes to expound upon every consideration important to the discussion. I recognize, however, that there is one critical follow-up relevant to this specific topic that is worthy to share, and thankfully, I can do so through this post.
As CEO of Escalate Solutions, I repeatedly emphasize the Four Steps of Strategy, including "Phase Two: Alignment of Stakeholders". I am a fierce advocate of an approach that prioritizes every individual within an organization understanding the "mission, vision and values" at a level appropriate to their Engagement and Control in the entity.
Delegation and Stakeholder Alignment cannot be discussed in isolation. When Delegation isn't happening, not only do core leaders become over-taxed, but emerging leaders yearn with frustration for the nourishment of growth and opportunity. The Strategy Map regarding Alignment that I developed (shown left) makes it clear why micro-management is toxic: If Delegation isn't progessing, that means there is a greater issue with Alignment of Stakeholders. Leaders with the highest levels of Control can only Champion, Sponsor and Lead if they simultaneously Engage, Encourage and Motivate. These requirements simply can't co-exist when those being asked to increase their engagement don't experience a corresponding delta in their level of control.
There is nothing more discouraging to rising stars in our ranks than being "offered" opportunities – new responsibility and accountability – without corresponding levels of authority to make it happen.
Delegation is one of the most difficult leadership skillsets to conquer. Remember as you seek out those around you to fill the gaps in your strengths and weakeness, that there are three vital elements that we as executives need to balance. The outsourcing of Responsibilities and Accountability are challenging enough, but if we make the often fatal additional mistake of layering in the missing ingredient of Authority, we as the c-suite can all but guarantee that our investments in Delegation will prove fruitless. It truly is the tipping point.
The next time you and your leadership team embark on a Delegation exercise, remember this takeaway: Even if an individual who is assuming new responsibilities isn't quite ready to assume all of the authority necessary to achieve the aims…another channel that the c-suite supports must be established. There is no greater sucker punch to an employee looking to advance than to be asked to grow, scale and sustain without the ability and empowerment to actually make it happen.
Growing, scaling and sustaining businesses simply can't delegate responsibility and accountability without releasing a corresponding level authority.
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What are the major ocean currents that affect the climate of Africa?
How do ocean currents affect Africa?
What are the 5 major ocean currents?
Which type of ocean current affects climate?
What are the 4 main ocean currents?
How does the Benguela Current affect the climate of western Africa?
What are the ocean currents of South Africa?
The Agulhas, which is hundreds of kilometers long and over 2,000-meters deep, transports large amounts of ocean heat and is considered to have an influence not only on the regional climate of Africa, but on global climate as part of the ocean's global overturning circulation.
The Agulhas Current transports warm tropical Indian Ocean water southwards along the South African coast. It modulates the rainfall along the east coast and interior regions of South Africa by providing the latent heat of evaporation needed for onshore wind systems to pick up moisture and carry it inland.
There are five major ocean-wide gyres—the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, and Indian Ocean gyres. Each is flanked by a strong and narrow "western boundary current," and a weak and broad "eastern boundary current" (Ross, 1995).
Horizontal currents moving northward or southward may carry warmed or cooled water for very long distance. The displaced warm water raises the temperature of the air while the cold water cools the air, and the land surface where the blows.
Currents, The North Equatorial Current, the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, and the Canary Current.
IMPORTANT: How does global warming affect biodiversity in Arctic?
The Benguela Current draws icy-cold waters from the Southern Ocean and carries them northward along the coast of Africa. … Because of these cold waters, rain clouds do not develop over the southwest coast of Africa, contributing to the parched climate of the KALAHARI and Namib deserts.
South Africa's two prevailing currents — Benguela and Algulhas, which meet at the Cape of Good Hope — make it one of the most dynamic landscapes in the world. Nowhere else are two contrastingly different ecosystems found in such close proximity.

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Daylight Atheism, Adam Lee, censorship and Social Justice Warriors
For six months I was a frequent and enthusiastic participant in Adam Lee's ongoing discussion of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged at his site Daylight Atheism, but on Sunday, February 23 I quit because I was censored.
Although I am an atheist, I didn't need confirmation that atheists can be just as authoritarian and as devout worshippers of authority figures as any religionist - I had seen what the mostly atheist followers of Richard Dawkins had done when a woman in the atheist community dared to express an opinion with which Richard Dawkins disagreed. And then of course there is atheist hero Sam Harris, defender of torture and ethnic profiling.
From very early on in my analysis of Atlas Shrugged, it struck me that it was very likely that Ayn Rand had Asperger's syndrome. When I googled Ayn Rand and Asperger's I found one of Rand's fans making the same suggestion:
...It is almost certain that Rand had Asperger's Syndrome, a condition that has only come into greater awareness since the early 1990s...
...It is possible that neither author knew enough about Asperger's to make the necessary connections, but there is abundant evidence for this proposition, particularly in Heller's description of Rand's childhood. It is perhaps just as well that neither author explicitly considers this possibility, because it would be all too easy to pathologise Rand, leading to a reductionist psycho-biography that would have done disservice to her ideas and influence.
Descriptions of Rand's character from many sources as well as video evidence make it clear that she had traits much in common with what are said to be Asperger's traits. And an important reason for why "Atlas Shrugged" doesn't work as an actual critique of real-world socioeconomic systems, is because Rand probably viewed the world through undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome. It is the theory that makes the most sense.
Now I'm certainly opened to arguments against the notion that Rand had Asperger's, but I didn't get arguments last September when I first brought up the subject at Daylight Atheism - I got abuse. And Adam Lee was perfectly fine with this - which of course should have been a red flag to me then. An anonymous coward (although his true identity appears to be Alexander Weaver) who goes by the screen name Azkyroth, who rarely made any substantial contributions to the Atlas Shrugged conversation was the worst offender:
Azkyroth Nancy McClernan • 6 months ago
The book will make so much more sense if you look at it as revenge-porn by someone with undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome
And fuck you back.
If you follow the "No, it doesn't" link you can see that Azkyroth's evidence for why I am wrong is a TV Tropes article that supports everything I said - the traits listed as indicative of Asperger's are very much like descriptions of Ayn Rand in the two biographies and two memoirs by her biggest sycophants, Nathaniel and Barbara Branden. None of these authors suggests that Rand had Asperger's but their reports of her behavior aligns very much with the descriptions.
Adam Lee tried to turn this into an issue of the wrongness of diagnosing the dead. First, there is a long tradition in literary analysis of diagnoses of dead writers and Ayn Rand is certainly not the first famous dead person about whom it as been speculated had Asperger's.
But also, hypocritically, Lee never had a problem with anybody suggesting that Ayn Rand was a psychopath.
The idea that Rand was a psychopath is absurd - the reason that psychopaths are so scary is because they are masters of faking emotions they don't feel. If there was ever anybody who lacked the ability to fake, it was Ayn Rand.
Now I have no direct experience with people with Asperger's as far as I know. A cousin of mine has twin boys who have Asperger's but I've never met them. We are Facebook friends though. So I have no negative feelings about people with Asperger's and my understanding of the traits of Asperger's comes mainly from people who have Asperger's talking about Asperger's.
I explained this to the people at Daylight Atheism, but it did no good. Instead Azykyroth claimed that my speculating that Ayn Rand had Asperger's was the equivalent of being a racist. I know that sounds absurd, but here is a screen shot of the comment:
And you can see the results - rather than refuting Azykroth's bogus comparison to racism, instead Adam Lee told me to STFU.
So it seems that as far as Adam Lee is concerned, the mere speculation that somebody that he and his friends don't like has Asperger's is the equivalent of racism.
Apparently all along Adam Lee was a Social Justice Warrior and I didn't realize it. Possibly because my understanding of SJW was that if you disagree with them about something you are accused of racism. But it seems that another method is to accuse somebody of "ablism" and then compare that to racism. So to disagree with a SJW you may be accused of racism, or alternately, one degree from racism.
Azykyroth wasn't content merely to suggest I was an "ablist" - that wasn't vicious enough:
Azkyroth's lie about me having an "obsessive need to demonize people with AS" was allowed to stand, but my defense of myself was deleted. And of course Azkyroth presents no evidence at all that I have ever harmed any living person by my speculations that Ayn Rand may have had Asperger's - but that isn't necessary. Social Justice Warriors don't have to provide evidence for any of their vicious attacks - they argue by assertion and evidence counts for nothing.
My assumption is that although I only know Azkyroth as an anonymous online coward, Adam Lee is a friend of this person in real life, and so feels compelled to side with him. But it's possible that Lee feels that the hypocritical prohibition against the topic of Ayn Rand and Asperger's is perfectly right and just without any personal considerations.
In any case, I saw no point in continuing to participate in a discussion run by Social Justice Warriors. Adam Lee has no shame about publicly siding with liars and unhinged defamers and feels no shame in censoring good-faith arguments on behalf of liars and unhinged defamers. But that's what Social Justice Warriors do.
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ten-day outlook. temperatures in nassau county in the 50s at this hour. feeling that chill in muttontown down to 52 degrees. mid-50 ease in north merrick. turk the ac off north and west of morristown 50 degrees. down to 46 right now in monticello. 49 in danbury. always want to look at the dew point temperatures. that tells us if we're muggy or not. dew points in the 40s and 50s. refreshingly cool throughout the day. you can see on the satellite and radar picture. this is high pressure. this is what it looks like. hardly any clouds and definitely no rain today. future tracker remains quiet. outside, why not. temperatures in the 70s. lots of sunshine through the evening and clear skies overnight. 7:00 a.m. wednesday, also a great commute weatherwise. as we look ahead, fridaya back to the summery pat he shall. higher heat and humidity. temperature near 90 degrees. we're using sticky and seedy again today. not a great chance to rain. into the weekend, unfortunately, the drought continues but it is good n if you have outdoor activities, looking great for saturday and sunday. there'
ten-day outlook. temperatures in nassau county in the 50s at this hour. feeling that chill in muttontown down to 52 degrees. mid-50 ease in north merrick. turk the ac off north and west of morristown 50 degrees. down to 46 right now in monticello. 49 in danbury. always want to look at the dew point temperatures. that tells us if we're muggy or not. dew points in the 40s and 50s. refreshingly cool throughout the day. you can see on the satellite and radar picture. this is high pressure. this is...
rain until friday. temperatures in nassau county are in the mid to upper 60s. 65 in mutton town. massapequa. the mugginess hanging around. 69 in north merrick. it's north and west. that's where we're noticing the cool temperature change. 59 degrees. that's a preview of what's to come in monticello. it shows how it feels outside and notice this. low 60s. that's just a bit muggy, but they're going to be dropping into the 50s and the nice category. something we haven't felt in quite some ti northwest. that's key to the forecast today. that's pushing in that drier air mass. much more comfortable. again, it will be breezy with winds gusting over 25 miles an hour into the afternoon. satellite drawer picture nice and quiet. it's all about nice pressure dominating our weather. clear skies, mostly sunny. your evening commute nice and fine. heading back to work, tuesday, 7:00 a.m. it will be humid. it stays low tomorrow. tomorrow may be the best day of the week. 82, low humidity and not as windy. 85, warmer by the weekend. that's a look at your forecast. now it's time for a check of your
rain until friday. temperatures in nassau county are in the mid to upper 60s. 65 in mutton town. massapequa. the mugginess hanging around. 69 in north merrick. it's north and west. that's where we're noticing the cool temperature change. 59 degrees. that's a preview of what's to come in monticello. it shows how it feels outside and notice this. low 60s. that's just a bit muggy, but they're going to be dropping into the 50s and the nice category. something we haven't felt in quite some ti...
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. also across nassau county. if you have beach plans today, hit or miss. not the best beach day, but not the worst. you may have some peaks of the day. here's your shore cast. starting off with water temperatures back to the low 80s. down the jersey shore, sea bright, 82. 80 in bridge hampton. maybe some peeks of sun heading into the middle of the day. moderate risk of rip currents for those south-facing beaches. jersey shore, a low risk for rip uv index is still up there. when you get that sunshine cracking through the clouds, 8 is high. there's also a moderate risk for lightning, especially as the day goes on. late afternoon into the evening, we could see strong to severe storms moving through. a mixed shore cast on this sunday. a look at your ten-day forecast. there's a beautiful stretch of weather coming our way. pat and gus? >> thank you. >>> happening today, a queens woman faces a judge charged in stepdaughter. >> checkey beckford has the latest on that from queens. >> reporter: shamdal arjun expected to face a judge today on second degree murder charges accused of killing her
. also across nassau county. if you have beach plans today, hit or miss. not the best beach day, but not the worst. you may have some peaks of the day. here's your shore cast. starting off with water temperatures back to the low 80s. down the jersey shore, sea bright, 82. 80 in bridge hampton. maybe some peeks of sun heading into the middle of the day. moderate risk of rip currents for those south-facing beaches. jersey shore, a low risk for rip uv index is still up there. when you get that...
. temperatures in the low to mid 70s out across nassau county. floral park, 73. 73 north merrick. muttontown down to 70. monticello, 64. more comfortable in the suburbs. mixed into the picture. 83 at noontime. 87 by 3:00. weekend forecast coming up on the 4s. right now the latest on the commute. >> we have fastrack maintenance on the "l" this will wrap up at 5:00 a.m. no service between broadway junction and lorimer street. as far as other overnight track work, 1, 2, and shuttles are affected. >>> police are trying to find two armed robbers who got trapped inside a cell phone store in paterson. they eventually escaped after a slow emergency response. the men with guns approached the store manager, tommy torres wednesday afternoon. he said take whatever they that connects to another business. he told everyone to leave. once outside the door, torres shut the store's front gate and locked the thieves inside and called 911 several times but the police never showed up. >> you can check the walls, take the phones, what ever you want. when they were busy, i ran to the back. >> 911 says
. temperatures in the low to mid 70s out across nassau county. floral park, 73. 73 north merrick. muttontown down to 70. monticello, 64. more comfortable in the suburbs. mixed into the picture. 83 at noontime. 87 by 3:00. weekend forecast coming up on the 4s. right now the latest on the commute. >> we have fastrack maintenance on the "l" this will wrap up at 5:00 a.m. no service between broadway junction and lorimer street. as far as other overnight track work, 1, 2, and...
east along the south shore of nassau county. few lighter showers off ocean county. that's the warm front sitting that's going to get on through. future tracker shows a break of clouds. if the clouds hang tougher, we don't get 90. see an early round of showers and thunderstorms between 3:00 and 5:00. the significant line comes in between 7:00 and 9:00. that could contain potentially severe thunderstorms and still another round overnight to midnight or so. then it starts to dry out. a fair amount of clouds early across the hudson valley, mid to upper 80s across most of long island. by tomorrow, the showers and thunderstorms threat is out of here. temperatures warm in the upper 80s. it doesn't cool off. not a strong cold front other than lowering the humidity for thursday and friday. still upper 80s to near 90. the return of afternoon showers the return of lauren scala. >> let's talk about the roadwork out there. there's plenty of it. we'll start with route 17, which is shut down southbound between midland avenue and the garden state parkway. not a delay yet. i'll let you know if one
east along the south shore of nassau county. few lighter showers off ocean county. that's the warm front sitting that's going to get on through. future tracker shows a break of clouds. if the clouds hang tougher, we don't get 90. see an early round of showers and thunderstorms between 3:00 and 5:00. the significant line comes in between 7:00 and 9:00. that could contain potentially severe thunderstorms and still another round overnight to midnight or so. then it starts to dry out. a fair...
nassau county as well and western suffolk. the only places not under warning are sullivan and western ulster county, you're under excessive heat warning. off to a good start. temperaturewise, 84 degrees. we have lots of sunshine. now, this is what we can expect for today. temperatures back into the 90s just after noon. feels like 107. scattered storms possible throughout the afternoon. a big story is how bad and how hot it will feel. we'll tell you when we see relief coming up. >>> from extended pool hours to cooling centers, city officials want to you stay safe in this extreme heat. >> greg cergol joining us from bryant park. out before the worst of the heat arrives. everywhere you look, you see people dabbing their brows or with shirts literally sticking to their bodies. more than uncomfortable, this heat can actually be dangerous. that's why the city says it will keep more than 500 cooling centers in all five boroughs open all weekend long. you can call 311 or go to our website, nbcnewyork.com, to if you have air condition, mayor de blasio says keep it on but at 78 degrees.
nassau county as well and western suffolk. the only places not under warning are sullivan and western ulster county, you're under excessive heat warning. off to a good start. temperaturewise, 84 degrees. we have lots of sunshine. now, this is what we can expect for today. temperatures back into the 90s just after noon. feels like 107. scattered storms possible throughout the afternoon. a big story is how bad and how hot it will feel. we'll tell you when we see relief coming up. >>>...
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high risk for rip currents for the south-facing shores 37 nassau york city. basically perpendicular to the coasts. make sure a life guard can see you if you go near the water and moderate risk for rip currents. watching out for lightning, storms are popping and uv index is 9. it's very high. bring the sunscreen as you're making your way down the shore. that's one way to cool off. we'll have a look at your ten-day forecast and tell you when we'll all cool off coming up in a few. >>> city officials urging people to use caution this weekend as our area remains under this excessive heat warning. >> today's greg cergol is at bryant park to let you know what you need to try to be cool this weekend. >> reporter: raffy talking about the beach helps us feel cooler right away. as you guys know, this heat just sticks to you like a wet shirt. it's not only trying our patience, the mayor says it's also a threat to the city's power grid. that's why the mayor is urging thermostats at 78 degrees. he says, that's cool enough to stay comfortable but also a temperature that will lessen power use and t
high risk for rip currents for the south-facing shores 37 nassau york city. basically perpendicular to the coasts. make sure a life guard can see you if you go near the water and moderate risk for rip currents. watching out for lightning, storms are popping and uv index is 9. it's very high. bring the sunscreen as you're making your way down the shore. that's one way to cool off. we'll have a look at your ten-day forecast and tell you when we'll all cool off coming up in a few. >>>...
. what we han orange, these are heat advisories. excessive heat warning in the city and nassau county up through the hudson valley as well. right now, it's not bad. 74 degrees. upper 80s by noon. humidity is back. >> queens is a problem right now traffic. you have two lanes closed at 108th street with an accident that is the two left lanes. delays building through here and construction in the westbound lanes of the l.i.e. in this area. and then heading over to the bqe, slow ride eastbound, one to two lanes blocked. things are still moving okay through this >>> the search is on for a man who attacked a woman in a park on the upper west side. katherine creag has more. this is one of the most popular parks for the people in the upper west side. >> reporter: right. you can almost see people here at all times of the day. a woman was walking her dog when the attack happened in riverside park. at least there is a suspect sketch that police and people can go on. a sketch of that suspect. in this area of 107th street in riverside park, that's when the attack happened. the suspect walking and s
. what we han orange, these are heat advisories. excessive heat warning in the city and nassau county up through the hudson valley as well. right now, it's not bad. 74 degrees. upper 80s by noon. humidity is back. >> queens is a problem right now traffic. you have two lanes closed at 108th street with an accident that is the two left lanes. delays building through here and construction in the westbound lanes of the l.i.e. in this area. and then heading over to the bqe, slow ride...
the five burrows, nassau county as well, temperature could reach as high as close to 108, 109. upper 70s and rain cooled. the rain washed the city out a little bit. that was nice. lower 70s north and west, even 60s. 68 in monticello. didn't see that yesterday morning. live right now, we've got showers working over delaware to warren. there's a indicating pretty decent downpours but they have been deepening as we move east. that's good news. they will die out as they go throughed it morning. as the afternoon heats up, temperatures work into the 90s. >>> if you're getting on the l while. no service between the broadway junction but you can take the free shuttle buses instead. a, e, d, f and 6 train are having overnight track work. >> thanks to much, lauren. >>> police are looking for someone who attacked a woman in a park as she walked her dog. luckily, she fought back. how that may lead to the suspect. kat? >> reporter: it was a fierce fight. she bit her attacker, kicked him below the belt. it happened right here in riverside park. police released a photo of the suspect. this h
the five burrows, nassau county as well, temperature could reach as high as close to 108, 109. upper 70s and rain cooled. the rain washed the city out a little bit. that was nice. lower 70s north and west, even 60s. 68 in monticello. didn't see that yesterday morning. live right now, we've got showers working over delaware to warren. there's a indicating pretty decent downpours but they have been deepening as we move east. that's good news. they will die out as they go throughed it morning. as...
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exactly what it has become at nassau county jail. i thought i was going to lose my child. >> there now 4-year-old daughter the day her water broke is a nightmare. five and a half months pregnant she said she waited 45 minutes in herself before help came. and then another two and half hours before being taken to medical. >> i had a fear of my child dina my tummy. everything took forever. people seem to be dropping dead like flies so every other week there's another death coming. there had been seven deaths at the jail since 2011. the same year the florida-based company took over the jail's medical care. many have long pointed lame at armour correctional health services. new york attorneys generals now filing a lawsuit against a company alleging dangerous, inadequate health services and also speaking to be in the company from this day. according to the new york attorney general's report he also said the number of contract but -- for years. they're saying let's take away their control over the medical care at the facility and return the care to nassau university medical center. >> to
exactly what it has become at nassau county jail. i thought i was going to lose my child. >> there now 4-year-old daughter the day her water broke is a nightmare. five and a half months pregnant she said she waited 45 minutes in herself before help came. and then another two and half hours before being taken to medical. >> i had a fear of my child dina my tummy. everything took forever. people seem to be dropping dead like flies so every other week there's another death coming....
stream. nassau county, a warm start for massapequa. it's all about the dew points. above 70, that is uncomfortable. and it wasn't like this yesterday or the day before. this all moved in overnight as the air mass became tropical from the south. we have this scale of misery here, so you can see just how it will feel over the next couple of days. this is today 2:00 and dew points are in the mid-70s, upper 70s down the jersey shore, that is between tropical and awful and that is everywhere even in the hudson valley right across heading into tomorrow, not much changes here. you can see dew points still in that tropical and awful range. and this goes on for days like that. that's why the heat will just stick around and it will feel so bad. you can see this is what it feels like today, 95. so even though temperatures in the 80s because of the humidity, it will feel like 95 in midtown. you want to cut down strenuous activity especially tomorrow. this is what it feels like and it goes up from there in the ten day forecast. take a look at those numbers. 93 on friday, it will feel more like 10
stream. nassau county, a warm start for massapequa. it's all about the dew points. above 70, that is uncomfortable. and it wasn't like this yesterday or the day before. this all moved in overnight as the air mass became tropical from the south. we have this scale of misery here, so you can see just how it will feel over the next couple of days. this is today 2:00 and dew points are in the mid-70s, upper 70s down the jersey shore, that is between tropical and awful and that is everywhere even...
in towards suffolk county, maybe eastern nassau county, as well. showers. nothing major yet, but we may see heavier downpours as the day goes on. it's major mugginess and again after the past few days that have been so dry and comfortable, it just hits you in the face. the heat and humidity turn dangerous. a heat advisory in effect for days because this is just day one of the heat and humidity combination. temperatures in the mid-70s in diker height, 76 this tells me how muggy it is outside and when i see dew points in the 70s, it's a trap tropical air mass in place. a few showers around 11:00, this is the kind of day where it could rain at anytime today and whenever it rains, it could rain very heavily. we won't see rain everywhere. it will be on and off scattered showers. tomorrow afternoon. another round of showers and storms popping, but again, you won't see rain everywhere. so depending on where you are, you may not see rain at all or you may have heavy downpours throughout much of the day. these are your dew point temperatures today, 76. that's the awful category, so that's on
in towards suffolk county, maybe eastern nassau county, as well. showers. nothing major yet, but we may see heavier downpours as the day goes on. it's major mugginess and again after the past few days that have been so dry and comfortable, it just hits you in the face. the heat and humidity turn dangerous. a heat advisory in effect for days because this is just day one of the heat and humidity combination. temperatures in the mid-70s in diker height, 76 this tells me how muggy it is outside...
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times. we'll look at that in a few minutes. your temperatures for nassau county, 61 for muttontown. some cool spots that may be turning off the ac. 70 in valley stream. 69 in floral park. here's the radar and satellite picture. you can see clouds lingering again down the jersey shore towards central and southern new jersey. but no rain in sight. we have to head to virginia and the carolinas, that's where the rain will stay today. nice and dry as you head outside. let's plan your day. temperatures in the 70s through the morning. we turn up the heat by lurch time, back to 83 degrees. mid to upper 80s, some folks could see 90 just to the west of town, places like newark, but not a sticky heat. a comfortable, dry heat. sunshine and clouds through the evening. this is 10:00, notice the cloud cover off to the south. that's where it stays primarily throughout the day. mostly sunny and dry for the evening commute. we're keeping it dry through tomorrow evening. no weather problems until wednesday. that's when everything changes. humidity is back. it's sticky, steamy, and sunshine comes to a
times. we'll look at that in a few minutes. your temperatures for nassau county, 61 for muttontown. some cool spots that may be turning off the ac. 70 in valley stream. 69 in floral park. here's the radar and satellite picture. you can see clouds lingering again down the jersey shore towards central and southern new jersey. but no rain in sight. we have to head to virginia and the carolinas, that's where the rain will stay today. nice and dry as you head outside. let's plan your day....
continues to move on to towards the south. it may eventually work towards nassau county. we have flooding in sullivan crawford and orange county, new york. white county, pennsylvania, also dealing with the heavier rain. the rain losing intensity. that's a good thing. not a lot of issues here in rockland county. just a little bit of light rain moving through westchester county around ossining. not a busy day weatherwise. nice and quiet for the most part. sunshine trying to breakthrough the clouds around lunchtime. starts to feel better. one or two pop-upto if you want to bring the umbrella to be on the safe side, it's not a bad idea today. many of us will stay dry. tomorrow looks much better around 7:00. lots of sunshine for your wednesday. baseball forecast, it's going to be a great night for baseball. 75 degrees the first pitch for the subway series. 7:10. comfortable and miemd. enjoy the low humidity. spend time outside towards the middle of the week wednesday and thursday. by friday, the humidity is back. hot, saturday's high near 90 with a few scattered storms. still hot on s
continues to move on to towards the south. it may eventually work towards nassau county. we have flooding in sullivan crawford and orange county, new york. white county, pennsylvania, also dealing with the heavier rain. the rain losing intensity. that's a good thing. not a lot of issues here in rockland county. just a little bit of light rain moving through westchester county around ossining. not a busy day weatherwise. nice and quiet for the most part. sunshine trying to breakthrough the...
still mild in nassau county. 68 in farmingdale. we have low 70s in the city. 70 in newburgh. it's mild across northwest new jersey as well. temperatures in the upper 60s in sussex, 67 for you in westhampton. i want to show you the dew point temperatures because that shows us what it looks like. these have dropped since yesterday. it will feel more comfortable as you step outside with the dew point temperatures only in the mid-60s. that's a good thing. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture. north into the hudson valley, this is one strong storm, just grazing northern fairfield county around midtown. stevenson eventually and headed lots of lightning with that storm. downpours in carmel and miltown heading into northern westchester county. north salem, you could see a shower and downpour too. as we head west, pine bush and crawford dealing with rain farther north and west out of new york city. around 8:00 today, very quiet for most of us. lots of clouds. then the clouds break up and the sunshine tries to come through by lunchtime. also can't rule out one or two showers through
still mild in nassau county. 68 in farmingdale. we have low 70s in the city. 70 in newburgh. it's mild across northwest new jersey as well. temperatures in the upper 60s in sussex, 67 for you in westhampton. i want to show you the dew point temperatures because that shows us what it looks like. these have dropped since yesterday. it will feel more comfortable as you step outside with the dew point temperatures only in the mid-60s. that's a good thing. here's a look at your satellite and radar...
bridge in the massapequa preserve. nassau county spca believes it was shot saturday night or sunday morning. the swan is doing okay. it was hit in the thicker part of the wing, and the darts were safely removed. the spca is offering a $5,000 searching for two burglars who made off with a bunny. you can see one of them carrying the cage. this happened last month. the two also took a bracelet and a passport from the apartment that had been left unlocked. >>> there are four days to go until the opening ceremonies are held for the rio olympics. yesterday many members of team usa arrived so did 555 americans will compete in the summer games, this year there are 30 more women on the team than men. >> we know brazil is an amazing country for volleyball. we're excited to be here and experience it with them and hopefully with the fans and people of brazil. >> many of the american women's teams will be tough to beat, including beach volleyball and basketball. nbc 4 is your olympic friday starting at 7:30 p.m. >> brazil is not too bad at soccer either. >> they have a few good athletes. >>> up
bridge in the massapequa preserve. nassau county spca believes it was shot saturday night or sunday morning. the swan is doing okay. it was hit in the thicker part of the wing, and the darts were safely removed. the spca is offering a $5,000 searching for two burglars who made off with a bunny. you can see one of them carrying the cage. this happened last month. the two also took a bracelet and a passport from the apartment that had been left unlocked. >>> there are four days to go...


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Многочлен Татта (многочлен Татта — Уитни) — многочлен от двух переменных, играющий большую роль в теории графов; определён для любого неориентированного графа и содержит информацию, насколько граф связен. Стандартное обозначение — .

Первоначально изучался в алгебраической теории графов как конструкция для обобщения задач подсчёта, связанных с раскраской графов и нигде не нулевыми потоками, впоследствии обнаружена связь с многочленом Джонса из теории узлов и статистическими суммами  из статистической физики. Многочлен является источником некоторых  теоретической информатики.

Многочлен имеет несколько эквивалентных определений: он эквивалентен многочлену ранга Уитни, дихроматическому многочлену Татта и модели случайных кластеров Фортюэна — Кастелейна (после небольшого преобразования). Многочлен, по существу, является производящей функцией для числа рёбер множеств заданного размера и связных компонент и имеет прямое обобщение в теории матроидов. Многочлен является также для графов инвариантом наиболее общего вида, который может быть определён рекурсией удаления — стягивания. Некоторые книги по теории графов и матроидам посвящают целые главы этому понятию.

Определения
Для неориентированного графа  многочлен Татта определяется как:

 ,

где  означает число компонент связности графа . Из определения видно, что многочлен  вполне определён и полиномиален по  и по .

То же определение можно дать в других обозначениях, если обозначить через  ранг графа . Тогда производящая функция Уитни для ранга определяется как:

 .

Две функции эквивалентны, что показывается простой заменой переменных:

Дихроматический многочлен Татта  является результатом другого простого преобразования:

 .

Оригинальное определение Татта  для связного графа  эквивалентно (но это эквивалентность показывается технически сложнее):

где  означает число остовных деревьев «внутренней активности  и внешней активности ».

Третье определение использует рекурсию удаления — стягивания. Стягивание ребра  графа  — это граф, полученный слиянием вершин  и  и удалением ребра , а запись  означает удаление только ребра . Тогда многочлен Татта определяется рекурсией:

 ,

если  не является ни петлёй, ни мостом, с базовым случаем:

 ,

если  содержит  мостов и  петель и никаких других рёбер. В частности , если  не содержит рёбер.

Модель случайных кластеров Фортюэна — Кастелейна даёт другое эквивалентное определение:

эквивалентен  при преобразовании:

Свойства
Многочлен Татта разлагается на связные компоненты — если  является объединением непересекающихся графов  и , то:
 .

Если  является планарным, а  обозначает его двойственный граф, то:

В частности, хроматический многочлен планарного графа является потоковым многочленом его двойственного.

Примеры
Изоморфные графы имеют те же самые многочлены Татта, но обратное не верно. Например, многочлен Татта любого дерева с  рёбрами равен .

Многочлены Татта часто публикуются в виде таблицы коэффициентов  членов  в строке  и столбце . Например, многочлен Татта графа Петерсена,

Записывается в виде следующей таблицы:

Другой пример, многочлен Татта графа октаэдра равен:

История
Интерес Уильяма Татта к формуле удаления — стягивания возник в дни его студенчества в Тринити-колледже (Кембридж) и был вызван совершенными прямоугольниками и остовными деревьями. Он часто использовал формулу в исследованиях и «удивлялся, когда обнаруживал другие интересные функции на графах, инвариантные относительно изоморфизмов, с похожими рекурсивными формулами». Рональд Фостер заметил, что хроматический многочлен является одной из таких функций, а Татт начал обнаруживать другие. Оригинальной терминологией для инвариантов графов, удовлетворяющих рекурсии удаления-стягивания была W-функция, а термин V-функция он использовал для случая умножения компонент. Татт писал: «Играя с W-функциями, я получил многочлен от двух переменных, из которого можно было получить хроматический многочлен или потоковый многочлен путём присвоения одной переменной нулю и поправки знаков». Татт назвал эту функцию дихроматической и показал, что она является обобщением хроматического многочлена на две переменные, но этот многочлен обычно упоминается как многочлен Татта. По словам Татта, «Это могло быть неприятно для Хасслер Уитни, который использовал аналогичные коэффициенты и не пробовал приспособить их для двух переменных.» (Существует путаница между терминами «бихроматом» и «бихроматическим многочленом», введённым Таттом в другой статье и слегка отличающемся.) Обобщение многочлена Татта для матроидов опубликовал Крапо, хотя оно уже появлялось в тезисах Татта.

Независимо, при работе с алгебраической теорией графов, Поттс начал изучать статистические суммы некоторых моделей статистической механики в 1952. В работе 1972 года о модели случайных кластеров, обобщения , Фортюэн и Кастелейн дали объединённое выражение, которое показало связь этой модели с многочленом Татта.

Специализации
В различных точках и прямых плоскости  многочлен Татта даёт значения, которые изучаются сами по себе в различных областях математики и физики. Частично привлекательность многочлена Татта вызвана объединением метода анализа этих величин.

Хроматический многочлен

При  многочлен Татта превращается в хроматический многочлен,

где  обозначает число связных компонент графа .

Для целого  значение хроматического многочлена  равно числу раскрасок вершин графа  при использовании  цветов. Ясно, что  не зависит от набора цветов. Менее ясно, что функция является многочленом от  с целыми коэффициентами. Чтобы это понять, заметим:
 Если граф  имеет  вершин и не имеет рёбер, то .
 Если граф  содержит петлю (ребро, соединяющее вершину с той же вершиной), то .
 Если  — ребро, не являющееся петлёй, то

Эти три условия позволяют нам вычислить  путём последовательности удалений и стягиваний. Однако эти операции не дают гарантии, что различная последовательность операций приведёт к тому же результату. Единственность гарантируется фактом, что  подсчитывает вещи, независимые от рекурсии. В частности,

даёт число ацикличных ориентаций.

Многочлен Джонса

Вдоль гиперболы  многочлен Татта планарного графа сводится к многочлену Джонса связанного альтернированного узла.

Индивидуальные точки

(2,1)
 подсчитывают число деревьев, то есть число ацикличных подмножеств рёбер.

(1,1)
 подсчитывает число остовов (ациклических подграфов с тем же числом компонент связности, что и у графа ). Если граф связен,  подсчитывают число остовных деревьев.

(1,2)
 подсчитывает число остовных подграфов с тем же числом компонент связности, что и у графа .

(2,0)
 подсчитывает число ациклических ориентаций графа .

(0,2)
 подсчитывает число строго связные ориентаций графа  .

(0,−2)
Если граф  является 4-регулярным графом, то

подсчитывает число ациклических ориентаций графа . Здесь  — число связных компонент графа .

(3,3)
Если граф  является -решёткой, то  подсчитывает число путей замощения прямоугольника с шириной  и высотой  плитками T-тетрамино

Если граф  является планарным, то  равен сумме взвешенных эйлеровых ориентаций в срединном графе графа , где вес равен от 2 до числа седловых вершин ориентации (то есть число вершин с рёбрами в циклическом порядке «in, out, in out»).

Модели Поттса и Изинга

Для гиперболы на плоскости :

многочлен Татта сводится к статистической сумме  модели Изинга, изучаемой в статистической физике. В частности, вдоль гиперболы  двойка связана с уравнением:

 .

В частности:

для всех комплексных .

Более общо, если для любого положительного  определить гиперболу:

 ,

то многочлен Татта сводится к статистической сумме  с  состояниями. Различные физические величины, анализируемые с помощью модели Поттса, переходят в конкретные части .

Потоковый многочлен

При  многочлен Татта превращается в потоковый многочлен, изучаемый в комбинаторике. Для связного неориентированного графа  и целого числа  нигде не нулевой -поток является назначением значений «потока»  рёбрам произвольной ориентации графа , так что сумма потоков входа и выхода в каждой вершине конгруэнтна по модулю . Потоковый многочлен  означает число нигде не нулевых -потоков. Это значение непосредственно связано с хроматическим многочленом. Фактически, если  — планарный граф, хроматический многочлен графа  эквивалентен потоковому многочлену его двойственного графа  в том смысле, что имеет место следующее утверждение (Татт):

 .

Связь с многочленом Татта даётся равенством:

 .

Многочлен живучести

При  многочлен Татта превращается в многочлен живучести, изучаемый в теории сетей. Для связного графа  удаляется любое ребро с вероятностью , что моделирует случайные выпадения ребра. Тогда многочлен живучести — это функция , многочлен от , который даёт вероятность, что любая пара вершин в  остаётся связной после выпадения ребра. Связь с многочленом Татта задаётся равенством

 .

Дихроматический многочлен
Татт определил также близкое обобщение от 2 переменных хроматического многочлена, дихроматический многочлен графа:

где  — число связных компонент остовного подграфа . Он связан с ранговым многочленом Уитни равенством:

 .

Дихроматический многочлен не обобщается для матроидов, поскольку  не является свойством матроидов — различные графы с тем же матроидом могут иметь различное число компонент связности.

Связанные многочлены

Многочлен Мартина

Многочлен Мартина  ориентированного 4-регулярного графа  определил Пьер Мартин в 1977. Он показал, что если  является плоским графом и  является его ориентированным срединным графом, то

Алгоритмы

Формула удаления — стягивания

Применение формулы удаления — стягивания для многочлена Татта:
 ,
где  не является ни петлёй, ни мостом, даёт рекурсивный алгоритм вычисления многочлена — выбирается любое подходящее ребро  и применяется формула, пока не останутся только петли и мосты. Получившиеся в результате выполнения одночлены легко вычислить.

С точностью до полиномиального множителя время выполнения  этого алгоритма можно выразить в терминах числа вершин  и числа рёбер  графа:
 ,
рекуррентное отношение, которое определяет числа Фибоначчи с решением.

Анализ может быть улучшен в величине полиномиального множителя числа  остовных деревьев входного графа. Для разреженных графов с  время работы алгоритма равно . Для регулярных графов степени  число остовных деревьев можно ограничить величиной

 ,

где

 .

Например:

 .

На практике во избежание некоторых рекурсивных вызовов используется проверка на изоморфизм. Этот подход работает хорошо для сильно разреженных графов и графов с множеством симметрий, при этом скорость работы алгоритма зависит от метода выбора ребра .

Исключение Гаусса
В некоторых ограниченных случаях многочлен Татта можно вычислить за полиномиальное время благодаря тому, что исключение Гаусса эффективно вычисляет определитель и пфаффиан. Эти алгоритмы сами по себе являются важным результатом алгебраической теории графов и статистической механики.

 равен числу  остовных деревьев связного графа. Он может быть вычислен за полиномиальное время как определитель максимальной главной подматрицы матрицы Кирхгофа графа , ранний результат из алгебраической теории графов, известный как матричная теорема о деревьях. Аналогично, размерность пространства бициклов  можно вычислить за полиномиальное время с помощью метода исключений Гаусса.

Для планарных графов функция распределения модели Изинга, то есть многочлен Татта на гиперболе , можно выразить как пфаффиан и вычислить эффективно с помощью алгоритма FKT. Эту идею разрабатывали Фишер,  и  для вычисления числа покрытий костями домино планарной модели решётки.

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Используя , можно произвольно хорошо аппроксимировать многочлен Татта вдоль ветви , эквивалентно, функции распределения ферромагнитной модели Изинга. Этот подход использует тесную связь между моделью Изинга и задачей подсчёта паросочетаний в графе. Идея этого подхода, принадлежащего Джерраму и Синклеру, заключается в образовании цепи Маркова, состояния которой соответствуют паросочетаниям входного графа. Переходы определяются путём выбора рёбер случайным образом и соответственно модифицируются паросочетания. Получающаяся цепь Маркова быстро смешивается и ведёт к «достаточно случайным» паросочетаниям, которые можно использовать для обнаружения функции распределения, используя случайную выборку. Получающийся алгоритм является приближенной схемой полиномиального времени (FPRAS).

Вычислительная сложность
С многочленом Татта ассоциируются некоторые вычислительные задачи. Наиболее прямолинейный алгоритм
Input
 Граф
Output
 Коэффициенты
В частности, вывод позволяет вычислить , который эквивалентен подсчёту 3-раскрасок графа . Эта задача является , даже если она ограничена семейством планарных графов, так что задача вычисления коэффициентов многочлена Татта для данного графа является  даже для планарных графов.

Много больше внимания было уделено семейству задач, называемых Tutte, определённых для любой комплексной пары :
Input
 Граф
Output
 Значение
Трудность этой задачи меняется в зависимости от координат .

Точное вычисление

Если  и  являются неотрицательными целыми числами, задача  принадлежит . В общем случае для целых пар многочлен Татта содержит отрицательные члены, что помещает задачу в класс сложности , замыкание  по вычитанию. Для рациональных координат  можно определить рациональный аналог .

Вычислительная сложность точного вычисления  распадается на два класса для . Задача #P-трудна, если только  не лежит на гиперболе  или не является одной из точек

 .

В этих случаях задача разрешима за полиномиальное время. Если задача ограничена классом планарных графов, в точках гиперболы  задача становится вычисляемой за полиномиальное время. Все другие точки остаются #P-трудными даже для двудольных планарных графов. В своей статье по дихотомии планарных графов Вертиган утверждает, что тот же результат верен, если наложить дополнительные ограничения на графы (степень вершины не превосходит трёх), за исключением точки , которая подсчитывает нигде не нулевые -потоки и в которой задача разрешима за полиномиальное время.

Эти результаты содержат некоторые важные частные случаи. Например, задача вычисления функции распределения модели Изинга в общем случае #P-трудна, хотя алгоритмы Онзангера и Фишера решают её для плоских решёток. Также вычисление многочлена Джонса является #P-трудной задачей. Наконец, вычисление числа раскрасок в четыре цвета планарного графа #P-полно, хотя задача разрешимости тривиальна ввиду теоремы о четырёх красках. Для контраста, легко видеть, что подсчёт числа раскрасок планарного графа в три цвета является #P-полной, поскольку известно, что задача разрешимости NP-полна согласно .

Аппроксимация
Вопрос, какие точки позволяют алгоритмы аппроксимации, хорошо изучен. Кроме точек, которые могут быть вычислены точно за полиномиальное время, единственным аппроксимационным алгоритмом, известным для , является (FPRAS) алгоритм Джеррама и Синклера, который работает для точек на гиперболе Изинга  для . Если входной граф ограничен до плотных графов со степенью , существует FPRAS-алгоритм, если .

Хотя в случае аппроксимации ситуация не так хорошо изучена, как для точных вычислений, известно, что большие области плоскости трудно аппроксимировать.

См. также

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 PlanetMath Chromatic polynomial
 Steven R. Pagano: Matroids and Signed Graphs
 Sandra Kingan: Matroid theory. Lots of links.
 Code for computing Tutte, Chromatic and Flow Polynomials by Gary Haggard, David J. Pearce and Gordon Royle:

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It's never easy to see innocent children dragged into the madness of adults. Their fresh little faces and trusting innocence exploited by hard-hearted cynicism. And so it is with BLENDED, another in a seemingly endless series of Adam Sandler flicks designed to pay for his vacations. The venue this time is Africa, and the story, such as it is, seems to have been conceived after watching an informational video for the resort where most of it takes place and incorporating the highlights seamlessly into the plot.
Naturally, I'm kidding. It's an infomercial barely lightened by a game Drew Barrymore treading water in yet another excursion into the land of Sandler's mean-spirited comedy that somehow fancies itself as clever entertainment.
Though, to be fair, it has far less of the usual gross-out humor generally to be found in the oeuvre of this auteur, notwithstanding that the opening scene is set in the ladies bathroom of a chain restaurant featuring young women in hot pants and tight tank tops. It is there that Lauren (Barrymore) is coming to terms with her blind date with Jim (Sandler) being a complete disaster. It won't be over, though, until Jim has established that the waitresses love him, and Lauren has sampled and spit out the food on the table. That's about as sophisticated as it gets.
Not that Sandler's fans are expecting anything else. Nor should they be surprised that the signature egregious product-placement that features heavily in all his films here extends to a prolonged consideration of the feminine hygiene products at the local chain drugstore, which, like the chain restaurant, is named frequently in order, one suspects, to fulfill a contractual obligation.
Never mind how these two find themselves and their respective children on a dream vacation in Africa. The point is not plot or character development, it's showing off the amenities and mentioning the chocolate fountain and tri-tip to be found there. The rest is an assortment of contrived situations, including riding ostriches in a circle for no readily apparent reason, resulting in these two crazy kids realizing that, despite everything, they are meant for each other.
This being a Sandler effort, it requires that the women be essentially brain-dead with what little neural activity remaining tied up in their self-esteem being tied to their attractiveness to the opposite sex. It also requires that the children be clichés with a dash of potty mouth. The one exception being Jim's middle daughter, named ESPN (Emma Fuhrmann), who is, against all odds, genuinely touching as she copes with her mother's death by imagining her spirit by her side at all times.
The rest is pratfalls, hormones, obvious jokes played to the lowest common denominator, and promoting Jim's single-parenting skills as better than Lauren's even though the former dressed his daughters in track suits and has their hair cut at a barber. The rest, that is, until Sandler decides to turn maudlin, injecting a brand of unbearably calculated sentimentality that has little to do with emotion and everything to do with stretching an already irksome plot even further. Perhaps to cram some more product placement into the proceedings. And to decisively sully the memory of the last Sandler-Barrymore collaboration, the perfectly wonderful THE WEDDING SINGER.
BLENDED does make the African landscape look beautiful, even as it skirts troublesome stereotypes while wasting Terry Crews and his almost prehensile pecs. Yet the best thing about it, even better than Barrymore, is that as bad as BLENDED is, at least it's not GROWN-UPS 3.
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Andrea's Rating: 1
Reasons for rating:PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and language
Cast:Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon
Director:Frank Coraci
Writer:Clare Sera, Ivan Menchell
Genre:Comedy
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12 Forgotten Cars of the 1970s That Are Worth Remembering
Tough times gave rise to some memorable, if not exactly brilliant, cars.
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We remember a lot of 1970s cars: the AMC Pacer, the Ford Mustang II, and the Porsche 914, just to name a few with intriguing, if not always happy, stories. But those weren't the only significant cars of the 1970s, an era when hard times gave rise to a love of funky rides, many of which history has mostly forgotten. Well, folks, it's time for us to remind you: Here are a dozen forgotten 1970s cars that deserve a parking place in our collective memory.
1970 Ford Maverick
We're not sure why the Maverick hasn't gotten more love during the past four decades. This is the ultimate early 1970s car, a humble cheapie sedan, the 1970s equivalent of a Nissan Sentra, and yet look at that groovy styling! Because everything deserved a fastback in the 1970s, even the cheap-ass car you bought because you couldn't afford anything better. The Maverick was a reliable runner, and Consumer Reports even liked it more than the Maverick's Japanese competitors. And yet somehow the car community has all but forgotten it. What a shame. (Check out this blown, injected 1971 Maverick, btw. )
1970 AMC Hornet
American Motors, smallest of what used to be known as the Big Four, made some of the most memorable 1970s cars. Most of us know the Pacer, Gremlin, Javelin, and perhaps even the Matador, but what about the Hornet? This funky-looking little sedan was, like many AMC products, ahead of its time, a useful compact that hit the market just as America realized big cars were no longer where it's at. What set the Hornet apart from its crummier competitors was the car's stubborn penchant for reincarnation: The AMC Hornet would be gussied-up and reborn as the 1978 Concord, then mashed up with four-wheel-drive Jeep parts to make the AMC Eagle, itself the 25-years-too-early forerunner of the modern crossover SUV. (Here's an amazing Javelin that was a pace car at Riverside International Raceway!)
1971 Volkswagen 411/412
Stoked with the Beetle's success, along with that of the Bus and the Fastback, Volkswagen decided it was time to bring a luxury car to the U.S.—except VW's idea of a luxury car was a world away from that of average Americans'. Sure, the blunt-nosed 411 was among the most modern of air-cooled Volkswagens, with the MacPherson-strut front suspension from the Super Beetle. But equipping it with standard-fit metallic paint and wall-to-wall carpeting was still not enough to transform it into a Cadillac competitor. Volkswagen was right about one American luxury expectation: the standard-fit automatic transmission. But as it was coupled to an 80-horsepower Volksboxer, the 411 couldn't muster the acceleration Americans expected from a luxury car—or from a ride-on mower, for that matter. Volkswagen gave up selling the Type 4 to Americans in 1974, and its next attempt at a luxury car, the Phaeton, wouldn't fare much better 30 years later.
1972 Ford Torino
The Torino and its slightly nicer sibling, the Gran Torino, were Ford's intermediate cars, stalwart soldiers boldly doing battle with GM's handsome mid-sizers. They played many roles, from sporty muscular coupe (as seen in the hit TV show Starsky & Hutch) to wood-paneled family wagon to sensible-if-anonymous sedan. As its Italian name implied, the Torino brought style to the masses, combining sinewy 1960s curves with blocky 1970s-car presence. The Torino as seen here was made from 1972 until 1977, when it was unceremoniously replaced with the LTD II and its snooty upscale aspirations. Muscle-car versions of the Torino have attracted some collector interest, but the world at large seems to have forgotten how the Torino was a fixture of 1970s American-car life. (Read about when a Ford Torino and Dodge Charger raced at Le Mans. )
1973 Pontiac Astre
Everyone remembers the rolling disaster that was the Chevrolet Vega, but few remember GM's first foray into badge-engineering the Pontiac-ized version. As we recounted in our history of the disastrous Vega, Pontiac was working on its own small car, which (like Chevy's home-grown smallster) was punted by the corporate-designed Vega—and if that wasn't bad enough, the brand had a barely-disguised version forced on it in the form of the Pontiac Astre. GM had ironed out most of the Vega's problems by 1973, but the Astre was too expensive and too thinly disguised, and it was never a big seller.
1973 Oldsmobile Omega
Ever wonder why people didn't get too upset about badge-engineering products when the idea first reared its ugly head? Because in the beginning, it wasn't always awful. Take the Omega, Oldsmobile's version of the common-as-houseflies Chevrolet Nova. It was pleasant enough, a solid and reliable 1970s car, and differed enough from the Nova to hold its head (lights) up high. The same can be said for Buick's version, the also-forgotten Apollo. In the 1970s, the horrific dark side of badge engineering was still in the future, though it would be realized soon enough at Oldsmobile when the Omega moved to the ill-fated front-wheel-drive X-body platform.
1975 Ford Granada
Fashion-wise, the 1970s were a bit stuffy. Unless you were one of those radical Californians, you were still expected to wear a business suit to work, though you might loosen things up a bit with shaggy hair (grown over the ears? You hippie!) or a wide tie. To us, the Ford Granada reflects those fashions of the day—upright and formal and not entirely comfortable with itself. Ford advertisements compared the Granada to the Mercedes-Benz 280—first sparingly, then gratuitously—and while that seems laughable today, the 1970s public must have bought it, because it bought a lot of Granadas. Ford sold nearly 1.8 million examples between 1975 and 1980, and we're not even counting the look-alike Mercury Monarch.
1975 Mercury Bobcat
Badge engineering was still in its infancy in 1975 when Ford delivered a gussied-up Pinto in the form of the Mercury Bobcat. Ford's stylists made some effort to differentiate the Bobcat's front end with a formal, upright grille and a boxier hood, but the back end always makes us chuckle. To differentiate the Bobcat from the Pinto, Ford took an extra set of Pinto taillights and glued the left one inboard of the right taillight and vice-versa, a move we're pretty sure fooled almost no one. In fact, we know it didn't: From 1975 to 1980, Ford sold 1.3 million Pintos, while Mercury couldn't even move 225,000 Bobcats.
1977 Datsun 200SX
Most people recall Japanese automakers taking over the American market in the 1980s, but not everyone realizes they had their share of stumbles with their own 1970s cars. One of those was Datsun's (now Nissan) alleged sports coupe, the 200SX, arguably one of the ugliest cars of the 1970s. At the time, the Japanese were known for economy cars and (to a lesser extent) for sports cars, but the 200SX was neither—it was pokey and clumsy, and while Datsun touted the superior fuel economy of its B210, the 200SX had an obvious drinking problem. The few 200SXs Datsun managed to sell were soon consumed by rust, and before long the 200SX was forgotten like a bad dream. But the failed 200SX did inspire Datsun to do better: it launched a new 200SX for 1980 that would become an oft-overlooked classic.
1978 Buick Century/Oldsmobile Cutlass Aeroback
America's obsession with Europe was taking firm hold in the late 1970s, so when GM downsized its intermediate models for 1978, it decided the cars needed a Euro-style hatchback profile. The result of this wisdom was the two- and four-door "Aeroback" body style applied to the Buick Century and Oldsmobile Cutlass. While Chevy and Pontiac intermediates got a traditional notchback sedan, GM didn't think Buick and Oldsmobile needed them. Wrong! The failure of these almost-hatchbacks took GM by surprise, and it took the company two years to get a proper sedan into production. How much did the 1970s car-buying public hate the Aerobacks? Between 1978 and 1979, Buick sold fewer than 48,000 Century fastbacks. When the sedan arrived in 1980, Buick sold 130,000.
1978 Ford Fairmont
Another sign of America's budding Euro obsession was the Ford's Granada replacement, the Fairmont, which took simplification to a new level. Stripped of all formal adornment, the Fairmont was a brown paper bag of a sedan, simple and functional and honest, and a refreshing change from the oversized, over-chromed barges that constituted most of the Ford lineup throughout the 1970s. The two-door version, called Fairmont Futura, was actually kind of a cool-looking car in an oddball way. The Fairmont has been largely forgotten, but we all know the Fox platform on which it was based, which would go forward to underpin the Mustang for the next quarter-century. (See what happens when someone drops an LS engine in a 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura. )
1978 Dodge Magnum
No, not that Dodge Magnum—this Dodge Magnum was Chrysler's attempt at a modern "personal luxury" car to take on the sharply creased and sharp-looking Ford Thunderbird of the late 1970s. If nothing else, you have to love it for its clear headlight covers, which flipped down when the lights were switched on (see them in action in this old film). Ironically, the then-"new" Magnum was made from stone-age parts. It was based on a mid-size platform first developed in the early 1960s, and it was one of the last Chrysler passenger cars to offer a big-block engine, in this case the 400-cubic-inch (6.6-liter) outgrowth of the legendary 383. Chrysler was in dire straits with little money for advertising, and with fuel prices spiking, few people had interest in an expansive, two-ton, V-8-powered coupe. The Magnum sold poorly, as did its also-forgotten 1980s follow-on, the Dodge Mirada.
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Florida basketball score: Gators fall short as No. 10 Michigan State edges out tough win
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The Florida Gators were looking to pick up consecutive wins against major-conference opponents for the first time this season but fell just short of doing so Saturday in a 63-59 loss to the No. 10 Michigan State Spartans at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida. It was a tough defensive effort by the Gators (5-4), who are creeping up on a .500 record now one month into the season.
Let's take a look at what went down in Florida's latest loss.
It was over when … Michigan State guard Kyle Ahrens dunked the ball with 8 seconds remaining. The Spartans recovered a loose ball and Ahrens threw it down just before the clock expired to give the visitors a four-point lead and make a comeback nearly impossible for the Gators save for a fouled three-point attempt. Ahrens was silent all game but scored all seven of his points in the final three minutes of the game. "We didn't get on the floor for that loose ball, like several others, [but] they did. They deserved to win," White said after the game. He later added: "I'd like for them to get frustrated about those things. I'm not sure they are [bothered] about making the same mistake over and over and expecting a different result. It's insane. It's got to be more important to us when we don't get on the floor for a loose ball and the other team gets it."
Kyle Ahrens beats the buzzer with a clutch slam as Michigan State ruins the Gators bid for an upset. pic.twitter.com/2ZdiJxgmGe
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 8, 2018
Florida never held a lead in the second half and did not obtain one at all after allowing a 14-2 run to break a 5-0 advantage at the start of the game as it went nearly eight minutes — yes, eight minutes — without a basket. MSU led for 36:22 of the contest and was always able to keep UF at bay despite some solid second-half shooting around the basket.
Shooting woes continue: This team simply cannot score. For the third time in four games and fifth time this season, Florida shot under 40 percent from the field (.365). It also made just 6-of-24 triples, the sixth time this season it has been unable to make 30 percent from downtown (.250). This is especially an issue against quality teams as these woes have reared their ugly heads primarily against Florida State, Oklahoma, Butler, West Virginia and now Michigan State. The Gators did manage to go 13-for-29 from the floor (.448) in the second half, but they only made 3-of-11 threes (.273) with multiple missed opportunities despite open looks.
Exceptional efforts: Freshman point guard Andrew Nembhard stood out for Florida, this time as a scorer. Nembhard posted a career-high 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting; however, he only had three assists on the game (due to his teammates missing shots) and three rare turnovers. Matching Nembhard with 13 points was senior G KeVaughn Allen, who hit half of UF's threes going 3-for-9 from long range. Freshman forward Keyontae Johnson showed out again with six points, five rebounds and two blocks.
Andrew Nembhard splits the D and gets a tough one to fall. @GatorsMBK is making a second half push as the freshman cuts the lead to four. pic.twitter.com/9pNXzUpQbO
— CBS Sports CBB (@CBSSportsCBB) December 8, 2018
Odds and ends: The Gators shot 12 more shots than the Spartans but made three fewer baskets … UF's .583 mark from the free throw line is its second-worst of the season … MSU outscored the hosts 36-26 in the paint and doubled their assists total (14-7) … Florida is now 3-5 all-time against Michigan State and 1-1 at home with consecutive losses (Dec. 12, 2015) … the Gators football team walked into the O'Dome — in full pads — for the final four minutes of the game in a move that I've certainly never seen before
Some special fans in the stands. The Gators football team makes an appearance as the basketball team looks to upset No. 10 Michigan State. pic.twitter.com/GWGtHQwJn0
What it means: Another good opponent, another loss. It's clear that there is talent on the roster, but the loss of redshirt senior G Jalen Hudson — he's playing, just completely in effective — has affected the team's ability to compete and score against the best teams the Gators have faced. Hudson went 1-for-3 from the field in 15 minutes, barely seeing the court in the second half. He has played 21 combined minutes in the last two games and averaged just 12.2 minutes of action over the last five. It's not all on him, of course. Florida is struggling to score as a team, and head coach Mike White does not seem to be implementing much offense with the group — either that, or they're not listening to his instructions. This is a young team, and there are going to be a lot of growing pains, but things are not going to get any easier coming up in SEC play as the league is filled with top 25 teams. This might be heading for a repeat of the 2014-15 campaign.
Up next: Florida will host Mercer on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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I was stripping the paint off of my spark plug towers and noticed it's stamped GT in very small letters? I know the alt bracket has the GT. Is this common? Is there a company GT that makes brackets for GM back then?
Spark plug towers? Do you mean spark plug stands, (that hold and separate the wires)?
Well, here are mine from a LA 12/D 68Z28 Glass Bead Blasted and pitted from rust, kind of faint but I think you can make it out? As soon as I primed and painted them, the stamping was lost as the primer and paint filled the stampings instantly.
GM prints call for all parts to be stamped to ID the supplier. fwiw.
i took these last night, the gt seems to be like the one pictured below ? the small stand doesnt seem to have anything?
the odd pic is gt on the throttle bracket/arm.


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WELLAND, Ont.: Lakeside Steel Inc. plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Ala. that when fully operational will double the steel pipe and tubing manufacturer's production capacity.
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//
//  MBShareApi.h
//  MBShare
//
//  Created by Mingbao on 7/12/16.
//  Copyright © 2016 qiyi. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "MBShareMessage.h"

typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, kMBShareState) {
    kMBShareStateSuccess = 0,
    kMBShareStateCancelled = -1,
    kMBShareStateFailed = -2
};

typedef void(^MBShareCompleteCallback)(kMBShareState state, NSDictionary *userInfo, NSError *error);

@interface MBShareApi : NSObject

/**
 * @brief 注册平台信息
 * @param keys 各个平台注册的Appkey
 * @description 示例
 *              @code     [MBShareApi registerAppKeys: @{@"Weibo": @"微博appkey", @"Wechat": @"微信appkey"}];
 */
+ (void) registerAppKeys: (NSDictionary *) keys;

/**
 * @brief 判断平台App是否安装(目前支持微信、微博)
 * @param platform 平台名称,支持weibo,wechat,不区分大小写
 * @description 示例
 *              @code [MBShareApi isAppInstalled: @"wechat"]
 */
+ (BOOL) isAppInstalled: (NSString *) platform;

/**
 * @brief 分享
 * @param msg 分享内容
 * @param complete分享完成之后的回调
 * @brief 示例
 *        @code MBShareMessage *message = [MBShareMessage messageWithType: kShareTypeWechatSession];
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 message.desc = @"推荐你一个爱奇艺防盗神器,从此安全无忧";
 message.url = @"http://71.am/q7";
 message.image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"qis_download_qr"];
 message.thumbnailImage = message.image;
 [MBShareApi shareMessage: message complete:^(kMBShareState state, NSDictionary *userInfo, NSError *error) {
 NSLog(@"shareWeibo %@", @(state));
 }];

 */
+ (void) shareMessage: (MBShareMessage *) msg complete: (MBShareCompleteCallback) complete;

@end

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What language is this? Chinese? Japanese?
It's Korean actually. Detecting this manually would have taken me a lot of time. Fortunately, I found some very accurate tools that can do this automatically. They are all listed below.
The experiment: I tested the websites using sample text (1-2 sentences with 8 words) from the following languages: Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Slovenian, Macedonian, Dutch, Filipino (Tagalog), Greek, Galician, Czech, Belorussian, Finnish, Tatar and Norwegian.
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Pros: Some languages like the South Slavic ones (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian) are quite similar. In case you enter some Croatian text, let's say, this website will tell you that the text could also be Serbian or Slovenian.
Cons: They need to work on making their detection system more sophisticated. I was thinking of putting Translated.net (another website for language detection) instead of this one, but Translated promised detection of more languages and actually did worse than WhatLanguageIsThis.com.
Passed: 18 out of 20, didn't pass Belorussian and Tatar.
That's a great language detector if you ask me!
5. Microsoft Bing Translator with Auto-Detect as the first option.
Pros: It supports a limited number of languages. For those languages, it does its job well.
Cons: I am very disappointed with Microsoft. They have a very limited number of languages for detection& translation Top 4 Online Translation Services Top 4 Online Translation Services Read More and their Auto-Detect feature is terrible. In case you enter a language they don't support, you'll get a wrong result instead of telling you they don't support that language.
Overall, my opinion is the above tools are heading in a good direction. They are currently the best ones for detecting languages online and do their job pretty well when it comes to popular languages. However, they must work on adding more obscure languages (none of the tools were able to recognize Tatar) and I'm sure that all of them, especially Google will go in that direction in near future.
Explore more about: Google Translate, Translation.
Hey, what about Polyglot 3000? I think it is the best tool to identify languages out there.
Thanks for the links to these excellent tools.
Have to tell the readers of my newsletter about them.
you haven't tested for Arabic ..
Well you should have .. it's very common ..
Polyglot3000 is a desktop based application for Windows that doesn't require web access for language detection!!
Also Opera has a widget - Wørd - very good one too.


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