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For me, this HP desktop actually works as a laptop. But then again, I have a really strong lap.
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Replace the hard drive immediately. Get a 7200RPM as a boot drive and use the 1.5T as a media storage.
If you get anything faster (SSD, 10000 RPM), you can break the motherboard. Well, I broke my motherboard with a 10K drive when I used one of these HP things (so said all of the smart geeks who attempted to fix it, based on the documentation they found).
Is this a good choice for Diablo three?
I second the Diablo 3 Question
Very nice Specs for all the show they put on but...question?
I run a 2.8 quad core with a 750 GB sata drive, and a Nvidia 550 TI on a 550w power supply because its better to over rate then under rate...How does all their shenanigans run on a 300w? Seriously, Can I just buy the magic power supply?
@chainmaster: This will more then run Diablo 3, Its not a very demanding game at its core. Even with high graphics its not a beast.
Anyone happen to be able to find the Windows experience Index on this comp? I know its not the best guideline but I'm still curious.
@innsomatic: LOL, I was curious about that too... The graphics card alone recommends a 400 watt power supply.... Oh, wait isn't this an HP... It will break and turn into another refurb, it scares me when you go to microcenter, new egg, or any other web site how many refurbs are HP's....
It will run Diablo3 but not very good, in high traffic packs it will most likely start choking on high graphics. It's a low end probably integrated 7450 HD, they're not very powerful and not exactly meant for gaming either. They only carry 160 stream processors where the 6870's and all the mid top end cards are well above 960-1600 stream processors. So video wise you are quite weak with this machine.
@abuekeg919: you sure...i mean i'm not a ATI guy, but I was running D3 at 720 high graphics with no shadows AA on, with a Nvidia 9800Gt. This is higher then that I thought, but i'm also not an ATI guy. When you say integrated though, I believe you, Integrated = Not very good.
To be honest, not really. The FX 6100 isn't a great gaming processor. A solid dual or quad core will perform better in games.
The graphics card (which is the absolute most important in terms of gaming performance) is the lowest-end gpu you can buy.
To get good performance you would have to upgrade the gpu to something like a 6670 and put in a 400w+ quality power supply. Or spend a couple hundred more on a pre-built gaming PC.
This is a good bargain PC. To make it a good or great PC you really need to upgrade three things.
1) The video card. The ATI 7450 is not integrated, and can be easily swapped out. But if you upgrade that you will definitely need to upgrade
2) Power supply. Only 300 watts will not cut it to power anything more then what it comes with.
3)Hard Drive- 5400 is ok for photo/video storage (at least its a a large drive) but I would not want to have to boot of it.
This does have an actual graphics card, but it is a pretty weak one. More than enough for mild gaming, but more demanding games will require a much better card, which will require a much bigger power supply...yada,yada,yada. You all have heard this before! If you are looking for a PC that can burn through internet sites and stream HD video, though, than this thing will meet your needs...as long as it works!
The 7450 isn't integrated graphics, it is an actual PCIe graphics card. However, it's extremely weak, and only slightly better than Intel integrated graphics.
Here's a list "ranking" gpu's (you might have to do a "ctrl+f" search to find stuff). Unfortunately the 7450 isn't on there, probably because you currently can't buy it separate, however the 6450 performs pretty much exactly the same, and you can compare how much higher up your 9800 is compared to the 6450.
@bmason3604: I found some ducks, Their in a row now :) thank you.
Where's a good place to find a pre built gaming machine?
Here is a forum about people trying to run D3 with this exact machine:
Apparently D3 says it is not good enough.
how much of an upgrade will be this over a i7- 920 / 5870 graphics 9 gb ram 128 ssd 1.5 tb 7200 rpm? specifically in the video card/ processor department
@turruso: processor is trivially better for most purposes, as 6 cores only gets you more threads, which programs don't use effectively yet.
Graphics card is worse than the one you have now.
And I promise your power supply is better than the one in there.
Don't buy this thing. If you need to upgrade, get a higher end graphics card, but I imagine you're probably okay for most applications for a while.
@turruso: This would be a huge downgrade in every way.
Thanks everyone, i guess the hp would be perfect for my parents instead
This is a decent price for the core of a pretty good gaming system. Upgrade the power supply and consider a graphics card upgrade, and you should be set for awhile. The "refurbished" label's the only thing making me hesitate at all on this deal.
For those who said "replace the hard drive", it's ALWAYS going to be the bottleneck in your system unless you've got a solid state drive these days. That's just not getting any better as processors and memory get faster. For those buying it to use "as is"? What it's got is good enough. For those looking to upgrade it as a hardcore gaming PC? You may be able to squeak a couple percentage points on benchmarks but odds are good you won't notice the difference without doubling the HDD speed. And that risks breaking the motherboard, as the previous posters have warned.
@turruso: It will be a downgrade in almost every way except for the ram.
I debated about it for a bit. I can't see passing it up when no matter the reviews or comments, its an upgrade for my wife's Pentium D. Its an HP as well and certainly served her well. While I'm at it, its an upgrade for me as well. Down for 2.
@shdwsng: A good practice when trying to make your PC faster is to focus on expanding the bottlenecks. The storage disk and RAM are the two biggest ones, really. Too many people buy insanely fast CPUs and wonder why their machine doesn't seem much faster, even under heavy computational load. It's disk and RAM latency. And previous posters have said a 7200 RPM drive won't break the mobo.
Also, these days, 5400 RPM drives aren't the turtles they used to be. Of course they're slower than higher-RPM drives, but few users are going to notice the difference, since most of the performance gain is in seek time and things like games don't care much about that, as they load data nearly sequentially.
Anyone think that HP simply calls their surplus units refurbs to protect their other models price points?
I think this is actually a better deal: http://www.amazon.com/iBuyPower-Gamer-Power-AM522D3-Desktop/dp/B006O5ZJJ2
Yes the processor is weaker, and it's $100 more, but you won't have to change the hard drive, video card, and power supply. Plus I see in the reviews that these machines don't come with crap ware that the big manufacturers like HP and Dell load.
I regret buying this machine now.
Is the b on the keyboard red for the beats audio?
I would definitely like to get into the brain of the engineers at HP that configure these PCs. On one hand they are putting a 6 core processor + 10gb of memory into a machine with a 5400rpm HD. Then to boot- they are using a power supply that has a max rating of 300 watts. I don't hate HP, and I have several HP computers that have worked great for me. I am just confused because I think my 6 year old son has better insight on more logical configurations. This should have been configured with a 430 watt power supply and a 1TB 7200rpm instead of the 1.5TB 5400rpm and 300 watt power supply, and I bet the cost of the system to HP would have been a wash.
Tough crowd! Was waiting for the 'No USB 3?'..no wait .. it has it. Was waiting for the 'Only 6 GB?'..no wait.. it has 10. 'No Bluetooth?' .. has it. 'Integrated Graphics?'.. separate Board. For only $539, this seems to be a pretty decent machine with many of the features we've been looking for. Is it Alienware..no .. but it also doesn't cost $3000. Maybe in for 1 this go around (have used HP for years and outside of the bloatware removal at the onset, never had problems).
Does anybody have any thoughts on using this as a development machine? I have a nice (but old Dell) that has served me well and I was thinking of upgrading to a new i7 based Dell. This seems like a pretty good package. I'm guessing 6 core would make compiling nice and zippy!
@kay0sth30ry: Not so fast. This HP has a better processor (not just because 6 cores, but because the passmark rating is about 1600 points higher-5600 vs 4000 approx) and the HP has USB 3.0 already. The video card on the HP is not horrible unless you decide to do serious gaming-98% of most users would be fine with that video card. The HP power supply is anemic, but if you have any issues spend about $40 get a decent power supply - this will work http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182075
I think this is a better deal, in time buy yourself a different HD and clone the current one to a 7200 rpm - this samsung is a good drive for $80
and then you can use the 1.5 TB drive as a nice media storage.
Ibuypower looks flashy and stuff, but from what I read the stuff feels cheap. I think this is better of the two.
@shelburnecountrystore: Don't get me wrong, I don't think this is a bad deal- I just think it's an odd configuration of components. it almost seems that there was left over inventory of stuff and they just threw it all together. The value is there- the configuration is odd.
I bought one of these on Moofi a couple of days ago (it hasn't shipped yet, so I can't give a hands-on review yet). Best Buy is selling this same unit new for $789, or $250 more than this refurb:
I wanted a basic home PC (web surfing, some word processing), and something that could handle HD video editing. This seems like it should more than fit the bill, and it blows the machine I have now out of the water.
I've got a 650 watt PSU kicking around that I can swap in. I'm looking around for a harddrive (newegg has a 3tb Seagate external drive on sale for $139; I've thought about getting that & pulling the drive out & installing it in this machine).
Any recommendations on a graphics card? Links to cheap 7200 rpm harddrives? And should I steer clear of an SSD boot drive?
For anybody asking about Diablo III that game has substandard graphics and can be run easily by a duo core processor with the correct video card
@john1863: did you read the forum??? you have no idea what you are talking about
Don't be a H8-er. heh heh... see what I did there....
I don't think anyone else has pointed this out so far, so I will. I can't figure out the memory configurations on a lot of modern computers. 10GB is a very strange amount of RAM, and the reason is that it has 3 DIMMs installed. My guess is 4+4+2, but could be 8+1+1. In any case, that kills the ability of the system to use the RAM in dual channel out of the box. I understand that the benefits of dual channel memory only come to light in some circumstances, but I just wanted to bring this to light. Not really sure why a lot of manufacturers have been doing this lately.
@sfidance: It's all marketing now. 10gb will not give you any advantage over 8gb. But DDR3 is so cheap, that everyone has been upping the RAM in their machines. HP probably bought (or is contracted)a boatload of the 2gb modules that are almost obsolete since everyone is using the 4gb modules, so what they do is throw one of these in their machine because 10gb looks better than 8gb when most people are comparing specs. It really doesn't add performance, and it could slightly hinder performance depending on the motherboard.
Is this machine suitable to install vmware on it. Will vmware be able to recognize all the components.
How would this compare to my old HTPC ?
I've wanted to add more ram to it but have no idea if it can handle it ?
It's still going strong, but I would love to have better sound, USB 3.0, Bluetooth, and a hopefully otherwise faster machine than mine all the way around. Although my HD is 7200 on my old gateway. I just wish this HP had Blu-ray. It would be a no brainer for me. I'm also not a gamer so no worries there. I just watch/stream a lot of movies, listen to tunes, and surf. I guess my main concern would be it failing.
I'm a photographer. Will this machine be good for photoshop and other photo software??
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@tphili17: If your HP was anything like mine, HP broke the motherboard when you installed a new drive. I used to be a big fan of HP; now, I will never buy one again.
HP has the charming practice of creating a "tattoo" that identifies the hard drive to the motherboard. If a new hard drive does not have that tattoo, the motherboard will not recognize it and will refuse to work with it. Thus, if your hard drive goes bad, you are forced to buy the new one from them, or replace your computer.
When I finally accepted this fact (my hard drive failed a SMART test on 5/6*), I asked them to tattoo the replacement drive I purchased. They won't do it. I then asked to buy a new drive from them, to avoid buying a new computer. The only thing they had available was a drive half the size of the original (500GB instead of 1TB). I hung up before getting a price, afraid I'd cuss someone out.
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I had to replace the motherboard, which meant I had to replace the case (YMMV; it was because I bought a rectangle standard shape MB instead of the square shape like the original setup had). And then I had to replace that 300W power supply, not because it was so small, but because the CPU power cable/wire was too short to reach in the new case.
Also, that lovely HP power supply doesn't have its own independent on/off button, which is horrendous if you're having trouble with the power connection in the new case....
So, ultimately, when I wanted to replace my hard drive, I had to replace my HD, MB, case, and power supply. The only components I could keep were the CPU and DVD player & my [aftermarket] graphics card.
That computer was purchased in July of 2010. I suppose they could have ceased the tattooing practices, but I can safely guess that the 300W power supply is the same junky one that won't reach across the case and doesn't have an on-off switch.
Last year I bought a new Dell computer and build four computers. I have bought refurbished HP computers in the pass. This computer is not a good deal. The specs look good but it not the right computer for many people at its price. If the price was $150 to $200 less it would be worth buying. It's too powerful for the causal user (web browsing and lite word processing) but yet not good enough for gaming or photo shopping or using it as a base for upgrading. My rule for buying a OEM computer is dose it does what I need it for and is less that what it cost for me to build. If you really know how to mod OEM computers then you can build one. There's too many things to change in this computer to improve it. It would be less money to buy a better one or build one.
@rammerjammer: I think you are better off with this than the IBUYPOWER deal above. The videocard in this is fine for what you need, the HD even though it is 5400 rpm is probably faster than what is in your current PC even though your current PC has a 7200 rpm drive. The technology of the newer drives makes them faster at a lower speed than the older generation. For instance: this Samsung HD154UI 1.5tb 5400rpm drive has a benchmark of 545, this WDC WD7500AAKS 7200 rpm 750gb drive has a benchmark of 510 (look these up on passmark if you want). I don't know what brand drive is in this PC, I was just giving an example. Ideally you would want to update this drive to an SSD (clone your OS to this drive) and use the one it comes with as storage. The SSD would speed things up tremendously when it comes to photoshop rendering (much more than 7200rpm drive).Processor in this PC is significantly faster than the IBUYPOWER,using photoshop, it will take advantage of the additional cores.
HP does not key Windows to the motherboard. Microsoft does that. You have OEM version of Windows on the hard drive and it's keyed to the OEM motherboard. A full version of Windows is twice the price of a OEM version. What you do when you replace a hard drive or motherboard is to call Microsoft to request a new activation key for Windows. That so people wouldn't clone the hard drive and use it on several computers.
@guswalken: This is definitely better. Even though this is a 5400 rpm drive it's probably no slower than the older 7200 rpm drive. The videocard here is fine for HTPC. It's probably pretty quiet. The processor may seem like overkill, unless you start converting blu-ray, copying blu-ray, video editing, or using cable cards with 4 hi def tuners- then you will clearly be happy to have that processing power. I have built 8 different home theater PC's- this would be a good one to start with and buy a blu-ray burner for it. If you get power issues you may have to upgrade the power supply, but you are only talking about $40. If the HD is sluggish, you can always add a 7200 rpm drive and use the 1.5TB as storage- it won't go unused.
@gak0090, 5400RPM is definitely not better than any 7200RPM drive. The RPM directly affect seek times and throughput, since the higher the RPM, the faster it will reach sectors on the other side of the platter.
I'm surprised nobody is talking about the motherboard, which is also very, very low-end. The Motherboard controls the data passing to each component, and the lower-quality motherboards are less able to deliver.
I had an HP from WOOT. Hooked up a second drive inside as a backup and began copying from one drive to another. I got about 10MB/s transfer rate.
That board died so I had to get a new one: 80MB/s transfer rate with the same exact drives.
A good quality motherboard gets all of the components talking much faster, which makes for a much better overall computer experience, regardless of usage.
@goodeggray: I agree. When you get a new pc you are prompted to make recovery discs in case one day you do need to replace the HD. The HD can be changed/cloned as long as it is attached to the original MB.


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Sowing Seeds of PeaceTeaching peace by word or example is a meaningful way to serve God and others. Consider with a partner or a group how you will sow the seeds of peace in your family, your school, or your world.
Patience is a seed of peace. I will plant it in my family by ________________________________________.
Kindness is a seed of peace. I will plant it in my school by __________________________________.
Justice is a seed of peace. I will plant it in my world by __________________________________________.
Welcoming ChildrenJesus says, "Whoever welcomes a child such as this for my sake welcomes me." Discuss with your class: Who are the children in need in our community? How can we welcome and serve them? Consider the following "ifs":
If there is an orphanage or children's home in our community, what can we do for them?
If there are children in a local hospital, what can we do for them?
If there are children in a local homeless shelter for families, what can we do for them?
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I have only a vague understanding of nonstandard analysis from reading Reuben Hersh & Philip Davis, The Mathematical Experience. As a physics major I do have some education in standard analysis, but wonder what the properties are that the nonstandardness (is that a word?) is composed of. Is it more than defining numbers smaller than any positive real as the tag suggests? Can you give examples? Do you know of a gentle introduction to the nonstandard properties?
The term "nonstandard" refers to nonstandard analysis using a nonstandard model. In nonstandard analysis, one usually intends to study the real numbers (and their functions and relations). The real numbers under certain operations model a field. In nonstandard analysis, the intended model consists of the real numbers, while the model used for study of the real numbers usually consists of a hyperreal field. Hyperreal fields are not isomorphic to the real number field. We can see this just by looking at finite hyperreal structures, that is just finite numbers, infinitesimals, and numbers infinitely close to finite numbers.
Given a hyperreal field with only finite elements, we do have a homomorphism from those finite hyperreals to the reals, at least once we take care of division. So, in the finite case, we can regard the "standard part" or "shadow" of a hyperreal number as a function, but we cannot correctly obtain an inverse function from the reals to the finite hyperreals. We also have a homomorphism from basically any structure of finite hyperreals to a given real structure.
For example, if we consider $(\mathbf{H}, +', *', -', /')$, that is the finite hyperreals under hyperreal addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division (where the denominator is not an infinitesimal) we have a map $\DeclareMathOperator{\SH}{SH}\SH$ to $(\mathbf{R}, +, *, -, /)$ such that
$$\begin{array}{} \SH(h&+'&i)&=&(\SH(h)&+&\SH(i))\\ \SH(h&*'&i)&=&(\SH(h)&*&\SH(i))\\ \SH(h&-'&i)&=&(\SH(h)&-&\SH(i))\\ \SH(h&/'&i)&=&(\SH(h)&/&\SH(i))\\ \end{array}$$
and for all finite hyperreal numbers $h$, there exists a real number $r$ such that $\SH(h)=r$.
No inverse of the shadow function from the reals to the finite hyperreals exists, or in other words no function $I$ exists such that $I(\SH(h))=h$ holds true. This comes perhaps as easiest to see if you consider that the shadow of each infinitesimal number equals $0$. But, $0$ does not associate with a unique hyperreal infinitesimal, since we could associate $0$ with one of an infinity of positive infinitesimals, or one of an infinity of negative infinitesimals in rather the same way.
See Pete L. Clark's last two comments below also.
Also, the Dedekind completeness property fails for the hyperreals, which indicates the hyperreals as a non-isomorphic structure to the reals under various operations. Keisler's text referenced by Brian M. Scott makes for a good reference to read, and it has some good examples.
It might help to understand a tiny little bit of the background leading Abraham Robinson to developing his model of nonstandard analysis. There have been several approaches to incorporating infinitesimals into analysis. One such approach was developed by Schmieden and Laugwitz. They considered sequences of real numbers under the equivalence relation where two sequences are equal if from some point onwards all their coordinates agree. This leads to an extension of the real numbers but does not yield a field (but rather a ring with zero divisors). Nonetheless, one can still do quite a lot of analysis in this larger ring which includes proper infinitesimals.
Roughly the same time Skolem had used fundamental results in logic (model theory) to construct models of the natural numbers that included infinitely large natural numbers. These models were not intended to have any applications but rather used for logic oriented investigations. Skolem called these models of the naturals nonstandard models of arithmetic.
Robinson was well aware of the work of Schmieden and Laugwitz and of Skolem's work. Robinson's great contribution was in the realization that the Schmieden-Laugwitz model can be greatly improved utilizing Skolem's techniques. It is thus almost certain that Robinson chose the term nonstandard analysis due to the existing nonstandard models of arithmetic.
To complement the fine answers given earlier, I would like to address directly the question of the title: "What exactly is nonstandard about Nonstandard Analysis?"
The answer is: "Nothing" (the name "nonstandard analysis" is merely a descriptive title of a field of research, chosen by Robinson). This is why some scholars try to avoid using the term in their publications, preferring to speak of "infinitesimals" or "analysis over the hyperreals", as for example in the following popular books:
Goldblatt, Robert, Lectures on the hyperreals. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 188. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998
Vakil, Nader, Real analysis through modern infinitesimals. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, 140. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011.
More specifically, there is nothing "nonstandard" about Robinson's theory in the sense that he is working in a classical framework that a majority of mathematicians work in today, namely the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, and relying on classical logic.
"Nonstandard" is really referring to the nonstandard numbers, including the infinitesimal numbers and hyperreal numbers. Foundationally, it can be shown that if the structure we call "the real numbers" and denote $\mathbb{R}$, exists, then so does another structure, $\mathbb{R}^{*}$ that, in certain useful ways, behaves just like that structure, but has an element $\epsilon$ such that $0<\epsilon < 1/n$ for every positive integer $n$. This new element is called nonstandard, or more specifically infinitesimal, since it is nonzero yet smaller than every positive standard real number.
From the existence of just this one nonstandard element can be proven the existence infinitely many more, even hyperreals. For example, since the sentence $\forall x\in \mathbb{R}, \exists y \in \mathbb{R}[0<y<x \vee x<y<0]$ holds of $\mathbb{R}$, it also holds of $\mathbb{R}^{*}$, so we get infinitely many infinitesimals (after applying that sentence to $x=\epsilon$). Similarly, the sentence $\forall x \forall y [x<y \rightarrow 1/x > 1/y]$, with $x=\epsilon$ and $y=1/n$ shows that $1/\epsilon$ (or the reciprocal of any infinitesimal) is bigger than any standard real; i.e. it is hyperreal. These two sentences are examples of the "useful ways" that $\mathbb{R}^{*}$ behaves like $\mathbb{R}$. (This is really the transfer principle.)
A gentle introduction would be Wikipedia I guess. They also describe the criticisms of nonstandard analysis there.


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Tony Hawk's Shred Session is a mobile free-to-play endless runner – here's what it looks likeWritten by: / / 1 Comment
We previously heard about a mobile-exclusive Tony Hawk game, but we've recently received the first concrete details on Tony Hawk's Shred Session thanks to mobile specialist site TouchArcade, and Tony Hawk himself.
Tony Hawk's Shred Session will take the form of an endless runner style game, except you'll naturally be skating from a third-person perspective with the chance to switch lanes and perform tricks as you automatically slide through the world.
The game will be free-to-play and progression will be gated by achieving higher ranks in the game's various courses and challenges while accumulating stars. Stars act as the currency of the game to let you buy upgrades, but you can always spend real world money to progress, too.
TouchArcade has an in-depth preview of Tony Hawk's Shred Session, but you should watch a hands-on video of the game played by Tony Hawk himself to get an idea of the gameplay:
Tony Hawk's Shred Session Hands-on Video – Played by Tony Hawk
Will you be giving Tony Hawk's Shred Session a try?
Source: TouchArcade via Eurogamer
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Given a projective curve $C$, is it possible that $C$ can degenerate into union of lines i.e., does there exist a family of curves $\pi:\mathcal{C} \to B$ such that $\pi^{-1}(0)=C$ and there exists $a \in B$ such that $\pi^{-1}(a)$ is the union of lines?
Yes, in the following sense. Pick a trivalent graph $G$ with $v$ vertices and regard it as the dual complex of the stable curve $E$ consisting of one copy of $\mathbb P^1$ for each vertex of $G$ and one node for each edge. The genus $g$ of $E$ is given by $2g-2=v$. The stack of stable curves of genus $g$ is irreducible, so any smooth curve $C$ of genus $g$ can be joined to the degenerate curve $E$ (the base $B$ can be taken to be any irreducible variety that dominates the stack; for example, some Hilbert scheme of pluricanonically embedded curves).
If the question is about degenerations inside a fixed projective space, then the answer in general is NO, at least if one requires that the union of lines be reduced and have only nodes as singularities. A counterexample was found by Hartshorne and is described in [R. Hartshorne: Families of curves in P3 and Zeuthen's problem. Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (1997), no. 617].


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Veterans, first responders and local dignitaries spent the morning of the 11th anniversary of September 11th, at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center in Topeka, honoring local heroes.
Military mom, Debbie Drexler, from Topeka joined attendees to remember and reflect.
"You never get over it," Drexler said. "You just have to find a way of getting on."
The 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks brings memories of Drexler's son flooding back. Her son, PFC Jeremy Drexler, was killed in action on May 2, 2004, in Afghanistan. Jeremy was killed by an IED while serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
"He was a good son and a wonderful soldier and he loved his country," Drexler also has two more military sons, both of them deployed.
Drexler joined first responders and local leaders to remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives that September day, and as the death toll for the war in Afghanistan just topped 2,000 American lives, they remembered all those who've died since.
"The toughest vote when you're a Federal official is to send people to war because you know some are not coming back," Governor Sam Brownback used wreaths and words to thank heroes for their countless instances of bravery.
"After 9/11 there was a choice, but in my estimation there was really no choice. Either we are going to take the battle to our enemy or they are going to keep coming at us," Brownback said.
"We are going to remember the tragedy of that great day and the lesson learned that freedom is not easily retained," Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten said.
It's a lesson Debbie knows first hand.
"Every time you see that name or someone was killed on TV. You break down and cry you go back to that moment when you got that knock on the door, how it made you feel. And you feel for the family. It just breaks your heart all over again," Drexler said.
KCDC's special tribute included a presentation of wreaths to the Topeka Police and Fire Departments, American Medical Response, the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Army National Guard, and the 190th Air Refueling Wing.
Artwork created by area kids was also dedicated to the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.
Drexler encourages Kansans to remember we are still in America's longest war. She says living soldiers appreciate care packages and support.


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Gooey Delicious Banana Cake (Revisited)
Charles Campion's Banana Cake is a recipe I copied across to my blog from a post that originally appeared on a food chat board, or in my general online diary, or was sent via email… or in one of the many places I shared my food experiences before I finally realised I was "stealth-blogging" and set up Kavey Eats!
It's such a good recipe I always intended to go back and add photos the next time I made it… but, although I've enjoyed making and eating it so many times since, I never have.
My talented-photographer-friend Matt Gibson made it recently and showed me his gorgeous photos. My brain started to tick tock tick tock and I discarded the plan to simply slot his photos into that old post, and asked him to guest blog it afresh instead.
Sharing the same recipe on a blog twice might be odd but Matt's lack of food processor means he's brought some new advice to the recipe, not to mention his confirmation that it's a doddle even for novice or nervous bakers.
Over to Matt:
One evening, a week before Christmas, I peered into my fruit bowl. My three remaining bananas stared forlornly back at me. Over-ripe and — based on evidence from the two I'd already eaten — also rather bruised underneath. What to do?
Twitter to the rescue. "Got a banana bread recipe" I asked. "Only this one I've found is American, and I have no idea how many bananas there are in two-and-one-third cups."
Auntie Kavey responded instantly, pointing me at her Charles Campion's Banana Cake page. Not only did it sound easy — always a bonus for an inexperienced baker like me — but it called for three medium-sized bananas, exactly what I needed to make use of.
So, I dived in, stymied briefly by the local Co-Operative supermarket having run out of both eggs *and* caster sugar (hint, Co-Op: more people than normal are probably baking stuff in the week before Christmas.)
Another minor speed-bump in my road was the first instruction in the recipe, "Measure all ingredients straight into your food processor and whizz into smooth batter," which rather assumes you own something as fancy as a food processor. Still, at least I've got an electric whisk. Instead of boshing it all together I cubed the butter, which I figured would be the difficult-to-mix bit, and rubbed it into the sifted flour and sugar until I had a breadcrumb-like consistency. Then I added everything else, roughly mixing as I went. Finally I took up my electric whisk and zizzed the mixture to a nice smooth batter.
And that was the hard work done, really. I poured the mix into my greased, floured loaf-tin. Pausing only briefly to check I was neither very young, very old, nor pregnant, I took my life in my hands and tasted a wooden spoon's scraping's-worth of the cake mix that had clung on in the bowl. Niiiice. So, all the signs were good.
I popped the loaf tin straight into my pre-heated oven, did the washing-up, and went to post some "before" photos on Twitter. This is the 21st century, after all; if you've not tweeted about it, it hasn't happened.
About forty-five minutes later I was walking past my kitchen door and had to stop and stick my head in and inhale the lovely banana-ey bready smell that was coming from the oven. Another fifteen minutes and I was pulling open the oven, crossing my fingers, and manhandling the loaf tin onto the kitchen worktop with two strategically-positioned tea towels (I know, I know. "Oven gloves" has been just above "food processor" on my kitchen equipment shopping list for about eight years now.)
It looked good. Dark-to-golden brown, with a nice light sponginess showing through the split that had formed on the top. After a few minutes, I gently tried to slide the loaf out, but it felt a bit too wobbly and was clinging to the sides, so I tried to practise some patience and left it to cool in its tin for a while. Once it wasn't so hot, it slid out more easily, and kept its nice loaf shape as I rolled it onto the cooling rack, though the gooey bottom did sink a millimetre or so into the rack as it settled densely down.
After my disaster with Nigella's Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake, which stayed entirely liquid in the middle when I made it, I was a little scared to finally start slicing into my banana cake, but my fears were unfounded. It was a little gooey at the bottom, but pleasantly so, and the rest was a lovely moist cake with a delicious light crust on top and at the edges (the end parts were my personal favourite.) The banana flavour was good, and I hadn't overdone the vanilla, despite my worries.
All in all, this was a fantastic recipe, easy for the baking beginner, even if you're only armed with a £4.99 electric whisk from Argos that smells a bit like a Scalextric car when it's running. You'll never let over-ripe bananas go to waste again.
My beginner's tips:
* "a few drops" of vanilla essence is just under a quarter of a teaspoonful.
* Wait until the loaf's cooled a bit before you try to de-tin it.
* Don't shop for cake ingredients in the Co-Op just before Christmas.
Here's the recipe again with my original notes below. ~ Kavey
Gooey Delicious Banana Cake
175 grams caster sugar
225 grams white self-raising flour
100 grams unsalted butter (I always use lightly salted actually)
3 tablespoons fresh milk (I used fully skimmed as that's what we buy)
2 large fresh eggs
3 medium sized, very ripe bananas
A few drops vanilla essence
- Preheat oven to 185 C (adjust down for fan ovens).
- Measure all ingredients straight into your food processor and whizz into smooth batter.
- Butter a large loaf tin well, then throw in some flour, tap and turn the tin to coat the flour over all surfaces and then tap out any excess into the bin/ sink.
- Pour the batter into the tin.
- Bake for an hour.
Note: Campion says "Because we are looking for a soggy end product, the old-faithful test of sticking in a skewer and withdrawing it clean is not appropriate. With practice you'll simply need to glance at it to tell. In the meantime, because of the style of cake we're trying to achieve, there's a wide margin of error to make things easier."
Note: If it helps, I find the cake rises delightfully and the top turns a lovely rich chocolatey brown (darker than golden brown) and also usually splits, like a lemon drizzle cake.
All images by Matt Gibson.
18 Responses to "Gooey Delicious Banana Cake (Revisited)"
This is a great post, I like the way Matt worked around not having a processor and I like his blogging style. Great idea Kavey.
I'm trying this soon. This is an item always sold at the markets here in Central Mexico but it is always dry. – Annette
Excellent – I have 3 over-ripe bananas glaring at me as well and a fairly free day in which to bake this. I usually do Nigella's which has sultanas, rum and walnuts but fancied a straight-up version this time, so this fits the bill.
– Issy
Banana cakes seem to always get made because of too many over ripe bananas in the fruit bowl. The cake looks perfect and I love the fact it is a cake that freezes so well too x
Lovely looking banana bread – definitely worth a 'reblog' (is that a word? It is now?)
Kath, yes I like Matt's blogging style too (and there's another post coming soon). It's definitely a worthy revisit given that he brings something new to the recipe…
Annette, hope you enjoy it!
Issy, let me know how you got on?
Laura, I've never frozen it myself but would imagine it would freeze well.
Katy, reblog is a perfectly cromulent word!
Well tried and loved recipes are great. This one looks like a keeper :)
The perfect destination for the solemn looking bananas that are sagging on the bench. Hurrah for the reblog.
Like Matt I mixed it with a hand whisk rather than getting the magimax out of the cupboard.
It also survived having a rough of ready amount of milk being added (note to self: do not try to measure spoons of milk while holding a baby).
We had a slice each straight from the oven yesterday with vanilla ice-cream for pudding. Absolutely delicious!
I left the rest of the cake to cool in the tin and it has firmed up nicely.
Banana cake is one recipe that I keep coming across thousands of variations for, each supposed to be the best, but I'm never tired if them somehow haha. Yours definitely look like another recipe I want to try, been reading the comments too, and seems like I really should soon! And nice blog, matt:)
I love Matt's rustic approach to baking — and there's a few "aged" bananas' staring at me, begging to be used before it rots :D
I will HAVE to make this!
Jacqueline, definitely!
Tori, hurrah for the reblog indeed!
Issy, glad you liked!
Shu Han, let us know how you get on.
Kiran, yep, he's a laid back kind of guy!
Kanga, you must you must!
oneHello there,
Thanks for this recipe, I would love to try it justone though : Have you ever made it with plain flour? if so what how much baking powder to use?
Hello there,
Thanks for this recipe, I would love to try it just one question though : Have you ever made it with plain flour? if so what how much baking powder to use?
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My question refers to the 8th Level MU spell Binding found in Unearthed Arcana. In it, it describes the ability of other mages to enhance the power, essentially, of the primary spell caster (up to six assistant mages). Can anyone explain to me, in 1st Edition rules, how this could not be applied to all MU spells (or Cleric spells too, for that matter).
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Well, it's 1st edition rules. The simplest explanation is "because it isn't in the rules".
AD&D's magic system isn't very clearly defined, with the abstraction of spell slots being hard to apply to in-game magical metaphysics. That's why we get questions like this, and that's why we got the very awkward mechanics of metamagic feats in later editions, just to make this unwieldy mess a bit more flexible.
Specific settings would sometimes make magic a bit more coherent with regard to in-setting metaphysics (Dark Sun, for instance), but even then, a lot is just accepted as is.
In my experience, lacking a specific spell for a job either means the system doesn't want you to do it, or that you can research/find a spell to do the job.
Ask your DM if he is willing to allow you to either find a spellbook with the spell you are looking for in it, or maybe buy it off an NPC Magic Guild (if they exist in your campaign), or whether you can research it.
A lot depends on your DM, and whether they think that this spell will either be too powerful or simply not a part of how magic works in your campaign world.
The other thing to consider is spells that have a similar effect in other editions. AD&D 2e is probably the most similar, and it contains a priest spell called 'Combine'. Your DM may allow you to convert it to first edition, and maybe create an equivalent wizard spell. This is quite likely, as a lot of fantasy literature involves ceremonies whereby a single person can use several people's magical power.
From reading the spells it looks to be evocative of various fantasy novels of the day and past that had cabals of sorcerers summoning up a demon. For example the medieval depiction of witches sabbaths. In this case it is written as a specific feature for this spell. Not as a general rule.
As a house rule I used the following for my Majestic Wilderlands campaign. The assumption of my setting is that standard D&D magic is the currently the most advanced form of magic. There are other forms of magic but have disadvantages of one kind or another.
In addition I have a rule that magic-users can cast as a ritual spells from their spell book. The highest level they can cast is 1/2 of the highest level they can memorize rounded down. A magic-user capable of casting 5th level spells can cast upto 2nd level spells as rituals.
The ritual takes 10 minutes to cast, and requires component equal in cost to the spell level squared times 10. A first level spell cost 10 gp to cast, a second 40 gp and so on. The only limit is the fact that it takes a turn (10 minutes) to cast and amount of gp you are willing to spend on components. The turn casting time means that players only use ritual for support spells.
In addition to this I have a class to represent a Order of magic-user known as the Order of Set. The Setites can only cast spells as rituals. However they are can combine their caster levels for a single rituals casting provided they can all cast the ritual in question. So during a siege a 5th level Setitie, 7th level Setite, and a 9th level Setite, can take ten minutes to cast as 21d6 fireball.
What I recommend if you like this idea but not the class, is to allow rituals as above with the limitation of 1/2 the highest level memorizable. And allow casters to combine their levels during the casting of a ritual only.
The advantage of this approach that it will add flavor to AD&D's magic system without requiring a re-writing of the spells. It will allow you to add an additional form of treasure, magical components rated in gp value. It also acts a natural check for the behavior of the characters as the authorities can cut off their ability to buy new components.
The downside of this approach that it will make the casting of utility spells much more common. A prepared group of magic-users can be devastating to their target. In short it will give the campaign a slightly higher feel to it's magic.
I been using this rule for three years now and found it easy to accommodate my adventure preparation to its use.


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The Taiwanese studio behind those computer-animated news re-enactments has finally gone too far: They've killed Gawker, in a senseless hit-and-run engineered by a whip-wielding Arianna Huffington. And all we wanted to do was go to the Jon Stewart rally!
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Start talking to your baby-he can hear your voice.
Like many pregnant women in the second trimester, you may now be reaping the benefits of the pregnancy "glow," as hormones improve the appearance of your skin and hair. Enjoy this time and the attention that often comes with it. Amazingly, your baby's ears have formed enough for him to hear you speaking. He'll recognize your voice-and your partner's-when he comes out into the world.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Chocolate Cures
I've spent the last few days arduously slathering on humungous handfuls of creams and gels and washes in an effort to clear up a bizarre and fugly rash that has suddenly taken over the entire world. And by that I mean my (very. pregnant.) belly. The doctors think I'm having some sort of random allergic reaction which, frankly, is really no surprise at this point, after the constant nausea, blacking out, and early contractions I've experienced up until now. Why not throw some incredibly uncomfortable reddish welts into the mix. Just for fun.
The upside is that Aston seems completely oblivious to all of this drama, which has yet to put a dent in his daily (and all hours of the night) kickboxing and disco routine. Envision this kid crossed with David Beckham. Inside of a womb.
In other news, I noticed my banana bread recipe making the rounds on Pinterest, and in a rare moment of baking experimentation I thought I'd try a loaf with chocolate. Because if my stomach is going to look like it has been dipped in strawberry Kool-Aid, it should at least have some warm gooey baked goods inside, don't you think?
You have to try this.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
1 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Splenda Sugar Blend
1/4 cup Smart Balance 50/50 Butter Blend, softened
2 large eggs
3 or 4 mashed ripe bananas
1/3 cup plain lowfat yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
cooking spray
lots and lots and lots of chocolate chips (extra if you are pregnant)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed for a minute or two. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the banana, yogurt, chocolate chips and vanilla. Beat until blended. Add the flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until moist. Pour batter into a loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 65 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
12 comments:
- craftosaurus said...
Three cheers for warm gooey baked goods!
(boo hiss for rashes...)
- February 8, 2012 at 7:26 AM
If you haven't already heard of PUPPPS, you should google it (and hopefully rule it out)... I had it with my son and it was awful, but Sarna anti-itch lotion did provide some relief, and Unisom helped me sleep. Good luck, I feel for you!
- February 8, 2012 at 7:55 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thank you so much for those tips, Anonymous, but (THANKTHELORD) my doctors and I agree it does not appear to be PUPPPS. That condition scares the bejebus out of me. I have no bumps, just large red welts.
I'm being tested for some liver conditions, so fingers crossed that those are negative as well.
- February 8, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- Melinda said...
Not shingles I HOPE!
- February 8, 2012 at 9:54 AM
- Laura said...
That little girl from Toddlers & Tiaras was HILARIOUS! Loved the end when she grabbed her belly and said that the judges didn't know a good thing when they saw it!
- February 8, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
I hate mystery rashes !
Good luck with the soap .. hope it at least smells good :)
It is summer and too hot to even think of cooking or baking but I am definitely saving this recipe.
It will be the first thing I bake this fall.
In the meantime, give Aston a pat and tell him I said hello.
- February 8, 2012 at 4:47 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Candace, you know that particular soap doesn't smell so good, but it did really seem to help. I'd try anything to keep that rash away! I also picked up Bronner's Peppermint (their Lavender smells delicious), but haven't tried it yet...
- February 8, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- Miss Chelsea said...
One of my good friends is going through the same thing, PUPPPS (give or take a few Ps) and they told her to use that soap too! Good luck with it. Apparently it only happens in women pregnant with boys. Who knew Aston was a sugar honey boo
- February 9, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Bliss said...
Lets see.... chocolate, pregancy, and soap, three of my favorite things in one post.
I had to join, gotta see the baby in his nursery and also because I love the nude beach crate. LOVE IT really!
- February 9, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- Mary said...
It sounds wonderful, but then I'm a fool for sweet things like this. I hope your rash disappears as quickly as it came. Take care and have a good weeekend. Blessings...Mary
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Pregnancy does weird stuff to your body - I didn't have to shave my legs for one whole year after my kids. Sadly, the hair returned. Ooh banana bread...
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- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
Boooo to being pregnant, that's what I have to say. I hope you clear up. Just like I hope my own face does. Boooooo
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In Firefly, we are introduced to the Reavers; humans who were claimed to have reached the edge of space and went mad from seeing the endlessness of it all. Causing their entire mental state to degrade into primal rage and fury that haunts the entire galaxy of the Firefly Universe.
However, we find out in Serenity they were the 0.1% of the population of Miranda that acted conversely to the Pax gas agent, causing them to go insane.
My question then comes back to, how did they keep the mental status to be able to pilot starships and go on raiding parties instead of tearing each other apart? What is it about being a Reaver that makes them immune to each other's rage?


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A board work session is slated for 3 p.m. Tuesday to fill a vacancy left Judy West-Wing, who retired last month after serving the last two decades of her 30-year county tenure as administrator.
J. Patrick Yoder, who was chosen in 1990 to serve as the county's first administrator and was later succeeded by West-Wing, has expressed interest in assisting county commissioners with the search.
A native of Suttons Bay, Yoder currently serves as village manager in Three Oaks. His input is expected to help commissioners develop a job description of the post.
In the absence of a county administrator, finance department director Joni Smith and human resource director Elishia Arver have teamed up to help with day-to-day operations.
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we remodeled a trailer home recently, removed the aluminum siding, put up osb in place of the siding, then used the Lowes brand of house wrap. we installed new vinyl siding over that without using any of the thin fan board insulation that some people use.. on the inside, we are replacing drywall in areas where we took out or modified for new windows. we have waited for a week or so before placing the drywall and we noticed moisture between the insulation and the osb, question is, has this occurred mainly because the drywall was left off for several days while it is cold outside and warm on the inside of the house? we are hoping that the fact we didn't use that thin fan board insulation behind the vinyl is the reason for this problem. can anyone relate to this or know if I have a problem that will continue even with the drywall installed?
You need vapour barrier (the plastic you put up before drywall) and air barrier.
To count as an air barrier you stop air flow by using sheathing tape on:
Some people think that you only need a vapour barrier or that the vapour barrier is also an air barrier. This is not true. You can make it an air barrier by sealing the joints and seams with tape and mastic, but otherwise it is only to stop Vapour Diffusion and not Air Flow.
Long story short: you had condensation because you did not have a proper vapour barrier, air barrier, or both. Since you seem to have a VB built in to your insulation, all you need to do is tape the seams and seal the edges at the top and bottom plate to make an air barrier.
You did the right thing by sheathing the house in OSB and using a good house wrap. That is not the problem. It is more structurally sound and will hold your vinyl siding well for decades assuming it was installed correctly.
First you should rule out any other potential sources of moisture. Is this in a basement? Is there water leaking in through the foundation? Was the siding installed correctly?
A bit of condensation on the outside wall to the insulation can be perfectly normal. Make sure that you placed insulation with the vapor barrier (plastic or paper side) facing the outside wall. This will protect the insulation from soaking up moisture and potentially creating a mold problem. The moisture on the OSB cannot be helped, but is normal when you have an extremely cold outside and a warm inside.
The fact that you haven't placed the drywall yet has little to do with this. 1/2" gypsum board has a very small R value so it doesn't afford you very much more in heat loss to cause a condensation problem.


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A body was found in a garbage bag in front of an abandoned house Monday.
Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies received a call about a foul odor in the 1300 block of South L Street in Lake Worth about 10:30 a.m.
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VEF401: Air Force JROTC II (2010-2011)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Air Force JROTC II
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: Air Force JROTC I
Major Concepts/Content: The Air Force JROTC II course is designed to acquaint students with the aerospace environment, the human requirements of flight, and the principles of flight and navigation. The course begins with a discussion of the atmosphere and weather. The study is expanded to include the planets and space beyond our solar system. Students develop an understanding of the environment, and how the environment affects flight. Discussion includes the forces of lift, drag, thrust, and weight. Students then study the human physiological requirements of flight. The year concludes with a study of the principles of flight and navigation. Leadership hours stress communication skills, time management, and cadet corps activities. Cadet corps activities include holding positions of greater responsibility in the planning and execution of corps projects.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be provided in the Aerospace Science laboratory setting, using standard academic procedures and techniques [lecture, discussion, audiovisual aids, blackboard, etc.). These procedures and techniques will be supplemented with visits to aviation and aerospace related units located both on and off base. The students will use their ideas and the information learned in the course to make formal and informal oral and written presentations. Students will be assigned leadership roles within an Air Force military framework in both the leadership and academic areas. The leadership roles will acquaint students with military career areas, enhance students' confidence, and develop self-discipline as well as group discipline. Each week the program will be divided into academic instruction [presented Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) and leadership instruction (presented Thursday and Friday).
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will take a formal test on each academic unit. Written and oral reports will be evaluated for content and form. In the leadership portion of the course, students will be evaluated on the performance of assigned duties, personal uniform inspections, marching ability, proper performance of military drill and ceremonies, and military U.S. customs and courtesies.
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- Understand the scientific principles governing aircraft flight.
- Be familiar with the human physiological requirements of flight.
- Show awareness of the principles and techniques of air navigation.
- Understand aerospace environment both within and beyond our atmosphere.
- Understand how the dynamics of our aerospace environment (climate, weather etc.) affect our lives.
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I'm building a new bathroom and I have a whirlpool tub. I really like the tile behind it, and I would like the look and the feel of being able to see through wall to wall. However, I'm worried about 2 specific things, and whatever other issues you guys may be able to inform me of. First, comfort of trying to relax in a whirlpool tub with a metal guide right there. Is that going to be annoying?
Second - I'm worried about the vibrations of the air jets somehow effecting the glass.
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Are there any online communities for trading unmixed ("stem") tracks from popular commercial music?
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What you are looking for are called "stems" or "raw tracks" and are generally only made available by artists who actively want to promote remixes of their works.
Some good sources are:
I'm not familiar with any communities that exist specifically for trading stems ("unmixed tracks"), but most music production forums have a section or etiquette for collaboration. Pick a forum that caters to the kind of music you make, participate in the community, and figure out how the local etiquette works.
There are often a ton of remix projects going on in SoundCloud at any given time, but you will have to do some searching through groups and blogs to find them.
Finally, you should be actively networking and socializing with musicians. Talk to people whose music you like. Some will be open to sharing their music, some won't.
There are a few communities my band is a member of that trade stems with other bands - the purpose being a quid pro quo development of remixes/derived material that we then deliver back to the other bands.
This gets a bit of alternative development, helps us all learn, and possibly attracts new fans.
As an example local to me, the United Noise Remix Theory is a loose collection of artists who all know each other a little, and the commitment was to each remix/create a track from stems from one of the other artists - to be released as a free album.
The key is the quid pro quo - between artists this is common, but an artist is unlikely to give out their work for free unless it is as a promotional item.
I don't know of any engineers, producers, or musicians that would post their unmixed solo tracks anywhere. It's kind of like asking the waiter to bring you only one of the raw ingredients instead of the main course.
Perhaps, you are thinking of some software that filters songs for only certain content, like the guitar or voice?


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Anderson University softball team has been seeded second in the NCAA's Southeast Region and will face seventh-seeded Georgia College on Friday, as announced by the NCAA selection Committee Monday morning.
Anderson (42-10), along with North Georgia, are the top two teams in the region rankings, with each hosting half of the eight-team field for the Southeast Region, with the Trojans squaring off against the Bobcats (34-15) at 4:30 p.m. at Smethers Field.
Armstrong Atlantic (30-12), ranked 19th nationally and the No. 3 seed, will open the Anderson regional by facing sixth-seeded and 25th-ranked USC Aiken (32-14) at 2 p.m. at Smethers Field on Friday.
After capturing a share of the South Atlantic Conference regular-season title and the league's tournament crown, Friday's contest will mark the second consecutive appearance by the Trojans in the NCAA Division II Softball Championship. Entering the tournament, Anderson has already set a new school for wins in a season for the second time in as many seasons. AU will square off against the Bobcats, who entered the Peach Belt Conference Tournament as the fourth seed before falling, 6-4, to Flagler in the tourney quarterfinals in mid-April.
The Trojans and Bobcats have met on just five occasions in school history, with Anderson defeating the Bobcats three times last season. AU swept the regular-season doubleheader in Milledgeville, Ga., then knocked off GC, 7-5, in the NCAA's Hickory Regional. Anderson and GC split a twin bill at Smethers Field earlier this season.
The other half of the double elimination event features top-seeded and nationally fourth-ranked North Georgia (43-9) playing host to eighth-seeded Mount Olive (24-24) in Dahlonega, Ga., while fourth-seeded Wingate (36-18) faces fifth-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne (39-13).
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Who was the first Chasidishe Rabbi to settle in the USA? Where did he settle?
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Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz Lintz – Slavita (Buffalo) Rebbe
The Rebbe came to the United States in 1899 from Russia and settled on the Lower East Side. He later (1910) moved to Buffalo and headed the Jefferson Street Shule. In addition to his own great genealogy the Rebbe was the brother-in-law and chavrusa (study partner) of the renowned Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornisteiple.The Rebbe appears to be the first Admor to be buried in the United States.
This article (PDF) says:
Earlier in the article, though, he mentions reports from 1893 in New York and 1894 in Baltimore of people giving out kameyos (amulets) and such; whether they were genuine rebbes or impostors, though, I don't know.
The first Chasidic Rebbe to come to America was R. David Mordecai Twersky who came in August of 1913.
The First American Chasidic Rebbe, I think would have to go to Grand Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, the founder of the Boston Chasidim. He arrived in America via Israel and Europe in 1915.
The First American Chasidic Rabbi, would be Rabbi Abraham Ash,who served as Rabbi in New York from 1860. http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tpersonality/rjj.html


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hi guys and girls this ones been asked many a time i am sure but with all the new cameras coming out i wanted to ask again, currently i use an olympus e620 with zuiko 8mm fisheye for my 360 and aerial work and normally its fine however i have toyed with going in to the full frame market and i would like also to have some full hd video option as well (not available on the olympus). Recently following a family bereavement i have been left some money which i would like to invest on a new camera and lens set up so here goes.
Which full frame camera and lens is the best solution for fully spherical 360 vr work, as I am also interested in automated bracketing i would need it to work with Promote Control which i believe only supports Nikon and Canon.
Now i am going to need some serious help on this as I have only ever purchased Olympus so this is a big move for me going from 4/3 to full frame!
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I am reading Illusie's lecture notes "topics in algebraic geometry", and I have difficulty in following his proof of unobstructedness of deformation of curves. Here is the statement of the proposition:
Prop Let $f_0: X_0 \to Y_0$ be a smooth proper morphism with relative dimension 1, and $i : Y_0 \to Y$ a first-order thickening with ideal $I$. If moreover $Y$ is affine, then there always exists a lifting of $X_0$ over $Y$ .
Proof. First, since $Y_0$ is affine, we note that
$H^q(X_0, T_{X_0/Y_0}
\otimes f_{0}^{*}I)= \Gamma (Y_0,R^qf_{0*}(T_{X_0/Y_0}\otimes f_{0}^{*}I))$
By Zariski's main theorem, for any $q > 1$,
$R^qf_{0*}(T_{X_0/Y_0}\otimes f_{0}^{*}I))=0$ (*)
Hence the obstruction $o(f_0, i)\in H^2(X_0, T_{X_0/Y_0}\otimes. f_0^*I)$ vanishes. #
And I wonder how to derive (*) by Zariski's main theorem.
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