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just a couple of minutes ago I was checking this: A table that should exist in all projects with a database, seems simple enough to put in practice, check it out:
I think the best method is to have the database generated as part of your build process. Keep all of the scripts in source control with the rest of the code, and everyone is responsible for their own environments.
Failing that, RedGate has a tool to integrate source control into SSMS and SQL Compare is useful for comparing/synchronizing MS SQL Server schemas. Visual Studio Database Edition also has a built-in schema compare tool.
Another SO question lead me to Migrator Dot Net which I am going to begin investigating during my copious free time. It looks like a good method, but it might be more of a time/overhead investment than you are willing to make.
eiefai already mentioned A table that should exist in all projects with a database. This is a great blog post, but IMO it only goes part of the way to a working solution for database revision control. I think any attempt to "answer" this question in the real world needs to consider some of the other information about VCS and databases:
There are a couple different angles to approach this question, I think. The "tool-first" angle, I believe, is going to vary based on platform and personal preference. Case in point: I'm using a Database Project in MS Visual Studio, but I'm not sure that this is a great solution for MySQL. I also know people who are pretty sold on their favorite tools from Redgate, Erwin, Embarcadero, etc.
There's also a "process-first" angle for this question, which will (hopefully) be revisited on this site in subsequent questions. The keystones in this process are getting your schema under source control and managing changes such that you can apply schema changes from version "x" to version "y" pretty much on demand.
A definitive answer to this topic is going to end up looking like a book, so it's probably worth starting out by referencing one: Redgate recently published a free ebook called "The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development", and while there's plenty in there to be debated, it's a pretty good place to start debating, IMO. Contrary to the name, much of the material in this book is general enough to apply to any DB (not just SQL Server) and any tool set (not just Redgate). If you haven't seen this already, it's definitely worth a skim, at least.
Finally, it's probably worth linking in the "legacy answer" from stackoverflow.
SchemaCrawler is my tool to produce a text file with all of database schema objects. I designed this text output to be both human-readable, as well as diff-able against similar output from another server.
In practice, what I have found is that outputting a text file of the database schema is useful, when done as part of the build. This way, you can check the text file into your source code control system, and have a version history of how your schema has evolved over time. SchemaCrawler is designed to automate this too, from the command-line.


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11-05115 State of Kansas v. Van Horn (Doc. # 47)
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State of Kansas v. Van Horn, 11-05115 (Bankr. D. Kan. Jun. 27, 2012) Doc. # 47
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SIGNED this 26th day of June, 2012.
DAVID WILLIAM VAN HORN, ) Case No. 11-10352
) Chapter 7
Debtor. )
Plaintiff, )
vs. ) Adversary No. 11-5115
Defendant. )
ORDER DENYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE STATE'S § 523(a)(6) CLAIM
ON ITS § 523(a)(7) CLAIM; FURTHER SUBMISSION REQUIRED
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Debtor David William Van Horn was confined to the Ellsworth Correctional Facility serving
a sentence for a felony conviction when, on November 23, 2001, he escaped.1 Van Horn was
apprehended later that same day and charged in Ellsworth County District Court with aggravated
escape, a severity level 8 "nonperson" felony.2 He was convicted and sentenced to an additional nine
months' incarceration to run consecutively with his prior sentence.3 He was also subjected to inmate
discipline at Ellsworth Correctional Facility and, after pleading guilty in that process, received an
administrative sanction that involved loss of good time, time in segregation, and an order to make
restitution of $2,921.94, the precise amount of overtime, mileage and expenses relating to the use of
a K-9 unit to track and apprehend him.4 This obligation is the only debt scheduled by Van Horn on
the schedules he filed in this bankruptcy case. The State seeks summary judgment on its claims that
this debt should be excepted from Van Horn's discharge. Section 523(a)(6) makes nondischargeable
any debt that the debtor incurs as a result of willful and malicious injury done to another or
another's property. Section 523(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code excepts from discharge any debt
incurred as a fine, penalty or forfeiture payable to a governmental unit that is not to compensate a
pecuniary loss. The facts surrounding the debtor's conduct at Ellsworth are undisputed, but because
the State's submission does not adequately document the amount of its claim, I am unable to grant
summary judgment at this time as explained below.
Standards on Summary Judgment; Defendant's Default.
Van Horn was serving a sentence imposed by the Sedgwick County District Court in case no. 98 CR 2648.
Adv. Dkt. 22-1.
KAN. STAT. ANN. § 21-5911, formerly KAN. STAT. ANN. § 21-3810(a)(1) and (c)(1); Adv. Dkt. 22-2, p. 26
and 22-5.
Adv. Dkt. 22-5.
The Kansas Department of Corrections regulations make Van Horn's aggravated escape from custody a
violation of Department of Corrections regulations, a Class I offense and subject to disciplinary proceedings
and penalty. See KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1001(a) and § 44-12-1301(2003); Adv. Dkt. 22-2, p. 5.
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Van Horn filed his chapter 7 petition on February 23, 2011 while incarcerated in the
Hutchinson Correctional Facility.5 The State of Kansas timely filed this adversary proceeding on
May 20, 2011. Van Horn filed an answer, but has not since participated in the pretrial process. The
docket report reflects that by February, 2012, Van Horn had been released from the Hutchinson
Correctional Facility and left no forwarding address, resulting in the Court's mailings to Van Horn
being returned as undeliverable.6 On February 15, 2012, the Court entered the Final Pretrial Order
under D. Kan. L.B.R. 9074.1 without Van Horn's contributions, approval, or objection.7 Likewise,
Van Horn did not respond to the State's summary judgment motion, requiring the Court to
independently review the record and arguments to determine whether the State is entitled to
summary judgment.8 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7056 makes Fed. R. Civ. P 56 applicable in adversary
proceedings. Rule 56(e)(2) allows any unaddressed factual contention that is properly supported
deemed undisputed for the purpose of this motion.9 Subsection (e)(3) of the Rule allows granting
summary judgment upon review only if the supporting materials show that the State is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law based upon the uncontroverted facts.10
As the movant and the party with the burden of proof at trial on its dischargeability claims,
the State has the initial burden of production to establish the essential elements of each of its claims
and the absence of a genuine dispute of material fact.11 If the State's motion is properly supported,
Van Horn can not resist the motion merely by reference to the denials in his answer, but must come
See Case No. 11-10352, Dkt. 3, 12 and 18.
See Adv. Dkt. 28 and 29.
7 Adv. Dkt. 20.
Reed v. Bennett, 312 F.3d 1190 (10th Cir. 2002) (Nonmovant's failure to respond to summary judgment
motion is not, by itself, a sufficient basis to grant summary judgment.).
See also, D. Kan. L. B.R. 7056.1(a) (facts not controverted are deemed admitted)
Reed v. Bennett, supra. (Summary judgment is appropriate if the movant has met its initial burden of
production under Rule 56(c) that no genuine dispute of a material fact exists and those undisputed facts
entitle the movant to judgment as a matter of law.); Murray v. City of Tahlequah, Okla., 312 F.3d 1196, 11991200
(10th Cir. 2002) (same).
See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23 (1986).
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forward with properly supported facts to demonstrate the existence of genuine factual disputes or
the absence of evidence of an essential element of the State's claim.12 To prevail on its § 523(a)(6)
discharge exception for willful and malicious injury, the State must show that Van Horn intended
not only the act itself (the escape), but also intended to cause injury to the State.13 As for the State's
§ 523(a)(7) discharge exception claim, it must show that Van Horn's restitution order in the prison
administrative proceeding is a debt for "a fine, penalty, or forfeiture payable to and for the benefit of
a governmental unit, and is not compensation for actual pecuniary loss." We turn to the State's
statement of uncontroverted facts to determine whether it has demonstrated the essential elements
of these two discharge exceptions.
Uncontroverted Facts
The State's statement of uncontroverted facts14 shows that the debtor was assessed
restitution of $2,921.94 in the disciplinary proceeding for escaping from the Ellsworth facility and
violation of Department of Corrections regulations.15 According to the affidavit of Robert E.
Wasinger ("Wasinger Affidavit"), that amount was calculated based upon time and expenses
expended by correctional personnel in tracking and apprehending Van Horn after his escape.16 This
disciplinary proceeding and assessment of sanctions was reviewed by the Secretary of Corrections
and affirmed. While incarcerated at Lansing, Van Horn also sought a writ of habeas corpus in the
Leavenworth County District Court challenging the Ellsworth Correctional Facility discipline, but
Id. at 325-26. See Rule 56(c) and (e); D. Kan. L.B.R. 7056.1(b). See also McKibben v. Chubb, 840 F.2d 1525,
1528 (10th Cir. 1988) (Conclusory allegations by the party opposing summary judgment are not sufficient to
establish an issue of fact and defeat the motion, citing McVay v. Western Plains Corp., 823 F.2d 1395 (10th Cir.
In re Graham, 455 B.R. 227, 232-33 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2011) (Section 523(a)(6) may apply to a broad range of
conduct causing harm to people or property but to be nondischargeable the debtor must have intended the
consequences of his act or believed the consequences were substantially certain to result from the act); Panalis
v. Moore (In re Moore), 357 F.3d 1125, 1128-29 (10th Cir. 2004).
Dkt. 22, p. 2.
See KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1001(a) and § 44-12-1301(2003); Adv. Dkt. 22-2, p. 5.
Adv. Dkt. 22-2, pp. 7-14.
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the writ was denied.17 There are exhibits, including the Wasinger Affidavit, that suggest his inmate
account was frozen and the restitution was collected from his inmate account but there is nothing in
the record concerning the current amount of the debt. The State did not file a proof of claim.
Conclusions of Law
A. Willful and Malicious Damage: §523(a)(6)
Section §523(a)(6) excepts from discharge debts that are caused by the willful and malicious
behavior of the debtor. To make a case under this subsection, a creditor must demonstrate that the
debtor intended not only to commit the act that caused the damage, but must also intend its
consequences.18 Debts arising from recklessly or negligently inflicted injury do not fall within the
reach of § 523(a)(6).19 A willful and malicious injury may be inferred from the circumstances giving
rise to the injury, since a debtor rarely admits that he deliberately or intentionally injured another.
Here, Van Horn was convicted in the state criminal court of "aggravated" escape under
then KAN. STAT. ANN. § 21-3810(a)(1). The aggravating factor charged in that case was "[e]scaping
while held in lawful custody (1) upon a charge or conviction of a felony . . ."20 Thus, the State did
not establish any act of violence or other misconduct beyond the intentional act of escaping while
incarcerated for a felony. This by itself does not support a finding of willful and malicious injury.
The State supplements that claim by including copies of Van Horn's appeal and grievances
in the disciplinary proceedings and his habeas case. The general suggestion is that Van Horn may
have been a difficult prisoner, but nothing in the summary judgment record suggests that Van Horn
17 Adv. Dkt. 22-6; Case No. 2004-CV-489, December 15, 2004.
Kawaauhau v. Geiger, 526 U.S. 57, 61-62 (1998).
Id. at 64.
KAN. STAT. ANN. § 21-3810(a)(1)(2007), repealed Laws 2006, ch. 169, § 98, re-enacted as KAN. STAT. ANN. §
21-5911(b)(1)(A) (2011 Supp.). Cf. KAN. STAT. ANN. § 21-3810(b)(1) which also defines aggravated escape
from custody as "[e]scaping effected or facilitated by the use of violence or the threat of violence against any
person while held in lawful custody . . . on a . . . conviction of any crime." Nothing in the State's
uncontroverted facts or submission suggests that Van Horn used violence or the threat of violence to escape
– a circumstance more likely to evidence willful or malicious injury.
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knew or had reason to know that he would expose the State to financial loss if he absconded, that he
intended to cause harm or injury, or that he committed some form of mayhem in the process.21 All
this record shows is that he "walked away" from the Ellsworth facility, was gone for a few hours,
and was criminally prosecuted and administratively sanctioned for that conduct.22 Nowhere in the
records of the criminal prosecution or the prison disciplinary proceeding is there a finding of a
willful and malicious injury or facts from which a willful and malicious injury can be inferred.23
There is not enough here to conclude that this debt should be excepted from Van Horn's discharge
under §523(a)(6). Because the State has not come forward with evidence of willful and malicious
injury which is an essential element of its claim, summary judgment must be denied on the State's §
523(a)(6) cause of action.
Restitution as a fine or penalty: §523(a)(7)
Section 523(a)(7) excepts a debt from a debtor's discharge ". . . to the extent such debt is for
a fine, penalty, or forfeiture payable to and for the benefit of a governmental unit, and is not
compensation for actual pecuniary loss. . . ."24 Restitution is not mentioned in this subsection, but
the United States Supreme Court held in Kelly v. Robinson that restitution that is ordered as a penal
sanction is included in the "fine, penalty, or forfeiture" that is protected by § 523(a)(7) and that
enforcing those sanctions in bankruptcy respects "an important aspect of sovereignty retained by the
Cf. In re Sintobin, 253 B.R. 826 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2000) (tenant debtors' debt arising from their children and
friends spray-painting walls, damaging doors and vandalizing leased premises was a willful and malicious
injury that would be excepted from discharge where parents encouraged and influenced the misconduct).
See Disciplinary Report, Adv. Dkt. 22-2, p. 4; See also In re Allen, 75 B.R. 742 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1987) (fine
imposed upon debtor by union for crossing the picket line was dischargeable where debtor's conduct did not
inflict a willful and malicious injury on the union).
See In re Cole, 234 B.R. 417 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1999) (Restitution obligation imposed upon debtor as a result
of debtor's commission of a battery while in prison, as determined by prison disciplinary board, collaterally
estopped debtor from contesting that debt was one for willful and malicious injury.)
See 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7).
25 479 U.S. 36, 47, 107 S.Ct. 353, 93 L.Ed. 2d 216 (1986).
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In Kelly, the debtor pleaded guilty to larceny in state court for improperly receiving $9,932 in
state welfare benefits. The state court sentenced her to prison but suspended the sentence and
placed debtor on five years' probation. As a condition of probation, the state court ordered debtor
to make restitution of $100 each month throughout her probation. Shortly thereafter, debtor filed a
chapter 7 bankruptcy and was granted a discharge. Debtor stopped paying restitution contending
that the restitution obligation was discharged. When the state challenged this position, debtor filed
an adversary proceeding seeking a determination that the debt was discharged.
The Supreme Court held "that § 523(a)(7) preserves from discharge any condition a state
criminal court imposes as part of a criminal sentence."26 The requirement that a penalty not be
compensation for actual pecuniary loss prevents the discharge of restitution because "'the
[restitution] obligation is rooted in the traditional responsibility of a state to protect its citizens by
enforcing its criminal statutes and to rehabilitate an offender by imposing a criminal sanction for
that purpose.'"27 In re Troff, the Tenth Circuit concluded that a court-imposed restitution obligation could
not be discharged even though the debtor's restitution payments were forwarded to the crime
victim.28 As the Circuit succinctly stated, "[t]he Supreme Court held [in Kelly] that restitution
obligations imposed as part of a criminal sentence were not dischargeable under § 523(a)(7) because
principles of federalism do not permit a bankruptcy court to interfere with a state criminal
Here, the restitution award in question was not part of a criminal sentence. Instead, it
nominally took the form of a penalty imposed for violating the prison regulations.30 Not surprisingly,
Id. at 50.
Id. at 52, quoting In re Pellegrino, 42 B.R. 129, 133 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1984).
In re Troff, 488 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. 2007).
Id. at 1239 [Emphasis added.].
KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1001(a).
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escaping from the penitentiary is a violation of prison regulations and may be punished by several
enumerated "penalties" including restitution.31 The restitution is payable to a governmental unit –
the Kansas Department of Corrections. As another bankruptcy judge has noted, restitution imposed
in a prisoner disciplinary proceeding may be nondischargeable under (a)(7) without having been
incurred as a result of an actual court conviction when state law authorizes the administrator to
impose the penalty.32 Kansas law authorizes the Kansas Department of Corrections to do that.33
While Kelly specifically dealt with restitution rendered in a criminal case, nothing in the words of the
statute itself limits the exception to discharge to criminal sentences or court-imposed fines. The
Court concludes that this award meets the "for the benefit of a governmental unit" element of §
523(a)(7) and, if it is penal in nature, it is a "fine, penalty, or forfeiture."
However, because the amount assessed against Van Horn appears to have been calculated
based upon the actual expenses that the State incurred as a result of Van Horn's conduct, i.e. the
time spent by correctional personnel in that endeavor multiplied by their rates of pay, I question
whether its purpose is punitive or merely compensatory. There are cases that deal with fines or
restitution that are based on the actual costs of the regulatory bodies or agencies that assess them.
One court found an assessment of attorney's fees by a state board of attorney discipline against a
disbarred lawyer to be a pecuniary assessment and not a fine.34 The Fifth Circuit has held that costs
assessed by a state dentistry board were likewise found compensatory and not a fine.35 Other courts
See KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1301(b)(7). Aggravated escape while in custody for a felony conviction
under Kansas law qualifies as a Class I offense. See KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1301(a)(2).
See In re Reimann, 436 B.R. 564, 567-68 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2010).
33 See KAN. STAT. ANN. § 75-5210, et seq.
In re Love, 442 B.R. 868 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 2011).
In re Schaffer, 515 F.3d 424 (5th Cir. 2008).
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have found that attorneys fees and other cost-based sanctions are not necessarily compensatory in
nature.36 What matters is whether the sanction is penal and rehabilitative.
In this case, Van Horn was disciplined by the loss of good time, being placed in
administrative segregation, and being made to pay the State an amount equal to the sum of the
overtime paid prison personnel in pursuing him, mileage on State vehicles used in that endeavor,
and the costs of using a K-9 unit. KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1301(b)(7) makes restitution one of
the "penalties" for committing a Class I disciplinary offense. KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1306(b)
contemplates that restitution will be paid to the state and deposited in the general fund. Restitution
may only be collected from a prisoner's wages, and a prisoner is no longer required to pay it when he
has been released from custody, unless he is in work-release or other corrections-related work, in
which case it is collected from his wages from those pursuits.37 The amount of restitution ordered is
"limited to a reasonable amount."38 Basing the amount of the sanction on the State's expenses
incurred in apprehending Van Horn is "reasonable." The sanction was a part of his punishment for
violating the prison's rules and was therefore penal in nature.
What is less clear on summary judgment is how to quantify the amount of debt to be
excepted from discharge. Although the State accurately presented the original restitution sanction as
the amount of $2,921.94, the summary judgment record presented by the State suggests that it may
have collected some portion of this amount from Van Horn's inmate account.39 The Court cannot
determine how much has been collected and is therefore unable to enter summary judgment in a
liquidated amount on the (a)(7) cause.
Reimann, 567. See also In re Haberman, 137 B.R. 292, 295 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 1992) and In re Smith, 317 B.R.
302, 309-10 (Bankr. D. Md. 2004).
KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1306(a)(3) and (4).
38 KAN. ADMIN. REG. § 44-12-1306(a)(4).
See Wasinger Affidavit ¶ 7, Adv. Dkt. 22-1; Inmate Account, Adv. Dkt. 22-2, p. 34; Adv. Dkt. 22-3, p. 3
("Restitution owed freezes your account until it is paid in full.").
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Accordingly, the Court will defer further action in this matter and allow the State to
supplement its papers with a supplemental affidavit that sets forth how much of the restitution
remains unpaid. The State will file its supplemental affidavit within 14 days of the entry of this order
and the defendant is granted 14 days from the date the state's affidavit is filed to respond in writing.
Upon receiving these papers, the Court will determine whether there remains a controversy
concerning the amount of restitution remaining due and issue a supplemental order on the §
523(a)(7) claim accordingly.
Summary judgment on the § 523(a)(6) exception from discharge claim is DENIED. A
partial judgment on decision shall issue.
# # #
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English is not my native language, but normally when I listen to the radio I have no problem understanding what's being said.
That's different when I listen to sports commentary, I really have to concentrate then. I just watched an episode of The IT Crowd where Maurice Moss talks in a "football voice"(1:10).
Where does that way of speaking originate? Why do you usually hear it in sports commentary?


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11 Tips for Keeping Healthy, Stress-Free Chickens
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Trojan Track and Field Posts Strong Outings at Terrier RelaysApril 6, 2014
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Anderson University men's and women's track and field teams combined for a pair of first-place finishes and 20 top-10 finishes at Wofford's Fourth Annual Terrier Relays on Saturday.
Juniors Brooklyn Watt and Savanna Keese traded first-place finishes, with Watt claiming the top spot in the discus throw with a distance of 39.61 meters, while Keese captured first place in the hammer throw with a toss of 40.55 meters.
Keese was 16th in the discus throw with a distance of 32.25 meters, with sophomore D'Yandra Morris (25.58 meters) claiming 27th. The hammer throw saw Watt place sixth with a toss of 39.00 meters, while Morris took 12th with a distance of 35.83 meters.
Watt was second in the shot put with a distance of 11.93 meters, with Morris claiming third at 11.71 meters. Keese finished seventh with a toss of 11.05 meters. Keese also placed 34th in the javelin throw with a distance of 16.53 meters.
Sophomore Lauren Averitt was 22nd in the 100 meter dash in a time of 13.56, while junior Madison Guest brought home 11th in the 400 meter dash in a time of 1:01.65. Freshman Sherin Malone was eighth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.01.
Freshman Bari Robinson paced the Trojans in the 1500 meter run by claiming fourth in a time of 4:57.33, with junior Sydney Hazel (5:01.48) placing seventh and sophomore Devan Fisher (5:26.24) crossing the line in 26th.
Junior Jill Baxter finished sixth in the high jump with a height of 1.54 meters, while teammate Megan Shahoud was 11th at 1.49 meters. Baxter was 28th in the long jump with a distance of 4.57 meters and Shahoud finished 32nd with a distance of 4.23 meters.
Freshman Olivia Gardner (19:01.49) was fifth in the 5000 meter run, with freshmen Grace Gerlock (19:41.27) and Mia Swierzs (19:56.29) just behind in sixth and eighth, respectively. The 4x100 meter relay team of Averitt, Baxter, Shahoud and Malone captured eighth in a time of 52.47, while Baxter, Guest, Malone and Robinson finished ninth in the 4x400 meter relay in a time of 4:24.01.
On the men's side, freshman Thomas Garrigan took fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase in a time of 10:00.39, with fellow freshman Philip Degraaf claiming 10th in the pole vault at 3.60 meters.
Junior Joshua Visi-Clark placed 15th in the 400 meter dash in a time of 51.19, while freshman Caleb Knight claimed 26th in a time of 53.29. The 110 meter hurdles saw freshman Jonathan Shorter (19.35) finish 16th, with Malik Brown in 18th in a time of 21.47. Shorter also finished the 400 meter hurdles in 1:00.44 to claim 15th.
Freshman Jesse Patrick claimed 45th in the 1500 meter run in a time of 4:27.75, while Eric Hoover placed 19th in the triple jump with a distance of 12.04 meters. Degraaf (34.34 meters) and Hoover (31.95 meters) finished 20th and 25th, respectively in the javelin throw.
Senior Westley Wilson (15:49.24) paced the Trojans with a fifth-place finish in the 5000 meter run, while senior Parks Edwards (15:51.37) was just behind in sixth. Freshman Ben Boerma (16:17.44) was 11th, with freshman Ned Kennedy (16:39.32) claiming 15th. Freshman Michael Burch (16:58.37) finished 19th.
The 4x100 meter relay team of Shorter, Brown, Hoover and Caleb Knight claimed ninth in a time of 45.60, while the 4x400 meter relay combination of Knight, Shorter, Visi-Clark and Hoover finished eighth in a time of 3:32.32


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Which is better basic food staple: Onions or Garlic?
Honestly, sometimes I am not sure which I like more, because I use them both so often in my cooking. However, of these two, if you were cooking, could you not do without?
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Onions. I love them both, but I think onions are more versatile. Plus, is there a better smell in the kitchen ever than onions sauteeing in butter?
How can you have a food poll and not list bacon?
Garlic. I can take or leave onions but I don't know what I'd do without garlic.
For me, onions, because I enjoy onions by the bushel. I very rarely buy garlic for use at home, although I encounter it in restaurant food often. It's a lot of work to cut up, and if I cut up enough of it to make it worth the trouble then it is too much and upsets my stomach.
I have to say garlic. Onions are more versatile, but love the flavor of garlic much more.
I detest onions, so it has to be Garlic for me.
@moondrake: Two words: garlic press. No more work.
I can't answer because I use both very often. Picking one is like trying to choose which one of my eyes I would rather keep. However, I would like to point out that I know a guy who can't eat onions, garlic or even garlic or onion powder. Also he hates vegetables of any sort. I find it damn near impossible to cook for him.
I've gotta have garlic and would miss it more than onions. That said, I believe onions are the better basic food staple, as more recipes call for them than garlic.
@tippypaws: I read that as "which one of my eyes I would rather eat." And now I'm off both onions and garlic for a while.
@tippypaws: I guess my right eye is garlic, because I'd pick my right eye for sure. I can barely see out of the left one... and I barely like onions.
Team Onion here for its versatility.
wikipedia says "A staple food, sometimes simply referred to as a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet in a given population, supplying a large fraction of the needs for energy-rich materials and generally a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well." we use garlic for flavouring a lot of stuff we cook but not as a staple. mrs. 1 doesn't like onions. i do, and cook often with them, but i'd say i don't cook any dishes that are predominantly onions, i use them mostly for accent. so i guess neither meets the definition of a staple for either of us.
For those of who who thing chopping garlic is too much trouble, consider investing in a garlic press. http://www.amazon.com/OXO-SteeL-Garlic-Press-Stainless/dp/B0000CDVD7/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1352256243&sr=1-2 It's a time saver for sure.
I'd hate to have to choose, but if forced, I'd go with onions. There's a bit more that you can do with them vs. garlic.
to me it's 6 of one a 1/2 Doz for the other, love 'em both, esp in concert w/ each other.
I have a Co-worker whose Husband and Son are both VERY allergic to BOTH Onions and Garlic. Like Anaphylaxis type allergic reaction.
I've never heard of a garlic ring.
Garlic for me... Garlic everything!
Split the difference and use shallots.
I like both equally, but my GF doesn't like onions so it's mostly garlic at my house now.


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I've only learned about to use kinematics equation when solving projectile problems but today i came across the following equations. where does they come from?
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I've only learned about to use kinematics equation when solving projectile problems but today i came across the following equations. where does they come from?
All the basic kinematic equation you've learned come from one basic equation,
$$\frac{\textrm{d}^2\vec{x}}{\textrm{d}t^2} = \vec{g}$$
This is a vector-valued second order linear differential equation. $ \vec{x}$ is the position of the projectile. $m$ is its mass. $\vec{g}$ is the acceleration due to gravity.
The equation can be read in simplified form as
$$\frac{\vec{F}}{m} = \vec{a}$$
This is called Newton's Second Law. $\vec{F}$ is the force on an object, which for a projectile near Earth's surface is $m\vec{g}$, ignoring all effects besides simple gravity (air resistance is the big one). $\vec{a}$ is the acceleration, which by definition is $\frac{\textrm{d}^2\vec{x}}{\textrm{d}t^2}$.
The kinematic equations that tell you, for example, the distance traveled by a projectile or its speed as a function of height can all be derived from this differential equation using calculus and algebra.
The differential equation itself is a postulate of Newtonian mechanics. In this sense it doesn't come from anywhere; it is simply assumed, along with the assumption that the force of gravity is constant.
However, with more advanced physics it is possible to explain Newtonian mechanics in terms of other theories. This simplest example is that the assumption that the force from gravity is $m\vec{g}$ can be understood in terms of Newton's theory of gravity. What we see is that the simple gravity law is only an approximation, but a good one.
Similarly, as we bring in more and more considerations, we tend to find that almost everything we've done in the beginning is only an approximation. The kinematic equations aren't fundamental laws of nature. They're mathematical consequences of a simple differential equation that is roughly true for everyday things.
As dmckee, pointed out in his comment, these equations come from (or derived from) some basic assumptions. To understand how we obtain these equations from the basic assumptions, you will need to read derivations of these equations.
Watch this video for basic understanding. Then watch Khan Academy lectures on projectile motion. (only 3 lectures).
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What Causes Gout?
Gout results from abnormal deposits of uric acid crystals in the joint cartilage. The crystals are later released into the joint fluid.
Gout was once incorrectly thought to be a disease of only the rich and famous, caused by consuming too much rich food and fine wine. Although diet and excessive drinking contribute to gout, they are not the main cause of the condition. We now know that heredity plays a role in the development of gout, and it's often associated with other medical problems like high blood pressure.
Not everyone with high levels of uric acid will develop gout. The kidneys' ability to rid the body of uric acid is partly determined by heredity. And just because someone in the family suffers from gout does not mean everyone in that family will have the disease. This risk varies from person to person.
How Frequent Are Gout Attacks?
Gout attacks can recur from time to time in the same joint. The initial attack may last several days to two weeks unless treated.
Over time, gout attacks may occur more often, involve more joints, have more severe symptoms and last longer. Repeated attacks can damage the joint.
Some people will have only a single attack. However, most people who have one gout attack will have at least a second attack, although it may not occur for several years after the initial onset. Others may have attacks every few weeks.
Who Is Affected By Gout?
Gout affects more than two million Americans -- most commonly men between ages 40 and 50, people who are overweight, people who frequently drink alcohol, and people who use diuretics ("water pills") to lower blood pressure or treat heart failure.
When gout affects women, it usually is after menopause, especially in women who are taking certain medications. Less often, younger people may be affected by gout if they have been taking certain medications for long periods of time, frequently drink alcoholic beverages or have certain genetic disorders.
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I used Ubuntu 10.04 previously and 10.10 now. What i felt is, it's pointer is a bit weird. It does point exactly on the target area but it slightly trembles or shake while the finger is on touchpad.Some of u might have noticed and may be not.Similar is not the case in Windows. I found this case in my friends Ubuntu too. Is this the bug? if yes ,anyway to fix it?
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It is possible that your sensitivity is too high. Try opening your Mouse Preferences and lowering your acceleration and sensitivity options.
I experience this too. It is a bug.
You can file a bug report here at Launchpad
You can also initiate a bug report from within Ubuntu. First open System Monitor and identify what process-ID the bug most likely relates to. I'm not sure which process to use here, so you might guess and indicate it's a guess in the bug-report description. Let's say the process-ID is 1234 for purposes of this example. You would do the following:
I caught one reason for this occasionally happening was that my mouse's wire or some other object was touching my laptop's trackpad. Thus the two separate mouse inputs were colliding with each other and causing the mouse pointer to shake and not respond as well. Removing the obstruction from the trackpad fixed it.


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My piano teacher lent me some books that are very old and expensive. My piano has a little dip down that holds the music, but when I turn the page, the bottom of the page drags along the top of the dip and folds/ripples the page. I don't want to damage these books, so how would I fix this?
Use Technology! Scan it and load it into a tablet like the new iPad 3! Place the tablet on the dip in your piano... and lo, u can just tap to turn!
If you could make photocopies of the pieces you need without damaging the books (the spine, most likely), that would probably be best.
There are also music book clips you can buy. Here is an example of one from Amazon.com music book clip
My dad improvised a shelf-extension for my piano with a bent sheet of aluminum. You could make one with a slight rise at the edge instead of a lip. Cost of materials is quite low, but an aluminum bender is a very large and pricey tool.


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Using a computer it is easy to see that the sequences defined by letting $a_1=1$, $a_2=m$, and $$a_n=\frac{2a_{n-1}a_{n-2}}{a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}}$$ converges to $\frac{3m}{m+2}$. I would very much like to know how to prove this. I don't even know where to start.
Hint: The following is I think a natural starting "move."
Let $a_n=\dfrac{1}{x_n}$. When the smoke clears you get a nice linear recurrence.
Continuation: Making the suggested substitution, and simplifying, we obtain the recurrence $x_n=\dfrac{1}{2}\left(x_{n-1}+x_{n-2}\right)$. We have to be a little careful, since there will be trouble if $a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}=0$. But for example if $m\gt 0$ then all terms are safely positive.
There are many ways to solve the recurrence. For example we can use a general technique for solving homogeneous linear recurrences with constant coefficients, and write down the characteristic polynomial $2x^2-x-1=0$, which has the roots $1$ and $-\dfrac{1}{2}$.
Thus the general solution of the recurrence is $x_n=A+B\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)^n$. Putting $x_1=1$ and $x_2=\dfrac{1}{m}$ we find that $A=\dfrac{m+2}{3m}$, and $B=\dfrac{4-2m}{3m}$. Thus $$x_n=\frac{m+2}{3m} + \left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)^n \frac{4-2m}{3m}.$$ As $n\to\infty$, $x_n\to \dfrac{m+2}{3m}$.
Remark: Because the numbers are quite simple, we do not need to use the "general" procedure to solve the recurrence. More generally, consider the recurrence $$y_{n}=py_{n-1}+(1-p)y_{n-2},$$ which comes up in some probability calculations. This may be rewritten as $$y_n-y_{n-1}=(-1)(1-p)(y_{n-1}-y_{n-2}).$$ If we let $z_n=y_{n}-y_{n-1}$, we get $z_n=(-1)(1-p)z_{n-1}$. So the sequence $(z_n)$ is a geometric sequence with common ratio $-(1-p)$. Now we can easily find a general expression for $z_n$, and hence for $y_n$.
Let $A_n=\frac{a_n}{a_{n-1}}$, then we have $A_n=\frac{2}{1+A_{n-1}}$, it is easy to find that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty }A_n$ exists then we have $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty }\frac{a_n}{a_{n-1}}=\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{2}<1$, we can use the $\epsilon- N$ to illustrate the result......


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6 Extreme Sports You Won't Believe Anyone Survives
You have to kind of feel sorry for "extreme sport" practitioners. For one thing, you can't even say the name of their sport without an eye roll and a smirk, and for another, the '90s are over. If you haven't put away the Rollerblades and floppy hair by now, buddy, consider yourself the modern day version of a hippie.
But the guys in this article aren't your run-of-the-mill Mountain Dew swiggers. These guys are SO EXTREME that they just Mad Libbed random dangers together, almost like they were suicidal, but wanted to go out in the most Rube-Goldbergian way possible. That's how we wound up with ...
#6. MMA ... With Tasers
Have you ever been so pissed off that you wanted to punch a dude with a taser? Of course not. That's not even possible. Well, don't tell Michael Alexander, who decided that mixed martial arts, the current king of the fighting hill, was for pussies. So he upped the ante of a sport that already consists of two guys punching, kicking and grappling the hell out of each other by adding 3-million-volt tasers sewn into their gloves. It's called Shockfighting, and it looks like this:
If you watch that video without sound, it looks like one of the saddest MMA fights in history. The guys are just lazily jabbing at each other, occasionally throwing a kick when they get too ashamed of themselves. Ah, but then you turn the sound up and start to hear the crackles of electricity every time a hand connects.
Michael Alexander describes the sport as being the ultimate art of extreme fighting, where you "put true warriors in a ring, against each other with three million volts of electricity charging out. Winner takes all."
We're not sure what the "all" the winner takes is, as the sport is wildly illegal and there's no way guys who are willing to beat each other up with tasers are making huge profits on any road life may take them down, since society has not completely collapsed just yet.
It's kinda hard to believe that's not right around the corner, though.
#5. Parkour ... With Huge Springs on Your Feet
No matter who you ask, it is a rare soul who will not, upon questioning, admit that parkour is kind of cool. Free running has featured prominently in movies such as Casino Royale and enough other slivers of pop culture to gain a foothold as the go-to cool urban thing. That's when the hardcore practitioners knew it was time to take it to another level. Of stupid.
How? Well, someone decided to bring equipment into a sport noted for its lack of need for any, and that is how powerbocking was born. They decided that what parkour clearly needed was freaking stilts. Actually, while we're at it, let's make them spring-heeled.
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Now, we're the first to admit that on paper, the concept seems pretty cool. Who wouldn't want to be able to somersault over cars like Spider-Man?
"My testicles recede for days at a time after each practice."
Hell, there are even bocking pros out there who are able to make the sport seem really awesome:
Holy crap! Those guys are doing Mario jumps!
But then reality and physics kick in, and you realize that the actual sport is a lot more like this:
That is, a lot of scrotum-ripping splits.
And this:
Holy shit, did that guy just kick himself on the top of the head with his stilts?
There's no way he still knows math after a hit like that.
What we're trying to say is that there's a fine line between awesome and insane, and turning a graceful urban sport into duckwalking with $500 giant springs that amplify every little false move you make into a complete and utter full body failure, while you repeatedly attempt to backflip, is crapping all over said line.
#4. Skateboarding ... With Mini Motorbikes on Your Feet
Oh, come on. Is that a skateboard? A motorbike? A prop from an extremely low-budget apocalypse movie? A double Segway for the permanently splayed?
That bikini top has us convinced of this product's safety and utility.
The apparatus in question is called, honestly, the Wheelman Bushpig (Wheelman Bushpig!), and it's a skateboard motorbike. And while it sounds like the exact thing your 12-year-old self would have a happiness-prolapse over, take a moment and watch this promotional video before reaching for your credit card:
At first, it seems like everything is dandy in the world of these happy models, riding their Bushpigs on the beach like they were auditioning for a Mad Max/Baywatch crossover. And then you start to see the little signs. The way they all wobble on the bike and strain to smile while maintaining their bodies at unnatural right angles.
It's almost as fun as falling down the stairs.
Check out the look in their eyes as they realize they are driving a motorized vehicle that has no protection whatsoever and a blind spot of, oh, roughly 270 degrees because good luck looking around while trying to balance on that thing.
And that's the promotional video. Here's a guy attempting to perform tricks with the thing, in a video that should be titled "So Your Ankles Stole Your Woman -- A Practical Guide to Retribution."
Should you actually watch the videos and decide that this is exactly what the doctor ordered for your humdrum life, and if that doctor wasn't the deceased Dr. Kevorkian, you should be glad to know the company behind the Bushpig is a legit one. They even give their product a warranty. Of two months.


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Grothendieck universes are equivalent to ZFC+a strongly inaccessible cardinal. This is low on the large cardinal axiom list. Is it enough to place category theory on a firm foundational basis, and how about higher category theory, does it remain enough?
Mike Shulman wrote a nice expository paper on set theoretical foundations for category theory
In Section 6 he explains the difficulties of working with large categories using just ZFC, and he discusses various ways to deal with these size issues. Some of these do not assume the existence of an inaccessible cardinal.
I suggest you have a look at Grothendieck's SGA 4, Exposé I, where a lot of category theory is developed (and applied) on the basis of Bourbaki set theory plus Grothendieck's axioms UA and UB about universes.


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Today at sundown marks the beginning of the eight-day observance by Jews around the world known as Hanukkah.
The Jewish celebration of the Maccabees ancient victory over the Greeks begins tonight and continues through sundown on Dec. 16
Celebrated for eight days and nights beginning on the eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew and marks the Jewish Maccabees successful struggle against the Hellenist Syrians in the ancient Middle East.
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HOLIDAY BEGINS — Hanukkah, the eight days of Jewish celebration of an ancient victory over Greeks begins today at sundown and continues through Dec. 16. Tonight first candle on the menorah will be lit from the center candle, known as the shammash. -- Mark Miller
Mattathias, the Jewish high priest, became enraged after one villager offered to eat pork and bow to the god, and he used his sword and killed both the villager and the officer. His five sons and other villagers then killed the soldiers, after which the family went into hiding in the mountains. Joined by other rebellious Jews, Mattathias' family waged a guerrilla war against the Greek soldiers, which was taken over by Mattathias' son Judah after the priest died. After three years the Jews defeated the Greeks despite being outgunned and outmanned.
In 165 B.C.E., the Greek king of Syria Antiochus ordered the suppression of all Jewish rituals and mandated Jews worship the Greek gods. In 168 B.C.E., the Syrians seized the Jewish holy temple and dedicated it to Zeus, a Greek god. The Maccabees, a Jewish tribe, decided to fight the Greeks to regain control of their temple, with fighting beginning in the village of Modiin near Jerusalem. There the Greek soldiers ordered Jews to eat pork and bow to the Greek idols, which they refused to do.
Returning to the temple after defeating the Greeks, the Maccabees cleaned the temple and discovered a small bottle of oil, which they used to light the great menorah. The flame burned for eight days despite the small amount of oil, which the Maccabees took as a miracle.
To commemorate the event, on each successive evening of Hanakkuh another candle on the menorah is lit from the center candle, known as the shammash. On the eighth night, there will be eight lit candles on the menorah, one for each of the eight days' evening ceremony. Each candle represents an aspect of God's relationship with the Jews, including God as light of the world on the first night; the light of the Torah, or Jewish sacred text, on the second evening; the light of justice on the third evening; the lighting of the candle on the fourth day represents the quality of mercy; the fifth night's candle stands for holiness; the sixth night's candle represents love; the seventh evening's lighting stands for patience; and the eight and final evening's light represents courage.
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Given polynomials $f_{1},\cdots,f_{n}\in \mathbb{C}[x_{1},\cdots,x_{m}]$, do we have an algorithm to determine whether the ideal $I=(f_{1},\cdots,f_{n})$ is prime ideal or not? Of course, we assume the polynomials are irreducible.
Let $R$ be a Noetherian ring and let $I$ be an ideal in $R[x]$. Then the following facts hold:
Using the above to successively eliminate variables, this shows that one can reduce the problem of checking primiality to the one-variable case, where many efficient methods are known. I think this is also how the Grobner basis works, since these can algorithmically compute the elimination ideals above.
There is such a test. Some explanation can be found in: "An introduction to Gröbner bases, By William Wells Adams, Philippe Loustaunau", or the original article (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=65034) the above text is based on. See also the singular manual.
Did you look into "A Singular Introduction to Commutative Algebra"?
Buchberger's algorithm should do, Faugere's F4 is also one. However, this is generally for any ideal and not necessarily for irreducible. Is it something specific to irreducible polynomials that you are looking for?


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5 Ridiculous (Safe for Work) Fetishes
Some fetishes are really easy to understand. A silk stocking fetish, hell, everybody's down with that. Or a fetish that involves a naked woman rubbing her boobs on another naked woman.
But some are so far out there that they seem to have left the entire concept of sex far behind. These strangely safe-for-work fetishes are, in some ways, far more disturbing than anything involving poop or anime tentacles. Such as...
#5. Piggyback Rides
We all associate piggyback rides with children on their parents' shoulders at fairs and the occasional drunken nights when transporting passed out friends to a taxi. You likely don't think of this as a turn-on unless it's in a pool and you've got a girl on your shoulders who's up for an arousing game of "chicken fight" which, according to the videos we've seen, end up with everyone naked.
But then there are the fetishists who just plain get off on riding the shoulders of other people.
As one piggyback enthusiast puts it: "A month ago, when intoxicated, I asked another male friend from Canada to piggyback me. Although the entire session only lasted a minute or two, my sexual drive (not specifically for him) suddenly sparked, more than alcohol can ever do. Halfway through the piggyback, I maneuvered myself to hold on his front, dangling there like a koala."
We imagine this fetish revolves around trust and security. Oh, and crazy. Trust, security and crazy. Through our countless hours of research and sleepless nights, we've come to the conclusion that piggybackers find themselves trapped in a sexually arousing power struggle. The piggybackee can offer suggestions on speed and direction, but it's ultimately up to the piggybacker to control the situation. "You want to go left? Fuck you, I'm going right." Is this turning you on? It's confusing us.
It Gets Weirder...
This fine man below was gracious enough to let the world see his fetish. In his own words, "I like it very much to ride on older men. I can sit on the old man of about four minutes and bouncing on his shoulders."
Were you expecting something else? The guy likes to ride old men. Congratulations humanity. Then again, maybe we should give Ralphmunic the benefit of the doubt. He's living his dream. What are you doing with your life?
YouTube Responds:
"Love your videos! I like to ride on, sit on and trample folk. I'm 6' and 16.5stone/231 lbs (183cm and 105kg)and live in south UK. If any of you guys want to be riden hard, sat on or trampled under my feet and/or enjoy a good beasting, contact me!"
"But,if you can do so,try to ride him(the old man),with your ass full of shit,you know,after you do poo-poo....,would you like it?"
#4. Balloons
So, you're searching YouTube and you suddenly notice a suspicious number of seemingly innocent videos involving balloons. Specifically, people slowly inflating balloons until they pop. The comments seem strangely enthusiastic about the whole thing. Way too enthusiastic.
Congratulations, you've stumbled across the community of "looners," or balloon fetishists. Watch the below video and realize that somewhere, it's giving somebody an enormous boner:
To them, we guess balloons make the perfect girlfriend. They don't talk back, they come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and no one will ask questions when you inevitably punch them in a helium induced rage, a la Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.
"I want you inside me."
Though we're not sure how that works with the whole "make them pop" part which, if they're sexualizing the balloons, you'd think that'd be a form of murder. Then they'd have to go to balloon prison. Which is, incidentally, the most easily escapable prison known to man.
It Gets Weirder...
In the dark underworld of balloon fetishists, size matters, and the real prizes are gigantic weather balloons. So we have the below upstanding gentleman who wants to crawl inside of his balloon girlfriend and, oh, we don't know, hang out? What would you do in there besides gasp for air? Luckily for us, and unluckily for billoon45, it goes horribly awry. We end up with a dead girlfriend, and this on his "third try," too:
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"wow thats cool but just out of curiosity y did you blow a baloon up untill it poped???"
"Gotta comment again! That is one serious balloon blow to BUST!!! How often can you get a balloon to shred like that? That poor beautiful balloon held on for everything it was worth! But you didn't let up! At the end it gets HARD for me to watch! BYE BYE BALLOON!"
#3. Bicycle Pumps
This is kind of like the balloon fetish, but with a fun twist. Instead of blowing air into a party favor, you stick a bicycle pump inside your danger zone and inflate your own body until you feel like you're going to burst. You get the farts for hours after you do it, and these guys talk about that like it's a plus. Normal people get a stomachache after swallowing air and trying to burp, so we think it's pretty easy to see what these guys are going through.
"You had me at 'psheeeeeeee.'"
Besides having massive online communities dedicated to the practice of filling tummies with air, there are also millions (OK, tens) of YouTube accounts whose sole purpose is to show videos of stomachs growing slightly larger.
The key here, of course, is safety. Most of the websites detailing how to fill your stomach with air are adorned with disclaimers and warnings because, you know, the type of person who is into inflating their own body must be worried about consequences.
It Gets Weirder...
This gentle giant has moved beyond using simple bicycle pumps into territory that only the bravest inflationists tread. Instead, he's using an electric air compressor.
In inflateandstuff's own words: "Towards the end it really felt like I was gonna blow. It's 260 psi, very fast, very powerful, and NO ONE should ever try to do this with a compressor." Thanks. We won't.
YouTube Responds:
"MORE please sir can we have some more,,, and PATS more pats i love the hallow sound,,, i hope u have been doing it alot more to stretch ur belly for a greater result!!! LOVE this vid pls do more i love how fast and huge u get i wanna see bigger!!!"
"i wonder how i would look if i did that which i want to."


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I want to test the hypothesis that a group of vectors in 3D space, say given by a long list of xyz coordinates from some experiment, have no preferred direction. Is it sufficient to pick some direction in space, say the x-axis, and calculate the cosine angle between each data vector and this direction, and look at the mean cosine angle? Thanks, -nuun
I presume that by "having no preferred direction" you mean that the distribution on the sphere is uniform - as it has just been pointed out by Gerry. Testing uniformity on the sphere is a classical statistical problem. There is A LOT about it: you may have a look at the book "Directional Statistics" by Mardia and Jupp (especially Chapters 9 and 10), or, for instance, at these more recent papers by Pycke and Bakshaev.
There is a notion of uniform distribution on spheres, and a notion of discrepancy on a sphere (which is a numerical measure of the distance from uniform distribution). That should give you some search terms. One paper on the topic (probably more theoretical than you want, but it should have or at least point to the relevant definitions) is Martin Blumlinger, Slice discrepancy and irregularities of distribution on spheres, Mathematika 38 (1991) 105-116.
Here is one approach to consider.
Treating the data as points on the surface of the unit sphere, consider the collection of convex subsets on this surface that contain all of your observations. Then, define $S$ to be minimum area among such sets. One way to interpret the idea of "having no preferred direction" is that this set $S$ should be almost as big as the entire surface; conversely a preferred direction would manifest as the data being tightly concentrated in a small area on the sphere.
This is just a rough idea -- figuring out how to operationalize "almost as big as the entire surface" would depend on your statistical needs. Hope I haven't missed the mark too badly.


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|Assistant Men's Ice Hockey Coach
|3rd Season
|Alma Mater:
|Curry College, 1993
Tom Murphy enters his thirds season as an assistant coach with the men's hockey program.
Murphy returns to the Boston area after spending the past decades coaching junior and youth hockey across the country. The former Curry College Colonel ('93), has coached all over the southwest including leading the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League to four Robertson Cup titles.
He spent eights years with the Tornado over two separate stints, while also spending time with the Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL), the University of Oklahoma club ice hockey team and the Walpole Stars (EJHL).
In addition to stints at the junior and collegiate level, Murphy has spent the past five years working with USA Hockey at various levels. He has worked with the USA Hockey Selected Under-16 team since 2009, in addition to stints with the USA Hockey Select Under-14 team and positions with the Rocky Mountain District and Northern Plains District branches of the USA Hockey program.
A 1993 graduate of Curry College, Murphy earned his Masters of Science in Education from Curry in 1999.


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mbb wrote:just one that I know about AVB,Vintage cask 1966/77 cask no#6425 226bottles,45.5%
mbb wrote:I do.I have bottle 186/226 and is available for your collection if your interested.
AVB wrote:Thanks for the info, I've updated my list to include the new items I didn't have but you did. The 1964 you have listed is a Taiwan only airport item and the 1970 (#16191) is only at DeGaulle in Paris so I don't include those but the 1964 I have shown is a regular US release - I own it.
Also the 1966 cask 1698 you show I think is really the same as the 1898 cask. Cask numbers 200 digits apart being made the same day just doesn't seem right so I didn't include that in my list either. If you want to send me your list with the distilled and bottled dates after you have updated it please do.
Big Eck wrote:I have just got a bottle from Taiwan, William Grant & Sons kindly had it sent back and I collected it for my collection from them in Dufftown.
Its a 1973, Cask 8621, 122 Bottles, In Cask date 8 June 1973, Bottled 16 June 2009. 43.5% vol - Aged 36 Years.
I have only been collection Balvenie for a few months now, but my collection is growing well, If anyone has a 1989 Portwood going I am looking for one.
All the best....Alec.
AVB wrote:You could always try to buy two of each and then be able to collect and drink
Sir Dino wrote:No Vintage 1963?
AVB wrote:There is a regional release this May, a 40 yo for £2500 that I don't have any further info on. It will be listed under the regional releases since it is only for Singapore and not a "Vintage Cask" per se. I don't know of a 1963, do you have any info on one?


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I'm trying to have the button follow the mouse while within the output text cell. The scaling does not exactly work as intended (fails to follow mouse correctly).
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Additionally, how would I make the button 1) Snap to 0,0 when the mouse is not over the output text cell anymore; and 2) disappear completely when not within the boundaries of the text cell.
The Rescale for {0,1} -> {-1,1} helped a little, but it seems I am not using CellContentsScaled correctly, as the documentation says it should range from 0 to 1 over the cell only (occasional negative numbers pop up, and values are present with the mouse outside the cell)


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Dec 22, 2011 8:00 AM
How to Build Rock Solid Self-Confidence
It's no secret that a self-confident player performs better on the softball field. In general a self-confident person is far more effective performing any activity. For a young person, however, the task of building rock solid self-confidence can be a challenge and a frustration, particularly when it comes to fastpitch softball.
Softball is a game built on failure and adversity where self-confidence is like the chicken and the egg analogy; what comes first self-confidence or success? Certainly once an athlete possesses a solid foundation of self-confidence while playing the game consistent success is more likely to follow. However, without a track record of success self-confidence can be extremely difficult to attain.
As a coach and softball parent it is most frustrating to see self-confidence come and go in young athletes like a mirage in the desert. In this game success can be fleeting in the face of the inevitable kicks in the stomach the game is guaranteed to administer to your athlete.
So how can your athlete develop and maintain a high level of self-confidence that will act like a shield against the game's adversity and allow her to become a consistent peak performer?
1. Change Her Beliefs: What does she believe about herself and softball? Her beliefs will determine her level of success. Does she believe she is a good hitter or not? Does she believe others are better and more worthy of success than she is? Does she believe she's not fast enough, or strong enough, or quick enough to succeed? If a pitcher does she believe she doesn't throw hard enough to succeed? These limiting beliefs will rear their ugly head after adversity and failure hit, reinforcing her distorted beliefs and leading to more failure.
2. Change Her Perceptions: How does she perceive the game and her results? Is she effort driven or results driven? Does she judge her performance harshly? Does she expect to be perfect? Does she spiral downward emotionally after one mistake? Distorted perceptions of performance will kill future performance. If she recognizes that adversity is part of the game and can frame every mistake as a learning opportunity to get better she will free herself from self-judgment and begin the process of greater building self-confidence.
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4-1 US in the 66th ... Hat trick for Donovan.
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way." - Sparky Anderson
5-1 now. Scotland looks utterly defeated. Donovan is having an amazing game.
Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
This is the best the Nats have looked in a long time. The inventiveness in the final third is probably the best it has ever been for the USMNT now with Klinsmann dictating strategy.
The effect he has had on how this team plays is absolutely breathtaking. Such a stark comparison to the Robobob era, Klinsmann is going to maximize this team's capability.
Brazil is going to be a real test. They are bringing in a young squad, 20 of their players are Olympic eligible. In other words, these are highly talented young players who play in top leagues around the world who will be playing balls-out to try to carve out a spot for themselves on the full national side.
I wonder if the US will try to play the same way they played against Scotland... they may need to pull back a little bit more, will be interesting to see Klinsi's strategy vs. what they did versus the Scots.
Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
Chicago should never host another USMNT match again. Last one there I think the crowd was 70% Honduras fans, 20% US fans, 10% empty seats
I am not a soccer guy, but I will watch the national team because I love my country and want to be better than everyone else. I will be tuning in in the next few minutes, hopefully it goes as well as last week did (I know, huge difference in competition..... but I can HOPE it happens).
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Google definition defines fund as
A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.
However, while I was looking up the definition of a trust fund, Google definition states it is,
A fund consisting of assets belonging to a trust, held by the trustees for the beneficiaries.
So is a fund merely a sum of money, or can also be assets/properties?


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Keystone College Mofyah Step Team
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The mission of the Mofyah Step Team is to involve students in an activity that promotes cultural diversity, sisterhood and unity both on campus and in the community by participation in a structured form of stomping and hand clapping to rhythmic beats that stems from African traditions.
Meaning of the name "Mofyah"
Mofyah Step Team was started in 2004 by a group of girls at Keystone College who descended from Jamaican background. The name Mofyah, means "more fire".
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Ok so here is the problem, last night i burned a ubuntu 12.10 on a disc, GREAT! bootable ubuntu disc, however i am aware that i need to make some partitions in my HD to accomidate this in order to dual boot, however in my disc manager on both windows and ubuntu I have 4 partitions already on my disc Drive they are labeled as follows
Windows7_OS(c:) NTFS (system boot,page file,ACtive,CrASH dump, Primary partition) 262.81 gb capacity , 174.29 gb free space
LENOVO (D:) NTFS (Primary Partition) 25.47 gb capactity, 21.79 gb free space
(E:) NTFS ( primary partition) 200mb capactity, 165 mb free space
unlabeled (OEM partition ) 19.53gb capactity, 9.53 gb free space
Lastnight i made an error and tried partitioning my harddrive in ububntu and windows would not boot so i had to go and undo my partition(s) that i made off the windows 7 parition and everything worked fine again, now i boot windows go into disc management and shrunk my windows partiton to the size it is now in windows and i now have 363.05 gb Unallocated disc space available, how do i use this space when i already have 4 partitions and how do i partition properly so i dont loose windows in the process, my ubuntu will not give me the install option alongside windows, just the advanced option and completely errasing windows and installing ubuntu, any help please, i am a noob in this dept and dont want to wreck my rather new computer.... thank you anyone who can help!!