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A quick update to let everyone know we just passed the $500 mark! Yea! Isn't that amazing? I can remember – in the not so distant past – when Betsy and I were discussing the possibility of fundraising for the marathon. It seemed like a long shot; too much else going on, not enough time, limited publicity, etc. But, slowly it gained steam. And now, we are definitely rolling.
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Let $\operatorname{LCM}(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n)$ be the least common multiple of the integers $x_i$.
How can one find the asymptotics of $\operatorname{LCM}(f(1),f(2),\dots,f(n))$ as $n$ approaches infinity if one knows the asymptotics of the strictly increasing function on the integers $f(n)$?
Edit: Is there some result if one assumes $f(n)$ has natural density in the primes ie is prime with probability $1/\ln(f(n))$, has an average of $ln(f(n))$ factors, $ln(ln(f(n))$ prime factors, and a $6/\pi^2$ probability to be squarefree.
And how to prove these average properties ?
Instead of above estimates use:
For every strictly increasing $f(n)$, consider instead the question for $g(f(n))$, which is a uniformly random integer in the range $(0.99f(n),1.01f(n))$ say, alternatively $(f(n)-1000,f(n)+1000)$.
Then im looking for asymptotics of $LCM[g(f(1)),g(f(2))...g(f(x))]$ as $x\rightarrow\infty$, given $f(n)$.

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Sorry for off topic. I'll delete this topic immediately when community decides it's useless, however if anyone finds it's interesting, share your opinion with us. I just want to know your opinion about learning process you lead. How exactly do you organize your learning process? I'll try to explain it more specific.
On lectures I've noticed few types of behavior. The first type writes everything/almost everything to the notebook. The second type uses laptop, it looks like they type the script of the lecture. The third type don't do anything, just listening. Of course there are many subtypes (use camera, use dictaphone). I listen and try to understand everything, I try to write all important stuff, when it doesn't disturb to understanding. What do you do on the lectures? Which type are you? What works best for you?
At home, I get my notebook and download the script of the lecture from the Internet. On the basis of the notebook, script and additional material (textbook, video of the diffent lecture on the topic) I try to get deep understanding with connection to already studied stuff. Recently I decided to use Xmind. It helps me to connect different stuff together and express things in the maps. I found that almost every lecture on every topic can be expressed as a map. The problem is Xmind doesn't support latex format, so equations and math notation everything in pictures with saved copy of latex script, I know it's not the best way to do it. Do you use any software to organize you lectures and material you've studied?
I found myself changing maps very often, not just adding new stuff, however after reading new material I start seeing stuff differently, therefore map should be changed in order to express the current state of the knowledge and understanding. Maps is the only thing I use before examination, because almost always it's the most organized material I have. How do you prepare yourself to exams?


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My website has accounts that are often accessed by multiple users. For example, a company might create an account under a generic company email address, and have different interns, etc update it.
We also have normal users that are the only people accessing their account.
We know we could make registering / signing in so much easier and more effective by utilizing various third party services like Facebook, Twitter, OpenID, etc, but we can't think of how to handle those services when multiple people want to create / sign into a single account.
How do we know which users authenticated with FB/Twitter should be allowed to access the company account on our website?
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Given a variety $X$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ with good reduction at $p$, proper smooth base change tells us that its $l$-adic cohomology groups are unramified at $p$ (and I'd guess some $p$-adic Hodge theory tells us its p-adic cohomology is crystalline).
My question is to what extent it's possible to find a converse to this statement. More precisely, I have yet to see a counterexample to the following "conjecture" (though I still suspect it's wrong).
"Conjecture": Let $K$ be a number field, $p$ and $l$ primes, and $V$ a geometric (say, coming from the variety $Y$) $l$-adic representation of $G_K$ that is unramified/crystalline at $\mathfrak{p}|p$. Then there exists a smooth proper variety $X$ such that $X$ has good reduction at $\mathfrak{p}$ and $V$ can be cut out of the cohomology of $X$.
From googling around, the things I know so far are (at least for $l \not= p$):
- If $Y$ is an abelian variety, the classical Neron-Ogg-Shafarevich condition means that $Y$ itself is a witness to the conjecture.
- We can take torsors for abelian varieties with no $K$-rational points, and these can have the same representations, but fail to have good reduction (in this paper http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605326 of Dalawat).
- There exist curves which have bad reduction, but whose Jacobians have good reduction.
If anyone knows any more about this story I'd be interested to hear. Ultimately I guess it would be nice to have a definition for when a motive is unramified/has good reduction, and cohomologically this surely has to mean unramified/crystalline, but it would be nice if this could always be realised "geometrically".
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I've been trying to make a simple puzzle game based on quantum optical circuits. Problem is, I don't actually know the physics that well (this is a hobby project with the goal of increasing that understanding). In particular, I'm not sure how to deal with cycles or a photon arriving at a detector at different times.
For example, start with a Sagnac interferometer and flip the half-silvered mirror.
Presumably this creates a situation where the photon 'decays' out of the loop exponentially. I think the state of the system evolves like this:
[note: s = 1/sqrt(2), i = sqrt(-1)]
1 |PhotonLeavingSource>
is |PhotonHeadingToDetector> + s |PhotonHeadingToBottomRight>
is |PhotonDetected> + is |PhotonHeadingToTopRight>
is |PhotonDetected> + -s |PhotonHeadingToTopLeft>
is |PhotonDetected> + -is |PhotonHeadingToBottomLeft>
is |PhotonDetected> + -i/2 |PhotonHeadingToDetector> + 1/2 |PhotonHeadingToBottomRight>
i(s-1/2) |PhotonDetected> + 1/2 |PhotonHeadingToBottomRight>
i(s-s^2-s^3-s^4-...) |PhotonDetected> = -i |PhotonDetected>
I'm pretty sure I've made a mistake in there. The final state has an amplitude of 1, but some of the intermediate state don't (they aren't unitary). Am I supposed to be normalizing as I go? Should the detected states be parametrized by arrival time and thereby not interfere with each other? Does that happen conditionally based upon the type of detector?
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There are many virtual machine software out there. Even some are included into mainline Linux.
What differentiates them, and what criteria should one ponder while choosing one?
There are many virtual machine software out there. Even some are included into mainline Linux.
What differentiates them, and what criteria should one ponder while choosing one?
The more professional tools, e.g. VirtualBox (aka xVM), and VMWare support multiple snapshots, and "thin" cloning.
VMWare additionally has some limited 3D acceleration, integration with Eclipse debugging (lets you debug applications inside the VM from outside the VM), virtual networking features, multimonitor support, and record/replay functionality (useful for debugging concurrency problems -- records on what core and in what sequence any instructions execute).
VirtualBox and the Kernel Virtual Machine are much easier to get working because you don't have to compile a kernel driver. They're also both free, while VMWare costs ~$190. The KVM is completely open source, while only some parts of VirtualBox are.
In my experience, performance in the various virtualization tools has been about the same everywhere, with a slight edge to VirtualBox and VMWare in comparison to the KVM. Your mileage may vary depending on your hardware and system configuration.
Finally, if you're thinking of virtualizing a bunch of servers, consider a hypervisor based OS as your base rather than Linux, such as VMWare's ESXi, Microsoft's HyperV, or Xen. These generally offer things like live migration, memory sharing, and fault tolerance, and have less overhead. However, they generally can't be used from the computer on which they're running, instead relying on remote managment tools, such as vSphere, or System Center. All three of these hypervisors are free. VMWare charges some $3k to access all the nice features though. Microsoft's and Xen's solutions are fully featured in the free product. (Microsoft's solution doens't work very well unless you have Active Directory already deployed though)
Here are a few obvious criteria I consider, from a lay standpoint. Disclaimer: I don't really know anything about virtual machines, I just use them. I have some experience using Xen, VirtualBox, Linux Containers, VMware, and Linux-Vserver. VMware is proprietary, the others are free software. All of these require special kernel support.
Per Joe Brockmeier's helpful article there are roughly two different of virtualization. One where there is a full fledged guest OS running on top of your host OS. This is called
Of the ones I mentioned above, Xen, VirtualBox, and VMWare are
Obviously, there are trade-offs in this. The main difference is that for
So, some specific issues to consider, referring back to these two types as possible.
First (assuming you are running on Linux, as the question says) is your desired guest a Linux distribution or some other OS? If the former,
Does the software in question require the kernel to be patched or is it natively supported by the kernel? If it requires patching, that is a major downside, as it means that the patches have to be kept in sync with the changing kernel. If the functionality is already present in the kernel, that this is not an issue. Of course, some virtual machines don't require kernel support and run in userspace. There are relatively few virtualization machines that require special kernel support and have that support in the mainline kernel. The only two I know of are Linux Containers (
The size of the user community. This is mostly an issue when it requires a patched kernel. In that case, the manpower to keep this project going outside the kernel, and make sure everything keeps working correctly may not exist.
Is the virtual machine software proprietary or free software? If it is proprietary it will never be included in the Linux kernel. Of course, depending on your philosophy, you may find one preferable over the other for ideological reasons.
Virtualization performance. How fast is it? Generally
Does it allow memory to be shared with other processes on the system, or does it require dedicated memory? In my opinion, allowing memory to be shared is nice because it means you don't have to chop this memory off from the rest of the system. If you can share memory, you can run more virtual machines than if you can't. By definition,
The level of isolation from the rest of the system. Some virtual machines differ in this. Ideally you don't want the virtual machine knowing about or interacting with the host system or other guest systems in any way. By definition,


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Officials in some of Ohio's biggest school districts, including Columbus, were caught lying about student attendance numbers last year....
If the school system was a banking institution or the Republican Party, there would rioting in the streets! These people who are lying to the taxpayers in official reports should be found out and thrown into jail. No second chances! Mandatory jail time, no slap on the wrist and a promotion. Also, any superintendent or administrator that knew about the scrubbing or claims he/she didn't know should be fired and jailed as well.
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The National Rifle Association is promoting fiction based on popular imagery from movies in which good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns, every time and with little or no collateral damage. Sadly, that is not true. Plenty of good guys with guns die at the hands of bad guys. Trained police officers who face danger while armed and vigilant are not immune to gun violence and death. Recently, a Texas prosecutor who knew he could be a target and was armed, was killed along with his wife.


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Unanswered: Update Node leaf
beforedrop: function (node, data) {
data.records[0].set('leaf', true);
data.copy = true;
right now the code just copies the grid row to tree as a leaf. Is there any way to update the leaf it is dropped on instead of adding a new leaf.
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How can I relate $mg$ to $R$?
Just to give you a scenario: If a free hanging weight was tied to a motor... I know the voltage ($V$) and current ($I$) so I can use $V = IR$ to find $R$. What if I reduce the weight by say half? Will that be the same thing as $.5R$?


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"The spirits gave me a vision when Yue was born. I saw a beautiful, brave young woman become the Moon Spirit. I knew this day would come."
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Nominally, Arnook was also the formal chief of the Southern Water Tribe, but by the time of his reign, the North had already lost contact with the South Pole for decades. When Team Avatar reestablished these relations, Arnook sent waterbenders and resources to the South in order to help rebuilding the devastated Southern Water Tribe. By doing so, he not only saved the South, but also restored the union of the Water Tribes.[3]
Early life
In his youth, Arnook trained to be a warrior, and he later became the chief of his tribe after his father passed away around 80 AG. He married the daughter of a tribal chieftain, and in 84 AG, they had a daughter together.[4] However, their daughter was gravely ill, and desperate to save her life, Arnook prayed to the Moon Spirit. He took his infant daughter to the Spirit Oasis, where the mortal form of Tui, the Moon Spirit, dwelt along with the Ocean Spirit. He placed his daughter in the water under the full moon, and her hair turned white as she was revitalized by a measure of the spirit's own life force. In honor of Tui's intervention, his wife named their daughter Yue, for the moon.
At Yue's birth, Arnook had a spiritual vision of his daughter; he learned that when she grew to maturity, she would become the reincarnation of the Moon Spirit.[1]
Arrival of the Avatar and the Fire Nation
When Aang and the rest of Team Avatar arrived at the Northern Water Tribe, Arnook was happy to have the Avatar present as an ally. He introduced him to Master Pakku, his waterbending teacher. Katara hoped to learn from Pakku as well, but he refused, as it was not customary for women to be taught combative waterbending in the Northern Water Tribe. Later, Pakku refused to teach Aang after catching him teaching Katara waterbending. Katara begged for Arnook to have Pakku teach Aang again, to which Arnook said it was Pakku's decision alone whom to teach. However, this problem was resolved when Pakku agreed to teach Aang and Katara after he found out that Katara was the granddaughter of Kanna, the love of his life.[5]
When the Fire Nation attacked the threshold of the Northern Water Tribe, Arnook asked for volunteers for a dangerous mission; Sokka was the first to rise to the occasion. After briefing everyone on the mission at hand, Arnook entrusted Sokka, who had experience fighting the Fire Nation, to share his knowledge with Hahn, the leader of the mission and Yue's fiancé. After the two young men got into a fight over "Yue's perks", Arnook took Sokka off the mission and appointed him as Yue's bodyguard instead.[6] Even though Sokka carried out his bodyguard duties, he was unable to prevent Yue's fatal fulfillment of her destiny during the Fire Nation siege. She became the new Moon Spirit after the previous was slain by Admiral Zhao. Later, Arnook spoke with Sokka and revealed the vision he had when Yue was born: a beautiful, brave, young woman would one day become the Moon Spirit.[1]
Arnook was a gentle, wise, and passionate leader who cared deeply about the welfare of his people. He was a spiritual man who deeply believed in the power of the Moon and Ocean Spirits, pleading with them to save his ill daughter and calling upon them to aid the Northern Water Tribe after realizing the Fire Nation would soon lay siege to the tribe.
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- 118. "The Waterbending Master"
- 119. "The Siege of the North, Part 1"
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Unknown, eventually Tonraq and Unalaq's father[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ehasz, Aaron (writer) & Filoni, Dave (director). (December 2, 2005). "The Siege of the North, Part 2". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 20. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Legend of Korra - mobile trivia game (September 10, 2013). Retrieved on September 10, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Two: Spirits, page 23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante (writer) & Volpe, Giancarlo (director). (November 18, 2005). "The Waterbending Master". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 18. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ Ehasz, Aaron (writer) & MacMullan, Lauren (director). (December 2, 2005). "The Siege of the North, Part 1". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 19. Nickelodeon.


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Questions pertaining to the graphics program used to develop macromolecular models from crystallography data
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How do you turn a minimal CIF description into a complete one?
I have a CIF file that I downloaded from the PDB, but if I try to use it in Coot, it complains that it is not a complete CIF definition. This page provides a batch script that I may be able to tease ...
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How do I change bond colors to something besides a different hue in Coot?
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Is it good for my learning process to compete in higher weight class?
My weight is 63
In many BJJ events you have -64, -70, -76, ...
Normally I should compete in -64 but I prefer competing in -70. Am I doing it right? I would say it's ok, because BJJ teaches you to defend yourself against all types of opponents (including big people).


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In Doko v Jablonowski & AAA of Michigan, Unpub Per Curiam Opinion, (#306082, 11/15/2012) the Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err by failing to conclude that AAA intentionally renewed an insurance policy with knowledge of the policy holder�s death. However, AAA should have preserved any files related to the 2003-2004 policy, rather than allow them to be purged from its computers after six years. AAA�s own record retention policy allowed for a �litigation hold� to be placed on information when it was informed of pending litigation. The underwriting files, if any, should not have been purged. <>>MCR 2.313(B) permits a trial court to impose sanctions for failure to comply with a discovery order. The court rule is inapplicable �in the absence of a discovery order.� Brenner v Kolk, 226
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Craftsman 13 in. Tool Bag for $3.49
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•The Craftsman 13 in. Tool Bag is a practical addition to your home, garage or workshop
•The tool carrier weighs 1.16 lbs.
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I tried to order, but I was to pick a store within 300 miles. We have a store in my home town. Wondering why they can't be shipped to my local store.
I have one of these bags, and I like it.
This bag always seems to be on sale, but its still great for taking a few tools on the go. I keep getting tempted to pick up a few more every time I see them on here.
@natecj: I bought one last time they were on sale (with Sears). Actually, I got a double-pack (included a 16" bag maybe as well?).
I like them. Others think they look "ugly", but whatever -- it's a Craftsman bag that I put a few tools in to move around.
Others use them to just have a tool bag in the vehicle all the time with some essentials -- perfect for that!
Would recommend this bag.
@barbaraniederkorn: The Sears/Kmart web site really svcks. I'm always having some trouble with it. It's probably just another bug. The problem I have most often (off and on) is that it won't work and says I have cookies disabled, but I don't. They must use IE as their target browser, because it sometimes works on IE when it won't on Chrome or Firefox.
That being said, this is a great bag - I have several!
Great timing, I needed a cheap crap chinese tool bag to put a collection of crappy chinese tools in for the pep band, so that I don't have to keep bringing my good American made tools to fix the crappy chinese tubas, or the crappy chinese baritones and euphoniums, and let us not forget the cheap crappy music stands and drums that my director keeps buying
The best part is that they just opened up a harbor freight next to the beer store near me so that when I go get the cheap crappy chinese stuff to fix things; I can at least drown my sorrows with good American beer
@bigelowb: Yes, whenever I have to purchase anything from kmart or sears online I always have to use IE sadly.
I actually purchased 5 of these the last time they were up from @mtm2. These are surprisingly well made little bags with a number of pockets. These are great for arranging some of the smaller items in your workshop that might not already have cases or bags.
I tried to order this but it said it was out of stock.
I have one of these bags. It's actually a great bag, and the same product (same model #) is about twice the price at Sears.
Tried to order the max qty of 3 and it said out of stock, ordered two and it was fine. Then tried to order them again and had the same problem. It seems that they only want to sell two, and not the three it says you're allowed to buy. Bummer.
Just ordered 3 to pick up at my local store. :D
Price comes to $4.74 at my local store pre-tax and $5.07 after tax.
I have 2 of these and one of the 18". They're great bags. I use one of the 13" for taking my handgun to the range. Easily fits my gun in a soft pouch, 4-6 boxes of ammo, glasses, hearing protection, and a roll of targets. The 18" would work better if you had two different guns.


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My repair guy patched some holes with drywall mud on walls that had been painted with semi-gloss; we went eggshell. He then painted over the area after the mud was supposedly dry. The area did not match the texture of the rest of the wall and it had tiny bubbles as well as the area looking scratchy from the spreading knife. I could see these huge flat areas amongst the textured so I tried stippling the bumps back in with a kitchen sponge; maybe way too soon after painting. I then tried to roller a coat over the area I did. Now I have dull scratchy areas all over the area, but there is some texture. What I need is a novice way to prep the walls so I can repaint and I will get a textured shiny wall like I thought I was going to get. I would like this method to be a good one, but one that does not require expensive supplies or talents I do not have. Help!
The short answer is to repaint the entire wall. When patching, its almost impossible to get a perfect match of texture and color. If the patch is small you might never notice it, but large patches are usually noticeable to some degree. This might be just because the original paint has cured for a few years (probably yellowed too), or it could be like your case with different textures.
It does however sound like the patch might not have been sanded well enough, so the first step is to sand the patch back down so the surface is smooth and even with the wall. The prime the spot, and repaint. If the original wall was painted with a roller, make sure to use a roller again. A patch that is painted with a brush will usually stand out on a wall that was painted with a roller originally.
I have found than an effective way to get some texture over a patch in drywall is to thin some pre-mix drywall mud with a small amount of water in a paint tray. Then use a long napp paint roller to apply the thinned mud on the wall. You will have to experiment with amount of thinning water to add - I found that it takes only a very small amount. Also you can try rollers with different napps. Lastly to get greatest texture you need to minimize the number of roll overs of a particular area that occur during the mud mixture application.


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Foster Wheeler's scope of work includes development of the overall concept for the project, which is planned to include a world-scale linear alkyl benzene plant and a range of units producing specialty chemicals derived from diesel feedstock. The study is scheduled for completion in early 2014.
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April 9, 2010 -- With the FDA reviewing the antibacterial chemical triclosan, widely found in everyday products such as hand soaps, body washes, toothpastes, cosmetics, toys, clothing, and furniture, should you or shouldn't you ditch products with this ingredient?
Here are the most frequently asked questions about triclosan, with answers from experts on both sides of the debate, to help you decide.
Q: What is triclosan?
Triclosan is a chemical added to many products for its antibacterial action.
Q: How long has it been in use?
''It's been in use for over 40 years," says Brian Sansoni, a spokesman for the Soap and Detergent Association, whose members produce soaps and body washes. Initially, its use was only in health care settings such as hospitals, he says.
In the last 15 years, triclosan began showing up in consumer hygiene products, he says.
Q: What prompted the recent FDA investigation of triclosan?
The FDA announcement this week about triclosan was in response to a letter from Rep. Edward J. Markey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
Markey had sent the letter in January, requesting information about the status of the FDA's ongoing review of triclosan in consumer products.
Markey is concerned and is calling for the FDA to ban the use of triclosan in personal care products. He wants the Environmental Protection Agency to take steps, too, such as evaluating the potential of triclosan -- washed down the drain with personal care product use -- to contaminate drinking water and contribute to antibiotic resistance.
Q: Where does the FDA stand, for now, on triclosan?
Triclosan ''is not known to be hazardous to humans," according to the FDA statement issued this week.
In 1997, the FDA reviewed data on triclosan in one specific toothpaste, Colgate Total, and found that the triclosan in it was effective in preventing gingivitis, the inflamed gum condition that marks the beginning of periodontal disease.
(Markey has asked the FDA to re-evaluate this approval, as the review was done before health concerns arose about triclosan.)
As for triclosan added to soaps and body washes, the FDA say there is no evidence that these products provide any extra health benefits over plain soap and water.
The FDA say it is continuing to review the safety of triclosan in the products it regulates. It is partnering with the EPA to study the effects on environmental health.


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VATICAN CITY (CBS NEWS)-- The world's 1.2 billion Catholics have a new leader. His name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, but he will be known henceforth as Pope Francis I.
Bergoglio, the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires and a member of the largest Catholic order, the Jesuits, is the first pope from the new world. Born in Argentina to parents of Italian descent, he represents a bridge between the Church's European roots and its future, which lies, according to many, in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Bergoglio's chosen name, Francis, is taken from the patron saint of Italy, Saint Francis of Assissi.
After just a day and a half of voting, the 115 cardinal electors locked inside the ornate Sistine Chapel sent a cloud of white smoke up a chimney and into the air over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, signaling a conclusive vote -- at least 77 of them agreed on a man to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.
Thousands of the faithful and the curious huddled underneath umbrellas in a rain-drenched St. Peter's Square erupted in applause and cheers upon seeing the white plume drift over the Chapel. Three American tourists told CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips they were in Rome on vacation and just came to the square to "see if we'd get lucky." They got lucky, and witnessed history.
Within an hour, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, the senior cardinal deacon of the Church, stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and announced in Latin the name of the man elected to lead the faith -- the 266th pope and the 265th successor to the apostle Peter, for whom the basilica and the square take their name. Catholics believe Jesus Christ himself chose Peter to lead his church on Earth.
CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey notes that no pope in the Church's near-2,000 year history has ever been so bold as to claim the name of the original pontiff for himself -- there has never been a Peter II.
Pope Francis I was chosen from among the cardinal electors themselves.
Shortly after Tauran's announcement the new Holy Father will himself appear on the balcony, clad in his papal vesture, to give his first blessing. He will already have been the pope at that stage for about an hour -- officially assuming the title while still inside the Sistine Chapel. After accepting the position before his fellow cardinals and informing them of his chosen papal name, the new pope will have gone to pray in the Pauline Chapel, across from the Sistine Chapel, before greeting the crowd.
In spite of a much-discussed divide among the prelates heading into the conclave, pitting traditionalists from the Vatican establishment against those more interested in reform, the cardinals have concluded their election in a time frame typical, if not shorter than, the past six conclaves.
The decisive action may be taken as a deliberate move by the clerics to disprove the widespread claims of a bitter division within the College of Cardinals.
The new pontiff inherits a Church still reeling from the child sexual abuse scandal and mired in financial and bureaucratic mismanagement which his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI failed to address before he shocked the world by becoming the first pope to retire in almost 600 years.
In their chosen new leader, the cardinals will hope for a man capable of addressing the internal problems of governance brought to light by the torrid Vatileaks scandal last year, and a man with enough of the persona and charm that endeared Pope John Paul II to the Catholic world to swell Church attendance.
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There is no problem for me; it was a genuine question, since dart was new to me, but I could understand the objections. Still, when the date is known, a question like "When will dart be natively supported by Chrome" in Google should also yield Stack Overflow. In order to do so, it's even better to have it ready and indexed beforehand. To have google hits on questions is one of the main goals of SO as far as I know.
In Stack Overflow the question was deleted, so Google will yield http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=75df0ee29ec2c6cb&hl=en this one and others, but no Stack Overflow when the question can be answered.
Why should not we be able to ask questions here that can only be answered in the, of course somewhat near, future?


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(FORT STEWART, Ga.) - Columbia College-Fort Stewart awarded a $500 scholarship to Beverly A. Carradine-Gilmore of Hinesville in honor of Frank S. Westling. Westling was a former dean of the college's Extended Studies Division, which serves adult learners and military personnel nationwide.
Carradine-Gilmore is a senior general studies major. She volunteers for local Cub Scout and Girl Scout programs. Through this work, Carradine-Gilmore has led groups of children in projects supporting several service organizations, including the Ronald McDonald House, Liberty County Animal Shelter and Hospice of Hinesville.
The scholarship was awarded to one student at most of Columbia College's 30 nationwide campuses. To qualify for the Westling scholarship, applicants had to:
- Complete a scholarship application
- Pursue degree completion with Columbia College
- Have a minimum Columbia College GPA of 3.0
- Have residency of at least 15 hours with Columbia College
- Have a history of leadership and service to their community, school or country
- Write a 400-500 word essay on their achievements and career goals
"Columbia College is proud to offer this scholarship to students at our extended campuses," said Mike Randerson, Columbia College vice president for Adult Higher Education. "Frank Westling was instrumental in establishing the Extended Studies Division to serve working adults and military personnel, and he would be pleased to know the scholarship is helping fulfill the educational goals of students around the country."
Prior to joining the college, Westling served in the U.S. Army for 31 years and retired as a colonel. He was a highly decorated infantry soldier and was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Silver Star.
The Westling Scholarship is a nonrenewable scholarship and will be awarded to a new student each year.
Columbia College was founded in Missouri in 1851. Today, the college serves 20,000 students at its Day Campus, Evening Campus, Graduate Program, 30 nationwide campuses and Online Campus.


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I have an application build on SharePoint 2007 platform, and currently I encounter a common issue where the Database Log file growth rapidly and fill up the hard disk space.
In my situation, I wanted to remain the recovery model as FULL because in future might need for point-in-time recovery and database mirroring.
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STEUBENVILE - With seven incoming players and a new and improved training program, the Franciscan University of Steubenville men's basketball team looks forward to the season, which begins tonight at Bethany College.
The Barons are hoping to build on last year's foundation and rise to a new level of competitiveness.
"A new team brings new talents and new abilities, and it's the coach's responsibility to take the strengths of each one of the student-athletes and place them in a position to be successful," second-year head coach John Lamanna said about his squad, which has only three returning players.
"We have a complete overhaul from what we did last year. This year is not even going to look the same, just in terms of what we're doing offensively and defensively, and due to new personnel."
Along with a change in roster, comes a change in training strategy, and among other things, Lamanna recently implemented special professional development session, or "pro-time," each morning in addition to scheduled practices. This, he said, gives the men a chance to spend time developing individual skills, something that Lamanna said is often difficult to fit into a team practice but essential to forming a good team of individually skilled athletes.
Lamanna said the team looks forward to an opportunity to "perform on a national stage" and continue to raise Baron Basketball to new heights.
"First and foremost, this year our goal is to continue moving the program to a higher competitive level, not just within our conference, but on a national level," Lamanna said. "But second, our goal as a program this season is to reach our potential. We don't quite know where that is yet, or what that means, and that's what we're working on a daily basis to try to discover."
Leading the team into this new phase of competition is the lone senior, three-year starter Frank Murray. A defensive standout, he was ranked in the top 15 of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference last year in steals, and was second overall in the AMCC in minutes played.
"We're excited to see Frank play because he's our lone senior. He's also anxious to end his college playing career on a high note," Lamanna said.
As the men head into their first game, Lamanna expressed confidence in the program's new outlook.
"We're prepared for what to expect against Bethany and looking forward to getting the season kicked off and starting off with a great challenge that they're going to offer us," Lamanna said.
Former Buckeye Local standout Joe Rine (6-7) will patrol the middle.
A pair of Weir High products will suit up for the Barons this year in 6-1 Justin Horstman and 6-6 Paul Buffington, both freshmen.
Lamanna will also bank on sophomores Joseph Spears (6-0), Caleb Knorr (6-4) and Corey Henning (5-9), along with freshmen Derrick David (6-0), Christian Duke (6-3) and Tim Schenk (5-10).
The Barons hit the road for the weekend with games against University of Massachusetts-Boston and Gallaudet in the Hoopsville National Invitational Classic Tournament held at Stevenson College in Owings Mills, Md.


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A Spartanburg man was arrested on heroin trafficking charges on Sunday.
Antwan Arnold Edwards, 36, of 485 Vernon St., was charged with trafficking heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin within 1/2 mile of a school, according to online jail records.
Officers obtained a search warrant for the Vernon Street home, less than a half-mile from Cleveland Elementary School, and found digital scales, small plastic baggies and heroin in small, individual bags, an incident report states.
Edwards was released from the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Monday on a $60,000 bond.
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I booted from the Ubuntu ISO which I burned on a disk and installed Ubuntu, and chose the option to replace windows 7 with Ubuntu, now the version of windows 7 I was running was an illegal cracked version and I already had tried to get rid of it without booting into the actual OS and after many attempts was unsuccessful. Now did installing Ubuntu and choosing the option of replacing windows 7 actually solve my problem and did it wipe the previous windows OS EVERY LITTLE PART OF IT.
Your Data Might Still Be Recoverable (But Don't Count On It!)
Since, as you commented, your goal is to ensure that no data from the Windows system can ever be recovered:
No. Nothing you could have done with the Ubuntu installer utility can completely eradicate all possible informational trace of previous data on your disk.
You can, however, probably accomplish this, and if you wish, you can probably accomplish this with the Ubuntu live CD. (You cannot accomplish it from within a running operating system installed on the drive, like your newly installed Ubuntu system.)
To render all data on a disk permanently unrecoverable, you need to overwrite every byte on the disk. This takes a moderately long time (up to several hours, or days for disks that are really big and also really slow).
According to some respected computer engineers and data recovery specialists, to be entirely sure you're destroying all the data, you have to overwrite it with unpredictably random bytes. (On the other hand, my understanding is that some equally learned folks think that's not necessary.)
If you're really interested in doing this, see:
But is that really what's important?
The potential recoverability of data from your old Windows system is entirely irrelevant to all of the following:
Futhermore, assuming the Ubuntu installation worked properly (which is something we can check, see below), you will not be accidentally booting into the old operating system. To get it to even start booting you'd probably have to try hard. If you got it to boot all the way, that would be truly impressive.
Sometimes You Really Do Have to Destroy All the Data Completely
If there is information in your old Windows system that must be kept secret, for example if you are ethically or legally obligated to ensure that it is not disclosed, then it is a good idea to scramble the disk completely (as discussed in the two questions linked above).
If there is information in your old Windows system that is so sensitive that one or more people could plausibly die as a result of its disclosure, or that something comparably bad could result, then you should scramble the disk completely. Then, you should physically destroy the disk. The reason for this is that, even if the likelihood is small, it is possible that you could make a mistake (or that your software tools could have a bug) that would cause some data to survive. I am not familiar with what techniques are recommended for physically destroying hard disks, but some government agencies and some businesses do actually have protocols for that sort of thing, some of which can be read by interested members of the public.
I am guessing your situation is not like either of those two. This section is included for completeness only (and in case you were wondering under what circumstances I recommend making sure all data on a disk are completely destroyed).
Peace of Mind Is An Acceptable Reason to Securely Erase a Disk
It takes a bit of time to read and absorb information about secure erasure techniques. But deciding what technique or utility to use is ultimately not too difficult, and most hard drives these days don't take overwhelmingly long to overwrite.
Therefore, if it makes you feel better to do it, do it!
Of course, this will overwrite your new Ubuntu system, too. But you just installed it, so you probably haven't customized it much yet. You could probably reinstall it without too much hassle.
It is almost certainly not necessary for you to securely erase your disk, but it's kinda cool, so if you feel like it, go ahead!
You Should Check Your Partition Table(s) to Make Sure Ubuntu Installed the Way You Wanted
Without checking your partition table, you don't know for sure if the Windows partitions themselves were really wiped out. If they weren't wiped out, your Windows system might be fully accessible and you might even end up booting to it again (though this is still not extremely likely, assuming it's not booting now and there's no menu option for it).
It's a good idea to do this. Here's how:
I believe checking your partition table to make sure there are no Windows partitions left over is quite sufficient, and I think most other experienced users would agree. Please do not hesitate to ask if you want help interpreting the output of
If you choose to replace Windows then the hard drive is re-partitioned and formatted completely. You can be fairly sure that Windows no longer exists.
You can verify this by opening a terminal windows and typing
which will show all drives and all partitions on the system. You should find that there are absolutely no NTFS Windows partitions on the machine. If there is a second hard drive in the machine, and if Windows was installed on that also, then it's possible that it might still exist.


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STEUBENVILLE - Sharon "Sam" and Michael Bell of township Road 167, Mingo Junction, became foster parents five years ago with the dream of adopting children.
Their dream came true Tuesday during an adoption hearing before Jefferson County Probate Judge Sam Kerr.
November is Adoption Awareness Month.
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NEW FAMILY — The Bell family got a little bigger Tuesday with the adoption of two girls during a hearing in Jefferson County Probate Court. November is Adoption Awareness Month. Participating in the hearing were, from left Probate Judge Sam Kerr, Michael Bell, holding Pyper, and Sharon "Sam" Bell, holding Ava. - Mark Law
The Bells have had 32 foster children during the past five years through the Jefferson County Job and Family Services, Children Services Division.
The Bells are now the official parents of 11-month-old Pyper and 3-year-old Ava. The girls, who have different biological parents, were given to the Bells as foster children right after they were born.
Sam said she wanted to become a foster parent after she saw a girl in day care who was given up by her parents. She wanted to take care of the child and proposed the idea of foster parenting to her husband.
After the first foster child, Sam remembers thinking, "Oh my God, what have we done."
"It was always in the front of our mind that we wanted to adopt," she said.
The couple plans to remain as foster parents.
Michael knew when they got Pyper and Ava that they would one day be their own.
"I feel they have been ours since we got them," he said.
But the Bells have felt the heartache of all foster parents when children in their care were returned to the biological parents or relatives.
"After the first one (foster child), we thought we wouldn't do it again," Michael said. "It was devastating," Sam added.
Tracey Dailey, adoption coordinator for children services, said there are 21 foster family homes in the county. Of those, 18 are foster-to-adopt homes, she said.
Parents receive extensive training before becoming foster parents.
Once children services receives permanent custody of a child, the six-month or longer process of adopting the children begins. The agency handles four or five foster-to-adoption cases a year.
"It really depends on the number of children at the time," Dailey said.
"It builds families through foster care. We do a lot of research when we place kids to make sure it is a good fit. We know the placements may be long-term and that makes a successful foster-to-adopt," she said.
Ava was crying loudly outside the probate courtroom Tuesday. She was then brought into the courtroom and ran up to Sam, who was on the witness stand. The Bells' attorney, Adrian Hershey, then jokingly asked Sam if "in spite of all this, are you still willing to adopt?" She didn't hesitate in saying "yes."
Hershey said he really enjoys the adoption hearings.
"I like adoption hearings. Everyone walks away happy. Everyone thinks it is the right thing to do in getting a new family launched," he said.
Kerr said adoption hearings are the best part of his job as judge.
"These families take the children in as foster parents and fall in love with them. It is a real pleasure to assist in that process," Kerr said, adding he has presided over the cases involving the children from the time they are removed because of abuse and neglect.
Dailey said both girls are very attached to Michael, adding Pyper was usually on his lap when she visited as part of the home inspection process. She said Ava wouldn't be that far away.
Michael said foster parents need to really love kids. The Bells have had as many as five foster children at a time.
"We have been going nonstop for five years," Sam said.
"It was all worth it," she said, holding a bottle for Pyper. Both mom and daughter had big smiles on their faces.
Children services will be hold preservice training classes for foster or foster-to-adopt parenting beginning on March 5. Contact Dailey at (740) 282-0961, extension 1112, or Joan Dohnal, foster care coordinator, at (740) 282-0961, extension 1113, for information.


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This will sound naive for sure, and it is. Being a recent college graduate, I have been wondering on how do average websites implement their authentication modules. I have been using a table storing username and hash(password) and their roles (for authorization). All I do is string-matching and done! Then install an SSL cert. This sounds too simple in practice !!
Then I look at the enterprise systems which implement JAAS and stuff like that, which sounds too complex for a small-medium business.
How does an average team consider writing an authentication/authorization module ? This is a language/platform agnostic query. I would be obliged to get any suggestions.
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Anyone use Canopy DVD/Media Accidental Protection Plan?
I'm looking at getting them for some games because my kids love to ruin my discs and was wondering if anyone had any issues. Amazon doesn't have many reviews on it.
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I hate to ask but why not get cloneCD and clone the disks and leave the originals in the case?
@caffeine_dude: Xbox games
@caffeine_dude: also, xbox games duplicated onto recordable media will not work in a stock xbox 360.
It looks like each contract may only cover a single game.
It's definitely single use, as in if you use it to replace a game the contract is over. That part is explicitly stated in the terms.
@samstag: Well yeah that's how warranties work, for $4.50 for a year its priced right. Curious if others had any experience with them.
@zapp brannigan: Oh ya I used to 'fix' Playstation 1s, but I read out that our government was going after the people who bought the chips and they were using Homeland Security (which seemed to have unlimited money and power at the time), so I stopped buying the chips. I did fix an X-Box once, but it was a gen 1, and the person bought the chip for himself. The chip was to sit on the mainboard of the Xbox but he messed something up and I had to solder to the back of the board and to the new chip.
Edit: This is not much help, but if they want me to take copyrights seriously they need to replace broken disk for a 'disk replacement fee' as I am paying $50 for the content of that disk and not the disk itself.
@caffeine_dude: I agree, and I used to do the soldering of chips on the first gen xbox also :) I am not going to mod my current since I like playing on Live but yeah if they would replace the disc for like $5 plus shipping I would mail them my disc and get a clean one back.


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Presidential debates happen every election season, but rarely does the voter get a chance to ask a candidate a question.
So we decided to take the presidential town hall meeting to the streets of Dothan, giving voters the opportunity to tell us what they would ask President Obama or governor Mitt Romney, and everyone had plenty to say.
"Oh there's lots of questions, look at the last four years, look at the last four years, there's no change," says voter Clay Sellers.
"I would ask candidate Romney, why is he focusing on something that is insignificant?," voter Rev. Willie Duncan
And most of the questions from voters in Dothan were extremely personal.
"I would ask the presidential candidate and Mr. Obama can you please tell the seniors of this country what you're going to do to ensure our retirement?," says voter Lynn Thomas.
Some chose to think hard about what they would ask
"Hmmm, wow that's a good question, how sincere they are with their beliefs that would be my question to the presidential candidates," says voter Clay Sellers.
But most voters are ready for it to all be over.
"Once the election is over and the results are in, November 6th, what would they do on January 20th as their first course of action turning the corner towards governing," says voter Don McCleod
"I'm glad it's only until November, so I think we've had enough," says voter Lynn Thomas.
Although you might not get your chance to ask a candidate a question personally during a debate, you will have your voice heard come November Sixth.
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Bennington College this summer became the first American school to participate in the European Schools Festival at the National Center of Contemporary Dance in France.
Accompanied by dance faculty members Susan Sgorbati, Terry Creach, and Dana Reitz, Bennington dancers Marie Blocker '10. Niko Tsocanos '11, Emily Climer '12 and Lydia Chrisman '12 joined more than 150 students and teachers from 15 schools representing 10 European countries for the five-day bi-annual event.
Bennington and Julliard were the only non-European schools invited (Julliard was not able to attend).
"We were invited because of the quality of our dance program and because we are known for being experimental," Sgorbati said.
The Bennington dancers participated in morning and afternoon workshops each day, and performed four of their own compositions during the evening sessions.
"Their performances were very successful," Sgorbati said. "It was wonderful seeing them so inspired, and fantastic for us to form relationships with other dance professionals from around the world."
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Demetrius Thompson, a convicted sex offender, was working at the Bear Creek middle school in Georgia.
He had been a volunteer at the school for many months. His secret was only discovered after a concerned parent did a database search of sexual offenders when he noticed Thompson's face.
Thompson was very active at the middle school, he handed out pizza at the football games. supervised field trips, and many other children dilled events.
The school claims Thompson "fell through the cracks" because his name was misspelled and his address was inaccurate.
Thompson was convicted of aggravated child molestation.
No criminal charges have been pressed against Thompson yet.
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Marco Sassoli, Director of the Department of International Law and International Organization at the University of Geneva will discuss human rights and International Humanitarian Law (the law of war) in non-international armed conflict. As treaty, IHL is less detailed in non-international armed conflicts. Because most of these conflicts occur on the territory of the State involved, Human Rights Law should have a greater role than it does in international armed conflicts. However, as customary law or by analogy, the more detailed and less protective rules of IHL of international armed conflicts may come back as lex specialis and crowd out human rights. This discussion is not only theoretically interesting, but also has important practical repercussions, making the difference between life and death, and between indefinite detention without judicial control, when the admissibility of killing and detaining fighters is analysed. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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Louisville moves to No. 1 ranking in AP poll
Louisville, taking advantage of weekend losses by Duke and Michigan, is No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. This is just the second time the Cardinals have the top ranking. They were No. 1 in the final poll of the 2008-09 season.


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Description: Two top German television personalities star in this comedy in which they parody the entertainment industry, as well as their own on-air personalities. In Cologne, Germany, the Tele-C network is in deep trouble -- they're stuck in the ratings cellar, the star of their most popular show has just quit, and the moneymen are not at all happy. Program director Conrad Scheffer (Harald Schmidt) thinks he sees a light at the end of the tunnel when he meets the partner of his assistant, Carla Sperling (Jasmin Tabatabai). Hannes Engel (Thomas Gottschalk) is a handsome and personable disc jockey working at a small radio station in the country, and Conrad is convinced he'd be perfect for television. All Conrad has to do is (a) convince Hannes to take the job, (b) get Carla over her belief that Hannes would be making a horrible mistake by going into television, and (c) get the network's current talk show host out of the way. Schmidt and Gottschalk have been called the Jay Leno and David Letterman of German TV, and their presence together made this comedy something of an event in its home country.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Homework Strategies for Children with Learning Disabilitiesby Lindsay Hutton
Picture this — you are sitting at the kitchen table helping your child with LD do her homework. You try your best to keep her focused, but even something as minor as sharpening a pencil can make her concentration go down the drain. Sound familiar? Getting a child with LD to do her homework can be tough. These tips and ideas from our readers might help.
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Team Effort
Meet with your child's teacher to discuss his homework habits. Talk about how much time he spends on his homework, and what distracts him from doing his work, such as television or video games. Find out what the teacher's expectations are, and agree on a homework plan to help your child resolve his homework issues.
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Chrome Bumpers: The Good Old Days When Bumpers Were Metal
Throughout the history of the automobile, metal bumpers with chrome-plated finish have been used as much for visual expression as they have for function. Go to any classic car show, and you're bound to hear at least one conversation covering the subject of how chrome bumpers are closely tied to "the good old days", with any given style representing the beginning or end of any individual's golden era of choice. In this article, we'll take a brief look at the history of chrome bumpers, how government regulations affected designs, and why chrome bumpers ultimately faded away. We'll also touch on replacement chrome bumpers we offer in the Front Bumpers and Rear Bumpers sections of our website.


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Unisex Names
Losing Their Identity
Name Dropping
When it comes to naming little boys, choosing a unisex name that is in fairly equal use for both genders, like Cody or Taylor, is often a safer choice than names like Kim or Kerry that have run their course as unisex names and are in stronger use for girls than boys.
These names, while once fairly strong in the unisex category, have become so widely used for one sex that they've lost their unisex identity. Think carefully about using them unless you're giving them to the gender that they've become most identified with:
- Ashley: This Old English place name (it means "ash tree meadow") was a favorite of Gone With the Wind fans. Who can forget the fair-haired Ashley Wilkes, the unattainable object of Scarlett O'Hara's affection? Because it ends with -ley, which is such a strong component of today's top girls' names, it's best left to the distaff side of the gender board.
- Courtney: Still popular for both sexes, but becoming definitely more associated with girls, thanks to the feminine-sounding -ey ending. This was the 26th most popular girls' name in the U.S. in 1998.
- Beverly: Another name with the popular -ley feminine ending, which makes it stronger for girls than boys. It might possibly be used for a boy as a transferred use of a surname as a middle name. No boy in his right mind today would want to be called Bev.
- Douglas: A classic Scottish clan name that, interestingly enough, began as a girls' name. Now it's used almost exclusively for boys, I think because of its connection to such people as World War II General Douglas MacArthur.
- Caley: The overwhelming popularity of this name for girls in all its different forms makes it a poor choice for a boy at this juncture.
- Esmé: It's French for "esteemed," and it was once a male name. It's rarely used today, but when it is, it's almost always attached to a girl, thanks to its feminine ending.
- Dale: I guess it was Dale Evans who made this name more feminine than masculine. It's too bad, because this is a name with strength and it's been a steady, consistent boys' name over the years.
- Jamie: This diminutive of James was once very popular for boys, but it's better known as a girls' name today, perhaps because of the TV show Mad About You.
- Jocelyn: Another name that was strongly masculine but no longer is, although decent male pet names—Joss and Lynn—can be derived from it.
- Jody: There was a too-cute little fellow named Jody on a fairly insipid 1960s sitcom called Family Affair, and I think he killed this name for all the other little boys who came after him. Today, if it's used at all, it's almost always for a girl.
- Kelly: I went to school with lots of little Irish boys named Kelly, but it's almost exclusively a girls' name now.
- Kendall: This name also had a good run as a unisex name, but is now becoming more frequently used for girls.
- Kim: This was a fairly popular boys' name in the late 1950s and early 1960s and had a good run as a unisex name as well. It's not widely used now, but when it is, it's generally only for girls.
- Meredith: Meredith Willson was the genius behind the Broadway musical and film The Music Man, but he's about the only Meredith that comes to mind. It's definitely a more common girls' name these days, although not widely used there, either.
- Stacy: Yes, there's Stacy Keach, and he is a pretty virile guy, but I still think of this as a girls' name and I think most other people do, too.
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I downloaded the iOS SDK file xcode_3.2.6_and_ios_sdk_4.3__final.dmg from the Apple developer site but I'm not sure about its integrity.
Could anyone provide me the md5 or sha1 checksum for it?
I believe that opening a .DMG file automatically verifies it.
Basically, it contains a checksum in the file (or are you worried about malicious packages, rather then just corruption?).
Anyways, when I open a .dmg file, I see the message box with a progress bar say "Verifying" for a while, before it actually mounts.
Asmus added in a comment above:
Having an external checksum would still be a benefit. I don't have the resources to download the 4G file without interruptions (power/bandwidth) and I would really like to get it from "somewhere else" where the download technologies are more liberal but be reasonably assured that the file would not be tampered with by some evildoer.
For what it is worth, here are some of the hash values for the copy of the file that I downloaded:
The hashes can be useful to make sure you are not dealing with malicious modification, but if you are just worried about corruption during transfer, then the internal checksums should be sufficient.
I wrote some unattended scripts that automate the download and installation Xcode and/or Xcode CLT.
It is most likely that Apple watermarks DMGs with your Apple ID.
Supporting Evidence: Try googling for the md5, sha1, etc. of the dmgs. 0 results likely.
Try this:
Betting against bitsquatting, MITM long-tail issues and other things end-users cluelessly ignore/dont understand are unnecessary, avoidable gambles.