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Police in western Michigan say two Ravenna sisters tried to hire a hit man to kill the husband of one of the women.
Diane Hart, 45, Vickie Brill, 50, reportedly will be arraigned Friday on solicitation to murder charges.
A Muskegon County judge signed arrest warrants Thursday.
A 51-year-old man told police Tuesday that he learned from a relative about the plans to kill him.
Police say the women met Wednesday in a Norton Shores parking lot with an undercover officer. It was there that an agreement was reached on the manner of death.
Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson said $5,000 was to be paid for the killing with jewelry used as a down payment.
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I know that mounts are mentioned in the rules book, in passing, when discussing the stats for a Hare. No mechanics are given in the core book. Have errata/clarifications/add-ons been produced? Either 1st party or 3rd party in origin. Would it be hard to add in?
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There are official rules for it in the boxed set's rules expansion booklet. It's supposed to be made available in PDF eventually; I don't know if it is yet. (Luke Crane mentioned the plan for a PDF version of the expansion on the BurningWheel.org forums.)


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Can we replace the XOR operation in the DES algorithm with some other operation? If so, does it work for both encryption and decryption?
Within the DES block cipher itself, the XOR operation is used at two different places:
If in 1 XOR is replaced by addition modulo 248 (or eight additions modulo 26), in both encryption and decryption, the cipher remains operative, in the sense that decryption remains the reverse of encryption. For something comparable in 2, XOR can be replaced with addition modulo 232 (or eight additions modulo 24) during encryption, and subtraction during decryption (with the negated input being the output of S-boxes). For interoperability, such changes would need to define unambiguously the limits and ordering of input and output bits.
Any of these changes would remove one notable property of DES: the complementation property, stating that $\operatorname{DES}_\overline K(\overline P)=\overline{\operatorname{DES}_K(P)}$. Depending on context, that could be neutral (e.g. with any bit in plaintext fixed), a benefit (e.g. adding one bit of resistance to brute force), or a disaster (e.g. when the complementation property is part of a strategy against side channel attacks).
These changes would potentially slow down implementations of DES, both in hardware (due to carry propagation) and software (by breaking common optimizations).
The impact on security is debatable. Only one thing is obvious: the S-boxes have been carefully designed in a context with XOR for near-optimal resistance to differential cryptanalysis (and later found fair against other attacks), thus we'd be moving into uncharted territory. Resistance against side-channel attacks could be lessened, even without consideration for the lost complementation property. I would be surprised if practical security was otherwise lessened under the assumption of a single unknown key, but would not bet on related-key attacks, or firmly commit on anything.
All in all, I see no good rationale for such change.


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What Noisebridge is about
Treasurer's Report
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- Circuit Hacking Mondays (7PM, 2169)
- Python Mondays (6:30 PM, 2169)
- Project Euler now on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
- SCoW craft group - Wednesdays at 7PM
- GameDevelopment - Wednesdays at 8PM, back from Berlin and 2010 class is in session
- Shop Friday still plans to come back when the shop is done.
- Sensebridge and the EEG group - Sundays at afternoonish (1-2ish) - come to try brain scanning
- Spacebridge - Sundays at 5PM planning meeting this Sunday to decide on payload budget on
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Shall we randomize the logo displayed on the Noisebridge Wiki (our primary website) rather than continuing in the general theme of the readily identifiable logo we've been using to date? If so:
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Vivian isn't the only newcomer to the area. Frankie Buss, son of another of Vivian's ex-husbands, has arrived at Hillside Manor with his wife. Vivian was married to his father for what seemed like minutes before she inherited his vast wealth and ran off with his other son. Now Frankie's dying for his share of the pot of gold.
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I almost didn't post a picture tonight because it looks so bad. I can assure you, though, that these taste great. The filling would also taste good in ravioli, I think. As I expected, Son #1 wasn't overly crazy about the filling, Son #2 liked it OK, but Son #3 gobbled down two servings.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Roasted Pumpkin and Walnut Manicotti
I almost didn't post a picture tonight because it looks so bad. I can assure you, though, that these taste great. The filling would also taste good in ravioli, I think. As I expected, Son #1 wasn't overly crazy about the filling, Son #2 liked it OK, but Son #3 gobbled down two servings.
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:20 PM
Labels: Italian, pumpkin, squash, Vegan Mofo
12 comments:
- carrie said...
sounds delish. I've really been enjoying all of the winter squash recipes that have been going around.
- October 23, 2008 at 9:12 PM
- Kelly said...
Yummy. This looks delicious to me. Your pasta came out so well that I may have to roll out more fresh pasta and try this. Yum yum!
- October 23, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Jan Scholl said...
this looks so good-I was jsut roasting some pumpkin and squash tonight to freeze up. I wonder if you could roll it up inside lasagna noodles? At least I have them. I might leave the alfredo off. I have never liked it-wonder what a non-saucy topping could be? I don't even like tomato sauce, preferring just a tangy olive oil or similar. Still looks yummy but I am always hungry at the wrong times-like 2 AM.
- October 24, 2008 at 1:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
You must have an impressive stash of pumpkin. I've never seen so many pumpkin recipes in one place.
- October 24, 2008 at 7:40 AM
- Tofu Mom (AKA Tofu-n-Sprouts) said...
Looks DEEELISH as all your recipes do.
I'd have to sub pecans as we have several walnut allergies in this house, but still, I'll need to make this soon!
- October 24, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Local pumpkins are 99 cents each. I bought a lot.
- October 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Jessica said...
I wonder how it would be with a tomato-like sauce too. Think it would work? I like the idea of use the pumpkin and squash together as a filling. I have 3 jars of spaghetti sauce I found in my pantry that cry out for use. (And all the sales on pumpkin/squash cry out for use on that front.) :)
- October 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- Megan said...
That looks so creamy and wonderful. I was actually planning to do a pumpkin manicotti this week! Looks like you beat me to it, and with a better recipe than I could ever come up with.
- October 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Jenny said...
I made it tonight. It was absolutely delicious and my omnivore husband at 4 manicotti and didn't make his usual after dinner scrounge around for more food. Next time, I may possibly spice it up with crushed red pepper flakes, but I understand that your recipes are kid-friendly. Thanks for the great recipe. For dessert I have your Chocolate Pumpkin Pudding Cake in the oven and it smells to die for!
- November 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Brad said...
Over at my blog, I try and consume as many pumpkin items as possible from mid-Sept to Oct. Happy to find these recipes, but I have a question: Could you prescribe a canned pumpkin equivalent for this recipe? Much appreciated!
- October 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Not really. Canned pumpkin is generally mushy and flavourless--so the taste and texture will be nothing like the roasted pumpkin in this recipe.
- October 21, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- LynnAnne said...
I'm not a canned person either, but I am not a fancy cook..no kitchen scale to figure out what a pound might be. I kind of flubbed it (couple of cups of pumpkin mashed, didn't have any squash so ignored it) but that means I have no idea if my other ingredients were anywhere near the quantity they should have been (I halved everything else). If you could post an approximate number of cups (pre- or post-roasting) that would definitely be helpful. Even not knowing if mine turned out anything like yours, I really liked it! If only the rest of the family agreed, lol! Thanks!
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Michael Phelps retired after the London Olympics and says he'll never swim a competitive race again. His biggest rival isn't so sure.
Ryan Lochte told news reporters at the World Short Course Championships in Istanbul that he thinks Phelps will get the itch before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Via The Telegraph:
''Michael Phelps says he's retired. The sport will miss him, he is one of my favorite rivals and I will miss him. But I think he will come back. When you do something for so long every day ... He's still young. I think he will be back for Rio.
''We'll see, he'll miss the sport.''
Phelps insists he's done. He circled London as a retirement date after his historic performance at the 2008 Games and never wavered. When a potential comeback is brought up in interviews, Phelps quickly dismisses the question, even though he seems to know no one really believes him.
I truly believe Phelps when he says he's done. I think he means it when he says he's done for good and that the early mornings in the cold pool and long workouts on dry land are in his rear view. He seems content.
Still, we're only three months past the Olympics. Things can change a lot in three years. Just because Phelps thinks his swimming career is finished right now doesn't mean he won't change his mind in summer 2015.
It's not as if he's going cold turkey from swimming.
"I'm still trying to stay in some kind of shape and stay attached to the water a little bit," he told USA TODAY Sports' Kelly Whiteside last month. "It's been good to be able to get into the water when I want and get out when I want."
He's still a young man. Consider: LeBron James is six months older than the 27-year-old Phelps and we consider LeBron as just entering his prime. Some will say he has nothing more to gain, that a 23rd medal isn't different from a 22nd. Competing in five Olympics and medaling in four is something, isn't it?
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Here's another question concerning the Lindhard function as used in the physical description of metals.
First we define the general Lindhard function in the Random Phase approximation as $\chi(q,\omega)=\frac{\chi_{0}}{1-\frac{4\pi e^2}{q^2}\chi_{0}}$ where $\chi_{0}$ denotes the "bare" Lindhard function" excluding any feedback effects of electrons. A reference is Kittel's book "Quantum Theory of solids" Chapter 6, however he is using the dielectric function instead of the Lindhard function.
By writing $\chi_{0}(q,\omega)=\chi_{01}+i\chi_{02}$ as a complex number and using the relation $\frac{1}{z-i\eta} = P(1/z) + i\pi\delta(z)$ in the limit that $\eta$ goes to zero from above and P(..) denotes the principal value it is straight forward to see that the imaginary part of the lindhard function is zero except of the case when we have electron-hole excitations of the form $\hbar\omega=\epsilon_{k+q}-\epsilon_{k}$.
Now let's assume we study plasma excitations using the actual Lindhard function (not the bare one). These plasma excitations appear for small q outside of the electron hole continuum. Therefor we have a vanishing imaginary part of $\chi_{0}$ in this case and consequently since also a vanishing part of $\chi$ itself, since its a function of $\chi_{0}$ which is "real" except of the "$\chi_{0}$"-part.
However when deriving the plasma excitations using a small q expansion we obtain a none vanishing imaginary part of $\chi$ as given in equation (3.48) of the following document: http://www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/education/lectures_fs10/Solid/Notes.pdf
I don't see why this is consistent.
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I watched this VHS when I was about 9 (I'm 25 now) - but I know it was from much much further back as it was grainy looking and I think black and white..
It was a british programme, a group of puppets, with normal body and faces. They had the texture of rough brown linen, with faces drawn/painted on. They had british accents, softly spoken and I'm pretty sure all voiced by one man.
All I remember was the opening credits had a gate opening scene, in like a countryside or field. The characters had naturey names like "Mr Oak" and "Mrs Bramble" - I made those up but they were something like that. I think I remember the word "hollow" in the title but google provides nothing...
There was one episode where the main character fell and hurt himself I think.
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Within the space of a minute in Q4, Larned put up two quick touchdowns to turn a 7-point deficit into a 7-point lead, which put them in the driver's seat on their way to a 27-14 triumph over the Pratt Greenbacks.
The game began normally enough. The Greenback D held Larned on downs following a short Indian drive. Pratt could not sustain any offense, though, and the ensuing punt was a short one. Larned threatened, but Chance Henke recovered a Larned fumble to turn the Indians aside once again.
On the ensuing possession, Larned intercepted a Greenback pass and set up shop on the Frog 30- yardline. From there, they drove in for the game's initial score as time was expiring in the first stanza. 7-0 Larned.
After the teams exchanged punts to open Q2, the Greenback offense executed one of their better drives of the season. Rushing yardage has been difficult to achieve for the Frogs this season, but you'd never know it from watching this drive.
Runs by Brandon Ruckle, Cesar Regalado and Derek Barnard moved the ball into Indian territory. Regalado executed the halfback pass to Shawn Ramos to give Pratt 1st and goal. At the 3:27 mark, Ruckle punched it in from 3 yards. After the Regalado PAT, it was 7-7.
The Pratt D forced a Larned punt and Pratt had the ball back with a chance to extend their lead before the end of the half. Completions from Ruckle to Ramos and Ryan Landry gained some yards for Pratt, but the drive fizzled. The first half expired when Larned took a knee after the Pratt punt pinned them inside their own 5.
It was Pratt's ball to start the second half, but they went 3-and-out. Larned drove from its 40 to the Pratt 5 where the Greenbacks bowed their necks and kept the Indians out of the end zone.
From there, the Greenback offense authored its most impressive drive of the season— a 15 play, 95-yarder to take the lead. Ruckle gained yardage on the ground. He hit Derek Barnard on a crossing pattern to move the chains. Executing the read-option to perfection, Ruckle moved the ball into Larned territory. Regalado got the ball to the 1-yd line, from where Ruckle dove in for the score. 14-7 Pratt with 10:43 left in the game, as the Pratt drive continued into the 4th quarter.
Page 2 of 2 - Pratt looked to be in control of the game at this point, but then it got weird. Again. Just like earlier games when momentary lapses had resulted in huge turnarounds against Pratt, Larned struck for 2 TDs in less than a minute to regain the lead. On their first play from scrimmage, Larned pulled off a 66-yd touchdown pass. On Pratt's next possession, the Indians' Trey Kraisinger came up with a 'pick-6' to give Larned the 21-14 lead.
Pratt still had a chance to drive for the tying/go-ahead score, but they shot themselves in the foot. A series of penalties made it 4th and 50 from their own 11-yd line. Larned capitalized, eventually driving the stake through Pratt's heart on a 1-yd plunge to go up 27-14 with 4:12 left.
Subsequently, Pratt got the ball back one final time following an abortive fake field goal by Larned, following another interception. But Pratt turned it over on downs and Larned went into the victory formation to preserve the win. Pratt ends its season at 2-7.
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Death is a sad fact of life and over the years some of my old contacts have died. I still wish to keep a record of their details, birthday, day they died, notes, spouse, kids etc in my Contacts and am looking for a recommended way to flag those records to indicate that the person is dead. I am interested to know how other people have dealt with this.
What is the recommended way to flag a contact as being deceased in the Contacts app on Lion or Mountain Lion?
I've had the same "need." I guess we all do sooner or later. Here's what I did.
Card menu > Add Field > Dates. Then select the Date field drop down in the contact and select custom.
You can also change the general new contact template in the same Cart menu.
I hope this helps.
You could also add a special symbol to the contact's comments (I use «†», also known as U+2020 DAGGER), and then create a smart group, where the criterion is
As CDK suggests, my solution was adding a new custom date.
My problem was that I didn't want to be reminded with this person's birthday every year. Finally, I deleted the birthday and added a new custom date for "birth", so it's not recognized by iCal and there are no more notifications about it.
As others have said, you can add a custom date for
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January 02, 2013
2013 Cape Minstrels on the march – photos and video
Playing popular tunes, Cape minstrel troupe after troupe walk down Darling Street in the Cape Town city centre to welcome in the new year, revelling in the perfect Cape summer weather.
The Minstrel Carnival is one of the most popular events on the calendar and is watched by thousands of people every year. It's also called Tweede Nuwe Jaar, which means "Second New Year" in Afrikaans, because it traditionally takes place on January 2. It's a tradition carried on mostly by communities who live in the Cape Flats suburbs such as Mitchells Plain and Athlone.
Many spectators camp out on the pavement overnight, setting up gazebos, laying down inflatable mattresses and bringing with them enough food to last well into the night, all to get a good position to see the carnival from.
The mood in the city centre is festive and the crowd has spilled over into St George's Mall, where sidewalk eateries are doing a roaring trade.
The day is also an opportunity for children to have some fun. Families are safe, with scores of security and police on duty.
The Grand Parade is also a hive of activity with plentiful food kiosks open, selling traditional Cape Flats food, from boerewors rolls, to gatsbys (an oblong loaf, sliced open and filled with salad, hot chips, sauce and meat of your choice), curries and chip rolls.
Watching the Cape Minstrels dancing, prancing, shaking and making music is hot, thirsty, appetite building, work after all!
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Organizational Web Sites, Blogs and Podcasts
Web Sites
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is the speciality society of board certified emergency medicine physicians, a democratic organization with over 6,500 members. AAEM believes every individual should have unencumbered access to quality emergency care provided by a specialist in emergency medicine. The Academy supports fair and equitable practice environments necessary to allow the specialist in emergency medicine to deliver the highest quality of patient care. Such an environment includes provisions for due process and the absence of restrictive covenants.
The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) is one of 24 medical specialty certification boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. ABEM certifies emergency physicians who meet its educational, professional standing, and examination standards. ABEM certification is sought and earned by emergency physicians on a voluntary basis; ABEM is not a membership association.
Founded in 1968, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) represents more than 28,000 emergency physicians, residents and medical students. Promoting the highest quality emergency care, ACEP is the leading advocate for emergency physicians and their patients, as well as provide CME resources, news, and leadership opportuniites.
Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) promotes excellence in patient care through the education and development of emerency medicine residency trained physicians. EMRA is the largest and oldest independent resident organization in the world. EMRA was founded in 1974 and today has a membership of more than 10,000 residents, medical students and alumni.
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is dedicated to the improvement of care of the acutely ill and injured patient by improving research and education. To achieve this mission, SAEM influences health policy through forums, publications, inter-organizational collaboration, policy development, and consultation services for physicians, teachers, researchers, and students. SAEM represents excellence and leadership in academic emergency medicine and its values include idealism and quality in all endeavors, nurturing and camaraderie and diversity among members, as well as creative and symbiotic interactions with other organizations.
• www.emcrit.org – Great podcast on Emergency Medicine and Critical Care topics
• www.lifeinthefastlane.com – fun and entertaining site dedicated to all things EM
• www.academiclifeinem.blogspot.com – the Paucis Verbis cards are great short summaries of frequently encountered clinical scenarios
• www.hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com – review of challenging EKG's
• www.emlitofnote.com – reviews of some of the latest and greatest medical literature related to emergency medicine, critical care, and trauma
• www.emlyceum.com – poses monthly "questions" to the collective cyber-audience, then reviews the answers
• www.pemed.org – very good;pediatric EM podcasts
• www.emrap.org – the gold standard or emergency medicine podcasts! Free use for our residents
• www.resus.me – fun and entertaining site dedicated to all things EM
• www.thepoisonreview.com – all things toxicology
• www.ultrasoundpodcast.com – podcast dedicated to emergency ultrasound: "Making Horrible Doctors Decent and Good Doctors GREAT"
• www.thennt.com - distills the literature to give providers an idea of how helpful or harmful a treatment may be for a patient
• www.practicalevidence.org – a review of important clinical policies and guidelines


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I have YUI 0.11.3 and just running the example grid.
These are my includes:
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I can not find where selectModel is defined. this.selModel = selectModel
Thanks for your help. This looks like a great lib.
5 Sep 2006 9:16 PM #2
The yui-ext.js file includes everything so if you include that you don't have to include anything else.
You weren't the only one with the selModel problem. I will be putting out a maintenance release shortly that will fix it.
5 Sep 2006 9:47 PM #3
It's up. Let me know if that doesn't correct your problem.
6 Sep 2006 1:57 AM #4djfepGuest
yui-ext.js not in 0.31?
I don't see the yui-ext.js in the new version.
If I use yui.js, util.js, and yui-ext.js from your site everything works great.
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That one does the trick. Thanks. This is a great extension to yui.
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The APTE Summit 2011 at The Ohio State University will bring together students and community members to connect with each other and learn about market-based approaches to solving poverty.
The summit will feature local, national, and international speakers with a theme that places the magnifying glass over innovation in health-care, education, and energy sectors and how this innovation can alleviate poverty both globally and locally.
Speakers this year range from the cofounder of Kiva, Jessica Jackley, to dynamic individuals from P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, Nuru International, Energize Clinton County, Ashoka, The Satter Program for Social Entrepreneurship at NYU, and many more.
We want people to realize that poverty alleviation is not achieved by merely donating money, food, and supplies, but is instead created through carefully planned, researched, and implemented solutions. We are in the business of innovating on poverty alleviation.
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Friday, December 16, 2005
[Columbia, Mo.] - The Rev. John J. Yonker, senior minister of First Christian Church in Columbia, will address graduates at the Columbia College main campus commencement ceremony at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 in Southwell Complex (700 Range Line Road) in Columbia.
Rev. Yonker earned a bachelor's degree in 1968 from Austin Peay University in Clarksville, Tenn.; a Master of Divinity degree in 1972 from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas; and a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1993 from Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky.
He currently chairs the Commission on the Order of Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Mid-America. Rev. Yonker was ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at the Hamilton Christian Church in St. Louis in 1972. He served congregations in St. Charles, Kansas City, and Cameron, Mo., and in Roswell, N. M., before beginning service in 1992 at the First Christian Church in Columbia. He is an active member of the Columbia College Board of Trustees, serving as the chair of the educational policies committee and as a member of the executive and athletics committees.
The college will confer undergraduate and master's degrees to nearly 650 students from the main and nationwide campuses in December. Of that number, 270 are expected to participate in the ceremony in Columbia, including more than 50 graduates representing the college's Nationwide campuses. Students from Columbia College campuses in Missouri, including Jefferson City, Kansas City, Christian County, Lake Ozark, Rolla and Moberly will attend, as well as students from the Park City, Ill., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, campuses. The college will confer degrees to 36 nursing students.
The college also will confer its first associate degree to a student majoring in fire service administration. Kyle Smith completed the degree requirements in October and will participate in winter commencement.
Smith, a nine-year fire service veteran, is a volunteer firefighter with the Boone County Fire Protection District at Station 6 in Sturgeon, Mo. He was promoted to lieutenant with the fire protection district 18 months ago. He also has served for six years as the logistics coordinator for the Fire and Rescue Training Institute (FRTI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Kyle Clizer, a student at the home campus in Columbia, will receive the college's first bachelor's degree in sports management.
In addition, three students will graduate with the college's first Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration in Human Resource Management.
Columbia College serves more than 20,000 students each year at its Day Campus, Evening Campus, Nationwide Campuses, Online Campus and Graduate Studies program.
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The 5 Most Inspiring Things Ever Accomplished (While Drunk)
Some men shape history by accident, and some shape it by design. Some shape history by God's decree, and some shape it by sheer force of personal will. Still others shape history by drunkenly stumbling into it, urinating on it and then dancing around naked while wearing it like a hat. Those men are our heroes, and these are their tales:
#5. Nikita Khrushchev Prevents War by Getting Plastered
During the Cold War, Yugoslavia became the first and only country to successfully sneak out of the Soviet "Iron Curtain" when Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito publicly dumped Joseph Stalin in 1948. This messy breakup nearly led to war between the two countries from 1948 to 1955 in a period known as Informbiro, which is a Slavic word roughly translating to "holy shit that's balls." Not even Stalin's death in 1953 was enough to defuse the crisis. That's right: It was a grudge that transcended the grave. But undead communist grudges were no match for Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and his epic drinkin', hard partyin', straight chillaxin' attitude.
The kind of world leader you could totally kill a keg with.
Khrushchev was hopeful for a peaceful resolution to the crisis, which is why he led a Soviet delegation to Belgrade in May 1955 to iron things out. But Tito tried to turn this into a PR disaster for the Soviets: His plan was to get them plastered in front of the cameras and embarrass them, because apparently Tito had never met a Russian before. To the surprise of basically nobody, Khrushchev was more than happy to oblige him. But, what started off as a bear trap quickly transformed into one of the most awesome parties in history, leaving Tito with little choice but to join in the vodka-fest himself.
"One! Just do one!"
The visit ended with a lavish party at the Soviet Embassy, where "Khrushchev got stupefyingly drunk... (he) kept trying to kiss everyone, particularly Tito, to whom he kept cooing, 'Josya, quit being so angry! What a thin-skinned one you are! Drunk up and let bygones be bygones.'" On June 2, while Tito and Khrushchev were probably still fighting off one of those epic, multiday hangovers, the USSR and Yugoslavia signed a joint resolution in Belgrade that effectively ended the crisis. It was one of the most unexpected successes in diplomatic history, and it was all made possible thanks to Nikita Khrushchev being a friendly drunk.
You KNOW these guys partied.
#4. Drunk. In. SPAAACEEE!
While a good drunk can liven up almost any situation, there are certain frontiers of human endeavor where we strongly believe alcohol and alcoholics should not venture. Most of those endeavors involve working a 230-ton, $1.7 billion piece of hardware while going several times the speed of sound.
Somewhere in that shuttle the final frontier is getting plastered.
Yes, astronauts have gone to the stars while under the influence. NASA actually launched an investigation looking for this sort of thing after the infamous incident in 2007 when former astronaut Lisa Nowak tried to kidnap her ex's girlfriend while wearing a diaper. Headed by Col. (Dr.) Richard E. Bachmann Jr. of the US Air Force, the investigators uncovered something that makes Attempted Interstate Infantilist Kidnapping look like charity work: On no fewer than three separate incidents, NASA had cleared astronauts to fly missions -- including two shuttle missions--while completely fucking tanked.
Holy shit, First Contact got something right!
The identities of the astronauts have not been disclosed, but we do have a pretty good idea of what missions they were on. We're talking feats that require some of the most extensive training on the planet, where everything from fine motor skills to physical/psychological conditioning to not barfing in a space helmet is absolutely vital.
One drunken mission actually involved two crafts: a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and a supersonic NASA T-38 training jet capable of traveling nearly twice as fast as your mother's wandering mouth. While the astronaut in the Northrop T-38 Talon had it bad enough, traveling at speeds fast enough to make you deepthroat your own face, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft had it worse: Its mission involved some work on the International Space Station, which meant that the very first step of the astronauts' job that afternoon involved being blasted off of Earth in a gargantuan metal bullet aimed at a moving target traveling at 17,239.2 mph... and they showed up drunk that day.
"One more for the road. Sky. Sky-road."
The NASA panel also reported on a third flight that an astronaut was cleared for, this time on the space shuttle. But the mission was scrubbed just in time, presumably when the crew showed up in full spacesuits, sans pants.
#3. Iron Butterfly Slurs Their Way into History
If we were to draft a list of all the artists, writers and musicians who owed their muse to booze, it would pretty much just be a list of all artists, writers and musicians, period. Douglas Adams came up with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field, Jackson Pollock turned being a violent drunk into an art form, Charlie Parker once vomited onto his microphone during a live performance, and Ernest Hemingway was Ernest Motherfucking Hemmingway. But no act of creation so thoroughly embodies the drunken arts as the songwriting of Doug Ingle, from the band Iron Butterfly.
You'd be an alcoholic too if you had to dress like that.
1968 was not a particularly good year for the band: Their first album, Heavy, had just been released, and it was doing so well that their drummer, Ron Bushy, "was supporting the band by making pizza." When Ron came back from work one evening to find Ingle, Iron Butterfly's primary composer, drunk(er than usual) after pounding an entire bottle of Red Mountain wine, Ingle was "playing this song on the keyboard for me and singing it. He was so drunk that it came out 'in-a-gadda-da-vida' instead of the intended "In the Garden of Eden."
Strangely, Wikipedia doesn't list the genre as "Rock and/or Roll"
Fortunately for Ingle, Iron Butterfly and the entire narcotics industry, Bushy kind of liked how his bandmate's inebriated lyrics slurred out. The newly rechristened song and album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, went on to sell 25 million copies, making it the 31st-best-selling album of all time. Iron Butterfly became rich and famous (or at least enough for Bushy to quit his old pizza job), and it was all thanks to Doug Ingle's drunkenness.
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WHEELING - Jim Simms was glad the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to lower the annual fee for table gambling Thursday, but he was disappointed the same bill would now make it more expensive to purchase new slot machines.
The measure - introduced by Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Glen Dale - would reduce the annual fee West Virginia casinos pay to offer table gambling from $2.5 million to $1.5 million. The Judiciary Committee made some amendments to the bill before advancing it Thursday, and it must be passed out of the finance committee for the full Senate to consider the legislation by Monday.
"We are hoping the finance committee can repair this bill," Simms, president and general manager of Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, said late Thursday. "We are committed to keeping the best and most recent slot machines on the property, so we don't want to lose our ability to reinvest in those."
According to Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons, D-Wheeling, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, Kessler's original bill was amended in two major ways Thursday. First, the discounted annual fee would now apply to all four of the state's racetracks, rather than only three of them. Kessler's original bill would only have reduced the fee for the Wheeling track, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort and the Mardi Gras West Virginia Casino & Hotel (formerly Tri-State Racetrack) near Charleston.
As amended, the bill now would lower the fee for the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in the Eastern Panhandle as well.
According to the West Virginia Lottery Commission, the Wheeling Island track generated about $5.3 million worth of revenue from table gambling from July 1 through the end of February. During the same time period, the Eastern Panhandle track saw about $104.7 million from table gambling - nearly 20 times as much as the Wheeling facility.
More significant, according to Fitzsimmons and Simms, is the amendment made by Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Shenandoah Junction. Currently, tracks can receive reimbursements from the state for the purchase of new slot machines in the amount of $1 for every $2 worth of machines.
This amended bill would reduce this reimbursement to 50 cents for every $2 worth of slot machines, making new machines more expensive for the Wheeling Island facility and other tracks.
"It is my understanding there will be an amendment in the finance committee to restore the full reimbursement amount," Fitzsimmons said. "It would really be nice if we could keep this in place."
The $2.5 million annual fee that each of the four tracks currently pays provides $10 million for senior citizen services throughout West Virginia. Kessler's original bill - which would have reduced the amount collected from the fees to $7 million - would have covered the gap by diverting $3 million from the purse funds that go to thoroughbred and greyhound breeders.
Snyder's amendment would replace the lost senior citizen funding by taking it from the new slot machine subsidies instead of the breeders' funds.
"Maybe it is time to take a hard look at the tens of millions of dollars that are flowing to out-of-state breeders and instead, focus on keeping jobs in West Virginia," Simms said.
The legislative session ends April 13, but Fitzsimmons said the bill must reach the Senate floor for debate by Monday. A version of the bill must pass in both the Senate and the House by the end of the session to reach Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's desk for his signature.
"We don't know what this thing is going to look like in the end," Fitzsimmons said. "Even if we pass it out of the Senate, who knows what may happen over in the House."
Simms insists his company may not renew its table gambling license in July if the fee is not adjusted in some way, because the Wheeling facility is on pace to run its tables at a $1 million operating loss in 2013. He said the track has 105 employees whose jobs are directly tied to table gambling.
Prior to Kessler introducing his bill, Fitzsimmons and Sen. Jack Yost, D-Wellsburg, joined others to sponsor legislation that would reduce the annual fee from $2.5 million to $1 million for all four casinos - a $500,000 annual difference from the Kessler legislation. This bill also would reduce the tax rate on table games from 35 percent to 25 percent. There has not been any movement on this bill.


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Given that I know what "manically" and "laconic" are, I don't understand how the description "manically laconic" coincide with the sentence following it.
"Dick came out personally to get us, out of no evident motive but kindness. (he also talked nonstop the entire way, with a very distinctive speaking style that can only be described as manically laconic; the truth is I now know more about this man than i do about some members of my own family"
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I have a theorem of the following scheme: $Q \Leftrightarrow \exists x\in Z: P(x) \Leftrightarrow \forall x\in Z: P(x)$. How to simplify it (not to write $P(x)$ twice)?
Your question is ambiguous as you have written it, since it isn't clear if you mean to say that $Q$ asserts the biconditional, or that all three statements are equivalent, or that $Q$ is your theorem and it is asserting the equivalence of the other two clauses. These are distinct assertions. Many mathematicians write $P\iff Q\iff R$, when what they mean is $(P\iff Q)\wedge(Q\iff R)$. The waters are muddied further by the question of whether $Z$ is nonempty and whether you want the assertion to imply that or not.
If you mean to mean to say $[Q\iff (\exists x\in Z\ P(x))]$ and $[Q\iff \forall x\in Z\ P(x)]$, then my suggestion would be:
But what you wrote could also be interpreted as $Q\iff[(\exists x\in Z\ P(x))\iff (\forall x\in Z\ P(x))]$, in which case my suggestion would be:
That formulation presumes $Z$ is known to be non-empty in advance. If you want this to be part of the assertion (part of $Q$?), then it would seem that you want:
Finally, perhaps you mean just that $Q$ is your theorem, and it asserts the equivalence of the other clauses. (Note that $Q$ does not appear in Joriki and user6312's answers, who evidently interpreted your question this way.) In this case, of course, you don't need to mention $Q$. So if your theorem simply is $[\exists x\in Z\ P(x)]\iff [\forall x\in Z\ P(x)]$, then I suggest:
$$Z\neq\emptyset\land\{x\in Z\mid P(x)\}\in\{\emptyset,Z\}$$
Using semi-formal notation, one could write
$$(\forall x, y \in Z) (P(x) \longrightarrow P(y))$$
There are more formal (but less readable) ways of writing the same thing.
I think most people would write something like the following:
By the same token, I think most readers would find this easiest to read (because they are used to seeing such statements), rather than having to decode some clever logical statement.
If $P(x)$ stands for a long and complicated condition that you don't want to write out twice, I'd introduce some auxilary definition or notation. (Also, that way readers won't have to check that 2 and 3 really contain the same condition.)


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5 Amazing Wizard Tricks You Can Do With Basic Math
Math has a lot in common with sorcery: Using vast sources of ancient knowledge passed from generation to generation, it helps us compel the forces of nature to do our bidding just by scrawling out arcane diagrams and incomprehensible symbols on a whiteboard. Also, both will guarantee that you won't get a second date if you spend the first one talking about them.
While only the highest Numerati may understand the spellcraft that makes our modern wonders possible, even a Level 1 Math Wizard wielding basic fourth grade arithmetic can pull off seemingly impossible feats. Here are a few easy but impressive tricks that you can use to intimidate your friends and amaze your enemies.
#5. Perfectly Sort Coins Without Looking at Them
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The Magic:
Let's start with a trick a moron could do. You can do it with coins, or playing cards, or anything with two marked sides. Do it with dollar bills and impress a stripper, whatever.
Let's say we're using a handful of coins. First you close your eyes (or get blindfolded) and tell your spectators to shake up the coins and throw them on the table. All you need is one piece of information: how many of the coins are facing heads-up.
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For your spectators' sake, start with a small pile.
Then, without ever peeking at the coins, you sort them into two piles, blindly flipping and shuffling them as if your hands were being guided by the spirit world. You magically wind up with the exact same number of heads in each pile. Every time.
The Math:
Let's say your spectators tell you that there are six heads-up coins in the pile. All you need to do is grab that number of coins and flip them. Just any six random coins. Take the ones you flipped and move them to their own pile, which we'll call Pile #1. The remaining coins are Pile #2. Both piles will contain the same number of heads.
Why does this work? Because math, that's why. Say you have 12 coins total. Your friend tells you six are heads, so you flip and separate six random ones -- if two are heads and four are tails, you're still left with four heads in each group. Here, we made a chart:
Pro Tip: Don't live in one of those weird countries with coins that have heads on both sides.
Go on, take a hammer to your swear jar and try this. If you're accused of feeling the coins as you go, just repeat it with cards or driver's licenses. And if they still think your super-sensitive fingers can distinguish the images you're touching ... well, just let them think that.
#4. Correctly Guess the Final Number for Any Bar Code or Credit Card
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The Magic:
Your friend orders a bottle of beer, but you realize there's something horribly wrong with it: You're not the one holding it. So, you propose a deal: You ask your friend to find the bottle's bar code and read you all the digits except the last, and if you can guess what the last digit is, the sweet elixir is yours for free. "Aha!" your skeptical drunken friend will say. "I bet every bottle of beer has the same digit at the end!" Nope. Tell him he can grab any package with a bar code, or just go around and look at them -- they're all different, even among the same products. So your friend says yes, obviously, because you only have a 1 in 10 chance of picking the right number. Then you do exactly that, and he's so shocked that he empties the bottle on your face. Hey, free beer is free beer.
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Tossing the drink may count as a bar code violation.
The Math:
The last digit of a bar code, or the check digit, is pretty easy to figure out because that's exactly what it's there for: It's actually the answer to a simple math problem based on all the other numbers. Scanners use this to check whether they read the numbers correctly and make sure you're not accidentally paying for a flat-screen TV instead of that bottle of detergent.
Computers usually do the work, but running the math in your head isn't that complicated if you're sufficiently motivated (read: desperate for free booze). Suppose you started with this:
Bar Code Robot
Because this is a dystopian world where all beers are forced to wear labels.
First, add up all the digits that aren't obscured by an MS Paint-made squiggly line. Then, starting from the right, add the first, third, fifth, and so on to your total. Then repeat that step. By now you've added every odd digit three times and every even digit once (you can just skip to that if it sounds simpler for you). Finally, subtract the last digit of your total from 10, like the handy chart below says -- and voila, that's your check digit. Cue incredulous, slightly terrified looks.
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Drink math responsibly.
And if you're still not done messing with everyone's minds, a similar but slightly more complicated calculation can be used to figure out the last number of any credit card. It's trickier to work out mentally if you're already half past drunk, but do it right and your friends will start wearing tin foil hats around you to protect them from your obvious psychic powers.
#3. Fake a Mystical Literary Connection With Anyone
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The Magic:
At your local bookstore, you spot an attractive somebody carrying the exact same book as you, because it's the only book they sell (it's a bad bookstore). He or she seems a little skeptical when you say this means you must be soul mates, so you offer to prove it with a magical gesture worthy of a John Cusack rom-com.
Pick a starting page, and each of you secretly choose any word from the first line. Silently spell it out and move one word forward for each letter. So if you start with the word "throbbing," move nine words forward; if you land on "moaned," move six words. Do that until you reach the end of the page.
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"Wait, does 'foot-fisting' count as four or 11?"
At the end, announce the word you landed on: "explodegasm." Amazingly, even though you didn't know which word the other person started from, your journeys ended on a mutual explodegasm. It must be destiny!
The Math:
Or, you know, just simple arithmetic. The secret is based on the Kruskal count, which isn't the name of a magic-wielding vampire, but of a mathematical parlor trick discovered by physicist Martin Kruskal. Scientists have been using this for decades to hit up chicks, while others use it for the slightly different purpose of proving the existence of God. Essentially, no matter which word you started from, if the text on the page is long enough (don't do this with a Dr. Seuss book), you'll both hit the same word at some point, and from then on the paths will be the same.
Magicians use this all the time. Here's the Kruskal method illustrated with cards -- yellow and blue start separately but inevitably meet up on the four of clubs:
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Discussion in 'Fantasy / Horror' started by Kloke, Oct 7, 2008.
For those who read Brisingr what do you think of it?
Star Wars and LOTR rif-off. I don't need to read it to know it.
Haven't read it. Did read Eragon. What I liked about that one for a YA is the philosophical debate of the protagonist when his world gets tossed upside down -- do I have to kill, is harm the only way to solve this, etc. I thought the movie, which was quite different from the book and very uneven, was wrong to mostly drop that aspect. I'm curious how the author has developed this dilemma in his series.
For me, Paolini is rather a fussy author in style, and needs to work on dialogue, but he's not the only one I've had that reaction to, and he's got time to learn. But he gets in some good shots, does nice world-building and his very tangled partnership between young man and dragon is kind of interesting and different from other human-beast team-ups. The dragon really gets to throw her weight around, but in an intelligent way. This seems to be the aspect that most connects with the kids.
Brisingr was cool!
Hey, I read Brisingr on opening day, and Paolini really gets away from the Star Wars and LOTR rip offs in this book. He is still a bit predictable, but he really is getting better I think.
Book itself was great, best one so far. Can't wait to see what happens in book 4.
So... how come it took like 10 years for Paolini to finish his trilogy?
Damn forum crash ate my post linking to David Anthony Durham's review of Brisingr at The Washington Post.
He tries to addrss the subject of why the series is immensely popular yet so often derided, but I don't think he spends enough time on it and should write a follow up essay.
Dear Evil Agent,
it is so not a trilogy anymore, since Paolini made that announcement a while ago that it was a cycle, not a trilogy. I think it was a good move and a bad move. good, becuase it allows more time for character development and such, and bad because now we have to wait for the fourth book.
just wanted to let you know.
I think he just wanted to cash in more on the gravy train. Which in actuality, is fine with me, writers need to make money like everyone else.
I've read some of it and read spoilers of the rest, and it's terrible -- even worse than its predecessors. Eragon was the best because it was fast-paced; Eldest was bad because (aside from the usual criticisms) nothing happened and there was way too much deus ex machina; in Brisingr, hardly anything happens to further the plot. Every chapter involves some shallow moral question. Paolini's trying to be, um, cool like other new authors by focusing on philosophy as well as plot (Bakker, Rothfuss). The problems are (a) those authors can construct captivating plots and characters and (b) they don't beat you over the head with their themes.
I was really hoping Paolini would turn the corner here. He's actually going downhill. It's disgusting.
Has he turned 16 yet, cause y'know he's been 15 for an unusual amount of time
I have a quick question: how is it like Star Wars? I dont see that connection what so ever...
I agree that it was a bit...boring; i stopped half-way through, and went on to read the end because nothing was happening, and nothing really did happen except what we all expected would. I was a bit suprised to find that there was going to be another book, as I figured this was the last of the series...
with that said, I hope something happens in the fourth one.
Is anyone prepared to discuss the book, rather its predecessors or the author? It strikes me as strange that a series of books which has sold squillions of copies has so few people willing to talk positively about it here - and even then, seem to do so in an almost apologetic tone.
It's extraodinarily difficult for an author to focus on philosophy and plot at the same time. Even the aforementioned authors focussed on one moreso than the other. I've haven't read read Brisingr yet, (I should soon, and I'll post what I think about it then,) but if Paolini's going for the philisophical route, it's a very ambitious way to write your books.
For instance, Bakker had excellent philosophies, character development and worldbuilding, but his plotting was very basic. There's not enough room in a book for an author to have long internal monologues, and still having the plot moving along nicely. The closest I've seen to getting a good balance of this is the Book of Joby, by Mark J. Ferrari, and that was only because the philosophy in it was the centre of the plotline. If Paolini can have even a half decent plot while trying to focus on internal monologues, I'd be quite impressed.
Alright, after gathering some of my thoughts (which i didn't have earlier due to lack of sleep), I shall attempt to say something of worth.
Brisingr is by no means a bad book; I loved it. I love the way Paolini describes things and in many circumstances, his descriptions are neccessary for the reader to understand certain material.
I love the fact that we get a dynamic view of each individual, as it is focused on many characters all at once so you are able to see a wider scope of things.
With that said, although I love the story, at certain times, it needed action. Perhaps that would've been cliche, but that's my opinion. As Eragon's world is under attack, I would have expected such. That is what I attempted to say earlier but failed to.
So, are we ready for discussion? yes.. I think that everyone here deserves to have their opinions respected, and by no means should they be considered wrong. Just because some people don't agree with the book, doesn't mean they're not discussing it.
Ah, a cycle...
Is that the new term for a never-ending money milking machine?
i don't understand how so many people can not like the book! I've just got to uni, and all my new friends are like lining up to read it! They were like 'omg, you have it, can I borrow it please????' usually i would say no, but i am trying to make friends! lol
That's okay, Stenny. Don't worry about who doesn't like it, just talk about what you like about it.
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I've said it once i'll say it again.
We all liked Lord of the rings, star wars Earthsea Dragonriders of pern etc first time round,
Not to mention Eragons Arya relationship comes across as a stalker potential rapist one. Eragon wont take no for an answer in Eldest and follows her around. In Eragon also he has a crazy obsessiveness over her bordering on unhealthy. None of the characters come off as real. Eragon is a big Mary sue and Paolini has admitted that he based Eragon on himself. (which is worrying considering the way he acts in the book. example. DIE HUMANS DIE DIE DIE OMI GOD I KILLED A BUNNY AM GONNA CRY. and ARYA LOVE ME LOVE ME YOU SAY NO BUT I WILL FOLLOW AND ANNOY YOU ANYWAY.
Also i hate how its evil when the bad guys do something but when the good guys do the same thing its alright because they're good. They're just bad bad characters
I thought this thread was about Brisingr? Do you have anything to say about the book? By the way, you sound really hateful. That's worrying.
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There are a number of ways to purify water, off the top of my head we have filters, iodine, and boiling. Clearly each has some advantage/disadvantage (iodine tastes terrible, boiling takes time). Which of these is the safest? Is there another method that's safer?
When you're asking for the safest way to purify water, you're asking for the method that removes the most harmful stuff from the water, like bacteria, viruses and larger impurities like mud or sand.
No one method is really perfect at removing everything, so I usually use a two-stage approach:
Edit: As commenters noted, if you're in an area with potential chemical pollutants or metals in the water, you should filter even if the water appears clear. But if you're really in a situation where mother nature's water has been tainted by man-made waste, you should probably pack in all of your own water anyways.
I would get a ceramic filter that is rated to remove metals like arsenic (this is a particular issue in the UK where most surface water in the wild country can harbour arsenic - but I'd rather assume all ground water to be 'tainted' than drink it and become poisoned). I've used some hand-pumped filters which can draw water from a lake or river, and filter at the rate of about a litre a minute.
Then, drop an chlorine tab into the water - this usually requires 30 minutes to completely kill off biologic contamination. You can then get neutralisers to remove the taste of the chlorine from the water.
Boiling shouldn't be necessary after this treatment - unless you want a cuppa.
One thing - do not rely on the apparent clarity of the water - bacteria/viruses and dissolved metals will almost always be invisible to the naked eye.
There is typically no need to purify water collected from natural sources in the wilderness. For example, in a survey of 69 sites in the Sierra, every site had concentrations of Giardia cysts much too low to make anyone sick.[Rockwell 2002] The perception that backcountry water is unsafe to drink without treatment is folk wisdom that is controverted by the available scientific evidence, at least in the backcountry areas in the US such as the Sierra that have been extensively studied. Of course none of this applies outside of the backcountry, e.g., you certainly don't want to drink water in Arkansas that comes from runoff from a poultry farm.
When people do actually contract backpacker's diarrhea from exposure during a hiking trip, by far the most common reason is hand-to-mouth contamination.[Welch 1995] The most effective disease prevention measures are to wash your hands after pooping, refrain from sharing pots and pans, and use freezer-bag cooking so that food never goes in your pots.
If you do want to purify your water, there's a lot to be said for UV (steripen), which is one of the few methods that will kill all three types of disease-causing organisms: viruses, bacteria, and protozoan cysts. Unlike boiling and halogens, it gives you water that you can drink immediately while hiking during the day.
For more detail, I have a long article on this topic here, with lots of citations to reliable scientific and medical sources: Drinking Water for Hiking: Myths and Facts. I realize that my answer goes against the conventional wisdom, and that's why I've provided references to scientific papers in this answer, as well as much more extensive references in the longer article.
Rockwell 2002 - Robert L. Rockwell, Sierra Nature Notes, Volume 2, January 2002,
Welch 1995 - Thomas R. Welch and Timothy P. Welch, "Giardiasis as a threat to backpackers in the United States: a survey of state health departments," Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 6 (1995) 162.
If safety is your primary concern, then the only two methods can guarantee safety from major contaminants (microbial or otherwise) these are Distillation and Reverse Osmosis
Boiling alone will leave most contaminants in the water, such as heavy metals, hydrocarbons, etc... multi-stage distillation will both kill pathogens and leave most contaminants in the residue.
Distillation can be carried out using a solar still if a fire and appropriate equipment isn't available. One stage distillation is usually enough unless the water source is heavily contaminated.
Reverse Osmosis
Is usually combined with another method of filtration/purification, but has very high water purity if used properly, although the energy required and the efficiency when using low pressures (like a hand pump) make this a poor choice when hiking.
Ensuring safety
In both cases, the water really should be filtered until clear beforehand for the best results and ease of use, although this is not strictly necessary.
For the best results, purifications/filtration methods should be used together, for example, activated carbon filtration of distilled water (to remove volatile organic copounds) or chlorination of water recovered by reverse osmosis.
Distillation and reverse osmosis are also the only two methods mentioned so far able to desalinate seawater and recycle urine.
For example, The ISS uses a low pressure distilation system to recover drinking water.
You will need to re-mineralise the water in both cases, both for taste and electrolytes.
Both methods require a lot of energy, but will guarantee exceptionally safe water.
Boiling is the best thing to do, as stated already - I was always taught to boil for 2 minutes and then it's safe. (Far from an accepted time though. For debate on how long you should boil, see here: How long does water need to be boiled for to kill all bacteria / viruses?)
As pointed out below though it may be wise to use a filter to get rid of any toxic metals prior to boiling. I've personally not had an issue with them but it depends heavily on the area, and better safe than sorry!
In situations where you can't boil it then chlorine tablets can be an alternative; while I don't have a source to hand I'm sure that I read they're generally recommended above iodine tablets because the latter if used extensively over time can damage the thyroid.
If boiling isn't an option, aqua mira is usually a good choice. It's a doddle to use, and is very effective. It doesn't make the water taste like soap either, like some of the tablets do.
I have no science to back me up, but the SAFEST way would be boiling. Since water all boils at the same point; you know as soon as it starts rolling that the nasties are all being killed. Hold at a rolling boil for 2 minutes (as I was taught), and it is safe to drink.
Fecal contamination should not really be an issue unless someone is already sick. Recent research has suggested that even eating ones own poop should not make you sick. Fecal transplants is a new way of treating some issues that form from a lack of flora in your gut. Can You Eat Your Own Poop? I for one would use something to treat the water. My cousin hiked the Sierra MTS a few years ago and contracted giardia so just from that knowledge I would definetely treat the water with something.
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For example, if you keep it in a garage or in basement, I am thinking the tires might lose air and then the wheel will pressure down the tire. So do you need to check the bike once in awhile and inflate it?
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I'm gonna sorta disagree with Zen on this one. If you're talking months vs years, and the bike was stored inside in a location where condensation would not have occurred (eg, not in a cold corner of a basement in a humid climate), and the bike was in good condition when stored, then all you need to do is air up the tires and wipe the dust off.
The tires and brake pads won't rot overnight, the lube won't leap off the chain. Properly lubed bearings won't corrode. Disk brake rotors (and caliper brake rims) may develop a slight coating of oxidation, but that will be worn off in the first ten miles.
If it's been stored for several years, however, you may want to squirt a little oil on the chain and give it an extra wipe, both to get the dust off and because oil does slowly evaporate. And check the tires and brake pads for rot.
Once or twice a year a bike should get its cables lubed, and the chain should be cleaned and reoiled every 200 miles or so (or at least once a year). This is unrelated to how long it's been stored, but a good time to do this is when you take the bike out of winter storage (though a better time is before you put it into winter storage).
Yes, if your bike is stored for more than a few weeks, you should check it thoroughly before riding it. The tires will lose pressure, and the chain will need lube for certain, and depending on the length of storage, rubber components like brake pads, tires, and hydraulic seals may degrade. In addition, surface rust, and sometimes deeper corrosion can develop which would require a more complete service.
Zenbike covered it, but I would also add (would comment but don't have enough rep yet!) that: - Organic Disk Brake pads can become degraded over time, especially if the bike is stored in a oily fumey environment. - In our garage / outhouse we have a problem with mice chewing through cables.. any cables they can find.. nom nom nom yummy rubber!
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