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Volume 54, Issue 5, May 2013
In this paper we propose a geometrization of the non-relativistic quantum mechanics for mixed states. Our geometric approach makes use of the Uhlmann's principal fibre bundle to describe the space of mixed states and as a novelty tool, to define a dynamic-dependent metric tensor on the principal manifold, such that the projection of the geodesic flow to the base manifold gives the temporal evolution predicted by the von Neumann equation. Using that approach we can describe every conserved quantum observable as a Killing vector field, and provide a geometric proof for the Poincaré quantum recurrence in a physical system with finite energy levels.
- Partial Differential Equations
Exact wave solutions for Bose–Einstein condensates with time-dependent scattering length and spatiotemporal complicated potential54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803458View Description Hide Description
We consider a cubic-quintic Gross–Pitaevskii equation which governs the dynamics of Bose–Einstein condensate matter waves with time-dependent scattering length and spatiotemporal complex potential. By introducing phase-imprint parameters in the system, we present the integrable condition for the equation and obtain the exact analytical solutions, which describe the propagation of a solitary wave. By applying specific time-modulated feeding/loss functional parameter, various types of magnetic trap strengths, and phase-imprint parameters, the dynamics of the solutions can be controlled. Solitary wave solutions with breathing and snaking behaviors are reported.
On the strong solutions of one-dimensional Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations for compressible non-Newtonian fluids54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803485View Description Hide Description
We study the strong solutions of 1D Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations for compressible non-Newtonian fluids in bounded intervals. The model is raised from the viscous isentropic gas flow under considering an external force and the non-Newtonian gravitational force term. By using the iterative method we prove the local existence and uniqueness of strong solutions based on some compatibility condition. The main condition is that the initial density vacuum is allowed.
Weak solutions for the Navier-Stokes equations with initial data54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4798790View Description Hide Description
One of the major topics in the study of nonlinear partial differential equations of the evolutionary type is to look for as large as possible initial value spaces so that as many as possible solutions of such equations can be obtained. In the book "Recent Developments in the Navier-Stokes Problems," Lemarié-Rieusset proved that the Navier-Stokes equations have global weak solutions for initial data in the space (0 < r < 1), where X r is the space of functions whose pointwise products with H r functions belong to L 2, denotes the closure of in X r , and is the Besov space over . In this paper we partially extend this result of Lemarié-Rieusset to the larger initial value space (0 < r < 1), where is a logarithmically modified version of the usual Besov space .
Bäcklund transformation and smooth multisoliton solutions for a modified Camassa-Holm equation with cubic nonlinearity54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807417View Description Hide Description
We present a compact parametric representation of the smooth bright multisoliton solutions for the modified Camassa-Holm (mCH) equation with cubic nonlinearity. We first transform the mCH equation to an associated mCH equation through a reciprocal transformation and then find a novel Bäcklund transformation between solutions of the associated mCH equation and a model equation for shallow-water waves (SWW) introduced by Ablowitz et al. We combine this result with the expressions of the multisoliton solutions for the SWW and modified Korteweg-de Vries equations to obtain the multisoliton solutions of the mCH equation. Subsequently, we investigate the properties of the one- and two-soliton solutions as well as the general multisoliton solutions. We show that the smoothness of the solutions is assured only if the amplitude parameters of solitons satisfy certain conditions. We also find that at a critical value of the parameter beyond which the solution becomes singular, the soliton solution exhibits a different feature from that of the peakon solution of the CH equation. Then, by performing an asymptotic analysis for large time, we obtain the formula for the phase shift and confirm the solitonic nature of the multisoliton solutions. Finally, we use the Bäcklund transformation to derive an infinite number of conservation laws of the mCH equation.
- Representation Theory and Algebraic Methods
Real second order freeness and Haar orthogonal matrices54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804168View Description Hide Description
We demonstrate the asymptotic real second order freeness of Haar distributed orthogonal matrices and an independent ensemble of random matrices. Our main result states that if we have two independent ensembles of random matrices with a real second order limit distribution and one of them is invariant under conjugation by an orthogonal matrix, then the two ensembles are asymptotically real second order free. This captures the known examples of asymptotic real second order freeness introduced by Redelmeier.
Meromorphic open-string vertex algebras54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4806686View Description Hide Description
A notion of meromorphic open-string vertex algebra is introduced. A meromorphic open-string vertex algebra is an open-string vertex algebra in the sense of Kong and the author satisfying additional rationality (or meromorphicity) conditions for vertex operators. The vertex operator map for a meromorphic open-string vertex algebra satisfies rationality and associativity but in general does not satisfy the Jacobi identity, commutativity, the commutator formula, the skew-symmetry or even the associator formula. Given a vector space , we construct a meromorphic open-string vertex algebra structure on the tensor algebra of the negative part of the affinization of such that the vertex algebra structure on the symmetric algebra of the negative part of the Heisenberg algebra associated to is a quotient of this meromorphic open-string vertex algebra. We also introduce the notion of left module for a meromorphic open-string vertex algebra and construct left modules for the meromorphic open-string vertex algebra above.
Representations of the twisted affine Nappi-Witten algebras54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807077View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we study Verma modules for the twisted affine Nappi-Witten algebras and . The vertex operator representations of the affine Nappi-Witten algebras , , and are also constructed. Furthermore, the irreducible non-zero level quasifinite modules over the affine Nappi-Witten algebras are classified.
G-equivariant ϕ-coordinated quasi modules for quantum vertex algebras54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807437View Description Hide Description
This is a paper in a series to study quantum vertex algebras and their relations with various quantum algebras. In this paper, we introduce a notion of T-type quantum vertex algebra and a notion of G-equivariant ϕ-coordinated quasi module for a T-type quantum vertex algebra with an automorphism group G. We refine and extend several previous results and we obtain a commutator formula for G-equivariant ϕ-coordinated quasi modules. As an illustrating example, we study a special case of the deformed Virasoro algebra with q = −1, to which we associate a Clifford vertex superalgebra and its G-equivariant ϕ-coordinated quasi modules.
- Many-Body and Condensed Matter Physics
Bound states of the spin-orbit coupled ultracold atom in a one-dimensional short-range potential54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807419View Description Hide Description
We solve the bound state problem for the Hamiltonian with the spin-orbit and the Raman coupling included. The Hamiltonian is perturbed by a one-dimensional short-range potential V which describes the impurity scattering. In addition to the bound states obtained by considering weak solutions through the Fourier transform or by solving the eigenvalue equation on a suitable domain directly, it is shown that ordinary point-interaction representations of V lead to spin-orbit induced extra states.
- Quantum Mechanics
Hartman effect and dissipative quantum systems54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803132View Description Hide Description
The dwell time for dissipative quantum system is shown to increase with barrier width. It clearly precludes Hartman effect for dissipative systems. Here calculation has been done for inverted parabolic potential barrier.
Coulomb problem in non-commutative quantum mechanics54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803457View Description Hide Description
The aim of this paper is to find out how it would be possible for space non-commutativity (NC) to alter the quantum mechanics (QM) solution of the Coulomb problem. The NC parameter λ is to be regarded as a measure of the non-commutativity – setting λ = 0 which means a return to the standard quantum mechanics. As the very first step a rotationally invariant NC space , an analog of the Coulomb problem configuration space (R 3 with the origin excluded) is introduced. is generated by NC coordinates realized as operators acting in an auxiliary (Fock) space . The properly weighted Hilbert-Schmidt operators in form , a NC analog of the Hilbert space of the wave functions. We will refer to them as "wave functions" also in the NC case. The definition of a NC analog of the hamiltonian as a hermitian operator in is one of the key parts of this paper. The resulting problem is exactly solvable. The full solution is provided, including formulas for the bound states for E < 0 and low-energy scattering for E > 0 (both containing NC corrections analytic in λ) and also formulas for high-energy scattering and unexpected bound states at ultra-high energy (both containing NC corrections singular in λ). All the NC contributions to the known QM solutions either vanish or disappear in the limit λ → 0.
Spherical Schrödinger operators with δ-type interactions54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803708View Description Hide Description
We investigate spectral properties of spherical Schrödinger operators (also known as Bessel operators) with δ-point interactions concentrated on a discrete set. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for these Hamiltonians to be self-adjoint, lower-semibounded and also we investigate their spectra. We also extend the classical Bargmann estimate to such Hamiltonians. In certain cases we express the number of negative eigenvalues explicitly by means of point interactions and the corresponding intensities. We apply our results to Schrödinger operators in with a singular interaction supported by an infinite family of concentric spheres.
Thermal nonlinear coherent states on a flat space and on a sphere54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804357View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we first define thermal nonlinear coherent states on a sphere and show that these states are essentially two-mode squeezed nonlinear coherent states of the sphere at zero temperature. Then we consider quantum statistical properties of the thermal sphere nonlinear coherent states. In particular, we investigate temperature effects on transition of the constructed states from nonclassical states to classical ones. By using the Mandel parameter, we obtain a transition temperature and show that this transition temperature increases by increasing the curvature of the physical space. It turns out that, increasing curvature of the space provides nonlinear coherent states with nonclassical properties in higher temperature ranges.
Analytical solutions of the Schrödinger equation for a two-dimensional exciton in magnetic field of arbitrary strength54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804616View Description Hide Description
The Feranchuk-Komarov operator method is developed by combining with the Levi-Civita transformation in order to construct analytical solutions of the Schrödinger equation for a two-dimensional exciton in a uniform magnetic field of arbitrary strength. As a result, analytical expressions for the energy of the ground and excited states are obtained with a very high precision of up to four decimal places. Especially, the precision is uniformly stable for the whole range of the magnetic field. This advantage appears due to the consideration of the asymptotic behaviour of the wave-functions in strong magnetic field. The results could be used for various physical analyses and the method used here could also be applied to other atomic systems.
Baker-Akhiezer functions and generalised Macdonald-Mehta integrals54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804615View Description Hide Description
For the rational Baker-Akhiezer functions associated with special arrangements of hyperplanes with multiplicities we establish an integral identity, which may be viewed as a generalisation of the self-duality property of the usual Gaussian function with respect to the Fourier transformation. We show that the value of properly normalised Baker-Akhiezer function at the origin can be given by an integral of Macdonald-Mehta type and explicitly compute these integrals for all known Baker-Akhiezer arrangements. We use the Dotsenko-Fateev integrals to extend this calculation to all deformed root systems, related to the non-exceptional basic classical Lie superalgebras.
On infinite-dimensional state spaces54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807079View Description Hide Description
It is well known that the canonical commutation relation [x, p] = i can be realized only on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. While any finite set of experimental data can also be explained in terms of a finite-dimensional Hilbert space by approximating the commutation relation, Occam's razor prefers the infinite-dimensional model in which [x, p] = i holds on the nose. This reasoning one will necessarily have to make in any approach which tries to detect the infinite-dimensionality. One drawback of using the canonical commutation relation for this purpose is that it has unclear operational meaning. Here, we identify an operationally well-defined context from which an analogous conclusion can be drawn: if two unitary transformations U, V on a quantum system satisfy the relation V −1 U 2 V = U 3, then finite-dimensionality entails the relation UV −1 UV = V −1 UVU; this implication strongly fails in some infinite-dimensional realizations. This is a result from combinatorial group theory for which we give a new proof. This proof adapts to the consideration of cases where the assumed relation V −1 U 2 V = U 3 holds only up to ε and then yields a lower bound on the dimension.
Geometric approach to non-relativistic quantum dynamics of mixed states54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807096View Description Hide Description
In this paper we propose a geometrization of the non-relativistic quantum mechanics for mixed states. Our geometric approach makes use of the Uhlmann's principal fibre bundle to describe the space of mixed states and as a novelty tool, to define a dynamic-dependent metric tensor on the principal manifold, such that the projection of the geodesic flow to the base manifold gives the temporal evolution predicted by the von Neumann equation. Using that approach we can describe every conserved quantum observable as a Killing vector field, and provide a geometric proof for the Poincaré quantum recurrence in a physical system with finite energy levels.
Entropy and complexity analysis of hydrogenic Rydberg atoms54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4807095View Description Hide Description
The internal disorder of hydrogenic Rydberg atoms as contained in their position and momentum probability densities is examined by means of the following information-theoretic spreading quantities: the radial and logarithmic expectation values, the Shannon entropy, and the Fisher information. As well, the complexity measures of Crámer-Rao, Fisher-Shannon, and López Ruiz-Mancini-Calvet types are investigated in both reciprocal spaces. The leading term of these quantities is rigorously calculated by use of the asymptotic properties of the concomitant entropic functionals of the Laguerre and Gegenbauer orthogonal polynomials which control the wavefunctions of the Rydberg states in both position and momentum spaces. The associated generalized Heisenberg-like, logarithmic and entropic uncertainty relations are also given. Finally, application to linear (l = 0), circular (l = n − 1), and quasicircular (l = n − 2) states is explicitly done.
- Quantum Information and Computation
Approximately clean quantum probability measures54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4803682View Description Hide Description
A quantum probability measure–or quantum measurement–is said to be clean if it cannot be irreversibly connected to any other quantum probability measure via a quantum channel. The notion of a clean quantum measure was introduced by Buscemi et al. ["Clean positive operator valued measures," J. Math. Phys.46(8), 082109 (Year: 2005)10.1063/1.2008996] for finite-dimensional Hilbert space, and was studied subsequently by Kahn ["Clean positive operator-valued measures for qubits and similar cases," J. Phys. A40(18), 4817–4832 (Year: 2007)10.1088/1751-8113/40/18/009] and Pellonpää ["Complete characterization of extreme quantum observables in finite dimensions," J. Phys. A44(8), 085304 (Year: 2011)10.1088/1751-8113/44/8/085304]. The present paper provides new descriptions of clean quantum probability measures in the case of finite-dimensional Hilbert space. For Hilbert spaces of infinite dimension, we introduce the notion of "approximately clean quantum probability measures" and characterise this property for measures whose range determines a finite-dimensional operator system.
Quantum logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and rapid mixing54(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804995View Description Hide Description
A family of logarithmic Sobolev inequalities on finite dimensional quantum state spaces is introduced. The framework of non-commutative -spaces is reviewed and the relationship between quantum logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and the hypercontractivity of quantum semigroups is discussed. This relationship is central for the derivation of lower bounds for the logarithmic Sobolev (LS) constants. Essential results for the family of inequalities are proved, and we show an upper bound to the generalized LS constant in terms of the spectral gap of the generator of the semigroup. These inequalities provide a framework for the derivation of improved bounds on the convergence time of quantum dynamical semigroups, when the LS constant and the spectral gap are of the same order. Convergence bounds on finite dimensional state spaces are particularly relevant for the field of quantum information theory. We provide a number of examples, where improved bounds on the mixing time of several semigroups are obtained, including the depolarizing semigroup and quantum expanders.


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This thread might be helpful, as the request for a linux compatible scanner was made...
I've been looking at the Nikon Super Coolscan LS-4000 ED. This is a high end consumer 35mm scanner. 4000dpi, Firewire, scans 6 frames, slides (with an attachment), and a roll of up to 40 frames (with a $500 attachment). It runs under Mac and Windows, Linux is supported through VueScan. Here's a nice review. I'm currently finding these used for around $500 off of ebay. --rubin110 14:26, 19 October 2009 (PDT)
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Brooklyn, NY - With eight made free throws by Pierria Henry in the final four seconds, the Charlotte 49ers (21-10) come-from-behind to defeat Richmond (18-14), 68-63, in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
"One of the craziest endings I have ever been a part of," Charlotte coach Alan Major said. "You could not script this if you were making a movie. Our guys hung in there. I thought our defense improved in the second half. Our guys have just shown great fortitude. It was a hard fought game I am so proud that we hung in there down in stretch."
Henry scored a career-high 28 points. He went 12-for-15 from the free throw line including 8-for-11 from the line in the final four seconds. He also grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for his third straight double-double and his fourth double-double of the season.
Chris Braswell recorded his 74th career double-figure scoring with 12 points. All of his 12 points came in the second half. Willie Clayton scored a career-high 18 points in the game.
The 49ers defense limited Richmond to only five field goals in the second half. The 49ers also finished the game with a dominating 42-22 rebounding advantage. The 49ers enjoyed a 44-16 advantage on points in the paint.
With 4.7 seconds left in the second half, Henry was fouled by Richmond's Cedrick Lindsay. Henry made the first free throw and while the ball was going through the net, Clayton was shoved by Richmond's Derrick Williams, which caused a deadball technical foul on Williams. Henry made the next three free throws giving the 49ers a 64-63 with four seconds on the clock.
Then, Charlotte got the ball back due to the deadball technical. Henry was fouled near mid-court and the officials said he was in the act of shooting so he was rewarded with three free throws. Richmond's Coach Chris Mooney argued the calls and was issued two technical fouls and ejected from the game. Henry went to the line for seven free throws. He made four free throws during that stretch sealing the win for the 49ers.
In the first half, Charlotte trailed most of the first half including a 31-23 halftime deficit.
In the second half, Richmond pushed their lead to 35-25 with 18:23 on the clock. Then, the 49ers behind the scoring of Terrence Williams, Braswell and Clayton went on a 12-0 run over the next six minutes taking a 37-35 lead when Braswell scored inside with 12:26 on the clock.
Richmond's Darien Brothers scored tying the score for the third time at 37 with 12:12 on the clock.
Clayton scored inside just 30 seconds later giving the 49ers a 39-37 lead. Charlotte pushed their lead to 43-39 when Henry scored on a jumper in the lane with 8:28 on the clock.
Richmond went on a 5-0 run taking a 44-43 lead when Lindsey completed a three-point play with 7:35 on the clock.
Clayton scored inside 22 second later giving the 49ers a one-point lead. Then, Henry scored inside giving the 49ers a 47-44 lead with 5:30 on the clock.
The game was tied a couple of times and the 49ers enjoyed 1-2 point lead several times over the next four minutes.
With the 49ers leading 54-52 with 1:22 on the clock, Richmond's Terry Allen knocked down a three giving Richmond a 55-54 lead.
Richmond took a three-point lead when Lindsey knocked down a jump shot in the lane with 38 seconds on the clock. Then, Richmond's Brothers and Lindsey combined on six free throws made over the next 24 seconds giving Richmond a 63-60 lead with five seconds on the clock. After that Henry would end the game with eight made free throws.
Charlotte advances to the A-10 Tournament Quarterfinals to face 16th-ranked Saint Louis, Friday, March 15 at 12 pm.


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CLC Students Make Their Mark With Trademarks
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The 2011-12 academic year marked the successful completion of the Community Law Clinic's (CLC) second year of participation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) expanded Trademark Law School Clinic Pilot Program.
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I can't let National Teacher Appreciation Week pass without acknowledging the great teachers who touched my life. A recent speech to the Topeka North Rotary's annual educator appreciation luncheon gave me a chance to take a trip down memory lane.
Remember your kindergarten teacher? Besides your parents, the first person who really got you excited about learning new things? Mine was Miss Hutchinson (now Mrs. Beschta). I still remember the characters that would visit the classroom with their special songs to teach us the letters of the alphabet, like Rubber Band Man for the letter "R." One wet Easter, we returned from the holiday weekend to find muddy rabbit foot prints on the carpet.
First grade was Mrs. Rush and our class stayed with her through third grade, getting our first taste of science and especially phonics! For fourth and fifth grade, it was Mrs. Scherrer, a teacher who really challenged us to challenge ourselves. In the later elementary years, I especially remember Ms. Severson. Thanks to her, to this day, I diagram sentences in my head while I write! I can see the lines angling off in my mind and know the sentence is getting way to strung along and complicated! There also was Sister Loretta, a nun who, at one time, worked for NASA. She decided I wasn't challenged enough in math and contacted the teachers at the public school for me to take high school algebra independently at the Catholic grade school.
I could list a bunch of high school teachers who impacted me for various reasons - math teacher Mr. La Fleur, drama/English teacher Ms. Deenor, the Mr. Evans for science and the Mr. Evans for social studies, music teacher Mr. Cisler. But, given my career path, I cannot forget Mrs. Wilhelm, "Mother Dee." She was my journalism teacher and the school newspaper and yearbook advisor. She helped me channel my annoying habit of asking questions about everything in a positive direction! These days, she still provides encouragement as a Facebook friend!
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In a horror themed campaign with a lovecraftian feeling, a big part of the game is to be in a constant feeling of being threatened, but without any visual stimuli other than glimpses, or sounds roughly heard of things seething in darkness, and with investigation a big part of the game, contrary to fighting.
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I have an old steel frame (Columbus Number 2 I think) that has the seat post (Suntour Superbe Pro - see, I said it was old!) rusted in. I have tried lots of WD-40 but it will not budge.
Any tips on how I can get it out without having to cut the frame up?
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Before you take any more forceful measures, it may be a good idea to think a little about chemistry:
Therefore, if WD-40 isn't doing the trick, get some ammonia, apply it in a similar fashion, and let it sit. It may just be all you need!
This is a tough one. It's not impossible but you really need mechanical advantage. If you can clamp the seatpost, you will get the best chance at freeing this. You will probably damage/lose the seatpost with this method.
This process can take some time. You will need patience and lots of WD-40. Eventually, the post will rotate in the seat tube and you will be able to work it out.
*The trick is knowing how much force to apply. Sometimes you need more than you think and sometimes you apply more than you need (which results in unwanted damage). This difference comes with experience.
Oh and also: grease the new seatpost well before you put it back in - you'll appreciate it later.
Untested and at-your-own-risk, but this is what I would try:
The idea is to use the torque of the saddle to break the bond between the post and the frame. You don't need to move the post much. If the post moves, then you should be able to work it loose without the hammer. If it doesn't, then worst case you've destroyed an old saddle.
You should check out the 15 Way To Unstick a Seatpost by Sheldon "Unggggghhh!" Brown
Cut the top off of the tube then carefully use a hacksaw blade inside the seat post to cut toward the seat tube. A handle for a hacksaw blade works or just wrap the plain blade with a bit of tape to make a handle. You should then be able to free the old seat post.
Or does the seat post extend way down into the frame? Even then this should help as the WD-40 will get a better chance to reach the lower parts.
I had this problem with a very stubborn seat post (turns out there was a wedge in it to keep the post in).
One thing that I tried was putting a blow torch on the frame to try and expand it a bit to get the post out and loosen any corrosion. I would only try this after WD40 has failed.
Disclaimer: this may damage your bike
there is aerosol spray available at most hardware stores called PB Blaster it is much more effective when dealing with rust than WD=40
Try put your seatpost / saddle on the vise ( reverse the bike ) then rotate the frame for pulling out the seatpost, put WD-40 or other lubricant for before you do it....
Using a small butane torch, heat the seat post till it breaks free from the frame.


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Let F be a family of finite simple graphs, such as planar graphs, Cayley graphs, 4-colorable graphs, etc. The basic question is whether there exists a polynomial-time algorithm to decide whether a given graph G belongs to F. Do you know any summary (for example in the form of table) with state-of-the-art for this problem: for which families F there is a polynomial algorithm (and what is the fastest known algorithm), for which families the problem is NP complete, and for which families it is open.
It's too big to fit into one table, but I believe what you want is the Information System on Graph Classes and their Inclusions. In particular, for each of over 1200 graph classes listed on this site, it includes the known results on the complexity of several important computational problems on graphs in that class, including recognition.
Permit me to direct you to the Wikipedia page on "Forbidden graph characterization," which contains a long table of graph classes that have a forbidden subgraph characterizations. For example, chordal graphs may be characterized as those with no cycles of length $\ge 4$. Then the "Robertson–Seymour theorem" is relevant, for it implies that
And the R-S theorem itself says that every minor-closed family can be defined by a finite set of forbidden minors, e.g., $K_5$ and $K_{3,3}$ for planar graphs.
Garey, Michael R. – Johnson, David S., Computers and intractability, a guide to the theory of NP-completeness, 1979. It's a nice book which includes many problems about decision problems on graphs. It even gives a general sufficient condition that makes recognizing a class of graphs NP-complete. I don't remember the details, but I think it has to do with the class being monotonous.


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I want to race cyclocross, and I also want to ride some longer rides out on the road. Can I buy a cyclocross bike and use it for both cyclocross and some serious road rides (I'm talking century type rides)? Or will I be uncomfortable riding long rides on a cyclocross bike?
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You can absolutely ride road on a cx bike. Many of the components are actually road components, including the wheels, so slap a pair of 700x23's on the stock wheelset and off you go.
Things to consider:
You certainly can use a cyclocross bike for almost everything and cyclocross bikes also make a fantastic winter trainer or touring bike.
Key Differences between a cyclcoross and road bike
Longer seat stays and chain stays lead to an increased wheelbase when compared to a road bike which can have a nagetive effect on cornering at speed.Cyclocross framesets are designed to be used with slower speeds in mind and subsequently have tighter steerer tubes (Generally around 74 degrees versus 73 degrees on a road bike)
Cyclocross bikes generally feature smaller chainring combinations which will have a limit to speed mainly on ultra-fast downhill sections at speeds in excess of 40+ mph experienced on long, steep downhill's or alpine style descents
Cyclcross tires often squirm on tarmac however a simple change of tires is straightforward.
Cantilever brakes offer less precision for braking. Many riders find them to be acceptable however they are inferior in performance to road caliper brakes.
From personal experience of using an aluminium cyclocross bike (Planet X Uncle John Frameset) fitted with 25 mm as a winter trainer. Comfort over longer rides is no issue. I ride a 44/36 chainset with 12-28 cassette and have an exceptionally good range of gears. I run out of gears around 35 mph. I've riden lots of 100 mile winter training rides in the mountains with no issues
What you have to remember is that there isn't a huge difference between a cyclocross bikes and standard road bikes. Generally speaking, cyclocross bikes generally have slightly different geometry, usually burlier parts, and will always have knobby tires. It's a road bike you ride offroad. Switch to road tires and you've got a road bike.
These differences amount to cyclocross bikes being heavier than road bikes. Since you're going on century rides, weight will be a big factor. Carbon fiber is always great in this department, but an aluminum frame and fork is looking more realistic on your budget. Don't buy a bike like the Surly Crosscheck, for example, as that steel frame will drag you down on those long rides.
If you're looking in the 1k-2k range I would recommend that you buy a stock bike. The shop I worked at used to stock Norco, and they make some nice, reasonably-priced cross bikes.
Cross bikes do have a different geometry than most modern road bikes, key word being modern. Cross bikes typically have a longer wheelbase and chainstays to accomodate larger tires, in addition they usually but not always have a slightly higher bottom bracket though I know many dudes who race cross with a 7cm bb drop and that is no higher than most road bikes. Dont buy into the hype or complete BS claims that a cross bike will somehow feel slow or react like a battleship or slow you down. Truth is modern cross frame geometry is nearly identical to old school classic Italian road stage race geometry with longer chainstays and a longer overall wheelbase. This type of geometry has perfectly suited many of the worlds best racers for decades. It is only in the last decade or two where an obsession has entered the road race scene to fit riders to the smallest teeniest frame possible with the shortest, twitchiest wheelbase. People often mistake twitchy for being faster, it isnt. All twitchy does is force you to expend additional energy keeping your bike poijted straight. Read some of the writings of Andy Hampsten, a fairly good rider. He essentially laughs at the guys who think a supee short wheelbase bike with twitchy handling somehow makes you faster, particularly on a long stage type race. In fact the opposite is true and Hampsten knows his stuff far better than most amateur roadies who will willingly drink any frame Koolaide served to them. LOL
If you're not trying to be ultra-competitive, you can do a C on any bike that rolls. I've seen guys do 100 miles loaded on a Huffy. And, as I understand it, a cyclocross bike is a "more relaxed" geometry than a standard road bike (closer to a touring bike), and thus possibly more apt to be comfortable on a long ride than a road bike.
Gearing might be an issue, of course -- you might want a larger gear to maintain road speeds if you're trying to be competitive. And you'd want to swap out knobby tires for something relatively smooth.
Weight is probably less of an issue on the road than in cyclocross, so I wouldn't worry about that.
+1 for Jake the Snake!!!
After many years on MTBs, I have found Kona's Jake the Snake to be my road bike winner! I have now ridden about 7300 miles on the road in just over two years on this cross bike, and I absolutely love it.
If I had the money, I would jump up to ultegra or athena, but have had little to complain about with my 105 5600 group. I would avoid bikes spec'd with anything less than 105, but Shimano 105 5700 group is better than two year old Ultegra in weight and performance. In other words, lots of bang for the buck!
As for cranks, you may want to look for cross-specific cranks which roll with a 46/36 set of chainrings, meaning you can torque up smaller hills in your big ring, and won't be spinning out when you get down into granny. I run an 11-26 in the back, which gives quite a bit of range for climbing and descending.
On the question of brakes, I really like the extreme amount of modulation available via cantis, and have yet to crash because I could not stop in a timely manner. I am regularly looked upon by my fellow cycle club members for heading out as others turn off their alarm clocks and get back to bed due to wet weather. Cantis have not been an issue for me in any way.
Regarding tire switch for the road, go with Continental GP4000s! They are super fast, super grippy, and for their race-lightness, extremely durable. I have suffered only 5 flats during those 7000+ miles, and have ridden a good amount of time on shoulders that have cut friends' tires.
Adding my voice to the chorus saying that (bike) weight doesn't matter too much, I have worn the King of Mountain crown against many a Pinarello riding roadie in pretty good shape. ;) And the longer wheelbase and relaxed geometry makes cross bikes pretty much ideal for longer rides such as centuries. Last, and certainly not least, for the cost of a little bit of weight, you gain an awful lot of durability.
I've done this and it is great! I've swapped tires, but now have a spare wheelset so it is even easier to swap for a road ride versus a CX ride. I race CX from September to January around here. I use the bike as my rain bike in the spring for road rides and as my commuter year round. Totally love that I can swap tires and hit some off-road and next day be right into my commute/road rides.
One thing to think about is that most CX bikes come with a compact crank set (largest front chainring may be 46 or 50 teeth on compact, 'normal' road cranks will be 52 or 53) which will reduce your high end pedaling (downhill you will spin out at 28 mph instead of 35). Not a big deal because you do gain more lower gears.
I am real happy with my REI Novara Rivet, not available anymore, but you should be able to get a very nice bike in your price range. I upgraded the drivetrain this summer to Ultegra 6700, as I wanted the nicer gear, it was well under $1000 total, but to get a new bike with Ultegra 6700 was going to be over $2000. I was upgrading an existing CX bike, if I did not have a CX bike, I would purchase a built bike instead of building it up.
A friend bought a Kona Jake the Snake this August and we've ridden and raced since and he loves it.
I have only one bike - a cross bike - that I ride on the road and then race during cross season. I have two sets of wheels with tires for off road / road. I also changed my cross crank from a 36/46 to a 34/48 to help with hills, off road trails and also give me a higher end on the road.
The cross bike is fine for 95% of the time on the road. I have to take steep turns while descending a lot slower due to the brakes and geometry and the bike is a little heavier going up hill. But I can usually keep up with all but the most fit roadies and I'm not stressing every pothole or ding because the bike was made to take a beating.
You definitely can use an XC bike for road-biking purposes especially if you swap the stock XC knobby tires with slicks meant for the road. The only area you might be at a disadvantage as Glenn has already pointed out is you might run out of gears if the group you are riding with hits speeds in excess of 60 kph which can happen on downhills.
This is a funny debate really....
A vast majority of road riders have far bigger wallets than ability. I ride a 3 year old Genesis Vapour, it's not heavy by any means, but it's also not light compared with modern road bikes.
However, I am fit, I ride a daily 30mile commute, I can climb well enough and regularly beat roadies with wallets far outweighing ability.
Get fit and you will get fast whatever you are riding.... Just to put it in context, I did a charity ride at the weekend and there was a guy in his early 20's on a Brampton (fold up bike) beating me up most hills and me catching him again on the flats and downs.
The above comments and answers are all really spot on. I just wanted to add that if you plan any group rides or get into more competitive riding, the CX bike will be noticeably slower.
I rode in a good number of rides, and trained for a century on a CX. But after 50 miles of trying hard to keep up, i noticed how much more fatigued i would be compared to my friends and those in the group. I later picked up a nice full ultegra carbon road bike, and picked up 2- 3 mph, with less effort over a 50 mile average.
I have two cross bikes and swap wheels on the Crux Elite to ride centuries on the road occasionally. It weighs 18.2 pounds minus pedals with an Ultegra/FSA Energy group and $300 1500g Vuelta wheelset (thanks ebay). Total investment was $1450, including the frame/forks. I spent far less money building this bike than most of my riding companions paid for their 18lb. carbon road bikes off the rack. All I can say is that I can ride 60 miles faster than my wife's uncle can on his $11K Pin Dogma 2. Even in mountain bike cleats and without shaving my legs.
"Don't upgrade, ride up grades." - Eddie Merckx
I ride a Canondale Super X cyclocross bike for CX racing, triathlon racing, and road training/riding (I don't race road).
I swap a straight post (Thompson Masterpiece) and road saddle (Adamo Prologue) for road and triathlons (stock carbon with setback post and a Selle Italia Diva saddle for cross). I swap wheelsets too - burlier wheelset with Racing Ralphs and a 25/11 cassette for cross racing, lighter wheelset with a 28/11 cassette for gravel grinding, triathlon racing, and road racing. My bike has a 46/38 front ring. Great for cross racing; I do spin it out on road downhills and I tend to cross race staying in my smaller 38 ring, so I could eventually swap out the 46 for something bigger if I wanted to road race.
One reason this set up works well is because it is a full carbon bike and I'm not a road racer. This is a GREAT bike for centuries - super comfortable. I bought it used for around $1500.
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What movie uses the "Mr. Dumas" joke?
I am familiar with this commercial for A&W Root Beer:
But I swear a similar joke is used in a movie. I thought that it was Wayne's World but I can't seem to confirm it.
In the movie I remember, the joke is done with what I thought was Garth talking to someone who had a name plate that had the last name "Dumas" - at first Mr. Dumas would correct people to say "Do-moss" but later, people would say his name correctly and he'd frustratedly yell "it's pronounced dumb-@$$"!
Anybody? It's driving me nuts, and googling hasn't helped. It WASN'T the joke used in Shawshank, either.
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Stumped me. My first thought was Shawshank.
I don't know but it looks like @snapster wants to know the answer as well.
It was in an A&W Root Beer commercial a while back.
@hot72chev: And, yes it appeared in the movie.
The convict picks up The Count of Monte Cristo "by Alexan-dree Dumb-ass."
Perhaps you are thinking of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure? They use that joke.
Oops never mind they did not use it in Bill & Ted's... Perhaps I was thinking of the Socrates joke, pronounced sew-crates.
Does it have to be a feature film? It's also appeared in Veronica Mars.
@spectrumtic: related ancient greek joke:
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Euripides who?
Euripides pants, Eumenides pants.
...I'll be running along now...........
Reminds me of this Dilbert:
@starblind: It does not have to be a feature film - it might be TV. However, I have not seen Veronica Mars, so that's unfortunately not it.
I must have invented this scene in my head. Maybe it wasn't Dumas? Maybe it was another confused humorous pronunciation.
This will drive me batty. Thanks for trying everyone!
@sirlouie: This is quite the long shot, but back I want to say early 2000's there was an SNL skit with Nicholas Cage that used a variation this joke and runs very vaguely similar.
He is talking with his pregnant wife about baby names and every one she suggests he comes up with ways kids could make fun of it (Shelly - Smelly Shelly; Matt - Fat Matt etc). He gets increasingly annoyed as they go on and his ways of people making fun of the name become more and more far-fetched.
Finally a knock at the door, he answers and it's a deliver driver "I have a package for Mr @$$wipe" to which he yells "It's pronounced oz-WEE-pay! It's Norwegian!"
@bingo969: That's a funny sketch, and I found a transcript of it here:
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Everyone, I think I figured it out. I think the joke I'm thinking about was in Wayne's World 2. It wasn't "dumb@$$" - it was "horney / hor-NAY" that Kim Basinger's character played as the girl looking to get Garth to kill her husband. My brain must have mixed it up with the A&W commercial and created an amalgam.
Thanks to everyone for their assistance and suggestions!
When I read your question I thought it was about the riff in The World's End:
Gary King: And here we go! Just like the Five Musketeers!
Steven Prince: Three musketeers, wasn't it?
Peter Page: Four, if you count d'Artagnan.
Gary King: Well, nobody knows how many there were, really, do they?
Oliver: You do know that "The Three Musketeers" was a fiction, right? Written by Alexandre Dumas?
Gary King: A lot of people are saying that about the Bible these days.
Steven Prince: What, that it was written by Alexandre Dumas?
Gary King: Don't be daft, Steve! It was written by Jesus!
The two posters who said Shawshank Redemption are right.
In the new library.
Heywood: The Count of Monte Crisco...
Floyd: That's "Cristo" you dumb sh*t.
Heywood: ...by Alexandree Dumb-ass. Dumb-ass.
Andy Dufresne: Dumb-ass? "Dumas". You know what it's about? You'll like it, it's about a prison break.
Red: We oughta file that under "Educational" too, oughten we?
One of Steve Martin's old movies, pretty sure it was The Jerk but not possitive.


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I am using an old Nikon D70 with a 4 GB memory card. It has been working well, with no major errors for over a year now. Today I took ~100 photos, and when I tried to upload them, it only displayed 9 images. However, when I click on the properties of the card, it says there are 3.5 GB of photos, which is about right. I don't usually delete old photos. So where are the rest of the photos? They're on the card somewhere. I checked to see if somehow they were all changed to the "hidden" setting, but they were not. Any thoughts?
When you take more than 1000 photos on a D70, it changes the folder name. Most likely you have rolled over the folder name. Once that happens you will only see photos in the current folder.
There are plenty of reasons why you would only see some images and we cannot tell you why without more information.
However, you can simply get around those by accessing the card directly from the operating system. That means Windows Explorer (Not to be confused with Internet Explorer) on Windows. For Linux, Dolphin on KDE and Nautilus on Gnome or simply any command shell.
Apparently it is called Finder on a Mac (If anyone knows better please correct this).
Just open the card (on Windows it will have a drive letter, say G:) with the file manager and you will see a directory called DCIM, your photos are below there. Under that one you will see one or more directories which have the images. They should ALL be there and you can use the file manager to copy them yourself.
Your program to show the images may simply be showing you only a few because it only looks at one directory (you will have more than one if you used multiple cameras or took more than a certain number of images, somewhere between 500 and 9999, depending on the camera) or it may incorrectly (or correctly) assume that the other images were already copies so it does not show them to you as a feature.
Try formatting the card (either using your camera menu or a computer).
WARNING (just in case) : formatting will destroy all existing data in the card. make sure you have a copy of everything you want from it first.
What has most likely happened is that you have either taken some photos using a different camera, or put some other files on the card which are not visible by your camera (or the software you are using to view/import the photos).


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8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People
Movies have imagined tons of dystopias over the years, from Mad Max to The Hunger Games to The Flintstones. But the one we haven't seen yet is the one that will most likely happen: a GoldenGirlpocalypse. We're talking about a massive demographic shift where one in three people in developed countries will be over 60. For every kid under age 15, there will be three Gandalfs tripping over their beards.
This means a world that is built entirely for the old, with everyone else an afterthought. So let's take a moment to imagine a planet where "old" is the new "everybody."
#8. There Will Be Playgrounds for Old People
When was the last time you got to play on a playground without the condescending glares of the so-called parents of your new best friends Baylsonette, J'Adore and mYkalE M.? Years? It's almost not even worth playing anymore. But imagine climbing a slide that was custom built for your adult ass, navigating monkey bars that were calibrated for your thick paws. Merry-go-rounds, tetherball, SWINGS! SEESAWS! THESE THINGS:
Via Changingagingblog.org
It's exactly like a walker, except with the added danger of hip-destroying impact.
The idea of creating playgrounds tailor-made for old bodies began in China, then spread to Japan, where, if reports are to be believed, no children have been born since 1988. With fewer and fewer children, and old Asians bursting at the seams, local governments began disassembling children's playground equipment and replacing them with equipment designed for the elderly. It would have been sad if there'd been any kids around to whine about it.
Via BBC
It's like a reverse Children of the Corn without all that corn.
Today there are senior playgrounds in Germany, the U.K., Canada and Nuremberg, and most of them prohibit children from joining in the fun. One even has this totally serious sign at the entrance:
Via Gearability.com
Old Germans are obsessed with having enough space, for some reason.
Proponents of the sites claim they're not just good for exercise and the laughs of bystanders, but also for socialization. As a kid, 95 percent of the fun of playing at a playground was making new friends and bullies. And for seniors living alone or with working children, getting to a playground might be the only way to ever pants someone again.
#7. Some Will Live in a Permanent Time Warp
It's 7:30 a.m. At the trilling of your Garfield alarm clock, you walk to the kitchen, fix yourself a bowl of Pac-Man cereal and settle in for an episode of Muppet Babies. You are:
A. Living in 1984
B. Living in a Diablo Cody movie
C. 89 years old, living in a future simulation of your childhood
"Happy 87th birthday, hun."
In the future it will be "C," unless things go catastrophically wrong. How will you find yourself in an elderly version of The Matrix?
Well, as more people live beyond the ages God in his infinite wisdom intended, more people are going to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the World Health Organization predicts that by 2050, the number of people suffering from dementia will hit 115.4 million. For those of you who've known loved ones who suffered from the disease, you know that it's more than just a matter of losing the keys every now and then. As memories and routines fade away, sufferers of Alzheimer's often regress back into the world of their childhoods. So one patient might find himself retracing an old newspaper route or another might end up rigging his home in anticipation of Christmas burglars. And since there's no remedy, adult children are forced to play along with the world's worst game of make-believe.
He's actually just in the tub. Cleanup is a bitch.
Hopefully, by the time of Oldtopia, someone will have cured the disease altogether. In the meantime, some caretakers are doing their best to make their patients comfortable -- by surrounding them with fake villages designed to look like the homes of their childhoods. In the case of one Dutch village, that means shops, a theater, restaurants and a hairdresser's -- all run by caretakers in disguise. The whole town is an illusion designed to keep residents feeling safe. Another village in Switzerland is attempting the same thing, but with '50s style houses instead of an urban apartment complex.
For 150 dementia patients, their doors won't have locks, and leaving the neighborhood won't be an option. Their gardeners are really their nurses, and maybe their actual gardeners pose as Depression-era vagrants? It sounds like a complicated system. In any case, the caretakers think of their facility as a theater -- one where the patients probably don't know what's going on backstage. Not that nurses wouldn't tell them if they figured the whole charade out -- but why would they?
They're reenacting prom. You do not want to stick around for what happens at midnight in their world.
If you think this sounds terrible, ask yourself: Are you sure that you're not living in just such a simulation right now?
#6. Our Kids Will Play Us Like Video Games
Do you know what was fun about The Sims? This isn't a rhetorical question -- please post your answers in the comments section. From what we can tell, the "game" was all about monitoring the bodily functions of a house full of plodding, barely coherent people. Pretending to be happy that the little house full of pseudo-humans was thriving kind of stinks of loneliness to us. Well, in the future, our kids will be all about The Sims, and we're going to be their Sims.
"Swim your ass off -- he's deleting the ladder!"
And you know what else? We're going to be happy about it, because the alternative is nursing homes. So instead of sending parents to Deception City above or an assisted living facility, adult children are going to make use of technology to keep their parents living independently for as long as possible -- that's the good news. The bad news is that this involves your own kids remotely tracking your bowel movements some day.
In one pilot program, participants' homes are rigged with motion sensors that keep track of how fast or slow the patient is walking, door monitors that let adult children know when the patient leaves the home and refrigerator alarms that keep track of how often the occupant eats. One home tested a robot sporting a video monitor, which the adult child controlled via joystick from several states away. Again, these are all good things when we're talking about people who are one fall away from getting put in a home. P.S.: Most of this stuff is available for sale right now if you and your loved ones are having trust issues.
Via Grandcare.com
To be fair, that could just mean that they bought Diablo III.
Speaking of trust issues, if you've ever wanted to get back at an elder for dressing you like a cornball in school, we think you might like these things: They're called Fancy Pants and they sense when the wearer is getting too frail for their own good. Then they can send a warning to a family member or facility keeping an eye on him. Which means Fancy Pants wearers have a shot at living independently longer, but also have to look like this:
Via Popsci.com
"Grandpa, you have got to get over your Dave Matthews phase."
Elderly hipster or Batman villain? You decide.
#5. Our Kids Will Be Our Sex Cops
You know old people have sex, right? Not just the spritely cute ones in the Viagra commercials, either. The ones with dementia have sex, too. The ones who don't recognize their own children, but made a connection with the lady in the room next door. And this is scary stuff, because these are people who aren't great about taking precautions, which explains why STD rates among the elderly is off the charts. No one wants Gram Gram to get syphilis. No one.
Well ... maybe one guy.
So nursing homes are in a pickle. They want their patients to be happy, and sex makes everyone happy, but good gravy -- do dementia patients even know what they're doing when they're doing it? Is a nurse going to make sure everyone's wearing their condoms before they start? These are calls no one wants to make.
Enter the brand new concept of "sexual power of attorney." Or sex police. And guess who's going to get the job? The same ones watching out for your money and health in the first place -- your kids. In the same way that you'd write a living will or hand over your finances to your adult children, there might come a time when you want your kids to authorize your right to have sex. So when worse comes to worst and a group home is the best place to be, the people in charge of your love life will be the same people you once prohibited from watching HBO after 7 p.m. There's no way that's going to end badly.
"Thanks a lot, cockblocker. You could at least let him put it in my ass."
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Williams' chief operations engineer Mark Gillan admits that success at Interlagos is all about finding the right balance
The testing ups and down of the track combined with it's bumpy surface and low speed corners makes it a circuit that many drivers love but that can be a challenge to prepare for.
"The 71 lap long high altitude Interlagos circuit is one of the highlights of the season and one where overtaking is possible," explained Gillan.
"Setting the car up for this circuit is the classic compromise between pandering to the high downforce requirements of the medium-low speed corners in sector 2 versus the low drag demands of the uphill section from the important T12 exit right up to the start-finish line."
For the second race on the trot both Williams drivers scored points in Austin and Gillan is hopefully of making it a hat-trick of points-scoring finishes.
"After a double points finish in Austin, we will be looking for a similar result here to end the season on a high note," he said.
Williams should have plenty of support in Brazil as it is Bruno Senna's home race and his team-mate Pastor Maldonado from neighbouring Venezuela.
"The Brazilian Grand Prix is very special and there's no better place to finish the season," said Maldonado.
"The atmosphere is very Latin American and the fans are some of the most passionate and knowledgeable in the world. It's also close to Venezuela so I always see lots of Venezuelan flags around the track and lots of Venezuelan people around Sao Paolo so it feels a bit like a home Grand Prix."
Senna added: "I've only had the chance to race at home in Formula One twice, but on both occasions the crowd gave me an extra boost. Interlagos is a circuit that most drivers like. It's very technical and difficult to get the most out of it so leads to some exciting racing."


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5 Things Your Dog Can Teach You About Yoga
"It's a dog's life."
That's a phrase we hear time and time again. But why is so easy for our pets to seemingly embrace joy? And what is it about these furry descendants of the wolf that brings us such peace? Could it be that they, too, share an innate love of yoga?


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How To Spray & Mix Metalflake - How To Do ItWritten by on July 1, 2010 Retro Is Huge, Even As It Applies To Paint, And Metalflake Is Making A Comeback.
To start with, there's really no right or wrong way to spray metalflake. Ask 10 painters how they do it and you'll probably get at least eight different answers. It's all about experimentation, experience, and sometimes just dumb luck. But we spent a day with Mark Oja at Custom Rod Garage in Huntington Beach, California, to see how he applies metalflake to automotive flanks, and it doesn't seem all that difficult, at least not on the small panels we used as examples. Painting a complete car is certainly a whole 'nother ball of wax, but here we captured the basics.
In this example, the metal flakes were mixed into a clearcoat and sprayed on the car over a color basecoat, followed by several coats of nonflaked clear, plenty of color-sanding, and then even more clear. Oja says, "Everything with 'flake gets cleared at least twice, color-sanded with 800-grit, then cleared again." The multiple coats of clear and color-sanding are the secrets to getting the maximum pop out of the metalflake and color. Plus, the more clear you lay down over the 'flake, the deeper it gets.
As with any paintjob, the color of the basecoat will affect the end result. As you'd expect, a dark basecoat will result in a darker final color, while a white, silver, or gold base will often make the final color brighter. Some painters also like to spray several coats of clear over the basecoat and leave it a little wet before spraying the metalflake, allowing the flake to sink into the clear and make for a deeper, thicker look. Kandies can also be mixed with flake. Again, experimentation is the key.
A pro always makes painting look easier than it is, so we'd strongly suggest you practice with some scrap metal panels before tackling a complete car or even your buddy's helmet. Feel free to experiment with colors of paint, colors and sizes of flake, number of coats, and whatever else to get a feel for it.
Finally, here are some examples of metalflake colors and designs to inspire you. The possibilities are unlimited.
Examples of color and 'flake combinations
(none wAS color-sanded)
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The metalflake chunks are mixed into a clear and sprayed over a base color. In this case, we used red flakes in House of Kolor SG150 Intercoat Pearl & Flake Karrier. The rule of thumb is two teaspoons of 'flake per quart of clear. Since you can't run the mix through a paint strainer, everything has to be super clean.Mixing the concoction is very important to keep the flakes in suspension. For the same reason, Oja shook the gun frequently during the spray process to keep everything mixed.You can use a regular paint gun to spray 'flake, but use a 1.8 to 2.0mm tip (a larger orifice than you might use for regular paint). Oja used the biggest tip he has, a 1.8, set the gun for a 6-inch vertical spray pattern, and held it about 6 inches away from the surface.We painted several different panels with different 'flake and colors. The first was this '65 Mustang quarter-panel. The basecoat is an '08 Ford Candy Red, and we sprayed red 'flake over it. When doing a whole car, it's best to spray it as you would with Kandy, meaning one long, continuous stroke from front to back without stopping. Your eye will tell you if the flake is even and how much you need to put on. All paint manufacturers strongly recommend the use of respirators and other appropriate safety gear when spraying their products.With the coat of clear/'flake laid down, this is what it looks like-not really shiny, and rather bumpy. This will all be covered in several coats of clear (using a smaller 1.4mm tip on the gun) and color-sanded, which will bring out the sparkle and shine. You can spray multiple coats of 'flake if you want.Oja also sprayed silver 'flake over a black base, which some painters do so they can better judge how even and complete the coverage is. The silver 'flake pops off the black much better than if it were over a white base.The fender and this little car form were sprayed with silver 'flake over a candy red base, but the car was topcoated with a light hit of candy Brandywine to change the color slightly. The only limit is your imagination, really. Regardless, the next step is at least two coats of clear. Once it has dried (about 24 hours), it should be color-sanded with 800-grit paper and then covered with several coats of clear.Once you've sprayed the 'flake, you can spray clear over it if you're happy with the color, but you can also spray a color coat over it to change the color. Oja sprayed House of Kolor Sunset Pearl Shimrin over the metalflake and a white base. The color coat should be thinned more than normal to make it more transparent so the 'flake can show through. Normally, he mixes color in a 1:1 ratio with reducer. In this case, he added 50 percent more reducer for a 1.5:1 mix.One of the most important things to remember is that cleaning the gun is critical when shooting metalflake. The little flakes get into everything, so you have to take apart the gun completely to get it all out, since you don't want any 'flake to get into places or coats where it shouldn't be. The flakes also get all over the paint booth, your clothes, your shoes, in your nose . . . .
Black basecoat, fine silver 'flake, reduced HoK Candy Brandywine over the 'flake, two coats of clear.
Black base, Marine Blue Shimrin, red 'flake, silver 'flake lightly over the top, two coats of clear.


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Identifying Apps on the iPhone 5 Home Screen
Part of the iPhone 5 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Your iPhone 5's Home screen contains a bevy of useful apps you can tap to launch and use. Plus there are a few free apps that you'll want to download not long after you turn your iPhone on. This table offers a rundown of the apps you'll find on the iPhone's Home screen, a brief explanation of what each one does, and a listing of some of their integrated functions:
|iPhone App Name
|App Store
|Offers free and for-purchase applications.
|Provides a four-function calculator in portrait view and a scientific calculator in landscape view.
|Stores appointments and events on a calendar.
|Captures photos and video.
|Tells time in one or more locations, sets alarms and timers, and times running or swimming laps.
|Provides true north and magnetic north orientation.
|Stores names, phone numbers, and addresses (both physical and electronic).
|Lets you videochat with other Mac or iOS users with an iPod touch or iPad. (To FaceTime with another iPhone, first place a call with the Phone app and then tap FaceTime.)
|Game Center
|Keeps your own game scores and compares rankings with friends.
|Offers free and for-purchase media — music, videos, TV shows, audiobooks, and ringtones.
|Sends, receives, and manages e-mail.
|Finds and shares locations and directions.
|Sends, receives, and manages SMS, MMS, and iMessage text messages.
|Lets you listen to and manage audio media.
|Keeps periodical subscriptions in one place.
|Provides a portable, electronic yellow notepad for taking and sharing notes.
|Manages your store cards and boarding passes.
|Makes voice and FaceTime phone calls, lets you initiate and receive conference calls, manages voicemail, enables you to access Contacts.
|Stores and displays photos, videos you've recorded, and images.
|Lets you jot down things you need to remember and get reminders for them.
|Adjusts settings and preferences for iPhone and apps.
|Tracks market movements and individual investments.
|Utilities Folder
|Holds apps like Clock, Calculator, Compass, and Voice Memos.
|Lets you watch videos.
|Voice Memos
|Records audio.
|Provides up-to-date, worldwide weather forecasts.
Download the following apps for free from the App Store:
|iPhone App Name
|Find My Friends
|Locates your iOS-toting friends.
|Find My iPhone
|Helps someone you know find his iPhone.
|Lets you purchase, download, and read e-books.
|iTunes U
|Helps you browse the course catalog, enroll, and attend class.
|Nike + iPod
|Records and monitors walking and running workouts.
|Enables you to find, manage, listen to, and watch podcasts on a variety of topics.
A few functions are integrated into many of the iPhone apps:
|Posts status updates and photos from apps such as Photos and Safari.
|Prints messages, web pages, photos, and more to an AirPlay-enabled printer.
|Sends photos, video, voice memos, maps, contacts, web links, and notes via e-mail, text messages, iMessage, Facebook, and Twitter.
|Gives vocal commands to perform iPhone tasks such as getting directions, writing and sending an e-mail, searching for a movie time or game score, and finding out the weather forecast (iPhone 4S or later).
|Sends tweets from within apps like Maps, Photos, and Safari.
|Voice Control
|Use vocal commands to perform simple tasks such as audio playback, making phone calls, and asking for the time (works when Siri is turned off on iPhone 4S or later or as part of Siri when Siri is on; also works on iPhone 4).


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There's been some debate about how to pronounce the title for Notch's newest game, 0x10c. Notch knows but apparently it's "a riddle" and he's not telling yet. I've heard that it's related to the programming error that the plot employs to explain the 16-bit CPUs in the far future but I don't know the details.
Check out http://0x10c.wonderhowto.com/forum/pronounce-0x10c-2075/
there seems to be a lot of discussion as to what it could mean. some answers are below.
hex sixteen c
Zero X
0 to warp speed, considering both 0 and 10^c to be speed notation where c is the constant value for the speed of light… making 10^c some sort of superluminal speed.
Finally, Notch actually confirmed how to pronounce it: https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/187274697799499777
"Ten to the c"
Honestly, I found this place to be most informative within the first 3 posts. Just skip the 2nd one anyway ;) I personally would pronounce it like the math problem way, but I really like 0 XD and since I program, I get the hexadecimal numeral thing (I was actually just reading about them the other day! Freaky...).
It really kind of is opinion until they tell us. I feel they will say it the hexadecimal numeral way. And, I like this actually so even though I'd generally down vote something like this, I'ma swing you an up vote ;) Thanks for bringing this up :) I look forward to following this.
Notch, as seen on "The Shaft" episode 100, stated it was pronounced "Ten to C."