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t Chess Pro IPA Game Version 1.5.6
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t Chess Pro IPA Game Version 1.5.6
Description
tChess Pro is the high-quality, critically acclaimed chess game with the richest features for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It's perfect for every player:

Beginners:
Not everybody is a chess master! Most chess games are too strong or just make random mistakes at easier levels. tChess Pro has unique algorithms to simulate human opponents.

Experts:
tChess Pro has a top-tier chess engine. (Over 380 ELO points stronger than Caissa Chess.)

Enthusiasts:
tChess Pro's Analysis Mode is like having a chess master in your pocket. You can get the engine's expert opinion about any game or position in real-time: which side is winning, and the best sequence of moves. Just like a professional desktop chess package.

More key features:
- Perfect for 1- or 2-player games (on the same device)
- Strong computer opponent
- Play against any ELO rating from 500 to 2500
- Integrated Learn Chess e-book app (Apple Staff Favorite!)
- Opening Library feature lets you explore chess opening theory as you play
- PGN Database feature lets you download and view PGN files
- Support for 3-stage time controls with Fischer increments
- Position Editor to enter positions from books, newspapers, etc.
- Save and load games; export them in standard PGN format
- Use the Profile feature to play rated games against the computer and track your progress

tChess Pro is developed by Tom Kerrigan, author of the TSCP and Stobor chess engines.
What's new in Version 1.5.6

- Automatically exports all saved games to saved_games.pgn (iTunes file sharing)
- Pauses the chess clock when tChess isn't the active app
- Improved compatibility with the PGN file format
- Fixes an orientation/rotation problem with iOS 4.2.1 on the iPad


IPA size 1.5 MB
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 2.1 or later

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101-in-1 Physics Solver: Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Waves, & Fluids Calculator IPA App Version 1.3
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101-in-1 Physics Solver: Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Waves, & Fluids Calculator IPA App Version 1.3
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★★★★★ Great App!!! - Avon Sean
★★★★★ awesome...Well worth 5 stars - DubiSPACEBAR



Features:
- 101 solvers covering a wide range of physics topics
- Add a solver to your favorites with just one tap
- Edit and organize your favorites list from the "Favorites" tab
- See your most recently viewed solvers from the "Recents" tab
- Check out your most viewed solvers from the "Most Viewed" tab
- Request solvers or send comments in-app using the "Contact Us" tab.

Kinematics and Forces (22 solvers)
1. Acceleration (dv/dt)
2. Centripetal Acceleration
3. Centripetal Force
4. Force (Newton's 2nd Law)
5. Gravitational Acceleration (g)
6. Gravitational Force
7. Inclined Plane Force
8. Inclined Plane Normal Force
9. Kinematics (vf^2 = v0^2 + 2ax)
10. Kinematics (vf=v0+at)
11. Kinematics (x = vt+0.5at^2)
12. Kinetic Friction
13. Omega = omega0 + at
14. Static Friction
15. Theta = omega*t + 1/2a*t^2
16. Omega^2 = Omega0^2 + 2*a*theta
17. Torque = I*alpha
18. Torque = rFsin(theta)
19. Vector Addition
20. Vector Subtraction
21. Velocity (dx/dt)
22. Weight (mg)

Work and Energy (12 solvers)
23. Angular Momentum
24. Angular Kinetic Energy
25. Gravitational Potential Energy
26. Impulse (Change in Momentum)
27. Impulse (Force*dt)
28. Kinetic Energy
29. Moment of Inertia
30. Momentum (Velocity)
31. Power (Force, Velocity)
32. Power (Work)
33. Work (Change in KE)
34. Work (Force x Distance)

Simple Harmonic Motion (8 solvers)
35. Pendulum Frequency
36. Pendulum Period
37. Spring Force
38. Spring Frequency
39. Spring Max Velocity
40. Spring Period
41. Spring Potential Energy
42. Spring Total Energy

Electricity and Magnetism (19 solvers)
43. Capacitance
44. Capacitance (Q = VC)
45. Capacitor Energy
46. Capacitor Parallel
47. Capacitor Series
48. Electric Field
49. Electric Field (from Force)
50. Electric Force
51. Electric Potential
52. Electric Potential Energy
53. Electric Power
54. I = dQ/dt
55. Magnetic Field of Long Wire
56. Magnetic Force (current)
57. Magnetic Force (moving charge)
58. Resistance Formula
59. Resistor Parallel
60. Resistor Series
61. Right-Hand Rule

Fluids and Solids (18 solvers)
62. Average Kinetic Energy (Gas)
63. Bernoulli's Law
64. Bulk Modulus
65. Buoyancy Force
66. Continuity Equation (Av = Av)
67. Density
68. Fluid Expansion
69. Hydraulic Press
70. Ideal Gas Law
71. Pascal's Law
72. Poiseuille's Law
73. Pressure = F/A
74. Q = mcdt
75. Q = mL
76. Shear Modulus
77. Specific Gravity
78. Volume Expansion
79. Young's Modulus

Light and Optics (11 solvers)
80. Beat Frequency
81. Doppler Effect
82. Focal Length For Spherical Mirror
83. Index of Refraction
84. Lensmaker Equation
85. Magnification Equation
86. Snell's Law
87. Sound Intensity
88. Thin Lens Equation
89. Total Internal Reflection
90. V = f*lambda

Atomic and Nuclear Physics (11 solvers)
91. Alpha decay
92. Beta-minus decay
93. Positron Emission
94. E = hf
95. E = mc^2
96. Electron Capture
97. Exponential Decay
98. Gamma decay
99. Half-Life Calculation
100. KE = hf – work
101. Lambda = h/p
What's new in Version 1.3
- New Chalkboard Interface
- Minor bug fix

IPA size 1.3 MB
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later

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Diplomacy after WikiLeaks
By Randy David
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:19:00 12/05/2010

Filed Under: Diplomacy, Americas - United States, Espionage & Intelligence, Computing & Information Technology, Foreign affairs & international relations
FOR SOME people, ethical diplomacy is an oxymoron, a self-contradicting idea. Foreign policy, of which diplomacy is but an instrument, is supposed to be driven by the self-interest of nations, not by any notion of what is good for the world or for humanity. Accordingly, no one should be surprised or find offense in the ruthless selfishness with which the United States pursues its interests, as shown by US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks. It is just the way foreign relations are conducted by nations everywhere.

I would argue that the average individual would find this view too cynical. While one expects nations—like persons—to keep secrets, he would nonetheless expect them to pursue their interests with decency, in a way that is worthy of the respect and trust of those with whom they deal.

In many ways, this is the burden of diplomacy. Indeed, this will not be appreciated by countries that treat their diplomats as no more than glorified shopping guides for traveling politicians and their spouses. But the work of diplomats, who are the public face of their people in the countries to which they are sent, is crucial to maintaining peace and harmony in the world.

I recently came across a lecture delivered by the British ambassador to the Vatican, Francis Campbell, before an audience in Newcastle, United Kingdom, in which he reflects on what he claims is the often misunderstood art of diplomacy. “When one mentions diplomacy many negative images can spring to mind. Perhaps none more so than Sir Henry Wotton’s description of an ambassador as ‘a man of virtue sent abroad to lie for his country’.”

This witty description of the diplomatic function seems so benign compared to what diplomats actually do, if one goes by the accounts that American ambassadors write and send to Washington. It leaves out of the picture the equally important task of interpreting what’s happening in a country, and why its leaders and people are acting the way they do, from the particular vantage point of one’s own nation. Such information is essential to any government that seeks to persuade another to act on the basis of mutual interests.

“At heart,” says Campbell, “diplomacy is about a relationship—it is about building, managing, deepening and maintaining a relationship.” From the embassy cables released by the WikiLeaks website, one can conclude that a good number of America’s diplomats fulfill this function in a way that does credit to their jobs and their government. But, when these cables are read by the very people who are the topic, the consequences can be unpredictable.

These cables, sent from 274 US embassies and consulates all over the world, were written for very specific readers—mainly the heads of regional desks in the foreign office and other high government officials. Most are cast in dry and tedious bureaucratese, while a few can actually pass for literary gems. Some are artfully anthropological, others profoundly psychological. One can imagine how the boredom of an ambassador in a hardship assignment may be greatly relieved by the writing of a report that mixes imaginative gossip with dry empirical facts, political analysis with cultural interpretation. What has made these cables especially controversial however is the attitude they seem to embody—a condescending “orientalism” (in Edward Said’s sense of the word) that can only erode the trust that diplomats are supposed to build.

This is the effect that US President Barack Obama and State Secretary Hillary Clinton are now doing their best to neutralize. When allies and leaders of friendly nations are depicted in disdainful and mocking language by US diplomats in their memos, not even a personal call from the American president may suffice to repair the injury that has been done. Out of politeness, America’s allies will likely dismiss these incidents as insignificant. No formal diplomatic protest will be lodged by anyone, except by politicians who like to perform before the peanut gallery at home. Still, the US would be greatly mistaken if it takes this to mean that all is well among friends.

This is one time when America’s diplomats may need to summon all their skills in cultural interpretation if they are to get past this crisis. In many places in the non-Western world, as they may know, trust is everything. Lacking the hard information they need to make rational choices, people in these societies tend to rely mainly on their instincts—that is to say, on the relationships of tacit trust they build with other people—to make decisions. It is this kind of trust that has become the first casualty of WikiLeaks’ disclosures.

Perhaps it is just as well that small nations that have tended to conduct their foreign relations on a foundation of personal trust are getting a good education in modern diplomacy. It is probably to them that WikiLeaks speaks when it claims that its work is inspired by this quote from James Madison: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

The WikiLeaks cables are supposed to span the period 1966 to February 2010. That’s a long time. Many transitions happened in the Philippines during those years, and we know that more than any other nation, the US played a big role in those events. We don’t know the full extent of that role. Information of this sort will not allow us to undo the past. But it may lead us to a better understanding of the persistent problems that have troubled our nation, and what we need to do to overcome them.

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Should We Circumcise Males?

OLD TESTAMENT LAW!

God made a covenant with Abraham and all his descendants to be circumcised (cutting off the foreskin) as a sign to the rest of the world.

GENESIS 17:10-11 "This [is] My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; 11 "and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12 "He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generation."

JESUS WAS CIRCUMCISED ACCORDING TO THE LAW.

LUKE 2:21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

NEW TESTAMENT GRACE!

paranoid

PARANOID PSYCHOSIS
April 2007
Definition
Paranoid psychosis is more commonly known as delusional disorder . The
American Psychiatric Association (APA ) defines this disorder as the
presence of a non-bizarre delusion or delusions , over a considerable
period of time (as cited in Taylor , 2006 , p . 314 O 'Connor et al , 2007 ,
183 . Delusions are beliefs persistently held by individuals that go
contrary to both actual fact and what society deems as plausible and
that remain unchanged despite substantial proof to the contrary . In
delusional disorders the delusions , though not correct are also not
strange or out of the realm of reality . According to O 'Connor et al (2007 ) these delusions ``can conceivably appear in real life (p . 183 .
An example is the belief that one is famous is perfectly possible but
may not be true for that individual .
It is important to distinguish between paranoid psychosis that is based
on delusions and other mental disorders that have an element of
psychopathology (O 'Connor et al , 2007 ) in which violent and aggressive
thoughts and behaviors are present . Therefore there is a marked contrast
from disorders such as schizophrenia and depression and there are no
hallucinations manifested with the disorder . Bizarre delusions are
usually a feature of these mental illnesses (Cardno McGuffin , 2006 . A
person who is delusional has therefore lost contact with reality , to
some extent , but is completely convinced of the veracity of the
delusion .
The APA , in delimiting the criteria for diagnosing the behavior also
specifies that symptoms must have been present for at least a month (as
cited in Taylor , 2006 , p . 314 . Further there could be just one or
several delusions present . In diagnosing the disorder a psychologist
assesses the patient and determines whether there is the present of
absence of delusions and whether or not those delusions are bizarre .
Types
Five major types of delusional disorders have been identified and their
classification is based on the nature of the delusion that the
individual is experiencing (O 'Connor et al , 2007 . The five types are
erotomanic , somatic , jealousy , grandiose and persecutory . Individuals
who are erotomanic , which is also known as de Clerembault 's syndrome ,
believe that someone is in love with them (Delusion Part I , 1999 . The
perceived love interest is usually of a much higher social class or in
some way or otherwise unattainable . Erotomanics would sometimes attempt
to contact the love interest whether by letter , phone calls , visits ,
stalking or similar means .
Somatics have delusions about their body which may include a belief that
they have a physical defect or deformity , that their body is being
infested by parasites , that they are giving off a foul odor among
others .
The jealousy type of delusional disorder involves the belief that their
sexual partner is unfaithful . This delusion is manifested with
delusional interpretations of what they believe to be evidence of
infidelity .
The grandiose delusional disorder involves the belief that one has
alarming abilities and talents . Additional beliefs are that they are
famous or are intimately connected with such...