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Penn State Beaver faculty books, publications are announced
Academic books and other scholarly research findings of Penn State Beaver faculty members were recently announced.
Kevin L. Bennett, senior instructor in psychology, is the author of the book, "Jealousy's Design: Maladaptive Trait or Psychological Solution?" from Lambert Academic Publishing. It is now available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other retailers.
Zhongyuan Che, associate professor of mathematics, co-authored a refereed journal article, "Forcing Faces in Plane Bipartite Graphs (II)," which appeared in Discrete Applied Mathematics.
Michael Hay, associate professor of chemistry, co-authored two refereed journal articles. "Analytical Methods for Pesticide Residues" was published in Water Environment Research by the Water Environment Federation.
"Tetrabutylammonium tetrakis(trimethylsilanolato-?O)ferrate(III)" appeared in Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online which is published by the International Union of Crystallography.
Kay Wijekumar, associate professor of information sciences, and technology (IST) wrote a grant report, "Efficacy Grant on ITSS (Intelligent Tutor Structure Strategy)" and co-authored a technical report, "The Effects of Odyssey® Math on Grade 4 Student Math Achievement in the Mid-Atlantic Region," both of which were published by the Institute of Education Sciences.
Martin Goldberg, associate librarian, wrote a refereed article, "Extracurricular Reading: Creating and Sustaining on Campus Book Clubs," which was published by the Reference & User Services Quarterly, American Library Association. In addition, Goldberg authored reviews of the following books:
"The Holocaust Conspiracy: An International Policy of Genocide" by William Perl
"Millions of Souls: The Philip Riteman Story" by Philip Riteman
"Two Rings: A Story of Love and War" – by Millie Werber and Eve Keller
"Our Journey in the Valley of Tears" by Andrej and Karolina Jus
"Jews Without Power: American Jewry During the Holocaust" by Ariel Hurwitz
"The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II" by Denis Avey
"Millions of Jews to Rescue: A Bergson Group Account of the Campaign to Save Jews from the Holocaust" by Samuel Merlin
For information about the faculty or publications, contact the Office of Academic Affairs at 724-773-3571 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Penn State Beaver cosponsors and hosts STEM initiative meeting
Penn State Beaver recently hosted a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) K-16 focus group on campus in partnership with the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit (BVIU).
Twenty-one area educators and administrators participated in the program which was facilitated by Donald Sheffield, education consultant and former affiliate professor of education at Beaver campus. Beaver Chancellor Gary Keefer; John Hansen, superintendent, Beaver Area School District; and Tom Zelesnik, BVIU executive director, welcomed the group and introduced the project.
Issues addressed included identification of skill gaps for students entering college in STEM majors, high school-to-college transition issues and academic success, methods to fuel early student interest in STEM fields, key courses for STEM-related curricula, and training needs for K-16 faculty.
Beaver campus faculty members in attendance were:
Abhijit Dutt, instructor in information sciences and technology
Angela Fishman, instructor in mathematics
Michael Hay, associate professor of chemistry
James Hendrickson, instructor in engineering
Leo Takahashi, assistant professor of physics
Kay Wijekumar, associate professor of information sciences and technology
Chris Wu, professor of mathematics
High school teachers in attendance were:
Joanne Gonzalez, math, Ambridge Area School District
Paul Hladio, science, Ambridge Area School District
Jim Hanlon, science, Beaver Area School District
Renita Wilson, science, Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Lynda Zelesnak, math, Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Heather McCowin, math, Blackhawk School District
Tamara Hyatt, science, Central Valley School District
Dean Nelson, science, Hopewell Area School District
Ray Smith, math, Hopewell Area School District
Cherie Conrad, science, Western Beaver County School District.
For information about the STEM K-16 initiative, contact Keefer at firstname.lastname@example.com or 724-773-3553.
Continuing Education offers PEC SafeGulf/SafeLand orientation course
The Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education will offer a Petroleum Education Council (PEC) Basic SafeGulf/SafeLand Orientation course over the course of three months, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 2; Thursday, April 18, and Thursday, May 16, in room 15, Beaver campus Student Union Building.
The course, which is designed replace multiple operator orientations, provides participants with a general idea of life and safety issues in the oil and gas industry, whether upstream, downstream, onshore, or offshore.
It meets API RP 75 and API RP T-1 requirements and provides a basic, awareness-level understanding of general safety information employees should know before entering a company facility and/or performing duties. Course fee is $225 and course instructor is Robert Watkins.
Penn State Beaver is a Shale Training & Education Center (ShaleTEC) affiliate with the Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
To register online or for more information, visit www.shaletec.org or call 570-327-4775. Contact Beaver's Continuing Education Office at 724-773-3700 or email@example.com.
Malobabich joins Beaver's Housing and Food Services staff
Carl Malobabich Jr. has joined the Penn State Beaver Office of Housing and Food Services staff as a cook.
Previous positions have included second cook for Penn State Hospitality Services, executive chef at DuBois Country Club, sous chef at Wildwood Golf Club, and executive chef at Gateway Lodge Country Inn & Restaurant.
Malobabich has also been sous chef at the Radisson Hotel, Monroeville; the Common Plea Restaurant, Pittsburgh; Armstrong's Restaurant, Moon Township, and Jackson Rancheria Casino Hotel & Conference Center, Jackson, Calif.
While at Jackson Rancheria, he received the Achievement in Excellence Award and was featured in the D'Vine Wine and Visitors Guide as chef of the Bronze Eagle Restaurant. He served a student externship at Roy's at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, Calif.
Malobabich, a native of Hopewell Township, served in the U.S. Air Force and graduated from the International Culinary Academy, Pittsburgh.
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The Charlotte 49ers current spring practice season will conclude with the 49ers first Spring Game. That Green-White scrimmage will be held Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m. on McColl-Richardson Field within the 49ers Football Stadium.
Admission will be $10. FSL season ticket holders will receive reserved tickets during the seat selection process which is currently underway. For more information about your seat selection, call 704-687-4950.
All other seating is general admission outside of the FSL seating tiers and tickets can be purchased at Charlotte49ers.com or by calling 704-687-4949. Online purchase allows fans to print tickets at no extra charge, thus avoiding will call lines at the ticket office.
Charlotte 49ers Students should request, claim and print a ticket through their online student ticket account.
The McColl-Richardson Field ticket office will open 2 hours prior to kick-off for walk-up sales and Will Call ticket distribution. A valid photo ID is required when picking up tickets. Gates to the stadium open 90 minutes prior to kick-off.
The game will be used as a dry-run for the upcoming inaugural season. FSL holders will park in their designated lots and sit in the seats they choose during the 49ers seat selection process. Game day traffic patterns will be observed and certain lots will be reserved and accessible only to FSL holders with the proper parking passes distributed by the Athletic Foundation. The university's tailgate policy will also be followed.
Fans coming to the game that are not FSL holders or 49ers students will be able to park in the Cone Deck with a $10 cash payment or in the Union and West Decks if using the Click and Park on-line system (https://uncc.clickandpark.com).
The parking lots open 4 hours prior to kick-off.
All fans entering campus will need to park in designated parking spots via the following options:
- FSL season ticket holder parking permit will be distributed at the FSL seat selection appointment. Each permit will identify specific lot and required entry point of campus.
- Non FSL holders, may purchase a parking permit online (online site to be available soon) for the West and Union Decks. Fans wishing to pay cash on game day must enter the main University entrance from Highway 49 and proceed to the Cone Parking Deck.
- Faculty and Staff with a current parking permit displayed on their vehicle may park in the East Deck.
- Students with a current commuter parking permit displayed on their vehicle may park in Lots 5, 5A and 6.
Concessions and merchandise will be available during the practice scrimmage.
The schedule for the 2013 inaugural season is complete.
To purchase Football Seat Licenses (FSLs), fans can contact the 49ers Ticket Office or Athletic Foundation at 704-687-4949 or 704-687-4950.
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Sept. 14, 2013 - NC CENTRAL (H)
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Oct. 12, 2013 - UNC PEMBROKE (H)
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text: Back again with a another frog tutorial but this time it will be a sketched frog, and the title will be "how to draw a jumping frog", step by step. I have made so may lessons of drawing frogs so when I make another I have a problem with finding words to say. I do know what to say with this one because it's a new drawing style using a new drawing program. Jumping or leaping frogs can be pretty tricky to recreate because their bodies can be in different action poses. That is why this frog will be drawn from a side view so it will be easier to recreate. You will have to do your best with adding the shading to your finished frog, but I have faith that you will do a great job. Have fun people and remember to leave a comment, rating or fav this or any lesson you come by on Dragoart.com.


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November 24, 1963: Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused murderer of John F. Kennedy. It airs on live television.
Conspiracy theories abound, but the only thing we know for sure is that Lee Harvey Oswald as portrayed by Gary Oldman in JFK was totally under appreciated. That guy can act.


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CARNEIRO, Ruth Amidon, 89, of Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Steubenville, Ohio went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 14, 2012.
Ruth was born in Steubenville on October 30, 1923. She attended Steubenville High School and went on to earn a nursing degree at Ohio Valley Hospital.
She is predeceased by her parents, W. Ray and Lottie (Riley) Amidon; brother, Sigmond; and her late husband of 48 years, Aniceto P. Carneiro, M.D.
She is survived by her son, Jeffrey P. Carneiro (Cathy) of Jupiter, Fla.; granddaughter, Tracy Leggett (Mike); and her treasured great-grandson, Michael Christopher. Ruth also leaves behind an extended family of loved ones.
Ruth attended Christians Gathered unto The Name of the Lord Jesus Christ in Ohio and Florida. She was a member of The Mayflower Society and National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution.
A memorial service will held at the Union Cemetery Chapel on December 27, 2012, at 12:30 p.m. with Preacher William Snyder of Cuyahogoa Falls, Ohio officiating.
Funeral arrangements by Shorac Funeral Home, 611 North 4th Street, Steubenville, OH 43952, Phone: 740-264-0563.
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TheEmrys wrote:And, if you are looking at any sort of graduate-level work, some programs will require a BS. Its similar with people who have an Ed.D versus a Ph.D. Ph.D opens much more doors than an Ed.D.
Ouch. It certainly sucks that you are forced (or willing? don't answer I don't want that out in the open) to basically repeat your undergrad degree. In terms of the general direction of BA vs B.Sci, if your philosophy program at least includes a course in critical thinking then I think it may even help with the CS training that you may have. There is some credit in finishing what you have started before moving on to something else. Some of the best "developers" I work with don't start straight out with CS training. They may come from biology or even arts. Sometimes a person coming out with hardcore CS training may know nothing else and that can actually hinder the guy. In the real world developing software does not end with just writing code. Communication, stress/time/crisis management, attention to details, being customer-oriented and just applying common sense (there are a lot more) are also very important aspects in a modern software project. The so-called soft-skills can sometimes be even more important than just pure coding. Don't think for a second this is bs business school talk. Just being good at code just makes you a geek, are you aware of the business side of things, or throughout the project you keep in mind what the customer really wants? How do you convey ideas to others because they are going off track, etc. Believe me I am spending a lot less time just coding these days, but a more junior position will certainly contain more coding than the other stuff for a while.pikaporeon wrote:Sorry to bump this but i have another question - some turns in life have made it so that graduating in my current program is going to take another three years [on top of the three ive already been in it], meanwhile i can transfer to another school, and wrap up a degree in two [via transfer credits] but it would be a normal B.Sci (three yeaer degree) as opposed to a four year honours B.A
Your greatest challenge may be to explain how you take double the amount of normal time to finish one degree. It may be easier to do the transfer and just claim "it turns out I don't really like the field and I am struggling towards completing my degree, so I switch", but some people may not like it (really subjective, no right or wrong answer there). However for me, there is something to be said about completing one phase of your life and I do appreciate acquiring knowledge/training in a "non-technical" field. What you do need to do regardless, is to not over-emphasize your "non-technical" background and focus on your IT/dev skills/training/background/projects in any case if you are looking for such jobs. That is called targetting your resume and it needs to be done anyway. Don't be afraid that going such route will reduce your resume to one measly page. A one-page resume that effectively communicates your skill set and is easy to read can be as powerful if not more so than a 2- or 3-pager. Being just out of university it is expected your resume to be short.pikaporeon wrote:Would I be crippling myself if i transfered? [mostly for finding first jobs and such, as then experience should take over]
What diploma would that be? It does not make sense if you are taking a diploma in coding and then still study CS?pikaporeon wrote:Also, as said, im grabbing a diploma from sheridan, I can use that to assuage some of the timeframe issues.
Writing database engines or talking to a database? Please clarify.pikaporeon wrote:Also: I've gotten really interested in database tech so thats likely a route i'll explore inside CS
Flying Fox wrote:What diploma would that be? It does not make sense if you are taking a diploma in coding and then still study CS?pikaporeon wrote:Also, as said, im grabbing a diploma from sheridan, I can use that to assuage some of the timeframe issues.
Writing database engines or talking to a database? Please clarify.pikaporeon wrote:Also: I've gotten really interested in database tech so thats likely a route i'll explore inside CS
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ikendal wrote:bearing in mind all I have written on the subject I still intend to go. Mainly because my first was in 2004 and this will only be my third event. I am hoping that the master classes will make up for the whole debacle. i still have lots to learn.
The Fachan wrote:Rob,
When will the masterclasses be posted on the web site?
les taylor wrote:Paul wrote:-
I've booked for Saturday, but I'm going without my brother!!!
Paul do you want to borrow my brother?
RufusA wrote:Guess who won the draw
Looks like I'll be going on the Friday (having already booked to attend the Saturday with friends). Anyone got any tips for tackling 2 days back to back of WL? Starting the Friday afternoon / evening session with a Glenlevit tasting is going to be tough
Mustardhead wrote:I'll be there on Saturday if anybody wants to put a face to the weird user name
les taylor wrote:We are going on saturday I shall be wearing a red carnation and you can find me by the clock.
RufusA wrote:What's everyone hoping to get out of Whisky Live London.
Who are you most hoping to meet / talk to.
What are you most looking forward to taste.
And what are you going to actively avoid?


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lohssanami wrote:L7 293 01:51 4ML (represents the distillery - the code for Ardbeg)
Leither wrote:Lohssanammi, I only have Ardbeg Ten from 2005 onwards, sorry, but good luck in your search for L4 and below.
sievm wrote:His view was the the L7 would refer to bottling line 7 and the 4ML is part of the postcode of where it was bottled.
Collector57 wrote:Tim, Serendipity:
Newbie wrote:This thread is getting very technical, but I like it
Is this type/format of coding unique to Ardbeg? I am sure I've seen it on other bottles of whisky (e.g. my Tesco Islay). Is it specific to a certain bottling plant? Or is this type of coding used across the whisky industry?
Collector57 wrote:LotI almost unreadable on the dark bottle.
Just can't make out that ? at all as it sems to be blemished.
I may hook ou the other bottle sometime...
L4 098 21:16 4ML on the second bottle
drunkenjayhawk wrote:By using the information I have an 03 10 year old and an 02 1977 (thought I got it before that but guess my memory is faulty).
Malt-Teaser wrote:I saw your PM about my older Ardbeg 10 and I know I bought it in 2002.
I'll check the code to see the actual bottling date.
lohssanami wrote:Leither wrote:Lohssanammi, I only have Ardbeg Ten from 2005 onwards, sorry, but good luck in your search for L4 and below.
Leither, thanks for checking, and thanks for the info in the thread. I also need to find some Uigeadail from 2003 and 2004, but that is a different thread and time. HAHA. At least the Airigh has only two years...easier to complete.
Malt-Teaser wrote:My last remaining 1977 does seem to have the postal code on the front label.
lohssanami wrote:Does anyone have any Ardbeg 10 that was bottled in any of the years from 2000-2004?
I'm trying to obtain bottles from any of those years for future flights, and I would be willing to trade or purchase for any of these years. Boxes are not needed, if you don't have them, as I am doing this for a future tasting and not for collecting or ebaying.
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Cancer-related fatigue interferes with activities of daily living among 753 patients receiving chemotherapy: A URCC CCOP study
Carolyn Vachani, RN, MSN, AOCN
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: June 23, 2008
Cancer-related fatigue interferes with activities of daily living among 753 patients receiving chemotherapy: A URCC CCOP study
Cancer-related fatigue is unfortunately a very common problem with few to no effective solutions. This study looked to evaluate rates of fatigue and how they interfere with activities of daily living (ADLs) (such as work, bathing, dressing, walking) in 700 patients. Assessment of fatigue was performed one week after the first cycle of chemotherapy and one week after the second cycle.
Researchers found that fatigue was present as soon as 1 week after the first chemotherapy cycle (this was the first time point they assessed). Fatigue interfered significantly with many essential ADLs, and most significantly with walking, completing household chores, and running errands. Of the 11 ADLs researchers asked about, 9 were reported to be affected after the first cycle and 10 after the second cycle of chemotherapy.
Although this study demonstrated that fatigue affects ADLs, there was no baseline assessment of fatigue, and the testing period was quite short. The study adds to the body of knowledge regarding fatigue, but does not offer any interventions for relief.


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Most people think having a bachelors degree or a masters equates to there level of intelligence I think it reflects there ability to retain
Totally sweet and fun all night - michael bolton. He's the greatest!
Left: how can u "take on" the Tea Party? It's a MOVEMENT...of the people; u "taking on the people"? Did u really not know it's not 1 party?
We just grocery shopped in a limo it was Fun! I've never done that before.
I am Lindsay Lohan's ankle bracelet
I am the ankle bracelet the paparazzi want to photograph
I go to the best parties
I am late for the best hearings
I am in the best automobile accidents
I went to Cannes instead of court!
Been invited on @Oprah plenty but I'm too fucking polite to sit on her couch & talk 'bout getting chicks pregnant in pools.
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After a discussion about how to plot the results of a frequency modulation between two signals on Stack Overflow, I understood that I need to find the time-integral of the following wave functions before using them in the general FM formula (as illustrated in the first answer).
Integrating a sine wave function is indeed easy, but things gets a lot complicated when it comes to other waveforms. Here follow the equations I'm using to display the waveforms:
Sawtooth wave:
$ f(x) = \bmod(f_c x, 1.0); $
Square wave:
$ f(x) = \operatorname{sign}(\cos(f_c x)); $
Triangle wave:
$ f(x) = \frac{1}{f_c}|\bmod(x, f_c) - \frac{1}{2}f_c|$
These functions looks right, but as I don't have any particular background in mathematics or calculus I won't be surprised if I made some bad mistakes. Please be patient.
- Is there a better way to describe mathematically the wave functions above?
- If these are right, what is the correct time-integral?
Thanks to the the functions with period $T$ in the form Rahul suggested I get:
$$\begin{align}\operatorname{sawtooth}(x) = \int_0^x \frac{2x}T-1 \ \mathrm dx &= \frac{x(x - T)}T \end{align}$$
$$\begin{align} \operatorname{square}(x) &= \int_0^x \begin{cases}1&\text{if } x<T/2\\-1&\text{if }x\ge T/2\end{cases} \ \mathrm dx &= \begin{cases}x&\text{if } x<T/2\\-x&\text{if }x\ge T/2\end{cases} \end{align}$$
$$\begin{align} \operatorname{triangle}(x) &= \int_0^x \begin{cases}\frac{4x}T-1&\text{if } x<T/2\\3-\frac{4x}T&\text{if }x\ge T/2\end{cases} \ \mathrm dx &= \begin{cases}x(\frac{2x}T-1)&\text{if } x<T/2\\x(3-\frac{2x}T)&\text{if }x\ge T/2\end{cases} \end{align}$$
By using a modulo operator it's easy to make them periodic $f(x) = \operatorname{sawtooth}(x \% T)$ and they all work as expected when placed as modulators in the frequency modulation equation: $$\begin{align} f(x) = \cos\left(2\pi f_c x + 2\pi f_\Delta \int_0^xg(x)\,\mathrm dx\right) \end{align}$$


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6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses
#3. Dissociative Trance Disorder: Every Movie With "Possession" or "Exorcism" in the Title
The Movie
Unless you live on some weird planet where no one makes terrible movies, we're pretty sure you've seen a film about a person (usually a young girl) who is possessed by a demon, or several demons, or the devil himself. A lot of them even claim to be "based on a true story," which is Hollywood's way of extending certain factual elements into a blanket statement about the film's veracity (this is like advertising Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as "based on a true story" because motorcycles are a real thing that people ride). The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Last Exorcism and The Possession are a few examples, but there are countless others, all as varied and unique as the ones we have listed here (although the cast list of each typically features a contortionist).
Very few people have double-jointed necks.
In each film, some characters suddenly begin acting in a really bizarre manner. They start speaking in different languages or entirely different voices, they start walking weirdly or crawling across the floor, walls or ceiling, or their heads spin around like deboned owls. Usually, they also helpfully inform the other characters in one way or another that they are possessed by a fucking demon. In response, the other characters send in a few priests that they aren't terribly attached to for a jumbled and catastrophic exorcism.
The Delusion
People who suffer from dissociative trance disorder suddenly take on another personality, usually that of a deity, ancestor or spirit. In most cases, they're unable to remember anything about the episode, no matter how crazy things get. Just to be clear, simply speaking in tongues on CBN isn't enough for a diagnosis. The trance state has to be culturally unacceptable to be characterized as a disorder; that is, flinging piss in people's faces and/or stabbing yourself in the vagina with a crucifix.
"Well, at least we know that her vagina isn't a vampire."
One person with the disease began roaring like a monster and vomiting excessively. A 21-year-old Malaysian woman started gibbering incoherently in another language and having powerful mood swings after rejecting a marriage proposal. Despite this being a textbook case of dissociative trance disorder, the woman received no medical treatment -- her family figured that she had been cursed with an evil spirit by the spurned suitor's family, because "hospital" and "Hogwarts" are apparently too close together in the dictionary.
#2. Delusional Parasitosis: Slither
The Movie
In the science fiction/horror comedy Slither, an alien parasite crash lands on Earth and infects Michael Rooker (a man who by all accounts is also from space), essentially wearing him as a disguise to conduct a biological invasion.
As you can see, the deception is nearly flawless.
He unleashes the parasite on an uneducated single mother, impregnating her with hundreds of his galactic insect offspring. She inflates like a bug-filled human meat balloon and eventually explodes, releasing the parasites on the unsuspecting town.
Whoa, talk about stretch marks! But seriously, she dies a horrible death, leaving no one to care for her fatherless children.
The alien bugs then crawl into other people's bodies and nest inside them for sustenance, because there is no point in being an alien if you can't burrow into human flesh and ease your way back out.
The Delusion
As your skin crawls throughout this entry, be careful that your fears don't develop into something worse, like delusional parasitosis. This is when a person believes that her entire body has been infested with living organisms. We don't mean simply thinking that bugs are inside of them: Sufferers of delusional parasitosis actually feel bites and stings inside their bodies. Sometimes they even hear buzzing, as if a hornet is hovering just behind their eardrum.
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Are you sure this nest isn't somewhere inside you?
Those diagnosed with the disorder usually end up radically changing their lives. They may burn all of their furniture, or even abandon their homes outright, in an attempt to rid themselves of the imagined infestation. Many will mutilate their own bodies to cut out the phantom bugs, because when you think that a hovel of spiders is scuttling beneath your skin, you don't hop online and check WebMD -- you grab a trash bag and a carving knife and put 911 on speakerphone.
One woman went to the hospital because she thought that bugs had been crawling out of her eyes, nose, mouth and vagina, although we're curious how the doctors managed to decipher wordless screams into a coherent complaint. Another patient casually handed his doctor some nail clippings and told him that they were bugs that had been living inside him. A 58-year-old woman, after being refused treatment for her delusional infestation, literally tried to kill her doctor in a panicked frenzy. So she presumably had to sit in jail, where her imagined parasitic infection became a sobering reality.
But at least she wasn't crazy anymore!
#1. Oneiroid Syndrome: Inception
The Movie
In Inception, Christopher Nolan takes two and a half hours to tell us that Leonardo DiCaprio has entered a man's dream, implanted a thought and (probably) gotten back out, dragging an 8,000-year-old Japanese man to freedom with him.
Also called Arnie Grape yells at Robin.
A major point of the film revolves around people being confused about whether their lives are real or if they're merely dreaming, and the tragedy that can result once that confusion boils over into full-blown madness. In the movie, DiCaprio's wife commits suicide because she is convinced that she is still dreaming and believes that if she dies, she will wake back up to reality.
DiCaprio, on the other hand, spins a top.
Getting lost in a dream world would be pretty frightening, especially if you were suddenly no longer able to tell the difference between reality and hallucination.
The Delusion
People who suffer from oneiroid syndrome experience the exact confusion that leads DiCaprio's wife to jump out of a window in Inception. The disorder causes you to completely lose track of reality, essentially putting you in a dreamlike state that can last for weeks. You'll experience vivid hallucinations, increased agitation and usually amnesia, although by that point any amnesia might be welcome.
Much like Marion Cotillard's character in Inception, patients often harm themselves and others due to their fear and anxiety. In a personal account of the syndrome given by a 20-year-old college student, the patient explains how days and nights lost all meaning and significance to her. The world became a washed-out slate of gray:
"Everyone's just sort of ... loitering and brandishing guns for some reason."
She experienced no concept of time or mortality, only a boundless, hateful eternity. Things were swirling quickly all around her, constantly changing and flying through the air:
"It's like my every waking moment is directed by an asshole!"
To her, the world "seemed topsy-turvy":
"The fight scenes were pretty badass, though."
That's right, Internet -- you are one syndrome away from living in a Christopher Nolan movie.
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Follow the instructions and receive a $5 off a Fandango Movie ticket. Looks like it works on multiple tickets too!
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Deal is just taking me to try and get tickets to Skyfall in my area, don't know if anyone else is having problems but here's the link to the deal found via their Twitter:
Also, this deal does work for preorders on tickets to movies coming soon, such as The Hobbit!
AWESOME! Going to the movies tomorrow and this works out perfectly.
Picked one up under my account and my wife's account!
@jagrpuck: thx for the help! Yes, it seems the link is broken, but if you copy and paste that link it works.
@coondogg97: Yeah, great for multiple accounts, but if I read the details correctly, you could purchase several on each account and it would work as well. $5 each ticket (not just account) is how I read it.
this would've been nice to have when i pre-purchased for reservoir dogs and pulp fiction.
Thank you very much for this link! Saved $5 dollars on the upcoming Hobbit movie!
I tried copying and pasting the link, but I get this message.
"Sorry, this promotion is only valid between November 26, 2012 - December 9, 2012. While supplies last. "
Dead? Or am I doing something wrong?
@teenracer6: I think it is dead. I bought my tickets a little bit ago and it is now not working for me either.
Probably sold out. Redirected to a page that said "Available Nov 26-Dec 9, While supplies last..."
Not sure if it's a regional thing, but I keep getting redirected to Skyfall. Tried both links. Too bad....good deal
I'm just being taken to Skyfall as well. Is it working for anyone at this point?


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Formal Usability Reports vs. Quick Findings
Summary: Formal reports are the most common way of documenting usability studies, but informal reports are faster to produce and are often a better choice.
I recently asked 258 usability practitioners which methods they use to communicate findings from their studies:
- 42% produce a formal written test report with full details on the methodology
- 36% write a " quick findings " report
- 24% circulate an email that lists the study's top findings
- 15% disseminate a spreadsheet of the findings
- 14% enter usability findings into a bug-tracking database
- 21% conduct a meeting in which they offer a formal presentation of the findings
- 27% conduct an informal meeting or debriefing to discuss the findings
- 1% show full-length video s from the test sessions
- 4% show highlights videos from the test
- 3% create and display posters or other physical exhibits
There's no one best approach to reporting usability study findings. Most people use more than one method, depending on their corporate culture and usability lifecycle approach.
That said, the survey clearly found that formal and brief reports are the two dominant means of disseminating usability findings. Both approaches have their place.
When to Use Quick Findings Reports
You can maximize user interface quality by conducting many rounds of testing as part of an iterative design process. To move rapidly and conduct the most tests within a given time frame and budget, informal reports are the best option.
Preparing a formal slide-based presentation will simply slow you down, as will using videos or statistics. Instead, simply hold a quick debriefing immediately after the test, structured around test observers' informal notes on user behavior. Follow this meeting with a short email to the entire team (the shorter the email, the greater the probability that it will be read ).
Some organizations thrive on formal presentations and slide-deck circulation. In my view, this is a poor method for documenting usability findings. Bullet points don't capture the subtleties of user behavior, and it's almost impossible to interpret a slide presentation even a few months after it was created.
Extremely brief write-ups work well for studies aimed at finding an interface's main flaws to drive design iterations. Such studies are largely throwaway; once you've created the design's next version, the study findings are rarely useful. As long as you're not looking to create long-term learning materials, you won't lose much by using this highly informal reporting.
Also, an old usability issue will sometimes rear its ugly head at the project's last stage. If it does, having a short description of the problem from an old study is much more useful than relying on a bullet point that mentions the issue without offering any details of user behavior.
Video clips and posters are relatively rare, but they do have a big propaganda value and thus help evangelize usability in the organization. I encourage you to try such non-document reporting formats.
When to Use Formal Reports
The formal report remains the most common format, but I think it's overused and prefer more rapid reporting and more frequent testing. The formal report definitely has its place, however, as in cases like these:
- Benchmark studies or other quantitative tests. Unless you document the measurement methods in detail, you can't judge the numbers. Also, one of the main reasons to measure a benchmark is to measure it again later and compare. To do so, you need to know everything about the original study.
- Competitive studies. When you test a broad sample of alternative designs, the resulting lessons are usually so fundamental and interesting that they warrant a complete report, with many screenshots and in-depth analysis.
- Field studies. Most organizations rarely conduct studies at customer locations; when they do, the findings deserve an archival report that can be used for years. Also, field studies usually produce important insights that are too complex to be explained in a quick write-up.
- Consulting projects. When you hire an expensive consultant to evaluate your user experience, you should milk the resulting insights for a long time to come. The outside perspective is only valuable, however, if it remains inside once the consultant has gone. To ensure this, you need a report that's both insightful and comprehensive.
All these cases require an archival version of the findings that can stand the test of time. Deeper and more comprehensive studies don't just produce a list of fixes to a design's current iteration. These studies generate insights into users' behavior and needs that are useful for years. When new people join the team, they should read several of these conceptual reports to gain background on current design directions. Understanding the big picture with respect to usability will prevent new people from making a lot of mistakes.
The best usability reports are learning tools that help form a shared understanding across the team. It's worth investing the effort to produce a few formal reports each year. One way to free-up resources and make some reports extra good is to scale down your ambitions for most of your everyday reports, keeping them quick and informal.
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Posted Feb 16 2012
Monday night's Parents' Association presentation by Georgia Bozeday, director of educational services at the Rush NeuroBehavioral Center, drew a record crowd. Here are some highlights and additional reading:
Ms. Bozeday addressed the role of "executive function" in relation to a child's confidence and academic success. Executive function is the broad term used to describe an array of skills (that may or may not come naturally to any given person) including: time management skills, focusing and maintaining attention, organizational processes, self-regulation, problem solving, and others.
Members of the PA summarized some of the key points made by Ms. Bozeday:
- Organization translates to less anxiety. This includes organized lockers, backpacks, and desks. Mastery of executive function skills is a better predictor of success in school than IQ. Organizational tools include color-coding, bullet points and categories, and all things that help the brain discover relationships.
- Put away the distractions—cell phones, iPods, anything that will keep students from concentrating solely on their work. There is evidence that increased media use reinforces immediate rewards, breadth over depth, and has resulted in an overall decrease in our attention span.
- Despite the fact that we perceive ourselves to be more efficient with these tools, we are actually less productive, as the brain cannot process two things at the same time. (And this in a world where the average person checks his email/text messages every 20-30 seconds.) And 72 percent of kids ages 13–18 reported sleeping with their cell phones and being awakened by late-night text messages. Continuously being awakened prevents the brain from going into REM stage, which is critical to feeling rested and for the development of the brain.
- Creativity and ingenuity require uninterrupted time to think, explore, and problem-solve. (Being bored can turn out to be a good thing!)
- Planning is essential. Effectively use the week-at-a-glance planner by listing the date homework is given and the date it is due (if not next day) and prioritizing homework by urgency and importance.
Parent Barbara Kern who helped organize the event in her role as co-chair of LD@Lab and PA co-president-elect, says, "The message I walked away with was that teaching a child to be organized and thoughtful is how they plan short and long term tasks; [even simple ones] will help ensure success later in life." She plans to implement some of the suggestions at home for both her children and herself, "I already changed my Outlook calendar to a weekly view, not daily."
For additional reading, Ms. Bozeday recommends:
- The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr
- Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck
- Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn, by Larry D. Rosen
More information can be found at the RNBC website and in reports from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, also offers interesting insights.


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I've been wondering this for awhile now. Is it better to scan a 35mm negative, or a larger print from the negative? Which will provide a better scan? Does this change when moving to a larger film, like 120 or 4x5?
Its better to scan the original slide/negative as its better to reproduce from as close to the source as possible meaning quality of reproduction goes down in this order:
It essentially comes down to every stage of recording introduces a level of interpretation by the medium, as you move away from the original source you're now reproducing all the interpretations those other mediums introduced.
In theory you can get more out of a negative than a print. However, in practice you are more likely to have access to a flat bed scanner that can give a wonderful scan from the print. A good film scanner is much more expensive and slower.
Considerations are similar for larger format film. But the costs go up even more, since the consumer-level film scanners tend to handle consumer formats. A medium format or larger film scanner start getting very expensive.
So this is a case where theory says one thing, but your budget might say something else.
It's always better to scan the original material: the negative contains much more information than the print does. Can you capture that information? A film scanner can. My experience (5+ years ago) is that a flatbed with transparency adapter does not do anywhere near as good a job capturing detail in the negative as a film scanner can. A flatbed captures only marginally more detail from the negative than it would from a print, in fact.
But, probably the most important thing is to understand how to get a good scan. Whether you scan a negative or print, just using the automatic options will not get you the best scan you can get, and therefore is throwing away detail.
As said here, the original source will always contain a better quality.
But you also have to consider that, the negative is smaller and you need better equipment in order to capture that, with better resolution and better optics.
Your scanner may be able to capture more than 2000dpi image, which will give you a lot of pixels even on a inch big negative. But a image scanned in 2000dpi will have higher noise than from a image scanned at 600dpi from a larger picture.
So what I'm saying is if you don't have a scanner good enough to take advantage of the raw negative, you may find that is more practical scanning a print. Sometimes the printed picture will be good enough.
Definitely not an exact science.
Assuming that there are no technical issues with the scanners I would go with the negative. Any print will have some level of interpretation in it in terms of how colors map from negative -> print. So in effect you can do negative -> scan or negative -> print -> scan the first seems better to me.
Of course if you don't have a negative scanner using a print scanner may be "Good enough"
That depends on the print.
Is the print just a simple print, or has processing been applied, e.g. filters to enhance contrast, burning, dodging, etc. Then I would suggest that you scan the print, if this is the version you like and want.
Otherwise, I would scan the negative.
E.g. Had I an Ansel Adams negative, and the corresponding print, I would certainly choose to scan the print.


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Too me, it would be more natural to have tags with an initial upper case letter than a lower case letter, but that isn't the case (pun intended). I hear no reason to why that is, but colleagues keep telling me to only use lower case while creating tags. I wonder if it may have to do with the fact that the tag itself is not created as a controlled vocabulary, managed by an Information Architect at all times. Instead a tag is a kind of folksonomy, driven and managed by its users from the bottom up. But I have no clue… I'm only guessing. Do you know why tags first letter is lower case?
Partly to do with the likely matching lower case of the word when found embedded in the relevant content.
Partly to provide a consistent nature to the tags without seeming to give any one tag preferential treatment or any sense of importance that is not due.
Partly to remove a layer of complication when creating, defining, exposing, using, sharing, translating, duplicating and implementing tags.
And importantly, partly because the tag is not a noun or a description or phrase nor any language related element - it is just a tag - a handle by which to pivot data around.
Is "all lower-case" a rule?
If you google "tag cloud images", you'll find all kinds of tags.
Example from Wikipedia:
The advantage I see for a pure lowercase situations, is that the tags could be used in a context where lowercase makes sense.
as opposed to
ba da cha Nice. Ben, this is a great point. Tags with an upper-case first letter would be more readable, according to usability research. 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jacob Nielsen talks about this.
Just because they're input in lower-case doesn't mean we can't display them with the best convention. Input!=Output. I say convert the tags to have upper-case first letters. Great idea Ben.


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I want to use a recent package from a PPA. How do I make sure that the PPA maintainer hasn't added any malicious code in the version provided there?
Since PPAs are built from source on Canonical's infrastructure, you can trust that the binary you have installed from the PPA matches the source that you review as above, provided that you trust Canonical. This should be acceptable given that you trust Canonical to build Ubuntu in the first place.
You really can't be sure there is no malware in the package provided by the PPA, but you can at least check that the source code hasn't been tampered with:
The two source trees should be identical. If they aren't, you can go through the differences in detail and make sure they're not malicious.
You also need to check the packaging itself. Debian packages can contain patches to the source tree, and they may add additional code.
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I know Hawking Radiation has firm theoretical footing, but has a signal ever actually been observed? What observational research is being done to attempt to see this effect? Is it simply too tall an order (i.e. - too far away, too weak of a signal, etc..)?
According to this MIT Technology Review "First Observation of Hawking Radiation" and an associated article "Hawking radiation from ultrashort laser pulse filaments" where the authors have simulated Hawking radiation in the laboratory, using ultrashort laser pulse filaments.
So, in part answer to your question, yes Hawking Radiation is believed to have been observed, but in a laboratory environment.
According to "Observing Hawking radiation in Bose-Einstein condensates via correlation measurements" (Fabbri, 2012), direct observation of the Hawking radiation is (in their word): hopeless.
However, once again simulations are possible:
From these articles, it would seem that direct observations of Hawking radiation is not feasible currently; however, we are able to produce analogues of the phenomena in the laboratory.


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I have heard that a haftorah klaf (scroll) is still considered kosher and usable if the Ta'amei Mikra have been written on it. Yet I've always been told that this is not true for a Torah scroll. Why the difference?
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Wow, I was fascinated by the question, so I looked it up...
First, an introduction of a central concept: There is a disagreement that wends through the Talmud (like Sanhedrin 4a,b) regarding the words of a Torah scroll whether "Yesh Aim leMikrah" or "Yesh Aim leMesoret". Roughly translated, that means "Primacy is given to how it is read" or "Primacy is given to the Tradition". So, for example, the Torah says not to cook a kid BCHLV IMO. Without a Tradition, you might read that as BeCHeLeV IMO, in its mother's fats. The Tradition tells us to read it BaCHaLeV IMO, in its mother's milk. Should we give more legitimacy to the first interpretation unless we have a special indication that only the Tradition applies? Or should we work with the Traditional reading unless there is a special reason to consider the simple reading as well?
Now, to begin the answer... The prohibition of using a Sefer Menukad (vowelized scroll) in Shulchan Aruch is in YD 274:7, and in the Ta"z 6 & 7. For simplicity though, I'm translating Keset HaSofer 16:6: "A vowelized Torah Scroll is pasul because we have established that 'Primacy is given to the Tradition', and once it's vowelized there is only 'how it is read' [which is to be secondary]. And even if they should remove the vowelization, it remains pasul! Since the intention of the scribe was that he was unconcerned about the Tradition but only to 'how it is read', and for this purpose he wrote it, it is as if the document condemns itself as a forgery ("Mezuyaf miTocho"). [Ta"z] But had the Torah Scroll already been written properly, and then they added vowels or cantillations, scratching out would help as it does by other errors..."
The rules for writing Megillot are in OC 691. Law 9 simply reads, "A Megillah that is vowelized, and similarly if on the first page are written the blessings and poems, is not disqualified thereby." No explanation is given to the difference, as if it were self-explanatory.
Presumably, the difference is the Torah Scroll's requirement to conform 100% to the Mesoret, the Tradition from Moshe at Sinai through Ezra, whereas the primary requirement of the Megillah is to be read properly, and if the vowels help, so be it...


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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican lashed out Friday at what it called a "defamatory" and "anti-clerical left-wing" campaign to discredit Pope Francis over his actions during Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta, saying no credible accusation had ever stuck against the new pope.
While the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, like most other Argentines, failed to openly confront the murderous dictatorship, human rights activists differ on how much responsibility he personally deserves. Bergoglio ran the Jesuit order in Argentina during the dictatorship.
The Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi noted Friday that a Jesuit who was kidnapped during the dictatorship in a case that involved Bergoglio had issued a statement earlier in the day saying the two had reconciled.
Lombardi also noted that Argentine courts had never accused Bergoglio of any crime and that, on the contrary, there is ample evidence of the role he played protecting people from the military as it kidnapped and killed thousands of people in a "dirty war" to eliminate leftist opponents.
He said the accusations were made long ago "by anti-clerical left-wing elements to attack the church and must be decisively rejected."
Lombardi's statement and the accusation behind it were an interruption in the honeymoon that Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election as pope on Wednesday, when even his choice of footwear — his old black shoes rather than the typical papal red — was noted as a sign of his simplicity and humility.
On his first day as pope, Francis slipped out of the Vatican to settle the bill at the hotel where he had stayed before the conclave, returning to deliver his first homily as pope.
On Friday, he slipped out again to visit an ailing Argentine cardinal, Jorge Mejia, who had a heart attack on Wednesday and was being cared for at Rome's Pius XI hospital, Vatican Radio reported. Francis had told cardinals of Mijia's illness earlier in the day in an unscripted aside during his audience with them.
The accusations of Bergoglio's past are clashing with the upbeat narrative unfolding during Francis' first few days as pope in Rome. And Lombardi clearly felt that he needed to say something to try to put an end to them — even if in doing so he gave the story further legs.
The most damning accusation against Bergoglio is that as the military junta took over in 1976, he withdrew his support for two slum priests whose activist colleagues in the liberation theology movement were disappearing. The priests were then kidnapped and tortured at the Navy Mechanics School, which the junta used as a clandestine prison.
Bergoglio said he had told the priests — Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics — to give up their slum work for their own safety, and they refused. Yorio later accused Bergoglio of effectively delivering them to the death squads by declining to publicly endorse their work. Yorio is now dead.
Jalics, who had maintained silence about the events, on Friday issued a statement saying he had spoken with Bergoglio years later, that the two had celebrated Mass together and hugged "solemnly."
"I am reconciled to the events and consider the matter to be closed," he said.
Bergoglio in 2010 revealed his side of the story to his official biographer Sergio Rubin: that he had gone to extraordinary, behind-the-scenes lengths to save the men.
The Jesuit leader persuaded the family priest of feared dictator Jorge Videla to call in sick so that he could say Mass instead. Once inside the junta leader's home, Bergoglio privately appealed for mercy, Rubin wrote.
Lombardi said the airing of the accusations in recent days in the press following Francis' election was "characterized by a campaign that's often slanderous and defamatory."
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Rotator cuff repair is a type of surgery to repair a torn tendon in the shoulder. The procedure can be done with a large (open) incision or with shoulder arthroscopy, which uses small buttonhole-sized incisions.
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that form a cuff over the shoulder joint. These muscles and tendons hold the arm in its joint and help the shoulder joint to move. The tendons can be torn from overuse or injury.
You will likely receive general anesthesia before this surgery. This means you will be asleep and unable to feel pain. Or, you may have regional anesthesia. Your arm and shoulder area will be numbed so that you do not feel any pain. If you receive regional anesthesia, you will also be given medicine to make you very sleepy during the operation.
Three common techniques are used to repair a rotator cuff tear:
At the end of the surgery, the incisions are closed, and a dressing is applied. If arthroscopy was performed, most surgeons take pictures of the procedure from the video monitor to show you what they found and the repairs that were made.
Reasons rotator cuff repair may be done include:
Surgery is a good choice when:
A partial tear may not require surgery. Instead, rest and exercise are used to heal the shoulder. This approach is often best for persons who do not place a lot of demand on their shoulder. Pain can be expected to improve. Weakness will not improve. The tear will likely become larger over time. You may be limited in the sports or other activities you can do.
Risks of anesthesia are:
Risks rotator cuff surgery are:
Tell your health care provider what medicines you are taking. This includes medicines, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the 2 weeks before your surgery:
On the day of surgery:
Follow any discharge and self-care instructions you are given.
You will be wearing a sling when you leave the hospital. Some patients also wear a shoulder immobilizer. This keeps your shoulder from moving. How long you wear the sling or immobilizer will depend on the type of surgery you had.
Recovery can take 3 to 6 months, depending on the size of the tear and other factors. You may have to wear a sling for 4 to 6 weeks after surgery. Pain is usually managed with medicines.
Physical therapy can help you regain the motion and strength of your shoulder. The length of therapy will depend on the repair that was done.
Surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff is usually successful in relieving pain in the shoulder. The procedure may not always return strength to the shoulder. Rotator cuff repair can require a long recovery period, especially if the tear was large.
When you can return to work or play sports depends on the surgery that was done. Expect several months to resume your regular activities.
Some rotator cuff tears may not fully heal. Stiffness, weakness, and chronic pain may still be present.
These poorer results are more likely when the following are present:
Gartsman GM. Shoulder Arthroscopy. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2008.
Miller RH III, Asar FM, Throckmorton TW. Shoulder and elbow injuries. In: Canale ST, Beaty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 46.
Warren RF, ed. Shoulder arthroscopy. In: Rockwood CA, Matsen FA III, Wirth MA, et al., eds. The Shoulder. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2009:chap 20.


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Please forgive the lack of depth in respect of my mathematical vocabulary. I have searched quite a bit in order to determine the answers for myself, however, if you don't know what mathematical/statistical terms to search for, it can be frustrating!
In essence, I have a set of points in the plane and I would like to determine some "properties" of this set. The best way for me to explain is to cite an example. Say a sheet of paper has a target temporarily stuck on it somewhere and darts are thrown with the intent of hitting this target but most miss (dependent of the skill of the thrower, I suppose!). The target is then removed and the sheet of paper with the points (dart holes in this instance) is analysed.
How would you determine the likely position at which the target was located and how could you put a figure on the "tightness" of the grouping - in the example of this dart thrower, quantifying their accuracy?
I'm not expecting perfect answers, but any indication of what terms to research would be most welcome.
I can work out the "centre of mass" of the grouping, but I'm not sure how to discount "outliers" (actually, I'm not sure how to identify them) and I'm not convinced that this would be the best indication of where the target was likely to be anyway - although I may be wrong in that assumption.


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Taking its cue from industrial metalwork, our fireplace screen exemplifies simple lines detailed with exposed, decorative rivets.
- Small Screen: 38" wide x 8" deep x 28.5" high
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I'm still having problem using the NN4 and a Canon 7D + 17-55 zoom and setting the position of the knob/camera holder on the upper arm.
When I change the zooming on the lens, I have to change the position along the arm: 17mm -> 75, 28mm -> 60 and so on.
When I unscrew the knob, it doesn't unscrew, instead it goes backward then eventually there's enough space to remove the holder from the guide on the upper arm. Only then, I can move it to the new position.
What am I doing wrong?


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5 May 2012 1:22 AM #1
AS we all know, 4.1.0 came with some bugs.
When are you planning to release an upgrade ?
5 May 2012 11:38 PM #2
I'm waiting to change from version 4.0.7 to 4.1.1. I try with version 4.1 but found some problems, what schedule have version 4.1.1?
7 May 2012 8:33 AM #3
Would be nice to see the bug fixes roadmapped for 4.1.1. 4.1 is less buggy for me than 4.0.7, but there are a few bugs that I'm hoping see fixes in the next minor release.
16 May 2012 4:53 PM #4
4.1.1RC1 has been released.
16 May 2012 11:39 PM #5
Hi Folks...
If you don't provide details on what is broken in your situation, the odds that 4.1.1 (or any release for that matter) will fix those problems is low.
If others have reported the same symptoms, add a "+1" to that thread if you feel so inclined. Otherwise, please take a moment and document what bugs you have encountered. There's really no other way for us to know of the problems and for you to get the fixes you need.
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22 May 2012 12:34 PM #6
I think not specifying the specific bug is ok
If Sencha wants detail visibility into people's complaints and reproducible conditions they should publish a bug database so that customers can track issues and hopefully save time trying to send Sencha a bunch of paired-down code. I always hesitate to create something that Sencha can use for bug reproduction because it typically takes a chunk of time out of my week and perhaps another customer has already submitted such a case.
22 May 2012 12:49 PM #7
This has been a topic of many discussions, and this option is under consideration.
On the other hand, are you willing to live with a potential bug based on the fact that someone else may have made a report?
Also note that a large amount of our time is looking for bugs that may already exists before we log them ourselves. In either case, time has to be spent.


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I'm currently building a game whose NPC's are going to be assigned a random gender and a random name for the right gender. To do this I will be using a "database" of names (actually a text file with tuples). There would also be a list of last names, which will be added to the first name also randomly.
My question is the following. Suppose one such random name is "George Bush", and this person has been randomly assigned the job of president. As you can see, this could easily be seen as having been "copied" from a real-life person.
The main issue is this. Names will be randomly-generated, yes, but the seed for random-number generation will be constant. In other words, the name of an NPC would be randomly-generated, i.e. I wouldn't choose it, but it would be the same for every player. Could this get me in trouble? We cannot verify all possible names, since the generated number of NPC's could be potentially limitless (new NPC's are being created whenever needed).
I'm currently building a game whose NPC's are going to be assigned a random gender and a random name for the right gender. To do this I will be using a "database" of names (actually a text file with tuples). There would also be a list of last names, which will be added to the first name also randomly.
Legally I would be prepared for "change this name" notices and make it very easy to change that name; no matter how much in the right you think you are, it's just a nice thing to do.
Create and maintain a dictionary of names to avoid, no matter how legal it is anyone who sees "George Bush" in your game will immediately lose their sense of immersion.
Combined with a standard fictitious name disclaimer to cover obscure names you should be good to go.
Add a disclaimer:
Use the above to cover yourself. And I'll use the below to cover myself.
Of course, since neither of us are lawyers, the amount of covering going on anywhere in there is questionable. So if you want a true answer, seek professional legal advice.
You've already chosen an answer, but I think you're making this more complex than you need to.
A lot of people have the same names as famous people, whether by choice or accident. You don't see the estates of famous people demanding average people change their names to avoid confusion, and there's no reason you should worry about it unless you are explicitly trying to imply that your NPC "Goerge Bush" is somehow supposed to be the real one. And even then, even if it was satire, you can still use the real name.
Seriously, just a simple disclaimer like was posted in another answer and you're fine.
"All characters appearing in this work are fictitious and randomly generated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."
As long as you can prove your code (in case of legal action, your code will be used as evidence) is generating those names randomly there will be no problem because depending on the amount of data (names, last names, jobs) it is just a matter of statistics to find the probable chance of having those combinations be the same as a real person.
As Byte56 stated, adding a disclaimer will also prove really helpful. Adding the fact that you are generating the NPCs data randomly to that disclaimer will also be great!