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Last time, we looked at what it means to be a strong generating set (SGS) for a permutation group, and how to find one. We saw that with an SGS we can easily calculate the number of elements in the group, and test whether an arbitrary permutation is a member of the group.
This time, I want to start showing how strong generating sets can be used as the basis for further algorithms to investigate the structure of groups. In a previous post, I explained about normal subgroups and quotient groups. Over the next couple of posts, I want to show how, for groups having the appropriate form, we can find some of the easier normal subgroups and quotient groups. Specifically, in this post I want to look at intransitive groups, and in the next at imprimitive groups.
Many of the groups we have looked at so far - such as the symmetries of the pentagon, cube, and so on - have been "transitive" - meaning that given any two points, there is a group element which takes one to the other. (Or to put it another way, all the points "look the same".)
However, it is easy to find groups that are not transitive on their points. For example, if we take any graph which is not regular (that is, it has vertices of different valencies), then the symmetry group is not transitive (because no symmetry can take a vertex of one valency to a vertex of another valency).
In order to demonstrate the code that I want to look at this week, I'm going to need an example - so here are the generators of a group G:
> :load Math.Algebra.Group.Subquotients
> let gs = map p [ [[1,2,3]], [[4,5,6]], [[1,2],[4,5]] ]
We can think of this group as the symmetry group of some kind of plastic puzzle, as shown below. The puzzle consists of a blue and a red triangle. Valid moves consist of rotating the blue triangle, rotating the red triangle, or performing a double flip, which swaps a pair of blue points and at the same time a pair of red points.
It's a small group, so let's have a look at the elements:
> mapM_ print $ elts gs
Notice that the group is not transitive: there is no move that takes a blue point to a red point, or vice versa.
So we have a group G, acting on a set X. If G is not transitive on X, then we can write X as a disjoint union of subsets A, B, C, ..., such that G is transitive on each of the subsets. In our example, we can take A = [1,2,3], B = [4,5,6], and we see that G is transitive on A, and on B. A and B are called the transitive constituents (or the orbits) of G.
It's fairly straightforward to write Haskell code to find the orbits of a permutation group. This allows us to find:
> orbits gs
[The implementation is left as an exercise.]
Okay, so what's so interesting about intransitive groups? Well, an intransitive group always has a non-trivial normal subgroup, so we can always "factor" it into smaller groups. How?
Well, take one of the transitive constituents. In our example, let's take [1,2,3]. Then we can consider the restriction of the action of the group to just this constituent. For our generators, the restriction gives us:
[[1,2,3]] -> [[1,2,3]]
[[4,5,6]] -> []
[[1,2],[4,5]] -> [[1,2]]
It might look as if the first generator got taken to itself - but it is important to realise that these are elements of different groups. This would have been clearer if we had written out the permutations in row notation:
1 2 3 4 5 6 -> 1 2 3
2 3 1 4 5 6 2 3 1
Or if we had included singleton cycles in the cycle notation:
[[1,2,3],[4],[5],[6]] -> [[1,2,3]]
So this restriction of the action is a map from our group - a subgroup of Sym([1..6]) - to another group - a subgroup of Sym([1..3]).
If we call this map f, then it should be obvious that f has the following properties:
- f(1) = 1 (where 1 here means the identity element in the respective groups, not the point 1)
- f(g*h) = f(g)*f(h) (consider their action on a point x)
- f(g^-1) = f(g)^-1
Hence f is a homomorphism - a function between groups that preserves the group structure.
The kernel of a homomorphism is the set {g <- G | f(g) = 1}. The kernel is always a normal subgroup:
It's obviously a subgroup. (Why?)
And f(h^-1 g h) = f(h)^-1 f(g) f(h) (by the homomorphism properties).
So if f(g) = 1, then f(h^-1 g h) = 1.
In other words, if g is in the kernel, then so is h^-1 g h - which is just the condition for the kernel to be a normal subgroup.
The image of a homomorphism is the set {f(g) | g <- G}. This is naturally isomorphic to the quotient group G/K, where K is the kernel: since for k <- K, f(gk) = f(g) f(k) = f(g) (since f(k) = 1) - so elements of the image are in one-to-one correspondence with cosets of the kernel, and it is easy to check that the group operations correspond too.
Hence any (non-trivial) homomorphism induces a "factorisation" of the group into smaller groups K and G/K - the kernel and the image.
In our example, the kernel is < [[4,5,6]] > <= Sym([1..6]), and the image is < [[1,2,3]], [[1,2]] > = Sym([1..3]).
We would like a Haskell function that can find the kernel and image of a transitive constituent homomorphism for us, like so:
> transitiveConstituentHomomorphism gs [1,2,3]
So how do we do that? Well, the basic idea is that we will convert all our permutations on X into permutations on Either A B, where A is the transitive constituent we are restricting to, and B is the rest. In our group, we have X = [1..6], A = [1,2,3], B = [4,5,6], so for example we will convert [[1,2],[4,5]] into [[Left 1, Left 2], [Right 4, Right 5]].
Next, we construct a strong generating set for the new group. Since the SGS algorithm looks for point stabilisers /in order/ - it will first find point stabilisers for all the Left points, and then for all the Right points. So our SGS will split into two parts:
- A first part consisting of elements that move some of the Left points. If we restrict this part to its action on the Left points, we will have an SGS for the image.
- A second part consisting of elements that move only the Right points. This part is an SGS for the kernel.
For example:
> mapM_ print $ sgs $ map p [ [[Left 1, Left 2, Left 3]], [[Right 4, Right 5, Right 6]], [[Left 1, Left 2],[Right 4, Right 5]] ]
[[Left 1,Left 2,Left 3],[Right 4,Right 6,Right 5]]
[[Left 2,Left 3],[Right 4,Right 5]]
[[Right 4,Right 6,Right 5]]
[Note that as our SGS algorithm uses randomness, we might get a different set of generators each time we call it.]
Okay, so we know what to do. Time for some code. We need first of all a few utility functions for packing and unpacking our group elements into the Left / Right parts of the Either type.
isLeft (Left _) = True
isLeft (Right _) = False
isRight (Right _) = True
isRight (Left _) = False
unRight = fromPairs . map (\(Right a, Right b) -> (a,b)) . toPairs
restrictLeft g = fromPairs [(a,b) | (Left a, Left b) <- toPairs g]
-- note that this is doing a filter - taking only the left part of the action - and a map, unLefting
Then the code is simple:
transitiveConstituentHomomorphism gs delta
| delta == closure delta [(.^ g) | g <- gs] -- delta is a transitive constituent
= transitiveConstituentHomomorphism' gs delta
transitiveConstituentHomomorphism' gs delta = (ker, im) where
gs' = sgs $ map (fromPairs . map (\(a,b) -> (lr a, lr b)) . toPairs) gs
-- as delta is a transitive constituent, we will always have a and b either both Left or both Right
lr x = if x `elem` delta then Left x else Right x
ker = map unRight $ dropWhile (isLeft . minsupp) gs' -- pointwise stabiliser of delta
im = map restrictLeft $ takeWhile (isLeft . minsupp) gs' -- restriction of the action to delta
That's it.
Okay, so the transitive constituent homomorphism gives us a way to "take apart" intransitive groups. Let's use it to take another look at the Rubik cube group.
Remember how we labelled the faces of the Rubik cube:
Then the generators of the Rubik cube group are:
f = p [[ 1, 3, 9, 7],[ 2, 6, 8, 4],[17,41,33,29],[18,44,32,26],[19,47,31,23]]
b = p [[51,53,59,57],[52,56,58,54],[11,27,39,43],[12,24,38,46],[13,21,37,49]]
l = p [[21,23,29,27],[22,26,28,24],[ 1,31,59,11],[ 4,34,56,14],[ 7,37,53,17]]
r = p [[41,43,49,47],[42,46,48,44],[ 3,13,57,33],[ 6,16,54,36],[ 9,19,51,39]]
u = p [[11,13,19,17],[12,16,18,14],[ 1,21,51,41],[ 2,22,52,42],[ 3,23,53,43]]
d = p [[31,33,39,37],[32,36,38,34],[ 7,47,57,27],[ 8,48,58,28],[ 9,49,59,29]]
rubikCube = [f,b,l,r,u,d]
What orbits does it have?
> :load Math.Projects.Rubik
> orbits rubikCube
It's obvious really: the odd numbered points are corner faces, and the even numbered points are edge faces - and there is no valid move that can take a corner face to an edge face, or vice versa. So the group is intransitive. So we can define:
[cornerFaces,edgeFaces] = orbits rubikCube
We then have two different ways to split the group, depending which transitive constituent we take:
(kerCornerFaces,imCornerFaces) = transitiveConstituentHomomorphism rubikCube cornerFaces
(kerEdgeFaces,imEdgeFaces) = transitiveConstituentHomomorphism rubikCube edgeFaces
Note that:
> orderSGS imCornerFaces * orderSGS imEdgeFaces
> let rubikSGS = sgs rubikCube
> orderSGS rubikSGS
Why are they not equal? It is because in fact we can't operate on corners and edges totally independently. The following examples show that we can't swap a pair of corners without also swapping a pair of edges, and vice versa:
> isMemberSGS rubikSGS (p [[1,3],[17,41],[19,23],[2,6],[18,44]])
> isMemberSGS rubikSGS (p [[1,3],[17,41],[19,23]])
> isMemberSGS rubikSGS (p [[2,6],[18,44]])
(This is similar to the way that in our original example, we couldn't swap a pair of blue points without also swapping a pair of red points.)
That's it for now. Next time, I'll show how we can factor the corner and edge groups still further, to arrive at a fairly complete understanding of the structure of the Rubik cube group.
(By the way, I would like to acknowledge a debt to the following example from the GAP system: http://www.gap-system.org/Doc/Examples/rubik.html )


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Hi everyone,
I want to install Linux with XFCE on a computer, and I was wondering which is the easiest distro to get XFCE up and running. I remember jumbling with debian last time around (two years ago), but I think there must be something easier.
Thanks a lot!
Xubuntu or Ubuntu seem to be pretty popular these days, I'm sure others will give a few other good suggestions
Debian ;D
url: blog.desdelinux.net
twt: @elavdeveloper
Slackware comes with xfce now and it's absolutely awesome. I used to run Gnome on my desktop but tried xfce for a change and realy like it. I started with the 4.4 release that was included with Slack 12.2 and then upgraded to xfce 4.6 without any problems.
slackware is absolutely the best choice if you want a stable OS. I don't know what's your confidence with informatics arts but I would tell you not consider people how talk about easy and difficult linux distro.. An easy distro, most of the times, want to make the work for you, without you're able to choose.. just as win does..
But finally, everybody is free to do as he prefers..
P.S. pay attention on similar or double posts.. http://forum.xfce.org/index.php?topic=4071.0
-linux user #483530
-registered machine 403135 --> hal9002
-registered machine 394211 --> hal9001
Xubuntu = BLOAT (Well Ubuntu anything equals bloat IMHO)
Slack = Stable 1.5 year old OS IMHO
Arch Linux = Bleeding Edge fast distro
Mint Xfce = Pretty awesome with bloat
OpenSUSE = A good balance between the bleeding edge and the "stable" OS IMHO
I personally run Arch and I am seriously thinking of switching to LXDE for a desktop enviroment.
I install it on Ubuntu, from a command line only install using the alternate installer. Xubuntu is great, but it comes with too many things that I don't need. I install xfce from the metapackage xfce4, then install all my apps one at a time. Much leaner and meaner that way.
There is no "best distro" for Xfce since "best" depends on user preferences.
I noticed that you mentioned Debian. Did you know that there's a special Debian CD for Xfce (and LXDE) now?
I noticed that you mentioned Debian. Did you know that there's a special Debian CD for Xfce (and LXDE) now?
It is. Debian is a CD you can install XFCE or LXDE. In fact, in Debian Testing Synaptic has added a section specifically for Xfce.
url: blog.desdelinux.net
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i would say ubuntu is one of the best in accordance of the relaibility and consistency
There's also the Xfce version of sidux. That should be an easy one to install, but it is based on Debian Sid, so it is a "bleeding edge" distro which is not suitable for most people. I plan to install it soon so I can play with it and try some ideas that I have.
there is only one distro:
I install it on Ubuntu, from a command line only install using the alternate installer. Xubuntu is great, but it comes with too many things that I don't need. I install xfce from the metapackage xfce4, then install all my apps one at a time. Much leaner and meaner that way.
How does Xfce look when you do that? I looked at some screenshots of Xubuntu and was turned off by how they tried (very hard, apparently) to make Xfce look like GNOME.
There is a single panel along the bottom. Plus, the icons are different.
DREAMLINUX 3.5 ... after you install, update to XFCE 4.6.1, and you will give a fast distro. Very fast distro.
I cut off AWN, Engage, bluetooth, and other superfluos for me.
GOBLINX G:Mini 3.0... is other good distro. fast and easy.
I know, the Slackware is a good distro fro XFCE, but is not easy... DreamLinux, GoblinX, and others, is ALL GRAPHIC install.. updates, etc...
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XFCE===> first choice 4ever
I want to install Linux with XFCE on a computer, and I was wondering which is the easiest distro to get XFCE up and running.
IMHO: Windows XP!
hi, folks! I know everyone has your own distro choice. I had used goblinx and dreamlinux because both are brazilian ones. But nowadays my best choice it's the sidux. You might view my desktop for the sidux version 2009-03, codiname momos here at http://stashbox.org/673922/sidux%202009 … 20xfce.png
Besides Iliked best the mandriva with xfce but it's not an official project (it's a community) and the releases are not so regular.
visit the sidux Brazil forum at http://www.sidux.com.br
I prefer ArchLinux. It's the easiet distro I've ever used. Sure, ubuntu will give you the most things preconfigured, but when you actually have to do something it feels easier on arch. There are like tons of good reading in the wiki, mostly copy-paste to get what you want. rc.conf & AUR <3
Second vote for dreamlinux, if you want something easy. For moderate go Debian testing. For difficult go Arch. For insane, go Gentoo.
/my two cents
"Best" is more of a personal preference. I have used xfce4 with four distros in the last year.
Linux Mint: Linux Mint is a wonderful, easy to use distro. Restricted drivers and codecs are easy to get, and you have the entire Ubuntu repos at your disposal. Linux Mint 8 xfce edition is due out very soon, but you can install it from regular mint. As with any meta distro, you will get a very easy to use desktop that just works, but there will be some bloat. If you're running anything modern in terms of computer power, I wouldn't worry about it. Linux Mint is easy to use and it's beautifully themed.
Arch Linux: Arch is a very fast distro. xfce really shows what it's capable of on Arch, and you really get to see the true xfce in action without all the massive kde or gnome crap leftover from a meta distro installation. My eeepc900 only uses 60MB's fully booted with Arch. And that's with tilda and conky running. The Arch installer doesn't feature a GUI, but it's not hard to follow. The Arch installation handbook is very helpful as is their community and their wiki. If you find it too difficult, it's easy to just go another route. However, I think it's worth it if you want a more pure xfce experience.
Gentoo Linux: This is my favorite distro. But it is also probably the hardest to use on the list. It's lightning fast, and you have ultimate control over what gets installed. xfce flies on my hp110 netbook with Gentoo. If I can help it, no other OS will ever be put on it. Gentoo has a good helpful community behind it as well as plenty of helpful howto's. Note however, it may not be suited for old hardware, as you compile everything from source.
Xubuntu: Same as Linux Mint. Easy to use. I think Mint is better. It feels more polished IMO. If you can wait for LM8 xfce edition, I would. If not, the latest Xubuntu is still a good choice.
Hmmmm. Which distro is recommended for low end hardware?
I was given an old Fujitsu Lifebook P2110 by the mother of a friend. She loved it, and it had served well, but she had replaced it with a newer more powerful machine, and wanted to see it go to a good home. She said is was "slow slow slow".
Well, no surprise. The Lifebook has an 867mhx Transmeta Crusoe processor, a slow 5,400RPM UDMA 4 HD, and 256MB of RAM, expandable to 384. It came from Fujitsu with WinXP Pro SP2 installed, and XP wants 512MB RAM minimum to think about performing. It seemed like an appropriate platform for Linux.
So I swapped the 30GB HD it came with with a 40GB drive with similar specs from my SO's dead laptop, repartitioned, and installed Win2K Pro SP4, Xubuntu 9.10, and Puppy Linux 4.12. Win2K is also painfully slow, but is only there for times when I must have Windows for something. Xubuntu installed fine and technically ran, for suitable values of "ran". It was extremely sluggish. Puppy and its bundled apps were relatively sprightly, but third-party apps like Firefox and Open Office were another matter, and Puppy has weird quirks and compromises. Xfce was available for Puppy, which defaults to JWM, and I preferred it.
Posts in the Ubuntu forums indicated Xubuntu had a steadily increasing idea of what "low end" was, too much Gnome had crept in for it to be truly light weight, and I'd be better installing from the MinimalCD to get a bare-bones command line system, then add Xfce4 and other things manually via apt-get.
Puppy came out with a new release that supported ext4 file systems, so I wiped the Xubuntu and Puppy partitions, reformatted as ext4, installed Puppy 4.31 from its LiveCD and Ubuntu 9.10 from the MinimalCD, the added Xfce4 and other software from apt-get to Ubuntu. The MinimalCD install of Ubuntu is a lot peppier than Xubuntu, though still not as sprightly as Puppy.
Puppy is fun to play with, so I'll keep it around, but I'd like a more mainstream Linux distro as the main flavor of Linux, running Xfce4 as the interface. Any recommendations for as good distro for lower end hardware? I don't mind stuff like a command-line installer, but do want something currently maintained with a good set of available packages. Ubuntu is usable, but still a bit sluggish. If better performance is available elsewhere, I'll happily look.
This is largely an exercise in seeing what sort of performance I can wring out of low end gear, so don't bother recommending more RAM or a faster HD. The object is to see what I can do without spending money on it.
Thanks in advance.
there is only one distro:
Right. The only thing is Gentoo is not a distro. :razz: It is a meta-distribution, framework to build your own Linux. You do it right and you will be awarded with most stable and responsive Linux ever. Do it wrong and Ubuntu will leave your Gentoo in dust. :-|
Yes, I also think Dreamlinux and LINUX MINT left behind, I think something has delayed these distros.
Sorry, but MINT GNOME 8, KDE 8 or FLUXBOX 8 are horrible compared to MINT XFCE 7 ... this is true!.
Dreamlinux this only with the alpha version "4".
Today I run XUBUNTU 10 alpha3 ... works only 30 seconds after turning on the PC, but as the friend said, is "just polished".
PS. I tried a new distro too: UNITY LINUX, good!
XFCE===> first choice 4ever
One more vote for Arch Linux. The easiest distro ever


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In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. ...
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Skip to comments.Volusia deputy shoots woman who called 911 to report burglar
Posted on 05/02/2013 11:59:44 PM PDT by Arthurio
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"Hey Chief, those new 'no hesitation' targets work great. Normally I would think twice before blasting a little old lady on her front lawn but practicing with those targets helped me think of EVERYONE as a target."
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower courts decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class, Jordan said today from his Waterford home. I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else.
He said he does not plan to take any further legal action.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
Jordan alleged his rejection from the police force was discrimination. He sued the city, saying his civil rights were violated because he was denied equal protection under the law.
But the U.S. District Court found that New London had shown a rational basis for the policy. In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.
Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
I've got money that say's he is white.
I know a lot of police officers with high IQ's
My cousin rose to Deputy Chief of a major police force, Studied and became a lawyer while he was on the force, speak Spanish like a native, and is now retired from polkice and working for the Government in a foreign country.
Spanish speaking country.
Turning anyone down for being too smart isn't done by smart people. This town is run by idiots.The Judge doesn't sound all that bright either, but I bet the farm he wouldn't have turned down a black.
If cops are not to bright, would certainly be a partial explanation as to why many cops are opting to shoot dogs that are known to be relatively harmless.
If a strawberry pop-tart gets stuck in the toaster, the results are spectacular.
Call came in at 6:10, still bright out. Initially the article says one deputy, likely one was dispatched, sat down the street while calling in backup, as they like to check out such scenes with backup. Figure two hours after the call, they show up, one goes around back, gets surprised by woman, finger jerks, strikes her in the shoulder.
Story then becomes that he thought she was aiming at him, which really begs the question why he'd stop at one shot (and really, this single shot just drastically improved the hit rate for officers after Boston..)
Wait! I get it! He thought she was a six foot 3 black man from California!
Excluding candidates for "too high" an IQ will have the net effect of disproportionately excluding white and asian candidates, which is likely the real reason for the rule. It makes no sense to assume that a smart cop will leave due to boredom, rather than just applying for a more senior position like detective.
I've also heard that those with high IQ's are frequently refused for applying as cops, because they get tired of it too quickly. Personally, I think it's really because they don't blindly follow orders as well.
Mediocre leaders recruit and hire medicre people.
The most capable leaders recruit and hire the smartest, most capable people available.
Just look at the second rate and third rate people our third rate president chooses to surround himself with.
Managers don't like subordinates who are smart enough to realize when an order is illegal.
Perhaps they were afraid he might point out obvious violations of the Bill of Rights.
They probably can tell the dogs are smarter than they are, so BLAM! Get rid of the competition.
There is a lot more to this story, and it appears very much like the woman is mentally ill, and the object she was pointing at the cops she called to her home was a pressure washer handle.
According to the newspaper report, she admitted to attempting "suicide by cop", and is in the process of being Baker Acted.
If true, it's very sad, for all involved.
And it also shows a great deal of restraint on the part of the cop, who fired once, and wounded, but did not kill the woman.
Happened to a fellow I knew years ago. Scored high. What a shame. Few know the law.
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Indiana Drops Common Core
Gov. Mike Pence Signs Legislation Withdrawing State From Math and Reading Standards
Indiana's governor on Monday signed legislation withdrawing the state from the Common Core, making it the first to officially dump math and reading standards that have been adopted by nearly all the states.
The law directs the state board of education to create its own learning goals before July 1. "Indiana has taken an important step forward in developing academic standards that are written by Hoosiers, for Hoosiers, and are uncommonly high," Gov. Mike Pence, a Republican, said in a statement....


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AMHERST, Mass. - The Engineers captured three event victories, but couldn't counter nationally-ranked No. 4 Amherst's depth and potent attack, as the Lady Jeffs knocked off MIT, 160-131.
Amy Jacobi enjoyed another standout meet, supplying two of MIT's victories. The sophomore from Cranberry, N.J., picked up a great win in the 100 free before authoring a come-from-behind win in the 100 fly.
In the 100 free, Jacobi responded to a second-place finish in the 50 by swimming 54.46 to edge Amherst's senior sensation Meaghan Stern. Stern electrified the home crowd by winning the 50 in a blazing 23.78. In the fly, junior Kendall Dacey grabbed the lead at the midway point, but a strong finish by Jacobi powered her to the wall first as she touched in 59.71. Senior Jen Chao finished third in the fly with a time of 1:00.48.
Chao finished second to Dacey in the 200 fly, but rallied hard in the final 50 to nearly pull off the upset. Chao completed the circuit in 2:13.53, with Dacey taking first in 2:13.00.
The Engineers picked up their third win of the afternoon behind the effort of senior Nicole O'Keeffe. Also finishing second in the 500 free, O'Keeffe delivered a 13-second victory in the 1000 while finishing the race in 10:44.50. She trailed midway through the event before surging ahead for a commanding finish.
For the second time in as many meets, Kristie D'Ambrosio secured an NCAA qualifying score in one-meter diving.


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Burns, Victoria E and Carroll, Douglas and Ring, Christopher and Drayson, Mark T. (2003) Antibody response to vaccination and psychosocial stress in humans:relationships and mechanisms. Vaccine, 21 (19-20). pp. 2523-2534. ISSN 0264-410X
Benn, Tansin (2003) Reflections on a degree initiative: the UK's Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers enter the University of Birmingham. Research in Dance Education, 4 (1). pp. 5-16. ISSN 1464-7893
Chim, R. Y. L. and Kennedy, R. A. and Tuckett, R. P. (2003) The vacuum-UV absorption spectrum of SF5CF3; implications for its lifetime in the earth's atmosphere. Chemical Physics Letters, 367 (5-6). pp. 697-703. ISSN 0009-2614
Dixon, Louise and Browne, Kevin (2003) The heterogeneity of spouse abuse: A review. Aggression and Violent Behavior. pp. 107-130.
Deazley, Ronan (2003) The myth of Copyright at Common Law. Cambridge Law Journal, The, 62 (1). pp. 106-133. ISSN 0008-1973
Enonchong, Nelson (2003) Human rights violations by the executive: complicity of the judiciary in Cameroon? Journal of African Law, 47 (2). pp. 265-274.
Hall, S and Thorns, T and Oliver, C (2003) Structural and environmental characteristics of stereotyped behaviour. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 108. pp. 391-402.
Jolly, K and Lip, G.Y.H. and Sandercock, J and Raferty, J.P. and Mant, J.W.F. (2003) Home-based versus hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction or revascularisation: design and rationale of the Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation Study (BRUM): a randomised controlled trial. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 3 (10). ISSN 1471-2261
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Jowett, Sophia and Ntoumanis, Nikos (2003) The Greek Coach - Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (GrCART-Q): Scale Construction and Validation. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 34. pp. 101-124. ISSN 0047-0767
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Littlemore, Jeannette (2003) The effect of cultural background on metaphor interpretation. Metaphor and symbol, 18 (4). pp. 273-288. ISSN 1092-6488
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Rodriguez-Blanco, Veronica (2003) A defence of Hart's semantics as nonambitious conceptual analysis. Legal Theory, 9 (2). pp. 99-124.
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Here at BikeRadar we've talked a lot about Shimano's new road and mountain bike groupsets for 2013, in particular Saint M820, SLX and Dura-Ace 9000. So at Interbike 2012 we took an in-depth view at the shoes and appealing mid-range and entry-level wheels that will be hitting stores soon.
New aero shapes and tubeless options on the road
Shimano has revised its aero rim profiles for 2013, adding more width and slightly rounding out the nose across the board for lower drag figures and easier handling in crosswinds. According to Shimano, the new D2 rims' fatter shape also improves ride quality and rim stiffness, with the deeper tire bed providing more gluing surface on tubular options – a key feature for 'cross riders or roadies using the increasingly popular high-volume tire models now available.
Shimano has revamped many of its hubs, too. Thankfully, it's kept their key adjustable angular contact bearings (which are typically more finicky to set up initially than radial cartridge bearings, but more durable over the long haul) and forged aluminum bodies but switched to a two-to-one lacing pattern on rear wheels to help equalize spoke tension.
In addition, the non-driveside flange has been pushed outward for improved wheel stiffness. Naturally, all the new wheels will be built with wider freehub bodies to accommodate the company's new 11-speed drivetrains.
Topping Shimano's 2013 aero range is the new WH-9000-C75-TU carbon tubular wheelset, with 75mm deep, 24mm wide all-carbon rims plus hidden spoke nipples that are said to improve aerodynamics (albeit at the expense of serviceability). While aluminum freehub bodies would save weight, Shimano continues to use titanium for its better durability. Claimed weight is 1,545g (3.41lb) for the set, and retail price is US$3,499.
Spoke nipples are hidden in the rim on the new C75
Shimano will offer both clincher and tubular variants for the new 50mm deep, D2-enhanced WH-9000-C50, the former continuing with a conventional carbon fiber cap co-molded to an aluminum tire bed. Claimed weight for the clinchers is 1,672g (3.69lb) while the tubulars are expectedly lighter at 1,449g (3.19lb). Suggested retail price for the clinchers is US$2,399 and the tubulars will cost US$3,199.
Shimano's versatile, 35mm deep WH-9000-C35 tubular and clincher wheels will get the more widely spaced rear hub flanges and two-to-one rear lacing – but not the internally located spoke nipples or fatter rim profile. Interestingly, claimed weight for the tubular version (1,362g / 3lb) has gone up slightly, while the clinchers are now significantly lighter at 1,488g (3.28lb) – a loss of 144g. Retail price for the tubulars is US$2,899, and the clinchers will cost US$2,199.
We expect that the shallow-profile, 24mm deep clincher rims on the revamped WH-9000-C24 range might again offer the best ride quality of the bunch, with their thin-walled, supple aluminum-and-carbon fiber rim construction. These wheels carry on with last year's slightly narrower profiles and hub flange spacing but get new 11-speed compatible titanium freehub bodies.
Past experience suggests the C24s will provide a great ride quality
The standard clincher C24 will reportedly weigh 1,364g (3lb) while the tubeless version will be slightly heavier at 1,454g (3.21lb). Retail price for the clinchers will be US$1,399 – adding tubeless compatibility will tack on another US$100.
Two of the more exciting options for everyday use include the WH-RS61-TL (1,765g or 3.89lb) and WH-RS21-CL (1,850g or 4.08lb). The former features true tubeless compatibility, wide-flange hubs and all-aluminum rims for just US$499. The latter provides typical Shimano wheel build quality in a conventional tube-type, shallow-profile alloy clincher with 11-speed compatibility for US$379.
Cheaper 29er wheels for 2013
Shimano's MTB wheel range is mostly unchanged for the coming season, with the exception of a lower-cost pre-built option for 29er riders. The new WH-MT66-29 features a 24.6mm wide (external width) tubeless-ready aluminum rim that will require tape to be air tight.
Naturally, the aluminum hubs will be built for Center Lock rotors and will spin on adjustable angular contact bearings. Both front and rear wheels will be offered in quick-release and common thru-axle variants. Claimed weight for the pair is 2,025 to 2,065g (4.46 to 4.55lb) depending on axle fitment, and the suggested retail price is US$549.
The Deore XT M785 (left) and MT66
Clipless pedals and shoes for both ends of the spectrum
One of Shimano's biggest launches at Interbike was the new Click'R range. The PD-T700 and PD-T400 systems are aimed squarely at new riders thanks to their very low retention spring tensions.
According to Shimano, the two new semi-platform clipless pedal options are roughly 60 percent easier to clip in and out of, to help beginner roadies get over the fear of being attached to a bike.
Accompanying the new pedals are four new men's shoes and one women's-specific pair, all with casual styling and flexible, plus fully treaded soles for improved walkability.
Shimano's range of Click'r pedals and shoes is aimed at beginner road cyclists
Shimano has also replaced almost its entire road shoe range, with the SH-R241 being the lone carryover from 2012.
Heading up the new collection is the new US$380 SH-R320 road shoe flagship. It has a supple, heat moldable Rovenica upper and a new Dynalast full-carbon outsole with a flatter profile that Shimano claims generates less foot fatigue during long days in the saddle. It also boasts 11mm more rearward adjustability for the three-bolt cleat holes, plus a new heat-moldable insole with interchangeable arch supports and a trimmer fit relative to last year's model.
The US$200 SH-R170 looks to be the high-performance value leader for 2013, with a similar carbon sole and trimmer last but without the customizable fit. The US$150 SH-R107 offers even more bang for the buck with its hybrid carbon-and-nylon plate and more conventional mesh-and-synthetic leather upper construction.
Riders who prioritize price over stiffness can look to the SH-R088, which swaps out the R107's carbon fiber insert for a more economical nylon one.
Shimano's 2013 off-road shoe range gets two key changes, in the form of the SH-XC30 and the SH-M088. The US$95 SH-XC30 is more cross-country oriented, with a stiffer nylon plate and more sparsely treaded outsole, while the US$120 SH-M088 is aimed at general trail riding, with more aggressive lugs and additional armoring around the perimeter to protect your toes.


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3-year-old dies after Sunday accident
A 3-year-old has died after an accident Sunday where a headboard fell on him and another child.
The Marshall County Dispatch Center received a 911 call of a heavy headboard that fell on two children, ages 3 and 5, in the 12000 block 4A Road around 1:32 p.m. Sunday.
The caller advised that the 3-year-old was having difficulty breathing. Marshall County Deputies, Lapaz Fire and EMS, Plymouth Paramedics and Memorial Medflight responded to the scene.
Both children were transported to St Joseph Medical Center - Plymouth. They were then transported to a hospital in Fort Wayne where 3 year old Malachi Palmer died from injuries suffered in the accident.
Investigation at the scene by Marshall County Deputies revealed that the children were playing and accidentally knocked over a headboard that was leaning against a wall while a parent was cleaning in the residence.


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Promising to remain a footwear classic for many seasons to come, Spider from Miss KG is an easy-wear ankle boot that strikes the perfect balance between casual and contemporary. Crafted from suede for a premium look and feel during wear, this Western-inspired boot slots effortlessly into any casual ensemble with ease, ensuring an authentic sartorial look with its 55mm leather stack heel. Complete with a pointed toe and set in a versatile tan hue for easy styling, this boot is neatly finished with a 31.5cm ankle circumference, 11cm shaft height and subtle elasticated detail to the gusset for optimum comfort.


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Tom Hanks was among the alleged victims of a Southern California insurance broker accused of overcharging clients hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums.
Jerry B Goldman, who was arrested at his Thousand Oaks home, remained in jail on Wednesday, US attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted him on October 30 for fraud.
It is alleged that between 1998 and last year, Goldman overcharged Hanks, musician Andy Summers and two other victims by more than $US800,000 ($A771,345) on insurance policies.
He sent the insurance companies the premiums and kept the overcharged amount, prosecutors claim.
It is alleged that when clients asked him for copies of their insurance policies, Goldman sent them altered copies that didn't disclose the true premium "in order to lull his clients into a false sense of security" and keep them from suing him or seeking criminal prosecution.
Details have not been released but the indictment says the term "insurance policies" in the document refers to coverage for everything from cars, property and fine art to flood, fire, earthquakes, worker's compensation and "personal employment practices liability".
Hanks and Summers were identified in the indictment as T.H. and A.S., but prosecutors confirmed their identities.
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Called up Bill Iffrig the other morning; he answers — no agent, no publicist. We chat awhile about running and how he came to be America's most famous marathon man.
Iffrig is the older gentleman — all table legs and elbows — blown off his feet in Boston last week, crumpling to the ground as if fragged by shrapnel, bystanders rushing to his side.
Looped over and over in the hours after the crash, it was something you almost had to have seen on TV, or later on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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Yeah, I like what you said IVhorseman. Apart from not having enough pieces to fill the space, I left heaps of space because when me and my friends play we usualy have huge vehicles and flying units.
So, if the tree house is blocking your way someone would probably just blow it up or fly over it.
For everyone else who want baseplates, just get them from bricklink. Thats where i got all my raised ones too.


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Like Father, Like Son: Andrew Luck vs. Oliver Luck SimulationNovember 16, 2012
One of the most popular simulation features ever published on WhatIfSports.com came a week after my tenure started in January 2010. It was that desolate off week before the media blitzkrieg swarmed Miami in the lead up to the New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.
Acting as any guy would with a new toy (that being our NFL simulation engine), I wanted to test it out and remix the stale and overplayed pre-Super Bowl features that filled column inches in newspapers and time during sportscasts.
WhatIfSports.com had at its disposal a computer that could simulate the 2012 New Orleans Saints with Archie Manning (1980 season) as the team's starting quarterback using our NFL Dream Teams tool. We then took Archie's new-age Saints squad and simulated a matchup between it and Peyton Manning's 2009 Colts 1,001 times.
Archie's team won 52.4 percent of the simulations.
Three years after Archie's best NFL season with New Orleans, he found himself on the 1983 Houston Oilers, where he and two other quarterbacks split the 16 starts. After starting the first three games, Manning passed the torch to Gifford Nielsen, who started the next seven games, but the Oilers turned to a 23-year-old rookie, selected in the second round out of West Virginia, to lead their offense down the homestretch.
His name: Oliver Luck.
Ahh yes, the symmetry and synergy between the patriarchs Manning and Luck and their sons is enough to bring a tear to your eye, or, in WhatIfSports.com's case, provide another opportunity to take the ol' NFL simulation engine out for a spin.
For those new to WhatIfSports.com, our simulation results are based on the statistical DNA of each squad. In 1983, Oliver Luck completed 57.1 percent of his passes for 1,275 yards with eight touchdowns and 13 interceptions in seven games. His team finished 2-14 that season.
It wasn't so long ago that NFL pundits predicted the same forecast for Andrew's rookie season as the new triggerman of the Indianapolis Colts. Through his first nine games, Luck has completed 57.5 percent of his passes for 2,631 yards with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions (with five rushing touchdowns).
Using the NFL simulation engine, we simulated Luck versus Luck 1,001 times, with Andrew getting the best of his dad's Oilers 67.8 percent of the time by an average score of 28-22.
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What better place to have a classic "what-if" matchup than inside the cozy confines of "The Eighth Wonder of the World," the Houston Astrodome. Plus, we know it's available to rent.
Papa Luck got things going quickly in the first quarter.
Although his workhorse, Earl Campbell, only touched the ball twice on the Oilers' opening drive, Oliver did some damage with his arm, connecting with Mike Renfro for a 17-yard touchdown and the early 7-0 lead. Unrattled, Andrew answered back with a nine-play drive that spanned 77 yards and culminated with a 29-yard touchdown to college teammate, Coby Fleener.
Second quarter action was limited up until the final drive by Indianapolis.
With a little over a minute on the clock, Andrew engineered another long drive. With just 12 seconds remaining in the half and the ball resting on the Oilers' 42-yard line, Andrew heaved his third-down pass to the end zone where Reggie Wayne out-soared the competition and brought down the ball for six and the 14-10 lead.
The momentum would swing back in favor of the Oilers in the third quarter.
Two turnovers—one an interception by Andrew, the other a fumble by Vick Ballard—allowed Houston to retake the lead. Following the fumble, Oliver found Tim Smith on 3rd-and-goal from the Colts' five-yard line. By the end of the quarter, Oliver Luck and Houston had opened up a 27-14 lead on Indianapolis.
The late-game fireworks didn't go off until midway through the fourth quarter.
Andrew continued to nickel and dime his way to success. It took eleven plays and nearly four minutes off the clock, but Donnie Avery came down with Andrew's third touchdown pass of the game to close the gap to 27-21 with just under four minutes to go in the game. As luck would have it (yeah, yeah), Campbell fumbled on the second play of the drive and the ball was recovered by the Colts. Already deep in Houston territory, it only took Andrew three plays to put another six points on the board. Adam Vinatieri's extra point gave the lead back to the Colts for good.
Andrew leads his Colts' back from 13 down in the fourth quarter to secure the 28-27 win over dad Oliver.


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Five years ago today, the original iPhone went on sale. Since then, to its growing legions of users, the iPhone has become less a gadget or machine, and more a personal means of relating to a wider and richer world.
To assess the iPhone's impact, we asked a group of users, many of them IT professionals, one question: How has the iPhone changed the way you (personally or your organization) live or work?
There are common themes that emerge from these experiences. Repeatedly, users say the iPhone lets them be in "constant contact" with colleagues, family and friends. "Contact" can mean being able to respond to someone, or collaborate on a decision, or share -- at least by word or image -- in a new experience. They have "access" to vastly more information. And they have that access whenever they want it, or need it.
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The iPhone has become greater than the sum of its parts: a portable, always-connected computer, with the intimacy of a touch interface, packed with a set of highly personal apps and data, an ever-present node on the Web, integrated camera, with voice phone calls only one mode of personal communication. Together, these parts have created a new "mode of being," at once intensely personal and highly public.
Here are their iWitness answers.
"The ways the iPhone has changed, in a remarkably good and completely unexpected way, both my personal and professional life, are innumerable. Personally, it (and the iPad even more so) has allowed me to be in constant contact (for better or worse) with family and friends around the world. ... A perfect example is the fun I had traveling around Italy a few years ago. Taking pictures on the iPhone and being able to post instantly to Twitter, Flickr, my blog, family was an amazing experience. Sharing like that in real time was eye opening. The iPhone has literally opened my world and helped me be better informed, more entertained and, to be honest, 'happier' than life before the iPhone." -- Shawn King, Host/Executive Producer, Your Mac Life
"For the corporate world, especially for my company, the biggest difference or the game changer was the availability of business critical information for anyone, anytime and anywhere in a seamless way. For example, having Daily Sales Reports on iPhone allows our senior executives to make critical business decisions on the plane (or anywhere), communicate with appropriate team members, and make decisions quickly without waiting to get back to office. This helps our organization to be very productive and we are able to make important decisions on time." -- Manoj Prasad, vice president, Global Applications and Testing, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.
"For our customers, the iPhone has opened the flood gates on business data. Useful business information that was previously only accessed by analysts -- tethered to their desk -- is now in an App that's opened 20 times a day by sales people, executives, store managers, field personnel. ... When you can touch and swipe through your data user adoption goes through the roof. "Personally, it's enabled me to make the trip to pick up my son from daycare everyday by 6 p.m. and still have access to the business. With my role, prior to the iPhone, too much of the business relied on my being present at my desk to continue working. ... Now I can continue to approve business processes, send and answer emails, track work, and do it from the park/daycare/supermarket/couch/bus/car (assuming somebody else is driving of course)." -- Hugh Owen, Director of Mobile Marketing, MicroStrategy, McLean, Va.
"It's changed almost everything I do in almost every aspect of my life. The biggest way, I would say, is that it's a tool for discovery for me, in and out of the classroom. I turn to it for information and for exploration, and I expect my students to do that, too. I want people looking up things, checking what we're talking about, finding media, etc. And I do that, too. And I do it when I'm in strange places -- like Sydney, Australia. That discovery tool makes it easier for me to engage when I'm in new surroundings." -- William Rankin, director of educational innovation (and associate professor of English), Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
"The iPhone allows me the ability to be out of the office, networking and meeting with prospective and existing clients, while managing existing commercial accounts that have more immediate needs. I can forward my clients' needs to the appropriate people within the bank in order to expedite their requests, without having to be there. ... I wouldn't be able to achieve that without the iPhone." -- Christopher Teachout, vice president business development, Needham Bank, Needham, Mass.
"My parents are from a small rural town in Maine, with one store, 'The Trading Post,' which has a diner. In July 2007, shortly after the launch of the iPhone, which I bought when it was still $600 dollars, my wife and I, our son (who had just turned 1), and my parents were having breakfast there. Everyone knew the iPhone had launched, but no one there had ever seen one. So there were lots of people staring at us. Kids will be kids and my one-year-old was cranky, so we did the 'iPhone will pacify him' trick and let him play with it. It wasn't long before he ended up spiking it on the ground, and the entire restaurant collectively let out a GASP! [The phone survived.] "Now [it seems] everyone has an iPhone, they are so ubiquitous. The world has radically changed in a very short period of time. Adoption rates that were once measured in decades (radio) or years (Internet access) are now measured in quarters or months (smartphone adoption). It's been an exciting journey, and I look forward to the next five years of innovations." -- James Gordon, vice president IT, Needham Bank, Needham, Mass.
"Over the last 5 years the iPhone has made a major impact in my personal lifestyle, organizing me in a way that I would never have believed a mobile device could have. With the introduction of the iPad and iCloud, seamless integration between my personal data on all my devices has taken my 'iLifestyle' to a new level. The ability to email and Facetime from anywhere has changed any travels that I undertake and having a device that does so many things, with the wealth of apps, allows me to carry just an iOS device rather than the plethora of books, hardware or accessories I used to carry five years ago." -- Ian Thain, mobility evangelist and blogger
"The iPhone has allowed me to be always connected. I have access to the entire wealth of knowledge of the Internet in my fingertips. I can connect with family and friends as well. I can keep up with the ever changing landscape of technology on a daily basis. If you need to 'disconnect' -- just put away or turn off the iPhone. The iPhone has also been a life saver as an emergency 'computer' -- I've had situations where I needed to remotely access servers from my iPhone in order to make time sensitive, mission critical changes. Apple has created an ecosystem of applications that allow you to do so much with this device." -- Derick Okihara, IT technician, Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu
"Many people get so caught up in the apps and features of the iPhone that they easily forget that what they've really got in their hands is a completely functional and powerful computer that also makes telephone calls. I can use the iPhone to do almost anything I can do on my iMac, or my MacBook Air, or my iPad. I can (and it's happened!) log into a server from a ski slope to answer a client need. It means I can create and edit any sort of document I want, access shared storage and easily answer any kind of issue I encounter in my daily work. The iPhone also means that I'm never without something to read or do to pass those little wait times that are part of the day. I'm looking at you Bejeweled!" -- Benjamin Levy, principal, Solutions Consulting, Los Angeles
"Most of the iPhone's capabilities are not unique to the iPhone: I carried an Android phone for quite some time and most of them existed there. But the simplicity of the iOS interface separates it from the pack somehow, even if I can't quantify what really sets it apart. If I have my iPhone, which I always do, I know that I am not going to miss an email, text message, calendar appointment, or photo op. I can create a video archive of whatever is going on around me. I have access to my files -- the same files that I create and edit on my PR or, through a browser, from anywhere (such as Dropbox or Google Drive). I have easy access to contact or look up information about any of my family, friend, or coworkers through either my personal contacts, or corporate Global Access List. And all of this is accessible on demand and reliably. And this is a level of reliability that I did not get from Android or even Blackberry." -- Clay Hilton, director of information technology, Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, Madison, Miss.
John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World. Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnwcoxnww Email: firstname.lastname@example.com RSS feed: http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/2989/feed
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