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5c. Coordinates
6. The Calendar
6a. Jewish Calendar
8. The Round Earth
8a. The Horizon
8b. Parallax
8c. Moon dist. (1)
8d. Moon dist. (2)
9a. Earth orbits Sun?
9c. Copernicus
to Galileo
The priests of ancient Babylonia and Egypt were also pioneer astronomers. They studied the heavens, mapped their constellations, identified the path of the Sun and estimated the periods of the Moon and Sun as they moved across the sky.
But it was a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicea, who made the first major new discovery in astronomy. Comparing observations more than a century apart, Hipparchus proposed that the axis around which the heavens seemed to rotate shifted gradually, though very slowly.
Viewed from Earth, the Sun moves around the ecliptic, one full circuit each year. Twice a year, at equinox, day and night are equal and the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets exactly in the west. Ancient astronomers had no good clocks and could not tell when the day and night had the same length, but they could identify the equinox by the Sun rising in the east and setting in exactly the opposite direction. At those times the Sun's position is at one of the intersections between the ecliptic and the celestial equator.
Around the year 130 BC, Hipparchus compared ancient observations to his own and concluded that in the preceding 169 years those intersections had moved by 2 degrees. How could Hipparchus know the position of the Sun among the stars so exactly, when stars are not visible in the daytime? By using not the Sun but the shadow cast by the Earth on the moon, during an eclipse of the Moon! During an eclipse, Sun, Earth and Moon form a straight line, and therefore the center of the Earth's shadow is at the point on the celestial sphere which is exactly opposite that of the Sun.
"The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius"
Hipparchus concluded that the intersection marking the equinox slowly crept forward along the ecliptic, and called that motion "the precession of the equinoxes. " The rate is about one full circle in 26 000 years. In ancient times the intersection marking the spring equinox was in the constellation of Aries, the ram, and for that reason the intersection (wherever it might be) is still sometimes called "the first point in Aries."
Around the year 1 it moved into the constellation of Pisces (pronounced "pie-sees" in the US) and currently it is again in transition, to the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier. If you ever heard the song "The dawning of the age of Aquarius" from the musical show "Hair," that is what it is all about. To astronomers precession is mainly another factor to be taken into account when aiming a telescope or drawing a star chart; but to believers in astrology, the "dawning of the age of Aquarius" is a great portent and may mark the beginning of a completely new and different era.
The Precession of the Earth's Axis
What does this motion tell us about the Earth's motion in space? If you ever had a spinning top, you know that its axis tends to stay lined up in the same direction--usually, vertically, though in space any direction qualifies.
Give it a nudge, however, and the axis will start gyrating wildly around the vertical, its motion tracing a cone (drawing). The spinning Earth moves like that, too, though the time scale is much slower--each spin lasts one day, but each gyration around the cone takes 26 000 years. The axis of the cone is perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic.
The cause of the precession is the equatorial bulge of the Earth, caused by the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation (the centrifugal force is discussed in a later section). That rotation changes the Earth from a perfect sphere to a slightly flattened one, thicker across the equator. The attraction of the Moon and Sun on the bulge is then the "nudge" which makes the Earth precess.
Through each 26 000-year cycle, the direction in the sky to which the axis points goes around a big circle, the radius of which covers an angle of about 23.5°. The pole star to which the axis points now (within about one degree) used to be distant from the pole, and will be so again in a few thousand years (for your information, the closest approach is in 2017). Indeed, the "pole star" used by ancient Greek sailors was a different one, not nearly as close to the celestial pole.
Because of the discovery mady by Hipparchus, the word "precession" itself no longer means "shift forward" but is now applied to any motion of a spin axis around a cone--for instance, the precession of a gyroscope in an airplane's instrument, or the precession of a spinning satellite in space.
Precession of a spinning scientific payload (also known as its "coning"--from "cone"--or its "nutation") is an unwelcome feature, because it complicates the tracking of its instruments. To eliminate it, such satellites use "nutation dampers," small tubes partially filled with mercury. If the satellite spins as it was designed to do, the mercury merely flows to the part of the tube most distant from the spin axis, and stays there. However, if the axis of rotation precesses, the mercury sloshes back and forth in the tube. Its friction then consumes energy, and since the source of the sloshing is the precession of the spin axis, that precession (very gradually) loses energy and dies down.
Ice Ages
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice
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Some 2000 years after Hipparchus, in the year 1840. Louis Agassiz, a Swiss scientist, published a book on glaciers, a familiar feature of his homeland--huge rivers of ice created by accumulated snowfall, filling valleys and slowly creeping downwards to their end points, lakes of meltwater (or, in some other countries, the sea).
Glaciers leave an imprint on the landscape: they scratch and grind down rocks, and carry loads of gravel, at times even big boulders, from the mountains to the plains, leaving them far from their origins, wherever the ice finally melts. Agassiz, who later became a distinguished professor at Harvard, noted that such imprints existed all over northern Europe, and suggested that the lands now inhabited by Germans, Poles, Russians and others used to be covered by enormous glaciers.
America, too, had its glaciers; Cape Cod, for instance, is a left-over pile of glacial gravel. Later geological studies found evidence that such glaciers advanced and retreated several times in the last million years. The last retreat, a rather abrupt one, occured about 12,000 years ago.
The Milankovich Theory
The big questions are, of course, what causes such giant glaciers, and will it happen again? Actually, no one is yet completely sure. But an intriguing idea, due to work in the 1930s by the Serbian astronomer Milutin Milankovich, may link them to the precession which Hipparchus discovered.
As already noted, the Earth's orbit is not perfectly round, but is slightly elongated. The Earth therefore comes closest to the Sun in the first week of January (the exact day varies a little). It means that just when the northern hemisphere experiences winter and receives the least amount of sunlight, the Earth as a whole receives the most (the swing is about 3%, peak to peak). This makes northern winters milder, and northern summers are milder too, since they occur when the Earth is most distant from the Sun.
The opposite is true south of the equator: the beginning of January occurs there in summer, and therefore one expects southern summers to be hotter, and southern winters colder, than those north of the equator. This effect is however greatly weakened, because by far most of the the southern hemisphere is covered by ocean, and the water tempers and moderates the climate.
Right now, northern winter occurs in the part of the Earth's orbit where the north end of the axis points away from the Sun. However, since the axis moves around a cone, 13,000 years from now, in this part of the orbit, it will point towards the Sun, putting it in mid-summer just when the Earth is closest to the Sun.
At that time one expects northern climate to be more extreme, and the oceans then have a much smaller effect, since the proportion of land in the northern hemisphere is much larger. Milankovich argued that because winters were colder, more snow fell, feeding the giant glaciers. Furthermore, he said, since snow was white, it reflected sunlight, and with more severe winters, the snow-covered land warmed up less effectively once winter had ended. Climate is maintained by a delicate balance between opposing factors, and Milankovich argued that this effect alone was enough to upset that balance and cause ice ages.
Milankovich was aware that this was just one of several factors, since it turns out that ice ages do not recur every 26,000 year, nor do they seem common in other geological epochs. The eccentricity of the Earth's orbit, which determines the closest approach to the Sun, also changes periodically, as does the inclination of the Earth's axis to the ecliptic. But overall the notion that ice ages may be linked to the motion of the Earth through space may be currently our best guess concerning the causes of ice ages.
Postscript, 28 July 1999. The magnitude of the "Milankovich effect" depends on the difference between largest and smallest distances from the Sun. That, in its turn, depends on the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit, which varies with a 100,000-year cycle, on which a 413,000-year cycle is superposed. J. Rial (Univ. of North Carolina) found signatures of those cycles in the oxygen isotope content of deep-sea sediments, in full agreement with the Milankovich theory. His work is in "Science," vol. 285, p. 564, 23 July 1999; a non-technical explanation "Why the Ice Ages Don't Keep Time " is on pages 503-504 of the same issue.Further note: The sea-bottom results have now been compared to hydrogen isotope ratios in deep boreholes in the ice sheets of Antarctica, which took nearly a million years to accumulate (Science, 11 June 2004, p. 1609). Deep-sea sediments show that in the last million years, but not before, the variation is dominated by a periodicity around 100,000 years. Its origin, the article states, "is one of the unanswered, yet fundamental questions." Ice cores could help explain it.
Exploring Further:
Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the position among the stars of the celestial pole--the pivot around which the celestial sphere seems to rotate--traces a circle every 26,000 years of so. The celestial pole is now quite close to the pole star Polaris, but it will not be so in the future, and wasn't in the past. The ancient Egyptians regarded as pole star the star Thuban or "Alpha Draconis," the brightest star (=alpha) in the constellation Draco, the serpent. For more information about the motion of the pole, see here and here.
A review article, primarily for scientists: Trends, Rhythms and Aberrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to the Present (Ma is million years), by James Zachos, Mark Pagani, Lisa Sloan, Ellen Thomas and Katharina Billups, "Science" vol 292, p. 686, 27 April 2001. Goes beyond variations due to the precession of the equinoxes and also includes variations of orbit eccentricity, inclination between spin axis and the ecliptic and in the precession cycle itself.
The periodicities that enter the Milankovich theory here. Also, look up "Milankovich" in Wikipedia.
For serious scientific pursuits: A recent article in "Nature" applies the theory of Milankovich to Mars and concludes that its effects there were probably much more severe, in part because the presence of our Moon regulates the tilt angle of the Earth's rotation axis. See Recent ice ages on Mars by James W. Head et al., Nature, vol 426, p, 797-802, 18/25 December 2003.
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*** Dawning of the Age of Aquarius
*** Finding true north in an underground mine
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In my sales management career, I would bet that I've seen about 5,000 resumes for sales people. Yet, I still haven't seen one that shows someone who has achieved 40% of quota. Every single resume shows 100%, 200%, 2,000,000% of goal. Where are all of the people who have had less than stellar sales performances? Did they all leave the sales profession? If all of the resumes that I saw truly represented the performance of the individual, the U.S. economy would be thriving to say the least. Every company would be enjoying record revenue performances.
If you have read my past articles, you've felt my passion for creating sales marriages, those relationships whereby a mutually beneficial relationship is formulated between a sales professional and a company based on synergistic matches of needs. This is not easy to do as, right off the bat, the relationship begins with a flawed tool, a resume. It is this tool that dupes, tricks, and stretches the truth of a person's pedigree. Yet, as an employer, that is what you have to work with when hiring a sales professional so you need to find a way to mine through the information in a quest for the complete truth.
I spend a tremendous amount of time preaching about the importance of honesty and integrity in sales. Those are two words that are not often associated with the profession. As such, I believe that the quest to find sales people who represent a company's brand well starts with a thorough resume review. Plain and simple, dishonesty in a sales person's resume means they don't play on my team. There are more than enough statistics to support the issue of what I call "resume inflation."
I can recall a time when I ran a sales organization in the employment screening industry, a company that provided pre-employment background screening for other companies. We made an offer to a sales candidate who had impressed everyone he met including the CEO. When we ran his background check, our core business, we found that his claim to have worked for a company for two and a half years was actually two and a half months. The funny part is when we asked him about the discrepancy, he lied again and said his former employer made a mistake. Fifteen minutes later, he called back (I think he remembered that background screening was our core business) and fessed up. Needless to say, we couldn't have this person selling our background screening services.
Think about this, if someone would apply for a sales job at a company whose core business was employment background screening and lie about their background, what candidates do you think you are seeing? Every day, new technologies are introduced to the marketplace to make the screening process better and easier for hiring managers. Yet, none of these technology companies advocate using their technology as a replacement for a strong screening process. Assessments, for example, serve as a tool for the process, but do not replace the process itself. Thus, it all begins with a strong resume review.
The resume review should not occur for the first time with the candidate sitting in front of you. An effective interview requires preparation. As such, the resume should be studied and areas of question identified so that questions can be asked of the candidate during the interview. What areas should be perused? Here are five areas of a sales resume that require detailed attention.
Accomplishments. In sales, there is an old expression that says if you can't prove it, don't say it. This usually refers to the dialogue between a sales person and a prospect, but it is also applicable for a resume. As a hiring manager, you are well within your rights to ask candidates for documentation of the accomplishments they list on their resume. If they don't have documentation, perhaps a request for a reference for that accomplishment is appropriate. Checking every single accomplishment is over the top, but checking one or two accomplishments makes sense. I suggest those that seem the most impressive to you about the candidate be verified. If someone told me that they personally doubled the size of the company in one year, I would want to see proof of that!
Title. Sales people have more titles than there are prospects in the world. I can't keep track of all of them any more. However, those titles don't necessarily correspond to responsibility. A small company may call their only sales person a Vice President while a large company may call a person performing the exact same role a sales representative. While reviewing the resume, don't limit your perusal to the title. Dig a bit into the responsibilities that the individual had. During the interview process, it is critical that you ask questions to understand the role and responsibility that goes with the title.
Where some companies get in trouble is they look to hire a senior sales person and don't consider candidates with higher level (Vice President, for example) titles. It is important to analyze the responsibilities that the individual had in their capacity to see if this individual matches your needs regardless of what you call this role. If the resume is unclear about this, ask the candidate for details.
Employment Dates. If a sales person has a gap, or gaps, in their employment meaning they did not leave one job and go directly to another one, they will show years of employment, but not months. This creates the illusion of continuous employment. If you background screen as part of your hiring process and employment verification is part of that scope, this will be identified at that time. However, that takes time and dollars. But, why wait until the end of the process to learn something you can know now? When you see years on a resume, ask the candidate to provide months of employment too. Ask questions to understand the gaps. You may still elect to hire the person, based on the explanation.
At least, you get the complete picture.
Training Programs. Many sales people list the training programs that they have completed on their resume, but who verifies that? Guess what, no one does! When hiring IT professionals, it is common to check training and certification completion. Not so, with sales people. So, what risk does a sales person have by stating that they have completed the "Miller-Heiman Strategic Selling" course on their resume? None! A suggestion is to ask for a copy of their completion certificate. If they have truly taken the course, you will see a confident reaction. If they have only read the book, or perhaps, not even that, you will see them squirm in their seat.
College Degree. When I look at the education section of a resume, I expect to see college name, degree completed, and graduation date. However, I regularly see that degree or graduation date, or both are omitted. Red flag! Sure, a background check will expose that too, but why wait until post-offer to find out? When you see missing information on the resume, ask the candidate point-blank, if they graduated college, what year, and with what major? Some omit their graduation year to hide their age, but others do it to create the illusion of degree completion. Unfortunately, you will find many sales people who list a college and year, and hope you won't ask any other questions.
I don't believe that most sales people intend to dupe their potential employer, but I've also been around the block long enough to know that the percentage that "inflate" is high enough to warrant a circumspect analysis of the resume.
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The Most Powerful Windows Application
* file-manager inspired by Norton Commander, but with a modern Windows interface
* has two panes for easy file management
* every pane can have as many tabs as you want
* advanced file search with regular expressions
* rename multiple files
* split files (useful if you want to send a large file by email)
* pack/unpack files in ZIP format
* compare directories
* synchronize directories
* FTP client with support for SFTP
* document viewer that supports: text files, source code files (Assembler, C++, CSS, Delphi, FoxPro, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, SQL, XML), HTML, RTF, Word documents, Excel sheets, OpenOffice documents, executable files, DLL, INI files, registry files, image files (PNG, JPG, GIF, Paint Shop Pro, BMP, PSD, ICO, CUR, ANI, MAC, WMF, EMF, PIC), Flash, media files (MP3, WMA, OGG, AVI), database files (FoxPro, dBase, Paradox, Access, MySQL, CSV), archives (RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7zip, bzip2), disk image files (ISO, BIN, IMG, NRG)
* AES encryptor (encrypt/decrypt files with 128bit key using password or keyfile)
* decompilation of 32-bit PE executables (EXE SCR) and libraries (DLL OCX CPL BPL), resource files (RES DCR)
* create a list file with all selected files and directories
* count the size of all files in a directory
* shows informations about solar and moon dates, celebrations and calendars
* synchronize your local computer with atomic time via Internet
* browse NT events and services faster
* view/edit/kill processes that are running currently on the system
* RSS Reader
* CD/DVD burning
* view and edit files on ext2 partitions (useful to manage files on Linux partitions from Windows)
* mount disk images as additional virtual drives in system
* much more...
You can pay $34 or you can use it for free, if you don't mind clicking on a button everytime the application starts. Total Commander PowerPack is the most powerful Windows utility you can get for free. And the setup has less than 15MB.
Just compare this list of characteristics with the features of any other application and you will get the most feature-rich and the most powerful Windows application.
55 comments:
Great find, I've been search for an application like this for a long time ;)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 9:19 AM
I agree with this post. I've been using Total Commander for more that 7 years... it's definitely the most useful Windows application ever. All file operations are much faster and easier to use that with the common Windows Explorer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 9:33 AM
Can it be skinned?ReplyDelete
I had tried another file manager before but since it didnt work with window blinds and icon packager, i dropped it.
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 10:22 AM
I have been using Total Commander since last 10 years ever since version 1.0. This is THE MOST used app on my computer. Love it! Every people that I have introduced this app to have thanked me for converting them into TotalCommanderians!ReplyDelete
They also have a terrific FREE version for Pocket PC/Windows Mobile devices. Beats the pants off the native file explorer and has 95% of the features of the not-free competition.ReplyDelete
The PocketPC Commander is the best Explorer replacement available for that platform.ReplyDelete
Total Commander is great but tends to be all applications for all people. For an Explorer replacement with all of the file management capabilities of Total Commander plus greater stability and a smaller memory/disk footprint try xplorer².
The download is ~1mb. Their are both a free version with some advanced features disabled and a full featured trial version.
In addition to the standard Explorer/Total Commander type functions it has some advanced file managent features you won't find elsewhere. Scratch containers/virtual directories, queued file actions, command macros, hard link pasting, etc. All wrapped up in a nice clean interface. Not skinnable AFAIK, but if you want eye candy and not function matched to stability this isn't the package for you.
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Been using Total Commander since it was called Windows Commander.ReplyDelete
I have an instance of it open at all times, with the colors set to white and yellow (highlighted) on blue, just like Norton used to be.
Best program ever. period.
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 12:56 PM
Very cool application. I'm surprised this is the first I have heard of this. I'll be recommending it to friends and co-workers.ReplyDelete
Steve -
Good lord its ugly! Im not sure what it is about Windows developers, throw as many features on an app as possible, and focus almost nothing to usability! Blah!ReplyDelete
I have used the app, and it does do a boat load of stuff.
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 2:20 PM
I personnally prefer NOT TO PAY for Krusader, a KDE app that does nearly everything listed here (excepet gadgets like moonphase or like).ReplyDelete
Linux is Power, Windows is eXPensive. ;)
- AnonymousApril 24, 2006 at 7:11 PM
Been using Commander for years - first application I put on every new machine. Mac's Disk Order is not bad.ReplyDelete
Total Commander is my FTP client also.
Great find.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2006 at 3:50 AM
For those who are not very impressed with the "modern Windows interface", I would suggest FAR Manager, which is now also free. It is also extremely powerful, especially when expanded with the plugins of your choice. I find FAR the most useful application for me (in addition to the web browser, of course :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2006 at 3:55 AM
I forgot to mention that FAR is very suitable for those, who prefer using keyboard. It is not very mouse friendly.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2006 at 6:59 PM
Meh xplorer2 its way better.ReplyDelete
I happen to like Directory Opus myself.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2006 at 1:29 PM
Here's the one that gave rise to them all (heck, you may be old enough to remember those days):ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2006 at 12:27 AM
Using Total Commander Power Pack 6.51 at the moment.ReplyDelete
There isn't a day that I do not use Total Commander.
It is my most used program on my Windows machine.
Used to be called Windows Commander.
In those days it was much simpler than it is now.
Perhaps this is why some people are afraid to use it as the program has evolved?
I know people that work in the PC Industry that are afraid to use Total Commander and sit there like idiots with a million Windows Explorer Windows open.
I have even tried to offer my assistance and show them how to use it, but in most cases they all do the windows thing.
I smirk to myself when I see this happening.
My favourite application and also the first program I install on my PC.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2006 at 12:28 AM
Microsoft finding smart ways of making money.ReplyDelete
Copy, Repack and sell.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2006 at 5:31 PM
1st app I install (after the OS is installed of course)ReplyDelete
...actually I don't even install it, it's on my 2nd disk and (after the OS is installed of course) I just change the location of the .ini files, so I don't have to set it up again.
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2006 at 10:50 PM
I have to agree, Total Commander rules.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2006 at 11:59 AM
Too many features. Much be more simple and powerful. Google won the search race because it had a simple interface to start with. Total Commander seems to be confusing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2006 at 7:11 AM
Stunningly ugly. Looks like something from 1996.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2006 at 1:09 PM
I've also been using Total Commander since it was called Windows Commander and despite the negative comments here, is by far the best file manager tool for Windows. I wonder if you guys can suggest something close to TC but for OSX. I am on OSX now but I am still crying for TC :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 12, 2006 at 8:20 AM
Let me put it this way: If TC ceased to exist or I could not use it any more my job efficiency would be greatly diminished and I'd be forced to find a suitable replacement (or a better OS) fast. I feel sorry for all those drag-and-droppers around me every day - they are so painfully slow and clumsy. I try to pitch TC to them all the time, but very few are capable of understanding that keyboard is way faster and more precise than a mouse for file management and similar operations. WinZip? Who needs that crap? FTP client? Built in too. With the Power Pack TC can be run from a network share or a portable drive without any reconfiguration or installation. Mr. Ghisler needs and deserver out full support to keep developing and offering this great tool and that is why I purchased my own copy and encourage everyone else to do the same. $35 is peanuts compared to how mych time and grief TC saved me over the years, and it's a lifetime licence to boot!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2006 at 7:03 AM
Try FAR file manager; it's much more powerful than TCReplyDelete
FAR is nice, but it's almost a DOS application. You can't use your mouse and the interface has many limitations. As much as I liked Norton Commander, Total Commander is a better successor because it follows its philosophy and adapts it to the new environment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2006 at 6:50 PM
Yes, yes, yes!ReplyDelete
I'm also a TC addict.
I have always found Windows as if one could never touch the ground.
(I miss the command line.)
So, this TC has solved my problem:
* It starts with Windows and keeps in the background until I turn it off.
* It also connects to my Linux Box and lets me pick files from my dirs.
* It can open an RPM file.
* The way it shows the differences between two files is more visual and clear than any diff version.
* I also have it with the Norton Commander's colors.
* It lets you launch command line things, and lets you keep some in memory and with hot keys.
* I have lots of switchable tool bars.
* It is so stable, (can't compare to any other Linux version of the MC family) that if you record a CD with it you can launch it from any PC by just clicking on the application.
It is the Ford of the NC's family.
BEWARE! If you try it for some time, you'll never replace it for any other thing...
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2006 at 8:57 PM
Total Commander is the greatest Windows application of all. I have been using it since version 1 and Christian Ghisler, the author, has provided years of continuous free updates. It does take a little practice, it's not a kiddie toy like Explorer, but Win(oops)Total Commander will reward your efforts over and over again.ReplyDelete
Oh, it's also very ugly. The new beta version 7 looks a little better, but that's a small price for functional perfection and great support.
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2006 at 3:07 AM
ya sure..its a good applicaiton ... i think it uses a lot of resources of a system.ReplyDelete
Still its quite ok
I've been using Total Commander since Version 3.01. Now it almost totally replaced the start bar in Windows. I have access to control panels in TC, Properties of harddisks, and there is the nice start menu which is much faster having no icons. Search in directory just by typing the filename is extremely fast. Possibility to copy the path of a file or the path of a directory into clipboard makes The time-conusuming clicking through directories in File/Open or Save dialogs not longer necessary. I recommend this feature to everybody.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2007 at 2:14 PM
This software is NOT free! It is shareware for 30 days. It is irresponsible for this post to claim it is free if you don't mind clicking a button. If you don't pay after 30 days you are using illegally.ReplyDelete
Yes, Dude, you're right. I thought Total Commander is free for personal use, but it's not.ReplyDelete
I apologize for any inconvenience caused by my statement. This program should be bought by a big company (Google?) and made available for free.
- AnonymousApril 11, 2007 at 6:44 AM
Agree with the post and most of the comments. It is the most used app on my computer too. Opened all the time and replacing almost all slow operations in explorer with ligtning fast timesavers. Just wish there were more apps like this :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2007 at 3:44 AM
is there some alternative to win/total commander for linux/unix operating system ?ReplyDelete
Total Commander is a nice start, but isn't fast and powerful enough for those who want to do serious work. FAR isn't pretty, it's un-intuitive at first, and it looks like a 20-year-old DOS application - but first looks are deceiving. I have been using FAR for as long as I've been using Windows, and can say for sure that it's the only application that gives be the speed and power to do serious work. With over 700 plugins (which include the ability to use some Total Commander plugins), flexible macros, lightning-fast response time and very high customisability, it is without doubt the best file manager for me. Its text editor, when fitted with the right plugins, beats most editors in commercial IDEs - I have to resort to IDEs only for debugging or visual design.ReplyDelete
FAR's only significant disadvantage is its poor Unicode support, but the FAR dev team is working on that problem.
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2008 at 2:35 AM
There is indeed nothing better than FAR.ReplyDelete
But true 64bit support is a key feature for me and the only app which can do this is SpeedCommander.
SpeedCommander can run a lot of TC plugins, too. It's definitly worth a look.
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2008 at 10:34 PM
I agree that till date I have not seen much powerful application as Total Commander. more than 5 year I have been using it, but not any file explorer has matched its speed for me. It does FTP, File Explore, Rename,Copy, Cut, Paste, Sync, many more uses. It does it so efficiently.ReplyDelete
Its definitely my most prefered and suggested application.. ViMaL.
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Great to learn there are so many die-hard fans and users of Total Commnader still going around. Personally, I've been using this prog since ver 1.0, from the DOS era. Can't imagine powering on my PC and not running TC. Of course, there are umpteen Orthodox File Managers out there - quite a few of them are Freeware too- but you just can't beat TC for the features. Eventually it boils down to what one is comfy working with. For those who haven't given it a try as yet, I strongly recommend to give it a shot....it grows on you!! (Take my word for it!)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 18, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I'm another TC devotee of many years. I have shared my opinions with many people and there have been only a few converts. Maybe there are better utilities out there but I'm very comfortable with what TC has been and has become, and can't imagine a computer or PDA without it. The license agreement is very reasonable in that you can install it on any computer that you are the principle user, and free upgrades! Everyone who has come to depend on this app, get out your credit card and pay the guy 34 bucks that gave us this tool that makes our computer time easier.ReplyDelete
try altap salamander, much better.ReplyDelete
DOS NAVIGATOR still rulesReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Forgot the link for Dos Navigator:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 9:31 AM
I'm also a hardcore TC fan.ReplyDelete
I have been using TC ever since it was called Windows Commander (also used NC, DN, FAR manager in the old times). I'm using TC 6.55 at the moment (I don't like tabs for some reason)
This is the first application I install on my computer after the OS. I just couldn't exist without it. If I had to go back to explorer and drag and dropping I would probably kill myself.
Yo también soy un fanático del TC (lo descubrí allá por la versión 3.50 y actualmente uso la versión 7.04a).ReplyDelete
Para mi es una aplicación imprescindible y, junto con IrfanView, son una pareja incluso diría necesaria.
DirectoryOpus (www.gpsoftware.com.au) is far superior to Total Commander - power/functionality, ease of use, tweakability etc. No need to convince you here just try both for a 2-3 day with each (dont even open Windows Explorer) and you will see.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2009 at 1:42 PM
FREE COMMANDER gets my voteReplyDelete
This is the windows app that im looking for.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Total Commander se llamaba Windows Commander. Microsoft le mando los abogados y tuvo que cambiar el nombre. La idea viene del Norton Commander, su predecesor DOS por el famoso Peter NortonReplyDelete
I just saw this post and its already four years on. Do you think this Total commander will work well with Vista? I'm so interested in its ability to rename multiple files.ReplyDelete
It works well in both Windows Vista and Windows 7. Check the official site.ReplyDelete
Used Norton Commander -> Windows Commander -> Total Commander Since Dos 3.3 Days. Just would like same features in a linux Version. It works in Wine though ***** StarsReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 2:05 AM
program is nice, but overpriced.ReplyDelete
in mac app store Pages are 15 eur, XCode is 5 eur and total commander is 40 CHF.
If author set price about 3-5 eur, he would be a billionaire
Just try My Commander the smallest member of commander's family and the fastest of course.ReplyDelete
It is under development but totally free and ultra portable. 32 and 64 bits available from http://myco.yonan.ro/
Only for window 7 and above.
nobody know XTree Gold ?! ;)) in the times of norton commnader it was much more powerfull, eg. you could copy more than one directory at once! old times.. but i have to say, there is also successor for windows (and os/2 ;) called ZTree.. but nowadays i'm used to use TC..ReplyDelete


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Hallett Peak, Bear Lake Trailhead, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Hallett Peak - 10.0 miles
Bear Lake Trailhead
|Round-Trip Length:
|10.0 miles
|Start-End Elevation:
|9,475' - 12,713' (12,713' max elevation)
|Elevation Change:
|+3,238' net elevation gain (+3,324' total roundtrip elevation gain)
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Hallett Peak - 10.0 Miles Round-Trip
Hallett Peak (12,713') is located 5.0 miles from Bear Lake Trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park. This prominent summit along the Continental Divide stands over Chaos Canyon (south) and Tyndall Glacier (north). No maintained trail reaches Hallett Peak, however a well-established x-country route leads south from Flattop Mountain to its base, where a steep scramble continues up to the summit.
The .7 mile, 389' climb from Flattop to Hallett Peak offers remarkable views, and a rare chance to explore open tundra with relative ease.
Over 4 miles of the roundtrip distance runs above treeline across exposed terrain. Check weather before heading out and get an early start to avoid afternoon storms. Carry versatile layers and expect rapidly changing conditions throughout the day:
The trail rises quickly over Bear Lake to the Odessa Lake - Mill Creek Basin Trail split (.45 miles : 9,725'). It continues steadily in a spruce-fir forest to the Flattop Mountain Trail (1.0 mile : 9,965'), which steepens considerably on a rough, winding path.
Thick timber breaks at Dream Lake Overlook with good views up Glacier Gorge, and of Keyboard of the Winds on Longs Peak's west ridge (1.6 miles : 10,470').
Steady, steep climbing resumes in a thinning forest to Emerald Lake Overlook, which provides a commanding view over the gorge carved by Tyndall Glacier, one of five active glaciers in the Park (2.9 miles : 11,357').
Grades moderate as you transition through treeline (2.5 - 3.0 miles : 11,440'), where the forest gives way to thin bands of krummholz, willow, and forbs in the alpine tundra ecosystem.
Most alpine plants are perennials, some are dwarfed, but their blossoms may be full-sized. Flowering plants often have dense hairs on stems and leaves for wind protection, or pigments capable of converting sunlight into heat. Cushion plants avoid wind by growing close to the ground, and anchor themselves with long taproots.
Grasses and sedges take hold in richer soil beds. Non-flowering lichens can photosynthesize above 32 degrees, and outer fungal layers can absorb more than their own weight in water.
Grades steady on a well-cut, cairn-marked path into open tundra. The trail passes a hitchrack (3.9 miles, 12,135') with an up-close look at Tyndall Glacier and Hallett Peak.
The trail scales a perennial snowfield over the hitchrack and levels up to Flattop Mountain (4.3 miles : 12,324'), more aptly described as a long, level saddle on the Divide.
No sign marks Flattop, but the Flattop - Tonahutu Trail split is generally recognized as the summit. Turn south to reach Hallett Peak.
Even when clear of snow the route is frequently indistinguishable from the landscape; it may take a moment for your eyes to adjust and pick out the cairn-marked path.
The rocky trail edges around the top of Tyndall Glacier (4.55 miles : 12,318'), a useful landmark and beginning of the turn up to Hallett Peak. Cairns mark the way, but blend seamlessly into the talus.
If off course, improvise your way up - it's not very difficult to do so, and quite easy to find the established path when looking down on it from the summit (5.0 miles : 12,713').
Two wind shelters and a partially built third cap the summit. A map will help you identify neighboring Otis Peak (12,486'), Taylor Peak (13,153'), Longs Peak (14,259'), Notchtop Mountain (12,129'), Ptarmigan Point (12,363'), and portions of the Mummy Range, Never Summer Range and Grand Lake area. Turn northeast for good views of Tyndall Glacier and gorge, and southeast for Chaos Canyon and Lake Haiyaha.
Interactive GPS Topo MapKey GPS Coordinates - DATUM WGS84
- N40 18.714 W105 38.760 — 0.0 miles : Bear Lake Trailhead
- N40 19.048 W105 38.636 — .45 miles : Bierstadt Lake access trail split
- N40 18.986 W105 39.187 — 1.0 miles : Flattop Mountain - Odessa Lake trail split
- N40 18.753 W105 39.550 — 1.6 miles : Dream Lake overlook
- N40 18.851 W105 39.776 — 1.95 miles : Rocky climb in thinning forest
- N40 18.876 W105 39.896 — 2.25 miles : Begin transition through treeline
- N40 18.872 W105 40.223 — 2.85 miles : Emerald Lake Overlook
- N40 18.963 W105 40.351 — 3.5 miles : Grade moderates with views of Notchtop
- N40 18.617 W105 41.059 — 3.9 miles : Hitchrack at base of perennial snow field
- N40 18.535 W105 41.415 — 4.3 miles : Flattop Mountain Summit
- N40 18.341 W105 41.468 — 4.55 miles : Tyndall Glacier sign
- N40 18.229 W105 41.365 — 4.75 miles : Scramble through steep talus to summit
- N40 18.183 W105 41.159 — 5.0 miles : Hallett Peak
Worth Noting
- The Flattop Mountain Trail closely follows a route used by the Ute and Arapaho Indians to cross the Continental Divide and reach Grand Lake.
- 4+ miles of the roundtrip hike to Hallett Peak run above treeline, and are highly exposed. Anticipate strong sun, wind, cool temperatures, and rapidly changing weather conditions. Carry versatile layers, sun protection, and ample water. Get an early start to avoid afternoon thunderstorms.
- Though not technically an arete, Hallet Peak is very much like one. An arete occurs where two adjacent glaciers erode toward one another, leaving only a thin, steep rock ridge between their parallel U-shaped valleys.
- Keep a safe distance from ledges and gorges, especially when covered by snow. It's difficult to tell where terra firma ends and cornices - which can be highly unstable - begin.
- Krummholz - a German word meaning twisted wood - describes the stunted, irregular growth patterns of trees in the ecological transition zone between subalpine forests and alpine tundra. Poor soil, thin air, strong winds, and extreme weather limit and deform growth at these elevations.
Camping and Backpacking Information
There are no designated backcountry campsites on the Flattop Mountain Trail or the cross-country route leading to Hallett Peak, however there are several nearby sites accessible from the Bear Lake Trailhead.
Permits are required for all overnight stays. Fires are not permitted within Rocky Mountain National Park. Camp safely away from dead trees, as close as possible to the silver metal arrowhead posted at each site. Red arrowheads on trees provide additional guidance to each campsite from the main trail:
Sourdough Backcountry Campsite (10,628')
- There is one designated site located 2.65 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead, 60 yards north of the main trail on the south flank of Joe Mills Mountain. The site is located in a level spruce bench. One bear box is available. Water is available year-round from the North Fork of Mill Creek, Lake Helene and Two Rivers Lake.
Odessa Lake Backcountry Campsite (10,065')
- There are two designated sites located 4.1 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead in a spruce-fir stand east of Odessa Lake on the north side of its outlet stream. The sites are located just over the log bridge crossing of this stream. One bear box is available. Water is available year-round from Odessa Lake and its outlet stream.
Fern Lake Backcountry Campsite (9,530')
- There is one group site and four individual sites located 5.1 miles and 5.3 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead, respectively. Both are located in a mixed pine forest on the NE and NW sides of Fern Lake, respectively. Each has access to a bear box and privy. Water is available year-round from Fern Lake, its inlet and outlet streams.
Directions to Trailhead
Hallett Peak is accessed from the Bear Lake Trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park. It's located 8.9 miles from the Beaver Meadows Entrance Station on Bear Lake Road.
Turn left onto Bear Lake Road just past the Beaver Meadows entrance station. The Bear Lake Trailhead is located at the end of this road. Additional parking and alternative access can be found at the Glacier Gorge Trailhead. This will add an additional 1 mile roundtrip to the hike.
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WORST: Onion Blossom
It may be your waistline that blossoms if you're a fan of fried onions. The onion blossom at one popular restaurant has 1,950 calories, 155 grams (g) of fat, and 3,840 milligrams (mg) of sodium -- more than double the daily sodium limit for healthy adults.
BEST: Vegetable Kabobs
Grilled vegetable kebabs are a great low-calorie alternative to fried onions. If this isn't on the menu, ask for a side of grilled vegetables as your appetizer. Veggie kabobs are also easy to make: Skewer onions, red and green bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and zucchini. Brush with a lower-fat garlic and herb marinade. Two large kebabs will have about 75 calories.
WORST: Spinach Artichoke Dip
Don't let the word "spinach" fool you. Traditional spinach artichoke dip is not a healthy starter. A typical order has about 1,600 calories, 100 grams of fat, and 2,500 milligrams of sodium. The trouble is the cream base, which is loaded with saturated fat. If you make this dip at home, use a base of nonfat Greek yogurt instead.
BEST: Spinach Salad
The best appetizers are low in calories, but satisfying enough to curb how much you eat during the rest of your meal. Salads made with spinach or other leafy greens do this very well. Studies suggest you'll eat about 10% less during a meal if you start off with salad. A cup of fresh spinach with a tablespoon of vinaigrette has about 80 calories.
WORST: Cheese Fries
Cheese fries are french fries with melted cheese on top. Variations may include bacon bits or ranch dressing. A full order packs up to 2,000 calories, 134 grams of fat, and 2,800 milligrams of sodium, which is more sodium than you should eat in a whole day.
BEST: Crab Cakes
Use appetizers to add healthy foods you might be eating too little of. Seared crab cakes -- pan fried, not deep fried -- offer an appealing way to get more seafood into your diet. Served with chili sauce, a typical crab cake has about 300 calories, 20 g of fat, and 960 mg sodium.
WORST: Cheeseburger Sliders
They're small, but sliders pack in a lot of calories. A typical restaurant order includes three mini-burgers with cheese and sauce, totaling 1,270 calories, 82 g of fat, and 2,310 mg of sodium.
BEST: Beef Skewers
When you're craving a meaty appetizer, opt for beef skewers. In Asian restaurants, this may be listed as beef satay: skewers of beef with peanut sauce. At home, you can grill skewers of lean beef with onions, garlic, and hoisin, soy, and barbecue sauces. A quarter-pound serving has about 130 calories, 5 g of fat, and 803 mg sodium.
WORST: Loaded Potato Skins
Potato skins filled with melted cheese, meats, and sour cream are as fattening as they are tempting. At more than 150 calories a pop, the trick to enjoying these is to have just one. Devour a whole plateful, and you'll take in about 1,340 calories, 94 g of fat, and 1,850 mg of sodium.
BEST: Stuffed Mushrooms
Stuffing mushrooms instead of potato skins helps keep the portion size down. Mushroom caps filled with cheese and breadcrumbs have less than 50 calories each. That means you can eat half a dozen and still keep your appetizer under 300 calories, along with 19 grams of fat, and 720 mg of sodium.
WORST: Fried Calamari
Like many types of seafood, squid can be a good choice. But not when it's breaded, fried, and drenched in calories and fat. A typical restaurant portion contains about 900 calories, 54 g of fat, and 2,300 mg of sodium, not including any sauce.
BEST: Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp cocktail is very low in saturated fat and calories. It's also a good source of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. To keep the calorie count low, stick to tomato-based sauce. A serving of shrimp with cocktail sauce has about 140 calories.
WORST: New England Clam Chowder
Clam chowder sounds like it should be healthy, especially as a way to take in some extra seafood. Unfortunately, the New England variety is made with a fattening cream base. A 12-ounce bowl has about 630 calories, 54 g of fat, and 890 mg of sodium.
BEST: Vegetable Soup
Having a bowl of soup can curb how much you eat during the rest of the meal. The key is choosing a low-calorie option, such as a tomato-based vegetable soup. A 12-ounce bowl has about 160 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, and 1,240 mg sodium. Stay away from cream-based vegetable soups, which are higher in calories and saturated fats. When buying canned soup, look for those marked "low in sodium."
WORST: Chicken Wings
A typical appetizer portion of buffalo chicken wings has more than 700 calories and 40 g of fat. Ranch sauce adds another 200 calories and 20 g of fat. That's 900 calories and 60 g of fat, plus more than 2,000 mg of sodium, before you even get to your main meal.
BEST: Lettuce Wraps
If you're craving spicy chicken, skip the wings and try lettuce wraps. You can make these at home by wrapping diced spicy chicken and vegetables in a lettuce leaf. Each wrap has 160 calories and 7 g of fat. If you order this appetizer at a restaurant, share them. A plate of four wraps has 640 calories, 28 g of fat, and 650 mg sodium.
WORST: Mozzarella Sticks
There's something about a stick of warm, gooey cheese that's hard to resist, until you know the nutritional facts. A typical order has 930 calories, 48 g of fat, and 2,640 mg of sodium. That puts mozzarella sticks pretty much on par with chicken wings.
BEST: Edamame
These green pods, known as edamame, are a popular appetizer in Asian restaurants. It's fun to open the pods and pop the young soybeans into your mouth. One serving has 122 calories and 5 grams of fat.
WORST: Chili Cheese Nachos
They may be a festive way to start an evening out, but nachos and cheese dip are among the least healthy appetizer choices. Eat an entire order yourself, and you'll take in 1,680 calories, 107 g of fat, and 4,270 mg of sodium, which may be nearly twice as much sodium as you should get in a day.
BEST: Sliced Peppers with Salsa
For a homemade alternative to chips and dip, cut up red and green bell peppers, or other veggies, and use them like chips for dipping in salsa. This is a fun way to sneak more vegetables into your diet. You can dip a whole pepper's worth of "chips" and stay under 50 calories.
Best and Worst-Appetizers: Spinach Dip, Potato Skins, and More
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I had an interesting day at work today. I thought my code had broken… but it turns out it was just a strange corner case which made it work very slowly. Usually when something interesting happens in my code it's quite hard to blog about it, because of all the confidentiality issues involved. In this case, it's extremely easy to reproduce the oddity in an entirely vanilla manner. All we need is the Java collections API.
I have a set – a
HashSet, in fact. I want to remove some items from it… and many of the items may well not exist. In fact, in our test case, none of the items in the "removals" collection will be in the original set. This sounds – and indeed is – extremely easy to code. After all, we've got
Set<T>.removeAll to help us, right?
Let's make this concrete, and look at a little test. We specify the size of the "source" set and the size of the "removals" collection on the command line, and build both of them. The source set contains only non-negative integers; the removals set contains only negative integers. We measure how long it takes to remove all the elements using
System.currentTimeMillis(), which isn't the world most accurate stopwatch but is more than adequate in this case, as you'll see. Here's the code:
public class Test
public static void main(String[] args)
int sourceSize = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
int removalsSize = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
Set<Integer> source = new HashSet<Integer>();
Collection<Integer> removals = new ArrayList<Integer>();
for (int i = 0; i < sourceSize; i++)
for (int i = 1; i <= removalsSize; i++)
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("Time taken: " + (end – start) + "ms");
Let's start off by giving it an easy job: a source set of 100 items, and 100 to remove:
Time taken: 1ms
Okay, so we hadn't expected it to be slow… clearly we can ramp things up a bit. How about a source of one million items1 and 300,000 items to remove?
Time taken: 38ms
Hmm. That still seems pretty speedy. Now I feel I've been a little bit cruel, asking it to do all that removing. Let's make it a bit easier – 300,000 source items and 300,000 removals:
Time taken: 178131ms
Excuse me? Nearly three minutes? Yikes! Surely it ought to be easier to remove items from a smaller collection than the one we managed in 38ms? Well, it does all make sense, eventually.
HashSet<T> extends
AbstractSet<T>, which includes this snippet in its documentation for the
removeAll method:
This implementation determines which is the smaller of this set and the specified collection, by invoking the size method on each. If this set has fewer elements, then the implementation iterates over this set, checking each element returned by the iterator in turn to see if it is contained in the specified collection. If it is so contained, it is removed from this set with the iterator's remove method. If the specified collection has fewer elements, then the implementation iterates over the specified collection, removing from this set each element returned by the iterator, using this set's remove method.
Now that sounds reasonable on the surface of it – iterate through the smaller collection, check for the presence in the bigger collection. However, this is where the abstraction is leaky. Just because we can ask for the presence of an item in a large collection doesn't mean it's going to be fast. In our case, the collections are the same size – but checking for the presence of an item in the
HashSet is O(1) whereas checking in the
ArrayList is O(N)… whereas the cost of iterating is going to be the same for each collection. Basically by choosing to iterate over the HashSet and check for presence in the
ArrayList, we've got an O(M * N) solution overall instead of an O(N) solution. Ouch. The
removeAll method is making an "optimization" based on assumptions which just aren't valid in this case.
Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry
There are two simple ways of fixing the problem. The first is to simply change the type of the collection we're removing from. Simply changing
ArrayList<Integer> to
HashSet<Integer> gets us back down to the 34ms range. We don't even need to change the declared type of
The second approach is to change the API we use: if we know we want to iterate over
removals and perform the lookup in
source, that's easy to do:
In fact, on my machine that performs slightly better than
removeAll – it doesn't need to check the return value of
remove on each iteration, which
removeAll does in order to return whether or not any items were removed. The above runs in about 28ms. (I've tested it with rather larger datasets, and it really is faster than the dual-hash-set approach.)
However, both of these approaches require comments in the source code to explain why we're not using the most obvious code (a list and
removeAll). I can't complain about the documentation here – it says exactly what it will do. It's just not obvious that you need to worry about it, until you run into such a problem.
So what should the implementation do? Arguably, it really needs to know what's cheap in each of the collections it's dealing with. The idea of probing for performance characteristics before you decide on a strategy is completely anathema to clean abstraction we like to consider with frameworks like Java collections… but maybe in this case it would be a good idea.
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A Guide to buying scales
When it comes to choosing which scales to buy, it is worth bearing in mind some important aspects, such as whether the scale is segmental or not, or what functions are featured and which measurements are possible:
Segmental scales
Segmental scale provide segmented measurements, in other words, they measure each part of the body (arms, legs, trunk). The user just has to step on the scales and place their hands on the electrodes as indicated to obtain a complete body measurement. This type of scales is very useful for sportsmen and sportswomen, athletes and anyone who wants greater precision and accuracy in their body measurements and wants to know the impact of their training routines.
Possible measurements
Depending on the model, the data shown will change, but here are just some of the possibilities: Total percentage of water and body fat, daily calorie consumption, weight, bone mass, visceral fat, basal metabolic rate, BMI, etc. Very useful data for any sportsperson who wants to monitor their body composition.


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If your veterinary client waiting room is still rocking the shag carpet, it's time for an update. No money? No problem. Veterinary Economics hospital design experts reveal the best ways to design and build on a budget.
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Finding the money to build a brand-new practice in the current economy may sound as crazy as installing chocolate fountains in the break room, but that doesn't mean you should let your hospital go out of style.
"If you own a practice, there is a 100 percent chance you will do something to your facility—unless you just let it go to hell, which some indeed do," says Veterinary Economics Editorial Advisory Board member Wayne Usiak, AIA. Usiak's short advice: Don't let your hospital go to hell. After all, your facility reflects your quality of medicine, whether you like it or not, he says.Usiak noticed the declining number of new veterinary hospital projects from 2009 to 2011. However, last quarter he saw the market bounce back and in 2012 he's seeing that trend remain.
"Large veterinary hospitals, 12,000 square feet and larger, haven't returned in much volume, though there are some," Usiak says. "Smaller hospitals of 4,000 to 7,500 square feet have increased in number, as have renovations." He understands that many veterinarians have chosen to remodel and renovate instead of build new due to lack of confidence in the economy or less available borrowing power.
Veterinary Economics Editorial Advisory Board member Dan Chapel, AIA, agrees that during the past five years it's been difficult for clients to receive loans to build hospitals, particularly new start-ups."Ten years ago, veterinarians could go and borrow $5 million. Now not so much," Chapel says. "That's why there are many alternative loan avenues, like Small Business Administration (SBA) loans."
Take a look at the data, courtesy of the 2012 Veterinary Economics Business Issues Survey, and find out if your peers were brave enough to build a hospital and how old they were during their first building project.
Another hospital design trend Chapel sees is older veterinarians performing additions and renovations—some of them even building new—to help transition to a point where they can sell their practices. You wouldn't think veterinarians in their mid-60s would be doing a substantial hospital makeover, but they are now, Chapel explains.
"Over time, they figured out they've got to have a good product to sell," he says. "It's smart to assess what you've already got. If you've got a hospital on its last legs, it's going to be very difficult to attract young practitioners interested in purchasing."
Chapel points out that no veterinarian looking to own is going to want to pour a million dollars into a hospital right away. He or she would rather finance that with the purchase. Usiak says another thing to understand is that in the past many veterinarians put off building or remodeling as long as they could. This meant some had to start design projects even though it wasn't a good time for the practice financially.
"Many of those were our clients in the depths of the recession, as opposed to the forward planners," Usiak says. "We're now seeing both types of clients—the planners and the procrastinators. This to me is a further indicator that some normalcy is returning."
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Quick tip #1: Make every space count in the clinic
Building a new veterinary practice is costly, so it's a good idea to make different spaces serve multiple purposes, says architect Dan Chapel, AIA."Include a room in your hospital that can be an exam room, but when you're not busy it could be a special procedures or an ultrasound room," Chapel says. You could also use the room to perform endoscopy procedures, he adds.
If you create flexible spaces, you can build a smaller hospital or get more use out of the hospital you already own, Chapel says. "Try to make each square foot do several things for you."
Quick tip #2: Stop, drop what you're doing, and consult first
The economy taught veterinarians an important lesson, according to architect Wayne Usiak, AIA: Don't build a larger building just because the bank will loan you the money. Figure out what you need, what your practice can financially sustain, and what your clientele will support.
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Instead of designing a totally new veterinary practice, you can find the right existing building for sale, says Dan Chapel, AIA. "There are a lot of buildings you can buy for 50 cents on the dollar because so many businesses have gone under during this recession," he says.
Look for facilities with wide-open spaces so you don't have to do a lot of demolition or tear down walls. Wayne Usiak, AIA, says he's helped build veterinary hospitals out of furniture stores, electronic warehouses, restaurants, banks, and even some small factories.
Many times you'll get the parking lot, parking lot lights, nice landscaping, and, if you're lucky, good handicap-accessible restrooms that come with purchase. Many of the key ingredients to a hospital will already be in place, Chapel says.
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- The IBM 726 was formally announced on May 21, 1952.
Magnetic tapes used with the 701 Data Processing System provided a high-speed method of introducing and recording greater masses of data than were possible through either cathode ray tube or drum storage. The magnetic tape could read or write at a rate of 12,500 digits a second and had a capacity in excess of 2 million digits a tape. It was used as an output unit to provide large-capacity storage for programs and data or as a high-speed input unit for information previously recorded on a reel of magnetic tape.
The tape used by the 726 was an oxide-coated, non-metallic tape, approximately a half-inch wide. Information was recorded on the tape in six channels that ran parallel to the length of the tape. A seventh channel on the tape served to check the reading and writing of the other six channels by an odd-number redundancy check. The tape density was 100 bits per linear inch. Tapes could be interchanged between different 726 units. Two 1,200-foot and two 200-foot reels of magnetic tape were furnished as standard.
Reading and recording data on magnetic tapes was intermittent, making high-speed starting and stopping an essential capability of the reader/recorder. Through a unique control system developed for the 726, a tape reached full speed in 1/100th of a second, or before moving half an inch.
The 726 could handle two reels of tape simultaneously, and there were two 726 units in the 701 system. It rented for $850 a month.


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Well, I made good on my promise and went snowboarding today. Actually, I take that back. I went hikeboarding today - meaning I hiked my board up a mountain, and then I hiked it back down.
Nearly two years off a board has washed my memory of the fact that I am really not very good at it. Especially when the condition of the snow is 18" of wet powder atop a base of rocks, squatty spruce bushes, and the spiny, skeletal remains of Devil's Club shoots. It's really too bad, because the day started out so well.
We started at the base of a closed-down Eaglecrest Ski Resort, with temperatures in the low 30s and huge snowflakes falling from a partly cloudy sky. We found a well-packed trail and marched up to the top of the mountain in less than an hour. Staring down at 1,400 feet of vertical, I was giddy - "I could do two more of these today," I thought. And the view from the top was great.
Unfortunately, the drop from the top was sheer and we are but novices coming off a long hiatus. It was not the time to launch into a black diamond run. So we hiked around the face and started at a spot that rollercoastered slowly downward, with several hills that involved a progressive repetition of: inching forward on my back edge; carving a single turn; shooting at an uncomfortable speed down a straight line; digging my board into one of the aforementioned spruce branches; finding my momentary thrill as I shot into the air; before tumbling face-first into two feet of loose snow that had roughly the same density as liquid lead. After the flailing, digging, swearing aftermath finally set me free from my snowman cocoon, I'd hike up the next hill and start anew.
This process basically continued for 1,400 vertical feet - except for when we reached lower elevations, the bushes actually stuck out of the snow, and I was struck through my pants more than once by painful Devil's Club spines. When I finally reached the bottom, it was nearly two hours later, closing in on sunset, and I was exhausted. Geoff fared a little better - but not much. At the base, he immediately threw his board back on the car and spent the few minutes of remaining daylight cross-country skiing.
I think it was a smart move on my part to take up snowbiking last year. All the other gear-assisted winter sports are just not my friends. Oh, I'll keep snowboarding. Just point me to the groomers.


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- The program/service will review this data for accuracy and complete the additional qualitative portions of the template.
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Whenever people imagine virtual anything, they immediately pit it against its physical counterpart—Amazon versus physical book stores, Wikipedia versus physical encyclopedias. They assume that the virtual will replace the physical with something cheaper, faster and more efficient. In education, however, the virtual will create a very different type of disruption. We should not aim to replace the physical classroom. Instead we have an opportunity to blend the virtual with the physical and reimagine education entirely.
Today students in most classrooms sit, listen and take notes while a professor lectures. Despite there being anywhere from 20 to 300 human beings in the room, there is little to no human interaction. Exams often offer the first opportunity for the professor to get real information on how well the students digested the knowledge. If the test identifies gaps in students' understanding of a basic concept, the class still moves on to a more advanced concept.
Virtual tools are providing an opportunity to rethink this methodology. If a lecture is available online, class time can be freed for discussion, peer tutoring or professor-led exploration. If a lecture is removed from class time and we have on-demand adaptive exercises and diagnostics, there is no need to continue the factory model inherited from 19th-century Prussia—where students are pushed together at a set tempo. Instead students can progress at their own pace and continue to prove their knowledge long after the formal course is over.
Over the next 10 to 20 years blended learning will also allow us to decouple credentials from learning—today both these functions are done by the same institutions. This approach will allow anyone to prove that they have mastered a set of skills at a high level, whether they learned them on the job, at a physical school, through an online resource or, most likely, all of the above.
Perhaps the most powerful effect of this reality is what it does to the quality of lectures and other learning material in general. Traditional lecturers and textbook publishers have little to no information on how their content is being used or whether it is even effective. By coupling rich physical experiences with online tools, content creators and professors can finally have granular, up-to-date data on the efficacy of the experiences they create.
In this "blended learning" reality, the professors' role is moved up the value chain. Rather than spending the bulk of their time lecturing, writing exams and grading them, they can now interact with their students. Rather than enforcing a sit-and-listen passivity, teachers will mentor and challenge their students to take control of their own learning—the most important skill of all. Yes, for a motivated student in an impoverished part of the world, these virtual tools—assuming we can overcome accessibility issues—may facilitate most of their learning. In the developed world, the best experience will be to leverage the online tools so that the physical time can be less passive and more, well, human.
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The blogger Miles Kessler recently published an interesting article called, Masculine & Feminine Principles In Aikido – 3 Common Mistakes.
Kessler makes it clear he is not equating "masculine" with men, or "feminine" with women – he is speaking in terms of principles, which often cut across physical gender. His theme is the integration of these masculine / feminine principles to create oneness through Aikido.
Kessler sees three common mistakes preventing this integration. They are:
- Polarization (identifying too strongly with one of the poles)
- Confusion (not clearly understanding the difference between the two poles)
- Refusing Distinctions (making it taboo to differentiate between "masculine" and "feminine", and thus failing to understand either pole).
Kessler's article focuses on the individual's personal experience. But he also challenges us to think about how these "mistakes" play out more broadly, in the culture of our own dojo.
And for me, the first one really struck a chord. I've been thinking for a while, that because the martial arts are generally male-dominated, there are some ways in which more "masculine" ways of doing things are sometimes unconsciously valorized in the dojo – by both men and women.
This is no one's "fault". It's just an expression of the way many of us have been conditioned to think and perceive. And all too often, we don't even realise we're doing it.
One example I've noticed is that inexperienced men and women often tend to be "bad" at ukemi (receiving throws) in different, gender-specific ways.
Many (not all) women start off very scared and hesitant to fall, and so it takes a long time before you can throw them properly.
Meanwhile, many (not all) men start off by hurling themselves around and crashing into the mat with force and a loud slap of their body.
I don't believe either of these is "worse" than the other. They're both awkward and need refinement. True ukemi is a perfect blend of hard and soft.
But in my experience, what I'm identifying as the "feminine" version of getting it wrong is far more likely to be seen as wrong – and labelled as an inability to take ukemi. While the "masculine" variant is seen as a more normal, expected stage of the learning journey. In fact it is often valorized and even encouraged in many dojos.
A second example is to do with the use of strength. We are often told that beginners tend to rely on muscular strength at first; and over time they learn to relax and use technique instead. It can take a very long time to reach this stage; and I've seen this over-reliance on strength in many men and women, unfortunately including myself.
But I've also seen another, completely different process at play. This is where a student (more often a woman, although by no means always) starts martial arts with apparently no strength whatsoever, and can't seem to summon up any kind of power from anywhere. But over time, their strength and power start to emerge, making them a better practitioner.
Some of us may start from one pole, and some from the other. Ideally we meet in the middle. In theory, I can't see any advantage to either path – only the fact that they are different.
But in real life, an over-strong beginner is often likely to be instinctively evaluated as more competent and promising than an over-weak beginner. Again, learning to temper hardness with softness is often seen as the "normal" learning process for many martial arts; while learning to temper softness with hardness may not be recognized in the same way. The subtle expression of this (probably unconscious) judgement from teachers and peers may then contribute to the first student persevering – and the second giving up.
But if we can value and support both starting points equally, we may find those weak and timid students doing as well in time as the strong ones . . .
It would of course be very wrong to slip into uncritical gender essentialism. But the idea that some women might sometimes travel a different path to some men is not new. Carol Gilligan challenged Kohlberg's theory of moral development, because it apparently "proved" that men were more highly developed than women. Gilligan argued that this was only because Kohlberg's stages were male-oriented; and that women's morality generally developed in a different way. [1]
Maureen Murdoch adapted Joseph Campbell's model of the Hero's Journey, and developed an analogous roadmap for the Heroine's Journey, to address the specific psycho-spiritual journey of contemporary women. [2]
So with all the emphasis on integrating yin and yang through martial arts training, and perhaps especially so in Aikido, it's possible that there may be scope to think in terms of different starting points, different experiences and different journeys – all on the way to the same ultimate goal of integration.
[1] In a Different Voice. (1982).
[2] The Heroine's Journey. (1990).
Picture credit: Aikido Premantura by Darij & Ana via Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0
Kai Morgan is a martial arts blogger, with a special focus on women's experience of and participation in the martial arts. You can find her blog at www.budo-inochi.com and like/follow her facebook page:www.facebook.com/kaimorg


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