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Let's refresh our understanding of menstruation. Every month, your uterus prepares a lush lining of cells to provide a home for an embryo. After ovulation, if your egg meets up with sperm, the fertilized egg bores into this cushiony lining.
If the egg is not fertilized, however, the body knows it has no use for that month's lining. The cells break down and are shed, in the form of your menstrual period.
You can't have that sort of period and be pregnant.
Spotting early in pregnancy can be confusing, however, especially if your menstrual flow is ordinarily light, and the bleeding coincides with the usual timing of your period. Here are some causes of normal spotting during the first trimester:
As the embryo is getting situated in the uterine lining, and the placenta begins to develop, the site where the embryo is attaching can bleed a little.
The blood supply to the cervix increases immediately when you become pregnant. The surface of the cervix is thin, and the pressure from the extra blood can make a few of the tiny blood vessels pop, causing slight bleeding.
The changes in the cervix can make it more sensitive to irritation from intercourse, and that can lead to a bit of bleeding.
Women who are pregnant generally feel an extreme tiredness that does not accompany menstruation. (Most pregnant women also develop breast tenderness, but that may not feel different from breast tenderness that accompanies your period.)
Pregnancy spotting is much lighter than what most women experience during their period, and it would last for fewer days than the typical period.
If you have abnormally light bleeding when you'd expect your period, and pregnancy is possible, go ahead and take a pregnancy test. Today's home pregnancy tests are very sensitive and accurate.
One caution: Bleeding in early pregnancy is a danger sign in the relatively rare case of ectopic pregnancy.
Ectopic pregnancies occur in about 20 of 1,000 pregnancies in the United States, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg starts developing outside of the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. In that case, some of the uterine lining may slough off, which might look like a dark period. You would experience other symptoms, such as lower abdominal pain and cramping on one side of the pelvis.
Again, if you have any question, I encourage you to take a pregnancy test. The earlier you begin prenatal care, the better. I'd also like to remind anyone trying to conceive to begin taking prenatal vitamins now. That way, your body and the baby have what they need from the very start of your pregnancy.
Updated March 2011
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STEUBENVILLE - The city's month-long Black History celebration continued Saturday with special movie presentations, an introduction to African culture and a "Taste of Africa" featuring unique cuisine from the continent.
The events, held at Historic Fort Steuben, also included presentations of gift certificates to the winners of the annual Black History Essay Contest.
"We had three winners out of 162 entries," said 4th Ward Councilwoman Angela Suggs, one of the judges. "All of the entrants received a $10 gift certificate, but the top three received $100 certificates."
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SPONSORS — Black History Essay Contest sponsors, from left, Anita Jackson, Jerry Barilla, Judy Bratten, Sharon Kirtdoll, James Baber, Juanita Swearingen and Asantewa Anyabwile are shown with Makayla Crownover, who won first-place honors in the middle school division of the contest. It was sponsored by LaBelle Neighbors Who Care, Historic Fort Steuben, Franciscan University of Steubenville and Eastern Gateway Community College. - Contributed
GUEST SPEAKER — The Rev. Raymond Nwegede, a Catholic priest from Nigeria, discusses African culture, during Saturday's Black History Month festivities at Historic Fort Steuben. The day's events also included a day-long film festival, a sampling of African cuisine and presentations to the winners of the Black History Essay Contest. - Linda Harris
Organized by Asantewa Anyabwile and sponsored by the JFK Memorial Committee and Franciscan University of Steubenville, this year's assignment "was to tell us about their heritage, their personal experiences," Suggs said.
"All of the kids did very well," she said. "Some were funny, some were very inspirational. We were very proud to have had 162 entries."
Winning their age division were:
Elementary school: Xavier Turnbull of West Pugliese, who wrote of all he learned as he researched his heritage for his entry, including the definition of Africa - in Latin, it means "sunny" and in Greek, "without cold" and animal kingdom triva - cheetahs, the wildebeest and lions, all native to the continent, "can all run over 50 miles per hour!"
"The most amazing fact I could find about Africa is that there are over 800 languages spoken between over 700 million people!" she said. "Africa doesn't have just positive facts, it's also interesting, amazing and unique to me!"
Middle school: Makayla Crownover, Harding, who told the judges how the late Martin Luther King's freedom speech rang true to her.
"I feel I'm living the part when he said, 'I have a Dream that one day my four children will one day live in a nation where they are not judged by the color of their skin but the content of their heart,'" Crownover wrote.
"In my heart of hearts, I feel that my sister and I have reached the place where I can honestly say that we love all of our friends and we're happy that we can hang out together. Before the Civil Rights Movement, children wouldn't have been able to have these types of friendships. It is so nice to be able to ride the bus home after school and sit wherever I want, unlike Rosa Parks, who ... refused to sit in the back of the bus. I'm thankful for this woman and many others that have built the foundation to a new America, where all people can just get along."
High school: Faith Bauman, Steubenville, who told the judges she was struck by how "privileged and guilty" she feels about her life here in the United States now that she understands conditions in Africa.
"Africa almost seems like a different world when you compare it to the United States," she said. "A fact that shocked me while researching is that there are fewer people in Africa with Internet access in the entire continent than in New York City alone. It's the poorest and most under-developed of all the continents. The average poor person in Sub-Saharan Africa lives on 70 cents a day."
The awards were donated by the Martin Luther King Association, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Eastern Gateway Community College and 1st Ward Councilman Gerald DiLoretto. Judging the contest, in addition to Suggs, were Sarah Fletcher, Sandi Rue, Ty-Juan Young-Bright, Rhonda Parris and Gergrude Delhart.
LaBelle Neighbors Who Care and Historic Fort Steuben sponsored the family friendly movies shown throughout the day Saturday, the Rev. Raymond Nwegede, a Catholic priest from Nigeria, discussed African culture, and Christiana Achebe shared a sampling of African cuisine.
Anyabwile said this year's celebrtation has been "the biggest one, crowds and all."
"It started out (years ago) as a film festival, but now it's films, food and presentations," she said. "And hopefully we can expand it to more days."

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Soft tacos won't break, unlike their hard sibling. But they will go fast!
Serves: 10 tacos
- 1 pound 95% lean ground beef
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup bottled salsa
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 10 flour tortillas (6-inch rounds)
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons shredded nonfat or reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
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Can anybody muster up a query on Data Explorer that will show me my progress towards the Generalist badge?
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Another try: http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/q/734
Unfortunately there is no way to tell when you are going to get the badge :)
However, this should show your progress with the top 40 tags:
Works now, all's cool
Error: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'. at System.Data.Linq.IdentityManager.StandardIdentityManager.SingleKeyManager`2.TryCreateKeyFromValues(Object[] values, V& v) at System.Data.Linq.IdentityManager.StandardIdentityManager.IdentityCache`2.Find(Object[] keyValues) at System.Data.Linq.ChangeProcessor.GetOtherItem(MetaAssociation assoc, Object instance) at System.Data.Linq.ChangeProcessor.BuildEdgeMaps() at System.Data.Linq.ChangeProcessor.SubmitChanges(ConflictMode failureMode) at System.Data.Linq.DataContext.SubmitChanges(ConflictMode failureMode) at CloudOverflowWeb.Helpers.QueryRunner.ExecuteNonCached(ParsedQuery parsedQuery, Site site, User user) in C:\Users\sam\Desktop\Source\cloudoverflow\CloudOverflow\CloudOverflowWeb\Helpers\QueryRunner.cs:line 141 at CloudOverflowWeb.Helpers.QueryRunner.GetJson(ParsedQuery parsedQuery, Site site, User user) in C:\Users\sam\Desktop\Source\cloudoverflow\CloudOverflow\CloudOverflowWeb\Helpers\QueryRunner.cs:line 171 at CloudOverflowWeb.Controllers.QueryController.Execute(String sql, Int32 siteId) in C:\Users\sam\Desktop\Source\cloudoverflow\CloudOverflow\CloudOverflowWeb\Controllers\QueryController.cs:line 110
Should I fix it? I'm so far from being a generalist, I don't even recognise what language it is written in... No, wait! I've got it: those insert/join/seclects mean it's some sort of query language, right? And the errors have some funny four-letter word "Linq" in them: I've seen that at Lambda the Ultimate: could that be the name of the language? Ha! [linq] isn't a top-40 tag, I'm fine. Phew, another technology I don't have to learn to become a generalist...
Because of the tag "info" page, we have a faster up-to-date value of total tag score.
To run, go to any page in Stack Overflow, then paste the following into Firebug:
After you run it, the page will be replaced by a table summarizing the total upvotes of the top 40 tags. I think it's easy to convert into GreaseMonkey script but I'm lazy :)
Edit: Updated because the tag-wiki format is changed. Now it is accurate because the info page now shows the score instead of upvotes.
The KennyTM javascript version doesn't work for me (there is no score for tags where I have enough rights to edit the wiki), so here is my own version. Lazily I implemented it so you must run it from the Tags Page:
You also must change the user in the first line.
On the plus side: my version works, it shows some status updates (even without the firebug console) and it also displays gold, silver or bronze backgrounds according to the badge you already have for an individual tag:
And here is a minimized bookmarklet version:
Just create a new bookmark and paste this code into the URL (just change your user name). Remember: it only works from the tags page.
Edit: fixed a bug for huge scores containing a comma. Sorry, I ain't there yet :-)


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I am using Debian Etch.
Avoid making local installs into system directories. The system directories eg
So, if you are getting permission errors with
Note that the package management system conversely does not install into
Here's a basic rundown of the commands is question:
Since sudo command runs the command you pass it as root, it means that the make command has super-user privileges. This means that if the makefile is malicious, or any of the scripts it may call is malicious, then it could compromise your system.
In short, if you don't trust the software, don't install it. If you trust the software, then running as root shouldn't hurt anything.
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At the end of WWII, were nazis working on anything else besides V-2? If so, what was it, how close was it to completion, and could it potentially turn the events around for them?
Wunderwaffe (literally, wonder weapons) - absolutely, they had many, many designs under way.
They were working on the A9/A10 (think of a V3 rocket), that would be a multi-stage ICBM that would be able to hit the US, although it wasn't likely to be very accurate. This was planned to be available from 1946.
The Nazi's had already tested firing V2s from submarines, the plan here was to allow them to launch at the mainland US from U-boats just off the coast of the US. They had actually manufactured three of the required launchers to do this and had conducted extensive tests by the end of the war.
No doubt you have already heard about the Amerika Bomber, there were several candidates under various stages of development. Hitler had a fascination with bombers and so this was one area of development that got a lot of funding, at the expense of other, arguably more important schemes:
There were several "super heavy tank" designs being planned, with the Maus being most advanced, they actually had built two prototypes of this by the end of the war.
However, the Maus is nothing compared to these behemoths!
The above were only at the fairly early stages of planning.
There were plans for a super-heavy battleship, the H Class that would be around 140,000 tons with 20 inch guns that would dwarf the Yamato, two keels were laid down but soon scrapped.
There were many other plans, guided missiles, super-guns, helicopters to name a few, it's a very interesting subject with plenty of information on the internet.
There are other more conspiracy theory types of weapons that I won't go into here, but if you search for Hitlers Bell (Die Glocke) you'll find one example.
German physicist tried to build an atomic bomb, at least there were experiments.
At end of WW2 there was a laboratory in Haigerloch. It is told, that American scientist checked everything and took the Uranium (and the German scientists) to the US. If the German scientists really tried to build an atomic bomb is not really clear.
More can be found in Physics Today - Volume 53, Issue 7, Page 34. "The German Uranium Project"
Another (more popular) article. I added a rough translation.
Stern magazine: Der Atomkeller von Haigerloch (Sorry German)
The German scientiste were astonished, when the heard about the exposion of the US-bomb in Hiroshima
The sientist say, they only wanted to build a "power machine". But newer researches give an indication of plans to build atomic bomb.
The nearest and biggest threat to the allies, had it made it into combat, was the Horten Ho-229 flying wing fighter, and the 6 engine heavy bomber that was being designed for bombing campaigns against the American east coast.
The Germans were working on an atomic bomb. But the effort was stymied for a couple reaons.
It depends on what you see as a super-weapon.
In the fighter aircraft arena, by the end of the war Germany already had the Me 262 twin engine jet fighter and the Me 163 rocket powered fighter in service. It must be said that the Me 163 was not particularly effective.
The need to improve on the Me 163 led to development of the Me 263 rocket fighter, along with the Ju 248.
More advanced jet powered designs were built, including the Messerschmitt P.1101 variable sweep jet fighter, and the Focke-Wulf Ta 183 transonic fighter.
Another advanced desiagn was the Lippisch P.13a ramjet delta wing interceptor, which never got off the drawing board.
None of these reached production.
Nazi Germany developed tactical nuclear weapons as early as June 1942
This was detailed in a Magic decrypt held in NSA archives known as "Stockholm to Tokyo, No. 232.9 December 1944 (War Department), RG 457, declassified October 1, 1978. It was sent by the Japanese embassy in Stockholm decrypted on 12 December 1944. It refers to German development of a 5 kilogram nuclear warhead.
This signal states in part that:
In another document prepared at the end of the war from interrogations of interned combatants by the US Naval Technical Mission Europe, cited as: "Investigations, Research, Developments and Practical Use of the German Atomic Bomb" dated 19 August 1945.
In that document there was an affidavit actually written by an interpreter Captain Helenes T Freiberger of the testimony given under interrogation by pilot observer Hauptman Hans Zinsser who said:
There is further corroboration by a USN Intelligence report dated June 15, 1945 concerning "German Technology Transfer to Japan"
In Chapter 14 of that document it states this:
The German scientists behind this 5kg warhead were Haxel, Schumann & Trinks. What they developed was a method for detonating sub critical fissile mass by a process known as Fusion boosted Fission. It uses the plasma Pinch concept to ignite a mass of uranium far below the critical mass by using nuclear fusion to replicate the neutron flux required in a fissile mass at criticality.
In order to create fusion two opposing Hollow charges with conical Lithium liners were fired at a small mass of Uranium coated with Lithium-Deuteride plus a 2% contamination of Boron to slow down the reaction.
When conventional chemical explosive charges smashed the molten lithium liners into the Deuteride nuclear fusion occurred, expressing a vast nuclear flux. This worked like a spark plug to ignite the Uranium.
Maj General Dornberger leader of the V-2 project was interned in a special camp after the war for senior staff officers where all the rooms were bugged with hidden microphones. Transcript summaries of his conversations between 2-7 August 1945 were used in evidence at Nuremberg. Although heavily censored after the trials the report suggests Germany planned to use 5kg tactical nuclear weapons on the V-2 and also on the Rheinbote missile (mounted on an 88mm gun)
During WW2 the Germans were also working on a transatlantic cruise missile using a mixture of coal dust, diesel and Acetone.
Tests were performed with such ramjet engines atop a Dornier 217 aircraft in France through the war.
Trommsdorff-D-6000-Interkontinentalflugkörper was intended to launch from high altitude bombers such as the He-277 at altitudes of 46,000ft and 0.67 Mach. After launch they would climb to 80,000ft flying at 2.8 Mach much like the SR-71 cruise altitude. They would continue their flights to USA as robots similar in concept to the V-1.
"The V2 & the German, Russian and American Rocket Program"p.89, by Claus Reuter
According to a wartime report held on microfilm file at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, S.R.A.4394, the US 9th Army captured a working German Atomic bomb on 26 April 1945 near Goslar. The device known as 76-Zentner weighed 3.8 tons and the document notes it was flown back to the United States by Col Charles Lindbergh who in addition to being a qualified B-24 pilot was also a consultant to the US Navy Technical Mission Europe.
During 1945 Allied advances overran underground factories housing at least 60+ Anschutz Mark IIIB Uranium centrifuges each capable of enriching 250grams of Uranium by 7% per 24 hours. During each 12 day cycle these could produce 15kg of HEU enriched to 80% U235. At this rate Germany was capable during the second half of 1944 of producing enough HEU for one Hiroshima type bomb every 7 weeks.
NARA G-344 (9 Apr. 1946) Jesse W. Beams, "Report on the use of the centrifuge method for the concentration of U235 by the Germans."
Correspondence with Dirk Finkemeier and Keith Sanders about Underground nuclear factory at Espekamp captured 4th April 1945
March 1946 interrogation of Konrad Beyerle, Chief Engineer Anschutz & Co.


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A challenger and the incumbent have filed for one of five open seats on the Carthage City Council for the April 2, 2013 general election, while the incumbents are the only people who have filed for two open seats on the Carthage R-9 Board of Education.
Filing continues until Jan. 15 for the municipal and school elections slated for April 2.
In Carthage, five seats are up for reelection on the City Council, one in each ward.
City Clerk Lynn Campbell said, as of Thursday, there will be at least one contested race for a city council seat.
Campbell said Mike Hutton, 709 Florence St., filed to challenge incumbent Steve Leibbrand for the Ward 3 seat on the council.
Four incumbents filed in December, Jim Swatsenbarg in Ward 1; Leibbrand in Ward 3; Dan Rife in Ward 4 and Ed Hardesty in Ward 5.
The Ward 2 seat currently held by Larry Chapin is also up for reelection, but no one has filed for that seat as of Monday.
On the Carthage Board of Education, incumbents Dr. Mark Westhoff and Justin Baucom have filed for the two open seats.
People interested in filing for the Carthage City Council should come to city hall on the east side of the Carthage Square, fill out the forms and present either a $25 filing fee or a nominating petition with the signatures of 25 registered voters from their ward.
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The New York Times drew first blood in its war against the peroxide hairdo known as Guy Fieri. After Pete Wells wrote his now-viral review of Fieri's Times Square tourist-trap house-of-horrors restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen & Bar, Fieri fired back on national television.
It looks like Fieri took the words to heart, after all. After the staff at Hollywood.com paid a visit to the restaurant, they noticed that the watermelon margarita — which Wells described as "nuclear waste" — had been stricken from its menu.
Little by little, one by one.
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STEUBENVILLE - An Ohio Valley business has expanded its team and services to help other regional businesses successfully adapt to the ever-changing digital environment.
Since 1996, Steubenville-based Em-Media Inc. has given consumers the information they need to make educated decisions, while helping businesses exceed their goals. Over the years, Em-Media's marketing and advertising initiatives have adapted to the way people communicate. Now, the company's new digital content strategy team will focus on new Internet and social media trends, as well as existing platforms, to adapt to businesses' individual needs.
To enhance its line of creative services, the company will provide even more customized content creation such as upgraded website building and maintenance; social media strategy and upkeep; internal and external marketing publications; and specialized public relations services.
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BUSINESS EXPANDS — Em-Media recently has added several employees to its local operation. The team includes, from left, Larae Messer, Rose Orsatti, Chris Messer, Jim Emmerling, Marcus Giannamore, Lee Ann Emmerling, Wayne Hardy and Renee Cardelli-Contumelio.
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The team, led by Jim Emmerling, Em-Media Inc. owner and president, will work closely with businesses to identify goals, customize plans and strategize the most efficient way to reach those goals. Emmerling said, by hiring new employees, it reiterates the company's philosophy that all businesses can do great things.
"The company is committed to ensuring businesses' success. The reason we hired these people is to make sure our existing clients and future clients have the best services they can get," Emmerling said. "When I decided to start Em-Media, I knew that I was taking a chance. But over the years, I've seen how we can help businesses grow in the Ohio Valley
and beyond. We pride ourselves on being the best in our industry in all of the services we provide. Now, with more people than ever, we can accomplish that goal in a small city with big-city talent."
As part of its expansion, joining the Em-Media team are:
* Renee Cardelli-Contumelio of Weirton, a 1997 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in professional writing. She has worked as a reporter for the Herald-Star and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She furthered her career as a public relations/media specialist at Duquesne University, where she focused on developing internal and external publications. Most recently, Contumelio served as executive web producer for two television websites. During her eight years overseeing WTOV9.com and WJACTV.com, the sites won numerous first-place Associated Press awards in Ohio and West Virginia, as well as a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Broadcasting Award for Outstanding Television Website.
* Marcus Giannamore of Toronto joins Em-Media with a creative skill set to enhance the company's Internet and website solution services. Giannamore spent eight years as a technician in the academic computing division of the office of information technology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he focused on computer hardware issues, software deployment and customer service. Most recently, Giannamore held the position of web developer for the Endeleo Project, a nonprofit organization in Columbus, N.J. He was responsible for building the organization's website from the ground up, as well as performing general Web maintenance tasks. Giannamore is currently pursuing a computer science degree at Franciscan University.
* Chris Messer of Weirton brings information technology and digital troubleshooting skills to the Em-Media team. A graduate of Fairmont State University, Messer earned a degree in elementary education. He has coupled his computer and customer service experience at companies including CompassLearning and Verizon Wireless. Messer is pursuing a second degree in Web design and development at Full Sail University.
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Checklist for Making Screen Shots of Your iPhone Applications
Part of the Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies Cheat Sheet
In the Apple store, you need to communicate the function and elegance of your application with smartly selected graphics. You can submit up to five screen shots for your listing. Follow these steps to make your graphics count:
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Well, it is of the "straightforward" questions one may ask. I propose it here to see if someone could tell me more on the recent status of this quite long-standing problem.
To initiate, let me give a brief description of the "classical" invariants. Essentially they are provided by either the symplectic structure or the Hodge structure, most of which relating to vanishing theorems and integral theorems. As far as a compact manifold $M$ of complex dimension $n$ is concerned, we have the following:
$b_2 \ne 0$ for the symplectic structure and many more;
$ b_{2k+1}$ are even and $b_{k-2} \leq b_k$ for $k \leq n$ for the Hodge structure, which date back to Lefschetz;
Various integral results on Chern numbers by Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch on Kaehler manifolds;
and etc.
To make the question precise, I would like to ask:
Has there been any "higher" or essentially new invariants discovered so far? Particularly, one may observe that the above invariants are all torsion-free(as Yau did in his problem list), so the torsion invariants would be rather interesting, suppose they do exist.
Any comments are welcomed and thanks a lot!


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The Captain of the All-Invisible Team
When DeSagana Diop entered the NBA as the eighth pick in the 2001 draft, he looked destined to have a remarkable career. And indeed he has—in a sense.
No active NBA player has managed to last as long as Diop while playing so little. Diop, a 7-footer from Senegal, was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers but is now with the Charlotte Bobcats, for whom he is a healthy but increasingly noncontributing member. He didn't play in their loss to the Houston Rockets Monday, the third straight game in which he was active but didn't get in.
In Diop's 12 seasons, he has appeared in at least 50 games six times and made 93 starts. And yet, Diop has averaged only 14 minutes per game over his career. That translates to roughly 696 per season—easily the fewest minutes of any active player who has spent at least a decade in the NBA.
There is, of course, a reason why Diop continues to find work in the NBA year after year. He has averaged 1.1 career blocks per game despite his limited minutes. But Diop's weak offensive prowess—not to mention his .467 career free-throw percentage—makes it difficult for coaches to make him a bigger part of their rotation.
That said, it could be worse. Sean Marks, a 6-foot-10 big man from New Zealand, spent 11 recent seasons in the NBA with six teams. He averaged just 206.7 minutes per season—the fewest of any player in history who spent at least 10 years in the league.
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In my classes I sometimes have a contest concerning who can write the largest number in ten symbols. It almost never comes up, but I'm torn between two "best" answers: a stack of ten 9's (exponents) or a 9 followed by nine factorial symbols. Both are undoubtedly huge, but I haven't been able to produce an argument that one is larger (surely they aren't equal). Any insight into which of these two numbers is bigger would be greatly appreciated.
$n!$ grows more rapidly than $9^n$ (it grows approximately with $n^n$), so eventually it wins out; in fact, a few moments with Wolfram Alpha suggests that for all $n\gt 21$, $n! \gt 9^n$. This means that the best solution is mixed: after the first exponentiation (since $9^9$ is greater than $9!$), you're better off using factorials, giving the answer $9^9!!!!!!!!$. (Also, note that we're all assuming that the correct parentheses here are implicit, since there's a big difference between $\left(9^9\right)^9$ and $9^{\left(9^9\right)}$.)
On the other hand, if you're allowed to use more-or-less stock mathematical notation, you may want to have a look at Knuth's arrow notation; $9\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow\uparrow9$ is bigger by far than the rest of these. (And numbers even larger than this have come up in mathematics - have a look, for instance, at Graham's Number, which most conveniently uses the arrow notation in its definition.)
EDIT: In fact it's pretty straightforward to prove that the answer in the first paragraph, $9^9!!!!!!!!$, is the best that can be done (with these operations). First, as long as $a$ is at least two symbols (for this group of symbols), then $a^9 \lt 9^a\lt a!$, so adding a factorial symbol is always going to be better than adding a $9$ onto your tower. But what about structures like $9!^{9!}$? Well, if both $a$ and $b$ are at least two symbols long, then $a^b\lt \mathrm{max}(a,b)!!$; assuming for the moment that $b$ is larger (because if $a$ were larger, then $b^a\gt a^b$), then $b! \approx b^b$, and while this isn't enough to ensure that it's greater than $a^b$ (consider the case where $a$ = $b$ = $9!$), it's close enough that we can be certain taking a second factorial will be larger - so those extra symbols you spent on exponentiation should retroactively have just gone into more exclamation points, and this is enough to guarantee that $9^9!!!!!!!!$ is the largest possible combination of these particular operations.
Wolfram Alpha shows $$9^{9^9}\approx 10^{10^{8.56}}$$ while $$(9!)! \approx 10^{10^{6.26}}$$ Adding another character adds another 10 to the bottom of the stack without changing the upper exponent much at all. It will even do the full stack of 10. The exponents have 8.5678 atop the tower of 10's, while the factorials have 6.26949. So the exponents win.
Added: In Douglas Hofstadter's May, 1982 column "On Number Numbness" he declares these essentially equal. For numbers of this size, the first thing you should look at is how many times you have to take a log to make it reasonable, which is 9 for both of them. Then look at the number on top of the stack, which is the only one that matters. So it is like 9.85678 compared with 9.626949, which are very close.
A thorough study of this question is given in the article "Exponential vs. Factorial" by Velleman (American Mathematical Monthly Vol. 113, No. 8, Oct. 2006, pp. 689-704). In the motivating example there are 5 characters instead of 10. Of course, the conclusion is the same as in Steven Stadnicki's answer, that $9^9!!!!!!!!$ (or $9^9!!!$ in the case of 5 characters) is the largest possible.
The article also addresses your original question, proving that the exponential tower of $n$ $9$s is always larger than a $9$ with $n-1$ factorials applied (and many more general statements).
I find it quite sad that none of the answers has actually formally shown that
The proces is a bit long, but it it worth it in my opinion. First, a simple calculation shows $9! < 9^8$. Then $9!! < (9^8)^{9^8} = 9^{8\cdot9^8}$. Then $$9!!!< \left(9^{8\cdot9^8}\right)^{9^{8\cdot9^8}} < \left(9^{9^9}\right)^{9^{8\cdot9^8}}=9^{9^{8\cdot9^8}\cdot9^9}=9^{9^{8\cdot9^8+9}}$$
$$9!!!! < \left(9^{9^{9^9}}\right)^{9^{9^{8\cdot9^8+9}}}=9^{9^{9^{8\cdot9^8+9}}\cdot 9^{9^9}}=9^{9^{9^{8\cdot9^8+9}+9^9}}<9^{9^{9^{8\cdot9^8+10}}}$$
Now, some notation. Let us use $f(x)$ for $9^x$ and $f^k(x)=f(f(... f(f(x))...))$. Let $x!^k$ denote $x!!!...!!!$ with $k$ factorials.
Clearly, $f(x)+1<f(x+1)$. By induction, $f^t(x)+1<f^t(x+1)$ for any $t$.
Now we proceed by induction to show that $9!^k < f^{k-1}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)$. The base case has been given above. Assume $4 \leq k \leq 9^8-7$.
$$9!^{k+1} < \left(f^{k-1}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)\right)^{f^{k-1}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)}= 9^{f^{k-2}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)f^{k-1}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)}<9^{9^{f^{k-3}(9^9)+f^{k-2}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)}}<9^{9^{9\cdot f^{k-2}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)}}<9^{9^{9^{f^{k-3}(8\cdot9^8+k+6)+1}}}<9^{9^{9^{f^{k-3}(8\cdot9^8+k+7)}}}=f^k(8\cdot9^8+k+7)$$
This completes the induction hypothesis. Hence we have shown the asked.
Now for some fun: The largest number using ten symbols. We can also use shortened Knuth's up arrow notation, $9 \uparrow^{9 \uparrow^{9 \uparrow^{9} 9} 9} 9$ has ten symbols.
Conway chained arrow notation, $9 \rightarrow 9 \rightarrow 9 \rightarrow 9 \rightarrow 9^9$.
Rado's sigma function, $\Sigma(\Sigma(\Sigma(9)))$.


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I've configured my app to "listen" on events on the user object - changes in the name of the user. Also, I've configured it to "listen" on events on the permissions object - changes in the permissions of a user.
I succeeded to subscribe successful - it is verified. So the GET operation works good , however the POST operation doesn't seem to work. Notice that I was able to work with my callback server with GET and POST successfuly, but it seems that Facebook real time updates doesn't work.
Anyone else experiencing this issue? are there any special points on configuring the callback server?
I've found several remarks on this issue, but I still can't understand if the updates aren't working because of my mistakes or because Facebook updates doesn't work.
For example, this link describes the same issue: Not receiving realtime updates at all from Facebook
Also, there is an open bug on this issue, reported here: but again I'm not sure if it is my bad: http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/267220196722379?browse=search_501c8eb30d8239e58192973


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Hi guys,
I am using ubuntu 12.04LTS on acer aspire 5755G, last night I found some good apps that are very useful for me which are inbuilt in ubuntu studio.
After that straight away I fired up with Live Ubuntu Studio CD and had a tour. It was really cool and smooth. But I found the desktop was completely different compared to ubuntu 12.04LTS, no launcher, no lens, themes,top bar and etc.
So bit confused and wanted to ask
1# whether it is completely or partially different from ubuntu 12.04LTS desktop interface?
2# What all are the changes that have made to ubuntu studio vs ubuntu ?
3# Will I get the same performance as ubuntu 12.04LTS ?
4# Is it possible to get all apps and features of ubuntu studio to ubuntu ?
5# Will Acer Aspire 5755G able to make use of Ubuntu Studio features with full potential?
Many Thanks in Adavnce
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Curran, Mary Doyle, 1917-1981
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Author, editor, and professor, Mary Doyle Curran published her only novel, The Parish and the Hill, in 1948. The collection includes unpublished drafts of novels and short stories; photographs; correspondence from family and friends; publishers and literary associates such as Saul Bellow and Josephine Herbst.
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On this day in 1999, Megadeth's eighth studio album Risk was released. The title stemmed from Dave Mustaine's decision to take a risk with the musical direction of the album. Megadeth expanded its horizons and explored new avenues with the 1999 release of Risk. The album debuted at #16 on U.S. Billboard charts and was certified Gold in 1999. Download it on iTunes or get the album at Amazon.com.
Megadeth is confirmed to headline a show at Hui Yuan M Zone Center in Beijing, China on Tuesday, October 6. Details are at megadeth.com/tour.
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The 10 Most Ridiculous Album Cover Trends of All Time
Nobody buys albums based on the cover alone. At least nobody we've ever met. But like all forms of mostly pointless commercial art, album covers are subject to ridiculous fads. Selling music and creating musical trends require talent, something that the people who get paid to make decisions have very little of. What they do have is the ability to convince themselves that their choice of cover photo is what made Thriller a hit. And so, with an industry full of people getting paid loads of money to make decisions that don't matter, people are going to play it safe. Which is where you get trends like ...
#10. The Jack Daniel's Label
For some reason, Jack Daniel's whiskey has broken ground that few other brands have: Its logo has become a popular base for album cover designs. You don't see many covers based on the Taco Bell logo, and yet Jack Daniel's is used constantly as a signifier for warmed-over country and Southern rock bands who have run out of road signs to take pictures of:
You see a lot of bands using it because the actual logo contains a bunch of information about the whiskey itself, like what type it is and where it's made. Using the modified logo for a cover means that you can tell consumers a lot about the album that would come off as weird and boring if you put it in a sensible bullet list. You'll notice that a lot of bands keep the phrase "old time," which is impossible to take negatively, and then replace the whiskey description with the genre and country of origin. This is particularly important when bands have to point out that they are not country or Southern rock:
This logo style also means that JD labeling works well for greatest hits albums, because you can put a bunch of necessary information on it and play off that it's "vintage" and "aged," just like whiskey:
At least one band has tried to jazz up the JD cover by putting a lingerie-clad woman over half of it. But then they apparently decided that covering up that much of the label might cause confusion, so to make up for it, they had the lady holding a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey herself:
And they didn't even put an infinite telescoping world of recurrent little ladies on the bottle's label. For shame, Court Jester.
#9. My Left Hand Is Stuck to the Side or Top of My Head
This is not to be confused with covers in which the artist's right hand is stuck to the back of his or her head:
#8. Legs Crossed in the (Same Goddamn) Wicker Chair
One day, when scientists grow tired of studying boring stuff like cancer and black holes, they're going to put their efforts toward something worthwhile. Like figuring out what exactly made the image of a musician lounging in a wicker chair such a popular one for '70s album covers.
Not just any wicker chair. It had to have a comically large back:
That had to be round ...
And God have mercy on your soul if you weren't crossing your legs, no matter how completely unsmooth you looked doing it:
This man has never crossed his legs before.
However, you had to be really chill before the gods of the '70s rewarded you with a potted plant to put next to your chair:
Fuck it, if you're Al Green, you get two.
You might have thought that all these wicker chairs were broken down and burned for fuel during the energy crisis, but enough survived to be used on at least one recent album cover. Fortunately, taking a cue from modern moviemaking, this artist has jazzed it up with a wacky camera angle:
#7. Female Singers With Shiny Face Accessories
Since 2008 or so, Lady Gaga has been appearing on album covers with shiny shit on or around her face. Sometimes the goal seems to be to make her look like she's from the future:
Other times, to make her look like she's wearing a shiny historical artifact on her head like a fancy hat:
Lady Gaga mistakes a novelty aluminum hula skirt and a feathered Victorian codpiece for hats.
But one thing was clear to record executives: Humanity had abandoned all previous criteria for determining musical quality, and from this point forward would be making music-buying decisions based on the amount of shiny shit surrounding the artist's face on their album covers.
Jennifer Lopez went the futuristic route, and also way the hell overboard, on the cover of her album LOVE? In addition to wearing black versions of L. Gaga's face crystals on her boobs, J. Lo fell into the gap between "fashion forward" and "wildly impractical pain in the ass that will never catch on" by predicting a future where women wear all of their jewelry at the same time, and flash photography is lit by blinding nuclear detonations.
"Detroit died for a good cause."
Christina Aguilera and Janelle Monae evoked a different sort of futuristic, shiny-faced apocalypse, appearing as cyborgs on their covers:
Meanwhile, in the field of shiny face antiques, Selena Gomez showed up with what appears to be a necklace draped over her head:
In the past, everything was hats.
And in fact there has been an entire trend of face necklaces, which seems to be some manner of political statement about women and oppression and face jewelry.
"The chinstraps symbolize the wage gap."
Janelle Monae, who has already appeared in this section as the robot who isn't Christina Aguilera, decided to unite both trends with one ridiculous hat that evoked an ancient Egyptian goddess while also suggesting a futuristic colony of head lice:
It's especially embarrassing since all available evidence seems to suggest that Lady Gaga is fucking with us all:
We can't tell if she's trying really hard or totally half-assing it.


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TORONTO - Megan Ann Neeper and Aaron Paul Provenzano were married at 2 p.m. July 14 at St. Francis Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. Thomas Vennitti officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Sherry Neeper of Toronto.
The groom is the son of Albert and Gail Provenzano of Steubenville.
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The bride was escorted to the altar and given in marriage by her father. She wore a beaded white A-line gown featuring a fitted bodice with a dropped waist with cathedral-length train.
Melissa Trimmer, sister of the bride, was the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Lauren Neeper, sister-in-law of the bride; Ashley Provenzano, sister of the groom; Jessica George; Erin Pillar; Anne Marie Bullen; Johnna Provenzano; Angela Leone; Jamie Christopher; Kelly Lynskey, cousin of the bride; Sydney Gambellin; and Lexi Gambellin.
Matt Provenzano, cousin of the groom, was the best man. Groomsmen were Justin Neeper, brother of the bride; Justin Provenzano, cousin of the groom; and Nick Maurizi, Brice Dobler, Aaron Isenhour and Mark Horvath.
A reception was held at the Serbian American Cultural Center in Weirton. The couple honeymooned in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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Darkroom Meeting October 20th, 2009
- Moderator:
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Making the darkroom dark
- Review of the plan listed on the wiki, get folks to take ownership, order of when things to do, set hard dates.
- current plan is to use blackout curtains, and build in a fan which will vent out into greater 2169 for now, and then we hope someone can help us pipe it somewhere.
- Mitch and Jeffrey are willing to help with our money matters.
Equipment acquisition and organization
Digital printer
- there's been talk of this digital printer, which I suspect will be settled in the standard do-ocratic (or not-do-ocratic) manner, but which may merit some meatspace discussion.
Film scanner
- Several poorer photographers have been lusting after a film scanner. We've found some options in the $400-600 range. We'll also likely cast about for donations. I think that a flatbed scanner in good shape that works with something other than Windows would be
Color printing!
- We have a color enlarger, but can't actually print color without print development equipment. In theory we can do this is baths like BW printing, but I think it's pretty finicky. I'll post this in a separate thread on the list.
Darkroom items and floor plan
- Table and filing cabinet dimensions should get documented somewhere.
- I would like to digitize the dorkroom floorplan and get that on the wiki, for posterity.
Other projects?
- there's been talk of Xrays and pinhole cameras and polaroids and making our own film. Sometime soon I'd like to see some photography-themed workshops. Incidentally, is there a name for our group? I have been using Darkroom crew, Dorkroom crew, and Darkbridge interchangeably (in the latter case, "greater 2169" is referred to as "Noiseroom").
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The court ruled yesterday that Ruben Salinas (sah-LEE'-nahs) was improperly linked by hearsay to an organized crime group known as the ``Bluegrass Conspiracy.''
The court also says the jury was given incorrect instructions about kidnapping, the aggravating factor that made the death penalty possible for Rios.
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Joe Bouvier says Rios will be tried again.
Rios admitted shooting 63-year-old retired Lexington firefighter Aubrey Nuckolls in 1998, but contended it was self defense. He also admitted stuffing Nuckolls' body in the trunk of Nuckoll's car and leaving him for a month on a Jessamine County farm.


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A person who is nice, cool, or otherwise chill in some manner. The person may or may not be good looking.
Person 1: Luongo is such a beauty!
Person 2: Nah, he's overrated.
Person 2: Nah, he's overrated.
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Beauty is a thing seldom seen. It is held by all within the soul it lies, waiting to come out to the surface, but it can only be found if someone is sharing your soul with you. Beauty is suppressed by the evils of the world. Only love can bring beauty out. Once seen, beauty never hides again. Not even hatred can deny beauty of it's true design. Beauty, although possessed by all by few and fewer yet will ever see one of the most beautiful sights - the beauty held by you.
It doesn't mean you're gay or no longer badass if you like that definition.
by Bulletproof Marshmallow October 28, 2003
The one thing that draws you towards her. The thing she cannot see herself, without your help.
I brought her ten roses, nine real and one fake. I told her I would love her til the last one dies.
by ALton January 16, 2005
Something inside the "beholder's" eye.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
by Riley Owens June 29, 2005
Something which embodies the trait of unmatched aesthetic and inner beauty, regardless of external influences. To be truly beautiful reflects an unparallel sense of eternity, unchanged by events or situations which may otherwise compromise such a trait.
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by sonja February 21, 2005
beauty has several definitions, but mine is a bit more large-scale than most: just look around you: babies forming in wombs, injuries healing, lifeforms reproducing, brains working, bodies moving, etc. all have been made to be recognized and glorified, but ultimately, to point toward a Designer.
the universe is so beautiful, it makes one wonder; 'has this all come from nothing? has all of this just materialized into existance? or is there a Creator who designed it? those who are willing to find are willing to seek.
by karl July 11, 2004
Beauty is a corporate invention designed to promote the suffering and insecurity of the masses for the sake of profit. They say it's a state we're all supposed to be achieve, in order to ensure economic, financial, social and recreational success. There is a ridiculous double standard in society at the moment. An attractive blonde who never bothers to do anything useful gets more respect than an ugly git who has the courage and determination to get the fuck out there and do something for him/herself and this world and not be a parasite. Don't you think that's fucked up? Or am I just weird?
'By buying our rubbish, you can achieve beauty, which will make you successful and make your life wonderful and you will never need to worry again' says the greedy corporate pig, who lives off the insecurity and suffering, and above all, gullibility (that means believing lies) of the masses
by Will April 13, 2004
An Italian painter, named Carlotti, defined beauty as the summation of the parts working together in such a way that nothing needed to be added, taken away or altered.
she has such beauty.
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Janet Taylor says: "Man I was shocked. I couldn't believe it because they go to church and stuff all the time. I just couldn't believe she would do something like that."
Janet Taylor lives one building down from Danielle Brown and her husband, who is a reverend at a Baptist Church. So Taylor was shocked to hear that Brown had been arrested for giving alcohol to minors. But when police went to Brown's house they had other reasons for concern. After some of Brown's chorus students returned from a field trip to New York City one student came forward with other disturbing allegations against the teacher.
Warren County search warrant states: "The minor informed the officer that pictures were taken of him and another female student and that they were 'half nude.'"
Police had a search warrant to seize the following items from Brown's home in Phoenix Place apartments here in Bowling Green:
A Kodak digital camera
Seven floppy disks
A DVD player
An m-p-3 player
Seven compact discs
Two cellular phones
One hard drive and one computer.
Jim Flynn says: "It's a terrible experience. Parents put their children in our care and that's an awesome responsibility and it's a very important responsibility and we take it very seriously."
Flynn is superintendent for Simpson County Schools. Earlier in the week he said they were very disappointed about the alcohol charges. He also said it's now been handed over to the county attorney and Franklin Police.
Flynn says: "As far as the remainder of any issues, we're going to follow board policy procedures and any applicable statutes."
According to the search warrant for Brown's home, there may be other statutes that Brown broke while she was a teacher.
Warren County search warrant states: "The son reported to this officer that Danielle Brown did take pictures of him and another female student in the chorus room of Franklin-Simpson High School."
Still it's hard for neighbors to believe.
Taylor says: "Someone told me the police had been out here but I didn't believe them. I'm thinking why would police be at the church people's house? Because they go to church all the time and she didn't seem like she'd be like that."
The Simpson County Attorney says he does not feel it is appropriate to comment about Brown's arrest at this time. The Franklin Police officer that handled the case did not return our phone calls.
Brown has been released on a surety bond from the Simpson County Jail. She has not been convicted of any of these crimes.
The investigation is ongoing, and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available.


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I have some blog posts over on my blog (Regular IT Guy) on How To help you deliver more impactful demos with three posts covering Demo Machine Prep, Use of ZoomIt and Virtualization Guest VM switching.
It just so happens that I was asked to deliver some of these tips and more to a worldwide gathering of Microsoft Certified Trainers as a segment on their quarterly update online event. I asked my partner in crime Joey Snow to help out and what resulted is a 55 minute video of tips, tricks and story telling that wraps all of this together.
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There are many fighters like BJ PENN and Demian Maia that got their BJJ black belt in short period. Many say BJ Penn received it after 3 years of training - on Wikipedia they mention Demian Maia got his black belt after training 4 years and 7 months. What are their training schedule and how did they manage to receive their black belts in such a short period?
What is the best way to improve your skills in BJJ (gi and no-gi) and become a black belt in short period?
BJ Penn and Demian Maia
The training results of BJ Penn and Demian Maia cannot be replicated at will. Some people just have natural gifts. Luck also plays a factor, as does physicality, especially as relates to avoiding injury.
Without discounting the tremendous amount of hard work that he put into training, BJ Penn was bestowed with natural physical talent. Combining that with full time training, as in multiple times a day for at least five days a week, he was able to advance quickly. Note that BJ also had a little haphazard BJJ training from a TKD instructor who was also a BJJ blue belt. I believe that TKD instructor is current BJJ black belt competitive monster Keenan Cornelius' father, Tom Callos, who has talked in interviews about training with BJ in the early days.
Demian Maia had some early exposure to judo, but it's unclear what exactly made him able to advance so quickly. Some people just do.
Advancing Quickly
The best way to advance quickly in BJJ, as with any skill, is to train frequently. The top players in the art today train full time: multiple times a day, at least five days a week. They train at schools with world champions and copious sparring partners. They sacrifice many other elements of their life. They train hard, they spar with everybody, they think about the sport constantly, they analyze top-level matches, and many of them do strength and conditioning to keep themselves injury-free and in top condition.
Train More.
The only real way to get better at anything, and especially Brazillian Jiujitsu, is to train more. That's the only answer.
The reason Demian Maia, BJ Penn, Kid Dale etc got their black belts in a few years, is because they trained 2 or 3 sessions a day, 6 days a week at their prime for competitions etc. You can not only pack a lot of years of training into your time that way, but this constant, intense focus, can really help you see.
The other reason they advanced quickly is the quality of instruction and training partners they had. It is much easier to get better quickly at Brazillian Jiujitsu when all your training partners are really good black belts. White belts spazz, they're not very good to train with because they don't know what they're doing; that's okay, they're whitebelts, they're in survival-mode, but when you constantly have to worry about not getting accidentally elbowed, or somebody cranking an arm because they have no clue, you cannot train properly. Black belts who can tell you exactly when to move where at every position are much more useful training partners.
They also likely made sacrifices in their daily life to train so much; after 3 trainings a day, you don't want to do social things with all your non training friends. Sometimes they won't understand and you'll drift apart. Those are sacrifices you might have to make.
And no doubt they were a little talented to boot.
But the key here is, it doesn't matter how long it takes to get a black belt; if you do it right you're going to be grappling for the rest of your life; what does the color of the belt you wear right now matter? It doesn't, just focus on being a better training partner, competitor, student and person, be diligent and study at home.
I wouldn't compare yourself with BJ Penn unless you're a kid who can train several hours every day without fail. I think you need to evaluate why you are training in BJJ. If you are training to get your belts as quick as possible then I suggest you stop training as this is not the best mentality to have. BJJ is not something you will get instant gratification from, you will not learn everything in 3 years, you will not get your black belt in that time either. The average time scale for someone to attain the black belt level is 7/8 years of consistent training. However, even at that level I know guys who feel they have just started learning.
I should point out here there are no quick fixes for BJJ, you can't download a video or buy a box set that will tell you the secrets to getting a black belt.
The formula for getting a black belt is to train consistently every week and have fun. Those guys who train just to get belts and win medals are the ones who drop off very quickly.
If all you care about is belts then I would give up now. It's the man not the belt that matters.
A quick way to gain a blackbelt in BJJ is
Ok now i will explain why. 1 and 2 is self explanatory. It is important the you train hard and be seen training hard. In the end when you are up for evaluation, it will all come down to how often you are seen participating. Bringing pride to the school will further increase your chances.
And as for 3,rare cases, where progression can be achieved with donation. If this is the case, I would advise you not to continue there.
So yeah, in a nutshell, train hard / compete hard and be seen doing it.
Getting a black belt in BJJ within 4 -5 years is basically a rare thing. Most ppl get it around 10 yrs if they are consistent.
If you want to advance quickly, train six days per week. That's all I have to say. And practice at home whenever you can't train. Find ways of training in impossible places, even on vacation in hotels, just for an hour a day. Constantly training will ENSURE you advance at MAXIMUM speed. That doesn't mean however, that you need to be a world champion. Plus, if you advance too quickly, you might not master the moves you are currently learning.
It's better to master your current moves first. THEN move on to the next thing.
If you train six days a week though, you may not have the body type or build to train that much. Some people don't. Train as much as you can, given whatever your medical condition is. If you can train six days a week, train six days a week. If you have slightly lower muscle tone, that's fine. You don't have to be a world champion to do well with martial arts. Then just train four days a week instead.
Just DON'T try to find an excuse to train ONE day a week and never practice. Then you'll NEVER get good.


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He is such a Mepstein, i heard he bokat that dutty chik last week"
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Some one who loves to smoke cigarettes
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A guy with no swagger
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Also known as Sepstein, is a word used to describe a pair of identical twins that no one can tell the difference between
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Author – Grabash
As a new player I've made many mistakes which I regret a bit now and I wanted to share my thoughts on how to get deeper in the game after the initiation. By initiation I mean getting to know the controls, know how to upgrade your rooms (expanding your living area, prison and, the last but not least, your dungeon heart being the most important at first), understanding what a 'trap', a 'bait', a 'ransom' etc. are and understanding the 'following' system presented in the game. I'm assuming that you're also familiar with interrogating process. All of these you can learn by reading other guides in this forum.
1. Getting started
As soon as you start I'd suggest following someone. Just ask in the chat who wants a follower and I'm sure that there will be fight over you there;) That is because when you're in newbie protection 10% of souls you spend get to be shared among people you follow. Following one person doesn't require anything from you and that person will surely be grateful and will maybe help you in the future if you decide to stay. The first thing you should ask for is a tamed warrior and an archer, best to choose a person that can provide you with both as soon as you need them. They're required to upgrade your dungeon heart to lvls 6 and 7, approprietly. Do not hesitate to ask anything, but after reading this post you shouldn't have any problems in continuing from this point.
1. Regular trapping – countrywomen, peasants, huntresses and hunters.
At the beggining you should ransom every countrywomen and hunter that comes your way, except each of the two you use asap to upgrade your dungeon heart to lvls 4 and 5. Only thing to lookout for is a blue or purple item in their possession. Execute them, if they have an interesting item. Disregard medicines, they're near to useless (except maybe some over 30% blood ones), but keep bows and sickles (not many of those).
As for peasants – you need just ONE, best would be one over 50% blood as a low lvl tank (create a soldier from him). It's debatable whether to use this one or a low lvl pitfall.
The frosting on the cake – huntressess – convert couple of them, let's say 4 asap as your main force. Then look for 3 with the remote stat of over 40%. Level them with items you find – bows with 17-19%, any leather mails, carnelian rings around 15% (they've became very rare recently). With 7 skelly archers you're good to summon warriors and archers. Don't get fooled by other guides around here, though – archers are harder than warriors, you will suffer more losses when fighting them. Generally the key is not to increase melee but remote forces.
2. Baskets, sickles – archers, warriors.
If you have either a blocker or a basic level pitfall and 7-8 skelly archers you can start doing these. You will probably suffer some losses, but it can be avoided from time to time, just check your unit's hp and have in mind, that every full hour your every unit will heal for 50 hp. That way you'll be fine. Look for any blue and purple items and knight/lady/prostitute/magician summoners. These would be in order – axes/wedding rings,kerchiefs/wedding rings,amulets and wands. When I'm at it – a magician is a sorcerer or a sorceress:)
Axes summon knights – you won't be able to kill a knight's party at this point, but they sell nicely for around 4k.
Kerchiefs summon ladies – these you'll be able to kill as soon as you'll get around 2-3 corpse archers in your team. Anyway they also sell nicely for around 3k. Ladies carry wedding rings and gold bangles. Both of the items summon knights. Wedding rings sometimes summon a lord. So when you're interrogating and the lady gives you a name of the previous owner ask her 'does (name here) have knights?'. If it's a knight the lady will answer weird, but if it's a lord she will give you number of knights. You must provide that info when selling the ring to a lord hunter;)It's good to keep a lady too, but I'll expand this later.
Wands – they would sell nicely too, but you'll be able to kill a magician's team as soon as you'll get 2-3 corpse archers in your team. But you will suffer lossess.
Amulets – prostitutes always come alone and they're very easy to kill. They carry emeralds, pearl and rubies. Emeralds you need – they summon knights. Pearls and rubies are useless, because they summon lords and a prostitute wouldn't know how much knights the given lord has. So it would be a gamble to summon such a lord.
This is work in progress – I don't have much time now, so I'm just putting it out there. Feel free to comment, criticise.


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