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Suppose I have a closed system with N molecules in it which are vibrating and all motion equations (rotation, translation and vibration) of the system are known along with any EM field equations in the region. Given all these information how do we calculate (not measure) the temperature of this system?
AIB, As you have read the temperature is a measure of the change of energy of a system to the change of the number of microstates, or:
$$T = \dfrac{\partial{E}}{\partial{S}}$$
Where: $$S = \ln \Omega$$
and $\Omega$ is the number of microstates.
However, it is important to understand what a microstate is. In general a microstate describes all of the exact positions and momentums of all the particles in a system (or particles in a box). The microstate is often thought of as a point in a 6N dimension space, where N is the number of particles and the factor of 6 is related to there being 3 position components in a 3D space and 3 momentum components in 3D space (however, one could certainly consider other parameter).
If we could know all of the positions and momentums of all the particles than we would know the precise microstate of the system. This precise microstate would have an exact energy associated with it. However, we do not have an ability to know the precise microstate of a system, so we must appeal to a statistical concept.
So at any one instant, there are a large number of microstates a system could be in. Again, each microstate being a unique description of the exact position and momentum of all particles in the box. What this also suggests, is that for any microstate, there are a large number of other microstates that would have the same energy associated with them.
The question asked was: "Given all these information how do we calculate (not measure) the temperature of this system?"
The answer to this question would be determined first by the range of all the free parameters and the values of those parameters that that would keep the energy constant. The number of combinations possible within the energy constraint is the number of microstates of the systems, the log of which is the entropy.
The next step is tricky, because we would have to ask how the energy changes with a change in entropy. This is where the partition function comes into play, assuming energy of each microstate is equivalent, if we look at the partion function we see:
$${Z} = \sum_i e^{-\frac{\partial{S}}{\partial{E}}{E_i}}$$
$$Z = Ne^{-\frac{1}{T}E_i}$$
$$N = Ze^{\frac{1}{T}E_i}$$
So we can see that the temperature is a variable that controls the growth of states if we keep the value of Z constant. If I know an exact microstate from which to derive the energy, then I still won't necessarily know anything about the temperature until I can partition the relavant space in question. In this sense, the temperture is a sort of hyperbolic phase factor which changes the range of states.
You ofcourse understand that it's simply impossible to obtain all possible initial conditions (position, momentum and other internal degrees of freedom) for a large system. Furthermore, we actually have a good knowledge of the equations of motion that govern the dynamics of such a system. E.g. in classical physics you have some set of differential equations that follow from Newton's law.
So suppose that we did know the inital conditions. Than there is still the other practical impossibility of actually determining the state of the system at some later time. We simply don't know how to solve these equations of motions analytically for large systems. Let alone the fact that we cannot keep track of each individual particle.
This is why one turns to a statistical description of the system. In a statistical description you are not interested in what each individual particle is doing, but rather what the system is doing as a whole. So instead of making a statement like: particle 1 has momentum P and position X and particle 2 has some other properties, you would talk about the probability of having a particle in some state and another in some other state.
A key ingredient in this approach is the concept of time averaging. The probabities mentioned before arise by averaging over a typical timescale. You assume that within that timescale the system explores all possible states it can end up in, as in, the system sits in all possible configurations it can during that timescale. It explores the phase space of the system. The statistical state of the system is obtained through this time-averaging (which, mind you, is not done by actually starting with a state and then see what it does over a typical timescale. Rather, one assumes that the system will explore the phase space in some way, and you're not really interested in the way it does that).
What does this have to do with temperature? For that we need to introduce the concept of entropy first. The entropy is nothing more but the logarithm of the total number of states in the phase space that the system can evolve into. It is a measure of the size of the phase space that is available to the system. Again, this makes no reference to the particular state the system starts out in -- not the microscopic details anyways. What it does require is the total energy of the initial state. The reason should be clear: microscopically, the system can only evolve into other states with the same total energy. So when we talk about this time averaging, where the system explores the phase space, than the total energy serves as a constraint on the possible "explorations". There are other constraints as well, such as the volume and number of particles.
Energy conservation places a severe constraint on the subspace of the phase space available to the system. At the same time the entropy is precisely determined by the size of this subspace. And this is where temperature comes in. By changing the total energy, the total entropy is changed -- the system now explores a different subspace of the phase space. Temperature is nothing more but the rate of change of entropy. It is the derivative of the entropy with respect to the total energy, 1/T = dS/dE. So it is in essence a measure on how the size of the phase space changes when you a little energy to the system (or extract some).
To give a little more detail on this. You can also think of changing the entropy and see how the total energy of the system changes. You can also look at the change of total energy due to a change in the particle number, while keeping the entropy fixed. This leads to the chemical potential. Pressure and volume obey similar relations.
So back to your question. How does one, in principle, calculate the temperature of the system? The only gedankenexperiment I can come up with is as follows: You let the system evolve. Then you perform a time averaging over this motion. You come up with some average state of the system, and, more importantly, the total entropy of the system. Now you add a little energy to the system and you the same thing. The change of entropy, divided by the change of energy is 1/T.
Dear AIB, the temperature can clearly be anything in the system you described. The temperature is not a universal constant calculable for each system: the temperature is a macroscopic quantity describing the state of the system.
Roughly speaking, the absolute temperature $T$ in Kelvins will be related to the kinetic energy of the average molecule by $E=5kT/2$ - assuming that two rotational degrees of freedom exist from the absolute zero to the temperature $T$ which they usually don't. The kinetic energy depends on the speed of the molecules - it is not calculable out of nothing.
The heat capacity factor $5/2$ above should be replaced by a number that depends on the type of the molecule but for complicated enough stuff, the dependence won't be quite linear, anyway.
Cheers LM
For a gas of particles the microstates of the system have energy $E_i$, and the distribution of these states in a gas with temperature $T$ is given by $$ Z~=~\sum_i e^{-E_i\beta} $$ with $\beta~=~1/kT$. It is not hard to see that $$ F~=~ln(Z)/\beta $$ which is the Helmholtz free energy. The internal energy is $$ U~=~-\Big(\frac{\partial Z}{\partial\beta}\Big). $$ The free energy $F~=~U~-~TS$ and $S~=~k(ln~Z~+~\beta U)$ can be used to write the partition function according to macroscopic varianbles $Z~=~e^{-F\beta}$. $\beta$ may then be computed by taking a derivative with the Helmholtz free energy $F$ $$ \beta~=~-\frac{\partial Z}{\partial\beta}. $$
I got the answer from here.
Temperature is a purely statistical concept. It is defined as:
1/(k T) = d[Log(Omega(E))]/dE
where Omega(E) is the number energy eigenstates in a small interval around the energy E of the system.


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I'm a Nigerian with a 3 month Schengen visa to Athens, Greece double entry. My flight is Air France route Lagos-France-Greece. Can I be stamped in at France at a port of entry before my connecting flight to Greece? Secondly, can I be allowed to shop in France in an hour time to meet my connecting flight whereas I have 2 hours awaiting on transit before my connecting flight to Athens? Finally, can I have a stop over in France to continue via local air to Greece the next day as I want to see a friend before leaving France?
When flying into the Schengen zone, the first airport you visit is where you will clear immigration (have your Passport stamped). Your checked luggage continues to your final destination where you clear customs. Your luggage is differentiated from local Schengen traffic by the lack of green stripes on the bag tags (green stripes are printed on the tags only for trips originating in the EU, so customs agents know to look for them).
During your layover at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, you can certainly shop inside the airport. However, you probably cannot purchase from the duty free shops. If you only have a 2 hour connection in Paris, you don't have enough time to leave the airport to shop elsewhere.
Most airlines will allow you to add a stopover to your trip based on the ticket's fare rules; in some cases, a stopover may require an additional fee, which is rolled into the ticket price. Just talk to the airline to request a stopover!
Safe travels!
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With a Schengen visa, you can enter/exit any country within the Schengen area, no restrictions. It does not matter which country issued the visa.
With a longer-stay national visa (e.g. a Greek student visa), rules might be different.
You should check if a Nigerian citizens need a visa to transit France on their way to Greece. Or for that matter, does a Nigerian citizen need a visa to visit France. You can check this at http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/passport-visa-health-travel-document-requirements.htm.

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The English word "challenge" can be translated to Spanish as desafío (desafiar) or reto (retar). Is there any difference between these words, or are they exact synonyms? If there is a difference, when is each used, or what is the difference in meaning?
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I disagree with Rafael. Although both are in many countries considered as synonyms it really depends on context and there are some inherent subtilities that distinguish them from each other.
Here are the RAE definitions for both:
First the subtilities and then the old meanings. For example you can see on meaning 5 of reto that reto is something that constitutes an objective that is difficult to achieve, that it is a desafío to someone, so the meaning of desafío that is taken here is the one of rivalry and competition. Desafío is something you want to achieve, and reto is something that can be compared with a goal or an obstacle. A difficulty. To help clear this difference: all desafíos are retos but not all retos are desafíos.
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Here reto is in the sense of an obstacle that you have no choice but to surmount. Something tough and difficult unrelated to a goal. The goal is to continue through this way, but the reto is destroying the wall.
Here reto is something difficult to do. And the other person asks if it is a challenge that he is posing to him. So if the other person accepts it is a desafío because it becomes a goal.
Another difference that I just noticed and is new to me is regañina which means to ground someone. To tell a child that he was bad for example. I am unaware of in which region is this word used, but I can guarantee that it is not used in Ecuador or Colombia.
So second, there are some old meanings in which it is specified that in royalty desafío was used as a missive of the king of Aragón to challenge a noble, richman or knight. And reto was an accusation of a noble against another noble made in front of the king, obliging him to face him on the field. So desafío is a challenge of the king against a noble, richman or knight, and reto is noble vs noble in court. (As I understand it)
They are pretty much synonyms, so there is no specific situations where you should use one instead of the other.
"Desafío" is equivalent to the English word "defy," which is to say that it is a challenge thrown down by another person. "Reto" has more of the connotation of "obstacle," something you want to overcome, but maybe set by "nature" rather than another person.


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A legendary figure in the history of the college, Bertha V. Lederer, died Oct. 6. The long-time Geneseo resident was a distinguished service professor emerita of art and central in building the college's outstanding programs in the fine arts. She was 97.
"Bertha Lederer's influence on Geneseo's cultural life is woven into the fabric of our community and we are thankful for her countless contributions," said President Christopher C. Dahl. "My predecessors and I relished collaborating with Bert on a wide range of arts and cultural projects and greatly respected her insights and perseverance. We shall not see her like again."
Lederer received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Yale in 1935 and master's degree from New York University in 1944. She did additional graduate work at NYU before coming to Geneseo in 1945.
During her career as a faculty member and administrator at Geneseo from 1945-80, Lederer served as chair of the division of fine arts, guided construction of the Fine Arts Building, now Brodie Hall, and was appointed a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor. Upon her retirement, the art gallery in Brodie Hall was named in her honor. The Geneseo Foundation presented Lederer with a Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her outstanding efforts to promote the fine arts.
"Miss Lederer was a friend and colleague from 1956 and was profoundly dedicated to teaching art from elementary through college level," said Paul H. Hepler, professor emeritus of art at Geneseo who served as chair of the art department for 27 years. "Her innovation with the 'Introduction to the Arts' course at Geneseo was the only interdisciplinary course ever required for all degree candidates. Possessed of 19th century values in discipline and education, she remained unchanged amid the mercurial education dogma of her time, and her loyalty to Geneseo students and the college was without equal."
Through her teaching and European tours, Lederer was a major influence on the lives and cultural development of several generations of Geneseo alumni, a commitment that continued long after she retired.
Lederer was the founder of the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts and was an active member in local, regional and national professional arts organizations over the years. She served as a delegate to the White House Conference on Children in 1970. She also was active in the Association for the Preservation of Geneseo, which focuses on improving and restoring places of architectural and historic interest in Geneseo.
Services are scheduled Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. in St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 23 Main St. in Geneseo. An on-campus memorial service is being planned for early in the spring semester. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bertha V. Lederer Endowed Scholarship in Dance, Geneseo Foundation, 202 Erwin Hall, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454. Cards of condolence may be sent to close friends John and Gloria Sullivan, 516 Allens Creek Road, Rochester, NY 14618.
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Minnie M. (Osborn) Fagan, 77, of Nebraska City died Sept. 10, 2013 at her home.
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GHOLSON (December 20, 2012)--Three adults escaped from a burning mobile home Thursday afternoon near Gholson and were able to save a horse and a dog, but not a chicken that was penned in a nearby coop.
One of the three residents suffered smoke inhalation, however, and an ambulance was requested.
Firefighters from Gholson were sent at around 1:20 p.m. to the home in the 2000 block of Mary Ware Road, just northwest of Gholson, in response to the fire.
The first units on the scene quickly asked for help from other departments, including Elm Mott, Chalk Bluff, Gholson, West, Ross and Aquilla.
The residents told News 10 they believe that embers from the chimney of their wood burning stove started a grass fire and that the gusty wind spread the flames to the home.
A horse that was corralled outside the home suffered minor heat injuries, but was rescued from the flames by one of the residents.
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Qualifying for Saturday's OVAC Cal Giffin Track and Field Championship wrapped up Thursday evening at sun-splashed Red Devil Stadium as Classes 3A and 5A resumed their meet that began on Tuesday.
After four grueling days, the OVAC Track Championship takes a well-deserved day off and resumes on Saturday as athletes will be asked to amp it up a notch as team points and individual medals are on the line, starting at 10 a.m. with field events. The first running action of the meet begins at noon.
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FLYING — Edison's J.D. Howell is the top qualifier in the OVAC Class 5A high jump with a leap of 6-foot Thursday during the OVAC Cal Giffin Track and Field Championship.
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In Class 3A, the River girls have firmly planted themselves as the favorite after two strong qualifying rounds.
Once again, senior standout Cassidy McCullough led the way. After pacing the 100 meters on Tuesday, she returned with a much heavier workload. She still paced three events, turning in the fastest time in both classes that competed on Thursday.
In her specialty, the low hurdles, McCullough blitzed the 3A field, posting a sizzling 46.74, which was more than three full seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.
In the 200 meters, McCullough turned in a blazing 25.97 and she also paced the long jump, which is still a relatively new event for her, with a mark of 16-3 1/2.
Magnolia's girls led two events, including Christa Harshberger, who paced the 1600 in 5:53.00. The Lady Blue Eagles were also tops in the 4x400 with a time of 4:31.46.
Linsly's shuttle team ran a 1:14.98 to pace the 3A field.
The Linsly boys have positioned themselves to make a solid run at another OVAC track title.
The Cadets' speed came up big as they led the way in six events. Jamal Ebanks, who paced the 100 on Tuesday, led the 200 in 23.19.
Luke Miller led the 800 in the class with a time of 2:07.75. In the field, Chinello Oparanozie launched the shot put to a mark of 48-ft-6 1/2.
The Cadets' 4x1 (45.83), 4x4 (3:35.42) and shuttles (1:03.78) were also the best in the field.
Barnesville senior Jacob Anderson turned in the premier time - regardless of class - in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles. He became the first this season to go under the 40-second barrier in the race.
He posted a 39.85 to earn him Heat 2, Lane 4 in Saturday's final.
Katlin Grimes led the way in the 1600 meters for the Shamrocks. He circled the track four times in 4:46.71.
Buckeye Trail's Austin Carleton was the top high jumper in the field and needed to clear just 5-10 to earn the top seed in his class.
In Class 5A, records were falling like crazy as the division, which has been around for just two seasons, had some splendid marks.
All told, eight records fell between the boys and girls' meets.
Indian Creek's Max Lewis, who is just a sophomore, turned in a solid 2:01.92 to set the mark in the 5A 800 meters.
Wheeling Park's girls established three records. Lauren Dickerson set the pace in the discus with a mark of 111-ft-10.
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John Marshall's Erica Haught blistered two laps in 2:21.03 to pace the 800 meters.
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Austin Farley turned in a 5A record time of 41.21 to pace the intermediate hurdles.
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[1.0 Beta] Opera 9 redraw bug
Opera 9 is loading pages in the demo app with an incomplete screen redraw.
Loads up with the entire right side blue, and not the correct panel content.
This can be fixed by checking for the opera object, and doing a small hack to get it to render. I was told to do this by a member of the Opera team . Where it should fall in the Ext code I don't know, but it should be the last thing to happen in order to get the screen the latest visual intent.
if (window.opera) { document.body.style += ''; }
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I know this thread is old, but if someone like me gets here through google with the same issue. The following helped me out - in combination with prototype, you can redraw and element with the following function:
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I have an old Canon AE-1. I want to start using it. I noticed there is a light meter in it, but how accurate is it? I don't want to waste a roll of film trying to figure it out.
Thanks! Estevan Montoya
Use the sunny-16 rule to test how accurate the meter is.
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For example if you are using ISO 100 film, set the AE-1 to shutter priority mode and shutter speed 1/100 sec (or 1/125 if that setting is not available) focus somewhere outside on a sunny afternoon then your light meter should recommend setting a f-stop of f16 or something closer. If it does then you can be pretty sure about its accuracy.
Compare the camera's recommendations with what you get from a source you trust, such as a light meter or another camera. Note that if you use another camera that's more modern and has multi-point metering, you should set it to center weighting to emulate what your AE-1 is doing. Film is more forgiving than most digital sensors, so exposure will be fine as long as it's close. (This assumes nothing in the camera has been damaged and a fresh battery.)
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What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
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Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.
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What is seasonal affective disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed that affected people react adversely to the decreasing amounts of sunlight and the colder temperatures as the fall and winter progress. It is important to note that although seasonal affective disorder usually presents in the fall and winter there are those who suffer from this condition during the summer instead of, or in addition to, during the fall or winter.
Seasonal affective disorder has not been long recognized as an official diagnosis. The term first appeared in print in 1985. Seasonal affective disorder is also sometimes called winter depression, winter blues, or the hibernation reaction.
The incidence of seasonal affective disorder increases in people who are living farther away from the equator. Statistics on seasonal affective disorder in the United States include that this disorder occurs in 1% to 10% of adults, and its prevalance is dependent on geographical location. Seasonal affective disorder is less common where there is snow on the ground. Seasonal affective disorder is about four times more common in women than men, and the average age of people when they first develop this illness is 23 years of age. People of all ages can develop seasonal affective disorder.
What are the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder?
Although there is no specific diagnostic test for the illness, it is understood that symptoms of seasonal affective disorder include tiredness, fatigue, depression, crying spells, irritability, trouble concentrating, body aches, loss of sex drive, poor sleep, decreased activity level, and overeating, especially of carbohydrates, with associated weight gain. When the condition presents in the summer, the symptoms are more commonly insomnia, poor appetite, and weight loss, in addition to irritability, difficulty concentrating, and crying spells. In severe instances, seasonal affective disorder can be associated with thoughts of suicide.
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They live ordinary lives, but they are extraordinary. They are the Offspring, children of a mysterious experiment gone awry--and they are in terrible danger.
A government-trained assassin, Fonda Raine has her sights locked on her latest target: Eric Aruda, one of the rogue Offspring--a pyrokenetic who can create fires with just a thought. But Fonda has awesome powers of her own--and her ability to astral project and be in two places at one time enables her to put herself exactly where she wants to be . . . in Eric's bed.
Eric is stunned and pleased by the inexplicable appearance of the mysterious enchantress, unaware that Fonda plans to seduce him, throw him off his guard, and then eliminate him. But the game changes radically with the arrival of an assassin from hell with orders to destroy them both. And suddenly Fonda and Eric have only two choices: to join forces or go down in flames.
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Since she was a kid, Jaime Rush devoured books on unexplained mysteries and psychic phenomena. She knew she would be published, marry a fabulous guy, and win a Toyota Supra. Missing the romance, relationship drama, and action of her favorite television shows X-Files, Roswell, and Highlander she created her own mix in the Offspring series.


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Nuclear Iran? Resurgent al Qaeda? 'Let's all calm down.'
Joe Biden's unbounded id is the talk of the nation after Thursday's debate. But the Veep is also the elder Democratic statesman on international affairs, and in between his snickers, guffaws and "malarkey," he shed newsworthy light on Obama Administration foreign policy. Let's roll the tape.
On Iran, Mr. Biden broke new ground, though most of the media missed it. To a question about the Administration's willingness to stop the Tehran regime from going nuclear, he said what matters isn't Iran's ability to enrich uranium to weapons grade. It's whether it can build and deliver a bomb.
"They are a good way away," he said. "When my friend [Paul Ryan] talks about fissile material, they have to take this highly enriched uranium, get it from 20% up. Then they have to be able to have something to put it in. There is no weapon that the Iranians have at this point."
"Let's all calm down a little bit here," Mr. Biden said a few minutes later.
In other words, Iran may have made progress toward enriching enough uranium to sufficient strength to build a bomb in the past four years, but that's immaterial. Based on the Vice President's intelligence, Iran isn't close to getting the trigger mechanism, missiles and all the other things needed to deploy a weapon. So don't worry.
Hmmm. For a decade, the U.S. and Europe have focused on coaxing and coercing the Iranians to stop enrichment above all else. That's because this is the hardest thing about building a bomb. Iran has in any case worked to develop missiles and triggers with help from Russians, North Koreans and others. In a clearer moment this summer, Mitt Romney said he would insist that Iran not enrich any uranium, even ostensibly for peaceful purposes. He failed to repeat this demand in his foreign-policy speech this week.
To hear Mr. Biden tell it, the Obama Administration now has a new red line on Iran. The mullahs can enrich as much uranium as they wish as long as they "don't have something to put it in." This isn't the red line Israel's Bibi Netanyahu had in mind during his recent speech before the United Nations. Nor are Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others looking for proof of an Iranian ICBM before they decide to go nuclear themselves. Iran becomes a regional nuclear power when it demonstrates its ability to get the bomb at almost a moment's notice, which is when it has developed enough fuel for it.
The Veep made a spirited case as well for doing nothing in Syria—no "no fly" zones, direct arms supplies to the rebels, or any U.S. political lead in an intervention. "If, in fact, it blows up and the wrong people gain control, it's going to have impact on the entire region, causing potentially regional wars," he said of Syria. News stories suggest this is happening already without any U.S. involvement, as the Syrian war pulls in Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey.
Mr. Biden appeared to preview another Obama policy shift on Afghanistan. With a 2014 deadline to transition the security lead to the Kabul government, the discussion will shift to how large the American military footprint will be afterward—with up to 30,000 U.S. troops left behind to ensure the Taliban don't overrun Kabul again.
But Mr. Biden said something different: "We are leaving in 2014, period, and in the process we're going to be saving over the next 10 years another $800 billion." He added that Afghan forces are ready to defend the country themselves and lead the fight in the difficult east, another piece of intelligence that's news to us.
On the attacks in Benghazi, Mr. Biden turned uncharacteristically terse. A day before the debate, a House hearing revealed that the U.S. Embassy in Libya had been concerned about a rising al Qaeda-linked Islamist threat and had requested, but was denied, security reinforcements.
"Well, we weren't told they wanted more security again," said Mr. Biden, contradicting the testimony of State Department officials. He also blamed "the intelligence community" for the Administration's initial and false assertions that Ambassador Chris Stevens and three American colleagues were killed in a "spontaneous" protest against an anti-Islam video on YouTube. This is the same "intelligence community" he is sure can tell us with certainty when Iran has a bomb and the Taliban is defeated.
Asked Friday about Mr. Biden's claims, White House spokesman Jay Carney said: "He was speaking directly for himself and for the President. He meant the White House. . . . No one who testified about this matter suggested that requests for additional security were made to the President or the White House. These are issues appropriately that are handled by security professionals at the State Department. And that's what he was talking about." So blame State and the intelligence community.
Don't worry, be happy may be a good campaign theme for Mr. Biden. Don't worry about a resurgent al Qaeda in North Africa. Or the escalating war in Syria. Or Iran's mullahs with weapons grade uranium, or Vladimir Putin's increasingly anti-American policy, or China's muscular antics in the Pacific. Overseas, said Mr. Biden, this Administration has "repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows up again." He clearly knows something the world doesn't.


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"The Minimalist Years, 1960-1975," an exhibition of works by American artist Jo Baer, brings together some twenty paintings and a number of drawings and prints produced in the years she lived in New York City. The exhibition, Baer's first solo museum exhibition in the United States since 1975, will be on view from September 12, 2002, to June 15, 2003. A reception will be held on September 10 from 6 to 8 pm.
The exhibition includes a number of Baer's early works, which address the relations of pictorial edge and field and of color and composition, plus more experimental works from the mid-seventies, which explore questions of flatness versus volume, frontality versus multiple vantage points, and objecthood versus illusion.
Baer has characterized her paintings of the 1960s and early 1970s as hard-edge and concerned greatly with color. However, as critic Lucy Lippard noted about her work in 1966, "the mood is more romantic than factual." In some works a square white expanse in the central area of the painting is framed by a thin band of color-for example, turquoise, lavender, blue, mustard-reiterated with black. The strip of color serves to mediate the dichotomy of black and white and animate the relationship of field and frames. Often, Baer's use of paint is not contained by the frontal boundaries of the canvas. In some works, stripes, bars, and arcs of paint cling to the sides or top of the canvas, breaking with the frontality conventional to modular painting, to explore multiple vantage points and to flirt with situation and context.
Jo Baer
Born in Seattle, Washington, in 1929, Baer attended the University of Washington and later the New School for Social Research, where she studied perceptual psychology and philosophy. Baer's early works established her solid reputation as an important force in Minimalist art. Following her first solo show in 1966, she participated in Documenta IV in Kassel, Germany (1968), was awarded an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1969), and was the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York (1975). In 1978 and again in 1986, Baer had retrospectives at the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, followed in 1999 by a major retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Public Programming
Critic and curator Mark Godfrey will lecture on Jo Baer's art this season as part of Dia's Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. The lecture will take place at Dia's exhibition facility at 548 West 22nd Street on Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 6:30 pm. For more information the public should call Dia at 212 989 5566.
Exhibition Support
Support for this exhibition has been provided by Lannan Foundation, The Richard Florsheim Art Fund, and the members of the Dia Art Council.
Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation-of which Dia Center for the Arts is a part- was founded in 1974. Dia plays a vital role among visual arts institutions nationally and internationally by initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects, and by serving as a primary locus for interdisciplinary art and criticism. In addition to presenting exhibitions and public programming at Dia Center for the Arts Dia maintains long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island. In May 2003, Dia will open Dia:Beacon, a new museum in Beacon, New York, to house its renowned collection of American and European art of the 1960s and 1970s.
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William Sofield is considered one of the most thoughtful talents of his generation. A rigorous Modernist, Sofield believes in the credo that design must live as well as it looks. His work is defined not by a particular style, but by a holistic approach to design that addresses the requirements of living and where luxury emanates from fidelity to craft. Materials and architectural details take their cue from the context of the project at hand with careful consideration for function and a client's individual personality and needs. His furniture and product design is imbued with a sophisticated respect for materiality and a concern for how a design should improve with use and age to become an object of legacy. Mr. Sofield has been described by Interior Design magazine as a 'choreographer' of spaces.
In 1983, Mr. Sofield received his degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University, following an academic focus on Art History and European Cultural Studies. He is also the recipient of the Helena Rubinstein Fellowship from the Whitney Museum of American Art.
He founded Studio Sofield in 1996 with the express goal of integrating multiple design disciplines. The Studio's vast portfolio includes residential, retail, hospitality, office, and landscape design. Sofield created a successful collection for Baker, The Bill Sofield Collection, introducing designs in 2001 and 2005, and recently launched the Jeton Collection, a complete bathroom suite for Kallista.


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the infamous act of concealing a friends penis in cheez wiz in sake of being a total douche bag.
Justin Timberlake covered my dick with chees wiz and licked it off.... what a cockblock
автор: Vagina McVaginastein 8 мая 2005
It is of Itailian origin, and it is a cube, or a block, full of cock(s)
You dumb ass hoe cockblock.
автор: cockblock101 11 марта 2005
Christana Fox, no really, i would have scored if it wasn't for that bitch
well, she is a huge cock block
автор: Dude 8 августа 2004
Any stupid/retarded/stereo-typical reasons that a woman will not have sex with a bf/ husband. Its basically a blockage of their vagina hence a cock block. For the boyfriend after being together for at least 3 and a half months and having oral with each other, saying that you are "not ready" to have sex is one of the most common cock-blocks and is inexecusable. For the Husband, saying that you are not in the mood is also unexceptable. If you have a baby within the last year or are pregnant those do not meet the requirements to be called a cock-block. The woman being on her period is the one acceptable excuse and does not qualify as a cock-block
" Man me and my girl have been together have been together for 6 months and we still havent had sex yet!"
"Damn dude, thats a real cock-block she's putting up there."
"It's been a year since me and Charlotte had Timmy and she still doesn't want to have sex....Fuck her stupid cock-blocks"
"Damn dude, thats a real cock-block she's putting up there."
"It's been a year since me and Charlotte had Timmy and she still doesn't want to have sex....Fuck her stupid cock-blocks"
автор: Singpow 2 января 2008
Term used in racing and Video Games. When a car is a lot slower than another car and the slower car pulls out in front of the faster car to get a push.
Driver #1: I'm going to get a little push of this guy
Driver #2: He's trying to cockblock me!
Driver #2: He's trying to cockblock me!
автор: GTBrett 9 июня 2005
A pramface. Or generally a rough slag.
Mary Kate And Ashley Olsen - cockblocks, both of 'em.
автор: Mika 20 октября 2003
When a woman turns you off so badly that you cannot get an erection for at least 5 years afterwards, see Christine Hamilton
God the queen mother looks pretty, shit no she's such a cock block
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Italy's Eni has the expertise to build an LNG plant in Mozambique. China National Petroleum Corp. will share in the costs to build the LNG plant after it signed a deal to buy a 20% stake in Eni's massive offshore gas field.
By LIAM MOLONEY and SELINA
LONDONEni SpA, Italy's biggest oil and energy company
by volume, has the expertise to build a liquefied natural gas
(LNG) plant in Mozambique that will allow the large natural gas
discoveries in the East African country to be shipped to
energy-hungry Asian countries.
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) will share in the costs
to build the LNG plant in Mozambique after it signed a deal to
buy a 20% stake in Eni's massive offshore gas field, Eni's head of exploration and
production , Claudio Descalzi, told reporters at a conference
in London.
said it agreed to sell the 20% stake to CNPC for $4.21 billion,
in a deal that will leave it with a 50% stake in the Area 4
field. The Rome-based company is open to reducing its stake
further in the field if a deal will give greater solidity to
the project, said Eni
CEO Paolo Scaroni at the same conference.
The maximum tax amount that Mozambique will take on the CNPC
sale price is 10%, said Mr. Descalzi, when ask by an analyst.
Mr. Descalzi also said he was not aware of Mozambique officials
wanting a bigger share of the price it will receive from the
Chinese company.
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Giel Prinsloo
I am very proud of Mozambiqque to build such prestiges plant , Moz needs it very much.I have worked in Moz before on the 2 first 2 stages of the aluminium smeltres Mozal.I am employed at present by BP Pretoleum in Iraq on the gas and oil fields , degassing stations etc.My previous project was with Exxon Mobil in Singapore on two greenfield projects as Site mech / piping Eng on a Butanol and Benzene plantI ma very keen to be part of this project.Thank you , Regards Giel PrinslooMy home country is South Africa. Please let me know of possible Engineering Construction positions.
Stephen Rupiya
A very competitive in various aspects of infrastructure, construction, civil works and associated works with more than fourteen years of successful working in Civil & Construction. Can work anywhere in Africa and abroad readily available would be interested to be engaged within the LNG GROUP.RegardsStephen Rupiya.
Selim Uzunkaya
Dear All,I am a mechanical engineer from Turkey, 56 y.old and have 32 years experiences about all type storage tanks,piping, steel structures fabrication and erection.I worked LNG tanks erection also.I can work every where on world.I am working in Saudi Arabia now.RegardsSelim Uzunkaya
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I want to open secret files on Ubuntu Natty and after my work delete the history of open files or any recorded activity during last:
- one hour
- three hours
- one day
- one week
- etc...
how can I do this, with GUI or at least in terminal.
You need to install
Alternativly Stefano Candori (Activity Journal maintainer) has worked on a
The work has landed in the source code, but it will be available in next
I suggest you try Activity Log Manager. It is a GUI that lets you configure Zeitgeist. Among other things, it lets you delete the last X minutes of your history.
You have to add the zeitgeist PPA prior to install it, because it is not in the Ubuntu repositories:
And then, open it searching for Activity Log Manager in the dash.
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TORONTO - City firefighters recently visited pupils at Karaffa Elementary School to show them how to remain safe during a structure fire.
Firefighters Ryan Boyd and Bill Scheel joined volunteer firefighter John Sciance to teach youngsters in preschool through fifth grade what to do during a fire, according to city fire Chief Frank McEwen.
"This is our annual fire safety program," said McEwen, adding the program has included firefighters visiting Toronto City Schools since the 1980s. "This year we also had Kazaam the Fire Safety Man from the National Fire Safety Council (assist)."
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SAFETY-FIRST — Toronto firefighters recently visited Karaffa Elementary School to teach pupils about fire safety. Those involved were, from left, Ryan Boyd, Toronto firefighter; pupils Amelia Taggart, Chloe Fisher, Tannar Newbold, Parker Williamson, and volunteer firefighter John Sciance; middle, pupil Pax Frey; and top, pupil Raine Woolmaker and firefighter Bill Scheel. - Contributed
The program includes teaching basic fire safety rules using materials such as coloring books and other educational materials, according to McEwen. Pupils also are taught "an updated version of 'Learn Not to Burn,'" said the chief. "This is a program funded by local businesses."
Pupils also are taught not to play with matches or lighters, as well as "about what to look for to stay safe during a fire at home," said McEwen, adding pupils learn about stove safety. "Loose clothing (catching on fire) is a big issue. A lot of adults have been burned because of loose clothing near open flames.
"Pupils also are taught what to do in case of a fire at their house," continued McEwen, adding pupils learn how to formulate an escape plan with their parents. "They should have a safe area where everyone can meet and know they are all out of the structure. If they can't get out of the structure, they are taught to go to a safe place in the house and wait for rescue. They also are told not to be afraid of firefighters (during a rescue)."
Pupils were shown firefighting equipment, including a demonstration of the department's ladder truck, McEwen added.
"We want to thank all the businesses and individuals who gave donations to the National Fire Safety Council's Fire Pup Program," said the chief, adding the department uses the program guidelines for its instruction.


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Linda Williams says she was forced to resign from the Glasgow Walmart where she worked for 10 years after managers accused her of stealing a 59-cent bottle of water.
According to Williams, even though she had the receipt to prove she'd paid for the water, store managers gave her two options. WIlliams could either sign resignation papers admitting she'd stolen the water, or go to jail.
"I wasn't going to sign because I knew I needed the money because it was just my son and I, but after they told me they'd call security and throw me in jail, I signed because I was scared."
With no job and mounting medical bills, WIlliams decided to fight back in court.
Seven years later, a Barren County jury awarded Williams $625,000. The case has been tied up in court since then and Williams hasn't received a cent.
"They haven't given me anything. I haven't seen any of that money, not one penny."
WBKO contacted Walmart officials who declined to comment on the case. Officials did tell us that Walmart doesn't discriminate against any of its employees.
Now, Williams hopes Kentucky's highest court will put an end to a decade of turmoil.
"I'm a Christian and I've never done anything like that and I wouldn't.
I never knew what they were talking about."


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c. I would like to know the arguments and in what order they appear. For example, the order of the arguments in
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{d, b, c, q}
How can I find this from the above expression?
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The 8 Funniest Webcomics
Cartoonists like Garfield's Jim Davis are lucky they got rich enough to buy their own diamond mines before there was such a thing as the Internet. Now, a whole bunch of kids with Blogspot accounts and MS Paint are proving they can do better. Way better.
Since we figure our readers could use a little culture, we've put together a list of, without question, the funniest comics the Web has to offer. That's right: We claim to have identified the best of an utterly subjective art form. Let's see you take issue with that, smart guy!
#8. Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North
The Gist:
A six-panel comic featuring clip-art dinosaurs trampling log cabins and tiny women gets its dialogue rewritten five times a week in an example of absurdism at its most hilarious.
Kinda Like:
How every Marmaduke is basically the same drawings of the exasperated lady owner. Only with this one, the written jokes actually change.
Words and Pictures:
Dinosaur Comics features a vibrant color palette, free and open canvases and a boldly choral compositional structure. All right, it' the same goddamned pictures every time. Disregarding that minor detail, the strips are not only funny, but also take on issues as diverse as moral relativism, the nature of true contentment and how to throw knives in order to cut speaker wires at a distance, thereby putting a stop to your neighbors' blaring techno music.
Plus, you'd be amazed how the occasional addition of a goatee can turn a T-Rex into the funniest thing you've seen all week.
Bonus Fun Fact:
Dinosaur Comics were used by an English teacher in Japan as part of his lesson plan. Japanese school kids filled in their own strips. The surreal results seen HERE do very little to disprove stereotypes that the Japanese are weird and obsessed with Godzilla.
#7. Penny Arcade, by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
The Gist:
It's the reigning king of all webcomics and failing to include it on this list would get us beaten to death by fanboys wielding cardboard tubes and clad in Fruit Fucker 2000 T-shirts.
Kinda Like:
An ocean of other webcomics where 20-something roommates discuss video games and make obscure references to internet culture. Was Penny Arcade the first? It's arguable. Is it the highest quality and most loved of them all? Hell, yes.
Words and Pictures:
Krahulik's slick artwork is almost always desktop-worthy, and Holkins' overly verbose writing style contrasts quite well with guys playing Xbox and talking about hammering nails into their dicks. Aside from spawning a huge cast of characters and an equally large legion of fans, Penny Arcade has also provided a working business model for webcomics creators. Unfortunately, since the odds of someone making a living off of an Internet comic are a million to one, the false promise of financial security will almost certainly lead to a huge wave of shattered, despondent goth/indie webcomics. And, no one wants that.
Bonus Fun Fact:
Ever responsible and ambitious, Krahulik and Holkins have leveraged Penny Arcade into Child's Play, a large children's charity whose donors are almost all gamers, a video game starring their comic counterparts and the Penny Arcade Expo an annual gaming convention that doubles as a cure for erectile dysfunction among fanboys.
#6. White Ninja, by Scott Bevan and Kent Earle
The Gist:
The eponymous character, apparently both mildly retarded and impervious to pain, interacts with badgers, rocks and other things that function on an intellectual level similar to his own.
Kinda Like:
If the wide-eyed innocence of SpongeBob SquarePants caused him to constantly and obliviously kill small animals, horribly maim himself or defile sacred objects.
Words and Pictures:
White Ninja both reads and looks as if it were created by an 8-year-old boy during snack time at recess. Usually that would be an insult, but the strip's success is partly based on its ability to force you into its world, rather than the other way around. You may have to scan through a few strips, but after a short while, the purposely stilted lines and fingerless hands all become part of the magic.
Bonus Fun Fact:
White Ninja creators Scott Bevan and Kent Earle were at Comic-Con a couple of years ago, giving out books of White Ninja comics. An older gentleman walked up, said he was a big fan and asked if they would sign one of their books for him. It was Matt Groening.
#5. Overcompensating, by Jeffrey Rowland
The Gist:
One of the only diary comics worth reading, primarily because it' a bunch of made-up stuff about robotic elves and undead cats instead of unflattering caricatures of people who cut the author off in line at Vons.
Kinda Like:
If Doonesbury were written by a cynical, rambling hippy. OK, if it were written by a different cynical, rambling hippy.
Words and Pictures:
Rowland bills Overcompensating as a diary comic, so expect a fair amount of absurdly self-referential diatribes and random humor. If you can't take sarcastic endorsements of the Bush administration, you're in the wrong place. The simple squiggles and low-res photographic backgrounds don't make Overcompensating a Calvin and Hobbes by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he colors the damn thing. As for the dialogue, it tends to be ranting and written in dialect, which is probably fitting for characters with names like Weedmaster P and Baby.
Bonus Fun Fact:
Rowland also writes and draws Wigu, a fully continuous action/humor comic that is much more ambitious and coherent than Overcompensating, although not nearly as funny.


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A number of school records fell and the Rocket girls' and boys' track team picked up second and third place honors in the overall team results during the Scott Nisely?Invite on the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca track on Friday.
Haley Harsin ran to new meet records for both the 400 and 800 meter runs and Lauren Sand picked up a school mark for the pole vault to lead the Rockets in a second place finish.
Emily Harsin won the 100 meter hurdles and the S-D-A girls' team also won the 1600 and 3200 meter relays.
Jon Burr posted a gold medal finish in the shot put, Coleman Orchard won the 1600 meter run and the Rocket boys' team posted a win in the 3200 meter relay to highlight a third place effort.
Crete took the team title for both the girls' and boys' divisions of the meet and also took home the trophy as the team to score the most combined points of girls' and boys' squads.
Nebraska City scored seven points on the girls' side and picked up 19.5 points on the boys' side to take eighth in both divisions.
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I was asked this question in an interview and it has been bugging me ever since.
You have two projects, both with the same specification but only one of these projects was developed using Test Driven Development. You are given the source for both but with the tests removed from the TDD project. How can you tell which was developed using TDD?
All I was able to muster up was something about the classes being more "broken up" into smaller chunks and having more visible APIs, not my proudest moment. I would be very interested to hear a good answer to this question.


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The objectives are to examine farm management systems for year-round gastrointestinal nematode control, identify resistant animals to minimize problems with nematode infection, conduct on-farm studies on the feasibility of techniques developed from research studies, and educate outreach professionals and producers on adopting available organic gastrointestinal nematode control strategies in small ruminants by disseminating state-of-the-art knowledge and procedures.
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The impact of continuous use of integrated methods that have been developed by these investigators previously will be examined using a systems approach in a long-term experiment. Groups of sheep or goats using different control strategies will be managed separately for at least four years, and infection level and production efficiency will be measured. Forage systems (including sericea lespedeza and birdsfoot trefoil) will be examined to minimize parasite infection. Genetic selection for resistant sheep and goats will be examined by correlating fecal egg counts of parents and offspring, and selected sires will be used to generate stock with a greater resistance to parasites. Integrated approaches described above will be examined on-farm by producers who will submit information on the success of approaches employed.
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27th February 2012 10:57 AM #1
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How do you get a strong-willed toddler to eat a variety of healthy foods?
I have a strong-willed toddler who will cover her mouth with her hands and simply refuse to eat any foods she does not recognize or has tried in the past and disliked. Her diet consists of mainly carbs such as waffles, cereal and pasta. I would appreciate any advice on how to persuade my toddler to try new foods. Thank you so much for your insight.
27th February 2012 11:15 AM #2
Hi Jen,
In your introduction you mentioned that your youngest child is 2 years old, so I'm going to assume that you're question refers to your 2 year old.
If it's a food she has tried in the past and disliked, then I'd suggest that you change the way it looks (and tastes, to some degree). Let's say it was a piece of broccoli that you gave her, and she didn't like it. Sometimes children won't like the texture of something or they may not like the taste (or both).
I would then try putting the broccoli into something you know she likes. If you know she likes a scrambled egg with ketchup on top, you could steam the broccoli well (to nearly a "mush" texture) and then chop it up really fine, and introduce just a small amount into her eggs. Or find something that's green, that she likes, and mix it into that.
I'm really not a proponent of "disguising" food so a child will eat it because I think it's important for children to learn to eat and recognize healthy foods. But in this situation, you really do want to help your daughter to eat the healthy foods, first and foremost, and later you can work on helping her recognize the food in it's true form, after she has developed a taste for it.
I know of a mom who had a child who would not eat the mushrooms and onions in the spaghetti sauce she made. So that mom sauteed up the mushrooms, onions and parsley, with butter and olive oil. When they were tender, she blended them with the canned tomatoes. She cooked up the ground beef and just mixed the blended tomato sauce (with vegetables) into the ground beef and served over pasta. He LOVED it and never knew he was eating mushrooms, onions and parsley.
If you'll give us some examples of foods your daughter is rejecting, and a list of foods that your daughter really likes (try to focus on fruits, vegetables and proteins, as it looks like she doesn't have a problem with simple carbohydrates like cereal, pasta and crackers).
Oftentimes children will be much more willing to eat foods that they've had a part in preparing. This works really well for 2-5 year olds.
You'll find some ideas on foods that your child can help you prepare in the baby led weaning thread.
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Thank you so much for the response Kate. Yes, it is my 2 year old that is refusing new foods. My daughter refuses to eat meat, any vegetable besides corn and most fruit besides bananas. She will eat most carbs that are presented to her. I really appreciate the feedback - thanks!
27th February 2012 12:12 PM #4
Hi Jen,
Okay - so bananas and corn go right along with the carbs that she seems to be craving (craving to the point where she is refusing much of anything else).
Would you say your daughter is underweight, overweight, or just right?
Are you breast feeding her, is she on formula, cow milk, goat milk, or any kind of milk?
Does she like juice?
How much milk and juice is she eating each day?
How does she sleep at night? What time does she go to sleep and what time does she wake up?
How much does she sleep during the day?
What would you say a typical day looks like for her (i.e. sitting, active play inside, active play outside)?
Sorry for all the questions but my initial thought is that there's a nutritional imbalance that, if corrected, could allow her body to stop craving sugars and carbs so that she then is willing to eat more healthy foods.


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Ive just purchased the nadir adapter and have been testing it with my hardware, the NN3, supplied camera mounting plate, Nikon D5000 and Samyang 8mm.
So far I havent been able to cover the nadir in a single shot. The adapter doesnt offset the camera far enough to avoid the tripod legs in the down view.
Ive been moving the nadir adapter to the end of the NN3 lower rail when taking the outward-swiveled shot.
Ive tried to reduce the spread of the tripod legs but this leaves the whole rig is too unstable. The legs are now in the narrowest lock position for this tripod.
I can take two shots from the nadir adapter by moving it to the opposite side of the nadir. However, this needs more floor space, is more prone to error, takes more time to shoot and more time to process.
For most floors, I could just patch over the spot but it would be nice to be able to have a no-fuss one-step nadir.
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I had one of those. Then I got a more slimline plastic one that ran on batteries. Yes, I used to throw records in my backpack, take my player, and go out in the woods and play records. I wonder if the animals liked it? lol


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Ms. Tanning, a versatile artist, began as a Surrealist in the 1930s and, later, after many other incarnations, also added poet and author to her roster of achievements.
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Ms. Frankenthaler, whose staining technique was essential to the development of Color Field painting, was one of the most admired artists of her generation.
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Mr. Goldberg was an abstract painter of the New York School whose vibrant works are in major museums and private collections.
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The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art offers works by three visual artists from the Netherlands, the least predictable (and most provocative) being video artist Erik van Lieshout.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, From the Inside and Out
The Portland Museum of Art provides an engrossingly detailed picture of how Mr. Wright achieved his vision, with many examples of his furniture, plans, drawings and publications.
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Hand Matzos always seem to be round, yet machine Matzohs seem to be square. Is there any company anywhere that produces round machine Matzos? Why not?
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Rakusen's of England makes cracker-sized machine "tea matzas", and they're round! (Mind you, you'd have to eat a few of those "crackers" to have a complete serving of matza for the mitzva.) The only ingredients are flour and water, so they truly are matzas. I've occasionally seen them in American supermarkets.
With the early machines in the late 1800s, they'd have a giant roller cranking out a huge flat sheet of dough, then use big cookie-cutters on it. If you used round cookie-cutters, you'd either have to throw away all the dough in between the circle shapes, or would feel pressured to rework it within the 18 minutes, which is going to be hard to do. Therefore they were advised in fact to make them rectangular-shaped.
Of course this raised eyebrows with some traditionalists: "gevalt! Everyone knows a matza is supposed to be round!" The Kesav Sofer briefly allowed for machine round matzas (or even theoretically a pentagonal shape), to give time for people to adjust, while pleading with people to accept the rectangular matzahs, "and in this merit may Hashem gather us from the four corners of the world." (Groan.)
With today's technology I'm sure they could make them round, but as noted that makes packaging more complicated. And besides, if the rabbis of 100+ years ago said that machine matzas should be rectangular, then by golly we'll make them rectangular!
Furthermore, many people feel that the machine matzas can't be used for the seder (which is a different question.) If they started making round machine matzas (or handmade non-shmurah for that matter), people might eat sub-optimal matza seder night, or at least accuse the manufacturer of trying to cause such a confusing situation.
If such matzos are rare or nonexistent, it's because they don't fit as well in a box and thus require either
Source (so to speak): conjecture.
In Holland, round matzot were made before the Shoa; the only matze available is made by the matza factory de Haan, Valkenburgerstraat, Amsterdam and Hollandia Matza in Enschede.
After the Shoa until today, you can buy round machine matzot from Hollandia matzes.
Yes, I've seen it, just not sure where. Round, machine-made Shemurah Matzah, actually. I'll try to find out who produces it and provide more information.
1- It is more efficient to produce square matzah than other shapes. 2- Most probably, the matzah eaten by the Hebrews leaving Egypt, was square and not round, because the frames used to make bricks were either square or rectangular and so the tradition would probably be to take those same frames and transport the dough that way. 3- The suggestions that one may use the excess dough remaining after the cookie cutter device used to make round matzah would create "Gebroken" matzah, not used by many Jews on Passover.


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During my upcoming holiday to the USA I'm thinking about buying a new guitar as the exchange rate is extremely favorable. Excuse my naivety but I have never flown with a guitar before. What is a recommended way to go about this? Could I take it as carry on luggage or would it have to be checked? If checked luggage what kind of precautions should I take to keep it safe? Are there any problems with flying US budget carriers? If I do buy the guitar I'm expecting to have to make two flights with it, one domestic flight with Virgin America and an international flight with Air NZ.
How an airlines handles musical instruments like guitars depends on the one you are flying with.
In my experience I've found quite a few travellers with guitars, so it's fairly common. Most seemed to use some form of rocket atttached to the back, but fuel for this is hard to come by in certain areas of the world, and often requires FAA approval to use in the States.
No seriously, lots of people do, and much like travelling with a snowboard it generally just goes into the oversize baggage area, often at no extra cost to you. This is both domestic and international. But it's definitely important to check with your airline, as everyone has different rules - I'd hate to know what RyanAir would do to you if you tried with them ;)
You need to check the airline you are flying with. (try searching for excess bagage or musical instrument and the name of your airline on google.) Some airlines do require you to buy an extra seat for your music instrument. Examples are here: klm, Lufthansa.


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I was wondering has anyone of you experience the difference among super LCD screen of Nexus S, and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S? Which type of screen is better?
Difference between Super LCD screen of Nexus S and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S — Which is better?
As Ryan has pointed out there isn't that much of a difference between Super AMOLED and Super LCD screens - chances are you will be hard pressed to see the colour difference unless you have two mobiles side by side (or at least the difference is small enough it shouldn't really be an issue)
From what I've read, where the two differ are:
edit: It seems like Super AMOLED has indeed improved compared to AMOLED. According to engadget, Super AMOLED is now similar to LCD - both are slightly more visible than AMOLED under the sun.
Super AMOLED, AMOLED, LCD (screens left to right)
The US Nexus S has a Super AMOLED, But a lot of manufactures are moving to Super LCD for the screens because of the "Super AMOLED Shortages". Even the Galaxy S 2 is supposed to have a Super LCD.
From an engadget article comparing the two...
Now, I am not really sure if there is a big difference between AMOLED and Super AMOLED, but as you can see, visually, there isn't much of a difference between AMOLED and Super LCD. Super AMOLED is going to produce a darker black, as Super AMOLED doesn't transmit any light at all when displaying black, which helps on battery.
The most notable difference seems to be the rendering of black, where the Super AMOLED display rocks the socks off of the Super-LCD.
(Source: Comparison of Nexus-S models on flickr)
Otherwise the points seem to be that the SAMOLED takes less power and is a little bit thinner and lighter. The "vivid" colors may actually lead to over-saturation, but it doesn't look like a problem I'd worry about.