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Often in coding, I find it very slow and difficult to detect the root cause of a bug and sometimes I end up going to wrong point in my code. It's painful. I know that to detect the root cause of a bug is a very important skill for programmers. Does anybody have a trick or technique to suggest a good way of finding the root cause?
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Ask why a lot, and keep asking it until the problem is clear.
This technique is often referred to as "5 Whys". You can read more about "5 Whys" on wikipedia.
You might also be interested in reading answers to the question What is your most useful technique for finding (or preventing) bugs?
Testing a huge project at once will give you a headache. The best way to detect root cause of problem is to test the smallest units individually. When all the smallest units are correct then test bigger units made by 2 of them and so on till you get to the top.
Make a habit of maintaining test cases for all units so that if a new bug appears after you change some part then you don't have to write the whole thing again. You can apply the tests to see what is the problem and exactly where.
Maintaining individual modules separately with their test cases can be save you a lot of problems in the long runs. When you want to make changes make changes in the smallest units, test them and then use them.
That can help you in the long run. Believe me, I didn't have the habit of maintaining testing code alongwith the code and it made my life hell. I am trying to fix it. Don't make the same mistake.
Yeah nice question though may sound very abstract or poorly directed. However if it is directed or not, again depends your perspective.
Yess debugging is very very important skill. The best/perfect way to deal with them is to have holistic view to them, strategizing for them - along their life cycle.
I dont want to be theoretical here. To start with we can start with their source.
Bugs are introduces by us - developers, due to
Lack of understanding of domain and ignorance (unintentional - may be due to working under pressure etc.) are easy to deal with. Having solid technical understanding really takes nerves. Yess really. If you dont trust me just start off with JavaScript and try to master it. Its the most quirky/confusing language but still runs the World Wide Web. I am trying to learn it for many months and I believe am not even done with 5% of it yet. Just for an idea about how things may be confusing, you can have a look at how confusing but still interesting the behavior of
Apart from understanding of tech other development habits like following coding/development standards, conventions (to which others adhere to and expect things to be in a specific way), proper design patterns will ease the development efforts -> leading to cleaner codebase -> less confusion -> thus effectively resulting/introducing in less bugs.
The next important thing is mastering debugging tools. Many developers do not take dedicated efforts to learn debugging tools. Every technology today have very sophisticated debugging tools. If you master one you can easily replicate the same skills in other technology. For example I first learnt Visual Studio features like Autos, Locals, Breakpoints, Conditional breakpoints, Watches, Thread Window etc. These feature concepts follow similar names in other IDEs. So I was able to very quickly use same stuff in Eclipse. The same follows in web debuggers like Chrome developer tools, Firebug. However there are many technology related stuff too like Profilers and element inspectors in web debuggers. Also Visual Studio 2012-2013 brings many new features that really need very dedicated efforts to completely understand them and practice them.
So thats my second point:
If you know technology well, you know what you want to accomplish (business scenario/ domain knowledge) and if you know how to track things when they misbehave, you are a king.
Also there is no doubt there are these obvious factors - experience and practice. But more conscious you are while learning and developing more quicker you will be in tracking things.
As a personal experience - when I was working a lot on JSP, Expression Language and related stuff I was able to tell them what might be going wrong just by listening to their problem behavior. So soon you start recognizing things quickly.
And whenever I stuck in some weirdly behaving code, I put breakpoint before it, hit debug, when breakpoint is hit check if all locals and globals have desired value and then step through each line looking for any changes that happens to those locals and globals.
Finally we have google: attach "best practices" to technology name, hit search and keep reading like this.
A trick or something? Well sort of - breakpoints and step throughs always helped me. Sometimes when I dont understand whats going wrong I take snapshot of suspicious behavior I find (but dont understand completely) while stepping through and put that snapshot with explaination on stackoverflow. :) Or else you can use tools like JSFiddle to explain problem in action. After all what you want is to get things fixed quickly and properly. ;p
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today commented on the Department of Defense's release of documents concerning Elena Kagan's obstruction of military recruiting at Harvard Law School.
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"Since the day Ms. Kagan was nominated, President Obama's administration has attempted to not only defend Ms. Kagan's discriminatory treatment of the military, but to do so through misleading and even untrue statements. Indeed, Vice President Biden said Ms. Kagan's policy was 'right,' and suggested she was merely following the law.
"The recent comment made by the White House after the release of relevant Department of Defense records is arguably the most troubling so far. These records not only prove that Ms. Kagan deliberately obstructed military activity during wartime, as Republicans have said, but reveal that her actions are even more concerning than previously known.
"Yet the White House had the temerity to declare that these records show that Ms. Kagan worked to 'accommodate military recruiters,' to 'assiduously follow the law,' and 'ensure that Harvard law students could choose a career in military service.' The documents themselves show these statements are false and are part of a campaign to rewrite her history at Harvard.
"The documents show that Ms. Kagan reversed Harvard's policy, without basis or notice, in order to block the access of recruiters—not to accommodate them. They show that she defied federal law, forcing the Department of Defense use its legal authority to bring Harvard into compliance.
They show that she did not ensure access to military careers, but that the Office of Career Services prevented the military from even posting a job opening. They show that she sanctioned a demeaning, second-class entry system for the military that the Department of Defense made clear was intolerable.
"The documents also show that Ms. Kagan continued to fight military recruitment even when her defiance of the law meant that Harvard could lose half a billion dollars—only to be overruled by Harvard's president.
"It is clear that the primary objective of the Law School policy to obstruct recruiters was not only to hinder recruiting on campus, but to punish and demean the military in an attempt to force a changing of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell.' But that rule was not enacted by the military; it was enacted by Congress and Ms. Kagan's former boss, President Clinton.
"Ms. Kagan's actions and comments, combined with the fact that she had little to say about recruiting policy while working for President Clinton, unavoidably raise questions about possible hostility to the military as an institution.
"It would be one thing for the Obama Administration to acknowledge that Ms. Kagan acted wrongly but argue that it should not be a decisive factor in assessing her nomination. Instead, those acting in the name of the Commander-in-Chief have attempted to mislead the public and to defend Ms. Kagan's unjustifiable treatment of those who wear the uniform.
I hope the President will correct this error and make clear to his administration that such treatment of the military is wrong. This remains a very serious issue in assessing her fitness to hold one of the highest offices in the United States."
BACKGROUND: To view documents received and made public from the Department of Defense, please click the links below. Noteworthy sections are highlighted.
Recruiter reports and DOD memos recording Kagan obstruction:
This collection of documents includes an assessment from the Air Force recruiter that Harvard was engaged in deliberate gamesmanship while claiming to be "waiting for a decision" on whether to permit military recruiting. The internal assessment from the Army is bracingly frank: "The Army was stonewalled at Harvard."
CSO ban compared to chaining and locking front door:
Contrary to claims that Kagan "facilitated" recruiting, the military's internal assessment of Harvard's practice was that it was "tantamount to chaining and locking the front door of the law school."
DOD conclusion that the Third Circuit ruling did not apply to Harvard:
John Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel for Legal Counsel, opines that the Third Circuit ruling would not apply to Harvard, and Bill Carr, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (who appears to be a career official) states that DOD policy will be to continue with Solomon Amendment enforcement procedures in the 47 states not covered by the Third Circuit.
Concerns over Kagan encouraging shouting down of military:
In an effort to calm the hostility toward the military evident on some campuses, DOD leadership contemplated sending a conciliatory letter encouraging law schools to cooperate with the military, rather than encouraging students to disrupt military recruiting with loud protests—as Ms. Kagan apparently did.

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I'm looking for ideas on templates to use to record service for multiple vehicles. Excel is preferred format, but open to all in interest of gathering ideas. Anyone have any templates?
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I have mine in just a simple spreadsheet, I use Google Docs rather than Excel so that it is easily accessible from any computer (and my phone now) and much less likely to lose the data as Google is taking care of it instead of sitting on an aging hard drive with likely no backups.
The columns are description, part number, price, quantity, vendor, manufacturer, website link, date purchased, date installed, mileage.
I have sheets for items installed, waiting install, spare parts, wish list and tools (tools is separate and doesn't have install date and mileage so that I can track it not being car specific).
I move the line from sheet to sheet when appropriate, filling in the additional information. Such as move a part from wish list to waiting install, updating the price if it changed and mark the purchase date.
Having the divided sheets make it easy to quickly summarize the prices to see how much money I've spent or how much money I need for new stuff. The installed sheet is in order of date installed so you can see the maintenance history of the car in a time progression.
For multiple cars you could either add a column of what car it applies to or just keep individual spreadsheets.
MPG Tracking
I described my method in this answer Does the tachometer provide any indication of fuel usage?
Having the maintenance records along with the MPG history is very useful as you can look see the impact of general maintenance work or aftermarket parts added to the vehicle.
EZM Web. http://www.ezm-web.com/ - full disclosure I work there, but I saw your question on twitter and thought you might like to know about it. Full Vehicle Maintenance Module. Automated notification for maintenance on multiple vehicles.
Setting up preventive maintenance schedules for a vehicle or for entire fleet maintenance in EZM Web CMMS software is easy!
Regular and recurring preventive maintenance, along with "non routine" (emergency) maintenance, can be scheduled quickly and easily. Simply enter routine preventive maintenance needed for each piece of equipment and its schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.).
PS I don't get a commission or anything so this is just information for you to use if you like.
Thanks and good luck, Steve
I'm relatively technical, and I've been thinking about writing something like this for a while, as a (free) web-based app. With smartphone apps too. I did a simple web-based fuel log/MPG calculator for myself a while ago, but never polished it up enough to let others use it.
I can't make any promises, but I guess I'll follow this thread... give me an up-vote or a comment, and when I get some free time, I'll start working on it... my thought was a simple web app to track maintenance done, scheduled maintenance (with reminders, but you'd probably need to input it for your vehicle), and a fuel log/MPG calculation.
If anyone else out there (preferably with PHP/Ajax experience) would be willing to help, understanding that this wouldn't be a for-profit service but just something to help people out, and maybe generate enough ad revenue to support the site, feel free to contact me.


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The CDE triangle with C Cartan matrix and D decomposition matrix is well-known for finite groups. I have not seen a full account of this for finite dimensional algebras which I find surprising as people must have considered this.
For finite groups we are interested in comparing representations in characteristic $p$ and in characteristic zero. A finite group algebra in characteristic zero is semi-simple. Therefore one can generalise this to finite dimensional algebras over a local ring (which are free as a module) and such that the algebra over the field of fractions is semisimple.
I would like to go further and drop the condition that the algebra over the field of fractions is semisimple. Then the triangle should be replaced by a square. In the semisimple case one edge of this square is the identity matrix (the Cartan matrix of a semisimple algebra).
Once this has been done I would like a statement that says this is compatible with composing specialisations.
As a motivating example take the Hecke algebras over the ring of Laurent polynomials, $\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]$. Then we have homomorphisms to the fields $\mathbb{Q}(q)$, $\mathbb{Q}(\omega)$ (taking $q$ to a root of unity) and to a finite field. This gives two decomposition matrices in the usual sense.
Is there also a decomposition matrix going from $\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]$ to $\mathbb{Z}(\omega)$? and does this give a factorisation of the decomposition matrix going from $\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]$ to the finite field?


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2) Can get Ounces (real $$ in-game currency) for free by logging in every day.
3) Tournaments seem based off skill because everyone gets new cards to use and can not use their old cards.
1) The game is based on a lot of luck. Fighting is very random/luck dependant due to dice rolls. You must have 30-50 cards in a deck, 15 are randomly selected for you to put into battle, but you can only use a max of 12-14 cards.
2) Very slow to gain Imperials (free in-game currency) and extremely slow to gain Ounces (real $$ in-game currency) for free.
3) Completing quests in the main way to gain Imperials.
4) Quests seem very hard/random to complete.
5) No PvE other than training, but you might have a quest that asks you to win some training matches.
6) PvP only gives exp, but can help you complete quests.
7) The shop: has 9 cards for sell at a time , and it changes every 8 hours.
8) The shop: has mini-packs for sell for Imperials, but you can only get common cards from packs.
9) Tournaments cost Ounces to play.
10) Pets let you sell cards, but die if you don't feed them, food cost Imperials. Seems that unless you are buying hundreds of cards, Pets are worthless.
11) No info about the different elements at the start of the game when you must pick an element.
12) Can not change you element, not even for Ounces. Can not make another "character" on the same account.
1) Have free tournaments at least once a day WITH some prizes.
2) You should win some Imperials for all PvP matches, win or lose.
3) Reduce the minimal deck size to 20 to reduce the luck factor.
4) Allow us to change elements for free!
5) Add Tyrant style PvE.
6) Add custom card building.
7) Change the shop; all single cards should be able to be bought at any time, mini-packs should have a small chance of giving frequent/rare/ultra-rare cards.
8) Change pets. Not much of a point of having them now unless you are spending a few hundred dollars on the game a month.
I give the game 2/5 because it works, but it seems like another money grabbing facebook game ported to Kong.


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Only downfall is you need a sam's club membership. :/
Only problem is content in the iTunes store is over priced, so if you pick iTunes gift cards up at face value, you're getting ripped off. This "deal" is about what it should cost in the first place.
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I entered the USA on a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on 1 July 2012 and stayed until 16 Sep 2012 (78 days). On what date in 2013 will I be able to travel to USA again under VWP?
There are no specific requirements for the period of time until you can re-enter the US after a previous visit on the VWP.
Technically there is nothing that would have stopped you from re-entering the US on the 17th of September, or any date after that.
However entry is always at the discretion of the immigration officials at your point of entry. If they believe that you have or are likely to break any of the conditions of your entry then they can refuse you entry, regardless of your previous status or anything else.
The main issue with re-entering after such a long stay would be that they could believe that you were attempting to reside in the US, and possibly even working - however given that it's been around 5 months since you left on your last trip that would seem unlikely.
I would recommend making sure that you have any possible "proof" of your intentions available just in case (including details of what you did during your last stay, and what you intend to do on this trip) - but presuming that you aren't actually planning to break any of the rules of the VWP program (such as working whilst you are in the US) then I would not expect you to have any issues re-entering.


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You might have come across the book of involutions in your travels. A colleague of mine asked whether there is a natural global reason (versus ad-hoc trickery) for considering involutions in mathematics. The above book provides many situations that suggest such a global perspective. Having witnessed the extraordinary power of certain involutions in operator algebras (e.g. in Tomita-Takesaki theory), I'd be interested in hearing about such a global perspective in summary from an expert. I'm aware that this question as I've asked it risks being trite...perhaps warranting the answer "it's the simplest nontrivial symmetry" but the existence of the above book might suggest otherwise:
Question: What are some "global" reasons for considering involutions in mathematics?


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1 1/2" soft ride lifts arent about lift but about keeping all 4 wheels planted, and smoothing the ride. the factory settup was a compromise between inexpencive to produce, best manners on the road, and off road abilitys. after I had ridden in a good suspetion settup I understood why. DR
Why in the world anybody would want to alter a perfectly good factory setup that is working just fine for 1-1/2 inches of lift is beyond my comprehension. It's not a rock crawler or severe off road vehicle (at least not in that form), and having a reliable, functioning vehicle that hasn't been changed (more prone to problems) is way more important to me, especially when alone, than 1-1/2 inches of clearance. It's a hell of a lot easier to find a better line of travel to make it clear than to have to do a roadside repair for broken aftermarket parts for what little you've gained.Don't know how much you're looking at spending for the air setup also, but I have always loved the CO2 tanks. Not only do they allow portability, but you can run air tools off them if need be.
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The cleanest look would be to drill a hole in the roof and run your cable thru but that defeats the purpose of having a magnetic mount to remove and install it quickly. Since you have a 4 door, place the magnetic mount in the center of the roof, behind the sunroof opening even with the rear door pillar (driver side preferably), run the cable down the rear of the pillar into the cab making sure you test close your door for cable clearance, route the cable inside the plastic pillar near the shoulder belt pivot mount and down towards the floor behind the drivers seat. If you can run it under the carpet, thats ideal. Just make sure nothing cuts or pinches the cable. Most CB cables come pre-measured in 18 foot lengths so you should have plenty to run it to your dash or where ever you are mounting your CB. If you end up with extra cable, do not coil it up! This will ruin your reception and transmission. Run it under your Toys carpet in different directions till you end up with enough to reach your radio. As long as it does not cross over itself, you'll be fine. I've seen guys use colored duct tape at the door junction to keep the cable in place. The weather stipping/door gasket shouldn't hurt the cable but double check it just in case. I know the cable from the mount to the door is unattractive but to me, communication performance take priority over looks. Roof mounted antenna's are highly efficient due to the location-center of the vehicle for 360 degree coverage. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
fakawee- I've heard great things about the Wilson 1000/5000's. My only problem w/ the magnetic Wilson's would be finding the best way to route the coax. I do have a sunroof, I could use that but it retracks into the roof panel. I guess I could route it through one of the rear windows, down the seatbelt panel and under the carpet. I'd like to keep the install as clean as possible, Got any idea's on this?
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With the rapidly expanding full-size pickup market continuing to benefit from economic growth and replacement demand, price-conscious buyers are returning looking for an affordable truck with space, capability and style," said Doug Scott, Ford truck group marketing manager. "Adding the Ford F-150 STX SuperCrew and the new STX Sport Package to our 2014 lineup gives these truck shoppers more value-oriented F-150 models to consider." Ford | ford.com
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When I connect my phone to my Windows 7 PC the Kies application opens and displays "Connecting", but it does not connect. Why? How can I fix it?
This answer doesn't seem to apply if you have a Galaxy S running the official Froyo, and the latest Kies as they seem to have fixed many of these issues now, this is mainly for if you're running an older phone OS or Kies version.
For prior versions of Kies and the Galaxy S (I don't know which upgrade is the one that fixes it) there were quite a few problems Kies had seeing phones.
Some of these problems were driver problems, you can generally fix these by using the reinstall drivers option in the Kies menu at the top-left of the Kies screen.
Kies had problems connecting properly to phones that had files on them with long file extensions (I think the problem was if they were 16 characters or longer, but I couldn't be sure).
To get round this problem, firstly if you have an SD card in your phone, unmount, eject and remove it for the moment, this saves a lot of messing around with the contents of that card, you can plug it back in after you've done everything you need to in Kies.
Next attach your phone to your PC in Mass Storage mode, and have a hunt round on the internal SD card and internal memory for groups of files with long names and long file extensions (one particular culprit is often the pictures' thumbnails cache which sits under Android\Data\com.cooliris.media on the internal memory; you can safely delete everything in that folder, it'll get automatically regenerated next time its needed). Once you've done this, disconnect from the PC, run the My Files app, and go in and re-delete that folder if it has regenerated (if you haven't got My Files you should be able to find it in the Samsung Apps listing, if not you can use something like Astro File Manager).
Finally make sure you are actually connecting to the PC in Kies mode. depending how your phone's set you may get a list appear on the phone's screen when you plug it into your PC asking what mode to connect in, make sure you select Kies mode. If you're not seeing that menu and its automatically connecting in one mode or another, then you can go into your settings and re-enable that menu. On a Froyo Galaxy S (it was somewhere slightly different on Eclair but I can't remember where) go into Settings -> Wireless and Network -> USB Settings, and select "Ask on connection".
Of course this all depends what you want to use Kies for, if you want to backup files from the phone, look up contacts, send/manage text messages, etc then it might be worth trying out the Kies Air app that Samsung released into the Samsung store recently, this runs a website on your phone that you can connect to from a PC using your web browser over the wifi connection, this smooths out almost all of the connection problems and is actually quite a nice, handy piece of software.
I had a similar problem and found that the phone was complaining that the connection with Kies is only possible in standby mode. It seems that some badly programmed apps can prevent the phone from entering standy mode, so I deinstalled any apps I suspected and suddenly Kies did find my phone.
You could try Kies Mini, it may work better although it may not have the features you want. Or make sure Kies is updated, you can check for updates right from the program.
KIES is known to cause problems, especially if you're on 64-bit Win 7. If you are, your best bet is to load up a Virtual Machine and run 32-bit Win XP on it and then running KIES on it.
If you're trying to update your phone, try using ODIN instead to install the requisite ROMs.
Just to digress a bit... KIES is to Samsung phones, what iTunes is to Apple devices. 'Nuff said.
I had the same problem until I noticed that previously installed PALM synchronization software used the same communication port. Uninstalling the PALM software solved my problem.
EDIT - This question was asked again in which I answered (again) but this time a bit more thorough. I have copy/pasted my from that question here because my answer to the other (closed) question is unlikely to be read. Maybe it helps someone.
I had the same exact problem that my KIES program did not recognize my Samsung Galaxy S. An exact PC, also running Windows 7 Pro didn't had that problem. E.g. the exact version of KIES on this exact PC would recognize my phone without any problems.
I spend a fairly amount of time investigating this.
In my case the problem was that on my PC I had previously installed the PALM synchronization software to sync my Palm with my PC.
This synchronization software of PALM use a communication port (Comm 4) in a software way. I am no communication expert so I don't know why, but it does.
Somehow this blocked the KIES software on my PC from detecting my phone. As soon as I had uninstalled the PALM synchronization software, KIES detected my phone all right .
Please look at other communcation / synchro programs on your pc.
This may or may not be the problem in your case, every PC is different, who knows what is blocking your phone on you case.
We can only strive to answer question in our own experience in the hope that one of the suggested solutions also applies to your case.
update to latest version of kies
check if it works plug in phone in data/media mode
search on phone for "." This will bring up a list of all the files on the drive. Look for anything that has an extension of more than 16 charactors. these will need to be deleted. WARNING - check that they are not needed by doing a google search. If not found then they are not needed.
unplug and plug back in in keis mode.
goto device manager in windows. This will show where there are any driver problems. If there are any ones with issues(they have a yellow triangle beside them) right click and update drivers. Unplug and repeat until there are no issues
In my case I had problems with USB controller -Samsung android USB composite device, and then Modems - Samsung android USB modem.
unplug, restart keis and plug back in
keis should now work
Had a problem of the phone not being able to sync with outlook through Kies. My PC detected the phone but I was not able to sync. Outlook would start flash a brief message and close. Here's how I solved it step wise.
It is a fairly common problem with Galaxy S. Try one of the solutions offered in this thread.
I have discovered after a lot of experimenting that not all supposedly compatible USB to micro-usb cables will work with the Galaxy S. Even though your PC may make the connecting sounds and KIES will say connecting, the connection is never completed. The Samsung original lead (Marked U2 APCBU10BBE KD1ZC08TS E) works every time for me. However of two unbranded leads one (the longer one) works perfectly whilst the shorter one seems only to work to supply power. As USB is a four wire system +ve, -D, +D and ground I suspect that some of these cheap cables are possibly only wired to supply power or have the +D and -D lines transposed. So I'd say it's worth ensuring you're using the genuine Samsung cable as a first check.
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I'm doing a school assignment project and I need to investigate something of my choice. I was thinking of doing something about how the height and angle the blade of a guillotine is dropped from affects how accurately and/or how deep it cuts. And also, it wouldn't hurt if anyone knew the directions to building a mini guillotine. So does anyone know the basic Physics of the guillotine, per se? There's not much about it on the internet and I might have to go and search the library for more info... But if anyone could help, I'd soo appreciate it! thanks all!
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Meh, morbidity and triviality aside, the basic principle of a guillotine is: Lots of momentum behind a sharp edge produces cutting. An angled blade increases the efficiency of the cut by maintaining higher pressure at the cutting interface than if the entire blade made contact at once.
In building one, you'll have to make sure that you have guides that can make sure the blade drops cleanly. If you have access to a good saw, you make a straigh cut in two pieces of wood. Then, you can fit the shuttle into the kerf (the width of the cuts you just made) and it will slide along these guides. As to the shuttle, you need something you can mount a blade in. A razor blade glued to a credit card might work, although this would not be very heavy. Use your imagination.
As to investigations, your questions seem like a good start. Is cut depth proportional to blade height? For constant blade height and weight, how does angle affect cut depth? You might also investigate different material, for example, carrots vs. tiny sandbags. Which are linear (cut depth proportional to blade height) and which are not?


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Is there any way to reduce the size of the .ttf font?
I have a Chinese font file, the size of the file is 7.693 MB. Due to the size of the ttf file, the site loads only slowly.
Is there any way to reduce the size of the .ttf font?
There are a few ways to reduce the size of a TTF file, but most of them require that you know the consequences, since they are lossy.
It's important that you understand that doing any of the above to the font (apart from the last one) has consequences in how well the font works or how many languages it supports properly, so you need to do a lot of testing.
One final important point is that by doing any of the above to the font (including, surprisingly, simply converting it to WOFF or EOT), you are legally creating a derivative work, for which you specifically need a license to do so from the font's author. Most commercial fonts probably won't let you create derivative works. A notable exception is an open license like the SIL OFL which specifically permits derivative works (if you change the name of the font).
I don't know if you speak Chinese or not, but in case you know what you are doing, you could subset the font and reduce it to the 3000-4000 most used glyphs. This should be enough to render most standard Chinese texts and could significantly reduce the file size (a Chinese font might come with over 20,000 glyphs). Do this only in case you master Chinese at least on an intermediate level or have someone who could help you identifying the subset of glyphs required for your purpose.
Here's a frequency list for the characters used in Mainland China. Unfortunately it is somewhat outdated (2004). It only contains 3500 characters, use it with caution. (the Xinhua Zidian lists approx. 10,000 characters and it is the most common character dictionary you will encounter in China). Given names might have any character, so a 3500 glyph subset will only cover the everyday language. Again, this is only for Mainland China. Taiwan and some overseas communities use other characters (the traditional ones). If you are not a Chinese speaker, you will need someone with expertise on this.


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What is Nittle Nacht? What does the name mean? What is its significance? Which Halachic authorities speak about it, and what do they say? What is the actual date for it? How is it effected this year when it comes out on Shabbos?
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"Nittle nacht" is the Yiddish reference to the night going into Christmas. (It was observed on different dates, depending on if you lived in a Catholic/Protestant country, or an Eastern Orthodox [Christian] country; the former have Christmas on December 25th, thus "nittel nacht" starting at sunset December 24th; the latter have a different calendar.). There were customs in Eastern Europe about men not learning Torah and/or women not going to the mikva that night, at least not until after midnight.
The simple meaning of the term is "nacht" means night; "nittel" as in "neonatal"; "birth night", as it was the night observed by Christians for the birth of Jesus.
The simplest explanation is found in Rabbi Dr. Leiman's lecture on yutorah.org; that the night of Christmas often had a lot of non-Jews roaming the streets (occasionally drunk), and thus it was a dangerous time to be outside. Therefore, women were told not to go the mikva, and men not to go out to study halls or synagogues to study (most people didn't have a lot of study material at home). Past midnight, everyone was in church (or headed home), and it was safer outside.
In Hayom Yom (17 Teves), the reason given (in the name of R' Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe) is "to avoid adding vitality." The point is that the person whose birthday they're celebrating on this day was a Jew, and since on a person's birthday his mazal (spiritual source) is stronger, we don't want the spiritual benefits generated by our Torah learning to be diverted towards strengthening his mazal.
I've heard different customs about what to do when it comes out on Friday night. Some say that Shabbos overrides this issue, since as the Zohar, recited by some on Friday night, says, וכל דינין מתעברין מנה - all harsh judgments go away in the face of Shabbos. Others keep this custom even on Friday night, though they will sing zemiros, tell stories of tzaddikim, or the like, instead of regular divrei Torah.
Nitel Nacht is the eve of the non-Jewish holiday celebrating the birth of the Nazarene (see Divrei Yatziv O.C.2 240:1). According to some Nitel is associated with the Latin for being born, nacht of course meaning "night". (Nitei Gavriel on Nittel 1:2, see also Halichos Chaim, Moadim u'Zmanim, nittel 1 note 2).
December 25th for the Eastern Church falls out on January 7th, so in eastern Europe the observance coincided with the tekufas Teves.
The practice was, and in some communities is, to refrain from learning Torah on the night of Nitel Nact. Some explain it as a pragmatic concern since anti-Jewish violence was a common feature of non-Jewish religious holidays. I believe the Chasam Sofer hypothesizes that it was to be rested in order to wake up and learn at midnight so the situation wouldn't occur thant non-Jews were up worshiping while the Jews slept. Another view is that we do not wish to strengthen the negative spiritual forces brought about by the celebration, a view that seems to be particularly prevalent among those who observe the practice.
Some observe the practices of Nittel Nacht even if it falls out on Friday night, others do not.
Nitei Gavriel has one of the more extensive discussions of the topic, including the various other practices associated with it and questions arising from the fact that their holiday is observed at different times. He suggests that many authorities did not mention the practice out of fear of the government.
I had just heard another reason for this a few weeks ago at our Daf Yomi shiur, I will IY"H try to get the source. The idea was to stay home initially to be able to rest, and then be awake and learning at midnight to counter the forces or what have you coming from the churches at midnight.


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The prospective boss seems very interested about that and asked him if he could tell him his username. It appears that was the most difficult during the whole interview ;) Would you tell your prospective boss your username? An the pro side one can mention that the boss sees that you're very involved in your business and community but on the other hand it is a really private thing and you can't post anymore in thread like "what was the worst working environment?"
My friend circumnaviagted this question by a rather lame answer (more or less: I use autologin, that's why I have to check the username later at home, I'll maybe send you an email.)


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My camera is very difficult to properly hide for timelapses. About 5 inches long and 2 inches wide (it's a video camera that I use for photography). I'm trying to solve a couple of issues in the way of efficiently using it as a surveillance camera: the vibrating noise it makes, and the shiny surface on the camera that may reflect light.
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Hiding the camera body is not really a photography subject.
Hiding the lens in such a way that it can see the subject without the subject seeing it has some degree of optical and photo graphic relevance. In all cases you conceal it in some way so that the lens sees as much area as it needs to do the job you need to do. The absolute minimum hole size needed to see through will depend on field (or angle) of view and distance of the lens optical centre from the hole (assuming you don't add an external lens nearer the hole). The minimum possible required hole size can be determined by placing a mask (black paper or similar) with a hole in it against the lens front surface and seeing what size you need. You may be happy with some vignetting around the edges depending on location and application. As you move the mask away from the lens surface you will need a larger hole to achieve the same result. The front of the lens will be a certain distance from the lens optical centre and if you go as far away again from the front of the lens you will need double the hole diameter for the same effect. As area increases proportional to diameter squared, doubling the distance away will increase the area by a factor of 4. One way to make a lens which is close to a hole less visible and/or to not need a small hile is to mount the assembly in a larger hood which keep light from illuminating the lens surface directly - ie it only needs to "see" light which is part of the image it is recording and any other light falling on it will make it visible without any gain in picture achieved.
One way to get a hood and distance effect is to view the scene in a mirror with the camera at right angles (perhaps pointing downward) with the whole assembly matte black inside so all you see is a "dark hole. The mirror is arranged to only allow light which is being "imaged" to get as far as the camera, with all other paths from the target terminating on matte black angled surfaces with no light falling on them. Obviously you need an outer object which does not look strange when it has a dark light absorbing cavity in it. This may be easier than expected. Various items of furniture may have nooks and crannies and holes and shafts in them in an informal way, and just by looking around a typical room you may well find something which meets this need.
If you have a choice of cameras, then a unit with a physically small sensor will also have a small lens diameter and depth for equivalent field of view. If you are prepared to have a small aperture (large f-number) you can use a "pinhole lens" - although these are usually true lenses but just very small and high f.
However, given that you can buy literally thousands of small cameras specifically made to be used as hidden devices, at prices starting at close to $0, it seems likely to be more useful to use one of them unless your camera has some overwhelmingly special capability
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Originally Posted by CoastPlumbingFantastic article this is very helpful. I have currently implemented this on my site and is working.
A couple of questions though:
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2. You can use the free geo ip api from IPMango to check the geographic location of a visitor


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Biofeedback manipulates the body's physiologic responses that are normally controlled by the autonomic nervous system. A biofeedback therapist, of which there are over 10,000 in the United States, can teach a patient how to control many of the body's involuntary functions. Some patients learn to control their heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, and emotions.
The therapist will place monitoring electrodes on the body or scalp. The electrodes will then be connected to a computer or polygraph. This will emit a noise or signal indicating the intensity or level of the process to be controlled. The patient is then instructed to concentrate on trying to influence to signal. Specific mental exercises will be performed under the direction of the therapist. The patient will visualize certain images that affect the mood. The patient can eventually learn which mental exercises can change the signals. After a number of sessions (typically 8-10), the patient may be able to affect certain autonomic processes.
Biofeedback is a technique that can be useful in a wide variety of conditions. It is not used to cure cancer. The greatest benefit from biofeedback for the cancer patient is relaxation and reduction of stress. This can undoubtedly improve the quality of life for those who are successful. It allows the cancer patient to take an active role in their treatment. Biofeedback is noninvasive, inexpensive and safe.


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STI-571 is a promising new treatment modality for CML which functions by potent and selective inhibition of the BCR-ABL oncogene. However, STI-571 resistance has been documented in a proportion of patients undergoing STI-571 monotherapy. Mutations in the ATP binding pocket of BCR-ABL has recently been documented as a means by which STI-571 resistance occurs. In this study, other mechanisms of STI-571 resistence are described.
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Though STI-571 has proven to have remarkable efficacy in the treatment of CML, the demonstration of multiple mechanisms of resistance shows that its use as monotherapy may not be adequate. Future exploration of multidrug regimens incorporating STI-571 are needed to illuminate the ideal method by which it should be used.
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It was like a magic show for the Terryville High boys basketball team Tuesday at the Ed Sadlon Gym. For an eight-minute period, stretching from the end of the second quarter to deep into the third, the Kangaroos simply vanished.
But when Terryville suddenly reappeared, with about 90 seconds to play in the third, the Kangaroos pulled a victory out of their hat.
Terryville staked its claim as a Berkshire League title contender with an impressive victory over Nonnewaug, 60-40.
It was a controlled, patient Terryville (2-0) that used a crisp half-court offense and laser-like 3-point shooting to run out to a commanding early lead on the Chiefs (1-1). Nonnewaug's big man in the middle, Dylan Martland, went to the bench with early foul trouble, and the 'Roos took advantage.
In a two-minute burst in the second quarter, Terryville was running away from the Chiefs. Tyler Trillo (21 points, three assists, three steals) hit a jumper and converted a steal into a hoop. When Jacob Johnson (21 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals), hit a runner, Terryville had a shocking 30-15 lead on Nonnewaug with 1:30 left in the half.
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didn't score for a full eight minutes. No field goals, no free throws, no nothing.
Meanwhile, Nonnewaug went off. Keith Rado (10 points) and Greg Porcelli hit 3-point field goals, while Neil Mendoza (12 points) added drive for two, a steal for two more and a spinner from 10 feet. It was an 18-0 run and, incredibly, a 33-30 Nonnewaug lead.
What happened to the Kangaroos?
"We got there with scrappiness, and we played our game," said Trillo. "But we got out of rhythm and put up bad shots."
It was Trillo who ended the drought with a jumper in the lane. Two Johnson free throws — Terryville was 16-of-18 from the line — and a Shea Tracy (eight points) hoop got the Kangaroos back in the lead.
Terryville matched Nonnewaug's stretch, went on a 19-3 run of its own, and put the game away for good this time. When Johnson hit back-to-back 3-pointers, it was 52-38 Kangaroos with four to play.
"The coach (Mark Fowler) called a timeout and got our heads back in the game," Johnson said. "We got a little lazy (but) started working hard again."
Both Johnson and Trillo said that everything starts with defense for Terryville. "When the defense came back," Trillo said, "we ran through the offense, and the offense started going."
What pleased Fowler was Terryville's ability to shake off whatever funk had settled over the team.
"Usually when you start to hand it away, a lot of teams fall apart at that point," Fowler said. "But they didn't accept that. We have good guards, and when it got crazy, they calmed us and got the big baskets."
Like his players, Fowler said the key was getting defensive stops. Nonnewaug coach Tim Drakeley agreed, and said that his club failed to do that in response.
"They are tough to guard, and we couldn't get any stops," Drakeley said. "Offensively, we got stagnant. We made a nice run to take the lead, but then we had a couple of bunnies that did not go."
Also critical was the lack of production in the post for the Chiefs. Martland sat for long stretches, and Ben Timme hit only one field goal. Mendoza and Rado paced Nonnewaug, but the Chiefs will win games in the paint. Combined, Martland and Timme produced only seven points, while Arthur Trent (eight points, eight rebounds) bashed inside for Terryville, which played without senior center Jon Festa, who's no longer on the team.
For Terryville, this win wasn't magical. It was about man-to-man defense, rebounding and free throws.
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may be there is somebody else out there who wanted to buy a screw to change or build up the equipment.
I found a reseller for this: for my dutch colleagues it is Fabory Nederland, but they work in 15 countries.
Going to the shop itself, you can buy a single screw, no need to buy a pack of 50. A lot of things are in stock, some have to be send to the shop in a few days. You can also get the necessary instruments to drill and cut BSW. To see prices you have to register as customer, cause you can not see them in the online catalogue. Or just call your local dealer.
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I was told that I need to replace the shock absorber in my 1992 316i BMW. When I attempt to visit a web site to order the part it does not list any of parts with this name. I know nothing about cars and parts.
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I'm going to answer the basic title question with a carefully selected quote from the great Wikipedia:
Think of how you want your car to ride when driving down a smooth road that has a bump or pothole. You expect to feel a mild jolt when the car travels over the bump and then return to a smooth ride. The suspension uses two main components to provide this to you.
Without the spring, every bump would hit your spine like a sledgehammer. Without the damper, the bouncing spring would continue down the road, making you seasick.
Now, your 316i apparently has McPherson struts. This part allows you to connect the spring and damper into one assembly:
On a strut, the shock absorber cartridge sits inside the vertical tube of the strut while the spring rests on top of the wide collar. A strut top sits on top of the spring and is attached to the vertical shaft rising out of the tube.
So, if you mechanic is telling you that you need to replace a shock absorber, they almost certainly mean that you need to replace the strut, not the spring. Given the age of the vehicle, it would be a good idea to ask if the strut top needs replacing as well.
It may be listed under "strut assembly" (either McPherson or Chapman, depending on which one you need). These days cars normally have struts. About the only place a true standalone shock absorber is seen anymore is on trucks.
A shock absorber is a device that uses hydralic compression to absorb the impact when a car hits a bump or to help the car ride more smoothly.
It keeps your car's springs from bouncing up and down uncontrollably when you go over bumps. It looks like a bicycle pump and actually works in much the same way.


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Does anybody have a recommendation to a good book about how to survive in the Norwegian woods and similar?
Check out the SAS Survival Handbook. It's clear, concise, to the point, and contains a lot of good survival information.
Cody Lundin's 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive! is a good introduction. It deals more with the psychological and physiological issues of survival than specific techniques.
This book, How to stay alive in the Woods, is an older book but contains lots of valuable information on how to keep from getting hungry, and other useful things, while away from civilization.
As chd mentioned 98.6 Degrees is an excellent book. It is mainly focused on practical things you can do to survive and like chd on the physiological aspect of it.
If you are looking to read about the psychology of survival and the mental attitude that promotes it I highly recommend Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why.
And of course, as always Freedom of the Hills (aka The Bible) has an entire part dedicated to "Emergency Prevention and Response" with chapters on Leadership, Safety, First Aid, and Alpine Search and Rescue.
If you are serious about learning about survival, I also highly suggest taking some first aid courses offered by organizations like SOLO. There are Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, and Wilderness EMT certification levels with 2, 7, and 20 day courses, respectively.
I really liked this book, mainly because it's on real experiment, but it's in french:
It's base on two person who decided to test their ability to survive for 30 days with almost nothing.
I like Les Stroud's(survivorman) book called "Survive!". Just like in his tv show, he outlines survival in all different climates and locales. It's very specific and sounds like something that would interest you. There's a great(and short) list of survival books here. Another of my favorites is "Wildwood Wisdom" which isn't locale specific but focuses on fundamental survival skills - those which I would call "evergreen". Good luck!
The Pocket Survival Guide. by J. Wayne Fears
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Oversized sweeping bin that holds three times more debris than the vacuuming bin and is ideal for use in larger spaces and dirtier, high-traffic areas. Compatible with all Roomba 500 Series models.The iRobot limited warranty shall not apply to failures or problems which are caused by products or equipment not authorized by iRobot Corporation.
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wow had wanted to make our 532 black and then we got the bin and it's way better then the one with the vac (since it drains the battery). we use this bin wednesdays and saturdays (when its scheduled to go) and in our dirty porch because theres alot of dirt, dust major amounts of pet hair there but otherwise its NOT ALLOWED THERE. No filters to getNo extra battery power that roomba has to give offeasy to use/insert - remove use everyday
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Turns Roomba into a shop vac!
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I mainly use the High capacity sweeper bin in my garage where I unleash my Roomba 560 every few days to keep the floor relatively clean. Things that are great are that it basically turns your exsisting Roomba into a shop vac. Also, as there is no vacuum in it, there is no vacuum motor to cause noise and use up battery power. Consequently, the Roomba will run a little longer on this bin (all other things being equal) than with a bin with a vacuum motor. It is also substantially more quiet without the vacuum motor. Last, it will also hold substantially more debris than other bins.That said, it is what it is. Great for messes in areas where you don't mind more dust in the air that you would in, say, your living room. As there is no vacuum and filter actively sucking and filtering out dust particles kicked up by the action of the roomba's brush, there is bound to be more dust in the air. My favorite, does-everything-great, bin attachment for the 500-series Roombas is still the AeroVac bin--which works WAY better than the stock vac bin with the squeegee-like vacuum nozzle, and can hold more debris than the stock bin (though not quite as much as this bin). That said, this bin is great for workshop type use and fairly clean households (probably pet-free ones) where there is probably not too much dust on the floor already. The High Capacity Sweeper bin is also substantially more quiet than both the stock bin and the AeroVac bin, so that might be an improtant factor for some people, too.


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Cabela's spokesman Wes Remmer said in a news release that work on the 42,000-square-foot store is scheduled to begin in March.
The Waco location will be the fourth Cabela's store in Texas, joining stores already operating in Fort Worth, Buda and Allen.
"Texas is full of outdoorsmen and women who live the Cabela's lifestyle - people who share our enthusiasm for outdoor adventure - so this is a marvelous fit," said Tommy Millner, Cabela's Chief Executive Officer.
The outpost stores offer the same products as the larger stores, but are more seasonal in their merchandising approach, Remmer said.
Cabela's says the Waco store will employ approximately 100 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees, most of them hired locally.
Currently, Cabela's operates 41 stores across the United States and Canada with plans to open an additional 14 by the end of 2014.
The company opened its first Cabela's Outpost store in Union Gap, Wash., in October 2012.
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The group spent the day around the Carmel. They went into the Bahii gardens and had an overlook over Haifa. Then they hiked down the Muhraka. They ate lunch at the Usafia Druze Village where they were hosted to a delicious kosher Druze meal. It is in fact one of the food highlights of the summer. They heard an explanation about the Druze religion and were interested in this small community with unique rules. They then headed to Jerusalem and held a welcome ceremony at the promenade overlooking the old city. From there they went to the Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism, their home for the next few days.


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5 Real Deleted Bible Scenes In Which Jesus Kicks Some Ass
#2. Jesus Christ: Snake Exploder
By now Jesus is dominating Nazareth like Lord Humungus dominates The Road Warrior's wasteland. The local children feared him so intensely that they adopted him as their king and acted as his bodyguards -- forcing everyone who passed through town to come and worship him. One day a group of men came by carrying a small child, and they refused to follow a group of terrified children just for the honor of worshipping their bully king. Jesus catches wind of this and asks exactly what it is they're doing that's so important they can't reserve some time for random child worship. They explain that the boy they're carrying was bitten by a snake and is near death, and would he terribly mind taking his boot off their necks, because they're so, so sorry? Jesus Christ (more sci-fi warlord than beacon of forgiveness in this version of the Bible), says simply, "Let us go and kill that serpent," and storms off into the woods to do what he does best: extravagant murder.
Snakes ain't nothing but a thing.
Then the Lord Jesus calling the serpent, it presently came forth and submitted to him; to whom he said, "Go and suck out all the poison which thou hast infused into that boy"; so the serpent crept to the boy, and took away all its poison again. Then the Lord Jesus cursed the serpent so that it immediately burst asunder, and died.
-- First Gospel of Infancy 18:13-16
Even after it acquiesces to Jesus' demands, the snake is still blown to crap by the power of God for doing what's in its nature? Holy shit!
You should see what he did when the donkey crapped on his carpet.
#1. And Then Jesus Said Unto Them: Snitches Get Stitches
By now the parents of Nazareth were understandably upset: Jesus was walking around town ruining little kids like a bad divorce. So they gave Joseph an ultimatum: Either Jesus learns to use his powers for good, or the family has to leave town. Considering that, by this point, Jesus has killed more kids than a Willy Wonka tour group, that sounded pretty reasonable. But Christ ain't tolerating no narcs up in yore:
Jesus said, "I know that these thy words are not thine: nevertheless for thy sake I will hold my peace: but they shall bear their punishment." And straightway they that accused him were smitten with blindness.
-- Infancy Gospel of Thomas 5:1
At some point, he reversed his stance on blindness.
And that was the last straw: Joseph finally decided to discipline his son. But what do you do in response to a list of crimes more befitting a Grand Theft Auto sequel than a holy child? Grounding? Caning? Imprisonment?
None of the above.
Joseph "grabbed [Jesus'] ear" and "wrung it til it was sore." You may laugh, but in the end Jesus does end up uncursing everybody; just not out of some well-deserved sense of remorse or the slightest hint of empathy or anything. Eventually, a local teacher starts frantically screaming to everybody that Jesus Christ is probably God, after a Good Will Hunting-style display of intelligence at his Nazareth grade school. (Funny, you'd think the boy's ability to kill with words would have clued everyone in sooner.)
So now that the secret's out (the kid laying siege to entire countries with his superpowers is-- surprise -- extraordinary), Jesus figures he may as well reverse all the death and destruction because, hey, once you get your propers, there's just no reason to blast them bitches no more.
We guess they just give halos out to anyone these days.
If you take one thing away from this, let it be that Jesus Christ wasn't born the Gandhi-like paragon of peace you know him as. He's more like a reformed con: sick of the game because he lived it too hard for too long.
If there are two things that you take away from this, let the second be that the power of Christ is terrifying. Sure, miracles like bread splitting or wine making might seem a bit dull, but that's just because the church decided that the part where Jesus became the snake-melting dragonmaster was a little too terrifying for your delicate sensibilities. You straight up can't handle that much Jesus.
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Polynesian Chicken Tenders
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Sweet pineapple, green pepper, and curry powder add authentic Polynesian flavor to chicken tenders.
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- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
- 1 1/2 pounds low-fat chicken tenders
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 cups nonfat chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups pineapple chunks in juice, drained
- 1 1/2 cups chopped green bell pepper
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- Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat.
- Combine flour and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder on paper plate and mix well.
- Dip chicken tenders in egg substitute and roll in flour mixture.
- Brown chicken pieces in skillet 5 to 8 minutes, until cooked through. Remove from skillet and drain well.
- Allow skillet to cool slightly and respray with cooking spray. Return skillet to heat and add vinegar, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, chicken broth, pineapple, bell pepper, carrots, curry powder and ginger; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture becomes thick. Stir in cooked chicken.
- Serve over cooked rice or couscous. Chicken mixture can be cooked and cooled to room temperature; freeze in plastic freezer bags.
- To reheat: Microwave directly from freezer 1 to 3 minutes per serving.
- Leftover cooked poultry dishes can be refrigerated and served for 3 to 4 days.
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Given a probability $0 < p < 0.5$ for success per trial with $n$ Bernoulli trials, what are the odds for having succeeded in at least $2np$ experiments?
The large deviations principle alluded to in the comments is as follows. Consider the number $S_n=X_1+\cdots+X_n$ of successes during the $n$ first trials. Then $(X_n)_{n\geqslant1}$ is i.i.d. with Bernoulli distribution with parameter $p$, in particular, for every $t$, $\mathbb E(\mathrm e^{tX_k})=p\mathrm e^t+1-p$.
Let $x\gt p$ and $A_n(x)=[S_n\geqslant nx]$. Then, almost surely, $\mathrm e^{tnx}\mathbf 1_{A_n(x)}\leqslant\mathrm e^{tS_n}$ for every $t\geqslant0$, hence, integrating both sides of this inequality, one sees that $$ \mathbb P(A_n(x))\leqslant\mathrm e^{-tnx}\mathbb E(\mathrm e^{tS_n})=\mathrm e^{-tnx}\mathbb E(\mathrm e^{tX_1})^n=\mathrm e^{-n\Lambda(t,x)},$$ with $$ \Lambda(t,x)=tx-\log\mathbb E(\mathrm e^{tX_1})=tx-\log(p\mathrm e^t+1-p). $$ The most interesting upper bound this technique can yield is the one such that $\Lambda(t,x)$ is maximal, that is, when $t=t(x)$ with $\mathrm e^{t(x)}=(1-p)x/(p(1-x))$. When $p\lt x\lt1$, $t(x)$ is finite and positive and $\Lambda(t(x),x)=\Lambda(x)$ with $$ \Lambda(x)=x\log\left(\frac{x}p\right)+(1-x)\log\left(\frac{1-x}{1-p}\right). $$ It happens that, for each $p\lt x\lt1$, $\Lambda(x)$ indicates the exact order of exponential convergence of $\mathbb P(A_n(x))$ when $n\to\infty$, that is, $$ \lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac1n\log\mathbb P(S_n\geqslant nx)=-\Lambda(x). $$ In your case, $0\lt p\lt\frac12$ and $x=2p$ hence, for every $n$, $$ \mathbb P(S_n\geqslant 2np)\leqslant\exp\left(-n\left(2p\log2+(1-2p)\log\left(\frac{1-2p}{1-p}\right)\right)\right), $$ and, when $n\to\infty$, $$ \mathbb P(S_n\geqslant 2np)=\exp\left(-n\left(2p\log2+(1-2p)\log\left(\frac{1-2p}{1-p}\right)\right)+o(n)\right). $$ The argument briefly sketched above is due to Harald Cramér and can be adapted to incredibly more general situations.
You have a variable following the binomial distribution $B(n, p)$, with $E[X] = np$ and $Var[X] = np(1-p)$. Generally speaking, the probability that $X \geq 2np$ is small (actually very small).
By Markov's inequality, let $t = 2np$, $$P[X\geq t] \leq \frac{E[X]}{t} = \frac{np}{2np} = 0.5.$$ But this bound is not good.
By Chebyshev's inequality, let $t = np$, $$ P[|X-E[X]|\geq t] \leq \frac{Var[X]}{t^2} = \frac{np(1-p)}{(np)^2} = \frac{1-p}{np}.$$
By Hoeffding's inequality, let $\epsilon = p$, $$P[X \geq (p+\epsilon)n] \leq \exp(-2\epsilon^2n) = \exp(-2p^2 n).$$
Hoeffding's inequality gives the best bound: the probability goes down exponentially as the number of trials grows. I believe the Chernoff bound gives similar result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_inequality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoeffding%27s_inequality
Appendix A of the text Error-Correcting Codes by W. W. Peterson and E. J. Weldon, Jr. (2nd edition, MIT Press, 1972) credits the following to notes transcribed from the lectures of Claude Shannon at a MIT seminar.
If $\lambda > p$, then $$\binom{n}{\lambda n}p^{\lambda n}(1-p)^{(1-\lambda)n} < \sum_{i=\lambda n}^n \binom{n}{i}p^i(1-p)^{n-i} < \frac{\lambda(1-p)}{\lambda - p}\binom{n}{\lambda n}p^{\lambda n}(1-p)^{(1-\lambda) n},$$ and $$\sum_{i=\lambda n}^n \binom{n}{i}p^i(1-p)^{n-i} \leq \left(\frac{p}{\lambda}\right)^{\lambda n}\left(\frac{1-p}{1-\lambda}\right)^{(1-\lambda)n}$$
Here, $\lambda = 2p > p$, and so we have
$$\begin{align*} \sum_{i=2pn}^n \binom{n}{i}p^i(1-p)^{n-i} &\leq 2^{-2np}\left(\frac{1-p}{1-2p}\right)^{(1-2p)n}\\ &= \exp\left(-n\left(2p\ln 2+(1-2p)\ln\left(\frac{1-2p}{1-p}\right)\right)\right) \end{align*}$$ which is essentially the result already given by @did (except without the $o(n)$ term since the above is an upper bound). The proof of these inequalities uses the upper bound $$\binom{n}{\lambda n} < \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi n \lambda(1-\lambda)}} \lambda^{-\lambda n}(1-\lambda)^{-(1-\lambda)n}$$ which is itself proved using Stirling's approximation for $n!$


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Inspired by the post about extracting pet DNA, how long would genomic DNA be stable for in a -20°C freezer? It is common practice to store DNA (double-stranded, plasmid) in a -20°C freezer in the lab, but would genomic DNA last longer in a -80°C freezer? With either method, how long would it be stable for?
If the DNA is pure, it should last quite a long time. If there are enzymes and other biological molecules in there, -80C will work much better.
I think you could keep pure DNA at -20C practically indefinitely.
Purity is the main issue there, also pH stabilized, sealed properly, etc. That makes all the difference.
You can store your DNA for 1 week at -4C and for one month at -20C but with storing DNA over these period of time there is a deduction of 10-15% of yield from your DNA sample.


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Most of you remember Presley Nash, the Bowling Green girl who suffers from a rare genetic disorder who needed a bone marrow transplant.
The Nash family has been at the children's hospital in Minneapolis since September, while their daughter received treatment. Saturday afternoon, neighbors from around the community came together to help paint the Nash home. The Nash's had purchased the paint before finding out about Presley's diagnosis but were unable to start the job because of their daughters illness.
A local church group has been at work painting the house so it will be ready when the Nash family comes home later this month. There will be a welcome home party for Presley Nash Sunday, July 13 at WKU's South Campus Community College from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
Observation: This verse stirs two very strong thoughts: the weakness of the law and the power of the cross. It also leads me to consider how important my righteousness is to God. It is so important that He sent His Son to die! Amazing! If we could have done enough works in keeping the law to be righteous, then the suffering and death of Jesus would have been unnecessary.
The battle was won on the cross! It was there, on the cross, that the price was paid. It was there that Jesus won over the temptation of trying an easier way. It was there that the power of Satan's temptation to move outside the will of the Father was defeated! Jesus would not give in to the devil's temptation to move other than in His Father's will!
Jesus entered death as The Triumphant One. He entered the grave as The Victorious One! He came out as More than a Conqueror! The three days in the grave was the victory lap taken after the race had been won!
Application: Jesus is a Conqueror because He defeated sin on the cross and death in His resurrection. He is More than a Conqueror for now His victorious life lives in me!
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