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Minka Lavery 6183-84 Brushed Nickel 3 Light Bathroom Vanity Light from the Contemporary Bath Art Collection
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Technical Specs
|Bulb Base
|Medium (E26)
|Bulb Type
|Compact Fluorescent, Incandescent
|Contemporary Bath Art
|Energy Star
|Finish Application
|Full Backplate
|Light Direction
|Up Lighting
|Other Metals
|Number of Bulbs
|Suggested Room Fit
|UL Listed
|UL Rating
|Damp Location
|Watts Per Bulb
Three Light Bathroom Vanity Light from the Contemporary Bath Art Collection
- Round Shaped Venetian Scavo Glass Shade Included with the Iron Oxide Finish
- Round Shaped Pearl Mist Glass Shade Included with the Polished Nickel Finish
- Can Be Mounted Up or Down
- Suitable for Damp Locations
Lamping Technologies:
- Bulb Base - Medium (E26): The E26 (Edison 26mm), Medium Edison Screw, is the standard bulb used in 120-Volt applications in North America. E26 is the most common bulb type and is generally interchangeable with E27 bulbs.
- Compatible Bulb Types: Nearly all bulb types can be found for the E26 Medium Base, options include Incandescent, Fluorescent, LED, Halogen, and Xenon / Krypton.
- Number of Bulbs: 3
- Bulb Base: Medium (E26)
- Bulb Type: Compact Fluorescent
- Bulb Included: No
- Watts Per Bulb: 100
- Wattage: 300
- Dimmable: No
- Height: 9.12"
- Width: 24.75"
- Extension: 7.25"
- Shade Height: 5"
- Shade Width: 5.5"
- Backplate Height: 4.25"
- Backplate Width: 7.5"
- Energy Star: No
- ADA: No
- UL Listed: Yes
- UL Rating: Damp Location
- UL Listed - Indicates whether a product meets standards and compliance guidelines set by Underwriters Laboratories. This listing determines what types of rooms or environments a product can be used in safely.
About Minka Lavery:
As part of the Minka Group, Minka Lavery has created a reputation of being a trendsetter in developing creative, innovative, and decorative lighting for the discerning designer or homeowner. Pleasing collections of modern, traditional, and transitional lights that will provide inspiration and options in creating your idea of the perfect living space throughout the home. Find the style and size of Minka Lavery bathroom fixture that will give your bathroom the best combination of form and function possible.
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Our SKU: ML 6183
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- Brushed Nickel
- Iron Oxide
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5 Questions from the Community
The shades are open.
Are the glass shades open or closed on the end?
A. The shades are open.
The Minka Lavery ML 6183 has a mounting plate demension of 7-3/8 inches and 4-1/2 inches. It can mount with a crossbar of by a circle strap. I hope this helps!
What are the dimensions of the mounting plate and how does it mount
A. The Minka Lavery ML 6183 has a mounting plate demension of 7-3/8 inches and 4-1/2 inches. It can mount with a crossbar of by a circle strap. I hope this helps!
The Minka Lavery ML 6183 is 24.5" wide, 9.25" high, and has a 7.25" projection.
What are the dimensions?
A. The Minka Lavery ML 6183 is 24.5" wide, 9.25" high, and has a 7.25" projection.
The Minka Lavery ML 6183 has no specific tent, the lightbulb is causing a pinkish brownish color.
Two questions: The pearl mist glass looks like it has a tint to it. If so what? Secondly, I am going to hang this fixture over a wall mounted medicine cabinet that measures 30"W x 27"H x 4and 3/8" depth. The present light bar accomodates five, 45 watt bulbs. Do you think the 3 light Raiden bath bar or 4 light bar is more appropriate and why. Thanks.
A. The Minka Lavery ML 6183 has no specific tent, the lightbulb is causing a pinkish brownish color.
No, the Minka Lavery ML 6183 can only be up mounted.
Can this light fixture be hung upside down?
A. No, the Minka Lavery ML 6183 can only be up mounted.
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Doug Walters Classic And More Next For SSP
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Ken O'Neil)
Banks, Oregon- Sunset Speedway Park will have two great events take place this upcoming weekend. First on Saturday August 3rd will be the 5th Annual Doug Walters Classic which will have the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, 4-Bee's, and Womens divisions all competing on ¼-mile clay oval. Sunday the 4th will have an open practice but expects to be the first race for the 300-Lap Iron Man Enduro Series.
All four Doug Walters Classics have been won by Greg Walters. Greg Walters, who is the son of the late Doug Walters, so far this year has won four times at SSP in 2013 when the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series has been in town including last Saturday night. Current series point lead Collen Winebarger has three total triumphs at the Banks bullring this year as well. In seven IMCA Modified features there have been seven different winners. That list includes Rob Ireland, Kenny Miller, Doug Lockwood, Chris Hallberg, Jeremy Martin, Mark Carrell, and Jesse Williamson. Will the streak of different winners continue this Saturday night?
In the Street Stocks Brian Roden has the most wins and the most points. Roden has visited the winner's circle three times this year while defending track champion Craig Loomis has done so twice. John Ireland, Tony Catalano, and Marc Farrar have one win apiece. In the 4-Bee ranks John Oyler and Mike Mastrangelo are tied for most feature wins at three each. Jason Blythe has two victories and is the only other multi-race winner while Travis Koch and Gary Meyers have both achieved just a single triumph. In the Womens division Freya Smith has amassed six wins while Gabrielle Hollinger last Saturday became the second different winner this year with her trip to victory lane.
On Saturday August 3rd front gates open up at 3:30 PM with racing scheduled to start at 6:00 PM. Admission is Adults $13.00, Seniors/Military $10.00, Children (6-12) $5.00, Children (5 and Under) FREE, and Family Pack (Two Adults and Two Children) $30.00.
On Sunday August 4th general admission to the race is FREE while Pit Passes are $25.00. Pit gates open up at 10:00 am, pit meeting at Noon, and racing will begin around 1:00 PM. Parties that are interested in participating in the 300-Lap Iron Man Enduro Series can find a current set of rules on the track's website under the "Driver Info" tab or may contact Series Director Doug Lockwood at (971)-235-7974.
The Sunset Speedway Park is located just west of the Portland metro area in Banks on the Sunset Highway. From April until October you can get your racing fix at this facility which competes weekly primarily on Saturday nights. Regular classes in action include the NW Extreme Winged Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, 4-Bee's, NW Extreme Modifieds, and the Womens division. To stay up to date with the latest information regarding this wonderful facility log to http://www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com.
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Location: 485 S Main Street, Banks, OR, 97106
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31 Mar 2010 11:35 AM #1
PagingToolbar not showing in inactive tab
I understand this is due to the fact that the components of the panel are "hidden" at time of render so the width that is detected is 0.
The standard workaround for displaying components in inactive tabs is lazy instantiation/rendering, however I'm not sure how to do this with just the toolbar. I read somewhere (Condor said it I think) that the GridPanel's bbar option doesn't take the 'xtype' config for lazy whatever.
How do I do this then? (Assuming I don't redo my entire grid to be lazy instantiated/rendered. I was hoping to try that when I had more time down the road.)
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Correction: I found a later post where Condor says xtype IS supported by bbar in Ext 3.0.
If that's true, then why doesn't something like this render a toolbar when I switch to the tab?
bbar: {xtype: 'paging'}
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Update: I'm still having a related problem if anyone can help...
The two solutions I've found appear to be:
- lazy instantiation/rendering: Since xtype-ing just the paging toolbar doesn't work, I'm considering xtype-ing the entire grid. Problem is it has plugins/items that aren't xtype-able. If I xtype my grid and paging toolbar, can I still use the new Ext...() syntax for plugins/items? What are the side-effects of doing it that way?
- alter rendering/layout: The following actually displays the paging toolbar correctly on initial load of the tab with the grid...
tabs = new Ext.TabPanel({ ... defaults:{autoHeight: true}, deferredRender: true, layoutOnTabChange: true, ... }); // end TabPanelCode:
resultGrid = new xg.GridPanel({ ... layout: 'fit', ... }); // end resultGrid
I tried things like .doLayout() on the tab to re-layout it and all its children, but it has no effect. How can I resize the tab/grid?
I would REALLY appreciate some help!


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I'm looking at running a server on a Windows machine for a game available on Steam. I can either install Steam on the server and use that, or use SteamCMD to run the server instead. Are there any pros/cons between using either?
They're essentially the same, but the command line version is that: a more compact command line version that won't require any gui and therefore no window system to run on the server. Since you're running a Windows machine, I wouldn't expect any significant differences, but the command line version should use less ressource in case those are a concern.
Edit: In case you'd like to manage your server through a terminal (like SSH), the command line version would be the one that's easier to use (since it won't require any gui interaction). If you're using some kind of remote desktop connection this doesn't really matter either.
The biggest difference is that it is easier to update a gameserver using SteamCMD as you can just enter a single command to do it using the


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Charlotte, NC - The Charlotte 49ers (10-1) begin a four-game home stand when they play Radford (5-5) in Halton Arena, Wednesday, December 19 at 7:30 pm.
Chris Braswell leads the 49ers in scoring at 13.4 points per game. Braswell leads the team in rebounding at 6.9 boards per game. DeMario Mayfield is second on the team in scoring at 9.6 points per game. Mayfield led the 49ers with 14 points against Kennesaw State. Terrence Williams is third on the team in scoring at 8.5 points per game. Williams, who has started all 11 games this season, has recorded four double-figure scoring games this season. Willie Clayton is fourth on the team in scoring at 7.9 points per game. Clayton is second on the team in rebounding at 6.2 boards per game. He leads the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage by shooting 63% from the field. Pierria Henry is fifth on the team in scoring at 7.5 points per game. He leads the team in assists with 408 and steals with 29. Denzel Ingram, who has started the last eight games, is tied sixth on the team in scoring at 6.6 points per game. Ingram leads the team with 12 three-point field goals made. Darion Clark is tied with Ingram for sixth on the team in scoring at 6.6 points per game. Clark is third on the team in rebounding at 5.7 boards per game. E. Victor Nickerson, who started three games this season, averages 5.3 points per game. Nickerson, a native of Atlanta, scored 11 points off the bench in the 49ers last game a road win at Kennesaw State, which is in the Atlanta area. JT Thompson has given the 49ers quality minutes off the bench this season. He averages 4.9 points per game. Ivan Benkovic has knocked down at least one three point field goal in five of the last eight games.
This game will mark the third meeting between Charlotte and Radford. Charlotte has won both of the previous two meetings. Last season, the 49ers defeated Radford, 57-49 on the road, December 6, 2011. Braswell led the 49ers 14 points and he also grabbed nine rebounds. Mayfield recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. The 49ers are 42-8 all-time against Big South Conference teams.


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i likes me a good monster movie..even a not so good monster movie...
like 'revenge of the ninja' some films are judged on a different scale...
I rewatched the Relic (1997) yesterday which i had remembered as having a pretty decent monster and it does.
in a lot of ways its physical animation reminds me of the Host (2006)....which is an awesome movie with a monster.
Monsters (2011) was a great movie..but it's not something i put in when i want to watch a 'monster' movie.
I suppose we can use Jaws as the benchmark to compare all monster movies against even though there were great monster movies before it, none of them really had a GREAT monster, (Kong isn't monster) I think we needed the modern age to match great monsters to great monster movies.
Thing From another Another world is a GREAT monster movie, though the monster is pretty lousy, John Carpenter's The Thing..(the 1st one of course) is both a great monster movie with a kick ass monster.
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) is a great monster movie with an OK monster...basically it is the recursor to Alien (ridley scott is a stylist not an original thinker) enclosed area, monster hunt in the dark...delicious.
of courseAlien & Aliens have a great monster, even though the later films misuse it. (The Predators aren't monsters they are villains. Monsters hide in the dark and eat you. Hence personally I don't really think of the Universal monsters in this category of Monster movies until we get to Creature from the Black Lagoon but even then, i think he'd have been happy left alone...with Julie of course..)
Willis O'briens Black Scorpion great monster, not a half bad little movie.
Harryhausen's It Came from Beneath the Sea great monster, great monster movie.
Mimic (1997) had a really GREAT monster, excellent monster movie..take my advice skip the sequels...
before that it was Tremors (1990)..great monster, great film, great comedy...all on a low budget. iconic in fact.
When I saw David E Kelley's Lake Placid (1999) i wanted to like it, i have seen it several times and i am only liking it in retrospect since i have seen so many bad films since. it's just a B movie in A movie wardrobe but the monster is pretty wicked.
Slither could be called a monster movie...though it has both a monster..in the little squiggly things and a villain in the parent creature. so it's a pretty decent monster movie with a great monster and an IMHO mundane villain.
I keep trolling all the creature features on Netflix hoping to find something worth not only rewatching but basically watching straight through to the end.
I am sure i missed a few in between...
What have you seen that you can recommend ...favorites? ones you hate?


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SAN ANTONIO (April 3, 2013) – Florida Panthers Executive VP/General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has returned on loan forward Greg Rallo to the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).
Rallo, 31, tallied his first career NHL goal in Tuesday night's 3-2 Panthers shootout victory over Tampa Bay. The Gurnee, Ill., native has played in four games for the Panthers this season in two recalls to the big club. The 6-foot, 195-pound forward leads the Rampage in goals (22) and is third on the club in points (38) in 63 games for the Silver and Black. Rallo made his NHL debut with the Panthers on Dec. 18, 2011.
The Rampage travel to Houston for a 7:05 p.m. tilt tomorrow (Thursday) night at Toyota Center before returning to AT&T Center on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. for a KZEP Dollar Drink Night. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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Thomas M. Palance is a renowned trumpet performer and educator known for his versatility and innovative teaching style.
Palance has toured Europe as principal trumpet with the American Chamber Wind Ensemble. He was assistant principal trumpet and soloist for the United States Navy Concert Band in Washington, DC and served as Navy Band Commodores trumpet soloist and chief in charge of the band. Through this affiliation, Palance has had the opporunity to perform for five U.S. presidents, as well as at the White House and other prestigious Washington, DC functions. Palance recently retired from the Washington, DC U.S. Navy Band after 20 years of service.
Additionally, Palance has performed with the renowned Glenn Miller Band, Joe Williams, Jim Snidero, Arturo Sandoval, Clark Terry and many others as a freelance trumpet player. He has premiered works by Matthew Rinker (Trio for Trumpet, Piano and Percussion) at George Mason University as well as works his own classical solo trumpets works, including his latest Three Episodes for Trumpet, Piano and Percussion.
Palance is the founder of The Greater Washington Jazz Septet and The Crawdads, and he has produced the CD, Dont' Lose Your Tail with the Crawfords, which featured the groups' original works. He is an artist and clinician with Besson trumpets, and he is now with Yamaha Musical Instruments. Palance has been invited to guest conduct and perform at numerous festivals and educational clinics, including the South Carolina Jazz Educators and Connecticut Music Educators Conference, and he has guest conducted for the Maine All State Jazz Festival. In addition, Palance founded and currently leads The North Shore Jazz Camp.
Palance has taught trumpet jazz band and jazz methods at the University of New Hampshire and currently conducts the Orchestra on the Hill based in the North Shore. He serves on the music education faculty of The Boston Conservatory and Salem State College.
Because of his versatility as a performer, composer, conductor and educator, Palance is in great demand in the New England area. He was recently featured as trumpet soloist during the 2007 International Guild Trumpet Conference.
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I come from a christian background and I've been always interested in learning more about where it came from. After sometime however I've been participating in the sabbath and tithing which is quite new to me and I don't feel that the connection everybody has when reading the torah in Hebrew and its prayers (mostly because I don't understand it). If sabbath gives a person energy to last a week, is it selfish that I asked for it and where does the energy come into play? If I also tithe, I know the 10% was going to be taken regardless but I have the ability to put it in a good place (Centre or not) instead of it being taken from my assets that I own if I used the tithe to buy something with it. I recently had an expense that I owe that will take most of my funds, do I still try to tithe the 10%?
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You are asking various questions in the body of the text which is unrelated to your title question: If I study Kabbalah at a place called Kabbalah Centre am I jewish?
To start with that question, only through conversion can one become Jewish. Conversion is a long process that eventually requires commitment to following Jewish law (called halakha), circumcision (for men), and immersion in a kosher mikveh (ritual bath). More information can be found here. Attending and/or participating in any organization does not equate to being Jewish.
I question the premise of your other questions. The laws of the Sabbath and tithing are explicitly for Jews to follow, and so I don't see the applicability of the questions you asked.
Finally, I think it should be noted that the Kabbalah Center has been seriously frowned upon by many Jewish authorities (I don't think there is a single authority from traditional/orthodox Judaism that approves of the organization). There are many deeply ethical problems the Center commits - from the financial (tax evasion and excessive profitting of religious and pseudo-religious ("holy" water, red strings) merchandise) to the much more serious violations of misrepresenting Judaism by exploiting Jewish mysticism. For more information on why the Kabbalah Center does not represent Judaism, see The Truth about the Kabbalah Center and the Jewish Introduction on learning Kabbalah for starters.


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I'm working on a test project to learn some basic OpenGL. Right now I'm trying to work on a "camera" with gluLookAt. My camera object is really simple, I have two vectors, one for the position and the other for the rotation (x, y and z on both). I'm having trouble with the target point gluLookAt receives, how can I find a target point using only the position and camera angle?
If you have desired rotation angles for your camera, then
(Why the negatives? Because you're constructing a matrix to go from world space to camera space, so everything's opposite to the transformations that go from camera space to world space.)
The position passed to
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Accessibility features at Vienna Airport
There are disabled toilets, lifts, telephones and Internet connections accessible to wheelchair users. Wheelchairs can be provided at the airport; assistance can be requested prior to arrival via the airports website. Disabled parking spaces are available in car parks 1, 3, 4 and C, with good access to the terminals.


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Drawing, filming, modelling and writing, the artist examines our ambivalent relationshop to wellness trends, beauty cult and health mania.
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Higgs Boson detected at LHC is massive. It has high relativistic mass means it has non-zero rest mass.
Higgs Boson gives other things rest mass. But, how does it get rest mass by itself?
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Higgs Boson detected at LHC is massive. It has high relativistic mass means it has non-zero rest mass.
Higgs Boson gives other things rest mass. But, how does it get rest mass by itself?
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Forget about relativistic mass; it's an outdated and, in this case, irrelevant concept. The Higgs boson has a rest mass of about $125\ \mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ assuming it is in fact what the LHC has found.
Anyway, I would say that the Higgs boson does not actually give other particles mass directly; instead, it's a side effect of the mechanism by which those other particles become massive. It just naturally turns out that the particle produced by this mechanism has to be a massive particle itself.
Or to put it another way, the Higgs field would not be able to give other particles mass if it were not itself massive. Take a look at the "Mexican hat" potential shown in this site's logo. The bump in the middle arises because the Higgs field has an associated mass, the mass of the Higgs boson. That bump pushes the "natural" state of the Higgs field off center, which means the field has a nonzero "default" value, called the vacuum expectation value. It's that vacuum expectation value that gives other particles mass. Without the bump, the minimum of the potential would be in the center, which means the vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field would be zero, which in turn would render it incapable of giving other particles mass.
I'll refer you to another answer of mine for some of the mathematical detail.
You have to read a bit about the Higgs mechanism.
*This left over spin 0 is the Higgs * that we hope has been discovered, if nature follows the simplest higgs mechanism implementation. It acquires its mass by the Higgs mechanism too. That is why the scientists are careful to state that more work is needed to establish what type of Higgs particle this is. ............
The mass of the Higgs boson is a free parameter of the standard model and not (only) due to the interactions with a non-zero Higgs field.
If the Higgs field were zero, the standard model predicts four massive Higgs bosons, which are the only massive particles. In case of a non-zero Higgs field, only one of them gains some extra mass via Higgs field interactions and becomes 'the' Higgs boson (assuming that there is only one), while the remaining Higgs bosons mix with Isospin and Hypercharge gauge bosons to form the electroweak gauge bosons.
For further information, see this article by Matt Strassler.
The Higgs gives the W's, Z's, quarks, leptons, and (probably) the neutrinos a mass, but it doesn't have hardly anything to do with the proton mass, it only contributes the tiny amount roughly equal to the proton neutron mass difference. Its own mass is fundamental parameter in the standard model, and the natural value is the Planck mass.
Physicists call the question of why the Higgs is so much lighter than the Planck mass "The Heirarchy problem".
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In the 1850s there was a political party called the Know Nothing Party. Well, it's back. It's called Obama Administration. It stars the new comedy team of dumb (Attorney General Eric Holder), dumber (Hillary Clinton) and dumbest (Obuma). The three top government officials (Joker Vice President Joe Biden doesn't count) have no knowledge of Fast and Furious, Benghazi, IRS political corruption and AP wiretaps. The valley amigos haven't a clue what I'm talking about, they're waiting for the first of the month.
These brilliant leaders claim they only just learned of these events in the newspaper or on television.
What a load of crap and liberals keep buying bags of it from them. These three liars use the same talking points: didn't know, wasn't me, it was a subordinate, this will not be tolerated, we'll get to the bottom of it, and we'll bring them to justice. Are these losers for real? They blow more smoke than a five-alarm fire.
Valley amigos argue that abortion is a constitutional right. It's comical when they quote the Constitution that they have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Amigos, that's from the Declaration of Independence. There is no place in the Constitution that grants the right to kill babies. Regardless what you say, a baby is a baby. But they use an interpretation by the Supreme Court that it's a right. Amigos, I'll live by the interpretation, but you have to live by the written words in the Constitution, the Second Amendment. Can liberals justify a botched aborted baby breathing outside the womb as not protected by the 14th Amendment? Liberals will have to research this one.
Notice how liberal loons criticize the writer because they can't argue the point? What do liberals think about Obuma canceling flyovers, buglers, military bands playing our national anthem and no U.S. presence at foreign cemeteries during Memorial Day ceremonies? Why are five Democrat senators not running for re-election? Obumacare.
Why is a 15-year-old adult enough to purchase birth control and have an abortion without parental consent, yet 26-year-olds are children and may stay on mommy and daddy's insurance? Why is (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid, D-Nev., trying to pass legislation to exempt himself and staff members from Obumacare? Why is the president allotting $150 million to teach people to fill out the 27-page application for Obumacare? Wasn't it supposed to be easy for everyone?
Why doesn't the president blame all Muslims for the murderous action of a few like he blames all legal gun owners for actions of a few? Why doesn't the president say Muslims cling to their Koran and bombs, as he said rural Americans cling to their Bible and guns? Trust the IRS to monitor Obumacare?
On Jan. 2, see the mobs at doctors' offices and hospital rooms wanting their free Obumacare. Wait, you'll see.
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.games domain websites will go on sale this year
Games companies will soon be able to register a .games domain for their company's or product's online presence.
Mozilla's Firefox now blocks Flash by default
Firefox developer Mozilla has announced that the latest version of the browser will block Flash by default.
Trolls under pressure as both Reddit and Twitter take action to limit hate
The internet's reputation as a hatred free-for-all is being increasingly challenged, and now two of its leading networks have taken steps to limit people's freedom to abuse.
Trolling on the internet could now result in two year's imprisonment
People caught sending abusive messages across the internet and social networks now face up to two years imprisonment under new laws.
Ready at Dawn: The internet is the new playground for bullies
The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn says that there is an uncanny 'haterade' for its upcoming PS4 title.
Selling in the Social Age: How to harness the power of the internet
Times have changed. So goes the well-worn adage, and it holds as true for games retail as any other sector caught up in the digital revolution.
Google introduces a subscription service to rid the internet of advertising
So web ads annoy you? Do they annoy you enough to make you cough up a subscription to use the internet?
Jail sentences for online abusers could be increased
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he wants those found guilty of sending abusive online messages to spend up to two years in jail.
Hundreds of developers sign letter asking gaming community to stop abuse
Developers from an assortment of studios have signed an open letter asking for the hostility that has dogged social media in recent weeks to stop.
Bungie vows to make sure Destiny works at launch
Battlefield 4, Grand Theft Auto Online, Final Fantasy XIV, SimCity, Half-Life 2, Diablo III – the list of online launch disasters is hardly a small one.
Deal struck for online piracy warning letters in UK
A rather archaic sounding deal between the entertainment industry and ISPs has been struck that will see warning letters sent to those suspected of piracy.
Internet abuse has become 'the new normal'
Former Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth has spoken of how a tirade of abuse from people on the internet affected his life and lost him his job.
Porn block threatens UK games firms
UK games execs have expressed concerns over reports that game downloads are being inadvertently blocked as part of a UK crackdown on porn.
UK net porn filter could tamper League of Legends patching
David Cameron's brave new world of socially responsible internetting could interfere with League of Legends.
5MB net connection needed for 'good' PS Now experience
Sony has laid down a benchmark for the internet connection quality needed for a decent streaming games experience with PlayStation Now.
FilesTube and TorrentReactor among 21 blocked websites in the UK
The British courts have ordered ISPs to block a further 21 websites accused to sharing illegal material.
2m mentions in 24hrs for Grand Theft Auto V on Twitter
As well as taking retail by storm, Grand Theft Auto V has also dominated social networks.
Spurs launches internet kids' game Tottenham Turfies
London football club Tottenham Hotspur has launched a new children's internet game called Tottenham Turfies.
Australian man wants to kill CAPTCHA
A disabled internet user has begun a campaign that will attempt to rid the internet of CAPTCHA.
OPINION: Ignore Cameron's censorship plans at your [REDACTED] peril
It is not yet known whether the 'child protecting' web censorship plans proposed by XXXXX XXXXXXXX David Cameron ...
Average global broadband connection speed hits 3.1Mbps; UK hits 7.9Mbps
The average internet user from anywhere in the world enjoys a connection speed of 3.1Mbps.
Forza 5 will not require net connection on first play... but will to complete the game
Xbox One owners will not need to be connected to the internet to get Forza 5 working upon its initial install.
Valve - provider of games to high-income households
Take an average internet user. Then take an internet user whose household income is £50,000 or more.
Xbox One pre-owned and online policies are "definitive", unlikely to change in near-term
Those hoping for a swift U-turn from Microsoft look set for disappointment.
"We have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called Xbox 360"
The public reaction to Xbox One's online requirements is not realistic, Microsoft's interactive entertainment business boss Don Mattrick has argued.


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Rick Carlyle Custom Fabricated Headers - Rumbling OvationWritten by Chris Shelton on November 1, 2011 Rick Carlyle Pulls All The Stops On A Set Of Pipes; Beautiful Noise Ensues
If you think about it, headers are a lot like an induction system. As a means of transferring gases, they're partly responsible for an engine's behavior. They're also greatly responsible for an engine's image: Just as a multitude of carburetors can, a pair of headers will transform an also-ran into a front runner, if only aesthetically.
But headers differ from induction systems in a few critical ways. Whereas nearly any induction system will fit in most applications on its respective engine, headers are very specific to the car. Anyone with the gumption and some simple tools can make them fit anything but these deceptively simple parts have one shortcoming: their construction isn't so plainly clear.
It is to Rick Carlyle, though. He learned the ropes with exhaust greats like Jerry Jardine and Frank Sanders (S&S). About 20 years ago he formed So Cal Engineering to cater exclusively to the hot rod business. He found immediate praise in the nascent revivalist movement for lakes-style headers that were exact in every way but one: His were near perfect, a consequence of modern budgets.
Though he largely hung it up when he retired, a special request inspired him to make another set. Chick Kozsis asked him to build a set to replace the ones he made for his blown Deuce roadster that got stolen from the host hotel's parking lot at this year's Grand National Roadster Show.
Carlyle has shown how he builds headers before but never to the extent that he did this time. Among the things he revealed was a very clever, if not unique, means to build them. You see, although Kozsis and Carlyle both live just a few miles from the border, they're two different countries (Carlyle can see Canada from his kitchen). He mounted a mock-up Hemi block on a plywood board marked with the engine position and cowl and frame dimensions that Kozsis provided. It's a system based on the one he used to build the headers for Royce Glader's AMBR-contending roadster pickup, among others.
Carlyle favors lakes-type headers, specifically ones with big, curvy bends. The prevailing multi-tube, merge-type header design is touted to be more efficient than the lakes design because it can develop spontaneous low-pressure conditions after each exhaust valve shuts. But just because it can doesn't always mean it does. In fact most off-the-shelf header designs generate little if any low-pressure conditions at all. So just because a lakes-style header is theoretically less efficient on paper doesn't mean it'll perform any poorer on the street. In fact, blown engines don't benefit from the low-pressure effect at all, a trait that justifies zoomie-type headers on dragsters.
Engine parameters dictate pipe diameter but wall thickness is entirely up to you (although Carlyle suggests 16 gauge). He recommends delivering exhaust to the cone in sweeping bends primarily for aesthetic reasons, but it's reasonable to assume the exhaust flows better than it would if delivered at a blunt angle.
He also suggests using mandrel-bent tubing. It maintains its cross-section, which improves performance. But more than that, the consistent cross-section means tubes can be cut anywhere along the bend and match others perfectly so long as the cuts are made along the bend's radius. The crush-bending process, on the other hand, mashes the tube into an oval that matches nothing.
This construction is open to several welding processes. Of course GTAW (TIG) requires the least finishing, which is why Carlyle favors it. But GMAW (MIG) and FCAW (flux-core) will indeed suffice, provided you don't mind ropy beads or lots of grinding. But there's an even more appealing option: The flanges withstanding (which work best with GTAW and almost as well with GMAW), this is an application practically made for oxyacetylene welding.
Acetylene welding is appealing because it produces weld beads barely harder than the base metal. That's good because soft materials move readily. And whether by heat cycling or engine vibration the metal in headers moves quite a bit. The boundary between the soft pipes and relatively hard electric weld beads concentrate stresses that often cause the metal to crack adjacent to the weld. Gas can produce beautiful, small welds but it just takes more practice.
We'll also expand upon another piece of advice in the captions but here it is in a nutshell: start with the side that has the rearmost-offset cylinder bank. One bank of a V-configured engine sits slightly behind the other. With a few exceptions (big Olds, Poncho, and the late OHV Caddy for examples), this means the passenger side, and on some engines, the offset is huge (roughly 3 inches for big Chevys).
Doing so establishes the forward-most position where the header ends. Start there and you can lengthen the other side's header to match; however, if you start on the forward-offset side you may not be able to shorten the rearmost offset header to match.
Beyond that, though, the world is your canvas: primary pipe angle and length, cone angle and length, and construction style are open to your interpretation. As Carlyle worked he explained how fit and style largely prevail in lakes header design. Get a grasp of those and a mastery of some simple tools and you're guaranteed a header that's unique, just like your car.
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3. Exhaust ports are rarely round yet tubing always is. Naturally the shapes must match. On most applications, like small Chevrolets, the tube can emerge straight from the port. This application requires that the tubes bend immediately as they leave the ports, hence these stubs.4. To make them better match the port, Carlyle hammers the stubs into a somewhat rectangular shape with a leather mallet.5. Note that this stub assumed a trapezoidal rather than oval shape as the ports are. It's because the stub exits the port at an angle; the lower side of the stub needs to flare out a bit to meet the lower edge of the flange.6. Carlyle made a number of tools for specific purposes; in this case to form the edges of the stub. This particular tool made from a Porsche strut shaft has a radius that nearly perfectly matches the ports' corners.7. Note how hammering the stub on the strut shaft rounded the previously sharp corners. That had the unintended consequence of stretching the metal, which jogged the longest edge of the port.8. He solved the jog by hammering it on a flat tab welded to the side of his worktable. Usually a good stub fit is a trial-and-error process with repeated trips among the various forming tools.9. Note that Carlyle also sharpened the upper corners while he was at it. Also note how the hammering thinned the tube's wall, another good reason to use thicker 16-gauge materials.10. The stub actually slips inside the port, a fit that better explains the odd shape of the stub. Specifically the opening has to be narrower at the inside of the radius to clear the upper part of the flange and wider at the outside of the radius to meet the lower part of the flange. The flange's upper edge interfered with the stub's tight inner radius so Carlyle filed it to fit.11. Fixtures like this ensure fit and improve side-to-side consistency as they hold the pipes securely in place. Note that Carlyle orients the tubes' and cones' weld seams down and toward the engine a bit so they aren't visible from eye level. Just don't point the seams toward the engine; it's visible and tougher to fit primary tubes.
12. He mounted a stub and cone and plotted his cut lines. The bent tube in this photo is for display only as the seam would ordinarily point down.13. This photo is actually from a few steps ahead but it shows something critical. The manufactured end of the cone measures about 1 5/8 inch but this header's pipes measure 2 inches, meaning Carlyle had to trim them to fit. That his flanges measure 3 1/2 inches means he can't cut the big ends. So this is as short as he can make a header, which underscores the reason to start with the rearmost-offset cylinder bank if the shortest, matching-length headers possible are the goal.14. After locating the cone and fitting the primary pipe and stub Carlyle tack-welds the joints among them. This way future processes won't threaten the careful fit he's developed so far. But note that he doesn't fully weld the pipes as he may have to disassemble them.15. Carlyle proceeds with the other primary pipes, making stubs for each. He marks a general cut line on half of a U-bend. Note that he leaves the straight end just long enough to overlap the stub yet not long enough to hit the engine.16. There's no set way to cut pipes but Carlyle favors a high-speed, wood-cutting band saw, of all things. The intense friction from the blade, not the cutting action of its teeth, actually burns through the metal. It looks scary and sounds terrifying but works amazingly well.17. Carlyle emphasizes that a cut pipe never ever fits without extensive work so expect gaps at first. He says he typically fits each successive primary pipe out of habit yet fitting the rearmost primary pipe as he did here locks in the header's general shape.20. Carlyle has another mandrel, this one a heavy-walled pipe about 1 1/2 inches across, welded to a flat bar that he clamps in his vise. With this and a hammer he can flatten the toe of the bend down to better follow the cone.21. The net effect of this process reduces the angle of the bend, at least at the toe. Cutting the tube further up has the same net effect of reducing the angle but it also eliminates the gradual taper that makes each tube seem to flow into the cone.
23. Another trip or two to the belt sander removes the gaps. Carlyle uses the instincts he's honed over the years but you'll probably want to mark the areas to be sanded. At the very least remove the smallest amount of material each time.24. Move slowly and you're almost guaranteed a perfect fit. While gaps can be filled by welding it's a better idea to make the tubes fit tightly. That assures a stronger, better-looking joint.25. Just as he did with the leading primary tube, Carlyle cuts the remaining primaries to fit between the stubs and the cone.26. Earlier he tacked the leading stub and primary to the cone. This time he just tacked the primary to the stub. Instead, he simply marked the fit between the primary pipe and cone.27. Only after he fits all the tubes does Carlyle cut their openings. He simply transfers the shape to the cone and cuts out the appropriate size. He bores the ends with a big drill in a press.28. Any number of methods can connect the holes but Carlyle favors a pneumatic nibbler. He does, however, clearance the jaws so the nibbler will cut highly curved surfaces.29. He then finishes the opening with a sanding barrel. Resist the temptation to make the hole exactly as big as the primary tube. The engine will never notice that slight overlap but you'll appreciate it come time to weld the joints together.30. Welding on perfect edges is tricky, especially when a pipe obscures the exact location of an edge. The slightly smaller openings in the cone act as a bit of a heat sink, which reduces the incident of blow-through. That's particularly comforting if welding with acetylene.


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text: Oink, Oink, that is the sound this animal makes, and I think you all know what I'm talking about. Today I am going to teach you guys "how to draw a pig", step by step. Even though I think pigs are one of the ugliest animals around, I still have sympathy and respect for them. The potbelly pig is quite larger than the average farm pig, so larger that and adult can reach the same size as a medium sized dog. The only difference is, they have a dense body structure which makes them capable of weighing as high as 300 pounds. There are little differences that this breed has over other pigs other then their size, the ears are pointed up and they have a straight tail opposed to a short curly tail. Now an interesting fact about the potbelly pig is that, they are the same species as a farm pig and a wild boar, so that means they can totally be crossbred with either or of the two. Although pigs look dumb, they are actually quite smart which makes owning one quite challenging. Actor George Clooney owned a potbelly pig named Max, but unfortunately he died in 2006. When you own one of these animals, you definitely have to proof up your house as you would for a baby or toddler. They learn to get into anything and everything, so if you're considering to own one of these pigs make sure you know what you're getting yourself into. Males are not neutered are labeled as boars, the sterile ones are called barrows, and the females are always called gilts. This is a fun tutorial that will show you "how to draw a pig". All you need is patience, a sheet of paper, and a pencil to start you on your way. The instructions are simple to follow so learning the technique to draw a pig will be a breeze. I will see you later with another fascinating online tutorial.


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Mallory Factor: Shadowbosses
Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how unions have organized federal, state, and local government employees without their consent, and how government employee unions are now a threat to our workers' freedoms, our free and fair elections, and even our American way of life.
And, Mallory Factor reveals what's coming next: how unions are targeting millions of Americans -- maybe even you -- for forced unionization so that unions can collect billions more in forced dues and exert an even greater influence over American politics. A chilling expose, Shadowbosses is also a call to citizen action against those who really hold power in America today.
Mallory Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel. Mallory has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, and newspapers nationwide. He has also appeared on numerous networks and cable stations including Fox News and CNBC to discuss finance and politics.
Mallory is the co-founder of a nationally-recognized gathering of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and conservative authors in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.
Mallory is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as Vice-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing. He has frequently testified in front of the U.S. House and the Senate on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.
Previously, he served as chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government, and brought the Constitutional challenge to the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Supreme Court.
Mallory was a senior fellow at the House Republican Study Committee from 2007 to 2011, and he chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2009.
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Charlene Li
Every time there's an Open Your World Forum webcast, I mark my calendar. And every time, something comes up, and I miss the webcast. Fortunately for the absent-minded among us, you can get the webcasts on demand. (Here's where I should also admit to having a short attention span--and loving the... Read more
Two years ago I posted a short post that picked up from an HBR article on leadership flaws. I posed the question if Enterprise 2.0 initiatives can thrive in environments where toxic leadership reigns. My first reaction was no, and then I thought about ways to get to yes. One of the flaws of flawed... Read more


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Obviously i'll have to make some sort of choice at what DB i choose to go with (MS-SQL/MYSQL/etc) but this question isn't about that.
The question mainly is what other languages/tools would be helpful for someone wanting to get into Database Programming/Administration. I assume PHP would be helpful with MySQL along with XML Probably (or not?) however Im not sure of what else. Im pretty fluent in C/C++ but if I wanted to get more in depth with the NoSQL databases out there I probably need to brush up on my Java skills.
Also Side question.....is 25 too young to be getting into this stuff? I took a few Database classes in College (Which I just recently graduated from), but I don't want it to be too late to learn something new.


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Given a k-regular graph $G$ (every vertex is of degree k), one defines its Laplace operator as $L(G)=D-A=kI-A$, where $I$ is identity matrix and $A$ adjacency matrix of $G$. Let $\lambda_{1}\leq \ldots \leq \lambda_{n}$ be eigenvalue of $L(G)$, are there any results on lower bound on $\lambda_{n}$. Of course, here I have in mind bounds other than a trivial one: $k\frac{n}{n-1}\leq \lambda_{n}$
Even though the question has been answered, I feel I should flesh out my comment into an answer. Apologies for the redundancy.
First, here's a simple proof of this special case of the Hoffman bound. Suppose $X$ is an independent set of vertices of $G$ (some call this a coclique) of cardinality $\alpha$. Let $\mathbf{x} = (x_1, \ldots, x_n)$ be the characteristic function of $X$, so $x_i = 1$ if the $i$th vertex is in $X$, and $x_i = 0$ if it isn't in $X$. Put $\mathbf{y} = \mathbf{x} - \frac{\alpha}{n} \mathbf{1}$.
Direct computation shows that $\langle \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle = \alpha - \frac{\alpha^2}{n}$. A slightly more bothersome calculation (using the fact that $\langle A \mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x} \rangle = 0$) shows that $$ \langle L\mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle = k\langle \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle - \langle A\mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle = k\left(\alpha - \frac{\alpha^2}{n}\right) - \left(0 - 2\frac{k \alpha^2}{n} + \frac{k\alpha^2}{n} \right) = k\alpha. $$ Finally, since $\langle L \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle \leq \lambda_n \langle \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{y} \rangle$, we see $\lambda_n \geq k \frac{n}{n-\alpha}$ as desired.
Note in particular that since any graph which is regular of degree $k$ is $(k+1)$-colorable, there is an independent set of cardinality at least $\frac{n}{k+1}$. Plugging this in for $\alpha$ recovers the $\lambda_n \geq k+1$ bound shown by Kevin in his answer.
We'll work with $A$, then translate our results to bounds on $L$ at the end. Suppose the eigenvalues of $A$ are $k=\alpha_1 \geq \dots \geq \alpha_n$. Since $A$ has zero trace, we have $$\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\dots+\alpha_n=0.$$ The sum of the squares of the eigenvalues is equal to $Tr(A^2)$, which counts the number of closed walks of length $2$ on $G$. There are $k$ such walks starting at each vertex, so we have $$\alpha_1^2+\alpha_2^2+\dots+\alpha_n^2=kn.$$ Now by assumption we have that every $\alpha_i$ lies in $[\alpha_n, k]$. It follows from the convexity of $x^2$ that $$kn=\alpha_1^2+\dots+\alpha_n^2 \leq n(p*\alpha_n^2+(1-p)*k^2),$$ where $0\leq p\leq1$ is chosen such that $\alpha_n p + (1-p) k=0=\sum \alpha_i$.
Direct computation gives that $p=\frac{k}{k-\alpha_n}$. Plugging this into the above equation and solving for $\alpha_n$ gives $\alpha_n^2 \geq 1$, so $\alpha_n \leq -1$. Translating back to the Laplacian gives $\lambda_n \geq k+1$ independent of $n$.
This is tight for the case where $G$ consists of the union of disjoint copies of $K_{k+1}$. If you have more information on the structure of $G$, you may be able to get a better bound by translating that into a bound on the number of closed walks of length $3$ or $4$ on $G$ (the sum of $\alpha_i^3$ or $\alpha_i^4$).
An alternative argument which might provide better bounds in some cases is to use interlacing: If $H$ is any induced subgraph of $G$, the minimal (adjacency) eigenvalue of $H$ is at least as large as the minimal (adjacency) eigenvalue of $G$. For example, if $G$ contains a vertex not contained in any triangle, then you can take $H$ to be the $k-$star induced by that vertex and its neighborhood to get a $k+\sqrt{k}$ bound on $\lambda_n$.
$\lambda_n = k - \mu_1$, where $\mu_1$ is the least (most negative) eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix. That eigenvalue is well studied, so that is where to search. For example $\mu_1\le -1$, hence $\lambda_n\ge k+1$, and all graphs with $\mu_1\ge -2$ are known. They include all line graphs, so $k+1\le\lambda_1\le k+2$ for all regular line graphs. On the other hand, $\lambda_1\le 2k$ with equality iff $G$ is bipartite.
There are references to more bounds here, see the end of page 57.


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Construct an example proving that a continuous image of a second countable space may be not second countable.
I construct an example by taking two different topology on $I=[0,1]$, $(I,\mathcal{X})$ and $(I,\mathcal{Y})$ where $\mathcal{X}$ is the standard one, and $\mathcal{Y}$ is generated from the base of the open interval with end points in Cantor set. The map is the identity map.
Is my construction right? Is there any other constructions?
Added: My construction is wrong...


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Geschäftsprozesse automatisieren mit BPEL by Daniel Lübke, Jörg Nitzsche Tammo van Lessen
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Candy overload?!!! It seems like once the Halloween candy was gone then the Christmas candy came and when that was gone then the Valentine's candy arrived….so now Easter candy too? Ugh! My kids like candy like every other child out there but we thought it might be fun to share some ideas of what to stuff their Easter baskets with other than candy that won't break the bank.
50. Sunglasses for the coming sunny months
49. Deck of cards, go fish or old maid work great too- my kids think this is the coolest thing ever!
48. A bag of balloons- for water balloon fights this summer
47. Lip balm or lip gloss- my kids go crazy over this one!
46. Terracotta pot- paint it together and plant something pretty
45. Seeds (for planting their favorite colored flower or vegetable)
44. A new book- who doesn't like a new book?
43. A new DVD
42. Puzzles
41. Photo album
40. Small package of crackers
39. A new swimsuit- you are going to need one anyway
38. Play dough
37. Flashlight (trust me your kids will love it!)
36. Bottle of bubble bath
35. Fancy edged scissors
34. Old fashion toys (yo-yo or jump rope or Frisbee)
33. Their own water bottle- every kid loves to have one just for them
32. Construction paper
31. New crayons- let's be honest brand new crayons are awesome
30. Stencils
29. Mini doodle board
28. New toothbrush- surprisingly my kids think this is what the Easter bunny brings everyone
27. A bag of trail mix
26. Brightly colored socks- everyone loves new socks
25. Cake mix or cookie mix- you can make them together
24. Beach towel- because you'll need one for the summer
23. Kaleidoscope
22. Their very own box of band aids
21. Nail polish (of course for the girls)
20. Wind up toys
19. Summer toys- bucket and shovel, beach toys
18. Coins or a dollar bill
17. A note from the Easter bunny
16. Coupon for one room cleaning (great for the older kids)
15. Kids fishing pole
14. Temporary tattoos
13. New flip flops- they look so cute in the basket
12. Bouncy balls
11. Stickers
10. Stuffed animal
9. Erasers
8. New hat (for the boys) or New headbands (for the girls)
7. Colored pencils
6. Box of their favorite cereal (not kidding- they'll love it!
5. A new plastic set of plates, cups, or bowls- just for them!
4. New summer pajamas
3. A new coloring book
2. Sidewalk chalk
1. Bubbles
What do you put in your kids' Easter baskets?


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If we define $\alpha_i$ and $\beta$ as Dirac matrices which satisfy all of the conditions of spin 1/2 particles , p defines the momentum of the particle, then how can we get the matrix form ? \begin{equation} \alpha_i p_i= \begin{pmatrix} p_z & p_x-ip_y \\ p_x+ip_y & -p_z \end{pmatrix} . \end{equation}
The equation you wrote only makes one choice that should answer all questions about this context: it chooses a representation of the $\alpha_i$ matrices with $$ \alpha_i = \sigma_i $$ where $\sigma_i$ are the three Pauli matrices. You may check that if you substitute the Pauli matrices (particular $2\times 2$ matrices listed in the Wikipedia article linked in the previous sentence) for $\alpha_i$ on the left hand side of your equation, you obtain the right hand side.
If your formula had the Greek letter $\sigma$ instead of $\alpha$ on the left hand side, it would be uncontroversial. However, with $\alpha$, it is problematic. The $\alpha_i$ matrices are really $4\times 4$, not $2\times 2$, so all the equations above must be interpreted so that each matrix entry of the Pauli matrices is actually a block $$ z \to \pmatrix {z&0 \\ 0&-z }. $$ We say that the Pauli matrices were tensor-multiplied by a $2\times 2$ unit matrix (in certain order). This extra tensor factor actually can't be the unit matrix because one couldn't find any matrix $\beta$ that anticommutes with all the $\alpha_i$ matrices. But it may be another $\sigma_z$, for example, in which case $\beta$ may be chosen to be ${\rm diag}(\sigma_x,\sigma_x)$, for example. Alternatively, you should ignore the source and learn some/all of the standard representations of the Dirac matrices.
At any rate, something is sloppy about the notation in which $\alpha_i$ were written as $2\times 2$ matrices and the simplest recipe to get $4\times 4$ matrices (tensor product with the $2\times 2$ unit matrix) doesn't work. So one should first see what $4\times 4$ matrices your source (if it is correct at all) actually means.
It's just a matrix manipulation. Let $\sigma_i$ pauli matrices. \begin{equation} \alpha_i p_i= \begin{pmatrix} 0& \sigma_i \\ \sigma_i & 0 \end{pmatrix} p_i . \end{equation} $ \alpha_i p_i= \begin{pmatrix} 0& p_1 \sigma_1 \\ p_1\sigma_1 & 0 \end{pmatrix} + \begin{pmatrix} 0& p_2 \sigma_2 \\ p_i\sigma_2 & 0 \end{pmatrix} + \begin{pmatrix} 0& p_3 \sigma_3 \\ p_3\sigma_3 & 0 \end{pmatrix} $
But $ \sigma_1 p_1 = \begin{pmatrix} 0& 1 \\\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}p_1=\begin{pmatrix} 0& p_1 \\\ p_1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ ,
$ \sigma_2 p_2= \begin{pmatrix} 0& -i \\\ -i & 0 \end{pmatrix}p_2=\begin{pmatrix} 0& -ip_2 \\\ ip_2 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$
$ \sigma_3 p_3= \begin{pmatrix} 1& 0 \\\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix}p_3= \begin{pmatrix} p_3& 0 \\\ 0 & -p_3 \end{pmatrix}$
Now adding these we get ($1\rightarrow x $, $2\rightarrow y $ ,$3\rightarrow z $) , \begin{equation} \alpha_i p_i= \begin{pmatrix} p_z & p_x-ip_y \\ p_x+ip_y & -p_z \end{pmatrix} . \end{equation}


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I have a 2001 SAAB 9-3. I was told that I should use a high octane fuel...that it would extend the life of the turbo. Is this true?
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I would suggest checking the owners manual to see what Sabb requires for a minimum octane fuel.It should be 93 octane for your motor.That being said higher octane fuel will not help the turbo last longer.Octane ratings are a measure of the fuels ability to resist engine knock.Engine knock is caused by fuel ignition with the piston in the incorrect position.Engine knock will cause engine damage and shorten it's life but won't effect the turbo.What you can do to increase the turbo's life is change the oil regularly and allow the engine to idle for a minute or two after highway speed driving.This allows the turbo to slow down while engine oil is still being circulated through the turbo's bearings.
mikes is right: the octane is required for the engine, not the turbocharger on it's own. Said another way, the requirement for higher octane is a consequence of having a turbocharged motor vs. a normally aspirated one.
We've discussed some of the associated issues before. Here is some relevant discussion on the subject:
What are the benefits of premium (high octane) petrol?
Difference between high octane and low octane?
Static vs. Effective compression: Why does higher effective compression not require higher octane gas?
Well, if you run fuel that's too low an octane and the ECU is forced to retard the timing to compensate, then exhaust gas temperatures would go up... Turbos run pretty hot to begin with. Making it even hotter will in theory decrease it's lifespan some. Measurable though? I don't know...


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Possible Formation of FFmpeg Foundation NGO
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Recently posted on the FFmpeg Developers mailing list was a request for comment from Ronald Bultje regarding the intention to form an FFmpeg Foundation (although not using that name).
Full text of Ronald's post is as follows:
some developers have stated the intent to set up a NGO (non-governmental organization) to help us bring some structure, support and funding into the project. We haven't decided on a name yet, although people agree that we dislike "FFmpeg Foundation" – if you can suggest better names, please do so in this thread. Right now, we're at a point where I think most of the stuff is decided and there is just some paperwork to be filled out. All this with many thanks to Karen at the SFLC who helped to get all this going. The NGO will be registered in Delaware, USA (for administrative reasons). Its goal will be to "advance the state of free and open multimedia" or something like that.
For the time being, this organization will be run by a board consisting of 7 members. For the starting board, the following developers have volunteerd:
– Baptiste Coudurier
– Benjamin Larsson
– Carl Eugen Hoyos
– Diego Biurrun
– Mans Rullgard
– Michael Niedermayer
– Ronald S. Bultje
If you feel that these members will not be able to appropriately represent this project, now would be a good time to speak up and suggest something better. For the near future, the directors will elect a new board at the end of their yearly term (and that might end up in the same 7 members). If there's enough interest, we might set up a member-structure so the board can be properly elected by its members (=developers, contributors, etc.), but ATM we lack the structure for even that ample task, so not for now.
The NGO will set up a bank account to accept tax-deductible donations (bank, paypal, etc.) from organizations, users and companies to benefit the further advance of "open / free multimedia". These might be spend on FFmpeg development, FFmpeg development hackparties, FFmpeg developers attending conferences or anything else that we will would serve the greater good of "open / free multimedia" (i.e. it doesn't have to be FFmpeg, specifically). We will also accept donations for a specific purpose (e.g. Snow, etc.). Lastly, we will host a bank account for MPlayer for donations intended specifically for MPlayer, rather than FFmpeg.
This sounds like some really positive news and various comments and questions followed this announcement.
Let's hope this organisation becomes a reality and really benefits open source multimedia. We're waiting for a formal announcement soon……


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How to choose a Wellness club
To help you choose the right club, you should examine the following list item by item, and base your decision on these results. If in doubt, compare the facilities based on the requirements listed below. The club which ticks the most boxes, is most likely the best choice for you.
- the instructors should have university qualifications;
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- the instructors should monitor the members and motivate them to reach their goals;
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One of the actions a user can perform using the ESRI Flex Viewer application is to draw a shape on a map (e.g. a line). Once the user is finished drawing the line, they will double-click the mouse which fires a DrawEvent.DRAW_END event. When this is fired, the line is measured using a call to an API function
geometryService.project([geometryObject], spatialReference);.
I want to be able to call this function after a MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE event in order to measure the line on the fly, instead of only after the DRAW_END event. Unfortunately, the only two DrawEvents that get dispatched are the DrawEvent.DRAW_START and DrawEvent.DRAW_END. These ESRI classes are compiled classes, so I cannot make any changes to them.
Is there a way to add an eventListener to a MOUSE_MOVE event that can grab the current geometry of the line that is being drawn and call my API function to measure on the fly?
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SONY Wireless Stereo Headset for $64.99
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Bought this from another retailer for $99 over a year ago, and it's well worth the money.
As far as I know it's PS3 use only. (No pairing with iPod or any other bluetooth devices.)
They've come out with a newer model, but this is still a pretty great deal.
I got a pair of these for Christmas and I am in love with it. They sound fantastic for music, movies or (obviously) games. While a bit bulky, they fit nicely on my head and are well cushioned and remain comfortable for long play sessions.
@blurker: They do work for PC =)
I have a pair of these, they are great for the money. I believe they are going to go on sale most places due to Sony having a newer model out. Right now the new model runs 150, I bet they will drop it down to 129 soon to boost sales.
@genojeff: The newer model is also on sale. It is $100. Link: http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/ab7411cc-b325-4207-b5c9-1dd4a6211787/sony-pulse-wireless-stereo-headset-elite-edition#0
Does anyone know if these can be used on an xbox 360? I dont have a PS3 but like thses headphones... would get a pair if they do! Anyone try them on an xbox?
Is there a code or something? I see $79.99 when I go to the page. Also there's a limit of 9999 per customer. Darn it, I wanted 10000.
@grush1: Well, that didn't last long.


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HEWITT (December 3, 2012)--The Hewitt Christmas parade and tree lighting will be held Saturday.
Hewitt police and fire departments are collecting new, unwrapped toys as part of the Toys for Tots program.
Toys can also be brought to Hewitt Park Saturday during the annual Christmas tree lighting which begins at 5:30 p.m. at 801 S. Hewitt Drive.
Free pictures with Santa will be available and members of the U.S. Marine Corps will also be on hand with information about the Toys for Tots drive.
The parade will begin at 4 p.m. on N. Hewitt Drive.
The parade route will begin at Midway Middle School and end at Chama Drive.