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What is the best way to kill blazemen without losing any health? If I just shoot them at a distance they can easily take 6-8 hearts off me by setting me on fire with their fireballs. Fire resistance potions aren't good enough because I still take damage (1 full heart) when they touch me.
Use lots of snowballs. They do 1½ hearts of damage each to Blazes. If you can't make potions, diamond armor definitely helps with fire damage; iron does not work so well. Potions of fire resistance are a good idea though. If you can in the Nether, build some snow golems, though they wil probably get destroyed quickly.
Use Fire Resistance potions.
If you don't have access to them yet, make sure to stay at a long distance from Blazes and just shoot them with a bow.
You mean Blaze that drops Blaze Rod? Fire Resistance Potion will help a lot during battles with them. It will cancel out all the fire damages, leaving only physical damages caused by touching you. You can then stay at a distance and use arrow to shoot them.
Or, you could build a Blaze farm that wraps a Blaze Spawner with blocks and only leave one block for you to attack them.
One of the easiest ways is to find a spawner (best to find a non open air one), rush towards it and seal it off at the enterance with blocks just before the stairs.
If you then remove the netherbrick one layer down at the base of your wall and remove the bottom blocks of your wall, you can happily chop away at their legs and they can't shoot you, nor can they get into where you are!
You may want to also knock out a few blocks behind you so you can move backwards if you need to. If you want exp, stay here as long as you want and collect stacks of blaze rods while you're at it.
Some combination of these three should provide reasonable damage avoidance.
You should be wearing the best enchanted armor you have. You should also be drinking a potion of fire resistance before doing something like attacking blazes in the nether. Drinking a potion of healing would rapidly heal you when you are fighting them. The best armor would be diamond armor enchanted with either
In the overworld, you should gather snowballs and pumpkins. Then, you should go to the nether, make snow golems to attack the blazes. They receive three hearts of damage per snowball thrown, so they will be killed easily by seven snowballs. If snow golems attack too slow or melt too fast, you could do this yourself, although that would be less efficient because you would need to have many snowballs, and each stack only holds 16. You could also make iron golems to kill the blaze. This is also pretty inefficient because blazes can fly. However, if you give an iron golem a splash potion of healing, it could be used as a shield while you snipe the rest. Additionally, if you cover the whole place with cobwebs, they would still spawn, but would not be able to shoot fireballs as the cobweb blocks their fireball path.
If you can somehow get them to the overworld, they can take damage from water, such as water (the block), snow (if you are in a cold biome), or rain (if you are in a non-cold biome). You could also block them up with TNT, but that will ruin the terrain and possibly kill you.
Find a spawner, then stand back from it -- they'll appear someplace near the spawner, so if you stand too close they'll drop on your head with a melee attack. Use an infinity bow so you won't have that "crap, out of arrows" moment, and keep a backup on hand in case it runs out of durability (or just keep an eye on the durability). As others have said, drink fire-resist potions so you won't be harmed by their ranged attack,and shoot rapidly, before they can close to melee. Keep some food on hand so you'll be sure to regen from the occasional hit and voila, all the blaze rods you can carry.
Throw snow balls at them from up high. it works great!
I don't even bother with the armor. Fire resistance is a must and a diamond sword with knock back 2 at least. Keep moving and hit them right away. If you're lucky they mostly get knocked in the corner and you just keep hitting them.
Find a spawner and make a little hut around it. Leave one block where you will be able to shoot your arrows through and voilà.
Here's what I do. For experts, skip to #3.
Anyway , this is what I do when I need things from the nether, just repeat steps 4-5 and that's it
Hope this helps. Good luck.👍
Just drink a potion of fire resistance then use TNT!
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In this episode of geekSpeak, we explore UI architectural patterns, such as the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern, with two Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, Christopher Bennage and Rob Eisenberg. Christopher and Rob share their experiences developing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight applications. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and Brian Johnson.
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Is there a temperature monitor/device which I can attach to the fermentation vessel that will post temperature data back to a PC via Ethernet or wireless?
I don't know of any, but if you like playing with electronics and programming, you could use an Arduino with an Ethernet Shield, and an Off-the-shelf temperature sensor. Doing that, you'd also need to set up a server process on your computer to listen for reports from your device, but there are tutorials for doing that sort of thing for just about every computer language out there.
I came across this site yesterday using an Arduino like Baka suggested.
It's a little involved, and it would require you to beef up your coding skills, but the step by step guide gives quite a bit of detail. Also, this is a fermentation controller that also tracks and graphs temperature, so it might be possible to scale back the development.
There's also an AMA on reddit with the designer.
If you aren't a programmer, then you can start building your system around a BCS460. I am running one, and it works like a charm. Mine controls my HLT, BK, Mash, and Fermentation temperatures. A little costly though if you only plan to use it for fermentation temperature, you can access it via your home network while you are at home or away.
I read in Wireless something about iGrill. This is a bluetooth thermometer (designed for cooking) which hooks up to your iPhone/Pad. I couldn't see the point of it myself but it might be interesting to you.


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What does a programmer need to pay attention to during the development of software? For example, some software can not be finished within the time constraints, others cannot meet the requirements of clients.
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You need to pay attention to all of them, but to different degrees at different times during the development process. However, you should never lose sight of any of them at all times.
It's always a balancing act between requirements, quality and time constraints and the skill lies in how you manage that balance.
At the start of the process you need to make sure you understand the requirements. From this you can work out what you can reasonably deliver in the time allowed. At this point you have to start managing the customer expectations. Don't promise that you can deliver everything, but ensure that you promise that you will deliver their core requirements.
Once you start developing you must pay equal attention to the quality and time constraints to make sure that you keep on track. However, you must not lose sight of the requirements as you could end up developing something that's not needed.
If you can manage this then you are an excellent developer.
Requirements definition — if that's not done right, you're totally screwed no matter how great you code.
If you can't meet the requirements, you're screwed. If you can't meet the deadline, you're screwed. If you can't convince your managers that it's impossible to meet the requirements within the deadline, you're screwed (not them...). If you can convince them, you're screwed (because it'll be used to give you a poor review, you clearly lack the drive and knowledge).
Basically then, you're screwed.
About the only thing you can hope for is getting ahead of the game and start warning about bad requirements and deadlines before development even starts, and getting your concerns on paper and signed off by management higher than your project manager. That way, you have proof that you're not the one who set the overly optimistic deadline. Also, get the requirements signed off by upper management so that if they change, causing you to fail your deadline, you're once again covered.
Maybe I spent too long in organisations where there was a constant blame game going on to push blame on developers for every failure while managers and sales staff got all the praise for every success...
The three most important phases that I feel developers need most are the ones that are always either skipped or aren't given the time they are due.
Every single one of these will save you the time you put into them and then some.


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I wanted something fireproof to place my little charcoal gill on and always wanted to try concrete counter tops, so this looked like the perfect project.I built the frame with basic 4x4 treated posts and the shelf is a treated piece of decking. The concrete is noting special for this just a good quality 5000psi mix. It took 2 1/2 bags of concrete and 2 pint containers of dark grey coloring pigment. I built the top by making a 2-1/2" box out of melamine and then placed a couple of fern leaves on the board to give the impression in the concrete. Not too hard to make, but it is super heavy. The hours to complete project do not factor in 48hrs curing time.
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5 World-Famous Products That Are Shameless Rip-Offs
#2. Skechers Turns Charity into a Pissing Contest With a Knockoff Shoe
Skechers is the largest shoe company in the world, which many of you might equate with "the largest employer of whipped Vietnamese children," but we have to give them credit for trying to do things right. Take their BOBS line of shoes, introduced in 2010: They're not only comfortable, affordable footwear designed in the style of South American espadrilles, but they're in fact specifically meant to do good. They're ethically produced in developing countries, and Skechers actually donates one pair to children in need for every pair they sell.
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Nope, that's not the same shoe from another angle -- if you look carefully, you'll notice it says TOMS instead of BOBS. Big difference, because TOMS isn't run by total douchebags.
It turns out that Skechers copied the whole BOBS thing from TOMS, the smaller company that introduced the "one-for-one" charity concept four years earlier. So, OK, now we have two companies giving away shoes to poor children, and we'd have to be jerks to complain about that ... except that it wasn't just the good deed Skechers copied, it was the entire TOMS business model.
BOBS seems specifically designed to drive TOMS out of business -- they're both based on the Argentine espadrille, they're both male names in all caps and, on top of that, Skechers initially priced BOBS two dollars cheaper than TOMS. The whole thing was capped off with a massive launch campaign that promised to donate not one, but two pairs for each purchased pair of BOBS.
The children were crushed when they realized it was "pair of BOBS" with one O.
Hell, even their slogan is "Inspired by the good deeds of others." If that was really the intent, why not start donating some of their existing products? Instead, Skechers seemed to go out of its way to turn a charity model into a pissing contest. There's no logical reason why they had to copy every single thing about TOMS, except for planting themselves as their direct competition. Look at it this way: Every BOBS espadrille shoe sold is one TOMS didn't sell.
While neither company gives out sales figures for their goodwill shoes, it's pretty safe to say that the $1.4 billion per year Skechers walked all over TOMS (their total sales since 2006 are around $44 million). If they were honestly trying not to be evil here, they're doing a pretty shitty job at it.
#1. Pixar's Finding Nemo Suspiciously Resembles a Children's Book
Finding Nemo, the story of a clownfish looking for his lost relative with the help of other sea creatures, is still one of the most beloved, critically acclaimed and commercially successful animated films of all time. If you've never seen the DVD before, then you simply haven't been around children in the past ten years or so.
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It is also a Pixar movie. You can probably guess where this is going.
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Pierrot: The Poison Clown sounds way more badass than Finding Nemo.
If you saw that cover in a bookstore, you'd probably assume it was some cheap picture book quickly thrown together by someone hoping to cash in on a Disney movie and not-too-observant parents. That's exactly what French bookstores thought and the reason why they stopped stocking this book when Finding Nemo was released in 2003 ... even though it actually predates the movie. And, according to the book's author, the resemblance isn't a coincidence.
In 1995, a French children's author called Franck Le Calvez wrote a screenplay called Pierrot the Clownfish -- he envisioned it as an animated film and indeed managed to sneak it into the hands of some filmmakers. Unfortunately, no one was interested in developing the idea, so eventually Le Calvez dug into his savings and self-published the story as an illustrated children's book in 2002. At least that way he could get his story out to people, and hey, maybe some movie studio would like it and turn it into a film. Imagine the brick he shat a year later, when a film did come out and made millions of dollars, except his name was nowhere to be found.
Although the makers of Finding Nemo say they never saw the screenplay for Pierrot the Clownfish, there is a strange similarity between both works. Let's compare: Both Nemo and Pierrot are clownfish living in an anemone ...
Oddly enough, the book described Pierrot's dad as "kinda sounding like Albert Brooks, only more European."
Both titular characters lose a parent to a predator (Pierrot's father and Nemo's mother) and get separated from the remaining one, and the plot of the story is about them reuniting. Although the focus of Finding Nemo at this point shifts to Nemo's father, Marlin, the similarities keep on piling up. Marlin/Pierrot both meet a surgeon fish during their journey (Finding Nemo's Dory), along with other underwater characters, including a cleaner shrimp.
Who, even in the Pixar version, is extremely French.
Le Calvez took his case to court, where Disney lawyers unsurprisingly ate the author for breakfast. At the end, the judge decided in Disney's favor with the reasonable justification that Pierrot and Nemo are completely different characters because they were a different shade of orange.
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I grew up speaking British English. The words I learnt were occasionally marked off in papers, despite their being English words. Are words like betwixt, trebble, learnt acceptable in papers for English classes for professors in America, specifically Texas?
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"Betwixt" is archaic and highly marked for American English, but not technically wrong.
"Learnt" is non-standard, but intelligible and probably not a problem.
I've never heard or seen the word "trebble", and would mark it as an error in any piece of formal writing.
"Treble" (in British English at least) can mean the same as "triple", as well as high in (musical) pitch, as in the opposite of "bass" (see also the Wiktionary entry).
"Learnt" (again, British English) is an alternative past form of "learned" (Wiktionary again).
"Betwixt" is a great word, but is somewhat archaic (Wiktionary, one more time). Despite that, either "twixt" or "betwixt" was used in the film Serenity.
My $.02 USD:
Betwixt: not commonly used nationwide; I've heard it (and used it) in New England.
Trebble: We don't double up the b. It's spelled 'treble' and it is still in use.
In American English, we don't substitute the -ed ending on verbs with a t.
Learnt = learned Spelt = spelled
and so on.
Without wanting to speak ill of Texas... it's Texas. They have their own dialect of English down there.
As a bit of anecdotal evidence, my nickname is "Lin" (short for Linda). My Texas friends manage to take the letters Lin and somehow stretch two syllables out of them. "Le-in" it becomes. Why? I have NO idea.
Treble might be more acceptable if the US played darts more often. In BE, the 3x multiplier ring of a dart board is called the treble ring of which the highest scoring segment is the treble twenty. http://www.pdc.tv/staticFiles/b6/b3/0,,10180~177078,00.pdf
I've never heard an American use betwixt, trebble (or aught, naught, or nought), or learnt, although:
"betwixt and between" as a figure of speech would be "acceptable".
"larnt" is an Appalachian dialect word that would cost you points in a school paper.
I'm American, and the only place I've ever seen treble used was on computer speakers and car stereos (as in bass and treble).
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Barbara Duck from The Medical Quack blog shared a link with me yesterday and I was surprised to see how strong the connection is between personalized medicine and the world of microRNAs. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are single-stranded RNA molecules of about 21–23 nucleotides in length, which regulate gene expression; according to Wikipedia.
The link took me to the website of Rosetta Genomics, a company that was founded in Israel in 2000. From the FAQ:
Rosetta Genomics mission is to develop a novel class of diagnostics and therapeutics based on a recently discovered family of genes called microRNAs.
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That's my first question here, and i was encouraged to post because my question in MathOverflow (HERE) was beautifully and fast answered. But my questions in not at research level...
As i said there, i'm working on a monograph about partitions, and one topic covered is the Simon Newcomb's problem. My main guide is the amazing "The Theory of Partitions", by George Andrews. I had two problems in understand some proofs on the book: one was solved by my question at MO, and the other is explained below.
The following lemma is in Andrews' book...
Each of the following relations implies the other: (here $r$ is a positive integer)
$ \begin{align} \label{first_eq} &a_n = \sum_{j=0}^{n-1}\binom{r - n + j}{j}b_{n-j}, \quad \forall n\geq 1, \quad (1)\\ \label{second_eq} &b_n = \sum_{j=0}^{n-1}\binom{r - n + j}{j}(-1)^{j}a_{n-j}, \quad \forall n\geq 1. \quad (2) \end{align} $
I'm asking an elementary, self-content proof with no use of Chu-Vandermonde summation. If it uses generating functions, better, but binomial identities would be great too.
An obvious hint by Andrews is that one can just proof that (2) implies (1), because once it was done, a simple "variable change" proves the reverse implication, i.e., just consider $b'_{n} = (-1)^{n}b_n$ and $a'_{n} = (-1)^{n}a_n$.
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The issue is that since some venues close at 2,3,4 am - how can I do a query of
where LESS THAN or EQUAL when a table row value of 04:00 means more to me than 23:00?
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I'm trying to do a query search for closing hours of stores.
The issue is that since some venues close at 2,3,4 am - how can I do a query of
Since the closing time has to happen after the opening time, if
How to check if a given time is inside an interval? A given time is inside an interval if:
As far as I remember, I think I've never used XOR in a SQL Query before, but here it fits perfectly:
this gives true if
If we have to check if time(now()) is inside an interval of a specific dat, we still have a problem: if a store opens on Monday, and closes at 1AM, closing time is not on Monday anymore, so if we are past midnignt, and the interval is swapped, we have to check the interval of the previous day. This checks the correct opening_day:
if closing_time rolls on the next day, and current time is before closing time, the condition in () will be true so we have to check INTERVAL 1 DAY, otherwise condition is false and subtracting INTERVAL 0 DAY gives the current day.
So my final query is this:
that gives all stores open at the given @n datetime. Fiddle is here.
I had another (maybe weird?) idea to solve the same problem. It should be a little easier to understand. The first day of 2001 is
Current date would then become:
(we add the day of the week, weekday of a monday is 0 so we will still be on '2001-01-01', tuesday is 1 so it will be '2001-01-02' and so on). And using TIME_TO_SEC I'm adding the second to make a datetime field.
Opening date would be:
to convert opening_day to the number of days to add I'm using FIELD function, then we have to subtract 1 since Monday starts to 1 here, and then we add the time part.
And the closing date would be:
same as opening date, but I'm subtracting 1 to DAY only opening_time is before closing_time, otherwise it means that closing_time happens on the next day. Then we only have to use BETWEEN to check if we are inside the interval, like this:
But at this point, we can just convert to seconds since the beginning of the week, we have all elements to do this, and my final query would be this:
I think you should use datetime,timestamp or time as datatype. As it will be usefull in future for mathamatical calculations.
If you store it as string or number it will be difficult you to do something on it.
So be specific while choosing datatype.
Pick an arbitrary date for storing opening and closing times, say Jan 1st 1900.
Any store that opens and closes on the same day uses this date for both times.
So a store that opens at 9am and closes at 5pm gets:
Open: 1900-01-01 09:00:00
Close: 1900-01-01 17:00:00
A store that opens one day and closes the next uses the following day for its closing time.
So a bar that opens at 4pm and closes at 2am the following day gets:
Open: 1900-01-01 16:00:00
Close: 1900-01-02 02:00:00
Now you can use greater than and less than queries and get the results you expect.
You have to check if
To get the valid opening time for a given datetime you also have to check if the given datetime is less than opening time to create the correct time interval.
To get the opening times for a given datetime use
To get the actual
I have worked on your SQL Fiddle Sample and removed the obsolete column
The solution is based on the same approach as posted above, but checks the opening hours per weekday.


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I'm catching myself going to Facebook more than twice a day, this sadly happens with me not really being aware of it. Such an extension should help me avoid those unnecessary visits.


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Study Links Cadmium Exposure to Learning Disabilities in Kids
Jan. 27, 2012 -- Children with high levels of the heavy metal cadmium in their urine may be more likely to have learning disabilities and/or need special education, a new study shows.
Cadmium occurs naturally in some soils. Children are most likely to be exposed to it through food such as grains and root vegetables, as well as through tobacco smoke. Some children's toys and jewelry have also been found to contain cadmium.
Cadmium exposure can damage the kidney and lungs and has been linked to cancer. Studies on whether or not it affects learning and behavior among children have had mixed results.
In the new study of close to 2,200 children ages 6 to 15, those who had the highest levels of cadmium in their urine were more likely to have learning disabilities or need special education, compared to children with the lowest levels of this metal in their urine. The findings are based on parents' reports of their children's learning issues.
The new findings appear in Environmental Health Perspective.
But just because your child was exposed to cadmium does not mean he or she will develop a learning disability, says researcher Robert Wright, MD. He is a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "It doesn't mean that if they get exposed to cadmium, something terrible will happen, but there were more learning disabilities and special education seen in kids who were exposed to cadmium than those who weren't," he says.
No Cadmium/ADHD Risk Seen
So what can concerned parents do to limit exposure to cadmium? This can be easier said than done, Wright says: "It is a little hard to figure out cadmium in food because it comes from soil, so it is based on where it is grown."
It's easier to avoid tobacco smoke.
As far as children's toys, "there is no added value to having cadmium in children's products, and this is evidence that is a dangerous practice. We need tighter regulations," he says.
Cadmium levels were not linked to risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the new study.
"This suggests that cadmium seems to affect [mental] issues such as learning disabilities and the need for special education, but not behavior," Wright says. ADHD is more of a behavioral disorder. It is marked by hyperactivity, trouble concentrating, and impulsivity.


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If I put some beer in a secondary vessel for medium-term condition (e.g. lagering or dry hopping), do I need to put an airlock on it or can I just close it up with a stopper or put it in a keg and seal it? Presumably the yeast are not really generating any more CO2. (Note: I'm not talking about an actual secondary fermentation with fruit or something, where the yeast will clearly be active.)
You absolutely do not need an airlock for secondary, assuming you wait til fermentation is done. I've sealed a carboy with a stopper many times for a secondary, although these days I usually use foil. If the beer is still outgassing, you will have a bit more dissolved CO2 in it, but not enough to worry about the carboy exploding. A keg also works really well and can be vented by pulling the relief valve if necessary (although it almost never is). The best alternative, IMO, is to just not use a secondary.
The yeast may still be working, and even if they aren't, CO2 may still be coming out of solution from temperature changes or agitation. Glass carboys are not meant to hold pressure, and they fail in a very dramatic and possibly dangerous way. Use an airlock for safety.
A keg designed to hold pressure is a fine alternative. You can even keep it under pressure so when the lagering period is done, your beer is fully carbed and ready to drink.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal safety officials said Thursday they have identified the origin of the battery fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner last month, and are turning their microscopes on an aircraft approval process in which the airplane builder evidently greatly underestimated the chances of battery failure.
Boeing had estimated a "smoke" event would occur "less than once in 10 million flight hours" with the Dreamliner's novel lithium-ion batteries, National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman said. But after fewer than 100,000 hours of actual flight, two batteries failed, one culminating in a fire.
Further, Boeing's indications that heat damage in one battery cell would not harm adjacent cells proved false, Hersman said.
"The assumptions used to certify the battery must be reconsidered," Hersman said.
Hersman's statements cast doubt not only on the safety of the battery technology, but on the government's certification process for approving technology. It also appeared to dispel any hopes for a quick resolution to the problem, which has grounded all 50 Dreamliner aircraft globally since January 16th.
The NTSB plans to release an interim report of its findings within 30 days. The Federal Aviation Administration -- the ultimate arbiter of when the plane can resume flying -- has declined to predict when the 787 will return to the sky.
Thursday's briefing, incidentally, occurred as Boeing flew a Dreamliner for a one-time, special flight from Fort Worth, Texas, where it was being painted, to Boeing facilities in Everett, Washington.
The FAA approved the flight under the condition that the plane would only have essential crew members on board, that they continuously monitor the battery and that they land immediately if they detected an anomaly. The plane landed without incident; a Boeing fire truck awaiting its arrival. The FAA said Thursday that it has approved Boeing to conduct test flights with 787s to help gather more data.
In the mishap a month ago today, a battery pack caught fire aboard an empty Japan Airlines Dreamliner at Boston's Logan International Airport. Less than a week later, an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner bound for Hong Kong had to make an emergency landing after irregular battery activity and smoke in the forward electrical compartment were detected.
Hersman said the flight data recorder in the Boston incident showed the battery underwent an unexplained drop in voltage from 32 volts to 28 immediately before the incident, as the plane was being serviced on the tarmac. The voltage drop was consistent with the charge of a single cell on the eight-cell battery, she said.
Hersman said investigators believe the problem originated in cell six, which shows multiple signs of a short circuit -- an unintended path of electricity. The short circuit resulted in a thermal runaway -- a chemical chain reaction -- in cell six, which spread to adjacent cells.
"Charred battery components indicated that the temperature inside the battery case exceeded 500 degrees," Hersman said.
But investigators still don't know what caused cell six to short-circuit in the first place.
They have ruled out two possibilities -- mechanical "impact" damage, like that caused by being dropped, or short-circuiting outside the battery.
But several other possibilities are being explored, including contamination or defect during manufacturing, flaws in the design or construction of the battery, and problems with battery charging. That final possibility -- battery charging -- leaves open the possibility that the problem could reside outside the battery itself.
Boeing, in a statement issued Thursday, said, "We are working collaboratively to address questions about our testing and compliance with certification standards, and we will not hesitate to make changes that lead to improved testing processes and products."
When the FAA approved the use of lithium-ion batteries on the Dreamliner, it imposed nine "special conditions" to prevent or mitigate problems. One condition was that the battery design "preclude the occurrence" of thermal runaways. Another is that the plane have a system to control the charging rate of the battery to prevent over- or undercharging. Another: that there be a warning system for battery failures.
In a joint statement Thursday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta reiterated that they are determined to fix the problem.
"Based on what information our experts find, the FAA will take any action necessary to further ensure safety. We must finish this work before reaching conclusions about what changes or improvements the FAA should make going forward," the statement read.
"The FAA is focused on the review and activities to understand the root cause. Once the review is complete, the FAA will make any analysis and conclusions public."


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What Bracha are the Croutons that are really just dried pieces of bread separately and when there in my instant soup and is there a difference?
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The way it works:
Bread that is cut into pieces retains its status of bread (i.e. Hamotzi) no matter how small the pieces get. So if you or anyone would cut the bread and then bake it again, it wouldn't matter and it would still be Hamotzi [unless you cut it less than a K'zayis an cook it in water to a certain degree... but not so practical]
However, there's a famous shitah (R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach) that holds that if companies make croutons - even though it's bread at an intermediate stage - since the end product will be croutons (which should be Mezonos for its own reasons) the entire product is Mezonos. In other words, it doesn't get a status of bread if the end-game is to make it into something else.
So in short:
I'm not sure about the one's in instant soup (I've never personally come across them), but is seems they're like the second type mentioned above.
Real croutons such that you would make yourself or have in a restaurant would be hamotzi. It's just regular bread that was cut into pieces (Shulchan Aruch O.C 165:10.
Osem makes a number of crouton varieties. These would be mezonos (S.A. O.C. 165:7, 3rd Yesh mefarshim + M.B 35)
I heard in the name of the Rav Ovadia Yosef that it is Mezonot, if each piece is at least Kazayit you say Hamotzi.
Look at Hazon Ovadia page סה and סו, I think it would apply to our case, maybe I'm wrong, someone please correct me.


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Heroes Lost In 2013Written by Thom Taylor on April 9, 2014 Contributors: Hot Rod Archives Hot rodding is just one big, happy family; as in any family, you take the good with the bad.
Over time we lose some members of the family, but what an inheritance! Their knowledge, accomplishments, and physical manifestations remain for all of us to enjoy and utilize. Whether by chance or design, there are many heroes and legends--racers, craftsmen, salesmen, and geniuses who make up a part of what is hot rodding. Without them this would be a very different endeavor and a very different place, so we are fortunate to have been blessed with their individual triumphs, ideas, and personalities. HOT ROD hopes you will enjoy reading about some of the participants who in one way or another make up what is our hot rod DNA.
Phil Remington
Phil Remington was one of the true hot rodding pioneers, best remembered for his involvement with the Shelby Cobra and then GT 40 and Mark IV LeMans programs for Ford. He started out in Santa Monica, California, as a hot rodder running the lakes before and after WWII with his cool Modified. Burton, Michigan's Dan Webb recently replicated that car. Carroll Shelby more than once said there would be no Cobra without Rem. Most of his 92 years were spent in racing, with stints running Lance Reventlow's Scarab program in the late '50s, as well as working five days a week until recently at Dan Gurney's All American Racers in Santa Ana, California. He'd been there for more than 40 years. "He is a marvel, an old salt, and an inspiration to young and old," Gurney said of Remington on the occasion of his 90th birthday. "I know it is a cliché, but when they made old Rem, they threw away the mold." HOT ROD was fortunate enough to get his last interview just a couple of months before he died, which ran in our July '13 issue. He was one of the most humble people you could meet, yet he was one of the most accomplished--and he maintained a great backyard garden, too. His daughter Kati and two grandsons survive him.
Tony Waters
Veteran drag racing engine builder, driver, and tuner Tony Waters passed away December 22, 2012, at the age of 85. Known for the purple fuel-burning Altered roadster he drove in the '50s and '60s, he also shoed dragsters and is remembered for becoming runner-up at the first U.S. Fuel and Gas Championship in Bakersfield, California, in 1959, losing to Art Chrisman in the final round. An original member of the Smokers Car Club, who sponsored the Fuel Championship, he won their first two-day Championship event in 1954, called the West Coast Championships. He stayed active in racing throughout his life, most recently helping tune his son Darrell's nostalgia A/Fuel Dragster.
Dean Jeffries
Legendary custom car builder, painter, and Hollywood stuntman Dean Jeffries passed away on May 5. He was 80 years old. Dean Jeffries was a '50s teen icon, contributing through his paint and pinstriping--first working with George and Sam Barris in Lynwood, California, the city where he was born--but also through images he created that became mass art for teen book covers, locker doors, and car windows. Jeffries was the subject of many custom paint and pinstripe articles throughout the '50s, seeming to be attached to everything that was California Cool culture--from painting "Little Bastard" on the Porsche Spyder James Dean would lose his life in, to repeatedly repainting Carroll Shelby's only Cobra prototype to help give the impression Carroll had built a fleet of them. And he painted a gang of Indy roadsters in the late '50s and '60s. Later, he took car customizing to new heights with his seminal Manta Ray, based on a Maserati Grand Prix race car. Once the world got an eyeful of the Manta Ray, exposing what his custom capabilities were, Jeffries built elaborate custom vehicles for the car manufacturers, as well as TV and film. Two of the more fondly remembered TV cars were the Monkeemobile for the The Monkees TV show, and the Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" Imperial. Since he built some of the cars used in numerous movies and TV, Jeffries also became a de-facto stuntman. Also during the height of his TV and movie car period, he reinterpreted the dune buggy with his Kyote fiberglass kits.
In later years, a series of medical setbacks and the loss of his wife Row slowed him down. But with the release of Tom Cotter's biography of Jeffries, and spurred on by his son and daughter, he seemed to be relishing the spotlight he tended to shy away from in his more active days. A story the late custom painter Larry Watson liked to tell about Dean Jeffries was the night they were all at the Clock Drive-In and Jeffries had his new '59 Cadillac. Someone pulled into the Clock and yelled, "Hey, Jeffries, is that your daddy's car?" Jeffries yelled back, "Looks like your daddy must be a ditch digger."
Arnold Baer "A.B." Shuman
A former Navy aviator and lifelong hot rod enthusiast, A.B. Shuman was with HOT ROD's sister publications Car Craft and Motor Trend before hopping across the hall to become its editor in the early '70s. He was one of the auto industry's most well-known and respected P.R. professionals. Shuman graduated Tufts University in 1962. He then spent five years in the Navy as a pilot of the submarine-hunting P2V Neptune airplane. He flew the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and also the North Atlantic Seas. In 1967, Shuman joined Petersen Publishing. After HOT ROD, he joined Mercedes-Benz and was responsible for public relations and press information for nearly 25 years until his retirement in 1995. As a teenager, Shuman and his older brother Bernie were two early adherents of the '50s hot rod movement in New England. The brothers fulfilled a lifelong dream in 1998 when they wrote and self-published Cool Cars, Square Roll Bars, their book devoted to the early history and culture of New England hot-rodding. Shuman was a part owner and crew chief of a Chevrolet-engine streamliner, which ran more than 300 mph at Bonneville in 2012.
Harvey Crane
Harvey Crane, Jr. started Crane Engineering in 1953 after years of building race engines for South Florida racers. Starting as an apprentice machinist, Crane ground his first cam while still a teenager. Crane Cams, as it has become known, parlayed its success in grinding cams to include lifter, rocker, and general valvetrain technology. The company also expanded into high-performance ignition components by the '90s. Crane Cams was part of NHRA's initial Major Sponsorship program, begun in 1967, that included "Ohio George" Montgomery, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, "Dyno Don" Nicholson, Bruce Larson, Don Schumacher, and so many other pioneering racers.
Mike Waters
Known for his Wilson and Waters fuel and gas roadster, Bonneville racer Mike Waters had been racing all of his life, running cars, bikes, and boats. He'd been a member of the Bonneville and El Mirage 200 MPH Clubs since 1999. He was on the boards of both the SCTA/BNI and Save The Salt, while his son Greg has been responsible for new driver rookie orientation at both Bonneville and El Mirage. He retired from the L.A. County Fire Department in 1994.
Gordie Bonin
Hitting professional drag racing as the driver of the Pacemaker Vega Funny Car in 1972 with Canadian drag racers Ron Hodgson and Gordon Jenner as wrenches, the team went on to compete for years. Known for the Bubble Up–sponsored Funny Cars they ran through the '79 season, they were runners-up at the '72 Nationals and took the Nats in 1979. Bonin got the "240 Gordie" moniker for his consistent 240-mph passes with their Bubble Up Trans Am Funny Car. Later Bonin became NHRA marketing director and marketing services manager from 1983 to 1989. Back as a racer with old pals Hodgson and Jenner, they made the semis at Seattle in 1991, and a second-time seat with Roland Leong's Hawaiian in 1993. In '94-'95, he drove for Candies & Hughes. Bonin was an infrequent driver from 1999 and into the 2000s. Bonin won the Gaternationals three times, the Finals at Ontario twice, and the NHRA Division six Funny Car title every year from 1975 to 1980. After a short stay in a Las Vegas hospital for heat stroke, he was found dead in a local Vegas hotel. He was 65.
George Bignotti
Master Indy mechanic George Bignotti won a record seven Indy 500 races as chief mechanic, starting with A.J. Foyt's first victory in 1961, and again in 1964, which is when the shot above standing with Foyt was taken, and with drivers Graham Hill in 1966, Al Unser in 1970, 1971 for Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, Gordon Johncock in 1973, and Tom Sneva in 1983. The '64 victory was the last win for the traditional front-engine roadsters at Indy. In 1964 alone, the Bignotti-Foyt duo won 10 out of 13 champ car races before splitting up in 1965. He also helped Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing win National Championships in 1970 with Al Unser, and 1971 and 1972 with Joe Leonard. An avid golfer, the San Francisco native died in his sleep in Las Vegas.
Stu Hilborn
As a chemical engineer for a paint company, Stu Hilborn occasioned the dry lakes during 1938 and by 1939 had built a roadster to race. But that wasn't what he was known for--it was his fuel-injection system for Ford flatheads developed on those dry lakes that started Hilborn on a rapidly rising star as the master of racing fuel-injection systems. After his Air Force service during WWII, he was back at the lakes perfecting his injection system in his black streamliner, and by 1948 the Hilborn Fuel Injection Company was in business. Soon every dedicated race car was running his FI system, which quickly crossed over to Indy car. By 1952, nearly every entry had it, including Ferrari. And with the advent of drag racing, Hilborn fuel injection seamlessly transitioned over to it as well. Hilborn Injection is one of those pioneering, successful companies built at the confluence of hot rodding and ingenuity after WWII.
Art Malone
Art Malone was a legendary drag racer who also owned two dragstrips in Florida and drove at the legendary Indy 500 for Andy Granatelli in 1963 and 1964. He died March 29. In drag racing, he was known as Don Garlits' sidekick who not only substituted for Garlits on occasion but also helped to fund Garlits' return to NHRA drag racing, leading to his two back-to-back Top Fuel championships in 1985 and 1986. He initially got into drag racing by staging races at Henderson Airfield in Tampa, Florida, in 1953 after returning from an NHRA race at Pomona. By the '60s, he was racing Top Fuelers and running hard in circle-track racing, becoming the first driver to exceed 180 mph on an oval course at Daytona in 1961. He raced both Funny Cars and dragsters until his retirement from drag racing in 1975.
Dick Trickle
NASCAR legend Richard "Dick" Trickle, a Wisconsin native, was known as possibly the winningest short-track driver ever. Trickle won more than 1,000 races in various divisions during his racing career. He began racing NASCAR in 1989, winning Rookie of the Year at the age of 48, the oldest racer to do so. He moved to North Carolina in the early '90s to be closer to the NASCAR action. Trickle was a true old-school NASCAR driver, racing because he loved the sport--not the fame. It took his friends years to convince him to make the move to NASCAR from his short-track circuit in Wisconsin. One of our favorite Trickle racing moments was seeing him lighting a cigarette during a Talladega race--yes, he had a cigarette lighter in his car. That may have been standard practice in the '60s, but this was the '90s. He was a real racing personality and will be missed.
Cal Worthington
Calvin Coolidge Worthington, better known as Cal, was a fixture on Los Angeles late-night television and known throughout the world. Worthington was one of the early huckster-type car dealers pioneered by Earl Madman Muntz, appearing alongside a featured car on a revolving turntable with his "dog" Spot. Spot was a never-ending string of lions, elephants, bear cubs, and other assorted wildlife that added an element to his used-car commercials viewers couldn't believe and didn't forget. After serving in the Army Air Corp during WWII, he came to L.A. to start his first Hudson dealership. Soon TV commercials were part of the marketing. Worthington was able to convince local L.A. TV stations to stay on the air overnight as opposed to signing off at midnight, then buying commercial time to sell the iron. Soon the incessant "Go See Cal, Go See Cal, Go See Cal," and lanky, smiling cowboy at every commercial break became part of SoCal culture.
Jason Leffler
Jason Leffler, a versatile driver who won championships in open-wheel divisions and drove at least one full season in each of NASCAR's three national series, died after a crash in a 410 sprint-car race at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.
Leffler made 73 starts in the Sprint Cup Series, winning twice in the Nationwide Series and once in the Camping World Truck Series. The Long Beach, California, native who was affectionately known as "LEFturn" began his career as an open-wheel star, winning three consecutive USAC Midget championships from 1997 to 1999. He signed with Joe Gibbs Racing for the Nationwide Series in 2000. After finishing 20th in points with three pole positions and four top 10s, Leffler moved into NASCAR's premier Cup Series with Chip Ganassi Racing. He lasted only one year after failing to qualify for five of 36 races in 2001. Leffler moved to the Camping World Truck Series, scoring his first NASCAR national series victory at Dover in 2003. In 2004, he earned his first Nationwide Series win. Leffler raced full time in Nationwide from 2006 to 2011, earning his final national series win at Indianapolis in 2007 when he finished a career-high third in points. He made 11 starts in Sprint Cup over six seasons, raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 2000, and the Brickyard 400 in 2001, 2003 to 2005, and 2008.
Hal Needham
Stuntman, writer, NASCAR team owner, director, racer, and promoter Hal Needham was best known for bringing the Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run franchises to the big screen. After his stint as a paratrooper in the Korean War, Needham started his career in Hollywood as a stuntman. He eventually included stunt coordination and inventing stunt aids like the air bags used for jumping. During this time, he also began his own stunt company, Stunts Unlimited, with fellow stuntmen Ronnie Roundel and Glen Wilder. Through his mutual friendship with actor Burt Reynolds, he turned his Bandit screenplay into a successful movie franchise, following it up with Hooper, The Cannonball Run, and Stroker Ace. By the latter part of the '70s, he was racing, first attempting the land-speed record with the Budweiser Rocket, then later with the Skoal Bandit in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He continued directing, bringing the BMX classic Rad to the screen in the '80s. He gave his last interview ever with HOT ROD in the Feb. '13 issue.
Rich Siroonian
If you were a follower of the gasser wars or early floppers, the name "Big John" Mazmanian stands tall. Maz's driver off and on for those many quarter-mile exploits was his nephew Rich Siroonian. He first drove for Maz in his Vette gasser, then when Maz built his famous Willys coupe, Siroonian transitioned into that car, though other drivers of the time like Bones Balough could be found in the cockpit, especially for match-race bookings outside of their SoCal home base. Maz's next Gasser, the 8-second Austin "Football," was also piloted by Siroonian. When Maz jumped into Funny Cars in the late '60s, Siroonian shoed his 'Cuda Funny Car, winning the '68 Manufacturers Meet. He almost won the '69 U.S. Nationals, red-lighting to Danny Ongais in the final round. Later, Siroonian was the first to run 220 mph backed-up at Orange County Int'l Raceway in 1971.
Paul Candies
Along with tuning partner Leonard Hughes, Paul Candies fielded a yearly succession of winning Funny Cars and Top Fuel dragsters throughout the '70s and '80s. The Candies and Hughes team was the first to field two cars at the '70 Gaternationals finals when in Funny Car everything came down to Hughes in one C&H car, and Larry Reyes in the other, with Hughes hitting the traps first. Later they would field a series of Top Fuel dragsters winning the World Championship in 1976. Then in 1984, with Mark Oswald driving, they won another world championship--this time in Funny Car, making Candies and Hughes the first team to win the crown in both classes. They started their partnership in 1964, continuing through 1990 when sponsorship dried up. However, they were back together racing a Funny Car in 1994 with Gordie Bonin driving, and won two more events before retiring after the '95 season. Paul's son P.B. Candies races a Cobra Jet Mustang in both NHRA and IHRA.
Fred Carrillo
Fred Carrillo, one of the legends of the performance aftermarket, started Carrillo Industries in the early '60s after finding racers needed a good performance connecting rod. There were really no aftermarket connecting rods capable of the punishment racing dished out. Developing the H-beam connecting rod was only part of the story. Racers like Dan Gurney helped to promote and sell racers on Carrillo connecting rods, and the rest is history. Carrillo started like many early speed-part manufacturers, at the California dry lakes after the war. He created his first race car immediately following release from the service, followed by his legendary mid-engine T roadster in 1950. The flathead-powered lakester was constructed from junkyard parts and WWII surplus, eventually running more than 180 mph at Bonneville in 1953. It was featured on the cover of our July '52 issue. Campaigning a new streamliner for Bonneville in 1953, Carrillo was involved in a serious accident and lost part of his left leg. After recuperating, he attended college and found employment with aerospace pioneer Aerojet Corporation as an engineer, all the while keeping his hand in racing. Carrillo Industries has been the leader in performance pistons and connecting rods since its inception and celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. Carrillo owned numerous Indy-car efforts in the '60s and '70s, eventually selling Carrillo Industries in 2001. He was retained as a consultant until the mid 2000s and has been retired since. Hugely successful in the aftermarket, he will be forever remembered in the hot rod community for his early lakes and Bonneville efforts during the golden age of the hot rod.
Andy Granatelli
Andy Granatelli, the patriarch of a legendary motorsports dynasty from the '40s through the '90s, died at the age of 90 of congestive heart failure at a Santa Barbara, California, hospital. Granatelli was born in Dallas. He gained fame during World War II as a promoter of racing events, such as the Hurricane Racing Association. He and brothers Vince and Joe started Grancor (Granatelli Corporation) as a speed shop out of Chicago after the war, making speed equipment like the "Super Dual" intake and finned heads for Ford flatheads. Grancor also sponsored its first Indy 500 effort in 1946. Later it expanded to other makes including Studebaker, which also contracted with Granatelli to make record attempts at Bonneville to help promote its new Avanti, and asked him to do something with its Chemical Compounds Corporation, better known as STP. He became CEO and the visible spokesman for STP, which sponsored many of his racing and speed record attempts and became an iconic symbol of racing. Interestingly, he is also listed on the masthead of the first HOT ROD magazine in Jan. '48. According to son Vince, the thing that gave him the most gratification was racing at the Indy 500, which he won as owner in 1969 with Mario Andretti driving, and again in 1973 with Gordon Johncock as driver. He almost won in both 1967 and 1968 with his unusual, incredible turbine engine-powered entries. Among his many accolades, Granatelli became a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. Known as "Mister 500," this was also the title of his autobiography, They Call Me Mister 500.
Richard Sarafian
Richard Sarafian was the director of the cult-classic car-chase movie Vanishing Point. He directed numerous Hollywood films throughout his career, but to car fans he's known for his direction of Barry Newman as Kowalski, the speed-freaking Vietnam vet who bets his drug dealer he can deliver a new, white Challenger R/T from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. It's just about on everybody's top 10 car movie list--if you haven't seen it, you need to, because it's classic '70s sex, drugs, cops, and cars. Sarafian was 83. Hanging with fellow director Richard Altman during the Korean conflict, he and Altman became fast friends. Sarafian acted in one of Altman's early movies, which also starred Altman's sister Helen. Sarafian and Helen soon married, and Sarafian became Altman's assistant. Eventually breaking out to become a director, he continued to act on occasion and also wrote. Besides Vanishing Point, he directed Run Wild, Run Free, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, and Man In the Wilderness, as well as numerous TV shows including Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and even Batman. His three surviving sons and daughter all work in the film industry.
Walt Arfons
One of the fathers of jet-powered dragsters, Walt Arfons was 96 when he passed away in June. Best known for the series of "Green Monster" race cars with and without his younger brother Art, his first Monster was a three-wheeled, Olds-powered dragster built in 1952. Soon the Arfons brothers built a succession of Allison-powered Green Monster dragsters through the '50s. Conflicts between the two resulted in them splitting ways, and they remained locked in a battle for the rest of their lives, pitting themselves in one-upmanship speed records at Bonneville. The battle even found its way to sponsors with rival tire companies sponsoring the brothers' cars. In 1963, Walt's Wingfoot Express made several attempts at the world land-speed record with disappointing results. In 1964, the Express took the record at 420 mph with Tom Green driving. But in three days time, brother Art took the title with his own LSR car, and for the next several years the record went back and forth between Art and Craig Breedlove. Walt was still innovating and racing with a string of jet-powered Funny Cars and turbine race cars for many years before his retirement.


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The answer will generally will be "No." When we say our classes are full, they really are full.
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I probably will want to teach some day, but I don't want to take Education classes right now. Can I do this?
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Who are the academic advisors in the department?
Does the Department of Social Sciences offer online classes?
I have a learning disability. How do I go about informing my teachers and receiving accommodation for it?
What options do I have if I want to major in Sociology?
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What options do I have if I want to major in History?
What is Phi Alpha Theta?
Phi Alpha Theta is the history honorary fraternity. The Alpha Beta Chi chapter of this national organization has been on the Tarleton campus since 1985. The qualifications for membership are: (1) undergraduates must have a 3.00 or better GPA, completed 12 hours of History courses, and a 3.1 or better GPA in those courses. You do not have to be a History major. You can have any major or minor. You, however, must have the 12 hours of history courses completed. (2) Graduate students must have completed 12 hours of graduate course work with 9 hours in history courses. The GPA must be 3.5 or better. You do not have to be working on a M.A. in History. You must, however, be working toward a Master degree with at least 9 hours of history completed.
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The Study Abroad program allows students to travel to foreign countries to study and receive credit at Tarleton. Social Sciences currently takes students to Scotland every summer where they earn six hours credit in Political Science, History or Philosophy. Contact Dr. Eric Morrow for more information about this program. The Department also has a Study Away program in Washington DC over Spring Break. The program is linked to survey courses and seminars in Government and History and provides an opportunity for students to experience the nation's Capital in a unique and engaging way.
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If a grievance should develop between a student and faculty member (over semester grades, accusations of academic dishonesty, or other matters not elsewhere addressed), the student must first attempt to confer with the instructor to resolve their differences.
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Strikes Soccer Academy
The short web address (URL) for this page is: www.birmingham.gov.uk/strikessoccer
Mission Statement
To provide quality football coaching in an environment, which is inclusive and supportive, and to ensure that the child's needs, safety and wellbeing are the primary consideration.
Strikes Junior Soccer Academy is a football coaching initiative developed by Birmingham City Council for boys and girls aged 4 – 13 years.
Children follow the Soccericulum, a structured programme carefully designed by our team of coaches for children of differing ages and abilities.
Ball familiarity is the cornerstone of the Soccericulum and is included in all sessions.
The Strikes ethos centres around participation, teamwork, fair play and fun!
Certificates are given to children at the end of each 12 week course as children work through the programme.
Strikes Junior Soccer Academy is fully endorsed by the Birmingham County Football Association, Birmingham City Football Club and Walsall Football Club.
12 week course £50.00 (£37.50 with a passport to leisure card)
Register an interest
Please telephone your chosen Strikes Centre for further information.
Related links
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What's the (closest) analogue of Sierpinski triangle to disk?
You could replace each disk with seven disks of $1/3$ the radius packed inside it, like this:
After four iterations, it looks like this:
The difficulty is that a triangle naturally decomposes into four similar triangles, while a disk doesn't decompose into disks of any size. You have to give up something. A sector of a disk looks a lot like a triangle, so you could divide your disk into sectors (any number that you like) and carry out the Sierpinski construction in each sector, bending the bases of the triangles around the circle at each radius. As the Sierpinski triangle is usually done for an equilateral triangle, I would do six sectors of $\frac \pi 3$ each and call it the closest analogue.
I've always though of this having fairly strong links:
I'm not sure what it's called though.


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Community responds to call for unity, peace
August 19, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Parents, children and community leaders gathered Saturday at Murphy Field to listen to one another about ways to stop the violence in the city....
Maybe a first step is to remove Steubenville Councilman that cater to the major Drug Dealers, renting their properties and keeping law enforcement out - there are 3 of them and you all know who they are. Bring in the Feds or State Police or this will not end. The Kumbaya is nice but will not rid the town of the problems until these councilman and their tenants are gone.
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A very warm welcome to the DW Stadium, home of Wigan Athletic FC and Wigan Warriors.
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Offering a range of lounges, 8 with pitch views, the DW Stadium can cater for 5 to 500 people for a wide variety of events, from conferences to product launches and weddings to Christmas parties.
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You will always find the welcome at the DW Stadium a warm one, the facilities and services we offer are sure to impress and leave you feeling relaxed in the knowledge that your time spent with us will be remembered for all the right reasons.
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CHOP Alone Compared to CHOP Plus Radiotherapy for Early Stage Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: Update of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Randomized Trial
Mary Kara Bucci, MD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: December 10, 2001
Presenter: T.P. Miller
Presenter's Affiliation: Arizona Cancer Center, Tuscon, AZ
Type of Session: Scientific
In 1998, SWOG study 87-36 reported the results of a randomized trial comparing 8 cycles of CHOP chemotherapy with 3 cycles of CHOP + involved field radiotherapy (IFRT). With a median follow up of 4.4 years, there was a significant benefit in overall survival, failure-free survival, and toxicity seen in the IFRT arm (NEJM 339:21-26, 1998). This is an update of that report, now with a median followup of 8.2 years.
Materials and Methods
Author's Conclusions
Clinical/Scientific Implications
While CHOP x 3 + IFRT remains the best regimen for the group of patients studies, the late failures (between 5 and 10 years) in this group demonstrate a need for improved systemic therapy.
Oncolink's ASH Coverage made possible by an unrestricted Educational Grant from Amgen.


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Every year the awesome Archie McPhee store staff dress in different costumes each day for an entire week leading up to Halloween. We'd like to share some of our favorites from the past week.
Here is Jeff as the Grumpy Cat:
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Roxy as Old Gregg from The Mighty Boosh:
Dan'l shows off his Japanese Street Fashion sense:
Roger as Marty McFly from Back to the Future
Fabes as a Day of the Dead Catrina:
And we finish with Shana as a truly disturbing ventriloquist's dummy:
We hope you all enjoyed Halloween as much as we did. Be sure to check out Archie McPhee on Instagram to see all of the fantastic costumes for the 2013 Halloween season.
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Is there a quick and systematic method to find out if a quadratic equation is always positive or may have positive and negative or always negative for all values to its variables?
Say for a quadratic equation: $3x^{2}+8xy+5xz+2yz+7y^{2}+2z^{2}>0$, without drawing a graph to look at its shape, how can I find out if this equation is always more than zero or does it have negative results or is it always negative for all non-zero values into the variables?
I tried randomly substituting values into the variables but I can never be sure if I had covered all cases.
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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
Brain Shrinkage Linked to Smoking, Obesity, Diabetes
Aug. 1, 2011 -- People who smoke, are overweight, and have other health problems in middle age may be at increased risk of developing signs of brain shrinkage and diminished planning and organization skills as they age, new research indicates.
Other health problems linked to brain shrinkage and mental decline include high blood pressure and diabetes.
"Our findings provide evidence that identifying these risk factors early in people of middle age could be useful in screening people for at-risk dementia and encouraging people to make changes to their lifestyle before it's too late," Charles DeCarli, MD, of the University of California-Davis in Sacramento, says in a news release.
Lifestyle Changes May Ward Off Dementia
The study involved 1,352 people who did not have dementia and whose average age was 54. They took standard tests to determine if they were overweight, had high blood pressure, diabetes, and unhealthy cholesterol levels.
In addition, each underwent MRI brain scans over the period of a decade, with the first of such tests starting about seven years after the initial examinations to detect risk factors.
Study participants with high blood pressure developed a condition in the brain known as white matter change, or small areas of blood vessel damage, faster than people with normal blood pressure readings. As they aged, they also scored lower on tests of planning and decision-making than participants with normal blood pressure.
Participants with diabetes in middle age lost brain volume at a faster pace than people without the disease.
Smoking Likely to Reduce Brain Volume
And smokers lost brain volume overall at a faster rate than nonsmokers. The smokers also were more likely to have a rapid increase in brain white matter changes, according to the researchers.
Obese people at middle age were more likely to be in the top 25% of those with the faster rate of decline in planning and decision-making skills. And participants with a high waist-to-hip ratio were more likely to be in the top 25% of those with faster decrease in their brain volume.
The researchers write that previous studies have suggested that exposure to risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking during middle age seems associated with an increased risk of dementia.


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With its contemporary style and space saving design the Gardenia media chest is a great solution for smaller spaces. Clean lines, reeded details and brushed black finish provide a sleek look. Four open shelves with pass through holes for wire management give you a convenient place to store electronics and/or DVDs; side by side drawers below offer extra storage.
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The Yarn Studio
Visit our shop in downtown Casey and your creative spirit will soar. The newly renovated space provides a relaxed atmosphere for browsing. Our supplies include items for knit, crochet, spinning, and weaving. Many items are sold exclusively through independent retailers. We strive to help the beginner as well as motivated advanced knitter. Home to the World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook.
World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook
The World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook are located inside The Yarn Studio in downtown Casey, Illinois. In order to make it in to the Guinness Book of World Records shop owner, Jeanette Huisinga, had to knit and crochet a 10X10 square with the largest tools. Knitting Needles are 13ft .75in and 25 pounds each. Crochet Hook measures at 6ft. 1.5in and weight is 9lbs.
Lincoln Book Shop
New and used books, cards and more.
Ambero Antiques and Decorative Arts
Located on the west side of the historical Courthouse square in Charleston, IL, Ambero Antiques & Decorative Arts provides authentic antique, vintage, and contemporary furnishings at fair prices. Here you will find an eclectic mix of furniture, mirrors, art, ceramics, metalwares, textiles, and jewelry.
Round House Antiques
We invite you to come and visit us at Round House Antiques in Charleston, IL to see our unique selection of antiques, primitives and collectibles. We sell quality vintage and antique items that can be treasured for a lifetime and passed down for generations. Antiques, collectibles, vintage jewelry, primitives, furniture, glassware, gift certificates, and layaway.
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The largest antique mall in Charleston. The Copper Eagle antique mall is located at the corner of 3rd Street and Madison Avenue, known locally as "Five Points". The Copper Eagle has grown to around 75 dealers offering over 3000 square feet of antiques and collectibles. Inventory changes daily and many of vendors offer periodic specials. Copper Eagle is open every day of the week, so stop in and spend some time browsing - you might just find that one piece you have been searching for!
Five Points Blacksmith Shop
Lorelei Sims is an artist/blacksmith who opened her smithy, Five Points Blacksmith Shop, in 1993. She hosts several workshops and field trips at the shop as well as classes in beginning blacksmithing.
My Garage Museum Collection
Showcasing classic and one-of-a-kind Corvettes and memorabilia, My Garage Museum is a must-see attraction for any car enthusiast. Corvettes on display include Indy pace cars, racing machines, the last C-4 and the first 21st century model.
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Browse award-winning oil paintings by Wilma Woldt Krueger. Limited and open edition prints, landscapes, wildlife, still life and portraits are sold.
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Legacy Harley-Davidson is not only a great place to stock up on the latest Harley-Davidson gear, but it is an attraction that brings thousands of visitors to the area. The Harley Barn houses new and pre-owned motorcycles, along with clothing, merchandise, parts, and much more. The folks at the Harley Barn also invite travelers to visit their one-of-a-kind events that they hold throughout the year at the barn.
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John Boos & Co. is the oldest industry in Effingham, open since 1887. John Boos products, butcher blocks and cutting boards, are being used by celebrity chefs throughout the U.S. Some celebrity chefs currently using the products are Charlie Trotter, Ming Tsai, Paul Kahan, and Susan Spicer, just to name a few. In addition, the country's premier food channel, "The Food Network," features chefs, such as Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse, who prepare meals every day on John Boos cutting boards. A factory outlet and showroom is open to the public for tours, groups, or just to purchase the products.
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Uphill Grind Cycle and Fitness has everything you are looking for in a bicycle shop and more. When you visit the store you will find a large selection of bikes for commuting, your avid road, mountain and BMX cyclist, bikes for casually cruising around town or country and all the accessories you could possibly need to enjoy your bicycle experience. We carry 7 brands of bicycles so that you get the best fit for your money. Let our knowledgeable staff help you find the right bicycle for you. We believe a bicycle should be a joy to ride, not a chore to ride. We also are the only dealer in the area for The North Face and we feature performance wear for our runners. Come visit us!
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Baseball Card Connection
Baseball Card Connection offers a wide selection of baseball memorabilia, but that isn't all they have to offer! Items pertaining to football, soccer, NASCAR and more are available as well.
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I have noticed that almost 30% of the times, ubuntu gets stuck at the "purple" screen before the actual Ubuntu symbol comes when the OS loads.
Why is this and how can I fix it?
PS: I have this peculiar entry in boot menu. 1st its "Ubuntu" and then when I choose the other option it takes me to the 3.2's generic and safe kernel version. Interestingly I am using the 3.5.0-17 generic version of the kernel. (is this the latest for ubuntu?)


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Category: Resources / Portfolios,
Posted by: Andrea
Posted: Nov 16th 2011
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Posted: Nov 16th 2011
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Why not go nude?
Have you thought about simply displaying your work in your portfolio without sleeves.
As designers we love the textural experience of touching paper directly.
Also you will be able to see the work clearly without hinderance.
If you are using a screw post portfolio case you can drill your portfolio printed pages to slip into the portfolio.
Or you could use a product from Pina Zangaro called adhesive hinged strips which stick onto your portfolio printed pages.


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Pretty much this. I've been wondering if any of the yogourt and other "health" foods containing living probiotic cultures survive digestion to populate our intestines? If so, is there peer-reviewed evidence you could point me to?
Apparently, some do and some don't.
I just tried searching for yogurt lactobacillus survival on Google, and the first hit I got was an article titled "Survival of yogurt-containing organisms and Lactobacillus gasseri (ADH) and their effect on bacterial enzyme activity in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy and hypochlorhydric elderly subjects" by Pedrosa et al. (1995), published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 61, pp. 353–359. The abstract reads:
Here's another result from the same search, "Survival and therapeutic potential of probiotic organisms with reference to Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium spp." (PDF) by Kailasapathy & Chin, Immunology and Cell Biology (2000) 78, 80–88, which says:
but also points out that, for survival in the gastrointestinal tract to matter, the bacteria must first survive long enough to get there:
When I took Microbio we had a entire lecture on this. My professor's view was that they do not survive due to the pH of the stomach. He told us that there are microbiologist on both sides as to whether they do make it to the intestine (or enough of them to make much difference) or that they do survive and help. I have added a link below to a article by the American Society of Microbiology. Here it is saying that it may be helpful, but that more studies are being conducted.
Thanks for the searching and quoting Ilmari. According to some theories, and perhaps there is some research on stool to support these, we can aid our intestines for producing beneficial bacteria by eating PREbiotic foods which supposedly help create a good environment in the intestines for producing healthy bacteria on its own. Some foods that are supposed to be prebiotic are onions, garlic, and fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, cortido, miso, kombacha, and sour cream, and also saturated fats such as butter and animal lard. Non-pasteurized full-fat yogurt is not only supposed to be PRObiotic but also PREbiotic as well. That many priobiotic cultures do not appear to survive digestion perhaps our focus should be more on eating PREbiotic and not so much on consuming PRObiotic cultures.
There are also foods that are could be harmful to the environment in the intestines. These, according to theories, include refined sugar, soy, processed foods, and seed oils (the process of extracting oil from seeds and dry plant components is highly refined). For some people, again according to theories, the harmful foods also include gluten and lactose from Holstein Friesian cattle (the most common dairy cow in the USA and I think Europe).


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Geneseo Chamber Singers and Alumni Choir
May 11, 2013
8:30pm Wadsworth Auditorium
Free and open to the public
The Geneseo Chamber Singers and Alumni Choir will celebrate 55 years of choral excellence this Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 pm in Wadsworth Auditorium, with a concert featuring the current Chamber Singers performing their pre-Portugal/Spain Concert Tour program.
At the conclusion of the concert, the current Chamber Singers will be joined by the more than 100 member Chamber Singers Alumni choir, comprised of past members, returning to Geneseo from around the globe. The massed choir will be conducted by current Director of Chamber Singers, Dr. Gerard Floriano and past Chamber Singers Director, Dr. Robert M. Isgro.
Featured on the concert will be the music of Randall Thompson, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Claudio Monteverdi, Eric Whitacre, traditional folk songs and spirituals. Admission is free.