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Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
It is possible that the main title of the report Congenital Muscular Dystrophy is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Disorder Subdivisions
- congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A; merosin-deficient CMD)
- congenital muscular dystrophy type 1B (MDC1B)
- congenital muscular dystrophy type 1C (MDC1C)
- congenital muscular dystrophy type 1D (MDC1D)
- congenital muscular dystrophy with integrin deficiency
- Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
- muscle-eye-brain disease
- rigid spine muscular dystrophy (RSMD1)
- Walker-Warburg syndrome
- Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy
- Bethlem congenital muscular dystrophy
- LMNA-related disorders
- SEPN1-related disorders
- SYNE1-related disorder
General Discussion
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a general term for a group of genetic muscle diseases that occur at birth (congenital) or early during infancy. CMDs are generally characterized by diminished muscle tone (hypotonia), which is sometimes referred to as "floppy baby"; progressive muscle weakness and degeneration (atrophy); abnormally fixed joints that occur when thickening and shortening of tissue such as muscle fibers cause deformity and restrict the movement of an affected area (contractures); spinal rigidity, and delays in reaching motor milestones such as sitting or standing unassisted. Feeding difficulties and breathing (respiratory) complications can develop in some cases. Muscle weakness may improve, remain stable or worsen. Some forms of CMD may be associated with structural brain defects and, potentially, intellectual disability. The severity, specific symptoms, and progression of these disorders vary greatly. Most forms of CMD are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. Collage type VI-related disorders can be inherited as either autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive conditions. LMNA-related CMD is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, with all mutations reported to date being new mutations (de novo).
CMDs belong to a larger group of disorders known as the muscular dystrophies. The muscular dystrophies characterized by weakness and degeneration of various voluntary muscles of the body. More than 30 different disorders make up the muscular dystrophies. The disorders affect different muscles and have different ages of onset, severity and inheritance patterns. As researchers have learned more about the CMDs, such as identifying many of the specific genes involved, a broader picture of these diseases has emerged. The subtypes of CMD have considerable overlap with other disease classifications including the congenital myopathies, disorders of glycosylation, and the limb-girdle muscular dystrophies. CMDs are a rapidly growing disease family and information about these disorders is constantly changing.
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Interstellar space is pretty empty but there a small number of of atoms (mostly hydrogen?) floating around. How many atoms per light year would a photon encounter while traversing interstellar space?
The number of scattering events ("encounters") per unit path length is equal to the density of scatterers times the scattering cross section (summed over all species of scatterers).
The density of particles (mostly hydrogen atoms) in the interstellar medium (ISM) is on the order of 1/cm^3. If we assume that the photon scattering cross section of a hydrogen atom is the square of a common atomic length scale, 1 angstrom^2, then the number of scattering events per unit path length is 10^-14 per meter, or ~100 per light year, give or take a factor of 10.
Take this with a grain of salt, however! The scattering cross section for photons is strongly energy-dependent. For visible photons, say, the cross section is greatly increased if the photon is sufficiently near an atomic transition energy. The hydrogen atoms "look much larger" to these photons, so there are much more collisions.
Lower in the EM spectrum, you run into the fact that the ISM is actually a plasma (it contains ionized hydrogen and free electrons). I believe the plasma frequency is on the order of 1 kHz (strongly depends on temperature...), so radio waves significantly below 1 kHz cannot propagate through the ISM at all. They scatter from the plasma as a whole, rather than individual particles, so the ISM is actually opaque to them.
So the real answer is "it entirely depends on what energy photons you're talking about".


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Thank you for providing this great Component.
I am just using RSyntaxTextArea to add syntax highlight and auto completion to our XPath editor (which is used to query our object database).
Since the number of possible code completions is VERY long (take all functions from the XPath2 standard, plus all axes, plus all properties of the object in context), I have subclassed your AutoCompletion class such that it is possible to add additional CompletionProviders. If the User presses "Ctrl-Space" while the popup is already visible, the AutoCompletion switches to the next CompletionProvider in the list of available CompletionProviders (this is actually the same behavior as you have in Eclipse).
Thatlike, I could install one CompletionProvider for the (dynamic) properties completion and one for the XPath-Standard Completion (functions and axes), and I will probably add one more for the JavaBean-completion (as our XPath engine is based on apache-commons JXPath library).
The problem is, that my extension is only possible when changing the AutoCompletion class. This is ok for me for short term, but for long term usage and maintenance, it would be great if you could integrate the required changes into the AutoComplete class.
Shall I post it to this forum or shall I make a fork on Github to initiate a pull request?
If you are interested in, I could also provide the Code for the RoundRobinAutoCompletion of corse.
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Let $g$ be a function in the Schwartz space $\mathscr S (\mathbb R)$. Show that for any $l \ge 0$, we have $\sup_x |x|^l |g(x-y)|\le A_l (1+|y|)^l$ by considering separately the cases $|x|\le 2|y|$ and $|x|\ge 2 |y|$.
The Schwartz space is defined as the set $\mathscr S (\mathbb R)$ of all indefinitely differentiable functions $f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ such that $\sup_{x\in\mathbb R} |x|^k |f^{(l)}(x)|<\infty$ for all $k, l \ge 0$.
(This was used in a proof in Elias Stein's book on Fourier Analysis and is not a homework problem. The book just didn't go through this particular step.)


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Should designers base their font choices for body text and headlines on the typeface used in the logotype (if used) to achieve brand consistency?
Short answer: It depends.
Long Answer: If you need to enhance readability it is not a given. It all depends on your typographic contrast. Sometimes you need branding to be more important and if the typeface is readable enough to be used you an go for the brand typeface. In other cases you may want to take a typeface that has good contrast and high legibility.
So if it's a content heavy site, i'd go for readability and pick a suitable typeface (which is not necessarily brand, so the answer is really no ;) ).
Remember: content is king!
Typefaces chosen for logos are chosen based on different criteria than typefaces used for headlines. Typefaces used for headlines are chosen based on different criteria than typefaces used for body copy. Etc.
That said, all of the typeface choices should work together under the larger umbrella of the branding system, so yes, brand consistency is important, but consistency isn't necessarily achieved by using the same typeface for one task as another.
This really isn't a question for this site's format and I'm sure it will be closed soon enough, but in order to give you another perspective:
From a business standpoint, no. You never use your logo typeface in collateral, website, etc. Your logo is supposed to be unique and stand apart for easy recognition.
What happens when you use your logo typeface for website headings is a dilution of your brand. This decision has nothing to do with readability or nything else design related. It is purely business and research done in that arena for the last 50 years.
Now if you used Arial in your logo, you can safely use it in your body copy. However, while doing so you should also fire your logo designer for using Arial for your most distinctive mark. Conversely, if you use Comic Sans in your logo, you should also fire your designer and not use Comic Sans in your copy in order to keep your mark unique.
This blogpost is a blog post and should be taken as that, but it also illustrates this same point. These aren't experts by any means but good points:
"What I'd never recommend is using the font you've used in your logo in your body copy. Quite simply because it weakens the logo. By all means use a complimentary font, [...] or use a contrasting font. But try to avoid using the same font. It makes your logo look less of a logo and more of just type."


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6 Horrifying Things That Happen Before You Leave the Womb
As soon as your parents finish furiously humping you into existence, you embark on a magical journey that in nine months will take you from embryo to baby to unwilling Facebook spam. That's the PG version anyway, but what most after school specials tend to overlook is that along the way a developing human will go through so many creepy physical changes, you'd swear childbirth was something David Cronenberg invented while high on paint thinner.
WARNING: This article has some disturbing images that will ruin your life forever.
#6. You Start Out as a Disembodied Asshole
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Have you ever wondered which body part first emerges from a fertilized egg? That's a really heavy question with some serious philosophical implications. Is it the brain? The heart? Oh man, wouldn't it be hilarious if it were the penis? Wouldn't it be an existential nightmare if it were a solitary anus seemingly stapled to a cluster of cells? Yeah, funny thing about that ...
No! Turn back! We'll say the brain and heart are first. And then courage.
Human beings belong to a group in the animal kingdom called deuterostomes, which also includes sea cucumbers, urchins, vertebrates, and everything else that literally comes to life anus first. In humans, after the sperm breaks through the egg's outer membrane like a blind, drunk bull, the embryo splits into many different cells, eventually becoming a blastula. The blastula cells rip open from the inside out, forming an opening called the blastopore, which as you may have guessed will one day develop into a glorious butthole (although why we stop calling it the far more awesome sounding "blastopore" is anybody's guess). But in the beginning, you are just an embryonic, unconnected anus floating around in your mom's uterus, which is both the literal truth and a pretty sick burn, if you care to use it.
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"Imma whip your coelom-filled, mesoderm-lined ass, bitch!"
The blastopore anus eventually widens like some primitive goatse before tunneling through the blastula until it reaches the other side, where finally the mouth is formed. So essentially, Nature makes humans by constructing two opposing holes and then kind of filling in the blanks. "Deuterostome" is actually a Greek term that means "mouth second," because it's the second part of the body that humans develop, and naming the process any differently would have ended up with us calling ourselves "ass first."
#5. Your Eyes Develop Before Your Eyelids
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Sleep is such a primal part of our nature. In light of that, you have to wonder why the hell human babies aren't born completely crazed out of their minds, considering that, between the third and fifth months of development, they have to live with functioning eyes, but no eyelids.
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never sleeping never resting only waiting feeding growing
Your eyes start developing around Week 8, and they're almost completely developed by Week 12. However, your eyelids don't even begin to form until the fifth month. What you have instead until then is a thin, transparent membrane covering your peepers, almost as if Mother Nature wanted to make you watch as your own flesh twists and transforms in a body-horror display straight out of a John Carpenter film.
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Until you're used to the sight, you will broadcast feelings of nausea. This is morning sickness.
That's not us embellishing, by the way ...
#4. Your Intestines Grow Outside of Your Body
Anyone who's ever had a hernia or mistaken Taco Bell for food can tell you that when your intestines try to escape your body, it's pretty unpleasant. Which is probably why we've blocked out the memory of that very thing happening to us when we were just 2 months old.
Right around Week 6, a growing human will start to form its intestinal tracts inside the umbilical cord, the gut-tether connecting you to the placenta. That's because an infant's gastrointestinal tract is divided into three main sections: the foregut, which contains everything from your mouth to your stomach; the midgut, which goes from your intestines to the pancreas; and the hindgut, which is everything else right up to your poop chute. Unfortunately, that's a lot of guts to fit into one tiny human body, which at 2 months old decides to save some space by herniating your midgut out through your bellybutton and into a floppy pink sock. Your gut will continue to bore deeper into the umbilical cord and develop there, completely outside of your body, so that you can watch it all with your lidless eyes and scream with your asshole-mouth.
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Let |V| be a (incomplete) linear series on a nonsingular projective surface. Hironaka says that there is a resolution of the singularities of |V| along smooth centers. If the base locus of |V| is just a collection of points, does it mean I can acheive this resolution by a series of blow ups at points?
I may be misunderstanding something but this question does not seem to have anything to do with Hironaka's desingularization. You are asking if you can resolve the indeterminacy of a rational map, right? If this is the question, then you can do it with finitely many blow-ups at points.
Suppose you have a rational map $f$ from a smooth projective surface $S$ to $\mathbb{P}^{n}$ given by some linear system $V \subset |D|$. Without loss of generality you may assume that the image of $f$ is non-degenerate, i.e. is not contained in any hyperplane. In that case we can subtract the fixed component of $V$ to make the base locus of $V$ at most finite. Now take a base point of $V$ and blow it up $g : \widehat{S} \to S$. The pullback $g^{\*}V$ will consist of divisors in $|g^{\*}D|$ which contain a positive multiple $nE$ of the exceptional divisor $E$. So $g^{\*}V$ has a fixed component and therefore is of the form $\widehat{V} + nE$, where $\widehat{V} \subset |g^{\*}D - nE|$. The linear system $\widehat{V}$ gives a rational map $\hat{f}$ from $\widehat{S}$ to $\mathbb{P}^{n}$ which has no fixed component and coincides with the original $f$ on $\widehat{S} - E$. Now set $\widehat{D} = g^{\*}D - nE$. Note that the fact that $\widehat{D}$ has no fixed component implies that $\widehat{D}^{2} = D^{2} - n^{2} < D^{2}$. If $\hat{f}$ has no base point, then we are done. If it does have base points, then we can repeat the process. Since the degree of the linear system decreases on each step the process will terminate.
Not necessarily, I don't think. There are surface singularities (though I can't recall an example easily, but one whose resolution has exceptional divisor an elliptic curve) for which if you blow up at a point you get a singular curve. The example I'm thinking of is in Kollar's Exercises.
In the case I'm thinking of, you have a surface with a single point singularity, you blow it up, and you get a rational curve singularity, which if you blow up (or normalize, either one) gives you an elliptic curve over it.
EDIT: found it, it's exercise 68, do all three parts to see some of the things that can happen.


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WACO (December 13, 2012)--A Waco man pleaded guilty Thursday to injury to a child after a jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared in his trial in October.
State District Judge Matt Johnson sentenced Glenn Mark Green to five years in state prison after Green pleaded guilty.
A mistrial was declared in Green's sexual assault of a child trial in October after jurors deadlocked.
Johnson remanded Green to the county jail because the injury to a child charge still was active against him.
Jonathan Sibley, lead counsel for Green at trial, said the jury reported it was deadlocked 11-to-1 for acquittal and Johnson declared the mistrial.
Sibley said Green was accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl almost five years ago when she was 12, but the testimony that the victim and others provided during trial was not sufficient to produce a guilty verdict.


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I once tied a bear bag with a haphazard bundle of knots, and despite being seemingly impossible to untie, it came loose when lowering the bear bag and nearly smoked my friend standing under it. What are some good knots to learn for most stuff encountered while camping / backpacking?
Tying knots is actually a bit of an art. Depending on what you need it for, there are knots that slide, create loops, tighten under load, and do tons of other things. Here are some backcountry essentials:
Bowline Knot: Use this when you need a knot that absolutely, positively will not slip (unless loaded wrong). When I was in camp, we'd use these when making climbing harnesses out of webbing, since they were so safe. [link]
Double Overhand Knot: Use this when you need to make a section of rope chunky so it doesn't slide or is easier to grab onto: [link]
Noose (or Hangman's Knot): Use this when you need to make a loop of rope that slides easily to tighten around or pull things. [link]
Double Fisherman's Knot: Use this when you need to attach two ropes together, as it holds very well when force is applied in the direction of the rope. Essentially just a double overhand knot on two ropes tied around each other. [link]
Slip Knot: Use this when you need a knot, but you'll be undoing it frequently. It is easy to undo, even if it's been under heavy load. [link]
Once you've mastered these, you should start understanding the dynamics of how knots can make ropes do all sorts of cool things. It's important that you practice these and know them well. You don't want to make a mistake and then trust a heavy load or your safety to a knot that might slip.
Be careful, and good luck!
The most important knots you'll ever need to know are the taut-line hitch and the bowline. For instance, on your bear bag, you would tie a bowline through a handle or other loop the bag, and then the taut-line on the other side.
The best thing about a bowline is that no matter how much force you've put on it, you can crack it easily to take it apart.
Here is an article from Scoutin magazine
Knots and Boy Scouts go together like campfires and cobbler. Here's how to tie three of the knots required to reach First Class, plus four more that can be very useful.
Knots. It all begins with rope — different sizes, lengths, widths, and strengths, depending on its use.
Ropes used for climbing can bear more than two tons of weight. Thinner, lightweight cords are used for lashings and tying off tent stakes.
Although they are still used in horse packing and sailing, natural-fiber ropes are mostly a thing of the past. Most ropes for outdoor recreation are made of nylon for durability and elasticity.
To prolong the life of your rope, protect it from dirt, sunlight, chemicals, and abrasion. When you store a rope, coil it following its natural lay. Don't wrap it around your arm and through your outstretched hand like an extension cord. Keep it in a bag for storage.
Fortified Square Knot
The basic square knot, or "joining" knot, is the first knot many boys learn on the night they join a Scout troop.
Taut-line Hitch
This is the knot campers use to adjust tension in a tent's guyline. It works best with cord that is at least ¼-inch thick.
Grapevine Knot
(also known as the Double Fisherman's Knot)
This useful knot ties two ropes of equal diameter securely together. It's secure enough to be used in rappelling—but can be difficult to untie.
Clove Hitch
This easy knot can be used to tie a horse to a post. It's also the knot used to start and finish most lashings. The knot is tied with two loops of rope stacked on top of one another so that they interlock and hold firm. This is one of the quickest knots to learn.
This loop knot is popular among climbers and sailors. It's a secure knot that will not slip or loosen. In a rescue, a bowline can be tied around a person's waist so he can be hoisted to safety.
The bowline is often taught using the story of the rabbit and the hunter.
Prusik Knot
This knot is used by climbers to ascend a rope and by rescuers to raise and lower people and equipment. The climbing rope should be thicker than the accessory cord (usually 5 to 7 millimeters).
Chain Sennit (AKA Daisy Chain, Monkey Braid)
To shorten a long line of rope, such as a painter attached to the bow of a canoe, use the deceptively simple chain sennit. When you need the full length of line, a quick tug frees the entire rope without any kinks or knots.
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There are three knots that I find cover most of my needs:
The trucker's hitch can be cinched very tight and it's easy to add or remove tension. It's useful for tying down loads (on boats or roof racks), applying variable tension (e.g., for tarps or hammocks), and winching. It can be undone with a quick pull.
The bowline is perfect for anchoring the end of a rope to a fixed object. It doesn't tighten when pressure is applied, and it's easy to undo. It's a good one for hammocks, tarps, tow lines, and tying up boats.
The square knot is for tying the ends of two shorter ropes to one another to make a longer rope.
The figure of 8 knot can be used instead of the bowline. It has a somewhat higher breaking strength. It is also very easy to untie even after being loaded.
You might want to consider the alpine butterfly, it can be used whenever you need a standing loop on a rope. It is also considered climbing safe.
When considering the knots, there are several characteristics you would like to take into account:
The bowline knot. (Animation: basic way.)
However, I strongly recommend learning an alternate way of tying it:
It might look complicated at first, but with a real rope (instead of pictures) it's actually simpler than the standard way. The only thing to watch for, is to ensure that the knot transforms, that is, the slip-knot part does slip, in the process pulling the free end inside (it's important because the knot is not secure before).
The figure eight knot. (Animation.)
Reef knot and the surgeon's verion. (Animation.)
Alpine butterfly and the butterfly bend. (Animation: loop and bend.)
Sheet bend and double sheet bend. (Animation: single.)
Clove hitch and ABOK #1674 (it's a version of Miller's knot, sometimes called bag knot). (Animation: clove hitch.)
I hope this helps :-)
The knots I use the most while camping is the Taught-line hitch, Siberian hitch, Trucker's Hitch, Prusik Knot, Figure 8 loop, and the slip knot. In fact these are the only knots I ever use, besides tying my shoes.
A great easy way to rig up a ridge line between two trees is to use the Siberian hitch and Trucker's hitch. The Siberian hitch allows for a quick anchoring of one end of the rope to a tree. And then a Trucker's hitch on the other end allows for you to pull the rope nice and tight. Both knots have a slip-knot release, so take down is easy!
Others have covered the basic knots here already. Rather than post more, I want to point out that you should know one or more knots for each basic use:
As you continue to learn knots, be sure to understand what makes them different from others of the same type. Some knots are more suitable for natural fiber cord rather than synthetic cord, some jam easily where others are easier to untie, and some have unique properties (adjustable, decorative, strength, etc).
Once you've learned the basics, you will begin to develop preferences which work for you. Perhaps more important, you will begin to recognize how each knot should be applied correctly or used in more complex applications with other knots.
If you want a great way to test your basic outdoor knot skills, attempt to hang a tarp using nothing but cord. Personally, I find that I use half hitches (sometimes slipped), alpine butterflies, trucker's hitch, and tautline hitches among others.


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Many theorems have the form : Premise(es) implies Conclusion(s)
Example A of wrongness:
There are many examples in which a theorem is stated without mentioning that part of the premise is not necessary to reach the conclusion.
Usually it is simple (and much better) to add a remark stating that the result is not sharp (ideally providing an example of weaker premise holding with the solution).
But there is another type of bias :
Added Note: Below composition means the AND of two relations ( for classical composition the transitivity does not compose! ( thanks to HenrikRüping remark).
Example B of wrongness:
Theorem 1 : The composition of 2 equivalence relations is an equivalence relation.
Or in fewer words : Equivalence relations are stable under composition.
Actually there is a much finer version of B :
Theorem A: For relations each of the following properties are stable under composition : Reflexive , Transitive , Symmetric.
By conjunction of the above we obtain:
Corollary B: Equivalence relations are stable under composition
Note: The second form is not only more precise but it also makes the mention "left as an easy exercise" more acceptable.
The "WRONG" notion:
I called theorem 1 (or its statement) wrong as it induced the reader to think that the conjunction of the 3 properties plays a role in proving the conclusion.
Of course only true theorems may be qualified as wrong.
Taking an absolute stance you may call wrong any theorem that is not a tautology.
A less absolute stance would call wrong any theorem that is not a tautology and in which you forget to mention non-sharpness.
Question 1: is there a better / more adequate term than wrong ( the subtext is: do you think it is a good notion?) .
Question 2: Do you know examples that follow a pattern like B or some variation in lack of tautology?
Question 3: More specifically : Are there other types of patterns showing a distance between premise and conclusion. The types need to be common in the mathematical literature, not purely logical types ( of course those are more countable).


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How do the old Filevault and the new Lion full disk encryption compare speed wise?
ATM I am using Snow Leppard with FileVault to encrypt my whole home directory, which makes opening IPhoto, Chrome or ITunes annoyingly slow.
How do the old Filevault and the new Lion full disk encryption compare speed wise?
ATM I am using Snow Leppard with FileVault to encrypt my whole home directory, which makes opening IPhoto, Chrome or ITunes annoyingly slow.
It is faster in practice when writing changes to the disk - the new block encryption is hard to measure (meaning it's a negligible slowdown).
The new implementation removes nearly all of the compacting, and delay in creating and tearing down an encrypted space. It generally allows you to continue working while the bit grinding happens in the background.
The effort to shift a whole drive to encrypted blocks happens in the background while you can still use the mac but it's no different than waiting to turn on or off the old encryption.
In practice the new is far better performing across the board and has less times when you have to wait for it to do some long operation.
I wasn't able to find some direct comparisons but I guess you question here is really "has FileVault performance improved in Lion?". The short answer is yes. Take a look at the lion review from John Siracusa at Ars Technia to find out why. There are some regular hard drive benchmarks at the following url: http://maxcho.com/2011/07/filevault-2-benchmarks/
AnandTech — Back to the Mac: OS X 10.7 Lion review: FileVault performance compares (a) performance with and without FileVault 2 — both excluding FileVault 1.
It may help to find a comparison of (b) Lion with and without FileVault 1 — both excluding FileVault 2. However: in the excitement around version 2, it may be difficult to find someone benchmarking/testing version 1 on Lion.
If both (a) and (b) can be found: read the two alongside each other.
My hunch is that answers will vary, depending on what the user has in the home directory.
In my case, after abandoning FileVault 1 in favour of FileVault 2 for a 318 GB startup volume in a MacBookPro5,2, the sum of the sizes of the attributes and catalog B-trees is around 4.9 GB — for a computer limited to 8 GB memory, a considerable sum:
Presented by Disk Utility 12 (346) for my startup volume:
Presented by Finder 10.7 for my home directory:
Presented by du for my home directory:
If the default 8 MB size of bands in a .sparsebundle is as optimal for Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511) as it was for previous releases of the system — and if (as I suspect) a significant proportion of oft-used files in my home directory are much smaller — I might find that abandoning FileVault 2 in favour of FileVault 1 feels better. That feeling might be difficult to quantify, but I do plan to take the FileVault 1 approach, hopefully before the end of September 2011.
http://identi.ca/conversation/77065575#notice-79879336 links to an overview (work in progress) that will include performances of the two versions of FileVault alongside other considerations. Most of that work is now transferred to Ask Different as answers under the following question:
In Super User:
If I find anything more of relevance to the opening question, I'll post again here.


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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Yeah that card should suit you fine. Good luck with your upgrade!
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
What would you advice a guy who has an pre-loved 3,5 year old HP xw6600 workstation on his hands with the following hardware
1. one Nvidia NVS300 graphics card (I do not do games by the way just video and image (Photoshop) rendering and VMware
2. two dual Xeon's E5450
3. eight 2 gigabyte ECC memory banks - total 16 gigabyte of original 5300 F ECC memory
4. an Intel SSD 330 - 120 gb drive
My curren PSU may some day need replacement, what non HP PSU might be the best pick for me. Mind you that I may want to add a second NVS300 graphics card in and a better audio card for audio mixing / high quality podcasting - sound editing.
Kind regards
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Thank you!
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Hi....I am looking to upgrade my power supply for my computer, but I am not sure what all I need to know. Will any power supply that will fit in the case work? Do all power supplies have the necessary number of connections or whatever? I know I sound like a moron, but all I have ever upgraded is memory and graphic cards. Now I want to upgrade my graphic card even higher, but i only have a 300 watt power supply. I need at least 400watt. Here is the computer I have....if someone could sort of direct me in what to look for in a power supply that would be great. I prefer cheaper because I am poor .
NY549AAR p6230y
thats the product name anyway.
thanks in advance.
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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Hi harryvu,
I see that you are looking for some information on getting a new power supply. While, I am not able to recommend a particular power supply as there are quite a few different ones out there. I do have a link to a very detail tutorial on what to look for in a power supply and from the same site on how to install it.
Everything You Need to Know about Power Supplies:
How to Replace Your Power Supply:
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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply[ Edited ]
11-29-2013 06:24 PM - last edited on 04-20-2016 10:39 AM by OscarFuentes
I'm planning to upgrade the power supply for an HP h8-1070t, from the current 300 watts probably to 600 watts. What suitable power supplies should I look at?
Some relevant websites:
Replacing the Power supply
HP Pavilion Elite h8-1070t Product Specifications and Configurable Options
Appears to say that a 600 watt power supply is possible.
I found a parts list for this model. It does not give any part number for a 600 watt power supply.
I plan to install a higher-rated graphics board, for CUDA and OpenCL use; games and videos not planned.
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
*didnt see the sticky title when I posted the thread I did
I ordered a refurbished HP Compaq 8100 Elite CMT Quad Core i7-860 2.80GHz 8GB RAM 1TB HDD
And I ordered a geforce 650 gtx that requires 400w power supply. I am not sure on which power supply I will need to order that will fit in this. Can anyone help me figure out what will fit in this box?
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
The power supply in your PC is proprietary and I don't know of any replacements that have a higher wattage rating. The service manual indicates one PCI-E power connector is available.
The NVIDIA 650 base model video card is a low wattage card. However, some of the manufacturers specify a 450 watt PSU. The PSU size recommended by the manufacturer is made based on many unknowns with the user's equipment. The base model NVIDIA 650 video card may work. However, it may cause issues depending on the existing load in your particular PC. I would lean towards it working as the PCI-E slot is rated for 75 watts and some models of the NVIDA 650 only need 64 watts. The quality and perhaps the age of the PSU at this point becomes important.
The NVIDIA 650 TI model video card would not be a recommended model for your PC as this card requires a lot more power.
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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply[ Edited ]
02-06-2014 09:10 PM - edited 02-06-2014 09:40 PM
Hello all,
I recently bought a HP Envy 700-159 (http://www8.hp.com/ca/en/products/desktops/product
I've never replaced a PSU before, so I'm a bit mystified. I looked at the specs of the motherboard (Memphis-B or IPM87-MP) though it doesn't tell me much as far as what sort of PSU would be compatible (how many pins the power connector should be etc).
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Hi Chris,
Your PC has a 460 watt power supply. If you want to replace it then I would recommend the Corsair CX500 or CX600 as the dimensions will match up with the existing power supply. The CX500 is lower in wattage than the wattage that you mentioned but it will run many modern video cards.
These HP how-to articles should be helpful.
Review this posted article of Guide to Selecting a Discrete Video Card.
The NVIDIA 760 would be a good choice for a video card and match it with the Corsair CX500 power supply.
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"The invisible connectedness of things" is a multi-faceted art/science/transportation exhibit in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Created by Los Angeles-based visual artist Kim Abeles, the exhibit explores the impacts that our transportation choices have on Boulder's air quality and includes a 16-foot video wall with photographs of Boulder's lichens, puzzles, stickers, and "smog collector" plates. Smog collector plates are a process Abeles invented that reveal images made from smog and have been described as "footprints of the sky." Abeles' created the exhibition through on-site Boulder research and with the assistance of atmospheric scientists, emissions specialists, lichenologists, and transportation professionals.
The exhibit was commissioned by EcoArts Connections (EAC) and is co-presented by the Museum and EAC in collaboration with Envirotest—Air Care Colorado, Manhattan Middle School and Spark: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Science Education at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Additionaly, the museum offers a wide variety of K–12 and adult educational programs and activities throughout the year, including lectures, family days, and guided tours. The museum's collections number more than four million objects in anthropology/archaeology, botany, entomology, paleontology, and zoology. The exhibition galleries are open to the public seven days a week, free of charge.
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is an academic unit of the CU-Boulder Graduate School with a mission to contribute to knowledge of the natural world and the humanities through research, teaching, and public education. The Museum and Field Studies Graduate Program offers students an opportunity to earn a Master of Science degree or a certificate in Museum Studies.
Abeles' exhibition, "the invisible connectedness of things," is on display through August 8, 2012.


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The 7 Most WTF Origins of Iconic Pop Culture Franchises
#3. Old School - A Fight Club Remake
The Story You Know:
Vince Vaughn and Frank "the Tank" Ferrell found a fraternity to cheer up Luke Wilson after the poor sap catches his girlfriend mid-gangbang. We're talking Godfather-esque storytelling here, people.
Either Juliette Lewis, or a high end blow-up doll.
What Inspired It:
According to Old School writer/director Todd Phillips...
This guy.
...it's a comedic retelling of Fight Club. He mentions it in the DVD commentary.
If you watch the movie with that in mind, you realize the scripts follow each other so closely that it's amazing 20th Century Fox didn't force Todd to offer Chuck Palahniuk or David Fincher joint writing credit. Luke Wilson's Mitch is Edward Norton, and Vince Vaughn's Beanie is Tyler Durden. Some of the segments Phillips highlighted both in the commentary and the movie:
"The whole idea of starting some kind of male organization."
Mitch starting off "looking worn out":
...but getting "lean and mean" by the end:
Getting caught using the copier at work:
Oh, hey. Nice jacket.
Phillips had Fight Club on his mind when he wrote the whole goddamn movie, and was relieved to hear from fans and "on the Internet" that enough people pieced his epic work of satire together.
"His name is Robert Paulson."
Though Phillips did make the effort to add a naked Will Ferrell in there, so there's that.
#2. Pinocchio - The Bible and Ancient Porn
The Story You Know:
You probably knew or guessed that Disney didn't invent the story of Pinocchio, which is instead based on Carlo Collodi's classic story about a marionette who, in his journey to become a real boy, faces more temptation and adversity than in The Last Temptation of Christ.
Actually, now that we mention it...
What Inspired It:
Several colorful sources ranging from the Bible to hardcore pornography.
Pinocchio's little run-in with Monstro the end-boss whale was not a mere shout-out to the biblical Book of Jonah (where a rebellious prophet is also swallowed by a whale)-- the entire story is based around it. Instead of a rambunctious, rebellious prophet, you have a rambunctious, rebellious puppet. Instead of skipping town for booze and whores in Tarshish, our prophet skips town for booze and smokables at Pleasure Island. In fact, between Gepetto the Father (a carpenter, no less), Pinocchio his "Son," and a "Holy Spirit" which not-so-subtlety takes the form of the Virgin Mary and a dove, well...
Yeah. Pinocchio is Jesus.
So what about that weird-ass scene where Pinocchio gets turned into a donkey? Well, here's where it gets awesome.
That sequence was lifted straight off the pages of the only novel from Ancient Rome to survive in its entirety: A dime-paperback pulp-novel known as The Golden Ass by Apuleius.
Thanks, Google!
In this seminal work--which is still quite popular in Italy due to its... seminality--our hero is accidentally transformed into a donkey and forced to live as one for quite some time. His adventures take him on a sometimes brutal, oftentimes hysterical journey through the decadent Roman Empire, including a brief stint performing in... you guessed it: donkey sex shows. His participants range from a "insatiable" noblewoman to a lady convicted of murder, and thus sentenced to public donkey-poking.
So yeah, remember that the next time the donkey scene in Pinocchio gets you down. Not only do those donkeys from Pleasure Island escape the salt mines, but they make it all the way to Tijuana.
#1. Gilligan's Island - The Seven Deadly Sins
The Story You Know:
It was like Robinson Crusoe, only with seven castaways. Also, one of them was hot.
Naturally, the other one was a slut.
And... well, as far as we can remember, that's all there ever was to any Gilligan's Island episode.
What Inspired It:
The whole thing appears to be show creator Sherwood Schwartz's Se7en-esque message to the world about morality. According to Sherwood in his book Inside Gilligan's Island, the seven lovable castaways on Gilligan's Isle were modeled after the seven deadly sins. That smart-ass Professor is Pride, the Skipper is Anger, that sexpot Ginger is Lust.
As such, Gilligan's Island really is like Robinson Crusoe, only starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, or should we say, Satan. Seriously, because his laziness (or sloth) keeps everyone on the island, Gilligan plays the same role previously vacated by the literal Lord of the Flies, otherwise known as Beelzebub.
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I had the honor of emceeing the ABWA's 2012 Woman of Distinction luncheon Tuesday. This year's event honored Carol Wheeler of Stormont-Vail HealthCare.
The two years prior to this, a friend of mine invited me to attend. It struck me how many of the women who've been honored I had crossed paths with. I also admired them, not just for what they had accomplished, but for how they treated others. Advertising agency owner Martha Bartlett Piland was the honoree at the first luncheon I attended in 2010. One message shared about Martha was her ability to treat all colleagues, regardless of their position in their organization, with equal amounts of respect. In 2011, Beth Fager was the honoree. From her we learned how family was the focus of all her endeavours - making the community better for them, and, in turn, all of us. This year, Carol Wheeler teaches us the lesson from her mother - that you never know what life has in store, so you'd better be prepared to take care of yourself and your family. It sparked her to ensure she had an education, which she used to work her way up from dishwasher to registered nurse to vice president at Stormont-Vail HealthCare.
I look further back at the list and see women I've worked side by side with during a volunteer stint with the YWCA - Marilynn Ault and Blanche Parks; those I've observed in the political realm - former State Sen. Alicia Salisbury, former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, former Sec. of Aging Connie Hubble; and two women I know from practically everywhere else, Nancy Perry and Anita Wolgast!
The point isn't whether you agree or disagree with the views anyone might hold, it's how, if we take time to listen, we can all learn things from each other. Those who've come before us have blazed the trail and those who walk alongside us can help us along the way so that we can make things better for those follow.


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Few months back I read in a newspaper that some PhD paper had few sentences taken from Wikipedia and things like those. Wikipedia has made revolution but I had no idea it has made few companies go out of business.
Wikipedia is not alone and Mashable and Techcrunch blogs are threat to the Daily Newspaper Industries as well.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Neighbors of a Kansas City woman charged with child abuse after her 10-year-old daughter was found locked in a closet say they're disgusted and shocked.
None of them knew the girl lived in the apartment until police responded to a child abuse hotline call on Friday.
The mother faces criminal charges, and her 8-year-old and 2-year-old daughters are in protective custody. The mother's boyfriend was questioned, but not charged.
Neighbors said they watched Friday as the 32-pound girl was carried to an ambulance wearing a dingy white shirt and no shoes. They said the two other children and were clean and happy.
Aishah Coppage lives next door to the woman charged. She said Sunday that she never heard banging on the walls or cries for help from the girl.


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Amazon: MP3 Downloads of Various Greatest Hits Albums for $2.99
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That thing takes up two screens here at work!
Excellent. I picked up a few but also noticed that there were additional greatest hits albums for $2.99. One that I added to my collection Eurythmics Ultimate Collection
Pantera has hits?
D@%# you Amazon for making me want to spend more money I don't have. Great deals and selection.
I only wish the list was bigger....I own a few of the already...but still managed to pick up 3 or 4. Great deal.
Drats Amazon, more money spent on ridiculously cheap music. Looks like I'm buying the most popular album in American history (Eagles GH 1) for at least the fourth time. Guess that's how they keep selling more of them.
In for 4 albums. Thanks for the post!
@idontkn1: How can you buy it more than once? If I select an album that I have purchased before, there is a message at the top that indicates that I have purchased before.
Anyway, I already have most of the ones that I want from previous purchases - including the Eagles. This time I picked up The Doors, Seals & Crofts, Enya, and Peter, Paul and Mary. I may come back and look again later, if I have time.
@sacole: It's pretty easy when you've been listening to the album for 35 years (Vinyl, Cassette, CD and now mp3).
Many thanks for the heads-up. I bought more than I expected to.
Ill have two red hot chili peppers please!
10 minutes later, I've somehow purchased 5 albums...
@idontkn1: Why not just upload the CD to your Amazon cloud drive for free?
Thanks for the post!
And once you realize you're willing to pay $2.99, Amazon has tons of albums for that price. I will post just one of them here, because I don't want to steal the thread:
You can easily search Amazon for all the $2.99 MP3 downloads if you're so inclined.
Hang on to your wallet!
Not related to this sale, there's another $2.99 album on sale that I picked up yesterday, it's a great collection (60 songs!) if you like this kind of 50's music:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AN1IH1K (Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Hits - 60 Originals from the 50's)
Holy crap! Awesome. I also picked up Bruno Mars' new album for 3.99 last night, good deal.
@randymilleriii: After 20 years, probably 60 different cd players and a car flood, ripping mp3s on that disc is no longer an option. In case you were wondering the glue used on the foil labels of music cds is no match for a few hours of water submersion. For those old enough, remember when cds came out and the hype was that they were nearly indestructible?
So. Many. To. Choose. From. This is a great deal!!!
@idontkn1: What, no 8-track?
[quote]@sacole: It's pretty easy when you've been listening to the album for 35 years (Vinyl, Cassette, CD and now mp3).[/quote]
Been there, still doing that......
@randymilleriii: Unless you subscribe to Cloud Player Premium, you are only able to upload a certain number of digital tracks onto the Cloud. 250 is sticking out in my mind but I'm not certain of the quantity limit.
So. many. periods.
At least you're not pregnant.
@idontkn1: Compared to cassettes they pretty much are. I remember sticking a bic pen in the little wheel to roll back up disenbowled cassettes, and once trying to take the little reel to reel; assembly out of a crushed case and reassemble it into another one (fail!).
I never realized CDs had a foil "label" although maybe some of the old ones did.
Most commercial CDs have a metallized layer on top, which is actually part of the process that stores the digital data. The visible label can be printed directly on top of the metallized layer, although often there is a clear over-coat on top of the metallized layer, and the visible ink printing is on top of that over-coat.
I've certainly cleaned a lot of CDs, using warm water and dish soap, and never had any sort of problem with water. But I can't say it's impossible; there's an exception to every rule. I will have to find an old Lawrence Welk CD somewhere and soak it for a few days to see what happens.
@crowbite: The Polydor and Columbia cds were the worst of the lot. Lost probably 100 cds that way including just about every Clapton album. I still have images in my head of the foil paint/liner flaking off all of them. With the tops destroyed the laser was not reflected back properly.
Make sure you check back on this every couple of days. Amazon has had a 2.99 section for a while... and every couple of days they update their selection to include more and more albums.
(sigh) Bought seven of these and one for $3.99 that I found. So much for saving money.
Hootie and the Blowfish? No way!! Curse you for making me spend money on amazing music!


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Is there any issue with the general studies department of a Jewish day school teaching Greek mythology to the students?
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It's addressed in responsum YDII:53 (see first paragraph on linked page) from the late Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to Rabbi Yehuda Parness, shlit'a. (Though the question there was a Jewish fellow who teaches social studies at a public school to mostly non-Jews, and the curriculum includes Greek mythology. We can debate whether it's ideal to include such material when designing a Jewish dayschool curriculum.)
Rabbi Feinstein observes that there are serious issues, but if it's taught in the right way, it can shed a great deal of positive light on Judaism. It shows what silliness was so prevalent back then (you call them gods, and they're all drinking and raping and murdering?), and what Judaism was up against, and how different it was at the time. So I think it's more on the "how should it be taught" than "may it be taught"?
On a lighter note, Rabbi Aaron Rakefet says it's only after studying Greek mythology that he's understood how certain powerful contemporary politicians can act so foolishly in their private lives!
While it's not as widely-known today, many greats of the Mussar movement believed in studying literature as a means towards a better understanding of human nature and how to improve it. I don't know if Greek mythology was on their curriculum (as opposed to something more "down-to-earth" like Tolstoy).
Rabbi Yissochar Frand, quoting his tradition from Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, says the Talmudic prohibition on "Greek wisdom" was limited to a special system of communication (or dialect) reserved for the Greek political class. "The ban does not include Greek mythology -- though that may have other issues" is the quote, if I recall.
I would guess not, being that the popular story of Rome with Romulus drinking from the dog is in Medrash .
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The Broward Sheriff's Office, Broward County Fire Rescue, and other departments will come together Monday to pay tribute to the courageous rescuers who gave their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
Hundreds of local law enforcement and fire rescue personnel are expected to attend the memorial service Monday afternoon at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Honor guards from several departments will present the colors. Fire rescue trucks from throughout Broward County will line the road. Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne, Broward County Fire Chief Herminio Lorenzo, and others will share their thoughts, and a moment of silence will be observed in memory of the victims.
"The bonds of brotherhood among law enforcement and firefighters extends across America," Sheriff Jenne said. "From their sacrifice we draw strength and inspiration."
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(PARK CITY, ILL.)- Columbia College of Missouri-Lake County will confer 177 associate and bachelor's degrees upon graduates at a commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25, at College of Lake County's James Lumber Center for Performing Arts in Grayslake, Ill.
Dr. Terry Smith, executive vice president and dean of academic affairs for Columbia College, will confer the degrees and give the commencement speech.
"For Columbia College graduates, the commencement ceremony is the culmination of their hard work and dedication to improve their lives," Smith said. "We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of each graduate on this special day."
Columbia College, founded in Missouri in 1851 as Christian Female College, was the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational.
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The only other useful info on the box is "Eb Everbilt" and "Locking Peg Hook Assortment"
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