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Artists from outside California who were associated with early alternative country included singer-songwriters such as Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle, the Nashville country rock band Jason and the Scorchers and the British post-punk band The Mekons. Earle, in particular, was noted for his popularity with both country and college rock audiences: He promoted his 1986 debut album Guitar Town with a tour that saw him open for both country singer Dwight Yoakam and alternative rock band The Replacements.[92]
With the migration of many Southern rural whites to industrial cities during the Great Depression and World War II, country music was carried into new areas and exposed to new influences, such as blues and gospel music. The nostalgic bias of country music, with its lyrics about grinding poverty, orphaned children, bereft lovers, and lonely workers far from home, held special appeal during a time of wide-scale population shifts.
Among the earliest musical societies were Halifax's "New Union Singing Society" of 1809 and Québec's "Harmonic Society" of 1820.[4] One of the first registered all-civilian musical ensembles was a religious sect organized from Upper Canada called the Children of Peace in 1820.[35] In 1833, a student orchestra was organized at the Séminaire de Québec the Société Ste-Cécile, as it was known, and was one of the earliest ensembles of its kind in Lower Canada.[35] The first appearance of a piece of music in a newspaper or magazine was in the pages of the Montreal twice-weekly newspaper, La Minerve, on September 19, 1831.[36] Many immigrants during this time lived in relative isolation and music sometimes obtained through subscriptions to newspapers and magazines, provided entertainment and a life line to civilization.[1] One of the earliest surviving publications in Canada of a song on the piano in sheet music format is "The Merry Bells of England" by J.F. Lehmann, of Bytown (later Ottawa) in 1840.[37]
But commercialization proved a much stronger influence as country music became popular in all sections of the United States after World War II. In 1942 Roy Acuff, one of the most important country singers, co-organized in Nashville the first publishing house for country music. Hank Williams' meteoric rise to fame in the late 1940s helped establish Nashville as the undisputed centre of country music, with large recording studios and the Grand Ole Opry as its chief performing venue. In the 1950s and '60s country music became a huge commercial enterprise, with such leading performers as Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride. Popular singers often recorded songs in a Nashville style, while many country music recordings employed lush orchestral backgrounds.
In 2007, Canada joined the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks,[118] whose outcome will have a significant impact on the Canadian music industry.[117][119] In 2010 Canada introduced new copyright legislation.[120] The amended law makes hacking digital locks illegal, but enshrine into law the ability of purchasers to record and copy music from a CD to portable devices.[120]
By the early 1950s a blend of Western swing, country boogie, and honky tonk was played by most country bands. Western music, influenced by the cowboy ballads and Tejano music rhythms of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, reached its peak in popularity in the late 1950s, most notably with the song "El Paso", first recorded by Marty Robbins in September 1959. In 1953, the first all-country radio station was established in Lubbock, Texas.[52] The country music scene largely kept the music of the folk revival and folk rock at a distance, despite the similarity in instrumentation and origins (see, for instance, The Byrds' negative reception during their appearance on the Grand Ole Opry). The main concern was politics: the folk revival was largely driven by progressive activists, a stark contrast to the culturally conservative audiences of country music. Only a handful of folk artists, such as Burl Ives, John Denver and Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, would cross over into country music after the folk revival died out. During the mid-1950s a new style of country music became popular, eventually to be referred to as rockabilly.[53]
If Johnny Cash covered one of your songs on his final albums, it automatically meant it embodied some sort of country spirit however musically disguised. Cash, of course, interpreted the title track from this 1999 record the following year on American III: Solitary Man. I See a Darkness is dark, yes. It is gothic without being goth. Yet, its confessional cries and distant, discordant layering (especially on tracks like "Nomadic Revery (All Around)") are also subversive in a way that honors the subgenre.—Hilary Saunders
Other artists had been successful crossing over before Kenny Rogers, but he made it an art form. As a member of the First Edition, several of the band's pop records crossed over to country, and as a solo artist, he notched some of the biggest hits in both markets from 1977-1987. As a touring artist, he was the first country performer to consistently sell out arenas night after night, with only his recent announcement of retirement bringing that segment of his career to a close.
After years as the crown prince of hip Nashville—Emmylou Harris' wingman, Rosanne Cash's producer, proud owner of five No. 1s off the gold Diamonds & Dirt—Crowell eschewed the mainstream for a song cycle devoted to his hardscrabble youth on the wrong side of Houston. With mirth and wonder, he captured the thrills of being young ("Telephone Road"), hearing Johnny Cash for the first time ("I Walk The Line ReVisited") and romantic misdirection ("U Don't Know How Much I Hate U"). But there was also brutality, the acoustic-framed "The Rock of My Soul" captured domestic violence as a cycle of generational abuse and the lurching "Topsy Turvy" mirrors the chaos, while the spoken "Highway 17" is an O. Henry-esque small crime confection—and "I Wish It Would Rain" and "Wandering Boy" are reckoning bookend songs for twins as the one who left turns tricks and contracts AIDS in West Hollywood then has to come home to die. In the end, "I Know Love Is All I Need" offers a universal blessing and benediction, accepting the inevitable flaws of his dead parents with tenderness and recognition of their best intentions.—Holly Gleason
From the opening song, which finds Steve doing his best Dylan impersonation in calling for the spirits of Woody Guthrie and Jesus to return and scour the land free of crooked politicians, to the last song, "Fort Worth Blues," which finds Steve spinning a heartbreaking tale of wanderlust and an unnameable malaise, El Corazon shot like a bullet to my heart. Earle slides effortlessly between folk, Neil Young-like guitar anthems, country weepers, bluegrass workouts and bone-crunching rock 'n' roll. And throughout he writes brilliantly, offering up story songs with remarkable economy, using not a single wasted word.—Andy Whitman
Ultimately, country music's roots lie in the ballads, folk songs, and popular songs of the English, Scots, and Irish settlers of the Appalachians and other parts of the South. In the early 1920s the traditional string-band music of the Southern mountain regions began to be commercially recorded, with Fiddlin' John Carson garnering the genre's first hit record in 1923. The vigour and realism of the rural songs, many lyrics of which were rather impersonal narratives of tragedies pointing to a stern Calvinist moral, stood in marked contrast to the often mawkish sentimentality of much of the popular music of the day.
By the late 1960s, Western music, in particular the cowboy ballad, was in decline. Relegated to the "country and Western" genre by marketing agencies, popular Western recording stars released albums to only moderate success.[citation needed] Rock-and-roll artists got hit songs, but Western artists also got country hits. The latter was largely limited to Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and a few other bands.[citation needed] In the process, country and western music as a genre lost most of its southwestern, ranchera, and Tejano musical influences. However the cowboy ballad and honky-tonk music would be resurrected and reinterpreted in the 1970s with the growth in popularity of "outlaw country" music from Texas and Oklahoma.[citation needed]
Canada's music industry is the sixth largest in the world, producing many internationally renowned artists.[6] Canada has developed a music infrastructure, that includes church halls, chamber halls, conservatories, academies, performing arts centres, record companies, radio stations and television music video channels.[7][8] Canada's music broadcasting is regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).[7][8] The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences administers Canada's music industry awards, the Juno Awards, which first commenced in 1970.
If Cold Roses, his double-disc gatefold set, was Adams' Exile on Main St., Jacksonville City Nights finds the singer back in his tear-stained Gram Parsons duds. As always, Adams does a smashing job recreating Parsons' heartrending lyrical and tonal nuances—the strained crack in the voice, the sobbing plea, the sweet, melancholic sigh. He doesn't so much return to his Whiskeytown roots here as he canters straight past them into sad-eyed, Bakersfield barroom shuffles. Add a touch of post-acid-test Grateful Dead acousticism plus Adams' breathtaking lyrics and you got a modern C&W classic.—Paste Staff
The U.S. Congress has formally recognized Bristol, Tennessee as the "Birthplace of Country Music",[8] based on the historic Bristol recording sessions of 1927.[9][10][11] Since 2014, the city has been home to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.[12][13] Historians have also noted the influence of the less-known Johnson City sessions of 1928 and 1929,[14][15] and the Knoxville sessions of 1929 and 1930.[16] In addition, the Mountain City Fiddlers Convention, held in 1925, helped to inspire modern country music. Before these, pioneer settlers, in the Great Smoky Mountains region, had developed a rich musical heritage.[17]
Borrowing a page from the textbook of Dolly Parton, the former elementary school teacher from Oklahoma became one of the first female artists to sell albums and concert tickets on a level with the male artists. In addition to her music, she helped to shape the format with ground-breaking videos such as "Whoever's In New England." Along the way, she built an empire called Starstruck that is one of the biggest success stories the format has ever seen -- for any gender.
Canadian women at the end of the 20th century enjoyed greater international commercial success than ever before.[103] Canadian women set a new pinnacle of success, in terms financial, critical and in their immediate and strong influence on their respective genres.[104] They were the women and daughters who had fought for emancipation and equality a generation before.[104] Like Alanis Morissette and most notable is French-Canadian singer, Celine Dion, who became Canada's best-selling music artist,[105][106] and who, in 2004, received the Chopard Diamond Award from the World Music Awards for surpassing 175 million in album sales, worldwide.[94][107][108][109]
In the 1990s, country music became a worldwide phenomenon thanks to Garth Brooks,[86][87][88] who enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the decade. The RIAA has certified his recordings at a combined (128× platinum), denoting roughly 113 million U.S. shipments.[89] Other artists that experienced success during this time included Clint Black, Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin, Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson and the newly formed duo of Brooks & Dunn; George Strait, whose career began in the 1980s, also continued to have widespread success in this decade and beyond. Toby Keith began his career as a more pop-oriented country singer in the 1990s, evolving into an outlaw persona in the late 1990s with Pull My Chain and its follow-up, Unleashed.
In India, the Anglo-Indian community is well known for enjoying and performing country music. An annual concert festival called "Blazing Guitars"[128] held in Chennai brings together Anglo-Indian musicians from all over the country (including some who have emigrated to places like Australia). The year 2003 brought home – grown Indian, Bobby Cash to the forefront of the country music culture in India when he became India's first international country music artist to chart singles in Australia.
Female artists such as Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Deana Carter, LeAnn Rimes, Mindy McCready, Lorrie Morgan, Shania Twain, and Mary Chapin Carpenter all released platinum-selling albums in the 1990s. The Dixie Chicks became one of the most popular country bands in the 1990s and early 2000s. Their 1998 debut album Wide Open Spaces went on to become certified 12x platinum while their 1999 album Fly went on to become 10x platinum. After their third album, Home, was released in 2003, the band made political news in part because of lead singer Natalie Maines's comments disparaging then-President George W. Bush while the band was overseas (Maines stated that she and her bandmates were ashamed to be from the same state as Bush, who had just commenced the Iraq War a few days prior). The comments caused a rift between the band and the country music scene, and the band's fourth (and most recent) album, 2006's Taking the Long Way, took a more rock-oriented direction; the album was commercially successful overall but largely ignored among country audiences[citation needed]. After Taking the Long Way, the band broke up for a decade (with two of its members continuing as the Court Yard Hounds) before embarking on a reunion tour in 2016.
I agree with you about Blundell but still think his firing marked the beginning of the end for the station in many ways. They couldn't maintain an identity after that. The song selection had been bad for years but seemed to get even worse. Indie 88 came about around that time I think....can't remember the timing, but I think a lot of people just stopped listening.
During the mid-1980s, a group of new artists began to emerge who rejected the more polished country-pop sound that had been prominent on radio and the charts, in favor of more, traditional, "back-to-basics" production. Many of the artists during the latter half of the 1980s drew on traditional honky-tonk, bluegrass, folk and western swing. Artists who typified this sound included Travis Tritt, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Keith Whitley, Alan Jackson, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, and The Judds.
Quite possibly, no artist on this list manages to have the universal appeal of Willie Nelson. The legendary figure has been able to make believable his recordings of compositions from Lefty Frizzell, Irving Berlin and Paul Simon -– and sound authentic on each one. He qualifies as the ultimate curveball. You never know what to expect from him, only that it will find favor with the public.
While some might argue that Twitty didn't change the rules of the format like a Haggard or Jones, his influence on the format can't be understated. From 1968 until his passing in 1993, Twitty charted hit after hit. His 40 No. 1 hits on the Billboard charts was a record that held firm for years until George Strait broke it. From "Hello Darlin" to "Don't Take It Away," and all the way through to "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind," Twitty was the perfect example of the word evolution.
For thousands of years, Canada has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples [Aboriginal peoples in Canada] from a variety of different cultures and of several major linguistic groupings. Each of the Indigenous communities had (and have) their own unique musical traditions. Chanting - singing is widely popular, with many of its performers also using a variety of musical instruments.[9] They used the materials at hand to make their instruments for thousands of years before Europeans immigrated to the new world.[10] They made gourds and animal horns into rattles which were elaborately carved and beautifully painted.[11] In woodland areas, they made horns of birchbark along with drumsticks of carved antlers and wood.[10] Drums were generally made of carved wood and animal hides.[12] These musical instruments provide the background for songs and dances.[12]
CALLING ME HOME: GRAM PARSONS AND THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY ROCK differs from any other biography of the musician's life and times, choosing to focus on the extent of his career, his strong influence that led to his being named the 'father of country rock', and the influences he had upon associates and the music world as a whole, from Elvis Costello and Patty Griffin to Emmylou Harris.
With a voice like good claret or damp moss, Rosanne Cash's singing is something to sink into. Surrender to the tones, mostly dark, but marked by the occasional glimmer of light, and let the emotions they contain seep inside. For Cash, the emotions on The River & The Thread are complex and tangled, especially the Grammy-winner's own difficult relationship with the South, her roots and her own musical journey. What emerges, beyond a woman grappling with a legacy as much in the rich bottom land as her father Johnny's iconic presence as the voice of America, is a knowing embrace of the conflicts in the things we love. The 11-song cycle is mostly a meditation on the textures and musical forms that emerged South of the Mason Dixon. Finding not just resolve, but acceptance is a gift. Cash, who's sidestepped her heritage, and eschewed a career as a country star with 11 No. 1s, a marriage to a country writer/producer/artist Rodney Crowell and the city/industry where she found prominence, savored her wandering and the Manhattan life she built. With The River & The Thread, she comes home with the warmth reserved for knowing where we're from. As powerful a witness for the region—Memphis, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas—as it is a lovely quilt of musicality, braiding blues, folk, Appalachia, rock and old-timey country, this is balm for lost souls, alienated creatures seeking their core truths and intellectuals who love the cool mist of vespers in the hearts of people they may never encounter.—Holly Gleason
Along with Johnny Cash, there may not be any other country performer who is as well-known across the world as Dolly Parton. Whether it be for her music or her acting, she continues to reign as an entertainment icon. She also ranks as one of the best songwriters in any format -- with compositions ranging from her life growing up in Appalachia to emotional songs of farewell, such as the timeless "I Will Always Love You."
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Authoring a song that would launch almost a 100 covers, 'Hallelujah' is just a small sliver of Leonard Cohen's immense contribution to music over the past five decades. The accomplished poet and novelist was the toast of the Montreal literary scene before he turned to music to become the foremost songwriter of his era. His meditations on love, faith, despair and politics could be conveyed in even the simplest of terms. Songs like 'Suzanne' and 'Bird on the Wire' and 'Sisters of Mercy' would cement his reputation as a in-demand folk songwriter, spawning hits for countless other artists, but no one could replace Cohen's deep, resonant voice.
The September 11 attacks of 2001 and the economic recession helped move country music back into the spotlight. Many country artists, such as Alan Jackson with his ballad on terrorist attacks, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", wrote songs that celebrated the military, highlighted the gospel, and emphasized home and family values over wealth. Alt-Country singer Ryan Adams song "New York, New York" pays tribute to New York City, and its popular music video (which was shot 4 days before the attacks) shows Adams playing in front of the Manhattan skyline, Along with several shots of the city. In contrast, more rock-oriented country singers took more direct aim at the attacks' perpetrators; Toby Keith's "The Angry American (Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)" threatened to "a boot in" the posterior of the enemy, while Charlie Daniels's "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" promised to "hunt" the perpetrators "down like a mad dog hound." These songs gained such recognition that it put country music back into popular culture.[104] The influence of rock music in country has become more overt during the late 2000s and early 2010s as artists like Eric Church, Jason Aldean, and Brantley Gilbert have had success; Aaron Lewis, former frontman for the rock group Staind, had a moderately successful entry into country music in 2011 and 2012. Also rising in the late 2000s and early 2010s was the insertion of rap and spoken-word elements into country songs; artists such as Cowboy Troy and Colt Ford have focused almost exclusively on country rap (also known as hick hop) while other, more mainstream artists (such as Big & Rich and Jason Aldean) have used it on occasion.
After getting their start in Tuscon, Arizona's punk scene, Green On Red moved to Los Angeles and expanded their sound to incorporate country and psych-pop influences. The move inched them closer to the Paisley Underground with the likes of Dream Syndicate, The Three O'Clock, as well as Thin White Rope up in Davis, California. By the time Green On Red released Gas Food Lodging in 1985, they'd begun sneaking more elements of country music—a la The Byrds—into their music, while still retaining their jangly pop prowess. There's nary a dud on this one, each song a gem and strong enough to satiate country fans with a sense of adventure.—Mark Lore
RCA released his first single in 1965 without the obligatory publicity photo -– unheard of for a new artist. But, Pride was unheard of -- an African-American man singing country music. However, it wasn't before long that Pride quickly became one of the biggest stars in the format. He won the 1971 Entertainer of the Year award from the CMA, and his sales eclipsed everyone else on the RCA label for a time in the 1970s -– even Elvis Presley.
By the time of Canadian Confederation (1867), songwriting had become a favored means of personal expression across the land. In a society in which most middle-class families now owned a harmonium or piano, and standard education included at least the rudiments of music, the result was often an original song.[41] Such stirrings frequently occurred in response to noteworthy events, and few local or national excitements were allowed to pass without some musical comment.[42][43]
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are widely considered to be important early country musicians. Their songs were first captured at a historic recording session in Bristol, Tennessee, on August 1, 1927, where Ralph Peer was the talent scout and sound recordist.[33][34] A scene in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? depicts a similar occurrence in the same timeframe. Rodgers fused hillbilly country, gospel, jazz, blues, pop, cowboy, and folk, and many of his best songs were his compositions, including "Blue Yodel",[35] which sold over a million records and established Rodgers as the premier singer of early country music.[36][37] Beginning in 1927, and for the next 17 years, the Carters recorded some 300 old-time ballads, traditional tunes, country songs and gospel hymns, all representative of America's southeastern folklore and heritage.[38]
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The Chief Imam of the Islamic Centre, Uwani in Enugu, Alhaji Abdul Isola, has urged Muslims to use the Eid-el-Maulud period to pray for the peace and development of the country.
Isola, gave this advice on Monday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the essence of the Eid-el-Maulud.
He said what the country needed now was a concerted effort to turn around the nation's resources and not divisive tendencies, especially in managing the nation's economy.
"If there is anytime the citizens need to support the government, it is now and those in authorities need our support and prayers more than ever before.
"There is no need to add to the hardships and difficulties in the land with unnecessary disagreements and strives,'' he said.
The cleric, who also doubles as the Chief Missioner of the centre, said that Nigerians should support the anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government.
"Our basic headache now is the massive looting of the treasury and the unpatriotic attitude of transferring the loot to foreign countries.
"If half of what has been stolen in the country in the past 10 years is repatriated to the country for a focused leadership to manage, we will be among the leading countries of the world,'' he said.
Isola noted that Eid-el-Maulud, which is the commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, "is a celebration of peace''.
"Prophet Muhammad is an epitome of peace and that is why Islam is a religion of peace,'' he said.


Info:These pogs feature various Nascar drivers and their cars. The backs of the pogs are all the same - they all say 1/20. However, they are numbered on the front.
Thanks to Ryan for these scans of the full set of Original Race Caps 1995 Series 1 pogs.
See also the 1994 Series: Original Race Caps (Nascar): 1994 Collectors Series Volume 1 Series 1.


How many times has someone you know visited your area and told you about something they did that you've never done? We played tourist at a local Winery and share some staycation inspiration!
Eat those tall fuzzy things that grow in a swamp? What?!? Cattail shoots are a spring treat waiting to be discovered by those of us who typically forage for our food at our local supermarket!
Grab a pencil and calculator! It's the time of year to plan our growing season on the farm and figuring out what to order for seeds and supplies is one big math problem.
Cold, windy, dry winters are harsh on the soil, so believe it or not, this farmer is pretty happy about the Blizzard of 2013 and the spring and summer crops will be too!
I'll tell you a little secret: unlike mothers and teachers, farmers are allowed to have favorites, as in favorite customers. So just how do you become a farmer's BFF?
This quick video tutorial provides the backyard gardener with the quick and easy steps needed to plant seed garlic in the fall to harvest and enjoy next season.
Home gardeners can make plans this fall for a better harvest next year by planting cover crops like winter rye in the garden to improve the soil and prevent erosion.


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Christmas is next week. Have you started planning your menu? I like having different little appetizers as guest arrive so they do not have to wait for the main course. Cheese, crackers, and dips are always great. I also try to consider anyone's special dietary needs.
BREAKSTONE'S has released the first-ever new-to-market nationally released Greek Style Sour Cream that features the smooth, creamy texture and deliciously rich taste of traditional BREAKSTONE'S Sour Cream blended with authentic Greek strained yogurt.
BREAKSTONE'S Greek Style Sour Cream contains 50% less fat, 40% less cholesterol, and twice the calcium and protein of regular sour cream (each 2 Tbsp. serving has 4% of the daily value for calcium and 2 grams of protein).
Whether hosting or visiting a party, this NEW product is the perfect sour cream alternative that can be swapped into your favorite recipes or used as a delicious topping or dip!
MIX reduced-fat cream cheese and Greek-style sour cream in medium bowl until blended.
COOK Brussels sprouts in boiling water 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, mix remaining ingredients in large bowl.
Our family loved these recipes over Thanksgiving. It was great to add new recipes to our traditional menu items. Also a great compliment to everyone's diet. Can't wait to try more new recipes.


Aloha, from Nebraska. yes, I know confusing since i'm from Hawaii but now living near Omaha, Ne. I have a 63 Super 88 Holiday Coupe with a 455 rocket. It was a Montana survivor before I got my hands on it. great to see others with 63' 88series. Looking forward to building and learning from you all.
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Hey All! Recently my Delta spun a race in the hub and destroyed it. I was wondering if I might be able to swap it with an Impala hub of the same year?
Welcome, looks like a good solid western car.
Think I'll join you guys. This is my 65 starfire I've had for about three years. When I bought it the previous owner had pit in a 1970 455 with a 30 over bore on it, fully worked over E cast heads, 10.5:1 compression and small cam. Car has a posi a shift kit and is a total sleeper haha. Currently rebuilding the engine again, going with aluminum heads, lunati voodoo cam, 3000 rpm stall, race ignition, timing gear drive, roller rockers, full slick in the rear etc. No body work though keeping the beater look cause even though its straight piped no one ever expects it to be quick I love the old boats and I'm happy I'm not the only one haha!
Great to see more big Oldsmobiles in the fold, welcome aboard!
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Another glutton for punishment here, ha ha. At least it was self inflicted. Mine were former abandoned/unused cars. I bought them to part out or sell but I took a liking to them and they became my "money pits". My plan was to get into my Oldsmobiles pretty much full time once I retired. I've been retired for almost 4 years and I jokingly say now I don't have any time for them. I pulled a Monte Carlo out of storage to sell a month ago, big mistake. I've been messing around with it for a month. I've put $1100 + quite a bit of time in it. It's a warmed over 406. I'm hoping to take it to the dragstrip with for sale sign. I should be able to "give" it away seeing it's a Chevrolet. Then I'll be able to get back to my Money pits.
My 63 Super 88 with 39,500 miles. I just bought a 1972 Cutlass S so I can be on the bright side also. Looking for parts for that is easy.
B964, your 63 looks very clean, I like the dog dish with trim ring set up.
I'm not sure of the size but 62 starfire63 installed new tires and rims on his 63 starfire convertible, check his build thread and he has pictures up showing the set up.
I can tell you from personal experience that 17" by 8 1/2" wheels and 255-50-17 tires will fit and clear although the skirts may be a problem. I tried to use a set of 94-96 Chevy Impala SS wheels and tires. The problem I ran into was the stock wheel studs, they were too short for the wheel thickness and the stock lug nuts have the wrong bevel angle and chew up the wheels. Due to the left hand thread on the left side correct nuts were not available and I did not want to change out all the lugs so I stayed with steel wheels. I've seen a number of cars running other types of mags so I'm sure you can find a solution. Good luck.
Don, thanks for the info. I have already changed the studs on the left rear to RH and will be doing the front when I go to Disc on the front. Not hard to go to longer studs if I have to. I do want to keep my skirts, those Chevy wheels look great but like you said it might be tight fit with skirts. Where did you get the OLds centers?
Never actually got to Olds centers but I would have probably had some stickers made.
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Nice car! Welcome to the "Darkside".
I own a 1962 Dynamic 88 Holiday 4 door Sedan. She was a California barn find. Anybody know where I can find fender and hood script for this car?
Keep watching E-Bay, this stuff pops up every once in a while.
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I almost thought that was aluminum trim not paint. Looks cool.
Hey Charlie, this thread was a great idea - past 100 posts and a lot of new big car owners!
Originally Posted by Don R.
Thanks Don, I saw what was going on with the 46-48 group post and the 54-56 posts and thought it might work for the 60's guys as well.
It's a nice place for us "Darksiders" to get together and discuss "Big Cars" away from the "Cutlass Crowd".
I started this thread in Aug. of 2014 and it languished a couple of times, sometimes for six months or more. But, it seems to have gotten it's "second wind" lately.
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and realy love them. I saw a 1960 olds the other day that was a masterpiece.
Location: Wentzville Mo, Chuck Berry RIP!
Hello, new 61 owner here, I love the idea of the "dark side" for these cars. I made sure my car was 100% complete before I bought it because of my previous restoration experience. Heck, it can be hard to find parts for a popular 50+ year old car much less on obscure "off" brand. I told my wife I must have a thing for dead marques....Ive owned Pontiacs, Plymouths, Mercurys, Oldsmobiles and even a Nash.
Here are a couple of shots of our new toy. Mostly it needs interior work. I want to either go stock with red/black instead of red/white or go with a Starfire interior with the bucket seats. If I don't use the stock back seat, what year Starliner back seat will work; aren't all 61 Starliners convertibles? A friend of mine says he knows where there is a Starliner in a salvage yard a good ways from here but not sure of the year. he says it has a complete interior.
I would like to change out the wheels for something larger diameter but I keep hearing negatives....what is the ideal wheel/tire combo for a car that is meant to be driven?
The 61 starfire seats have the steel back and are 1 year only however the 62 starfire coupe seats will fit the floor pans and the console and tach are the same, the difference is in the placement of the power vent window switches. I think a car from 61 converted to a starfire would look cool. I don't know about the rear seat other then the coupe seat is wider then the convertible.
See post # 95 on this thread. These Impala wheels will require changing out the wheel studs though.
Hello, new 61 owner here, I love the idea of the "dark side" for these cars. I would like to change out the wheels for something larger diameter but I keep hearing negatives....what is the ideal wheel/tire combo for a car that is meant to be driven?
If those dog dish caps and redlines are 14" and have decent tread left, and you're thinking of changing them out - PM me.
This is my 1964 Olds Dynamic 88; it was a farm yard find here in Los Lunas, New Mexico. Originally sold in Albuquerque at Galles Motors, which is still in business today, it spent the last 15+ years in a farm yard. I spotted it on CL and contacted the guy, although I've generally been a Chevy/Pontiac kind of guy (impalas, bonnevilles...still big cars, don't worry).
We got along well and because I want to restore it the old owner gave me a great deal. The car had been in his family for years and he wanted to see it taken good care of...I still send them pics of the project from time to time.
I had to go through several systems (fuel, cooling, brakes, some electrical, wasp nest removal, lol, etc), but it's pretty much a daily driver now, if you don't mind the clattering lifters, blue smoke, low oil pressure, occasional fowled plug and puddles of oil and trans fluid.
Currently I'm saving money for the engine/transmission rebuild.
what i would think would be cool is a set of pontiac 8-lug wheels on that 61.i bet the olds aluminum wheel cover centers would fit.
Looks completely rust free, love those desert cars.
Hi everyone.. Just found this thread. I got one of those fulls size cars too.... I love full size 4 doors, weather it Chevy Buick or Mopar... Ended up with this one was not the plan A, but now I am teeeaaallly happy with it.... Its really rare here in Denmark, Scandinavia.
Well, the wheels are 15"......is that stock? Regardless I like them......alot actually and I think they will influence the "build" direction I'm going to take. The car stops really well for 4wd so I'd like to build it into a factory "sleeper" thinking low psi Paxton into a single 4bbl and maybe convert it to a stick shift.
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Time's Up: Full-Time Virtual Charter Schools Must Become Transparent Together
By Michael B. Horn 11/18/2015
A new three-party National Study of Online Charter Schools by the Center for Research on Educational Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, Mathematica Policy Research, and the Center for Reinventing Public Education found that students enrolled in full-time virtual charter schools made, on average, far less progress than their counterparts in traditional schools.
In response, the full-time virtual charter schools were quick to denounce the methodology behind the research and suggest that it paints a flawed picture of their schools' performance. Others joined in criticizing the methodology behind some of the study's claims.
Put aside the he-said, she-said debate. Put aside that it's likely that both the authors of the study and the schools themselves have points in their favor—the full-time virtual charter schools themselves have in the past been transparent about some of their academic struggles, and, at the same time, in their criticism of the study, those same schools are surely right that the characteristics and motivation of some of their students for attending full-time virtual charters makes them quite unlike the "virtual twins" the study purports to have found for the purposes of comparison. Put aside the crystal clear anecdotes that go beyond the on average results—something education researchers are not good at doing—that show that for certain students in certain circumstances, full-time virtual charter schools are absolutely the best place for them to learn and that these students have not only been successful in these environments, they have also thrived in ways they would not have in traditional brick-and-mortar schools. Put aside the fact that full-time virtual charter schools are not for everyone and may now be serving students who are not good fits for what they offer.
Put it all aside because the fact is that full-time virtual charter schools, which are funded by public dollars, are on the defensive in the battle of public perception, which will, at some point, have public policy consequences.
No longer can the full-time virtual charter schools wait while the regulators debate their futures. They must act boldly and now. And their actions cannot be from the playbook they have used in the past.
They should steal a page from the emerging playbook of the coding bootcamps.
Although the coding bootcamps are not publicly funded, they cannot operate as education institutions without some regulatory approval. Just as full-time virtual charter schools challenge our notion of what "school" is, bootcamps challenge the regulatory status quo around what an education institution is in certain states because they don't have traditional faculty members with traditional training teaching students and the like; their teachers are much more likely to be industry practitioners, for example.
With bootcamps popping up left and right a couple years back, many of them were making stunning claims around the job placement percentages and other results they were producing for their students—claims that matter because would-be students use them to make decisions around where to spend big dollars.
Regulators were paying attention and wondering which claims were true and which weren't.
Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say—and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate—those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self-regulating. In so doing, they made sure that the quasi-regulations would play on their terms by focusing on student outcomes—not on inputs like the type of training teachers should have that would limit their ability to innovate.
They created a membership organization, the New Economy Skills Training Association, "to establish best practices, standards, and increase accountability for outcome-based NEST organizations." Its "first initiative is to develop and agree on a standardized outcomes reporting methodology. … As part of their commitment, NESTA wrote a letter to President Obama outlining their commitment to publish outcomes on an annual basis and have them verified by third-party CPAs, based on… agreed upon criteria."
In other words, they set the terms, are monitoring themselves using third parties, and making the results transparent. The coding bootcamps have a lot more work to do in these regards—NESTA is at best a first step—but if they get it right and get out in front of the regulators–and our efforts at Entangled Solutions are an attempt to help–the bad eggs that don't want to play should fall away. The full-time virtual charter schools have yet to take any steps like this.
The disruptive retail health clinics did even more many years earlier. They organized themselves and took responsibility for their industry's results; got ahead of the regulatory bodies; and shaped their own destiny by deploying common quality practices and creating outcome-based standards. And they held the line on them. Those that didn't subscribe or maintain quality couldn't play. Today retail health clinics provide sterling service and enjoy a positive image.
The full-time virtual charter schools that care about quality need to band together and create a membership organization—or use an existing one—that does the same and now. The standards must be clear and transparent. The assessments must be valid and reliable.
iNACOL, the K–12 international online learning association, has already done much of the work of creating the dashboard of outcomes-based metrics on which full-time virtual charter schools should be judged. iNACOL has five criteria that it recommends policymakers judge full-time virtual charter schools by: individual student growth, proficiency, graduation rates, college and career readiness, and closing the achievement gap.
These have not been implemented because no state system is truly set up to measure much of this at an individual student level; in particular, state measures of growth are problematic for many reasons, as the iNACOL report on these suggested measures makes clear.
But the full-time virtual charter schools could set up the system in a voluntary way where they all use the same assessments that create valid and reliable comparisons. To illustrate one such practice they could all adopt with a hypothetical that occurs rather routinely, for students entering their schools at a fifth-grade age but reading at a second-grade level and where the district school where the student was formerly enrolled doesn't transfer the students' academic record, the schools could determine a protocol for pre-assessment as soon as a student enrolls so as to create sound individual growth metrics.
Importantly, the schools shouldn't just use norm-referenced tests to measure growth in relation to cohorts of students; they must use criterion-referenced growth assessments—like those that iReady offers—to report the results in a way that is transparent and the public can understand and that captures raw results around student progression. Statisticians can then use the raw results to make cohort-based comparisons to inform various rankings or comparisons between schools or to make policy decisions.
If certain families don't want to attend these schools because they don't want their students taking these assessments, then they can find a private option that doesn't use public dollars. That's just the price to pay.
Importantly, no one will believe the results if only one full-time virtual charter school does this—although none has to this point. Several must band together to do this and create mechanisms whereby third-party entities or auditors are verifying their claims.
The full-time virtual charter schools can't wait any longer. They must act on their own and together in the absence of public policymakers updating the accountability metrics they use to gain a more complete picture of how students are doing.
– Michael B. Horn
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Manual facial comparisons are still the most-used method of verifying the identity of people crossing borders, for instance, and U.S. airport biometric programs include a manual review process for citizens who opt out of biometric checks. Researchers also found, back in 2018, that a combination of automated biometric and human examiners scores the most accurate match-rate.
The new GFM2 test includes variation in head angle, pose, expression and subject-to-camera distance, and is more difficult, and more representative of challenges in everyday face identification tasks.
"Being able to recognize faces of friends and family is a skill that most of us take for granted. But comparing images of unfamiliar faces and deciding if they show the same person is a task that most of our participants find challenging, even passport officers with many years experience in the task," comments Dr. David White, from UNSW Sydney. Identifying people who are good at matching facial photos is particularly important with the increase in use of facial recognition, White says.
"This technology shows close matches to a suspect on a screen, and so human error at that stage can have serious implications."
Errors by facial recognition systems like those used in some remote examination proctoring solutions have highlighted the need for, and sometimes inadequate supply of human reviewers.
The GFMT2 short-form tests contain no repeated identities, "thereby removing any confounding effects of familiarity that may have been present in the original test," according to the academic publication.
All GFM tests are available free for scientific use [www.gfmt2.org].
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Педченко — українське прізвище.

 Педченко Галина Данилівна (1927) — українська поетеса.
 Педченко Григорій Миколайович (1955) — український військовик, генерал-полковник.

Див. також
 Петченко Йосип Тихонович (1901–1976) — Герой Радянського Союзу.

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A new Colorado State Patrol website is providing specific information for truckers on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor to help them anticipate and prepare for changing conditions on the highway, the agency announced last week.
The website, accessible on the road from smartphones, provides updates on road conditions, safe parking and chain-up locations as well as a video on laws for commercial vehicles and motor carrier safety trips.
The site is live at the URL http://www.truckI70.com.


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#ifdef _WIN32
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <process.h>
#include <conio.h>
#endif

#include "cDeflector.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "cAnsiUtil.h"

cDeflector::cDeflector(SOCKET cli_socket, struct sockaddr_in targ, struct sockaddr_in cli) : valid(true)
{
	// fill information
	memcpy(&this->client, &cli, sizeof(cli));
	memcpy(&this->target, &targ, sizeof(targ));
	this->client_socket = cli_socket;

	// Thread it
#ifdef _WIN32
	_beginthread(cDeflector::AcceptThread, 0, (void*)this);
#else
	// Need to double fork to not take up system PIDs and avoid zombie processes
	pid_t pidChild;
	pid_t pidGrandChild;

	pidChild = fork();

	if(pidChild == -1)
	{
		// Failure
		fprintf(stderr, "Forking Failed\n");
		return;
	}else if(pidChild == 0){
		// Child
		;
	}else{
		// Parent
		int status;
		waitpid(pidChild, &status, 0);
		return;
	}

	// Only child can get here; now fork it

	pidGrandChild = fork();

	if(pidGrandChild == -1)
	{
		// Failure
		fprintf(stderr, "Forking Failed\n");
		exit(0);
		return;
	}else if(pidGrandChild == 0){
		// Grandchild
		;
	}else{
		// Man-Child, exit immediately
		exit(0);
		return;
	}

	// Only Grand-child can get here
	this->connectTarget();
#endif
}
/***************************************************************************************************************************/
cDeflector::~cDeflector(void)
{
}
/***************************************************************************************************************************/
void cDeflector::AcceptThread(void* p)
{
	cDeflector *self = (cDeflector *)p;
	self->connectTarget(); // Connect to target and reflect incoming from client to target.
}
/***************************************************************************************************************************/
void cDeflector::connectTarget()
{
	// Create socket to connect to server with
	this->target_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP); //IPPROTO_TCP);
	if(target_socket == INVALID_SOCKET)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot create a socket\n");
		this->valid = false;
		return;
	}

	// Connect to the server for relay
	int connectFailure = connect(target_socket, (struct sockaddr*) &target, sizeof(target));
	if(connectFailure == SOCKET_ERROR)
	{
#ifdef _WIN32
		fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot connect to target: %s; %i\n", inet_ntoa(target.sin_addr), WSAGetLastError());
#else
		fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot connect to target\n");
#endif

		connectFailure = closesocket(target_socket);
		if(connectFailure == SOCKET_ERROR)
			fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot close target socket\n");
		this->valid = false;
		return;
	}
	fprintf(stderr, "\n======================================\n");
	fprintf(stderr, "Deflecting %s:%d ", inet_ntoa(client.sin_addr), ntohs(client.sin_port));
	fprintf(stderr, "to %s:%d\n", inet_ntoa(target.sin_addr), ntohs(target.sin_port));
	fprintf(stderr, "======================================\n");
	// Start Reflection
	this->reflect();
}
/***************************************************************************************************************************/
void cDeflector::reflect()
{
	fd_set mainFD = { 0 };
	fd_set readFD = { 0 };
	TIMEVAL t;
	SOCKET fd;
	int socketStatus;

#ifdef WAIT_INTERVENTION
	DWORD dwWaitResult;
	int ch;
#endif

#ifdef VERBOSE_OUTPUT
	char modBuf[BUFFER_SIZE + 8];
	int modBufSize = BUFFER_SIZE + 1; // For the terminator
#endif

	// Maximum Wait (I think)
	t.tv_sec = 448;
	t.tv_usec = 0;

	// Sockets are identified by a integer, so need to get the biggest one -- only for OSX/BSD.
	fd = MAX(this->client_socket, this->target_socket) + 1;

	FD_ZERO(&mainFD);                     // Initializes the set
	FD_SET(this->client_socket, &mainFD); // Adds Client Socket to set
	FD_SET(this->target_socket, &mainFD); // Adds Target Socket to set

	while(this->valid)
	{
		// select destroys the FD_SET, instead of recreating, we copy it
		memcpy(&readFD, &mainFD, sizeof(mainFD));

		// Query the sockets and see which ones have data to read (blocks)
		socketStatus = select(fd,         // ignored on Windows/Linux, required for BSD/OSX
			                  &readFD,    // Ready to read?
							  NULL,       // Ready to write?, ignored
							  NULL,       // Errors pending?, ignored
							  &t);        // timeout
		if(socketStatus == SOCKET_ERROR)
		{
			fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Could not query the socket status\n");

			switch(errno){
				case EBADF:
					fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Not a valid open socket\n");
					break;
				case EINTR:
					fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Select was interrupted.\n");
					break;
				case EINVAL:
					fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Invalid Argument(s).\n");
					break;
			}

			socketStatus = closesocket(client_socket);
			if(socketStatus == SOCKET_ERROR)
				fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot close client socket\n");

			socketStatus = closesocket(target_socket);
			if(socketStatus == SOCKET_ERROR)
				fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Cannot close target socket\n");

			this->valid = false;
		}
		// Forward Client
		forwardMessage(&readFD, &(this->client_socket), &(this->target_socket));
		// Forward Server
		forwardMessage(&readFD, &(this->target_socket), &(this->client_socket));
	}
	fprintf(stderr, "\n\nCLOSING SOCKET FROM CLIENT / TO SERVER\n");
	shutdown(this->client_socket, SD_RECEIVE); // Shuts down the RECV command for this socket.
	shutdown(this->target_socket, SD_RECEIVE);
	closesocket(this->client_socket);
	closesocket(this->target_socket);

	// Close the thread
#ifndef _WIN32
	exit(0);
#else
	_endthread();
#endif
}
/***************************************************************************************************************************/
void cDeflector::forwardMessage(fd_set* readFD, SOCKET* source, SOCKET* dest)
{
//	int socketStatus;
	int bytesRcv;

	#ifdef WAIT_INTERVENTION
		DWORD dwWaitResult;
		int ch;
	#endif

	char recvBuf[BUFFER_SIZE];
	int recvBufSize = BUFFER_SIZE;

	// Check if the socket is yeilding data
	if(FD_ISSET(*source, readFD))
	{
		// Client is sending data, read it.
#ifdef WAIT_INTERVENTION
		dwWaitResult = WaitForSingleObject(ghMutex, INFINITE);
		if(dwWaitResult == WAIT_OBJECT_0){
			printf("Read from source? ");
			ch = 'y'; //_getch();
			if(ch == 'y'){
				printf("Y\n");
#endif
				bytesRcv = recv(*source, recvBuf, recvBufSize, 0);
				if(bytesRcv == SOCKET_ERROR || bytesRcv <= 0)
				{
					fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Nothing was retrieved from Source\n");
					this->valid = false;
				}

				// Manipulation of data can be hooked here

				// Forward to the target
#ifdef WAIT_INTERVENTION
				printf("Send from source to dest? ");
				ch = 'y'; //_getch();
				if(ch == 'y'){
					printf("Y\n");
#endif
					if(send(*dest, recvBuf, bytesRcv, 0) != bytesRcv)
					{
						fprintf(stderr, "Sockets Error: Destination buffer length did not equal Source length\n");
						this->valid = false;
					}
#ifdef WAIT_INTERVENTION
				}else{
					printf("N\n");
				}
			}else if(ch == 'x'){
				printf("X\n");
				this->valid = false;
			}else{
				printf("N\n");
			}
		}
#endif
	}
}


NEW PALTZ, NY (November 28, 2016) – Historic Huguenot Street is pleased to announce the restoration of a 19th-century oil on canvas portrait of Deborah Bloomer DuBois, made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and Greater Hudson Heritage Network Conservation Treatment Program. The restored painting may be viewed at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center during regular weekend hours now through December 18.
"Yet to be attributed to a specific artist, this portrait is a charming representation of demure femininity and ably replicates the clothing, hairstyles, hand-made lace, and jewelry common in the 1830s in the Hudson Valley," said Josephine Bloodgood, HHS Director of Curatorial and Preservation Affairs.
According to Bloodgood, the painting was donated to the HHS Permanent Collection in 2015 by Nathanial DuBois Clark. When the painting was first received, the name of the sitter was unknown; however, based on the paintings provenance and through genealogical research in the HHS Archives, the subject was identified as Deborah Bloomer DuBois (1800-1861), wife of Nathanial DuBois, a third great grandson of Louis DuBois (1626-1696), one of New Paltz's original patentees. Nathanial was also the grandson of Revolutionary War Major Lewis DuBois who, around 1760, established a farm in Marlboro, New York in the southeast corner of Ulster County. While specific details about Deborah Bloomer DuBois herself are yet to be discovered, the portrait helps tell the story of how descendants of Huguenot Street migrated beyond the original New Paltz patent in search of new opportunities and eventually established homes throughout the Hudson Valley.
Since its acquisition by HHS, the painting was cleaned, relined, and stabilized by Yost Conservation, LLC. Yost Conservation specializes in fine oil paintings from the 18th through 20th centuries, having provided services for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, as well as the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Florence Griswold Museum. Over the years, Thomas Yost and his team have conserved over 20,000 paintings from across the United States that represent all major schools of American Art.
The Conservation Treatment Program is a partnership of the New York State Council on the Arts and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network that provides support for treatment procedures by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical and cultural organizations in New York State.


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mqsvc.exe is a application which is probably NOT a virus or malware. So, if mqsvc.exe is on your computer, it is probably ok, and will NOT cause problems. Even if your PC is virus-free, it is still recommended to run a good antivirus with a good track record, in order to defend yourself against viruses and malware.
Usually, this program is stored in C:\Windows\System32\mqsvc.exe.
The MD5 checksum for this program is 1ec9fc8e5101139cf84589e8eac24b9a.
This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it operates on your system in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which perform useful features to other programs or to the Windows Operating System.
mqsvc.exe seems to have something to do with Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.
mqsvc.exe has a digital signature. Today most legit programs are digitally signed.
The digital signature attached to mqsvc.exe verifies as ok. This is most likely a clean, ok program.


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Nuclear Powered Aircraft: Fantasy or Reality?
Attempts are continually being made to reduce the use of fuels that result in emissions of carbon dioxide and replace these with other sources of energy that do not, at least directly, result in such emissions. Although much progress in fuel efficiency for all kinds of transport has been made in recent years, there are physical limits to how efficient conventional technology can be. The aim of eliminating internal combustion engines altogether is now not merely a desire but a specific goal, with governments in France and the UK now committing to eliminating sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040. Such an ambition might even be possible, for example through the use of hydrogen fuel cells and battery electric storage, although at a substantial cost. Whether similar goals are achievable for other kinds of transport, in particular air transport, is much less certain.
Two major factors to consider when replacing liquid fuel sources with other sources of energy are storage and transport. Storing gaseous fuels is more problematic than liquid fuels because, to contain useful amounts, gases need to be pressurised, typically to very high pressures. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), for example in the form of propane or butane, requires storage in pressurised tanks that can themselves be many times the weight of the gas being stored. Eliminating carbon from the fuel completely and using hydrogen instead, which can either be burnt in a modified internal combustion engine or reacted with oxygen in a fuel cell to generate electricity, results in even more problems with storage. A typical storage tank may need to contain hydrogen at a pressure of hundreds of times atmospheric pressure to be able to contain enough gas to power a vehicle for a reasonable range. Containing and transporting gas at such enormously high pressures poses substantial problems, and requires an entire rethink of distribution infrastructure, with safety being an obvious and very significant factor. Replacing petrol stations with hydrogen stations is a task that requires huge investment, and has so far shown little signs of happening any time soon, even though the technology has developed to a stage where it has at least be shown to work in practice.
Electric storage using batteries, the current favourites being based on lithium ion cells, is currently more often cited as being the future of transport, at least for ground-based vehicles, largely due to the apparent success of Tesla electric powered cars. It is worth looking in more detail at how the amounts of energy compare between conventional petrol powered vehicles and current electric vehicles, before seeing whether similar principles could be applied elsewhere. A typical 35 litre tank on a reasonably efficient petrol powered car (such as the Lexus CT200h hybrid, which I happen to drive) will contain about 1,300 MJ of convertible energy (based on an energy density of around 45 MJ/kg for petrol, with a density of around 0.8 kg/l), for a total weight of around 35 kg, including the tank in which the petrol is stored. Now compare this to an electric car such as the Tesla Model S, the latest version of which contains a battery weighing 540 kg and having a storage capacity of 85 kWh, equivalent to 306 MJ. Given the higher efficiency in converting stored electric energy into motion, both cars can travel similar distances (about 300 miles) before needing to refuel. The major difference, however, is that when the Tesla runs out of fuel the battery weighs the same, while the petrol car weighs about 30 kg less. This 'dead weight' can be managed in cars, where the weight of the vehicle is around four times the weight of the battery, and with clever design and weight distribution the effect can be made unnoticeable in practice. For airborne applications, however, this dead weight places the idea of replacing liquid fuels with electric storage into fantasy land rather than reality. To take a current example, the Airbus A320neo is currently the most efficient commercial passenger aircraft, and has a fuel capacity of around 21,000 kg. This is equivalent to a fully fuelled energy capacity of around 900,000 MJ, around 700 times the energy stored in the above mentioned petrol powered car. Replacing this with stored electric energy, even accounting for an increased energy efficiency similar to that between petrol and electric cars, would require around 250,000 MJ in electricity to be stored. Using the same batteries as in a Tesla would require a total weight of around 440 tonnes. Given that the empty weight of an Airbus A320neo is around 44 tonnes, an aeroplane with such a battery would clearly never get off the ground. To even consider powering such an aircraft with electricity alone would require an improvement in battery technology resulting in an increase in energy density of somewhere between ten and one hundred times, and even then the problem of having the same weight of battery on landing as at take-off would remain. At the moment therefore, replacing aviation fuel with electricity is firmly in the realms of science fiction, at least for commercial passenger aircraft. Nevertheless, some progress is being made with small aircraft powered solely by electricity and capable of travelling short distances, for example as currently being demonstrated by Munich-based company Lilium.
For larger passenger aeroplanes, current research is focusing on hybrid-electric distributed propulsion systems, using aviation fuel as an energy source with a combination of conventional gas turbine engines, electric machines and electric storage. As with hybrid cars, this is not going to eliminate use of fossil fuels but may result in further improvements in efficiency. Given that we cannot rely on advances in electric storage technology of the magnitude required, what options remain for future air travel if fossil fuel use eventually needs to be eliminated? The answer, as suggested in the title, may well be nuclear.
Although nuclear power on board an aircraft has actually been tried, as demonstrated in the 1950s by the Convair NB-36H, its use for direct aircraft propulsion has never been a practical proposition. As well as the requirement to provide heavy shielding against radiation, the safety considerations of having a nuclear reactor on board are such that the idea is unlikely to be realistic for the foreseeable future. The idea of nuclear power is not, however, impractical because it can be, and in a small way is already, used instead to generate liquid fuel instead.
The advent of gas-to-liquids technology, developed by Shell over the past few decades, has shown that natural gas, principally methane, can be used as a feedstock for the creation of synthetic liquid fuels. Synthetic petrol is already a part of everyday life, with part of the fuel sold on forecourts in the UK today created from natural gas in plants in Qatar at prices that are competitive to those of fuel derived from petroleum. The gas-to-liquid process starts with generating what is known as synthesis gas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide created by partially oxidising natural gas. This mixture is converted into liquid hydrocarbons using a catalyst and the resulting product is converted into the desired liquid fuel through the conventional petrochemical processes of cracking and isomerisation. All this technology is currently available and commercially viable. Although it uses natural gas as a source, this is only one step away from being entirely removed from needing fossil fuels, given that methane (CH4) is only one carbon atom away from hydrogen. To remove fossil fuel as a source needs only an alternative source of energy. Moves are being made at the moment to replace conventional aviation fuel with entirely synthetic fuels, using wind power as a source of electrical energy to split water and use the resulting hydrogen as a starting point. This is not going to be a practical proposition for generating anything more than a small fraction of current aviation fuel usage, given the very low energy densities of wind and solar. It does, however, point towards a more practical option that is already available with current technology.
A single kilogram of uranium, enriched to the level required for nuclear fission to take place in a reactor, can provide somewhere between 5 and 80 million MJ before being reprocessed. This is around a million times greater in terms of energy density compared to liquid fuels, and is available essentially without the need for any emissions of carbon dioxide. Using nuclear power as a source of energy, in the form of electricity and heat, could be used to provide the final bridge for gas-to-liquid technology to create realistic amounts of entirely synthetic liquid fuels, using only water and a source of carbon (for example atmospheric carbon dioxide) as a starting point. Using entirely synthetic fuels avoids all of the fundamental problems involved in replacing such fuels with electric storage, and results in no net emissions of carbon dioxide. Nuclear powered aircraft may therefore be the future, just not in the way you might expect it to be.
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It's been a tough few days with lighter, more difficult conditions all around, but team USA has at last moved into third place after yesterday's task.
Gone are the days of 100 pilots in goal. With somewhat low inversions and lighter lift, the number at goal has decreased significantly. On Task 6, in fact, just one lone Japanese pilot made it in. Thanks to Bruce and John getting relatively close that day, the team started a campaign to move up onto the podium. The Italians and Czechs have all but sealed up their first and second place positions (although the possibility of a swap is still very real). But, third place was open to the USA, Brasilia, Australian and German teams. Only 30 or so were in goal yesterday's and Zac, Robin and Bruce made it in reasonably fast, moving us up into third with about 225 points over the Germans in fourth.
Aside from that great news, there's been much grumbling about guys making very dangerous approaches into the Esplanada on several days. I mentioned one such approach in one of my earlier posts, and they have continued. The field just adjacent to the Esplanada landing field has been approved for landing in situations where the Esplanada has many other pilots coming in at the same time. However, as this field just to the north is the first one you reach on a low approach, a few guys have used it because they couldn't make it in to the Esplanada and a few have come straight in on final, landing downwind having just barely made it over the buildings, trees and very low power lines.
Cid, the Meet Director, gave a warning to all pilot several days ago, mentioning that there would be no more warnings, that dangerous approaches would, from then on, be penalized. The problem of course, is that everyone wanted some objective criteria for what would be considered dangerous. Cid went with the "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it" answer, but promised to work on outlining some criteria. Meanwhile, the same day, two pilots came into the adjacent field very low over the power lines, one landing downwind. This was a day that many guys stopped short of going over the city and landed at the field at the end of speed section, having heeded Cid's warning not to make dangerous approaches over the city. Initially, the two pilots having what many considered dangerous approaches, were not penalized and there was quite an uproar over that, particularly from the pilots that turned back and landed at the end of speed section. Eventually, Cid decided that a penalty was in order and those two pilots were basically scored as if they had landed back at the end of speed section. At the same time, it was decided that although there was no perfect solution, the best criteria for what the Meet Director would consider a "safe" landing was the ability to make a circuit (downwind-base-final) approach prior to landing. Coming straight in on final and landing downwind because no other turns could be made beforehand, would be considered a dangerous approach and would be penalized. So, this is what we are using now and this guideline will be used for duration of the comp.
Here's a shot of young Brit pilot Ollie Chitty launching. He was on a roll yesterday and charged ahead, leading for first 2/3 of the task. We were all gunning for him to win a day and it would have been pretty cool given that this is his first worlds. Unfortunately, he must have pushed a little too hard because he lost it about 30km short of goal. All the girls were heartbroken.
Michael Degtoff said...
I may be late with this idea?? Why can't there be a minimum altitude TP before pilots can go on glide? Perhaps to difficult to set prior to task with all the wind variables.
Go USA!!
Me thinks the DBF obligation is a very wise criterium for a safe approach.
Thank You Jamie for conclusive reporting.
Regards, W.


Reads zoned decimal separate leading-sign data in IBM mainframe format.
Use S370FZDSw.d on other operating environments to read zoned decimal data from IBM mainframe files.
Zoned decimal separate leading-sign data is similar to standard zoned decimal data except that the sign of the value is stored in the first byte of zoned decimal leading sign data, and the first digit of the value is stored in the second byte.
The S370FZDSw.d informat is equivalent to the COBOL notation PIC S9(n) DISPLAY SIGN LEADING SEPARATE, where the n value is the number of digits.


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Q: How to add a Share button in the persistent menu? In my messenger chatbot, I would like to add a Share button at the bottom in the persistent menu below 'Help' I could not find any documentation on how to do this. Any help is appreciated

A: The persistent menu does not support the share button. The persistent menu is meant to be a way of navigating the bot. The share is meant for sharing specific message content, so their purpose is not really related.

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