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I'm thinking about a project to tackle, and I'd like to make a simulation that allows the user to define a rope or chain of length L, pin it at arbitrary points r1, r2.... etc. and draw the resulting curve in real time.
Also, I'd like the user to be able to alter the field that the rope exists in, for example more complex vector fields than just a straight gravitational field. This is a bonus, however, and I'd like to get the basic example working.
Could you recommend some resources, preferably free/online, for me to learn the physics involved (I'm not exactly sure what to CALL this area of classical mechanics)? I learn through concepts and then math so a resource that is concept-heavy would be nice.


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GENESEO, N.Y. – Faculty members at the State University of New York at Geneseo have elected 75 students to the college's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most widely known academic honor society. Students from the junior and senior classes are selected each spring for membership into the organization.
About 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Geneseo is the only undergraduate SUNY college with a chapter, which was created in 2004.
The following students were elected from the senior class (all hometowns are in New York unless noted otherwise):
Jobina Alexander, Pelham; Vanessa Amaral, Uberaba, MG, Brazil; Matthew Andrews, Pittsford; Patrick Asselin, Rochester; Gretchen Barkhuff, Clifton Park; Sandra Bender, East Greenbush; Stephanie Berland, Williamsville; Jaclyn Brown, Merrick; Connor Burgevin, Trumansburg; John Carlson, Poughkeepsie; Lila Chambers, Hyde Park; Megan Cicolello, Brooklyn; Liane Colangelo, Kings Park; Samuel Colbert, Westbury; Raymond Cook, Vernon; Patrick Daniels, Greene; Kala Destefano, Germantown; Erin Dorset, Clifton Park; Noah Dukler, New Paltz; Thomas Fisher, Rochester; Dana Fitzpatrick, Northport; Joseph Flynn, Kings Park; Brandyn Friedly, Ontario; Eric Gomez, Lagrangeville; Eric Gratien, East Syracuse; Sarah Greenberg, Horseheads; Jeffrey Handy, Norwich; Allison Hoppe, Philmont; Dale Iglesia, Branchburg; Fangyuan Jin, ZheJiang Province, China; Mary Kay Kelley, Fillmore; Bridget Kelly, Bayport; Stephen Kowalewski, West Seneca; Kathryn Kreidler, Getzville; Louis Lohraseb, Schenectady; Evan Losh, Fairport; Logan Mahlum, Endwell; Yael Massen, Coram; Diana McGrath, Medford; James Muller, Sayville; Andrew Perry, Manlius; Kelsey Quest, Auburn; Kristin Rabb, Fairport; Hillary Rich, Phelps; Mary Ross, Clinton; Benjamin Sapadin, Brooklyn; Sally Schaefer, Eden; Jonathan Schultz, Farmingville; Caroline Schwartz, Rochester; Kelly Scolaro, New York City; Justin Shapiro, Buffalo; Kevin Siegenthaler, Verona; Maria Sigalas, Coram; James Sincebaugh, Rochester; Shadman Sinha, Clifton Park; Solomon Steinke, Lima; Erin Steinwachs, East Amherst; Collin Stillman, Clarence; Saskie Talay, Floral Park; Peter Thompson, Corning; Anh Quoc Tran, Hanoi, Vietnam; Grace Trompeter, West Sand Lake; Adrienne Tucker, Washington, D.C.; Michaela Walsh, Liverpool; Samuel White, Fayetteville; Melanie Wiederhold, New Hyde Park; Julie Williams, Penfield; and Cory Young, Pittsford.
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How do I write test strategy in simple way by referring Functional requirement document. and Business requirement document. What are the bullet points?
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A simple test strategy can only guarantee a simple assessment of quality.
According to James Bach:
You can (and probably should) expand "tasks and challenges" to mean "goals, activities, deliverables, constraints, risks, and dependencies." Given that, your test strategy should answer his later question:
If all the business requires is a simple assessment of quality, by all means, stick to a simple strategy. I've found that these cases are the exception, though.
1. What's the goal?
Start by committing to a description of goals of this effort. Note that there are valid business reasons for saying something like: "The purpose of this testing effort is primarily to verify that the same tests we've manually run for the past six months still fail to detect any defects in the product." It's not a grand goal, but neither is it a deceptive, corner-cutting goal, if everyone agrees that that really is the goal.
Your project may require serious compromise. Here's some other goals that may sound like cheating, but that I've seen used to get everyone on board with the testing effort. (The wording may show some dramatic license, but no dishonesty.)
I focus here on "emergency" situations, because they emphasize the need to balance business and functional requirements. Each of these one-line descriptions briefly address both parts of the main question: "How will you cover the product and assess quality?" They also imply some responses to the functional (what you will verify?) and business (for what purpose?) requirements.
2. What will you do to meet the goal?
Here's where you describe the balance between running existing manual and automated tests, performing exploratory testing, and investing (hopefully) in new automation. Back your decisions up with data, and projected costs in time and people. Weigh those costs against the need to plan for the future. Questions you want to consider in this section include:
Here, also, is where you most directly address the Functional requirements. For example:
If the original planning for this product went well, most of your Business requirements should be covered by Functional requirements. But there's always some that aren't necessarily Functional. Such as:
You could spend forever on this section. Keep focused on the goal, and stop when it's clear how you'll meet it.
3. How will you show that you met the goal?
This step tends to get skipped in smaller organizations, or in big ones that might view QA as an enemy instead of a partner. You need to have a way to demonstrate the results of all your hard work. It doesn't matter how much you got accomplished if you can't show that work to those who make the final decisions. Again, be frank here about what you can measure and what you can't. Some helpful metrics:
None of these are enough by themselves; they all work together. Also, here's a couple to avoid, if at all possible. These are either useless, or directly harmful to the organization:
4. What can you use to get the job done?
These are the things that are under your control. What can you depend on having available to you?
Questions that need answering here include:
This is also a good place to call out your understanding of what is most flexible on this project: schedule, scope, or resources?
5. What's outside your control, but has to happen anyway?
Most projects need at least a few things that they can't get themselves. At a minimum, you'll need something to test!
Here is where you define your pre-conditions for each activity and deliverable you listed above. If there's anything missing from those sections that you have to have, it goes here. Other candidates:
6. What might, realistically, prevent you from meeting the goal?
Dependencies are a good place to start looking; what happens if you don't get what you need, or if the planned thing falls through? What events (scheduled or otherwise) have pulled resources away from previous efforts? Is any of the planning based on staff that haven't been hired, or assets not yet acquired? How often have requirements or schedule changed in the past?
Once you've got a good list of these, come up with a brief response plan for each. It will almost always mean a change in either schedule or scope. Sometimes extra resources may be brought on, but it's rarely as useful as anyone wants it to be.
The Test Strategy document is your very best tool for communicating your hard work to those outside the organization. A simple bullet list might be all you need, but it's more likely that you're passing up an opportunity.
Know your goal. Be clear and open on your priorities and plans, and be flexible when they must change.


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Cancer isn't picky.
It doesn't care about your hair color, your childhood or what type of degree you hold. It doesn't care that you don't have medical insurance or that you haven't had the chance to have children or that maybe you do have children that need you. It doesn't matter if you're single, married, sad or happy. You can have all your ducks in a row, but in a moment's time, Cancer will rearrange them. You can plan all you want. Cancer doesn't care. So you have too.
Here is my plan to make myself a place Cancer won't visit again. I have no proof it will work, only hope.
I will eat well, but I will be sure to treat myself to an ice cream cone when I want one. I will exercise, but I will also be sure to stop and smell flowers on the road that I walk. I will read all I can about prevention, but I will also read senseless fiction, for the heck of it. I will eat dark chocolate, instead of milk chocolate. I will relax and not feel guilty. I will eat veggies, but only the ones I really enjoy. And I will wash them first. I will garden, because it helps me grow. I will take the time to walk my dog, not just because it's good for us, but because we both enjoy it. I will buy a way too expensive cat, when I should be using the money to pay off a credit card, because he is worth every penny.
I will leave situations that make me uncomfortable because my life allows me no time to waste. I will let myself cry, but not for too long. I will look up at the stars, with my blanket wrapped around me on cool nights, just because I love to do that. I will leave the house a little dusty sometimes and play outside in the sun. I will laugh with all my feelings and senses, but will sit silent if it will hurt someone else.
I will not let someone else steal my strength for I need it too much. I will not be taken advantage of. I'm nice, but no longer weak. I will not be friends with mean people, or pretend to be. I will be with people who have a good core. Not with people who have pretty skin, but who are rotten on the inside. Those people are not good for me. I will kiss my pets on the nose because I need the kisses as much as they do.
I will breathe. I will wear SPF 30 in the sun, but I will go to the beach. I will not be embarrassed as easily as I may have in the past. I will be thankful for my silliness, because I have the ability to be silly. I will take second chances, because I have been given a second chance. I will live the life I have created. Not one that someone else thought was good for me. I will get a pedicure because it makes me feel pretty, not to make someone else think I'm pretty. I will not live by anyone's rules, unless I can learn something from them. I will be open to new ideas. I will not close the door on a stranger.
I will be Jenn. Not because I have to be, but because I like her. I will give myself credit when I deserve it. I will also accept criticism (I'm working on that one). I will eat all the apples I want. I will not eat all the fried food I want. I will call in sick, when I am well because I won't wait till I'm sick to take off. I will tell my Mom I love her even though I know she knows. I will smile more. I will drink more water with lemon. And I will enjoy it.
I will make myself a place that Cancer will not want to be. I will not give it an invitation. I will pray it doesn't come back and crash my party.
At the age of 24, Jenn was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her life changed the second she heard the diagnosis. Cancer isn't picky. Jenn can tell you that.
Today she is 10 years cancer free and trying to live life as healthy as she can. But, she still wants to enjoy life. This piece is about Jenn's compromise with Cancer.
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I was wondering how to build a comedic adventure for D&D (or at least get some tips on it). The DM guide mentioned the multiple ideas for campaigns and one of them was comedy! I tried to start writing one and, to be honest, I began to feel it was really dumb and not funny. So I am asking everyone, how could you factor in comedy to make a good, entertaining adventure?
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First and foremost: get a handle on your player's senses of humor. If you've a group that loves slapstick but hates punning, the "dungeon of alliterative animalia" likely isn't going to be fun.
The remainder have worked for me.
You are referring to a genre, in which case it appears that you as the GM see yourself as the sole author of this adventure.
However, that isn't entirely true. The players have just as much authorship in this "comedy" as you do.
Now. That being said. You get to set the stage and prepare all the secondary characters. Thus you need to ask yourself...is this slap-stick or is this a witty novel? Slap stick would be easier, because the more ridiculous the "back drop" the more encouraged your players will be in creating the actually comedic atmosphere for themselves. Which is the real trick. Although witty isn't out of play either.
In one of my recent campaigns, the name of the world is Trogdor. Setting the stage for a serious lack of seriousness right off the bat! The only thing I can do is to omit my own need to rigidity and loosen up the need to "sound" serious. Another instance would be creating NPCs with outrageous names & stories..."a kid named apple (who was very round, and always wore a deep blue tunic, purple stains on his face from his constant snacking from the berry patch)"
As mentioned before, the comedy will come from the players. As GM, you can nudge them in the right direction by making it bluntly obvious they are allowed to have a little more fun with it. Perhaps there is a village that has a culture of worshiping chickens, and the chickens wear clothes and are carried around, so they never have to walk for themselves.
If it's ideas you are looking for here are a few more:
As a more serious answer, our light-hearted, "beer and pretzels" D&D game usually has comedic moments because we don't take it too seriously. We make fun of our failures, riff on each other, and generally be silly sometimes.
I'm not sure I would force comedy into a D&D game. But here's the closest thing I would try: Make the premise silly and let the comedic moments come from the players. Take a trope and mix it up.
One thing to take into account is that everything can be reflavored without actually affecting game play. For example in the campaign I'm running now the first encounter my party ever came across was a giant spider in a fun house, except the spider was made out of cotton candy and other forms of confectionery goods. It's "poison" was actually just concentrated sugar that gave them a burst of hyperglycemia.
An example I haven't actually tried before could be reflavoring entire classes, perhaps for NPCs. Imagine in a medieval setting you have an absent-minded Buck Rogers type character who crashed his spaceship into the tavern. He has a laser gun integrated in his suit, a cloaking device, a jet pack, and a bunch of other nifty devices that only he knows how to operate. Sounds like you'd have to bend a few rules to do it? Not at all, just reflavor a D&D 3.5 warlock and the only difference is in presentation.
Beyond that, don't be afraid to throw in some form of seriousness in it, just to accentuate the humor. Just think back- would Scooby Doo be quite as entertaining if it weren't for the fact that the team was actually doing something worthwhile. The comedic aspects really popped out against the darkish setting and became something to really be noticed without overdoing it.
If you're looking for some tropes-in-action, seriously consider reading both Order of the Stick (which focused on abuse of the 4th wall) and ErfWorld (which is brutally Punnishing as well as chock full of reference-based comedy and other gags). Both are in highly rules-based, obviously-a-game settings and both capitalize on this fact. (Both are also decent webcomics, to boot.)
OotS (First page): http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html "I understand, we are being converted to 3.5e"
Erf (Page 1, Book 1): http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F001.jpg "Lord Manpower, the Temporary"
One good place to "borrow" ideas from would be Kingdom of Loathing. It's a free MMORPG with incredibly funny classes, locations, weapons, skills, etc. You can have your Seal Clubber, wielding an asparagus knife, fight a Goblin Beancounter in the dungeon below Cobb's Knobb.
I am currently GM'ing a comical campaign called "Fridgeria."
The game itself is made through Skype. You basically take the role of foods and other stuff you might find in a typical fridge. Available classes are
Much of my design was based off KOL, but I did come up with the original names. The fascinating part about the whole game was that even though it all was "Improvised" my design was connecting with each other forming a chart when the story took flight.
I'd say if you want to know how to make one, you gotta know your puns, know your references, Improvise Daily.


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Can a chai-obsessed, meat-loving writer become a green juice-drinking vegan for 21 days in order to detox her body? Find out
I realize I'm sounding like an 80-year-old woman in a nursing home with the bowel movement rundown right now, so I'll keep it brief. But truly, if you've never had the experience of eliminating this much in the course of a day, I urge you to try even just one week of this diet for the sole purpose of experiencing what I'm talking about here. I feel lighter. I feel clearer. I feel...cleaner on the inside. It's amazing.
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I think I could do this, but the green juices? I just don't think they would go down!
by GigiSD Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 01:40PM Report as inappropriate
Loving this author! I did a 21-day detox along with mom in 2009. There were pills, juicing, and things to avoid. I had conferences scheduled during the beginning so I wasn't able to be as strict then. I stuck to veggies or the healthiest options available. My mom was busy in the middle when I was more at home! I've done smaller versions and weaned myself off meds since then. :-)
by asiagirl4ever Monday, January 28, 2013 at 07:04PM Report as inappropriate
Love It!
by CynthiaLrm Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 03:12PM Report as inappropriate
by EricaF123 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 06:36AM Report as inappropriate
This sounds like a great detox diet. I usually eat pretty healthy, but I'm a carnivore. I don't want to give up meat, but I may try this!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 04:34PM Report as inappropriate
Love this!
by schien Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 06:53PM Report as inappropriate
Would love to find a detox buddy. I make my green drink night before and make enough for 2 or 3 days. Have lost 5 pounds and I do not need to lose weight but I feel great and my clothes feel great. I am heading for 80% raw as I type this. Lots of fresh veggies and fruits and greens.
by Ydabney Monday, August 13, 2012 at 11:58AM Report as inappropriate
Interesting...I want to see "Hundry for Change". Thanks, nellyallen!
by alictasia Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 03:00PM Report as inappropriate
I never considered the power of a detox buddy, good call!
by sportimonki13 Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11:49PM Report as inappropriate
My daughter and I eat healthy and this diet is not scary but a note of good things to come for me---like the loss of 40+ lbs thast I've wanted off for years!
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13 Jul 2012 11:58 AM #1
Store.Proxy.api Parameter POST
I am implementing a Proxy.api function in my store but cannot seem to access the parameters once they are passed to the .php files. The store is connected to a form.Panel and when I click "Create" on the form I want the form elements to be sent to a .php file to be stored in a MYSQL database.
Here is the proxy with api configuration:
var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', { //connect it to the person model model: 'User', autoLoad: true, autoSync: true, //set up the proxy to communicate the data proxy: { type: 'ajax', api: { read: 'u_read.php', create: 'u_create.php', update: 'u_update.php', destroy: 'u_update.php' }, //create a reader to read from the database to the store reader: { type: 'json', successProperty: 'success', root: 'data', messageProperty: 'message' }
but in the .php file I cannot access the 'data' json object or its contents.
This is what I have in u_create.php:
<?php //get passed parameters $data = $_POST[data]; $email = $data['email']; $first = $data['first']; $last = $data['last']; $response = array(); $response['success'] = true; $response['message'] = "Created User"; $response['data'] = array( 'first' => $first, 'last' => $last, 'email' => $email); return json_encode($response); ?>
How can I access the POSTed arguments sent to my .php file from the proxy.api?
Thanks in advance!
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Data hold an another array
I think ur problem is in your data that you post, because it hold an another array and you try to find parameter like "$_POST[data['email']]".It should be $_POST[data[0]['email']] ... So you can find ur problem with "echo $data;" also..sword-it.com, Sencha Developer House in Turkey - Istanbul University Technopark Suite 204.
16 Jul 2012 4:16 AM #3
$_POST[data[0]['email']] produced a syntax error and wouldn't run
I was able to find a workaround that works but I'm not sure how secure it is...
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'))->data; $email - $data->email; //other values
16 Jul 2012 7:31 AM #4
I use this as well.. should be fine. You can add projection (injection) to your data as needed.
16 Jul 2012 7:37 AM #5
Okay I will continue using this. Thanks for the help - it would be nice to show more in depth examples of this feature. It was extremely helpful for me and any application with dynamic data!


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Chefs Are Using Pastrami In Surprising New Ways
The old deli standby is inspiring chefs to reach new heights of culinary experimentation
BURIED DEEP INSIDE the menu at Amazing 66, in New York City's Chinatown—along with American Chinese-restaurant standbys like kung pao chicken and not-so-tried-and-true delights like intestines and fried duck tongues—is a most unexpected item: pastrami shrimp fried rice.
According to David Sax, author of the book "Save the Deli"—a love letter to the vanishing, old-school Jewish delicatessen—Amazing 66's owner, Helen Ng, ate pastrami at Manhattan's 2nd Ave. Deli and loved it so much she asked her chef to find a way to use it in their own dishes. "It wasn't a hipster, ironic tweaking of pastrami," Mr. Sax said of the fried rice. "It was the kind of genuine cultural mishmash that happens in a place like New York."
Mishmash or not, deli food has seen a revival over the last few years. Newfangled delis, like Mile End in New York City and Kenny & Zuke's in Portland, Ore., are eschewing mass-produced ingredients in favor of handcrafted ones, and pastrami is no exception. With such a bounty of quality product out there, pastrami is showing up in dishes worlds away from the classic sandwich on rye.
'With such a bounty of quality product out there, pastrami is showing up in dishes worlds away from the classic sandwich on rye.'
In the last decade, bacon was similarly embraced by foodies and chefs, first ironically, then ubiquitously, finding its way into everything from cupcakes to ice cream to cocktails. "The pastrami trend has emerged from the same cultural movement as the bacon trend," said Mr. Sax. "This full embrace of fatty, salty foods." But while bacon is an ingredient that can be found, in one form or another, in all the world's pork-eating cultures, pastrami comes with a very specific cultural association built in. Romanian Jews brought their old-world recipes for pastirma to New York City in the late 19th century. The brined, spiced, air-dried and smoked beef quickly became entrenched at delis across North America as a staple Jewish soul food. To add pastrami to a dish is to give it a distinct Yiddish accent.
An early example of pastrami leaping cultural boundaries occurred at Oki Dog in Los Angeles, where the house specialty of two hot dogs, pastrami, cheese, chili, mustard and onions rolled up in a tortilla, burrito-style, has been a favorite since the 1970s. A cult late-night snack among denizens of L.A.'s punk music scene, it was the invention of owner Sakai "Jimmy" Sueyoshi, a native of Okinawa, Japan, where the U.S. military presence and influx of American ingredients following World War II produced a whole repertoire of cross-cultural culinary mashups. Around the same time the Oki Dog came on the scene, the Katsanevas family of Greek restaurateurs in Salt Lake City, Utah, put a pastrami-topped, Thousand Island dressing-slathered cheeseburger on the menu at Crown Burgers.
More recently, when New York's RedFarm group of restaurants was launched in 2010, its menu of "modern and inventive Chinese food" included an egg roll stuffed with pastrami from Katz's Delicatessen, established on the Lower East Side in 1888. Served with Chinese mustard, the deep-fried dim sum remains a defining RedFarm dish. Owner Ed Schoenfeld said, "The various foods of the Lower East Side—Jewish food from the last century—are becoming iconic. And if you're in New York and you're looking for the quintessential New York food, pastrami comes to mind right away. People are starting to become nostalgic about it."
It was nostalgia that compelled Josh Kaplan, owner of the Brooklyn ramen spot Dassara, to create his Deli Ramen, a bowl that blends Japanese and Jewish ingredients. "I had my first chicken ramen at a place in Hell's Kitchen called Totto," Mr. Kaplan said. "The chicken broth was so concentrated—it was the greatest grandma's chicken soup you'll ever have. My grandma's soup, though, had matzo balls and pastrami in it, and so I tried to recreate that."
Another prominent example of pastrami fusion arose more out of practicality than sentimentality. Danny Bowien, chef-owner of the Mission Chinese Food restaurants in San Francisco and New York, put the popular kung pao pastrami on the menu in 2010. "Our kitchen in San Francisco was so small—we didn't even have an oven," said Mr. Bowien. "So I bought a smoker. And then I started making pastrami." Like RedFarm's pastrami egg roll, the kung pao pastrami has become a signature and one of Mr. Bowien's most popular dishes.
Of course, unusual ingredient combinations tend to generate media buzz, and chefs are always looking for that next thing that's going to capture the imagination of the fooderati. "Pastrami is definitely making a comeback," said Gayle Pirie, co-owner and chef at San Francisco's Foreign Cinema. She fills corn tortillas with warm pastrami and a tangy cabbage-poppy seed slaw for a taco that is at least as Eastern European as it is Mexican. "What is old is new again," Ms. Pirie explained. "People have always loved pastrami. And when a chef can bring a classic ingredient into a new dish, it's a win-win."
Pastrami Tacos
Total Time: 10 minutes Serves: 2
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
½ cup shredded green cabbage
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
Pinch of salt
¼ pound sliced smoked pastrami
4 small corn tortillas
¼ cup thinly sliced red onions
Habanero salsa, for garnish
What to Do
1. In a small, dry pan over medium heat, lightly toast poppy seeds, 30 seconds. Remove seeds from pan and set aside.
2. In a small bowl, combine cabbage, mustard, vinegar, toasted poppy seeds and salt. Adjust seasoning, adding more vinegar or salt if needed.
3. Warm pastrami in a toaster oven or under the broiler. Meanwhile, in a medium, dry pan over medium-high heat, heat two tortillas until pliable and brown in spots, about 45 seconds per side. Set aside, covered, and repeat with remaining tortillas.
4. To serve, place two tortillas on each plate. Top each tortilla with pastrami, cabbage, onions. Garnish with salsa to taste.
—Adapted from Gayle Pirie and John Clark, Foreign Cinema, San Francisco


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When should one switch to Hasselblad vs. Canon 1DX or high-end Nikon ?
Apart from the number of pixels, what do the cameras from that brand bring?
When should one switch to Hasselblad vs. Canon 1DX or high-end Nikon ?
Apart from the number of pixels, what do the cameras from that brand bring?
Advantages of Hasselblad medium format compared to the best 35mm systems (applies to most medium format systems):
Hasselblad offers a few unique technologies, for example an autofocus system that measures and accounts for focus and compose errors.
There is the Hasselblad brand, but that doesn't completely explain the appeal of these cameras given the equally popular alternatives available (Leaf, PhaseOne, Mamiya) which don't have the same brand appeal.
Prestige, legacy or resolution:
Outside of resolution, these cameras bring very little more. They are always slower, show more noise at high ISO and do not go that high anyway, rarely autofocus and are rarely weather-sealed. DxOMark which measures cameras scientifically according to RAW performance, rates them well but sill lower than the top full-frame Nikon DSLRs or even expensive compact!
Of course there are differences beyond those but they are minor. People familiar with each system and lens can prefer the look or rendition over one camera or lens but this is due to personal preference than a measurable advantage.
In general, Digital MF bodies (and Hasselblad in particular) swing the needle all the way to image quality, everything else is sacrificed (speed, size, high-ISO, features, etc) so in that regard you can't compare them to DSLRs on those fronts very well.
A fringe benefit is the ability to use your MF back well outside of a traditional SLR body like on LF backs. I say 'well' because you can also use DLSRs on LF backs but due to the recess of the sensor you are severely limited.
And finally, as an aside, having shot with the full gamut of Canon gear and recently higher end Nikon gear, when I had the chance to shoot with a Hasselblad for a week, the resulting images (from a quality standpoint) were amazing. There was just something more there FWIW, this probably stems from a combination of the aforementioned image quality improvements.
You can't disregard the number of pixels when considering Hasselblad, it's one of the main features, and if you need the number of Mpx a Hasselblad can offer, you would know. And then there are very few other cameras that can satisfy your needs.
We're talking about from 60 to 200 Mpx.
Then there's the absolutely huge sensor sizes which gives you a lot of things, but of the most important: more light, more detail.
Of course, the traditional reason for using Hasselblad is that it's a medium format. It's not really a fair comparison, either you need medium format, or you don't.
Leaf Shutters are a huge advantage for controlling ambient light and freezing action with flash,and the viewfinders are a lot better than canon or nikon viewfinders..
Another benefit is the reproduction of skin tones.. the 16bit CCD sensor's produce beautiful skin tones,Nikon and Canon's best camera's can also do great portraits but the Hasselblad has an advantage in producing extra tones..
The MF dslr normally has 9-11 f stops of latitude . This latitude surpasses all and most monitors cannot even view . One could practically miss fire and still get it all back . It is actually a great amateur camera because only we make these mistakes.
16 bit means 64,000 shades of a colour . 14 bit is 16,000 shades . This is alot more .
Even my old 11 million pixel 24x36 Leaf V11 gives more detail and colour depth than a D4 . The pixel depth is also more .
The more one blows up the image the better a MF one looks .


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Postwar, Prewar and Everything Before
In New York City real estate, the word "prewar" speaks volumes, and "postwar" can mean different things to different buyers.
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The Art of Hiding in Plain Sight
Gerritsen Beach, a neighborhood on Brooklyn's southern shore, is prized by residents for its quiet and off-the-grid seclusion.
August 19, 2012, Sunday
Rezoning Clears Way for 'Small City' in the Bronx
In an industrial stretch along West Farms Road in the Bronx, a former City Council speaker has plans for a 10-building residential and retail complex.
July 25, 2012, Wednesday
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Coney Island is more stable today than it was at its low point, populated largely by middle-class homeowners, according to residents, officials and real estate brokers.
July 8, 2012, Sunday
As Roomy as a Town House
The Abingdon, a newly converted condominium building in the West Village, will have just 10 units, all larger than 3,200 square feet and some several times that size.
June 24, 2012, Sunday
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8x10 Canvas w/ Photo Touch Up or $50 Towards Any Size
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shipping/handling ended up at $14.95 to IL. still an awesome steal for this. thanks for posting!
worth noting for Mother's Day gifts: "Normal time frame to get your order is 9 business days (give or take a few days, depending on your location)."
other good info about the process: "The Process: Your order has been received. We just sent it to our technicians to make sure your photo is right for tranferring to a canvas. If there is an issue, we'll let you know via email. Once your photo is approved, our technicians will work to put it on canvas. If you chose an art technique, it will take an extra day or 2 to get your photo ready for production. Once all is good, our artist will carefully transfer your photo to canvas. Once that is done, we coat it with a UV protectant and let it sit for a day to dry. Then, we delicately place it in a box or nice bubble wrap envelope for delivery to your door."
Caution: I ordered one with the automatically applied promotional discount, then attempted to purchase another in a separate order, hoping the promo would still be usable. As soon as I entered payment info on the second purchase (and before I could even try the promo code) the website site thanked me for my order, which is apparently at the full price of approximately $50.
I left a message asking the company to cancel this order or to hold production until I can talk with them tomorrow. At the moment, I'm very unhappy that their order page gave me no opportunity to review my order, to apply a promo code, or to do a final acceptance and authorization of the purchase.
I "took advantage" of this offer two weeks ago and, in all honesty, what I received from them was truly a beautiful canvas--clear and well mounted.
It is just too bad the canvas was of two people I have never met and a picture I never took or sent in!
Try calling the company and their customer service line is "message only". Try going to the operator and you end up with no one ever answering.
I am close to calling my credit card company and letting them deal with these folks.
@magic cave: We apologize for any inconvenience. We will be contacting you shortly to help you resolve this issue. Thank you for your patience.
I am very sorry to hear of this mix-up. Please email our customer service at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will personally make sure this is taken care of. We will make this right I assure you.
We work very hard to keep all of our customers happy and I apologize again for the issue.
Does any one know if they are able to adjust the centering of the picture - I wanted to get one of these but it seems that no matter what picture I upload the wrong parts get cropped so that it can be wrapped around the frame. Thanks!
Got in on the last deal and literally just opened the box; even came a day earlier than projected. Image quality looks great, maybe a little warmer than the original image. (The touch-up service, perhaps?)
A little disappointed with the lumpiness of the stretching/folding around the sides. I don't think this is something I could display without framing it at this point; not that I could do better myself, heh. But hey, $15 is a cheapish way to learn.
Edit: Just in case this is a case of misplaced expectations on my part, as it was my first canvas print, here's an image of the top edge: http://img199.imageshack.us/i/canvashh.jpg/
Ordered w/ the last special & got an email confirming & nothing else since!
FOLLOW-UP TO MY EARLIER CAUTION: A customer service person called me in early afternoon, asked a few questions (to be sure she understood the siuation correctly?), and assured me they would be happy to cancel my second order. (The first item I ordered is a keeper.)
I don't know how they handle routine customer service queries, since I was unable to find a way to reach them by phone other than by leaving a message, but they were pretty prompt in getting back to me. The woman with whom I spoke was pleasant, cordial, efficient, and reassuring, and at this point my only unhappiness is with the ordering system that skipped from obtaining my credit card information directly to "completing" my order without asking me to review and authorize the final details.
@dslocum: Don't jump the gun on this. Under most circumstances, your credit card issuer will require that you make an effort to contact the merchant to resolve a problem and that you give the merchant adequate time to respond. Since it's been seven hours you posted, I suspect you've already heard from their customer service staff and that your issues are now being handled to your satisfaction.
Under law you have 60 days from the day you receive your credit card billing statement to dispute a charge, and my personal and professional experience is that most merchants really want customers to be satisfied. This company has a reasonable return policy, so at this point I'm comfortable with how my own situation is being handled. I hope yours is working out well, also.
@gatzby: If that were my purchase (not that I'm any more experienced than you are with this product or company) I'd get back in touch with them and request a replacement. That's a lousy stretching job.
@magic cave: Heh, I'm torn -- it's probably not worth the frustration or potential shipping costs for me to argue it, but at the same time, it's pretty much going to get thrown away. (Unless it can be recycled?) But hey, I'm the kind of person that won't send meals back either.
Though I'm willing to hear if @canvaspeople has any recommendation.
I just received my order from a similar offer about two weeks ago and it looks great! Quick delivery and am very happy with the results. I upgraded to 11x14 from the free 8x11, so spent a little more. Like it enough that I am going to order another.
This company does a fantastic job but watch your email for good deals. I ordered 3 16x16 canvases at $29 each with FREE shipping. That's a great deal! When that deal comes up again, I'm ordering 7 more! The pics are ready to go my finger poised on the button...
@gatzby: I'm thinking that since they're virtually giving away the 8x10 item, it may be easiest for them just to send you a new one without your having to return the unsatisfactory one first. (I've had several instances over the years in which the merchant response was that I should just toss or keep the "bad" item and they would just send a new out to me.)
I think it's well worth talking to them about it, especially since you can show them a image or two of the problem.
@canvaspeople: I HAVE...TWICE!
Perhaps instead of replying here, you email me or call me as I have left all of the information on your phone service.
In fact, let me make it even easier: my order number is 118862...I await your contact.
Please make this right.
@magic cave: Thank you for your post but 10 hours later and I have heard NOTHING for Canvas People. I called them repeatedly, never does a person answer the phone no matter what extension you call (including operator), I have left my phone number and email and NOTHING.
At this point, I could write it off to a mistake, hey they happen, but their inability to make any contact with me is bothersome and moving it past a mistake.
This is a great deal. I've never ordered from them before (nor did I know they existed), but I just ordered one. I'm waiting for my sister to choose a photo, and will be ordering a second one tomorrow with her face instead of mine.
Is it bad that my entire goal on Mother's Day is to make my mother cry?
I got one last time...i thought it was good!
@dslocum: Thank you for providing your order number. We will be in touch with you shortly to rectify the situation. Please remember we have no way of retrieving your email address from woot, so again, thank you for providing your order number. We are dedicated to our customers and will be sure to make this right.
I understand that, which is why I left my email and order number on 2 different locations on your voice mail yesterday...and still have yet to hear from you folks by email or phone. Since you have my email from the order I place (and have already sent me emails about my oder and FREQUENT ads), please don't make the claim that you don't have my email address.
Please make it right.
@dslocum: I am sure mistakes happen, but I have ordered 3 canvass and have continued to have great canvass..
Give them a chance.
I have 2 canvases from them...1 was the free 8x10 and the other was a 18x24 for $37 with free shipping through tippor. Looking for that deal again! The quality is great!
used it today and the promo still works! i selected 8x10 and at checkout had the option to upgrade to 11x14 for $6.99 (instead of $14.99), shipped to me for $25!
changed deal. 8x10 or 40 off shipping


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5 Absurd (But Mind-Blowing) Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories
#2. A Pink Floyd Album Syncs Perfectly with The Wizard of Oz
The theory that Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was deliberately written to be played in synch with The Wizard of Oz (the so-called Dark Side of the Rainbow/Dark Side of Oz theory) is one of the most widespread and enduring in pop culture. It has appeared in movies, DVDs, YouTube videos and websites, resulting in countless college students spending their weekends getting stoned while watching a 70-year-old family movie instead of their normal routine of getting stoned while watching cartoons.
"Oh my God. Death is horrible."
Theaters have featured The Wizard of Oz set to The Dark Side of the Moon, and Turner Classic Movies even aired the movie in 2000 with Pink Floyd offered as an alternate track. It has seriously trickled that high up.
And we must admit, some parts do synch up eerily well--sound effects on the album match movements of characters, the word "which" is uttered at the moment a witch appears, and that's just scratching the surface.
Why it's Bullshit:
Because even Pink Floyd thinks the theory is ridiculous. David Gilmour described whoever picked up on the synchronicity as some guy with too much time on his hands, and Nick Mason has gone on record stating that the record was based on The Sound of Music.
Clearly, this makes way more sense.
Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan Parsons explained to Rolling Stone in 2003 how impossible it would have been to sync the tracks even if they'd wanted to:
"One of the things any audio professional will tell you is that the scope for the drift between the video and the record is enormous; it could be anything up to 20 seconds by the time the record's finished. And anyway, if you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work."
That's true. Try it. Hell, go to TubeDubber--the site that lets you combine the sound from one clip with the video from another--and you'll be shocked at how random clips sync up. For instance, here's the audio from a vicious anti-Ground Zero Mosque ad synced with the video from a Japanese McDonald's commercial.
#1. The Great Stanley Kubrick Illuminati Conspiracy
Now that VHS, DVDs and YouTube have made it possible for audiences to watch movies over and over and over again, much has been learned about the elusive Stanley Kubrick that otherwise may have slipped under our radar.
Among them: A little in-joke in 2001: A Space Odyssey about HAL really being IBM; the faint shadow of a helicopter caught in the opening titles in The Shining; and how virtually the entire Stanley Kubrick library reveals clues to an enormous Freemason-Illuminati conspiracy that Kubrick was personally in the center of, and probably killed over.
Theorists allege that Kubrick peppered more than 30 years of some of the finest motion pictures in history with countless visual references to Masonic symbols like the Eye of Providence...
...and by extension his connection to the Illuminati. And honestly, there are some images that could totally pass for the Eye of Providence out there.
2001: A Space Odyssey:
A Clockwork Orange:
Check out the wall in the back.
The Shining:
Eyes Wide Shut:
Why it's Bullshit:
First and foremost, when Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999, his cause of death was a heart attack, aka being an out of shape 70-year-old man. The odds that his fatal coronary explosion was orchestrated by a secret organization are slim at best.
Second, this conspiracy alleges that just about every piece of work Kubrick made from 1963 to his death in 1999 was heavily laden with Masonic symbols like the Eye of Providence. That is a very, very long time, and is an almost unfair comparison because filmmakers often go in and out of themes, styles and symbols particular to a film. Granted, as demonstrated above there are a ton of triangles and stuff in his movies, but things like triangles and pyramids are sort of key elements of art. That's kind of the shape a long room makes when you look at it. It's called perspective, guys.
As demonstrated here.
Fans of A Clockwork Orange point out that the title is supposed to symbolize the Sun, the Eye of Horus and by association the Eye of Providence, kind of forgetting that Kubrick didn't come up with that title. Other parallels they draw are even flimsier.
Old guy + wheelchair = old guy in a wheelchair.
Lastly, the whole Masonic/Illuminati/New World Order conspiracy theory is total, utter bullshit. In fact, when you consider that the Illuminatus! trilogy that spawned the Illuminati craze is both fictional and released after both the book and the film A Clockwork Orange, it almost makes Kubrick look like less of a master conspirator and more like the type of guy who "accidentally" omitted Anthony Burgess from the writing credits and didn't even know A Clockwork Orange had a final chapter until the screenplay was nearly finished.
Though that hasn't stopped conspiracy theories claiming that NASA hired Kubrick to direct the fake Apollo Moon Landing based on his work on 2001 earlier that year, and that there is a coded confession in The Shining.
Gemini: Apollo's sister space program.
A-11=Apollo 11.
Come on, guys. You're going to have to do better than that to get us to agree with the Flat Earth Society.
So... would it nullify the rest of the article if we sided with the crazy people just this once?
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Indestructible Hulk #4
Mark Waid and Leinil Yu pit the Hulk against Attuma in "Indestructible Hulk" #4 -- but series still doesn't feel like it clicks.
|February 21st, 2013
Daredevil #22
In "Daredevil" #22 by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, the Man Without Fear has his first run-in with the new, "Superior" Spider-Man, and Daredevil has his first inkling that there's something funny going on with his old friend and all
|January 21st, 2013
Indestructible Hulk #3
"Indestructible Hulk" #3 from Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu lets Hulk take on the Quintronic Man and adds a few flourishes to the world of the book.
|January 18th, 2013
Daredevil #21
"Daredevil" #21 from Mark Waid and Chris Samnee is a conclusion to the terror that Coyote has caused Matt Murdock.
|December 24th, 2012
Indestructible Hulk #2
Iron Man drops by for a guest spot in Mark Waid's "Indestructible Hulk" #2 and Leinil Francis Yu provides the visuals for the reunion.
|December 20th, 2012
Daredevil #20
Daredevil continues his battle against the Coyote, courtesy of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, in the pages of "Daredevil" #20.
|November 23rd, 2012
Indestructible Hulk #1
Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu's "Indestructible Hulk" #1 begins new era for Bruce Banner as he becomes more accepting of his big green "disease."
|November 20th, 2012
Daredevil #19
"Daredevil" #19 from Mark Waid and Chris Samnee is a culmination of a lot of plot threads as Matt Murdock's insanity finally finds a name.
|October 18th, 2012
Daredevil #18
In "Daredevil" #18 Mark Waid and Chris Samnee throw a few curves at the reader and at Matt Murdock. Nothing is as it seems, making for an extraordinary story and stellar issue.
|September 21st, 2012
Steed and Mrs. Peel
BOOM! Studio's ongoing "Steed and Mrs. Peel" series debuts with a #0 issue by Mark Waid and Steve Bryant, but this re-introduction to the Hellfire Club feels like it's lacking a little pizazz even as it captures the overall structure.
|August 29th, 2012
The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #1
"The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom" #1 is a pulpy tale that leans more towards character than action as it sets up a great story.
|August 22nd, 2012
Daredevil #17
"Daredevil" #17 features art from fill-in artist superstar Michael Allred with a perfect excuse for Mark Waid to lead readers down memory lane into a fight with Stilt-Man and a case that reminds Matt Murdock about the best in life.
|August 17th, 2012
Daredevil #16
In Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's "Daredevil" #16, the Avengers try to save Matt Murdock's life after his kidnapping. As Ant-Man tries to rescue Daredevil from the inside, he experiences what few have: what it's like to be the Man W
|August 6th, 2012
Daredevil #15
"Daredevil" #15 sees Matt Murdock trapped in Latveria, strapped to a gurney and stripped of his radar sense. Things only get better from there.
|July 19th, 2012
Daredevil #14
Daredevil comes to his senses in Latveria in "Daredevil" #14, but will his senses come to him?
|June 22nd, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men: Infinite #6
With the release of "Avengers vs. X-Men" #6, readers will have access to the next Infinite Comics release featuring Cyclops.
|June 19th, 2012
Daredevil #13
"Daredevil" #13 seems incredibly average, but gives an incredible one-two punch of an ending to bring it back over the top.
|May 18th, 2012
Daredevil #12
After the three-part crossover with Spider-Man and Punisher, Daredevil takes a breather and has a date.
|May 4th, 2012
Insufferable #1
"Insufferable" has a strong opening chapter, but some of the transitions feel slightly gimmicky.
|May 1st, 2012
Daredevil #11
"The Omega Effect" wraps up in the least-interestingly way possible.
|April 26th, 2012
Irredeemable #36
Scientific double crosses and thinking seven steps ahead. Just the usual for "Irredeemable."
|April 18th, 2012
Avenging Spider-Man #6
So Mark Waid writes a great Daredevil comic. Greg Rucka does the same for Punisher. What happens when you combine them and add Spider-Man?
|April 12th, 2012
Daredevil #10.1
Mark Waid and Khoi Pham present a decent jumping on point for all things Daredevil.
|April 5th, 2012
Daredevil #10
Daredevil pursues Mole Man after a massive grave robbing leaves many graves desecrated and empty -- including that of Matt's father.
|April 2nd, 2012
Incorruptible #27
Commissioner Armadale takes center stage in a one-shot tale of the power of a man.
|February 22nd, 2012
Daredevil #9
Mark Waid's incredible relaunch of "Daredevil" continues as Matt Murdock pursues his father's coffin to the underground kingdom of Mole Man.
|February 17th, 2012
Incorruptible #26
Read here to see exactly why Max Damage does what he does, and what he has actually done without realizing it.
|January 25th, 2012
Daredevil #8
Daredevil and Spider-Man continue to team-up in the conclusion to "Devil and the Details."
|January 23rd, 2012
Amazing Spider-Man #677
When the Black Cat gets arrested, Spider- Man calls on the only lawyer he knows: Matt Murdock! I mean, I never see him talking to any other lawyers, except evil ones.
|January 15th, 2012
Incorruptible #25
The origin of Max shows the synchronicity of this universe.
|December 29th, 2011
Daredevil #7
It might be the shortest day of the year, but "Daredevil" #7 will bring warmth to your heart.
|December 21st, 2011
Irredeemable #32
A nasty origin occupies our attention while a nastier future is possibly set up.
|December 7th, 2011
Daredevil #6
The Bruiser earns his name and yet the Scarlet Swashbuckler shows his complete diversity of talent.
|December 3rd, 2011
Incorruptible #24
Max just solved one problem and the whack-a- mole scramble to control the after-effects become just as annoying for him.
|November 23rd, 2011
Daredevil #5
Daredevil attempts to protect his latest client while forces align against him.
|October 31st, 2011
Daredevil #4
"Daredevil" continues to be an extremely fun and brilliant book. Fun, literally, for the entire family.
|September 21st, 2011
Daredevil #3
"Daredevil" feels like two different comics grafted together, and the seams are showing.
|September 15th, 2011
Daredevil #2
Daredevil vs. Captain America! Foggy vs. the missing tie! This comic is pretty awesome.
|August 20th, 2011
Irredeemable #28
It feels like we're going over similar ground, but it's different enough to enjoy again.
|August 3rd, 2011
Daredevil #1
With a spring in his step and a smile on his face, Daredevil returns to monthly comics. Mark Waid's writing it and Paolo Rivera's drawing it. Oh! Marcos Martin draws some too.
|July 20th, 2011
Irredeemable #27
Chickens coming home to roost are annoying enough, but what happens when said chickens can kill you from 200 yards away, with mind bullets?
|July 6th, 2011
Incorruptible #19
Max Damage can push and shove the world all he likes, but he has to be prepared for it to kick back once in a while.
|June 29th, 2011
Irredeemable #25
Beginning its third year, "Irredeemable" is just as good as when it began.
|May 9th, 2011
Ruse #2
Barely escaping with their lives, Archard and Bishop realize a hit is out not only on Bishop but on all Archard's undercover agents. Searching for the perpetrator leads them to an underground boxing ring with some unlikely boxers.
|April 28th, 2011
Captain America: Man Out of Time #5
"You know what Captain America says, Rogers: 'There's always a way.'"
|March 23rd, 2011
Ruse #1
Simon Archard, the "world's greatest detective" and his "partner," Emma Bishop (aka a blonde woman), solve crimes in Victorian England.
|March 19th, 2011
Incorruptible #15
The Paradigm comes to Coalville to take down Max Damage... or offer him a job?
|February 23rd, 2011
Captain America: Man Out of Time #3
"Your phones and computers and so forth. . . they're definitely mad scientist gizmos, but they're not the real achievement. It's society itself. The freedom of the people. All people."
|January 12th, 2011
Irredeemable #21
The Plutonian is either going to find redemption or he's going to get really pissed off.
|January 5th, 2011
The Traveller #2
Mysteries abound about motives and characters, and yet we still get time for a hero/villain fist fight. Comics how you want 'em!
|December 23rd, 2010


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Elizabeth, taker of copious amounts of cock. A sleeve or sheath for a man's member.
My god, Elizabeth fucks so many guys, she's a regular meat sock, that is, a sock for some man's meat.
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Can you define these popular missing words?
I really slutty loose girl, that often has sex with men. Putting your weiner inside would be like putting it into a sock made out of meat
Dude, Bridget is a total meatsock.
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derrogetory term used for a loose girl.
i.e.-- "Fuckhole"
i.e.-- "Fuckhole"
Poor Jenny is a real meatsock, and she thought this whole time we called her "MS" because it meant "magical stars" like in lucky charms. What a clueless, mindless beeotch she is.
dari steve Rabu, 12 November 2003
Legs that look like near-to-bursting sausages on a grill. Meat Socks make "cankles" look trim and fit - there are usually extra rolls of skin in Meat Socks that would swallow a "cankle" whole, much like an Old Testament vision.
"Those strappy shoes could not withstand the force and pressure of the Meat Socks jammed into them."
dari MrSalamander Selasa, 06 Mei 2008
n. An uncircumsized penis
He can't be Jewish he has a meat-sock
dari Mike187 Sabtu, 03 Juni 2006
Meat is another word for a man's member. so the meat sock, is the sock for your member. a meat sock is a condom.
i hit her in the face with some baby batter in a meat sock.
dari Jake Jarmel Jumat, 21 Mei 2004
a variation on the traditional meathead, a meatsock is as it sounds. It is literally (for all intents and purposes) a sock full of meat. This can be made worse if the sock is smelly or dirty.
The act of having both your socks and your head full of meat.
The act of having both your socks and your head full of meat.
you're a meatsock
there's nothing in his socks but meat
there's nothing in his socks but meat
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Let E be a supersingular curve over a finite field. Why is the j-invariant always in F_p^2?
(Note: the following argument uses the fact that an isogeny of elliptic curves is inseparable iff it factors through the Frobenius isogeny. This is a result in Silverman's book, for instance.)
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over an algebraically closed field $k$ of positive characteristic $p$. Recall that $[p]: E \rightarrow E$ is always an inseparable isogeny. Therefore, by the above, it factors through $F: E \rightarrow E^p$. Moreover $E$ is supersingular iff $E[p](k) = 0$ iff $[p]$ is purely inseparable, iff the dual isogeny to Frobenius $V: E^p \rightarrow E$ (the "Verschiebung") is also inseparable. But again, this means that $V$ factors through the Frobenius isogeny for $E^p$ -- i.e., $E^p \rightarrow E^{p^2}$ -- and since both have degree $p$ this means that $E$ is isomorphic to $E^{p^2}$. Thus on $j$-invaraiants we have $j(E)^{p^2} = j(E)$, done.
In characteristic $p$, every map $E_1 \to E_2$ factors as a power of the Frobenius $\varphi_r \colon E_1 \to E_1^{(p^r)}$ followed by a separable morphism $E_1^{(p^r)} \to E_2$, and we find $r$ by looking at the inseparable degree of our map (if the map is separable, then $r=0$, as Pete pointed out).
Now, in the case of interest, if $E$ is supersingular, $\widehat{\varphi}$ is inseparable (as this is equivalent to multiplication by $p$ being purely inseparable). But then $\widehat{\varphi} \colon E^{(p)} \to E$ factors as $E^{(p)} \to E^{(p^2)} \to E$ by comparing degrees, where the first map is the Frobenius and the second is an isomorphism.
It then follows that $j(E) = j(E^{(p^2)}) = j(E)^{p^2}$ so $j(E) \in \mathbb{F}_{p^2}$.


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Consider the Sobolev spaces $W^{k,p}(\Omega)$ with a bounded domain $\Omega$ in n-dimensional Euclidean space. When facing the different embedding theorems for the first time, one can certainly feel lost. Are there certain tricks to memorize the (continuous and compact) embeddings between the different $W^{k,p}(\Omega)$ or into $C^{r,\alpha}(\bar{\Omega})$ ?
Sobolev norms are trying to measure a combination of three aspects of a function: height (amplitude), width (measure of the support), and frequency (inverse wavelength). Roughly speaking, if a function has amplitude $A$, is supported on a set of volume $V$, and has frequency $N$, then the $W^{k,p}$ norm is going to be about $A N^k V^{1/p}$.
The uncertainty principle tells us that if a function has frequency $N$, then it must be spread out on at least a ball of radius comparable to the wavelength $1/N$, and so its support must have measure at least $1/N^d$ or so:
$V \gtrsim 1/N^d.$
This relation already encodes most of the content of the Sobolev embedding theorem, except for endpoints. It is also consistent with dimensional analysis, of course, which is another way to derive the conditions of the embedding theorem.
More generally, one can classify the integrability and regularity of a function space norm by testing that norm against a bump function of amplitude $A$ on a ball of volume $V$, modulated by a frequency of magnitude $N$. Typically the norm will be of the form $A N^k V^{1/p}$ for some exponents $p$, $k$ (at least in the high frequency regime $V \gtrsim 1/N^d$). One can then plot these exponents $1/p, k$ on a two-dimensional diagram as mentioned by Jitse to get a crude "map" of various function spaces (e.g. Sobolev, Besov, Triebel-Lizorkin, Hardy, Lipschitz, Holder, Lebesgue, BMO, Morrey, ...). The relationship $V \gtrsim 1/N^d$ lets one trade in regularity for integrability (with an exchange rate determined by the ambient dimension - integrability becomes more expensive in high dimensions), but not vice versa.
These exponents $1/p, k$ only give a first-order approximation to the nature of a function space, as they only inspect the behaviour at a single frequency scale N. To make finer distinctions (e.g. between Sobolev, Besov, and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces, or between strong L^p and weak L^p) it is not sufficient to experiment with single-scale bump functions, but now must play with functions with a non-trivial presence at multiple scales. This is a more delicate task (which is particularly important for critical or scale-invariant situations, such as endpoint Sobolev embedding) and the embeddings are not easily captured in a simple two-dimensional diagram any more.
I discuss some of these issues in my lecture notes
EDIT: Another useful checksum with regard to remembering Sobolev embedding is to remember the easy cases:
These are the extreme cases of Sobolev embedding; everything else can be viewed as an interpolant between them.
EDIT: I decided to go ahead and draw the map of function spaces I mentioned above, at
Exactly as Dan Lee says, the key is the "weight" $k-n/p$ of the Sobolev space $W^{k,p}$. To remember the weight, you can use scaling, just as the other answers and comments suggest, but there is a cheap trick which is much simpler than changing the function whose norms you are considering.
Instead, multiply the metric by a constant R. This will scale the $W^{k,p}$-norm by $R^{n/p-k}$ and the $C^{m,\alpha}$-norm by $R^{-(m+\alpha)}$. From here you see immediately the relevance of the weights and the direction in which the embeddings must go.
To see whether a $W^{k,p}$ space embeds in another, compare their $k-n/p$. To see if it embeds in a $C^{m,\alpha}$ space, compare it to $m+\alpha$. I don't know if that counts as easy to remember, but it works for me.
Of course, there's more to the theorem than what I wrote, but I think I've summarized the easily-forgotten part.
Here is my two-cent insight based on the physicists obsession with units. Suppose you are interested in a Sobolev $(k,p)$-norm on an $N$-dimensional Riemann manifold $(M,g)$,
$$\Vert u\Vert_{k,p} =\left(\int_M |\nabla^k u|^p dV_g\right)^{1/p}. $$
We start by observing that $\nabla^k u$ is measured in $meters^{-k}$ (think that $\nabla^k u=d^ku/dx^k$ and $dx$ is measured in $meters$ while $u$ is a dimensionless quantity, i.e., $0$-density). Hence $|\nabla^k u|^p$ is measured in $meters^{-kp}$. The volume density $dV_g$ is measured in $meters^N$ so that $\int_M |\nabla^k u|^p dV_g$ is measured in $meters^{N-kp}$. This shows that $\Vert u\Vert_{k,p}$ is measured in $meters^{N/p-k}$. Set
$$w_N(k,p):= N/p-k. $$
Then on compact manifolds we have continuous embedding
$$ W^{k_1,p_1}\subset W^{k_2,p_2} \Longleftrightarrow -k_1 \leq -k_2,\;\;w_N(k_1,p_1)\leq w_N(k_2,p_2).$$
The embedding is compact if the inequalities in the right-hand-side are strict. To include the Holder spaces in this story think
$$C^{k,\alpha}= W^{k+\alpha, \infty}.$$
Just want to second Jack's use of scaling argument. For direct Sobolev to Sobolev embeddings the scaling is easy to come-by (as long as you remember that you can shrink but not expand, unlike the unbounded domain case). For Sobolev to Holder, I find it helpful (for the scaling argument) to replace Holder spaces by their Besov characterizations $B^{s,\infty}_\infty$. In terms of Littlewood-Paley characterizations, the "one way" scaling tells you that you can try to make things bad at infinity in frequency space and not near zero. These usually work very well for the non-endpoint cases. The end-point case you can figure out what the critical exponents are by scaling, and then you just need to remember the qualitative information about compactness of the embedding and the general intuition that increasing the differentiability $k$ and the integrability $p$ both make the Sobolev space "better".
Technically speaking, this is not memorizing, but figuring it out on the fly.
I remember asking my PhD advisor this same question when I was a first year in graduate school. He told me that memorizing something that can be looked up in 5 minutes in any textbook in a waste of time and energy.
I once went to a talk (sorry, forgot by whom) where all the Sobolev spaces were plotted in $R^2$, with $k$ on the vertical axis and $1/p$ on the horizontal axis. In this diagram, the "critical embeddings" lie on lines with slope $n$. Given a space $W^{k,p}$, the spaces that can be continuously embedded in it lie above it in the diagram and to the right of the line through $W^{k,p}$ with slope $n$.
PS: I hope I remember correctly, and that somebody will correct me otherwise.
The way I remember is that the embedded space must have more smoothness, and the additional smoothness that is required gets larger when the difference in $1/p$ gets larger. Then you have to divide the smoothness by $n$, so there will be fraction lines everywhere. So a necessary condition for $W^{s,p}\hookrightarrow W^{r,q}$ is $$ \frac{s-r}{n} \geq \frac1p - \frac1q. $$


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There are four different models: VAC90A, VAC90S, VAC140A, and VAC140S. The 90 series vacs have 9-gallon tanks; the 140 series vacs have 14-gallon tanks. All have a compact form factor and are equipped with locking rubber casters and a clever bungee system for keeping the hose tightly wrapped during transport. One of the best features is the ability of the owner to clip an L-Boxx on top—as has long been possible with Festool's dust extractors and Systainers.
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All models have two modes of operation, tool-activated or normal vacuum. A speed control on the "A" models (the Power Broker dial) allows the operator to dial down the suction because that's all that's needed or to avoid blowing circuit breakers in tool-activation mode. The new Bosch dust extractors can be used for dry collection with paper, fleece, or plastic bags and for wet collection with a plastic slurry bag or no bag at all. Filter options include standard paper filters, HEPA filters, and something called a PES filter.
Speaking of bag and filter options, there's a discrepancy between the manufacturer's press release for these tools and the manual that perhaps reflects the difference between German and American sensibilities. The manual (probably translated from German) says self-cleaning "must be turned off" when using the vac with a HEPA filter or with a fleece or paper bag because the blast of air "will damage" them. The press release (probably written in the U.S.) says using the self-cleaning mode with HEPA filters is "not recommended" because those filters are delicate. It suggests using fleece collection bags with HEPA filters because fleece will capture nearly all of the dust so it won't be necessary to clean the filter. That statement squares with my sense of fleece filters; they're such an effective pre-filter that the HEPA filter does not have to do very much. Still, it would nice if the manual was in line with the press release and the realities of the jobsite, where multiple tradesmen share the vac and no one reads the manual.
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It is most likely that I will end up doing some work with ExtJS 3, but ExtJS 4, even in it's beta state, is giving me a much better idea of where it is going.
Especially when it comes to things like extending GridPanel in it's new form, trying to retro fit plugins and features like auto column widths and filters.
At the moment, ExtJS is a learning exercise for me. I've been told it has a steep learning curve, but once you've got that down, it's smooth sailing. Given the choice, I'd rather hit that curve on how ExtJS will be looking going forward, rather than how it once looked. I hope Sencha make the migration process as smooth as possible, but the next best thing is not having to do a migration in the first place.
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As more processes involve high-pressure, toxic, flammable, lethal or explosive pumping services, better knowledge of rotating equipment options can boost productivity.
[dual seal]
[API Plan 31]
[single seal]
[double seal]
[flush point]
note: To read part 1 of this series, click here.)
Well-engineered single and dual seals are needed in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). As
more processes involve high-pressure (HP), toxic, flammable,
lethal or explosive pumping services, a thorough understanding
of the available options for rotating equipment, especially
pumps, is mandatory. Seals in produced-water injection (PWI)
services are typical applications deserving further
Fortunately, single seals are often
a possible option for multi-stage pumps. Unlike dual-mechanical
seals, single seals will not require a buffer fluid support
system; thus, single seals are less expensive. Although the
service life for single seals is about two years, these seals
require more frequent replacement; some may last only a few
weeks. The main issue with some single seals is often
design-related. Some single seals ignore the deleterious
effects of salt and other contaminants. It appears that
careless selection routines allow API seals designed for
clean-duty applications to be applied to dirty salt water.
A common seal style used in PWI
service is shown in Fig. 1. The principal drawback of this
design is a lack of clearance under the seal faces (point A).
Single seals operating in a fluid with a high salt content
often allow salt crystals to accumulate under the seal faces.
The lack of clearance then causes the seal faces to hang up and
fail. Moreover, these seals can sometimes experience problems
if hard plating is used under the elastomer at point B. The
plating tends to lift off unless the underlying substrate is
corrosion resistant.
Fig. 3 shows diagrams of the older
and more recent seal designs. In the older design, debris may
impede the axial movement of the rotating seal face. Also, the
flush port is very close to the two seal faces. In the newer
design, care is taken to move the springs away from both
pumpage and flush fluid. The flush port is relatively far from
the seal faces. Note: The older seal is
conventional inasmuch as the axially moving seal face is part
of the rotating assembly. In the modern design (Fig. 3), the
nonrotating (stationary) seal can move
By addressing the key causes of
premature failure, thoughtfully engineered, reliable
single-seal solutions are available for PWI systems. The same
principles can be applied to crude-oil transfer pumps,
wastewater pumps, water outfall booster pumps and many others.
When dealing with crude oil, consideration must be given to the
presence of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Even small
amounts (approximately 10 ppm) can cause sulfide-stress
corrosion in conventional metallurgies. So, the
proper metallurgy must be selected. Recall that in
H2S-containing services, the elastomers should be
changed from the more commonly used Viton to Kalrez. Fig. 4 is
a representative example of the single-seal alternative in PWI
or related services. These seals are installed in pumps, as
shown in Fig. 5.
Conventional industrial
applications tend to use dual seals whenever difficult-to-seal
fluids are involved. This thinking would also prevail in the
case of fluids with high salt content. Dual seals offer
extended service life because the fluid film is controlled and
the salt-crystal accumulation is effectively prevented.
Yet, dual seals in PWI systems are
often impractical because of pump location and geography. Much
of the Middle East is considered an extreme environment for typical PWI
stations. The average daytime temperature can exceed 45°C
(115°F), and the nearest freshwater supply could be more
than 40 miles away. As a rule, severe station environments make
using dual seals problematic. The primary issues are quite
obviously how to conserve fresh water and how to cool the
barrier fluid that separates the inboard and outboard
Whenever dual-seal systems are used
in harsh environments, they are expensive.
The costs escalate when the seals are rated for full-pump
discharge pressure. Conversely and not surprisingly, dual-seal
systems have significantly extended seal life.
Fig. 6 shows a particular HP dual
seal found on PWI and crude-oil transfer pumps. Its
manufacturer supplies seals rated to the full discharge
pressure of the pump. The owner-user is instructed to operate
with a barrier fluid pressure in excess of 100 bar, even if the
seal environment does not exceed 15
Often single and dual seals use the
same materials of construction. Since corrosion is an
issue, the metallic components must be Hastelloy C, unless
dictated and specified otherwise by the owner-user. Viton
serves as the traditional elastomer; Kalrez is used if
H2S is present. Silicon carbide/silicon carbide face
combinations are used for single seals and for the inboard seal
faces of dual seals. Silicon carbide/carbon combinations are used on
external dual-seal faces. One successful approach to sealing
produced water, as shown in Fig. 4, is giving due consideration
to potential problem areas:
Best materials of
construction include C 276/SiC/SiC/Viton or Kalrez.
Using the correct materials of construction virtually eliminates
corrosion issues.
Springs not contacting
process fluid. Multiple small springs offer many
benefits over a single, large-coil spring. However, small
springs are prone to clogging. An advantageous design
deliberately places the springs outside the process fluid. This
may be considered a simple item. Yet, it is often overlooked,
and not even API-682 makes reference to the issue.
Large clearance under the
seal faces. Comparing seal cross-sectional views from
different manufacturers will reveal how the properly designed
modern seals have greater clearance under the seal faces than
seals potentially offered by another manufacturer. Suitable
designs consider that the fluid has a high salt content and
will crystallize under the seal faces. There should be
sufficient room for this to happen without restricting
seal-face movement.
port. For applications where solids could potentially
cause a problem or where the customer wishes to move away from
cyclone separators, at least one major manufacturer offers a
directed flush design. This design allows solids to be directed
away from the seal faces while still providing circulation in
the seal chamber.
With oil companies moving toward
lower-pressure-rated seals and striving for longer equipment
operating times, users are compelled to find knowledgeable seal
manufacturers and suppliers. Compliance with the dual-seal
recommendations of API-682 is highly desirable as well.
Apart from being modular in design
and thus allowing for interchangeability between single and
dual components, the modern O-ring pusher dual seal, as shown
in Fig. 7, has many advantages over traditional seals. It
represents a true dual seal with two independently mounted seal
faces. Both seal faces are internally pressure-balanced. The
inboard seal faces are double-balanced and all faces are
flexibly mounted.
As mentioned earlier, heat removal
from the seal is a prime concern, especially so that the pumps
can operate in high ambient conditions. With PWI stations
generally situated in remote locations, cooling units must be
self-contained. Figs. 8 and 9 are two examples of API Plan 54
The Plan 54 water-circulating
cooling unit in Fig. 9 is perfectly acceptable at locations
with ample cooling-water supplies. Conversely, air cooling
(Fig. 10) is the preferred method in regions or areas where
water is at a premium or not available. An air-cooled Plan 54
unit has the standard water-cooled shell-and-tube heat
exchangers replaced with air fans or blowers. A second example
is illustrated in Fig. 11.
The intent of this two-part article
is to give the reader a basic insight into the many
opportunities for well-engineered components offered by highly
competent seal manufacturers. Most of the applications
illustrated are either dirty water or dirty oil. There
obviously are a multitude of applications that can greatly
benefit from best available technology. HP
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This document is misleading and inaccurate.Springs are in the product because they need to be wet to prevent the scaling that occurs on the atmospheric side. Scaling often occurs in the dry side of the seal as the deposits are left when the pumped media flashes off in the seal gap, not in the process fluid. The "old" designs shown also have variants commonly available where the springs are out of the process, if there is a potential benefit. Not all of these seals have the springs in the product and to suggest otherwise is misleading. The same applies to large clearances under the faces. All seal companies can and do offer this. Also suggesting these seals are "considered less reliable" when MTBF on WI duties is sometimes >8 years is a ridiculous statement to make. AES can only dream of MTBF like this since they are essentially offering a "modern" (= unproven) product which is low cost and low performance. I would also suggest that the flush connection over the seal faces will remove the heat generated by the seal effectively, whilst the "modern" seal looks to be flushing the stuffing box. Not exactly helpful in reducing the heat generated or reducing the risk of scaling! Ignoring the MAWP requirement of pressure containing parts such as the seal system is conflicting with API and downright dangerous. Would you trust an NRV with your life?....AES want you to. Rate the system properly for MAWP and if the worst does happen, you know that the safety of your people is secure. On the other hand since AES don't have a product than take MAWP, just pretend it isn't that important and hope no-one gets killed when the 50 bar system has 450 bar in it. As for the grub screws and dimpling the shaft....? Oh dear....
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An informative class as well as a support group for breastfeeding mothers. We encourage anyone who wants to learn about breastfeeding before delivery to come.This class is also a very informal support group for those who are having problems breastfeeding after they get home from the hospital.
This class is free of charge.
Childbirth Education Classes
- What to expect when you get to the hospital.
- Tour of the facility to make you more comfortable with how to get to the Labor and Delivery department when the time comes.
- This is not a Lamaze class, although we do teach some breathing techniques.
A very educational class for first time parents.
The childbirth class is $40, scholarships are available.
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