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Although he was not a waterbender, he showed skill in handling a variety of weapons and was a respected warrior, having been chosen to lead a secret attack on the Fire Navy's commanding officer during the Siege of the North. These skills, however, were not as impressive as he thought them to be, as during the mission, Hahn was unable to effectively attack the fleet's commanding officer, Admiral Zhao.
Hahn was arranged to be married to Princess Yue prior to the latter's sixteenth birthday. He was not opposed to the idea, even though Yue did not appear to have a romantic interest in him. He did not seem to like her much either, but was more interested in the ideas of becoming royalty and the "perks" that would come with being related to the chief.
As the Fire Nation began assaulting the Northern Water Tribe, Hahn volunteered himself for a mission to attack the invaders. During the task force's preparation, he became acquainted with Sokka and developed a strong disregard for him. Sokka immediately recognized Hahn's shallowness and his lack of love for Yue and, therefore, did not act respectfully toward him. Hahn mocked Sokka for being a mere Southern Water Tribesman and for his concern over his engagement to the tribal princess. The two physically fought each other when Sokka's hatred for Hahn boiled over, resulting in Sokka being relieved from his duties; however, Hahn showed no remorse whatsoever for the altercation.[1]
Hahn's secret mission to ambush the attacking Fire Nation fleet's admiral ended abruptly. Disguised in an outdated Fire Nation military uniform, Hahn infiltrated Zhao's ship undetected and planned to attack the admiral. However, rather than stealthily sneaking up on Zhao, Hahn revealed his identity, shouted to the commanding officer, whom he again mistakenly called "Choi", and charged at him. Without interrupting his conversation, Zhao nonchalantly dodged Hahn's assault, hurling him overboard.[3]
Hahn was self-centered, egotistical, and conceited, with a deep desire to gain a higher political rank. He was somewhat ignorant, due to his engrossment in himself and rarely thought twice about his actions, which subsequently led to his defeat at the hands of Admiral Zhao. He seemingly enjoyed mocking Sokka by consistently talking of his engagement to Yue, irritating Sokka deeply. Hahn's known interests included sharpening his weapons, courting girls, and ensuring his hair looked good. He was terrible at remembering names.[2]
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- Hahn proved himself incapable of remembering and correctly pronouncing certain names, mistakenly saying Admiral Zhao's name as both "Admiral Choi" and "Admiral Cho", and Sokka's name with a long "O".
- Hahn courted several girls before his engagement with Princess Yue, but stated Yue was the finest and "[came] with the most perks", much to the annoyance of Sokka.[1]
- Hahn was one of the few members of the Water Tribe who did not have the sound "uh" in his name.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ehasz, Aaron (writer) & MacMullan, Lauren (director). (December 2, 2005). "The Siege of the North, Part 1". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 19. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ Ehasz, Aaron (writer) & Filoni, Dave (director). (December 2, 2005). "The Siege of the North, Part 2". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 20. Nickelodeon.


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An interesting piece by the distinguished historian Eamon Duffy on Benedict XVI's visit to Britain. The short version: Benedict enters an English culture where Catholic are, paradoxically, more accepted at all levels of society than before, but where a public anti-Catholicism is gaining renewed energy. The Pope's own combative orientation to the modern world is, in Duffy's view, unhelpful.
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John, the link you posted is restricted, although it sounds like an interesting piece.
Nancy, let it fill in the URL, then delete everything before the www.irishtimes.com part. It worked for me. (Firefox 3.X)
Fixed the link -- it should take you right there now!
The article seems to take a couple of odd ideas for granted. First, that the Pope's teaching is primarily negative. It isn't. Secondly, that people at papal Masses and rallies are disappointed because Pope Benedict isn't JPII. The atmosphere at these events is incredibly celebratory. People don't exactly mope around, lamenting that he is "maladroit and badly advised in his attempts to promote his views." Honestly I don't know what Duffy is suggesting.
Thanks, Mollie. Excellent article despite Kathy's mispronouncements above and inability to understand Duffy's points.Think or link to any prior articles this year about B16 and his difficulties with PR highlighted by a brief but by no means comprehensive list:- Regensburg- comments on HIV/condoms in Africa- his interview on the way to South America- some of his pronouncements in terms of Jewish relations, Anglican relations, etc. impacting ecumenism- his attempts at condemning sexual abuse e.g. letter to Ireland, etc.- his smaller, purer church for the little people, etc.One could go on and on......
Duffy claims that Pope Benedict does not draw "vast and admiring crowds" like John Paul II. This is a factual error. But more to the point, what is Duffy proposing that the Pope should do? And most importantly, what is he proposing that he do differently than, for example, he did (very well, very positively) on his apostolic journey to the US?
Kathy, Bill DeHaas gave you some answers in the above post. Basically, stop denouncing and start witnessing. Duffy quotes Newman. "Modern materialism, he wrote, must be met not by refutation so much as by a powerful counter-argument . . . overcoming error not by refutation so much as by an antagonist truth.Benedict is basically a polemical voice in a world which seeks reconciliation not condemnation by righteous, empire clerics.
Bill and Bill,Why not look at Pope Benedict's public remarks over any given week, month, or year. Read his books. Don't just listen to mainstream media's outrage about condoms or whatever, but actually read his words. They are overwhelmingly positive.
I'm with you Kathy. Those who are opposed to what Benedict XVI teaches will misrepresent him to make it seem as though he's antagonistic and polemical when he's not - he's merely speaking the Truth. Benedict's great strength is that he will not fear speaking the Truth in and out of season - and with love (Caritas in Veritate). If that makes him seem antagonistic, so be it in his view. It's the mark of great saints through the ages.
hes merely speaking the Truth. Benedicts great strength is that he will not fear speaking the Truth in and out of seasonMike,I think you detracted from Kathy's message. It seems to me that truth is truth. On the other hand, Truth is "what those of us who are real Catholics agree with, and you other guys don't like." Its the mark of great saints through the ages.Like Saint Pius X and his Syllabus of Errors and Oath Against Modernism?
Read his books. Kathy,Which would you recommend most highly? I always love book recommendations.
David, For the purposes of this discussion, I'd start with Pope Benedict in America. Then Jesus of Nazareth--you might find his discussion of the historical-critical method interesting--and the encyclicals. If his two books on the Fathers are anything like his Wednesday catechesis, they will be interesting and refreshing. I like his books on liturgy, you might not, A New Song for the Lord and The Spirit of the Liturgy.By the way, Mike was referring to Paul's exhortation to Timothy to a certain kind of apostolic courage. The whole of the 2nd Letter to Timothy is worth rereading in this context, and at least the beginning of chapter 4:"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry."
John -- thanks for posting. This is excellent.Duffy claims that Pope Benedict does not draw vast and admiring crowds like John Paul II. This is a factual error.The error is yours, Kathy -- you've misrepresented what Duffy wrote. Here's the sentence in which those words appear:
Even among the faithful, Benedicts coming has elicited neither the widespread enthusiasm nor (on present indications) the vast and admiring crowds that marked the visit of his charismatic Polish predecessor in 1982.
It's a very specific claim about THIS visit to Britain, and I don't think you're in a position to know better than Eamon Duffy whether it's true. While we're at it, you say Duffy claims (or "take[s] for granted") "that people at papal Masses and rallies are disappointed because Pope Benedict isnt JPII" -- and, in fact, he says nothing of the kind. Next time you sense the pope is under attack, try reading the whole essay in question before you form your counterargument.
If Duffy had simply said the crowds will be smaller, well, we'll have to see. But he said that their enthusiasm and admiration will be less, and the comparison of crowds' enthusiasm is a man-on-the-street issue, not an academic one. People at papal Masses aren't comparing Popes the way a papal historian might. But again, why not just wait and see?
I think the article by Father Kavanaugh in the new America "How Will They Know?" points up the problem of BXVI that Duffy talks about.For many, thetere is a major disconnect between the words and behavior of BXVI and th slapping down of any who question is at its root.Of cxourse the loyalists here rush to the defense of BXVI and the matter of crowd size strikes me as not germane to the issue at hand.As Benedict prepares to set forth for England et al. (as Allen noted) his message of identity strengthening seems to have less credibility on the shores there and here.I think David Nicke;l's riposte is then quite correct and underscores the continuing diviseness that BXVI has presided over and helped burgeon.
Mollie - notice she did not respond to your point about "misrepresentation". She changed tactics and focused on a minor point. Your suggestion implies the ability to suspend judgment and do an analysis - that means dropping your pre-conceptions; putting yourself in the context of the writer/composer, etc.
I was pleasantly surprised that Duffy pointed out that the Catholic Church is the largest and most diverse humanitarian organization in the world.The Church rarely gets that recognition in the secular media.Very good!
Bill,The first responsibility for correct analysis lies in the hands of the writer/ composer. (Composer!?) They must read a situation accurately, and then discuss it fairly, not publish assumptions about the motivations of the hoi poloi under the banner "'Man of sacristy' walks in the shadow of John Paul II." (Although granted, Duffy probably isn't responsible for the hedder.) It's an essay about public perception. Only a very small layer of public perception is a matter of public record.If there are reasons for Duffy's assumptions, if he has his ear to the ground regarding the enthusiasm and admiration of crowds, and how many plan to stay away from the events altogether, I think he should provide these reasons.
Kathy, this is pathetic. You attributed to Duffy a statement he did not make and then accused him of "a factual error." Why can't you just admit you were wrong?
Eamonn Duffy is a great scholar and his Stripping of the Altars is an excellent work, but he, by his own admission, is a bit of a woolly liberal. I think Kathy, myself and others have simply picked up on this in his article.David, Benedict XVI is all about preaching the Truth. And yes, if you don't value it, then you are under no compulsion to stay in the Church. I hope and pray you do though.
"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience and careful instruction."This was not done with the inquisiton, the Syllabus of Errors and the CDF in modern times. None of them have the patience of Paul. And there is the strikingly bad example of Augustine who allowed force and violence against those who disagreed with him. Augustine, unfortunately, is the quintessential dishonest polemic whose example too many follow. Augustine cannot compare with Paul who persuaded and did not force.
As John McGreevy says Duffy is a "distinguished historian." He is always worth listening to and reading.I think his conclusion merits particular attention:"many who wish both him and his message well will also want him to take his lead from the man whom he is to declare blessed two days later, and concentrate not on denunciation but on commending the Christian antagonist truth by its inherent hopefulness and humanity."What do we see as "the Christian antagonist truth?" and how would we give expression to "its inherent hopefulness and humanity?"What would be our counsel to the Pope in this regard? -- of course, on the presumption that we wish "both him and his message well."
So anybody who doesn't "value" B16's "preaching the Truth" should consider leaving the Church?I, for one, didn't (and don't) "value" much of this man's version of Truth, and so I left the Church of Rome.On the other hand, even Ratzinger would agree (at least if he remains consistent) that application of the Truth isn't always consistent with official church teaching. There is Truth, and there are truths.It would appear that some folks here and elsewhere conflate the latter with the former.
Id start with Pope Benedict in America. Then Jesus of NazarethKathy,Thanks. I already own Jesus of Nazareth, and I ordered Pope Benedict in America. Someone on Vox Nova recommended Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life, so I have that.
He has a small book, from the CDF I think, called Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian. I like it a lot.
I'm late to the game, but just the same...I didn't think Duffy's essay was all that far off the mark. Certainly the public reception of some of the efforts of this pontificate has been, at times...challenging. I do not think that the Vatican will win any awards for public relations. On the other hand, I think it is also true that the Church, by its nature, is going to have a tough time making its points in a modern culture which is not only highly secularized but also captured by the soundbite and the hyper-short attention span. This problem didn't begin with Benedict XVI - for all of his rock star airs, John Paul II (we too often forget) had more than his share of bad press. The Vatican hasn't changed that much in five years, or twenty.Where Duffy presses too far is here: "But he also believed the slide into relativism would not be halted by mere denunciation. If Christian values were to survive and prevail, they must commend themselves by their intrinsic power and attractiveness." I think it is patently unfair of Duffy to reduce this pope's message, his emphasis, on "mere denunciation." It is hard to think he has spent much time reading this pope's homilies and addresses and think that it's all "mere denunciation." It is not as unfair - not to say ludicrous - as David Nickol's apparent attempt to equate Benedict with Pius X's anti-modernist campaign (really? seriously, David?), but it simply isn't doing justice to what Benedict has tried to say, notwithstanding that the message has not always been...delivered perfectly. But then I don't really think even Duffy believes this. He says too many gracious things about Benedict XVI and his "thoughtfulness." But if he thinks there's a more positive way to cast the Church's teachings without abandoning or altering them, it seems to me that he has some responsibility to say how. "Stop denouncing and start witnessing" doesn't quite cut it. The reality is that however hamhanded the Vatican can be at delivering its message, even the smoothest, most communications-adept effort is going to have a tough time and a lot of hostile - and distorted - reception in today's world. That doesn't excuse some of what we've seen unfold in Rome (and that John Allen has amply documented of late). But we have to keep that in mind. So should Eamon Duffy.
"I think it is patently unfair of Duffy to reduce this popes message, his emphasis, on mere denunciation."Right. Benedict's "Deus Caritas Est" has as positive a message as can be found. Beautiful. And many of B16's Wednesday talks are very positive too.It would be interesting to hear an objective psychiatrist analyze his two public personae.


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#2. The Denisovan Love Machines
Science used to think that the Humanity Cake was divided between two known factions: one made up of modern humans and Neanderthals, and the other consisting of Homo erectus, the humorous highpoint of many a biology lesson.
March 2010 changed those views for good, when the X-woman was discovered in a Siberian cave. Well, her finger bone, anyway. Other bits from other individuals followed, but were so scarce that to date we've only found three tiny physical remains: a tooth, a toe bone and a finger bone.
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Found on the Paleolithic equivalent of a barroom floor.
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Sadly, Denisovans disappeared around the time when Homo sapiens decided we'd had enough of the arrogant way all these other hominids kept existing. And while logic dictates that they went the way of the Neanderthal, we like to think that they were just chased into hiding by angry Homo sapiens spouses and will one day emerge from their giant caves for some good ol' fashioned snu-snu.
#1. Superintelligent Alien People
When you're told to imagine an alien, you probably picture something like this:
You know -- tiny face, big head, creepy shark eyes, skin like a British teenager. There's a lot of theories on why we picture aliens the way we do. Some say they're a remnant from when we were babies and our facial recognition condensed everything to that simplistic, big-headed visage. Others maintain that they came from a TV show.
According to neuroscientists Gary Lynch and Richard Granger, though, the truth might be a lot simpler. Your ancestral memory might just recognize your funny-lookin' neighbor from a few thousand years ago. Meet the Boskop man:
"You've probably never heard of me."
Named after the South African area where their remains were first located, Boskops supposedly roamed the land a mere 10,000 years ago. Well, we say "roamed" -- chances are that they mainly spent their days at the prehistoric Starbucks, working on their screenplays and scoffing at all the crude monkeys. According to rough estimations, Boskops had a ridiculously huge brain (around 25 percent larger than ours) featuring a massive prefrontal cortex. This gave them an estimated average intelligence quotient of around 150. To put that in context, the average IQ in the U.S. today is 100 points.
Essentially, that means that every one of these big-headed dudes was a Mensa-level genius. A bunch of butt-ugly prehistoric rocket scientists, walking the Earth back when were still trying (and ultimately failing) to domesticate the house cat.
"Fuck you."
We already know that the big-heads interacted with our ancestors, and at least one ancient burial site features a carefully constructed king-tomb containing a very familiar-looking giant, pointy skull. So, why aren't we all card-carrying Morlocks right now, toiling under the superior brainpower of Boskops?
Two things: One, they may have been so preoccupied with their thoughts that they simply couldn't be bothered to put up any social structure to speak of, which in turn gave them precious little opportunities for procreation (ha! Ancient nerds).
Two, big brains are really only useful when you already have a civilization set up. Before the social network of companies, schools, libraries and caffeinated soft drink manufacturers is firmly in place, a powerful mind is usually the runner up in the Daily Fist and Fang Competition. The theory goes that the Boskops were smart enough to realize this, so, having assessed the situation, they accepted their fate and just sat there, withstanding the great evolutionary wedgie that we Homo bulliens inflicted on them.
We'd noogie their giant heads while yelling "Stop extincting yourselves! Stop extincting yourselves!"
Dawn likes to tweet about smashing things. She has a smashing new blog where she also talks about smashing things. J.F. Sargent is a workshop moderator for Cracked and likes to tweet about things that he almost did and Tumblr about things that can never be. Agneeth can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more on human evolution, check out 5 Disturbing Ways the Human Body Will Evolve in the Future and The 5 Strangest Things Evolution Left in Your Body.


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If I every Move to a More Remote Location that has Poor Reception I would Definitely consider that one.


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February 11, 2013
Picture-perfect Gordon's Bay – Flickr pic of the day
This image of a picture-perfect Gordon's Bay scene was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Edwin, aka Artexpression.
Edwin says: "This is one of the many amazing whale-watching lookout points found between Rooi Els and Gordon's Bay."
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Common practice is that a boy begins wearing Tefillin when he reaches Bar Mitzvah age, or perhaps a month (or three) prior. While there should be an obligation even earlier (under the rubric of Chinuch), we assume that young children will not be sufficiently careful to maintain the proper bodily cleanliness. What if someone has a son who is very mature, and who he is confident will observe the mitzvah carefully? Should there not be an obligation for that son to wear Tefillin (privately, to avoid machlokes and/or yohara)?
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The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in 10:24 clearly says that once a kid is old enough to behave respectfully while wearing Tefillin, his father has to buy him a set. This is actually based on a Gemoro in Suka 42a.
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch goes on to say that nowadays the Minhag is to start 2 to 3 months before the Bar Mitzva.
In Israel many have the Minhag to start 30 days before the Bar Mitzva.
The Mechaber (OC 37:3) states that one buys Tefillin for his son once he is mature enough to care properly for them. However, Rama rules there (from the Ittur) that this is only when the son is age 13, and that one should not deviate from this practice. Mishnah Berurah (10) explains that before 13 one should not allow the boy to wear Tefillin, because he certainly will not care for them properly. Interestingly, however, Beur Halachah cites the Bach, who says that an educated 12-year old can be relied upon to care for the Tefillin properly.
Rav Moshe Shternbuch deals with this issue (Teshuvos V'Hanhagos vol. 2 siman 32). He basically says that the Sages never established a chinuch obligation for tefillin, due to the possibility that this would lead to the tefillin's denigration. He also discusses a few of the customary times for beginning to put on Tefillin, which varies from group to group.
Bottom line is that everyone should follow their family's custom, as YS and Danny have been trying to say!
Historically, I know of at least one case where a child was told to start wearing tefillin at an earlier age:
R' Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, describes in a couple of his public addresses how his father (and predecessor as Rebbe), R' Shalom Dovber, instructed him on the day before his eleventh birthday to start putting on tefillin, but to do so in private. (Afterwards he would go to shul and pray together with everyone else, without tefillin.)
Where is your Precedence for this early onset TeFillin? I would think it goes under Al titosh TOras Imecha And everyone Should follow their own Minhag and not try to create their own no matter how gifted that particular child is.


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Welcome to Nye's Cream Sandwiches
Remember a time when the perfect day was capped off with a game of neighborhood flashlight tag, catching lightning bugs could happily occupy an entire evening, and a double-dog dare was all it took to throw down the gauntlet?
While we can't slow down the crazy pace of modern life, we hope to take you back to a simpler time—a time when life's worries disappeared with a trip to the local ice cream parlor or a plate of fresh-baked cookies.
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Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$. Let $n$ and $k$ be nonnegative integers, and let $A\in\mathrm{M}_n\left(R\right)$ be a matrix such that $A\cdot R^n\cong R^k$ as $R$-modules. Assume that $A^2=\lambda A$ for some $\lambda\in R$. Do we have $\mathrm{Tr}A=\lambda k$ ?
Motivation: This holds for $R$ a field, in both $\lambda=0$ and $\lambda$ invertible cases. But the proofs for these cases are different. I am wondering whether they can be unified - if it works over arbitrary commutative rings, for example, it could.
Oh, and if it holds, it gives a kind of generalization of the Molien series to representations over arbitrary rings, provided the invariant spaces of their symmetric powers are free modules.


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Ultima Vez Modificado: 10 de abril del 2005
Authors: Maruyama K, Kawahara N, Shin M, Tago M, Kishimoto J, Kurita H, Kawamoto S, Morita A, Kirino T.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine, 352(2); 146-153, 2005.
There did not appear to be a benefit for radiosugery for cerebral AVMs for patients who presented without hemorrhage, although the risk tended to decrease during the latency period after obliteration. Perhaps the decreased rate of hemorrhage is due to a natural decline in the rate of recurrent hemorrhage. In other words, a natural decline in the rate of recurrent bleeding has been reported within one year of rupture of AVMs. Is the benefit seen in this trial due to radiosurgery of the fact that they have already hemorrhaged? The authors go on to disprove this later in their article, emphasizing that rates of hemorrhage among their patients remained stable over the untreated years. However, they admit that the number of untreated patients is small.
This is a retrospective study without a control group. They show a decreased risk of hemorrhage after radiosurgery, but only for patients who presented with hemorrhage. Perhaps radiosurgery for AVMs should be reserved for those patients who present initially with hemorrhage and withheld for those who present without hemorrhage. Furture studies may include treatment of AVMs with heavy-charged particles such as protons.


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Let $p$ be a prime number, and let $g_{1},g_{2},...,g_{n}$ be $n$ generator of $Z^{*}_{p}$. We have a list $y_{1},y_{2},\dotsc,y_{n}$ of elements in $Z^{*}_{p}$ such that for every $i\in \lbrace1,2,\dotsc,n \rbrace$ we have $y_{i}=g_{i}^{x_{i}} \bmod p$ for some number $x_{i}$ (but we don't know $x_{i}$). I am trying to find an algorithm to determine all pairs $(y_{i},y_{j})$, $i\neq j$ such that $x_{i}=x_{j}$.
This problem is equivalent to the decisional Diffie-Hellman problem, and hence your problem is intractable (assuming, of course, that the group is well chosen).
Here's how we can use an Oracle that can solve the above problem to solve the DDH problem:
It's also obvious how to solve your problem with an Oracle that solves the DDH problem (using $n (n-1)/2$ calls to the Oracle).


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2010, Displace OdysseyPosted by: SuperGurl in Why I fly?
I'm back. Been stuck in orbit around an unfriendly planet. A skank of buttmunch with an incredible pull, she sucks me in and saps my energy.
So yeah, I was gone. But I was practically imprisoned. Please don't hate me for it. It was murder being away from you as well.
Needless to say, I remain at odds with the world in it's current broken condition. I do appreciate a comeback story and I do feel one coming on. Don't you?
The nice thing about unkind extremes is that they clarify a few long-held hypotheses. I believe we are being shaken for a reason, the crux is why we embrace the suck. Still, who likes being molded? It is a painful and unpredictable contortion, miles away from rest. No one wants to rest more than I, my loverlies.
Which brings me back to blodging, I miss this vile contortion. It was a favored escape hatch to me many times in the past. And let's just say as the oxygen begins to thin and my mind begins to drift nostalgic, I'd rather be out here floating with my blown-eyeds than anywhere else in the world.
It's time to redistribute my priorities. Welcome back to the top of my list.


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Euan Garden - Tour of SQL Server team (Part IV)
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What's the estimated cost for the whole machine (Superdome + hard drives)?
The Channel 9 Team wrote:Soner Terek takes us behind an HP SuperDome computer. A terabyte of RAM. 2,500 hard drives. 64 64-bit processors.
Then Jamie Maclannan talks about data mining and gives us a demo.
This is the fourth, and final, part of the SQL Server team tour. Here's the other three parts:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Video length: 00:15:31.
TimP wrote:
What's the estimated cost for the whole machine (Superdome + hard drives)?
pdrg wrote:with a 2500 disk array, how often do you have to swap drives out? I heard archive.org have aprox 6%pa disk failure and wondered if you'd found that consistent?
it's entirely FABULOUS!! so good to see what it done and the process used for testing. When i saw the amount of hdrives & RAM, i reminded me this:
After seeing that i have a question, for SQL server 2000 were such important tests done or it's a new philosophy to ask lots of real users to work in real conditions to see the weekness of SQL S?
EuanG wrote:When we did the TPC benchmark with this machine it was $5.1 mill, you can get the disclosure doc here:
However this was 18 months ago, prices have come down for most stuff, but the box now handles 1TB of memory instead of 1/2 TB of memory. The procs are now 2GHz instead of 1.5Ghz but you get the idea
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Trading Addiction: The Side of Trading That Few People Discuss
I continue to believe that this is one of the most neglected topics in the trading literature. While it is common to talk of traders who "lack discipline", rarely is there acknowledgment that such out of control behavior is often indicative of addictive behavior.
Take the trader who loses money in a downward spiral through the day, without ever taking a break or exercising restraint. How is that different from someone who drinks themselves into a coma or who gambles away the family paycheck? The circular dynamics are identical: out of control behavior, unwanted and negative consequences, remorse and guilt, efforts at control, eventual relapse and loss of control.
The tell-tale sign of trading addiction is a trader who cannot refrain from trading--even when markets are objectively offering no opportunity. Even when losses are mounting.
Who benefits from helping traders identify and overcome addictive trading? Not the brokerage firms that harvest commissions; not the exchanges that take the fees; not the vendors who sell the trading tools and service; not the "coaches" who keep the addicted traders' hopes up. All are witting or unwitting enablers.
And the families of addicted traders? Their security is lost. Too often, if they raise concerns, they are chastised for not believing in the trader's "dream", for not being supportive of a gambling problem that masquerades as a professional undertaking.
My only hope is that traders who trade addictively can marshal the courage to look in the mirror and see what they're doing to their lives, their finances, and their loved ones.
Trading can be a wonderful, noble profession and a life-affirming challenge. It can also be pursued in a way that is highly destructive. Here are some articles that might help with self-assessment and that look in the mirror:
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- NI-trader said...
Again, a very timely post, and a great help. Just today I felt I had to stop after a 1% loss exactly BECAUSE I felt the "need" to continue trading.
By the way, I am just making the transition from demo to live trading. I would love to read your thoughts on this very delicate period of time.
Thanks, Stefan
- Bob Campbell said...
You have exposed a very good point. This is why I keep a practice account. I find it difficult not to be in the market, but my practice account fulfills that desire. Since my practice account is in the EUR/USD it also helps me analyze the stock market as well.
- track said...
Here's a better discussion about that
- uempel said...
Great post. Traders often remind me of wine connoisseurs, who enjoy a glass of wine at noon and two in the evening. And on weekends they go to the vineyards, to do some tasting. Would a wine aficionado ever admit, that he might be an alcoholic?
- Frenj said...
Dr. Brett, what is the difference between the healthy fun of a beginner and the unhealthy so-called-fun of an addict?
In your book "Enhancing Trader Performance", you mention how becoming proficient at something starts with having fun doing it. In the first linked article, the trader gives at the end a very positive view of trading as something that is much fun, lucrative (at times) and easy to do. And yet, he admits "things escalated and got out of hand".
The second linked article also mentions having fun. "Another red flag is when trading stocks becomes a game — an end in itself rather than a vehicle to earn a living or build a retirement nest egg."
But isn't the doing [whatever] for its own sake, because it is fun, precisely the initial step in building proficiency?
Does an addicted person always know he is addicted? If trading becomes a "need" we "have" to satisfy, I don't see how much "fun" this could really be. Having fun should be free of negative feelings, but addicted behavior probably brings out quite a few negative feelings, like anxiety, guilt and others.
Quite a few interviewed pit traders have remarked that the very first time they ever got on a trading floor, they thought it all looked like great fun.
What would a healthy beginner, aspiring trader's profile look like? In other words, what is the difference between the healthy fun of a beginner and the unhealthy so-called-fun of an addict?
- Joe Shareholder said...
Great comments, make sure if you're trading you're completely honest with your spouse. Your spouse can be a great source for checks and balances and keep you honest. I suggest only trading an alloted amount, and not adding more even if the loses accumulate. If you lose money, then you have to gain it back without adding more to your account.


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Given the points of a line and a quadratic bezier curve, how do you calculate their nearest point? .... Similarly, given the points of 2 curves, how do you get the nearest point?
Given the points of a line and a quadratic bezier curve, how do you calculate their nearest point? .... Similarly, given the points of 2 curves, how do you get the nearest point?
Here is my try. The following algorithms are far from perfect, but they are simple and I believe you should start with this, check whether they work in your situation, and switch to something faster and/or more accurate later.
The idea is the following:
Algorithm for distance from Bézier curve to line
The Bézier curve is parametrised by a function
The line is parametrised by two points
Algorithm for distance from Bézier curve to Bézier curve
This time we have two Bézier curves, parametrised by
By design, these algorithms will always converge to a local minimum. However, there is no guarantee that they will converge to the best solution. In particular, the Bézier curve algorithm isn't very good at all, and in the case of two curves being close to each other at many places you may unfortunately miss the solution by a long shot.
But as I said, before you start thinking about more robust solutions, you should first experiment with those simple ones.
1) Translate everything to one axis,so instead of needing to calculate the length of one point to, the 'line', the 'line' is, say, the Y-Axis.
Then, uh, given a bezier curve I'd say it's up to the number of control points.
If there are three, (beginning, 'control' and end) I'd do some sort of scan (say each a couple of percent and then refine between the closest ones (with say a 'binary' approach).
More points I'd try out the couple that were closest to the (translated Y-Axis).
I am sure a math-guy can give you the exact solution (in mathematics) but if you want to find the/a solution in a video game you might be better off with a slightly ok solution as the real solution might contain several answers (I'm not even talking about processing power).
Some answers from the Algorithmist blog page, which correctly finds the closest point on the given quadratic bezier curve.
For the Bezier curve - straight line case, the most accurate way to find the answer is to do the following:


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Today's Salt Lake City Fly Fishing was at it's best!
Howard and his two boys came out fly fishing with us today from Maryland. They were on an R.V. road trip passing through Salt Lake City and had looked me up online weeks prior. They stayed at the Salt Lake City KOA and I picked them up this morning at 9am. It was an enjoyable, successful trip. We all went to some Private Waters up in Northern Utah and everyone caught plenty of fish.
The highlight of the trip was when Howard's youngest boy Regan (only 5 years old) had one on and at the same time his other boy Quinten (only 9 years old) hooked up on a trout that launched over Regan's fly line…we managed to get them both netted. After netting both fish, Howard landed a pig too! (Great Picture above)
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5 Myths About Celebrity Deaths Everyone Believes
There's a reason why so many biopics suck -- most of them end with "and then he got old and died," which is a pretty unoriginal third act as far as stories go. No, the famous life stories that stick in your mind are the ones that end on a dramatic note, like John Lennon (shot by a crazed fan), or Princess Diana (chased by paparazzi), or Hugh Hefner (smothered by giant fake boobies, inevitably).
However, it turns out that some of the most famously juicy, ironic, or poetic deaths ever were nothing like they told you. For example ...
#5. Charles Darwin Didn't Recant on His Deathbed
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The Myth
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution has many detractors, but as millions of evangelical Christians can tell you, perhaps the most notorious was ... Charles Darwin himself. As the story goes, when Darwin grew ill, he turned to religion and began studying the Bible. On his deathbed, he met up with a British evangelist and confided to her that he regretted his past work, saying, "I was a young man with unformed ideas." It's a powerful story about how even the most intellectual skeptic can change his beliefs when confronted with death.
"I also renounce beards. Bring me a razor! Banish this wretched thing from my face!"
But Actually ...
Not only has Darwin's family denied the story, but there's no reason to believe it's true.
Keep in mind that Darwin started out religious and turned less so as he got older, eventually becoming an agnostic, as he was at the time of his death. His last words were "I am not the least afraid to die." Also remember that Darwin's wife, Emma, was religious herself and would have delighted in her husband's conversion, yet she never mentioned anything of the sort. So where did the rumor come from? Well, let's put it this way: It wasn't exactly an unbiased source.
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"And then Darwin was all 'God's the bomb, yo! Let's dunk some shit.' And then we totally dunked some shit."
The story came from an evangelist named Lady Hope, who claimed that Darwin recanted his beliefs while she was visiting him. First, even among evangelists, Hope, whose real name was Elizabeth Cotton, wasn't well-trusted. Second, while she published more than 30 books filled with evangelistic themes and personal anecdotes, she never mentioned the Darwin story until 1915, 33 years after the man's death. According to her own telling, Darwin urged her to spread the word of Jesus among his tenants, servants, and neighbors ... yet not a single person confirmed that she was even there.
Who could forget that lovely hat, or those empty, soulless eyes?
Oh, and there's also the fact that Darwin wasn't even bedridden on the date she claimed to have visited him, six months before his death.
It's easy to see why the story got traction in religious circles. The guy who came up with evolution didn't even believe in it? That ought to end any message board debate on the subject right there! And to be fair, the most respected creationist organizations agree that Hope was full of shit. Maybe she thought she was serving a higher purpose by making up stuff, but claiming that the man disavowed his life's work, and that only she was there to hear it? That's a dick move, lady.
#4. Walt Disney's Head Is Not Frozen
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The Myth
This is one you've probably heard in the form of a joke, if nothing else. The fact that Walt Disney had his head (or entire body) cryogenically frozen turned up in episodes of The Simpsons and 30 Rock ("Go to Disneyland? Lemon, I've held Walt Disney's frozen head in my hands!"). The Weekly World News even once claimed that Walt's frozen head had been stolen.
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The thieves were never heard from again.
It's strangely plausible. Walt Disney was as eccentric as he was rich -- if anyone could defeat death via some kind of forward-thinking brain-freezing technology, it was him. And in fact, some biographies of Disney claim that when Disney learned he had lung cancer, he decided to have his remains preserved in a cryogenic chamber in the hopes that one day in the future, technology would be able to bring him back to life (with robot parts, if necessary). And he's still there, they say, frozen in some secret location to be resurrected in 2040 to wreak vengeance on us all.
But Actually ...
If Disney is frozen in some chamber, then who the hell is buried here?
A.J. Marik
Note that this grave isn't conveniently placed right next to a power generator.
There are a number of silly myths surrounding Walt Disney, like that he was anti-Semitic, or a pervert, or the actual creator of Mickey Mouse. The whole "frozen corpse" thing is just another one of them, unfortunately. There isn't a single piece of evidence to support it. In fact, the exact opposite thing happened: We have Walt Disney's death certificate saying that he was cremated.
So now we can never ask him what the fuck Goofy is.
It's true that Disney had no funeral, but only because he'd previously stated that he didn't want one (as published in interviews 10 years before his death). It's also true that a couple of his biographies mention this story as fact, but they also happen to be the most bullshit-filled Disney biographies ever published. One of them sources the story to Disney's "closest colleagues," who ended up being employees that never spoke to the man about the subject and were just repeating the old myth.
Marc Eliot via Wikipedia
Half the quotes are sourced to one "H. Horsecollar."
Nobody is sure where the rumor started, but it probably has to do with the fact that news of the first for-real frozen dead guy came out a month after Disney's death, and also the fact that he was rich and crazy. It sounded like something he would do, and it made for a fitting ending for such a larger-than-life personality. Who knows, maybe if Disney had lived a month longer, he would have read about that guy in the paper and liked the idea, but in reality, he probably never even knew cryogenics was a thing.
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"I apologize for not being some kind of comic book supervillain."
#3. Mozart Was Not Buried in a Pauper's Grave
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The Myth
Everyone knows the name "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" now, but he was never appreciated in his own era. After all, isn't that the way it goes with most real geniuses? Mozart's operas failed, and he was hated in Vienna because his music was too ahead of its time. Consequently, he died a poor man and was buried as such -- in a ditch. In the film Amadeus, we see how they literally dump his corpse into an unmarked mass grave with other poverty-stricken nobodies.
"Let's just leave him over here with Da Vinci, Copernicus, and Pete the Hand Job Hobo."
But Actually ...
While it's more romantic to think of Mozart as some misunderstood genius, the truth is that he was by no means a starving artist. He got himself into quite a bit of debt, sure, but his income was around 10,000 florins a year, which put him in the top 5 percent of the population. Mozart's concerts and piano lessons gave him a steady source of wealth, and his last opera, The Magic Flute, was a huge success.
As was the actual "magic flute" it was based on (with the ladies).
As for his burial, several sources state that he was buried in a "communal grave," but this is apparently a mistranslation: He was actually buried in a common grave, which is to say, "not a fancy one." In 18th century Vienna, it was the custom for middle-class people to be buried in plots they didn't own, from which they were eventually dug up to make space for others, which is why his body's current whereabouts are unknown. Some biographer probably read about that, thought, "Holy shit, that's fucked up," and exaggerated it just a tiny bit ... so we ended up with "they threw him in a ditch."
In Amadeus, we see Mozart begging for money and unable to impress his father. In reality, Mozart's dad was bragging in letters about how much money his son was making. So he wasn't exactly an unappreciated artist who suffered all his life -- he was more like the Michael Bolton of the 1700s: a popular artist who had some huge hits, but wasn't a huge deal either.
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Who knows what legends will be told about this man, centuries from now?


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by Melissa Brunner
When our governing bodies start talking budgets, many people tend to hit snooze. All those numbers, all that talking - how boring! A few months down the road, you get your property tax bill or hit the local swimming pool where you always took the kids, and you get a surprise - those taxes went up and that pool is no longer open. And wait - what do you mean we have a dozen fewer officers on the streets than what we thought and that great nonprofit organization had to close?
Rather than let your eyes glaze over, you should open them wide and take time to communicate with your public officials about what your priorities are. Your priorities - the priorities of the public - should be their priorities as well. It is a balancing act, for sure. Consider the comments from Topeka City Council members at this week's meeting. On one hand, council members said constiuents told them they wanted to boost public safety and fix streets and sidewalks. On the other hand, council members said constiutents told them they didn't want to see taxes go up. Of course, both are true! We want all of those great things, but we don't want to pay more.
Or do we? Toward what areas are you willing to pay in a little more? And if you say we could put money toward those areas by cutting rather than paying, where would you cut? Keep in mind, people also tend to get upset if the city, county or state announce job layoffs, too.
I don't have any easy answers, but I believe if the public is involved and our public officials communicate, we can come up with the best compromises possible.
In Topeka, find your City Council representative at www.topeka.org. In Shawnee County, find your commissioner at www.snco.us.


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"Perfect end to the season"
"beautiful blue bird. still got a little bit of powder left from the weekend storm."
"3-4 inches of fresh powder in this AM covering some icy spots , no spring slush! Overall great conditions thorough the mountain. The Snow continued sporadically throughout the day and more expected through Saturday! ❄ "
"A little icy but great day of skiing overall. Some dry spots but not enough to ruin anyone's day! "
"Pretty good off of north face if you can avoid the rocks. "


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A full $m$-ary tree $T$ has 81 leaves and height 4
1) Give the upper and lower bounds for $m$
2) What is $m$ if T is also balanced?
[with $m^h=l$ for maximum leaf in a m-ary tree $m^4=81$ then m=3 , how to find other m?] I know m>2 and m<22 with attempt.


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Eleanore Hammersmith, 95, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Maple Heights Nursing Center in Hiawatha, Kansas. Funeral Mass was held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at the St. Leo's Catholic Church in Horton, Kansas. A Rosary was recited at 6:30 P.M. on Monday evening at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary where the family received friends following the rosary. Burial was at the St. Leo's Catholic Cemetery.
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A rammed-earth architect and myself have had the idea of building rammed-earth water tanks that would be coated with ceramic glaze on the inside, as an alternative to a cement / concrete tanks, for remote areas of Nepal, where transporting cement would be logistically unsound.
We have yet to experiment and see the cost effectiveness of our idea.
As for now, I would like to know what type of glaze I could use to coat the inside of the tank and how I could fire it?
Is there a recommended low-temperature glaze?
Can it be fired cheaply? (For instance I was thinking of filling the tank with saw-dust and feeding oxygen / air through a ventilation pipe so temperature would soar).
I am merely speculating here, but it seems like a valid idea.
Would you have some suggestions regarding glazing?


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New York Magazine was the first to point out this serendipitous photo taken by AP photog Carolyn Kaster at an Obama rally in Iowa, particularly how it appears to depict the President's ostensible wizarding qualities.
The Internet quickly caught on as it is wont to do, and turned "Wizard Obama" into a full-fledged meme.
Pick your fave or make your own at Meme Generator.
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9 Toys That Prepare Children for a Life of Menial Labor
If you want to know how bad the economy is, look no further than your nearest toy store. Where kids used to dream of becoming astronauts or war heroes, the toy industry is now working hard to massively lower their expectations for the future.
These very real toys seem to exist only to let your kid know they're going to be wrist deep in shit for a long, long time, so get used to it now when it's colorful and made of plastic.
#9. McDonald's Drive-Thru Food Cart
A whole lot of you reading this worked at a McDonald's at some point in your life, and most of you likely consider that the lowest point of your existence. There are guys who have shrugged off long prison sentences who shudder when they remember their long shifts at the Mickey D's french fry station. So of course they made a toy to simulate the experience.
Yes, before you can say, "I asked for no pickles" your child will be engrossed in the exciting world of moving slowly and doing things incorrectly. Seriously, what's the idea here? To convince a generation that this job is an awesome, wondrous way to spend your formative years? Nice try there, McDonald's, but you already play a crucial role in our workforce: scaring teenagers into getting a degree.Accessories That Should Be Sold Separately:
GED application
Tube of Clearasil
Permanent spray-on stale grease odor
#8. Scan-It Operation Checkpoint Toy X-Ray
The fantastic thing about this airport security screener toy is the way in which it carefully combines the tendency to suspect everyone around you of being evil with the passive quality of sitting on your ass and watching a screen. It's what has made the show 24 so popular.
The most enduring lesson provided by this patriotic toy is that everyone is a suspect and we need to keep our country safe. Or maybe the lesson is just that a life spent looking at X-rays of other people's Bermuda shorts and travel-sized dildos is not a life wasted.Accessories That Should Be Sold Separately:
Body search wand
Rubber gloves
"These Colors Don't Run" temporary tattoos
#7. Bruder Mercedes-Benz Garbage Truck
This toy Mercedes-Benz garbage truck is a fun mixture of childish fantasy and merciless reality. On one hand it makes it realistic for every child to believe they will grow up and ride around town in a Mercedes. On the other, it eschews plush leather interiors and supermodel passengers in favor of diesel power, the putrid stench of other people's refuse and a life riddled with maggots and biohazards.
The real value of this toy is the fact that it shirks all childlike, cartoonish qualities in favor of stark realism. There isn't any cute face on this truck. It doesn't make fun driving noises or play music. It just loads garbage.
Because that's life, little Timmy. It's full of rancid diapers, used condoms and rotting meat scraps that just pile up and up, leaving a film on you that feels like it's still there no matter how much you scrub.Accessories That Should Be Sold Separately:
Work gloves
Antibacterial soap
Fly swatter
#6. Just Like Home My Cleaning Trolley with Vacuum (a.k.a. Janitor Cart)
Remember in middle school, when gym class was spent watching the dodge ball teams pick all the cool kids ahead of you? And then they skipped you again and picked the nerd kids? And they even took the kid who had fits and shat himself, while you continued to stand there, alone, in silence?
In those dark days the one thing you could rely on to boost your spirits was the janitor. At least you didn't wear a grease stained shirt with your name on it. At least you didn't smell like gritty pink hand soap and mop up the bodily fluids of children all day. At least you didn't get called into the gym every 14 minutes because another little pisser got a basketball stuck in the rafters.
Some kids will never be so lucky. This "cleaning trolley" is clearly a toy janitor cart that tells your child right from their toddler days that they should seriously lower their expectations.
As a subtle bit of foreshadowing, the Toys "R" Us website even misspells the word vacuum in the name of the toy, as if to say, "Hey, you don't really need to worry about spelling--or math or science for that matter. The only real value you have in a classroom is when a kid pukes and you and your bucket of sawdust come to save the day."Accessories That Should Be Sold Separately:
Gigantic metal ring w/ 45 keys
Whiskey hidden in a Fresca can
An empty lunch table on which to sit alone weeping
#5. Breyer Stable Cleaning Set
Spending your life engulfed in giant horse turds is a lowly existence--and it would likely take years to come to terms with the fact that your life had somehow lead you to that as a means of subsistence. So naturally the idea behind this stable cleaning playset is to get your little ones acquainted with handling dung from the time they develop the necessary fine motor skills.
To really see the extent of this toy's dysfunction, you have to take a look at how Breyer describes it on their own website:
Boxed set includes broom, shovel, pitchfork, muck bucket, and wheelbarrow. Also includes imitation manure
That's right. Imitation manure. Fake pieces of horse shit for your child's carefree playing enjoyment. There's something to be said for the emotional turmoil of a parents who hates their child enough to want them to play with crap but loves their carpet so much the don't want it stained.Accessories That Should Be Sold Separately:
Denim overalls outfit (no undershirt)
Dueling Banjos instructional VCR tape
An attractive cousin


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Can somebody recommend the rail settings for the NN5 with the Nikon D700 and the Nikon 10.5mm (shaved).
Can somebody recommend the rail settings for the NN5 with the Nikon D700 and the Nikon 10.5mm (shaved).
To line up lower, rail with camera/lens mounted, rotate so camera is pointing straight down. Move vertical rail back and forth on lower rail until the lower rotator is centered in viewfinder of camera - tighten and set with rail stop.
Then for upper rail loosen camera mounting knob and slide camera until the NPP is centered with upper rotator - tighten and set with rail stop.
This should get you going.
Thanks very much. I am on a business trip in the Caribbean and I took the NN5 apart for shipping and then I forgot how to put it back together. I think I was using 56mm and 85mm but not sure. At any rate I will follow your instructions.
It is hot over here....... and humid......
These are my settings: D3 nikkor10.5 shaved NN5 : LRS 89 for D3, 71 URS
R1 : 3 shots around +5° 1.05
0° 1.6
-2.5° 1.9
BTW: Do not forget to set "DX lens setting" to OFF, otherwise the camera will change to DX lens settings and will not use it as full frame.
Thanks for the information. I have bee using the NN5 for about 1.5 years with no problems. The only issue I have is when the floors have tiles or the ceilings have acoustical tiles. These tiles do not show as aligned. Is something minor that I can Photoshop. I keep trying to get the perfect alignment.
I had in the states. Before the trip I took the unit apart and now I am having the alignment minor issue...... I know it is matter of persistent progressive refinement. But I was wondering if someone has the same equipment and could share the settings with me.
Thanks a lot. I am on a business trip around the Caribbean and the sea is so pretty that today I am just goint to take panormas of the sea instead of the buildings with tiles. Hi hi hi
Bill and Nick
Tomorrow I will turn one year older. My vision is not as good as when I was 30 years old Hi hi hi hi I finally got the camera to shoot a nice photo without lense insues. I am using 86.5 mm for the top rail and 59 mm for the bottom. This is with the Nikon D700, the shaved 10.5 mm and the mounting base right bellow the camera. The floors with tiles have done very good and all the lines are perfectly aligned.
However, one suggestion for the NEW tripod head. Please try to put bigger calibration markings for old goats with poor vision like me. Even with my high power glasses I couldn't see well. I had to ask my 25 year old son to read the readings for verification....... I know it is not the NN5 it is my vision....... Hi Hi hi hi At the eye doctor I can not see the markings / letters that the PRETTY GIRL is waving at me........! My eyes are bad..... hi hi hi hi!
Hi Elliot, good to see you here as well.
I wish you a happy birthday, even when you are away from home, but that's probably not the first time it happens.
As to your sight... you DID see the PRETTY GIRL... so I guess you do see all that really matters
On a little bit more serious note: I too have experienced the aging symptom of worse eye-sight, and when shooting in low light conditions, one really can wish for something to illuminate the settings area... I have a small button cell keychain LED light in my "toolbox", but have thought about gluing some Velcro to the tripod, and attach the keychain light to there with the counter part of the Velcro... but ripping velcro apart does require too much force, and would probably result in the head or tripod moving out of place.... the other idea I had, was to attatch a metal clip to the tripod or the pano head, and have a small magnet attached to the LED light, which would be a much more gentle for taking the light off and putting it on. Maybe Nick will find a solution in the future that enables us half-blind people to see in the dark as well?
Hello Tuddi
My eyes are poor at best but the girl was spectacular and bright......
The down issue is that she ask me how many grandchildren I have and mentioned to me that I remind her of her Grandfather....... I guess that's life and every turkey will get its Thanksgiving Day....!


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The first month of the year started with much below normal temperatures after a snow storm exited southwest Kansas around New Year's Eve. Temperatures barely rose above freezing during the first week. The second week of January had much warmer air arriving and with the change there was a round of rain that spread across much of southwest and south central Kansas. Amounts averaged around a third of an inch but up to three quarters of an inch fell near the Oklahoma border in Clark County. Another storm moved across southwest Kansas on the 29th bringing 1 to 3 inches of snow.
For January, at the Dodge City airport, 0.48 inches of moisture was observed, which is slightly less than the normal amount of 0.58 inches. Snowfall for the month was below normal with 2.2 inches measured. Normal snowfall is 4.9 inches at Dodge City. So far for the season there has been just a little over 9 inches of snow measured at the airport.
The average temperature for January was 33.0 degrees, which is 0.8 degrees above normal. This makes the 3rd month in a row of above normal temperatures. The warmest reading for January was 72 degrees and that occurred on the 28th while the coldest temperature was measured on the 4th when the mercury fell to 6. It should be noted that the mercury has not fallen to zero since February, 2011 at the airport. There was one record established at the Dodge City airport during January. The mercury dropped no lower than 37 degrees on the 27th, establishing a record high minimum temperature for the date
Even though there were a couple of windy days, the average wind speed for
January at the airport was 10.8 MPH, well below the normal of 12.6 MPH. This is the 6th month in a row of below normal wind speeds.
Looking ahead, the weather for February may be very similar to what occurred in January. There will be several more decent opportunities for precipitation, both in the form of rain and also snow which should bring at least near normal precipitation to southwest Kansas. However, keep in mind the normal is only 0.68 inches. Temperatures will once again make wild swings with some very mild days expected but also there should be several Arctic intrusions which will make most folks long for the coming spring warmth.
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The Advantages Of Powdercoating - Go Take A PowderWritten by on October 17, 2006 Powdercoating your chassis and other components versus breaking out the old rattle can of paint can have advantages. Here's the how and why
Powdercoating isn't a new process. It has, in fact, been around for quite a while. But it has become much more popular in the last decade as the availability of powdercoating services has gone up while the costs have gone down.
The benefits of powdercoating are numerous and vary depending on your application. When it comes to racing, it's not necessarily better than a good old-fashioned coat of paint in every instance, but there are times when it is preferable. Metal that has been properly powdercoated will not rust and is much more resistant to chipping or scratching than paint. That's because the powder that is applied is actually a plastic that forms a protective sheath around the material and can flex in the event of an impact instead of chip or crack. It also is more resistant to chemicals such as cleaners and even race fuel, which can eat away paint.
The difference between powdercoat and paint is the material itself. Instead of a liquid that is sprayed in place, powdercoat consists of finely ground plastic particles that contain a color pigment. Although the plastic particles are sprayed through a gun, they aren't sprayed directly onto the material to coat like paint. The applicator gun charges the particles as they exit, and the powder is sprayed as a mist into the air. The material to be coated is grounded so the fog of particles sprayed into the air is attracted to it.
Once the material is properly coated, the ground is removed and the material is placed into an oven that has been preheated to around 450 degrees F. Once the material to be coated has reached the oven's temperature, the powder will "fluidize" or begin to melt and bond together. After all the powder has fluidized, the operator will leave the piece in the oven for approximately 20 minutes to allow the powder to cure. Once it has been removed from the oven and allowed to cool, the powder will be formed into a skin around the material that's slightly thicker than a coat of paint. As soon as it is cool to the touch, it is ready to go. There is no sanding, polishing, or other such after-process prep that is common with paint.
Pro Tips For their powdercoating needs, many race teams find the best resource is a local dedicated powdercoating shop. Most shops routinely do everything from industrial pieces to iron railings. Powdercoating a race car chassis isn't outside the abilities of your average shop, but there are a few special considerations you should be aware of.
Crosslink Powder Coating is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. Facility owner Scott Tolar says that while his company can and will powdercoat just about anything, his proximity to so many NASCAR Nextel Cup shops means a large part of his business is racing related. As such, he's developed an understanding of what racers are looking for to help them get the most out of the pieces they have powdercoated.
"The first thing every race team wants to know is how quickly they can get their chassis back," Tolar says with a grin. "As soon as they get a chassis done they are ready to start bolting parts together and don't want to waste a lot of time with their chassis in the shop, so we try to make sure we can get it back to them as quickly as possible. If the chassis you bring in doesn't require an extreme amount of prep work before we can coat it, we can usually turn it around in a week. Whenever you are working with a powdercoater, they should be able to work with you to get your stuff back [to you] as quickly as possible."
Chassis are one of the most popular racing components to be coated. That's because it takes so much abuse on the track and the powdercoat will protect so much better against chipping than paint. Tolar says some racers are hesitant to powdercoat a chassis because the thicker coating weighs slightly more than paint. (A proper powdercoat is 3-5 mm thick.) But, he says that after about three coats of paint, which often happens from occasionally repainting scarred areas, the total weight equals out.
Before bringing in your chassis, there are a few basic steps you can take to both speed up the process and ensure you will receive the best job possible. Because the powder is baked at approximately 400 degrees, anything that can be damaged by extreme heat must be removed. This includes all rubber grommets and bearings. Any marks left over from the fabrication process should also be removed beforehand because, Tolar says, they will show through lighter powdercoat colors. You should, however, leave the masking chores to the powdercoater. Because of the heat, a special heat-resistant tape is used to mask areas that aren't to be coated. Unlike duct tape or even standard masking tape, it won't leave a gummy residue when removed from the oven. Finally, it's a good idea to go over the chassis and hit any spots that have been roughed up with a grinder or smooth out any rough welds with finer-grit sandpaper. Tolar says that if you powdercoat over rough metal, it is possible to get thin areas in the powdercoat that won't protect the metal as it should.
Once the chassis or any other piece is received by the powdercoater, they should give it another once-over for anything you might have missed and strip the metal of any contaminants, such as oils. This can be done by spraying it with a cleaning solution or even baking it at very high temps to cook out any contaminants. However, this requires the piece to be cooked at up to 750 degrees, so this can only be done with steel pieces that can withstand the high temps without metallurgy problems. Baking the piece beforehand obviously requires more time and will cost you more, so a quality powdercoater should only recommend this if it is absolutely necessary. If the chassis is painted or already has a powdercoat that must be removed, it should be stripped in an abrasive blaster. Tolar recommends using a finer blast material than sand because the sand can etch the metal, which might show through the final powdercoat. Once the material is stripped and cleaned, the powdercoater may put the piece in the oven once again to burn off any remaining fluids and mask any areas that should not be coated. This includes any threaded holes or areas where tight clearances are required. If your powdercoater isn't familiar with race car chassis or components, make sure you are very specific with him or her about what areas should not be coated. It's much easier to mask an area beforehand than to strip the powdercoat later.
When it comes to the color you choose, your options are nearly as limitless as they are with traditional paint. There are flats and glosses, metal flakes, simulated chrome, and even clear coats. It's easy to allow things to get out of hand, but Tolar recommends sticking with one of your basic colors. Dove Gray is popular for a reason-after a race, it's easy to spot fluid leaks or cracks. Whatever you choose, Tolar says having a color that can be easily matched with a rattle can of spray paint is useful because it allows you to easily cover areas where the powdercoat has either been damaged or stripped away for welding or other repair work.
Besides steel, modern powdercoating technology can work with aluminum, brass, some plastics, magnesium, and even tungsten. This has opened up the doors for many race teams in creative ways. Besides the chassis, Tolar says teams will often have their pit equipment, including jackstands, coated to match their sponsor's colors. The powdercoat keeps the equipment looking sharp longer. Fuel cans are also a popular option because race fuel won't eat away the powdercoat like it will paint. If your rule book requires your chassis weights to be white, and you constantly find yourself repainting your lead or tungsten because of the beating it takes going into and coming out of the framerails, consider having them powdercoated. You can even go so far as to coat your suspension springs if you don't want other teams to know the brand or weight of the spring you are running. It won't replace traditional paint in every application, but powdercoating is providing racers more options than ever before.
The powdercoating process is relatively easy to perform, and the tools required are easy on the wallet. Yes, professional powdercoating shops have a lot of expensive industrial equipment-such as an oven large enough to fit your race car chassis-but by using a smaller household oven and sticking to smaller parts, you can easily do most of your powdercoating yourself.
One of the most popular options for do-it-yourselfers is Eastwood's HotCoat powdercoating system. To get you going as painlessly as possible, Eastwood offers what it calls the Elite HotCoat kit, which not only includes the powdercoating gun, but also just about everything else you need to get to work. The components are invaluable for getting quality results. They include the following: four bottles of standard powder colors, extra empty bottles and lids to facilitate easy color changes, high-temp masking tape, silicone high-temp plugs, a spool of stainless steel wire for hanging parts, and the Beginning Powder Coater's Handbook, among other things. The only thing you need to supply is clean compressed air (you need a steady flow at approximately 10-15 psi) and an oven for curing the powder.
We tested Eastwood's system with a medium-sized toaster oven that we scored at Wal-Mart for less than $50, and the results were quite good. The book included in the kit is quite helpful as it guides you through the entire process, from prepping the parts to cleaning your gun to get the best results. However, you need to use an oven that won't be used for preparing food anytime in the future. As some powders fluidize, they can sometimes release mildly toxic fumes. They aren't a danger to you in the normal powdercoating process, but you don't want to eat any food cooked in that oven.
Crosslink Powder Coating - 704/660-1864
Eastwood - 800/343-9353
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Here's the finished product. After fluidizing at approximately 450 degrees and curing for an additional 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees, the powdercoat will be cured and race ready as soon as the chassis is cool to the touch.Crosslink recently powdercoated an entire car, both chassis and sheetmetal, for a race team that was looking for a more durable option than paint.Because the material to be covered is negatively grounded and the powder particles are positively charged as they leave the gun, the particles are actually attracted to the surface to be coated. This means a complex shape such as a race car chassis and rollcage can often be more evenly coated more quickly by an experienced powdercoater than by the use of a paint gun.The first step is to completely clean and strip the piece you will be coating. For complex shapes that create impossible-to-reach areas for a sander, a small media blaster such as this unit from Craftsman works quite well. Just don't blast the metal too hard. Etching will show through the powder.Oils and other contaminants that remain on the part will show through the powder as dark spots. Eastwood offers a product called "Pre Painting Prep," which effectively removes grease, oils, and other contaminants from the metal's surface. Just spray it on liberally and wipe. Of course, from this step forward you should be wearing latex or nitrile gloves to keep from contaminating the piece with the oils from your skin.The valve covers I wanted to coat didn't fit into the toaster oven (they will wait until I score a used oven), so I used several small parts from a Pure Stock engine for testing. Here, one-coat gloss red is being applied to a pulley.Here's the part ready to be cooked. Note the silicone plugs used to keep powder out of the bolt holes. One useful trick is to use aluminum foil as a mask to keep powder out of the belt groove.


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Hey Bey! Here's What to Do When Your Hair Gets Stuck in a Fan
Celebrity hair guru Jennifer J.'s fix-it tips for sudden hair disasters
Queen Bey was on stage in hot and humid Montreal and mid-set, during a rousing rendition of "Halo," stepped a wee bit too close to an oscillating fan, which devoured her considerable head of hair.
Ever the consummate pro, Beyonce, remained calm and didn't miss a beat as security and several handlers attempted to extricate her entangled hair. (She even had enough of a sense of humor to post this snippet of video on her Instagram following the show.)
Ultimately, she was freed and, to the delight of tout le monde, continued the concert. But, what's she - or anyone else who has a run in with a rotating blade or, say, a wad of gum - supposed to do now?
According to Wella Professionals Celebrity Hair colorist, Jennifer J., "wearing your hair in braids would be a great, super on-trend solution while you wait for the fan cut pieces to grow out." Jennifer also says that "you can sport a beach-y or more layered look to help the chopped bits to better blend in" and suggests that if the damage is really extensive, "getting a few hair extensions to blend in the short pieces" could be the best bet fix.
Surely, Blue Ivy's mama already has a team of pros in place working on a solution (and with any luck, it was a weave that got stuck and not her real hair), but those of us without many minions should definitely file away Jennifer J's tips because ... accidents do happen.
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The recent post didn't really provide sufficient help. It was too vague, most of it went over my head.
Anyway, I'm trying to find the $\gcd(n!+1,(n+1)!)$.
First I let $d=ab\mid(n!+1)$ and $d=ab\mid(n+1)n!$ where $d=ab$ is the GCD.
From $ab\mid(n+1)n!$ I get $a\mid(n+1)$ and $b|n!$.
Because $b\mid n!$ and $ab\mid(n!+1)$, $b$ must be 1.
Consequently, $a\mid(n!+1)$ and $a\mid(n+1)$.
So narrowing down options for $a$ should get me an answer. At this point I've tried to somehow bring it around and relate it to Wilson's theorem as this problem is from that section of my textbook, but I seem to be missing something. This is part of independent study, though help of any kind is appreciated.