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Efficient learning of DFA is a challenging research problem in grammatical inference. It is known that both exact and approximate (in the PAC sense) identifiability of DFA is hard. Pitt has posed the following open research problem: "Are DFA PAC-identifiable if examples are drawn from the uniform distribution, or some other known simple distribution?" (Pitt, in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 397, pp. 18–44, Springer-Verlag, 1989). We demonstrate that the class of DFA whose canonical representations have logarithmic Kolmogorov complexity is efficiently PAC learnable under the Solomonoff Levin universal distribution (m). We prove that the class of DFA is efficiently learnable under the PACS (PAC learning with simple examples) model (Denis, D'Halluin & Gilleron, STACS'96—Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on the Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, pp. 231–242, 1996) wherein positive and negative examples are sampled according to the universal distribution conditional on a description of the target concept. Further, we show that any concept that is learnable under Gold's model of learning from characteristic samples, Goldman and Mathias' polynomial teachability model, and the model of learning from example based queries is also learnable under the PACS model.
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- Title
- Learning DFA from Simple Examples
- Journal
Machine Learning
Volume 44, Issue 1-2 , pp 9-35
- Cover Date
- 2001-07-01
- Print ISSN
- 0885-6125
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0565
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- DFA inference
- exact identification
- characteristic sets
- PAC learning
- collusion
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Rajesh Parekh (1)
- Vasant Honavar (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Blue Martini Software, 2600 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA, 94403, USA
- 2. Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA


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I am getting HVAC bids right now. I have a new construction 2 story with basement. We are in the SF Bay Area. We want to have A/C for the first and second floors, but don't think we need it for the basement, but we need heat for all 3 floors. Should I get 5 units -- 3 furnaces, and 2 A/C? Its seems like a lot of units. Or should I get 2 heat pumps combo units for first and second floors, then a separate furnace for the basement? One HVAC contractor told me that If I do the heat pumps, then I can only do electric heat for the basement. Is this true?
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Hi mike_home,
we do have access to natural gas. Our basement is about 1000 sq ft, second floor is about 1000 sq ft and main floor is about 3000 sq ft.
Electricity rate ranges from $.095 to $0.17 per kwH depending on tiered usage.
Gas rates range from $1.38 to $1.96 per therm dependign on tiered usage.
My suggestion would be to install two furnaces and ACs. The furnaces should be 95%+ efficiency, multi-stage variable speed. The ACs should be two stage.
The second floor would have one furnace/AC system. The other furnace/AC would be set up as two zones for the first floor and basement. This would be 4000 sq ft of space, but I think you will be OK given the basement does not present a big heat and cooling load. In addition the SF Bay area does not have severe winters or summers.
You want a contractor who will do a detailed load calculation and duct design. The zoning of the basement could be difficult so you want someone who has experience.
I might consider a dual fuel unit. But I guess it depends on whether you ever will hit the higher tier with your NG. How many therms are you allowed at the lower rate and what else are you doing with NG?
And how well insulated is the home?
An idea might be to use heat pump upstairs and furnace/AC on the first floor and basement so that you avoid the highest tiers on either.
Where in SF bay area - the variability locally is pretty impressive?
thanks mike! do you know if I would need to do some sort of A/C shutoff to the basement if the main floor and basement share the units?
is it better to have the main floor and basement share versus having the main floor and second floor share, or does it not matter?
usage-wise we will use the second floor much more than the basement.
david, our home is new construction on the peninsula. winters and summers are fairly mild-- we do get maybe a week of below zero days in winter, and a couple of weeks of 100 degree days in july/august.
we haven't put in any insulation yet but plan on doing regular fiberglass batts. we have 2x6 framing. windows and doors are all dual paned.
other natural gas appliances will be gas dryer, gas range, and a gas fireplace in basement, and another gas fireplace in main floor family room.
the electricity rate is 10kWH per day for tier 1, and tier 2 is $0.13 per kwH if up to 200% more, then tier 3 is $0.17 per kwH if we go over that.
Since both units are in the basement, then it may make sense to tie the basement into the second floor. Usually it is a more difficult to move air up two floors, so the basement is normally part of the first floor duct work. In your house it may work better since the second floor is only a third the size of the first floor.
You don't have to shut off the AC to the basement. The zoning systems would close a damper to the basement so it maintains the proper temperature.
Another option is to install resistance heat in the basement. Perhaps this is what the contractor was suggesting. You should not need to provide any cooling.
Your gas rate seems high. Are you sure they are correct?
Now your climate surprises me. How do you get above 100 surrounded by 55 degree water. And ditto the below zero. My father lives nearby and never gets below freezing or above 90. That sounds like a horrible midwest climate.
If your basement is truly below grade, a fireplace is probably all you need.
michoumonster- do you mean 0 degrees C? I lived in the bay area for 10 years and NEVER got close to 0 degrees F. david_cary- 5-10 100 degree days do occur during the summer when there's an offshore flow.
Also, be careful on the electric rates. PG&E electricity tiered usage as of 3/1/12 is: baseline $0.13/kWh, Tier 2 $0.15/kWh, Tier 3 $0.30/kWh, Tier 4-5 $0.34/kWh (http://www.pge.com/yourtiers/). With 4000 sq ft on your main and second floor I can't imagine how you will stay out of Tier 4 and that's with NG heat. Think you may feel some serious PG&E pain if you go the heat pump route.
So what is baseline?
With a new house, you might be just fine staying out of the high tiers. 4000 sqft of new is probably better than 1500 sqft of typical CA house.
Different climate (although not that different) with similar size house including basement and my usage is about 800 kwh baseline and as much as 800 kwh for heat pump (in a hybrid setup). My impression is that our climate is much colder than yours (NC) and I have 2x4 walls. And electric backup on the solar hot water and electric heated tile which is all part of that 800 extra in winter. So truly, I'd expect your heat pump use to be 400 kwh. Now AC is a different story but there isn't much option there.
I think given the tiered rates, a hybrid setup on the 1st floor might be best. But again it depends on what the kwh baseline is and what the NG baseline is. Normally NG is used in CA but I had no idea that it was tiered also.
The biggest advantage of a new house is usually on the heating side. Cooling is not generally that much better since we tend to put larger windows in newer houses. I am down to about $400 a season to heat 5000+ sqft in an area that isn't cold but does freeze and snow at times. I've had apartments that cost almost as much. Last house was 1/2 size built 1993 and cost more.
Rmrc, thanks for the correction! Yes i meant zero degrees c. We never get snow but do get some ice in winter. Do you think going all gas will be better? I was thinking doing some electric might set us up better if we decide to switch to solar in a few years when it becomes more affordable, but maybe it is too far out to plan like this?
Mike-home, i didn't think about the issue of moving the air up two stories to cool the second floor-- perhaps we need to rethink where to put the units. Would a good air handler be sufficient for that? Or even two air handlers?
Unfortunately, the gas rates are correct. After all of the city fees are tacked on top of the pge transportation fees, it gets pretty high.
David, i think nc weather is very similar to the bay area, except your winter is a little harsher. Also we really only have two seasons where you guys get to enjoy four. do you know how much the dual fuel systems cost? They sound like basically getting a heat pump plus a furnace in one package. Can the homeowner easily adjust when to switch to the gas versus electric depending on commodity prices, or is it something that can only be set once by a pro? Our gas rates are two- tiered and seasonal-- tier 1 goes up to 0.667 therms per day in summer and 3.2 therms per day in winter.
You could put the furnace for the second floor in the attic. However since you do get freezing temperatures it makes installing a 95% efficiency furnace more challenging. I would rather have both furnaces in the basement. The duct work can be designed so there will be good air flow to the second floor. This is the set up I have in my house.
You could upgrade the ACs to heat pumps. It chould be a few hundred dollars per AC unit. There are programmable thermostats which can control the heat pump and furnace based on outside temperature.
thanks everyone for all of the food for thought! One other question came up on where to locate the units-- my GC suggested to build a little enclosure in our side yard across the driveway and put all of the units there instead of the basement. This enclosure would probably be 10 to 15 feet away from the house, though it would be at the same level as the main floor. Would this make heating less efficient? I imagine there would be some heat loss? does it take less power to push air across rather than up?
Yes - it is easy to change the furnace/HP changeover. I just switched from 35 degrees to 40 when my therm price dropped to $.85.
3.2 therms in the winter is a decent amount for your area. We used 1 therm a day this year. I suspect if we were just gas, it might have been 3 therms. With water, you might be over but it is warmer there and your insulation is better.
My thinking (and some large bank just agreed) is that solar is at a temporary low price wise and only has up to go from here. 300 companies down to 20 in the last year d/t bankruptcy.
rmrc12, the OP is not on PG&E, obviously by the rate tiers described. There are one or two cities on the Peninsula that have their own utility companies, not hard to figure out which one this is.
At the given tiered rates, I think hybrid heat could make some bit of sense, but most likely a 95%+ efficient furnace will still be cheaper as electricity baselines here don't seem to accommodate hybrid scenarios (i.e. a heat pump would push into the highest electricity tier too easily). It's often 50-60 degress in the winter here on a nice day, a heat pump might be really efficient running around mid-day. But I notice my furnace mostly kicks in during the morning and late evening hours.
wwu123, you are right! my city handles its own utilities. for gas, they outsource to pge and tack on their own fees though.
i will ask all of our hvac bidders about heat pumps. it does sound like it might be efficient for most of the day, except for early mornings and night. it certainly would give us more options and help us hedge our bets against the energy rates.


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A Little Bit Noh, A Little Bit Musical Theatre
"Tokio Confidential's" unlikely combination of styles
You see all kinds of theatre in New York, but you don't see that much Noh, the classical Japanese form that uses ritualized music, movement, and costumes to depict warriors, ghosts, and other epic folk. Playwrights like Brecht and O'Neill have been intoxicated by Noh and incorporated elements of it into their own work, and beginning on Sunday, audiences will have a chance to see how Noh blends with a traditional musical.
Presented at Atlantic Stage 2, Tokio Confidential might seem familiar and strange all at once. On one hand, it tells the relatable story of Isabella Archer (Jill Paice), a Civil War widow who tries to overcome her grief by traveling to Japan. Thanks to a surprising relationship with a tattoo artist and a personal decision to turn her body into art, she undergoes a physical and spiritual transformation that releases her from the past. Give or take a tattooing scene, this story should resonate with fans of everything from Gypsy to Hairspray to Grease.
But then again, there are no warrior ghosts haunting the kids at Rydell High, and the songs in Hairspray don't suggest the lush, contemplative style of Japanese music. That's what makes Tokio Confidential so striking.
For composer-lyricist Eric Schorr, the two genres make sense together. "I'm fond of saying that Noh is one of the oldest forms of musical theatre because it combines singing or chant, text, and dance," he says.
When he started this project, Schorr knew he wanted to write about the political history of Japanese tattooing, which was banned in the 19th century. His research led him to Noh, which changed his conception of his work.
"I didn't want to write a literal Noh play, but it was really the thematic elements that were very attractive to me," he says. "The whole notion of release of attachment is very Noh, and that's what the whole play is about, really. It's about the notion of being attached to someone or something, and to get to Nirvana in a Buddhist sense, you have to release yourself from these earthly attachments. And Isabella is attached to her husband for a long time after he's dead."
Traditional Noh, however, has very rigid rules about everything from how long lines of dialogue can be to what kind of music can be played at a particular time. Schorr also wanted the flexibility of a Western musical, where the only "rule" is that a show needs to be good.
The trademarks of both forms are apparent in a scene where Isabella encounters Ulysses S. Grant in Japan. The ghost of her warrior husband (the Civil War veteran) shows up to confront the future president, everyone sings, and in the end, Isabella makes a life-altering decision. It's neither a Noh scene nor a musical number. It's a little of both.
"It's a tricky moment in our show," says Jill Paice, who plays Isabella. "Even the last time we rehearsed that scene, we made some more changes. In my mind, Isabella's anger conjures up this memory of her husband, who then takes over and speaks to General Grant for her."
Paice, who has starred in traditional musicals like Curtains and The Woman in White, adds that the show has required a different type acting than she's used to. "At first it was a little uncomfortable because it's very slow [in some places], and we're not even taking it as slow as we could be," she says. "I know my first entrance just used to feel agonizingly slow, this walk across the stage. It was coming to terms with the confidence that this is important and so it does need to be slowed down."
But ultimately, her goal as an actor is the same as always: She wants to reach the audience with something honest. "When you're on stage, you get lost in it," she says. "Those are my favorite moments, when you get lost in it."
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- 1 susan { 02.14.12 at 9:04 pm }
I spent two summers in Kyoto studying Noh, bunraku, and kabuki. This play lightly touches on those dramatic forms. I enjoyed the "WHY We Travel" number.
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I have seen enough of Jeff to feel he is not going to be the player the Celts expected. I would like this Celts team a lot better with Perk, KG, PP, AB and Rondo.....with Sully, Bass and Lee off the bench.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid the sea of screen covers, phone cases, battery packs and software hawkers at Macworld's iWorld conference there was a strange sight: archery.
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Add Formula to a Table in Word 2010
Microsoft Word allows you to use mathematical formula in table cells which can be used to add numbers, to find average of numbers, or find the largest or smallest number in table cells you specify. There is a long list of formulas from which, a formula can be used based on the requirement. This chapter will teach you how to use formula in word tables.
Add a Formula:
Following are the simple steps to add formula in a table cell available in word document.
Step (1): Consider the following table where we will have total of the rows. Click in a cell that should contain the sum of a rows.
Step (2): Now click the Layout tab and then click Formula button which will display a Formula Dialog Box which will suggest a default formula, which is =SUM(LEFT) in our case. You can select a number format using Number Format List Box to display the result or you can change the formula using Formula List Box.
Step (3): Now click OK to apply the formula and you will see that left cells have been added and its sum has been put in the total cell where we wanted to have it. You can repeat the procedure to have sum of other two rows as well.
Cell Formulas:
The Formula dialog box provides following important functions to be used as formula in a cell.
Formula | Description |
AVERAGE( ) | The average of a list of cells. |
COUNT( ) | The number of items in a list of cells |
MAX( ) | The largest value in a list of cells |
MIN( ) | The smallest value in a list of cells |
PRODUCT( ) | The multiplication of a list of cells |
SUM( ) | The sum of a list of cells |
If you are bit familiar with spreadsheet program, you can construct your word cell formula. Word formulas use a reference system to refer to individual table cells. Each column is identified by a letter, starting with A for the first column, B for the second column, and so on. After the letter comes the row number. Thus, the first cell in the first row is A1, the third cell in the fourth row is C4, and so on.
Following are usful points to help you in constructing word cell formula.
SN | Cell References and Description |
1 | A single cell reference, such as B3 or F7 |
2 | A range of cells, such as A4:A9 or C5:C13 |
3 | A series of individual cells, such as A3,B4,C5 |
4 | ABOVE, referring to all cells in the column above the current cell. |
5 | BELOW, referring to all cells in the column below the current cell. |
6 | LEFT, referring to all cells in the row to the left of the current cell |
7 | RIGHT, referring to all cells in the row to the right of the current cell |
You can also construct simple math expressions, such as B3+B5*10 by using simple mathematical operators +, -, /, *, %.


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Read something yesterday in the local rag that prompted more than just a roll of my eyes...
Column: Trust Me: You Believe in Gun Control
On May 22, 2012, in Column, by Tina Dupuy
If you ask the typical hyper-political gun owner (and I have … at Thanksgiving dinner), why it's important to own a gun, they'll bark about the Constitution. Yes, the Second Amendment: "The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed!"
This of course is the slogan the National Rifle Association adopted in the 1970's. It was then that owning a gun became an absolute right endowed by God and the Constitution. A blessing passed down by our forefathers to obliterate game and protect our property. The NRA was founded in 1870 and for its first hundred years it was for gun control and didn't mention the Second Amendment as their cause.
Adam Winkler points out in his delicious book, "Gun Fight," what we call the "wild west" had some of the strictest gun control laws we've seen as a nation. The shoot out at the OK Corral took place, after all, because Wyatt Earp was trying to disarm the outlaw Cowboys in accordance with a Tombstone ordinance. The KKK was among other things, a gun control organization. They were trying to keep guns out of the hands of newly freed slaves … but still gun control.
The part of the Second Amendment omitted from the NRA's slogan is: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State…" Yes, well regulated—it's in the Constitution!
Now, to some, guns are as sacred as scripture. If you ask, again, this typical hyper-political gun owner why they need to stockpile assault rifles, you will get an answer much like Pat Flynn's, a recent candidate for a Senate seat in Nebraska. "Really, we have our guns to protect ourselves against the government, number one," Flynn said in a debate right before the primary. "Hunting's number two. But protecting us against our government is number one." Remember Flynn was trying to land a job in the government (he didn't win his party's nomination, by the way).
The idea is that we have to be just as armed as our government in order to be safer or have more liberty (or something). The U.S. government has unmanned drones armed with supersonic laser-guided anti-armor Hellfire missiles, "bunker busters," and nuclear weapons. Are far-right politicians saying we need civilians to have shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles "for protection?" Of course they're not. They actually do want limits on ownership.
And if you ask the most vehement gun rights advocate why Everyman Gun Owner shouldn't have nuclear weapons, I'd bet you'd get the same answer as to why we don't want every country to have the capability: "Because they could get into the wrong hands."
So weapons-grade plutonium should be limited. But the ever-handy semi-auto Glock pistol with a 30-round high-capacity magazine is an absolute right?
A recent gun buyback drive in Los Angeles resulted in someone turning in a rocket launcher. Comforting.
So we're not actually talking about limited vs. unlimited. We are talking about degrees of weapon ownership.
Guns fall into the wrong hands all the time. More guns and fewer requirements for ownership doesn't curb this. George Zimmerman was the wrong hands. Zimmerman, a Florida man now infamous for shooting an unarmed black teenager at close range after a 911 operator told him not to engage the alleged suspect and wait for police to arrive, is now being defended by said hyper-political gun owners. There's no reason a Neighborhood Watch captain should be patrolling his block with a criminal record and a pistol. Zimmerman was a catastrophe realized. Even in the wake of new evidence about this case, the fact remains if Zimmerman didn't have a gun, 16-year-old Trayvon Martin would be alive.
The United States is number one in the world in civilian gun ownership. And since we're not last in gun violence (we're the 14th highest in deaths—way higher in just injuries) it's safe to assume that increasing the number of guns doesn't decrease the number of gun deaths. Just like cutting taxes doesn't increase revenue—making gun ownership unlimited doesn't make us safer. It's a lie. A fairy tale of the gun lobby. Completely unsupported by data or logic. A falsehood.
So unless you think all Americans should get Daisy Cutters this Christmas—you believe in regulations as to who gets a weapon, what kind and where they can have it.
Gun control laws are not tyranny—as the family of Trayvon Martin can testify to—a de-regulated militia is.
Wow, Tina, just... wow. Thank heavens we get to remember this Monday (Memorial Day) the people who have given their lives to protect your First Amendment right to voice your opinion. Your facts are seriously skewed, in fact, some of what you wrote aren't facts at all, so God bless your right to air your opinion. (By the way, does my mention of your First Amendment right to speak your opinion constitute "barking about the Constitution?")
So let's begin, perhaps with American History 101. The Constitution does not "grant" Americans any rights... certainly not those defined in the Bill of Rights. Rather, it limits the power of our government to interfere with our lives in certain areas, notably in what we say, how we assemble, what religions we practice, and of course our freedom to own firearms - plus lots more. I don't know what the slogan of the NRA is, but I do know that the Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791, 180 years before the 1970 date you cite as when "owning a gun became an absolute right." I also see nothing in the 2nd Amendment about "obliterating game." If you read the Federalist Papers AND the Anti-Federalist Papers, you would know that the 2nd Amendment isn't about duck hunting. Are you against the civil rights defined in our Constitution? Or perhaps just the ones you don't like?
Next: What the "delicious" book by Winkler neglects to point out is that the "wild west" exemplified by Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral was not in a State governed by the Constitution at the time - more than 30 years before Arizona became our 48th State. You may also recall that horse theft was punishable by hanging in a lot of States around the same time, which today would be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Your citation about laws in areas not governed by the Constitution adds nothing to the argument, and in fact such confiscatory and prohibitive laws today would likely be seriously challenged under the Constitution (e.g., District of Columbia v. Heller).
Then you state that the NRA omits the "well-regulated militia" clause from their slogan. The meaning and semantics of this phrase have been debated for a long time, but what is clear is the erroneous, knee-jerk interpretation by 21st century folks who lack the initiative to learn and understand the contemporary language of the late 18th century. "Well regulated" does NOT mean "controlled," but rather "well-practiced" or "well-drilled." (Just as the Sixth Commandment has been misinterpreted as "thou shalt not kill", when the correct translation is "thou shalt not murder" - big difference there.) And lest any nattering nabobs of negativism think "oh, 'the militia' means the National Guard", recognize that "the militia" comprised all able-bodied male Americans at the time (how dare they exclude women!!!). And just so you're clear, the National Guard was a 20th-century creation.
OK, let's move past the history lessons and talk about what arms it makes sense to control. You assert that it's ludicrous to think that small arms in the hands of American civilians could not possibly be a match for cruise missiles, Predator drones, etc. Sure, some people think there should be no limits on what weapons we can own, and likewise some people think it's OK to put pornographic images on highway billboards. Heck, some people even think it's OK to kill unborn babies! Seriously - comparing a Glock handgun to weapons-grade plutonium is quite a stretch. But hey, since you brought it up, should it be a crime to have something potentially dangerous if you don't do anything dangerous with it? If I had enough money to buy a used 747 and fly it, I could load the thing full of highly volatile jet fuel and fly it over downtown Los Angeles. Would that worry anyone, even if I had the ability to fly it into the Memorial Coliseum during a USC playoff game and blow up nearly 100,000 football fans? If I think about that, does that make me a criminal even if I haven't done a criminal act? In other words, at what point do we limit ownership of something that could be dangerous, as long as it's not used dangerously? If you drive an automobile on a highway, the missile you're piloting is 30 times more lethal than the biggest gun I can legally buy, based on simple physics, so to me, that's really dangerous. And owning a car isn't even a right protected by the Constitution!
You wrote "A recent gun buyback drive in Los Angeles resulted in someone turning in a rocket launcher. Comforting." What's even less comforting, Tina, is the misguided thinking behind gun buy-backs. They purport to get "guns off the street", but they provide an easy means to dump a stolen weapon - maybe even a murder weapon - with no risk at all, and get rewarded in Happy Meals or a Target card. Never mind that in many jurisdictions, simply transporting a firearm (especially handguns) without being licensed to do so is itself a crime. So sure, let's have lots more opportunities to transport guns illegally and turn in the "blood gun" that just capped a rival gang member last week.
"Guns fall into the wrong hands all the time." Sure. So do knives, chainsaws, lawnmowers and automobiles. We slaughter over 30,000 American annually with our sacred automobiles and cripple and make brain dead many times more than that, but instead what makes the news is that gasoline prices are high this year! Cars killing people at a rate of 600 a week isn't news, but a fraction of that number of firearms deaths IS? And what about over 1 million abortions a year in the US - that doesn't rate? I think you have a misplaced sense of outrage.
So then you launch into the Zimmerman case. First, you cite Zimmerman's criminal record. If you actually researched it, you'd find out that Zimmerman was charged with "battery" on a police officer, when he put his hand on a cop's arm as the cop was arresting a friend. The judicial system was exercised, and there ultimately was no criminal history associated with Zimmerman which disqualified him from legally owning and carrying a gun in Florida. (By the way, the truant Trayvon Martin was actually 17 years old, not 16.) And since you saw fit to mention Zimmerman's criminal record, why not mention that Martin had a drug problem and was suspended from school more than once for having drug paraphernalia? More facts: Zimmerman was not told by the 911 operator not to follow Martin; he was told "you don't have to do that." That's more than a slight spin on the facts, don't you think, Tina?
"Even in the wake of new evidence about this case, the fact remains if Zimmerman didn't have a gun, 16-year-old Trayvon Martin would be alive." Oh, brother... Martin might be alive, but Zimmerman might be dead. Would that make you feel better? Based on injuries sustained by Zimmerman, it's not a stretch of the imagination to realize he was in trouble when he pulled the trigger. And our own government tells us that nearly 20% of murders are committed without knives or guns... fists and blunt objects (stones, bats, sidewalks) being typical weapons. Sure, we can question what Zimmerman did in following Martin, but we don't know as unshakeable fact how the hands-on altercation began. We know how it ended, but precious little else. I doubt you would want your head to be pounded into the pavement, and I wonder how far you would go to stop that if it was happening to you. Without taking sides, my mind remains open to what really happened that night, without adding spin. It appears that your mind is already made up.
Your last leap of faith is another doozie. "...making gun ownership unlimited doesn't make us safer. It's a lie. A fairy tale of the gun lobby. Completely unsupported by data or logic. A falsehood." Depends on who you ask - you obviously haven't researched anything past your own opinions. While the debate about "more guns equals less crime" continues among scholars, the unshakeable fact is that where gun ownership is common and gun use is routine, criminal use of firearms against people is undeniably lower than in areas where gun ownership and use are highly restricted. Population density may be a factor, as large cities have vastly higher gun crime rates than smaller ones. But since two-thirds of Americans live in cities and towns smaller than 100,000 population, this means that the greatest number of Americans live in areas where gun violence is a pretty rare occurrence.
Overall, Tina, I have to say it's not your petticoat but your bias that's showing. Can your next blog talk about "hyper-political" anti-rights bigotry???
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I'm just posting here in the discussion forum - trying to see how this Oasis thing works! I just recently joined - and am enjoying the site so far. I'm going to be posting journals as frequently as possible, as well as promoting promoting promoting!
So - I thought I would post a question I would like answered....
If you tied a piece of buttered toast to a cats tail and threw it from a height, what would happen?
A big splat. That's what would happen.
Hope your last seven and a half hours as a member have been enjoyable.
"Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative."
About your question? time would stop or something really bad would happen.
" . . . The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it." Charles Dickens
Welcome to the site =) Promoting promoting promoting que? Ou qui? Vous? Translation is: what? Or who? You?
There are many potential answers to your question... the buttered toast could save the cat's life by providing a padding for it to land on. It could also spell doom for the cat if it landed headfirst, to be adhered and suffocate. The toast might also be a surface providing enough friction to propel the cat a good distance away and inspire someone to create a new mode of transportation.
i dont have a cat but i think the cat would claw you to death if you tried, that or eat the toast on the way down :D
**Far from a saint, not quite a sinner**
Welcome to Oasis.
I may have interpreted your question a bit differently then everyone else. But from what I can gather it seems that your throwing the buttered toast (which is tied to the cats tail) from a high distance, so I suppose the toast would either slip off and fall, break apart. Or the cat would just bite off/scratch off the toast.
It would land butter-side down.
By the way, Welcome to the Oasis! We've got plenty of water; have a drink!
*waits for laughter* Ahem, hello? *taps mic* Is this thing on???
"This is what's best for me for you for both of us. Or maybe just for me, I thought."--Rise Against, 'The Approaching Curve'
I must confess that I have not the slightest idea of what would happen, except that it would (presumably) land on the ground.
And now I have a question: how do you tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat's tail?
Ah, Feather makes a very good point... *grows and strokes beard* I don't know what would happen if you tied buttered toast to a cat's tail. But if you tied buttered toast to a cat's back, butter-side up, the cat would fall and halt several inches above the ground and hover there, spinning around. Either that, or the world would explode. Take your pick. And welcome to Oasis! ^^
Megan: "Cheers are supposed to be simple, make people feel good."
Graham: "Cheers make girls do stupid cartwheels. Orgasms make people feel good."
-But I'm a Cheerleader
Cat lands on it's feet, toast lands on its butter.
Be yourself. 'Cause if you're busy being somebody else, who's gonna be you?


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November 29, 2009
Hi Amnesia,
thanks, but I have already checked out dear old Gigabyte, when I downloaded new drivers.
The manual that came in the box, is not much good, as its translated from Asian, and it just says " install drivers '.
These are the drivers :-
1 Realtek Function driver for Realtek Azalia audio chip (Including Microsoft UAA Driver in English edition)
OS:Windows XP 32bit,Windows XP 64bit,Windows Vista 32bit,Windows Vista 64bit,Windows 7 32bit,Windows 7 64bit
2 Microsoft UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) Bus driver (Full Multi-language version )
OS:Windows XP 32bit,Windows 2000,Windows Server 2003 32bit
3 AMD Chipset Driver (include chipsetsata raid driver)
OS:Windows XP 32bit
4 Realtek Ethernet Diagnostic Utility
OS:Windows XP 32bit,Windows XP 64bit,Windows Vista 32bit,Windows Vista 64bit,Windows 7 32bit,Windows 7 64bit
5 Realtek PCIe LAN Driver
OS:Windows XP 32bit,Windows XP 64bit
6 AMD SATA RAID Driver (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup to read from floppy)
OS:Windows XP 32bit,Windows XP 64bit
Each driver unzips to a number of files, often including 2 exe's.
I know roughly what the 6 drivers do, but I like to do things precisely, so I don't have to do the job twice, so I would be most grateful if someone could tell me where I can find a manual to tell me :-
1 Precisely what the drivers do.
2 The order to install them.
3 How to install them.
Regards Bill3.
March 28, 2010
The easiest way to install the drivers would be to run the .exe once the files are extracted. If you don't know exactly which .exe to run, do this (more steps but same results) :
1) Extract all the drivers to their respective folders
2) Go to Control Panel – System – Hardware tab – Device Manager
* We're going to use the Audio for example
3) Under Sound, Video and Game Controllers, Right-Click on the item with the yellow exclamation point and Click on Update Driver.
This will launch the wizard and your choice will be to choose the drivers manually. From there all you need to do is point to the folder where the audio drivers were extracted and the wizard will do the rest. The system will pick the correct files for your hardware.
Do this for all the other components. Sometimes it will ask you to reboot, you go ahead, reboot and continue.
The order in which you install the drivers doesn't really matter. I guess I would go LAN – Chipset – Raid and Audio.
As far as what the drivers do or precisely do… You will always get basically the same answer, allow the OS to recognize the hardware. Some components along with the drivers will include a small program or utility to help you manage said components ( Realtek Ethernet Diagnostic Utility for example).
I don't know which OS you will be using. Win7 has a pretty extensive driver database, where one only needs to install the OS and Voila! Most (if not all) drivers are already installed and your hardware ready to roll.
Hope this helps.
November 29, 2009
Hi Gioneo,
many thanks for the advice, most helpful. I think I could manage with a bit more advice.
1 XP SP3 32 bit, updated using the Autopatcher.
2 I'll keep looking for detailed installation manual, just out of professionalism.
3 I think the Installation Wizard, or Installshield Setup Launcher, must be the exe to run, to install the drivers, while the Application Launcher, actually runs the driver, once installed into system 32, or where ever it goes.
4 I prefer to actually install the drivers myself, to make sure it is done correctly, as they are critical to the computers performance.
5 I have no idea what to do with 6 Sata Raid Driver, but I think you may have to make a boot disk with it. Personally, my experience has proved having a backup HD, that is not installed, is the cheapest option, with respect to cost of time, and the lockup and destroy virus. Here's an extract from my XP Manual :-
RECOVERY OF SYSTEM ( backup )
With hard drives ( HD ) being so cheap now, they are the easiest and quickest way to recover your system. Here's my method :-
1 HD should NOT be fitted, in case your computer is stolen, but hidden safely, and only run for backups. The C drive = 20 GB must only contain XP, then you can designate My Documents to the D drive.
2 After installing XP + drivers + updates + display and other customization, but before installing programs and security, just take a complete copy of the C partition, with Partition Expert to your backup HD. This intrinsic copy can then be used to replace your C drive after a few months, when the programs are out of date, and a few viruses have done a bit of corruption. Wow, you've saved all that time scanning, removing viruses, and updating.
3 Ditto as in 2 for your complete system, with programs, security, and settings. Now your really going to save some time if things go wrong.
4 Next copy your D drive over to your backup HD, then you`ve got yourself completely backed up.
5 Problems :
5a You MUST completely over write and format the C drive with Partition Expert, before copying a backup to it, or reinstalling Xp, because, simply, XP can pick old files.
5b If you loose your master boot record ( mbr ), just reinstall it with the XP installation Disc Recovery Console, by pressing R when loading.
5c To reduce the size of a backup on the backup HD, just re-size it with Partition Expert, removing the unused disc space, but leaving 10 % free space.
6 The beauty of this system is that you are always restoring to an intrinsic XP, and its real quick and dirt cheap. Saving you hours of scanning, only to find a virus has damaged your system permanently, or it too time consuming to fix. =================================
6 A tech once told me the installation sequence was Chipset first, as it's the most important, then LAN, then audio, always rebooting after each install. I don't know about raid, I'll google this, but I don't think I'll need it.
Thanks again, I'll put your post into my drivers wordpad.
Regards Bill3.
PS. come on you other techo's, there must be a manual, there's everything else on the net, I just don't know what to google.
What I do when I install a computer (in terms of drivers) is:
1. Go to the manufacturer's website (even if you have a disc–the discs are often out of date)
2. Download all the drivers for your computer.
3. Install (in no particular order). Order is not important when it comes to drivers–the default Windows drivers are good enough. If one particular aspect of your computer needs a driver that's immediately noticable, IE screen res is low or speakers are buzzing) you can install those first, but it's not really necessary.
Reboot when necessary.
4. Install Windows Updates.
5. Do whatever else you want (Firefox, Security, other apps).
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Hi Locutus,
thanks, but that's basic stuff I had already covered in my posts.
Have you noticed that the posts get chopped off on the right hand side, also it would be helpfull to hav the window wider.
Regards Bill3.
Same here… Definitely annoying.
Concerning a detailled manual to install the drivers for your MoBo… I doubt you'll be able to find one…
As far as backups goes… Although I do external backups, but they're mostly labeled as "Storage". My actual "system backup" is done using RAID 1 (Mirroring). If one drives fails the other just kicks in, until I can replace the faulty drive.
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Knott's Berry Farm, established by Walter Knott in 1940 is a 160 acre theme park in Buena Park, California. The park is known as America's first theme park.
The Ghost Town is the oldest part of the park is home to the Ghostrider. This 118 foot tall wooden roller coaster is one of the longest, tallest wooden roller coasters in the nation. Visitors can take a ride on the scenic Railroad or pan for gold. Other attractions include the Boomerang. This upside down, head spinning coaster flips you up and then back down, upside down six times. Just when you thing it is all over….BOOMERANG…it does it all over again, this time…backwards! Montezuma's Revenge opened in 1978 and hurls the passengers through a loop that is seven stories tall. The Xcelerator reaches a speed of 82 mph in 1.8 seconds.
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Calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure
Generic Name | Brand Name |
amlodipine | Norvasc |
amlodipine and atorvastatin | Caduet |
amlodipine and benazepril hydrochloride | Lotrel |
amlodipine and valsartan | Exforge |
diltiazem | Cardizem, Dilacor, Taztia, Tiazac |
enalapril maleate-felodipine ER | Lexxel |
felodipine | Plendil |
isradipine | DynaCirc |
nicardipine | Cardene |
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nisoldipine | Sular |
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Calcium channel blockers relax and widen blood vessels. This makes it easier for blood to flow through the vessels and lowers blood pressure.
Diltiazem and verapamil also slow the heart rate and affect the pumping action of the heart.
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Calcium channel blockers may be used for high blood pressure either alone or with a diuretic, beta-blocker, or other agent.
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These drugs lower blood pressure. They also relax the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscle, and may be prescribed for people who have angina caused by coronary artery disease. Medicines commonly used for these conditions include nicardipine, diltiazem, nifedipine, amlodipine, and verapamil. Amlodipine combined with atorvastatin is used to lower cholesterol as well.
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Usually, calcium channel blockers cause very few side effects.
Possible side effects of all medicines listed above include:
- Dizziness, headache, redness in the face (flushing).
- Fluid buildup in legs (peripheral edema).
- Rapid heart rate.
Side effects that are more common with diltiazem and verapamil include:
- Slow heart rate.
- Constipation.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
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People who have irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) or heart failure may need to be monitored closely when using certain calcium channel blockers. Because they affect heart rhythm, diltiazem and verapamil should be used with caution in people who have problems with the electrical system that regulates heart rate.
Calcium channel blockers are used alone or in combination with diuretics, beta-blockers, statins, or other agents. But diltiazem and verapamil must be used with caution in people who also are taking a beta-blocker. Using these medicines together can slow the heart rate too much and affect the system that regulates heart rate. Some calcium channel blockers can sometimes make heart failure worse.
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God, Science, and Designer Genes
Date: 10/28/2009Alvernia duo Spencer Stober, Ph.D., and Donna Yarri Ph.D., discussed their new book, God, Science, and Designer Genes: An Exploration of Emerging Technologies as part of the 2009 Literary Festival—Life Between the Pages—to a packed crowd today.
"The Human Genome Project left a mountain of data that scientists are now trying to make sense of," said Stober, a biology professor at the University. "And as we begin to use this information in medical technology, we need to be mindful that what we can do isn't necessarily the right thing to do."
For the last five years, Yarri, a theology professor, and Stober, a biology professor, have been meeting along the boundary lines between God and Science to discuss the technology and implications behind designer genes. They've brought their discussion into lecture halls, conferences, and even the classroom—in a co-taught Alvernia honors course that carries the same name as the book.
Stober and Yarri even wear baseball caps, labeled "BIOLOGY" and "THEOLOGY" in lectures, to help participants remember that the professors are speaking solely from the perspective of their chosen disciplines. "It often helps people to see that differing opinions have more than just feelings attached to them," said Stober.
"Also, it's hard to get ethicists and theologians to understand the science, but I don't have to do that," explained Yarri. "I can work with Spence to relay the technical information, and be free to look at the subject from a humanitarian perspective."
God, Science, and Designer Genes provides a unique approach to studying hot topics such as genetic testing, embryo splitting, and cloning. "We can each look at the subject from our particular disciplines," said Yarri, "and though we don't always agree, the important thing is that a dialogue forms, and we can begin to find a common ground to start from."
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text: Is your treatment on target? Make sure you're taking aim before you implement therapeutic measures Nov 01, 2010 By Carl A. Osborne, DVM, PhD, DACVIM DVM360 MAGAZINE 12Next Figure 1: Aimless dart throwing results in frustration. (IIlustrations by Lori Koehler, CVT, Minnesota Urolith Center) What would you think if you walked into an exam room and observed a veterinarian throwing darts around the room (Figure 1)? Wouldn't you look for the target? What if you did not see a target? Would you ask the person where the target is? What would you think if the person said, "The target is wherever the dart lands."? Would you have confidence in this person's cognitive process? On the other hand, what would you think if the person identified a clearly defined target with several darts in the bull's-eye (Figure 2)? Figure 2: Targeted dart throwing equals a good outcome. The goals of treatment we provide to our patients are analogous to a dart game. For ethical and moral reasons, we should have a clearly defined therapeutic target. We should be able to describe exactly what treatment (if any) we are providing and the rationale for it. Why? Because goal-setting fosters precision, and precision fosters high-quality patient care. Recall the medical axiom, "No patient should be worse for having seen the doctor." Always keep in mind that there are some patients we cannot help but there are none we cannot harm. What are the possible goals of therapy? Picture your treatment goals as concentric circles on a target (Figure 3), and then take aim where it is most appropriate. Figure 3: The goals of treatment. Specific treatment, the bull's-eye of the target, is given to eliminate, destroy or modify the primary cause or causes of a disease process. Examples include antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections, antidotes to counteract toxins, replacement hormone therapy and surgical correction of anatomic anomalies. Supportive treatment consists of therapy that modifies or eliminates abnormalities that occur secondary to one or more primary diseases. Treatment designed to correct abnormalities in fluid, electrolyte, acid-base, endocrine and nutrient balance caused by primary renal failure is an example. Successful specific therapy is often dependent on successful supportive therapy. 12Next Related linksMore articles by Dr. Osborne Hot topics on dvm360Veterinarians: Your clients are going to Google with these cat questions Feb 24, 2015Vetcetera: The complex topic of canine fear-related aggression Dec 07, 2014Reality TV and the veterinarian: Discussing mainstream dog training advice with clients Dec 07, 2014Blog: Election results pose obstacles for veterinary prescription law Nov 10, 20147 steps to a better relationship between veterinarians and rescue groups Nov 01, 2014|More|


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CDC Identifies Diabetes Belt
CDC scientists have identified a diabetes belt located mostly in the southern portion of the United States.1 The diabetes belt consists of 644 counties in 15 states.
People who live in the diabetes belt are more likely to have type 2 diabetes than people who live in other parts of the United States. People who do not already have diabetes can reduce their risk by being physically active and, if they are overweight, losing weight. Obesity and inactivity account for nearly a third of the increased risk for type 2 diabetes that scientists noticed in people living in the diabetes belt.
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Some other factors for the increased risk can't be changed, such as age, race and education. People in the diabetes belt are more likely to be African American, and African Americans are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. People living in the diabetes belt also are less likely to have a college degree. Lower education levels are associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes.
The diabetes belt has higher rates of obesity and physical inactivity than other U.S. regions. If these rates are reduced, CDC scientists expect that eventually the difference in diabetes rates also would be reduced.
The diabetes belt was identified by counties, rather than states, so that community leaders can identify areas most in need of efforts to prevent new cases of type 2 diabetes.
Community design can encourage healthy lifestyle choices by making it easier to be active physically and find nutritious food. An example is sidewalks, which may promote walking rather than driving.
Counties were placed in the diabetes belt if at least 11% of residents had been diagnosed with diabetes, and if the counties were near each other in the Southeast, which has the highest rates of diabetes, or adjoining areas with high rates of diabetes. There were some counties in other parts of the United States that had diabetes rates of 11% or more, but they are not included in this belt because they are isolated from other counties with high diabetes rates.
Within the diabetes belt, 11.7% of the people have diagnosed diabetes. Outside the belt, 8.5% have diagnosed diabetes.
States with a portion of their counties in the diabetes belt are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The entire state of Mississippi is included in the belt.
Data for the study comes from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 2007 and 2008. BRFSS is an ongoing, state-based, random-digit–dialed telephone survey of the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population aged 18 years and older.
The Diabetes Prevention Program research trial, led by the National Institutes of Health, showed that losing 5% to 7% of body weight and getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by nearly 60%. CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program is working to make group programs offering similar, evidence-based lifestyle interventions available in communities across the country to help people at high risk for type 2 diabetes. CDC's role with the National Diabetes Prevention Program includes training the workforce that can implement the program cost effectively and sets standards that will help ensure program quality and consistency.
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Woodland Park Subdivision
When you are selecting a neighborhood to build your new Bozeman, MT home, RE/MAX Realtor, Tamara Williams recommends that you research an excellent new subdivision in Bozeman, MT. Woodland Park Subdivision is a brand new community that rests directly outside of the City of Bozeman. Due to its location new home buyers do not have to hassle with the high costs of city permits or the delay of having the permits approved. Woodland Park Subdivision will encompass 12 different phases and up to 500 lots.
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The first phase of the new home subdivision will entail 40 lots, and it will be the most affordable phase of the entire new home community. The new homes will range in price from low $300,000 up to $500,000, and additional phases will most likely be $400,000+. Woodland Park Subdivision has amazing views of Hyalite as well as the Bridger Mountains, the streets will be heavily lined with trees, the walking paths with guide you throughout the large new home community, there is a plot for a potential new school, and large ponds to cool your feet on hot summer days.
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