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7 January, 2011 8:58AM AEST
Storm clouds hover on Sunset Sounds
Hundreds of festival goers battled the rain in Brisbane to catch a glimpse of their favourite music groups at Sunset Sounds at the city's Botanical Gardens.
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The always-popular Winter Brew Fest kicks off tonight at Mile High Station, 2027 West Colfax Avenue, with more than 28 craft breweries serving over 75 beers. The fun runs from 6 to 10 p.m. and costs $30 to $35 (it's a benefit Swallow Hill Music Association); for more info, go to www.denverbrewfest.com.
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Cheap laptop, Netbook or .. iPad?
Best Buy will be selling iPads. That's a smart move for Apple (though how often does Apple make a dumb move?)
I've been suggesting iPad as an alternative to potential netbook or cheap laptop buyers. If they say "I only need it for email and the web", I tell them to look at iPad - I think that for many this could be a better choice - higher quality, easier to use and more functionality (more functionality for a naive user, that is).
Selling these at Best Buy just makes that easy and for some, perhaps less threatening. There is sometimes reluctance to go to an Apple Store - it's not just that there may not be one nearby; there's an element of discomfort in wandering into unfamiliar territory. At Best Buy the hesitant purchaser can safely browse familiar brands and inquire about the iPad casually, almost as an afterthought - I didn't really come here to look at that; it's just idle curiosity.
I'm still trying to find a way to justify an iPad for myself. On the other hand, iPad 2.0 will almost certainly be something that makes earlier buyers wail and tear their clothes, so maybe it's good that I can't find a place for it in the budget just now.
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Tue Mar 30 15:40:48 2010: 8303 TonyLawrence
April 5th Newsweek just came. The cover asks "What's so great about the iPad?" in big type and then answers it in the middle: "Everything."
Tue Mar 30 16:01:47 2010: 8304 TonyLawrence
Here's the on-line link: (link)
Tue Mar 30 22:49:18 2010: 8308 BrettLegree
I still maintain that it is an awesome device, and I want one. I may wait for v 2.0 with a camera and so forth - but I will own an iPad, I know it.
Every time I saw (insert name of social media blogging guru) saying "I don't see the use for the iPad", I would leave a comment saying "that's because *you're not the target market* and you don't get it".
You know the kind of people I am talking about, they think the tech world revolves around them, and if they can't see a use for some product, then it obviously sucks.
Meanwhile... Apple cares not for these weenies. My parents would absolutely LOVE an iPad.
Hmm... my mom's birthday is coming up.
Wed Mar 31 00:06:16 2010: 8311 TonyLawrence
I certainly agree. I also think that the iPad is more likely to kill Flash than the other way around.
Wed Mar 31 00:12:44 2010: 8312 BrettLegree
I also believe that the iPad will kill Flash.
I will rejoice on that day... :)
Wed Mar 31 00:25:28 2010: 8313 TonyLawrence
they think the tech world revolves around them, and if they can't see a use for some product, then it obviously sucks.
Disruptive technologies are often not recognized by the "experts".
They probably don't understand that what people use computers for and how they use them has changed radically in the past few years. The iPad has hit at exactly the right time.
Sure, there will be competition, but unless someone builds the hardware AND the OS as Apple has done, that stuff will always be inferior knockoffs - never matching the tightly integrated experience that controlling everything can provide.
Of course Google just might do that. But Apple is there first.
Wed Mar 31 00:43:22 2010: 8314 TonyLawrence
I was just thinking that it's quite amusing that the iPads biggest market will be people who have no idea what it is right now.
These are the folks who either don't have a computer at all or hate what they have. They don't understand it, they get confused and intimidated, they hate the A/V software, the patch Tuesdays. They hate that they have to call someone to fix things or even to understand how to use some dumb program.
They are going to love it :-)
Wed Mar 31 01:32:53 2010: 8315 BrettLegree
"Disruptive technologies are often not recognized by the 'experts'." - yes!
This has played out time and again, in many industries.
"These are the folks who either don't have a computer at all or hate what they have." - yes yes yes!
I realize both of these things every time I am helping someone with a computer issue.
People who enjoy working with, fixing, building computers (you and I, for instance) see the tech differently from (I assume) the majority of people.
Most people just want it to work, so they can get on with what they are doing.
The iPad is the sort of thing that these people need.
Wed Mar 31 02:02:15 2010: 8317 TonyLawrence
Most people just want it to work, so they can get on with what they are doing
Quite often, that's just what I want myself. Yeah, sometimes I like to get all techy and deep, but most days... nope. Just want to read my mail and use the browser.
Wed Mar 31 02:06:20 2010: 8318 BrettLegree
I hear you... that's why I went to a Mac ;)
Thu Apr 1 13:46:39 2010: 8340 TonyLawrence
"Apple iPad Review: Laptop Killer? Pretty Close" (link)
My verdict is that, while it has compromises and drawbacks, the iPad can indeed replace a laptop for most data communication, content consumption and even limited content creation, a lot of the time. But it all depends on how you use your computer.
Thu Apr 1 14:29:56 2010: 8343 TonyLawrence
David Pogue's review:
And the techies are right about another thing: the iPad is not a laptop. It�s not nearly as good for creating stuff. On the other hand, it�s infinitely more convenient for consuming it � books, music, video, photos, Web, e-mail and so on. For most people, manipulating these digital materials directly by touching them is a completely new experience � and a deeply satisfying one.
Thu Apr 1 18:20:08 2010: 8347 TonyLawrence
Ayup, those folks were right, iPad is gong to flop: (link)
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Beijing KFC has become one of the first fast-food restaurants in the world to use facial recognition technology as means of speeding up services, according to an article by The Guardian.
Teaming up with China's search engine giant Baidu, a spokesperson for KFC said that the new technology can "recommend menu items based on a customer's estimated age and mood" and will also be used to recall "repeat customers and their orders".
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Milnor–Thurston kneading theory
The Milnor–Thurston kneading theory is a mathematical theory which analyzes the iterates of piecewise monotone mappings of an interval into itself. The emphasis is on understanding the properties of the mapping that are invariant under topological conjugacy.
The theory had been developed by John Milnor and William Thurston in two widely circulated and influential Princeton preprints from 1977 that were revised in 1981 and finally published in 1988. Applications of the theory include piecewise linear models, counting of fixed points, computing the total variation, and constructing an invariant measure with maximal entropy.
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Kneading theory provides an effective calculus for describing the qualitative behavior of the iterates of a piecewise monotone mapping f of a closed interval I of the real line into itself. Some quantitative invariants of this discrete dynamical system, such as the lap numbers of the iterates and the Artin–Mazur zeta function of f are expressed in terms of certain matrices and formal power series.
The basic invariant of f is its kneading matrix, a rectangular matrix with coefficients in the ring Z[[t ]] of integer formal power series. A closely related kneading determinant is a formal power series
with odd integer coefficients. In the simplest case when the map is unimodal, with a maximum at c, each coefficient Dk is either +1 or −1, according to whether the (k + 1)th iterate f k+1 has local maximum or local minimum at c.
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- John Milnor and William Thurston, On iterated maps of the interval. Dynamical systems (College Park, MD, 1986–87), Lecture Notes in Math., 1342, 465–563, Springer, Berlin, 1988 MR0970571
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The old flat 2D pictures are sooooo yesterday!
Japanese Omote 3D have created a new system that reproduces personal detailed miniature action figures of normal everyday people. This new system utilizes a three-dimensional camera and printer to process and scan users, creating custom scale reproductions that range between 10 and 20 centimeters in height.
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Kimchee was a traditional dish in Korean culture on Earth, made by pickling spicy cabbage.
"For the love of kimchee!" was an expression of exasperation often used by the mother of Casey Goodwin, and one which he picked up from her. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)
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3D printers are cumbersome, breakable things. But not LumiFold, a 3D printer seeking funding on IndieGoGo. The printer folds up into a calculator-shaped stick that includes a carrying handle. It's available for $390 and is scheduled to be delivered in December. While LumiFold's creators, who are based in Venice, Italy, have already reached their funding goal, they set it extremely low. They've raised about $3,300 to date, which isn't exactly impressive. I guess most people weren't impressed by LumiFold's max print size of 90 x 90 x 90 millimeters.
LumiFold is a foldable 3D printer that fits in your backpack
Does the projector that is needed for the actual printing also fit in your backpack ?
How about the giant tripod or rig that is needed to overhang it ?
And no, pocket sized or mini projectors won't work. Not enough UV output.
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Yup, you guessed... another one of these fun random blog posts XD
This is what you need to do: One person writes one sentence in a comment, the next person continues with the next sentence, etc.
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Lame example, but that's basically how it works. I hope this will be fun. =)
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One of the most uninformative messages you can deliver to a user when publishing content through Microsoft's ISA Server 2006 or Forefront TMG Server 2010 is the 403 Forbidden. In this article we shall take a look at what can cause this, how to troubleshoot it, and how to resolve the issue and get users their content. Of course, there will always be the unauthorized users out there to whom we want to deliver a 403, but they will usually tend to themselves.
First, let's consider what the Makers (at least, of the HTTP protocol) intended when they came up with the HTTP response codes. A 403 message by itself simply indicates that the requested resource is one that the requestor is not allowed to view. Please note that it is entirely different from a 401.3 which indicates an authentication failure. A 403 means "you can't have this," no matter who you are. It is NOT the result of a permissions issue or authentication failure. Microsoft's IIS has an entire sub-class of 403 responses, which can tell you more about the issue.
Microsoft's 403.x response codes
403.1 - Execute access forbidden.
403.2 - Read access forbidden.
403.3 - Write access forbidden.
403.4 - SSL required.
403.5 - SSL 128 required.
403.6 - IP address rejected.
403.7 - Client certificate required.
403.8 - Site access denied.
403.9 - Too many users.
403.10 - Invalid configuration.
403.11 - Password change.
403.12 - Mapper denied access.
403.13 - Client certificate revoked.
403.14 - Directory listing denied.
403.15 - Client Access Licenses exceeded.
403.16 - Client certificate is untrusted or invalid.
403.17 - Client certificate has expired or is not yet valid.
To troubleshoot these issues, here is how to proceed:1. Get the actual response from the client's browser. You may have to click the "more information" link, as many browsers are starting to hide the really useful information in response codes so they don't scare regular people. View the error and note the specific response code. Consulting the table above can help you determine where to go next.
2. From the ISA/TMG server itself, attempt to request the same resource from the published server. If you receive the same error, then you need to move to the internal webserver, and consult its IIS logs or site configuration to determine your next steps. Again, the specific response code is key.
3. If you can access the resource internally, just not when published through ISA/TMG, it's time to look at the ISA/TMG logs. Launch the management console, browse down to the Monitoring in ISA, or Logs & Reports in TMG.
4. Edit the filter to look at live logs and have the user try again, or filter on the time range to see the error. Add the "Filter by" criteria for HTTP Status Code, and set it equal to 403.
5. Run the query, and examine the results.
The most common ones you will come across with ISA/TMG have to do with the publishing rule settings for the website. Here are the ones that are most frequently on client systems:In a publishing rule, you require SSL but the user did not specify that in their browser. To solve this you can tell the user to make sure they type https:// in front of the URL, but I prefer to create an HTTP rule that denies access with a redirect to the https URL, as shown in the image below:
· * I never recommend using IP address restrictions because of the number of open proxies in the world, however it is done. A 403.6 is thrown to a client on the 'naughty list.' Here, you simply have to remove the client's I.P. from the forbidden list, or add them to the allowed list.
· * Requiring client certificates means extra setup on the client. I have seen plenty of 403.7 errors when the client uses a different browser or workstation that is not setup with a client certificate. Make sure that the client is using a browser on a workstation with the certificate installed in their personal store. Then, make sure they know how to select the certificate when prompted.* On certain occasions I have seen admins limit the allowed connections. A 403.9 is what happens when that number is reached. To fix this you simply need to increase the maximum number of allowed connections, or remove the limit entirely. Remember, that is a property of the listener.
• The 403.16 happens when the issuing CA for client certs is not trusted by the ISA/TMG. Make sure that the ISA/TMG has the root CA of the client certificate's chain installed as a trusted root CA, and that any intermediate CAs are also installed properly.
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That got the first scoring drive of the game started, as the Ravens moved 22 yards in seven plays to take a 3-0 lead over the Raiders on Justin Tucker's 48-yard field goal with 8:49 to go in the first quarter.
Tucker has now made 16 of 17 field-goal attempts this season, and is 10-for-11 from 40 and beyond. Pretty darn good.
Meanwhile, the Ravens' defense is off to a nice start. The Raiders hurt themselves on their first drive, as guard Mike Brisiel stepped on quarterback Carson Palmer's foot on fourth-and-1. That sent Palmer to the turf for one of the easiest sacks Paul Kruger will ever be credited with, and gave Baltimore the ball on its own 48.
Oakland then went three-and-out the next time it had the ball.
Update: Much like a week ago, the Ravens' offense is on a roll early.
Baltimore just scored again, this time on Joe Flacco's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:15 to go in the opening quarter, to take a 10-0 lead over Oakland.
The Ravens also scored on their first two possessions a week ago at Cleveland before failing to score again until the fourth quarter. Perhaps this week's game will unfold differently.
The latest score came at the end of an eight-play, 63-yard drive that took 3:56 off the clock. The big plays came on Flacco passes to his tight ends. He connected with Dennis Pitta for an 18-yard gain on third-and-9 and then found Ed Dickson deep over the middle for a 40-yard gain on third-and-10. The latter pass gave Baltimore first-and-goal at the Raiders' 4. The Ravens scored two plays later.
Now let's see if the defense can keep the momentum on the home team's side.
Update II: The Ravens gave the Raiders a great opportunity to tighten the game significantly when Flacco was intercepted by Michael Huff at the Baltimore 19-yard line.
But Oakland settled for a Sebastian Janikowski 22-yard field goal, cutting the Ravens' lead to 10-3 with 10:02 to go in the second quarter.
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Effect of self-administered auricular acupressure on smoking cessation --a pilot study
Tobacco smoking is still a worldwide health risk. Current pharmacotherapies have at best, a success rate of no more than 50%. Auricular (ear) acupressure has been purported to be beneficial in achieving smoking cessation in some studies, while in others has been deemed insignificant. We hereby describe the protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial to examine the possible benefits of self-administered acupressure for smoking cessation.
Sixty consenting participants with confirmed habit of tobacco smoking will be recruited and randomized into three arms to receive either auricular acupressure at five true acupoints (NADA protocol), auricular acupressure at five sham points, or no auricular acupressure at all. Participants having auricular acupressure will exert firm pressure to each acupoint bilaterally via the bead in the attached plasters whenever they feel the urge to smoke. The treatment phase will last for six weeks during which all participants will be assessed weekly to review their smoking log, state of abstinence, end-exhalation carbon monoxide levels and possible adverse effects including withdrawal reactions and stress levels. At any time, a successful quit date will be defined with continuous abstinence for the following consecutive 7 days. From then on, participants will be evaluated individually for continuous abstinence rate (CAR), end-exhalation carbon monoxide levels and adverse effects of stress and withdrawal at specified intervals up to 26 weeks. Expectancy of treatment will be assessed with a four-item Borkovec and Nau self-assessment credibility scale during and after intervention.
We incorporate validated outcome measures of smoking cessation into our randomised controlled trial design with the objectives to evaluate the feasibility and possible benefits of self-administered auricular acupressure as a non-invasive alternative to pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation.
Trial Registration
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01389622 (registered Jul 7 2011)
Problem of tobacco smoking
Despite a decreasing trend in some countries, tobacco smoking is still prevalent in about one third of our world's population
Methods of smoking cessation
Various methods of smoking cessation are available and can be broadly divided into pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, which often work better in combination
Auricular acupuncture and smoking cessation
Use of acupuncture for smoking cessation has been practised during the last five decades and its efficacy has been quoted as approaching 45%, which is on par with other pharmacological methods
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Auricular points as they are used in acupuncture
Auricular points as they are used in acupuncture. The five auricular points chosen according to the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol: Autonomic Point (1); Shen Men (2); C. Kidney (3); Liver (4); Lung 2 (5).
A literature search from all available PubMed listings using the following keywords "Auricular acupuncture" and "smoking" only returns 35 entries with the earliest report of a letter in French in 1975
Auricular acupressure versus needle auricular acupuncture
In the literature, there are two types of auricular acupuncture: with needle inserted into the acupoints or with pressure exerted at the acupoints via plastered beads. Needle auricular acupuncture involves skin penetration and carries the usual risks for acupuncture, i.e., hematoma and infection which may lead to otitis externa
To date smoking cessation studies using auricular pressure have been sparse with conflicting results, from no better than sham
Study aim
To demonstrate that self-administered acupressure at verum auricular acupoints is a safe and feasible option for smoking cessation, and when administered at verum acupoints whether it has benefits as compared to acupressure on non-acupoints and that without acupressure.
Study design
This is a pilot study designed as a 3-arm randomised controlled trial. Eligible participants will be recruited from Queen's University Family Health Team (QUFHT) out-patient clinics as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. They will be randomly allocated to self-administered auricular acupressure at true points, self-administered auricular acupressure at sham points, or no auricular acupressure at all. Figure
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Flow chart of proposed pilot study
Flow chart of proposed pilot study.
Recruitment of participants will be based at the out-patient clinics of the Queen's University Family Health Team (QUFHT) in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Information pamphlet will be placed in the clinics' waiting areas, supplemented by posters and appropriate referral from physicians in the QUFHT. Respondents will be contacted by research assistants from the Centre of Studies in Primary Care (CSPC) and then invited to an initial screening visit for eligibility.
Inclusion criteria
Participants are considered eligible if they satisfy the following criteria:
• Male or female, between 18 and 75 years of age inclusive, and able to provide informed consent
• History of tobacco cigarette smoking for at least 6 months.
• Confirmed intention of smoking cessation with no more than 2 previous failed attempts in the last 3 years
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded if they have:
• Doubts about smoking cessation
• Existing pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
• History of major psychiatric disorder or chronic pain syndromes
• More than 2 failed attempts of smoking cessation in the previous 3 years, either with pharmacological methods or any forms of acupuncture/acupressure.
• History of substance abuse
• History of atopy, or suspected/known allergy to plaster
Sample size calculation and randomisation
A convenience sample size of a total of 60 participants will be recruited, with 20 participants per arm after randomisation. Compared to other pilot studies, this sample size is deemed sufficient and appropriate statistical methods will be adopted to accommodate for foreseeable limitations during final analysis (see section on statistical analysis). Randomisation and allocation of subjects will be performed according to the CONSORT standards in terms of randomisation type
Auricular acupressure
Auricular acupressure will be administered by research assistants and staff nurses who will attend a one-day training course. They will be naïve to the differences between the true and sham acupressure points, and will be advised not to discuss anything with the participants. Their competence and point accuracy will be assessed before the start of the study and periodically thereafter by the research team and two licenced practitioners in acupuncture.
Verum acupressure (arm 1)
Participants in Arm 1 will receive a 2 mm × 2 mm acupressure plaster (each with a single
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Figure 3a, b
Figure 3a, b. Auricular acupressure plasters using
Sham acupressure (Arm2)
As active controls, participants in Arm 2 will receive identical acupressure plasters bilaterally as in Arm 1 except that the 5 auricular points are randomly chosen with none belonging to the NADA points, or any other true acupressure points that have been described. If in doubt, the principal investigators will be consulted. As in Arm 1, participants in Arm 2 will also be instructed to exert firm digital pressure to every acupoint via the plastered seeds for five seconds whenever they feel the urge to smoke. Similarly, if the plasters detach at any time of the study, they need to be replaced without delay. Period of treatment will be six weeks (week 2 to week 7).
Control arm (Arm3)
Participants in Arm 3 will serve as passive controls and no acupressure plasters will be administered. For six weeks (week 2 to week 7) they will be given advice and counselling support for smoking cessation during the weekly review, and will be assessed for outcome measures as with the participants in the other two study arms.
Co-existent treatment
A record of co-existent treatments, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological, will be recorded for every participant. Any treatment pertaining to smoking cessation should be discontinued at the start of the run-in week and will not be resumed until the participant completed the study or is withdrawn from the study due to treatment failure or adverse events. Equally, all participants will be advised not to attempt any smoking cessation 2 weeks before the run-in period.
Baseline evaluation
Once eligibility is confirmed, all participants will undergo a pre-treatment baseline evaluation during week 1 (run-in period). All subjects will be subjected to a brief physical examination recording the weight, height, body-mass-index (BMI), waist circumference, resting blood pressure, resting heart rate and end-expiratory carbon monoxide level (CO) through the use of a hand-held Smoklyzer©. In addition, a brief history will be taken regarding their past and present health. Their smoking profile will also be assessed in terms of number of cigarettes smoked per day, smoking history in terms of pack-years, number of previous attempts of smoking cessation and methods used, and finally, their level of motivation to quit on Likert scale of 0-7.
Outcome measures
The primary outcome measures in our study will be 7-day point prevalent abstinence rate (PAR), continuous abstinence rate (CAR), end-expiratory carbon monoxide levels (CO), nicotine withdrawal symptoms according to the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS) and stress level according to the Stress Check List (SCL). PAR is defined as abstinence from tobacco smoking for the previous 7 days, whereas CAR is defined as abstinence since the target quit date. The time taken (T) to reach the quit date is also recorded. During the active intervention period (week 2 to week 7), the following will be assessed weekly: number of cigarettes smokes per day, CO, MNWS and SCL. At week 3, 5 and 7, CAR and PAR will be assessed. At week 13 and week 26, successful quitters will be assessed for CO, PAR, SCL and MNWS. At week 2 and week 8/one week after successful quitting, expectancy of treatment will be assessed in all participants with a modified 4-item Borkovec and Nau self-assessment credibility scale as adopted by Tough
Statistical analysis
Baseline characteristics of participants (age, number of cigarettes smoked per day, history of packed-years and number of previous cessation attempts) in all the three arms will be expressed as mean values ± standard deviation (SD). The null hypothesis will be adopted in comparing the outcomes (PAR, CAR, CO levels, MNWS score and SCL scores) between Arm 1 and Arm 3, Arm 2 and Arm 3, and finally between Arm 1 and Arm 2. In view of the small sample size for each arm, the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon two-sample rank sum test will be used for each Arm pair. Medians will be calculated with the quartiles and the Mann-Whitney
Adverse events and withdrawal from studies
Part of the objectives of our pilot study is to assess the possible adverse effects due either to the auricular acupressure or, due to withdrawal and stress from smoking cessation. The nature and severity of the adverse effects will be recorded and assessed with the MNWS and SCL scores. At any time, participants may withdraw from the study if they develop severe nicotine withdrawal reactions or anxiety symptoms; if they have any adverse effects of pain, discomfort, inflammation or infection at the local sites of the plaster; if there is any inter-current illness that would, in the judgment of the investigators, affect outcome measures to a significant degree; and finally, as requested by the participants.
Consent will be obtained from every participant in a written form. This study protocol has been peer-reviewed and approved by the Queen's University Health Sciences and Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board. Registration number for ClinicalTrials.gov is.
BMI: Body mass index; CAR: Continuous abstinence rate; CO: Carbon monoxide; CSPC: Centre of studies in primary care; MNWS: Minnesota nicotine withdrawal scale; NADA: National acupuncture detoxification association; QUFHT: Queen's university family health team; SCL: Stress Check List; SD: Standard deviation; PAR: Point abstinence rate.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
LL secured funding for the study. LL, TN and CM contributed equally to the design and revision of the research protocol. LL wrote the main manuscript and TN and CM provide critical comments. TN and CM will be principal investigators in the study and LL will be the co-investigator and project supervisor. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements and funding
The study was supported by the Research Initiation Grant (RIG) of Dr Lawrence Leung at Queen's University.
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I don't fully understand your switching other than it is a commutator. can you describe it with maybe a couple of scribbles on the photo?
Tom C
Hello everyone,
I have been working on a new project and I thought I would kick off a new thread for it.
This machine has a frame of just under 12 inches with 5 inch wheels. When it is fully populated I have room for 12 coils, 6 in the front and 6 in the back using two wheels. The screws and nuts, threaded rods frame and wheels are all aluminum which did drive up the cost a bit but I expect this thing to last for a very long time.
This machine will not be using transistors for the switching. I have been testing some different methods and I think I have found something that works pretty well. I use welding rods as contacts and some brass pipe which I cut into 1 inch pieces. The brass is mounted on a timing wheel with plastic posts and rubber washers to keep the current isolated from the machine. I know this will wear down but that doesn't bother me since I can just replace the rods as needed. I have only had it running for a day so there is much to learn about it going forward.
Here are some pictures:
Questions and comments are most welcome in this thread so feel free. ----Bob
Sure Tom maybe this will help.
The rods both make contact across the brass closing the switch, when the coil pushes the wheel away it opens the switch.
I am testing right now on one coil. Hopefully tomorrow I will shoot a video and do a run with some charts.
Hi Guys
Wow! That looks sharp! I have been meaning to ask this question: has someone, or couldn't someone machine something up to utilize old-style automotive ignition points? They have their own little capacitors to keep the contacts from crusting up quickly, and if one used a GM type, they would be easy to adjust...let me know what you think. John has been hinting that we should be aiming towards figuring out how to use non-electronic triggering. Automotive ignition points are pretty rugged...
Best regards
James, somewhere in Idaho
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Hi James,
Are you talking about like an old distributor cap style? I like the idea but don't those work from spark gap? I don't think we are playing in a high enough voltage to have it jump but perhaps with some more thought on it there could be a way.
I have a few reasons for trying to go this way. One of them is simply that transistors, especially matched and all the same kind would be really hard to find and replace in a real extended emergency situation. My largest machine uses 32 transistors and I have replaced them at least four times now from trying different things and messing up.
Another aspect of this is that the transistor switches very fast BUT I believe that because of the small capacitance in the junction it is a softer switch than a hard break like I am attempting with slap contacts.
I also just want to experiment with things more as they might have done back in Tesla's days. I have thought about perhaps even getting rid of the diode by making a diode plate with copper and using Mr. Bedini's borax and heat trick as shown with copper magnesium cells. There are things to be re-discovered in using different methods and that is what I am after. For example When I first fired up the new machine it was pulling over 2 amps and I thought hmm ok what the heck can I do to adjust it. Well I could add a resistor to the front of the coil, roll a longer coil or use thinner wire, or what I realized and went with for now was to understand that by changing the length of the bend on my contact I could vary the "on" time. I realized I was on for too long and as soon as I adjusted the shape of the rod I got down to 500ma or so and the charging went WAY up becuse I was now pumping the coil with just enough current and not too much.
I do think I ned to work on my contacts however. The first set got chewed up pretty fast (picture below). I am now trying a different material, more of a steel rod instead of the welding rod. If this does not last long enough I may try putting some copper on the ends, maybe it will last longer. Anyway this is all about experimenting so expect to see failures as well as success out of me because I do not hide either. I think it is important for us to all share what we try both good and bad so that we can advance collectively.
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Hi BobZilla
That looks like it is worth a try.
The way the points style ignition works, is much like the transistor in an energizer circuit. For automotive purposes, there is a coil consisting of transformer with one primary winding and one secondary winding connected to a common positive battery source, with the primary side having a contact set making and breaking a circuit that goes to ground (starting to sound familiar here?). To limit premature failure, the contact set has a small matching capacitor to dampen the current, limiting arcing. A small cam runs the contact set. Timing is affected by adjusting the plate (or distributor in a car) and then locking it down. One must adjust the gap in the contact set first, to make sure they are opening enough to help prevent arcing. In order to have coils firing at different times (like, say, an energizer with a full Bedini-Cole bi-polar switch) one would just place a second contact set at the proper degree difference on the timing plate. Or, if one wanted several separate firing positions on a rotor, just include that many contact sets at appropriate positions. I have attached a PDF showing how one could daisy-chain coils on one contact set. Compare this circuit to a Bedini monopole circuit, and you should see the same similarities I see. You could use the same principals that standard contact sets use to avoid premature failure of your design. However, automotive contact sets may be the answer for replacing reed switches, and rotating commutators, with heavy duty switching for these projects, and use off-the-shelf, cheap (like $2, I think) parts from the local auto parts store. Following is that PDF:
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James maybe I am missing the point but I keep thinking that the rotor does not touch the distributor cap points (where the switch in the diagram is). As I said before since we are dealing with low voltage I do not see how to make it jump without contact. In a car it arcs through an air gap between the cap and the rotor because of that stepped up transformer/capacitor.
Now if your talking about using some step up then that would be different but I am only trying to switch 12 or 24 volts because it is really just a short across the source battery and it would quickly destroy the battery to throw high voltage with current back at it.
I am with you that it seems like a great way to rig something up but I am just not sure how it would be done.
Hi BobZilla
My Bad...having had automotive experience in my youth (had my own shop, and worked on a lot of high performance rigs), my mind just went to assuming everyone has that experience...sorry.
Ok, let me be more specific: We are not talking about using a distributor, and an automotive coil--just the contact set(s) with corresponding capacitor (specific to that contact set). We would then make a plate (maybe out of plastic) that the contact set could mount to. The plate, then rests on another plate that is stationary, with the motor shaft going through the center, and is attached in such a way, so one could spin, or turn it in a circular motion for timing purposes, and then be locked down--say, for instance with channels cut for bolts to slide through, and when the machine is timed correctly, you simply tighten them to lock it down. The contact set is then actuated by a cam, or lump on the motor shaft. This serves the same purpose as your idea with the copper brushes on a commutator, or reed or hall switches. Then they are hooked into the same coils you were going to originally use--no distributor, no ignition coil...Hope that helps...
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Hi Bob and James,
Using breaker points would work, but I think using an automotive capacitor across the points would absorb some of the high voltage spike greatly reducing the desired radiant effect. If the energizer coil output is collected in a battery or cap discharge unit, the voltage across the points would be similar to the voltage that appears across a switching transistor wouldn't it? I don't think a cap across the points would even be needed would it?
Any form of mechanical switching will be prone to wear and some arcing, so is still not a perfect solution. As far as mechanical switches go, isn't a carbon brush running on a segmented copper commutator about the most reliable?
Gary Hammond,
Hi Gary Hammond
Good point about the capacitor. Yes, I think you are right.
In regard to the commutator and brushes, John B. has stated many times that those run the best. However, the contacts where the brushes move along the commutator roast fairly quickly, then you usually have to build a new commutator. The ignition points idea might not be as "powerful" in regard to output, but they are easy to service. Back in the day, we ran high output coils on muscle cars, and when the points pitted, we could just file them with a file made for that, and then we were literally "back to the races." Plus, they are cheap and still fairly plentiful (at least here in Idaho) so one could buy them in bulk for the zombie apocalypse (saying that with a little snicker, but seriously, might be a good idea) .
Best regards
James, somewhere in Idaho
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The 2002-2005 Explorer has a very well-established record of expensive transmission failure at under 100k miles. The Explorer has an enclosed transmission which is typically replaced with a rebuilt transmission at a cost of almost $3,000.
Another common problem for the 2002-2003 Explorer is wheel bearing failure at around 90k miles, with a typical repair bill of $500 to $1000 depending on how many wheel bearings failed.
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Northeast of Chatsworth in the Chattahoochee National Forest, the Rocky Flats OHV Trail is a 3.5 mile ORV trail that can form a loop. It follows multi-purpose roads over piney ridges and through hollows of oak and popular forest.
Other nearby trails include the Windy Gap ATV Trail, the Tibbs ATV Trail and the Milma Creek ATV Trail.
To reach the OHV trailhead for the Rocky Flats OHV Trail from Crandall, go east 3 miles on Mill Creek Road (Forest Service #630). Trail is on the right.
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ICT is now a big part of everyday life, but not for everybody. The Peer Review on the Galician Digital Volunteering Programme (VolDIX) focused on possible ways to avoid social exclusion to go digital.
Host Country: Spain
Date: 25 March 2014
Peer countries: Belgium - Czech Republic - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Sweden - United Kingdom
The Galician Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare hosted in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) on 25 March 2014 a Peer Review on the Galician Digital Volunteering Programme (VolDIX). The programme exploits various forms of voluntary participation to combat digital and social exclusion as part of a broader effort to build an Information Society for all.
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George Guzman Says He's "Probably Hit 1,000 Dogs" With His Car -- Including His Own German Shepherd
"I don't care about dogs, I've probably hit 1,000 dogs in my life."
That's what 69-year-old George Guzman told police Monday night after running over two pooches, one of which was his own German Shepherd.
According to court records obtained by New Times, about 8 p.m. Monday, Guzman was seen driving his black 1995 Pontiac Firebird near 2121 West Tonto Street in Phoenix. His headlights were off and he was swerving.
About 200 feet from his house, Guzman ran over his German Shepherd and a neighbor's Chihuahua. He continued driving to his house with the German Shepherd getting dragged under the car. A trail of feces and dog fur was later found between the point of impact and Guzman's house.
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Guzman got out of his car and noticed children in the street crying near the home of the owner of the chihuahua. He walked over to see what was going on, at which point the owner of the chihuahua -- the father of one of the crying children -- told Guzman that he'd run over his dog and dragged his own dog under his car all the way to his house.
Guzman's response: "I'm not drunk." He then went to check on his dog.
The Chihuahua, police say, died instantly. Guzman's German Shepherd wasn't so lucky.
Guzman had to back up his car in order to get the dog out from under it. He then sat in his car "watching the dog die."
When police arrived at Guzman's house, his German Shepherd was still alive. It died en-route to an emergency veterinary clinic.
Aside from telling cops about how many dogs he claims he's run over, Guzman also noted that "I drank a 40-ounce, I think."
Once in custody, the only thing Guzman cared about, police say, was that his wallet come with him to jail.
Guzman was booked on two counts of animal cruelty, two counts of failure to provide medical treatment to an animal, two counts of infliction of serious injury to an animal, two counts of animal cruelty, one count of killing an animal without owner's consent, and two counts of criminal damage.
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WASHINGTON President Bush wants to cut funding for teaching hospitals and freeze medical research in a $3 trillion budget for 2009 that is still likely to generate a record deficit once war costs are tallied up.
The Bush budget to be submitted Monday would cut the budget for the Health and Human Services Department by $2 billion, or 3%. By contrast, the Pentagon would get a $35 billion increase to $515 billion for core programs, with war costs additional.
With tax revenues falling as the economy slows — and with the deficit-financed economic stimulus bill adding more than $150 billion in red ink to federal ledgers over 2008-2009 — the White House acknowledges that the budget deficit for this year and next is projected to reach $400 billion or more.
The largest-ever budget deficit, $413 billion, was recorded in 2004. Bush's budget will forecast a deficit for 2009 that's below that, an administration official said. But that assumes costs of $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, well below the almost $200 billion request for this year.
Even if a Democrat is elected president and begins troop withdrawals, tens of billions of dollars more will be needed, which would bring the deficit well above the $413 billion record.
And if the economy slides into recession, deficits would grow ever higher. The Bush budget predicts gross domestic product growth of 2.9% for 2008, an administration official said, much higher than private sector economists predict. If growth doesn't meet administration expectations, the deficit would spike higher as tax revenues fall even more.
Economists say the best way to measure the deficit is against the size of the economy, and at about 3% of gross domestic product, the 2008-2009 deficits aren't much higher than historical averages. To the average member of the public, however, the figures are eye-popping, and Bush's successor is likely to feel pressure to rein the deficit under control.
Bush has promised his budget will keep the government on track to run a surplus in 2012. But the steps required to do that — and keep his promise to extend tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 beyond their expiration at the end of 2010 — are hardly realistic.
For starters, his budget contains no war costs beyond 2009 and fails to address the huge cost of keeping more and more taxpayers from feeling the bite of the alternative minimum tax.
Bush's budget plan will also, on average, freeze most domestic programs funded by Congress each year. Since departments such as Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security will be getting increases, that means other agencies would bear difficult cuts.
The budget for the Health and Human Services Department, for example, would be reduced by almost 3% under the Bush budget plan to be released Monday. The $2 billion in HHS cuts are about double the size of the reductions Bush sought last year; Democrats controlling Congress rejected them.
Congress is ultimately likely to reject the cuts again, but the White House played a tough hand in last year's budget battle and the gulf between the two could mean gridlock that would tie up the agency's budget until Bush's successor takes office. The cuts would hit HHS programs funded by Congress each year.
These reductions would be in addition to almost $200 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next five years that administration officials acknowledge are in Bush's budget. Much of the savings would come from freezing reimbursement rates for most health care providers for three years.
Congress rejected a smaller package of cuts last year, and there's no reason to think they would rise to the challenge in an election year. The proposed savings from Medicare and Medicaid are about three times the cuts proposed last year.
Within HHS programs, Bush would eliminate a $302 million program that gives grants to children's hospitals to subsidize medical education. A $300 million program for public health improvement projects would be eliminated, while grants to improve health care in rural areas would be cut by 87%.
The Centers for Disease Control's budget would face a 7% reduction of $433 million. The budget for a program to treat and monitor the health of first responders and others exposed to toxins at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks would be cut by 77%, from $108 million this year to $25 million in 2009.
The National Institutes of Health, which funds health research grants, would see its budget frozen at $29.5 billion.
A program providing grants to help mental health and substance abuse providers update their treatment programs would be cut almost in half. Bush also would eliminate a new $49 million program to help states provide health insurance to people who are ailing and cannot obtain health insurance in the commercial market.
There are a few increases, however. The Food and Drug Administration would receive a 6% boost to $2.4 billion to ramp up food and drug safety efforts. Head Start would receive a 2% increase to $7 billion. Abstinence education programs popular with social conservatives would get a 25% increase to $137 million.
At the same time, a popular program that provides heating subsidies to the poor would be cut by $570 million, to $2 billion.
As expected, the budget would eliminate the $654 million Community Services Block Grant program, which provides seed money for community action agencies that help the poor. That cut was proposed last year, but Congress rejected it on a bipartisan basis.
Within the Education Department, Title I grants, the main source of federal funding for poor students, would get $14.3 billion, about a 3% increase from this year, under the administration's proposal. About half of the nation's schools, and two-thirds of elementary schools, receive Title I funding.
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Whitehead's second book, A Path of their Own: Helping Children to Educate Themselves (Granville Island 2014) is about new ways to parent and educate children. In it she shares from own experience of taking her three children out of school and allowing them to learn from life in a natural, self-directed way, without curriculum, grades, discipline or rewards.
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Brett lives in Brockway, Pennsylvania, with his wife and son.
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My only complaint is that I've finished the series. But I'm looking forward to reading his other stories!
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