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Thursday, 30 August 2012
A Quorum of Q's - A to Z Challenge
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Questions, Queries and Quandaries at the heart of our family history research. So many avenues are open to us now, beyond the traditional local and family history society magazine pages, wit... | web |
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The Green Life: Carbon-Neutral Cities: If They Can Do It, So Can We
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Why do Research?
Studies show that students who participate in research as an undergraduate, either during the academic year (Independent Study, Senior Project) or summer, show significant gains in the following areas:
• critical thinking skills.
• intellectual engagement.
• communications skills.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Creative Illustration: Composition
Here is another set of pages that you might want to print out and keep near, just like the ones in the post below: four great pages on Composition from Andrew Loomis's "Creative Illustration".
"Creative Illustration" may be the best book ever written on ... | web |
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I have a list of names that are all different e.g. carpentry, engineering 15 in total. In the piece of code below I have called it name1, however there will be no sequence to the variable names. Instead of writing this code out 15 times how can I create a function that executes the same condit... | web |
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The Problem
I've been developing an application which needs to support reads on a data object asynchronously with appending writes. In other words, a buffer. There will be many data objects at any given time.
I've been researching into available distributed file systems to find one which sup... | web |
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A cantata is a type of singing which is done accompanied by an instrument(s). By contrast, acappella specifically refers to unaccompanied singing. The word(cantata) etymologically comes from the Italian word “cantare” which meant “to sing”. The word “ca... | web |
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I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes".
How do I override the plural naming convention? Can I do it right in the model... | web |
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I want to show a flash file (.swf) in my executable program on Windows.
Every single modern browser are able to do it by using the official flash plugin DLL by Adobe. But there's no documentation anywhere of HOW you do it!
For years I've searched high and low on the Internet for an answer to... | web |
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Dart has many ways of creating, processing and returning async functions. One of the most common methods is to:
import 'dart:async';
var completer = new Completer();
// Previously this would have been new Timer(0, () => ....);
Timer.run(() => completer.complete(doSomethingHere()));
return c... | web |
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I am having some problem with sqlite. I want to insert some data to database,however,when I use the function
the zErrMsg returns:
near '\x90' syntax error.
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I know this isn't strictly speaking a programming question but something I always hear from pseudo-techies is that having a lot of entries in your registry slows down your Windows-based PC. I think this notion comes from people who are trying to troubleshoot their PC and why it's running so sl... | web |
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How is the running time of the virtual machine calculated vs. how system time is calculated? I know I can get the current running time of the AVM by calling:
And I can get the current unix system time by doing:
new Date().getTime();
I know that the Timer class and Event.ENTER_FRAME event e... | web |
Drill Speeds
Quick Summary: Some approximate starting advice is to set the spindle speed between 700-1000 rpms for steel, above 2000 for aluminum, and slow down from there if you get discolored chips or heavy drill bit wear. In most cases the drill press will not be able to supply enough power or speed to follow the b... | web |
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Bonaparte Book 2. Napoleon in Napoli
“I regret that I have but ONE life to give to my country.”…Last words of John Hancock, American patriot
After the most disgraceful death of Maximilian Robespierre and the inglorious end to his Reign of Terror, Corporal Napoleon’s stature in Paris itself... | web |
The lazy, hazy days of summer are marching by quickly. By now, your children may be lamenting that they are bored and have nothing to do.
If this sounds familiar, plan family activities which allow you to spend time together and keep your kids busy and learning. Here are some activities for summer fun from Cornell Coo... | web |
Brent Bozell
But how often are the justices discussed on news programs, where ostensibly, Americans receive their civic education? A quick Nexis search for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to take one example, finds her mentioned less than once a month each on ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening newscasts in 2010: 10 on ... | web |
The case against antidepressants
A growing chorus of critics is challenging the widespread use of antidepressants. Why?
Medical professionals are challenging the conventional wisdom that antidepressants are any more effective than placebos.
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Until the latter part of the 19th century, typhoid fever was endemic throughout most of the world. Since the introduction of modern sanitation for the disposal of feces and waterborne waste, and the general availability of purified water throughout most of North America, western Euro... | web |
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Physics from Fisher Information
A Unification
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Laboring to Bring Forth a Mouse
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The Problem With Really Complicated Ideas to Make Dirty Energy Clean
I'd meant to link to this the other day, but Eugene Robinson is saying very sensible things about efforts to "capture" the carbon emissions generated by coal plants.
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Creating Simple and Useful Scripts with WMI
Last month, I showed you how to use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to connect to local and remote computers and obtain information about the OS, printers, and services. This month, let's look at some quick, useful WMI scripts that automate and manipulate local and ... | web |
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WKU Economist Says It's Difficult to Predict Gasoline Prices
The cost of gasoline is having an impact on the lives of people across the state and nation, but experts say it can be very hard to determine why prices seem to fluctuate so quickly. Dr. Brian Goff is an economist with WKU's Cent... | web |
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Remyelinating Monoclonal Antibody For Treatment of MS
rHIgM22 is a remyelinating antibody being studied for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Acorda is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial to assess the safety and tolerability of a single dose of rHIgM22 in people with MS. The study also inc... | web |
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Flight or Fight: The Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights
By Timothy M. Ravich
May 28, 2001
Legislating gridlock -- Why new laws will not improve U.S. airline service
In January 1999, Marti Sousanis, like thousands of post-holiday travelers, arrived at a crowded airport ready to go home. After waitin... | web |
Quaker theologian Elton Trueblood used to advise his students that they should inculcate “a habitual vision of greatness.” By this, Trueblood meant to urge his students toward a sustained consideration of greatness in history–and greatness in human beings.
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There’s something about overhearing someone talk on a cell phone in public that’s profoundly annoying. But what?
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Beginning Gardeners Beware: Avoid These Easy-To-Make Mistakes
You've decided this is the year to begin your very own garden. You have visions of mid-summer fresh, organic salads and home-grown pumpkins come fall. Maybe you've tried gardening in the past but got discouraged and gave up. Don't sabotage your garden. Try ... | web |
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Helicopter Training: Whither the Wind?
Knowing and using the wind properly is key to safe flight in rotorcraft. A flight-training veteran offers tips for doing both successfully.
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Many students think of paraphrasing as what you do when you read a source and then "put it in your own words." This concept is somewhat accurate, but it's not the best way to think about paraphrasing. You should not be trying to find replacement words whose meaning is identical to the language of the s... | web |
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A New Silverback for IGCP: Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose
Basabose, who has the nickname within IGCP of 'Daktari' meaning Doctor in Kiswahili, is now also affectionately referred to as our new silverback. He takes on this new title after EugËne Rutagarama, who served as IGCPís Director for the last nin... | web |
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At times, ancient texts outdo our self-help gurus. Aristotle’s Ethics: “Read this book, be happy!” Plato’s Republic: “Learn justice while build... | web |
The Life of the Cosmos
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Cosmologist Lee Smolin offers a startling new theory of the universe that is at once elegant, comprehensive, and radically different from anything proposed before. In The Life of the Cosmos, Smolin cuts the Gordian knot of cosmology with a simple, powerful idea: "The underlying structure... | web |
Tsetse fly vector and VSG model
Because Trypanosoma brucei are transmitted via a bite from a tsetse fly, some inflammation does occur and a chancre may develop; however, in general the parasite is able to evade the both the innate immune response and all of the elements of the adaptive immune response. The penet... | web |
Post-transcriptional regulation, why?
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There would be no post-transcriptional regulation if there was no need for
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Fernando del Paso
Fernando del Paso, (born April 1, 1935Mexico City, Mex.), Mexican novelist and artist known for his long, experimental, often humorous novels covering the breadth and history of Mexican culture.
After studying biology and economics at the National University of Mexico, del Paso published Sonetos de... | web |
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It was not the British who named Myanmar Burma. The once British colony has always been called Burma in English and bama or myanma in Burmese. The best explanati... | web |
Myth of the Month
A. Myth. Experts say that significantly reducing the number of calories you consume can actually hinder weight loss efforts. Further, drastically cutting calories often leaves people feeling deprived and very low-calorie diets cannot be maintained over the long-term. "Instead of focusing on deprivat... | web |
Smartphone malware threats on the rise: report
A report from the computer security company McAfee finds that threats to your smartphone are on the rise and will reach a record high by the end of this year.
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Roast TurkeyThanksgiving is approaching and households across America will be preparing the traditional turkey. About 46 million turkeys will be "gobbled" up according to the National Turkey Federation. Most people wa... | web |
Image text transcribed for accessibility: A constant horizontal force F applied by a fishing line to a uniform solid disk of radius R and mass M. The line is wrapped around the central portion of the cylinder (see the figure) with radius r = R/4 and negligible thickness (just, to hold the wrapped fishing line). Neglect... | web |
A signal x(t) has the two-sided line spectrum shown. Write theequation for x(t) as a sum
of cosines. Is the signal periodic? If so, what is the period? Whydo "negative" frequencies
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(b) Consider the 500 Hz emergency broadcast test tone played on theAM radio station 580 kHz:
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Entitled as "the most famous place in Wuzhong", Tiger Hill, also named "Surging Sea Hill", "Surging Sea Peak", is located at the northwest suburbs of Suzhou city, 3.5 kilometers from the Chang Gate.
iger Hill is 36 meters high, 630 meter in perimeter with a total area of 20 hecta... | web |
Family Works: Speaking on ‘Why’
by By ROB COOMBS ID. Min. Ph.D.
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Have you ever wondered why the favorite word of the average four year old is “why?”
Just as a parent becomes used to her toddler saying “no” to nearly everything ... | web |
Since winter comes early to Kanazawa, the yukitsuri is put up
in November. It starts with the famous Karasaki Pine in
Kenrokuen Garden.
The trees that are suppported are pines, azaleas, and fruit
trees. First a pole is propped up near the trunk of a tree and
rope i... | web |
A dispute about who should lead Islam after Muhammad died ultimately split the faith into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shias.
The young Muslim community faced a pivotal decision after the prophet's death early in the seventh century in what is now Saudi Arabia.
The "Meccan elite" wanted to pick a successor accord... | web |
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Auburn city leaders are outraged that vandals would even think of tearing up a massive flood wall designed to protect several cities from the Green River.
Sarah Miller, who is the emergency preparedness manager for the city of Auburn, says they've seen everything from graffiti and cut sandbags, to large areas of tarp ... | web |
Moving up from hardwired relay logic
If you’re still trying to control machine functions with relays and discrete electromechanical devices, you should be looking at the small and inexpensive PLCs available these days. Their versatility and simplicity may surprise you.
In the early 1970s, programmable logic controll... | web |
[Beowulf] Capacity / Capability Computing
Mark Hahn hahn at mcmaster.ca
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> Definitions please.
they're lingo, and bad lingo at that, since the normal English meanings
don't give much of a clue. some vendors like to talk "stale up vs scale
out", which is just as bad.
let's agree to use c... | web |
Virtualization Streamlines System Lifecycle
Consolidation, Decoupling of Software Applications from Physical Hardware Saves Time and Effort
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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Perspective
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AS JOHN IOANNIDIS prepares to launch an institute intended, among other things, to combat small, statistically underpowered scientific studies (see article), just such a study has hit the headlines. The media reaction to it neatly illustrates what Dr Ioannidis is talking about, for the impression given by those headlin... | web |
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What Happens if the Smart Grid Gets Hacked?
We've made a tacit agreement with the Internet to let it handle our business transactions, shopping, and daily communications, and yes, we've also agreed to accept the risk that our online lives could be disturbed by hackers. But once all of our energy use is ... | web |
The Importance of Aroma
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One sunny afternoon, Andy Nagy and Donald Shouse drove past apple trees, plum orchards and sugar beet fields to a farm north of Twin Falls, Idaho. The late August setting was one of pastoral beauty, but the two researchers concentrated on the dirt underfoot. A farmer had asked them to come investigate some problem weed... | web |
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The skies over World War I-era Europe served as a brutal testing ground for manned aircraft. Most early fighters were flimsy and frail, and equipment failures and accidents often proved as deadly as enemy gunfire. Upon hopping into the cockpit, even the most skilled pilots had... | web |
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Eli Heimberg, from Dartmouth, Massachusetts, entered the Army in Au, gust 1943. Initially he was with a heavy weapons company of the 42nd Infantry Division and later became an assistant to Chaplain Eli Bohnen, serving in several campaigns in Germany.
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Java prime numbers detector
Write a program that uses two nested for loops and the modulus operator (%) to detect and print prime numbers. A prime numbers are integral numbers that are not evenly divisible by any other numbers except themselves and 1. Use your program to print all the prime numbers from 0 to 10,000. P... | web |
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How Ireland's Bank Bailout Shook The World
When the Irish government decided in 2008 to bail out the nation's banks, the country started down the slope to fiscal ruin.
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The course was organized by a training company.
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Accident Forces ORNL Lab Evacuation
Oak Ridge, Anderson County (WVLT) - An adverse chemical reaction at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has caused the evacuation of a building.
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Although there are some notable exceptions, the law has generally been slow to recognize individual rights when they conflicted with the policy of institutional unionism that was enacted in the National Labor Relations Act. Union power and prestige grew at an enormous rate for many decades. Union security clauses becam... | web |
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Brain Art, and art generated by Neural Networks and simulated cells
The brain is one of the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the known universe. It is an organ of thought, abstraction and the subjective experience. It talks to itself, and influences itself. It alters the world and t... | web |
What is considered to be a shark’s “sixth” sense?
October 1997
In addition to the five senses that humans possess, sharks also receive sensory input through electroreception, the ability to sense weak electric fields. Sharks not only sense these fields, they rely on them to locate prey and, perhaps, navigate through... | web |
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How the 100-Year Old Income Tax Unleashed the Modern U.S. Economy
For many, the income tax embodies all that is wrong with modern federal government
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What's In Your Medicine Cabinet?
We're all tempted, but it's generally risky to take medications that have passed the expiration date listed on the package. It's common sense.
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Scripts and alphabets
I tend to use the words script and alphabet fairly interchangeably – I might talk about the Arabic script or the Arabic alphabet, for example. However I just noticed today that Wikipedia has one page on the Cyrillic script, which focuses mainly on the history of the script/alphabet, and separate ... | web |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Men: Get Facts on Symptoms
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Men
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Patents; An electronic device could measure animals' labor contractions, bringing help when it is needed.
By Teresa Riordan
Published: August 7, 1995
ELECTRONIC equipment for monitoring the contractions of women in labor has been popular since the 1970's. But until recently, no one thought to ... | web |
Impact of Balfour Declaration
What was the impact of the Balfour Declaration?
The Balfour Declaration laid the foundation for Jewish-Arab enmity that is now posing a major threat to the world peace. Issued on November 2, 1917 by Great Britain, the Declaration gave international recognition to the Zionist movement and... | web |
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Should voting using a smartphone or a tablet be allowed?
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Should voting using a smartphone or a tablet be allowed?
The year is 2012. The number of people that own a smartphone, a tablet, or both, is steadily increasin... | web |
It's Only Ink! One City, Two Brothers
It's Only Ink!
One City, Two Brothers
King Solomon ruled in the city of Jerusalem. He listened to his people's wants and needs, and often gave guidance when needed or asked for. One day two brothers, who recently had lost their father, came to him for advice. One brother felt the... | web |
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