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JOBY GripTight GorillaPod Stand Pro
The JOBY GripTight GorillaPod Stand Pro fits a variety of iPad, iPad Pro, and iPad mini models with or without cases, giving you a robust, locking, and rotating solution for more comfortably viewing media, photography, video capture, FaceTime, Skype, and more.
Plus, it includes a flexible tripod for limitless set-ups. Now you can easily change from Facetime or Skype to watching your favorite shows with 150° tilt and 90° of rotation for portrait or landscape modes. The mount connects to JOBY GorillaPods and other tripods via 1/4"-20 thread. GorillaPod Stand also features rubber foot grips and wrappable legs to help stabilize your iPad in all kinds of locations and on all types of surfaces.
Fits most 7- to 10-inch iPad models with or without a case, including iPad mini, iPad Air, and 9.7-inch iPad Pro
Designed for the most secure hold when capturing images and video, viewing media, working on home repairs, cooking, and much more
Rubber foot grips and wrappable legs help stabilize your iPad in all kinds of locations and on all types of surfaces
Easily change from Facetime or Skype to watching shows with 150° tilt and 90° of rotation for portrait or landscape modes
Over-molded stainless steel plates slide and lock to securely fit your iPad
Rotates for viewing and shooting photos or video in portrait or landscape mode
Solid, high-quality construction with durable ABS plastic, TPE grip pads, and stainless steel plates
What's in the Box
JOBY GorillaPod Stand Pro
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Tech Specs
Material: Stainless Steel
Height: 11.69 in./29.7 cm
Length: 2.99 in./7.6 cm
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Weight: 8.61 oz./244 g
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Part Number
Mfr. Part Number: JB01395
UPC or EAN No.: 817024015213
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|Plano, Texas
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|Plano West
2012-13 Team Captain
Personal Bests:
Vault: 9.575 (3/8/2012)
Bars: 9.4 (3/11/2011)
Beam: 9.675 (2/6/2011)
Floor: 9.75 (1/22/2012)
All-around: 38.075 (2/19/2011)
2012: Competed vault, beam and floor for the Bulldogs in every meet of the season ... Second on floor at the opening meet of the season with a career-high 9.75 ... Third on floor at a dual meet with Penn ... Second on floor at Yale's home meet against SCSU ... Placed fifth on floor at the Ivy Classic with a 9.725 ... Scored a season-high 9.575 on vault against George Washington with a layout yurchenko ... Won the 2012 ECAC Scholar-Athlete Award for gymnastics.
2011: Given an Outstanding Contribution Award for her performance in 2011 … Consistently a top performer in 2011, competing all-around at every meet but one … Won the all-around and placed second on vault and floor, third on bars at the season opener … Won beam with a personal best of 9.675 at the home opener and placed third all-around … Won floor and the all-around with personal bests of 9.7 and 38.075, respectively, at the home meet against SCSU.
2010: Played a huge role in the Bulldogs' success during her freshman year, competing in the all-around at every competition … One of Yale's most consistent gymnasts in 2010, especially on the floor exercise, scoring below a 9.400 only once … Finished in the top three in the all-around competition at the Springfield dual and tri-meets.
High School: Earned a pair of individual silver medals (vault and bars) and an individual bronze medal (all-around) as a part of the United States team that won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires.
Personal: Majors in molecular, cellular and developmental biology … Why Yale?: "I love all of the things that Yale has to offer: amazing academics, a close-knit and talented gymnastics team, a diverse and passionate student body and so many opportunities for learning and growth in all areas of my life."

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Excerpt from from Math Odyssey 2000
Ada Byron, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron, was born in December of 1815, and one month later her mother in a bitter and celebrated separation, left the "mad and bad" Byron and took Ada with her.
Ada was educated at home by governesses and tutors hired by her mother. The Lady Byron strongly believed in mathematics as a discipline of the mind and saw to it that Ada was well grounded in this subject. She felt that it would be a way to provide a stable mental state and a good antidote to the "heedlessness, imprudence, vanity, prevarication and conceit" that Ada was bound to have inherited from her immoral father.
One of her tutors was William Frend, a mathematician who didn't believe in negative numbers; another was Augustus DeMorgan, the great English logician. In 1830, when she was 15, Ada met Mary Fairfax Somerville, a well known female mathematician from Scotland. Mary had two daughters the same age as Ada, and the four women, Ada, Mary and her daughters, attended geography lectures at the University of London. (It seems that the mathematician, Charles Babbage, had persuaded the university to allow women to attend lectures in 1830, a privilege which was rescinded within a year). Ada corresponded with Mary Somerville on mathematical topics for the next twenty years, until Ada's death.
During her teenage years, Ada was a member of the bluestockings, a group of ladies that visited together, holding conversations, and literary discussions. They often invited learned men to their gatherings, which were meant to replace frivolous social evenings with something more intellectual. They would sometimes visit museums or residences of well known scientists, and it was during one of these visits that Ada actually got to meet Charles Babbage.
Babbage had built a calculating machine, called the "Difference Engine". This machine could be used to determine the polynomial equation for a table of given data. He had a model of his difference engine, as well as some other mechanical devices on display in his home in London. In addition, he had displayed his preliminary plans for a much more sophisticated machine, which he called the "Analytic Engine". Ada was fascinated by these machines, but she was particularly interested in the plans for the Analytic Engine, what's more, she immediately understood how these machines would work. Babbage was very impressed with this young girl's quick grasp of the basic concept of the calculating machines and, thus, began a nine year long collaboration on the world's first computer.
While Babbage continued to tinker with his two machines, the difference engine, and the plans for the analytic engine (which he was never able to build), Ada grew up, got married (in 1835) and had three children (in 1836, 1837 and 1839). Ada's husband Lord William King, became the Earl of Lovelace in 1838. So now the person corresponding with Babbage about his computing machines was no longer Ada Byron, but rather Augusta Ada Lovelace (or A.A.L. as she was to become known).
Babbage had gotten government support for the difference engine, and he was supposed to use it to produce a table of trigonometric values for the British Navy to use for navigation, a task he never carried out. Instead, he spent all of the government grant trying to get materials and tools for building the analytic engine . Babbage had an abrasive personality and alienated everyone who could help him.
In scholarly circles, however, his ideas were in demand. In 1840, he was invited to lecture on his plans for the analytic engine to a group of scientists at the University of Turin in Italy. It was through this series of lectures, and by a circuitous route, that Ada made her contribution to mathematics. These lectures were written-up by a young Italian military engineer, Luigi Menabrea. He had them published, in French, in the Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve in 1842; then Ada translated this article into English in 1843.
But she did much more than translate the article. She added her own notes, which became more significant, mathematically, than the original article itself. In these notes she outlined the fundamental concepts of computer programming, and she described the main elements that would be needed in any computer language.
Her "Notes", appearing under the pseudonym A.A.L. in the prestigious journal Taylor's Scientific Memoirs, were entitled NOTE A, NOTE B, etc. Here are some very brief descriptions of some partial content of the notes.
NOTE A told how the planned "analytic engine" (and any future general computing devices of this type) differed from the already existing difference engine. Her discussion predicted the general purpose computer and went beyond anything that Babbage had envisioned. She showed how the analytic engine could be built to accept various types of cards: "control cards", "data cards" and "operation cards" and how these would make the computer automatically perform the correct operation on the data as it was entered. In other words, the computer could "analyze the data". She also proposed that both numbers and other symbols, such as letters of the alphabet, could be "coded" as numerical data which the engine could handle and put out as written material. She even contended that the engine could produce music.
In NOTE B, Ada discusses the analytic engine's memory capability, called its "storehouse columns". She anticipated the idea of memory locations or addresses. She indicated the possibility of inserting comments or memoranda that would not be acted upon by the computer, but simply would let the human reader of the instructions see what was going on. (Computer science students will recognize this as the use of "documentation" statements.)
NOTE C. Here Ada, introduced the concept of "backing"--making an operation card move back into a position so that it could work on the next data card. She said the reason for doing this was, " to secure the possibility of bringing any particular card or set of cards into use any number of times successively in the solution of one problem." This idea, which we call "looping" was hinted at in Menabrea's article but not well developed. It also arose in earlier discussions between Ada and Babbage.
NOTE D. In this note Ada explained how to write down a sequence of instructions using the operations cards, the backing process, the storehouses and various control cards to accomplish a specific set of operations.
In NOTE E, she explained how the engine could be made to hold trigonometric and other functions. She was, essentialy, introducing the idea of built-in functions in a computer.
NOTE F. She showed that by using the backing process (a loop), she could solve a system of linear equations of any size by repeating just a few operations. She wrote out the details for solving a ten by ten system of linear equations. She also speculated about the possibility of generating tables of prime numbers by a simple looping procedure.
In NOTE G Ada warns the readers about the computer's inability to do anything about it if the user entered "untrue" information. Today we call this concept "Garbage in, Garbage out". Here is the way she said it: "The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis; but it has no power of anticipating any analytical relations or truths." Joan Baum, The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron , Archon Books, Hamden, Connecticut, 1986
It was also in Note G that Ada wrote out a program by which the analytic engine could generate a table of the Bernoulli numbers.
Although she anticipated the field of computer science by 110 years, the work of Ada Byron Lovelace had little or no direct influence on this field. This was because everything that she had written about was gradually rediscovered in the 1940's and 1950's by computer scientists without any knowledge of her work. So, unfortunately, her work is mostly of historical interest. For whatever its worth, the U.S. Department of Defense has built a monument to Lady Lovelace in the form of a computer language called "Ada". The plan is to install, in all government computers, an "integrated programming support environment" for programs written in the Ada language.
1. Write the names of the following people in Ada's life:
2. Who were the bluestockings and how did they affect Ada's life?
3. What was the mathematical accomplishment of Lady Lovelace, mother of three children? What implication does this have for "re-entry" students?
4. Describe Ada's "Notes" in detail. What field of study are they related to? What impact do they have today?
5. What is the name of the computer language that the U. S. Department of Defense wants to install on all government computers? How do you feel about this honor being paid to Lady Lovelace?
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SUNY Potsdam & SUNY Canton Making Strides On Shared ServicesTuesday, December 4th, 2012
Colleges Work Together on Payroll, HR, Budget, Environmental Health & Safety and Sustainability
As the fall semester draws to a close, SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton are continuing to make great strides toward shared services offerings to streamline and bolster services on both campuses. The campus alliance work is advancing in several important areas.
"Shared services is paying off in a number of ways for us at SUNY Canton," said SUNY Canton Interim President Carli C. Schiffner. "It has allowed both schools to collaborate on best practices so that we can streamline operations and improve services for our students. Faculty and staff at both schools deserve a lot of credit for their accomplishments and innovative approaches."
"This has been a remarkable semester of conversation and collaboration. SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton staff and faculty have been reaching out to colleagues at the other campus to discuss ideas, with a renewed respect for the important role both campuses play in the region," said SUNY Potsdam President Dr. John F. Schwaller. "The strides we have made in administrative areas will allow both campuses to harness the power of systemness to redirect resources toward the unique academic experiences both colleges offer."
With the onset of the new SUNY budget resource allocation model, both SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton have realized the benefit of updating the campus budgeting process. Both colleges are now searching for a shared executive director of budgets. This position will be responsible for assisting in the design and rollout of a standardized budget process, which would allow Potsdam and Canton to share knowledge and resources. The SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton budget offices are working closely together on a new budget policies and procedures manual. This is especially beneficial, in light of both campuses needing to learn the details of a new budget model. Both campus budgets will continue to remain independent, with no mingling of funds.
The two colleges identified the payroll function as an area for possible cooperation in January 2012. It was quickly understood that there was a need for change to reduce redundancy, gain efficiency, integrate solutions, standardize processes and procedures where possible, and lower costs. To accomplish this, it was necessary to move from two separate transactional entities to a shared dynamic, innovative operation. The two campuses completed an analysis, designed a phased approach for integrated payroll and identified short-term needs, starting with student payroll. Full implementation of the payroll project will be complete in March 2013. This will result in the payroll function being processed completely as one unit for both campuses.
Human Resources
In addition to payroll, the area of human resources has made significant headway toward sharing services. Mary K. Dolan, who was formerly the director of human resources at SUNY Potsdam, has been named the assistant vice president for human resources for both campuses. Her new role is a shared position overseeing one Office of Human Resources for both SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton.
"Human resources is a critical function, and in this time of budget constraint, we must be innovative and willing to change the way we do things. My team has stepped up to the challenge, and is already beginning to reap the benefits of efficiencies," Dolan said.
Betty Connolly, the former director of human resources at SUNY Canton, has accepted a position there as the assistant vice president for administration.
A new human resources generalist search is underway to assist on the Canton campus. This will create a structure of three generalist roles that will focus on talent acquisition, workplace relations and practices and HR operations. The shared office is tackling tasks such as implementing an online applicant system that will be the same at both campuses. A cost savings is expected, as well as critical efficiencies.
Environmental Health & Safety
The Office of Environmental Health & Safety is also charging forward with the shared services initiative. Calvin Smith, the director at SUNY Potsdam, has accepted the position of director of environmental health and safety for both campuses. This means that his time and responsibilities will be split, and his salary will be shared. He reports to Vice President for Business Affairs and Administrative Services Natalie Higley.
"The focus on protecting our students, faculty, staff, visitors, contractors and our environment is something both campuses have always shared. I look forward to building stronger environmental health and safety programs at both campuses, and blending our efforts whenever possible," Smith said.
SUNY Canton did not previously have an EH&S department on campus, and in order to expedite its formation, a private occupational health, safety and environmental consulting firm will conduct a compliance analysis of all campus programs. This third-party assessment process is a private sector model, one that Smith used to enhance and expand the existing EH&S department at SUNY Potsdam when he joined the campus six years ago. The Colden Corporation, which also led the Potsdam analysis, is conducting the Canton assessment. Smith's team at Potsdam now includes one EH&S professional, two inspection/testing technicians, a fire inspection manager and one support staff member.
Following the third-party assessment, the analysis will be used as the compliance framework and guide for the new EH&S program at SUNY Canton. It will also serve as a tool during the selection process for a new EH&S professional who will be hired specifically to fill Canton's needs. Additionally, the campus may hire inspection/testing technicians, depending on the results of the analysis. Colden Corp. anticipates that this analysis will be complete in Spring 2013.
In addition to the efforts in the area of environmental health and safety, both campuses are working together to make both campuses more "green." SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton are currently seeking a joint sustainability coordinator, to oversee efforts to reduce the carbon footprint at both colleges. This will replace the part-time sustainability position that SUNY Potsdam used to have, and will add a part-time professional to work toward these important goals on the Canton campus.
About SUNY Potsdam:
Founded in 1816, and located on the outskirts of the beautiful Adirondack Park, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges. SUNY Potsdam currently enrolls approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its handcrafted education, challenging liberal arts and sciences core, excellence in teacher training and leadership in the performing and visual arts. For more information visit www.potsdam.edu.


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Last couple of years, I just used to disable iptables on my system, this time I decided not to disable it and keep it enabled.
So far so good, now comes the tricky part, I have http server enabled on my system and since this is on local network with already firewall and other security in place so I can allow all incoming to my system and similarly I need to enable XDMCP outgoing. So, I can add the rules like this :
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 177 -j ACCEPT for XDMCP
This works only till I reboot my system and is not persistent. Okay, so I can put this in rc.local file. But why I should do that, there should be more elegnant way. So, I searched and finally found that I can simply put the rules in /etc/sysconfig/iptables as follows:
-A INPUT -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 177 -j ACCEPT for XDMCP


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As one watches "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy," starring Jason Sudekis, Lake Bell and a host of others, one nagging questions dogs you: Are they really gonna have an orgy? How you feel about the eventually answer no doubt says volumes about you, though it's unclear what exactly. What we do know is that this should have had us laughing more.
Sudekis stars as Eric, son of a wealthy horndog (Don Johnson in an amusingly self-aware cameo) who's decided to sell the summer home in the Hamptons that Eric and his friends have been using to throw magnificently elaborate theme parties since they were in high school together. Realizing that their Shangri-La is about to be ripped away from them, they resolve to have one last party, a decidedly more intimate affair—an orgy.
As luck would have it, the clique is evenly balanced along gender lines, and as one might expect, so is the enthusiasm for the idea (and it goes without saying that the women are exponentially hotter than the fellas). But a relentless charm offensive by Eric (who gives the best sales job on a party since "Animal House") helps to wear down the ladies, until everyone's on board. But things get complicated when Eric falls for Kelly (Leslie Bibb), the blonde who's been tasked with selling his father's house.
Outraged by the way the culture went from "Ice Storm"-like key parties to a generation cowed by AIDS into prudishness to teens wearing bracelets indicating their sexual preferences, Eric sees it as an opportunity for him and his friends to enjoy the fruits of sexual liberation. The ridiculousness of the film's conceit—honestly, who makes a comedy about orgies these days?—along with Sudekis' winning smile and Tyler Labine's go-for-broke courage make the movie a modest success.
But a film with a supporting cast of people like Will Forte, Lucy Punch, Nick Kroll, Lake Bell and Martin Starr, written and directed by "Letterman" alumnae Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck should be a lot funnier. The movie just isn't nearly as audacious as the title, it feels a little flat. Like an actual orgy, "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" is a better idea than reality.


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BERLIN -- Instead of waiting for some second-half heroics, West Holmes came out hitting on all cylinders and destroyed the Hoover Vikings right from the start in Game 19 at Classic in the Country Challenge Monday at the Perry Reese Jr. Community Center.
And while the Knights may have gone into victory mode too soon, their lead was big enough to hang on for a 56-51 victory over the Vikings.
"We won," West Holmes coach Lisa Patterson said. "Two-and-a-half minutes left, up 14, you think they ought to handle that."
The Knights led 54-33 with four minutes remaining in the fourth after Brittleigh Macaulay scored her second straight bucket. The freshman finished with six points, as the Knights displayed their depth with eight different players scoring.
The Knights jumped out to a 19-6 lead in the first quarter on a pair of steals and layups by Justice Wright, who came off the bench to provide a spark.
West Holmes displayed its balance as six different players scored. Mallori Vess got things rolling with a bucket inside, followed by a Paiten Strother jumper. Emily Molnar scored and Laina Snyder hit inside. Strother stroked a triple for an 11-4 lead.
The score was 21-8 after the first quarter and things only got better in the second period, as Rachelle Morrison scored from deep. Vess dropped a trey on the Vikings to ignite a 10-0 run and give the Knights a 32-13 lead late in the first half. It was 36-18 at intermission.
Snyder scored inside early in the third quarter, the 1,000th point of her career. She finished with 10 for the game to go with six rebounds.
"It was kind of embarrassing, really, in front of all these people," the humble junior said.
"She is the seventh person all-time at West Holmes to score 1,000 points," said Patterson. "It's an honor for her, but I'm glad it's behind her. Laina's not a person who focuses on things individually."
West Holmes led 43-27 after three as Strother drilled another 3-pointer and Macaulay scored inside.
"They are so fundamental. And they are so efficient
offensively," Hoover coach Abbey Allerding said. "They exposed us on defense. This was a great opportunity to play against a great team. We've got a lot to work on."
Morrison led the Knights' attack with 11, and Strother finished with nine. Julie Worley led the Vikings with 17. Kelsey Lensman and Kelsey Peare added 12.
It was an exciting weekend overall for West Holmes, winning two games at the Classic.
"We didn't come out here to win two games. We came out here to get better," Patterson said. "To come out still with a zero in the loss column says something about these kids. We played a great second half Saturday and a great first half today. I can't wait to see four quarters."
Wright left with mixed emotions. The senior was happy to leave Hiland with two wins in her final season, but she was also somber because it was her last game at the Perry Reese Jr. Center.
"I feel a little sad because I like the atmosphere here," Wright said. "But, it's always good to leave with a win."


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|Richard Hunt
"There was a young woman who lived in a hat.
She could bark like a dog and meow like a cat."
The Young Woman Who Lives in a Hat is the title character of a lesser-known Nursery Rhyme. As her name suggests, she lives in a giant hat (a brown top hat to be precise). She does continual and perplexing impressions of dogs and cats. She kindly points Kermit to house of her neighbor, the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, in a Sesame Street News Flash. Her house is located between the Young Man who Lives in a Glove and the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe.
Incidentally, the same puppet was used in another News Flash, this one involving Jack and Jill. Here, the character's name is Francine, and she was performed once again by Richard, using virtually the same exact voice. She volunteered to go up the hill with Jack, but since her name didn't rhyme with the word 'hill', she was politely rejected.


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More than 550 species of bird have been recorded in the UK. There's so much choice in fact, that it's hard to know what to look for first! So try tempting a few into the garden. Hang nuts, seeds and fat from trees or window ledges, and put food out on a table and a bird bath, and wait to see who comes along…
Chances are a robin might make an appearance, setting up a territory nearby. And look out for some other garden faves like woodpigeons, chaffinches, great and blue tits, and wrens with a song that seems far too loud to come from such a tiny body!
Or you could get out and about and look for flocks of birds like starlings wheeling through the skies at dusk, redwings and fieldfares taking flight from hedgerows, and geese flying in their classic v-formation. And if you're really lucky, a night-time drive through the countryside might bring you into close contact with a swooping, ghost-like barn owl as it hunts its mouse prey.
The ancestry of our birds has long been debated – are they really descended from dinosaurs? The earliest known bird, the archaeopteryx, was about as long as a ruler and lived 150 million years ago. It had lots of reptile features, but also had wings and feathers (although some scientists think it didn't manage much more than a hop and a flutter!).
Birds are warm-blooded and have to keep their eggs warm by sitting on them.
Click the 'Add to my spotting sheet' button on any wildlife item page. Login or register to start creating your own spotting sheets.


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Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1086758464.287743_at_yasure>...
> I spent a few years in law school Don ... you missed the most
> important part of the actual application of the law in the U.S.
> You must be able to PROVE financial damages to be awarded compensation.
> The number of these suits successfully waged each year is a very small
> number. The number successfully waged against persons in other countries
> ... surely you jest.
That's true, but, sadly, the amount of business affected by the _threat_ of unwinnable or trivially compensable lawsuits isn't small at all. Have you checked how long a civil lawsuit takes lately? They can drag on for years in many US jurisdictions. Twelve IIRC is the most I've seen personally (guy wrote relational db, was dumped, sued, finally won something like 40 grand). IANAL. It took me six+ years to turn a totally bogus suit against me to a malicious prosecution countersuit. YMMV. It's even worse these days with the funding crunches, some courts totally stop civil trials to take care of criminal matters.
In other words, successful wagering isn't the proper metric in the application of the law. Even as applied to trial attorneys track records - most disputes should be settled out of court.
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Given two numeric inputs a and b, return a row vector that contains the numbers found in only a or only b, but not both. For example, the inputs:
a=[1 2 3 4 5];
b=[2 3 4 5 6];
would return [1 6], as 2, 3, 4 and 5 are in both a and b, and can therefore be eliminated. Please sort the returned vector in order from lowest to highest.
You may assume that there is at least one value that meets these criteria in a or b, and there are no NaN or Inf values in either a or b.
Your description says the inputs will be vectors, but your test suite includes matrices.
Apologies for the incorrect terminology. The description has been updated.
Test suite is not properly managed. I am getting the correct result for the Solution 1607662
Hello, there is a problem with test suits 3, 5 and 6.
Please correct them.
Never mind, my result was not a row vector.
When I run this solution in my local workspace, I pass... More investigation to be done.
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I am a genealogist based in Scotland and have been running my own business, Our Scots Genealogy Research for many years. Tracing your family history gives you an insight into what defines you as a person, and there will be puzzles surprises along the way. Finding answers to your questions usually leads to more questions, but it is fascinating and satisfying. Not to mention highly addictive! I love the thrill of hunting down elusive ancestors and I feel fortunate so be working in a job that really fires me up.
You can find my website at Our Scots Genealogy Research.
I've put together some basic answers to Frequently Asked Questions which I hope will help you, but please contact me if your question is not covered.
It's all online isn't it?
How far back in time would you be able to go?
What services do you offer?
I know I'm related to a famous historical figure – can you prove the connection?
What's my family Coat of Arms/Crest?
Other FAQ's can be found on my website at Our Scots Genealogy Research, or feel free to contact me.
Scottish Repositories
Some Scottish genealogical records can be accessed online, but the majority can only be viewed by visiting in person – this is where having someone local "on the ground" can be make a big difference.
Most of the Scottish records which are vital to a family historian are held centrally in Edinburgh at National Records of Scotland, where I carry out the bulk of my client research work. Occasionally it is necessary to visit other repositories to access their collections -National Library of Scotland, St Andrews University Special Collections Department, cemeteries or Local Archives Centres, for example.
How Far Back Can You Expect to Trace?
So what can you realistically hope for? Here's a sweeping generalisation – it is usually possible to trace some lines of a family back to the mid-1700's, however some families can be traced further back in time, and some come to a dead end. We are dependent on the availability of records – some records have not survived to the present day.
Statutory Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages began in Scotland in 1855 and Scottish certificates contain a lot of detail compared to similar documents from other countries. I have access to all Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates, including those most recently registered with GROS. Official Census records began in 1841 and a Census was taken every 10 years from then on. The most recent publicly available Census information is from 1911.
Prior to Statutory Registration, we mainly rely on the Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers for records of Birth/Baptism and Marriages, along with a very few Death records. There were no guidelines issued as to which details should be recorded, so the content of these registers varies from Parish to Parish. These records are not complete – some have fallen prey to fire, damp or mice. There are also similar records for Roman Catholics and some other Churches, and many other records where your ancestors may be mentioned.
The likelihood of finding your Scottish ancestors is also affected by factors such as whether they lived in a big city or in a small village, what their occupations were, their general level of wealth – did they own land, leave Wills or were they able to afford headstones? Were they law-abiding or did they get into trouble?
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Fanboys, a new feature-length film distributed by The Weinstein Company, is coming to movie theaters.
The story is set in 1998 and centers on a road trip by a group of friends who literally can't wait until Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace hits theaters. They head to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch intent on sneaking a peek at a rough cut. They can't wait because one of the friends is dying of cancer and may not live to see the release of Episode I. (See our thorough news report from 4/2008 on Fanboys.)
The February 9th release is a limited release, but may open to a wider and international audience. It will start in the following cities:
- Austin TX
- Boston, MA
- Chicago, IL
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- San Francisco, CA
- Seattle, WA
According to the listing on IMDb.com, Lou Taylor Pucci plays "Boba Fett #1" and Noah Segan plays "Boba Fett #2."
Trivia: There's a Mandalorian skull painted on the driver's side door of the fanboys' van.


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A few months back we covered the story of Jordan Scott (aspiring singer,songwriter, screen writer, model, novelist, actress) who claimed that Stephenie Meyer plagiarized Breaking Dawn from Jordan Scott's novel The Nocturne. We posted a case by case analysis as to how (aside from the obvious fact that the texts bore little resemblance to each other) that this was impossible based on copyright dates and other factors.
This was the second story regarding plagiarism in 2009. The first story about Stephenie plagiarizing a college roommate's story was an Internet hoax completely without merit.
Well it looks like a judge agrees as to what we thought all along about Jordan Scott's claim. Hachette Books, the parent company of Little Brown that publishes the Twilight Saga novels, released this statement:
"The Honorable Otis D. Wright II of the United States District Court has ruled in favor of Stephenie Meyer and Hachette Book Group and has dismissed with prejudice Jordan Scott's claim of copyright infringement.
In his ruling, Judge Wright stated that the two works have little in common and that the "characters in the two works are vastly different." The decision admonishes Scott for "the deceptive presentation of the alleged similarities" and notes that she "has twice manipulated aspects of the subject works in order to create the appearance of similarity."
While an attempt to ride on someone else's success may not be surprising, it is encouraging that the courts and the public are not so easily misled.
This judgment confirms what we have known all along – Breaking Dawn is a wholly original work by Stephenie Meyer and this was a frivolous lawsuit brought for the purposes of publicizing the plaintiff's personal publishing aspirations. Hachette Book Group and Stephenie Meyer are pleased to be able to put this case behind us."


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Notes from Orem, Day 1
Orem Owlz manager Tom Kotchman explains the ground rules for Idaho Falls manager Darryl Kennedy during the lineup exchange before Friday's game.
This was my first road trip to an Angels affiliate since my move to Florida, so it was a bit reassuring to walk into the Orem Owlz office Friday and see old friends.
With Rookie-A ball, it also means a lot of unfamiliar faces who have the general expression on their faces of, "Who is this guy and why is he in the dugout taking photos of us?" Not that they resent it. They're just excited that someone is shooting photos and video.
The familiar faces are, of course, manager Tom Kotchman and pitching coach Zeke Zimmerman. Joining them this year is hitting coach Mike Eylward, who played in the Angels system from 2001 through 2007. It's exciting to see kids I saw start their careers in pro ball (always with Kotch) become coaches, passing along to the next generation what they learned in the Angels farm system. "Ellie" joins Kernels pitching coach Brandon Emanuel and roving catching instructor Tom Gregorio as the ones I saw start out with Kotch long ago.
Once word gets around, I start getting approached by players' families and loved ones in town, asking what I'm doing, can they buy the photos, will they be on the Internet, etc. The circle begins anew each summer in Orem. 🙂
Friday was Pioneer Day in Utah, which is the rough Mormon equivalent of July 4th. It's an official state holiday, which meant this game was going to be a sellout and there would be fireworks afterwards.
A couple hours before game time, word began to circulate that the Salt Lake Bees game up the freeway had been postponed. According to the Portland Oregonian, seven members of the Portland Beavers came down with the flu in Reno and the team didn't want to travel to Salt Lake City. Angels farm director Abe Flores and roving infield instructor Rob Picciolo were up in Salt Lake, so they decided to come down to Orem for the night.
I have plenty of photos and video, which I'll post today as time permits. Please keep checking this page as I will continue to update it when I can. All the photos I shoot this weekend will eventually be available in the FutureAngels.com Digital Photo Gallery.
If you're wondering why they're wearing the camouflage jerseys, it was a promotion. The Owlz auction off the jerseys and the winners collect them from the players after the game. They don't normally have such poor color coordination in their apparel.
The Nick Adenhart memorial banner on the left field wall.
Supplemental first-round draft pick Garrett Richards made his professional debut Friday night.
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Second baseman Jean Segura.
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Pitcher Carson Andrew relieved Richards, who was on a 20-pitch limit in his first game.
Right fielder Richard Cates.
Shortstop Jon Karcich homered to lead off the bottom of the 4th.
Catcher Braulio Pardo's derriere takes one for the team.
Center fielder Travis Witherspoon.
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Women's DI hockey team remains No. 1 in nation
Liberty University's women's Division I hockey team retained its No. 1 national ranking in Saturday's third of four American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I polls. It is the first time the Lady Flames (21-2) have been ranked No. 1 in two consecutive polls. Liberty has held the top spot since the second ranking came out Dec. 17.
The Lady Flames received their first No. 1 ranking in Dec. 2011 but did not maintain that position in the next poll.
Liberty has received bids to nationals in five of the program's first six years of existence, by finishing ranked in the top eight.
In voting done by the DI women's coaches, who ranked their top 15 teams based on games played through Jan. 27, Liberty received all but three first-place votes. Minnesota (11-2), which split a pair of games against the Lady Flames at Wisconsin on Nov. 16 and 17, came in at No. 2 followed by Rhode Island (18-4), which was swept by the Gophers, at No. 3.
Robert Morris-Illinois, which split two games against Liberty Jan. 18 and 19 near Chicago, is the No. 4-ranked team followed by No. 5 Massachusetts, No. 6 Michigan and No. 7 Northeastern, the defending ACHA DI national champion. Liberty knocked off Northeastern 4-3 on Oct. 14.
The fourth and final ranking will be released Feb. 23, based on games through Feb. 17, and will determine seedings for this year's DI national tournament, set for March 7-10 at the Ashburn Ice House in Loudoun County, just outside of Washington, D.C.
If the rankings stay the same, and Liberty's should since it has completed conference play, the top-seeded Lady Flames would meet No. 8 Grand Valley State in the quarterfinal round. In that scenario, ninth-ranked Ohio State and No. 10 Michigan State, the 2011 national champion, would miss the cut for the tournament.
At last year's event, held in Ohio, Liberty tied Robert Morris and Minnesota in its first two games before being eliminated by Northeastern, 1-0 in the semifinals, to finish fourth, matching their final national ranking.
Injuries prevented the Lady Flames from playing their best in the postseason last year, but head coach Paul Bloomfield believes they are prepared to peak in next month's tournament.
"I feel like we're in good shape," he said. "We have some injuries, but they all should be ready to go by nationals."
The Lady Flames swept three games from 11th-ranked Colorado State over the weekend at the LaHaye Ice Center.
Liberty's defense is anchored by sophomore goalie Samantha Rupp, who has saved 93 percent of opponents' shots, posting three shutouts and boasting a goals-against average hovering around 1.00.
The Lady Flames' offense is sparked by forwards Stacey McCombe, Carrie Jickling, Carly Peleshok, and Amanda Grainger, who each have scored more than 20 points on the season.
- Hockey is offered through Liberty's Club Sports program which features 31 teams, many of which place well in regional events and participate in national tournaments.


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It appears Asus isn't stopping with the Nexus 7 while arranging its 2013 roster of Android tablets. It's rumored that the company will show off a pair of new tablets at next month's CES in Las Vegas, shifting focus away from its 10-inch Transformer line and instead focusing on the 7-inch slates that have been received so well.
Though there are only a few mock-up shots available, details have leaked with the list of specifications for both tablets. The tablet allegedly referred to as the Asus ME371MG will utilize an as-of-yet-unreleased Intel Atom Z2420 chip, which has a 1.2GHz single-core processor. It will also feature a 1280x800 resolution, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage, as well as Bluetooth , Wi-Fi, and 3G radios. Phandroid reports that the tablet may also come equipped with a 3.1 megapixel camera.
Asus' other rumored tablet, referred to as the ME172V, will be fueled by a 1GHz WM8950 SoC with Mali-400 graphics. The chip features the same Cortex A9 ARM architecture as the Nexus 7's Tegra 3 SoC, though the WM8950 only has a single CPU core instead of four and clocks in at 800MHz. The display panel on the 7-inch tablet will also employ a TN display technology instead of IPS and feature a 1024x600 resolution.
Compared to the Nexus 7's current quad-core offerings, these tablets are underwhelming. Both tablets are said to come equipped with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean right out of the box, with the ME172V available in both black and white colors. A leaked Russian product listing also shows the ME172V available for pre-order for about $226 USD, and it's expected to hit South Africa for the same price. We'll hopefully have more details once CES rolls around in January.


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On Sunday I think I found a new favourite!!
Before going to see Al Pacino at the Palladium (more on that v soon!) I dropped into Liberty. I haven't been in there for a while but every now and then I really enjoy having a stroll through the store. Not just the womenswear, jewellery or beauty departments, but the menswear too as I honestly believe they offer THE best selection in London. Seriously men, get in there!
I was nearly on my way out of the store, tearing myself away from an exclusive Kenzo jumper, when I spied a brand I hadn't heard of before, A.O.CMS.
I think what initially grabbed my attention was the packaging. The incredibly simple black and white writing, on the tiny white envelopes, is somewhat eye-catching and instantly looks good quality. I know I say I buy in multiples but when I say that I mean I buy them each season. For me "quality not quantity" definitely comes into mind when shopping for staple items. The design of a plain t-shirt is not as simple as expected and it is something more brands should spend more time over. Finding a perfectly fitted, decently priced t-shirt, crafted in beautiful cotton, is a rarity. So let me encourage you to check out this brand.
With the help of the lovely Liberty sales assistant, Nicola, I was introduced to this small collection from the Swedish brand. Currently exclusive to the store, there are only 6 designs available. Long sleeve, short sleeve, tank top, strap top, long fitted dress and briefs. All of which are available in grey, navy, white and black. More styles are available on their own website.
I honestly could have bought the whole collection. They are so incredibly comfortable and a great fit. The length of the t-shirt is perfect, for me anyway, as I really don't like them cut short. I came away with 3 pieces and would have potentially had a fourth had there been my size.
The collection has been kept to a minimum for a reason as they pride themselves on producing quality classic garments. It is clear they are not fond of mass producing items in a ridiculous amount of styles, and I applaud that. I will definitely be keeping my eye on this Swedish brand and I am sure their pieces will be filling up my wardrobe in no time!
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX60 offers a comprehensive front line spec to appeal to all those who need to tick the right boxes with their compact camera. It comes with a 12-megapixel sensor, the ability or shoot HD video footage and the promise of good low-light performance from the Leica lens. But does it deliver on these promises?
The FX60 is a good looking camera. It has a premium sheen about it thanks to a metal body and a relatively slim profile, but is carrying a little weight compared to similar spec rivals like the Canon IXUS 120. It measures 97.2 x 54.1 x 19.4mm and weighs 147g all-in with memory card and battery.
Around the back you'll find a 230k-dot display measuring 2.7-inches on the diagonal and offering 100% field of view. It gives great colour reproduction making it a pleasure for previewing images with excellent viewing angles - ideal for sharing images with friends.
Controls are conventionally placed on the top plate and the back of the camera. The top sees the power switch and shutter button encircled by the zoom ring. A mode dial sits neatly on the back edge, falling comfortably under the right thumb. On the back the controls continue, giving you a switch to move from shooting to playback. Otherwise you are left with a four-way controller with the usual shortcuts and finally display and quick menu toggles.
The construction is good, it feels solid and there is a nice precise action to the buttons, the mode dial and the switches. There is no chance of turning this on in your pocket or accidentally changing to video over regular stills shooting. The switch for playback or shooting does mean that you can't simply flip between the two without physically sliding something, which adds an extra step over the more common single press option.
Shooting modes offered on the dial look rather limited, offering Panasonic's iA (or Intelligent Auto), auto, scene, video and a final "clipboard" setting, which takes low res shots and will ultimately be ignored. There is no sign of manual control for more advanced shooting, but all is not lost, because the quick menu does offer up some options for those wanting a little more.
A Leica branded 5x zoom (25-125mm 35mm equiv) F/2.8 lens sits on the front of the camera and isn't the fastest in zooming or deployment, but does offer quite a range from such a compact bundle. There is noticeable barrel distortion at the wide angle as is often the case with compacts.
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Focusing gives you the option of the usual face detection and macro and so on, but also 11-point AF and AF tracking with metering thrown in. A neat AF lock is easily accessible meaning you can lock on to your focal point and aim off for creative effect and it works very well. Normal focusing is a bit hit and miss however, sometimes failing to grab the point of focus you want first time.
Another headline boast tackles the area of low-light shooting. The FX60 has a normal shooting range running up to ISO 1600. You can keep this under control by selecting an upper maximum, to stop the camera bumping the ISO to capture a low light image when it really needs a longer exposure. That said, you can't select the value you want, only limit the range to a maximum of 400, 800 or 1600.
Noise is evident in dark and shadow areas at ISO 400 and gets progressively worse up to ISO 1600, where it is really invasive. The FX60 doesn't bump the ISO high for no reason though, so indoors you'll often find you are shooting at ISO 400, where rivals might take you higher.
Image noise on the crowded 12-megapixel sensor can be a bit of a problem for the FX60, with 100% crops showing this noise bringing in softness in normal shooting that can take the edge off some photos, but this will only bother those who like to crop closer to the detail or who are planning to print at full size.
Boosting the low light performance is Panasonic's famed Power OIS, or optical image stabilizer, giving some compensation for camera shake. It works too, letting you hand hold shots of a longer exposure than you'd often consider, but giving you plenty of warning that shake is possible through icons on the display.
Metering is generally good with great colour results coming out of everyday shooting. You can expect luscious greens and authentic flesh tones, but it does sometimes lose grip on details in tricky sky areas and highlights can lose detail, a common problem on compact cameras. Some purple fringing is evident on high contrast shots.
There is no continuous shooting option, but you are offered burst shooting which will give you three full resolution shots in quick succession. Strangely, this is one of the options that is hidden away in the full menu and not through the quick menu.
Scene settings allow you to take advantage of the preconfigured options to get the result you want in lieu of much direct control. All the normal suspects are in here, from night portrait to pets, including the option to name and age those pets in the picture, if that rings your bell.
Image results overall are generally good, with the iA mode scanning the scene and choosing the appropriate settings. For many point and shooters this will suffice for the majority of everyday shooting, with scene modes being automatically picked out, for example taking indoor shots without using the flash.
Video gives you several options of resolution up to 1280 x 720 at 30fps. HD video capture gives some good results but suffers from noise in shadow areas and in low light. There is plenty of detail at the highest setting however and for those candid moments, you'll get video that is perfectly acceptable on your TV in the lounge. As is often the case, the mic is a little exposed to wind noise.
The battery life is impressive and we managed to get close to the documented 360 shots from a single charge. In terms of connectivity you'll find a flap opens to reveal two bespoke connections and if you want to hook-up to your HDTV you'll need to buy Panasonic's DMW-HDC2 Component accessory cable for an extra £25, or settle for the bundled Composite cable, which won't let you take advantage of your high resolution video.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX60 is an easy to use point and shoot, demonstrating excellent build quality and giving results that great for the majority of everyday shooting. The HD video capture will please those who like to bring a little quality to their home movies and the battery life will see you through your average wedding.
The FX60 stumbles on noise however, with crammed sensor showing its hand and bringing in noise sooner and many rivals. However, if you most print album shots and share online this won't be much of an issue as you'll be able to make use of most shots anyway.
It is a little on the expensive side for the range of controls on offer, but overall it is a competent little camera.


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Madrid is the largest and capital city of Spain. Madrid is among one of those travel destinations that are truly blessed with some of beautiful places to visit as it contains a number of prestigious landmarks and attractions that will urge you to visit this beautiful city.
Parque Warner Madrid
Parque Warner Madrid was formerly known as Warner Bros Movie World. It is actually an amusement park that is spread over an area of 371 acres. This park has been divided into five themed sectors including some of the most exciting attractions like:
Some gift shops and restaurants also occupy this park. This park is especially popular among children as they can see their favorite cartoon characters wandering here and there in the park.
Opened in May 2001, this nature park is spread over an area of 140000 square meters. The purpose of establishing this nature park is to show how animals and plants have become accustomed to world's changing environment. Faunia is not just a park or zoo but a collection of themed conservatories as well. This park also boasts of having 4000 animals and 72000 trees and bushes. This park is educating more and more people with every passing day and is very helpful for kids in understanding the importance of protecting animals from abrupt changes in environment. Other things to see in the park include:
- Hospital for animals
- Lake
- Dining spots
- Lecture theatre
- Nursery
Estacion de Atocha
This is a stylish but old railway station which was built in 1851 and was named as "Station of Noon". A large part of this station was caught by fire and destroyed so it was rebuilt in iron. Now it has a marvelous structure and its building is said to be a masterpiece of work of art. This is no longer a railway station but it has been transformed into a huge tropical garden which covers an area of 2000 square meters. This tropical garden contains 7000 plants and more than 400 species.
Plaza de Toros Monumental de Las Ventas
This bullring was opened in 1934 and it has been made using ceramic tiles and brickwork. A square faces the bullring having a statue of Jose Cubero who was a bullfighter. This statue has been made in memorial of Jose Cubero.
Retiro Park
Retiro Park is an oasis and a popular tourist attraction. This park contains boating lake and many magnificent fountains. That's why a lot of people rush towards this park especially on Sundays. On Sundays, you can also see Punch and Judy shows, stalls selling candy floss and tarot card readers. There are also café bars in this park where you can enjoy listening to the talented musicians. In short, a visit to this park is quite relaxing and enjoyable.
Some of the top most attractions have been described above so if you ever have a chance to go to Madrid, don't forget to visit these places.


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|Nanoparticles (07/10/17 22:30:32)
Well, a red blood cell is about 6000 nm in diameter. A thrombocyte is about 1000 nm in diameter. A bacterium - Eschericia coli is about 1000 x 1000 x 2000 nm
Anyone using caramel (sugar colour) for their sauces? That's carbon nanoparticles
"We report the finding of the presence of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) in different carbohydrate based food caramels, viz. bread, jaggery, sugar caramel, corn flakes and biscuits, where the preparation involves heating of the starting material. The CNPs were amorphous in nature; the particles were spherical having sizes in the range of 4–30 nm, depending upon the source of extraction. The results also indicated that particles formed at higher temperature were smaller than those formed at lower temperature. Excitation tuneable photoluminescence was observed for all the samples with quantum yield (QY) 1.2, 0.55 and 0.63%, for CNPs from bread, jaggery and sugar caramels respectively. The present discovery suggests potential usefulness of CNPs for various biological applications, as the sources of extraction are regular food items, some of which have been consumed by humans for centuries, and thus they can be considered as safe."
as a beginning.
Then we can go further, but not today.
|Re: Nanoparticles (15/10/17 15:10:43)
Those afraid of carbon nanoparticles had better stick to vodka or vodka lookalikes.
|Re: Nanoparticles (15/10/17 15:17:11)
It's like with the caramel. If you roast your flour too long on the frying pan, it all converts into coke, and it will be quite a chore to remove it from the pan. It's doable with my old cast-iron pans. I don't think modern PTFE-covered surfaces will endure the heat. And it is better to be outside if those PTFE layers start to decompose above 350 degrees Celcius.
|Stabilisers (23/10/17 18:13:17)
Schrödinger's nanoparticle: Is it coated, or isn't it?
|something else - ebony (03/11/17 20:14:18)
"Ebony, when ground into fine dust (for example, during sawing), results in a flammable and toxic powder which can float about in air for several days. Due to the high toxicity of ebony in powdered form, its use in construction work requires government certification in several South Asian countries."
Somebody please tell me that if the bloody thing is heavy enough to sink in water, how its dust can float in the air for days?
|Re: something else - ebony (04/11/17 20:34:34)
I don't know about ebony - but there are some interesting experiments related to kitchen hygiene.
If you use a wooden carving board
for your food salmonella-contaminated chicken, then bacteria live shorter on the board than if you use a polythene board. And, I'd think it is likely that wood in general, but specially tropical wood, contain strong chemicals to fend off bacteria and pests. So it would not surprise me if they are toxic to humans. Actually wood dust toxicity is a problem not only with ebony.
This seems like an example of the general principle that plants defend themselves with chemicals. Not all of those are poisons to humans, but some are.
|Re: Nanoparticles (17/01/18 11:55:07)
some hydrofoil like getup as drawn by mobius with carbon-kevlar sails I envision, the hull filled with vacuum-bubckballs packed in a foam or gel into compartments.
landing would be the problem, if the buoyancy was right to fly, you'd need a velcro anchor or a big hook.
make them in space? like how they wrap the milk carton around the milk?
like plants, pluck carbon from the atmosphere, wrap it in nothing and voilla floatiness in a nano skin... of course you'd need trillions of them...
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The big attraction for visitors to Singapore is in fact its ethnic diversity and its distinctly unique districts. Little India is probably the most obvious one, located just to the north of the river and packed with restaurants and spice shops. Just a short distance away you'll find Arab Street, home to the shining golden domes of the great Sultan Mosque. Chinatown, just south of the river, offers an interesting glimpse into a wide range of architectural styles and motifs.
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The Coalition government might be doing a good job of slashing public spending, but it lacks the vision needed to get the UK economy back on track.
The criticism comes from outgoing CBI boss Richard Lambert, who used his final speech as boss of the lobby group to lambast the government's failure to outline a path to economic growth.
Lambert said: "The Government has not been nearly so consistent and focussed when it comes to policies that support growth. It's failed so far to articulate in big picture terms its vision of what the UK economy might become under its stewardship."
He said the coalition had made policy announcements without thinking about the damage they might do to businesses or employment.
He said spending cuts could easily remove 400,000 people from their jobs in the public sector. These people were relying on the private sector, particularly small business, to re-employ them.
Lambert said that Small and Medium Enterprises were likely to play a vital role in this - because they employ more lower skilled workers and because they're spread all over the country. But Lambert said such firms were under more pressure - multinationals are beginning to feel the benefit of renewed international trade and are seeing credit markets recover.
Smaller firms are still struggling to find banks to lend to them - another area where the government could act.
Lambert said the time had come to have a proper look at the Department of Business. He said the country needed a department with proper knowledge of business, and engagement with that community - "less of a talking shop, more of an action-oriented growth champion".
On a positive note Lambert welcomed government investment in technology, innovation centres and "regional growth hubs".
Lambert said action was needed on SME credit arrangements, since SMEs still rely on a small range of lenders. He said the government should act to increase the number of institutions willing to lend to smaller firms and look at non-bank finance like the bond market.
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Topaz was pretty excited when I arrived home from work, walking in the back door and yelled "Topie go for a run?" He about knocked me over. It's been 5 days since he ran with me. He squealed all of the way to the trail.
I wasn't expecting to run, really. I figured a nice 5 mile walk/jog before I had to pick up Troy from football practice. Surprisingly enough my legs were feeling good, my feet fit into my trail shoes and I was able to run..slowly run..for 5 miles. Felt good to get the stiffness and the kinks out. Nothing hurt.
When I hopped on the scale yesterday I was a whopping 14 pounds heavier than race day morning. Lots of carbs holding onto lots of water, lots of salt and swelling of muscle and tissue I guess. Today I was down 8 pounds, tomorrow I'll probably be down the last 6.
I find that after a long cold soak in the tub-which I despise-but do go through the ritual post 100-the swelling goes down much more quickly. Last night I soaked in an ice bath and all night long I was sweating heavily and getting up to go to the bathroom. The cold water somehow releases all of that..stuff. Go figure? It works.
Boy, I realized right after crossing the finish line at Superior that this was the completion of my 10th 100. 10! I never would have believed that I would even want to run 10 100's. Crazy. I love it !
Thank you for all of the nice emails and comments, I appreciate each and every one.
Steve-your quibble is correct. That DNF at Superior 100 3 races ago did get me training harder. I learned to ask those that completed the race how they did it. What type of training, what type of nutrition, how long in the aid stations, lights, clothing..I asked a zillion and one questions and trained harder and harder. It did pay off. At that time people weren't into blogs at all. I couldn't find any race reports but my own that detailed the race, I finally put away my fear and began to ask questions. Nobody refused answers either, I don't know why I was so afraid to ask. Well, yes, I do. I didn't think those runners would want to be bothered by me. Now I know better.
I still shouldn't have beat myself up so badly though! Live and learn.
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Our 32nd Annual Big Buck Contest drew hunters from all four corners of Wayne & Pike Counties
HONESDALE — Hunters from all over the area were up at the crack of dawn Monday morning to kick-off PA's 2012 rifle deer campaign.
As has become tradition, the Game Commission is overseeing a 2-week season which begins the first Monday after Thanksgiving.
Last year, more than 750,000 hunters patrolled Penn's Woods in search of a prize trophy to display above the mantle. Game Commission officials are expecting a similar number this time around.
During the 2011-'12 seasons, hunters harvested an estimated 336,200 deer, which is an increase of six percent from the previous season (316,240).
Hunters took 127,540 antlered deer in the 2011-12 seasons, an increase of four percent from the previous license year's harvest of 122,930.
Also, hunters harvested 208,660 antlerless deer in last year, which is an increase of eight percent from the 193,310 taken in 2010-11.
The 2012-'13 rifle deer season runs from dawn on Monday, Nov. 26 through Saturday, Dec. 8 at dusk.
Come on Down!
The Wayne Independent and News Eagle are once again sponsoring our annual Big Buck Contest.
This is the 32nd year for the event, which this season features nearly $5,000 in overall prizes.
Entering your big buck is simple. Just come on down to our 220 Church Street offices Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and we'll take care of the rest.
Contest is open to PA hunters with a valid license who bag their deer in either Wayne or Pike county. All entries must be tagged and brought in for measurement within 48 hours of harvest.
For further information, please contact Group Sports Editor Kevin Edwards at 570-253-3055.
A Great Start
Our very first entrant in this year's Big Buck contest is Dennis Panfili.
A lifelong area resident and owner of Hunters Gallery in Hamlin, Dennis has been searching for that elusive trophy mount since 1958.
On Monday morning, he bagged the biggest buck of his career. Dennis harvested a huge 9-pointer while hunting in Cherry Ridge. He used a Ruger 77-44 Mag to bag the beast from a distance of about 50 yards.
"I got another 9-pointer about 12 years ago, but this one is much bigger," Dennis said with a smile. "Now, I get to go home and take a nap!"
On hand to witness the event were two of Dennis' best friends: Steve Eroh and Gene Buki.
Eroh hails from Citrus City in Florida and drove more than 1,000 miles to help out his old friend.
"I wouldn't have missed it for the world," Steve said. "That's one of the nicest bucks I've ever seen."
Buki is from Cherry Ridge and lent a hand in dragging the beast out of the woods.
"It was quite a feat getting it up into the truck," Gene said. "This is a really nice deer."
Panfili's big buck sports nine points and a span that measures more than 21". The left beam is 23" and the right comes in at 24".


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