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DNSCrypt encrypts and authenticates DNS traffic between user and DNS resolver. While IP traffic itself is unchanged, it prevents local spoofing of DNS queries, ensuring DNS responses are sent by the server of choice. [1]
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Tips and tricks
- 3.1 Local DNS cache configuration
- 3.2 Sandboxing
- 3.3 Enable EDNS0
- 3.4 Redundant DNSCrypt providers
Install the dnscrypt-proxy package.
listen_addresses option with a socket file.
To configure dnscrypt-proxy, perform the following steps:
Select resolver
server_names commented out in the configuration file
/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml, dnscrypt-proxy will choose the fastest server from the sources already configured under
[sources] [2]. The lists will be downloaded, verified, and automatically updated. [3]. Thus, configuring a specific set of servers is optional.
/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml and uncomment the
server_names variable, selecting one or more of the servers. For example, to use Cloudflare's servers:
server_names = ['cloudflare', 'cloudflare-ipv6']
- You can find the full list of resolvers on the upstream page, Github, or
- Users should look at the description for servers on the public resolvers list and take note of which validate DNSSEC, do not log, and are uncensored. These requirements can be configured globally with the
Disable any services bound to port 53
To see if any programs are using port 53, run
$ ss -lp 'sport = :domain'
If the output contains more than the first line of column names, you need to disable whatever service is using port 53. One common culprit is
systemd-resolved.service, but other network managers may have analogous components. You are ready to proceed once the above command outputs nothing more than the following line:
Netid State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port
Modify resolv.conf
Modify the resolv.conf file and replace the current set of resolver addresses with address for localhost [4]:
nameserver 127.0.0.1 options edns0 single-request-reopen
Other programs may overwrite this setting; see resolv.conf#Preserve DNS settings for details.
Start systemd service
Finally, start and enable the
Tips and tricks
Local DNS cache configuration
cache = true in your dnscrypt configuration file
It is recommended to run DNSCrypt as a forwarder for a local DNS cache if not using dnscrypt's cache feature; otherwise, every single query will make a round-trip to the upstream resolver. Any local DNS caching program should work. In addition to setting up dnscrypt-proxy, you must setup your local DNS cache program.
Change port
/etc/dnscrypt-proxy.conf does not work when using the provided systemd unit and must be changed in the provided systemd socket as follows.
In order to forward to a local DNS cache, dnscrypt-proxy should listen on a port different from the default
53, since the DNS cache itself needs to listen on
53 and query dnscrypt-proxy on a different port. Port number
5353 is used as an example in this section. In this example, the port number is larger than 1024 so dnscrypt-proxy is not required to be run by root. Edit
dnscrypt-proxy.socket with the following contents:
[Socket] ListenStream= ListenDatagram= ListenStream=127.0.0.1:5353 ListenDatagram=127.0.0.1:5353
5353 is used by Avahi (if installed and running) and can cause warnings in the journal and Avahi's mDNS unreliable.
Example local DNS cache configurations
The following configurations should work with dnscrypt-proxy and assume that it is listening on port
Configure Unbound to your liking (in particular, see Unbound#Local DNS server) and add the following lines to the end of the
server section in
do-not-query-localhost: no forward-zone: name: "." forward-addr: 127.0.0.1@5353
interface: 0.0.0.0@53 and
access-control: your-network/subnet-mask allow inside the
server: section so that the other computers can connect to the server. A client must be configured with
nameserver address-of-your-server in
unbound.service to apply the changes.
Configure dnsmasq as a local DNS cache. The basic configuration to work with DNSCrypt:
no-resolv server=127.0.0.1#5353 listen-address=127.0.0.1
If you configured DNSCrypt to use a resolver with enabled DNSSEC validation, make sure to enable it also in dnsmasq:
dnsmasq.service to apply the changes.
Install pdnsd. A basic configuration to work with DNSCrypt is:
global { perm_cache = 1024; cache_dir = "/var/cache/pdnsd"; run_as = "pdnsd"; server_ip = 127.0.0.1; status_ctl = on; query_method = udp_tcp; min_ttl = 15m; # Retain cached entries at least 15 minutes. max_ttl = 1w; # One week. timeout = 10; # Global timeout option (10 seconds). neg_domain_pol = on; udpbufsize = 1024; # Upper limit on the size of UDP messages. } server { label = "dnscrypt-proxy"; ip = 127.0.0.1; port = 5353; timeout = 4; proxy_only = on; } source { owner = localhost; file = "/etc/hosts"; }
pdnsd.service to apply the changes.
dnscrypt-proxy.service to include the following lines:
[Service] CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID ProtectSystem=strict ProtectHome=true ProtectKernelTunables=true ProtectKernelModules=true ProtectControlGroups=true PrivateTmp=true PrivateDevices=true MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true NoNewPrivileges=true RestrictRealtime=true RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 SystemCallArchitectures=native SystemCallFilter=~@clock @cpu-emulation @debug @keyring @ipc @module @mount @obsolete @raw-io
See systemd.exec(5) and Systemd#Sandboxing application environments for more information. Additionally see upstream comments[dead link 2018-01-08].
Enable EDNS0
Extension Mechanisms for DNS that, among other things, allows a client to specify how large a reply over UDP can be.
Add the following line to your
options edns0
You may also wish to append the following to
EDNSPayloadSize <bytes>
Where <bytes> is a number, the default size being 1252, with values up to 4096 bytes being purportedly safe. A value below or equal to 512 bytes will disable this mechanism, unless a client sends a packet with an OPT section providing a payload size.
Test EDNS0
Make use of the DNS Reply Size Test Server, use the drill command line tool to issue a TXT query for the name rs.dns-oarc.net:
$ drill rs.dns-oarc.net TXT
With EDNS0 supported, the "answer section" of the output should look similar to this:
rst.x3827.rs.dns-oarc.net. rst.x4049.x3827.rs.dns-oarc.net. rst.x4055.x4049.x3827.rs.dns-oarc.net. "2a00:d880:3:1::a6c1:2e89 DNS reply size limit is at least 4055 bytes" "2a00:d880:3:1::a6c1:2e89 sent EDNS buffer size 4096"
Redundant DNSCrypt providers
To use several different dnscrypt providers, you may simply copy the original
dnscrypt-proxy.service and
dnscrypt-proxy.socket. Then in your new copy of the service change the command line parameters, either pointing to a new configuration file or naming a different resolver directly. From there change the port in the new copy of the socket. Lastly, update your local DNS cache program to point to new service's port. For example, with unbound the configuration file would look like if using ports
5353 for the original socket and
5354 for the new socket.
do-not-query-localhost: no forward-zone: name: "." forward-addr: 127.0.0.1@5353 forward-addr: 127.0.0.1@5354
Create instanced systemd service
An alternative option to copying the systemd service is to used an instanced service.
Create systemd file
First, create
/etc/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy@.service containing:
[Unit] Description=DNSCrypt client proxy Documentation=man:dnscrypt-proxy(8) Requires=dnscrypt-proxy@%i.socket [Service] Type=notify NonBlocking=true ExecStart=/usr/bin/dnscrypt-proxy \ --resolver-name=%i Restart=always
This specifies an instanced systemd service that starts a dnscrypt-proxy using the service name specified after the @ symbol of a corresponding .socket file.
Add dnscrypt-sockets
To create multiple dnscrypt-proxy sockets, copy
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket to a new file,
/firstname.lastname@example.com, replacing the socket instance name with one of the short names listed in
dnscrypt-resolvers.csv and change the port. Use a different port for each instance (5353, 5354, and so forth).
Apply new systemd configuration
Now we need to reload the systemd configuration.
# systemctl daemon-reload
Since we are replacing the default service with a different name, we need to explicitly stop and disable
dnscrypt-proxy.service and
Now start/enable the new service(s), e.g.,
firstname.lastname@example.com, etc.
Finally restart

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Eating contests, competitive cook-offs, corn hole for the kids and lots of America's favorite food highlight the Best Memphis Burger Fest Sunday at Minglewood Hall.
At the inaugural Best Memphis Burger Fest last year, a cooking team called "I Like Big Burgers and I Can Not Lie" won top honors with a hand-ground beef patty topped with cheddar cheese, garlic aioli mayonnaise, sliced avocado and fried egg.
That combination, crafted by the team from Shoemaker Financial, now has a permanent home on the burger menu at Kooky Canuck's downtown.
Big things happen for great food, right?
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The event from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Minglewood Hall parking lot on Madison Avenue will benefit the Mid-South Spay and Neuter Services. Admission is $5.
The pairing of burgers and charity are an agreeable match for the festival's organizers, who express equal affection for animals and char-grilled patties.
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The festival is a spin-off from the pair's popular blog BestMemphisBurger.com, a free-wheeling romp through the area's many burger menus. Agranov, who happily names burgers as his favorite comfort food, admits a propensity for traditionally prepared patties.
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In fact, Alex's donated 100 pounds of ground chuck to the cooking teams, and Bluff City Bakery provided slider buns to help feed festival-goers. Agranov is expecting several thousand people.
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I figured out right away what had happened: a rocket had, by pure chance, hit my barracks -- slammed into the revetment protecting the bottom floor of the two-story building. It turns out there was far less damage than you'd conclude from the crash and the subsequent chaotic yelling. My mental inventory made note of a pretty painful shoulder, and some blood dripping into my right eye. Dripping, not flowing: I was ok. I got up and out, checked the hall and, seeing no obvious carnage, headed downstairs. The building was dark, and it was nighttime outside. In front of the door lay a guy familiar to me but unknown by name. He was rocking slowly and moaning. "Get a flashlight!" I said to an onlooker. "Get an ambulance here!" I said to another. Meantime, I could see blood on the man's shirt, by his left shoulder. Tearing open his shirt by the neck, I saw that part of his shoulder was missing; when the flashlight arrived, it was apparent that it was bleeding pretty briskly. I took off my shirt and shoved it into the wound, applying firm pressure. That was it. Nothing more I could do until the ambulance showed up, which it did in a few more minutes. I rode with the man to the clinic, helped unload him and get him inside. After clamping and ligating a couple of vessels, and exchanging my shirt for some disinfectant-soaked gauze, I wrapped the shoulder as tightly as possible while a medic got a couple of IVs in. Meanwhile, someone was calling for a chopper. A quick check-over revealed a few more shrapnel wounds, on his buttock and belly. Given our lack of facilities, and his stability at this point, I just documented what I found for the docs at the evac hospital and sent him on his way.
There were a few other casualties; wounds needing cleansing and suturing, taking up a couple of hours. Finally, as the dust was fully settled, I began to pay attention to the fact that my own shoulder hurt like hell. Broken clavicle, as it turned out. Poor timing, given that in a few days I was scheduled for a week's leave in Hong Kong, with my wife scheduled to meet me there. Well, where there's a will, as they say, there's a way...
I called the Army hospital next day to find out how the man was doing. The news shocked me: he'd died in surgery to repair internal abdominal injuries from the shrapnel. I wasn't able to track down the surgeon; the nurse with whom I spoke didn't know the whole story. Even now, I can't imagine what it could have been, given how stable he'd been while at our base. As I said in the previous post, I had it better than most in Vietnam, and didn't handle many major injuries, at least not initially (I was in charge of the medevac flights to Japan, and saw lots of injured in that role, but they'd been stabilized enough to make the flight.) So that man's death bothered me a lot; and again when I saw his name on the subsequent casualty list. And today, miles and years away, I can't remember his name at all.
I only had one GI die in front of me, and I can't remember his name either. It was toward the end of my tour of duty. Because the US was bugging out, we'd had to leave Danang in rather a hurry, as the North Vietnamese made their way relentlessly south, though our base and not long thereafter, to Saigon. We ended up in Thailand, at a hastily re-opened air base in a little town called Takhli, the downtown of which went from one or two bars to fifty literally overnight. With that, of course, came rampant venereal disease. We'd arrived at the base before much in the way of equipment (can you believe it? The military sending undersupplied soldiers to a place?) so we set up shop using cots for exam tables, empty boxes for chairs and desks. We had plenty of penicillin, a few other drugs, virtually no machinery. So when a poor soul developed anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction, prominent in which is airway constriction), we (and he) were up a creek. We did have a laryngoscope (for passing a breathing tube into the airway) and I managed to intubate his trachea and start squeezing oxygen into him, but it was increasingly difficult as his bronchioles (the smallest airway branches) shut down one by one. Ten by ten. Thousand by thousand. Epinephrine was given to open the airways; at some point I stabbed it directly into his heart (like in Pulp Fiction). But he clearly wasn't responding. We had no heart monitor, no defibrillator, but it became obvious that he was heading toward cardiac arrest. I looked around the empty and echoing room, and in desperation grabbed a lamp and ripped out the electrical cord. Not being much of an electrophysiologist, thinking maybe it would give his heart a jolt, I peeled the wires, plugged in the plug, and touched the raw ends to opposite sides of his left chest. Made his pectoral muscle jump, not much else. And then it was over. How, I wondered as I looked at him lying there, his underwear showing the green stain of his gonorrheal discharge, would we inform his family back in the world?
At this point, I feel I should say something: I think my beach-blogging isn't up to whatever standards I might have had, blogging from home. I don't want to wear out my wifi welcome by taking the time to provide links to words or ideas; so I'm saving the "deeper" posts for later. My war stories aren't as glamorous as some, but I have a few more that might be instructive. Hope you'll understand. And keep coming back anyway; it'll get better, at least in my view, after I return home.
7 comments:
- Jordan said...
Thailand huh? you and my father might have crossed paths.
- Bryan said...
Wow! Every day I check your blog hoping for another installment of your writing. I'm going to HAVE to get your book! I love the tales of surgery (particularly the trauma a SICU). But there is something that sets you apart from a lot of bloggers - medical and otherwise. You can WRITE. Not just the ability to puts words into sentences and tell a story, but the art of stringing words and phrases together into art. Beautiful descriptions that transport me away from my pc and stir my emotions! Wonderful!
I disagree with you - I think these last entries have been interesting and stirring. Thanks for sharing.
- Intelinurse said...
I have really enjoyed you last few posts. I agree w/ Bryan, your gift for storytelling via the written word is quite good. I often am halfway down the page, engrossed in a scene, before I realize how much I have read.
Dr. Schwab, I don't see a problem with these last posts. I'm really enjoying them! I hope you'll keep them coming!
And Bryan ... definitely get the book! It's more than worth it!
- Good Guy said...
Good info
- AEDhub99 said...
I recently published an article on AEDs – here is a quote from it, in case you are interested:
Statistics give us more and more pieces of information that are bound to worry us, to make us react and change something if we can. More and more people and in earlier and earlier stages of their life die of a heart disease. Statistics, only in the US, are extremely alarming:
- Every 30 seconds someone dies because of a heart disease;
- More than 2.500 Americans die daily because of heart diseases;
- Every 20 seconds there is a person dying from a heart attack;
- Each year 6 million people are hospitalized because of a heart disease;
- The number 1 killer is a heart disease.
Although AEDs are not a universal panacea for all heart diseases, nothing else can compete to its major feature, that of actually re-starting the heart after it has been stopped by a sudden cardiac arrest. Under these circumstances is it necessary to ask you why anyone in this world, any family, in any home would hope for having such a device in their first aid locker?
If you feel this helps, please drop by my website for additional information, such as Public Access Defibrillation PAD or additional resources on AED manufacturers such as Philips defibrillators, Zoll AEDs or Cardiac Science AEDs.


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(1)(a) A health maintenance organization offering any health benefit plan to a small employer, either directly or through an association or member-governed group formed specifically for the purpose of purchasing health care, may offer and actively market to the small employer a health benefit plan featuring a limited schedule of covered health care services. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude a health maintenance organization from offering, or a small employer from purchasing, other health benefit plans that may have more comprehensive benefits than those included in the product offered under this subsection. A health maintenance organization offering a health benefit plan under this subsection shall clearly disclose all the covered benefits to the small employer in a brochure filed with the commissioner.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a health maintenance organization from offering, or a purchaser from seeking, health benefit plans with benefits in excess of the health benefit plan offered under subsection (1) of this section. All forms, policies, and contracts shall be submitted for approval to the commissioner, and the rates of any plan offered under this section shall be reasonable in relation to the benefits thereto.
(3) Premium rates for health benefit plans for small employers as defined in this section shall be subject to the following provisions:
(a) The health maintenance organization shall develop its rates based on an adjusted community rate and may only vary the adjusted community rate for:
(i) Geographic area;
(ii) Family size;
(iii) Age; and
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(b) The adjustment for age in (a)(iii) of this subsection may not use age brackets smaller than five-year increments, which shall begin with age twenty and end with age sixty-five. Employees under the age of twenty shall be treated as those age twenty.
(c) The health maintenance organization shall be permitted to develop separate rates for individuals age sixty-five or older for coverage for which medicare is the primary payer and coverage for which medicare is not the primary payer. Both rates shall be subject to the requirements of this subsection (3).
(d) The permitted rates for any age group shall be no more than four hundred twenty-five percent of the lowest rate for all age groups on January 1, 1996, four hundred percent on January 1, 1997, and three hundred seventy-five percent on January 1, 2000, and thereafter.
(e) A discount for wellness activities shall be permitted to reflect actuarially justified differences in utilization or cost attributed to such programs. Up to a twenty percent variance may be allowed for small employers that develop and implement a wellness program or activities that directly improve employee wellness. Employers shall document program activities with the carrier and may, after three years of implementation, request a reduction in premiums based on improved employee health and wellness. While carriers may review the employer's claim history when making a determination regarding whether the employer's wellness program has improved employee health, the carrier may not use maternity or prevention services claims to deny the employer's request. Carriers may consider issues such as improved productivity or a reduction in absenteeism due to illness if submitted by the employer for consideration. Interested employers may also work with the carrier to develop a wellness program and a means to track improved employee health.
(f) The rate charged for a health benefit plan offered under this section may not be adjusted more frequently than annually except that the premium may be changed to reflect:
(i) Changes to the enrollment of the small employer;
(ii) Changes to the family composition of the employee;
(iii) Changes to the health benefit plan requested by the small employer; or
(iv) Changes in government requirements affecting the health benefit plan.
(g) On the census date, as defined in RCW
, rating factors shall produce premiums for identical groups that differ only by the amounts attributable to plan design, and differences in census date between new and renewal groups, with the exception of discounts for health improvement programs.
(h) For the purposes of this section, a health benefit plan that contains a restricted network provision shall not be considered similar coverage to a health benefit plan that does not contain such a provision, provided that the restrictions of benefits to network providers result in substantial differences in claims costs. A carrier may develop its rates based on claims costs due to network provider reimbursement schedules or type of network. This subsection does not restrict or enhance the portability of benefits as provided in *RCW
(i) Adjusted community rates established under this section shall pool the medical experience of all groups purchasing coverage, including the small group participants in the health insurance partnership established in **RCW
. However, annual rate adjustments for each small group health benefit plan may vary by up to plus or minus four percentage points from the overall adjustment of a carrier's entire small group pool, such overall adjustment to be approved by the commissioner, upon a showing by the carrier, certified by a member of the American academy of actuaries that: (i) The variation is a result of deductible leverage, benefit design, or provider network characteristics; and (ii) for a rate renewal period, the projected weighted average of all small group benefit plans will have a revenue neutral effect on the carrier's small group pool. Variations of greater than four percentage points are subject to review by the commissioner, and must be approved or denied within sixty days of submittal. A variation that is not denied within sixty days shall be deemed approved. The commissioner must provide to the carrier a detailed actuarial justification for any denial within thirty days of the denial.
(j) For health benefit plans purchased through the health insurance partnership established in **chapter
(i) Any surcharge established pursuant to **RCW
(2)(e) shall be applied only to health benefit plans purchased through the health insurance partnership; and
(ii) Risk adjustment or reinsurance mechanisms may be used by the health insurance partnership program to redistribute funds to carriers participating in the health insurance partnership based on differences in risk attributable to individual choice of health plans or other factors unique to health insurance partnership participation. Use of such mechanisms shall be limited to the partnership program and will not affect small group health plans offered outside the partnership.
(k) If the rate developed under this section varies the adjusted community rate for the factors listed in (a) of this subsection, the date for determining those factors must be no more than ninety days prior to the effective date of the health benefit plan.
(4) Nothing in this section shall restrict the right of employees to collectively bargain for insurance providing benefits in excess of those provided herein.
(5)(a) Except as provided in this subsection and subsection (3)(g) of this section, requirements used by a health maintenance organization in determining whether to provide coverage to a small employer shall be applied uniformly among all small employers applying for coverage or receiving coverage from the carrier.
(b) A health maintenance organization shall not require a minimum participation level greater than:
(i) One hundred percent of eligible employees working for groups with three or less employees; and
(ii) Seventy-five percent of eligible employees working for groups with more than three employees.
(c) In applying minimum participation requirements with respect to a small employer, a small employer shall not consider employees or dependents who have similar existing coverage in determining whether the applicable percentage of participation is met.
(d) A health maintenance organization may not increase any requirement for minimum employee participation or modify any requirement for minimum employer contribution applicable to a small employer at any time after the small employer has been accepted for coverage.
(e) Minimum participation requirements and employer premium contribution requirements adopted by the health insurance partnership board under **RCW
shall apply only to the employers and employees who purchase health benefit plans through the health insurance partnership.
(6) A health maintenance organization must offer coverage to all eligible employees of a small employer and their dependents. A health maintenance organization may not offer coverage to only certain individuals or dependents in a small employer group or to only part of the group. A health maintenance organization may not modify a health plan with respect to a small employer or any eligible employee or dependent, through riders, endorsements or otherwise, to restrict or exclude coverage or benefits for specific diseases, medical conditions, or services otherwise covered by the plan.
2010 c 292 § 6;
2009 c 131 § 3;
2008 c 143 § 8;
2007 c 260 § 9;
2004 c 244 § 9;
1995 c 265 § 18;
1990 c 187 § 4.
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When is the last time when we threw the ball (229) for more than twice as many yards as we ran (99)?
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According to Shanesy, it's the first time since 1986 and the first time in the D1/mike ayers era. It's in the top 10 performances in school history
Also I know a lot of people want to shake their head at the way we played in the first half...but the Citadel averages scoring on about 30% of their possessions. They were going to score 10-20 points depending on how many turnovers they had. It just so happens that they had their points just in the first half. Combine that with how they controlled clock and that we only held the ball once and it's not surprising.
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Answers to General Formulas for |x| + |y| = N:
INSIDE or ON: N2 + (N+1)2 = 2N(N+1) + 1 = 1+4+8+...+4N
OUTSIDE the 'diamond' but INSIDE or ON surrounding square:
[Pls indicate any discrepancies you find!]
The following starts with a fairly simple pattern but watch out -- students from Middle School through Algebra 2 and beyond can take this as far as their imagination and skill can carry them. The questions below review absolute values, inequalities, graphs, geometry, etc., but that is the tip of the iceberg. Prealgebra students should start with simpler values to get the idea. Have them make a table of their findings as suggested at the bottom.
One could begin with a variation on an SAT-I, SAT-II type or math contest question:
How many ordered pairs (x,y), where x and y are both integers,
satisfy |x| +|y| ≤ 6?
Note: If this were to appear on the 'new' SAT, the inequality would be replaced by an equality. or the '6' would be replaced by a smaller number.
Here's a restatement using the terminology of lattice points:
In the coordinate plane, a point P(x,y) is said to be lattice point if both coordinates are integers.
How many lattice points are inside or on the graph of |x| + |y| = 6?
Answer: 85
Sorry for giving it away, but the objective is to discover ways to derive this result, not the result itself.
When I see questions like this, my inclination (as a mathematician) is to generalize, that is, try to understand a general relationship if the '6' were replaced by N.
Here is the more advanced generalization (one could go further!):
We are investigating the number of lattice points inside or on the graph, G, of
|x| + |y| = N, where N is a positive integer. We will also consider the smallest square, S, whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes in which the graph of
|x| + |y| = N is inscribed. [This really needs to be drawn but I'll leave it to the reader's imagination. The top side of this square is part of the line y = N.]
(a) Derive a formula for the number of lattice points inside or on G.
(b) Derive a formula for the number of lattice points inside or on S
(c) Derive a formula for the number of lattice points outside G but inside or on S.
Notes, Comments:
For the younger students, or for any group that isn't quite ready for the above, I strongly recommend building the pattern one step at a time and to record their results in a table:
|x| + |y| = 0 (o is not a positive integer but it makes sense to start here) to |x| + |y| = 1 to
|x| + |y| = 2,...
Also, there are alternate formulations (or a variety of patterns) for the general number of lattice points. Don't be surprised if your students find them! Of course, they should be encouraged to show they are all equivalent. Questions about the geometry of the figures could also be raised (if time permits). For example, some students do not fully appreciate that the diamond-shaped graph of |x| +|y| = N is in fact a square, Now, what would its area and perimeter be...
This investigation can be started in class then assigned to be finished outside of class, preferably with a partner. I plan on starting this with my 9th graders on Mon or Tue but I will need to review absolute values, graphs, etc., and I will develop it incrementally. I will be more than happy if, in one 40 minute period, they can complete a table showing the correct number of lattice points for N = 0,1,2,3!
[Additional but critical point: I am not suggesting that these kinds of extensive explorations should ever replace the need to deliver content and develop skills. These are intended to be enrichment activities, no more, no less!]
Sunday, March 25, 2007
In-Depth Investigation of Patterns: Lattice Points, Algebra,...
Posted by Dave Marain at 6:11 AM
Labels: advanced algebra, algebra 2, geometry, investigations, lattice points, open-ended, patterns, prealgebra
8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
You don't want them to count horizontally or vertically? There is a neat x^2 + (2x + 1) +x^2 that drops straight out.
- March 25, 2007 at 10:21 PM
- Dave Marain said...
I would expect them to add one of those 2 ways. Actually, the original SAT problem I saw asked only for the points on the boundary which students have a better chance of formulating in general since it's just '4N'.
For whatever reason, I added horizontally, but, from symmetry, it doesn't matter. Personally, I was more interested in the relationship between the points inside and those outside. For N = 6, the outer square has 13^2 = 169 points. This leads to 85 points inside or on the 'diamond' and 84 points outside. This could be explained visually by noting there are 6+5+4+3+2+1 = 21 'outside' points in each quadrant. Thus the number of 'outside' points is 4 times T_6 where I'm using the notation to stand for the triangular number of rank 6. Triangular numbers seem to play a huge role in many of these geometric combinatorial problems.
These beautiful connections are so important for the mathematical development of our students, IMO.
- March 25, 2007 at 11:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
When all this is done, you can talk about the number of lattice points contained within the closed disk of radius r. This is Gauß' circle problem. MathWorld has an entertaining discussion; you can use it as a starting point for estimation, the O-notation, and probably a few more things. Of course, this isn't something 9th graders could do too much work on.
- March 26, 2007 at 7:27 AM
- Dave Marain said...
great ideas, eric!
I was thinking of going to the disk next. I do think the 9th graders can graph most of the solutions for the interior and on the disk but would need more machinery to verify their conjectures (Pythagorean, distance formula, etc). I will work on it. Now as a real challenge, how about solving the problem in n-dimensional space!
- March 26, 2007 at 9:49 AM
- Dave Marain said...
Here's a different insight into the lattice point problem. I will post the general formulas later on.
The area of the square formed by |x| + |y| = 6 is easily shown to be 72. Pick's Theorem relates the area bounded by this square with the number of lattice points on the boundary, B, and the number of lattice points in the interior, I, as follows:
Area = I + B/2 - 1.
It is easy to show that B = 24 for this graph, so 72 = I + 24/2 - 1 which leads to I = 61. Adding we obtain that the total number of lattice points is 61+24 = 85. Pick's Theorem is beautiful although not easy to prove. Worth showing this to middle school students though (particularly if they have experimented with geoboards).
- March 26, 2007 at 1:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
If you do a change of basis, you count diagonally; you get two sets of grids and quickly see that the answer is (N+1)^2 + N^2.
I tricked myself this way though, since I overlooked the offsetting grid of 6x6 inside the 7x7; my first thought was 49. I had to graph it all to see...
Going to a circle would be obnoxious. I say this mostly for reasons of "squaring the circle" - the answer ends up being scale dependent, as certain points just make it in, or not.
To increase the difficulty somewhat, but not the inherent difficulty, perhaps going to:
|2x| + |y| <= 8.
Using the graphical approach and diagonal counting, this yields 5^2 + 3*4^2.
The next step is:
|2x| + |y| <= 9.
Here, max(x) is still 4, which complicates things a little. Still, the diagonal approach gives 3*5^2 + 4^2 = 91.
This suggests that the form of the general solution will be:
Points = a*(N+1)^2 + b*N^2
, where N = Min(max(x), max(y)). In other words, a linear combination of "big" (N+1) and "small" (N) diagonal squares.
Now that we have the general solution, all we need is the general problem:
|Ax| + |By| <= C.
For convenience, take A>B.
Then, N= Int(C/A)= max(x)
and M= Int(C/B) = max(y).
Now, the range, R, of y is (-M,+M) for a total (lattice points on y axis) of
A hasty conjecture is that a,b satisfy:
R = a*(N+1) + b*N
Can we prove this? If the "big"
diagonal square is counted "a" times, then the diagonals of each will cross the y-axis (N+1) times. The remainder of the y-axis values must be associated with the "small" diagonal squares. So, yes, we can prove this and a,b must satisfy the equation.
At this point, if we have a, we have b. The value of a can be found by examining the range of y at x = N. Denoting this lower case r, and the maximum of y at x=N as lower case m, we see:
m = C - A*N
r = 2m + 1
However, r is simply how many times the maximum value of x is repeated, and thus, how many times the "big" diagonal square is repeated. In other words, this is "a" that we are looking for:
a = 2m + 1
To summarize:
|Ax| + |By| <= C
x,y,A,B,C integers, A>B>0,
has lattice points that number
P = a(N+1)^2 + bN^2
N= Int(C/A)
M= Int(C/B)
m = C - A*N
a = 2m + 1
b = (R - a(N+1))/N
I think this works. FYI, this solution is influenced by years of solving various practical problems with spreadsheets.
- March 28, 2007 at 7:15 AM
- Dave Marain said...
thank you for your awesome insight and extensions!Practical problems with spreadsheets? I suspect you have a passion for math that goes beyond the practical! I will consider developing some examples around your results if that's ok with you.
I considered generalizing like you did but eric jablow got me 'going in circles!'
The circle problem is really a magnificent piece of math analyzed fairly extensively by Gauss. I decided to bring Pick's Thm into it because it just doesn't get the attention in schools that it so richly deserves...
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The industry whisperers have been quieter than usual this cycle, but we're still hearing names of a few celebrities who are expected to return to the ballroom: Melissa Rycroft (Season 8), Joey Fatone (Season 4) and Pamela Anderson (Season 10) are likely to don sequins when the show resumes this fall.
Also, we hear Executive Producer Conrad Green is injecting a new twist to the casting process this year:
ABC will let fans pick a returning star. The network will announce the names of three former Dancing contestants (we're hearing Carson Kressley is one of them) and let viewers vote on which celebrity gets the final spot on the show.
And what about Bristol Palin? With her Lifetime show bombing isn't she ready to return to the reality TV big leagues? No intel there yet. Though we're hearing that you shouldn't expect another attention-getting Dancing alum, Stacy Keibler, to take a break from George Clooney to hit the dance floor anytime soon.
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The International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) ATF subcommittee members have compared the two oxidation bench test methods, Aluminum Beaker Oxidation Test (ABOT) and Indiana Stirring Oxidation Stability Test (ISOT), using a number of factory-fill and service-fill ATFs obtained in Japan and in the US. In many cases, the ATFs were more severely oxidized after the ABOT procedure than after the same duration of the ISOT procedure. The relative severity of these two tests was influenced by the composition of the ATFs. The bench test oxidation data were compared with the transmission and the vehicle oxidation test data.


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I admit to drinking a lot of soda in my younger days. I never really picked up the coffee-drinking habit in college, so I would rely on the enamel-eating scourge of Appalachia Mountain Dew for my late-night caffeine fixes. Thankfully my mainstream soda days are mostly over, though I still enjoy a Reed's Ginger Beer or a local Maine Root soda every now and then.
A friend turned me on to the Sodastream home soda machine, and I sent them an e-mail asking for a review unit. My biggest gripe with the soda most of us drink is the high-fructose corn syrups and other preservatives they contain, so I thought a Sodastream might be a good way to get my occasional soda fix without having to spend $2 on a natural soda at Whole Foods or having to ingest a bunch of yellow #5 or sodium benzoate.
The Sodastream PR people got back to me quickly and arranged for a review unit to be shipped to me along with a full selection of their soda syrups. I received the package last week and have been having a blast (of CO2) making my own fizzy sugar waters.
Carbon dioxide is amazingly tasty stuff.
Unfortunately, the Sodastream soda syrups are not. In fact I have a hard time even drinking a soda made with the official Sodastream syrups. Why? Blame Splenda, or to be more specific, blame the Sodastream taste engineers who decided to use the artificial sweetener in the entire line of syrups. This obviously comes down to personal preferences, but I find that Splenda, along with all the other artificial sweeteners, taste terrible. There's just something wrong about how they taste.
Look, soda is not healthy and never will be. It's just fizzy sugar water. Even the most all-natural soda found in the crunchiest natural foods store is a big bottle of empty calories. Yeah, it tastes great, but it will never be anything other than a diversion from the Healthy Eating Express. I really wish Sodastream would just embrace that fact and cut out the Splenda. Give us real soda syrups made with real sugar. Maybe keep the Splenda line for the people who don't mind its chemically cloying flavor, but give the rest of us some good old-fashioned sugared syrup.
Luckily, it's really easy to make your own syrups. You can follow any number of recipes for old-fashioned soda syrups or just simply mix lemon or lime juice with some maple syrup right before adding the freshly carbonated water. Orange juice is a nice additive, too; the right ratio of water to juice will make you swear that you're drinking an Orangina.
The Penguin soda machine itself is a beautifully engineered piece of kitchenware. It's easy to use, requires no cleanup, and looks stylish on the countertop. It's fun to operate and gives you store-quality soda in well under a minute. The Penguin is Sodastream's only model with glass carafes; the others use BPA-free plastic. Some of the company's other models allow you to see the CO2 being injected into the water, but the Penguin, by dint of its design, keeps that process hidden away.
All Sodastream makers use a standard CO2 bottle that's available online and at select kitchen stores. (10/28/12 Update: Read about how to save money refilling your CO2 tanks using the SodaMod).
If you drink soda, you should look into getting a Penguin. Sodastream says it costs about $.20 to gas up a liter of water, the same bottle bought at the store can costs five to 10 times that much. The cost of buying those bottles of soda adds up over the course of a year, and for some soda drinkers it wouldn't take terribly long for their savings to offset the ~$200 price for a Penguin Starter Kit. When you factor in all the plastic bottles you'd be saving, you start to see how, if you do drink soda, a Sodastream is the greenest choice available. It's not green, but it definitely is greener.
If you don't want to drop $200 on a soda maker, you can find other Sodastream models for less than half that price. They also make a version designed specifically for the green market — their Eco model is made using recycled plastic and packaged with greener packaging.
Which just makes me wonder: why don't they do the same with all their models? Why not package everything they sell in more eco-friendly packaging? Why not use recycled plastic whenever possible in all their products?
You can follow Sodastream USA on Twitter and read the corporate blog, Ms. Fizz.
UPDATE: I've been told by Sodastream that they have an "all-natural" line of syrups coming out that will be sweetened with simple sugar (no high-fructose corn syrup). I'm looking forward to trying them.
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The woman, who is thought to be in her 70s, was travelling in a white Fiesta in Yardley, Birmingham, when the tree came down on top of the vehicle in Stoney Lane.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 2pm today with fire crews having to cut the tree away.
The woman, who was a passenger in the car, suffered a chest injury and a broken leg during the incident and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Another female passenger from the same car was also taken to a different hospital with neck pain. The driver was uninjured.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "A woman passenger in her 70s was trapped in the car with the tree lying on top of it. The tree was cut away and removed by the fire service.
"The woman had a chest injury, a broken right leg and was experiencing spinal tenderness. She was given pain relief and oxygen and was immobilised before being taken by land ambulance accompanied by the air ambulance doctor to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
"Another woman passenger from the same car had neck pain and was taken to Heartlands Hospital. The driver was uninjured.
"A branch from the same falling tree also hit another nearby car. There were three people in the vehicle, all of whom were checked over and discharged at the scene."


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We're launching our new hand made caffeine infused, coffee scented, latte art inspired soap and are looking for the perfect logo to establish the brand. We have an organic, green philosophy and are really looking to build brand loyalty and recognition. We want to be able to stamp this logo on to a sticker or shirt and have people immediately know its Soapuccino!
Our target audience will be women in the 18-50 age group. People who appreciate and see value in the subtle details of fine, hand crafted, unique goods. Folks that would spend time reading in a coffee shop for the cozy atmosphere and would want to bring some of that home with our products.
We're looking for a logo that combines 'cozy' with 'latte art' and somehow also 'soap' or hygiene. We were considering using a rabbit silohette with the slogan 'bright eyed and bushy tailed' but are in no way tied to that; there's a (very rough!) mock up on our site at http://www.soapuccino.com.
The logo might consist of two variants:
One that is square/circular and suitable for stamping to, for example, a bar of soap; almost an icon. It would include the immediately recognizable branding image as well as the web address (either http://www.soapuccino.com or soapuccino.com if space is minimal).
The other would be more suited to our website header or a letterhead, invoice header, etc. Longer and rectangular, again including the branding image and web address but perhaps additional design as well.
Doing two variants certainly isn't required, we're excited to see your creative ways to meet our requirements.
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Note: Here is one of the more light-hearted moments of a trial over new congressional boundaries, which concluded Monday in Denver District Court.
The Democrats' lead attorney, Mark Grueskin, cross-examined Cameron Lynch about the map he drew for Republicans. GOP attorney Allan Hale, who had questioned Lynch, objected to one of Grueskin's questions.
"Misstates testimony," Hale said, rising.
Chief Judge Robert Hyatt agreed to strike one portion of Grueskin's question, instructed Grueskin to continue but then interrupted him.
"By the way," the judge said, "who raised that objection? … Thought for a minute it sounded like Mr. Westfall. I'm just saying that whoever does the witness does the objections."
Richard Westfall, another GOP attorney, and Hale assured the judge that it was Hale.
"For the record," Hale joked, "I have Mr. Westfall duct taped in his chair."
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Forget the omnibus. The Senate this year is opting for minibuses.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Thursday that he'll look to pass fiscal 2019 spending bills in groups of "minibus" bills, The Hill reports. Those bills will split the required 12 appropriations packages into groups of about three each.
McConnell reportedly said the spending-bill strategy had been decided on in consultation with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), appropriations committee heads and House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The messy 2018 appropriations process lumped all 12 annual spending bills into one massive omnibus, which was only passed in late March, nearly six months after the fiscal year had started. "I think we all agree that's no way to fund the government. I think it's bad for the agencies, it's bad for our constituents, it's bad for the country," Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) said Thursday, according to The Hill.
McConnell reportedly also hopes to have the Senate pass the first two appropriations bills in June. "It's our hope that we're not just marking these up in committee, but taking them to the floor and getting as close to a process that both sides will be comfortable with in the future," he said.
The Senate faces a time crunch that will likely lead to it extended its calendar and perhaps truncating its traditional August recess as it looks to approve judicial and executive branch nominations while also pushing through appropriations bills by the end of the fiscal year.


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The Rainbow Warrior is Greenpeace's flagship, named for a Native American prophecy about a group of people – the Warriors of the Rainbow – that would rise up to defend the Earth in her time of need.
Since she first started sailing for Greenpeace in 1979, the Rainbow Warrior has become a symbol of peace and environmental protection the world over. She has brought our environmental message to far reaches of the Earth, from Greenland to remote Pacific Islands.
Rainbow Warrior III sets sail.
After 22 tireless years at the campaigning frontline, the second Rainbow Warrior retired from her Greenpeace life on 16 August 2011.
The ship – which replaced the original Rainbow Warrior after it was bombed in 1985 – helped end nuclear testing in the Pacific, blocked coal ports and closed down destructive fishing operations (to name but a few).
It's a very proud legacy – and the third Rainbow Warrior, which entered operation on 14 October 2011, is better equipped to carry it on than any Greenpeace ship before her.
Ever since the first Greenpeace expedition set off in a ramshackle old fishing vessel we have relied on existing vessels refitted to meet our needs. With the new Rainbow Warrior, we had the chance to start with a blank canvas for the first time.
The new Rainbow Warrior is as fast as many industrial vessels, with action boats that can be deployed in minutes – even in waves up to 3.5 metres high. Her helicopter landing pad means we can deploy a vital eye in the sky, enabling us to spot illegal fishing operations and shipments of illegal wood.
The ship can carry specialised equipment up to 8 tonnes in weight. It's designed so that scientists can work on board. By supporting original scientific research we help build understanding of what is happening to our planet's ecosystems.
The on-board satellite communications system – featuring a built-in satellite uplink – means the new Rainbow Warrior is able to stream live footage from the scene of environmental crimes direct to the world's media.
We wanted the third Rainbow Warrior to be as environmentally-friendly as possible for a ship of its type and Greenpeace has worked with some excellent engineers to make it happen.
The ship sails primarily under wind power. Its 55m-high A-Frame mast system can carry far more sail than a conventional mast of the same size. This is the first time this design has been installed on a vessel of the Rainbow Warrior's size.
The Warrior does have electric drive engines to help out when the weather isn't suitable, but these are also built with sustainability in mind. Heat from the engines is used to heat water and warm the cabins.
On board up to 59 cubic meters of grey and black water can be stored, avoiding any need for at sea disposal. And a special biological filtering system helps clean and recycle grey water.
The new Rainbow Warrior's eco-credentials include:
The construction of the ship was a (welcome) challenge for everyone involved – the experts were not only constructing a high-tech ship; it also had to meet the highest environmental standards.
The shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, started work on the hull in the summer of 2010. 340-tonnes of steel were then transported to the Fassmer Shipyard near Bremen, Germany, where the ship was fitted out.
Here, the hull's rusty brown also gave way to a much more suitable colour – the Greenpeace green. A dove of peace and the striking colours of the rainbow finally made the new ship our Rainbow Warrior.
She entered water for the first time in July 2011 and was officially launched in Hamburg, Germany, in October the same year.
All Greenpeace ships are special, but our new Rainbow Warrior is one of a kind. She plays a key role in our campaigns, allowing us to bear witness and take action to prevent environmental crimes around the world.
"Since setting sail in 1978 the Rainbow Warrior has been on the frontline of the struggle against environmental abuse," Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International's Executive Director, said at the keel laying ceremony, which took place on 10 July 2010 – the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior.
"She is an icon of non-violent direct action and a beacon of hope for millions of people around the world."
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