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In the United States, approximately one in four babies is delivered by C-section, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
When to Perform a C-Section
It's important to note that, in most cases, doctors will opt for a vaginal delivery over a C-section. The reason is that a vaginal delivery is almost always considered to be safer for the mother and baby unless extreme health conditions warrant otherwise. C-sections may be scheduled in advance if certain conditions are present and both the mother and doctor agree that it is necessary.
Often, however, C-sections are performed in emergency circumstances because conditions indicate that the mother or baby is at risk for a potential problem. If the mother's or baby's health is at risk, then a c-section might become the immediate alternative for saving lives. So, you may go into the delivery room anticipating a "normal" delivery and suddenly find that you're going to have a C-section. It's impossible to tell when this will occur, but some of the circumstances that might precipitate this decision on the part of your doctor are listed below.
Maternal Indications for a C-Section
There are several conditions in the mother that would necessitate a C-section (or in doctor jargon, absolute indications in other words, the doctor would always suggest or resort to a C-section in these cases). If these conditions are noted in advance, chances are good that you'll be scheduled for a C-section when your baby is at term. These health conditions include the following:
Proponents of voluntary C-sections argue that it is a woman's right to choose her type of delivery option and that even though the risk is increased, the overall risk is low. According to Dr. John, this is not a settled issue in the OB field, but it is being addressed in various forms, both from the patient safety standpoint and also from an ethical, moral standpoint.
Dr. John feels that it is helpful to address the reasons why the patient might want a C-section when discussing elective surgery. He's found that often the reason might be related to the patient's fears the fear of unknown pain that might be experienced in labor being the most common. In counseling the patient and addressing the pain issue, Dr. John's patients have usually reconsidered having an elective C-section and opted for a vaginal delivery instead. "I've never had to do an elective primary C-section after I talked to my patient and relieved her concerns," he said.
What Is a Classical C-Section?
The classical C-section has been used by physicians as the standard way of performing a C-section, but recently it has been superceded in use by the Low-Transverse uterine incision (see next section).
In a classical C-section, the physician makes an incision or cut in the upper or contractile portion of the uterus. This gives much more access to the baby. It traditionally has been done under emergency circumstances, so many doctors thought this was the quickest and easiest way to deliver the baby. However, as doctors discovered later, this type of incision subjected both the mother and baby to additional risks, as will be discussed later.
While we're on the subject, don't confuse the way your skin is cut and the way your uterus is cut. We're talking about the cutting of the uterus here, not the incision in the skin that you see confusing, but important differences. Just because a doctor cuts your outer skin up and down or a bikini cut (sideways) doesn't mean that he cuts your uterus that same way. You can't tell from the outer skin incision how your uterus was cut, and it does matter later if you plan on having subsequent births.
The old dictum was once a C-section, always a C-section, which usually applied to the classical Cesarean section and meant that you always had to have C-sections for later deliveries. However, that dictum does not always apply to a low-transverse C-section.
Risks of a Classical C-Section
When a classical C-section is performed, the area that is cut tends to be muscular so that when a scar forms, the scar is found to be weaker when laboring with a future pregnancy. This does not bode well for a mother's attempt at a vaginal delivery in subsequent births, for fear that the scar might tear while in labor. Thus, there is a risk in future deliveries for the uterus to rupture.
If a rupture occurs, the mother could bleed internally, and the baby could work its way through the previous incision or scar. In that case, the placenta would be compromised, and the baby could die. The mother could also die. The overall risk of a uterine rupture occurring is less than one percent in women who have never had surgery of the uterus (for example, a previous baby born by this type of C-section).
However, in women who have had a classical C-section in a previous birth, the risk for rupture elevates to 20-25 percent in subsequent pregnancies and births attempted vaginally. For this reason, most doctors recommend that subsequent births also be delivered via C-section.
In contrast, the risk for rupture in subsequent pregnancies for a woman with one low-transverse C-section is less than one percent. And that's the real reason that OBs prefer the low-transverse C-section procedure.
Uncovering Statistics
How did doctors figure this out? Dr. John said that there is an unfounded story that the difference between these two types of C-sections in subsequent births was first noticed in the UCLA parking lot, of all places! One day the parking lot was literally full of women having babies at the County Hospital because the hospital was full, and there weren't enough rooms. Because many of the women were Hispanic and possibly there weren't enough interpreters or time to get full histories or data before the births, it wasn't until after the births occurred that doctors discovered that many of the women were having a third or fourth child delivered vaginally, but they had previously had low-transverse incisions and C-sections. Bells started ringing and people started asking questions. The result: The discovery that low-transverse incisions are safer for vaginal deliveries after C-sections. (Hey, it's a good story whether it's true or not.)
Low Transverse C-Section
In a low transverse C-section (LTCS), the doctor cuts through the lower uterine segment of the uterus, which typically doesn't involve the same tissue as a classical C-section. This region of the uterus has less muscular fiber, and is less easy to tear or rupture with future labors.
There are still risks with a LTCS, but they seem to be fewer in nature. The uterine scar will tear less easily, as we already suggested. However, even though many women can deliver subsequent babies vaginally after this procedure, many doctors still advise going the C-section route with subsequent babies, just to be on the safe side.
What Happens During a Planned C-section?
In a planned C-section (make note of the word "planned" because procedures might work differently in an emergency), the doctor will review the patient's history, make recommendations, and schedule a certain day and time for the surgery.
Before the Surgery
On the day prior to the surgery, the patient is asked not to eat or drink anything after midnight because she should ideally have an empty stomach in order to keep from aspirating. Aspiration occurs when the patient vomits the contents of her stomach, the contents go back into her throat, and then possibly fall back down the windpipe and into her lungs. This is obviously not a good thing and could be life-threatening. The doctor will ask the patient to show up at the hospital at a specific time. (Dr. John stresses how important it is to be on time. Even though it is several hours before your surgery, there is a lot of prep work that has to be done.) The patient will also be informed of any requisite postoperative restrictions, as well as ensuring that she has adequate help after the surgery.
On the morning of the surgery, the nurse will evaluate the baby's heart rate and mother's contraction pattern by using external monitors placed around the mother's abdomen. In addition, the nurse will check the mother's vital signs. The nurse, doctor, and anesthesiologist will review the records again to evaluate any medical complications. Consent forms will be signed and witnessed. The surgeon will ask the mother if she has any questions and will explain what will happen, if that has not already occurred.
Once everything is set, the patient will be taken to the operating room (OR). The nurse may or may not do a shave of the pubic area, depending on the physician's preference. A Foley bladder catheter is inserted to drain the bladder so that it is not in the way of the operating field (basically, they deflate it). At this point, the anesthesiologist takes over. If the indication is not urgent, the patient will receive a regional anesthetic (most likely a spinal) so she stays awake, but the region being worked on is numb. In this way, the patient does not have to be intubated as she is breathing on her own. This is considered to be much safer than a general anesthetic where the patient is put under and is not conscious. (Much nicer to be conscious for your baby's birth.)
If the baby has been continuously monitored up to this point, the monitors are taken away so that the abdomen can be prepared for surgery. The preparation consists of applying sterilizing solutions to kill all the germs on the surface of the skin. Many times it is an iodine solution. If you're allergic to iodine, let the doctor know earlier. Also, let them know if you're allergic to latex.
Before the surgery begins, a hip roll is placed beneath the patient's right hip, to tilt her slightly to the left. They do this for the same reason that the doctors don't want you sleeping on your back during the latter stages of pregnancy because the uterus being heavy can rest on the vena cava, which can restrict the blood flow to the baby.
The patient is then draped, and the surgeons take their places on either side of the patient. Often, there is a second surgeon (who might be a resident) assisting the primary surgeon (your doctor). Obviously, the primary surgeon will be the person performing the operation.
At this point, the surgeon will check with the anesthesiologist to verify that the anesthesia is adequate in other words, they will do a test to make sure the patient can't feel anything in the appropriate area and therefore is ready for surgery. Now the father or significant other is allowed into the operating room. That person will be draped in a gown and facemask to preserve the sterile environment, and he (or she) will be positioned at the head of the bed next to you.
The drape is elevated above the patient's chest so that her face is shielded from the operative field. This is done for two reasons: Doctors want to keep the patient's face shielded from anything that could splatter on it; they also don't want her seeing the trauma of her innards coming out. Let's face it that would be a disgusting thing to witness. So, it's a combination of emotional and physical safety issues.
Next, the doctor makes the incision in the skin. Typically, it's called a Pfannenstiel skin incision (otherwise known as a bikini cut), which is a horizontal incision just above the pubic hairline. Several layers of tissue are cut before the surgeon is inside reaching the uterus.
From the patient's perspective, all she should feel is a little bit of pressure or tugging and pulling, but she shouldn't feel any sharpness or pain.
After the surgeon reaches the uterus, he will study the anatomy to decide where the baby is lying and where to make the cut to optimize getting the baby out. There will be some gentle dissection behind the bladder in order to create a space to expose the incision site on the uterus. The reason the surgeon takes so much care is that he is trying to preserve the mother's option of having a baby vaginally in the future.
The physician will make a low-transverse uterine incision. The incision will be large enough to pull the baby out, possibly 8-10 centimeters (the doctor can stretch it more with his hands). The surgeon will go slowly before the next cut, with the assistant suctioning away the blood that obscures the surgeon's vision. There is lots of blood pouring into the hole he is cutting, so he must trust his tactile feel to reduce injury to the baby. Once the doctor feels that he is inside the uterus, he will stretch open the incision and put one hand inside to protect and deliver the baby's head. Usually, he will be aided by an assistant who is applying pressure on the top of the uterus to push the baby forward.
The baby's head can't be pulled out until it's actually peeking out. The surgeon will use a little force to push the mother's uterus down, thereby squeezing the baby out of the incision.
From the mother's perspective, she'll feel tugging and a lot of pressure. She will not be asked to push, but she will definitely be aware of the tugging and pulling.
The Baby Delivered by C-Section
When the baby is delivered, there tends to be a lot of amniotic fluid that comes out, so the doctor will suction the baby's mouth and nose to aid the baby's breathing efforts. He'll clamp the umbilical cord, cut the cord between two clamps, and one of the doctors will hand the baby to a nurse so that the baby can go immediately to a warmer. (The doctor might show you the baby briefly, but don't count on it. The immediate concern is to get the baby evaluated.) After the baby is on the warmer, the neonatal resuscitative team (NNR) will work on the baby and make sure that it is progressing as it should.
The way the staff handles a baby delivered by Cesarean is different than the way they handle a vaginal birth because of the increased risk to both mother and baby in a C-section. For example, the baby may have more of an adjustment or transition period from intrauterine to extrauterine life by being delivered from a C-section. In a vaginal delivery, the squeezing of going through the birth canal pushes the fluid in the baby's lungs out and can facilitate breathing of the baby once it's delivered. However, in a C-section, depending upon whether labor occurred or not, much of this fluid may still remain in the baby's lungs, so the baby is often given oxygen and the baby's back is massaged (palpation) to increase the expulsion of fluid.
The Surgery Continues...
Once the baby is out, the OB will focus his attention back on the mother (his primary patient) because she is still bleeding from the uterus, which must be controlled immediately. The placenta is delivered next. The surgeon places his hand inside the uterus and peels the placenta off the uterine wall. Simultaneously, the anesthesiologist administers Pitocin, which will help the uterus squeeze down upon itself to cut down on the blood loss. Typically, if the patient hasn't received antibiotics up to this point, she will receive them now. Antibiotics are a key factor because they will reduce the chances of infection, since virtually all the contents of the uterus have spilled into the patient's abdominal cavity , including lots of bacteria (not to be too graphic here, but yeech I'm beginning to notice that doctors get a kick out of describing gross stuff).
Once the placenta is out, the doctor focuses on closing the incision he made. There tends to be a lot of bleeding at this juncture, so visualization is a challenge. The team uses a combination of suction and gauze sponges to find out where they need to sew. They start at one end of the uterine incision and work across to the other side, closing the incision site. Often, the OB will perform a second layer of closure on top of the first one. Some doctors feel that this is helpful to prevent a uterine rupture in the future.
Next, the surgeon will look for any signs of bleeding that haven't been addressed yet and cauterize those areas. The pelvic region may be irrigated with sterile water or saline. The doctor will remove any large clots and begin the closure of the various layers of incisions that were previously incised, including the skin. The skin may be closed with suture materials or staples.
From the Doctor's Perspective...
Studies show that the healing rates from using either staples or suture material are the same. Dr. John, however, likes sutures better because they are dissolvable. "With staples, you have to remove them in three days, say the morning of going home. Sutures don't have to be removed since they dissolve on their own. Some doctors think it's faster to work with staples, but I still prefer sutures."
The Pitfalls of Surgery
Compared to a vaginal delivery, the risk for the mother in a C-section is generally twice that of a vaginal birth for bleeding, infection, and other complications. Having said that, the overall risk of having a complication is one to three percent.
The mother could also have injury to other organs, including the bladder and intestines. In rare cases, the uterus may continue to bleed despite conservative efforts to stop the bleeding. In those situations, it's possible that a hysterectomy might have to be performed. This would be done as a last resort to save a woman's life. The decision is never taken lightly. With any surgery, there is also the risk of scar tissue or adhesions, which could cause pain later.
One of the obvious risks for the baby is that the doctor could cut the baby's skin with the scalpel. Because the baby's head or face is pressed against the uterus, the doctor has to go very slowly and carefully when incising the uterus, clearing away blood before making his every cut. That is where experience and touch come into play for the surgeon, who is often blinded by the extensive amount of blood. Other injuries the baby could suffer might be a neck injury, as it is being pulled out.
Post-Op and Recovery
After the woman is all stitched up, she is transported (referred to as towed in the Navy) to the recovery room for at least an hour. There her vital signs are monitored to make sure there are no significant complications from surgery that would require her to go back to the OR. If the baby is doing fine, she may see the baby at this point, or she may have to wait until she goes to her room. Sometimes, it's hard for family members to visit in the recovery room due to privacy issues with other patients, so don't expect a lot of visitors.
Typically, your OB will sit down and explain how the surgery went and answer any questions. Afterwards, the patient is transferred to a recovery room or a postpartum room, where she will stay until she is discharged, which will probably be in two or three days, barring complications.
The Day of the Surgery
The day of the surgery, if you're the patient, you will feel pretty tired and have some pain issues. You will be required to rest a lot. The catheter will stay in place so that you don't have to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. Pain medicines will be administered through an IV. You will not be allowed to eat at first, although fluids are provided. Mostly, you'll just want to rest (and see your baby, of course).
The First Day Post-Op
By the first day after surgery (post-operative Day 1), the doctor will evaluate you to make sure you're stable. The bandage will be removed so the doctor can look at the incision, and then it will be left uncovered. The Foley catheter is removed. The patient is asked to begin walking, if she hasn't already done so.
Walking will be a little bit challenging at first, but with effort, the majority of women find they can walk pretty well by the end of the first day. Dr. John always asks patients to sit up for a few minutes first to make sure they aren't dizzy, and then stand up with a hand close to the bed to give themselves another minute before they walk around the room.
You will still have an IV with fluid flowing. You should sit in a chair if you're tired but don't feel like sleeping. If you're tired, use the bed to sleep, but if you're not tired, doctors prefer that you try to use the chair. Sitting and walking not only restores confidence, but also helps prevent clots from forming in the legs. You'll be asked to increase your walking daily.
It's time for food, if you feel like eating. The first meal you will eat will be a soft diet of easily chewed foods. If those are tolerated well, you'll advance to eating regular foods.
The Second Day Post-Op
On the second day, the hospital staff and your doctor will evaluate your progress and take a blood test to make sure you haven't lost too much blood. You'll continue to walk the hallways, obviously more than the day before. In some instances, patients may recover so well that they can be discharged at the end of the day, but this is usually reserved for post-op Day 3.
The Third Day Post-Op
On post-op Day 3, you'll be examined, the staples will be removed if necessary, and you'll be given instructions on how to take care of yourself at home. Things to watch out for include fevers, increased vaginal bleeding (more than a period), and pain that is not responding to pain meds that could indicate complications from surgery. The doctor will recommend that you don't lift anything heavier than your baby.
Home Care
For six weeks, you should watch for all of the above (fever, vaginal bleeding, and pain), but precautions also should include not placing anything inside the vagina (this means no tampons, douching, or sexual intercourse). Some doctors recommend driving restrictions (meaning don't drive) from three to four weeks or longer.
Don't forget to make a follow-up appointment with the OB who delivered your baby. Make the appointment within four to six weeks after the delivery (that means you'll have to call for an appointment as soon as you get home you know how these doctors are with their schedules). If you have any questions regarding your recovery, however, always call your doctor ASAP.
As far as wound care goes, you can take a shower, but don't rub the incision while showering. Let the water run over it and take a bar of antibacterial soap, make a dollop of suds in your hands and apply it gently to the incision, let the suds sit for a minute, and then rinse them off. Use a clean towel and pat the incision dry, don't rub it. If you want to use Bacitracin or Neosporin ointment and rub it on, it might reduce scarring. (But, first make sure you're not allergic to either of those products.) Taking a bath is acceptable once your bleeding has decreased significantly. Be careful not to slip while getting out of the tub. For the first couple of weeks, a shower is preferable.
For painkillers, the majority of women can take Motrin or Ibuprofen. Make sure you take any medicine with food or milk, assuming that there are no contraindications to that. Take medicine regularly for the first couple of days after surgery. Most doctors will also provide a narcotic-based medicine as well. Dr. John recommends trying the Ibuprofen first and then the narcotics the reason being, Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory, which will address the cause of the problem, whereas the narcotic simply masks the pain. Be aware that the Ibuprofen might have gastro-intestinal side effects. The narcotics also have side effects, including drowsiness, which could increase your chances for clotting and constipation if you're sleeping and not walking (unless, of course, you sleepwalk). Instead, try taking the narcotic at night if you're going to take it.
For the six weeks after surgery, use walking as your main source of exercise. Avoid setups or crunches or anything that could weaken or tear the incision.
The Unexpected C-Section
Obviously, if you have an unexpected c-section, then it is probably an emergency situation. Many of the same procedures will be followed, but probably faster OK, possibly at lightning or warp speed on the part of the hospital staff. The father or significant other may or may not be allowed in the operating room. It will depend on the severity of the situation.
The Absolute Minimum
There is no getting around the fact that a c-section is an operation that requires cutting, and as such, it can be dangerous. Fortunately, with the advent of antibiotics and improvements in surgical techniques, it is a relatively normal procedure that is performed routinely and successfully every day around the world. Still, be aware of what it entails and ask questions before you get to the point where you need a c-section.
Reproduced from Absolute Beginner's Guide to Pregnancy, by John Adams and Marta Justak, by permission of Pearson Education. Copyright © 2005 by Que Publishing. Please visit Amazon to order your own copy.
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If you bet on the result of a soccer match, you usually have three possibilities. You bet
- 1 - if you think the home team will win
- X - if you think the match ends in a draw
- 2 - if you think the away team will win
Lets say we have the following soccer match with the following betting quotes:
Kansas City vs. Portland - 1 = 1.92, X = 3.57, 2 = 5.00
This means: If you think Portland (In the opinion of the bookie, the underdog) will win the match, you bet on 2
Example (I bet \$100): In case Portland wins I win \$400 $$100*5.00-100 = 400$$ $$stake*quote-stake = net win$$ (When Portland loses the match, or it ends in a draw, I'll lose my stake)
Now, some bookies offer a so-called double chance bet. This kind of bet takes one possibility out. That leaves you to following bets. You bet
- 1/X - if you think the home team will win or the match ends in a draw
- X/2 - if you think the away team will win or the match ends in a draw
This variant is perfect if you think Portland will win the match, or at least it will end up in a draw. To calculate this quotes I use the following formula: (Q1 = 1st quote 1, Q2 = 2nd quote)
For the 1/X bet $$ 1/(1/1.92+1/3.57) = 1.25 $$
For the X/2 bet $$ 1/(1/3.57+1/5) = 2.08 $$
Now comes my math problem: When the bookie does not offer a double chance bet, I want to create it my self: With two single bets. For the Kansas City vs. Portland bet I'd like to place a X/2 bet. The quote for the bet is as I showed before 2.08. I want to place \$100 on it. When I win the bet, I'll get \$108 net win:
$$100*2.08-100 = 108$$
How do I have to split the money on two (X and 2) single bets, to win \$108, when Portland wins or the match ends in a draw?
I got to the solution for this case by trying out. But with the result in my hand, I still don't get the formula to calculate it.
I bet \$58.35 on X and \$41.65 on 2
$$ 58.35*3.57-58.53-41.65 ≈ 108$$ and $$ 41.65*5.00-41.65-58.53 ≈ 108$$
Notice the last subtraction. You have to subtract the stake of the other bet. Because when Portland wins, I win only the 2 bet and lose the stake for the X bet.

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GPS unit which one ?
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Originally,bought it for the trip to Montana.Around September 7,2007,had an accident which resultedin not going at all.Happened on Saturday.Was to leave on Monday.BTW,the guy turned (left turn) in front of me.A failure to yield to the right of way.2 vehicles passed me going beyond 35 MPH.I was doing 35 on the nose.He didn't see me when I "T boned" him.No points taken off my record.The GPS sat around collecting dust.Figured someone else could make use of it.So out the door it went.
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I've got 1:24,000 topo maps on my Garmin Oregon, but it cost a hell of alot more than $200! The Garmin 60cx is one of the top rated hunting GPS's out there, but unless you buy used it is over your budget also...
I think it actually depends on what you want. Lots of cool color graphics out there to buy on some GPS's. But there is also lots of good topographic information on a 1:24,000 map quadrangle. Like .45 Colt, I'll take a folded up map in my pack and a Silva compass around my neck or in a shirt pocket. I do carry a bushnell back tracker which is GPS based, it is a great piece of equipment for around $60 bucks. Check it out....http://www.bushnell....cktrack/360053/
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Wish I saw this thread sooner, could have helped you out. Cabelas had the Garmin 60 CSX for about $200 recently. I was in the Reno store last week and they had them there. Website for Cabelas shows them as sold out now.
Thanks CPC members Amazon .com has much better prices then any one else. Been reading up on those German 60 cx
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I have downloaded the offline maps. That way no signal is required! All the maps are free. High res topos as well as color USGS aerial maps. And since it is on an SD card, lots of room and no moving parts to have problems with temperatures.Darren
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Excellent point S.J. My old Magellan Meridian Platinum GPS has got me back to my vehicle or campsite after following tracks or a wounded animal more than once. Things like night fall, fog, rolling sand dunes, thick brush/trees, etc., etc., off the beaten trails and in wide open public hunting areas make it easy for human error to play a big part in disorientation. I also use my topos and compass like many others for planning and location of areas.Happy Hunting,Rick
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Tax Efficiency
Tax Efficiency
What it means, why it counts.
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A little phrase that may mean a big difference. When you read about investing and other financial topics, you occasionally see the phrase "tax efficiency" or a reference to a "tax-sensitive" way of investing. What does that really mean?
The after-tax return vs. the pre-tax return. Everyone wants their investment portfolio to perform well. But it is your after-tax return that really matters. If your portfolio earns you double-digit returns, those returns really aren't so great if you end up losing 20% or 30% of them to taxes. In periods when the return on your investments is low, tax efficiency takes on even greater importance.
Tax-sensitive tactics. Some methods have emerged that are designed to improve after-tax returns. Money managers commonly consider these strategies when determining whether assets should be bought or sold.
Holding onto assets. One possible method for realizing greater tax efficiency is simply to minimize buying and selling to reduce capital gains taxes. The idea is to pursue long-term gains, instead of seeking short-term gains through a series of steady transactions.
Tax-loss harvesting. This means selling certain securities at a loss to counterbalance capital gains. In this scenario, the capital losses you incur are applied against your capital gains to lower your personal tax liability. Basically, you're making lemonade out of the lemons in your portfolio.
Assigning investments selectively to tax-deferred and taxable accounts. Here's a rather basic tactic intended to work over the long run: tax-efficient investments are placed in taxable accounts, and less tax-efficient investments are held in tax-advantaged accounts. Of course, if you have 100% of your investment money in tax-deferred accounts, then this isn't a consideration.
How tax-efficient is your portfolio? It's an excellent question, one you should consider. But this brief article shouldn't be interpreted as tax or investment advice. If you'd like to find out more about tax-sensitive ways to invest, be sure to talk with a qualified financial advisor who can help you explore your options today. What you learn could be eye-opening.
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Thanks Abe, in for 5. These are great for loaners.
tempting... but a 1 gb usb? ...... if it was a 4 GB i will defently buy. I will pass
At $1.00 each these are like the disposable ziploc containers of flash drives. Who cares if you loan it to someone with some files and they forget to give it back.
In for 10 so we'll have one for everybody and a couple of spares. Load customized, bootable Hirens images on these guys and my techs will be able to do everything from a last minute virus sweep to a complete wipe and reload using networked images. In fact at least once a day we will be loading Windows 7 on Lenovo laptops. I'll be MISTER Icehole for at least a month.
In for fifteen. The kids lose flash drives at an alarming rate and considering these will never hold more than a school paper or a couple pictures, a gig is ample space.
Good deal, especially for sharing photos with family and friends.
Wow these must be HEAVY, shipping to Australia is $125.00..Perhaps Hand Delivery?
In for 8. These are perfect for Linux Live USB keys and other bootable utilities. I like to have keys dedicated to certain recovery utilities so I don't have to keep creating them from scratch on the same few thumb drives. These are also nicer than CD because they can be updated easier.
I tried to bu yon my phone an hour ago and Paypal didn't work so i decided to wait until i got to mu computer and it is sold out. Either that or the store is broken both the link provided and an actual search bring up a home page.
I think Abes killed this deal.
I had it in my cart, had to create an account to check out (can't just purchase anonymously) and my cart was empty after account creation. Item won't add to cart, clicking on it takes you back to Abe's home page.
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Anyone able to actually get this processed?
If not this company is going on my profanity list.
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I have a question: Find the Laplace transform of $$ \frac{1}{s^2(s^2+4)}. $$ Now I also do have its solution. I wanted to know why do we Laplace inverse integral method (Please correct me if the name of the method is wrong) and not just simply take its Laplace inverse (i.e use linearity principle and find the Laplace of $\frac{1}{s^2}$ and $\frac{1}{s^2+4}$ separately and multiply them)?
Use partial fractions: $$ \frac{1}{s^2(s^2+4)} = \frac{A}{s} + \frac{B}{s^2} + \frac{Cs+D}{s^2 + 4} $$ Find $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ and then apply linearity.
Linearity says that you can find inverse Laplace transforms of the terms in a sum and then add them, but it doesn't say you can find inverse Laplace transforms of the factors in a product and then multiply them.
Because that's not how linearity works. The definition of a map $T: V \to W$ being linear is that $T(a_1v_1 + a_2v_2) = a_1T(v_1) + a_2T(v_2)$. Nowhere does it speak anything about $T(v_1v_2)$ - in fact "$v_1v_2$" doesn't even have a meaningful definition for most vector spaces.
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I am asked this question many times in the interviews.
What was your most challenging project -- and why?
I get confused about which project to tell them and why some project would look challenging or non-challenging. What are they looking for in the answer? Any software is a challenge before it gets started and it becomes a normal software engineering task after it has finished. All softwares I made were challenging until they got finished. Do I misunderstood the word "challenge"? What's wrong in my thinking?
What's an appropriate and constructive way to approach this question?


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BUCKHANNON, W.Va. - Weirton Post 10 erupted for six runs in the top of the seventh inning to cement a 10-2 victory over Fairmont at the Hillbilly Classic Friday at Buckhannon-Upshur High School.
Post 10 (2-1) plays a doubleheader today with the first game at noon against Sissonville at Philip Barbour High School.
Tory Fuscardo went the distance, striking out five and walking one.
Dom Silvestri singled twice for two RBIs. Matt Cessna added a pair of RBIs on a single and Fargo Carmerlengo singled twice and drove in a run.
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FAIRMONT: Riley (LP, 6K, 9BB) and Lambert; McCullough D.
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STEUBENVILLE - The Big Red Boosters Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the high school conference room. Coach Reno Saccoccia will discuss the upcoming football season schedule. All are welcome. Memberships are available.
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A 3300-mile non-stop running relay from Los Angeles to Boston will pass through Steubenville on June 26. The event is being organized by a trio from the United Kingdom who wanted to show their support for Boston following the tragic events of April 15.
One Run For Boston started in Venice Beach, Calif. on June 7 and is scheduled to reach Boston at 8 p.m. on June 30.
Hundreds of runners from across the United States will keep the relay going around the clock through 14 states and four time zones, passing a specially designed baton between them. Supporters will be able to follow their progress online thanks to a GPS tracking device fitted to the baton which will update its location every 15 minutes.
Trishelle Himmelrick from Weirton and Alana Coleman from Moon Township signed up to run stage No. 249 from Steubenville to Eldersville Pa., a distance of 11 miles.
"When the news from Boston reached us on April 15, we were completely stunned" said Danny Bent, one of the organizers. "It took a little while to digest what had happened, but we each reacted in exactly the same way - we just knew we had to do something."
By collecting donations from each of the participating runners, the relay is raising money for The One Fund Boston, set up by the Mayor of Boston to assist the victims and families most seriously affected by the bombings. The One Run For Boston team have recently confirmed that donations made by runners who sign up to run in Oklahoma will be donated to the Disaster Relief Fund set up in the wake of last month's devastating tornado.


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WINSTED — Experience is definitely on the side of John Lippincott, and he's proving it not only with his arm and legs, but his quarterback savvy.
A four-year varsity starter, including three as a signal-caller for the Gilbert-Northwestern football team, Lippincott has been given the green light by his head coach, Scott Salius, to run plays in the preseason.
"I have complete faith and confidence to let him call the plays and take the team up and down the field," said Salius. "He's every bit of the quarterback of his brother Bobby (a former Gilbert-Northwestern standout) although he lacks the size of his brother. John is a better runner in the open field and has passed for more yards than his brother the past two seasons."
The one thing that Bobby Lippincott has done that John is working toward is leading the Yellowjackets to the playoffs, doing so in 2010. Two consecutive 7-3 seasons and two narrow misses for the postseason are motivating factors for John Lippincott, who helped the Northwestern Highlanders to the Berkshire League baseball title last spring and a Class M runner-up prize.
With another opportunity in front of him, Lippincott is taking little for chance, saying that Friday's scrimmage with Watertown and today's controlled scrimmage at Torrington are true measuring sticks to see where the team is.
"It's exciting," said Lippincott during a break from Thursday's double sessions at Gilbert. "We have a lot of experienced players returning. But we had three linemen leaving (graduated in the spring) and we need to
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find guys to fill the spots. Now is the time. You have to be hungry if you want to become a starter."
Which does he prefer? Offense or defense.
"Being a quarterback, a safety and a captain, you have to be a leader," said Lippincott. "You can't choose. I try to take advantage of every situation."
Lippincott, who passed for 1,245 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2012, has steadily improved his overall game, but is still trying to tinker with his mechanics.
After tossing 14 interceptions last season, Lippincott found a quick response to a glaring area to improve upon.
"Ball security," said Lippincott. "A lot of the interceptions came in a few games. I had four against Avon and four against Stafford. In some cases, I tried to do to much, and in some, my mechanics were bad."
The good thing is that Lippincott is fully aware of how to fix the problems. And with the supporting cast, the Yellowjackets' play-action offense is in good shape.
Lippincott won't have the pressure to make all of the plays himself with Division I-A prospect and senior tailback/outside linebacker Tony Ortiz Jr., a Northwestern senior, junior tight end Paxton Lewis-Franklin, wide receiver Nick Pedrolini and junior fullbacks Matt Nieves and Aiden Teliler.
As a junior, Ortiz Jr. rushed for 1,280 yards and 13 TDs and sported consistent numbers — 183 yards, 4 TDs vs. Enfield; 184 yards, 2 TDs vs. Stafford; and 185 yards, 2 TDs vs. Granby.
"Tony is absolutely rock steady," said Salius. "He doesn't need any coaching. There isn't any running back drill that will make him better. There's something about his genetic makeup that makes him special."
Ortiz Jr. is the son of ex-Crosby and Nebraska player Tony Ortiz.
Another special up-and-coming player is Lewis-Franklin, a 15-year-old junior out of Gilbert, who played defensive end in 2012 and will double as a tight end.
Lewis-Franklin credits former Yelloowjackets' player Kyle Gain and all of his coaches for teaching him the nuances of the game.
At 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, Lewis-Franklin has the intangibles of speed, quickness and soft hands, according to Salius, to become a complete player.
"Our tight end has been our leading receiver for the past five years," said Salius. "We graduated our tight end (Thomas Casey), so we moved Paxton from tackle to tight end and it was a natural move. We are going to use all of his athletic assets."
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A bunch of folks worked on getting the touch panels working. Then another bunch of folks wanted to setup some sort of crazy control Noisebridge in case of a fire thing with it, SCADA.
Fast forward a few months, the touch panels really haven't gotten that much use out of them. Currently the boot image for the panel starts up linux, runs Iceweasle full screen and points to a URL on Pony. All that's left is whipping some HTML together to make a neat interface that provides information and control regarding things we currently have in the space.
- Setup a system where anyone can create apps and content for this system.
- "Don't suggest it and walk away, implement it instead!"
Back end
- Web apps!
- Everyone can write web pages!
- You touch the touch panel and it clicks
- You drag on the touch panel and it moves the mouse
- When the thing boots it brings up a browser full screen
- After a time out the browser resets to a "main menu" of sorts
- Includes current time
- After a time out the box brings up some sort of interesting screen saver
- The browser is killed and restarted once every 3 hours to help with getting stuck in a weird state
- Possibly displaying the current time
- When navigating away from the main menu, there's a "home bar" at top
- Link to the menu
- Title of the current page
- Current time
- Open the gate
- Control X10 lights
- Simplistic jukebox
- Currently playing on the main menu
- Control the mediacenter
- A "internet browser" interface
- Local restaurants and menus for each
- Bus times
- Bart Times
- Listing of events at Noisebridge, or the new scheduler
- Weather
- With some info on the main menu
- Watch a hacker space, links to web cams for other spaces
- Scroll bars are going to be tricky
- Navigating to pages outside of the panel site might lead to the browser getting into a weird state. The dumb fix is to kill and restart the browser session every once in a while (3 hours sounds good).


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In a recent (and to me, very beautiful) paper, entitled "Relational EPR",
Smerlak and Rovelli present a way of thinking about EPR which relies upon Rovelli's previously published work on relational quantum mechanics (see http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609002 ). In relational quantum mechanics, there is no non-locality, but the definition of when an event occurs is weakened from Einstein's strict definition and instead is localized to each observer-measurement apparatus, including subsequent observers. There are (informal) coherence assumptions to ensure the consistency of reports from different subsequent observers (all possible friends of Wigner).
All of this seems very similar to various results in modern categorical mathematics. Is there a standard mathematical structure which well describes the structure of the space of localized measurements which Rovelli has envisioned? I know of Isham's work on topos theory and quantum mechanics, but I think he is aiming at something a little different.
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Challenge: Create a Woot-off Theme!
This thread gave me an idea via @lumpthar, who posted:
"Maybe look for some more special items for the Woot-offs, like rocketships and unicorns."
So throw down your idea, and be sure to find a sample product to go with it!
Mod disclaimer: No promises, this is for fun, okay?
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Dream Cheeky wootoff!
How about one of those annoyatrons?
Panasonic makes these bamboo speakers, see. Woot's already neck-deep in speakers, so why not?
Bamboo's just so cool!
Also...found this bamboo trike created by Monash University (whoever they are).
Looks like it's just a concept at this point, but maybe sport.woot could make it happen...
Facebook stock wootoff you can advertise it as 50% off origional MSRP.
Frogs, please. LEAK FROGS in particular. But there are hundreds/thousands of other frog items.
...and on and on. Did I mention LEAK FROGS??
kittens, puppies and unicorns
Hmm... it could work.
GEEK (star wars, star trek, doctor who, lord of the rings, monty python)
GAMER (video, tabletop, etc.)
Back to the Future...you can have deals with 1985 prices.(Not 2015 prices, severely inflated ;) ) You can also sell retro and futuristic looking items!
Some sort of *punk. Diesel, Steam, Cyber...you get the drift.
@studerc: I like that idea! Might be a great time to pick up Pepsi Free, or games like Pong. Who knows.
Booze woot-off. Free bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue with every purchase.
Tea Time woot off? XD Sell all things Tea and tea related
Kitties, frogs, puppies...hmmmm almost anything cutesy!
I'm all for a geek woot-off. But, I'd probably not be able to afford half the stuff I would want, lol!
Since woot seems to follow every other gimmick on the internet.. why not a Green theme. ie : Save the Earth featuring solar chargers, wind turbines, reusable grocery bags , battery-less LED flashlights etc..
I'm down for a caffeine wootoff.
I know, a flying monkey woot-off!
Bunnies, lots of Bunnies!
@lotsofgoats: I wouldn't mind a meat/cheese/olive oil/candy woot off. I need stuff to load into this year's Christmas gift baskets.
made in china!
made in the usa!
Does it matter? This was suppose to be a Bacon Woot-Off and I have yet to see one bacon flavored item, an item containing any part of pig, an item even referencing a swine, or even one item with oink, moo, cluck or anything else food related. Putting the word "bacon" in front of a speaker dock doesn't do it for me. I'm sorry.
@firebirdude: You missed the maple-bacon flavored 5 pack of suckers then. They didn't last long.
You also apparently missed the bacon spread on wine.woot, and today's shirt.woot
@zuiquan and @lotsofgoats: Very helpful, thank you! :)
And now, back to the brainstorming!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up September 19th, so I would look avast for all things pirate-y. Shirt.woot can plunder the better half of Pirates vs.Ninjas. Kids.woot can dig up some Pirates of the Carribeean movie treasures. Home.woot can pillage some shiny silver for the galley, while Sport.woot provides the knives for pillaging. Wine.woot could ration out the rum, and Tech.woot could provide the storage for the electronic ill-gotten booty. Woot could just randomly board the other sites throughout the day, bringing along Sellout to swab their respective decks. Of course, I would also expect a sighting of the Pirate-caped screaming monkeys, a shanty sounding woot-off theme, and lots of "Arrgh! Worst Woot-off ever!" with "bungs of casks" jokes in the comments. It would be splendid in a Jack Sparrow sort of way.
Kind of late to this conversation, and since @no1 filled the forum with ideas, I will just agree with studerc.
Across the board Random Woot! - based on price points.
@jsimsace: filled the forum? why, i bet there are DOZENS of nouns in the english language that haven't even been mentioned yet!
I can't believe no one mentioned chocolate...everyone loves chocolate and the world is filled with chocolate stuff.
Chocolate. All told.
@no1: Not to mention the other parts of sentences. I think verbs are also allowed here. Please refrain. :)
Vice woot-off! Caffeine, chocolate, booze, etc. Would do best on wine.woot
7 deadly deals woot-off. Pick a different theme for each of the standard sites (-sellout)
Also..Dog shaming. This is a thing.
With Halloween coming up, you could do a mid to late September Woot Off that was Pirate/Zombie/Ninja themed. Maybe even officially "retire" those as well.
Or a Woot-Off Battle between Sports.Woot and Tech.Woot (also help raise brand awareness for those 2) that was a Geeks Vs Jocks sort of theme. Whichever site has the highest sales rate at the end of the woot-off is the site that gets the BOC. Might be a little more tricky to do that last part though.
I just came up with the perfect one.
Crap! As in bag of crap, you could sell all those random little oddities that come in bags of crap.......and more bags of crap! Everyone wins that way! :)
Surprised no one's mentioned this as it comes with a soundtrack: Born In The USA. And, of course @no1 beat me to it. Skip reading tiny print on iPad always leads to trouble ; )
@dreamyvelvet: Waffle vs. Pancakes = both breakfast and genius
@lonelypond: I like you thought ahead and even thought about the theme song!


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My books on ancient Greece are pretty old. And they have have the same explanation for Doric vs. Ionic ethnicity/history.
Are there any archaeological evidence for a Dorian invasion?
My books on ancient Greece are pretty old. And they have have the same explanation for Doric vs. Ionic ethnicity/history.
Are there any archaeological evidence for a Dorian invasion?
There are no conclusive archaeological evidence for the event, or series of events that's today known as the Dorian invasion. Even the name of the theory itself is problematic, as it suggests a violent and perhaps swift large scale event, an oft used alternative1 is "Dorian migration", while in Greek the event is known as "Κάθοδος των Δωριέων", the descent of the Dorians, with the term "descent" suggesting a migratory movement from North to South, without necessarily suggesting an invasion or occupation.
The commonly quoted archaeological evidence that suggest a violent event is the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces, possibly by invaders. Linear B disappears after the destruction of the palaces, further suggesting that the destruction was the result of outside forces. However it has been argued that the series of Linear B tablets found in Pylos attribute the destruction to the Sea Peoples, and not Dorians2:
As for literary evidence, Herodotus in passage 56 of the first book (Κλειώ) of his Ιστορίαι (Histories) writes:
And on passage 27 of the ninth book (Καλλιόπη) he mentions:
The events Herodotus describes and the legend of the Return of the Heracleidae3 seem to suggest that a violent large scale event that today would be described as an invasion, and perhaps occupation, did take place in the general area and general timeframe the invasion of the Dorians is commonly placed.
However it should be noted that Herodotus is not the most trustworthy of historians, and today perhaps he wouldn't even qualify as a historian. Plutarch openly criticized the sometimes fictitious nature of the Histories in On the Malice of Herodotus, and Aristophanes mocked his recount of The Peloponnesian War in The Acharnians.
Without conclusive archaeological evidence, and with all literary evidence being a blend of history, politics, biased personal accounts, mythology, and perhaps outright lies, the concept of a Dorian invasion is still more of a theory, than fact. The period between 1200BC and 750BC is commonly called the Greek Dark Ages, and I'm afraid the name was aptly chosen.
1 Thomas Keightley used "migration" on Outlines of history and then switched to "invasion" on the The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy.
From my readings and understandings if this period Dorian migration is more sufficient and during this period there were several seemed issues regarding invasion but these can be attributed to illyrian and Phrygian movements as well as the still unknown sea people. There had been archaeological evidence which shows fortification of ethnic greeks throughout aetolia attica and northern mountainous parts of Greece such as epirus and Thessaly but not three same level of fortification throughout the pelloponnese leaving those to assume movement from the north. I would consider Dorian migration party of this upheaval from other external ethnos pissing down into the Balkans as they were moving towards kin like proto greeks away from external groups. This would also work towards Macedonian statements of constant war with paeonians, illyrians, Thracians as this was most prevalent in their history from 700~500's bc as their kingdom was constantly threatened from these groups and did not seen too stabilize till after liberation from the Persians in the 500's. Now i am not an authority as i am not a scholar in these areas but this is what i have learned as part of my formal education. But thus seems to be a rational conclusion to this period of Greek dark ages, seeing the first contact and arrival of new external forces from the north onto proto Greek and Greek peoples.


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It looks like art to me. I don't know if it was photographed as it was, randomly piled up in that school yard for some unknowh reason, or if it was interfered by Mr. Reichert to create a specific composition and convey a message. In any case, it has both: a beautiful composition and a message. I like it.
clean parts :)
This picture tells that how fast the computer parts and technology changes. What was advance yesterday is now out dated today. Nice colorful garbage. Thanks for the pics.
This picture tell that how fast the technology changes. What was advance yesterday is now out dated today. Nice colorful garbage. Thanks for the pics.
colorfull but dangerous
This just reminded me about Guiyu in China, the largest E-waste site on earth.
I'm not one to give rash or quick judgement to a photo by any means...But Really?!? I mean...I can run outside when I get off my computer, smash up some parts, lay my circuit boards in a pile, and take a shot of it with my iPhone and get a fairly close (not identical) image. I am by no means saying this photograph does not make a statement, nor am I saying it is a 'bad' photo. Just that I do not think it is 'Photo Of The Day' worthy on National Geographic. But Philippe, my hat's off to you on this one. I'm jealous. :)
nothing special at all. the picture should tell the story, this picture doesn't tell me anything.
Very colorful garbage. Or is it meant to be art? Sometimes it's hard to tell with modern art. Good photo.
This is the reality of the 'Virtual World'
It's a good thing parts are color-coded.....
Colourful and chaotic!!!
great actual shot!
To all you NERDS and GEEKS complaining about how they are not technically computer parts... that is not the point of this photo. This is an awesome capture. The arrangement is cluttered, tangled, and spontaneous- to me, this shot speaks volumes. One might infer, from this photo, that many of the technologies we use everyday (i.e., computers, television sets, mobile phones), particularly in developed nations, aren't built to last!
Also, I like how the circuit boards are juxtaposed with a water bottle, all atop dying grass.
Nice capture. These boards are from monitors and from the computers' power supply units.
i like how this is just a small picture out of a bigger one. when they try to get rid of these things, some countries dont really have a way to except for in the trash. this just gives me one more reason to enjoy how our world is turning out right now with all this going on about climate change. it seems to be helping out "more than one person" ..
Electronic circuit board garbage. The end result of the frenetic pace of innovations in electronics technology that creates a market demand for the latest new gadget that is likely more profitable than munitions in wartime.
Some geologists are theorizing that the earth has entered a new geological era - the anthropocene. The enterprise of human civilization is now creating a geological strata on the planet - of concrete, asphalt and yes, electronic circuit board garbage. And here's photographic evidence of it accumulating in French Polynesia!
Thank you for your comments everybody!
for me its the few stems of grass in the corner of the picture that encapsulates.. c'mon someone argue with me, is it grass?
¿De donde provienen estos residuos tecnologicos? seria preocupante si fueran "importados".
They are boards on a CRT monitor, not necessary TV, before the advent of flat-screen LED/LCD monitors. Technically they are not computer parts but who cares. The picture does not play with my sense of scale, and the tangled mass does not give me the feeling of gazing down into a dystopian mini-metropolis.
I must be missing something as I don't get it was a good shot!
All in the eye of the beholder
A colourful photo, for sure. However, some explanation of how these TV parts ended up in a school yard would be appropriate. An photo that tries to make an activist statement without appropriate context comes off as a bit disingenuous.
BTW, I believe that Jon b. is correct. I see no computer components in this photo.
I am not into photography but I am a big fan of amazing images captured on camera. This one is quite nice!
Amazing photo!
Trash of s*** from occidental developed country send to polute others place.....
So playful! So colorful! I love the part of the description that mentions the mini-metropolis. I remember being a child and looking at circuit boards and playing such a game in my mind. You can get lost in there forever!!
a good idea
They look more like old TV circuit boards to me - still, I like the photo
I don't know...
@Michael M you're reading between imaginary lines my friend.
@Michael M Wow! Thank you for this comment Michael!
@Allen Kemmett Yes it is, Allen :)
@Wendy Wilton alot of people think of the location of where it is and how amazing it is of how they are disposed of there than how sparse they are in other places (when people dont need them any more) and the mysterious connection between countries and civilizations and people.
@Robert Marceau I'm not into computers. To me, a monitor is part of the computer. I guess there are computers in every school nowadays. When they get too old, they dismantle them and try to recycle. If it's an activist statement to show this, so be it. You may have seen documentaries about the mountains of electronic just western (and other) countries send to remote villages in China, where people ruin their health trying to collect a few grams of precious metal. THIS is a statement.
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Women Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
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Wislawa Szymborska (1996)
Although highly acclaimed in her homeland, Polish writer Szymborska was largely unknown in the West until she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996. Szymborska, who often emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual, has been called an ironic moralist. Her verse is deceptively simple; her language colloquial, precise, and contained; and her tone detached and dryly sardonic.
Fun Fact: She wrote Dlatego zjemy [That's Why We Are Alive] (1952) and Pytania zadawane sobie [Questions Put to Myself] (1954) under Stalinist pressure, and has since repudiated them.
Source: Columbia Encyclopedia. Photo: Michal Kobylinski.
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I have asked a family member to replace an old light fixture in a large walk in closet with an actual electrical strip. The house is an 101 year old craftsman. There aren't any electrical outlets in that corner of the small house. The closet(has windows so it will be my office) I will need electricity for desktop pc, printer, at least one light, and just outside the closet I need to run at least two more lamps. Is that safe? Is it too much? We won't be doing iside wiring. Again only an old light fixture that has electrity running though an old fashion "flex tube" for lack of a better word.It is on the outside of the wall. ANY precautions or ideas?
The best answer to this is to leave the light as a light and have a qualified electrician run a three wire circuit (hot, neutral, ground) direct to your soon-to-be office. Your modern equipment needs it and disturbing any old turn of the century wiring is asking for disaster.
Having lived in an old house with Range, Pump and four circuits, adding any extra load to an ancient system without upgrading the wiring is a good indicator for having several fire detectors located in strategic places and keeping their batteries up to date.
Here is the problem (and its one I've run into in my own home): Those old houses were usually wired with just one or two circuits of knob and tube wiring. Then, over the years, people add to those circuits (usually overloading them) or add new circuits. Sometimes they even splice newer wire into the old stuff, so you think you're working with a new circuit when it really connects to old, crumbling, overloaded knob and tube wiring in a wall somewhere. If you can determine that your light is connected to any old knob and tube wiring (black, dirty-looking, crumbly insulation on the wires), then that is an automatic disqualification for adding anything else to the circuit. In fact, that wire should be replaced throughout the house as soon as possible. If your circuit uses newer, plastic coated wire (one black, one white, one bare copper) and you are SURE that new wire goes all the way back to the breaker box with no connections to old wire, then you can analyze your circuit to determine whether you can add more to it. Here's how:
First, go to your breaker box and turn off the breaker that controls that light. Note the number on the the switch. It's probably a 15 or a 20. This tells you how many amps the breaker is designed to let through to your circuit. Now, go through your house and figure out what stopped working (other than the one light in question) when you turned it off. Be sure to check outlets, lights, porch lights, appliances, etc. How much stuff quit working? If it was just a couple of lights, you're ok to add on to it. If it was a bunch of lights and outlets, then you're not. As a basic rule of thumb (for a DIY project, not a professional electrician) multiply the number on your breaker by 100, so it will be either 1500 or 2000. For every light bulb that quits working when you turn off the breaker, subtract 100 from that number. For the first outlet that quits working, subtract 1200 from the number (That's for the possibility of a vacuum cleaner getting plugged in to one outlet on the circuit). For additional outlets, look at what is plugged into them. Are they high power items, or just cell phone chargers, clock radios, and stuff like that? If it's just little stuff like that, subtract 50 for those outlets (in addition to the 1200 from the first outlet). Count lamps the same as a light bulb.
If a bathroom outlet stops working, don't add anything else to the circuit.
If a kitchen outlet stops working, don't add anything else to the circuit.
If any appliance, such as a washing machine, microwave, or space heater, stops working, don't add to the circuit.
If your circuit breaker is a 15, DON'T change it to a 20 to get more power! It doesn't work that way. If it's a 20, be sure to use 12 gauge wire for your expansion. If it's a 15, use 14 gauge wire.


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Welcome to Chilston Park Hotel, Lenham, Kent
A country house hotel in Kent
Over the years Chilston Park has been home to eminent politicians, writers, lords and viscounts. Today it is a classic British country house hotel with style and charm to spare but perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this four red star hotel is its unique styling, enhanced by antiques, some as old as the 17th century manor house.
Set back from tree-lined lanes, the manor house at Chilston Park sits in 22 acres of parkland and features a two AA Rosette restaurant. The Grade I listed hotel offers a wide variety of unique feature bedrooms, from mews Classic double rooms to the Manor House master suites.
The hotel offers the ideal setting for an intimate break, a romantic wedding or an inspiring meeting venue close to London.
Whether you are planning your first visit to us or are one of our many returning guests, we encourage you to treat the house as your own. So relax and enjoy these historic surroundings and allow us to deliver the high standards of guest care we pride ourselves upon.
Thierry Jung
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0845 072 7426 or 01622 859803
Sandway, Lenham, Kent ME17 2BE United Kingdom
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At a glance
- AA four red star inspector's choice country house hotel
- Set in 22 acres of parkland in Lenham, Kent
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- 53 bedrooms including seven feature bedrooms and three master suites
- Check in: 3pm, check out: 11am
- Easy access to the M20 J8/9 and M25 J3
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Is there a good nerve-like functor from simplicial objects in categories to simplicial sets which takes level-wise equivalences of categories to weak equivalences?
To give this some context, I'd like to extract a simplicial set from the Waldhausen S-construction applied to a category with cofibrations, and I realized that my standard way of taking a nerve is for simplicial categories (i.e. simplicial objects in categories for which the objects form a constant simplicial set), and this doesn't clearly apply to the S-construction.


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It is an elementary fact that when the number of variables exceeds the number of linear equations then the system has a nontrivial solution.
I want to know whether there is such thing about homogeneous polynomials of degree $2$ or $3$, that is, for every natural number $n$ there exists $N \in \mathbb{N}$ s.t. for every $m>N$, the system of equations consisting $n$ homogeneous polynomials of degree $2$ in $\mathbb{C}[x_1,...,x_m]$ (or of degree $3$ in $\mathbb{R}[x_1,...,x_m]$ or $\mathbb{C}[x_1,...,x_m]$) has a non-trivial solution?


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Nations/Leagues Loaded:
Northern Ireland (ALL)
Ireland (ALL)
Scotland (ALL)
Wales (ALL)
England (ALL)
France (Read-only top league)
Spain (Read-only top league)
Italy (Read-only top league)
Germany (Read-only top league)
Netherlands (Read-only top league)
With the last Football Manager, I had three long saves that I spent most of my time (individually) with all year. I managed to complete the dafuge challenge with Dartford and play on for a good number of seasons. I then attempted Gundo's European Adventure Challenge with a unknown side Newington Y.C. and was making steady progress towards completing the final task when the save crashed. I wasn't going to give up easily so I reloaded and found myself at Ballycastle United - here I made the same progress (although not as much as the previous save) but by the time I had reached around 2018 I had lost interest for one reason or the other. I personally think I just starting thinking more and more about FM11 and the great new addition of DLR.
So on one hand I'm dying to finally get a club from my home country, N.Ireland, into the Champions League and become a real massive franchise. However I also wish to maybe, have some sort of a journeyman career.
I called it like this: I'll load all of the home nations and I will begin in N.Ireland. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be - either way. O and the only reason I haven't loaded the nations outside the UK & Ireland was because I legitimately don't believe I actually would myself even if I was a good manager in reality.
And so I tried to think about if there was any club at all, or area of this country that I wanted to give some attention to. An area maybe that I love and therefore would put effort into their club moving to the next level. I had good think about it and I remember me and the other half love visiting Newcastle in Co.Down:
Mainly for it's little seaside atmosphere and it's awesome hotel and restaurant, the Slieve Donard.
And so I decided I would like to attempt to turn around the fortunes of Newcastle FC. The only issue I had was when contemplating how to get the pyramid enabled so I could work up from Newcastle's current position, I quickly remembered that we don't have a pyramid scheme outside the first three leagues (the playable leagues in FM) in reality.
So to make things easier somewhat and for simply less hassle, I opened the editor for the first and only time with FM11 and swapped some random club in the Championship 2 with Newcastle FC.
O and just to give you the general gist of it: They're dreadful. - one or two players, no staff, some money (no debt thank god) and a tiny pitch where they attempt to play the beautiful game.
Let the fun/disaster begin!


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Steel photo exhibit to open Oct. 1 at EGCC
September 23, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Librarian Alan Hall has a new appreciation for the local steel industry after he saw the black-and-white photos of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. plant....
Very sad to see the mill go, spent nearly 40 years there. Lots of memories good and bad. I hope someone puts in book form a CD would be great too.
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The following events occurred in the year 1993:
- Dolores Umbridge designs anti-werewolf legislation that makes it nearly impossible for those infected with lycanthropy to get jobs.[citation needed]
- The Sweetwater All-Stars beat the Quiberon Quafflepunchers after a five-day match.[citation needed]
- Hermione is granted a Time-Turner by the Ministry of Magic in order to take extra classes.[citation needed]
- 14 February: Gilderoy Lockhart holds a Valentine's Day celebration. Harry Potter receives an anonymous singing valentine (sent by Ginny Weasley). He then begins to use the old diary of Tom Riddle.[citation needed]
- 8 May: The basilisk petrifies Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater, removing Harry as a suspect behind the attacks. Rubeus Hagrid is sent to Azkaban and Albus Dumbledore is removed as headmaster of Hogwarts.[citation needed]
- 24 May: Harry and Ron Weasley enter the Forbidden Forest and meet Aragog.[citation needed]
- 29 May: Harry enters the Chamber of Secrets, where he kills the basilisk and stabs Tom Riddle's diary with a fang, destroying it and saving Ginny Weasley's life. When Professor Lockhart attempts to Obliviate Harry and Ron and take credit for the rescue, the spell backfires, wiping his memory.[citation needed]
- 30 May: Dobby the house-elf is freed from service to the Malfoy family after Harry tricks Lucius Malfoy into throwing a sock at him. Malfoy is removed from the school's Board of Governors and Hagrid and Dumbledore return to Hogwarts.[citation needed]
- July: The Granger family vacations in France, and the Weasley family in Egypt. Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban.[citation needed]
- 7 August: Harry Potter, angered by Marge Dursley insulting his late parents, magically inflates her, and then runs away to stay at the Leaky Cauldron.[citation needed]
- 31 August: Harry meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in Diagon Alley. Hermione purchases her pet Crookshanks.[citation needed]
- 1 September: Dementors board the Hogwarts Express during the trip to Hogwarts; Remus Lupin drives them away from Harry Potter, who fainted due to the power of the Dementors.
- 2 September: At 9 a.m., Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger have their first Divination class. Hermione also attends Muggle Studies and Arithmancy 9 a.m. as well. Later in the morning, they have Transfiguration. After lunch, Rubeus Hagrid teaches his first lesson of Care of Magical Creatures, where Draco Malfoy is injured by Buckbeak.
- 8 September: The Boggart that Remus Lupin used for his Defence Against the Dark Arts class, took up residence in the teacher's wardrobe in the Staffroom.
- 9 September: The Third year students have their first Defence Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Remus Lupin, where he shows them how to tackle a Boggart.
- 31 October: Sirius Black breaks into Hogwarts and slashes the Fat Lady's portrait while searching for Peter Pettigrew. The Fat Lady is succeeded by Sir Cadogan.[citation needed]
- Late December: Fred and George Weasley give Harry the Marauder's Map so that he can sneak into Hogsmeade.[citation needed]
- 25 December: Harry receives a Firebolt anonymously. Hermione, fearing that it was sent by Sirius Black and jinxed, turns it into Professor McGonagall, angering Harry and Ron.[citation needed]
Individuals that started at Hogwarts
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- Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk
- Hagrid's rooster
Behind the scenes
- 30 September: Ezra Miller, who played Credence, born.
- Hebe Beardsall, who played Ariana Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was born in July of this year to Jonny and Janie Beardsall.[1]
Notes and references
See also
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I want to make
WindowSize as constant so that the end user can not resize it either by dragging Window or by maximizing it.
Is there any in built
Mathematica function to do this?
I want to make
Is there any in built
You can achieve it by removing
For example, we generate a resizable standalone CDF and open it in Mathematica:
Then we remove the
Note the changing at the lower right corner. Now the window size of
As @VitaliyKaurov warned in this comment, the
So please use it with vigilance.
First of all you need to be careful. For example deploying large enough content of fixed window size would create problems on small computer screens. That warning being said, this is what you can do.
Imagine this is your interactive content:
You can take advantage of dialog-type of Mathematica notebook using
This will create Standalone.cdf CDF file in your default directory which you can find by running
The WindowSize is very important, so you should read corresponding documentation articled that I linked. One of the most handy settings, besides fixed size, is actually scaled with respect to screen size settings. To Make a window that occupies one-third of the screen width and all of the screen height:
Try wrapping the output of the Manipulate in Panel.
This should enable you to use
See the documentation:
This will enable you to control the size of the CDF within the CDF Window.
To better control the size of the notebook window itself look at the option inspector:
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Around the Nation
30 Years On, Educators Still Divided On Scathing Schools Report
Thirty years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan's administration released "A Nation at Risk," a report warning of "a rising tide of mediocrity" in American public education.
According to the report, only one-third of 17-year-olds in 1983 could solve a math problem requiring two steps or more, and 4 out of 10 teenagers couldn't draw inferences from written material. In an address to the nation, Reagan warned that "about 13 percent of 17-year-olds are functional illiterates and, among minority youth, the rate is closer to 40 percent."
Chester Finn, who would later become an assistant secretary of education in the Reagan administration, says the commission that authored the report was right to denounce what high schools were teaching. Kids had too many options — courses like "bachelor living," for example — while schools failed to emphasize the basics.
"A Nation at Risk" recommended that each high school require four years of English, three years each of math, science and social studies, and at least two years of a foreign language for college-bound students.
And while many educators thought the report was unnecessarily alarmist, governors did not. Bob Wise, a congressman from West Virginia in 1983 who later became governor, says the report came along "at a time when we were facing real global competition," he says. "We were seeing factories being shuttered. People were beginning to wake up to the fact that the world was changing around us. I did not think it was alarmist then. I don't think it's alarmist now."
But Ron Wolk, who had just started the publication Education Week, says the report had a fatal flaw: It pretty much ignored the plight of poor, minority kids. "It kind of viewed the students of America as middle-class white kids who would really do well if they just tried harder and if we raised standards ... There was no recognition that there was a terrible inequity out there," he says.
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Linda Darling-Hammond, a professor at Stanford University, was a researcher with the RAND Corp. in 1983. She says the report, instead of rallying the nation around quality and equity, singled out schools and teachers for blame. "We have overly criticized our schools," she says, "and 'A Nation at Risk' began that pattern."
Not long after, says Wolk, the debate over school reform became increasingly politicized, with "conservative Republicans then pushing for vouchers and things that Democrats considered to be the privatization of public education. That argument is still going on."
Still, very few people dispute that schools today are better overall than they were in 1983. They're just not good enough, says Ted Kolderie, considered by many as the "godfather" of the charter school movement. Kolderie says there's been very little innovation in schools since "A Nation at Risk."
"If we keep on doing what we've been doing," he says, "we are never going to get there."
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