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I am sitting at the bench where I use to sit a year ago, while waiting for daddy to get off work. Accept that, almost a year ago, I was crying but now I am smiling from ear to ear.
I use to hate my previous job so badly that I was all down and depressed but not this job. I love every single bit of it. I have to admit that there are hiccups here and there, but that is how a normal working environment should be like.
My current employer, Ben, is very appreciative and have been rather supportive on my decision. I'm glad that I try out for this job and I really owe it to Jason and also my family for encouraging me to take up this job. It was a challenge as I never done UI design before and right now I am happier than ever!
I say it is very rare that one can find a job that he or she enjoys doing. This experience has been great. But, I have to move on, and try other things. Well let's hope that I will get to do what I love in future :)
For now.. Australia here I come!

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Ben 10: Buggy
Ben is always fighting some aliens whenever there are threats, the PLUMBERs notice that he is working too hard. They are afraid that Ben would exhaust himself to death, so they told him that he should take a break. Besides, they can take care of the world while he is gone. There are lots of powerful aliens and device that could handle the situation. Ben didn't know what to do since he hasn't been in that situation before. Grandpa Max told him to get a hobby. Ben tried many things till finally decided that he would get a buggy since he could almost drive it anywhere he wants. In this game, you would need to drive your buggy to get to where you want to be. You need to get to the finish line, but that won't be easy since the road ahead is not only full of mountains, but has a lot of debris that would make your trip a lot harder and more difficult. The idea here is to get to the finish line safely, but with that kind of roads that you need to go through, it won't sure be that easy. The game would get more difficult as you make some progress.


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Ken's Sol 1611 Update: Patch Mountain
15 February 2017 – MSL drove almost 27 meters on Sol 1610 to a location with several potential targets, so the planning team spent some time discussing priorities. A dark patch of bedrock, appropriately named "Patch Mountain" was chosen for ChemCam, Right Mastcam, and MAHLI observations. The MAHLI imaging was moved after the ChemCam observation so that the LIBS impact spots would be visible. An additional MAHLI image was added to the standard full suite, to provide a 3-image mosaic from 5 cm. Then the rover will drive again, and take images afterward to enable planning more activities on Sol 1612. Just before sunset, Navcam will search for dust devils and REMS will complete the second part of their flight software update.
Ken Herkenhoff is a ChemCam RMI specialist. An archive of Ken's past updates can be read at http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/.
Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.


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A clear, well-organized presentation of the evidence from earth's rocks and fossils, the variation of living things, the process of natural selection and the study of DNA and radiocarbon dating that supports the scientific theory of evolution.
Pringle (Global Warming, 2001) again takes on a complicated and controversial subject, explaining it simply and convincingly for upper-elementary and middle-school readers. He connects his audience to his topic by inviting them to imagine their own ancestors, in order to begin to look back over time. With lively writing and interesting examples from all over the world and from the distant past to the present day, he explains what people once believed and what we now know. Along the way he also introduces theories of continental drift and plate tectonics, defines "species" and other important terms in context and explains the use of the word "theory" in science. Color photographs and Jenkins' signature cut-paper illustrations (both seen only in black and white) along with short chapters, sidebars and an attractive, open layout make this an inviting read. Both the glossary and the suggestions for further reading are extensive.
A necessary title for most school and public libraries serving young readers, this will be welcomed for its calm tone and straightforward, comprehensive introduction to the subject. (index) (Nonfiction. 9-15)


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- Individualized Education Program Meeting Held Without Parental Participation Violated Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- July 1, 2013
- Law Firm: Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann Girard A Law Corporation - Sacramento Office
A parent claimed the Hawaii Department of Education ("Department") violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA") when it held a student's annual individualized education program ("IEP") meeting without participation of a parent. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held the Department denied the student a free appropriate education ("FAPE"). The parent did not affirmatively refuse to attend the meeting but actively sought to reschedule so he could participate. (Doug C. v. State of Hawaii Department of Education (--- F.3d ----, C.A.9 (Hawaii), June 13, 2013).
Spencer C. was diagnosed with autism when he was two-years old. Beginning in fifth grade, his IEP placed him at Horizons Academy, a private special education facility. Kaleo Waiau, a special education coordinator at Maui High School, testified that Spencer's father, Doug C., and the education team agreed at a meeting held in September of 2010 that Spencer's annual IEP meeting would be held on October 28, 2010. Doug C. testified that the education team only tentatively agreed to meet sometime in late October. When Waiau called Doug C. to confirm the October 28 meeting, Doug C. said he was not available on that date. Doug C. told Waiau he was also not available on November 4 or 5, so they settled firmly on November 9.
Doug C. e-mailed Waiau at 7:27 a.m. on November 9 and informed Waiau that he was sick and unable to attend the IEP meeting. Doug C. asked to reschedule the meeting for either November 16 or 17. The annual review deadline for Spencer's IEP was November 13. Waiau claimed some of the IEP team would not be available on Friday, November 12, so Waiau offered to reschedule the meeting for either November 10 or November 11. Doug C. told Waiau "he could possibly participate on either of those days, but could not definitively commit to either day since he was ill and could not guarantee that he would recover in time." Waiau suggested Doug C. participate by phone or the internet. Doug C. declined because he wanted to be physically present at the meeting. Waiau went forward with the meeting because "he had already asked '13 people on three separate occasions to change their schedules and cancel other commitments.'" Waiau refused to reschedule without a firm commitment from Doug C. for one of the proposed dates.
The IEP team changed Spencer's placement to the Workplace Readiness Academy at Maui High School. Doug C. attended a follow-up meeting on December 7, but no changes were made to the IEP. Doug C. requested a due process hearing asserting the lack of parental participation at the meeting denied Spencer a FAPE. The administrative hearing officer found the Department did not deny Spencer a FAPE, a decision which the district court affirmed.
The court of appeals reversed the decision of the district court and held the Department denied Spencer a FAPE when it held the IEP meeting without Doug C. Doug C. did not affirmatively refuse to attend but instead actively sought to reschedule the meeting so he could participate.
The IDEA guarantees a FAPE to children with disabilities. "Parental participation in the IEP and educational placement process is critical to the organization of the IDEA." Safeguards that ensure parental participation are among the most important in the IDEA. The IDEA's regulatory framework "places an affirmative duty on agencies to include parents in the IEP process." An agency must take steps to ensure that one or both parents are present at an IEP meeting or that the parents are afforded an opportunity to participate. The agency must provide ample notice and schedule the meeting at a mutually agreed upon time and place. If a parent cannot attend, the agency must offer participation through other means such as video or teleconferencing.
"[A] meeting may only be conducted without a parent if "the public agency is unable to convince the parents that they should attend." In such a case, the agency is required to keep a detailed record of the attempts it made to include the parent. The court of appeals previously "clarified the limited circumstances under which a public agency can hold an IEP meeting without parental participation." The court held "parental involvement in the 'creation process' requires the [agency] to include the [parents in an IEP meeting] unless they affirmatively refused to attend."
Doug C. did not affirmatively refuse to attend the IEP meeting but instead vigorously objected to the meeting being held without him and he asked to reschedule the meeting. Although the Department stated it could reschedule before the deadline, Doug C. could not commit to a meeting while he was sick. The Department argued that it could not accommodate Doug C.'s request to reschedule because the deadline for holding the annual meeting was November 13. The court rejected this argument finding that, even if the deadline trumped parental participation, Doug C. told Waiau he could likely attend on either of two dates before the deadline. Waiau, however, did not want to disrupt IEP team members' schedules without a firm commitment from Doug C.
Under the IDEA, the attendance of a parent must take priority over the attendance of team members. By refusing to reschedule the meeting before the deadline, "Waiau improperly prioritized the schedules of the other members of the team over the attendance of Doug C."
The court rejected the Department's argument "that if the annual deadline passed without a new IEP, services would 'lapse.'" When an agency is confronted with the situation where it must comply with one of the IDEA's procedural requirements or another, "the agency must make a reasonable determination of which course of action promotes the purposes of the IDEA and is least likely to result in the denial of a FAPE." The Department's decision "to prioritize strict deadlines compliance over parental participation was clearly not reasonable." There may be times when accommodating the schedule of a parent would be more harmful than proceeding without the presence of the parent at the meeting. However, "such circumstances will be rare given the central role parents have in helping to develop IEPs."
Also, Doug C.'s presence at the follow-up meeting was not enough to overcome the violation because by the time the meeting was held, the new IEP had been completed and adopted. Doug C.'s opportunity to participate was seriously infringed by holding the meeting without him and this procedural violation denied Spencer a FAPE. The appellate court remanded the matter back to the trial court to determine whether Doug C. is entitled to be reimbursed for tuition he paid so that Spencer could continue at Horizons Academy.
What This Means To You
The near absolute right of parental participation in IEP meetings creates a special challenge for school districts who struggle to schedule IEP meetings with uncooperative or difficult parents. Unfortunately, some parents will make repeated requests for alternative IEP dates, and may regularly request that IEP meetings be rescheduled for a myriad of reasons. This is particularly problematic when a critical deadline is approaching, such as the due date for an annual IEP, or the due date for holding an initial IEP meeting to determine eligibility. For this reason, we advise that IEP case managers attempt to schedule annual IEP meetings a month in advance whenever possible, so as to avoid the situation where parent scheduling conflicts prevent the school district from meeting a compliance deadline. In this case, because the school district's starting point for scheduling the IEP meeting was October 22, and the schedules of 13 team members had to be coordinated along with father's schedule, the District was unable to meet the annual review date of November 13 when father was ill for the November 9 IEP meeting.
Another problem for school districts is determining when a parent's request for alternative meeting dates rises to the level of "an affirmative refusal to attend." There is not a "one size fits all" approach to this dilemma, and repeated parent requests to delay or reschedule IEP meetings must be addressed on a case-by-case basis. In the Doug C. case, the special education coordinator was understandably frustrated with father's unavailability for the several dates offered for the IEP meeting. However, father's request to reschedule the IEP meetings was not so persistently difficult or repetitive that the public agency could show it was "unable to convince" father that he should attend the IEP meeting. If the special education coordinator had agreed to father's request to schedule the meeting on November 16 or 17, and father had again cancelled the meeting, a stronger case would have existed to establish that father's conduct constituted "an affirmative refusal" to attend the IEP meeting. We advise that if you are having difficulty with parental attendance at an IEP meeting, consult with your special education legal counsel first before holding the IEP meeting without the parent.


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If you're new to mining Ethereum, this guide covers all the important facts in a simple, low-jargon way. Let's start with some short answers to common questions about Ethereum mining:
Q: Why should I mine Ethereum tokens (aka ether or ETH)? doesn't mining Ether take up a lot of electricity?
A: If done properly, more money is earned by selling mined ETH than is spent on electricity. In other words, it's profitable! You can check out the profitability with our Ethereum mining calculator.
Q: Can I mine with my CPU (Personal computer's processor) instead of an expensive graphics card (GPU)?
A: GPUs are so much faster that CPU-mining is no longer profitable or worthwhile. Even entry-level GPUs are about 200 times faster than CPUs for mining purposes.
Q: What's the best GPU to use for getting the most ETH for the least electricity?
A: AMD cards tend to edge out similarly-priced NVidia cards in terms of efficiency. We cover the best cards to get under the heading "GPU Hardware" further down in this post.
Q: Why point your GPU towards a mining pool as opposed to solo-mining?
A: Unless you throw a fortune into mining hardware, your odds of generating ETH on your own are low. Pool-mining allow you to earn ETH in a regular and predictable way.
Q: How do I get started with mining Ethereum?
A: If you've got a suitable GPU, it's a quick and painless matter of installing the Ethereum wallet and mining app then entering a few settings into your chosen pool's website. Further details are available in the Getting Started with Mining section.
Here are some good reasons to mine Ethereum:
- Mining can be a great way to subsidize the purchase of a new, high end GPU (or two or three…).
- As Ethereum is easily traded for bitcoins (BTC), it's a cheap way to slowly build up a hodling position in Bitcoin. Many influential people are very bullish on Bitcoin's prospects for 2016 and later.
- BTC can be easily sold for cash so, indirectly, mining ETH can be a good way to fill up your bank account or earn cash. ETH can also be sold directly on several major exchanges, such as Bitfinex, BTC-e, Kraken, Gemini and Coinbase.
- Mining can be a cheap entry ticket to the Ethereum markets, loved by traders for their high volatility. If you're a good and / or lucky trader, you can maximize your profits.
- Building a large ETH position now, in the Proof of Work mining phase, will enable you to earn interest on your holdings if / when Ethereum switches to a Proof of Stake
- If you believe in the Ethereum concept (despite the failure of the DAO and doubts regarding the viability of Ethereum's approach), you can support and gain voice in the Ethereum network through mining.
Some of the above terms in bold probably require further clarification for cryptocurrency newcomers. Let's start with the Ethereum blockchain; the distributed digital ledger which you actually mine.
Ethereum Blockchain Basics
All transactions in Ethereum (and other cryptocurrencies) are encapsulated within discrete blocks. These blocks are comparable to the batches of transactions which banks send to each other, except in Ethereum they occur every 15 seconds (on average). Blocks are identified by their "height," starting from 0 and incrementing sequentially until the current block.
Here's how the mining process serves to create, verify and record blocks:
- Miners listen for transactions over the network and amass all they consider valid (in terms of fees, code and the accounting history of who controls which coins) into blocks.
- Miners expend electricity hashing that block with the processing power of their GPU(s). A successful hash result produces produce a unique Proof of Work (PoW) proving that the miner worked on that block.
- If the rest of the network accepts the hashed block as valid, the block becomes part of the permanent consensus on valid transactions, known as the blockchain.
- The miner receives 5 ETH plus all transaction and code-processing fees (aka gas) contained in their block, plus a possible bonus for any uncles they include.
How Ethereum's Blockchain Differs from Bitcoin's
Ethereum uses a different hashing algorithm to Bitcoin, which makes it incompatible with the special hashing hardware (ASICs) developed for Bitcoin mining. Ethereum's algorithm is known as Ethash. It's a memory-hard algorithm; meaning it's designed to resist the development of Ethereum-mining ASICs. Instead, Ethash is deliberately best-suited to GPU-mining.
Hashrate, Difficulty and Price
Total network hashrate has been climbing rapidly since Q2 2016. A dip occurred on news of the DAO crisis but hashrate has since recovered. This chart from Etherscan tells the story:
So if the amount of hardware dedicated to Ethereum mining is rising, why aren't blocks being mined ever more rapidly, such that the average 15 second block time has decreased?
The answer is Difficulty. By automatically adjusting the computational difficulty of solving a block, the Ethereum blockchain is able to maintain ~15 second intervals. You'll notice Difficulty closely tracks hashrate:
The next obvious question is why hashrate and difficulty have been rising in the first place? There's a simple economic driver; price!
Daily chart of Ethereum's US Dollar value can be preview here, courtesy of Trading View
The takeaway here is that hashrate has followed (with some appreciable lag) the ETH price explosion, which began in late January 2016.
Calculating Ether Mining Profitability
With a clearer understanding of the Ethereum blockchain and important concepts like Difficulty, it's time to perform some economic calculations:
First, head over to Etherscan's Mining Calculator, which provides up-to-date figures for the current price, block time and network hashrate (as measured in Gigahash per second aka GH/s; denoting billions of calculations per second):
Second, copy these figures into the Cryptowizzard Mining Calculator, a more sophisticated calculator which allows you to set your electricity costs, which are critical to determining profitability. Unfortunately, this calculator doesn't automatically retrieve the current price, hashrate and block time. So, we copy those over:
Third, select the Graphics card you intend to use for mining. The calculator automatically enters the correct hashrate and power consumption. If your card isn't listed or you've modified its performance, select the Custom option and enter the relevant figures manually. Note that GPU hashrates are entered in (Megahash per second aka MH/s; denoting millions of calculations per second).
The fourth and final step is to enter your electricity price, as shown on your utility bill or this list for the USA or this list for elsewhere. The results will be displayed below:
So, our example will net 109 ETH annually. If sold at the current price, $1537 will be earned from which we subtract the electricity cost of $493. This nets a respectable profit of $1045.
From that $1045, several subtractions may be required:
- mining pool costs, which generally run around 1% plus a 1 ETH payout fee,
- the purchase price of the example Radeon HD 7990, which is roughly $700,
- depending on your intended setup, it may be necessary to buy a new Power Supply Unit (PSU) to run your hardware. An electrically-efficient PSU costs more but saves on power costs over the long term.
Profitability Warning
Difficulty is likely to continue its established rising trend (and could spike on the release of more efficient GPUs) and price is extremely unpredictable (and may crash if the market dislikes Ethereum's solution to its on-going DAO crisis). Further, Ethereum is scheduled to switch to a Proof of Stake model at some unspecified date, meaning it will no longer be mineable.
Before any serious outlay of capital, further research into Ethereum's prospects is warranted. While GPUs may be set to mining other coins and their costs partially recouped through resale, GPUs depreciate rapidly. This is especially true of cards put to the constant, intensive work of mining.
Choosing your GPU Hardware
Experimentation with various GPU selections in the calculator will reveal a card with the best price to performance to power consumption combination (expressed as MH/s per Currency Unit). Keep in mind that AMD cards outperform NVidia for cryptocurrency mining purposes.
The card should have at least 2 gigs of RAM or it won't be able to properly mine Ethereum.
Pro-tips: check out the AMD R9 range, particularly the HD 7950 which is readily available as used (try to get it from a gamer instead of a miner, with a warranty if possible).
For a solid budget card, the MSi 370 with 4 gigs of RAM is recommended.
AMD RX 480: Potential Game Changer?
AMD are set to introduce their new 14 nanometer (nm) RX 480 card at a hard-to-resist $200 price. The smaller 14nm fabrication process gives this card impressive performance and low power consumption. If the RX 480 achieves high hashrates as expected, it'll become the new standard in Ethereum mining.
The good news is that AMD, anticipating high sales, are producing the card in considerable quantity so it should be readily available at a fair price upon its release. Previously, the strong demand for high-end mining GPUs drove up the prices of cards like the R9 290(X) and led to supply shortages.
It's definitely worth waiting for this card's performance to be benchmarked before investing in any other GPU. Check out r/AMD for the latest info and rumours!
Getting Started with Ethereum Mining the video guide
If you haven't already done so, install Ethereum!
If you're familiar with the command line interface, get the latest Geth app for your system. Geth (abbreviation for "go-ethereum") allows you and your miner to interact with the Ethereum network but requires some programming knowledge.
If you're not used to the command line, it's recommended that you download Mist instead. This package contains a simple Ethereum wallet as well as a browser with various other uses, such as messaging. Download the Ethereum Wallet zip file, extract it and run the Ethereum app. This video should help if you get stuck!
Whichever method you use, you will now have to wait while the blockchain is downloaded and synced. You are now ready to begin mining!
For a simple miner with a graphical user interface (GUI), download the Aleth One mining software for Windows, Mac or Linux. After installation, you'll have to wait about 10 minutes as the miner sets about "building a DAG." This is a 1 GB+ data file stored in your GPU's RAM to make the algorithm memory-hard.
The next step is to setup pool mining, as solo-mining is unlikely to make you any Ethereum unless you have a warehouse full of GPUs. This helpful video will guide you through the process of creating your Ethereum and pool accounts and starting to mine.
Mining ethereum on your PC (Windows) – the text guide
If you're reading a newbie's guide to Ethereum mining and have a GPU powerful enough to make it worthwhile, we're going to assume you're running Windows so we'll focus on mining Ethereum on that platform.
If your intent is to purchase multiple GPUs and run them from a single controller, your best option is to use Linux from the command line. The availability of the latest and most essential apps for control, mining, monitoring, etc. is better in that environment than in any other OS.
1. Install Visual C++
First, you'll have to download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ package. It's available on Microsoft's official download center.
Choose either the "vcredist_x64" or "vcredist_x86" file depending on whether your system is 64 bit or 32 bit. To check which kind of system you have, visit this Microsoft page and read the info under the heading "Automatic version detection results."
Note: a 64 bit system is strongly recommended for this method. 32 bit systems may experience errors when running the mining app.
2. Install Ethereum
If you're not used to the command line (aka "DOS mode,") it's recommended that you download Mist, with its friendly and familiar GUI (graphical user interface):
The Mist package contains the Ethereum wallet which you'll need to receive any mining profits. Mist also includes an Ethereum browser with various functions, such as messaging and a social network and tutorials. As a tip, these tutorials and the social network are helpful learning resources. Don't be scared to ask the Ethereals if you're experience difficulty with any part of this process.
To download Mist, head over to https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases and select the most recent release. In our case it's 0.8.0:
1) Select the latest release, it'll have the highest number.
2) Scroll down to the Downloads. Choose Mist, not the standalone Ethereum Wallet.
3) Choose a memorable download folder for the "Ethereum Wallet" zip file. Extract it with a suitable file extraction tool, navigate to the new folder the extractor creates and then locate and run the Ethereum app.
3. Get the Blockchain
The next step is to hurry up and wait, as the Ethereum blockchain downloads and syncs. It's over 10 gigs so this process may take a while…
When it completes, spend a few minutes to familiarise yourself with the Mist app; the interface is fairly self-explanatory. The Mist app isn't yet fully polished so expect a few bugs.
4. Setup your Wallet
Next, open the Ethereum wallet and generate a new account and contract based wallet. This wallet will contain the payout address at which you'll receive mining rewards from your pool or directly from the blockchain.
1) Add your new account, give it a memorable mining name. Store the password securely!
2) After generating the Account, add a wallet and write down or copy to a text file the unique address. This address will start with the characters "0x". It's necessary for receiving ETH mining rewards!
A Note on Geth
Mist also contains Geth, a popular command line interface. You may choose to get only the latest Geth app for your system, it's able to perform all the functions of Mist (and more) from the command line. Geth (an abbreviation for "go-ethereum") allows you and your miner to interact more directly with the Ethereum network but Geth definitely requires some programming knowledge. As you become more proficient in Ethereum mining and coding, Geth will become more useful to you.
5. Install AMD openCL SDK or Nvidia Cuda
Head over to AMD or Nvidia, depending which kind of GPU hardware you have, and download the latest file there.
A) Choose the latest AMD SDK for Windows, download and Install OR
B) Choose the Windows version of Nvidia Cuda. Download and install that.
6. Install AlethOne Miner
For a simple miner with a graphical user interface (GUI), download the AlethOne mining software for Windows (or Mac). AlethOne depends upon the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Microsoft which we installed earlier. Note that 32 bit systems may experience problems running AlethOne.
Download the Windows installation program for AlethOne and follow the install wizard.
7. Wait (again) for DAG Initialization
After installation, you'll have to wait about 10 minutes as the miner sets about "building a DAG." This DAG is a 1 GB+ data file stored in your GPU's RAM to make the algorithm memory-hard and therefore ASIC-resistant.
Once the DAG is complete, begin Solo Mining in AlethOne to ensure everything is working as expected!
AlethOne solo-mining in action.
8. Join a Mining Pool
The next step is to setup pool mining, as solo-mining is unlikely to make you any Ethereum unless you have a warehouse full of GPUs. Your first step will be to choose an Ethereum mining pool. There are plenty to choose from but we recommend Nanopool.
Nanopool displays the addresses and hashrate of its fastest 15 miners.
Nanopool's Help section will be of great benefit to you. You'll need to copy some of those settings into your AlephOne mining settings, along with your address… And that should be it, good luck with mining Ethereum!


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This week three women in denim underwear tell Bachelor Ben they love him. Bachelor 'Copter #FlightReasons drops Ben off in Jamaica, a really great place to fall in love. Ben, who also said McDonalds is a really great place to fall in love, breaks down his final three girlfriends for us.
On the first night, Seductive Caracal Caila pounced into Ben's arms and heart. She won him over with her bright smile and enthusiasm, but her strategy of playing easy to get grew boring, and Ben wants to see a quieter, more emotional side. This is like when guys say they prefer no makeup on a woman. Let's see how far into the episode he stops wishing for that.
Next up, Flight Attendant Lauren B. is Ben's dream girl, but he worries she's too good for him. I want to assure Ben that she's absolutely not, without it coming off as a compliment to him. They are equally unremarkable. Unlike Caila, Lauren B. alternates cold and hot treatments, declaring how scared she is one moment and then sing-songing "Beeeeeen" coquettishly the next. He is mesmerized.
Finally, there's JoJo, who is so hot even her family wants to sleep with her. Ben keeps her around because there is no greater revenge on her brothers than taking JoJo to a Fantasy Suite. She tells us she's also scared, for the record.
On his first date, Ben meets Caila for a scenic raft ride down a river. What's that intoxicating scent?
Napalm? She wears jorts and a dour face, and Ben suspects something's on her mind. I don't think that's it. While it is great that Caila can feel more emotions than "exuberance," Ben would rather not see a serious Caila, after all. She catches on by dinner, flips the bubbliness back on, and promises not to get distracted by her own emotions again. Caila tells Ben she loves him, and he responds with a strong embrace, breathing, and a formal invitation to his Pants Party. Fireworks go off as they enter the Fantasy Suite for the night. The next morning, Ben calls her beautiful, says I love you with his eyes, and then he's off to tell the other women I love you with his words.
Lauren B. tries to walk out a denim wedgie before meeting Ben at the pier, but doesn't quite get it.
They boat out to a quiet beach where a nest of baby turtles brave the open sea to escape her vocal fry. In the evening, Lauren and Ben catch a reggae concert, which is disorienting because it's not in a barn. Lauren is terrified to say I love you, but disregards her better judgement and goes for it. Then Bachelor Ben breaks protocol, and says it back. She immediately assumes a horizontal position. They I-love-you their way to the bed, and then Lauren has exactly 10 hours of camera-free time to lock it down. In the morning, Ben heads home for a quick dick rinse before his date with JoJo.
Ben and JoJo ride a chopper to an Herbal Essences commercial set. They swim under a waterfall and their hair smells like tropical orgasms. JoJo declares that this day is all about risks, and she is not kidding.
Modeling a foil and hemp bikini from a Project Runway "untraditional materials challenge," JoJo comes clean and says I love you. Ben puts the final nail in Caila's coffin, and says it back. Again. JoJo accepts Chris Harrison's invitation to sleep with his proxy, and they demonstrate dramatic irony by entering the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Suite.
In the morning, Caila decides to surprise Ben with a visit. Ben has a surprise for Caila, too! The endangered wild cat prowls the grounds of his compound while murder music plays in the background, until she finds Ben brooding in the gardens. He tries to calibrate the perfect break up blend of warmth and distance, but Caila is fluent in evasive nonsense talk. She tells him his line- "It's really hard to imagine saying goodbye to you"- sounds like a line, then gets into the Dump(ed) Truck. Two feet down the driveway, Caila remembers the stuff they did in the Fantasy Suite, takes out her earrings, and jumps out of the car to fight Ben. He talks her down, and she finally leaves.
In her exit interview, Caila nails The Bachelorette audition. She pretty cries, then declares:
People. Very subtle.
At the Rose Ceremony, first JoJo then Lauren confide to Chris Harrison that Ben said he loves them. Chris deliciously shares the moment with us.
There is a little tension between JoJo and Lauren while they wait to confirm that Caila is out, and then a lot of tension when Ben asks for a group hug. In two weeks, he will commit to just one (cast)mate, but first, he has to survive the Women Tell All episode.The horror, the horror!


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For scheduling and managing sample collection, locations and sample points and their tests and limit sets, there is no better solution than webLIMS for Environmental and Water/Wastewater!
Our very existence depends on the quality of the fundamental resources needed for life - air, water, food, our surroundings. So what could be more vital than effective testing of those things? The environmental lab, whether water/wastewater, air, soil, paint and other materials testing, etc., does important work and must manage its data, and the reporting of those data, at a consistently high standard.
Features That Meet Your Needs
Your processes are well-defined and probably involve a lot of regularly-scheduled events at different intervals, tracking of collection data and more. Here are some of the features your LabLynx solution for Environmental Labs provides:
- Scheduling - Set up regularly-occurring schedules for collection events, complete with reminder emails and all associated data: collection method, containers, preservatives, barcoded labels, collector, sampling location, specs/limits etc.
- Mobile/Tablet Data Entry Enter collection data in the field, upload wherever there is Internet access
- COCs
- Sample Point Mgt
- Route Mgt
- GPS/GIS - Manage sample point locations using the latest methods
- Violation Mgt
- Inspection Mgt
- Surcharge Mgt
- Flow data Mgt
- SIC and CSO Mgt
- Compliance Mgt
- Hazardous Waste Code Mgt
- Chemical Storage Mgt
- Water Depth Schedule/Measurement
- Local Limits/Permit Limits (DCDs)
- Reference Analyte Group Mgt
- Limit Comparison Mgt/History
- Container Mgt
- Instrument Mgt and Integration
- Web Portal Submission & Reporting
- EPA Methods
- MORs and other reports
Compliant with Standards and Regulations That Are Important to You
Standards and regulations, primarily EPA, are paramount in the world of environmental testing, and LabLynx helps you make sure you are always compliant. Your LabLynx solution supports:
- CFR Title 40
- State and local regulations
LabLynx Environmental Solutions - Demos
LabLynx understands the unique needs of Environmental, Water and Wastewater laboratories and we provide configurations that not only fit those unique needs but we tailor those to work specifically for your lab. View the product demonstrations below to learn more about how our LabLynx LIMS solution can work for your lab.
Below is a selection of demonstrations and presentations available for you to view. Be sure to view these demonstrations with a device that has audio speakers.
See the Ideal LIMS in action!
We offer you absolutely every opportunity to see and get a feel for your solution before you buy, with a guided interactive tour by one of our implementation team project managers (not a salesman!), AND a comprehensive library of multimedia product demonstrations that you can view online. You can experience the full list of features, functions and capabilities of the system immediately to help you become better informed about the application of LabLynx solutions to your particular needs.
All solutions are tweaked during setup and training to fit exactly what you want. But here are some online demonstrations of examples of various standard features and functions you may be looking for. Click the Topic Links below to view individual demos:
Introduction & General Information
- Overview of ELab LIMS for Water/Wastewater (38 min.)
- LabLynx Corporate Overview (20 min.)
- System Technology (an IT perspective) (18 min.)
- Overall System Flow and Functionality (16 min.)
Sample Receiving/Registration & Scheduling
- Sample Scheduling (5 min.)
- Pre-label Bottles (2 min.)
- Sample Receiving (4 min)
- Mobile Data Entry (2 min.)
- Field Data Entry (1 min.)
Results Entry & Analysis
- Assignment of Analysis (2 min.)
- Manual Data Entry (2 min.)
- Generate Benchsheets (2 min.)
- Instrument Interfacing (2 min.)
- Data Approvals (2 min.)
Reporting & Charting
- Ad-Hoc Queries & Reports (5 min.)
- Standard Reports (2 min.)
- Custom Reports (7 min.)
- QA/QC Reports (1 min.)
- Automated Reports (2 min.)
- Report Archiving and Version Control (2 min.)
- Workload Management Reports (1 min.)
- Results Trending & Control Charts (5 min.)
System Admin / Setup / Configuration
- Clients/Locations/Sampling Points (2 min.)
- Setting up Tests, Test Groups, Parameters, etc. (4 min)
- LIMS Security (3 min.)
- Audit Trails (1 min.)
Additional Functionality
- Barcoding (2 min.)
- GPS / GIS Integration (2 min.)
- Document Management (1 min.)
- Training Tracking & Certification (1 min.)
- Inventory of Standards/Stocks/Reagents (2 min.)
- Instrument Calibration & Maintenance (2 min.)
- Invoicing (1 min.)
- LIMS Remote Access via Web (1 min.)
Questions & Answers
The Ideal Technology
For your LIMS to be effective and offer both horizontal and vertical scalability now and as you grow and change, your solution must be constructed using the right technology. A rigid, inflexible product may seem tailored to your needs, but is it offered in a selection of packages so you can get only what you want and not pay for extra features that have no value for you? And is it designed so that you can introduce functionality in stages according to your own time frame and budget? It should also be user-configurable and easily customizable so you aren't joined at the hip to the vendor because of proprietary code.
These attributes all boil down to one very important concept: flexibility. Flexibility is the key to both general usability and continued effectiveness over time. The flexibility that allows you to tailor the system to your lab rather than modify your workflow and processes to fit an inflexible LIMS also means longevity as you add functionality or increase capacity as your enterprise grows and changes over time.
For a 15 Minute multimedia presentation on LabLynx webLIMS technology, Click Here.


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Monday, January 21, 2013
Is DIY Dead?
What a great time it is to be a kayak angler. I have only been kayak fishing for a little over a year now but from where I started to where I'm at now is a universe of difference. For me, one of the biggest draws of getting into kayak fishing versus another small watercraft was the DIY projects that could be infinitely modified and applied to fit your kayak. My first kayak was a blank canvas in my eyes and whatever I had laying around in my garage at the time was my paint. The ultimate DIY project that was constantly evolving and growing was the coveted tackle storage milk crate. At the first kayak fishermen get together that I attended the first thing I did was walk around and look at everyone's crate and take mental notes of things I wanted to add or change to mine. I guess it can be contributed to how fast this sport is growing in popularity and how main stream it's becoming but it kind of seems like new products are coming out everyday that slowly squeeze out the DIY kayak projects. Theres no doubt that most of these products look clean and organized and really give your kayak a professional look and I really like the majority of these products myself, but I'm having a hard time giving up the creative freedom and ingenuity of rigging out my kayak.
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At this point in the season, it is not a good sign when your team still has fewer than 10 wins. It means you are going to be in the running in June for a great draft pick position. With a 4-1 loss to Chicago added to the growing list, the Ducks still can't reach double digits in the win column.
Only three teams are in the battle for last place in the NHL and all of them have 9 wins – Columbus, Anaheim and the New York Islanders. Which of these three will be the last to get to 10?
After having put together their best game of the year on Wednesday against Phoenix, the Ducks followed it up with a so-so effort against Chicago.
Jamal Mayers took advantage of Jonas Hiller in the first period. Hiller had lost sight of the puck, but Mayers did not. 1-0 at 6:37. Marian Hossa extended the lead at 1:07 of the second period.
Dave Bolland seemed destined for a goal. His first was deemed "no goal" by the referees as well as the review committee in Toronto, who believed Hiller had been interfered with before the puck crossed the line. Looking at the video, even if Hiller had not been interfered with, he could not have stopped it.
Nonetheless, Bolland got sweet justice on a power play later in the middle period. With Ryan Getzlaf in the box for holding, Bolland made quick work of the man advantage, needing just :19 seconds to score at 17:19.
By the time the game was 4-0 (Patrick Sharp placed the final dagger in the coffin at 10:18 of the third period), coach Bruce Boudreau starting relying more heavily on his fourth line. Talk about a clear indication the game was lost and let's not fatigue ourselves before heading to Winnipeg!
Ray Emery, whom the Ducks faced for the first time since letting him go as a free agent over the summer, deserved the shutout. Emery, who is supposed to be Corey Crawford's back up, has played exceptionally win, getting five wins in a row for the Hawks.
Teemu Selanne, perhaps thinking about what he wants to do in Winnipeg, put the Ducks on the board at 18:13. Too little, too late, but a good warm up for Saturday's game.
"I'll just take the win, that's good," said Emery, who made 24 saves and earned an assist on Bolland's goal. "It's fun playing for sure. I don't take anything for granted and you never know how things are going to go. If you expect something and you're not willing to work for it, you don't get it. I'm taking it one game at a time and every time I get in there I just want to do my best."
The Ducks have very little time to contemplate the loss. The hubbub surrounding Selanne's return to Winnipeg has been happening for weeks. Winnipeg was where he had his NHL start and an astounding rookie season that will likely never be surpassed. After being traded to Anaheim in February of 1996, Selanne has never been back. Until now.
What a great time to finally get that 10th win?


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September 2010
I curated an unique tribute album that just came out.
It features new tracks by BUZZY LINHART, DANIEL DAVIES (son of KINKS Dave Davies), BOSS MARTIANS,
DAVID GREENBERGER, CHARLIE BURTON, MYTHOLOGICAL HORSES, and more!
It also has a 16 page comic inside. Get it only from me, signed and numbered.
"Pat Moriarity put this together; I only mastered it...
but while doing so I slowly came to the realization that this is the
-- Jack Endino (producer of NIRVANA's record BLEACH)
August 2010
A bunch of my posters and art were featured in episode two of Showtime's WEEDS.
Fantagraphics blog shows some frames here.
July 28th, 2009
I will participate in an art show at the Fantagraphics bookstore,
displaying original art from my TIJUANA BIBLE book covers, some of which will be for sale.
The opening is Saturday, August 8th, from 6 to 9, and hangs for one month.
May 1st, 2009
Moriarity Tigertail art show reviewed by 10 things zine
October 21st, 2008
Look for Pat Moriarity in the latest issue of MINESHAFT Magazine, number 23, out in November!
New blog launched called PAT MORIARITY 'N' STUFF
I'll write more on that site, and I'll post all kinds of crazy stuff, opinions, art, whatever....
You don't have to read it if you don't want to. Oh, go ahead.
October 1st, 2008
New CD by WOODSHOP, 2008
Here's the movie poster I designed for the horror film PAPER DOLLS-
EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL; Best Feature, Best Director (David Blair and Adam Pitman), Best Actor (Adam Pitman)------
SEATTLE TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL; Best Sasquatch Movie------
INDIE FEST USA; Best Costume Design---------
MONTANA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL; Best Cinematography (Michael Off), Best Actor (Adam Pitman), Audience Award----------
SHOCKERFEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR FEST; Best Feature
Nominated: DARK CARNIVAL FILM FESTIVAL; Best Feature, Best cinematography, best editing-----
SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL; Best Feature-------
September 2008
New CD by TRIPLE FORTE, being mastered as we speak!
July 2008
Miller Beer jumps on the Pat Moriarity bandwagon,
by slapping their logos on the latest poster for crazed Folksters, MYTHOLOGICAL HORSES.
Band members react, below.
March 7, 2008
I should have posted this last week when the show started, but I've been busy...
This show of political art is in the Burnley Gallery at the Seattle Art Institute.
I've got a selection of political and editorial cartoons in it,
plus they chose to use a piece of mine for the postcard, invite, program and poster.
I originally drew this Uncle Sam cartoon in Sept 2001,
after being asked to contribute to a book about 9-11 by Dark Horse Comics.
The curators removed the word balloon and put their art show info in there instead.
The opening was an overloaded success!
March 1, 2008
The last one there, the "Golden Toonie", is a coveted award given out by CARTOONISTS NORTHWEST,
voted on by other professional cartoonists. It's an honor I take seriously, because there are a lot of great cartoonists
(with ties to the Northwest) in which to choose from! Past winners include giants like Berkely Breathed, Shary Flenniken,
David Horsey, Lynn Johnston, Ellen Forney, Peter Bagge, and Jim Woodring.
January 18th, 2008
Where did 2007 go? What did I do?...seems like alot and nothing at the same time. Here are a few things...
I also posted some newer stuff and work in progress on the CURRENT PROJECTS page.
December 2006
I finally figured out how to use youtube and posted some videos and animations on my own channel, called:
November 2, 2006
The awesome music magazine YOURflesh is now officially an online affair. Back in the 1980's,
a young fiesty Peter Davis was the first to recognize the peculiar genius and potential of a fledgling young scribblemeister,
giving me my earliest feature illustration gigs. Peter was possibly the first person to publish my cartoons.
So here, from their online cover gallery, is my first ever mag cover.
The color was all done with rubylith film, red line tape and an exacto knife!
Your flesh, sir.
November 1, 2006
Yours truly is "Artist of the Month" on Flint Butera's Art Phobia website,
for the month of November. Flint is a well known collage artist on the New York scene,
and Art Phobia focuses on a different artist each month, with a web gallery. Here:
Go see now! Tell your rich and powerful friends,
and possibly instigate lucrative freelance work for Pat.
I have designed some AA size batteries for a website called www.deadbatteries.com
My "corrupt police officer" battery generated some hate mail that they posted. You can buy the batteries, and they really work well.
They're the coolest! Here's the cop design....
To Protect and To Swerve
...and here's my "Killer Transvestite" design. Vote for mine on the vote page.
Lady looks like a Dude
Comedian LEWIS BLACK of Comedy Central fame
is doing some November gigs for his RED WHITE & SCREWED stand up comedy tour in Hawaii.
I designed the posters for both the Honolulu and Kahului dates.
September 1, 2006
I designed this logo for the nose of tiny airplanes, called the FLY BABY.
To learn about the FLY BABY and see the cartoon on the plane itself, go to:
The art of FLY BABY
June 22, 2006
Rock legend Buzzy Linhart has a great new website,
and he's posted an old comic strip I did about him, from 1987!
He's posted the entire 14 page story.
"Artist Trust Board Vice President Larry Stapleton, his wife Jerrol Golden,
are graciously hosting Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient Patrick Moriarity (guest of honor)
for a intimate salon and dinner at Larry and Jerrol's home. There will be a lively presentation by Pat,
and your support will be requested to help Artist Trust continue its mission of supporting art at its source: the individual artist."
This will be a private event. Tuesday, June 27, 2006
June 4, 2006
Yikes! I haven't updated this thing in a while!
A bunch of stuff happened, I just didn't report it here.
Actually, this is the first time I've tried to do this updating without tech help.
As of now, I'll try to be more up to date, I promise!
Let's see, what's gone down in my career in the last TWO years? Well, I DID go to NYC in Nov 2004
and was a juror for the Society of Illustrators, it was a total blast, and I met several artists and friends.
I went to the Austin Texas premiere of DERAILROADED in March 2005 at the SXSW film festival.
It was also quite an experience. The room was full, there were Qs and As afterward,
and I was recognized and applauded by the audience as the animator. I like Austin!
I saw some great music too.
Anyway, Rubin and Lubin made a great movie. It's close to DVD time.
The latest release of Charlie burton, this time with the Dorothy Lynch Mob,
has an all Moriarity cartoon package, with a booklet and a three minute animation as part of the enhanced CD.
Go to www.charlieburton.net for details on this gem!
This is cool- In the trailer to the documentary BORN INTO THIS, about Charles Bukowski,
they start talking about how Buk hated Mickey Mouse, as it shows a few panels of MY Bukowski art,
spliced right in there in the same trailer, and it's BEFORE Bono and Sean Penn. Ha Ha! See, look it's right here-
Bukowski- Born into This
There's some other stuff to report, but I'll get back to this...
June 2004
....After having three pieces accepted and displayed in the
ILLUSTRATORS 46th exhibition in NYC in 2004, the chairman of the next
upcoming exhibition (and a commitee of past chairs) asked me,
the humble Pat Moriarity, to be a juror in the 47th exhibition. Yow! The Society of
Illustrators was founded in 1901, and has been attended by Mark Twain....
....Upcoming artshow at the Metropolis gallery in Bremerton
first Friday in August 2004.
....The documentary DERAILROADED, is near completion.
It is about the life of Larry Wildman Fischer, and has a unique animation sequence done by Pat Moriarity.
This will prove to be an interesting movie, with appearances by Mark Motherbaugh, Bill Mumy, Dr. Demento,
Dennis P. Eichhorn, Weird Al Yankovich, and Larry himself.
Directed by Josh Rubin and Jeremy Lubin. More on this as it develops....
....A short movie has been shot based on a comic story in
"The Pickup", written by Mary Fleener and storyboarded by Pat Moriarity, was made into a ten minute
black and white movie directed by David Miller. It was shot in Seattle in September and the wrap party is October 4th, 2003....
....The Von Zippers THE CRIME IS NOW! cd which was released
on Estrus Records
will now be a gatefold 12" lp (on a label in Germany)....
....The story "Fish Scales" from BIG MOUTH #1 is being reprinted in color for the upcoming book REAL STUFF....
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Creating the life you want should never be a chore. What is most important is feeling good, exhilarated, in-tune with what you want. People living this way have habituated ways of feeling good because they consistently practice visualization. By actively using these steps and focusing on the things you want out of life, more and more doors will open up to show you the way.
I often ask people, "So, what's one thing you actually did today that got you one step further to the life you envision? " I want to get people thinking about their day-to-day lives and what they're really doing with their time. I'm going to share some more practical ways to start creating a more positive mind-set and therefore keeping you stepping in the right direction.
No News Is Good News
While it's important to stay up on current events, the constant negative or controversial media stories do a number on our psyche. So, for 7 days- no news. Stay away from TV, blogs and chats about the news. Instead, watch shows that inspire, make you feel good and think. I enjoy learning new things so Animal Planet is a great choice for me. Also, make reading blogs about the things you want to do or places you want to travel, part of your nightly routine. End your days with thoughts of your Dreamlife and awake the same way.
Visualization Rules!
On a blank piece of paper, write a goal that when you reach it, will blow your mind.
Write it so big, it almost takes up the paper. It could be something like; Open a bakery. Write a book. Move to a new place. Whatever that big thing is that you want most, write it down!
A good habit is to carry a small notebook and begin writing down everything you want in your life. Visualization begins by reading your words.
Now hang up your big goal in a place you will see it. I often hang my aspirations on my front door so I will see it as I leave to start my day. Doing this will get your mind turning and keep you focused on the big picture.
Invest In Post-its
Stick colorful post-its around your house with positive messages to keep those good feelings flowing. I stick post-its inside cupboards, on my coffee pot, and on my mirror to keep me thinking in the right direction. I jot down quotes I adore such as, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." –Wayne Gretzky or things I like about myself like, "I am a beautiful soul."
The Power of Friends & Coffee
Call up your most awesome friend and invite them out for a Creative Coffee Date. Ask them to write 5 things they adore about you and you'll do the same for them. When you meet, read your lists to each other over a delicious latte'. This will get the conversation flowing with admiration and appreciation for each other. Be sure to talk about your Big Life Dream and ask if she has any advice on how to take the next steps. She may know someone who knows someone who could help point you to the next step. If not, she now knows your plans and will keep and ear out for any opportunities she may come across that would help you. –That's networking at it's finest.
Check-up On Yourself
You are the most important element in your life. Eliminating as much worry as possible, keeps your mind better able to focus the good stuff.
Is there something you've put off getting checked? Perhaps you've noticed a mole that looks odd or your gynecologist visit is over-due. Would a new pair of glasses make a big difference?
With many people uninsured or under-insured, it seems easy to put our health on the back burner. Don't! Keeping up with your health is truly the first step to living your best life.
Here are some great resources to keep you stepping toward optimal health. You're so worth it!
1) Pharmacy Care
Rite-Aid, CVS and others national chains often have free health screenings for a variety of issues during the month. From free blood glucose readings to the common cold care.
2) Your Local Hospital
Give them a call to ask which low-cost programs and free health clinics they offer in your area. Many hospitals have partnered with local family physicians, eye clinics and such to provide care for people who are having a tough time affording healthcare now. You are not alone.
3) DotGov
A great resource is; Your State + Dot Gov – Example; pennsylvania.gov. Search health care or look around the site. You will find help with such things as where to go for immunizations, smoking cessation and more.
–>Life is about not knowing the whole journey at once. Taking the Moment and making the best of it. These are a few real-life steps- in no particular order- to help you form positive habits that will keep you moving forward toward your authentic life.
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Wondering how I get my Percentage Saved? I use the equation below:
Total Saved / (Total Spent + Total Saved)
Here's the pic of all I got today:
(1) Newton's Fruit Thins $2.50 (raincheck from sale the other week)
-Used FREE product CVS coupon (printed from the coupon machine the other week)
*Made it FREE!*
(10) Skinny Cow bars $.50 (raincheck from sale last week)
-Used (5) $1/2 MQ (tearpad)
*Made them FREE!*
(2) Smuckers Preserves $2.50 (raincheck from sale last week)
-Used (2) $1.50/1 MQ IP (NLA)
(1) Schick Quatro Razor $8.99, get $4 ECB's
-Used $5 MQ IP HERE
(2) bags Reeses $5 ea (spend $10, get $3 ECB's)
-Used $13 ECB's from last week.
Paid: $5.82
Received: $7 ECB's
Then, I used my ECB's to purchase (2) Almay Makeup @ Buy one, get one 50% off.
(1) Almay makeup $12.99
(1) Almay Makeup $6.49
-Used $7 ECB's
Paid: $14.23
Received no ECB's :( I was completely out of makeup, though, so I HAD to get it when it was on sale!!
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Description of female gentalia where the labia is overly protruding. So used because of the resemblence to the pink/red flaps that stick out of a turkey's neck.
Antonym: Clam
Antonym: Clam
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After a long break the group reconvened.
They took the portal into the Raven Queen's chamber and were immediately confronted by 25 angels and 5 of the Raven Queen's acolyte.
They struggled, particularly Justin, in killing all 25 of the angels. At one point Justin shot at 12 angels and managed to hit a whopping 4. He immediately started running towards the nearest ledge (10 feet tall) in hopes of jumping off and committing suicide. Luckily the group bloodied the 3rd of the 5th acolytes to stop the encounter.
At this point the Raven Queen appeared and Justin got a raging boner. She wasn't impressed though and disintegrated his conjured rose. His boner disappeared.
They then found out that Orcus is trying to steal very powerful artifacts from Death's Reach and she needs the group to go into Death's Reach and stop his attempt. The group then took a portal into death's reach and horribly failed a series of challenges to arrive in death's reach down a few healing surges, prone and surprised. However they blew up that encounter and destroyed the 3 Dark Star Scourges.
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Cross product
- This article is about the cross product of two vectors. For related concepts, see cross product (disambiguation).
In mathematics, the cross product is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional Euclidean space that results in another vector which is perpendicular to the two input vectors. By contrast, the dot product produces a scalar result. In many engineering and physics problems, it is handy to be able to construct a perpendicular vector from two existing vectors, and the cross product provides a means for doing so. The cross product is also known as the vector product, or Gibbs vector product.
The cross product is not defined except in three-dimensions (and the algebra defined by the cross product is not associative). Like the dot product, it depends on the metric of Euclidean space. Unlike the dot product, it also depends on the choice of orientation or "handedness". Certain features of the cross product can be generalized to other situations. For arbitrary choices of orientation, the cross product must be regarded not as a vector, but as a pseudovector. For arbitrary choices of metric, and in arbitrary dimensions, the cross product can be generalized by the exterior product of vectors, defining a two-form instead of a vector.
The cross product of two vectors a and b is denoted by a × b. In physics, sometimes the notation a ∧ b is used[1] (mathematicians do not use this notation, to avoid confusion with the exterior product).
In a three-dimensional Euclidean space, with a usual right-handed coordinate system, a × b is defined as a vector c that is perpendicular to both a and b, with a direction given by the right-hand rule and a magnitude equal to the area of the parallelogram that the vectors span.
The cross product is given by the formula
where θ is the measure of the smaller angle between a and b (0° ≤ θ ≤ 180°), a and b are the magnitudes of vectors a and b, and is a unit vector perpendicular to the plane containing a and b. If the vectors a and b are collinear (i.e., the angle θ between them is either 0° or 180°), by the above formula, the cross product of a and b is the zero vector 0.
The direction of the vector is given by the right-hand rule, where one simply points the forefinger of the right hand in the direction of a and the middle finger in the direction of b. Then, the vector is coming out of the thumb (see the picture on the right). Using this rule implies that the cross-product is anti-commutative, i.e., b × a = - (a × b). By pointing the forefinger toward b first, and then pointing the middle finger toward a, the thumb will be forced in the opposite direction, reversing the sign of the product vector.
Using the cross product requires the handedness of the coordinate system to be taken into account (as explicit in the definition above). If a left-handed coordinate system is used, the direction of the vector is given by the left-hand rule and points in the opposite direction.
This, however, creates a problem because transforming from one arbitrary reference system to another (e.g., a mirror image transformation from a right-handed to a left-handed coordinate system), should not change the direction of . The problem is clarified by realizing that the cross-product of two vectors is not a (true) vector, but rather a pseudovector. See cross product and handedness for more detail.
Computing the cross product
Coordinate notation
The unit vectors i, j, and k from the given orthogonal coordinate system satisfy the following equalities:
- i × j = k j × k = i k × i = j.
With these rules, the coordinates of the cross product of two vectors can be computed easily, without the need to determine any angles: Let
- a = a1i + a2j + a3k = (a1, a2, a3)
- b = b1i + b2j + b3k = (b1, b2, b3)
- a × b = (a2b3 − a3b2) i + (a3b1 − a1b3) j + (a1b2 − a2b1) k = (a2b3 − a3b2, a3b1 − a1b3, a1b2 − a2b1)
Matrix notation
The definition of the cross product can also be represented by the determinant of a matrix:
This determinant can be computed using Sarrus' rule. Consider the table
From the first three elements on the first row draw three diagonals to the right (e.g. the first diagonal would contain i, a2, and b3), and from the last three elements on the first row draw three diagonals to the left (e.g. the first diagonal would contain i, a3, and b2). Then multiply the elements on each of these six diagonals, and negate the last three products. The cross product would be defined by the sum of these products:
Example 1
Consider two vectors, a = (1,2,3) and b = (4,5,6). The cross product a × b is
- a × b = (1,2,3) × (4,5,6) = ((2×6 - 3×5), (3×4 - 1×6), (1×5 - 2×4)) = (-3,6,-3).
Example 2
Consider two vectors, a = (3,0,0) and b = (0,2,0). The cross product a × b is
- a × b = (3,0,0) × (0,2,0) = ((0×0 - 0×2), (0×0 - 3×0), (3×2 - 0×0)) = (0,0,6).
This example has the following interpretations:
- The area of the parallelogram (a rectangle in this case) is 2 × 3 = 6.
- The cross product of any two vectors in the xy plane will be parallel to the z axis.
- Since the z-component of the result is positive, the non-obtuse angle from a to b is counterclockwise (when observed from a point on the +z semiaxis, and when the coordinate system is right-handed).
Geometric meaning
- See also: Triple_product
The magnitude of the cross product can be interpreted as the unsigned area of the parallelogram having a and b as sides (see Figure 1):
Indeed, one can also compute the volume V of a parallelepiped having a, b and c as sides by using a combination of a cross product and a dot product, called scalar triple product (see Figure 2):
Figure 2 demonstrates that this volume can be found in two ways, showing geometrically that the identity holds that a "dot" and a "cross" can be interchanged without changing the result. That is:
Algebraic properties
The cross product is anticommutative,
- a × b = −b × a,
distributive over addition,
- a × (b + c) = (a × b) + (a × c),
and compatible with scalar multiplication so that
- (r a) × b = a × (r b) = r (a × b).
It is not associative, but satisfies the Jacobi identity:
- a × (b × c) + b × (c × a) + c × (a × b) = 0.
It does not obey the cancellation law:
- If a × b = a × c and a ≠ 0 then we can write:
- (a × b) − (a × c) = 0 and, by the distributive law above:
- a × (b − c) = 0
- Now, if a is parallel to (b − c), then even if a ≠ 0 it is possible that (b − c) ≠ 0 and therefore that b ≠ c.
However, if both a · b = a · c and a × b = a × c, then we can conclude that b = c. Indeed,
- a . (b - c) = 0, and
- a × (b - c) = 0
so that b - c is both parallel and perpendicular to the non-zero vector a. This is only possible if b - c = 0.
The distributivity, linearity and Jacobi identity show that R3 together with vector addition and cross product forms a Lie algebra. In fact, the Lie algebra is that of the orthogonal group in 3 dimensions, SO(3).
Further, two non-zero vectors a and b are parallel iff a × b = 0.
It follows from the geometrical definition above that the cross product is invariant under rotations about the axis defined by a×b.
Triple product expansion
The triple product expansion, also known as Lagrange's formula, is a formula relating the cross product of three vectors (called the vector triple product) with the dot product:
- a × (b × c) = b(a · c) − c(a · b).
The mnemonic "BAC minus CAB" is used to remember the order of the vectors in the right hand member. This formula is used in physics to simplify vector calculations. A special case, regarding gradients and useful in vector calculus, is given below.
This is a special case of the more general Laplace-de Rham operator .
The following identity also relates the cross product and the dot product:
This is a special case of the multiplicativity of the norm in the quaternion algebra, and a restriction to of Lagrange's identity.
Alternative ways to compute the cross product
The cross product can also be described in terms of quaternions, and this is why the letters i, j, k are a convention for the standard basis on : it is being thought of as the imaginary quaternions.
Notice for instance that the above given cross product relations among i, j, and k agree with the multiplicative relations among the quaternions i, j, and k. In general, if we represent a vector [a1, a2, a3] as the quaternion a1i + a2j + a3k, we obtain the cross product of two vectors by taking their product as quaternions and deleting the real part of the result. The real part will be the negative of the dot product of the two vectors.
Conversion to matrix multiplication
A cross product between two vectors (which can only be defined in three-dimensional space) can be rewritten in terms of pure matrix multiplication as the product of a skew-symmetric matrix and a vector, as follows:
Also, if is itself a cross product:
This notation provides another way of generalizing cross product to the higher dimensions by substituting pseudovectors (such as angular velocity or magnetic field) with such skew-symmetric matrices. It is clear that such physical quantities will have n(n-1)/2 independent components in n dimensions, which coincides with number of dimensions for three-dimensional space, and this is why vectors can be used (and most often are used) to represent such quantities.
This notation is also often much easier to work with, for example, in epipolar geometry.
From the general properties of the cross product follows immediately that
- and
and from fact that is skew-symmetric it follows that
The above-mentioned triple product expansion (bac-cab rule) can be easily proven using this notation.
The above definition of means that there is a one-to-one mapping between the set of 3×3 skew-symmetric matrices, also denoted SO(3), and the operation of taking the cross product with some vector .
Index notation
The cross product can alternatively be defined in terms of the Levi-Civita tensor
where the indices correspond, as in the previous section, to orthogonal vector components.
The word xyzzy can be used to remember the definition of the cross product.
Notice that the second and third equations can be obtained from the first by simply vertically rotating the subscripts, x → y → z → x. The problem, of course, is how to remember the first equation, and two options are available for this purpose: either you remember the relevant two diagonals of Sarrus's scheme (those containing i), or you remember the xyzzy sequence.
Since the first diagonal in Sarrus's scheme is just the main diagonal of the above-mentioned matrix, the first three letters of the word xyzzy can be very easily remembered.
Computational geometry
The cross product can be used to calculate the normal for a triangle or polygon, an operation frequently performed in computer graphics.
In computational geometry of the plane, the cross product is used to determine the sign of the acute angle defined by three points , and . It corresponds to the direction of the cross product of the two coplanar vectors defined by the pairs of points and , i.e., by the sign of the expression . In the "right-handed" coordinate system, if the result is 0, the points are collinear; if it is positive, the three points constitute a negative angle of rotation around from to , otherwise a positive angle. From another point of view, the sign of tells whether lies to the left or to the right of line .
The cross product occurs in the formula for the vector operator curl. It is also used to describe the Lorentz force experienced by a moving electrical charge in a magnetic field. The definitions of torque and angular momentum also involve the cross product.
The trick of rewriting a cross product in terms of a matrix multiplication appears frequently in epipolar and multi-view geometry, in particular when deriving matching constraints.
Cross product as an exterior product
The cross product can be viewed in terms of the exterior product. This view allows for a natural geometric interpretation of the cross product. In exterior calculus the exterior product (or wedge product) of two vectors is a bivector. A bivector is an oriented plane element, in much the same way that a vector is an oriented line element. Given two vectors a and b, one can view the bivector a∧b as the oriented parallelogram spanned by a and b. The cross product is then obtained by taking the Hodge dual of the bivector a∧b, identifying 2-vectors with vectors:
This can be thought of as the oriented multi-dimensional element "perpendicular" to the bivector. Only in three dimensions is the result an oriented line element – a vector – whereas, for example, in 4 dimensions the Hodge dual of a bivector is two-dimensional – another oriented plane element. So, in three dimensions only is the cross product of a and b the vector dual to the bivector a∧b: it is perpendicular to the bivector, with orientation dependent on the coordinate system's handedness, and has the same magnitude relative to the unit normal vector as a∧b has relative to the unit bivector; precisely the properties described above.
Cross product and handedness
When measurable quantities involve cross products, the handedness of the coordinate systems used cannot be arbitrary. However, when physics laws are written as equations, it should be possible to make an arbitrary choice of the coordinate system (including handedness). To avoid problems, one should be careful to never write down an equation where the two sides do not behave equally under all transformations that need to be considered. For example, if one side of the equation is a cross product of two vectors, one must take into account that when the handedness of the coordinate system is not fixed a priori, the result is not a (true) vector but a pseudovector. Therefore, for consistency, the other side must also be a pseudovector.Template:Fix/category[citation needed]
More generally, the result of a cross product may be either a vector or a pseudovector, depending on the type of its operands (vectors or pseudovectors). Namely, vectors and pseudovectors are interrelated in the following ways under application of the cross product:
- vector × vector = pseudovector
- vector × pseudovector = vector
- pseudovector × pseudovector = pseudovector
Because the cross product may also be a (true) vector, it may not change direction with a mirror image transformation. This happens, according to the above relationships, if one of the operands is a (true) vector and the other one is a pseudovector (e.g., the cross product of two vectors). For instance, a vector triple product involving three (true) vectors is a (true) vector.
A handedness-free approach is possible using exterior algebra.
Higher dimensions
There are several ways to generalize the cross product to the higher dimensions.
In the context of multilinear algebra, it is possible to define a generalized cross product in terms of parity such that the generalized cross product between two vectors of dimension n is a skew-symmetric tensor of rank n−2.
Using octonions
A cross product for 7-dimensional vectors can be obtained in the same way by using the octonions instead of the quaternions. The nonexistence of such cross products of two vectors in other dimensions is related to the result that the only normed division algebras are the ones with dimension 1, 2, 4, and 8.
Wedge product
In general dimension, there is no direct analogue of the binary cross product. There is however the wedge product, which has similar properties, except that the wedge product of two vectors is now a 2-vector instead of an ordinary vector. As mentioned above, the cross product can be interpreted as the wedge product in three dimensions after using Hodge duality to identify 2-vectors with vectors.
One can also construct an n-ary analogue of the cross product in Rn+1 given by
This formula is identical in structure to the determinant formula for the normal cross product in R3 except that the row of basis vectors is the last row in the determinant rather than the first. The reason for this is to ensure that the ordered vectors (v1,...,vn,Λ(v1,...,vn)) have a positive orientation with respect to (e1,...,en+1). If n is even, this modification leaves the value unchanged, so this convention agrees with the normal definition of the binary product. In the case that n is odd, however, the distinction must be kept. This n-ary form enjoys many of the same properties as the vector cross product: it is alternating and linear in its arguments, it is perpendicular to each argument, and its magnitude gives the hypervolume of the region bounded by the arguments. And just like the vector cross product, it can be defined in a coordinate independent way as the Hodge dual of the wedge product of the arguments.
The wedge product and dot product can be combined to form the Clifford product.
In 1773, Joseph Louis Lagrange introduced the component form of both the dot and cross products in order to study the tetrahedron in three dimensions.[2] In 1843 the Irish mathematical physicist Sir William Rowan Hamilton introduced the quaternion product, and with it the terms "vector" and "scalar". Given two quaternions [0, u] and [0, v], where u and v are vectors in R3, their quaternion product can be summarized as [−u·v, u×v]. James Clerk Maxwell used Hamilton's quaternion tools to develop his famous electromagnetism equations, and for this and other reasons quaternions for a time were an essential part of physics education.
However, Oliver Heaviside in England and Josiah Willard Gibbs in Connecticut felt that quaternion methods were too cumbersome, often requiring the scalar or vector part of a result to be extracted. Thus, about forty years after the quaternion product, the dot product and cross product were introduced — to heated opposition. Pivotal to (eventual) acceptance was the efficiency of the new approach, allowing Heaviside to reduce the equations of electromagnetism from Maxwell's original 20 to the four commonly seen today.
Largely independent of this development, and largely unappreciated at the time, Hermann Grassmann created a geometric algebra not tied to dimension two or three, with the exterior product playing a central role. William Kingdon Clifford combined the algebras of Hamilton and Grassmann to produce Clifford algebra, where in the case of three-dimensional vectors the bivector produced from two vectors dualizes to a vector, thus reproducing the cross product.
The cross notation, which began with Gibbs, inspired the name "cross product". Originally appearing in privately published notes for his students in 1881 as Elements of Vector Analysis, Gibbs's notation — and the name — later reached a wider audience through Vector Analysis (Gibbs/Wilson), a textbook by a former student. Edwin Bidwell Wilson rearranged material from Gibbs's lectures, together with material from publications by Heaviside, Föpps, and Hamilton. He divided vector analysis into three parts:
- "First, that which concerns addition and the scalar and vector products of vectors. Second, that which concerns the differential and integral calculus in its relations to scalar and vector functions. Third, that which contains the theory of the linear vector function."
Two main kinds of vector multiplications were defined, and they were called as follows:
- The direct, scalar, or dot product of two vectors
- The skew, vector, or cross product of two vectors
Several kinds of triple products and products of more than three vectors were also examined. The above mentioned triple product expansion was also included.
See also
- Triple products — Products involving three vectors.
- Multiple cross products — Products involving more than three vectors.
- Dot product
- Cartesian product — A product of two sets.
- × (the symbol)
- ↑ Jeffreys, H and Jeffreys, BS (1999). Methods of mathematical physics. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Lagrange, JL (1773). "Solutions analytiques de quelques problèmes sur les pyramides triangulaires". Oeuvres. vol 3.
- Cajori, Florian (1929), A History Of Mathematical Notations Volume II, Open Court Publishing, p. p. 134, ISBN 978-0-486-67766-8
- Wilson, Edwin Bidwell (1901), Vector Analysis: A text-book for the use of students of mathematics and physics, founded upon the lectures of J. Willard Gibbs, Yale University Press
External links
- Template:Mathworld
- Z.K. Silagadze (2002). Multi-dimensional vector product. Journal of Physics. A35, 4949 (it is only possible in 7-D space)
- Real and Complex Products of Complex Numbers
- Vector Product Calculator Online application to calculate the vector product of 3 element vectors
- An interactive tutorial created at Syracuse University - (requires java)
- W. Kahan (2007). Cross-Products and Rotations in Euclidean 2- and 3-Space. University of California, Berkeley (PDF).
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