Saturday, November 19, 2005

Kidde Smoke Detector Beeps

ClustrMaps

guess sooner or later this had to happen:
SUPERIOR COURT NO.2 OF
Tippecanoe County Courthouse, Fourth floor
Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1363
(765) 423-9313
Fax (765) 423-9142
superior2@county.tippecanoe.in.us
Thomas Busch Karen K. Beard, Reporter
     Judge Brenda Rody, Bailiff
Jan J. Ermel, Deputy Bailiff
November, 2006
Dear Jury Panel Member:

You have been drawn by a random selection process to serve as a member of the jury panel for Superior Court No.2 for the calendar year 2006. This random drawing is completed from the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Indiana Department of Revenue.

Jury service is not voluntary, but a civic duty imposed upon all citizens by statute. As a trial juror, you will become an officer of the court. You will be performing an important and vital role in the efficient and fair administration of justice. Any request for disqualification or excuse must be submitted in writing to the address above. Please allow enough time prior to your date of service for your request to get to the court and be considered by the judge. The court bailiff cannot excuse a juror for financial or business hardship reasons. Any request to be excused due to loss of income or business closure must be directed to the trial judge, only after you have appeared as summoned.

Enclosed you will find a juror qualification form you must complete and sign, affirming the truthfulness of your answers. If the form is not completed and returned as directed, you could be ordered to appear before the Judge and show cause why you should not be found in Contempt of Court. This questionnaire reduces the time spent selecting a jury and provides more provacy by not having to answer certain questions in open court. Please return the completed questionnaire within seven (7) days upon receipt of this letter. Please be certain that the code number in the upper right hand corner of your questionnaire shows through the window of the reply envelope.

As compensation for service, prospective jurors receive $15.00 a day plus $.40 per mile for each day they report. Those persons selected as jurors will receive $40.00 a day plus mileage for their services. The jury trial begins upon selection of the jury.

Trials can last from 1 day to several days, but most end in 2 court days. Your service is limited to one trial a year if you are selected as a trial juror. Judges are aware that jury duty disrupts normal schedules. You will be notified by letter in advance, stating the date and time you are to appear. Your appearance as a prospective juror is confirmed or cancelled by a prerecorded message. You must telephone 423-9313 after 5:00 p.m the DAY BEFORE you are scheduled to appear. The message is available all night. If it is busy, keep calling. Have your juror number located on your summons available when calling. Until you are notified of a specific date to appear for jury service, it is not necessary to contact our office unless you have a change of address or additional dates when you will unavailable for jury service.

If you have any questions, please call 423-9310 and Brenda will assist you.

Thank you for your prompt Cooperation.
Very trully yours, Thomas H.

Busch
Judge, Superior Court No.2

For that, I've been called for jury duty next year. Unfortunately, as I am not a U.S. citizen can never be fixed, but the truth is that I would have loved. The above letter is published as wine, respecting the use of italics, bold and capitalized. The following form is instead modificado. He añadido color rojo a aquellas frases que me han resultado interesantes.

    • Home Phone
    • Work Phone
  1. Marital Status:
    • Married
    • Separated
    • Widowed
    • Single
    • Divorced
  2. Number of Children
    • Years of Residence in Tippecanoe County:
    • In State of Indiana:
  3. List your occupation and employer:
  4. How long have you been employed by this employer?
  5. What other occupations have you had during the past ten (10) years?
  6. If you are a student, please provide the name of school and major, if applicable:
  7. I am a law enforcement officer.
    • Yes
    • No
  8. Please list your spouse's name, present occupation and employer:
  9. What is the extent of your education? Please check the highest grade completed:
    • Grade School
    • High School
    • College
    • Post Graduate
    • Other
  10. If you expect to be out of town on business, vacation, or for any other purpose during the calendar year of service, please indicate the date(s) of such anticipated absence:
  11. Have you had any prior jury duty?
    • Yes
    • No
    • When and where?
  12. Have you or any member of your immediate family been a party to a lawsuit?
    • Yes
    • No
  13. Has a claim for personal injury ever been made against you or have you ever made any claim for personal injury?
    • Yes
    • No
  14. Have you or any member or your immediate family been convicted or pled guilty to a state or federal crime punishable by imprisonment?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Please explain:
  15. Are there any such criminal charges pending against you?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Explain:
  16. Have you or any member of your family been a victim of crime?
    • Yes
    • No
  17. Are you related to or close friends with any law enforcement officers?
    • Yes
    • No
  18. Do you have any religious convictions that would prevent you from sitting in judgment of another person?
    • Yes
    • No
  19. What is your favorite hobby?
  20. What type of books or magazines do you like to read?
  21. Do you know of any other valid and legal reason for your disqualification for jury service or any reason why you could not serve as a fair and impartial juror?
  22. I live ______ miles from the Tippecanoe County courthouse.

Technorati Tags: , ,

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Jet Li Birthday Cakes

Applications of Fourier Transform

Unas gafas viejas, o papel de transparencia; la possibility of printing a black and white design on the glass or plastic, and basic knowledge of the Fourier Transform is all you need to build this funny toy:

Without glasses

With glasses
Imagine seeing fireworks with them, or a laser show, or just the traffic at night. Each wavelength on this (ie, each color light intensity) concentrated in an area small enough, see a hologram around the surface, replicating the same color that generates it. In the above example we have only white light.

are generated by computer, and for this reason are called CGH (Computer Generated Hologram). Do not know who invented it, but the idea gave us David Brady Duke University. There is a fantastic patent on the invention, so if you happen to make money copying the idea, you may lose your hair.

started with a black square image, on which is printed on a corner a white pattern.
Your Discrete Fourier Transform in two dimensions we gives a matrix of complex numbers. We consider the argument (angle) of each of the entries in that matrix, which is a number between -180 º and 180 º. If that number is negative, put a zero (or white), and if the number is positive, we put a one (or black). Thus we get a square image like this:
The right image is what we have to print on the lenses. When we look through them, we can see the desired effect in this case, we will see word "IMA" instead of "Duke" of course.

Technorati Tags: curiosities , IMA , games, math, math , Optical Imaging

Sunday, November 13, 2005

I Need A Replacement Lock For My Truck Tool Box

Hello, my name is 영주. You Killed My Father. Prepare to die.

Yesterday I saw my first Korean film " Boksuneun naui geothermal" and I say I was very pleasantly surprised, especially by the quality of guióny the force of ideas and images used by Park Chan-wook, the director.

Title of the film has been translated into English as "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and though I disagree with this choice, if I have to admit that the idea of Revenge is the main vehicle for this script. And apparently retaliation is very common in Korean culture, in fact improperly influencing its literature, capturing the headlines in newspapers and news, and virtually dictating the d & # 237; aa day of this wonderful country.

But I digress from the branches back to the movie. This begins as a simple story about simple people, a snapshot of Korean society today: the rich who live in big houses, with complications that do not go than divorce, and poor people living in paper houses, and do not have enough money to pay for medical services. The story takes an unexpected turn when a decision body to save a company of engineers change the status of some of these people. The consequences prove to be critical: a young deaf worker with a sister affected by kidney disease and lose your job, "almost" as a result, your liver to a group of scammers. His revenge against an employer goes through the kidnapping of his daughter ... a minute! I'm telling you the movie, I am afraid I must stop here and simply mention that the vengeance of a start to the vengeance of those affected. As the film progresses, each character makes great efforts to perfect the techniques of carrying out their vendettas. The number involved is growing, but naturally decrease at the same speed due to the brutal deaths as a result of the ingenious settling of scores.

I am afraid I counted too.

Technorati Tags: film , curiosities, Korea

Laptop Table On A Couch

Afternoon Football


View video
Saturday afternoon, afternoon football. And this particular Saturday was one of those in which no one wants to lose games. Here we are, to an Italian and a English, looking like a sad crazy bar where you put if not the entire broadcasting at least some summaries. But nothing, you know, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, competition cheerleaders, football poker ... but nothing. So without thinking twice, we got to use our computer resources, until we found a solution (not the best, I suppose, but at least one answer to our prayers) : There are several sports channels in many countries that have the decency to retransmit in parallel on a website. Send packets of five minutes, compressed in any standard formats (AVI, MPEG) and can be reproduced faithfully on your computer with any video display program. For example, Cyrus used his "Shit Güindols Player to connect to a Japanese broadcast the departure of Spain- Slovakia. The other option was to hear it in Hebrew, from a page in an Israeli television, but video quality was much lower. To solve the problem of sound, convinced the Italian to us to hear the broadcast of "Carrusel Deportivo" in cadenaser.com .
the end, everyone happy.

Technorati Tags: U.S. , , football

Sunday, November 6, 2005

Pokemon Silver Rom For Vba Mac

The aristocrat

" The Aristocrats" is the name of a joke cl & # 225; musician in English-speaking cultures. It has a very loose end, and generally is in very bad taste. What is special about this joke as to have made a documentary about? For an hour and a half a hundred comedians tell the joke related anecdotes, historical references, different variations, and above all, his own version.
all starts with the visit of an individual to a talent agency. The individual presents an overview of a number which has been working with his family, including pets. The issue includes a long list "of Cluj " sexual perversion and violence, and ends with a startled officer asked incredulously name number, to which the individual answers: "Ah, yes! We call it 'The Aristocrats'. "
No comedian in his right mind would dare to tell it in public or on television (" , or perhaps you?), but every actor knows it very well, and is capable of presenting including a personal touch. It is used as a warm-up before a performance, even as a source of competition in private parties (to see who is able to tell including the largest number of family members and "innovation" and lengthening the time of filing the same time maintaining the interest of stakeholders.
In particular, I remember especially several scenes that left me breathless, or at the edge of pee in your pants: Bob Saget (the widower father of "Gummy Parent") surprises as descriptive of their release and used obscene language. Nobody would say, by the type of jobs that appear, but from what I have to gossip Bob has the "dirtiest mouth business." The kids in South Park not have waste (you can see on the trailers page RottenTomatoes ). Of course, what counts is Cartman, the fat pervert, the child is packed, and the room is very difficult to understand the background laughter of the pubic, but several words clearly highlight key that makes this version one of the most impressive. A mime is a joke on the street, a magician will delight your audience telling the joke at the same time discover the letters gradually ... Another is going to be hard to forget is the version of Mario Cantone making Liza Minelli: to die of laughter.
A jewel of contemporary cinema, full of twists, puns and winks at the viewer, in principle, different adaptations of the joke should not be too difficult translated into English, but I doubt that the best team of voice actors in this documentary could treat effectively, giving full meaning and being true to the spirit of the film.

Technorati Tags: film , U.S. , humor