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11 Everyday Things That Are Terrifying Under a Microscope
As human beings, we go about our day-to-day lives, completely oblivious to the microscopic world around us. And that ignorance is great, because most of that microscopic world is scary as hell. Cracked has touched on some of these horrors before, but like the Leprechaun movies, the terror could not be confined to just one installment.
#11. Your Pillow
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Odds are there's at least one pillow lying on your bed right now, but here's a picture anyway:
Everyone on board so far?
You rest your head on one almost every night (excepting those instances where you wake up in a daze on bloodied tile/pavement with a racketeer's jawbone in your vest pocket). It is a place of warmth, comfort and security.
But Up Close ...
You couldn't be more wrong. This is your bedroom pillow this very second:
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"We're just waiting for an ear to crawl into."
Those are common house dust mites. There's about a bajillion of these micro horrors living inside your pillow as we speak. We couldn't find a source saying that they crawl all over your face and into your ears and nose while you sleep, but really, do you trust them not to? They graze on your pillow like bloated alien cattle and feed off of your dead skin cells (and presumably your terror-soaked nightmares as well).
#10. Hydrothermal Vent Worms
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Hydrothermal vent worms are so tiny that you can't see them. They live around the hydrothermal vents on the abyssal plain of the ocean floor, which is probably another big reason you can't see them:
Oh, they're in there. Waiting.
But Up Close ...
Run, Kevin Bacon, run!
Upon closer inspection, the hydrothermal vent worm (or razorbeak vaginabeast, as we have just classified it, just now) leaves little doubt that the hydrothermal vent in question is a sulfur-belching portal to the plains of the damned. If you told us that this thing snatches the souls of children in the night and ferries them to the underworld, we wouldn't be surprised. Also, try to play it cool, but it's behind you.
Fortunately, its mouth is less than a millimeter wide, but rest assured -- if it could, that worm would devour everything you have ever loved.
#9. Your Tongue
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Your tongue is that thing sitting in your mouth right now:
You can't avoid touching it, and if you've ever made out with someone, you've been rubbing two of them together at the same time. Remember that.
But Up Close ...
Because they both look like this:
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A pine cone with herpes.
The human tongue is covered in tiny spikes called filiform papillae. They do a variety of useful things, such as sensing pressure and helping to manipulate the food in your mouth, all while looking like the disease-ridden shingled back of some hollow mountain troll. And just imagine kissing someone, with all those spikes interlocking like a brown fleshy bike chain. Imagine it.
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This is precisely what John Lennon was thinking about when he wrote that song.
#8. Sex
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The Internet contains the most extensive and specific visual library of sex in the known universe, so we really don't need to show you a picture. It is literally right at your fingertips if you absolutely cannot contain yourself.
But have you ever wondered what sex looks like at the cellular level? Actually, you probably haven't, so get ready:
But Up Close ...
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Is that ... is it wearing a hat?
That writhing mass of blue tentacles is sperm, and the webbed purple moon sphere is the egg. Each looks relatively disgusting in its own right (the sperm looks like what would happen if aliens tried to make spaghetti with loose testicles for the meatballs), but that's nothing compared to the actual act of sex:
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The magic of lovemaking at the microscopic level is less Barry White and more Omaha Beach. Granted, this is an image of in-vitro fertilization, mainly because science hasn't found a way to cram an electron microscope up a woman's uterus mid-coitus just yet. Still, the end result of a normal bout of naked-time tussling between two reasonably fertile individuals would look about the same. Then, of course, there is the chance of pregnancy, the miracle of life, the joining of two souls to create a third, which looks remarkably like the joining of dirty old deli cheese and a plastic straw:
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Behold, the skeezy magic of creation.


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Race Is Back On After Storm Hiatus
As the ruinous force of Sandy begins to diminish, the nominal pause it created in the presidential election campaign is about to fade away.
President Barack Obama continued his detour from the campaign trail Tuesday to focus on storm response. Republican Mitt Romney set aside a planned political rally in favor of a relief event to help storm victims. Both asked supporters to make donations to the Red Cross.
But a presidential campaign racing toward its conclusion next week is taking little more than a short break to acknowledge the storm's impact.
Even as Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama canceled political appearances Tuesday, the two campaigns escalated a heated exchange over Mr. Romney's suggestion that the president's auto bailout had benefited China, rather than U.S. autoworkers. With new TV ad buys, Mr. Romney and his allies also pushed to enlarge the set of competitive states to include Pennsylvania, long an elusive prize for the Republican nominees.
Mr. Romney will return to his schedule of campaign appearances Wednesday in hopes of regaining the momentum many polls showed he had built in recent weeks. Mr. Obama is scheduled to follow suit on Thursday, after more time in Washington and a tour of storm damage in New Jersey, as he juggles the political rewards and risks of focusing on the government disaster response.
Northeast states grappled with how to make sure voting next week isn't unduly affected by the storm. With widespread power outages, flooding and blocked roads, officials said they may have to move or consolidate some polling locations. Connecticut gave voters two extra days to register while Maryland said it may have to resort to paper ballots for some locations due to power outages, which could delay the vote count.
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For Mr. Obama, the turn to disaster management paid a surprising political dividend when he won praise on Tuesday from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who has been a scathing critic of his presidency.
"The president has been great," Mr. Christie, who represents Mr. Romney at campaign events, said on MSNBC. "The president has been all over this and he deserves great credit." It was one of several television interviews in which Mr. Christie praised Mr. Obama, who will tour New Jersey storm damage Wednesday with the governor.
The risk for Mr. Obama is that every day he is in Washington he isn't traveling the country for campaign rallies like one in Ohio last week, when the presidential plane landed in front of thousands of ecstatic supporters.
"The president's No. 1 asset of Air Force One has now been grounded," said Scott Reed, manager of Republican Bob Dole's 1996 presidential bid. Mr. Obama's campaign uses such events to push supporters to take advantage of early voting.
Even before Mr. Romney announced he would resume campaigning Wednesday with three events in Florida, he managed to stay in the public eye in the battleground state of Ohio. He turned a planned political rally in Dayton into a relief event for storm victims.
As Mr. Romney maintained a reserved public posture, his campaign proceeded with partisan drive. The campaign's first new campaign commercial in Pennsylvania, part of a bid to expand the map of competitive battlegrounds, says the president's policies led 22 coal-fired power plants to close or be converted to another form of fuel.
Obama campaign spokesman Michael Czin responded that the ad "distorts the president's record and reeks of desperation. Under President Obama's leadership, employment in coal mining hit a 15-year high in 2011 while he's making historic investments in clean coal research and development."
Romney advisers hailed the last-minute advertising push as further evidence the president's support is eroding in unexpected places. Because 96% of Pennsylvania voters cast their ballots on Election Day, rather than through absentee or early voting, Republicans have hinted for months that the state was a prime target for a late push.
"This expansion of the electoral map demonstrates that Gov. Romney's momentum has jumped containment from the usual target states and has spread to deeper blue states that Chicago never anticipated defending," Romney political director Rich Beeson wrote in a memo widely circulated on Tuesday.
Mr. Romney's campaign would not say how much money it had budgeted for Pennsylvania, and it was still in the process of buying airtime Tuesday afternoon.
The Romney campaign and its outside allies are spending at least $4.5 million in Pennsylvania this week, according to operatives tracking the 2012 race.
The Romney allies are also buying airtime in attempts to expand the list of competitive states, spending nearly $2 million in Michigan and roughly $900,000 in Minnesota.
Mr. Obama's campaign is responding in Pennsylvania, and by Tuesday afternoon had bought at least $650,000 in airtime through Election Day, as well as $290,000 in Minnesota, according to political strategists tracking the spending. The campaign also plans to match Republican advertising in Michigan, an Obama aide said.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina dismissed the Pennsylvania ad buy as a "desperate play" by a campaign still looking for a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win. The president is holding a lead of roughly five percentage points in the state, according to an average of public-opinion surveys compiled by Real Clear Politics. And Mr. Romney has spent very little time in the state.
"Let's be very clear: The Romney campaign and its allies decision to go up with advertising in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota is a decision made out of weakness, not strength," Mr. Messina said.
Not even the emergence of unexpected battlegrounds could distract from the importance of the nine swing states that have been the focal point of this election since early last year, particularly Ohio.
The two campaigns sparred Tuesday over a TV ad the Romney camp aired in Ohio suggesting the president's auto bailout paved the way for Chrysler Group LLC, one of the beneficiaries of that federal intervention, to build Jeeps in China.
The Obama campaign called the ad misleading, releasing its own spot to push back on this latest attack.
Chrysler borrowed about $10.5 billion from the U.S. as part of its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring. In May 2011, the "new Chrysler," controlled by Fiat, repaid the last $7.1 billion it owed the government. But the U.S. Treasury department has said it is unlikely to fully recover the roughly $1.3 billion it is owed by the "old Chrysler."
In a blog post on Oct. 25, Chrysler's chief spokesman, Gualberto Ranieri, called Mr. Romney's claim a "leap that would be difficult even for professional circus acrobats."
Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of the Fiat/Chrysler Group, waded into the controversy on Tuesday, emailing company employees to reassure them that production of Jeep sport utility vehicles won't be moved to China. Instead, he said the company will be expanding Jeep production in the U.S., while looking to produce cars in China to be sold in that market.
"Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand," Mr. Marchionne wrote. "It is inaccurate to suggest anything different."
The Romney campaign ignored the Obama campaign's criticism over its initial TV spot, airing a new radio ad that says Chrysler "plans to start making Jeeps in, you guessed it, China."
"Barack Obama says he saved the auto industry,'' the radio ad says. "But for who? Ohio or China?"
Mr. Obama canceled campaign events Wednesday in Ohio. He hasn't made a campaign appearance since Sunday. In remarks at a Red Cross relief center Tuesday, he said his message to federal relief officials is: "No bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources to where they need to be as fast as possible."
Obama aides say that there is a downside to staying off the campaign trail with so few days remaining before Election Day. But they view the pause in campaigning as more harmful to Mr. Romney, who they say is having trouble promoting his message as the nation focuses on the storm.
Mr. Obama is planning a campaign blitz in the final days, starting with scheduled campaign events Thursday in Nevada, Colorado and Ohio. On Friday he is scheduled to spend the entire day in Ohio. In supervising disaster response, Mr. Obama reinforced a campaign theme that the government plays a crucial role, and disaster relief is one of the few that enjoy bipartisan support.
"It is a welcome counterpoint to a campaign that has been anything but elevated and, on the president's side, has been devoted at least as much to making the case against Romney as making the case for himself,'' said William Galston, a political analyst who was a domestic policy aide to President Bill Clinton.
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When I was learning SQL, I remember reading that it should be pronounced just like the word sequel; however, I worked with a bunch of techs who seemed to prefer S-Q-L. Is there a proper convention for this?
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The first version/draft of SQL was in fact called Structured English Query Language and the acronym was SEQUEL. Due to trademark violations on the acronym, the name was changed to Structured Query Language and abbreviated as SQL.
So it was intended to be pronounced as SEQUEL at first. Nowadays it's a matter of preference. There is no standard set for it (yet).
Some urban legends say that the Structured Query Language was actually a sequel to the previous Query Language and that the SQL acronym is intended to be pronounced as sequel.
According to the Computer Contradictionary (Stan Kelly-Bootle, MIT Press, 1995), "those pronouncing SQL as \ess-kew-ell\ rather than \sequel\ are instantly revealed as charlatans incapable of confuting the six and seventy jarring normal forms. Those who have really suffered are allowed to say \squeal\ ".
In my experience, people coming from a Unix-y background (Postgres, MySQL) will be more likely to say "S-Q-L", while people from a Microsoft background (SQL Server) are more likely to say "Sequel".
Either. You say potato, I say pough-tagh-toe.
My nephew, who's a manager at Microsoft and who both knows a modest amount of SQL and hires many SQL programmers (SQL Server/TSQL, of course), was totally flummoxed when I brought up the 'Es Que El' argument. He'd never heard it said that way and assumed I knew nothing about it if I "didn't realize it was pronounced sequel". To him, it was as if you came in to interview about "C pound sign" programming.
You can laugh about his lack of depth on the origin of the term but he just might be representative of many hiring managers—and that's what counts! I've also done general techie contracts at Amazon.com (an Oracle house, not SQL Server ) in Seattle and sequel is what I hear there too, at least by the front line troops and in the Data Warehouse training films I've seen. (Disclaimer: I don't know what the actual production SQL people call it there.)
All I can say is that you might consider throwing both terms around when you're interviewing, then you can get all purist on them later.
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TYLER (January 1, 2013)—A Tyler officer shot and killed a man who pointed a handgun at him as police responded to a New Year's Eve report of numerous gunshots at a home, authorities said.
When police responded around midnight on New Year's Eve, they heard gunshots coming from behind the home and saw a man with a weapon, authorities said.
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If I store my vector GIS data in SQL-Server, what editors can I use to edit the GIS data?
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Have you seen the SQL Spatial Tools from Sharp GIS? Or did you have more advanced requirements?
Manifold will directly read and write SQL Server spatial data. I assume you are using 2008, but if not, Manifold will also let you use SQL 2005 (Geometries are varbinary(MAX) not SQLGeometry / SQLGeography in that case). They have a free CLR add-in that provides spatial indexing for 2005.
It supports multi-users, conflict resolution, etc.
We use it internally and I know many others who do too. It's stable and robust.
The development build of GDAL includes an OGR driver for SQL Server:
Your open-source (free) alternatives are a bit limited, you might be able to put something together with GeoServer (http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/data/index.html) as a viewer at least, if a web app is your intent. However many commercial GIS environments support SQL Server; a list of 'spatial partners' can be found here
TatukGIS Editor will edit geospatial data in most all spatial databases - Sql Server, Oracle, SDE, PostGIS, pGeodb,etc.
Also, the new Fgis, based on tatukgis editor, can edit/view Sql Server Spatial. It is only $99. http://fgis.tatukgisconsulting.com/
QGIS version 1.8 now has native (not using OGR) read/write/edit support for MS SQL 2008/2012
This will work on Windows, Linux, OS X. Although Linux and OS X require some more setup then what windows does due to the Qt ODBC driver.
You can try with AutoCAD Map (FDO). I use it for editing SQL Server 2008 spatial data. Currently I cant remember any other good editor for SQL Server spatial data editing.
I have used Manifold to edit SQL data, but it seems it actually grabs the table and brings the data into Manifold for edit (maybe stores it in memory?). When you save, it seems to write the whole table back to SQL.
I have used TatukGIS's Editor too. This does a very good job of just editing the selected records or writing the new records back to SQL. But I find the editing tools a little clunky.
I have also tried ArcGIS 10 via ArcSDE. Yes, you can tell ArcGIS to write the data as SQL Spatial format. But it wraps a lot of other tables around the data. PLUS, if you have a native SQL Spatial table, ArcGIS can not access it or edit it. It must run through Esri's GeoDatabase to be available to ArcGIS.
I would like to know if Quantum GIS built with the new OGR would allow for editing SQL Spatial. That would be a great solution.
To my opinion Manifold GIS is the most practicable solution for direct editing of SQL-Server geometries. Unfortunately they are now announcing a new Version for more than 18 months. So it is not really clear if you investment will be sustainable. But for the moment manifold is excellent.
if you want to do some coding mapdotnet.com offers read-write connectors to SQL-Server
Intergraph's GeoMedia suite of products support SQL Server databases. Since recently i.e., from January 2012, SQL Server 2008 spatial enhancements are also supported.
MapInfo Professional has been able to read and write data stored in a SQL Server 2008 database. This support has been included in MapInfo Professional since v10.0.
No middleware required, except an extra table in the database describing to MapInfo Pro how to read the data and how to display the data on a map (styles and so)
It is possible to create and edit simple features using a web OpenLayers front-end and passing WKT directly into SQL Server geometry fields.
You can also set ArcSDE to store geometries using Microsoft's CLR Spatial types (SqlGeometry/SqlGeography) instead on ESRI's binary format. Then you could use ArcGIS Desktop to edit the vector data.
You can edit SQL Server vector geometry data in ArcView without SDE using the "GISquirrel" extension (formerly known as ArcSquirrel). See www.gisquirrel.com
AFAIK, none support direct edition of SQL SERVER 2008 spatial data.
With ArcSDE installed in your DB you can edit your data in ArcGIS.
Perhaps someone with more sqlserver experience might give you better hints.


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Nothing is more basic to human well-being than having enough nutritious food to eat. Yet one in every eight people in the world — 842 million — are trapped in a cycle of hunger and poverty.
The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced. We distribute vouchers, cash or emergency rations, working with local suppliers to speed delivery, save money and boost local economies.
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Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
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At the second of three cash distributions in Niger, Mercy Corps staff heard that families have been able to eat one additional meal every day thanks to the support.
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We sent out a team to research why one drought-stricken community was coping so well. The findings were striking: When local conflict had been addressed, people were far better equipped to survive the drought.
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Mercy Corps teams are distributing emergency monthly vouchers to families in northern Mali that allow them to buy food on the local market. The money gets them a month's supply of the necessary basics they choose; most are stocking up on oil and rice.
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Mercy Corps teams are now providing desperately needed assistance in Mali to those who are struggling to find enough to eat.
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In Ida Adays village, our mobile health team weighed seven-month-old Nasteho Mohamed and found her to be malnourished. She weighed only 4kg, but at her age should be somewhere around 4.8kg.
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Farmer Selina Marie (right) carries tree saplings to plant throughout her farm, high in the mountainous community of Sibase.
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What is the exact probability that 5 players at a table will be dealt no clubs (or hearts or whatever) ?
Happened to me when all 5 community were all clubs (2,3,5,K,9), thereby a 5 way chop.
What is the exact probability that 5 players at a table will be dealt no clubs (or hearts or whatever) ?
Happened to me when all 5 community were all clubs (2,3,5,K,9), thereby a 5 way chop.
TL;DR Given a flush on the board, five players will split 19.7% of the time, or about once every 5 hands. Given a fresh deal, the deal will come up with a flush showing and a five-way split 0.0389% of the time, or once every 2,569 hands.
Some general probabilities
Overall odds that none of the five players have a given suit (say, hearts):
Overall odds that none of the five players have a given suit (say, hearts) and the board also has a flush of that suit (i.e., when you don't know whether the board will turn up with a flush):
Overall odds that the board has a flush in any suit, but none of the five players have a card from that suit:
Some background math on how to calculate the odds of various flush-showing scenarios
Odds that none of the five players have a given suit (say, hearts) when you already know that the board also has a flush of that suit:
This seems like it should be our answer, but we have to do some more math in second major section below. For example, it's possible to have a flush on the board and have one or more players have a card in that suit, but still chop because their card(s) are too low to play.
Okay, so what are the odds of an actual split when you know that the board is flush?
Figuring out the odds of a split pot given a flush on the board is much trickier. For example, if the board is A♥K♥Q♥J♥9♥, then the question is: what are the odds none of the players has the T♥? Obviously, any player with T♥ would win with a straight flush. Likewise, if the board is A♥K♥Q♥J♥5♥, then there's still a chop even if someone has the 4♥, but not if they have the 6♥.
Here's how we calculate this:
We need to know the odds of each of these outcomes. For example, if we know the board has a flush, what are the odds it's a 10-low (straight) flush? A 9-low flush? etc.
So, the odds of a split given a flush on the board are:
So, the answer is that the probability of a 5-way chop when there is a flush on the board is .19653, or about 1 every 5 hands.
Note: technically, I have oversimplified very slightly here. It's possible for a player to have an in-suit card higher than the lowest card on the board and still get a chop, because the board could be a straight flush. For example, a player holds A♥ and the board is T♥9♥8♥7♥6♥ -- it's still a chop. The math here gets to be a pain, however, and has a very, very tiny impact on the overall calculation, so I've skipped it for simplicity. Some back of the envelope calculations puts the change at around 0.17% (P=0.001750364), or an additional 1 hand per 571, making the total probability 0.19828, or still around 1 in 5 hands.
Overall odds of a flush board and a five-way chop
We're almost to a general answer of the question, "How likely is it that a hand will have a flush board and split?" The answer is:
In other words, starting from a fresh deal, approximately one hand in every 2,569 will be a five-way chop with a flush on the board.
I think the real question here is with a 5 card flush on the board what is the chance that out of 5 players none have one of the remaining 8 flush cards? The answer is 12.3%
The odds of player one's first card is not a flush suit is 39 of the remaining 47. We can see 5 cards, so 52-5 = 47 available cards. Of those 47 there are eight flush cards remaining so 47 – 8 = 39. That the second also is not a flush card would be 38 out 46. Multiply both fractions for the one player result of 0.685476. 68.5%.
Continue with player #2: 37/45 * 36/44 then multiply player one's odds for a total of 46.1% for two players.
The third player has 35/43 * 34/42 then multiply the previous values for a total of 30.4%. The fourth player has 33/41 * 32/40 then multiply the previous values for a total of 19.6%. The fifth player has 31/39 * 30/38 then multiply the previous values for a final total of 12.3%.
To continue, if 10 players were still in, it is only a 0.7% chance of no other flushes.


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I think we usually read them as さんねんど, きゅうねんど etc. I've never heard anyone say ゼロさんねんど or ゼロきゅうねんど. I think we write that way to differentiate (西暦/A.D.)03年度 from (平成)3年度.


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I understand that a hyperbola can be defined as the locus of all points on a plane such that the absolute value of the difference between the distance to the foci is $2a$, the distance between the two vertices.
In the simple case of a horizontal hyperbola centred on the origin, we have the following:
$\frac{x^2}{a^2} - \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1$
$c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2} = a\varepsilon = a\sqrt{1 + \frac{b^2}{a^2}}$
The foci lie at $(\pm c, 0)$.
Now, if I'm not wrong about that, then this should be pretty basic algebra, but I can't see how to get from the above to an equation given a point $(x,y)$ describing the difference in distances to the foci as being $2a$. While I actually do care about the final result, how to get there is more important.
Why do I want to know this? Well, I'd like to attempt trilateration based off differences in distance rather than fixed radii.


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Are you thinking of OnLive?
http://www.spoon.net/ perhaps ? :)
I doubt such a service exists. For business applications hosting them offsite on VMs is a cinch. There are no graphics and rarely videos. But for games, the bandwidth would be too intensive. Imagine trying to play Modern Warfare over the internet. Either you would have insane lag as your computer tries to download intensive graphics real-time or you would have to set the settings to bare minimums or not be able to play. I did notice that spoon.net (as previously stated) had several games that were less intensive. That may be your best bet at finding this service.


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Posted 09 February 2009 - 03:20 PM
I found myself thinking about your references to the apparent "spontaneity" of steps and phrasing during the founding generation at NYCB. Regarding "Agon," I wonder whether the way they danced then isn't a result of the experience of having the steps created on one's own body -- or having been in the room (or down the hall) when they were created on someone else's.
ALL the posts on this thread have been extremely helpful to anyone watching the NYCB -- live today or in its rare videos from the past -- or even watching Balanchine performances around the world. Style evolves. It's important to keep an awareness of HOW this process occurs, so that a style doesn't move too far from its origins, its specialness.
Miliosr's recent topic about the homogenization of styles at the major international companies is a warning of what can happen if you aren't careful.
Posted 10 February 2009 - 07:41 PM
Thanks, liebling, for that beautifully and carefully observed post. I can't imagine how this thread got lost 2 years ago, especially with all the long-term New York City Ballet fans we have on Ballet Talk.
Well, Bart, I'm glad you found the thread!
My own 1.5 cents: no preparation before turns, slight tilt of the head ("as if you are going to be kissed", best exemplified [IMHO] by Helene Alexopoulis), very clearly articulated footwork.
I do recall hearing that one image he gave for the hand was to try to imagine you were holding a ball. I'm sure he said different things at different times -- he responded "in the moment!"
It occurs to me that the Company tries to preserve the Balanchine style predominantly for his ballets -- other choreographers may ask for different things. Who now choreographs such delicate, elaborate footwork? (Wheeldon? -- I'm not familiar with too many other new choreographers.)
Posted 10 February 2009 - 07:59 PM
Not so much no preparation, rather a preparation from an elegant lunge instead of the "double squat." It drives me nuts to see a dancer start a pirouette from a 4th pos. demi-plie in a Balanchine work. In any work, actually, since Mr. B's dancers have proved the unflattering position unnecessary.
My own 1.5 cents: no preparation before turns ...
Haven't you heard, ViolinConcerto? Such footwork is so 20th century! Or 19th.
. . . very clearly articulated footwork. ... Who now choreographs such delicate, elaborate footwork?
Posted 10 February 2009 - 11:32 PM
Not so much no preparation, rather a preparation from an elegant lunge instead of the "double squat." It drives me nuts to see a dancer start a pirouette from a 4th pos. demi-plie in a Balanchine work. In any work, actually, since Mr. B's dancers have proved the unflattering position unnecessary.
My own 1.5 cents: no preparation before turns ...
the difference is not just in the plie, but also in the arms.
Instead of curved arms, balanchine style, at least as it was taught at SAB, is to have arms pretty much fully extended in the preparation, and then, instead of bringing the arms in to a typical first position, the arms are brought closer to the body, overlapping, as one often sees dancers do in partnered pirouettes so as not to whack their partner.
At least this was what was taught in the 90s at the school.
Posted 11 February 2009 - 07:47 AM
Posted 11 February 2009 - 10:49 AM
It's the same line if you're approximately at the same level as the dancer/s and directly opposite. If you're watching from a higher tier or off to a side, it's quite different.
The plié really does not bother me, as it is the same line one sees during a plié in 5th, and people seem to only find it offensive during pirouettes from 4th. Upon landing an échappé to 4th, it is possible to keep the back knee straight, but no one has complained about that yet, so I don't think it can really be all that bad.
Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:02 AM
Posted 25 April 2009 - 11:03 PM
I'll try to keep my comments on this thread minimal, as we all know my opinion of Balanchine and especially NYCB. However, I have technical experience with this style, so I can mention certain stylistic details that were taught to me.
I'd like to note re: the Ashley quote above that "clean" is relative and that NYCB's footwork, while certainly fast, is not necessarily clean, speaking strictly in terms of classical ballet technique.
Leigh is absolutely correct in noting that the arms are held further back than in other styles. Hands are rounded, in the old Romantic style, with the fingers spread well apart. Their basic relationship to each other is similar to the Vaganova hand position: the little finger is raised the highest, while the middle finger is lowest to connect with the thumb, for example. However, the thumb and middle finger are rounded to form a circle (they do not touch, however) the palm is rounded, and the fingers are spread so as to make the hand appear large. The use of the wrists is quite baroque; often they are flexed. The elbows are straight, not relaxed, in allongé positions, and the head is not necessarily coordinated with the arms in all movements, especially at the barre or during petit allegro. The weight is carried very far forward.
Pliés are usually performed with the heels off the floor, especially during jumps (though the extent of this can depend on the teacher); theoretically, this allows the dancer to perform a "3/4" plié and therefore perform a larger jump. Feet are often slightly winged, and when performing "a terre" movements, they do not go through the demi-pointe position; however, the demi-pointe is emphasized heavily in pointe work. Fifth position is crossed very far indeed, as are all movements in which one leg is raised to the front or back. In arabesque, particularly first arabesque, the shoulder above the supporting leg is allowed to reach forward, and the opposite shoulder is allowed to extend back. The hips are also opened in arabesque. Movements are quick and sharp, though not necessarily very exact. Balanchine dancers often dance just slightly ahead of the music unless it is extremely fast.
Posted 25 April 2009 - 11:10 PM
Maybe it's because my original training was Balanchine, but I can always see the preparation before a pirouette. It takes a little longer to do a pirouette from the lunge, especially when the dancer is on pointe, and so the position of the preparation is more obvious. However, with a plié the preparation can be very fast--down and right back up. I recall at an audition I attended, there was a woman from SAB, and during the pointe section there was a combination given with a steady 2/4 rhythm. She couldn't stay on the music because her lunge preparation took an extra beat. So it depends on whether you want speed or a nicer line. The plié really does not bother me, as it is the same line one sees during a plié in 5th, and people seem to only find it offensive during pirouettes from 4th. Upon landing an échappé to 4th, it is possible to keep the back knee straight, but no one has complained about that yet, so I don't think it can really be all that bad.
Wow...your thoughts do provide some valid insights, even though I will always prefer a straight back leg piroutte preparation. So true about echappe to 4th!
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Local Chapters and Groups
Chapters and Groups
All APS members and friends are welcome to attend chapter and group meetings. Programs on various aspects of Primula knowledge are presented at each meeting. Joining a local chapter or group is a great way of making new friends, learning about primulas and obtaining plants and seeds. Please call the contact person in your area.
Juneau Chapter: Paul Dick, President
Box 33077, Juneau, AK 99803-3077
Tel: 907-789-2299907-789-2299
Tacoma Chapter: Cy Happy III, President
[This chapter is currently under reorganization]
11617 Gravelly Lake Dr.
Tacoma, WA 98499
Tel: 253-588-2585253-588-2585
New England Chapter: Rodney Barker, Co-President
49 Woodcliff Rd.
Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Tel:: 617-244-6949
Amy Olmsted, Contact Person for Membership
421 Birch Rd.
Hubbardton, VT 05733
Telephone: 802-273-3392802-273-3392
British Columbia Group: Maedythe Martin, President
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MARLIN (November 13, 2012)--The water situation in Marlin is beginning to show slight signs of improvement, but officials say strict water conservation measures remain in effect.
Marlin Fire Department Lt. Justin E. Parker said Tuesday in spite of improving conditions a boil order also remains in place until further notice.
Parker said on Monday five employees from the City of Marlin Fire Department, four employees of Marlin's water treatment facility, three Marlin Public Works employees, one Citizens Emergency Response Team member, one volunteer, three pipe contractors and three General Electric personnel worked until midnight to complete the hook-up of a G.E. portable package water treatment plant.
The temporary plant went into service at midnight Tuesday morning.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has allowed the city to run its water treatment plant and the G.E. package plant simultaneously to ensure that water levels are increasing in the city's water storage facilities.
The temporary arrangement will remain in operation until technicians arrive to begin repairs, which are estimated to take four days, Parker said.
Parker said if no additional parts are required for repair; Marlin's water treatment plant should fully back on line by Sunday.
The temporary G.E. package plant will remain in use as a backup at the plant until approximately late this month, Parker said.


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As we are told to see the good in everything, I struggle to find good in an issue this president masks with his agenda under the veil of womens' rights. His administration falsely speaks as if it is behind the majority of women in America but they are not speaking for me or the millions of women against this administration.
I have seen firsthand how harmful abortion is to women. I have seen women distraught and depressed after seeking help from Planned Parenthood, which convinced them they needed an abortion that they now regret. If you do not know, Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the United States, making money from aborting the lives of unwanted children. If you want more concrete information of their immoral practices, read "Unplanned" by Abby Johnson, a former director of Planned Parenthood who witnessed their practices firsthand. Their motive isn't to help women in the long run. They do not provide mammograms but instead low-dose birth control that often results in pregnancy and then, at that point they recommend abortions. There are many other agencies that provide real care for women, care that aids them when they are most in need both short and long term. Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion president we have ever had and his lack of concern for the unborn and for life should alarm every voter and every woman. This is a serious issue that cannot be overlooked.
Other alarming issues include the debt he has put us in and how he wants people to be dependent on the government. Our country was forged for all men and women to be independent and have religious freedom, but that is not the path Obama has our country on. We need to step back and educate ourselves and see what he is really doing to us and our country. Ask yourself what you would do if a new high school football coach in our area had four losing seasons. Would we be so earnest to give him another four years?
We do need a change and that change is getting him out of office and giving our country the chance it deserves. We have an obligation to get the original plan for America back to where our forefathers wrote for us in our constitution. Don't let our democracy be destroyed. We must fight for the truth. We must fight for our children and family by each playing a part in saving America by voting him out of office.
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Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher sold millions of records in the 1950s (most notably "Oh, My Pa-pa" and "Any Time," but he will perhaps best be remembered for breaking wife Debbie Reynolds' heart (they were dubbed America's Favorite Couple) when he dumped her for Elizabeth Taylor. The scandal sidetracked his career. Shades of Jen/Brad/Angelina, no one took Fisher's side. Daughter Carrie would become a movie star and celebrated author/talk show guest. (credit: AP)
Stephen J. Cannell Stephen J. Cannell produced some of the most iconic TV shows like "The A-Team" and "21 Jump Street." Cannell died at 69 from complications associated with melanoma. (credit: David Livingston/Getty Images)
Tony Curtis Hollywood legend Tony Curtis died in September at the age of 85. To this generation, he was Jamie Lee Curtis' dad. But to the generation pre, he was a major movie star who was adept in both comedy ("Some Like It Hot" opposite Jack Lemmon) or drama ("The Defiant Ones" opposite Sidney Poitier.) Curtis wrote several acclaimed autobiographies (where he chronicled his battles with drugs and alcohol) and was also acclaimed for his many art works. (credit: AP)
Gloria Stuart Gloria Stuart, who played Old Rose in the 1997 Oscar-winning blockbuster "Titanic" died September 27 at the age of 100. Stuart was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 after surviving an earlier bout with breast cancer. She had retired from films in 1946 after what she called a string of "stupid parts with nothing to do." At 87, Stuart became the oldest actress to be nominated for an Oscar. (credit: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
John Wooden Legendary basketball coach John Wooden died June 4. He was 99. He was the first person put into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and a coach. He led UCLA to ten NCAA championships in a 12-year period. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Johnny Maestro Brooklyn-born Johnny Maestro, the crooner best known for the 50s era hits "16 Candles" and "The Worst That Could Happen." died in March at 70. He battled cancer for several years. (credit: AP)
Harold Gould Harold Gould, most known for playing Rhoda's dad in the 70's sitcom as well as playing the con man in the movie "The Sting," died in September at age 86. Gould, who had been nomintated for five Emmys, also played Betty White's boyfriend on "The Golden Girls" and most recently guest-starred on shows like "Nip/Tuck" and "Cold Case." (credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy, who is perhaps best known for starring in "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers", died in Hyannis Port, September 11 at the age of 96. His career spanned seven decades and he was also known for roles in "Distinguished Gentleman," "UHF" and "The Twilight Zone" movie. He was also a Golden Globe winner and Oscar-nominee for playing Biff in the 1951 adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." (credit: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Harold Dow Harold Dow (second from left) and colleagues from "48 Hours" Erin Moriarty, Susan Spencer, Peter Van Sant and Bill Lagattuta, shown in 2000. Dow died August 20 of adult onset asthma. The long-time CBS News correspondent -- he worked for the network for 40 years -- was 62. Dow was married and leaves behind three children. (credit: AP)
Ilene Woods Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella in Disney's animated classic, has died. She was 81.
Justin Mentell Actor Justin Mentell, who appeared on the TV show "Boston Legal," was killed in an SUV crash in Wisconsin on Feb. 1, 2010. (credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)
John Murtha Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died on Feb. 8, 2010, after suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha, a retired Marine Corps, became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. He was an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
J.D. Salinger J.D. Salinger, who authored "The Catcher in the Rye" in 1951, passed away on Jan. 28, 2010. The reclusive writer died of natural causes, according to his son.
Howard Zinn Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist "A People's History of the United States" became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts, died of a heart attack on Jan. 27, 2010. He was 87. (credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Louis Auchincloss Prolific author Louis Auchincloss, seen in this May 2, 2000 file photo, died of a stroke on Jan. 27, 2010. He was 92. (credit: George De Sota/Liaison)
Miep Gies Miep Gies died Jan. 11, 2010, from a neck injury suffered when she fell the previous month, the Anne Frank House museum said. She was 100 and had been one of the few people still alive who knew Anne Frank, whom she hid from the Nazis for two years. (credit: AP)
Merlin Olsen Merlin Olsen carries the Olympic Flame during the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Torch Relay in Kearns, Utah. Olsen was a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the LA Rams famed "Fearsome Foursome." After his succesful football career, Olsen went into broadcasting -- as a color commentator -- and acting. He had a recurring role on "Little House on the Prairie" (1977-1981) and his own series, "Father Murphy" (1981-1983). He died in March at the age of 69. (credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
Kathryn Grayson Actress Kathryn Grayson reportedly carried on a steamy affair with billionaire Howard Hughes throughout much of the 1950s. She died at 88 in February. Grayson died of natural causes in her LA home. Through the 40s and 50s, she lit up movie musicals with a lilting soprano in such films as "Showboat," "Kiss Me Kate," and "Anchors Away." (credit: AP)
Jean Biden Vice President Joe Biden and his mother, Jean Finnegan Biden, pictured in this 2008 file photo. Mrs. Biden passed away Jan. 8, 2010, at the family's Delaware home. She was 92. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Doug Fieger Doug Fieger, leader of the pop rock band The Knack, performs at the Countdown Spectacular 2 at Rod Laver Arena on Aug. 30, 2007, in Melbourne, Australia. Fieger died Feb. 15th at his home in Woodland Hills. He was 57. The Knack was, perhaps, best known for the 1979 hit "My Sharona." (credit: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)
Corey Haim Actor Corey Haim arrives at the 3rd Annual Avant Garde Fashion Show at Boulevard3 on March 19, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Haim died March 10 of an apparent accidental drug overdose, although the official cause in pending. Haim, the star of such 80s fare as "Lucas" and "The Lost Boys" had spent years battling drug addiction. (credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Robert Parker Author Robert Parker, seen in this 2006, file photo, died Jan. 19, 2010. Parker, a crime novelist who helped revive the hard-boiled genre and branded a tough guy of his own through his "Spenser" series, was 77. It was unclear what lead to his death. (credit: AP)
Pernell Roberts Pernell Roberts, who starred in "Bonanza" and "Trapper John, M.D.," died on Jan. 25, 2010, at the age of 81. He was suffering from cancer. (credit: AP)
Alexander McQueen British designer Alexander McQueen acknowledges the audience after his Fall-Winter 2010-2011 Menswear collection on January 18, 2010 during the Men's fashion week in Milan. The renowned and controversial designer was 40 when was found dead in his London home in February. (credit: Damien Meyer/Getty Images)
Peter Graves Actor Peter Graves attends the Golden Boot Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 12, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. Graves died of an apparent heart attack outside his Los Angeles home on March 14, publicist Sandy Brokaw said. He was 83. (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Casey Johnson Casey Johnson attends the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release 'Malice N Wonderland' party at Vanguard on Dec. 8, 2009, in Hollywood, Calif. Johnson reportedly died of natural causes on Jan. 5, 2010. (credit: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
John Forsythe Actor John Forsythe died April 1 at the age of 92. The handsome, dashing actor will be remembered for a host of things, most notably as the suave Blake Carrington on "Dynasty", "Bachelor Father" and the voice of Charlie on "Charlie's Angels." For a short while, Forsythe was also a public address announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (credit: Lucy Nicholson/Getty Images)
Jaime Escalante Jaime Escalante, the Garfield High math teacher who inspired the 1988 hit film "Stand and Deliver," died of bladder cancer in March. He was 79. Edward James Olmos played Escalante in the movie and the two became friends. Olmos, in fact, was instrumental in raising money for Escalante to help pay his medical expenses. (credit: AP)
Fess Parker Actor Fess Parker died at his Santa Ynez home of natural causes March 18, 2010. He was 85. He is pictured here being honored on the "50th anniversary of the debut of Davy Crockett" at Disneyland on Dec. 15, 2004 in Anaheim, Calif. (credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Dixie Carter Actress Dixie Carter leaves behind her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, and two daughters. She was 70. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
David Mills One of prime time TV's most prolific writers, David Mills died March 31 of a brain aneurysm. The 48-year-old Mills died weeks before his latest show, "Treme", was set to debut. (He was also the co-executive producer.) Mills was a journalist by trade who was drawn to TV after he wrote a script for "Homicide: Life On The Street." He followed that up with stints as a writer on "The Wire," "ER," "NYPD Blue" and "Kingpin", which he created, to name just a few. He also wrote the blog "Undercover Black Man." (credit: AP)
Daryl Gates Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, whose storied career ended with the Rodney King beating and 1992 Los Angeles riots, died April 16 after a short battle with cancer. He was 83. (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Robert Culp Robert Culp, the versatile actor who teamed with Bill Cosby in the groundbreaking comedy-adventure TV series "I Spy," died in March. He was 79. Police say he hit his head in a fall while walking near his home. (credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Christopher Cazenove A week after "half-brother" John Forsythe died at 92, Christopher Cazenove -- best known in the States for playing Blake Carrington's long-lost sibling on "Dynasty" -- died in London from complications from septicaemia. Cazenove was 64. (credit: Chris Weeks/Getty Images)
Abbey Lincoln Noted jazz singer Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Woolridge) performs at the Jazz At Lincoln Centers Concert For Hurricane Katrina Relief at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 17, 2005 in New York City. She died August 14 at the age of 80. While remembered for her singing, Lincoln was also an actress (she starred in many 60s era films, most notably opposite Sidney Poitier in "For Love of Ivy") and civil rights activist. (credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)
Art Linkletter Art Linkletter, host of TV show "People Are Funny," died at the age of 97 in Los Angeles. (credit: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)
Lynn Redgrave Actress Lynn Redgrave, who became a 1960s sensation as the title character of "Georgy Girl" died on May 2, 2010 at the age of 67 after battling breast cancer for seven years. She is pictured here attending Playbill's 125 Anniversary at the Bon Appetit Supper Club and Cafe on September 21, 2009 in New York City. (credit: Matt Carr/Getty Images)
Lena Horne Iconic singer and actress Lena Horne died May 9, 2010 at the age of 92. (credit: AP)
Pitcher Jose Lima The Los Angeles Dodgers said former pitcher Jose Lima died on May 23, 2010 of an apparent heart attack. Lima was 37. He is pictured here during the National League Division Series Game Four against the St. Louis Cardinals on October 10, 2004 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Helen Wagner Helen Wagner starred as matriarch Nancy Hughes on CBS's "As The World Turns" for more than 50 years in the same role. She died May 2 at the age of 91. Wagner said the first words uttered on the soap when it premiered on April 2, 1956, "Good morning, dear." 2010 was particularly cruel to longtime soap vets. James Mitchell (he played Palmer on "All My Children") and Frances Reid (she played Alice on "Days of our Lives") also died. (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Gary Coleman Actor Gary Coleman died at the age of 42 on Friday, May 28, 2010, after having been hospitalized in critical condition at a Utah hospital. The actor is best known for his stint on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes," which aired from 1978 to 1986. (credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Edwin Valero World Boxing Council (WBC) World Champion of the Lightweight division Edwin Valero, of Venezuela, celebrates after winning against interim champion Mexican Antonio DeMarco on Feb. 6, 2010, in Monterrey, Mexico. After being arrested April 17, 2010 on suspicion of killing his wife in Venezuela, Valero, then 28, committed suicide in his jail cell, reportedly by cutting up his clothes and fashioning a noose around his neck. (credit: Omar Torres/Getty Images)
Dennis Hopper Actor Dennis Hopper died at his Venice, California home on May 29, 2010 after a long battle with prostate cancer. (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Ronnie James Dio Ronnie James Dio died May 16, 2010 at the age of 67. Last summer, Dio revealed that he was suffering from stomach cancer shortly after wrapping up a tour in Atlantic City, N.J. with the latest incarnation of Black Sabbath, under the name Heaven And Hell. Dio is pictured here performing on stage during a concert in Oslo, on June 04, 2009. (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
George Steinbrenner George Steinbrenner rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America. He died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, days after celebrating his 80th birthday July 4. (credit: Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean was a country singer who first made a name for himself with the smash 60s' era hit "Big Bad John." After he stopped recording, he went into the hog business and began selling Jimmy Dean sausage. He sold the company to Sara Lee for a small fortune and continued on as spokesperson until a falling out in 2003. In the early 90s, his net worth was estimated at $75 million. He died June 13. Dean was 81. (credit: AP)
Bobby Thompson New York Giants slugger Bobby Thomson hit what was called "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" in 1951 when his home run dashed the hopes of the Brooklyn Dodgers and kept them from going to the World Series. At various times, the home run was called "the" most famous in baseball history, as well as Giants' announcer Russ Hodges memorable and breathless call, "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" Thomson died August 16 at the age of 86. (credit: AP)
Rue McClanahan Actress Rue McClanahan died in June at the age of 76 after suffering a major stroke. McClanahan starred on TV's popular "The Golden Girls" and before that, co-starred with "Golden Girls" co-star Bea Arthur in the sitcom "Maude." (credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Robert Byrd Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., looks towards a passing airplane as he takes part in a September 11th Remembrance Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol to honor those who lost their lives and saved others in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Actress Patricia Neal Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Aug. 8, 2010, reportedly of lung cancer. She was 84. (credit: AP)
Edith Shain Edith Shain stands in Times Square in front of a statue of her famous kiss with a sailor on V-J Day at the end of World War II on Aug. 11, 2005, in New York City. She died June 2010 at the age of 91. Many men stepped up over the years to say they were the sailor in the famous shot (that also made the cover of Life Magazine) but it was never confirmed who the man was. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Ted Stevens Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history who lost his seat after a corruption conviction that was later dismissed, was killed Aug. 10, 2010 in a small plane crash in Alaska. He was 86. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Bob Sheppard Revered Yankee Stadium public address announcer, Bob Sheppard, has died. Sheppard's impeccable introductions of stars earned him the nickname "The Voice of God." He was believed to be 99. He is pictured here addressing fans from his home by videotape during the last regular season game at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 21, 2008. (credit: Don Emmert/Getty Images)
Ali "Ollie" Woodson Former Temptations lead singer Ali "Ollie" Woodson died on May 30, 2010 after a long battle with leukemia. (credit: Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
Barbara Billingsley Barbara Billingsley, who played the beloved mother June Cleaver to a pair of precocious boys on "Leave It To Beaver," died Oct. 16, 2010 in Santa Monica. (credit: AP)
Jill Clayburgh Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress who starred on Broadway, TV and films including "An Unmarried Woman" and "Dirty Sexy Money," died November 5, 2010 after a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She was 66.
James Bacon James Bacon, who began his career at The Associated Press in the 1940s and spent 75 years chronicling Hollywood's biggest stars as a reporter, author and syndicated columnist, died Sept. 18, 2010. He was 96. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Edwards Elizabeth Edwards died Dec. 7, 2010, after a six-year battle with breast cancer. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Leslie Nielsen Leslie Nielsen died on Nov. 28 after being hospitalized for pneumonia. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)
Ronni Chasen Prominent Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was shot several times in the chest before her car careened into a light pole along Sunset Boulevard on Nov. 16. Chasen promoted the Academy Award-winning film, "Driving Miss Daisy" among other acclaimed movies. (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Irvin Kershner Beloved director Irvin Kershner died on Nov. 29 at the age of 87. Kershner directed the second Star Wars film "The Empire Strikes Back." (credit: JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Blake Edwards Director Blake Edwards (L) passed away of complications from pneumonia at the age of 88 on Dec. 15. (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Mario Monicelli Italian Director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli died on Nov. 29, at the age of 95. Monicelli reportedly jumped to his death from a hospital window after being admitted to a hospital for treatment of prostate cancer. (credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
Tom Bosley Actor Tom Bosley, best known for his role as Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days" died on Oct. 19, at the age of 83. (credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Greg Giraldo American stand-up comedian Greg Giraldo died on Sept. 29, at the age of 44 after overdosing on prescription pills. (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Rich Cronin Singer Rich Cronin died from leukemia on Sept. 8, at the age of 35. He was best known as the frontman for the boy band, LFO. (credit Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for LEVIEV)
Andrew Koenig "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig was found dead in Vancouver after being declared missing. (credit: Vancouver Police Department/AP)
Frances Reid "Days of Our Lives" star Frances Reid died early February at the age of 95. (credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Jean Simmons Actress Jean Simmons died of lung cancer at the age of 80 on Jan. 22. (credit: AP)
Jennifer Lyon "Survivor: Palua" contestant Jennifer Lyon died in January after losing her battle with breast cancer. Lyon was 37. (credit: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)
Bud Greenspan Bud Greenspan, the filmmaker whose documentaries often soared as triumphantly as the Olympic athletes he chronicled for more than six decades, died at his home in New York City on December 26. He was 84. (credit: AP)
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NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Teena Marie performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Teena MarieSinger/songwriter Teena Marie, best known for the 1984 smash "Lovergirl," and one-time Rick James protegee, died December 26 at the age of 54. (credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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A Guide to Contemporary Southwest Indians
Code: G0800 Author: Bernard Fontana Publisher: Western National Parks Association ISBN: 9781877856778 Soft cover: 88 pages, 9" x 12'.
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Detailed information for 46 Indian reservations in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. Listing for national parks, state parks, and museums featuring Southwest Indian themes. Includes information on festivals and cultural events. ^~Author: Bernard Fontana ^~Publisher: Western National Parks Association ^~ISBN: 9781877856778 ^~Soft cover: 88 pages, 9" x 12'.


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Long time ago I've seen a book on group theory and there was an appendix about rubik cube. I remember there were only three steps that enabled me to solve my cube (three strings with letters encoding some rotation). I don't remember them now and I can't google something similar either (I find only very long and complicated solutions). Can somebody tell me what those steps may have been?
EDIT: Maybe this helps: I've remembered that first subroutine involved swapping edges to make crosses on each side, and the last (the longest) is rotating three corners on front side. The second was about rotating colors on corners in place or something like that.


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I just purchased a 1985 Suzuki gs300l. When I put gas in the tank it immediately started pouring out the drain tube that is connected to the air box. What is wrong and how can I fix it?
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After they've been sitting for a extended amount of time, the floats in the carburetors tend to stick or if the tank isn't cleaned properly before filling it'll for the first time after a long off season it could allow some debris to get into one of the jets causing it to not take fuel (become clogged).
In turn, causing the fuel to backup and fill up the air-box. If this is the case the carburetor will have to removed, disassembled and cleaned, replacing all the gaskets as you go. When you put the bike back together you might want to think of investing in an inline fuel filter to prevent this issue from reoccurring.
If it is not losing fuel from the carburetor then there are rubber seals inside the gas tank that spend their entire lives covered in fuel. Over time these seals will shrink and crack and dry out. Especially if the tank is ran low a lot and if it sits for an extended period of time without any fuel in it. The fuel keeps the rubber lubricated. They sell rebuild kits for the tanks and also for the carburetors. You should be looking into getting yourself one of these kits.
I've tried looking for a link but couldn't find anything that I felt worthy enough to give. Google is your best friend on finding these parts. Best of luck.


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I know how I can send files to a specific directory on a remote server using ssh, but I don't know how to specify it.
There are a few methods.
The simplest way if you're just transferring a file once in a while.
I guess the only real advantage to using this is that you can transfer multiple files without typing in your SSH password all the time. (If you don't use a keyring that is)
If you're going to be regularly transferring files take a look at
But take a look at the man page as there are tons of options.
Finally, there is a
Technically, the answer to your question is that you must specify where the file is. There is no magic.
For instance with SCP (which uses the SSH protocol) you would specify username@systemname:pathtofile
SCP then logs in to the system that you specify using the username and follows the path that you specify to find the file.