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1969 AMC AMX - The Hard WayWritten by on August 1, 2012 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Building a Pro Touring car that preforms as well as it looks isn't easy, but Jimi Day made it even harder by starting with an AMC
Anyone can build a Chevy, but it takes a unique person to build an off-brand. There we said it, and it's out in the open. You can argue all you want, but talk to anyone who builds a nonmainstream muscle car and they will quickly tell you that they have to be way more creative and resourceful to build a redheaded stepchild from the same era as your Chevelle or Camaro. Of course, that's also the exact same argument that Chevy guys will use to justify their marque of choice—it's easier and more affordable, so they can concentrate on taking the car to the next level. Jimi Day not only took his '69 AMC AMX that he affectionately calls AMXess to the next level, he did so with a car that is rare to see in any form.
Most AMC owners are not that way by accident. Something has to click with them at an early age, drawing them to a brand that society discarded. Jimi says he was a car guy from the time he was 9 years old, helping his dad work on the family fleet of cars. His story was a slice right out of a Bruce Springsteen song, sitting on his dad's lap, driving down the rural roads of his hometown in central Illinois. When he turned 14, Jimi bought a '64 Ford Fairlane for $125. It had a 260ci V-8 that leaked from every seal, and it was the perfect classroom that would teach him how to work on just about every system of a car. For a young boy, it was freedom and heaven all rolled up in one. While Jimi owned this car, he helped out at local body shop, and that's where he fell in love with the AMC AMX. A local guy in town brought one in for touch-up paintwork. It had two seats, a big V-8, and the signature proportions that define an AMX: a long hood, high rear hips, and a nearly nonexistent decklid. In Jimi's words: "I was smitten. It was 1981, I was 15 and broke, but I vowed that someday I would have an AMX."
It was 21 years later before those words would come to full fruition. Things in Jimi's life aligned, and he was able to purchase the '69 AMX that you see here. Of course, it looked nothing like this. It was, however, a complete, driving car from Northern California. It had different paint, wheels, tires, suspension, brakes, engine, trans . . . well, you get the idea.
The first round of modifications Jimi made to the car were really unmodifications. He returned the car to stock, finding original AMC parts or reproduction components wherever he could. He had the 401 engine and four-speed manual transmission rebuilt to stock specs. This led to car shows and trophies and a general round of satisfaction in classic AMC style.
Then, only four years into owning the AMX, Jimi took the car completely apart to attend to the fading paint and address a few minor sheetmetal issues. This next part is something most of us can relate to: In the midst of a total rebuild, the car got sidelined. Business was, well, busy, and life demanded more time, leaving fewer hours to work on the AMX. First, it was moved to the back corner of the shop, and then to a damp warehouse basement.
It was three years before the genesis for the current direction of the car was put in motion. Rich Rinke at Turnkey Restorations suggested that he finish the AMX, and Jimi quickly agreed. By this time, the Pro Touring movement was well established and Rinke was enlisted to also step up the handling and stopping power of the car. Rinke fabricated custom lower control arms and fit the front suspension with Strange coilovers and Brembo brakes from a '98 Mustang Cobra. This was a vast improvement, but only a smidgen of what the car would become.
About this same time, Jimi was involved with the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) as race director. The concept was to create an event that would take the best show cars and put them on the track to see if they could perform as well as they looked. As Jimi worked with Cam Douglass to develop the details of OUSCI, the specifics of how his AMX would be built and what would be expected of the car in terms of performance evolved. That's also when Randy Johnson of D&Z Customs got involved. Together, Jimi and Randy hatched a plan that would put Jimi's vision into metal and rubber.
That vision included a car that had plenty of modern power for acceleration, very big brakes to slow the car as it came into corners, and completely reworked suspension to get an AMC through the corners like no other since 1971 when Roger Penske and Mark Donahue campaigned a Javelin in the SCCA Trans-Am series. In true Pro Touring spirit, the car had to be built to perform at its best in all of these areas, but also look good and have modern conveniences like air conditioning and tunes that can overpower the Hooker mufflers.
This is when things got interesting. You can't just flip through a catalog and buy everything you need to create a dead-flat handling AMC. Instead, Randy at D&Z got very creative, adapting a Heidts Camaro front subframe and suspension, and custom-building just about everything that makes up the rear suspension. RideTech coilovers are at all four corners to allow for height adjustments and relatively easy spring-rate swaps and weight jacking for serious corner tuning. Wilwood 14-inch rotors with six-piston calipers were employed on the front of the car, while only slightly smaller 13-inch rotors and four-piston calipers slow the rear. Being a bit unconventional, the car relies on Wilwood non-power master cylinders for braking. That's genuine race car technology. The rotors are covered by 18-inch Rushforth Night Train wheels, wrapped in BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW tires.
After figuring out the suspension, installing a GM drivetrain wasn't too difficult. The engine is a GM Performance Parts LS3 crate motor with an LS7 cam from COMP Cams. The combo is good for 557 hp at the flywheel and 453 hp at the rear wheels on a stingy Mustang eddy current dyno. One of the coolest features on the engine is that the coil packs have been moved off of the valve covers with D&Z Customs relocation brackets. They now rest below the spark plugs, hidden next to the engine block. Behind the engine is a Keisler five-speed, interrupted with a Centerforce dual-disc clutch.
The interior is a cool collection of requisite race car equipment and luxury items. The massive Auto Meter Phantom II gauges sit in the factory AMX gauge cluster. The center stack is trimmed in carbon fiber, and Vintage Air controls replace the original heat and defroster levers. The five-point RideTech harnesses (OK, technically they're only four-point because the crotch strap is missing) slide through leather-covered racing seats. A Hertz amp and subwoofer ride below the RideTech TigerCage. You get the idea. Business first, but comfort and style are a close tie for second place.
Will this be the final form that Jimi's AMX will manifest itself in? Probably not. It took 21 years for him to achieve ownership, and the car has already seen three very different stages in just 10 years. We expect that this car will be reinvented over and over again, but one thing will remain the same: It will always be a two-seater with a nasty V-8 underhood!
"The goal was to make adjustments to the suspension, drop in a GM LS3, and go racing." —Jimi Day
By The Numbers
Jimi Day, Grafton, WI
Type: GMPP LS3 crate motor
Block: aluminum, GMPP
Oiling: Accusump system with remote oil filter and cooler
Rotating assembly: GMPP forged crank, steel connecting rods, hypereutectic pistons
Cylinder heads: GMPP aluminum heads with 2.165/1.59-inch valves
Camshaft: COMP Cams with 230/242 degrees at .050 and .572/.593-inch lift
Valvetrain: GMPP
Induction: GMPP LS3
Exhaust: Hooker long-tube LS swap headers, 3-inch exhaust system with Hooker mufflers
Power adder: none
Fuel system: Cadillac CTS-V electric in-tank pump
Ignition: GMPP
Cooling: custom aluminum radiator and electric fan
Output: 453 hp at 6,363 rpm and 415 lb-ft at 4,891 rpm (rear-wheel dyno)
Built by: GMPP
Transmission: Keisler RS600 five-speed manual
Rear axle: Speedway Motors 9-inch with 3.50:1 gears, Truetrac differential
Front suspension: D&Z Custom suspension using Heidts Camaro upper and lower control arms, Heidts 2-inch dropped spindles, RideTech coilovers, Heidts custom splined sway bar, Heidts rack-and-pinion steering
Rear suspension: D&Z Custom four-link suspension, RideTech coilovers, Heidts custom splined sway bar
Brakes: Wilwood 6-piston 14-inch rotors, front; 4-piston 13-inch rotors, rear
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: Rushforth Night Train wheels; 18x9, front; 18x10, rear
Tires: 275/35ZR18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW, front; 295/35ZR18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW, rear
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D&Z Customs fabricated a custom front suspension that became the mounting location for Heidts upper and lower control arms designed for a first-generation Camaro. The cradle also mounts Heidts rack-and-pinion steering and a custom Heidts splined sway bar.The rear suspension was all custom fabricated by D&Z, creating a four-link with rod ends and mounts for a pair of RideTech coilover shocks. The rear axle is a Speedway Engineering 9-inch spinning 3.50 gears.


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This is a question of terminology. I want to talk about the category whose...
- ...objects are pairs $(G,M)$, where $G$ is a group and $M$ is a $G$-set.
- ...morphisms $(G,M)\rightarrow (G',M')$ are pairs $(f_G,f_M)$, where $f_G:G\rightarrow G'$ is a group homomorphism, and $f_M:M\rightarrow M'$ is a set map such that $$ f_M(g\cdot m) = f_G(g)\cdot f_M(m)$$ for all $g\in G$ and $m\in M$.
I've been calling these decorated groups (and their morphisms), since they've been arising in connection with decorated local systems. However, I'd prefer a more standard name, hopefully one which evokes the correct idea before explanation.

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5 Amazing Things That People Managed to Sleep Through
#2. Multiple People Have Slept While Cars Crashed Through Their Houses
One morning, 85-year-old Winnie Withers of Indiana got up to pour herself coffee and found to her curiosity that she had a brand new garage door opening in the middle of her kitchen. An 8-foot-wide hole led straight outside.
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"Brick up that hole! I'm not heating the neighborhood!"
Withers figured that the wall must have simply fallen in, until she went outside and saw the tire tracks in her yard. Somehow, she slept through a vehicle smashing through her exterior wall and then fleeing the scene. Her bed, by the way, was only about 20 feet away from the crash.
Sadly, the pie she had set on the windowsill to cool was never recovered.
But this was hardly the first time someone woke up to find that their house had been remodeled with blunt vehicular force. In 1951, in Hobart, Australia, two cars crashed into each other around 1 a.m., sending one of them off the road on only three wheels, smashing through a picket fence and colliding directly with the side of a house.
The driver was then consumed by venomous animals, because Australia.
It took the police about 10 minutes to arrive, and when they showed up at the residence, they were forced to wake the occupant, who said he had "only a faint recollection of any unusual sound." Nobody was seriously hurt in the incident, but the homeowner presumably invested in a louder alarm clock, preferably one that punched him in the face.
#1. The Man Who Slept Through the Bounty Mutiny
The takeover of the HMS Bounty in 1789 is probably the most famous mutiny in history, evidenced by no fewer than five film adaptations of the event re-enacted by names such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Anthony Hopkins. This sequence of events that has been thrilling audiences for more than 200 years was missed entirely by midshipman Ned Young, the man who slept through the whole thing.
A typo led to strict orders for him to only be awakened in case of scrutiny.
The ship's troubles all started with the commander and giant asshole William Bligh and his penchant for berating his crew members in front of their comrades. On the morning of April 28, 1789, Master's Mate Fletcher Christian had finally been pushed too far. Having been the most frequent subject of Bligh's public humiliations, and possibly because he wanted his title changed to something less emasculating, Christian started his morning by relieving midshipman Edward "Ned" Young of watch duty before proceeding to rally his supporters to take over the entire ship.
Young, whose shift ended at 4 a.m., had gone to bed, where he proceeded to sleep his way into legend. After dozing through the entire mutiny and waking to find that the chain of command had changed entirely, Young did what any sane man would do, and chose to side with the winners.
"We still get nap time, right? That's kind of a dealbreaker for me."
Eventually the mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island, where Young seemed to flourish for a time. Despite being considered particularly unattractive compared to the other crew members (reportedly missing several of his front teeth, with all of the remaining being rotten), Young was the most popular with the ladies. Maybe he was just really funny. He ended up having seven children, including three with Christian's widow. It is even reported that the women protected him during a bloody conflict on the island -- which some say he also slept through. OK, this guy might have had narcolepsy.
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In order to get the relative consistency of some statement, it suffices to find a notion of forcing, and a condition $p$ in that forcing, such that $p$ forces the desired statement. It seems to be the case, most often, that the interesting statements we try to force end up being forced by the whole poset.
A sufficient property for a poset to possess to make the above phenomenon occur (in the case where all parameters in the forced statement are canonical names for objects in the ground model) is almost homogeneity: For every $p, q \in P$ there is an automorphism $i$ of $P$ such that $i(p)$ and $q$ are compatible.
It makes sense that if you're building a poset to force something, the whole poset forces it (there's also the ad hoc reason that you could throw out the part that doesn't force it). However, it might happen that in trying to force a particular statement, you build a poset where some, but not all, of the conditions happens to force a different interesting statement. Also, I haven't given this much deep thought, but it seems natural for most posets to be almost homogeneous.
My questions: Are there any interesting, instances of independence results forced by part, but not all, of some poset? Are there examples of commonly encountered posets which aren't almost homogeneous.
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Under what circumstances is a decryption routine able to tell that the padding of a message is invalid? If a cipher text block where to be randomly modified, what is the probability that the padding would be correct? How does the type of padding influence the detectability of cipher text that has been tampered with?
Let's say we are using PKCS#7 padding, and we'll stick to a single block message for simplicity. Modifying the ciphertext should result in an completely random decryption. To get proper padding, the resulting decryption would have to look something like this
Since the result is random, the probability that you would get
Looking at this padding method, it is easy to see how one would detect a modified ciphertext by simply looking at the padding. If the resulting plaintext is something like
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Damn we almost lost that game but a win is a win
Go Pacers
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Damn we almost lost that game but a win is a win
Go Pacers
Ugly wins will only help us prepare for when it matters most.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
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Where is the guy that was in charge of opening this things anyways?
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Its not just this one, I think it has been awhile since i saw him do one
Thanks Frank!
three really bad games by the pacers... I dont think its a concern... its a long season and we have to remember Pg is only 23.
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Vogel: "Games like these are never as easy as they should be, when (the opponent) has a bunch of key guys out. Theyre dangerous games."
At Least Roy got more than 3 rebounds this game
Poor performance. This is the part of the schedule the Pacers need to feast on because it does get harder down the stretch.
Miami is breathing down our necks still so winning every game is important.
Win is a win.
Yep he has not done one in a while.
82 games guys, 82 games. There are going to be some stinkers. Thankfully this stinker ended up in the win column.
A 1-pt win or a 30-pt win is just the same no matter how you look at it in the standings. Same for losses. Gotta take that win and maintain a good cushion against the Heat, who by the way won a nail-biter against the Raptors.
We won despite the late struggles and a good run by the Cavs. That's a good thing going forward.
Good win on the road.
So PG was OK, West was bad, Roy couldn't rebound, Danny was decent, Hill was meh, Scola was good, Lance was bad in the first half and good in the second half, everybody else was meh.
Only caught the fourth quarter (whoops) due to issues with series of tubes. Tough to stop Waiters when he's playing smart in the PnR. Also very easy to stop him if he just runs into Roy or Ian with arms flailing. Wow, the offense was rough, slow, indecisive, and careless there. I'll keep harping on our league-average offense until we find a way to improve on it. Not holding my breath though.
Ian Report: Not sure, though the box shows three turnovers; not sure if those are uncaught passes or things he actually did wrong. It looked like Luis struggled a little with his shooting, maybe a 'C' for Mahinmi? Everyone's stat line looks bad today. At least the column is still a 'W'.
In three games against the Cavaliers this season, they have yet to crack 80 points against us.
This looked to be a prototypical Pacers game. Pull away in the third and make it a blowout in the fourth....and then it all went to hell. Lucky to get the win.
I'd be interested to know more on what that Hill/Lance tiff was about in the first half.
"I like our group of people," Ainge told USA Today. "I'm trying to teach them about basketball, and they're trying to teach me about analytics."
Win is a win no matter how ugly it was played out. The merit will still be added on the win column. And having the best record in the NBA 1/3 of the season, I'll take it.
This is by the way an off night, let's move on and hope they'll be able to fix their mistakes come Tuesday night.
Pacers + Colts + Seahawks = Game mode on!
If I weren't rooting for the Pacers, would definitely not watch them as much, as the Offense is very ugly. It just takes a really long time to get into our sets, with our wings holding onto the ball too long, like Quinn says, Lance is one of the main culprits he needs to be crisper on his decisions.
Momentum matters. Once Roy fouled (whoever it was) the momentum shifted big to Cleveland but the Pacers won anyway
I've said before, when every team is gunning for you the comparison in energy is always going to look bad.
At least we aren't using the Miami "we don't care about the regular season" pile of garbage.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I understand it can be tough to play a full 48 in these kinds of games, but they should be blowing these guys out. Oh well. We won. Game over.


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The Basic Postpartum Diet
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Avoid artificial sweeteners, refined flour
Incidentally, it is not a good idea to try to avoid sugar by using artificial sweeteners like aspartame (also sold under the brand names Equal and NutraSweet), saccharin (Sweet 'N Low), and the newer acesulfame-K (Sunette, Sweet 'n Safe, Sweet One). Fake sweeteners do not help you to lose weight or kick your sugar habit, and some of them are known to have adverse effects on brain cells. They whet your taste for sugar without satisfying your body's need for nourishment. Aspartame is an excitotoxin, which means that it overexcites brain cells to the point where they literally can die. Chronic headaches, seizures, and brain tumors have been linked with aspartame use. Do not expose yourself or your baby to this chemical.
Americans consume a tremendous quantity of artificial sweetener in the form of diet sodas. In addition to containing artificial sweeteners, diet sodas also contain the same load of inorganic phosphorus that regular sodas do, which means that they can throw off your calcium and magnesium balance. We predict that a whole generation of soda-guzzling teens and young adults may well be headed for osteoporosis in their twilight years because of the bone-eroding effects of excess phosphoric acid. The average cola drink is 100,000 times more acidic than the human bloodstream should be, having a a pH of 2 rather than 7. It therefore takes about ten gallons of water to neutralize one can of soda. To bring the blood pH back into balance, the body will rob alkaline minerals from anywhere it can get them, including bone.
Refined Flour
Refined flour the kind used to make fluffy breads, many breakfast cereals, pretzels, bagels, muffins, cookies, and pasta is only slightly better for you than sugar. It contains carbohydrates that take a little bit longer to break down than those in pure sugar. Still, it is essentially predigested and causes a big jump in blood sugar. That is why a bagel with jam in the morning only tides you over for an hour or two your blood sugar soars, then crashes, and you probably find yourself craving more carbohydrates before lunchtime.
If you are trying to lose weight, refined flour products can get you into big trouble because they are highly calorically dense but not very filling. How many times have you polished off several slices of bread in a restaurant before your dinner arrived? By the time you dig in to the main course, you have already had 500 calories' worth of flour and if you have been slathering butter all over each piece, you are looking at closer to 1,000 calories. The calories your body does not need go right into fat storage, and your blood sugars rise and crash much as they would if you had eaten sugar. Those calories are about as empty as they come.
In addition, many people have allergies to gluten, a protein found in barley, oats, rye, and wheat, and in the wheat alternatives amaranth and spelt. If you find it difficult to have a single meal without something made from wheat, and you have chronic allergies, asthma, or itchy skin rashes, try replacing these foods with products made from brown rice or buckwheat. There are many gluten-free alternatives available in the average health food market. See if you can stay away from gluten-containing foods for at least two weeks. If you do and then see a notable improvement in your allergic symptoms, you may be sensitive to these foods. You should be able to add some gluten-containing foods back to your diet after a while without provoking a reaction, as long as you don't have them every day. Most conventional physicians still rarely acknowledge any but the most extreme cases of food allergy, but we have seen remarkable improvements in people who ferret out and eliminate allergenic foods from their diets.
Another problem with a diet rich in refined flour is that it can be incredibly constipating. When you made glue for papier-mâché in grade school, what did you use? Flour and water! The same kind of reaction happens in your gastrointestinal tract when you eat lots of wheat that has been stripped of its oils, its nutritious germ, and its fiber.
Women with gestational diabetes are usually placed on a low- to no-carbohydrate diet, which controls insulin and glucose levels well in most cases. Unless you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you can take a more moderate tack eating high-fiber foods such as beans, legumes, whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables. Protein from lean meats, fresh fish, and poultry can help to quell cravings for sweets and refined flour products. (In many instances, cravings for sugar are a sign that your body needs protein.) Intense cravings for sugar can be a sign that the brain's serotonin levels are too low. Finally, sugars and refined flour affect the action of enzymes that orchestrate prostaglandin production. If you eat too much of these foods, your body produces more of the "bad" prostaglandins.
Kicking the Refined Sugar and Flour Habit
Are you daunted by the notion of kicking your sugar and refined flour habit, although you know that you need to? Not sure how to begin? The best way is to do it cold turkey. On your next shopping expedition, pass by the sweet goodies and the white-flour bread and bagels. Instead, select some whole-grain products, or some whole grains from the bulk section of the market. Fill your cart with fresh vegetables and fruit. For at least three days, commit yourself to eating only whole foods. Steam vegetables, bake yams, eat raw salads, and cook beans and brown rice or rolled oats. Use organic butter, olive oil, tamari (soy sauce), and other savory seasonings, and remember to add some protein to each meal in the form of plain organic yogurt, organic cheeses, nuts, seeds, tofu, fish, or free-range poultry or beef. Don't add concentrated sweeteners to anything. If you want something sweet, eat a piece of fresh fruit. You will find that your taste for the really sweet stuff dissipates quickly. Once you get to this point, you can go back to having an occasional sweet or piece of white bread without going overboard.
In general, you can add sweetness to foods with natural sweeteners like maple syrup and honey but use them judiciously, too. For women who cannot seem to kick their refined carbohydrate cravings, or who choose to be vegetarian or vegan, we prescribe a food supplement powder containing amino acids, vitamins, fiber, and the minerals chromium and vanadium.
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I was recently given the task of creating an implementation plan document. When I asked for an example of one that I could look at, I was told to look at the Project Plan that had already been created an use that as a base. I'm still a bit confused on what I should be creating.
Can anyone point me to a good example out there or to something that explains what this is and more importantly the details about what it should contain.


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KILLEEN (December 11, 2012)--Belton resident and retired Army aviator Levi B. Noguess will fly fifty different aircraft for his 50th birthday Saturday.
The aircraft will be flown within a 12-hour period from Killeen to Fredericksburg.
His goal is to raise a total of $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association and Heart Mountain New Beginnings Boys Ranch while bringing attention to his vocation and hobby.
Noguess's adventure was originally scheduled for his actual birthday on Wednesday but was changed to better coincide with individuals' schedules.
Fifty pilots will volunteer their aircraft and their time to Fly with Levi.
According to Noguess, "the pilot/owner will taxi into position holding short of the runway ready for me to board. As I land one aircraft I will, as expeditiously as possible, exit that aircraft leaving it in the hands of the owner/pilot and will then be shuttled or walk to the next aircraft. I will board all aircraft with the engine running if a safe entrance and exit can be made in such condition."
Success will be measured by flying at least 50 aircraft in one 12-hour period.
His efforts will be updated on Facebook and on his website, and the variety of planes he plans to fly are available to view online.
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Float an Egg
This activity will help your child understand the concept of density and learn why objects sink or float.
- 2 clear drinking glasses
- Teaspoon
- Water
- Salt
- Marker
- 2 eggs
- Fill one glass half-full of water.
- Mark the water level on the glass.
- Add salt a spoonful at a time and stir it into the water until it dissolves. Stop adding salt when it won't dissolve anymore.
- Notice what happens to the water level as you add salt. The level shouldn't rise; instead, the water gets denser as it becomes saturated with salt. When you dissolve salt in water, you cram more molecules into the water without making the water take up any more space.
- Fill the other glass half-full of plain water. Gently put an egg in each glass. The egg in the saltwater should float, and the egg in the freshwater should sink.
- The saltwater is denser than the egg, so it holds up the egg, causing it to float. The freshwater is less dense than the egg, so it can't hold up the egg, and the egg sinks.
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Drop-Side Cribs Banned Due to Safety Issues
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The new ban will likely take effect by June 2011, and will prohibit any drop-side cribs from being manufactured or sold.
In addition to eliminating drop-side cribs from the marketplace, the CPSC also voted on new regulations for the quality and durability of the wood, hardware, and mattress supports used in crib manufacturing--standards that will render many cribs in the country as not up to code.
Although drop-side cribs have been around for decades, more than 9 million have been recalled since 2007, according to the CPSC. Malfunctioning hardware and poor assembly can cause the drop-side to fall and create a dangerous gap that infants and toddlers can fall into and become stuck. In some cases, children have died from suffocation and strangulation.


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[Washington, DC] -- Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, condemned the message contained on an audiotape that called for terrorist attacks in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Prince Bandar stated: "As a nation that has suffered from terrorism, we strongly condemn terrorism and acts of violence." Prince Bandar added: "The incitement contained in the tape has nothing to do with Islam. Violence in Iraq will not help the Iraqi people; it will only make their lives more difficult and their situation more dangerous. We look forward to the stabilization of Iraq and the establishment of a permanent government that can maintain the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq."
Saudi Arabia is vigilant in its efforts to prevent illegal crossing and arms smuggling through its borders.


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The 9 Most Hilariously Irresponsible Old-Timey Weapons
#4. Lighthouse Helmets (1928, 1940)
Check out that guy's face. That's a man who's been wearing a ridiculous automated lighthouse helmet for six freaking hours, and does not care. That is a man whose stoplight you dare not run. Zooming in a little closer, we're actually not totally convinced that the Monty Python guys weren't time travelers.
But apparently the contraption was a hit, because ...
Popular Mechanics
Drug dealers, if you get busted by this guy, it's your own damn fault.
This one was presumably a hazing device for new recruits or punishment for cops who used the electric glove as a joy buzzer. One thing's sure from looking at that upgrade: That is the single most effective way to break the spirit of a police officer. Also, the worst possible outfit to put your undercover cop in.
#3. "Medieval Knight" Armor (1938)
Whoever designed this armor to protect late-1930s Parisian "gas squad" officers from gun battles clearly had someone on that squad they wanted to see die in the most humiliating way possible. Just look at his "shield" -- that's nothing more than a scrap piece of sheet metal that somebody superglued a kitchen cabinet handle onto. It's only marginally more likely to stop a bullet than a tennis racquet. It looks like something we would have thrown together as kids when we and our friends played Masters of the Universe and beat the crap out of each other with our "swords." (Yardsticks. The swords were yardsticks, and goddamn, did they sting.) Only worse, because we never would have put on a sleep mask to use as a face shield.
#2. Truth Chamber (1934)
For times when the old "good cop, bad cop" routine didn't work out, a New York criminologist designed the Truth Chamber. The chamber consisted of a small room with walls covered in mirrors, so that no matter where the suspect looked, he was forced to stare at countless reflections of himself -- nothing to look at but his own guilty face, ad infinitum. A light mounted over his head allowed the interrogating officers to adjust the color of the lighting to make the suspect appear "worn and haggard" in order to help drive a confession from him (by driving him insane).
"Oh God, my face looks awful. It was I who killed the duchess!"
If a suspect didn't have a taste for human flesh going into this thing, a couple hours in there should be plenty to fully develop that craving. Presumably we don't still see a lot of these in use today because they've since put laws into effect prohibiting the forceful transformation of perfectly sane suspects into Cenobites.
#1. Tear Gas for Everyone! (1926-1932)
It appears that there was a gas-happy period in the late 1920s/early 1930s when they thought it was important for the general public to have the ability to tear gas just, like, everybody. Based on the prevalence of gadgets like these, we've reached the conclusion that every single person you passed on the street back then was hiding some kind of James Bond-like device, ready to gas you at a moment's notice.
Here's a wrist-mounted tear gas gun, with a finger ring that acts as the trigger. One flex of the wrist, and THWIP! It's just like Spider-Man's web shooters, only instead of webs, it shoots out clouds of pure misery.
And here we have a tear gas gun in the guise of an innocent fountain pen. See how nonchalantly she's gassing that dude? Two seconds ago he had a loaded revolver pointed directly at her face, and now he's crying like a little girl. Making masked gunmen her bitches is just part of her daily routine -- she's about to go grab some lunch, but not until she's good and done watching him whimper.
If we ever get that DeLorean running, remind us to never provoke the wrath of a flapper.
Popular Science and Popular Mechanics
You'd better hope the wind isn't blowing toward your home.
But what if you wanted to feel the joy of gassing a crook into submission, but weren't exactly comfortable with carrying a vat of acrid gas around with you at all times? Not to worry! Thanks to this cute little alligator ornament that breathed out tear gas like some kind of asshole dragon, or this window-mounted tear gas bomb, you could be sure that the simple act of opening a door or window could result in an explosion of swollen mucus membranes and anguish.
Like the chest-mounted Gatling gun for stick-up artists, this one is baffling for how desperate they are to hide the weapon from prospective armed robbers. They're not interested in deterring crime, but in tricking the bad guys into wandering within firing range of their booby-trapped body.
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In my ongoing strugle to understand $e^{\pi i}$ I managed to narrow down my conceptual difficulty. I'm having intuitive trouble understanding why $(1 + iX/n)^{n}$ is conceptually the same as a rotation by X radians about a unit circle as n approaches infinity.
The relationship between e, cos, and sin is what I set out to understand in the first place, so any explanation relying on the fact that $e^{xi} = cos(x) + i*sin(x)$ leaves me right back where I started. Furthermore, I'm looking for an explanation, not a proof. I've seen the taylor series proof of the above equality, I'm looking for an intuitive explanation of why $\lim_{n\to\infty}(1+iX/n)^{n}$ is the same as a rotation of X radians.


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SPC Probabilistic Outlook Information
Note: For probability to categorical outlook conversion, please see table in HTML.
The SPC produces probabilistic Convective Outlooks in conjunction with the traditional categorical Convective Outlooks. These outlooks are issued for all Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 periods.
Categorical Convective Outlooks
The traditional Convective Outlook is a categorical forecast that specifies the perceived level of threat via the descriptive wording: Slight, Moderate, and High Risk. This graphical outlook, however does not display the forecaster's expectations of the individual severe weather hazards (large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes). While the accompanying discussion for the outlook usually describes the forecaster's thoughts about the individual hazards, the accompanying categorical graphic does not.
Example Day 1 categorical Convective Outlook
The outlook graphic defines the geographic threat areas. In the example above, a large Slight Risk is forecast for portions of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. The graphic does not indicate the forecaster expectations of the individual severe weather hazards. This outlook will be discussed later in conjunction with the probabilistic forecasts for this event.
Probabilistic Convective Outlooks
Forecasting rare events such as tornadoes and the occurrence of large hail and damaging wind gusts is a very difficult process and one that contains a large amount of uncertainty. In the traditional Convective Outlooks, this uncertainty is conveyed via the Slight/Moderate/High Risk terminology. A more direct method of expressing the forecaster's uncertainty is to use probabilities. Probabilities directly express a level of confidence that an event will or won't occur. While probabilities may seem somewhat difficult to understand at first, once you have a grasp of how to interpret them, you will quickly gain an appreciation for how much more information they provide than slight, moderate and high risk by themselves. (A great introduction to why probabilistic forecasting is so useful may be found in an online essay by Chuck Doswell and Harold Brooks.)
Definition of the probabilities
The probabilities used in the SPC Convective Outlooks are known as subjective probabilities. The forecasters make their best estimate of the probability of an event occurring. The probability values forecast are not created automatically by a computer or via statistics, but by the SPC outlook forecaster.
The probabilities that you see on the graphics represent the probability of one or more events occurring within 25 miles of any point during the outlook period. This definition is used as the probability of severe weather at an given point is quite small. Also the Convective Outlook is not a small-scale, short-term forecast, but one that covers the entire U.S. for periods up to 24 hours. There is a large amount of uncertainty in forecasting severe weather on these scales. How many times have you experienced a tornado in your neighborhood? For most people, the answer is never. Now think of how many times severe weather has occurred within 25 miles of your location. It's probably safe to say that you can think of some close by severe weather events. How large of an area is a circle with a 25 mile radius? Below you'll see the Oklahoma City metro area where the large blue circle represents such an area.
You should be able to imagine that the probability of having severe weather occur within such an area is much larger than the probability of having it occur specifically within any one neighborhood. Keep this in mind as we further discuss the probability values expressed in the outlooks.
So, how do you interpret the forecast values? As an example, a 15% contour on the hail forecast outlines an area where the probability of 1 or more reports of large (3/4" or greater) hail occurring within 25 miles of any point during the forecast period is 15%. Larger values imply greater risk. For example, if the probability for large hail in your area is 30% on a given day and it was 15% the day before, there is a higher threat of large hail for your area on that day than the day before.
Although 30% is not a very large probability for having 1 or more of these severe weather hazards occur near you on a given day, it represents roughly a 1 in 3 chance. To better understand this, let's put the probability values into perspective in terms of climatology.
The climatology of severe weather is very different than the climatology of precipitation. Compare the number of days that you experience rain at your home to the number of days that you have had large hail at your location, or even a tornado. The number of times a given location experiences severe weather in a year is much less frequent than the amount of time it experiences rainfall. Because rainfall occurs so frequently (on average) the daily climatological values approach 20% on any given day in many locations east of the Rockies (i.e., a 1 in 5 chance, or it rains 1 day out of 5 on average). Suppose you hear a forecast calling for a 40% chance of rain. You can immediately say that the forecaster believes the chance of rain is twice as high as normal. This does not mean that rain will definitely occur but does mean that the forecaster believes that there is a higher than normal risk of precipitation occurring on that day. A climatological knowledge of the event being forecast is useful, even necessary for interpreting the probabilities being forecast. In the case for probability of precipitation forecasts, these values typically run from 0% (certainty that it will not rain) to 100% (certainty that it will).
As stated previously, the probabilities of severe weather occurring at any given location are much lower than those for precipitation. How much lower? The following image shows the probability of 1 or more tornadoes occurring within 25 miles of a point for the week of April 29 - May 6.
The image shows that the probabilities for this week range from 0 to 1.5%. These are very small values! Climatological values of rare events such as severe weather are much, much smaller than the climatology of cloudy days, or the probability of precipitation occurring.
As a part of the probabilistic forecasting program at the SPC, a representative severe weather climatology was developed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) for use by the National Weather Service, the emergency management community, and the general public. This project is available on the NSSL web site. You can find a tremendous amount of information there to assist yourself in determining the severe weather climatology for your area.
Since severe weather occurs relatively infrequently, there is a large amount of uncertainty as to precisely where it will occur. Accurate yes/no forecasts of whether or not you will experience a tornado in your neighborhood in the next 24 hours are simply not possible many hours ahead of time. Further, the role of the Convective Outlook is not to pinpoint the specific location for severe weather. The product is a national-scale forecast that highlights areas where severe weather is possible over the lower 48 states. Since climatological probabilities of severe weather are so small, the probabilities that you will see used in the forecasts will generally be much smaller than you might expect.
The following table shows the range of probabilities used in the various probabilistic outlooks:
Day 1
Tornadoes 2%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%
Large Hail 5%, 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%
Damaging Wind 5%, 15%, 30%, 45%,60%
Day 2
Any severe weather 5%, 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%
Day 3
Any severe weather 5%, 15%, 30%, 45%
How should you interpret these values? The smallest values represent areas where the most uncertainty exists and correspondingly where the smallest expected coverage of storm reports exists. The higher the probabilities, the greater the perceived threat and the greater the expected coverage of that hazard being forecast. The highest probabilities are generally reserved for the more extreme severe weather events and are used infrequently, if at all, during the year.
Another way of thinking of the values is related to climatology. Consider our earlier discussion of tornado probabilities for the first week of May where the peak values were approximately 1.5%. Let's assume that the SPC forecaster drew a 30% area which included northwest Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. The ratio of the forecast to climatology (30%/1.5%) yields a value of approximately 20. The SPC forecaster is stating they believe the risk of tornadoes in that region is 20 times larger than climatology. By comparing the forecast probability to climatology, you can better determine the magnitude of the risk on a given day.
Description of the probabilistic outlooks
Day 1
The most specific Convective Outlooks are those issued during the Day 1 period. Accordingly, the SPC forecasters have the most information available to them to differentiate the threats of the individual severe weather hazards. During this period, the SPC produces probabilistic outlooks for each primary severe weather hazard (tornadoes, damaging wind, and large hail) separately. By producing separate forecasts for tornadoes, damaging wind, and large hail, the user is given substantially more information upon which to make decisions than in the categorical (slight, moderate, high) outlook. In addition to the probabilities for separate types of severe weather occurring, areas are shown where there is a 10% or greater chance of extreme severe weather. Extreme severe weather is defined as F2 or greater tornadoes, damaging winds with speeds greater than 65 knots, or large hail 2" or greater in diameter. If the forecaster believes that there is less than a 10% chance of extreme severe weather occurring in the outlook area, then the hatched area will not appear on the graphics.
Day 2/Day 3
Probabilistic Outlooks are issued for the Day 2/3 period as well. Since many of the specific details of severe weather forecasting can only be determined hours ahead of time, rather than several days, the severe weather probabilities for the Day 2 and Day 3 Outlooks represent the probability of any severe weather hazard (large hail, damaging wind, or tornadoes) occurring (rather than producing individual forecasts for each hazard). Areas where there is a 10% or greater probability of extreme severe weather events (again, defined as 2" or larger hail, 65 knot or stronger winds, and F2 or stronger tornadoes) are also indicated on the graphics, when forecast.
Example Day 1 probabilistic Convective Outlook along with the corresponding Categorical Outlook
Conventional Categorical Outlook
Probabilistic Hail Outlook
Probabilistic Wind Outlook
Probabilistic Tornado Outlook
These images show the categorical Convective Outlook issued at 1630 UTC on February 16, 2006 as well as the corresponding probabilistic forecasts valid for the same time period. The conventional categorical outlook depicts a large Slight Risk area (shown in green) for portions of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. The unlabeled brown line represents regions where general thunderstorms are forecast. An emergency manager, or storm spotter, or member of the general public, may use this graphic to determine the relative level of threat for their area. However, forecaster expectations of locations of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds are not provided.
The remaining 3 figures show the forecast probabilities of hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes. Probabilities shown are 2% (green), 5% (light brown), 10% (dark brown), 15% (blue), and 30%(red). The forecaster for this event identified different areas for large hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes.
Benefits of the probabilistic Convective Outlooks
We believe the new Probabilistic Convective Outlooks do a better job of expressing uncertainty, as well as detail, compared to the traditional Convective Outlooks. These outlooks directly express forecaster uncertainty through the use of probabilities. Further, in the Day 1 period, forecaster expectations of large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are explicitly conveyed through individual forecasts. By producing forecasts of each hazard individually, users who are sensitive to one particular threat (e.g., car dealers and large hail) can make more informed decisions.
Even without a complete understanding of what the probabilities mean, you can directly assess from the graphics:
Geographic areas where the various severe weather hazards are expected. These areas may or may not overlap with one another.
The perceived levels of threat for the severe weather hazards. The higher the probabilities are, the increased threat of that hazard occurring. Refer to the discussion above concerning the probabilities used in the outlooks and especially the range of probabilities used.
Areas where extreme severe weather is expected.


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So, I decided to dig a little deeper into numerical integration because we hardly had any of that in my analysis class. I've come across this method for improper integrals: Метод Самокиша (not in English, unfortunately).
What scares me though, is that the series in the last formula starts with $- \infty$. Is that even possible? We haven't studied series yet, but from what I understand the series usually starts with $1$ (or $0$) and goes to infinity.
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Starting around Oct.8, and continuing for four months, the Kansas Department of Transportation will have a field survey team surveying a section of US-54 in Butler County, beginning near Andover Road and continuing east eight miles to Augusta. The purpose of the survey is to gather information necessary to create detailed designs for future construction projects.
Survey activities will include the use of survey equipment on the ground to determine locations on existing features within the survey corridor.
Charles Brooksher, L.S., Party Chief with the firm of Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) will be in charge of this survey for KDOT. A member of the survey crew will contact landowners and/or tenants for permission to enter private property.
Persons with questions about the survey can contact Martin Miller, KDOT South Central Public Affairs Manager, at (620) 663-3361 or toll free at 1-877-550-5368.
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Cooley, Bertha Strong
Bertha Strong Cooley Collection, 1939-1947.
Call no.: MS 506
A resident of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, Bertha Strong Cooley wrote letters to the editor on a regular basis on topics ranging from anti-imperialism, democracy, capitalism, Communism, Russia, World War II, and civil rights. Her strong views on peace and and social justice were expressed in lively and intelligent submissions published in area newspapers. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing news clippings of Cooley's letters to the editor as well as those submitted by others writing about the same topics.
- African Americans--Civil rights
- Massachusetts--History
- Pacifists--Massachusetts
- Social justice--Massachusetts
- World War, 1939-1945
- Cooley, Bertha Strong


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The rules have changed. The American Dream is no longer the "corner office". It's a successful business you can run from your home office, the beach, or wherever you desire. It's work you love that still allows you the freedom and income to live the life you truly want. Sound like a tall order? Well, thanks to the Internet, anyone can launch a business with little or no start-up capital or technical expertise. And in Click Millionaires, e-commerce expert Scott Fox teaches weary corporate warriors and aspiring entrepreneurs how to trade the 9-5 job they hate for an online business they love.
This audiobook explains how to combine outsourcing, software, and automated online marketing to build recurring revenues, all while working less and making fewer of the lifestyle compromises that corporate "success" requires. Listeners will learn how to: find a lucrative niche on the Internet that matches their interests and skills; choose an online business model: from blogs, noozles, and audience communities to digital delivery, online services, affiliate marketing - even physical products; position themselves as experts; build their audience; design the lifestyle they want; and balance passion and profits to realize their personal definition of success.
Featuring stories of dozens of "regular folks" who have reinvented themselves as "Click Millionaires", this inspiring and practical guide shows listeners how to stop dreaming of a better life and start living it!
©2012 Scott Fox (P)2012 Gildan Media LLC
"Scott Fox is not a Guru!!!!!"
I found Scott Fox to be realistic and down to earth. I have learned more than I paid for from Click Millionaires. If you are looking for a Guru to show you how to get rich overnight please keep looking. Also, please let me know when you find it. I have been searching for a while.
Between the information that I have found in Click Millionaires and the support system that Scott has allowed to flourish at the Clickmillionaires Forum. I know that I will eventually be able to work from my laptop, anywhere, to generate my primary source of income. Now this book is not the end all but a very good start if you are ready to do your homework. A must read if you are looking to change your lifestyle through the internet.
This book is definitely good for people who have had some experience in generating minimal income on the internet through wordpress sites, blogs, affiliate marketing and other avenues, as I have, and are looking for something more. Click Millionaires gave me a new perspective.
The most helpful concept that I learned from Click Millionaires is the lifestyle concept. I can now look at my life, in some areas that I would not have thought of, and create opportunity from something that I already do. A very grateful thanks to you Scott!!!!
"Another great book by Scott Fox"
I have read Scott Fox's other books, and this one, once again, does not disappoint.
I would recommend this book to others looking to start an E-business.
"The fire in my butt to kick start me into action"
Scott Fox lights fire under your butt by informing you of all the opportunities that are out there for making money online. The internet has so many free resources to offer the novice about the world of making money online. Scott directs the reader to many opportunities without any pressure. If you are desiring extra income or wanting to change your employment situation, this book will show the reader just how to make the changes in your life needed for realizing goals and dreams.
I really enjoyed the section onELancing and how to get started to expand your skill sets either to offer to a current employer or to develop your own business skills.
This book is a must have in your business library. I refer to it over and over again to refresh my knowledge and relight my fire.
Thank you Scott and I do hope to get around to reading "Internet Riches" to further learn on how to start and grow my online business.
As a Click Millionaire reader, you have access to the free online resource Click Millionaires Lifestyle forum which is mentioned in the book. Take advantage of this forum if you want and need information on building wealth and a mindset.
"Excellent How-To guide for creating a lifestyle"
I appreciate it is read by Scott himself. His enthusiasm for the material shows through.
The idea of a how-to guide that walks through different ways to achieve the lifestyle you want.
The part that really struck me was talking about the flexibility of the click millionaire lifestyle. I've heard the "work 2 hours a day" stuff before - but when you mentioned the possibility of taking the summers off it gave me pause. I thought "WOW! That would be really cool to be able to do this!" I think this was what got me really listening to the rest of the book - the possibilities of the lifestyle.
The audio book flows beautifully and is so full of very useful tools that I bought the Kindle version to ensure I can click on the links and take notes. Absolutely love the book!
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It was. Once I started listening, I could not turn it off. Even listened while in bed!
There are plenty of books that offer one aspect of what you need to be successful as an online entrepreneur. Click Millionaires offers the total package. Scott Fox artfully shifts your entrepreneurial paradigm by causing you to see how possible it is to have a life you love and a business that makes it possible. He teaches you how to have your cake and eat it too!
"Nothing to lose everything to gain"
I've not had the privilege of reading the print version I tend to use audible and audible books for all my needs as I can listen to them anywhere. I love audible
Just the inspiring way in which the content is described, does not sit comfortably with everybody, however it is up to you to make the change and you can use this and many of the memorable helpful pieces to assist with that change.
I'm about to look at other publications from Scott Fox. Therefore that speaks for itself as this one was obviously inspiring
Nothing to lose everything to gain
"Actual steps to take for setting up your future..."
I actually did listen to this book all in one sitting. I drive a LOT!
I highly recommend buying the book in conjunction to the audio for reference or at least be ready to pause and take notes for all the information. Also visit the website to really take advantage of the help Scott has to offer.
Manolo Borja
If you are seeking more than a job where you take orders I recommend this book for inspiration..all it takes is an idea and follow through and this book shows you that opportunity is out there..there is hope.
I like the fact the book is segmented into different parts so that you can read what you feel is important and then go back to the rest and how he also mentions useful tools and books.
"Great book, very authentic."
Scott Fox is a real person who is actually practicing the principles he's teaching. It was very helpful to hear about real people having done what most only dream of.
Scott's genuine honest personality.
This book is well written, easy to listen to and will give you some great ideas and help to motivate you to action!
"Loved It - Thoughtful & Practical"
I did not purchase the print version but thinking that you would need it because of some of the lists, etc. that he describes
I don't know if there is any comparison - it walks you right through the park
I think that his Lifestyle Assessment is incredibly useful if you actually do it and are honest. It made me totally reflect and I was really shocked about what I wrote versus where I am and the choices I made
You must get this book or audio
"Lots of real life examples"
I am a fan of The 4 Hour Work Week, but I think this is better. Why? Because I think there is more detail about how to go about making money from an e-business, and there are lots of real-life examples of how entrepreneurs are making money on line.
I like the fact that the examples are disparate, and include use of blogging, podcasting, video/You Tube, network marketing, and more. The author does not railroad you into one way of making money.
Well worth a listen.
"Plenty of real life money earning tips and tricks"
I have not read the print version but Audiobooks are the best way to educate yourself on the go, and Click Millionaires was very educational.
The Laptop Millionaire. Both these books are similar in content but offer two separate ways and resources in how to build your laptop lifestyle.
I love it when an author actually narrates their own audiobooks. This is a massive selling point for me. Scott performance was great. Very clear dialogue and very enthusiastic.
The book is very positive and had lots of inspirational points and actions into helping you create you laptop lifestyle.
The best or most useful part of the book was that I found all the points and tips Scott advised and raised in the book very useful. If I have to pick out a point that is relative to me now, the most useful thing I am taking is the checklist for validating which business is best to work on. I have tried implementing something myself but I just don't stick to it! I have so many projects. I need to focus, so I will enjoy using the validation checklist.
The part I would recommend are the exercises. I personally spend too much time researching and planning instead of doing. I now need to advise my self to do them! I do have a small excuse though. I listen to these audio books whilst I'm patrolling at work, so it's hard for me to do them there and then.
Overall the audiobook contained valuable pieces of useful advice, but most importantly, don't just read it, do it!.
"Ged McCormack"
This Audible book is very easy to listen to with great ideas on how to get started with an on-line business. It is a very practical approach on how to start and great advice on low cost ideas to build up your business. I enjoyed this audible book so much that I went out and bought the hardback for reference also. Scott Fox has certainly inspired myself to develop my own online business.
"Best Audiobook for Starting Online Business."
Top Audiobook on the subject; I was so impressed that I also bough the Kindle Version for reference. Amongst all the books I have read or listened to about Work/Life Balance via Internet Business this is right up there with Tim Ferriss and Seth Godin.
Possibly uniquely in books I've read or listened to Scott Fox really does show you not just the kind of things you can do to succeed but real actionable ways of starting out and working towards success. The title may be a bit over the top, but the content is clearly presented, realistic and worthwhile. I actually re-listen on an ongoing basis during my long daily commute for the sections where I cannot read a book (while driving etc.)
No, but the clarity and enthusiasm of Scott Fox's presentation was excellent.
Yes, though I typically get the opportunity to listen (and re-listen) to 4 or 5 chapters at one time.
This helped a lot with my enthusiasm. If you were to buy two books on lifestyle design - it would be this and the Four Hour Work Week.
"Great advice for budding entrepreneurs"
Contains lots of gold nuggets for aspiring internet entrepreneurs, with practical, hands on advice
All of the advice was useful and easily implementable
Being the writer he was able to articulate his points well.
It motivated me to relook at my online business attempts
I recommend this book in its entirety as it provides the whole package.
"A Great Tool for earning Money Online"
I liked the fact the book was prescriptive and presented good tangible, easily accesible steps to launch a web based business
This is my first experiencee with such a subject area
he is also the narrator and his genuine passion and belief in his content comes across in the book
The book is a practical guide to setting up an online business and I have listned to it a number of times. The real life examples were very inspirational
I would recomend this book to a freind
"Guide to swapping the 9-5 for ... you choose!"
Most informative
The 7 Habits ... both books ask you to look at what you're doing and change what you need to in order to get the results you want
Non fiction
Non fiction
If you want to drop the 9-5 rat race and let your mouse do the earning, then this is a good place to start. Informative and realistic, the book is supported by the author's blog and a community of people trying to do the same thing. It's like going it alone without having to be totally alone.
"A bit of a pitch fest"
There is a lot of waffle and very little actual usable, actionable information in my opinion. It was all about buying his other books and joining in to his other courses and training programs. Maybe this would be suited to absolute beginners to internet marketing and working online but a waste of time for those that have a minimal knowledge of the subject.
I was very disappointed.
There are a lot of much better books on the market related to making money online than this I am afraid.
"Great Book!"
I listened to the book and found it very motivating. Whilst listening to Scott reading the book I found ideas started to spring into my mind.
The book is not pressurised and is easy to listen to. There are numerous ideas which Scott shares and you would be able to use all these to start an online business.
I recommend listening to it. When I stopped listening to I could not wait to get back to it. It is an inspiring listen.
"A rare business book - as it tells you what to do!"
This book contains actual hard, factual steps to get you going. Eg: 1. do this, 2. do that, 3. set this up. This is so rare in business books these days that normally give you a lot of motivation but then leaves you hanging on the details. Also, it very good that the book wideness out to take you through different ideas, routes and strategies that you may not have even considered for making money online. Very accessible, written for everyone.
Also - Scott's online community is excellent, where after reading the book you can then go to for more support and ideas from other people running their own internet businesses.
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The Cartan subalgebras of a reductive Lie algebra are abelian.
Are there non-reductive Lie algebras with abelian Cartan subalgebras?
In fact, the elements of a Cartan subalgebra of a reducitive Lie algebra are semisimple, so a weaker question is:
Are there non-reductive Lie algberas with abelian Cartan subalgebras all of whose elements are semisimple?
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The optical pumping experiment of Rubidium requires the presence of magnetic field, but I don't understand why.
The basic principle of pumping is that the selection rule forbids transition from $m_F=2$ of the ground state of ${}^{87} \mathrm{Rb}$ to excited states, but not the other way around ($\vec{F}$ is the total angular momentum of electron and nucleus). After several round of absorption and spontaneous emission, all atoms will reach the state of $m_F=2$, hence the optical pumping effect.
But what does the Zeeman splitting have anything to do with optical pumping? Granted, the ground state, even after fine structure and hyperfine structure considered, is degenerate without Zeeman splitting, but the states with different $m_F$ still exists.
In addition, how is the strength of optical pumping related to the intensity of magnetic field applied?


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L. Ron Hubbard started the Church of Scientology. I was just wondering if they claim to be Christian in any event?
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According to Scientology, Jesus Christ was part of the "implant" that Xenu imposed on the thetans. That is, he is a fictional character that people were brainwashed into believing in.
Scientologists believe that 75 million years ago the leader of the Galactic Confederation, Xenu, decided that many planets in the galaxy were overpopulated, and to solve this problem he killed hundreds of billions of people, captured their "thetans" (i.e. souls) in a mixture of glycol and alcohol, and transported them to the planet Teegeeack to imprison them there. (Which we now call "Earth".) He placed all these frozen thetans around volcanos and blew up these volcanos with hydrogen bombs. The thetans were gathered on "electronic ribbons" where they stuck together in "clusters". Xenu took these thetans to Hawaii and Los Palmas where he subjected them to a kind of brain-washing called "implanting" for 36 days, in which false memories were implanted in their minds to make them servile. Scientologists call this event "Incident 2". Modern humans are these thetans in bodily form.
A small part of the "implant" was belief in Christ. Another part of the implant was that if anyone tried to learn the truth, they would die of pneumonia. That's how things stood for 75 millions years until L Ron Hubbard came along and somehow managed to survive and break the implant.
That's what Scientologists believe, anyway.
So no, they're not Christians by any reasonable definition of the word.
Nothing about Christ here; I'll answer no.
Again, nothing about Christ. I think the answer is no.
And for good measure, L. Ron Hubbard says:
That sounds to me like someone speaking of Christianity as an outsider.


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I want to display
xclock on another computer.
On my computer (
111) I am able to
ping the other computer (
222) inside my home network:
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:55:66:77:88:99
inet addr:192.168.0.111 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
$ ping 192.168.0.222
The router is a D-Link DIR-655 Wireless N Gigabit Router.
$ xclock -display 192.168.0.111:0
Displays the
xclock on my computer (
111) as expected. On the other computer (
$ xhost +
But then back on my computer (
111) it also displays on my computer when changed to:
$ xclock -display 192.168.0.222:0
To attempt to verify the use of the
-display switch:
$ xclock -display 192.168.0.111:0.1
Error: Can't open display: 192.168.0.111:0.1
$ ping 192.168.0.333
ping: unknown host 192.168.0.333
$ xclock -display 192.168.0.333:0
I would expect it to fail but it also displays on my computer (
111) but with a bit of a delay. These results tells me that the
display argument is getting to
$ uname -a
Linux mycomputer 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:46:35 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I am using LXDE rather than GNOME or KDE.
I am only attempting to get
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perfect shot .....im wordless to describe .....excellent
magnifica fotografia delle fatiche secolari...
Speech Less Shot,
Brilliant photography
Truly Amazing. Man-made art!
love this so much. its such a special photo!
I'm in awe of this shot. It makes me think of stained glass. Well done.
hi every one, how can i download the photo? can i?
Peinture ? Photo ?
I like it so much, and long before I've seen some pictures kind of this, they're more beautiful, taken in different time.
This is an amazing photo and also an amazing eye opener. We take so much for granted in our lives and while doing this we forget just how much (blood, sweat and tears) as such goes into all the hard work of others for the sake of feeding a nation.
wonderful pic
Would love to see this in person!
Intricate, marvelously fascinating and beautiful! Wonderful, imaginative photograph.
All done by hand, centuries of work.
this looks like a stained glass window its so beautiful.
wowww just awsme
When, when, when will National Geographic return to their old format of showing the better parts of the world instead of "PRISONS", "BORDERS" , EVERY NEGATIVE PART OF THE WORLD, so the children of the world including the US see the beauty of all the things that surrounds us everywhere in the world. Leave the negative and sensational junk to the news channels. I am so tired of turning off this channel most of the time. They do offer some good broadcasting, but most of it us useless and wasted time.
This photo has already been published as the Photo of the Day...
But well I guess it's very beautiful
Super Shot!
very amazing thankyou for this wonderful pic
" I waited a few days for the perfect moment."
its so impressive, congratulations.
Beautiful photo it looks just like stained glass to me!
A real work of art!
As I remember the rice fields of India, they look far different from these here. The vein's of water and rice are patterns man made, side by side to make a wonderous shot for John Qu. The lighting is just right, and it took a long time to 'wait for it'.Much appreciated as one more great shot. j.e.s.........
Great idea and nice capture
Awesome China.
It is beautiful. I wonder how they get the fields floods that are on the sides of the hills. Looks like gravity would not allow it.
@bella young WONDER FUL
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@ideogram tianya 很高兴看到你的中文。但实在不能同意你狭隘的观点,在恶劣的生存条件下能继续生存,在残酷的自然条件下能凭着无穷的智慧改造它,这体现着这个民族的伟大和才智。我和多少老外谈及过这个话题,他们可以说99.9%的人都由衷地感到能把这块本是贫瘠的土地改造成"连上帝也想像不出"的壮美景观所需要的是毅力和智慧,它体现着这个民族的精神和才智。我很悲哀的是恰恰是我们的同胞常常流露出你这种很狭隘心绪。不过还是感谢你的文字。
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How long do dropped items persist in Terraria? I somehow dropped a gold pick in a corner I couldn't get to, and when I went to retrieve it, it had disappeared. Under what conditions do dropped treasure disappear?
It seems that there is a limit of 400 "loose" items at once, and if that limit is exceeded then the oldest item disappears. As of version 1.2, items of the same type will stack when they're near each other, thus greatly reducing the likelihood of this happening.
Also, quitting the game destroys all items on the ground.
There is no time limit. You can keep an item on the ground for as long as you want just as long as you don't turn off the server or exit the single player world. There is however a 200 item limit that can be on the ground.
As is stated on the wiki it was never confirmed but proven by using the chest duplication glitch. This is to prevent the world from being overwhelmed with unneeded cleaning and item lag (too many non-active tiles (items) on the floor can cause server/single player lag). @Joseph Kendall also states this but he put it into a more simplistic and easy-to-read answer (for the lazy).
Coins count as 1 item even if it is in multiple. For example, when you pick up a bronze coin it might say 93 but on Terraria it will count as one item on the floor. In the condition of your gold coin, I'm sorry, I know the pain of losing gold coins (believe me I lost platinum before (100 gold coins coin tier)) but you probably logged out of your world and it disappeared, if not then you might have picked it up without noticing.
EDIT: As is now, there seems to be a 400 item limit, as stated on the wiki.
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Which kinds of fields of mathematics do I have to know about in order to understand the Riemann hypothesis millenium prize problem?
Just to understand the$^\dagger$ statement of the problem, you would have to be familiar with complex analysis and analytic number theory. The $\zeta$ function itself is an analytic object from number theory and to understand its significance (just on the surface!) you would have to study it in these realms. Of course it is also a function on $\Bbb C$ after analytic continuation - attained using a functional equation - with a simple pole at $1$, and understanding what this means and how to manipulate the function deftly will mean studying complex analysis.
$^\dagger$I refer to the statement that $\zeta(s)$ has all nontrivial zeros on the critical line. There are actually a lot of equivalent statements that require very little knowledge of complex analysis (you'll still need to pick up a few definitions of arithmetic functions from analytic NT for many of them, these aren't too hard). You can find a lot of equivalences listed here for example.
Beyond that, to understand the modern approaches to RH and related or generalized conjectures and all of the theory there is surrounding this creature, you must go much further in algebraic number theory at the very least, and travel to many other worlds like modular forms, differential geometry, quantum theory and random matrices, etc. - basically at least a basic knowledge of most advanced subjects in analysis, algebra and geometry, and then especially deeply in pertinent areas.
I used to try to explain the complex analysis part. I have given up on that. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime-counting_function for details...
The short version is that the prime counting function $\pi(x)$ is approximated pretty well by $$ \frac{x}{\log x}. $$ It is known that a better approximation is given by $$ \mbox{li} \, (x). $$
The Riemann hypothesis is equivalent to a specific form of the statement that $ \mbox{li} \, (x) $ is a really good approximation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime-counting_function#The_Riemann_hypothesis and TABLE
Definitely, the number theory. You can find more connections to other fields in "The Millenium Problems" by Keith Devlin.
The Riemann Hypothesis is just a conjecture about the zeros of a function. Understanding this is simple.
However, understanding why this is important and what it means to number theory is far from simple.


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Completing my Computing A-level in 2003 and getting a degree in Computing in 2007, and learning my trade in a company with a lot of SQL usage, I was brought up on the idea of Relational Databases being used for storage.
So, despite being relatively new to development, I was taken-aback to read a comment (on Is LinqPad site quote "Tired of querying in antiquated SQL?" accurate? ) that said:
[Some devs] despise [SQL] and think that it and RDBMS are a fad
Obviously, a competent dev will use the right tool for the right job and won't create a relational database when e.g. flat file or another solution for storage is appropriate, but RDBMs are useful in a massive number of circumstances, so how could they be considered a fad?


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Should someone say the HaGomel blessing after taking an airplane flight? I seem to remember this being the practice, but honestly the average commercial airplane flight these days is 10 times safer than driving to the supermarket...
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There are various Halachic opinions on this subject. This article by Rabbi Doniel Neustadt (pg. 3-4) sums up the various opinions very nicely (see footnotes there for names):
He then goes on to say that the general custom today follows #2 above.
I also saw that R' Moshe Feinstein zt"l held that one should only say Hagomel on the return trip (if the trip is less than 30 days). The exception to this is if one is traveling to visit Israel, where Ha-gomel should be said after both directions (i.e. after landing in Israel, and then after landing back in America). (taken from here pg. 2-3)
For a practical decision, please see a Rabbi.
The basic rule is to say hagomel after crossing an ocean (on water) or a desert (on land) but not after other trips.
http://www.mevaseret.org/mmy/searchshiurim.php?shiur=105 lists various rabbis' views regarding airplane travel. I haven't checked the sources it cites, but if it's to be trusted then Rabbi Sternbuch cites others as saying not to say it unless the flight was "eventful" [whatever that means], the Tzitz Eliezer says to say hagomel after any but a short domestic flight, and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein says to say it after any flight.
As always, for practical guidance, CYLOR.
Update: I've checked the sources of that Web page, but have skimmed them rather than read every word. (That's always dangerous, but) AFAICT the Tzitz Eliezer actually says to say hagomel after going over a desert or ocean [yam, which may include larger seas or what-have-you], unless it's a short domestic flight. I don't see that he says to say hagomel after a long flight that doesn't go over a yam or desert, which is what the Web page implies in his name. Rav Moshe Feinstein is quoted correctly AFAICT. Rav Moshe Sternbuch is quoted incompletely. He actually writes that the custom in South Africa is to say hagomel after any flight over the yam [or, I suppose, the desert?]; he also quotes the Chazon Ish second-hand as saying to say hagomel after any flight, and others (the Belzer rav, the Tchubiner rav) secondhand as saying not to say it.


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