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Can you give me some advice on earbuds?
So my earbuds broke and I need a new pair. The ones I had were some random ones (I unfortunately don't know the brand) that came with a computer that I bought four years ago, and they ended up being really good. Had a really nice bass, good range, never blew out.
So I would like a good pair to replace them with. I like the earbuds that have that little rubber piece that comes in three sizes to fit your ear best. I have the pair that came with my iPod and I honestly find them to be terribly uncomfortable.
However, I don't really know a lot about earbuds. I'm hoping that someone can either give me some good advice on what to look for or even make a recommendation on ones to buy or ones to avoid. Anything you can tell me would be really greatly appreciated!
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I really like the Skullcandy Ink'd series of earbuds. They're really comfortable, have a really good range for earbuds, and have a lifetime warranty. If you have any problem with the earbuds, you can send them to skullcandy and they will replace them at no charge to you. They sell for anywhere between $10-15, depending if you can get them on sale (check your local FYE, you can usually find a good deal there).
I hate them. Won't stay in my ears if I do anything besides sit still. I've got some that a clip holds against my ears (older style) that work well. Once they die I'll look for the clips that go behind the ears and hold earbuds to try.
@mtm2: thats why I'm looking for ones that have the little rubber bits. With the right size, they stay in perfectly. Were you talking about Skullcandy headphones or a different brand?
I've only had success with SkullCandy when using the rubber tips from Razer to plug them in to my head. If you're going to just be walking around or using them at your computer, I fulled recommend Razer. They stand up to exercise okay, but I'm sure there's something better. (I haven't found it yet.)
Koss, to overgeneralized, has been fairly tinny and likes the high end a lot, for me.
I've heard good things about Shure, but have never owned them.
You might take some time to figure out if you want a band that goes behind the head, a cord that loops over the ears, the typically Y-shaped cord, or an asymmetrical one. There are minor differences, but personal preference can drive you nuts here.
Best earbuds=www.zagg.com
@thedogma: What's your price range?
Whatever you do, stay away from SkullCandy.
I would go with Sennheiser if they fit your budget, check out the CX300-II's (http://www.sennheiserusa.com/isolating-earphones-stereo_classic-series_502740). Also, my friend has a pair of Sures (not sure the model number) that sound nice and have like 10 different tips made out of different materials and stuff so you're sure to find one that fits your head.
@stryker4526: Ideally I'd like to stay under $30, they're just earbuds. I do need a nice pair of over the ear headphones for recording, but I'm not ready to get those just get.
@jrothegeek: Those do look nice. I know Sennheiser makes good stuff. Honestly can't see myself springing $80 for earbuds though. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I feel they should be a relatively low cost.
Out of curiosity, for those who say to avoid Skullcandy, why? I've heard of some of the lower end ones breaking easily, but I feel that would happen with any cheap pair of headphones. I've got an old set of Skullcandy over the ear collapsible ones that still work and had pretty decent sound. What's so bad about the company?
I have a cheaper pair of Altec-Lansing that ROCK, but the cable noise sucks. $20.
I have a fairly expensive pair of Shures that I can't get to stay in my ears for anything! Cant tell you how they sound, they never stay in long enough to listen. $99 (Will sell, $50, with case and all the extras I can find)
Have a pair of Maximo iMetals, can't wear them in the winter, they're COLD! $20.
I keep going back to the noisy Altec-Lansings.. If you can keep the cable noise down, they're great.
Friend had a pair of V-modas, broke, replaced and broke again. I'd avoid them.
Take advice from some smart gadgeteers...
@geomez: Definitely good words.
On that note, unemployment sucks.
@geomez: http://gizmodo.com/#!5371253/giz-explains-why-you-cant-get-decent-earphones-for-less-than-100
Personally, I'm not willing to spend over $100 on earbuds, especially when I know they will break in a few months, and the person recommending them thinks vinyl is the best medium. I still have some vinyl. Trust me, the reasons we went to digital were many and not just because of how much longer the mediums would last. Frequently, there were sound distortions in vinyl, and as stated in the article, pops and cracks as the music played.
I'll stay with my inexpensive earbuds, and let him pay through the nose for the rest.


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I'm currently trying to add a facebook functionnality to my iPhone game (Tikitic, on the appstore! :))
It seems to be quite easy to make a facebook connexion by invoking the FBLoginDialog dialog. But I would like, with a login and a pass saved in the userdefaults, connect automatically to my account.
Does it exist a methode like [fbsession loginWithName:@"mylog" andPass:@"mypass"] ?
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I remember that some where, I saw an equality like $ c_2-c_1^2 \geq 0$ on surfaces ($c_1$ and $c_2$ are Chen classes), but I don't remember the exact form of inequality neither its name.
Can you help?
What I want is to know for which surfaces $ c_2-c_1^2 \geq 0$ holds?


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I use the Notes app for keeping track and sharing the extended notes with fellow physicians in cardiology studies. There are a lot of pros to this app and I would find it very much useful if I could insert pictures into specific areas within Notes. (a video would make it even better). How is it possible to customize this for a such purpose and is there an alternative to this solution?
The iOS Notes app is not able to insert pictures. At best it will paste a url to an image.
I suggest you use another note app such as Evernote or Notability.
You could just wait for the next iPhone update. While it's not guaranteed to have the ability to add photos, I believe it's likely that it will have the ability to do so. That's because one of the new features in Mountain Lion is a Notes app which synchronizes with iCloud, and one of it's features is adding pictures to notes:
That was one of the things I also noticed and found a bit strange - therefore, I developed the app My Photo Note.
You can let the app set a link of your photo note into the iPhone calendar - tapping the link will open up the photo note in My Photo Note.
My Photo Note is also not free ($1.99 for the full version), but you can try the lite version for free: My Photo Note
You cannot add pictures to the Notes app at present. NoteMaster is a paid app that lets you add images and make pretty notes easily. Some of the other features include:
It isn't free though, and costs $3.99.
There are a bazillion note-taking apps out there that are better than the default — it's almost like the "Hello world" of apps, and this article reviews 100 of them!
iLA is a brilliant tool designed for notes, project planning, deep learning, collaborating , brainstorming and the like. Of course you can insert pictures in card, make notes to card, create stack from cards (categorizing), and make a desktop of one topic. Sharing knowledge becomes extremely easy and fun!
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Also "Individual Learning Tool," the book about iLA, is available on iBookStore for free.
Use Evernote that is the best note taking website/app
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Where do you look for accurate facts?
Everyone tends to quote the "stats" or "facts" they feel best support their argument.
Whether you're talking t-shirt sales, guns, money, religion, everything.
So, where are your most trusted fact finding sites? The places that have citations to journals, studies, and reports by actual respected institutions?
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The Federation of American Scientists is really good. I get their "secrecy news" emails, and they are filled with objective, verifiable information on our government, military, etc...
They don't do "spin".
edit: The main site is much more than US government/military. I was referring to the secrecy news emails.
Anything political gets checked on Snopes.com
Anything else just gets treated as an individual case. Some people get a pass and I just trust what they're telling me is true. For some others, I just disbelieve anything they're telling me, no matter the situation. Then there are some that require some investigating. I try not to rely too heavily on Wikipedia because it's written by the users.
For anything movie related, I check out IMDB. For just about everything else, I check around via google searches.
As far as religion goes -- is any of it true (go on haters, do your downvoting deed if you must).
Why, why, why did I not see that I was missing a word in my title?
Engrish. I knows it.
@thumperchick: Fixed. :)
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"accurate facts"?...if it is inaccurate, it is not a fact. :)
For political stuff: politifact.org, factcheck.org, realclearpolitics, snopes, wapo fact checker
For academic stuff: Google search for scholarly articles on the subject. (Google scholar, I guess is what it's called?)
For silly stuff/urban legends/old wives' tales: snopes
Edited in wapo fact checker there, forgot it initially.
I always ask Jeeves.
Your Q was really open, so... The only place I can go to and comfortably believe almost everything I read is Academic Search Complete through EBSCOhost and I only search through peer-reviewed studies and writings. I know that's heavy stuff and you'll only reasonably use it if you are going to a university, but it is the most comprehensive collection of academic journals and periodicals.
Roll my eyes, shrug my shoulders and go uh huh. I have used some of thos sights, but don't bother anymore,"they" would not believe it anyway.
Wikipedia. Everything there is written by professionals with no outside influence and it is all double and triple checked by different professionals. It should also be noted that those professionals have also checked this comment.
I'm a French model, Uhh...bonjour!
Sorry, that's all I have.
@abramokids: Give me 5 minutes, then look it up on Wikipedia. It will verify what you said.
@capguncowboy: Is any of it true?
That's the question isn't it? Regardless of if it's true or not, it remains that religion is unverifiable. That's why faith is required. You have to believe to believe.
I use Google. So I use many sources.
I search read, redo my search based on what I read.
I am going to try to slow the Wikipedia bashing. If the subject is especially difficult to research, (Wikipedia can get me on the right track, if the sources are sited, you need to verify the sources.
Never yahoo answers, I have seen too many 'accepted answers' that were just plain wrong.
I don't think you can use any one source to verify something complex. Depending on what information I'm looking for I'll use anywhere from 2-5 different sources. And that's for pretty much everything from product reviews to politics.
I like Polifact, Factcheck.org and Snopes.com
I usually just check with Deals.Woot. Somebody here will set me straight!
citations of Wikipedia...Wikipedia itself may or may not be reliable, but if there's a citation, there's a place to start looking for the facts.
Depends on the subject matter. I don't 100% fully trust pretty much any information source anymore, corporate underwriting and information control has gotten so pervasive that it's pretty much impossible to find a genuinely neutral information source. Everything is about spin anymore, and practically nothing is without some kind of controversy. Like a lot of other ideals we once held dear, as a society we have pretty much sacrificed Truth in favor of Profit.
Thank you everyone for the answers! I was looking up some 'facts' stated on a political commentary show last night that seemed, off. But couldn't find any 2 places that weren't straight up opinion or even agreed on numbers. That's what started me wondering, where do my fellow wooters go to look up numbers/info they trust?
As far as the religion part - I was referring to the documentation, quotes, holiday dates, historical reference. These things you can find and quantify as 'facts' - faith and who's right/wrong/cares about it is not verifiable until we're dead, or whatever armageddon you believe in happens.
For everyone checking snopes.com - they are great for most things, they do research the hoax emails and track down quotes. But when it comes to some political points, they've definitely got a left-leaning stance and will spin a bit once in a while. Overall though, they're pretty straight forward.
@thunderthighs: Thank you for fixing that.
Show me a site and I'll track down some dude on the internet who doesn't believe it. It's like there are no longer facts, just opinions. It blows my mind!


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1 Mar 2013 11:05 AM #1
Extreme Frustration with 4.2, Sencha CMD 18.104.22.168
I have been using EXTjs for quite some time now. On top of being best practice to minify the javascript, it has become a bit of a necessity for the app to have any sense of performance while running in IE. Now some of you may say "WHY ARE YOU USING IE!!". Well, that's not my decision, thats the architecture groups decision to not allow chrome.
Sorry for the rant. I am having an incredible difficult time doing what should be a simple task, at least according to the documentation.
Lets take ext-126.96.36.1999-beta download from a couple weeks ago, and Sencha CMD 18.104.22.168. I am running on windows, I have installed both SASS and Compass or whatever following the directions in your documentation.
Ok so lets install the extjs 188.8.131.529 to say C:\ext\ext-188.8.131.529
Now create a workspace
sencha generate workspace /WorkSpace (this will create a workspace at C:\WorkSpace)
Now lets add an app to the workspace
sencha generate app MyApp /WorkSpace/MyApp (this will create an app at C:\WorkSpace\MyApp)
OK Great, everything is good. Now for the trouble part.
cd C:\WorkSpace\MyApp
sencha app build
OK WOW, tons of errors, Here is part of it.....
C:\WorkSpace\MyApp\.sencha\app\build-impl.xml:324: The following error occurred while ex
ecuting this line:
ntlib.xml:364: shellscript returned: 1
So my question is, on top of the fact that unless you modify you app to disable RTL, why cant this simple example be run? Am I the only one?
2 Mar 2013 6:33 AM #2
I think the problem lies in ext 4.2 distribution. You have pasted the end of the error stack trace.. but it begins up in the CMD output:
[INF] [shellscript] error app.scss (Line 8: File to import not found or unreadable: ../../ext/resources/themes/stylesheets/ext4/default/all
If you check you will see that the SCSS files are not included in ext 4.2 package.
In other words 4.2 is not ready, after all it is tagged as BETA, RC or something like that.
2 Mar 2013 12:49 PM #3
I just think it would be helpful if they explained that. I have a hard enough time making sure the library is functional! So where do I add files to the 4.2 distribution? In the directory above? Can I copy that directory from a previous distribution? Thanks.
4 Mar 2013 8:11 AM #4
did you try with the options
--sdk-path, -s - sets the path to the target sdk
5 Mar 2013 8:07 AM #5
Still cant get it to work
Which files do i need to copy into which directory to get this to work?
6 Mar 2013 3:54 AM #6
It's a bug in Sencha Cmd 3.1.0. The generated config.rb doesn't have the correct path to the resources, when you make an app as part of a workspace.
Edit the sass/config.rb file inside your application, and add an extra '..' into the path. It will then be able to find the config file.
(In a workspace, all of your resources are one folder further back - Sencha CMD 3.1.0 seems to have forgotten that).
For more information, see this bug report I raised a little while ago:


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I am working on this problem for some time, and I am not able to finish the argument:
There is a finite number of points in the plane, such that every triangle has area at most 1. Prove that the points can be covered by a rectangle of area 2.
My progress so far:
Consider the two points furthest apart, A and B. Draw lines through A and B, perpendicular to AB. Then every point has to be between the two lines, since AB has maximal length among our pair of points. Now take the points C and D, furthest apart from the line AB, on each of the two halfplanes determined by AB. Every other point in the plane has to be between the two lies through C and D, parallel to AB .
The rectangle determined by the four lines gives us an area of at most 4, but I feel like this argument can be improved somehow to give us the required area of 2.
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7 Creepy Urban Legends That Happen to Be True (Part 6)
#3. The Corpse in the Deep End
The Legend:
Public pools are gross. We've all heard stories of people finding various things floating in the pool, but hey, not all of us can afford a private oasis in our backyard. So we put up with an occasional Band-Aid or dirty diaper every now and then. It's not like, say, you could go swimming and find your foot being caressed by a cold, dead hand. That's just the kind of shit teenagers spread around to scare the little kids. Right?
"And then he said it spread his ass cheeks apart like this ... and then jammed a scorpion into his butthole!"
The Truth:
You bet it could. In Fall River, Massachusetts, some kids had sneaked into a public pool for a late-night swim when they saw something big float to the surface: the very waterlogged corpse of a missing woman. It had been rotting there for almost three days, just below the surface, where toddlers had been unknowingly doing the dog paddle in corpse soup.
The body was a 36-year-old woman named Marie Joseph. She was chaperoning at a crowded pool that not only boasted a 12-foot-deep section, but was also cloudy as all get out. You might recoil at the thought of swimming in cloudy water, but with dozens of kids Marco Polo-ing it up, the pool water was probably as churned as Niagara Falls. So when Joseph went underwater but didn't come back up, the six (six!) lifeguards on duty just missed her, thanks to not being able to see to the bottom of the pool. Or maybe they did see her, but thought she was a great swimmer, since moving water gives the illusion of movement -- even when you're dead.
"Blbllbbbmother bllbblblfuckerblbllb!"
So day one passes. Marie's friends at the pool just assumed that she went home. TWO HEALTH INSPECTORS stop by to check the water; still no clue that there is a woman metaphorically sleeping with the fishes on the concrete bottom. Not until a couple of kids went for a midnight swim and got a lifetime's worth of trauma instead. Oh, hey, speaking of spending time with corpses ...
#2. The Real-Life Weekend at Bernie's
The Legend:
Aside from being a madcap romp featuring the incorrigible Andrew McCarthy and the insatiably rakish Jonathan Silverman, the "But it turned out he was actually dead the whole time!" stories are pure nightmare fuel. Usually in movies this plays out with somebody talking to an unresponsive person who has his back to them, then they turn the chair around and realize HE WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME. Or maybe the "dozing" passenger next to you on the six-hour flight turns out to be a corpse who died upon takeoff, or the still figure you wake up next to in bed doesn't wake up ...
"Ew! There is so not going to be a second date."
The Truth:
Robert Young and Mark Rubinson arrived at their friend Jeffrey Jarrett's house to find him dead of an accidental overdose, except according to Young and Rubinson, they thought he was just drunk. Lack of breathing and rigor mortis are common side effects of being drunk, right? Totally. Like anyone else with a dead drunk friend and a dream, Tweedledee and Tweedledum loaded their pal into the car and went out on the town. It seems like the natural thing to do when this is what you face in the mirror every morning:
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Jarrett didn't seem much interested in fun, but surely he'd sober up soon, so Young and Rubinson left him to decompose in the back seat while they hit four different bars and strip clubs -- all on Jarrett's tab, of course. All while Jarrett was supposedly sleeping off his liquor in the backseat of the car. Finally, they took him home, kept his credit card and kept on partying. It wasn't until the wee hours of the morning that one of them realized that their buddy might have been dead all along. Like Bruce Willis, but less handsome.
Thankfully, in the end some mob guy took the fall and Young and Rubinson lived happily ever after, even reuniting for a sequel! Oh no, wait. Actually, the Wonder Twins were charged with identity theft, criminal impersonation and abusing a corpse.
"Hey, we're not all bad. At least we didn't fuck him ... much."
Haha, that was a fun one, right? Well, that's clearly the end of the article, best to just quit now on that light-hearted story about the two dumbasses. Yep, there are no more disturbing stories out there, none at all. We'll all be happier if we don't keep reading about ...
#1. The Collector
The Legend:
From Boo Radley to Kimmy Gibbler, we've always worried about the creepy neighbor next door. Every killer since Cain has been described as "quiet," "unsuspecting" and "white." Which is great, because that means you never know who you should be scared to death of.
The only people you can trust are loud, suspicious-looking and brown.
The Truth:
A man living in a nondescript apartment is found to have a large collection of human-sized dolls. That would be fairly off-putting on its own, but the story gets much worse -- beneath the frilly dresses and blonde wigs, police discovered mummified human bodies.
You see, it turned out that bodies had been going missing from local cemeteries around Nizhny Novgorod, a city 250 miles east of Moscow. The trail eventually led to the cramped apartment of local historian Anatoly Moskvin, and what they found was beyond belief.
Via Reuters.com
GAH! The stuffed animal head makes it so much worse, somehow.
It turns out that Moskvin was a collector with an obsession so icky, even TLC wouldn't do a show about it. Moskvin collected human corpses, which he dressed in women's clothing and wigs and posed around his apartment. Oh, and their faces were all covered and eerily featureless -- likely as a method of preservation. Or maybe crazy Russian grave robbers just find faceless women hot. Who knows?
Via Reuters.com
You don't need to see this one's face to know it's staring right at you.
The collection wasn't just remarkable for its grossness, but also its scope -- Russian police found a whopping 29 human dolls packed into Moskvin's apartment. So guys, next time your girlfriend or parents start complaining about your collection of vintage action figures or sexy anime girl statues, just remind them that it could be worse. In Russia, the collector collects you.
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The 5 Most Hilarious Actor Meltdowns Behind Famous Movies
#2. Lawrence Tierney Punches Tarantino and Pulls a Knife on Seinfeld
Lawrence Tierney had a long career in Hollywood playing gangsters and all-around tough guys, but you probably know him better from a little movie he did later in his career called Reservoir Dogs -- he played Joe Cabot, the old-timer who puts together the whole operation. In real life, however, Tierney was less like Joe and more like the psychopathic Mr. Blonde: All those years he was playing gangsters, he also had a pretty successful side career as a complete lunatic. He was one of the most intimidating people in Hollywood.
Tarantino had to repeat this one shot 10 times because the cameramen kept dying.
In the 1950s and '60s, Tierney was arrested multiple times for constantly fighting civilians, cops, and sobriety. Despite being in his 70s by the time he did Reservoir Dogs, he was still the same troublemaker: On his last day on the set, he got into a fistfight with Quentin Tarantino, and he was so angry when he got home that he fired a shotgun into a wall and hit his nephew. That was a pretty unlucky shot, though -- think about it, that could have been Tarantino.
While Tarantino never cast him in a movie again, for some reason, Tierney kept busy in the '90s doing guest spots on classic sitcoms: He played mall detective Don Brodka in the episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets arrested for shoplifting a video game. Simpsons show-runner Josh Weinstein called Tierney "the craziest guest star experience we ever had," and we'll remind you that this show has had both Dennis Rodman and Michael Jackson. Besides being generally scary and yelling at everyone, Tierney insisted on reading his lines with an inexplicable Southern accent and refused to say any jokes he didn't understand.
"Since when do video games exist in this show? And why is Pebbles called 'Bart' now?"
But Tierney's craziest moment came during one of the most memorable performances of his career, when he played Elaine Benes' father on Seinfeld. Larry David wanted him to appear regularly on the show, like Jerry's and George's parents, but sadly we missed out on a potential Lawrence Tierney/Jerry Stiller team-up when Tierney stole a real knife from the kitchen set and tried to hide it under his jacket.
Because Jerry Seinfeld was always good at observing the little things, he noticed the knife and confronted Tierney about it. Tierney took out the knife, but instead of handing it over, he started to mock-stab Jerry in the heart, saying this had all been a plan for a joke he had. We can't decide what's scarier -- if he was lying or if he wasn't.
Via Theawl.com
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#1. Sean Young Dresses Up Like Catwoman and Terrorizes Tim Burton
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Sean Young rose to prominence in the 1980s by appearing in movies like No Way Out and Blade Runner, and for a while everyone wanted her in their movies. Today, her acting career consists of sneaking into Hollywood parties and getting kicked out by security. How did she get to that point? By being so crazy that even Hollywood wants nothing to do with her, and this is the same industry that keeps giving work to Nic Cage.
Young's troubles started in 1988 when rumors emerged that she had super-glued James Woods' dick to his leg while shooting The Boost.
Via Lebeauleblog.com
"Two thumbs down." -James Woods' dick
Although they've both denied those reports, Woods and his wife did sue Young for stalking them, which included leaving a decapitated doll at their doorstep and mailing them gore images. They eventually settled out of court, but Young's reputation as one of Hollywood's most batshit insane actresses was just getting started.
After annoying Oliver Stone so much on the set of Wall Street that he drastically reduced her role and just shipped her off to a bus station, Young scored a career-making role: Bruce Wayne's girlfriend in Tim Burton's first Batman movie. Unfortunately, Young broke her arm before shooting and had to be replaced by Kim Basinger, but she still felt like she was owed a piece of the Batman pie, so she started campaigning to be cast as Catwoman in Batman Returns. And by campaigning, we mean she put on a real Catwoman costume and took to the streets.
Via msyPARIAH
"Oh, I just had this from that time I fell off a window and like 50 cats licked me back to life."
You see, when Young was passed up for the role, instead of phoning the director to call him a motherfucker like most respectable actors do, she showed up unannounced at the studio lot in a makeshift Catwoman outfit and started an impromptu audition in front of a terrified Michael Keaton and Mark Canton, the head of Warner Bros. at the time. According to Keaton, for a second there he thought he and Canton were dead men, as the metallic object in her hand looked like a gun.
Of course, it wasn't a gun, as Young is not that crazy. It was only a walkie-talkie she was using to locate Tim Burton, who was hiding from her in the bathroom.
Via Urbanplushproject.com
If this man is scared of you, it's time to re-evaluate your life.
Yeah, she didn't get the part.
Ricardo would like to thank Luke Jennet for providing the Blade entry.
Related Reading: If you crave more stories of crazy actors, click here to read about the time Tom Cruise worked as a FedEx driver for the movie Collateral. More interested in insane sacrifices for terrible movies? Read about the time Jared Leto gained sixty pounds to star in a box office flop. Of course, the best performances aren't acting at all- no one on the set of Alien knew anything about the chestburster before its bloody first appearance.


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Let $x,y\in \left( 0;1\right).$ I want to prove that
$$\left( \dfrac {x} {y}\right) ^{x}\left( \dfrac {1-x} {1-y}\right) ^{1-x}\geqslant 1$$
Let $x,y\in \left( 0;1\right).$ I want to prove that
$$\left( \dfrac {x} {y}\right) ^{x}\left( \dfrac {1-x} {1-y}\right) ^{1-x}\geqslant 1$$
You need to show $y^x(1 -y)^{1 - x} \leq x^x(1 - x)^{1-x}$ for all $0 < y < 1$, given a fixed $0 < x < 1$. So maximize $y^x(1 -y)^{1 - x}$ with respect to $y$ using your favorite maximization technique. Logarithmic differentiation works for example. You'll get $y = x$ as the max.
In information theory, the Kullback-Liebler divergence (also called Kullback-Liebler distance or relative entropy) between the probability distributions $P$ and $Q$ of Bernoulli random variables with parameters $x$ and $y$ respectively is defined to be
$$D(P||Q) = x\ln\left(\frac{x}{y}\right) + (1-x)\ln\left(\frac{1-x}{1-y}\right).$$ For any two distributions (not just those of Bernoulli random variables), the Kullback-Liebler divergence is nonnegative, and is zero precisely when $P = Q$. See, for example, Theorem 2.6.3 in Cover and Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, Wiley-Interscience, 1991.
Take the logarithm of both sides, this is equivalent to $$ x(\log x - \log y) + (1-x)(\log(1-x) - \log(1-y)) \geq 0 $$ for $x,y \in (0,1)$. Since $(0,1)$ is open, if the left hand side has a minimum, it occurs at a critical point. Differentiate in $y$ and set equal to $0$, $$ \frac{-x}{y} + \frac{1-x}{1-y} = 0 $$
you will find $x = y$ is the only possibility. Differentiating in $y$ again we find $$ \frac{x}{y^2} + \frac{1-x}{(1-y)^2} $$ which is strictly positive at $x=y$, so this will be a local minimum. Thus by plugging in $x=y$ we find that if there is a minimum of the left side, then it is $1$.
Next we must rule out the possibility that the function is unbounded below. Since $[\epsilon,1-\epsilon]$ is compact for all $\epsilon>0$ we know that the inequality we want holds and that $1$ is the minimum on $[\epsilon, 1-\epsilon]$. If the function was unbounded below, by continuity of the function we would have a point $(x_0,y_0) \in (0,1)^2$ at which the left side is less than $1$. But this contradicts the previous remark as $(x_0,y_0)$ has strictly positive distance from the boundary. Thus the function must be bounded below, and hence the inequality holds for all $x,y \in (0,1)$.
For fixed $x$, let $f_x(y) = y^x(1-y)^{1-x}$. Then
$$f^{'}_x(y) = y^{x-1}(1-y)^{-x}(x(1-y)-(1-x)y)$$
and (with some more checking) this shows that the maximum value occurs when $x(1-y)-y(1-x)=0$, i.e. when $x=y$.
But the statement that $f_x(x) \ge f_x(y)$ for all $x \in (0,1)$ is precisely what you wanted to prove. (Just divide by the RHS.)


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More than 28 million kids have parents who work outside the home, and as many as 15 million kids have no place to go after school.
The hours between 3 and 6pm, when children generally get out of school and their parents get off of work, is when juvenile crime is most likely to occur. Law enforcement considers these hours a "danger zone."
In the economically depressed Eastside community of St. Paul, Minnesota, The Salvation Army's Eastside After-School Program offers children a safe place to learn and play away from negative influence like drugs and gangs, while parents have peace of mind knowing their children are not on the streets when they're still at work.
As a part of program's homework help and tutoring sessions, local police officers serve as volunteers and mentors, helping provide positive influences and building relationships within the community.
St. Paul Police Department's Officer Robert Merrill has been a part of the program since 2008, spending a few hours every week helping young kids with their math, reading and writing assignments or whatever subject matter needs attention.
"The kids get to see police officers in an environment where they're not dealing with a confrontational situation," he said. "They see the more humane side of us. A lot of times their impression of law enforcement comes from them seeing us hauling people to jail and putting them into handcuffs. When kids and families see us [volunteering in their community], people might have a more positive view of our profession."
For the officers, the learning process is reciprocal. Officer Merrill shared, "For me it's allowed more insight into these kids' lives than I'd normally have. They're great kids, but they have a lot of struggles. We get to spend one-on-one time with them and they'll tell you what's going on in their lives outside of school. If we can offer them advice, steer them in the right direction, or help that stewarding of the theme of being able to helps and assist people, that the biggest reward I get out of it."
The relationships and insight Officer Merrill's gained has also translated outside of the classroom. Many officers unfortunately have had to deal with the same kids not only as students but also as crime victims. But, thanks to the foundation of trust that has begun to develop as a result of their interactions in the classroom, the children feel safer, more comfortable, and are more likely to cooperate with Merrill and other officers during times of crisis.
Regarding The Salvation Army's Eastside After-School Program, Officer Merrill summed up, "There are not many programs like this around and certainly not in the neighborhoods of this city. It's a program that will show [the kids] their education is important and that will hopefully lead to them being a proud member of society and keep them away from negative influences like gangs and crime. It's a great program, and I'm glad to be a part of it."
The Salvation Army thanks Officer Merrill and our other law enforcement volunteers for their invaluable investment of time into the youth of St. Paul and our Salvation Army programs.
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26 Apr 2013 2:45 AM #41
Super! Glad to hear.
30 Apr 2013 4:47 AM #42
Sencha Architect doens't see files (models, view, controlers) generated by SenchaCMD.Hello! I am trying to integrate the latest versions of Sencha architect and Sencha Cmd (downloaded today).
I followed all steps perfectly indicated in this Post
..but I have some errors..
a) I make a new sencha touch 2.2.x project with Sencha Architect (SA)
b) I execute "sencha generate app <projectName> path/to/project" and I get this error:
[ERR] MERGE CONFLICT - /xxx/app/app.js[ERR] Please resolve manually - see /xxx/xxx/app/app.js
I think that is not a complicated error, I solved it, generating (with sencha cmd) other new app,and later merged the new app.js file with existing app.js of the SA project. Is it ok?
c) I generated models, controllers, views,etc using sencha cmd correctly,
d) I open again the SA project but I don't see the new files (controllers, models, views) generated. Did I forget execute some command?
My aim is use sencha cmd to generate MVC automatic code, and edit it with SA to add UI components, fields, controls, etc...
Is it possible?
Best Regards,
1 May 2013 5:23 AM #43
For now you'll have to Drag out controllers, stores, models, etc ... from the Architect toolbox and configure them inside Architect. Remember the benefits here are many, including validation, framework upgrades e.g. 4.1 -> 4.2, event/function signatures, etc...
There are some that generate their controllers using Cmd and edit them using a text editor. They simply include those as js resources in the project. It's certainly not the intended workflow but if it works for them it might work for others.Phil Strong
1 May 2013 10:10 AM #44
Thanks! your comment has been very useful for me.
17 May 2013 7:27 AM #45
Custom Build to ExtJs with Architect 2.2.2 Build 971 and senchaCmd v126.96.36.199
Hi am very confused about the step to create a simple custom Build app to ExtJs4.2.0 (it have only a form) to set in production using only the js that need the in the application, (I don't want all ext.js) I found may info but is working with other version of sencha Cmd ect, please some info about it is appreciate, I am workin on Window7
29 May 2013 1:26 AM #46
Architect: 2.2.2
Sencha CMD: 18.104.22.1682
I think there is something wrong with my folder structure, because everytime I run Sencha Cmd inside my project's folder I have the following output:
[ERR] null at com.sencha.command.environment.WorkspaceEnvironment.extractPackage(Works paceEnvironment.java:176) at com.sencha.command.environment.WorkspaceEnvironment.getPackageEnvironmen t(WorkspaceEnvironment.java:196) at com.sencha.command.environment.AppOrPackageEnvironment.getThemePackageEn vironment(AppOrPackageEnvironment.java:245) at com.sencha.command.environment.AppOrPackageEnvironment.getThemePackageEn vironments(AppOrPackageEnvironment.java:255) at com.sencha.command.environment.AppOrPackageEnvironment.getThemePackageNa mes(AppOrPackageEnvironment.java:266) at com.sencha.command.environment.AppEnvironment.<init>(AppEnvironment.java :54) at com.sencha.command.environment.BuildEnvironment.load(BuildEnvironment.ja va:193) at com.sencha.command.Sencha.loadBuildEnvironment(Sencha.java:374) at com.sencha.command.Sencha.main(Sencha.java:127)
30 May 2013 6:31 AM #47
Reached out to a Cmd engineer to see if we can discover what this is caused by.Phil Strong
30 May 2013 6:36 AM #48
I deleted the folder
- .sencha
- app.json
- bootstrap.css
- bootstrap.js
- build.xml
- index.html
30 May 2013 8:29 AM #49
Ok glad it's working now. Cmd engineer responded:Seems like it failed to find a package it needed. There should be a message about which one, but that part of the CLI output didn't get pasted into the post.Phil Strong
27 Jun 2013 10:38 AM #50
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I noticed that sometimes the code generated by Sencha Architect isn't compatible with Sencha Cmd. If I build for the "testing" environment, I can see the error " [Ext.createByAlias] Cannot create an instance of unrecognized alias".
If I change the app.js file, adding the Ext.require to the classes that createByAlias complains, then it works.
I need to do that with Charts, for example.
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(By Walter Lippmann)
Shortly after Dr. Castro brought his revolution
to power in Cuba, the Governor of
Puerto Rico, Mr. Munoz-Marin, came up to
Washington. He came to give us advice
which he was preeminently qualified to do.
For he had been carrying through successfully
a peaceful revolution in his own country,
he had the personal confidence of the
Cuban revolutionists, and he was and is
our very great friend.
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against which the revolution was waged and
which it then inherited, the inexperience and
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revolution. For this revolution is the real thing.
It is not a mere change of the guard at the
top as is so common in Latin America. This
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brought to a happy ending.
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neighbor. We have to find -ways of reconciling
our political and economic interests with a
revolution -which cannot be stabilized until
the chief grievances which produced the
revolution have been redressed. This can
be managed only if the American
Ambassa¬dor in Havana can work out a relationship
with the revolutionary leaders in which they
will listen to him, and even seek his advice
and his help.
There is good reason to say that we have
such an Ambassador in Havana, one who
is capable of carrying out such a delicate
mission, who has, one might say, "good
hands" when he rides. But, of course he
has no chance whatever of succeeding if
Congress is going to roughhouse our
relations with Cuba, as did the Internal Security
Subcommittee of the Senate just the
other day. This was -when it provided a
platform and loudspeakers for a disaffected
Cuban adventurer to denounce the Cuban
revolutionists as Communists. This
country, as the President, was quick to point out,
"has made no such charges.** But the
dam¬age done by the subcommittee's
irresponsible meddling may not be repaired easily or
The policy which we are following in Cuba
is to avoid a break with Dr. Castro and to
seek more contact with him. This policy is
the product of years of experience in our
relations with the other American States.
There is no alternative to it, given the fact
that we have most solemnly renounced the
right of intervention to suppress a revolution
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Here's an interview with Fun. on 92.3 NOW. The band sat down to discuss important issues such as binge drinking and taking bad advice from their best friends. Click HERE to watch two video interviews.
|July 25, 2012
|July 25, 2012
If you haven't noticed yet, The Fueled By Ramen Street Team received a major upgrade recently. Click HERE to check out the brand new website along with updated pages on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. Join today if you aren't yet a member of the Street Team!
|July 24, 2012
Here are some cool new picks A Rocket To The Moon received from Fender Guitar. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to catch one at an upcoming show.
|July 24, 2012
Congratulations to Fun. for winning two Teen Choice Awards on Sunday night. They were selected as Choice Rock Group and their song 'We Are Young' featuring Janelle Monáe won Choice Single By A Group!
|July 23, 2012
Congratulations to the new Fueled By Ramen Style of the Week winner, imashappyasasquirrel. You can pick up the Fun. Baller Jerseys featured in the photo HERE.
Each week we give away special prizes from The Fueled By Ramen Webstore to the FBR Style of the Week winner. You just need to submit a photo HERE to be entered to win!
|July 23, 2012
|July 23, 2012
twenty | one | pilots just announced a series of northeast dates after they wrap up the Nylon Music Tour with Neon Trees along with their first-ever New York City show. Check out the dates below and get your tickets now!
8.16 Boston, MA @ TT The Bear's (TICKETS)
8.18 Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge (TICKETS)
8.19 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground (TICKETS)
9.12 New York, NY @ The Studio At Webster Hall (TICKETS)
|July 23, 2012
VersaEmerge's new album is called Another Atmosphere and you'll be able to hear a 3-song preview of it on iTunes starting July 31st. The preview includes No Consequences, Bones and Domesticated. Click HERE to listen to 'No Consequences' now!
Here's the first in a series of weekly videos from Gym Class Heroes showcasing songs from their latest album The Papercut Chronicles II. This one is for 'Solo Discotheque (Whiskey Bitness)' and stars Disashi. Click HERE to download the album now and look for the second video starring Matt next week!
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|July 21, 2012
Today's the final day to vote for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. If you're between the ages of 13 and 19 then you are eligible to vote. Click HERE to vote for Fun. and Gym Class Heroes in their nominated categories below.
Gym Class Heroes
Choice Music Group
Choice Single by a Group
Choice Rock Group
Choice Rock Song
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3 May 2013 3:11 AM #1
mvc - menu to load different views in the viewport center
Hi guys!
I'm new to extjs4 and mvc, but not to Extjs.Until now I have developed with extjs3.
I have a single page app, with toolbar in the viewport north region, and a center region.
When I click on a menu item in the toolbar, the center region must be empty and load the new views.
Now, I can't understand how to develop these steps.
I have done test and search a lot, but no success.
I don't understand if I must have a global controller that listen to the menu item click and load the center region, or if a must have a global function to load the center region.
For now I choose the second. A global function empty the center region, call the init for the new controller and call one abstract function in my base controller to init the view. Each controller implements this abstract function, so the single controller knows how to init his view.
But I'm not sure this is the write way to implement the MVC.
Can you please help me?
thanks a lot
3 May 2013 6:25 AM #2
i am having a similar question for a toolbar
for know, i decided have a controller that listen for the toolbar and the menu click event, and a control call for every menu.Item
but know, i am not sure how go on, for example for a menu.Item that open a window with a form
for sure the window with the form must be a separate view, but, what about this controller? i call it manually for the control event in the menu controller? or i must load it with the application and listen for the window events?
3 May 2013 9:36 AM #3
Using MVC, all event handling should be in a controller. If you defined your viewport (with the toolbar) in the Application class, you can have a 'ViewportController' that listens to events of the toolbar items, which can in turn call another controller to init its view.
My rule: A single custom view is to be controlled by a single controller. A controller can control multiple custom views; it just depends on the complexity of the views or event handling code and how you want to break up control logic.
Side comment: You state:
The way the ExtJS MVC works is that there should only be a single instance of any specific controller. This single instance controls all instances of the views it handles. Initializing (i.e. calling the init method) multiple instances of a controller will duplicate the event listeners handled by the controller, thus causing each controller instance to run it's processing for a single user action.
4 May 2013 3:46 AM #4
6 May 2013 4:12 PM #5
Looking for examples
Would you know of any examples related to this?
I am also very interested in the performance issues related to a user switching in and out of these viewports. Normally I see a weakness in the RIA approach using a single page application because of the memory problems. Does ExtJS somehow manage the creation and destruction of the widgets or is this something the developer should do?
6 May 2013 4:17 PM #6
RE: examples, I don't have any handy, but the approach I typically take is:
- Start with border layout
- Center region contains the current "section" of the app
- In a global controller, I leverage ExtJS's History class to create a hash-bang for each section
- Ex: Users - > http://mysite.com/#users
- When the app loads, I check the url the hashbang
- If it exists, add the content for that section into the center region
- If not, load default content (usually welcome message/pr stuff in my apps)
- As user interacts with the main menu OR the browser's back/forward button, my global controller checks ExtJS History to determine if the current "state" of the app is known to any sections
- If a match is found, I destroy the content in the center region, and then add the content for the matched section


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J.-M. Nabholtz, H. J. Senn, W. R. Bezwoda, et al.
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Reviewers: Li Liu, MD
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 17, Issue 5 (May), 1999: 1413-1424
It is clear that chemotherapy provides clinical benefit to many women with metastatic breast cancer (J Clin Oncol. 1996 Aug;14(8):2197-205). However, metastatic breast cancer remains essentially incurable and almost all women with such dignosis will eventually die from their disease. Anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy has been the standard first-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer. Recently, several new drugs have demonstrated promising anti-tumor activity against breast cancer. In this randomized phase III study, the researchers compared docetaxel with mitomycin plus vinblastine (MV) in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
A total of 392 patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy were included. Of them, 203 were randomized to treatment with docetaxel of 100mg/m2 every 3 weeks and 189 patients to the mitomycin 12 mg/m2 every 6 weeks plus vinblastine 6 mg/m2 every 3 weeks for a maximum of 10 cycles.
This study showed the superiority of docetaxel over mytomycin plus vinblastine in terms of response rate, time to progression, and overall survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Because the goal of treatment is to improve the quality of life of patients, any comparison of survival between these palliative chemotherapy regimens should be adjusted for patient quality of life during the treatment period.


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[ 30 May 2014 to 30 September 2014. ]
The National Archives are currently displaying a series of photos capturing the life of migrants to Australia post WWII. Whether for a long or short stay, many people spent their early days on Australian shores in hostels across a number of locations in the Country.
The exhibition contains vivid photographs of Australia's migrant hostels with [...]
[ 6 December 2013 to 20 July 2014. ]
The National Museum of Australia is putting on an exhibition of modern examples of classic Aboriginal art painted on bark.
Old Masters: Australia's Great Bark Artists is on show at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra from 6 December 2013 to 20 July 2014.
The exhibition
Showcases the work of Australia's old masters: Aboriginal painters from Arnhem [...]
[ 21 February 2014 to 22 June 2014. ] Curator Gael Newton of the NGA has put together an exhibition of photography from Indonesia from the 1850s to the 1940s.
Prominanty featuring the Woodbury brothers and their successors, Garden of the East opens in February next year.
In 1852, at the age of eighteen, Walter B Woodbury left behind his engineering apprenticeship in Manchester to [...]


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What are some safe ways to get my vocal cords without over using them before a practice or performance?
There are several things you can do to warm up your vocal cords properly.
The important thing when warming up, is to not put too much pressure on your vocal cords. Singing is all about relaxing the throat and your upper-body muscles. Don't add tension, just relax, sing softly and let your vocal cords warm up naturally.
Here are some "do"s:
Here are some "don't"s:
You should spend most of your warm up time connecting your breathe to your voice. This helps broaden your range and provide more warmth to your tone. Try breathing deeply in your diaphragm for a minute or so. Make sure that your breathing causes your stomach to stick out, not your shoulders to raise. Then connect the breath to your voice by doing some light hums that ascend and descend in pitch. The higher the pitch, the more air you want to push out of your diaphragm. From there you can move on to the more descriptive warmups described above but make sure that you are using the air diaphragm to push out the sound, not your chest or throat.
Singing scales from your diaphragm.


text: This tutorial has been sitting in my profile page for like three days so far. The reason why I didn't upload it is because I wanted to get the more exciting lessons submitted first. Anyway, this tutorial is basically going to show you "how to draw a flag", step by step. This is not any particular flag, it's just something I whipped up. Someone had asked me if I can make a tutorial on a flag so, here it is. When drawing things like ribbons, bows, flags or anything made of loose material, the tricky part to getting something drawn, is making the waves look like ribbons. There is so many different ways to conquer such a feat, but the best way is the way I will show you in this tutorial. Flags are not used just to display our countries colors, stripes, and designs. They are also used to decorate homes, offices, buildings, and even events. One of the more common places you can see a variety of flags, is at a parade, special celebration, events, and even during funerals. I have a friend that displays the NASCAR flag on is front lawn that he has pulled up on a fifteen foot pole. No matter what type of flag you choose to display or parade around, you will have fun learning "how to draw a flag" to your liking. I made some random marks on my purple flag, but you can add whatever you like. Have fun with this tutorial guys, and remember to rate, and comment on all sorts of submissions you visit on Dragoart.com, even rate and comment on the artwork you visit too. Later gators!


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Obviously this is impossible in relativity; however, if we ignore relativity and use only Newtonian mechanics, is this possible? How (or why not)?
The answer is yes in some unintersting senses: Take two gravitational attracting point particles and set them at rest. They will attract each other and their velocity will go to $\infty$ in finite time. Note this doesn't contradict conservation of energy since the gravitational potential energy is proportional to $-1/r$. This isn't so interesting since it's just telling you that things under gravity collide. But its technically important in dealing with the problem of gravitationally attracting bodies.
Now a more intersting question: Is there a situation where the speed of a particle goes to infinity without it just being a collision of two bodies?
Suprisingly, the answer to this question is yes, even in a very natural setting. The great example is given Xia in 1995 (Z. Xia, "The Existence of Noncollision Singularities in Newtonian Systems," Annals Math. 135, 411-468, 1992). His example is five bodies gravitational interacting. With the right initial conditions one of the bodies can be made to oscillate faster with the frequency and amplitude going to infinity in finite amount of time.
Here is an image. The four masses $M$ are paired into two binary systems which rotate in opposite directions. The little mass $m$ oscillates up and down faster. It's behavior becomes singular in finite time.
Lab Reference Frame
Let's start assuming a force is exerted on the object from equipment "lab" reference frame, meaning that there is negligible recoil on the lab frame from accelerating the object. Not only is it the case that $F=ma$, but the power delivered to the object grows as $P=v F$. Take a device like the large hadron collider, and just completely wave off the technical difficulty of applying force to an object of progressively increasing velocity, and let's not the following.
$$v' = a = \frac{F}{m} = \frac{P}{v m}$$
The requirement is that $v \rightarrow \infty$ in a finite time. You know, just for fun let's use an actual functional form.
$$v(t) = -\frac{1}{t}$$
For t from $-\infty$ to $t=0$.
$$P = m v' v = -\frac{m}{t^3}$$
So the power delivered must increase at the hilariously fast rate of $1/t^3$ as $t$ goes to zero, not that it matters because we all knew this would result in requiring infinite energy, but this just shows exactly how intangible it is.
In the case of a rocket the propellant has to be hauled along with the payload, but the tradeoff is that you then don't have the $P=v F$ proportionality, since the propellant itself is still moving after being ejected. The equation of motion for a rocket that starts with mass $M$ and ends with mass $m$, ejects propellant with speed $v_e$ is as follows. I'll add in the approximation for $M \gg m$, because obviously that must be the case since we're talking about going to infinity.
$$v = v_e \ln{ \frac{M}{m} } $$
This is certainly interesting. It is interesting to note that the speed the rocket can reach is proportional to the speed the propellant is ejected at, which is also not limited by the speed of light. The energy required to expel that propellant also isn't a problem (haha) because it is not the case that $E=mc^2$ in this world. But it would be skirting the problem to say that the propellant is ejected at infinite speed, so we still seek a way for the above expression to limit to infinity with $v_e \neq \infty$. But we would also really like $\frac{M}{m} \neq \infty$, because that would require either an infinitely large starting mass or an infinitely small ending mass. Neither of these options are appealing, unless atoms also don't exist in this world, allowing us to use fractal math to claim that an infinitely small chuck of something went to infinite speed.
To the extent that we don't make these absurd assumptions, your request is impossible, even given the already absurd assumption of allowable superluminal speed.
It sounds like the answer is yes for particles with mass but zero physical extent. I assume if the particles have finite extent (or we bring in quantum mechanics), then the answer is no, as it would be if we brought in relativity.
If by "ignoring relativity", you mean ignoring the fact that nothing can move faster than the speed of light, then the answer is still no.
Since kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the speed, infinite speed would mean infinite energy, which you cannot provide, whatever the amount of time you are considering.


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After you win a battle in Muramasa: The Demon Blade, you'll get a list of rewards for things you did during the battle, like "Quick Draw Finish" for killing an enemy with a quick draw attack or "Completed Unscathed" for clearing the fight without taking any damage.
One that I get every now and then, but cannot figure out what it is, is "Fortune Strike". As far as I can tell, I haven't been able to find any consistent method of earning this one. It's not really worth much, but considering I can at least tell how I received the others, this one is just confounding me all the time. What are the requirements for receiving this bonus, exactly?


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 15, 2013 - Grippo Foods, Inc, Cincinnati, OH, is initiating a nationwide recall of all bags and boxes of their Plain Potato Chips, Bar-B-Q Potato Chips, Cheddar Cheese with a touch of Jalapeno Potato Chips, Hot Dill Pickle Potato Chips, Sweet Bermuda Onion Potato chips, and Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips.
These products may have the potential to contain metal fragments. Consumption of food-borne foreign objects that are hard and sharp may result in moderate or serious injury. Minor injuries such as transient choking, or small lacerations in the oral cavity or gastrointestinal system, as well as Dental injury, such as a fractured tooth, may occur. While, serious injury is remotely possible, it could involve severe choking with airway obstruction, perforation in the oral cavity or gastrointestinal system, or secondary infection due to any of these events.
The recall includes the following: The bagged chips have an expiration date of May 20 and before. The 1.5 pound boxes of chips have an expiration date of April 29 and before. The date code is located in the upper right corner of the package.
These products were distributed to retail markets in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois beginning September 15, 2012 until March 14, 2013.
The firm voluntarily recalled the products after being notified by the Ohio Department of Agriculture that there were metal shavings found in the salt applicator. FDA has been apprised of this action.
No injuries have been reported to date.
Grippo Foods, Inc. is notifying its distributors and customers. Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using and return to place of purchase for a refund.
Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-626-1824 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.
A link to the Food & Drug Administration's announcement about Grippo Foods, Inc. is below.


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These beautifully rolled pearls represent the finest Chinese tea making traditions. The tea itself is small, dark green pearls that are hand rolled and layered with jasmine blossoms for several days. Fresh flowers are brought in each day, until the pearls are infused with fragrance & flavour.
Crafted from spring picked green tea leaves and fresh jasmine blossoms. Each pearl is a tender silvery bud, carefully rolled and dried with jasmine blossoms. When brewed, the pearls unravel, producing a mellow honey flavour with fresh floral tones.
This tea makes a wonderful gift.
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by Melissa Brunner
The Topeka area running community is a generous group, constantly lacing up their shoes and/or volunteering for runs and walks to benefit various organizations. Even people who might not regularly train are more than willing to hit the roads and trails to benefit a good cause. When you could combine the activity with the fun of bright colors being thrown at you, what's not to love, right?
Such was the case with the Color Vibe 5K that took over Heartland Park Saturday morning. Similarly, the Color Run visits Lawrence later this summer. Last month's Runner's World looked at these fun, theme-based runs as one of the fastest-growing trends in community running. They're usually non-competitive, encouraging families and friends to simply get active. I agree, that's great.
On its web site, the Color Vibe also said it chooses a charity partner to receive a portion of the proceeds from its events. For the Topeka event, up until race day, the web page said it was still evaluating who that partner would be. Saturday, we learned LifeHouse Child Advocacy Center would benefit - a great organization assisting child victims with their needs.
We contacted LifeHouse on Monday to see how much of a donation they would receive, given the great success of the run. They told reporter Ariana Cohen that they would receive $1 from each entry. They told Ariana they were thrilled to receive the support, since they're a small organization with small resources on which to draw.
Do the math, though - Color Vibe organizers said they had 2500 runners. The advance entry fee for most was $40 ($50 on race day). At 2500 times 40, that's $100,000. Do you feel $1 from each $40 entry fee is enough?
A Color Vibe representative told Ariana people don't realize the hidden expenses in staging such a run. He specifically mentioned the expense of shipping the "color" to the event site. The "color" is dyed cornmeal, thrown at the runners by volunteers or strewn on the ground so people can roll through it. It could be argued people are paying for the experience. After all, this was more than your average run. Plus, since the charity wasn't known in advance, one could say the beneficiary isn't what attracted participation.
The question is, since the event billed itself as having a charity partner, was there an expectation the Color Vibe would throw a little more green the charity's way? Or did people think their entry fee was going to stage the event, so it really didn't matter to them? It was an entertainment expense, just like going to a movie or eating at a restaurant provides income to the people providing the service or product.
When I posed the question on my Facebook page, H.R. Cook, who manages the Expocentre, pointed out a potential downside is that many people budget a certain amount of money to do a certain number of events like this per year, so people might have chosen this one and decided to opt out of another, which would ultimately take money away from other charities.
Like anything else, the moral would seem to be buyer beware. If you're looking for a fun, entertaining experience to get you, your family and your friends active - go for it. If your main priority is to help a cause, check out the event before you buy in.


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This page describes the specifications and implementation of a NoisyCalendar, a calendaring solution that adheres to Noisebridge's practices and principles.
- Publicly editable
- Unregistered editable
- Revert edits
- Publicly linkable
- Has the usual variety of calendar layouts (day, week, month, list)
- Events have a time, duration, description, recurrence, location
- Exports to iCalendar (RFC 5545)
- Widget on the wiki homepage
- Free, as in free speech and free beer
- Hosted locally
Bonus points
- Can use wiki logins or some other kind of identification in addition to anonymous
- Events have a field for which room/area of NB
- Calendars show which room/area of NB
- open source or some other moral superiority
- easy publishing to email (for nb-announce, for instance)
- misc bells and whistles
- RSS feed
- Some kind of reputation system, likely usernames. Edits can be associated with usernames.
- Tagging/Categorizing of events are useful so as to group similar events. There's a lot going on at NB! IE: "5MoF", "Conlang", "Not Happening on a Regular Basis", "Reoccuring"
We are still at the brainstorming phase
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- replace prefixsearch with cateogry->getMembers
- Parsing
- add parsing for time
- validate stuff (on ArticleSave or on every ViewHook). you could get a preview, even if you clicked save, if your edit is invalid. ViewHook?
- let event description be wherever in the article
- iCalendar
- iCalendar export
- use objectcache for caching
- we shall use a human-readable wikiformat of the format:
= Event Details = (any heading level is acceptable) * Key: Value
Valid keys, for now, are: "Description" (not optional), "When" (not optional), "Where", "Recurring", "Organizer". Values of "When" must be valid ISO8601 timestamps. Everything is case insensitive (both keys and values where applicable).
We parse out the event on save, and add categories as a layman's index.
How does iCalendar deal with past events? Or?


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