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Binary Options Trading Guide 2017
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What do you Mean by Binary Options Trading?
The inexperienced investors and seasoned experts use products like binary trade, binary options, all-or-nothing options, digital options and fixed returned options in the same manner. These options refer to bets that are put up on given stocks or currency over their value for a certain period of time. The bet revolves around whether the value will rise or not over a given period of time. The period of time may be a month or a week or even an hour. The pay outs for these options differ from one stock to next and one currency to other. They also are dependent on the time duration before closing.
Binary Options Trading - How does it work?
The pay out of the binary option is listed in points totaling 98 and the two halves are split to ascertain what amount of money one would make if they won and what amount would they loose if the prediction is incorrect. We shall take an example of the working of binary trade for better understanding.
Let us assume, the stock for Apple is at the top of the hour at $46.41 per share and the binary solution quoted at the bottom of the hour is $36 so if you make a bet of $10 per point and at the bottom of the hour the price of Apple stock is $46.41, then you would have won $673 but if the market went against your wishes then you would have to bear a loss of $351.
The options vary greatly from each other, depending on the broker and how he/she deals within the binary trade system. The previous example where you win $673 on winning the bet and loose only $351 in the event of loosing the bet is not an example of all-or-nothing option. In all-or-nothing option you do not get any money back in the situation where the market goes against your favor.
But unlike the other options that accumulate on the basis of points, this option is different and there is a bottom line price for your loss. In the different binary trade options you can make money from items through the increase or decrease of price but it all is dependent on the choice you make i.e. if you buy the option or sell the option.
Making Money with Binary options trading Binary options trading have been recognized in recent times as one of the popular trading schemes. Unlike traditional modes of trading, binary options trading are bound by contracts which may expire in days, hours, or even minutes depending upon the terms and conditions prevailing therein.
Can you Rich through Binary options trading? Yes you can! However, this requires a lot of patience along with proper guidance, rather than relating success with any time span pertaining to expiry dates. As such, it is essential to refrain from the use of gambling mentality that can obstruct or hamper your implementation of successful strategy in binary options trading. |
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Trading on Twitter Stocks using Binary Options Twitter Inc. in recent months after issuing traded company (just as it did a Facebook) and is now possible to trade shares of Twitter stocks also using trading of different binary options platforms. |
What makes Binary Trade Simple?
The ease of entering this simple up or down business makes it a desirable trade for the market traders. All the trades within the system are conducted over the internet and can be accessed from any location provided the individual has access to internet from there.
The simplified format of conducting the business boosts and motivates the individuals to get involved in it and do the simple trading from the comfort of their homes or office or any other place they choose. It has paved way to a market which never existed before, where people get ample opportunities to get involved in this business from their own comfort zones.
You only require a little experience to become an expert and money making investor through the multiple options this trade offers on a simplified platform. You can get binary options when you are putting your money on a public company or in currencies around the world. You just have to follow the trends in the market to keep yourself updated with all the development in this segment.
You should keep track of the prices as they go up or down. Studying the trend will help you to know when is the best time to buy a stock or a particular currency and when is it right to sell the same. You can expect to make more money with the trend only if you are familiar with the trend.
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Should I Trade Binary Options?
Should I trade binary options? The answer relies on your hand. However, you need to know that trading in binary option provides many possibilities. There are many investors who succeeded in the business of trading binary options. This is because they follow some important tips in order to make their trading successful. This includes choosing the appropriate binary option broker, knowing what the best strategy available is and understanding the best time to trade binary options.
Binary option is easy to understand compared to typical options. It is cash settled as European type of options, which means that trades can just be exercised on the date of termination. At expiration, the binary options patch up the cash, the seller or the purchaser of the particular options obtains a pre-specified amount of dollar. At the same time, if the binary options patch up the cash, the seller or the buyer of the said options obtains nothing. However, there are few binary brokers that give 10 to 15% refund.
In order to become successful, you need to learn where the binary options trading traded, you also need to check the transaction price, and you need to study how the price is determined and many more.
Binary options trading offers full payout because of single pip movement. If you want excitement, thrill and fun try to trade binary options. It is also the best way to earn money if your forecast is accurate. Therefore, make sure to understand first the underlying factors in binary trading in order to become successful.
How to Trade Binary Options Currency?
Currency options in binary trading have the similar basic purpose as other kinds of options. The investors who buy currency options, also known as Forex options, have the capability to sell or buy the currency which is the security that underlies for a specific time at a particular price or strike. However, it is not needed to absolutely do so. Traders trade currency hoping to earn big income or as a hedging technique, normally to secure the position of cash in the market. Traditional and Spot are the kinds of currency options which are traded in various ways.
When it comes on how to trade binary options currency first, you need to learn the distinction between the currency and other kinds of option. Overseas currency is traded in pairs. If one currency upsurges in price in contradiction to the other currency, it falls necessarily in price comparative to the first one. This will result to call and a put option at the same time.
Open a currency trading online account with licensed currency dealer. Make sure that the dealer you select permits currency options because not all binary options brokers do. Select a traditional currency options by registering in to your online account and studying the present exchange rate for the Forex pair. Ask the binary option broker to get the price of the currency option prior to executing the deal. Watch the exchange rate. When the market direction is in your favor, therefore you are in the money, and this will make you a profit. Purchase SPOT options to enjoy the benefit of the market trends.
What are options?
The cost of this lack of risk, in itself becomes the risk. Regardless of if the exchange ever takes place, the contract was paid for. An investor can partake in commodity options trading, equity, interest-rate, index, and currency options trading.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The state would study Indiana's high rate of teen sexual assault if an amended bill wins passage.
An Indiana House committee amended a measure Wednesday to require at least two state agencies to look into teen sexual assaults. It would require the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana to study such crimes, and either the state health department or the Office of Women's Health to determine the number of victims of domestic and sexual violence.
The Centers for Disease Control report more than 17 percent of Indiana girls between grades 9 and 12 have reported being raped. That's compared to a national average of about 10 percent.
The amendment proposed by Rep. Christina Hale and Sen. Jim Merritt, both of Indianapolis, now goes before the full House.


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The Long Distance Soulster
For as long as Luther has sufficed to separate Mr. Vandross from all others bearing his name he has been the modern male soul singer, possibly the last of a disappearing breed in a profession already rife with high risk and high mortality. The historical roll count of male soul men equally and readily identifiable by first nameSam, Jackie, Otis, Al, Marvin, Teddy, James, Curtis, and now curiously, if momentarily we pray, Maxwelloffers a sobering and fatalistic prognosis for Black men possessing what a friend once called the Voice of God, a gift obviously too incendiary for mere mortal coils. As was once said of male jazz singers, the modern era sees little necessity for male soul classicists, or more pointedly, Black men who feel very deeply. So I Know, his debut for Virgin, affirms his triumphs over time and outrageous fortune on the slippery slopes of the African American romance song.
Luther's greatest drawback has been coming along when there were few exemplary soul songs being writ tenhiphop lyricists having taken up the reins of that dark horseand fewer people still who could competently produce them by comparison with the Motown and Philly International teams. His former label Epic's competing release of Always & ForeverThe Classics compiles career-making gems like "A House Is Not a Home," "Creepin'," and "Superstar /Until You Come Back to Me," demonstrating his unfailing taste in covers and the outstanding craft he deploys in bringing unabashed concert bravura into the studio. In soul-historical terms Luther's roomy and decorously boomy voice is a late-stage evolution ary project designed with buppy seduction scenarios in minda recombinant brew of Nat Cole's preternatural polish, Otis Redding's Pentecostal fervor, Marvin Gaye's homeboy cosmopolitanism that in tandem with his diva airs has never been too funky, too poppy, or too campy to panic anyone. The balancing act has always been astounding, and now that Puffy has made glitz a Black Thing again, may even be hip, kinda-sorta.
Vandross's heart is clearly with the old songs, but his fortune lies in making nice with today's marketplace without getting too new on all the Luther loyalists out there. It's a slow dance fraught with dangers and de lights. On I Know, he makes a coproduction with Masters at Work, maestros of last year's Nuyorican Soul omnibus, seem like a stretch with an apologia of "Wait a minute, let's try something different, this is Luther with the Masters at Work." What follows ain't hardly hardstep drum'n 'bass and certainly not acid-house, but a bass-driven dance vehicle that will doubtlessly inspire acrobatics on the floor at Vinyl this weekend. Since Luther has spent a portion of his career pooh-poohing rumors of gaiety, you have to wonder if club music's sexual orientation stigma explains the cautionary note upfront. Similarly, a lyric from "Religion""Little Billy likes his best friend Jack/How in the world could he be like that/Mama and Henry wanna have a chat/Boy you need religion"seems even more extreme unless you read it as a wink of tongue in cheek, and since can't nobody do closet as gothically as upwardly mobilized Black celebs, or fear of hiphop, for that matter, we're left to our own devices as to what's-the-deal-ly-Yo. Of course, any song that also speaks of folk getting some of that "How'd I get on Ricki Lake religion" clearly got jokes-ing on its mind more than jubilation per se.
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Still, this Luther album mostly sounds like every other Luther album you own, which, depending on your take on things, either adds up to remarkable consistency or fear of expansion. On his duet with Cassandra Wilson, "I'm Only Human," (echoes of Morrissey and "How Soon Is Now" only for the insane), Marcus Miller provides a track straight outta the sentimental side of Dr. Dre. Wilson provides butta from the basso-profundo dimension of her register and Bob James's sparse and winsome Fender Rhodes solo reminds that soul was also once the province of extraordinary instrumentalists (and designing minimalists). Ditto for Stevie Wonder's harmonica appearance on "I Know," a melancholy Lutherian essay on domestic bliss and anxiety. "Nights in Harlem," featuring MC Precise, is this album's Proust move, a remembrance of things past that goes back to the days when Smokey Robinson and the Miracles came to town and "Tears of a Clown" was Luther's favorite song. Precise's rhymes manage the admirable feat of nostalgia and contemporaneity without broaching cheesiness or science fiction. For this reason, Darkchild's included remix of the same jam with Guru in tow seems especially unnecessary, and as a closer, diminishing of the excellence found here overall.
Counting his transition from brilliant background singer to one-in-a-million shot breakout soloist, Vandross has been a long-distance runner in the soul man's race against the clock, fashion, and youthful exuberance, a game where neither fate nor mental stability have ever appeared the hand maidens of self-creation. For this reason, only real men, whatever their elective affinities, dare sing soul music. Three shouts of Viva Luther! seem in order.
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Columbus Day, which is annually on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in 1937. Columbus Day 2010 is celebrated on October 11 holiday.
10 10 10: Rush to Hold Weddings on 10/10/10
In the year's wedding calendar the next Sunday will be one of the busiest days for couples as they are hoping the date 10/10/10 will bring them luck.
10.10.10, October 10 2010 and 10/10/10
At 10 minutes and 10 seconds past 10 am today, the time and date will read as 10:10:10:10:10:10, a matter that will recur only after one hundred years.
Chicago Marathon
Date: October Location: Chicago, United States Race type: road Distance: Marathon Established: 1977 Course records: 2:05:41 (M; 2009-10-11,Samuel Wanjiru); 2:17:18 (F; 2002-10-13, Paula Radcliffe) Official site: www.chicagomarathon.com The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston, New York, London and Berlin […]
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Sunny Leone, Priyanka Chopra & Freida Pinto in AskMen's 99 hot women list
Three Indian hot actors, Sunny Leone, Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto have 'made it' to the AskMen Top 99 Women 2012 list
Who is the most desirable woman in the world? Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra, who stars in the recent release Agneepath, is on No.70 on the list of 99 hot women published by popular men's website AskMen.com. Indo-Canadian pornstar Sunny Leone, who made her presence felt in India recently on reality show Bigg Boss 5, ranked on No.82 – surprisingly low. Maybe her rankings will go up after she is seen in Mahesh Bhatt's film Jism 2. But we wonder what's left to show for the Penthouse pet really!
India's export to Hollywood, Freida Pinto ranks 58 – hotter than Priyanka! Maybe because of Freida's familiarity or maybe because of her 'exotic' looks. Whatever the case is, AskMen has its own interesting reasons for the rankings, which we have mentioned below each girl's picture. Do tell us if you agree with the rankings! Click here to read more -


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Dropbox Security Bug Turns Off Passwords
The breach was attributed to a "code update" that "introduced a bug affecting our authentication mechanism."
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Web-based storage firm Dropbox has admitted that a programming error led to a temporary security breach that allowed any account to be accessed using any password, reports CNET News. According to Dropbox, the breach was attributed to a "code update" that "introduced a bug affecting our authentication mechanism."
According to InformationWeek, Drop box says only "a very small number of users (much less than 1 percent)" were affected. Once discovered, the flaw only took five minutes to fix, but as a precaution, all logged-in sessions were ended.
This isn't the first time Dropbox's security has come into question. In May, University of Indiana Ph.D. and security researcher Christopher Soghoian filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Dropbox has been misleading users about the security and privacy of their files. Soghoian takes issue with Dropbox's deduplication process, saying it makes it easy for outsiders to know what's on Dropbox's servers.


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The North Sydney Club will begin their 2008 season campaign with a mixture of Bears 07 experience and some highly touted North Sydney and South Sydney talent on team.
Beau Champion, Greg Nichols, Shannon Hegarty, Luke Grant, Scott Geddes, Ben Lowe, Dave Wynyard, Shannan McPherson and Ryan Verlinden will all once again hit the paddock for Norths on Saturday at Concord Oval.
While of great interest will be the new kids on the block that all come with high praise from Coaches Wayne Lambkin and Jason Taylor - winger Nathanael Barnes, centre Jamie Simpson, five-eight Charlie Herekotukutuku, halfback Marc Russell and hooker George Ndaira all make their competition run-on debut in the Red and Black.
While John Koborsi, Beau Falloon, Shaune Corrigan, John Tamanika, Sean Dalton and Daniel Sayegh will be vying for a spot on their first competition bench for 2008.
Last years Grand Final five-eight Beau Champion has been named captain.
The Bears juniors this week travel all the way to Toronto to face the highly fancied Newcastle teams. Both the bears Harold Matthews and S G Ball are both still in contention for the 2008 competition. Charles Vicente returns for the S G Ball team.
Round One NSW Cup Date: Saturday 15th March 2008 Location: Concord Oval, Concord Western Suburbs V North Sydney - 3:00pm
Round Five NSW Junior Rep Competition Date: Saturday 15th March 2008 Location: Lyle Peacock Field, Toronto Newcastle V North Sydney - Harold Matthews - 12:00 pm, S G Ball - 01:30 pm.
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Official Disney Universe E3 Trailer
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Disney releases the 'Disney Universe' E3 2011 Trailer, an upcoming multiplayer action-adventure game. The game lets you select costumes and play as characters from Disney and Disney-Pixar films, each with its own powers. Take a peek!
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"Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!"
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"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
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"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library."
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"A college education should equip one to entertain three things: a friend, an idea and oneself."
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Cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable that belongs to the family of cabbage and broccoli. Only the head of the cauliflower is edible whereas the stalk and the thick green leaves are usually discarded, but in few instances used in soups and stews. The weight of cauliflower also varies from 200 grams to 1000 grams. Some of the most popular cauliflower dishes are aloo gobhi, chili cauliflower and baked cauliflower.
History of Cauliflower
The history of cauliflower is traced to the origin of wild cabbage. This wild plant used to have similar looks like kale and believed to have originated in the ancient times in Asia Minor. After lot of transformations, the real vegetable came into being during Mediterranean region and since 600 BC it has been considered as remarkable vegetable in Turkish and Italian cuisines. That was during mid 16th century that French were introduced to the cauliflower and started including cauliflower recipes in their menu.
Culinary Uses of Cauliflower
Though cauliflower has a bland taste of its own, it is regarded as a delight for vegetarians. Cauliflower tends to catch flavor from the spices and sauces used to make cauliflower recipes. As a vegetable, it is fondly used in stews, casseroles and even in salads. Usually, cauliflower is incorporated as a cooked vegetable. It can be boiled, steamed or fried before adding to any dish. Baked cauliflower dishes are quite popular in Western cuisine. The true companions of cauliflower while making cauliflower dishes are potato, onion and peas. Cauliflower potato is a highly admired side dish in many cuisines. Even pickled cauliflower is savored as an accompaniment. Little steamed cauliflower can be served as a crunchy snack that can easily substitute the carrot. Cauliflower can also substitute the regular mashed potato as boiled mashed cauliflower can make delectable cauliflower dishes.
Popular Cauliflower Recipes
- Cauliflower and cheese bake
- Cauliflower and broccoli salad – This side dish is a nice addition to the dinner table with some delectable and healthy ingredients.
- Aloo gobhi – This is one of the most popular Indian side dish. It is usually a dry vegetable but variation can be done by adding little gravy to the dish.
- Gobhi ke paranthe – Cauliflower is generally grated and stuffed to make Indian bread. Various spices and other ingredients are also added to the grated cauliflower.
Cuisines Commonly Making Cauliflower Dishes
- Cauliflower is popularly known as 'gobhi' in Indian cuisine and it is considered a treat for vegetarians. Aloo gobhi, gobhi korma, gobhi ke pakore and gobhi ke paranthe are some of the appetizing and famous cauliflower dishes in Indian cuisine.
- Chinese cuisine also incorporates cauliflower in its vegetarian dishes such as chili cauliflower, cauliflower soup and even beef with cauliflower.
- Italian, French, Turkish as well as American cuisine includes an assortment of cauliflower recipes that are served as well-liked appetizers, side dishes and main dishes.
Preferred Methods of Making Cauliflower Recipes
Steaming, boiling, frying, baking and stir-frying are some of the commonly used methods to make palatable cauliflower dishes. Even pickled, grated and mashed cauliflower are also incorporated in various diets.
Nutritive Value of Cauliflower
Cauliflower is an excellent source of Vitamin C and dietary fibers. Magnesium, starch and potassium are also found in abundance in this nutritional vegetable. High blood pressure, arthritis and constipation can be easily kept at bay by regular consumption of cauliflower recipes.
Buying and Storing of Cauliflower
The signs of fresh cauliflower are white, creamy florets that are tightly clustered. Green leaves surrounding the head keeps the vegetable fresh for longer, hence buy the flower with more green leaves. Uncooked cauliflower can be stored in refrigerator for up to one week, wrapped in a plastic bag. Cut florets should be consumed within 2-3 days as they tend to loose freshness very fast.
Types of Cauliflower
There are three varieties of cauliflower classified according to the color.
- Green cauliflower – It's also called 'broccoflower' and a commercial sold vegetable in USA and Europe since 1990.
- Purple cauliflower – Mainly available in UK and Southern Italy. Its purple color is the result of the presence of an antioxidant.
- Orange cauliflower – Originally found in Canada and it contains large amounts of Vitamin A.


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2013 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, the javelin throw and the 4x400-meter relay...INDOOR: Ran an indoor season-best 25.35 200-meter dash at the Wisconsin Red & White Open (Feb. 15)...OUTDOOR: Set a personal-record in the 200-meter dash at the Rex Foster Invitational (Apr. 5) with a time of 24.91...Place fifth in javelin throw with a personal-best toss of 41.25 meters at the Northern Athletics Conference Outdoor Championships (May 3-4)...Ran a personal-best 400-meter dash in 54.97 at the Benedictine Eagle Invitational (Apr. 13).
High School (Kingsford): Named All-Upper Peninsula Conference First Team in soccer twice...Earned varsity letters in soccer and tennis.
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Lens works great and with the new G5 it makes an excellent combination. It would be nice if it were a little faster. I may have to look at the 12-35 f2.8 some day!
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text: Could the Ancient Romans Have Built a Digital Computer?Hunter Scott3/05/13 11:09amFiled to: SPQRromansHistoryDigital computersComputersRepublishedTopancient rome722EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe Romans were undoubtedly master engineers. They were experts at civil engineering, building roads, improving sanitation, inventing Roman concrete, and constructing aqueducts that adhere to tolerances impressive even by today's standards. Perhaps the best evidence of their aptitude is the fact that many of those structures still stand today, almost 2000 years later. They even began dabbling in technology vastly ahead of their time. Hero of Alexandria drew up plans for a rudimentary steam engine in his Spiritalia seu Pneumatica. He called it the aeolipile.AdvertisementIt didn't work very well. However, by the late 3rd century AD, all essential parts for constructing a steam engine were known to Roman engineers: Hero's steam power, the crank and connecting rod mechanism (in the Hierapolis sawmill), the cylinder and piston (in metal force pumps), non-return valves (in water pumps) and gearing (in water mills).That got me thinking: Could the Romans have built a digital computer using only the technology and manufacturing processes available to them? AdvertisementThe Roman Empire did incredible things with the relatively limited knowledge and resources at their disposal. Hunter Scott, however, looks one step farther than the Romans could have ever dreamed.Maybe the first thing you would think of is a mechanical computer, like the Babbage Difference Engine:While it's a beautiful piece of engineering, it's actually not a computer. It's a calculator. Charles Babbage did design a mechanical computer, called the analytical engine. It's never been built, because it would take up an entire room and be extremely expensive. I don't think the Romans could have built the analytical engine or other purely mechanical computer because of the tolerances required. I don't know much about their manufacturing abilities, but I know they didn't do a lot of it and imported most things. I couldn't find the tolerances needed for the Harvard Mark I, an electromechanical computer, but I'm hesitant to believe that they could have built that either. It's hard to know how precise manufacturing techniques were back then, but one of the best clues we have is the Antikythera mechanism. It uses hand cut gears that are surprisingly precise, but still probably not good enough for a mechanical computer. Small inaccuracies in the gear trains would add up, and this is evident in the Antikythera mechanism. It would be even more pronounced in a room sized contraption and would almost certainly prevent any useful calculations from being performed.SponsoredIf the Romans couldn't do it mechanically, they would have needed a semiconductor. When most people think of semiconductors, they think of clean rooms and millions of dollars of machinery. However, that kind of equipment is only needed for high performance semiconductors used in modern integrated circuits with high speed, high efficiency switching. It turns out that naturally occurring semiconductors are actually quite common. Minerals like zincite, bornite, and carborundum will work. However, the best mineral to use is lead sulfide, AKA galena. It be used without any modification directly after mining. It's got a band gap of about 0.4 eV. Ancient societies knew all about galena, and the Egyptians used it as makeup.They could have easily made a cat's whisker diode by using a small piece of springy wire to touch a point on the galena crystal, creating a crude and unstable metal-semiconductor junction called a Schottky barrier diode. Current will flow from the metal into the galena, but not the other way around. This is the same technique that was used in early crystal radio receivers. POWs in World War II used the oxidation on razer blades as a semiconductor and a safety pin to create a diode so they could build receivers to keep up to date with news on the war. It took a lot of patience to find a perfect spot on the blade that would work, and likewise it would take time to poke the galena with the wire in different spots to find a place that would act as a diode.AdvertisementIf they could have built a diode, could they have built a transistor? The first transistor that Bell Labs built (although not the first transistor ever built) was point contact and looked pretty similar to the cat's whisker diode.Instead of a single point, they had two, each formed by the contact of the edge of a piece of gold foil onto a hunk of Germanium. A simpler version of this can be done by basically building a cat's whisker diode but using two springy wires touching two different spots on the galena. So couldn't the Romans have just modified their diodes to make transistors? In my opinion, no. When Bell Labs was experimenting with transistors, they tried making a galena cat's whisker version and ran into some problems. To being "transisting", the whisker tips had to be closer than 0.1 mm. They also found that you had to use freshly cleaved galena surfaces and any humidity would interfere. They had to make extremely sharp whiskers by dissolving the ends with electrolysis. Now, I don't want to underestimate the Romans. Maybe they could have trained workers to be that precise or come up with some other way of solving the problem. But we're going to take it easy on them because there's a better way to get around the problem of no transistors.The Romans knew how to make wire and also knew how to work iron. So now the question is, can you build a computer using only diodes, wire, and iron? Well, prior to 1953, no computers used transistors. The Romans knew how to work glass, but it's unlikely they could have manufactured vacuum tubes. While a lot of early computers did use vacuum tubes, they often also relied on diode logic. There are two major problems you have to solve with diode logic. First, diodes have a voltage drop across them, which means you need to amplify the signal every so often. Early designers solved this problem using transistors as amplifiers. The second problem is that you can't design a NOT gate (an inverter) using only diodes. Designers got around this problem also by using transistors (or vacuum tubes). So how could the Romans have done it without transistors? Well, you can build an inverter using a transformer by simply flipping the secondary output wires around. A transformer is just a square iron ring with wire wrapped around each side. You have to use discrete pulses rather than continuous logic levels, but that's how everyone did it in the 40′s and 50′s. To solve the amplification problem, you can use a relay. You can make a relay using only iron and wire, but they're often small, intricate devices and they have moving parts. I think if they recruited Roman jewelry makers and scaled the size so it was reasonable to work with, they could have produced relays. There are some really impressive pieces of Roman jewelry that have been found. The image is too large to embed here, but take a look at the chain on this piece.AdvertisementThey also would have needed to make memory, a way to preserve the state of the machine. The obvious candidate here is core memory. Most core memory was made using ferrite, but regular iron can be used. I won't go into detail here on how core memory works because Wikipedia has a good article on it. If you're not familiar, I recommend checking it out. It's a really neat idea. Incidentally, you can also make logic using ferrite cores, like the Elliot 803 did, so that could be useful for supplementing (or even replacing) diode logic.The last, and perhaps most important thing you need for a computer is electricity! We know that the Baghdad Battery existed back then, but it's highly unlikely that a plausibly large array of them could power this hypothetical Roman computer. Instead, they would have had to use a generator. This is probably the most difficult part of this hypothetical computer. To turn a water wheel into a generator, they could have used a configuration like this:But you need a magnet for that. Basically the only magnet they would have had access to is Lodestone. There are a couple of ways they could have made a better magnet. From Wikipedia:AdvertisementAdvertisementHeating the [iron] above its Curie temperature, allowing it to cool in a magnetic field and hammering it as it cools. This is the most effective method and is similar to the industrial processes used to create permanent magnets.Placing the item in an external magnetic field will result in the item retaining some of the magnetism on removal. Vibration has been shown to increase the effect. Ferrous materials aligned with the Earth's magnetic field that are subject to vibration (e.g., frame of a conveyor) have been shown to acquire significant residual magnetism.Stroking: An existing magnet is moved from one end of the item to the other repeatedly in the same direction.By iterating the process several times to make successively stronger magnets, the Romans could probably have made some magnets good enough for a generator.It's important to note that I'm not a historian, I'm a computer engineer (who was trained using modern techniques, at that). So this is all speculation. I think if you traveled back in time to the Roman Empire and told them how to manufacture this stuff, you could plausibly create a very modest computer. My main concern is powering the device, I still don't know if that would work well enough. But there's only one way to find out: Experiment…AdvertisementAre you an expert at Roman history or the kind of engineer who remembers using a mercury delay line? I'd love to hear about other tricks they could have used!Update: The comments on Hacker News make some interesting points about this article. And here are the comments on MetaFilter.Image: Shutterstock/David Carillet Hunter Scott is a Computer Engineering undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. He has worked at the Arbutus Center for Distributed Engineering Education at GT in the Vertically Integrated Projects program, and recently won first place in the Embedded Systems catagory in a Cisco design competition.


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MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Oct 22, 2013) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for October showing that the federal government shutdown, debt ceiling issues, and the slowing economy -- including the severely depressed level of new home construction -- are slowing the housing recovery heading into the fourth quarter of the year. A short preview video and the complete October 2013 U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook are available here.
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Quote Attributed to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist.
"The housing recovery keeps chugging along despite a constant barrage of disruptions to the broader economy. We're likely going to see the housing recovery slow down, but not shut down, as we close out the rest of this year due to tight inventories in many markets, rising mortgage rates and slumping consumer confidence. Fortunately, the housing recovery should continue to absorb the economic shocks in stride and improve next year."
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I've heard this statement more than a few times. Well let me remind you that, thanks to Hodgenville elected officials and The LaRue County Herald News, the next free movie night is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the newly renovated Civic Center in downtown Hodgenville.
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Homemade rig captures extreme macro shots of snowflakes
Moscow-based photographer Alexey Kljatov is a keen macro photographer, and for the past couple of years he's been producing closeup shots of snowflakes. More recently he decided to boost the magnification of his camera - a Canon PowerShot A650 - by attaching a reverse-mounted Helios 58mm F2 lens. His inexpensive homemade rig delivers extraordinary magnification, revealing an incredible amount of detail in the intricate crystals of ice.


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Doncaster to decide on Flynn
League One champions Doncaster Rovers will make a decision on the future of manager Brian Flynn on Friday.
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League One champions Doncaster Rovers will make a decision on the future of manager Brian Flynn on Friday.
The club's owners met on Tuesday to discuss, amongst other things, who will be in charge on Rovers' return to the Championship next season.
Flynn took over on a caretaker basis at the beginning of January following Dean Saunders' departure to Wolves and was later handed a deal until the end of the season.
The former Wales Under-21 boss led Doncaster to the league title at the weekend with a dramatic 1-0 win at Brentford.
His contract was subsequently extended by a further two weeks but it remains to be seen whether the 57-year-old will be the man in charge when the south Yorkshire outfit resume in August.
A club statement said: "After three days of celebrating Rovers' incredible League One Championship win, the owners met yesterday (Tuesday) to consider who will lead Rovers in their new challenge as they return to one of the most competitive leagues in the world.
"The hard work starts now as planning for the new season begins behind the scenes as the dust settles on the celebrations.
"As the club are now at an important stage in planning for the new challenges ahead, the owners discussed the manager and players for the new season.
"These discussions are still on going as the owners work hard to give the club the best chance to compete in the Championship. The club hope to clarify the position on Friday this week."


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Economic tides seem to ebb and flow in downtown Columbus, as they do most places. Businesses come and go. Stores and restaurants open, then go dark, and are replaced with something new.
But is downtown Columbus on the verge of having every available storefront filled?
It''s a possibility. According to Columbus'' Main Street Association, only five out of 105 business fronts are either empty or have no prospective tenants.
New on the scene are restaurant Station 7 Bar and Grill; clothing store Doodlebug Consignment; Mainstream Technologies; Rose, the new shoe store near City Hall; and Bliss Yoga on Fifth Street North.
In the works are two new children''s clothing stores, Grins & Giggles and Evan''s Castle, both on Fifth Street South.
A fine-antiques mall is in the works for the old Parker Furniture location, also on Fifth Street South. An organic grocery store and deli is in the works, as is the relocation of Bella Derma spa to Fifth Street North, in the Frank Imes apartment building, with its palatial second-floor pool.
Add to these developments the renovation to the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center, and the brand new condo-office building under construction behind it. On the horizon are the renovation of the old Highway 82 bridge into a pedestrian walkway, and the soccer complex in Burns Bottom.
All of a sudden, things seem to be booming on Main Street.
We''re heartened by the businesses that are relocating to downtown, convinced of its visibility and potential for foot traffic. And we''re buoyed by the spirit of the entrepreneurs making a go of it in downtown Columbus for the first time, especially during a recession (which some economists claim is already over, but probably not locally).
To those who say they never come downtown to shop or spend time, we say: Check it out. Things are happening down here.
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Was McGrady ever as good as LeBron?
- By: The Professor
- On: 11/23/2009 6:58:00 PM
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As Tracy McGrady struggles to return from the knee and back injuries that ended his last season and have limited him for the last several years, there is some question as to whether he will ever be an impact player in the NBA again. Meanwhile, LeBron James is considered to be at worst one of the two best players in the NBA. But my question today is: was McGrady ever as good as LeBron is right now? Last year LeBron began the year at 23 years old...let's compare his numbers to those of a 23-year old McGrady.
LeBron 28.4 ppg (48.9% FG, 78% FT on 9.4 attempts), 7.6 rpg, 7.2 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.1 bpg, 3.0 TOs
TMac 32.1 ppg (45.7%, 79% FT on 9.7 attempts), 6.5 reb, 5.5 apg, 1.7 spg, .8 bpg, 2.6 TOs
While LeBron was slightly more well-rounded and a more efficient scorer, McGrady led the NBA in scoring and took better care of the ball. Essentially those stat lines look pretty much the same. But the main differences between them that led to LeBron winning a near unanimous MVP didn't lie in the traditional box score stats, but in the team results. LeBron's Cavs won 66 games to lead the NBA, while TMac's Magic won only 42 games and ended up losing in the first round of the playoffs. In fact, TMac's string of first round exits sometimes clouds his legacy. But for that year you can't just look at records, you have to consider teammates as well. These were the other four starters for the 2003 Magic:
Jacques Vaughn, Gordan Giricek, Drew Gooden and Andrew DeClerq
OK, now go back and re-read those names again...I'll wait. That is one of the worst starting crews for a playoffs team that I've ever seen. LeBron's cast wasn't anything to write home about, but at least he had some has-beens that used to be All Stars or guys like Mo Williams that could be force-fed into the All Star Game. Those Magic were never-weres that no one could even pretend was a possible All Star. TMac carrying that crew to the postseason is an accomplishment of itself...but is it as impressive as what LeBron accomplished? Well, the advanced stats would say no.
While both LeBron and TMac led the NBA in PER (31.7 and 30.3, respectively), LeBron had a pretty solid lead in both win shares (20.3 vs 16.1) and net positive between offensive rating and defensive rating (+23 vs +12). And in my personal favorite stat, on-court/off-court +/-, LeBron recorded the second highest value 82games has measured since they began tracking it in 2003 (+21.0), significantly higher than TMac's +11.8.
Bottom line: I think people forget just how ridiculously over-the-top great McGrady was before the injuries took his explosiveness away. No, he never got his team to the second round...but there is a reason that in 2003 there was a serious debate as to who was the best preps-to-pros swingman, McGrady or Kobe Bryant. And even if McGrady's best year wasn't quite as good as MVP LeBron, he was still one of the best players of the millenium and it's a shame that injuries kept him from achieving what he otherwise might have.


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Utahns and those orange cones
Posted by Becky Stauffer in This Blog, utah on June 7, 2009
It was about 11:30 a.m. yesterday I began hearing the sirens. There were a lot of them and they went on for a long time. I saw the medical helicopter. I knew it was something bad and was probably an incident on the freeway. I guessed right. The third accident in two days in almost the same location in that construction zone on I-15 at the Beck Street overpass. This one worse than the earlier two, involved multiple cars and most unfortunately, a fatality.
Reports are blaming inattentive drivers for all three crashes. But I drove this stretch on Friday when it was first reconfigured, and I can tell you, it's more than that. I was extremely attentive, and yet I felt I was driving on a test course designed to not only test my driving skill but to trick me into difficult maneuvers. UDOT needs to relook at how they've temporarily configured and marked this stretch. It is extremely confusing. Lanes seem to lead right into cones and walls. Exits and entrances to the freeway are in new and unexpected locations. And I have no idea what the whole purpose is for that funny double-S part, except to give us all a Lagoon-like thrill. It is poorly designed.
Yes, inattentive drivers are going to be in trouble there. But I think much can be done to mitigate the chances of an accident. Another thing that must be stepped up is speed enforcement. Nobody slows down in that zone. If you drive the I-80 construction, you see a lot of enforcement there, and drivers for the most part are adhering to the 55 MPH limit. Not so at Beck Street. I think the problem is that UHP officers' patrol routes do not cross the county lines and this construction is right on the Davis/Salt Lake county line. I've seem them from either direction making their turnarounds and missing this zone altogether. People are driving in excess of 70 MPH in this dangerous zone. UHP needs a more visible presence there and they need to start writing tickets.
And by the way, if I may I add my personal rant, though it's not important, I do find it irritating. All news reports said yesterday's accident occurred in "North Salt Lake". But, in fact, it occurred in "north" (little n) Salt Lake. North Salt Lake (where I live) is an actual town just over the county line in Davis County, though some of our news organizations fail to make that distinction. I've ranted about poor misunderstood NSL elsewhere.
Drivers, slow down! The rest of us are doing our best to drive safely, but we are sometimes at your reckless mercy.


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24.1: Discovery of Radioactivity
Lesson Objectives
The student will:
- describe the roles played by Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie in the discovery of radioactivity.
- list the most common emissions from naturally radioactive nuclei.
- alpha particle
- beta particle
- gamma rays
No one could have known in the 1800s that the discovery of the science and art form of photography would eventually lead to the splitting of the atom. The basis of photography is the fact that visible light causes certain chemical reactions. If the chemicals are spread thinly on a surface but protected from light by a covering, no reaction occurs. When the covering is removed, however, light acting on the chemicals causes them to darken. At the time of its discovery, photography was a strange and wonderful thing. Even stranger was the discovery by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen that radiation other than visible light could expose photographic film. He found that film wrapped in dark paper would react when X-rays went through the paper and struck the film.
Becquerel and Radioactivity
When Henri Becquerel heard about Roentgen's discovery, he wondered if his fluorescent minerals would give the same X-rays. Becquerel placed some of his rock crystals on top of a well-covered photographic plate and sat them in the sunlight. The sunlight made the crystals glow with a bright fluorescent light, but when Becquerel developed the film, he was disappointed. He found that only one of his minerals, a uranium salt, had fogged the photographic plate. He decided to try again, leaving them out in the sun for a longer period of time. The weather didn't cooperate, so Becquerel left the crystals and film stored in a drawer for several cloudy days. Before continuing his experiments, Becquerel decided to check one of the photographic plates to make sure the chemicals were still good. To his amazement, he found that the plate had been exposed in spots where it had been near the uranium containing rocks even though some of these rocks had not been exposed to sunlight at all (see the illustration below).
In later experiments, Becquerel confirmed that the radiation from the uranium had no connection with light or fluorescence, but the amount of radiation was directly proportional to the concentration of uranium in the rock. Becqueral had discovered radioactivity.
The Curies and Radium
One of Becquerel's assistants, a young Polish scientist named Maria Sklowdowska (to become Marie Curie after she married Pierre Curie, seen in Figure below), became interested in the phenomenon of radioactivity. With her husband, she decided to find out if chemicals other than uranium were radioactive. The Curies studied pitchblend, the residue of uranium mining, from the mining region of Joachimstahl sent from the Austrian government. From the ton of pitchblend, the Curies separated \begin{align*}0.10 \ \mathrm{g}\end{align*}
By 1902, the world was aware of a new phenomenon called radioactivity and of new elements which exhibited natural radioactivity. For this work, Becquerel and the Curies shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. For her subsequent work in radioactivity, Marie Curie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was the first female Nobel laureate and the only person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories.
Marie Sklodowska Curie before she moved to Paris.
Further experiments provided information about the characteristics of the penetrating emissions from radioactive substances. It was soon discovered that there were three common types of radioactive emissions. Some radiations could pass easily through aluminum foil up to a centimeter thick, while some were stopped by the foil. The three basic types of radiation were named alpha (\begin{align*}\alpha\end{align*}
Eventually, scientists were able to demonstrate experimentally that the alpha particle is a helium nucleus (a particle containing two protons and two neutrons), the beta particle is a high speed, high energy electron originating from the nucleus, and gamma rays are a very high energy form of electromagnetic radiation (even higher energy than X-rays) of nuclear origin.
Lesson Summary
- Henri Becquerral, Marie Curie, and Pierre Curie shared the discovery of radioactivity.
- The most common emissions of radioactive elements were called alpha \begin{align*}( \alpha)\end{align*}
(α) , beta \begin{align*}( \beta )\end{align*}(β) , and gamma \begin{align*}( \gamma )\end{align*}(γ) radiation.
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To learn more about Marie Curie, visit:
The following webpage provides more information about the discovery of radioactivity.
Review Questions
- Match the term with its meaning in the table below.
- \begin{align*} \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \mathbf{Term} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ &\mathbf{Definition} \\ \hline \text{(1) alpha particle} &\text{(a) high energy electromagnetic radiation} \\ & \\ \text{(2) beta particle} &\text{(b) a high speed electron} \\ & \\ \text{(3) gamma ray} &\text{(c) a helium nucleus} \\ \hline \end{array} \end{align*}
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