Raúl Medina is from Argentina. Raúl was born in Stirling. Raúl is an alumni of University of Buenos Aires. Raúl was born on October 9, 1969. Raúl receives email at medina.raúl@gmail.com. Raúl is an association football player. Raúl has the unique identifier 7ffb350be3bf4a4bb72a136fdb55c03d.<|endoftext|>ika di Indonesia. Dalam panduan Dikti, terkait pengelola Jurnal merupakan salah satu wewenang organisasi profesi dengan penilaian 4. Oleh karena itu Jurnal ini hadir dalam rangka mengemban tugas tersebut.

Jurnal RESTI  (Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi) adalah sebuah jurnal blind peer-review yang didedikasikan untuk publikasi hasil penelitian yang berkualitas dalam  bidang Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi namun tak terbatas secara implisit. Semua publikasi di junal RESTI bersifat akses terbuka yang memungkinkan artikel tersedia secara bebas online tanpa berlangganan apapun.

 Metode Analytical Hierarchy Process Dalam Menentukan Pemilihan Desa Terbaik 2019-05-18T07:00:26+00:00 Tri Rahayu Erly Krisnanik Bayu Hananto
The purpose of this study is to make decisions using the Analytical Hierarchy Prosess (AHP) method in determining the best village. Criteria for determining the best village; namely Community Economy, Public Health, Education, Security and Order and Community Institutions. The results of the calculations using the AHP method in the paired criteria comparison matrix, calculate the eigenvalue until the consistency test. The results of the calculation criteria obtained are: Public Health (45%), Community Economy (24%), Education (16%), Security and Order (9%) and Community Institutions (6%). So that the highest criteria obtained are public health and the lowest, namely community institutions
 2019-04-30T16:39:02+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Metode Weighted Product dalam Pemilihan Penerima Beasiswa Bagi Peserta Didik 2019-05-18T07:00:30+00:00 Roni Roni Sumijan Sumijan Julius Santony
Scholarships are one of the factors that can increase learning motivation for students. This scholarship is one of the school programs to help parents of students to ease the burden of education costs of the students. In determining the scholarship recipients who meet the requirements and eligibility at the MA Raudlatul Ulum a decision support system is using the Weighted Product method. Decision making in the Weighted Product method is done by multiplication to connect the rating of each attribute, where the rating of each attribute must be raised by the weight of the attribute in question. In this study there are several criteria used in decision making, namely Average Value, Behavior, Extracurricular, Parent Income, and Dependents of Parents. The research carried out begins with determining the weight of each criterion, then the ranking process is carried out which will produce the most optimal alternative. Based on the results of testing that has been done, it can be concluded that the system is able to provide accuracy of 90% if compared with the results of testing manually.

 2019-04-28T23:28:14+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Credit Scoring Kelayakan Debitur Menggunakan Metode Hybrid ANN Backpropagation dan TOPSIS 2019-05-18T07:00:32+00:00 Susan Dwi Saputri Ermatita Ermatita
Credit is one of the common practices that provide benefits for financial or non-financial institutions. However on the other hand, aid loans also have higher risks if the institutions give the wrong decision in giving a loan. Credit Scoring is one of techniques that can determine whether it is feasible to given a loan or not. The selection of a credit scoring model greatly determines the value in classifying credit that is feasible or not to giving a loan. Decision Support System (DSS) is one system that can be used to overcome this problem. The advantages of DSS are being able to overcome the problems that have semi-structured and unstructured data. In this study, DSS was supported by using Artificial Neural Network Backpropagation method and TOPSIS method to find the priority for seeking eligibility. Accuracy results obtained in this study reached 98,69% with the number of iteration is 300, the number of training data is 30, neuron hidden 12 and error tolerance is 0.001. TOPSIS method succeeded in ranking 185 data selected as recipients of credit.

Keywords:Credit Scoring, Decision Support System (DSS), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Backpropagation, TOPSIS.
 2019-04-13T05:18:52+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Sistem Tutorial Berbasis Kecerdasan Buatan Pada Proses Pengambilan Keputusan Perawatan dan Perbaikan Gitar 2019-05-18T07:00:35+00:00 Agusta Rakhmat Taufani Harits Ar Ar Rosyid
Guitar is a popular musical instrument in the world and is a metronome for every use in various music events and its correlation. As a metronome, the guitar must be well standardized on the quality of each part so that sound that comes in line with the user's expectations in this case is the guitarist. Damage to the guitar is something normal because of its intense use so it needs proper handling in the repair process. The easiest thing is to bring a broken guitar to the experts, but when there are not many guitar service experts or a long enough distance to reach it, then guitar repairs need to be done immediately. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system that can act as a tutor in the maintenance and repair of guitars by utilizing artificial intelligence embedded in the system. With the help of artificial intelligence, it is expected that the system can assist in the decision making of guitar technicians in the process of making guitar repair decisions based on the symptoms that occur. Decision making used uses the certainty factor method based on certainty factors. After going through the equivalence partitioning testing process, in general this system produces a total percentage of 100% on the success of the item test by experts in the testing process of the 25 items tested. Thus the application meets the requirements for making the program, which is readable and valid.
 2019-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Membandingkan Metode SAW Dan MFEP Dalam Penentuan Jurusan di Tingkat SLTA 2019-05-18T07:00:38+00:00 Rini Sovia Aulia Fitrul Hadi
SMAN 10 Padang is one of the leading schools in the city of Padang State School which has two majors, namely Science (Science Knowledge) and Social Sciences (Social Sciences). A distinctive feature of this school is one of the international standard pilot schools (RSBI) by implementing bilingual and accelerating classes. On average students lack understanding in the selection of majors according to their abilities. Many people fail in the way they have found. To facilitate the determination of majors, a Decision Making System (SPK) is needed to find criteria. In SPK there are several methods in searching criteria, which are usually used by SAW with MFED. Based on the research carried out, by comparing the two methods, the data are grouped into three criteria, namely the value of the Natural Sciences National Examination, Psychology tests, and Interests. The results of this study show about MFEP method take a high accuration between SAW. An accuration of SAW have 38.3 % and MFEP have 70.5%.
 2019-04-06T05:05:10+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement##<|endoftext|>Saturday, January 19, 2013

Cracking Android Passwords: The Need for Speed

Impossibly Large Numbers Revisited

In October, 2012 I posted about a article about cracking Android passwords. I spoke primarily on the difficulty in cracking the passwords based on the sheer number of possibilities (a whopping 37,556,971,331,618,802,349,234,821,094,576!)
Don’t believe me? Let’s to a little rehashing: The key space (range of possible ASCII characters) for each position in the

ika di Indonesia. Dalam panduan Dikti, terkait pengelola Jurnal merupakan salah satu wewenang organisasi profesi dengan penilaian 4. Oleh karena itu Jurnal ini hadir dalam rangka mengemban tugas tersebut.

Jurnal RESTI  (Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi) adalah sebuah jurnal blind peer-review yang didedikasikan untuk publikasi hasil penelitian yang berkualitas dalam  bidang Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi namun tak terbatas secara implisit. Semua publikasi di junal RESTI bersifat akses terbuka yang memungkinkan artikel tersedia secara bebas online tanpa berlangganan apapun.

 Metode Analytical Hierarchy Process Dalam Menentukan Pemilihan Desa Terbaik 2019-05-18T07:00:26+00:00 Tri Rahayu Erly Krisnanik Bayu Hananto
The purpose of this study is to make decisions using the Analytical Hierarchy Prosess (AHP) method in determining the best village. Criteria for determining the best village; namely Community Economy, Public Health, Education, Security and Order and Community Institutions. The results of the calculations using the AHP method in the paired criteria comparison matrix, calculate the eigenvalue until the consistency test. The results of the calculation criteria obtained are: Public Health (45%), Community Economy (24%), Education (16%), Security and Order (9%) and Community Institutions (6%). So that the highest criteria obtained are public health and the lowest, namely community institutions
 2019-04-30T16:39:02+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Metode Weighted Product dalam Pemilihan Penerima Beasiswa Bagi Peserta Didik 2019-05-18T07:00:30+00:00 Roni Roni Sumijan Sumijan Julius Santony
Scholarships are one of the factors that can increase learning motivation for students. This scholarship is one of the school programs to help parents of students to ease the burden of education costs of the students. In determining the scholarship recipients who meet the requirements and eligibility at the MA Raudlatul Ulum a decision support system is using the Weighted Product method. Decision making in the Weighted Product method is done by multiplication to connect the rating of each attribute, where the rating of each attribute must be raised by the weight of the attribute in question. In this study there are several criteria used in decision making, namely Average Value, Behavior, Extracurricular, Parent Income, and Dependents of Parents. The research carried out begins with determining the weight of each criterion, then the ranking process is carried out which will produce the most optimal alternative. Based on the results of testing that has been done, it can be concluded that the system is able to provide accuracy of 90% if compared with the results of testing manually.

 2019-04-28T23:28:14+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Credit Scoring Kelayakan Debitur Menggunakan Metode Hybrid ANN Backpropagation dan TOPSIS 2019-05-18T07:00:32+00:00 Susan Dwi Saputri Ermatita Ermatita
Credit is one of the common practices that provide benefits for financial or non-financial institutions. However on the other hand, aid loans also have higher risks if the institutions give the wrong decision in giving a loan. Credit Scoring is one of techniques that can determine whether it is feasible to given a loan or not. The selection of a credit scoring model greatly determines the value in classifying credit that is feasible or not to giving a loan. Decision Support System (DSS) is one system that can be used to overcome this problem. The advantages of DSS are being able to overcome the problems that have semi-structured and unstructured data. In this study, DSS was supported by using Artificial Neural Network Backpropagation method and TOPSIS method to find the priority for seeking eligibility. Accuracy results obtained in this study reached 98,69% with the number of iteration is 300, the number of training data is 30, neuron hidden 12 and error tolerance is 0.001. TOPSIS method succeeded in ranking 185 data selected as recipients of credit.

Keywords:Credit Scoring, Decision Support System (DSS), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Backpropagation, TOPSIS.
 2019-04-13T05:18:52+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Sistem Tutorial Berbasis Kecerdasan Buatan Pada Proses Pengambilan Keputusan Perawatan dan Perbaikan Gitar 2019-05-18T07:00:35+00:00 Agusta Rakhmat Taufani Harits Ar Ar Rosyid
Guitar is a popular musical instrument in the world and is a metronome for every use in various music events and its correlation. As a metronome, the guitar must be well standardized on the quality of each part so that sound that comes in line with the user's expectations in this case is the guitarist. Damage to the guitar is something normal because of its intense use so it needs proper handling in the repair process. The easiest thing is to bring a broken guitar to the experts, but when there are not many guitar service experts or a long enough distance to reach it, then guitar repairs need to be done immediately. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system that can act as a tutor in the maintenance and repair of guitars by utilizing artificial intelligence embedded in the system. With the help of artificial intelligence, it is expected that the system can assist in the decision making of guitar technicians in the process of making guitar repair decisions based on the symptoms that occur. Decision making used uses the certainty factor method based on certainty factors. After going through the equivalence partitioning testing process, in general this system produces a total percentage of 100% on the success of the item test by experts in the testing process of the 25 items tested. Thus the application meets the requirements for making the program, which is readable and valid.
 2019-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Membandingkan Metode SAW Dan MFEP Dalam Penentuan Jurusan di Tingkat SLTA 2019-05-18T07:00:38+00:00 Rini Sovia Aulia Fitrul Hadi
SMAN 10 Padang is one of the leading schools in the city of Padang State School which has two majors, namely Science (Science Knowledge) and Social Sciences (Social Sciences). A distinctive feature of this school is one of the international standard pilot schools (RSBI) by implementing bilingual and accelerating classes. On average students lack understanding in the selection of majors according to their abilities. Many people fail in the way they have found. To facilitate the determination of majors, a Decision Making System (SPK) is needed to find criteria. In SPK there are several methods in searching criteria, which are usually used by SAW with MFED. Based on the research carried out, by comparing the two methods, the data are grouped into three criteria, namely the value of the Natural Sciences National Examination, Psychology tests, and Interests. The results of this study show about MFEP method take a high accuration between SAW. An accuration of SAW have 38.3 % and MFEP have 70.5%.
 2019-04-06T05:05:10+00:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement##<|endoftext|>Saturday, January 19, 2013

Cracking Android Passwords: The Need for Speed

Impossibly Large Numbers Revisited

In October, 2012 I posted about a article about cracking Android passwords. I spoke primarily on the difficulty in cracking the passwords based on the sheer number of possibilities (a whopping 37,556,971,331,618,802,349,234,821,094,576!)
Don’t believe me? Let’s to a little rehashing: The key space (range of possible ASCII characters) for each position in the password is 94 (upper and lower case letters, digits, and extended characters), or hexadecimal range \x21-\x7F. The password can be a minimum length of 4 and a maximum of 16 characters long.
A little Python 3 math
>>> total = 0
>>> for i in range(4,17):
...     total = total + 94**i
>>> print(total)
>>> #python will even put in the commas


Herbert Hofferth is from the United States. Herbert was born in Tulsa , Oklahoma. Herbert is an alumni of New College , Oxford. Herbert was born on January 11, 1968. Herbert receives email at herbert-hofferth@gmail.com. Herbert is an association football player. Herbert has the unique identifier 6628c1f2454f4d2d9f06f5d0f09b1b9b.<|endoftext|> the currents set up by the evolution of hydrogen are sufficient to set the aluminium pieces in motion, and it is probable that the motions of the Diatomaceae are similarly caused by the evolution of oxygen. In some pairs of substances diffusion may take place more rapidly than in others. Of course the progress of events in any experiment necessarily depends on various causes, such as the size of the containing vessels, but it is easy to see that when experiments with different substances are carried out under similar conditions, however these “similar conditions” be defined, the rates of diffusion must be capable of numerical comparison, and the results must be expressible in terms of at least one physical quantity, which for any two substances can be called their coefficient of diffusion. How to select this quantity we shall see later.

2 Quantitative Methods of observing Diffusion.—The simplest plan of determining the progress of diffusion between two liquids would be to draw off and examine portions from different strata at some stage in the process; the disturbance produced would, however, interfere with the subsequent process of diffusion, and the observations could not be continued. By placing in the liquid column hollow glass beads of different average densities, and observing at what height they remain suspended, it is possible to trace the variations of density of the liquid column at different depths, and different times. In this method, which was originally introduced by Lord Kelvin, difficulties were caused by the adherence of small air bubbles to the beads.

In general, optical methods are the most capable of giving exact results, and the following may be distinguished, (a) By refraction in a horizontal plane. If the containing vessel is in the form of a prism, the deviation of a horizontal ray of light in passing through the prism determines the index of refraction, and consequently the density of the stratum through which the ray passes, (b) By refraction in a vertical plane. Owing to the density varying with the depth, a horizontal ray entering the liquid also undergoes a small vertical deviation, being bent downwards towards the layers of greater density. The observation of this vertical deviation determines not the actual density, but its rate of variation with the depth, i.e. the “density gradient” at any point, (c) By the saccharimeter. In the cases of solutions of sugar, which cause rotation of the plane of polarized light, the density of the sugar at any depth may be determined by observing the corresponding angle of rotation, this was done originally by W. Voigt.

3. Elementary Definitions of Coefficient of Diffusion.—The simplest case of diffusion is that of a substance, say a gas, diffusing in the interior of a homogeneous solid medium, which remains at rest, when no external forces act on the system. We may regard it as the result of experience that: (1) if the density of the diffusing substance is everywhere the same no diffusion takes place, and (2) if the density of the diffusing substance is different at different points, diffusion will take place from places of greater to those of lesser density, and will not cease until the density is everywhere the same. It follows that the rate of flow of the diffusing substance at any point in any direction must depend on the density gradient at that point in that direction, i.e. on the rate at which the density of the diffusing substance decreases as we move in that direction. We may define the coefficient of diffusion as the ratio of the total mass per unit area which flows across any small section, to the rate of decrease of the density per unit distance in a direction perpendicular to that section.

In the case of steady diffusion parallel to the axis of x, if ρ be the density of the diffusing substance, and q the mass which flows across a unit of area in a plane perpendicular to the axis of x, then the density gradient is -dρ/dx and the ratio of q to this is called the “coefficient of diffusion.” By what has been said this ratio remains finite, however small the actual gradient and flow may be., and it is natural to assume, at any rate as a first approximation, that it is constant as far as the quantities in question are concerned. Thus if the coefficient of diffusion be denoted by K we have q= -K(dρ/dx).

Further, the rate at which the quantity of substance is increasing in an element between the distances x and x+dx is equal to the difference of the rates of flow in and out of the two faces, whence as in hydrodynamics, we have dρ/dt =-dq/dx.

It follows that the equation of diffusion in this case assumes the form

\textstyle\frac{d\rho}{dt} =

which is identical with the equations representing conduction of heat, flow of electricity and other physical phenomena. For motion in three dimensions we have in like manner

\frac{d}{dx}\left(\mathrm{K}\frac{d\rho}{dx}\right) +
\frac{d}{dy}\big(\mathrm{K}\frac{d\rho}{dy}\big) +

and the corresponding equations in electricity and heat for anisotropic substances would be available to account for any parallel phenomena, which may arise, or might be conceived, to exist in connexion with diffusion through a crystalline solid.

In the case of a very dilute solution, the coefficient of diffusion of the dissolved substance can be defined in the same way as when the diffusion takes place in a solid, because the effects of diffusion will not have any perceptible influence on the solvent, and the latter may therefore be regarded as remaining practically at rest. But in most cases of diffusion between two fluids, both of the fluids are in motion, and hence there is far greater difficulty in determining the motion, and even in defining the coefficient of diffusion. It is important to notice in the first instance, that it is only the relative motion of the two substances which constitutes diffusion. Thus when a current of air is blowing, under ordinary circumstances the changes which take place are purely mechanical, and do not depend on the separate diffusions of the oxygen and nitrogen of which the air is mainly composed. It is only when two gases are flowing with unequal velocity, that is, when they have a relative motion, that these changes of relative distribution, which are called diffusion, take place. The best way out of the difficulty is to investigate the separate motions of the two fluids, taking account of the mechanical actions exerted on them, and supposing that the mutual action of the fluids causes either fluid to resist the relative motion of the other.

4. The Coefficient of Resistance.—Let us call the two diffusing fluids A and B. If B were absent, the motion of the fluid A would be determined entirely by the variations of pressure of the fluid A, and by the external forces, such as that due to gravity acting on A. Similarly if A were absent, the motion of B would be determined entirely by the variations of pressure due to the fluid B, and by the external forces acting on B. When both fluids are mixed together, each fluid tends to resist the relative motion of the other, and by the law of equality of action and reaction, the resistance which A experiences from B is everywhere equal and opposite to the resistance which B experiences from A. If the amount of this resistance per unit volume be divided by the relative velocity of the two fluids, and also by the product of their densities, the quotient is called the “coefficient of resistance.” If then ρ1, ρ2 are the densities cf the two fluids, u1, u2 their velocities, C the coefficient of resistance, then the portion of the fluid A contained in a small element of volume v will experience from the fluid B a resistance Cρ1ρ2v(u1u2), and the fluid B contained in the same volume element will experience from the fluid A an equal and opposite resistance, Cρ1ρ2v(u2u1).

This definition implies the following laws of resistance to diffusion, which must be regarded as based on experience, and not as self-evident truths: (1) each fluid tends to assume, so far as diffusion is concerned, the same equüibrium distribution that it would assume if its motion were unresisted by the presence of the other fluid. (Of course, the mutual attraction of gravitation of the two fluids might affect the final distribution, but this is practically negligible. Leaving such actions as this out of account the following statement is correct.) In a state of equilibrium, the density of each fluid at any point thus depends only on the partial pressure of that fluid alone, and is the same as if the other fluids were absent. It does not depend on the partial pressures of the other fluids. If this were not the case, the resistance to diffusion would be analogous to friction, and would contain terms which were independent of the relative velocity u2u1. (2) For slow motions the resistance to diffusion is (approximately at any rate) proportional to the relative velocity. (3) The coefficient of resistance C is not necessarily always constant; it may, for example, and, in general, does, depend on the temperature.

If we form the equations of hydrodynamics for the different fluids occurring in any mixture, taking account of diffusion, but neglecting viscosity, and using suffixes 1, 2 to denote the separate fluids, these assume the form given by James Clerk Maxwell (“Diffusion,” in Ency.

 the currents set up by the evolution of hydrogen are sufficient to set the aluminium pieces in motion, and it is probable that the motions of the Diatomaceae are similarly caused by the evolution of oxygen. In some pairs of substances diffusion may take place more rapidly than in others. Of course the progress of events in any experiment necessarily depends on various causes, such as the size of the containing vessels, but it is easy to see that when experiments with different substances are carried out under similar conditions, however these “similar conditions” be defined, the rates of diffusion must be capable of numerical comparison, and the results must be expressible in terms of at least one physical quantity, which for any two substances can be called their coefficient of diffusion. How to select this quantity we shall see later.

2 Quantitative Methods of observing Diffusion.—The simplest plan of determining the progress of diffusion between two liquids would be to draw off and examine portions from different strata at some stage in the process; the disturbance produced would, however, interfere with the subsequent process of diffusion, and the observations could not be continued. By placing in the liquid column hollow glass beads of different average densities, and observing at what height they remain suspended, it is possible to trace the variations of density of the liquid column at different depths, and different times. In this method, which was originally introduced by Lord Kelvin, difficulties were caused by the adherence of small air bubbles to the beads.

In general, optical methods are the most capable of giving exact results, and the following may be distinguished, (a) By refraction in a horizontal plane. If the containing vessel is in the form of a prism, the deviation of a horizontal ray of light in passing through the prism determines the index of refraction, and consequently the density of the stratum through which the ray passes, (b) By refraction in a vertical plane. Owing to the density varying with the depth, a horizontal ray entering the liquid also undergoes a small vertical deviation, being bent downwards towards the layers of greater density. The observation of this vertical deviation determines not the actual density, but its rate of variation with the depth, i.e. the “density gradient” at any point, (c) By the saccharimeter. In the cases of solutions of sugar, which cause rotation of the plane of polarized light, the density of the sugar at any depth may be determined by observing the corresponding angle of rotation, this was done originally by W. Voigt.

3. Elementary Definitions of Coefficient of Diffusion.—The simplest case of diffusion is that of a substance, say a gas, diffusing in the interior of a homogeneous solid medium, which remains at rest, when no external forces act on the system. We may regard it as the result of experience that: (1) if the density of the diffusing substance is everywhere the same no diffusion takes place, and (2) if the density of the diffusing substance is different at different points, diffusion will take place from places of greater to those of lesser density, and will not cease until the density is everywhere the same. It follows that the rate of flow of the diffusing substance at any point in any direction must depend on the density gradient at that point in that direction, i.e. on the rate at which the density of the diffusing substance decreases as we move in that direction. We may define the coefficient of diffusion as the ratio of the total mass per unit area which flows across any small section, to the rate of decrease of the density per unit distance in a direction perpendicular to that section.

In the case of steady diffusion parallel to the axis of x, if ρ be the density of the diffusing substance, and q the mass which flows across a unit of area in a plane perpendicular to the axis of x, then the density gradient is -dρ/dx and the ratio of q to this is called the “coefficient of diffusion.” By what has been said this ratio remains finite, however small the actual gradient and flow may be., and it is natural to assume, at any rate as a first approximation, that it is constant as far as the quantities in question are concerned. Thus if the coefficient of diffusion be denoted by K we have q= -K(dρ/dx).

Further, the rate at which the quantity of substance is increasing in an element between the distances x and x+dx is equal to the difference of the rates of flow in and out of the two faces, whence as in hydrodynamics, we have dρ/dt =-dq/dx.

It follows that the equation of diffusion in this case assumes the form

\textstyle\frac{d\rho}{dt} =

which is identical with the equations representing conduction of heat, flow of electricity and other physical phenomena. For motion in three dimensions we have in like manner

\frac{d}{dx}\left(\mathrm{K}\frac{d\rho}{dx}\right) +
\frac{d}{dy}\big(\mathrm{K}\frac{d\rho}{dy}\big) +

and the corresponding equations in electricity and heat for anisotropic substances would be available to account for any parallel phenomena, which may arise, or might be conceived, to exist in connexion with diffusion through a crystalline solid.

In the case of a very dilute solution, the coefficient of diffusion of the dissolved substance can be defined in the same way as when the diffusion takes place in a solid, because the effects of diffusion will not have any perceptible influence on the solvent, and the latter may therefore be regarded as remaining practically at rest. But in most cases of diffusion between two fluids, both of the fluids are in motion, and hence there is far greater difficulty in determining the motion, and even in defining the coefficient of diffusion. It is important to notice in the first instance, that it is only the relative motion of the two substances which constitutes diffusion. Thus when a current of air is blowing, under ordinary circumstances the changes which take place are purely mechanical, and do not depend on the separate diffusions of the oxygen and nitrogen of which the air is mainly composed. It is only when two gases are flowing with unequal velocity, that is, when they have a relative motion, that these changes of relative distribution, which are called diffusion, take place. The best way out of the difficulty is to investigate the separate motions of the two fluids, taking account of the mechanical actions exerted on them, and supposing that the mutual action of the fluids causes either fluid to resist the relative motion of the other.

4. The Coefficient of Resistance.—Let us call the two diffusing fluids A and B. If B were absent, the motion of the fluid A would be determined entirely by the variations of pressure of the fluid A, and by the external forces, such as that due to gravity acting on A. Similarly if A were absent, the motion of B would be determined entirely by the variations of pressure due to the fluid B, and by the external forces acting on B. When both fluids are mixed together, each fluid tends to resist the relative motion of the other, and by the law of equality of action and reaction, the resistance which A experiences from B is everywhere equal and opposite to the resistance which B experiences from A. If the amount of this resistance per unit volume be divided by the relative velocity of the two fluids, and also by the product of their densities, the quotient is called the “coefficient of resistance.” If then ρ1, ρ2 are the densities cf the two fluids, u1, u2 their velocities, C the coefficient of resistance, then the portion of the fluid A contained in a small element of volume v will experience from the fluid B a resistance Cρ1ρ2v(u1u2), and the fluid B contained in the same volume element will experience from the fluid A an equal and opposite resistance, Cρ1ρ2v(u2u1).

This definition implies the following laws of resistance to diffusion, which must be regarded as based on experience, and not as self-evident truths: (1) each fluid tends to assume, so far as diffusion is concerned, the same equüibrium distribution that it would assume if its motion were unresisted by the presence of the other fluid. (Of course, the mutual attraction of gravitation of the two fluids might affect the final distribution, but this is practically negligible. Leaving such actions as this out of account the following statement is correct.) In a state of equilibrium, the density of each fluid at any point thus depends only on the partial pressure of that fluid alone, and is the same as if the other fluids were absent. It does not depend on the partial pressures of the other fluids. If this were not the case, the resistance to diffusion would be analogous to friction, and would contain terms which were independent of the relative velocity u2u1. (2) For slow motions the resistance to diffusion is (approximately at any rate) proportional to the relative velocity. (3) The coefficient of resistance C is not necessarily always constant; it may, for example, and, in general, does, depend on the temperature.

If we form the equations of hydrodynamics for the different fluids occurring in any mixture, taking account of diffusion, but neglecting viscosity, and using suffixes 1, 2 to denote the separate fluids, these assume the form given by James Clerk Maxwell (“Diffusion,” in Ency. Brit., 9th ed.):—

\textstyle\rho_1\frac{\mathrm{D}u_1}{\mathrm{D}t} + \frac{dp_1}{dx} - \mathrm{X}_1\rho_1 + \mathrm{C}_{12}\rho_1\rho_2(u_1 - u_2) + \mathrm{\And\!\!c.} {{=}} 0,

\


Mike Harvey Duncan is from the United States. Mike was born in New York City. Mike is an alumni of Ripon College. Mike was born on March 11, 1966. Mike receives email at mike_duncan@gmail.com. Mike is a figure skater. Mike has the unique identifier b5f5ca1ad3cc4ebd8d75f7fad7a2e67e.<|endoftext|> and Dere both scored in the low teens. I think Tainee was taking it easy on me, and I suspect that Krant and Dere both thought I was using more than organics to calculate my trajectories.

I drank something with no mood-altering chemicals in it other than sugar and carbohydrates while we circulated back into the party. In a pointless sort of way it was all very charming. I managed to amuse, irritate, charm, and intrigue many members of Affection's "crew." Sasami and Ciit told me of similar successes. I met Anorudo and he seemed a decent enough fellow. Still, "decent enough" does not always translate to "compatible."

As the party wound down, six hours after dark, I found myself sitting on a bench in the back again, looking out across the water. All of the toys had powered down and the goals in the distance were unlit if they were still there at all. Stars dappled the otherwise still waters. I had learned that Affection wasn't even a physical ship but instead was a whitehole- powered physical core holding the rest of itself together with force fields. I realized that it was a kind of third-party solipsism, that my room was the way it was because Affection wanted it that way.

Tainee found me sitting on the bench. "Are you lonely?" she asked.

"I'm suddenly missing my partners."

Her eyes took on a light of kindness. "Tell me about them?"

"What is there to tell?" I reached into memory, asked Ciit for some help, received a put-through from Affection, and holograms of my beloveds appeared on the deck with me. That was hard. I missed them more now that I could see them. "This is Aaden," I said, indicating the trim, muscular mel with the black-and-white fur. I pointed to the blue-furred fem with the tentacles, said "And this is P'nyssa. We've been a trio oh, since the year five hundred or so."

"But you said you and Sasami were intimates."

"We're not exclusive. We're just part of each other's lives. We list ourselves as having the same residence, are happiest in each other's presences than in nobody's. Even other romances and dalliances always seem to lead back to the Villa and each other." I made the images go away.

"I can tell you miss them a lot."

"Yeah." I sighed. "I know there's a Ken Shardik back at the Castle who is a part of their lives and that when I get home we'll merge our memories and it will be as if I never missed them for even one day. They're taken care of. I'm taken care of. It's just hard in the middle, when I– this 'I'– is not there." I reached out to touch her, then pulled my hand back.

She leaned over and rubbed her head against my hand, and I began stroking and caressing her. She sighed happily. "So," I said, "am I a barbarian?"

"No," she said. "Different. In a nice way."

"What does 'in a nice way' mean?"

"You touch me."

"It's a bad habit." I looked at where my hands had run freely down her long neck. "Karen used to get angry at me because I do this so unconsciously."

"Who's Karen?"

"A daughter. Many years ago. She's all grown up now, probably dead or transcendent or something." I let my fingers ruffle the fur between her shoulders. Tainee closed her eyes with pleasure. "I don't know why. Pendorians always start touching when they get close. It's something that I'm not even all that comfortable with, but the furs do it a lot. I think it's one of the reasons why we had no problem with all of the different kinds of mergings that happened later. Put a bunch of Pendorians in a room and gestalts form much easier than they do with most native evolved groups we've met."

"You did say earlier something about making them more like the animals that you mixed into their genes. Maybe you just found the right mix of individualism and pheromones?"

"Heh. Maybe." I glanced through the open door to the main room. Clumps of citizens still gathered here and there, fewer than at the height of the party. I sat back and smiled, relaxed. "That ease is nice stuff," I said.

"It's effective. But you haven't had any for hours. I asked Affection."

I asked Ciit for some help. She gave it instantly in one big affect.

I leaned forward on the bench, one hand under Tainee's jaw, where I had been stroking her gently. I bent down and gently kissed her on her cheek, right where the line of her upper and lower jaws met, and inhaled deeply. "You smell wonderful."

Tainee tracked me as I turned the initiative back to her. She pounced. We went sailing back onto the floor, which was surprisingly soft considering it had the appearance of wood, knocking over the bench. She was on top of me, her body heavy, her muzzle pressed to my mouth.

We kissed awkwardly, as if each of us had read generalities about how the other's culture did this but weren't sure of the particulars. It was sloppy and hard and fast and fun. I stroked her flanks and she murred her approval. She wriggled atop me and batted at my shoulder with a paw. "You are red!" she said.

"'Red?'" Ciit gave me an infodump: [Hot.] [Oh. Thanks.] I reached up and pulled her muzzle down to my face again, nipping at her cheeks, making her shiver as I increased the nips in intensity. "I'll show you red."

"I wager you will," she sighed. "Ohh..."

"It's probably rude to have sex out here in public."

"Not at this hour. As it gets late, there are always some people having sex at parties. You can't stop them."

"That explains all the pillows. May as well make them comfortable."

"Right," Tainee said. "But if you want to go find someplace private..."

"I don't object to orgies. I've even organized a few myself. But I think I'd like to get you alone."

"Alone," she sighed pleasurably. "Then let's go back to your room." We nearly ran without pause back to the visitor's section. The door closed behind us and we soon found ourselves on the bed, making out with an enthusiasm that I thought I had long ago grown too old to enjoy. She was sloppy and so was I; we covered each other in spit and reveled in the mess we were making. She got rid of the collar and I threw off the sari, and we tumbled into bed together.

She was all over me, her muzzle pressed to my face, her soft tongue licking my cheeks. I had my hands on her forelegs, reaching up along the length of her neck. I found a spot right above and between her shoulderblades that made her shiver, hard. "Right there," she whispered. "Right there."

I experimented with that one spot until she was squirming on top of me. Her legs trembled and then she fell over on top of me.

"Sorry," she said. She looked along the length of my body. "Not so different from everyone else." She licked at my chest, then touched my nipples. "What are these?"

"Vestigial nipples," I said. "On fems they're sustenance for new children."

"Then why do you have them?"

"Leftovers of an adaptive framework, I guess." She nipped at one and I moaned. "And very powerful sensory toys."

"Ooh." She nipped a little harder, then licked at it, making me squirm. I wasn't getting excited by her actions. Instead, I felt a powerful attraction to her and an intense need to feel, well, intense about her. Being in bed with a big cat was hardly a new experience to me, but she wasn't a Pamthreat, she was something new, something different. The product of someone else's research, and a whole individual in her own right.

I grabbed her muzzle and pulled it to me, kissing her hard. Now I felt the subtle shift over to lust as I ran my hands through her luxurious bodyfur. She had muscles layered over muscles, a tight, flawless body, and when I reached her long, lean thighs she moaned. "Yes."

"Yes?" I said.

She nodded. "Touch me. Bliss, touch me, Ken

 and Dere both scored in the low teens. I think Tainee was taking it easy on me, and I suspect that Krant and Dere both thought I was using more than organics to calculate my trajectories.

I drank something with no mood-altering chemicals in it other than sugar and carbohydrates while we circulated back into the party. In a pointless sort of way it was all very charming. I managed to amuse, irritate, charm, and intrigue many members of Affection's "crew." Sasami and Ciit told me of similar successes. I met Anorudo and he seemed a decent enough fellow. Still, "decent enough" does not always translate to "compatible."

As the party wound down, six hours after dark, I found myself sitting on a bench in the back again, looking out across the water. All of the toys had powered down and the goals in the distance were unlit if they were still there at all. Stars dappled the otherwise still waters. I had learned that Affection wasn't even a physical ship but instead was a whitehole- powered physical core holding the rest of itself together with force fields. I realized that it was a kind of third-party solipsism, that my room was the way it was because Affection wanted it that way.

Tainee found me sitting on the bench. "Are you lonely?" she asked.

"I'm suddenly missing my partners."

Her eyes took on a light of kindness. "Tell me about them?"

"What is there to tell?" I reached into memory, asked Ciit for some help, received a put-through from Affection, and holograms of my beloveds appeared on the deck with me. That was hard. I missed them more now that I could see them. "This is Aaden," I said, indicating the trim, muscular mel with the black-and-white fur. I pointed to the blue-furred fem with the tentacles, said "And this is P'nyssa. We've been a trio oh, since the year five hundred or so."

"But you said you and Sasami were intimates."

"We're not exclusive. We're just part of each other's lives. We list ourselves as having the same residence, are happiest in each other's presences than in nobody's. Even other romances and dalliances always seem to lead back to the Villa and each other." I made the images go away.

"I can tell you miss them a lot."

"Yeah." I sighed. "I know there's a Ken Shardik back at the Castle who is a part of their lives and that when I get home we'll merge our memories and it will be as if I never missed them for even one day. They're taken care of. I'm taken care of. It's just hard in the middle, when I– this 'I'– is not there." I reached out to touch her, then pulled my hand back.

She leaned over and rubbed her head against my hand, and I began stroking and caressing her. She sighed happily. "So," I said, "am I a barbarian?"

"No," she said. "Different. In a nice way."

"What does 'in a nice way' mean?"

"You touch me."

"It's a bad habit." I looked at where my hands had run freely down her long neck. "Karen used to get angry at me because I do this so unconsciously."

"Who's Karen?"

"A daughter. Many years ago. She's all grown up now, probably dead or transcendent or something." I let my fingers ruffle the fur between her shoulders. Tainee closed her eyes with pleasure. "I don't know why. Pendorians always start touching when they get close. It's something that I'm not even all that comfortable with, but the furs do it a lot. I think it's one of the reasons why we had no problem with all of the different kinds of mergings that happened later. Put a bunch of Pendorians in a room and gestalts form much easier than they do with most native evolved groups we've met."

"You did say earlier something about making them more like the animals that you mixed into their genes. Maybe you just found the right mix of individualism and pheromones?"

"Heh. Maybe." I glanced through the open door to the main room. Clumps of citizens still gathered here and there, fewer than at the height of the party. I sat back and smiled, relaxed. "That ease is nice stuff," I said.

"It's effective. But you haven't had any for hours. I asked Affection."

I asked Ciit for some help. She gave it instantly in one big affect.

I leaned forward on the bench, one hand under Tainee's jaw, where I had been stroking her gently. I bent down and gently kissed her on her cheek, right where the line of her upper and lower jaws met, and inhaled deeply. "You smell wonderful."

Tainee tracked me as I turned the initiative back to her. She pounced. We went sailing back onto the floor, which was surprisingly soft considering it had the appearance of wood, knocking over the bench. She was on top of me, her body heavy, her muzzle pressed to my mouth.

We kissed awkwardly, as if each of us had read generalities about how the other's culture did this but weren't sure of the particulars. It was sloppy and hard and fast and fun. I stroked her flanks and she murred her approval. She wriggled atop me and batted at my shoulder with a paw. "You are red!" she said.

"'Red?'" Ciit gave me an infodump: [Hot.] [Oh. Thanks.] I reached up and pulled her muzzle down to my face again, nipping at her cheeks, making her shiver as I increased the nips in intensity. "I'll show you red."

"I wager you will," she sighed. "Ohh..."

"It's probably rude to have sex out here in public."

"Not at this hour. As it gets late, there are always some people having sex at parties. You can't stop them."

"That explains all the pillows. May as well make them comfortable."

"Right," Tainee said. "But if you want to go find someplace private..."

"I don't object to orgies. I've even organized a few myself. But I think I'd like to get you alone."

"Alone," she sighed pleasurably. "Then let's go back to your room." We nearly ran without pause back to the visitor's section. The door closed behind us and we soon found ourselves on the bed, making out with an enthusiasm that I thought I had long ago grown too old to enjoy. She was sloppy and so was I; we covered each other in spit and reveled in the mess we were making. She got rid of the collar and I threw off the sari, and we tumbled into bed together.

She was all over me, her muzzle pressed to my face, her soft tongue licking my cheeks. I had my hands on her forelegs, reaching up along the length of her neck. I found a spot right above and between her shoulderblades that made her shiver, hard. "Right there," she whispered. "Right there."

I experimented with that one spot until she was squirming on top of me. Her legs trembled and then she fell over on top of me.

"Sorry," she said. She looked along the length of my body. "Not so different from everyone else." She licked at my chest, then touched my nipples. "What are these?"

"Vestigial nipples," I said. "On fems they're sustenance for new children."

"Then why do you have them?"

"Leftovers of an adaptive framework, I guess." She nipped at one and I moaned. "And very powerful sensory toys."

"Ooh." She nipped a little harder, then licked at it, making me squirm. I wasn't getting excited by her actions. Instead, I felt a powerful attraction to her and an intense need to feel, well, intense about her. Being in bed with a big cat was hardly a new experience to me, but she wasn't a Pamthreat, she was something new, something different. The product of someone else's research, and a whole individual in her own right.

I grabbed her muzzle and pulled it to me, kissing her hard. Now I felt the subtle shift over to lust as I ran my hands through her luxurious bodyfur. She had muscles layered over muscles, a tight, flawless body, and when I reached her long, lean thighs she moaned. "Yes."

"Yes?" I said.

She nodded. "Touch me. Bliss, touch me, Ken."

I shifted my way out from underneath her and gestured for her to lie down on the bed, on her belly. I got behind her and slid my hands along her flanks, letting my fingers find and measure the sweet, perfect planes of muscle and flesh and fur. I could find the tines of her pelvis, where the bones supported both her hips and her spine, and her tail where it seemed to flow out of her


 so engineers sent Quindar tones on the same line as the one used by Capcom.

When he wanted to speak to the crew and pressed his push-to-talk button, a quarter-second burst of 2.525 kHz tone was produced. This was detected at the ground station, where it operated an electronic switch to place Capcom's line onto the uplink. When Capcom had finished speaking and released his push-to-talk button, another quarter-second burst of tone, this time of a slightly lower pitch of 2.475 kHz, signalled the switch to remove the Houston line from the uplink.

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When will Peyton Manning's Super Bowl window close?

Are the Denver Broncos all-in for 2014? Or are they escalating a win-now, pay-later arms race for a three-year window of Super Bowl opportunity?

"If you do this for a living, you always have pressure to win now," coach John Fox told NFL Media's Michelle Beisner in an interview that aired on Tuesday evening's edition of NFL Total Access. "It will be no different this year than it's been in our tenure here. Obviously, I think a lot of guys would like to get that big ring for Peyton (Manning), and I think that's part of the motivation and purpose of our football team."

Coming off the most extraordinary season of an unparalleled career, Manning insists his body feels as good as it ever has. Although Manning can see retirement on the not-so-distant horizon, he has made it clear that going out on top is "really not" the priority it was for John Elway.

Whereas Manning was obsessed with over-preparing early in his career, he has a reached a peaceful stage where he can take a more human, less robotic approach to the game.

Manning has undeniably lost considerable arm strength as he approaches age 40. He now compensates beautifully by translating opposing defenses before the snap, processing information in the pocket at a high level and consistently lofting accurate passes into tight spaces.

As long as he's still enjoying the NFL work week, the realistic goal is to play out the final three years on his five-year contract with the Broncos.

To that end, Elway has stated that he will continue to shape his roster as if Manning will continue to be the quarterback.

Elway's high-profile offseason maneuvers suggest an adherence to Manning's three-year window.

Revitalized four-time All-Pro pass rusher DeMarcus Ware was signed to a three-year contract. Lockdown cornerback Aqib Talib's six-year deal is essentially a three-year commitment on closer inspection.

Throw in the addition of hard-hitting safety T.J. Ward and the healthy returns of three key starters missing from Super Bowl XLVIII, and the Broncos suddenly have a championship-caliber defense to complement their record-breaking offense.

Elway doesn't believe the NFL will ever witness a quarterback unanimously viewed as the greatest, but Manning has proven that he takes the narratives and legacies to heart.

How can Manning pass up three more opportunities to reverse the postseason narrative and ascend past Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas and Tom Brady on football's Mount Rushmore?

Fan Discussion<|endoftext|>Trump’s Guiding Tax Reform Principles

by Demian Brady / /

Yesterday morning, before the release of the Trump Administration’s tax reform blueprint, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin stated that it “is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country and we are committed to seeing this through.” At an event hosted by The Hill and American Bankers Association, Mnuchin presented a positive push on both tax and regulatory reform that will lower tax rates, broaden the base, and simplify tax filing and exemptions. If this plan or something similar wins enactment, it will be the first comprehensive tax reform in over 30 years.

The twin goals of President Trump’s tax reform outline released yesterday are to provide relief to taxpayers and to ramp up economic growth. Taxpayer relief will come in two forms: lower rates and a reduction in compliance burdens. In our latest report on tax complexity, we found that the time that Americans spend working on taxes consumes 6.98 billion hours and costs the economy $263 billion. The lower rates and reduction in complexity will stimulate the economy, which has experienced a record 10-year period of sluggish growth of less than 3 percent annually.

The administration is confident that the resulting long-term economic growth along with the reform’s simplification of deductions would offset the immediate drop in tax receipts. In yesterday’s morning event, Mnuchin agreed with some other speakers that tax reform will need to be coupled with spending reduction and regulatory reform in order to rein in the growing national debt and fully unleash economic growth.

However, for taxpayers awaiting bottom line answers about how these plans will affect their finances and those of their children, what matters most are the details that will eventually emerge in legislation. Mnuchin and Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn laid out a broad overview of what the administration would like to see enacted, but noted that many details, such as the border adjustment tax in the House GOP’s “A Better Way” reform blueprint, are to be worked out with Congress as the process moves forward. Based on the President’s proposal, five principles for tax reform seem to be guiding the administration.

1.Simplify Individual Tax Brackets and Increase the Standard Deduction: Trump’s plan would consolidate the existing seven tax brackets into three tax brackets of 10%, 25%, and 35%. This would lower the top personal income tax rate by 4.6%, from 39.6% to 35%. In order to further target savings to lower- and middle-income households, the plan also calls for doubling the standard deduction which would mean that a joint- filer couple would pay a 0% tax rate on the first $24,000 of their income, and would not have keep track of as many receipts for tax filing purposes. Moreover, the Trump plan calls for “providing tax relief for families with child and dependent care expenses,” which would most likely take the form of refundable tax credits.

2.Eliminate Deductions: On the individual tax side, the Trump plan proposes to eliminate all deductions except the mortgage deduction and charitable donation deduction. Additionally, the plan calls for the closing of tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest taxpayers. Depending on how this principle is integrated into legislation (i.e., no new measures aimed at punishing certain groups or industries) it could be a promising development in ridding the cronyistic and protectionist loopholes that plague the current Code.

3.Repeal Taxes that Hinder Economic Growth: The repeal of the Estate Tax, the Alternative Minimum Tax, and the 3.8% Obamacare investment income tax are also at the forefront of Trump’s tax plan. Not only are these taxes fundamentally unfair and major sources of compliance burdens, but they also heap a major opportunity cost on investments and savings -- sources of capital that are necessary for economic growth.

4.Reduce the Corporate and Small Business Tax Rate and Move to Territorial System: Trump’s plan would cut the current corporate tax rate from 35% -- the highest in the developed world -- to 15%. This reduction would mean the United States would have a lower tax rate than other OECD countries, like France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Norway, and others. The only OECD countries with the same or lower tax rates would be Poland (15%), Latvia (15%), Canada (15%), Ireland (12.5%), Hungary (9%), and Switzerland (8.5%). According to Mnuchin, small- and medium-sized businesses would also be eligible for the 15% rate. This would make the United States more competitive in the increasingly globalized economy and free up investment capital for businesses. Moreover, the U.S. is one of the few countries that taxes income regardless of where it is earned. This means a company must pay U.S. taxes on overseas earnings when it repatriates these profits. The result is that many multinational corporations opt to keep foreign earnings abroad due to what is described as the “lockout effect.”

5.Repatriation: Trump’s plan would also include a one-time tax on the repatriation on wealth that is currently being held overseas by businesses and individuals because of our current tax law. Although the plan does not provide a specific rate, leaving that rate to be determined by Congress, Cohn ensured the American people that it would be a “competitive” rate. During the campaign, Trump initially proposed a 10% repatriation charge, but it is unclear if that is what the White House means by “competitive.” Repatriation could go a long way in increasing the available capital for business to invest and build in the United States.

There are many admirable reforms included in the White House’s plan to alleviate the burdens imposed on taxpayers through our horribly complex Tax Code, and to recharge a lackluster economy. There is also

 A decision was made to only allow the line to be fed to the spacecraft when Capcom wanted to speak, and so a method had to be found to tell the ground station when he had pressed his push-to-talk button and when he had released it. However, to have arranged a separate circuit just to carry a signal to tell the ground station to switch would have been expensive, so engineers sent Quindar tones on the same line as the one used by Capcom.

When he wanted to speak to the crew and pressed his push-to-talk button, a quarter-second burst of 2.525 kHz tone was produced. This was detected at the ground station, where it operated an electronic switch to place Capcom's line onto the uplink. When Capcom had finished speaking and released his push-to-talk button, another quarter-second burst of tone, this time of a slightly lower pitch of 2.475 kHz, signalled the switch to remove the Houston line from the uplink.

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When will Peyton Manning's Super Bowl window close?

Are the Denver Broncos all-in for 2014? Or are they escalating a win-now, pay-later arms race for a three-year window of Super Bowl opportunity?

"If you do this for a living, you always have pressure to win now," coach John Fox told NFL Media's Michelle Beisner in an interview that aired on Tuesday evening's edition of NFL Total Access. "It will be no different this year than it's been in our tenure here. Obviously, I think a lot of guys would like to get that big ring for Peyton (Manning), and I think that's part of the motivation and purpose of our football team."

Coming off the most extraordinary season of an unparalleled career, Manning insists his body feels as good as it ever has. Although Manning can see retirement on the not-so-distant horizon, he has made it clear that going out on top is "really not" the priority it was for John Elway.

Whereas Manning was obsessed with over-preparing early in his career, he has a reached a peaceful stage where he can take a more human, less robotic approach to the game.

Manning has undeniably lost considerable arm strength as he approaches age 40. He now compensates beautifully by translating opposing defenses before the snap, processing information in the pocket at a high level and consistently lofting accurate passes into tight spaces.

As long as he's still enjoying the NFL work week, the realistic goal is to play out the final three years on his five-year contract with the Broncos.

To that end, Elway has stated that he will continue to shape his roster as if Manning will continue to be the quarterback.

Elway's high-profile offseason maneuvers suggest an adherence to Manning's three-year window.

Revitalized four-time All-Pro pass rusher DeMarcus Ware was signed to a three-year contract. Lockdown cornerback Aqib Talib's six-year deal is essentially a three-year commitment on closer inspection.

Throw in the addition of hard-hitting safety T.J. Ward and the healthy returns of three key starters missing from Super Bowl XLVIII, and the Broncos suddenly have a championship-caliber defense to complement their record-breaking offense.

Elway doesn't believe the NFL will ever witness a quarterback unanimously viewed as the greatest, but Manning has proven that he takes the narratives and legacies to heart.

How can Manning pass up three more opportunities to reverse the postseason narrative and ascend past Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas and Tom Brady on football's Mount Rushmore?

Fan Discussion<|endoftext|>Trump’s Guiding Tax Reform Principles

by Demian Brady / /

Yesterday morning, before the release of the Trump Administration’s tax reform blueprint, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin stated that it “is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country and we are committed to seeing this through.” At an event hosted by The Hill and American Bankers Association, Mnuchin presented a positive push on both tax and regulatory reform that will lower tax rates, broaden the base, and simplify tax filing and exemptions. If this plan or something similar wins enactment, it will be the first comprehensive tax reform in over 30 years.

The twin goals of President Trump’s tax reform outline released yesterday are to provide relief to taxpayers and to ramp up economic growth. Taxpayer relief will come in two forms: lower rates and a reduction in compliance burdens. In our latest report on tax complexity, we found that the time that Americans spend working on taxes consumes 6.98 billion hours and costs the economy $263 billion. The lower rates and reduction in complexity will stimulate the economy, which has experienced a record 10-year period of sluggish growth of less than 3 percent annually.

The administration is confident that the resulting long-term economic growth along with the reform’s simplification of deductions would offset the immediate drop in tax receipts. In yesterday’s morning event, Mnuchin agreed with some other speakers that tax reform will need to be coupled with spending reduction and regulatory reform in order to rein in the growing national debt and fully unleash economic growth.

However, for taxpayers awaiting bottom line answers about how these plans will affect their finances and those of their children, what matters most are the details that will eventually emerge in legislation. Mnuchin and Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn laid out a broad overview of what the administration would like to see enacted, but noted that many details, such as the border adjustment tax in the House GOP’s “A Better Way” reform blueprint, are to be worked out with Congress as the process moves forward. Based on the President’s proposal, five principles for tax reform seem to be guiding the administration.

1.Simplify Individual Tax Brackets and Increase the Standard Deduction: Trump’s plan would consolidate the existing seven tax brackets into three tax brackets of 10%, 25%, and 35%. This would lower the top personal income tax rate by 4.6%, from 39.6% to 35%. In order to further target savings to lower- and middle-income households, the plan also calls for doubling the standard deduction which would mean that a joint- filer couple would pay a 0% tax rate on the first $24,000 of their income, and would not have keep track of as many receipts for tax filing purposes. Moreover, the Trump plan calls for “providing tax relief for families with child and dependent care expenses,” which would most likely take the form of refundable tax credits.

2.Eliminate Deductions: On the individual tax side, the Trump plan proposes to eliminate all deductions except the mortgage deduction and charitable donation deduction. Additionally, the plan calls for the closing of tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest taxpayers. Depending on how this principle is integrated into legislation (i.e., no new measures aimed at punishing certain groups or industries) it could be a promising development in ridding the cronyistic and protectionist loopholes that plague the current Code.

3.Repeal Taxes that Hinder Economic Growth: The repeal of the Estate Tax, the Alternative Minimum Tax, and the 3.8% Obamacare investment income tax are also at the forefront of Trump’s tax plan. Not only are these taxes fundamentally unfair and major sources of compliance burdens, but they also heap a major opportunity cost on investments and savings -- sources of capital that are necessary for economic growth.

4.Reduce the Corporate and Small Business Tax Rate and Move to Territorial System: Trump’s plan would cut the current corporate tax rate from 35% -- the highest in the developed world -- to 15%. This reduction would mean the United States would have a lower tax rate than other OECD countries, like France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Norway, and others. The only OECD countries with the same or lower tax rates would be Poland (15%), Latvia (15%), Canada (15%), Ireland (12.5%), Hungary (9%), and Switzerland (8.5%). According to Mnuchin, small- and medium-sized businesses would also be eligible for the 15% rate. This would make the United States more competitive in the increasingly globalized economy and free up investment capital for businesses. Moreover, the U.S. is one of the few countries that taxes income regardless of where it is earned. This means a company must pay U.S. taxes on overseas earnings when it repatriates these profits. The result is that many multinational corporations opt to keep foreign earnings abroad due to what is described as the “lockout effect.”

5.Repatriation: Trump’s plan would also include a one-time tax on the repatriation on wealth that is currently being held overseas by businesses and individuals because of our current tax law. Although the plan does not provide a specific rate, leaving that rate to be determined by Congress, Cohn ensured the American people that it would be a “competitive” rate. During the campaign, Trump initially proposed a 10% repatriation charge, but it is unclear if that is what the White House means by “competitive.” Repatriation could go a long way in increasing the available capital for business to invest and build in the United States.

There are many admirable reforms included in the White House’s plan to alleviate the burdens imposed on taxpayers through our horribly complex Tax Code, and to recharge a lackluster economy. There is also a wealth of additional proposals included in


 reason for test-driving the names you're considering.

So, this much you know at this point:

  • You're going to choose a name you like;
  • You're going to choose more than one name;
  • You're going to do it with your spouse, significant other, or someone else who is close to you; and
  • You're going to stay away from being cute.

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Updated at: 07/10/2013 5:35 PM
By The Associated Press

(AP) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec - Following is a timeline of events leading up to the fiery weekend explosion of a runaway oil train that smashed into this small lakeside Canadian town, killing at least 15 people, leaving dozens missing and incinerating much of its downtown.

_ Friday, July 5 _ 11:25 p.m. EDT

The train, all but one of its 73 cars carrying crude oil, is parked in the village of Nantes, about six miles (10 kilometers) from Lac-Megantic, by the train engineer, who had just finished his shift. The engineer departs, leaving the train unattended.

_ 11:30 p.m. EDT

A resident in Nantes calls 911 to report a fire in the parked train.

_ Midnight

Firefighters and an employee of the train operator, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, arrive on the scene. Firefighters douse the blaze and the train engine is shut down. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board at a news conference on Tuesday did not say who shut down the engine or who was last inside the train, key points because the train operator says the shutdown may have led to the release of the train’s brakes. On Wednesday, the railway company chief says an engineer failed to properly set the train brakes.

_ Saturday, July 6 - 12:56 a.m. EDT

After firefighters depart, the train starts to move. It begins rolling down a slope away from Nantes and toward Lac-Megantic. The train picks up considerable speed.

_ 1:15 a.m. EDT

The first explosion is reported as the train derails in Lac-Megantic. The locomotive detaches and continues through town for nearly a mile (kilometer). Residents report a series of explosions, with fireballs shooting into the sky over the next several hours and a wall of flames that destroys the downtown, including a bar filled with patrons, the library and a waterside park, along with dozens of other buildings.

Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
<|endoftext|>Seoul’s Hanok Island

Unhyeongung Royal Residence and Ikseon-dong | 운현궁과 익선동

Written by Robert J. Fouser

Photographed by Robert Koehler

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

Seoul is full of surprises in the most unlikely of places. The eclectic area that sits between Insa-dong to the west and Jongmyo to the east is the quintessential surprising place in the center of Seoul.

The best way to begin exploring the area is to leave Anguk Station 안국역 (Line 3) from Exit 4. The first stop is Unhyeongung Royal Residence 운현궁, originally built in the 14th century and rebuilt many times since, most recently in the 1860s. Heungseon Daewongun (1820–1898), the powerful prince regent of Korea during the minority of his son King Gojong (r. 1863–1907), lived in the palace. Heungseon Daewongun is remembered for his isolationism and sponsorship of vast rebuilding projects in Seoul.

The current buildings date from the 1860s and were restored in 1993 by the Seoul city government. The palace is an excellent example of a detached palace that housed members of the royal family during the Joseon Dynasty. The four remaining traditional buildings are excellent examples of traditional palace architecture. King Gojong and Empress Myeongseong (1851–1895) were married in the palace in 1866, and a reenactment of the royal wedding takes place every year in the spring and fall. Empress Myeongseong, commonly referred to as Queen Min, was assassinated in 1895 under orders from the Japanese Minister to Korea because of her anti-Japanese leanings. The palace is open from 9am to 6pm (November to March) and from 9am to 7pm (April to October).

Behind the palace is the white baroque style Unhyeongung Yanggwan 운현궁양관 that sits on the campus of Deokseong University. Built in 1912 by the Yi Jun, the grandson of the Heungseon Daewongun, the house now sits on the campus of Duksung Women’s University.

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

From the Unhyeongung Royal Residence, head south and walk past an elementary school. Turn left, walk past the Crown Hotel, and then turn right at the next alley, walking past a parking lot on your left. Go straight until the end of the alley and then turn right. This brings you to the entrance of Ikseon-dong 익선동, the largest concentration of hanok, or traditional Korean-style houses, outside of Bukchon. Unlike Bukchon, none of the hanok in Ikseon-dong have been renovated because the area is still in midst of a heated debate over redevelopment plans. The debate over redevelopment has inhibited owners from maintaining their houses, leaving many badly in need of repair.

Despite the problems, however, Ikseon-dong is the best example of an authentic 20th-century hanok neighborhood. Ikseon-dong is also important in the history of hanok because it is the second “hanok development” of the 1930s in which developers built rows of traditional-style Korean houses of similar size. The declining economic fortunes of the royal family and aristocratic estates during the Japanese colonial period (1910–45) forced owners to sell land in central Seoul. Developers bought the land and then divided it into small lots and built alleys on a grid. The first hanok development was the large houses in Gahoi-dong, but the houses in the Ikseon-dong development where smaller and less expensive.

The heart of Ikseon-dong is four long north–south alleys, all lined with hanok. Weave through the alleys and notice the individual character of each house. The decorations on the doors and the material and decoration on the walls all differ. The houses have undergone layers of change since the 1930s, and today many of the houses are used as boarding houses, with different people renting a room or two in the same house.

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

After walking through the alleys, walk toward the entrance of Ikseon-dong and take note of Tteuran 뜰안 (T. 02-745-7420), a tea house at the end of the alley near the parking lot. The tea house serves traditional Korean tea and offers a rare chance to see the inside of an Ikseon-dong hanok. From there, return to the street with the Crown Hotel and walk to the corner. Going straight takes you to Insa-dong, with its traditional shops and restaurants. Turning right takes you back to Anguk Station.

Unhyeongung Royal Residence
T. 02-766-9090, www.unhyeongung.or.kr
(114-10 Unni-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul | 서울시 종로구 운니동 114-10)

T. 02-745-7420
(166-76, Ikseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul | 서울시 종로구 익선동 166-76)

Anguk Station 안국역 (Line 3), Exit 4

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 course, the famous Ima Hogg.

I can't think of too many parents who would intentionally give a cute or silly name to their child, but it can happen inadvertently. It's another good reason for test-driving the names you're considering.

So, this much you know at this point:

  • You're going to choose a name you like;
  • You're going to choose more than one name;
  • You're going to do it with your spouse, significant other, or someone else who is close to you; and
  • You're going to stay away from being cute.

Beyond that, your canvas is probably pretty blank. Let's start filling it in!

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Find Today's Newest & Best Children's Books!<|endoftext|>Events leading up to fiery Quebec train derailment

Updated at: 07/10/2013 5:35 PM
By The Associated Press

(AP) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec - Following is a timeline of events leading up to the fiery weekend explosion of a runaway oil train that smashed into this small lakeside Canadian town, killing at least 15 people, leaving dozens missing and incinerating much of its downtown.

_ Friday, July 5 _ 11:25 p.m. EDT

The train, all but one of its 73 cars carrying crude oil, is parked in the village of Nantes, about six miles (10 kilometers) from Lac-Megantic, by the train engineer, who had just finished his shift. The engineer departs, leaving the train unattended.

_ 11:30 p.m. EDT

A resident in Nantes calls 911 to report a fire in the parked train.

_ Midnight

Firefighters and an employee of the train operator, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, arrive on the scene. Firefighters douse the blaze and the train engine is shut down. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board at a news conference on Tuesday did not say who shut down the engine or who was last inside the train, key points because the train operator says the shutdown may have led to the release of the train’s brakes. On Wednesday, the railway company chief says an engineer failed to properly set the train brakes.

_ Saturday, July 6 - 12:56 a.m. EDT

After firefighters depart, the train starts to move. It begins rolling down a slope away from Nantes and toward Lac-Megantic. The train picks up considerable speed.

_ 1:15 a.m. EDT

The first explosion is reported as the train derails in Lac-Megantic. The locomotive detaches and continues through town for nearly a mile (kilometer). Residents report a series of explosions, with fireballs shooting into the sky over the next several hours and a wall of flames that destroys the downtown, including a bar filled with patrons, the library and a waterside park, along with dozens of other buildings.

Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
<|endoftext|>Seoul’s Hanok Island

Unhyeongung Royal Residence and Ikseon-dong | 운현궁과 익선동

Written by Robert J. Fouser

Photographed by Robert Koehler

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

Seoul is full of surprises in the most unlikely of places. The eclectic area that sits between Insa-dong to the west and Jongmyo to the east is the quintessential surprising place in the center of Seoul.

The best way to begin exploring the area is to leave Anguk Station 안국역 (Line 3) from Exit 4. The first stop is Unhyeongung Royal Residence 운현궁, originally built in the 14th century and rebuilt many times since, most recently in the 1860s. Heungseon Daewongun (1820–1898), the powerful prince regent of Korea during the minority of his son King Gojong (r. 1863–1907), lived in the palace. Heungseon Daewongun is remembered for his isolationism and sponsorship of vast rebuilding projects in Seoul.

The current buildings date from the 1860s and were restored in 1993 by the Seoul city government. The palace is an excellent example of a detached palace that housed members of the royal family during the Joseon Dynasty. The four remaining traditional buildings are excellent examples of traditional palace architecture. King Gojong and Empress Myeongseong (1851–1895) were married in the palace in 1866, and a reenactment of the royal wedding takes place every year in the spring and fall. Empress Myeongseong, commonly referred to as Queen Min, was assassinated in 1895 under orders from the Japanese Minister to Korea because of her anti-Japanese leanings. The palace is open from 9am to 6pm (November to March) and from 9am to 7pm (April to October).

Behind the palace is the white baroque style Unhyeongung Yanggwan 운현궁양관 that sits on the campus of Deokseong University. Built in 1912 by the Yi Jun, the grandson of the Heungseon Daewongun, the house now sits on the campus of Duksung Women’s University.

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

From the Unhyeongung Royal Residence, head south and walk past an elementary school. Turn left, walk past the Crown Hotel, and then turn right at the next alley, walking past a parking lot on your left. Go straight until the end of the alley and then turn right. This brings you to the entrance of Ikseon-dong 익선동, the largest concentration of hanok, or traditional Korean-style houses, outside of Bukchon. Unlike Bukchon, none of the hanok in Ikseon-dong have been renovated because the area is still in midst of a heated debate over redevelopment plans. The debate over redevelopment has inhibited owners from maintaining their houses, leaving many badly in need of repair.

Despite the problems, however, Ikseon-dong is the best example of an authentic 20th-century hanok neighborhood. Ikseon-dong is also important in the history of hanok because it is the second “hanok development” of the 1930s in which developers built rows of traditional-style Korean houses of similar size. The declining economic fortunes of the royal family and aristocratic estates during the Japanese colonial period (1910–45) forced owners to sell land in central Seoul. Developers bought the land and then divided it into small lots and built alleys on a grid. The first hanok development was the large houses in Gahoi-dong, but the houses in the Ikseon-dong development where smaller and less expensive.

The heart of Ikseon-dong is four long north–south alleys, all lined with hanok. Weave through the alleys and notice the individual character of each house. The decorations on the doors and the material and decoration on the walls all differ. The houses have undergone layers of change since the 1930s, and today many of the houses are used as boarding houses, with different people renting a room or two in the same house.

ⓒ Seoul Selection

ⓒ Seoul Selection

After walking through the alleys, walk toward the entrance of Ikseon-dong and take note of Tteuran 뜰안 (T. 02-745-7420), a tea house at the end of the alley near the parking lot. The tea house serves traditional Korean tea and offers a rare chance to see the inside of an Ikseon-dong hanok. From there, return to the street with the Crown Hotel and walk to the corner. Going straight takes you to Insa-dong, with its traditional shops and restaurants. Turning right takes you back to Anguk Station.

Unhyeongung Royal Residence
T. 02-766-9090, www.unhyeongung.or.kr
(114-10 Unni-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul | 서울시 종로구 운니동 114-10)

T. 02-745-7420
(166-76, Ikseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul | 서울시 종로구 익선동 166-76)

Anguk Station 안국역 (Line 3), Exit 4

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