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After reorganizing my server room, I was getting really poor connectivity. Connections were dropping, dealing with 500+ms pings, etc. Thought it might've been too many data cables running together (HDMI and data were running together, maybe interference between the two?). That being said, they're all twisted-pair, which is supposed to deal with that. Determined very quickly that the cable density wasn't the issue.
Paying It Forward
As an avid gamer, I often find myself perusing various subreddits and watching streams in my spare time. Among those is the Day[9] Daily, a regularly-scheduled livestream by Sean "Day[9]" Plott. Now if you're not in tune with the Starcraft scene in the slightest, Day[9] means nothing to you. If you are, however, The Day[9] Daily is one of the most-watched live streams about being a better gamer, for the love of the game. Each show, Sean takes questions and answers them live. He's able to do this with the infamous "Question Grabber".
The Question Grabber, was written by Marky Ochoa, who at the time was just a loyal Day[9] fanboy, but now works as part of Day9TV. And this post is about Marky.
In August of 2012, Marky posted on the Starcraft subreddit, announcing The Question Grabber was available for public use, but also asking for help. He was having trouble paying his hosting bills, and was asking for help keeping the site going. As a fellow programmer, I pulled some of the profits out of my web hosting and sent it his way. Marky was a sir, replying back to me shortly after the donation. (Unfortunately, his server crashed and took the whole page with it — something that has happened to me before; it's painful!)
Just minutes ago, I was shocked to find an email from Marky in my inbox. Attached to it was the donation I sent to him, and a thank-you message for the donation.
I can't accept the money, though.
I gave him that money knowing full-well that I wouldn't get it back. A fellow programmer and supporter of a common cause was in need, and I was happy to help. I'm also happy to know that he's no longer in need of the extra cash. Instead of holding onto what he sent me, it makes more sense to give it to somebody else in need — something that falls under a common cause that we support.
Cue: Child's Play Charity.
So Marky, thanks for not forgetting about the people who helped you out before. Instead of holding onto the cash though, there's some sick kids out there that need this money more than I do. You rock, man!
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Resources For Rails Development in Vim
While most programming languages seem to take steps toward big, full-featured graphical IDEs, Rails development seems to have gone the reverse: back to the command line, command line editors, and minimalist interfaces. Today, I'd like to share with you several resources that I've used to streamline my development process.
TextMate (€39) MacroMates.com — Considered the definitive text editor for OS X, TextMate is a worthwhile purchase for any developer using any language. It's extensible, powerful, and, Rails-specifically, allows for easy navigation between your MVC layers with easy hotkeys. If you code on OS X, you owe it to yourself to buy this.
The Playbook (free/$15/$50) ThoughtBot.com — If you're looking for tips on how to start a web design firm, set up your development environment, do proper project management, and more, consider picking up a copy of The Playbook, an eBook written by the geniuses at ThoughtBot. ThoughtBot is known for several of their Ruby gems that have been released into the public domain, including high_voltage, clearance, suspenders, and more. They are also known for some of their hugely popular applications, including Airbrake and Trajectory. They offer a few free snippets, a single user license, and a group license.
Rails.vim (free) GitHub.com — While Vim is an amazing editor on its own, it thankfully allows for plugins to be written to extend the functionality. Written by Tim Pope (Twitter/GitHub), Rails.vim is an amazing plugin that adds a whole host of commands to the editor, allowing for more fluid Rails development. Best of all, it's free, open source, and readily available on our favourite source control repository, GitHub.
Vim for Rails Developers ($15/$50) ThoughtBot.com — Vim is considered one of the most powerful text editors out there, and it's available on virtually every platform. That being said, it's a dauntingly steep learning curve (although I wrote a guide on getting started with it), and every bit of help you can get is worth it. This 34 minute video gives you the rundown of using rails.vim along with your Vim install. As with The Playbook, a single user and group license is available.
RailsCasts (free/$9 per mo) RailsCasts.com — Probably the go-to for most Rails podcasts, Ryan Bates (Twitter/GitHub) has been churning out 2 podcasts about Ruby on Rails for years now. He explains topics clearly, pushes the limits of what gems can do, and always offers comparisons between similar gems. Most of his content is free, but Pro users ($9/month) get access to Pro episodes which cover more content and new gems.
First Tinkerings with Arduino
A couple months ago, I finally got around to picking up an Arduino and an ethernet shield. These little development boards are a nice way of tinkering around with ATMega chips and to try your hand at writing lightweight C++ code for embedded systems.
I've always wanted to try programming on an embedded system; being able to run a small (really small!) computer off of a small pack of batteries is pretty cool! I also wanted to use ATMega chips along with a whole slew of sensors as part of my home automation project as a means to collect data from various rooms in the house without having to run more than a single network cable to a room.
Because I'm a cheap son-of-a-bitch, I bought not from a reputable retailer, but from your typical Chinese knockoff website with free shipping. On one hand, I'm really happy with my purchase, since the Arduino works as expected, and it cost me quite a bit less than SparkFun. On the other hand, I accidentally purchased an ethernet shield that was incompatible with the standard Ethernet libraries, and thus had essentially purchased a small, lightweight brick. No worry; I simply ordered one that worked with the library.
The goal with these Arduinos is to set up a small HTTP server on each one and connect a bunch of sensors, such as temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, ambient light, and possibly others. A central server will poll the Arduinos for data at set periods of time, and then that data will be collected, aggregated, and analysed for the user to view. Ideally, this would eventually be used to tie into X10 (or similar) systems to help balance the temperature in rooms, turn off lights when people aren't in rooms, or warn of deadly gases.
Now, if I ever get my ass in gear on this project, I might actually have something to show for it!
Rails 3 Generators: Adding Migration Templates
I've been working on some really cool projects using Ruby on Rails recently, but I found myself duplicating code across them. Obviously, that doesn't make sense to me, even when the code bases are different, so I decided to start extracting some of the logic into Ruby's awesome gem format. Rails 3 has awesome gem handling, if I've found uses for some of these pieces of functionality across multiple projects, then others may as well.
The first gem I'm working on stems from this post from a couple years ago where I demonstrated how to do dynamically-named routes using semi-static pages. This approach was different than ThoughtBot's high_voltage gem because it stored the page content in the database rather than as files in the database deployment. I have an issue with that implementation because I'm a firm believer that you shouldn't have to deploy a new revision of your software just to update a bit of content; it should be controllable from the user interface as part of our regular CRUD routine.
My first struggle with the creation of the gem was writing a template for the migration. I had some trouble with these two errors coming up:
undefined method `migration_template' for #<Semisonic::InstallGenerator:0x000000040899c8> (NoMethodError)
`next_migration_number': NotImplementedError (NotImplementedError)
Maybe my Google skills have been slipping, but I had trouble finding a 'fix' for these. So, here's how to fix the above errors if you ever get them:
- If you get the first error (undefined method 'migration_template'), you're missing an include in your class. Add "include Rails::Generators::Migration" on the first line of your generator class, and you're good to go!
- If you get the second error ('next_migration_number' not implemented), you'll need to implement the method 'next_migration_number'. The following code snippet should work just fine for it:
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def self.next_migration_number(path) unless @prev_migration_nr @prev_migration_nr = Time.now.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S").to_i else @prev_migration_nr += 1 end @prev_migration_nr.to_s end
Hopefully those two fixes help somebody else out.
Updates on Life, Photography, and Such
Oh dear, Brian. It's been forever since you've posted. Forever indeed. How embarrassing. Gone are the twice-a-week updates, apparently.
I have reasons for this, however, I assure you. I haven't just gotten lazy. Okay, maybe I have. But not THAT lazy.
Let's start with the photography updates first, since that's what most of you come here for. I've been busy Busy BUSY with my photography. In particular, I picked up the latest Rebel in the Canon line, the Rebel T3i (thank you, Air Miles!). It's a great body at a solid price point, so if you don't have the 8600 Air Miles kickin' around, it's still a good price.
I also picked up…drum roll, please…the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 OS. This $1,600 monster is such a dream to shoot with. It's fast, crisp and is $1,200 cheaper than its Canon counterpart. The bokeh is like butter on this lens, and this particular style has been commonly labeled one of the "essential lenses" in any serious photographer's kit.
So, here's some galleries from the new body and lens (well, the MODS album is the 70-200 f/2.8; the other ones are on the 18-55 IS). You'll notice these are now hosted on Flickr and not locally. I'm still undecided which one I'm going to stick with, but I'm sure Flickr will give me some better publicity. I have some shots here from a MODS game my team played in (I was out with a sore ankle), a party I went to, and a swing dance workshop.
In other news, my work term at Ceridian finished in April, but I was hired on over the summer as a part-time contractor, working when I'm not in class. It's nice to have money again!
Finally, I have a number of projects on the go. First is a Minecraft server (yes, I caved and bought it. Yes, I'm addicted), which is play-by-donation. If you're interested, drop me a line. I'm also working on a character Generator for Call of Cthulhu with a few friends (check out the Github here). Finally, I'm working on a heartbeat monitor for Minecraft servers to keep in-line with my current addiction. That project will be closed source, but many of my other ones will be open from now on.
On a closing note, I bought the domain brianturchyn.net, which will be used as a professional portfolio. The blog will remain here, but my main content will be on the former site. This domain name I feel simply isn't professional, and it's time to develop that aspect of things.
A Shameless Plug For I, Gamer
Over the past 6-8 months, I've been working with some friends on a podcast. In particular, the I, Gamer podcast. If you're a gamer in any sense of the word (be it card, board, consoles, role playing, or computer games) or just like listening to humorous banter, I would highly recommend taking a look and giving it a listen. We're improving every time, and our content is getting pretty good.
While Tyler, our main host, was on vacation two weeks ago, I got the opportunity to sit in the host's chair and run the show with a guest. We talk about Munchkin, the Nintendo 3DS, the Steam digital distribution system, and console-to-PC ports which just don't turn out as well as we'd like. You can check out this specific episode here.
Check out the podcast at http://igamer.ca, or (better yet) grab the feed on iTunes. Hope you enjoy!
My Commitment To The Web Design World :: A One-Month Challenge
After reading an article on Smashing Magazine (link to the article is here) that talked about the state of the web design world right now and where it's progressed, it really got me thinking. The article mentions that the number of experts in the field has not grown proportionately to the number of developers, but the number of inexperienced people giving advice (often wrong!) has grown exponentially. There isn't the discussion there used to be, and the sharing of knowledge seems to be lacking.
Thus, I have issued myself a one-month challenge:
The Challenge
Contribute to the web design world at least once per day for a whole month.
The Rules:
- I need to perform 30 contributions over 30 days, not necessarily 1 per day (I have a life, or at least I like to think that I do)
- Contributions can be:
- writing articles on my blog
- offering small tidbits of code that I believe would be of some use to others
- provide meaningful comments on web design articles
- tweeting about other well-written things that better the community
- answer questions on sites such as StackOverflow, Quora, etc
- review of a number of similar products
It Starts Today
My contribution today comes in the form of this blog post, and is a request from every web designer out there who reads this.
If you read the article and agree with what it says, take up your own 30-day challenge. Tweet this blog post, write about it in your blog and link me for a pingback, write me a comment, do whatever you can to get the word out. The evolution of the world's web design community begins with every single regular developer striving to offer something to the rest of the community. I hope this blog and the above article will inspire even one or two people to do the same as I am.
Photography Update: PLEXi Gras!
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So after a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with some more photos I took yesterday. Considering how I haven't done much photography in the last little while, I'm reasonably happy with how these turned out. Hope you enjoy them!
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Posted Fri 9th of November 2012
Chapter 1
She has sunse blonde hair, that goes half way down her back. Her ass was hudge and exactly the way I like asses. Her breast were medium size and you could tell whenshe is horny because her nipple would get hard, really hard. She was a good girl to everyone around her but today when I saw her mastubating in her bed room, she was a slut. Her name was Sara. Slutyy Ass Red Ass. She was my neighbor. We are both in 12t grade getting ready to graduate. We both decided we would take online college classes. Since college had high prices in Ohio. sarah and I were best friends. "Nathan Sarah wants you!" my sister Kayla was calling me Kayla has a big ass but small breast. She was also a brat and a bitch. She had sleepovers at Sarah's house until last night. When Kayla called Mrs.Jackson a slut. "I'm COMMING." when I went down stairs I saw Sarah out side in are back yard, in the pool. I took off my shirt and pants. "Oh yea.." I could hear her saying to herself then I jumped in with my goggles.Then I went under water she was masturbating in our pool. My dick grew harder, harder,harder, and harder. She the pounced at me underwater. My goggles were fogging up but I felt my long wet juicy hard dick into something. I went back above water and found Sarah in tears. " what do you think you were doing Sarah? I asked her then found the bottom half of her bikini underwater. "You slut!" I smacked her. She cryed saying she sorry. Then she left. As I went inside my mom asked me to go get the pizza for the Sunday night football game. She then gave me 70 dollars. I went to little cesars and order 5 5$ pizzas.Then some breadsticks and a soda. I had money left over so I went to the sex store when I walked in I heard a girl moan and a man calling her a "slut" and "whore". I came in te store the first place because I had never been in a store like this before . I soon realized the man was fucking her on ile one. I then got an idea of how I can have sex with Sarah. A sex slave . I asked a man were is the slave ile and he showed me were. I got 2 viberators one collar and a leash then I got a whip. My total was 109.98.I stared at the cash register and gave the lady my credit card. "Sir, it's invalid." I sighed . " Fine can you put these back," I then stormed out. I got home and saw the Jackson"s were over. "I got the pizza" everyone greeted me but not Sarah. Sarah got up and went to the bathroom. "I'm gonna sit this game out I'm pretty tired." "Ok honey" my mom said. Then j ran upstairs. When I passed the bathroom I heard sounds like "Ohh yes nathan" I entered the bathroom and saw Sarah rubbing her tight pussy. She had a shaved off pussy she was cuming all over my moms carpet.I stared at her. Then I grabbed her by her arm and pushed her into the shower. I turned on loud music so noone would hear her screams. Then I pinched her nipple so hard she started to cry. "Nathen Sto-" I insert my hard dick into her without a condom. You wanted this slut. I then turned her over and fucked her doggy style. "You wanted me to fuck you," I smacked her ass.Then before I new it I cumed. In her pussy. " Nathan..Wh-" I smacked her again."I know your dad Sarah, he would not he pleased if he new his little girl was masterbauting and jumped onto my dick." I saw her starting to cry. "Please don't !" she cryed I looked into her eyes and said "fuck off whore." she pleaded me like a baby and I finally said "Sure I wont but you will be my slave." My plan had worked and finnaly I had my first sex slave."What?" she said. " My sex slave, you will fill all my needs when I wantit and were ever I want it." She nodded. "First is rules I do not have to wear a condom. Next is when we graduate you will move in with me, you call me master at all times, but when my family is around you call me Nathan. You also do not beg for sex. If you do not follow the rules you will be punished ,al-" Sarah cut me off "What will be my punishment Nathan?" she said not careing. I got my belt and whipped her ass until she cumed then I played with her Clit. " You will see." Then my mom came looking for Sarah . " Get your clothes on and go!" I ordered . "Yes master", that night when I looked at ericas window. I saw her crying then she looked at me. She then put up her middle finger and started to suck her tits. I called her and herd her moan.,"Nathan oh yes master I want your dick my pussy is so warm." she then hung up and she had the last laugh. Later on I watched some porn and made up some rules. I finally had my first sex slave. I could not wait for tommarow so I just stayed up all night long.
Thanks for reading chapter 1 um my name is Eric and I'm 18 today I wanted to wright a story so my best friend let me this is a true story and mi can't wait for the comments. Please tell what I need to improve this IS my first sex story so please no hatred。And when I sai I had a sec slave in real life Ruby likes to call me her fuck buddy but she does say master and does not follow my rules so thanks for reading!
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HOoYpk Thank you for your article. Keep writing.
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4RXD9c This is one awesome blog post.Really thank you! Really Great.
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2012-11-10 19:18:40
well you are kiding right ? the storie line
is okay but you need to goback to Forth graed and learn how to use you,r Brain !
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2012-11-09 17:34:08
Sorry, Wasn't interested in reading it. No paragraphs, poor spelling, shocking grammar. I paid attention in school (45 plus years ago) and I don't need to be fed this rubbish. Just goes to show that iPods are crap for writing stories.
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Thanks I will try I'm on my iPod so it is very hard
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So I exist in comfy clothing with my hair thrown into a ponytail or messy bun. Sadly, this isn't the most attractive or polished look. In fact, it could probably classify as disheveled. I just don't have the time to give myself a proper blowout and style every day. Yep, Frumpty Dumpty it is...Most of the time.
That's why when Lilla Rose consultant Misty Marr contacted me about reviewing their best-selling Flexi-Clip, I jumped at the chance. I have seen Lilla Rose products all over the blogosphere for quite some time now, and I was always curious about them. Having an effortless, beautiful hairstyle in no time flat just sounded too good to be true. I was eager to find out for myself!
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With the Flexi-Clip, you can customize your style to fit your mood. Whether it be a ponytail, a French Twist, a Chignon, or even a partial updo, Flexi-Clip can hold your style in place all day long. And it only takes a couple of minutes to achieve these styles. If you're a Mom like me, a couple of minutes might be all the time you have available!
The best part? They're absolutely gorgeous! Here are a few of my favorites"
The Flexi-Clip comes in several sizes to accommodate all hair lengths and types. You can even use them on your little princesses! I have to admit, I was a wee bit skeptical about the Flexi-Clip before I tried one. I was very pleasantly surprised, and now I am seriously considering throwing away all of my sad old scrunchies and bulky claw clips. This mama is leaving Frumpty Dumpty behind for a polished, pretty Lilla Rose 'do!
Want info on sizing? Check out this brief video and sizing guide!
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3pm, Tuesday.
Brian McCann's house.
I am wiping the tears away from laughing so hard…thanks for that:)
That just put a bright spot in my day =]
Always protect your junk from hot bacon grease!
That was pretty good…very "Brian." ;)
:-) Very cute, although I have a hard time imagining him cooking anything that doesn't involve a microwave.
He he. I could see him doing that, even now that he's "a little leaguer in cooking, cleaning, and washing clothes, etc.," as he said on Straight Up. Especially, if his wife is at work and he's at home with the dogs by himself. ;D
Glad you guys like it. It's still funny to me every time I read it!
The first time I read this, about 1/3 of the way through, I told Chicago Jen that this reminded me of Baby. She was gracious enough to change the original dog's name to Baby's dog's name. (I don't know Photoshop at all, heh heh.)
PS — It's a shame Bob Wickman isn't a Brave anymore. This would have been funnier if someone actually fat was the subject of the joke, but Baby's the cuddliest we have right now. :D
I've read it about 14 times now…yep, still funny:)
Read it again… laughed again.
I know someone who this would fit perfectly. She's like the dog from the beggin' strips ad – "Bacon!!! I smell bacon!!!" Seriously.
"I enjoy tryin' to make those guys look as good as I can." Tim Hudson ~ 4/18/11
The goal of Love My Bravos is to increase Atlanta Braves fandom by posting entertaining pictures and stories about the best team in baseball. ❤


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This is the second of a two-part series.
Since 2010, Ontario officials have been pressing Los Angeles to return control of Ontario International Airport to a local entity so they can restore the airport to its earlier vibrancy.
The airport saw fewer passengers last year than it saw in 1986, when the region's population was half what it is today, and officials believe local control will enable them to attract air service and develop vacant land on and around the airport.
Ontario filed a claim against L.A. in April 2013 for return of the airport, which it surrendered to L.A. in 1985 to tap L.A.'s expertise and connections running a large airport.
Los Angeles denied the claim a month later; that summer, Ontario filed a lawsuit. At the same time, state legislators and members of Congress began pressing L.A. to return the airport.
Overtures were made to then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to negotiate a return of the airport to Inland control.
Efforts fizzled. Hopes dimmed, until freshman L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a public radio interview in July that he believed the airport belonged under local control.
Negotiations revived and Ontario officials are optimistic that an agreement can be worked out, despite the lawsuit that's inching toward trial.
If and when Ontario International is turned over to the fledgling Ontario International Airport Authority, it won't be easy to bring back the airlines that have left the building or drastically cut flight offerings.
"Then our work starts," said Alan Wapner, Ontario councilman and president of the new authority.
The first step will be to bring down costs for airlines, which are higher at ONT than at any other Southern California airport, Wapner said. Only by bringing them down can Ontario be competitive, he said.
The airport authority hopes to do that by developing vacant land on and around the airport to bring in revenue that can be used to lower the per-passenger costs for airlines, he said.
A way must be found to raise new revenue for marketing to lure back passengers who have grown accustomed to driving to LAX or Orange County's John Wayne Airport for reasonable fares and nonstop flights, Wapner said.
But two well-respected aviation consultants each said restoring the airport is a lost cause.
Jack Keady, a Playa Del Rey-based consultant, said airlines aren't serving Ontario "because the market isn't there."
Ontario doesn't have the critical mass needed for airlines to want to add flights, he said.
Even if the new airport authority offers incentives such as reduced or free landing fees, airlines "will burn through that in six months, then they'll be gone," Keady said.


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The Burning of Pennsylvania Hall
Inside Pennsylvania Hall in 1838, an abolitionist meeting was disrupted when members of an anti-abolitionist mob threw rocks through the windows. The following night, the protestors set fire to the building -- completely destroying Philadelphia's monument to free speech.
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What aspect of the abolitionist movement moves you the most? Is there an event you wish you could have witnessed in person? A story you love? A person you admire or can relate to? Share your story with American Experence.


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Mt. Isle Harbor is a waterfront community located on Mountain Island Lake, featuring luxurious 4 & 5 bedroom homes with open, bright interiors. Mt. Isle Harbor offers lake living that is only 12 miles from uptown Charlotte!
Mountain Island Lake is a jewel in Charlotte's crown. It is part of the Catawba River chain of lakes and supplies drinking water to more than 600,000 people in Charlotte, Gastonia, Mount Holly, and several other communities.


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Celine Dion's coming back to life.
The vocal powerhouse, who's spent the past few years focused on her Las Vegas residency, rather than recording new material, is putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, her first in English since 2007's "Taking Chances." On Thursday (Aug. 29), Dion released a teaser of the album's first single, "Love Me Back to Life."
In the brief clip, Dion is seen working her magic in the recording studio, belting out the midtempo number, written by Sia. The new track will be available for purchase Tuesday (Sept. 3).
The album, also titled "Loved Me Back to Life," will be released Nov. 5. Dion tells Billboard that fans can expect a deeper, grainier tone in her new music. "It's my bedroom voice," she says.
Take a look at the teaser above and let us know if you're looking forward to Dion's new sound.


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Healthy Dose: Economy and Taking Medications
The economy makes many of us sick! It may actually be making many of us less healthy. Research shows, nearly half of us have postponed healthcare by not filling prescriptions or skipping immunizations because of the cost.
Cutting back on your health not only may be more expensive in the long run, it can lead to a negative impact on your health. Cutting pills in half, taking them less frequently or doing something different than what was prescribed may not be the answer.
A few tips… Use generics whenever possible. Generics work just as well as brand names medications but are much cheaper. If generics are not available, ask your physician or pharmacist about coupons which may be available from the manufacturer. Lastly, there are almost always alternatives. Ask your healthcare provider about medications that work similar, but are available at a lower cost. All you need to do is ask. I'm pharmacist Tom Carey for SwedishAmerican's, A Health Dose.


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Loop Groups, TQFTs and algebraic geometry
Introductory Workshop: Algebraic Topology January 27, 2014 - January 31, 2014
Location: MSRI: Simons Auditorium
In this survey talk, I will shall the role that loop groups have played in the construction of topological gauge theories in dimensions 2 and possibly 3.
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Deck the Halls with Red and Blue! Come Celebrate the Holidays with SMU!
SMU's Celebration of Lights is just around corner. This annual SMU tradition kicks off the holiday season with more than 100,000 lights on the Main Quad and the Christmas tree on Sunday evening, December 2. Join the SMU Dallas Young … Continue reading


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Renato Ruggiero, the first man selected to be Director-General of the World Trade Organization, has died in Milan at age 83.
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> Mr. Ruggiero biographical note
A man of prodigious energy and determination, Mr. Ruggiero served as Director-General from 1995 to 1999. A product of the Italian diplomatic service, Mr. Ruggiero believed the WTO and the multilateral trading system were powerful tools for peace and prosperity. He was highly adept at finding common ground amidst a myriad of seemingly contradictory negotiating positions. In the late 1990s, he played an important role in brokering three important WTO agreements covering information technology products, trade in telecommunications services and trade in financial services.
Mr. Ruggiero was instrumental in guiding Ministers through the First WTO Ministerial Conference in Singapore in 1996. In Singapore, the WTO deepened its activities devoted to the Least-developed countries and commenced its work on trade facilitation, which is today among the most important issues on the WTO's negotiating agenda. In 1998, Mr. Ruggiero oversaw the commemoration in Geneva of the 50th anniversary of the multilateral trading system which included the participation at the 2nd Ministerial Conference of many heads of state and government, including South African President Nelson Mandela, US President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Mr. Ruggiero was the first Director-General to call for elimination of all quotas and duties on exports from the world's poorest countries.
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Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro Earphones Gun Metal Blue with Roadie Case
" Absolute steal at this price. Should have given a review on these a long time ago but unnecessary because for one simple fact. You either get a good fit on these and experience pure nirvana or dislike it for any possible conceived ideas. It's quite inaccurate to listen to people's opinions as well. Some people clearly state that the IE8 is much better than the Tf-10 but the Se530 is..." --Sil3nce
Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitors
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Ultimate Ears 500
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Ultimate Ears UE 5 Pro
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Despite becoming part of Philadelphia through the Consolidation Act of 1854, Port Richmond has stood apart as a neighborhood containing several other smaller neighborhoods within its boundaries.
Port Richmond, known as the Richmond District before and after consolidation, took on the name Port Richmond with the rise of the importance of its coal yard and grain facilities in the1880s. Widespread use of the name Port Richmond entered popular parlance in the1960s when the sons and daughters of WWII parents began to call the Richmond of their parents Port Richmond.
Aramingo was originally the area west of Aramingo Avenue to Frankford Avenue north of Tioga Street to the Pennsylvania-Reading Railroad Bridge. This part of Port Richmond originally was part of the Borough of Aramingo, an entity unto itself, which was dissolved by the Philadelphia Consolidation Act of 1854 and became part of Port Richmond and Frankford.
Gunners Run had at least two branches that flowed through Port Richmond: one branch south from the Tacony-Frankford Creek weaving between Belgrade and Cedar streets into Castor Avenue at Aramingo Avenue; the other branch crisscrossed Port Richmond from the area of Trenton and Allegheny avenues crossing Wittee, Janney, Weikel Tulip, Agate, and Memphis streets before flowing into the Aramingo Canal near Ann Street (c. 1840-1900).
Aramingo Canal ran under the length of Aramingo Avenue from the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge on the north to Lehigh Avenue and beyond toward the Delaware River. Building of the canal over Gunners Run began in the 1840s and was discontinued because of pollution in 1896. The original plan was to have local industries have easy shipping access to the Delaware River. (c. 1845-1900)
Coffee Bottom referred to a canal, fed by offshoots of Gunners Run, which ran on the south side of the Dillon-Collins Papermaking Plant on Schiller Street near Richmond Street. This canal emptied into the Delaware River and carried with it warm, white-stained wastewater from the paper making process. Therefore, even on cool days, Port Richmonders could swim in thermal waters; the only drawback being that your body became coated with the white papermaking residue. The canal was called Coffee Bottom because the paper residue that sunk to the bottom felt like coffee grounds to the touch of your feet. (c. 1920-1960)
Tar Bottom referred to the Delaware River, north of the Richmond Generating Station near the Black Bridge, a popular swimming area. The name comes from the sticky black blotches of tar that clung to your body if you swam in the area. (c. 1920-1960
The Meadows refers to a parcel of wetland bounded by Lewis Street on the north, Delaware Avenue on the east and Carbon Street on the west. Port Richmonders used the area for swimming, fishing, ice-skating and hunting turtles. (c. 1920-1960)
Slaughter Trail is a railroad right of way that extends on Carbon Street from Allegheny Avenue to Lewis Street. The area gets its name from the former M. L. Shoemaker Fertilizer and Oils Co. which was located at Venango Street. (c. 1890-1960)
Jewtown or New Jerusalem was the sight of the first major settlement of Eastern European Jews from provinces in Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. A community of Yiddish-speaking Jews was established shortly after the Civil War between East Cambria and Somerset Streets stretching from Frankford Avenue to Richmond Street. The heart of the community was Tulip and Auburn streets, where two synagogues were established on opposite street corners to minister to the religious beliefs of the community. The pioneer settler was Yehezekiel Bernstein who came from the district of Suvalki in Lithuania. By 1878, Bernstein and his relatives established Hevra B'nai Israel synagogue to secure proper religious observance, establish a system of education and act as protective mutual aid society. Less than a decade later a second congregation formed, Hevra T'hillim. Both congregations existed successfully across the street from one another. (c. 1875-1950)
Tugboat Row was on Aramingo Avenue from Cambria Street to Lehigh Avenue. The section acquired its name from workers on the Delaware River tugboats, many of whom lived in this area. Tugboat pride was exhibited in the area by the colors painted on the houses, usually a combination of black, white, green, red and the colors of Delaware River tugboats. (c. 1890-1960)
Fred Cimino is the unofficial popular historian of Port Richmond. He has published seven books about Port Richmond. His novel, In These Streets: a Port Richmond Summer is due in the spring of 2011. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. His books are available at Port Richmond Books, 3037 Richmond St., 215-425-3385.••


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SD Comic-Con '09: Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
You know, when I hear that a movie is coming out, and it's supposed to be very educational and inspiring, I usually say, "Screw that." Really, that's what I was saying to the new animated film Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. However, after sitting through the panel for that movie at SDCC, I will keep from making such rash judgments… for now.
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This extensive section provides a variety of materials, from quick references to complete courses, all designed to help our members improve leadership skills and deliver a quality program.
Joining Courses
These courses are required for all new registered leaders and must be retaken every two years to maintain registration. A login is required, but anyone may create a user account and view the courses. Registered members of the BSA may provide their member numbers (as part of the user profile) to receive credit.
Youth Protection Training
Youth Protection training is designed to help you keep our youth safe from abuse. You will learn the Boy Scouts of America's Youth Protection Guidelines, signs of abuse, and how to report suspected abuse. After each section of material, you will answer questions about that section's topic. Completion is noted automatically in the BSA training records database if the module is experienced online.
Venturing Youth Protection Training
This course is required for all adult Venturing leaders. This training will help leaders understand and guide youth through possible problems as it relates to abuse. You will also learn about the issues you may face as a leader to help provide a safer environment for the crew members and to protect yourself from false accusations. This training is available online or on a DVD. Estimated time to complete: 40 minutes.
Youth Protection Pledge Cards
Take the pledge to keep our Scouts safe by following the BSA's Youth Protection policies. Half the pledge is signed and given to the council; the other half stays with you in pocket card format as a reminder. The links below, in English and Spanish versions, will print four-up on a sheet.
Orientation Courses
Orientation courses are designed to help Scouters learn more about their Scouting role and about other leadership positions in the program.
Fast Start Orientation Training
Intended to be taken by pack, troop, team, and crew leaders, as well as unit commissioners and chartered organization representatives immediately following the acceptance of their new role.
This Is Scouting
This Is Scouting provides an overview of the Scouting organization, including history, values, programs, Youth Protection, community involvement, and training. The module consists of six video sections, each followed by a brief quiz. Estimated time to complete: 50 minutes.
Position-Specific (Role-Based) Courses
These instructor-led courses are designed to help Scouters learn how to effectively carry out their Scouting roles. In most cases, completing the course will make a Scouter "trained" for the role(s) covered in the course. Syllabi for courses not found here may be obtained from the council office or at www.ScoutStuff.org . E-learning versions of some courses may be found below in the E-learning section.
What Makes a Trained Leader
Need to know what are the requirements to be trained for your unit leadership role? This sheet explains the training requirements for all unit-level leaders.
Den Leader Position-Specific Training
The links below are to the syllabi that are to be used by trainers in presenting the stand-alone den leader position-specific courses. These courses are intended to provide Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos den leaders with the information and tools they need to conduct successful den meetings. Den leaders who complete the Tiger Cub, Wolf, and Bear training and Youth Protection training are considered trained for all three positions. Den leaders who complete the Webelos training and Youth Protection training are considered trained as Webelos den leaders.
Cubmaster and Assistant Cubmaster Position-Specific Training
The links below are to the syllabi that are to be used by trainers in presenting the stand-alone cubmaster and assistant cubmaster position-specific courses. These courses are intended to provide these leaders with the information and tools they need to conduct successful pack meetings.
Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader-Specific Training
The syllabus below is used by trainers presenting the standalone Scoutmaster and assistant Scoutmaster specifics course. The course is intended to provide troop leadership with the information and tools they need to lead successful Boy Scout troops. A DVD with presentation support is available from Scoutstuff.org or the council office. Scoutmasters and assistants who complete this training, Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills, and Youth Protection training are considered "trained."
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)
Working as patrols, this hands-on course provides adult leaders the practical outdoor skills they need to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors. Upon completion, leaders should feel comfortable teaching Scouts the basic skills required to obtain the First Class rank. Along with Scoutmaster Specifics this course is required of all direct contact leaders registered in Boy Scout Troops and Varsity Scout Teams, in order to be considered "trained".
Varsity Leader Specific Training
This is the syllabus for the instructor-led course for Varsity Scout leaders. The course will provide an introduction to the Boy Scouts of America and to the responsibilities, opportunities, and resources that will ensure a successful Varsity team leadership experience.
Venturing Leader Specific Training
This is the syllabus for the instructor-led course for Venturing leaders. The course will provide an introduction to the responsibilities, opportunities, and resources that will ensure a successful Venturing crew leadership experience.
Chartered Organization Representative Training
The training outline and resources for training chartered organization representatives can be found at the link below.
Supplemental Training Courses
These courses are designed to help Scouters with a particular skill or to enhance their Scouting role. Additional modules may be found on the "Supplemental" link in the upper-left section of this page.
Roundtable Planning Guides
Providing knowledge, program ideas, skills, and fun resources is the purpose behind the Roundtable Planning Guides for Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders. Using this guide along with local resources, roundtable commissioners can enable and motivate unit leaders to deliver an outstanding program to their Scout troops. The guide is designed to allow program topics to be used in the order best suited for your district.
Cubcast and Scoutcast
The podcasts are monthly audio presentations that provide information on topics of interest to Cub Scout and Boy Scout leaders.
Powder Horn
Open to both registered adults and youth who are at least 13 and have completed the 8th grade, Powder Horn is a hands-on resource management course designed to give you the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program in your troop, team, crew, or ship. Contact our area training chair for information about upcoming courses in our area. The syllabus is available by request from Volunteer Development.
Generational Diversity
Take this session and have a broader understanding and deeper appreciation of the diverse range of ages and life experiences of the volunteers and professionals in our organization. You will be able to recognize and define the four generational groups of people currently in the BSA.
Outdoor Skills Training Courses
These courses are designed to help Scouters with skills related to the BSA's outdoor program.
Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO)
This one day course is designed as an introduction to the Cub Scout outdoor program for those leaders who are interested in adding a camping component to their Pack activities. BALOO is an instructor-led course which is conducted at the Council level. BSA's Cub Scout level camping policies will be taught along with the necessary tools to help units carry out a successful camping experience.
Completion of this course is mandatory for at least one adult on a Pack overnighter.
The course syllabus is available from the council office or throughScoutstuff.org .
Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OWL)
This course is designed to help Webelos leaders enhance the outdoor program for the Webelos Scouts in their den by teaching some basic outdoor skills as well as skills needed to complete many of the Webelos activity badges. This course can be taught as a stand-alone experience but is often presented in conjunction with Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS).
Camp Health Officer Training
This presentation provides a detailed briefing for individuals selected to serve as a camp health officer at a council or district camping facility.
Kodiak Challenge
The Kodiak Challenge is designed to be an adventure that pushes the boundaries of every participant – one that will encourage you to try new things that may be out of your comfort zone. It is an experience—but one that has its underpinnings in the application of the leadership skills they learned in the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops or Crews, NYLT, and/or NAYLE. It is, as is all of Scouting, an adventure with a purpose.
Passport to High Adventure Training Outline
This training outline teaches how Scouts can plan and safely carry out council and unit high-adventure treks using Leave No Trace techniques.
Train-the-Trainer Courses
These courses are designed to help Scouters learn or improve their presentation skills.
The Fundamentals of Training
This is the first part of the three-part train-the-trainer continuum (T3, or T-Cubed) in the Boy Scouts of America. The course introduces teaching techniques and skills to new Scout trainers but is also designed to help all Scouters, regardless of their experience, present effective training. Intended for both youth and adult trainers, the course will help those who might have trained for other organizations learn the BSA's training techniques, and it will help freshen up the skills of current BSA trainers.
The Trainer's EDGE
While the Trainer's EDGE is a required train-the-trainer course for Wood Badge and NYLT staffs, it is also for other trainers wishing to enhance their training and presentation skills.
Administration of Training
These resources are designed to assist training teams that administer training in a unit, council, area, or region.
Guide to Leader Training
This new guide outlines the basic responsibilities for volunteer leader training committees and the methods of BSA volunteer training. To be sure that information is up-to-date, the guide does not include the forms and other resources that are more easily available, and more current, via Scouting.org. The training pages of Scouting.org will help you find the current resources, forms, and courses available—as well as the latest in BSA training.
Application for a Council to Conduct Wood Badge and NYLT
The first step for our council to conduct one of these advanced training courses is to submit an application. A form has been developed that will serve for applying for Wood Badge and NYLT. Simply fill out the form and send it to the Volunteer Development Team for processing.
Application to Conduct a SEABADGE Course
The first step for our council, to conduct the advanced national training course known as SEABADGE is to submit an application. A new form has been developed that serves as the method for making application. Simply fill out the form and send it to Keith Christopher, National Director, Sea Scouts, BSA for processing.
Fillable Training Cards
In conjunction with the Volunteer Development Team, the National Supply Group has released the latest version of the pocket-sized certificate of training. Simply specify SKU 615012 when ordering from your local Scout Shop or through scoutstuff.org. Click on the link below to open a pdf template that has been created for convenience in filling out these portable training records.
National Training Conferences
2014 Florida Sea Base Volunteer Training Conferences
The January 2014 Winter Conferences at the Florida Sea Base are now accepting participant registrations! This winter there will be a two week array of conferences for Scouters seeking to learn from premier subject matter experts and national committee members from throughout the nation. Dates of the conferences are January 12th-17th, and January 20th-25th. It is the perfect time to get away from the snow and head to the Florida Keys while learning more about subjects that will help you, your unit, your district, and your council. It is also a perfect way to network with Scouters from all over the nation. Click on the links below for more information or to register.
Philmont Training Center
Since 1950 The Philmont Training Center (PTC) has provided a unique environment for training volunteer and professional leaders, and a fun family program for every member of the family.
Training Awards
Training Awards for Adult Leaders in Units
The training awards and keys are designed to recognize unit Scouters for tenure, training, and performance in their leadership roles. Progress record forms with the 2012 requirements for these awards can be found at the links below.
- Den Leader Training Award
- Training Awards
- Keys
District Committee Awards
The files below contain updated requirements for the Scouter's Key for District Committee Members and new requirements for the Scouter's Training Award for District Committee Members. See the Spring 2013 Training Times for additional details.
Some courses are available in the e-Learning section of myscouting.org . A login is required, but anyone may create a user account and view the courses. Registered members of the BSA may provide their member numbers (as part of the user profile) to receive credit.
These include:
Physical Wellness
Safe Swim Defense
Safety Afloat
Weather Hazards
Climb On Safely
Trek Safely
Leader Position-Specific Training
Troop Committee Challenge
Leader Position-Specific: Tiger Cub
Leader Position-Specific: Wolf Cub
Leader Position-Specific: Bear Cub
Leader Position-Specific: Webelos
Leader Position-Specific: Cubmaster
Leader Position-Specific: Pack Trainer
Leader Position-Specific: Pack Committee


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Even if the jobs fall short of projections, Moreno Valley stands to gain thousands of jobs if the logistics center comes to fruition, Foster said. âWe need the jobs.â
He said he expects the city to attract distribution centers for discount retailers, such as Ross and Harbor Freight â" companies that have beat Husingâs numbers because their warehouses are so busy. He also hopes to see more online retailers, such as the existing iHerb, which employs about 400 people in a 360,000-square-foot building that includes the companyâs offices as well as warehousing operations.
Experts on warehousing, however, say the trend is toward more automation and fewer employees. For that reason, some local governments have cut parking space requirements and road impact fees for distribution centers.
Husing analyzed national data for all sizes and ages of warehouses/distribution centers that had been gathered in 2003 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration as part of a larger survey of commercial buildings to gauge energy use.
The World Logistics Center, proposed by developer Iddo Benzeevi, would have the largest, most technically sophisticated types of warehouses. They are known in the industry as âhigh cubeâ warehouses, named for their high ceilings. The buildings capitalize on robotics and other advances in automation technologies that reduce the number of workers needed to operate them.
At a public meeting earlier this year, Benzeevi said the World Logistics Center would have warehouses much like his 1.8 million-square-foot Skechers building that opened last year south of Highway 60 in eastern Moreno Valley.
âThese are considered high-cube logistics warehouse buildings that essentially will be not just the majority but the core and definition of this project,â he said at the March 12 meeting.
In Riverside County, developers of high-cube buildings pay lower road impact fees because having fewer workers translates to less wear and tear on the roads, according to the Western Riverside Council of Governments.
Similarly, the city of Perris gave developers of high-cube warehouses a break on parking requirements.
âThey are extremely highly automated and have a rather low employment count, therefore we are finding that these facilities ⦠are over-parked,â Associate Planner Diane Sbardellati told Perris City Council in 2009. âOver half of this parking can be eliminated.â
The change in parking requirements allowed developers of the 1.3 million-square-foot Ridge Commerce Center in Perris to reduce the number of parking spaces from 826 to 472.
Even since 2003, when the data Husing used was collected, warehousing has become more efficient.
âThe technology has made the difference,â said B.J. Patterson, CEO of Pacific Mountain Logistics in Ontario. He oversees 200,000 square feet of warehouses filled with sporting goods and grocery products. âNow you have mobile technologies that are much less expensive and easy to obtain and to integrate. We have made the workers more efficient.â
Because of such efficiencies, ratios of one job per 4,000 square feet or more are becoming commonplace, Patterson said. Thatâs half as many workers as Husingâs formula.


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Yum! Brands, Inc. and KFC [1] have partnered with Interapt to develop a new kind of training platform that takes advantage of wearable technology in Google Glass. The platform has been dubbed "Vision 2020" by Yum! Brands, and the app has already been successfully tested in a live KFC restaurant environment.
Vision 2020 was sponsored by VP of Yum! University and Chief Learning Officer Rob Lauber [2], who chose Interapt specifically "because of their experience in working with mobile applications, as well as their Glass experience." One other reason Interapt was chosen: Location. With Yum! Brands headquartered in Louisville, KY, Lauber concedes that "being located in Louisville made Interapt even more appealing."
The goal of Vision 2020, according to Lauber, is to improve the time to proficiency in executing key tasks in KFC restaurants: "For Yum! Brands, it is about helping people learn how to do things the right way every time, in the shortest time possible." Lauber liked Google Glass for this project specifically because it offered employees instant, hands-free retrieval of detailed tutorials whenever a reminder was needed. "We are always looking for ways to innovate our learning methods to drive more efficiency, consistency, and faster time to performance," said Lauber. "Our customers want quick service, and we need to make sure our people are capable of delivering on that expectation."
Interapt CEO Ankur Gopal was excited about the opportunity to work with Lauber, as well as KFC President Jason Marker [3] and Yum! Brands CPO John Kurnick [4]. "Projects like Vision 2020 are the reason Interapt was founded," said Gopal. "We want to work with clients like Yum! Brands and KFC who are on the cutting edge, and who trust us to make their innovative ideas a reality."
Last week, Interapt staff themselves were invited by Yum! Brands to participate in the launch of the prototype platform along with KFC employees. "It was eye-opening to see KFC's training process in action, and taking part helped us identify ways our platform could be improved for future versions," said Interapt Director of Operations Hunter Gerlach [5]. "Interapt and Yum leadership also identified other areas of KFC's restaurant operations where we could contribute to their cutting-edge initiatives."
You can take a sneak peek into the experience by visiting the Interapt Instagram [6] feed.
Google Glass is getting its foot in the door with restaurants as Yum! Brands, Inc. and KFC parnter with Interapt to develop employee training featuring the wearable technology. The Vision 2020 platform aims to improve employees' proficiency with hands-free tech.


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Why Quantum Mechanics Is Not So Weird after All Richard Feynman's "least-action" approach to quantum physics in effect shows that it is just classical physics constrained by a simple mechanism. When the complicated mathematics is left aside, valuable insights are gained. The birth of quantum mechanics can be dated to 1925, when physicists such as Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger invented mathematical procedures that accurately replicated many of the observed properties of atoms. The change from earlier types of physics was dramatic, and pre-quantum physics was soon called classical physics in a kind of nostalgia for the days when waves were waves, particles were particles, and everything knew its place in the world. Since 1925, quantum mechanics has never looked back. It soon became clear that the new methods were not just good at accounting for the properties of atoms, they were absolutely central to explaining why atoms did not collapse, how solids can be rigid, and how different atoms combine together in what we call chemistry and biology. The rules of classical physics, far from being a reliable description of the everyday world that breaks down at the scale of the atom, turned out to be incapable of explaining anything much more complicated than how planets orbit the sun, unless they used either the results of quantum mechanics or a lot of ad hoc assumptions. But this triumph of quantum mechanics came with an unexpected problem-when you stepped outside of the mathematics and tried to explain what was going on, it didn't seem to make any sense. Elementary particles such as electrons behave like waves, apparently moving like ripples on a pond; they also seem to be instantaneously aware of distant objects and to be in different places at the same time. It seemed that any weird idea could gain respectability by finding similarities with some of the weird features of quantum mechanics. It has become almost obligatory to declare that quantum physics, in contrast to classical physics, cannot be understood, and that we should admire its ability to give the right answers without thinking about it too hard. And yet, eighty years and unprecedented numbers of physicists later, naked quantum weirdness remains elusive. There are plenty of quantum phenomena, from the magnetism of iron and the superconductivity of lead to lasers and electronics, but none of them really qualifies as truly bizarre in the way we might expect. The greatest mystery of quantum mechanics is how its ideas have remained so weird while it explained more and more about the world around us. Perhaps it is time to revisit the ideas with the benefit of hindsight, to see if either quantum mechanics is less weird than we usually think it is or the world around us is more so. Classical Mechanics in ActionWhen we think of planets orbiting the sun, we usually adopt Newton's view that they are constantly accelerating-in this case changing direction-in response to gravitational forces. From this, we can calculate the motions precisely, and the impressive accuracy of predictions for total solar eclipses shows how well it works. There is, however, another way of thinking about what is happening that gives exactly the same results. Instead of the Principle of Acceleration by Forces, as we might call it, there is an alternative called the Principle of Least Action, or more correctly, Hamilton's Principle. It is a principle that was first put forward about fifty years after Newton's, in its earliest form by the Frenchman Pierre Maupertuis, and in its ultimate form by the Irishman William Rowan Hamilton. The general idea is that when a planet travels through space, or a ball travels through the air, the path that is followed is the one that minimizes something called the action between the start and end points. Action, for our purposes here, is just something that can be measured out for some particular object moving along a particular path. It is exactly defined and is measured in units of energy multiplied by time. The details are not important unless you need to make calculations. We therefore have two quite different ways of describing situations in classical physics that are equally good in terms of giving the right answer. To give the simplest possible example, we can think of a golf ball travelling across an idealized, frictionless, flat green. In Newton's view (figure 1), the ball moves in a straight line at constant speed, because that is what Newton's Law says it must do. In Maupertuis' view (figure 2), the ball does this because this path is the one that has the least action between the start and end points. This trivial example can be made more interesting by making the green have humps and dips, which are like having forces acting on the ball, but the principles stay the same. Hamilton's Principle is fundamentally equivalent to Newton's Laws, and comes into its own when solving more advanced types of classical problems. But as an explanation, it has a major flaw-it seems to mean that things need to know where they are going before they work out how to get there. Actually, this is where classical mechanics makes its first big step toward quantum mechanics, if only we look at it another way. The mathematics of Hamilton's Principle can be described in words alternatively like this: given its starting points and motion, an object will end up at locations that are connected to its starting point by a path whose action is a minimum compared to neighboring paths. If locations away from the classical path are considered, no such paths exist-there will always be a path with the least action, but this is not a minimum. It is an unfamiliar idea, but well worth a little effort to try and digest. One vital change to note is that, while still being classical physics, the emphasis has moved away from knowing the path that is followed to having a test to check whether possible destinations are on the right track. And the crucial factor is being able to compare the actions of different paths. It leads to a third picture for our moving golf ball, central to the later move to quantum physics, which we can call Feynman's view of classical physics (figure 3). If we stay within the world of classical physics, we can choose to ignore this strange new description and stick with the more comfortable idea that things are accelerated along paths by forces, but this would be a personal preference rather than a rational one. The new view prompts the question: "How do things work out whether possible destinations are linked to the start by a path of minimal action?" We should appreciate, however, that the old Newtonian view prompts equally difficult questions like: "How do things respond to forces by accelerating just the required amount, instant by instant?" Moreover, as we will see, the action version is the one that the world around us seems to use. Roll on, Quantum MechanicsSuppose we take the action question seriously and give it a rather simple answer: Nature has to check out all possible destinations to see if they are on the right track. It must do this by trying to find out if there is a path of minimal action to each destination. It uses a device that can measure the action along all possible paths to each destination. The device is a simple surveyor's wheel for measuring action-just a wheel with a mark on the rim (figure 4). There isn't literally a type of wheel that measures action, but we can imagine that there is. The mechanism assigns probabilities to each destination according to whether, with just this simple measuring tool, it can find a path of minimal action. When the actions it is trying to measure are large compared to the size of the wheel, the system typically works just as classical physics requires. But in some situations the mechanism fails to produce classical mechanics and gives us quantum mechanics instead. We call the circumference of the wheel "Planck's constant," after Max Planck, who discovered its importance by an indirect route in 1900. You may be wondering how exactly the wheel can tell us what we need to know, but we don't need to go into the details here-those interested should read Richard Feynman's book, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, or see the summary given in the box on page 43. Differences from Classical PhysicsAs we might expect, the introduction of a mechanism for carrying out classical mechanics only makes a difference when the mechanism can't do its job properly. Specifically, if we want to check out destinations that are too close to the start, as gauged by the size of the wheel, the mechanism doesn't work. It cannot say where the object should be going, and there is an intrinsic fuzziness associated with it, with a scale set by the amount of action known as Planck's constant. This is otherwise known as the Uncertainty Principle. A second feature arises from the simple circular nature of the measuring device. It cannot tell the difference between paths that differ by an amount of action that is an exact whole number of Planck's constants. This can lead to patterns of probabilities that look just like classical waves, because the mathematics of waves is very similar to the mathematics of circular motion. The most important change comes when we consider objects in very small orbits, like electrons around nuclei. The mechanism gives zero probability unless the orbit (or more correctly the state) has an action that is an exact multiple of Planck's constant. This crude mechanism explains why atoms can only shrink to a certain point, to a state with an action of Planck's constant, where they become stable. With one extra idea, which we will mention later, the mechanism seems to explain the workings of chemistry, biology, and all the other successes of quantum mechanics, without ever really stopping being classical mechanics. Three Conceptual Problems with Quantum MechanicsThe way it is normally introduced, quantum mechanics is something quite baffling, and certainly stranger than just classical mechanics with a mechanism. It is worth addressing the three most obvious difficulties directly: 1) Quantum mechanics gives answers that are a set of probabilities all existing at the same time. This is totally unreal. As Schrödinger pointed out, quantum mechanics seems to say that you could create a situation where a cat was both alive and dead at the same time, and we never see this. But this is in fact a very curious piece of ammunition to use against quantum mechanics. We already have a very good nontechnical word for a mixture of possibilities coexisting at the same time-we call it the future. Unless we believe that all events are predetermined, which would be a very dismal view of the world, this is what the future must be like. Of course, we never experience it until it becomes the present, when only one of the possibilities takes place, but the actual future-as opposed to our prediction of one version of it-must be something much like what quantum mechanics describes. This is a great triumph for quantum mechanics over classical mechanics, which by describing all events as inevitable, effectively deprived us of a future. Of course, there is now a new big question of how one of the possibilities in the future is selected to form what we see as the present and what becomes the past, but we should not see the lack of a ready answer as a fault of quantum mechanics. This is a question that is large enough, encompassing such ideas as fate and free will, to be set aside for another time. The headline "Physics Cannot Predict the Future in Detail" should be no great embarrassment. 2) Quantum mechanics means that there is a kind of instant awareness between everything. This is quite true, but by introducing quantum mechanics in the way that we have, the "awareness" is of a very limited kind-limited to the awareness gained through the action-measuring mechanism as it checks all possible destinations. It is very hard to see how the only result of this-a probability associated with each destination-could be used to send a signal faster than light or violate any other cherished principle. It is rather revealing that one of the few novel quantum phenomena is a means of cryptography-a way of concealing a signal rather than sending one. 3) Quantum mechanics doesn't allow us to say where everything is, every instant of the time. This is the most interesting "fault" of quantum mechanics, and it can be expressed in many ways: particles need to be in more than one place at a time; their positions are not defined until they are "observed"; they behave like waves. We will summarize this as an inability to say exactly where particles are all the time. The "classic" illustration of this is the experiment of passing a steady stream of electrons through two slits (figure 5). Instead of the simple shadows we would expect if the particles were just particles, we see an interference pattern, as if the electrons have dematerialized into a wave and passed through both slits at the same time. There are several ways of coming to terms with this. The first thing to note is that the lack of complete information is not really a problem that arose in quantum mechanics-it originates in the third version of classical mechanics. In the Feynman version, the essence of motion is a process of determining if a destination is on or off the right track. Before the move to quantum mechanics, we can do this as often as we like, so that we can fill in the gaps as closely as we like, but the precedent has been set: physics is about testing discrete locations rather than calculating continuous trajectories. If it is inherent in old-fashioned classical physics, not just "weird" quantum physics, perhaps we can relax a little. The second point is to clarify what the problem is. To take the two-slit example, we never see electrons dematerialize, or rippling through something, we just find it necessary to think that they do to explain the pattern that we see on the screen. If we deliberately try to observe where the electrons go, we see them as particles somewhere else, but the interference pattern disappears. In effect, the problem is that we cannot say what the particles look like only when they cannot be seen. Now this is an uncomfortable thought, because all our instincts tell us that particles must be somewhere, even when we cannot see them. But if quantum mechanics can accurately describe all the information we can ever obtain about the outside world, perhaps we are simply being greedy to ask for anything more. The headline "Physics Fails to Describe Events That Cannot Be Observed" is, again, rather lacking in impact. The final point is a little vague but more fundamental. If we accept that the future is not fixed, we expect it to contain surprises. Crudely speaking, this is not very plausible in a world where particles have continuous trajectories and an infinite amount of information is freely available. It is much more plausible in a world that is in some way discontinuous, where the available information is limited. Even though we have set aside the question of how a future full of possibilities turns into an unchanging past, it must involve something that seems pretty weird compared to our normal experience. Perhaps this example of physics not conforming to our expectations is weirdness of the right sort. The Addition of SpinIt was mentioned earlier that another new idea is needed before the classical physics of electrons and nuclei properly turns into chemistry. That idea is spin, a third property of electrons and nuclei alongside mass and electrical charge. Paul Dirac showed that spin is a natural property of charged particles within quantum mechanics. Wolfgang Pauli showed that the spin of the electron prevents more than one electron occupying the same state at the same time-the Exclusion Principle-a fact responsible for the whole of chemistry. The details are not important here, but quantum mechanics with spin seems to account for pretty much all the world we see around us. Quantum Mechanics-Bringer of StabilityOne of the benefits of viewing the quantum world as not fundamentally different from the classical world is that we can imagine how one changes into the other. With a few simple assumptions, a classical world of point-like electrons and nuclei is blindingly chaotic. Atoms are continually trying to collapse, but are prevented from doing so by the huge amount of electromagnetic radiation that is released in the process. It is not the comfortable place that the word classical implies. As we imagine moving to the quantum realm by increasing the size of Planck's constant from zero, something remarkable happens. At some point, the blinding light disappears to reveal stable atoms, capable of forming molecules. Far from making everything go weird, quantum mechanics makes it go normal. To be sure, if Planck's constant increases too far, the atoms fall apart and a different form of chaos takes over, but that just makes the story even more interesting. So it seems that quantum physics is not weird and incomprehensible because it describes something completely different from everyday reality. It is weird and incomprehensible precisely because it describes the world we see around us-past, present, and future. ReferenceFeynman, Richard P. 1985. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
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But why did they need to kill the rabbit in the box. Could they use a paint gun to mark him her or it.
I'm going to see if my head tunnels through my pillow by tomorrow morning.
Need to save for tomorrow.
I always liked Feynman.
"Already posted"
Heh! Those tricky electrons!
Purity of heart is to will one thing...(laugh)...
Too tired for this tonight, maybe tomorrow.
Thanks to Snarks for a great article.
Now, can anyone go over spin-orbit coupling with me?
He was a oner, fer sure...
Watch "what the bleep down the rabbit hole" and call it good
I need to read QED again...and I would if I could find the box it's hiding in!
Somebody's uncertainly principle. I'll remember tonight if I wake around 2am.
Great article except for that one line which should read that quantum phenomena is a means of cryptography-a way of detecting if a signal has been intercepted...
So is Amazon.
I enjoyed Richard Feynman, myself, he wrote so the lay person could comprehend it.
Leaving aside the subject of Quantum Mechanics, I enjoyed also, reading and learning a bit, about fractals.
Fractals are amazing, and when one Journal said that they were studying oatmeal, and didn't elucidate on the oatmeal, I was sort of P'Oed, until, when eating oatmeal the next morning, I intentionally examined the oats and discovered that each oat had the little branch, like a tree, which had a smaller branch and then from that, a smaller, identical branch....
Public libraries are your friend.So is Amazon.
Neither helps for this evening's reading, though...
But, hey, there's world enough, and time...
I switched to this thread from the Mideast daily thread....makes more sense....thanks for posting the article...will read it again tomorrow.
mark for later..
...I intentionally examined the oats and discovered that each oat had the little branch, like a tree, which had a smaller branch and then from that, a smaller, identical branch....
...which for some reason reminds me of this bit of de Morgan doggerel:
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
bump for later read. good article catch.
I love this stuff. Thanks. I hope you will post more...
No, Fractals really are, like that.... they showed coastlines, snowflakes, and talked about the double universe....
Good article.
I would like to read more of the same caliber.
Thanks for posting it.
As for fractals, you might enjoy this:
Andrei Linde, The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe" (PDF)
Convenient. It can not, nor will it ever be answered by the mind of man, so "a later time" equates to eternity.
Perhaps it is all as simple as each particle's instantaneous verification with the Will of God. It is an explanation that will remain no further from the truth as any other untestable explanation conceived of by man. It appears there are limits to what we are allowed to know.
To human eyes, too much of light
Is blinding as the blackest night.
And this is so, too, of the mind,
In total ignorance it's blind.
But more truth than it can absorb
Will overwhelm the mental orb.
So, lest our vision burn to ashes
God shows us truth in bits and flashes,
White revelations that the brain
Can comprehend and yet stay sane.
And we, poor fools, demand truth's noon
Who scarce can bear its crescent moon.
-- "White Revelations," by Georgia Starbuck Galbraith.
Parsimony in one's assumptions is a not unworthy aim...
for later
for later
"Nothing. It's branches, all the way down."
Right On. Every time I read that little gem I love it.
Thenks fer the inspiration fer the new tagline.
Sometimes the path not taken is not taken for a reason. Like, it's scary.
Murphy has a personal grudge against me.
Murphy's First Law is "P!$$ on Hardastarboard".
The math works, the layman's interpretation does not.
The future is not yet set. What a hopeful thing!
Perhaps this is how God gave us "free will" and how Einstein was misguided in saying that "God does not play dice with the universe".
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...t-three-monthsSoftware sales just over 1 million units for new console system
Nintendo's Wii U console sold only 160,000 units worldwide during the past three months, with the company blaming a lack of first-party releases for the poor performance. Software sales for the system were just 1.3 million units.
During the period Nintendo sold 90,000 Wii U consoles in Japan, 60,000 in the US and only 10,000 in Europe and Australia.
In the previous three months Wii U sales were 390,000 hardware units and 13.42 million games, which left the company short of it's projected 4 million sales in the financial year.
For the three months ended June 30 net sales were up 3.8 per cent to ¥81.5 billion ($832.6m / £547.5m) with net profit at ¥8.6 billion ($88m / £57.9m), compared to a loss of ¥17.2 billion for the same period last year.
Nintendo suffered an operating loss during the period of ¥4.9 billion ($50.2m / £33m) due to research and development for the Wii U and increased marketing costs overseas for the 3DS.
Despite the low numbers the company remains bullish, sticking with full-year estimates of 9 million hardware units sold and 38 million games for the Wii U.
It was the 3DS that performed better for the company, with hardware sales of 1.4 million units and game sales just over 11 million.
The ageing Wii console managed to outsell its successor during the three months, with 210,000 units and 3.67 million games sold.
Looking at 3DS game sales, Nintendo revealed that Tomodachi Collection has sold 3.91 million units since release in March. Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which released last financial year in Japan and became a 3 million unit seller, has sold a further 1.54 million units, 1.19 million of which are from overseas sales since release in Europe and the US this June.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, released in March, has sold 1.43 million units, while Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D "has been well received," according to the company.
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Nintendo: 160,000 Wii Us sold globally in past three months
07-31-2013 #2
Needs price drop and better library of games. It seems that their tablet idea didn't work as well as they hoped.
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It's tracking worse than the gamecube. They're in trouble with no price drop.
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Might be time to abandon the Wii name brand. Start fresh, get back on track with Nintendo games and just make it work.
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08-01-2013 #6
It's a good system, just not enough quality games to make someone say the gotta' have it.
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08-01-2013 #7
Last home console from them, it makes sense to go handheld only at this point the 3DS is selling and profiting nicely. Pretty much all their IPs can work on there now too with the new Smash Bros. being on it, that wasn't really possible with the GBA and not quite with the DS.
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If I hadn't bought it at launch, I wouldn't buy it now.
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Kinda figured this would happen.
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price needs to come down and better titles needed.
Plato and Aristotle, a detail of The School of Athens, a fresco by Raphael. Aristotle gestures to the earth, representing his belief in knowledge
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08-02-2013 #14
forsaken by the casuals
The hardcore(well, guys interested in 1st party) will be there. Is it enough tho? 3rd party is next to none on the wiiu.
08-02-2013 #15
Get out of that motion control gimmicky crap, go back to your roots. That will give the money gifs a rebirth.
08-02-2013 #16
It's sad to see this happen to Nintendo of all companies, but they did this to themselves. A price drop may keep it floating until some successful first-party titles release, but I'm starting to doubt even those can pull this bird up. Hopefully it forces them to actually give a damn and try next time.
It was a massive oversight that they should have seen coming. Casuals don't follow brands, and most have jumped over to the handheld market now. I don't know what the hell Nintendo was thinking.
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08-02-2013 #17
I agree. It's been somewhat like "Nintendo, are you f'n serious with this?" since the reveal. The market they tried to capture with the tablet controller are already gaming on handhelds(like you stated).
The WiiU's power is also a problem. For 3rd party, it's not worth adapting their current gen engines for the WiiU's small install base compared to the 160million ps3/360 market. Plus the WiiU isn't strong enough to handle the engines made for the ps4/xbone/pc and that is a huge problem. Certain things that took months(WiiU/current gen) now only takes a few weeks(next gen) to develop. There's no way they're going to make it harder on themselves when there's no need to.
Nintendo screwed up bad with their year headstart.
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