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A practical joke in which a person defacates into someones sink or tub, then hides the feces under a thick layer of shaving cream foam. The victim later rinses, or attempts to wipe away what they believe to be a pile of shaving cream, only to discover the suprise turd underneath.
I woke up after a sick party at my house and found a huge pile of shaving cream in my shower. When i turned the shower on and rinsed away the shaving cream there was a pile of sh*t underneath. I was totally Singapore Ski-Sloped!
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
The act of taking a dump in someones sink, then covering it with shaving cream to hide it until someone (preferably the owner of the sink) uses the faucet.
I left a Singapore Ski Slope in Drunk Chris's sink last night. He was pretty pissed when he went to wash his hands this morning.
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[quote user="lttaylor56"]Hatfield vs Mcoys-that does sound good. Got to be better than moonshiners or the lunatic who crawls into tunnels with rattlesnakes. River monsters was good last week: I never knew there was such a thing as noodling. You put you arms as deep as you can into a catfish hole and wait for the cat fish to grab onto your hands, then you pull the fish out if you can. Some of the fish holes are 4-5 feet below the surface. Some of the fish are close to 100 lbs. So the fish does not hold you down and make you drown, they have two buddies help pull them up once the fish is latched onto you.[/quote]

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Cynthia East is the recipient of the May 2008 Faculty Star Award.
She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and previously worked as an adjunct for Pulaski Tech before joining the full-time faculty in August 2007.
Dr. Bakke commended Cynthia for her excellence in teaching as well as for her efforts in raising the profile of the Culinary School. She has given numerous cooking demonstrations in the community and appeared on TV several times on behalf of the culinary school.
Sarah Kelley is the recipient of the May 2008 Staff Star Award. Sarah has been the secretary for Admissions and Records since May 2007. She previously worked for the college as a work-study student and as a part-time employee.
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At 7:45 we were buying the tickets at we got them!! At the same time you won while playing 'Bingo' :-))
We return to the hotel to try to sleep a bit more.
After that, we walked through Novosibirsk, a big city completely different from Moscow and Tomsk, with modern and high buildings. My opinion is that, if you have enough time, it is a good place to stop in order to see the contrast with Moscow and Tomsk.
We saw an orthodox church and a boy told us lots of thing about his religion, very interesting.
At 19.00 we return to the hotel to get our luggage and to go to the train station.
We left Novosibirsk at 22.30 pm local tour (3 hours more than Moscow time).
The train, in general, was older.
Sunday 19-08
The train is full of tourist people (most of them solo travellers) but with so many empty rooms ... I cannot understand why we couldn't get a ticket from Irkust to Ulaanbaatar none of the days ...
It was a worried day, the only interesting thing was the food we bought during the stops.
and the people we could see in the train stations:
Monday 20-08
At 8.30 am Fernando woke up to see Lake Baikal while it was raining outside the train. An enormous lake with no end.
I returned to bed because I was really tired and at 11.30 am I open my eyes.
We met Janelise!!! And we had lunch meet solianka, a soup made of lemon, meat, mayonnaise, olives, vinegar cucumber and onion with her. It can sound strange but it was delicious!
After having lunch we spent the time looking through the window the last landscapes before arriving at the frontier.
When we arrived at the frontier we could went out of the train during 2 hours. Our wagon was separated from the rest to check all the rooms ... well we cross our fingers and we decided to walk to see the village.
Then we had to go into the train and during 3 hours more, we were waiting but we arrived at the Mongolian frontier and other 2 hours more to wait ...
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|ACS 2007-3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Housing Variables -> Food Stamp Benefits
The data on Food Stamp benefits were obtained from Housing Question 15 in the 2007 American Community Survey. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 defines this federally-funded program as one intended to "permit low-income households to obtain a more nutritious diet" (from Title XIII of Public Law 95-113, The Food Stamp Act of 1977, declaration of policy). Food purchasing power is increased by providing eligible households with coupons or cards that can be used to purchase food. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the Food Stamp Program through state and local welfare offices. The Food Stamp Program is the major national income support program to which all low-income and low-resource households, regardless of household characteristics, are eligible. The questions on participation in the Food Stamp Program were designed to identify households in which one or more of the current members received food stamps during the past 12 months.
Limitation of the Data
Beginning in 2006, the population in group quarters (GQ) is included in the ACS. Many types of GQ populations have food stamp distributions that are very different from the household population. The inclusion of the GQ population could therefore have a noticeable impact on the food stamp distribution. This is particularly true for areas with a substantial GQ population.
Question/Concept History
The 1996-1998 American Community Survey asked for a 12-month amount for the value of the food stamps following the Yes response category. For the 1999-2002 ACS, the words "Food Stamps" were capitalized in the question following the Yes response category, and the instruction "Past 12 months' value - Dollars" was added. Since 2003, the words "received during the past 12 months" were added to the question following the Yes response category.
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A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit. (People not living in households are classified as living in group quarters.) A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other people in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living arrangements.


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Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization that offers cash rewards to eligible tipsters who provide information that directly leads to a felony arrest or indictment. Crime Stoppers of Nevada assists ALL Southern Nevada Law Enforcement.
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Case #: 79-74549
Victim: Christine Mary Midkiff
Suspect: Unknown
Location: Red Rock Canyon Area
Date: 12-23-1979
On 12-23-1979 two men while target shooting in the area of the Red Rock Canyon observed the decomposing body of a white female approximately 1/4 mile off of the Lower Brownstone Canyon Road in a dry wash area. Christine Midkiff had been reported as missing on 11-5-1979. Coroner's examination determined the victim to be Christine Midkiff and that the cause of death was a gunshot wound.
Anyone with information is urged call the LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-3521.
Case #: 79-17110
Victim: Laurie Gay Hesselink
Suspect: Unknown
Location: 148 Ida Street, Apt. 50, Las Vegas, NV
Date: 03-09-1979 (8pm) to 03-10-1979 (0430am)
Sometime during the evening of 03-09-1979 between 8pm and 4am, unknown person or persons entered the residence of Laurie Gay Hesselink and murdered her by use of ligature. Her door was observed to be open by a friend who was walking by the apartment and looked inside. Laurie's body was observed lying on the floor. Laurie lived alone and was 21 years old at the time of her death.
Case #: 78-57908
Victim: Irene Bertha Huber, 29 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: 4715 Koval Ln. #13 Las Vegas, NV
Date: September 22 – 28, 1978
Irene Huber, a 21 dealer, at the Sahara Hotel was last seen on September 22 when she left work. She did not show for her next shift nor had she been seen for several days. Detectives from the Las Vegas Metro PD did a welfare check at her apartment on September 28. The detectives had to force the front door to gain entry. Irene was found in her bedroom; deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. The investigating detectives believed a struggle had taken place in the bedroom. Investigators looked at a number of motives; including the possibility of a gambling scam. No one has been identified as being responsible for Irene's death.
Case #: 78-56189
Victim: Sandra S. Owens, 38 YOA
June L. Noah, 57 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: 5571 Berchams Ave., Las Vegas, NV
Date: September 19-20, 1978
On September 20, 1978, a neighbor of the victims, went to the front door of the victim's residence, the neighbor looked through the window and saw the victims (mother and daughter) lying in a pool of blood. The subsequent investigation determined that both victims were brutally murdered and suffered numerous wounds; stab, gunshot and blunt trauma. It appears that a good deal of money and valuables had been stolen from the residence.
Anyone with information is urged call the LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-3521.
Case #: 78-27590
Victim: Vickie Lynn Brekke
Suspect: Unknown
Location: East Lake Mead Blvd. approximately 6 miles east of Mt. Hood in the desert area.
Date: 5-8-1978
On 5-7-1978 Vickie Lynn Brekke departed from her home at 3612 Braddock Street, North Las Vegas, NV to walk to a friend's house. She had called her friend and was to arrive around 5:30 pm. however she never arrived. On 5-8-78 her body was discovered in the desert area to the east of Sunrise Mountain. The autopsy revealed that Vickie had died as a result of strangulation. Vickie was a 15 yr. old WFJ.
Case #: 77-49011
Victim: Michael Jeudevine
Suspect: None
Location: five miles east of Hollywood Blvd while travelling on Lake Mead Drive towards Lake Mead Recreational Area.
Date: 09/03/77
On September 3, 1977, the body of Michael Andrew Jeudevine was found on the way out to Lake Mead Recreation Area. Hikers in the area found the body of Jeudevine, who was a victim of a gun shot wound. Michael was last seen by friends and co-workers in the early hours of August 25, 1977 at the 101 Club. Michael Jeudevine was employed as a cook at the 101 Club.
Michael Jeudevine drove a 1969, Honda, Blue/ White, 350cc motorcycle. He also wore a blue helmet while operating his motorcycle. His motorcycle was recovered at 2426 South Atlantic.
Anyone with information is urged to call the LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or call Crimestoppers at 385-5555.
Case #: 76-54215
Victim: Peter Joseph Bufala, 32 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: 7376 South Spencer Ave., Las Vegas, NV
Date: October 8, 1976
Peter Bufala, a baccarat dealer at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, was found deceased in his driveway, by a neighbor at approximately 6:15 a.m. The investigation determined that Peter had returned home from work sometime between 4:15 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Peter exited his vehicle and started for the front door when he was shot by unknown suspect(s).
The investigation looked into a possible financial motive as Peter was an investor in a Sporting Goods store which was going bankrupt. The case detectives submitted a prosecution request to the District Attorney's Office. The District Attorney assigned to the case needed additional corroborating evidence before a warrant could be issued. The detectives were unable to meet that burden.
Case #: 76-28032
Victim: Benjamin Kaplan, 71 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: Apache Motel 407 S. Main St. Las Vegas, NV
Date: May 28, 1976
Benjamin Kaplan, the night clerk at the Apache Motel, was stabbed multiple times by an unknown suspect during an apparent robbery. Benjamin came on duty at 11:00 p.m., to work his graveyard shift. At approximately 11:30 p.m., the manager, who lived on the premises, heard Benjamin yelling. The manager went to the office area and found Benjamin, collapsed on the floor. He was transported to the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital where he died after surgery. Benjamin told the patrol officer at the hospital, before surgery, that he had been robbed. There were no known witnesses to the attack.
Case #: 75-23324
Victim: Gerri Ann Ralston, 15 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: Henderson Ponds, Pabco Rd. and Hollywood St, Clark County, NV
Date: May 22, 1975
On May 21, 1975, Gerri was reported as a missing person to the Henderson (NV) Police department by her father. She was last seen in route to buy cigarettes at the Maverick Service Station on Boulder Highway. On May 22, 1975, Gerri's body was found in the pond. She was still wearing the same clothing from the day she disappeared. The subsequent investigation determined that Gerri had been sexually assaulted and strangled. It appears her body had been disposed of at the recovery site in a effort to conceal it, the actual murder site was never located.
Case #: 74-3041
Victim: Theodate E. Shiner
Suspect(s): Unknown
Location: 130 North 11th St.
Date: Between January 16, 1974 and January 21, 1974
Theodate E. Shiner, age 75, became the victim of a homicide at her home on 130 North 11th St. sometime between January 16 and January 21, 1974. The victim, who lived alone, was discovered on the floor of her bedroom on January 21, 1974, after her postal carrier became concerned that she had not retrieved her mail.
Investigation revealed that a person, or persons, attempted to enter the house by forcing the door knob with some type of gripping tool. The perpetrator(s) ultimately entered Ms. Shiner's residence by cutting the screen and breaking the glass out of a window located on the east side of the house.
Autopsy results revealed that the victim died from asphyxiation.
At approximately 5:46 a.m., May 3, 1973, Barbara Jean Kirk was discovered inside of her burning apartment by a neighbor who ran to the apartment upon seeing the smoke. The neighbor broke through a window and pull Barbara out of the apartment. The subsequent investigation determined that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The suspect then set the apartment on fire in an effort to conceal the murder. Barbara was married to an Airman who was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. He had left for work an hour prior to the discovery of the fire.
Case #:71-11701
Victim: Susan Rae Perron
Suspect: Unknown
Location: Desert area approximately 5 miles west of U.S. U.S. Highway 95 off of Lone Mountain Road
Date: Victim discovered on April 16, 1973
On June 13, 1971 Susan Rae Perron (WFJ 14 yrs.) left her home to walk to Lorenzi Park to go swimming. It was not determined if she ever arrived at her destination. On April 16, 1973 the remains of a human skeleton was found in the desert area approximately 5 miles west of U.S. 95 Highway off of Lone Mountain Road. Through dental records it was determined that the skeletal remains were those of Susan Rae Perron. Cause of death was determined to be blunt trauma to the head.
Case #: 71-12531
Victim: Jody Marie Miller
Suspect: Uknown
Location: 150' northwest of the corner of Jones and Lone Mountain Blvd. in shallow grave in desert area.
Date: Body discovered on 11-2-1971
Jody Marie Miller crawled through the bedroom window of her house on 6-21-71. She was reported as a missing juvenile and last seen by a female friend on 6-23-71. On 11-2-71 her remains were discovered wrapped in a blanket, lying in a shallow grave in the desert area approximately 150' nw of Jones and Lone Mountain. Jody was 13 yrs. old at the time of her disappearance.
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Mark your calendars for the PTC Foundation Golf Tournament on Aug. 26 at the Country Club of Arkansas. Shotgun starts are at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Teams of four cost $400.
Teams will compete for first-, second- and third-place prizes in each round. Prizes also will be awarded for closest-to-the-hole, longest drive, hole-in-one and casino holes. This year's hole-in-one prizes include a new 2013 Volkswagen provided by North Point Volkswagen and $10,000 provided by Jones and Son Bridal and Fine Jewelry. There will also be a $1,000 prize awarded in the ball drop.
Players are treated to breakfast by Chick-FIL-A and lunch provided by Whole Hog BBQ, goodie bags and beverages. Refreshments provided by Central Arkansas Water, Coca-Cola Arkansas, Golden Eagle of Arkansas and Harbor Distributing.
Even non-golfers can take a chance at winning $1,000 in the first Pulaski Technical College Foundation's ball drop. Purchase a golf ball for $10 and be entered to win $1,000. If your golf ball is the first to get in the hole or is the closet to the hole after the balls are dropped from a helicopter, you win $1,000.
Funds raised from the event support the college.
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Santa Maria Fracking Hearing Brings Protestors, Supporters
State collecting public comment on proposed new regulations.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A key state agency is proposing new regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or more commonly known as "fracking", of oil here in California.
Both sides of this growing debate gathered in Santa Maria Monday afternoon for a hearing on the contentious issue.
Opponents of fracking in Santa Barbara County rallied and protested outside the Santa Maria Betteravia Government Center Board of Supervisors Hearing Room ahead of a public meeting hosted by the California DOGGR, or Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources.
The DOGGR is taking public input on proposed new regulations for fracking and also what it calls "extreme oil extraction".
"The product and the process of fracking is dangerous and the outcomes of fracking are well known", says anti-fracking protest Heidi Harmon in Santa Maria.
Opponents of fracking say a major concern is the potential for groundwater contamination.
"It poses seismic risks and contamination to water", Harmon claims, "it also uses millions of gallons of water which in a drought year in a drought state is the last thing we need."
The energy industry says fracking has a proven safe track record that dates back decades.
It also says technology and investment has made the fracking process even safer and its future will power the United States toward total energy independence and away from the country's enemies overseas and in OPEC.
All public comment on fracking in Santa Maria on Monday will be forwarded to Sacramento and Governor Brown for consideration.


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Please read the classifieds rules, specifically #1. "1. Must be a Gunco member in good standing for at least 30 days with at least 30 posts to post any items for sale." Updated classifieds rules
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Founder of the Dog Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CESAR MILLAN is the star of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan on the National Geographic Channel. In addition to his educational seminars and work with unstable dogs, he and his wife have founded the Cesar and Ilusion Millan Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial support and rehabilitation expertise to shelters. A native of Culican, Mexico, Cesar lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two sons, Andre and Calvin.


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Pat Watkins popped out to the dairy one day with no intention of buying a new house, much less moving to the country.
From her beach bach in Omaha, the lifelong city dweller headed down the road to Pt Wells, a cute village nestled between the Whangateau Harbour and Omaha River.
Just short of the village, she saw a sign for an open home. It was outside a property that had always interested her - a ruler-flat lifestyle block next to the river.
A woman she had been at school with had transformed it from an unviable kiwifruit orchard into a park-like garden estate, with the intention of developing it into a spa retreat. Years earlier, Pat had clipped a story about the property from a home and garden magazine, but never visited.
Curious, she stopped to look - and was captivated.
The three-bedroom house and attached one-bedroom cottage were designed in a rustic country style that complemented the peaceful landscape, with exposed beams, colonial-style bifold windows and doors, and raw pine internal doors and cabinetry.
The house and cottage faced north, and the living areas and the four bedrooms (all with en suites) opened straight out on to the grounds. There was an office that would give Pat plenty of space to operate her interior-design business, Creative Perspective, and a workshop that she could use as an art studio.
And, after all, living in the country was on her bucket list. Within three weeks it was hers.
Though the property ticked all the right boxes, there was still plenty of potential for Pat to take it to the next level while indulging her love of design, landscaping and gardening. So she got to work.
"I'm quite good at taking on a challenge," she says. "It was just such a good opportunity, just what I needed at the time."
Her priority was thinning out the many tall trees on the property, a stand of which shaded the house and gave it the enclosed feeling of living in native bush. Pat wanted more of an open feel that emphasised the park-like grounds so she cut some down and planted others in better spots, including a double avenue of pretty Osakazuki maples. Together with the liquidambars, cobalt hydrangeas and 20,000 spring bulbs lining the driveway, they create the feel of a grand country estate.
With so much flat land to work with, Pat was able to plant extensive colourful gardens and a large organic vegetable plot while retaining huge expanses of lawn to keep the visiting pukeko, quail and pheasants happy.
Meanwhile, she modernised the interior colour scheme of the house and cottage to complement the fresh country feel, and extended the deck to create more outdoor entertaining space, both for quiet breakfasts in the sun and for social gatherings.
"Friends come for lunch and it just drifts on into the evening."
She has kept the cottage separate because it's served as a lovely private retreat for visitors, but says the two dwellings could be joined in a jiffy with the removal of one small wall.
The only thing Pat hasn't had a chance to do in her three and a half years at the property is spend much time in her art studio. But she's happy with what she's achieved. She's bittersweet about leaving, but feels it's time to move back to the city, travel more and to get stuck into the next items on her bucket list.
"It's just been fabulous to live here. It's been the most wonderful privilege."


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Brian Jungen Wins the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO
April 14, 2010. Internationally renowned Canadian artist Brian Jungen is the recipient of the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for his outstanding contribution to visual arts in Canada.
AGO to Present Masterworks by Pollock, Rothko, and Others from The Museum of Modern Art
Abstract Expressionist New York will go on view in summer 2011. Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Arshile Gorky. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning.
David Blackwood Receives Career-Spanning Retrospective at the AGO
The AGO will mount the first major museum retrospective of artwork by renowned Canadian artist David Blackwood, opening February 5, 2011.
AGO Marks the Year of India with the AGO Maharaja Festival
To celebrate Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, and to acknowledge 2011 as Canada's Year of India, the Art Gallery of Ontario is hosting The AGO Maharaja Festival. From January 26 to 30, visitors will experience live performances, cooking demonstrations, henna tattooing, special exhibition tours and much more. Visitors to Maharaja age 25 and under can experience the exhibition and festival for FREE.
AGO Director Curates Major Exhibition of Works by Paterson Ewen
The Art Gallery of Ontario will present Paterson Ewen: Inspiration and Influence, curated by Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO's Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO, from February 8 to June 19, 2011.
Toronto Now Series Explores Modern Treasures of South Asian Neighbourhoods
The sixth installment of the Art Gallery of Ontario's ongoing Toronto Now series will feature an exhibition by local artist Sameer Farooq and international artist Mirjam Linschooten. The Museum of Found Objects: Toronto (Maharaja and --) will be on view from February 5 to April 3, 2011.
Unknown Photographer Discovered by U of T by Student Researching at the AGO
A University of Toronto student completing an internship at the Art Gallery of Ontario last summer discovered that a series of 1,702 photographs auctioned at Christie's in 1997 and acquired by the AGO in 2005 were taken by the previously unknown French photographer and painter Abel Boulineau.
Canadian and Indian Photographers Compete for The Grange Prize 2011
Two Canadian and two Indian photographers will have the opportunity to win The Grange Prize, Canada's largest cash prize for photography and the only major Canadian art prize whose winner is chosen by the public.
AGO Exhibition Explores the Legacy and Future of Inuit Art
On April 2, the Art Gallery of Ontario will unveil a sprawling exhibition that displays for the first time highlights from one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Inuit art.
AGO Partners with Images Festival to Feature Jon Sasaki Installation in its Toronto Now Series
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With California's contentious Prop 37 on November's ballot, it's likely that genetically modified (GM) food will be in the news across the nation. As Big Agriculture fires up the big guns to fight consumer groups, it may seem like more political posturing, easy enough to tune out. But if you live in the USA, these scientifically altered crops are in the food you eat and you might not even know it.
So what exactly is a GM seed?
GM seeds (also called 'GMO' – genetically modified organisms – and 'transgenic') are often confused with hybrid seeds. In fact, some people claim that hybridization is just another form of genetic modification. Not exactly. In a nutshell, here's the difference:
- Non-hybrid seeds (think: heirloom or open pollinated varieties) can be saved and replanted from year to year and the resulting fruit remains "true to seed." In other words, that funny little tomato you remember from grandma's garden? If you planted seeds saved from that tomato, you'd get the same fruit today.
- Hybrid seeds are the product of cross-breeding two varieties of one type of fruit or vegetable in order to improve yield, pest and disease resistance, flavor, or shelf life. It's kind of like breeding a Labrador retriever with a poodle to get a Labradoodle. Hybrid seeds generally do not grow true to seed.
- Genetically modified seeds are altered by inserting DNA from outside of the species into a plant seed. Kind of like trying to breed a cat and a dog. Mother Nature doesn't allow such a thing to happen, but the miracle of modern technology lets scientists cross that barrier. GM seeds cannot be saved from year to year. In fact, they're patented and it's actually illegal to save and replant these seeds.


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#1 Tue 12 Feb 13 8:50am
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Sliced bread !
Now be honest here ... Do you eat sliced bread ?
I was going to say ,do you buy sliced bread but as not everyone is responsible for the shopping I thought I'd ask if you ate it instead !
Here in the Uk many small bakers shops have disappeared over the years , replaced by cook on the premises bakery's in supermarkets of chains of bakeries with smaller high street shops.
Dispite there being a bit of a revival of artisan loaves or people making their own bread with bread makers vast amounts of the mass produced and pre pacet sliced bread gets sold every day.
I am not that find of sliced bread myself but it is usefull sometimes and so I do buy the very very occasional loaf , just on that odd occasion I am fancying a nostalgic tasting 'chip butty' with tomato ketchup dribbling through the chips. For some reason that is what I like ..very soft spongy White sliced bread , buttered and chips .
It's rare I eat the mass produced ready sliced bread , but if I am given it at someone's house or end up buying a pack of sandwiches as I travel or something then I will eat it .
So that's me .. What about you ?
#2 Tue 12 Feb 13 1:37pm
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I do buy sliced whole grain bread but less and less of it these days. I'm actually very annoyed with bread these days, I try to find bread and it all has sugar in it. Sugar! Why do we need sugar in bread?
There's nothing better than tuna salad on whole wheat in my opinion but like I said, after having developed the habit of reading ingredients carefully I am quite unimpressed of what is offered to us on the market.
#3 Tue 12 Feb 13 5:32pm
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Personally, I detest that steamed, sliced and doughy white bread. Can't remember when I detested it last, lol.
You would certainly notice the difference if there was no sugar in bread - it would be lacking. Same as salt. In a medium loaf, in my breadmaker, there is a teaspoon of each. Pretty harmless for a whole loaf.
#4 Tue 12 Feb 13 5:52pm
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The only sliced bread I occasionally buy is Toast, because you can�t get that at a bakery.
We buy the bread (our fave at the moment contains 60% rye and 40% wheat) at our local bakery, they have several shops in the area, but only use natural ingredients. They�re really good, but in Germany we are lucky to still have many pretty good bakeries.
#5 Tue 12 Feb 13 6:08pm
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one 400gr white sliced loaf per week for mrs. w~o's toast....apart from that.....nah.
#6 Tue 12 Feb 13 7:52pm
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koukouvagia . bread has some sugar in it as it helps the yeast to work and I beleive it also helps the bake of the crust .
Salt also serves as a function in the dough , not just there for the taste and I cant remember the reason why its added at the moment sorry !
we make the bread with very little salt have gradually reduced it over time, so on the odd occasion when I eat bought bread ( not usually presliced ) but generally from a bakers shop , I really notice how salty it tastes.
I think that most Italian bread has no salt added to the dough .
My darling makes a light coloured Rye loaf Maddimouse , its really delicious.
One of the my favorite breads that he makes has to be the sunflower seed loaf , he just adds a load of sunflower seeds to the white bread dough and its being made. Its a really delicious loaf of bread.
#7 Tue 12 Feb 13 10:20pm
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Re: Sliced bread !
if by sliced bread you mean, as you later said " soft spongy White sliced bread " then no I hardly ever eat that. We do buy presliced bread but it is usually some sort of rye loaf. It probably won't suprise many people here , but I am quite particular about what bread I like. Occasionally I will request mywife buy some good bread, she knows this means a crusty italian or portuguese loaf or bare minimum a baguette.
My wife grew up with homemade soft white bread, as a compromise light rye has seemed to become our standard loaf .
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#8 Tue 12 Feb 13 10:43pm
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Re: Sliced bread !
Very occasionally we buy some sliced gluten-free bread - but really maybe only a loaf every couple of months or so (which goes in the freezer), as we'd rather not have bread than eat the gluten-free substitutes!
#9 Tue 12 Feb 13 10:55pm
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Re: Sliced bread !
Ashen wrote:
if by sliced bread you mean, as you later said " soft spongy White sliced bread " then no I hardly ever eat that. .
yes I mean that Ashen .. not what I think of as real bread at all but many do !!
#10 Wed 13 Feb 13 12:07pm
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Re: Sliced bread !
I certainly understand that in making bread there have to be a few ingredients present such as flour, yeast. water, salt and a perhaps a bit of sugar. But in a standard loaf of sliced bread in a plastic bag from the supermarket you will find many many many more ingredients than just that. Have you ever bought a loaf of Wonder Bread? I have, and do you know how long it stays fluffy and white? Weeks. Does that sound normal? No. In fact, Wonder Bread does not have the ingredients available to be found online, they are photographed and posted by other sources instead. Like this one: http://theysmell.com/wonder-bread-ingredients/
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The hour-long special was Selena Gomez's idea. She was watching Disney Channel one day and feeling sad that Wizards of Waverly Place had ended. She called Disney and they agreed to do a reunion episode.
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MSA Mudplugger Event[ Edited ]
I know there is not a lot of you that play MSA, but there are a few on here. So, I just thought I would post this. Anybody is welcome to join.
The event will be held over several weeks always on a Saturday. Stating June 15 at 6am PST.
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Everyone in a Plugger, and like in the previous cup events, we will be going through all of the tracks of Apocalypse. 5 at a time. Sometimes 7-10, if people have time. Maybe more.
This event can be 1, 2, 3 or maybe more laps. It will be a combination of official, with a splash of mod.
Wrecking, pushing, and shock-waves highly recommended for this event. THIS WILL NOT BE A CLEAN EVENT!!!!
There will be no crying in this event. Only revenge.
Good luck to everyone.
Tracks will be picked randomly and hopefully the same track will never get picked twice.
Who ever want's in, I will create a list of participants..
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Does it matter if I miss the first two sessions?
Just another slowpoke!
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It matters only with points, but anyone can join in at anytime. Hell, if your any good, you just might make up the points you loss in week 1. Some are playing for the plugger title, and other are playing just to have fun. Either way, I'm sure it will be a blast. Week 1 had some really good racing and some brutal hits. So, if anyone is available for the next few Saturdays, feel free to join in.
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I wish I could change it Chigro, but I don't like the servers on Sunday. For some reason, I have more issues on Sundays, than any other day of the week. If you do get a chance, feel free to join in. I will continue to post events on here, so others might also consider joining.
Possible fun war coming up later this week. Will be looking for people that may want to join. 2 teams, anything goes. If anyone is interested, let me know.
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Week 2 of this event will be held this Saturday same time. Anyone who wants to join in, send me a friend request on Saturday. This event is created in a private room.
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Nice vid Hafa Nice pass by Spacestar on maul rats and very, very nice time. Would like to see his vid to check out which perks he was using
There were no perks because it was a user created mode
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Yes, Maul Rats was a game mod, however; the mod has an enhanced "in air cooling" (sort of shoot the breeze) mod to it. Everything else was set to be 100%. Maybe with a little enhanced "Engine" (acceleration perk) to give it a little more of a quick start.


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Two new product launch decisions face Christopher Carson, managing director of BRL Hardy, Europe. Responsible for the European operations of a major Australian wine company, Carson has begun to globalize his strategy beyond selling the parent company's wines. After a difficult joint venture with a Chilean wine source, he is proposing to launch an Italian line of wines. His local team has also developed a new Australian brand that would compete directly with a parent company's global brand rollout.
To give students a view of global strategy choices being made through headquarter-subsidiary negotiations that define the roles of country managers and global product managers.
Branding; Brands; Business ethics; Competitive strategy; Entrepreneurship; Execution; Food assistance; Globalization strategies; Implementing strategy; Incubators; International business; International marketing; Joint ventures; Multibranding; New product marketing; Product introduction; Subsidiaries; Zero sum negotiations
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Celebrating alumni. Marquette sweethearts.
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Too soon to move in together?
Hi Meredith,
I'm a longtime reader, sometime commenter with a question about timing and relationships. I have been dating a woman I met about three months ago, and we have been virtually inseparable since. We pretty much alternate staying at her place and mine.
We made the decision to move in together because despite the short amount of time we have been dating, we are in love with each other. Our friends (and family members) are expressing some fairly serious concerns that we are moving too quickly. If we were twentysomethings I would understand this, but we are both in our 50s and time is more precious as you age.
So my question for you and your readers is: Does it matter how long you have been dating before you move in together? Is it based on time or on how well you think you know each other? We have not had an argument yet, much less a fight, so I see no reason to continue bouncing between two houses (both rentals). The other question I have is that she is moving in with me, so she would be giving up her apartment. This scares me a bit because if things do not work out for whatever reason, she would have to find a new place again. Thanks for any help you can give me.
– Is Timing Everything, Revere
Three months is too soon. Three months is a blip. That doesn't mean that your relationship is destined for failure if you move in, but it does mean that you're taking a big risk. You're choosing to get to know this woman as a roommate before you really know her as a partner.
I usually tell people (no matter their age) that if you can fight and make up, if you share a plan for the future, if you're basically sharing an apartment anyway, and if you understand and accept each other's philosophies about money, you're probably ready for a move-in. It's difficult to accomplish everything on that list in three months. You seem proud that you've never had an argument, but doesn't that suggest that you're still in the magical honeymoon phase? Are you willing to cut that short?
If you're really going to do this, please consider finding an entirely new rental property. You'll probably need more space as a twosome, and it's better if you both start fresh, as opposed to her moving into your territory. If you're answer to that is, "No way. It's easier if we stay in my apartment," well, that's another reason you might be moving too quickly.
Readers? Is three months too soon? Does it matter that they're in their 50s? Do they have to get a new place? Any tips if they do move in? Discuss.
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The core reason behind last night's All Blacks victory was the performance of the forwards and Israel Dagg.
Richie McCaw's leadership was inspirational. He got right into his work, tackling Boks everywhere, as did Liam Messam and Kieran Read. Everything they did was deliberate and seemed to make a difference. McCaw backed it up by carrying well and breaking clear through tackles.
The tight five deserve credit too. Andrew Hore played well but Keven Mealamu brought something extra with his impact after 50 minutes. Just keep those two competing against each other. Luke Romano excelled again but the team lost nothing with Brodie Retallick coming on. All three locks had good games. Sam Whitelock must have listened to Steve Hansen when he mentioned why he was left out.
I was less impressed with taking Owen Franks off and putting Charlie Faumuina on. Faumuina's not at test standard yet and I think Ben Franks can feel a bit hard done by.
Out in the backs, Dagg showed some classy touches. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with him because there's the odd occasion you'd like to see him do something more traditional, or less controversial, but at the same time, I'd hate to stamp out his flair. Trust him to be on the end of that move where they scored the try. There must have been three or four cracking offloads in that. Sonny Bill's definitely left a legacy.
Ma'a Nonu also impressed with how he broke tackles, given limited attacking opportunities. Aaron Smith added something, too. I hope he didn't dawdle home late or do anything untoward last night. We need him.
Another star was the indoor stadium. The only other time I'd visited was when South Canterbury played North Otago when there were 37 people in the crowd. It was great to be in a packed house.
As for the Springboks, Morne Steyn seemed to suffer the same breeze as Jonny Wilkinson at the World Cup in Dunedin last year. The groundsman must have left the door open on the south-western side. I don't recall how many he missed, but it seemed like a few easy ones. Even if he had put a couple of those over, they would have been up going into halftime and it could've changed the state of the game.
They also bumbled a try-scoring opportunity in the corner which could've tied it up late in the second half.
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UTEP Rally Falls Short In 82-73 Setback To SMU
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LIKE UTEP Women's Basketball On Facebook | Follow @UTEPWBB On Twitter | Follow @UTEPKeithaAdams On TwitterKayla Thornton scored 20 points to lead a quartet of players in double figures, and UTEP battled hard only to have SMU prevail, 82-73, at the Don Haskins Center Sunday afternoon.
The Miners (17-3, 5-2 C-USA) connected on 42.4 (28-of-66) of their shots, including 8-of-20 from three-point range, while also outrebounding (41-38) the Mustangs (16-4, 7-0 C-USA), but the visitors had too much firepower.
Keena Mays (26 points), Alisha Filmore (21 points) and Akil Simpson (16 points) all had big games, and SMU was able to hold off a UTEP rally down the stretch. The Mustangs, who led by four at the break (38-34), put together a run to secure an 18-point cushion (68-50) with 8:26 to play.
The Miners showed off good fight and spirit, using a 13-2 surge in a little less than three minutes to get right back into the game. The two teams traded baskets over the next couple of minutes and the deficit remained only seven (74-67) with 4:21 remaining in regulation.
The defense kept SMU scoreless for the next minute and a half, but the Miners were unable to take advantage. UTEP, which was 9-of-19 on the free-throw line, misfired on the front of one & one opportunities. It also had a tough-luck turnover in the sequence.
The Mustangs finally got a layup from Simpson with 2:41 to play to make it 76-67, and UTEP couldn't get closer than eight from that point on.
"SMU shot the ball really well and it has a good team," UTEP head coach Keitha Adams said. "We just didn't make the plays on offense and were 9-of-19 on free throws."
Anete Steinberga (13 points), Kelli Willingham (11 points) and Irene Gari (10 points) joined Thornton in double figures while freshman Jamie Madden pitched in seven. Chrishauna Parker secured a game-high 11 rebounds while also registering five assists.
SMU jumped out to a 6-2 advantage before a triple from Thornton and lay-up by Gari afforded the Miners their first lead (7-6) of the contest with 16:54 to play. The two sides traded baskets the next couple of trips, and the game was knotted at 10.
SMU peeled off five straight points but the Miners, relying heavily on reserves with Parker, Thornton and Willingham all in foul trouble, struck back. UTEP went on a 9-3 run to regain the advantage (19-18) with 12:13 left.
It was back and forth for the majority of the first half, with neither side staking a cushion of greater than five. SMU led by just one (35-34) with 2:32 to play in the period before a late triple by Filmore gave them the aforementioned four-point lead heading into the locker room.
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- Travel publisher Mr & Mrs Smith announced Smith Hotel Awards winners
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It's probably the furthest thing from Hugh Hefner's idea of a sexy hotel room, or a "Fifty Shades of Grey" weekend getaway, but a white, bright, mother-of-pearl-themed hotel room in London has won an award for world's sexiest bedroom.
The Corfu Suite at the Blakes Hotel in London took the top spot for its "sumptuous decor," "a bed you can't leave" and "an element of intrigue."
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Runners-up were the "fantasy cocoon" at the Ca Maria Adele hotel in Venice, and rooms at Secret Bay resort in Dominica.
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The Sexiest Bedroom in the World was just one of the categories in the Smith Hotel Awards announced last week.
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I read with interest your last message. How did you get the idea that I use langstroth boxes as Warre hives? I'm not sure where you got that from.
Here's a really interesting thing , that you may not be aware of. I use 8 frame langstroth boxes, (when I need framed gear) as I have trouble lifting the bigger ones when full. The inner dimension of a Warre box (310 mm,), and the width of an 8 frame Lang box,(12") are 4 mm. difference. My next experiment, is to see if I can --blasphemey-- Cut the 4 top edges into a top bar rest so as to use --sacrilage-- BOTH Warre top bars or if I wish, install Langstroth standard frames. 2 boxes would have the approximate volume of 3 & 1/2 Warre boxes. The bars would be installed warmway, but bees don't mind that. This would be a Universal box, and I think Abbe~ Warre would be proud of me!
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A sequence of numbers x1, x2, x3, ... starts with x1 = 2, and, if
you know any term xn, you can find the next term xn+1 using the
formula: xn+1 = (xn + 3/xn)/2 . Calculate the first six terms of
this sequence. What do you notice? Calculate a few more terms and
find the squares of the terms. Can you prove that the special
property you notice about this sequence will apply to all the later
terms of the sequence? Write down a formula to give an
approximation to the cube root of a number and test it for the cube
root of 3 and the cube root of 8. How many terms of the sequence do
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you try this method for fourth roots or fifth roots etc.?
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Published March 2002,February 2011.
When in 1821 the English mathematician Charles Babbage invented what we now recognise as the grandfather of the modern computer he called it the 'Difference Engine' since it was intended to take over the work of making mathematical tables by the techniques described in this article.
If we want to know 52 we simply look at the entry under 5.
Exercise 1 Produce a similar table of cubes.
Mathematicians found a large number of tricks to make the construction and use of tables easier. Here is one of them. Consider our table of squares. Let us take the difference between successive entries as shown below.
Now take the difference of successive differences to obtain
Finally we take the difference of the differences of the differences to obtain
Let us try the same thing on a table of 4th powers.
This time successive differencing produces the following table.
Exercise 2 (i) Extend the table of 4th powers n4 to cover n=8 and n=9. Verify that the pattern suggested above continues to hold.
(ii) Find the effect of repeated differencing on your table of cubes.
Exercise 3 (i) Try the effect of repeated differencing on 3n3 -5n2 .
(ii) Try the effect of repeated differencing on a polynomial of your choice.
It very much looks as though the effect of repeated differencing a polynomial of degree m is to produce a row of zeros after at most m+1 differences. Let us try our conjecture on the most general quadratic f(n)=An2 +Bn+C. Here is part of the initial table
and here are the repeated differences
Since we could pick any k to investigate, we have verified the conjecture for the general quadratic.
Exercise 4 Verify the conjecture for the general cubic.
The next exercise requires more algebra.
Exercise 5 (i) If f(n)=nk show that f(n+1)-f(n) is a polynomial in n of degree k-1.
(ii) If g(n) is a polynomial of degree k show that g(n+1)-g(n) is a polynomial in n of degree k-1.
(iii) Prove our conjecture that the effect of repeated differencing a polynomial of degree m is to produce a row of zeros after at most m+1 differences.
We now observe that we can reconstruct the whole of a table of differences for a polynomial from a small part of it. For example, suppose we are told that f is a quadratic polynomial and its table of differences looks like
We can immediately fill in the last but one row to obtain
and then the next to obtain
Exercise 6 (i) Fill in the top row and check that we have the table of n2 -n+1 with the leftmost entry corresponding to n=0.
(ii) Fill in in the following table of differences for a quadratic.
Check that the table you get is for f(n)=3n2 -5n-3 with the leftmost entry corresponding to n=0.
Now suppose that we want to tabulate f(n)=n3 -3n2 +5n+1. Here is a partial tabulation which the reader should check.
We can now draw up a partial table of differences which the reader should check.
But we can now reconstruct the full table of differences. Here is a partial reconstruction
Notice that we have extended our original table to read
Exercise 7 Continue the reconstruction of the table of differences to the point where you have the value of f(n) for n=-4, n=4 and n=5. Check your answers by computing f(-4), f(4) and f(5) directly from the definition.
Exercise 8
Let $f(n)=3n^2+2n+1$. Compute f(n) for n=-2, -1, 0, 1, 2. Form the associated partial table of differences and then reconstruct the table of differences sufficiently far that you have f(n) for all n with $-5\leq n\leq 4$. Check your answer by computing f(n) directly.
The fact that (at least for polynomials) we can use differences to reconstruct a full table from a partial table gives a strong hint as to why table makers were so interested in these ideas.
Here is another reason. Suppose we have a table like the following.
in which all the entries are zero except one. If we compute successive differences we get
Exercise 9 (i) Calculate one further row of differences.
(ii) Conjecture the form of the nth row of differences.
(iii) [Harder and optional] Prove your conjecture.
Exercise 10 (i) Find the successive differences for the table
(ii) Find the successive differences for
(iii) Find the successive differences for
(iv) Suppose f is a cubic polynomial. What is the fifth line in the table of successive difference for f? Find the fifth line of the table of successive differences whose first line is
Explain how you can find A just by looking at the 5th line.
(v) The following table is supposed to represent the values of a quadratic but I have made a mistake in one entry.
By successive differencing find the error and correct it.
(vi) Explain how you can locate and correct a single error in a table of a polynomial of degree k.
(vii) Explain how you would try to locate and correct a single error in a table of a polynomial whose degree you did not know.
Successive differencing thus gives an excellent way of finding and correcting errors in tables.
So far we have only looked at tables of a function f as a method of finding f(n) where n is an integer. However we really want to know f(x) at all points x. In other words, knowing f(0), f(1),..., f(m) we want to find f(x). We shall see that this can be done but we will need to raise the mathematical level a little bit.
The key is a set of observations which go back at least as far as Newton.
Exercise 11 (i) Consider the function f2 (x)=x(x-1)/2!. We tabulate it as follows.
Find the table of successive differences.
(ii) Do the same for f3 (x)=x(x-1)(x-2)/3!, f4 (x)=x(x-1)(x-2)(x-3)/4!. Do the same for f1 (x)=x/1!=x and f0 (x)=1.
(iii) Conjecture the general pattern.
(iv) [Harder and optional] Prove your conjecture.
Exercise 12 (i) Let f(x)=Af3 (x)+Bf2 (x)+Cf1 (x)+D. Find the table of successive differences as in the previous exercise. If we take it in the form
identify ?, ?, ? and ?.
(ii) If g is any cubic, show that we can find a, b, c and d such that
Hence show that g can be found from its table of successive differences.
(iii) Conjecture the general pattern.
(iv) [Harder and optional] Prove your conjecture.
We can extend the results of the last exercises a bit. Suppose that f is a polynomial of degree m. If we form the the following table of differences (here h> 0)
and so on, then
Exercise 13 [Optional] Prove this.
If we use formula *
for $0\leq k\leq mh$
then we say that we are interpolating . If we use formula * for k outside this region we say that we are extrapolating .
The sceptical reader may have noticed that, although we began our discussion by talking about tables of the sine function everything that followed dealt with polynomials. However, as the mathematicians of the 17th century discovered, the kind of `nice' functions that we wish to tabulate look very much like polynomials over small ranges of values. Since they look like polynomials, formula
* which applies to polynomials will apply to them (to a very close approximation). We need only calculate our desired function at a small number of values and then we can use equation * to find its values at other points.
For example, here are the values of ln x at a certain number of values.
We obtain the following table of differences.
Thus, in equation * , ?0 =1.60944, ?1 =0.01980, ?2 =-0.00038 and ?4 =0.0001. We thus hope that
\[\ln(5+k)\approx1.60944+0.01980\frac{k}{h}+ -0.00019\frac{k(k-h)}{h^{2}}+ +0.00001\frac{k(k-h)(k-2h)}{6h^{3}}.\]
Trying this with $k=0.11$ gives \[\ln 5.11\approx 1.63120\]
and this turns out to be correct to the number of digits given.
Exercise 14 Compute ln 5.16 using our approximation. Compare this with the correct answer. Repeat the exercise for ln y where you choose y with
$5 < y < 5.4$.
Although functions like ln behave like polynomials over small ranges of values, they need not behave like polynomials over large ranges. It is thus not surprising that an idea which works well for interpolating (that is, trying to find the value of a function f at a point using values of f at points close by) works less well (or fails entirely) when we try to use it to guess the value
of a function at points far away from those where we know its value.
Exercise 15 Compute ln 10 using our approximation. Compare this with the correct answer.
There is a much more serious problem associated with differencing which I have avoided mentioning up to now. So far, I have assumed that all the initial tabular values are given exactly. In reality, we usually work to a certain number of decimal places. Suppose that we round to the nearest integer. Then a table which looks like
with a table of differences
could actually represent
${ {1 \over 2} -{1 \over 2}{1 \over 2} -{1 \over 2}{1 \over 2} -{1 \over 2}{1 \over 2} -{1 \over 2} }$
Thus if the first line of a table of differences is only known to an accuracy of epsilon; the second line is only known to an accuracy of 2 epsilon; and the nth line to an accuracy of 2n epsilon;.
In practice this means that, initially, the entries in successive lines of a table of differences will tend to decrease (just as we saw when we used exact arithmetic) but because the errors are increasing there will come a point when the errors swamp the calculation and the entries in successive lines will tend to increase.
As an example consider the entries in a table of sines (x represents degrees).
Here is the table of differences
It is clear that only the first two lines of the table of differences (and perhaps, if we think hard, the third) carry any information. In the remaining lines the `noise' of the errors drowns out everything else.
This means that when we interpolate we must confine ourselves to using the first two lines and our version of * will read
\[\sin (10+k)\approx0.1736+0.0172k.\]
(However, as the reader can verify, this remains a pretty accurate formula for $k$ with $0\leq k\leq 1$.)
Exercise16 Choose a table (or make your own) of some function, form the table of differences, note the line at which error noise becomes dominant. Use the part of the table above that line to interpolate at some point. Check the accuracy of your interpolation. It is very instructive to investigate how the number of significant figures and the spacing of the points of your table affect
the result.
We can now see one way in which we can compile tables of a function f like ln or sin with a given level of accuracy. We compute f at a relatively small number of points to much higher accuracy than the table demands. (Of course, these calculations may be quite lengthy but we only need do a few of them.) We obtain the values at f at the remaining points by easy interpolation. Notice that once
we have obtained a few points using * we can the build up the rest of the table using the techniques of Exercise 16.
For four hundred years science and technology depended on tables. Books of tables made it possible to find the orbits of the planets, to navigate the globe, and to make an industrial revolution. The book of logarithms was as much a symbol of science as the microscope. Yet, even then, few people bothered to celebrate the labours of the maker of tables. Nowadays their work is completely
forgotten. I hope that this essay may help the reader appreciate the work of these unsung heros.
Dr Tom Körner is a Reader in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity Hall.


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Wow!! I cannot wait till this Saturday. Go Paris!!!
Too bad that Sasha Cohen withdrew, I was looking forward to
seeing her compete again. Hopefully, she will recover and
participate in Skate America because I will be there.
(Please, if you have any tips on Lake placid, would you
reply to this thread? I would like to know
which hotel to stay at, and how I could maybe and possibly
run into some skaters. And yes, I will stay at the hotel
where Sasha Cohen, Yuna Kim, or Rachel stays at~~ )
So, I am so excited about the women's figure skating season begining
that I decided to make this thread. Some of women's programs
have been released and I watched just a lil ago.
Which lady's costume do you like so far?
I personally really really really liked Laura Lepisto's costume.
Oh boy, I thought she was gorgeous, but she just dresses so well.
( I thought her last season's costume was incredible as well.)
I love the red color, and it fits her so beautifully. Also,
she is just joyful to watch. I love her! (And doesn't she remind you
of Summer Glau a little bit? --she was the terminator sarah conor
chronicle cyborg chick.)
About Japanese Skaters... I am slightly questionable about
Ando Miki and Yukari Nakano's costumes........ I mean, Ando changed
her costume during the last season after some criticism, but
a spider on chest? hmmm
Mao's costume is more preferable definitely, but my
favorite costume of hers was her 2007 World FS costume. This season's costume's color is ok, and I like the skirt part, but I don't like the front
as much as the back.
Joannie Rochette!!! I do like her skating style~~~ :D
A strong skater, and she's unique.
I like her costume this season!!! I couldn't find a better quality picture, but
it looks 100000times better on TV. Go Joannie!!!
Yuna Kim's costume I heard was released today. wow. Just 2 days before
the competition! I do like it. It is not what I had imagined it to be
but it looks gorgeous, and she looks happy, so I am looking forward to her
007 bond girl!!! I think I like her revised version of costume much better though.
Also, I heard that her FS costume is blue, so if I find that pic, I will post it!
Anyway! Here are are some photos and videos I found on web!!
Laura Lepisto
Joannie Rochette
Ando Miki
Yukari Nakano
Mao Asada
Yuna Kim


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Serve dairy products at events to promote the industry
by Patti Hurtgen, Hoard's Dairyman staff
Last weekend, I attended a high school graduation party for a student pursuing higher education in our industry. Family and friends gathered to celebrate the graduation and were treated to a dairy promotion experience.
Trays of sliced cheese, cheese curds and cheese whips (long strings of cheese) showcased the variety of ways cheese can be enjoyed. The mini cream puffs were being consumed by the handful. These golf-ball sized desserts were no comparison in size to the state fair varieties, but were just as popular. Multiple flavors of cheesecakes were available. In addition to the appetizers and desserts, butter was spread on the buns and the hot cheesy potatoes went fast.
Chocolate and white milk in the single serving size were kept in coolers and away from direct sunlight with prominent signage. The leading complaint of school children about milk is that it is not served cold enough. As the level of soda in the icy tank soon to be a cattle water trough declined and the bright sun set, the milk was moved into the chilly water in the trough. A high school boy walked by the tank, saw the chocolate milk, and said, "Oh, cool, chocolate milk!" He dipped his hand in the water, pulled out a bottle, and enjoyed a healthy evening snack.
The meal was held across the street from the family dairy. A few guests had never been to a dairy and asked (ahead of time) if they could see the farm. When the family arrived, the young girl, guessing her age at 5 years old, was talking about seeing the cows. "You'll see the calves and the cows today," commented the owner. "The cows, the cows, the cows," she chanted as she and her family were escorted across the street for a tour.
When you hold functions, do you showcase dairy products? At meetings, are dairy products served, such as at 4-H or fair board gatherings? What a great way to share the variety and quality of products that you help produce! And that little girl is probably still talking about seeing the cows, not even realizing there was a different reason everyone else came to the farm.
Showcase your products and share your passion. Consumers will notice.