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Hounds' Haven
Adopt-A-Pet set
Hounds' Haven, Inc. will hold its holiday "Adopt-A-Pet" event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 24 at Pet Supplies Plus in Steubenville.
Patrons can check out the dogs and cats on hand, looking for adoption into responsible homes. All animals have been spayed or neutered, vet-checked, tested and vaccinated.
All proceeds will benefit the animals that call Hounds' Haven their home. Hounds' Haven is a privately operated, non profit "quality of life" shelter in Jefferson County, that provides animals with food, shelter, love and care for a lifetime, and reaches out to the Ohio Valley community with low-cost spay-neuter programs and youth education and enrichment services.
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new members
The Wellsburg Chapter 23 Order of Eastern Star welcomed two new dual members on Nov. 13.
They were Doris McCormick, past matron, and Darell McCormick, past patron.
Karon C. Smiley, a member of a North Carolina chapter, also was a visitor.
A 50-year pin was presented to Betty Jean Flanagan by Elizabeth McCuen, worthy matron.
The officers will have a practice on Tuesday, and the next meeting will be on Nov. 27.
Refreshments were served by Shirley Mushet, past matron.
Ohio Valley Duplicate Bridge
Winners in Ohio Valley Duplicate Bridge open pairs play Nov. 6 were: Julia Glodowski and Jan Glaub Rainbolt, first, and Nina McHenry and Mary Alice Brandt, second.
Winners in open pairs play charity game Nov. 13 were: Julia Glodowski and Jan Glaub Rainbolt, first; and Linda Schanz and Shirley Roush, second.
Tri-State Duplicate Bridge
Winners in open pairs play Nov. 9 were Sylvia Camilli and Donna Laprete, and Carl Hamill and Mary Alice Brandt, tie for first.


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Let $V$ be the set-theoretic universe, and suppose that $U$ is some ultrafilter over $\kappa\gt\omega.$ Then, we can go through the motions and produce the ultrapower $M = V^{\kappa}/U$.
Now, the existence of an $\omega_1$-complete ultrafilter (and the existence of the transitive collapse of $M$) is subject to (as I currently understand it) the existence of a measurable cardinal. So my questions are:
- in the absence of a strong large cardinal hypothesis (like the existence of a measurable cardinal) what can we say about the ultrapower M?
- Is it possible to recover or produce some kind of embedding (which will not be a full elementary embedding) of $V$ into $M$, which preserves enough structure to work within $M$?

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I was shocked and very disappointed when I opened the mail from the city. To my dismay, they spent all that postage and packaging time for what? So they could send us the medium sized purple bag they have available.
One would, and should, be led to believe the council is just a figurehead. They have no say in what goes down in the city. I think Mayor Will Flanagan and the city made a grave mistake, and we the people will all suffer from this injustice.
Phil Pelletier
Fall River
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The tournament is open to anyone over the age of 60 but pre-registration is required by April 30. There is no entry fee and Ritchie said depending on the number of people signed up, it may be played one day a week for the entire month. Other activities planned for the month include a trip to the state capital in Baton Rouge and a trip to Tallulah to participate in a Senior Olympics Fun Day and a pot luck sampler meal.
The Council also offers many programs year round for seniors such as a "Wellness Program," which has various methods of working out including free weights, aerobics, line dancing and arm chair aerobics, and a meal program where anyone over the age of 60 may receive a hot, well-balanced lunch-time meal for $1.50.
"It's a great place that seniors can come and socialize while getting a meal where the menu is prepared by a nutritionalist," Ritchie said. "They can also keep active by participating in the various workout plans."
For more information regarding the Morehouse Council on Aging or to sign up for the domino tournament, go to the nutrition center, located at 200 Elm Street, between 8 a.m. and noon and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. or call 283.0845.
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Space Hulk: Death Angel is a cooperative card game set in the Warhammer 40k universe, where space marines are invading a space hulk to exterminate an infestation of genestealers. Shoot as many of the aliens as you can, because the rest will try to claw your armor open if they live.
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CRN Storage News
Former NetApp executive Manish Goel, known as a storage innovator, is taking over for former 3Par CEO David Scott, who has retired, according to an internal HP memo read by CRN.
J2 Global Drops $400M+ Carbonite Bid, Now Bids For Three Board SeatsJ2 Global has taken its $15-per-share offer for Carbonite off the table for now, but is keeping its hand in Carbonite's future with a move to nominate three of its directors to the Carbonite board.
Review: Three Mass Storage Devices For The SMBAs part of Storage Week 2015, the CRN Test Center reviews the latest NAS devices from D-Link and WD, and the ThunderBay 4 DAS from OWC.
Imation Prepares New Architecture For Holistic Storage SecurityImation is building on its IronKey and Assureon technologies to roll out over the next year a new platform for securing data regardless of on which storage device it resides.
NetApp Gets Closer To AWS S3NetApp has expanded its SteelStore and StorageGrid solutions to take advantage of Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service and other public clouds.
EMC Will Keep VMware, For Now At LeastEMC is resisting investor pressure to break up the company, and will keep its stake in VMware, according to Reuters.
SolidFire: Intros Element X, Guarantees Flash Array Upgrades, EnduranceSolidFire used this week's annual analyst conference to unveil SolidFire Element X, a program that allows certain hyper-scale and service provider companies to build their own all-flash arrays, and to guarantee the upgradability and flash endurance of its arrays.
Dell Expands Nutanix-Based Hyper-Converged Infrastructure LineDell is combining the Nutanix software stack with its soon-to-be-released 13th-generation server platform in its next hyper-converged infrastructure offering.
IBM Lays Out New Storage Strategy: Software-Defined, All-FlashIBM's investments in the storage industry are paying off as the company unveils advanced all-flash storage arrays along with software-defined storage based on the company's XIV hardware.
Springpath Exits Stealth Mode With VMware-Focused Hyper-Converged Infrastructure SoftwareSpringpath's software provides scale-up and scale-out compute and storage capabilities using industry-standard servers, and is available on a subscription basis.
Malware Where? Cyberattack On The Storage IndustryThe repercussions of the recent discovery of malware that lives secretly within the firmware of the storage industry's most popular brands of hard drives have yet to be fully felt.
Datalink's Bear Data Acquisition: A Drag On Earnings Now, But Future Growth DriverOn its recent earnings call, Datalink's CEO says the acquisition of Bear Data didn't bring in quite as much revenue as expected but its huge networking business makes Cisco a bigger partner.
Hyper-Converged Startup NIMBOXX Branches Out By Acquiring Virtual Bridges' VDI BusinessNIMBOXX says its plans to combine Virtual Bridges' VDI technology with its own hyper-converged infrastructure to go after virtual desktop opportunties.
The Anti-Valentine: CommVault Mocks Veeam's Marketing Slogan In Bid To Lure Away Its CustomersVeeam and solution providers said they are not sure how effective a recent CommVault promotion playing with the Veeam tagline "VEEAM IT JUST WORKS!" might be.
Quantum Intros Q-Cloud: Seamless Expansion From On-Prem Storage To CloudQuantum's new Q-Cloud solutions add archiving, data vaulting, and virtual data protection as an extension to customers' on-premise storage based on the company's StorNext file system.
Hitachi Data Systems To Buy Big Data, IoT Developer PentahoThe acquisition's impact will be widespread as Pentaho's technology is expected to permeate throughout all of Hitachi, including its industrial business.
NetApp Fiscal Q3: Disappointing, But Services, Software Show Path ForwardNetApp will be counting on partners to engage in more professional services as a key part of its ability to grow its business in the face of weak growth in storage product sales.
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IBM Hires Violin Memory's Herzog In Big Flash Storage Marketing PushEric Herzog has left Violin Memory to join IBM just as Big Blue gets ready for a new assault on the all-flash storage array market.
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The City of Salem is preparing to feed an estimated 250 people at the annual community Thanksgiving Dinner to be held November 23, 2010, at the American Legion Bingo Hall. The dinner is open to all city residents and will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mayor David Bower said area churches are invited to join in this time of fellowship and to encourage those in their congregation, who need a good holiday meal, to attend.
Cecil Smith, recent winner of the Citizen of the Year Award, presented by the Chamber of Commerce, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the Christmas Parade. The parade is planned for Saturday, Nov. 27, 4 pm. Parade entries are still being accepted. Businesses are currently putting together plans for the event. The GoodWill Store, located on Main Street, will be having a children's coloring contest. In addition, cookies will be served to the children visiting the store on Nov.27th. The winners of the contest will be awarded cash prizes.
It didn't take long for former Salem girls' basketball Head Coach Wade Tomlinson to get his first win in the same role at West Washington.


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I am certain that the answer to this question exists somewhere. It might be a classical exercise.
Let $G$ be a finite group. Its table of characters is a square matrix, whose rows are indexed by the conjugacy classes and the columns are indexed by the irreducible characters. It is well defined, up to the order of rows and columns. In particular, its determinant if well-defined up to the sign. Let us define $\Delta$ to be the square of this determinant (this is well-defined). Because the characters form a basis of the space of class functions, we know that $\Delta\ne0$. When $G={\mathbb Z}/n{\mathbb Z}$, $\Delta=n^n$.
Is there a close formula for $\Delta$ for a general group? Is it always an integer?


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Women's Golf Remains Ninth after Second Round of Food Lion SAC ChampionshipApril 14, 2014
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Led by senior Katie Eskew's two-day 177, the Anderson University women's golf team sits in ninth place following second-round action on Monday at the three-day Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship, hosted at the 5,817-yard, par-72 Sevierville Golf Club in Sevierville, Tenn.
Wingate (325-334=659) remains the leader after two rounds, building its' first-round five-stroke lead to 10 shots over second place Queens (340-329=669), which vaulted from the seventh spot. Coker (330-340=670) slipped to third after the second round, while Newberry (340-331=671) moved to fourth. Carson-Newman (339-341=680) and the Wolves flipped spots, with the Eagles slipping one spot to fifth.
Catawba (340-343=683) dropped one spot to sixth, while Tusculum (334-351=685) fell from third after Sunday's first round to seventh entering Tuesday's final round. Monday's second round saw just one change in the eighth-11th spots, as LMU (349-348=697) remained in eighth, with Anderson (369-356=725) holding the ninth slot. Lenoir-Rhyne (379-362=741) moved to 10th, with Mars Hill (374-382=756) slipping to 11th.
Wingate's Johanna Neumann (78-79=157) and Catawba's Madison Kennedy (77-80=157) are even at the top of the individual leaderboard, three shots ahead of LMU's Sydney Gallant (78-82=160) and Coker's Taylor Dembry (77-83=160).
Eskew (92-85=177) moved from 39th to 33rd with the seven-stroke improvement, while sophomore Garyt Hamilton (89-90=179) remained in 35th after two rounds. Junior Natalie Feder (94-88=182) jumped from 48th to claim the 40th slot, while classmate Sarah Timms (94-93=187) is 48th following two rounds. Sophomore Braiden Furtick (101-93=194) rounded out the Trojan contingent in 53rd.
The final round of the three-day event is slated to get underway on Tuesday, with either an 8:30 a.m. start or a shotgun start at 11 a.m., depending on weather in the area.


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CINCINNATI - Kroger announced that Jeffrey Burt has been promoted to group VP perishables merchandising and procurement.
Burt previously served as VP deli/bakery merchandising and procurement for the company, a position he has held since 2004. Prior to that, Burt held leadership roles at QFC, the Kroger division based in Seattle. He began his career with Kroger in 1986 as a management trainee.
"Jeff is an excellent merchandiser with a deep understanding of our customers' preferences in the perishable departments," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger president and COO. "His experience and leadership will help guide the growth of our important produce, meat, seafood, deli and bakery offerings."


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June 02, 2009
Blouberg sunset – Flickr pic of the day
This picture, capturing the calm just before the sunset, was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member John Wilkie.
John says, "This image was captured on one of those 'stunning skies' days we experience at this time of the year in Cape Town. Lots of high clouds forming during the day help to produce the most amazing, brightly coloured sunsets.
"On this particular day, having spotted the sky from my office window, I drove down to the Blouberg Strand area after work, hoping to capture a different kind of shot of our famous mountain.
"This image was taken at Eerstesteen, one of many beautiful stops along the road between Blouberg Strand and Melkbos, on the west coast. This beach area has recently been upgraded, with neatly laid out parking areas and beautiful pathways.
"When visiting this area one would typically find a combination of surfers, anglers and people walking their dogs, relaxing after a long day at work or just having a lovely sunset picnic.
"One can stop at any of the parking areas on this strip, walk no more than 30m (100ft) and be right on the beach, where you can have the most amazing views of Table Mountain and Robben Island."
Do you have images of Cape Town you'd like to share with us? We'd love you to join the Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group!
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Beloved by generations, Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little are two of the most cherished stories of all time. Now, for the first time ever, these treasured classics are available in lavish new collectors' editions. In addition to a larger trim size, the original black-and-white art by Garth Williams has been lovingly colorized by renowned illustrator Rosemary Wells, adding another dimension to these two perfect books for young and old alike.
Mr. White's essays have appeared in Harper's magazine, and some of his other books are: One Man's Meat, The Second Tree from the Corner, Letters of E. B. White, Essays of E. B. White, and Poems and Sketches of E. B. White. He won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which commended him for making a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."
During his lifetime, many young readers asked Mr. White if his stories were true. In a letter written to be sent to his fans, he answered, "No, they are imaginary tales . . . But real life is only one kind of life there is also the life of the imagination."


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Dakota Wesleyan University will inaugurate its 20th president this week during the 100th anniversary of the institution's Blue & White Days.
Amy Novak will be sworn in as Dakota Wesleyan's 20th president at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 27, in the Sherman Center on campus. Following, there will be a light lunch served in East Main Dining Room, upstairs in the Rollins Campus Center. Both events are free and open to the public.
"Dakota Wesleyan has been my home for 10 years and there is no place I would rather be to embark on this next step in my career in higher education," Novak said. "I look forward to working with our faculty, staff and administrative team to achieve the goals set out 129 years ago by those Methodist pioneers, who saw on this prairie the potential to cultivate minds and ideas through a faith-based education. DWU has a strong history and even stronger future."
In addition to her position as provost and executive vice president, Novak has served DWU in several positions since 2003: director of Student Support Services TRiO Grant, dean of enrollment management and vice president for enrollment management. Her achievements include:
A native South Dakotan and graduate of Mitchell High School, Novak has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Notre Dame, and a master's degree in economics from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She is currently working toward a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary leadership at Creighton University in Omaha.
Novak's previous experience includes organizational consulting for Digital Equipment Corporation, directing a federal grant at Edison State College, teaching business communication courses at Denver Technical College, conducting market research for several local companies, as well as providing leadership to a variety of not-for-profit organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
She and her husband, Ken, have eight children: Peter, 18; Isaac, 16; Luke, 15; Mark, 13; Seemela Grace, 12; Marianna, 10; Elijah, 7; and Zechariah, 5.
Ken Novak earned his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A published author, Ken's professional background also includes 11 years of service to the U.S. Air Force, including roles as a military acquisition specialist, teacher of the year at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the chief speechwriter for the U.S. Air Force Command in Europe.


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Baseball tournament to be held
BERGHOLZ - The Bergholz Baseball and Softball Association will host its inaugural "Battle in the Berg" on July 8-12 in two divisions - U10 and U12.
Format will be pool play followed by a single elimination tournament. Trophies to awarded to first- and second-place teams. Three games are guaranteed. The cost is $225 and two baseballs.
For information, call or text (740) 381-5365.
The association has opened its sign-ups for fall baseball open to girls and boys ages 6-7. Other eligible ages for baseball are 8-13.
For information, call (740) 768-2205 or call or text 381-5365.
Holliday records an ace
HUBBARD, Ohio - Joe Holliday recorded a hole-in-one at Pine Lakes Golf Club. The 65-year-old Steubenville resident used a pitching wedge on the 107-yard par 3 16th hole. The shot was witnessed by Vito Cicchirillo, Keith Turner and Frank Mioduszewski.
Tickets can be paid
STEUBENVILLE - Steubenville Big Red football season tickets may now be prepaid for $36. Tickets will be available for pick-up in August. High school ticket office hours are from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday. Make checks out to SHS Athletics.
Camps at Weirton church
WEIRTON - Coach Mel Coleman will host his 29th-annual basketball camp from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8-12 at the Mercy Baptist Church's Bush Center.
It is open to girls and boys aged 6 to 18. It is the longest-running basketball camp in the Tri-State Area. All campers receive a T-shirt, lunch and lessons from qualified staff and instructors.
For information, call (304) 748-1922.
The Coleman Sisters' Cheerleading Clinic will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 8-11 at Mercy Baptist Church.
For information, contact Kenyatta Coleman Grant at (304) 283-4313 or Melissa Coleman Turner at (304) 444-1434.
Hoops outside at MLK
STEUBENVILLE - Basketball is being held Monday through Wednesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the outdoor courts at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center.
Creek youth camp soon
WINTERSVILLE - The Indian Creek Youth Football Camp will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. July 8-10 for those ages 7-12. The cost is $20 per camper and includes a T-shirt.
For information, contact Redskins head coach Andrew Connor at (740) 317-2276.


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5 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do
Has your mom ever called in a panic, saying the computer was displaying a weird error message and that she hurried and unplugged it just to be safe--and then dunked it in the bathtub so it wouldn't burn the house down?
It makes you realize that, to some people, a computer is still a terrifying box of mysteries. Well, we think Hollywood writers have those people in mind when they portray laptop computers doing everything short of blowing up the moon.
After all, according to the movies...
#5. You Can Blow Up Shit At Will With Hacking
Worst Offender: Live Free or Die Hard
What Happened:
The movie' villain, Thomas Gabriel, and his band of hackers are so good at hacking that they've gained the powers of an all-seeing and all-knowing God:
"OK, I want you to hack into that traffic light and make it red. Good. Now, I want you to hack into Kevin Smith' basement and physically move his webcam around the room. Now, hack into the brain of that fighter pilot and get him to shoot missiles into the middle of a busy freeway."
Hacking is to this movie what magic is in the Harry Potter stories: plot-hole spackle. All the gaping cracks in logic between scene A to scene C can be neatly smoothed over with the mystical power of hack. The improbability reaches critical mass, though, when the bad guys hack into the natural-gas lines near a power plant and make them spontaneously explode under the streets.
Why It's Ridiculous:
Look, we acknowledge that Bruce Willis movies take place in a universe where every object is teetering on the brink of spontaneous detonation (see Armageddon, wherein the bolt on a valve handle breaks, causing an entire space station to erupt in an enormous fireball). Still, if natural-gas safety precautions were so poor that entire city blocks could explode via broadband modem, we're certain the guys at 4chan would have done it by now.
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Gabriel would make his insane demands to his hackers who, in turn, would snort derisively and call him a n00b. An hour later, 30 unwanted pizzas would turn up, mysteriously ordered under his name from Pizza Hut' online order form, while the hackers giggle and high-five each time the doorbell rings.
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I have a pair of very nice dial calipers that display marks every 0.001" and can be used to round to the nearest .0002" accurately. How should I go about centering these so that they are as accurate as possible? When just using my eyes there is a fairly apparent amount of error because of parallax.
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There should be a locking screw securing the bezel of the dial. If all you're trying to do is calibrate for zero, you should be able to close the jaws (don't force it), loosen the locking screw and rotate the bezel until the zero and the needle line up.
To get a more useful calibration, you're going to need to check other non-zero measurements. That will give you some other fixed points from which you can derive a linear model of error over the full measurement range.


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Is the term ハーフ (mixed-race Japanese/other) derogatory? Can you use it in a newspaper article? Can you use it to describe your boss? If it is derogatory, what word(s) should one use instead?
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As an American, it strikes me as incredibly offensive. After all, half is even less than three-fifths.
That being said, ハーフ is a perfect example of wasei-eigo; a Japanese word based on English which a native English speaker would either find odd or not be able to make sense of at all. The context that a Japanese person is going to have when using the English word "half" to describe a person is going to be far different than yours or mine. I doubt that most people who use this word are even aware that it means something other than "mixed-race person" in English (and it doesn't even mean that unless you add more words to it).
So in that context, when spoken by most Japanese people, it is not intended to be derogatory; nor are half Japanese people particularly derided by society. Here's some interviews where Japanese are asked about their thoughts on ハーフ, and they are mostly positive (though given that one of the interviewees looks clearly non-100% Yamato, make of that what you will), and I can hardly turn on the TV nowadays without seeing half-British tarento-du-jour ベッキー playing with bunnies or going "へぇぇぇぇ" over a video clip. (If you've never been to Japan, note that roughly two-thirds of Japanese TV is people going "へぇぇぇぇ" over a video clip.)
All that being said, if I end up marrying a Japanese woman and someone calls my kids ハーフ, I would politely ask them to not do so, then change the topic quickly.
I am ハーフ, and for what it's worth the term has never caused me to take offense, nor did it seem like any was ever intended. When I was in elementary school in Japan, if I got into scuffles, the preferred label was 外人, though not even that is necessarily offensive outside of the context of a schoolyard spat.
In short, if you aren't immediately offended by the term, I wouldn't think your way into being so.
From what I've seen it doesn't seem derogatory. Same goes for the 2nd-generation Japanese from Brazil as well with the word "Nikei"
Just make sure you don't say "New Half" as that will surely upset your boss.
Edit: Apparently it WAS derogatory back in the day when there weren't many foreigners in Japan, but and thus changed and is no longer seen as a derogatory word.
No, this is not derogatory. We put our culture on top of the word and assume, which is a fair assumption because I don't like using at all, that it is not cool.
To most Japanese, it is not seen as derogatory. But then, they do a lot of racist things without thinking that it's wrong. If you want a lot of examples, read the blog Loco in Yokohama. He's a black ALT in Japan and he chronicles the things that anger him almost on a daily basis, like the empty circle that surrounds gaijin on trains while the whole rest of the train is crowded.
Not at all. I hear Japanese use it normally, so there should be no problem as long as you don't use it in a pejorative sentence or so :)
The main thing wrong with the term is that it is so vapid. Most Japanese are familiar with the term "hybrid", in the context of cars with two different types of engine, and will figure out in just a few seconds that "hybrid" is an entirely polite and reasonable way to refer to someone of mixed ethnicity, just as it is in most of the English-speaking world.
To see that it is in fact derogatory (if only subconciously so), try pointing out to a Japanese who owns a hybrid car that they have a "half car", and see what they say.
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A large number of people, both amateurs and professionals, photograph and optically observe the sun regularly. The filters required are well known - a search on 'solar photography' will turn up many references.
Be aware that if you get it wrong you can destroy your eyes or your equipment in moments.
Full daylight is nominally 100,000 lux.
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My {son, daughter} read on a LEGO box that the set was designed by a LEGO fan. That is amazing! Is this common and how does my {son, daughter} get into that?
What sets were designed by fans so far?
In addition of the already mentionned Blacksmith shop and the three first LEGO factory sets (5524 — Airport, 5525 — Amusement park and 5526 — Skyline, combined from the 10 winners entries of the contest), the following sets have been designed by fans:
Also, you have to keep in mind that the line between high-profile AFOL and LEGO designer is becoming very thin, and some people have crossed that line (Pierre Normandin, for example). As such, can't it be said that the sets they design now are created by fans? Designers are fans in their own right!
Also, in addition of the fans-turned-designers, LEGO does invite fans for workshops from time to time. Theire influence on 10194 — Emerald Night for instance is obvious, if only for them pushing LEGO to make big train wheels.
So, the line between fan and designer is blurry, and that's for the better.
If I recall correctly, it started in 2007 with LEGO's initiative called LEGO Factory, where fans were invited to compete in designing models using LEGO Digital Designer. The winners would then have their entries made into the very first fan-designed commercial LEGO sets.
Today, LEGO Factory is superseded by Design by Me. It follows a similar concept, except not in a competitive sense but a personal sense. This means you or your child can use LDD to design a set, share it, and even create custom box art for it, and have it ship right to your door, just as if you ordered a set from the LEGO online store itself.
I believe there were previous events that resulted in fan creations being marketed and mass-produced, but models created in the Factory competition and Design by Me initiative are not mass-produced.
Set 3739 Blacksmith Shop was created by adult fan creation by Daniel Siskind, and was marketed by Lego in 2002. It was the first in the My Own Creation series.
Lego Cusoo is a website where you can upload pictures of your creations, and if they get enough followers,votes, they can be made into official set by Lego. (The current requirement is 10k votes) The first model mass produced was the Shinkai 6500. To date, several more models have been released, including the Hayabusa satellite, a Minecraft set, Back to the Future, and the Mars Curiosity rover.(in order)
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, reports that radiation around the site is at 1,800 millisieverts per hour, a level that Reuters says is "enough to kill an exposed person in four hours."
Previously, the utility, also known as Tepco, said the leaking water was at around 100 millisieverts per hour.
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I bought these sandals for a 10-week trip to Central America. I needed something that I could wear dressed up or dressed down, that was comfortable, versatile for different locations, and sturdy enough to survive the trip as my primary walking shoe. I began wearing them around home a bit to break them in, and the way the mush forms to your foot creates a pillow of comfort to walk on. I immediately loved them! I noticed after only two weeks in Central America, though, that the inner sides of my straps were showing wear and I was concerned they would rip through before I got home. However, they didn't tear any further, they're still in good shape, and still one of my favorite shoes to wear. My only complaints came when I needed traction or if they were wet. The traction on the bottom is sufficient for most activities, but they don't have much grip, especially on slick rocks like wet cobblestone streets. Also, when they got wet my feet would slide inside of them so it was easy to lose my footing. I had to pull the straps really tight if I was out in the rain or had stepped in a puddle. So I would advise caution if you'll be wearing them when they're wet, but as an everyday walking shoe when they're dry they're absolutely wonderful!
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The bottom black part of these shoes is so comfortable! It's like walking on a pillow. But the orange straps have little no padding, and the canvas or whatever material it;s made out of scratches and is super rough, and inflexible at all. Normally the inflexibility wouldn't present a problem, but because the black bottom's squishiness, you weight causes it to sink in with every step, so the straps are moving against your foot as your foot strains against it.
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hardware signal assertion caused in a processor pin. But I would like to know how Linux OS handles it.
What all are the things that happen when an interrupt occurs?
Here's a high-level view of the low-level processing. I'm describing a simple typical architecture, real architectures can be more complex or differ in ways that don't matter at this level of detail.
When an interrupt occurs, the processor looks if interrupts are masked. If they are, nothing happens until they are unmasked. When interrupts become unmasked, if there are any pending interrupts, the processor picks one.
Then the processor executes the interrupt by branching to a particular address in memory. The code at that address is called the interrupt handler. When the processor branches there, it masks interrupts (so the interrupt handler has exclusive control) and saves the contents of some registers in some place (typically other registers).
The interrupt handler does what it must do, typically by communicating with the peripheral that triggered the interrupt to send or receive data. If the interrupt was raised by the timer, the handler might trigger the OS scheduler, to switch to a different thread. When the handler finishes executing, it executes a special return-from-interrupt instruction that restores the saved registers and unmasks interrupts.
The interrupt handler must run quickly, because it's preventing any other interrupt from running. In the Linux kernel, interrupt processing is divided in two parts:
As usual on this topic, for more information, read Linux Device Drivers; chapter 10 is about interrupts.
Gilles already described the general case of an interrupt, the following applies specifically to Linux 2.6 on an Intel architecture (part of this is also based on Intel's specifications).
An interrupt is an event that changes the sequence of instructions executed by the processor.
Exceptions are caused by programming errors (f.e. Divide error, Page Fault, Overflow) that must be handled by the kernel. He sends a signal to the program and tries to recover from the error.
The following two exceptions are classified:
Interrupts can be issued by I/O devices (keyboard, network adapter, ..), interval timers and (on multiprocessor systems) other CPUs. When an interrupt occures, the CPU must stop his current instruction and execute the newly arrived interrupt. He needs to save the old interrupted process state to (probably) resume it after the interrupt is handled.
Handling interrupts is a sensitive task:
Two different interrupt levels are defined:
Every hardware device has it's own Interrupt Request (IRQ) line. The IRQs are numbered starting from 0. All IRQ lines are connected to a Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC). The PIC listens on IRQs and assigns them to the CPU. It is also possible to disable a specific IRQ line.
The mid-step between an interrupt or exception and the handling of it is the Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT). This table associates each interrupt or exception vector (a number) with a specified handler (f.e. Divide error gets handled by the function
Through the IDT, the kernel knows exactly how to handle the occurred interrupt or exception.
So, what does the kernel when an interrupt occurres?
First of all participants involved in interrupt handling are peripheral hardware devices, interrupt controller, CPU, operating system kernel and drivers. Peripheral hardware devices are responsible for interrupt generation. They assert interrupt request lines when they want attention from operating system kernel. These signals are multiplexed by interrupt controller, which is responsible for interrupt signals collection. It also responsible for determination of the order in which interrupt signals will be passed to CPU. Interrupt controller is able to temporally disable particular interrupt request line (IRQL) and reenable it again (IRQL masking). Interrupt controller pass collected interrupt requests to the CPU sequentially. CPU after completion of execution of each instruction CPU does check is there any waiting interrupt requests from the interrupt controller. If CPU finds that there is waiting request AND Interrupt Enable flag is set in the internal CPU control register then CPU starts interrupt handling. As you can see, by manipulation on the Interrupt flag in the CPU and communication with interrupt controller, Linux kernel is able to control the interrupt acceptance. For example, Linux can disable acceptance of interrupts from the particular device or disable interrupt acceptance at all.
What happens when the processor receives an interrupt request? Firstly, CPU automatically disables interrupts by resetting Interrupt Flag. They will be reenabled once interrupt handling will be finished. In the same time CPU makes minimal amount of work needed for switching CPU from the user mode to kernel mode in such a way that will allow it resume the execution of the interrupted code. CPU consults with special CPU control structures filled by Linux kernel to find an address of code to which control will be passed. This address is the address of the first instruction of interrupt handler, which is a part of the Linux kernel.
As a first step of interrupt handling kernel identifies vector of interrupt received to identify what kind of event has been happened in the system. Interrupt vector defines what actions will Linux take to handle it. As a second step Linux saves the rest of the CPU registers (which wasn't saved by CPU automatically) and which potentially can be used by the interrupted program. This is very important action, because it allows Linux to handle interrupts transparently regard to the interrupted program. As a third step, Linux accomplish switching to the kernel mode by setting the kernel environment and setting the CPU state required for it. And finally, vector dependent interrupt handler is called. (You can look on BUILD_INTERRUPT3 macro in arch\x86\kernel\entry_32.S to grab the additional details for x86 architecture related example) In the case of peripheral devices this a do_IRQ() routine. (Look into the arch\x86\kernel\irq.c)
The vector dependent interrupt handler usually wrapped by calls to irq_enter() and irq_exit(). Code area enclosed within a pair of these functions, is atomic with respect to any other such areas and also is atomic with respect to pairs of cli/sti. Irq_enter() and irq_exit() also captures some statistics related to the interrupt handling. Finally, kernel looks into the vector_irq table to find the irq number assigned to the vector of the interrupt received and call handle_irq() (from arch\x86\kernel\irq_32.c).
At this point the common part of the interrupt handling in Linux ends, because kernel looks the device dependent interrupt handler routine installed by device driver as part of the irq descriptor and invokes it. If such handler wasn't been installed by driver, kernel just acknowledge interrupt on interrupt controller and goes to exit from general interrupt handler.
After the end of the interrupt handling kernel restores the state of the program which was interrupted previously and resumes this program execution.
From theory aspect, almost everything has been explained. But if you are looking for explanation on kernel interrupt handling code framework, following link should you: A code walk inside kernel interrupt handling
And if you are still looking on theory about interrupts and interrupt handlers, then i recommend reading this: Understanding interrupts and interrupt handlers


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Not clear to me that line of effect rules apply so strictly after the spell comes into effect.
The d20srd says "An immobile, vertical curtain of whirling blades shaped of pure force springs into existence", which I interpret to mean the wall consists of a large number of blades each made of force. Nothing in the description indicates that the blades are unforming-and-reforming while the spell lasts. So the blades are each created when the spell is cast and persist until the spell's end. There is also nothing in the description that would indicate these blades can pass through solid matter.
So as long as the bathtub is reasonably tight to the floor as it passes through the blade barrier I would suggest the blades are unable to damage those under the bathtub.
The noise of blade-on-bathtub, however, would be considerable...
The spell creates a wall of force blades, which would fill its area; there is no "line of effect" relevant to its ongoing damage effect. If you believe in "rules over realism" then it's just a wall of damage and such a dodge wouldn't work - both the character and the tub and anything along would take the damage separately. In a more simulationist world, however, you could reason that such a thing should help and using a clever trick like covering up with a bathtub should help protect you somewhat from the damage.
However, there's no reason a dodge like this would make you perfectly safe. I would rule "absolutely you can use it, but the bathtub takes the damage, and given its hardness and hit points, it may split and if it does you take the rest of the damage..." There are well defined damage-to-objects rules in D&D 3.5. I'm guessing the average tub (depending on what it's made of, I assume porcelain) would count as stone which is hardness 8, 15 hp (wood or iron would of course vary this). So it's only going to take 23 points before breaking, but that could totally help - if it's a 12d6 blade barrier (average 42 points of damage), then you could get off without damage if you make your Reflex save... Of course in cases like this it's totally up to the GM whether you save for you and the tub, or save versus the remaining damage once it's through the tub, or what.
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Therefore, anything that completely blocks line of effect blocks the blade barrier from performing attacks. The question for the DM to answer is: "Does the bathtub count as a separate object for purposes of line of effect?" If it does, one consequence is that a tightly-woven canvas sheet also counts as blocking line of effect.
Blade Barrier, as a wall, may or may not have a point of origin. Because it has an effect line instead of an area line like fireball, the last line of the LoE ruling may not apply. It however, is also not a spread, so the spread wording (not requiring LoE from the origin) doesn't apply.
The real question for your DM is "Where is the point of origin?" If each square produces its own point of origin, then the bathtub does not count as total cover. If the first square of the wall counts as point of origin then the bathtub does count. There is no clear ruling from the rules on this and no easily-findable threads on community.wizards.com.
Depending upon what the tub is made of, the blades could conceivably break or rip the tub to shreds before you had managed to crawl through their area of effect. At least that would be my take as a DM.
Wood or ceramic would be quickly or easily be broken or shredded, but you might be able to move fast enough to get through. Cast iron? Well, I would probably require one or more strength checks to move the 10' required to clear the blade barrier. Remember your crouched down on your hands and knees with very little mobility. So I would probably limit them to 5' movement on each successful strength check, meaning the tub would have to survive two rounds minimum against the damage the blade barrier causes. The hardness and hp for a cast iron tub would be Hardness 10, 30hp/inch of thickness.
Magic trumps bathtub. If the character casted a spell like Turtle Shell (dont remember where it was from Druid?) then I would allow that to provide temporary hp to the character once destroyed magic winks out you start taking damage. If player did this in my group bathtub would also damage them, shards hitting PC and surrounding players...but thats me. Blade Barrier high level spell should not be able to be subverted by a bathtub.


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Born and raised in a mountain community just inland of Eureka, California, Brian Finch didn't get exposed to many hot rods or muscle cars. His father was a timber faller whose only involvement in the automotive industry was driving to work. Where did Brian get the bug? His friends were all into totally unrelated things, caught up in the social activities the small-town school offered. After some deep thought and hours rooting through the family albums, he figured out where he got his interest from. In many of the pictures he had tools and parts of household appliances scattered about. From a very young age Brian was interested in how things came apart and what made them tick. Brian told us: "As soon as I could hold a wrench in my hand, I was looking for something to put it on." Taking apart toasters and radios was very interesting to Brian at first, but as he approached his teen years, he was looking for more of a challenge. He thought of cars as very large and complicated toasters that he wanted to take a closer look at. He read every hot rodding magazine he could get his hand on, cover to cover.
His family and friends couldn't aid him in fulfilling his curiosity, so he had to go about it on his own. Brian took a job at the local saw mill when he was 15 years old. Though technically illegal to have a child that young working, he got away with it because of his after-hours grease-gun job. Brian was working nights and weekends so not to interrupt his mandatory scholastic commitments. After eight months he saved the $550 he needed to buy his first car. He wanted something that looked cool and would serve as transportation for when he was old enough to drive. He found a '68 Mustang coupe for sale in the local paper and bought it. It was a running and driving 302 two-barrel car with an automatic transmission and bone-white interior. The car had been rear ended, badly wrinkling the trunk lid, tail panel, and both quarters-explaining the low price tag.
Brian worked on his first hot rod all through high school, upgrading the two-barrel carburetor with a four-barrel version and eventually building a whole new engine for it. He also changed the white interior over to black for a cooler look. Because of limited time, knowledge, and budget, the car never made it past primer. In 1986, and now only 17, he bought an '80 SVO Mustang to carry the engine from the '68, the shell of which he had abandoned. The experience of building and driving this '80 Mustang changed the way he looked at cars forever. As a bonus for signing up with the Navy right after high school, Brian received $5,000. This went toward an extremely powerful crate engine for the Mustang. Being young and power thirsty, Brian stuffed as much horsepower between the inner fenders without giving much thought to the rest of the car. With stock brakes and suspension, the car, and Brian, couldn't handle the power. The car ended up in a ditch. From then on, Brian saw how important it was to build the car as a whole, rather than as a house for an engine.
After his stint with the Navy, he took a job as a tech for Ford. He spent many years there, but realized even though he loved cars, working day in and day out swapping parts wasn't for him. He then got into building the robotics that built semiconductor chips for computers. This led him to work for Dell as the IT project manager on global software development. In the tech world, this is a great job, and the pay has allowed him to have a nice life with his wife and two daughters. "This job got me to a place in my life where I can start taking some risks," Brian says. He had been building his personal car, a '71 Camaro, at home in his spare time, and really enjoyed building. Over the years he has helped friends build their cars and taken on some small side jobs. He's enjoyed it so much he decided to go for it as a full-time job. This didn't mean he was going to throw his 9-to-5 job out and start from scratch building cars. He wanted to make a name for himself. He wanted to acquire enough of a customer base to support his family before giving up the IT job. He saw the first step to getting his name out there was to build an exquisite car that he could show as an example of his craftsmanship.
He wanted to build a car that he already had intimate knowledge of, so he bought a '67 Mustang coupe. He found one on eBay from a guy in Georgia, just south of his current residence in Hermitage, Tennessee. The car was in reasonably good shape, which was important to Brian because he wanted a solid foundation to start on, something he didn't have with his first Mustang. Learning from his mistakes and shortcomings over the years, Brian had a clear idea of the priorities. This wasn't going to be a big-inch, stock-brake build like the ones he did as a teenager, but a sophisticated, well-rounded build. Above all, the car had to work.
The first thing Brian did was remove the straight-six, automatic transmission, and one-legger 8-inch rear. The powertrain is now comprised of that from a '03 Mustang Cobra. He bolted the 4.6L supercharged DOHC motor, factory five-speed transmission, and 8.8-inch rearend in for mockup. The car didn't have a hood, fenders, doors, or much else on it at the time. It had the bare minimum to allow Brian to drive the car. He wanted to make sure the car was fast enough, ran smoothly, and could do some killer burnouts before spending the hundreds of hours ahead building around this drivetrain combination. He was very pleased with the way the Stage 3 porting by Steigmeier and the smaller blower pulley woke up the otherwise-stock Mustang engine.
He promptly tore everything back out, set the car up on the rotisserie, and began the bodywork. This work would take up the majority of the time he put into this Mustang. He wanted it to be flawless. We're not sure if it's because the cars are just not taken care of, or if the sheetmetal is thinner than others of the era, but it always seems like the Mustang's body gets very wavy. Brian didn't want you to think of fun at the beach surfing when you see the side of his car, so he spent countless hours block-sanding this pony perfectly smooth. He's not a body man by trade, but after recently completing the build of his '71 Camaro, he was more than competent enough to tackle this project. More experience would get him through the process faster, but not any better.
Everyone looks at different things when they walk the rows of a car show, and Brian looks at body panel gaps, and more specifically, door gaps. He cringes when he sees a $100,000 show car with bad body seams, and swore he would never let a car out of his shop like that. He welded and filed each seam to be as perfect as the eye could rate. With the panels set, he would continue to add his own, and some borrowed body modifications. Each modification wasn't done to draw attention to a particular part of the car but to make you take a step back and look at the whole enchilada. He removed the front bumper and reshaped the nose for a clean, minimalist form. The quarter-panels received the timeless scoops lucky enough to come on the special Shelby models. Brian carried the Shelby theme across the back, flush mounting the Shelby signature taillights. Everything else he did was to achieve a factory-like look or clean up the body. His focus was to downplay the trim pieces so as not to confuse the eye. He told us, "If it fit in the oven, it was powdercoated black, if it didn't, it was painted, but either way, I wasn't going to have any chrome on this car."
The inspiration for the stripe color came from PHR project '68 Camaro Bad Penny. He knew he wanted it somewhere on the car. The stripe shape came from the Boss diagonal fender stripe that extended down the side and top of the car. He didn't want any stripes on the top so he made his own design and went with it. Brian has his own paint booth so he didn't need to outsource any work, something he is particularly proud of. He has all of his work documented on his website, which reflects his new business name, Hot Rod Transformations (www.hotrodtransformations.com).
When the time came to address the suspension, Brian would not make the same mistake twice, and wanted the best he could get for the car. His original plan was to use coilover shocks, but after spending a lot of time at the autocross events with the guys from Air Ride, he decided to switch to their Shockwave air springs.
The interior was a blend of parts from the '03 Mustang Cobra donor car and the original '67 equipment. He wanted everything extremely comfortable and functional. His main goal through the build, and especially the interior, was to keep it as low budget as he could without sacrificing quality. This meant using as much of the donor car as possible.
Since the build was completed in April 2009, Brian has competed in the annual Motor State Challenge at Gingerman's road course, taking home first place in the Pro Touring category. He has also competed in the Goodguy's Street Challenge Autocross event in Nashville. Unfortunately, he had a meeting with the wall just past the finish line. It took out the front fender, but didn't do any structural damage. He had a great attitude about it: "If you don't exceeded the car's limits, how will you know where they are? This one's are way beyond mine."
The Mustang has already given Brian a lot of attention, and is well on his way to making his dreams of building cars full-time a reality. Though his family wishes he had more time to spend with them, they understand why he needs to go this direction. Brian's wife Nicole told us: "He's the same guy I married 12 years ago; I know what I signed up for."
|Brian Finch, 39 • Hermitage, TN
|4.6L Ford modular
|four-bolt main iron
|factory oil cooler
|Rotating assembly:
|forged crank, 8.5:1 pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|DOHC aluminum
|two intake valves per cylinder,
|two exhaust valves per cylinder
|factory Eaton blower with Stage 3
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|Rear suspension:
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|'08 Shelby GT500 14-inch
|Brembo front,
|'03 Mustang Cobra disc rear
|'03 Mustang Cobra seats front and rear
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|Mach 460 deck from '03 Mustang
|custom harness from '03 Mustang
|Grant wheel
|Classic Auto Air system
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|'03 Mustang console
|extensive body mods by the owner,
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|Sherwin Williams '03 Nissan Gray
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|SPI universal clear
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Tool Shed Tooltip #6: WPF Styling from Episode 1
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Check this one out. WPF Application Styling (without any code!). Yikes! See the World premier demo of this great third party tool from Infrgistics. In my opinion, this was the coolest demo in Episode 1. See Microsoft MVP Jason
Beres in action as the guest presenter for this awesome demo!
What is it?
No-code, no-visual designer way to style WPF applications.
Download Site:
Styling CTP: http://www.infragistics.com/wpfstyling
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Brings hi-fidelity, professional styling to WPF applications for teams that do not have visual designers on staff
Makes your WPF applications sizzle!
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When $\mathfrak g$ is a complex, simple, simply laced Lie algebra of rank r then the (specialized) character of the basic representation for the corresponding affine Lie algebra $\hat {\mathfrak g}$ is given by $\chi_{\hat {\mathfrak g}}(q)=\frac{\Theta _{\mathfrak g}(q)}{\eta (q)^r}$, where $\Theta _{\mathfrak g} (q)$ is the theta function for the root lattice of $\mathfrak g$. It is well known that $\Theta _{E_8} (q)$ is equal to the normalized Eisenstein series of weight 4, $E_4 (q)$. We also have another basic result that $E_4(q)=\frac{1}{2}(\theta_2 (0,q)^8 +\theta_3 (0,q)^8 + \theta _4 (0,q)^8)$, where $\theta_2(x,q)$, $\theta_3(x,q)$, $\theta_4(x,q)$ are the three classical even Jacobi theta functions. Being odd, the other Jacobi theta function $\theta_1(x,q)$ vanishes at $x=0$. My question is in regards to the unspecialized form of the character; that is, I'm wondering if evaluating the character on a non-zero element of the Cartan subalgebra produces something of the form $$\chi _{\hat {E_8}}(x_1,...,x_8,q)=\frac{\frac{1}{2}(\prod_{i=1}^8\theta_2 (x_i,q) + \prod_{i=1}^8\theta_3(x_i,q) + \prod_{i=1}^8\theta _4 (x_i,q)+\alpha \prod_{i=1}^8\theta_1 (x_i,q))}{\eta (q)^8}$$ for some $\alpha$? Moreover, in the case $\alpha = 0$, does it make sense that Taylor expanding the numerator of this expression and writing it in terms of elementary symmetric polynomials in $x_1^2,...,x_8^2$ one should find that everything below degree 8 can be written as quasimodular forms times only powers of $p_1(x_1,...,x_8)=x_1^2+...+x_8^2$? This is what I got when I plugged it into Mathematica and in fact the coefficients are similar to the Eisenstein-Jacobi series $E_{4,1}(z,q)$. What would probably be very relevant is if there's anything regarding Jacobi forms in several variables that has been studied that is similar to the "development coefficients" which are well studied in Eichler and Zagier "The Theory of Jacobi Forms".
I've tried looking through a good bit of the literature regarding both of these matters, but couldn't find what I was looking for. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be greatly appreciative.


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6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame
#3. PSR B1257+12 b Orbits a Massive Spinning Strobe Light
As strange as all the worlds on this list have been, they share the same characteristic we expect from our planets: They orbit a star. Well, some planets aren't interested in conforming to The Man's expectations. For instance, PSR B1257+12 b is the first of a handful of planets ever discovered orbiting a pulsar.
For anyone unfamiliar, a pulsar is somewhere between a star and a black hole. A star naturally collapses in on itself throughout its life until the buildup of pressure at its core is so great that it explodes into a nova or supernova. What's left at the end of the explosion is the dense core that's only about 10 miles in diameter called a neutron star. If that neutron star continues to spit out radiation and light, then we call it a pulsar. In short, PSR B1257+12 b orbits a giant, radioactive disco ball.
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Those of you who live in Las Vegas already sort of know what that feels like.
That means that the only light the planet ever gets is full of deadly radiation, but at least it looks awfully pretty. Pulsars emit beams in pulses because they're rotating, so if you were standing on the planet, it would look like a giant blue strobe in the sky.
This really isn't the planet for epileptic astronauts, and technically it's really not a planet for anyone -- PSR B1257+12 b is bathed in so much radiation that one side of it actually glows blue.
"Excuse me, vacation planner ... we were promised powers?"
#2. Titan Is Slathered in Fossil Fuels
Saturn's moon Titan is the only moon we know of with its own atmosphere. In fact, the atmosphere is so thick that we had no idea what the surface was made of until we sent a probe in 2005 (yes, we were banking on cheese here as well). From Titan, you wouldn't even be able to see Saturn's rings, because every day is the equivalent of the most miserable day in Seattle or England. Except instead of raining water, it rains fuel.
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And the coffee is shit.
The dreary overcast skies are a result of cryovolcanoes, which spew out water and ammonia in lieu of magma. And the clouds are made up of liquid methane, the primary component of natural gas. In fact, there is so much gas-rain that it's formed entire rivers and oceans. The polar lakes alone house hundreds of times more oil and natural gas than every known oil and gas reserve on Earth. The whole moon is an oil tycoon's wet dream. Oh, and speaking of dreams, did we mention you can fly on Titan?
The atmosphere is dense enough and the gravity is weak enough that if you could construct yourself a set of wings, you could absolutely flap around through the sky, taking in the sights of that dismal, toxic wasteland.
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Oh, don't worry, that's a false color image of the lakes. The real version is as dark as your most guarded nightmares.
Yet despite the moon being a veritable hell, life may already be there. Scientists suspect that life on Titan may use methane instead of water for its primary functions, keeping warm with the tidal heat deep within the moon's core. In a few centuries we could feasibly be fighting oil-based life forms for the very resource that's keeping them alive. Suddenly, Avatar seems a lot less absurd.
#1. Gliese 581 c Is a Hellish Landscape With Black Plants and a Red Sky
Of the limited number of planets where humanity might actually be able to live, Gliese 581 c is the closest. But don't think that means it looks like Earth. Assuming it could sustain life, here's exactly what you could expect:
The planet orbits a red dwarf, so the sky would always be a bloody crimson. The red light wouldn't just make you feel strange; it would affect all vegetation, forcing every plant to attain photosynthetic energy from the infrared spectrum. The tangible consequence of that is that every plant would look pitch black.
Holy shit, we finally found out where goths come from!
You would also wake up each day to a perpetual state of twilight. That's because Gliese 581 c is so close to its star that it doesn't revolve anymore; one side of the planet always faces the star, and one side stays in darkness forever. The only place where you or anything else could survive is on the narrow strip between the two where the temperature is just right.
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It can't be arsed to rotate. We may finally have found Laziness Valhalla.
And with one side of the planet always hot and one always cold, you can expect some strange weather patterns, with gale winds perpetually surging from the hot to the cold side every day, along with permanent torrential rain, because there are no seasons.
So to summarize: red skies, black plants, gale winds, never-ending twilight and a step too far in one direction could lead to either freezing to death or incineration.
So it's probably best to check with MapQuest before even going down the block.
And yet, rather than tiptoeing around that planet and looking for life somewhere a little less terrifying, we're doing our best to wake up whatever nightmare might be living there already. In October 2008, we sent a message from Earth directly at Gliese 581 c, and it should reach the devil planet around 2029. Then, presumably, misfortune will infest our souls for eternity, but think of how much it will teach us about space!
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My wife and I are thinking about getting a pet, so my daughter (now 3 months old) can learn about animals growing up. What factors should influence the pet we choose? Is there anyway to tell if the child and the pet are compatible?
We have a rat, two cats, and two fish tanks. Earlier we had more cats, two hamsters, and a dog. My in-laws have a dog, too. Our daughter is now about 2.5 y.o. and our son (now 18) grew with animals, too.
Lessons learned:
When choosing a family pet it is most important to keep in mind the families lifestyle and living situation. How often is someone in the home? How much space do you have? Is budget an issue? Cats are very manageable pets to have and are rather low maintenance and low budget however it may be hard to find a cat that is good with children as many tend to be skittish. Always bring the whole family to look at potential pets to see how the pet interacts with the entire family.
Dogs are great as well but a much larger undertaking. Things to keep in mind for dogs are their size, how much space they need, if they bark a lot, typical health issues for the breed, how many times a day they need to be walked, and if there are any stigmas associated with the breed.
Allergies are of course something to keep in mind so see what type of options the place you choose to get the pet from has if a family member is too allergic to keep the pet.
Lastly I think its important to go with your gut, all of my pets have picked me in a sense, so when you go to the pet store or shelter see who is naturally drawn to you, they will most likely make a good fit with your family.


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Amec was awarded the consultancy contract for building a new 615,000 bpd refinery, while Foster Wheeler was appointed as consultant for the so-called clean fuel project, under which two of Kuwait's three existing refineries at Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah will be upgraded.
National oil refining company Kuwait National
Petroleum Co. said Wednesday it has selected Foster Wheeler and
Amec as consultants for two mega oil projects estimated to cost
around $30 billion.
KNPC said in a statement that London-based
international engineering and project management company Amec
was awarded the consultancy contract for building a new 615,000
bpd refinery.
US firm Foster Wheeler was appointed as
consultant for the so-called clean
fuel project, under which two of Kuwait's three existing
refineries at Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah will be upgraded.
Each of the two projects is estimated to cost
around $15 billion.
Spokesman for KNPC, Mohammad al-Ajmi, said the
value of the Amec contract is $528 million and $502 million for
the Foster Wheeler contract.
He told AFP that both projects are due for completion by
The two projects have been repeatedly
delayed due to political disputes between parliament and the
The refinery project was scrapped by the
government around three-and-a-half years ago, months after
awarding contracts to five Japanese and South Korean
MPs had opposed the plan, complaining of a
lack of transparency in the tendering process.
The two projects are projected to raise
Kuwait's refining capacity to 1.4 million bpd
from the current 930,000 bpd. When the two projects are complete, Kuwait plans
to shut the Shuaiba refinery.
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I got this message from Roxzann at Headline Shirts in San Francisco.
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5 Jun 2012 8:19 AM #1
Controller control does not allow Controller refs
Inside a controller I want to add a new Action. When I click on the plus sometimes there is no reaction, i.e., no new action occurs. After a while I get a new action and I was asked for a "target type". The problem here is that the input field does not work to enter something:
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you have to choose it from the list, but in the next step "choose an event binding" it is working fine.
5 Jun 2012 8:38 AM #2
for controller references use
v References config
Also note you can drag and drop from the toolbox as wellPhil Strong
5 Jun 2012 9:06 AM #3
this is not my point. the textfield is still not working.
19 Nov 2012 5:25 PM #4
ExtJS 4.1.1 doesn't have the ability to use refs inside control(). That's why Sencha Architect does not show user-defined references in that dropdown menu. I wish it did though! It's repetitive (possible source of human error!) to define controller references and then also have to use the same reference definition in our controller actions.
21 Nov 2012 11:24 AM #5
Are you saying you want type ahead? So you can narrow down the set?
Also note you can click controller action from the drop down using a modifier (shift, ctrl, cmd) and it will bypass this interstitial screen.
You can also add an action via the toolbox.Phil Strong
21 Nov 2012 9:11 PM #6
Hello Phil,
Thanks for your suggestion. It seems my comment was off-topic, as I was referring to a different limitation altogether: although we're able to define Reference nodes (composed of a name and selector) under a Controller, we cannot reuse those Reference nodes when specifying the controlQuery in ControllerAction objects.
For example, look at the attachments I have added to this post. Here, I have (1) a button with itemId=foo and (2) a Reference that points to it called foo and I want to use that Reference directly in the controlQuery (3) of my ControllerAction.
Currently, I'm forced to copy/paste the selector value of my Reference into the controlQuery of my ControllerAction. As a result, if my design changes, I have to manually go through every ControllerAction in addition to simply updating all References. That is all very laborious and (human-)error prone IMHO.
If Sencha Architect allowed us to use a Controller's References directly in its ControllerActions, then there would be less copy/pasted code and the design (and its glue logic) would be easier to change.
Thanks for your consideration.


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File Dialog Additions in v2.0 SP1
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Introduction: With v3.5 of the .NET Framework, Microsoft also released Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework v2.0. In this video you can see what is new in SP1 for the File Dialogs in Windows Forms.
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Ogio Neoprene Laptop Sleeves - 14.1" to 17.3" Sizing, 3 Styles for $7.99 + free shipping
Where did Napoleon keep his Ogio Neoprene Laptop Armies? Oh, come on, surely you can figure this out on your own. Context clues, people.
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Does anyone know anything about these? In particular, I'm wondering if they have a place to put your charger. My 17" laptop would love a neoprene sleeve to protect it on the go, but it isn't worth much without it's charger. Slim chance, I know, but if it has the charger pocket, I'm in!
I didn't notice a spot for a charger. What I did was just got a bigger size so there will be space inside for m charger.
@thefenst: Um, his 'sleevies'?
Very cool -- cheap insurance for the laptop I got for my daughter...also, might want to rethink putting the powercord in the sleeve with the laptop; the sleeves are for the laptop itself.


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So if the van's a rockin....
Maybe it's because you snore so loud, it not only shakes your body, but your vehicle's body too.
"The Coleman SUV Air Bed can be used in a tent or right in the back of your SUV. It adjusts to fit most SUV's, so it will most likely fit yours. Now, if you choose to sleep in your SUV, you can do so while floating on air."
And for some people, it's not a choice. Poor homeless car people. It's an epidemic.
Free shipping to home, or ship to store
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Normal price + S&H = not a deal
shipping is only free to the nearest WalMart
I'm looking right at the walmart listing and it clearly states, "Free shipping to home" then below that "Store pickup - free"
To verify this, guest checkout was used and it is confirmed that standard shipping is free.
Furthermore, exact item was priced elsewhere, and this is the lowest.
So both counts are incorrect, unfactual.
The closest competitor has a base price of 19.99 but then shipping is 12.06
Someone BS'ing like they know what they're talking about + not knowing what they're talking about = no deal
Thanks, get the facts straight, thanks! :)