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| Huchler, L. A., MarTech Systems, Inc., Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Garrison, W., Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, Texas
Resolving critical water supply and quality issues by managing risk and implementing successful solutions
[water management]
Freshwater supply is critical to refinery operations,
although the centralized design makes it a potential
single-point source of failure. Contamination of the freshwater
supply to a refinery is a significant event because it creates
the risks of derating or complete shutdown of the refinery, as
well as damaged equipment.
Managing these risks requires pre-planning to anticipate
potential hazards, as well as intensive management of the
pretreatment water system during these events to reduce the
negative impact on units that use purified water, such as
evaporative cooling water circuits and steam generators. This
article discusses two events that compromised the influent
water supply to a major Gulf Coast refinery and the
refiners response to these incidents.
This Gulf Coast refinery receives freshwater from two rivers
via a canal system managed by the regional water authority. The
refiner stores over 460 million gallons (MMgal)20
days supplyin a holding pond that serves the
refinery influent water treatment facility located
approximately two miles away.
The first event, a structural failure of a transfer pipe in
February 2001, released measureable concentrations of refinery wastewater into the
influent water supply, compromising the entire pretreatment
system. This event sent off-spec water to the cooling circuits.
Despite the malfunctioning demineralizers, refinery personnel
delivered on-spec, demineralized water to the steam generators
(50850 psig) and power turbines without interruption, and
there were no permanent consequences to the pretreatment
systems clarifiers, filters or demineralizers. The
cooling water circuit experienced tube failures in two newly
installed heat exchangers approximately one year following this
event. The root cause of the failures was microbiologically
induced corrosion due to poor bacterial control.
In the second incident, which occurred in September 2008,
the Category 3 Hurricane Ike caused a Category 5-equivalent
storm surge that forced seawater into the refinerys
holding ponds and into the freshwater supply canal for 18
miles. The seawater surge deprived the refinery of freshwater
and prevented a timely restart of operations. The refinery,
protected by a levee system, was not damaged.
As shown in Fig. 1, the holding pond is an unlined basin
with earthen banks that supports water hyacinths and other
naturally-occurring vegetation. The influent clarifier (Fig. 2)
removes suspended solids from the river water, typically
processing approximately 15,000 gallons per minute (gpm). The
majority of the clarified water flows to the cooling towers,
while a smaller portion flows through gravity filters followed
by pressure filters to remove suspended solids (Fig. 3).
Demineralizers then remove dissolved contaminants from the
water. The demineralized water flows to fired and process heat
boilers that generate steam to heat the process and drive
turbines for power generation and other equipment drivers, such
as pumps and fans.
Fig. 1. Holding
Fig. 2. Influent
Fig. 3. Process flow
In early February 2001, a wastewater transfer line suspended
over the earthen holding pond developed numerous leaks,
releasing partially treated wastewater into the refinerys
freshwater supply. Refinery personnel compared the conductivity
of the contaminated pondwater with typical results to assess
the severity of the contamination, and then used the ratio to
predict the increase in the ion loading on the
Other impacts included poor performance of the influent
clarifier, severe fouling of the gravity and pressure filters,
contamination of the cation and fluidized anion units, and
dramatic increases in the fouling and bacterial activity in the
cooling water circuits. Refinery personnel aggressively managed
the operation of pretreatment system assets to prevent off-spec
makeup water from entering the steam generators. However,
controlling the risk of bacterial fouling in the cooling water
circuit was not as successful.
Contamination of the freshwater holding pond continued for
over a week while maintenance personnel repaired the
numerous leaks. After the event, plant personnel replaced the
entire wastewater transfer line.
The most immediate concern was stopping the contamination by
repairing the ruptured transfer line and maintaining a
high-quality demineralized water supply for the steam
generators. Refinery personnel decided not to flush the
contaminated water out of the holding pond because the flushing
procedure would have dramatically increased the concentration
of suspended solids from turbulence created by high flowrates
in an unlined earthen pond. This action could have compromised
the influent clarifier operation.
A preliminary assessment of the plant indicated that the
demineralizer run lengths would be one-sixth of the normal run
length, or four hours. This run length was slightly longer than
the normal regeneration procedure, indicating that operators
would have to continuously regenerate a unit to meet the
current cold-weather demand for demineralized water and steam
Influent clarifier. The influent clarifier
was performing poorly, with high effluent turbidity causing
high pressure differentials in the downstream filters. The
wastewater contaminants were interfering with the clarification
The most logical corrective action, feeding additional
coagulant, was difficult due to a dysfunctional automated feed
system that made precise feedrate adjustments difficult.
Operations personnel depended on the automated system and had
lost the skill and habit of conducting jar tests, the most
common diagnostic test for manual feed control. Another
complication was the lack of reliability of the online turbidity
analyzer, which forced operators to frequently measure
turbidity. Consequently, operators had difficulty predicting
the correct feedrate, and constantly overfed and underfed
chemical. The clarifier efficiency was compromised, and the
downstream filter and demineralizer efficiency were negatively
Several other limitations on the clarifier operation
occurred. During normal operation, this refinery did not feed
an oxidizing biocide (chlorine donor chemical) upstream of the
clarifier to kill bacteria and counteract the dispersant
characteristics of organic contaminants. This refinery also did
not have a chemical feed system for a flocculant that would
have improved the clarifier operation. The cold temperatures
further compromised the efficiency of the coagulation and
settling reactions in the clarifier, and the plant had no
capability to inject steam or divert condensate to the
clarifier inlet stream to improve the efficiency of the
clarification reaction.
Additional investigation revealed two other causes of poor
clarifier performance: a recent pond dredging procedure and a
change to a freshwater source that had higher concentrations of
naturally occurring organic contaminants. Immediately prior to
the wastewater transfer line leak, plant personnel were
conducting an annual dredging procedure to remove vegetation
from the holding pond. The dredging process increases the
concentration of suspended solids in the water. Since the
vegetation normally acts as a sink for hydrocarbon contaminants, disturbing and
removing the vegetation can release additional hydrocarbon contaminants into the
The regional water authority draws water from a primary
source, with occasional additions from a lower-quality,
secondary source. During this event, the freshwater supply had
a larger-than-normal proportion of water from the secondary
source, which increased the concentration of naturally
occurring organic contaminants that reduce the efficiency of
the clarification reaction.
Filters. Pressure differentials across the
gravity and pressure filters increased dramatically during this
event, indicating the accumulation of suspended solids from the
poorly functioning clarifiers. The spent filter backwash water
had a strong septic odor and brown foam, indicating severe
biological contamination.
Operations personnel understood the risks of fouled filters
passing suspended solids downstream to the demineralizers. In
response, they created and immediately implemented a filter
cleaning protocol.
Demineralizers. Despite the intensive
remediation efforts on the upstream filters, some suspended
solids and bacteria reached the cation units. Normal
backwashing during each regeneration cycle was sufficient to
remove the suspended solids from the fluidized cation units.
The packed-bed units required a non-routine, external resin
cleaning procedure. The bacterial contamination was severe; in
one packed-bed cation, the bacteria created a large, black mass
on the surface of the upper resin bed that operators physically
removed during resin cleaning.
Visual inspection of the anion resin and evaluation of the
effluent quality indicated that the old or
conventional fluidized anion unitswhich have only strong
base anion (SBA) resinhad a high rate of organic fouling
from the wastewater contaminants. The packed-bed SBA resin had
low rates of organic fouling because these units have a weak
base anion in a separate compartment that acts as an
organic trap. Refinery personnel designed an
offline cleaning protocol to remove the organic contaminants
from the SBAs. The cleaning procedure was conducted on one
train per day during the event and as needed after the
wastewater transfer line was repaired.
Cooling water systems. The cooling towers
used contaminated clarified water as makeup. The hydrocarbon contaminants acted as
nutrients for bacteria, increasing the risk of fouling and
under-deposit corrosion in the heat exchangers. The appropriate
response, feeding additional oxidizing biocide, proved to be
difficult because, as in all refineries, the responsibility for
water treatment for cooling towers is decentralized. Each
operator at each unit had a different understanding of the
requirements for monitoring and controlling the oxidizing
biocide feedrates, increasing the risk of bacterial fouling and
microbiologically induced corrosion.
After seven days, maintenance personnel repaired all
leaks on the wastewater transfer line and stopped the
contamination of the holding pond. The clarifier operation
rapidly returned to normal. The chemical supplier conducted
feasibility tests for alternate chemical treatment protocols
for the influent clarifier to optimize the effluent quality and
to reduce the risk of compromised effluent quality during
future upsets in raw water quality. The refinery trained
operators to conduct jar tests to improve chemical feed control
for seasonally changing water quality and during system upsets.
Operations personnel developed a preventive maintenance procedure for the online
turbidity instrumentation and installed new chemical feed
After the termination of the leak, the filters continued to
operate with high foaming and poor-quality effluent. Operators
conducted an offline sterilization procedure using an oxidizing
biocide. Following the completion of the final cleaning and
disinfection procedures, the filter operation returned to
Plant personnel requested an analysis of samples of resin
from every demineralizer vessel during the event.
Unfortunately, the results were not available quickly enough to
aid corrective actions. The resin analyses results indicated
that most of the resin was at or near the end of its useful
life and would require replacement to maximize effluent
quality, minimize water and chemical usage, and maximize system
reliability. Following the event,
operations personnel created a proactive resin management plan.
Post-cleaning, the demineralizers operated normally and
produced water according to specifications.
On Sept. 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall near
Galveston, Texas, causing a Category 5-equivalent storm surge
that flooded the coastal areas of East Texas. In anticipation
of the storm, the refinery terminated operations and evacuated
the facility. A levee system protected the refinery from
inundation by seawater, but it could not protect the canal
supplying freshwater, the freshwater storage pond and the
adjacent wastewater storage pond outside the levee boundaries.
Like all refineries using freshwater, the pretreatment plant
could not purify seawater or freshwater contaminated with
measureable quantities of seawater.
The refinerys first priority was to restore the
freshwater supply to the influent water treatment plant to
initiate steam generation. Refinery personnel investigated
several parallel options: restoring freshwater in the canal,
draining the storage pond, desalinating the contaminated water
in the pond and/or canal, and creating a connection to one of
the canal pump stations using temporary piping to bypass the
pond. They decided on the most direct method: bypassing the
large holding pond.
Canal flush. While the canal authority
pumped freshwater into the short section of canal outside the
levee system, the refinery supplied diesel pumps to pump
contaminated water out of the canal. The initial assessment
indicated that the canal flush procedure would require several
Freshwater storage pond. The refinery also
began draining this storage pond by breaking the containment
wall near the second pump station and using temporary diesel
pumps to drain the contaminated water. The limited availability
of diesel pumps and the size of the transfer pipe meant that
the draining and refilling process would require at least a
month before returning the freshwater storage pond to service.
Consequently, refinery personnel investigated alternatives to
bypass this holding pond or desalinate the water in the
Desalination. Refinery personnel contacted
mobile water treatment vendors to evaluate desalination
technologies to expedite the restoration of all or part of the
freshwater requirements. However, the capacity of the available
equipment was smaller than the minimum required capacity of
several thousand gpm. The refinery began to investigate bypass
piping options.
Bypass piping. Plant personnel decided that
the installation of piping to bypass the contaminated holding
pond was the fastest solution to the freshwater problem.
Irrigation pipe, although not a perfect solution due to the
relatively small diameters and thin walls, was readily
obtainable and would provide a portion of the water required to
operate the refinery until larger, stronger pipe became
Within 10 days of Hurricane Ikes landfall, the
refinery installed three 13,000-ft strands of 10-in.-diameter
aluminum irrigation pipe between the canal pump station and the
pump station that had transferred water from the holding pond
to the refinerys influent water treatment plant. The pipe
installation made possible the supply of approximately 40% of
the refinerys boiler makeup water (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4. Bypass pipe
routingirrigation pipe.
Fig. 5. Irrigation
Fig. 6. Bypass pipe
routingHDPE pipe.
Fig. 7. HDPE pipe.
The awareness of risk usually begins during a crisis. The
key to reducing risk is not experience, but rather proactive
management of risk. Managing risk does not start with planning;
it starts with envisioning scenarios that would lead to a
crisis. Operations personnel sometimes regard scenario planning
as pure speculation because it requires personnel, grounded in
their rear-view mirror of experience, to consider the
possibility of events that have never happened and have a low
probability of happening. The process of scenario planning
challenges the boundary between reality and imagination and
requires a temporary suspension of disbelief.
In both cases of water supply contamination, refinery
management had not developed plans for these types of failures.
In the first incident, contamination of influent water supply
by a leaking wastewater transfer pipe, refinery personnel had
not imagined or conducted scenario planning for an event of
this severity. In the second event, refinery personnel had
evaluated the risk of inundation of the freshwater supply
system with seawater in their emergency planning efforts and
identified an option to install a pipe within the levee system
from the refinery water treatment facility to the freshwater
canal. The refiner did not install this bypass piping because
personnel defined this risk as very low; there had been no
known severe seawater inundation in the refinerys
100-year history.
Following each of these events, plant personnel analyzed
shortcomings in the refinery water supply systems and
implemented changes to mitigate the risk of future events. In
response to the first incident, refinery personnel installed
more reliable instrumentation and feed systems, and conducted
training in water chemistry, testing techniques and
troubleshooting. After the second incident, plant personnel
upgraded the 36-in. HDPE pipe to a permanent installation for
use as a future contingency.
More importantly, management successfully fostered a change
in culture. Refinery personnel now have a greater appreciation
of the value of scenario planning and a better understanding of
effective crisis management methods. HP
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Do the flames atop the chanukiya need to be a certain size to be valid? At the extreme, are tiny (but sustained) balls of blue flame sufficient?
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A fire is a fire is a fire - See OH 673(1)
(i.e. even if your lights are poor, your still yotzeh the mitzvah).
That being said, the מצוה מן המבחר is to use materials that will give off a light that is "pure and clean" (Rama, ibid.). The Mishna Berura also something along the lines of what @doubleaa said: The goal here is Persumei Nisa. Hence, if people can't see them, you may have an issue at hand.


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So Im a complete newb when it comes to enterprise level linux distros, and linux servers in general.
I know my way around Most Linux Desktops, but Im going to be setting up a small Linux Server that multiple people would be able to Terminal into (probably through SSH or Putty)
How would I go about doing this (storing the users/passwords and such)....And is there a good FREE distro to do this? I was looking at Ubuntu Server, I was gonna do Centos but im a little bit iffy as their latest release is taking a LONGGG time. (We use Red Hat Enterprise 5.3 at work....but obviously I can't afford that lol)
Thanks all.
edit: Also how do you make like "names" for the server, so instead of 18.104.22.168 (or w/e ip, i just made that one up)
it could be something like tron.dev.sauron.com or something.... (ya im a NUB)


text: How can I upload the tutorials on these new characters from Robot and Monster without uploading a tutorial on one of the main figures. Here is "how to draw Robot Default", step by step. He is also just called Robot, and he is the orange colored mechanical fella that works as a quality control inspector at Blinking Light Factory. Robot is one of those characters that feels like the world is on his shoulders. He has the feeling that there are entities that are keeping him down. He has a brother named Gart, and even though they are related, Gart doesn't help the situation because he says or does nothing to ease his brothers fears and thoughts. Luckily Robot meets Monster and Monster tells him that he believes in him. After the boost of confidence, the two become best friends. For those of you that have watched the series and you like it, this tutorial is going to be easy and fun. Drawing Robot will definitely put a smile on your face. I have to get out of here because there is some stuff I have to get uploaded. Peace out people and enjoy!


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Is it permissible for a Jew to eat meat that isn't treif or forbidden flesh if it was not purchased from a kosher butchery? I was told by a Muslim friend of mine that non-halaal meat (except pork) isn't haraam (forbidden) even if it wasn't slaughtered with a prayer as they do. Is this true in Judaism as well?
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No. A kosher animal must be specifically slaughtered and prepared according to Jewish laws in order for its meat to be kosher.
These laws are very specific, governing the knife used, the method and stroke of the knife, the method for soaking/salting properly, and checking the innards for defects which would render the animal unkosher. If any of these laws are not followed, then the meat is not kosher.
As such, Jews will only buy meat from an individual/store/company that they trust to follow these laws.
Kudos to both answers above; just one more point: after the ainmal is slaughtered by a Jew according to Jewish law, the meat is then inspected, soaked, and salted; then it can be packaged in a reasonably tamper-proof container and shipped off and sold at any general supermarket. So you don't have to go to a "kosher butcher shop" per se.
Hod's answer above is correct. However, to address your point about "a prayer":
One must recite a b'rachah upon slaughtering an animal, which is the typical practice when performing mitzvos (Rambam, Hil. B'rachos 11:15). However, as usual with birkas hamitzvos, the absence of this blessing does not render the slaughtering unfit (Bi'ur HaGra, YD 1:31).
Eldad Ha-Dani, in his account of the religious practices of his claimed Jewish tribe in Africa, wrote that meat slaughtered without a b'rachah is forbidden. However, as the linked Wikipedia article notes, a number of Rishonim have considered his account unreliable (e.g. Ibn Ezra, Commentary to Sh'mos 2:22). Regardless, Eldad's extra-Talmudic requirements in hilchos sh'chitah are not accepted in practice (Bi'ur HaGra, YD 1:30).
To be clear, it is not the blessing that primarily characterizes Jewish slaughter; it is rather the careful attention to the many detailed and subtle laws governing the slaughter of kosher meat, as well as the fact the the slaughterer must be a God fearing and halachically observant Jew.


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MAINS, David E., 62, of Rayland, OH, passed away suddenly Saturday, December 15, 2012, at home.
He was born January 3, 1950, in Steubenville, OH, a son of the late David E. and Judith M. (Dunn) Mains, Sr.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Mains.
David served his country in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He retired in 2001 from the operations department at the Ohio Edison Sammis Plant, where he worked for 22 years. He enjoyed playing cards and watching movies, and before his illness he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Dave loved his sons and grandchildren, nothing meant more to him than his family.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy (Eastham) Mains, whom he married December 7, 1973; two sons, David E. Mains, III of Mingo Junction and Dale Mains of Rayland; three grandchildren, Private First Class Logan Mains, David Mains, IV and Brooke Mains; a brother, Jeffrey Mains of Thailand; two sisters, Melinda (Jerry) Daugherty of Wheeling, WV and Melissa (Jim) Ramsey of Corpus Christi, TX; and his extended family of six brother and sister-in-laws, Eleanor (Richmond) Polito, Robert Eugene Eastham, William (Frostie) Eastham, Debra (Chuck) Snider, Roger (Samantha) Eastham and Linda (Daniel) McCain.
Friends will be received on Monday from 6-8 and also on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Wheeler Funeral Home, 712 Third St., Brilliant, where his funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Pastor Roger Wayne, officiating. Interment with military honors by Dillonvale American Legion Post 529 will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens, Colerain, OH.
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I've got an iPad2 that's supposedly susceptible to the latest encryption hole in iOS 7. However, it's not offering me the update automatically. Where can I go to force it to check for updates?
To check for it manually, go to Settings -> General -> Software Update.
Your device will then check with Apple's servers and let you update if there is newer software available, otherwise it will show you the current version and tell you that you're already up to date.
The update are pushed over the air (OTA) by Apple. There's not much you can do except checking yourself when you know there is an update since the push notification servers have to churn through lists of all the devices they think are needing the update and might have to retry a few times if your device doesn't receive the first message notifying it of a new update.
It's often the case that Apple don't roll out each update to every device in every country at the same time. You may find that it takes a few hours (or even days) to appear as available on some devices. I would suggest trying to update via iTunes which usually allows you to install updates immediately.
imore.com usually has up to date information on releases.
My iPad 2 had an earlier update downloaded that I'd never installed (7.0.4) and Settings -> General -> Software Update didn't offer 7.0.6.
I powered down and booted up, then it downloaded the latest and let me update.


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Do critics review first, second, and third novels differently? And if so, how?
What do critics think is the significance of the birth order of novels?
Interesting question.
For me, a first novel is like an introduction, both for the author to the world of novels and to himself, and for the readership to the author.
Let's consider if the first novel is a complete clanger. Those who read it didn't like it, and not many did read it. It may be that the author thought they could write, wanted to test that theory, and with the complete failure of the book, decides not to pursue the hobby further. This isn't even a one-hit wonder, it's a one-hit miss.
Alternatively, the author takes on board comments received about why the book was rubbish, and pursues writing a second novel. In other words, the author views their first novel as a stepping stone, a learning process to move onto bigger and better things. This makes the first novel part of a bigger learning process.
However, when the first book is a success, this comes with its own set of problems; in some ways, you're in a more difficult spot than someone whose first book flopped.
For example, your book has been published in a particular genre, dealt with certain themes, had a particular style. These now have placed some boundaries on the author, particularly because it's likely you'll feel some pressure from the publisher to follow up on the success on the first.
Do you write something similar for your second? The publisher wants something as good, the readership you've gained may be expecting something similar. But how do you differentiate it enough to not be accused of simply copying your first work, yet still appeal to the same readership?
Do you stay in the same genre? Some genres are notoriously difficult to break out of e.g. science-fiction. If you have a readership that enjoyed your science-fiction novel, and suddenly your second book is a romance, your publisher may be at a loss to market you, and your readership will be terribly confused.
Therefore, for me, the first novel is an introduction to an author: their style, favoured genre, themes, etc. It's like meeting someone for the first time, and you get a general idea of what they're about. All I really expect this time is a good story well told.
What I expect from the second novel would be something similar, but different enough to show me that the author is versatile to not repeat past success be copying the same formula. I want to see progression from the author, too: depth, new characters, better detail, more writing skill. If you met someone for a second time, and they were completely and utterly different from the person you thought you knew, most of the time you'd be confused.
Unfortunately, many first time successful novelists spend a lot of time and effort on their first work, but when it's successful, they think they can duplicate that success by using a similar formula. This almost always fails in the sense that the writer hasn't grown, and it's likely that their audience won't, either.
So, I suppose you could say that the critical difference between the first and second, then, is one of expectation: from the readership, the publishers, even the author himself.
Beyond the second novel, I would say that the third is probably what cements your career: were the first two just flukes? Can you sustain it? Also, as you start writing more novels, you can sometimes become a bit freer in tackling other subjects, perhaps under a different name, like Ian Banks does when he writes science fiction as Ian M. Banks.


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1 Feb 2013 5:44 PM #1
Grid RowExpander - Some Trick to wrap text?
Following along with the existing example:
I liked the idea of expanding a row to show a block of text, and so I was following the above example. I created a RowExpander that is practically a carbon-copy of what is in the example, however while the text in the example wraps in the Grid, the text in my application goes straight off to the right, no wrapping or '...' to indicate additional text either.
I'm not sure why the text would wrap in the example, yet not for my own grid. My grid was occupying the center area of a border layout container, thus expanding to the full available size, but sticking it in the western region and limiting its size still exhibited the same problem.
Is there some trick here I am missing? I'm using GXT 3.0.1 with GWT 2.4. The Grid itself is just 3 text columns + 1 for the row expansion column.
Thanks for any insights.
2 Feb 2013 11:41 AM #2
Can you share some code as a runnable sample? Or maybe try modifying that example EntryPoint with some of your own details, and see which change causes the wrapping to stop happening?
The linked url is compiled from GXT 3.0.1 and GWT 2.4.0 as well, suggesting that the difference in either in your code, your .gwt.xml file, or your .html file.
4 Feb 2013 11:24 AM #3
I poked at it some more this morning and I've discovered the root cause.
I was testing this feature using a block of contiguous text "abcabcabcabc" whereas the text in the example was composed of "word space period word word word". The latter wraps as one would expect, the former does not wrap at all. A little odd, but at least I know why it is happening now.
5 Feb 2013 4:16 PM #4
I suspect the problem here is that the browser doesn't know how to wrap a word that is so long - how do you decide where the syllable ends to insert a dash (especially when the word is "abcabcabcabc")?
I'm not sure we can come up with an general answer for this - do you expect this to be a use case in your app? My starting point would be to look at the TextMetrics class, and measure how large the text is. You may be able to instruct it that the max width should be some fixed value (say, 200px), and ask then if the text is *still* too wide to fit. Beyond that, you'd need to find the long word, and somehow hyphenate it in such a way as to keep it readable.


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William E. "Willie" Perkins, 79, of Nebraska City, formerly Hamburg, Iowa, died Nov. 27, 2012 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln. Willie was born on April 9, 1933 in Riverton, Iowa, to George and Sylvia (Holt) Perkins.
Willie had worked at Otoe Concrete, Morton House Kitchens, and Ocoma Foods, all in Nebraska City, and the former Interstate Nurseries in Hamburg.
He is survived by niece Debbie Oberle of Jesup, Iowa; nephew Kevin Perkins of Houston, Texas; and step-nephew Steve Barrett of Billingham, Wash.; and many, many friends.
He was preceded by brothers George Perkins, Jr. and Lawrence Perkins.
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5 Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers
Sure, you could improve yourself the normal way, with hard work and years of slow, incremental progress. Or you could use some of your body's built-in cheat codes and just hack your way to awesometown.
These hacks come with various degrees of difficulty, but no risk or potential for injury. And actual scientists say that all of them work.
#5. Remember Long Lists With a "Memory Palace"
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The human brain sucks at remembering lists. Think about it: When you go to the grocery store, how many items can you manage before you have to write them down? Three? Five? For most of us, if there's any more than that, we're going to get back home and find out we forgot the milk (which by the way was the whole fucking reason we went to the store in the first place).
That's weird, because there are other things in life we have no problem with. For instance, we don't have much trouble remembering the locations of a hundred different spots around town, even if we don't know the addresses (do you even know the street address of your favorite coffee shop?), or the locations of a thousand items around the house. Sure, you couldn't write them all down, but if a friend asks you where they can find a flashlight, you're probably going to have an answer. If only there was a way to exploit this strength to overcome the other weakness ...
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There's only so much room on the human body to write it all down. Unless you constantly eat, we guess.
The Hack:
You're able to find your way around because a whole lot of your mental horsepower is devoted to spatial memory -- learning the layout of your environment. And there is totally a way you can tap into it as a hack to remember long lists. So-called memory champions have been doing it forever. They call it creating a memory palace.
Here's how it works: You pick a familiar place that you know well and can imagine without much problem -- the inside of your house, the layout of your neighborhood, whatever. You then imagine yourself walking along a specific route in that place and associate an item on your list with each location.
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"Shit, that reminds me, I'm out of chloroform."
So let's say you're trying to remember a long grocery list, and you choose to use your neighborhood to mentally visualize it. You could imagine the first item on your list -- condoms -- scattered willy-nilly along your driveway. The next thing on your list might be beer -- you could picture your neighbor passed out drunk on his lawn, pants down, if you want. Next up is frozen pizza, so you picture pizza pies replacing all the windows at your drunk neighbor's house. Let your imagination do the hard work for you -- the more ridiculous/striking the image, the easier it'll be to remember.
It all sounds like a ridiculous extra step, but you soon realize how incredibly easy it suddenly makes it to recite a list. You're simply forcing the spatial memory part of your brain to help out. And you can start doing it at any time -- the memory palace (or method of loci) memorization technique isn't something that requires years of practice. In one 1968 study, college students were asked to memorize a list of 40 items by associating each item with a specific location around campus. Not only were the students able to memorize an average of 38 of the 40 items, but the next day they were able to name 34 of the original list (and that was in 1968 -- imagine how much more they would have remembered if the kids hadn't been on so much pot).
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"Two. I can remember two things."
In another study, German senior citizens were also asked to memorize a list of 40 words by associating each word with Berlin landmarks. Before using the method, they could only recall an average of three words. After associating the German word for "father" with the Berlin zoo, for example, participants could remember an average of 23 words from the list. Oh, and you don't have to have one location for each list item, either. In yet another study, subjects just took their imaginary walk twice and were still able to remember 34 of the 40 items. Seriously, go try this.
#4. Retain Information by Spacing Out the Reminders
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The hell of trying to learn anything is that time randomly wipes important information you've committed to memory -- you can't remember the Pythagorean theorem, but you remember the base stats of 649 Pokemon. This is why so many of us wind up cramming at the last minute for exams -- it's not just procrastination, it's fear that if we study a month ahead of time, we'll forget part of it by exam day. So our only answer is to cram everything into our short-term memory, knowing that we'll lose it right after the test. A hundred grand in tuition well spent!
No, what we need is a way to retain information for the long haul, without doing a lot of work. In other words, we need a scientific method to arrive at the exact minimum amount of time and energy we need to successfully retain important information.
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"Much better: 15 seconds to remember that I need to change the batteries in my stopwatch."
The Hack:
There is a measurable process by which your brain drops information, a "forgetting curve." If you want information to stick, there's a specific hack you can do to work around it. It takes a bit more practice than the memory palace thing above, but if your job or degree depends on it, it's worth it. Basically, it's a matter of figuring out the rate at which your brain forgets things and adapting to it. They call it spaced repetition, and here's an animated gif showing off the simplest form:
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There you go. You are now a memory master.
So let's say you're trying to learn Spanish, and you're going to have a big final on it in four months. The most rudimentary way to practice spaced repetition is to put the words you need to learn on note cards with the English on the front and the Spanish on the back (flash cards, basically) and get three boxes (or create three piles, if you don't have any boxes sitting around) marked:
1. Every Day
2. Every Week
3. Once a Month
The labels tell you how often you're going to look at the flash cards. "What?" you say, "I don't got time to be studying this shit every day! Besides, I know I can hold this stuff in my brain longer than that!" Right, you probably can. This method will tell you exactly how long. That's the point: to arrive at the exact bare minimum amount of time you need to study.
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"Well, maybe we can make an exception just this time and study for a couple more hours."
So, the first time you study, yes, you drill yourself with all of the flash cards. The ones you get right you promote to the Every Week pile. Ones you get wrong go in the Every Day pile. The next day you try it again, but now you've got a smaller pile. The next day, it will be smaller still. A week later, you'll try the Every Week pile again, and the ones you get right you stuff into the Once a Month pile. You're just filtering this shit right on down the line, giving yourself less and less to do.
A month later, you go through the Once a Month pile to make sure you remember it. The stuff you've forgotten goes into the weekly rotation again. See what you're doing? You're figuring out the exact rate at which this stuff falls out of your brain. Breezing through that monthly box? Great, make it every two months. The spans of time are flexible (conversely, if you have an exam or presentation in two weeks, you can shorten the whole process -- make your three piles Daily, Every Other Day, Every Three Days).
If that still sounds too complicated, a Polish psychologist named Piotr Wozniak created computer software that does it for you:
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Charts are scientists' way of smugly yelling "suck it" at you.
That's just an example graph; yours will be different. But yes, it works. Wozniak actually conducted an experiment on himself by memorizing thousands of nonsensical syllables ... and found that he could repeat the list three years later. So when you're walking around the city and you see filthy people mumbling nonsense syllables to themselves all day, this is probably what they're doing. Ask them about it!
#3. Write It Out (Even if You Don't Read It Later)
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Quick! When was the last time you held a pen and wrote something? It was probably while signing a receipt, wasn't it? A note you left on the parked car you dinged at the mall? Child support checks? In this age of smartphones, constant texting, and spending half our waking hours online, most of us have lost the gentle art of holding a pencil and scratching out ransom notes the old-fashioned way. Which is too bad, because if you want information to stick in your brain, you need to write that shit out by hand.
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"Punching babies is wrong. Punching babies is wrong. Punching babies is wrong."
The Hack:
The act of handwriting actually engages neural activity that you don't get by hammering on a keyboard. During an experiment at Indiana University, preschool kids who were learning the alphabet were separated into two groups. The first group was shown letters and told what they were, while the second group had the additional task of practicing writing the letters. When the kids were put into a "spaceship" (an MRI machine), the brains from the writing group lit up like somebody had crammed a road flare into their ears. Their neural activity not only was more enhanced, it was more "adult-like," which we presume means they later asked researchers to check their cholesterol levels while they were there.
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"I'm sorry, but you only have two weeks to live. Hahaha! Just a little joke we like to tell the kids."
In other words, it seems to be the same principle as the memory palace thing above -- forcing another part of your brain into the action to help out with memorization. We invented keyboards because typing is way easier and faster than writing, but making it faster means we're losing handwriting's unique ability to imprint information in our brain. So those flash cards we had you make above? Get a pen and write that shit out instead of printing it off your computer. Watch your score improve.
A 2008 study proved that this works especially well when you're doing something that involves learning unfamiliar characters, like some computer languages, or sheet music, or Japanese. Again, making your fingers draw out the shape engages a completely different part of your brain than if you're just staring at it on a screen and saying, "Remember this, goddamnit!"
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"And don't you even think about getting up until you know astrophysics."
But of course your brain is good for more than memorizing stuff. For instance, this next hack is for those of you with rage problems ...


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1. Load / Paste any text.
2. Place a bookmark somewhere
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How to find back from generating function $\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}(Q(x)\frac{z^m}{m!})$ to $Q$?
In other words, find $Q$ from $\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}(Q(x)\frac{z^m}{m!})$.
finally is generating function depends on $x$ and $z$
Update The reason for this backward action, is forward action from dsolve differential equation solved as special function such as kummer, even convert to ratpoly also can not be success
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$\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}(Q(x)\frac{z^m}{m!})$ = 2/(Pi*(exp(x/z)+exp(-x/z)))
how subs(z=0, diff(f, z$k)) when z is denominator? how many times should we diff ?
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What is your favorite example of categorification?
There are a bunch; I don't know that I have a favorite. Here's one for now:
The free commutative monoid functor is a categorification of the exponential function.
Edit: I have been asked to explain this, so I will. We'll interpret "commutative monoid" in any cocomplete symmetric monoidal category $C$ where $\otimes$ distributes over colimits (each $X \otimes -$ preserves colimits); the simplest way of ensuring that is to assume the category is symmetric monoidal closed.
Then, at the level of formulas, the free commutative monoid is
$$\exp(X) = \sum_{n \geq 0} X^{\otimes n}/\mathbf{n!}$$
where $\mathbf{n!}$ is the categorifier's notation for the symmetric group $S_n$, and we divide out by the canonical action of the $S_n$ on $X^{\otimes n}$.
There is an awful lot more to say about the categorified analogy, but I'll just say one. Using the hypotheses on the symmetric monoidal category $C$, the object $\exp(X)$ carries a commutative monoid structure, and in fact it is the free commutative monoid on the object $X$ (think of the symmetric algebra for the category $C = Vect$, for instance). Like any free functor, the left adjoint $\exp$ preserves colimits, for example coproducts. What is the coproduct of two commutative monoids (in the category of commutative monoid objects)? Their tensor product in $C$! Thus, we arrive at the exponential law
$$\exp(X + Y) \cong \exp(X) \otimes \exp(Y)$$
and this has many applications.
The move from betti numbers to homology groups.
Although this might not fit super tightly with the usual modern examples of "categorification" (in the way that say a monoidal category is a categorification of a monoid), it is probably the first and most important example of a concept being categorified, allowing for notions such as functoriality, naturality, etc. to flourish. [No way for a continuous map between spaces to induce a map between betti numbers! The old days before functoriality!].
Here's another example: the functor which maps a group to its classifying space is a categorification of taking the reciprocal.
Edit: The idea is that the total space $EG$ of the classifying bundle of $G$ is contractible and a cofibrant replacement of the point $1$ on which $G$ acts freely. Thus, the construction $BG = EG/G$ is taking a stack-y quotient $BG = 1//G$.
There is a bit more to this idea than may first appear; let me take a related example (which may appear to have some Eulerian "wishful thinking" in it, but have a little faith here!). One way of taking the reciprocal is to pass to a geometric series, so that one suggestive notation for the free monoid construction
$$\sum_{n \geq 0} X^{\otimes n}$$
(in a suitable monoidal category; see my other comment on categorifying exponentiation) is a categorified reciprocal $1/(1 - X)$. We can apply this idea in group cohomology for a group $G$ as follows: think of $\mathbb{Z}$ as being an abelianized point, and consider a standard $G$-free resolution of $\mathbb{Z}$ such as the normalized homogeneous bar resolution, which we can think of as an abelianized $EG$. In one way of constructing this bar resolution (see e.g. Hilton-Stammbach p. 217), the degree $n$ component of $EG$ is
$$\mathbb{Z}G \otimes IG^{\otimes n}$$
where $IG$ is the augmentation ideal, i.e., the kernel of the augmentation map $\varepsilon: \mathbb{Z}G \to \mathbb{Z}$. As a bare module (or seen in degree 0), $IG$ can be seen as an abelianized "$G - 1$". However, in the differential-graded world, it is better to think of it as in degree 1, and this degree 1 shift $\Sigma IG$ can be seen as a categorified "$-IG = 1 - G$" (this may make more sense in the "super-world"; see for example my old notes on the Lie operad when I was doing some work with Saunders Mac Lane, or consider for example the occurrence of signs in the Euler characteristic). So now the total space of the bar resolution $EG$ is the sum of the degree $n$ components
$$\mathbb{Z}G \otimes \sum_{n \geq 0} (\Sigma IG)^{\otimes n}$$
which is an abelianized categorified form of $g \cdot \sum_{n \geq 0} (1 - g)^n$ which is formally $1$ by the geometric series. Very similar types of categorified geometric series constructions occur in Joyal's theory of species (see especially his article on virtual species in Springer LNM 1234), which constructs the Lie operad by categorified constructions [if you read between the lines!], and in the bar resolution for operads as discussed by Ginzburg-Kapranov; I tried to amplify this in my notes on the Lie operad.
Just to put one final gloss on this: consider the Schubert cell decomposition of projective space as a finite geometric series. For a field $k$ we have
$$\mathbb{P}^{n-1}(k) = \frac{k^n - 1}{k - 1} = 1 + k + k^2 + \ldots + k^{n-1}$$
(the '$1$' in the numerator is a zero vector, and the denominator is nonzero scalars $k^\ast$). We can pass to a limit and get infinite-dimensional projective space. Keeping in mind that degree shifts introduce some sign changes in the geometric series, the infinite-dimensional projective space $\mathbb{RP}^\infty$ would be a model of the homotopy quotient $1//\mathbb{R}^* \simeq 1//\mathbb{Z}_2$.
The classical BGG resolution as a categorification of the Weyl character formula.
Grassmannian varieties as categorifying (q-)binomial coefficients.
The Monster Vertex Algebra (aka the Moonshine Module) categorifies Klein's $j$-invariant, in the sense that it is a graded vector space whose graded dimension is the $q$-expansion of $j-744$. More generally, vertex operator algebras often categorify modular functions and (quasi-)modular forms. This has something to do with invariance properties of torus partition functions.
The Monster Lie Algebra categorifies the Koike-Norton-Zagier $j$-function product identity, in the sense that the Weyl-Kac-Borcherds denominator formula of the Lie algebra is precisely this identity. More generally, physicists seem to use constructions with words like "BPS states" and "D-branes" in a way that categorifies automorphic forms on higher rank orthogonal groups (but I don't how it works).
I like one of the simplest and most well known examples: the category of finite sets and
The plethystic monoidal product, or the substitution product of Joyal species, as a categorification of functional composition.
Here's an example I learned from Todd Trimble. Recall that the degree $k$ part of the exterior algebra on a vector space $V$ of dimension $n$ has dimension ${n \choose k}$, and similarly the degree $k$ part of the symmetric algebra has dimension ${n+k-1 \choose k} = \left( {n \choose k} \right)$. So one can think of these constructions as categorifying binomial coefficients. More precisely, the exterior algebra categorifies its Hilbert series $(1 + t)^n$, and the symmetric algebra categorifies its Hilbert series $\frac{1}{(1 - t)^n}$.
But there's more! The duality between the Hilbert series above manifests itself in the identity $\left( {-n \choose k} \right) = (-1)^k {n \choose k}$, which categorifies to the following statement: "the exterior algebra is the symmetric algebra of a purely odd supervector space." So isomorphisms in the category of supervector spaces categorify identities involving negative binomial coefficients.
A small example, but I think it's nice. The generating function $C(t) = \sum_{n \ge 0} \frac{1}{n+1} {2n \choose n} t^{2n}$ of the Catalan numbers is defined by the identity $C(t) = 1 + t^2 C(t)^2$. So one might try to find a "Catalan object" in some category satisfying an isomorphism generalizing this identity. One can take the corresponding combinatorial species in the sense of Joyal, but another choice is to take the invariant subalgebra of the tensor algebra of the defining representation of $\text{SU}(2)$!
The empty category is a categorification of the empty set :-))
The sphere spectrum as categorification of the integers, as remarked in a comment of Thomas Kragh below his answer here, and which I believe is due to Joyal.
Hm, that's a lot of answers from me. Should I stop now, or keep going?
Of course, my favorite example is the $2$-category of $2$-tangles (defined below) is a categorification of the category of tangles. The category of tangles is a monoidal category with objects that correspond to the non-negative integers, morphisms are generated by $|$, $\cup$, $\cap$, $X$ and $\bar{X}$. In this $1$-category, the Reidemeister moves (and zig-zag and $\psi$-move) are identities.
In the $2$-category of $2$-tangles, the $2$-morphisms are generated by $\{ \} \leftrightarrow O$ (birth or death), $| \ |\leftrightarrow \stackrel{\cup}{\cap}$ (saddle), and the aforementioned five Reidemeister moves (I, II, III, zig-zag, and $\psi$). These are subject to the full set of (35 or so) movie moves. The $2$-category of $2$-tangles is a braided monoidal $2$-category with duals. In fact, it is the free braided monoidal $2$-category with duals on one self-dual object generator (Baez and Langford).
Okay then, here's another. 2-Hilbert spaces as a categorification of Hilbert spaces, and the categorified Gram-Schmidt process (which I first learned from James Dolan).
This may be used to derive a $\mathbb{Z}$-linear basis for the representation ring of $S_n$ that consists of permutation representations, hence a combinatorial alternative to the basis consisting of irreducible representations. The reference above sketches how this works in the case $Rep(S_4)$.
The canonical example in my mind is:
Sets ~> vector spaces ~> linear categories
This is not so trivial -- it is relevant to the topic of extended TQFTs.
I don't know if I have a favourite either, but here's another one:
crossed modules in $Grp$ are strict 2-groups aka group objects in $Cat$ aka category objects in $Grp$.
The category of groupoids as a categorification of the ring of rational numbers. See this MO question and this n-category cafe post.
Is it perverse to just quote the original inception by Crane?
An obvious nice collection would be the paper with Yetter on examples of Categorification.
However, I actually like another Paper of Yetter's better in this direction; categorical linear algebra.
Also, Rosenberg's Noncommutative spectrum is a categorification: pdf-link. Not in the strict sense, but "morally". That would be undoubtedly my favorite.
In my limited experience of categories, I liked Quillen's notion of homotopy fibre (his paper Higher Algebraic K-Theory I) for a functor between categories modelling the homotopy fibre of any map.


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Hi, my question concerns the Picard bundles in the special case of an elliptic curve $E$, say over the complex numbers. Let $p$ and $q$ be the projections of $E \times E$.
One defines the $n$-th Picard bundle ($n$ an integer) as follows: take the line bundle associated to the divisor $n$ times O (the point zero weighted with $n$) on $E$, pull it back via $p$, tensor it on $E \times E$ with the Poincaré bundle, and then take the direct image of this under $q$.
Does anybody know whether one can say explicitly what the result of this construction is in the special case of an elliptic curve? (one usually defines the Picard sheaves for general curves and uses the jacobian, see the book of Birkenhake Lange, Complex abelian varieties)
Thanks a lot!


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The final revelation iphone5? What?
The final revelation iphone5? What?
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What what?
@90mcg112: Some news about iphone5
Call 911. The excitement on this one has me quite giddy.
Who's on first?
@90mcg112: What's on second?
I have no idea what this question is about. I'm satisfied with my iPhone 4 for now.
how bout those Bears? they're going all the way this year. what what
@w00tgurl: Da Bears!
@carl669: Crap, you stole my line!
Do not put stock in the preseason. The Bears were 0-4 last year. Based on that would you have predicted they would be in the NFC Championship game?
Go Pack!
@packmanv29: STEELERS BABY!
@nate800: Lost to who in the Super Bowl???? Oh yeah, THE PACKERS!!!!
According to the report abroad, Apple will launch the iPhone5 at IFA this week, it may be true of the new iPhone5 appeared on youtube. The iPhone5 is expensive, you can see AirPhone.


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Friday, November 5, 2010
This Is Love: Edelman Sutton Knee Boots
When Andrew showed up this morning with these boots, explaining that they were a gift for all of my recent hard work, I did that thing where my eyes got all crinkly and teary eyed and my nose instantaneously snotted up.
He even remembered that I wear a size six and a half, because he's pretty much mastered the The Art Of The Perfect Husband.
I'm so lucky it makes me sick.
And he's good in bed, too.
17 comments:
- Life in Rehab said...
Whoa.....ten years ago I would have died for those. Nice job, Andrew!
- November 5, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Steven Anthony said...
Love them...so hot!
- November 5, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Miss Chelsea said...
I'm jealous!
Of the boots... not the other parts, that would just be awkward
- November 5, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Melissa @ Life on Prairie Creek said...
Hot stuff! What a great husband.
- November 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Deb said...
Brian would never buy me shoes. He thinks I have I have too many as it is. But I can totally relate with your last comment, so I'll give my hubby a pass. Sometimes you gotta take what you can get ;)
- November 5, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Brahm (alfred lives here) said...
Woo hoo! Husband of the week for sure... those are amazing!
- November 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Kelly said...
(accidently deleted this!)
Kellie Collis has left a new comment on your post "This Is Love: Edelman Sutton Knee Boots":
Those boots are to die for! And your husband has got to be the sweetest of them all. Enjoy the beautiful day, Kellie xx
- November 7, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- micah @ the yellow front door said...
You are one lucky lady ;) Those boots are amazing!
- November 7, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Kelly said...
Thanks, Micah!
- November 7, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Carol said...
Love.those.sexy.boots. 'nough said!
- November 7, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Kelly said...
Thanks, lady!
- November 7, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- Vonda said...
WOW, I'm continually impressed with Andrew! What a sweetheart! He did a great job picking out some sassy boots there lady!
- November 8, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- Lisa said...
What a good guy!
- November 8, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Cara said...
HI Kelly! I just bought these in black suede! LOVEEEEE them!! PLUS, they are actually comfortable!
<3 Cara
PS. A Giveaway is going on @ Lilac and Grey...HINT HINT: "KEEP CALM"
- November 9, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- chacha said...
Love them! I am always worried though about being short and knee high boots. I am also a 6.5 and I feel like that's kinda big for a 5-footer. Maybe it's normal? Or do we have proportionally large feet?
- November 11, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Kelly said...
I totally never thought of that! I actually always thought my feet looked TOO small. That's so funny, Chacha!
Cara, we're twins!!!
Lisa, yes. Yes.
- November 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Hello, love them, what color are they called?
- November 10, 2012 at 10:48 PM


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This question already has an answer here:
On my laptop the eject button for the CD/DVD drive is placed in a very unfortunate position and I hit it a dozen times per day and the tray pops out. I found many solutions which seemed to work for other people:
man eject:
-i on | 1 | off | 0
This option controls locking of the hardware eject button. When enabled, the drive will not be ejected when the button is pressed. This is useful when you are carrying a laptop in a bag or case and don't want it to eject if the button is inadvertently pressed.
This seems to be exactly what I need.
eject -i on successfully returns:
CD-Drive may NOT be ejected with device button
However, hitting the device button still ejects the drive. As suggested in another answer invoking
echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock
did not help either,
lock already contains 1. The information from
/proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info suggests that locking is possible:
drive name: sr0
drive speed: 24
drive # of slots: 1
Can close tray: 1
Can open tray: 1
Can lock tray: 1
Can change speed: 1
Can select disk: 0
Can read multisession: 1
Can read MCN: 1
Reports media changed: 1
The cdctl tool is not in the Debian repository and it does not build on my system.
How do I lock my drive so that hitting the hardware switch on the drive would no pop out the drive?


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- "...he was having enough difficulty seeing the one Bludger with which they were practising; a minute into the practice it almost unseated him and he had to use the Sloth Grip Roll to avoid it."
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The Sloth Grip Roll is a Quidditch tactic where the player hangs upside on their broomstick, holding tightly with their hands and feet to avoid an incoming Bludger.
In 1995, Quidditch Captain Angelina Johnson taught the Gryffindor Quidditch team this move. Harry Potter mastered it quickly and used it during a practice to avoid a Bludger. He hoped that Angelina would be impressed by this, but the unfavourable weather conditions at the time made it so that hardly anyone could see what any of the other players were doing.[1]
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Matcha GelatoA Matcha version of a classic sweet and cold Italian ice cream, our Matcha Gelato is as simple to make as mix, chill, and let harden! A great treat for any occasion, this gelato is completely perfect for a hot summer day.
Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha........................ 1 tbsp
Milk.................................................................. 2 cups
Granulated Sugar........................................... 1/3 to 2/3 cup
Condensed Milk.............................................. 1/3 cup
Grapes............................................................ 1 bunch
Note: This recipe is originally designed for Japanese tastes. Once you are done combining all the ingredients, taste the gelato base before letting it harden. If it is not sweet enough for you, add some more sugar and condensed milk in equal parts.
- Add some warm water to the Matcha (approximately 1 tablespoon) and mix until it is a smooth paste without any lumps.
- Slowly mix the milk into the Matcha little by little. Transfer to a pot on the stove over low heat. Mix in the sugar and condensed milk. Simmer together, whisking and make sure to not let the milk boil.
- Strain the mixture through a fine strainer (such as a Matcha strainer) into a sheet pan. Place in the freezer to chill and set.
- While it is setting, remove it from the freezer a few times and stir it with a whisk. This will insure the final gelato is light and airy in addition to being creamy.
- When fully set, peel a few grapes, mix them into the gelato, and serve in a glass.
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I want to know if there is anyone who has tried installing and running their kernel built with flashcache or bcache for SSD caching?
How did you manage to do it?
I want to know if there is anyone who has tried installing and running their kernel built with flashcache or bcache for SSD caching?
How did you manage to do it?
Well, we got a bcache answer but no flashcache answer. I chose flashcache because I already had an existing installation, so bcache was out of the question. To me it seemed easier to set up as well. I chose the DKMS method so I wouldn't be stuck rebuilding the module/tools every time I got a kernel upgrade.
These steps are outlined in README-DKMS on Github.
Building the Module
Creating a flashcache device
(In this example I use writeback caching -- the default -- but flashcache can do writearound and writethrough as well)
Caching a non-root (not mounted at /) device
Caching your root device
There are a few more steps if you're caching your root device. You will need an Ubuntu LiveCD/USB for this section.
Caveats when using the root device
One minor annoyance when flashcache is used for the root device is that grub-probe fails to detect the root device and can mess up your boot menu so that you have two Ubuntu entires. But, it shouldn't matter which you use in all reality since the
There is a conversion tool for enabling bcache on an existing device (disclosure: I wrote it). It's also the way to go for fresh installs, since current distro installers don't know how to create bcache devices (in which case: start by installing to the HDD).
See converting your root filesystem to bcache in the
bcache requires Linux 3.10 or newer, which is in saucy, and can be manually installed from
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=M;O=D (look for the newest tagged release, currently
Prior warning: bcache can not be used for your existing Ubuntu installation. If you need SSD caching for your operating system you should wait for a future or special version of the Ubuntu installer which could set up your SSD cache. See this answer by Oli here: Does bcache require a fresh installation?
For everyone else who wants a bcache drive for non-OS data:
The first thing to do is upgrade your kernel if your using 13.04 or older using the kernel mainline PPA. Instructions for using this can be found here:
Make sure you select the 3.9 or higher kernel when booting or it won't work and your drive will disappear.
Install bcache-tools, at the moment you will have to install from the git repository:
If you manage to package
Once you have all the tools in place, you're ready to try and follow the guide here:
This guide shows how to format the drives (SSD AND hard drive) and then attach them together to make a new device block using bcache. Post a comment if you find the instructions confusing and I'll update this answer with simplifications.
i thought I would come here and comment on what occurred to me when I installed a new kernel. I was using flashcache for my /home/ folder partition only. I installed a new kernel, booted into it and it stopped during bootup and said it couldn't find /dev/mapper/home_cached, there are 3 choices you have when you recieve this message and I choose the option to log in as root and attempt to fix it. I first attempted to load the flashcache module and it said it couldn't find it. So i figured I would have to compile and install it for this new kernel I just installed. i still had the /flashcache/ folder located within /root/ so I cd'd into it and ran
then I ran
then I loaded the flashcache module with
then i just had to load my existing flashcache device which was
then just mount my home partition with
then exit out of being logged in as root with exit on the command line and it should continue booting up as normal. all done!


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Waco police asked the public for help identifying Coomer after a picture was captured in October on a surveillance camera at Cobie's convenience store, where police say a woman attempted to cash a forged check.
Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said at about 1:45 p.m. on Oct 31, a woman walked into Cobie's convenience store on Dutton Avenue and attempted to cash a forged check.
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Women's Health: Your Doctor's Examination
You might be referred to a specialist after a routine screening exam. There are medical specialists, who train in internal medicine and then continue with a specialty in their area or expertise, and surgical specialists, who train in surgery and go on to surgical specialties. Because medicine and surgery are so complex, you might need to see more than one specialist for the best care. For muscle, bone, or joint problems, you will likely be referred to an orthopedist, physiatrist, or sports medicine specialist. The following tables list different areas of speciality.
Medical Specialties and Their Areas of Expertise
|Heart and blood vessels
|Stomach, intestines, colon
|Women's reproductive systems
|Liver diseases
|Brain and nerves
|Children, adolescents
|Muscles, nerves, bones; injury recovery
|Lungs and breathing
|Immune system, joints
|Bladder, kidneys
Surgical Specialties and Their Areas of Expertise
|Heart and lungs
|Brain and spinal cord
|Obstetric and gynecologic
|Women's reproductive organs
|Cancer removal
It is wise to proceed with any referrals and follow up with doctors or health-care providers as recommended. Return visits are extremely important to establish that treatment is working without undesirable side effects, measure any progression of the problem, and fine-tune methods to cure and prevent further disease processes. Many diseases can be prevented, at least from becoming life-threateningthey just need to be identified and treated early. Remember: Prevention is the best medicine.
Internal Systems
Heart and Lungs
Heart and lung disease is a concern to women as much as to men. Hopefully, you already know if you have any heart or lung trouble, as this can be established during your physical examination. Blood pressure and pulse measurements are very easy ways to rule out some serious heart and blood vessel diseases. Because heart and lung disease can be life-threatening, it is helpful to know the signs and symptoms. The heart pumps blood to and from the lungs and into the body to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Because the heart and lungs are so closely connected and essential to life and movement, problems with either heart or lungs may cause similar symptoms.
Heart diseases can cause trouble with exertion, shortness of breath, swelling in your legs, chest pains, chest tightness, arm or shoulder pain or numbness, breathing trouble, lightheadedness, passing out, decreased energy, or decreased ability to exercise as efficiently. Symptoms more specific to the lungs include breathing difficulties, coughing, wheezing, tightness, chest pains, and blue lips or nails. Anxiety or feelings of doom are also recognized symptoms of possible heart or lung problems. These are all symptoms for which you should call your doctor immediately; if your doctor is unavailable, go to an emergency room.
More on: Children's General Health
From The Active Woman's Health and Fitness Handbook by Nadya Swedan. Copyright © 2003 by Nadya Swedan. Used by arrangement with Perigee, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Wind farms vs wildlife
Clive Hambler, a lecturer in biological and human sciences at Oxford university, writes that wind turbines can do a lot of environmental damage. These wind farms can have significant effect on populations of rare birds and bats to the point that it drives some to the point of extinction. Interestingly, environmentalists don't want to know the effect these wind farm can have on species. In this case, the evidence suggests that renewables pose a greater threat to wildlife than climate change.


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2013 Wild Wild West Modified Shootout Just Around The Bend
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Steve Curtis)
As the month of June starts to quickly approach that means it's time for the Wild Wild West Modified Shootout. This year the tour will visit seven different race tracks in the states of Oregon, Washington, and California over the course of eight days. 2013 will mark the third year that the tour has been around. Brian Poppa was the champion in 2011 in the inaugural edition while Jesse Williamson won it last year.
The tour will start off on Saturday June 15th at the Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington. This is the first year that the 3/8-mile clay oval will open the series when historically it has been at the end of the campaign. In 2012 weather spoiled the evening but a race was run the year before. In that race Brian Poppa would visit victory lane.
The only date the Wild Wild West Modified Shootout will take off is Sunday June 16th. They will then enter the state of Oregon first hitting up the Sunset Speedway Park in Banks on Monday the 17th. The Banks bullring has produced two different winners in two races. Ken Schrader dominated the field last year while in 2011 Brian Poppa was the winner.
The next day on Tuesday June 18th Willamette Speedway in Lebanon will be next on the list. Last year in Lebanon it was the North Carolinian Schrader that would earn the victory at the 1/3-mile clay oval and Brian Poppa was triumphant in the 2011 edition.
Wednesday June 19th will be reserved for the Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove. The ¼-mile clay oval known as "The Grove" saw local favorite Jesse Williamson win the first time the tour came through in 2011 and last season Scott Lenz was victorious in a thriller.
The rest of the Wild Wild West Modified Shootout schedule will take place over the next three days. Thursday June 20th will have the Coos Bay Speedway in action while on Friday the 21st they will all head to Yreka, California's Siskiyou Motor Speedway. The finale will be at the Southern Oregon Speedway in White City on Saturday the 22nd.
Each race will be $1,000.00 to win and $100.00 to start (full payout is listed below). Payout will be done each night after all the races are complete. Entry fees are $80.00 per race and Pit Passes will be $30.00. 2013 IMCA Rules, INCLUDING 2013 PHASE IN RULES, will apply at all tracks and the tire phase in rule has been extended due to so many rain outs. This will make both the Hoosier G-60 and American Racer KK704 both legal tires.
In eleven races there have been six different winners over the course of the two year history of the Wild Wild West Modified Shootout. Brian Poppa has the most wins with four while Ken Schrader and Jesse Williamson have two apiece. The three drivers that have won once are Braedon Hand, Scott Lenz, and Alex Stanford.
Additional Information
2013 Wild Wild West Modified Shootout Schedule:
June 15th – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, Washington)
June 16th – OFF
June 17th – Sunset Speedway (Banks, Oregon)
June 18th – Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, Oregon)
June 19th – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, Oregon)
June 20th – Coos Bay Speedway (Coos Bay, Oregon)
June 21st – Siskiyou Motor Speedway (Yreka, California)
June 22nd – Southern Oregon Speedway (White City, Oregon)
Payout (Will Be Done After Each Night):
1. $1,000.00
2. $600.00
3. $450.00
4. $350.00
5. $300.00
6. $250.00
7. $200.00
8. $175.00
9. $150.00
10. $140.00
11. $130.00
12. $130.00
13. $125.00
14. $125.00
15. $100.00
16. $100.00
17. $100.00
18. $100.00
19. $100.00
20. $100.00
1. Transfer
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8 On Down. $50.00
Former Champions:
2012- Jesse Williamson
2011- Brian Poppa
All Time Win List:
Brian Poppa- 4
Ken Schrader- 2
Jesse Williamson
Braedon Hand- 1
Scott Lenz
Alex Stanford
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Not sure if it right place to ask this question.
We have a selenium-user forum at Google groups and we are trying hard to get Selenium dedicated site at area 51. Site is in the commit stage now and is available here - http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/4693/selenium
Our users at Google groups have been asking if it were possible to import questions from Google Groups to Stack Exchange site. I am not sure if it is possible, is it?


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CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Virtual School Program
COURSE TITLE: Language Arts 10
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content:
The Language Arts 10 course is designed to strengthen students' skills in listening, speaking, writing, literature, and language. The content includes, but is not limited to, outlining or mapping main ideas and details of information received aurally or through research; using vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate to the listener and the situation; understanding the importance of speech in influencing the course of events in a democratic society; using interviewing skills; using parliamentary procedure skills; using formal debating skills; refining test-taking skills to meet secondary and post-secondary demands; writing a paraphrase, summary, or precise; writing compositions for newspaper publication; writing a short paper using research techniques; selecting appropriate sources of information for the topic; understanding and explaining the type of conflict in a given literary selection (psychological, social, environmental); experiencing a wide range of literary forms (e.g., short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, drama); using the media center research facilities; and reading self-selected books to help students learn to view reading as a useful and pleasurable activity.
DoDEA English Languange Arts Standards
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the Language Arts 10 course, students should be able to:
- Outline main ideas and details of information received aurally or through research.
- Use vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate to the listener and situation.
- Use interviewing skills.
- Use parliamentary procedural skills.
- Use formal debating skills.
- Identify the type of conflict in a given selection: psychological, social, and environmental.
- Refine test-taking skills to meet secondary and post-secondary demands.
- Write a paraphrase, summary, or précis.
- Write compositions for newspaper publication.
- Write a short paper using research techniques.
- Select appropriate sources of information.
- Identify the importance of speech in influencing the course of events in a democratic society.
Course Outline
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Thinking Skills
- Module 3: Creation
- Module 4: Flood Myths
- Module 5: Antigone
- Module 6: House on Mango Street
- Module 7: Semester Exam
- Module 8: Short Story
- Module 9: Novel Story
- Module 10: Research
- Module 11: Poetry
- Module 12: An Enemy of the People
Essential Software:
- Elements of Literature, World Literature ISBN (Student Edition) 9780030926051
- John Warriner's Holt Handbook, Fourth Course ISBN (Student Edition) 9780030661471
- Publishers: Holt-McDougal; Houghton-Mifflin