Have you ever wanted to know the truth so bad that when you hear it, you aren't truly ready to hear it ?
The truth will set you free! The truth is not always good and it's not always bad. However the truth is always a step forward! The truth will always free you! Now the free part might be difficult because it's probably a freedom you didn't wish for. This does not change though that you are free.
I once thought that the life I was walking in was a great one. It felt like everything I wanted, and looked great from thee inside. I was in the inside of this supposedly life, yet the truth showed me just how out I really was. Little by little I was falling apart and thought this was a great thing! I thought god was breaking me! I thought I was close to a breakthrough I didn't even know I needed! I was very close to a breakthrough but it was painful! The breakthrough was finding out the truth. The truth of who I really was. The truth of what my life really was. The truth of what I believed was truth but turned out to be a lie. Although it was painful, I was free! Free to see my life for what it really was. Free to work on the real issues. Free to cry out and now know what I'm crying about. FREE TO RUN TO GOD AND BEG HIM TO FIX MY LIFE! I was free!
The bondages of lies might feel good in the moment, but that isn't life. Living is living boldly in the truth. Lies keeps doors shut until they burst. Truth open doors and leads you to greater truths. Lies cheats you from growth. Truth allows you to grow! God is truth, and lies are from the enemy !
In seasons of wanting, may we remember that a giving heart is always rewarded. Whatever you are expecting from this week, may you welcome it with a grateful heart.
For a couple of weeks this song has been making me feel a peace, that only the Lord can provide. This song has bought clarity into my not so great days. It has reminded me over and over how much the Lord works for my favor. This song has shed light in many areas of my life, but most importantly in the areas where I have felt alone. Yet in my moments of loneliness the Lord has covered me. The Lord has loved me. The lord has chased me down, leaving me with only open hands to receive him.
I hope this song can be a blessing for you all, as well.
How big is your trust in the Lord? Do you find yourself strong in your faith, until you notice that possibly your strength could get it done ? Are you depending on the Holy Spirit or your own fleshly power?
The power that is within you is from the Lord. Whatever power that is within you that is not from the Lord, has an expiration date! Whatever power that is, is rooted in disobedience and is ignoring the power of the Holy Spirit ! When we ignore the Holy Spirit many things occur.
Over all when you use your own strength, eventually our own strength won't be enough. When it runs out, how it affects you will determine how it could affect those around you !
Self care Sunday, and into the week ahead!
Preparation is key! I will never get tired of saying those three words! I have said it many times in my prior blogs but a friendly reminder does no harm.
Today is a day where many will be getting ready for the week. For many today might look like; service in the morning and straight into lazy day. For others it might be a laundry, clean the house, food shopping, homework assignments, studying type of day. All those schedules are great to have but it's also important to make time to spiritually prepare yourself for another week of blessings. Whether it ends up being a easy, or hard week! Every week we pass is another week by the grace of God, we have overcome! It's important to present ourselves to God and let him know our goal for this week and expectations. It's important to lay out our desires and ask God that if it's his will, make this week all that we can imagine.
It's also important that we get mentally prepared for every start of the week. Prayer is very much needed. However faith and endurance is a most. We must learn to endure whatever is ahead with the same grace that the Lord has given us. We must understand that prayer does not substitute actions we must still take. Prayer delivers the communication between God and us, and allows God to be invited personally into our life on a daily bases. Prayer is a heads up of what we are about to endure and take a leap of faith in. God wants prayer to be affective and not to create a lazy spirit. Prayer is actively declaring your next step. Is not for pausing your walk and resting too deep in the Lord that you fall asleep in your purpose!
Bible verse for the week !
You must prepare for the land your about to step into. That land could be preparation for a blessing or for future endurance. That land will have all types of people. People who are for you and against you. Your preparation will built your endurance. The endurance you will need to finish strong and grab your promises!
Abide to me as I to you.
Abide whole heartedly even in your weakness.
Abide to survive offenses for more often than not you will be persecuted.
Accept correction in time of worry.
Accept the training from your testimony.
Accept the confidence and walk boldly.
Accept, act and walk in accordance.
Any step toward abiding, is one step toward progress.
This list can go on forever, but it's evident that this topic is important. The Lord was very clear that we must abide in him to walk this walk. We must have an oneness with him at all times. We cannot do anything without him! We are lifeless without him! But we are very much alive when we are walking with him! To abide is to accept! To accept is to act! And to act is to walk in accordance! Abide, accept, act, and accordance. It's impossible to limit any of these words if we want to walk this walk right.
One of the Lord's biggest desire for us, is to be with us. There is so much power that comes from abiding. There's no secret that two are better than one. There's no secret that the power comes from abiding in obedience toward God. There's no secret that when we walk in obedience the father's love is seen more clearly. Take the dust off your eyes and abide in the Lord. Don't get side tracked with what you want to see but don't. How you abide, accept, and act according to your purpose; is what helps you see spiritually what's really in front of you.
True forgiveness doesn't keep score!
In my last post, I blogged about how over praying is better than under praying. Now some of you might be asking, "I forgive all the time and still no changes". The way we present ourselves to the Lord is key! We are not speaking about being overly dressing but being spiritually repented from anything we believe we handled incorrectly. The Lord knew that we were going to face hardship. He also knew that loving and forgiving was possible. He also knew that our worldly thoughts wouldn't be able to process how, which is why He encourages us to give him our burdens. That person you declare you couldn't love, bring that worry to God. By the time you know it God would have prove to you how wrong that thought was. The love is able to come once you forgive them whole heartedly and forgive yourself whole heartedly.
Imagine you mentally keeping score of everything someone has done bad to you. Now imagine you walking around and all you see are score cards, instead of faces ? The score cards are the number of times you have personally done something wrong. Do you think you will be able to live that way ?
This prayer changed my life. When I was able to acknowledge my faults and ask God to change me. A whole prayer of ways he can fix me, instead of fix that person for they can love me.
True forgiveness does not keep a score but instead live in a every moment repentance. Where they cover all sides of the situation. Where they ask God to forgive all those involve, regardless who's fault it really was.


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Jeff Bundschu is no stranger to the lure of the vine—as a sixth generation California vintner, wine has been in his family since 1858. Jeff was raised on the family estate in Sonoma and was working in the vineyards by the time he was 12 years old.
At around six years old, Rob picked his very first grapes on Rhinefarm while riding around in his dad's pickup truck. When he grew a little older, he worked full-time during his summer breaks from school out in the vineyard.
When Keith Emerson joined Gundlach Bundschu Winery as winemaker in December 2008, it was a sort of homecoming. A 1999 graduate of University of California at Davis, he served as Gundlach Bundschu associate winemaker from 2000 to 2004.


Finding the best CPU motherboard combo is a tough decision to make. This article will help you by giving you ideas on how to be smart in choosing the best CPU motherboard combo.
The first thing we have to consider in finding the best processor is the type of socket. Today's most popular socket being used by intel is socket 1366. This socket supports the intel i7 quad core and the latest 6 core for your future upgrade. Of course you don't have to choose the older socket like the LGA1156 and LGA775 because there's no one is going to use it in the future. Although there is a core i7 version of LGA 1156 but still the LGA 1366 is the best choice.
Second is the price difference. Intel 6 core priced at $999 in a few months expect a big price drop on this processor. It's not a good idea buying this tag price for now and the best thing to consider is a quad core processor. Core i7 960 3.22MHz at $569 is still high. Core i7 920 2.66MHz is priced at $279 and the Core i7 930 2.80MHz at $288 only $9 in price difference. Therefore, Core i7 930 is the best buy.
Now we're going to move on to the motherboard. After we have chosen the right processor we now have to select the best motherboard that supports your processor. Here are some things to consider in choosing the right motherboard.
The type of memory you have to choose should be DDR3 either dual channel or triple channel. Dual channel uses 2 memory sticks and triple channel needs 3. But triple channel motherboard can be run using only two memory sticks. The latest memory speed out there is at 1600 MHz and I suggest you go for it if your chosen motherboard supports that.
If you're planning to build a gaming PC choose a motherboard that supports both ATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI. Choose a greater number of ports Such as the USB and SATA ports for your future expansion needs. And also don't forget the speed of the ports for faster data transfer like USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s.
Since we have chosen the core i7 processor socket LGA 1366, the best chipset that supports this processor is the X58 and the P55 chipset is design only for processors with socket LGA 1156. The best cpu motherboard combo is that it truly meets all your needs and really worth the price you pay.
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I, Robot in Asia
By IMFBlog
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With about 1 million robots in use in Asia, robotics and automation mean economic risks and growth opportunities for the region. For Asia to fully reap this digital opportunity as the world's main engine of growth, countries need to revamp their education systems and invest in innovation to support a workforce for humans and robots alike.
As digital technologies like artificial intelligence transform business models, the rise of industrial robot usage—robotics used for manufacturing, for example in welding—in Asia signals a change is underway.
More complex work that could only be done by humans can now be done by machines.
As our chart of the week from the last Regional Economic Outlook: Asia Pacific shows, Asia is at the forefront of automation with an estimated 65 percent of the world's total industrial robot usage for 2017. In Asia, China is now the single biggest user of these robots with an estimated 50 percent of the region's total industrial robot usage, followed by Korea and Japan.
It comes as no surprise then that Asia, with all these robots, has the highest robot density, which is the number of industrial robots per 10,000 workers. Korea and Singapore are global leaders in robot density, followed by Germany and Japan.
Further, Asia may be the global leader in employing industrial robots, but it is also the region with the highest robot production—Japan and Korea are the world's top two producers, with market shares of 52 and 12 percent, respectively.
Robot takeover
With more than half of the world's estimated stock of industrial robots in use, Asia's investments in robotics show how crucial the automation of production is for the region's economies.
Yet, automation and digitalization are not new. Recent advances in computing power and powerful data generation equip robotics with more cognitive capability, such as the latest generation of robots that can collect data to adapt their movements in real time. This means that more complex work that could only be done by humans can now be done by machines.
This trend could mean trouble for workers in Asia where relatively low-cost and low-skilled labor has been the basis for the region's role as "the factory to the world." More robots than humans doing technical work may bring down the cost of business, including labor costs, significantly. As a result, workers are displaced as producers are more likely to employ robots that cost less and perform more effectively, rather than having to pay wages.
Digital divide vs. digital dividend
The movement towards more automation and digitalization may bring global economic challenges, but it also provides opportunities for Asia to bolster its economy and reap the digital dividend—the economic benefits that come from going digital.
To maintain its global competitiveness and to keep the world's main engine of growth running, Asia's policymakers need to tackle disruptions caused by automation and robots by supporting job creation without stifling innovation. This fine balance is easier said than done, but policies that can help include:
Equipping job seekers with globally competitive skillsets by revamping education
Investing in physical and regulatory infrastructure that supports entrepreneurship, innovation, and competition; and
Addressing labor-market and social challenges, including income redistribution and safety nets.
IMFBlog is a forum for the views of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues of the day. The IMF, based in Washington D.C., is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability around the world. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF and its Executive Board. (More by IMFBlog here)
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Is the Singaporean Company Limited by Guarantee a good vehicle for an ICO or TGE?
Singapore is often mentioned as an alternative to the Swiss Foundation for ICO/TGE purposes, with its "Foundation" used by a fair number of ICO/TGE sponsor teams. In addition, arguably as a result of the perceived vagaries of its securities laws, Singapore is seen as a good jurisdiction to offer coins or generate tokens.
First and foremost, Singapore does not have a Foundation. It has what is called a "Company Limited by Guarantee" (CLG) which is traditionally set up for charitable purposes, hence its similarity with the non-profit Swiss Foundation.
Finally, despite Singapore' apparent regulatory embrace, on the ground, banks are increasingly recalcitrant to open fiat accounts for companies funded by ICO proceeds working on crypto-related projects.
All in all, upon closer analysis, Singapore may be less suitable for an ICO or TGE than often believed.


While the kids were playing in the surf, I was slathered up with SPF 500 sunscreen, hunkered down with my beach reading; Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. Wilson (Robocalypse, Daniel! It should have been Robocalypse!). It's a pretty good read, in the spirit of World War Z and other pseudo-documentary accounts of worlds yet to come. Of course, this begs the question of when, in the spirit of Alien versus Predator we get the World War Z / Robopocalypse crossover three-way (in the immortal words of Pepper Brooks, "Usually you pay double for that kind of action ….").
But I do digress. That's what I do.
Anyway, Robopocalypse (Robocalypse!) is like Terminator minus nukes plus Emancipation Proclamation. I give it one-and-a-half extensible appendages up.
Now, despite what you techies may think, I have not been living in a bio-inspired cave. I do know that robots are pretty kickass. Actually, I just got back from DNA18, the annual conference dedicated to DNA computing and nanotechnology, and I heard a wonderful talk from Radhika Nagpal of MIT and the Wyss Institute, on swarm robotics. They are getting very good, these distributed amorphous systems, and you can totally imagine them on the urban battlefield as scouts or more.
In fact, for a long time I have known robots are getting so good that most of the research in my lab has been geared towards Judgement Day, the day when robots take over. Ha, ha, just kidding, we know that already happened. What? You doubt me? Go review the Citizens United ruling and then let's talk. In what way is a corporate entity with large resources at its disposal manipulating human political processes not the economic equivalent of Robopocalypse? Yes, yes, companies have human Boards and whatnot, but they are much more than the sum of their elite human directors. Capital finally has the ability to direct its own evolution, and it should be interesting to see where that all goes. Indeed, several years back I tried to incite student programmers to build me the equivalent of E-Trade that could press its own button, as a sort of distributed economic version of BitTorrent (or whatever generation of piracy rules the waves these days). Nothing came of that particular version of Code Salad, which is as it should be when a biologist looks into the Internet abyss. But that's what high frequency trading is for, amateurs need not apply.
Which brings us, veering as is my wont, to communism. Not a fan, as you know, but it has some riffs you can dance to. What happens to "From each according to their ability to each according to their need" (replacing male-centered pronoun) when very few of us have an ability worth squat? Better futurists than I have already been over the "humans in the dustbin of history" trope. But we're living it, in real-time, and we should have a better response than squatting in parks and shining "We are the 99%" on skyscrapers. Knowledge is not power. Knowledge is the means to acquire power. Power is the process of using knowledge for a purpose, good, bad, or indifferent. We do not need to make ourselves into human robots, which really did seem to be the ultimate goal of communism, we need to make ourselves into *better* humans so that we have a fighting chance against the robots.
With that in mind, I continue to wonder where the augments are? Where are the factory training programs for Waldoes (boy does that date me)? Where are the personal exoskeletons? Why don't I have my own drones to check out the traffic situation on Mopac? There is not really a personal consumer market in human augments. And that is because our economic system has decided we are cogs in the machine, and replaceable cogs at that. The system is beginning to direct its own evolution, and we have not bought in in an intimate enough way. We have the amazing, amazing box on our desk that lets us multiply our productivity to a degree that would make an overachieving ant blush, but that box, even with all its Facebooks and Twitters and Pinterests, was really designed just to let us get inside the machine, not be part of it, especially now that there is a self-sustaining 'it.' The whack-job Tea Party types vaguely perceive that we are losing our control over the real world, and respond with Gunz and Truck Nutz and vociferous repetitions of Jeebus in the public square. Good luck with that, tell me how throwing those wooden shoes is working out for you.
We need augments. We need human:electronic interfaces. We need to be stronger, faster, smarter. We need to rebuild ourselves, and for way, way less than $6 million a pop. Only then can we rebuild our economic and political systems in some way that favors us, because otherwise we are the dinosaurs in this equation. Against generations of advanced robotics that are coming online with remarkable rapidity we have … education. Seriously? That's our response? The three Rs versus Big Rob? As I am fond of saying: wug.
We need an epiphany, and in many ways that epiphany is … DNA nanotechnology. The field I am fond of criticizing for its utter uselessness is in fact the route to a future that involves us.
Well, that's it for today. Back to work.
What, if I told you everything all at once, then why would you ever read this?


Visiting the Festival Of Gems is an experience that is not to be missed and because there is so much to see and do, you cannot possibly fit it all into just one day which is why Gemfest runs over a magnificent jam packed 4 days! Book your accommodation and tickets are available at the gate!
The festival enjoys a high profile in the industry as one of Australia's Premier Gem Shows and this year promises to be another huge success. Gemfest connects the Sapphire Gemfields, Rubyvale, Sapphire, Anakie and the Willows Gemfields. Gemfest has become a Major Queensland Event over the past 31 years.
Gemfest has a multitude of displays and entertainment and seeing some of the most amazing sapphires ever discovered at the Jewels of the Outback exhibition is the first place you need to start. Then you can experience the variety of great food on offer and of course the fantastic line up of entertainment.
Gemfest – Festival of Gems is an annual 4-day exhibition providing a unique gemstone and jewellery experience including offerings from respected local, national and international gemstone traders, quality entertainment and food.
Some of the finest Australian Sapphires you will ever see will be on display and for sale.
Gemfest is a showcase for Australian and International gemstones.
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Delivered at Kol Sasson Congregation.
This is going to be a different kind of drasha.
Because the pain and heartbreak of the world are too overwhelming today.
The pain and the heartbreak are too overwhelming, when we see Syrian babies floating in the water.
The pain and the heartbreak are too overwhelming, when we see black men and women and children beaten and murdered by police, day after day after day.
In all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
The pain and the heartbreak are too overwhelming, when hear how debased our political discourse has become, when the leaders of our state allow the hungry and the ill to suffer because they can't agree on a budget, when our leaders cannot speak to us honestly about the sacrifices we will have to make for our future and our children's future.
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.


I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a great new year! This mini comic is from my webcomic series Misc Fits - you can read The Sea Apple online via Tumblr, Tapastic or Smack Jeeves or buy printed comics and badges through my Etsy Shop.
Chapters 1-3 are available in print and can be ordered online through my Etsy shop. I took a handful of copies to Orbital Comics recently. Please check the blog sidebar for a up to date list of comic conventions and zine fairs.


ChemIDplus - 10157-93-4 - OQTUEOGLQOLWTB-BDQHLLSASA-M - CT 26 - Similar structures search, synonyms, formulas, resource links, and other chemical information.
GASTROINTESTINAL: "HYPERMOTILITY, DIARRHEA" Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. Vol. 17, Pg. 340, 1967.


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Q: Android issue when Integrating Google Sign-in API I am trying to add Google Sign-in functionality to my Android App. I followed the steps mentioned HERE and I successfully managed to get the configuration file provided by Google.
But I faced an issue when trying to execute the step which says "Add the configuration file to your project" along with the following description.

Copy the google-services.json file you just downloaded into the app/
  or mobile/ directory of your Android Studio project. Open the Android
  Studio Terminal pane:
$ mv path-to-download/Downloads/google-services.json app/

I am guessing they want me to type that in to my Android Studio terminal and replace the path-to-download with the path of my app on my Mac?
So this is what I tried:
$ mv /Users/Earthling/AndroidStudioProjects/MyMobileApp/app/google-services.json

This returns me an error from the terminal that says:
bash: $: command not found
What am I doing wrong? Did I misunderstand the step?

A: The problem is that
mv command takes 2 arguments. One is the path from which a file is to be moved and other to which it should be moved.
$ mv path-to-download/google-services.json app/

Notice the  space in between .json and app

This makes it 2 arguments.
Your command doesn't have 2 arguments. Use this instead.
$ mv /Users/Earthling/AndroidStudioProjects/MyMobileApp/app/google-services.json app/

Assuming that /Users/Earthling/AndroidStudioProjects/MyMobileApp/app/google-services.json is the location which has the json file.

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Our vacation home rentals are available for groups of 8 or 10 people. Each house is two bedrooms with a total of 8 beds (one queen and 3 twins in each bedroom). Homes also feature a living room, dining room, full kitchen, and two bathrooms. Kitchens feature a stove, refrigerator, microwave, and are equipped with all the pans, dishes, and utensils. High definition satellite TV and high speed WiFi are available. There is plenty of trailer parking for snowmobiles or ATVs next to each house. Large enclosed porch with lots of storage area.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates on stage during her primary night event at the Duggal Greenhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard on June 7, 2016 in New York.
Political signs may be prohibited at many polling places, but simply wearing white is well within the rules. Over the past few days the #WearWhiteToVote movement has taken off as a political fashion statement in support of Hillary Clinton. The color is a nod to the suffragists who wore white as they campaigned for women's voting rights. The democratic nominee famously wore an all-white ensemble for her speech at the Democratic National Convention in July.


If you have never had to deal with the unpleasant task of clearing out your home, garage or basement, then you probably don't have much of an idea what house clearance really is. However, it is quite a popular service these days and busy families often hire such clearance companies to do this job for them. There are a few steps which you should follow when doing a house clearance. If you want a well-done job, here is what you should do.
This is an important part of the preparation – make sure when do you need the house cleared. Whether the clearance is part of the annual spring cleaning or you want to prepare a house for letting or for selling, you will need a certain timeframe. This is essential before you call the clearance company as they will need certain details in order to send enough people. If there are not enough people on site this will slow down the process for sure.
Perhaps the hardest step of every house clearance. Deciding what to keep and what to throw away is inevitable though. The first thing to do is get some bags and go through all the clutter. Try to sort out your belongings and be honest about them – if you haven't been using something for a long time, what is the chance of starting to use it now? A house clearance is all about saying goodbye to the old stuff and clearing space for new. Some of the things that you don't need anymore might be used again though, so think what to do with them – donate them, sell them at a garage or boot sale or simply give them to the house cleaners. They know how to deal with each item – recycling or giving it for waste.
Once you have sorted out the items that you will keep and those for throwing away, you will have to deal with the rubbish. There will be items that need to be recycled so discuss the options with the company's workers. You can take some of the old things to charity shops – you'd be surprised at how many they could make use of. Make sure you are bringing them things in a fairly good condition, not the real rubbish. If you can't use an item again because it is ruined, give it for recycling. A reputable house clearance company knows everything about recycling and the eco-friendly ways of getting rid of certain rubbish.
A little warning for your house clearance is to take care of your paperwork – you might have important documents stored here and there, in envelopes and pieces of paper that look like rubbish but they are not. Make sure you sort everything out and keep it in one folder. If you need to throw away some paperwork use a shredder or burn it, but never simply throw away documents containing your personal details and other information. During house clearance is when many identity thieves will try to steal your information – they even go through the bins. A house clearance can be a daunting task, but it's not something we do every month, not even every year, so once in a while you can invest in a good clearance company and get rid of all the old stuff that's piling up at your house.


"... Urban traffic gathers increasing interest as cities become bigger, crowded and "smart". We present a system for het-erogeneous stream processing and crowdsourcing supporting intelligent urban traffic management. Complex events related to traffic congestion (trends) are detected from heterogeneous so ..."
"... community resilience after a crisis (e.g., natural disaster, bioterrorism attack). The premise is that the public would be better served if it had access to reliable, near real-time information concerning the "ground truth " (actual observations and pictures) of unfolding events. One way (of many) t ..."
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"... Crowdsourcing of geospatial data and information has become a very popular topic of research in GIS and related disciplines over the past few years. In 2007 Goodchild coined the term Volunteered Geographic Information or VGI (Goodchild, 2007) which represents the concept of citizens collecting and ..."
Mobile phones or smartphones are rapidly becoming the central computer and communication device in people's lives. Application delivery channels such as the Apple AppStore are transforming mobile phones into App Phones, capable of downloading a myriad of applications in an instant. Importantly, today's smartphones are programmable and come with a growing set of cheap powerful embedded sensors, such as an accelerometer, digital compass, gyroscope, GPS, microphone, and camera, which are enabling the emergence of personal, group, and communityscale sensing applications. We believe that sensor-equipped mobile phones will revolutionize many sectors of our economy, including business, healthcare, social networks, environmental monitoring, and transportation. In this article we survey existing mobile phone sensing algorithms, applications, and systems. We discuss the emerging sensing paradigms, and formulate an architectural framework for discussing a number of the open issues and challenges emerging in the new area of mobile phone sensing research.
"... Abstract- In the event that a natural disaster or terrorist attack strikes, it would be valuable for both individuals and officials overseeing the response to have access to the best possible information regarding what has happened, what is happening currently, what could possibly happen in the futu ..."
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Do you think it is unfair that being married to some one entitles you to half of their assets? - Marriage :: sidetaker.
Do you think it is unfair that being married to some one entitles you to half of their assets?
We all know most divorces in the US end in divorce, and that in divorce 99.9% of the time the sexist anti-male biased courts always award alimony to women, and give half of the mans assets regardless of weather have earned it himself or before the marriage to the woman, who often initiates the divorce , often for no reason, and often intentionally seeks to ruin the man. Not to mention that child custody is awarded to incompetent women over competent men 99% of the time as well.
I don't understand why being married to some one automatically entitles them to YOUR personal (not joint) money and assets, or joint assets you mostly paid for.Wouldn'tt divorce be less sexist and more fair if everyone came out with at least what they came in with? Nothing less?
Given the fact that women almost always comes out as queens when they divorce a man, is it any wonder so many men are unwilling to commit to marriage?
No i am not nor have i been maried; simple observation.


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    ServicePointManger.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += MethodB;
    // some logic
  }
  catch(Exception ex)
  {
    // some handling
  }
  finally
  {
    // some logic
    ServicePointManger.ServerCertificateValidationCallback -= MethodB;
  }
}

In my MethodB, how do I get/pass the MyObject.
private bool MethodB(object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors errors)
{
  // Need MyObject here
}

Is there any correct approach fo this?

A: By using Lambda.
private void MethodA()
{
  MyObject myObject = new MyObject();

  try
  {
    ServicePointManger.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => MethodB(sender, myObject);
    // some logic
  }
  catch(Exception ex)
  {
    // some handling
  }
  finally
  {
    // some logic
    ServicePointManger.ServerCertificateValidationCallback -= (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => MethodB(sender, myObject);
  }
}

private bool MethodB(object sender, MyObject myObject)
{
  // You have your MyObject here
}


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Paul Michael « Poz » Posluszny, né le  à Butler (Pennsylvanie), est un joueur américain de football américain évoluant au poste de linebacker.

Étudiant à l'Université d'État de Pennsylvanie, il joua pour les Penn State Nittany Lions. En 2005, il remporte notamment le Dick Butkus Award et le Chuck Bednarik Award au terme de plusieurs saisons universitaires de grande qualité.

Il est drafté en 2007 à la  (deuxième tour) par les Bills de Buffalo. Sa saison rookie est gâchée par une blessure mais la saison suivante, il confirme son potentiel.

Depuis la saison 2011, il joue avec les Jaguars de Jacksonville, avec lesquels il a signé un contrat de six ans pour 42 millions de dollars.

Naissance en octobre 1984
Joueur américain de football américain
Linebacker
Naissance à Butler
Joueur sélectionné au Pro Bowl
Joueur de football américain des Nittany Lions de Penn State
Choix de draft des Bills de Buffalo
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Joueur des Jaguars de Jacksonville
Vainqueur du Chuck Bednarik Award

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What's the best career path for introverts?
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Today's topic is about introverts! Do you consider yourself an introverted person? Do you need alone time? Do you hate being told what to do? Would you rather work in a quiet and calm environment?
If your answer to all or most of the previous questions is affirmative, then keep on reading this article.
When it comes to having an introverted personality, it's hard to find a job that fits your needs and desires in the corporate world.
I know that there's not a "one size fits all" job or career path for introverts because our passions or interests are not the same, no matter how alike our personalities are.
However, from my experience I can tell you that there's a particular career path that fits the introverted personality traits, and this is what I'm going to discuss next.
2 What's this career path about?
3 What are the benefits of having an online business for introverts?
4 What's the best place to get started?
Being an introvert myself, I always felt like I didn't fit in and I didn't really know what I wanted to dedicate my life to.
Even though there were some jobs that required to do tasks that I kind of liked, there was not career path or job that fitted who I really was.
I remember that I started an architecture degree but didn't really see myself being an architect all my life. I didn't feel comfortable being in a class with over 70 people.
Then I went to a training school where I studied international trade and there I had a better experience. We were a group of 10 people in class and the environment was more calm, I had a better time concentrating and learning.
I also worked as an intern at a factory and even though I didn't have to talk with my co-workers all the time, I didn't like being supervised and the fact that the machines made a lot of noise was annoying.
I didn't really know what it was that I wanted to do after finishing the internship, but I knew what I didn't want.
Then I started exploring non-traditional jobs, I started searching if it was possible to work from home and whether it was true that people (apart from big corporations) were making money online.
I remember when I almost fall for a paid surveys scam, it sounded too good to be true like most online scams. But I did my research before making any purchase and when I found out negative comments from people who had been scammed, I kind of lost hope.
I was like "is there anyone who makes money online in a legit way or it's all a scam?". I felt quite frustrated, deep inside I had the hope that the online world was not only inhabited by bad wolves.
What's this career path about?
I found out a way to work from home online and haven't looked back since then.
Some of those jobs I've mentioned aren't necessarily work at home jobs (some can be done at a corporate office) and not all of them are a good fit for introverts. For example: telemarketing and customer service jobs would require you to talk too much, something I wouldn't personally like.
Apart from that, those jobs require you to work a certain amount of hours per day, and if you stop working, you stop getting paid, so they don't give you much freedom.
So this career path I chose is about promoting other people's products (yes, you don't need to create your own products) and earning commissions for each sale I make.
I promote those products online so I don't have to talk to people face to face. Another thing I love about this is the fact that I have a flexible schedule, I can choose the hours I want to work. As long as I get the daily tasks done, it doesn't matter the moment of the day I do it.
Some years ago I didn't think it was possible to work on this. You don't need any kind of degree to do this and no experience is required. Don't get me wrong, having prior experience is an advantage, but you can learn to do this from scratch.
If you shop online, you may have bought something on stores like Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, Walmart… What if you promoted a product that you like instead of purchasing it? You could get paid commissions each time you sold a product.
Lots of online stores and companies offer affiliate programs, which they let you join for free. If you help them make sales, they'll pay you.
When you join a company's affiliate program, they'll give you a personal link that you'll use to take people to the product's page. That link also serves to track the purchases someone makes through it. Without it you won't get credit because there will be no way to know when someone has purchased a product thanks to you.
There are many ways to promote products or services online: on forums, on social networks, on an email list, on a website.
The way I recommend that you do it is by creating a website. If you have lots of followers on social media or have lots of subscribers, then you can do it there too, but if that's not the case, you won't make many sales.
You can also do paid advertising to get traffic to the product you're promoting, but if you're on a low budget it may not be the best option to get started.
I believe building a website to do this business is very important because it's completely yours, it's your online platform, your online asset. You have control over it and you can post and promote what you want.
Note that building a website is not difficult nowadays, you can do it in a few minutes and there's a place where you can get two free websites (more on this later).
Keep in mind that you also want to create valuable content related to the products you want to promote. It's essential that what you post is relevant to the people who are interested in what you're promoting.
If you only post links, your visitors will exit your website. What would you do if you came across a website that only has links but any kind of explanation? I would leave it because I wouldn't know what it's about and wouldn't click a link without knowing what I'm getting into.
This thing I do is called affiliate marketing. I wrote a post that you can check out to know more about this business model and the benefits that come with it.
What are the benefits of having an online business for introverts?
You can choose your schedule. You can work at the time it's better for you. As long as you get things done, you can choose to work early in the morning or late at night, it's up to you. You can also choose when to take breaks and you don't have to worry about being late at work.
You are your own boss. You get to decide your schedule as I said before, you are the one who chooses who to work with, you can choose your vacations and you can also have control over your income.
You can work anywhere. You don't have to be stuck at the same office every single day and you don't need to get up at a certain hour and drive to work. You can work wherever you can take your laptop with you and there's an Internet connection, and with this comes more freedom.
You don't have to talk to anyone. You don't have to talk to anyone face to face, there's no one that will interrupt you while working (unless there's a lot of people living with you lol). Yes, you'll have to interact with people who comment on your site or people who send you important emails, but it's not the same as working in an office where you have to talk face to face with your co-workers or your boss.
What's the best place to get started?
There's a digital marketing platform where you can get step-by-step training, courses, video trainings and more that will teach you to start an affiliate marketing business and take it to the next level.
That platform is full of bloggers and online entrepreneurs who are in the same path as you and will help you and support you along the way. The good thing is that you are not forced to interact with anyone, you can talk with them whenever you want.
I've been in this platform called Wealthy Affiliate for over a year now and I'm very comfortable there. Most of the community members are kind and supportive and there's no better place to learn, in my opinion.
Another thing is, this platform has existed for more than 12 years already and the owners and people who work behind the scenes keep updating and improving it in a daily basis. This shows how legit this place is, most scam products don't last in the long term.
I also love the fact that they offer a free membership so you can start without spending a dime, it's risk free. You'll get the 2 free websites I mentioned in the previous section, some training and more with this membership.
You only need to complete a form with your name, your email address, a password and a username to see how this platform is and decide whether it's for you or not. When you join for free, you'll get a welcome message from me and other members and will be on your way to get started.
I also wrote a detailed review of Wealthy Affiliate that you can read if you would like to learn more about this platform.
I hope this post has been useful to you and this career path I've talked about can be a great option for you. Feel free to share this post with other introverts that you believe that may benefit from it.
In case you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts about anything related to jobs for introverts, affiliate marketing or Wealthy Affiliate, don't hesitate to leave a comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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The 1958 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the Skyline Conference during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. In their third and final season under head coach Hal Kopp, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 against conference opponents, finished third in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 150.

The team's statistical leaders included Wayne Startin with 332 passing yards, Weldon Jackson with 698 rushing yards and 698 yards of total offense, Nyle McFarlane with 42 points, and R. K. Brown with 177 receiving yards.

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December 30, 2017 jamestwriter Uncategorized
Way of The Samurai 3: The Oddball of Samurai Games
I like to imagine there's a game series out there, one that merges the history of the samurai with the oddball nature found in a lot of Japan's popular media. A game series that is both steeped in history, while still being screwy enough to capture the weirdness that Japan has become so beloved for. Well, look no further my fellow fans of weird video-games, for there is a series that caters to those strangely specific needs!
"Way of The Samurai" was made by the game company "Acquire", best known for making the rather odd action series "Akiba's Trip". Acquire was assisted in development of the game by another studio named "Spike". Together, they created the first Way of The Samurai game, and history was made!
The main purpose of the game was to allow the play to craft their own experience, by giving the player the tools to be the kind of samurai they wanted! Even though the first two games lacked the character customization and surreal comedy of the succeeding games, they still set the bar high for what these games could do.
While these early titles gave you a pre-made character, they allowed you to do what you wanted. You chose how to engage in the story, which factions to align yourself with, and what kind of samurai you wanted to be. Heck, later games even let you be a pacifist! That's right, you could choose to use non-lethal means to take down your opponents and not take a single life at all.
Conversely, you could choose to be a violent and merciless samurai warrior, destroying all in your way. As the games went on, they allowed you to make more and more choices. At this point, you were given free-reign to better craft the samurai you want as your avatar. Way of The Samurai 3 was the natural stepping stone in this, allowing better customization and world-building.
To be honest, I've only played a bit of the first 2 games, mostly through emulation. It's hard to find them in stores nowadays, and I lack the PS2 to be able to play them. However, I recently picked up both the 3rd game on Steam and am having a blast with it!
In Way of The Samurai 3, you could choose from one of many branching paths to take in the story. The game does have 22 endings, so it'll take a lot of playthroughs to see everything! WoTS 3 has a rather interesting story, but you won't get the most out of it on just one playthrough.
All of the games in the series are meant to be played through more than one, giving the series a fair amount of replay value. On top of this, you can carry over all your gear and items from one play-through to the next, which is much appreciated! Way of The Samurai 3 follows the same general plot as the previous games: You are a nameless samurai, one who was the lone survivor of an epic battle.
From there, you venture through the town of Amana and discover the game's various factions. What's interesting is that they all have their own pros and cons, making each group distinct from each other. You have the forces of Castle Amana, who are immensely strong, but are lead by a man who is too ambitious for his own good. You then have the villagers, who wish to simply live in peace, but lack the drive or desire to defend themselves. You then have the Ouka Clan, who fight for a noble cause, but are led by a complete coward.
These three factions are all joinable, and each offer several entertaining side-quests to go along with them. I think the best to way describe WoTS 3 is that it's Fallout New Vegas, if it skipped directly to the third act. WoTS 3 was also that turning point in the series, in which it started to embrace the more nonsensical and goofy elements that it would come to be known for.
The story is kept mostly serious, though the stuff that happens outside of cutscenes borders on insanity. One such example is how you talk to NPCs, you'll often get odd replies from seemingly normal answers. You could tell a person that you're doing great, and then they'll steal yen from you! Or you could help a mysterious individual, only to end up fighting against a warrior from a completely different game series entirely! Yeah, it's one of THOSE games.
WoTS 3 is definitely an amazingly fun game, but it has a ton of problems. The game doesn't fully explain what you need to do, so you'll find yourself just walking around and engaging in activities until the plot kicks in. All of the customization options needs to be unlocked, which severely limits your customization for your first few playthroughs. There is an exploit you can use to unlock everything in the game early, as shown below.
The options themselves are limited to heads, different bodies, and some accessories. This means you can't fully design a character the way you could in other games. While the game does have 22 different endings, a lot of them are just variations on pre-existing ones.
Despite the game's clunky nature, the lack of direction, and the extremely dated (even for the time) graphics, the game was still a ton of fun! I've played through the game three times, and even used an exploit to unlock all the customization features. While the game definitely has its problems, it's one of those few games that I felt really let me be the kind of samurai I've always looked up to.
You're probably wondering what I think of the game's sequel as well? I both both of them during this recent Holiday Steam sale, but have only played 3 so far. I dabbled in a bit of 4, but had problems due to issues with the screen resolution settings. Still, I had fun with what little I've played of it! Honestly, I recommend playing any WoTS game, if you're lucking for some fun and random samurai action. Just be warned, they aren't the prettiest games, and they've got problems in a lot of areas. Still, it's one of the few games where you can beat an army of thugs while wielding a vegetable, so it's definitely A-OK with me!
December 26, 2017 December 26, 2017 jamestwriter Uncategorized
Virtua Quest: The Lost Shenmue Game
Anyone remember the Shenmue series? This series was originally released on the Dreamcast, and managed to provide a wholly unique experience. Shenmue was not only an action RPG, but it was also an open-world life simulation game! You played as a young man named Ryo Hazuki, who was on a quest to avenge his father. What people often forget is that Shenmue was originally something entirely different.
Originally, the RPG was going to be released on the Saturn, and was going to be a spinoff of the popular Virtua Fighter series. It was given the working title "Virtua Fighter RPG: Akira's Story" and was set to take the world by storm. Eventually, the plot was changed and it was moved to the Dreamcast, the rest is history.
Despite dropping the Virtua Fighter characters and plot, the game remained mostly the same. Shenmue has since become a cult classic, despite not selling a whole lot of copies upon initial release. Now, one may wonder what a Virtua Fighter action RPG would've been like.
Well, we eventually found that out in the year 2004. That year, we were gifted with the game known as "Virtua Quest". The concept of Virtua Quest may sound similar to those who know about Shenmue's development history. Virtua Quest is an action RPG featuring Virtua Fighter characters, a plot that is kicked off by the main character's father, and a game about fighting evil as a young man. Much like in Shenmue, there's also a focus on learning and mastering martial arts moves.
This is where the similarities end, as Virtua Quest is an entirely different type of experience than Shenmue ever was. While Shenmue was more focused on its life simulation and open-world elements, Virtua Quest was pretty much a linear beat-em-up with RPG elements.
Virtua Quest felt like a fusion between the sci MMO elements of Phantasy Star Online, with that of the beat-em-up fighting of a Virtua Fighter game. Despite not being an MMO itself, Virtua Quest is set within the world of one. You played as a young man named "Sei" and you traveled into the virtual world of "Nexus" in order to make cash to buy a bike.
From there, Virtua Quest ballooned into an insane quest across the virtual world to fight an evil organization and learn various martial arts moves. Like I said earlier, Virtua Quest feels very similar to Shenmue's original concept. One thing the game has that Shenmue also possesses is the ability to collect figurines, which take the form of hidden CGI models scattered throughout the game's world.
Despite Virtua Quest only baring a small resemblance to Shenmue, is it worth playing? Well, not really. Virtua Quest was a fun beat-em-up for the time, but has aged horribly! Characters move really awkwardly, the story is bland, the voice acting comes off as pretty boring at times, and the platforming sections could be rather annoying.
Is Virtua Quest terrible? Nah, it's mediocre at best. There's nothing standout about it, unlike Shenmue. Still, it's interesting how Virtua Quest ended up being somewhat similar to what Shenmue was originally going to be. Virtua Quest may be written off as a Kingdom Hearts ripoff nowadays, but it did something unique: It rescued a forgotten concept from the 90s. That's something truly great indeed!
Star Wars: A Fanbase Divided
So, Star Wars Episode VIII just came out. The long-running sci-fi series has just released yet another film, and it's divided audiences quite a bit. Not since Star Wars episode II has their ever been such a divide on people who love and hate the film. I haven't seen the film yet, though I fully plan on watching it at some point. So, what's got people so divided about this film?
Honestly, I'm not sure, since I've avoided most spoilers. I hear it has something to do with a rather pointless subplot that takes up nearly 30 minutes of the film, though it's probably something more than that. I'll definitely see it, since I've never seen a Star Wars film that I didn't enjoy. Sure, there are some of them I don't like, but I still get some form of entertainment out of watching each individual film.
The idea of this huge audience split makes me just want to see Episode VIII even more now. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what's in this film that's alienating audiences, and uncover this mystery for myself. I'll be sure to put up a review once I see the film for myself and have an understanding of it.
December 11, 2017 jamestwriter Random Blog
New Discord Channel + Top 20 PS Vita Games
Hi guys! I thought I'd mention that I have a Twitter page, that I've started to use more lately. In the past, I hadn't really used it all that much. So, I thought I'd start using it more and more recently I'll be sure to embed my Twitter onto my blog, so you can all check it out. Also, I now have a Discord page:
https://discord.gg/XswH76z
The invite is open to anyone, so if you want to be part of a Discord group just starting out, feel free to join. We'll discuss comics, video-games, movies, or just stuff in real-life. There's a sub-chat in there as well for PS Vita games, which segue-ways into another announcement. As my year-end project, I'm doing a top 20 Vita game list. I already have the list constructed, but I'm looking for honorable mentions.
Have any Vita games you'd like to see me talk about? Be sure to message me in this chat and let me know, maybe I'll even include it in there! Again, the Discord chat is open to everyone. I'll be sure to write out some rules in time, once there are enough people there to facilitate having an extensive rule list. For now, these are the rules I have set in place:
No Roleplaying/ RPing
No drama or attacks on other users
Be respectful of other people's personal spaces
I'll probably add more as the group gets bigger. Anywho, that's all I wanted to say for now. Have a good, and hope to see you in the chat!
December 3, 2017 jamestwriter Uncategorized
My Favorite Video-Game Mods
Video-games are great, especially in the modern gaming market. There are so many different games to play, and several of them have garnered massive fan-bases. When you have a large enough fan-base, then fan projects are bound to happen. That's where video-game mods come in! For those who don't know, a video-game mod is a fan-made addition to a pre-existing game.
The mod can do a number of things: Fix glitches, add in new audio tracks, add in large quantities of new content, or change the game in a large number of major ways. Mods can do so much with pre-existing games, sometimes even bringing a fresh take to an old title. So, I decided to talk about some of my favorite game mods today! Keep in mind that I do not own the copyright to any of these mods, I do not personally know any of the people attached to the creation of said mods, and this is not a paid advertisement in any way. With that said, let's get started!
Morrowind: Tamriel Rebuilt / Morrowind Rebirth
http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/37795/?
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind was a truly massive game. Despite only taking place on a small island in Morrowind, it gave the player a huge expansive RPG experience. Of course, the game was originally meant to be much larger. It was meant to take place over the entirety of Morrowind, fully letting you explore the massive province. Unfortunately, budget restraints kept this from being doable.
However, that didn't stop dedicated modders from trying to fulfill that dream! This brings us to "Tamriel Rebuilt". Tamriel Rebuilt is one of the most ambitious game mods ever created. The mod looks to add the ENTIRE landmass of Morrowind to the game, including all of the various islands and areas that make up it. New quests, weapons, characters, artifacts, and factions have been added to these new lands as well.
The plan is for 8 different maps to be available, 3 of which have already been completed. The mod's creators have been working on this for over 15 years, but have managed to make a lot of progress within that time. It's still far from complete, but what's there is truly engrossing.
The mod requires the "Game of The Year" Edition of Morrowind to operate properly, which you can pick up for about 7 bucks during a Steam sale. If you're interested in diving into the classic world of Morrowind, this is a good mod to have with you. I also recommend getting "Morrowind Rebirth", which is another great mod. Both these mods work well together, and add enough content into this already meaty game to make your head spin!
Fallout New Vegas: New Vegas Bounties / New Vegas Killer
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/37310/?
Ever wonder what being a bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland would be like? Well, you can live out that rather specific fantasy with a mod for New Vegas called "New Vegas Bounties". The game mod lets you work as a bounty hunter, facing off against increasingly challenging targets.
The mod features full voice-acting, which is surprisingly well done! Best of all, the guy who made this also made sequels and spinoffs! There are direct sequels to New Vegas Bounties, but there is also "New Vegas Killer". If you chose the bad ending at the end of the original Bounties mod, you can then partake in this non-canon spinoff. In this expansion, you join the villain at the end of the original mod, now taking missions from him.
The amount of detail that went into these mods is astounding! Sure, they are nowhere near as massive as Tamriel Rebuilt, but they still provide a rather large surplus of content. Best part is that they are fully voice-acted, with a lot of the voices actually sounding pretty good. If you are looking for an excuse to dust off your copy of New Vegas, I highly recommend giving these mods a shot. Just keep in mind that they are insanely difficult!
Elder Scrolls Online: Skyshards
https://www.nexusmods.com/elderscrollsonline/mods/26/?
Another Elder Scrolls mod, though this one is a thousand times smaller than Tamriel Rebuilt. Elder Scrolls Online is the MMO version of the long-running Elder Scrolls series, so it wasn't inevitable that people would make mods of it. Unlike mods for previous games, the mods only change certain things such as textures.
They generally don't add new armor, weapons, or locations, since this is an online game. Still, the mods that are available for ESO are definitely worthy of being on this list. This mod changes a small feature about the game: Skyshards. The Skyshards are little magical gems that give you three skill-points, as long as you collect 3 of them.
Of course, they can be rather annoying to find. You can see them glowing in the distance, but only if you're within a certain distance of them. Heck, some may even be hid in random dungeons! Collecting them can be a bit of an annoyance at times. This mod marks the Skyshards on your map, which is the only thing it does.
Despite the simplicity of the mod, it managed to save me a lot of time when it came to collecting the shards. Now that they were featured prominently on my map, I didn't have to run around in a wild goose chase attempting to collect them. That's what I call progress!
Jade Empire In Style
http://www.moddb.com/mods/jade-empire-in-style
The last mod I'd like to talk about is a mod I've discussed before: Jade Empire In Style. I won't say too much on it, since I've already rambled on quite a bit about it. What the mod does is add a ton of new items, a crap ton of new martial arts styles, several new side-quests, and talking animals that allow you to tweak the difficulty. These are just a few additions and tweaks that the mod adds. Honestly, it makes the game a whole lot more refreshing and really expands what you can do in this massive martial arts fantasy game!
Mods are a great way to expand what our favorite games are capable of. They are free (most of them are, at least) and great additions by fans that allow us to mold our games into something wholly unique. Even if what they are adding is relatively small, they are still giving us something great with each individual mod. Here's hoping that I'm able to expand this list, and include other incredible mods! Who knows? I may make more lists of my favorite mods in the future!


India's exports have grown by an extraordinary rate in recent months, so say the statistics released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the custodians of data on the country's merchandise trade. During the first five months of this fiscal, exports have increased by more than 54% over the corresponding period of 2010-11. Within this period, two months stand out: in July, exports grew by nearly 82% compared with the same month in the previous year, while in May, the year-on-year increase reported was 57%. What makes the export performance during 2011-12 more impressive is that exports increased by 40% during 2010-11, making India one of the better performing economies during this period. As a result, total exports topped $250 billion during the year.
The glitches in the DGCI&S data system may be a minor aberration, but what is worrisome are the fault lines in India's statistical system. Yawning gaps exist in the manner in which data and other information are reported—some of these are so critical that they would not allow even policymakers to take prompt decisions. Yet another issue that needs attention is that more current data sets may in fact be available with the government agencies, but are not put in the public domain.
Possibly the most stark example in this regard is the state of official statistics on the services sector. Data on the sector, which accounts for more than 50% of the country's gross domestic product, is scanty, to say the very least. It is somewhat strange that the Central Statistics Office, which has been providing unit-level data for the manufacturing sector for several decades, has not felt the need to equip itself in order to make data on the services sector available in the public domain. In the absence of detailed industrywise data, major economic parameters cannot easily be analysed for this sector. Surely, the state of the services sector, including those that are involved in providing critical services, needs to be evaluated from the point of view of assessing its efficiency. Furthermore, in a phase when India is undergoing the process of integration with the global economy, it is very important to analyse the ability of different segments within the domestic services sector to withstand global competition.
The agricultural sector, too, presents a picture of apathy on the part of the officialdom to provide regular information that will help in taking decisions regarding the sector that lags behind the more dynamic sectors of the Indian economy. The agricultural census reports very useful data on the broad parameters relating to farm holdings, which is provided down to the level of tehsils, but the problem arises from the considerable lag with which the data is made available. The most recent series of data is available for 2005-06. The agricultural census follows a long established convention, wherein data is provided every quinquennium. It seems obvious that given the imperatives of decision-making, this convention needs to be put aside.
It is not merely the quality or timeliness in reporting that is a problem with those providing official statistics, lack of appreciation of the use to which the data can be put is also in evidence. One such example is available from within the agricultural statistical system. While the broad parameters on farm holdings are provided by the agricultural census, data pertaining to the use of various inputs is provided for the year after for which the census data is available. Obviously, inter-temporal comparability of data is something that the custodians of the agricultural statistical system do not want to trouble themselves with.
While plenty has been said and more will be said about the limitations of the country's statistical system, it is the government and its various agencies that will have to realize the significance of reporting the developments in their domains in a cogent manner. As long as this does not happen, the data that is churned out will merely be suggestive, the vital will never be known.
Biswajit Dhar, is director general at Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi.


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El lacre és una pasta de composició variable, tradicionalment fins al segle XX sovint es feia partir de colofònia, goma laca i trementina, a més de vermelló o un altre colorant mineral. Es fon fàcilment, ja que té una baixa temperatura de fusió i es fa servir en cartes, paquets i en la presa d'algunes mostres per garantir el seu tancament. Els lacres més moderns es fan amb polímers termoplàstics.

Després de fondre's s'endureix ràpidament sobre el paper, els llaços, filferro o altres materials formant una unió que és difícil de separar sense fer un trencament evident. El lacre es fa servir per exemple, verificar que un document no ha estat obert, per mostrar la identitat del remitent (per exemple mitjançant un segell) i amb caràcter decoratiu. Al principi es va fer servir per tancar la mateixa carta i des del  per tancar els sobres. Abans de l'aparició del lacre els Romans utilitzaven betum amb la mateixa intenció

El lacre es va fer servir per segellar cartes entre els segles  i . També es va fer servir per aconseguir la impressió de segells sobre els documents importants, o per a crear un segell hermètic dels contenidors. Actualment es fa servir principalment amb finalitats decoratives.

Composició
La formulació varia però el principal canvi va ser amb el descobriment europeu d'Amèrica. A l'Edat Mitjana el lacre es feia típicament a base de cera d'abelles i "trementina de Venècia" que era una resina de color groc verdós extreta de l'arbre làrix europeu. Els primers lacres eren incolors i després es van acolorir de vermell usant el vermelló o el cinabri. A partir del  la composició no incloïa necessàriament la cera d'abelles. De vegades el lacre estava perfumat.

Al  es va inventar a Perpinyà un lacre conegut a França com «cire d'Espagne», ja que aleshores el Rosselló formava part de la corona espanyola, el qual estava basat en substàncies portades d'Amèrica.

Cap a 1866 estava disponible en molts colors fent servir diversos additius: daurat (usant la mica), blau (usant esmalt), negre, blanc (usant blanc de plom), groc (usant el mineral de mercuri conegut com a Schuetteita), verd (usant verdigris) i altres. La Corona Britànica feia servir lacres de diferents colors segons els tipus de documents que emetia. Actualment es fan servir colorants sintètics.

Utilització
El lacre està normalment disponible en forma de barres, de grànuls o com cilindres per a usar amb pistola elèctrica. La barra es fon en un extrem, o els grànuls s'escalfen dins una cullera, normalment mitjançant una flama, quan el lacre encara és tou es pot imprimir amb un segell sovint metàl·lic. El lacre sintètic es fa servir industrialment per lacrar les boques d'ampolles, aquest lacre es talla fàcilment amb un ganivet i es desprèn sense fer-se trossos per la seva gran flexibilitat.

Anell sigil·lar

Lanell sigil·lar, anell signatori o segell anular, és un tipus d'anell amb un relleu o incisió en el metall o en una pedra dura encastada, amb el distintiu d'una persona, que serveix com a matriu per a imprimir un segell de lacre i autenticar cartes i documents. Han estat utilitzats des d'època molt antiga entre els egipcis, hebreus, grecs, romans i pobles germànics, i és usat encara en algunes ocasions solemnes. A la catedral de Girona hom conserva el de la comtessa Ermessenda de Carcassona (998-1058) amb inscripció en llatí i àrab. D'altres comtes i bisbes catalans també els usaren.

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Q: Can Planck's constant be derived from Maxwell's equations? Can mathematics (including statistics, dynamical systems,...) combined with classical electromagnetism (using only the constants appearing in chargefree Maxwell equations) be used to derive the Planck constant? Can it be proven that Planck's constant is truly a new physical constant?

A: Look, Dr. Zaslavsky is completely correct.  But.  The great mathematician Jean Leray once, after being asked to think about Maslov's work on asymptotic methods to approximate the solutions of partial differential equations which were generalisations of the WKB method, decided, in the 70's, to write an entire book titled
Lagrangian Analysis and Quantum Mechanics, note he gives his own special meaning to « Lagrangian Analysis.», MIT Press, see the nice abstract entitled
« The meaning of Maslov's asymptotic method: The need of Planck's constant in mathematics.»
This is not a derivation of the magnitude of Planck's constatnt from Maxwell's equations, but it is a profound motivation for why there should be some finite, small, constant such as Planck's from the standpoint that the caustics you get in geometrical optics cannot be physical, and yet geometric optics ought to be a useful approximation to wave optics.  From this point of view, there ought to be some constant like Planck's constant, at least in pure mathematics.
It is, however, very advanced: inaccessible unless you already know about Fourier integral operators in Symplectic manifolds, such as in Duistermaat's book or Guillemin and Sternberg, Symplectic Techniques in Physics. Maslov's original book is, although non-rigorous, very insightful and more accessible.
For a physicist, though, perhaps just the basics of the Hamiltonian relationship between geometrical optics and wave optics, and the basics of the WKB method, would be more important.

A: If you're talking about deriving the value of Planck's constant, then no, that is not possible. The value is simply a consequence of our chosen unit system.
If you're talking about deriving the fact that something analogous to Planck's constant has to exist at all, then I believe the answer is still no. To some extent that is also a consequence of our unit system, since if you use fully natural units, Planck's constant has a value of 1 and so it never shows up in the equations in the first place. But besides that, the original context in which the context was proposed was the quantization of energy, namely that the energy of an EM wave is quantized in units of $hf$. This could be considered the foundational assumption of quantum mechanics. Planck's constant is part of this assumption, so you can't really call it a derived result.

A: David Z and Joseph F Johnson give, in my opinion, good descriptions of how the Planck constant cannot be derived from Maxwell's equations (Joseph gives other arguments why a Planck like constant should exist, though).
However, looking at the question from a slightly different standpoint: if one decides that light is quantized, then there is a thought experiment in classical optics that motivates the form of the Planck law, i.e. that the light energy quantum has to be proportional to its frequency. Again, the value of the proportionality constant cannot be derived from Maxwell's equations, but I think the following is interesting insofar that it is Maxwell's equations together with special relativity that show the quantisation law has to have a certain form.
Our thought experiment is about light in a perfect optical resonator comprising two perfectly parallel mirrors with plane waves bouncing between them.

We now "squash the light" by bringing the mirrors together: we accelerate the right hand one instantly to $v$ metres per second moving towards the other, which is kept still. Some time later, we stop the crush, again decelerating from $v$ metres per second to rest instantaneously.
Physical Overview
If one works through the calculation one finds, of course, that the work done pushing the mirrors shows up as energy in the cavity field. But, at the same time, the pulse bouncing in cavity keeps its original functional form – but the argument of the functional form $k \,z - \omega \, t$ gets scaled up so that the constant pulse shape is shrunken to perfectly fit into the shrinking cavity. This is Doppler blueshifting in another guise - the Fourier (the covariant wavenumber space) representation is simply being uniformly dilated and the scale factor is the same scale factor applying to the energy of the field. Alternatively, we could imagine draining energy from the light by letting the cavity expand "adiabatically" and do work against the outside force. Then, of course, we'd get Doppler redshifting; again the Doppler scale factor is the same scale factor applying to the field's dwindling energy. This is the central point:

The Doppler shifting factor is the same as the energy scaling factor.

Now, supposing we think of this field's classical energy as arising from any number of "photons" (say $N$) all in exactly the same state at the beginning of the experiment. Presumably if we squash slowly enough so that adiabaticity holds (see Wiki Page on the "Adiabaticity Theorem"), one might reasonably construe the field as still being in an $N$-photon number state afterwards. Whence: if we truly can assume the same number of photons, each in the same state which varies throughout the experiment, at the beginning and end, then:

Each photon's energy must be proportional to its frequency.

And it all seems to come wholly from the form of the Lorentz transformation and Maxwell's equations.
It's worth noting, when appealing to the Born Fock Adiabaticity Theorem, that this result is independent of the mirror speed $v$. We can wind the mirrors together as slowly as we like, so there is at least a plausibility to this idea. Of course, there is some circular reasoning here – one has to define quantum states properly to meaningfully talk about adiabaticity and, before that, one has to assume the Planck result – or some other postulate, to build a second quantised theory to make the idea of an $N$-photon number state rigorous; even once one has done that, I must admit I can't even see how to go about writing a second quantised description of a cavity with a moveable mirror, maybe that's a new question. But, if one imagines going back in time to Planck's day, one might imagine a thought experiment like this might have been taken as motivating $E = h \nu$. The idea of the electomagnetic field's second quantisation didn't begin to take shape until Dirac thought of it 26 years after Planck proposed his law in 1900. So, before Dirac's ideas, physics had to think in terms like the above thought experiement that seem from our hindsight-enlightened viewpoints to be begging the quesiton. Maybe indeed some early twentieth century worker came up with this thought experiment.
Some Details
Here are some further details in my thought experiment. The calculations are straightforward, but complicated.
Firstly we consider a one-dimensional electromagnetic wave scattering from a perfect reflector in the plane $z = 0$. To the left of the reflector, Maxwell's equations can be fulfilled by one-dimensional plane waves with the form:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}
\mathbf{E}\left(z, t\right) &=& \left[\,f_0\left(z - c\,t\right) - f_0\left(- \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-z\right) \;\hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{B}\left(z, t\right)  &=& \frac{1}{c}\left[\,f_0\left(z - c\,t\right) + f_0\left(- \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-z\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{y}}\\
\mathbf{J}_s\left(0, t\right)  &=& 2 \;\sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_0}{\mu_0}} \,f_0\left( - c\,t\right) \hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{F}_s\left(0, t\right)  &=& 2 \,\epsilon_0 \,\left(_0f_1\left( - c\,t\right)\right)^2 \hat{\mathbf{z}}
\end{array}\quad\quad\quad\quad(1)$$
where $\mathbf{E}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ are respectively the electric field and magnetic induction, $f$ any arbitrary pulse shape, $c$ the freespace lightspeed, $\mathbf{J}_s$ surface current (in amp`eres per metre) in the perfect reflector, $\mathbf{F}_s$ force per unit area on the conductor and $\mathcal{U}$ the Heaviside step function. The force is most straightforwardly calculated by the method of virtual work; to understand the calculation from the Lorentz force formula, one must calculate the scattering from a metal with finite conductivity $\sigma$ as in Method 3 of my answer here, integrate the body force density $\mathbf{J} \wedge \mathbf{B}$ and then take the limit as $\sigma \rightarrow \infty$, the skin depth $\delta \rightarrow 0$ and the body current density thus becomes a surface current. This result differs by a factor of two from the "blithe" result  $\mathbf{J}_s \wedge \mathbf{B}$ gotten by applying the Lorentz force formula without heed to the limiting process that defines a perfect conduction and current sheet. Tacitly, an assumption has been made that the plane's conductivity $\sigma$ fulfills $\sigma >> \omega_{max} \epsilon$  where $\omega_{max}$ is the highest frequency of a "significant" Fourier component of $f_0()$.
Now we want to know what happens when the perfect reflector is shifted leftwards so that its velocity is $-v \, \hat{\mathbf{z}}$. The outcome can of course be found by calculating the fields seen by an observer moving uniformly at velocity $v\,\hat{\mathbf{z}}$. Upon making the relavent Lorentz transformation on Eq.(1), one finds:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}
\mathbf{E}\left(z, t\right) &=& \left[\sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c+v}}\,f_0\left(\sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c+v}}\left(z - c\,t\right)\right) - \sqrt{\frac{c+v}{c-v}}\,f_0\left(- \sqrt{\frac{c+v}{c-v}} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-\left(z+v\,t\right)\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{B}\left(z, t\right)  &=& \frac{1}{c} \left[\sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c+v}}\,f_0\left(\sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c+v}}\left(z - c\,t\right)\right) + \sqrt{\frac{c+v}{c-v}}\,f_0\left(-  \sqrt{\frac{c+v}{c-v}} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-\left(z+v\,t\right)\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{y}}\\
\end{array}
\quad\quad\quad\quad(2)$$
These equations are more meaningful if we rewrite them so that $f_1\left(u\right) = \sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c + v}} \; f_0\left(\sqrt{\frac{c-v}{c + v}} \; u\right)$, i.e. we rescale amplitudes and arguments so that:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}
\mathbf{E}\left(z, t\right) &=& \left[\,f_1\left(z - c\,t\right) - \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(-\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] ] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-\left(z+v\,t\right)\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{B}\left(z, t\right)  &=& \frac{1}{c} \left[\,f_1\left(z - c\,t\right) + \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(- \frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)\,\right] ] \; \mathcal{U}\left(-\left(z+v\,t\right)\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{y}}\\
\end{array}
\quad\quad\quad\quad(3)$$
and the reflected waves $\frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(-\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)$ are given in terms of the incident waves $f_1\left(z- c\,t\right)$. This form of the equations underlies the wonted causal relationships in such a system: the rightwards running wave $f_1\left(z- c\,t\right)$ at any point in the region $z < 0$ will meet the reflector in the future, so that this wave must be uninfluenced by the reflector until that time of meeting. Its shape and scaling must therefore simply be a delayed version of what left its source somewhere far out in the region $z < 0$. The scattered wave $\frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(-\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t\right)\right)$ has already met the reflector and has been Doppler shifted by it (witness that the argument has been multiplied by the squared Doppler factor $\frac{c+v}{c-v}$, so that wavelengths are shrunken by the factor $\frac{c-v}{c+v}$) and its intensity boosted by the factor $\left(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\right)^2$. Positive work must be done on the reflector to push it leftwards at constant speed against the photonic pressure.
Take heed that the wonted electromagnetic field boundary conditions do not hold for moving boundaries. The discontinuity in the tangential electric field components can be understood as follows: as the reflector and its surface current advances leftwards, it is quelling the field in its wake altogether. Thus, if we imagine a thin loop  whose plane is normal to both the reflector and the magnetic induction and with width $\Delta z$ in the $z$ direction and length $\ell$ along the direction of the magnetic field, the magnetic flux through this loop goes from $\left|\mathbf{B}\right| \ell \Delta z$ in time $\Delta z / v$ as the reflector passes by the loop, hence there must be a difference $\left|\Delta \mathbf{E}\right|$ between the electric fields along the loop's long sides, i.e. $\left|\Delta \mathbf{E}\right| \ell =  \left|\mathbf{B}\right| \ell v$ as $\Delta z \rightarrow 0$, hence the discontinuity $2 \, v f(0) / (c-v)$ in the electric field. Again, the electrodynamics of this discontinuity are better understood by doing the calculations at a finite conductivity (thus removing the discontinuity) and passing to the infinite conductivity limit.
Now we shift the reflector to an arbitrary $z$-position $a$:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}
\mathbf{E}\left(z, t\right) &=& \left[\,f_1\left(z - c\,t - a\right) - \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(-\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t - a\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(a-z-v\,t\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{B}\left(z, t\right)  &=& \frac{1}{c} \left[\,f_1\left(z - c\,t - a\right) + \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f_1\left(- \frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(z+ c\,t - a\right)\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(a-z-v\,t\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{y}}\\
\end{array}
\quad\quad\quad\quad(4)$$
then transform the functional notation so that $f\left(t - \frac{z}{c}\right) = f_1\left(z - c\,t - a\right)$:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}
\mathbf{E}\left(z, t\right) &=& \left[\,f\left(t - \frac{z}{c}\right) - \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f\left(\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(t + \frac{z}{c}\right) - \frac{2 \,a}{c - v}\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(a-z-v\,t\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{x}}\\
\mathbf{B}\left(z, t\right)  &=& \frac{1}{c} \left[\,f\left(t - \frac{z}{c}\right) + \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f\left(\frac{c+v}{c-v} \left(t+ \frac{z}{c}\right) -\frac{2 \,a}{c - v}\right)\,\right] \; \mathcal{U}\left(a-z-v\,t\right) \; \hat{\mathbf{y}}\\
\end{array}
\quad\quad\quad\quad(5)$$
and imagine a second, still reflector at $z = 0$ so as to consider a one-dimensional cavity resonator as shown in the drawing. The cavity resonator is "shrinking" and the light within it is being "squashed". Boundary conditions very like those in Eq.(1) hold, thus implying the "loop condition":
$$f\left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\, u + \frac{2}{c+v}\, a\right) = \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,f\left(u\right)\quad\quad\quad\quad(6)$$
and the field's intensity and frequency both grow exponentially together i.e. vary like $\left(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\right)^n$with the cavity circulation number $n$.
Suppose at $t = 0$, the rightwards running cavity wave's functional form is $g_+(z), \;0\leq z \leq a$ and that there is no leftwards running wave. The wave's lagging (leftmost) edge meets the right reflector (i.e. that which was at position $z = a$ at time $t = 0$) at time $t = a / (c + v)$. Likewise, the wave's leading edge is boosted in amplitude by a factor $(c+v)/(c-v)$ and meets the left reflector (at $z = 0$) slightly later at time $t = a / c$. So, at this time, the wave is now wholly backwards (leftwards) running, its whole length still fits into the shortened cavity and it still has the same functional form, but with a "squashed" $z$-dependence; its functional form is now $\frac{c+v}{c-v} g_+\left(a - \frac{c+v}{c-v}\,z\right)$ for $0 \leq z \leq \frac{c-v}{c+v} a$, whilst the cavity's length is now $\frac{c-v}{c} a$, i.e. longer than the wave's extent. Now we repeat the reasoning for the wave scattering from the left reflector. This time there is no Doppler shift or amplitude boost, and the time taken for the wave's leading edge to run from the left to the right reflector is $\frac{c-v}{c+v} \frac{a}{c}$, i.e. exactly the wave's temporal duration and this duration in turn is exactly the time taken for the wave's lagging edge to reach $z = 0$. Thus, after a total time $t = 2\frac{a}{c + v}$ the wave has returned to its original shape, albeit that its amplitude has been boosted by a factor $\frac{c+v}{c-v}$, its functional form is now $g_+(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\,z),\; 0\leq z \leq \frac{c-v}{c+v}\, a$, the wave's length $\frac{c-v}{c+v}\, a$ so that it fits exactly into its new cavity length $a^\prime = \frac{c-v}{c+v}\, a$. We can repeat the analysis for a backwards running wave $g_-(z), \;0\leq z \leq a$ and assume that there is no forwards running wave. The result is naturally the same: after one circulation time $t = 2\frac{a}{c + v}$, the wave has returned to being a wholly backwards running wave, its amplitude has been boosted by the factor $\frac{c-v}{c+v}$ and its argument has been shrunken (blueshifted) so that it fits exactly into the shrunken cavity, which now has a length  $a^\prime = \frac{c-v}{c+v}\, a$. Thus, if the cavity begins with forward and backwards running variations $g_+(z),\; g_-(z)$ respectively for $0\leq z \leq a$, the following parameters define $n^{th}$ cavity round trip:
$$\begin{array}{llcl}
n^{th}\, \mathrm{Round\,Trip\,Time}:& t_n & = & 2 \frac{a}{c + v} \left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\right)^{n - 1}\\
\mathrm{Time\,Till\,Completion}:& T_n & = & \sum\limits_{j = 1}^n t_n = \frac{a}{v} \left(1 - \left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\right)^n\right)\\
\mathrm{Blueshift\,(Frequency\,Scale)}:& \nu_n & = & \left(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\right)^n\\
\mathrm{Cavity\,Length}:& L_n & = & \left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\right)^n = \nu_n^{-1}\\
\mathrm{Amplitude\,Scale}:& a_n & = & \left(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\right)^n = \nu_n\\
\mathrm{Intensity\,Scale}:& i_n & = & \left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\right)^{2\,n} =  \nu_n^2\\
\mathrm{Total\,Cavity\,Energy}:& E_n & = & \frac{\epsilon_0}{2}\,\int_0^{\frac{a}{L_n}} \nu_n^2 \left(g_+\left(\nu_n\,z\right)^2+g_-\left(\nu_n\,z\right)^2\right) \mathrm{d}z\\
& &= & \nu_n \frac{\epsilon_0}{2}\,\int_0^a \left(g_+\left(z\right)^2+g_-\left(z\right)^2\right) \mathrm{d}z = \nu_n\,E_0\\
\mathrm{Total\,Cavity\,Energy\,Scale}:& e_n & = &  \left(\frac{c+v}{c-v}\right)^n = \nu_n\\
\mathrm{Photonic\,Pressure\,Scale}:& p_n & = &  \left(\frac{c-v}{c+v}\right)^{2\,n} =  \nu_n^2\\
\end{array}
\quad\quad\quad\quad(7)$$
thus the light within the cavity is infinitely blueshifted and power and pressure needs of this process increase without bound as the cavity approaches zero length. Note that analogous results can be gotten for a reflector speed $v\left(t\right)$ that varies with time. In this case, the functional forms $g_+(z)$ and $g_-(z)$ are in general nonuniformly stretched and shrunken to account for the variation of speed within each circulation period. The results in Eq.(7) are replaced by effective average definitions, but the fundamental results that the total cavity energy and mean blueshift are both  inversely proportional to the cavity length are the same and independent of the detailed time variation. So, no matter how one gets there, the cavity energy and mean blueshift depend only on the current cavity length.

A: Maxwell assumes only that a particle has charge, not that an electron has a frequency that depends on its rest mass. So one can not deduce Planck's constant from Maxwell. de Broglie fixed that.


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