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Chance News 73
From The Flaw of Averages, by Sam L. Savage, Wiley, 2009
"Our culture encodes a strong bias either to neglect or ignore variation. We tend to focus instead on measures of central tendency, and as a result we make some terrible mistakes, often with considerable practical import." (Stephen Jay Gould, cited p. 11)
"Plans based on average assumptions are wrong on average." (Savage, p. 11)
"Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise." (John W. Tukey, cited p. 38)
"I have found that teaching probability and statistics is easy. The hard part is getting people to learn the stuff." (Savage, p. 49)
"Statisticians often describe a numerical uncertainty using the Red Words, RANDOM VARIABLE, but I will stick with 'uncertain number.' …. [S]top thinking of uncertainties as single numbers and begin thinking of them as shapes, or distributions. …. If you think of an uncertain number as a bar graph, you will not be seriously misled." (Savage, p. 59ff)
"Joe Berkson, a statistician at the Mayo Clinic, developed his own criterion, which he termed the IOT Test, or Inter Ocular Trauma Test, requiring a graph that hit you between the eyes." (Savage, p. 325)
See Chance News 52 for a review of The Flaw of Averages by Laurie Snell.
Submitted by Margaret Cibes
From Picturing the Uncertain World, by Howard Wainer, Princeton, 2009:
"[O]n average Bill Gates and I can afford a new Rolls and a winter home in Provence." (Wainer, p. 36)
Submitted by Margaret Cibes
"Using a model of no greater sophistication than that employed by Benjamin Franklin (weather generally moves from west to east), I was able to predict that the are of precipitation currently over Ohio would be hitting New Jersey by tomorrow and would stay over us until the weekend. Any fool could see it. The improvement in forecasting has not been entirely due to improvements in the mathematical models of the weather. The enormous wealth of radar and satellite data summarized into a multicolored and dynamic graph can turn anyone into an expert."
Submitted by Paul Alper
"It is Friday 13th today and though it is still only ten in the morning some awfully unlucky things have happened. I stubbed my toe; the cat caught a shrew and left it in the middle of the kitchen floor, which was unlucky for me because I almost stepped on it, and was even more unlucky for the shrew. It is a black cat too. Clear evidence that superstition works, even for small rodents. Or perhaps not. Yesterday I broke my fingernail, but it wasn't Friday 13th then, so that wasn't the fates being lined up against me, it was just an accident."
Submitted by Margaret Cibes
What's in a name?
Peter, Deborah popular names for CEOs
VPR News Morning Edition, 29 April 2011
"If your name is Peter or Deborah, you're more likely to be a CEO. That's what the social networking site LinkedIn found." You can listen to the rest of this Vermont Public Radio broadcast here.
The story was featured in a variety of news outlets:
- What's in a name? Deborah and Peter more likely to become CEOs. Daily Mail, 29 April 2011
- What's in a baby name? A future CEO if you've got the right syllables, Globe and Mail Blog, 28 April 2011
- 'Peter' and 'Deborah' are top CEO Names, MSNBC Business, 27 April 2011
- Peter, Deborah top LinkedIn list for most popular CEO names, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 April 2011
Discussion Question
A tweeted comment on this site says: "Great analysis, although this can be explained mostly by the age group ..." What are the implications of this? How might you explore them?
Submitted by Jeanne Albert
Scaling the normal curve
Picturing the Uncertain World
by Howard Wainer, Princeton, 2009, p. 171.
This book is a collection of articles that Wainer had authored/co-authored in Chance (2000-2007), American Scientist (2007), and American Statistician (1996).
In Chapter 16, "Galton's Normal," Wainter gives an example of the relative heights of the points on a standard normal curve and of why our sketches of normal curves do not, and cannot, come close to accurate scale drawings.
He calculates that, even if the height at z = 13 were only 1 mm, then the height of the normal curve at the center, z = 0, would be about 5 x 10^30 km, or 5.3 x 10^17 light years. This is equivalent to a height that would be 3.4 million times larger than the universe. (His figures check out.)
Even if the height were 1 mm at z = 6, the height at z = 0 would be 66 km. Thus it still could not be drawn to scale.
Submitted by Margaret Cibes
Defined by rankings
In a data-heavy society, being defined by the numbers
by Alina Tugend , New York Times, 22 April 2011
On a humorous note, the author confesses that since joining Twitter she can't help regularly checking her number of followers. But the more serious question is this: Are we as a society too dependent on numerical rankings? The article quotes MIT professor Sherry Turkle: "One of the fantasies of numerical ranking is that you know how you got there. But the problem is if the numbers are arrived at in an irrational way, or black-boxed, so we don't understand how we got there, then what use are they? "
The article gives several examples, two of which happen to correspond to stories that were recently discussed in Chance News 71, namely college rankings and New York City's formula for rating teachers.
Submitted by Bill Peterson
Identifying Osama bin Laden
"Matching Science of DNA With Art of Identification"
by Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2011
"DNA and Bin Laden's Positive ID"
by Carl Bialik, The Numbers Guy Blog, The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2011
Bialik discusses the prosecutor's fallacy in the context of reporting about the identification of Osama bin Laden's body. He does not dispute the identification made by government officials, said to have been based on a number of factors, including DNA. However, he reminds readers that "claimed match probabilities, such as 99% or 99.99%, can be misstated or misleading" and that further details about a DNA test, as well as evidence related to other factors, must be taken into account before having confidence in an identification.
The problem boils down to this: A very small chance of a false positive in a genetic test isn't the same thing as a very large chance of a positive identification.
And he adds:
One complicating factor with interpreting genetic-identity tests … is that the probability of a positive match depends on what other information is available to confirm or reject it — despite the so-called prosecutor's fallacy that confuses the two. These other factors, collected in what is called "prior odds" of a positive match, can be difficult to measure. "Many factors (e.g., age, sex, appearance, clothes, etc.) are relevant to prior odds, and there are no standard rule[s] for quantify[ing] them, [according to a University of South Texas scientist]."
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The Ovens of Imhoffhaven: Cincinnati Schnecken
In the last few years I have been researching online and at the library for an authentic Schnecken recipe in the Cincinnati style. Our local Schnecken, or sweet roll similar to a cinnamon roll or sticky bun (but not), was popularized here by German bakeries in the mid twentieth century and sold by The Virginia Bakery and other local establishments around the holidays. Most recently I have seen renditions of the confection sold by Buskens Bakery, Frieda's, The Cincinnati Cookie Company and a few others. Being a relative newcomer to the Queen City, I have only tasted the Busken Bakery version.
Cookbooks, including the Settlement Cookbook published by a Milwaukee woman, and William Greenberg's New York bakery cookbook, present a wide range of iterations of this sweet concoction. Some recipes appear similar to rulache, others to sticky buns, and still others to pecan rolls. Some are baked in cupcake pans, others in cake pans. Our local Schnecken is distinct in that it is a glowing buttery sweet 'yellow' dough filled with a pinch of cinnamon, white sugar, and butter and shaped in to a spiral roll, sliced, and placed on a melty white sugar butter mixture. It is most often baked in an 8 x 4 loaf pan and reversed out of the pan upon being baked. There isn't much cinnamon, only a few raisins, no nuts, and its final form is golden colored, very gooey, and flattened into a rectangle loaf.
The other day I came across the traditional Virginia Bakery recipe for Schnecken in the "Virginia Bakery Remembered" book. While I have made several other versions of generic schnecken and spiral cinnamon rolls, including those by Martha Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Bradley Ogden, Reinhardt, and some posted on TFL, none are quite like our local recipe. I confess though that I have not yet made this version and I am a little apprehensive about it. And while this version has a host of loyal devotees, I was caught off guard and you will be too when you note that it calls for margarine for the gooey layer and the 'yellow' dough recipe calls for one cup of vegetable shortening. Oh, my! Well, we shall see. I plan to make these for New Years and I will report back with photos.
Schnecken Cincinnati Style (edited and adapted by me from the schnecken recipe found in the book "Virginia Bakery Remembered".)
Homemade Schnecken can take some time. Consider making your 'yellow dough' the day before or well ahead and refrigerating or freezing until needed. Then defrost or leave the dough at room temperature for an hour or so until pliable. For the original recipe, how to 'do ahead' much of the schnecken making, and additional hints on how to make your Schnecken in true 'Virginia Bakery' fashion, consult Tom Thie and Cynthia Beischel's notes in "Virginia Bakery Remembered" found in your public library or through Amazon (check VBR's "Look Inside" feature for the schnecken chapter) here:
'Yellow Dough 1 12 oz. piece (see below or page 109 of "VBR" for the recipe)
Schnecken Butter
3 oz. unsalted butter
3 oz. margarine
Mix together and spread evenly over bottom of an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan. Cincinnati style 'schnecken' are shaped in a loaf/bread pan as opposed to a square, round, cupcake, or 9 x 13 inch pan.)
The Schnecken
3 oz. melted butter
12 oz. 'yellow dough'
½ cup + 1 T sugar
¼ t. cinnamon
1 T. golden raisins (presoaked in water for a few hours and drained.)
Egg wash (one egg whisked with equal amount of water)
Flour your work surface and your 12 oz. portion of yellow dough. Roll dough into a 4 X 18 inch rectangle. Brush off flour and reroll, squaring corners. Wash bottom 1" edge of dough lightly with egg wash and spread remainder of dough with melted butter. Combine cinnamon and sugar and spread over the buttered portion only. Scatter the raisins over same area.
Roll up dough starting with 4" top side and seal with egg wash at the bottom. Keep the roll tight and edges straight. Cut the roll into 3 equal pieces and place in pan, spiral side up, as for sticky buns.
Let your dough proof, covered with plastic wrap or a clean dish towel until ready to bake. Rolls will double in size and fill the pan. Proofing may take 45 minutes or more.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place your filled pan into a hot oven on middle rack on a cookie sheet to collect any drippings. After baking for 20 minutes, open the oven door and flatten the surface of the schnecken with a spatula, gently pressing dough back into pan. After 15 or 20 more minutes you may need to flatten dough again to make a level loaf. When the schnecken are golden brown on top the rolls are done. (You can use personal preference on doneness.) Remove from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Then turn the Schnecken out of the pan. Delicious served warm.
Yellow Dough Recipe
This recipe yields about 6 ½ pounds of dough and can be made ahead. For convenience it can be divided into nine pieces (approximately 12 oz. each), wrapped securely and refrigerated or frozen for future use in sweet rolls and coffee cakes. Additional instructions on making Yellow Dough can be found on page 109 of " VBR" or online.
2 cups warm water
3 envelopes instant dry yeast
3 cups all purpose flour
Bloom yeast in warm water for 5 minutes. Add flour and mix well. Cover bowl and let rise until mixture is doubled. This could be one to two hours.
1 ¼ cup sugar
4 tsp. salt
1 cup vegetable shortening
4 oz. salted butter (1 stick) softened
½ cup egg yolks
1 cup cool milk
1 cup cool water
9 cups flour (try 3 cups winter/pastry flour if available and 6 cups all purpose flour)
Mix all ingredients to form a soft dough which should be quite sticky, i.e., soft, pliable and moist. If dough makes a tight ball add a little more water. Divide into 9 12 ounce portions and wrap and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature when you are ready to make your schnecken.
Next week I'll report on my Schnecken and have photos too! Happy New Year!

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The Borough of Waynesboro's 4,300 trash customers will receive new Waste Management recycling containers the week of Jan. 7 as part of the borough's new contract with the company.
WAYNESBORO — The Borough of Waynesboro's 4,300 trash customers will receive new Waste Management recycling containers the week of Jan. 7 as part of the borough's new contract with the company.
Borough Manager Lloyd Hamberger demonstrated the "single stream" recycling system to Waynesboro Borough Council Wednesday night.
He noted all acceptable recyclables or "good items" — magazines, newspapers, junk mail, brown paper bags, flattened cardboard, glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin or steel cans and plastic bottles and containers, numbers 1 through 7 — can be placed in the same container.
The 64-gallon containers are green with yellow lids, and have wheels for easy transport to the curb. Hamberger said the system is designed to greatly reduce the amount of trash taken to landfills.
Hamberger said customers may continue using their green 18-gallon trash cans for regular trash. They also can opt to rent a large 96-gallon wheeled trash container for $6 a quarter, or $24 a year. These containers may be ordered by calling Waste Management at 1-800-593-9529.
The bad, the ugly
Hamberger also stressed items that cannot be recycled — or "bad items" in the "single stream" system. They include Styrofoam cups and containers, food waste, films, plastic bags and plastic wrap.
"Ugly items" that cannot legally be collected by trash haulers include any electronic equipment, such as computers and computer components, television sets and appliances. These items must be taken to an approved disposal site, such as the transfer station in Washington Township.
Residents will be notified of the recycling changes, and given a list of acceptable and unacceptable items.
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Derek4 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 189 designs submitted by 73 freelance designers.
Roachclip.com will be a site where the coolest hand-picked products, information, events and culture lore can be found! We will start out as an informational site where you can find info out about sub-culture (music, art, non profits) & marijuana legalization based events in California.
We later will expand into a social networking site that is based off of sub-culture events, music, art, hand-crafted wares and the love for all things that are cool beyond the ordinary!
We are fully supporting the legalization movement for marijuana in California and across the world!
Our target audience will include anybody who fancy's things related to specific sub-cultures like pro-legalization advocacy, hand-crafted wares (clothing, accessories), underground music, "underground events" and anything else thats off the beaten path.
Primarily, this will include a younger teen to twenties type of audience, but will also include anybody that would consider themselves "ol' hippie" on up to art-lovers who regularly tour underground music and art events.
Our motto of "Everything Cool" suggests that our site will be a very fun, enjoyable place to be, but must also be on the bleeding edge of style and content. Don't be afraid to use bright or crazy colors so long as they're pleasing to the eye. We want to be fun, yet stylish.
We originally had a color scheme that included a bright green, orange and blue scheme. See the image titled roachclip logo 1. We are not at all stuck on this color scheme but do ask that some variety of green be used (we really like green!). We would ask that you use all printable colors so we can advertise on print media.
The winner will be expected to provide multiple versions of the logo including a few different color backgrounds as well as one with a few alternate slogans (we also like the slogan "Everybody's Doin' It!"). If the logo can be done in a vector format that is a big plus. Further, we will need a version of the logo that will include Roachclip.com as well as a version that simply contains Roachclip (without the .com).
The logo should also be easy enough to read so that we can print some variation of it on the back of an actual cockroach toy as part of the official Roachclip. In other words, the single color version needs to be easy to read if very small. See attachment titled roachclipsmall2, the original Roachclip which is trademarked through the U.S. patent office.
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Five of seven Kettle wrestlers earn medals
Regional next at KittitasKettle Falls High will send its full compliment of wrestlers to the 2B/1B regional wrestling tournament at Kittitas High School Friday and Saturday. Wrestling will get underway at 3 p.m. on Friday and at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Five of Kettle's seven wrestlers earned medals at last Saturday's 2B/1B sub-regional tournament at Lake Roosevelt High School."We will send all of our wrestlers to the next level of competition," KFHS head coach Joe Kerns said. "Five of seven earned medals."Kettle's lone female wrestler, Lindsey Olvera lost her first match at the girl's tournament (all classifications) at East Valley High School (Spokane) on Saturday, but wrestled through the consolation bracket to earn third place at 106 pounds. She will represent Kettle Falls at the 2B/1B girl's regional at Wahluke High School this weekend.At Lake Roosevelt, Garrett Anderson wrestled at 112 pounds for the Bulldogs and earned a regional berth with a fourth place finish.Reversal"Garrett scored a reversal at the end of the third period of the medal round and had his opponent on his back," Kerns said. "But he did not have time to earn back points. It was a good finish for wrestling at a higher weight."Kyle Hyde earned the right to be a regional alternate at 132 pounds."He wrestled a brilliant match against a tough Brewster wrestler to earn the right to be an alternate," his coach said.Jacob Walsh earned an alternate's spot by virtue of a 7-5 decision over his Lake Roosevelt opponent."Jacob maintained excellent position in his matches, earning the respect of one of the top wrestlers in the tournament who couldn't turn Jacob because of the placement of his foot during the match," Kerns said. "That caused the young man to stop and smile at what was happening."Dan Kearney at 152 pounds was upset in his first match, but came back through the consolation bracket to wrestle into the third and fourth place medal match. There, he lost a tough match-up against his Liberty Bell opponent. "The 152 pound competition is very tough and we are glad to come out of it with a berth to regionals," Kerns said. "There are some very good wrestlers who are staying home this season."Vining takes secondAustin Anderson came off injured reserve status and moved up to 170 pounds. He wrestled to a fourth place medal and a berth to the Kittitas regional this weekend.Tyler Vining at 195 was able to advance to the championship round, but fell in the championship to his Pateros opponent and finished second."The wrestling was high quality and the staff at Lake Roosevelt High School put on a great tournament," Kerns said. "Sportsmanship was very good and so was the officiating."At the Lake Roosevelt 2B/1B sub-regional, Kittitas won the team competition with 163.50 points. Liberty Bell was second with 151 points and Springdale was third with 139. Lake Roosevelt, 122.50; Selkirk, 111; Northwest Christian, 99; Brewster, 94; Oroville, 92; Paateros, 66.50; Republic, 54.50; and Kettle Falls, 50.Warden won the girl's sub-regional in Spokane with 257.50 points.FUND-RAISERThe Kettle Falls wrestling program is selling vouchers for pizzas (two topping/large) at $10 apiece from Westside Pizza. The program is also selling t-shirts to raise money for equipment and camps, according to Kerns."If anyone would like to get a shirt or a pizza, contact one of the Kettle Falls wrestlers," Kerns said. "We are looking forward to going on to regional competition over at Kittitas…we want to thank everyone for their support this season."


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Popup Menu
Right-click in any cell of a table and a popup menu appears. The selections on the menu are context sensitive; that is, MS Word is showing shortcuts related to tables. The same options appear on the table-related main menu along with additional options. The popup menu is just another way to complete table-related tasks...sometimes a faster way with less clicking. The version of Word governs the number of options you have. Word 2003 has fewer options on the popup menu, while Word 2010 has more options.
Word 2003
Word 2007
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Table Properties
Be sure to notice that in each popup, I've highlighted Table Properties. Click this option and the properties dialog appears. Between the main menu, the popup menu, and the table properties, you format tables. The method you use will end up being the one you find most convenient. I'll show you where it all is, but then it's up to you to pick your method(s).
For the most part, the Table Properties are the same regardless of the version of Word you are using.
Main Menu Ribbon
If you are using Word 2007 or 2010, be sure click in a table cell and look at the ribbon menu. You have lots more main menu options on the Design and Layout tabs than Word 2003 users. Word 2003 users have on the Table drop-down menu.
Now that you know where all of the pieces are we can begin to discuss what you can do in upcoming posts. So until my next post you might want to do some exploring and get accustomed to where all these pieces are located. Tour over...next post, we get to work.


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Calling All Twits
December 11, 2012
Earlier this month, this blog's fifth anniversary passed quietly by – so quietly, in fact, that I almost forgot about it myself.
To commemorate — or demean — the occasion, I've signed us all up for Twitter! If you're on there, you can follow this blog at @smilingcobra. In case you're wondering, @classictvhistory was one character too long (already, I am regretting this), and, although most of you probably already know who the Smiling Cobra was, I explained that on Monday.
Like several other writers I know, my attitude about Twitter has gone from "140 characters? That's ridiculous" to "ah, crap, do I really have to get on Twitter?" to finally pulling the trigger. When the "Turkeys, Away!" oral history bounced around the internet a bit last month, my Google metrics provided an object lesson in where web traffic comes from these days — and, like it or not, Twitter was out front. There were also a lot of other social networking and aggregate sites that I'm not going to have any truck with (what the fuck is Getpocket?), but if it's easier for you to follow the blogs you read on Twitter, now you have that option with this one.
Although I don't have any concrete plans to produce unique content there, I suspect I won't be able to resist posting goofy screen grabs and links that don't warrant a full-on entry here. It will be on-topic and won't (unlike my Facebook account) double as a personal space, in case you're afraid of stumbling over some lefty politics.
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Much as I hate to think it, my guess would be Mary Tyler Moore. See you on Twitter!


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First played in 1972, what is now known as the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global has been staged in various noteworthy locations such as Boca Raton, Los Angeles, New York City, Oakland, Munich, Madrid, Doha and Istanbul in the past. The WTA's season finale to be held in Singapore from 2014 to 2018 is yet another example of the WTA's huge presence in Asia.
BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global 2018 will once again witness the Top 8 elite tennis players of the world come together to compete for the crowning victory following the beginning of the season in January.
See highlights of the past four editions here:


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There is an abundance of free resources available online to assist development organizations in all aspects of organizational management. Below is a list of just a few that may be useful to you.
Association of Charitable Foundations (www.acf.org.uk).
ACF is a UK wide support organization for grant making trusts and foundations. A subscription is required to access the foundation database, however they also offer some free documents and leaflets containing fundraising advice.
Funder Finder (www.funderfinder.org).
FunderFinder is a small UK charity which produces software programs and other resources, mainly for grant-seekers. Some of the products and literature they produce are free, including PDFs offering fundraising advice. Other books and directories available from their resource centre have a charge levied on them.
The International Development Directory (www.devdir.org).
The purpose of this website is to provide free resources and information to the development community around the world. There are PDF versions of directories for every country in the world which can be downloaded for free with an additional feature allowing you to personalise each directory in order to make it more relevant to the activities of your organization.
International Human Rights Funders Group (www.hrfunders.org).
This organization provides a free funders database for development organizations seeking funding, with information including contact information, area of focus and guidelines for applying for grants.
IT for Charities (www.itforcharities.co.uk).
This site provides information on free and discounted software and hardware specifically designed for development organizations as well as links to product reviews and evaluations.
National Network of Grantmakers (www.nng.org).
Has information and advice for development organizations on applying for grants as well as a downloadable common grant application that is accepted by many grant making bodies that do not carry their own specific grant template.
NGO Café (www.gdrc.org/ngo).
NGO café is think tank which assists NGOs in improving and enhancing their programs and activities. It offers free advice on starting up and NGO, fundraising, office management, networking and project management.
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide (www.npguides.org).
This website provides free information and articles on all aspects of development organization management including, advocacy, governance, fundraising, marketing communications and financial management.
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Scott McIntosh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 158 designs submitted by 45 freelance designers.
NashvilleModel is a Nashville based modeling agency. We are looking for a logo that will grab peoples attention to our agency. Our models are beautiful doing mostly swimwear and fashion shoots.
Beautiful women should be comfortable wearing this symbol/logo on their clothing or being affiliated with this agency. This logo should also be internationally recognizable as a symbol for sophisticated and beautiful women ready to be photographed for all clothing and promotional needs.
We would like a symbol that is easily recognizable along with our name included: NashvilleModel
We will probably use this image on black clothing and black cards so lighter colors are preferred.
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hex function does exactly what I would expect it to do; that is it turns a string of hexadecimal digits into a Perl number. It can also handle strings that start with
"0x". However, the
oct function does significantly more than I would expect it to. In addition to converting strings of octal digits to Perl numbers, it can convert hexadecimal numbers (if they start with
"0x") and binary numbers (if they start with
"0b"). The reason for this is obvious:
hex can't determine if
"0b10" is binary for
2 or hexadecimal for
2_832, but
oct can. There is no common
convert function for the same reason. I do still find it odd that
hex throws a warning and returns zero when confronted with leading spaces, but has no problem with trailing spaces.
use perl5i;
my @strings = ("10 ", " 10", "0b10", "010", "0x10");
say "testing hex:";
for my $string (@strings) {
say "\thex '$string' is '", hex $string, "'";
say "testing oct:";
for my $string (@strings) {
say "\toct '$string' is '", oct $string, "'";


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You heard your schoolteachers tell you all the time, "There's no such thing as a dumb question, just the question that doesn't get asked." While there may be times your teachers wanted to retract that statement, and had to bite their tongues to the point of drawing blood in order to stand by that principle, most of the time they meant it. It's especially true when the question isn't asked by just one person, but is frequently asked by many. Then it's a really good question. If you're a newcomer to the houseboating world and are looking into renting a houseboat, questions are all that are on your mind.
Q: Where do I find fuel and how much will it cost?
A: Because of all of the environmental rules and guidelines marinas must abide by in order to provide fuel, fuel generally costs about a dollar more per gallon at lakeside pumps. Most rental houseboats only cruise at about 5 to 10 mph, but during that 5- to 10-mile stretch, it could be burning between 8 and 18 gallons.
Some rental houseboats come with dinghies-use them more to get around. The fuel you have to pay for to fill up the houseboat fuel tank will be less painful. The good news is, typically you can use just one tank until the boat is due.
Q: Will the houseboat have amenities for the disabled?
A: Some marinas do keep the disabled in mind, with amenities such as full-sized baths with a low threshold shower and grab bars, wide hallways, deck-level side gates and boarding ramps. For extra convenience, some include a wheelchair elevator.
Q: What are the requirements for driving a houseboat?
A: State laws vary when it comes to the required age for operating a houseboat-or more specifically, a watercraft in excess of 10hp-but most likely, you'll need to be 18 years old to rent one, and if your 12-year-old son wants to steer for awhile, you'll need to have a boating certificate for the youth endorsed by your state. As an adult driver, having a license is a good idea, but having a head on your shoulders and having good experience is even better.
If you know your limits, and those limits don't entail safely navigating a large houseboat, then your local marina may provide you with a professional captain-at an additional cost or with no alternative-to do all the work while you do all the relaxing.
Q: How much will it cost to rent a houseboat?
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NOTICE: The protocol defined herein is a Draft Standard of the XMPP Standards Foundation. Implementations are encouraged and the protocol is appropriate for deployment in production systems, but some changes to the protocol are possible before it becomes a Final Standard.
1. Use Cases
1.1. Initial Presence
1.2. Away and Extended Away
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Last Activity (XEP-0012) [1] defines a method for determining the last time that an XMPP entity was active. This document specifies that an online client MAY include last activity information when sending a presence update. Including such information essentially means "when I sent this presence notification I had last been active at time T".
There are two primary use cases:
The following sections show examples of each use case.
When a client begins a presence session, it can indicate when that particular client was last online. It does this by sending initial presence with a last activity notation.
<presence email@example.com/balcony'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last' seconds='86511'/> </presence>
This can be read as "I'm now online and I was last online at this client 24 hours and 111 seconds ago".
Including last activity information in an initial presence notification enables Publish-Subscribe (XEP-0060) [2] and Personal Eventing Protocol (XEP-0163) [3] nodes to optimize item delivery (e.g., by sending only the items that were published after a subscriber went offline the last time) and enables Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [4] rooms to optimize the delivery of discussion history messages.
When a client automatically sets the user's <show/> value to "away" or "xa" (extended away), it can indicate when that particular was last active during the current presence session.
<presence firstname.lastname@example.com/balcony'> <show>away</show> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last' seconds='600'/> </presence>
This can be read as "I just went away and I was last active 10 minutes ago".
If one of the user's contacts receives that presence notification with delayed delivery (see Delayed Delivery (XEP-0203) [5]) on login in response to a presence probe as described in XMPP IM [6], the contact will then know how long the user has been idle (i.e., the number of seconds since the delayed delivery timestamp, plus the iq:last seconds). Thus the contact does not need to send an iq:last query.
<presence email@example.com/balcony' firstname.lastname@example.com'> <show>away</show> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last' seconds='600'/> <delay xmlns='urn:xmpp:delay' from='capulet.com' stamp='2002-09-10T23:41:07Z'/> </presence>
Including a last activity notation in presence notifications can enable those who receive such notifications to determine exactly when a user has stopped interacting with his or her XMPP client, but this information is in essence already available if the user publishes timely presence updates. Therefore, this specification introduces no new vulnerabilities.
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [7].
This document requires no interaction with the XMPP Registrar [8].
Series: XEP
Number: 0256
Publisher: XMPP Standards Foundation
Status: Draft
Type: Standards Track
Version: 1.1
Last Updated: 2009-09-15
Approving Body: XMPP Council
Dependencies: XMPP Core, XMPP IM, XEP-0012
Supersedes: None
Superseded By: None
Short Name: N/A
Source Control: HTML
This document in other formats: XML PDF
JabberID: email@example.com
URI: http://stpeter.im/
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is defined in the XMPP Core (RFC 6120) and XMPP IM (RFC 6121) specifications contributed by the XMPP Standards Foundation to the Internet Standards Process, which is managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force in accordance with RFC 2026. Any protocol defined in this document has been developed outside the Internet Standards Process and is to be understood as an extension to XMPP rather than as an evolution, development, or modification of XMPP itself.
The primary venue for discussion of XMPP Extension Protocols is the <email@example.com> discussion list.
Discussion on other xmpp.org discussion lists might also be appropriate; see <http://xmpp.org/about/discuss.shtml> for a complete list.
Errata can be sent to <email@example.com>.
The following requirements keywords as used in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119: "MUST", "SHALL", "REQUIRED"; "MUST NOT", "SHALL NOT"; "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED"; "SHOULD NOT", "NOT RECOMMENDED"; "MAY", "OPTIONAL".
1. XEP-0012: Last Activity <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0012.html>.
2. XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html>.
3. XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html>.
4. XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html>.
5. XEP-0203: Delayed Delivery <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0203.html>.
6. RFC 6121: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6121>.
7. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
8. The XMPP Registrar maintains a list of reserved protocol namespaces as well as registries of parameters used in the context of XMPP extension protocols approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation. For further information, see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/>.
Note: Older versions of this specification might be available at http://xmpp.org/extensions/attic/
Added use case for initial presence.(psa)
Per a vote of the XMPP Council, advanced specification to Draft.(psa)
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|November 26, 2012, 10:43 PM
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performance benchmark for purchased ammo?
Does anyone have a performance benchmark for purchased ammo? If so, how do you measure or define that mark? Are there any web sources already detailing?
What I am after is a benchmark value for performance of each caliber without regard to ammo manufacturer. When I go to a decent gun store to buy ammo, there is often so many boxes, brands offerings to choose from I just want the best. I realize there is a lot of variables here and so its important to be flexible in that, but a simple benchmark would be nice. My guess would be to average the top 3 muzzle energies of your favorite calibers. For example, why buy 45acp with less than 400 ft. lbs. for self defense?
I copy and pasted some muzzle energy data from random manufacturers websites into a spreadsheet, created an average top 3 column, then filtered by alph-numeric... the results were interesting.
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I use this guide when buying a caliber I have not owned before, or know very little about. The guys who wrote this have published work to their names. Does that mean they are experts? Who knows? However, they do know more than me.
This is a guide to help you select the best ammunition for your defensive firearm. Most of these opinions are based upon the work of Massad Ayoob, Evan Marshall and Ed Sanow, police officers who have extensively studied the issue of firearms, ammunition and stopping power. I refer all interested parties to the excellent series by Ayoob (In the Gravest Extreme, Stressfire, The Semi-Automatic Pistol in Police Service and Self-Defense, Stressfire II: Advanced Combat Shotgun) and the comprehensive book Stopping Power by Marshall and Sanow.
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thanks for the links, a lot of good information worth looking at in both. A quick glance at the ballistics101 site seems to do what I was with my spreadsheet.... except its already done
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Hmmmm........... Had I known about that site, I might not have purchased copies of Ammo and Ballistics and The Ammo Encyclopedia.
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Try brassfetcher.com. I think that will answer your question.
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Dragonheart, thanks for that link there is some good information there. That site, in part, is what I'm looking for...
I wish I had the time to average out all the different brands and their loads for each caliber and present it in a spreadsheet like I sampled.... would take forever though to complete.
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Over the time I've worked as a firearms instructor and armorer, the things I've come to look for in ammunition have become increasingly simplified.
I want it to have been made by one of the major American ammunition companies, and preferably, one of those who have acquired years of successful experience in providing duty/service ammunition to LE/Gov agencies.
Ideally, it ought to use one of the more modern hollowpoint bullet designs that have been exhaustively tested to meet a range of the performance standards commonly being requested for LE/Gov use.
If one of those aren't available at any particular time, though, I'm not uncomfortable falling back on some of the old-style hollowpoint loads that have seen service for many years. Given my druthers, I just like the more modern designed bullets that have exhibited the potential to be able to more consistently & robustly expand across a range of conditions & circumstances. (I'm not a big enthusiast of "Bonded" pistol ammunition, but then I've often observed that the non-LE firearms enthusiast often seems to be more interested in such things than the broad range of other firearms instructors I've had the chance to meet over the years. )
Whatever brand/load is chosen, then it needs to demonstrate that it can reliably & consistently feed, chamber, fire, extract & eject from my pistols, or any issued pistols I might be using from time to time.
Muzzle velocity & energy? As long as it falls within the normal range expected for whatever caliber/load is involved, meaning QC by the manufacturer, I don't really look at the numbers or use them for comparison purpose. They just need to run within the stated/specified velocity window (which is pretty important when it comes to helping provide for optimal, reliable functioning in semiauto pistols).
"Stopping Power"? Sorry, but unless we're talking about disc brakes in motor vehicles, I don't pay much attention to the term ...
Just my thoughts.
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Pick what shoots most accurately out of your gun.
It can get kinda pricey, but it's also lots of fun. Try several different types of ammo keep the one that shoots best. Rinse and repeat.
Penetration and expansion are similar across a broad range of bullets. Worry about that later.
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Good replies and POV's... gets me thinking about it.
first, agree 100% shoot whats most accurate and reliable above all. To clarify, my original question is not about 'stopping power'. (my sentiments about that term are the same as fastbolts...)
I will admit I don't target shoot as much as I should, or would like... would no way compare to many members here in this forum, ammo is expensive. But I have owned guns all my life and have no need to play with newer designs etc.... ok, I really want the new Sig P938, but that sort of thing does not happen much . What I own I have owned each one very long times and am the original owner. They are name brand, reliable, and I have been able to shoot accurately with them for years. I have put many different ammo brands thru them with varying bullet types and no jams.
So with regard to Buzzcook's statement help me learn more. Is penetration and expansion similar across a broad range of velocities or [muzzle] energies?
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All of this would be simpler if you reloaded your own ammo.
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If you can place the shot where it needs to go all of this performance data is rather unimportant. Shot placement is 95% of the equation. Ballistics are way overrated. As far as "what is the best?", it will be different for every gun. I believe you are maybe overthinking this a bit.
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to clarify, I am not looking for the 'best' ammo or load with the most "stopping" power. I am only considering performance benchmarks for comparison.
There has been support for choosing what is most accurate and reliable... marksmanship is most important and I agree this trumps all. I just want to compare calibers by some benchmark, and not to say that one is better than the other. True, I may be over thinking this but that's the fun of it, this is just something I am reading about in my spare time... perhaps I will share what I find here in a nice summary. In the end there is some information I will learn from this and that's all I am after is to learn more.... I guess in my own creative way. Consider all the threads on here comparing grains, types, loads, calibers, etc. all looking for "the best"... I figured the community at large here would have an opinion beyond shot placement, otherwise why would anyone shoot +P?
I have already learned a bit more from some replies to this thread and many thanks to those who contribute. The information on brassfetcher.com and ballistics101 is informative. In my OP I guessed muzzle energy for a benchmark but ballistics101 highlights penetration which is a good performance benchmark for self defense and hunting.
I've played around with my original spreadsheet a bit more and added a penetration column to compare against other benchmarks like energy. It will take some time, but if I think the results are interesting I will share just keep in mind like most studies they are inconclusive.
Thanks everyone for their replies
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The dishes at Noma always look so beautiful, elegant and fresh. I really want to go but I think, despite relying a lot on foraged herbs and vegetables, that it's not particularly vegetarian-friendly... I too am slowly becoming more and more obsessed with food and cookery. Oh, and food photography - sometimes I think it's more interesting to look at than people!ReplyDelete
It looks really interesting...and the food delicious...love this post..I love gastronomy as well..I just find it so inspiring.ReplyDelete
The Black Label
Nowness.com did a video feature about the staff meal at Noma. It is super beautiful and I'm sure you'd enjoy it: http://www.nowness.com/day/2012/6/12/2197/noma--staff-mealReplyDeleteReplies
oh thanks a lot for the link! I check Nowness way too little unfortunately...Delete
such lovely book <3ReplyDelete
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Such exemplar food photography! I love food blogs, but I'm unfamiliar with restaurants as I rarely go out to eat there. I'm sure the recipes in this book are great but the pictures alone make it more amazing!ReplyDelete
I bought this for my father and me to enjoy. Thanks for the suggestion.ReplyDelete
Great book! Thanks!:)ReplyDelete
Me and my father went to Noma last year, it was quite an experience. Although some of the dishes were way too aesthetic for my taste I still enjoyed it to the fullest! Interesting concept, yet still elegant and simple.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh nice, I'm jealous! I'm planning to go next year hopefully...Delete
Wow, this food just looks absolutely amazing, I can't imagine how wonderful it must taste. Completely gorgeous photos.ReplyDelete


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Los Angeles smog thins, but remains a threat
DOWN but not out – the infamous Los Angeles smog may have thinned in the last 50 years, but not enough to quash surface ozone levels, which remain the worst in the US.
Emissions regulations introduced in the 1960s have paid off, says Carsten Warneke of the NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Typical emissions of volatile hydrocarbons are down by a factor of 50 from the 1960s (Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi.org/h6t).
However, the rules have not led to such dramatic reductions in the nitrogen oxides that also contribute to the formation of ozone and particulates. Peak levels of ozone were 143 parts per billion in 2010, only marginally down from 710 ppb in 1966.
"Things have improved greatly in the last 20 to 30 years, but progress has slowed in the last decade," says Sam Atwood, a spokesman for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which blames air pollution for 5000 premature deaths a year in the area, where the total population is 17 million.
Despite the regulations, ozone levels exceeded federal standards on 102 days in 2010.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - 2012 Election Thread Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in 2012 Election Thread Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:56 pm Post subject: Died By Bear wrote: We live in a tribal America. German, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Black, Mexican, Mormon, Catholic, Protestant, American, Immigrant... those are tribes. And we gravitate toward ones of own tribe to START with, then listen to the character of each individual. Tribalism exists even in the haughtiest blue-bloods. Why was it such a big deal when the first Catholic was elected President? Because he was a member of a new tribe to serve as President. Why was it such a big deal when the first Black was on the Supreme Court? Because he was member of a new tribe to serve on the court. I think its too simplistic to see it ethno-racial terms. For example, a white auto worker could give a flying you know what if the candidate who voted for the bailout was not white and the one against it was white. He's going with the guy who helped him put food on the table and the election proved that. Romney was born in Michigan, his dad was a popular governor there. His mom ran for Senate there. By all rights, he should have easily carried that state. It was never in play. Michigan remembered it was Obama who saved them. Unions have a lot of Irish and Italians in the northeast and inter culturally have not gotten along with Blacks but will vote for Obama because he's seen as pro union than Romney. White gays overwhelmingly vote for Obama. Not their fellow white guy Romney. If Hillary ran against Herman Cain, who do you think Blacks would vote for? If Biden ran against Herman Cain, who would white conservatives vote for? Back to top UnposterJoined: 04 Jun 2006 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: I think Sirius Black makes a good point. Politics generally trumps race. I am willing to bet that a liberal black person would choose Hillary Clinton over Herman Cain and I am willing to bet that a conservative white person would choose Herman Cain over Joe Biden. But, given a choice of a moderate Barrach Obama and everything gets muddled. Is he black or white? Is he liberal or conservative? What is someone to do? Back to top TitusJoined: 19 May 2012 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: Kuros wrote: One more on Elizabeth Warren: http://www.chrishayes.org/articles/cop-beat/ Quote: Warren is one of a very small circle of experts who, during the boom years, accurately diagnosed the frailty of American finance capitalism. In scholarly articles, blog posts and several widely praised books, she has focused on the ways post-1970s wage stagnation has squeezed the middle class, leading to a drop in savings, a massive spike in consumer debt and more hours of labor spent to purchase core middle-class goods like healthcare and housing. The cumulative effect of these changes, as she argued in her talk at Berkeley, is families taking on far more risk than those of a generation earlier, and an economy skating on very thin ice. . . . [Warren's] COP has managed to raise a considerable ruckus. Meeting at least once a week, the panel (which includes Warren, Hensarling, former Republican Senator John Sununu, AFL-CIO associate counsel Damon Silvers and Richard Neiman, superintendent of banks for the New York State banking department) has churned out four rigorous, detailed reports. The first asked a series of pointed questions about Treasury's strategy and the rationale for its approach. Paulson replied, but "he answered our questions by cutting and pasting from earlier speeches," Warren says. "I think he just assumed he'd mumble around, we'd mumble around and that would be the end of oversight." Instead, in the second report the COP "put together a grid that listed every question we asked, quoted his answer and called him out every time he didn't answer our specific question." The panel's latest report created the most headlines. (It was also the first unanimous one, in which Hensarling did not dissent. His office did not return a request for an interview.) Using publicly accessible information, the COP attempted to ascertain the market value of the assets Treasury has purchased. Describing the letter Paulson originally sent to the COP, Warren said, "These 'investments,' as he called them, 'were at or near par.' That's a direct quote. That means for every $100 invested, the taxpayers get $100 back in stock and warrants. It was perfectly clear that this was not true, and it was not true not because the market fell afterwards. It was not true on the date of the transaction." Indeed, the report found that Treasury has already overpaid by a staggering $78 billion, or almost a third of the money it had spent at the time of the report. "They described a transaction to do one thing," Warren says, "and it was designed from its inception to do something very different." She doesn't say what that "something" is, but it's clear: subsidize the banks' losses. Unless she marches down Wall Street with a few thousand Marines she'll impact rhetoric and nothing else. It's going to take a full on violent revolution to liberate the economy from the usurers. It will take fields of young men, organization, lots and lots and lots of violence and the support of significant portions of the military. Nothing else. The usurers have unlimited funds (literally unlimited) and own the government. Back to top TitusJoined: 19 May 2012 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: Fox wrote: I suspect that rather than fading into obscurity and leaving the Democrats functionally unchallenged, the party platform will simply reshape itself in hopes of capturing socially-conservative hispanics. So that gets you about 10 people. The Republican Party will die. It deserves to die. It is the party of jerks and religious nuts. The only chance it has to live is in populism. It could focus on the economic - not cultural - issues that impact the base. It is the party of jerks and as such will not advocate high wages etc. When Democrats scream "GAY MARRIAGE" Republicans should say "wages". When Democrats scream "DIVERSITY" Republicans should say "wages. What do I care what the dudes across the hall from me call their relationship? Fox News, the WSJ, NY Post, National Review etc etc all need to be taken out to the woodshed. I don't like Obama but I'm deliriously happy that the Republicans are most likely toast. I hope it does go Hispano'libertarian. That will speed things up. Back to top catmanJoined: 18 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:25 pm Post subject: I wonder if Ted Nugent is going to keep his promise? Back to top sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:47 pm Post subject: Here is an interesting fact. No Republican ticket since the 1920s has ever won a Presidential election without a Nixon or a Bush on the ticket. Jeb may run in 2016..interesting. Back to top sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: I don't think the Republican party will die as some have pronounced on here. It will simply change. Both parties have changed over the decades. Sometimes quite opposite on some issues. It was the Democrats, specifically the southern Democrats, called Dixie-crats that were vehementally against the Civil Rights Act. It was the Republican party that freed the slaves. The Republican party of Theodore Roosevelts day were anti corporation and pro environment. Clinton and others led a group inside the Democratic party to make it much more centrist after big losses in the '80s. They fought to make it friendlier to businesses. Both parties will change to win. Republicans are no different. Already they are talking about immigration reform in order to get the latino vote. They will continue to field women and minority candidates to get that vote. Back to top BrooksJoined: 08 Apr 2003 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:09 am Post subject: I guess you never heard of Reagan and Eisenhower. They both won twice as Republicans. Back to top actionjacksonJoined: 30 Dec 2007Location: Any place I'm at Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:15 am Post subject: Brooks wrote: I guess you never heard of Reagan and Eisenhower. They both won twice as Republicans. I hate to do this but George H. W. Bush was Reagan's VP. And an edit because a quick google search shows me Nixon was Eisenhower's. Back to top TitusJoined: 19 May 2012 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:24 am Post subject: http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2012/11/romney-he-sucks.html Quote: There are two kinds of Americans celebrating tonight - true believers, and right-wing extremists. http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/article/2958/what-we-deserve Quote: ... As polarization intensifies � which it does � the essential is expressed through the extremes, and the alternatives are simplified. Which is it to be: politics or economics? There can be no sustainable co-existence. One must utterly eradicate the other. Either politics, or economics, deserves to be completely destroyed -- politics for its incontinent lust for absolute power, or economics for its icy indifference to public concerns. The conflict of visions is irreconcilable. From the pure perspective of terminal politics, all market rewards are arbitrary and illegitimate, whilst from that of economics, people are entitled to precisely nothing. ... The despair of the Right is not the product of a single lamentable election result, but is grounded in the relentlessly gathering realization that it is inherently maladapted to politics. When the Right attains power, it is by becoming something other than itself, betraying its partisans not only incidentally and peripherally, through timidity or incompetence, but centrally and fundamentally, by practically advancing an agenda that almost perfectly negates its supposed ideological commitments. It builds that which it had promised to destroy, and further enthralls that which it had promised to liberate. Its victories mean ever less, its defeats ever more. To win is at most a lesser evil, whilst to lose opens new, unprecedented horizons of calamity, initiating previously unimagined adventures in horror. ... The left has its own frustrations, which its ever-greater approximation to total political dominion cannot appease, and in fact exacerbate. The more that it subordinates its enemies to its will, the more its will conforms to the image of its enemies � not the economy as it was, evasive and morally disinterested, but the economy as it was caricatured and denounced: narrowly and brutally self-interested, sublime in its gargantuan greed, radically corrupt, and irreparably dysfunctional. The cartoon plutocrat re-appears as the consummate political insider in a shot-silk Che Guevara tee-shirt, minutely dictating the content of legislation, and pursuing a career trajectory that smoothly alternates between the chairs of regulatory agencies and Wall Street boardrooms. Through a perverse, ineliminable double-entry book-keeping, the fiscal mountains of government largesse are registered, simultaneously, as an orgiastic feast of crony capitalist money creation. Public altruism and private avarice lock into exact logico-mathematical identity. The gyre turns. �Right� administrations become sclerotic big government bureaucracies, whilst �Left� administrations become the cynical public relations fa�ade for rapacious banking cartels. In either case, government equates to treachery, executed by a party that necessarily abuses its own political partisans. Since politics is ever-increasingly the preserve of the Left, this is not an oscillator, but a ratchet, with a predictable direction (into Left Singularity, "moving the electorate ever leftwards by making it ever more dysfunctional�). The Right, the party of the economy, is losing all credibility as a Party, especially to itself. In the war of annihilation that contemporary ideological schism has become, the substitute, characteristic battle-cry could be confidently anticipated, even were it not already so distinctly heard: the market will avenge these offenses. Nemesis. Let the temple crash. Expect to hear much more of this, however much it revolts you. Things will fall apart (even more, far more �), or not, but in either case we will know what we really deserve. Reality is God, but which is the true religion? In the immortal words of HL Mencken: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.� The white ruling class vs the white working class: http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/cultural-eugenics-a-theory/ Liberated women (married to the government) and Vibrants = one party state: http://mangans.blogspot.com/2012/11/mass-immigration-sexual-revolution.html Back to top TitusJoined: 19 May 2012 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-09/news/34995157_1_voter-turnout-president-obama-gop-voters Quote: In a city where President Obama received more than 85 percent of the votes, in some places he received almost every one. In 13 Philadelphia wards, Obama received 99 percent of the vote or more. Blacks *actually* support Obama the way that North Korea pretends Norks support Kim. Back to top sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: Titus wrote: http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-09/news/34995157_1_voter-turnout-president-obama-gop-voters Quote: In a city where President Obama received more than 85 percent of the votes, in some places he received almost every one. In 13 Philadelphia wards, Obama received 99 percent of the vote or more. Blacks *actually* support Obama the way that North Korea pretends Norks support Kim. why this particular obsessession whth Blacks voting for Obama? Back to top sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: The article states: We didn�t even need them when traveling to Canada or Mexico � at least until recently � and that change accounts for much of the sudden rise. So, its not so much we are gettting out in the world more its post 911 requirements. I used to go to TJ in Mexico and simply walked back across, never stopped, now you need proper government id. My parents went on a Carribean cruise each year and didn't need a passport, now they do. So it seems the regular traveling we used to do closeby (Canada, Mexico, Carribean) that didn't require a passport, is now needed. Even with that 1/3 is a low number compared to the rest of the industrialized world and stiill supports what I thought about Americans not traveling much out in the world. Canada is just like the U.S. physically and we don't stay for long. Day trips to Mexico and a week on a cruise is what we've always done and it doesn''t give the few Americans that go on these trips any sense of what the world is like. Back to top Ya-ta BoyJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: Established in 1994 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:32 am Post subject: Quote: Unless she marches down Wall Street with a few thousand Marines she'll impact rhetoric and nothing else. If the lady plays her cards right, she could very well be the Democratic nominee for VeeP in '16 (assuming H. Clinton doesn't run.) It's a tad bit early to be making a prediction but I'd say at this point that odds are that it will be Cuomo/Warren in '16 vs Jeb Bush/Agenda 21 Cruz of Texas...with Rand Paul/Sharon Angle (or the 'I'm not a witch chick) bringing up the far distant rear. Back to top sirius blackJoined: 04 Jun 2010 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: Titus wrote: http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-09/news/34995157_1_voter-turnout-president-obama-gop-voters Quote: In a city where President Obama received more than 85 percent of the votes, in some places he received almost every one. In 13 Philadelphia wards, Obama received 99 percent of the vote or more. Blacks *actually* support Obama the way that North Korea pretends Norks support Kim. I think what you fail to see is that Blacks support the Democratic party in those kinds of numbers (such as 95% for Gore in '00 not because they want something. Its purely defensive. They are afraid of having things taken away. Basic rights. Its paranoia to some extent but somewhat understandable given their history in the country. Black middle class have as much in common with Blacks in the housing projects in the inner city as a white middle class suburbanite does with a poor white unemployed guy living in a trailer park in West Virgina or Kentucky. Republcans have had a reputation for being anti-Black (and anti Minority such as anti Latino). So, I would suggest that Blacks voting in that kind of percentage are voting defensively and some like the black middle and upper classes may even be voting against their self interest not because Obama or Democrats are doing things to help them but because the Republicans seem to bent on keeping them down in their minds. Again, it may not be the case but when you have some making certan rhetoric and the race baiting that happens when some use fear of Blacks and Latinos to scare up White voters then I can understand the voting pattern a little better. 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The "Electric Kiss"
by Stephen James O'Meara
On the next cold, dry night, do a quick shuffle across the carpet in your shoes and ask your mom for a kiss. Guaranteed she'll jump with excitement—not because you actually kissed her (that hasn't happened since you were eight, or was it nine?) but because your kiss will have "zapped" her with a mild jolt of electricity. Sound like fun? Well . . . for you, anyway! In fact, did you know that centuries ago, an "electric kiss" between two people, one of whom was charged with electricity, was a form of romantic amusement?
We commonly think the study of electricity began in 1752, when Ben Franklin flew a special kite into a thundercloud. But actually, the Greek philosopher Thales, who lived nearly 27 centuries ago, was probably the first person to experiment with electricity—static electricity. Thales found that if he vigorously rubbed amber (fossilized tree sap) with a cloth, the amber would suddenly possess the power to attract lightweight objects like feathers, leaves, and bits of paper.
What caused this seemingly magical attraction? In the mid-1500s the Italian mathematician and astrologer Girolamo Cardano suggested that, since amber contains a "sticky" fluid, lightweight objects (like feathers) must be attracted to amber because they have a "desire to absorb" its fluid. Although Cardano missed the boat on that one, the effect nevertheless became named after elektron, the Greek word for amber; these objects were then "amberized" or "electrified." (The term "static electricity" came into use much later when the phenomenon was better understood.)
The first machine designed to "electrify" objects appeared in the mid-1600s. The device was simply a sulfur ball, about the size of a child's head, that spun on an axle mounted horizontally in a wooden frame. The contraption looked sort of like a spinning wheel plump with thread. To become "electrified," all you had to do was place your dry hands against the rapidly rotating sulfur ball and voilá!… "How about a kiss, dear? …ZAP!"
The sulfur ball was replaced in 1709 with a glass globe. Soon these electric machines took on some wonderfully intricate designs. In fact, three years before his kite experiment, Ben Franklin had one of these machines built for him. Actually, lots of "electrifying" discoveries had happened before then. Experimenters had discovered that many materials other than amber could be "electrified" (including a shoe rubbed against a fur coat). On the other hand, they also learned that not all objects became electrified. Furthermore, objects "electrified" by the same machine appeared to repel each other (like magnets of the same charge); and objects "electrified" in different ways (one by touching an electric machine, for example, and the other, say, by rubbing amber) would attract each other (like magnets of opposite charge).
These discoveries led to some fantastic experiments, many of which were used for fun and entertainment. Some experimenters designed ways to perform what can only be considered "magic tricks." Consider this: A boy, lifted horizontally off the ground by silk ropes, places his feet against the rotating glass ball of an electric machine and becomes "electrified." He touches the left hand of a woman and "electrifies" her. The woman holds her right hand over a table covered with pieces of paper. Since the woman's hand is now "electrified," the paper will be attracted to her hand and lift off the table—like magic! Note that the woman stands on a barrel of hardened wax, which is a substance, like the silk ropes holding the boy, that cannot be "electrified."
In 1745, two scientists independently discovered a way to trap or store what was believed to be the "electric fluid" produced by these machines. And what better way was there to collect electric fluid than in a glass container? This particular jar, called a Leyden jar after the Dutch city where it was developed, was filled with water and sealed with a rubber stopper that had a wire through it. The idea was to "pour" electric fluid into the water by touching the external part of the wire to the spinning globe of an electric machine. Indeed, such experiments worked, and the experimenters received a powerful shock when they placed their moist hands on the jar as they went to remove it from the machine.
Perhaps you guessed it? Yes, once the experimenters learned how to control the electric jolt produced by the Leyden jar, people began lining up to receive the painful shocks from this new device. It was the rage of the times! One ambitious experimenter placed a series of these jars in such a way that their power was added together. He then lined up 700 volunteers, all of whom were connected by short wires. When the wires from the two people at the ends of the line were connected to the battery of Leyden jars, all of the 700 people became shocked and suddenly sprang simultaneously into the air.
But the enticing, playful power of electricity was soon learned to have its limitations. When Ben Franklin performed his kite experiment, he did not know if it would be his last. Indeed, Franklin was lucky. A year later a Russian scientist, Georg Richmann, was killed by ball lightning while conducting an experiment similar to Franklin's. For Richmann, playing with electric fire turned out to be the "kiss of death."
Editor's Note: We've had some fun in this article describing early experiments with electricity. Keep in mind that the experimenters were unaware of the serious dangers involved.
CAUTION: Don't attempt any electrical experiments (except the static electricity kiss) unless you are supervised by an adult. Water and electricity combined can be fatal.
- intricate:
- Complicated; complex.
- Leyden jar:
- An early electric circuit consisting of a glass jar lined inside and out with tinfoil, and having a conducting rod connected to the inner foil lining and passing out of the jar through an insulated stopper.
- sulfur:
- A pale yellow nonmetallic element.
- static electricity:
- An electric charge that builds up on a material.
- This article mentions a boy who becomes "electrified" after touching his feet to a rotating glass ball. Then he touches a woman's hand, and she becomes "electrified." She then places her hand over a table covered with pieces of paper, and one of the papers lifts off the table toward her hand. Describe how an electric charge is passed from the glass ball to the woman's hand. Describe why the papers are attracted to the woman's hand.
- What might happen if the boy touched the ball and then tried to pick up a piece of paper that had also been touched to the ball? Why?
- What was a Leyden jar designed to do?
- Why would it be dangerous to touch a Leyden jar with moist hands after the jar had been connected to an electric machine? Would it be less dangerous to touch the jar with dry hands? Why?


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Faculty Handbook
Guidelines for Faculty in the Classroom
The following is to help you with the proper procedures if any of the following types of behavior happen in your classroom.
Physical Assault
Never put yourself in a harmful situation!
Psychological/Emotional Emergency Or Inappropriate Outbursts In The Classroom
This could be anything from panic attacks, violent outbursts or emotional outburst that do not cease. If the student has violent outburst or panic attacks, call the police immediately at 9-1-1.
Serious Injury, Illness Or Accident (Includes Alcohol Or Drug Related)
Do not touch the student or any bodily fluids for their safety and yours. Do not transport student(s) to the hospital!
BIas-Related Statements
Any language or other acts that are harassing/intimidating and directed towards individuals or groups because of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disability.
Form: Inappropriate Behavior in the Classroom Form
Provost, June 2007
Updated July 2011
Updated June 2012