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How do you display your video games, Blu-rays, and DVDs?
I have a quandary, a pickle of perplexity if you must.. I have TOO many video games and Blu-Ray's. I would say I have an upwards of 500 video games and 300 Blu-Rays that I want to display in 3 different areas in my home:
Upstairs Loft: "Nintendo Room" (Wii/GameCube/N64/SNES/NES/Virtual Boy/3DS/DS Lite/GBA SP/GBA/Gameboy Color/Gameboy)
Living Room: PS3/PS2/Xbox 360 - Also want to have all my Blu-Ray titles displayed here as this is the main room.
Mancave: Xbox 360/PS3/Sega Dreamcast/Sega CD/Sega Genesis/Sega Game Gear/Jaguar/Atari 2600/Neo Geo
I am looking more for furniture that I can simply buy (as opposed to going to Lowes and buying wood to make my own, which I will ultimately do if I can't find something good enough that is already sold somewhere).
I already have 2 Custom Guitar Racks for my RB/GH guitars, and 2 Storage Ottomans for other accessories/controllers/adapters/cord extenders/etc. But I'd like my video games to be proudly displayed (not hidden away).
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My living room area is very "homey", dark cherry hardwood, dark brown leather furniture, and a very modern glass/aluminum entertainment center for my consoles (65'' Flat Screen is Mounted above it).
I am trying to do the Wii Room in a very "Nintendo-esque" design. A lot of White furniture and very open/spacious.
Man Cave is all that is MAN... So rough mid-dark woods and flying monkeys/ninjas/chuck Norris around every corner..
Lastly, I hate the "wire racks" where the disc boxes are stacked ontop of each other. I would more prefer shelving of some sort or "book case" type design.
Display? They're in a drawer under the entertainment console. Out of sight, out of mind, like they should be.
@psumek: I would need a BIG drawer lol =D
I've been looking around, but it's hard to find anything for less than $600 that isn't MDF/particle board. My advice is to figure out where you want it, then design and build your own shelves to fit that space exactly. Higher quality, less cost, and you get to use power tools.
I gave up trying to display them. If having the cases doesn't matter to you, do like I did and buy a few of those zip up CD binders and keep them in there.
@purplefeather: I'm extremely OCD about my discs/cases/manuals etc. They are all in MINT condition and I definitely hate the zip up CD binders as they can scratch the disc.
It looks like I will be building my stuff. At least I get Fuel Perks from Giant Eagle so I can enjoy free gas as I am spending money at Lowes buying up wood.
I keep my videogames in a box under my brothers bed/ underneath our "entertainment center". Not out of embarrasment, but out of sheer lack of space.
What should you do? Probably the same :/ Sorry broseph
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I have a DVD/Bluray library of about 1600 discs that I used to display in media towers on a wall in my living room. Looked really nice until my daughter came along.
Now I have moved all of the discs into foot-locker style DVD cases to maximize space and keep tiny hands from messing with the disc's or worse yet, pulling a tower down on herself.
Why do you want to display them? If I were in your shoes I would sell some of them, then buy different ones. I mean, really, how many times can you watch a movie or play a video game until it's boring? JMHO.
our VG collection fits in the thing the consoles sit on, so we don't have to worry about them. Our blu-ray collection is small and we currently prefer to keep them in their blu-ray cases, though i expect that to change as we add. in the meantime, we currently own about 2k DVDs and have chosen .
I purchased these dvd envelopes a couple times (about $16/1000 envelopes and WAY lower than anywhere else on the internet) and used a super thin sharpie marker to label them. The shelf is this one, which was $39.00 w/free site to store shipping. Used these divider thingies so it isn't impossible to find the movies. Works so far. Can't tell from the original pic, but it looks great!
are you utilizing the space on your ceiling? >_>
In a box, not displayed. I guess I viewed them like books and worth displaying, but not anymore.
@devexityspace: If you want to keep them in great condition, don't display them where they get reached by direct sunlight. I have so many memories of the video rental store in my home town with huge windows. All the movie boxes facing next to the wall were almost white with sunfade. Some of those movies were only a couple of years old.
There was a similar discussion and some decent suggestions in this thread: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=197753


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my son is 5.5yrs old. yet it is hard for us to make him to respond to questions, to tell short stories that is in his syllabus, even a statement in english.we talk in mother tongue only at home.even in mother tongue he is unable to tell an event fluently.doing his writing works perfectly,understands well.but making him to read and extra writing practice is a hard task for us.he is never listening at all. he is doing whatever he thinks right.if i read stories loudly in front of him, he is not listening.How can i make him to take interest in reading and to speak?
This is very common at this age even when there is only one language being spoken! Developing the skill of relating an event takes practice, and as you have discovered, kids often are reluctant. I would suggest a trip to the library to find materials your son actually enjoys. Some possibilities:
The key to getting kids interested and comprehending is often by tying the activity to a desire for information. If your child wants a dog, get some books about dogs and read together to figure out what kind to get. If he shows an interest in construction vehicles, get a book to see how they work. If he sees an animal at the zoo, say to him, "I wonder why giraffes do that?" and then get a book about giraffes to find out together.
Also remember that kids come to this when they are ready, and some kids aren't ready for reading until closer to 7 years at which point they often catch up to their peersquite quickly. Keep exposing him to reading and talking to him about what you are reading. He will get there!
Have his hearing tested. Our son had hearing problems until age 4.5 and we did not even realise it. He behaved in the same way that your child seems to be behaving. Surgery fixed his hearing, but it still took over a year for him to catch up. I'm not sure where you're from. In Australia, this is a free test.
If the problem persists, you may consider a figure-ground assessment. Some children cannot filter out background noise from conversation. Unfortunately, our lad has this too. This seriously affects how they handle a class environment which is pretty much constant noise.

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There are some interesting papers on construction of PIDs with various properties. The one I want to read next is this 1974 paper of Raymond C. Heitmann: given any countable collection $\mathcal{F}$ of countable fields containing only finitely many fields of any given positive characteristic, Heitmann constructs a countable PID of characteristic $0$ with residue fields precisely the elements of $\mathcal{F}$.
Added: note that $\overline{\mathbb{Z}}$ is also an antimatter domain, i.e., it has no irreducible elements (which specialists in the field tend to call "atoms"). Thus this gives an example of a Bézout domain which is not an ultraproduct of PIDs.
Smith constructed a PID which is a nonstandard model of open induction. That should be exotic enough. (Note that nonstandard models of just slightly stronger theories of arithmetic, such as $IE_1$, are never even UFDs.)
Fontaine's ring $B_{cris}^{\varphi=1}$ is a PID, and no expert in the field would have bet on it in the first place (this led to some very nice recent developments by Fargues and Fontaine).
Dear Qiaochu, if $A$ is a discrete valuation ring and if $B$ is an étale algebra over $A$, then $B$ is a discrete valuation ring. In a related vein, the henselization of a discrete valuation ring $A$ is a discrete valuation ring $A^h$ (however it is not étale over $A$, for example because it is not finitely generated ).If $A$ is the local ring of a point on a curve in the Zariski topology, then $A^h$ is the local ring of that point in the étale topology.
A very concrete example: the henselization of the local ring $A=\mathcal O_{\mathbb A^1,0}$ of the complex affine line at the origin is the subring of the ring of formal series $\mathbb C [[T]]$ consisting of those series that are algebraic over $A$.
These seem to be examples not on your list, but I'll let you be the judge of their exotism....


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I'm getting a new laptop in a few weeks and am thinking about setting up a logical, easy-to-use and clean folder structure for coding from the beginning.(mixing everything coding related now)
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New government air conditioning standards cause significant increase in HVAC repair costs beginning Jan. 1st
From 1990 to 2000, appliance efficiency standards reduced consumer energy bills by approximately 50 billion dollars. As of 2000, the standards reduced
Air Conditioner Efficiency Standards: SEER 13 vs. SEER 12
What is SEER? How does it apply to the energy efficiency of air conditioners?
The efficiency of central air conditioning units is governed by
Why is air conditioner efficiency currently an issue?
After finalizing a seven-year public review process, the Clinton Administration improved the air conditioner efficiency standard from SEER 10, which was established by Congress in 1987, to SEER 13. The change from SEER 10 to SEER 13 represented a 30 percent improvement in energy efficiency. The Clinton Administration decision required all new air conditioning equipment sold in the
Prior to the August recess, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the Securing Americas Future Energy (SAFE) Act of 2001. In H.R. 4, the House followed the Bush Administration and passed a weakened standard for air conditioners of SEER 12, instead of SEER 13.
In October 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially commented on the DOE proposed roll back ruling. EPA stated that DOE overstated the regulatory burden and the financial pressures on the air conditioning industry and understated the savings benefits of the SEER 13 standard. The Deputy Administrator of EPA stated, EPA believes there is a strong rationale to support a 13 SEER standard.
The issue of SEER 13 vs. SEER 12 now stands before the Senate to be addressed when the Energy Policy Act of 2002 (S.517) is considered on the Senate floor. S.517 contains a provision setting a SEER 13 air conditioner efficiency standard (Sec. 927), but a motion to strike or weaken Sec. 927 is expected.
What is gained in making a SEER 13 standard rather than a SEER 12?
According to EPA, a SEER 13 standard represents a 30 percent increase in minimum energy efficiency requirements for air conditioners, in contrast to a 20 percent increase with a SEER 12 standard. According to DOE, 4.2 quadrillion Btu, or quads of energy, will be saved between 2006 and 2030 by a SEER 13 standard. 4.2 quads of energy is the equivalent to the annual energy use of 26 million
A SEER 13 standard will also accomplish more in reducing fossil fuel consumption and limiting air pollution. The construction of 39 400-megawatt power plants will be avoided by adopting the SEER 13 standard, which will reduce smog forming nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions by up to 85,000 metric tons and cutting greenhouse gas emissions (the gases responsible for global warming) by up to 33 million metric tons (Mt) of carbon. In contrast, a SEER 12 standard would only avoid the construction of 27 400-megawatts power plants, reducing 73,000 metric tons of NOx and 24 Mt of carbon. Power plants are major sources of greenhouse gases and the emissions that cause smog, acid rain and soot pollution. At a time when many areas throughout this nation are struggling to improve their air quality and public health the differences in avoided emissions between SEER 13 and SEER 12 are significant. Since air conditioners run most on hot days, the rollback would increase pollution precisely when air quality problems are at their worst.
What are the Myths about the SEER 13 standard what are the FACTS?
Myth #1: The SEER 13 standard hurts low-income families.
· The incremental cost of improved efficiency is three to eight percent of current equipment costs. For most families, the extra cost will be made up through lower utility bills within three and a half years. Central air conditioners last about 18 years.
· Most low-income families with central air conditioning rent their homes, so they benefit from the energy savings but do not bear equipment costs.
· Relatively few low-income families actually ever purchase or own a central air conditioner, a product that costs between $2,000 and $5,000.
· Saving money on monthly utility bills is just as important for low-income families as for wealthier people, which is why consumer and low-income advocacy organizations like the Consumer Federation of America, the National Consumers League, the
Myth #2: Utility bill savings will not cover the cost of going to a SEER 13 standard.
· The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) estimates that the incremental cost of a SEER 13 unit relative to todays minimum standard SEER 10 unit will be about $171. With typical household savings of $48 per year based on current national average electricity prices, the higher standard pays for itself in about 3.5 years. Central air conditioners last about 18 years.
· If prices for power go up (particularly in the summer), the consumer payback will be even quicker.
· History shows that manufacturers predictions of huge price increases due to higher standards prove false. In the 1980s, the air conditioner industry predicted that the 1992 standard would increase prices by more than $700. U.S. Department of Commerce data show that prices did not go up at all. Now, some manufacturers are again claiming a new standard will increase prices by more than $700.
· The truth is that the market determines prices, not industry or government projections. When faced with the need to compete for the business of price-conscious consumers, manufacturers have a very good track record of meeting standards with minimal price increases.
Myth #3: The higher standard will prevent people from replacing their old air conditioners because of the extra cost. As a result, people will stick with old, inefficient air conditioners causing the nation to use more energy.
FACT: SEER 13 adds three to eight percent to the cost of a purchase relative to a SEER 10 unit. When compared to the weaker SEER 12 standard that some in the industry and the Bush Administration support, the price difference is even smaller (about 2 to 4 percent). It would seem unlikely that droves of consumers will decide to repair rather than replace an old broken-down energy-hog system over such a small price differential on a $2,000 to $5,000 purchase.
Myth #4: SEER 13 units are much bigger than SEER 10 or SEER 12 units, so major renovations will be required to fit them into existing homes.
FACT: Some SEER 13 units are significantly bigger, but many are not. For example, Goodman Manufacturing makes SEER 13 units using non-proprietary technology that are only about three inches larger than their basic units. The size of the unit depends on the technologies that a manufacturer uses to improve efficiency; SEER 13 units of all sizes are made now and will be available in the future.
Myth #5: The higher standard is burdensome for small manufacturers.
· Much of this claim is based on specialty products for markets like manufactured housing, where space constraints limit efficiency with conventional technology. However, DOE said in the final rule that it was open to exemptions, which is a more appropriate way to deal with such situations than weakening the standard across the board.
· Goettl Air Conditioning, a small manufacturer based in
Myth #6: Eighty-four percent of all models currently sold will be eliminated.
· While true, this should not be surprising. 95 percent of refrigerator models sold in 1997 were eliminated by the refrigerator standard that went into effect in July 2001, and the appliance manufacturers support that standard.
· Most units sold today just meet the current minimum standard. In todays market, SEER 13 units are premium products sold with high markups to less price conscious consumers. Once the new standard goes into effect, the vast majority of units will just meet SEER 13, and manufacturers will reestablish new premium lines with higher SEERs and other premium features.
· There are hundreds of distinct models on the market today that meet or exceed SEER 13. Some have SEER values as high as 16, 17 and 18.
· Over the next five years, the majority of air conditioner models would probably need to be upgraded to remain competitive, even if the standard did not change at all.
The BIG Picture
The rollback to a SEER 12 standard from a SEER 13 would sacrifice about one-third of the energy savings that could be achieved by SEER 13. A SEER 13 standard will decrease national energy consumption, lower summertime utility bills for millions of households, reduce pollution from power plants and improve public health.
Additional History for Energy Efficiency Standards:
Uniform national standards for energy efficiency on an array of products were first put into place in 1987 when President Regan signed the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA). In 1988, efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts were added by Congress, and in 1992, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act, which added new efficiency standards for certain types of lamps, electric motors and commercial heating and cooling equipment. The first Bush Administration continued to add efficiency standards laying the groundwork for the Clinton Administration to set new standards for refrigerators, air conditioners, ballasts, clothes washers, water heaters, and heat pumps.
Special thanks to the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE), and Goodman Manufacturing for information contained in this fact sheet. In addition, EESI would like to thank the Pew Charitable Trusts, Joyce Foundation, Turner Foundation, George Gund Foundation, and Ottinger Foundation.
For more information, please contact Carol Werner, Executive Director of EESI, at 202-662-1881 or firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Obviously, this question is not a research level mathematics question at all. But, I've just met an extremely mathematically talented 11 years old student and I don't know how I can help him. For years I was working at a special school for young gifted and talented students. But, I had never met such talent at such a young age in my life. I talked to a mathematician friend of mine (who himself was an IMO gold medalist at a very young age), but he had no idea unfortunately. Basically, there is no one around with any idea. That is why I came to MO. Just in case that this question gets closed please e-mail me at asghari.amir at gmail if you have any idea.
Hmm. I was that kid. I was/am very strong in math. I was in a very strong gifted program from gradeschool to high school. I went through various Academic Olympiads. I have a trophy where I was the second best HS kid in Chicago one year...
Why second? Because I didn't try. I didn't like trying. I flunked several classes in HS and college. I have severe anxiety at times, though getting better - a very supportive wife makes me wonder what I could have done if I dealt with anxiety sooner. My parents both had anxiety and depression. There were other home issues that made me more anxious and made "success" not that important. I read everything I could find, but the things I was supposed to read. No risk of judgement there.
My point being, all the books you could give me wouldn't have helped. My issues were mental, and some of safety. If you want this kid (or any kid for that matter) to reach their full potential, issues of mental state, safety, even food and shelter may be more important than any books you could give them. I'm not saying this person has my rollup of stuff, just to be aware that there is a lot more out there than access to contests. With the Internet, access to learning materials is 1000x easier than when I was that age, so your help will be even more needed on the mental side.
One big thing I forgot to add is - struggle, and how to deal with "failure". Though learning how to push through is hard for everyone, a smart kid has a lot of expectations on them. Help them deal with not getting it right the first time. The confusion of "this is normally so easy". Help them with patience to work it through, to not get frustrated or quit because something is hard for once. That's probably the lesson I most wish I learned earlier.
I agree with other suggestions regarding books and correspondence programs. I would be cautious though regarding Olympiads.
Although they are good for introducing kids to their peers interested in the same things and present interesting challenges, IMO (in my opinion) IMOs (international math olympiads) are counter-productive in the long run for the following reason:
Success usually comes as a syzygy of talent and tenacity. It is important at early age to learn how to stay with a problem for a long time, try different approaches, keep it in the back of your mind when doing something else. Olympiads, on the other hand, train participants to attack a problem quickly, focus on it for perhaps 20 min, and then switch completely to the next unrelated one. Good for focus, bad for tenacity.
The difference between the mode of mathematical thinking promoted by Olympiads and the one required for successful research is akin 100 m dash versus 10000 m run, which require completely different stamina.
I am not trying to say here that Olympiads are necessarily bad. Of course there's something very useful there, in particular exposure to other kids interested in Mathematics. However, they are only good in moderation, and the kid should be completely clear that Olympiads are not representative at all of how one should study and research Mathematics. A socializing even, a side show, but not the main feature.
EDIT: to clarify, I am not advocating against Olympiads as one of the tools for learning Mathematics, I am advocating against winning Olympiads becoming a major goal for learning Mathematics. As discussed in the comments, training to win Olympiads promotes focus span different from the one needed for research.
It depends on how talented.
Do anything but more mathematics, make sure that he doesn't get trapped in a parallel universe where finding an improved method for prime factorization is more important than everything else.
Truly great minds are those who master more than one field, those who can reason with consideration for a plethora of different fields have the potential to do something truly revolutionary. He better find out himself what to study beyond maths, it doesn't have to be a traditional or anything apparently useful, just make sure that it is not more maths.
But above all else make sure that he has a life beyond being a prodigy. People get weird if they ain't allowed to be normal at least some of the time.
The advice so far sounds good to me. However, I just want to point out that "extremely mathematical talented" is an extremely ambiguous description, and how one should proceed depends on where the kid lies within the spectrum.
Let me describe one extreme example. I am currently working with a preteen who fits the description of "extremely mathematical talented", and my instinct was to proceed as others here have advised. However, a colleague who was much more experienced than me in mentoring such kids advised me, after he had met the kid, to introduce him to Herstein's book on abstract algebra. I was dubious about doing this to such a young kid, but tried it anyway. There was no real harm, since we could abandon it if the kid showed no aptitude or interest. We went through the whole book, except linear algebra, in a semester. After that we started working through baby Rudin, which he initially didn't like but got the hang of fairly quickly. This spring, again on the advice of my colleague and against my instincts, he is sitting in on two graduate analysis courses, real analysis and topology. Although I had to provide some help at the start with the topology course, he is now able to follow the course rather easily and is in fact one of the better students in the class. I could go on, but I hope this is enough to get the idea.
He is a kid.
Beware of the one trick pony. Young kids have flexible minds; he may today have an extraordinary mathematical ability, but it is people who can synthesize across multiple fields / disciplines who will really be able to change the world for the better.
I would encourage him to expand his horizons - not just computers, physics, chemistry, biology; but also - and more so - "non-hard" subjects. Learn poetry, psychology, history, languages ... most of all, ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY, and ALLOW MISTAKES. A little competition doesn't hurt - but if you're having fun (winning is fun of course) you will put in the hours needed.
The world does not need 15 year olds with PhDs in mathematics; it needs 15 year olds who are on track to make a truly meaningful contribution (be it in mathematics, or elsewhere) because they can see a little farther than others - and in different directions.
Help this 11 year old become that 15 year old.
Give him some good books to read, and some olympiad (competition) problems to solve. Of course the choice of books is individual. Much depends on his location/residence. In larger cities you can always find mathematicians who are willing to work with young students, "mathematical circles" etc. But sometimes in smaller cities these can be found too. Search in your (his/her) neighborhood. Sometimes, parents of such children are even willing to change their residence to the place where an appropriate teacher is available.
What matters here is not how to help him/her to fulfill his/her potential, but how to help him/her be happy in life. Being different is not easy to deal with, and often leads to loneliness or social difficulties. If I had such a kid, I'd probably prefer that he/she lived a normal life rather than spending his/her free time dealing with abstractions. Even though the mathematical world is amazingly beautiful, it's not the world we human beings live in. Automorphisms groups of L-functions and prime numbers won't give you love and happiness.
When I play basketball (recreationally of course) I prefer to play with those just slightly better than me because that will push me to the next level. I generally avoid playing with someone who is totally out of my league because not only will I get my ass whooped, I would learn nothing and morale and drive would be depressed for a while - counterproductive to the goal of bettering myself.
You can apply the same strategy to the kid.
Wilmar H. Shiras wrote "In Hiding", a science fiction story about a young boy who was smart enough to make himself appear as a B-grade student, but led another life being incredibly creative, like a super Leonardo da Vinci. I often wish I had done some of the things after the fashion of this young boy, with the self confidence that whatever I did would be of interest to me as well as beneficial to society, without having to worry about being "In Hiding".
I suggest not only not pushing, nor just asking this person to find their own way. I recommend preparing yourself for such people by becoming an ideal mentor. One aspect of this is to have a collection of resources on hand: your main gift as mentor is to hook them up quickly with something potentially helpful. Inspirational stories (for me "In Hiding" was one, although it might not be appropriate for everyone), interesting ideas for projects, other people and fora to involve, occasional reminders that moderation is key (to paraphrase Henry Sanders, don't always believe that "Mathematics isn't everything; it's the ONLY thing!"), and constant modelling of core values (e.g. "It's OK to make mistakes, as long as you fix them", "writing thank you notes is good", "share the credit") are important to being a good mentor. This young person will let you know if they need a coach rather than an advisor, in which case you can switch to training mode with the agreement of everyone involved. Just don't start out in training mode, however much you may want to do so.
If you are a good mentor and friend, and this person does have the potential you believe he does, don't keep reminding them of their potential. Do keep reminding them of the faith you have in their potential greatness, even if it should eventually lie outside of mathematics. This is what I think you should do, as a good mentor and friend.
Gerhard "Treat Everybody As Potentially Great" Paseman, 2013.12.13
Why not suggesting him to play with math software? As a first idea I am thinking about wxMaxima and GeoGebra, both multi-platform and open source. There are more examples, some of them commercial software, you name it. The possibility to experiment with math, with an assistant that draws the graphs for you or performs the repetitive and boring tasks helps the user to buid intuition and get a playful feeling for basic concepts in math.
As Athanakor mentioned, don't push him too much, I think the best way is to provide him the right material, which means you have to choose and guess his interests.
I suggest testing: programming experience, history background in mathematics, and opening him to new fields. He has at least 7 years ahead, there are many things that he can do, the most important is that he know what exists, and what is interesting.
Books. Also, introduction to programming. It is more experimental, and helps a lot with learning new things. For example, trigonometry, functions, maps from the plane to the plane, Mobius maps and such things can be experienced with programming in a natural way.
Wikipedia is great for a brief introduction to a lot of nice mathematics, then there is also Khan academy. In this young age, it is more important to experience the different types of mathematics, and the "fun" mathematics, (problem solving), rather than diving deep down into technical definitions.
Everybody seems have opinions and comments to help him/her to be of great success. I doubt whether this is feasible, My point is that try what you can and leave other things alone.
there are too many variables that you can't deal with. if there do exist such methods that define the process to help him fulfill his potential, then basically everyone on the earth is fulfilling his potential.
Besides, put what you think is the correct thing upon others is always not suggested by me.
Try what you can, and leave other things alone.
Although a bit early at this point, I highly suggest that you encourage him to pursue math research, with the support of MIT's PRIMES-USA program. While I personally have not participated in this program, a number of my mathematically-gifted peers have achieved great success with it (e.g., Jonathan Tidor and Rohil Prasad).
It seems by your description that the kid is already taking undergraduate math classes (number theory), so Gelfand's school would be a step down. If you have some classes in Iran (I think, this is where you are) for math-olympiad type problems, that might be also good. I think you can simply encourage him to take core undergraduate and then graduate math classes your university offers. (Real and Complex Analysis, Combinatorics, Topology, Abstract Algebra, etc.) I know, it was done in the case of this user at University of Oregon so you may want to ask him directly about the experience. In our department we are currently doing this with a 10 year old, who is currently taking upper division real analysis. Lastly, the best math book I can recommend to a kid is Courant and Robbins "What is Mathematics", I do not know if it is translated to Persian though.
Addendum: Two more excellent books at this level, although primarily geometry-oriented: "Geometry and imagination" (by Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen) and 2-volume "Geometry" by Berger. The main reason is that by going straight to university-level classes, the kid might skip much of the geometry which would be a real shame.


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It is time, one day later, for the Madonna faithful to get rid of the woulda, shoulda and coulda sound bites and get behind new coach Doug Taylor.
It is no longer about who wasn't hired, and is all about who was hired.
In case no one has noticed, this Madonna team, as the teams the past four years, has had a ton of expectations heaped upon their broad shoulders.
When people talk about West Virginia Class A football teams, Madonna is mentioned early and often, instead of rarely or not at all.
And, let's face it, that's the way it should be.
That's the way the coaches, players, fans, staff, administration and community should want it to be.
As Taylor spends the next few days or weeks completing his staff, there are a bunch of kids who cannot wait for the Aug. 26 opener at Valley High School.
The Blue Dons will start the season somewhere ranked in the top 10 in the state and will look to make a December appearance at Wheeling Island Stadium.
But, that can only be done through hard work and selfless dedication, and, because of the nature of sports, that may not even be enough.
Remember, the march to the state championship game in 2008 was enhanced because of a missed field goal as time expired.
Sometimes, you need help to get there.
That help was not needed one year later in the 14-0 romp through everyone to the state title, led by coach Bob Kramer.
Now that he has stepped down and Taylor has been hired to roam the sidelines, his help is needed by everyone in the Madonna community to do one of two things - you all either need to push or pull the bandwagon.
You can't do both.
Doing both means too many people around the fringe of the program are fighting about incidental garbage that does not need to be around the program.
After talking to him Friday, Taylor has his eyes wide open about what this job entails and the expectations that come with it.
He knows the kind of job Kramer did to get the program off life support and build it into a fully-breathing Class A power.
His job is now to make that program better.
Easy? No.
Possible? Absolutely.
But, it can only be done with everybody pushing or pulling the program in the same direction - the right direction.
The Madonna higher-ups have done a wonderful job in the past few years to upgrade the facilities - the weight room, wrestling room, coaches office and a multi-purpose room, to name a few.
I would guess that booster support is really high right now, and it should continue that way.
But, frankly, I don't want to hear on a Friday or Saturday Madonna game that this coach is terrible, or you are glad Kramer is gone or anything else of that nature.
That does nothing but tear down a program and that cannot be done while things are looking up.
The truth is, folks, that the athletic programs at Madonna have won state titles in football, baseball, basketball and golf and individual state championships in wrestling and track recently.
There are a lot of good things going on with the Blue Dons.
Expectations are higher than ever and that's a good thing.
Just like a little perspective.
The West Virginia North-South Football Classic was held Saturday night at the University of Charleston's Laidley Field.
Madonna's Connor Arlia and Brooke's Ryan Lazear were members of the North team.
Lazear is headed to Mount Union and Arlia to West Virginia University to be a preferred walk-on.
"I'm absolutely blessed to have been part of great teams at Madonna,'' Arlia told Rick Ryan of the Charleston Gazette. "Great coaches, great people at Madonna. I'm just truly blessed to come through a great system. I have no regrets at Madonna, no regrets.
"It's just great people all through Madonna. A lot of hard work's put in. It's just something about Madonna. You've almost got to be there. There's so much heart in the school, and we've had some great classes (of athletes) come through. I've been very fortunate.''
Edison graduate Mark Rogers, along with coach Mike McKenzie, participated in the Big 33 Classic Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. Rogers is on his way to play football at Division II Tiffin University, which is under the direction of new head coach Gary Goff.
(Mathison, a Weirton resident, is the sports editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and can be contacted at email@example.com).


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COLUMBIANA - After two road games ending in close losses, the Columbiana football team came home to Firestone Park for its week three game against the Steubenville Catholic Central Crusaders.
This was not the home opener the Clippers envisioned.
Steubenville Central showed how dominant it was, outplaying Columbiana in the second half en route to a 35-7 victory on Friday.
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WINNER — Steubenville Catholic Central's Ryan Fletcher heads for a touchdown during Friday's 35-7 victory at Columbiana. -- Brittney Sadler
Columbiana coach Bob Spaite gave credit to Steubenville Central, knowing the Crusaders were going to be a handful.
"We played hard and battled," Spaite said. "That's a very good football team. They put it on some people."
The Clippers (0-3) applied pressure to the Crusaders early in the game when the Crusaders got closer to the end zone.
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Central 35, Columbiana 7
Central 0 14 7 14 - 35
Columbiana 0 0 7 0 - 7
SCC: Porreca 19 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
SCC: Fletcher 27 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: Eavers 37 pass from Davidson (Garofalo kick)
SCC: Jones 9 run (McNamara kick)
SCC: DiCarlantonio 20 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
SCC: DiCarlantonio 45 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
RUSHING: Central 22-38-1 (Jones 6-28); Columbiana 34-105 (Cramer 17-53, Davidson 11-26).
PASSING: Central 17-33-394-4TD-0x (All by Colabella); Columbiana 12-25-116-1TD-2INT (All by Davidson).
RECEIVING: Central (DiCarlantonio 4-79-2, Porreca 2-70-1, Fletcher 5-120-1); Columbiana (Eavers 4-62).
FIRST DOWNS: Central 11; Columbiana 10.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Central 10-90; Columbiana 2-20.
FUMBLES-LOST: Central 1-0; Columbiana 1-1.
On two occasions, both after lengthy drives, the Clippers defense stopped the Crusaders offense, forcing turnovers on fourth down.
"We got good pressure on them," Spaite said. "We did what we wanted to do. The bottom line, they're just a little better at pitching and catching than we are at playing secondary. That's a complement to them."
Spaite also noted the strength of Steubenville Central's offense as well as the first quarter work from Columbiana's defense.
"They have a nice core of receivers," Spaite said. "If the quarterback didn't get rid of the ball, he was on the ground.
"We were hitting him. We were doing everything we wanted to do defensively, except that we just didn't match up well with their receivers."
It would not be until late in the second quarter, however, when Central (3-0) senior quarterback Brenton Collabella connected with senior Aleks Porreca for a 19-yard pass, giving the Crusaders a 7-0 lead. Another Collabella pass, to senior running back Ryan Fletcher for 27 yards, gave the Crusaders a 14-0 halftime lead.
Steubenville Central coach Steve Daley attributed the first half slump to missed plays.
"We tried to attack certain things, and we just couldn't," Daley said. "We just barely got off on making the connections."
Daley also noted the readiness of Columbiana's defense, which held Steubenville Central to just 14 points in the first half, as opposed to 42 or more points that the Crusaders put up in the past two games.
"Give Columbiana credit, they pressured us, and that kind of hurried us a little bit," Daley said. "We're not accustomed to that. First two games out, we score 42 points in the first quarter, so not getting any points there, it makes us a little nervous."
The Clippers made an early attempt to close in during the second half as freshman quarterback Mitch Davidson threw a 37-yard pass to junior wide receiver Eamon Eavers to give them their only score of the game.
Shortly after, though, it was all Steubenville Central, and senior running back Khalil Jones would get the game's only rushing touchdown for nine yards, followed by two passes from Collabella to senior Johnny DiCarlantonio for touchdowns, cementing the Crusaders' victory.
When it seemed that Columbiana had the edge, it would lose focus, something Spaite looks to correct.
"You get back in there, and then you have to tackle in space," Spaite said. "We didn't miss as many tackles as we did last week. We showed signs of being a good team, but we're just not consistent."
Eavers had four carries for 62 yards.
Davidson had 12 completions on 25 attempts and passed for 116 yards, but he was bested by Collabella who went 17-for-33, passing for 394 yards.
Daley gave words of support for the young Columbiana team, seeing improvement.
"They're a young team," Daley said. "From what we saw on film, they're improving. The first two games were close losses, this one not so much. You can definitely see an improvement from week-to-week, and they'll be a good team down the road."
Davidson had some small rushes, but would run for 26 yards in 11 carries. Senior fullback John Cramer ran for 73 yards in 15 carries.
The receiving, however, was Central's strongsuit, as Ryan Fletcher, responsible for one touchdown, finished with 120 yards on five catches.
Daley looks to improve on the pass protection for their next game against Toronto.
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Coach Spaite still showed pride in his team and, contrary to their appearance, was very happy to see an improvement in their discipline.
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While a student, Mead spent much of his time in or around the 49ers athletic department trying to gain experience wherever he could. While with the Sports Information office he was asked to assist in the implementation of Charlotte's live game broadcasts as well as spearhead the 49ers video initiative. He found something he was passionate about, and upon graduation was offered the position he serves in today. While a student, AJ aslo served as the Voice of the Charlotte 49ers Womens Basketball program, a role he served from 2007-11. He graduated with a degree in Communications (focus on Mass Media) and a minor in journalism.
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A BWR reactor core may contain up to 146 tons of uranium. Why does it not form a critical mass when molten? Are there any estimates of the critical mass of the resulting zirconium alloy, steel, concrete and uranium oxide mixture?
If you read Wikipedia page about corium, they say that critical mass can be achieved locally.
But if you are concerned about a critical mass allowing a nuclear explosion, the difficulty in nuclear weapon design, as told here, is to achieve the criticality fast enough. If you do not achieve criticality fast enough, your material heats and its interaction with neutrons decreases, slowing the chain reaction down. And that is with pure ²³⁵U. So basically what happens if criticality happens in a melting nuclear reactor is the release of a lot of heat and radiation, but not in an explosive manner as in an atomic bomb.
The probable answer is that to make a bomb one needs a very special design and very pure U235, in a sphere. So even if a critical mass forms in meltdown, a reactor does not have the geometry and purity for a nuclear bomb. No mushrooms.
But it may continue to heat, acting as a reactor, and the problem is in conveying the heat away without building up steam and hydrogen in order to avoid a chemical explosion.
A nuclear engineer should answer whether the amalgam of all the metals does not allow criticallity. Their plans to first cool the melted reactors and then encase them in sand and cement would imply that they do not expect the melted core to be critical. The fact that with the control rods in place the reactor is no longer critical by design, just has residual radioactivity, argues from conservation of mass that even in melt when the metals will be mixed the same will hold true.
One of the questions often being answered is "why don't meltdowns go supercritical?" ie. "Why don't they create a nuclear explosion?" A good understanding of why they don't provides a good framework to understand why corium should not be critical, and why subcritical can be fairly bad.
Critical mass is more a description of neutron flux than actual mass of material. Perhaps a better term would be critical concentration, but I think "critical mass" sounds better; don't you? In the supercritical mass the fuel can act as moderator and neutron generator. Fission produces mostly fast neutrons which are not absorbed at high probability by fuel nuclei, but if you have enough fuel nuclei this problem is obviated. Some nuclei will absorb fast neutrons and give off slow neutrons, and a gamma ray. Some of the first reactor designs were slurry reactors where finely ground moderator and fuel were mixed together. I suppose if a slurry reactor melted down the corium would be critical. Modern reactors use fuel rods and both solid and liquid moderators.
The fuel in the rods has both an internal and a surface neutron flux. The perfect nuclear reactor would have surface flux where all the fast neutrons escaping the fuel rod were reflected back as slow neutrons. This would allow the fuel to "burn" most efficiently. By arraigning the fuel rods and moderators in an optimal configuration the closest to perfect flux is achieved. If you remove the moderator the fuel is not critical by itself. If you change the arrangement the fuel should go subcritical also. If it were not for the fact that much more fuel is present for the minimal critical configuration it would be so statistically unlikely to even have local areas of critical flux that it would really be impossible. With the overabundance of fuel it is only highly improbable that a local slurry reactor zone could form in the corium blob.
Subcritical neutron flux does not mean that fission has stopped; it only means that fission will eventually drop to the level expected with only spontaneous fission. Depending on how subcritical the reactor is this could take a while.
Several things are required to cause a nuclear explosion. It is not just about mass... In terms of a melt down, perhaps heat is the real issue, because it expands the gap between atoms and this diminishes the target cross section for a neutron to strike, thus lengthening the mean neutron pathway.
Other issues include isotope purity of the fissile mass... Also impurity from decay products like Xenon 135. In a nuclear melt down like Chernobyl for example there was very high Xenon poisoning before the steam/hydrogen explosion which destroyed containment buildings.
Geometry of a critical mass is a further consideration, but given the two points above once it is too hot and contaminated Geometry is the least consideration.
Compression of the critical mass is another and this is related to heat. If the mass were squashed tight or frozen the chances of explosion would be higher. In a nuclear warhead too much Alpha activity raises the temperature and degrades the bomb. With heat in a reactor melt down there is virtually no compression.
Having an effective reflector would increase the chances of a nuclear explosion, but nuclear reactors are not normally configured to reflect neutrons back into the pile. In any case in a melt down the confinement vessel is usually ruptured.
Even if you somehow overcame all this there still has to be sufficient neutron flux and this is totally unlikely. In terms of Neutron Flux one has to ensure that 35-40% of neutrons do not escape the mass to obtain an explosion.
My guess would be that the moderator (normally the water, graphite already would have caused the accident) is missing and that is still vital in a compacted mass. The uranium oxide is not enriched to military grade, but I can't speak for MOx-elements.
Should be difficult to say without some decent figures about leftover UO_2, mass, previous distribution.
I seriously doubt that any realistic reactor will contain 146 TONS of Uranium at any one time.
Even if it did, it'd be so spaced out as to preclude the creation of a supercritical mass (i.e. a mass that leads to a nuclear explosion).
Of course any operational reactor WILL be critical, if it weren't there'd be no chain reaction going on, no sustained fision reaction, no energy output.
if the pressure vessel contained a supper critical mass long enough it could go boom like a nuclear bomb but its more likely to blow the containment before then and lose mass
its about a self compounding reaction that quickly builds on its self if they lost all ability to moderate the reaction a critical mass could be reached much quicker but it still comes down to the containment being intact at the last moment unlikely but some advocates have spoken out about this remote possibility
japan was close to this outcome they had a fizzle type explosion that was more or less a dirty bomb if their containment was stronger they would have likely had a nuclear bomb of some size


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Let $K$ be a local field and $E/K$ an elliptic curve such that the set of $N$-torsion points, $E[N]$, is contained in $E(K)$. For $e$ in $E[N]$, I am interested in finding and expression for the function $f_e$ in K(E) such that $div(f_e)=N(e)-N(0)$. More concretely, I am interested in the values of $f_e$ when restricted to the formal group of $E$. I guess using the Weierstrass preparation theorem could gives us an idea of how $f_e$ can be factored, but what about the coefficients of the series that appear on the product?
I know there is an algorithm, Miller's algorithm, that allows one to compute f_e, but the expression is quite complicate. There is also a $p$-adic analogue of the sigma function, due to Tate, for the case in which E has ordinary reduction, which allows one to find an expression for f_e as a product of these functions. What about the case of super-singular reduction? the general case?
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Austin Tinker floats on flood waters from Tropical Storm Debby in downtown Live Oak, Fla. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey)
Summary Of 500 Pm Edt...2100 Utc...Information
Location...29.5n 78.3w
About 180 Mi...295 Km E Of St. Augustine Florida
Maximum Sustained Winds...40 Mph...65 Km/H
Present Movement...E Or 90 Degrees At 13 Mph...20 Km/H
Minimum Central Pressure...1003 Mb...29.62 Inches
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There Are No Coastal Watches Or Warnings In Effect.
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Satellite Data And Imagery Indicate That Debby Has Lost Tropical
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At 500 Pm Edt...2100 Utc...The Poorly Defined Center Of Post-Tropical Cyclone Debby Was Estimated Near Latitude 29.5
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Debby Is Moving Toward The East Near 13 Mph...20 Km/H.
A General Eastward Motion With A Turn Toward The East-Northeast And An Increase Forward Speed Expected During The Next Couple Of Days.
Maximum Sustained Winds Are Near 40 Mph...65 Km/H...With Higher
The Post-Tropical Cyclone Is Expected To Maintain This Intensity Over The Next Couple Of Days.
Gale-Force Winds Extend Outward Up To 105 Miles...165 Km To The Southeast Of The Center.
The Estimated Minimum Central Pressure Is 1003 Mb...29.62 Inches.
Hazards Affecting Land
Rainfall...Rainfall Associated With Debby Will Continue To Diminish
Across The Florida Peninsula Today. Additional Isolated Rainfall
Amounts Of Up To One Inch Will Be Possible In Some Of The Lingering Rain Bands...Mainly Over Southern Florida.
Next Advisory
This Is The Last Public Advisory Issued By The National Hurricane
Center On This System. Additional Information On The Post-Tropical
Cyclone Can Be Found In High Seas Forecasts Issued By The National Weather Service.
Forecaster Kimberlain
Post-Tropical Cyclone Debby Discussion Number 18
Nws National Hurricane Center Miami Fl
500 Pm Edt Wed Jun 27 2012
Strong Westerly Shear And Dry Air Continue To Take A Toll On Debby.
Ascat Ambiguity Vectors From A 1527 Utc Overpass Suggest That The
Low-Level Circulation Has Become Elongated To The Point That It Is
Now A Sharp Trough Axis Without A Well Defined Center.
In Addition...The System Lacks Enough Organized Deep Convection To Be Classifiable.
On This Basis...Debby Is Now Designated As A Post- Tropical Cyclone.
The Earlier Ascat Pass Had Uncontaminated Winds To 32 Kt...And Noaa Buoy 41010 Had 1-Minute Winds As High As 31 Kt. It Is Assumed That Higher Winds Could Be Occurring In The Remaining
Convection Well Removed From The Center...So Intensity Of The
System Is Estimated To Be 35 Kt.
Based Upon Recent Satellite Fixes...The Initial Motion Estimate Is
095/11...Although This Is Difficult To Determine Precisely Due To
The Poor Definition Of The Center.
Debby Should Be Steered By The Flow On The South Side Of A Deep Trough Covering The Western Atlantic...Even As This Weather System Begins To Lift Out. Once Reaching A Higher Latitude...Debby Is Expected To Feel The Influence Of The Mid-Latitude Westerly Flow And Accelerate Northeastward During The Remainder Of The Forecast Period.
Global Models Are In Good Agreement On This Scenario But Still Differ On The Timing Aspects Of The Forecast. The Gfs Is Substantially Slower Than The Ecmwf/Ukmet Since Its More Southern Initial Heading Keeps It Equatorward Of The Stronger Westerly Flow.
The New Track Forecast Is Slowed A Bit To Account For This Possibility...But Is Essentially Similar To The Previous One.
Large-Scale Models Continue To Show A Relative Decrease In The Shear Over Debby As It Traverses The Central Atlantic Over The Next Day Or Two.
Although An Abundance Of Very Dry And Stable Air Over This Region And Decreasing Sea Surface Temperatures Could Be Factors That Prevent Debby From Regenerating As A Tropical Cyclone...Global
Models Continue To Indicate This To Be A Possibility.
The Official Nhc Forecast Carries Debby As A Post- Tropical Cyclone Throughout The Forecast Period...Though Debby Could Reacquire Tropical Characteristics At Some Point.
Forecast Positions And Max Winds
Init 27/2100z 29.5n 78.3w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
12h 28/0600z 29.4n 76.5w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
24h 28/1800z 29.7n 73.8w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
36h 29/0600z 30.7n 71.0w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
48h 29/1800z 32.1n 68.5w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
72h 30/1800z 35.7n 64.2w 35 Kt 40 Mph...Post-Tropical
96h 01/1800z 40.0n 59.0w 40 Kt 45 Mph...Post-Tropical
120h 02/1800z 46.0n 48.0w 40 Kt 45 Mph...Post-Tropical
Forecaster Kimberlain


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