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$$ D = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} \ : \ |z| < \frac{1}{2} \}$$
It seems a disc is open or closed whether it has a < or <= but I don't know how to prove this. All examples have slightly different proofs so I've got no clarity.
Thanks for your help.
$$ D = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} \ : \ |z| < \frac{1}{2} \}$$
It seems a disc is open or closed whether it has a < or <= but I don't know how to prove this. All examples have slightly different proofs so I've got no clarity.
Thanks for your help.
The complex numbers form a metric space, meaning we have a function that say how far two points are from one another. In this case, $D$ is all the points which are not further than $\frac{1}{2}$ from $0$.
Metric spaces are very well behaved spaces, and many things are simplified in them. For example, to say whether or not a set is closed you can check if every convergent sequence inside the set has a limit inside the set. If you want to see if a set is open, you can verify that by choosing an arbitrary point and show there is a positive distance $d$ such that all points closer than $d$ are within the set, i.e. there is an open ball around your point which is completely contained in the set.
Another method is to check the complement, namely in some cases it is simpler to check if the complement is closed, rather than if the set is open; and vice versa.
In this case, however, it's easier to verify directly. That is, if $z_0$ is a complex number such that $|z_0|=r<\frac{1}{2}$ then we can take $d=\frac{\frac{1}{2}-r}{3}$ and show that if $|z-z_0|<d$ then $|z|<\frac{1}{2}$.
Think of $C$ as $R^2$ with the Euclidean metric. Then a disc is not open if it "has a <="! In that case it is closed.
Open balls (or discs if you like) in $R^2$ are open if "they have <".
That's a rule of thumb. Now you need to prove it. You do so by using the definition, that
(DEF) A set B (in this case a ball) in a metric space is open, if for each point $b \in B$ you can draw a ball $O$ around $b$ such that $b \in O \subset B$.
The proof starts by saying "Let $x$ be any point in $D$..." Then you notice that $x$ lies on the line that goes through $x$ and the centre of $D$. Consider the distances $d_1 $, the distance between x and the centre and $d_2$, the distance between $x$ and the border of your set D. If you now draw a ball around $x$ of radius $r = min(d_1, d_2)/2$, this ball will be contained in $D$ and it will contain $x$ (obviously, since $x$ is its centre). Therefore you proved (DEF) and you're done.
As for proving that a ball "<=" is closed: to prove a set is closed you prove that its complement is open.
Try to find some continuous function $f:\mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that the open disc is the inverse image $f^{-1}(U)$ for some open set $U\subset\mathbb{R}$.


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The fourth instalment of Fallout could be on the way, if a sneaky tweet is to be believed…
With all of the attention on The Elder Scrolls, thanks to the sterling performance of Skyrim and its DLC, Bethesda's other open world RPG series, Fallout, may have been left in the cold for a while, but that may end soon.
Erik Todd Dellums, the voice actor who lent his talents to the post apocalyptic DJ ThreeDog, who could be heard spreading news and golden oldies to the denizens of the DC Wasteland, has posted a tweet that suggests another instalment is on the way.
"To all my Fallout 3 and ThreeDog fans: There may be more of the Dog coming! Fingers crossed!" read his tweet.
As well as this he also stated that he was given permission to release the info, "How was that for a tease! I was given permission to release that tease, so fingers crossed." To which he followed with "No details".
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I am just wondering if i went ahead to solve this correctly?
I am trying to find the derivative of $f(x)= (\sin x)^{\ln x}$
Here is what i got below.
$$f(x)= (\sin x)^{\ln x}$$ $$f'(x)=\ln x(\sin x) \Rightarrow f'(x)=\frac{1}{x}\cdot\sin x + \ln x \cdot \cos x$$
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I tend to shoot outdoors / landscapes / nature significantly more than I do portraits. I was looking at the Tamron (i think) 50-500 - because it seems so damn fun. But that's the kind of upward range I like. Even something with xx-400 range. I just don't want a 400mm lens that is less versatile than a great zoom. If there's something exceptional in that price range, but still over, I welcome the suggestion, but I won't be buying a $12k lens.
Answers here are all over the map, partly because people seem to be telling you what they'd buy and not what you ought to but, but partly because your description of what you are shooting is ambiguous. So let me take a couple of guesses.
"outdoor/landscape/nature" can mean a lot of things. Since you talk about the super-telephoto range lenses it really sounds like you're thinking wildlife first, landscape second. So your primary lens need is super-telephoto (> 200mm) but you need wide angle as well. That pretty much sums up my photography -- lots of birds, lots of critters, some landscape work, and people only by accident or when forced to.
If that's what you do, you can't do it with one lens, not with any quality. You can cover the range well for $2500. If you are willing to spend some more, you can cover it VERY well.
For a long time I shot with a 24-105 (which others have suggested) and the 100-400. You can buy both of those new for right around $2500. If you buy the 24-105 used (and really good copies are available at a good price) you can hit that number. you have to be careful about buying the 100-400 used; it's a lens that can lose sharpness as it ages and gets bumped around. Newer units seem both sharper and more resistant to that, older units can meet Canon's standards but not be as good. So be careful and test before committing. Or buy new.
Willing to spend more for a better set? Again, I like the 24-105. Buy a 70-200 F4 to cover the medium telephoto, and then buy the 300 F4 and put a 1.4teleconverter on it (I like that better than the 400mm lenses. a bit more flexibility and I think it's sharper with faster AF). That'll run you about $3500 new, but some used shopping will get that down to about $3000. The 300F4+1.4x is a great bird/critter lens, about the best you can do without spending LOTS of money.
Next step up: 24-105, and the 70-200 F2.8 IS II (NOT the older IS). Add a 2.0x III teleconverter, and that turns it into a 140-500 F5.6. That combo has speed, fast AF and sharpness to die for; it's well beyond what the 300F4 can do and blows away the 100-400. It'll also cost you $4000 new for the pieces and the lenses weigh like a brick. (NONE of these combos are light). However, the wquality of the imagery is superb. It's what I upgraded to a few months ago, and the 70-200 just blows me away. It's new enough that there is effectively no used market for it, so it's hard ot shave price here, but I love the results.
The sigma 50-500 gets raves frmo some and criticism from others. It's soft at the telephoto end, but all zooms soften at the telephoto end. Whether it's TOO soft, you'd need to test, but it's an option. But you still need a wide angle, 50mm isn't wide enough for good landscape work. You'll find 24mm on a 7D will make you wish for even wider stuff, trust me on that. (hint: resist the temptation and learn to stitch panoramas. Take shots with the 24-105 on vertical -- spend the money on a good tripod and head instead of pushing yourself to something like a 10-20mm, or consider adding a full-sized sensor like a 6D.
Before you spend money on ANY of this -- rent it or borrow it, take it out and try it. Test it hard. You really, really don't want to spend this kind of money on a lens you decide you don't like. Take some time, figure out what works for you, THEN buy. If you're new to all of this, seriously consider buying the lower end lenses and consider upgrading in a few years; the used market can be your friend here for selling off and upgrading.
Also before you consider buying really expensive lenses (like 500mm or larger, $5K or more expensive beasts), realize that (like avoiding buying the wider stuff by going to panoramas) you can crop images off of a 7D, or you can consider buying a higher megapixel body for a LOT less than these big-nasty lenses, and with some thought and some cropping turn out very high quality work. Modern digital technology gives you options beyond just buying more expensive lenses if you learn how to take advantage of what you can do.
Lots of options here. Take your time, rent and test. Figure out which lenses work best for you. Don't spend the money first and regret the purchase. A rental or two to avoid a mistake is a great investment. Or find photogs around you that you can borrow a lens from or go out shooting with and try things out. These aren't trivial investments. you wouldn't (I hope) buy a car without a test drive. These lenses are like that.
A top of the line everyday lens for a top of the line crop sensor, with specialty in landscape/outdoor rather than portraits, you will be looking for something like these:
A huge bazooka superzoom can hardly be considered an everyday lens. The fourth option above weighs 3.7 pounds and is as long as a sheet of A4 paper.
All the lenses cost between 1300-2500$, so they are within your budget.
Considering that according to your comments you are looking for a telephoto lens, I see two choices if you want the flexibility of a zoom lens. One is the Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens which is well regarded but on the dim side. The other is the Sigma 120-300mm F/2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM which is slightly above your budget but gives you a bright constant aperture. You can shoot in lower light and get a more shallow depth-of-field. In between the was the discontinued Sigma 100-300mm F/4 which is truly excellent and you may be able to find used. Unlike the other two, this one is not stabilized.
The Canon 17-55mm F/2.8 IS USM would be my pick because I tend to favor wide-angle and it would be very suitable for landscape and outdoor shooting. It is also stabilized which helps for low-light hand-held photography as long as you are not expected to see subjects in motion to be sharp.
However, it does fall short for portraits, so maybe a 24-105mm F/4L IS USM would suit you better. It depends if you tend to shoot wide-angle or not and is really a personal decision. A better quality one but not as long would be the 24-70mm F/2.8L IS USM II which is truly exceptional.
To get a long reach and high quality, you really have to consider more than one lens. Any of the 70-200mm lenses Canon offers are highly capable, although I would not call them everyday lenses.
Since you commented and said you are looking for a 100mm or longer lens, I would suggest you consider one of the Canon EF 70-200/2.8L lenses. Even the IS version is within your $2500 budget.
The EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II + EF 2X III extender.
This combination gets the same Image quality (IQ) at 400mm as the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS. And at 100mm & 200mm (without the extender) the 70-200 is noticeably sharper at f/2.8 than the 100-400 is at f/4.5-5! Unlike some lens + extender combinations, the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II + EF 2X III still focuses fast enough to shoot sports.
Without the extender the 70-200 is one of the best telephoto zooms ever produced. It has IQ that approaches prime lens quality all the way from 70mm to 200mm and all the way down to f/2.8. With the extender it holds its own with just about any other zoom in the 140-400mm range. Here are side by side comparisons of the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II and the EF 100-400mm f/4-5.6L IS. Since you're shooting with a 7D, I changed the camera option for both lenses to the 60D (it has the same sensor). At 280mm the 70-200 was tested with an EF 1.4X III extender, at 400mm it was tested with the EF 2X III.
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS + 2X III vs. EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 400mm f/5.6
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II vs. EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 200mm
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II vs. EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L iS @ 100mm
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II + 1.4X III @ 280mm f/5.6 vs EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 300mm f/5.6


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Analysis of JSON use cases compared to XML
By drrwebber on Apr 26, 2013
Before there was either XML or JSON there was EDI. JSON is very reminiscent of EDI, both syntactically and conceptually, and that the claims made back then as to why EDI would be sustained over XML. EDI was lightweight, human readable, fast to process, compact and worked well with existing systems exchanges and interfaces and had a dedicated following of advocates. But EDI has significant flaws, it is brittle, difficult to extend and has weak data typing, content validation and rendering support. Also semantics in EDI are very limited and rely on external referenced specifications with local human knowledge that is notoriously difficult to align across implementations. Particularly code lists value sets and cross field content validation rules were especially problematic for EDI.
Moving past these limitations standards setting organizations have adopted XML technologies as the primary toolset in defining information exchange specifications. Further more there is an extensive family of XML technologies that support the complete ecosystem of semantics and particularly the need for interoperability, security and common meaning and rules. The diagram here illustrates that.
Figure 1 – Information Exchange Conceptual Components
Referencing this diagram, JSON is restricted to the Structure and Content capabilities. XML on the other hand provides the ability to handle rich exchanges where all the aspects shown can be managed. In today's challenging commercial and government information sharing world you must have the complete set of robust capabilities available.
The JSON primary use case
While XML does not fit as well for that scenario there are many equivalent solutions using different interfacing in the browser such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft InfoPath, Oracle ADF, or open source solutions such as Netbeans forms that are using XML. One advantage of these is the "write once" approach and deploy anywhere to tablet, smart phone, or web browser.
XML and JSON Performance Analysis
The presumptions of how slow and resource-demanding "Fat" XML is compared to JSON's lightweight payload do not hold up to a test. An experiment with 33 different documents and almost 1200 tests on the most commonly used browsers and operating systems found the performance for the total user experience, (transfer, parsing and querying of a document), to be nearly identical for both XML and JSON formats.
Clearly this shows that you should perform experiments, test your own data and code with your own users and devices to determine real results. What "seems obvious" is not always true.
Selection of useful links of peoples opinions and thoughts
We present here a selection of "what does the internet think?" resources to show the context to the use of JSON and insights into processing and handling content in a web browser delivery context.
Broad Discussions
Landscape and Performance Comparisons
"We are conducting an experiment in XML and JSON performance in
browsers and would appreciate anyone with a couple minutes to spare
to visit this website and push one button.
http://speedtest.xmlsh.org (the results will be analysed and published - at this coming Balisage 2013)
JSON and Security
Summary and Conclusions
Number one thing to notice here is you are reading this document and it is being delivered and rendered to your computer screen using XML, RSS and xhtml and not JSON.
Back in the day when XML was brand new, Bill Gates held a press conference to announce that Microsoft would be adopting XML wholesale for use across its products and Windows operating system. This tells us that XML is ubiquitous and extensible (that is in its name). There is now a huge number of XML based standards in a family of solutions that support all aspects of the needs of information exchange. In today's challenging world you cannot just discount those as unnecessary.
When you look at information exchanges the diagram provided in the introduction section above it shows the complete ecosystem of components that you need for effective consistent, trusted, predictable, reusable and extensible information flows. Also we can see that JSON is missing key delivery control and semantic pieces and thus JSON has a very limited mission profile. Within that profile when fit-to-purpose it can be effective, but as a general solution it does not meet all the extended requirements.
Clearly JSON has its niche following and will continue to serve that for its primary use case of web based point client-server information exchanges. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Having lightweight alternative solutions is perfectly acceptable for a lot of content delivery circumstances.
People should not confuse business operational convenience with overall applicability - e.g. Twitter and FourSquare dropping XML and relying solely on JSON. Both of these services use simplistic formats totally under their sole edict that are unlikely to change in the future. Also there are competitive reasons, JSON actually can make it harder with its limited semantics for competitive sites to harvest then analyze and reuse and republish their content.
As a technology XML continues to improve and its use is being better optimized and refined, with tooling support that is narrowing the gap in areas where JSON claims to have the technical edge today. Specifically we can point to Oracle's work on Open Data APIs using Open-XDX that supports both XML and JSON outputs. And the CAM templates approach with NIEM that comes with that and enables content providers to rapidly build working web services and user form interfaces from SQL data stores.
In short we can expect to see both XML and JSON to continue to fulfill information delivery needs going forward but the differentiations are likely to blur. Neither one is going to displace the other in core areas of use. Providing the capability to use and support both is not a significant burden and thus meets personal preferences and local project nuances.
To get a sense for all this as a brief real time interactive example you can try these two live demonstration service points.
This one is using XML when you click here. And this one is doing the same thing (its actually the same Open-XDX service component) but returns JSON instead when you click here.
And if you visit http://www.verifyxml.org you can find more Open-XDX examples and details.
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advocates to support JSON adoption
XML is simpler than SGML
JSON is much simpler than XML. JSON has a much smaller grammar and maps more directly onto the data structures.
Simplicity is deceptive. XML can easily be used as simply as JSON syntactically. But simplicity comes at the price of ignoring many common more robust information sharing needs in an extended network – rather than just point-to-point.
The mapping referenced here is for objects within a JavaScript environment only. Outside of that context this is not so. All major programming environments have robust XML support.
XML is extensible because it is a mark-up language
JSON is not extensible because it does not need to be. JSON is not a document markup language, so it is not necessary to define new tags or attributes to represent data in it.
This is a naïve view. Things change constantly with new information sharing needs. Particularly as more participants are added to exchanges and standards evolve. Only in limited cases such as Twitter can we see set formats.
XML is an interoperability standard.
JSON has the same interoperability potential as XML.
JSON clearly has significant limitations and gaps with regard to information semantics and reuse.
XML is an open standard
JSON is at least as open as XML, perhaps more so because it is not in the center of corporate/political standardization struggles.
This is a highly subjective statement. XML has proven to be universally adopted and implemented not just in software but firmware devices and communications systems. Notice the JSON work is not immune from manipulation as anything else as happened with JavaScript itself.
Human Readable
XML is human readable
JSON is much easier for human to read than XML. It is easier to write, too. It is also easier for machines to read and write.
Again this is an entirely subjective statement. Markup is markup there is no "easier" here. Machines have no notion of "easier". The notion of "easier to read" and presumably comprehend the meaning of is notoriously hard to define.
Exchange Formats
XML can be used as an exchange format to enable users to move their data between similar applications
The same is true for JSON
However XML also has security and other capabilities that are absent from JSON.
XML provides a structure to data so that it is richer in information
The same is true for JSON.
However XML can provide deeper structuring than JSON supports. It can also handle more extended content types.
XML is easily processed because the structure of the data is simple and standard.
JSON is processed more easily because its structure is simpler.
Again this is entirely subjective. See the link provided in the links section on machine timings testing.
Code Re-invention
There is a wide range of reusable software available to programmers to handle XML so they don't have to re-invent code
JSON, being a simpler notation, needs much less specialized software
JSON is mainly available in JavaScript and not in a wide range of programming environments. Further it is not the simplicity of the syntax, it is the drastically reduced capabilities. Hence JSON only provides very limited functionality.
XML separates the presentation of data from the structure of that data.
XML requires translating the structure of the data into a document structure.
JSON structures are based on arrays and records.
This is only in the context of the data within a web browser memory. Whereas XML is the native format that underpins the spreadsheets, databases and array stores that JSON content must ultimately be persisted to and from!
A common exchange format
XML is a better document exchange format. Use the right tool for the right job.
JSON is a better data exchange format.
Again this is entirely subjective and no metrics are being given here. What defines "better"? Clearly JSON is significantly less capable and restricted in it use cases. Therefore "your mileage may vary in actual use" would be an appropriate caution here when trying to measure what is "better" where and how.
Data Views
XML displays many views of one data
JSON does not provide any display capabilities because it is not a document markup language.
XML has broader applicability. Therefore you can write once, use everywhere. While JSON can expect to be changed into XML for such extended uses.
Self-Describing Data
This is a key XML design objective.
XML and JSON have this in common.
However XML has richer semantics available than JSON.
Complete integration of all traditional databases and formats
(Statements about XML are sometimes given to a bit of hyperbole.) XML documents can contain any imaginable data type - from classical data like text and numbers, or multimedia objects such as sounds, to active formats like Java applets or ActiveX components.
JSON does not have a <[CDATA[]]> feature, so it is not well suited to act as a carrier of sounds or images or other large binary payloads. JSON is optimized for data.
Visual content is data! Ask the FBI analyzing the recent Boston attacks. One could also say that JSON is limited to only simple basic data content and lacks extended validation such as code values, date and number formatting.
XML and JSON both use Unicode.
XML and JSON both use Unicode.
However JSON has limitations in its use of encoding and exchanges.
Open and extensible
XML's one-of-a-kind open structure allows you to add other state-of-the-art elements when needed. They can always adapt your system to embrace industry-specific vocabulary.
Those vocabularies can be automatically converted to JSON, making migration from XML to JSON very straightforward.
Exactly, if you have XML it is trivial to generate JSON. The reverse is not the case however.
XML is easily readable by both humans and machines
JSON is easier to read for both humans and machines
This is an entirely subjective statement. The better answer is that well written XML and JSON are equivalent for human and machine handling.
XML is document-oriented.
JSON is data-oriented. JSON can be mapped more easily to object-oriented systems.
The reverse is an issue however, objects do not necessarily map easily to documents. Plus not all content is objects; it actually constrains the use model. XML on the other hand is well equipped for use as object-oriented content as well as documents.
XML is being widely adopted by the computer industry
JSON is just beginning to become known. Its simplicity and the ease of converting XML to JSON make JSON ultimately more adoptable.
The use of JSON is limited to web client-server scenarios. Within that domain it is popular. Outside of that domain XML completely dominates.


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If my stew beef is tough (it's been on a small flame in liquids for about an hour), does it mean that it is overcooked, or undercooked?
Generally speaking when speaking of "stew beef", the meat will break down more the longer you cook it. I often make shredded beef for tacos out of that cut by simmmering it for a few hours or more. At 1 hour, I'd say it was undercooked.
For example: http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipes/Main/Beef/recipe.html?dishid=1772
In there he recommends using stewing beef, browning it first and then "... stew until the meat is tender and can be cut with a spoon. This will take at least an hour and a half."
It sounds as if you have not rendered all of the fat properly. The fat needs to melt slowly and coat the protein molecules in the meat. The protein molecules will unwind (denature) during cooking, and then attach to each other (coagulate). The fat will coat them and keep them from clumping together in a tough bundle.
Your cooking technique of a slow simmer is correct, but this takes a long time. On high in a slow cooker or on a stove-top I'd say about 4 or 5 hours. On low in a slow cooker you need 8 to 10 hours.
In short, it's not about getting it done from a food safety perspective (although you should), it's about make sure all the tissues break down.


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The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Animal Senses
You probably already know that when it comes to everything but intellectual pursuits and wearing cardigans in a knot over one's shoulders, animals have humans beat. All of your senses together can't match what a dog can pick up with its nose, for instance. But every now and then, an animal's sensory superiority goes above and beyond the usual and takes a turn for the bizarre and/or terrifying.
#6. Vampire Bats Have a Map of Your Veins
Vampire bats are the only mammals that subsist entirely on blood -- otherwise, we'd just call them "bats." Getting their nightly blood dinner, however, requires a supersense that you probably didn't even know existed, and it comes from a nose that looks like it fought leprosy and lost. By, like, a million.
Bats only appear on film as 1980s school photos.
That nose that God forgot actually does more than just invite business cards of bat plastic surgeons -- it can sense the heat of your blood flowing through your veins.
Its nose-lip combo contains infrared heat cells that can sense the warmth of the blood at a distance. That in itself is pretty amazing, because all other mammals (including you) have to, you know, actually touch things with their skin to know they're hot. What if you could just sense that the barrel end of your sister's curling iron was 150 degrees before you accidentally sat on it? But the fact that vampire bats sense heat with their face holes isn't the crazy part.
It's the fact that they refuse to eat or drink unless it's served to them in a sterling silver bowl.
The crazy part is that they know where the best veins are.
Their system for heat detection is so efficient that they don't waste time tooth-stabbing the hairy parts over and over again to tap a vein, which is impressive, considering that they snack on animals as big as cows. The vampire bat hones right in on the vein, first time, every time.
"Gross, these pork chops are still raw!"
So, it's kind of like if the Predator's infrared vision didn't just show body heat, but actually showed him the best possible places to stab you.
#5. Catfish Are Giant Swimming Tongues
Yes, catfish are just huge, fish-shaped tongues, continuously licking our waterways.
The average person has about 10,000 taste buds, all in about the same place -- the mouth. According to one neurophysiologist who happens to be a catfish expert, a small 6-inch catfish can have over 250,000 taste receptors located all over its body. Or as he put it, it'd be like "if the tip of your tongue grew out and covered your body." Which is to say, you cannot touch a catfish somewhere where it cannot taste you.
"Our love tastes like sunscreen!"
Can you imagine walking through a room and tasting THE ROOM as you went by? That's what it's like to be a catfish ... all day and all night. Water pollution? Tasted it. The collective pees and poops of all the water animals in its vicinity? He tastes that shit in his sleep -- literally. There is nowhere for this animal to hide from the taste of the nastiness around him. Now think about that time you shoved a catfish down your pants. It suddenly makes that seem kind of weird, doesn't it?
Of course, the catfish's sense of taste is how it locates and tracks down its food. Most of its taste buds are concentrated on its Fu Manchu mustache*, which kind of acts like a taste antenna as it swims through the current, tasting for the putrid slime trail of some prey it can swallow up.
Or gauging the success level of a big ol' fish orgy.
*Yes, yes, we know, they're called barbels, but for our purposes, it's a Fu Manchu mustache. A tongue mustache that licks everything, all the time.
#4. A Narwhal's Tusk Is a Huge Sensory Organ
For years, scientists have wondered what the hell was up with narwhals, the bizarre creatures that look like manatees, only with gigantic horns growing from their skulls. Are they the unicorns of the sea, and if so, do you need a human virgin to trap them? These are the questions that even science can't answer.
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Though we do know that one of them is guarding the armor we need to slay the ice demon.
What we have figured out is what's up with the narwhal's single tusk. For one thing, it's not a tusk -- it's a tooth. One long, weird, spiral tooth. But what we didn't know until recently was that the narwhal's snaggletooth is covered with 10 million nerve endings. It's not a weapon or a hunting tool or a fireplace poker, as previously assumed. It's a sensory organ capable of things we're just now starting to figure out.
"Sweet Neptune, you should be imprisoned for what you've done with that hand."
For example, tests show that these narwhals can detect changes in water salinity with their tooth sabers. How is measuring salt content anything other than completely useless for anyone not worried about hypertension? It turns out that changes in salinity affect when water freezes. And if you're an air breather making a living around shifting ice floes, then knowing that you can get back to the surface is a real plus.
So narwhals have developed an ability to forecast ice formations using the mother of all bucked teeth. They can also detect temperature and water pressure, and, when it's held above the water, the tusk may even be able to detect barometric pressure. All of this with a single, gigantic tooth.
"It's normally much longer, but this water is freezing!"


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The partner schools will make an exchange of experience,a parallel between the contents of some school subjects and their application in the every day life. The activities will be organised on school subjects, every teacher/educator(primary school teacher) will present the contents of the chosen school subjects and their importance in the shaping of some abilities and competencies. In this way it will be carried out a co-operation on the idea of "good practices" particular to the school subjects.Se va realiza astfel o colaborare pe ideea "bunelor practici" specifice obiectelor de studiu. It will be seen how different schools work in different parts of Europe,in different surroundings, in the urban and rural areas. After all the teachers help the pupils to decode all the collected informations and to perceive the differences and similarities between methods,styles of learning, school. The pupils will get to know their own values and will respect the work and the results of the partners from other countries.


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text: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki opened its doors on 17 February 1888 and is the oldest purpose-built art gallery in New Zealand. The founding gifts of Sir George Grey and James Tannock Mackelvie were instrumental in the Gallery's establishment and these public-spirited gestures heralded a culture of patronage by generous individuals. Several major gifts were received from the early 1900s onward. Chief among these were 72 paintings by Gottfried Lindauer which depict Māori. Henry Partridge commissioned Lindauer to produce a pictorial account of the Māori people. The Partridge Collection is the most significant collection of indigenous portraiture in Australasia. Rarely has a gift been so finely calculated in its wider cultural and philanthropic effect. The Gallery effectively entered the modern era in 1953 with the arrival of its first professional director, Eric Westbrook, a specialist art historian. Beginning at this time, a plethora of social and educational events in support of the Gallery were organised by the Art Gallery Associates. Now the Friends of the Gallery, this group gives invaluable support, particularly for acquisitions. Westbrook persuaded the Auckland City Council to provide annual funds for acquisitions, which they have continued to do ever since. Led by Westbrook the institution became increasingly confident and adopted an ordered approach to the development of its collections and their exhibition and interpretation. Peter Tomory, Assistant Regional Director for the Arts Council of Great Britain, was appointed to the Gallery in 1956. Tomory's task was one of consolidation, his aim to 'establish a high professional status not only for the Gallery but also for its staff'. He built up a collection of modern French sculpture, increased the purchase and exhibition of New Zealand art, both historical and contemporary, expanded the Gallery's Research Library and initiated the publication of the Art Gallery Quarterly, a review of acquisitions which was published until 1978. Tomory achieved local notoriety – and huge audiences for the Gallery – by bringing an exhibition of Henry Moore sculpture to Auckland in 1956; and international acclaim for his discovery in Dunedin of an outstanding group of 37 drawings by Henry Fuseli. Purchased for the Gallery, the collection includes drawings from most decades of the artist's œuvre and from almost all his subjects – the Bible, ancient history, classical mythology, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton and Dante. Westbrook and Tomory established a focus on the New Zealand collection which all subsequent directors have emulated. The Gallery is now home to an extensive collection of international and New Zealand artworks numbering close to 15,000. With the rapid growth of the Gallery's collection, the historic building has undergone a succession of extensions and alterations. The most recent redevelopment opened to the public in September 2011. This ambitious building project restored and preserved the building's iconic heritage fabric while adding large contemporary exhibition spaces, extensive glazing and new outdoor sculpture terraces. The redeveloped Gallery is at the centre of a city whose energy and enthusiasm for the arts continues to grow.


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Study and Internship Program in Germany (SIP)
Virginia Wesleyan students may apply for the one-year study and internship programs (SIP) in Germany, offered by the German consortium of Seven Universities of Applied Science (UAS7) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
- The application deadline for the 2009-10 academic year programs is February 15, 2011.
- The program offers a tuition waiver and a stipend of 700 Euros per month for one academic semester in one of the accredited German Universities followed by a summer internship.
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Kiina Dordoni '06, Bolivia
As a Spanish and International Studies major, I jumped at the opportunity to teach English in Bolivia when invited by Professor Mavel Velasco. The political and social scene would be a riveting experience for anyone. I had the opportunity to watch President Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in South America, play soccer in a school gymnasium-something I doubt I would ever see here in the United States (imagine President Bush playing soccer at your local high school gym without the media present).
I taught English in the mornings and explored La Paz, Bolivia's capital, in the afternoons. One of those afternoons, I walked with my son (he rode his scooter) an hour and a half from the suburb where I lived and taught, into the city because there had been a transportation strike. What an awesome and inspiring sight to see people in the streets protesting the route change that would cause many drivers to lose money they would earn on the previous routes. Stubborn drivers who did not take part in the strike would have to stop at the human barricades in the streets, get out and take a light, almost playful beating with a stick. Those who did not stop would drive away with either broken windows or flat tires for disrespecting the participants.
On the weekends I would travel to the different provinces of Bolivia- it is amazing how in one country, you can be in the capital with the highest altitude in the world looking at snow covered mountains from a rooftop of a building one day, and the next, be in a jungle town in the mountains or in a river that flows off the Amazon, counting alligators and capybaras on the bank. On longer school breaks, we went to visit the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru and Arica, Chile, a port town formerly part of Bolivia (lost in a war which still embitters the Bolivian people today).
One of the most important things about going on this trip was being able to bring my five year old son. Some people offered their unsolicited advice about traveling with children, especially in a "third world country when in fact; I found that the people from Bolivia, Peru and Chile make travel with children even less complicated than in the United States (there aren't any child portions or child fares, he just doesn't pay). He attended the bilingual kindergarten, picked up the language he was so eager to speak when he heard all of his new friends speaking and found a passion for soccer. I did not have a choice but to practice and improve my Spanish and I fell in love with a place I had never thought of visiting. I cannot imagine not going back to visit again because I felt like I belonged there, the people made my son and I feel like we were home.


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AC Schnitzer presented a complete range for the 650i Convertible at Frankfurt Auto Show 2011. The BMW 650i Cabriolet by AC Schnitzer has been given a performance upgrade taking it from 407 HP (standard) to 540 HP. Now the eight-cylinder engine accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.4 seconds. The AC Schnitzer twin sports rear silencer with chromed "Sport Trim" tailpipe trims right and left means that the 650i can also be seen and heard from behind.


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Background Cuba: The Land
Cuba is actually an archipelago with some 4,000-plus islands and cays dominated by the main island (104,945 square kilometers), which is 1,250 kilometers long—from Cabo de San Antonio in the west to Punta Maisí in the east—and between 31 and 193 kilometers wide. Plains cover almost two-thirds of the island. Indeed, Cuba is the least mountainous of the Greater Antilles, with a median elevation of less than 100 meters above sea level.
Slung beneath the mainland's underbelly is Isla de la Juventud (2,200 square kilometers), the westernmost of a chain of smaller islands—the Archipiélago de los Canarreos—which extends eastward for 110 kilometers across the Golfo de Batabanó. Farther east, beneath east-central Cuba, is a shoal group of tiny coral cays—the Archipiélago de los Jardines de la Reina—poking up a mere four or five meters from the sapphire sea. The central north coast is rimmed by a necklace of coral jewels limned by sand like crushed sugar shelving into bright turquoise shallows, with surf pounding on the reef edge.
Topography of Cuba
Cuban Highs
The fecund flatlands are disjoined by three mountain zones, where the air is cool and inviting and the roads dip and rise through very untropical-looking countryside. The westernmost mountains are the slender, low-slung Sierra del Rosario and Sierra de los Órganos, which together constitute the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, forming a backbone along the length of northern Pinar del Río Province. In their midst is the striking Valle de Viñales, a classic karst landscape of limestone formations called mogotes.
The Sierra Escambray rises steeply over west-central Cuba, dominating eastern Cienfuegos and southern Villa Clara Provinces. A third mountain zone, incorporating several adjacent ranges, overshadows the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo and spills over into Holguín Province. To the west, the precipitous Sierra Maestra rises steeply from the sea, culminating atop Pico Turquino (1,974 meters), Cuba's highest mountain. To the east are the Cuchillas de Toa, Sierra de Puriscal, and Sierra de Cristal.
Down by the Shore
Cuba has more than 400 beaches in shades of oyster white, chocolate brown, gold, and taupe. The most beautiful line the ocean side of the innumerable coral cays beaded like pearls off the north coast. Most beaches along the south coast can't compare; exceptions include Playa Ancón and Cayo Largo. The north coast is indented by huge, flask-shaped bays, not least Bahía de Habana, on whose western shores grew Havana.
Cuba has over 500 rivers, most of them short, shallow, and unnavigable. The principal river, the 370-kilometer-long Río Cauto, which originates in the Sierra Maestra and flows northwest, is navigable by boat for about 80 kilometers. Most rivers dwindle to trickles in the dry season, then swell to rushing torrents, flooding extensive areas on the plains when the rains come in summer. Cuba is studded with huge artificial reservoirs.
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I'm working on configuring a kiosk PC at work. The only big problem I've run into is that I can't seem to disable the shutdown button in the control+alt+delete menu without also disabling the power button on the computer itself (so only employees can shut it down). Disabling the control+alt+delete menu entirely for specific users is also acceptable.
The only real answer I've found involves writing my own GINA stub, and that's a bit beyond the scope of the project (and my abilities).
Additional Details: The explorer shell isn't used at all, A program that relaunches the kiosk application if it dies is used as the shell. The computer will also be locked in a cabinet, leaving the users access to only the monitor and kb/mouse.


text: I actually made a lesson on this particular dog before but I called it a collie. Today you will learn "how to draw a border collie" one more time. With this border collie you will draw a more down to earth and realistic cartoon version of this very popular dog breed. Border collies make great family pets as well as herding or farm dogs. They come in all sorts of coat colors and have beautiful eye color too. Drawing a border collie isn't going to be as hard as you think, instead you will breeze right through this tutorial like it was nothing. I hope you all enjoy, I will return one last time with more drawing fun. Peace people.


text: I have the following question: let $U \subset \mathbb{C}^{n}$ be some open set containing zero. let $\tilde{U} = U \cap \mathbb{R}^{n}$. assume we have a real-valued analytic function $f : \tilde{U} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Can this function be holomorphically extended to $U$ (maybe if we shrink $U$) in a unique way? I would be very thankful for answers.


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I have just installed Civ 5 from Steam. Is it possible to play it offline (without connecting to the Internet?) If yes, How?
OK. I intalled the game myself and did a bit of testing. First of, you'll need to run the game once while the connection is still on, to complete all the installations and such. You don't need to play the actual game. Just exit once you reach the menu. (You might even be able to get out during the cutscene by pressing Alt+F4.)
After this, open the Steam window, go to File (upper left corner) and choose "Go Offline...". Steam will restart in offline mode (or at least shut down and be in offline mode once you start it again) that allows you to play the game offline. The game itself doesn't seem to have any additional need for internet connection.
However, this might come a bit late, since the free weekend is about to end. The game will most likely disable itself once the event is over, wether you're online or not.


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A Virtual Wall prevents your home robot from entering off-limit areas. Each emits an adjustable infrared beam (up to 8 feet) that the robot will not cross. Requires 2 D batteries (not included). Compatible with iRobot Dirt Dog®, iRobot Roomba® 400 Series (excluding SKUs 43501 and 44001), Discovery Series and Original Series.
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A helium balloon is tied to the seat of a car. The doors and windows of the car is closed. If the car now starts moving, in which direction will the balloon move- front or back?
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This is a very good question. I intend to do the experiment later.
I think the balloon will move forwards. The heavier molecules of air will tend to remain backwards due to inertia of rest. So it will occupy the place of the lighter helium balloon, making the helium balloon go forwards.


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...and got surprisingly domestic! For their menus and their gratitude, read on!
This cold NY air is really putting me in the Holiday spirit!! I love it!! :) :)
i've added a few xtra new dishes i've never made 4 this thanksgiving, like sauteed winter greens (kale, collards n rainbow chard) w garlic.
Ok: lady fingers in soaked in sherry, raspberry jelly, home made custard, very whipped cream, all berries, banana, shaved chocolate on top
the day before thanksgiving. the whole clan is getting together starting tonight and kick ass food will be prepared.
I am #thankful for Life, Health, and good people around me!!! I am TRULY blessed!
ok so yall wanna kno what i'm cookin so here goes..: collard greens, green beans, squash, mashed potatoes, field peas, dressing( yuck)
potatoe salad, cheese n mac, carrot souffle, okra, smoked turkey, bbq oxtails, sweet potatoe pies, coconut cake, chocolate cake
peach n blue berry cobbler..all from scratch of course. and thats it lol!!! i'll take pics when i'm done:) ok my break is over..luv yall
Finally home w the family! Its soooo nice! Even after an 8 hour travel day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
morning everyone!:) today will be a pie baking extravaganza! wish me luck:)
OK-seriously?? its not even officially thanksgiving yet and I turn on the radio - they're playing Xmas Music. No joke. That should b illegal


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I want to block traffic and visitors to my blogger.com blog from a certain country. In this case, those from .ru (Russian domains).
Is it possible to globally block these visitors? Would this be done through a pure JavaScript method?
No, you can't. You need access to the server administration tools (like .htaccess ) to flawlessly block IPs from a certain country.
Anyway, blocking an entire country is not something I would suggest you to do, especially if you are only having problems with spam. What about all valid Russian-speaking people with good intentions that would be blocked? If that's the case (spam), I suggest you to instead replace the default Blogger system with the Disqus commenting system. It has many features, including a strong antispam protection that let you set blacklists.


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A rotating 45 degree prism on top of your bubble level so you can see it when the head is at eye level. Rotating so you can rotate it so if you are standing behind or to the side or to the front when you level the head, you can see it.
Right now, the only way I can level the head is to have the head at least 6 inches below eye level and even with strong glasses, it's hard for these old eyes to see the little bubble in the little circle -- it looks like there's a bunch of both of them.
And if the head is 6 inches (or more) below my eye level, then the viewpoint of the pano can look weird -- which is, in a sense, appropriate considering who the photographer is.


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The 6 Creepiest Things Hiding in Your DNA
We're all just one impulsive Google images search away from facing the unblinking darkness that lurks within the heart of man. But that black pit of twisted evil and decay shouldn't surprise anybody; it's rooted in our genetic makeup. Literally.
#6. Ancient Diseases
Back in biology class, you were probably taught that DNA was a sensible, organized system. When they called it "the building blocks of life," you probably pictured DNA as a series of neatly edged Legos snapping together to form a cohesive whole. When in reality, DNA is more like an old scrapbook that someone has torn up, pasted back together, filled with old newspaper clippings about murder and then taken into the bathroom with them.
She knows what she did.
A large part of this internal mess comes from the endogenous retrovirus. A normal virus works by moving into a host cell and using it to reproduce, but retroviruses reproduce by actually mixing their own genetic material with the DNA of the host cell they're invading. If a normal virus is a home invasion robber, busting down your door and smashing up your stuff, a retrovirus is the creature from Alien, impregnating you with its horrible seed and producing a twisted mockery of everything you once were, and then laughing as that atrocity murders all of your friends. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
In the distant past, retroviruses picked up by our ancestors would occasionally find their way into the sex organs, and the newly virused-up DNA was passed along to their children. As a result of all this virus-laden boning, we modern humans have about 100,000 of these microscopic gate-crashers cluttering up our DNA. When you add in the assorted genetic trash they've left behind, more than 40 percent of human DNA is made up of ancient, sinister and almost certainly cursed viruses.
Via hgu.mrc.ac.uk
Scientifically speaking, they are "the clumpy purple thingies."
But these viruses can't do much harm today, right? Oh, how we love your unflinching optimism, rhetorical question, but you're wrong again: Tests on the cerebrospinal fluid of schizophrenic patients (that's science-talk for "the brain juice of crazies") have revealed unexpectedly high levels of a particular endogenous retrovirus. This suggests that the misunderstood mental illness is, in fact, a long-term side effect of a retrovirus that we all have inside us already. It's no good locking the doors, people; that crazy is calling from inside the house.
Via Yikrazuul
"Get in the car. I just want to talk."
In people who are genetically inclined, this retrovirus can be "switched on" by a separate viral infection that occurs around the time of birth -- herpes, toxoplasmosis (aka Cat Zombie Disease) or even plain old influenza. Studies have found that babies born in winter months -- around flu season -- are at greater risk of developing not just schizophrenia, but bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis later in life, suggesting that all three conditions might just be different reactions to the same retrovirus. Basically, if you catch a cold as a baby, you could end up building bombs in a shack to combat the lizard people who've infiltrated our government, and it's all thanks to the insanity that lives in everybody's blood.
#5. Reanimated Zombie DNA
It's not just Madness Viruses cluttering up humanity's building blocks. The useful parts of DNA, which give us things like hair color and lungs, make up only around 2 percent of the human genome. Aside from the viruses, the other 98 percent is made up of allegedly "dead" genetic material: unused DNA sequences that might have once been useful but that now have no known purpose, like the human appendix, or Utah. But much like Jason at the end of every Friday the 13th movie, it's not really dead -- it's just waiting for us to check the body so we get close enough to be murdered.
Via Esparta
Stay back! That thing's covered in DNA!
Under certain circumstances, long-dead DNA sequences can suddenly return to life, giving their human carriers an all-you-can-catch buffet of horrible diseases. A common form of muscular dystrophy, FSHD, is caused by a "dead" gene present in all humans. But it's only "dead" because it's missing one specific sequence that allows it to be successfully transcribed. All it takes is one mutation, and the gene rises from the grave to wreak its terrible revenge on humanity.
Above: One of the hot ones.
Scientists know about FSHD because it's easy to study -- the condition can be traced back to a single, dominant gene. But it's no fluke: A gene thought to put people at risk for Crohn's disease was resurrected after being "dead" for about 25 million years. The cause of the resurrection? Another retrovirus. In other words, prehistoric killers are not only living in your skin but also can team up together, Voltron-style, to bring you down from the inside. One researcher -- we'll call him Dr. Foreshadow -- said, "Don't count a gene out until it's totally gone from a genome."
We assume he spun his chair around immediately afterward to ominously add "and maybe not even then" before disappearing in an explosion of smoke and villainous laughter.
#4. Nonhuman DNA
Squeezed into your cells among the Zombie Genes and Madness Viruses, you'll also find DNA that never belonged to a human being. We know what you're assuming, but you can take that spider out of the microwave; it's not superpowered animal DNA. It's Neanderthal.
It's never going to happen, man. Let it go.
A group of scientists have been reconstructing the Neanderthal genome from fossilized bones recently, and when they compared their results with genomes of various humans from around the world, they discovered that most modern humans in Europe and Asia share between 1 and 4 percent of their genome with Neanderthals -- a trait that is not found among people from sub-Saharan Africa. In other words, if you're reading this and you have any European or Asian ancestors at all, you're technically not fully human and therefore must be destroyed before you can infect others.
It's theorized that the interspecies lovin' took place back in the Middle East about 60,000 years ago, after early humanity had left some of its cousins behind in Africa. In fact, considering how long humans have had to mix with each other since then, the original human-Neanderthal genetic crossover might have been as much as 10 or even 20 percent. Neanderthals weren't the only interspecies bonees, either: In 2010, researchers discovered another species, the Denisovans, and to the surprise of nobody, we apparently stuck it in them, too.
Scientists think that about 10,000 years after the Neanderthal mixing took place, a group of humans came across the Denisovans in South Asia and thought, "Hey, any port in a storm." A few cooed grunts, sexy sax solos and millennia later, and presto! What parts of you aren't undead or a virus are probably subhuman.
Wait, put the gun down! No, not because there's so much to live for; you're a monster and you need to be purged. We're just not done yet. Not by a long shot.


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|Walk Fit Class
Event Type: Library Programs & Classes
Date: 11/27/2012
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 6:30 PM
If you can walk, you can do walk fit. There's nothing complicated to learn, no fancy equipment needed. You get a great workout in a short amount of time. Walk fit is a 30 minute multi-muscle walking program set to music that burns calories and gets you in shape. People of all ages and levels of fitness can do it. Get in shape without buying expensive gym memberships or exercise equipment. Most of all you will get fit, you will lose weight, and you will have fun. Walk fit is a convenient, flexible, inexpensive, and effective way to burn lots of calories in a short amount of time.Map and Directions to the Brentwood Library
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Each year we hold the annual Dimovski Christmas party. It is a tradition that we love. I love getting together with our friends for some festive cheer and fun.
I like to give people a tray of cookies or something festive as a parting gift after each party. This year I made a few batches of BBQ rubs and filled up mason jars. Attached a tag with some rustic jute twine and done. You could also attach an easy recipe that you love using the rubs. Easy gift to give !!
Here are some of my everyday use BBQ rub recipes:
Here is my go to – all purpose Pork & Chicken Rub – the yield is 2 cups and is ideal for doubling up.


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Arrested: Kenneth Artman, 58, 230 May Lane, Wintersville, criminal trespass and controlled substance, Friday.
Arrested: Alexander Harris, 21, 908 Market St., domestic violence, Friday.
Arrested: Deborah Turick, 45, 3040 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville, theft, Thursday.
Charged: Robert S. Smith, 28, 2005 state Route 152, Bloomingdale, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, Dec. 1.
Cited: Jasmine G. Burrell, 22, 365 Forestview Drive, Wintersville, improper registration; Ann D. Newman, 57, 648 township Road 167, Mingo Junction, speeding and expired registration; Dustin E. Humphrey, 25, 109 Melinda Drive, Wintersville, speeding; Dawna L. Miller, 43, RD 2, Wellsburg, speeding; Johnathan D. Zeigler, 33, 119 S. Green St., Richmond, driving with suspended license; and Cornell Pippens, 64, Orange, N.J., failure to control.
Arrested: Lisa Black, Wellsburg, public intoxication and false reporting, Friday.
Battery: Individual attacked in the vicinity of Palomino Drive by an aquaintance, Monday.
Arrested: Brandon E. Mayhew, Mahan Lane, Follansbee, possession of a controlled substance and shoplifting, Tuesday.
Arrested: Wieslaw Z. Wujtow, 100 Joseph Blvd., Weirton, driving under the influence and striking a highway fixture, Wednesday.


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PTI307: Digital Imaging (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Digital Imaging
COURSE LENGTH: 18-36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: Imaging Software Applications provides students witht he opporutnity to develop professional level skills in imaging software.
Major Instructional Activities: Instruction will be provided in a lab utilizing individualized instruction and electronic learning services. Students successfully completing this course may be eligible to take an Adobe associate level certification exam.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Assessment will be accomplished by checking student work in progress to ensure that each student adheres to the timelines throughout the course and that the assignments are successfully completed. In addition, objective and problem-sovling tests, projects or other means deemed appropriate by the facilitator may be used.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the selected application, students will be able to demonstrate the following essential objectives:
- Use imaging software to demonstrate a through understanding of file formats; using the work area and work spaces; importing, exporting and saving; working with sections; creating and using layers; using masks and channels; managing color, adjusting images; drawing and editing; painting; retouching; using actions; working with type; outputting to print; and outputting for the web.
- Analyze and evaluate solutions.
- Maintain files appropriately
- Demonstrate an understanding of security and risks.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of operating systems.
- Demonstrate information literacy skills.
- Understanding the concepts of ethical issues as related to information systems (e.q. privacy, property, and access).


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Would You Allow Your Child to Take a Cell Phone to School?
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Welcome to the Capital Wasteland! This is the voice of your lord and master speaking - whoops, that's that
radio station. I hear that more people are coming out of the Vaults dotting our humble wastelands, so this is a special bulletin just for them. Course, couldn't hurt for the rest of you numbskulls to listen if you need a refresher course.
This, my dear Vault Dwellers, is the Capital Wasteland. There's more Wasteland out there, of course, but nobody ventures too far away from here lest they lose my awesome signal. Haha! Kidding. Specifically speaking, this particular slice of heavenly hell on Earth is the ruins of the capital of the United States of America. What is that? I don't know, go ask a Ghoul! Well, not a Feral one, mind you, that's the ones that run after you all slobbery-like and - ewww. Sorry, I'm offending some delicate natures here.
Y'see, so far as I can tell about two hundred years ago a ton of atomic bombs went off and all of a sudden, Washington D.C. was a mess. Collapsed buildings, dead people's shadows burnt into the walls, it was a disaster. Even worse, creatures known today as Super Mutants started attacking everybody left alive, and it wasn't for another hundred years before we got our ***** back in gear.
Time for a little lesson on the types of people and things and whatnot who live around here.
There are people running around known as Raiders and Slavers. Neither of them have any real regard for life; p*ss them off and you're done. The Raiders take no prisoners, unless you've got the balls to prove to them that you're as tough as they are. Fat chance! The Slavers don't usually kill; these guys take prisoners like no tomorrow and sell them as slaves. They don't care what skin color you are, who you are, what you look like, they will take you and sell you to the highest bidder. Here in the Wasteland, the only racism that comes around is whether or not you're a Ghoul or a regular ol' Joe. Or Susie. Or even both. It doesn't matter. Unless you're Chinese, for some reason some of the REALLY old Ghouls hate them. Probably because of the Chinese's siege of Alaska back in 2077... which yeah, was 200 years ago. Old furts.
Ah, the trade caravans; we love them, we hate them, we still buy their stuff because believe it or not, without them we'd have very little to survive on. They and their mercenary bodyguard buddies scavenge the wastes for products we can use - for a price. Oh yeah, forgot to mention this to the newbies in town; our currency is a little thing called bottlecaps. You know, those metal things on the Nuka Cola bottles? Yeah, we use those. Money in the old sense don't mean sh*t.
There are two types of Mercenaries. Well, several but we're starting with the "good" guys. They take on bodyguard duties, guard duties, you name it, they do it. Well, unless it's a little too risque for their taste; those always go toward the Talon Company mercs. If these guys are gunning for you, say your prayers - you probably won't survive the attack.
You didn't hear this juicy tidbit from me, but rumor has it that androids - you heard me right, these are synthetic humanoid robots! - walk among us, having escaped from god knows where; they're treated like slaves, like they have no emotions. These guys are more human than you can imagine. I can't tell fake from real. Well, except that one that had white blood, that was a weird moment...
This just in: An alien spacecraft was found over by the mysterious Oasis Rock. Course, the alien is dead, but nobody's touching him. Pretty interesting to gawk at, if I may add, and it's pimping out a very interesting broadcast of 'blip blip bleeep bloop blap bliiip', if anybody speaks Alien lemme know so I can broadcast it.
And now for our little creatures! Everything can be eaten. Well, except for the robots of course.
Robots - most notably the RoboBrains, the Mister Gutsy, the Protectron, the various butler versions of Mister Gutsy - were partially destroyed, but due to buildings withstanding the atomic forces, they still exist and run on fission batteries that never seem to run out. Most robots out in the Wasteland are hostile and attack everything they see, most common of these being Protectrons - laser-ridden metallic beasts - and the Robobrains, which for some reason have humanoid brains and talk like a pr*stitute looking for a payer. Mister Gutsies can often be programmed to work for you, but I'd back off; they are military-grade bozos and while they may act like they're obeying your every command, they may end up hating your guts. The butler version is much more amiable, but still, be careful; their jokes are
Dogs. Yes, we've got dogs and weirdly enough, they've been largely unaffected by radiation as far as we can tell. We've got regular dogs and Feral dogs. Enough said. Most dogs are too skinny to even HAVE meat on them. Besides, it just feels wrong to think about it.
Brahmin are cows, two headed cows to be exact. While they too have been exposed to radiation, for some odd reason their milk has been known to quell radiation poisoning and even help cure major rad poisoning. You'd have to talk to Moira Brown up in Megaton for that though; she's a quirky lady! Anyway, we've got some Mad Brahmin running loose 'round Canterbury Commons, so watch your back. Their horns hurt. A
. Their meat's alright. I guess.
Mirelurks are the most annoying creature. Ever. I'm not even kidding. They love water to death, and while they don't fight each other, it's pretty annoying when the King Mirelurks start ganging up on you. Their meat is wonderful, kinda chewy if you cook it too long but pretty good otherwise.
Yao Guai are descendants of black bears. Big, ugly buggers. Avoid. Their meat is very lean. One of the scavengers near the Super Duper Mart south of Megaton has an affinity to them and even has one as a pet!
Time for bugs:
Giant ants are very common. There's fire ants. They spew fire. Avoid. Meat is alright to eat, fire ant meat however is peculiarly spicy. M-m-mmm, crunchy!
Radscorpions. Very big. Avoid the super huge ones unless you've got the manpower to kill 'em. Do not eat the poison glands.
Bloatflies are giant flies. Duh. They're digusting things. Kill them, their meat's pretty nasty so don't eat it.
Radroaches are c*ckroaches that have become a bit bigger, but they're still the same. They spit and bite. Their meat's crunchy and bitter, tastes like an old gym sock. ... Don't ask how I know that, okay, kids?
Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls. There's two big kinds - human Ghouls and Feral Ghouls. Ferals have no minds. They want to eat everything they can get their hands on; these are the zombies. There's regular ones, then you've got the Roamers and the ever so rare Glowing Ones; these are living conduits of radiation. While extremely rare, avoid them. They're pinchy...
Listen for more of my amazing broadcasts, childreeeen! This is Three Dog, hooooowwwwwwwwwwll!
To sum up what Three Dog doesn't want to tell you, there are also guns of various sorts. There's electricity too, though where it's coming from isn't well known; nobody questions it however, as it's a valuable resource.
Megaton is a large town surrounding an unactivated atomic bomb; it was disarmed several months ago by some crazy vigilante from Vault 101 so no worries about it going 'kablooey'. Three Dog runs a radio station called Galaxy News Radio over in the D.C. Ruins out east, they play songs from the 1950s, though honestly it seems like EVERYTHING is from the 1950s; clothing, music, furniture, everything. The world never advanced from that stage of trying to achieve the idyllic lifestyle.
There is a family of "Vampires". They are actually cannibals, but their leader has taught them how to restrain themselves and keep it to blood intake only. While they've been known to harass smaller towns, they keep the VERY small settlement of Arefu safe; rumor has it there's a "blood price" going on. Yep, Arefu pays the Family in blood donations. Cute. Not.
The Super Mutants were not a result of radiation; they were genetically engineered. It's very hard to tell male from female; only Super Mutants can tell, but local rumor has it that a genius Super Mutant female named Fawkes is running around with the crazy vigilante from Vault 101. A very sweet... ah, creature, Fawkes is unusually smart; most Super Mutants grunt and say a minimum of four or five words at a time. They love chaos and destruction, usually; Fawkes enjoys intellectual passtimes.
Oasis Rock is a huge, HUGE rock formation; problem is, if you go in, you tend to never come out. They say there are trees there... trees? What are these? Go look and find out. Just be careful; there are people with guns. Lots of guns...
There is a vague concept of work. People own restaurants, small stores, and bars.
Wikipedia has a ton of info on Fallout, the whole series; I've only covered Fallout 3. There are numerous groups, a couple of which I've mentioned but know jack about because I'm actually kind of stuck. O_o You can also check Youtube for videos as to the layout of the Wasteland; you can also go to
Video Game Cheats, Reviews, FAQs, Message Boards, and More - GameFAQs
for more information on the game. Just avoid the boards for the games; they're full of stupid people. O_o
Rules and such in the next post. Stupid word limit!
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
You're here with me: Just show me this and I'll believe I am beautiful with you!
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