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Kidney stones: Symptoms, treatment and prevention
What are kidney stones?
Kidney stones are created when certain substances in your urine, including calcium, oxalate and sometimes uric acid, crystallise. These crystals may then join together and form a kidney stone.
Kidney stones usually form within the kidney, where urine is produced before flowing into the ureter (the tube that leads to the bladder). Small kidney stones are often able to pass out of your body in your urine and may go completely unnoticed by you. But larger stones irritate and stretch the ureter as they move towards the bladder, sometimes blocking the flow of urine and typically causing excruciating pain. Sometimes, a stone can be too large to pass into the ureter and remains lodged in the kidney.
Why some people form kidney stones and others don't is not always clear. Kidney stone disease is more common in young and middle-aged adults than in the elderly. It is also more prevalent in men than women. In the UK, kidney stones affect about three in 20 men and one in 20 women.
The NHS suggests that a high-protein, low- fibre diet, inactivity, family history, some intestinal conditions and certain drug treatments (such as aspirin) can increase the risk of kidney stones forming.
The NHS also classifies risk factors according to the type of kidney stone:
- Calcium stones: Hyperparathyroidism, renal disease
- Struvite stones: Chronic urinary tract infection
- Uric acid stones: Gout, chemotherapy
People living in hot climates are sometimes more prone to kidney stones because they may become dehydrated more easily. Dehydration concentrates the minerals (and other chemicals) in the urine and makes crystal formation easier. Medical evidence suggests that drinking too little fluid can exacerbate this chemical over-saturation of the urine.
Most kidney stones are composed of calcium oxalate crystals, a kind of salt in the urine that's hard to dissolve. Uric acid, the chemical associated with gout, may also be involved. If your urine is chronically infected with certain organisms, you may be prone to getting kidney stones of a specific composition as well.
Certain people are frequent "stone formers". A person who has one stone has about a 50% chance of developing another stone over 10 years, with about a 15% risk in the first year or so.
What are the symptoms of kidney stones?
The symptoms of kidney stones include:
- Waves of sharp pain that start in your back and side, and move towards the groin or testicles.
- Inability to find a comfortable position, people with kidney stones often pace up and down.
- Nausea and vomiting with ongoing pain.
- Blood in the urine.
- The frequent urge to urinate
- Some very small stones can be either asymptomatic or only cause mild symptoms.
Sometimes an infection is also present and may cause these additional symptoms:
- Fever and chills.
- Painful urination.
- Cloudy or unpleasant-smelling urine.
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Change peoples windows accounts passwords without knowing their old one
Just a command that will allow you to just change or add a password for any user on the computer your on. note: it will only change accounts on that individual accounts not network accounts
The code
run cmd.exe, command.com or windows powershell
Blocks of code should be set as style "Formatted" like this.
Code: cmd.exe
net user
net user (username) *
(the password you choose)
(the password you choose)
Note: on some computer this may not work, because of user restrictions ill solve this problem in my next article

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Suppose I have n lines in $R^{3}$ with the conditions that: no 3 lines in one plane, no 3 lines intersect at one point, for fixed 2 lines, no 3 lines intersect these 2 lines at the same time. what is the up bound of the number of intersections? The up bound $n^{\frac{3}{2}}$ is a simple corollary of Guth-Katz's paper or one can prove it directly by algebraic method. Is it possible to establish the up bound like $n^{\frac{4}{3}}$ or some better one?
The up bound will also be a up bound for Erdos's unit distance problem in $R^{2}$.


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The spectrum of a graph is the (multi)set of eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix (or Laplacian, depending on what you're interested in). In general, two non-isomorphic graphs might have the same spectrum.
Prompted in part by this discussion on reverse engineering a graph from its spectrum, I was wondering:
Are there interesting classes of graphs for which isospectrality implies isomorphism ?


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Monday, July 25, 2005
(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.) - Columbia College-Salt Lake City awarded $500 scholarships to Scott Nesbitt of West Jordan and Eric R. Hill of Layton in honor of Frank S. Westling. Westling was a former dean of the college's Extended Studies Division, which serves adult learners and military personnel nationwide.
Nesbitt is a senior criminal justice administration major and police officer at the Midvale City Police Department. He is vice president of the Midvale City Employee's Association and taught the D.A.R.E. program at Midvale Elementary School for five years. Nesbit was named 2003 Midvale City Police Officer of the Year and 2004 Detective of the Year. Hill is a senior psychology major and aircraft mechanic in the Utah Air National Guard. He has received many awards for his service, including the Air Force Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Air Force Overseas Ribbon and three Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medals.
The scholarship was awarded to one student at most of Columbia College's 30 nationwide campuses. To qualify for the Westling scholarship, applicants had to:
- Complete a scholarship application
- Pursue degree completion with Columbia College
- Have a minimum Columbia College GPA of 3.0
- Have residency of at least 15 hours with Columbia College
- Have a history of leadership and service to their community, school or country
- Write a 400-500 word essay on their achievements and career goals
"Columbia College is proud to offer this scholarship to students at our extended campuses," said Mike Randerson, Columbia College vice president for Adult Higher Education. "Frank Westling was instrumental in establishing the Extended Studies Division to serve working adults and military personnel, and he would be pleased to know the scholarship is helping fulfill the educational goals of students around the country."
Prior to joining the college, Westling served in the U.S. Army for 31 years and retired as a colonel. He was a highly decorated infantry soldier and was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Silver Star.
The Westling Scholarship is a nonrenewable scholarship and will be awarded to a new student each year.
Columbia College was founded in Missouri in 1851. Today, the college serves 20,000 students at its Day Campus, Evening Campus, Graduate Program, 30 nationwide campuses and Online Campus.


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6 Things Our Kids Just Plain Won't Get
#3. Pretty Much Anything Having to Do With Nonmobile Phones
You just finished a big job interview. They said they'd call you by the end of the day to let you know if you got the position. You get back home to find someone in your house engaged in a two-hour phone conversation about who they think can end Bill Goldberg's winning streak in the WCW. And suddenly, your immediate career depends upon the speed at which that debate can be resolved. So you have to ask them to "hang up."
"I'll call you back in a few. Yeah, my son's being a pussy."
Everyone knows that means "get off the phone, asshole," but do you know why that seemingly unrelated phrase is used? The base for the phone used to be mounted to a wall. When you were finished talking, you hung the receiver on a hook attached to that base, and the call ended. You literally hung up the phone. Now, you just push a button or close it.
In the future, you'll unplug the guitar cord from the back of your head.
It was only about 20 years ago that those landlines were the standard, because cell phones were too expensive and impractical. DSL or cable Internet was something only the rich kids had and superdorks took second jobs for, so most computers connected to the Net using the same phone line that you needed in order to make calls.
If you were waiting on an important call, you didn't even consider getting on the Internet, because the caller would be met with a busy signal every time he tried to get through. Even when you weren't waiting on one at all, it never failed that one of your jackoff friends timed his calls exactly when you were trying to spend some free time dicking around on the Net. Every time he dialed your number, you'd get booted offline, and the two hours you just spent downloading a 30-second video clip would have to be started over from scratch.
No, we still didn't pay for porn, even back then.
Now, the biggest thing you have to plan around is battery life, because your mom is now having a two-hour conversation about the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak and just sucked all the juice out of the phone. There's nothing quite like hearing that warning beep in mid-conversation, having to quickly explain that your phone is about to die, and then waiting for it to charge back up for the next hour before you can finish telling your friend exactly what kind of a bitch your mom is.
On the other side of that coin, using the phrase "my phone is about to die" as one of the greatest excuses for ending an unwanted conversation ... well, that's about to die, too. In 2009, scientists invented a battery that could be recharged in 10 seconds, giving you material for your own article in just a couple of years.
You'll have to come up with a new excuse for ignoring your family, though.
As hard as it probably is for my kids to get what a pain in the ass the phone used to be, it's probably even harder for them to grasp ...
#2. Anything Having to Do With Physical Mail
I remember when my best friend moved away for college, we would plan out our phone calls a week in advance because long-distance fees were charged by the minute -- and those fuckers racked up fast. There were no all-encompassing plans or flat fees at the time.
Mostly, we sat alone in the quiet and prayed for a day when the Internet would rescue us from the madness. And also bring us streaming HD porn.
Of course, there was always snail mail. Back then, it was just called "mail" ... the term "snail mail" only came about after email was invented. And believe it or not, mail used to be a primary form of communication. That's why the icon associated with your email is a little envelope. It represents the letters we used to send to each other when calling was too expensive.
They were delivered by the Pony Express, if memory serves.
But imagine your instant messenger working the same way as snail mail. Every time you said something to one of your friends, you'd be charged a quarter, and your friend wouldn't be allowed to read what you sent him until next Friday. It's hard to keep a friendship going through that.
For those reasons, having a pen pal was a big deal when I was a kid. It was the only realistic way we could meet and regularly talk to someone from another country. It was mind-boggling, knowing that you were actually talking to someone who lived on the other side of the planet. But if I were to walk up to someone right now and tell them, excitedly, that today I talked to someone from Australia, they'd look at me like I was shit-sculpting crazy.
Australia, Japan. Same thing.
Hell, the vast majority of my friends now are not from the United States. But if I couldn't talk to them instantly and free, that number would be reduced by 100 percent because foreign people are cheap, horrible monstrosities.
They had to be. Otherwise, they couldn't afford to go to college, where people were regularly ...
#1. Paying Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Learn Now-Common Skills
Today, pretty much every single person I know can build a computer from scratch. What used to be considered the work of "computer geniuses" is now as common as changing your own oil or making your own porno. But not too long ago, people would spend several years and many thousands of dollars getting college degrees in a skill that has become so common that kids learn it right alongside their multiplication tables.
Of course, these classes still exist. It's just that now, instead of being specialized intro courses meant for future programmers and software engineers, they're required for pretty much any degree in anything whatsoever. My fourth-grade son has taken two computer intro classes -- the exact classes offered to me when I was in college 15 years ago.
If you're going to beat Koreans in StarCraft, you have to start training early.
Want to get a book published? There used to be -- and still are for the time being -- tons of classes in college that teach the proper routes to publication, from getting an agent to shopping your manuscripts. People spent years learning the exact format that wouldn't get their novels thrown in the trash, unread. That is, until my kids' generation came along and showed us that we could easily do this ourselves without having to deal with pesky little annoyances like editors and publishers.
Spell-check is all the criticism you need.
So I guess what I'm saying here is basically, congratulations. The world used to be a much more annoying and ridiculous place. The next time you use a word, phrase or image that my world gave birth to, all I'm asking is that you take a moment to realize how hard your old man had it. Oh, and that you not complain when I ask you to show me some cheats to help me get away from that Korean kid who keeps killing me in StarCraft.
And be sure to get our book, because we're sure paperbacks will become fossils soon enough.
For more from John, check out 5 Ways Video Games Are About to Get Way More F#@kable and 12 Things You'll Wish You'd Never Seen Under a Microscope.


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Recent and archived news articles by Matthew Preusch of The New York Times.
Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers
Paddlers are flocking to newly formed whitewater rapids created when old dams are dismantled.
August 9, 2009, Sunday
Luxury, Bargains and Smaller Crowds
Along with a flurry of last-minute deals, ski resorts across the country are still rolling out plenty of new high-speed lifts, new spas and new hotels.
December 7, 2008, Sunday
36 Hours in Seattle
Fashionable boutiques and gourmet shops are making the city center feel like a neighborhood again, and not just a backdrop for a Space Needle snapshot.
November 23, 2008, Sunday
In Mexico, a Sliver of Pacific Coast Untouched by High-Rises
Visitors are drawn to Sayulita by the beginner-friendly waves, a strong sense of community and the shreds of Old Mexico that remain.
October 3, 2008, Friday
Powering Up
The 3,800-acre Three Rivers Recreation Area in Oregon is home to more than 500 off-the-grid vacation homes.
August 29, 2008, Friday
Old Port Town's Appeal Reaches Beyond Northwest
Close to Seattle is Port Townsend, an art-friendly town with a strong maritime heart and a mild climate.
July 11, 2008, Friday
From Brewers to Baristas in Seattle
Once known for its saloons and brewing companies, the neighborhood of Georgetown is the city's last outpost of blue-collar, bohemian arts culture.
June 1, 2008, Sunday
36 Hours in Breckenridge, Colo.
This former mining town, unlike its upscale Colorado neighbors, Vail and Aspen, still exudes a crunchy, laid-back vibe.
January 20, 2008, Sunday
A Mining Town With a Bleak Past Starts to Blossom
Kellogg, Idaho, is reinventing itself, and those who have a second-home pioneer spirit are taking notice.
January 18, 2008, Friday
Cleared for Lunching: The $100 Hamburger
It's the aeronautical equivalent of the lazy Sunday drive in which the destination isn't as important as the pleasure of getting away.
October 26, 2007, Friday
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BELTON (January 25, 2013) -- The city of Belton has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
The city will use the money to add recreational and safety features to Nolan Creek as it winds through downtown.
The city is also contributing $100,000 while local businesses H-E-B and CGI each chipped in $50,000.
The city plans meetings in the coming months with the Texas Department of Transportation to develop a final plan for the project, which will add trails, picnic tables, and two acres of open spaces, exercise stations, a horseshoe court.
Phase one will also involve removal of two low water crossings near the Harris Community Center and City Hall.


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Eating what you plant
Most of us have some farmer genes that urge us to grow our own corn and tomatoes, blackberries and oranges. Everything started in the golden crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates, according to my seventh-grade geography teacher. In the days of Hammurabi the city had its share of government scribes, merchants and moneylenders, soldiers and officials, but most people made their living growing things. It was still that way in the early years of our republic.
As a 4-year-old, I planted and watered dried beans in the space between the garage and the back fence. When nothing happened after three or four days, I dug them up and ate them. My farmer genes have always been better at the eating than the cultivating.
As a 6-year-old, living in the country along the Hudson Palisades, an ancient cherry tree gave out tasty sap in the spring that was better than any chewing gum. It produced cherries by the bushel in the summer. A hickory nut tree on the farm next door dumped some of its treasure in our yard. Pounding the hull that protected the nuts open with a rock left memorable stains on hands and clothes. In the woods behind the house grapevines supplied enough sweet fruit to give a tummy ache. A pear tree in the front yard was generous in supplying green fruit to try and test. Our mother encouraged me to plant a seed that did in fact grow into the beginnings of a tree, but we moved to Florida before the miracle of its maturity.
On Miami Beach tropical fruit was everywhere. Suburban yards were stocked with kumquats, lemons and oranges. On the smooth-barked guava the ripened fruit needed to be plucked just before falling to the ground. Hedges of Surinam cherries had their season when for a few days the ripening red fruit deepened in color until it became almost purple before dropping to the ground or in my mouth.
Later our parents moved the family to Winter Park where a great loquat tree spread its branches over the garage roof. For several weeks we could peel back the small fruit's peach-like skin and enjoy the delicate flavor that enveloped two or three sizable seeds.
When our children were entering their teens, we lived along Lynnhaven Bay in suburban Virginia Beach. Nearly an acre of clay soil and an aquifer-fed well opened up new farming possibilities. We planted a variety of fruit trees including two kinds of apple, peach, apricot and plum trees. Chopping a large pit in the clay, we created a tomato bed laced with manure and also the bed of a mushroom cave. Not since have we enjoyed tomatoes this good. Planting a few blackberry bushes along the back wall of the house soon supplied all we could eat in their summer season. Also growing on the lot was a fig tree that cast its graceful shadows on the bordering bay water. Our collie Duchess could leap and 'select fruit' from the lower branches. Our success with the tomatoes tempted us to create an asparagus bed. Once again we chopped through the clay and carted in old mushroom bed material. By the third year the delicate roots had developed into the bulbs of energy that produced great fresh asparagus. Duchess had a keen eye for determining the optimum maturity for snapping off and digesting the fresh spears.
One day shopping the Sears garden center, I purchased a fruit sapling whose spindly 5-foot trunk was almost without leaves. The tag naming the fruit had been lost and it was for sale for $1.25. Planted at the foot of the asparagus bed slope, it grew like a weed. Our children say it produced the best pears they have ever eaten but by that time I was in Florida launching our newspaper business.
In our side yard we planted a Samoan Island coconut from my brother's backyard tree in Hawaii. It produced abundant fruit but appeared to be a missile threat to the neighborhood in the hurricane season.
A safer bet was several sprouts growing under a loquat in the yard of my niece's veterinary in Niceville, Fla. They make great shade trees. These days in the early spring they produce enough fresh fruit for great fruit pies.
An avocado grown from a seed now reaches 30 feet or more. But I have learned they are not going to produce until introduced to a tree of the opposite sex.
Last week the grocery store was featuring carambolas, the star fruit, at a dollar apiece. They have a nice crisp taste and make an interesting diversion in a salad. Before eating the ripe fruit, I extracted its eight tiny seeds. Things grow fast in Florida. Maybe I can plant one where the Samoan coconut tree was so bountiful.
Truth is I like to eat and if had my way everything we planted would feed us.
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Is there necessarily a CW structure on a space build out of cells without demanding them to be attached in "right" order?
More precisely, let $X$ be a topological space such that the map $\emptyset\to X$ factorizes as a transfinite composition of inclusions $$ \emptyset\to\ldots\to X_\beta\to X_{\beta+1}\to\ldots\to X $$ where every map $X_\beta\to X_{\beta+1}$ is a pushout $$ \begin{array}{rcl} S^{n-1} &\to& X_\beta\\\ \downarrow && \downarrow\\\ D^{n} &\to& X_{\beta+1} \end{array} $$ for some $n\geq 0$. Is $X$ necessarily a CW complex?


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When was your first memory of tasting macaroni and cheese?
And what did you think of the dish that ranks up there with hot dogs, hamburgers and french fries for the young and not so young?
The cheesy pasta dish is a perennial favorite regardless of age, according to Laura Werlin, author of the recipe book I received called "Mac & Cheese, Please!" The book has 50 recipes for different ways to prepare the quintessential favorite dish.
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WELCOME ON MOST ANY TABLE — "Mac & Cheese, Please!" is the title of a book that contains 50 super cheesy recipes. The classic mac and cheese recipe seems to be the most popular and has been welcomed on the tables of many families over the years. -- Esther McCoy
Even though there are seemingly infinite numbers of pasta shapes and sizes, not all are good for making mac and cheese, according to the book. Large-size pasta is almost always a poor choice, and that's because the focus becomes the pasta and not the cheese or any other ingredients that may be in the sauce.
You want pasta that will attract all the cheesy goodness, not repel it. Sometimes larger pasta shapes insist on their independence and keep the cheese sauce at bay. That defeats the purpose of mac and cheese and makes it simply pasta with cheese.
If you have ever made pasta in unsalted water and tasted it side by side with pasta that has been made in salted water, you will instantly understand the difference.
Pasta cooked in unsalted water is tasteless, and salting after the fact won't do. Recipes from the book call for salt -lots of it - in the pasta water before cooking. And the recipes will call for salted butter, even though the water is salted.
Patience is needed for serving mac and cheese. Recipes in the book call for waiting 15 minutes before serving. The truth is that the finished dishes can sit for a whole lot longer and not only retain their heat, but also develop flavor as they cool. The additional benefit to this is that it makes the cheesy dish the ideal one for company.
Some good thoughts to know from the cookbook are:
Eight ounces of dried pasta equals about 2 cups.
Most recipes in the book will serve six people but there are party-time dishes that will serve 12 to 16. If serving for four or even two people, put the halved or tripled amount into a 4-by-8-inch loaf pan or put it in ramekins. Six 8-ounce ramekins is the equivalent of one 8-inch square pan.
Coarsely grated means shreds of cheese that are about one-fourth inch in diameter - the same as the large holes of a box grater. Finely grated means tiny shreds of cheese about the size of a thin piece of string.
For making bread crumbs, four sandwich-size slices of bread equal 2 cups coarse bread crumbs. And it is the crunchy bread crumbs on top that really set off the dish.
Here are some mac and cheese fun facts from the book:
Thomas Jefferson's cousin, Mary Randolph, is credited with being the first American to memorialize mac and cheese in a cookbook in 1824.
"The Virginia Cookbook" recommended that if no macaroni was available, soak crackers in milk until soft to make what she called mock macaroni.
Jefferson had served mac and cheese at a state dinner in 1802, but it may have been macaroni pie rather than macaroni and cheese as we know it.
Kraft Foods introduced boxed macaroni and cheese in 1937 and the rest, as they say, was history.
In any given three-month period, approximately one-third of the United States population will eat macaroni and cheese at least once, and about half of all children in the U.S. will eat it during that time period.
July 14 is Macaroni and Cheese Day in the United States.
Crayola created a macaroni and cheese color crayon in 1993, and it still exists today. And the most popular cheese used to make the pasta dish is cheddar.
Now on with the recipes from this book. See if you can find anything that looks interesting and tasty to you.
We always need a classic recipe of the pasta dish to get a basis for the rest. There is a slight difference, though, as it calls for diced yellow onion, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
Classic Mac & Cheese
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt
8 ounces small elbow macaroni
5 tablespoons salted butter, plus more for the baking dish
2 cups coarse, fresh bread crumbs, preferable homemade
2 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano cheese, finely grated, about 1 cup
3/4 cup finely diced yellow onion, about half a medium onion
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups whole or reduced-fat milk
1 cup heavy cream
6 ounces medium or aged cheddar cheese, preferably an orange-color coarsely grated type, 2 cups
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish or six 8-ounce ramekins. Set aside. Fill a 4- to 5-quart pot about three-quarters full of water and add 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil and add the pasta. Cook, stirring once or twice, until tender but firm, about 4 minutes and drain. Reserve the pot. While the pasta is cooling, in a medium skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Turn off the heat and add the bread crumbs and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Stir until mixed well. Set aside. Using the same pot used to cook the pasta, melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Slowly whisk in the flour and stir constantly until the onion is coated with the flour, 30 to 45 seconds. Continue stirring for 2 minutes more or until it starts to darken slightly. Slowly stir in milk, cream and remaining salt and cook until the mixture is beginning to thicken and bubble around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes. It should be similar in texture to cake batter. Add 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, Gruyere, mustard powder, cayenne and nutmeg and stir until the cheeses have melted, and the sauce is smooth but not too runny. Add pasta and stir to combine. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheddar and top with bread crumb mixture. Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until bubbling and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Note: Some add-ins could be six to eight slices of crisp and crumbled bacon before turning it into the baking dish or add 3/4 cup coarsely chopped roasted red peppers. Another addition would be a pint of cherry tomatoes, baked in a 400-degree oven on a rimmed baking sheet. First drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste then roast 15 to 20 minutes until the tomatoes are slightly shriveled. Add the tomatoes but not the accumulated oil in with the mac and cheese mixture.
The classic recipe can be made gluten-free with a few changes: Use gluten-free small elbow macaroni, gluten-free bread crumbs, 1/4 cup cornstarch for the flour and omit the nutmeg. Prepare the same as above and bake the same amount of time.
This recipe for fried mac and cheese sounds very appealing, but I have never tried it or eaten it yet. The cookbook notes that it is crunchy on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside and is a spectacular way to use leftover oven cooked mac and cheese. The stovetop variety won't work here.
Fried Mac and Cheese Squares
8-inch square oven-cooked classic mac and cheese chilled for 24 or more hours
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups coarse, fresh bread crumbs, preferably homemade
1 1/2 cups canola, vegetable or peanut oil, plus more if needed
Red hot sauce for serving
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and line another one with paper towels. Cut mac and cheese into large pieces, then cut each piece into 1-inch squares. Place flour, salt and cayenne in a shallow bowl and whisk to combine. Place eggs in another shallow bowl and put the bread crumbs into a third bowl. Dip a mac and cheese square into the flour mixture. Tap off excess flour then dip into the egg. Roll in bread crumbs and set on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining mac and cheese squares.
Heat oil in medium pan over medium-high heat. The oil is hot enough when it looks wavy. Test with one mac and cheese square. It should sizzle and begin to turn brown on the underside in about 30 seconds. To cook, add as many squares as will comfortably fit in the pan without crowding. Using tongs, turn the squares as they begin to brown on the undersides. Keep turning so all sides are browned. Transfer to a paper towel-lined baking sheet as they are done. Serve right away or place the batch in the oven to keep warm. Continue cooking the remaining squares. Serve with Red Hot Sauce alongside. Makes about 10 dozen 1-inch squares.
This is a twist on spaghetti and meatballs, using mac and cheese as the pasta.
Sauce and Meatballs Mac and Cheese
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup ricotta cheese, drained if watery
8 ounces ground pork
1 ounce aged Asiago cheese, finely grated, about 1/2 cup or use Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano
1/2 slice fresh white or sourdough bread, torn into very small pieces
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Mac and cheese:
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt
8 ounces large elbow macaroni
2 tablespoons salted butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole or reduced-fat milk
6 ounces Taleggio cheese, rind removed and cut into bite-size pieces or use Fontina, coarsely grated
6 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into bite-size pieces, or coarsely grated if using vacuum packed
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups jarred sauce or homemade marina sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into bite-size pieces
For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat it with a thin layer of olive oil. Measure out half the beaten egg and discard it or reserve for another use. In a medium bowl, whisk ricotta and remaining egg together until combined. Put remaining meatball ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix with the hands or use a wooden spoon. Be careful not to over mix or the meatballs will be tough. Add the egg mixture and stir to combine. Using about 1 teaspoon of the mixture at a time, form the balls in your hand. You may need to put a little olive oil on your hands to keep the mixture from sticking too much. The meatballs need to be just 1/2-inch in diameter. Place on prepared baking sheet. Cook in the oven 10 to 12-minutes, stirring once or twice until browned but not hard. Remove from oven and set aside. Turn the oven down to 375 degrees.
For the mac and cheese: Butter an 8-inch square baking dish or six 8-ounce ramekins. Set aside. Fill a 4- to 5-quart pot about three-quarters full of water and add 1 tablespoons salt. Bring to a boil and add the pasta. Cook, stirring once or twice, until tender but firm, 6 to 8 minutes and drain. Using the same pot used to cook the pasta, melt the butter over medium heat. Slowly whisk in flour and stir constantly until a paste forms, 30 to 45 seconds. Continue stirring for 1 to 2 minutes more, until the mixture starts to darken slightly. Whisk in the cream, milk and remaining salt and cook until the mixture starts to thicken and bubble around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes. It should be thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Add the Taleggio, mozzarella and cayenne. Stir until the cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth. Add the pasta and meatballs and stir to combine. To assemble, spread about 1 cup tomato sauce in the bottom of the pan. Pour the pasta mixture into the pan. Pour the remaining tomato sauce on top of the pasta and top with the mozzarella. Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until bubbling and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes before serving. Makes six servings.
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I want to say that a group object in a category (e.g. a discrete group, topological group, algebraic group...) is the image under a product-preserving functor of the "group object diagram", $D$. One problem with this idea is that this diagram $D$ as a category on its own doesn't have enough structure to make the object labelled $``G\times G"$ really the product of $G$ with itself in $D$.
Is there a category $U$ with a group object $G$ in it such that every group object in every other category $C$ is the image of $G$ under a product-preserving functor $F:U\rightarrow C$, unique up to natural isomorphism?
(It's okay with me if "product-preserving" or "up to natural isomorphism" are replaced by some other appropriate qualifiers, like "limit preserving"...)


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In my Ubuntu, my username is "meuser". When i do crontab -e, i can setup my rules. But instead of doing it with crontab -e, how can i do it directly to a file? Which file i cant modify?
Quoting crontab's man page:
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I have been trying to figure this one out for two days, and I really have no idea what to do.
To begin with, I need to know what units will be produced in the following situations:
- Velocity's units when angular speed and radius are rpm and feet, respectively. (I think it is feet/minute)
- Anuglar speed's units when radius and velocity are foot and feet per minute, respectively. (It stays as feet/minute?)
- Radius' units when velocity and angular speed are mph and rpm, respectively. (I am guessing it will come out as miles, according to what my teacher tried to communicate)
Those are just a few issues, but there are more. I believe that, if I am correct/find why I am incorrect, I will be able to apply the concept to the other problems.
The second problem I am having is that I have a problem where: Velocity is 50 feet/second, Angular Speed is 100 revolutions/second and I need to find the radius in miles. According to what I know, velocity is angular speed times theta, so I just have to divide by angular speed. However, I do not know where to go when there are different units.
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Stephen D. Pryor, president of ExxonMobil Chemical, continued Exxon's war against rivals such as Dow Chemical that say the US should export manufactured goods rather than raw materials.
By Ben DuBose
Online Editor
HOUSTON -- The president of ExxonMobil Chemical made a
strong stand Wednesday in support of US natural gas exports,
decrying opposition efforts as protectionist and
defying logic.
Speaking at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference, Stephen D.
Pryor continued Exxons war against industry rivals such as Dow Chemical that
say the US would be better served by exporting manufactured
goods rather than raw materials.
Protectionist pleas are often wrapped in pious appeals to
nationalism, the ExxonMobil Chemical president said.
The real agenda is to unlevel the playing field and
stifle competition.
As an industry, we must vigorously oppose
protectionist measures that limit access to markets around the
ExxonMobil is one of several companies seeking permission
from the Obama administration to build a natural-gas export
terminal in Texas.
Mr. Pryor cited the US-EU free trade agreement and the
Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership as examples of positive
free-trade initiatives, noting that the American Chemistry
Council (ACC) trade group supports both.
On the other hand, he contends that blocking LNG exports
would undermine efforts to build closer trading ties.
These proposals to block LNG investments justified by
artificial price gaps represent a selective and harmful
departure from free market and free trade principles, Mr.
Pryor said, leading into a series of rhetorical questions.
For example, why should the EU drop tariffs on
American chemicals made from US natural gas if the US blocks
exports of that gas in liquefied form?
Likewise, how can US secure sanctions against China
for restricting exports of rare earth minerals without inviting
sanctions on the US for restricting exports of natural gas?
How can the US ask Japan, a close ally still suffering
from energy shortages, to stop importing oil from Iran, if
we prevent Japan from importing gas from the US?
Mr. Pryor said he also believed that opposing LNG exports
would be harmful to domestic policy.
It would return the US to the era of price controls in
1970s and 1980s, he said. Those price controls then
on natural gas produced a tremendous drop in production, as
well as supply shortages. That caused price spikes and overall
diminished economic activity.
The eventual deregulation of natural gas in 1980s
created free market conditions that spawned the age of
unconventional oil and gas, he continued. The
voices back then that opposed deregulation are wrong, just as
they are wrong today for advocating new controls on natural
Mr. Pryor said that studies he has seen project no significant increase in
the price of US natural gas if LNG exports are approved.
Thats because LNG exports would prompt increased
supply and production from Americas ample
resources, he said.
Critics allege that Dow and other similar companies are
seeking to retain the advantage of cheap gas-derived ethane feedstock, which has been cited as
the foundation for new US petrochemical proposals.
The point is this, Mr. Pryor concluded.
Protectionism and price controls defy economic logic,
defy historical experience and undermine prosperity and
progress, both here and abroad.
Free markets and free trade are extraordinary engines
that are proven to stimulate investment, create jobs and build
closer ties among nations.
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This plays perfectly with ExxonMobil's outdated and misplayed domestic energy development plan. A number of years ago one of Exxon's senior management officers made the statement that there were no more commercial finds of gas and oil left in the continental US. They then started a big sell off of US assets and concentrated on investeing billions searching for oil and gas all over the rest of the world outside of the US. Smaller companies eventually figured out a way to go after tight formations and the result is huge amounts of oil and gas (mostly natural gas) suddenly in the marketplace here in the US at reasonable prices. Exxon, with its vast overseas oil production, sees this as a threat to the enormous sums of money it had invested developing these remote and expensive fields which produce the oil that it is importing to feed its US refineries. Hence, they bought up vast quantities of US gas reserves in an effort to reduce the domestic gas supply which it sees as a threat to the expensive foreign oil it is importing. Exxon's goal is to prop up its expensive imports and reduce the domestic energy supply to make up for their gross miscalculation of US oil and gas reserves made years ago. All of this at the expense of the domestic oil and gas and chemical industry, not to mention the American consumer. Sending raw materials, in this case natural gas, overseas so we can "trade with our partners" and later import finished products from them is Exxon's way of fair trade. America loses both ways. No country outside of the US cares about us at all except for our dollars as consumers. We do not need to give up our raw materials for someone else to use to make products that increase our imports. We need the manufacturing done here - NOT overseas. Mr. Pryor is as wrong today as his company was many years ago when it gave up on the US.
Bernard Legrand
Not very wise and not in the best interest of the American population. Exxon like some others have invested big money in gas liquefaction import shipping installations. So what would you do with these? Nothing. So we modify for export to get our money back.
Walt O'Brien
The good folks at ExxonMobil should not even bother addressing US authorities and instead file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation. What the Feds are doing violates international law. Period. It is not right that a president of an international firm who de facto signs the pay cheques of thousands of people weekly should have to beg for the opportunity to trade so that America's tax coffers remain filled and Americans keep working. Providing family-size wages for thousands is "giving back" in its most pure form. I wish dueling were still legal LOLMr. Bandhu Sonar is the voice of moderation and peace, though, and I agree with him that a middle ground is the most pragmatic and honourable way to proceed. There is no need to fight if a pleasant solution that pleases all can be achieved.
Jagat Bandhu Sonar
The decision would be wise to dual use of US natural gas in the domestic market and export it as well looking into the global gas production scenerio.Regards, J B Sonar
Chris Keilberg
The United States should be making significant strides towards building more domestic pipelines, increasing numbers of CNG vehicles and fueling stations, utilizing as much our natural gas resources domestically as possible, before considering export of any potential overages. To do anything else would be a treasonous disservice to the citizenry.
Kirby Mohr
We have been talking about working toward energy self sufficiency since the unfortunate Carter administration, and now that we have it in natural gas they want to send the gas out of the country to make a few extra dollars. Instead, we should convert more vehicles to use the natural gas and reduce our dependence on foreign oil for fuels. it is time that people like Mr. Pryor thought more about what is good for the US than just what is good for their bottom line.
Malcolm Brown
"Free Trade", like "Free Speech" can have its common-sense limits. Exporting natural gas, regardless of the "studies" Mr. Pryor vaguely quotes, will tend to increase the price of natural gas for us. More importantly it will more rapidly deplete this limited resource: we have seen natural gas bubbles before, and this one will not last forever either. But, Mr. Pryor is obviously correct that limiting exports will make trade more difficult.Most importantly, though, this must be part of our national Energy Policy, which we tragically do not have.
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How do I quit smoking?
I have tried everything: Patches, Gum, Reduction, Hypnotism. I need to quit.
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Have you talked to your doctor about Chantix (sp) - I have heard a lot of success stories about it.
Carry a midget in your pocket and have him kick you in the shin every time you light up. Worked for me!
Cold turkey. In the long run it's the way to go. Take it one day at a time. No cheating at all.
The first couple days, drink a lot of fruit juice to help purge the nicotine from your system. It'll still suck, but this will help. If you have an oral fixation issue, normal sugarfree gum is also good.
Be aware of certain situations in life that might normally get you to smoke, i.e., being at a bar, after a meal, at a game, etc. You can keep your normal routines, but maintain them without smoking. If it's really impossible, give up the activity during the first couple weeks or months till you're confident you can get through the temptation.
If you encounter a crisis that makes you want to smoke, just remember that smoking will not solve anything, and will just complicate things. It's another problem added on top of the crisis.
A fire extinguisher would take care of it, but water or baking soda also might work, depending on what kind of fire is the source of the smoke.
...cont from above...
Put the money you would spend on cigarettes in a new savings account. Treat yourself to some cool gift or vacation after a couple months. Be proud you quit. Tell your friends and family about it. Brag.
Above all, not one more puff... it might seem like nothing at the time, but smoking is really an all or nothing proposition. You don't want to deal with withdrawal again. Or deal with trying to quit again. Just don't do it.
What he said. Groups help, in that they add peer pressure and help organize the quitting process. They also help you get clear in your own mind
1) Why you smoke
2) Why you want to quit.
If you understand your triggers you can try to avoid/minimize them, at least for the first few months.
My father had been a smoker for 40+ years, had tried to quit multiple times with multiple methods--but nothing "stuck". Eventually he'd have a bad day and the only thing that would take the edge off was a cigarette. Nothing lasted more than a couple of months, until he read the book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr. He said that book COMPLETELY changed the way he thought about smoking, and he's been cigarette-free for almost a year now.
Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/The-Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking/dp/1402718616 - 4.8 out of 5 stars, with 829 reviews. Used from a penny!
@novastarj: Very well put and 100% spot on. I also found that I needed to keep my hands occupied with something.
Just to chime in again, here's a previous deals.woot question on this exact topic, which had some useful insights:
I used Chantix. Had crazy dreams, but it worked for me (and my wife). Been smoke free for 3 years, and she's been smoke free for 6.
You need to have the proper motivation. Just saying "I think I want to quit, might save me some money" isn't going to do it. Think about the health of you and your family. Everyone has reasons, they're just sometimes hidden from view. I personally know a girl who had been smoking for almost 10 years (since she was 12, scary...) and she quit cold turkey and for good (so far, it's been 6 months) when she found out that the guy she wanted to be with wouldn't marry a smoker.
I think you should listen to the people who have quit smoking for advice. Quitting Cold Turkey was the best for me. I had a couple of life changes happen around the time I quit which really motivated me. I had just met my wife and had gotten home from a long military deployment, and cigarettes were just hitting $5 a pack. I made a decision that now is the time I quit smoking for good. And I stuck to it.
It takes a lot of strength to get over the first few days. But once I hit that week mark it became easier. You just need to make that decision that NOW is when you're stopping. Not tomorrow, not next week. Don't give yourself the opportunity to put it off, or an excuse to put it off. Once you make that decision you will stick with it, and you will overcome your addiction.
You will get through this. All it takes is a couple of days to get over the hump and then it is all downhill from there. Good luck my fellow wooter!
Do whatever it takes. My father stopped smoking when he died from COPD, so stopping is worth it.
i was a pack a day smoker in college. i quit cold turkey at least a dozen times while in college, but relapsed each time. sometimes i'd eve make it a full week without a puff, then on the wknd i'd be at a bar or a party and someone would offer me one and i'd cave, and i'd stop and buy a pack on the way home. i wasn't able to actually quit until i graduated. the problem was, that while i was in college, alot of my friends and room mates smoked, which makes it literally impossible to quit. no matter how good you're doing, if everyone around you is always smoking, you will never be able to kick the habit. i've been 100% cigarette free for about 5 years now (i smoke my pipe in winter but its for relaxing, i'm not addicted by any stretch). in my opinion, the company you keep is key. why do you think drug addicts that go to rehab are told to avoid their old friends? same can be said when you're trying to change any kind of behavior. cont...
cont... seriously, try going on a diet while everyone around you is eating bacon burgers and milkshakes. even if there is no peer pressure, you'll convince yourself that you need to take part. I genuinely hope you stop, because i remember how nasty of a habit it is, but unless you can avoid friends and family that smoke, it will be very VERY hard if not impossible. obviously you don't have to avoid them forever, but i'd say at least for 6 months to a year, or however long it takes for that craving to disappear. good luck!
I completely agree with @novastarj . My mother just quit smoking and she just quit cold turkey. She made sure she had 3 days lined up with no "real stress" factors and kept herself busy. This was not her first attempt but it has been over a year since she tried last. She had 2 days in a row completely off and one at work where her boss was not there.They say it takes about 3 days for the nicotine withdrawl symptoms to subside but it is a constant (but hopeful) fight for a while. She is going on 3 months smoke free so far! Best of luck to you - you can do it!
Yadda yadda to what people said above, it's all good advice. I quit a couple of years ago - I got bronchitis for like the 90th time (absolutely smoking related) and my lungs hurt too much to smoke, so I stopped while I was sick. Decided not to pick it back up. I had "quit" a few times in the past, but obviously none of them stuck.
This time, I got into shape and started doing athletic things (this was independent of quitting, but bare with me). I think that doing that, and knowing how hard I train and the sort of events that I am into requiring me to be in great shape have kept me from picking it back up. No sense in being at the gym at 545AM if i'm going to tank it all with a cigarette.
Also helped to get rid of my smoker (now ex-) girlfriend, but that may or may not be an option for you!
My fiance is in the process of quitting right now, hes tried gum/patches/cold turkey previously, his job was too stressful and none of them stuck. Currently he is on Chantix and aside from the insomnia & sometimes weird dreams he says its working. Been on chantix 2 weeks, already 1 week smoke-free.
It may have been mentioned, but you have to want it, not kind of, not sort of. Half the battle is in your mind the other is physical. Psych yourself for it, pick the day, then do it. Stay strong.
15 years smoke free.
I'm another person who quit with the help of Chantix. Chantix is more than the medication that you take daily; it comes with an entire support system. Every evening I got a phone call checking up on me; granted, it was an automated call, but it praised me for another day without smoking. I looked forward to the evening check-in. Chantix also provided a phone number to call when you're feeling severely tempted to smoke. I never used it, but it was terrific to have it, just in case.
I'm coming up on four years smoke-free. Sometimes I can't believe it. I'd tried all kinds of approaches before, but Chantix (on my doctor's recommendation) made the big difference.
Try ecigs/ electronic cigarettes! Look them up for more info.
Nothing will work until you decide it's time. If you allow yourself the option to fail, you will fail. As mentioned above, define your triggers and make a plan. When I quite 9+ years ago, I couldn't drink coffee in the morning. It was too deeply ingrained to have coffee and a smoke so I had to give up both. You just have to decide how to get through the cravings. Nicorette gum helped me a lot.
My dad died of lung cancer at 57 and even that was not enough to make me stop. You really have to get your mind right first.
If you're not in a relationship, trying seeing someone who doesn't smoke. Worked well for my wife (then girlfriend) as I very assertively pressured her to quit smoking.
My parents were both smokers for a long time-mom quit when she decided to have kids, and stayed off until we were both almost out of the house, but then fell back. Dad never really stopped. They both used chantix, and it worked like a dream (slight pun-weird dreams are the biggest side effect) for dad, but mom couldn't handle the dreams and it messed with her sleep patterns too much, so she dropped it and still smokes every now and then.
As I saw someone mention here, in my experience (not ever a smoker, but seen lots of friends/family try to quit) having a support group around you cheering you on is a huge help. A coworker has been trying to quit, so instead of going on her smoke breaks, she'll get a couple of us to go outside with her for a few minutes and just chat. She still gets the break she's used to, but no smoking! Talk to your friends, tell them you're quitting, and ask for their help to cheer you on!
I've heard people have great success with those e-cigarettes.
Another vote for cold turkey. The first few days, just take it one craving at a time - put it off for an hour, then do it again, and again. Detail your car and clean your house to get the smoke smell out. The only thing that worked for me. Ever, was cold turkey.
Pray about it!
I smoked for over 20 years, and then last year I quit cold turkey.
I had previously tried the patch, and failed many, many times.
Then last year, I realized that I really love my wife, and I could not bear to have me die early due to anything smoking related...and leave her alone. I also want to enjoy seeing my kids grow up and hopefully live to see grandkids.
It's a little bit corny,.., but after years of being a bachelor and smoking cigarettes in my living room in my underwear when I lived alone to being married, owning a home and having kids....well, I've got a lot to live for and smoking wasn't going to help me live long enough to enjoy what I have, and smoking would have ended up hurting family and friends that would rather see me alive in old age.
I'm not going to lie, and say that I've stopped thinking about smoking. Although tempted daily, I am resolved to remain smoke free.
I wish you luck in finding the fortitude and personal reasons why you should quit smoking.
Chantix. I smoked for 40+ years. Started Chantix and quit on the recommended day. Went out and bought a pack that afternoon. Stayed on Chantix, smoked for two more days. Quit on the third day and it stuck. That was 4 years ago. Still had the habit for quite a while of reaching for my pocket to light up, but never had the disire to smoke. I would look and my hand and think "Well, that's interesting." Chantix removed the need for nicotine so I only had to worry about the "habit". From the day I quit, I never really wanted to smoke, even when in a bar with other smokers.
I'd start with keeping cigarettes away from your mouth, and lighters away from said cigarettes.
I'm a Doctor. You can trust me: it's in my name.
Then go for the "E-Cigs."
$5 + FREE SHIPPING! Bout the cost of a pack. So no excuse not to try it ;)
I can't even explain how much I'd recommend those.. they're basically cigarettes sans the death & cancer.
They have nicotine (plenty :D). You can smoke them inside. The also glow when you inhale like a cigarette cherry..
But best of all.. You BLOW OUT "SMOKE."
I spent months looking for the best deals on those things, that link up there is one of the fruits of my success :) - it's free shipping too, so you have no excuse not to try it.
[ed] Also Chantix(?) has had some good reports from some people.. and some horrible side effects from a handful. It's worth trying, but I'd go e-cig before you start trying drugs.
I quit a year ago. I started with 4mg nicotine gum and tried to sleep as much as I could the first week. The absolute worse day was day 4. After that, the cravings would come, but I could power through them. I started to integrate sugarless gum and wean off the 4mg nicotine gum. After the first month I was using 2mg nicotine gum. I used that for 6 months. Then I broke the 2mg in half and chewed 1mg. I supplemented my oral fixation with sunflower seeds and frozen grapes. I also gave up alcohol at the same time as it was a smoking trigger.
A year into it, I rarely get cravings and it makes me nauseous to walk through someone's smoke haze. Also, I couldn't believe how much people who smoke stank! I've saved about $2,000 this year by quitting smoking (cartons were $80 each and I bought 3 per month). I focus on all the benefits of quitting and if I really really have a hard time, I'll chew that half piece of nicotine gum and move on.
Best of luck to you!
I smoked for 17 years before I quit for what I hope is for good (though I still have urges and do not take it for granted). The last time I quit was more than 12 years ago, in May 2001.
In the 17 years before that, I quit for (at different times, of course) 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and two years. That's not counting the "I'm quitting" moments where I didn't have staying power (too many to count).
The 3 month quit was necessary for basic training in military school, so I did it before I got there so I wouldn't have to add insult to misery. Lots of nicorette gum, candy, baby bottles full of water (um, yup) and pacifiers (yup again, I admit it).
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Second time I quit for a very hot boyfriend. When we broke up I wanted to stay smoke free, but when I drank alcohol I wanted to have "just one" cigarette. I wasn't a big drinker, but when I found myself wandering around the dorms looking for beer, desperately, so I could smoke, I knew it was time to start smoking again before I became a raging alcoholic.
Fast forward to final quit--lots of Nicolette gum, then the patch, then weaning off that. Then staying away from smokers and smoking lifestyle. The "just one" attitude in bars and during billiards tournaments I was participating in really sucked me back in for the two year quit--the one year quit the problem was clubbing in general. I consider the misery of quitting to be painful incentive to not pick up another smoke, and yet I did so four times, convincing myself that "this time would be different" and this time I could have just one, or just one a week.
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I see quitting as... why go through that kind of torture just to pick it up again? And so you need good, no GREAT reasons to quit. They can be crap reasons for someone else--they oly need to work or you. For me it was that I didn't want to die and at 29 I was no longer feeling so immortal (yes, I started smoking at 12). A cousin of a friend of mine, 29, died of lung cancer and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was also engaged to be married and out of the club scene, and now only play pool with my non-smoking husband. I wanted (healthy) babies, and now I have two. I want them to stay healthy. To borrow a phrase from AA (which I am grateful to have never needed), I took my quitting one day at a time, one hour at a time, and sometimes one minute at a time, because it is necessary to stay focused on the NOW. Distractions in the now are a big help too, things to do, things to fidget with.
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I admit I miss smoking. I really liked it--no, loved it. Quitting hurt like hell, a personal torture of the body and soul that I went through five times by choice. But you know, when you are ready, you can do it. You need 3 things: great enough reasons, to remove yourself from temptation, and a method that fits you. For me it was tapering the nicotine withdrawal through lots of Nicolette gum, and after six weeks of that I moved to the biggest patch, and gradually to the smallest patch per package instructions. Yes, it sucked. I prefer 12 weeks of tapering to cold turkey. Either way has its own set of misery. But dying early, harming my kids and husband, and stinking like rot to those I love stinks more, pun intended. You can quit too. Maybe not tomorrow, but under the right circumstances and with the right support, I believe you can do it.
Good luck!
The last year I smoked (1986, after 10 years) i tried 3 or 4 times before it stuck, I was determined.
I think what helped was putting a lot of thought and effort into getting mad every single time cigarettes made me do something I didn't want to do, like go out late at night to get smokes because I needed one in the morning, and building a disgust for the plain grossness (word?) of the habit. I got more and more pissed off at how much control they had over me.
Then one morning driving home from a graveyard shift in Palmdale, CA testing B-1B aircraft and having a bad cold for like a month, I lit up a smoke, and damn near couldn't breath for a couple of minutes.
That was the final straw, smoke or breath, the smokes had to go.
What everyone else said.
I personally used a combination of Zyban (Wellbutrin) and the patch when I quit. I coordinated with my doctor, who was very supportive. The last time, I went cold turkey, Summer 2000. It's been almost 12 years.
Just focus on getting through today - don't worry about quitting forever.
Stay away from situations that make you want to smoke - whatever your triggers are.
One thing that surprised me is that it still smells so darn good when I walk past people who are smoking. Another thing that surprised me is how bad people smell when they come back in from a smoke break. I shudder to think that I used to smell like that!
@75grandville: for the first year after i quit, the smell of burning cigarettes was enough to make me salivate. i'd stand near smokers and just inhale.... fast forward 5 years, and now the smell of cigarettes makes my stomach turn. a year or so ago i was hammered at a party and someone offered me a smoke and i took it. i took a single drag and immediately thought "how the hell did i do this enough to get addicted?". my mouth tasted like ash and i felt like i stunk all night long. i immediately snuffed it out but that one hit made me smell and taste it the rest of the night. now if i go to someones home or get into someone car who smokes, all i can think of is getting out of there and getting a shower. i can say from personal experience, that you crave it for a while, but it comes to a point when you never understood the appeal in the first place. although i'm sure some people never really lose the craving
Stop putting cigarettes in your mouth. Worked for me.


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The splitting of the Parshiot usually make, at least, some sense. However, in the next two Parshiot the plagues are split up (7 in the first, 3 in the second). Are there sources on why this may be? Is it teaching us something or was it done simply for time and length of parshas sake (I can't imagine this is the case, but maybe).
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Abarbanel discusses this and gives two reasons why the parshiyos were split this way (which, incidentally, are the reasons @LarryK and @GershonGold have offered).
[Also, it makes the mnemonic work. First two letters of each parsha, Va'era and Bo add up in gematria to how many plagues are within.]
The Ba'al HaTurim (9:33) says that after the plague of Hail the Jewish nation no longer suffered from the burdens of Egyptian oppression.
There would therefore be a clear distinction between the first 7 plagues and the last three, which might be why the plagues are separated there.
The seventh, Hail, marks a turning point. So it is also a good place to divide the parshiot.
The plague is a turning point since it is the first one whereby Moses/Gd gives Pharoh three choices:
In prior plagues, only the first two choices were given. Sometimes the first choice was implicit.
But for the seventh, a clear choice on severity was provided to Pharoh. And note the response: those servants of Pharoh who feared Gd brought in their fieldworkers and animals from the fields. Those that did not directly enabled the death of their fieldworkers and animals by leaving them in the field. See Ex 9:20 - 21.
Drash: While some of Pharoh's servants recognized Gd and saved their people, Pharoh himself willfully sacrificed his field workers and animals in his denial of Gd. Pharoh felt no connection or concern for his field workers and animals. He was beyond redemption.
The seventh plague enables Pharoh to clearly show that he was not the "Gd" of his people. (For he would have saved them if that was so.) Rather, he was only concerned for himself and his dynasty. Thus the Parsha ends and sets the stage for the final surrender of Pharoh.
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I remember hearing that the 3 last Makos all had to do with darkness. Arbeh - grasshoppers covered the entire ground as it says וכסה את עין הארץ ולא יוכל לראות את הארץ, then you had Choshech - darkness where the Posuk says they were literally able to touch the darkness וימש חושך, and then Makas Bechoros which happened at midnight ויהי בחצי הלילה וה' הכה כל בכור.
The Baal HaTurim also mentions that when Hashem told Moshe Bo El Pahro, Bo = 3, and it was alluding to the fact that there will be three more Makos.


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It seems that the word itself doesn't mean news or newspapers, but many newspapers use it in their names. Is there a historic reason?
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The name originally comes from the British newspaper The Daily Universal Register founded in 1785, which changed it names to The Times in 1788. Since then it has lent its name to papers all over the world.
The original meaning of time is to happen, so the times means that what has happened, which is a fitting name for a newspaper.
When in doubt about English, I like to go back to my Dutch roots.
The Dutch words for 'newspaper' is 'krant', which derives from the Dutch word 'courant'.
The Dutch word 'courant' can mean either newspaper or currency (money), and it derives from the French 'courant', which, when used as an adjective, means current or present (time). Another English term that derives directly from the French is 'au courant', which means, literally, up to date, informed on the latest developments etc.
This leads back to the idea of a newspaper reporting what is happening at the current time.
Along with newspapers that use the word 'Times' in their name, you will also find many that use 'Courant'.
Simple: Currency, and location in history, as in "these are the Times that try mens' souls." You want yesterday's news?
There are also plenty of Heralds, Bugles, and even some "Cryers" (as in "Town-"), for the obvious reason that they are "announcing" the latest doings.


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Robert N. Ochsner, 71, of Reynolds, passed away Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 at Unity Point Health - Trinity Rock Island. Funeral services are 10 a.m. on Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Reynolds. Burial with military honors is at Reynolds Cemetery, Reynolds. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Reynolds. Memorials may be made in care of the Reynolds Fire Department or the Reynolds United Methodist Church Elevator Fund. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Reynolds is assisting the family.
Robert Neil Ochsner was born on October 20, 1942 the son of Rev. Carroll A. and Vella D. Rexroat Ochsner. He married Grace I. Vancil on January 16, 1965 at the United Methodist Church in Stronghurst, IL. Robert was a millwright for over 30 years and operated his own welding business. He recently retired from the Reynolds Fire Department after many years of dedicated service. Robert was also a member of the Reynolds United Methodist Church. He greatly enjoyed spending time with his beloved family.
Left to cherish Robert's memory are his wife, Grace, Reynolds; children, Teresa (Terry Pratt) Goswick, Reynolds and Todd Ochsner, Reynolds; grandchildren, Brady (fiance, Micayla Rogers) Allison, Austin, Jessica and Brian Ochsner and Evan and Gracie Goswick and a sister, Juanita Jarvis, Stronghurst.
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Paired with a decorative candle holder, the Candle on Rope is a great gift for any pet owner. Strung-by-rope candles instantly add tranquility, illumination and a burst of color to any room. Display them on their rope, which is designed to be snipped to burn an individual candle. Candle on Rope candles fit the following holders: Dog Figurine Candle Holder and Cat Figurine Candle Holder.
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"Due to the head injury that he had from the school, that's causing him to have the seizures and stuff like that."
Read more on what this mother had to say about her son being bullied.
Bullying is nothing new for society, but recently many students have taken things into their own hands.
Dealing with the pressure the only way they know how
This or this, it's how far some teens have been pushed after being bullied.
16 year old Malik Thomas' mother says he was bullied because of his sexual orientation.
His mother was only left behind with a note from her young son
"He said I hope you get well, but he said maybe I am better off dead, he said maybe you will be happy, because life just isn't for me," says the teens mother Christina Thomas.
One family's experience with bullying was so bad they ended up here at southeast alabama medical center.
"My son got hit in the head with a brick," says Betty Hall, mother of a Northview High School student.
Betty hall says it happened at Northview High School.
According to hospital workers the blow to his head was so hard; 17 year old Thomas Colby suffered continuous seizures and spent three nights in a hospital room.
"They said that um, due to the head injury that he had from the school, that's causing him to have the seizures and stuff like that," says Hall.
The trauma was so severe our cameras were not allowed in his hospital room, for fear he may have more seizures.
"If they wore glasses they would call them four eyes," says Hall.
But instead of the occasional name calling things got more serious escalating to physical abuse,
According to the halls the school did not help them resolve the matter, so we went with Colby's step father to Northview high see how the school was going to handle his son's case.
"I need to see the principal, Thomas Colby being hit in the head with a brick," says Colby's stepfather.
After being told the principal was not there I was told to leave the campus and turn off my camera.
Mr. Hall was also escorted off campus.
Hall says that type of treatment from school administrators makes the emotional scars of the incident linger.
"If I lose my child, because some kid doesn't know how to control his problem, I be damned if I'm gon sit here and watch him die," says Hall.
It's a similar pain Jennifer Carey is experiencing with her son in Slocomb.
"I literally cry," says Carey, mother of a son who has been bullied at Slocomb Middle.
She says he's been bullied since they moved to the Geneva county town more than seven years ago.
"This year already he's been thrown against a wall, and his book bag being thrown into mud puddles, and ruined everything in his bag," says Carey.
14 year old Keith Carey says most of the bullying is vulgar and inappropriate.
"I was sitting in the gym, I had two kids come up to me and it was sexual harassment, they were rubbing their stuff all up in my face, and saying they were gonna do stuff to me," says Keith Carey, a 14 year old dealing with bullying.
Carey says, if that type of behavior from other student continues, her biggest fear is that her son may end up in an even worse situation.
"Either being homicidal or suicidal," says Jennifer Carey.
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Report: "Ditch your PS3" and get an Xbox One, says MicrosoftWritten by: / / 16 Comments
According to email recipients posting on NeoGAF, and a now pulled offer and image on the official Microsoft Store, Microsoft is offering $100 of in-store credit to go towards the purchase of an Xbox One should customers trade in their PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.
The advertisement looks like this:
The offer is apparently valid until February 28th in the US and Canada, subject to certain terms and conditions.
It's a peculiar offer, not only because it seems like a desperate move on Microsoft's part – something that we would expect perhaps a year from now if the Xbox One is deemed to be in trouble later down the line – but also because PS3 owners would probably be able to get in excess of $100 if they were to sell their consoles privately.
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Is it possible to get list of tokens which comes from TeX "mouth"? If I understand correctly: in mouth all macros, conditionals and special operations (like \the and \input) are expanded and then goes to "stomach".
The question is rather under specified. TeX's macro processor is not like (say) the C pre-processor where all macro expansion happens first and then an expanded source is passed to the compiler. In TeX macros are just expanded as needed and are interleaved with non-expandable assignments, which can change the result of future macro expansion.
So it is not possible to take a latex document and expand it out to just consist of TeX primitives.
It is possible to force the expansion of the following token until the next token is non expandable, so that you may then inspect that non-expandable token, but perhaps that isn't what you want.
As far as I understand, Knuth didn't use formal language techniques to parse TeX, just ad-hoc methods. I doubt such a list exists formally (just a few dozen scattered facts in his brain some years back...), I'm afraid to get it you'd have to get a fine comb, much patience, and a copy ot TeX's source.
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For plane curves, twice the quadratic term of the Taylor expansion at a point on that curve is precisely the curvature. I know of one proof as featured in Hubbard and Hubbard, but I was wondering if there was another more elegant solution.
For plane curves, twice the quadratic term of the Taylor expansion at a point on that curve is precisely the curvature. I know of one proof as featured in Hubbard and Hubbard, but I was wondering if there was another more elegant solution.
I'm unfamiliar with your reference, so please forgive me if this might be reminiscent of its solution. I'll use the Serret-Frenet formulae. For a twice differentiable curve $\gamma$ parameterized by arclength, one of them asserts that the normal component of the derivative of the (unit) tangent vector is the curvature $\kappa$. (This is often taken as the definition of curvature.) To simplify things, but wlg, let's use coordinates in which the point in question is the origin, so that the Taylor expansion is
$\gamma(t) = \left(a_1 t + \frac{a_2}{2}t^2 + \cdots, b_1 t + \frac{b_2}{2}t^2 + \cdots \right)$.
Whence the unit tangent vector at the origin is $T = (a_1, b_1)$ and its derivative is $(a_2, b_2)$. To obtain the component normal to $T$, it suffices to compute the inner product of this derivative with the rotated tangent vector $(-b_1, a_1)$ (because the tangent vector has unit length), yielding
$\kappa = -a_2 b_1 + b_2 a_1$.
This general result, specialized to the case where $\gamma$ is of the form $(t, f(t))$ for a function $f(t) = 0 + b_1 t + \frac{b_2}{2}t^2 + \cdots$, reduces (because $a_1 = 1$ and $a_2 = 0$) to $b_2$, "twice the quadratic term in the Taylor expansion" at this point.
Here's a completely different answer inspired by J.M.'s description of the text. It might give a bit more geometric insight. It essentially shows that (a) twice the second coefficient in the Taylor series describes a parabola closely approximating the curve at the origin, (b) the curvature is determined by a circle closely approximating the curve at the origin, and (c) the curvature of the Taylor series parabola is twice that coefficient. In other words, when we're talking about curvature we're really talking about the second-order behavior of the curve and that's exactly what the quadratic term in the Taylor series describes.
The relevant definition of the curvature here is the reciprocal of the radius of the osculating circle (taken to be negative if the circle lies below the curve, with 1/infinity = 0). An osculating ("kissing") circle is found by taking three points close to the point under consideration (which again might as well be the origin), fitting a circle to them, letting the points independently converge to the origin, and seeing what the circle settles down to. Assuming the circle exists, we can find it by considering some special configurations of points. Choose the three consisting of the origin itself, with coordinates (0,0), and the points at nonzero distance $x$ to both sides of the origin. Their coordinates are given by the Taylor series. One is is at $(x, \frac{b}{2}x^2 + O(x^3))$ and the second is at $(-x, \frac{b}{2}(-x)^2 + O((-x)^3))$. The center of the circle is equidistant from all three. If we choose $x$ small enough (witness some geometric hand-waving here that can be made rigorous at the expense of making the following algebra a little harder), the situation is essentially symmetric around the origin and we expect the center to be located directly above (or below) the origin at a point $(0,a)$. Consider the distances from $(0,a)$ to the origin and to the point corresponding to $x$: their squares must be equal. Whence
$a^2 = (x-0)^2 + (\frac{b}{2}x^2 - a)^2 + O(x^3)$,
at least to an excellent approximation when $x$ is small. Some terms cancel and an easy algebraic simplification gives (remember, we're solving for $a$ in terms of $x$ and $b$)
$0 = 1 - a b + \frac{b^2}{4}x^4 + O(x)$
implying $1/a = b$ in the limit as $x \to 0$. Since $1/a$ is the curvature, our task is done.
Yes, as I have warned, this lacks rigor, but the rigor can be supplied (I recall Michael Spivak does this early in Volume II of his Differential Geometry series) and what it lacks in sophistication may be compensated by the elementary geometric intuition it affords of both curvature and the Taylor series.


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28 May 2010 8:53 PM #1
Brainstorming ideas for apps
Hi family and friends,
since this is my first post about Ext Touch, here's my brief first impression/feedback for now:
Ext Touch is really amazing stuff, UI and code wise! The team earns all my respect!
I started an app the first day and pretty much copied and pasted the twitter timeline code. I could scroll that dataview up and down all day long on my iPad, so amazed was I with that scrolling behavior (and the mini scrollbar).
Unfortunately, after that first day of excitement, I didn't get much further with developing the app.
It is/was supposed to be an app for managing and creating notes and bookmarks, with some ideas from my web app http://lli.st mixed in.
To be honest, I simply lost motivation on following this idea/keeping developing the touch and web app. At least for now.
Moreover, I don't have any client project which could make use of the framework. Lucky are the ones who do.
Therefore, I've been wondering about ideas for a useful app based on Ext Touch.
I definitely would like to play more with Ext Touch, I'm just not having a good idea for a good app right now, which on the one hand would show off Ext Touch capabilities, and on the other hand really would be useful and used by people.
Basically I just want to check if there are other peeps out their that are in a similar situation and that like to brain storm some ideas and maybe even hack together on one idea.
Cheers and a great weekend to everyone,
31 May 2010 2:47 PM #2
Steffen, a HTML5 tag reference for the iPad would be an awesome app (IMHO)
31 May 2010 2:55 PM #3
31 May 2010 4:30 PM #4
For me it's about getting existing web apps to work on touch devices. I have no shortage of controls that could be reworked using the toolkit.
31 May 2010 4:34 PM #5
1 Jun 2010 3:36 AM #6
Or, build the app, and send them a video of you using it.
1 Jun 2010 6:19 AM #7
Just to give a few ideas out:
I'm currently working on a new warehousing device for a company using barcodes and everything to an ipad/touch tablet.
I've also started working with Android 2.2 for doing instant photos to a tablet then auto upload to the social websites with 3G/4G/WiFi a lot of potential here. Basically can take a pic, upload immediately, and don't have to worry about filling up file system space on the device's internal storage.
There is a lot of things that can be reworked with use with tablets that will speed up processes currently in place in the work place.
I already have 3-4 current projects that was using Ext JS 3.2.1 on touch devices. Now I can use the actual touch API making things a lot better for me.
5 Jun 2010 10:42 AM #8
How long did it take to get all of the controls sized properly to fit on the screen? That must have been fun
5 Jun 2010 3:25 PM #9
What do you see as the most high potential areas for rework? We have a pretty neat demo app for meeting management that we're working on. I think that the iPad is the first computer people can bring to meetings with them and not interrupt the face to face dynamic.
5 Jun 2010 8:11 PM #10
My friends and I have been waiting for ICD's tablet to come out that thing is fully loaded and then this week engadget announced a prototype of a tablet/projector hybrid.
ICD link:
icds tegra 2 powered gemini
Tablet/projector hybird:
digilife i one e-reader integrated projector
With all of my previous work on web app's through out the years I see a lot of places where things can be upgraded to an ipad/tablet and streamline workflow in multiple ways cutting costs, etc.
Another example would be for Trucking firms. With Geolocation now and 3g/4g cell towers and tablets able to do that could use a tablet to handle google maps for the trucker and update in real time the company about where exactly a truck is. The trucker could login and logout into a secure system and receive updates about bad weather/accidents/traffic jams before he gets to those places and give him an alt route to save time.
One company I worked with before used the mobile satellites in their trucks to keep track of them, this would be a major step forward.
Having Android 2.2 allowing the browser to control a camera insurance claim agents could take pics of damage and update the database in real time and cut out the need for taking the pic, sit at a pc wait for it to download from a camera, and then upload into a server. Same for regular users using tablet storage as a temp measure before uploading to their favorite web gallery.
I could go on but don't want to make a long boring post. Ooops too late... =)
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Didn't figure to have to dig my copy of Shark out of the garage for this site!
Here are the end of game rules.
EDIT - Addition
The game Shark has gone thru a couple revisions. The original Flying Turtles version has a couple rules differences.
I, (and the folks over on the 'geek) would recommend that you add these rules to your game.