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What are real numbers for a person who doesnt know ANYTHING about math, and had to explain them what real numbers are.
Are real numbers only rational and irrational? if so then do we have to say what are rational and irrational
and please it cant have a lot of math involved in it (even if it sounds silly). Like say I am in uni or maybe you as a graduate of a university you want to explain to your niece, your little brother that is what I want like I know the good hard theorems but he wont get it.
So i want to simply break it down for someone who wants to know what a real number actually is
so this is what i have so far
So basically say you are a non math person and this is my explanation would it be valid. So a real number is basically any number that you can think of, let it be decimal numbers, rational numbers which are just fractions, irrational numbers. Real numbers can range anywhere from $\infty$ to $-\infty$ where $\infty$ is the highest number you can think of in your imagination and $-\infty$ is the lowest number you can think of in your imagination. Like numbers really dont end say the biggest number is $1000000000000000000000000000000000000000$ but there is a number bigger than that like $1000000000000000000000000000000000000000$, or the lowest number you can think of is $-1000000000000000000000000000000000000000$ what about $-2000000000000000000000000000000000000000$, etc real numbers are never ending

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Been a fun year...
Finally got a chance to take the big bike down Horsethief. Forgot my knee pads and nearly passed but alas, all good.

This up and over spot has been bugging me for a while. Finally bagged it.

Dumb enough to finally do this one. Probably the most famous drop to flat so I felt I had to do it once.. I Think that's enough.

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Is a gabai allowed to speak during chazaras hashatz, kaddish and/or kriyas hatorah for the sake of the tzibbur (e.g. to ask someone if they are a Kohen or Levi)?
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In between aliyos, the custom is to permit talking when important. During kaddish, chazaras hashatz, and during the actual kriyah, I don't think it's allowed.
The Mechaber says that only Sichas Chulin is not allowed. It follows that if the Gabbai has to ask them at that time then it is permitted. Unlike during Krias HaTorah where speaking is forbidden even when not for Chulin.
(See the Mishnah Brurah OC 125 sk 9 that says the Maharil wouldn't speak from the beginning of Kedusha until the end of HaKeil HaKadosh. It seems then that he did speak afterwards, so it must have been something important which would seem to be Muttar!)
In Aruch Hashulchan 124:12 he writes that a Rov who is asked a Halachik question during Chazoras Hashatz is permitted and obligated to answer and not wait until after Davening, because maybe the question is time sensitive.
In Hilchos Krias HaTorah 146:2 he brings a disagreement of opinions and concludes that the Rov should evaluate the situation and if it is time sensitive he should answer, otherwise he should hint to the questioner to wait.
The Shulchan Aruch in Orech Chaim (124:4) says that the kehillah should be quiet and have kavanah for each and every brochah of the shaliach tzibbur. Commenting on that si'if, the Mishnah Brurah notes (si'if katan 17) that one should not learn during the chazaras hashatz, even if one has the kavanah to say amein to each brochah. Why? Because amei haaretz will learn from that behavior, thinking that they don't need to have kavanah during the chazaras hashatz, and will end up speaking "sichah bateilah". The Mishneh Brurah calls these people who cause other people to err "michati'in es harabim".
The same logic can be applied to a gabbai. If amei haaretz see a leader of the kehilah talking when people otherwise shouldn't be talking, even if that person is a gabbai and doing gabbai duties, kal v'chomer that that gabbai could risk falling into "michati'in es harabim". Amei haaretz will see him talking and assume they can too. A possible exemption could be kavod habrios, for instance if a non-religious family member is being given an aliyah and needs some coaching.


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The 5 Ballsiest Acts of Undercover Journalism Ever
As brave as undercover cops have to be to rub elbows with mob bosses and murderers, we submit that there is one group with even bigger balls: undercover journalists.
After all, they wind up in the same terrifying company, under a cover that can be blown at any moment, only without having a van full of fully armed cops who can burst through the door at any moment.
So let's pause to salute ...
#5. Nellie Bly
Born in 1864, Elizabeth Jane Cochran clearly was launched into a world not yet ready for her. She set her career's course by replying to a sexist article in the Pittsburgh Dispatch in such a fiery way that they saw no way to shut her up but to give her a job.
"This woman hates us, Jenkins! Hire her and maybe she'll have sex with me."
After being assigned the pseudonym Nellie Bly because female journalists didn't get to use their own names, she did a stint traveling across Mexico as a foreign correspondent. Later, she took on an undercover job for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, doing the kind of work few reporters of either gender have had the balls to even consider.
And she did it all without a bowel disruptor.
The Masterpiece:
She would make history by checking into an insane asylum to investigate reports of cruelty and overall neglect. Yes, as a patient.
You have to keep in mind that in the late 1800s, these homes were basically the attics where people locked up the deformed kids that the neighbors preferred not to know about. To get in, Bly rented a room at a cheap boarding house and started acting crazy -- pestering the other residents, acting afraid of them for no reason, refusing to go to bed, claiming to have no memory of anything she did. As per the system at the time, the logical thing to do was to have her arrested and institutionalized.
Nothing helps sort out crazy people like more crazy people.
Right away she exposed the ridiculous flaws in the system -- several doctors examined her and declared her, quote, "undoubtedly insane" and a "hopeless case" with no chance for a cure. They were so blatantly relying on blind guesses for their diagnoses that multiple doctors couldn't tell the difference between an insane person and a perfectly sane reporter saying, "Oh yeah, I'm totally crazy. You wouldn't even believe it."
The place they dumped her was called Blackwell's Island, and Bly soon found that the ominous name seemed to encourage the asylum to follow every prison movie cliche in existence. Over 10 days she was stuck in a filthy facility that served gruel, broth and bone-dry bread. Showers were buckets of frigid water dumped on her head. Then you have the rotten meat, and the rats, and the nurses who beat the patients who refused to shut up. Bly's stay was less One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and more Hostel.
Bly found that the conditions weren't just a matter of poor funding or a misunderstanding of mental illness but rose to the level of diabolical torture. She describes being made to sit perfectly still and silent on a wooden bench for 14 straight hours, with nothing to read, no one to talk to and completely cut off from the outside world. She spoke to other patients and came to the conclusion that many were perfectly sane but had been broken by the hellish conditions.
Her employers sprung her after 10 days, and the story caused a huge splash. She was eventually asked to assist a grand jury tasked with rolling up Blackwell's Island and to give input on how mental wards should be reformed. All it took was one woman with enormous balls.
#4. Alison Braund, Fredy Gareis and Mark Ebner
Infiltrating an insane asylum is inarguably badass, but what if there was a place that combined completely misapplied psychology and a desire for world domination? Then you'd end up with something both ludicrously bizarre and totally horrifying.
If you know what a Thetan is, you know where this is going. Three journalists decided to find out about Scientology from the inside.
Above: The poopy bowels of Scientology.
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Alison Braund, Fredy Gareis and Mark Ebner let themselves be approached in the street and pulled into the storefront offices of the Church of Scientology in Poole (England), Berlin and Los Angeles to get psycho-tested. When presented with the predictable results that they were as good as dead if they didn't let the good Xenu come to the rescue right away, they signed up for classes.
From the moment they walked in, the hard sell would never cease. The usual progression moved from being kind and understanding to pointing out which homemade class or program would cure the particular weak spot the cult's adviser had "identified." Courses turned to essays, essays turned to tests, tests turned into questions and questions turned into outright interrogation. Then it got weird.
In the advanced "Whole Security Check," questions would include: "Have you ever destroyed a culture?" "Did you come to Earth for evil purposes?" and "Have you ever bred bodies for degrading purposes?"
"Er ... Sir, could you define degrading, please?"
As you can guess, all three were presented with the prospect of reaching incredibly high levels of Scientologiness by paying incredibly high amounts of cash, and all were introduced to the workings of the Thetans, etc. But that's just the beginning. Braund describes how as a recruit, you'd never be left alone long enough to clear your head (even being escorted into the bathroom for more questions).
Gareis writes about how a few 19-year-old girls used their natural charms to bully him into not just signing up for classes but "employment," meaning a 52-hours-a-week job recruiting new members himself. Gareis said that when he used the "skeptical girlfriend" defense, they tried to break up his relationship by trying to lure his girlfriend into HQ to "handle" her. Failing that, they hinted that she probably cheated on him anyway.
Berlin HQ. The sign says "Open House Today." It says that every single day.
Ebner, on the other hand, was offered a regimen of daily five-hour sauna sessions and oral shots of olive oil to help him quit smoking (this has caused people to collapse half-dead before).
Gareis and Ebner eventually just dropped out, leaving their phones to ring ... and ring ... and ring. Hundreds of times. Ebner expected that once his tell-all book hit shelves, the cult would use everything it had on him thanks to the long interrogation sessions. Scientologists call it assembling a "dead agent pack," which essentially means ruining you by spreading all those little secrets to everyone who has no business knowing them. Which is why he simply published them first.
L. Ron Hubbard: "The technique of proving utterances false is called 'DEAD AGENTING.' It's in the first book of Chinese espionage. When the enemy agent gives false data, those who believed him but now find it false kill him -- or at least cease to believe him. So the PR slang for it is 'Dead Agenting.' "
Meanwhile, Braund called her family back in Oz to warn them they might be approached. As it turned out, they already had been -- first under a pretext, then openly -- and given a warning that this shit better not hit the airwaves. Someone had also turned up at her old high school to plunder her school records.
They're all looking over their shoulders to this day. The Church of Scientology doesn't forget.
#3. Gunter Wallraff
Gunter Wallraff is a German journalist who smuggled his notebook into just about every setting possible, usually getting sued for his troubles. And usually winning in court. He was all about exposing working conditions, and he cut his teeth by publishing reports on the companies he'd worked for from the inside. As a result, HR people in the 60s were always on the lookout for him, keeping what they called "Wallraff Wanted" posters to make sure they'd recognize him. Alas, they never did, because he kept changing his appearance.
The Many Faces of Gunter.
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In the 1980s, he landed the coup he's most famous for: Ganz unten ("The lowest of the low"). The "low" people he's referring to in the title are the immigrant workers in Germany who, because they have nowhere else to go and risk deportation at any moment, basically get shit on 24 hours a day. If you're thinking we're just talking about low wages and long hours, hang on to your ass ...
Wallraff donned dark contact lenses, blackened his hair and mustache and played the part of a Turkish immigrant named Ali, working several low-level jobs. At one point he worked for a construction company and was sent into a building to clean it up ...While it was fucking on fire.
It's like Borat, except it makes us want to cry.
In his words, "Several fire engines approach, also the police. Ali is sent with several other colleagues onto the still smoldering roof to clean up. The soles of his sneakers begin to scorch; a few times burning beams crash below him. A group of police officers and firefighters stand next to us and watch how we throw smoldering things down into the builder's yard. We're clambering around in front of them, without protective clothing ... But they say nothing."See, the protective clothing was for Germans only.
Above: German firefighter in protective lederhosen.
At one point, he was employed with a subcontractor who worked him 72 hours straight, and then kept his paycheck. Later, he worked for a pharmaceutical company ... that put him to work as a human guinea pig to test the side effects of drugs.
But here's the best part -- while the first two investigators on our list spent a couple of weeks in their nightmarish assignments, Wallraff kept up this dangerous disguise and brutal routine for two freaking years. Of course, the people he was trying to help do it their whole lives ...
And with much shabbier mustaches.
And just how bad was it for the Turks there? At one point, the reporter (again, playing a Muslim) asked a priest to baptize him. The priest turned him down.
By the way, just digging up dirt while trying not to fall into a vat of molten steel wouldn't satisfy this man. So, in 1989, he hid his friend Salman Rushdie for a bit while Ayatollah Khomeini commanded the Muslim world to murder him at any opportunity. Where did he hide him? In his apartment in Germany, of course, in a district bustling with Muslim immigrants.


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Day 15 – 25 Days of Christmas BBQ Blogging
I can't wait for January 17th 2010- why>> Because it will be the premiere of the Great American BBQ Showdown on the Food Network!
Tommy and Dennis had told me about this a couple of months ago when they were filming in South Carolian and they just released the dates it will be aired. I am so happy to see more of my BBQ friends on TV. It's just even more great exposure in addition to the TLC BBQ Pitmasters show currently airing Thursday at 10pm E 9C.
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If you have spatial data for SQL server, can you use the spatial data (both geometry and geography) in another application for instance ESRI ArcGIS?
Is spatial data a standard that every GIS application can use it? For instance same spatial data can be used for SAGA-GIS, ESRI ArcGIS, Oracle Spatial, PostGIS without doing some convert or some edition in the data.
What system does spatial data use in SQL server? I heard that it use GPS? True? If yes, is there different version?
Spatial data means that the data have a geometry. For example streets: not just a list of street names, but also the geometry of the road. Spatial data can be displayed as a map.
There are hundreds of formats for spatial data. There are formats that are stored in file (e.g. shape files *.shp). Other formats are stored in data bases (e.g. Oracle Spatial). Some formats are supported by many programs. For example shape files can be used by most GIS. Data stored in MS SQL Server can be used by ArcGIS (ArcGIS can use both Microsoft's SQL Server geometry and geography types).
There are hundreds of coordinate systems. A common coordinate system is WGS 1984. This is also used by GPS. GPS is not a coordinate system.
I cannot find any sense to your questions, or you have not asked them right, as everybody do when we are starting from 0-point, and maybe learning "alone"; let's try to help.
Imagine yourself flying with a paraglide; X and Y data are "where on earth is my shadow", Z is "where am I on Sky" (altitude), and many more data to be added as Speed, direction, etc can be added in the same row, in a different column.
Other conecptions can be thinking X and Y to determine the location of a thermometer, and the Z axis is "temperature". As a beginning, consider displaying data as points, from which you apply maths/stats to get info as trends in any place/location. If you have a database including many temp logging stations/thermometers across a country, for instance, you can get info as "temp map of UK, USA, Europe" or where ever your data belong to an extent, or just expect which temp will be where and when.
From my experience, I would say you should start getting a really basic and general high school grade GIS book, or use ArcView (easier to start) online user data, as 2nd generation GIS, since now is running 3rd gen of this tech, and it maybe quite messy if you have no basics. And for sure, dive into GIS blogs, there you'll fin very good info to start.
Then, regarding your questions, consider different concepts as morphometrics, GIS, Geostatistics, CAD, etc. And your very own way to do something, maybe new. Surfer, ArcGIS, etc , are GUI to manage spatial datasets, I would say.


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I have difficulties in evaluating the following expression:
$$\sum_{\small n_1+...+n_{k}=m-k}\; \prod_{i=1}^{k}\frac{1}{(n_i+1)(n_i+2)}$$
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RootSum[Sum[Subscript[n, j], {j, 1, k}] - m + k,
Product[1/((Subscript[n, i] + 2) (Subscript[n, i] + 1)), {i, 1, k}]]
"RootSum::pfn - m + k + $\sum\limits_{j=1}^{k} n_j$ is not a pure function".
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Every time I've played Civ 4 my first Settler starts on what looks like a pretty good square for a city, and I build it turn 1. Has anyone ever found it to be a worthwhile strategy to scout around a bit to see if there is a better location? If so how often is there one nearby?
So the map usually places you in a decent spot (ie. near good resources), but you can actually disable this option.
If you disable spawning near resources then the answer becomes very obvious. However, even in the case where you do spawn near good resources I always move my scout/warrior first to see if there are better resources I might want. I usually prefer growth based resources over military ones (ie horses) or commerce based ones.
In FFH2 (a mod for Civ4) you frequently start in "bad" locations, and I almost always move to a better location. Normally, I don't want my first city near Mana, as it doesn't help a ton to get up and running (when I have the option of other resources, obviously Mana is better than nothing), but I don't want someone else to steal it.
Another thing to consider is the size of your map. On smaller maps, moving your Settler is punished by running into other Civilizations. On larger maps, you usually have tons of room to look around and expand.
My take home might be: usually, just found your city where you start, but always make sure to move your Warrior/Scout first, just in case.
I have found moving to a square next to a river or coast to be massively useful, if my starting square is not. This lets you setup trade routes much earlier by researching the naval techs and connecting your cities by rivers/coast.
You can run trade off of rivers/coasts for a LONG time before you really need to connect your cities by road. Your workers can be off doing other things till then. This plan also has the nice side effect of making you want to settle along rivers, which boosts $$ income all by itself.
What do trade routes get you?
Now... how many of those are worth more to you than a turn?* Get that important wonder you would have missed? Twice as many swordsman? Finish Alphabet first?
*Sometimes not even a turn. As @Kaestur Hakarl points out, settlers have two move points, so you can move and still settle if the move is onto a flat/open square.
Moving your first settler can be negative if you're planning on gunning for an early religion. Something to think about - if you're going for an early religion make sure you choose a starting civ with mysticism so you're not too far behind.
Sometimes it is better to move your settler. Here are a few tips:
If you have only one settlers, usually you shouldn't move it (you waste many turns looking for a better place, and at the beggining they are very important).


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I am confused about the hardness of the one-way function behind cryptography -- if someone could factor the large number produced back into two primes quickly then the one-way function would be broken? TIA
Well, there are lots of one-way functions in cryptography. For most of them, it is not known how being able to factor is of any use in inverting them. For example, even if you have black box that can instantly factor any number, we still don't know how to practically find a preimage for SHA-512 (where, by preimage, I mean that, given the value of a hash, can you find a string that hashes to that value).
On the other hand, there are a few one-way functions for which being able to factor allows you to find preimages. The most common one (and the one you're probably thinking of) is RSA. In raw RSA, you're given the values $N$ and $e$ (and these two values are jointly known as the 'RSA public key'); the one way function is $RSA_{N,e}(M) = (M^e \bmod N)$.
Now, in RSA, $N$ is a large composite number; if you don't know the factorization of $N$, it's hard to invert; that is, given a random value $X$, it is usually hard to find an $M$ such that $RSA_{N,e}(M) = X$. However, it turns out that if you do know the factorization of $N$, it's easy.
There is an interesting distinction to be made here:
On one hand, we have the ideal one-way function, which one can easily calculate in one direction, but not invert at all (other than by brute force).
Hash functions like MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2 etc. are trying to approximate this (with more or less success).
On the other hand, we have trap-door one-way functions - these are functions which are easy to calculate, but which can be inverted easily only with help of some hidden information. You normally want a whole family of such functions for use in cryptography (otherwise you call it a backdoor, if you are the only one knowing it).
In the case of RSA, a product $n = p · q$ of two large primes, together with a public exponent $e$, forms a public key, which gives you an one-way function by modular exponentiation. The inverse operation needs (as far as we know) another (private) exponent $d$, which is not easily derivable from the public one and the modulus $n$, but can be easily calculated from the two prime factors $p$ and $q$ (and $e$). The private exponent (or the two primes) can thus be seen as the trap door for the one-way function.
Thus, here the hardness of the factoring problem is necessary for the one-way property of RSA.
Other asymmetric encryption schemes use other trap-door one-way functions, which are not related to the factoring problem (or sometimes one-way functions without a trapdoor).


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(AP) OAKLAND, Calif. - Klay Thompson scored 25 points, Andre Iguodala had 16 points and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors built a big lead before holding off the Utah Jazz 102-88 Saturday night.
Stephen Curry added 15 points and 11 assists and Andrew Bogut had 12 points and 11 rebounds to help the Warriors go ahead by 19 points late in the second quarter. The Jazz came back within seven in the third quarter before Golden State pulled away for its third straight victory _ though perhaps its costliest one.
Backup center Jermaine O'Neal left the game early in the fourth quarter with an apparent right leg injury. He was helped off the floor and did not return.
Derrick Favors finished with 17 points and seven rebounds, and Gordon Hayward and Marvin Williams each scored 14 for the Jazz, who fell to an NBA-worst 1-10.
Golden State (7-3) has taken advantage of a favorable home schedule so far this season.
The Warriors are 5-0 at Oracle Arena, with all five opponents playing the night before. Utah lost 91-82 to San Antonio on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
Warriors coach Mark Jackson cautioned his team not to take the Jazz lightly. With the same formula of swarming defense and sharp shooting that has carried the club since its surprising playoff run last spring, Golden State seemed to quickly turn the contest into a predictable rout.
The Warriors held leads of 27-13 after the first quarter and 51-34 at halftime, with Thompson and Iguodala each making three 3-pointers before the break. The defensive intensity stalled in the third quarter, though, and the nothing-to-lose Jazz capitalized.
Hayward's 3-pointer brought Utah within 61-54 with 5:37 remaining in the third. The teams traded baskets before Golden State slowly reasserted itself.
The Warriors outshot the Jazz 51.2 to 45.5 percent and outrebounded them 42 to 32 in a game that had far more drama than they preferred.
O'Neal, who has battled numerous knee injuries _ the most serious to his left knee _ during his 17-year NBA career, slipped away from the ball before going down near the Warriors' bench. Players and coaches stood over O'Neal as he lay in pain for at least a minute.
O'Neal was unable to put pressure on his right leg while being helped to the locker room by teammates Draymond Green and Ognjen Kuzmic, a 7-foot rookie from Bosnia and Herzegovina who will likely be counted on more if O'Neal misses any significant time. Fellow reserve center Festus Ezeli, who appeared in 78 games (41 starts) as a rookie last season, is working back from right knee surgery and will likely be out until at least February.
It was the second straight night the depleted Jazz pushed a Western Conference contender, a small sign of progress in a season that has had little. Utah lost its first eight games this season before beating New Orleans this week.
The Jazz are in the beginning of a major rebuilding project _ helped by the Warriors _ that's likely years away from completion.
Golden State cleared more than $24 million in salaries by sending Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedrins and Brandon Rush along with four draft picks and cash to the Jazz this summer. The trade created space for the Warriors to sign Iguodala to a four-year, $48 million deal, while giving Utah future financial flexibility.
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I read the instructions on how to locate the entrance pupil but I would like to use an NN3 with a film rangefinder camera. That means the viewfinder is not looking through the lens and will see parallax when camera is rotated.
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Do you switch from summer to winter tires, vice versa?
A friend and I were discussing how it's no longer a common practice to have separate winter and summer tires in the snowy regions. I've ditched the all-seasons for the last 5 years now and switch from summer to winter tires and back each year. It makes one heck of a difference living in Wisconsin, especially when work depends on me to get there no matter what the weather. So, I'm curious as to how many people here continue the dying tradition, if anyone.
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Nope. I live in Florida so I never need winter tires.
No, but I probably should. Maybe I'd hate winter less if driving wasn't such a pain.
I live in north Texas. We don't really get winter here. I mean we might get an ice storm or two but that usually melts by the next day. So no real need for me to have winter tires.
Nope. In the DC area, all-seasons are good enough for 99 & 44/100% of what I need to do.
When I lived in PA, and had a RWD vehicle, I put snow tires on the back and weight in trunk as well.
I think that advances in tire technology, and perhaps better road clearing, have made them pretty much obsolete, for most people in most situations. Just my $.02 - your experience is obviously very different.
Up here in NY - I switch. I can tell the difference in handling and response time if my snows are starting to wear out as well. Worth it. All seasons are decent tires. They're great if you don't get heavy snow or ice (mild winters) but not in heavy snow or ice, or that oh-so-fun slushy mix crap. But I wait as long as I can to put on winter tires and pop them off as soon as possible.
Yes, I have a set of snow tires mounted on rims so it's less hassle. I put them on all 4.
It spit snow yesterday and today and some people have put their snow tires on already, I think it's a little early though.
Another north Texan here. It rarely snows, so I don't bother with it. My car (RWD sports car) wouldn't handle very well in snow/ice even with the best winter tires, so I just drive very very carefully on the one day it does snow.
I'm in kinda the same boat as @gt0163c and @rprebel . Midsouthern Arkansas doesn't get enough wintry weather to warrant another set of tires. Careful driving along with improved road-clearing are sufficient enough.
In Wisconsin snow tires are one of the best investments you can make for your vehicle. I need a set for my new car, the crap all-seasons are terrible in rain, I'm not looking forward to seeing how they do in snow.
East Tennessee: I opt for the all-season tires. They grip well when it's wet (which can be quite often here) and still work when it snows twice per winter. Winter tires would dry rot before I could use enough tread to make them worthwhile. Summer tires, while nice for 10 out of 12 months, simply do not grip dry pavement well when it's cold out (below 35°F) or worse when it's wet and cold, or snowy and cold, or icy and cold.
I have 2 sets of snow chains for when it gets really dicey out there. They should be plenty here.
I'm in Houston area, if I needed snow tires, I'd move to Corpus in a heartbeat.
@lumpthar: I was wondering if anyone would bring up snow chains! I can't remember the last time I saw any.
@ginawoot: snow chains or even studded tires are illegal in most states, i think the rocky mountain states are the exception. I know they're banned in WI due to how they chew up the pavement.
I live on a mountain in the Coast Range of NW Oregon. We only get serious snow a few weeks of the year, but often get ice on the roads in winter. I put snow tires on all the family cars each winter (snow tires mounted on separate wheels for convenience). I like the studless snow tires -- I have had excellent results with Bridgestone Blizzaks.
It would only take one excursion into the ditch (or worse!) to pay for a set of snow tires.
@eraten: Actually (and to my surprise), chains are apparently legal in most states, and some states seem to actually require them if conditions warrant their use. In WI, "Tire chains may be used on any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid", although studded tires are generally prohibited for private vehicles, presumably for the reason you mentioned. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/research/qanda.htm
I just keep a pair of chains with my spare tire in the winter. Whenever things get dicey I just pull to the side of the road and throw them on.
@ginawoot: thanks for the info! I guess that I assumed studded tires and chains were covered under the same category


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Often what's displayed to a user (e.g. on a web page) will be based partly on security checks. I usually consider user-level / ACL security to be part of the business logic of a system. If a view explicitly checks security to conditionally display UI elements, is it violating MVC by containing business logic?
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There can be two types of security conditionals, one on the model and another on the view. The view controls the display of relevant elements depending on permissions of the current user, but the model controls access to the underlying data. As long as the model has all of the right verifications/validations, then even if the view is lacking, there is still security.
Usually you have to have both, since the view needs to change for different levels/roles. The controller sends the relevant data that would change the view, but the view still needs to do something with that data to hide/display content to the right user.
That's why most templating frameworks have conditional elements (Handlebars example):
So that means that it's not a violation, as long as the appropriate pieces are in the correct place.
Yes and no.
If the actual security decision is made by the view, then yes, you are violating MVC. If, however, the view delegates the actual decision to the model, then you're fine. There is nothing wrong with a view making decisions on which elements to show, based on information from the model.
For example, if you have an "edit" button that is only visible for users with "editor" permissions, then it is fine for the view to ask the model who the current user is and whether they have the "editor" permission, then using this information to decide whether to show the button or not. If, however, the view were to do the authentication and authorization logic itself, then you'd be violating MVC.
I would say no.
But for a different reason than @rvcoutinho said (though he cites wikipedia which makes me feel wrong in my thinking)
I would say any relevant security concerns should be shared by the Model given to the view (depending on the number of combinations you may wish to use a ViewModel for this reason), in that you could have switches for the security bits.
This allows the two layer security validation: at the UI layer so a postback is subverted for the normal case, as well as at the server layer for bad actors where the model maintains the security knowledge inside of itself so the controller hands off the info to the model which immediately tosses it out.
Two layer security like this is the standard in industry, and this way allows your security logic only need exist in two places so it's a bonus, as soon as you put security logic in your controller, you're putting it there, and in the UI and in the model (the model needs it as it's the last line of defense and especially important for any uses outside of that MVC web-app like a desktop client or any server management tools)
I would say no.
Usually, this kind of security checks are going to be done by the controller.
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There are several issues involved in this question.
If it's only about displaying the UI element I think it's ok (how else would you do it anyway?). If there would be any data in those elements the model should have made sure that the containers are empty. And of course the code to get the permission data should have been handled before the view, so there is no active access to the model here.
Yes, it is a violation of MVC.
The view is there only to display elements, and the logic should be in the model. By having the view do something (in your case, check the security), you are placing the logic there.


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As we all know, the online space has risks. Evidenced by several recent high-profile incidents, universities continue to be targets of cyber-attacks and data breaches. People across campus have been contacting us with questions on how to stay safe online both at work and at home. In order to build awareness of online risks and educate our community on preventative measures, UNIT has made available a series of IT Security Awareness Videos.
These videos are brief and easily digestible, and cover topics including: creation of a strong password, avoiding phishing scams, protecting your email and IM, mobile device security, safe social networking practices, and protecting your home computer. There are ten technology-centered "basic training" videos we strongly encourage you to view. Each video is about 3 minutes, and viewing them all will take about ½ hour. Please note, you do not have to view all ten in one session.
After viewing the basic training videos, more advanced optional videos are available, including important compliance-related topics; they too are only about 3 minutes each. The goal of the IT Security Awareness Videos is to provide the tools and additional awareness you need to protect yourself—and our community—in the information-technology world.
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Orta Lee Ruggles Cameron-Comstock, age 91, of Shell Knob, Missouri, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013, in Meridan Village Retirement Center in Edwardsville.
She was born September 27, 1921, in Downing, Schyler County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Joseph B. Ruggles and Cleda Elschlager Ruggles. On Mother's Day, 1943, she was united in marriage to Maurice Alan Cameron and to this union three children were born. Maurice preceded her in death in 1986. She later married the late Irving Comstock. Also preceding her in death were her son Rodrick Maurice Cameron, her parents, Joseph and Cleda Ruggles and her broth- ers and sisters, Harold, Garland, Jim, David, Joseph, Tyra, Ruth and Mary Lou.
She is survived by two sons, Dr. Larry Cameron of Omaha, Nebraska and Dr. Errick Cameron and wife, Cindy of Edwardsville; one brother Derwood Ruggles of Aledo; two sisters, Dortha McMurray of Bloomington, and Virginia Ruggles of Santa Maria, California; ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
At 18 years of age Orta started teaching in a one- room schoolhouse in rural Illinois. Teaching soon became her passion as she enrolled into Western State College for Teachers, later changed to Western Illinois University. This would springboard a teaching career that spanned 49 additional years, the last sixteen at Shell Knob Community Grade School. She received a Masters Degree from Northern Illinois University in Special Education in 1967. Ten years of service took place while teaching reading to inner city teens, often taking an illiterate child to a middle school reading proficiency within a 9-month period.
A love for children was reflected in her devotion as a mother and a grandmother. She will be remembered by her family for her oven fresh cookies and pies, but especially, for a tender caring ear and vote of confi- dence given to her loved ones. A dozen unrelated youths called her Mom as they moved into her shelter for months at a time when they dealt with their own personal family strife's. Orta also enjoyed quilting and gardening and much joy was received by her time fish- ing with her late husbands, Maurice and Irving at Table Rock Lake, where she lived the last 38 years. She will be missed by her wonderful friends at the First Christian Church of Shell Knob and by her devoted friend Ed Hill of Needles Eye.
The family will receive friends at First Christian Church of Shell Knob on Saturday, March 23, 2013, starting at 12:30 P.M. until service time. Funeral servic- es were held at 1:30 P.M. with Pastor Tom Rees presid- ing. Burial will be in Painter Cemetery, Shell Knob, under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob.
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This is the kind of stuff I used to read about in biographies of people who survived persecution in the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Â I can't believe it's happening here, and so many Americans are still asleep!
Warner Todd Huston writes at Mr. Conservative:
Remember when you lived in that America where you had freedom of expression? Well, it's easy to imagine that the old America doesn't exist any more with the story of the Secret Service agents that harassed a Twitter user because he dared criticize President Obama.
Tom Francois is an outspoken critic of President Obama on Twitter and has some 12 thousand followers that watch his every Tweet. (@Tom_Francois) But apparently his fans aren't the only ones hanging on his every Tweet.
As Tom found out, the Secret Service has blown in a "follow†to Tom's feed, too. But instead of laughing as Tom makes funny photoshopped, anti-Obama images and reveling in Obama's many scandals, the Secret Service was watching and making plans to come pounding at his door to harass him for his political opinions.
Harriet Baldwin at the Examiner has the details:
On April 11, 2013, he heard relentless pounding on his door shouts of "Police!" The officers introduced themselves as members of The Secret Service and asked if they could "take a look around."
Since Tom had nothing to hide (and he didn't want any return visits) – he complied fully with their request. He even signed a consent to search his premises AND an "Authorization To Review Medical and Mental Health Records!"
They asked Tom if he ever left his state or traveled to Washington, D.C.
One Agent asked Tom if he has any intentions of "whacking" the President." To which Tom replied- "Of course not. I wish him no harm. I disagree with his policies and actions and I make no bones about it. It's my First Amendment Right and I intend to exercise it."When I spoke to Tom he said, "Yes, I am EXTREMELY critical of Obama in my posts, but I never cross the line and threaten his being. EVER. It's just the idea of Obama's Secret Service intruding on my life when they knew I wasn't really a threat."
The Secret Service had a thick FBI file- filled with screenshots of hundreds of posts. Said Tom, "I flat out told them 'I have NEVER threatened Obama's life! Yes, I despise him as you can plainly see, but I have that right!' They actually ADMITTED and agreed with me that I hadn't threatened Obama."
They had run a background check and discovered that Tom legally owned two guns- and they asked to see them. Tom showed them his firearms. They asked, "Are they loaded?" Tom replied in the affirmative. "What good are guns if they aren't loaded?"
So why harass Tom? "The Secret Service officers claimed that "they were concerned that since I have a large Twitter following, and the things I said could be acted upon by some nut case out there! What the hell? They turned my life upside down for THAT?"
Tom didn't refuse the search because they just would have gone and gotten a warrant. "They would have proceeded to tear my house apart. No thanks. I have nothing to hide. They left empty-handed and my house is still intact."
When they left Tom's house, one Secret Service Agent 'advised'-Â "Keep in mind, if you step over the line, we'll come back for your guns."
After the "visit" to Tom, the Secret Service also visited Tom's 22 year old daughter- terrifying her and making her fear for her father's safety. She asked them what they were going to do with the information about her Dad. They said they were going to "turn it over to Eric Holder- he has the last word on what to do, if anything."
Notice that the raid on this innocent American came only four days before the Boston marathon bombing. While Islamic extremists were planning to kill people in Boston, the government was all worried about a Twitter user that made funny photoshopped pictures of Obama.
Is this America any more?
This is life in Obama's America
NSA Seizing Phone Records, Collecting Data On Innocent Citizens Without Warrants
NSA Snooping on Americans Is Unconstitutional and Outrageous
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programming, and Java
Chapter 2 Elementary Programming
Chapter 3 Selections
Chapter 4 Loops
Chapter 5 Methods
Chapter 6 Arrays
Chapter 7 Objects and Classes
Chapter 8 Strings and Text I/O
Chapter 9 Thinking in Objects
Chapter 10 Inheritance and Polymorphism
Chapter 11 Abstract Classes and Interfaces
Chapter 12 Object-Oriented Design and Patterns
Chapter 13 GUI Basics
Chapter 14 Graphics
Chapter 15 Event-Driven Programming
Chapter 16 Creating User Interfaces
Chapter 17 Applets and Multimedia
Chapter 18 Exception Handling
Chapter 19 Binary I/O
Chapter 20 Recursion
Chapter 21 Generics
Chapter 22 Java Collections Framework
Chapter 23 Algorithm Efficiency
Chapter 24 Lists, Stacks, and Queues
Chapter 25 Trees, Heaps, and Priority Queues
Chapter 26 Sorting
Chapter 27 Graph Applications
Chapter 28 Weighted Graph Applications
Chapter 29 Multithreading
Chapter 30 Networking
Chapter 31 Internationalization
Chapter 32 JavaBeans and Bean Events
Chapter 33 Containers, Layout Managers, and Borders
Chapter 34 Menus, Toolbars, and Dialogs
Chapter 35 MVC and Swing Models
Chapter 36 JTable and JTree
Chapter 37 Java Database Programming
Chapter 38 Advanced Java Database Programming
Chapter 39 Servlets
Chapter 40 JavaServer Pages
Chapter 41 JSF and Visual Web Development (A NOTE for NetBeans 6.5 Users)
Chapter 42 Web Services
Chapter 43 Remote Method Invocation
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Appendix B The ASCII Character Set
Appendix C Operator Precedence Chart
Appendix D Java Modifiers
Appendix E Special Floating-Point Values
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The Pferd single-cut carbide bur has a tree shape with a point end and an uncoated (bright) finish, and is for use on cast iron, steel with a Rockwell Hardness of less than C60, stainless steel, titanium alloys, and nickel-based alloys. The standard single-cut type provides gradual stock removal when used on recommended material. The bur has a tree shape with a point end, also known as shape G, which is suitable for machining narrow, hard-to-reach contoured surfaces with a sharp corner. Carbide provides good wear resistance and maintains sharp edges longer than high-speed steel (HSS). With no coating or surface treatment, uncoated carbide supports a range of general-purpose applications. In most applications, burs should be operated within the recommended cutting speed range, expressed in surface feet per minute (SFPM).
Cutting burs, also called rotary files, are small rotary tools with many cutting edges that operate at very high speeds in order to remove material from a workpiece. The bur's head contains the cutting edges, and the bur's shank is inserted like a drill bit into a toolholder such as a drill chuck or collet. Burs are versatile tools that are offered in many shapes, sizes, and end types, and they are used in a wide range of industries, including tool, die, and mold manufacturing; metal fabrication; and dentistry. Burs can be used for deburring, or removing small protrusions (burrs) that form on the surface of a workpiece as a result of a machining process. They can also be used for welding preparation, finishing welded joints, chamfering, surface cleaning and finishing, grinding down rough edges, and contouring. A bur's compact size gives the operator control over contact between the bur and the workpiece, making the tool well suited for delicate operations. Finishes or coatings may be applied to the head of the tool to improve wear resistance, decrease friction, and protect against high temperatures.
Pferd, Inc., manufactures abrasives and cutting tools for grinding, finishing, and cutting. Founded in 1799, Pferd has its U.S. headquarters in Leominster, MA. Pferd meets International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 standards.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The bit of rain we've seen recently coupled with still-warm temps make this another peak time for mosquitoes and, consequently, West Nile virus.
The Centers for Disease Control says this is the worst year for West Nile in nearly a decade.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Jo-Ann Harris of Topeka's Stormont-Vail HealthCare says West Nile virus is one of those conditions that hits some harder than others. She says only 20 percent of those who get it will have any symptoms. But about one in 150 people will develop a neuro-invasive form of the disease, where it affects their brain and brain lining. When the virus progresses to that point, she says, it can cause long-term problems and, rarely, even death. For that reason, she says, West Nile deserves to have our attention.
This year, it seems the cases are less rare. As of late September, Kansas health officials report 31 probable and confirmed cases, including one death. The state had one confirmed case in all of 2011.
Nationwide this year, 147 people have died from West Nile - 63 of them in Texas. It was so bad, the Dallas area declared a state of emergency and conducted public spraying operations to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes transmit the virus to humans.
Preventing the mosquito bites, Dr. Harris says, is the best way to prevent West Nile. That means using insect repellent, wearing long sleeves outside when mosquitoes are active, getting rid of standing water which is the mosquitoes' breeding grounds and pay attention to any symptoms you might feel.
People over the age of 50 are especially susceptible to more serious cases. Dr. Harris says flu-like symptoms with neck pain, severe headache, difficulty finding words and feeling lethargic warrant a call the doctor.
Mosquitoes pick up the virus when they bite infected birds. If you see a dead bird, don't handle it with your bare hands. Unlike the outbreak of 2003, KDHE says it is not collecting dead birds for testing.
What's still unclear is why more cases of the virus are being reported this year. KDHE says some of it may be attributed to awareness, with more people going in for testing. However, Dr. Harris says that doesn't explain the spike in serious cases and deaths. She says everything from migration patters to climate changes to mutations in the virus are being studied.


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Consider this sentence:
I understand that 的 permits creating adjectives, like 我的 would be "my". But here, I can't see how it works. What is its purpose?
Consider this sentence:
I understand that 的 permits creating adjectives, like 我的 would be "my". But here, I can't see how it works. What is its purpose?
A reasonable translation of "你说的" is: "That which you spoke". 的 turns 你说 (a verbal phrase) into 你说的 (a noun).
你说是什么 doesn't make any sense grammatically - it means "You said is what?" You can say, "你说什么" - which is literally, "You said what?" or in proper English, "What did you say?"
你说的是什么, however, means "That which you said is what?" or properly, "What is that which you said?"
In addition to @Kang Ming's excellent answer.
An illustration:
There's another usage of
One other way to look at it: 我的 is not only "my," but can also be, "mine."
Just like in English, in Chinese you could end the sentence with either "my <noun>" or "mine". When you hear this sentence and notice no noun or noun-phrase follows 的, this is perfectly OK, and you can translate the 我的 as "mine".
But unlike English, Chinese follows a pattern. You can put other things before the 的, too. So not only can you specify 你说的事情 "The issue you're talking about," you can instead say 你说的 "That which you're talking about," which is awkward in English but concise and natural in Chinese.
The role of "的" in this case is similar to "what" in English. So
Or more concisely:
Or even more concisely:
The full sentence should be "你说的东西是什么?" "东西" is omitted here. In English, "What did you say" is short for "What things did you say" "说的" here is used to prescribe something you said, but not heard (听到的), thought (想的) or did (做的).


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After shedding 30 pounds of baby fat,Sophie Sinora has grown into a pretty, but insecure, teen in bloom. To make her life more complicated, Sophie can sometimes read minds.
Sophie's BFFs, AJ and Krysta, are also 'gifted' with paranormal abilities. Keeping their gifts secret proves difficult, as their powers are strengthening, making them feel more and more like freaks.
When Sophie falls for Jacob, she hopes he'll ask her out to the Freshman Formal. But when she's forced to cheat and lie for him, she wonders how far she'll have to go to make him like her. Add to her growing list of problems – her teacher's suicidal thoughts, a locker bully who wants to kick her butt, the hot flirt who won't stop teasing her, her pregnant sister who boots Sophie out of her room, and the growing tension between Sophie and her best friends. Sophie's got issues.
Hopefully, she can fix them in time to save her teacher's life and her social life.
Tara is a breeze to work with on ebook jobs. I'm delighted to count her YA series among my current hires and will be pushing out the next 2 in the series not only on all ebook formats, but for Createspace as well.
I've been a busy bee lately with formatting! I'm currently finishing up with the last 2 books of Sheila Horgan's awesome Tea Series, a 5 book mystery series that is heavy on the Irish — and y'all know how much I love all things Ireland ;) They're really cute and I'm excited to finish reading them!
I just finished formatting two Createspace books for Parody Queen PJ Jones — Driving Me Nuts! and The Paranormal Parody Collection.
I also formatted rockstar YA author Julia Crane's "Conflicted", teh 2nd book in her Keegan's Chronicles series. Julia is one my closest friends and she lives in Dubai, so I hold in hand her proof copy of Conflicted, and let me tell you… I'm rather good at this Createspace business if I do say so myself…😛
Other than Sheila's two final books, I am currently working on Athanasios's "Committed", the sequel to "Mad Gods" in his Predatory Ethics series. Tom, as he is known by moi, is a phenomenal writer who likes to dabble in mythology, much like myself!
That's my update in the ebook formatting world! I am also currently pushing to finish my now-titled, first-in-a-new-witchcraft-mystery-series "Mother of All" before the end of the month. I'm a busy girl


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Some high school students who take classes at Bluegrass Community and Technical College want to know how the courses will transfer to other colleges and universities.
Technical program dual credit courses transfer to colleges within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Some technical courses may transfer to other four-year colleges or universities.
General education dual enrollment courses will transfer to any KCTCS institution and may be included in the KCTCS General Education Certification which will transfer to Kentucky public four-year colleges and universities.
High school students who expect to complete requirements for a bachelor's degree at another college or university should consult the curriculum recommended in the catalog of the institution to which they plan to transfer.
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rospect educator uses her own battle to help others
|Diabetes nurse practitioner Patricia Casey, right, discusses Carla Hayden's blood glucose levels. Hayley Rose Horzepa / Republican-American
"People say when life gives you lemons, you need to make lemonade. And I say sugar free, of course," jokes the Waterbury nurse practitioner.
Such options are just what Casey has devoted her life's work to doing. She has taken a difficult diagnosis and turned it not only into a learning experience, but a tool to help others.
The culmination of her efforts has resulted in the Diabetes Care Center in Prospect, which she opened just in time for November's National Diabetes Awareness push.
"We just went through Storm Sandy, but diabetes is a tsunami and nobody is paying attention to it," Casey says.
Currently 26 million Americans are living with diabetes, with another 7 million who don't know they have it. Another 79 million are suffering from prediabetes, a condition that leads to Type 2 diabetes.
Having diabetes herself helps Casey connect with her patients. Carla Hayden, 24, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 11. For a young child, she said diabetes can be especially scary.
"When I was a little kid, I used to research diabetes complications on the computer and, of course, I would read about amputations, heart disease and stuff like that," Hayden says.
During those stressful times Hayden said she would call Casey, who reassured her she would be OK as long as she adhered to a healthy diet and took care of herself.
It is estimated that one of every three children born after the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime, and for children of Latino, Pacific Islander or African descent, the risk increases to one in two.
And diabetes complications can run rampant and be expensive, even deadly. These complications include blindness (diabetes is the leading cause of blindness), heart disease and amputations.
Shortly after Casey, 56, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 20 she worked as a nurse in the coronary care unit at Saint Mary's Hospital. There she was exposed to heart attack patients who had diabetes. As she taught these recovering heart attack patients about proper diet and exercise, she couldn't help but wonder why they hadn't been taught about diabetes before.
Though many advances have been made in diabetes education and testing, Casey still wonders why the disease doesn't get more attention. Diabetes is a chronic illness, which means it never goes away and must be carefully monitored and managed every single day for the rest of a diabetic's life.
"People don't realize how bad diabetes is because many diabetics look healthy and are often judged by that," she says.
There are many misconceptions about the disease. For one, many think diabetes only happens to overweight people. But diabetes is also heredity. A person could be severely obese and never get diabetes.
"In Type 2 diabetes, being overweight puts you at risk." Casey says. "People come in and say that they don't understand how they got diabetes because they never eat sugar, but what they mean is that they never eat candy. They do, however, eat rice and bread and all that turns to sugar."
She explains that everyone needs sugar because without it you won't have the energy to be active each day.
One way of staying on top of sugar intake is by measuring carbohydrates in carb units. One carb unit equals 15 grams of carbohydrates, equal to a candy bar, a slice of bread, a large apple or four ounces of fruit juice. The amount of carb units eaten determines the amount of insulin required to be injected into a Type 1 person's body before a meal. This is an important process. Without insulin someone with Type 1 diabetes can die.
Technological advances like insulin pumps make the process easier. Casey used to give herself six injections of insulin a day before switching to the pump. A catheter connected to the pump is inserted once and stays in place for three days. Tiny amounts of insulin are delivered through the device. It is not automatic, however.
A person must first calculate the amount of carbs they are about to eat, figure out how much insulin it requires and dial that information into the pump.
The insulin pump has made diabetes more manageable, but it is not the only new advancement in managing the disease. The OmniPod is similar to the pump, but the amount of insulin is calculated and delivered to the pod remotely. There's even an iPhone app with a blood glucose meter that attaches to the phone.
The meter works like any other blood glucose monitoring system. It reads the test strips and stores the data in your phone.
Each one of these new technological advancements makes the burden of diabetes a little easier, Casey says.
"People's diabetes may be controlled better if they eat better, but they didn't get diabetes just because of what they are eating," she explains.
1 Healthy eating
2 Being active
3 Monitoring
4 Taking medication
5 Problem-solving
6 Risk reduction
7 Healthy coping
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Anita Sinha
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Anita Sinha is on faculty at American University, Washington College of Law as a Practitioner-in-Residence in the Immigrant Justice Clinic. Professor Sinha is an experienced litigator and advocate for low-income communities of color in several areas. In the post-9/11 context, she represented indigent immigrant crime survivors, advocated for the rights of detainees, and led a successful legislative campaign to limit local immigration enforcement. Professor Sinha went on to conduct impact litigation and policy advocacy on behalf of immigrant workers, with a particular focus on securing undocumented workers protection under labor, employment, and anti-discrimination laws post Hoffman Plastic Compounds. She then returned to legal services by directing a deportation defense clinic in the East Bay, representing primarily noncitizens with criminal convictions.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Professor Sinha conducted impact litigation and federal policy advocacy on behalf of both displaced survivors from and exploited immigrant reconstruction workers in New Orleans. She was lead counsel in Anderson v. Donovan, a class action lawsuit on behalf of displaced New Orleans public housing residents, during which time she argued two appeals before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Sinha helped found the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, where she assisted staff and members in matters involving the exploitation and criminalization of reconstruction workers.
As a co-teacher in the WCL Immigrant Justice Clinic, Professor Sinha works with student attorneys on cases and policy projects in the areas of detention and deportation, civil rights, LGBT and gender, and workers' rights. She has taught a seminar on advanced civil rights, with a focus on the rights of noncitizens, and will be teaching immigration law in the spring. Professor Sinha is a Huffington Post contributor, and her areas of writing and research include immigration detention and the prison industry, gender-related issues, and the intersection of civil rights and citizenship in the United States.
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by Melissa Brunner
I heard sirens go past my house Sunday night. I heard them head back toward town several minutes later. That's not unusual so I didn't think much of it. I was heartsick to later learn what they meant.
Any loss of life is tragic. It strikes us as even moreso when the life is that of a young person who hasn't passed their teenage years. So much potential unrealized, dreams unfulfilled. We ache at the thought of what might have been, regardless whether we knew the person.
The closer we are to the young person, the closer to home it hits.
I live in the Seaman School District. I did not know the students involved in Sunday night's accident, but I wonder if I might have seen them. These are the young people who work at and frequent the same restaurants I'm likely to frequent and the grocery stores at which I shop. Even if I never met them, chances are, I've met people who knew them - and that makes me feel for them that much more.
My sympathies to everyone in the Seaman Schools family. May Alayna's spirit live on in our efforts to lift up the young people we encounter. Let them know they are valued, let them know they have our support, let us give them the tools to succeed - and let us hope it a long time before we hear another of their voices silenced in the sound of sirens.


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The new technology is cost-effective, according to GE officials, and will provide corrosion protection of refinery boiler and steam-condensate systems while minimizing the potential for formation of corrosive amine salts in crude distillation units where utility steam is used in crude processing.
GE on Monday announced a new corrosion protection technology specifically designed for
refinery boiler and steam condensate systems.
The company says its Steamate low salt amine
(LSA) product series offers enhanced steam-side corrosion
protection while providing greater reliability to the crude unit
distillation process.
The Steamate LSA product series is made up of proprietary
blends of volatile amines in combination with GEs unique
polyamine surface
corrosion inhibitor, according to the company.
The new technology is cost-effective,
according to GE officials, and will provide corrosion
protection of refinery boiler and steam-condensate
systems while minimizing the potential for formation of
corrosive amine salts in crude distillation units where utility
steam is used in crude processing.
Corrosion can threaten the reliability and safety of critical
refinery equipment, raise maintenance costs, reduce process
runtime and jeopardize product quality. In addition, corrosion
control is becoming more important as refiners around the world
turn to lower-cost "opportunity" crude oil feedstocks and often work to
maximize middle distillate production.
The GE Steamate LSA series offers a powerful dual
corrosion protection feature with a neutralizing amine package in
combination with the polyamine surface corrosion inhibitor to
provide enhanced corrosion protection in areas that have
historically plagued refiners, such as reboilers and users
of low-pressure flashed steam.
More importantly, the refiner will not be restricted in
operation because of crude unit distillation concerns around
corrosive and unwanted amines being introduced from the utility
steam treatment.
GEs new Steamate LSA technology will
provide increased reliability and cost savings through
the reduced potential for corrosion failures and production
interruptions in boiler, steam condensate and crude
distillation units, said Ava Drayton-Elder, water
services global product management leader for GE Power &
Steamate LSA is ideal for refineries, as it
offers advanced corrosion protection technology.
Utilizing the latest version of GEs LoSalt
simulator software, the proven neutralizing amines in
Steamate LSA were chosen for both optimum cost
performance in the boiler and steam system and compatibility
with the refinery crude distillation process.
Specifically, they were selected to minimize the potential for
formation of corrosive chloride salt deposits throughout the refining process where boiler steam
is used in crude processing.
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Hello George. Thank you for your interest in our new Steamate LSA series of boiler corrosion inhibitors. The components of this amine series have been selected based on multiple performance criteria. The hydrothermal decomposition behavior of volatile and surface-adsorbed corrosion inhibitors in a boiler system is a complex function of steam and water temperatures, residence time, the inherent stability of the compounds, and other factors. A detailed dicussion of this behavior is beyond the scope of this forum. Suffice it to say that at the temperatures, pressures and residence times typical of refinery boiler operations, the components of the Steamate LSA series exhibit excellent thermal stability and retain their functionality as corrosion inhibitors.
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What does the amine break down as?? Ammonia & nitrogen or what??
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As Kay King was traveling for a short trip over the weekend, she couldn't help but notice a trend of particular relevance to Morehouse Parish.
"Car after car had a kayak strapped to the top of it," she said.
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Modified from Epicurious [3] and Ozols Business Group [4]
Ultimate Margarita
1.5 cups tequila
1/2 cup Grand Marnier
1/3 bottle beer (light beer: Budweiser, Coors, Miller)
1 can frozen lemonade or limeade concentrate
Juice from 1 lemon
Juice from 1 lime
Sugar to taste
Salt, if preferred to rim glass
- In a blender combine all ingredients, blend until smooth. Alternately, combine all ingredients except ice in a pitcher and pour into an ice filled glass.
Makes 12.
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I just tried to update some apps but it's telling me apple Id or my password I entered is wrong (it isn't). My Apple ID is same as before.
I Then tried to reset my password. Even after that it is still saying my Apple ID or my password is entered wrong. I chose the option to answer a security question and put the correct answer in but it tells me my information is incorrect.
I have been on the phone with Apple support this afternoon for more than 30 minutes and they still couldn't fix it. I know the information I'm giving is correct but Apple is still unable to help me.
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Leavenworth police are investigating two shootings that occurred on the same night only a few blocks apart. No one was injured in the shootings, but the bullets caused damage to a residence and vehicles, a police spokesman said.
The shootings occurred Sunday night but were not reported to police until the next day. One shooting occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Kiowa Street. The other occurred around 11:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of Kiowa Street.
Maj. Dan Nicodemus, deputy chief of the Leavenworth Police Department, said police are exploring whether the two shootings are related. He said there seems to be no connection between the two victims other than they were the targets of shootings.
In both cases, the victims said they'd heard loud noises but didn't notice the damage from the shootings until the next morning.
At the scene in the 900 block of Kiowa, the trunk lid of a 2003 Cadillac CTS was damaged in the shooting as well as the rear hatch of a 2009 Chevrolet Traverse.
At the scene in the 1200 block of Kiowa, a bullet passed through a window.
"It struck a pillow on the bed," Nicodemus said.
No one was in the the room at the time.
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Use discount code RAIN25 at checkout to get 25% off all kids superhero rain gear through today (11:59PM EST).
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Why, oh why do they not make these things in big people sizes? A Batman rain coat I could wear would rock!
gt0163c: It's a great point. You're not the first to ask this.
We've been asking Western Chief Kids to do this for some time now.
The more votes for this comment the better for them to see the interest in adult sizes.
@gt0163c: I KNOW.
Kids these days get the best things.
+1 for the adult sizes! @gt0163c @simplysuperheroes
I was so excited to get a raincoat for my daughter. Too bad no Wonder Woman @simplysuperheroes show some love to the little ladies :)
@jimmyd103: Wish we could show this love. We would definitely offer this kind of Girl Power if Western Chief Kids made one for Wonder Woman.
@jimmyd103: I just did a quick google search for girls rain coats and the return selection was pathetic.... Hello Kitty, frogs, lady bugs, ducks, bunnies, princesses. All pretty lame. Where's Jean Grey, Black Widow, Wonder Woman???? Hell I would be satisfied with Elastagirl from the Incredibles.
On a side note I'm a bit disturbed at the number of images on the risque side when you search "girls rainwear".
@simplysuperheroes: Understood. Too bad none the less.
@jimmyd103: Why can't girls wear Batman or Superman or Spiderman? Okay, I know that those are all male characters, but isn't the issue more than there aren't a lot of mainstream recognizable female superheroes? And shouldn't those few mainstream recognizable superheros get better (more modest if nothing else) costumes? But, in the meantime, I'm female and would be happy to wear a Batman raincoat and I have a number of short friends who are girls who would think it's pretty much the coolest thing in the world (and their moms would either love me for telling them where to get one or grumble at me for convincing them to spend more on their kids :) )
@gt0163c: Nothing wrong with girls liking male superheroes. My daughter got this Batman raincoat for her 5th birthday last year and was Batman for Halloween. She, like her older brother, are big fans of superheroes.
"What do you want for dinner tonight Max?"
@gt0163c: What would you rather wear if you were a 7-year-old girl? Batman (blue and gray), or Batgirl (purple and yellow)?
@rayray8822: When I was a 7 year old girl, I would have preferred Batman (blue and gray). Today, if these came in big people sizes, I'd probably still choose Batman, but more because it's Batman rather than based on the color scheme. I've never liked Batgirl as a character. Every portrayal I remember of her is that she's kinda weak and fairly whiney and not what I would call too much of a role model, especially when paired with Batman.