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I am so sorry for my neighbors in Newtown. A once hidden and dark threshold has been crossed with the terrible killing of little children, and I do not profess to know why. Nor do I suggest I have any brilliant insight into what we must do to prevent something like this from happening again. But like almost everyone in this sorrowful nation, I do question over and over again, how — how could this have happened?
As a student of human behavior who has spent almost four decades as a teacher, clinician, administrator and researcher in the field of intellectual and behavioral disabilities, I am without clear answers. I simply cannot understand. But one thing I do believe is that feel-good and hastily designed solutions will solve little. Naturally, more assertive action on gun control, and the early identification and treatment for the far too many suffering souls who have mental and behavioral disorders, would help. Intelligent and careful study, and follow-up action on these things must be done.
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FREEPRESS wrote on Dec 19, 2012 10:33 PM:
" No offense, Steve, but you remind me of my two psychologist cousins (one in NYC and the other in CA - yes, I know that alone is enough to have them certified as crazy), who always think their opinion on anything is the right one and only one (always to the "left"), because they are psychologists and know better then us commoners. I appreciate that you are trying to find a solution to that horrendous Newtown incident, and do offer some good suggestions (with which I agree), however they are not the true answer to the question: How can something like this be prevented? - IT CAN'T, because a sick mind is not predictable no matter what you may think your powers of analysis may be. "
Steven Staugaitis wrote on Dec 20, 2012 1:53 PM:
" No offense taken. Interestingly I am not typically "leftist," but very conservative in my beliefs and politics. I didn't attempt to provide "answers," that may not, as you note, always be possible since behavior is extremely difficult if not impossible to always predict with any degree of precision. But, I do believe that we must try. Note I suggested intelligent gun control (not politically driven laws that do little if any good). I guess what I was trying, perhaps not very eloquently, to suggest was that there has (opinion only) been a slow and steady dehumanization and desensitization toward violence, such that what had been unthinkable, is now almost the norm. I don't blame TV, video games, media, etc. They only provide what people purchase. These are only symptoms or manifestations of our collective psyche. Each of us (me included) must pause and reflect a bit on what may we each be doing (in words, thought and deed) that might, just might, be contributing to what I believe (again only opinion)may be at the heart of the issue. Thanks for commenting.
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HANNIBAL - Ormet Corp. survived daunting challenges in the past year, but company and union officials appear hesitant to discuss how well the company is positioned for the future.
Neither Chief Executive Officer Mike Tanchuk nor Tom Byers, president of United Steelworkers Local 5724 at the Ormet Hannibal Primary Aluminum Reduction Plant, responded to several requests for comment for this report.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved Ormet's request to defer paying electric bills that were due for October and November, allowing the company to pay them in 17 monthly installments during 2014 and 2015. The company said these bills total about $27 million. As part of the deal, however, commission members stated that any further Ormet requests for help from the PUCO must include a "business plan confirming its long-term ability to exist without ratepayer support."
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THE ORMET Corporation appears positioned for the short-term future with a new power agreement with American Electric Power. However, the rising cost of electricity brings Ormet's long-term viability into question.
And with electricity prices expected to rise as utilities shutter coal-fired power plants, Ormet is looking for a new direction.
Byers has said he was glad Ormet Corp. made it through 2012 without laying off as many employees as expected, but he would like to see the 237 who are out of work return to their jobs. Last summer, Ormet issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice regarding the possibility of laying off 998 employees, including 837 union workers and 161 members of management. Byers said the WARN notice expired Dec. 31, meaning the company does not appear to be in position for such massive layoffs.
There were 719 employees on the job with four of the six potlines at Hannibal running in January.
In addition to American Electric Power bills that Tanchuk said were going to increase by about $20 million per year, company officials cited declining aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange as reasons for issuing the WARN notice.
"I am seeing the cup as being two-thirds of the way full," Byers said in January. "The price of aluminum has come up a bit since they issued that notice. We are hopeful that this can all work out in the end.
"The last thing this area needs, especially right now, is to lose these jobs. And that doesn't even count all the jobs they support," he added.
But as Ormet's electricity rate debate continues with the PUCO and AEP, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel questioned the rate discount plan Ormet got from AEP in July 2009 for a period of 10 years. The organization believes other AEP customers will ultimately have to pay more than $305 million in higher rates over the 10-year period in order for Ormet to receive lower power rates.
"We support economic development, but there must be a balanced approach," said Maureen Grady, counsel of record for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel. "That is a lot of money for ratepayers to be giving to a corporation."
The counsel is the statewide legal representative for Ohio's residential consumers in matters related to utility services. It advocates for residential consumers before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio with a nine-member, bipartisan governing board.
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Byers collected more than 2,500 signatures for a petition and accompanying letter that he mailed to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, seeking the governor's help to find a solution for Ormet.
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In 2005, after more than two decades with the Justice Department, McCabe joined the EPA as the deputy administrator of its Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. There, she supervised approximately 800 agency employees. In 2012, McCabe began working as an administrative appeals judge at the EPA. It's quite a change, she says. As a judge, McCabe presides over cases involving environmental permitting and enforcement issues. "It's a very different aspect of the practice," she says. "But it's exciting to be reading, thinking, and writing law again."


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8 "Healthy" Snacks That Are More Fattening Than a Twinkie
Are these 8 fattening foods in your fridge? See the snacks that are sabotaging your diet now
I love those little rolls of heaven, but they definitely don't love me. That's because just one Twinkie has a whopping 18 grams of sugar, which knocks out nearly 100 percent of my daily sugar quota in one fell swoop. So I steer clear of my favorite dessert and reach for healthier foods instead. If I'm craving something sweet after lunch, I make a fro-yo run; if I'm still feeling hungry after dinner, I have a bowl of cereal.
But here's the thing: Karen Ansel, MS, RD, co-author of "The Calendar Diet: A Month by Month Guide to Losing Weight While Living Your Life," says some of the "healthy" picks at your grocery store have more sugar than your off-limits desserts. In fact, things like whole wheat bread, yogurt, and granola have more grams of sugar than the ubiquitous Twinkie.
Skip ahead to see the 8 fattening foods that have more sugar than a Twinkie here.
And the real danger comes not just because we eat these fattening foods, but because we think they're healthy, says Ansel. "Everything is OK in moderation," she says. But of course, when we think a food is good for us, we tend to snack with abandon. The result? An ever-expanding waistline.
While the "healthy" daily amount of sugar is up for hot debate right now (the World Health Organization says added sugar should make up no more than 10 percent of your daily caloric intake; the American Heart Association says it should only make up 4 percent), all experts agree we're consuming too much of the white stuff. The AHA says added sugars like high-fructose corn syrup and table sugar found in sodas, desserts, and other processed foods are responsible for Americans' overall increase in calorie consumption and the subsequent rise in obesity.
Over the past 30 years, Americans have consumed an average of 150 to 300 more calories per day than we used to -- and we haven't increased our physical activity. And experts say most of these extra cals are coming from added sugars. It's no wonder more than two-thirds of us are battling obesity.
To stay in your skinny jeans, watch out for these "healthy" (read: high-sugar and highly fattening) foods.
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Some of these came as a real shock to me--thanks!
by GigiSD Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 01:23PM Report as inappropriate
Wow. Some of this information was surprising. Some of these foods though I can't give up. Yogurt and Special K are delicious!
by NillaButterfly Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 02:19PM Report as inappropriate
This was very interesting... too bad about the smoothies and pasta sauce!!
by jennifer_erb Friday, March 15, 2013 at 03:20PM Report as inappropriate
Oh wow good to know
by LittleBunny Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 05:41PM Report as inappropriate
Good info, but people should just check the nutrition information and then this wouldn't be such a surprise:)
by amber.flute Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 04:19PM Report as inappropriate
Love yogurt, can't give that up. That's my nightly snack!
by EricaF123 Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 02:47PM Report as inappropriate
Sad about the spaghetti sauce, but that's not exactly a "snack" though.
by Chris213 Friday, November 9, 2012 at 06:27AM Report as inappropriate
Oh no i love jamba juice.
by andyv1217 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 09:50PM Report as inappropriate
I had no idea Jamba Juice had so much sugar! I mean, I knew it couldn't actually be good for me, but I thought it was at least a little good.
by schien Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 03:55PM Report as inappropriate
Great Inf very informative...
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by Melissa Brunner
"Look for the helpers. You will always find people helping."
Fred Rogers, a.k.a. Mr. Rogers, once said this is what his mother would tell him when he saw something scary on the news. Monday's incident at the finish line of the Boston Marathon would certainly qualify.
Runners can be a fickle lot. I've seen articles accuse runners of being selfish. I mean, really, who takes an hour - if not hours - to be by themselves on a road or trail putting one foot in front of the other to reach some individual goal or simply for the sake of doing it?
But if you've ever found yourself at the starting line of a community 5k, you will realize that each of those individuals comes together to form a unique community. Runners don't need to know each others' names to share words of encouragement or support, to trade training tips or tales, or to come together for a common cause. You'll find runs benefiting countless non-profit organizations and groups who use their love of running to raise money for a cause (the NF Endurance team for Children's Tumor Foundation and Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society are just a couple of the groups which had runners at Boston Monday). Regardless of ability, if you are at the starting line or on the trail with them, you, too, are a runner. With all of that, even those of us who can't fathom finishing 26.2 miles feel a sense of kinship with those line up at Boston or any other marathon. We feel joy in their accomplishment.
This sense of community was on full display in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy. We heard tales of runners continuing from the finish line to the blood centers to donate; many ran into the chaos to offer assistance to the injured; doctors who were on the course, including Dr. Chris Rupe of Salina, sprung into action, offering their skills to aid the wounded. We also saw 78-year-old Bill Iffrig, steps from the finish line when the first blast hit, fall to the ground, and, with the help of a course assistant, pick himself up and walk the final 15 feet of the race.
You didn't need to look far to find the helpers.
No, what happened at the Boston Marathon wasn't necessarily about runners or running. But it does get to the heart of what runners are all about - freedom and community. It is about helping each other through the best of times and the worst of times. It is about making each other's struggles our own. It is about, when we feel pushed to our limits and want to quit, persevering, taking another step and reaching the finish line. It is what runners do, and it is what our nation will do after yet another tragedy - we will continue, we will persevere, we will run another day.


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I just purchased the NN3, but was not able to get the settings for a Nikon D200 with a Tokina 10-17 lens. I will be shooting at 10mm. Does any one has this value?
I just purchased the NN3, but was not able to get the settings for a Nikon D200 with a Tokina 10-17 lens. I will be shooting at 10mm. Does any one has this value?
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Unfortunately we don't have the settings for this lens yet.
As we hear back from customers we post the findings here: http://nodalninja.com/nodal_ninja_3_..._settings.html.
If you do not find your camera/lens on the list the manual teaches you how to find these settings: http://nodalninja.com/nodal_ninja_user_manual.html.
Learning to find the no parallax point of a lens is fairly straight forward once learned. The biggest advantage to know how to do this is you can use the technique with virtually any lens at any focal length.
I can tell you the lower "A" setting once found will never change if using the same camera body.
Also here is another link to a database of entrance pupils for various lenses that might help:
After you do finally learn the settings I hope you might share them with us so we can post them on the website.
Hope this helps.
Thank you,
ps - if anyone else has these settings please let us know - this is a popular lens - thx
Here is another link to a database of entrance pupil for various lenses : http://www.panotools.info/mediawiki/...Pupil_Database
HOWDY i have the D300 and tokina 10-17 and just scored my nn3 in the post today (big thx to jim aussie dist.)
though was going to play around with my nikon 24-85 f3.5 lens might check the tokina out to if i have time i think the bodys are the same ?
but yeah im off to fiddle and poke at it so ile let uno
howdy did you get them settings for that set up id be interested to no what you found i sometines use that lens there good for the price stoked with mine
this maybe a good start.
But beware that the NPP varies with angle of view. Shaved Tokina on full frame sensor has much larger angle of view and may NPP be different fron D200.
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I have heard a lot about ancient Indian martial arts called Kalaripayattu.
Does anyone have info on this? How does it compare to kung fu?
I have heard a lot about ancient Indian martial arts called Kalaripayattu.
Does anyone have info on this? How does it compare to kung fu?
I know there are some books on Kalaripayattu, e.g. this one and this one. There's also a large entry on it on wikipedia.
I've heard it's popular mainly in India, there should be quite a number of schools there. Also, there a few places to learn it in Europe as well:
I'm a student of Kalaripayattu practicing in the US. I've studied for 6 years with Anil Natyaveda who was trained traditionally in Kerala India.
Reading the answers I figured chiming in might be useful.
The Wikipedia article is pretty decent as an introduction. Also, I can recommend When the Body Becomes All Eyes - a book by a Western martial artist who studied in Kerala. I wasn't so thrilled with this one - the pictures are not so accurate, although the descriptions are not too bad.
I can also highly recommend some of the YouTube videos out there - there are too many for me to search through, but I have yet to see a bad one and seeing pracitioners moving can be very helpful - I always feel the static pictures don't do it justice.
Sadly, I don't have any other martial arts training, so I can't compare it easily to another art, but I can say from personal experience that:
I did KungFu for all of about 10 weeks - I can say that the basic horse pose in Kung Fu is remarkably different than the basic pose of Kalaripayattu - but that's about it. In the end there's always a few similarities, because humans are basically grown from the same model.
As an Indian, I'd like to put forward a fact about Kalaripayattu. There are a good number of schools in India that teach/focus on this form of an ancient martial art. As far as effectiveness of this martial art is concerned, I wouldn't like to comment on it because every martial art is great in its own way.
I would opine that Kerala (a state in Southern part of India) would be a wonderful place to start your training in Kalaripayattu, as Kerala is supposedly the origin of this martial art.
Comparing Kalari Payatt and Kung fu
(I've been practicing few styles of both Indian and Chinese martial arts and I would like to share some of the technical similarities I found (or felt) in both styles. This is not about the mother of all bullshit details :-))
Starting by considering "Kung fu" or "Wushu" as an umbrella term for all Chinese martial arts in which there are hundreds of different systems and various styles and sub styles/lineages. Some share similar concepts and methodologies, but in most cases the differences will make it impossible even to compare at all.
Similarly Kalari Payatt is now used as an umbrella term for all the systems and styles of martial arts practiced in the south Indian state of Kerala. Based on their characteristics these arts are classified mainly into northern systems and southern systems (But there are still some styles which cannot be put into either of these groups).
Considering the above mentioned, I believe it will be better to compare styles with similar characteristics. Actually I don't want to call it comparing as it is a senseless and stupid idea as every art has its own place and uniqueness. But still for all those fools like me out there..
The southern schools of kalari (Thekkan Kalari) which traditionally have been known by various names like Adi Thada, Adi Mura, Nadan, Chuvadu Mura, Thekkan Mura, Para thallu, Muchuvadu etc focuses on empty hand fighting and the footwork patterns (Chuvadu) found in these systems uses various geometric shapes like square, triangle, +, circle etc. These pattern based structures are more similar to SE Asian martial arts than CMA.
Within these groups there are styles which are close, mid and long range systems.
For e.g., the close range system called 'Para thallu' (Para slaps) secretly practiced among Paraya community in Kerala (who were once enslaved by the upper castes and prohibited from practicing martial arts) is an offensive system which aims at ending the fight quickly as possible. This style (in applied form) is similar to Wingchun (Yongchun), Southern mantis (or other Hakka styles) and some forms of Silat. But there aren't any centreline principles like in WC or hunched shoulders as in Hakka styles or any kind of internal aspects of CMA. The similarities may be due the fact that all these systems are based on common principles like close range fighting, economy of moves, practicality etc.
Adi Murai (law of striking) or Adi thada (strike-defense) styles practiced in the southern most districts of Kerala and a district of the neighbouring state (Tamil Nadu) uses long range strikes and swinging arms movements. These swinging arm movements looks similar to the swinging movements found in Lama Pai, Choy Li Fut (Cai Li Fa), Pigua (PeKwar) etc.. of CMA. But it doesn't use any particular concepts in the swings like in Pigua style or Tongbei styles. The characteristic swinging arms strikes of Lama Pai and Choy li fut (which can also be seen in some other Cantonese styles) is in certain ways similar. The weapons training in Adi Mura is closer to SE martial arts than CMA
The northern Payatt style which is popularly known today as Kalari Payatt (Kalarippayattu) is completely different style when compared to the southern styles. When we look into the actual training concepts, it has a way of conditioning the body through forms which uses core body movements that becomes foundation for actual fighting (forms may not directly imply martial application). These moves are based on movements of animals as in Yoga (but not as the animal imitations in CMA). The style primarily focuses on weapons training and uses many 2 person sparring forms. Empty hand fighting is mainly practiced in various combinations of strikes and grappling moves.
Similarities with CMA
Basic leg raise line drills in Payatt are similar to the leg stretching kicks found in the northern style CMA. When looking at the individual moves and how it is manifested into applications, I have felt many similar conceptualisation in both arts in general. Unlike modern karate which explains its katas in more obvious meanings, in most CMAs the application of Taolu (or Quan/Kuen) is mostly about the core movements which manifest into number of applications based on the skill of the master rather than obvious meanings of forms. This way of understanding the moves are similar in the Payattu style.
Weapons sparring forms are similar to the sparring forms found in traditional CMA and some SE Asian styles (Silat, Krabi Krabong etc)
The art of pressure points or Marma Kala (Varma kalari) in Kalari systems and the Dian Xue/ Dian mai (Dimmak) of CMA share a lot of common ideas in the identification of points, striking methods and also in those myths of super human skills surrounding this art (e.g. Striking pressure points without physical touch or even by just looking :-)).
Kalaripayattu is the oldest martial in existence. It is also considered to be the deadliest martial art in the world. Kalaripayattu unlike other martial arts does not focus on developing 6 pack abs and 8 pack abs, but on making the person both physically and mentally strong. The oldest reference to Kalaripayattu comes from Vedas (3000-4000 bce) where Indra (god of sky) defeated a demon using a marma point (vital point).
Kalaripayattu involves 4 steps:
If the student shows extreme sincerity, devotion, discipline and other qualities, he will be introduced to the knowledge of marmas or varmas (vital points). Once a person becomes a master in this technique he need not apply high force, but can kill the opponent by merely touching his vital point,
Another advanced technique is Nokku varmam or Meitheenda varmam. This requires at least 12-16 years of practice. Once a person has mastered this technique, a person can kill or disable a person without any physical contact. This can be done by starring/concentrating at the marmas.
Kalaripayattu is classified into 2 types; Northern Kalaripayattu and Southern Kalaripayattu. Northern Kalaripayattu involves Varma Kalai (bare hand fighting, from Tamil Nadu while Kalaripayattu is from Kerala) and Northern Kalaripayattu is weapon based.
It is not a dying art exactly. It is now only priactised only in the state of Kerala in India. Many other arts like Kung Fu have its root from Kalarippayattu. The only thing is that one who wishes to practise it need to find a good master from a reputed institute (Kalari). Also atleast we need to spend a three years to cover the syllabus. There are two styles of Kalarippayattu mainly, one is "Northern Style"(Kadathanaadan) and the next is "Southern Style". In Kalari only there are treatment for any injuries caused during practice. In other martial arts we cannot cure injuries. In the treatment methods used in a Kalari, there are effective treatment methods and medicines to cure any injuries.
Kalaripayattu is an old martial art. It is said (though we'll probably never really know for sure) that it's (one of) the oldest existing martial art(s). And that Bodhidharma, an Indian pilgrim monk, would have taught the Chinese Shaolin monks some of the early Kalp. moves which evolved into Shaolin Kungfu (which in its turn is said to be the mother of kungfu). I believe there isn't any written evidence or clues for the Kalaripayattu part on this though.
The Discovery Channel had a series called Fight Quest where one episode is about Kalaripayattu. Interesting to watch, and downloads can be easily found for it.
The kalari is a great more than all martial arts. A kalari learned one can fight with others easily. Because they are well practiced in danger places of body. They can kill other MA practicers queitly. They hardly practiced in defence, attack, and in sword axe stick urumi charika otta knife. In my place many kungfu blackbelts are fighted with kurickal{the well practisionor of kalari}. They fall down in very few minutes. The losed badly by kurickal's some tactile movings. There are such insidence many in kerala state
The BBC Documentary series "Way of the warrior" had an episode on it. In case of link rot google "BBC way of the warrior kalari".
Kalari is an ancient martial art. Kalari has two types: northern and southern. Kalari gives concentration, ability, fighting skills, dicipline and peace. Kung fu comes in the Kalari. Bodhidharma gave Kalari to the Chinese. He developed kung fu. kung fu is fighting, but Kalari is a peaceful art.
I am a Kalari student from Kerala and have practiced Kalaripayattu for 3 years. Kalaripayattu in Kerala is divided into two style; southern and northern. The northern style mainly concentrates on flexibility and slowly developing speed and power. The southern style concentrates on balance and power. Another technique in Kalari is Marma Kala, which teaches about pressure points in body. There are 108 Marmas. Kalari is more of a healthy lifestyle, and self defence.


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Is it provable in ZF that each infinite set $A$ can be partitioned into two sets $B$ and $C$ which are isomorphic to each other, i.e., there is a bijective map from $B$ to $C$?
No it's not, you need to have at least some choice, for example that for every set $A$ we have $|A|+|A|=|A|$. For every cardinal $\kappa$, using ZFA with $\kappa^+$ atoms, you can create a permutation model where $AC_\kappa$ (and $DC_\kappa$) hold but there doesn't exist a derangement of the atoms. This of course is enough to show that the negation of what you are looking for is consistent relative to ZF since if what you state were true then you would be able to find a derangement for every set by sending each element of $B$ to its image through the bijection and every element of $C$ to its image through the inverse of the bijection.
The idea behind the construction is as follows: Let $\mathcal{G}$ be the group of permutations of the atoms $\mathcal{A}$ and let $\mathcal{F}$ be a normal filter of the group of the permutations of the atoms that is generated by the sets $\{\pi\in\mathcal{G} : \pi_{\upharpoonright E}=id\}$ where $E\subset\mathcal{A}$ and $|E|\leq\kappa$. Observe that this filter is $\kappa^+$-complete since $\kappa^+$ is regular.
Given a set $x$ inside the permutation model with size $\leq\kappa$ it's easy to see that you can find a support for its choice function (the union of the supports of the elements of $x$ plus the union of the supports of the images) and thus the function is inside the permutation model. On the other hand assume that a derangement of $\mathcal{A}$, $f$, is in the permutation model and let $E$ be its support. Then let $\pi$ be the identity on $E$ and for $a,b,c,d\in\mathcal{A}\setminus E$ such that $f(a)=b$ and $f(c)\neq d$ let $\pi(a)=c$ and $\pi(b)=d$ (and let the rest of $\pi$ be arbitrary). Then $\pi(f)=f$ but $\pi(f)(\pi(a))=\pi(f(a))=d\neq f(c)$, a contradiction.
Unfortunately I am unaware of how much choice exactly is needed.
To complement Apostolos's answer:
I think you will find the following paper interesting: "Divisibility of Dedekind Finite Sets", by Blass, Blair, and Howard (Journal of Mathematical Logic 5 (2005) 58-74).
A Dedekind finite set $A$ is one where every proper subset has strictly smaller cardinality. This is equivalent to: ${\mathbb N}$ does not inject into $A$. Clearly, any subset of such an $A$ is also Dedekind finite. In particular, we cannot have $A=B\sqcup C$ with $|B|=|C|=|A|$. Note that if $A$ is Dedekind infinite, it has a subset (a copy of ${\mathbb N}$) that can be partitioned as required. However, that $A$ is Dedekind finite does not guarantee a negative answer to your question since, obviously, finite unions of Dedekind finite sets are Dedekind finite. (That it is consistent with ZF that there are infinite Dedekind finite sets is a basic result, you can find many examples in Jech's book "The axiom of choice", or looking at the references of Howard and Rubin "Consequences of the axiom of choice". See also their companion website.)
The paper I mentioned (available from Blass' webpage) studies two notions of divisibility of an infinite Dedekind finite set $A$ by a positive integer $n$: Whether $A$ can be partitioned into sets of size $n$ (this is the main object of study of the paper), or whether $A$ can be partitioned into $n$ sets of equal size. This latter notion is referred to as "strong divisibility", the former is "divisibility". You are asking about strong divisibility by 2.
This is an interesting notion. For example, their Theorem 3.5 is that if both $A$ and $A\sqcup\{0\}$ are strongly divisible by 3, then $A$ is Dedekind infinite. The exact relation between strong divisibility and divisibility is their Theorem 6.1: $A$ is strongly divisible by $n$ iff $A$ is divisible by $n$ and, moreover, there is a partition of $A$ into sets of size $n$ and a function that assigns to each piece a linear ordering.
Since strong divisibility implies divisibility, one can replace your question with the more general one of whether $A$ can be partition into doubletons. Their theorem 3.4 is that if both $A$ and $A\sqcup\{0\}$ are divisible by $2$, then $A$ is Dedekind infinite. It follows that in any model of set theory where there are infinite Dedekind finite sets there are counterexamples to your question.
There is quite a bit of freedom with respect to "divisibility". For example, their Theorem 4.3 is that it is consistent to have a Dedekind finite $A$ whose power set is divisible by all positive integers. Also, their Theorem 5.1 is that, for any $D\subseteq{\mathbb N}\setminus\{0,1\}$, it is consistent to have a Dedekind finite $A$ such that if $n\gt 1$, then $A$ is divisible by $n$ iff $n\in D$.
On the other hand, if there are no infinite Dedekind finite sets, your question becomes more delicate.
The statement "For all infinite $A$, $|A|=2|A|$", mentioned in Apostolos's answer, is form 3 in the Howard-Rubin book. It is a result of Howard and Yorke ("Definitions of finite", Fund. Math., 133 (1989), 169-177) that this is equivalent to the following weakening: For all infinite $X$, if ${\mathcal P}(X)$ is Dedekind infinite, then $2|X|=|X|$.
Even just looking at a further weakening of this is interesting: Assume that for all infinite $X$, if ${\mathcal P}(X)$ is Dedekind infinite, then $X$ is divisible by 2. It follows from the results mentioned above that any such $X$ must be Dedekind infinite, as both $X$ and $X\sqcup\{0\}$ would be divisible by 2. But then it follows that there are no infinite Dedekind finite sets. This is because, provably in ZF, for any infinite $X$, ${\mathcal P}({\mathcal P}(X))$ is Dedekind infinite. But then it follows from the argument just mentioned that ${\mathcal P}(X)$ is Dedekind infinite, and therefore so is $X$.
(That form 3 implies the nonexistence of infinite Dedekind finite sets was previously known, by a different route.)
Now, that there are no infinite Dedekind finite sets is not enough to imply form 3. (See the Howard-Rubin book for a counterexample, or look at the construction in Apostolos's answer.) But, at the moment, I don't know of a natural condition weaker than form 3 that, in the absence of infinite Dedekind finite sets, ensures a positive answer to your question.
To answer the question in Todd's answer, the principle $2|A|=|A|$ for all infinite $A$ is strictly weaker than AC. This difficult result was proved by Halpern and Howard for ZFA (allowing atoms) and by Sageev for ZF.
The question seems interesting to me. There's an old result of Tarski that the axiom of choice is a consequence of ZF + the assertion "every infinite set $u$ is in bijection with $u^2$". A proof of this fact is given in Stoll's Set Theory and Logic; see page 126 (in the Dover edition).
However, exercise 10.5 on that page reads, "It is not known whether the formula $2u = u$, which follows from the axiom of choice (Theorem 9.5), implies the axiom of choice. Attempt a proof of this." Stoll's book was written some time ago, but I suspect this implication is still not known.


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Is GIS a tool or a science? There's a lengthy and dense paper on the matter here. Could someone offer a more digestible summary?
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Great question Charles.
They are both. GIScience has a much bigger scope and depth. GIScience investigates better methods, methodologies to achieve something. For instance, developing an new algorithm to process remote sensing imagery and extract certain features.
GIS is a tool, used by others to achieve desired results. A GIS user uses certain algorithms to fulfill a purpose - extract all roads from a remote sensing image.
EDIT: as jwise noted GIS = Geographic Information Systems GISciente = Geographic Information Science
I would say that a GIS is a tool, while geographic information science is a science.
Geographic Information Systems are the set of computing tools to store, analyze, and visualize spatial information. Geographic Information Science is the systematic pursuit of understanding geographic reality and interaction using computing analogs.
One interesting distinction that Michael Goodchild has noted is between GIS and statistics: many modern statistical methods were developed in the nineteenth century, but were difficult and costly to compute by hand. Only with the advent of the personal computer did the costs fall sufficiently to enable widespread use of computationally expensive statistical methods.
Early geographic information systems (GIS), however, were partially driven by the availability of technology and later searched for relevant problems and scientific methods. This process has come full circle, with the formation of the field of geographic information science (GISci), which provides the intellectual framework for handling issues raised when using a GIS.
A Geographic Information SYSTEM is, well, a system. It comprises tools, data (what good is the tool with nothing to work on?), the people who use it and make it work, and all the glue between those parts (workflow, geoprocessing models, etc.).
There is a tendency to think all one needs to do is go out and acquire arcgis/manifold/ermapper/qgis/whatever, a "GIS", and then start whipping out maps. In truth that's only the barest beginning.
I feel that Geography itself is a tool more than a discipline or science. You can use the tools of geography to assist in answering question from many other disciplines.


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How do I add a link in a Google Spreadsheet to a specific paragraph or header in a Google Doc?
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To add a link in a Google Spreadsheet you can use the formula
For that link to point to a specific position in a Google Doc, use the Headings feature and create a Table of contents, from which you can take the anchor link to that specific part of the document.
To add a table of contents follow these steps:
From the man page: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106342
So, take the document's link and add to it the anchor from the respective heading.
Here is a document I've created, that opens to a specific point.
You can also get the URL of a header without creating a Table of Contents.
Put the cursor on the header itself, then look at the address bar of your browser. It should change to update the fragment (hash - #) at the end like


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I would really appreciate if someone could just write down for me one example of a second order, or higher, differential equation for which it is known that there are no smooth solutions; and it's fine if it's a partial differential equation.
At first I thought it would be easy to either come up with an example or else find one by searching google/wiki/arxiv; but now I am not so sure.
I have a thing for non-smooth functions, and it just bothers me that I don't even know a single example of this type of differential equation. Thanks!


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A great deal for a good tablet with hdmi and a micro sd slot
The only issue is one sale a day slow shipping, but this would be worth the wait
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Awesome deal. I happily ordered the exact same refurb from Walmart about 5 hours ago for $150 ($163 with tax). Thanks to this I can buy lunch and an extra 32 gig card and still come out a few bucks ahead.
any idea if it has a GPS receiver? the tiny blurb on 1saladay doesn't mention.
@ro6ot: I believe all the Iconia series Acers have GPS.
thanks.... i also found this thread (suggesting as well that it does, and getting into the quality there of) :
I would get this!
If you get this, like I did earlier, head on over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1327 for some neat mods. I'm currently running Jelly Bean.
Got the exact same one a month ago for $10more I think. I'm very pleased with it.typing on it right now. I couldn't say it was a refurb if not for the packaging. Only gripe was the site took 3 weeks to ship, which it appears isn't abnormal for this site.
All in all I'm really happy I got it for less than the price of a used smart phone. Oh! Did I mention it comes with ice cream sandwich pre loaded? At least mine did.
What more could one ask for?
Owners, I'm having trouble finding full specs. Couple questions, if I may?
Capacitive or resistive touch screen?
Real Android App store, or proprietary app store?
Got my Icona A100 last year from BestBuy (Thanksgiving day Sale)....best $169 ive ever spent!
the newegg model number ends in a W like this listing but the amazon one seems to be the same thing basically
just go to a better retailer for more info :)
a little more info on both models (basically they are the same, the one ending in W was supposedly from wal-mart) http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/XE.H60PN.002-XE.H60PN.006
don't see GPS but the rest of the specs look good to me ... and XDA forums have some threads about ICS and newer kernels
Good find. Thank you.
I have been wanting a tablet for awhile. This looks like a good deal and I would definitely root it. But, with the new nexus 7 being only $200 w/ a $25 google play credit. https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_8gb I am having a hard time deciding. What do you guys think?
Got this a coupla months ago from the same peeps. Paid $169. At the time that was a good deal. They are slow, but they do ship, usually out of FL. No complaints at all re: condition and function. Came w/ 3.2, but offered ICS update immediately upon connection. Working great so far. Yes, GPS enabled.
I bought my wife one of these for Christmas last year and she likes it. Small enough she can put it in her purse and take it with her but big enough to be useful. Only complaint is the microphone. When I was traveling for my job, I took my ASUS Transformer with me so I could talk to the kids while on the road. Worked great, but I had the hardest time hearing them. She could hear me fine. Searched the internet and found that we weren't the only ones with complaints about the microphone. Other than that, it's an awesome tablet for the price!
Nice deal, thanks! I grabbed one. Hopefully it's the same "A" grade refurbs like other vendors are selling. But either way, the price is right.
The Nexus 7 is a higher spec, better IPS screen tablet. But, it comes at the price of not having any micro SD slot (so you can't expand), and no micro HDMI output, so you're limited when it comes to storage expansion or connecting to a HDTV...if you would ever do so.
The Nexus 7 is nice for the price, but personally, I want the options I lsited above, I just wanted something affordable & reliable to play around in 'droid with, custom ROMs, that sort of thing. If I get into it, I'll move up the ladder eventually.
I've ordered from these guys before...and their shipping times are much better than Woot!
@robio: capactive, and real app store (you choose where you want to shop)
I noticed the specs on 1saleaday state that it has Honycomb installed. Can this be upgraded to ICS? I am new to these tablets and Android OS's
@longballlumber: Yes Acer does have an ICS upgrade for this. Merely search for it in the settings section when you get the tablet. It will find the update and apply it.
@longballlumber: yes, would/should probably be an OTA upgrade available when you first connect it to wi-fi and start using it
Got this a month ago as well, and love it. It has GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, and has OTA updates available for ICS. Battery life is lacking a bit, but the device is still Ace for the Price... Pun intended
@go2vegas: The Nexus lacks an micro-SD slot, which for me makes it less functional than this Acer. With a 32GB card you can quickly & cheaply get this tablet up to ~40GB which is more than double what the highest capacity Nexus device is capable of (16GB), and that cost $249. Skip the Nexus...GO ACER!!!
(Full Discloser: I've got an Acer Iconia A500 and love it...full size USB input...wahoo!!!)
@go2vegas: Keep in mind that you're not getting the full 8GB with the Nexus 7. I don't know how much of it you actually get but I am guessing it's only around 6 gigabytes. If you are looking for one of these devices just for web surfing on the go, that may suit your needs just fine. However, if you are looking to access stored content on the go (photos, movies, higher end games, music) and you won't have the option to stream any of it (maybe you aren't near a WiFi network) you may find the space somewhat limiting.
Basically, with the Acer you're getting last years tech at a fantastic price. It isn't as powerful as what you could get today but it is still plenty powerful to get the job done. With the Nexus 7, you are getting a future proof product at a good price. While there isn't a whole lot out there that demands the power of a Tegra 3, there will be eventually, and if you go with the Nexus 7, you'll be ready when that time comes.
The Nexus 7 doesn't have that much better battery life as the A100. In fact, the camera setup is better on the A100, with two, one of which is HD video capable. Not sure why the went so cheap on the camera with the Nexus 7. And yes, to confirm, it does have GPS and will automatically update itself to ICS and Jelly Bean is available from multiple sites.
I have an A100 I bought for $159 from these guys 4-5 months ago and just love it!
Thanks guys I appreciate the input! The Nexus not having micro sd slot is looking like this Acer is the way to go.
bought one last christmas for my daughter, this tablet totally blew me away,simply put it does everything you want,you can download any app you need, and the speed and performance are amazing.
absolutely in for another for my youngest daughter.
I just ordered one. I previously ordered an HP Touchpad (second chance given after sellout) and a Toshiba Thrive from this vendor. I have not had a problem with either and the shipping was faster than I was expecting. Those had free shipping and this is $3.99. No sales tax. I think I got the tablets in 3-4 days and they are working fine, although I am having problems updating the TP.
Based on my past experience I would not hesitate ordering again from 1saleaday.
@dpb39: Space is really a non-issue with the Nexus 7 because even with the small onboard storage and the lack of microsd slot, you can always expand the storage using USB-OTG and a flash drive.
There's a huge performance gap between Tegra 3 and Tegra 2. In addition, the Nexus 7 has a far superior screen than this one in both LCD tech and DPI.
Nexus 7 is really going for online storage which is why they skipped the expandable card slot. You get up to 5GB online storage with the Google app & there are several other free programs that will provide additional 2-50GB storage, also, so the missing slot isn't a big deal to some. As long as you have access to wifi, you can have as much space as you want.
@chudleyone: "As long as you have access to wifi"... That right there is why I chose this Acer over the Nexus that and the 75 dollar difference. As someone who will be using this in part to keep a toddler mollified with videos, the idea of having an upset kid because daddy loaded Dora and not Curious George the last time wifi was in range is not appealing. In my mind both the Nexus and Fire are Internet devices. Without wifi their utility is greatly reduced. The Acer is a media device and while not having wifi hamstrings its functionality the hit isn't nearly as big.
@neutralizer: I agree that the Nexus 7 is a technically superior product. I understand the differences between Tegra 2 and 3. The truth of the matter however is there are not a lot of Tegra three devices out there yet, although though there will be. While some programs out there can certainly harness the extra horsepower of Tegra 3, there are few that really require it.
I disagree that space is a non issue. Messing with Usb peripherals is more hassle than just dropping an sdhc card into the device and forgetting about it.
Wouldn't trust Google on rooting. NO SD card option. What storage you buy, that's it.
On this Iconia, I put a 16GB card in it and forced it to recognize it as internal storage.
Talked myself into it: "You need this for QA purposes. You have OSX, iOS, XP, and Win7, but no Android devices. You need an Android device of your own instead of borrowing them for testing."
Actually, I've been looking for a cheapo Android for a while, but this is the first time I've seen something cheap that wasn't crap hardware running 2.1 or 2.2.
Of course, if it's the WalMart model, there's no telling what corners Acer was asked to cut for the sake of "Always Low Prices." But who am I to talk, being the guy looking for a cheap Android tablet?
@neutralizer: Thanks, I had never heard of USB-OTG.
Here is a quick comparison of this Acer and the Nexus 7
In for one. Sometimes shipping is quicker from 1saleaday, sometimes not. But it's worth a wait. At least, I hope so.
Please, please, PLEASE BE CAREFUL with this company. I have had an awful time with them. I purchased an item from them on the 17th of last month (money came out of my account that day), it said ships in 5-10 days in their FAQ (10 days being the 'rare occasion') and it has YET to ship. Yes, that is 24 days. I emailed them about the product, and both times was brushed off. They refuse to give an actual ship date. They apparently cant. I've been completely brushed aside by their customer support for a third time just today, this time their response was a COMPLETE insult as it was clear they didn't even read my email as not one of my concerns were addressed within it. They seem to have good deals, but my experience with them has irreparably tarnished them in my eyes. I certainly wont be using them in the future and will just caution you, my fellow Wooters, to be careful and consider your purchase from 1saleaday before you hit that "order" button.
anyone got shipping info?
@sarisin: have you received the package or got shipping email yet? thanks
me and a friend ordered these, still waiting to hear on the ship date form 1saleaday ... may have to avoid them in the future ... I'm certainly going to be pissed if i don't get this relatively soon.
Horrible Seller. Do NOT recommend. It appears that 1saleaday collects money from shoppers, and then buy the items, and then sell them to us. I ordered this on 8/10, sent two emails, only 1 reply after 5!!! days with copy & paste from their FAQ. Finally shipped on 8/27, and is estimiated to arrive on 9/5. If this timeline is acceptable to you, and you do not mind no customer service reads or replies to your email, go for it. Otherwise, I strongly recommend against this seller. PS: I have already disputed this charge through my credit card company. Oh, btw, do not ever use debit card with 1saleaday, discupute can be more complicated
Has anybody else received theirs yet? I got mine today but I can't use it since the charging plug is missing the prongs that go into the outlet. Hopefully no one else suffered the same fate. I purchased this with the intent to take it with me on a vaction 5 weeks from date of purchase. Incredibly I may not be able to considering it is a proprietary plug and 1Saleadays turnaround times.
I received mine. Took a full month. My charger has the prongs, but the charger does not work. I have emailed support, no answer. Facebooked them, no answer. Called their support line, and sit on hold music then the call disconnects.
Acer support referred me to the third party warranty group. They only cover the tablet. According to the warranty group, the charger issue has to be resolved by 1SaleADay.
I am sure this will go really well considering the experience so far.
@narutoasu: Received the tablet yesterday. It's NON-FUNCTIONAL!!!!! Same case here, they never respond. Called and their hold music runs for a few minutes then the call drops. Emails are unanswered.
I too am considering reversing charges, not sure how that works with paypal.
@instantstupor: One day short of a full month to get the tablet I ordered. Better yet the tablet does not work. Support will not answer emails. Calling the phone support line only results in hold music then the call drops. G R E A T service!!! What will it take for 1SaleADay to respond and fix the issue? Any advice out there?
@lothar: I sent an email to them and called a few minutes later after getting a broken charger last Friday. I got in after only a minute or two on hold talked to a customer rep who found my earlier email made a couple of notes and said someone in their warehouse would get back with me. I got an email Saturday that they had an extra charger and would send it out the next business day which happened to be Tuesday because of Labor day. Got a shipment notice emailed on Tuesday that said I should get it today. So hopefully I will be up and running by this afternoon. Even though I was disappointed it was not functional when arrived and that it took forty forevers to initially ship, resolution of the the problem has been the smoothest I've ever had with an online merchant.
@idontkn1: I am glad it worked out for you so far. I have heard nothing from 1SaleADay so far. We'll see what comes of it. Thanks for sharing.
Customer support actually answered the phone today. Transferred to three different reps, twice I heard a rep say "oh my god he hung up", and after trying to argue my case... they hung up on me. Now, once again it's eternal hold music. Still no answer from 1SaleADay as to whether or not they have a replacement for my faulty product or when they will send/deliver.
Spoke to Estie. Supervisor. Very nice, helpful, apologetic. She acknowledge issues with the product and offered to keep in touch directly to make sure the product is replaced as quickly as possible. Thank you Estie.


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Here is The Man with the Golden Gun, the 18K gold flaky top coat created to complement the OPI James Bond-themed "Skyfall" collection. I layered it over a three-day-old mani of Lex Cosmetics Lucky in Love (a dark blurple creme) because I just HAD to try it right away when I got it! It's raining and overcast here today, so I took one outdoor picture with flash, one without, and one not-as-crisp-as-usual macro:
Now, this was three coats of The Man with the Golden Gun - it was definitely sparser than I'd hoped for. However, Jen from PolishAholic stated in her post that she was able to get more flakies to come out on her brush by shaking it in between nails - what a clever idea! I will have to try that next time. I also am not loving it over this super-dark creme, but I am already coming up with ideas for other polishes I think I WOULD love it over! Jen actually posted swatches of it over a ton of different colors; if you'd like to see that, please click here for her post.
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I have a pre-teen son who is questioning God. He loves science and is a avid reader of all this about the earth, animals, & space. He is concerned about how God fits in to this. We have talked to him about how without God people would not have the skills to discover what they did, that when the Bible says 7 days it may not literally mean 7 - 24 hour days a day could be millions of years. I told him my belief that the Big Bang was God clapping his hands together to make the Heavens and the Earth and if this was not true then scientists would be able to recreate this and they cannot. (not sure if this was the best advice but at the time seemed right) He has spoken to the parish priest about this and was recommended to pray and read the Bible. Does anyone have experience with this? anything that we can offer him to read or watch? My husband feels the most discouraged by this as if HE let our son down by not being a better Catholic (we are the only ones in our families that still practice on non-Easter & Christmas). Thanks for anything that can help.
Try Amy Welborn's "Prove It!" books. They are really good and address a lot of questions like this. Also, pointing out that the Big Bang theory was originally posited by a priest might help show that the Church is far from anti-science. Catholic Answers might have some resources too, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
Could you google for Catholic scientists and their inventions and discoveries? (Mendel, Marconi, and Pasteur come to mind.) I grew up in a university town and it really surprised me when I grew up to discover that quite a few of the people I saw at Mass (even daily Mass) were well-respected scientists.
I work with pre-teens & teens for a profession. Don't be discourage or feel like you did something wrong when raising your child. During this time in life, teens are going to have a lot of questions and they are just searching for the truth. Questioning God is actually a good thing as long as searching for the answers happens. There are a lot of Catholic Scientists and honestly science and faith go together. I agree with Alice about having your son google Catholic Scientists. Here is a book that may also help. Catholicism and Science (Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion) Peter M.J Hess (Author), Paul L. Allen (Author) I think it would also be a good idea to see if you can find some other adults who can be a friend and resource for your teen. Teens do tend to like having many adults in their life who can support them and help them as they discover and come to understand the world we live in and how their faith fits into that.
Hmm, Jean from Florida is back trolling--ignore her if you don't already know about her! LOL Anyway, I am teaching a homeschooling coop high school biology course from the Apologia series. It is a creationist series and I was a little leery about the Protestant/Evangelical slant I might find (none of my students are Catholic LOL) BUT I LOVE this book. The author does a wonderful job of giving both points of view and explaining why Chrisitians in general believe/don't believe certain things. Just for example--in evolution Darwin spent over half of his original book pointing out flaws in Darwin's own argument. This flaws have now become insurmountable scientifically and the theory of macroevolution (we all started as a single cell organism) is now not even really supported by the van guard evolutionary scientists. The chapter on evolution is worth buying the whole book. There is a whole series of homeschooling science books by Apologia and I am sure that you can get old copies on e-bay and spend some time looking at specific chapters with your son and that my at least start a thought process.
Um, not trying to start a fight, but if your son is interested in science, Lynn, I wouldn't send him to young-earthers to strengthen his faith. Catholicism and science are not in opposition; all truth is from God, but he won't get that impression from Protestant Biblical literalism. I'd go more with biographies of Catholic scientists like the ones Alice listed so he can see how the faith of those scientists was lived out through their work, not eclipsed by it. Given your son's age, something like "Fides et Ratio" is a bit out of his league, but there are still tons of Catholic sources out there that will encourage his love of science while showing that science is not incompatible with faith in God. Also, you might tell him that your answer about God's "hand clap" wasn't meant to be a definitive scientific answer (seeing as God doesn't have hands...), but that answers are out there, they just take some research (which, you could point out, is what any good scientist would do).
thank you for all your responses! we order a couple of Prove It books for him and looked at some websites about science and Catholism.
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November is National Adoption Awareness Month, a time to celebrate families that have grown through adoption. But we also must remember the many children who are waiting in foster care, dreaming of a loving family, hoping to be welcomed into open arms and open hearts.
Happily, those dreams will come true for a group of five brothers and sisters who will be adopted together into a new forever family today. Their adoption will be one of many taking place at the courthouse in Bartow as part of a community celebration of National Adoption Awareness Month.
Coordinated by Heartland for Children, this celebration brings together local children's organizations as well as those whose lives have been touched by adoption. We are humbled by the compassion local families have shown for children whose own families couldn't care for them. Last year, 153 foster children in our tri-county area found love and hope through adoption.
We are proud to have been part of this effort, a natural extension of our rich legacy of adoption in Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties. Children's Home Society of Florida began providing private adoption services here in 1927 and, in recent years, our services expanded to include the adoption of children living in foster care through no fault of their own.
National Adoption Awareness Month is, indeed, a time to celebrate and remember.
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All major manufacturers seem to have their own raw file format. How many of them are? Do they all have similar information? Is there any standard?
There are a lot of different RAW file formats, not compatible with each other. The Wikipedia page has a list of them. Some manufacturers have used more than one format.
There are some things they tend to have in common.
The proliferation of mutually incompatible formats has led for the push to standardise, and the DNG format owned by Adobe is one attempt at creating a (comparatively) open, manufacturer-agnostic format that can be shared. However, the effectiveness of such a format is only as good as the manufacturers' support for it. Some cameras do support the DNG format directly, but they are as yet in the minority. In the meantime, open source code for reading virtually any RAW format is readily available, even though RAW files tend to include some encrypted data.
Lots more information about RAW formats is available on the Wikipedia page so I'd recommend it.


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I have grub2 installed on a usb flash drive.
Along with a minimal installation of ubuntu server 10.04 LTS.
This was created using the debootstrap utility.
However, now I'm trying to make it boot and having trouble getting it to do so.
The thumb drive has a single ext2 primary partition on it and I've copied the bootloader onto it along with the kernel and kernel modules that I need and the grub.d scripts.
I thought since this is a thumb drive I should probably use uuid's instead of device names.
Anyway, when it tries to boot grub2 is throwing it back to the rescue prompt with this error.
error: no such device: 792f......aaee3
So I ran the ls command like so:
grub rescue> ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos1)
That's confusing. is grub2 assuming the first partition is msdos and not ext2? could that be why it's not starting? I recall seeing somewhere that some bios's treat thumb drives as floppy drives and make the first partition msdos? is that what's going on here?
Interestingly, Ubuntu's make startup disk produced exactly the same error. However, I'm not 100% on this because when I ran it, it failed to install the bootloader. So I installed it manually with the command "grub-install /dev/sdb"
I discovered that because I created the grub.cfg on another system that it had hd1 in all the entries. So I changed it to hd0.
Now I noticed that I can run these commands at the rescue prompt.
ls (hda,1)/
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insmod normal normal
And sure enough it came up with the menu and I was able to select a menu item and boot linux.
Now, how do I fix the "no such device" error. The uuid of /dev/sda1 is definately what it is.
Ok this is really weird. I pulled the flash drive out and plugged it back into my other computer. blkid is saying the following:
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Transcend" UUID="597D-50B2" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda5: UUID="0c81f24b-edeb-4be9-9859-074f3783e618" TYPE="swap"
Firstly, /dev/sda1 is not showing up. Could that be something to do with it being on LVM?
Secondly, the UUID for sdb1 my trancend thumb drive is short? and it's different to what it was earlier. How did that happen? Are UUID's generated once when the filesystem is created or are they re-generated sometimes by some utilities that I may have run?
Update3: The UUID changed back to normal once I unmounted the drive and remounted it. Maybe that's a bug in Kubuntu 11.10 (my desktop machine).


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Last Modified: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 8:36 p.m.
The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office has identified a man killed in an early morning crash Saturday as a Spartanburg resident.
Coroner Rusty Clevenger said in a written statement that Calvin Earl Smith, 44, of 1035 Bishop St., died after a crash about 1 a.m. on Springfield Road.
Smith was pronounced dead at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center about 5 a.m.
He was the only occupant in the vehicle, Clevenger said.
S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Tony Keller said Smith was driving a 2004 Chevrolet pickup south on Springfield Road when he ran off the left side of the road, hit a ditch and overturned.
Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck, Keller said.
The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol and coroner's office.
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