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Growth in RwandaMonday, July 30th, 2012
Porntip Israsena, a senior Donaghey Scholar working towards an International Studies and Spanish double major, spent this past summer in Eastern Africa. Not many people would choose to spend their summer teaching children in a third-world country, but Porntip saw this as an opportunity that she couldn't miss. Never afraid to take the road less traveled, the experience abroad was not her first time out of the country. Porntip previously studied abroad in Spain and Ecuador in order to improve her Spanish language proficiency. This time, she joined her Rwandan friend in experiencing the culture first-hand.
My journey to Rwanda and Uganda began long before this summer started. As many people in the Little Rock community may know, there are many Rwandans in the Central Arkansas area, with several attending UALR. During my time at UALR I've had the opportunity to get to know and develop friendships with many of the students. This summer I had the opportunity to visit with some of the students in their home country.
The majority of my time abroad was spent with my closest Rwandan friend, named Anitha. She has a home for a family of 15; 3 aunties and 12 children. Most of the children no longer have living relatives and have been living with Anitha's family for about three years. While we were there we spent time laughing, playing, teaching, cleaning, cooking, organizing and everything else that goes along with day-to-day living.
Although my trip was not a "study abroad" program, the trip was a great course on International Studies. The most important lesson I learned during my 5 weeks in East Africa: in the midst all the negativity, poverty, corruption and hunger that Westerns tend to perceive about the third world, East Africa is teeming with development, spirituality, education, health, opportunities and life. I hope to return within the next 10 years to witness the rapid development that Rwanda is undergoing.

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"For whites, America represents a society in which both rags and riches are distinct possibilities, but the reality tends to bend somewhat more toward the side of riches. 55% of white Americans will reach affluence at some point during their adulthood, and nearly half of whites who are homeowners at age 25 will accrue at least $100,000 worth of home equity by the time they reach age 50.
"On the other hand, the American experience for blacks is synonymous with poverty—nearly 90% of all black Americans will encounter poverty in their lives, while only 13% will attain a level of affluence. Blacks are also approximately two times more likely than whites not to have enough savings to get them through tough times."
I don't always trust studies (research methods vary and are not always trustworthy) but they are still closer than most get to objectivity and worthy of consideration. Read the rest of the article:
Widening racial gap exists in key factors for economic well-being, according to new study


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|I have just went to patch 3 of microsoft and lost all my key functions of the MX3000 keyboard, except some. So there is connection. I have installed the driver many times now and getting tired..,..
Logictech MX3000 - problems
Hi Folks
I've been using the logitech MX3000 kit now for 18 months. I find the keyboard to be excellent as long as you DO NOT install the bundled media software AND you use the new setpoint drivers specific to your OS from the Logictech site. The keyboard extra keys are really great, all functions will integrate well with the usual Microsloth applications which is a boon because.... The MX610 laser mouse falls asleep after 5 or 6 seconds of no movement. Logitech have suggested this is normal to preserve battery life and the new drivers help you use the mouse with games - sort of. Not impressed.
My biggest gripe? Logitech do not support any sort of KVM. I've been an IT professional in the UK for 20 years, I have used a Compaq KVM for the last 8. The Mouse sort of works until you need to use a PC with USB keyboard/mouse connections, then the whole setup goes bonkers. I have borrowed a Microsloth wireless mouse and it works fine. It's not as nice looking or ergonomic as the logitech but it's reliable. I will keep the MX3000 keyboard but I'm going out to buy a new mouse today.
As for the receiver, yes it's ugly, but I blu-tac mine to the underside of my monitor and get reliable reception for 10 feet; keep it away from your PSU though. If you still have problems try turning off your office lights - yes, some of the old energy saving flourescent bulbs interfere with blutooth, don't ask me how, it took me weeks to figure out.
well... its been ~ 2 years now with this combo.
The mouse began having some SERIOUS interference ~ a year ago. I had to replace it, so I traded up to an MX revo. I haven't missed my old mouse much if at all.
They keyboard is not starting to act up similarly. It will occasionally say that the ctrl key is pressed and without warning. This can be very troublesome, especially when you hit the W key. (try ctrl+w now... I'm sorry ahead of time)
So yeah... I soon may be replacing my keyboard if this keeps up.
Over all though I would still recommend this combo. I like the keyboard arrangement. Though sometimes the arrangement of the home, end, and num pad is a problem; in some cases it is really a plus.
It was cheap for my brother in law to buy for me. And since it was a gift it was free for me ;-p I still onlu think he spent $50 for it at best buy.
Edit: in addition... I may be looking at the wave next. The shape is similar.
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|I wouldn't really recommend ditching Logitech all together. I agree with you though.. this kit is problematic. I still have issues with it from time to time, but have had no problem with anything else they have made. The -biggest- problem of the 3000 is the stupid receiver that they included. It's pretty much useless.
|My experience with the kit was distressing. NOthing I did could cause either the keyboard or the mouse to work, although the connect light on the mouse indicated connection. I worked for about an hour trying everything I could think of to remedy the situation but to no avail. I gave up and trashed both the keyboard and mouse. Any ideas as to another manufacturer that I could try?
|Rob Williams
|I'll mention to Logitech about the poor reception, because apparently I was not the only one with any problems. Since I switched bases (Luckily most Logitech bases will work with most Logitech products), I have not had any issues whatsoever.
I have a MX3000 also, and I agree poor reception between the base and the components. I have a Logitech 2.4ghz Wingman Cordless and it kicks ass, ive never seen it lose signal. Both mouse and gamepad here exhibit far too quick sleep modes, as the cutscenes in games usually put it to sleep and then drop you back into action, waiting for the controller to wake up.
I expect these to be power saving features, which would cut cost on battery usage... although I have rechargable batteries, so I would rather have a stronger wireless signal than an extra month between charges....
|Rob Williams
|I don't have a tablet, but my issues may have been directly related to interference too. I have never had issues with other keyboards though.
My MX3000 desktop is prone to interference like the review sample, unless the base is positioned directly next to the keyboard and mouse. Even then I am unable to use the MX600 mouse within 1 metre of my Wacom Intuos graphics tablet due to interference issues. The onscreen cursor takes on a mind of its own.
Has anyone else had issues with this cordless desktop and their graphics tablets?
This would be such a great value for money product if it wasn't for the interference issues.
|Rob Williams
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Short term memory warning ahead: Florida 2000, a corrupt State system, further corrupted by a corupted federal court system (and no one goes to jail?). When both State and Fed voting systems are corrupt, what's the solution then...................?
disguised fascists.
Many already don't have a way to 'physically' count votes. Voting with the machines they've persuaded most areas to adopt is a big issue w/ keeping track of votes and then allowing ONE company to dominate the landscape also allows corruption to seep in. Right now we have corporate America running elections, I'd rather have more involvement from the feds in this capacity at least, certainly more enforcement. Of course any system success depends on the willingness to put lawbreakers in jail, still waiting
If we were to change election day,I would tender April 16th appropriate. :-D


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$5?? I posted before you did. :-DOriginally Posted by Shipwreck
Ok, all U Colt fiends. Finally a home for U guys thanks to JS.
Remember, every post here requires a $5 deposit :-D :-D :-D
$5?? I posted before you did. :-DOriginally Posted by Shipwreck
That's right - U beat me to it. Now U owe me $5 :P :-DOriginally Posted by 2400
Hmmmmmmm......Originally Posted by Shipwreck
I'd rather owe it to you than beat you out of it.
Before God rested on the 7th day, he created the P99!
Now you know thats a lie. Even God couldn't make a gun ugler than a Glock. Had to be made by man.
You know God only made 1 perfect gun and the was the 1911A1 He gave man the hammer of Thor 45acp and 1911 to deliver it.
I hate to say it, but you are definetly mistaken. It's ok, I forgive U. :-D :-D :POriginally Posted by michael t
I was gonna' post here but, jeesh.........are you guys gonna' start this stuff again!!!!!!!!!!! Why don't we, like, maybe, talk about or post some pictures of some Colts (wouldn't that be a novel ideal for a Colt forum) :-D
Originally Posted by Charlie
If I can get the battery cover to stay on the camera I'll take some pics to post. It's the posers that are wasting space here. :-D :-D
We could duct tape a Colt 1911 to Ships hands until his head clears and he sees the light. :-D :-DOriginally Posted by Charlie
I think if we did that with anything other than a P99 he would implode. (only emoticon that was close)
I'm Just curious...would this be a bad thing???Originally Posted by Charlie
Jury is still out onl this one. After all, he is a fellow Texas. OK, but only if he leaves me all his guns :-D
Gee, U guys are all heart :P
My li'l Colt 1991 A1 "Compact" model:
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Very nice. What length barrel is that, a 3 1/2 or a 3? It appears to be a little longer than my Defender's 3.
It's a 3.5" barrel. That's one of the reasons why I recently bought a Springfield XD-45 (Tactical 5" barrel model) - to see if the extra inch and a half really made that much of a difference.
Short answer: Yes. It makes a big difference.
Not only am I getting tighter groups at 20 to 25 feet, but I'm also doing consistently better on targets out to around 20 to 25 yards (a distance much her than I normally practice at).
Yes, I always shoot better w/ a longer barreled gun - Just the difference between 3.5" and 4" makes a difference to me. I never shoot compacts as well as fullsize guns.


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I'm looking into building the green armor that's worn by Bardan Jusik (Later Bardan Skirata). I know it's the armor from Muunin Skirata, but I haven't been able to find much information on the appearance of said armor. Does anyone have an idea where to start? or would a basic Mandalorian armor set painted green work?
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Reviewed By David S (Seattle, WA) Reviewed for a 2007 Toyota Prius —12/9/2014 8:28 PM
The chains fit nicely, good instructions, and yes, less than a minute for each side to get them on (after some practice). But, I was a little disappointed with the condition of the set. Excellent order to arrival time. The rubber protection on the tire side of one set bar was worn and the rubber separated from the bar on the other. I had to re glue it. Not a big thing. Had they been used?


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Curry's 54 not enough as Knicks edge Warriors
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Stephen Curry put on quite a show just a few blocks away from Broadway, though the final ending wasn't exactly what the Golden State Warriors' star hoped for.
Curry racked up a career-high 54 points in a dazzling individual display, but the Warriors still wound up on the short end of a 109-105 decision against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks received a few tremendous performances of their own to prevail. Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points, J.R. Smith put up 26 off the bench, and Tyson Chandler pulled down a personal-best 28 rebounds while chipping in 16 points.
Curry nearly offset the absence of teammate David Lee, handed down a one-game suspension by the NBA for an on-court altercation with Indiana's Roy Hibbert in Tuesday's 108-97 loss to the Pacers, by hitting on an astounding 11-of-13 shots from 3-point range, one shy of a league single-game record for that category. He added seven assists and six rebounds on the evening.
"I knew I was knocking down a lot of shots, so I knew it was a good night," Curry said. "I was trying not to look at the scoreboard."
Carl Landry and Jarrett Jack had 15 and 14 points, respectively, for the Warriors, who had been on a three-game win streak prior to Tuesday's setback in Indianapolis.
Curry's final two points, a pair of free throws with 2:05 left to play, created a 105-105 tie, but the sharp-shooter's jumper on Golden State's next series was blocked by Raymond Felton and Chandler grabbed the rebound. The stop led to Smith hitting a short-range look that put the Knicks in front with 1:10 to go.
Jack then was called for a travel on the Warriors' ensuing trip down the court, and Anthony buried a turnaround jumper following the change of possession to put Golden State in a four-point hole it couldn't get out of.
"Guys played great down the stretch," Chandler said. "We just did an excellent job of defending."
Smith made his presence felt early on, netting seven points during a 16-4 run that staked the Knicks to a 25-11 lead late in the first quarter, and New York maintained a seven-point cushion until Curry led the Warriors on an 18-5 tear that put his team ahead.
The dangerous guard poured in 15 points on a 5-for-5 shooting display that included four makes from beyond the arc -- the last of which gave Golden State a 40-37 edge with 5:14 left before intermission.
Curry finished with 27 first-half points, but the Warriors still trailed 58-55 at the break in part due to Chandler's monster effort. The All-Star center racked up an impressive 17 rebounds along with 12 points over the first two quarters.
A tightly contested third period saw four ties and four lead changes. The Knicks went up by six after Smith followed an Anthony basket with a 3-pointer in the final minute of the frame, but Curry responded with a triple of his own to cut New York's lead to 84-81 going into the fourth quarter.
A Pablo Prigioni trey to start the final stanza restored a six-point differential in the Knicks' favor, but the Warriors countered with a 9-2 burst capped by Curry's driving layup to go up by a 90-89 score with 8:25 left.
Curry would account for 11 of Golden State's 15 points thereafter, and the game remained nip-and-tuck up until the end.
Game Notes
Curry shattered his previous career best of 42 points, set at Portland on Apr. 10, 2010, and became the first Warriors player to score 50 or more since Jamal Crawford had 50 at Charlotte on Dec. 20, 2008. His 11 made 3-pointers were two better than the previous franchise mark set by Dorell Wright at Minnesota on Nov. 27, 2010, and one behind Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall's league single-game mark of 12 ... The game marked the first time Warriors head coach Mark Jackson, a Brooklyn native who played seven of his 17 NBA seasons with the Knicks, was on the opposing sidelines at Madison Square Garden as a coach ... Both Curry and Klay Thompson were fined $35,000 by the league for escalating Tuesday's fracas in Indiana ... The Knicks announced Rasheed Wallace, out since mid-December with a foot injury, has a fractured left foot that will require surgery that will sideline him through the regular season ... Kenyon Martin, signed to a 10-day contract by the New York over the weekend, made his Knicks debut and went scoreless in five minutes.


text: I don't think the stainless is worth it. Personally I like the tactical solid black look and to me it is worth saving the $150 having the tactical black looks buying a nice holster and ammo with the money you save. Or course it is all in what you like. I just think the stainless is too "blingy". But it is personal preference.


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new charters are pretty much in the same league as the old ones.... nothing horrible, nothing special... they have fans and foes and those who just dont care.
the value is going to be less than what you pay for it.... as with all new items, there is profit added for the merchant.
accuracy, well its a snub nose, so its gonna hit what you point at (not meant to be aimed)
reliability... eh, its a simplified design, so less parts to break but who knows about the quality of the parts they are using?
so basicly, its a snubby .357... probably gonna hurt when you pull the trigger on a combat load.
so if you are happy with it, thats all that matters....
jmho.... i would pass on the charter and look for a snubby smith 586, might find a good used one same price.... and a known quality.


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NH fugitive captured in Lowell, Mass.
Real Bureau, 30, last known address in Keene, was arrested on an outstanding parole warrant issued last August on an original 2005 conviction for distribution of controlled narcotics out of Manchester.
The state Department of Corrections in late November asked the U.S. Marshals New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force for help in locating and arresting Bureau.
Early on, investigators believed Bureau was in Lowell and asked their Bay State counterparts for assistance.Tuesday night, task force members saw Bureau driving a car in the Lowell/Chelmsford, Mass., area. Bureau, however, spotted the surveillance teams as they were closing in on him and drove off at a high rate of speed, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Marshals office.
His attempt to elude law enforcement failed, however, as he was captured a short time later in a parking lot of a Wood Street apartment complex in Lowell.


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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens review: Popular high-performance optionBy Kevin Carter - Monday January 13 2014 Lens Review
Although overshadowed by its more glamorous sibling, as a moderately priced, highly portable ultra-wide zoom, the EF 17-40mm f/4L USM is a hugely popular model. Read on to find out how well it performs in our labs.
Introduced in 2003 the EF 17-40 f/4L USM was one of the first of the lightweight pro-level L-series zooms from the firm adopting a constant f4 aperture. Not only does that make the lens relatively small and more portable compared with the f2.8 varients, but it also helps keep it moderately priced. This full-frame lens is also popular with users when mounted on APS-C cameras where it's the equivalent to a 27-64mm. Like other L-series lenses from the company, the EF 17-40mm f/4L has a high grade optical construction consisting of three aspherical lens elements and even adopts a Super-UD glass element, an expensive glass type usually resevered for more esoteric lenses in the range. The 12-element 9-group construction allows a closer than usual minimum focusing distance of 11.02" (0.28m). It weighes 1.05 lb (475g) and measures 3.81" (96.8mm) in length, and is available now for $839
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens performance
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM versus Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Further readings for the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens review: Popular high-performance option
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Added by arslens | February 11 , 2014
17-40 appears far superior to 16-35 II in your data
Your data (plots) show that, contrary to expectations based on previous photographers' reviews, and contradicting your own words in the review, the edge-to-edge sharpness of the Canon 17-40 far exceeds the 16-35 II at any aperture and fl they have in common (ie, f/4 and smaller). In fact, the 17-40 performs almost as well as the famous Nikon 14-24, on comparable bodies, at any fl and f/# they have in common, while the 16-35 II is clearly inferior to these two lenses, based on your sharpness results (using your comparison tool). There are some issues with vignetting and lateral chromatic aberration in the 17-40, but those are easily corrected in software these days, while sharpness cannot (easily) be improved in post.
These results on the 17-40 are surprising based on what has already been written in the past, comparing the 17-40 to the 16-35 (II). In fact, your own review (text) that accompanies your plots basically overlooks the data, choosing instead to echo previous reviews -- which, again, are inconsistent with your data. I am puzzled that you would not speak to your own findings (data).
I don't understand your reply to "Smokes the 16-35?" above. That person has a valid point. In response, you imply that any f/2.8 lens automatically gets a higher score than a similar f/4 lens, which doesn't make sense.
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Added by Sophie - DxOMark | February 24 , 2014
Re: 17-40 appears far superior to 16-35 II in your data
Dear Arslens,
Thanks a lot for your contribution to this forum and your interest in DxOMark.
The 17-40mm is superior in sharpness uniformity and that is what we reported in our review. Please have a look at our comparison here: http://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-17-40mm-f-4L-USM-lens-review-Popular-high-performance-option/Canon-EF-17-40mm-f-4L-USM-versus-Canon-EF-16-35mm-f-2.8L-II-USM
What Emilie tried to explain in her previous post is that overall scores are closer because the 16-35mm II is brighter.
Hope this clarification will satisfy you.
Added by Sandy Dune | January 30 , 2014
Canon EF 17 to 40 f4L
Hey! You finally did a detailed review of this lens. Thank you!
May I very gently suggest that it might be better not to promise that the review will be done in the current month (whatever that month may be) if you know it will really be another eight months before you can get around to it. It just causes frustration among your loyal user base.
Now if you could only get around to testing the Canon EF 400L f5.6, I know there would be a large number of bird photographers who would be grateful.
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Added by Sophie - DxOMark | February 06 , 2014
Re: Canon EF 17 to 40 f4L
Dear Sandy,
We are aware of and sorry about the frustration caused by the delay you are referring to, and inform you that it is due to a particularly dense activity here at DxO. However we are keeping in mind your observation, as well as your proposal for the Canon EF 400L f5.6 testing.
Added by czaloom | January 25 , 2014
Smokes the 16-35?
When I do a compare between the 17-40 & 16-35 (measurement, sharpness, field map), it looks like the 17-40 is far better...?
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Added by dcstep | January 27 , 2014
Re: Smokes the 16-35?
Are both stopped down to the same aperture?
Added by Emilie_DxOMark | January 28 , 2014
Re: Smokes the 16-35?
Thanks for you question, In fact we did a short comparison in our review 16-35mm vs 17-40mm : http://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-17-40mm-f-4L-USM-lens-review-Popular-high-performance-option/Canon-EF-17-40mm-f-4L-USM-versus-Canon-EF-16-35mm-f-2.8L-II-USM
The Canon 17-40mm f/4 is more homogenous in the field but the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 is brighter. So these 2 differences leads to a close DxOMark score (which is a score computed for lowlight condition).
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by presscorr | January 24 , 2014
Even before it's discontinued? Wow...
I own this lens since 2003. Guess how much I need this review in 2014.
Added by hermano77 | January 13 , 2014
EF 17-40mm/4 Thanks
Wow, just asked 2 days ago for this review, and now it's published - Thank you! Based on this I'll keep my 20-35mm and wait for your test of some lenses that might be announced this year (a 14-24mm/2.8, a 16-50mm/4 IS?)
Added by madeira | January 13 , 2014
Finally: long overdue review for the essential Canon lens. Many thanks!
Added by vlx | November 27 , 2013
Which year?
"This product will be tested and reviewed on November on dxomark.com."
But which year?
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Added by hoodlum | November 27 , 2013
Re: Which year?
From 10 days ago. "This lens is in the road map and should be published within 2 weeks."
Added by Sandy Dune | October 24 , 2013
Canon EF 17 to 40 f4 L
Hi there,
I enquired about this lens in early June and was told that it would not be tested until September. In April there was a message on your Website promising it would be tested in May. In May the date had changed to June. Now you state it "may" be tested this Fall.
If you look at the photographic journals you will find I think that there are many examples of this lens being used by current enthusiasts and even professionals. Surely it deserves a higher priority.
When purchasing your DxO Pro8 program at the ExpoSure Exhibition in Toronto in May I was assured by the demonstrator/salesperson that this lens had already been tested, together with another L series lenses I own, the EF400 f5.6L - still currently being sold.
I am beginning to feel that I wasted my money.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | November 12 , 2013
Re: Canon EF 17 to 40 f4 L
Thanks for your message. This lens is in the road map and should be published within 2 weeks.
Sorry for the delay :)
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by aleita | October 14 , 2013
when will us got the testing results.
it could be great to have a comparison with the old but good EF 17-35 2.8L
it was a great lens should perform nicely on new markIII w/ lens profiles on it.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | October 15 , 2013
Re: when will us got the testing results.
The 17-35mm is a very old lens so we will take your remark into account but we are not sure we will be able to measured it.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by TomTang | May 31 , 2013
when will us got the testing results.
When will us get the EF 1740L testing results? Many thanks.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | May 31 , 2013
Re: when will us got the testing results.
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
This lens is planned but is not in high priority, so the test might be performed during 2013 fall.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team


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I need some help from the community, as ol' Mac here is becoming an old fart and the ol' memory isn't what it used to be.
In order to avoid an embarassing issue of my failing memory, if any of you know (or know people who know) if I am on the another board or know its admins or mods, please let me know. I know this is the biggest dumbest question you've probably have ever read from me, but it's something I'd like to know.
Many thanks, and may the almighty haggis be with ye'!


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Discussion in 'January 2012' started by roscoe36, Jan 15, 2012.
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I was automatically gonna go with Golden State, but found out that Kwame Brown is out indefinitely. I figured against our guys.........he'd become that special player. He enjoys hacking so much that I expect him to do a cough syrup commercial one day. Anyways........Pistons by 9
As a part of my work, I'm showing a client, Mr. Cheever, a good time around town and will be in attendance at the Palace tonight.
Pistons. GS played last night (and lost by 12 to the Bobcats!). This game seems like a Charlie Garbage special. 6PM start at home, bad team (I'm guessing) and Mr. Cheever in the house.
I think by the time this one is over Mr. Cheever will be shouting "Deetroit Basketballl" and putting a few 10 dollar beers on the expense account. I think the Pistons will give him a good show. I say the Pistons will be down by a deuce with 2 and 20 left in the third...Charlie comes in and starts raining threes...the Pistons pull away and win it.
Is today January 14 in Canada?
No Curry, I see a big Knight. Pistons by 10.
Wilkens, Will and Charlie all out for tonight's game.
Possible trade?
Hmmm. You may be on to something. http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-120113-15/where-dwight-howard-land
Close game after the first quarter. Even without the awesome power of Charlie, Will, and Dominique Wilkins' Nephew, the Pistons are in this one. Mr. Cheevers must be pleased.
We're doing well! Fingers crossed we can keep this going!
Austin Daye is still pretty useless out there. Has he had one good game yet this year? With today's 0-for-4 shooting, he is now at 9-for-48 FG on the year at an 18% rate.
Real tough luck on us tonight... so unlucky :(
As for Daye, I cant remember seeing him drain a single 3 this year
Pistons blow 4 pt half time lead with lackluster effort in the second half. Defense was two steps slow, Stuckey took to many shots, Daye was afraid to shoot and when he did it clanked. Playing every other game is not going to help the kid's confidence. JJ got in foul trouble again and played only half the game, so his effectiveness in Charlotte appears to have been left in North Carolina. Once again Monroe was Mr. Consistency doing his best to keep the Pistons in it. No real help on the boards tonight as the Warriors seem to get to all of the loose tips and the combo of David Lee and Monta Ellis were able to take care of business without the assistance of injured Steph Curry.
Daye is 0-13 so far this including the three misses tonight. He has no confidence in it. He does his Tay fake and then passes the rock to someone else.
Tay fake...I like it. It's kind of like in gymnastics when you can have a move named after you. Years from now, an NBA player will make a slow, useless pump fake, and the announcer will, without pausing, call it a "Tay fake."
Austin Daye is so useless, I can't believe I thought I saw any improvement with him. His defense was Will Bynum-like out there, and if he wasn't bricking shots he was turning it over. Lock him down on the bench already. Hate Stuckey at PG. Hate it. Why Frank had him running the point with Brandon out there is beyond me. Him and Tay calling for the ball and running isotayshauns killed us. This guy just has not shown any improvement. His jumper is still suspect, he still can't finish, and I especially hate how he lazily walks the ball up the floor and allows the defense to get set which results in a hurried shot with 3 seconds on the shot clock. He just keeps showing off his poor court vision and yet time and time again tonight I see him either "play point" or call for the ball so he can run an isotayshaun/drive the lane and get blocked/shoot off his 'hey!' to get a call/generally slow our offense down to a crawl. Pissed me off so much I nearly killed my mouse. Knight needs to stop deferring to Stuck and Tay out there. Be aggressive, don't settle for outside jumpers. He's a team's future at PG, so let him run the team, for good or ill. Lord knows Stuck will never be any good for that. Tayshaun is rocketing up my hate list quickly. He, like Stuck slow the offense down to a snail's pace, and this team just isn't built to constantly play at that pace, and it sucked what energy there was at the Palace away. Also, he refuses to pass the ball to Knight when he gets the rebound. I counted at least 5 times when he'd get the board, ignore BK and run isotayshauns after he crosses half court. He had one costly one with two minutes left in the fourth where he completely ignored Greg and threw up a shot that got swatted leading to a fast break bucket for Golden State. Last 5 minutes of Milwaukee all over again. Four more years! Ugh. Greg's scoring was once again on point, but he had two very costly fouls on Monte Ellis late in the fourth that really hurt us. JJ got in foul trouble again, and Frank had Tayshaun "Iso" Prince play PF with Brandon/BG at PG and SG, and Stuck at the 3. They needed his energy out there, and without him they got outrebounded even more and the team outside of Greg and Brandon just looked slow and uninterested. BG - "...." Max - See above. Golden State - I repeat, Golden State! who got beat by the team we just blew out two nights ago were doing chest bumps at half court. Fourth Quarter Collapse returns. If it were against a team that was any good, we'd probably be talking about another blowout loss. Is it just me or does it sometimes feel like there's a competition behind the scenes and "the vets" aka Tay and Stuck are trying to be the stars? Especially with the team looking more and more like Greg's team instead of Tay's or Stuck's.
al, I know we all want BK to run the point all the time, but if hes running the point...who is setting up to shoot the 3s?....the way I see it we need stuck to run the point cause unlike BG he can actually get some penetration and force the defense to commit, which allows him to hit our only 3 pt threat(BK). I do however agree that we got in real trouble when GM went to the bench and when he came back into the game, we were down double digits and they didnt even look to him in the post. I think in the final 8 minutes he got the post feed 3 times. Not nearly enough in my opinion. I was probably the only one, but when Daye got bailed out on that drive and got to the line I was prayin he hit them and was able to see the ball go through the hoop, hoping he could get the monkey off his back. He is really having a hard time and this is when he needs a good pg to really set him up a few times to get rythm.
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Conversations about thinking should happen at every year level. As early as the primary years, teachers can use terminology related to thinking. "What 'point of view' might the wolf have?" or "What 'evidence' do you see that the plants in sunlight are growing faster than those in the dark?" Older students can be expected to elaborate answers, reconcile contradictions, and analyze the point of view of supposedly objective information.
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In many classrooms, students' thinking is assessed solely on the basis of the products of that thinking. In the case of multiple-choice and true-false questions, we assumed that if students came up with the right answer, they were using good thinking strategies, but we know now that this is not always the case. The challenge is, of course, how to assess a process that goes on primarily inside the brain. Fortunately, many thinking processes leave traces behind, traces that not only help a teacher understand how a student is thinking, but also help students grow as thinkers. By looking at the artifacts of students' thinking, such as discussions, graphic organizers, and notes, teachers can learn a great deal about the thinking processes of their students and use that information to make good decisions about individual and group instruction.
Beyer, B. K. (2000). Teaching thinking skills—Defining the problem. In A. L. Costa (Ed.), Developing minds: A resource book for teaching thinking, (pp. 35-40). Alexandria VA: ASCD.
Kincheloe, J. L. (2000). Making critical thinking critical. In D. W. Weil and H. K. Anderson (Eds.), Perspectives in critical thinking: Essays by teachers in theory and practice, (pp. 23-37). New York: Peter Lang.
Perkins, David. (1995). Smart schools: Better thinking and learning for every child. New York: Free Press.
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I am looking to do a 4 week TEFL course in Barcelona, and am thinking I may do my accreditation through INTESOL
Who have courses externally moderated by the OCNW.
Is this a valuable certificate? If not I will perhaps pay more to do the Trinity or CELTA course that seem the most prestigious
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Ok, so I've removed the old RF stalk from my 96 Don Post Fett and I'm trying to figure out the best/easiest way to install an aluminum RF. Would a strong glue or epoxy hold it or does everyone screw it on somehow?
Ok, so I've removed the old RF stalk from my 96 Don Post Fett and I'm trying to figure out the best/easiest way to install an aluminum RF. Would a strong glue or epoxy hold it or does everyone screw it on somehow?
The way that I installed mine was that I took a drywall plug, inserted it in the post and trimmed it flush. I then drilled a hole through the helmet and screwed it on using a screw and plastic washer. The cap is attached by drilling 2 tiny holes in the top of the post and cap and then epoxied 2 small pins inside for strength.
bkbt: Hey, I know you.
On mine, I counter-bored the loop on the stalk, to accept a washer and flattened screw on the outer side. Then I drilled through my resin earpiece and helmet, and put the screw and washer through the metal stalk....then added a rubber plug (inside the loop, since I ground off the resin plug) and rubber washer (for tension), and a small lock washer with the nut on the inside (not me- the metal one).
The screw holds both the stalk and earpiece on (to be glued, also), and the resin side cap is just going to be glued on. Plus, I drilled out the stalk for wiring, so I also dremilled out the "kidney" hole all the way through.
I'm talking about attaching the top part to the RF stalk, not the "loop" part onto the helmet...
you mean the actual RF itself? i just used some RTV in there and it seems to hold pretty well. its stuff i picked up at the auto parts store. i have some electronics in my RF so i figured that would be ok with it. the electronics have since died but whatever.
Hmm.... I mean the top "box" to the "pole"
I can't see the attached link from above so I'm not sure if Biggerkidbiggertoys is talking about what I'm talking about...
I ended up using Outdoor Goop and it seems to have worked well. It seems pretty solid.
I'm curious about this also.
I know some of the Don Post masks had hollow rangefinder "boxes," and some had solid ones. I suspect that the attachment method of the "box" portion to the stalk might be different for each version.
Anyone got any pics of how they did it? (I also could not view the pics above in the link to the Yahoo! Briefcase)
I have done it two different ways. For a solid resin rangefinder cap, I drilled two small holes in the stalk & two holes in the cap. I inserted two pin nails that I cut down to keep everything aligned & epoxied it all together. Fot a hollow plastic top, I again drilled two small holes in both pieces & used two tiny screws to attach the plastic top. The aluminum is soft enough that it will thread if you turn the screws & then back them off to clear the threads a few times. It is hard to see it in the pic because the screws are black, but you get the idea.
Thanks man... looks like I know what I have to do. I'm just petrified that I'm going to ruin the stalk by drilling into it.
I suggest to mark the hole locations with an awl so the drill bit won't slip. Also it doesn't hurt to drill a pilot hole using your smallest bit & then step up to the size you need. Good Luck!
I have a DP 95, non-white interior edition, and the range-finder, the "box," is hollow. It comes in two pieces: the base and a thin "lid" for the top of the range-finder that exposes the hollow interior. The stalk was molded as part of the bottom of the RF box. So to remove the RF box, it had to be cut off the stalk.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 359, April 6, 2007
- Introduction to C++ Templates
- NetCDF I/O Faster Than Binary I/O
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Introduction to C++ Templates
[ by Alec Bennett ]
One of the powerful features of the C++ language is its support for template classes and functions. Templates allow for the abstraction of data types from the operations being performed. Rather than writing near carbon copies of functions, templates make it possible to write one function that applies to many different data types.
One of the common uses for templates is to implement a generic stack class. Instead of defining a separate stack for integers, floating point values, etc., you may define a single stack object, and allow the template to have the flexibility to apply to many different data types.
For non-CS readers, a stack is a data structure which two basic operations: push and pop. A push adds a new item to the top of the stack, which pop removes the item on top of the stack and returns the value.
An integer stack class might be implemented as follows:
// Note: The examples shown here are a simple implementation and // lack proper error checking! // class IntStack{ private: int top; int stack[100]; public: IntStack() : top(-1) {}; ~IntStack(); int push(int i){ stack[++top] = i; } int pop(){ return stack[top--]; }; };
In order to use this class, you may do something like:
IntStack intstack = IntStack(); intstack.push(25); intstack.push(10); ...
The problem with this design is that in order to use the stack for a different data type (e.g. double, int, bool, etc.), a separate class definition must be written for each data type. Each of these classes would be fairly similar to the original IntStack. By changing just a few parts of this code, however, you can create a class which is adaptable to a variety of data types. Compare the initial example to that of a template class:
template <class T> class Stack { private: int top; T stack[100]; public: Stack() : top(-1) {}; ~Stack() {}; T push(T i){stack[++top] = i; } T pop(){ return stack[top--]; } };
The only changes are the prepending of the "template <class T>" before the class declaration, and the conversion of the "int" type to "T" in several sections of the code. Here the "T" designates a particular class or data type. When creating instances of this class, another minor change is necessary, as follows:
Stack<int> intstack; intstack.push(25); intstack.push(10); ...
Similarly a stack of doubles could be declared as follows:
Stack<double> dblstack; dblstack.push(1.25); dblstack.push(2.125); ...
While this still requires specifying a data type for instances of the class, overall changes are usually much simpler than writing several classes. Instead of changing the stack class for ints, doubles, and bools, you merely change the template. This helps to limit the chance of errors, as well as making code much more concise. Hopefully, this will help to limit tedious changes, and allow for more focus on the important sections of programs.
Templates can also be used to generalize functions. Here's a simple example which adds the elements of an array.
nelchina % cat template.h template <class T> T addArray(T * arr, int elements) { T sum=0; for(int ii=0; ii< elements;++ii) { sum += arr[ii]; } return sum; }
NOTE : This template code is included in a header file rather than a .cpp file. In general, if you want to use a template function or class in multiple source files, it's best to implement the routines in a header file. Most if not all C++ compilers cannot generate template definitions once code is in .o (i.e. object) format.
Here's a simple example using the template function above:
nelchina % cat example.cpp #include "template.h" #include <iostream> int main() { int int_array[]={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; double dbl_array[]={2.1, 1.25, 2.3, 7.1, 10.01, 12.0, 14.0, 16.0, 18.0, 20.0}; int isum=addArray<int>( int_array, 10 ); std::cout << isum << std::endl; double dsum=addArray<double>( dbl_array, 10 ); std::cout << dsum << std::endl; } mg56 % ./template_ex 55 102.76
While this has been a brief introduction to templates, be aware there are many predefined templates in C++. The Standard Template Library (STL) has a wide variety of lists, stacks, vectors, and other templates designed to simplify coding of more complex structures. Watch for more articles on the C++ Standard Template Library in future issues of HPC Users' Newsletter.
NetCDF I/O Faster Than Binary I/O
[ by Lee Higbie ]
I've been advocating netCDF for some time without having done an analysis to determine the size of its overhead. While I don't believe facts should ruin a story, I thought you might disagree on that point so I've collected some "facts."
On the IBMs netCDF was nearly always much faster than binary write from Fortran. On Midnight (Sun AMD Opteron, Linux) the speeds were close, most netCDF writes took 1.0 to 1.7 times as long as binary writes. On Nelchina (Cray XD1, Linux) the netCDF writes took 1.5 to 2.5 times as long. I gather that most of this slowdown is due to byte swapping the data array into netCDF's standard format (based on a note from Russ Rew at UCAR). From what Russ says, much of this overhead will go away in netCDF-4.
I wrote a short program to test the speed of writes for both types of I/O. Here is an excerpt from one case of that code:
... call system_clock(start) write(1, iostat = iosb) x ! binary write of 25+ MB of data call system_clock(now) wrint = now - start ! time to write x ... print *, "Time for ", size, "MB binary write = ", wrint ! size = number of megabytes in x NF90_CREATE(ncdfilenm, NF90_CLOBBER, ncid) ! Open file NF90_DEF_DIM(ncid, "1", prsz1, x1_did) ! define x NF90_DEF_DIM(ncid, "2", prsz2, x2_did) ! prsz* = x's dims NF90_DEF_DIM(ncid, "3", prsz3, x3_did) NF90_DEF_DIM(ncid, "4", prsz4, x4_did) dimids = (/ x1_did, x2_did, x3_did, x4_did /) ! vector of dimnsns NF90_DEF_VAR(ncid, "data", NF90_REAL, dimids, varid) NF90_ENDDEF(ncid) ! definition done call system_clock(start) NF90_PUT_VAR(ncid, varid, x) ! write data call system_clock(now) ncint = now - start ... print *, "Time for ", size, "MB netCDF write = ", ncint
In the ellipses are checks to be sure all the return codes are zero. The middle group of NF90_* calls are shown so you can see the programming overhead of netCDF I/O. This code is copied from "The NetCDF Tutorial," http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/
The binary file is inscrutable and non-portable. The netCDF is portable and there are many netCDF visualization utilities. For example, the file written above in the 100MB case, was NetCDFfile; ncdump prints the contents of netCDF files:
>ncdump NetCDFfile head -n13 netcdf NetCDFfile { dimensions: 1 = 100 ; 2 = 50 ; 3 = 100 ; 4 = 50 ; variables: float data(4, 3, 2, 1) ; data: data = 0.04449632, 0.06998526, 0.09545948, 0.1209116, 0.1463343, 0.1717201,
To me the astounding part of this experiment was the result. In nearly all Iceberg (IBM Power4, AIX) and Iceflyer (IBM Power4, AIX) cases netCDF write was more than twice as fast as binary write.
I also tested a second timing code snippet. It was similar to the one above but with ten writes in a loop, all to the same file. For the binary writes, I inserted rewind(1) just before each write. For netCDF there is no rewind, it's newer than tapes, so I coded the top block of NF_90* functions before each NF90_PUT_VAR. In other words, for the repeated netCDF writes, I closed the file, reopened it, redefined the header information and then wrote the data. The timing loops included the rewind or the close-open-define operations. The timing ratios for this case were similar to the first case.
I ran the program with array sizes ranging from 25 to 200 MB (400 MB on Nelchina and Midnight) in batch (normal) mode and interactively.
ScicomP 13 Call for Abstracts
We thought we'd pass along this ScicomP announcement. ARSC IBM users might be interested in attending this meeting or submitting an abstract.
> Announcing the 13th annual meeting of ScicomP > http://www.spscicomp.org/ > the IBM Scientific System User Group > > July 16 to 20, 2007 > Computer Center Garching (RZG) > Garching, Germany > Meeting web site: http://scicomp.rzg.mpg.de/ > > IMPORTANT DATES: > > 23 April 2007 (Monday) - Deadline for ScicomP Abstracts > 15 May 2007 (Tuesday) - ScicomP Author Notification > 15 May 2007 (Tuesday) - Registration Opens > 29 June 2007 (Friday) - Early Registration Closes > 16 July 2007 (Monday) - ScicomP Tutorial(s) > 17-20 July 2007 (Tue-Fri) - ScicomP Meeting > > CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: > > We seek original presentations by HPC application and software > infrastructure developers about recent discoveries, experiences, > and lessons learned on IBM HPC products. Speakers will be chosen > based on 1-page abstracts submitted to the ScicomP13 website > (<URL: http://scicomp.rzg.mpg.de/ >) by 23 April. > > ABOUT SCICOMP: > > ScicomP meetings target computational scientists and engineers > interested in achieving maximum performance and scalability on > all IBM HPC platforms, including the POWER, Linux, BlueGene, and > Cell platforms. Presentations will be given by both HPC users > and IBM staff. The focus of user presentations is on real world > experiences in porting, tuning, and running codes on large-scale IBM > systems. Topics may include (but are not limited to) code migration, > scalable algorithms, hybrid programming models, exploiting system > architectures, and scheduling and execution frameworks. IBM staff > presentations include hardware and software road maps for large > systems; application development support software tools; performance > programming, measurement, analysis, and tuning techniques. > > For more information see the conference website: > http://scicomp.rzg.mpg.de/ >
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Google was in the news a lot last year. From Panda to Google+, I think we can come up with some reasonable predictions for the upcoming year. Let's go out on that limb, shall we? It's 2012 and time to jump on that "what could happen next in SEO" bandwagon.
Increased Scrutiny of the Link Graph
Google's Panda updates and subsequent assault on content farms points to an increased focus on quality. There's no reason to believe that this wouldn't apply to your link profile. Yes of course, to some degree the search engines have been doing this for years. However, I think that increased use of Microdata and semantic markup will offer the search engine unprecedented information with which to make content relevance and quality decisions. For example, imagine getting a link from a blog post whose creator is using the rel="author" tag and imagine that author having a large, circle of influence through his or her network. It'd be relatively easy for a search engine to use that data as an authority signal and apply that to a site's overall link profile.
Social Everywhere… Or is it?
I think the basic premise of how social signal work and why they're useful for SEO will still apply. For example, allow a visitor to +1/Like/share something on your site. Odds are that someone in that visitor's network will be searching for similar content. Then that +1/Like/shared content appears higher in the search results for people in the sharer's circles. This promotes the content with higher placement and, theoretically, an increase CTR by showing a trusted source within the searcher's network has +1'd/Liked/shared this content. This, of course, doesn't include additional content promotion driven by the inclusion of this content in social media streams.
However, I do not see 2012 as the year Google specifically overtly uses +1 signals in aggregate. "In aggregate" means that someone like Google would use +1 as a signal to influence the rankings you see across all searches for all users. Opening that Pandora's Box would leave their ranking system open to "gaming" from any company that wants to start selling +1's…which already happens.
The only way around this would, once again, be for Google to weight +1's from perceived "influencers" more heavily. They'd have to look at the social graph of who is +1-ing something to determine if their sphere of influence appears organically cultivated. This is currently relatively easy to fake in Twitter. It remains to be seen how agencies will be able to create and manage large +1 farms.
SEO Services Continue Moving Toward Content or Inbound Marketing
I think that you'll see agencies and consultants that focus solely on traditional SEO tactics providing less and less value to their clients. Don't get me wrong, people will still need keyword research, site architecture assistance and link building/maintenance. However, I think you'll see the most value delivered from agencies that provide additional services such as audience analysis, cultivation and outreach. More and more, a site's audience has to be the evangelists for content. Increasing audience interaction with and sharing of content enforces brand authority signals to the search engines. As search engines become smarter and provide easier to implement tools, tags and best practices, I see the role of an SEO continuing its drift toward that of an Inbound Marketer.
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OpenOffice.org Writer: Hyphens and Spaces Can Be Non-Breaking or Optional?
When you're writing a document and you see the program split something like a date between two lines, do you ever wonder how to prevent that from happening?
Let's face it… this looks just plain weird
……………………………………………. Monday, July
4, 2011 ……………………………………………………
You could play with margins and whatnot, but for the most part, it will mess with the whole document.
I've seen people actually use the Enter key to force the Monday onto the next line… too bad that one is a nightmare during editing. If you add or delete from that paragraph, you're likely to have a huge gap somewhere that you'll have to remember to fix. Not to mention future editing, when you just might have to put the line break back in.
No… too much work!
So now what?
Do we just let it go?
Naw… that just wouldn't be our style.
To avoid the split dates and other weird-looking splits from the end of one line to the beginning of another, we're going to investigate non-breaking spaces, non-breaking hyphens and optional hyphens.
The non-breaking spaces and hyphens are exactly what they're called. They are special spaces and hyphens in your document that are not allowed to cause a break from one row to the next.
In other words, the text to the left and right of the non-breaking character must be on the same line.
Next let's talk about that optional hyphen I mentioned earlier.
An optional hyphen is one that you insert within a word, at the location of your choosing, but it is invisible and unused, unless it's needed to break the word at the end of a line.
Even if you have the automatic hyphenation turned on, words that you've used an optional hyphen in will only be broken in the place you chose.
Now that we know what they are, the next logical step is to talk about how to get them into your documents.
If you're not great with the whole memorizing the key combination thing, then after you place your cursor where you want to insert the hyphen or space, you'll need to head over to the Insert menu.
There you'll want to use the Formatting Mark sub-menu to choose the type of hyphen or space you need.
If you are partial to the key combination idea, the sub-menu lists those too.
Ctrl + Shift + Space is used to create a non-breaking space
Ctrl + Shift + – creates a non-breaking hyphen
Ctrl + – will insert an optional hyphen
In your document, you'll notice that you now have gray shading where the hyphen or space was inserted. Here's what a non-breaking space looks like while you're editing your document:
This one is a non-breaking hyphen:
and this one is an optional hyphen:
As you can see – they're always in the document, but only used when needed, based on text wrapping at the end of a line. Oh, and don't worry – they are invisible when printing the document.
No more messing with margins to force a certain look, no more aggravation with Writer, while you try to get a hyphenated phrase onto a single line… it can all be controlled with these easy to use formatting marks.
~ April
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If that is how your doctor's office treats you, and you haven't complained, or sought another doctor, then who is to blame for the crappy care you feel you are getting?
My doctor knows my health issues and works with me to do things to correct them. Both with medicine and changes in my life style. You may be fortunate not to have any health issues that would require medical assistance but your blanket statements about doctors, and some drugs is wrong, and down right dangerous to the point of being deadly for some people. I have diabetes, tell me what natural supplements will take care of that. There are none that will reliably and safely help me maintain my blood sugar levels. I do take some supplements but they alone will not do the job. But to abandon my doctor and endochronoligist would be a death sentence for me.
The fact of the matter is too many people are passive in their medical care and never even ask what the drug the doctor prescibes will do, or if it will interact with anything else they are taking. I am NOT passive at all. Whenever they change any med I have I ask a ton of questions about side effects, both long and short term, and interactions with other drugs I am taking. In fact their are certain diabetic drugs I refuse to take because of horrendous side effects.
Being pissed off and uninformed is no way to approach any type of medical care. It is your repsonsibility as a patient to ask questions or do your own research about any treatment any medical professional wants to do to you.


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Re: Two strange problems with a notebook...
Sometimes notebooks get subtly corrupted. If you can read and correct
box expressions, then you can use ctrl+shift+e on a cell and manually
correct the problem. Otherwise, (1) copy the affected cells as plain
text, (2) paste it into a text editor, (4) manually correct any
problems in the text editor, (5) delete the problem cell, (6) create a
new cell, (7) paste the text back in. If that doesn't work, manually
retype the cell.
On 8/7/06, Giacomo Ciani <giacomo.ciani at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm been working on a Mathematica book for a lot of time, modifying it
> often and changing cell division and so on, and saving every time the
> modified version to a new file (as for now, I'm at "version 23").
> In the last versions, I'm experiencing two strange problems:
> 1) There is a line in a cell that is something like this:
> myPath= "c:\myFolder"
> When I evaluate the cell, the message windows shows the error (I'm
> reporting a cut->paste form the message window):
> The string '"' cannot be displayed with ShowStringCharacters->False due
> to an error in the string.
> Observing the first double quote, I can notice that the space around it
> is unusual. Deleting a retyping it fixes the problem, but the next time
> I open (obviously after fixing and saving) the nb the problem is still
> there...
> 2) After some initialization cells, I have the main cell that does few
> operations and then to perform two nested loops to calculate a
> simulation (one loop over several particles and one loop over the
> bounces each particle performs). In the last versions of the nb, if I
> evaluate the cell as is (after evaluating all the other cells),
> mathematica just skip to the end of the cell without actually exectuing
> any of the instruction in the cell.
> To fix this, it suffices that I modify the cell adding and deleting a
> carachter at any position... then I can evaluate the cell correctly.
> As before, fixing and saving doesn't solve the problem, that is there
> the next time I opne the nb...
> I also tried to copy all the cells to a new nb, but with no success...
> Any Idea about all this?
> Thanks a lot
> Giacomo


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I have a problem with my 1991 Mk2 GTI 8v. After riding for a while with my GTI when I'm low of fuel (less than 1/4, but without getting to the reserve) there's a point when the engine stalls and I can't turn it on until 10-15 minutes. Usually before the engine starts to show symptoms of stalling I can hear a very noisy sound that looks to come from one of the fuel pumps.
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I cleaned the ISV, replaced spark plugs, distributor cap and distributor rotor which where in bad condition, but it didn't fix the problem.
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Pachaug State ForestRoute 49P.O. Box 5Voluntown, CT 06384
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The forest recreation areas are open from sunrise to sunset. Other forest areas are open one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
Pets on a leash are permitted.
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Pachaug State Forest is the largest State Forest in Connecticut encompassing 24,000 acres, in 5 towns. There are two areas, the Chapman Area and the Green Falls Area.
Alcohol is not permitted at campgrounds in Pachaug State Forest.
January 2017 - All camping season dates should be considered tentative, based on currently available resources and projections of future resources. A final decision on camping season dates and campground closures will be made in the spring of 2017, after the adoption of the state budget.
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Pachaug State Forest began with a land purchase in Voluntown, in 1928. At present, Pachaug covers about 24,000 acres in six towns, and is the largest forest in the State system. The word "Pachaug" is derived from the Indian term meaning bend or turn in the river. The Pachaug River, running from Beach Pond to the Quinebaug River, runs through the center of the forest.
Indians of the Narragansett, Pequot, and Mohegan tribes
inhabited this area in great number. During the last half of the seventeenth century, the Narragansetts and Pequots were defeated by the combined force of the Colonists and the Mohegans, when in 1700, a six mile square tract was granted to the Indian War Veterans. Eventually, the central portion of this land grant became "Volunteer's Town," incorporated as Voluntown in 1721.
Old cellar holes and miles of stone fence winding through the woods give evidence that the entire forest was once farmed or pastured. Abundant water encouraged the establishment of a mill industry as early as 1711. Nearly every brook has several old mill sites and dams. Homestead farming and small industry succumbed to advancing modern technology; the forest reclaims its land.
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(Hive Surface Area/ R value) x (Temperature Inside – Temperature Outside) = BTUs of bee heat.A full colony of bees can generate somewhere between 20 and 40 watts according to the literature I've seen and my casual observations. 1watt = 3.41 BTU/hour. A wood hive has a R-value of about 1. A 2 deep hive has a surface area of about 14.5 sq feet. Plugging these numbers in the heat loss equation we have:(14.5/R1) x Delta T = 20watts x 3.41Delta T = 4.7F. Where Delta T is the temperature delta ABOVE the outside air temp.Now let's run those same numbers with a foam hive having R10 insulation.14.5/R10 * DeltaT = 20watts x 3.41DeltaT = 47F. A perfectly insulated R10 foam hive will be up to 47F above the outside temperature if the bees are making 20watts of heat in the cluster. In this case, the bees DO end up heating the hive along with the cluster.
Unless the laws of physics work differently in Vermont, the trick will be interpreting how your data fits Newton's equations.
The equation I posted is an approximation of integrating Newton's law over the surface of a hive using calculus.
An analogy to what you're doing is measuring the temperature inside a house right above the furnace (or even inside the furnace) and claiming that is an average temperature for the entire house.
The equation you posted and the general thrust of the post claimed to be a way to measure the heat output of the cluster in watts.
I said that your equation would result in radically different results depending on the location of the probe relative to the location of the cluster. Nothing more and nothing less.
Really the point I was trying to get across is that bees DO end up heating up their environment in a foam hive whereas they do not do so in a wood hive. Basically confirming the standard Beeks mantra that "Bees don't heat the hive, they only heat the cluster".
A perfectly insulated R10 foam hive will be up to 47F above the outside temperature if the bees are making 20watts of heat in the cluster. In this case, the bees DO end up heating the hive along with the cluster.
The observation that a foam hive holds the heat better than a wooden one is fairly obvious.
Does anyone know at what the bees would be the most comfortable. What temperature would the bees use the least food, raise the most brood move freely in the hive.